The time will soon be night, the stars are a little sparse tonight, the moonlight is scarce, and the vast mist on the edge of the water makes the night even deeper like water.

There was a small bonfire burning at the edge of the water, which was so vast that it could not be seen, which stood out in this inky night.

This small bonfire crumbled under the strong wind of Qishui, and every time it seemed to be extinguished by the wind, it continued to burn tenaciously.

This faint light reflected on the cheeks of the two people, flickering and dimming.

Yu Qin's eyes were still glazed, and she couldn't lift her spirits. And Xu Huaigu sat opposite her, with a sad face and a depressed heart.

After Yu Qin asked him for the short sword, he took the hideous short sword that was already full of blood, and poked a few swords at the officer and soldier who was already in a different place, and he was a little chilled when he looked at that scene.

She also took advantage of Xu Huaigu's inattention to make a long cut on her arm, and immediately the blood flowed, staining half of her palm.

Yu Qin clenched her short sword at that time, and swore angrily in blood, saying that she would definitely take revenge in the future.

Since then, she has been in such a negative state of flux, unable to extricate herself.

Xu Huaigu was very worried, she seemed to have lost her purpose in life, and she couldn't give up, and if she continued like this, there would be problems. Whoever has been under such a spirit for a long time will collapse.

The deceased are gone, but the living still have to live. This is the cruelty of life, being pessimistic and negative like Yu Qin will only harm herself and Yu An's hard work.

Xu Huaigu remembered Yu An's request to take care of Yu Qin. Whether it is for the sake of the life-saving benefactor, or whether he likes this innocent little girl a little, he should find a way to cheer Yu Qin up, but he really doesn't know what to do.

He remembered to take him away from Qingling, and then went all the way to the Taoist priest in Binxi. His face that is always calm and breezy still makes Xu Huaigu remember it vividly.

If he was there, there must be a way, right? The Taoist priest never seemed to have a problem, and everything was under his control.

It was along the way that he followed Xu Huaigu that he learned the sophistication of human feelings for the first time. And his truth seems to be very simple to understand, and he can get to the point every time, just like hitting the weakest point in your heart, so the problem will be solved.

Xu Huaigu was burying his head in thinking about a good strategy, but Yu Qin suddenly interrupted his contemplation: "I want to learn swords, I want to kill all of them." ”

Xu Huaigu's face stretched sadly, and he was helpless: Do you really think that learning swords is so simple? Not to mention that you don't have a sword, you don't even have the indispensable method to set foot in the door of cultivation, how can you learn a sword? Do you want to learn the secular swordsmanship of those wild people?

The secular swordsmanship is the swordsmanship practiced by the wild visitors of the rivers and lakes who have never had the opportunity to peek into the path of cultivation in their lives. This kind of swordsmanship is not cultivated as a cornerstone of consolidation, focusing on swordsmanship moves, rather than the sword intent and sword qi that sword cultivation said, and it is 108,000 miles away from the way of sword cultivation of swordsmanship. But if the swordsmanship is to the extreme, it is not impossible to compete with the sword cultivation of the five or six realms, but there are really few people in the world who are like this.

It's not that Xu Huaigu doesn't want to teach her the sword cultivation method on his body, it's just that his set of methods is the secret of the Fuyao Sect, and the inheritance is all based on the immortal family's "can only be understood but not spoken" mystical means, and he can only practice by himself, and he can't say half a word.

And although he himself has two swords, one is given by Bai Xiaoyu, and the other is awarded by Deng Zhiyuan, which is extremely meaningful, and the cause and effect are also complicated, and it is absolutely impossible to give Yu Qin an outsider.

Xu Huaigu had no choice but to comfort her: "Yu An said, I just want you to live well." Don't think about anything else, let's go to Xingqing together and live a peaceful life, okay? ”

Yu Qin was silent.

Silence gave Xu Huaigu an answer.

He really has nothing to do now, he can only hope that time can wipe away the grief and hatred in Yu Qin's heart.

Seeing that Yu Qin's face was pale and bloodless, Xu Huaigu handed the quail eggs to her, and said distressedly: "Eat some, you must be hungry, otherwise you won't be able to walk tomorrow." ”

He stuffed the quail egg into Yu Qin's hand, but at this moment, there were several quail calls of "cooing" next to him.

Yu Qin retracted her outstretched hand, raised her head and glanced at Xu Huaigu, her eyes sad.

She said almost pleadingly, "Give them back, I don't want to eat them." ”

Xu Huaigu looked directly into Yu Qin's eyes, as if he wanted to see through her. Yu Qin felt his burning gaze and quickly turned her head, her eyes dodging.

Even in the most cold moment of life, I still have a heart that treats other irrelevant things well.

Xu Huaigu had the answer in his heart.

She still loves life in her heart, she is still kind, this is the best, then the loss will only be temporary, one day, all the suffering that cannot be dissipated will disappear, and all the hurdles that cannot be overcome will pass.

This kind of spiritual light flashed through his heart. And it was this flash of aura that made Xu Huaigu feel that his heart was full a lot, and he had a mysterious feeling of epiphany, and his understanding of heaven and earth was also one step deeper.

Suddenly, the aura poured into his body, which was extremely comfortable. His cultivation improved again on this night, and he had returned to the peak of the previous Second Realm.

By the time he opened his eyes again, several hours had passed. Yu Qin fell asleep leaning on his shoulder at some point, her face was not as gloomy as before, but she was still haggard, like a begonia after a storm, pitiful.

Xu Huaigu's heartstrings were plucked, and he didn't care about the improvement of his cultivation, but was a little intoxicated by this appearance.

On the shore of Qishui, the morning mist is wrapped in a sweet breeze blowing.

On the horizon, the morning sun is half-out, and the brilliance is generously sprinkled on this piece of river, reflecting the sparkling surface of the Qishui River, like a broken gold skirt.

There are young reed buds that emerge from the earth and stretch their loins.

There is a crisp chirp chirping, which is pleasant to the ear.

There is a fresh breeze that rises at the end of the clouds, and blows with warmth.

Xu Huaigu was looking forward to it, looking at the half-rising red sun, his mood couldn't help but be agitated.

Their lives, at this moment, really began.

……

Two days passed.

On the bank of Qishui, there are still two people rushing one after the other. Xu Huaigu walked in front, with a long sword behind his back, a short sword at his waist, and a black dress draped from head to tail, looking neat and generous.

Yu Qin followed Xu Huaigu silently, and occasionally stopped and took a few more glances when she encountered a place with a beautiful river view.

Although Yu Qin still didn't speak much along the way, Xu Huaigu could feel that her mood seemed to be getting better. However, Yu Qin seemed to feel guilty that she was about to forget that nightmarish thing so quickly, and she didn't dare to forget, so she could only remind herself from time to time.

This kind of moral and rational guilt is the most troublesome, and it is difficult to change, and Xu Huaigu feels that it still has to rely on time to kill it.

So what he thinks about most now is not how to repair Yu Qin's state of mind, but the most important thing in his secular life after he goes to Xingqing.

They don't have money.

fled in too haste, the Yu family's accumulated money was not taken at all, and Xu Huaigu's own money was all taken away by Feng'er when he left Fengtou Mountain last time, and now he is penniless.

Xu Huaigu had a headache.

If he has no money by himself, it doesn't matter, he can make do with eating some wild fruit river water, but he still has Yu Qin by his side, so he can't make do with it anymore. I promised to take care of Yu Qin, but I can't let her suffer.

For the past two days, they have been on the road in the wilderness, eating and drinking from the mountains and forests. But after entering Xingqing, they have to spend silver and copper coins for everything, and when the time comes, they will have to be embarrassed.

After thinking about it, he was still ready to find his former acquaintances, such as Princess Cangyang, who had a one-day experience with him, and Lin Hongzhi, the monarch of the current Dayu Kingdom, and asked them to help. Speaking of which, when he left Binxi before, it was Lin Hongzhi who gave him 10,000 taels of silver tickets.

It's not just a matter of money, he also wants to ask the emperor in front of the emperor what the court went to great lengths to arrest Yu Qin for, and if he can, help Yu Qin get back justice.

At dusk, they could finally see a huge ferry port by the water.

It was a very large port, with its pavilions and pavilions, and many large ships of freight docked on the shore, standing like a giant on the banks of the great rivers of this continent. Rao was prepared in his heart, but Yu Qin was still deeply amazed by the beautiful architecture of this ferry.

She had never seen such a magnificent building, and thought that she had arrived in Xingqing, but in fact, this was just the ferry port of Xingqing City by the Qishui, and the real main city was still in the upper reaches of the Changyang River that joined Qishui at the ferry, which was the real imperial city and the majesty of the sky.

But both of them tacitly agreed not to move forward, but just stood in the distance and quietly watched the ferry. Xu Huaigu went to find some firewood, set up camp on the spot, and lit a fire.

After dark, the two of them nibbled on wild fruits and watched the bustling ferry.

The lights over there are still bright, and against the backdrop of the night, it looks like a small piece of bright stars in the world.

Yu Qin couldn't help but sigh: "Xingqing is so beautiful!" ”

Xu Huaigu burst out laughing and explained, "This is not Xingqing!" It's just that Xingqing is at the ferry by the Qishui, and the real Xingqing is still in the upper reaches of the river over there. ”

Yu Qin's expression was a little gloomy, and Xu Huaigu hurriedly explained: "I haven't been to Xingqing either, but I just told some stories by hearsay. ”

Suddenly, there was a muffled sound in the sky, and a firework spun and flew into the sky, exploding colorful sparks. Immediately afterwards, all kinds of fireworks and Kong Ming lanterns flew into the sky one after another, and the sky was immediately dyed into a watercolor painting.