This night in Qianjiangshan is as silent as death. Tonight, a great fog rose in the mountains, and it shrouded up from the halfway up the mountain, enveloping the whole mountain tightly.

The gray moonlight sprinkled down like a thick layer of dust on the mountain. Don't say five steps, two steps away, you can't see anything.

In the Ming Sword Hall, the fires on the first floor have been extinguished, leaving only the ashes after burning. There were no more disciples here talking and laughing, only the cold wind pouring in wantonly through the open doors and windows.

In a small room on the second floor, a small fire was still burning, indicating that there were still people living in the attic.

There was a bed in the small room, and on the bed lay an unconscious woman in white, it was Gu Yue.

On the side of the stove, a man and a woman sat opposite each other, the man bowed his head and said nothing, and the woman's eyes were as blank as ashes.

The two people sitting on the side of the stove were naturally Xu Huaigu and Wu Susu. Since Xin Linyuan died, the two found a feng shui treasure to bury him, and then went back to Mingjian Hall together, sitting in this room, warming themselves by fire, while waiting for Gu March to wake up.

Xu Huaigu also persuaded Wu Susu a few words, but she was too sad and didn't say a word, and Xu Huaigu didn't know if she listened or not.

It's just that since he promised Xin Linyuan to take care of her, Xu Huaigu can only stay by her side and wait for her to figure it out.

Xu Huaigu added some more firewood to make the fire burn more vigorously. Wu Susu now has no cultivation, and her body is no different from that of ordinary people, and Xu Huaigu is worried that she will suffer from the cold.

Xu Huaigu took out a pot of wine, handed it to Wu Susu, and asked, "Do you drink?" Wu Susu shook his head and said softly, "Thank you, I don't drink it." Xu Huaigu nodded, took a sip of his own, and said: "This is your specialty black leaf wine here, a friend recommended it to me before, and now it seems that this friend's taste for wine is really good." Wu Susu looked at the fire with a stupid look in his eyes and did not answer.

Xu Huaigu took another big sip and said to himself: "I once heard a sentence from an old gentleman, you come and listen to it and see if it makes sense." ”

He said that a person's greatest success is that he can live his life the way he likes. or plain as water, or struggle for a lifetime, or live a long life, or collapse in the middle way, as long as he is willing, no matter how much people on the other side are puzzled, they just can't understand him. Xu Huaigu looked at Wu Susu, sighed, and said, "I believe that when Xin Linyuan dies, he must be happy and satisfied." Wu Susu's nose twitched, the tears in her eyes couldn't be held back, and two lines of tears slowly flowed down her cheeks.

She quickly lowered her head, wiped it away with her sleeve, then sniffed, and continued to look at the flames with her eyes blank.

Xu Huaigu drank slowly, thinking about something else in his heart. The night must have been very deep, and Xu Huaigu added firewood to the stove a few more times.

He didn't bother to count the hours, and he didn't know how late it was. Wu Susu suddenly asked him: "You haven't told me yet, who are you, and what are you coming up the mountain for?" Xu Huaigu lost his mind and said, "Who am you asking me?" I'm Xu Huaigu. I came up the mountain to find an old man, her name is Zuoqiu Xun. Wu Susu thought that Xu Huaigu was lying to her, and her tone was a little hurried, and she said: "But now the people of the entire New Rain Sect, except for me, are dead and gone, and you, the old man named Zuoqiu Xun, have not been found." You can't say, 'This person is me?' Xu Huaigu said, "Of course it's not you." Wu Susu hurriedly asked: "Then Zuoqiu Xun, who is it?" Xu Huaigu paused, put down the wine jug, looked at the flames in disbelief, and said, "This friend of mine is not a living person, she is dead." ”

"Zuoqiu Xun is her pseudonym, and her name in the New Rain Sect is Su Shu." As soon as Wu Susu heard the word Su Shu, it was like being struck by lightning, and he jumped up all of a sudden, and said in disbelief: "What did you say? You're here to find Sue ...... Su Shu? Xu Huaigu nodded and said, "That's right." You sit down first, and I'll tell you all the ins and outs of this. In the Ming Sword Hall, a small stove was burning, Xu Huaigu told the story of Zuoqiu Xun and him, and Wu Susu listened quietly on the side.

The two of them stayed awake all night, and when Xu Huaigu first started talking, he couldn't stop drinking one bite after another, and when he talked about it, he slowly began to speak incoherently.

Later, Xu Huaigu couldn't hold back for a while, and shed two tears. Wu Susu touched the scene, and also cried on the side, the pear blossoms brought rain, and she was pitiful.

The storyteller choked up and couldn't continue, and the listener couldn't listen to the story, so Xu Huaigu's story was not finished, and Wu Susu was in no mood to ask.

Probably nothing, can comfort each other's hearts more than two people who are sympathetic to each other, crying happily and unscrupulously.

…… After several days, it was the Chinese New Year's Eve of the Chinese New Year's Eve. Wu Susu has been in a much better mood since she cried with Xu Huaigu that night, and so has Xu Huaigu.

The two tacitly agreed not to mention the unbearable night again, as if it had never happened. Gu Yueyue's injuries were very serious, and thanks to the white robe and the healing pill that Xu Huaigu fed her in time, she was not in danger of life at this time, and her breathing was much more stable than before.

I haven't woken up yet, but it's only a matter of time. Unfortunately, today is the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, but I can't spend it with Gu March.

Wu Susu doesn't have any awareness of the New Year, after all, he is from the mountains, and he hasn't lived much since he was a child. So she went to find some wild vegetables in the early morning, just like in the past few days, and then simmered porridge for Gu March to drink.

After the wild vegetable porridge was ready, she took a bowl and spoon, sat on the edge of Gu Yueyue's bed, gently scooped up a spoonful, blew cold on the side of her mouth, and then sent it into Gu Yueyue's mouth.

After all, she promised Xu Huaigu to take care of Gu Yue, and she couldn't break her promise. Xu Huaigu sat on the side and asked her, "Can you bring me a bowl too?" Wu Susu replied: "At your level, do you still need to eat wild vegetable porridge?" I don't cook much, can't I leave more for your apprentice to eat? Xu Huaigu smiled: "Isn't this gluttony, I want to try your craft." Wu Susu glanced at him and said, "The porridge is in the crockpot in the stove room, and I went to find the dishes and chopsticks by myself." Xu Huaigu agreed, went out for a while, came back with a bowl of porridge, handed it to Wu Susu, and said, "It's hard work, you can drink it too." Wu Susu asked him, "Didn't you say you wanted to drink, why didn't you drink it?" Xu Huaigu sat down by the fire and said with a smile: "It's so delicious, I drank it on the way." Wu Susu glanced at him and said, "Gluttonous." Xu Huaigu smiled and was noncommittal.

After a while, Xu Huaigu said again: "I'm going to go up the mountain tonight, go to Xi Ming's tomb, will you go?" Wu Susu asked him suspiciously, "What are you doing there?" Xu Huaigu said: "Zuoqiu Xun's last wish at that time asked me to bury her and Xi Ming together. I thought I'd have to pick a special day to do this, so let's do it today. In the Chinese New Year's Eve, we also went to accompany her and be more lively. Wu Susu lowered his head, agreed, and said, "Okay, Su Shu and I were also good friends back then, and I should indeed go." It's just that...... If we all go, there is no one to take care of Gu March, what should we do? Xu Huaigu persuaded: "We will come back soon, there should be nothing wrong." Wu Susu nodded and agreed.

"Also, the old man sweeping the floor in the ancestral hall is actually Su Shu's grandfather, so I'll call him too." Wu Susu was a little surprised and said, "He still has such an identity?" Why didn't I know it before, but you did? Xu Huaigu replied: "I went to visit him before, and he told me." Wu Susu nodded, this explanation is quite reasonable.

Xu Huaigu asked her again: "What about you, where are you going to go in the future, do you have a plan?" Wu Susu shook his head while feeding Gu March porridge and said, "I haven't thought about it yet." Xu Huaigu said, "If you want to continue your cultivation, I can introduce you to the sect." If you want to get closer, about half a month's walk from here, there is a newly built Bailiang Mountain, where the sect master and I are good friends. If you want to go far, you can go to Dongfu Yaozhou, and I will also have a way to introduce you to a good sect. Wu Susu's eyes were lonely, and he refused: "Thank you for your kindness, but I am so old now, and I have long passed the best age for cultivation." Rather than finding another sect to start over, I want to live a different life. Xu Huaigu asked: "That is, you want to be an ordinary person and live like this?" Wu Susu nodded and said, "But I haven't figured out where to go yet." Xu Huaigu said: "It's okay." It's good to live an ordinary life. It's just that you have to be mentally prepared in advance, ordinary people don't have to worry about food and clothing like monks. Wu Susu raised her eyebrows and said, "Are you afraid that I won't be able to endure hardship?" She put down the empty bowl, helped Gu Yueyue wipe the corners of her mouth, got up to clean up, tidied up her clothes, and said, "Qingqing, I'm not afraid." What I'm afraid of is that I don't know what I'm going to live for most of my life. Xu Huaigu nodded in agreement: "It's indeed a problem. However, as long as it's not revenge, it's all good. Wu Susu smiled helplessly and said, "Revenge? I thought, but what do I take revenge? I have mediocre talent, and I never dared to expect to be on an equal footing with Cui Huai. The gap between us is too big, how can we get revenge? Xu Huaigu nodded and said, "It's best that you can think so." ”

"There's some hatred, it's too hard and too hard to get justice. Even a natural sword fetus like Zuoqiu Xun can't do it. Before she died, she should have figured it out. She told me not to take revenge on her. This chain of mutual revenge must always be broken by one party, otherwise, it will be linked one after the other, and the world will be disturbed. Wu Susu smiled slightly and said, "How old are you?" How do you make sense, one set at a time? Xu Huaigu replied: "I just turned twenty this year. Wu Susu didn't believe it at all, and said: "Twenty years old, Seven Realms? I'm not stupid. I know that there is such a kind of anti-beauty spell in the world, and I estimate that even if you are a genius, you will have to be forty or fifty years old. Xu Huaigu smiled and was noncommittal.

He stood up and said, "I'll go to the Patriarch's Hall and talk to that old man." Wu Susu nodded in agreement.

Xu Huaigu walked out of the door and walked towards the Patriarch Hall. On the way, he kept thinking that at that time, Zuo Qiu Xun had said that when she was in the Six Realms, she could compete with the Seven Realms.

If you are divided into life and death, you can stand with the Eight Realms. Xu Huaigu looked at the lotus seed sword that had not been used for a long time in his heart lake, and thought, if he was divided between life and death, could he fight with the Nine Realms?