Outside, the sky was getting dark, and the minute hand of the wall clock on the wall turned around again and again, until the time pointed to half past eight, and the set alarm clock rang on time, successfully waking Fang Li up.

Fang Li stretched out his hand and turned off the alarm clock, then rubbed his eyes, stretched his waist, and sat up from the sofa.

There was no light on in the house, only the soft moonlight came in through the window lattice, and everything seemed very quiet and beautiful. He pushed open the door, walked outside, looked towards Daoyuan Lake, and was immediately stunned.

The hazy moonlight shrouded the heavens and the earth like a light veil, and the entire Daoyuan Lake was covered by the moonlight, and the water surface appeared sparkling, and the moonlight near the water surface was refracted by the faint mist, which was extremely bright. The mountains in the distance blend with the lake, showing the beauty of nature. Thousands of mountains are stacked, the world is far-reaching, the lakes and mountains are together, the moon is bright, but that's it.

"Daoyuan Lake at night is really beautiful." Fang Li couldn't help but sigh in admiration, walked through the dormitory area, and walked towards the shore of Daoyuan Lake.

And when he arrived at Daoyuan Lake, he was surprised to find that there was already a person by the lake, Yutai Yiya had already arrived first, and was sitting on the swing by the lake, looking at Daoyuan Lake blankly, not knowing what he was thinking, and he didn't notice Fang Li's arrival at all.

"Aya." After a while, Fang Li had to call out to her, and she suddenly came back to her senses.

"Yikes! Fang Li, why are you here so early?" Aya immediately jumped off the swing and asked.

"Wake up, aren't you early?" Fang Li smiled and said, "What do you have to say secretly at night?"

Yutai Yiya's eyes suddenly flickered, looking a little hesitant, and after a few seconds, she seemed to have made up her mind, dragged Fang Li to sit down, stared at him very seriously, and said, "I want to tell you a story, but this story may be very long, and you know that it may also cause trouble, are you willing to listen to it?"

Fang Li met the serious gaze of Tantai Yiya, and probably guessed in her heart what she wanted to talk about, what Tantai Gu didn't want to talk about. As for trouble, am I afraid? He smiled and said, "It's a long time tonight, can't you finish talking in one night?" And I'm not a person who is afraid of trouble, you can tell me. "

Yutai Yiya smiled, there was a little more intimacy in his eyes, and then, the first sentence that followed made Fang Li take aback, and he wanted to take back a certain long-term sentence he had said. But slowly, he seemed to be immersed in the story and listened very attentively.

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The story I'm going to tell began a thousand years ago.

At that time, the Shantai family had not yet taken charge of Panyan Valley. It's just that as a family of generals inherited by the imperial court, it shoulders the mission left by the imperial court, that is, to guard the overlap between the two worlds of life and death - the Yin and Yang Realm and the River of Death, the living soul is not allowed to enter the death world, and the dead soul is not allowed to enter the life world.

At that time, the Tangtai Gu was just guarding his duties, although the Tangtai family had a huge influence in the Southern Wilderness, he did not participate in the pursuit of fame and fortune by all forces. It wasn't until his wife, Aya Ruochen, gave birth to a baby girl for him that everything quietly began to change.

The baby girl has shown a rare yin and yang physique since she was a child, and she is the best candidate to inherit the road of life and death. Therefore, she has been cared for and nurtured by Tantaigu since she was a child.

But perhaps under the influence of his two older brothers who returned from Panyan Valley, Tantaiko, who has always shown himself as a neutral person, began to go in and out of various dinners, and seemed to have fallen into the pit of power. But he still takes care of his family. Until the year when the little girl was eight years old.

"Mom! Mom!" The little girl was running around the huge manor, seemingly to be her mother, and then accidentally bumped into a servant.

"Oops!"

"Miss! Are you alright?" The maid hurriedly helped the little girl up to see if she had fallen.

"It's okay, are you seeing my mother?" The little girl said with wide eyes.

"Lady Aya went out in the morning." Maid.

"What about my dad?"

The head of the family went to prepare for the banquet, and I heard that it was to welcome the distinguished guests of the Celestial Clan. "

"Oh well! I'm back in my room?" The little girl pouted, and walked back to her room in a sullen state.

A moment later, a man in black armor ran in, holding an envelope in his hand, saw the servant, and shouted, "Old Chen! Do you know where the young lady is?"

"Miss has returned to the room, huh, Lao Li? You don't look good, what are you doing here?" The servant replied casually, and when he turned around, he found that it was an acquaintance, and he couldn't help but wonder.

"Someone sent a letter, saying that it was for the group, and the letter still had the mark of Mrs. on it, and I didn't dare to slack off, so I came to deliver it myself." The Armored Man said.

"Then you go and send it, don't delay." The maid muttered, "Miss was still looking for Madame just now."

The little girl was reading "The Chronicles of the Human Race: The Legend of An Zi's Soul" in the room, when she suddenly heard a knock on the door, so she put down her book, got up and opened the door, "Grandpa Li? Is there something wrong?"

"Miss, this is a letter to you, probably from Madame." The armored man said, handing the letter to the little girl.

"Mom gave it?" When the little girl heard this, a look of joy immediately appeared in her big clear eyes, and she immediately took the envelope and began to open it.

Seeing this, the armored man also smiled, and then left, after all, he still had to guard the door, and if he left his guard for too long, he would be severely punished.

The little girl couldn't wait to open the envelope, and there was only a piece of paper inside, and the handwriting on it was also a little unfamiliar: I want to find my mother, and I will come to the forest of the town guard tonight. Only the last seal is recognized by the little girl, it is her mother's seal!

Mom must be trying to play hide and seek with me! Hmph, it's so mysterious. The little girl thought so, and a shallow smile appeared on her little face, Mom, I must catch you this time!

Night gradually fell, and in the dark night sky, only a white crescent moon shot down a few beams. And the little girl took advantage of the darkness and took advantage of the secret method taught to her by her father, sneaked out of the manor, and went straight to the large forest behind the house, and seemed very excited.

This forest is called the Forest of the Town Guard, which is classified as a forbidden area by the Tantai family, and ordinary people cannot approach it, because the depths of the forest are the Yin and Yang realm. Due to the influence of the yin and yang realms, the color of the entire forest is a single black tone, and visibility is extremely low at night.

But the little girl groped her way into the Black Forest, humming softly along the way. "Flowing Water Song" taught by his mother, such a young child, in this black forest where he can't see his fingers, is not too afraid.

"Mom! Mom! Where are you?" The little girl shouted, groping her way forward.

As she walked, her eyes flashed, and at that moment the world in her eyes turned blood-red, and then instantly recovered. Frightened, she sat on the ground and trembled.

"Ah——! what's it······ Nope······ I'm looking for my mom······"

The little girl became very frightened, and stood up cautiously, her voice already carrying a cry.

"Mom! Mom, where are you?! I'm not playing anymore, I'm going home!" In the darkness, the little girl couldn't figure out the direction at all, and couldn't remember the way she came, so she could only stumble forward.

Occasionally, there were a few beams of moonlight cast on the sparse foliage, but when the little girl looked at the moon along the moonlight, she was startled again, because the moon was red!

"Woo, Mom, where are you?"

Gradually, the little girl's eyes seemed to adjust to the darkness and could see the general outline clearly, and she moved little by little.

Not far away, there seemed to be the sound of running water, and the little girl immediately pricked up her ears to listen, and at the same time tiptoed towards the water, which was a small stream, and the stream flowed through it like a ring.

There is water! Mom said that if you go along the water, there must be a way! The little girl remembered what her mother had said and walked up the stream.

As I walked, the world in front of me turned blood red again at a certain moment, and unlike last time, this time in the blood red, the silhouette of a woman with a cloak appeared. The little girl was so frightened that she fell into the water and began to cry.

"Woohoo! Mom! I'm going home!"

The little girl wept and stood up again, and with tears in her eyes, she continued along the dark stream, and when she looked at the brook in a more empty area, her little face turned pale again.

Blood-red water reflects the blood-red moon.

Although she was still frightened, this time the little girl's reaction was not so strong, and she continued to insist on walking forward, and finally, in the front, in the Black Forest, there was a faint fire.

The little girl immediately ran to the place where the fire was lit, and stumbled there, and eight or nine torches were stuck in the ground, and the torches were arranged in a circle, with a black cross in the center. On the cross was a woman with a cloak nailed with iron nails, her body was already stained with blood, and the vicinity of the flesh nailed by the iron nails had begun to turn black, and the whole person was unrecognizable.

"Mom!" But the little girl still recognized who this person was by virtue of the breath of getting along day and night, and sat on the ground in fright, tears gushing out of her eyes.

The woman seemed to hear the child's call, opened her swollen eyelids slightly, but she was unable to sigh, she warned her blood twice in a row, but her child still came. Suddenly, her eyes widened and her throat moved, as if she wanted to say "Don't!", but she couldn't make a sound.

The little girl's eyes went dark and she lost consciousness.

At about the same time, the Tantai family manor.

"Oh no! Miss is missing!" A servant rushed into the room of the chief of the guard, his voice anxious.

"What?!" The chief of the guards almost immediately snapped the case, "Gather all the guards, quick!"

Soon, all the guards of the Tantai family arrived.

"There are so many people, can't even keep an eye on a little girl?" The chief of the guard looked at so many people in front of him that he almost roared. The chief grown, the young lady may have slipped out while it was dark, and the top priority was to find the young lady. One of the guards stepped forward.

"That's a good point!" The chief of the guards said coldly: "All the guards are divided into five teams, one team is in the manor, one team is near the manor, one team goes to Tanghe City, and I will take two teams into the town guard and so on." Be sure to find Miss, or I'll be the only one you ask!"

"In addition, notify the subordinates outside and make every effort to search for the whereabouts of the young lady!"

"Yes!"

The guards quickly dispatched, and the chief of the guards, with two teams of guards, also entered the forest of the town guard.

Four hours later.

The sky has gradually brightened, and the east has revealed the white of the fish's belly, and the soft glow is shining in the manor of the Tangtai family. But the atmosphere at the moment is frighteningly depressing.