Standing on the fairy waterfall again, looking at the wooden house in the distance, there was no longer a figure dancing in the wind as a companion. However, the rumbling sound of the fairy waterfall echoed in his ears, and it was even more desolate.

In the past few days, I have also returned to the wooden house, but all that remains is depression, a faint layer of ash on the table, and the creaking of wood from standing in the hallway has become more and more crisp. You Ruojun did take Meng Yunzhong away, leaving no trace.

Zhifan told me that the entrance to the Demon Domain was at the bottom of the Immortal Waterfall, and the miasma around it was the demonic energy overflowing from the Demon Domain. To enter the Demon Domain, you need to use the Demon Spirit as a guide to pass the seal, I am a demon, naturally there is no Demon Spirit, and the place where you can find the Demon Spirit, the nearest place is in the Lush Forest.

Lush Forest, a name that made me listen to a mixture of joy and sorrow. Happy, because there have been too many strange and ancient elf stories in that place, there have been the wanton and willfulness of my youth, there have been my budding love and reluctance, there have been all kinds of memories of my mother and me, and there have been my most sincere friendships. Sad, because it was also in this place that my sister who got along with me almost killed me with her own hands, let me know a story about betrayal and despair, which destroyed my trust in emotion;

In the days of the Demon Domain, I miss it every day, and I want to return to the Lush Forest, but I will inevitably be frustrated by remembering those memories of the past. Now I really want to go back, but my mood has become so heavy and so entangled. Returning to the Lush Forest means that I will re-engrave the vows I made to my mother, and I will face Nalan Mosheng who has stabbed me in the heart. But I had to go back, whether it was for a trace of love for Meng Yunzhong, or for the hatred I had promised for my mother, I don't think I could just die, and I couldn't retreat from the hope that I still had in front of me.

Listening to the sound of the water pouring down the fairy waterfall again, a ripple also rippled in my heart. I looked back at the wooden houses that stood quietly among the cliffs in the distance, and there seemed to be only dead trees around them, and they had lost their former lushness, but I was not saddened by this, on the contrary, I had to harden my heart a little more to cope with what I was about to encounter in the lush forest.

I released a piece of down feathers from my hand, but there was a commotion under the fairy waterfall, and the dense forest full of miasma not far away was also slightly slight, and Yun Jin's huge body jumped into the air, carrying sesame powder on its body, and circled in front of me in a blink of an eye.

"Miss, the Lush Forest is not far from here, let Yunjin take you there, I won't go. The master is gone, and I want to take a good look at Zhuoyun Xiaozhu for him, and besides, I have a lot of inconvenience when I go to the lush forest. ”

I nodded, thinking that it would be better for me to go back myself, after all, there are many secrets of the demon clan in the Lush Forest.

"Well, then you can wait for me in Xiaozhu. ”

Yun Jin put down the sesame powder, obediently walked over to me, and rubbed its huge head against my arm.

"Let's go, thank you. ”

Yun Jin made a "whine" sound, as if he was coquettish. I rolled over and jumped on its back, and when it was steady, it rose into the air, and it circled again, but the fairy waterfall was already a few feet away. Layers of clouds and mist pass by, the ears are whirring and flowing airflow, about half an hour, the clouds and brocade will slowly fall, not far away is a clearing, and then look, isn't it the valley of Youyou? It is still a brilliant sunflower, the flowers are blooming brightly, and the flowers are facing the sun, but I don't know if Xiaolu is still lying in it lazily basking in the sun after these decades.

Standing on this land again, my feet are a little frivolous, I can't describe what kind of mood I feel, I just feel that everything seems to be so familiar, but vaguely unfamiliar.

"Yunjin, you go, I'll call you when it's over. I stroked Yunjin's neck, and it groaned, still rubbing against me.

"It's okay, I'll be back soon. ”

It reluctantly jumped away, watching its figure fade away, and my mind gradually returned to the memories of many years ago.

The ground next to him was golden, and the tall sunflowers almost blocked the view. In the past, Xiaolu liked to play hide and seek with me the most, but unfortunately, her aura would always betray her, so that I could see the scattered pollen she emitted at a glance in the vast light. It's a pity that there is only silence left among the sunflowers now.

The sun was gradually blocked by the towering trees, the small flowers on the ground began to glow slightly, the sound of the gurgling water under my feet was clear and pleasant, and the sound of "cooing" drifting from afar reminded me of the ancient spirit birds covered with dark blue feathers, combing each other's hair on the branches.

"Who are you, and how did you come to the woods?"

"Smack!" I stepped on a shoal, and the water splashed on the hem of my skirt. My head turned halfway through, but I froze, a little frightened, a little excited, a little surprised.

The golden aura behind me flickered, illuminating the shadows of the surrounding trees, and in an instant, a golden figure appeared in front of me, less than a few meters away from me. The slightly blond hair curled and slanted down, a little tender yellow flashed between the eyebrows, still that childish face, and even the questioning was a slightly delicate voice, and the gauze skirt was stirred by the breeze, swaying softly. Just like back then, his eyes were full of aura, but there were still some things that couldn't be said.

Who is Xiaolu, who used to play with me among the flowers? She has been living a simple life in the forest, and I, at this moment, have become an uninvited guest.

"Silver...... Luo ......"

She froze in place, from confusion to surprise, and then from surprise to hesitation. But there was a warmth in my heart, she still remembered me, and that was enough.

I smiled at her, "Yes, Xiaolu. I am back. ”

She was still standing there, as if she hadn't reacted, but immediately, she burst into tears unexpectedly, ran over and hugged me, and kept crying, and I couldn't hear what she was saying. I also hugged her, patted her back gently, and gently coaxed her, and in an instant, it seemed like I had returned to a long time ago, she was wronged, and she was coaxed by me like this.

I was basking in the little happiness I had just found, but she straightened up and wiped the tears from her eyes.

Tears! Xiaolu is a demon, how can there be tears! I sighed slightly in my heart, it seems that I have indeed changed too much in the past few decades, and what I have missed is not only time?

"Where have you been? We looked for you for a long, long time when you weren't there...... It's good if you come back, it's okay......"

Xiaolu's hand was gently placed on my shoulder, and the warmth was transmitted to my body, but her words made me a little numb for some reason.

"What about you? Are you okay now? What about the rest of the forest? Are you alright?"

Xiaolu looked at me, her hand removed from me, she didn't speak, and then gradually lowered her head.

"Okay. She smiled bleakly, a smile I never remembered she could remember.

Looking at her appearance, I felt a little pity in my heart, and it was inconvenient to ask any further. Time is gone, maybe everyone has their own itinerary, so why force those missed intersections?

"Come home with me, I think, to see my mother. ”

She nodded, perhaps my inquiry had made her fall into a state of worry.

Along the way, I paid careful attention to the scenery along the road, and went around from the Yueling Mountain Stream, but I didn't see the old banyan tree. Xiaolu told me that because many years ago, a demon catcher broke into the lush forest and injured the old banyan tree and stole his resin, Nalan Mosheng re-set the seal of the Yueling Mountain Stream, and the path of the mountain stream was changed from then on, so that there was no need to pass through the old banyan tree again. Although I'm not sure, I thought of the demon water in You Ruojun's hand, could it be that the demon catcher who stole the old banyan resin had something to do with her?

In contemplation, a treehouse coiled by branches was already in sight. The treehouse is covered in black and purple foliage, with only a wooden door at the entrance. The picture of the crane flying carved on the wooden door also looks old. In front of the treehouse is a stone bench, and there are vines that fall down like curtains. It's been quiet for too long, and it's no longer alive.

Next to the stone bench, there was a small stone monument, and I slowly walked up to it and looked at it carefully. I urged my spiritual power to make the stele glow white, and only then could I see the words scribbled on the stele - "Yinluo". This is the word that my mother asked me to engrave with spiritual power, and it is to remind me of the promise I made, and only one day when it is fulfilled, the engraved words will disappear, and the spirit of my mother, which is sealed in the stone tablet, can be reincarnated. I squatted down and stroked the two words deep into the stone tablet with my hand, as if I had touched my mother's cold hands again.

"Mother, I'm back. ”

Xiaolu walked up behind me and squatted down with me.

"It's just that I don't know how to fulfill my promise to you. I've always been afraid that I won't be able to bear this hatred, just as I've always feared that I'll never live up to your standards, but I really want to live in peace in the forest and take care of everything here, just like you once did. But you left, leaving me with such a hateful promise. I sighed deeply, "I'm back now." I almost lost my life in the Demon Domain, and I was stabbed by my former beloved, and I was helpless when someone who protected me lost his life for me...... My strength is so small, how can I fulfill my promise to avenge you? How can I kill all the demons? Can you let me not leave again? Can you let me unload my heavy burden? I have seen too much love and hatred, life and death, I just want to protect the tranquility of the lush forest for you, is this okay?"

All the emotions tilted out in an instant, and even I felt surprised. The indifference that still existed when I returned to the lush forest just now collapsed in an instant. Only then did I know that it was because the emotions were too crowded and too deeply hidden, and suddenly a crack was discovered, and all the defenses completely collapsed.

The light of the stele faded away, like the hope that had risen in my heart.

I collapsed to the ground, dripping with the warm liquid in my eyes. This scene seems to have passed through time. I should have thought that I would have a strong enough heart to resist temptation, loneliness, and captivity, but at this moment I completely collapsed and lost my defense. Mother, what do you want from me?

Passing years, a hundred years.

At that time, the future was only an innocent and ignorant dream, at that time, life was just a simple and simple determination, at that time, friendship was only a chasing and frolicking smile, and at that time, happiness was only a gesture of love......

The past is vividly in my mind, and I can always remember clearly that on that day, my fate completely changed, and the things I wanted to cherish in my heart were completely destroyed. If time could be reversed, if I could choose again, I would rather live forever under my mother's strict care, I would rather not try to achieve the status of the lord of the Lush Forest, I would rather never fight for the so-called freedom, I would never step into that temple filled with darkness, I would rather never accept Nalan's overtures to me, I would rather ...... If this is the case, can I still talk and laugh with Xiaolu leisurely? Can I still feel the joy of sneaking out only when my mother is in retreat? Can I still talk to Nalan about the sadness and regret in my heart? However, there are too many ifs, in the final analysis, it is my own willfulness and nonsense that ruined the worry-free life I longed for, and it was my excessive exertiveness and anger that buried the peaceful environment that the Lush Forest had always maintained.

On that day, Xiaolu's crisp voice still echoed in my ears from time to time, that day, the scene of Nalan Sheng falling in pain in front of me was still repeated in my mind, and that day, the image of my mother lying in a pool of blood and dying still appeared in front of me from time to time......

Now, it's all about memories.