Ai Li galloped all the way. When she thought of the fourth junior brother, she couldn't help but feel anxious.

The fourth junior brother Xu Shaofeng has been arrogant and stubborn since he was a child, he fights everything alone, and he is always covered with injuries, which is really a worrying child.

Day and night, Kunlun is in sight.

In the distance, Ai Li saw four horsemen chasing a white horse. There was a man and a woman on the white horse, and they were soon surrounded by the four men. The man on the white horse was knocked to the ground.

Ai Li stared at it, and the person who was knocked to the ground was no one else, it was her fourth junior brother! The sword in his hand waved, and the cold light appeared, and the sword light that should have been blue turned into blood red. In the blood mist, a large cloud of red snowflakes rose from his sword, striking at the enemy in front of him with a resolute sword aura.

This trick, Ai Li has never seen him use. It was at the cost of burning his life, and it was so gorgeous and gorgeous that it was heart-wrenching. She was shocked in her heart, but in just a short period of time, did the fourth junior brother have someone who sacrificed his life to protect him?

After one move, the fourth junior brother fell to the ground, as if he was exhausted. A middle-aged man walked up to him with a sinister smile and stabbed his sword into his heart. In desperation, Ai Li threw the Red Flame Farewell Knife and blocked the fatal blow for him.

When the fourth junior brother saw that it was her, his cold eyes instantly showed a look of joy.

Seeing that he was so injured that he couldn't even stand up, Ai was in pain and scolded him with a face. The four junior brothers responded, and the joy in their eyes did not change.

The fourth junior brother is an outcast who was picked up by Ai Li. Because his physique is different from ordinary people, he is arrogant and untamed, and he was often excluded by his peers when he was a child. Ai Li protected him the most because of this, and he only removed his cold armor in front of Ai Li alone.

Ai Li looked at the joy in his eyes, and the face of another person flashed in his heart. The personality of the fourth junior brother is very similar to that person, he is silent and cold to everyone, but he only shows a smile in front of himself. When he saw the fourth junior brother, it was as if he saw the shadow of that person. But the man was never seen again......

Ai Li clenched the hilt of the knife, and his anger suddenly rose, and bright red flames ignited from the Red Flame Parting Knife. She had sworn to this knife that as long as she was alive, she would never let the people around her die in front of her eyes again! She knew very well that the fourth junior brother was a person, although he had a stubborn personality, he was kind-hearted, and he would never easily form a mortal enmity with others. And the few people in front of him wanted to kill him!

Ai Li's nature is fire, and her martial arts are fierce and fierce, and her anger improves her skills, and no one is invincible under her angry knife. After dozens of moves, she knocked two of them out. And the other two were also captured by the third junior brother Qiao Zhiye and the junior sister Mo Xiaoyu, who came one after another.

After cleaning up the invading enemy, Ai Li asked Mo Xiaoyu, a junior sister who was proficient in pharmacology, about the injuries of the fourth junior brother, but the answer he didn't want was that he had been poisoned by a poison called "Tears of Departure", which needed a blood lotus to crack.

......

On the white snow-capped mountains, a red figure moved from one snow top to another very quickly.

It's Ai Li who is running.

According to the little junior sister's speculation, the fourth junior brother only had less than three hours before the next poison attack. The antidote blood lotus only grows on the top of the snow-capped mountains.

Snow lotus is already rare, and this red snow lotus, which only grows on the top of the snow, is even more difficult to find. After searching several snow tops in a row, Ai Li could not find any trace of the blood lotus.

The feeling of restlessness and anxiety, accompanied by the howling and cold mountain wind, was like a sharp blade cutting, ruthlessly opening the scars hidden deep in her memory:

When she was five years old, a high monk came to her family, who once divined a hexagram for her, and calculated that her fate was too heavy, and it would definitely affect the people around her. Within a few years, her family was wiped out, and she was the only one left in a family of 100.

Is it really destined that everyone around her will die because of her?

Ai Li pursed his lips tightly, almost wanting to bleed.

On the empty top of the snow, the vast wind and snow rolled in, and the boundlessness was maddening. She slashed out angrily and slashed the red flame towards the ruthless wind and snow.

A little red swayed in the corner of the cliff, and it was so dazzling in a white expanse of ice and snow.

It's a Blood Lotus!

The safflower buried by the wind and snow was blown away by the knife wind of Ai Li, revealing a delicate face.

Ai Li was overjoyed, hurriedly put away the knife, and reached out to pick the life-saving flower.

Without warning, it looked like a powerful snow top, and when the blood lotus flower left the earth, it collapsed with a bang!

Ai Li held the blood lotus in his hand, and his body involuntarily fell down the cliff with the ice and snow.

The residents of the snow-capped mountains know what it means to be in the hands of an avalanche. Once an avalanche, no matter how strong the martial arts are, no one will be spared. In the face of such a powerful force of nature, people are as small as dust.

However, Ai Li refused to give up. She stepped on the falling snow and struggled upward.

The ice fell like sharp arrows, and the snow was so soft that it was impossible to use its strength, and several attempts were unsuccessful, only to slow her descent slightly.

Finally, the ice and snow still ruthlessly buried everything. Ai Li grasped the blood lotus tightly and gradually drowned in the overwhelming ice and snow. She knew that the struggle at this point would only sink her deeper and deeper.

Could this be her fate?

No matter how hard you try, you will only fall deeper and deeper, and in the end, you will not be able to escape the end of being buried.

She was full of unwillingness!

She was never afraid of death, and death could take her to her father and the man. But she didn't want to die, she still had important things to do, she wanted to go back and save the fourth junior brother.

In the darkness, it seemed as if someone was calling her name. Then something hung down, and she subconsciously held it. The sunlight was infinitely amplified in an instant, and she felt her body soar into the air, constantly soaring upward......

Was the man coming to pick her up? she closed her eyes and smiled.

"Senior Sister, are you alright?" anxious words rang in her ears.

Ai Li opened his eyes, and in front of him was the extremely worried eyes of the second junior brother Ji Lianyue.

It turned out that she was holding on to the rope that Ji Lianyue had thrown down. This second junior disciple started later than everyone else, and because he was in charge of affairs outside the door, he didn't often meet on weekdays. Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, it was he who saved her.

Ai Li hurried back to the door with him. With the joint efforts of everyone, the poison in the four junior disciples was finally lifted. A few days later, the master Song Yu also came out of the jade cave.

Ai Li went to the master's room and greeted him. For her, her master Song Yu is like the father of regeneration.

Inside the house, Song Yu, dressed in a gray robe, was standing in front of the window, and her tall back brought out the meaning of being isolated from the world in the loneliness. His silver hair was simply tied back with a black cloth rope, and there were no other ornaments on his body.

Ai Li couldn't help but think secretly: The master's dress has always been casual, but it is difficult to hide his immortal temperament, no wonder there is a reputation of "Jade Cave Immortal" on the rivers and lakes. One is to call it clever, and the other is to praise it for being extraordinary.

"Master. Ai Li came behind him and called softly.

Song Yu turned his head slowly. He has white hair, but he has the appearance of a young man. Only at this time, his face was full of exhaustion.

Looking at the master, Ai moved slightly: the master has been in retreat in the jade cave all year round. In recent years, the retreat has been even longer, often for months. Every time the master goes out, he always looks tired, but he doesn't know what to do. She sighed to herself, the master's age is actually not old, just over forty, but he has prematurely gray hair.

At the same time, Song Yu was also looking at her carefully. After a pause, he asked, "You're not too young." It's going to be twenty-six this year, right?"

Ai Li nodded yes.

Song Yu sighed for some reason, and suddenly said, "It's time to finish the marriage for you." Do you have someone you like?"

Ai was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "I don't want to get married." "If she is really as the monk calculated, her fate is too strong, and it will definitely affect the people around her, then why should she bother others.

Song Yu looked at her with pity, "Silly child, women always have to get married." In the past, I was too negligent, and it was the teacher's fault. ”

Ai Li hurriedly said: "This is not to blame the master at all, it is the apprentice himself who does not want to marry." ”

Song Yu sighed again, "It's the matter of the faction that delayed you." Neglect of management for teachers. Over the years, this door has basically been supported by you alone. It's really not a good teacher to be a teacher. ”

Ai Li shook his head and said: "The master has important things to do, and the apprentice should share the worries of the master." Besides, the things in the faction are not the work of one person, and all the juniors and disciples are working together. Especially in the past one or two years, they have resisted the heavy burden one by one, but I have nothing to do, so I have to wander the rivers and lakes all day long, idle. ”

Song Yu couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, "I heard that you have become famous in the rivers and lakes in recent years, have you ever met someone you like?"

Ai Li didn't think about it, and shook his head resolutely.

Song Yu pondered his eyebrows, and after a while, he said: "That is the case, you and Shao Feng have always been in love, and he only listens to you. Let him marry you, and choose an auspicious day for you to get married within the year. ”

Ai Lixiu's eyebrows furrowed, she was slightly better to the fourth junior brother than others, and that was just because he didn't know how to cherish himself, and he suffered more than others since he was a child. But if you want to marry him......

"Master," Ai Li raised his head and said seriously, "I am six years older than the fourth junior brother, and I have always only regarded him as a younger brother, and it is impossible for me to marry him." Besides, I really don't want to get married. ”

Song Yu smiled slightly, "What is the difference in age, how can the disciples I teach care about such worldly things?" After pausing for a moment, he said kindly, "It's not for the sake of the teacher to force you." Just because the teacher calculated, you are now in a bloody situation, and I am afraid that you will be robbed because of love. If this catastrophe cannot be overcome, his life will be in danger. The only way to do this is to break it with marriage. You are a fire in nature, and you are the fiercest thunderbolt with blood, and it is very difficult to find someone who is compatible with you. Shaofeng is extremely ice, and ice becomes water when it meets fire, which can restrain your fire. The two of you are both restrained and born together, and if you become husband and wife, you can break the calamity of your love. ”

"Master, this won't work. Ai Li shook his head, "The fourth junior brother already has someone he likes. And the other girl really likes him, and the two of them are a real couple. ”

Song Yu said in a daze: "Nonsense! As a teacher, he has only been in retreat for a few months, how can he like others with Shaofeng's temperament." You don't need to say more, I've made up my mind. ”

"Master......" Ai Li still wanted to persuade.

Song Yu waved his hand tiredly, "You go first." This matter was arranged by the teacher. ”

Seeing him look like this, Ai Li had to listen for the time being. She thought to herself: The master is very tired every time he goes out, let's wait for him to feel better. Anyway, the fourth junior brother is still recuperating from his injuries, and he will slowly explain this matter to the master.

Later, I heard that the master recruited the fourth junior brother that night. The fourth junior brother disobeyed the teacher's order for the first time and resolutely refused to agree to the marriage. In the end, the two parted unhappily.

After not seeing the master mention the marriage again for several days, Ai Li secretly breathed a sigh of relief and put the matter down. She has been in the rivers and lakes for many years, and she has long seen the love between men and women very lightly.

It was the beginning of the blooming of the green plums, and she walked leisurely to the garden to watch.

Turning a corner of the house, she vaguely heard someone mention the word "senior sister", and she couldn't help but stop and listen carefully.

Second Senior Brother Ji Lianyue's unhappy voice came from inside the house, "Senior Sister treats you so well, why would you rather disobey your master's orders than marry her?"

Then came the deep voice of the fourth junior brother Xu Shaofeng, "Senior sister treats me very well, I know it." But it has nothing to do with whether I marry her or not. ”

Ai was nervous, and it turned out that the second and fourth junior brothers in the room were talking about her.

I only heard Ji Lianyue say angrily: "How can this be true! Is there any disciple in the sect who does not admire the senior sister? The master pointed out the happy event to you." You know how envious others are of you. You really don't know what to do!"

Xu Shaofeng said in a deep voice: "Second Senior Brother, you don't understand. For Senior Sister, I respect her, love her, I can do anything for her, I can even die for her, but I can't marry her. Because the senior sister only has a sister-brother relationship with me, and what I like is Lu Xiaohua. ”

"Nonsense!" Ji Lianyue reprimanded loudly, "Since I was a child, I can see clearly that Senior Sister treats you differently from others. How can you live up to her affection for you? ”

Xu Shaofeng also raised his voice and said: "Second Senior Brother, I have always respected you, but my marriage with Senior Sister is impossible!"

"Do you know that Senior Sister almost died under an avalanche in order to collect life-saving blood lotus for you. How can you treat her like this!" Ji Lianyue, who had always been gentle and elegant, was really angry.

After being silent for a while, Xu Shaofeng said abruptly: "Senior sister's kindness to me, I can't repay it with a hundred deaths, but this has nothing to do with marriage." Second Senior Brother, what don't you know,...... Senior Sister actually has someone else in her heart. ”

"Nonsense!"

......

Ai Li thought for a moment and left silently.

The memories of seventeen years of dust were inadvertently lifted into a corner. The feeling that even she didn't understand was blown away and covered with dust.

Who would have thought that the seemingly silent and cold fourth junior brother would understand her so well.

Staring at the green plums full of white trees, Ai Li's gaze became hazy and soft.

Most of the flowers on the snow-capped mountains are short, but the green plum is one of the few plants that grows tall. The white and delicate little flowers are coiled on the branches, like the bright smile of a little girl who does not know the taste of sorrow when she first sees it.

"So you're two months younger than me!" said a little girl a long time ago, laughing, "then you'll have to call me sister." ”

"Yes, miss. Behind her, the little boy, who stood straight and was not good at words, seemed a little nervous.

"It's wrong, it's wrong! It's not Miss, it's Sister!" the little girl didn't give up, "Call me sister!"

"Yes, little ...... Sister...... Sister. The little boy changed his words under the little girl's unkind gaze, and his cold little face turned red.

"Since you called me sister, I will protect you in the future. The little girl nodded with satisfaction and said vividly, "If anyone dares to bully you, just tell me, and I'll clean them up!"

The little boy hung his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Let's go, I'll take you to see the flowers! I heard that the mountain on the other side of the mountain is blooming red, but it's beautiful. The little girl took the little boy's hand and ran back to the hill.

The red of the mountain on the back mountain bloomed all over the mountain, as if it ignited the entire hillside. The little girl jumped into the flowers with joy, like a small flame thrown into the passionate sea of fire.

In the boundless sea of flowers, the little boy's eyes kept following the little girl in red and did not look away for a moment.

Little girl didn't know that it was the most carefree day of her life.

......

"Senior sister, go and take a look! The master is going to arrange your marriage with the fourth child. The fourth child refused and quarreled with the master. The third junior brother, Qiao Zhiye, suddenly appeared in front of her, interrupting her fugue.

Ai was startled and hurriedly got up.

Before he reached the lobby, he heard Song Yu's angry voice from a distance, "You get out of here! I don't have a disobedient apprentice like you!"

Pushing open the door, the fourth junior brother Xu Shaofeng was kneeling straight on the ground with his head down.

Ai Li walked up to his side and whispered to the angry master.

Raising his head and seeing that it was her, Xu Shaofeng showed an extremely painful look in his eyes, "Senior sister, I'm sorry." I can fight hard for my master, I can spare my life for you, but I can't marry you. ”

As he spoke, he drew his sword, and stabbed it into the abdomen.

"Stupid!" Ai Li hurriedly grabbed his wrist. But his movements were extremely fierce, his sword was sharp, and his abdomen was still slashed by the blade, and bright red blood gushed out.

"You've learned to blackmail me, okay!" Song Yu pointed at him, so angry that he couldn't speak.

In a pool of blood, Xu Shaofeng still held on to his sword. After a few moments, he struggled to straighten up and knelt up, as stubborn as the cold sword in his hand.

Ai Li looked thoughtfully at his angular silhouette, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook slightly. Once upon a time, the stubborn and shy little boy she picked up from the street grew up unconsciously.

Looking at his straight back, Ai Li seemed to see the man's shadow. Even the way they express their emotions is the same clumsy. Yes, she can't marry him. She spoiled him and protected him, because she found the man's shadow in him. But he is not him after all, and he is not him after all.

Thinking of this, Ai Li knelt down in front of Song Yu with him, and said like broken gold and jade: "I, Ai Li, swear here that I will not marry in this life." If you violate this oath, it will be like this!" After speaking, she resolutely cut off a strand of long hair.

The jet-black hair slowly floated down, quietly scattered in a pool of blood. The shocking red and black express the same determination of the two.

"Senior sister!" Xu Shaofeng was shocked.

She gave him a firm, warm smile back. What he swore to insist on was also what she was willing to protect.

Xu Shaofeng lowered his head sadly, his originally straight back suddenly lost his momentum, and the sword in his hand fell to the ground with a "bell".

"You ...... You ......" Song Yu trembled her fingers, and her anger was unspeakable.

The master's disappointed look made Ai Li feel uncomfortable, but she did not regret it.

Looking at the unflinching gaze in her eyes, Song Yu waved her hand in a dejected manner, "Let it go." ”

In a moment, he seemed to be much older.