Chapter Twenty-Seven: Farewell to Butterfly Valley
Despite a lot of reluctance, Su Mu's departure from Butterfly Valley was still on the agenda.
Although Su Mu's master Gao Yuanshan has sent letters several times in the past two years, asking Su Mu about his current situation, all of them have been prevaricated by the Butterfly Fairy for various reasons. But now that Su Mu himself is close to full recovery, the Butterfly Fairy can cope with Gao Yuanshan, but he can't stop Su Mu's intention to leave.
The butterfly fairy briefly held a trace of the idea that Su Mu would stay in the Butterfly Valley, but was quickly self-denied. Su Mu is extremely talented, and he has a great fate such as changing the veins with the nine-striped python tendons and the great grandmaster Wang Shi personally expanding the veins, and there is a bigger Lingxi aunt standing behind her, who will definitely be the one who will enter the sea and stir up the wind and clouds in the future. Even the small temple of the Hanshan Sword Sect may not be able to keep him, let alone his own small mansion in the deep valley.
Butterfly Fairy decided to give up this idea as soon as possible, although she really liked Su Mu very much, but she really couldn't say such a wayward request.
People in their thirties, why embarrass a child. Butterfly Fairy has been trying to convince herself like this. But she never could do it, and this thought not only did not weaken, but became stronger as Su Mu's body recovered better and better.
And on the day nine days after Su Mu successfully used the sword dance, the Butterfly Fairy confirmed after examining Su Mu that the injuries Su Mu had suffered, whether it was an old injury with damaged meridians or a new injury attacked by the nine-striped python, had completely recovered. No sequelae were left. The body is strong, the meridians are strong, and the true qi is strong. No defects were found.
Butterfly Fairy sighed and announced the news to Su Mu.
Su Mu, who was delicate and meticulous, had actually faintly felt the thoughts in the butterfly fairy's heart for a long time, but there was nothing else he could do but be helpless. Su Mu also learned a lot of introductory medical skills from the Butterfly Fairy, and coupled with his keen senses, of course he knew very well that his physical state had already reached the level where he could return to the sect. But the butterfly fairy has always insisted on completely recovering before leaving, and Su Mu certainly understood what she meant.
Speaking from the heart, Su Mu had already regarded the butterfly fairy as his other aunt. Not to mention anything else, her own meridians are all repaired with the help of the butterfly fairy, so it is not an exaggeration to call her her her own reborn parents.
Su Mu has always kept in mind those who are good to him.
Therefore, Su Mu himself couldn't take the initiative to mention leaving. It has been a stalemate until today. It wasn't until the Butterfly Fairy said the sentence that Su Mu had completely recovered his health that it meant that the Butterfly Fairy was also mentally prepared.
Su Mu's heart couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.
"Mu'er, in fact, your master has been writing to Butterfly Town for more than half a year to ask for your news. It's Aunt Yue who has been dragging it out and saying that your injury is not healed, Aunt Yue ......" Butterfly Fairy said and said a little speechless. She looked at Su Mu's more and more handsome face, compared with when she first came to Butterfly Valley two years ago, Su Mu had grown a lot taller, and her face had changed a lot, and she gradually became a little manly. He is also the person who has spent the longest time with the butterfly fairy in all these years.
My family has a child who has just grown up, and the butterfly fairy didn't expect that she would be able to experience this feeling in her lifetime. But now, the child has raised his broken wings and is ready to fly again.
Thinking about it, the butterfly fairy actually sobbed directly.
Su Mu looked at such a butterfly fairy, and his heart was also very uncomfortable, how could he not know how good the butterfly fairy was to him. But Su Mu's heart is really yearning for kendo very much, and there are masters, junior sisters, and senior brothers waiting for him in the sect, and he is also very embarrassed.
"Aunt Yue, don't cry, Mu'er is really reluctant to let you go, but ......"
"It's okay Mu'er, Aunt Yue is okay......" Butterfly Fairy forced herself to calm down, no matter how she couldn't be so out of shape in front of the child, she actually cried, how sad it was for the child.
"Aunt Yue, you have taught me a lot of things, not to say, and have cured my meridians. A great kindness to me is equivalent to recreating my parents. I never knew how to say thank you. I know that maybe Aunt Yue is so good to me for Aunt Lingxi's sake, but I really already think of Aunt Yue as my other aunt. Su Mu said solemnly, and knelt directly in front of the butterfly fairy as he spoke.
"Mu'er, what are you doing here! Get up quickly!" Butterfly Fairy was startled and hurriedly stepped forward to help Su Mu, but the young man stubbornly knelt on the ground.
Su Mu continued: "Aunt Yue has a great kindness to me, but I want to leave Butterfly Valley at this time, this is really unfilial, please forgive Aunt Yue!"
"Why do you have to be like this! It's all Aunt Yue's willingness, Aunt Yue may have been for your Aunt Lingxi's sake at first, but then she really treated you as her own child! Don't you feel it?"
"I can feel it, so I feel even more sorry for you. Mu Er swears here that in this life and this life, I will treat Aunt Yue as my own aunt to be filial, and I will definitely find time to come to Butterfly Valley to accompany Aunt Yue!" Su Mu looked at the Butterfly Fairy and said seriously.
"Aunt Yue knows, knows...... Hurry up, Aunt Yue is already very happy!" The butterfly fairy, who was supporting Su Mu with one hand and caressing Su Mu's hair with the other, tried her best to restrain her emotions. Her judgment was not wrong, Su Mu is such a good child with a good heart and filial piety, and he is worthy of pouring his feelings into it.
"Mu'er, now that you are completely well, then I will write to your master and ask him to take you back. "To be honest, your master hasn't written in a while, and I wanted to send him a letter to inform him that you're almost fine, but I really can't do it." ”
"No need Aunt Yue, I've grown up too, this part of the road is not too far, I should be able to go back by myself, and I won't bother the old master to run again. Su Mu said, "Actually, Master's body has not been very good over the years, and it should be quite hard to go on a long trip." ”
"Do you know the way, Mu'er, why don't you give you a ride?" asked the butterfly fairy with some concern. After all, Su Mu, this kid has no experience in the rivers and lakes at all, and he is still a blank slate.
"It's okay Aunt Yue, I have the best memory, you should know best. Su Mu replied with a smile.
"Yes, you kid can remember what prescription at a glance, I really don't know what God thinks, all the advantages are for you alone. The butterfly fairy also burst into tears and laughed, and couldn't help but quip.
"In that case, let's leave tomorrow, Aunt Yue will send you to Butterfly Town. Butterfly Fairy calmed down, looked at Su Mu's eyes, and said solemnly.
Now that he has made up his mind, the butterfly fairy will no longer procrastinate, and the mental defense line that the province has built up with great difficulty has collapsed again.
Su Mu only nodded when he heard this, and neither of them said anything more.
This was the last day of Su Mu's three years in Butterfly Valley, and for the first time, he broke the habit of practicing swords every day. Su Mu accompanied the butterfly fairy to collect herbs and ingredients in the Butterfly Valley, the two prepared the dinner of the day together, and after eating, they talked about the previous time in the Butterfly Valley, talking about Lingxi, Ningning, and Su Mu himself. Talk about Su Mu's obsession and thirst for swords, talk about Su Mu's unwillingness when his meridians are damaged, talk about the fear when facing the nine-striped python, and talk about the excitement when his true qi is lost and regained.
The two talked until the moon was a little sleepy, and then they went to sleep.
When Su Mu woke up the next morning, he saw that the butterfly fairy was already packing his bags. In addition to the one used when he came, the butterfly fairy also prepared another bigger and more delicate one, Su Mu glanced at it from a distance, and saw that it was full of all kinds of qi nourishing tonic or medicine for treating bruises, and even some special poisons made by the butterfly fairy to give Su Mu self-defense.
There is also a shoulder shawl that Su Mu saw that the butterfly fairy has been busy beating these days. This shoulder shawl is light gray, it is about the fur of the gray fox in Butterfly Valley, Su Mu once saw merchants and hunters from Butterfly Town coming to deliver goods a few days ago, I am afraid it is the material that I got at that time. At this time, it was early winter, the weather was getting colder, and the butterfly fairy kept nagging that Su Mu was still young, and the right half of the injury might fall into the root of the cold, so he personally slapped this shoulder drape to keep Su Mu warm. Su Mu put it on, and the furry one was indeed very warm and comfortable.
"It's very similar to the one your Aunt Lingxi likes to wear. The butterfly fairy finally commented.
The two of them set off directly without breakfast, and the journey from Butterfly Valley to Butterfly Town was only one morning, which made Su Mu feel familiar and unfamiliar. Familiar because he can still clearly remember the scene of the day when the master brought him here, and strange because Su Mu has never stepped out of the Butterfly Valley in the past three years, and has never set foot on this road, looking at the scenery of this area, he can't help but feel a little emotional.
Three years have passed, and it seems like a very ordinary daily life, but in fact, too many things have happened and there have been too many precious memories.
Su Mu remembered a lot, I don't know if the master and sister are doing well now, is the master's body a little better, and has the sword path of the younger sister Otowa improved?
Thinking about it, Ning Ning's quiet and lovely face suddenly came to mind again. That quiet face like water, coupled with unwavering eyes, made Su Mu miss it very much. I don't know where Ning Ning is now, how is she doing, after being cured, she shouldn't be hungry and wronged anymore, right?
Ning Ning still has someone to follow, but Aunt Yue, after that, she is alone again, in this deep valley.
Thoughts surged, and the bustling Butterfly Town was already in front of you.
Butterfly Fairy and Su Mu also stopped in unison.
Finally, the time of separation has come. The two thought to themselves.
"Cheer up Qingyue, don't make the child sad anymore, it's not a life or death, the child has promised to come to see you from time to time, and you must say goodbye with a smile. Butterfly Fairy cheered herself up in her heart, took a deep breath silently, raised her head and looked at Su Mudao: "Mu'er, Aunt Yue sent you here to ......"
Halfway through the words, the butterfly fairy couldn't go on, because he saw that Su Mu's originally handsome and good-looking face was already full of tears at some point, his eyes were red, and he obviously couldn't help himself from crying.
In an instant, the mental construction that the butterfly fairy had just done collapsed.
She strode forward, hugged the child who was about the same height as herself, and cried loudly.
This child, you're just a child, I can't even control myself, what have you been putting up with?
After a long time, both of them gradually calmed down. Su Mu wiped his face with his sleeve, squeezed out a smile and said, "Aunt Yue, then I'll go." ”
"Well, be careful all the way. The butterfly fairy replied.
Su Mu turned around and walked dozens of steps, and suddenly as if he had thought of something, he turned around and shouted at the butterfly fairy.
"Aunt Yue, I've always wanted to see what you look like under the veil!"
The butterfly fairy was stunned for a moment, then took off her veil while laughing.
The sun is pouring in, bringing a hint of warmth in winter.