Chapter 127: Extraneous Branches (2)
Suddenly, the old woman turned her head and asked, "Girl, are you from this Shimen town?"
Chu Qing originally thought it was chatting about nothing, and replied without thinking about it: "Sort of, although I wasn't born here, I have lived here for a long time." After saying this, he found that the old woman lowered her head and pondered, so she said with some doubts: "What's the matter, mother-in-law, but there is something else?"
When the old woman heard this, she suddenly came back to her senses, forced a smile, and immediately asked, "Girl, are there any other people at home?"
As soon as she asked this time, Chu Qing quickly came up with a thought, this old woman said that I was kind, and said that I was beautiful, and also said who married me, and how to do it, if it is not possible, she wants to tell me that the matchmaker can't do it, thinking of this, Chu Qing pursed the corners of her mouth and forced a smile, and after thinking about it, she said in a low voice: "Mother-in-law, the little girl's family style is very strict, and there are some things...... There are some things, I'm afraid it's difficult for me to make decisions, not to mention that I ......" After speaking, his cheeks flushed, and he actually became shy again.
The old woman didn't pay attention to Chu Qing this time, but looked into the distance, as if there was something hidden in the deep night, as if something she was waiting to appear.
Chu Qing didn't notice the change in the old woman's expression, but when she didn't understand the meaning of her words, she lowered her head again and whispered: "Mother-in-law, the little girl already has a righteous brother in the family, and others treat me...... Treat me very well......" Speaking of the back, Chu Qing's voice was already very low, like a shy little girl suddenly revealing her heart to others.
The old woman was stunned when she heard this, withdrew her gaze, turned her head to look at Chu Qing, and asked again: "Mother-in-law sees that the girl is not very old, why is she traveling alone so late at night?"
Chu Qing was stunned when she heard this, Fang understood that she was self-inflicted, and she was cranky, it turned out that the old woman was wondering why she didn't have a family member with her, her face turned red at the moment, and she replied shamefully, and peeked at the old woman again, and found that her embarrassment had not been discovered, so she was much relieved, but said, "Little girl...... The little girl came out to find my brother-in-law. ”
When the old woman heard this, she seemed to think for a while, and then asked, "That girl, aren't you afraid of meeting villains?"
Hearing this, Chu Qing's eyes couldn't help but widen, and he wondered: "Bad guys?", just because Chu Qing really couldn't think of any "bad guys" in his heart that could make him afraid, I was afraid that those so-called "bad guys" really hit him, and he didn't regret it for the rest of his life.
Seeing Chu Qing so puzzled, the old woman said as if she was admonishing: "This world is still not peaceful, the girl is alone, it is better to be careful." ”
Chu Qing was stunned, and Fang reacted, the other party was a mother-in-law who was a year old and frail, and an ordinary mortal, so it was reasonable to worry about herself, so she smiled and said: "Mother-in-law, don't worry about me, the little girl's house is not far from Shimen Town, and she is very familiar with this place." ”
When the old woman heard this, she said, "Oh", then quickly rolled her eyes a few times, and then slowly walked forward with Chu Qing's support.
The two of them did not say anything more, but continued to walk along the mountain road unhurriedly.
In the night, I saw that the mountain road under my feet gradually became narrower, and before I knew it, I entered a forest, and when I looked up, a little moonlight swayed down from the trees. The gentle night breeze blows, and the "rustle" sound of rubbing between the leaves makes a bit quiet.
In his memory, Chu Qing came to this forest for the first time, and he looked around curiously, but when he saw the ancient wood forest and the rugged mountain road, he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, when did he live in such a secluded place? Could it be that what the old woman said was deceitful, but after reading it carefully, she didn't find anything unusual, so she settled down again, thinking that she was really thinking and suspicious again and again today, but just when she retracted her gaze, she suddenly found that the fingers around her wrist suddenly lit up, and the brilliance flashed and disappeared, as if issuing some warning, and she couldn't help but be alert again.
The more the two walked forward, the more Chu Qing felt that something was wrong. I saw that the surrounding trees were thick, not to mention, the trees seemed to have a versicolor disease, the bark fell off piece by piece, revealing the smooth trunk, glowing with a bleak blue and white light, and the head of the tree seemed to be cut down by life for some reason, leaving only a few thin branches, supporting some leaves that were about to fall, trembling in the breeze.
Chu Qing inevitably had a doubt in his heart, when did there be such a strange tree in Cangqing Mountain, although he didn't dare to say that he had traveled all over Cangqing Mountain, but there was still a little familiarity near Shimen Town, these trees were really very different from what he had seen in ordinary times, not to mention common sense, but also faintly revealing a trace of weirdness, so he secretly paid attention to it.
At this time, the old woman beside her suddenly stopped, looked at the strange trees around her, and said in a low voice: "Girl, my mother-in-law has arrived home, I really worked hard for you." ”
When Chu Qing heard this, she was immediately stunned, raised her eyes and looked around, but she didn't see a residence, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Mother-in-law, what about your house?"
As soon as the words fell, I saw that the old woman turned her head when she heard the words, smiled strangely at Chu Qing, and then suddenly her face sank, and her wrinkled mouth opened and spit out a yellow smoke. I saw that the yellow smoke was rolling in, but it was blocked by a transparent wall of light less than a foot away from Chu Qing, and there was no way to move forward.
Seeing Chu Qing standing behind the wall of light unharmed, looking at herself with disdain, the old woman's face was shocked, her eyes showed surprise, and she lost her voice and said, "You can also spell?"
Chu Qing snorted and said in a deep voice: "That's it, you dare to come out and show off!"
When the old woman heard this, her face sank, and she raised her hand, which was as dry as a bamboo, and made a strange handprint in front of her, and said something in her mouth.
Then the moonlight over the forest dimmed, and the strange trees around it made a creaking sound, like the sound of the joints of the human body writhing, which seemed extremely eerie in such a secluded place.
Chu Qing was shocked, and at the same time, he felt that the strange trees around him were actually moving slowly, gradually moving closer to him. When I looked up again, the old woman was gone. Immediately flew up, the person stood in mid-air, without waiting for the surrounding strange trees to make any move, the jade hand moved, and the fingers around the soft suddenly turned into thousands of halos, like dense raindrops, scattered around.
After a chaotic sound of "bang bang bang", the fire burst out on the strange trees that were hit, and Venus shone in all directions, filling the air with a smell of burning.
Chu Qing observed coldly for a while, and then raised his hand to beckon back from the finger wrapping before slowly descending from mid-air. I saw that those strange trees shook violently for a while, followed by a loud noise, and collapsed violently, stirring up the dust on the ground, forming a wave of qi several feet high, which scattered in all directions.
When the wave of qi was about to dissipate, I saw a flash of light and shadow, and a rickety figure appeared, not far from him, the old woman stood up, but there was a red blood flowing from the corner of her mouth, her face was extremely painful, she stared at Chu Qing twice, and hissed: "It's amazing." ”
Chu Qing glanced at her and said in a deep voice, "Are you going to be caught by yourself, or do you want me to beat you to the ground?"
When the old woman heard this, her body was shaken, but she did not say much, but raised her hands to her chest, opened her mouth, and spewed out a puff of yellow smoke.
Chu Qing raised his eyebrows and shouted, "One more move!" After speaking, he raised his hand, and flashed his fingers around the soft fairy light, blocking the yellow smoke aside.
Hearing the "banging" around him, Chu Qing couldn't help but be curious, and when he looked at it, it turned out that the yellow smoke was actually melted by the fine yellow sand, and it was scattered to the surrounding ground one after another, so it made a series of sounds. It was inevitable to have a pause in my heart, what kind of spell is this, how could I use yellow sand as a weapon, but at this moment, I raised my eyes again, the old woman had taken the opportunity to turn into a yellow cloud and fled away, and I wanted to chase it, but I suddenly looked up and saw the light of the sky, and couldn't help worrying about the wind and bamboo again, and finally stomped my feet, looked at the yellow sand all over the ground, was surprised for a moment, and flew back in the direction of Shimen Town.
When Chu Qing returned to Shimen Town for the second time, it had already passed the third watch, and the streets were even more deserted, even many families in the town had already blown out the lights, and they were afraid that they would fall asleep.
Chu Qing ran forward with almost no touching feet, and returned to the place where he met the old woman, and suddenly saw a person hurrying in the night, and his heart was inevitably shocked, thinking why there were so many things tonight, looking at the appearance of that person, it was obvious that he was coming towards him, so he stopped, wrapped his fingers around and stood up in front of him, and waited intently.
The speed of the man's walking was also extremely fast, and at a glance, he knew that there was a cultivator in his body, but after he approached, Chu Qing took a closer look, but found that it was the Kongming monk of the Kongjue Temple.
Kong Ming seemed to recognize it as Chu Qing from afar, walked straight over, and said, "The fairy came to Shimen Town so late, it seems that there is something urgent?"
After Chu Qing saw the comer, he immediately put away his fingers, the nervous expression on his face eased, and he wanted to say that he was going to Xunxianglou to find Feng Shuzhu, but the words turned around in his mouth, choked back again, looked at Kongming, and asked rhetorically: "So late, the mage appeared in Shimen Town, but why is it urgent?"
Kong Ming smiled when he heard this, and said: "Amitabha, the little monk is leaving Shimen Town, unlike the fairy who entered Shimen Town. ”
When Chu Qing heard this, he was speechless for a while, but immediately said, "The mage left Shimen Town so late, it seems that he has something more urgent. ”
When Kong Ming heard this, he glanced at Chu Qing more, and said with a smile: "Don't hide it from the fairy, the little monk is about to go to Jade Shoot Peak to find a young man." ”
As soon as Chu Qing heard this, he understood that Kong Ming had never seen Feng Shuzhu at all, which further affirmed the fact that the little fat bear bag said. When I thought of this, I was inevitably a little anxious, and wanted to speak, but it was inconvenient to tell Kong Ming that Feng Shuzhu went to the Falling Cloud Pavilion, and when he was in distress, he only heard Kong Ming say: "Seeing that the fairy is in a hurry, the little monk is inconvenient to disturb, so the little monk will climb the mountain to visit Feng Shaoxia another day." After speaking, he put his hands together, nodded and recited the Buddha's name, turned around and left.
Chu Qing watched the empty line go away, stunned, and only heard the four watches of Shimen Town's drums in his ears, and couldn't help but be more anxious, seeing that there was no one left and right, he got up and flew towards Xunxianglou.