forty-five
When Qin Shuangye came to the Snow Bamboo Forest for the second time, she had already finished changing all the runes, and in order to confirm that it was correct, she appeared in front of Yan Yin again.
On that day, the tall and thin man did not wear Yan's purple clothes, but wore a white cloak embroidered with sprinkled golden plums. Qin Shuangye said that it was Jiang Xingge, so his face suddenly turned cold, but when he got closer and looked at it carefully, it turned out that it was still just Yan Yin.
This time, he didn't hear the owner of the bamboo house mention his childhood past, he just reminded Qin Shuangye sideways, if Qingyu continued to stay by Bai Zhi's side, there would be danger one day. The speaker meant it, and the listener listened to it in his heart. Qin Shuangye, who returned to Shangyang Peak, almost seized the opportunity to sneak into Bai Zhi's room to rummage, and finally the hard work paid off, and on a very ordinary afternoon, she found the half of the jade pendant that faintly emitted a warm blue light behind a wall tile.
Since then, Qin Shuangye has been waking up on the shore of the swamp lake from time to time after falling asleep, she thought that it was because she suddenly started sleepwalking, but after a few times, she gradually realized that she seemed to have been devoured by the same soul as the previous Bai Zhi. Instead of believing Yan Yin as before, she became suspicious of the runes he had taught her, so she chose to come to the lake early in the morning and memorize the runes one by one.
Below the surface of the lake was the other half of the green jade, which was different from Qin Shuangye's hand, it lay quietly at the bottom of the lake, almost as if it was really asleep. Just as she was about to leave, there was something strange from the birthmark, followed by an irrepressible feeling of dizziness, and when she woke up again, Qin Shuangye found herself once again in the direction where Bai Zhi had gone after being devoured by the soul.
The birthmark under Hua Tian in the corner of his right eye was faintly painful, and the slight tearing sensation made Qin Shuangye can't help but cover his hand, and the birthmark at this time was slightly swollen, and it was another dull pain just after touching it. Sensing that things might not be as Yan Yin said, Qin Shuangye hurried to the outside of the pear forest, trying to find clues in the library building that could answer his questions. So she didn't notice that morning, two teenagers were hiding behind the pear tree and saw themselves pale.
When Qin Shuangye came to the snow bamboo forest for the third time, Yan Yin was leaning on the porch to take a rest, she didn't dare to have any disrespect for some reason, so she stood quietly in the snow outside the porch, until dusk came, Yan Yin slowly opened her misty eyes.
The man on the bamboo couch was not in a hurry to speak, he poured himself a glass of water, and looked at Qin Shuangye who was almost whited by the snow not far away.
Seeing that Yan Yin had woken up, Qin Shuangye originally wanted to bow first, but when he really wanted to raise his hand and take a step, he found that he had stood in the snow for too long, and his limbs were so stiff as if they were not his own. She didn't deliberately use the talisman charm, but just to suppress the strange crack at the birthmark had consumed most of her cultivation.
The girl in front of her stiffly swung her limbs a few times, and only then did she take a step and plunge into the snow, Yan Yin looked at her face that was embarrassed from the snow and was silent for a long time, and finally, broke the silence with a chuckle: "It's really ugly." ”
Hearing these four words, Qin Shuangye froze in place, the palms supporting her body were buried in the snow and gradually changed from stinging to unconscious, she stared straight at the white snow in front of her, countless sounds began to roar in her head at that moment, and then there was silence, and the whole world became silent.
She raised her eyes to look at Yan Yin leaning on the couch, the curvature of the corners of the man's mouth was perfect and sarcastic, he was like Jiang Xingyin in the mouths of those storytellers, forever high, always a model for the children of the family, even if he had been Yan Yin for ten years, but at this moment in Qin Shuangye's eyes, he was so depressed and frightened.
"My words are half-true. After a long silence, the man in front of Qin Shuangye opened his lips lightly, and his words and words clearly entered Qin Shuangye's ears, and in an instant, thousands of sounds in the world reappeared, the sound of the wind in the snow and bamboo forest, the cranes in the distance, the sound of the bamboo leaves drifting and the words of Yan Yin.
"You shouldn't believe that Jiang Xingque is an incompetent person, and there is no unbreakable seal in the world. The so-called reinforcement is just to exchange you for Angelica dahurica. Yan Yin walked out from under the porch as he spoke, and the hem of his expensive clothes brushed the snow on the mud inch by inch, and finally stopped in front of Qin Shuangye: "But you are willing, aren't you?"
On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, Qin Shuangye looked up at the starry sky, inexplicably remembering that Ye Yingbo had told her when she was a child that everyone would turn into a star after leaving, she closed her eyes in disbelief, and then made a wish in her heart, praying to the gods not to let the people close to her leave in front of her.
Gu Hai drove the eagle all the way to the east, passing through a misty stream of clouds from time to time, he watched the sky darken little by little, and then the stars replaced the dim sun. Looking back in the direction of the Kunlun Domain, countless bright yellow points of light gradually rose from the sky, denser than the stars and more dazzling than fireflies.
Those points of light illuminated the sky above the Kunlun Domain, and from a distance, it looked like a gilded road paved in the night sky.
"Ah, I don't know if Gu Hai and Senior Sister Xia saw the lights. Su Zi let go of the Kong Ming lantern in his hand, watched it stagger and chase towards the light points in the sky that had already flown away, he closed his eyes, closed his palms, and struggled for a while and still couldn't think of what wish was better, so he looked at the somewhat rough sky lantern and said: "Then I hope that the people I like can spend this life in peace and joy." ”
Qin Shuangye left the Kunlun Domain alone on this night, and drove all the way to Tianhai Yunzhou along the road she was most familiar with.
Behind her was the shining sky that was reflected in gold, and in front of her was the dark spray of sea mist, and she had told Bai Zhi that if she was gone, she would look for her somewhere. It was a very small tower that Ye Yingbo had taken her to when she was a child, with only a staircase that kept spiraling upward.
The fashionable and young Qin Shuangye took Ye Yingbo's hand and stood at the bottom of the stairs and looked up, those steps were twisted into threads one by one, but a clear blue sky was vacated in the middle, as if the eyes of the gods were watching her.
The wooden handrails and steps were illuminated by the sun, and Ye Yingbo took Qin Shuangye to slowly step on those old wooden planks step by step, they creaked but inexplicably made Qin Shuangye feel a sense of security.
After stepping on the last step, there was a dazzling sun, white clouds and a clear and vast sky in front of her, Ye Yingbo at that time lifted the little Qin Shuangye high, she sat on her broad shoulders, and her eyes widened in surprise.
The sea fog that has been lingering on Penglai Island for thousands of years has thinned here, and they are like a light veil that gently blows, turning this somewhat dilapidated tower into the most perfect secret base in Qin Shuangye's heart.
Now Qin Shuangye no longer screamed at the sky that suddenly appeared in front of her, she just stepped silently on the old wooden steps, listening to the familiar creaking sound in her ears. A thick layer of ash accumulated on the armrest, and after being caressed by Qin Shuangye, it vaguely revealed some peeling paint.
She walked for a long time, but never reached the exit at the top of the tower. Qin Shuangye raised her head and glanced at the sky with a few stars scattered around, she used to feel that it was a place where she could run in a few steps, but now for the first time, she found that the steps in this circle were not much less than the stone steps in front of Yujing Peak.
She raised her empty left hand in front of her, it turned out that without Ye Yingbo to hold her, this tower was so cramped and dull.