Volume 3: The People of That Year Gaiden: Five masters and apprentices in Longju Qingyun
The house is huge.
Bigger than all the houses the little girl had ever seen.
The little girl looked up at the big house, she stood on tiptoe, her head was raised high, but it was not so high, she wanted to see the roof of this house, but she couldn't see it, only saw the white sea of clouds wrapped around the wall of this big house, so that the place where the clouds met the wall looked cyan.
"You'll be my student from now on. The long-haired old man bent over his hands behind his back to make himself look the same size as the little girl.
The old man smiled kindly, and in the little girl's impression, no one had ever smiled at her like this except her own mother, so the little girl was very happy, and she wanted to answer the long-haired old man, but someone answered for her.
"There's Mr. Law. β
It was a man who spoke, he was standing behind the little girl, and he said very cold, like ice cubes, but the little girl didn't know what ice cubes were, she hadn't seen them, she had only heard that it was a wonderful magic weapon that could make you feel like winter in summer, but the little girl didn't even know what summer and winter were, but since it was the same as a man, it must be very cold.
The man glanced at the little girl, and her brown eyes made the little girl shrink her neck in fright, she was afraid of the man.
"Okay, Xiao Xiao, no one will hurt her here, don't worry. The long-haired old man put his hand on the little girl's shoulder and smiled at the man named Xiao Xiao.
Xiao Xiao closed his eyes, stood quietly for a while, and then hugged his fists with the long-haired old man, then turned around and left without looking back.
The little girl looked at Xiao Xiao's steps without any hesitation, rubbing the thumbs of her hands against each other, and her eyes were a little gloomy.
"Okay, Xiao Luo, will you go in with Mr.?" The old man looked at Xiao Luo and said kindly, Xiao Luo looked up at this old man, she felt a little incredible, how did this old man know his name?
But Xiao Luo didn't ask the old man this question, she was just a little surprised and happy, at least her name could finally be remembered by someone other than her mother, although it was an old man she had just met today, but for the little girl, this was enough.
The old man let go of Xiao Luo's shoulder, stretched out his hand and handed it to Xiao Luo, Xiao Luo was stunned for a moment, then stretched out both hands to the old man, and grabbed the old man's hand tightly, for fear that this kind old man would leave him.
The old man was not too tall, but after he handed his hand to Xiao Luo, he still bent over, so that Xiao Luo did not have to raise his arms to follow him.
"First...... First?" Xiao Luo frowned, her face was hot, she didn't remember what the old man had asked her to remember just now.
"Sir. The old man smiled and said to Xiao Luo, the latter nodded, then raised his head to look at the old man, his eyes were a little sad, and asked softly to the old man, "Sir, does he not want me anymore? I'm alone again, right?"
The old man's steps stopped, he looked up at the green clouds surrounding the big house in Xiao Luo's eyes, there was a long black shadow wandering inside, it looked like a dragon, the old man pointed to the clouds, "What do you look like in there?"
Xiao Luo looked in the direction pointed by the old man, she didn't understand why the old man didn't answer her but asked herself, but Xiao Luo still answered, "Like a snake." β
"Not true. The old man shook his finger at Xiao Luo, and then Xiao Luo suddenly felt like a child who had done something wrong, and a lot of sweat overflowed from the palm of the old man's hand, and she also lowered her head, not daring to look at the old man again.
The old man smiled, "It's a lonely snake." β
Xiao Luo raised his head again and looked at the old man blankly, the latter's face was still so kind, "It lives in the sea of clouds, it is the only one, it is very lonely, right?"
Xiao Luo nodded as if she didn't understand, she didn't know what the old man would say, the old man looked at Xiao Luo, who was a little scared, and then looked at the black shadow in the clouds, "It may be the last snake in the world, it has no kind, so many of us think he is lonely, and there are still many people who feel this way, but some people say that it is not lonely." β
Xiao Luo frowned, she didn't understand even more, the old man rubbed Xiao Luo's hair, messing up her hair.
"Later, I found out that the naughty ghost who said it wasn't lonely actually became friends with it when we didn't know it, and then it wasn't alone, Xiao Luo, do you think it's lonely in a group of people who don't have any friends, or is it lonely among the strangers?"
Xiao Luo looked at the old man, she shook her head, she didn't know how to answer, she didn't know what the old man meant, no, she didn't want to know.
"Let's go, the answer is to be found on your own, and here will give you the answer, and after you know the answer, then you will naturally know and know why you are here. The old man said lightly, Xiao Luo nodded as if she didn't understand, she looked around, there was a stone tablet, Xiao Luo blinked, her eyes lit up, she knew these six words, so she had a sense of familiarity and pride, and the little girl read it out like this,
"Dragons dwell in the land of the clouds. β
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"A place to live. β
Xiao Luo looked up at the plaque on this huge pavilion, the red wooden plaque was written in pitch black ink, Xiao Luo would look up at this strange plaque every time he came here, because whether the light was too bright or too dark, he couldn't see the words written on it, only at this time, the little girl could see the ink on it.
At this time, it is the night solstice, about an hour after the end of Longju Qingyun's lunch class, the night will fall here, it is at this time, the only few remaining rays of orange and yellow sunlight will fall on this plaque and the faint yellow light of the lantern under the eaves of the pavilion is intertwined, so that the ink characters can be seen by themselves, that is, at this time, it is when Xiao Luo came here.
"Is it still the same? no time limit?" asked a man who was guarding Wen's residence, looking polite and a little thin, and after writing Xiao Luo's name on the record with a pen, he stood up and handed a small piece of hard paper with the word "wind" written on it to Xiao Luo.
This was the one hundred and sixty-seventh time he had seen this girl, since one hundred and sixty-seven days ago, he knew that there was another person who had joined the Dragon Residence Qingyun Land, this little girl who was supposed to be brought here by the Dragon Turtle Ancestor seven days after that, but in the middle of the night when he knew it, he ran here barefoot in the uniform pajamas, and then, he has been coming here every day before nightfall.
"Hmm. Xiao Luo took the cardboard handed over by the man, and trotted all the way into it without turning his head.
The man sat back, turned a page, and wrote Xiao Luo's name in the column of Yinshi, the rules of the literary residence, everyone must register when they come here, and record the time of departure, if they can't say the specific time, they will have no time limit, and they will register when they leave;
But although Xiao Luo didn't say the time herself, the man knew the time when she left, between the middle time and the middle time, without exception, the man smiled, this time period was like she came here to sleep.
The man looked out of the door again, there were lights everywhere, and the path here was very clear, but there was no one, people went back to sleep, one of the rules of the dragon dwelling in Qingyundi, those who have not arrived at Jindan, except for reading, the rest must sleep.
The man yawned and glanced at the notebook in front of him, by the way, tomorrow I remember that it was the day when the old students came back from their travels, the man looked into the distance, there were obviously more lights, the man smiled wryly and shook his head, it seemed that some people had returned.
Xiao Luo took the hard paper with the word "wind", looked up at the columns of books, and finally stopped at one of the big books, Xiao Luo collected his aura into the paper, and a wisp of wind appeared in the paper, and Xiao Luo saw that the big book was rolled down, Xiao Luo held the book, and he couldn't hold it at all, it was very big, from Xiao Luo's neck to a little above his knees, bigger than half Xiao Luo.
This wisp of wind held the book from below, helping the little girl run forward, when Xiao Luo ran for a while, she stopped, because there are people here, there are many people lying on the table and reading at night, they are also students here, but they seem to be different from themselves, Xiao Luo can't tell what is different, for the first time, there is only curiosity in their eyes, but some people see themselves again after Mr. Long Yuan brought him in, and there was obviously some displeasure in their eyes, although most people didn't care, but Xiao Luo still saw her most familiar eyes in the eyes of these people, jealousyγ
Wanting to kill yourself is the same as jealousy.
Xiao Luo held the book, quietly picked up a lit candle from the outermost table full of lanterns, and then quietly walked past these people, she walked to the innermost row of bookshelves, and finally, she stopped in the farthest place where the light was lit, she opened the big book, sat down on the ground by herself, leaned against the bookshelf, put the candle inside herself, and put the book up against the direction she came in, so that what she had to do was done.
It's your own little world, and you're done.
As for this book, Xiao Luo has never read it, she likes to read, but she only likes to read those beautiful story books, as for this one, Xiao Luo has only one reason for taking it, the books in the Wenju are classified according to the type and the number of readers, the less a type is read, the more you put it outside, and the less you read a book, the higher it will be, and the one Xiao Luo chose is the largest of these books that almost no one reads, the one that can hide yourself.
Xiao Luo looked at the light that came in from the small gap she had left, and a trace of warmth appeared in her heart, and she felt that her world was bright at this time.
Xiao Luo curled up, clasped his legs with his hands, buried his head in his knees, and gradually closed his eyes.
"Now Shenzhou is really a puddle of mud, a few old things actually do that kind of thing in order to earn mortal resources, tsk, it's disgusting. The handsome young man, dressed in purple and gold, shook his head and walked as he spoke, he walked in the middle, put his arms around the shoulders of the other two teenagers, and there was no anger on his face, but some joy.
"So many good-looking girls were deliberately accelerated by them, and the rest of the men were mated, to give birth to more mortals, and then the first generation was killed and turned into aura, grandma, you tell me why the catastrophe is gone, you really should chop those old things, and their doglegs, after we go back to the school, the three of us will kill them together without leaving a piece of armor, how about it? β
"I don't know, your Di Nuanshu has nothing to do with me, I'll go take a shower first. Li Zilai tilted his head, touched Di Nuanshu's hand with a smile, and frowned, how good it would be if the senior sister's hand would be, but this guy's skin should be better than that of the senior sister, Li Zilai looked at the other teenager, and then pointed to the distance with a wicked smile, "Bookworm, let's go wash together?"
"Get out!" Ji Ke tilted his head and looked at the top of the mountain, Li Zilai and Di Nuanshu looked at each other, and then they both shrugged their shoulders helplessly, and then they hooked their shoulders and walked towards another place together.
"Well, I said, you didn't look angry just now. β
"Angry is angry, happy is happy, I'm angry that those old things can't see it, it's better to laugh for a while, in case a junior sister sees me, won't she be fascinated by me." β
"That's right, it seems that we really have a junior sister, and the teacher newly accepted it when we went out, by the way, you and Ji Ke have seen her portrait, haven't you?"
"Yes, she is the second daughter of the Xiao family, her mother died, she was sent by his father, let me tell you, although this little girl is not yet an adult, her figure and appearance already belong to the first class. β
"Yo, you Emperor Nuanshu said that you have to wait for one, then you will definitely go to her room to see when you go back, right?"
"You know me well, and it's you. β
"Shame on you, your brain is flooded, you have to do it, junior sister!"
"Hey, don't pretend to be a decent gentleman, did you peek at the river a few days ago to see your senior sister taking a bath or did I give you a lookout? β
"Fuck off! I'm afraid that my senior sister will meet those hooligans, can I be like you? If you write bad poems and don't go to Wenju to read books, do you think I don't know if you said that you have to take a bath or not to peek at whether there will be a junior sister next door. β
"Fart! I'm all open-minded, who is as sneaky as you, with that restless heart in my heart, but I only dare to let your little brother endure it!"
"I'll say it again! I'm a guard, don't confuse me with you!"
Ji Ke pressed his head with one hand, he had a headache, he had a headache, he had been thinking about this problem every day since he met these two guys, why did he walk with these two guys?
"Xiao Ji, bring me some delicious food when you go back to the house!"
"And me! I don't want pastries, it's not good to eat, bring me some fried chicken, the kind of fruit wood roast!"
"Get out!" Ji Ke said angrily at the two who could only see two black shadows, he was sure that he was definitely pulled onto the thief ship with them, but now he couldn't get down, Ji Ke's head hurt even more, he rubbed his eyebrows, and walked towards Wenju's place.
Ji Ke's eyebrows narrowed slightly, and he killed them without leaving a piece of armor? It's not good, you have to let Di Nuanshu change the method, such as ...... It's pretty clean, and it adds nourishment to the ground.
"Senior brother. Ji Ke saluted the man, and the man nodded and recorded Ji Ke's name.
"You don't need to get the book style, you can get it yourself. The man said lightly, then pointed to the bookshelf in the distance, Ji Ke blinked his eyes and looked at the man, who was holding a book and leaning back in his chair and ignored it.
Ji Ke came to the bookshelf outside, looked up at it, and was about to reach out to take it, when he frowned slightly, did anyone take it? No one has read this geographical atlas. Ji Ke looked at the man, the latter was still the same, Ji Ke thought about the direction the man was pointing in just now, he bypassed those students who were reading, there was no need to let them see themselves, otherwise it would be too troublesome to salute one by one, Ji Ke went around to the bookshelf inside from behind, and then he was slightly stunned, looking at the candlelight in the big book on the ground, it turned out that someone was reading.
Ji Ke turned to leave, but after a while, he came back with a book and a lantern, Ji Ke lifted up his skirt and sat on the ground, he planned to read while waiting for the other party to return the book, then he would read it himself.
The candlelight flickered slightly, and the entire residence was very quiet, and time passed quietly.
Ji Ke put one hand to his head, he glanced at the geographical atlas, then closed the book in his hand, and walked there, Ji Ke deliberately hid his footsteps so as not to alarm the people behind the book.
Sure enough, he fell asleep, Ji Ke looked at the girl who shrunk into a "ball" and fell asleep peacefully from above, he raised his eyebrows, this girl seemed to have seen it himself, Ji Ke's memory flashed through his brain, and then Ji Ke sighed, during the time he left, the old man of Long Yuan gave his newly adopted junior sister.
Ji Ke looked at Xiao Luo's face, it was indeed very good-looking.
A dark back mountain.
Spacious bamboo house, with a small courtyard surrounded by a fence, Xiao Luo curled up and slept on the bed, Ji Ke gave her a meditation trick to prevent herself from waking her up when carrying her, Ji Ke recalled the man's expression when he saw him holding her away, and looked like he was going to eat himself, what happened to him?
Ji Ke didn't think about it, he blew out the candles in the house, gently closed the door, and then jumped out of the fence, there are three bamboo houses around this bamboo house, this is their residence, the old man of the dragon turtle and his disciples live here, Ji Ke saw that the other two rooms did not appear in the light, and he knew that the two did not come back.
It must have been to peek at other people's little girls taking a bath, otherwise they wouldn't have come back for so long, Ji Ke's eyelids jumped slightly, two bastards, Ji Ke looked back at Xiao Luo's bamboo house, no wonder he kept running there, it was darker.
Let's go and tell Mr. about the little junior sister first, and when they all come back in the future, they won't be lonely, and they won't be lonely with each other.
Ji Ke waved his hand, and the lights of the three bamboo houses were lit up, illuminating a warm spot in the dim back mountain.
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A trace of water vapor was bubbling up on Ji Ke's body, and he took a bath by the way after returning from the old man of the dragon turtle, without using a purification spell, just letting the water wash his body is only here to enjoy.
Ji Ke looked at the lit room, which had been going on for twelve hours, Ji Ke's eyelids jumped slightly, forget it, just take care of the child by himself.
"Mama Liu, some pastries, and a fried chicken. β