I don't know how long it took, Ji Ping finally woke up. When I opened my eyes, I saw a pool of turquoise water, and a white mist drifting above the lake.

Could it be that this is the legendary Nine Hidden Underground Mansions? No! Ji Ping asked secretly in his heart, just his body moved, and his whole body seemed to fall apart, and bursts of sharp pain pierced his heart. This real feeling instantly pulled him back to reality, it seemed that he was still alive, and he was secretly lucky, but the pain in his body was no better than death. Touching the side, the jade flute was still there, and then I was relieved.

After a while, I finally saw where I was, it was on the shore of the turquoise lake, and the surrounding stone walls were strange stones, shining brightly. The steaming water vapor makes this space look extraordinarily humid, but it is not cold, but it feels very comfortable. I don't know how deep this ravine is, and when I look up, there is only one blue line left in the clear blue sky. The only beam of light penetrated into the ravine, shining on the surface of the angry white fog lake, and it was like a fairyland.

"Are you awake?" was a woman's gentle voice.

Ji Ping was stunned for a moment, he didn't think that there was someone here, he stood up with difficulty, followed the prestige, and there was a woman standing not far away, petite, beautiful, with a slight trace of heroism in her expression. This is exactly the woman I saw in the hotel a few days ago, but I didn't expect this sudden avalanche to involve this woman in this unfathomable abyss.

"Is it pretty?" the woman asked in a sudden and soft voice.

Ji Ping subconsciously hummed, the words had already been said and felt wrong, and his face suddenly turned red. Looking at the woman who was already laughing, her expression added a little charm.

Ji Ping remembered that before he was confused, a pair of gentle hands stretched out to him, and then looked at the woman in front of him and hurriedly said, "Thank you girl for saving me." ”

After a while, the woman finally held back a smile and said, "Even if you have a big life, you didn't fall to death when you fell from this place thousands of feet high, but you don't have to thank me, it was my senior sister who fished you up from this pool, or you would have drowned in this water."

Ji Ping pretended not to know anything and asked, "Could it be that someone else fell from above?"

The woman snorted softly and said, "We all flew down, only you mortals fell down."

Ji Ping wanted to distinguish, but he was speechless for a while, I and I didn't come up with a better reason for a long time, and my face turned even redder.

"Okay, I'm not kidding you, senior brother and sister are still waiting in front" The girl saw Ji Ping so embarrassed, and said with joy in her heart, and then pulled Ji Ping to a cave not far away.

The soft and slender hand grabbed Ji Ping's arm and walked towards the cave, originally the injury on Ji Ping's arm was quite serious, but at this moment, the pain was actually reduced a little.

After passing through the hole made of rocks, you will enter the cave, the entrance is low, but the entrance is different. The cave is quite wide, three or four zhang high, dozens of cone-shaped strange stones, hanging upside down on the top of the cave, emitting a bright light, so the light in the cave is quite sufficient. On one side of the cave is a pool of water, and the droplets on the top of the cave make a ticking sound when they fall into the pool. There is a faint white mist rising from the waterhole, but it is not very real.

"Senior sister, I've brought you that stupid guy you rescued from the water," the woman shouted loudly when she entered the cave, her voice was crisp, and she circled the hole for a long time before stopping.

The woman who was called Senior Sister glared at her, but she didn't speak, just frowned. A man next to him hurriedly spoke: "I have already probed when he was unconscious, and this person has no exercises on him, just an ordinary person." ”

Only then did Ji Ping see clearly, the person in front of him was the cold woman in the hotel a few days ago, and now, although her face was still beautiful, her face was white, her long black hair hung down behind her, and occasionally a few strands were attached to her cheeks, which looked a little messy.

"What's your name, stupid?" asked the petite woman who had just led Ji Ping into the cave, but the man next to her glared at her and said gently, "I see that you are also injured, so let's sit down and talk."

Ji Ping thanked him, found a fairly clean rock and sat down, and casually put the jade flute on his side. whispered, "My name is Ji Ping." ”

Ji Ping felt a little regretful in his heart after speaking, he had heard in the snowy mountains that people in the world were sinister, so when he first came, he casually told others his true name, and he didn't know whether it was good or bad.

The man just nodded, his gaze was always on the jade flute, and there was indescribable joy in his eyes and said: "We are disciples of Tianji Mountain, my name is Song Ming," and then lowered his voice and said: "That ice beauty over there is our second senior sister Ming Hainan" After speaking, he glanced at the woman, and saw that the cold woman was not angry, so he relieved his heart. "Fourth junior brother Zhang Qingyun, this eccentric is the fifth junior sister Zhen Ning"

Ji Ping nodded his head one by one, but the other party did not respond. In the eyes of cultivators, how could a mere mortal be worthy of their other eyes, and besides, they were from the Orthodox Tianji Sect of the Central Continent Divine Sect. Ji Ping smiled bitterly, but seeing this Song Ming man admit it so frankly, he didn't feel a little close.

"I think your jade flute is very exquisite, and you are also a person who knows the rhythm of music?"

Ji Ping didn't know why Song Ming asked like this, so he still answered honestly: "I don't know how to play music."

Song Ming then asked: "Then I don't know if I can transfer this thing to me, I have a senior brother who is proficient in music and rhythm, and he likes this kind of instrumental music, I can exchange it with you with a magic weapon at the same price."

Ji Ping was stunned for a moment, this jade flute was not an ordinary thing for him, so he refused: "This thing is a gift from a senior, and I will not give it away."

Song Ming felt pity, sighed and didn't speak. On the other side, Zhang Qingyun said, "We are disciples of the Tianji Sect of the Immortal Cultivation Sect, and it is your blessing to fancy this thing, say how much money do you want before you are willing to transfer it."

The high-minded and invincible voice was a little harsh, and he secretly said in his heart: "If the four of them have bad intentions, even if they rob it openly, they have no way" He said in a hurry: "I heard that Tianjimen is a famous and decent family, do you want to rob it openly."

"What about the robbing!"

"Shut up, don't worry, this son can rest assured, my Tianji Mountain Gate is a great sect of divine cultivation, leading the righteous path for thousands of years, we will definitely not do such a dirty thing, if not, then what is the difference with the people in the Soul Sect" Song Ming scolded loudly.

As soon as these words came out, Ji Ping's heart calmed down a little, and then looked at this person, his eyebrows were righteous and awe-inspiring, and he definitely would not be this kind of person who was interested in profit.

Ji Ping thanked a few people for their rescue, and when he saw that everyone was not talking, he stood up silently and walked to the corner of the stone cave and walked down.

As soon as he lay down, the pain on his body came one after another, and the already soaked clothes wrapped around his body were even more uncomfortable. His body kept tossing and turning on the stone, but he couldn't sleep. I don't know how long it took for my consciousness to finally blur.

"Brother Ping, wake up, wake up, it's not good, the fourth uncle is looking for you all over the village, the wild boar he went up the mountain to hunt yesterday found that he was missing two legs this morning, was it eaten by you" Li Ge was standing in front of the bed with an angry face

"It's not good, I'll go to the altar to hide first, so I can leave the song, and when the fourth uncle asks, you will say that you haven't seen me"

"Hmph, I don't want to, tell me how many times I panicked for you, the chickens of the third aunt's family last time, the sheep of the uncle's family last time, and the big last time, which time you said that it was not all a good thing you did!"

"Ping'er, it's getting colder and colder, the third aunt made you a cotton coat, you wear it appropriately" A hobbling figure walked in the heavy snow

"Just eat, just be an uncle, this is your home"

"Go away and never come back. "There was bright red blood flowing from the circle, and the rickety body.

Ji Ping woke up and suddenly did it, already sweating profusely. The clothes were still wet, and I didn't know if it was lake water or sweat.

"I see that you have never fallen asleep after tossing and turning, is it a serious injury, this is an intermittent pill, it has the effect of bone and muscle, and it will heal in a few days"

Ji Ping turned around when he heard the voice, and he was the righteous and awe-inspiring Song Ming between his eyebrows.

"Thank you" Ji Ping didn't excuse himself, took the medicine, and put it in his mouth.

"Can I take a look at your jade flute?" Song Ming asked after a slight hesitation.

"Yes," Ji Ping finished speaking, and handed the jade flute into Song Ming's hand. Song Ming took the jade flute with both hands, put it in his hand and carefully observed, this thing that looked like stone was not stone, and it seemed like jade and not jade in this darkness actually emitted a faint light, and he couldn't help but play.

The sound of the flute sounded, and the voice was not bright, but extremely low, like a cry, like a person whispering about his tragic past. In a moment, the sound of the flute turned sharply, and the melody was high and had the potential to go straight into the sky, so that all the resentment of the heart could pour out in the sound of the flute, and finally it became calm, without a trace of joy and sorrow, and told all the things in the heart.

After a pause, Ji Ping was still immersed in the sound of the flute, and the tune expressed was clearly all the feelings of a person. It took a long time to wake up from the tune, and for some reason my eyes were moist. He hurriedly brushed away the tears hanging from the corners of his eyes with his hands, so as not to let others see them. When the song was played, when he raised his head, he found that no one was cheering, they all bowed their heads and were silent, their faces were full of sadness, and even the face of the woman who had been cold and expressionless was also sad.

After Ji Ping finished reading everyone, he said: "I have never understood the rhythm of music, but I can also hear the artistic conception in it, I don't know what kind of song this is?"

Song Ming didn't raise his head and whispered: "This is my senior brother's work, five years ago, he was pinned on by everyone because of the practice of the exercises, he went mad, and his muscles and veins were broken, and from then on, he could only be with this instrument and herbs." Although he talked and laughed with his brothers and sisters as usual, we could see his grief, so we often went down the mountain to be with him, and he was willing to teach us some music theory, and we learned it over time. After Song Ming finished speaking, he looked down at the jade flute, and handed it to Ji Ping. Ji Ping hesitated slightly, but still reached out and took it. I don't know if I was infected by this tune or I don't know where to go tomorrow, but no one spoke anymore, just sat silently.

This night has been really long, and the picture of my childhood and the sound of this resentful flute have kept passing in front of my eyes and ears, and I can't disperse for a long time. The sound of dripping water in this quiet cave was so clear that I couldn't sleep all night.