When Xue Yi finished mending the rags, the two red candles also burned to the end. On this winter night, the three of them went back to their beds to rest. I don't know if it is because the nearby mandrill dryads have been swept away, and the night in the mountain village is exceptionally quiet tonight. Lying on the bed in the outer room, Xingyan only heard some tossing and turning sounds in the inner room, it should be Xiao Qiongwei, who heard that she was going to her brother's house, and she was so excited that she couldn't sleep. After a while, I heard a few intermittent dog barks in the distance in the village, and the boy who had worked hard all day gradually fell asleep.

The next morning, I washed up on the edge of the blue pond, and I woke up and saw that on the dirt road between the villages, the water spirit woman Su Shuiruo was dressed in white and was walking along the clear water pond.

Seeing her coming, Xingyan remembered her words yesterday and hurriedly welcomed her into Yixue Hall.

Entering the house, Su Shuiruo didn't rush to tell him about returning to the mountain, but just meditated outside the cottage and chatted with Xingyan. During the conversation, Xingyan occasionally mentioned the matter of returning to the mountain, Su Shuiruo just smiled lightly and told him that this matter would wait for the Xueyi girl to talk about it together. At this time, Xue Yi was in front of the red lacquer dressing table in the back room, helping the little sister who got up late with insomnia to groom and take care of it.

In such a casual chat, Xingyan also learned that the Yixue Hall where they lived for a few days was the wedding hall of Shui Ruo and her husband. Before the few people moved in, the honest young man who lost his beloved wife but couldn't do anything could only come to the hall to clean and chat about his longing.

After listening to these common words said by Shui Ruo, Xingyan thought about it in his heart, and also felt that like Su Afu, watching his lover walk towards death step by step, although he was born, he wanted to die, and he must have been very painful in his heart.

After chatting for a while, Kou Xueyi led Qiong Wei out of the inner room. Seeing that there were guests, Qiong Wei rubbed her sleepy eyes and politely greeted the big sister.

When Xueyi and the others came out, the chatter turned to the main topic. It turned out that, contrary to what Xingyan expected, this Shangqing Essence did not want to take his father-in-law back to Luofu Shangqing with him. Su Shuiruo told these people in Sihaitang that she had practiced in the Luofu Cave Heaven for thousands of years, and she had been cold for thousands of years. And now that she has met someone she really loves, she knows what it is like to be worried, so she never wants to return to the infinitely cold Xianshan Cave Heaven.

Hearing her say this, Xingyan couldn't help but glance at the Qingwan girl next to her who was listening, and seemed to have an understanding. Seeing that she didn't want to return to the master with her, Xingyan was not annoyed. Just thinking about it for a while, I feel that I still have to persuade one or two sentences in response to the situation, no matter whether it succeeds or not, it is not in vain to give the instructions of the head of the family.

But before he could speak, the empathetic water spirit saw his thoughts, and preemptively said: "Don't worry, hall master, you are my father-in-law, how can I make it difficult for my father-in-law." Fang Cai Shui Ruo also said that he would wait for Sister Xue Yi to come to the discussion, and the best of both methods was to ask Sister Xue Yi to help. ”

"Oh, this has something to do with Xue Yi?"

When I heard it, I was very curious. I only heard Su Shuiruo say: "The hall master also knows that the old thief of the tree demon before, taking advantage of my pregnancy and great loss of mana, cast evil spells to trap me." After that, all kinds of actions were to force my water-based true yuan out, so as to help him practice and soar as soon as possible. If the hall master is one step late, I am afraid that he will really succeed. And that water can moisten the wood, and at that time, I'm afraid that even if Engong Divine Sword is in hand, it will be difficult to lower him. ”

"Oh! I haven't thought of this yet. So, what does this have to do with Xue Yi?"

After listening to Su Shuiruo's words, Xingyan also faintly thought of something, but he still opened his mouth to ask for sure. Hearing him ask, the Five Elements Water Spirit in front of him, who had been floating in the cave for thousands of years, swept his sideburns and hair, pursed his lips and smiled, and said: "Hall Master Zhang, if Shui Ruo is not mistaken, this Xueyi girl in the Hall Master Hall should belong to Shui Mu, especially the wood nature. ”

"Heh......"

Hearing Su Shuiruo tell Xue Yi's origin, he smiled and asked with a little embarrassment: "So what?"

"In this way, if the water does not need to go back to the mountain, Miss Xueyi is just right to get the water, as long as I force out the innate essence of water and hand it over to her to bring back to Luofu——"

"Please also ask Hall Master Zhang to protect the Dharma for me!"

It seemed that Su Shuiruo had made up his mind, and after these words were said in a row, before Xingyan could discuss it with her carefully, he had already stood up, closed his eyes, and put his palms together in front of his chest, and in a blink of an eye, the whole person was immersed in a blue light. This aqua-blue halo, secluded and empty, kept spreading from Su Shuiruo's slender figure, like ripples, swaying out in a circle, filling the room in a blink of an eye. If you look closely, there are countless tiny blisters in these swaying blue lights, which are constantly generating and flying until they shatter. In the middle of it, Xingyan suddenly felt that the cold air was rising everywhere, and in a trance, it seemed that he had returned to Mozhou Island a few days ago, and dived under the surface of the sea, the cold water echoed in all directions, and the sea current rushed - but unlike those few dives, now this empty blue and transparent bloom, the cold air invaded the texture, and it seemed that there was no way to avoid it.

Fortunately, this cold water did not last long. Waiting for the blue water light to fill the room, after a while, it kept shrinking inward, and in the blink of an eye, the water light of this room has condensed into a dark blue water droplet the size of a chicken egg, which keeps rotating above Su Shuiruo's palm;

"This is the 'Heart of Water'. ”

Su Shuiruo said softly. At this time, it could be heard that the voice of this water spirit generated by heaven and earth had become hoarse and hoarse. At this time, looking at the drop of pure water yuan forced out of himself in his hand, Su Shuiruo's expression was also quite complicated. Stunned, she snorted softly, and the heart of the blue water suddenly flew up, and then slowly flew to the center of the woman's eyebrows opposite, but it was gone. In an instant, Kou Xueyi's body was full of blue light, and the room was full of light, but after a blink of an eye, it was back to normal, as if it was no different from the previous moment.

Seeing this, Su Shuiruo, who was already exhausted, still squeezed out a smile on his haggard face, and seemed to be quite approving. After laughing twice, he sat weakly on the stool behind him, leaning on the edge of the table and panting. The water spirit, which was originally full of divine light, trembled slightly at the moment, and was already weak.

Seeing this, Xingyan remembered the words of the water spirit "Dharma protector" before, and hurriedly ran Taihua, and a pure and pure pure force rushed out, turning into a wisp of light, and spreading into a thick light film in the wind, tightly surrounding Su Shuiruo;

After a while, when Su Shuiruo recovered slightly, he forced a smile on his pale face and said, "Thank you, hall master." When Sister Xueyi returns to Shangqing and puts the Heart of Water into the Stone Taiji at Feiyunding, the 'Water Pole Four Elephant Gathering Spirit Array' can run at full strength to help my Shangqing disciples cultivate. ”

Listening to Su Shuiruo's tone, it was obvious that she regarded herself as a member of the Shangqing Palace. After a pause, she struggled again and said, "However, before that, I wonder if Sister Xueyi can do me a favor?"

"Sister, please speak, Xue Yi must do her best!"

"Well, then I'll be for the villagers of Hezhai first, thank you for the kindness of Miss Xueyi!"

It turned out that according to Su Shuiruo, this Cuili villager is indeed a descendant of Chiyou, and he was cursed by God because of some evil deeds in the ancient war. It's just that thousands of years later, this curse should also be lifted. Originally, the water spirit came down the mountain to comply with the calamity and help the remnants of Huoli lift the curse. It's just that after a few months, all the Dharma things have been done, and only the last snow is left, and it can be completed, but unexpectedly, a thousand-year-old tree demon was killed halfway, and the whole thing was broken. And now, after this catastrophe, even if the Water Essence is still there, it will be impossible for her to snowfall in a year or two.

Therefore, if Su Shui asks now, because the snow should have the heart of water, nourished by spiritual water, and the mana should be able to support the next snow, so that the fire and drought of Cuili Village can live and work in peace and contentment from now on, and the four seasons are distinct.

After listening to the request of the senior water spirit, Xue Yi naturally had no reason not to agree, and after a little consultation with the hall master, he agreed. In fact, Su Shuiruo didn't know that the three of Sihaitang had already done this snowfall. Just like in Zhenyang before, even if there is no help from Shui Yuan, as long as it is combined with the sobering "Water Dragon Yin" and "Feng Shui Yin", Xue Yi can do it. Because of this, Xingyan had the bottom in his heart, so he patted his chest with the senior of the water spirit and promised that the snowfall would be wrapped up in his Sihaitang.

After sending Su Shuiruo away, the snowfall did not take place immediately. Because she heard Su Shuiruo say that her water essence that had been gathered for thousands of years had just left her body, and she could no longer suffer from the cold of wind and snow in a few years, she was ready to move out of this place with her husband and go to the hot place in the south to live in seclusion.

The moment of parting came quickly. In the afternoon of that day, Su Shuiruo and his wife came to say goodbye to Xingyan and a few people, and then under the eyes of the whole village's fathers and elders, the husband carried his bag and umbrella, carefully supported his wife, and slowly stepped on the winding stone path on the south slope of the village, and gradually disappeared behind the stone beam. At the time of saying goodbye, the Su couple told Xingyan that the child in the woman's womb would be named "Nian Yan" if it was a boy in the future, and "Qiong Xue" if it was a girl, to commemorate their kindness to him and his wife.

When the couple who were clinging to each other walked away, the whole village gradually dispersed. It's just that at this time, the young man, who has always been casual and free, didn't know what to think, he still stood at the head of the village in a daze, staring at the direction where the couple disappeared for a long time, stunned. Beside him, the two girls naturally accompanied each other quietly, and occasionally the mountain breeze blew, and the skirts fluttered, and the green silk flew. At this moment, the two of them were in a daze with the hall master, looking at the south together-

But at the end of the sight, under the flowing clouds, the winding stone path in the mountain was already empty.

About the third day after the Su couple left, Xue Yi finally gave the people of Cuili Village a snowfall at the direction of the hall master. So when the clouds are dense and the snow falls in the sky, the woman whose face is already like a fairy flies into the air tactfully, her whole body is glowing with light blue brilliance, dancing her sleeves in the snowflakes in the sky, and she is more like a goddess of ice and snow, falling from the sky, fluttering with the wind in the middle of the sky, rising and falling with the clouds, with great divine power, bringing unheard of auspicious snow hail to this cursed land.

For a time, the people and villagers of Cuili Village, together with the village, all knelt in the snow outside their doors, and bowed and sang to the misty sideburns and wind fairy in the sky.

When the Dharma was finished, the heavy snow atmosphere was staggered, and when it fell from the sky, Xue Yi took the Dharma body, floated down, stepped barefoot on the white snow, and walked towards his hall master. At this time, in the reverent eyes of others, this beautiful fairy with a snowy coat and ice silk, although her jade feet seemed to float on the ground, but the graceful style seemed to have a strange rhythm, and it hit the bottom of everyone's hearts one by one.

"Hall master, the servant is fortunate not to be dishonored, please take a look. ”

The goddess of flying ice and snow walked in front of the young man who smiled indifferently, but she hid the brilliance of her whole body, and said a blessing to him respectfully. It was only then that people woke up to the fact that the goddess Xianshu, who called the wind and snow, was still the young man's subordinate.

"It's hard work, Xueyi. ”

Seeing Xue Yi's salute, the hall master of the four seas smiled slightly, and his expression was quite appreciative. At this time, the little sister who stayed aside hurriedly handed over a silk scarf and asked Sister Xue Yi, who had returned from work, to wipe her sweat - although there was no sweat on Xue Yijiao's face, she also took the silk scarf, thanked her, wiped it lightly on her face, and then handed it back to the little girl.

At this time, the ice and snow woman standing in front of the young man, I don't know if it was because of the "Heart of Water", that already graceful and vulgar appearance, now it is even more beautiful and secluded, and a pink face is like spring snow. At this time, the mountain village has been hidden under the white snow of many inches; "there is no ugly alley in the snow", as far as the eye can see, the simple mountain village has been full of Qionglou Yuyu, just like a fairyland.

After omitting all kinds of gossip, about the fifth day, the people of Sihaitang finally set off, bid farewell to Lijiashan Village, which was warmly retained, and went in the direction of Xingyan's hometown.

For Qiong Wei Xueyi, the first time she went to meet the parents of the hall master, not only the little girl was excited all the way, but even the woman who had always been cold and calm became nervous and often didn't know how to deal with herself.

"I wonder if they'll like me?"

Along the way, Qiong Wei asked herself this question repeatedly, and then repeatedly answered herself: "Definitely! Because my brother's father likes my brother, and my brother likes me, they must like me too!"

With the repeated conduct of such reasonable questions and answers, the little girl's confidence is getting stronger and stronger. And every time she asked and answered herself like this, her sister Xue Yi also became extremely nervous, holding her breath, waiting for the little girl to say the answer that had never changed, as if what the little sister asked was herself. People say that "the hometown is more timid", but in this way, among the three now, it is not the young man who has returned home that is the most worried.

Just walked and stopped, walked calmly, and after about half a month, he finally approached Raozhou City. Along the way, because according to etiquette, the first time they came to the door to bring some gifts, Xue Yi and Qiongwei looked for local specialties everywhere they went. It was said that the old people were more fond of desserts, so the two sisters paid attention to the delicious pastry on the side. It's just that they always buy these gift snacks too early, and even if they try their best to preserve them, in the end, in order to ensure their freshness, they still have to be eaten by the three of Sihaitang in advance.

They ate all the way like this, until even the most greedy little girl was about to get tired of eating, and the city of Raozhou, which haunted me for a few times, finally stood in front of them.