On the big bamboo peak of Qingyun Mountain.

Zhang Xiaofan sat in his room in a daze, stunned.

It was a sunny afternoon, and soft light shone in through the window of the room, spilling onto the bluestone floor inside. Maybe it's because there is some lazy breath in the air, and the rhubarb and little gray in this room also seem a little lazy at the moment.

Rhubarb lay at Zhang Xiaofan's feet, buried his head in his two front feet, his eyes were half-closed, his ears were drooping, and his whole body was full of light, only his shiny tail swayed from time to time.

And the monkey Xiao Gray, who has always been active, also leaned on Rhubarb's body at the moment, using Rhubarb's stomach as a pillow, and slept soundly with his eyes closed, and his body was also slightly up and down with the breathing of Rhubarb's belly at the moment.

This quiet afternoon seems to be exactly the same as before.

Zhang Xiaofan's eyes looked blankly at the unknown place, this was the third day he had returned to Qingyun Mountain.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, Rhubarb, who had been sleepy and dazed, suddenly raised his head, his eyes opened, and even his ears were pricked up.

Zhang Xiaofan frowned, and then heard slow footsteps outside the door, and a moment later, with a squeak, the door was pushed open.

The sunlight poured in, and it was a little dazzling for a while, and Zhang Xiaofan only saw a figure standing at the door, bathed in the sun.

After his eyes adjusted to the sunlight a little, his face suddenly turned white, and he saw Tian Buyi standing at the door with a calm face.

This is the first time in three days that Tian Buyi has come to see him, and it is also the first person he has seen, except for Song Daren, the senior brother who often brings him food, and presumably the other people are not allowed to come to visit because of Tian Buyi's strict order.

At this time, Rhubarb had already run over, his tail wagging loudly, rubbing around Tian Buyi's feet, and he looked very happy. But the other animal, Xiao Gray, didn't have such a good feeling, but was disturbed by someone's good dream, and was quite annoyed, "squeaked" twice, but after all, he knew that Tian Buyi was not a character it could provoke, so he didn't dare to go up and be presumptuous.

After screaming a few times, Xiao Ash staggered back to Zhang Xiaofan's bed, leaned on the quilt, and fell asleep again.

Tian Buyi lowered his body, glanced at the rhubarb at his feet, stretched out his hand, touched its head, and the rhubarb barked twice in a low voice, rubbing his palm with his head.

Tian Buyi patted Rhubarb's head, stood up straight, and looked at Zhang Xiaofan.

Zhang Xiaofan didn't dare to meet his gaze, and shouted in a low voice, "Master." ”

Tian Buyi looked at him for a long time, but he didn't answer him, and slowly approached, Zhang Xiaofan subconsciously took a step back.

But Tian Buyi didn't make any moves, just slowly sat down on the chair, Zhang Xiaofan was a little scared in his heart, but more dazed and overwhelmed. In fact, since he returned to the mountain, he had already expected to face such a situation, and even worse, he would have to face the interrogation and reprimand of more other people, and he had already been mentally prepared.

However, on this warm and quiet afternoon, when Tian Buyi, who he had been revering like a god all these years, sat silently in front of him, he could only hang his head low, his mind was blank, and he couldn't say a word.

I don't know how long it took before I heard Tian Buyi say slowly: "Old Seven." ”

Zhang Xiaofan's body was shocked, and he responded almost like a condition: "Yes, Master." ”

"Is there anything you would like to say to me?"

Zhang Xiaofan slowly raised his head and looked at Tian Buyi, Tian Buyi looked at him expressionlessly, and he couldn't see what he was thinking at all.

After a long silence, Zhang Xiaofan slowly shook his head.

Tian Buyi stared at this apprentice, and the hand that was shrunk in his sleeve slowly clenched into a fist.

"Just now," Tian Buyi said slowly, as if this was the only way to hide the feelings in his heart: "This morning, Qi Hao from Longshou Peak came to deliver a message, and early in the morning, the head of Dao Xuan Zhenren will see you in the Yuqing Hall of Tongtian Peak." ”

Zhang Xiaofan's body trembled, this moment has finally arrived.

The cool mountain breeze blew gently from outside the open doorway, as if it still carried the sound of bamboo waves in the bamboo forest in the distance, but the people in the room didn't feel it.

Xiao Ash seemed to be asleep again, and Rhubarb also lay down again, ignoring them no longer, only Tian Buyi was still looking at this disciple.

Look at him deeply, deeply.

"These few rì, have your senior brothers been neglecting you?"

Zhang Xiaofan shook his head and said, "No, the senior brothers are all ...... to me Good for me. ”

Tian Buyi stopped talking, and silence returned to the room.

After a long time, Tian Buyi suddenly let out a sigh of relief, as if he had made up his mind, shook his head and stood up, walked out of the door without looking back or saying a word.

Zhang Xiaofan looked at the familiar back, dazed.

Just when Tian Buyi was about to walk out of this room, he suddenly stopped again, but still didn't look back, Zhang Xiaofan called out in a daze: "Master......"

"Old Seven!" Tian Buyi's voice was still steady, but behind that, there was a faint flow of strange feelings.

"Let me ask you one last time, are you really an undercover agent sent by another faction to spy on our Qingyun Secret Method?"

Zhang Xiaofan bit his lip and knelt down to him slowly, slowly: "Master, I'm not, I didn't do anything to be sorry for you!"

He said in a low and authentic way, facing Tian Buyi, as if he was also facing his own deep heart at the same time, and said so categorically.

In the sunshine, there seemed to be a soft sigh, and when Zhang Xiaofan raised his head again, the familiar figure had disappeared.

Zhang Xiaofan looked at the door in a daze, and maintained this posture for a long time before slowly standing up, walking back to the bed and sitting down.

Monkey Xiaoshen was awakened by his movements, turned his head, and saw that it was Zhang Xiaofan, and smiled with a split mouth, as if after sleep, the jīng god began to reply, and jumped on him as if he was a little active.

Zhang Xiaofan subconsciously turned his hand around and held Xiao Ash in his arms, but his eyes were still looking out of the door. After a while, he said in a low voice that only he could hear, or Xiao Ash: "You know, I promised that person that I wouldn't say it when I died, and I didn't say it when I died......

Xiao Ash didn't know if he understood, but he obviously didn't care very much, and reached out and grabbed Zhang Xiaofan's hair affectionately.

Zhang Xiaofan didn't move his body, let Xiao Ash move, and only said slowly in his mouth: "It's only you, Xiao Ash, now only you are by my side to accompany me......"

Little Ash "squeaked" twice, and laughed, not knowing whether he understood it or not. In the distance, Rhubarb seemed to fall asleep again, and in its sleep, its tail quietly curled up and shrank under itself.

The sun was still shining softly, and Du Bishu, who was standing outside the door, couldn't help but open his mouth and yawn, but after a while, the original faint sleepiness disappeared, and he saw Tian Buyi slowly walking out of Zhang Xiaofan's residence.

"Master. Du Bishu shouted, while carefully looking at Tian Buyi's face, hoping to see something from his face, but Tian Buyi was expressionless, only nodded slightly, and walked past him like this, walking towards the Shoujing Hall.

Du Bishu stood aside, waiting for Tian Buyi to go away, looking at his back, but what he was thinking of was Zhang Xiaofan, and he couldn't help but sigh. On Dazhu Peak, no one could have imagined that such a thing would happen to this ordinary little junior disciple.

At this moment, even he, who has always been lively and active, can't help but be a little unable to mention jīng shenlai, and he is even more worried about Zhang Xiaofan in his heart.

He didn't know how long it had been since he was so distracted, until a call came from behind him: "Sixth Senior Brother." ”

Du Bishu was startled, turned his head to look, and couldn't help but be stunned, only to see Zhang Xiaofan walk out of the room at some point and stand behind him. The monkey Ash was lying on his shoulder, looking at him with a cracked mouth and grinning, but Rhubarb did not come out, and most of them were still sleeping.

"Uh, little junior brother!" Du Bishu frowned and said, "Is there something wrong?"

Zhang Xiaofan glanced at him and said slowly: "Sixth Senior Brother, I want to go to the back mountain for a walk." ”

Du Bishu was stunned when he heard this, and he was a little embarrassed. Since returning to the mountain, although Tian Buyi did not directly order everyone to monitor Zhang Xiaofan, Su Ru, the master mother, had already secretly explained to everyone.

It's just that at this moment, looking at the honest little junior brother's face sè haggard, Du Bishu really couldn't bear it in his heart, but he didn't dare to disobey the teacher's will anyway, and only after a while did he say: "Little junior brother, you, you know now...... I, I ......"

Zhang Xiaofan silently lowered his head and said softly: "Tomorrow, the head of the sect, Master Xuan, will let me go to Tongtian Peak, I want to see the previous place again." ”

Du Bishu's body was shocked, his mouth opened slightly, and suddenly he felt that his eyes were hot for some reason, and the young man standing in front of him at this moment seemed to have become the ordinary child who had just gone up the mountain many years ago......

But the order of the master, he didn't dare to disobey no matter what, and was in a dilemma, when he suddenly heard a sound of footsteps, the two turned their heads to look, but it was Tian Ling'er who walked over with a complicated expression.

This is the first time Zhang Xiaofan has seen Tian Ling'er in three days, I saw that her face was slightly white, as if she was also a little haggard, presumably these days, she is not very at ease, but in this sunshine, she is still so beautiful.

Zhang Xiaofan lowered his head.

Tian Ling'er walked up to the two of them and looked at Du Bishu, but the corner of his eyes was on Zhang Xiaofan's body, and said, "Sixth Senior Brother, my father said, Xiaofan won't do anything, let him go!"

Du Bishu was stunned, Zhang Xiaofan's body seemed to shake, and he slowly turned around and looked in the direction of Shoujing Hall, but he saw that the entrance of the hall was deep, and there was no small figure in Tian.

Zhang Xiaofan slowly bowed in the direction of the Shoujing Hall, and said in a low voice as if he was still a little choked, "Thank you, Master." ”

Tian Ling'er stood aside, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say anything, pursed her mouth, turned around and walked back.

Seeing her walk away, Du Bishu suddenly said: "No wonder the little junior sister and Senior Brother Qi Hao of Longshoufeng had a big quarrel this morning. ”

Zhang Xiaofan was stunned for a moment and said, "What?"

Du Bishu said: "Senior Brother Qi Hao came here in the morning, and after talking to the master and sister, the little sister pulled him aside, but it didn't take long for the little sister to say something, which made Senior Brother Qi Hao very embarrassed, and the little sister became angry. Du Bishu paused, glanced at Zhang Xiaofan, and continued, "I guess she probably asked Senior Brother Qi Hao to intercede with Senior Uncle Cangsong for you, so she quarreled." ”

Zhang Xiaofan smiled bitterly in a low voice, didn't know what to say, shook his head, and walked towards the back mountain.

Du Bishu looked at his back from behind, but when he saw the monkey Xiao Ash lying on his shoulder, he grabbed his hair from time to time to play, looking quite funny, but when he thought of the fate that awaited Zhang Xiaofan after Ming, he couldn't help frowning and sighed heavily.

The mountain road leading to the back mountain of Dazhufeng, Zhang Xiaofan has not walked for a long time, all the way, but he saw the greenery on the side of the road, and the birdsong was bursting, coming from a distance from time to time.

The oncoming mountain breeze blew on his face, bringing a touch of coolness, and along this winding path, it seemed to go back to the past.

Even the white clouds floating in the distance, the mountainside of Dazhufeng seem to be exactly the same as back then.

The monkey Xiaoshen was very happy, jumped off Zhang Xiaofan's shoulder at once, "squeaked", ran into the grass next to him, and suddenly climbed a big tree and swayed on it.

Zhang Xiaofan looked at its appearance, and couldn't help but show a faint smile, remembering the scene when he met Xiao Ash back then, as if the weight of his heart had also decreased a little at this moment.

Walking, walking, Xiao Ash was above his head, scurrying excitedly on the top of the big tree, but Zhang Xiaofan's eyes gradually only looked ahead, the gradually clear, emerald green bamboo forest.

How many memories are frozen here!

He stopped in front of the bamboo forest.

The mountain wind blows, and countless black knotted bamboos dance in the wind, making a loud noise, as if they are also welcoming the return of old friends.

Zhang Xiaofan breathed deeply, the fresh, sweet and zìyóu air that only belongs to this place in this world.

Then he walked in.

The verdant bamboo forest is also as dense as it was at the beginning, and in the soil under those tall and verdant bamboos, countless bamboo shoots break through the soil and grow here.

Unconsciously, he walked to the place where he used to do his bamboo cutting homework here, and saw that the black knotted bamboos that were thin at the beginning seemed to be thicker now.

The bamboo shadows are swaying, and the bamboo waves are bursting, as if they are also surrounding him.

The past is like a cháo, welling up in my heart.

He looked at the surrounding Yiqiqi in a daze, as if he was a little stupid.

"Zhang Xiaofan!"

Suddenly, a soft and slightly surprised call rang out from the depths of the bamboo forest.

Zhang Xiaofan's body shook, this voice was so familiar, but it was something he never imagined would hear in this place. He immediately turned around, looked at the sound, and suddenly breathed a sigh, only to see that in a bamboo shadow, Baguio was dressed in water-green clothes that complemented the surrounding environment, standing there with a smile, a little tenderness, a little obsessive.

"You, why did you come here?" After the two of them stared at each other like fools for a long time, Zhang Xiaofan said authentically.

Baguio walked over slowly, even his eyes were smiling gently, and he said softly, "I'm here to see you!"

Zhang Xiaofan was excited for a while, subconsciously bit his lower lip, and said after a while: "But, if someone finds out, you will be too dangerous!"

Baguio shook his head and said, "I don't care, I just want to see you." ”

Zhang Xiaofan's body was shocked, this was the first time he had heard Baguio say his mind so directly. As if noticing Zhang Xiaofan's surprise, Baguio's face was also red, and then he said: "Your Qingyunmen has been as stable as a mountain for more than a hundred years, and you have long relaxed your guard, I secretly went up the mountain, and no one found out." ”

Zhang Xiaofan nodded silently, but then thought that now everyone in the righteous path knows that Baguio is the daughter of the sect master of the Demon Sect, and if it is found out that she is talking with her again at this moment, the consequences will be known.

Baguio is so smart, at a glance, he saw that Zhang Xiaofan had a hesitant look on his face, and the original smile was gradually replaced by a gloomy sè, and he said softly: "If you are worried about something, then I will go." ”

Zhang Xiaofan looked at her, but although he saw that Baguio had joy on his face, he couldn't hide the haggardness. Suddenly, his heart was hot and he blurted out, "What else can I worry about, can I be worse?"

Baguio was stunned and glanced at him, Zhang Xiaofan smiled slightly bitterly, and said, "It's okay, no one will come now, you can talk to me!"

Baguio smiled and nodded, "Okay." ”

But after saying this, the two of them looked at each other, but they didn't know what to say, and the atmosphere suddenly cooled down, faintly embarrassed.

After a while, Baguio said angrily: "Idiot, you speak!"

Zhang Xiaofan scratched his head, but his mind was blank, and he really didn't know what to say to this beautiful woman. Just out of the corner of his eye, he looked to the side, and saw a thick black knotted bamboo on the ground not far away, which had decayed and fallen for more than half a year, so he walked over and said, "You can sit!"

Baguio smiled, like a flower blooming, beautiful and unparalleled.

She walked over and was about to sit down, when Zhang Xiaofan suddenly grabbed her and said, "You wait." ”

Baguio was stunned and said, "What's wrong?"

Zhang Xiaofan lowered his body, wiped the black knotted bamboo with his sleeve, wiped out a clean place, and then got up, didn't look at Baguio, lowered his head and said, "You sit down now!"

Baguio put away his smile, the corners of his mouth moved, a pair of bright eyes only looked at Zhang Xiaofan's figure, and after a long while, he slowly sat down, and then pulled Zhang Xiaofan and said, "You can sit too!"

Zhang Xiaofan's face turned red and said, "I, I can sit on the ground and ......"

Unexpectedly, Baguio pulled hard, pulled him over and sat on the bamboo together, and said angrily: "If you are told to sit, what are you doing sitting on the ground?"

Zhang Xiaofan smiled embarrassedly, only to feel that there was a faint fragrance around him, faintly transmitted, floating in from the end of his nose, to his deep heart. couldn't help but turn his head to look at her, only to see that Baguio was also looking at him, his eyes were like water, and he couldn't say anything tender.

never realized that even when the two of them were trapped in the blood dripping cave under the Necromantic Abyss, Zhang Xiaofan didn't feel that he was so close to her. After a while, he suddenly said, "Baguio." ”

Baguio smiled and said, "What's wrong?"

Zhang Xiaofan stared at her and said, "Why are you so good to me?"

Baguio was stunned for a moment, slowly moved his gaze to the land in front of him, and his face seemed to float with a faint confusion, and said, "Yes, why am I so good to you?"

Above the heads of the two of them, the bamboo leaves swayed gently in the mountain wind, as if they were also whispering something.

"You know my family history and the past, right?"

Zhang Xiaofan nodded lightly and said, "Yes." ”

Baguio said slowly: "I have been here since I was a child, and my father is busy with the affairs of the Holy Sect, so he rarely has time to care about me. ”

Zhang Xiaofan was silent for a moment and said, "Your father actually cares about you very much." ”

Baguio nodded and said, "Yes." But I didn't understand it before, and I didn't know until I met you. ”

She stared at Zhang Xiaofan and said quietly: "Xiaofan, I will never forget that section of rì in the dripping blood cave for the rest of my life." ”

Her voice, as it sounded at the moment, seemed to be a little distant: "It turns out that in the dark, even when I am dying, I can find someone to rely on." ”

Zhang Xiaofan was moved in his heart, but he didn't know what to say.

A jade-like hand reached out, and Baguio gently took his hand, and from her soft skin, there was a faint tenderness.

She took out a handkerchief from her arms and gently wiped the stains left on her cuffs when Zhang Xiaofan wiped the bamboo for her just now.

"Since I was a child, I don't know how many people have flattered me and given me many rare treasures, but ......" she raised her head, stared into Zhang Xiaofan's eyes, and said softly, "Even if all the treasures in the world are placed in front of my eyes, it can't compare to the sleeve you wipe the bamboo for me." ”

At this moment, the voices of the whole world suddenly disappeared.

Only the gentle eyes of this beautiful woman surrounded him.

How many years later, looking back on the past, do you still remember that back then, someone whispered to you?

Do you remember the fanatical words of being young and innocent?

It's like a vow deeply engraved in my heart and never dying!

Have you opened your arms and embraced your beloved in your arms?

I don't know where it began, in that gentle silence, he opened his arms and hugged the beautiful woman beside him.

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