Chapter 4 Going to Sea
The night is deep, the wind and rain between the heaven and the earth are blowing, and the fallen leaves that do not know where they come from are gently fluttering in the wind and rain, and passing by with the wind.
Under the tarpaulin umbrella of the green sè, her clothes were gently flicked, and there were a few strands of black hair, sticking to her snow-white cheeks.
Zhang Xiaofan stood in place, but at that moment, there was confusion in his heart. In the middle of the night in this foreign land, in a strange place, there is a familiar wind and rain......
Slowly, he walked over and walked into the wind and rain.
Behind him, in the depths of the faint darkness, there was a deep gaze, silently watching.
As we got closer, the whole world seemed to be quietly quiet.
Her gaze was ahead.
Gentle as promised.
"Why haven't you gone to sleep yet?" Zhang Xiaofan said slowly.
Baguio didn't answer, just looked at him, his eyes were like water, reflecting his shadow.
The rain gradually soaked his clothes, and from between his hair, slowly condensed into small, crystalline droplets, flowing over his black hair, dripping gently, and sliding down his face.
"What about you?" she asked rhetorically, "why haven't you slept yet?"
Zhang Xiaofan was silent for a moment and said, "Stone he snores when he sleeps, the sound is too loud, I can't sleep." ”
Baguio was stunned for a moment, then "poof", chuckled, her eyes flowed, and the faint light that vaguely surrounded her seemed to suddenly light up.
In Zhang Xiaofan's eyes, she is like a lily that blooms gently in the rain in the middle of the night.
She smiled, stretched out her hand, and took Zhang Xiaofan's hand, and Zhang Xiaofan involuntarily took a step forward. In the wind and rain, the small green umbrella came sideways and blocked his head.
Under the umbrella, it was the sound of her gentle breathing.
Zhang Xiaofan's heartbeat suddenly increased, so he looked away and didn't look at her, but the faint fragrance that seemed to emanate from her body surrounded him.
"Tomorrow, are you going to Liubo Mountain?" Baguio said quietly.
Zhang Xiaofan's heart moved, and said, "Yes!" As he spoke, he looked up at her: "What about you?"
Baguio smiled faintly and said, "I'll go too!"
Zhang Xiaofan's face changed, and he frowned and said: "Don't play with the temper of a child, there are a lot of decent people there, and my master's temper is even worse, and it will be dangerous for you to go." ”
Baguio stopped talking, just stared at him silently. Zhang Xiaofan had a vague feeling of uneasiness in his heart, but he couldn't say anything, but he thought that it was always bad for him to stand in the rain late at night with her, so he said, "Then I'll go back first." ”
Baguio didn't answer, so Zhang Xiaofan left her side and walked back.
But just as he was halfway through, behind him, in the rain, suddenly heard her voice.
"Xiao Fan!"
Zhang Xiaofan was stunned, this was the first time Baguio called him so affectionately.
He turned around slowly, and the wind and rain were between them, as if it was getting louder again, so Baguio's face also seemed a little blurred, but her voice came so clearly.
"When I was standing here alone just now, I thought to myself, in fact, if the two of us die in a bloody cave and can't escape, that would be fine. ”
Zhang Xiaofan's body was shocked, and then he laughed and said, "Don't be joking." With that, he walked briskly away.
Baguio looked at his figure, slowly lowered his head, and gently said in a voice that only he could hear: "At least, I won't regret it." ”
Zhang Xiaofan walked up to the corridor and left the wind and rain, as if he was relieved. I don't know why, he always feels an unknown sense of tension in the face of Baguio, a beautiful woman from the Demon Sect, perhaps, this is the pressure brought by her identity!
He sighed to himself, but he couldn't help but glance back, and when he saw that the woman was still standing in the wind and rain, he shook his head and walked back to his room.
Not long after he left, Baguio also walked up and stood on the cloister with a green umbrella, looking in the direction he was going, silent and silent.
At this moment, in the darkness behind her, the darkness suddenly moved, but out of a woman dressed in black, that is, with a black veil covering her face, walked to her side.
Baguio turned his head and said lightly: "Aunt You." ”
The woman in black glanced in the direction where Zhang Xiaofan went, and said in a calm and emotionless voice: "Let's go! Your father is waiting for you in Liubo Mountain!"
Baguio nodded slowly.
Early in the morning, Zhang Xiaofan, who finally fell asleep, was woken up loudly by the stone: "Brother Zhang, get up soon." ”
Zhang Xiaofan opened his eyes with great difficulty, only to see that the stone was full of energy, and it was obvious that he had slept very well last night!
He smiled bitterly, said nothing, got up, and walked to the basin next to him to wash his face. Shi sat on his bed and said with a smile: "Brother Zhang, I didn't say you, you are so young, and you are a cultivator, you should wake up one night, you should be refreshed." How do you look like you haven't slept all night!"
Zhang Xiaofan read a sentence in his heart: "Who can sleep with you." But he could only smile and nod wryly.
After the two of them finished washing, the stone pulled Zhang Xiaofan and prepared to call Baguio to leave together. Zhang Xiaofan frowned secretly, but he was really reluctant in his heart, but it was not easy to say it to the stone. Unexpectedly, the two of them knocked on the door for a long time, but no one answered, and then asked the shopkeeper, but it was Baguio who checked out late last night and left, and by the way, he also calculated the accommodation fee of the two of them.
The stone was stunned for a moment, shaking his head and feeling strange. Zhang Xiaofan stood aside, thinking in her heart, listening to the time that the shopkeeper Wang said, she left not long after she broke up with Baguio.
In fact, Zhang Xiaofan had been worried about what would happen if Baguio wanted to go to Liubo Mountain with him, but this time she suddenly said goodbye, and he was confused in his heart.
The stone standing next to him happened to come over to discuss with Zhang Xiaofan, but at this moment, the shopkeeper Wang looked at him a few more times, and suddenly said: "Dare to ask this Excellency, is the name called the stone?"
Shi was stunned and said, "Exactly, how do you know?"
The shopkeeper Wang had a happy look on his face, took out a letter from under the counter, and said, "This is a guest who sent it to me this morning, saying that it was for a burly young man named Shishi, then it must be you, the guest officer." ”
Shi took the letter and looked at it, and his name was indeed written on the envelope, so he opened it and looked at it, and Zhang Xiaofan also came back to his senses at this time. Shi looked at it, his brows furrowed, and he lost his voice: "Master!"
Zhang Xiaofan was taken aback and said, "What's wrong with your master?"
Shi shook his head and said, "I don't know, but this letter was written by my master, asking me to go to the land temple in the west of the city to see him immediately." Brother Zhang, I think we're going to be separated for the time being. ”
Zhang Xiaofan nodded and said, "It's okay, then you can go, I'm also in a hurry to go to Liubo Mountain to see my master and them!"
Shi smiled and said: "When I see the master and talk to him, most of his old man will definitely go to Liubo Mountain, and we will see you then." ”
Zhang Xiaofan got along with him a lot, and he was also a little close in his heart, and said with a smile: "Okay!"
Stone nodded, turned and walked away.
Zhang Xiaofan sent him to the door of the inn, watched his tall body disappear into the crowd, stood in place for a while, then turned his head and walked east alone.
After they all walked away, in the lobby of Haiyun Building, Zhou Zhou Xian and his granddaughter Xiaohuan slowly walked out.
Xiaohuan whispered: "It's so dangerous, I almost ran into an enemy." Saying that, he glanced at Zhou Xian and said, "It's not all grandpa, wherever you go, you will accidentally meet some people who have been deceived by you, and the most wronged person in the world is probably me." ”
Zhou Xian glanced at Xiaohuan and ignored her. At this time, when the shopkeeper saw the old fairy walking out, he naturally greeted him a long time ago, served tea and food diligently, and warmly entertained him. Zhou Zhou Xian was also not polite, and sat down with Xiaohuan Dara, chatting with the shopkeeper Wang without a word.
The shopkeeper said: "Old immortal, do you know? Last night we heard that something big happened outside Changhe City?"
Zhou Zhou Xian was stunned and said, "What's the matter?"
The shopkeeper said: "I don't know very well, but I heard that it is these righteous path cultivators who gathered here, and last night they met the people of the Demon Sect at the west end of the city, and the two sides fought the Fa, and the situation was very intense. I heard from the people on the west side of the city that even the city walls were shaking!"
Zhou Xian said, "Has the Demon Sect and the Decent Sect already fought?"
Shopkeeper Wang shrugged his shoulders and said, "The news has been transmitted earlier, but most of it will not be false!" said with great concern: "Old immortal, all the people in the righteous path are cultivators, and I heard that the demon sect generally does not come to us ordinary people for bad luck." But you are profound, if someone wants you to punish the Demon Sect, you must be careful!"
"Poof", Xiaohuan next to him was drinking a sip of tea, and couldn't help but squirt out at once.
Zhou Zhou Xian glared at Xiaohuan. Xiaohuan couldn't help laughing, and saw that the shopkeeper Wang looked over with a caring face, and she worked hard to keep her normal tone and said: "Ah......h
The East China Sea Liubo Mountain (Note 1), 7,000 miles into the sea, is the extreme east of this world, and the farther away is the vast sea, boundless.
This place is extremely remote, originally uninhabited, but unexpectedly, just a few days after Zhang Xiaofan and others entered Kongsang Mountain, demon cultists suddenly appeared from all over the place, and dozens of Xiuzhen sects were wiped out by the demon sect in a few days, and the world shook for a while. The Demon Cult has re-emerged after 800 years, and its momentum is great.
In the righteous path, the major sects led by Qingyunmen, Tianyin Temple, and Incense Valley hurriedly discussed.
At this moment, news suddenly came from the Incense Valley that a large number of people in the Demon Sect would gather in the remote place of Liubo Mountain in the East China Sea, and they didn't know what was going on?
The so-called morality is at the forefront, and the people in the righteous path are full of righteous indignation. Before long, he sent his disciples to the East China Sea Liubo Mountain, led by elders with advanced cultivation. Along the way, many decent people joined, intending to sweep away the demons and benefit the common people in the world.
Along the way, Zhang Xiaofan inquired attentively, and knew more or less what had happened, and the blood in his chest was overflowing, and he was even more determined to go to the East China Sea.
However, the road to the far east is very long. The Demon Sect chose this place, but I am afraid that although the Central Plains is a rich land, it is also a place where the three major sects are deeply rooted, so they are willing to run to the border desert island. It's just that I didn't expect that the righteous path is prosperous now, and in the hearts of all righteous people, the word righteousness is the head, and the big and far away still rush over to destroy it and then hurry up!
Along the way, Zhang Xiaofan was in a hurry, except for resting, he flew in the sky with a burning stick. After about two rì more, out of the sea, at the beginning can often see some small islands, and ten rì, fly far, then only see the blue sea and blue sky, the sky is high and the clouds are light.
Often flying all night, the sea is clear and blue, if it were not for the rippling waves, it would almost be like a crystal clear beautiful gem at his feet, but there would not be a shadow of an island.
At this time, Zhang Xiaofan was dumbfounded in mid-air, the sea breeze was blowing, and his face was cool, but he was anxious in his heart.
Today, it has been ten years since he flew out of the East China Sea, and this time he didn't find an island to rest for two nights, and he didn't expect to get lost on this boundless sea.
However, these rìzi came, he ate and slept in the open air, and nothing else, but his ability to fly in the sky was greatly improved, and he was no longer as frightened as before.
At this moment, he looked up at the sky, and then looked down at the blue sea under his feet, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Just when he was thinking about it, Zhang Xiaofan suddenly heard a crisp birdsong, which sounded in front of him, and when he looked up, it was a white seagull, soaring over the sea with its wings spread.
Zhang Xiaofan's heart moved, at the beginning of going to sea, he saw many of these seabirds, but when they flew far away, the seabirds could not reach them, so they could no longer be seen. Unexpectedly, in the depths of the sea, you can still see seabirds, and it seems that there must be islands nearby.
As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Xiaofan became excited, and without hesitation, he flew in the direction of the seagull. The vast sea, boundless, on the distant horizon, the sea and the sky are picturesque.
Flying in the sky between heaven and earth, suddenly there was a sense of dust, and the heart was relaxed, as if the whole person was one with heaven and earth.
After flying for another half an hour, I saw a small island in front of me. From the sky, the whole island is lush and green, and the water near the surrounding islands is even clearer and blue, like crystal clear blue jade.
Zhang Xiaofan flew for a long time, and his body was a little tired, so he immediately fell down with a burning stick and rested on this island for a while. As soon as his feet stepped on the ground, Zhang Xiaofan looked around, only to see that looking at the ground, the scenery was different from looking at the sky, and it was even clearer.
The clear water washes the white sand in waves, and near the sea, most of them grow a kind of tree that has not been found in Middle-earth, with a tall trunk but no side branches, reaching straight into the sky, and only at the top of the tree are large branches and leaves, and under the branches and leaves, are bearing fruit as large as a child's head.
Further down the island, in addition to the tall trees, the low shrubs are also flourishing. The woods are dense, but there is no road in sight, and it seems that no one has been here for thousands of years.
Overhead, seagulls chirp and hover over the island, and the fresh sea breeze blows cool from the sea level. Zhang Xiaofan took a deep breath, in this desolate and lonely place, a sense of tiredness came up, looked left and right, there was nothing strange, so he found a clean place, lay down in his clothes, and soon fell asleep.
This sleep is quite sound, the island is quiet, except for the cháo tide and sea breeze, there is no movement, naturally no one will come to disturb it, Zhang Xiaofan slept until dusk, and then woke up.
Stretching his waist and standing up, Zhang Xiaofan walked to the beach, raised his eyes and looked out, only to see that the sea view at dusk was very different from that between rì. The sunset was like blood, and on the coastline of the western skyline, the clouds and sea water reflected red. The clouds are steaming, with different shapes, and there is no way to transform. The sea breeze blew from the sea, and Zhang Xiaofan couldn't help but open his arms and breathe deeply.
A feeling of comfort filled his body, and in this place like a paradise, it seemed as if the whole person was relaxed.
At that moment, he couldn't help but think that if he could live in this pure place, every time he could be with Senior Sister Ling'er and watch the beautiful scenery of the sunset, it would really be in vain.
Thinking of Tian Ling'er, Zhang Xiaofan's heart was hot again. It has been more than a month since he came down the mountain, and since he entered Qingyunmen, he has never been separated from his senior sister for such a long time, and now on this silent island, and thinking that his senior sister may be on another nearby island, Zhang Xiaofan's heart immediately churned, and he could no longer be calm.
After standing for a long time, the fluctuating mood slowly calmed down, and only heard two "cooing" sounds, but I was hungry. Zhang Xiaofan smiled bitterly, since he was trapped in the blood dripping cave of Kongsang Mountain, he seemed to be particularly hungry. But fortunately, he has enough dry food on his body, but there is not much water left.
Zhang Xiaofan raised his eyes and looked around, and finally his eyes fell on the fruit of the tall tree that stood tall, and he rose up and picked a few of them.
Unexpectedly, this husk was extremely hard, and in the end, Zhang Xiaofan smashed it on the stone for more than a dozen before smashing it open, but what flowed out of it was white sè juice. Zhang Xiaofan was overjoyed, and drank a fruit in one go, only to feel that although it was slightly astringent, it tasted sweet, and it was actually a rare good product.
With this natural delicacy, Zhang Xiaofan had a full meal with satisfaction, and when he saw that the sky was dark, he thought about going on his way again.
At this time, the sky was getting late, and the sea breeze was blowing on the body, and it was getting colder and colder. Zhang Xiaofan frowned and walked towards the woods, but hesitated, and finally didn't go in, only found a sheltered place on the periphery and lay down to rest.
The night grew thicker, the bright moon rose from the east, the sky was full of stars, as if a naughty child, jumping out one by one, blinking in the night sky.
After sleeping for most of the day in the afternoon, Zhang Xiaofan couldn't sleep for a while at this time, tossing and turning, and couldn't help but think of what he said to him at the ancient road tea stall.
He picked up the burning stick inserted in his waist, reflecting the faint light of the stars in the sky, only to see that the original black sè burning stick emitted a faint blue sè light, especially the red sè blood inside like blood, at this moment it seemed to have life, as if there was fresh blood flowing in it.
Is this what thousands of people have been saying, my jīng blood?
Zhang Xiaofan read a sentence in a low heart and had mixed feelings for a while. When Rì was in the valley, he clearly remembered the scene, and the blood devouring beads sucked out a large amount of blood from his palm......
Zhang Xiaofan's body shook and shook his head vigorously, unwilling to think about those past events anymore.
It's just that this magic weapon is still so clear in front of him, and even that unique cold feeling is still swimming in his body so familiarly, as if it is a part of his body.
At that time, although he said something to ten thousand people, when it came to himself, it was still not so pleasant.
After all, it was not easy for a little disciple like him, who had grown up in a famous sect, to suddenly accept that his magic weapon was a demon cult.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at the burning stick again, looking at the bloodshot that was becoming clearer and clearer at the moment, he couldn't help but think in his heart: This magic weapon, I don't know how many unjust souls have been buried?
I am afraid that the blood in it also hides the evil spirits of many people!
He couldn't help but shudder.
However, it suddenly occurred to him that if the truth was told by thousands of people, then what was the "Zhuxian Ancient Sword" in the Phantom Moon Cave Mansion of Tongtian Peak in Qingyun Mountain?
Is it true that justice and evil in this world have existed since ancient times, just as taught by the masters and brothers?
Suddenly, an unprecedented thought arose in his mind: Who said that our righteous path must be righteous?
As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Xiaofan jumped up suddenly, and without hesitation, he closed his eyes and "cracked" first
With a bang, he slapped himself hard and said loudly: "Bastard, damn it, how dare you have such a rebellious thought!"
Note 1: "The Classic of Mountains and Seas - The Ninth Volume of the Classic of the Sea - The Great Wilderness East Classic": There is Liubo Mountain in the East China Sea, which enters the sea for 7,000 miles. There is a beast on it, like a cow, with a pale body and no horns, one foot, and it will be wind and rain when it enters and exits, its light is like the rì moon, its sound is like thunder, and its name is called Kui. The Yellow Emperor got it, with its skin as a drum, with the bones of the thunder beast, the sound of 500 miles, to power the world.
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