Chapter 569, Memories of Yan Shan

Chiba Xue's narration seems to pull Shi Yunyang back to that time twelve years ago.

It was the middle of winter in Dragon Vein Valley. Heavy snow covered all the roads, thousands of mountains and birds flew away, and there were few human tracks in the Dragon Vein Valley. All the spirits shut up the doors of their houses, and kept their clothes on the fire, greedy for warmth.

It's cold, the water is pouring into ice, the air smells of death, and the bleakness of winter fills every cranny of time.

On top of the tall building of the Chiba family, a little girl in a brocade dress was lying in front of the window, supporting her head with both hands, looking out of the window attentively. As far as she could see, all the houses were covered in a thick layer of snow. The wind chimes under the eaves seem to have been frozen by the ice flowers on the eaves, and the bronze surface glows like ice crystals. It looks very dazzling in this pure white world.

Chiba Mansion is very large, with heavy courtyard walls, but the place where she is located is very high, and you can always see the small half of the Dragon Vein Valley. In the distance, a group of boys and girls are rolling and playing on the snow, the snow on the ground has reached the calves, and a slight leaning over can catch a snowball, the children are having fun, the snowball flies around, hitting other friends, some screaming, some laughing. The child who was hit by the snowball quickly returned to him. Laughter and scolding came and went. Although the cold wind was howling, it still couldn't hide the sound fluttering in the wind.

The little girl looked at the tall building from afar, and all that was born in her eyes was infinite yearning and anticipation. She wanted to turn into a bird, spread her wings from the window, fly among them, and gently smash the snowball with it, or be hit by the snowball a few more times, she was willing.

A child's heart is pure. However, Gao Xuan Cold Pavilion was like a beautiful cage that imprisoned her in it, unable to spread her wings. This pure reverie is also full of icy meaning, like the ice and snow that freeze the earth.

"Cher!"

A woman's voice came in, and the girl hurriedly closed the window, picked up a copy of the Book of Songs on the windowsill and quickly ran back to the table.

"The rain and snow are sloppy, and the sun is gone. Mo Ken left behind, and the girl pretended to chant. The door opened, and a richly dressed woman walked in, wearing two different earrings on the left and right, one gold and one jade. Under the heavy makeup, it is still difficult to hide her old appearance. As soon as she came in, she smiled at first, as if she was very satisfied with the girl's seriousness, but after a moment she shuddered, and her face changed suddenly.

"Why is it so cold in the room, you secretly opened the window again?" the woman's tone was a little harsh, and the little girl couldn't help but curl up.

"I didn't"

The woman approached, and suddenly saw a few patches of snow left on the girl's body. Suddenly, he said loudly: "You don't pay attention to your study, you secretly open some window, and you still want to lie! It's snowing outside, it's very cold, you haven't been out of the room for a long time, what if you get cold." Next time I'll ask your father to seal this window, lest you keep being disobedient. The woman was very fierce, and the little girl lowered her head, and the corners of her eyes were already full of tears.

"Read well!, cry what you cry!" the woman retorted.

"The rain and snow are sloppy, see the dawn disappear" The girl read slowly with a trill, tears from the corners of her eyes slipped from her cheeks, and they hit the pages of the book, and suddenly blurred a large piece of ink.

The rain and snow fluttered, and the ice melted as soon as the sun was seen. That's what the poem roughly means, but the girl looked at the closed window, the sun couldn't shine in, and how the ice and snow in her heart melted.

Twelve years ago, the Chiba family was already a first-class family in Dragon Vein Valley, and the family had a big business. Although it is not as good as those giant businessmen in Lingdu City, it can be regarded as a rich party. Chiba Morimitsu, the head of the Chiba family, has been charitable for many years, and is quite popular in the local area, and the business of the Chiba family is getting bigger and bigger, and it was considered a peak period at that time. At that time, Chiba Xue was living a life in a shelf, she was the youngest daughter of Chiba Shengguang, the head of the Chiba family, and she usually cared for her. Usually very doting, almost not let her go out, for fear of some bumps.

Childhood was like a torment, but Chiba Xue also read a lot of books and learned a lot of truths. In a boring life, the only one who can play a decorative role is the father.

Chiba Shengguang loved collecting all his life, all kinds of rare treasures, as long as he liked or could see it, he would buy it at any cost. Elixirs, magic weapons, spiritual treasures, countless. But there was one thing in this batch of treasures that brought him death.

It was a seal, called the Demon Spirit Seal. At the time of the war between the gods and demons, the demon king of the demon world fought fiercely with the king of all spirits in the spirit world, and in the end, both were defeated, and the Jiuzhi Mountain Range on the ancient ice field of the spirit world was the boundary, and each retreated. In order to prevent the two realms from going to war without authorization, Jiuzhi Mountain was sealed by Wu Zhao and the King of Ten Thousand Souls at the same time, blocking the way of a qiē to come and go. However, both sides did not use their best efforts, and tacitly left a gap in the barrier, and used spiritual power and demon power to blend with each other to create this demon spirit seal, and this small demon spirit seal happened to be the only token to break this seal.

At that time, Chiba Shengguang inadvertently got such a demon spirit seal, and seeing that the spiritual power and demon power were intertwined and fused with each other, he naturally couldn't put it down, so he bought it in one fell swoop and took back Chiba Mansion. However, when I heard the legend of this seal, I was so shocked that I put it away and never used it again.

But things weren't so calm, and soon after, before the spring flowers bloomed, a group of monsters took advantage of the night to sneak into the Chiba Mansion. restrained Chiba Shengguang and forced him to hand over the demon spirit seal.

That night, Chiba Yuki, who was only six years old, finally seized an opportunity and slipped out of the back wall. The heart that had been imprisoned for six years seemed to fly immediately, and although it was night when she slipped out, her heart was sunny, like a bird out of the cage, and she was extremely happy. She ran and jumped on the snow, rolled, and fell, even though her face was covered with ice and snow slag, but she was still extremely happy, and she grabbed the snow on the ground, and felt the fluffy coldness spread from her fingertips to her heart. Make a burning heart feel extremely comfortable. She didn't think about what kind of punishment she would receive when she went home again, but she didn't think much about it, she was beaten, scolded, and let her copy the poetry more than ten times, she felt that it didn't matter, and years of anticipation were exchanged for a moment of freedom. No matter what the cost, I think it's worth it.

But she didn't know that this walk would become a farewell. After she had been playing for an hour or two, she slowly felt cold, and after a few sneezes, she suddenly missed the fire on the high pavilion. So he staggered back in the snow. I don't know why, the way home is always wrestling, although Chiba Xue has a big heart, but at this time the mood is not like when she came. For some reason, there was always a strong sense of unease.

After a while, I finally arrived in front of Chiba Mansion. But before she could enter the door, a burst of sharp screams suddenly reached her ears. Chiba Xue quickly rushed to the door, and the scene in front of her was already unforgettable.

In the courtyard, the demon beasts ran fiercely, and the dead bodies on the ground were in pieces, and those demon beasts were disemboweling those corpses, devouring the internal organs, and the blood flowed everywhere, and the pure white blood was already bright red. The spirits in the courtyard that had not yet been eaten were quickly dodging, running everywhere. A little girl of her age ran to the gate desperately, her eyes fixed on the door in front of her, which was the exit. His eyes were filled with excitement and hope, and he was only a few steps away from escaping.

But no sooner had the boy stepped out of the threshold than a huge claw as sharp as a knife passed through her heart. There was a pang of pain on her face, and at that moment, she suddenly saw Chiba Yuki. After staring at her for a moment, the little girl stretched out her hand, as if to ask her for help, and there was no hope in her eyes, all of which turned into deep despair. In an instant, the little girl's figure was picked up by the claws that pierced through the body, and was pulled back into the courtyard. Chiba Xue poked her head out slightly, only to see the claws in the demon beast's hands waving a few times recklessly. In an instant, he bit off the little girl's head.

Chiba Xue's eyes were full of horror, she quickly turned around and ran in the direction she came, running all the way to her life, even if she fell, she didn't hesitate at all, she stood up and continued to run. It was as if something terrible was chasing her behind her.

She was terrified, and her figure got under a broken kiln, and she curled up in it and shivered. For the first time, she felt that the night was so long.

She stayed here until noon the next day, hungry, and then she came out of the broken kiln and walked slowly towards the horrible home. When she got there, she found that the courtyard was empty, and her father had disappeared without a trace. She walked through the huge room, one by one, but no one could be seen. It was her home, but he felt strange and scared like never before.

Soon after, he suddenly saw a few drops of blood in a side room, and he lifted the silk scarf from the edge of the bed, only to find a bloody human head staring at her with open eyes.

Chiba Xue was frightened, screamed, and rushed out of the house quickly. This time she was really scared and really desperate. She ran too far, too far. After running through several mountains in a row, I finally fainted in a small mountain stream.

A few days later, she woke up in a farmhouse, sleeping in a bed covered in wounds, but all bandaged.

That night, she met the person who rescued her, an old man who was close to the age of six. At only six years old, she seemed to have grown ten years old overnight. The old man lived alone, and she stayed with the old woman.

The days that followed were peaceful, until ten years later, when the old lady was seriously ill and gave her something when she was dying, and the peaceful days finally came to an end.