Chapter 6: The Valley of the Tide
Since that day, Lingxi has come to the Well of Gods and Demons every day to ask different questions, and Tuchen sometimes answers, but more often is silent.
Slowly, what happened to Tuchen was asked by Lingxi piecemeal, and when she knew that Tuchen had given up his identity and even the demon world for the sake of the peace of the human world, she silently felt that the image of the 'devil' in front of her was several times taller.
At first, Tuchen's heart was full of helplessness, and every time he saw the sun crossing his head, he would call it a day early, because the next moment his ears would be tormented. And Lingxi also seems to have endless questions, surrounding him like a hard-working little bee every day, and no matter whether he can get an answer or not, he always asks about the strange things in the south and the north.
Day after day, day by day. I don't know when it started, but that helplessness gradually turned into waiting and anticipation. That suffering turned into enjoyment and happiness. Three quarters past noon, Tuchen would always peek at the fixed path from time to time, until he saw the pink shadow and returned to peace.
Lingxi's questions are getting fewer and fewer, it's not that she can't ask them, but with Tuchen's response, she prefers to chat. When Tuchen's story was almost asked, she began to tell about the process of her apprenticeship and cultivation of immortals, the joy of becoming an immortal and the boring constraints of staying in the immortal world for hundreds of years, and finally pouted and talked about the four hundred years in the demon prison, and she looked pitiful.
Tuchen still maintains the posture of sitting cross-legged a hundred years ago, although his eyes are closed, he can hear clearly and remember deeply.
On the first day of the 499th year, Tuchen meditated and pranayama as usual, and as soon as the sun came out, he saw Lingxi running over in a panic. He frowned, got up and asked, "What's wrong, why are you so flustered?"
Lingxi ran closer, his face was no longer the same smile as always, he sat down with his back to the long knife and pouted his mouth: "There is still a year! You can leave in another year, but the demonic qi in my body has only dispersed less than two percent...... When you're gone, there's no one to talk to me...... I want you to teach me the mental method that can get rid of the demonic qi faster, and leave with you in a year!"
Tuchen smiled bitterly: "How can I have so many mental methods to teach, and besides, the two breaths of immortals and demons are already exclusive, and it is already rapid to be able to get rid of them within a hundred years, and if you want to be fast, it may make the demonic qi more prosperous." ”
"I don't care, I don't care!" Lingxi, who was so anxious, actually lied: "I won't leave, and you are not allowed to leave! Hurry up and find a way! Otherwise, I will annoy you in your ears this year!"
Tuchen shook his head helplessly, returned to his original position and did not speak. Of course, Lingxi did what she said, and since then, she has not returned to the edge of the ancient forest, but has stopped by the well of gods and demons day and night like Tu Chen, cultivating and meditating with him.
Although I hope that time will pass slowly and the demonic energy will disperse quickly, time does not mean that there is no wait. A year has passed in a flash, Tuchen has completed his merits, and Lingxi's progress is still slow.
On the last day, when the sun went down and the night fell, Tuchen rose into the air and pulled out the long knife that had been inserted in the side of the magic well for a hundred years with one hand and put it behind his back again, and knelt down on one knee in front of the magic well: "The Demon King's sin order, I have completed." From then on, Tuchen had no connection with the Demon Realm, and his subordinates retired!"
Lingxi looked at his departing back a little confused, but more sad, two lines of tears hung on his cheeks: "You didn't even say goodbye, why did you leave like this...... Why did you just leave like this......"
Lingxi fell asleep that night, but it was very unstable, and the feeling of being in a demon prison seemed to return. When I opened my eyes, I felt endless desolation, but when I closed my eyes, I had nightmares......
"Lazy worm, why don't you get up to practice?"
Early in the morning, a familiar voice sounded in my ears. Lingxi opened her eyes in a daze, and found that Tuchen was standing beside her and leaning over to look at her. She didn't know if it was real or in a dream, and she instantly woke up and crawled up with wide eyes: "You...... Why are you back?"
"Someone said that she wouldn't leave, and she wouldn't let me leave, so of course I didn't dare to go. Saying that, Tuchen brought a basin of water to the front: "Do the math, you haven't washed your face for hundreds of years, I went to the long river a hundred miles away last night to fetch a basin of water for you, go and clean up." ”
Lingxi smiled, smiling very happily, she walked closer and gently hugged Tuchen: "It will take at least another five hundred years to get rid of the demonic energy, do you really want to stay here with me?"
Tuchen nodded: "I haven't answered your question yet, and I haven't heard enough of your story." The world is big, no matter when and where, you are enough!"
Looking at Lingxi's delicate figure when he was grooming, Tuchen himself didn't know why he would say such affectionate words, the ruthlessness of immortals and demons was a well-known thing in the Three Realms, he didn't know if the feeling he had for Lingxi at this time was the legendary 'love', and whether Lingxi was 'love' for himself......
With a free body, the life of the two of them is more abundant. Tuchen is no longer so cold, and he smiles at Lingxi every day. And Lingxi still has so many problems, sometimes coquettish and sometimes laughing.
For couples who are in love with each other, no matter how long the days are, it seems that five hundred years will trickle like a river in the blink of an eye. Lingxi finally eliminated all the demonic qi in his body and regained his immortal physique. However, she is tired of the life of the immortals in the heavenly realm, and in comparison, she is more willing to rely on each other with Tuchen, wandering in the world to help the suffering and help the righteous path.
On that day, the maple leaves in the wild ancient forest fell extremely densely, and more than a thousand maple trees seemed to know that the two were about to leave, and used the thousands of falling blazing maple leaves to bid farewell. Successfully passing through the enchantment, Lingxi's face smiled even more, and there was happiness and happiness. Looking at the ancient forest where she had lived for six hundred years, she grabbed Tu Chen's hand and said coquettishly: "Such a beautiful scenery is too ugly to call the Wild Ancient Forest. Why don't we change the name of it, let's call it ......'Tatsu Tide Valley'"
Tuchen frowned: "But this is obviously an ancient forest, not a valley...... how about 'Chenxi Forest'?"
"Don't, no, Chenshigu is better, I like Chenti Valley......"
"Okay, good" Tuchen shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's all up to you, since you like it, then call it 'Chenxi Valley'." ”
The closest capital to the Savage Ancient Forest is Yangcheng, and the two have decided to travel to the world to experience the life of mortals, and the first stop is naturally Yangcheng.
Tuchen still remembers the miserable scene of Yang City after the Great War of Immortals and Demons thousands of years ago, and still feels a little guilty when he thinks about it now.
After leaving the Wild Ancient Forest for more than a hundred miles, he entered the range of mortal activities, and a path covered with horseshoe prints appeared in the jungle. The two walked arm in arm, smiling along the way, looking forward to the next life in the mortal world.
I started to hurry in the early morning, and because both of them were extraordinary, the two incense sticks arrived at their destination in time. As soon as I arrived at the city gate, I met a group of strong men in black pushing more than a dozen wooden two-wheeled carts in a hurry. On each wooden cart were five or six strips of white canvas, accompanied by a rancid smell, and Tuchen recognized at a glance that the white cloth was full of dead bodies.
Lingxi raised his sleeves to cover his mouth and nose, and stopped a man in black to ask, "May I ask the old man, what are these?"
The man in black was very tightly covered, and there was no bare place except for his eyes, but judging from the shape of his steps, he should have been a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties. Hearing this, the man stopped and looked at Tuchen and Lingxi, who were dazed, and waved his hand and said, "You are from out of town, don't go in, the plague in the city is now terrible, and thousands of people have died, these are all dead corpses, and they will be transported to the outskirts of the city to be burned in a centralized manner." Girl, let's go. Then he picked up the wooden cart again and hurried away......