Chapter 4 [Ishimura Gathering]
At noon the next day, Chu Liying gradually opened her sleeping eyes. What appeared in front of me was a stone house, lying on a stone bed wrapped in several animal skin coats, and there were many pieces of wood nailed to the cracks in the stone wall, and the wood was covered with all kinds of air-dried animal meat, and the whole stone house was full of the fishy smell of animal meat.
"Are you awake?" spoke a woman in an animal skin coat, holding a bowl of hot soup in her hand.
"Let's have a bowl of hot soup to replenish our body! We only have this food in our village, and now we can't dig up wild vegetables, so let's drink some of them first." The woman placed the hot soup on the edge of the stone bed, and then felt the temperature on Chu Liying's forehead with the back of her hand.
"Auntie, where is this?" Chu Liying saw that the woman was amiable, so she called Auntie. I saw that the aunt was full of a good wife and mother, the dimples on her cheeks looked so kind, and her somewhat wrinkled forehead was a little vicissitudes.
"Auntie?" The woman didn't understand what this word meant, and after thinking about it, maybe the little girl was about to say, "Ahhhh
As soon as the woman finished speaking, a teenager ran in from outside the door. The young man had clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, he was no more than fourteen or fifteen years old, and he had the charm of a mature man with all his blood. When he entered, he held a bow in one hand and two bloodied hares in the other.
"You're awake, it's great! My name is Lu Pan! What's your name?" the young man first hung the two hares on a piece of wood, then placed his bow and arrows flat in the corner of the wall, and then walked up to Chu Liying.
"My name is Chu Liying!" Chu Liying remembered her past again in her consciousness, although she felt that she should not be able to live again after experiencing meteorite piercing and lightning strikes, but the world in front of her was definitely not heaven.
Chu Liying stretched out her little hand, as if she was ready to shake hands and salute when she met for the first time in modern life. Suddenly, there was something incredible in her eyes, she clearly remembered that her arm was injured and scabbed in a fall, why did this arm suddenly become so delicate now.
Chu Liying hurriedly pulled out her other hand, her hands were so cold and jade in front of her, and a pair of small hands were as smooth as if they had been carved. At the same time, she put her hand on her cheek and stroked it, and it felt like touching a baby's skin.
Chu Liying seemed to come to her senses, stretched out her little hand and pinched her face vigorously, "Hiss... It hurts!" It doesn't seem like a dream. The little hands, face, and skin are all so smooth, it seems that I am really fifteen years old again.
"Don't worry, Miss Chu Liying, you just fainted from too much exertion, and your face was not injured!" After the woman finished speaking, she patted Lu Pan's back with her palm and walked out, looking like a mother patting off the dust on her fallen child.
When Lu Panniang left, Lu Pan picked up the fresh soup and fed Chu Liying the soup one bite at a time. Although Chu Liying wanted to refuse, she hadn't found this feeling in her for a long time, so kind and so warm.
"Lu Pan, what kind of place is this?" After drinking the fresh soup, Chu Liying's cheeks flushed.
"Of course it's my home! In Shicun, the disciples who come to stay in the mountain like to stay at my house, because the dishes made by my father and mother are the best!" Lu Pan said, overflowing with a proud smile.
Behind the smile, Lu Pan began to appreciate Chu Liying's beauty, that fairy-like appearance was so full of admiration for a child who grew up in a stone village, which made Lu Pan have an indescribable heartbeat feeling for Chu Liying.
Of course, at this moment, Chu Liying also silently praised the deliciousness of the fresh soup in her heart, and she couldn't feel the bloody smell of beast meat at all. It's just that she didn't know that the young man in front of her had already begun to be attracted to herself at this time.
"Shicun is a place to go up the mountain to apprentice?" Chu Liying was a little confused, although she was still alive, how could she have anything to do with the mountain apprenticeship, especially when the woman said just now that she would let Lu Pan accompany her up the mountain.
"Well, don't worry, you haven't lost your way!" Lu Pan began to scratch the back of his head as he spoke, "In six days, I will go up the mountain with you to apprentice!"
"I want to go out for a walk!" Chu Liying's mind was suddenly confused, it seemed that based on Lu Pan's words alone, she didn't understand why she was considered a disciple of the mountain to apprentice, and she was obviously hit by meteorites and lightning in that suicide, but she would be in Shicun when she woke up, and her skin and body seemed to have changed back to her younger self.
"On the left is the elder's house, and on the right is the village chief's house!" Chu Liying slowly walked out of the stone house, and the afternoon sun reflected on her body, which was quite beautiful. As soon as Chu Liying looked around, Lu Pan guided Chu Liying in front like a guide.
Li Chuxun, who had eaten the food, couldn't bear it anymore, so he opened the courtyard door and stood outside the courtyard to observe the whole picture of Shicun. And the little concubine cleaned up the house, and after seeing Li Chuxun walking out of the courtyard gate, she shouted to Li Chuxun: "Big brother, don't go far, come back early!"
"Okay, little sister!" Li Chuxun turned around and saw a man and a woman walking out of the stone house next door.
Suddenly, Li Chuxun was a little dumbfounded. If he happened to be surprised by seeing Chu Liying who crossed with him, his heart was now even beyond the scope of surprise. Because the woman in front of her is Chu Liying, yes, but she is a little Chu Liying who is about fifteen years old.
The girl with the melon seed face and phoenix eyes that he once had a crush on has now become a girl in the prime of her life, that demeanor, that appearance, and that ice muscle and jade bones, if it weren't for Li Chuxun himself who had returned to the appearance of fifteen or sixteen years old, he couldn't believe that the girl in front of him was Chu Liying!
"Chu Liying!" After Li Chuxun shouted, he took three steps and ran to Chu Liying's side, "Are you okay?"
"You are, you are Li Chuxun, you are the one who saved me!" Chu Liying's mind also showed the man who appeared next to her at the last moment of suicide in modern life, although the man in front of her was a teenager, she was sure that this teenager was the one who was struck by meteorites and lightning with her!
"It's me! I've finally found you!" Li Chuxun was excited, and he didn't care that there was a little boy next to him, so he hugged Chu Liying into his arms and hugged her tightly with both hands.
Chu Liying hurriedly pushed the enthusiastic young man in front of her away, "Li Chuxun, thank you for saving me! But we..."
Li Chuxun also seemed to feel his recklessness, and quickly let go of the hands he was holding tightly. That's right, although I once had a crush on her, and I hugged her at the last moment of suicide, but after all, the relationship between myself and her was not so close.
"I'm so happy to see you again!" Li Chuxun hid his love for her, and told his inner excitement as a friend who cared about her very much.
"You must have not seen each other for a long time, right! Then I won't bother you!" Lu Pan felt bored, so he took the initiative to prevaricate.
"No! By the way, he is Li Chuxun, my savior!" Chu Liying first introduced to Lu Pan, and then said to Li Chuxun: "His name is Lu Pan, and he is also the person who just saved me!"
In this way, in Chu Liying's words, the identities of Li Chuxun and Lu Pan have become Chu Liying's saviors. Of course, as an escort to go up the mountain together a few days later, Lu Pan felt that he was closer to Chu Liying, and he began to slowly unfold his fantasies in his heart.
Although the relationship between Chu Liying and Li Chuxun is not so close, both of them have crossed over from modern life, and they also have endless topics, so Li Chuxun and Chu Liying chatted while walking, Li Chuxun talked about the Taoist from his own shadow to the Taoist head of the Dao Peak, and from the little girl in Shicun to the past events in Shicun, and the relationship between the two has gradually deepened.
"Thank you for telling me all this, really! You will be my best and best friend from now on!" Chu Liying finished speaking, a smile appeared on her face, which can actually be described as innocent, because fifteen-year-old Chu Liying looked like a water hibiscus, so petite and exquisite.
After listening to Li Chuxun's tirade, in this way, Chu Liying also strengthened her goal of going up the mountain to apprentice, and her dazed meaning had disappeared into a powerful goal, because the rebirth after crossing made her see hope, and there was a path of cultivation that she longed for. Now Chu Liying has been able to come out of the shadow of hating men, and it is impossible for him to hide from the men of the world for the sake of two important men in his life (father and Rufeng), in a blink of an eye, the sun at noon has disappeared into the depths of the clouds behind the mountain.
After about two days, a lot of young people came from all directions, most of them carrying bags of dry food, many of whom were already embarrassed by the long journey. These young people all came to enter the Sanqing Palace, many fifteen or sixteen-year-old teenagers, and many of them were burly and strong men. Li Chuxun and Chu Liying had an indescribable feeling, compared to them, they seemed so weak, not to mention entering the Sanqing Palace, even climbing the Dao Peak was quite difficult for them.
In the past few days, Li Chuxun and Xiao Yu have also become very familiar with each other, and Xiao Yu told him that there are several strong men who are teenagers who have been here three years ago, and they have come again after being eliminated. In addition, Lu Pan, the child of the uncle next door, is almost fifteen years old, because he has taken care of his little sister since he was a child, and the little sister calls him "Brother Xiao Pan".
"This woman, you don't seem to be from this village, are you also here for the Sanqing Palace?" A strong man walked over and saw Li Chuxun and Chu Liying standing next to Lan Shan, but he faced Chu Liying first. I saw that the strong man was a seven-foot man with extraordinary appearance. The two thick eyebrows make the whole person look righteous and awe-inspiring, and the strong muscles are quite strong, and the whole person exudes a sassy heroic posture.
"Well, yes, I'm also here to learn from a teacher. Chu Liying said, her eyes looked at Li Chuxun. She saw the vinegar in Li Chuxun's eyes, if she guessed correctly, the reason why Li Chuxun chose to save herself in the first place must be because he likes himself.
"My name is Jin Muzao, my family is in Pei County, Shenzhou, I don't know women..." The strong man saw Chu Liying's cheeks like peach blossoms, and couldn't help but shift his gaze.
"My name is Chu Liying! I..." Through the eyes of the strong man, Chu Liying felt that she was no longer the nineteen-year-old big girl who almost committed suicide before, but a little girl in the prime of her life, with a hint of shyness on her face, and at the same time found that the vinegar in Li Chuxun's eyes had turned into a powerful hostility.
Chu Liying knew that the situation was wrong, and hurriedly stretched out her immature little hand to pull Li Chuxun away, "Okay! Li Chuxun, I am no longer the Chu Liying I used to be! I have the freedom to choose!"
After Chu Liying's words, a flush gradually appeared on her cheeks. Obviously, Li Chuxun didn't confess to himself, doesn't this just prove that although he doesn't like him very much, at least he cares about him, and embarrassment immediately rose from his heart.
"Since you know that I like you!, then I will definitely not give up! Just like I said that day, I will take care of you when my senior brother is not there!" Li Chuxun knew that inadvertently mentioning senior brother might make Chu Liying feel uncomfortable, so he ran away.
"You, you!" When Chu Liying hadn't thought of what to say, she had already seen Li Chuxun's figure in the distance, and she was unconsciously a little annoyed, didn't it make everyone think that there were indescribable threads between herself and him. So she hurriedly walked behind Jin Zao Mu, and used Jin Zao Mu's body to block Li Chuxun's sight that might look back.
"Brother Zao, is it really three days later that you are talking about?" A young man walked from the stone house in the back row, the young man had clear eyebrows, fresh and handsome, and he was a little extraordinary at a glance.
The young man and Chu Liying looked at each other, and Jin Zao Mu immediately explained to the strong man, "This is my cousin Tianyu!", and then turned to the young man, "She is Chu Liying, and she is also an apprentice of the Shangsanqing faction." After a pause, he continued, "Well, it must have been three days, and I had the count." It's just that in three days, no matter who can pass it, we must cultivate the Tao well, and then our village will have a peaceful day!"
"Well, Brother Stove. I must learn the most powerful kung fu to avenge our second uncle and those villagers!" the young man said enthusiastically, his hands clenched into fists.
Through a long day of acquaintance, Chu Liying and Jin Zaomu, Jin Tianyu and a young man named Mi Qingfeng are very familiar, and the naturally beautiful Chu Liying has also become a topic of discussion among their mountain people, some teenagers have evil intentions against her, and more hope that there can be such a junior sister in the Sanqing Palace, which is really a fortunate thing.
At this moment, Li Chuxun is just the opposite, he wants to find a place where there is no one and slowly clear his mind alone. The words to Chu Liying just now were said by myself with the courage to say it, but I had the courage to confess, but I didn't have the courage to accept her eyes, why did I fail so much! Hey, Li Chuxun, Li Chuxun, when will you really be a man, and spend your life taking care of and caring for Chu Liying, who has been secretly in love for three years.
Unknowingly, Li Chuxun had been walking all the way for several hours. I only remember that I bypassed the stream behind the stone village, and followed the stream until I walked to a cliff, and a group of rocks in the middle of it appeared in front of me in front of a cemetery. There used to be all kinds of exotic flowers and plants growing around the cemetery, but when it extended to the area around the cemetery, there were no more tombstones, and the graves were piled up into raised hills, and there were no tombstones. Could it be that the cemetery of this era will not leave the name of the tomb owner, or is this not a cemetery at all? Li Chuxun was not afraid of these gloomy places in the first place, and his taekwondo black belt skills were not in vain, let alone in broad daylight. Just walking, Li Chuxun felt a little creepy, and there was a subtle sound of sucking around him, the sound was like a beast eating its prey, but the closer he got there, the more he felt that something was wrong.