No stars just her.
The next person to barge into Pear Blossom Garden was Wuli Song, his eyes narrowed, his face slightly sardonic with anger, his voice was suppressed, " Xu You, you tell me what the hell is going on here!"
Xu You lowered his eyes, and whispered, "It was my fault for not being a good teacher."
"Do you remember what was promised?"
Xu You of course remembers that when she insisted on protecting Xun Yin, Wuli Song was quite concerned about Yanzhi Fan's prediction and wanted to secretly take action against Xun Yin, Xu You promised that if anything happened to Xun Yin, she wouldn't let go of Wuli Song, and that if Xun Yin was as predicted by Yanzhi Fan, she would take action herself! If Xun Yin does what Yanzhi Fan predicted, she will do it herself.
That was why she was so eager to make her heroine, Qinguan Ye, solidify the plot, just in case Xun Yin fell into a demonic path.
But in the end it all happened.
Xu You's hand curls up under his shirt, "I remember."
"Well then," Wuli Song whisked his sleeve away, "I hope you do what you say you're going to do."
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Not only Vulture fairy gatehouse, but the whole cultivation world is spreading the word.
As a matter of fact, every year there are quite a number of Immortal Cultivators who fall into the Devil's Path, some of them have gone astray due to mistakes in cultivation, some of them have developed demons in their hearts, and some of them have been yearning for the Devil's Path in their hearts, all in all the ones who have fallen into the Devil's Path are not few, and they are not something new either.
But this time is different, this time is the disciple of the Vulture fairy gatehouse, the person who can be engraved into the history of the Vulture fairy gatehouse, or the most outstanding disciple of the Vulture fairy gatehouse today, just like this stepping into the devil's path, the Vulture fairy gatehouse was slapped quite loudly. gatehouse was slapped quite loudly.
After all, the prediction of the Eye of Heavenly Chance is gradually coming true, while the Demon Race is still consuming each other in infighting, and Xun Yin has not yet unified the Demon Race and become the Lord of the Demon Abyss in the prediction, of course, they have to cut down the roots as soon as possible.
Xu You is on Zhongling Mountain, and from time to time he will fold a green leaf and turn it into a kingfisher to go down the mountain and ask for some news.
Those who besieged Xun Yin, wave after wave, all lost their troops and returned without success, so more and more people cared about this matter, as if they regarded Xun Yin as the current enemy, no longer as the gossip after dinner, and believed that Xun Yin made the world unstable.
In fact, he hadn't done anything yet, only because of the rapid growth of his cultivation, which had led to the proliferation of demons and evils, and the increase of miasma in the Devil's Abyss.
Xu You trusts Xun Yin more than the words of others, after all, he is the disciple she taught, she understands what kind of heart he has, and he definitely won't do anything that is too much.
Her other disciple Mingjiao Ye, as if his older brother left the family, he had nothing to rely on but to learn to be on his own, grew up overnight, no longer go to the forest to catch birds to play, his buttocks finally sat down solidly and studied hard.
He said, "Master don't worry and feel sad, although I am not as good as my senior brother, I won't let you worry too much in the future."
Like Xun Yin, he reads and writes every day, and practises with his sword, letting Xu You look on and give him a few pointers from time to time.
Now there is no need for Qinguan Ye to be under her tutelage, but Xu You still lets Mingjiao Ye take care of her from time to time. With Mingjiao Ye's silly and joyful nature, although she may not necessarily be able to bring Qinguan Ye out of the shadows, a kind of companionship and guidance that is free of calculating thoughts can also make her feel better.
Xu You no longer went to the study, she was afraid that she would always think of the time under the warm yellow candlelight when she and Xun Yin were practicing calligraphy and reading sword scores, in fact, even when she sat in the room, she would unconsciously look out of the window, and that young man who was practicing the sword diligently outside the window, and then the young man who was warming up his books under the sunlight, left.
Xu You enjoyed a vivid mood and began to drink heavily.
When she occasionally woke up, she called Mingjiao Ye to clean the study.
Mingjiao Ye the first time into the study, but also some feelings, to face the two tables pear flower case as a boundary, the room is clearly divided into two sides, the left side of the bookcase, there is a soft collapse, snacks on the table, collapse also have, a few books travelogue books put everywhere, ink and paper horizontal and vertical.
The right side will be neat like a reference sample, ink, paper and ink stone neatly placed on the desktop, there is no soft collapse, the left and right sides of the bookcases, many books according to the size of the category placed.
Apparently the left side is his master's and the right side is his brother's.
Mingjiao Ye didn't hesitate and decided to start with the simple ones, just sweeping the dust for Senior Brother's side first.
When he reached the bookcase, he paused to look through Xun Yin's books. Mingjiao Ye had been reading a lot lately, so he was especially curious to know what kind of books his admired senior brother liked to read.
History books and canonical texts, scriptures and collections, and books of literature, science and philosophy are all available, most of which are obscure and difficult to understand.
Even though Xun Yin often used his pen to annotate, Mingjiao Ye still had a big headache from reading the book, and just as he flipped through the pages of the book and wanted to put it back on the wooden cabinet, he noticed some lines in the margins of his eyes.
Lines - there are paintings, Mingjiao Ye reacted, turned to the back of the page, indeed, paintings, and still early paintings, brushstrokes raw and tender.
The painting is Xu You lying on a soft cushion, eyes closed to sleep, her right hand cupping a book, resting on one side, she seems to have had some good dreams, her eyebrows stretching, the corners of her lips slightly curved.
The quiet time blends into the painting and frames it forever.
"Ai, senior brother ......" Mingjiao Ye sighed and closed the book, carefully placing it back in the cabinet.
......
The delusion that sprang up in adolescence is destined to be hidden deep in a dark corner, just like this painting.
Instead of being worn down by the years, the delusion grows crazy, takes root and is embedded so deeply that when you look back you realize that it's hard to pull it out, even if it's bloody.
Xun Yin Under countless sunlight and candlelight, he could only watch as his feelings took root, and one by one, they were rooted into his heart and tied up his mind.
Suffocating and heart trembling, he willingly did so.
--
Five years have passed in a hurry, Mingjiao Ye's cultivation has improved, although he is not as good as Xun Yin who can pass the examination of the House Master in three years, but he can pass the examination of the Pavilion Master in five years, which is already a big step ahead of others.
But there was one thing that particularly bothered him, and I don't know what it was, but in short, it was that for a long time he would have an irregular heart rate, a restless mind, and sometimes a particularly high level of excitement, for no apparent reason, and anyway, it wasn't quite right.
He thought left and right but decided to talk to his own master.
Xu You lost his smile after hearing this, Mingjiao Ye Shang only knew how to play when he was fifteen, and then he only knew how to cultivate, and now he is in love but doesn't know it, she waved her hand and said, "The joy of this kind of thing is to realize it on your own."
Seeing the brat scratching his head, Xu You asked with a smile, "Is it because you are happy to see Qinguan Ye?"
"Ah, it seems like, I'm not really sure actually." Mingjiao Ye hesitated.
Xu You can not help but laugh, Mingjiao Ye sent away, and can not laugh, began to life another reflection, she this master how to be a master, one disciple early to learn the birth of love, the other retarded like a halfway traffic jam.
At this time the kingfisher flew into the courtyard, turned around twice, and landed on Xu You's fingertips, turning into a green leaf.
She had gotten the news that there was no cultivation level division in the Devil's Way, but by this estimation, Xun Yin had already broken through the Mahayana, and her cultivation level was even higher than that of her master.
A devil's cultivation has improved so fast, many people are scared and fearful, but Xu You is not very worried, or the same sentence, she believes in him.
If he didn't improve his cultivation as soon as possible, he might be eliminated by Yanzhi Fan's men one day, so the ability to protect himself was certainly needed.
Later, Xu You guessed wrong and realized that she really couldn't read Xun Yin.
Because Xun Yin did a great thing that shocked both the righteous and the devil - he slaughtered the Jian Sect.
In just one night, one man slaughtered a sect.
Not to mention others, even Xu You was shocked for a long time.
Xun Yin's move made half of the Immortal Cultivation Sect instantly gather to discuss this matter, they no longer sweep the snow in front of their own door, but rather, they are bent on Yanzhi Fan's way, to put Xun Yin to death.
Vulture fairy gatehouse is involved with the order of eliminating evil and rebellious demons, and has re-examined and replicated the spell that the ancestor used to trap the demon king back in the day.
Yanzhi Fan's call to arms was unprecedentedly strong, and all the famous sects and righteous paths, large and small, joined in, forming a temporary alliance and giving a letter of war to Xun Yin, setting a date for a duel on the cliffs of Hopeless Mountain in January.
Xu You simply laughed in anger after reading the letter of war, these so-called famous sects and righteous people, claiming to carry out the righteousness of the world, but do not dare to provoke the entire Demon Abyss Demon Clan, only dare to make a date to fight with Xun Yin, so that he alone to come.
In the final analysis, it is to get rid of the scourge, but also want to save their own lives, fame and fortune, the world can not have so many of the best of both worlds.
"You're going too." Wuli Song commanded in a menacing voice, narrowing her eyes at her.
Xu You took the invitation and said nonchalantly, "I'll be there."
--
The first half of the month passed by in a flash, and all the people involved in the war were on guard and practicing, except Xu You, who was either enjoying the flowers or drinking wine, and was at ease.
I have heard that Vulture fairy gatehouse has laid a spell on the cliffs of Hopeless Mountain, and the day of the duel is drawing near.
Mingjiao Ye squeezed his sword tightly and said seriously, "Master, I don't want to go." He was afraid that as soon as he saw someone attacking Xun Yin, he couldn't help but rush up and beat that person to death.
But now the whole house is in a state of fanaticism, as if who does not participate in this war is a traitor to the cultivation world, this hatchet is quite large, almost everyone, voluntary unwilling to participate in it.
Xu You looked up at him, "If you don't want to go, then don't go, and if anyone dares to make things difficult for you, you can just beat them up, and if you can't beat them up, you can tell your teacher."
Mingjiao Ye was a little relieved now.
After a few more days, Xu You carried a wine jug and strolled carelessly through the mountains and forests, her cheeks flushed red from drinking, and she folded a pear blossom in her hand and played with it casually.
The wind rustled the treetops, Xu You let go of her hand, the tender white flowers slipped from her fingertips, she leaned back against the trunk of the tree, and uttered, "How much longer do you want to see, come out."
Her not far away from the manifestation of a person, white ink hair is not seen for five years Xun Yin, he steps closer, slowly said: "worthy of being a master, I again stared at the breath can not hide the master."
Xu You moved his eyelids and raised his eyes to look at him, not seen for a long time, his appearance has not changed, but his temperament has changed a lot, gloomy and heavy, "Still dare to come here, tomorrow night is the battle of Mount Hopeless, do not go to prepare?"
His cultivation is so impressive that even the boundary of the Vulture fairy gatehouse can't stop him, allowing him to enter and exit as if he were in no man's land.
Xun Yin bent down and leaned over to pick up the white flower she had thrown on the ground, taking it into his palm and slowly smiled, "Master is worried about me?"
Xu You only asked, "Why did you slaughter the Jian Sect?"
Xun Yin looked at her steadily and curled her lips, "I asked first, Master has to answer my question first."
Xu You stared back at him and didn't say anything.
The curves on Xun Yin's lips disappeared, and in a low voice, he said, "It is only natural to avenge a blood feud."
"So tomorrow," Xu You said, "is also the day of your revenge?"
I see, when the young man has long known the family feud, full body injuries full of hate to stay in Vulture fairy gatehouse, hard training, only to one day to avenge the blood, so, fell into the devil, slaughtered the sect, all explainable.
Xun Yin's thin lips pursed, and then he said two words, "That's right."
A time Xu You breathing dull pain, never felt so powerless, did not expect to have been attentive care of people, from beginning to end only revenge.
She just hoped he made it through this life safe and sound, and maybe he was still sneering in the back of his mind as she taught the ways of justice.
Xu You felt her heart chilling and her fingers cold at this moment, she clenched her teeth and said, "Tomorrow I will also join the battle."
A long silence ensued.
Xu You lifted his fingertips, intending to pinch and leave.
Xun Yin stopped her, removing the Obsidian Sword at his waist and handing it to her, his voice low and deep, slightly astringent and hoarse: "In that case, Master will take this sword and pierce my heart."
"This is the last time an apprentice will plead with his master."
"And the last wish."
Knowing she was in the war, he had no intention of leaving alive.
Why not let this long sword, which she gave him personally, run through his heart and bury the deep-rooted emotions together?
Achieving her great righteousness of helping the righteous and eliminating the evil, she can never forget him again.
He would live on in her deepest memories.
In this life and in the next, for eternity.
The afternoon sun was in full bloom, oiling the branches and leaves, the woods were shaded among the mountains, and the light and darkness fell on the two of them as they staggered apart and then drifted farther and farther away.
--
Xu You held the Obsidian Sword and walked out of the mountain forest, his right hand was numb and heavy, almost about to lose its grip.
The mood was extremely complicated, and more than anything else, it was a dull pain. Fifteen years ago, if anyone dared to bully Xun Yin, she had to reprimand him with a cold face, but today, fifteen years later, she has to end Xun Yin's life with her own hands.
Xu You's brain was a mess, when she came back to her senses, she was already out of the Vulture fairy gatehouse, and couldn't help but follow far behind Xun Yin.
Xu You fixed his mind and returned to his senses, and was about to return to Zhongling Mountain, when he noticed a black mist hanging around the Vulture fairy gatehouse, which floated far away and did not touch the boundary of the gatehouse, but gave people a sense of anxiety, and when Xun Yin appeared, the black mist wanted to follow him up.
As a master who has years of habit of protecting his pups, Xu You completely forgot about the relationship between Xun Yin and the Demon Abyss, and directly beat that black mist into its original form and dragged it back to Zhongling Mountain .
"Say, what do you mean by following my apprentice, trying to harm him?"
Xu You bound her with Demon Locking Wire, poked the scabbard in her face, and directly interrogated her.
"What your disciple, you deserve it!" She hated it, "That's our king, how could I harm him."
Xu You scanned the feathers on the corner of her black robe and said, "You're a crow?" Most Demon Clans are proud of their own instants, so the decorations will be marked accordingly.
"What crow!" She was furious, "It's a crow, get it?!"
They were all black-furred birds anyway, so Xu You straightened up indifferently, and seeing Mingjiao Ye returning just in time, he said to him, "Don't you like birds, here's one."
Hearing this, Mingjiao Ye threw down his sword in high excitement and rushed over, "Where, where?"
Xu You is in a bad mood and takes it out on the bird, not sparing any of his spells and knocking Wucho back to his original form in a couple of strikes.
Wucho's original form was a large black bird, with the only difference from a crow being that the beak and claws were flame-red. Mingjiao Ye was very sorry, so he lost his head and said, "Master, I don't like this black-furred ugly bird."
Meanwhile, Witch is still reading in Xu You's eyes - oh, as ugly as a crow indeed.
Witch, however, was furious and shook his wings, kicking up several volumes of rushing whirlwinds, "I want your lives!"
Even if the witch was tied up and her wings vibrated in small increments, she could still bring out a rather powerful and powerful wind.
However, it was Xu You's black and white fan that really dominated the wind power. The black obsidian sword and the white Yun sword were fused into a fan, which was even more powerful, and with a gentle flick of Xu You's fan, the whirlwinds became invisible, but the sorcerer was flapped away and rolled on the ground several times, and several pieces of things fell out of the black feathers, which were crystal bright.
Xu You picked up a piece, a closer look, it is a lens with water lines.
Mingjiao Ye saw it and froze, "This is, this is ......."
Xu You turned his head to look at him.
"Oops, come to think of it," Mingjiao Ye whacked his hand and hurriedly said, "Master, back then, I went to Valley of the Monsters to do a quest and encountered the Lust Mirror Woman, and at that time, I chopped the surface of the Water Mirror with a single sword, and a number of such lenses appeared. "
The fact that the Mirror of Lust woman made an illusion out of a water mirror means that someone's lust has become a mirror, and the fact that Mingjiao Ye was able to break the mirror means that he is not the one who is trapped in the illusion.
Xu You takes the water lens and throws it into a bowl of water, the lens dissolves like ice, and an image emerges on the surface of the water - under the pear tree, Xun Yin holds Xu You's face, murmuring a plea for her to like him a little more, and finally he lowers his head and tries to kiss her.
Holding back the heat on her face and her throbbing mind, she asked Mingjiao Ye in a stern voice, "Why didn't you inform the Master back then?"
Mingjiao Ye lowered his head and replied in a small voice, "Elder brother ...... won't let me say it."
Witch, however, laughed sorrowfully, "See, Xu You You don't forget your own identity, I advise you to hurry up and let me go, or else if this matter is revealed, the Left Mansion Master will be offended."
The boundaries of master-disciple status were strict, and if the master-disciple emotionally overstepped the rules, the master was publicly flogged and had his finger bones broken, while the disciple was burned to ashes by fire.
"Master, otherwise let her go." Mingjiao Ye also knew the seriousness of the matter and couldn't help but say.
It's good that both of her disciples compromised on this, Xu You let out a laugh and stepped on Wuchai's neck, "I'm very curious, given Xun Yin's calm and decisive style of behavior, she would have eliminated the root and branch of the family, so why would she still be coerced by you?"
The veins on Witch's neck bulged, and when she saw the undisguised murderous intent in Xu You's eyes, she couldn't help but smile, "You want to kill me? You have to weigh it up, do you think there are only a few water lenses? If I die, these lenses will be sent to the major sects by my people."
"Try it if you don't believe me."
Xu You snorted in disdain, "Yeah."
Xu You wrist turn, fan into a sword, directly into the heart of the witch but, witch but wide-eyed, still incredulous, the body quickly into pieces dissipated into thin air.
Xun Yin fell into the demonic path because he did not want Xu You to be humiliated and punished in public, regardless of whether or not Wuchang's threat was real, there was a one in a million risk that he would not gamble, so that night he swung his sword at Wuchang and stopped it hard.
Mingjiao Ye was a little bit unable to react: "Master, master, how should that be, those lenses ......" The lenses that Mirror Lake cracked into in the beginning were at least a few thousand dollars.
"So what if everyone knows, right now all the major sects are preparing for tomorrow night's appointment," Xu You narrowed his eyes slightly at him, "You're still hiding something from me."
The blood flowing down from the sword blade converged into red lines on the ground, and she spoke in a hushed tone, Mingjiao Ye was deterred for a moment and stuttered, "That, that, I can't say, it's still better to let Miss Ye say it."
She was just testing the waters, but she didn't realize that there was really something she wasn't telling her. Xu You lifted his chin and gestured for him to go, and Mingjiao Ye ran as fast as he could to get away, and it wasn't long before he brought Qinguan Ye to the Pear Blossom Garden.
Qinguan Ye's eyes flickered at the sight of Xu You, full of guilt, and before he got much closer, he knelt down and kowtowed, "I'm sorry Master Zuo, I ...... "
She narrated the story, when Xun Yin was on the broken cross of Lianshan Mountain, beheading those who wanted to kill Qinguan Ye, he put away his sword and looked at her with downcast eyes, "Do you want to take revenge."
At that time, the Ye family was wiped out and her father died a horrible death, Qinguan Ye was filled with hatred, as long as she could get her revenge, she would do whatever it took, she asked, "Just by you?"
"The Stream Sect has a grudge conflict with the Western True Sect, provoking them to fight and kill each other is not a problem."
Qinguan Ye clenched his fists and asked him, "What do you want?"
Xun Yin looked down at the Obsidian Sword at his waist, his eyes brightening slightly and then dimming as he said in a single word, "You shall never be allowed to worship under my master."
"Good." Qinguan Ye agreed in one breath and signed the Heavenly Deed with him.
Cultivation world of the heavenly contract is to make a vow to the sky, blood as a book, the use of the law to seal, if there is a violation of the five thunderbolts.
Qinguan Ye thought that Xun Yin had fallen into the devil's path and slaughtered the Jianmen Sect in order to fulfill the Heavenly Deed, so he felt guilty. In fact, Xun Yin was already a devil and acted in a direct manner without having to be too scrupulous, and his uncle's Que Mountain Sect was annihilated, and the Jianmen Sect was also involved.
Xu You, having sorted everything out, was silent for a long time.
Mingjiao Ye : "Master, where are you going--"
Xu You pinched her knuckles and disappeared, before appearing on top of Zhongling Mountain, where she lay on the edge of the cliff, staring up at the low-hanging stars.
It was as if all his body had been filled with iron, bitter and heavy, and he didn't want to move at all.
Xun Yin hasn't changed, and it's easy to see that she's all he's ever wanted.
In a trance, Xu You remembered a night a few years ago when the grass was wet and soft and the evening breeze was cool, when she was lying in this position drinking wine and asked Xun Yin next to her with a smile, "It's your birthday today, so tell me, what do you want?"
Xun Yin watched her surreptitiously, and would avert his eyes before she turned them, as he said slowly, "Look at the stars as you normally do this day."
"What about next year."
"Same."
Xu You then lamented that the scenery here was really nice, the stars fell all over the sky, and the teenager couldn't get enough of it, only she didn't notice that in his quiet eyes as he gazed at her, there was no starry sky, only her.
The light of his eyes was gentler and brighter than the stars in the sky.
What he wants is not to look at the stars and enjoy the moon, but to hide a heart and accompany the woman in white under the stars.
Teenager's emotions are hot and soft, introverted and restrained, like a warm wind quietly brushing past, implicit and nostalgic, but not too much chatter.
As the line of sight became increasingly blurred, Xu You held back the tiny lump in his throat and pressed his brow with the crook of his arm.
The corners of her eyes watered slightly, as if a few stars had fallen into them, crossing her face wordlessly and disappearing into the grass.
Published at: 06/18/2024 02:00