Chapter 352: First
The latest chapter after wearing a white moonlight stand-in!
It was late at night, and then Mu Xiaoxiao walked up to Yuqing Peak from the martial arts square at the foot of the mountain.
In the sky, a bright bright moon rises at the beginning of the month, the hooked moon slants on the top of the mountains, the moon in the early spring is slightly cold, falling on people, and the wind blowing by the mountains in the dark night, like a little bit of cool raindrops into the heart.
After walking two steps, Mu Xiaoxiao suddenly remembered that it would be rain in two days, right?
The sword on the waist was specially forged by Zhou Yan with a red fire gold tire.
Looking at the figure reflected on the sword, Mu Xiaoxiao was slightly startled.
The girl was wearing a bunt, with a sword pinned to her waist, her face was as soft and clean as a crescent moon, but her expression was a little tired, and she had dark circles under her eyes, which was almost a world away from her pampered look before.
From this moonlight and sword light, Mu Xiaoxiao seemed to see a familiar person.
A solid pink dress, neat ponytail, and a cold and tired look.
As soon as this thought came up, the pink figure was like a dexterous swallow, and its scissor-like tail was hooked on the coolness of the night.
She and Qiao Wan look so much alike that just when Mu Xiaoxiao looked at her reflection, she couldn't help but have the illusion that she saw Qiao Wan.
Perhaps it is not an illusion at all, she is imitating her intentionally, just like a toddler learning to imitate her, moving forward step by step.
You know, she hasn't worn a skirt or dressed up recently! For a girl who pays attention to her own image, it is an experience that life is worse than death.
But she had to practice. In order to practice, she had to grit her teeth, hold back her tears, and cut off the excessively long hair with a sword.
The battle a few years ago made Mu Xiaoxiao wake up suddenly. She shivered to understand that it turned out that the backing of the mountain will fall, and everyone will run. From the beginning to the end, the only one she can rely on is herself.
Humans are born soft, but fate shoves people into the mold, and immediately starts pouring red-hot iron juice into the mold, forcing the person to grow into a piece of cast iron. steel plate.
She grew up rapidly, learning from Qiao Wan to go down the mountain to eliminate demons, to save those mortals like Wang Erniu from water and fire, and she went to atone for the Anbu disciple who died for her.
At that moment, Mu Xiaoxiao finally recognized her arrogance in a trance. She and Wang Erniu were not much different from those ordinary Anbu disciples who died in the secret realm.
As Ma Huaizhen said when he sneered at her, she took herself too seriously.
Whenever she couldn't lift her arms when practicing swordsmanship, Mu Xiaoxiao often wondered, how could she have been blinded by lard before, how could she think that relying on Zhou Yan and Pei Chunzheng, she would be able to sit back and relax. , to lie down comfortably for a lifetime.
The so-called promises are bullshit.
There was a contemptuous smile on her face. It was a bit strange for her to make this smile, because that timid and soft smile with a swirling smile had almost become a mask for her. The smile is a bit nondescript and uncomfortable.
After staying with Anbu disciples for a long time, Mu Xiaoxiao inevitably learned some swear words.
The Anbu disciples didn't want to see her.
Especially after she took the initiative to release the image, not only the Anbu disciples didn't want to see her, but the whole Kunshan didn't want to see her.
The little Kunshan junior sister who was like the stars holding the moon is gone, everyone sees her as if they have seen a bedbug, with contempt, disgust, sympathy, and inquiry in their eyes.
When she went to the cafeteria for dinner, no one sat at a table with her.
During class, no one wanted to practice in groups with her.
When she passed by, whispering in twos and threes, did she really think she didn't hear it?
It was these young people who grew up in peaceful times, who had never been sparred by war, and who had rolled in the trenches to talk about right and wrong behind their backs. Those Kunshan disciples who grew up in the same group as her, were long ago. Just past the age of broken mouth.
Mu Xiaoxiao walked over, and even showed a brisk and sweet smile when his eyes touched the younger brothers and sisters.
Sure enough, I saw the expressions of the younger brothers and sisters as if they had seen a ghost. Speaking ill of people behind their backs, they were caught by the righteous master. They blushed, and all of them, like quails, shrank their heads and ducked back.
"Teacher...Senior sister..."
"Senior Sister Mu..."
She pursed her lips and revealed a shy smile, "Are you all alright now? Hall Master Ma is short of manpower. Can you help Senior Sister?"
Those junior brothers and sisters immediately turned pale, and under her shy smile, she was instructed to shovel excrement for spirit beasts and water spirit plants for a whole day.
Mu Xiaoxiao originally thought that he would not be able to bear this kind of life.
She enjoys being surrounded by other people's eyes, she enjoys being the center of attention in the crowd, she was terrified of being ignored by her parents when she was a child, and she wants everyone to like her.
Unexpectedly, after completely breaking the jar, she adapts very well, and she can even sip a smile, walking lightly and smilingly through the crowd.
She didn't care about the attention at all.
This kind of life made her easier.
She was not such a cute and lovely girl. From the beginning, she pushed her annoying slug-like brother down the glacier by herself. If time can be reversed, give her another chance. It's the same push, and it's faster and neater.
From the beginning, she was able to get Zhou Yan's favor, that was all she planned step by step.
Later, calculating Qiao Wan, she did a lot more handy.
The mask has been worn for a long time, and it has grown together with flesh and blood. When she cried with red eyes, she felt that she was forced to, and it was Qiao Wan who forced her, and she had to deal with her.
Later, she tore off the mask with her own hands, and it was attached to the flesh and blood, and she tore it off with blood, and she suddenly saw that under that innocent, innocent and beautiful mask, her original face was so ugly.
She likes Zhou Yan, but it doesn't prevent her from feeling Zhou Yan stupid now.
This stupid, hypocritical, and cowardly Sword Immortal, at the beginning of the fight, planned to take her and her slug brother.
In his eyes, she was not much different from her brother.
It was her. When Zhou Yan lived in her house, she always passed by him with a large pot of dirty clothes with red eyes. A bowl was shattered, and she was beaten all over by her parents. Let Zhou Yan see how her brother bullied her, reached out to screw her, and scold her.
Sure enough, Zhou Yan frowned, and his attitude toward her younger brother became more and more indifferent. Until her younger brother drowned, he did not give her brother a look, and took her back to Kunshan directly.
After arriving in Kunshan, Mu Xiaoxiao met Lu Bihan, who was tortured to death by illness.
At that time, Lu Bihan's eyes were cold, like a hedgehog. Wearing clothes, he waited on him all day and night to take care of her, and finally, when Lu Bihan looked at her, his eyes were a little warmer than when he looked at others.
She finally gained a firm foothold on Yuqing Peak.
Thinking of this, Mu Xiaoxiao put away his sword, reached into the front of his clothes, and took out a packet of slightly hot emerald bean cakes.
She is now difficult to accommodate in Kunshan, and she must cling to Zhou Yan. As long as she is Zhou Yan's apprentice for one day, she must please Zhou Yan for one day.
When she stretched out her scarred hand and carefully placed the jade bean cake in front of Zhou Yan's table.
The man was slightly startled, then frowned, and finally sighed.
"Smile."
This was the first time he called her to smile again after so long.
After the things she did were exposed, Zhou Yan hated her and became increasingly estranged from her.
But he was naturally indecisive, and when he saw her forced smile and timidly to please him, he couldn't help but soften again.
When Mu Xiaoxiao heard the words, she immediately showed a pleasant smile, her eyes quickly turned red, and her eyes were full of tears.
"Xiaoxiao, Xiaoxiao..." She stretched out her hand, pointed at the jasper bean cake on the table, and said incoherently, "Xiaoxiao saw that the new jasper bean cake was sold at the foot of the mountain, soft and sweet, and wanted to bring it to Master to taste. "
"Master, eat slowly." Mu Xiaoxiao squeezed out a smile that was not much better than crying, and said cautiously, "If Xiaoxiao doesn't disturb Master, you can retire first."
"sit down."
Zhou Yan frowned, and in her slightly stunned eyes, he repeated: "Sit down, I didn't let you go."
Zhou Yan obviously wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to say it. His lips moved, and he sighed again.
Under her gaze, she untied the oil-paper package, picked up a piece of bean cake, put it in her mouth, and chewed it twice.
"It's sweet."
"It's hard for you to have a heart."
Mu Xiaoxiao raised his eyebrows and smiled extraordinarily happily, "Well."
"Master, Xiaoxiao, can Xiaoxiao sit here?" Mu Xiaoxiao glanced at the seat beside Zhou Yan.
Zhou Yan raised his face, paused, and lowered his eyes again, neither rejecting nor agreeing.
Mu Xiaoxiao immediately held the skirt, crossed several cases, sat down beside Zhou Yan, and also picked up a piece of bean cake in his mouth according to the gourd painting, and chewed it twice.
With a high-spirited smile, he said, "It's so sweet!"
She sat beside Zhou Yan and didn't leave.
Watching the moon rise higher and higher, then slowly set westward.
Mu Xiaoxiao knew clearly that Zhou Yan's life might not be much better than hers.
Qiao Wan has a tough personality. Now that she has a big brother and a father by her side, in Qiao Wan's mind, Zhou Yan, his former master, is undoubtedly a stranger.
As for Zhou Yan's character, if it sounds good, it's indecisive, and if it sounds bad, it's a man's inferiority - being cheap.
In the past, when Qiao Wan was still under his seat, he was alienated from her and seldom asked her questions. Now that Qiao Wan is gone, he feels ashamed and misses her again.
Qiao Wan's indifference and politeness are undoubtedly more uncomfortable than killing him.
In addition, as soon as the image of the mudstone secret realm came out, everyone immediately figured out that something was wrong.
Even if Qiao Wan wanted to kill Mu Xiaoxiao at the beginning, but everyone had given up their arms, you, a master, can't toss your apprentice like this? Where has this heart gone?
I also heard about the old things about the Injustice Academy, and it was not Zhou Yan who came up with the Sword Manual of Zhuxie alone.
Three become tigers.
Zhou Yan's reputation is now on the decline, and the reputation of the little disciple who was not valued by him at the beginning has faintly overshadowed him.
Although he was still placed high on the seat of the real person of Yuqing, but to be honest, it was no better than roasting on the stove.
Mu Xiaoxiao thought, fate is sometimes really strange.
In the past, Qiao Wan was willing to be her substitute, with no complaints and no regrets, just to not disappoint the teachers, not to disappoint Zhou Yan, and not to disappoint Lu Bihan's diligent teaching.
But now, she lives in the shadow of Qiao Wan, imitating her footsteps step by step.
The moon gradually went down.
Mu Xiaoxiao showed a sweet, sincere smile, and quietly held Zhou Yan's hand.
Zhou Yan's fingers moved slightly, but he did not resist.
Rather than being a dodder that was born from Zhou Yan, she would rather be the vine that tightens him, absorbs his nutrients, and doesn't let him break free.
This kind of life is very embarrassing, but I finally lived out an independent person.