Chapter 38: Lantern Festival
Such a surprising thing happened on a dark and windy night.
Shu Xiaowu clearly remembered that the moonlight was hazy that day, and the bright moon that should have been bright like a jade plate was covered by layers of black clouds from nowhere, and only a gray pancake-shaped outline was revealed, which made her think of it later. Some panic.
At that time, she didn't know which tendon twitched suddenly, she left the warm and warm bed on a whim, and walked around foolishly like an ice lump in the cool breeze.
Just as she folded her arms and slid her nose that was as red as a radish from the cold, she was fantasizing about a night to explore and search for treasures that glittered in the dark, when she saw that somewhere really Glittering.
what!
She hurried forward in amazement, and when she looked in the distance, she found that the spot of light was actually in front of a cave.
She was overjoyed in her heart, and sure enough, there will be a huge receipt when it comes out today! While pursing her lips and snickering, she continued to approach the "treasure" through the faint moonlight that appeared.
However, when she got closer, she realized that everything seemed to be a little different from what she had imagined.
Before the jagged rock, there was indeed something sparkling, but the thing was moving, and it was moving from the ground to the air little by little. With Shu Xiaowu's gaze, she found that it was still rising. …
Although the distance is not close, but looking at the faint touch, her first feeling is to escape!
what! There are ghosts here
When the sudden and frightening feeling was suppressed, she pinched her eyes again, and when she took a deep breath and looked in that direction, it happened that half of the black mist covering the moon had dissipated, and the clear moonlight hit there.
The sight that caught her eye made her stubborn half-breath succeed and fail to swallow quickly...
If she is not mistaken, under the light, there is a man with tattered clothes lying on his back, who has collapsed. It can be seen from the shattered robes on his body that he should be with her. fellow disciple?
Judging from the fact that the sand and sand around him were swept away and the stones were shattered, a thought immediately popped up in Shu Xiaowu's mind-he was in the calamity before!
Moreover, his calamity has not passed!
There are many disciples of the Xuanqing Sect, and there are many people who go through the calamity to improve their spiritual power every year. However, in the world of immortality, there are laws. Generally, although the calamity in a low-level state cannot be said to be easily passed, it will not harm people. Life; the higher the spiritual power level, the higher the advanced level, the stronger the strength of the robbery will be. If there is no strength or poor preparation, it is not rare to survive the thunder.
But when Shu Xiaowu saw that he almost died because he couldn't survive the thunder, and what happened in front of his eyes, he was immediately frightened.
As for the glittering thing before, although Shu Xiaowu didn't know what it was, he could guess that it must have been peeled from his body.
Seeing the man lying on the ground for a long time, without a trace of movement, not even feeling the ups and downs of breathing on his body, Shu Xiaowu was also a little dumbfounded.
Isn't he really going to die?
The surroundings were quiet and quiet, except that she could no longer find anyone else. Shu Xiaowu looked at the person who was lying on the ground and wondered if he still had intuition, and then looked at the "little ghost" still rising in the sky. Clear your mind.
The first time I saw someone approaching death in front of me, I felt at a loss.
Waiting for a flash of light in his mind, Shu Xiao suddenly had a whim. Without waiting for her to continue to hesitate, she spontaneously used her spiritual power to suppress the floating "little ghost" and prevent it from drifting further away.
The thoughts in her heart were already clear, if the erratic thing that resembled a "little ghost" really dispersed, then the person lying on the ground would definitely have no way out.
It's just that she didn't think that her spiritual power could actually restrain it!
As soon as she found out that it had stopped its "long journey" under her own spiritual power, she immediately relaxed a little. Although the process during the period was a bit difficult, Shu Xiaowu still suppressed his anger, exerted all his strength, and pressed the "little ghost" who was unwilling to be under his control back into the body of the people on the ground.
When it finally no longer struggled to escape under his own spiritual power, Shu Xiaowu relaxed as if he had lost his strength, slipped to the ground, and looked at the "little ghost" he had just rescued with bright eyes.
Shortly after placing the "little ghost" in the body of the lying person, Shu Xiaowu discovered that the originally visible light had disappeared little by little. The motionless man moved his body and woke up.
After that, every time Shu Xiaowu thinks about it, he still remembers it fresh...
I saw the man slowly arched his body from the ground, and slowly stood up with the movement of his joints.
The shattered clothes almost became strips, and relying on the last support, they were barely hanging on his body. As the cold wind passed by, the strips of clothes drifted directly in the direction of the wind, and the flesh of Bai Huahua was exposed instantly. obvious.
Shu Xiaowu, who was hiding in a small corner and saw such a scene, immediately covered her eyes: oooh, she likes to eat meat, but she doesn't want to see such living white meat
When she covered her eyes and trembled, she wanted to get goosebumps all over her body when she heard a wild laugh from the man not far away.
"Wow, haha, I actually survived the calamity with each other. It really is due to destiny, and everyone's expectations have returned, hahaha!"
Shu Xiaowu twitched the corners of his mouth: "..."
Boy, you are so arrogant
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In the days to come, Shu Xiaowu really realized the level of narcissism of Senior Brother Xiangdi, which is not something ordinary people can reach at all! It’s enough to praise yourself verbally all day long, even seeing a flower is suspicious →_→
Was it specially opened for him, Ηеιιοヾ(▽)!
And in terms of his promotion situation at the time, it was really dangerous.
Xiangdi, the seventh disciple of Liu Zheguang's sect, was born with excellent aptitude and had a very high understanding of spiritual power cultivation. Even the cultivation base progressed faster than the brothers and sisters from the same sect he entered in the early stage.
And his character is jumpy, lively and unusual, and his advancement is so fast, he can't help but be impetuous, and his foundation is not solid.
Immortal cultivators also have their own particulars when it comes to transcending tribulation. If they have an unstable foundation, they can rely on their own skills to suppress or supplement the progress of cultivation with medicinal pills when they are about to break through, thereby deepening the foundation and ensuring the success of transcending tribulation. sex.
The timing of Xiangdi's tribulation was not appropriate, and his teacher Liu Zheguang never allowed him to act rashly on his own accord.
Who would have thought that he would secretly hide in front of a hidden mountain some distance away from his disciples, secretly carrying his master and fellow seniors behind his back, and privately set up a barrier to start the calamity. As a result, after Tianlei was issued, the barrier he set up was also blasted away... If Shu Xiaowu hadn't helped him, he might have become a ghost and drifted to where!
Such a strange thing will naturally not escape the eyes of the uncles. On the second day of Xiangdi's tribulation, Shu Xiaowu was called by his master to talk.
Regarding Xiangdi's wanton propaganda that he successfully survived the calamity with his own strength, although Shu Xiaowu was speechless, he was too lazy to care. But he actually did not keep his promise to her after being discovered by his uncle, and shook her out. Shu Xiaowu is called anger!
She saved Xiang Di and made him survive Tianlei's successful advancement. She always felt that this matter involved her too deeply. Although she hasn't read too many books and doesn't know much about the world, she also has common sense. Since ancient times, no one has been able to help others survive the calamity, right?
Although this is not a bad thing, it is more important than anything else, and she would rather just turn it into a dark secret.
...Unfortunately, I misunderstood the person and actually believed his nonsense.
Fortunately, although Master and Uncle inquired about this matter in detail, he did not investigate it too deeply, let alone dig out her differences on this matter. He just told her not to tell others about it easily, so that she could feel at ease. gone back.
After this battle, Shu Xiaowu was reluctant to take revenge for her "revenge". However, the other party seemed to have found a great treasure. She often wandered around her with a shy face after her practice in the afternoon, and it was even shameful. Take a lot of weird and interesting things to disturb her heart.
...Upholding the principle that these benefits are due to her, Shu Xiaowu readily accepted his small benefits, but she was firm in her heart: he must not be bribed by him!
It's a pity that she overestimated her self-sustainability again...
The enemy is too strong, she can't bear it
Since getting to know Xiang Di, Shu Xiaowu feels that his heart has slowly begun to no longer be satisfied with the life confined to Xuanqingzong. The reason is simple. Almost every first half of the month, every phase of the month will secretly go down the mountain from the path and travel around the town under the mountain.
Every time he came back, he would bring a lot of small things in the city to Shu Xiaowu. Although it was not expensive, it was rare. And what she can't let go of the most is that he can occasionally help her pack some unique cakes and famous dishes of which restaurant This... How can she let her go?
With so many benefits from him, Shu Xiaowu's relationship with him became closer before he knew it. Even after he secretly asked her to take care of helping a few senior brothers to survive the calamity, she secretly agreed.
All in all, after getting to know each other, her life seems to be more colorful. Although the boundaries of daily life remain unchanged, her life has become more interesting with the addition of one more relationship and some more things that interest her.
However, she did not expect that she would leave Xuanqingzong one day, but it was also because of his involvement with him.
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Shu Xiaowu stayed in Xuanqingzong for ten years, and it was not that he never went down the mountain once.
In the third year on the mountain, Shu Xiaowu was really bored, so he pestered his master all day and wanted him to let him go out. Then, the master compromised...
However, the result of Master's compromise was that he personally took her out.
Shu Xiaowu didn't want to remember the feeling of going out with the elegant and immortal master.
Almost along the way, she was forced to accept the scorching gazes of ordinary people, making her even make a small gesture, and she felt that she became a focus in the eyes of others...
Then, her originally very high interest gradually withered under those eyes, and finally disappeared, and finally... she never wanted to come out with Master!
After that experience, Shu Xiaowu really settled down for several years. It wasn't until the eighth year she spent in Xuanqingzong that she rescued Xiangdi by chance, and she really experienced a ride down the mountain. real fun.
Although the number of times she quietly went down the mountain can be counted with both hands, the taste is wonderfully addicting to her. If it wasn't for the fear of being exposed by the master, she would have wanted to sneak out with each other every time. play.
Her heart is already wild
This time, when Xiangdi silently hinted to himself whether he should go to the Huachao Lantern Festival held in the city for two days, Shu Xiaowu flashed a pair of bright eyes, and hesitated for a while. After that, he couldn't help but nodded.
After agreeing with Xiang Di on the time and place to leave, Shu Xiaowu jogged to look for Song Ning.
Although so many years have passed, Shu Xiaowu has a clear understanding of the various roads and landscapes of Xuanqingzong, and there is no need for Songning to help her guide her and explain the information for her in detail, but he has been accompanying her all the time. about.
In the previous few Lizongs, although Songning was extremely opposed to it, she couldn't stand her delay and stalking. Apart from not giving out the information about her going down the mountain, she even followed them to ensure her safety. .
But this time, Shu Xiaowu received a big bowl of closed door soup in front of Song Ning.
"This can't be done. There are many people at the Lantern Club, and I'm not sure something will happen." Although he went out a few times before, although he also violated the order of the head, but it was on ordinary days. Although he couldn't beat her, after Song Ning went there in person, after only half a day back to the sect, nothing really happened.
But this time, Song Ning firmly disagreed with her going out at this point in time.
Seeing her disapproval and completely unaware of the possible danger, Song Ning lightly frowned and only put her tone softer: "Xiaowu, shall we wait for the next time? Brother Gu Nao and Liu Ruling next month. Senior Sister, doesn't it happen that you want to go back to the sect to participate in the 30-year competition in the world of self-cultivation? At that time, the head will definitely not object to you going out again, so Xiaowu should not go this time, okay?"
Song Ning coaxed her lightly, trying to use a negotiating tone to dissuade her from going down the mountain privately. Ten years have passed, Song Ning has grown a handsome appearance but has added a steady and calm temperament of an adult man, and although Shu Xiaowu has grown up, her appearance seems to be fixed in the fourteenth five-year-old. In the ageing stage, as the years passed, her appearance had already carried the youthful and sweetness of a girl.
And for such a long time, Song Ning has always adopted a tolerant attitude towards her. He has always known that she is different from him, and even she is different from the rest of the disciples in the sect. The head is proud of her, and even the four uncles can care for her, and her physical characteristics are also something that cannot be ignored. focus.
Song Ning believed that he was not smart enough, but it was not until he got along with her for a while that he knew why the head of the family had arranged him by Shu Xiaowu's side.
Because he would not reveal her secrets to others, nor would he make rash assertions about what he saw and knew.
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It was as if a cold steamed bun that was unwilling to be swallowed was shoved down abruptly. Although Song Ning's words stood on the ground, he had a good heart, but Shu Xiaowu was still unwilling.
The Huachao Lantern Festival is only once a year. She has missed the previous nine years, and she has missed it this time. When she thinks of this, she feels uncomfortable.
Besides, nothing happened to them before they went out, so she wouldn't be unlucky to have an accident this time!
Well, since he doesn't want to go with them, she and Xiang Di will go quietly without telling him.
After she made up her mind, she pretended to nod towards him, indicating that she would compromise.
Seeing Shu Xiaowu, he dragged his body overwhelmed by the fact that he felt grief. After nodding to himself, he walked back to the hut in a dejected pace. Song Ning felt a trace of guilt in his heart.
However, he was not worried that she would go against his own opinion because of this. Based on his understanding of her over the years, she was able to distinguish the good from the bad, and she would not risk herself because of such a thing.
Unfortunately, he still overestimated her ability to resist temptation...
On the third day, Shu Xiaowu still got up lazily when the sun almost reached the highest end and exuded the hottest light. Next, I went to Danling Peak with Songning, and spent almost a day watering the spirit tree and the spirit tree. At sunset, I went down the mountain and returned to the main peak, and went to Shiyutang to have a full meal.
Everything that happened like flowing water was almost the same as usual. Song Ning didn't feel any abnormality in her, and finally saw her return to the room to rest, and left on her own.
After waiting to confirm that Songning would not suddenly appear again, Shu Xiaowu was extremely happy and lightly (without bringing anything) sneakily left the house and courtyard in the dark night, and arrived at the rockery behind the main peak where he had agreed to meet with Xiangdi.
Xiang Di had been waiting for a while before seeing her coming. The sun was setting, and it was getting late. As soon as she appeared, he took her to the secluded foothills, and the two of them happily marched outside.
Since I met Shu Xiaowu, Xiang Di has been very good to her. Whenever I go out, I always think of bringing her something back. And this kind of good, sometimes even stems from an inexplicable goodwill, so that Xiangdi himself is a little confused about the origin of this goodwill.
But as long as he thought that she was his savior, everything seemed to have an answer.
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The way down the mountain was not close, and the two walked briskly for half an hour before they saw the lights of the town down the mountain.
Standing on a higher mountain, and there is no cover in front of it, it is easy to see the rows of lanterns that are close to each other, like a long dragon that has been born, and the lanterns are shining with candles, almost lighting up half of the sky. .
Seeing such a grand scene for the first time, Shu Xiaowu was very excited. The fatigue of walking on the mountain road for half an hour disappeared, and he was instantly refreshed.
In addition to the most eye-catching lanterns, there are many small shops and hawkers selling, plus many people who participate in the lantern festival or join in the fun, the whole street market is very lively.
Shu Xiaowu was in it, and she had been fascinated by such a scene for a long time, supplemented by her small stature, and her movements were very dexterous. When she saw something, she immediately attracted her attention, and with her flexible skills, she could easily move. It squeezed through the crowd.
Xiang Di originally wanted to take her out, and the two of them had a fun time, but he didn't expect that in the end, he became a good person to find someone!
One night, he spent time in the crowd looking for the little guy who was running around like a loach, but she still didn't listen to her opinion, Xiangdi wanted her to stop and walk slowly, not to get too far from her. Far away, she has no scruples at all.
Although Xiang Di is narcissistic, he believes that he will definitely occupy an important position in this world from a young age, but he considers himself a good senior brother with a strong sense of responsibility. Besides, it was he who brought him out after all. If something happened to her, not only would the master want to tell him, but even her master would make herself unable to eat and walk away.
Going down through the process of digging through the crowd to find someone, Xiangdi vowed: I will never take her out on such occasions again in the future, I can't play anymore
Unlike his grievances, Shu Xiaowu was very happy all night. Although I got out of the crowd at the end, I didn't buy anything in my hands, but the experience during the period was extraordinary. Those things have already lost interest, and there is no need to buy them.
After shopping in the market, Shu Xiaowu was basically satisfied, so he was led by Xiang Di for a circle at the lantern festival.
It's a pity that she spent too much time shopping before. When the two of them went to see it, a lot of Jackie Chan's lanterns had been bought and replaced. The two had to give up.
Since the two came out late, they had made plans to go back the next day.
Like many impromptu tourists, after Xiangdi rented a small antique and meaningful painting boat, Shu Xiaowu and the two of them were in the two small rooms in between, enjoying the moonlit river view and the occasional curls. Qin Yin, spent the night.
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Early the next morning, after eating three meat buns that were so soft that the soup was overflowing, Shu Xiaowu spent all the money he brought, and packed a big bag of delicious food in the town's snack shop. After the snack, the shopkeeper smiled and sent him away with a contented face.
Xiang Di has never been a master of money. In addition to the broken jade that Zongli distributes every month, his family also brings him some jade stones for his cultivation from time to time, and these things are finally exchanged by him. Ordinary silver money, used to secretly spend on the lower body.
His family is a family of immortals, and among his peers, there have been several monks with good cultivation. His parents sent him to Xuanqingzong to hope that he could cultivate and improve here. But it was also because there were already cultivators in the family, and the family didn't control him much, so he indulged his temper even more.
This time, I got a package of delicious Shu Xiaowu, and while taking a step back, I took a small snack and bit happily along the way.
She has already thought about it, she must show off yesterday's experience in front of Song Ning when she goes back, and tell him that she saw colorful lanterns and lively crowds yesterday, and most importantly, nothing happened to her at all!
Unfortunately, before she could maintain the enthusiasm in her heart to return to the sect, she was shocked by the sudden situation.
The two of them had just walked in the woods on the gravel path that they must pass through when returning to the mountain. Suddenly, a man was more than ten feet tall, with the outline of a head and hands and feet like a human being, but covered with dirty dark green moss. A lot of branches and leaves spread around, and the ugly and weird-looking brown-skinned tree demons suddenly jumped out.
I saw it suddenly raised its head to the sky, let out a rough howl, and charged straight towards them.
"Ahhhh"
The demon scare the demon, scare the demon to death!
Shu Xiaowu was startled and screamed again and again, his feet jumped, shaking his body and shrinking back to Xiangdi.
When Xiang Di saw it coming, he quickly raised the sword in his hand to block the monster, and the sword energy immediately knocked and pushed it for a few minutes.
Seeing that the monster's strength is not strong, Xiangdi simply decided that he would add another good thing today, and clean up this bad monster that suddenly appeared and scary, lest it harm the rest of the little lives when he doesn't know it!
"Xiaowu, you rest on the side first, and we will go back after the senior brother has cleaned up this monster." Xiang Di smiled at the person behind him, waved his long hair, pulled out his sword, and slashed towards the tree monster.
The tree demon cultivation base is not high, even the cultivation base is not profound, and after a few tricks, it can be defeated.
The battle was going on without any suspense, and Shu Xiaowu's heart no longer trembled, but instead became interested in watching the battle. Looking for a large, bright stone with the sun in the back, Shu Xiaowu sat on it with his little feet raised, took out a large amount of dried fruit from the packed snack bag with interest, and ate while watching the "play" with a good look on his face. ".
Although it is also a monster, when Shu Xiaowu saw its appearance, he decided that it is not a good monster, so it should be a good thing to eliminate evil for the sky
Seeing her so interested, Xiangdi originally wanted to kill the monster hastily, so he couldn't help but show off.
Every sword swung out, although it hit the tree demon, but it was like mocking it, just piercing its flesh, without any damage to the inside.
After more than a dozen moves in a row, the tree demon had already seeped green blood, mixed with moss, dripping to the ground, and his body was swaying because of the failure. Xiangdi still did not kill, but In a playful manner, he continued to swipe his smooth and gorgeous posture, slashing lightly on its body with one sword after another.
Sword shadows and silhouettes are waving, and the posture can be described as pleasing to the eye. Shu Xiaowu watched while eating, and occasionally roared in applause, expressing his encouragement to his senior brother.
Just as she was clutching her two fruit-filled hands, reluctantly clapped her hands together, and cheered at her senior brother with laughter, something unexpected happened.
The tree demon, who had already been suppressed by his senior brother and covered in green juice, suddenly roared up to the sky and let out a shrill roar. The sound was so loud that the two of them couldn't help covering their ears.
At the same time as the roaring stopped, its body seemed to be suddenly ignited, and the branches and leaves that were originally clinging to the body were torn apart one by one, and the green juice that flowed out to the ground. And its entire body was slowly shrouded in a black qi from bottom to top. After the black qi spread over the top of the head, it seemed to find the entrance in an instant, and all poured in.
After all the black energy entered the body, there was no trace of the moss on its body, and only a piece of ink-colored shell-like object shrouded it.
Everything around him suddenly came to a standstill, showing a dead silence.
Before the two could react, it rushed forward, escaping Xiang Xi's control in an instant, and charged towards Shu Xiaowu.
As it approached, Shu Xiaowu felt a force that collided with her body towards her, causing her to be squeezed by the gas and fly off the stone without restraint.
The dried fruits in his hands have no strong support, and one by one scattered on the ground among the stones with the rising wind.
"Xiaowu!" Xiang Di got up in a hurry and rushed towards the tree demon, but its speed was so fast that he was powerless to stop it.
"click"
Blue light appeared in an instant.
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At the same moment, above the main hall of Demon Domain.
Zhu Qi lowered his brows and pleaded with the eyes to report the recent situation to his superior. Beside him, stood two rows of demons. The entire hall was extremely quiet, and all the demons were holding their breaths, listening to his report, during which only the voice of one of his demons echoed.
Suddenly, like a needle prick, Zhu Qi felt a slight fluctuation in the aura of his superior. Before he could carefully raise his head to signal, the aura of your honor disappeared in the hall...
At the moment when the tree demon rushed over, the green bracelet in Shu Xiaowu's hand suddenly glowed, and after resisting its strength, it shattered.
The instant the green light flashed, the tree demon was repelled and was knocked to the ground in a dejected manner.
And Shu Xiaowu, who was still floating in the sky, was like a kite with a sudden disconnection, falling towards the ground without any support or support.
Shu Xiaowu looked at the coming ground and wanted to scream, but the voice was choked in his throat, unable to roar out.
Just when she was lamenting that her ultimate fate was to fall into a pie face and die, her body suddenly tightened, and a pull of strength behind her made her suddenly straighten up in mid-air.
The hunting wind rolled up the clothes of the two of them, red and white, flipping arbitrarily in mid-air.
Feeling the strength in her waist, Shu Xiaowu turned her head slightly, her eyes red and a face that seemed like a lifetime, making her pupils suddenly widen.
After choking for a moment, she hesitantly regained her voice.
"Yu, Yu Shu."
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