V3C26

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Xuanji dragged Sifeng all over the town, and when she saw something she hadn’t eaten before, she went up to buy some to try, and after eating it, she was too tired to walk and had to sit on the roadside to rest.

It was almost dusk. The sky in the distance has long been rendered by the evening sun like a fire, with large golden-red clouds perched on the continuous mountains, staining both of them with a gorgeous dusk red.

Xuanji was still gnawing on the uneaten horse meat in her hands, and her face was covered in sauce. She saw Yu Sifeng staring steadily into the distance, where it was already slightly dark, and the layers of mountains, one after another, seemed to be spreading to the end of the sky. One could not help wondering what the scenery would be behind the endless mountains.

“What are you looking at?” She finally finished the piece of horse meat, and struggled to wipe her hands and face with a handkerchief from her sleeve.

Yu Sifeng just smiled and said nothing. His eyes were sentimental. After looking for a while he touched his nose and chuckled, “I used to like to stand on the bell tower high above Lize Palace and look at the distant mountains, guessing what would be behind those mountains. That scene, now I finally know, it turned out to be a beautiful town.”

Xuanji stood up and put her hands on above eyes to look with him, saying, “So behind those mountains is the Palace of Lize! It’s the place where Sifeng grew up, right?”

Yu Sifeng shook his head. “It’s not the place where I grew up …… my hometown …… is very far away.”

“How far is it?”

“…… so far that once you leave, you can’t go back.”

It sounded very mysterious. Xuanji looked at him dully, unable to imagine how far away it is.

“Then …… I will never be able to visit Sifeng’s hometown in my life? The family will not miss you?”

Yu Sifeng’s lips curled up and that smile made people feel cold and depressed.

“Well, Xuanji, you will never be able to go. As for my family …… they died a long time ago, I am the only one left alone.”

A poor child. Xuanji’s eyes were suddenly filled with compassion and love, and she raised her hand to touch his head, as if she was soothing a wounded kitten.

“How can you be alone?” She said gently, “We’re all here with you.”

He didn’t seem to be very good at dealing with this kind of emotional moment, a little awkwardly, coughed and blushed slightly. She doesn’t know if it’s because the evening sunset is too gorgeous, but he looks a little more soft and delicate than usual. The mountain breeze blew over him, and he carried the refreshing smell of the sea, which was soothing.

“It’s time to go back, the purple fox is still at the inn.” He touched the black hair that was blown in front of him by the wind and smiled back, his eyes were crystal clear, like black gems.

Xuanji couldn’t help holding his arm and was dragged forward by him, lazily and soft, like a cat.

“What does your hometown look like?”

He thought for a moment, “Well, it’s beautiful.”

“Are there many people?”

“A lot.”

“Then will you …… go back to see it in the future?”

The young man beside her suddenly paused, then turned his head and laughed, “Didn’t I say that I couldn’t go back once I got out?”

“I can’t go back in my life.”

For some reason Xuanji suddenly felt a little sad, the night was about to fall and the wind whimpered with a hint of chill. She hugged his arm tightly and never spoke again.

When they returned to the inn, the purple fox was lying on the window sill and looking up at the sky, mumbling, not knowing what she says.

Xuanji brought her a lot of good food and threw it on the table, and greeted her with a smile, “Zihu! The horse meat in sauce and sesame cakes here are delicious! I bought a lot of them for you, come over and eat them!”

She was a little offended when her speech was suddenly interrupted, and walked over with her tail wagging, glancing proudly at the food on the table, which smelled delicious and made people drool. In the end, she couldn’t keep pretending, so she whispered a thank you and took a piece of horse meat in her mouth and nibbled on it.

The door was suddenly pushed open, and it turned out that Zhong Minyan and Ruo’Yu had returned. These two people probably still sneaked out to drink, all smelling of alcohol, as soon as Zhong Minyan entered, he asked loudly: “How is it? Have you seen it yet? When exactly can we leave?”

Zihu swallowed the horse meat in her mouth and said: “Tomorrow night is the new moon, and the period between the first and the full moon is the best day to go to Buzhou Mountain. We can leave tomorrow.”

“Ah, really?” Zhong Minyan’s face immediately glowed with joy.

The purple fox glared at him and said: “Mount Bu Zhou is a sacred place, you can’t be as dusty as you are. At the foot of the mountain, you should clean up a little, change into new clothes! Save the place from being defiled by you yellow-haired brats.”

Even Zhong Minyan didn’t mind her bad words, he rubbed her hairy head and laughed, “I know! I hope you can succeed too!”

Zihu did not say anything. This time, she was in the mood to die, whether she was a human or a demon, if she was not afraid of death, there was really nothing left to say.

After Xuanji took a shower and was drying her hair in the corridor, Zhong Minyan came out of the inn alone with a hip flask. The two of them saw each other and had nothing to say.

Finally, it was Zhong Minyan who smiled and started first, “Are you worried about going to Buzhou Mountain?”

Xuanji nodded silently and after a while, she said, “Ting Nu said … it’s dangerous.”

He raised his head and drank a bog sip of milk wine from the spout. Although the wine tasted strange but after drinking too much, it was still strong and his stomach was burning like a fire.

“Are you worried that you will die or that you won’t be able to save Linglong and Second Brother?” He smiled a little mockingly.

“Both.” She took a breath. “I don’t want to die. As long as I don’t die, there’s always a chance to save them. But if I can’t get them out this time, I’ll be very sad.”

Zhong Minyan held the flask in silence for a long while and suddenly said, “I don’t think so much, I will only work hard.”

Xuanji raised her eyes to look at him, only to feel that his eyes were scorching fiercely and the silver hook hanging on the horizon was reflected in it, which was completely different from Yu Sifeng. Her throat suddenly trembled, her hand holding the railing tightened and she whispered:

“I … I will try my best.”

He didn’t seem to hear clearly, squinted to look over. Xuanji turned away and went back to her room, saying. “Get some rest early. I’m going to sleep.”

After closing the door, suddenly heard him say outside the door, “You don’t have to worry about anything, just as before.”

Xuanji lay back on the bed in a daze, feeling even more tired for no reason. After a long time, she finally let out a low sigh from her chest.

Zhong Minyan finished drinking the milk wine in the corridor and was a little drunk. He staggered to go back to his room. Suddenly, there was a bang on the corridor window, as if someone was gently smashing it up with something.

He casually glanced down, no one was there, so he did not pay attention to it. Who knows, after walking for a while, something smashed again, clusters of two sounds. He froze for a moment, and then heard two more sounds.

There is someone down there! He pushed open the window of the passage, only to see the black shadow flashing by downstairs, as fast as lightning, watching his body technique, it is a cultivated person. Zhong Minyan became suspicious, threw the flask away and jumped downstairs to catch up.

After a long time, another door was opened, and Ruo’Yu slowly walked to the open window and took a look down.

The new moon was like a hook, and the hazy moonlight stretched his shadow on the ground for a long time.

He held his arms and stood in front of the window for a long, long time.

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