louisehourcade Chapter 40 Chapter 4
Chapter 40 Chapter 4
This is you!
——This is the answer in Teng Wuming's heart.
"An old friend..."
——This is his uttered answer.
The slender jade-like fingers brushed the handsome eyebrows and eyes of the person in the painting, and stayed for a long time at the corners of his slightly upturned mouth, until the memories of years appeared in the ignorant and deep eyes, and a slight smile escaped from his throat.
He said quietly: "Leave this painting here with me, how about I draw another one for you?...painting you."
Ling Yan naturally would not refuse.
Left and right are just a painting.
……
When Ling Yan walked out of the study with the painting in his arms, it was already dusk.The sky was getting late, and the sky showed two colors, half of which was a thick blue, and the other half was the brilliant orange red left in the west.
Ling Yan looked up, and sure enough, he saw that the sunset glow was gradually fading, and a little bit of stars filled the sky.
He murmured in his heart: Is it already this late?
Only two pictures were drawn.
Ling Yan unfolded the picture scroll in his arms in front of him, and fixedly looked at himself in the picture.
In all fairness, Qi Wuming's painting skills have reached a state of perfection.Although Ling Yan didn't know much about painting, he could tell that the other party put a lot of effort into this painting.
It's just... the people in the painting are as if they have been beautified with eighteen layers of microdermabrasion filters. They are spotless and flawless.
The man in the painting has clear eyebrows, a smile on the corner of his mouth, and he is handsome with a bit of youthful spirit.The skin color is the background color of the painting, so white that there is no trace of dust, and the hair is finely outlined with ink, with distinct roots, like clouds.
The handsome young man stands with his sword in his arms, his eyes are shining like stars, he looks like a chivalrous man but not a chivalrous man, or a fairy but not a fairy, adding to the romance.
There is also an inscription on the upper left of the picture scroll: "Young master should only see paintings, and I only know about them."
Is this praising him for being handsome?Ling Yan thought embarrassingly.
Modern photography has microdermabrasion filters, but I didn't expect people here to paint with microdermabrasion filters.Alas——, Ling Yan sighed inwardly, and at the same time secretly rejoiced in his heart, and decided to take this painting back without hesitation!Frame it well!
Pretend to be so good-looking.jpg
In the medicinal herb garden, several people in white robes went back and forth, some with lacquer plates in their hands, some with bamboo baskets containing medicinal herbs, and some bending over to work in the medicinal fields.
Ling Yan had already finished the painting, and walked slowly through the corridors in the herb garden, the direction he was heading towards was the gate of the herb garden.
A man in white robes walked towards him carrying a bamboo basket, and the snow-colored clothes fluttered up and down as he walked, like light snow falling in the mountains.
Ling Yan thought he was just passing by, so he turned his side to make way for him.
Unexpectedly, the white-robed man walked up to Ling Yan, but instead of continuing to move forward, he stopped and turned to face Ling Yan.
"What's the matter with this senior brother?" Ling Yan asked politely.
The white-robed man was silent.
Ling Yan didn't leave either, but stood where he was, waiting for the other party's reply.
There is a wind blowing from the direction of the medicinal field, and the air is mixed with the bitter fragrance of medicinal herbs.
After a long time, the man in white robe said: "You said you liked me that day..."
The smile on Ling Yan's face froze suddenly, and he asked, "What day?"
"During the progress of the outer gate, you came to the medicinal herb garden to talk about the day when the demon entered the body." The white-robed man said in a calm voice.
At that moment, Ling Yan's heart fell to the bottom like a stone falling off a cliff.
However, even though he was already panicking in his heart, he still remained calm, calm and calm, quietly waiting for the other party's next words.He believed that the other party came to him today, not just to state the facts.
Sure enough, the white-robed man continued: "It was so sudden that day. I didn't have time to think. When I calmed down, I came back to find you, only to find that you had already left. I didn't know your name, so I couldn't find you. I've been thinking about it for a long time..."
Ling Yan's heart continued to sink.
"I think you're a nice guy."
call--.Ling Yan immediately relaxed.
This is a harbinger of good people cards to be issued!The crisis is about to end!
"I decided to try it with you. You are my favorite." The man in white robe said every word, his dark eyes fixed on the tall young man in front of him.
The gust of wind blew towards this side, blowing Ling Yan's sky-blue inner disciple's robes and rattling.
His Adam's apple slid up and down, and he swallowed quietly, almost choking himself.
This... is wrong!
The good guy Kaming obviously doesn't use it that way!
Isn't "a good person" the same as "I don't like you, but in order to save your face, I comfort you by saying that I am a good person"?
As we all know, good person card and male (female) friend cannot have both.
Now how to do?
Ling Yan smiled wryly in his heart: Is this the so-called truth that "you have to pay back sooner or later if you come out to mess around"?
No!He can still give emergency rescue!
At that moment, two alternatives popped up in Ling Yan's mind.
Alternative [-] (the following is a hypothetical scenario):
I saw Ling Yan raised his head with the determination to kill him, with a calm smile on his face, and replied: "Senior brother, let me tell you a secret. In fact, I drank fake wine that day, and what I said was nonsense, no It counts."
The white-robed man had deep eyes.
Ling Yan still smiled calmly.
"Then have you drunk fake wine now?" the white-robed man asked.
"..." Although Ling Yan didn't understand why, he still replied, "No."
"So, if I say I like you now, will you agree?"
Ling Yan: ...Death.
Alternative [-] (the following is a hypothetical scenario):
Ling Yan let out a long sigh, pulled off his wig, revealed his shiny round head, and replied: "Brother, let me tell you a secret. In fact, I have already become a monk. I have converted to Buddhism in this life, and I don't care about the world of mortals." .”
The white-robed man seemed to be moved.
After a while, he lowered his eyes and said, "I'm sorry. I kept you waiting for so long."
The white-robed man's eyelashes fluttered slightly, his throat was raw, and he said firmly, "Let's go together."
Ling Yan: "Huh?"
"Let's become a monk together and never be separated again." The white-robed man repeated sonorously.
The wig in Ling Yan's hand fell to the ground with a snap.
Ling Yan: ...Death.
……
In fact, Ling Yan also understands that one or two alternatives are unreliable.At this time, no matter what he said, no matter whether he made excuses to evade it or evaded it or denied it, the most likely result would be to irritate the other party, and then he would be beaten up as a matter of course.
Looking at Senior Brother Baipao who was still waiting for his reply, Ling Yan sighed in his heart, and then...then ran away resolutely!
In front of the white-robed man, he turned around and ran away without saying anything.
Climbed over the railing, crossed the medicine field, and finally didn't even go to the main entrance. According to the principle of the shortest line between two points, he went directly over the wall and disappeared without a trace.
As the saying goes, 36 steps is the best plan!
Since you can't refute it and can't think of a solution, let's take a run first.
If you don't run now, when will you wait!
The white-robed man stood there, seemingly unresponsive, staring at Ling Yan's fleeing figure in a daze.
The snow-white loose robe fluttered in the wind, and the dark red eyes of the man in white followed him away, and he didn't look back until he could no longer see him.
"Ah……"
The mouth under the cover of the white robe was pursed into a straight line, making it impossible to see the emotion.
The sigh merged with the sound of the wind.
The white-robed man didn't chase after him, but chose to carry the bamboo basket and walked through the corridors along the original track, like a group of light white ghosts, falling to the ground silently, as if weightless.
……
But on this side, after Ling Yan climbed over the wall and came out of the medicinal herb garden, he made a special effort to run for a longer distance, and only dared to stop and take a rest when he was completely out of the Spiritual Medicine Mountain.
Panting, he held on to the trees beside the road, his chest heaving irregularly and violently.
It was like playing a movie in my mind, replaying the scenes just now.
Ling Yan looked back with lingering fear, there was nothing but the dense forest and the empty path.
The cyan elixir mountain stands tall, and the road into the mountain is winding and deep, hidden in the lush shade.There is a little milky white rain and fog around the top of the mountain, as thin as gauze and as light as smoke.As soon as the wind blows, it spreads out leisurely.
Fortunately, Senior Brother Baipao did not come after him.
To be honest, Ling Yan was thinking about whether he could escape, and completely forgot to think about whether the other party would come after him.
Now that I think about it, it's pretty lucky.
Fresh air poured into his lungs, and Ling Yan supported the tree trunk to pant for a while before his breathing rate returned to normal.
Then he looked at the sky that was about to get completely dark, stretched out his hand to smooth out the wrinkles on his clothes, and walked towards the blue clouds.
It's time for him to go back to the cave.
Usually, Qingyun is still lively after nightfall, but after all it is quieter and cooler than during the day, but today it is unreasonably noisy.
After a long distance, Ling Yan saw people crowded on the cliff where the cave residence was located.
Something seems to be going on.
Ling Yan's eyes flashed, and instead of rushing over hastily, he grabbed a passing inner disciple to ask about the situation.
"Dare to ask senior brother, what happened today? Why are there so many people?"
The inner disciple replied: "It's just a routine inspection to see if there is any place in the cave where we live that needs to be repaired, and if there are any hidden prohibited items."
Routine inspection?Ling Yan was puzzled.He had never heard of Wuyi Jianzong's tradition of checking the bedroom before.
Why did it come out all of a sudden?
Ling Yan had too many doubts in his heart.He first asked what he thought was the most important question: "What are prohibited items?"
In Wuyi Sword Sect, sharp objects such as knives, guns, swords and halberds are definitely not prohibited.Moreover, the magic cultivation in the comprehension world here is not at all successful.Even if a certain disciple's cave was found to have remnants of magic breath, everyone would at most think that a demon cultivator attacked his cave, and maybe they would comfort him.
"I don't know." The disciple replied, "But it seems to be related to the Yaozu."
monsters...
There is indeed a monster in Ling Yan's cave - Fang Baiyu.
So, Fang Baiyu is equal to a prohibited item?Ling Yan really couldn't equate the two in his mind.
Yaozu has never been friendly with any race, nor has it been hostile to any race.The relationship between Daoxiu and Yaozu is almost equal to no relationship, no grievances or enmities, just as plain as water.
Why did the sect suddenly come here?Ling Yan was really puzzled.
Just at this time, the inner disciple who was held back by Ling Yan continued to say to him: "I heard that this matter was suggested by Elder Li from the Herb Garden. He said that most of the disciples in the sect are focused on cultivation and neglect to pay attention to the cave. If things go on like this, it may cause some unnecessary accidents, so it is better to organize a unified safety inspection of the cave. Other inner sect elders also support it. Then, there will be the inspection in front of us."
"What about the suzerain's attitude?" Ling Yan asked.
"The suzerain also agrees." The disciple replied.
After casually chatting with that disciple for a while, Ling Yan maintained a calm and composed face, but he couldn't help speeding up on his feet.
Isn't Fang Baiyu still sleeping in the cave now?
Wouldn't that mean he was caught?
Ling Yan's heart tightened, and he rushed through the crowd to his own cave.
In fact, once Fang Baiyu is discovered, only Fang Baiyu himself should be affected.Ling Yan will not be implicated.
The monster race has been a neutral race wandering the world for thousands of years.Therefore, in the minds of ordinary Taoist cultivators, there is no concept of colluding with the demon clan at all.Collusion refers to collusion with bad people, and Yaozu does not belong to bad people, but to strangers.
The monks just hate a guy who is not of my race to come to their territory, so they want to drive him away.
What's more, even if Fang Baiyu was found in Ling Yan's cave, few people would think that the two had become friends, they would only wonder if this monster passed by and slept there.
Unless Fang Baiyu yelled three times to the sky: "Ling Yan and I are good friends!" But how is that possible?Fang Baiyu is not stupid.Furthermore, as I said just now, it is not a crime to be good friends with Yaozu.
Most of Ling Yan's current nervousness is because of his friend Fang Baiyu.
……
When he was still some distance away from the cave, a white hand suddenly stretched out from the side and pulled Ling Yan to a corner.
Ling Yan's lips parted subconsciously.A finger landed on his lips vertically, and the touch was slightly cool.
"Shhh! It's me!"
Ling Yan turned his head, and sure enough, he saw Fang Baiyu wearing a cloak with a white background and a red border.
Fang Baiyu still couldn't hide the tiredness and sleepiness on his face, as if he didn't get enough sleep at all.The hood of the cloak was huge and the fabric was soft, covering Fang Baiyu's entire head tightly.
If Fang Baiyu hadn't lifted the front corner of the hood, Ling Yan might not have been able to see his face.
Seeing so many people around, Ling Yan quickly pulled down the corner of Fang Baiyu's hood.
"Be careful." Ling Yan reminded in a low voice.
"Don't worry, I'll be kicked out at worst, and I'll just sneak in again." Fang Baiyu grabbed Ling Yan's hand happily, and adjusted the hood to a normal angle, revealing a complete face.
He comforted Ling Yan and said: "The monster clan is not the mortal enemy of Daoxiu. Wuyi Sword Sect will throw me out at most. It is absolutely impossible to drive me out."
"Be careful that the sect will beat you up before you are kicked out." Ling Yan pointed out.
"..."
Fang Baiyu was at a loss for words.
After a long while, he finally said, "It's okay, just hit me. Before they hit me, I must have run away long ago."
As he spoke, he quietly opened a slit of the cloak wrapped around his body, and transformed one hand into a wing, allowing Ling Yan to see his vigorous wings. "I have grown wings."
Ling Yan glanced casually with downcast eyes.
To be honest, seeing Fang Baiyu's relaxed, calm and calm appearance, Ling Yan's anxiety and tension have also been reduced a lot.
He believes that his friend must have a way out.
After all, he felt that it was very easy for Fang Baiyu to sneak into Wuyi Sword Sect.In the past, when he was by his side for so long, he didn't realize his identity as a demon clan, and neither did the other outer disciples and elders.
Ling Yan pursed his lips slightly, and carefully pulled Fang Baiyu's cloak so that there was no gap in it.
After finishing all this, he raised his eyes and stared at Fang Baiyu's beautiful golden eyes without blinking, hesitating whether to speak or not.
"Just say what you want!" Fang Baiyu urged.
"..." After thinking for a while, Ling Yan finally opened his mouth, "It suddenly occurred to me that there is an idiom called 'It's hard to fly without wings'."
Fang Baiyu: "..."
"I want to hit you! Really!"
How could Ling Yan be afraid of him, he just stretched out his hand with the palm facing up. "Here, you can fight if you dare."
"I'm afraid of you!" Fang Baiyu shouted.
He stretched out his hand and turned Ling Yan's palm to the right, and then slapped him resoundingly.
……
Ling Yan withdrew his palm, and there was only a slight tingling sensation in his palm after being slapped.
He glanced around.Surrounded by inner disciples who were waiting outside and preparing to return home after the inspection, there was a lot of noise for a while, and everyone was chatting softly with their companions, looking relaxed.
Indeed, for ordinary inner disciples, this routine inspection is nothing more than a simple routine inspection.Wuyi Sword Sect is all male disciples, they don't care about trifles, and the personal belongings of the monks are often stored in the storage space, and the cave is only a place for sleeping.Therefore, this sudden inspection of the Dongfu did not cause restlessness among the disciples.
Most importantly, orders are issued by elders.How dare the inner disciples say no to the elders whose cultivation and status are much higher than them?
Ling Yan couldn't help but recall the scene when the counselor checked the dormitory when he was in college, anyway, it was similar to the current situation.
He said to Fang Baiyu: "You are not safe here, are you? Let's move to another place. This place is too close to Dongfu District, it would be bad if we were discovered."
As he said that, he wanted to drag Fang Baiyu away from here.
But it was stopped by Fang Baiyu.
"Have you ever heard a saying? The most dangerous place is the safest place. The more sneaky you are, the easier it is to expose; the more upright you are, the less likely you are to be discovered."
Fang Baiyu took Ling Yan's hand, smiled, his eyes were as bright as stars, and he couldn't hide his arrogance and cunning, "Let's just stand here and wait."
"You are so crazy." Ling Yan complained in a low voice, but did not continue to insist, but stood side by side with Fang Baiyu.
Surrounding them were inner disciples who gathered in twos and threes.Most of them wore sky-blue robes of inner disciples, but a small number of them wore ordinary clothes of different colors.
The clothes of inner disciples are not mandatory.
Therefore, Ling Yan, who was wearing a sky blue robe, and Fang Baiyu, who was wearing a white cloak with a red border, stood together, which did not attract the attention of others.
Standing in Wuyang Wuyang's crowd, Ling Yan and Fang Baiyu looked like the most ordinary onlookers, no different from other people around them, like two drops of water falling into the vast ocean.
At a glance, the two of them are as inconspicuous as those around them, unworthy of attention.
However, not far in front of them are many caves that have been inspected.They hide under the nose of the search for disciples.
As soon as Ling Yan raised his eyes, he could clearly see every move of the disciples who came and went between the various caves, as busy as bees.
Ling Yan's breathing became rapid.
Not out of fear, but out of...
"It's really exciting." Ling Yan whispered to Fang Baiyu beside him.
Fang Baiyu smiled lightly.
The two looked at each other for a second and then parted. There was a clear tacit understanding in their eyes, just like the tacit understanding between children who meet to climb trees and play in mud.
Then there was a short silence.
Suddenly, Ling Yan spoke, Fang Baiyu also spoke, and the two spoke almost at the same time.
"Right, you..."
"That, I..."
The two stopped at the same time.Fang Baiyu signaled Ling Yan to speak first.
"I brought back a basket of spiritual fruits today. Did we mix them cold today, or make them into pastries?" Ling Yan asked.
Fang Baiyu lowered his eyes and said in a muffled voice, "You don't have to bother looking for spiritual food for me anymore."
Ling Yan was puzzled: "Why? I feel like you haven't fully recovered. You should eat more spiritual food and replenish your strength so that you can recover quickly.
Uh... Could it be that you are tired of eating again?Then I'll go to the Spirit Beast Garden tomorrow, communicate with the steward there, and see if I can get back some spirit beast meat. "
"..." Fang Baiyu flicked the stones on the ground with his toes, "I don't need so much spiritual food, I just need to get enough rest. Spiritual food is just a small aid, but it is not necessary.
You also need time to practice, and you also need time to rest.Also, I feel that I am much better now, not as lethargic as I was in the beginning.If I'm hungry, I can now go out for food on my own. "
Ling Yan still wanted to persevere.
But I heard Fang Baiyu continue: "I am very happy and happy that you can help me find food, but I don't want this to be a burden for you."
"And ah," Fang Baiyu paused, and said, "Spiritual food is really not essential to me, just like most mortals think that eating meat is good for the body, but there is absolutely no need to eat meat every day. Meat is no big deal either."
Ling Yan was silent and didn't say anything more.
He understands that he has been to the Spirit Beast Garden and the Herb Garden these days, which has caused Fang Baiyu a psychological burden to a certain extent.
But to be honest, Ling Yan actually enjoyed these processes.Going to the spirit beast garden can exercise the ability to deal with spirit beasts, and you can also learn how to identify herbs in the herb garden.During these days, Ling Yan also learned a lot.
At this moment, the sky is completely dark, the dark blue sky is covered with twinkling stars, and the bright Milky Way is slowly flowing along a certain trajectory.
The atmosphere suddenly became awkward.
Ling Yan decided to open his mouth to break this atmosphere, so he turned to Fang Baiyu and asked, "Actually, these days, I have always had a doubt in my heart, which is about your race."
"My race?" Fang Baiyu raised his eyebrows and said, "Ask!"
"Phoenix...does it eat meat or vegetarian? I used to think it was a kind of bird." Ling Yan said.
"..." Fang Baiyu was speechless, "What's wrong with the birds? Some birds also eat meat. There is a word called 'bird of prey'."
"Oh, is the phoenix a bird of prey?"
Fang Baiyu leaned forward and bared his teeth at Ling Yan: "My lord, look at my teeth, do they look like a bird of prey?"
"...The teeth are good." Ling Yan commented truthfully.
Fang Baiyu closed his mouth and glanced at him casually.
Ling Yan smiled.
……
"By the way, this is for you." Fang Baiyu took out a piece of red jade from his arms and handed it to Ling Yan while talking, "I almost forgot. In fact, I should have given it to you when I first saw you , but I keep forgetting."
"What is this?" Ling Yan reached out to take the red jade and asked Fang Baiyu.
This piece of red jade is crystal clear and round in appearance, a bit like a solidified flame.Holding it in the palm of your hand, you can't feel a trace of coolness, but warmth radiates from it.
"This is the pass for my cave." Fang Baiyu said with a smile.
"The one in the blue cloud?"
"No. It's the residence of the monster race." Fang Baiyu said, "You are welcome to come and play with me when you have time! I will treat you well."
"Definitely." Ling Yan carefully put away the red jade.
Ling Yan raised his eyes to look at the still bustling cliff, and sighed, "I don't know how long they will continue to check?"
Fang Baiyu looked up, then continued: "It will probably take a long time."
"I feel that they are coming after you." Ling Yan expressed his conjecture.
"Maybe." Fang Baiyu said.
Obviously he didn't leave the gate these days, he slept in the cave all day long, and he didn't know how he was noticed and followed.Fang Baiyu was also puzzled.
"When did you come out?" Ling Yan asked again.
As the night wind blew past, a burst of drowsiness welled up in Bai Yu's heart.Normally at this point, he would already be in bed and asleep.To be precise, it should be that since the incident in the Demon Realm, Fang Baiyu has never been sleepy for twelve hours a day.
His strength was overdrawn too much.Coupled with eating the spiritual fruit that stimulated potential, Fang Baiyu almost experienced double the power squeeze.
He is very sleepy.
Thinking of this, Fang Baiyu's eyelids gradually closed, almost falling asleep standing up.
He yawned a lot, pulled himself together and replied, "I came out when I felt the movement outside, and then I saw you coming back, so I came over again."
"Then where did you go after you went out? Did anyone see you?" Ling Yan asked.
"Probably not. I just wandered around, I was very careful." Fang Baiyu replied, suddenly he remembered something, and said in a resentful tone: "I secretly went to the inner disciple registration office, and found the notice board in front of the door A new blacklist was posted on the Internet. My name is actually on the blacklist!"
Ling Yan could only pat Fang Baiyu on the shoulder comfortingly, and said, "Next time, when you sneak into the Daoxiu sect, remember not to use your real name, just use a pseudonym."
"This is not the most irritating thing!" Fang Baiyu continued, "What's even more irritating is that there are not only 'Fang Baiyu' on the blacklist, but also 'Baiyu Fang', 'Yu Fangbai', 'Fang Yubai', 'Bai Fang Yu', 'Yu Fang Bai'!"
Ling Yan: "..."
puff--!Forgive him for laughing unkindly, and then naturally got Fang Baiyu's resentful glance.
Ling Yan burst into laughter: "Hahaha! I think the Inner Sect Disciple Registration Office is full of talents!"
The author has something to say: the source of the lines in the text:
Mistakes
【Author】Su Shi
【Dynasty】Song
The son should only see the paintings, and I only know them.
When you write that the water is poor at the end of the day, you must not be a person in the dust.