Encounter (3)
In a trance, she heard those people say something about big changes and traitors. When she wanted to investigate further, her dream was suddenly shattered. She woke up suddenly with a cold sweat.
Logically speaking, who hasn't had all kinds of strange nightmares? But this nightmare was very different from usual ones. She was restless after waking up, and no matter how she tried to regulate her breathing, she couldn't calm down for a long time.
The pale moonlight shone through the window that was never closed, making her face look pale.
Li Zhaoyue bit her lower lip and jumped up from the bed.
She figured she couldn't sleep well either, so she might as well go out for a walk. She hurriedly put on her shoes and socks and walked out.
Qingfeng Courtyard was quiet and deserted at night, looking eerie. Li Zhaoyue took out a teleportation talisman from her bag, pinched it lightly, and soon she appeared on the outer layer of Yizi Courtyard.
The white moon emitted a soft glow in the dark night sky. Li Zhaoyue walked in the grove with swaying tree shadows and sighed deeply.
Squeak, squeak, squeak——
What sound?
Rustle——
A dark shadow suddenly appeared in the bushes on her right. Li Zhaoyue was so scared that she screamed and subconsciously poured out the talisman paper in her bag.
Various attack talismans exploded, flashing colorful lights, and then Li Zhaoyue heard a familiar groan.
Xu Xing slowly walked out of the darkness, looking disheveled. His clothes were torn in several pieces, and his once neat hair was now a mess. The funniest thing was that he kept spewing black smoke from his mouth.
"Cough cough cough, what a coincidence, cough cough cough, why are you here?" Xu Xing was so shocked by the talisman paper that he couldn't speak clearly for a while.
Li Zhaoyue stuttered for a long time, but finally couldn't help laughing, revealing a small dimple on her cheek, which looked very cute.
After this smile, Xu Xing fell silent. Li Zhaoyue was afraid that he would think she was laughing at him, so she quickly waved her hand and said, "I'm not looking down on you."
After saying this, he held back his laughter, looked at Xu Xing seriously, and shut up.
"Why is A Yue here?" Xu Xing pretended not to hear her laughter and asked casually.
"Oh, I couldn't sleep, so I wanted to go out for a walk." Li Zhaoyue said embarrassedly, "I didn't expect to meet you here."
"Oh, yeah, I almost forgot to ask, are you okay?"
Her bag was filled with ferocious attack spells, each one drawn by Zhu Ming himself, and extremely powerful. She had just thrown so many at once, and she wondered if he was hurt.
The worried look in the girl's eyes didn't seem fake. Xu Xing put on a fake smile and said crisply, "I'm fine. Those talismans didn't completely hit me. Ah Yue, don't worry."
There was something strange about calling him Ah Yue. Li Zhaoyue rubbed his ears uncomfortably, letting out a few dry laughs to mask his embarrassment.
This place was not far from Lixiangyuan. Xu Xing's attire looked like he had just come out of his residence temporarily. Li Zhaoyue glanced at him curiously several times, wanting to say something but stopping herself.
"Do you have something to say to me?" Xu Xing put his hands behind his back and curled his eyes.
In her peripheral vision, she saw a dark shadow flash behind Xu Xing. Li Zhaoyue rubbed her eyes and took a step forward to see more clearly. Xu Xing moved slightly, blocking her view.
"Why isn't A Yue speaking?" he asked in confusion.
Li Zhaoyue felt strange and moved to the side again. This time Xu Xing did not block her.
In the silent night, there was only a tree behind Xu Xing, and the shadow of the tree swayed slightly in the wind on the ground. If you didn't look carefully, it really looked like a person.
She finally dispelled her doubts and looked up and said, "Which academy did you choose? I think you are very suitable for sword training."
Before rescuing him from the spirit that day, Li Zhaoyue felt that he had extraordinary skills and must be very suitable for sword training.
Xu Xing did not answer this question, but just looked at the bright moon, reminding her that it was time to go back.
"Then... then I'll leave." Li Zhaoyue hesitated for a moment, then turned around and looked at him several times.
Xu Xingqing leaned against the tree trunk, most of his body hidden in the darkness. He saw her turn around and raise her face with an indifferent look in her eyes.
She suddenly felt that he was so far away from her.
Almost subconsciously, she took a few steps forward.
"It's too late, you should go back." His voice was very faint, just like the light shining on his left cheek, as if it would shatter at the touch.
Li Zhaoyue scratched her head and gave him a cautious smile: "Although you asked me to go back early, but..." She paused and grinned: "Don't forget yourself."
The cool breeze blew the leaves, and the tiny sounds along with Li Zhaoyue's words reached Xu Xing's ears. He was stunned for a moment, then lowered his eyes with an unclear expression.
"Go back," he said.
*
After the goose yellow figure walked away, Xu Xing raised his head and stood up again.
When he was talking to Li Zhaoyue just now, he kept his hands behind his back, but as soon as Li Zhaoyue left, he took his hands out.
The bloodstains on the charred fabric were particularly conspicuous.
Obviously, this was not his blood, but someone else's.
Xu Xing slowly tore off the blood-stained cloth and walked towards his residence.
*
"Hey, did you hear? Someone died in Lixiangyuan last night!"
"What, what's going on?"
During the Feng Shui theory class, several students took advantage of the breaks in the teacher's lecture to whisper to each other.
The feng shui theory lecturer was a white-haired old man with a very kind and good temper, but his lectures were boring, so few people listened seriously, either getting distracted or skipping. The old man was also shortsighted and couldn't see at a distance, so students often took advantage of the situation and secretly skipped class.
The disciple who was gossiping was sitting behind Li Zhaoyue. She was awakened by the whispering and listened to most of it.
Lihuayuan is where the disciples with higher cultivation level of Yiziyuan live. Although it is located on the outer layer of Yiziyuan, the dean personally set up a formation to draw in spiritual energy, which is very suitable for cultivation. At the same time, without a waist badge, outsiders cannot get close at all.
And just last night, someone died in Lihuayuan.
"It is said that he died at midnight last night. His death was extremely tragic. It looked as if his flesh was gouged out alive."
The man who spoke lowered his voice and gestured.
"It is said that no trace of spiritual power was left at the scene. I guess it might be a ghost."
"Ghost tribe? Impossible! These are tribes that only exist in legends. How could they possibly appear in Yiziyuan?"
"That's what you don't know, right? There have been more than just this one tragedy over the years. The perpetrators left no trace, and the victims all died in the same tragic manner! It's said that Jinxiantai investigated for a long time but still couldn't find the real culprit!"
"Even the Golden Immortal Platform can't be found? Could it really be the ghost clan?"
Li Zhaoyue was listening attentively when a breeze suddenly blew from the empty seat next to her. She looked up and saw Xu Xing sitting down.
Only students from the Feng Shui Academy need to attend this class. What is Xu Xing doing here?
Perhaps the confusion in her eyes was too obvious, so Xu Xing took off his waist badge and explained, "The teacher at the Art Academy said that my talent for swordsmanship is too shallow and I can't be admitted."
What? !
Li Zhaoyue's sleepy expression vanished as he angrily said, "Nonsense! I tested your aptitude and it's clearly above average. How can I reject you with such a reason?"
The voice was a little loud, which aroused some people's dissatisfaction. Li Zhaoyue shut up and pulled Xu Xing's sleeve to pull him towards her: "I can ask Master for help. You shouldn't come to Feng Shui Academy with your qualifications."
But Xu Xing shook his head and smiled brightly: "Actually, I quite like Feng Shui. No need to bother."
Seeing that Li Zhaoyue was about to speak again, he quickly changed the subject: "My residence is a bit far from here, so I came a little late. Did I miss anything?" he asked.
Li Zhaoyue scratched his head, as if he felt something was wrong, but seeing that he looked calm and didn't seem dissatisfied with coming to the Feng Shui Academy, he said, "No, the teacher has just started."
Xu Xing nodded, took out a small paper bag from somewhere and handed it to Li Zhaoyue.
There was a faint smile in those light brown eyes, soft and moving.
"I thought about it for a long time and thought you might like these little gadgets, so I bought one for you," he said.
Li Zhaoyue took it curiously, and his attention was easily diverted. He began to talk to Xu Xing about the Feng Shui Academy courses.
The disciples behind him were still discussing.
"Weren't they talking about the ghost clan just now? How come it's become a vendetta between disciples now?"
"You don't know this, but I just used a paper crane to send a message to one of my senior brothers. He lives in Lixiangyuan. He said he's found something new that's related to humans. After all, the ghost clan is just a legend..."
"Then you just said it so confidently."
Hearing this, Li Zhaoyue recalled what happened last night and looked up at Xu Xing: "Are you living over at Lixiangyuan?"
Xu Xing nodded.
Then...would Xu Xing know something about the death in Lixiangyuan?
Li Zhaoyue didn't know that his thoughts were written on his face, and he was still struggling with how to start.
Xu Xing snapped his fingers and winked at her: "You want to ask me about Lixiangyuan. I know what happened yesterday..."
As soon as the words fell, the originally slightly noisy classroom suddenly fell silent, and an unignorable chill suddenly arose. Xu Xing saw that Li Zhaoyue's expression was frozen at a certain moment, and the next moment, a white sword light came towards him at a rapid speed, and finally turned into spiritual power to bind him.
A girl in blue appeared out of thin air. The wind created by the sword blew up her black hair. The thin blue hairbands were tangled together and blown to her shoulders, and finally fell down softly.
Her almond-shaped eyes were slightly opened, and her pupils reflected a cold light. The phoenix flower mark on her forehead revealed her identity.
People from Jinxiantai.
"Xu Xing, right? Come with me." The girl spoke, looking at him and Li Zhaoyue beside him with contempt.
Before Xu Xing could say anything, Li Zhaoyue slammed the table and stood up.
"Why did you take him away?"
Hearing this, the woman raised an eyebrow, took out the sword from her back, and waved it at her threateningly: "Do I need to explain what I do to you, you little fortune-giver?"
Li Zhaoyue's face turned red with anger at these words, but he still stood in front of Xu Xing and stared at the girl with bared teeth.
He Shuyu sneered, picked up the sword, stepped forward, hooked Li Zhaoyue's collar and threw him to the side.
"You have to explain the reason. You can't just arrest someone without any clear reason!"
There are four major organizations on the Floating Island, responsible for literature and martial arts respectively. Yiziyuan is the only place for selecting immortal cultivators and enjoys a high status on the Floating Island. Jinxiantai is responsible for training the students of Yiziyuan into warriors and is responsible for adjudicating cases.
He Shuyu had just entered the Golden Immortal Platform last year, and it had been about half a year since he last met Li Zhaoyue.
She was still as annoying as ever.
"Since you want to know, I can tell you." He Shuyu raised his chin and sneered.
"Last night, a tragedy occurred in Lixiangyuan. Today, Jinxiantai sent people to investigate. They found a pool of human blood in a corner of the crime scene." She licked her dry lips and smiled strangely. "There was some residual spiritual energy in the blood. After investigation, we found that it was from the new disciple behind you, Xu Xing."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was in an uproar, and everyone's eyes couldn't help but turn to the tall man, with a look of strangeness and vigilance.
The teacher was old, and it took him a while to realize what had happened. He staggered to He Shuyu and said, "No matter what, Jinxiantai disciples cannot take people away at will, especially in my class."
Although Jinxiantai is in charge of criminal cases, he has an overbearing style. Over the years, he has often arbitrarily arrested disciples of Yiziyuan, causing many misunderstandings. The teacher, out of love for his students, suppressed his displeasure and spoke.
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