Mirror Flower Water Moon (5)
Sure enough, as soon as Li Zhaoyue placed the compass on his knees, the directions engraved on the plate began to light up, and became brighter and brighter.
"What kind of treasure is this compass of yours? Why is it so effective?" He Shuyu came forward and asked.
Li Zhaoyue awkwardly covered his compass and said slowly, "It's nothing special. My mother gave it to me."
After saying this, he was afraid that she would touch the compass, so he stayed away from her.
He Shuyu snorted coldly: "I'm not interested in your compass, why are you hiding?"
"I know you have no interest in it, but you dropped it once, and you might drop it again." Li Zhaoyue glanced at her dimly.
"Li Zhaoyue you!" She was furious and stretched out her hand to grab Li Zhaoyue.
Li Zhaoyue looked at her with a look that said, "You see, I told you you would be like this," and silently moved away again.
He Shuyu was so upset that he couldn't express it, so he calmed down.
The Bagua positioning technique is indeed useful. Li Zhaoyue had just injected spiritual power, and the barrier surrounding them became much weaker, and He Shuyu's spiritual power could shake it.
"Soon, we can go out soon." He Shuyu shouted with a happy look on his face.
Li Zhaoyue closed his eyes, feeling the spiritual power flowing through his meridians, and his hand holding the compass tightened more and more.
"Go, go!"
"Don't look back! Don't look back!"
There seemed to be the sound of wind whistling in his ears, a galloping horse was beneath him, and an endless grassland was in front of him. It was a beautiful scenery that he had never seen since the appearance of the spirit man.
Blue sky, white clouds and green grass.
She rode a chestnut horse and ran freely in the world.
An unfamiliar emotion surged in Li Zhaoyue's chest, making it almost impossible for him to breathe.
"Wei Zhegu, you lost." She heard herself speaking, seemingly with joy.
Her heart was beating non-stop, as if a hand was constantly holding and squeezing it, and she couldn't breathe.
"I underestimated you. I admit defeat!" A clear young voice appeared beside her ear, but she couldn't see who was speaking.
The tall figure was covered with a thick layer of gauze, and no matter how hard she opened her eyes, she couldn't see it clearly.
"Ayue!"
The cry was like a needle piercing her body, instantly dragging her back to reality from the illusion.
Li Zhaoyue suddenly jumped up from the bed, grabbing the quilt and gasping for breath.
Beads of sweat the size of beans fell from her fair forehead. Li Zhaoyue raised her head and saw Zhu Ming, Xie Feng, He Shuyu, and Xu Xing.
"Where is this?" She was still very weak, her arms loosened and she fell onto the bed and asked.
Xie Feng quickly brought a pillow, padded it up, and helped her sit up. He wiped the sweat off her face and said, "This is Qingfeng Courtyard. You're back. Ah Yue, don't be afraid. We are all here."
"What... is going on?" She was still thinking about the strange dream, unable to distinguish between dreams and reality, so she asked.
"You were captured by a spirit and taken to the lower world. When we found you, we discovered that you and Junior Sister He were lying together unconscious." Xie Feng explained.
Li Zhaoyue's memory was still stuck on the time when he used the Bagua positioning technique. Upon hearing this, he looked at He Shuyu in confusion.
"Don't look at me. I don't know what happened afterwards." He Shuyu shrugged and said.
Li Zhaoyue let out a disappointed sound.
Xu Xing stood at the farthest place from the bed, carelessly stroking the silver thread on his wrist, his eyes skimming the water like a dragonfly, occasionally falling on Li Zhaoyue.
It was he who found Li Zhaoyue.
In the dangerous lower world, although He Shuyu had a high level of cultivation and was able to fight, the two were unharmed. He didn't even see any signs of fighting at the scene. Everything was very strange.
The most incredible thing is the strange aura that Li Zhaoyue carries. This aura is very strange, not belonging to a spirit, nor to a human.
Everything is becoming more and more complicated.
He was lost in thought when he suddenly heard someone calling his name. He looked up and saw it was Li Zhaoyue.
There was still worry between her brows.
"Afeng told me that it was you who found me. Thank you very much." Li Zhaoyue smiled at him.
Xu Xing smiled and nodded.
Zhu Ming picked up the warm medicine from the table and handed it to Li Zhaoyue: "Today is really dangerous. Take the medicine and rest early."
Li Zhaoyue did as he was told and after drinking the medicine, Zhu Ming left and dismissed everyone else.
Xu Xing walked out of the courtyard with others, but was stopped by Zhu Ming.
"What's the matter, Elder Zhu?" He asked, bowing politely to her.
"This is not the first time you have abandoned Ah Yue." Zhu Ming looked at him calmly.
"Yes." Xu Xing admitted it directly, "But I didn't know these hidden secrets."
The hidden secret Xu Xing was referring to was Li Zhaoyue's condition, which made her vulnerable to attacks from spirits if she was alone. Zhu Ming and Xie Feng had kept this a secret, presumably to prevent anyone from exploiting this vulnerability and harming her.
"Then please stay away from her from now on. I don't know what your purpose is in approaching her. From today on, stop it," Zhu Ming's eyes were filled with cruelty. "Just because Ah Yue is kind doesn't mean I am kind too. Just because she doesn't blame you doesn't mean I can't see that you have ulterior motives."
"Why are you so sure that I have ill intentions, Elder?" Xu Xing smiled.
"The chance encounter orchestrated by the Cangyun City streets, letting Ah Yue rescue you even though you were clearly capable of protecting yourself, the long-planned entry, and the last time you deliberately took Ah Yue out."
"Can't each of these things serve as evidence?" Zhu Ming's condescending tone made him frown.
"Everything leaves its mark. If you don't acknowledge what you've done or said, can you just pretend it didn't exist?"
Zhu Ming thought that this series of questions would leave him speechless, but unexpectedly Xu Xing chuckled, with sweetness on his beautiful face.
"The elder's suspicion is indeed reasonable," he crossed his arms, "but what if I say I have no ulterior motives and am approaching intentionally?"
After hearing this, Zhu Ming sneered and asked, "Is there any difference between these two words?"
"Of course," Xu Xing looked past Zhu Ming and behind her, just in time to see Li Zhaoyue coming out rubbing her eyes in a daze, and the smile on her face became even brighter.
"Having ulterior motives is harming, but approaching intentionally is pleasing."
"I love A-Yue. This is the answer to everything."
There was a loud noise behind him. Zhu Ming turned around and saw Li Zhaoyue falling down the stairs with a shocked look on her face, rolling between the two of them.
Xu Xing walked up to her step by step and stretched out his hand to her.
The smile in his eyes was as bright as the clouds in the evening on a sunny day.
Although Li Zhaoyue was always a little stupid, he was not a fool. He understood what Xu Xing meant by what he had just said. He got up from the ground with fear in his eyes and stumbled into the house.
Zhu Ming didn't know whether he believed it or not. He just glared at him coldly and turned to walk into the house.
Xu Xing looked at Li Zhaoyue's fleeing back and smiled slightly.
*
Late at night, in Lixiangyuan, the window of Xu Xing's bedroom was pushed open by a pair of hands. A man in black sneaked into the room and was about to go to the bed when he was grabbed by the throat.
Under the moonlight, a pair of light brown eyes stared at Fang Yu, full of cruelty.
"Yes...I..." Fang Yu was almost strangled to death by him, and spoke quickly.
The hand that was pinching his throat slowly loosened.
Xu Xing, wearing his inner clothes, sat at the table, took the teapot on the table and poured a glass of water.
"Hey, thank you so much. How did you know I was thirsty?" Fang Yu said as he picked up the cup. Just as he was about to drink, Xu Xing knocked it over with a wave of his sleeve.
The tea spilled all over the floor, soaking his clothes. Fang Yu was so angry that he jumped up and down, glaring at him and saying, "Why did you have to spill the tea?"
Xu Xing took another cup, poured tea into it, took a sip, and squinted at him: "Did I ask you to drink it?"
This look really deserved a beating. Fang Yu clenched his fists, but because this was the disciple's residence, he suppressed the urge to cause trouble.
He paused for a moment, then sat down with a smile, tapping the table with his knuckles: "I know everything that happened in the past few days."
"Oh?" Xu Xing put down his teacup and pretended to be surprised: "You only know this now?"
"Aren't you curious about what I'm talking about?" Fang Yu continued.
Xu Xing paused as he picked up the teacup, then raised his eyebrows and looked at him with interest: "What's the matter?"
"I know your purpose." Fang Yu's demeanor was relaxed, his expression a hint of smugness unconcealed. "Although you always smile and talk to others, you are definitely not a kind person. I grew up with you, so I naturally know your true colors."
Hearing this, Xu Xing still smiled and took a sip of tea leisurely.
"Go on." He saluted Fang Yu from a distance.
"But you are extremely patient with Li Zhaoyue, and even said in front of her tonight that you like her. I don't believe you have no other purpose." Fang Yu stood up, his profile hidden in the moonlight.
"It just so happens that I've been free lately. Since you've set your sights on Li Zhaoyue, as your senior brother, I must lend you a helping hand."
Xu Xing stroked the teacup and chuckled, "What do you want to do?"
Fang Yu smiled widely, leaned over the table, and said gravely, "I happen to like her too, and I really don't want you to stand with her."
"Junior brother, let's wait and see."
After hearing this, Xu Xing showed no emotion. He simply stopped drinking his tea and spun the cup around. Fang Yu stepped onto the table and tried to jump out the window.
At this moment, Xu Xing, who had been drinking tea calmly, suddenly stood up and kicked Fang Yu's raised butt, kicking him out of the window and onto the ground.
"Xu Xing, you sinister villain!"
His angry shouts were heard outside the window. Xu Xing slowly withdrew his hand from closing the window and rolled his eyes very slowly.
His senior brother is still as stupid as ever.
*
Cangyun City ยท Lou Family
It was late at night, the moonlight was as bright as water, and a figure was stumbling through the courtyard, followed by a large group of servants holding torches.
"Young Master, please don't run away. It's late at night and the dew is heavy. You almost got hurt!" Butler Feng followed behind the young man in brocade clothes, advising him earnestly.
The man running in front was wearing an elegant purple robe, his black hair was tied up with an exquisite jade hairpin, his face was vaguely visible in the firelight, and when you looked closely, he was very handsome, but his eyes were obviously dull, as if he had lost his mind.
"Why can't I run outside? I just saw Azhi, I saw Azhi!" The boy shouted as he ran forward with his hands and feet dancing. His movements were exaggerated and his behavior was not normal.
"Azhi" sounds like a person's name, but there is no servant with this name in the Lou Mansion. In the dead of night, the eldest young master pointed at the darkness and shouted the name of a non-existent person. The situation was so terrifying that everyone shuddered.
"Azhi, Azhi, are you here? I want to dance for you the dance you taught me last time, okay?" The young man seemed to have seen something. His originally dull eyes suddenly brightened, and he actually started dancing towards the empty courtyard.
This dance posture is very strange. It involves twisting the body continuously, relaxing, twisting again, and relaxing again.
The expression on the boy's face was filled with endless enthusiasm, and finally someone couldn't help but shout out.
Then there were footsteps, the clatter of torches falling to the ground, and screams.
"The eldest young master has gone crazy! The eldest young master has gone crazy! Go and call the master! Go and call the master!"
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