Moonset Cool Night (3)
"Do you still remember me?" The girl's eyes, as clear and beautiful as dewdrops, curved slightly, and her voice was sweet and pleasant.
Li Zhaoyue shook his head.
"It's okay, it doesn't matter if you don't remember." The girl closed her eyes and turned around, like a flying butterfly, swaying around Li Zhaoyue.
"It doesn't matter if you don't remember." She giggled as if singing a cheerful song.
"We are best friends, don't you remember?" the girl asked.
From Li Zhaoyue's perspective, she could only see her eyes, with the rest of her face obscured by thick fog. She couldn't see the person's face clearly, and naturally couldn't tell if she knew him or not.
"Looking at your expression, can't you see my face?" the girl asked excitedly.
Li Zhaoyue didn't know what she meant and nodded.
"Good job, good job." She muttered and turned around several times. It seemed that Li Zhaoyue's answer made her very happy.
"Good friends should unconditionally fulfill each other's wishes, right?" she asked again. Those misty eyes moved closer, staring straight at Li Zhaoyue.
It’s hard to describe what that feeling is. Although the eyes are gentle, Li Zhaoyue always feels cold.
A strange cold.
"Isn't that right?" the girl asked again impatiently.
Li Zhaoyue stared at her and did not answer easily.
What kind of person could appear in this space created by her consciousness? And she couldn't even see his face clearly?
Anyway, they are definitely not good friends.
This time she was careful and agreed with a smile. While the girl was so happy that she could hardly contain herself, she thought about it and quickly retreated from the space.
The Tree of Destiny remained motionless, and the sea of stars was peaceful and beautiful. She wiped the sweat from her forehead and sat down beside the tree.
Click——
It sounded like something gnawing on wood. Li Zhaoyue stood up and walked around the tree, but when he found nothing unusual, he sat back down.
"Crack—this time the sound was louder. Listening carefully, it seemed to come from a branch. Li Zhaoyue walked quietly in the direction of the sound.
At the same time, she summoned the Sword of the First Sun to avoid any sudden danger. A piece of white clothing first appeared in her field of vision. Li Zhaoyue looked up along the edge of the clothing and found an unexpected person.
It turned out to be Wang Kun!
"Ah!" Wang Kun was frightened by Li Zhaoyue's sudden appearance. He hurriedly took a few steps back and almost fell down.
"Junior Sister Li, why are you here?" Wang Kun asked in surprise.
And the direction Li Zhaoyue was coming from was the trunk of the Destiny Tree. Wang Kun thought that area was not easy to enter. Could it be that Li Zhaoyue's strength had greatly increased as the rumors said?
That doesn't make sense. The First Sun Sword only enhanced her swordsmanship, but how come her Feng Shui skills also became stronger?
Wang Kun looked at Li Zhaoyue enviously.
"What are you doing?" Li Zhaoyue asked tentatively, pointing at the red string wrapped around his finger. Wang Kun, waking up from a dream, removed the red string from his finger, held it in his palm, and showed it to her: "This is a traction line. The person entangled in it can sense the emotional fluctuations of the owner of the red string. I use this to find the corresponding branch on the Tree of Destiny."
"Brother, are you still telling fortunes?" she couldn't help but ask. Lately, a lot of people have been coming to Wang Kun for fortune-telling, and the Feng Shui Courtyard is often packed. The threshold, covered in moss and weeds, has been trampled flat.
Divination was one thing, but entering the Tree of Destiny was another. In his vague memories, Li Zhaoyue seemed to have heard someone say that one should not over-penetrate into fate, otherwise...
otherwise……
She suddenly lost her memory. Wang Kun saw her painful expression and asked hurriedly, "Are you okay?"
Li Zhaoyue shook his head, wanting to tell him not to interfere too much in other people's fate, but after thinking about it, he didn't say it out loud.
But Wang Kun, who was no ordinary person, had already guessed what she was about to say. He shrugged nonchalantly and said, "Before I learned Feng Shui, my master always warned me not to get too involved in other people's karma, but one can't be completely indifferent. Now is my chance to make a big splash, and I'm not willing to just sit around in a Feng Shui academy for the rest of my life."
"If I can seize an opportunity, I'll seize it. Isn't it said that we should do our best and leave the rest to fate? I'm not afraid of interfering with other people's karma."
After saying this, he carefully observed the branch in front of him. Unlike the other golden branches, this one was filled with black energy and was so fragile that it could not withstand a single blow.
"I'm plagued by bad luck, and things are going against my wishes. Moreover, my life is coming to an end." Li Zhaoyue took a glance and blurted out.
Wang Kun paused, then looked up in disbelief: "How did you tell that?"
When ordinary people touch the Tree of Destiny, they have to observe it carefully, and then slowly use their spiritual power to establish a connection with the Tree of Destiny. Only then can they know a little about the future or the past.
How could Li Zhaoyue see it at a glance?
However, he still had some doubts. After listening to what Li Zhaoyue said, he hurriedly used his spiritual power to explore. The information he got was roughly the same, and even not as detailed as Li Zhaoyue's.
"You...you..." He was so excited that he stuttered. In his nervousness, he wanted to pull her hand, but Li Zhaoyue dodged him.
"I...I want to ask what method you used?" Wang Kun said embarrassedly.
"Method?" Li Zhaoyue frowned. "What method?"
This sentence hit Wang Kun hard. He glanced at Li Zhaoyue with resentment and changed the subject: "Is there any solution to this fate?"
Hearing this, Li Zhaoyue looked at the branch carefully. The boiling black gas had already invaded the root of the branch, and it had completely rotted. Unless it was cut off and new growth was produced, it would only die slowly.
To a tree, a branch is nothing; it can grow again if cut off. But to a person, once life is over, it is gone.
Li Zhaoyue didn't answer, and Wang Kun guessed the answer. They were silent for a moment, and then Wang Kun's cheerful voice rang out, "Oh, it's okay. At worst, we can just give up on this deal."
Li Zhaoyue didn't pay much attention to what he said, but just stared at the rotten branch, which emitted a terrifying strange smell.
The black air swirled around, swirled around, and condensed. Finally, a black bug was born right under their noses.
"What the hell is this?!" Wang Kun was startled and quickly hid behind Li Zhaoyue. Her First Sun Sword was quite powerful, so she shouldn't be afraid of this thing...
So Wang Kun saw with his own eyes that Li Zhaoyue picked up the strange insect with his bare hands.
"There is a familiar smell, but I can't remember it for the moment." Li Zhaoyue turned around with the insect, put it in front of Wang Kun, and said.
"Do you recognize this thing?"
Wang Kun was terrified of strange-looking insects, and he shook his head like a rattle. "But," he sniffed and said hesitantly, "this smell does seem familiar."
"Take it back and have a look." Li Zhaoyue placed the insect in her palm. Wang Kun silently moved away from her.
Seeing his frightened look, Li Zhaoyue couldn't help laughing: "It seems that this insect destroyed the branch. Aren't you curious about how it got there?" After that, she handed the insect to Wang Kun again.
Wang Kun shrank his neck in fear and said subconsciously: "Why are you the same as Xu Xing, always liking to scare people." After saying this, Li Zhaoyue did not respond for a long time. Wang Kun then realized that he had said the wrong thing and quickly covered his mouth.
After a long while, Li Zhaoyue put away the smile on his face and said softly, "It's okay."
I don’t know who I’m talking to.
"Alright, alright," Wang Kun stood up straight again and said seriously, "We can't stay here at the Destiny Tree for too long. Let's get out."
Li Zhaoyue nodded.
After a flash of white light, she returned to her room with the pitch-black bug still lying in her palm.
"How about it, have you remembered anything?" Yue Jinhuan asked anxiously in his mind.
"I remembered something." Li Zhaoyue said as she walked towards the dressing table, wanting to get a wooden box to put the insect in.
"How does it feel?" Yue Jinhuan asked again.
"Nothing." Li Zhaoyue found a wooden box and was stunned the moment she opened it. The box still exuded a faint fragrance, and its surface was incredibly smooth, showing that its owner had taken exceptional care of it. Inside, neatly arranged, were three gleaming golden hairpins. They were hers.
She closed the wooden box almost instantly, and because her hands were shaking, she even knocked a hairband off.
"Don't you want to know the truth of all this?" Yue Jinhuan said dissatisfiedly.
Li Zhaoyue bent down to pick up the hairband, which was goose yellow in color and had a silver edge embroidered on the end.
"Tying hair is something that can only be done between husband and wife. Ah Yue, don't help others do this." The boy's voice echoed in his mind. Li Zhaoyue felt as if his heart was pierced by sharp thorns and smiled bitterly.
"Today I know where I came from," she said.
"Origin?" Yue Jinhuan thought the word was strange, so he asked.
"I was summoned by a formation, a formation that required the sacrifice of blood and human lives." Li Zhaoyue lowered his head dejectedly. "This proves that Zhu Ming and I are both demons."
"However," she raised her head again, her eyes slightly cold, "I really want to know what caused all this, and..."
As well as Xu Xing's purpose, Yue Jinhuan's purpose, and the purpose of the man in black hiding in the dark.
She finished saying this quietly in her heart, and then she heard Yue Jinhuan sigh with relief: "You finally look a bit like you used to be."
It was this person who appeared in her mouth many times, the self of the past.
While he was stunned, the insect on his hand squirmed even more violently, and Li Zhaoyue quickly found a box to put it away.
The room felt a bit stuffy, so she took a few steps forward and opened the window, hoping to get some fresh air. It was already dawn, and she could hear faint footsteps in the distance. Li Zhaoyue thought they were heading to Zhuming Courtyard.
Could something strange be happening again? She wondered as she quietly jumped out of the window, climbed up the wall, and peered out. She saw Loudaoyan hurriedly leading his men into the courtyard, leaving some to wait in the courtyard while the rest of the group went down the tunnel with him.
Was it an investigation? Why now? Li Zhaoyue had a hunch that something was wrong. He quietly jumped down from the wall and returned to the house.
There was nothing left in that underground secret room except the formation and the ice coffin.
That's right, the formation and the ice coffin! When she thought of this, she heard footsteps from next door again, but this time they were much heavier. She climbed up the wall again and looked over. She found that Tongdao Yan had taken a large piece of paper with what seemed to be red handwriting on it. The rest of the people were carrying something covered with black cloth and could not see clearly. However, the hands and faces of the people carrying the things were red, and they shivered from time to time.
The thing under the black cloth should be the ice coffin. And what about the paper in Loudaoyan's hand?
It should be the formation.
But didn't Lou Daoyan have different philosophies from Lou Ze? Lou Ze was willing to sacrifice everyone's life for the family curse, and how could Lou Daoyan have gotten involved in the formation when he stopped his own father? The fact that Lou Ze was successfully stopped at the Lou family that day was thanks to Lou Daoyan. No, that wasn't right. She suddenly remembered the Lou Daoyan she had seen in her memory. He was Wei Zhegu's apprentice, and he also knew about the sacrificial formation. So...
She vaguely felt that there was something that could help her solve her doubts, so she turned and went into the house and began to search.
"Why aren't you sleeping so late?" Yue Jinhuan asked impatiently.
After searching almost the entire house, she found the notebook in the corner of the bookshelf.
Notes obtained from the Lou family.
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