Long years
Xu Shulou and Song Ping flew all the way back to Hehuan Sect. Fan Zhi was probably busy treating her brother, so she didn't catch up with them.
Seeing that she brought back the young leader, the people of the Hehuan Sect were overjoyed and quickly took A Fu. Xu Shulou persisted until he handed the little girl to the people of the Hehuan Sect before he fainted from exhaustion.
Sect leader Luo Hongtang picked up Xu Shulou and carried him into the inner room.
Song Ping had witnessed Xu Shulou's transformation from a fiery temper to a calm and peaceful one, but he had never seen his senior sister be so vulnerable. Xu Shulou was too strong, so strong that his peers could not even begin to compare to her. When she curled up in Luo Hongtang's arms, he realized for the first time that his senior sister also needed protection.
Xu Shulou slept for a whole day and night. When she opened her eyes, she saw a luxurious pearl curtain and green tent. She smelled the faint scent of ambergris. She was not yet fully conscious, and in this soft and fragrant tent, she seemed to have returned to her youth, when she was carefree and had no worries.
It seemed that in the next moment, a lively palace maid would say in a coquettish voice, "Your Highness, you are awake. A new pony was born in the Imperial Stables this morning. Do you want to go and take a look?"
Xu Shulou almost thought that she could get up and out of bed immediately, and then a palace maid would come to help her dress. She could wear the most dazzling jewelry on the most beautiful spring day to find her mother to fly a kite with her, to act like a spoiled child with her father, to ride a horse with her brother, and to ask the top scholar for advice on poetry and books...
She already smiled at that.
But what sounded in my ears was another lazy and charming voice: "Miss Xu."
Xu Shulou closed his eyes slightly, and when he opened them again, he was already clear-headed: "Sect Master Luo."
A hundred years have passed, the country is no longer there, and the lively palace maid of the past has long been buried somewhere.
Xu Shulou's smile didn't falter at all. At least Luo Hongtang didn't notice anything wrong. "How is the young master?"
"She's awake. I checked her and she's fine. She even acted like a spoiled brat to calm me down. I gave her some elixir to calm her nerves." Luo Hongtang's worried face appeared in her sight. "But you, your junior brother said you were attacked. What happened?"
"It was Fan Yang who hid the poisonous insect in the young master's body..." Xu Shulou recounted the whole process of being poisoned.
Luo Hongtang listened carefully, raised his finger and touched Xu Shulou's wrist, and shook his head after a while: "I can't tell what kind of Gu this is, but I have studied Gu poisons, and most of them need to be cured by the person who poisoned them. Why don't we capture Fan Yang and deal with it later?"
Xu Shulou covered his face and said, "This is the disadvantage of not understanding the poison."
"What's the meaning?"
"I have already chopped down Fan Yang."
Luo Hongtang was stunned for a moment, and asked persistently, "Are you sure he was killed?"
Xu Shulou looked at the folding fan in his hand that had changed back to its original form: "Maybe, maybe, it's possible... I'm pretty sure."
"Miss Xu is really... decisive and efficient." Luo Hongtang was silent for a while before he found a suitable word to describe her.
Xu Shulou smiled and said nothing.
Luo Hongtang asked worriedly again: "Will killing the elder of Lingxiao Sect have any impact on you?"
Xu Shulou waved his hands and said, "It's okay. It's just Fan Yang. I'll kill him if I want. I'll have many more ways to offend Lingxiao Sect in the future."
"..." Luo Hongtang, who was already worried about the Xuanwu Building, was shocked by her shameless attitude of not feeling itchy even if she had too many lice and not worrying about too many debts.
Song Ping was also watching over her not far away. When he saw her wake up, he looked at her nervously and said, "Sect Master Luo, could you please check my Dantian again? I forcibly used the power of my Dantian to kill someone. Did it leave any problems?"
Luo Hongtang was startled again, and asked Xu Shulou to cooperate with him in using his spiritual power. After a quick check, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, nothing happened. You are really brave. You forcefully activated your Dantian. Aren't you afraid that your golden elixir will be shattered?"
Xu Shulou sat up wrapped in a quilt: "Not being able to take revenge is more painful than having my golden elixir shattered."
In fact, there was more than just this reason. The situation was critical at the time. Although Fan Yang would not kill her, he would definitely detain her and let her go after he was sure that he could use the poison to control her. But what about Song Ping? He was not in the plan of Fan Yang and his sister, and he saw everything that happened from the side. The two of them were probably planning to take his life.
If Xu Shulou hadn't exploded, Second Junior Brother would have died on the spot.
Even if her golden elixir is broken, she can still practice again, but her junior brother’s life is gone and there is no way to bring it back.
Song Ping was a little relieved when he heard that her golden elixir was fine, but he still frowned: "Senior sister, this Gu is in your body, do you feel uncomfortable?"
"No," Xu Shulou shook his head, "I feel everything is normal, my thoughts and magic power don't seem to be affected at all."
She recalled what Fan Yang said at that time and was a little confused: "But I don't understand, if Fan Yang wants to control me, can't he do it himself? Why let Lu Beichen come..."
She recalled it carefully. Fan Yang deliberately forced her to the corner where Lu Beichen was, and asked Lu Beichen to help her as soon as she was poisoned... Xu Shulou pondered, is this the condition for the poison to "recognize its master"? Falling in love with the first face seen after being poisoned?
Thinking of Lu Beichen's face, Xu Shulou felt an inexplicable palpitation and raised his hand to cover his heart.
Luo Hongtang couldn't help but smile: "You don't understand this. Lu Beichen is young and handsome, and he is your fiancé. Outsiders won't find it strange that you like him. But if you obey Fan Yang, anyone can see that something is wrong."
Song Ping thought of Fan Yang's wrinkled face with chicken skin and white hair, and he agreed deeply.
Xu Shulou laughed: "But I really didn't expect that Fan Yang hated me so much and had no intention of letting me and the young master leave smoothly."
"For some people, face is everything," Luo Hongtang said sarcastically, "If you lose his face, you will offend him to death."
“…”
At this time, a maid came to the door to report: "Miss Xu's junior sister has successfully established her foundation. She just heard that you were in danger and was anxious to see you, but was afraid of disturbing you, so she was lingering at the door."
"I'm fine now," Xu Shulou smiled, "Let her in."
"Senior Sister!" Bai Roushuang walked in quickly. Seeing her, she almost pounced on her. Halfway through, she remembered her situation and stopped in her tracks. She walked over to her politely, "Senior Sister, are you okay? What happened?"
Xu Shulou summed it up very simply and clearly: "Fan Yang gave me an unknown poison and then killed him. So, it's a combination of bad news and good news."
"Fan Yang, this bitch!" Bai Roushuang gritted her teeth and glared.
Jiang Yan, Ji Ci and others had also entered the room and surrounded the bed. Some of them even had tears in their eyes.
Xu Shulou shuddered: "Don't cry around my bed, as if you want to send me away."
"..." Bai Roushuang looked very sad and held her hand gently, "Senior sister, you don't have to be so stubborn in front of us. You can cry as much as you want. I will lend you my arms."
Xu Shulou didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Have you read too many storybooks?"
Bai Roushuang asked cautiously: "Senior Sister, are you really okay?"
"It's okay," Xu Shulou looked at her with a smile, "You have successfully established your foundation, congratulations."
Bai Roushuang became excited: "That's right, I'm in the foundation building stage! I can help Senior Sister in the future!"
"Okay," Xu Shulou touched her head, "I may need you to protect me in the future."
Bai Roushuang nodded solemnly: "Senior Sister, I will do my best to protect you."
Such solemnity touched Xu Shulou deeply: "I believe you."
Bai Roushuang tucked the corner of the quilt for her: "Senior sister, lie down first, I will make you some chicken soup to nourish you."
Xu Shulou took the opportunity to suggest: "I also want to eat shrimp rolls."
"No problem, I'll make you a whole pot!"
...That's not necessary.
Luo Hongtang sighed softly: "You should stay in Hehuan Sect first. At least those people from Lingxiao Sect can't get in. Miss Xu can also try to suppress the poison. I will use my internal energy to help you so that it will merge with your blood more slowly. We can plan the next step after the situation stabilizes."
Xu Shulou thanked her for her kindness.
In fact, Song Ping had already seen through the relationship between Lu Beichen and Bai Roushuang. He was careful and cautious. After leaving Xu Shulou's room, he pulled his junior sister aside and reminded her of the effect of the poison.
"There is such a thing in the world?" Bai Roushuang was shocked at first, then she sighed slowly, "I understand, between Senior Brother Lu and I... Thank you, Second Senior Brother, for reminding me. I know you are afraid that I will hurt Senior Sister's heart because of this, but I will never do that."
Song Ping was relieved: "I know, it's hard for you."
In the next few days, Bai Roushuang and others treated the senior sister like a glass doll, holding her in their hands for fear that she would break.
Xu Shulou tried to resist at first, but after being fed in various ways by his junior sister, he felt that this kind of life was quite comfortable. Every day he would lie on the bed, order dishes, eat, take walks around the lake in the Hehuan Sect, and swing on the swing.
The swing of Hehuan Sect is suspended in the middle of the lake. It is cleverly designed. Sitting on the swing, you can enjoy a broad view in front of you, with the water and sky merging into one. When swinging, it feels as if you are the only one in the world, and you can forget all your worries.
Besides, Xu Shulou was not that worried originally. She wrote a letter to herself and secretly hid it in the Qiankun bracelet, telling herself who might lose the memory of being poisoned in the future - you are poisoned, you don’t really like Lu Beichen, so don’t be jealous of your junior sister because of it.
Luo Hongtang often felt puzzled when he saw her. In the words of Sect Master Luo, if one cannot even control one's own feelings, then that is simply the saddest thing in the world.
Especially since Xu Shulou is a true child of destiny. Such people are always more arrogant than others. How could he endure this humiliation?
So she didn't understand why Xu Shulou could still laugh.
Xu Shulou didn't really understand. If this had happened to her fellow juniors, she would have been much more worried than she was now. But since the poisonous insect was in her, she didn't bother to worry. She could only say that she was relatively insensitive to the suffering that happened to her.
For example, at this moment, she was actually more concerned about Zhang Baihe than her own situation.
She would go to check on Zhang Baihe every day, but he never showed any signs of consciousness, and the people in the Hehuan Sect were helpless. Xu Shulou had sent a message back to Wuchen Island, explaining his situation, asking the headmaster and others to help think of a solution, and by the way, asking the master if he knew of anyone who was good at Gu Shu.
Zhang Baihe used to be a good man. As a good man, she wanted to try to save him.
There were few men entering the Hehuan Sect, and the girls were originally quite wary of Jiang Yan, Ji Ci and others, but after Xu Shulou rescued Luo Fusheng, everyone became much more enthusiastic towards them.
When Jiang Yan and Ji Ci were playing chess on the ground out of boredom, a girl smiled and gave them a real chessboard.
Bai Roushuang couldn't help but be curious. If there were no men, who would those girls who practiced dual cultivation practice with?
"In fact, we have accepted male disciples before," Luo Hongtang shook his head, obviously not wanting to say more, "Now, if the girls choose a partner for dual cultivation, they will have to move out of the Hehuan Sect. But they are welcome to come back and visit at any time."
Ah Fu knew that he was rescued by Xu Shulou, so he was very kind to her and often stuck to her.
The little girl was very brave. Although she was kidnapped by Fan Zhi once, it did not leave any trauma on her and she still looked innocent.
Luo Fusheng didn't have many playmates of the same age in the sect, and the sect leader kept her under control, not daring to let her go out to play often. Up to her age, she had never been anywhere farther than Wushuang City, and was actually quite lonely.
Now that this kind of thing has happened again, I'm afraid Luo Hongtang won't even dare to let her walk around the nearby mountains freely in the future.
Thinking of the story in the book, Luo Fusheng did not go out so far for the first time until his sect was destroyed and he fled alone. Xu Shulou couldn't bear it, and after realizing that she was lonely, he accompanied her as much as possible.
For example, now, two people are catching caterpillars on a tree together. Xu Shulou picked up a round one with a branch and praised: "The Hehuan Sect is really a place of outstanding people and beautiful scenery. Even the caterpillars are so handsome."
Ah Fu came over and looked at it carefully for a long time, but he couldn't figure out where the caterpillar's "eyebrows" and "eyes" were located.
Bai Roushuang, who was not far away, fell into the lake with a "splash". Xu Shulou carefully put the caterpillar back on the tree and flew over to pick her up.
After the junior sister has established her foundation, she can formally learn to fly a sword. The leader of the Hehuan Sect has provided her with a perfect place to learn, which is on a small hill by the lake. Even if she cannot fly and falls into the lake, she will not get hurt.
So now when Xu Shulou was taking a walk by the lake, he would often pick up a crookedly flying Bai Roushuang.
She was probably very eager to fly, so she practiced very hard, even at night. As a result, rumors of ghosts soon spread within the Hehuan Sect. It was said that a disciple of the Hehuan Sect was once frightened by a female ghost in white clothes who crawled out of the lake, her whole body wet, when he got up at night.
There was a water grass spirit in the lake of the Hehuan Sect. Bai Roushuang would disturb its sweet dreams countless times every day. Later, it got annoyed, and whenever Bai Roushuang fell into the lake, it would roll her up and throw her ashore. Unexpectedly, this made Bai Roushuang enjoy doing this even more.
Xu Shulou felt that this was not a good idea. It would be difficult to learn to fly if one always practiced in a safe place. He suggested that she try jumping from the top of a green mountain.
Bai Roushuang trembled: "Senior Sister, when did I offend you? Was it because the glutinous rice dumplings this morning were not tasty? Because I added almond powder? Do you hate almonds?"
Xu Shulou didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What and what?"
Bai Roushuang pursed her lips: "So how did you learn to fly a sword, Senior Sister? Do you have any tricks?"
Song Ping, Jiang Yan and others had taken turns to teach her how to wield a sword, but Xu Shulou had no say in this regard. When he recalled the process of learning to wield a sword himself, Xu Shulou racked his brains but could not come up with any useful techniques.
"It just... flew up directly," she said.
“…”
Bai Roushuang was greatly shocked and didn't want to talk to her for a while.
Song Ping did have something to say about this: "It was really sad to be the second disciple of the master, because the senior sister subconsciously thought that there were many geniuses like her in the world. She only taught me the sword technique once and was very curious why I hadn't learned it yet. It was not until the third child entered the sect that she realized the correct way to teach."
Everyone couldn't help but shed tears of sympathy for the second brother.
Speaking of this third brother whom she had never met, Bai Roushuang could not hide her curiosity: "How come I have never seen the third brother since I joined the sect? Has he been traveling outside?"
Jiang Yan and the others all laughed: "Third Senior Brother is a wonderful person."
"What's the trick?"
Xu Shulou explained to her, "One day, your third senior brother suddenly had the idea to practice the ruthless way. After taking stock of everyone around him, he was reluctant to kill anyone. Then he had an idea and raised a pet, intending to kill it after developing feelings for it, but in the end he couldn't bear to do it. The last time I saw him, he already had 20 pets of various kinds, some flying in the sky, some running on the ground, and every time he went out, he was in a grand procession."
Bai Roushuang suddenly found it interesting: "Then I really can't wait to meet Third Senior Brother."
Xu Shulou rested his chin on his hand and thought about this third apprentice brother with a unique way of thinking: "I wonder if he has given up the ruthless way now."
Bai Roushuang's curiosity was aroused again: "I only saw the ruthless way mentioned in the books in Mingyue Peak, but I don't know if anyone has really achieved it in reality?"
"I guess not," Xu Shulou shook his head. "Cultivators are also human beings. As long as they are human, it is impossible for them to be truly heartless and desireless. Moreover, killing innocent people to prove the truth is a debt of cause and effect. How can it be so easy to ascend to the Tao?"
"That's right." Bai Roushuang thought for a while.
Ji Ci also said: "It must be fake, otherwise everyone would kill their loved ones to become immortals, right?"
"Someone who can be easily sacrificed may not be considered a beloved one."
Xu Shulou stretched and lay down on the grass by the lake, holding a grass leaf in his mouth and a folding fan on his waist, looking like a dandy young man.
Even though I knew she was poisoned, I felt happy just looking at her and staying by her side.
Bai Roushuang lay down beside her, and suddenly heard her senior sister say, "Do you believe that I can play a complete little song with grass leaves?"
"real?"
"Of course." Xu Shulou picked up the grass leaves with both hands and put them to her lips. A lively tune flowed out from her lips, and it sounded like a folk market scene.
"It's a peddler," Bai Roushuang heard it, "It seems that you have lived among the people for a long time."
"Yes, I have been to many places," Xu Shulou laughed, "I also know the Miao tune, do you want to listen to it?"
"want!"
So Xu Shulou put the grass leaf to his lips again and started to blew it, shaking his head occasionally and playing it with great pleasure.
Luo Fusheng danced to the music. The twelve-year-old girl already had a glimpse of her future stunning beauty.
Jiang Yan also hummed a few lines along: "This song is nice, what's its name?"
"Kill the centipede."
“…”
"Don't you like it? I'll sing another song about finding the bull."
“No, this one is pretty good.”
So, the group of people from Wuchen Island lay on the grass, listening to the "Kill the Centipede" played by the senior sister, looking at the blue sky and white clouds leisurely, enjoying a beautiful moment.
The world is safe and the years are long.
Until the maid of Hehuan Sect appeared and interrupted the peace: "Miss Xu, there is a man named Lu Beichen at the foot of the mountain. He came here alone and said he wanted to see you."
"What is he doing here?" Everyone immediately became alert.
Song Ping also frowned: "Senior sister, don't go to see him, I will reject him!"
"It's okay. We can give it a try to see what effect this poison will have. Anyway, you are here." Xu Shulou patted the dirt off his body, stood up, and comforted everyone. "When I talk to him, if you find anything wrong in my words or actions..."
Xu Shulou put his hands together like a knife and made a striking gesture.
Bai Roushuang understood the intention and nodded solemnly: "I understand, we must knock you out immediately and prevent you from continuing to talk to him."
Xu Shulou glared at her angrily: "Why are you hitting me? Hit him!"
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