Chapter 479: Revisiting the Leisure Residence
The moon rose above the treetops, and Long Qi woke up from his dream again.
Over the past year, the same dream has repeatedly tormented Long Qi. In his dream, there is always a crying woman in white. Whenever he gets close to her, he would be scared and break out in a cold sweat.
That woman has no face!
It was this dream that woke Long Qi up a year ago, and he would meet that woman every night after that.
Long Qi didn't know what was wrong with him. He always felt like he had lost something important, but he couldn't tell what it was.
So Long Qi left and left Yuanqing Sect because he had forgotten everything, and everything was told to him by others.
There was a blank in his life, and this blank seemed to be related to the woman in white.
Long Qi once revisited the Long family's old house. It was a pain that would never be erased from his memory. Just as he was about to leave, he was blown into an underground palace by a strange wind.
The one who invited him was a snake-like monster, who claimed to be the ancestor of the Long family and was named Wuji.
After hearing Long Qi's confusion, Wu Ji just sighed and said, "It's just not meant to be!" and he said nothing more.
If it were in the past, Long Qi would definitely get to the bottom of things, but the current Long Qi has inexplicably seen through many things and will not dwell on most of the things he does not understand.
Because Long Qi understood that only by experiencing things personally can one understand the twists and turns behind them.
So after bidding farewell to Wu Ji, Long Qi set out on his journey alone to find the answer.
During this year, Long Qi traveled all over the mountains and saw thousands of sails, searching for the gap in his heart.
But the result was still nothing.
As the New Year approaches, Long Qi decides to return to Yuanqing.
That's where he woke up, and that's where it all began.
After going around in circles, he finally returned to Guyang. Near the city gate, Long Qi looked at the stone carvings on the gate and felt a mixture of emotions.
It was as if a pair of invisible hands were strangling his throat, and as if some force was pushing him to leave. This inconsistent feeling made Long Qi inexplicably irritated.
Long Qi reached into his arms, and in his arms was a jade flute.
This flute has been with Long Qi since he woke up. Whenever he feels upset, the warm touch of the flute can always calm him down.
It was like a long-lost old friend, patiently calming all the restlessness.
Caressing the warmth of the flute mouthpiece, Long Qi calmed down a little and strode into the city.
The city was bustling with activity, and peddlers and pedestrians came and went in an endless stream.
Today is the Lantern Festival, and it is the bustling time for the Banshan Temple. People from all over the country gather here to pray for the dead and make wishes for the living.
Although it is not as prosperous as in previous years, it is still crowded with people, and some paths are even impossible to walk on.
After three years of suffering, everyone hopes for peace and prosperity in the future.
But Long Qi had no recollection of the three-year catastrophe that everyone talked about. His last memory was of the Tai Shang Sect.
I remember that I went to the Tai Shang Sect in order to seek admission to the Taoist sect. On the one hand, I wanted to practice well so that I would have more confidence to take revenge, and on the other hand, I wanted to find out the news about my enemies.
The previous moment he learned that someone was missing from the Tai Shang Sect, and the next moment he arrived at the Yuan Qing Sect.
In order to avoid his white hair attracting attention, Long Qi tightened his cloak to cover his head more tightly.
As he passed an alley, a scent of medicine wafted into his nose. Long Qi felt refreshed and turned in as if possessed.
Most of the shops in the alley were closed, only a few restaurants and hotels were still open, and there were very few customers.
I guess they all went to the mountain to pray.
Following the aroma, Long Qi walked to the door of a store. Looking at the three large gold-plated characters "You Ran Ju", his heart stagnated.
An inexplicable force urged Long Qi to leave quickly, and Long Qi did so. But just as he turned around, a man carrying a load came towards him.
Long Qi quickly dodged and when he looked back, he didn't see anyone.
The sound of dripping water passed through the hall, like a tranquil melody, gradually calming Long Qi's irritability. He was very curious about the origin of the sound and could not help but walk into the house.
The furnishings in the house were simple, with a table and two chairs, a low cabinet filled with bottles and jars, and a seven-star chest of drawers at the back. There was a note stuck on each chest of drawers, and the words on it were elegant yet graceful.
A screen blocked the inner door, and a small courtyard could be vaguely seen inside.
Normally, one shouldn't break into someone else's house without permission, but Long Qi felt that there was something very important inside, waiting for him to retrieve.
Long Qi believed his intuition. He walked around the screen and was about to step through the inner door when a strange wind suddenly blew over. Long Qi only had time to smell a gust of fragrance before he was so mesmerized that he had to raise his sleeves to cover his face.
When the wind died down, he looked up and was stunned by the scene before him.
The stone path, medicinal fields, fences and green vines in the courtyard are quiet and peaceful. There are two water tanks in the middle of the courtyard, which are eye-catching but not abrupt.
There is a pear tree next to the courtyard wall, with lush green leaves and flowers in full bloom, with white petals scattered like snow.
It was such a familiar scene, so familiar that it seemed engraved in his blood and bones.
There was a hammock hanging on a wooden frame under the tree. On the hammock was a woman in white, with her long hair cascading down to the ground like a waterfall.
The woman's face seemed to be asleep, with a storybook covering her face. The hammock swayed rhythmically with the wind, looking very comfortable.
The woman in front of him suddenly overlapped with the woman in his dream. Long Qi's heart was shocked. He walked forward in a daze and reached out to the book covering the woman's face with trembling hands.
Just as he was about to open it, he heard footsteps outside the yard.
"Hurry up, Zhanli! If you're so slow, how long will it take to fill both tanks?"
child?
Long Qi came back to his senses immediately. The woman and the pear tree had disappeared, leaving only a hammock swaying in the wind.
Was that an illusion just now?
The footsteps were approaching, and Long Qi had no time to think. He quickly jumped over the wall and left.
At this moment, Adao walked in with a bunch of candied haws, followed by Zhanli who was carrying a load on his shoulder.
Zhan Li stared at the wall behind the hammock. He clearly saw a person disappear over the wall. The figure looked very much like the person in his impression.
"What are you daydreaming about?" Ah Dao curiously followed Zhan Li's gaze, but saw nothing. "Are you hysterical?"
Zhan Li shook his head without saying anything and poured the water he had carried into the water tank.
Under normal circumstances, Adao would have definitely gotten to the bottom of the matter, but he was in a good mood today and didn't pursue it.
Adaogang went to the City Lord's Mansion to visit Aqu and met his brothers and sisters whom he had not seen for a long time. Aqu praised him a lot and gave him a string of candied haws as a reward.
Su Tong accompanied Lingxiang to Yuanqing Sect. After they came back, she would take Adao and Zhanli to watch the lantern festival in the evening.
When Adao thought of this, he became even happier and hurriedly urged Zhanli to move faster.
Long Qi did not leave, but hid by the wall. He heard everything that was said and became interested in the "Master" that Adao mentioned.
Could it be that "Master" is the person in the dream?
Anyway, we are busy in the mountains, so it would be better to meet the "Master" they are talking about at the Lantern Festival tonight, and it will not be too late to return to the sect later.
Long Qi made up his mind and turned away quietly.
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