Chapter 36 Chapter 36 The one he sucked several times in his mouth...
The ground was shaking slightly, and the small stones were shaken up a little.
There was a dull and distant rumbling sound from underground, which exploded from an unknown depth and spread to the surface.
The entire Hualong Pond was vibrating and the water was rippling in small waves, creating a sea of tiny water droplets.
At the foot of the dense forest, a large group of mountain disciples dressed in snow-white training uniforms gathered by the Hualong Pond, looking at each other in confusion.
The crowd exchanged uneasily glances and fell silent at the same time.
I'm afraid something happened on the mountain.
Still a big deal.
It is so big that the underground palace of Hualongtan, which could only be opened after autumn for the past hundred years, had to be opened at the beginning of summer.
Suddenly, another loud rumbling sound came from the distant valley like thunder. The sound did not sound only once, but more than ten times in a row. The rolling sound continued, as if a giant raised his foot and stepped on the mountain more than ten times, and the whole mountain shook together.
A flock of birds swarmed out of the forest, screaming, and circled in the sky in a black mass. The wild beasts on the mountain fled down the mountain in panic. The disciples in the forest held their breath, concentrated, and drew their swords, waiting to avoid being hurt by the wild beasts.
Finally, the roar sounded seventeen times and stopped.
Only the endless echoes remain.
In the aftershocks that shook the ground, four cracks suddenly appeared on the ground beside Hualongtan, as if the ground was torn apart. The cracks continued to deepen and lengthen, and finally, they became four waterways. A pool of green water and colorful koi fish flowed along the four waterways and flowed into the four small swamps nearby.
"The martial arts hall is a little flooded!" A disciple holding a torch reported.
"The three disciple dormitories on the mountainside have also been slightly flooded!"
Yi Haichuan stood on the top of the tree and asked, "Is it serious?"
"It's not serious, just barely above the ankles."
Yi Haichuan: "Report if there is any situation."
"yes."
No one knew what big event had happened on the mountain that caused Young Sect Leader Gu to go against all objections and use his authority to forcibly open the Star Pavilion at a time when the Star Pavilion should not have been opened. He also used the Mountain Guarding Jade Plate to control the entire mountain from the Star Pavilion, opened the seventeen mechanisms by the pond, and diverted the water downwards to reveal the underground palace.
It is said that it was recently discovered that a thief had sneaked into the underground palace of Hualongtan, and in order to confirm whether the key was stolen, the Canglong Pool was forced open.
However, Yi Haichuan still felt that there were some problems.
He is a disciple of Sect Master Gu Qingyao. After Gu Zhi, he is the best practitioner and the most favored by the Sect Master. Therefore, he knows some things that others don't know.
For example, the only way out of the underground palace of Canglongtan has long been blocked. Even if a thief breaks in, it is impossible for that person to get out alive.
It is impossible for the key to be taken away by anyone. Even if the underground palace is broken, what can be done?
Why was it necessary to go to so much trouble, mobilize so many troops, hold a meeting in the mountain, and take overall control of the mountain, even going so far as to dry up the Hualong Pond and flood the disciples' dormitories, just to get in and take a look?
As night fell in the distance, hundreds of disciples lined up in two rows on the mountain path, holding torches that illuminated the entire road.
Now, on that road, a crowd of people surrounded a figure in a long snow-white robe. The person was walking in front of the crowd, walking towards this side.
Yi Haichuan had sharp eyes and immediately flipped down the branch, clasping his fists and saying, "Big Brother, the underground palace has been opened."
Gu Zhi nodded.
Today, he forced his way up to Sanqing Peak, and then came down alone in the night and purple smoke. His face was pale and tired. When he saw Yi Haichuan, he didn't even have the energy to say hello.
Looking forward, the moist mud at the bottom of Hualongtan was exposed, with an octagonal stone lamp in the middle.
He suppressed the tired look between his brows and was about to step over when he suddenly saw Li Xuanbai, with his shoulders folded and a gloomy face, among the crowd gathered by the pond.
Li Xuanbai also seemed deeply worried. He'd been reportedly entering the Bodhi Pavilion several times over the past few days, purportedly to urge someone to come, but in reality, simply to be unreasonable. Uncle Huide, frustrated by his annoyance, sent him to Jueyin Valley to ask the retreating elder to come out. Once everyone arrived, he then continued to guard the pond day and night.
But when she saw him, no matter how guilty she felt, she still had an indignant and gloomy look on her face, turned her head away impatiently, and wore his bright and ostentatious little earrings.
He sneered.
He took people away and had no ability to clean up the mess. Others were worried sick about the people inside, and he still had the audacity to stand here, looking defiant and self-righteous?!
It's really dazzling.
His silly little earrings, his entire person, and the frivolous and arrogant aura surrounding him were all - extremely dazzling.
Wanting to save him some face in front of the other disciples, Gu Zhi ignored him and walked straight past him.
Li Xuanbai stepped forward to block him:
"I'll go in with you."
Gu Zhi did not respond.
Li Xuanbai blocked it aggressively and refused to give in.
After a while, Gu Zhi raised his eyes.
Spread out your five fingers, and swing your palm over your head, "Pa"!
He slapped him hard in the face.
Li Xuanbai stumbled back two steps after being slapped, blood immediately flowing from the corner of his mouth. He threw his head to the side fiercely: "Fuck..."
In the dense forest behind him, the disciples watching were all startled. Who was Li Xuanbai? He was never seen practicing, yet he was always among the top three on the mountain. Two years ago, he roasted a rabbit at the foot of the library and nearly set it on fire, yet his uncle just laughed it off. Who would dare to humiliate him like this?
Everyone took a half step back in panic, whispering to each other in confusion, and for a moment their whispers drowned out the sound of the wind in the dense forest.
Li Xuanbai sneered and raised his head.
That palm strike was delivered without any restraint at all. If it wasn't for Li Xuanbai, anyone else would have been killed by that palm strike.
He scraped the blood from the corner of his lip with his thumb and smiled.
"Master Gu, are you so angry?" He touched the sword at his waist, flicked his thumb, and the blade flashed with snowy light and flew out of the sheath. "Is it really because I have been too good-tempered these days? That's all I have to say. Whether you give in or not, the sword will determine the outcome."
Gu Zhi had already taken a few steps forward, his robe sleeves fluttering behind him. Upon hearing this, he turned around and glanced at him.
At that glance, all the disciples of Yamauchi who were watching and waiting in the dense forest knelt down and saluted.
Gu Zhi smiled and said, "I really didn't expect that you would actually have such a face."
After saying this, she turned away without even bothering to glance at him, and walked straight towards the octagonal stone lamp in the center of the bottom of the pool.
Behind him, Li Xuanbai's expression became increasingly evil and unclear. He drew his sword from its sheath with a "swish". Suddenly, a voice called "Senior Brother Xuanbai" appeared beside him, and Yi Haichuan had already held his sword between the two of them.
Yi Haichuan: "Brother, we just need to check a key, why do we need Brother Xuanbai and Brother Dadi to go together?"
Suddenly, there was a "bang" sound from the bottom of the pool, and the energy around Gu Zhi swirled and twisted like a whirlpool. He slapped his palm out of thin air, and the palm wind suddenly twisted into a strong wind with a "boom".
With one palm, the stone lamp was sent flying.
The disciples beside the dense forest were all shocked again.
The solid stone lamp flew into the sky like a ball that was kicked casually, and then fell heavily and stuck in the mud.
Gu Zhi was too lazy to even take a look. He just opened the entrance to the underground palace under the stone lamp with a cold expression.
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It was dark and damp under the underground palace.
There was no light at all, and a timid person stayed there alone for almost four days.
He lit a tinder and went down the stone steps one by one.
A weak, timid man who had just injured his knee...
I've been alone down here for so many days.
I don’t know if she…
He simply didn't dare to think too deeply.
During these days, he did not dare to think deeply about anything and was busy day and night, reporting to his uncle, dealing with his sister, convening meetings, being tried at the meetings, and going against all odds. When the elders finally said that he could be saved, he took the map to decide which mechanisms to open, and then he went to the Xingchen Pavilion alone and traveled back and forth to Sanqing Peak in a single day.
Busy, really busy.
But perhaps, it is also because I dare not stop.
I dare not have any time to be alone, I dare not have any time to rest.
If you are afraid to give yourself a breath of fresh air, you will start to have wild thoughts.
To outsiders, he appears to be calm, organized, and logical.
Only he himself knew how confused he was.
She was alone down there. Even if no one hurt her, how many days could her frail body last?
Besides, she was already thin. Besides, she was already injured.
Hands, knees, young red spring...
Even if she could hold on, she could hold on until he came down to save her.
Would such a fragile person be overly frightened and develop a heart disease?
The purpose of bringing her back was to detoxify her.
But how could she have suffered so many disasters in the mountains?
Taking her up the mountain, is it saving her or harming her?
Gu Zhi simply didn't dare to think too deeply about it.
If taking her up the mountain meant harming her, then he should have sent her down the mountain long ago.
But.
For some reason, he didn't dare to think about this matter anymore.
Send her down the mountain...?
No.
Why not?
She is suffering like this here, how dare you say no?
He began to shiver almost uncontrollably. A chill seeped into his limbs and bones, freezing him solid to the bone marrow.
He doesn't understand, he doesn't comprehend.
Perhaps... he would also take her down the mountain, when her young red hair was fully grown, or at any rate, after the three months were up.
Until then…
no.
Suddenly she remembered that day when he went crazy for some unknown reason and kept asking her to play chess with him. She drank a little wine.
On the stone table, in the dim lantern light, she was drunk, her cheeks as rosy as peach blossoms, holding a small wine cup, and said to him:
"...The young master is the best man in the world. Considerate, thoughtful, gentle, reliable, and a gentleman."
"If I hadn't had you these days in the mountains... I wouldn't know what I would have done."
He was silent for a moment.
Yes, perhaps his father favored his older brother, who died young, or perhaps his uncle favored the frivolous and ostentatious Li Xuanbai. Perhaps his obedience, his dedication to public service, and his strict self-discipline were simply accepted as his due, with no one appreciating his kindness.
But it doesn't matter, he has someone who is indispensable to him.
He sighed in his heart and thought to himself that she was always different from the people in the mountains.
He was punished and everyone avoided him, but she was alone and risked her life to come and pick him up by boat with a lantern at night.
He broke the mountain rules to save people, and she told him that she was grateful for his help, but human life was more important, and perhaps it was the mountain rules that were wrong.
He took all the responsibility for what happened on the mountain, whether it was related to him or not. He was brought up like this since he was a child.
But she said that everyone has his own path, and if he did this, he would exhaust himself.
He was severely punished for a minor offense, and she said, "Mistakes can be corrected, and punishment is not necessary."
Before he felt it was unfair, she said, "Besides, the punishment is never the same for everyone."
Maybe, maybe...
She is the only person on this mountain who cares about him.
He is the only person on the mountain who doesn't care whether he practices diligently day and night, is selfless and abides by the mountain rules.
The only one who cares about him.
He lowered his eyes and muttered to himself.
Bright and clear.
It's my fault for leaving you alone in this cold and damp underground palace for so many days.
I'm sorry to have made you suffer.
The stone steps ended, and he finally stepped onto the ground of the underground palace, which was covered with clay sculpture fragments.
The person he thought about day and night, the person whose name he kept on his lips but he dared not even utter a nickname of affection, the person he kissed again and again in his heart.
Like a magnolia flower, withered and depressed, dying on the edge of thick darkness.
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