After leaving the underground palace and returning to the ground, no one spoke for a while.
If this meeting is just a coincidence, should we part the next moment?
Sang Yue thought that he should be the more ruthless person.
But just as he was about to open his mouth, Yun Nie grabbed his sleeve and said with a little expectation: "Master, I want to use the money I earn to treat you to a meal."
Sang Yue suddenly couldn't say no.
Who could bear to shake this hand away? Sang Yue couldn't do that. Sang Yue smiled and said, "Then let's go."
They walked towards the next city, tacitly not mentioning anything and not rushing to travel, just walking slowly through the wilderness side by side.
Two lines of footprints appeared on the ground covered with a thin layer of snow, moving farther and farther away. The wind blew the snow off the branches, and it fell down with a plop. Before Yun Nie dodged, he gently covered his head with a hand.
Gradually, the snow became smaller and smaller, and I don't know when it stopped. The cumulus clouds above were blown away by the wind, and a beam of bright light pierced through the clouds to the earth, illuminating a patch of dusty snow in the forest.
Yun Nie couldn't help but move closer to Sang Yue.
The next second, the person walking side by side swayed, whether intentionally or unintentionally, and like iron attracted by a magnet, he tilted towards Yun Nie.
The corners of their sleeves almost covered their hands, and at first glance, it looked like the two were holding hands.
They walked and walked. After the snow stopped, the sunlight became stronger and stronger, reflecting on the snow, making everything in front of their eyes look white.
The only color seems to be on the person next to me. I want to keep looking at him until the end of time.
In the evening, the two entered Jiuchun City.
It is spring-like in the city all year round, with lush vegetation and a thin mist rising from the falling snow, covering the quiet river surface and blooming flowers and trees.
Yun Nie took two steps forward and asked Sang Yue expectantly, "Master, do you still remember this place?"
Sang Yue thought about it briefly and said, "There is one thing, but I can't remember most of it."
More than two hundred years ago, the mayor of Jiuchun City abused his power to bully people and do all kinds of evil. Sang Yue passed by and saw that the people here were living in misery, so he killed him.
Today, Jiuchun City has changed greatly, the people live and work in peace and contentment, the roadsides are lined with willows and smoke, and life is much better than it was more than two hundred years ago.
Yun Nie bought a tabloid, and after reading it, he took Sang Yue to the most famous restaurant in Jiuchun City for dinner.
Sang Yue was being pulled by his sleeves. He looked at both sides of the street as he walked. He saw the tall building in the distance and couldn't help laughing: "The world has changed a lot. I remember when I came here before, there were no such tall buildings in the city."
"Master, how much do you remember about the past?"
"Want to hear a story?"
"Um!"
"Then sit down and let the master explain slowly."
It is indeed not easy to make money on your own, but Yun Nie does not feel sorry at all for spending money on his master.
Ask for the best private room, the most delicious food, and the rarest wine.
The purse flattened rapidly, but Yun Nie didn't even blink.
In order to justify the money given by his apprentice, Sang Yue had to rack his brains to think about those memories that had long been forgotten deep in his mind.
When Sang Yue told the story, his tone was flat and his voice was gentle, and the story did not contain any thrilling twists and turns.
But Yun Nie listened very seriously, so seriously that Sang Yue seemed to have regained the vitality and fun from those faded memories.
Go to the night market.
He bought things as he walked, filling Sang Yue's arms.
"From now on, Master will no longer be the elder in the First Sect, and it will be my turn to support Master. I will treat Master very well."
If Yunnie had a tail, he would definitely raise it proudly at this moment. Of course, although he didn't have a tail, his expectant eyes and tone were filled with the three words "praise me quickly".
How could Sang Yue let him down, so he encouraged him: "I know, Xiao Nie is the best."
Yun Nie pursed his lips even harder to prevent himself from smiling too proudly.
They wandered the streets, sharing the last of a popular dim sum stand.
Yun Nie broke it into two halves and reached out to feed Sang Yue. Sang Yue looked at him, smiled, and opened his mouth to take it.
His fingertips accidentally touched someone's soft lips, and he shook them slightly before quickly retracting them. Yun Nie lowered his head to eat the other half, and after eating for a long time, he raised his head again as if nothing had happened.
While watching the acrobatics, Yun Nie stuffed a handful of silver coins into Sang Yue's pockets. Whenever there was something exciting, the two of them, along with the people around them, would throw the silver coins as rewards.
They threw the balls accurately, steadily and in large quantities. After a few times, the juggler noticed them and came closer to perform a fire-breathing show.
The flaming trees and blooming flowers, accompanied by countless colorful petals falling from the sky, are extremely beautiful.
There was cheering all around.
Yun Nie suddenly said, "I miss Master so much."
Sang Yue stood beside him, looking at the beautiful night sky he was looking at: "I feel the same way."
After watching a round of circus, the two planned to go somewhere else, but not long after they walked out, they felt someone was following them.
Yun Nie asked Sang Yue to sit down at a stall and eat red fruit soup, and he went to the side.
"Master, take your time eating. I can handle it myself and will be back soon."
But Sang Yue didn't wait for Yun Nie until he finished the whole bowl of red fruit soup.
Wiping the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, Sang Yue picked up the pile of miscellaneous things and slowly walked over.
It was an alley. Sang Yue stood at the corner and looked inside quietly.
The man who had been following him huddled on the ground with his head in his hands, yelling hysterically: "Kill me, why don't you kill me?!"
Yun Nie had his back to the alley entrance, so Sang Yue couldn't see his expression. He only saw his clenched fists trembling slightly.
After a while, when the man's roar subsided, Yun Nie said coldly: "There is no need. Stop pestering me. We are not familiar with each other."
The man cried and laughed, his words full of resentment: "Yeah, I thought you were dead that day, but I didn't expect that you were not only alive, but also mixed up like a decent person... We both came from that place, why did you have the bad luck to rise to the top overnight, while I can only perform on the streets..."
The more you see, the better your eyesight will be.
The man could see at a glance the gap between Yun Nie and himself. They were both worthless before, and he was even weaker than himself. Why was one of them in the clouds and the other in the mud now?
Yun Nie's voice got lower and lower: "What about the dead? They didn't even have a chance to survive. In the past, in order to save your life, you helped the supervisor to monitor everyone, and tipped off the information, causing me to be arrested... Considering that it was not easy at that time, I don't want your life, but if you make trouble again, I will not be polite."
The man flinched at this threat.
Yun Nie felt it was so boring and suddenly wanted to rely on his master, so he turned around and left.
The man raised his head that had been beaten into a pig shape and threatened: "Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west, don't bully the young and poor!"
Yun Nie: “…”
Yun Nie turned back and said sincerely: "You are right. It will be easier to beat you in thirty years, but I may not be back on time, so I want to destroy your cultivation in advance."
The man's cultivation was weak to begin with, and he had no power to resist Yun Nie.
After dealing with it, Yunnie put him behind his mind and left the alley.
Sang Yue pretended to be nonchalant and walked over while chewing a bunch of plums.
"Is it done? Then let's go."
"Um."
I thought Yun Nie might not want to mention this matter, but as they walked, Yun Nie took the initiative to say: "Before that person had a chance to hurt me, I beat him up and destroyed his cultivation."
This behavior has exceeded the principle of tit-for-tat. Yun Nie doesn't know if this is right, nor does he know what his master would think of him.
Sang Yue handed over the plums, smiled and asked Yun Nie to taste one, and gave his own answer: "This is called taking precautions before it happens."
Yun Nie's saliva was stimulated by the sour and spicy taste. His nose wrinkled, but he couldn't help laughing, which looked a little weird.
After eating a plum, Yun Nie continued to tell more: "He and I both came from that place. I didn't help him, and I even ruined him. He was not a good person before. In fact, I am taking revenge. Master, do you think I am right?"
Sang Yue rewarded him with a plum and said, "Well done!"
Yun Nie smiled widely and almost dropped the sour plum in his mouth. He quickly closed his mouth and leaned towards Sang Yue.
They had a lot of fun that night and neither of them seemed to want to rest. It seemed that the day would not end as long as they didn't close their eyes and fall asleep.
As long as it doesn't end, you won't have to face tomorrow and separation.
Regarding the one-year agreement, the two of them tacitly did not mention him, as if they really just happened to meet again, it was fate.
In the early morning, the two of them strolled to a sparsely populated lake outside the city. The lake had not yet frozen and fish were still playing in it.
Seeing the morning light and mist hazy like a fairyland, Sang Yue suddenly felt inspired and put down a bamboo raft on the lake. He and Yun Nie got on it and sat opposite each other to row on the lake.
He took out a fishing rod and taught Yun Nie how to fish. Seeing that his young apprentice had not been able to catch any fish for a long time, he took out a pipa.
With her long sleeves pulled up to her elbows, revealing her arms as white as snow, Sang Yue knelt down and played the pipa.
His clothes flowed behind him, his black hair was like satin, the corners of his lips were slightly raised, and he was surrounded by clouds and mist, as charming as a mountain demon.
When he looked at Yun Nie, it seemed that the cold water in the lake turned into spring water.
"I once learned a song that can attract fish to play. It will be up to Xiao Nie to do it later."
After saying that, Sang Yue began to pluck the pipa gently. The sound of the pipa was crisp, lively, and gentle.
Yun Nie sat upright facing the water, his fair face looking very serious, making him look a little scary.
But when he finally caught a fish, the dark eyes set in the snow-white face lit up instantly, and the whole person came alive, like a wild deer leaping in the woods.
The fish jumped up and down, and fell in front of Sang Yue with a thud, splashing water everywhere.
Yun Nie punched the fish accurately and hard, knocking it unconscious. The bamboo raft began to sway, causing ripples to form and soak the clothes of the two men.
"Master." Yun Nie twisted the hem of his clothes and asked tentatively, "Would you like to go back and change clothes?"
Sang Yue saw at a glance that he didn't want to go back so soon, so he smiled and pulled him into his arms, rubbing him vigorously: "No need to change, just dry it directly."
Yun Nie nodded vigorously, and happily cut the fish on the spot, sprinkled the ingredients, and grilled it over the fire.
The small stove was burning warmly, and the sound of the pipa had not stopped yet. Yun Nie sat cross-legged opposite Sang Yue, holding up his face and watching carefully.
"Does it sound good?" Sang Yue asked him with a smile at some point.
Yunnie nodded.
“Does it look good?”
Yun Nie subconsciously nodded again, paused, and continued nodding, nodding with confidence and without any embarrassment.
The sound of the pipa became more and more lingering.
When they returned to the shore, the fog had dissipated without them noticing. As the two were about to leave, they were suddenly stopped by a young man who looked like a scholar.
"You two, please stay!"
The scholar bowed politely and said, "Just now I was painting on the shore and saw that you two brothers were not only very affectionate but also thoughtful and interesting. You are truly the model of a perfect couple in my mind. So on a whim, I took the initiative to paint you two in the painting. After thinking it over, I decided to let you know."
The point is, these two people are good-looking, such rare beauties in the world, it is hard for him not to want to paint them as a souvenir.
After the scholar finished speaking, he found that the two people in front of him did not respond, but instead looked a little strange.
It seemed a little surprised, a little shy, and a little half-hidden joy.
Yun Nie had been speaking fluently for so many years, but he suddenly stuttered again: "Why do you think we are in this kind of relationship?"
The scholar was puzzled as to why he asked such a question, but he still answered: "Because I have eyes? Don't worry, brother, it is a good thing to share a peach with a man."
Yun Nie felt that he should explain, but he didn't really want to explain in his heart. He simply closed his mouth tightly, pretended to be a mute, and then looked at Sang Yue eagerly.
Sang Yue smiled, neither admitting nor refuting, but instead asked to see the paintings.
The scholar handed the newly-painted ink painting to the two men to appreciate. In the painting, the distant mountains were as light blue as dark blue, and the lake was as white as flowing silver. A bamboo raft emerged from the clouds that swirled like a fairyland. In the painting, a man in neat clothes was sitting sideways fishing, his figure was as straight as a thin bamboo, and another person was playing the pipa, looking at the fisherman with a pair of eyes.
The expression of the person in the painting is gentle and not exaggerated, but it reveals an endless affection that cannot be hidden.
Anyone who sees this painting cannot say with a clear conscience that there is nothing between them.
Sang Yue looked for a long time, lowered his eyes slightly, and smiled comfortably.
He asked the scholar if he could sell the painting to him.
The scholar hesitated and wanted to refuse, but Sang Yue took out an ingot of gold and successfully bought the painting.
The painting was put away by Sang Yue.
He and Yun Nie strolled along the lakeside, moving away from Jiuchun City, as if it was time to part.
They walked slower and slower, and finally stopped.
Yun Nie took the initiative to say: "Master, you should go back."
Sang Yue blinked in surprise: "Xiao Nie doesn't want Master to stay with you for a while longer?"
Yun Nie lowered his head and smiled: "I am very happy."
Sang Yue subconsciously stretched out his hand, and slowly stopped when he touched Yun Nie's head.
Yun Nie raised his head and looked at him with shining eyes: "Master didn't refute it just now."
Sang Yue has nothing to explain.
Yun Nie said, "But that's exactly what happened. Please go back as soon as possible, Master, so that you don't use this coincidence as an excuse and make the agreement void."
The little bastard was thinking long-term. Sang Yue didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he pretended to be angry and said, "Are you doubting the character of your teacher?"
"No!" Yun Nie explained slowly, "I'm just afraid that if I get too close, Master will get confused about my feelings for me."
Sang Yue gently withdrew the hand that was stroking Yun Nie's face and took a step back: "Well, Master really has to leave."
Yun Nie moved his mouth, his eyes full of reluctance, and Sang Yue turned around, walking slowly and gracefully.
Seeing Sang Yue's back moving one step away, Yun Nie finally couldn't help but shout, "Sang Yue!"
The person with his back to him trembled slightly and stopped where he was.
Yun Nie raised his voice, biting his lower lip and leaving a mark: "I heard everything you said that night. The last concern... I didn't tell you when we went down the mountain because I didn't know the answer myself. Until now, I still don't know all the answers. I don't know what will happen to me after you die."
Sang Yue stood still.
Yun Nie took a step forward on his own initiative, tears welling up in the corners of his eyes. Some things seemed to make people feel heartbroken just by thinking about them.
However, despite the pain, he still said stubbornly: "I have been thinking about it for a long time since I came down the mountain, and finally I figured out half of the answer."
Yun Nie walked around to Sang Yue and looked directly into those eyes. There was a glimmer of mist in them, so he should have been soft-hearted.
But no, Yun Nie did not waver at all and stubbornly gave his answer:
“Whether Sang Yue leaves tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or a hundred or a thousand years from now, whether Sang Yue and Yun Nie are just master and disciple when he leaves, or become Taoist lovers, or whether Yun Nie and Sang Yue will never meet again from tomorrow onwards - Yun Nie will be equally sad.”
Sang Yue took a short, trembling breath, his lips slightly parted, as if he had a thousand words to say to others.
"Yun Nie... I can't imagine what will happen to me after Sang Yue leaves. My heart aches just thinking about it." Yun Nie gritted his teeth and forced himself to look directly into the eyes of his beloved. No matter what the answer would be, he wanted to know.
Yun Nie asked, "If you can't give me the answer to this half, do you believe the other half, Sang Yue?"
a long time.
"I believe it." Sang Yue nodded, and then nodded again, revealing a faint, yet suddenly enlightened smile, "I believe it!"
Yun Nie suddenly couldn't hold it anymore, showing a little aggrieved, pursed his lips, wanting to laugh but not wanting to laugh, and stared at Sang Yue in a coquettish manner.
I don't know who moved first, or maybe they both sensed that subtle and appropriate desire at a certain moment, and they lowered their eyelashes and let their soft lips gently touch the other's lips.
The touch was too gentle, so gentle that people were afraid of being destroyed, so the dragonfly touched the water and separated immediately.
But it is also very beautiful, so beautiful that it only lasts for a moment and makes people unable to resist and want to continue sinking into it.
"Xiao Nie, it's not too late for you to refuse now." Sang Yue took a step forward, his voice unconsciously lowered.
"I will not reject Sang Yue, never." Yun Nie raised his face and said frankly.
So Sang Yue put his arms around his waist, held the back of his head, pressed him into his arms and kissed him hard.
Their lips pressed against each other, and their breaths were filled with each other's scent, blending into one at this moment, warm and cold, brushing across the corners of his lips and cheeks, trying to completely invade and plunder him.
Yun Nie was not willing to be outdone. He stretched out his hands and hooked them around Sang Yue's shoulders. His blood was filled with passion and he wished he could merge himself and Sang Yue into one.
He gradually became a little confused, and was only sinking in the wonderful sensation that Sang Yue gave him. He lost his rationality for a moment and couldn't help but use a little more strength.
Yun Nie suddenly woke up when he tasted a slightly sweet and fishy taste on the tip of his tongue. He moved a little distance away from Sang Yue, but his waist was still tightly held by someone.
"Did I bite you?" He frowned slightly and tried to get closer to study the wound on Sang Yue's mouth.
Seeing that he was completely unaware of his extremely seductive appearance, Sang Yue laughed and scolded him, "What are you looking at? It's not the first time you've bitten me."
That sideways glance was full of affection and allure. Yun Nie immediately bit his lip in embarrassment, his heart beating wildly, not daring to spoil the mood any more.
Seeing that he understood, Sang Yue curled her lips and kissed him gently again.
This time it was not as heavy as before, but extremely light, warm and soft, making Yun Nie feel like he was falling into a dream.
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