Yun Nie was standing at the entrance of the cave, wearing a plain and simple moon-white school uniform. He was as stiff as a piece of wood, and his feet seemed to be glued to the ground.
He looked at the water gate in front of him, concentrating his mind, standing still, with his eyes slightly lowered.
Sang Yue was standing behind him, pushing his back with his palm: "Get out, quick!"
Yun Nie: “…No.”
He was actually forced to make a slight sound of resistance, although the sound was as small as a mosquito.
Sang Yue said with great sorrow: "It has been two months since you came here, and you haven't left the house for two whole months! It's all Master's fault. He got used to seclusion and forgot that Xiao Nie had never left the house!"
Yun Nie: “…No.”
It's only been two months, it doesn't matter if you don't go out for two years.
Sang Yue: "Don't be so dull at such a young age, go out more often!"
As he said that, he pushed hard and pushed Yun Nie out of Minato.
Yun Nie staggered forward, and his eyes were instantly filled with an unprecedented brightness - huh, the breath of the sky passed through the vast earth, and thousands of strange and beautiful human beings crashed into his eyes so forcefully and brutally.
For a moment he stood there in a daze, not daring to blink. He wanted to escape, but couldn't bear to.
The distant mountains are covered with green smoke, and the light clouds float across the blue sky.
Flowers grow wildly among green grass, and new buds are still covered by old snow.
The young grass stretched endlessly like a fine velvet blanket, dotted with countless small flowers of red, pink, white, purple and yellow. The branches had just sprouted vibrant spring buds, but the snow in the shade had not yet melted away.
The wind blew by, bringing with it the tail end of winter, a chill and coldness, which then melted away in this infinitely bright and dazzling light.
During the first seventeen years of Yun Nie's life, he either worked in sparsely populated mountains or fought in the dark underground.
He wanted to escape from this deformed world, but he had no idea what the outside world was like.
A world as bright, vast, beautiful and peaceful as this is strange, extremely and very strange.
Even after his wounds healed, he still didn't dare to leave the cave.
It was as if this was a grand dream, and he was afraid that if he walked out, it would shatter this fragile bubble of fantasy.
And now, the dream has not been shattered.
No, this is not a dream, this is the real world.
Thinking of this, the boy's breathing quickened slightly. He looked almost greedily from the grass on the left to the pine trees on the right, and from the freshness of the ground to the vastness of the sky.
It’s so beautiful! This is spring, the season when all things come back to life.
Sang Yue walked up to him, raised his hand, and gently placed it on Yun Nie's shoulder.
His voice seemed as gentle as the spring scenery, and he said, Xiao Nie, don't be afraid, Master will be with you to see this world well.
For this moment, Yun Nie paid too much and escaped for too long.
Not until he felt Sang Yue did his restless heart gradually calm down.
That’s great. With his master by his side, he won’t be afraid no matter what the outside world is like.
Sang Yue smiled, took his hand, and walked forward step by step.
The cave was high up in Yuehua Mountain. They walked forward and also walked downward.
Walking through the infinitely dreamy spring with lush grass and singing birds, they finally arrived at summer.
At the junction there is a large group of butterflies, flying lightly and freely with wings shining with various patterns such as sky blue, blue and purple.
Sang Yue put one arm around Yun Nie's shoulders and waved with the other hand. Then butterflies flew closer one after another and danced around the two of them.
Yun Nie reached out his hand and grabbed it quietly, touching the butterfly's tail. The touch was so soft that it seemed like it would break in a second, and he withdrew his hand in fear.
But the butterfly didn't run away, but landed on his sleeve.
They continued to move forward.
Walking past a field of thriving purple flowers that covered the sky, and past a lush, green, and proud bamboo forest, butterflies gradually fell behind him. Yun Nie walked under a fruit tree, and when he looked up, he saw golden fruits among the green leaves.
Sang Yue raised his hand and picked two fresh and juicy fruits, giving one to Yun Nie and eating one himself.
He taught him how to peel it and told him it was called loquat.
Loquat is delicious. It was Yunnie’s first time eating it and he fell in love with the taste.
So Sang Yue took him to sit on the tree, pulled down a branch full of fruits, and let Yun Nie pick and eat them himself.
After he had only eaten a few, Sang Yue stopped him from eating any more. He took out a handkerchief, wet it with the clear water from the stream, and used it to wipe Yun Nie's hands that were covered with juice.
"Don't be greedy. If you're full now, what will you do later?"
Yun Nie was puzzled.
Sang Yue took him further down, and the further down they went, the more colorful and varied fruits they could eat.
Some of them Yun Nie had eaten when he was in the barren mountains, such as the sour plums that made people drool. At that time, children who were not well fed would pick wild vegetables and fruits to eat.
There were some that Yun Nie had never tasted before, such as the sweet, crisp and tender peaches, which were fragrant and juicy. When he took a bite, it felt like his whole body was soaked in them.
There were also some that Yun Nie had eaten but had not eaten before, such as the glowing red ground berries. The berries on the barren mountains were small and sour, but the berries here were big and sweet.
Yun Nie ate until he was full, but he still hadn't eaten all the kinds of fruit.
"There are so many fruit trees." Yun Nie vaguely felt that something was wrong. He had limited knowledge and knew that it was unlikely for so many species to appear in the same place at the same time.
"Because of the formation, otherwise there would never be such a spring scene on the top of the mountain." Sang Yue said, "There are other factors. You will understand when you learn more knowledge."
Yun Nie nodded, reluctant to look away for a moment.
By the time we get here, the branches and leaves have already started to turn yellow, and they are about to enter autumn.
From afar he could see clusters of red leaves mixed in with the golden and green colors, like flames burning in the mountains, like sunlight falling down and painting.
Autumn is the season of harvest. Such prosperous and rich forests must have more sweetness.
Next time, he must resist the temptation of summer and save his stomach for the fruits of autumn!
Unfortunately, this ambition was immediately extinguished by Sang Yue.
Sang Yue said, "Oh, by the way, most of the disciples of Yuehua Mountain live in this area. Do you want to get to know them?"
Yun Nie: “…”
Sang Yue smiled and said, "Are you shy? Don't be afraid. Our Xiao Nie is dressed so beautifully today. She will definitely be a bright spot for everyone."
Yun Nie: “…”
It would have been fine if Sang Yue hadn't said this, but once he said it, Yun Nie felt awkward.
In order to make Yun Nie feel less nervous about going out, Sang Yue checked him from head to toe early in the morning.
He was dressed in a clean, beautiful and tidy sect school uniform with the emblem of Yuehua Mountain embroidered on the lapels. His hair was smeared with fragrant lotus oil and combed, and he put on a white jade crown, and even a string of jade and a school badge were pinned around his waist.
Clothes make the man, saddles make the horse, and dogs run happily with bells.
Dressed like this, Yun Nie almost didn’t recognize himself.
When I stood in front of the water mirror, I felt very uncomfortable. Was the handsome young man in the mirror really the skinny and gloomy self of the past?
It seems so. If you move, he moves too.
After two months of recuperation, Yun Nie was still very thin, but his complexion looked much better. His hair was no longer so dull, his lips were no longer so pale, and even his expression was relaxed under Sang Yue's care, with the haze dissipated a little and a little softer.
But he had never dressed so formally, and he felt a little uncomfortable.
After eating fruits along the way, Yun Nie forgot about this uncomfortable feeling, but when Sang Yue said he wanted to meet someone else, he felt a little awkward again.
I haven't met any other strangers yet, so are they all good people?
Will he embarrass Sang Yue?
Will they accept themselves?
Yun Nie thought about it carefully and found that the answers to these questions... didn't seem to be that important.
He cares more about Sang Yue's opinion. As long as Sang Yue thinks he is good, it's fine.
Sang Yue was also dressed very formally today, with her long black hair tied up and a silver jade lotus hairpin inserted in it. Her tall body stood slenderly on a smoky purple satin with a dark bamboo pattern embroidered with precious lotus and flowing silver clouds. Her long robe was winding but not stained with dust. She looked elegant and noble, with an extraordinary demeanor.
He looked different from the Sang Yue he usually was in the cave, with a bit more aloofness and indifference.
Yun Nie reacted for a while and guessed the reason: Sang Yue dressed up grandly and gorgeously to save face for himself, and he was not relaxed and intimate in front of others as he was in front of himself.
Master is so kind, we cannot let him down.
Yun Nie looked at Sang Yue and nodded softly.
Sang Yue's eyes curved with laughter, and then his expression straightened up, becoming more and more extraordinary.
He took his little apprentice's hand and pulled him back to the human world step by step.
This meeting was not as difficult as Yun Nie had thought. It was very relaxed and normal. Sang Yue took him closer and told him that the house over here was where the registered disciples lived, and the house over there was where they studied, practiced martial arts or entertained guests.
There are not many registered disciples in Yuehua Mountain, and there are only seven or eight left here at the moment.
Sang Yue took Yun Nie's hand and introduced them briefly. Then the two sides greeted each other in a friendly manner and exchanged their names.
Sometimes, Yunnie would be a little slow, that's because this world was too strange to him.
But sometimes, he is very sensitive, and this sensitivity comes from long-term survival pressure.
Anyone like him is very sensitive to other people's emotions.
Any malice and hostility cannot escape their perception.
At this moment, Yun Nie saw surprise, curiosity, confusion, envy, a little sympathy, a little jealousy and hostility in the eyes of his fellow apprentices, but no malice.
They have rich emotions, their own likes and dislikes, pursuits and regrets, and short-term obsessions, but they are not bad people.
As expected, the people around the master are all very nice.
After leaving here and walking until they could no longer see him, Yun Nie looked at Sang Yue. At this time, his hand was still held by the other party: "Why, Master, don't you accept them?"
Sang Yue thought about it and said, "Maybe it's fate."
With some people, you feel like you hit it off right away, while with some people, the relationship remains distant even if you have been together for a long time.
Fate is something that cannot be explained or understood; it is just a feeling.
It was he who suddenly wanted to choose him today, and he agreed, so a bond was formed.
From then on, the two families were inextricably linked.
Yuehua Mountain is very high and big. When we reached the junction of autumn and winter, it was already evening.
Sang Yue asked Yun Nie: "Are you tired?"
Yunnie nodded, then shook his head.
Tired, but can continue.
Sang Yue pulled him to sit on a rock, let him look at the snow in front of him and feel the wind behind him, and take a rest for a while.
Yun Nie stretched out his hand and caught a few snowflakes, but the cold touch made him quickly throw his hands away.
Cold is a good friend of hunger. In the past, when winter came, many people who slept together often froze to death. Because there was no food in their stomachs and no clothes on their bodies, even gods could not resist it.
Now that he has enough food to eat and enough clothes to wear, he doesn't seem to have to worry about these things anymore.
You can go and see the beauty and benefits of snow, bury the past deep in your memory and ignore it, making yourself feel more relaxed and better.
But it is impossible to do so.
Perhaps past experiences have deeply shaped this person, and no matter how much he changes, he cannot escape his roots.
"If you want to go down in the human world, you can always go down to a lower level," said Sang Yue.
Yun Nie slowly raised his head. There was a thin layer of snow on his hair and eyelashes, which was melted by his body temperature and became wet, as if he was crying.
But he didn't cry, he even felt a sense of peace.
Sang Yue sat down next to Yun Nie, brushed off the fallen snow on him, and said, "It's easy to go down the mountain, but tiring to go up the mountain. It's never too long to rest. If you sit in the valley for too long, your body will become numb. Xiao Nie, it's time to go back."
On the way back, we took another route.
It was indeed very tiring to climb up, but Yun Nie didn't want Sang Yue to think he was being delicate, so he forced himself to climb up all the way.
His legs went weak and he gritted his teeth, just as he was about to lower his head when suddenly Sang Yue reached out and gently supported him.
Suddenly, my feet felt light, as if I was flying in the air automatically.
Yun Nie paused and was about to speak.
Sang Yue saw what he meant, raised a finger, put it to his lips, and said with a smile: "Don't always refuse help from others. It is because of mutual support that we can appreciate more scenery. Remember, everything in the world is changing all the time. Once you miss this moment, it will never come back."
Yun Nie didn't quite understand, but he understood a little bit.
So he stopped refusing and opened his eyes wide to appreciate this new road that became increasingly deeper and more beautiful under the moonlight.
The trees over there look like two little people leaning against each other, while the grass over here is lush and green like a smaller forest.
Suddenly a little deer leaped past in front, the stripes on its body flashing in the moonlight, and only a few thudding sounds could be heard, accompanying the gurgling of water.
Finally, they passed through the night of summer, walked through the quiet spring plains, and arrived at the top of the mountain before dawn.
Sang Yue had already put Yun Nie down and let him walk beside him on his own two legs towards the other side of the cave.
Yun Nie quietly picked a sleeping flower, and walked with Sang Yue through the huge rock corner, went up another level, and arrived at the top of the mountains.
call--
Suddenly, a wind rushed up along the broken cliffs at feet, bringing with it the chill of the abyss, like a steel knife cutting into the bone, ruffling the long hair and robes.
The forest waves chanted distantly and deeply, singing the eternal majesty of the mountains.
The mountains hidden in the darkness are like the spines of countless silent ancestors, and the forest bent by the wind conveys secret words unknown to the living.
Sang Yue held Yunnie's shoulder and said, Yunnie, look, we have come up. Even though climbing the mountain is hard and tiring, there are many paths and we can always find the right one and climb up.
He also said that different roads have different scenery, and ups and downs are common. Even if you accidentally fall down, don't be discouraged, just take it as one more chance to see the scenery and then slowly climb up.
Finally, Sang Yue frowned and asked worriedly, "Do you think your teacher is nagging? He keeps nagging..."
Ah, young people, I think no one likes to listen to the nagging of their elders.
Judge others by yourself. At this age, Sang Yue doesn't like it.
But Yun Nie shook his head and said no, then put the sleeping flower into Sang Yue's hands.
White foam appeared in the distant sky, and the red sun suddenly burst out, with countless rays of light bursting out to the four seas and eight wildernesses. The golden crow silently disturbed the clouds on the top of the mountain, domineering and vast.
The light has come.
Looking down at your feet, you will see towering and majestic mountains.
The shadows of Guangfu seemed to have retreated, leaving only the hazy and pure beauty of the clouds. Everything was so open and beautiful that it was shocking.
Yun Nie turned to Sang Yue and said, "Master, I'm cold. I want to go home."
Sang Yue held his hand, smiled slightly and said, "Okay."
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