Chapter 18 Penglai Island (VIII) “When has my senior brother ever hidden anything from you?…
Zhu Ciying doesn't like to reminisce about old times, especially things related to her in her previous life.
At this moment, due to the critical situation, she had to recall.
The first time she went to Penglai Island, she, her senior sister, and two senior brothers traveled on swords for a month.
The island has beautiful scenery and simple folk customs.
Her senior sister took her to a shop on the street to buy a lot of things, and the storage bags around Zhu Ciying's waist were almost bursting.
"Aying, there are some nice jewelry and clothes over there. I'll take you to see them."
Zhu Ciying didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Senior Sister, come back tomorrow to buy it."
"How can that be? You've finally come to Penglai Island, you have to have a good time."
"Hey, Yu Feifei, stop it!" A young man's clear voice interrupted at the right time.
Zhu Ciying looked in the direction of the voice and saw a tall young man with a sullen face, holding all kinds of things in his arms, piled up to his neck.
Yu Feifei glanced behind her and raised her eyebrows, "Yun Cangyu, are you exhausted from carrying such a small amount of stuff?"
Who are you calling a weakling? Yun Cangyu smiled with a fake smile.
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Zhu Ciying spoke up in time: "Brother, your mask is really beautiful."
Xie Rangchen, wearing a lynx mask and holding a paper bag in one hand, said: "Really? I think it looks good too."
The tense atmosphere between Yu Feifei and Yun Cangyu suddenly dissipated. They looked at each other and saw shock in each other's eyes.
nice?
Oh no, the junior sister’s vision has been led astray by the senior brother!
Zhu Ciying breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the second senior brother and the third senior sister did not quarrel.
"Brother, what did you buy? Do you need me to help you get it?"
Xie Rangchen lowered his head, his eyes moving slightly, and his gaze vaguely swept over her bandaged hands: "Some spiritual plants, not serious, no need for help, Junior Sister."
He stuffed a paper bag into her hand, and with a smile, the two red moles under his eyes were particularly attractive: "I need your help to solve this problem."
The paper package was warm. When Zhu Ciying opened it, the white hot steam merged with her breath.
It's chestnut cake.
There is still some spiritual power left by my senior brother on top to keep it warm.
Zhu Ciying frowned slightly: "Senior Brother, I don't like sweets."
Xie Rangchen was slightly taken aback, and said apologetically, "I thought all kids your age like it. Tell me what you like to eat. I'll buy you what you like next time."
"Hey..." Yu Feifei nudged Yun Cangyu with her elbow, "Have you noticed that Junior Sister is particularly close to Senior Brother, and they have a very, very good relationship."
Yun Cangyu said impatiently: "I found it."
"That's strange. Aying should be my best friend."
"Could it be that the eldest brother gave her some magic potion?"
"Stop it."
*
"You are the daughter of the Penglai Island Master?!"
Yun Cangyu stared at the plaque on the door of Yu Mansion with his eyes almost popping out.
Xie Rangchen's expression remained unchanged.
Zhu Ciying was slightly surprised.
Senior sister has a very important background.
"Why don't you just be a good young lady? Why do you run off to Qingwei Sect? Do you have other purposes?" Yun Cangyu narrowed his eyes.
Yu Feifei looked at him with a sick look and said sarcastically, "Of course he's going to learn from a master. Could it be that it's for you?"
"You, you, you..." Yun Cangyu was choked by her, and the redness on his neck gradually turned into redness on his face and ears.
Yu Feifei snorted triumphantly. Look, now she's getting angry out of shame.
The door of the Yu Mansion opened from the inside, and a dark shadow flew into Yu Feifei's arms: "Sister, I missed you so much, you finally came back to see me!"
"Yu Haochu, you're already ten years old this year. You're going to be the heir to Penglai Island in the future. Why are you still so reckless?"
"Sister, I just missed you so much." Yu Haochu hugged her briefly, then stepped away.
Yu Feifei coughed lightly and introduced the guests one by one. Yu Haochu made a gesture of invitation: "Brother Xie, Brother Yun, Sister Zhu welcomes you to the Yu Mansion."
main hall.
"Father." Yu Feifei clasped her hands and bowed deeply.
Yu Yan replied calmly: "You're back."
"These are your fellow disciples, right? Come, prepare the guest rooms for our distinguished guests and tell the kitchen to prepare the wine and food."
"No need." Yu Feifei said coldly, "We don't plan to live in your house."
"Sister." Yu Haochu pulled her sleeve and pleaded in a low voice, "Please stay here. Just for me, please stay at home for one night."
Yu Feifei hated to see children acting like spoiled brats, let alone her blood relatives. Helplessly, she softened her heart and said, "Okay, just for one night."
That night, Yu Haochu and Zhu Ciying could only drink some fruit juice because they were young, but Yu Feifei dragged Xie Rangchen and Yun Cangyu to drink several jars of wine.
Fortunately, these three people have a good alcohol tolerance and did not act crazy when drunk.
The housekeeper of the Yu Mansion hurried over to report: "Miss, the master invites you to the study for a chat."
Yu Feifei frowned, and her cheerful smile gradually disappeared. Zhu Ciying gently patted the back of her hand: "Senior Sister, we will wait for you here."
"Yeah." Yu Feifei stood up and left with a red face.
After she walked away, Zhu Ciying whispered to Yu Haochu, "Why is Senior Sister suddenly unhappy?"
Yu Haochu drank the juice in one gulp and let out a long sigh. Although he had a childish face, he pretended to be mature and said, "Because of a man."
"Before my sister was born, she was engaged to the second young master of the Yun family in Yuzhou. The Yun family has been practicing the Dao for generations, and the second young master is exceptionally talented. He is the most outstanding Daoist practitioner in the Yun family in the past hundred years."
His last name is Yun? And he's a Dharma cultivator?
Zhu Ciying subconsciously looked in the direction of Second Senior Brother. Second Senior Brother had spoken very little since entering the Yu Residence, and was much more restrained than usual. It seemed that something was amiss.
"And then?" she asked.
Yu Haochu held his tongue. "Rumor has it that the Second Young Master Yun was spoiled and pampered since childhood. He was unruly and looked down on everyone. When he was thirteen, he ran away from my sister's engagement party without any reason. The head of the Yun family was furious and expelled him from the Yun clan. For the past six years, the Yun family has sent people every year to look for him, but they still haven't given us an explanation."
"He brought shame upon my sister. I hate him, and my father hates him too. I've returned the engagement token with the Yun family, and the marriage between our two families is over."
"After that, Dad showed my sister another man, and he chose the eldest son of the Xie family in Qiongzhou." Yu Haochu paused and said, "Unfortunately, my sister had no intention of marrying him. After a big fight with Dad, she ran away from home. This is the first time my sister has come back after four years."
There is such a past event.
The congratulations made me understand.
She looked back at her second senior brother. A cultivator's hearing was far superior to that of an ordinary person, so she believed he had heard Yu Haochu's words. As expected, Yun Cangyu's face, which had been rosy from drunkenness, turned even paler and more solemn.
It seems that the second young master of the Yun family who broke off the engagement with his senior sister is most likely him.
That evening, Yu Feifei was still not home. Zhu Ciying was worried, so she went out for some fresh air and caught a servant from the Yu residence, asking him to lead the way.
When passing by a courtyard, she stopped and asked the servants to leave.
"Senior Sister."
Yu Feifei sat on a spacious swing, looked up, and her eyes were slightly wet: "Aying."
Zhu Ciying walked forward and hugged her tightly with his thin body.
Yu Feifei was in her arms, sobbing, crying softly, and crying loudly.
Until the last tear was shed, I became drunk and fell into a deep sleep.
The moon was bright and the stars were sparse. A warm breeze blew, and a tall figure appeared in the yard.
"I'll take her back to her room."
Zhu Ciying was in no hurry to hand over the person. She looked directly at the visitor and revealed a shocking secret in the calmest tone: "Second Senior Brother, Senior Sister just told me that she is not angry about being broken off from the engagement, and she didn't go to Qingwei Sect simply to learn from a disciple, she just wanted to meet that person."
Yun Cangyu laughed at himself: "It's a pity that the man is an absolute scumbag and disappointed her."
Zhu Ciying remained noncommittal and said, "Senior Sister also said that she would listen to the Island Master and seriously consider marrying Young Master Xie."
Yun Cangyu's face turned even paler in an instant, but he said no more. He carried Yu Feifei on his back and walked towards her room: "Junior sister, go back and rest early too."
Zhu Ciying just stared at them as they went away.
She turned around and her eyes paused.
The moonlight illuminated the young man's face inch by inch. Xie Rangchen leaned against the tree and watched for an unknown amount of time.
"I thought my senior brother didn't like to watch the fun."
Xie Rangchen smiled and patted her head: "Why is there no childishness in Ah Ying?"
Zhu Ciying pursed her lips and did not answer his question.
Xie Rangchen didn't care. In the dead of night, he snapped his fingers.
Suddenly, two voices came into Zhu Ciying's ears.
——"Yun Cangyu, the seal you formed is really beautiful. Unfortunately, I have to leave Qingwei Sect, and your ears will be clear from now on."
--"sorry."
Zhu Ciying suddenly opened her eyes wide: "Senior Brother, you..." I thought he was an honest person, but unexpectedly he was the most cunning.
"We don't need to get involved in their affairs."
"Master once divined for them and said they are destined to be together for three lifetimes."
Zhu Ciying's brows suddenly relaxed: "It seems that God can't bear to see them miss this fate."
"Master also said that the red string Yue Lao tied for them was mixed with diamonds, so it couldn't be split or cut."
"That's great." Zhu Ciying chuckled, but suddenly felt a warmth on her hand.
Xie Rangchen held her hands and untied the white bandages circle by circle. The further he went to the inner layer, the more blood was stained.
Zhu Ciying: "Senior Brother?"
"Junior sister, you have worked hard in practicing sword." Xie Rangchen took out a green porcelain bottle, poured out the liquid inside and evenly applied it to the large and small wounds on the back and palm of Zhu Ciying's hands.
His voice was as gentle as it had been for a thousand years: "Does it still hurt?"
Zhu Ciying's hands were burning. She raised her lips and said, "It doesn't hurt, just a little itchy."
"Well, bear with it, it will be fine tomorrow morning." Xie Rangchen took out another bottle as long as his arm and handed it to her, "And this bottle of hair oil, apply it on your hair after every shower. You will see the effect in less than half a month."
"Then she is no longer a little girl with dry and prickly hair?" Zhu Ciying asked.
"You still remember it." Xie Rangchen touched his nose awkwardly.
Zhu Ciying: "Hasn't Senior Brother also always kept it in mind?"
She opened the bottle, put it to her nose and sniffed it gently. It was a faint scent of osmanthus.
“Why is it the fragrance of osmanthus?”
"When you first entered the sect, I returned in a hurry and didn't have time to prepare a gift." Xie Rangchen said, "I heard from your Sixth Senior Sister that you wanted to see the osmanthus flowers on Huaijiang Mountain, but it's March now, and osmanthus flowers bloom in September. I was worried you might be impatient."
"Thank you." Zhu Ciying thanked repeatedly.
"Thank you, brother. I like your gift very much."
Xie Rangchen smiled back.
It was the first time he gave a gift to a child, and he was afraid that it would not please her, so he prepared it carefully.
Fortunately, the little girl was not disappointed.
*
On the second day, the weather on Penglai Island changed.
The white dragon wreaked havoc on the world, and the surging sea water flooded back, submerging most of the island.
Houses collapsed and wailing was everywhere.
The master of Penglai Island led a group of monks to deploy a large formation to protect the island and resist the sea water, and was unable to spare time to deal with the white dragon.
Xie Rangchen put on the green lynx mask he bought yesterday and told everyone about his plan.
He will deal with the white dragon alone, Yu Feifei will be responsible for treating the injured, Yun Cangyu will use magic tools to tame the sea water, and Zhu Ciying just needs to protect herself.
The three of them left with their respective missions.
Yun Cangyu pulled out the jade gourd from his waist and activated the magic formula. The jade gourd continuously sucked up the sea water falling from the sky.
There is a lot of secrets in the jade gourd. He shook the gourd, tilted his head back and took a sip of wine.
In his blind spot, a sharp blade made of spiritual power came flying towards him from behind.
“Senior Brother!”
Zhu Ciying used her magic sword to block, but was thrown several meters away. Just as her body was about to crash into a mountain, someone grabbed her by the waist.
Her blood stained the man's palm.
The anger hidden in Yun Cangyu's heart suddenly rose up. He looked around and his eyes finally locked on a white nine-tailed fox.
"court death?"
Zhu Ciying was placed in a safe place by him to heal his wounds.
"Brother, be careful."
"Okay, I understand." Yun Cangyu responded calmly, with a green color in his eyes.
Probably because of a sleepless night.
"You've already mastered the White Tiger Seal quite well. Do you want to learn the Phoenix Seal?"
Eh? Zhu Ciying asked, "Senior Brother, are you willing to teach me?"
Yun Cangyu smiled and raised his hand to touch her brow: "When has my senior brother ever hidden anything from you?"
The magic formula of Phoenix Seal emerged in Zhu Ciying's sea of consciousness.
Yun Cangyu had already started to form seals with his hands: "Watch carefully."
Zhu Ciying stared at his every gesture without blinking. She only needed to look at one side to engrave it in her sea of consciousness.
So that day, a bright sun suddenly appeared in the sky covered with rolling dark clouds.
The future that Yun Cangyu brings to Penglai Island.
The fight between the man and the fox was dangerous and exciting, and Zhu Ciying was deeply moved.
But she didn't understand why her second brother's Phoenix Seal was so powerful but he couldn't gain the upper hand.
The phoenix's shadow dissipated.
There were beads of sweat on Yun Cangyu's forehead.
"Did you see clearly?"
Zhu Ciying nodded.
"I guess it will take you five days to learn it this time." His attitude was still as arrogant as before. He focused his attention on talking to his junior sister and did not take the nine-tailed white fox seriously at all.
The nine-tailed white fox was so angry that his teeth were itching.
But the next moment, Yun Cangyu met his drastically changed gaze and slowly drew out the dagger from his waist.
"Aying, Senior Brother wants you to watch Yaoyue's Sixteen Swords in action."
He swung his sword and swept it out. The blow, which contained the highest mystery of swordsmanship and the sword intent of a sword cultivator, went straight towards the nine-tailed white fox.
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Chapters 16 and 17 were revised.
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