Enter Chang Xiangsi and help Jingzhai fight

When Tu Shanjing arrived at a side hall on Chaoyun Peak, he saw Tingxuan lying on the stone platform from a distance. She seemed to be asleep, with flickering candles burning around her.

He ran towards the stone platform, and when he was about ten feet away from it, he smelled blood.

Startled, he ran to the edge of the stone platform.

There was a dagger stuck in her left chest, with only the short handle of the dagger sticking out. It was the same color as her black clothes, and it was difficult to see unless you looked closely.

Tu Shanjing hurriedly went to hold her hand, but felt blood from under her hand.

"Someone come!" He turned around and called out, only to see Master Huang walking in slowly and standing quietly at the door.

"What's going on?!" he cried anxiously.

Mr. Huang forced a gloomy smile and said, "My lord, this lover's poison is connected to the heart, so it naturally needs blood from the apex of the heart to cure it. The male and female insects have already entered the body, and time is running out. When you have time, ask me. Why not talk to her a few more words?"

Tu Shanjing turned around angrily, gathered his spiritual power, and held Lanxiang's hand.

A light blue aura was input into her hands, and she slowly opened her eyes.

She looked up and saw that it was Tu Shan Jing. She looked at him tenderly and said softly, "Jing, has the poison been cured?"

Tu Shanjing shed tears and held her hand and said, "It's solved... I'm sorry! I didn't know before, I didn't believe you at that time, I also..."

She smiled sadly and murmured, "It's okay, it's all over. You didn't know before because I kept it a secret and didn't want you to know..." After that, she coughed violently and a stream of blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.

Tu Shanjing hurriedly raised his hand to wipe it for her, but the blood on his hand rubbed onto her lips again. The contrast with her pale face made the blood look even more bright red.

She turned her head slightly and said, "Don't look at it. It doesn't look good now."

Tu Shanjing put his bloody hands into his sleeves, gently turned her head through his sleeves, and shook his head with tears streaming down his face.

She raised the corners of her mouth and said, "Don't cry. Too much grief is harmful to your health."

Tu Shanjing held her hand and felt that it was very cold, so he put it to his mouth and blew on it, saying, "Hold on a little longer and wait for the spiritual power to circulate in your body."

She nodded slightly and said, "Okay. I'm cold and I'm thirsty."

Seeing that she was pale and trembling, Tu Shanjing helped her up and held her gently in his arms, as if he was holding a fragile piece of porcelain, carefully keeping the dagger facing outwards to avoid touching it.

The light blue light still flickered between the palms of the two people.

Tu Shanjing's tears fell on her cheeks, merged with her tears, and flowed to her mouth.

She licked the corner of her mouth, frowned and said, "Salty."

Tu Shanjing's chin was pressed tightly against her hair, and his voice came to her from above her head: "Of course it's salty. After I transfer my spiritual power to you, I'll get you some water to drink."

At this time, Gui Fangduan also rushed in.

Master Huang saw another person coming and wanted to escape, but was caught by Gui Fangduan. Gui Fangduan held Master Huang down and sucked out his spiritual power without saying a word, and then transferred his spiritual power to Lanxiang. Master Huang shrank and turned from a human form into a weasel in a moment, and slipped out along the wall.

For a moment, the room was filled with spiritual energy, lights flickered and candles dimmed, and no one spoke.

She suddenly raised her hand to support Tu Shanjing. Seeing that she seemed to have regained strength, Tu Shanjing showed a hint of joy on his face.

Unexpectedly, she tilted her head and spat out a large mouthful of blood.

She quickly raised her hand to cover her mouth, but blood dripped from between her fingers.

Tu Shan Jing's eyes were bloodshot, and he took a stance, gathering a stronger blue light in his hands.

She gently held his hand, shook her head slowly, opened her mouth, and said weakly: "Jing, I'm leaving. You..."

Before she finished speaking, she looked at Tu Shanjing deeply, as if she had a thousand words to say, but all were left unsaid.

She let out a trembling sigh, a big tear flowed from the corner of her eye, the hand holding Tu Shanjing dropped weakly, and she fell limply into Tu Shanjing's arms.

Tu Shanjing put his ear close to her mouth and asked, "What did you say? I didn't hear you. Say it again."

There was no sound for a while.

Tu Shanjing held her shoulders again and stared at her face, as if he thought she had just fainted and would slowly wake up and finish the second half of his conversation with him, smiling as usual.

Her blood was still warm on the stone platform, but her body was beginning to cool down.

"Her heart meridians are damaged and there's no way to save her. She has already..." Gui Fangduan said with a sob.

Tu Shanjing stared at her blankly, without moving or answering.

"Sister——!" Xiaowei ran in from the door crying and threw herself at Lanxiang's legs. Guifangduan gently pulled her sleeve and shook his head at her.

Xiao Wei wiped her tears, took out a sparkling sun crystal from her arms, and placed it on the stone platform.

Tu Shanjing shuddered when he saw this, and gently put her back on the stone platform. He threw down a sentence, "You guys stay here, Mr. Lingshi asked me to send someone to take her to Xiyan City, I'll go find him!" and ran out.

Not long after, there was a cry of cranes outside, and then Mr. Lingshi followed Tu Shanjing in hurriedly. Looking at the situation on the stone platform from a distance, Mr. Lingshi hurriedly bowed to Tu Shanjing and said, "Sir, please move the girl to Qiongshan as soon as possible. I can use the precious land of Qiongshan to gather spirits and summon her soul. Maybe there is a glimmer of hope."

Upon hearing this, Tu Shan Jing made a gesture of invitation without saying a word, picked her up gently but quickly and walked out the door. Mr. Lingshi followed immediately, and Li Li flapped its wings and flew away.

It was already half a day later when Xiao Wei finally arrived at Qiongshan. She found an ice cave according to the information Gui Fang had given her, and asked him anxiously, "How is it?"

Gui Fangduan shook his head at her, then raised his head inside, motioning her to go in.

Xiao Wei walked into the cave and heard Mr. Lingshi talking: "Strange, we should have arrived in time, but why can't I see any trace of the girl's soul even after searching all over the world?"

Xiaowei was startled when she heard that, and she looked deep into the cave, only to see Tu Shanjing with disheveled hair, haggard face, red eyes, staring at her on the ice bed without blinking.

Xiao Wei walked into the cave, took out the crystal stone in her arms, handed it to Mr. Lingshi and said, "Sir, but I can see my sister's figure in this Sunshine Crystal Stone. Why don't you take another look?"

There was a glimmer of hope in Tu Shanjing's eyes again. He walked to Mr. Lingshi and stared at the Sunlight Crystal.

Mr. Lingshi took a look and sighed, "That's right, I'm looking for the girl in this crystal stone. How come there is only this remnant soul left, and the rest of the soul can't be found at all?" After that, he bowed deeply to Tu Shanjing and said, "I am incompetent and ashamed of you. You might as well place the girl's - ahem, body in this ice cave first, and make plans when someone capable shows up."

The light in Tu Shanjing's eyes dimmed, he nodded dejectedly and said, "Thank you."

Mr. Lingshi winked at Xiaowei and led her out of the ice cave.

Since then, Tu Shanjing has not come out of the ice cave. Xiaowei and the others did not dare to disturb him. They could only peek inside from the cave entrance to make sure that he did not hurt himself.

After a few days, Xiao Wei sent someone to find Li Rongchang and asked him to persuade Tu Shanjing.

Li Rongchang came very quickly, strode into the cave, and with both talking and beating, he actually pulled Tu Shanjing out.

Tu Shanjing hadn't seen the sun for a long time. He raised his hand in a trance to block the glaring sunlight that was shining into his red and swollen eyes.

Li Rongchang said with tears in his eyes: "She is in there, and she will not decay even if she is buried there for a hundred years. You send someone to guard her and come when you want to see her. I know you are sad, and so am I. But there are still so many things waiting for you to do, and there are so many people who need you. Do you think she did all this because she wants to see you so depressed? Didn't she write you a letter? Didn't she write that she wanted you to be so distracted?! Those things she asked you to do, not to mention the distant things, just take Xiaowei to find his father to worship, which is the near thing, did you do it? If you can't do this, how can you protect Xiaowei, Qiaobin, Jingye, Ruiyang and other people as she asked in the future?! His Highness Xuanxuan is about to take over, and there is also Haoling... Alas! I won't say anything. You are usually the smartest, and you know it without me saying it!"

Tu Shanjing tugged at his clothes, turned his head and looked deeply at the cave entrance. At a glance he could see thousands of mountains and rivers, autumn, winter, spring and summer.

After a moment, he said, "I understand. Let's go."

A breeze blew past him, passing through the green bamboo forest of Qiongshan Mountain, across the mountains and rivers of the Great Wilderness, and to Tushan Mansion in Qingqiu, turning the sweet-scented osmanthus in the courtyard yellow, the wintersweets in the corner red, the willow branches by the pool green, and the wisteria flowers in the courtyard purple. Hundreds of years had passed, but only these things had not changed.

In early summer, Tu Shanjing was writing at the table in the study with his back to the setting sun, taking advantage of the remaining light.

"Daddy!" A crisp voice called him from outside the open door, and he stood up with a smile.

Seeing the little boy walking in with a peony glass lamp in his hand, his expression changed drastically and he froze in place.

The child looked up timidly and asked, "Daddy, is this lamp very valuable? It wasn't broken by Chengxing, it was already broken. Chengxing took it to play with because he thought it looked nice. Don't blame me, Daddy."

He bent down and picked up Chengxing, and also took the glass lamp, saying, "Xing'er, don't be afraid. Daddy doesn't blame you. But this lamp is broken. Don't cut Xing'er's hand. Just leave it here with me. Go find Sister Xiaowei something else to play with."

Chengxing nodded obediently, was put on the ground by him, and bowed properly before turning around and running away.

Tu Shanjing studied the lamp, gently placed it on the table, and took out a crystal from the small grid. He took a look at it and sighed, "After so many years, you still just smiled and didn't even say a word."

He was absent-minded for a while, feeling tired, so he lay down on the desk and took a nap, and before he knew it, he began to dream.

In his dream, he was in the dark night. He was still wondering how it became dark in a blink of an eye, but his eyes were attracted by a light in front of him.

The man holding the lantern turned around and smiled, and he began to tremble all over.

"Lan Xiang!"

He chased her through pavilions and towers, through courtyards and corridors, just like one night many years ago when she led him with a peony glass lantern. But this time, no matter how fast he quickened his pace, he couldn't catch up with her.

"Tingxuan! Wait!" He was sweating with anxiety and didn't even bother to look at his feet. Suspecting that she was angry that he didn't call her by her real name, he changed his name.

She finally stopped at the corner of the corridor, turned around and looked at him, smiled on the spot, and said, "Sir."

Without waiting for Tu Shanjing to answer, she turned around and disappeared at the end of the corner of the corridor.

Tu Shanjing hurriedly chased after her, but when he turned the corner he saw only a wall in front of him, with no sign of her anywhere.

"Tingxuan?! Lanxiang!"

He woke up screaming, sweating all over.

"Chief?" Jing Ye walked into the room with a basin of water and asked in confusion, "Did Chief have a nightmare? Your face is full of sweat. It's hot, so I got a basin of water for you to wipe your face."

Tu Shanjing looked at her and said, "I dreamed that Lanxiang was missing. Go and call her over."

With a bang, the basin fell to the ground.

Jingye lay on the ground with her head lowered.

Tu Shanjing asked doubtfully: "Quiet Night?"

Jingye raised her head, her face full of tears: "Chief, Lanxiang she...she..."

The summer night breeze blew in with a familiar old scent, and Tu Shanjing woke up completely.

He sighed, lowered his eyes and said softly: "I know, you go down first."

Watching Jingye walk out the door, Tu Shanjing saw a full moon rising above the wisteria branches, with a few faint stars beside it.

The starlight and moonlight illuminated the flash of tears in his eyes.