Red Dust Daqian

The scorching sun and the rumbling empty stomach awakened the sleeping Vanilla. Zhou Sen looked at Vanilla and smiled, and Vanilla looked at Zhou Sen and smiled. Then the two of them held each other's arms and laughed. Vanilla had never laughed so hard before. The heavy pressure she had accumulated for many years was completely released, and she laughed with relief and innocence.

"Mumu, I will continue to call you Mumu in the future, okay?" Vanilla asked Zhou Sen solemnly. Zhou Sen smiled and hugged Vanilla and replied: "Vanilla, I will always be your Mumu, the silly Mumu and stupid Mumu of senior sister, no matter when and what the situation is in the future." Vanilla pretended to be angry and said: "Call me senior sister, take your hands away, I am your senior sister, can you hug your senior sister like this? Get up quickly, senior sister, I'm hungry, let's see how to get up." "You are my senior sister, and also my child bride, and you will be my first wife in the future. What can't I hug you." Who can be more rogue than Zhou Sen in the 21st century? Vanilla retorted: "You are only fifteen years old, you don't learn well, I told you not to learn well, and you are a child bride, call me senior sister, and I will be your senior sister in the future." The two people who had just been relieved actually started to fight unscrupulously on the edge of the cliff. Zhou Sen's recovery diluted all the dangers.

Zhou Sen grabbed Xiangcao's arm and said, "Okay, senior sister, stop making trouble. I went over there before you woke up. There seems to be a cave over there, and there is a jujube tree at the entrance of the cave. Let's go over there and see if we can get out." Looking in a direction along the cliff. Looking in the direction of Zhou Sen's sight, not far away you can see a cave entrance more than two meters wide. In front of the cave entrance there is a not very tall crooked jujube tree. The two walked to the entrance of the cave and took a look. The green jujubes on the tree were not ripe yet, but Zhou Sen could only pick some green jujubes and Xiangcao to fill his stomach. Then he walked into the cave.

The cave is long and narrow, with the widest part of about five or six square meters, like a small bedroom, with simple living utensils stored there. It is covered with dust, and it seems that someone has lived here before. "Mumu, look at the wall, it seems to be a lot of words carved, it seems to be a martial arts secret book." After discovering the words on the wall, Xiangcao said to Zhou Sen in surprise. Zhou Sen used the jujube branch that he had just broken off at the entrance of the cave to simply clean the dust covering the words on the stone wall. As the dust fell, the "Piaomiao Divine Sword" showed its true appearance as a whole.

Master has been teaching his disciples to practice swordsmanship for many years. Zhou Sen could only watch from the side due to physical reasons and had not practiced in depth, so he only had a superficial understanding of swordsmanship. So he asked, "Senior sister, this should be the swordsmanship left by a senior who lived in seclusion here before. What do you think of this swordsmanship? Is it worth practicing?" Xiangcao picked up the jujube branch and pondered it carefully. She made a few simple gestures, and then excitedly said to Zhou Sen, "Mumu, this swordsmanship is smooth and ethereal. It is a top-notch martial arts secret book. It is very suitable for me to practice." Zhou Sen held Xiangcao's hand lovingly and said, "It seems that we have gained a lot from this blessing in disguise. Let's find a way to get out first. Since someone has lived here, we can definitely get out. Come back and copy this swordsmanship." Xiangcao nodded.

The two continued to walk deeper into the cave, which became narrower and narrower. Finally, they walked through a narrow passage of about ten meters, which was only wide enough for one person to pass through. Fortunately, it was noon and the sun was still sufficient outside. Through the weak light scattered from the back, they could see that at the end of the narrow passage was a mountain wall with uneven stones. Zhou Sen pushed the mountain wall hard, but found that it did not move at all. He hurriedly knocked around, but did not find any flaws. He immediately felt bad and thought, will I be trapped here to death? Fearing that it would cause anxiety to Vanilla, he did not dare to say it. Vanilla, who was considerate, saw Zhou Sen's anxiety, pulled Zhou Sen's sleeve, and said, "Mumu, don't worry. If it doesn't work, let's go back to the cave entrance to see if we can climb up. If we really can't get out, it's actually a very happy thing to be trapped in this cave with you." Zhou Sen turned around and hugged Vanilla happily. "Go away, you are touching me again, I am your sister." Vanilla scolded coquettishly.

Just as the two turned around and prepared to go back, Zhou Sen suddenly felt a slight breeze blowing from the direction of the mountain wall. It might be that the dark clouds blocked the sunlight, and the cave became darker. Zhou Sen saw the faint light coming through the mountain wall, and he was overjoyed. He said to Xiangcao excitedly, "It seems there is light. Don't go yet, let's take a look." He turned around again and began to touch around the light spot carefully. It seemed that he touched a thin and long stone bar. Zhou Sen pulled the stone bar down with great effort, and then found that the big stone on the mountain wall was slightly loose. The two pushed the stone out together, revealing a hole that could be climbed out by one person.

The two climbed out of the cave and stood at the entrance of the cave happily, enjoying the free wind blowing slowly. Zhou Sen was happy and secretly shouted that freedom was great. Zhou Sen wanted to hug Xiangcao again to express his joy, but Xiangcao pulled him back and grabbed Zhou Sen's hands behind his back like a grappling hand, and shouted: "You little bastard, you want to take advantage of me again, but I am your senior sister. Be honest and come back to the mountain gate with me. We have been out for so long, I guess the senior brothers should be worried about us." Zhou Sen thought for a while and said solemnly: "Senior sister, we can't go back for the time being. Think about it, Song Wuchi fell off the cliff like that, he must be in great danger, and the two of us disappeared with him, so they will definitely suspect us." Xiangcao replied angrily: "It was Song Wuchi who bullied us first, we were just protecting ourselves. I believe the mountain gate will give us justice." Zhou Sen looked in the direction of the mountain gate, and said with a pretentious sigh: "Alas, senior sister, don't be silly, justice must be fought for by strength. Without strength, you can't enjoy fair treatment in this world. Song Wuchi is the former headmaster's beloved disciple, and the current headmaster's confidant. Even if they know that the situation you said is true, they will not admit it. They will definitely use us as a scapegoat to cover up their evil faces." Zhou Sen also told the kind-hearted Xiangcao in detail about the doubts about the master's death, Wang Tianshi, the current headmaster and some key personnel of the mountain gate, and the unknown evil side. Xiangcao cursed while listening, shameless, scum, scum. After hearing the doubts about the master's death, she was even more indignant. She said angrily: "Can the mountain gate be controlled by these villains? Can't we investigate the death of Master and clear Master's name? Can't we just let these evil people harm the mountain gate?" Zhou Sen turned to face Xiangcao and said solemnly: "Senior sister, don't worry, we will definitely clear Master's name; we will definitely bring these villains to justice; we will definitely restore order to the mountain gate. Not only that, I will also reverse the verdict for my parents and make my father upright. I will also protect you well in the future." Zhou Sen gave Xiangcao an affirmative look, paused and said: "But not now, we are still too small to do these. What we need to do is to strengthen ourselves and expand our power first. When we are strong enough, we can slowly seek justice for ourselves. When we are strong enough, we can set the world right."

"Sister, we need to plan carefully. We can't go back blindly and pursue justice without knowing our own limits. That's like a moth flying into a flame. I think this cave is quite secretive. There is also the Misty Sword Manual here. Why don't we stay here first, learn sword skills, and plan carefully what we should do next." Zhou Sen cast a questioning look at Xiangcao. "Okay, Mumu, we'll listen to you and stay here first to plan for the future." Xiangcao gave Zhou Sen an affirmative look.

After dark, Zhou Sen and Xiangcao quietly sneaked back to the mountain gate, took away some clothes, their own swords, identity jade cards, and some daily necessities. "Mumu, have you taken the things? Let's go back to the cave." Xiangcao said to Zhou Sen softly. "Senior sister, you take care of these things. Wait for me here. I know where the money that Zhou Tianshi withheld is hidden. I will go and get it." Zhou Sen said to Xiangcao. Xiangcao replied worriedly: "It's too dangerous. What if we are discovered? Let's go back." Zhou Sen replied confidently: "It's okay. I'll be back soon. You don't have to worry."

Zhou Sen quietly sneaked back to the mountain gate and went around to the inner affairs gate. He found a shrine on a platform, which was filled with a box of gold, silver and jewelry. Damn, it was really rich. It seemed that Master Zhou had embezzled a lot over the years. Zhou Sen packed up all the money without hesitation, and also put the bellyband and underwear he had taken from the female disciple of Master Wang Tianshi of the outer affairs gate on the way here.

After returning to the cave, the two counted and sorted out their belongings. "Mumu, it seems that Song Wuchi's disappearance has not yet aroused vigilance?" Vanilla asked Zhou Sen in confusion. "It may be this guy, who often goes down the mountain to stay in brothels and taverns. It hasn't been long since he came down, so he hasn't attracted attention. In two days, the mountain gate may realize that Song Wuchi is missing. While they haven't noticed, I will go down along the cliff where he fell tomorrow, look for Song Wuchi's body, and deal with it." Vanilla said: "Okay, I'll go with you." Zhou Sen replied: "Senior sister, no need, your current task is mainly to practice swordsmanship, practice the Piaomiao Divine Sword, and then we will go to the rivers and lakes together." Vanilla sighed: "Mumu, I feel that the road ahead will be very difficult, can we do it?" Zhou Sen gave Vanilla an affirmative look and said: "Don't worry, senior sister, I'm here, don't think too much, go to sleep first." Vanilla: "Yeah, okay" Vanilla fell asleep sweetly.

On the second day, Zhou Sen took a shovel and walked down the cliff early in the morning. After searching for about two hours, he found Song Wuchi's body in a crack in the rocks under the cliff. It was half dead, and it seemed that it was dragged by a wild beast. Zhou Sen dug a pit and buried Song Wuchi's body in no time. It would take a long time to deal with the body. Zhou Sen went to the street at the foot of the mountain and bought some clothes and daily necessities. When he saw beautiful jewelry, he also bought some for Xiangcao, who was dressed so simply. He also bought a simple map of Daqian. In order to plan the future itinerary carefully, after all, he has been living in the mountains for so many years, and he is not very familiar with the world structure and folk life.

Inside the mountain gate, Zhou Tianshi yelled madly to the sky, who the hell is so mean to put the bellyband and underwear in the shrine, isn't this blasphemy? Zhou Tianshi had a hard time speaking out, the money he had embezzled was stolen, and he dared not say anything, the thief also put the underwear in to insult him. Wang Tianshi's female disciple found that her bellyband and underwear were stolen, and Zhou Tianshi put them in the hall for public display, she was so ashamed that she secretly told Wang Tianshi that it was her bellyband and underwear. Wang Tianshi angrily accused Zhou Tianshi of stealing the bellyband and underwear of the female disciple. The two Tianshis had a real fight in the mountain gate. After the noise, he gradually realized that Song Wuchi had not returned to the mountain gate for three days. Zhou Tianshi suspected that Song Wuchi had stolen his money. Wang Tianshi also wondered if the notorious Song Wuchi had an affair with her female disciple. The mountain gate was in chaos again. Of course, apart from senior brothers Zhang Qingda, Zhang Qingguang and Zhang Qingming, no one else paid much attention to the disappearance of Xiangcao and Zhang Mumu. Now, in the eyes of other fellow Taoists in the mountain, the two of them are as dispensable as fallen leaves.

In the cave, Xiangcao was practicing the Misty Sword in a carefree and elegant manner. Zhou Sen had originally planned to practice this sword technique, but he found that he had no foundation and knew nothing about swordsmanship. He couldn't even master the basic sword techniques, let alone the Misty Sword. At first, Xiangcao wanted to teach Zhou Sen some sword techniques, but later she found that Zhou Sen didn't make any progress in sword techniques except taking advantage of her during sword practice. She really had no talent in this area, so she gave up. Xiangcao practiced sword techniques, while Zhou Sen was responsible for daily life, and calmed down to organize his thoughts and plan the future direction and itinerary. Xiangcao is good at martial arts, while Zhou Sen is good at literature.

The days and months are short in the mountains. In the blink of an eye, more than half a year has passed, and Xiangcao's swordsmanship has begun to mature. The two of them have lived in the mountains for half a year and are comfortable and peaceful. Although Xiangcao treats Zhou Sen like a child, does not give her anything, and often teaches Zhou Sen a lesson. But Zhou Sen still feels that this life is very happy. Xiangcao also feels happy. Neither of them can bear to break this tranquility.