Pawn Crossing the River

Qi Xuansu felt as if he had had a long, long dream.

His consciousness was awake, but there was a thick barrier between him and the real world, as if he was seeing flowers in a fog. In other words, it is like being separated by a layer of ice-frosted glass. It is blurry and can only be seen roughly, not clearly. The sound is also blocked by the glass. You can hear some, but it is not clear and intermittent.

The key is that Qi Xuansu lost control of his body and was like a bystander.

In fact, after the divine descent, Qi Xuansu's consciousness shrank into the "Heart of the Immortality Stone", so Qi Xuansu felt that there was a thick barrier around him. With the protection of the "Heart of the Immortal Stone", even pseudo-immortals would be hard-pressed to directly harm Qi Xuansu's soul, unless they are willing to use their souls to penetrate into the "Heart of the Immortal Stone" and search for Qi Xuansu's soul in it.

Back then, the Imperial Master of the Golden Horde refined the "Eternal Life Stone" and used it to survive the first catastrophe. After overcoming the tribulation, the Jinzhang Imperial Master was greatly weakened and was jointly killed by Xu Wugui and Tantaiyun. His soul was hidden in the "Eternal Life Stone" until many years later, he was completely killed by Xuansheng.

In this regard, Qi Xuansu's "Heart of Immortality Stone" is no different from Li Changge's "Heart of Immortality Stone", both have the function of protecting the soul.

This is also the reason why Qiniang and Master Donghua feel free to let Qi Xuansu be the vessel for the divine descending.

Just like many elders or parents in the world, they only need their children to follow their own arrangements step by step. They don't need to know too much, they know what's going on.

Of course, it can also be said another way, if the king does not keep secrets, his ministers will lose their secrets, and if their ministers do not keep secrets, they will lose their virginity. Donghua Zhenren and Qiniang have long expected that the "Focusing Ape" plan will be leaked, just like the imperial court's Five Elements Mountain plan will be leaked. Therefore, only the person who made the plan knows the core part of the plan, and everyone else is just a pawn.

All in all, Qi Xuansu completed a divine descent without any knowledge or preparation in advance.

Thanks to the human immortal inheritance's exploration of the human body, Taoist sects have completed the induction of the principles of various organs of the human body a long time ago, and various prosthetic bodies have been derived from this. Since the "Heart of Immortality Stone" has a "heart" in its name Words naturally also have some functions of the heart.

After Ziguang Zhenjun's consciousness left Qi Xuansu's body, the "Heart of Immortality Stone" began to beat like a real heart. The difference is that the ordinary heart circulates qi and blood, and the "Heart of Immortality Stone" circulates the soul. When foreign consciousness invades, it sucks the soul into it and protects it. When the foreign consciousness leaves, it squeezes the soul out. , to return it to its original position, thereby protecting the soul.

When Qi Xuansu's soul was squeezed out by the "Heart of Immortality Stone", he lost consciousness.

When he woke up, he had regained control of his body and re-established contact with various acupoints and body and mind. When he opened his eyes, he saw the sky filled with stars.

A starry night.

There was not a single dark cloud blocking the sky, and countless stars were arranged in the night sky, like rivers and oceans.

The snow and winter thunder stopped unknown when, and the surroundings were quiet.

Qi Xuansu hadn't been this relaxed for a long time, and he hadn't laid on the ground and looked at the stars for a long time. He could hardly remember the last time.

Was it ten years ago? Or fifteen years ago?

But speaking of lying on the ground, when did the ground become so soft?

Only then did Qi Xuansu realize that he was not lying on the ground, but in someone's arms.

Strictly speaking, it was in the arms of a woman. After all, there was some softness that men did not possess.

Who is this woman?

Based on a man's rough judgment on certain parts of a woman, Qi Xuansu could come to the conclusion that it was neither Qiniang nor Yao Pei. Although he did not cross any boundaries with these two women, nor did he have any evil thoughts, a startling glance was always inevitable during daily contact, and it was not difficult to judge who was older and who was younger. Generally speaking, Qiniang is older and Yao Pei is younger.

At this time, this one is between the two, which is more moderate.

It was undoubtedly Zhang Yuelu.

Qi Xuansu is not a casual person. If it were anyone else, he would probably get up quickly

. But since it's Zhang Yuelu, that's another story.

Qi Xuansu continued to enjoy the warm fragrant nephrite with peace of mind and closed his eyes again.

Not long after, the faint sound of firecrackers was heard in the distance.

Qi Xuansu opened his eyes again.

Zhang Yuelu's voice sounded: "You're awake."

Qi Xuansu couldn't pretend any longer, so he could only respond.

"How do you feel now?" Zhang Yuelu's tone was very soft, and it was not the kind of gentleness that would lead to accusations of guilt.

Qi Xuansu thought for a while and said deliberately: "My hands and feet are a bit unruly."

Although True Lord Ziguang had healed most of Qi Xuansu's injuries after his arrival, such as his broken calf, Zhang Yuelu didn't know the inside story and only thought that Qin Quanxiao's attack was too harsh and there were hidden dangers.

So Zhang Yuelu didn't urge Qi Xuansu to get up, but just slightly adjusted his posture.

She knelt on the ground and let Qi Xuansu rest on her knees.

Qi Xuansu's body was lying on the ground, his head resting on Zhang Yuelu's knees and thighs. In this position, when he raised his head, he could not only see the starry sky, but also Zhang Yuelu's face.

To put it bluntly, Zhang Yuelu has a well-proportioned figure, with moderate proportions, not to the point where he can't even see his toes when he lowers his head.

Zhang Yuelu leaned forward slightly, lowered his head, and stared at Qi Xuansu.

Even though it was late at night, her eyes were still shining.

Behind her is the vast starry sky, her eyes are like stars, and she seems to be integrated with the starry sky.

And these eyes are the brightest stars in the night sky.

What Qi Xuansu likes most is these eyes.

Intoxicating.

Looking into these eyes, he felt like a drowning man, sinking slowly into a bottomless, gentle water.

Zhang Yuelu stretched out his hands and held Qi Xuansu's face, his fingers slightly cold.

The cold feeling penetrated into Qi Xuansu's skin, and Qi Xuansu's temperature was transferred to Zhang Yuelu's fingertips.

I don't know if it was Qi Xuansu's illusion, but Zhang Yuelu's head seemed to be lowered a little.

The distance between the two then got a little closer.

At this moment, the cold night wind became gentle, as if walking on tiptoe, for fear of disturbing this rare silence.

Their faces were getting closer and closer, and their breathing could be heard.

Zhang Yuelu stared at Qi Xuansu, seeming to be reminiscing and feeling emotional.

A year ago, they parted ways. A year later, they are still together.

Not long ago, she almost thought she was going to lose him again and make the same mistakes again.

At that time, the huge regret almost swallowed her up, and she was left with only one thought: Why don't I hold on? Why let him hold the disc?

Maybe it was a bit cliché, but she did have a lot of thoughts running through her at that moment. She even thought that as long as he could survive, she would not care about all the things in the past, whether he hid it from her or lied to her.

Fortunately, the final result was good.

She didn't lose him after all.

"Tianyuan..." Zhang Yuelu whispered, "Don't risk your life anymore, we have to go to Zixiao Palace together."

Qi Xuansu whispered: "I will take you to Zixiao Palace."

In the direction of the Imperial Capital, a huge "Yinglong" battleship was slowly taking off.

Countless water vapor rises, turning into wind and snow, intertwined with fireworks.

"I don't want you to die."

Zhang Yuelu looked into Qi Xuansu's eyes.

"I won't die."

Qi Xuansu also looked into Zhang Yuelu's eyes.

Zhang Yuelu slowly closed his eyes, his eyelashes trembling slightly.

She leaned down.

Amidst the sound of firecrackers, witnessed by the stars in the sky, and set off by countless fireworks.

Their lips touched.

Mingyue seemed to be shy and disappeared.

The grand fireworks display in the Imperial Capital City reaches its peak

, the gorgeous fireworks almost covered the sky with stars.

Very soft.

This was Qi Xuansu's first feeling.

A little cold again.

This is Qi Xuansu's second feeling.

It's not just a quick glance, but it stayed for a short period of time, enough for Qi Xuansu to taste it slowly.

However, Qi Xuansu did not turn his back on the guest. He did not reach out to hook Zhang Yuelu's neck, nor did he pry open his teeth. He just held Zhang Yuelu's face as well.

This was Zhang Yuelu's turn, and he respected Zhang Yuelu's wishes.

Zhang Yuelu is a conservative woman, but not a coy woman. She knows what to do when.

Maybe it was a long time, maybe it was a short time, and their lips separated.

Zhang Yuelu's face had a slight blush and a slight smile.

She looked at Qi Xuansu boldly and did not dodge.

Qi Xuansu said softly: "I once read a sentence, and I have forgotten where it came from. I only remember that the general meaning is that when a young man and woman's unrequited love is exposed, they are one part shy, one part tough-tongued, two parts happy, and three parts Worry, but also a third part of longing for the future.”

Zhang Yuelu asked: "Are you and I young? Or do we have unrequited love?".

Qi Xuansu said: "Although I am not a boy and you are not a girl, we should be considered young people. We are not unrequited in love, but our mentality is the same. We just exchanged one part of harsh words and one part of shyness for two parts of joy."

Zhang Yuelu asked softly: "What are you worried about?"

Qi Xuansu said matter-of-factly: "Of course I'm worried about the discord between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and between husband-in-law and son-in-law."

Zhang Yuelu wanted to refute, but after thinking about it carefully, he was speechless.

Qi Xuansu turned to look at the countless fireworks in the direction of the Imperial Capital and asked, "Are we at the top of Wuxing Mountain?"

"Yes." Zhang Yuelu said.

Qi Xuansu asked again: "Where are the others?"

Zhang Yuelu said: "Of course we left separately. I saw Qiniang. She took Yao Suyi and left first. We didn't talk."

Qi Xuansu suddenly understood why Qiniang didn't like Zhang Yuelu. The difference in ideas was second to the fact that Qi Niang didn't like him putting himself in danger for Zhang Yuelu. Most mothers in the world have this mentality. They don't want the children they have worked so hard to raise to die for another woman, so they will inevitably get angry at that woman.

However, Qi Xuansu quickly shook off this idea, sat up, stepped back a few points, and then put his arms around Zhang Yuelu: "Ignore them, it's best just the two of us, so we can watch the fireworks together."

At the bottom of the mountain, Lin Yuanmiao was sniffing snuff expressionlessly.

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