Green snake

Chu Qingdeng's forbidden spell is very overbearing, it took me half an hour to release Xiaoqing.

Xiaoqing curled up into a ball, as if she didn't even have the strength to straighten her body.I held him in my hand, "Hey, are you okay?"

The only response to me was two weak "hiss".

Xiaoqing lay on the ground half dead for another two days and finally took human form again, but she still looked listless.I suggested that we go to Yuxiao Palace together, but Xiaoqing decided to give up.

"Forget it," he said, "I'm actually looking for him just to get an answer, and now I've got the answer. It's you—tell me, what do you want to do with that huge white snake demon?"

I thought about it and said, "Same as you, just to ask it for an answer."

Why did you take my master away?What exactly did it do to my master?

I described the appearance of the white snake in detail.Xiaoqing thought for a long time, resting her cheeks, and said, "It takes 1000 years if not 800 years for a snake to grow to that size. I have only heard of one white snake demon like this."

I stare.

"Her name is Bai Suzhen, and she lives in the lake on Fengling Mountain. If you are going, you'd better bring all the things your master left with you."

I was really taken aback.I've heard the name Bai Suzhen before, it's like thunder - I heard that she made a big fuss in Kunlun Mountain more than ten years ago, was surrounded and suppressed by several monastic sects, and finally escaped unscathed, and now I don't know where to hide where it goes.

I cast a spell to turn Xiaoqing back into a snake body, and swept it into the rattan box together with the magic weapon left by Master, and then sealed Master's courtyard again.

This place is too far away from the Central Plains.Unless I finally save enough money to buy a flying mount in the future, I probably won't come again.

I don't know if it's because I don't want to part with that small courtyard.When I dreamed of Master again, he was still standing in front of the flowering tree, leisurely cutting the dead branches on the tree.With the experience of dreaming about him the first two times, this time, I was finally able to talk to him calmly.

"Master..."

"What's wrong with you? You're listless, what's wrong?"

He smiled and sat down on the stone bench.I was in a trance for a while, almost thinking that he had never left.

"There is a man named Chu Qingdeng, he said..." I hesitated for a long time, before I said it with difficulty, "He said that Master is a traitor who was expelled from Yuxiao Palace. Is he a lie?"

"Tsk, it's because of this—" the master looked up at the snow-capped mountains outside the courtyard, his smile gradually faded, "what he said is true."

I:"……"

"16 years ago, in order to survive the catastrophe, a snake demon sneaked into Yuxiao Palace and stole a fierce sword 'Mingxu Sword' that could kill demons. At that time, I was in charge of the Jiange, and I found her, and immediately activated the magic circle to trap her Stay. After the headmaster heard about this, he ordered the snake demon to be executed. I pleaded for her, saying that she was just stealing the sword, and the crime was not worthy of death. So the headmaster locked her in a forbidden place to think about her mistakes. Unexpectedly, soon after, a Senior brother actually wanted to secretly kill the snake demon to obtain alchemy. I couldn't bear to see her killed, so I let her out."

"Master was expelled from the sect because of this...?"

The master smiled bitterly and shook his head: "If I just let go of a monster, it wouldn't be too much. At that time, I cast a hidden spell on her to let the snake monster leave safely, but I didn't expect her to break into the sword pavilion to steal it before she left. I took away the Mingxu sword and broke a pillar of the Jiange. The head was furious, and while notifying the Kunlun Mountain factions to encircle and suppress the snake demon, he abolished my spells and sword skills, and drove me out of Yuxiao Palace. "

I asked the last question with difficulty: "Master, is that snake demon named Bai Suzhen?"

He was a little surprised, but still nodded, "That's right, it's Bai Suzhen. However, I don't blame her. All creatures in the world have the instinct to survive, and she did it just to survive."

"But Master!" I finally couldn't help asking, "Chu Qingdeng said that Master was lured by that monster—"

"Is that what senior brother said? Heh, he was just trying to excuse me. Senior brother has his heart set on me, so of course he would think that no matter what mistakes I made, it was because I was bewitched by bad people... But this matter, it was indeed my fault. Your own decision has nothing to do with anyone else."

My eyes gradually became hot.

"Master... where are you now?"

He turned away without answering.

Later, until we reached the lake on Fengling Mountain, I never dreamed of him again.

This season is already the end of autumn.The vegetation on the mountain is withered, and occasionally a few dead leaves remain among the dry branches, and the color is as deep as coagulated blood.

The lake surrounded by mountains is even more pitch black, bottomless.

Xiaoqing and I stood side by side on the white stone beach by the lake.I looked at the lake water, and my heart was terrified.

I said, "It's enough to get here. You go first, go far away, and don't turn back no matter what you hear."

He turned around very simply and left, "Then, goodbye."

"Wait—" I hesitated for a moment, and said something that even I felt embarrassed about.

"If I can go back alive, maybe we can still be friends."

Xiaoqing was stunned, her eyes suddenly became a little unpredictable, and the carefree expression on her face just now disappeared.He stared at me for a while before saying, "Okay."

I always feel that when he leaves, his footsteps seem to become a little heavy.

When Xiaoqing's figure disappeared from the mountain pass not far away, I took out a demon exorcism talisman and threw it into the lake.This talisman has no other purpose, it just makes the monsters in a certain space feel that there is danger coming, so they will appear.

I stood by the lake and waited for a long time, but I didn't even see the slightest splash.Could it be that Bai Suzhen didn't take it seriously because the danger that a demon exorcising talisman could cause was really limited?I thought about it, and threw all the exorcism charms in the rattan box.

The lake is still calm, only the occasional flying birds will leave thin circles of ripples.

Impatiently, I drew my sword and plunged into the lake, shouting, "Bai Suzhen! Are you in? Come out!"

The sword was bounced back, and I was shocked by the rebound force and fell backwards.

Only then did I suddenly realize that there was a seal on the lake; and this seal was laid by Master.

Wasn't the master taken away by Bai Suzhen?How could Bai Suzhen be sealed in this lake by him?Is—is he still alive? !

I jumped up, "Master, are you there?! Master—"

"Huaizhen?"

The blood rushed to my forehead, and I almost fell over.

It became a blur in front of my eyes.All I saw was a man standing there, his robe billowed by the wind from the lake.

I ran towards him and nearly tripped over a rock several times.

"Huaizhen, be careful where you step." Master said as he walked over steadily and stretched out his hand towards me.I grabbed his hand and barely stood still, I could hardly believe my eyes.

"How did you get here?"

"I—I thought Master was eaten by Bai Suzhen."

I'm almost ashamed.How could Master be eaten by monsters?That's right, he must have defeated Bai Suzhen at the last moment and sealed it inside.

"How come, isn't she sealed in this lake? I came today to break the seal. Since you are here, you can cast spells on behalf of the master."

"Open?! Why—"

I'm a little confused.The master once said that the purpose of sealing monsters is to allow them to cultivate in peace, and when they have exhausted their anger and cultivated, those seals will be opened automatically.Why did he release Bai Suzhen early?

"Why, you don't listen to Master?"

"Master, I saw with my own eyes that this snake demon is trying to harm you..."

The master frowned, with a trace of impatience faintly showing between his brows and eyes, "That's all in the past. You open the seal first, and do it quickly."

I shook my head, "Master, you have never spoken to me like this before... Even if it is something I don't understand, you will explain it to me well. Or—"

I stepped back and picked up the sword, swung it and slashed.

"You are not my master!"

The world was spinning in front of my eyes, and the shadow of "Master" was also distorted in an instant.When the entire field of vision stabilized again, I finally saw clearly who the person standing in front of me was.

Xiaoqing.