Mirror toss

The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, weeds are overgrown along the cobbled path, and insects are constantly singing in the black shadows.The earth shrouded in black lost the scorching sun of the day, and even the wind was a little bit cooler.The orange candlelight illuminated the whole room, and the few people who had been on the road all day were scattered and seated.

When Zhu Ting sat down, he consciously took out a small box made of ebony and put it on the table. The box was only about the size of a palm and one finger high, and it was square. There was a gap in the middle, like the place where the lid closed.Pushing the box in front of Lu Xiaofeng, Zhu Ting yawned and opened his mouth lazily.

"It's up to you to try and do what you want besides losing it."

Lu Xiaofeng raised his eyebrows, when did Zhu Ting be so generous to these weird things? "What if I split it with a sword?"

Yawned again, Zhu Ting's voice was full of sleepiness, as if he would fall asleep in the next second, "As long as you can move."

Lu Xiaofeng looked at Zhu Ting, raised his eyebrows, "Can't you chop?"

Zhu Ting narrowed his small eyes without blinking, "I can't chop."

"What about the fire?"

"I can't burn it."

"Stress?"

"It can't be crushed." Seeing that Lu Xiaofeng was about to open his mouth, Zhu Ting told him his conclusion first, "Knives cut fire, burned water, flooded and crushed... I tried everything I could, but I couldn't open it."

It had been several months since he had got the box, and he had worn off the skin on all six sides of the box, but he couldn't figure out how to open it in the slightest.And when he gave up normal channels and resorted to violence, he found that although the box was made of sandalwood, it was invulnerable to fire and water, and its strength was beyond imagination. In short, want to open it?Dreaming is still possible!

Knowing Zhu Ting's proficiency in this area, Lu Xiaofeng didn't ask any more questions, just picked up the box and observed carefully without giving up, and fumbled several times, but unfortunately there was nothing, except for the gap that could be seen but could not be opened. , the surface of the box is smooth and flat, the color is balanced, there are no chain holes on the four sides, and there is no way to open it.

"They said it was a holy object, but did they mean the box itself or the contents of the box?"

"Is there anything in the box?" Qiao Chennan expressed doubts about this. He didn't hear a sound when Lu Xiaofeng was shaking just now. Of course, it can't be ruled out that the inside is covered with anti-vibration things so that it won't shake even if it shakes.

"I don't know, I can't detect the difference in weight." Throwing the box in his hand to Qiao Chennan to tell him in detail what it means that there is no difference, Lu Xiaofeng turned his attention to Ximen Chuuxue, hoping to get some useful information from him.

Qiao Chennan weighed the small box in his hand, and indeed he couldn't feel much difference. Even if there was something inside, he could be sure that it wouldn't be too heavy.But this box is pretty nice. I thought the black one would feel dirty, but when I looked closer, I found that not only is it not dirty, but it is more solemn. The black one is very pure and deep, without any lines. If I didn’t know it in advance If there was a gap, he really thought it was a whole piece of wood.

[Open it. ]

[what? ]

[Open it and get what's inside, you need it. ]

[But doesn't it mean it can't be opened? ]

[That's someone else, you have me. ]

Well, although the reason of Tianji is quite unreliable, there is no loss in trying.Find out the surface where the gap is, divide it into upper and lower sides with the gap as the boundary, and pull both sides apart at the same time——

With a "snap", a gray irregular object the size of a thumbnail fell out of the box and hit the table. The table made a small click sound, and the object was embedded into the solid tabletop. .

……

"Impossible!" Zhu Ting was the first to react, and with a speed that was contrary to his usual lazy temper, he rushed over and snatched the wooden box from Qiao Chennan's hand. So open it? So simple? Nothing?! Obviously I tried all the methods before and couldn’t open it..."

"Maybe it was just stuck at that time." Lu Xiaofeng took the wooden box from Zhu Ting's hand, put the two parts together again, and then opened it without any effort, "Look, there is no mechanism at all. What are you doing?" Cleverness is mistaken by cleverness, isn't thinking too complicated?"

"Impossible. I tried many times at the beginning, and I'm sure it's impossible to open it so easily." Zhu Ting snatched the box away again, and repeated the movements of closing and opening, but found that no matter how many times he did it, the box would not open. It can be easily opened, as if the wooden box that cannot be opened is really just a mistake in his memory.

"How could it be? I've tried it, it's impossible, it's unreasonable, what's going on? How can it be opened? Is there any mechanism I don't know? Or..." Zhu Ting muttered After a long time, I turned over the wooden box and groped for a long time. Suddenly, my eyes fixed on the table, and the light in my eyes became brighter and brighter. "It must be related to the things it contains. I have to put the things in again try..."

As he said that, Zhu Ting took out the dagger from his pocket and began to pry the thing embedded in the table, but he couldn't pry it out from the table due to sweating profusely.In desperation, Zhu Ting directly surrounded the thing and dug a big hole on the table, and when the hole was big enough, he stretched out his hand.

"...Lu Xiaofeng, help me." The whole face was flushed, the sweat was pouring down like rain, and the hairline was drenched.Zhu Ting swore that he had really exhausted all his strength, but the object seemed to be rooted and he couldn't move it no matter what.

At first Lu Xiaofeng laughed at Zhu Ting for being too lazy to gain muscle and lack of strength, but after he started to do it, he realized that the thing stuck into the table was definitely not because of its sharp corners, but because of its weight.Even though it's only the size of a thumbnail, it needs internal strength to hold it so that it doesn't feel heavy, but it doesn't weigh at all when it's placed in the box. What's the mystery?

[...Tianji, are you sure I need it? ] Even Lu Xiaofeng could tell that it was a bit difficult to hold it. Will his hands fall to the ground due to gravity?

[I'm sure you need it, and I'm sure you can easily pick it up. ]

[real? ] Qiao Chennan expressed his doubts, [Tianji, you have to know that even though I am much better than before, I am definitely not as good as Lu Xiaofeng. ] It was only today that he found out how amazing Ximen Chuuxue's [-]% force value is, which is completely different from before.

[It has nothing to do with these, you remember: get it, must! ] Since he wants it, he does his best to get it.

[knew. ] Although he is still dubious, Tianji seldom emphasizes one thing so much. If so, then he will do it.

At this time, Lu Xiaofeng also put the stone-like thing into the box, and immediately, the weight in his hand disappeared, and at the same time, the lid of the wooden box closed automatically under the eyes of everyone, returning to the previous state.

"..." Silently looking at the wooden box in his hand, Lu Xiaofeng suddenly felt a chill behind his back, paused his hands for a moment, tried to open it, but found that the box seemed to be glued together and couldn't be opened no matter what.

"How?" Zhu Ting asked a little hastily, after seeing Lu Xiaofeng shaking his head, he took the box from his hand and did it himself, and found that the wooden box was the same as the one he had encountered before, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't open it.After sweating profusely, Zhu Ting shoved the box into Qiao Chennan's hands, his tiny eyes flashed an astonishing light, like a hungry wolf looking eager and eager for fresh meat, "Open it again and try. "

Looking down at the black wooden box, Qiao Chennan silently stretched out his hand to pull up the lid, and the wooden box was opened again with ease, and it didn't happen that the lid closed automatically like when it was in Lu Xiaofeng's hands just now, which made Lu Xiaofeng amazed.

"No agency?"

Qiao Chennan shook his head, "Which mechanism did you see me make?"

"That's strange, how come this box doesn't cooperate in our hands, but when it's in your hands, it's obedient and you just let it open?" Lu Xiaofeng walked around Qiao Chennan in amazement, and looked Qiao Chennan up and down. , as if seeing something rare, "It's like this box recognizes you as the master and only listens to you."

"Really?" Qiao Chennan smiled, knowing in her heart that it must have something to do with the secret, "Maybe it really recognizes me as the master."

As he said that, Qiao Chennan reached into the box with a mentality of trying to take out the contents. Seeing this, Lu Xiaofeng immediately reminded, "Wait, that thing is very heavy!" Yi Xiaonan couldn't bear it with his hand strength With that weight, when he picked up the object with one hand, the sudden huge force would strain Xiao Nan's hand bones, and if it was heavy, it might be dislocated or fractured.

Obviously, Ximen Chuuxue had already thought about what Lu Xiaofeng was worried about, and when Lu Xiaofeng opened his mouth, he had already come to Qiao Chennan's side, stretched out his hand to cover Qiao Chennan's hand, and wrapped his palm slightly larger than Qiao Chennan's, including Qiao Chennan's The unknown object that the finger just touched.

"Huh?" The hand was held, and the sudden temperature made Qiao Chennan stunned for a while, and when he came back to his senses, he saw his hand and Ximen Chuuxue's hand overlapping, and the two people's body temperature entangled with an inexplicable intimacy.With some haste, he pulled out his hand and exerted force, but it was still tightly wrapped. The hot skin that fit him seemed to be burning, which made Qiao Chennan feel an inexplicable urge to escape.

"do not move."

The clear voice rang in his ears, and Qiao Chennan's subtle struggling movements were easily stopped, but for some reason, the breath that he used to feel cold made him feel a little hot now.Pursing his lips, his eyes unconsciously dodged to the other side, and the explanations he spoke were even more low and hasty, as if he was covering up something messy.

"It's okay, I don't feel heavy at all. Maybe this thing really has something to do with me. Those people wanted to kill me because of this, but I don't know what it is, and I haven't seen it before. I..." The drooping His gaze inadvertently slid over the hand he was holding, and then he was caught by the sudden bright red and couldn't move away. He stretched out his other hand and grabbed the hand holding him for a closer look, his tone Concern began to creep in, "Are you hurt?"

"It's nothing." Letting Qiao Chennan check his hands, Ximen Chuixue lightly comforted Qiao Chennan's worries, but sometimes, words were not enough to comfort Qiao Chennan, what Qiao Chennan needed was seeing is believing.

After Qiao Chennan checked it three times and found that Ximen Chuuxue was scratched lightly by one of the fingers on his left hand, he was really relieved. He let out a breath and was thinking about where Ximen Chuuxue was scratched. At that time, he saw the dark stains on the edges and corners of the gray object in his hand, the glimmer of light in his eyes, doubts, confusion, hesitation, struggle... In the end, all emotions settled into calmness, with an indescribable heaviness and silence.

But, looking up again, Qiao Chennan is still the same Qiao Chennan, with slanted eyebrows who like to smile, kindly like a kid next door, happy and carefree, a little heartless, and even more dull.He thought, he really didn't want to get out of that youthful ignorance, and would rather naively stick to his stubbornness and keep moving forward.

51. Lu Xiaofeng Roll

In the dead of night, no candles were lit in the room. Under the darkness, everything was less alive than in the daytime. Under the hazy moonlight, shadows swayed occasionally, dragging a bit scary.Qiao Chennan was leaning against the window and playing with the things in her hand, her eyes were dull, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

This was the Qiao Chennan that Lu Xiaofeng saw when he entered. The light of the silver cold moon shone on Qiao Chennan's expressionless face. The reflection of the moonlight is like fine stars, the silver light is rippling and undulating, beautiful, but too empty.

Smiling and sitting on the chair opposite Qiao Chennan, Lu Xiaofeng interrupted Qiao Chennan's distraction, "Xiao Nan, do you mind if I come in without knocking?"

Forced to withdraw from his own thoughts, Qiao Chennan put the things in his hand into the wooden box, rolled his eyes contemptuously at Lu Xiaofeng's question, and said in a nonchalant manner, "I care more about your coming in than not knocking on the door. He didn't say hello to the owner of this room." If he hadn't become more and more accustomed to the way people come and go without a trace after coming here, his heart would have been racing because of the sudden appearance of someone in the room.

Habitually chuckled twice, his eyes fell on the only thing on the table, Lu Xiaofeng decided not to dwell on this question that made him feel wrong, "You like this thing very much?"

"I like it very much." I know from Tianji that this thing's origin is not small, at least it's not a mortal thing, but it can't be used directly, it can only be used as a material for casting swords.

"Like it so much that you can't sleep holding it and meditating on the moon?" He couldn't find what he called "like it" from Qiao Chennan's face.

"Everyone expresses liking in a different way."

"But I can't find the slightest joy in you."

"Oh? Then what did you find in me?"

"Anxiety, doubt, confusion, struggle, hesitation..." Staring closely at Qiao Chennan's eyes, Lu Xiaofeng bit each word heavily, "Xiao Nan, what are you confused about?"

The smile disappeared slowly with Lu Xiaofeng's words, Qiao Chennan looked at Lu Xiaofeng with a blank expression.What is he confused about?In fact, he doesn't know what to be confused about, let alone whether the confused person should be confused.It’s just that some things he discovered in his heart became a bit chaotic and complicated, disturbing him so much that he couldn’t sleep, and he wanted to think further but couldn’t think of anything. I also found that my mind was empty about what to do or not.

With a soft sigh, Qiao Chennan frowned, the corners of his eyes and brows were stained with deep confusion, "Lu Xiaofeng, he shouldn't be hurt."

Lu Xiaofeng's comprehension was not hindered by such nonsense words that even had a vague subject, but he couldn't explain it to Qiao Chennan after he understood it, because there were some things and answers that shouldn't be obtained from other people's mouths, so all he could do was casually He sighed together with Qiao Chennan, "It's just a small injury." The wound was not even considered an injury to a martial arts practitioner, but both he and Qiao Chennan knew that the key to the problem was not the size or depth of the wound.

"No matter how small, he shouldn't be injured, because he is Ximen Chuuxue." It is impossible for Ximen Chuuxue to be injured because of such a trivial matter, unless he lost his mind.If it is true, then it is obvious that Ximen Chuuxue is the reason why he is confused.Heart heavy and bored, Qiao Chennan really wanted to find someone to confide in, but Lu Xiaofeng had to be said to be the best person to confide in automatically.

"Lu Xiaofeng, do you know? I once said to Ximen Chuuxue that having someone who wants to protect does not dull the sword, but now I am not sure if what I said is right. If it is wrong, then I will Won't it destroy him?"

He can forget any plot, but he can't forget the battle in the Forbidden City. If Ximen Chuuxue's sword is really blunt, if Ximen Chuuxue loses, then he will die, and Ximen Chuuxue will die.Just thinking about it made him feel like he was in an ice cave, Tianji was right, he shouldn't have said those words to Ximen Chuuxue, he was still too stupid and superficial after all.

"Whether the sword will be blunt or not depends entirely on the person holding the sword. I'm not good at swordsmanship, so I can't say for sure. But Xiao Nan, I can confirm one thing. Since you appeared beside Ximen Chuuxue, his sword has become sharper." To be honest, he likes the current one better than the previous Ximen Chuuxue. He will be angry and happy, and he keeps the softest place in his heart. He protects Qiao Chennan and pampers him in his own way, and he will have the exclusive desire for Qiao Chennan. He was frozen more times because of this, but this kind of humanization made him feel that Ximen Fuxue was also a person, not just moving ice with a sword.

"Really?" Sharper?Does that mean that it will become more and more beneficial in the future instead of dull?Does it mean that Ximen Chuuxue will not die.

"Yes." Lu Xiaofeng said with certainty, this was not said to comfort Qiao Chennan, but the fact.If the meaning of Ximen Chuuxue's swordsmanship in the past was "either you die or I die." These eight characters, then there are only four characters left - only you die!

In the past, Ximen Chuuxue felt that there was no regret in dying for the sword. He took his own life too lightly, and often made his friend worry that someday he would hear that Ximen Chuuxue died in a certain decisive battle. After all, he It is clear that although Ximen Chuuxue is powerful, he is not the strongest, and he may lose or die.

But now, because of Qiao Chennan's existence, Ximen Chuuxue finally took his own life seriously, and would not confess it casually.Everyone said that Ximen Chuuxue could only kill people with swordsmanship, but in fact he believed that Ximen Chuuxue's sword with the determination to win was the real swordsmanship to kill people until he was influenced by Qiao Chennan.This is also one of the reasons why he was relieved quickly after knowing Ximen Chuuxue's mind. Qiao Chennan will not become an obstacle in Ximen Chuuxue's swordsmanship but a motivation.

Maybe it was because Lu Xiaofeng's expression was so sure that even Qiao Chennan was infected with this determination; or maybe it was because of Qiao Chennan's trust in Lu Xiaofeng and his trust in Lu Xiaofeng's vision, so he believed Lu Xiaofeng's words.In short, Qiao Chennan's high-hanging heart gradually fell back to its original place following Lu Xiaofeng's affirmative answer, the most worrying problem was solved, and the only thing left was simple doubts.

"Lu Xiaofeng, tell me, don't I look very childish, innocent, and innocent, just like a child?"

"Why do you say that?" Although sometimes the way of doing things is really naive and naive, but they all know that this is because Qiao Chennan first entered the world to see the world, and this can be honed with the experience of the world. For a rookie, Qiao Chennan is already pretty good.

"Because the owner seems to be..." Qiao Chennan seemed a little hard to say what he said later, and Qiao Chennan frowned with a small word "Chuan", and his eyes were extremely tangled.

Seeing this situation, Lu Xiaofeng was a little relieved, watching Ximen Chuixue pampering and intimacy but Qiao Chennan didn't notice it made him a little anxious, now that Qiao Chennan finally showed signs of enlightenment, how could he not be relieved.

Qiao Chennan didn't know what was going on in Lu Xiaofeng's mind, he was just entangled in the cognition in his head in distress, gestured his hands in the air a few times before speaking quietly, "The owner seems to regard me as a...brother."

Looking at Qiao Chennan in a daze, it took a long while for Lu Xiaofeng to force out a questioning syllable from his throat, "...huh?"

Mistaking Lu Xiaofeng's expression for doubt, Qiao Chennan had no choice but to explain further, "Look, I, you, and Huamanlou are all friends of the owner, but the owner is very worried about me, so I put it by my side to protect me." If I act recklessly, he will show obvious dissatisfaction with me, just like the elders dote on the doting juniors, and guide me in the direction of my actions. Of course, the reason for this situation is that I I understand, but is the owner worrying me too much? In fact, he doesn’t need to protect me as his responsibility. It’s me who needs to be responsible for me. No matter what I do or do wrong, I must Take it on yourself, if you taste the bitter fruit, you can’t blame others, he really doesn’t have the obligation to take care of me. Although I actually like to have someone as strong as the owner as the backing.”

Looking at Qiao Chennan faintly, sighing faintly, Lu Xiaofeng realized that he thought things too well, would Qiao Chennan realize Ximen Chuuxue's special feelings for him?He reckoned that Qiao Chennan would not be able to find out by himself unless Ximen Chuuxue expressed it directly with actions.

"Xiao Nan, I can swear that Ximen Chuuxue never regarded you as a younger brother."

"Not brother?" Really?But he felt that Ximen Chuuxue treated him like an elder brother protecting and pampering his younger brother.

Lu Xiaofeng shook his head, "No." If it was his younger brother, would Ximen Chuuxue have sex with him?

"It's not my brother, so could it be... my son?!" The rising wavy line trembled several scales, and Qiao Chennan said that being regarded as a son by someone who is a few years older than himself is definitely not better than being regarded as a younger brother.

"..." The tears in Lu Xiaofeng's heart flowed like the water of the Yellow River, what kind of weird mind would it take to guess such a result?Either a younger brother or a son, Ximen Chuuxue, if you don't spread out directly, you will become an elder brother or a father, will you? !

Slowly standing up from the chair, Lu Xiaofeng felt that he had lost even the strength to stand, and shook his head feebly, sighing more heavily than ever before, "It's late at night, Xiao Nan, take a good rest, this way you can Clear your mind."

After all, Lu Xiaofeng walked out of the room in a steady step, leaving only the bewildered Qiao Chennan staring at the direction of his departure for a long time. ——What happened to Lu Xiaofeng?It seems to be devastated by the blow.

Forget it, I still don't want to, since Lu Xiaofeng has guaranteed that Ximen Chuuxue's sword has not blunted, so why is he worried?The wooden box and the object had already been given to him by Zhu Ting, who had lost interest in it, so let’s go to bed now, and have to go on the road tomorrow, hoping that the road ahead will be calm.

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