Master, lie to me again

Yuyuan, where the sun enters.You don't have to know how to get there, you can always go in the direction of the sunset.

Just like when going east to Tanggu, Jiang Baigu hurried on his way.He will go back to Xiaoci Mountain when the next number of seven comes, and offer a bowl of blood to the Spirit Weaving Formation.

Time, always refused to show him more pity.

The four drivers were replaced by eight horses, pulling a larger carriage.Last time I was too hasty and didn't have time to prepare anything, but this time I did everything right, and the journey to the west was comfortable.

Sometimes he played Liubo, sometimes he played lottery, sometimes Jiang Baigu taught Ning Yiqing to meditate, and he was not depressed.

As the sunset seen from the carriage grew larger and larger, Ning Yiqing began to feel a little excited.

"What is Yu Gu's magical medicine?" The two stayed together day and night, waking up in the carriage, and tired in the carriage.Ning Yiqing saw that Jiang Baigu was really afraid of the cold, even when he was sleeping, he refused to take off his clothes under the quilt, wrapping himself tightly layer by layer.

"It's called..." Jiang Baigu secretly competed with Yao Lao, he wanted to choose a better name, "It's called 'Endless Place'."

When the end of the world is endless, there is only Acacia endlessly.

Where heaven and earth intersect, there is a trace of soul that makes him sleepless day and night.

Ning Yiqing nodded, the names of the magic medicines are very special, worthy of the preciousness of the magic medicines.

"It can cure chills?"

"It will be cured, and it will be cured soon." Ning Yiqing saw the starlight in Jiang Baigu's eyes, full of hope for the future.

The soul lamp has been rekindled, and his chills will soon be healed.

The heart of heaven and earth is the heart, and the heart is a great fire. Hiding in it is called the fire of the heart.Turn your heart into redness, nourish your whole body.

Every night, he forced a ball of Liben's fire out of his body, warming the soul lamp that had been extinguished, as if it would light up again one day if it didn't cool down completely.

Useless for things, useful for love.Only by torturing himself like this can he feel better, he can soothe his broken heart, and he can resist the pain of lovesickness sweeping his body every night.

Coupled with the 18 years of taking blood from his heart, he was afraid of the cold, which became more and more serious.

However, it will be fine soon.Although the light was still very weak, it was enough to warm his heart.

Xiaoci Mountain is on the west side of the northern border, and the carefully selected carriage was very fast. It took only three days to arrive at the westernmost point of the western border—the foot of Buzhou Mountain.

After crossing the Buzhou Mountain across the western border, they will be greeted by the Northern Wilderness, which has never been visited by people.That's where the sun sets, the end of the trip.

In the corner of the wilderness, there are mountains that do not fit together, so it is called Buzhou.

Legend has it that Buzhou Mountain is the support of the heaven and earth, and the path for mortals to reach the heaven.It is snowy all the year round and cannot be climbed.

Jiang Baigu wrapped Ning Yiqing in a thick ferret cloak, and he also put on black fox fur.Horses are not available, only on foot.

Through the howling wind and snow, no one could see someone's face clearly, and no one could hear someone's words clearly.Jiang Baigu untied the red silk from his hair and tied one end on his wrist and the other on Ning Yiqing's wrist, in case the two were separated in the wind and snow.

There is only a vast expanse of land between heaven and earth, with no sun, no moon, no day and no night.In the realm of heaven and man, all Taoism and ingenuity are unusable, as if returning to the starting point of life, living only by instinct.

No wonder no one has ever succeeded in such a forbidden technique as the spirit weaving array.It wasn't until Jiang Baigu came here that he realized that taking blood was the easiest way.I don't know how hard it is for the remaining seven souls.

If Yao Lao hadn't said this himself, he really suspected that someone was plotting a rebellion again, tricked him into coming here, and killed him.

Jiang Baigu looked back at Ning Yiqing who was walking more and more slowly.His reborn body at this moment has no cultivation base, is thin and weak, and if he continues like this, he is afraid that he will die here before he reaches Yugu.

Ning Yiqing could no longer feel the cold and exhaustion at this moment, his eyes were fixed on the red spot in front of him and he covered his head and walked forward until he crashed into Jiang Baigu's arms, still holding his breath and struggling to move forward.

They broke up in one breath, and Ning Yiqing couldn't move anymore.He saw Jiang Baigu talking to him with his mouth open, but the words were blown away by the wind and snow when they came out of his mouth, and he couldn't hear anything except the whistling sound.

Jiang Baigu bent down and carried him on his back.His rejecting hand was firmly held by Jiang Baigu, and he didn't have the strength to refuse anymore.

Turning around a rock, suddenly enlightened.The protruding rock wall blocked the wind and snow, and a roaring river flowed out from nowhere, and it didn't know where it went.

One side of the river is frozen for thousands of miles, but the other side is lush and green. Several fruit trees dotted with pink peaches grow along the river.

Jiang Baigu stood by the river, took off his leather boots, and rolled up his trousers in a neat manner.

In the Buzhou Mountains, apart from the gods, there are only mortals.Outside the mountains, he is the master of Wusheng sect who can cause turbulence in the whole world, but here, he is no different from Ning Yiqing who is born in a mortal body. Since he is not a god, he is naturally a mortal.

He didn't know how many hardships were waiting on the road ahead, and he didn't dare to take it too seriously, and he didn't dare to underestimate it.

In the past, he could spoil his body at will, anyway, no one would care, no one would feel sorry for him.

Now, no one cares about it, no one cares about it, but he can no longer belittle himself at will, he has things to accomplish, he has someone to protect, and his life that no one cherishes suddenly becomes precious.

Still carrying Ning Yiqing on his back, Jiang Baigu waded through the water, and only put him down when he reached the other side.

Surrounded by the fire, holding freshly picked fresh peaches, Ning Yiqing finally let out the cold air that was pent up in his chest, "Tang Gu, is it the same?"

When he entered Tanggu, he had fallen into a coma. He vaguely remembered that Jiang Baigu was behind his back, but he didn't know anything else. Was the trip to Tanggu as difficult as the trip to Yugu?

Jiang Baigu poked the fire to make the flames burn more vigorously, his tone was relaxed and deliberately complaining, "Tanggu is warm, it's not as cold as it is here, if I knew it, I wouldn't have come here." He sighed heavily in a long tone, "I have already come here, but I feel disadvantaged when I go back, so I can only bear with you to accompany me."

Ning Yiqing didn't know what kind of hardships he had gone through in Tanggu, but he knew that Jiang Baigu had gone to search for medicine for him, and he was useless at the moment, and could do nothing but stick with him.

"I want to come!" Gentle and firm.

How can there be such a gentle person in the world?Jiang Baigu tilted his head to look at Ning Yiqing, he was gentle with the sword, the sword kills people.

Jiang Baigu sighed, knowing that he was lying, knowing that he had broken his promise, knowing that he didn't take himself seriously.But people, they are so useless, as long as there is a chance, they will fall again.All my life, I have been plunged into this gentle village, and I can never jump out again.

He gathered around the fire, and spread his black fox fur aside, "Let's rest for a while."

Ning Yiqing laughed, with a hint of coquettishness in his gentleness, "A Gu, you are so pretty."

Jiang Baigu blushed from the sudden praise, pointed at the laid fox fur and lowered his head embarrassingly, "Go to sleep for a while."

He felt Ning Yiqing coming over, standing between him and the firelight, his figure enveloped him, and he held his bowed head up with both hands, and he saw a magnified picture of Ning Yiqing's tender and rosy face Face.

"I'm not tired at all." Ning Yiqing said, rubbing his face against Jiang Baigu's flushed face, very satisfied, "A Gu, you are so kind."

This kind of intimacy, he did not know how many times he had looked forward to when he dreamed back in the middle of the night in the past 18 years, but now the reality is right in front of him, but he frowned.

He supported Ning Yiqing's shoulders with both hands, and examined carefully. Ning Yiqing's face was flushed and he smiled innocently. The bright moon lures those who look up at it dimly and clearly.

"what happened to you?"

"A Gu, I feel so light, am I floating?" Ning Yiqing fell into his arms and answered him blankly and happily.

Jiang Baigu couldn't help but be infected by his happiness and laughed.Ning Yiqing has always been reserved and polite, gentle and persistent.At this moment, she seems to be completely drunk, releasing her true heart, with a clear and romantic softness.

Are you drunk?Jiang Baigu squinted his eyes on the peach pits after eating.

There is no wine here, and it is impossible for him to let Ning Yiqing drink at this moment.He only ate a peach.

The peach tree grew in Buzhou Mountain, although it was a bit strange, but it was not a poisonous fruit, so he assured Ning Yiqing to eat it.

He was busy making a fire and picked a few, but he hadn't eaten yet.

peach?In fact, it is like a peach, and its leaves are like jujubes.Jiang Baigu slapped his forehead. Although jujube leaves and peach leaves are similar in shape, the former is thick and shiny, while the latter is thin and burly.I obviously found it, but I thought it was caused by the steam from the spring water. It turned out that it was a jujube leaf.

Eat without labor.What can make people forget their sorrow and fatigue is not only the wine in the cup in the world, but also the worry-free fruit of Buzhou Mountain.

Jiang Baigu smiled wryly, he did not drink alcohol in this life and in the last life, but now he is drunk.

It turned out that he was drunk like this.It turned out that he was drunk and thought he was good and good-looking.

In fact, no one has ever praised yourself for being good-looking, is she good-looking?

Jiang Baigu felt a little secretly happy, but also a little disappointed.Can I get this moment of intimacy only when I am drunk?

He looked at Ning Yiqing who was drunk in his arms, his eyes were narrowed into two crescent moons, his mouth was smiling into a crescent moon, and he sighed in a relaxed and satisfied way, the sigh was sticky on his lips, as if inviting him Come taste the sweetness of the moment.

Jiang Baigu felt as if he was on fire, and after a moment of emptiness, he found that he had already bent down, and he couldn't feel anything except the softness under his lips.

Jiang Baigu was frightened and pushed Ning Yiqing away, looked at the sleeping man, and slapped himself hard.

He doesn't have the slightest memory yet, he, not him yet.

Jiang Baigu knew in his heart that when he came back completely, he would never give him a moment of tenderness. He was just a pastime for him to have nothing to do. He might have loved him, but he was far from the one he cherished.

But thinking about taking advantage of others at this moment will only make Ning Yiqing hate himself even more when he thinks about it in the future.He didn't dare to do anything, and was drenched in a basin of cold water.

When Ning Yi woke up, the fire had already been extinguished, and the soft black fox fur under his body isolated the air from the ground, so he didn't feel cold.Taoguo dispelled the fatigue from yesterday's journey, and he felt extremely relaxed.

He saw Jiang Baigu crouching under a tree far away from him, trembling imperceptibly.

"A Gu." He called out twice, but without answering, he picked up the fox fur and walked to Jiang Baigu's side.

When he put the fox fur on Jiang Baigu's trembling body, he realized that Jiang Baigu, who had always been pale, looked like a steamed crab, and his face was terribly red.

Ning Yiqing touched his forehead and became worried - he had a fever.

"A Gu." Ning Yiqing shouted again.

Jiang Baigu woke up slowly, his long and narrow eyes only opened a gap, and he had no strength left, "Cold." He muttered instinctively.

Ning Yiqing hurriedly imitated Jiang Baigu's appearance yesterday to rekindle the fire, and wrapped the two people's cloaks on Jiang Baigu's trembling body layer by layer.

Jiang Baigu was still crying coldly, but his face was getting redder and redder.Ning Yiqing could feel the heat emanating from that face without touching it.

Now it is necessary to keep him warm and cool him down.

Looking at the white snow on the other side of the river, Ning Yiqing took off his shoes and socks.The water is not deep, very clear, you can see the bottom at a glance, and there are no aquatic plants and fish.But as soon as his feet touched the water, Ning Yiqing immediately took them back.

The water turned out to be hot!

No, the water turned out to be hot!

No wonder you only feel warm here, even the coldest wind and snow will be melted by hot water.

Ning Yiqing turned his head to look at Jiang Baigu who was unconscious. The water was so hot that when he carried himself across the river yesterday, he didn't say a word, and there was nothing strange about it.

Ning Yiqing remembered again that he washed the peaches for himself yesterday, he didn't put the peaches in the water to wash, but scooped up a handful of water to wash them.When he was going to wash his hands in the river, he also held water and let the water flow down from his fingers to wash his hands.

The water flowing down from between the fingers was warm, Ning Yiqing only thought it was a hot spring in a valley.

What he was holding was water that was so hot that it was about to roll over.

Ning Yiqing didn't hesitate anymore, gritted his teeth and waded through the water, but halfway through, he stopped again.

From the bank, one can only see the rolling water of the river, but people in the water know that half of the water vapor floating on this narrow river is the transpiration of hot water, and half is the cold mist of cold water.

Ning Yiqing stood in the cold water, unable to move even a step.The cold stimulated his feet that had just stepped out of the hot water, and he could no longer feel whether his feet were lifted or stepped out.

It is not surprising that there is anything on Buzhou Mountain, and it is not surprising that there is a river with half cold water and half hot water.

No need to go any further.

Ning Yiqing originally wanted to go to the opposite bank to fetch some snow and ice to cool Jiang Baigu down.Now walking to the middle of the river is enough.

He bent down and soaked his hands in the cold water. He didn't straighten his waist until the cold invaded his shoulders from his palms along his arms. He walked back step by step with hot water dripping, and walked to Jiang Baigu's side.

He wiped his hands, which were as cold as ice, and gently covered Jiang Baigu's forehead that was about to boil.

again and again.Jiang Baigu's hot forehead covered his cold hands with warmth, and he went to the river to soak his hands in the cold until the abnormal flushing on Jiang Baigu's face faded away, and he no longer cried out for being cold.

He tightened Jiang Baigu's collar, and heard the unconscious man muttering "Master", sobbing softly. The tall man was like a child on a sickbed complaining about his illness to his parents. Show your vulnerability unreservedly.

"Okay, okay." He gently stroked the person in his arms, comforting gently.

"Ah Qing." The person in his arms still closed his eyes tightly, frowned, and shouted in fear.

"I'm here."

"You're back." Jiang Baigu seemed to hear the response, showing a satisfied smile, "It's good to be back."

☆, snake encounter

There was no day and night in Buzhou Mountain, and Jiang Baigu finally woke up after sleeping for an unknown period of time.

He turned his head in confusion, Ning Yiqing immediately woke up from his sleep, before opening his eyes, he shouted "I'm here".

Seeing Jiang Baigu's eyes recover, Ning Yiqing rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand and yawned, "How do you feel?"

"What's wrong with me?"

Jiang Baigu was a little terrified. He got up from Ning Yiqing's arms and watched those bright red lips open and close a foot in front of him. Temptation, avoid Ning Yiqing who is drunk, and then what?What's up with him?Could it be that he did something else... Isn't it Ning Yiqing who was drunk?

"You have a fever." Ning Yiqing put the back of his hand on Jiang Baigu's forehead, but frowned. At this moment, his hand was swollen and numb, and he couldn't detect Jiang Baigu's temperature, so he retracted his hand and asked, "What are you doing now?" How is it?"

Jiang Baigu heaved a sigh of relief, he didn't do anything, he casually raised his hand and put it on his forehead, "It's not hot."

fever?It happened when he was still a mortal and had no cultivation level. Since he released the beast 18 years ago, he finally broke through the heavy restrictions imposed by the master in his body, opened up the energy channels and cultivated the inner alchemy. Since then, there has never been such a thing. sick.

"Is there any discomfort on your body?" Ning Yiqing nodded, shrinking her swollen hands into her wide sleeves.

Jiang Baigu raised his arms and turned his shoulders. He felt that his limbs were a little swollen. It wasn't just waking up from drunkenness, but a reaction after a high fever, and it didn't matter.

Entering Buzhou Mountain, his spiritual power was limited, and when he went to Tanggu, he was desperately trying to control his energy, hurt his internal energy and suffered external injuries, and he has not fully recovered until now. He has been on the road these days and has no time to take medicine. Those who are still alive should also fall.

He sighed, when the book is used up, he will hate less, and when the strength is used up, he will know his weakness.In the past, I was not strong enough to keep him, and now I am still not strong enough.

Jiang Baigu closed his eyes and felt the Spirit Weaving Formation in Xiaoci Mountain quietly—he actually fell into a coma for two days.

The Spirit Weaving Array in Xiaoci Mountain has been supported by him for 18 years, and it is now connected with his blood. No matter where he is, he can feel the power of the Spirit Weaving Array. There is no day and night in Buzhou Mountain.

"It's all right. Let's go on."

Time will not stand still because of his illness, he can only desperately catch up.If you slack off a little, you will be thrown away.

Standing by the river, Jiang Baigu handed his leather boots to Ning Yiqing, bowed his waist, "Help me with the shoes and clothes, and I will carry you across the river, no one will suffer. Be careful, don't Drop my clothes in the water."

Ning Yiqing thought for a while, but without saying anything, he raised his hand in his sleeve to take the shoes obediently, and gently lay on Jiang Baigu's back.

Buzhou Mountain is not the highest mountain in the world. After walking for another day in the wind and snow, I walked out of Buzhou Mountain.

Jiang Baigu heaved a sigh of relief.It is said that Buzhou Mountain is protected by divine beasts, but luckily nothing happened.

I just don't know what is waiting for me in Yuguli.

Jiang Baigu stood in front of a canyon and hesitated, should he go in and explore alone, or should he bring Ning Yiqing with him?

"A Gu." Ning Yiqing, who was two steps ahead, turned his head, his bright smiling face suddenly changed color and hung stiffly on his face, staring at Jiang Baigu's side in horror.

A small reddish-black snake hanging on the stone wall raised its head with blue and purple light, and made an attacking posture towards Jiang Baigu.It was a very small snake, if it weren't for the dim light above its head, it would have been almost overlooked.

Ning Yiqing didn't know what kind of snake it was, but with such a weird color, being bitten must not be a good thing.

"Don't move." Ning Yiqing's voice rose instantly, but it was too late to stop it. The moment Jiang Baigu subconsciously turned his head, the little snake jumped up and shot at Jiang Baigu's neck.

Immediately, a puff of black air sprang from Jiang Baigu's hand, splitting the snake in half, but the snake's head was unstoppable, and it still came straight, biting Jiang Baigu's right shoulder.

The snake's head hung on Jiang Baigu's shoulder with bubbling black blood and a stench of blood, and the blood was soaked in the black clothes, barely there.

Jiang Baigu shrugged slightly, shook off the snake's head, and held down Ning Yiqing who was stretching out his hand to pick off his clothes.

"A Gu, this snake is poisonous!"

"I know." Jiang Baigu said lightly, as if saying that there is sunshine today.

"Let me see."

Jiang Baigu tapped his shoulders a few times like lightning, and said, "It's okay."

"Let me take a look." Ning Yiqing still said gently, but his hands were still on Jiang Baigu's clothes, showing his determination at the moment.

Looking at Ning Yiqing's gentle but firm eyes, Jiang Baigu knew that he could no longer refuse, so he stretched out his left hand and followed the bite of the poisonous snake to tear off the clothes on his shoulder. The gap broke unexpectedly along the latitude and longitude, revealing a bloodstain Messy shoulders.

The poisonous blood has been forced out, the black blood has flowed out, but the bright red blood still does not stop.

Jiang Baigu took out a small medicine bottle, handed it to Ning Yiqing, and said indifferently, "I have to trouble Ah Qing to give me the medicine."

Ning Yiqing took the medicine bottle, opened his sleeves, poured some water from the water bag to soak the lining, and gently wiped it for Jiang Baigu.

After wiping off the blood on his shoulder, four tiny holes were printed on a thick and hideous scar.The color of the scar is no different from the color of flesh, it can be seen for a long time, but it is still a thick layer.There is a piece on the shoulder, and there is also a piece on the corresponding back, as if it was pierced by something. I don't know how big the wound was to leave such a hideous scar.

Ning Yiqing carefully sprinkled the powder on the wound, and tore off a piece of the skirt.

"A Gu, take off your clothes, I'll bandage your wound." Ning Yiqing looked at Jiang Baigu who was tightly covered, hesitant.

"Just wrap it like this, just wrap it around your clothes." Jiang Baigu refused, clutching his chest tightly, inviolable like a saint, "I'm afraid of the cold."

Ning Yiqing had no choice but to wrap Jiang Baigu's shoulders as carefully as possible.

"A Gu, your shoulder..." Ning Yiqing felt that he shouldn't pry into other people's privacy, but when he thought of that scar, his heart was filled with pain. He must have been in pain when he was injured, "That scar?"

When mentioning the scar, Jiang Baigu pursed his lips, with sadness and grievance on his face.

"I won't ask any more." Ning Yiqing blamed himself extremely.

"It's nothing, it's the scar left when the lute bone was pierced." Jiang Baigu wanted to speak lightly, but the grievance in his tone revealed himself.

"Who?" Ning Yiqing blurted out in astonishment.Isn't he the master of one sect now? Even if he was holding a city before, wouldn't he be protected by that master, who would treat him like this?so cruel?

Ning Yiqing regretted it as soon as he said it, the scar has been so long, so don't think about it again.

"Is it alright now?" Ning Yiqing gently hung his hand on Jiang Baigu's shoulder, careful not to drop it.

"He's not used to this kind of bloody thing, and he's not very dexterous with the knife. The wound just looks scary. And he has taken medicine, and he has already recovered."

Jiang Baigu comforted Ning Yiqing casually.

The wound on the shoulder has already healed, but what about the wound in the heart.

When he cut the knife, did his hands tremble because he felt sorry for himself?

Having been a demon king for 18 years, Jiang Baigu also pierced through the pipa bone of the prisoner. Before the victim had time to react, the lute bone was pierced and broken, and the pain was only felt when the two arms could no longer be lifted.

But that person used more than a dozen knives, carefully, and peeled his own flesh one after another.Until now, the scratching sound of the knife grinding against one's own bones still echoes in my ears, one cut after another.

Even the executioner knows how to sharpen his knife before execution, so that the beheaded person will suffer less pain.

Do you really feel sorry for yourself?

His heart is so soft, but to do such a cruel thing with his own hands is really embarrassing for him.

"Ah Qing, why do you think it is?" Jiang Baigu stared at Ning Yiqing with his eyes unfocused and muttered, as if he was asking Ning Yiqing, but it seemed he was not asking him.

Ning Yiqing remained silent. The Jiang Baigu he knew was considerate, kind, tolerant, and he didn't know why someone would be so cruel to such a person, so he couldn't answer.

But Jiang Baigu didn't want to ask this. He said sadly, "If he wants my life, I will give it willingly. Why do you still lie to me?"

The wounds on his shoulders, hands and feet had already healed. He had resented, but what he resented was never the sharp knife directed at him by the man, but the man who broke his promise to let him be tortured willingly and easily abandoned him.

"Ah Qing, you can do whatever you want, don't lie, just tell me, I can give you my life."

You can do whatever you want, just don't give him hope and cruelly make him despair.If there are no excessive joy and delusions, there will be no extreme sorrow and pain.

"I... don't want anything, I won't lie to you!" No wonder Ah Gu was always worried that he would lie to him, and Ning Yiqing's inexplicable pain became more and more obvious.

It must be a person who is very important to him, a person who can rely on his life, but he lied to him and hurt him like this.

Ning Yiqing didn't know the pain of broken bones, but he thought of the scar on his heart, the scar where the blood was taken, which has healed now, and compared to the scar on Jiang Baigu's shoulder, it was insignificant, and he was in so much pain.How much pain did he have?

Even if it is that painful, it is not as painful as the betrayal of a cherished person.After such a betrayal, how can you trust another person again?

Ning Yiqing gently held Jiang Baigu's drooping hand, hoping to dispel the sadness he was immersed in, "There is still medicine that can break bones and rebuild them? Is Yao Lao making it?"

Jiang Baigu's shoulders are powerful, if it weren't for the scar that hasn't healed over the years, who would have thought that the lute bone had been pierced.

"Yao Lao doesn't know how to cure diseases." Jiang Baigu sighed imperceptibly in his laughter, "It's that person who broke my lute bone and gave me bone-renewing medicine."

Ning Yiqing didn't understand how there could be such repeated people in this world.

"I don't understand either." Jiang Baigu also wanted to know, "Maybe it's pity. He is the most merciful person in the world. He never looks weak and wants to protect everything. Maybe seeing me in such a miserable state makes him feel distressed again. .”

After the heartache is over, and his hands and feet recover and he doesn't need to protect him, he regrets it and doesn't want to keep his promise.

Soft-hearted?Will a soft-hearted person penetrate other people's lute bones, or is he a person who cherishes him more than his own life?

Ning Yiqing was worthless for Jiang Baigu, up to this moment, he didn't say a single word of ill, such a tolerant person, who can be cruel to treat him like this.

"Ah Qing, can you tell me what he thinks? Did he treat me sincerely for a moment?" Jiang Baigu looked down at Ning Yiqing holding his hand, feeling both real and distant.

"I...I don't know." Ning Yiqing didn't know who that person was, the twists and turns, and the answer Jiang Baigu wanted.

"Then... tell me when you think about it, okay?"

"it is good!"

☆, punished

One day when he was 20 years old, Jiang Baigu sat at a square table under the ginkgo tree as usual, waiting for his master to come back.

In the silent Tianshui Peak, only the sound of the wind blowing through the leaves and his breathing alone.

Master went down the mountain again, this time without himself.Since eight years ago, the master has never allowed himself to stay alone in Baoyi City. Even if Ke Huan complained about injustice, even if the four elders complained, he still took himself with him all the time.

But ever since Youdu Mountain came back from exorcising demons, the master didn't want to see him very much, and he was obviously indifferent. He hinted several times that he didn't want to keep the only person in the city who treated him well, and he didn't want to keep him anymore.

He is a waste who can't gather energy to practice Taoism. When he goes down the mountain to eliminate demons, he will only hurt his master. When he was in Youdu Mountain... he was punctured again.If it wasn't for the master's soft heart, he has nowhere to go, and if he hadn't had the cheek to continue to stay at Tianshui Peak, he would have been directly expelled from the city at this moment.

Suddenly, there was a harsh cracking sound from the back mountain, breaking Jiang Baigu's loneliness.

This voice was the second time he heard it in this life.

He stood up suddenly, and instinctively ran two steps towards the source of the sound.Then he stopped again.

There is the back mountain, his forbidden place!

However, that voice—he heard it eight years ago when he was in a coma, and he only heard it once in his life, and he never dared to forget it—the sound of the broken barrier in the back mountain.

He will never dare to forget the destruction of Kejiazhuang eight years ago, and he will never forget the 110 eight whip marks on Master's back.

He paced back and forth hesitantly, thinking of the 110 eight whips, and finally ran towards the back mountain.Without the master, there must be no more problems with the enchantment.

Jiang Baigu ran to the boundary marker on the back mountain in one breath, which was carved and carried by the city lord himself eight years ago.

No disciple would casually go up to Tianshui Peak, that boundary marker was specially used to remind him.

After hesitating for a moment, he heard rapid sounds of piercing through the air from behind him—a lot of people came with swords.

Jiang Baigu hurriedly hid behind the boundary marker. He looked up to see the city lord, and saw the four elders speeding past his head one by one.

He breathed a sigh of relief, the four elders have all rushed over, and they will definitely be able to control the situation.It wasn't until the top of his head became quiet again that he turned out from behind the boundary marker and walked back to his small courtyard.

The master has been away for more than ten days, he has never been away for so long, even if he doesn't want to see himself, he should come back to see Ke Duan and see the barrier behind the mountain.

Eight years ago, Tianshui Peak built a small kitchen, Jiang Baigu was unable to practice Taoism, so he studied cooking seriously in his spare time, which can be regarded as some achievements.

Master has always loved to eat the dishes he cooked, if he comes back and sees a table of favorite dishes, I wonder if he can make him forget about Youdu Mountain, forgive himself, and treat himself like before.

Jiang Baigu drew up the menu in his mind while walking, but he never went back to Tianshuifeng's small kitchen. , A table of dishes to apologize to the master, there is no chance to serve it again.

Elder Ju came with a group of disciples Yujian, and soon caught up with Jiang Baigu who was walking on foot.

"You went to the back mountain." Without waiting for Jiang Baigu to salute, Elder Ju struck his leg with a sword, forcing him to kneel down.

An extremely positive tone, not asking.

"You hide behind the boundary marker, do you think no one will see it?" As usual, Elder Ju didn't give Jiang Baigu a chance to defend himself, and slammed his palm on the top of his skull, knocking Jiang Baigu unconscious.

When he woke up again, he was not in the familiar Qiandeng Cave, but in a secret room with no windows on all sides.Except for the cold stone wall, there is no light at all.In the darkness, he was motionless with heavy chains around his neck and his limbs.

He didn't understand what happened, and he didn't know how many days had passed.

Master will come to save him.After returning from Youdu Mountain, he was not sure whether Master would still protect him as usual.

He comforted himself that Master had pointed out Qiandeng Cave for the injustice he had suffered.Even if he despises himself now, he will definitely uphold justice for himself.

He stared at the darkness in front of him every day. It was an enchantment, covering a secret room with three stone walls. Whether he went out or someone came in, he had to pass through this enchantment.

He didn't know if someone was looking at him through the barrier, he could only plead to the darkness over and over - he had never been to the back mountain, he just wanted to protect the barrier.

There was no sound, no light, and the silence made him unsure whether he had fallen into hell forever.

Until he finally heard a sound from the darkness in front of him.

"Master, Master." He walked forward with his knees, but his neck was pulled by the iron chain, "Is that you? Did you come to save me?"

He shouted towards the darkness, but there was no response until the darkness returned to silence, as if the sound just now was just his hallucination.

After an unknown amount of time, the barrier was finally opened.The long-lost bright light made him unable to open his eyes, but the person who came was not Shizun.

No one paid any attention to him, the two senior brothers with expressionless faces dragged his two arms out of the dark room without saying a word, only then did he realize that he was still in Qiandeng Cave, not the main hall, but a recessed stone wall, an embrace The black prison that has existed since the beginning of the Yicheng Founding School but is not often used. The door of the black prison was set up by the ancestors. Except for the city lord who has been blessed in the Qiandeng Cave, no matter how advanced the cultivation is, it cannot be opened.

Disciples who made mistakes were all punished and reflected in the main hall of Qiandeng Cave. The black prison was too strict and had always been in vain. As time passed, it was forgotten.

Jiang Baigu was dragged on the ground with his backhand and brought out of the black prison, watching the barrier slowly close and melt into the mountain wall as if there had never been a black prison there.It's just that on the stone wall, there are seven or eight deep sword marks crookedly, with dark brown spots all over the wall, which are extremely eye-catching.

He was mercilessly thrown on the stone bricks of the main hall of Qiandeng Cave, and the heavy iron chains made him unable to get up.

A gentle and cold hand gently removed the iron chains on his body one by one. Jiang Baigu finally turned over and saw the haggard and pale face of the master.

"Master..." He finally waited for Master.

"Don't call me Shizun again!" Shizun looked at him with red eyes, all the emotions in his eyes were covered by red threads.

"Didn't you call me before..." Shizun pursed his lips, his brows curled into smoke, "You can call me anything, don't call me Shizun again." There was a hint of pleading in his voice.

Has he made up his mind?Have you finally decided to expel yourself from the sect?

Even at this time, his tone was still so unbearable and gentle, as if Jiang Baigu was embarrassing him and forcing him to do something against his will.

"You can call it whatever you want." Master closed his eyes, grinned with a trembling voice, and pulled out a wry smile of resignation.

Looking at that bitter smile, Jiang Baigu didn't know whether he should be happy or not.Relentless?Still can't bear to drive yourself out of the teacher's school?

"Do you still remember Mingyue Valley?" Master waited for his response, but when he didn't wait, he had to ask again.

Jiang Baigu nodded blankly.It was the valley that the master accidentally broke into when he took him down the mountain a long time ago. It is not too far from Baoyi City. It is at the border of Baoyi City and Tianyi Temple in the southeast. Baoyi City and Tianyi Temple have always been on good terms. The borders are separated by three feet, and Mingyue Valley can also be regarded as a land without an owner.

The atmosphere of the earth is warm, and it is always spring in four seasons. It embraces all sides, and there is only a gap in the middle of the mountain to connect with the outside world.

A pool of clear springs in the valley, like a bright moon