Stone of Other Mountains

(The rest of this chapter is this life, which is the second life of Xun Faxue)

When Duan Chen woke up from the nightmare, he was lying in the carriage.The carriage was advancing steadily and quickly, and the silver bell hanging on the carriage shook, making a pleasant and crisp sound.

Duan Chen has not recovered from his dream, looking at the familiar carriage, the laughter of the young man outside the carriage brought him back to reality.This is 47 years later, several years after the disaster.

He remembered that last night, Ah Xun suddenly called him "Aye" for some reason, which made him feel like a lifetime away.But Ah Xun was the same as usual this morning, nothing changed, and he didn't even remember what happened yesterday.

Duan Chen opened the car door, Ah Xun was sitting outside, and Qi Zhan was driving the car.The two of them didn't know what to say, Ah Xun couldn't stop laughing.

"What time is it?" Duan Chen squeezed between the two, Ah Xun didn't know, so he stepped back.

"It's Shen Shi, my lord, what did you do last night, you started to sleep as soon as you got in the car, and you have slept until now." Qi Zhan stared ahead, driving the car without distraction.

"That's hard work for you, go ahead." He said while driving Ah Xun into the car, Ah Xun was pushed and shoved by him, and got into the car reluctantly.

There are no seats in the car, but it is covered with soft white feather down cushions.Ah found a comfortable position to lie down, temporarily forgetting the unhappiness just now.

Duan Chen took out water and dry food from the bag, and watched Ah Xun happily eating mouthfuls.He raised the curtain to see where he was, but just as he raised a corner, he was suddenly pulled back by Ah Xun.

Ah Xun handed him a piece of cake and smiled and asked him to eat it too.

Following Qi Zhan's happy shout "Enter the city", the carriage passed through the walls of Lin'an City and slowed down towards the city.

Qingyue Mountain is no longer as grand as it used to be, and after many years of reconstruction, it has only restored one-third of its former glory.The number of disciples in the sect has been greatly reduced. After all, there are many small sects that are rising and emerging, and the prosperity of the three major sects has long been a thing of the past.

When they came back, Song Zhi happened to be away on business, but it didn't matter.Not everyone knows Song Zhi, but everyone must know the Righteous Master of the Immortal Way.

Pipaxuan was reduced to ruins during the war that year, and the buildings and gardens that were rebuilt later were only half of the original size.The pond, the back yard and the front and back corridors are all gone, and only a few bedrooms, kitchen and bookcase have been built.Duan Chen wrote the inscription himself, and re-named it "Yuchenxuan".

Duan Chen walked in with Ah Xun, and there was a picture written by Duan Chen on the wall on the right side of the main hall:

"The loquat reflects the yellow, the old man is by the side, the pool and garden secretly change the spring, and the day is long in the world.

The cold jade shatters, the old man is far away from his hometown, and it is difficult to cross the flood with remnants, just here I feel melancholy. "

Ah Xun didn't pay attention to the words, he saw the loquat tree next to the courtyard, which was full of fruits, and the small golden fruits hung heavily on the branches.He happily ran over, trying to climb up to pick the beautiful fruit.

Duan Chen glanced at the words, and put them away with a wave of his hand.The old man has returned, so he doesn't have to be so sentimental anymore.

When Duan Chen went out, Ah Xun climbed up the tree without a teacher, and ate loquats while picking them.Duan Chen stood under the tree and watched without any hindrance, thinking in his heart that if the master was still there, he would definitely not have climbed the tree to pick loquats by himself.But unfortunately, Shizun has never eaten the loquat back then.

When Ah Xun looked down, he saw Duan Chen standing below, smiled and threw a few loquats down, saying, "Sweet, sweet, delicious."

Duan Chen picked up the fruit on the ground, peeled it and stuffed it into his mouth, it was really sweet.

At night while having dinner, Ah Xun became listless again.Duan Chen remembered that he sent a wave of spiritual power into Ah Xun's body before, which actually awakened the master.So this time, with the attitude of giving it a try, he sent in a small amount of his spiritual power again, and Ah Xun soon fell into a deep sleep.

Duan Chen carried him to the bed, and sat on the edge of the bed to watch over him.However, after waiting all night, nothing happened.Ah Xun slept peacefully, showing no signs of being affected.

It was not until dawn that Duan Chen fell asleep in disappointment.

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Duan Chen was awakened by a noise.He opened his eyes in a daze, and saw Ah Xun standing by the table with a somewhat embarrassed expression. A basket that had been kicked over was at his feet, and the loquats inside were scattered all over the floor.

"Did it wake you up?" Ah Xun hurriedly picked up the fallen basket and picked up the loquats one by one.

"Huh...huh?" Duan Chen was still a little dazed, but suddenly realized something was wrong, turned over and sat up, staring at the boy in white who was squatting not far away, "You, what did you just say?"

"Sorry to wake you up." After packing up, Ah Xun put the basket aside, sat down and continued to read.

He spoke, said a complete sentence, and... And now he is actually reading a book!

Duan Chen staggered out of bed excitedly, came to that person, and asked with some expectation: "You, you are..."

"Ah Xun." Without raising his eyelids, he turned the pages of the book casually.

The normal Ah Xun is more like the person in his previous life.His demeanor and demeanor have his own charm, and his tone is as arrogant and cold as before.

When Duan Chen got dressed and was about to go out, Ah Xun, who was silent for a while, suddenly said: "The person in front of me is the one I love." Duan Chen turned around in astonishment, Ah Xun just closed the book, raised his eyes to meet his gaze, deep speechless.

The breeze picked up Ah Xun's sleeves and hair, and Jun Rong looked as if he was back then, spotless, cold and refined, like a fairy in the sky.The voices and appearances of the past life and the present life overlapped, and finally turned into the boy in front of him.

Duan Chen wiped his eyes, lifted his feet and continued to walk out, and said "It's good to be back", drifted with the wind under the broken sun, and floated into the man's ears.

Ah Xun was alone in the room, and luckily adjusted his breath.Although this body is a mortal now, but Duan Chen recklessly sent two wisps of spiritual power before, allowing the body to gradually grow spiritual roots.It's not bad, but before cultivating by yourself, you may have to constantly absorb Duan Chen's spiritual power.

Not only that, but his memory has not been fully recovered. He only remembered what happened before the war, and his memory after the war was very vague. Occasionally, one or two scenes appeared, and they were all very unpleasant scenes.

Duan Chen was cleaning the yard outside, when he was resting, he saw Ah Xun coming out, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

Ah Xun changed into a goose-yellow shirt, with clouds and white cranes embroidered on his outer robe.

"Ah...Master, uh... why are you wearing this?" Duan Chen pondered for a while, the title lingered in his mouth, he didn't know whether to call A Xunhao or Shizun.

"I want to wear it when I see it. You put it in the closet."

Duan Chen scratched his face with his fingers, and said with a smile, "The goose yellow suits you very well, you look so good in it."

Ah Xun looked at him with his hands behind his back for a while, and said, "I still call you what you called me before, after all, I have never accepted you as a disciple in this life."

"Axue!" Duan Chen suddenly called out, "I miss you, can I say that?"

Ah Xun was stunned in place, following this address, some bad memories flooded up, making him shiver unconsciously.He almost yelled "No".

He panted for a while and didn't see the sadness and disappointment flashing in Duan Chen's eyes.Ah Xun quickly recovered his indifferent expression and walked outside.

Duan Chen put away the broom and followed silently.He didn't know where Ah Xun was going, and he didn't dare to ask, so he could only follow, keeping a close distance behind him.

"Come here, use the Wind Control Technique." Ah Xun suddenly turned around halfway, and greeted the little tail behind him.

Duan Chen obediently walked in front of him in three or two steps, muttering something, the two of them rose into the air, and there seemed to be an invisible long board supporting them under their feet.

"Where are you going?"

"Falling Star Sea."

After a while, they landed smoothly on the beach in front of the Falling Star Sea.The sandy beach is no longer golden yellow, and like the tumbling sea, it has turned purple-black.

The sea water swelled on the rocks, setting off turbulent waves.Although all the grievances that had soared back then had completely dissipated, they still remained gloomy and terrifying.Those voices have never been quiet. They are howling, crying, and angry, reminding the passers-by all the time that although the war is peaceful, the souls of heroes are not safe.

There is a huge rock standing next to it. I don’t know who passed by here, and was shocked by the scene of the evil spirits surrounded and crying, and wrote two lines of poems on the huge rock:

"Since the body is dead, the gods have spirits, and the souls of the sons are ghosts."

Ah Xun caressed those two poems for a long time, as if seeing an old friend.He took out the incense ash burner, white wine and wine glasses that he had prepared earlier in the morning from the storage bag, and placed them in front of the rock.

Burning incense and pouring wine, Ah Xun knelt down in front of the rock devoutly, clasped his hands together, and mourned silently.Duan Chen knelt down behind him, imitating the example.

47 years ago, when the fairy world was in great trouble, it was Ji Yue'an who released the demon lord and used the power of the demon lord to subvert all living beings.Luo Xinghai became the first sacrificial object. They resisted desperately and refused to surrender. They wanted to perish together. In the end, the whole faction was wiped out.

The old man has been buried at the bottom of the sea, and the past is gone with the wind.I just met at that time when I was young and in the prime of my life, and they were both generous in heart and intimate with each other.

Before leaving, Ah Xun saw a figure in the distance. The man was sitting on the rock in a black robe and a hat. He looked at it suspiciously for a long time. The man had not moved, like a stone sculpture, contrasting with the dark sandy beach. The sea, the gloomy sky, merged into one.

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"Loquat Yinghuang" is adapted from Yuan poet Han Yi's "Four-Character Order Tea Mi Sending Incense", just write it for fun, don't take it seriously.