burn snow

"Why are you still following me?"

"..."

"Afraid? Go home if you are afraid. Where are your parents?"

"..."

"No parents? I guess so."

"..."

"Longying, you are not dumb, I am talking to you."

"..."

"Forget it. Since you are afraid, I will teach you some self-defense skills. After you learn it, don't follow me."

……

Jiang Baizhou walked along the "river of the dead" for a while, looking for the ruined temple according to his memory.

The temple was not found, and he was the first to discover that this place is different from what it was back then.

It was also winter when he came here six years ago, and there were dead branches and fallen leaves all over the wilderness, but occasionally a few pine trees that never withered could be seen, which was the only touch of green.Now that touch of green is gone.

Grass is dead grass, and trees are dead trees.

The black mist in the sky was like black clouds pressing down on the city. It was almost noon, but the sun was still invisible.

The cold wind was piercing by the river, Jiang Baizhou stood still, let the wind blow for a while, tied up his long hair, and continued to walk upstream along the river.

It was strange, he remembered that the temple was nearby, did he remember wrongly?

It's also possible, six years is too long, a person like him who cares about everything, really doesn't have a good memory.

He even suspected that he had misidentified the river.

But soon he dismissed the idea, it was indeed the river.

There was a very familiar big rock by the river, almost half the height of a person. He walked around behind the rock and saw a field of broken stones.

These gravels were not randomly placed. Jiang Baizhou looked carefully, and memories flooded his mind in an instant——

On a certain day six years ago, in the same place.

Long Ying sat on the ground with her back against the stone, staring at Jiang Baizhou intently.

"Brother, what exactly is Yinghuo Shouxin?"

"It's a kind of astrology."

Jiang Baizhou picked up a handful of stones, brushed his long hair away, lifted his robe, and sat down casually.

"Do you know XingXiu?" He used stones to form a shape of XinXu on the open space, "XinXu, Mingtang, the palace where the Heavenly King governs. This one is the Heavenly King, the Lord of XinXu."

He put a new stone next to "Heavenly King", "This is Ying Huo, and it is said that it is a bad star."

"The evil star?"

"Ying, fire, confusion, chaos. The Yinghuo star violates the heart, and it is for Yinghuo to guard the heart. In ancient times, people believed that this is a bad omen, which indicates that the emperor will die, the dynasty will change, and the world will be chaotic."

After hearing this, Long Ying said in a low tone, "So my name is unlucky."

Jiang Baizhou picked up a strand of his own hair, shaved Long Ying's face with the end of the hair, and smiled softly: "Life and death accompany each other, misfortune and good fortune depend on each other, and a bad sign may not necessarily mean a turning point."

"..."

Long Ying's eyes were a little dazed, she didn't know if she didn't understand, or she was distracted by Jiang Baizhou's strand of hair, and became a little dumb again.

There was no wind that day, and Jiang Baizhou's long hair hung down naturally from his shoulders, like flowing water, like silk... well, Long Ying didn't know what silk looked like, he heard that it was a rare and rare fabric in ancient times, but now Even rarer.

He is stupid and can't think of beautiful words to praise Jiang Bairi. He thinks that only those precious things are worthy of brother Bairi.

But he is really shallow, and he can only think of a "silk" if he wants to break his head.The preciousness in his eyes, I am afraid that Jiang Baizhou is used to it and doesn't care...

Long Ying was even more speechless.

He can't speak, and he's afraid of making a mistake.

Fortunately, Jiang Baizhou stopped looking at him, and just lowered his head to play with those stones.

He taught him to recognize the stars: Ziwei Star, Big Dipper, 28 Constellations...

He asked Long Ying: "Do you remember?"

Long Ying shook her head, Jiang Baizhou had no choice but to teach it again.

Probably more than once.

In short, after Long Ying learned it, Jiang Baizhou was finally satisfied, and then taught him a set of formations.

This set of formations is called "Remnant Star Formation". It is based on 28 mansions and has several variations. Jiang Baizhou thought that Longying would not be able to remember too complicated ones for beginners, so he simplified and changed some of the formations to make it more complex. It is more suitable for self-defense of Longying.

At least the next time he runs for his life, Long Ying won't be chased by others, and he can set up a maze nearby to hide.

Remnant Star Array...

Jiang Baizhou escaped from his memory and approached the stone on the ground.

Shi Zi puts out a star map that is charming and guarding the heart, which is exactly the same as in memory.

—— After six years, what traces can be intact?Has Long Ying been here recently?Is he posing?

No wonder the old coachman said that there was a "ghost hitting the wall" by the river, Jiang Baizhou didn't notice it just now, and only then did he realize that he had walked into a maze at some point.

It is the Remnant Star Array.

But it is subtly different from the one he taught Long Ying, this formation is more complicated.

Jiang Baizhou was quite surprised. Unexpectedly, Long Ying was very talented in this area. He only taught a little bit, but Long Ying turned out to be self-taught and would change his team.

However, Jiang Baizhou studied under the masters of Formation, and a few years ago, he had the momentum of being better than blue. Long Ying's level was not enough in front of him.

He wasn't in a hurry to break through the formation, he naturally walked along the familiar yet unfamiliar road, he wanted to find out how big the maze set up by Longying could be.

This is a wild forest with no bounds.

There are too many dead trees, and they all stand upright like stiff corpses. Looking far and wide, they are densely packed, almost shocking.

Jiang Baizhou felt even colder.

In fact, he is not afraid of the cold. He is best at controlling the elements of the five elements. It is easy to control the surrounding water and wind, but the cold here makes him feel uncomfortable.It felt like it wasn't him who was cold, but the soil under his feet and the trees beside him, they felt cold, they were crying to him.

cry?

Jiang Baizhou was even more surprised—these trees were so dead that they couldn't die anymore, how could they cry?Obviously there is a problem with the formation.

Jiang Baizhou is proficient in more than 300 large and small formations, and he has created some new ones himself.

But formations are ever-changing, but they remain the same. After he really mastered them, Jiang Baizhou didn't like to think about new formations, he felt that they were all the same.The only one that he still hasn't unlocked is the Haimen Formation that guards the endless sea.

His master said: "The essence of Haimen Array is that it is alive."

Jiang Baizhou didn't take it seriously: "I know."

His master looked at him with a smile, waiting for him to express his "high opinion".

Sure enough, Jiang Baizhou said: "There are 99 array eyes, each of which can move. I'm afraid there is only one such active array in the world."

His master shook his head and sighed: "It is a living formation, not only because it can move, but also because it has feelings."

"The people who set up the formation use their own emotions to give life to the formation. It comes alive and inherits part of the will of the formation owner. Even if the formation owner dies, the formation continues to live. 'Live' means change, true The changes are endless and unsolvable, you can't break the Haimen Formation."

"..."

Jiang Baizhou thought he could ascend to the sky, how could he listen to his master's advice?

He came to the front of Haimen Formation with three parts of curiosity and seven parts of dissatisfaction, but as his master expected, he couldn't break through the formation.

But Dazhen really has feelings, otherwise how could he let him go and let him go out after he solved the wrong formation?

If not, Jiang Baizhou wouldn't be standing here today.

This is Long Ying's formation.

Jiang Baizhou was deeply surprised: Longying's array also had feelings.

The deeper he walked, the more he could feel the coldness and sadness that almost overwhelmed him from all directions. This emotion was poured into every tree and every inch of soil in the formation. Everywhere is sad.

Compared with back then, Jiang Baizhou was already more humane, but unfortunately his understanding was limited.

He didn't understand what the array master's sadness meant, and it could only be attributed to Long Ying's bad life in the past few years.

He cared more about what Long Ying put in his eyes.

The eye is the core.

His master said that the subtlety and vastness of the Haimen formation cannot be created without a master, and one master is not enough, and it takes dozens of people to unite to form a large formation.

But the soul of the Haimen Formation is tied to the eyes of the formation. The reason why it can "live" is not only the strength of the people who set up the formation, but also because of the special formation eyes-everything can't hold back such a shocking formation.

Rumor has it that the eye of the Haimen Formation is an artifact that was "invited" out of the forbidden area by offering sacrifices to the Endless Sea God Temple for seven days and nights.

Jiang Baizhou had never seen it with his own eyes, and neither did his master.

This kind of thing passed down from generation to generation is similar to a myth, and Jiang Baizhou has doubts about the existence of "God".

This is something to say later, in short, the eyes of the Haimen Formation are indeed special, otherwise they wouldn't be so powerful.

So, what exactly is Long Ying looking at in the eyes of the formation, which can make up for the flaws in his formation technique, and help him pour out his grief in a death formation that will not change?

Jiang Baizhou's curiosity was aroused.

He didn't need to dismantle the array, he could see through the crux of the remnant star array almost at a glance, and then walked around the traps of dead branches that seemed to be the same, and chose the right path to the eye of the array——

There is a ruined temple ahead.

It turned out that Long Ying set up the formation eyes in the temple.

The temple is even more dilapidated than it was six years ago.

It was an ordinary small temple with no courtyard walls, and the eaves collapsed again in unknown years. The fallen bricks and stones were covered with plaster. Squeak.

Jiang Baizhou walked to the temple gate, raised his hand and pushed.

A cloud of dust that has accumulated over the years fell on the door, and when it was about to touch him, he was separated by a cloud of water vapor, and he entered the temple without any trace of dust.

The closer they got, the stronger the sadness of the array master.

Intense but not intense, it is calm and heavy, like a hopeless pool of stagnant water, not prone to waves.

Under such an emotional shock, Jiang Baizhou found the real frontier.

——The eye of the array turned out to be a flower.

A flower with snow-white petals and blood-red stamens, without a single green leaf.

In a beautiful and lonely posture, it takes root in the mud and blooms under the idol.

Jiang Baizhou was stunned for a moment.

This is "burning snow", what he left behind six years ago.

Yes, but also no.

What he left behind was clearly a seed...

That year, he wanted to leave several times, and Long Ying persuaded him to stay several times, but later seeing that the attempts were unsuccessful, she even cried to him and asked repeatedly: "Can you come back again?"

Jiang Baizhou was moved with compassion.

He didn't know if he would come again in the future, and with such a long time in the future, he might have the opportunity to go to sea again.

But life is impermanent, when the next time will be, where will he go, and whether he will see Long Ying are all unknown.

Jiang Baizhou thought it was unlikely, he thought for a while, chose a tactful way to say goodbye, and gave Long Ying the flower seeds he carried with him.

"This kind of flower is called Shaoxue, which means 'reunion'. People in my hometown often use it to send off relatives and friends. I only have its seeds on me. Let me give you one."

Long Ying stared blankly at him, and Jiang Baizhou said half-truthfully, as if lying to a child, "Shaoxue has a long growth period and a short flowering period, so it's difficult to support. I once raised a plant, which died before it bloomed. If you can raise it, we will meet each other on the day when the burning snow is in full bloom."

Long Ying was not as stupid as he thought, and couldn't help asking: "Why?"

Jiang Baizhou couldn't make it up anymore, so he said casually, "I'm a god, so I have the final say."

"Oh." Long Ying lowered her head and cried again.

He is not stupid, he understands everything, but he is very good.

What he didn't know was that Shaoxue was really hard to raise.

This is a kind of flower that grows in the forbidden area of ​​the Endless Sea God's Temple. It is delicate and rare, and it can only bloom when it is nourished by spiritual energy. It is impossible to grow it anywhere else if it is away from the Endless Sea.

Jiang Baizhou thought at the time that this flower seed would not survive in Longying's hands, just as their fate was over, they could not force it, and there was no need to force it.

But he didn't expect that this seed would grow up and bloom, and it would bloom in this ruined temple, becoming the eye of the remnant star formation.

...How on earth did Longying support her?

Jiang Baizhou took a few steps forward and approached the statue.

He doesn't know what kind of god is offered here.

The statue is made of stone, and most of it has been destroyed. The cracks are covered with cobwebs and dust. For some reason, Long Ying carefully raised the flowers here, but did not clean up the statue.

The god lowered his eyes, and his gaze happened to fall on the flower branch, as if he was watching this solitary flower that should not bloom here with compassion.

In the dark sunlight, the picture in front of him almost seemed a bit divine.

Jiang Baizhou looked at it for a while, then leaned over, trying to pick off the "burning snow".

Flower seeds are almost dead, so don't worry about them.

But the blooming flowers are spiritual plants, revealing the spiritual energy that belongs to the endless sea.It cannot be left outside, this is Jiang Baizhou's negligence.

But the moment his finger touched the flower branch, Jiang Baizhou was in a daze.

The strong emotion in Zhen's eyes swept towards him like an invisible ocean wave, and he was forced to experience the sadness that didn't belong to him, and he couldn't catch his breath for a long time.

Jiang Baizhou let go of his hand, choked up the dust when he inhaled hastily, and couldn't help frowning.

At this time, the rickety wooden door of the broken temple was suddenly pushed open, and there was a "squeak" behind him, and someone came.