The Devil is My White Moonlight

Aunt Zhang put down the food, gave a salute and walked out. Mu Xiyun stared blankly at the small black pebble, feeling a sense of familiarity lingering in her heart.

"What's the matter?" Seeing him staring at the stone without speaking, Gu Qingqiao came forward and asked.

"Ah, it's nothing." Mu Xiyun came back to her senses, "I always feel like I've seen this stone before."

"Isn't it an ordinary cobblestone?" Su Yanjun took the stone and looked at it, "It's very beautiful."

"This is indeed a stone in the valley," Cheng Yinji explained: "There is a large area in the depths of the valley, which is covered with this kind of black round stone. I thought it was very beautiful at the time, so I picked up a few of them and used them as paperweights. The day passed and I forgot about it. Just now Xiao Le saw it and thought he liked it, so I gave him a piece."

Mu Xiyun frowned, the small boulder in front of her seemed to be related to something important, but she couldn't remember what it was.

"Okay, okay," Gu Qingqiao pushed him to the table and sat down, "Eat first, and then think about it when you're full."

The taste of Southwest is hot and sour, which suits Qin Le's taste.Today, after a tiring day and being stimulated twice on the long lifting rope, Qin Le devoured it with great enjoyment.

Mu Xiyun was still a little dazed, she only took a few mouthfuls of light food in front of her, and then put down her chopsticks.

After the meal, Mu Xiyun said to Cheng Yinji who was about to go back to his room: "Senior Brother Cheng, you said there are many such stones in the valley, can you take me to see them tomorrow?"

Seeing that he was so persistent, Cheng Yinji laughed and said: "No problem, I will take you there tomorrow morning." After speaking, he patted Qin Le on the shoulder and returned to the hut next to the magic circle.

Everyone went back to their rooms, and a quarter of an hour later, Gu Qingqiao deftly entered through the window, put the meal, vegetable and soup in his hand on the table, pulled Mu Xiyun, who was out of his mind, and said, "Still thinking about that stone? Is it that important? I didn't eat much for dinner."

Mu Xiyun looked at him in a daze, then looked back at the closed door, and asked, "How did you get in?"

Mu Xiyun's ignorant look was a bit childish, and Gu Qingqiao's heart was soft. He raised his hand and rubbed his hair, leaned into his ear and smiled softly: "Don't you have to open the window when you meet a beautiful woman? It's so boring to walk through the door." !"

This trick really worked, Mu Xiyun blushed immediately, and became more sober.

Pulling him to sit down, and forcing Mu Xiyun to eat some food, Gu Qingqiao cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks, pulled him into his arms and kneaded him, then kissed the corner of his mouth reluctantly, and said: "Sleep well, and think about it tomorrow."

Mu Xiyun nodded, having a good night's sleep.

Early the next morning, Cheng Yinji kept his promise and came to the hut where everyone was temporarily staying.

Several people came to practice in the magic circle, and according to the rules, they had to pay Lingshi to Cheng Yinji.Cheng Yinji didn't care, put a few spirit stones into the big pocket of the cloth pocket, and walked towards Xiaohe with Mu Xiyun and Gu Qingqiao.

"Wait, wait for me!" Qin Le rushed up panting.In the past few months, he has traveled to many places and practiced qigong diligently. The little fat man's body has improved a lot.Although the figure is still a little round, but the original softness has become firm, gradually showing the ability of a young man.

The three of them walked up the river for a few miles, and from a distance, they saw a few Baihuagu disciples on the road ahead.

"The owner of Baihua Valley is really stingy." Gu Qingqiao rubbed his chin, "Send people to guard everywhere, are you afraid that we will sell all the things in the valley?"

Cheng Yinji has been guarding the magic circle for five years, and he has already walked all over the valley, and he is very familiar with the people and the place.When those disciples saw him, they asked with a smile, "Where is Senior Brother Cheng going?"

Cheng Yinji gave a salute and said with a smile: "My two juniors are newcomers. I saw Xiao Heishi yesterday and liked it very much. I want to take a few pieces back as a souvenir. I will take them to Heishitan."

"Black stone?" Several Hundred Flowers Valley disciples looked at each other.One of them looked at the stone in Mu Xiyun's hand, and said with a big laugh, "Is something worthless worth thinking about?"

Another person corrected: "Who says it's worthless? I heard that decades ago, some people fell in love with these stones and bought a lot from the owner of the valley. They don't know what to do with them. But now, no one looks at them." Get it, leave it there and no one cares about it.”

The junior juniors behind him all burst into laughter.

Cheng Yinji chatted with them for a while, the Baihuagu disciples let them go, and the three of them continued to walk forward.

Walking along the river for a while, several people gradually approached the cliff by the valley.Not far away, the river turned into a big bay, passing by a protruding cliff, and a rocky beach was exposed under the cliff.

There are strong colors everywhere in Baihua Mountain, but the rocky beach here is as black as a shadow.The small black boulders covered the entire area. At first glance, it felt like a deep hole appeared out of nowhere in the line of sight, sucking all the colors into it.

"This is..." Mu Xiyun looked around, "It seems to be the bottom of a pool of water."

"Well," Gu Qingqiao stepped forward and said, "This river probably flowed out of this pond before, but for some reason, the river changed its course and went around the side, only to reveal the bottom of the pond."

"Such a round stone should have been formed by the erosion of the river all the year round." Qin Le looked up at the cliff.

"I know!" He said excitedly: "The river must have come from the upper reaches, carrying these stones, and the stones collided and smoothed their edges and corners in the river water. After entering the big pool, the water flow slowed down, and these stones stayed in the river. here."

Cheng Yinji was fascinated by machinery and was not interested in these natural phenomena, but at this moment, seeing Qin Le in high spirits, he nodded and praised: "It makes sense!"

Qin Le grinned happily, and said again: "Look, there are still traces of flowing water on this cliff. There should have been a waterfall in the early years. Could this be the source of the river?"

Several people looked up and saw that the cliff above their heads was just a petal of the morning glory.

"It's really possible!" Cheng Yinji checked the location of the cliff with his eyes, and said, "Probably because the location of the waterfall and the river's course were changed in order to build the lifting stone slab back then, so this rocky beach was exposed."

Several people nodded and said yes.Mu Xiyun walked into the black stone beach, bent down to pick up a few small black stones, and made a sudden movement.

As soon as he moved, Gu Qingqiao's eyes immediately followed him, and this meal naturally couldn't escape his eyes.

"Remember what?" He asked softly.

"I remembered. I also saw this kind of black stone in the lake of Dragon's Claw Mountain."

When the memory came back to life, Mu Xiyun held a black stone in her hand and explained: "That day when we went to pick dragon beard grass, there was a black stone like this under a bunch of dragon beard grass on the edge of the barrier. At that time, I I picked up a piece, and then lost it at some point."

Gu Qingqiao frowned, took the stone from Mu Xiyun's hand, and pulled him out of the rocky beach.

"What's wrong?" Both Mu Xiyun and Qin Le were a little puzzled.

"Xiao Le," Gu Qingqiao turned to Qin Le, "on the day you picked dragon's beard grass, did you have any symptoms of discomfort before you went into the water?"

Qin Le shook his head blankly and said: "It was always good that day. We agreed to pick asparagus grass and send it to the town medicine hall, and also go to Zuixianju to eat elbows and taste lotus wine."

Gu Qingqiao originally had a straight face, but after hearing what he said, his face could no longer be tense.He reached out and tapped Qin Le's head, and said with a smile, "What is your reason for judging?"

"That's what it is," Qin Le rubbed his forehead, "My mother said that a good appetite is a good body."

Several people laughed.

Mu Xiyun already understood, looked at Gu Qingqiao and said, "You suspect that it was this kind of black stone that triggered the cold poison in my body."

Cheng Yinji was a little startled, pulled Mu Xiyun to look up and down, and said with pity: "Oh, why did you get poisoned at such a young age? Has it been cured?"

"It's in the womb, it doesn't matter." Mu Xiyun comforted him softly: "Just pay more attention in normal times."

After finishing speaking, he turned to Gu Qingqiao again: "I don't think so. Whether it was last night or just now, I didn't feel any discomfort when facing these stones. Don't scare yourself."

Gu Qingqiao nodded, still worried.He asked Qin Le to draw a few defensive talismans on the spot, wrapped a few small black stones, found a new Qiankun bag, put the black stones wrapped in the talismans into it, and tied it on his body.

The investigation was fruitless, and several people returned to their residence along the road.

Cheng Yinji and Qin Le were in front, discussing all kinds of machinery all the way, Mu Xiyun looked at Gu Qingqiao, saw that his face was still gloomy, nudged him lightly and said, "Don't worry, I'm really fine."

Gu Qingqiao raised his eyes, "When I get back later, tell me in detail what happened that day."

"Okay." Mu Xiyun smiled.Suddenly feeling a little itchy on his wrist, he raised his hand to straighten his cuffs, and the small ring made of grass stems was exposed from the cuffs.

"You still have it!" Gu Qingqiao exclaimed softly.He grabbed Mu Xiyun's hand and pushed up his sleeve.The grass stalk had been worn on his body for a day and a night, and it had long since become dry and rough, grinding out a circle of red marks on Mu Xiyun's fair wrist.

"Pick it off quickly, your hands are red." Gu Qingqiao made a gesture to pull, but Mu Xiyun withdrew her hand, snatched the wrist from his hand, and pulled down her sleeve to hide the grass ring.

"Oh, don't be stingy." Gu Qingqiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "If you like it, I can make one for you every day, but it's already dry, and it's not comfortable to wear."

Mu Xiyun glared at him, not bothering to argue with him, and walked forward quickly.

Back at the Dharma circle, Su Yanjun and Huang Zelin had already started to practice, Cheng Yinji went back to the hut, and the three of them climbed onto the Dharma altar.

The altar made of white marble is extremely exquisite. When Huang Zelin saw Mu Xiyun, he felt his pulse first, nodded with satisfaction and said, "I recovered well in the hot spring last time. I have been thinking about how to nourish the body better these years. Yutai, you can be like this..."

Under the guidance of Elder Huang, Mu Xiyun began to exercise. Gu Qingqiao leaned against the railing and looked at it for a while, seeing that Mu Xiyun's face was rosy and normal, so he sat down cross-legged in peace.

It has been almost a month since the last time he was healed at the Dragon Claw Mountain Magic Circle.During this period of time he has been on the road, Gu Qingqiao hasn't had time to calm down and ponder over the exercises taught to him by the old Mo Zu.At this moment, there is nothing left and right, so I started to practice according to that set of exercises.

Different from the cultivation in the previous life, the demon energy contained in the demon ancestor relic is very domineering. When he concentrates on absorbing spiritual energy, the speed of absorption and transformation is extremely fast, which makes Gu Qingqiao often feel out of control.

The evil energy of Yin and Cold circulated in the body, the route was completely opposite to before, some meridians that were not commonly used in the past practice were gradually opened up, while other meridians were discarded.

Gu Qingqiao tried to slow down the speed, and tried to introduce the devil energy into those spare meridians, at first he could control it, but when the devil energy gathered more than a certain amount, his chest felt stuffy, and there was a faint sense of conflict, so he had to give up.

Unknowingly, one day passed, Cheng Yinji stepped forward to remind everyone to go back to their residences to eat and rest, and several people stopped practicing.

"Brother Cheng," Qin Le said excitedly, "the aura here is really full, and it feels very smooth when practicing. Do you think I will become very powerful if I practice like this for a while?"

The remark made everyone laugh.

Huang Zelin smiled and said: "Silly boy, there is enough spiritual energy in the magic circle, and a lot of spiritual energy is absorbed during cultivation. The meridians will naturally be widened faster when they are washed by the spiritual energy, but the expansion of the meridians is limited after all, and the transformation of spiritual energy depends on each person. It still needs to be implemented in daily practice. If you can break through the mirror by practicing casually in Baihua Mountain for a few days, then Baihua Valley should have produced dozens of ascending powers."

After arriving at the residence in a short while, Aunt Zhang had already served dinner.Not long after eating, Gu Qingqiao stretched his waist and said: "I'm full, I'll go for a walk by the river." He looked back at Qin Le and Mu Xiyun: "Are you going?"

Qin Le was still thinking about Cheng Yinji's mechanical puppet, and shook his head to find his senior brother Cheng.Mu Xiyun knew that he had something to say, so she smiled and went out with him.

Walking along the small river, Mu Xiyun took the initiative to mention the matter of picking asparagus last time.

"My feeling at that time was not quite the same as when the cold poison attacked. When I recall it carefully, it was more like..." He paused, as if he was considering how to describe it.

"Like what?" Gu Qingqiao looked at him nervously and stopped.

"It's like the meridians are going backwards." Mu Xiyun replied: "The spiritual power in the body suddenly moves in the opposite direction, and the soul seems to want to come out of its shell."

"The meridian goes backward?" Gu Qingqiao took out a small black stone, and peeled off the spell wrapped on it. "Do you feel that way now?"

Mu Xiyun shook her head, turned her head to think for a while, took the black stone, squatted down, and immersed the black stone in the water.

"Do you feel it?"

Mu Xiyun didn't speak, she stood up, and stretched out her hand to remove her belt.

Gu Qingqiao suddenly felt a burst of hot blood rushing to his brain, and said dryly, "Ah Yun, you..."

"The last time it was underwater, I'll try it in the water." Mu Xiyun said as she took off her robe.

Faced with the undressing of his sweetheart, Gu Qingqiao didn't know how to stay awake, so he closed his eyes and hugged Mu Xiyun in his arms. After a while, he said with difficulty: "Don't go into the water, we are not familiar with this place. , in case something happens, I'm afraid I won't be able to save you in time."

Mu Xiyun felt itchy as the hot and humid breath sprayed against his ears. She touched his forehead with her lips and said, "Then I'll try it when I go back to take a bath?"

"En." Burying his head in Mu Xiyun's neck, Gu Qingqiao was reluctant to leave.It took a long while before he let go, picked up his outer robe and put it on for him, and they went back to the residence together.

There is a bathhouse in the residence, and a small pool is built, one side is deep and the other is shallow, the deepest is about ten feet, and the running water from the mountain is drawn for the practitioners to bathe.

In the small pool, Mu Xiyun was soaking in the water in her underwear, holding a few small black stones in her hand.

Gu Qingqiao squatted by the pool with an aggrieved expression on his face, his eyes fixed on Mu Xiyun in the water, and he muttered in his mouth, "Call me if you feel unwell, I'm right here."

Mu Xiyun laughed. In this shallow pool, are you still afraid that he will be drowned?

He took a deep breath, submerged his whole body in the water, and swam to the bottom.

Throwing two black stones at the bottom of the water, holding one in her hand, Mu Xiyun held her breath and waited quietly.

When she was exhausted and still felt nothing, Mu Xiyun picked up the black stone and prepared to float up.

With a "plop" sound on the water, Gu Qingqiao had already jumped into the water, swam down to Mu Xiyun's side three times, and pulled him out of the water.

Pushing the person against the pool wall, Gu Qingqiao looked up and down several times, then he was relieved and asked, "Why is it taking so long?"

"I want to wait and feel it carefully." Mu Xiyun replied: "Last time in the lake, I also picked up the black stone after holding my breath for a while."

"Feel something?" Gu Qingqiao asked.

Mu Xiyun shook her head, "Maybe it's just a coincidence, it was just a little uncomfortable that day."

"Well, don't think about it." Gu Qingqiao took the black stones, wrapped them around Mu Xiyun's neck, and put them by the pool.

The distance between the two was extremely close, with legs, feet and chests all touching each other.The water in the pool was cold, but her body temperature was extremely hot. Mu Xiyun moved a little uncomfortably, and suddenly froze for a moment, looking at Gu Qingqiao.

Gu Qingqiao's eyes were a little blurred, and he caught Mu Xiyun's lips just as Mu Xiyun raised his head slightly.Under the water, the high-spirited enthusiasm is pressed against the person in front of him, and a slight movement will cause a shudder in the body...

The bathroom door creaked and someone came in.

Both of them were stunned, Gu Qingqiao suddenly sank into the water, Mu Xiyun raised her hand and wiped her face, then turned her head to see, Qin Le came in bouncing three times.

"Hey, you're here too!" Qin Le greeted Mu Xiyun with a smile, then took off his coat and jumped into the water with a splash.

Before he could stand still, Qin Le turned around suddenly, forming a magic seal with his hands and pressing towards the water surface, the water splashed violently.But his feet slipped, his ankle was pulled, and Qin Le fell sideways into the water with a bang.

Under the water, Gu Qingqiao avoided Qin Le's palm and pulled his ankle smoothly.After taking two steps, he turned around and saw Qin Le struggling in the water in a hurry, spitting out a bunch of bubbles.Gu Qingqiao shook his head, and put his hand on his back.

"Cough, cough cough" Qin Le choked for a long time, looked at the ancient green bridge that came out of the water from behind him, and complained helplessly: "Brother Gu, you are making a big joke, I don't know how to swim."

Gu Qingqiao punched him, "You don't know how to swim and you don't learn! What if you fall into the river and no one will save you?" After speaking, he pressed his neck, and Qin Le was pushed into the water again.

Mu Xiyun watched the two of them laughing and laughing in the water, and suddenly recalled the scene just now, her face was on fire, she left them, put on her clothes and went back to her room.

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