shadow pool

I didn't know how long I walked holding Yanchi's hand, as if I had walked all the paths on Tianji Island, and before I knew it, it was almost dawn.

"It's almost dawn, let's go back soon," Yan Chi smiled and pulled up his robe higher, completely covering my face, "You won't be able to see the light in a while."

I nodded foolishly, and walked towards the return road with Yanchi.

Along the way, we were so quiet that we didn't speak, I stared at Yanchi's side face, my heart was shaken.

"Yanchi, you..." Before I finished speaking, I saw Yanchi staring into the distance, staring there for a moment, without even looking at me.

"What are you looking at, Yanchi?" I tilted my head in doubt, and at the same time I was stunned.I saw many beautiful auras floating on the Shuangshu Island in the distance. A slender seedling twisted its body around the Shuangshu. , turning it into a piece of light, reflecting the rising sun, showing a coquettish attitude.

"Yanchi, what is this? It's so beautiful." I poked Yanchi's arm curiously. I remembered that I heard before that Shuangshu Island is a sacred tree that suppresses the sky. It is not allowed for ordinary people to enter, let alone sacred objects. Then how could there be a thin seedling there.

Yan Chi's eyes dimmed, and he pulled my robe higher, completely covering my eyes.

"Behind the beauty, there is always a heart-wrenching story. That seedling is the incarnation of a peach blossom demon. This story has to start a hundred years ago..."

This is a beautiful and sad story.Taohua falls in love with the short-lived Die. In order to prolong Die's life, she devotes all her efforts and does not hesitate to change her destiny.In the end, Hua sent his beloved butterfly to the heaven with her own hands. From then on, one flower and one butterfly, the world will never see each other again.

"Hua Lang, the flower demon, was punished by the Emperor of Heaven for rebelling against the fate of heaven. He removed the demon bones and demoted him to be a mortal. A few years ago, his life was over, but he didn't reincarnate, so he asked his grandson to bury him on Shuangshu Island, hoping to use the spiritual power of Shuangshu to reshape his spirit body and return to the world."

"You island master actually agrees to this matter?"

Yanchi took a deep look at me, shook his head and sighed softly: "The island owner and the flower demon are old friends. The flower demon and the butterfly spirit have been separated for 3000 years, which is already unfortunate. How can the island owner have the heart not to help him?"

"But," I muttered, "he has reshaped his spirit body, so what's the use of returning to the human world? It's not the same as being separated from his sweetheart and disappearing forever."

Yanchi smiled lightly: "I also heard this story from the island owner. Maybe as outsiders, we can't understand why the flower demon would do this, but maybe when I fall in love with someone else, I will understand."

Falling in love with others, I pondered over these words in a daze, and silently looked at Yanchi.I still don't understand what love is. My father once said that if you often want to see that person, that is falling in love with that person.

I don't understand, but when I looked at Yanchi, I wanted to see him every day. He was the first human being I saw who was not afraid of immortal souls. Although he always bullied me, he really cared about me.

If wanting to see him is love, then I am in love with him.

"Yanchi, I love you."

"Pfft, cough, cough..." Yan Chi seemed to be choking on saliva, coughed for a while, stared at me up and down a few times, and said with a smile, "What a simple child, do you know what love is?"

I patted my chest: "I understand!"

"No, you don't understand." Yan Chi shook his head, touched my head and rubbed it, "You are just relying on me, and when you understand why the flower demon wants to do this one day, you will be the real one." I understand."

I listened in a daze, touched my head, and said that he was stupid, so I didn't want to be stupid with him.

Yan Chi stopped talking, he shook his head helplessly, and left before me.

I don't know why, but I can feel that Yanchi is angry.

"Yanchi, are you angry with me?" I chased after him and asked after I caught him.

Yanchi didn't answer me, took me back to the room, and pushed me to the bed: "You rest, I'm going to the morning training."

After saying that, he left, leaving me alone scratching my head strangely, how did I offend him.

After lunch, Yanchi came back and brought me a bunch of delicious food.

There are all kinds of things, many of which I have never seen before, and I feel hungry when I look at them, and as soon as I stretch out my skeleton claws, I touch them.

Unexpectedly, with a snap, Yanchi made my paws red.

"Oh, Yanchi, what are you doing?" I was so wronged, I stroked my skeleton hand and blew.

Yan Chi's face was sullen, his face was terribly black, and seeing it made me shudder.

"Yan...Yanchi, what's wrong."

"In the past, I was too used to you, thinking that you have never been in contact with human beings, and it is reasonable to be ignorant of etiquette in the world, but now that you are here with me, I have the obligation to teach you what is etiquette. Of course , if you are not willing to learn, you can leave naturally, I will not force you."

"Learn...I'll learn!" I didn't want to be separated from Yanchi.

"Okay then," Yanchi pulled my skeleton claws, pressed them into the water beside him, and rubbed them carefully, "You need to wash your hands before meals, so let's start from this point."

I listened ignorantly, looking at the pair of hands held by Yan Chi, my heart felt warm. If I learn human etiquette, I can hold Yan Chi's hands every time I wash my hands, then I am also happy.

"Yanchi, can you help me wash my hands before meals every day?"

Yan Chi's hands froze, and he smiled for a moment: "If you want, it's fine, but you have to obey me obediently."

"Of course!" I patted my chest, "Of course I will listen to you."

Yanchi laughed even more happily: "Come on, I will continue to teach you."

Nibbling on that unknown fruit, I listened to Yan Chi's explanation with a smattering of knowledge. He told me that he was angry just now because I disrespected others and spoke nonsense.He said that for an infatuated person watching over his lover, the flower demon has already suffered a lot. Whether the flower demon is stupid or insane is a personal choice of the flower demon. We should respect such an infatuated person instead of laughing at him .

Yan Chi told me that when you go out, you must behave politely when you treat people and things, and you must not be contemptuous. Even if you really have dissatisfaction with the other party, you must smile it and never show it.He told me to be kind to others and not to harm the innocent, but if I encounter evil people, I should punish the evil, promote the good, and protect the weak.

I listened in a daze, I don’t know how much I understood, he spoke very patiently, but my mind was unsteady, and as I listened, something went wrong, I saw the outside for a while, looked at the ground for a while, and smoked Chi slapped me on the head, and I woke up with a start.

Later, Xu Shiyanchi felt that it was useless to instill theories in me, so he simply took me out for a walk every night, saw some things that helped others, and learned other people's etiquette. Gradually, I learned some things and understood the ways of the world .I should be glad that I met Yanchi in this life.