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Lan Xichen stood under the magnolia tree, staring back at the library hidden among the flowers and leaves.

Although it was a new pavilion rebuilt after the fire, it looks exactly the same as before.Even the blooming magnolia plant above the head is still full of fragrance, and the curved arc of the branches is even exactly the same, showing its beauty in the evening wind.

Behind him, Lan's Immortal Mansion is hidden in the mountains outside Gusu City, shrouded in clouds and mist all year round, and the fairy air is faint.If you take a closer look, you can find that many pavilions and pavilions occasionally have some dark marks, and some beams and columns have collapsed, and the rafters have collapsed.But at this moment, even in these crumbling houses, there is a simple and elegant lamp hanging under the eaves.Although each lamp is bright and soft, the entire fairyland is full of lights as far as the eye can see, outlining the arc of rolling mountain ridges, which warms people's hearts.Those little lights, like a pair of smiling eyes, and like a sky full of stars, illuminate the way forward, leading Gusu Lan's family out of grief.

At the inauguration ceremony of Zangshu Pavilion, Lan Xichen, as the suzerain, invited famous scholars from all over the world.When he took office as suzerain, there were no ceremonies or ceremonies, which had already caused a lot of speculation.Forced by the situation, Lan Xichen couldn't tolerate any delay, so Lan Xichen took up the important task of reviving the Gusu Lan clan with the help of his clan.At this time, in front of Zangshu Pavilion, he accepted every attendee's admiration and surprise, or regretful and searching eyes, with a peaceful smile on his face.

His uncle Lan Qiren and his younger brother Lan Wangji were on the side to assist, and the guests present were all courteous.Therefore, even though it is rare to see a crowd of people in the Yunshen I do not know, everything is still in order.It's not because of the big words on the disciplinary stone that "no noise is forbidden inside the deep cloud", but because the appearance of the rebirth of this great fairy mansion after the catastrophe is really shocking, and one feels that the slightest inappropriateness is blasphemy.

After the ceremony was completed, all the celebrities of the immortal sect returned home with their swords, and the rest of the few who lived in Yunshen's unknown place had also been properly arranged.Lan Xichen had asked his uncle to rest early, leaving him and Lan Wangji to deal with the aftermath.Yun Shen didn't know that the place was not the same as before, the houses were damaged, and the manpower was also short, so everything seemed a little stretched.Fortunately, the tribe is capable and united, and the inauguration ceremony of Zangshu Pavilion is also very dignified.After arranging the affairs of the younger generation and the servants in the elegant room, Lan Xichen and Lan Wangji turned and walked back to the Library Pavilion, there were still many important matters to be dealt with.

The moonlight was all over the ground, and the Lan family's twin jades walked slowly side by side.The similar faces of the two are as bright as pearls, which seem to overshadow the light of the moonlight, illuminating every dark corner in the deep clouds.The two walked up the mountain stream, and the sound of the gurgling water was quiet and pleasant.However, as soon as he walked through a bamboo forest, the branches and leaves were slowly blowing in front of him, and a person flashed in front of him.

There was a smile on the corners of the eyes and brows of the visitor, wearing a soft gauze black hat, a little cinnabar between the brows, and a family robe of gold stars and snow waves on his body.

It was Jin Guangyao.

Lan Xichen originally had a gentle and peaceful face, but as soon as he saw someone, a smile trickled down from the brows, forehead, lips, and eyes to the bottom of his heart.

"Second Brother." Jin Guangyao saluted Lan Xichen, then turned to Lan Wangji and nodded slightly, "Hanguang-Jun."

Lan Wangji returned the salute, and Lan Xichen asked, "Why is Ah Yao still here? Didn't Sovereign Jin return to Lanling?" The Sovereign Jin he was talking about referred to Jin Guangyao's father, Jin Guangshan.After the ceremony was completed, Jin Guangshan left with a large group of Lanling Jin clansmen Yujian.It's not hard to imagine that for Jin Guangshan, any Immortal Mansion is far inferior to his own Jinlin Terrace.What's more, after the shooting of the sun, the Jin family of Lanling was the most popular among the immortal sects. At this moment, Jin Guangshan already had an aura of looking down on the world, so even though he was watching the ceremony, he still had to put on airs.

At this point, there seemed to be a fleeting embarrassment on Jin Guangyao's face: "The suzerain is also busy with affairs, and it's not that he has any thoughts about Yun Shen's unknown place. Please don't take offense."

Lan Xichen knew that he was quick-witted, intelligent and obedient, and he was afraid of causing troubles for others, but he was thinking too much, so he reached out and patted Jin Guangyao, saying: "It's okay. I don't have any thoughts at all, and I won't forget to It is really a great joy that the ceremony of Zangshu Pavilion was completed today. Sovereign Jin represents the Lanling Jin clan who contributed the most in the Sun Shooting Campaign, and it is a great honor to come here in person. There is nothing else."

Jin Guangyao smiled: "Second brother has always been like this, but it's my villain's heart that judges a gentleman's belly."

Lan Xichen listened to him belittle himself, and only thought he was trying to resolve the embarrassment at the moment, so he shook his head and stopped talking.However, Lan Wangji turned his head to look at Lan Xichen, but suddenly said, "Brother, I'll go to the Cangshu Pavilion to look up the classics first. After the business here is over, brother can go again." Lan Xichen nodded, Lan Wangji Then he turned and left.

When people walked away, Jin Guangyao said with a smile: "It is said that Lan's Shuangbi is the first in appearance among the disciples of the Immortal Family, although the reputation is well-deserved, but in my opinion, the best thing is the understanding and support of the two brothers. Lan Xichen led him to another white stone path, and asked, "How do you say it?"

"Hanguang-jun has always been indifferent to his emotions, but the second brother can always understand his emotions, and he is one; and Hanguang-jun seems cold and inhuman, but he can also read the gentle face of the second brother silently." The more thoughts below are for two." Lan Xichen was slightly taller than Jin Guangyao, and now they were walking side by side, and Jin Guangyao slightly raised his head to stare at Lan Xichen, his face covered with moonlight.

Lan Xichen hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "In Ayao's opinion, Wang Ji understands what I'm thinking at this moment?"

But Jin Guangyao stopped suddenly, turned around and looked into Lan Xichen's eyes firmly: "Second brother is extremely happy at this moment."

The person in front of me is very close, and the brilliance of the black and white eyes is flowing, as if all the bright stars in the sky are falling into these eyes.Under the moonlight, Jin Guangyao's eyes sparkled, and that familiar smile returned to his face.This warm gaze seemed to invite him to face some deeper and more unbearable memories in his heart.

As if pondering his words, Lan Xichen finally said after a while, "Do you know why I considered fleeing with the book as a lifelong shame? It wasn't just because I was embarrassed when I fled the battle, nor was it just because I was bullied by the Wen family and couldn't fight back." It's because I can't advance and retreat with the whole Lan family in times of crisis. This kind of pain, to me, is tantamount to Ling Chi."

Jin Guangyao listened silently, and Lan Xichen continued: "Since I was a child, the elders of the clan told me that I was going to succeed the head of the family. At that time, I only felt that the responsibility was heavy, and the Gusu Lan clan would rely on me alone. The power of the family is extremely prosperous, and no mistakes can be tolerated. Otherwise, I will be ashamed of my ancestors and my family. But I never thought that when the disaster of extinction struck, I would hate my identity as the future head of the family. All those who stayed on the battlefield The people above all said the same thing to me, they said, to preserve the strength and classics of the Gusu Lan clan, you alone can do it. Only you are alive, the Gusu Lan clan can have hope and future."

"But for me at that time, all I wanted was to guard Yunshen's unknown place with my clansmen, even if I died, I would never regret it at all." After a pause, Lan Xichen said, "But It's just such a simple and small wish, but it can't be realized. It turns out that as the head of the family, the responsibility is not only to add to the icing on the cake, but more importantly, how to make a firm and wise choice at the most dangerous and desperate moment , even if the pain and suffering of choosing to gouge out the heart, even if you have to bear the shame that runs counter to your self-belief to finish this life."

The voice fell, and everything was silent.But Lan Xichen's gentle voice seemed to weigh more than a thousand catties, slowly drifting in the wind blowing through the clouds.

"I am also willing to be like Wangji, who will emerge when there is chaos. It is not to ask people to praise and fight for the false name, but just to think about the common people. If you can use your sword to do whatever you want, how can you say it is unfortunate." Lan Xichen gently With a smile, "But I am the head of the Gusu Lan family, so I can't. I have never tasted the word envy in my life, but at this moment, I feel a little envious."

After hearing these words, Jin Guangyao's perfect smile, which has always been seamless, showed a touch of emotion.He was silent for a while, and said: "Although Gusu Lan's family is waiting to be rebuilt, the new library pavilion, as the most important beginning, is also of great significance. Lan's century-old foundation, immortal cultivation method, and music score secret technique, all the essence is there Within one pavilion. Back then when the Wen clan wanted to destroy this place, the Lan clan tried their best to protect the Zangshu Pavilion, and it still makes people's hearts agitated." Jin Guangyao slowed down, as if he was also calming his ups and downs, and then Then he said, "At present, the Gusu Lan family is not afraid to show others their scars. I have seen many broken walls and ruins along the way, but I have not felt a trace of sorrow and pain. With such a bearing, looking at all the immortal sects, only Gusu What the Su Lan family has, only the suzerain Lan Xichen dares to do. With all these things, shouldn't the second brother be extremely happy?"

After saying this, Lan Xichen was stunned.The usual calmness on his face was replaced by mixed emotions at this moment.Three points of surprise, three points of sadness, three points of emotion, and the remaining one point is the relief after a thousand sails.

The cold moon is silent, illuminating the joys and sorrows of the world.The unknown place in the deep clouds is as quiet and silent as usual, except for the rustling of branches and leaves and the murmur of running water.Lan Xichen stared at the smiling Jin Guangyao, for the first time, he didn't know what to respond or what expression to put on.Those griefs and realizations that he had never said before, suddenly seemed to be understood at this moment.

After a while, Jin Guangyao lowered his head, took out something from his sleeve, and handed it to Lan Xichen.Lan Xichen took a closer look, it was a piece of warm and moist jade pendant of excellent quality, which was showing its youthfulness under the moonlight.Jin Guangyao pointed to the white flute on Lan Xichen's waist, and said, "Every time I see the flute of my second brother, I feel lonely. A simple-minded person like Hanguang-jun always wears a jade pendant around his waist." , why didn't the second brother find a wife for Li Bing?"

Hearing this, Lan Xichen finally smiled, and replied: "The jade pendant on Wangji's waist is a relic of our mother. It is of great significance that my mother gave it to Wangji herself before she was alive. But my white jade pendant □□Xiao, although no one ever owned it, but the instrumental music that my mother is best at is the hole flute, so to me, it has the same meaning.”

"Since that's the case, then I shouldn't be negligent. I purposely searched for jade in many ways, and asked someone to engrave this pattern, and I hope it can be worthy of the name of cracking ice." Jin Guangyao handed the jade pendant forward with a smile on his face, Lan Xi The minister had no choice but to go on.The white jade was carved into a circle of unrestrained and unrestrained cloud pattern, and the pattern looked like a blooming flower, the carving was delicate and delicate, it was really top grade.

"Second brother." Jin Guangyao called out to him, and Lan Xichen looked up.

"Earlier, the second elder brother became the suzerain of the Lan clan, and the situation forced me to hold the ceremony, so I always felt regretful. Now I would like to take this opportunity to make up for this congratulation. The Gusu Lan clan, under the leadership of the suzerain Lan Xichen, will definitely accomplish a lot .”

Lan Xichen slowly tightened his hand holding Yupei, in order to calm down the turmoil in his heart.

At this time, Jin Guangyao stepped back a few steps, pulled himself out of Lan Xichen's breath, and said, "I'm going back too. There are many things in the clan that need to be dealt with urgently. Recently, Zixuan is busy with the Yunmengjiang Sect. It's lack of skills. I can do a little bit."

Hearing this, Lan Xichen didn't want to keep him anymore, so he nodded, "See you next time, A Yao." He hung the jade pendant on the cracked ice, and said, "Thank you."

Jin Guangyao smiled even more, but he just nodded, made a sword art, and then flew to the vast night sky to avoid hatred.

As Lan Xichen climbed up the stairs, memories came flooding back.

That day was also such a deep night, but it was pouring rain.However, no matter how heavy the rain was, it could not extinguish the raging fire that swept through Zangshu Pavilion.The flames ravaged the spine of the attic, and the Zangshu Pavilion, which he had regarded as the most important place in the cloud since he was a child, was blazing into the sky, reflecting the entire night outside Gusu city red.

The back of his father who was seriously injured but kept silent at the door, the roar of his uncle telling him to leave, and the outline of his brother supporting his body with a sword as a stick, all fell into his eyes with the firelight.

Behind him was the tired and sad clansman. He was so unbearable and resentful, but he couldn't stop or turn back.Along the way are all the buildings burned by Wen's family, like clusters of jumping lights, and like the eternal fire of the three ways of karma, which makes his blood that has been poured cold by the heavy rain boil again, illuminating him. The dark rainy night road.

And when the rainstorm first stopped, he had already traveled to a secluded mountain road.The clouds gradually parted, and the moonlight returned to the earth one by one.He saw someone holding a black paper umbrella in front of him, slowly putting it away, and walking towards him.The moonlight accompanied the starlight to illuminate the man's eyes, only to hear the man say: "Young master, you have worked hard all the way."

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??*This is a side story of "Ink Soul". For the text of "Ink Soul", see the previous chapter.

*It is hard to find a bosom friend, and there is nothing else to ask for, but a comment, even if it is only one word.

????* Oriented to the original, try to be as close as possible to restore the various aspects of Xiyao and Xiyao in the magic way I read.However, my writing power is limited, please forgive me.

*All mistakes are mine, and the characters are from the original.Some settings follow the original work, and some settings are private.It will be sorted out in the postscript.