[Lotus Lantern] Free Sky

At this time, the wind and snow outside the door became more and more bitter, and the cold wind was biting, but inside the temple was peaceful and warm.The red candle is burning high, on the jade plate, the longitude and latitude of the chess path are clear, the Chu River and the Han border, the enemy and the enemy are on both sides, and the black and white chess pieces are launching an offensive, ready to kill the Quartet!

Nezha and Baihe Tongzi could bear it at first, but after a while, a thin layer of sweat appeared on their foreheads.Sweating in the winter, it can be seen that they are under a lot of pressure against Yang Jian.Yang Jian talked to them with a smile and promised himself, with a graceful and indifferent attitude.Seeing sweat dripping from the foreheads of the two juniors, and their frowning expressions focused on thinking about the chess game, Yang Jian couldn't help smiling, picked up the teapot, and refilled a cup of fragrant tea for the two juniors to refresh themselves.

At this time, Xue couldn't help but seem to have gradually slowed down because of that smile, the wind has gradually weakened a lot, and the earth has gradually recovered its due silence.The outside is covered with snow, and the earth is white. Under the light of the snow, the soft outline of the mountain can be barely distinguished.Yang Jian could feel the whining sound of the wind blowing through the tree. Although it was very subtle, it seemed like the hill was whimpering.

Although the boy Baihe was still staring at the chessboard, he was already using the method of sound transmission from the primordial spirit to tell Yang Jian in his heart: "What should I do? There is movement."

"Don't be restless, it's the shadow demon and the dark demon. They sneaked in through the wind." Yang Jian was still at ease. He casually took a sip of the tea, but in his mind he was also using the sound transmission of the primordial spirit to enter the secret place. Fa responded, "These two little devils are just outposts, don't startle them."

Baihe Boy listened and stopped talking.After being silent for a while, suddenly his eyes lit up, he jumped up excitedly, and said with a chuckle, "Brother Master, do you eat dumplings?"

Yang Jian's hand holding the tea couldn't help but pause for a moment, put the cup on the jade table, and murmured out at the same time, how long has it been since you ate "dumplings"?It seemed to recall some long-lost past.Yes, the past, when I was a child, the scene of the family sitting together to eat the New Year's Eve dinner jumped into Yang Jian's mind when he was not mentally prepared, and he couldn't help feeling a pang in his heart.

Before Yang Jian could speak again, Nezha rushed up, blinked his big eyes and said, "Boy Baihe, the second brother never eats meat."

It's no wonder Nezha would say that, ever since he met Yang Jian, they became brothers hastily at the beginning, and then dispersed.Not long after, he was forced to death by his father.After a hasty farewell, when he comes back to life, Yang Jian is already the No. 1 disciple of the third generation of Chanjiao, and he has been bigu for a long time. Even if he drinks with him occasionally, he does not see how he moves his chopsticks, and he never pays attention to whether he likes sour or sweet of.Ashamed to say, after being a brother for more than 2000 years, Nezha's understanding of Yang Jian only stops at some major aspects, and it can even be said to be superficial.As for the more subtle, he has never carefully understood.But this shame only flashed in his heart, and he never took it to heart.Because, he felt that Yang Jian wouldn't care at all, and didn't need his shame.What he has to do now is not to seek meritorious service, but to be innocent.Concentrate on the second brother, absolutely not suspicious.As for whether to make up for the mistakes I made before, I still have to think about it. It’s still the same sentence——I don’t want to be meritorious, I just want to be innocent.

Boy Baihe raised his eyebrows, gave Nezha a sideways look, and said with some pride, "I'm talking about vegetarian dumplings."

Nezha's face was covered with black lines, and he gave him a blank look and said, "There is no pot, no stove, and no ingredients. Besides, do you want to make it now?" Isn't it a bit late?

Boy Baihe ignored Nezha, and looked at Yang Jian with a bright light in his eyes, as if he had been prepared for a long time.

Yang Jian looked at Baihe boy with some mysterious eyes, and couldn't help but move his throat. This seemingly subtle movement was detected by two secret whistles.The candle was flickering, and there seemed to be two pairs of eyes in the shadows, standing on the side of Yang Jian, just in time to see this subtle movement that could not be noticed without careful observation.They seemed to look at each other and then disappeared.In the dark night, it seems that there is nothing there at all.

Bai He Tongzi seemed to have been prepared for a long time. With his right hand behind his back, he probed into the void. When that hand turned in front of him, it was already holding a plate of steaming vegetarian dumplings, and there was a faint fragrance in the air.Not very strong, but enough to arouse people's appetite.Nezha wisely took away the white jade chessboard, and Baihe boy put the vegetarian dumplings on the table as if offering a treasure.This is the best tribute dumpling.Boy Baihe secretly praised himself in his heart.At the same time, vegetarian dumplings are centered on the table, with two plates of cut fruits appearing on each side, one plate of ginseng fruit, one plate of flat peaches, one plate of Lingshan Bodhi seeds, one plate of Ziyang Huang Zhong Li 1, and a plate of crystal clear jade. The bottle appeared out of nowhere in the midair, and at this time it also fell slowly, standing firmly between the cup and plate.When the jade bottle fell, a sweet smell filled the entire small temple.When the two little devils fled from the shadows and smelled the fragrance, they almost couldn't move their legs.

Yang Jian smiled slightly, and opened his mouth to say something, when suddenly a disciple's sound transmission sounded in his mind.In an instant, the consciousness crossed thousands of mountains and rivers, and landed above a small town.Um?This is--

On a street in a small town, an eleven or twelve-year-old girl stepped on the white snow, her feet creaking, and she walked aimlessly towards the front step by step.This girl's primordial purple energy is wrapped around her body, but she doesn't have any fluctuations in mana, which is very strange.Looking at the sky again, several strands of black air flowed through, circling and unable to go, but did not dare to come down.It seems to be afraid of something.Yang Jian's consciousness is locked on the little girl, and he wants to approach her step by step to find out her origin.In fact, he just wanted to see if the little girl had the ability to protect herself. If she was really some hidden god, then naturally he didn't need to worry about it.If it's just an ordinary weak little girl, it's natural to find her family quickly and send her home.As for the flower essence hidden not far away, it didn't seem to have any malicious intentions, and seemed to be very worried about the little girl's situation, which is really strange.Is this little girl really unusual?When I thought about it in my heart, my spiritual consciousness had already reached the girl.

You don't need to guess to know that this divine consciousness is Yang Jian.This little girl is naturally out of Hongyun's control, and even the Kunlun mirror can't find the whereabouts of Hongmeng Ziqi-Xin'er.

Ever since Hongyun brought this little girl to live in this unnamed town, maybe Hei Luosha also knew that the people here were not easy to provoke.The town has always been peaceful and happy.How could Hongyun not feel the danger outside, but he didn't want to take care of it before the crime was in front of him.After all, he has no relationship with these human beings, and after living in the mortal world for a few days, he also knows a little about human relationships, so he is even more indifferent.However, for this little girl, Hong Yun is still very caring.

Now, she is lost.How can he not be in a hurry?

Let's talk about this little girl, Hong Yun used to perceive her position through sadness, but now it is difficult.It turned out that after spending some time with Hong Yun and Yin Lingzi, they took care of her like two big brothers, caring and loving her more than her father in the previous life, which made her heart warm up slowly.Today, she figured out some things, and felt that it was God who took care of her. Even though she died, she made up for the warmth that she never had in her life in the city of vain death.Regardless of whether the two were liars or not, she had deceived herself into accepting their warmth.It's just that after more than two months, I haven't seen them do anything to me. Could it be that they haven't found a business yet?Or did I really think too much, maybe they really just wanted to accept me as a maid?

Even if she thought about it well, the little girl didn't dare to think too high.Because she was neglected and unwelcome at home, her mother often said that she had a flat nose, which meant she was dissatisfied with her appearance.I am used to being neglected and treated coldly by others, and I always hope that my parents will pay attention to her like a doting brother, but I am gradually disappointed. How could I think that as strangers, outsiders, or men, what would they do to me? Sincerely, love?

After escaping from the cage, she walked on the street. At the age of 12, she bounced and shuttled among various vendors, feeling free and comfortable, and the sunshine of freedom under the warmth. Everything is so random and harmonious. Free and easy.She is like a pink white rabbit, innocent and extremely cute, shuttling through the crowd.The expensive cloud brocade snow jacket and the light pink purple swallow moon skirt made those stall owners who knew the goods beckoned, hoping that she could go over and look at the carved jade ornaments on the stall.Especially wearing a pair of plain silk boots on the feet, which are the best silk, and they are the daughters of some high-ranking officials.

After being imprisoned by Hong Yun and Yin Lingzi for so long, Xin'er was able to come out, not to mention how happy he was, and he was still young, so he didn't think too much, thinking that they had traveled a long way, and they must have lost themselves .Don't you know that there are two or three dark-faced men quietly following behind. ——But the one who was kidnapped was staring at him.

On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, the weather is good, and there is a kind of New Year's celebration everywhere. Every family puts up Spring Festival couplets, laughs and laughs, and enjoys it.Unknowingly, it was getting dark, and a little girl in Xin'er was walking alone on the dark street.Her stomach growled, she originally thought that she could find a corner nest like a beggar on TV and it would pass overnight.But she seems to have forgotten that she likes to be clean and can't sit down anywhere.So I just walked aimlessly.Do you want to go back?No, I escaped with great difficulty. Although I lived there for two months, I was a little bit reluctant to part with him, but after all, it was not my home, and my heart was always hard to be at ease.But now, I'm tired and hungry, and I don't have any money with me, what should I do?She couldn't help but think of that gentle smiling face.No, no, she shook her head hard, restraining herself from thinking about it.She was walking listlessly, and said casually, "It would be great if there are hot steamed buns to eat." As she spoke, she couldn't help swallowing her saliva, and looked at it dry-mouthed. around.At this time, many people were cooking meat, and the smell of meat wafted over several streets, which seemed very abrupt in this gradually quiet night.

However, something more abrupt and weirder happened. A large plate of steaming, fragrant and hot steamed buns appeared on the ground two feet behind her, followed her footsteps, and slowly moved forward. It seems that there is something holding it underneath.But there was no sound.

The little girl's hair went numb for a while, and after smelling the fragrance for the first time, she felt a chill hit her heart.But soon relieved.The dead city is full of ghosts, and everyone is a ghost, so there is nothing to be afraid of.The little girl was courageous, tried hard to suppress the panic in her heart, and turned back suddenly.

You can’t see anything in the dark night, but under the light of the snow, people who have been walking in the dark for a long time and have already adapted to the dark night can see the white ball on the ground at first sight, and the aroma immediately makes people think of what is that.But the little girl's first thought was, could it be human flesh?Thinking of this, I felt a chill in my heart, followed by nausea.Who told her to watch too many "Water Margin" before she was alive? Where did Wu Song meet the human flesh buns.A gust of cold wind blew past, and the little girl suddenly felt chills swishing. The cold air kicked up from the soles of her feet, passed through her heart, reached the top of her head, and spread to her limbs.However, this was just a momentary fear, the chill only stayed in my heart for a while before being dissipated.But it was enough to frighten her so that she froze there, not moving for a moment.Then, strange things happened again.A white porcelain bowl full of dumplings appeared in front of her, this time it was no longer on the ground two feet away, but directly in front of her, steaming hot, with a faint fragrance of green onions wafting into her nostrils.The little girl sniffed in a natural reaction, closed her eyes a few times, and opened them again to see a pair of chopsticks picking up a dumpling from a white porcelain bowl, and gently approaching her.The little girl didn't know whether she was afraid, or she was attracted by the steaming dumplings. Although she hadn't drank any water for a day, she still swallowed a bit dryly, and then her breathing became a little short.At this moment, a red apple appeared in front of the little girl, then bananas, plums, oranges,... Finally, a silver bracelet with a small bell appeared.

These strange events and the subtle atmosphere that seemed weird but had nothing to do with conspiracy gradually made the little girl less nervous.The little girl finally plucked up her courage, and said weakly: "I want to relieve myself, can you?"

Obviously, the little girl thought that the person who came was Hong Yun.

In the darkness, she seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then she understood what the little girl was thinking. All of a sudden, everything disappeared, and a small bamboo basket appeared on the ground.Cover it with a snow-white silk handkerchief.One corner reveals what lies beneath.It is actually the necessities of life that some mortals need.A few plum blossoms are dotted on it, perhaps it was accidentally dropped on this champagne.

At first, the little girl thought it was Hongyun, but after getting along for a night, the little girl suddenly discovered that this mysterious friend, he could be considered a friend, had a faint fragrance of coldness on him.And her intuition told her that this was a woman.When the words "unknown woman" appeared in her mind, the little girl did get a little scared, but when the next day dawned, this kind of fear faded away.Because the cold fragrance was gone, before leaving, he seemed to be touching his petals.The next night, it was still the same.On the third day, the little girl was walking on the street, watching the gorgeous fireworks in the sky alone. On the New Year’s Eve of the New Year’s Eve, she was the only one who had no family or friends to accompany her, but she was still not alone. It should be said that she had never As fulfilled, satisfied, and happy as today.Because, secretly, there is a person who always keeps a step behind, neither far nor near, keeping a certain distance, silently accompanying her, watching her smile, guarding her, following her.She didn't want to know who it was, and she didn't want to find out why she appeared. Although she was hidden in the air, the little girl felt protected.This feeling is very warm and very real.

Fireworks are easy to be cold, the sound of firecrackers is broken, and ghosts in the middle of the night walk alone in the vastness.

The night soon became quiet, and thousands of families entered An Tian's dreamland. The little girl was walking on the street, walking on the snow, and the snowflakes flew down on her head. The little girl shivered and rubbed her hands subconsciously. hand.After that, I suddenly felt a warm softness covering the top of my head and body.It was a windbreaker with pink plum flowers embroidered on a white background.

"Thank you." The little girl blurted out, and the wide velvet brim almost covered her entire small face.

There was no response in the air, and the little girl smiled slightly, but didn't care, and walked forward bouncing around.What she didn't notice was that after the little girl walked away, a cloud of white mist appeared in the heavy snow, and a delicate and indifferent woman was hidden in the white mist. A blooming red plum.The woman had a murderous look, but she was not looking at the little girl, but at the black air gathering above the little girl's head, with a look of anxiety on her face.I thought silently: "Little master, who are you? Why did you arouse such murderous aura? I owe you your innate aura to be here today. Don't tell me you have never repaid your kindness, so you want to watch the little master succumb to this?  … I'm afraid I can't protect the safety of the little master, what should I do?"

Just as she was thinking like this, the black cloud seemed to be affected by something, and swooped down at an unimaginable speed.Extremely swift and violent, the blood basin in the black mist opened its mouth wide, aiming at the little girl walking in the white snow.Immediately, the night turned into a scarlet color, caught off guard, the flower essence hidden in the dark had no time to stop it, or made subconscious movements.The little girl who was walking suddenly felt a palpitation in her heart, subconsciously raised her head like a cold, and felt that she was choked by a stench of red in her eyes, and she was so disgusted that the irritation made her eyes hurt.It was a mouth full of blood, and the little girl could already see the big red tongue inside. The gums were like a roundabout hillock, stretching to the black hole above, which seemed to be able to cover it immediately, swallowing her in one gulp.The little girl's pupils widened in fright, her face was pale, and her strength seemed to be drained all of a sudden.Her mind was blank, and she stood upright, forgetting what to do.It's slow to say, but in fact, it only took a moment from the sudden change to being covered in a blood mask.At that critical moment, she seemed to think of something, although she closed her eyes subconsciously because of fear, but she didn't know where to find the courage and strength, so she raised her breath and roared,

"Don't-want-come-come-" There was eagerness and worry in the voice, as if he was afraid that the person not far behind him would show up.

The voice was so miserable that it disappeared in the blood mist along with that little figure.At the same time, a blunt and heavy sound hit the ground, and the rest of the force spread all over the place, shaking a hundred miles around like an earthquake, which lasted for a long time.After the blood mist violently hit the ground, it rose into the sky, and the white snow around the ground was also stirred up to a height of tens of feet.Countless snowflakes were blown away by the airflow, fragmented, and the snow mist dyed red fell sadly, carrying an indescribable heaviness and depression...

"little Master--"

At the same time, thousands of miles away, an anxious call came instantly accompanied by Taotian's anger.The sky is full of red clouds, with a murderous look.

"Xin'er—"