ocean-life Chapter 41
Chapter 41
The hanging bed curtain was blown by the wind.
Zhu Zhihan sat up wet with sweat after a frightening dream, leaned against the bedpost, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
The summer in Dao Zong is scorching hot, and the singing of cicadas makes people upset.
Just now she dreamed about her previous life again.
Those faces that she thought she had forgotten appeared in front of her eyes in the form of dreams, breaking open the scars that she had buried, as if telling her that - avoiding things would not bring things to an end.
"You said, it's almost time for Su Siyue to go up the mountain?"
[There is still ten days left. 】
"Ten days..."
Zhu Zhihan was quiet for a while, feeling almost relieved, got out of bed and sat in front of the vanity mirror.
She was promoted to Jindan at the age of 19, and her appearance was fixed at that stage.
The facial features of the beauty in the mirror have grown, showing some amazing beauty, the look between the brows is light, the snow-colored hair flows down, and even the eyelashes are white, like a jade statue enshrined on a jade platform.
Unlike when he was a child, at this time Zhu Zhihan could easily catch everyone's attention just by sitting there quietly.
She skillfully tied a simple bun for herself: "Over the past ten years, my brother has also helped me track down Su Siyue's traces, but this person seems to have never existed in this world. It's really strange."
"Wait until that day, do you think she will show up?"
【meeting. ] Miss System said firmly.
"Looks like I have to find time to visit the Medicine Sect..." Zhu Zhihan sighed.
For more than ten years, Zhu Zhihan has been cultivating in the sword sect. Even if he goes out to try out the sword, he deliberately avoids the trajectory of the previous life-those people seem to have some kind of strange concern for her. Before the wings are full, she really doesn't want to Faced with that situation.
But Su Siyue and the context behind it are related to Luanwu's infatuation and the future of the Sword Sect. Naturally, the sooner they are found, the better.
So still go.
It's just that she needs to think carefully about how to go and how to avoid people's eyes... After all, she doesn't really want to confront Danqi at this time.
Just combing her hair and changing her outer robe, she suddenly heard a hasty knock on the door: "Junior Sister, Junior Sister!"
Zhu Zhihan went over and opened the door: "Brother, what's the matter? Come in and talk."
The big brother didn't go in.
His mouth was stupid, and he seemed to be panicked. It was hard for him to express his meaning clearly: "The ancestral hall, the fate card of the sixth junior brother in the ancestral hall has a crack!"
Zhu Zhihan's light expression suddenly changed when he heard the words.
Those life cards made of thunder wood actually represent the life of the owner, if the life card is broken, the disciple will die young.
Now that the life card has cracked a crack, it means that the Sixth Junior Brother's condition is definitely not very good, and he is even facing a life-and-death crisis, and he is only a hair away from death.
She looked ugly and said, "Did Brother Six say where he has been recently?"
The senior brother slapped his forehead, and hurriedly took out an envelope from his pocket: "This is from the loose cultivator friends of the younger brother. I have read it, and it is said that the sixth brother was captured by a witch from the Hehuan sect. I thought it was an envelope." It was a sweet and interesting incident, but since then, there has been no trace of the sixth junior brother."
"Acacia Sect..." Zhu Zhihan murmured, "Although members of the Acacia Sect arrest people to practice kung fu, they have never heard of any harm to their lives."
The senior brother was very anxious: "What should I do, junior sister! Uncle Tu Meng and Elder Shi have both gone to the alliance meeting, and they can't be contacted for the time being, and the third elder doesn't know where he went..."
Zhu Zhihan was more assertive than the elder brother, and he quickly figured out his thoughts: "Anyway, it's a clue. I'll go to Master, let's go to the Hehuan Sect."
The elder brother hesitated and said: "But the suzerain is still in retreat? It will take two days to leave the seclusion. Uncle Tu Meng reminded that the suzerain is very fierce during retreat. How about we go find the third elder again?"
Zhu Zhihan crossed the elder brother: "It's too late, elder brother, you continue to find the third elder, I will find the master, don't worry, I am the master's disciple after all."
Eldest brother just nodded.
It was also in the second year of entry that Zhu Zhihan knew that Luanwu had the habit of retreating once every three years.
From the day of Zhongyuan Festival, Luanwu will retreat in the cold pool of Houshan for ten days. Even her apprentice, she doesn't know why Luanwu retreats and what the situation is during the retreat.
If it was in the past, she would definitely not havetily disturbed her, but at this moment, the sixth junior brother had his life on the line, and there was no time to delay.She will always go to Master to have a look... before making plans.
Arrived at the back mountain.
It was obviously summer, and as soon as he stepped into the area of the cold pool, his skin felt a burst of coolness.
"Speaking of which, I have been to this cold pool before."
It's also strange, the deeper you go inside, the instinct begins to faintly warn, and some kind of creepy feeling lingers in your heart.
Zhu Zhihan muttered to himself, so as to calm down his slightly anxious mood.
"At that time, Master helped me to draw Qi into my body,"
Miss System comforted her: [Do you still remember the series of formulas I taught you in the snow mountain secret realm?If the situation is bad, use that. 】
Zhu Zhihan nodded, and the heavy sense of crisis in his heart was a little less.
After Miss System's guidance, he finally came to the location of Hantan.
Far away, Zhu Zhihan took his steps lightly and walked over.
Passing over the rocks, I saw the familiar person wearing a snow-white coat, sitting in the misty and cold pool water, with his eyes closed, and the flowers between his brows were a little strange.
Other than that, it doesn't seem to be any different than usual.
Before she could breathe a sigh of relief, she felt a pain in her neck.
A shadow casts over the eyes.
Zhu Zhihan was held by Luanwu's neck and pressed against the rock, the familiar pair of phoenix eyes in the past had now turned scarlet, full of hostility and oppression.
"Master...respect..." Zhu Zhihan said with difficulty.
Luanwu's expression was indifferent, and there seemed to be some kind of childlike curiosity and murderous intent on that pretty expressionless face.
It's like... a demon.
No, it's really a demon.
Zhu Zhihan was stunned to see scarlet magic patterns gradually growing under her master's eyes, very similar to the high-level demons in her memory.
The strength on the neck was tightening, and the suffocation left Zhu Zhihan with no time to think about it.
... have to find the string of beads.
[During retreat, Luanwu will not put Buddhist beads on his body. ] Miss System said quickly.
Zhu Zhihan then looked over Luanwu, through the gap of the cover, and finally saw the string of Buddhist beads by the cold pool, which was placed together with Luanwu's fiery red robe.
But how to get it is a problem.
Her eyes were already darkened, but she was still thinking calmly in her heart, secretly accumulating power with her drooping fingers, compressing the spiritual power into small balls, and at the same time pressing the string of formulas with the tip of her tongue.
Just wait for a chance.
But at this moment, the five fingers that were pinching her neck suddenly loosened.
"Cough cough!"
Physiological teardrops filled her eyes and blocked her vision. She blinked away hastily and stared intently.
Luanwu took two steps back, looked down at his hands, seemed a little dazed and struggling.
Zhu Zhihan saw a familiar look in Luanwu's eyes.
【Host. ] Miss System reminded.
Zhu Zhihan paused for a moment, he didn't throw the ball of spiritual power out, and he didn't move, he just said: "...wait a minute."
Every time he used the beads, Luanwu showed pain.
She wouldn't want to use it if she could.
Zhu Zhihan moved slightly on the spot, but his body was tense, in order to get away as quickly as possible when the other party made a move.
I don't know how long it has passed, and the back soaked in cold sweat is full of chills.
In the end, she waited for Luanwu to say in a hoarse voice: "...sorry".
Facing his master's eyes regained clarity and the disappearing magic pattern, Zhu Zhihan heaved a sigh of relief, leaned back on the rock, took a deep breath, lowered his eyes to calm his mind.
[Unbelievable, really incredible. 】Miss System said again and again.
Out of danger, Zhu Zhihan had the mood to ask it in his heart: "Are you so surprised?"
Miss System gave a serious look, and said seriously: [If it is the 'Luanwu' in the script, there shouldn't be such a development at all. 】
Zhu Zhihan found this statement interesting: "So you judged by the scriptures?"
【mostly. 】
Miss System seemed a little dazed, and there was a kind of imperceptible relief: 【Yes, now she is different from the 'Luanwu' in the storybook.The relationship between the people in the sect and her has become much closer than before, and there are apprentices...]
Zhu Zhihan listened, feeling that Miss System's tone seemed a little awkward, and before he could catch the flash of inspiration, he felt his neck was suddenly touched by something cold.
she:!
The hot and painful place was stroked by the delicate and cool fingertips.
Raising his eyes, Luanwu's dark eyes, which had recovered, were looking at her with guilt.
Zhu Zhihan's scalp was numb, and he wanted to retreat subconsciously, but there were rocks behind him, and there was no way to retreat.
Fortunately, Luanwu seemed to be aware of her retreat, curled up her fingertips, and retracted it as if nothing had happened.
"Sorry." Luan Wu said again.
Zhu Zhihan settled down: "I'm the one who caused trouble to Master."
As soon as the words came out of her mouth, she realized how hoarse her voice was, almost making it difficult for the listener to distinguish what she was saying.
Fortunately, Zhu Zhihan is an alchemist. When he has nothing to do, he likes to refine some small pills with strange effects as a pastime.
She took out a porcelain bottle from the storage bag and poured the liquid medicine down.
The cool feeling spread in the throat, and the voice almost returned to its original state when he spoke again.
"Take the liberty of interrupting Master's retreat, I came here this time because... something happened to Sixth Senior Brother."
She lowered her eyes, put on the appearance of a respectful disciple, and explained the difficulties in front of her.
It's not surprising that Luanwu has been used to her behavior these years, there is some helplessness in her eyes, and there is also a little pity that is hard to detect.
After a while, she raised her hand to take the outer robe and prayer beads, used spiritual power to dry the soaked inner garment, and put the outer robe on her body.
"Activate the spirit boat, let's go to the Hehuan Sect to beg people."
……
Sure enough, the elder brother over there still couldn't find the third elder, and there was no response to the summons, so he must have died of drunkenness in another corner.
Eldest brother has been busy playing with spirit herbs these years, wasting his cultivation, and has not even broken through the golden elixir.
This time I went to a strange sect, in order to prevent danger, I didn't take him with me. Zhu Zhihan and Luanwu boarded the spirit boat and went to the Hehuan Sect.
On the spirit boat, Zhu Zhihan was in a daze in his room.
She also didn't expect that before going to Medicine Sect to find Su Siyue, she would go to Hehuan Sect - Hehuan Sect is the site of another friend of hers from the previous life.
After hiding for more than ten years, there is still no intersection. Unexpectedly, an exception will be made at this juncture... Fate turned around and turned back.
No matter what, I'm afraid I'm going to hit it.
I just hope that the other party will not cause any hindrance to their flattery.
Besides, there was one more thing that made her feel uneasy.
What happened to those magic patterns she saw in Hantan earlier?
Has the master been in a demon long ago?It doesn't seem right either...
"Tut duk." There was a knock on the door.
Zhu Zhihan's heart skipped a beat.
What is Master doing here at this time?
The envy suppressed in the bottom of my heart not only did not disappear with the passage of time, but became more intense. Even though I knew there would be nothing, I still occasionally felt some inappropriate tension in my mind.
After a while, Zhu Zhihan calmed down and said loudly, "Please come in."
The door was pushed open, and Luanwu walked in, holding a bottle of external wound medicine and a roll of bandages in his hand.
"Go in a hurry, your injury hasn't been treated yet."
Zhu Zhihan mumbled: "Master, still remember..."
She herself forgot because her mind was messed up.
Luanwu put the bandage on the table, held up the porcelain bottle and handed it to her.
"Do it yourself, or should I help you?"
Zhu Zhihan couldn't help thinking about how Luanwu applied the medicinal oil to himself.
It was only touched for a moment before, and it was so irritating. If you smear your neck all over...
She didn't dare to think about it anymore, and snatched the porcelain bottle over: "I can do it myself!"
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感谢在2022-04-2303:30:22~2022-04-2403:10:30期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~
Thanks to the little angel who threw the landmine: 忟哥, I really want to eat one fried skewer;
Thanks to the little angels of the irrigation nutrient solution: 20 bottles of Luo Qingxi; 10 bottles of QAQ; 2 bottles of broken; a basket of rotten oranges;
Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!