Seven Strings in Dreams

Elder Gele followed behind Wu Na and Meng Xianyu. Unusually for him, he was talkative and kept on buzzing non-stop.

Meng Xianyu: "Elder Gelu, can you please just speak your mind? What do you want to say?"

Geller: "Are you okay? You're overthinking it."

Meng Xianyu stopped and said, "If you don't want to talk, don't force yourself to talk."

Geller: “It’s nothing…”

Meng Xianyu: "Then something's wrong."

Geller: "Let's talk while we walk"

Meng Xianyu: “Alright.”

Gler walked and thought for a long time before he said, "The song yesterday..."

Meng Xianyu: “We’re here.”

Gelu was locked outside the door by Meng Xianyu, and almost hit his nose. He had no choice but to wait outside the door obediently.

Wu Na: "Xianyu, what happened to Elder Gele?"

Meng Xianyu: "Who knows? He looks like a bold uncle, but I didn't expect him to be hesitant in his actions and words."

Wu Na: "It's not good to lock him out like this!"

Meng Xianyu: "It's not good for him, an uncle, to enter my room. Besides, he will leave after taking the things."

Wu Na: "Ali just told me secretly to go see Liya. We should ask some questions and ask Elder Gele."

Meng Xianyu entered the room, took out the box from under the bed, looked at the things inside, and thought of the hesitant mention of the song by Elder Gelu just now, so he must want to listen to it! So, Meng Xianyu picked up the box and walked out.

Meng Xianyu: "Let's go! It's a good opportunity to ask Elder Jiayu and the others if they know the origin of the jade pendant. As for Liya and the others, I don't think Elder Gele knows the details. If you want to ask him, we don't need to use tricks, just ask directly."

Wu Na: "He has taken good care of me over the years. I regard him as my own uncle."

Meng Xianyu: "Let's not talk about the High Priest for now. His affairs have nothing to do with us."

Wu Na: “Yeah, I know.”

Meng Xianyu put her hand on the door and hesitated to push it open.

Meng Xianyu looked back at Wu Na and said, "It's also a respect for him to ask directly about Liya. Let me do it!"

Meng Xianyu pushed open the door, but Elder Gele was not standing at the door. He was waiting in a pavilion a little further away.

Meng Xianyu: "Elder Gelu, all right, let's go!"

Elder Gele came over quickly, looked at the box in Meng Xianyu's hand, thought for a moment, then reached out and took it.

Ge Le: "Let me take it! I was mad at Jia Yu today, so I didn't want him to hear about the ambush from all sides. I'm just being petty!"

Meng Xianyu: "So that's what happened. Although "Ten Sides of Ambush" sounds nice, I felt weak all over after playing it. I don't know why. If Elder Jiayu is good at this, I can ask him for advice."

Geller: "That's great. I'm just being stingy!"

Meng Xianyu: "Elder Gele, Wu Na has been worried about Liya. I wonder how Liya is doing now?"

Ge Le: "I really don't know. After all, this is the territory of the high priest. Although I am a good friend of Jia Yu, I am an elder of the Holy Mountain after all. Therefore, I didn't ask much about the things in this villa."

Meng Xianyu: "Let's talk while walking."

Wu Na: "Elder Ge Le, why did you mention the back mountain today?"

Ge Le: "When you two girls woke up this morning, didn't you find anything unusual in this villa?"

Meng Xianyu: "I found it, it was very quiet."

Ge Le: "I heard there is a training ground in the back mountain, and they all went there to train."

Meng Xianyu: "The training ground is so high-end! By the way, what is the name of this villa?"

Gele: "Henglan Villa"

Meng Xianyu: "Henglan? Henglan Zhiruo?"

Geller: "That should be it! The "Heng" in Duheng and the "Lan" in Lancao"

Meng Xianyu: "Heng, Lan, Zhi, and Ruo are all names of fragrant herbs, namely Duheng, Zelan, Baizhi, and Duruo. We use Henglan Zhiruo to refer to fragrant flowers and herbs. There must be a lot of flowers and herbs planted in this villa."

Ge Le: "There should be quite a lot of them. I heard that several guardians are proficient in medicine, tea ceremony and spices, and there is also a guardian who enjoys cooking. So this villa is definitely a paradise on earth in summer. Unfortunately, I am a rough man. I am more interested in the place for martial arts training in the back mountain."

Wu Na: "The person who is proficient in medical skills must be the Pearl Guardian."

Ge Le: "Wuna, if you want to know, go ask Jia Yu, he will definitely tell you"

Wu Na: “No need.”

Ge Le: "Wuna, when will you change your personality?"

Meng Xianyu: "I think it's good, no need to change it"

Ge Le: "I'm afraid she'll suffer. If that happens in the future... forget it."

Meng Xianyu: "We'll talk about the future later. To be honest, I'm also somewhat interested in the back mountain. How about we go and take a look quietly?"

Geller: "Is it bad to peek?"

Meng Xianyu: "That's right, there are too many experts, it would be bad if we were discovered."

Wu Na: "Xianyu, let's go see Liya first."

Meng Xianyu: "We will be there soon. Don't worry, after reading the letter and asking about the jade pendant, we will ask about the zither. After we are done with all this, we will go to see Liya secretly. If we are accidentally discovered, we will say that the villa is too big and we got lost."

Henglan Villa was built along the mountain. The project was huge and it was not built in a day or two. The mountain is shrouded in clouds and mist, and the terrain is dangerous. It has excellent natural protection, and few people can come here. There are obviously talented people in the villa who have arranged a formation outside the villa. Anyone who approaches the villa but does not know how to enter the formation will be confused by the formation and sent out. The formation changes frequently, and even people in the villa need someone to pick them up before they can go back. The layout of the villa seems simple, but it is actually carefully designed everywhere. Every flower and grass has its own mystery.

When Meng Xianyu and the other two came back, Yixi was already tired from playing and was sitting next to Wulan, stroking the rabbit's fur. The other three men were still chatting behind Wulan's back.

Wulan: “I’m back”

Meng Xianyu: "Aunt Wulan, how are you, are you tired?"

Wulan: "I'm fine, I don't want to stay in the room"

Meng Xianyu: "It's nice to get some sun"

Yixi: "Sister Xianyu, do you want to play a song? Ali, Sister Xianyu plays the piano and sings beautifully!"

Wulan: "Really? Have you heard of it?"

Yixi: "Yixi has heard that Sister Xianyu sings as beautifully as my mother."

Wu Na: "You are disliking me."

Yixi: "No, I have never heard my sister sing."

Wu Na: "Haven't you heard of it? Are you too young to remember it?"

Wulan: "Yixi, if you really want to listen, why don't you let Sister Wuna sing it for you now?"

Wu Na: "Forget it, business is more important."

Wu Na quickly dragged Meng Xianyu away.

Ulan and Yixi smiled at each other. Yixi didn’t know why Ulan was smiling, but he was happy as long as Ali was happy.

Wulan laughed because Wu Na's singing was not like her at all. Although her voice was not bad, it was more like Monk's and not in tune. When Yixi was a child, Wu Na did sing for him, and Yixi would cry non-stop whenever Wu Na sang. Yixi also liked to stick to Wu Na, and would not let go even when crying, and would hug Wu Na tightly. Thinking of Yixi's look as a little crybaby and Wu Na's look as a little adult, Wulan wanted to laugh. The point is that Monk knew that his singing was not good and he didn't sing much, but Wu Na seemed to have never heard other people sing, as if she didn't know that her singing was not good. When Wulan watched Wu Na and Meng Xianyu getting along together, she realized that her daughter had really changed, and she could also be a naughty little girl.

Several grown men were waiting for Wu Na and Meng Xianyu. Gelu put the box on the stone table and threw all the other things on the table aside.

Meng Xianyu: "I'm here, there's nothing shameful here"

Meng Xianyu opened the box, gave the clothes to Wu Na first, and then took out the letter.

Meng Xianyu: "Elder Gelu already knows the contents of the letter. If you know the words in it, please take one letter each and exchange them. If you don't know them, I can explain them to you briefly."

Jiayu: “Don’t worry.”

Unexpectedly, these three people knew each other. They read the letter quickly and handed it to Meng Xianyu soon.

Meng Xianyu: "So fast?"

Jiayu: "So, your surname is Meng, and your given name is Xianyu, which means slender and delicate, and Yu means rain. It is not the Xian of cultivating immortals, and Yu of speaking."

Meng Xianyu: "You have never asked me what my name is."

Jiayu: "Okay, then you are from the north"

Meng Xianyu: "I guess so! From the Northeast"

Jiayu: "Then did you two confirm the corpse you found?"

Meng Xianyu: "I can only roughly guess that it should be Yao Yueyun, Senior Yao"

Wu Na: "Aji, do you know Fairy Yueyun?"

Muren: “Of course I know.”

Monk: "What's the age of the bones?"

Meng Xianyu: "How could we understand? What did the high priest think of?"

Monk: "The five disciples she brought with her to practice were all men. If the ones who came out of Huan Dan Academy to practice were also men, then the corpse could only have two identities."

Meng Xianyu: "Farmer girl Qingyang?"

Monk: "Yes, this Fairy Yueyun is quite famous. It would be a pity if it is really her."

Meng Xianyu: "I don't know the age of this peasant girl Qingyang, but it's possible."

Gelu coughed and said weakly: "I think the body should be Yao Yueyun"

Jiayu: "You saw it yesterday, but did you find anything?"

Ge Le: "It's hard to say, she doesn't look like a peasant girl."

Meng Xianyu: "Identity will be known sooner or later. Today, I would like to ask you to help me find out the origins of these two jade pendants."

Meng Xianyu took out two jade pendants, but none of the four people reached out to take them.

Jiayu: "This jade pendant is only possessed by the elders of the inner sect of Shuitian Academy."

Meng Xianyu: "What does this black and white mean? Isn't one piece enough?"

Monk: "There are slight differences in the patterns of the two jade pendants, but they have the same texture"

Meng Xianyu: "Is this real? Do you want to test it? Take a closer look?"

Meng Xianyu handed two jade pendants to several people, and they immediately left their seats and took a step back.

Meng Xianyu: "What's wrong?"

Monk: "Don't you feel that this thing is weird?"

Meng Xianyu: "Nothing strange? Wu Na, do you feel uncomfortable?"

Wu Na: “No.”

After Wu Na finished speaking, she was about to put her hand on the jade pendant.

Monk endured the discomfort and tried to stop Wu Na.

When no one was paying attention, the servants helped Wulan over, and Yixi followed.

Wulan: "Xianyu, bring it here for me to see"