Green snake

"You lied to me."

My mind was in a mess, and I couldn't figure it out.

I just know that all of this is just a premeditated.Xiaoqing has long known that Shaojun Yun is my master, and that Bai Suzhen has been sealed here by her master.And he brought me here just to trick me into opening that seal.

He came towards me.

"Liang Dawei...I'm sorry...I, I—" he was incoherent, "I just want to open the seal and let my sister out, I didn't intend to harm you—"

"You bit me! You even invited a group of monsters to almost kill me! Those monsters in Qiqiao Town must not be your so-called friends, right? You pretended to be loyal, and you did a good job! Tell me, how long have you been planning?" Already?!"

"One year."

Hearing these two words, I was startled.Xiaoqing lowered her eyes, and the golden light in her pupils also dimmed, "Two years ago, my sister ran out alone to look for Yun Shaojun, and then suddenly disappeared. I searched for a long time, only to find that my sister was sealed here by Yun Shaojun I know that only his apprentice can break this seal, so I started to look for you and follow you... To control your consciousness, you must first inject enough venom... I waited for a whole year before I waited for someone to be fair and honest Bite you one bite at a time so that you don't have a chance to hate me..."

Chu Qingdeng was killing demons in Qiqiao Town, and I happened to run into it after he killed demons.

Xiaoqing took advantage of this coincidence to find an excuse for herself not only to bite me, but also to continue to follow me shamelessly.

I clenched the sword in my hand, "Is the master I dreamed of, is it you? How do you know that my master used to—"

He turned his face away, "Yes. My sister likes him very much and asks about him everywhere, so I know something."

I almost exploded.

Every time I dream of Master, even if I know clearly that it is not true, I can always leave a little sustenance for me.

But now he told me that even this poor sustenance was fabricated by him.

"Okay, it's very good. I'm still willing to treat you as a friend thanks to it. It seems that I'm thinking too much!"

I raised my sword high again and slashed at Xiaoqing!

The moment my sword almost hit Xiaoqing, I was suddenly controlled by a force.It was as if countless sharp needles pierced my heart at the same time, and I rolled to the ground in pain, shrinking into a ball.

I wanted to call out, but couldn't make a sound.

Xiaoqing's voice seemed to come from far away: "I'm sorry... I don't want to be like this..."

I have lost all consciousness except the excruciating pain.My body didn't feel like my own, and I could only watch helplessly as I swung my sword and drew the unsealed seal on the surface of the lake.

"But now only you know how to open it, and only the sword used by Yun Shaojun can open it—sorry—"

My teeth were chattering from the pain, but I was still controlled by that force, and I read out the mantra word by word: "Break!"

More than a dozen huge water jets soared into the sky.There is a white shadow in the middle of the water column.

It was a white snake several feet long.It landed on the shore and turned into a fairy-like woman in white clothes.

Two voices sounded at the same time.

"elder sister!"

"Bai Suzhen, take your life!"

Two figures, one white and one green, rushed towards Bai Suzhen at the same time.

The power that controlled me was completely gone.I collapsed to the ground, unable to lift up any strength, so I could only stare blankly.

Xiaoqing still took a quick step forward and stopped the man in white.

"Chu Qingdeng?" After seeing the guy's appearance, I couldn't help but curse: "Chu Qingdeng! Since you're here, why didn't you stop Xiaoqing! Why did you let me open the seal!"

Chu Qingdeng swiped out his moves, and Xiaoqing was pushed to the limit by the sharp sword energy.

"Hmph, if I prevent you from opening the seal, how can I kill this snake demon to avenge Young Master?"

I:"……"

He wants to avenge his master?I suddenly couldn't turn the corner.

"You—you want to avenge my master? You already knew that Xiaoqing was lying to me? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"Idiot!" Chu Qingdeng scolded impatiently, "I have already reminded you that this green snake is definitely not a kind person. You don't understand human language, and you blame me for not reminding you. It's really ridiculous!"

Remembering that he did say such a thing, I suddenly had nothing to say.

After all, Xiaoqing's spells were not as good as Chu Qingdeng's. After playing for a while, she gradually couldn't hold on, and simply turned back into a snake body to fight with Chu Qingdeng.I was really surprised, his real appearance was only smaller than Bai Suzhen.

What's even more strange is that Xiao Qing obviously came here to save Bai Suzhen, but at this time Bai Suzhen was standing aside, showing no intention of helping at all.

Instead of making a move, he even shouted at Xiaoqing: "Xiaoqing, stand back, don't hit me!"

"But he's going to kill you—"

Bai Suzhen fell to the ground, and started to cry, "I—I deserve to die... I killed Shaojun Yun..."

Chu Qingdeng sneered: "Killed to death? It's easy to put it bluntly. Didn't you kill Shaojun yourself? Someone witnessed him fighting with you in order to regain the Mingxu Sword, and you drove him to a dead end with the power of Mingxu Sword , he tried his best to seal you when he was about to die—if it wasn’t for forcibly breaking the seal and causing the mountain to collapse and the lake to flood, I would have killed you a long time ago!”

Bai Suzhen cried and denied: "It's really not me..."

Chu Qingdeng suddenly pushed out his palms.Under the heavy blow, Xiaoqing turned into a human form, clutched her chest and fell beside Bai Suzhen, and passed out.Chu Qingdeng jumped in front of Bai Suzhen, sneered with her hands behind her back.

"I have tracked you everywhere for 16 years, only to find out that you once recognized a green snake as your younger brother. God has eyes, let me find out that this idiot boy is actually Shaojun's apprentice, and that he was killed by the green snake Cursed—I knew they would come to you. Hmph, finally made me wait!"

Bai Suzhen shook her head helplessly, "Although Shaojun died because of me, it was definitely not my fault. If you don't believe me..."

As she spoke, she turned around and stretched out her hand toward the lake.

The calm lake water suddenly flowed around a certain point in the center of the lake, and finally formed a whirlpool.

A very bad premonition suddenly came into my heart.I struggled to get up, and almost scrambled to the shore.I saw a huge ice cube floating from the center of the vortex.Bai Suzhen waved her hand again, and the ice cube floated towards the shore again.

With a flick of his eyes, Chu Qingdeng had already flashed in front of him.

There is actually a person sealed in the crystal clear ice.

"Master—"

"Master..."

There was a "boom" in my mind, as if a string that had been stretched for a long time finally broke.

Although I have known for a long time that it is very likely that Master is no longer there, between "very likely" and reality, there is still a little room for fantasy after all.

Now, there is no room for even this fantasy.The master was lying safely in the ice, his clothes were still the same as when Bai Suzhen took them away, but his skin had been frozen to the color of white jade.

I can finally be sure that Master will never come back again.

Sitting on the cold and hard stone and staring blankly at Master, my ears were buzzing, and my eyes were blurred.I really want to cry, but I can't cry.

I have completely lost the strength to react in any way.

Bai Suzhen babbled about the past: "I took the Mingxu back to the demon world and waited for 14 years for the catastrophe to come. After returning to the human world, I wanted to return the Mingxu to Yuxiao Palace immediately. Shaojun has already been kicked out of the sect. I found him and gave him the Mingxu. I wanted him to take him back to Yuxiao Palace, maybe he could redeem his merits and return to the sect...I didn’t expect that I left A few days later, I discovered that there were several powerful people following him... I had just returned from the robbery, and my body was extremely weak, so I couldn't fight them at all, so I had to take Shaojun away first. Unexpectedly, those people still chased him Come here...not only do they want to grab the sword, but they also want to kill me and grab the inner alchemy...the Shaojun was caught by them here..."

Chu Qingdeng was full of disbelief: "Nonsense! Shaojun has Mingxu in his hands, how could he lose to those people?"

"You are from Yuxiao Palace, how can you not know the consequences of the unsheathing of the Nether Ruins? Except for the person holding the sword, not only monsters and ghosts within a few miles, even ordinary humans, beasts, birds and insects will be affected by the instant burst of sword energy I killed him, that's why it's called "Mingxu"... I tried my best to persuade Shaojun to draw his sword, but he still refused, because there are still a few villages at the foot of the mountain... He tried his best to lay down this seal, One is to protect me and the people down the mountain, and the other is to prevent those people from taking away the Underworld..."

The solid ice that wrapped Master was condensed by spells, and it melted quickly at this moment.Only then did I realize that there was a sword wrapped in the ice.

I recognize it.

One day two years ago, the master suddenly said that an old friend made an appointment to go out, and when he came back, he had this sword in his hand.He also said that the sword was very powerful and could cut demons; but it belonged to someone else, and he had to try to return it.

Now the sword is safely held by Master, and has not been drawn out of its sheath.

What Bai Suzhen said was true.

Chu Qingdeng was silent for a long time, and said in a low voice: "This really looks like Shaojun's style. He broke up with me back then because he couldn't understand me killing demons... It's ridiculous, it's really ridiculous..."

He said "ridiculous", but his voice was full of mourning.

Bai Suzhen said with tears in her eyes: "Although I didn't kill Shaojun myself, he died to protect me... If you want me to die, I will die. I'm going to save my life. I only hope that I can meet him again in the next life, so that I can see him again." I can repay his kindness..."

"Hmph! Very good! Today I will deal with you first. As for those who chased and killed Shaojun back then, I will not let anyone go!"

Chu Qingdeng stretched out his hand towards me.The lost strength suddenly recovered in an instant, and there was even a strong force pouring into my body continuously.Chu Qingdeng threw Master's iron sword at my feet, "Boy, kill Bai Suzhen."

His tone was as relaxed as if he was just telling me to squash an ant and swat a fly to death.

I froze.

"Your master was killed by her, don't you hate her?"

Hate, of course hate.

Master's body was right in front of him.As long as I think that all of this was caused by Bai Suzhen, I will--

Sword in hand.Bai Suzhen turned her face away and closed her eyes.

For some reason, I hesitated.

Just because Master was right in front of me, what he often said naturally echoed in my ears.

"Everyone has their own way to go, and you will find your own way in the future."

"I'm just taking you along the way. No matter when, as long as you decide the way you want to go, you can leave at any time."

Now the time has really come for me to decide where I want to go, but I don't want to leave.

If possible, I would really like to follow him for the rest of my life...

Even if he is no longer there.

Even if he could never know.

I bit my lip and asked Chu Qingdeng: "Why do you want me to do it?" He frowned and didn't speak, so I answered for him: "Master broke with you because you like killing demons. Isn't it right? If I kill the demon in front of him, wouldn't it be equivalent to slapping him hard for you?" I increased my volume and said loudly: "Listen well, I am Yun Shaojun's apprentice, and I will never None will betray him!"

I rushed over, snatched the Mingxu Sword from Master's hand first, and then jumped up to block Bai Suzhen.

There was still a piercing chill on the blade of the sword.I put my hand on the hilt of the sword, making a gesture to draw it.

A surprised smile appeared on Chu Qingdeng's face.

"Boy, what are you going to do?"

I said, "Bai Suzhen, take Xiaoqing away."

"you--"

I stared at Chu Qingdeng, resisting the cold that almost froze my hands, and said through gritted teeth: "Although I don't quite understand why Master did this, but—as long as I follow his path, sooner or later I will , I will understand!"

Maybe it's because the power of Mingxu was awakened by my anger.There was a sudden surge of wind and clouds around me, and I was wrapped in the center of the hurricane, as if I would be torn to pieces by the strong wind at any time.

"Bai Suzhen, hurry up! Do you want my master to die in vain!"

"Okay...you, take care of yourself."

There was a sound behind him, followed by a huge sound of water.I knew it was Bai Suzhen who jumped into the lake with Xiaoqing.Chu Qingdeng stood where he was. Although his clothes and hair were blown up and down by the wind, he remained motionless.

He said in an extremely tired tone: "Young Master, you have won."

【end】

Eight years later.

I was ordained ordained in Jiangnan.

This is a beautiful city.There is a lake in the city, there are mountains beside the lake, there are flowers in the mountains, and there are many people among the flowers.I was nostalgic for this place, so I stayed.

Occasionally there are demons and ghosts in the city, and I will catch them and seal them in a high tower, and teach them to study Buddhism, reflect on themselves, and cultivate their morality.

The people praised me as an eminent monk.They don't know that I haven't actually realized the real "Tao".

One day, by chance, I met a little boy by the lake.He has a thin body and delicate features, and seems to be a child of the people around him.He sits on the bridge and plays alone.He kept staring at me as I walked past him.

Then I realized that what he was staring at was the flute hanging on my waist.

——The "Youlan" I exchanged from Chu Qingdeng with the Mingxu Sword.

I stopped and asked, "Can you play the flute?"

He nodded timidly, as if he was still a little afraid of me.I took off "Youlan" and handed it to him.

"Come on, play it to me."

He held the flute to his lips and blew out broken notes intermittently.However, I recognized immediately that this was the song that I hadn't heard in ten years.

Only the master can play the subduing magic song.

I quietly listened to him finish playing.

"Who taught you this song?"

"No one taught me, I just blow it—" He stuck out his tongue mischievously, "Does it sound good?"

"It sounds good."

When he returned "Youlan" to me, his eyes were a bit reluctant.

I patted his head and asked, "What's your name?"

"My name is Xu Xian. Monk, what's your name?"

I said, "Fa Hai."