Qizhou

There are so many promises in the world. When men and women love each other, when the love is strong, they will inevitably swear to each other, wishing to declare their sincerity to the sky, the earth, and the people of the world.

Ci Nian is just a fox, he never made a promise to Grandma Zhu and Zhuxi Village hundreds of years ago.

Spring flowers bloom, autumn leaves fall, year after year, a generation grows old, and a new generation emerges, Granny Zhu has no children and is gradually forgotten.He guarded this small bamboo house in the past year. When the house was broken, he learned to repair it. When the pillars collapsed, he cut down new bamboos to replace them. Time and time again, the bamboo house has long since lost its original appearance.

This kindness has to be repaid.

It was those warm and rough hands that rescued him from the chaotic cold, gave him a shelter, and gave him the love of a family member. Even if she never knew his origin, he had never heard of her. name.

He Qizhou touched the old railing, and this railing is not the same as it was at the beginning. It may have been replaced countless times over the hundreds of years, but the erosion of the years has made it gradually aging and degrading.What you want to keep, you can't keep in the end.

After the story of the farewell year was over, the two were silent, there was only the sound of breathing between each other, and no one disturbed the other.

"Do you regret it?" He Qizhou asked suddenly.

Hearing this, he smiled and said, "What do you regret, do you regret staying here?"

"The current Zhuxi Village is no longer the original Zhuxi Village." He Qizhou said, "People's memory is as short as their lifespan. After hundreds of years, they may not even remember Grandma Zhu, let alone remember you."

Ci Nian immediately said: "I don't need them to remember."

He thought for a while, then slapped the railing, jumped off, and after turning around in place several times, he suddenly laughed: "I—the Great Fox Immortal of Zhuxi Mountain, a mere mortal, if I don't remember it, I don't remember it, and I don't care too much about it." They remember! I am here, and I have my own intentions. Ordinary people don’t understand if they don’t understand, and I don’t care if they understand.”

He Qizhou asked: "Houshan, what is there?"

I just broke off a branch of new bamboo at the end of the year. I folded a few bamboo leaves in my hand to make them look like flowers, and gently placed them on the cold stone tablet.He sighed, and said leisurely: "I've never seen anyone like you."

"Oh?" He Qizhou raised his voice, "What kind of person am I?"

Ci Nian counted on his fingers: "I said that there are monsters in the back mountain, so you are not afraid; if you are not allowed to come over, you have to come over; others are afraid of me, and they want to avoid me, but you..." Speaking of this, he Suddenly he stopped talking, and his voice gradually became smaller.

He Qizhou was listening attentively, and asked, "Who am I?"

Ci Nian waved his hand: "Forget it, let's not talk about it."

He Qizhou smiled: "I'm right next to you, holding you and not letting go, right?"

"You are a person anyway, can you use words...don't be so weird." Ci Nian was puzzled, obviously he was a monster, why he had to remind him to pay attention to his words in front of this person.He Qizhou smiled even brighter, a row of white teeth shining brightly under the moonlight, and he was about to say something, but Ci Nian took the lead and said, "Houshan, I imprisoned a monster."

As soon as these words came out, He Qizhou's heart sank, and he lost all thoughts of joking.As soon as the smile faded away, in a blink of an eye, a serious expression was already on his face.

He is waiting for the next post.

The monsters in the back mountain have been there since hundreds of years ago.

Zhuxi Mountain is very large, divided into the front mountain and the back mountain. There is a depression between the front and back mountains. There is a pool called Zhuqingtan. The pool is not big, but it is deep and the water is clear. It is the birthplace of Qingzhuxi.The back mountain is rich in resources, and the front mountain does not give up much. The people of Zhuxi Village can live a prosperous life with the resources of the front mountain, so they never go to the back mountain.

And the guy who lived in the back mountain was just a little toad living in the pool at first, named Zelao.

I met him hundreds of years ago, when he was able to transform into a human form, and had a few chats with him.As demons, there are more or less common topics, so at the beginning, Ci Nian did not regard him as an enemy, but simply as an acquaintance who had a chance.After all, it has been a hundred years, and it is not easy to find someone who can talk.

Until later, Ci Nian saw with his own eyes that he dragged the villagers who strayed into the back mountain into the pool, and after sucking the essence, even the remaining flesh was distributed to the monster clan who had not yet achieved great fortune in the same training in the pool.All alone, he just disappeared without a trace.

For the first time this year, I had an argument with this guy.

"There is so much spiritual energy in the mountain that can be absorbed, why do it harm people? The people at the foot of the mountain just strayed into it, and they just drove away. As for killing their lives, wouldn't they even spare the bones? There is no owner in the back mountain, so why should the bamboo People from Xicun can't come in, why do you want to be so domineering and occupy the mountain as king?"

Toad leaned against the pool, looked at Ci Nian, and smiled pitifully: "Are you a monster or not? What does the life and death of mortals have to do with you?"

Ci Nian's words stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say a word for a while.

He joked again: "Have you been raised by someone for a few years, and you have forgotten what you are? Be sober, mortals are fools, they can't believe, they can't listen, and they can't rely on them. When they die, they die. It's no big deal. Things that don't last long in the first place..."

Before he finished speaking, Ci Nian waved his paws and fought with him.That night the moon was full, the black wind was surging in Zhuxi Mountain, two monsters wrestled together, you threw me into the woods, I pushed you to the stone pile, and there was no rest for a whole night.In the end, the battle came to an end with the temporary victory of Ci Nian.

It's not really a victory.Seeing that he couldn't beat him, Ze Lao plunged into the deep pool, but the water was too deep to go down.

Later, Zhuxi Village grew bigger and more prosperous, and the villagers demanded more and more resources. They changed from seeking food and clothing for one night at the beginning to seeking wealth and happiness.This is human nature, but this simple wish has once again brought a crisis to the peaceful and peaceful Zhuxi Mountain.

After all, once you enter the back mountain, you may lose your life.

There is no choice but to seize the time to build an enchantment. Don't even think about persuading this kind of thing. Ze Lao and him have been on two paths from the beginning, and it is impossible to talk about it together.

The resources in the front mountain are getting less and less, and the villagers start to move to the back mountain.Ci Nian couldn't hide his ears for a long time, he could only transform into different human figures again and again, guarding the back mountain, admonishing him over and over again: the back mountain is dangerous, there are monsters, don't trespass without authorization.In the early days, this trick worked, and most of the villagers who came and went cooperated. After listening to his words, they went back honestly.

But the bottom line can be tested.Occasionally, a few tough ones would come and insist on breaking into the woods, but he really had no choice.The Zelao in the barrier, and the villagers eager to try outside the barrier, made it difficult for him who was caught in the middle.

Finally, a group of villagers took advantage of his inattention and sneaked up another road, almost rushing into the barrier he had carefully arranged.

Chi Nian arrived in time, but was insulted for stopping them from picking the Ganoderma lucidum in the enchantment.At that time, Ci Nian was still wearing a female form, which was the appearance he picked out after looking at the bronze mirror for a long time.The moment he was pushed away, he suddenly understood something.The kind look on his face faded away, and a fierce green light shone from his eyes.The villagers who were barking their teeth and claws just now lost their temper, and all of them were so frightened that they didn't even dare to look back at him when they ran away.

After this scare, Houshan stopped for at least a few months.

"Human beings are really troublesome." When Ci Nian said this, he sighed faintly, "I thought it was reasonable for humans to be the primates of heaven and earth. But later I discovered that when I am unreasonable, things On the contrary, it was much easier to handle.”

The monsters in the mountains were uncontrollable, so he turned himself into a legendary monster.Putting up a maze, pretending to be a demon, whenever someone approaches the back mountain, all the spooky ideas in the mind of Sui Nian will be greeted.The villagers of Zhuxi Village were one after another, one wave after another of boldness, and finally lost to his mystification.This weird and delicate balance has lasted for decades.

"Do you want to keep fighting?" He Qizhou asked.

Ci Nian was stunned for a moment, and replied, "I don't know."

He didn't know how long he could stay here.After all, Zelao is a monster and has his own cultivation method. After fighting for so many years, he is not the only one who is trying to improve himself.What's more, Ci Nian is not as unscrupulous as he is.Zelao's practice is extremely domineering, and he often plunders the spiritual power of passing spirits to enrich himself.No matter how poor his talent is, he should have caught up after spending hundreds of years like this.

"Grandma saved me, took care of me, and kept me alive." Ci Nian looked at the blue-gray stone tablet soaked in moonlight, and his tone gradually softened, "Grandma's favorite Zhuxi Village, it's okay to guard."

"Whether it's scolded or rejected by the villagers, doesn't it matter?"

Ci Nian thought for a while, then laughed again: "Ah, a hero is lonely."

"Yeah." He Qizhou also laughed when he heard the words, "It's very hard to treat yourself as a hero."

"It's all done. It doesn't matter if you don't want to work hard." Ci Nian jumped off the railing, raised his hands, and pointed his palms at the moonlight.Moonlight has no temperature, but Ke Ci Nian can obtain subtle energy from it.He Qizhou looked at him quietly, until he felt the giant clam hidden in the interlayer warm up, and then he slowly relaxed.

The spiritual power is functioning normally, and the recovery speed is very fast. It seems that the hard work these days is still quite effective.

After the luck was over, Ci Nian clapped his hands, turned around, looked at He Qizhou who had been watching him, and suddenly said: "Now that your goal has been achieved, should you exchange it with me?"

He Qizhou smiled: "What is my purpose?"

Resigning Nian said: "Don't pretend to be stupid, you follow me, pester me, and say you want to help me become a fairy, isn't it just for the things in the back mountain? Now that I've told you, should you also exchange it? Tell me something I want to know?"

He Qizhou said: "Okay, you can ask."

Ci Nian thought for a while: "Why do you care so much about the things in the back mountain?"

He Qizhou replied, "Just like you, I want to be a hero."

Ci Nian felt that the answer was not credible, so he gave a slight "tss", waved his hand and stopped asking, turned around and was about to walk down the mountain.Seeing that he was about to leave, He Qizhou also fell off the railing, chased after him, stared at the dangling pointed ears and laughed, "Why, you asked, and I answered, why don't you believe me!"

Resignation perfunctory: "Believe—believe—you want to be a hero, a great hero—"

He Qizhou spread his hands: "I didn't lie to you, I really want to be a hero! You said, if you capture the things in the back mountain, he must have a lot of treasures, right? I will be famous by then, you say Yes or no?"

Ci Nian didn't bother to talk to him, so he took a few steps and jumped a few times. He has become a habit of walking through the bamboo, and his posture is exceptionally dexterous.However, He Qizhou was not inferior either. The two chased each other for a while on the way down the mountain, and after a while, they came to the vicinity of the bamboo house.As soon as he got near here, Ci Nian felt that something was wrong with him, and he would turn back when he paused, who would have thought that He Qizhou was following closely behind him.

He Qizhou smiled and said, "Aren't you going to sleep in the house?"

Ci Nian blinked: "That's your room, not my bed."

He Qizhou stopped him with a big hand, put his arms around his shoulders and walked in: "You have slept in that bed, it's yours."

Resignation said again: "What about yours?"

"I've slept too, and it's mine too."

"..." Chi Nian realized that he couldn't argue with this person, so he simply shut up and followed him to the bamboo house.

It's late at night, the summer night breeze blows across the bamboo sea, and the quiet Zhuxi Mountain makes waves like waves.Before the two stepped into the yard, they heard a violent exclamation from the village. This exclamation pierced the quiet night and tore the lights of the entire village.The two paused, and suddenly looked in the direction of the village in a tacit understanding. The rustling voices gradually sounded, and in the shadow of the house, a group of green flames suddenly rose into the air.

It is bamboo green.The green light in the middle of the village is the green bamboo in the mountains!