Fengmou in troubled times

As Shao Surong's last words fell, the dazzling white light and the biting cold wind hit his face together, and when the snowflakes mixed with it hit Feng Yinran's face, he really understood the meaning of Shao Surong's smile .I saw that in an instant, the stone wall in front of me disappeared without a trace, replaced by a white world of ice sculptures and snow sculptures, with no end in sight.Under the cover of white snow, you can still vaguely see the original colors of the trees, flowers and grasslands, which look like decorations wrapped in ice and snow, but reveal a trace of vitality, and the sharp contrast is even more enchanting and beautiful.

Feng Yinran was in a trance, when suddenly her body warmed up, and when she looked sideways, it was Fang Linyuan who took a fox fur from Shao Surong's hand, and carefully put it on his body with a smile.

"Let's go, I still have to walk for a while to get to the courtyard where I usually live." Shao Suyong originally wanted to scare Feng Yinran and Fang Linyuan with the strange sight of Shaohua Valley, but Fang Linyuan's expression remained normal, as if There is nothing in this world that can disturb his mind, so Shao Surong couldn't help but admire that he is indeed a figure like a banished fairy.And Aran's reaction... While putting on the coat, Shao Suying looked at the distracted Feng Yinran suspiciously, always felt that Aran's appearance seemed very disturbed, and at the same time, very sad...

At this moment, Feng Yinran, who was walking towards the Shaohua Valley following Shao Suhong, didn't notice anything else at all, just walked mechanically with her head down, her jewel-like eyes were full of confusion.Perhaps after staring at the snow-covered road for a long time, Feng Yinran only felt that her eyes were getting brighter and brighter, leaving only a piece of pure and dust-free white, just like...

Can't help but stop, Feng Yinran's sight is completely blocked by the bright white, such a clean and pure white, but it makes people feel extremely hopeless, making people feel as if there is nothing left to love.Feng Yinran looked around in a daze, but couldn't see Fang Linyuan and Shao Suyong beside him. In the vast white world, it seemed that he was the only one left, only him...

Feeling pain in her heart, Feng Yinran looked at the ice and snow around her, feeling a tinge of fear in her heart.The cold wind carried the snowflakes across the cheeks like a blade, and the sound of the wind was heard in the ears, like continuous crying, evoking the saddest resentment in the heart of the heart.He forced himself to suppress the fear in his heart, but when he lowered his head, he could only see his own reflection on the ice.Reflecting on the clear ice surface, Feng Yinran's eyes became more bewitching, as if they had really turned wine red, there was no panic in them, only a sneer, as if mocking his timidity and cowardice.

Shocked all over, Feng Yinran bit his lower lip tightly to suppress the scream that he almost blurted out. He obviously entered the Valley of Ice and Snow with Ah Yi and Lin Yuan, how could he see the scene of Ice Purgatory again? ? !And this feeling is actually very real, completely different from the phantom he saw in the forbidden area of ​​Qianxing Pavilion at that time, which made him even more frightened.

Speaking of which, after Feng Yinran made a big fuss in the Fengdu Ghost Domain, he was imprisoned in the Ice Purgatory and was punished for seven hundred years. In the catastrophe of killing the heart, the mind and will are much stronger than ordinary people.However, it was the 700 years of purgatory experience in Fengdu ghost world that made him have an indescribable fear of the cold deep in his heart. It was so strong that he exploded when he faced the scene of the ice and snow Valley of Shaohua, which made him unknowingly Using the reflection of the ice surface to deceive himself, he fell into the illusion of despair and fear.

"Yin Ran!"

A familiar call suddenly sounded in Feng Yinran's ear, and it sounded very warm amidst the howling ghosts and wolves made by the howling cold wind.Feng Yinran was startled, her eyes were covered by a soft and warm palm, and she fell into Fang Linyuan's firm embrace.His nostrils were filled with the faint scent of ink and medicine on his body, which finally made Feng Yinran's heart feel warm again. "Linyuan..." Feng Yinran opened her mouth, only to realize that her voice was trembling unreasonably, "Linyuan..." He repeated his name repeatedly, those two words seemed to melt between his lips and teeth, and Swallowing the blood from his lip bite into his stomach together.From Fang Linyuan's clear eyes, Feng Yinran saw her own reflection, a face paler than snow, and red lips that were stained with blood, like a ghost crawling out of hell, extremely strange .

Seeing Feng Yinran's distraught state, Fang Linyuan's heart ached even more. When they first saw the scene in the valley, he felt that something was wrong with Yinran's expression, but he didn't know what he was thinking, but he actually showed such a sad and desperate expression look.Although Shao Surong was standing aside, Fang Linyuan didn't shy away from anything. He lowered his head and kissed Feng Yinran's lips, silently awakening Yinran who was in a daze with his own temperature.

Shao Suyun, who was also worried about Feng Yinran, looked at Fang Linyuan's movements, blushed and hurriedly turned his head away, and couldn't help but sneak a look at Feng Yinran, who seemed to have calmed down, and then felt relieved.But thinking of Yin Ran's reaction just now, the brows that had just stretched out couldn't help but frowned again. What else happened to Yin Ran, didn't he, who has been with him for two lifetimes, know nothing about it...

Huddled in Fang Linyuan's arms to stabilize her mind, Feng Yinran slowly followed her breath, although her heart hurt badly, her mind was completely awake.It's just that he was in a hallucination just now, and he clearly saw some pictures related to Linyuan, but now that he recalled it, it was so faint that he could hardly grasp the traces. What he can remember now is only Linyuan's lonely back, and that A love poem that someone whispered.

"Grass worms, grasshoppers, grasshoppers, no gentleman, worried..."

"Yin Ran?" Fang Linyuan looked at Feng Yinran who was in a trance and suddenly read this poem for some reason. Although he was a little puzzled, recalling the scene when they first met, his arms around Feng Yinran couldn't help but tighten Tight, "But what's the discomfort?" The young man leaning on his shoulder, under the reflection of the white snow, his skin was translucent and pale, as if he was about to disappear into his arms at any time, making Fang Linyuan feel sore in his heart.

Feng Yinran regained her senses and looked up, seeing Fang Linyuan and Shao Surong looking at her with worries on their faces, the inexplicable melancholy in her heart could not help but fade away a lot.He took another look at the icy surface under his feet, and thought of all the things he had been in the icy purgatory just now when he was reminded by the flying snow all over the sky, and then he lost control and used tricks to deceive himself to make him fall into the Tao. Can't help but feel a little scared.This mind-confusing technique is originally a sorcery, manipulating people's hearts to weave illusions and full-screen illusions. Manipulating the mind of the caster, such as his desperate and helpless mood just now, can even cause the victim to commit suicide!If he hadn't given the two things that Liu Yin left behind to Fang Linyuan and Shao Suyong respectively, I'm afraid they could not help planting his illusion just now, and the consequences would be unimaginable! ...

"I'm fine, I've made you worry." With a forced smile, Feng Yinran backed away from Fang Linyuan's shoulder, and finally there was a little blood on his pale face. "Maybe it's because I've been too busy recently and I'm a little tired. I'll just have a good rest later."

Although Fang Linyuan and Shao Suyun didn't know what was going on with him, they saw that his expression was still not very good, so they tacitly didn't open their mouths to continue asking. "Then we..." Shao Suyun was about to take them to the house in the valley, but when he raised his eyes, he saw a person standing on the road ahead, and he froze on the spot, "Liuyin?!"

Hearing this exclamation, Feng Yinran and Fang Linyuan noticed that on the vast snowy ground, there was a person in red clothes like fire standing there silently.Time seemed to leave no trace on him. At this time, Liu Yin and Feng Yinran were no different when they first met seven years ago, only the coldness between their eyebrows and eyes was more serious.It was still a simple and majestic red singlet, and it was still standing barefoot on top of the white snow like a dragonfly touching water. Such a glazed sound made Feng Yinran wonder whether she had returned to that snowy night seven years ago.He looked at Liuyin, and only then realized that only pure white ice and snow in the world were worthy of the gorgeous and cold and arrogant Liuyin, which made him look both immortal and enchanting.

"Suhong, take Fang Linyuan back to Xiaoyaoju and wait." Liuyin's eyes only fell on Feng Yinran while speaking, and there was a faint warmth in his eyes. During the days of Xinshu, he often made movements, "Yin Ran, come with me."

……Dividing line……

Besides, Liuyin took Feng Yinran to another road. Although the road was covered with ice and snow, one could see the once lush exotic flowers and plants under the snow, as if wrapped in a layer of clear ice, which made people sigh. Amazing.

The two walked for about a cup of tea before they came to a house made of ice.Liuyin, who had been silent all this time, turned her head to look at Feng Yinran, who was huddled in the fox fur with a pale complexion, and suddenly raised her hand to lightly tap between his brows, and gently brushed across the clothes with a faint fragrance. It made Feng Yinran inexplicably feel warm.

"Master." After getting used to the scenery in Shaohua Valley, Feng Yinran was no longer disturbed by those emotions after waking up from her hallucinations, and her mind had long since settled down. Also feel unwell.Seeing Liuyin standing in front of the igloo door, with a comforting smile on his cold face, Feng Yinran couldn't help feeling warm in his heart.Although he usually called Liu Yin by his first name, besides his father Feng Tong, the only people who admired him were Liu Yin and Ling Yan.Seeing Liu Yin after many years of absence, thinking of the few days when he was a child practicing the mind-confusing technique, he opened his mouth and couldn't help calling out this name. "Ah Hong said that Master has been retreating more and more frequently in the past few years, but what went wrong with the mind-confusing technique?"

Although Liuyin also taught Shao Surong to practice martial arts, the martial arts taught to Shao Surong were all the secret books left by his father, Shaoyimo, and the only disciple who truly inherited his mantle and belonged to him was Feng Yinran. one person.Seeing that his apprentice asked this question as soon as they met, Liu Yin smiled nonchalantly, nodded and shook his head, only pulled Feng Yinran into the room, and said: "Let's not talk about these things. , come with me to meet your grand master."

Grand Master?He had never heard Liu Yin mention his master before, so he must be an old man, right?Could it be that his old man is also in this bitterly cold Valley of Ice and Snow?Feng Yinran was dragged into the room in a daze, only to see that there was only a transparent ice coffin in the center of the room, and inside lay an extremely beautiful young woman with a faint smile on her face, as if she had just fallen asleep peacefully.

Feng Yinran was staring blankly at the woman in the coffin, but she heard Liu Yin say from the side: "Yin Ran, give your Grand Master a present."

Although full of astonishment, Feng Yinran knelt down obediently, kowtowed three times to the woman in the ice coffin, and said softly: "Disciple Yinran, pay homage to Grand Master."

Seeing such a scene, Liu Yin was slightly dazed. She was stunned for a moment before she stepped forward to help Feng Yinran get up, and said in a warm voice: "Tingxue likes children the most. When I first saw you and Su Rong, I often thought, If she is still here, she will definitely be happy for me to be close to you." With a look of nostalgia on her face, Liu Yin said as she stroked the coffin lid, as if touching the cheek of the woman in the coffin through the transparent thin ice, "Yin Ran, You are in charge of the Xing Xing Pavilion, and you are familiar with all kinds of right and wrong in the seven lands and eight seas, do you also think that the love between master and apprentice is against the law and against ethics like the world?"

Liuyin's confused words sounded like a thunderbolt to Feng Yinran's ears. If his comprehension is correct, did Liuyin fall in love with his master?Isn't it the same as that little dragon girl and Yang Guo?However, look at the young woman in the coffin, she doesn't look older than Liu Yin, could it be that she is as beautiful as a little dragon girl?Feng Yinran was thinking wildly, but she couldn't help but said: "The rarest person in the world who truly loves each other, why bother to stick to status, even age and gender?" Feng Yinran said this not only to explain Liuyin, but also to think Lost himself and Fang Linyuan.Although the peoples of Rongshao and Cangjue are open and do not taboo same-sex love and marriage, if one day Fang Linyuan stands on a higher position and becomes an emperor, will the relationship between him and him be the same as it is today?

Even though she didn't care about the eyes of the world, Liu Yin was very pleased to hear Feng Yinran's sincere defense. "You are indeed the most suitable to be my disciple..." Liu Yin's brows and eyes were also tinged with joy, and his eyes were extremely bright and charming, "I have been stuck here these years, and when I think back to the days of wandering in the rivers and lakes in the past, I feel more and more nostalgic. If you don't want to risk your life for a day, you can go to a place with beautiful mountains and rivers and die there."

Although Feng Yinran knew that Liuyin's physique was special and could only stay in the severe cold, she didn't know that it was so serious, "Master, you..."

Waving his hand to interrupt what he wanted to say, Liu Yin smiled nonchalantly, "I remember when you were young, you liked the stories in the legends of Huaben the most. I don't know if you are still interested in reading so many files in Qianxing Pavilion Listen to me talk about some old things." As expected, seeing Feng Yinran nodding in a hurry, Liu Yin smiled and lowered her head, looking at the woman who was sleeping peacefully in the coffin, her indifferent and handsome face was finally turned into a pool of spring water by the tenderness in her heart, " Speaking of which, Tingxue is actually a flower demon—"

Feng Yinran has read many legends about the demon world over the years.Different from the fragmented human world, there are five tribes in the demon world located in Qiaohuang Continent, namely Zisang, Langyu, Qingyang, Hess and Lanying, and only the patriarchs of the five major tribes are eligible to participate in the Demon King Banquet. Competing for the position of the once-in-a-thousand-year demon king.

Liuyin's master, Tingxue, is a flower demon transformed from a snow lotus in the Qingyang clan of the demon world. 300 years ago, by chance, she got acquainted with Suxi, the patriarch of the Zisang tribe, and spent her cultivation to save Suxi's friend Yin Fengyue.Unexpectedly, the Jinyan King Yin Fengyue who resolved the millennium-year struggle in the Four Realms by himself was the reincarnation of the heavenly king Lanxi Xuanyue who created the world of Kuangxu.Yin Fengyue, who successfully crossed the catastrophe and returned to the God Realm, was grateful for Tingxue's kindness, so she entrusted Tingxue to take care of the ice and snow Shaohua Valley, which is most suitable for Tingxue's cultivation.

It was not until more than 300 years later that Tingxue went back to Qiaohuang Demon Realm to visit her relatives one day. On the way back, she passed by a village where the whole village was slaughtered by the enemy.She looked around to see if there were any survivors, but found a baby who was protected from death by its parents.Tingxue saw that the baby boy was born with Yuxue's cute appearance and bright eyes, so she took him back to Shaohua Valley in a moment of resignation, and took care of him personally.Because the baby boy's eyes were as clear as glass and his laughter was melodious, he was named Liu Yin based on this.

Although Tingxue is a flower demon, but because of her friendship with Yin Fengyue and others, and entrusted by Zisang patriarch Suxi, she has had many contacts with Qixi Palace, Qianxing Pavilion and Jingyaohui for 300 years.Seeing that Liu Yin grew up day by day, she became more and more attached to herself, and she gradually developed a different feeling for Liu Yin, she felt confused and panicked.He had no choice but to drive Liuyin to the Xingxing Pavilion, which had just changed its owner, on the pretext that Liuyin was eighteen years old and should travel out of the valley.

Tingxue originally hoped to take this opportunity to calm her mind, and let Liuyin Chugu know more friends, and maybe meet the woman he really likes.Unexpectedly, after Liuyin came to the imperial capital, he traveled all over the surrounding countries with Shaoyimo and others, and after meeting all kinds of vulgar fans who were obsessed with his beauty, he understood his feelings for Tingxue even more. , and confessed to Tingxue.He bluntly said that even if he is cast aside by the world, he would like to stay with Tingxue in the Valley of Shaohua forever, and stay with each other until death.

When he said this, Liu Yin paused for a moment, wondering if he recalled his frivolous and reckless youth, the light in his eyes seemed to light up the world.Feng Yinran looked at Liuyin who was leaning against the ice coffin and whispered about the past, it was not difficult to guess Tingxue's reaction when she heard Liuyin's words, and it was not difficult to guess the sweetness of life after they came together despite the worldly vision.But... Looking at Tingxue, who was sleeping forever in the ice coffin, Feng Yinran couldn't help sighing. Knowing the ending of this story too early, and listening to those happy times before, it always makes people feel sad.

Sure enough, the happy days only lasted five years.Just when Tingxue and Liuyin were intoxicated in their love, Qifei, the new demon king of the demon world, began to search for alchemy items for an unfounded elixir prescription in an ancient book, and one of them was the snow lotus demon who had been cultivated for more than a thousand years Yuanshen.And at this moment, Liuyin meets Ling Yan and Fang Rou who are also known as the three tribulations in the world. After a day and a night of fierce fighting, Liuyin, who has exhausted most of his skills, was ambushed by his enemies halfway due to Ning Xilou's mistakes and was seriously injured. However, if Tingxue hadn't used her cultivation to extend his life, I'm afraid he would have died in Huangquan.Liuyin, who had endured the demonic spirit of the snow lotus with a mortal body, could only stay in a cold place, otherwise she would surely perish.Unexpectedly, Lin Fei's men invaded Shaohua Valley at this time.In order to keep Liuyin safe, Tingxue did not hesitate to destroy her soul to temporarily repel Lin Fei, and she used all her skills to protect her outside Shaohua Valley. She almost lost her soul! ...

"At that time, I was hugging her gradually freezing body, with boundless hatred in my heart, and the mind-confusing technique suddenly lost control. If Feng Tong and others hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid I would have rushed out of the valley and slaughtered several surrounding towns. "When Liu Yin said this, there was neither sadness nor joy on his face, as if he was just telling someone else's story. "They all advised me that since Tingxue wants me to live, I should live a good life. But," Liu Yin smiled coldly, "Only I understand what I'm waiting for..."

Suddenly startled in his heart, looking at Liu Yin with murderous intent in his eyes, Feng Yinran seemed to have vaguely guessed Liu Yin's intention in a flash of inspiration, but the thought disappeared so fast that he couldn't grasp the clue at all.The matter of Wen Maochang who lured him to northern Xinjiang, the demon king who sent people to kidnap him one after another, the old events 20 years ago... everything is like a chess game laid by someone, luring him into it step by step.

Liuyin lowered her head and leaned against the ice coffin. When she looked at Tingxue, his indifferent face was full of love and compassion. She reached out and took out a portrait and handed it to Feng Yinran. Liuyin looked up at him and said slowly: "Yinran, what happened here Yes, I hope you can write the matter between Tingxue and me into the files of Qianxing Pavilion."

Feng Yinran, who took the white silk with Liuyin and Tingxue cuddling each other with both hands, solemnly agreed, did not understand the real intention of Liuyin's words until three days later...