soul shifting

"Yaoluo tribe?" Shen An thought for a while: "Is it the immortal nation in the legend?"

"Well," Han Xiuyu nodded: "The Yaoluo people are real. Longevity is just a legend, and immortality is true. Breaking the cocoon is the special growth method of the Yaoluo people, and it is also the talent for us to maintain our appearance."

"'We'? Are you from the Yaoluo tribe?" Shen An was surprised: "Then did you grow from the sacred tree in Huichun Valley like the legend says? It's the outsider who couldn't find it no matter how hard he looked. Secret Valley?"

"No," Han Xiuyu couldn't help being happy: "How is it possible? I was also born by my parents, but I was indeed born in Huichun Valley."

Huichun Valley is a legendary hidden valley where the Yaoluo people have lived in seclusion for generations. The mountains and plains are full of precious medicinal herbs. People have searched for the medicinal herbs for a long time, but no one has ever found them.

"We Yaoluo people will experience breaking out of the cocoon twice in our life, the first time when we are 15 years old, and the second time when we are between 25 and 15 years old." Han Xiuyu continued: "From the age of seven, our body will not change. When it grows, it will keep the shape of a child until the first cocoon breaking at the age of 15. After breaking the cocoon, the body will directly become the appearance of a [-]-year-old boy, and then grow normally until the second cocoon breaking. The second breaking After cocooning, our appearance will be fixed and we will never age again."

"To put it simply, the first cocoon breaking is the catalyst, and the second cocoon breaking is the preservative." Shen Anxin said.

"How long does it take to break the cocoon? What is the process?" Shen An asked.

"About six to seven hours, it varies from person to person. At the beginning, the body will secrete a non-liquid and non-gas substance, which will gradually form a membrane to wrap the body inside, a bit like an egg shell, but translucent. "Han Xiuyu said: "Afterwards, the membrane becomes thicker and thicker, forming a cocoon shell, and the body will grow rapidly in the cocoon, first growing bones and then flesh. When the bones grow, the flesh will be stretched apart, which looks like It's scary, but it doesn't hurt, because the things in the cocoon have the miraculous effect of paralyzing and healing wounds. After the skin and flesh grow well, the cocoon shell will naturally rupture, and the cocoon breaking is complete. "

Shen An was stunned for a while before saying: "Okay, it's amazing."

"Well, when I was young, I watched the neighbor's elder brother break out of the cocoon. It is indeed a miraculous process. Uncle Shen will be able to see it with his own eyes when I break out of the cocoon." The charcoal brazier in the room was extinguished, and Han Xiuyu went to Shen An flinched in his arms: "But the most miraculous thing is the thing in the cocoon shell, no matter what kind of injury the body suffers, it can be cured, so my eyes can also recover after breaking the cocoon."

"So that's how it is," Shen An pulled up the quilt: "After you break out of the cocoon, I have to carefully collect the remaining things in the cocoon shell, so as not to waste it. Such panacea will definitely sell for a lot of money. "

"I'm afraid it won't work," Han Xiuyu smiled helplessly, "That thing is only effective for me, and it will lose its effectiveness as soon as the cocoon shell is broken, so I can't sell it to others."

"...It's a pity." The money that was about to be obtained in his imagination turned into a bunch of bubbles, and Shen An felt a pain in his liver: "Cassia's body is growing normally, so he shouldn't be from the Yaoluo tribe. I remember you said that you are very We've known each other since we were young, did you leave Rejuvenation Valley when you were very young?"

"No, we met in Huichun Valley." Han Xiuyu yawned: "Cassia was put in a wooden basin by his parents and floated into Huichun Valley along the stream. This kind of thing had never happened before. At that time Everyone was shocked, worried that Huichun Valley would be discovered by outsiders, and someone would come in to grab the medicinal materials, but nothing happened afterwards. After Cassia was adopted by my neighbor's aunt, we often played together. We knew each other when we left Huichun Valley. A long time later, when I was 12 years old."

"Why did you leave Rejuvenation Valley?"

"...Because of my aunt, she wants to kill Cassia." Han Xiuyu frowned: "She is the patriarch, she has a lot of power, and she can be found no matter how you hide in the Valley of Rejuvenation. I have had a bad relationship with her since I was a child." , so after sending Cassia to escape from Huichun Valley, he simply didn’t go back by himself.”

"Your aunt...why do you want to kill Cassia?" Shen An asked softly, but Han Xiuyu didn't answer, and fell asleep quickly in his arms.The long night is long, the cold rain stops, the moon pushes away the smoke and clouds, and the stars pass through the fog, and together they sprinkle silver brilliance on the wet world.

It was near dawn that Shen An fell asleep in a daze. When the kingfisher alarm clock next to the bed rang on time, he got up with two huge dark circles under his eyes, feeling like he had fallen asleep.

After the short vacation, the disciples of Huoyun Villa ushered in a new stage of cultivation.After a month of basic training, they are already able to use their weapons proficiently. They can retract and release them freely, and there is no danger of hurting others. Therefore, Shen An asked them to train in pairs. , I need Shen An to guide me alone.

"Shoulders should be flat and elbows drawn in," Shen An corrected Cassia Ming's bow posture: "The waist should be straight." Shen An reached out and patted his waist.

"Hiss!" Jue Ming took a breath, flinched suddenly, and frowned. ——Shen An took a picture of the place where he was needled by Qiu Ziyan last night.

"What's wrong?" Shen An asked strangely.

"...The bed board is too hard, I fell asleep last night with my back hurt."

"Ask the servant to make another mattress for you today." Shen An said, pointing to the red heart target placed at the northernmost part of the martial arts field: "Try to shoot at the target over there and see if you can hit it."

Cassia Ming bent his bow and set his arrow, and with a sound of "嗖", it hit the left part of the target.

"Well... there is no problem with aiming," Shen An said: "The reason why the shot was crooked is because the arm strength is not enough, and the arrow was blown away by the wind before it reached the place. Shoot a few more arrows to find the feeling, and then go to practice sandbag lifting. Strength." Shen An asked the servant to bring the sandbag over: "Practice by yourself, I'll go and see the others."

Jue Ming shot a few more arrows, except for one that hit the bull's-eye just in time for Wufeng, the others still missed.So he put down the longbow and began to lift the sandbag seriously.A person slowly rubbed up behind him, Jue Ming turned around and saw that it was his roommate Qiu Ziyan.

"That... Cassia," Qiu Ziyan said with great difficulty, looking at the sky for a while, and the earth for a while, but he didn't look at the Cassia in front of him: "Just now Wang Gang asked me if my bed was very comfortable to sleep in yesterday, and I asked him What do you mean, only then did I realize that he was the one who stuck the needle in my bed, not you, and you picked out the needle for me, but it wasn't clean..." Qiu Ziyan held back for a long time, feeling like he would suffocate to death if he didn't finish speaking. Only then did I finally say my apology: "I'm sorry! I was wrong last night. I didn't understand the cause and effect and blamed you! This is the special wound medicine prepared by my second brother, and I give it to you as an apology!"

Jueming raised his eyebrows, and took the small medicine bottle: "Thank you. I was wrong, I shouldn't just do it without explaining a word. Give this to you, as my return gift." Jueming handed Qiu Ziyan a Small cloth bag: "It contains a kind of mountain fruit, which can be added to rice when eating to enhance the taste."

That night, Qiu Ziyan added the small green fruit in the small cloth bag to the rice, mashed it with a spoon, and then... the rice turned into a bowl of dark food with a sour and foul smell.

"Cassia!" Qiu Ziyan roared angrily.His angry growl echoed throughout the cafeteria.

The happy days are like a white horse passing by, and the sad days are like an old cow pulling a broken cart.Once the days are smooth, it will be like a copper plate in a trouser pocket, and it will be used up before you can feel its existence.

Training disciples during the day, eating and chatting with Han Xiuyu at night, occasionally receiving letters and gifts from Elder Yao or Elder Shen, for Shen An, November passed in the blink of an eye.

The twelfth lunar month and the first lunar month were two consecutive months off, and almost all the disciples went home, so Huoyun Villa seemed a bit deserted.

On December 21st, the first snow fell in the year of Gengchen, which was later than before.

The white, fluffy snowflakes fluttered and fell to the ground, covering everything in the world in a quiet pure white.Snowflakes covered the steps in front of the gate of Huoyun Villa like cotton wool. Shen An came back from Chiyuan Town, holding a long gift box in his left hand and a big bun in his right. He jumped up the steps and printed a row of rabbit-ear-like footprints on the snow.

On the mountain road, the Qiu family's coachman drove the carriage, carrying the young master and a carload of New Year's goods, winding up from the foot of the mountain, and drove the carriage into the backyard of Huoyun Villa.The horses pulling the cart were exhausted, panting heavily.

Qiu Ziyan jumped out of the car, carrying a big burden, and rushed to the door of Xia Ming's dormitory, with the fur cloak fluttering behind him: "Junior Sister Xia!" He knocked on the door: "Are you there?"

Xia Ming opened the door, wearing a half-worn jacket: "Brother Qiu? Didn't you go home? Why are you back?"

"I decided to celebrate the New Year at Huoyun Villa this year." Qiu Ziyan glanced at Xia Ming, his ears turned red slightly: "Everyone has gone home, only Hall Master Shen is left in Huoyun Villa, you, and Cassia Han Xiu Yu and the others can't get excited, I'll accompany you..."

"Thank you, Senior Brother Qiu." Xia Ming smiled.

"I brought gifts for everyone. This one is for you. Try it quickly." Qiu Ziyan handed the big bundle to Xia Ming. Xia Ming opened it and found a long silver fox fur cloak inside. Like brocade.

"Ah! It's so beautiful!" Xia Ming put on the cloak: "Thank you, Brother Qiu! Does it look good?"

"It's... nice," Qiu Ziyan was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly turned around and ran away: "I'm going to give gifts to others!"

Xia Ming looked at his back, covered her mouth and laughed.

Qiu Ziyan ran back to the door of his dormitory in one breath, and his feverish face faded. When he entered the room, he saw that Jueming was not there, so he threw the New Year's gift for him on his bedside table.

At this time, Jueming was sitting in Shen An's room staring at Han Xiuyu on the bed, his hands resting on the table and dragging his face, motionless as if in a trance.

With a creaking door, Shen An entered the room, put the long gift box on the table, and glanced at the bed: "Has it already started?"

"Yeah." Jue Ming nodded.

Lying on the bed was an oval, flesh-pink sphere, a bit like an egg, but translucent; Han Xiuyu was curled up in the cocoon shell in the posture of a baby, the bones had grown a lot, and were about to burst out of the skin...Look It sounds really scary.

Shen An sat next to Cassia Ming, and the two of them supported the table with their hands and dragged their faces, silently watching the miraculous process of breaking the cocoon.

The heavy snow fell and stopped, the sun rose and set, and half a day passed in a flash. Shen An didn't know when he lay down on the table and fell asleep. When he woke up again, the sky had already darkened.

"Hmm..." Shen An stretched and sat up, seeing that Cassia Ming had also fallen asleep on the side.He took a teacup and poured himself a cup of herbal tea. He wanted to moisten his throat and refresh his mind. He gently rubbed his eyes with his left hand, and his sleepy vision gradually became clear.

There was a slight "click", and the big flesh-pink egg on the bed cracked vertically in the middle. Shen An was startled, and stopped moving the teacup to his mouth.

In the dim light, the cocoon shell opened to both sides, and the young man stood up slowly, his waist-length black hair was as wet as dew, outlining the tight lines of his shoulders and abdomen.

When he turned his head, a pair of dark eyes seemed to be filled with stars all over the sky.

The teacup slipped from his fingers and fell on the table, spilling half of the table's water.

"...so handsome."

This was the only thought in Shen An's mind that was blank at that moment.

The author has something to say: The author Xiaobai can't even describe a tenth of Xiaoyu's beauty... orz

He is so super handsome qwq