Green scales

Hundreds of flowers are blooming in the back garden, and the vegetation is lush and lush. Sometimes a few butterflies linger on the flowers, and then slowly fly up and land on the swing stand aside.

Situ Ling was lying on the swing chair, with his head resting on Yao Jue's lap, humming comfortably, while Yao Jue was holding a small sandalwood comb and gently combing Situ Ling's long hair.

"What's so happy?" Yao Jue couldn't help asking when he saw that Situ Ling was comfortably like a stealing orange cat.

"Look, who's here." Situ Ling said as he handed the exquisite silver mirror in front of Yao Jue.

The white mist dissipated from the mirror, revealing a figure standing for a long time at the foot of Suzaku Mountain.

"This is……?"

"That Taoist." Situ Ling snorted twice, "I didn't expect him to be so persistent, and he could still chase here."

Yao Jue nodded thoughtfully, only to realize that Situ Ling couldn't see, so he hummed again.

Situ Ling continued to look at Xia Xinglan who was hesitating in front of the mountain gate with great interest. Yao Jue knew that he was going to play tricks, so he had no choice but to say: "What are you going to do again? Your Majesty is an old monster now, and it's impossible to play tricks on a mortal." ?”

"Xia Xinglan is an ordinary person, how did he come to Suzaku Mountain? Can you guess whose handwriting it is?" Situ Ling grinned. "That idiot Wuhe has lived for so long, it's just his age."

"You mean, Xia Xinglan and Wuhe teamed up?"

Situ Ling smiled, "Impossible, he must have come for Qing Yu, presumably he has already learned about the Moon Worship Ceremony from Wu He, and Wu He wants to use Xia Xinglan to separate Qing Yu and me But, according to the temperament of ordinary people, as long as they see Qing Yu, they will care what other people say?"

As Xia Xinglan said, he raised his finger and pointed it towards the mirror. In an instant, where the fingertip touched, a circle of ripples appeared, and he returned to calm again.

Yao Jue leaned his head over, glanced lightly, and suddenly laughed: "Don't embarrass others, even you and I need to be careful with this thunder formation, and you use it to block his way? This is to beat mandarin ducks."

"Hey, didn't I help Qingyu try him?" Situ Ling lazily got up, stepped on the swing with one foot, supported the swing chair with one hand, and said in a serious manner:

"Qingyu pulled out his scales for him back then without blinking an eye. I just wanted to see if he had the guts. What's more, it looks like an abyss to the naked eye, but there is actually a transparent bridge across it. As long as he is willing If you take a step, you can come here safely."

Yao Jue smiled and said, "What about the thunder formation?"

"It's just to scare him." Situ Ling lay back again, holding the silver mirror in one hand and playing with Yao Jue's slender five fingers in the other.

Xia Xinglan stood at the foot of Suzaku Mountain. The peak of the mountain soared into the clouds, and the green hills on both sides seemed to be tens of thousands of miles away.There are lush vegetation in the mountains, and there are many birds, and the clear and clear birdsong becomes more and more distant in the mountains.

Xia Xinglan was thinking about what to do when he saw Yuqin all the way, but now when he was really standing at the foot of the mountain, he felt timid for no reason.

Yuqin... would she be willing to go back with him?

Xia Xinglan stood there for a long time, until the sun was high and the birds in the forest flapped their wings and flew away, before he took a step forward.

Step out one step, and the surrounding scenery changes rapidly. In the blink of an eye, the green hills disappear without a trace, replaced by a chasm that is more than a hundred feet long. A trembling wooden bridge connects the two ends of the cliff. A majestic palace.There are auspicious clouds all over the palace, golden light bursts, and beams of various colors enter and exit from the palace from time to time.

Xia Xinglan never expected that one day she would enter the demon world alone, and she felt a little mixed in her heart.

Xia Xinglan turned her head to look, the way she came from was still there, but there was nothing unusual looking from the inside out, who would have thought that taking a step would lead to a completely different scene.

Xia Xinglan let out a deep breath, and was about to step onto the wooden bridge, but suddenly heard a small "click", and then the sound became louder and louder, just like the sound of breaking ice in early spring, one after another, one after another.

Xia Xinglan secretly thought something was wrong, so he ran forward quickly, just when he was a few meters away from the wooden bridge, a golden light flashed, Xia Xinglan felt as if he had hit a solid wall, and was suddenly overturned by a force , fell back.

At the same time, with a loud noise, the wooden bridge in front of him collapsed, and the planks fell into the bottomless cliff.

Xia Xinglan immediately got up, not caring about being covered in dust, and rushed forward, but was bounced back by the golden light again, Xia Xinglan fell to the ground in a panic, spat out the blood foam in his mouth, and looked solemnly.

I saw that there was not only one golden light, but hundreds of thousands of them densely woven into a net that covered the sky and the sun, but the net could not be found unless one looked carefully, only a few golden lights shuttled between the nets.The thunder array stands in front of the cliff, separating the Wanyao Temple and Suzaku Mountain into two spaces.

Xia Xinglan got up slowly, looked around, and saw that the right side of the thunder formation was connected to a high mountain, and the high mountain was connected to the land at the other end.

Xia Xinglan thought for a while, reached out and picked up a stone from the side, and threw it towards the thunder formation. The moment the stone touched the thunder formation, it exploded with a burst of golden light, and with the sound of "cracking", the stone turned into powder.

On the other end, Yao Jue took a washed grape and brought it to Situ Ling's lips to feed him.Situ Ling opened his mouth and sucked Yao Jue's slender fingertips together, and his soft tongue swept Yao Jue's fingertips like a feather, causing Yao Jue to withdraw his hand as if being burned.

Situ Ling chuckled a few times, got up cheeky and leaned over to kiss again, but Yao Jue pushed him away.

"Look." Situ Ling stopped laughing and handed the silver mirror to Yao Jue.

"It seems that he is nothing more than that. I still think highly of him." Situ Ling sneered, and Xia Xinglan turned around and left along the way he came from in the mirror.

Yao Jue just glanced at it, then snatched the mirror away, and with a wave of his hand, the silver mirror suddenly turned into an ordinary mirror again.

"There are still a lot of things to do, Qing Yu may not be able to do it alone, let's help."

Situ Ling was noncommittal and was dragged away.

A busy day is a day, until night, the moon is on the tip, the night breeze is cool, and the noisy birds during the day are sleeping peacefully in their nests in the forest.There are only mottled tree shadows cast by the wind under the shadow of the moon.

Xia Xinglan made some simple adjustments, threw all the redundant salutes at the foot of the mountain, and set out on the road alone, carrying only a sword, and set foot on the small path into the mountain again.

This time Xia Xinglan did not move forward, but turned around and walked towards the high mountain beside her.

The lofty mountains under the moonlight looked like a monster with teeth and claws, roaring and looking down on Xia Xinglan.

Xia Xinglan let out a long breath, with firm eyes, grabbed a rock protruding from the mountain wall with his bare hands, and started to climb up with both hands and feet.

In the dormitory, the red candles were flickering, the night was quiet, Situ Ling was breathing steadily, and he was sleeping peacefully, apparently in a deep sleep, Yao Jue sat up lightly, rubbed his sore waist, and gathered the quilt for Situ Ling, He put his hand under his pillow and groped for a while, then took out the silver mirror.

Yao Jue got up and put on his outer shirt. He was untied, and his face looked tired, but he held on and twisted his hands. The silver mirror suddenly shone slightly, and then the picture emerged layer by layer until it was clearly recognizable—— ——Under the moonlight, a figure is struggling to climb up the steep mountain wall, but the mountain wall is too high and steep, the figure can only climb the rock carefully inch by inch, but it is still far from the top of the mountain.

Yao Jue frowned suddenly, cursed secretly, got up quickly and went out the door like a gust of wind.

There was fine sweat on Xia Xinglan's forehead, and the veins on his hands were bulging. Every time he took a step up, fine stones and dust fell down. Xia Xinglan had to move carefully inch by inch.He is like a gecko, firmly climbing on the rock wall.

Suddenly, a night crow fluttered up and let out a strange cry. Xia Xinglan's hand paused, and the stone he was holding loosened for a while, and fell off!

The stone was smashed down with fine stones and dust, Xia Xinglan let go of his hand, lost his balance and fell down violently!

With the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, Xia Xinglan groaned, clutching his left wrist in pain, his lips trembling.

Fortunately, the ground he climbed was not too high, otherwise he would fall down at that time, and his life would be hanging by a thread.

But now he is not feeling well either. Xia Xinglan endured the first burst of severe pain and sat on the ground panting heavily. Through the moonlight, he could vaguely discern that his left wrist was hanging limp and distorted.Apparently broken.

Xia Xinglan took a deep breath, held his left wrist, and reluctantly connected it. With a "crack", Xia Xinglan's face turned pale, and cold sweat soaked the hair on his forehead.

The clouds parted and the moon appeared, and the bright moonlight poured down from the top of the cliff. Xia Xinglan sat on the ground and calmed down for a moment, then tore off a piece of cloth from the hem of his clothes, and tied a knot tightly on his slightly red and swollen wrist.Then he raised his head and began to look at the peak.

On the top of the cliff not far from him, there is a stone platform protruding outward. If he can insist on climbing there, he can rest on the stone platform for a while, and then find other ways to go up step by step.

Xia Xinglan got up after making up his mind, and walked to the lower side of the stone platform with somewhat staggering steps. Just as he was about to climb up, suddenly the wind picked up in his ears, and a tall and thin figure suddenly appeared behind him.

"You still climb up like this, do you want to die without a whole body?"

Xia Xinglan wasn't too surprised, but turned around and looked at Yao Jue calmly.

Yao Jue didn't expect Xia Xinglan to say anything. He just stretched out his sleeves, and suddenly the surrounding wind blew up, and his feet flew into the air, and he reached the peak in the blink of an eye!

Yao Jue turned around and looked at Xia Xinglan who didn't change his face, frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice, "I know why you came here, he doesn't remember you anymore, besides, do you really think you can stand out from the moon worship ceremony? "

Xia Xinglan pondered for a moment, then said in a hoarse voice, "I will do my best." While speaking, he tightly held his left wrist, which was still shaking.

Yao Jue just glanced at it, turned around a few times in a bit of trouble, looked at Xia Xinglan after a while, and sighed, as if he was also at a loss for this mortal, and said slowly: "At the moon worship ceremony, Qing Yuhui will win. He was promoted to be his close servant, Qing Jun first returned to his position, and there was a shortage of people around him. Such a good job of being able to enter the Wan Yao Temple will definitely make people flock to him. Therefore, this moon worship ceremony will surely come out in large numbers. You The odds are slim."

"I will do my best." Xia Xinglan still replied in a deep voice.

Yao Jue seemed completely helpless with him, the two stared at each other for a long time in the night wind,

"Have you really thought about it? Don't you regret it?"

Xia Xinglan nodded.

"Okay, I'll take you to the Temple of Ten Thousand Monsters, but you have to come by yourself for the rest." Yao Jue finally let go, raised his hand, and used the teleportation technique again. In a blink of an eye from the edge of the dark cliff, he arrived at the brightly lit, magnificent Wan Yao Temple with carved beams and painted buildings.

The lights of the Wan Yao Temple are on all night, like a bright lamp, standing far away in the middle of the demon world.

Yao Jue led Xia Xinglan to the long corridor of the back hall, "I'll arrange a place for you first. You rest here for the time being. The day after tomorrow is the moon worship ceremony. You'd better recharge your batteries and use all your energy when the time comes." go."

"You only have one chance. If you lose, you will lose completely. There is no chance to come back." Yao Jue said lightly.

Xia Xinglan nodded, didn't look around, but followed Yao Jue stiffly.

Suddenly, Yao Jue paused, Xia Xinglan also stopped, looked up suspiciously, but was shocked all over.

The visitor was dressed in a blue-gold royal robe, his black hair was partly scattered and partly tied, his appearance was exquisite and had a hint of evil spirit, and his golden pupils looked like gilded light under the lantern, which captured people's mind.

Xia Xinglan was staring at the snake tail behind the visitor—a blue snake tail.

"It's so late, why don't you go to sleep?" Qing Yu seemed to have just finished her work, her face was tired, when she saw Yao Jue walking towards her, she said lazily.

Yao Jue subconsciously tilted his head slightly, hesitated for a while, it was this pause that made Qing Yu see clearly the person behind him.

Qing Yu's sleepy eyes suddenly woke up, and they opened wide unconsciously, with a hint of surprise on his face.

Xia Xinglan was caught off guard and stared at him, his heart skipped a beat, and stared blankly at Qing Yu who was a few steps away.

The night wind blew the red lanterns in the corridor, and the candle shadows swayed slightly with the wind, and the two just looked at each other fixedly.

"You..." Qing Yu suddenly spoke.

Xia Xinglan's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help showing a look of anticipation on his face, and his hands trembled unconsciously at this moment.

"who are you?"