msmithbooks Chapter 43
Chapter 43
Lin Zhen knew that she had entered a dream under the guidance of Fuyue.
In the dream, it was still ice and snow, it was still boundless, and it was still that crystal clear and cold palace.He stood outside the door, and saw a person standing at the door, with black robe and long hair, arrogant and domineering, it was Ye Yu.
He heard Ye Yu say loudly: "Please forgive me for the sudden visit." Then, without waiting for the owner inside the door to respond, he pushed open the thick ice door and stepped in.
As soon as Ye Yu entered, a violent blizzard gushed out of the hall, trying to force him, the uninvited guest, out.However, Ye Yu remained calm, walking freely in the wind and snow, with a faint black shadow lingering all over his body, making his hair and robe not messy at all. To him, this wind and snow was like a breeze.
Unable to stop it, the wind was mixed with sharp ice arrows, coming towards them, densely packed, forming an array, and ice thorns appeared in disorder on the ground and walls. Logically speaking, no ordinary person would be able to walk through such a place unharmed. organ.
Such an institution is attacked from all directions, and there is no way to retreat.
But Ye Yu is not very human, but also very demon.
He waved his robe sleeves, blocked his hands, and never slowed down his steps. His eyes were as black as crow feathers, deep and steady. Whether it was the ice arrows rushing towards his face or the intertwined ice thorns, all of them were shattered into pieces. The ice slag fell to the ground and was quickly swallowed by groups of black shadows.
Ye Yu smiled and walked into the main hall, arrogant and arrogant between his brows, he said loudly to the empty main hall: "Is this all you can do? It really disappointed me and made me go all this way in vain. .”
As soon as the words fell, an icy blue shadow flashed past, and attacked Ye Yu with lightning speed, Ye Yu was so sensitive, he turned around and hit back with a palm, and saw the appearance of the comer clearly.
The flowing silver hair is the proof of the Snow Demon clan. The man looks ordinary, but it is difficult to distinguish between men and women, and the weird right eye is the symbol of the Dream Demon.It seemed that this was exactly the person I was looking for.
The two palms clashed, and Ye Yu's palms were hot, while the man's palms were so cold that Ye Yu's hands also slowly froze.
Ye Yu hurriedly let go, and the flying crow feathers flew towards Wuming like sharp knives, Wuming remained expressionless, turned his palms over, and the wind and snow froze all the crow feathers.
The two fought for more than ten rounds before deciding the winner.Ye Yu's eyes were red, and the crow's feathers merged behind him into a four-man-tall beast, and rushed towards Wuming.Wuming cast a spell to deal with it, but he didn't expect that Ye Yu would also attack with the beast, his expression froze, caught off guard, and the sword that Ye Yu took out pointed at his throat at some point.
Ye Yu seemed to be very happy, he smiled and said, "It's been a long time since anyone made me so happy."
"Who are you, what are you doing here?" Wuming stared at the strange man in front of him. No one had ever broken into his palace and defeated him.
Ye Yu said: "My name is Ye Yu. I heard that there are people with two kinds of monsters living at the bottom of this valley. I came to visit on a whim."
Wuming was silent for a while, then turned into a female voice: "I can't see through your heart, I can't be sure if what you said is true or not."
Even the well-informed Ye Yu couldn't help but be astonished.
After a while, he suddenly said: "So that's it, it turns out that the dream monster's soul is still in your body."
Wuming looked at him without saying a word, as if he wanted to see through him.
Ye Yu raised the corners of his mouth and smiled evilly: "Interesting, it seems that my trip was really worth it. By the way, you... what do you call it?"
"Fubai." The cold male voice said, and then turned into a soft female voice, "Fuyue."
"It's too troublesome. Let's collectively call you nameless from now on."
"..." Then why do you ask us?Wait, why can you name others indiscriminately with a calm face?
The sword turned into a black shadow and disappeared in Ye Yu's palm. He seemed to have not noticed Wuming's subtle expression, and said to himself, "Pack up and get ready to go outside with me."
"what?"
"The loser should submit to the winner, shouldn't he?"
"..." When were the rules of this game established? Didn't you say it was just a visit?
Ye Yu stretched out his hand and patted Wuming's shoulder, and said with a hearty smile, "Come with me, the outside world is interesting, and you don't have to follow me everywhere, I will never treat you badly."
Wuming only felt that the man named Ye Yu in front of him was mysterious and unpredictable, which made him a little at a loss, so he asked in a low voice, "Why?"
"No name, a person can be very lonely."
Ye Yu's smiling eyes curved, although he was dressed in black, Wuming saw the light.
Wuming really wants to say, I am not alone, we are two people sharing one body.
But the fact of loneliness cannot be denied.
Because the two demons belong to the same body, they are regarded as different species in the family. They are neither recognized by the Xueyao clan of the mother's family, nor accepted by the Mengyao clan of the father's family. People of the same age in the two clans also avoid and fear them.That's why they came to this desolate valley, and stayed alone in this empty and cold palace for hundreds of years.
The loneliness of hundreds of years, like the snow here, has never stopped.
He looked at the man standing proudly in front of him with a confident expression, as if he was the only one in the world.
With a move in his heart, he nodded slowly like a ghost.
Lin Zhen witnessed everything from the side, watching Ye Yu leave with Wuming, he really wanted to catch up with Ye Yu and ask Ye Yu, do you know that Wuming came back here after you died, bound himself in a cocoon, and imprisoned himself with heavy chains?
But he didn't, he was as quiet as this deserted ice and snow palace.
When Lin Zhen woke up, what greeted his eyes were the plum blossoms outside the window, just like every morning when he woke up at Yan Jing's house.
What's going on, shouldn't he be in the palace at the bottom of the nameless valley?
Is this also a dream?
Lin Zhen looked around, and this was indeed Yan Jing's home. Since there was no guest room in Yan Jing's yard, he had been sleeping in Yan Jing's study.Yan Jing is addicted to books like alcohol, the bookshelves in the study reach to the eaves, every shelf is full of books, rich but not messy, there are medical skills, swordsmanship, scriptures...even some folk picture books.
Yan Jing is not in the study at this time.
Lin Zhen thought to herself, don't care if it's a dream or not, get dressed and wash first, and then go to see what happened.
However, when he was changing his clothes, he felt something extra on his chest - a piece of fine jadeite strung with a red string, which was hung around his neck at some point.
Lin Zhen put the jade in his hand and looked at it in puzzlement. This piece of jade was roughly round in shape, green in color and bright in luster. There was a dragon engraved on it. The pattern was raised and vivid. The word "Zhen" is engraved in the position of the door.
Lin Zhen's heart moved, he had already guessed half of it, he turned the jadeite over, and when he saw the word engraved on the back, he only felt warmth in his chest, as if a wind was blowing across his cheeks, itching.
That is a "ling" character.
Lin Zhen stared blankly at this piece of jade, not knowing how it came to him, he held it tightly with the palm of his hand, and the cold touch from his palm reminded him of Xiao Ling's knuckle-boned hand.
This is not a dream.
Lin Zhen suddenly remembered the piece of jade he gave Xiao Ling when he was ten years old. When he was in Tokyo, he laughed and said it was too shabby, and he gave it again on the day Xiao Ling was crowned, but he forgot it afterwards.
But why is this piece of jade hanging around his neck?Was this sent by Xiao Ling, or was it handed over by Yan Jing?
He quickly changed his clothes and hurriedly opened the door, wanting to ask Yan Jing for clarification.
However, just as he left the study, a cloud of coldness hit his face.
"Bai Qiong?" Lin Zhen touched the melted snow on his face and frowned, "Didn't Yan Jing not allow you to bring snow into the house?"
Bai Qiong made a "silence" gesture: "Shh, if you don't tell me, the master won't know."
Lin Zhen: "..."
"Master Lin, are you up?" Chu Bi walked in from the yard, and when she saw Lin Zhen, a smile appeared on her face.
Lin Zhen stared at him blankly: "Chubi, you... you and Qin Yun, aren't they..."
what on earth is it?Didn't everyone be sent back to the valley by Wuming? Why did everyone return to Yan Jing's house when they woke up?
Could it be that the matter about Wuming was actually a dream, or were they brought back collectively by Yan Jing?
Chu Bi said: "We returned to the ground in a daze, and were brought back by Bai Qiong, and then I saw you, brother..." He suddenly stopped, as if he was talking about something that shouldn't be said, and hurriedly changed the subject , "Master Lin, you have slept for a long time, I am planning to come over to wake you up and bring you lunch."
"Oh, okay." Lin Zhen was still a little puzzled, "Why is it a food box for today's meal?"
Chu Bi's eyes dodged: "This... I don't know, brother, go ask Master Yan Jing after eating."
Lin Zhen thought it was the same, anyway, she held back a lot of questions to ask Yan Jing, so one more question is nothing.
However, when he opened the food box later, he was really shocked by the rich meals in the dishes.
For more than two months at Yan Jing's house, he has been a vegetarian almost all the time, no matter what the dishes are, they are all tasteless, only some pastries have a sweet taste.
But the meals in the food box, including fish and meat, are delicious in color, flavor and taste. They are richer than everything Lin Zhen has eaten in the past two months, and they are all Lin Zhen's favorite dishes.
Lin Zhen even found out that the plate of braised fish had been carefully picked.
"What's going on?" Lin Zhen looked at Chu Bi, there was no Chu Bi's shadow there, only Bai Qiong, a fox, was playing around the screen in the room.
Lin Zhen picked up a dish with chopsticks, but felt that the taste was very familiar, as if...
He put down his chopsticks and stood up suddenly, startling Bai Qiong.
Bai Qiong blinked and said, "Lin Zhen, what's wrong with you?"
"Where is Xiao Ling?" Lin Zhen stared at him with an urgent tone, "Has Xiao Ling been here before? Where is he now?"
Bai Qiong took a few steps back, not daring to look directly at Lin Zhen, and murmured: "Uh... I don't know, I don't know anything."
He wouldn't tell Lin Zhen that it was he who watched Xiao Ling carry Lin Zhen all the way in.
Lin Zhen sighed, knowing that if she asked a few more times, she still couldn't find out why, so she simply left the room and hurried to find Yan Jing.
Yan Jing is eating lunch in her bedroom, one dish and one soup, simple in style and light in taste.
"Yan mirror!"
Yan Jing raised his head and saw Lin Zhen with an anxious face. He had guessed half of it in his heart, and he responded, "What's wrong?"
Lin Zhen rushed in front of Yan Jing, with a trace of nervousness on his face involuntarily. He suppressed the excitement in his heart and asked, "Xiao Ling...has Xiao Ling been here?"
Unexpectedly, Yan Jing did not hide anything, but nodded calmly.
"Then is he here now? He..." Lin Zhen didn't know what happened to him, but when he knew that Xiao Ling had come, he couldn't help but feel happy.
He really missed Xiao Ling.
"No, he left after cooking for you."
Lin Zhen was taken aback for a moment, and sure enough, the food in the food box was...
"By the way," Yan Jing put down her chopsticks slowly, looked at Lin Zhen, and smiled gently, "Lin Zhen, today is the winter solstice."
today is winter Solstice.
Lin Zhen turns 23 today.