Unseen Immortal of Three Hundred Years - Chap 82
Wu Xingxue looked down, and saw that the little bell hanging from her waist was actually shaking, as if she had sensed the white jade essence flowing from the tree roots.
The crack on the dream bell was obviously still there, it hadn’t been completely repaired, and he didn’t shake it himself, but the dream bell rang.Although it was only a soft sound, although it was hoarse, it did sound.
Wu Xingxue actually didn’t understand why it made a sudden sound, and he couldn’t care less about figuring it out right now.
Because at the moment when the dream bell rang softly, his dusty memory suddenly loosened, and countless scenes and pictures came one after another.
The most familiar memories rushed over like a sea, and he was submerged in it, standing and watching, but with a kind of strangeness like a world away.Like an idler sitting by the window, reading someone else’s words.
After a long time, he slowly realized in the surging emotions that the person in the storybook was himself.
What did it all start with…
Oh yes.
Luohuashan City.
***
Hundreds of years ago, Wu Xingxue, who was still the Ling King, strayed into the chaotic line of the Feng family.
That day, he saw thousands of spirit bindings in the forbidden area of Luohuashan City, and realized that those spirit bindings were all gathered because of Xiao Fuxuan, so he changed Xiao Fuxuan’s memory, and then went to Feng’s house.
It was there that he realized the time was wrong.
But he didn’t have time to cut off that line, because after questioning the seal emblem and before he took action, he was swept out by that messy line, and most of his memory in that line was also swept away .
He forgot that he had entered that chaotic line, and also forgot everything he encountered in the forbidden place and the Feng family.Even how to return to Xiandu is a bit vague.
I just remember that when he came back to his senses, he was already sitting in the spring breeze.
Sitting in the spring breeze is similar to the world, always living the same season and having the same hour.Later, Wu Xingxue couldn’t remember many things clearly, but he always remembered how dazed he was when he came back to his senses that day.
At that time, the sky outside the spring breeze was just a little bit brighter, and the kind of clean blue water came out from the black sky.It was already late spring at that time, but the wind blowing through the wide window lattice was still chilly.
Wu Xingxue stared at the sky for a long time, then looked down at the hand supporting her head, and then turned her head after a while, her eyes swept across the whole room.
The elder brother of the little boy was coming in across the threshold, pretending to be holding a whisk in his hand.The white tail of the whisk was almost half as long as his, making him look extraordinarily small.
As soon as the boy entered the room, he said, “My lord! My lord, you have made some noise. We thought something happened to you. After you came back, you just sat by the window without saying a word.”
As he was talking, he noticed that his lord’s expression was not right, and asked suspiciously: “My lord… what are you looking at? What’s going on in this room?”
He followed Wu Xingxue and scanned the room, but didn’t notice anything wrong.All I could see were the pine nut shells knocked down by the two boys by the wall.
He moved a few small steps silently, stood in front of the pine nut shells, carried the whisk behind his back and shook it, and quietly removed the pine nut shells.
That little trick actually fell into Wu Xingxue’s eyes, if it was on a normal day, he would definitely find it funny, and took the opportunity to tease this little guy.But at this moment, he didn’t have any thoughts at all. He frowned slightly and asked the little boy, “How long have I been sitting here?”
The little boy said: “Well… two hours, almost one night.”
Wu Xingxue repeated softly: “One night?”
The little boy didn’t know why, so he nodded and said, “That’s right.”
Wu Xingxue: “So I came back last night?”
The little boy blinked: “Yes.”
Wu Xingxue fell silent, but there was still no pine between her brows.
It was rare for the little boy to see such an expression from his family’s adults, and he asked, “What’s the matter with you, my lord?”
Wu Xingxue did not answer immediately.
In fact, he couldn’t tell what was going on, but he just felt that he seemed to have missed something.So that everything after that seems a little trance, not so real.
He himself had a dream bell hanging around his waist, and he had created dream after dream for others, so he was particularly sensitive to this sudden trance.
But he also knew that it shouldn’t be a dream. After all, besides himself, it would be difficult to find anyone else who could create dreams for him in this world.
On the window sill there are light crimson fallen leaves, accumulated in small piles.Wu Xingxue plucked the petals with her fingers, then twirled them lightly.The petals are slightly cool to the touch, but extremely real.
He looked at the petals, and asked the little boy slowly: “When did I go out, when did I come back, and what happened after I came back, do you remember?”
The little boy nodded: “I remember.”
Wu Xingxue: “Then tell me.”
The little boy was dumbfounded.
The two brothers had been with King Ling for a long time, so they were not so afraid, and they would speak up when they had something to say.So he said bluntly: “Sir, do you think the room is too quiet for me to relieve boredom? Or are you afraid that I will become stupid and ask me to remember things from time to time?”
Finally, Wu Xingxue couldn’t help but laugh, and his frowning brows relaxed a little, and he said half-truthfully, “Yes, I’m going to test you. Tell me quickly, you will be punished if you say something wrong.”
The little boy let out an aggrieved “Oh”, stood up straight and began to memorize: “My lord took the Tianzhao the day before yesterday and went out—”
Wu Xingxue said: “What time was the day before yesterday?”
Little boy: “…”
The little boy was like an apprentice who couldn’t memorize books by heart. He rolled his eyes and thought hard for a while, then murmured: “It should be…it should be Weishi.”
Wu Xingxue nodded: “Almost, continue.”
The little boy said: “Your Excellency received Tianzhao to go out at the end of the day before yesterday, saying that this time things are a little troublesome, and he refused to bring us…”
The little boy became emotional while talking, and emphasized: “I don’t want to take it when I see us rolling all over the floor.”
This is actually true, Wu Xingxue heard him say, and there was a picture of those two little boys hugging the beams and splashing in their minds.
They did make a fuss to follow, but he did not bring them.
Because the Tianzhao he received this time was very cumbersome just by looking at it, and it involved a lot of people.However, if there are many names of people and places, it must not be enough to cut one or two lines.
Especially when some children are involved.
At times like this, he would not bring the two little boys with him.
For one thing, going back and forth with different messy lines is actually a lot of wear and tear. Even Wu Xingxue herself often feels unwell and needs to recuperate and adjust, not to mention these two little boys.
Secondly, he was afraid that the two little boys would think of their wandering days in the wilderness when they saw the experiences of some children.
Furthermore… none of the fairy envoys in Manxiandu are real people, with the exception of these two around him.These two little boys were living people a long, long time ago, and since they are human beings, they have hearts and feelings.He didn’t really want to clean up those people who shouldn’t exist in the chaotic line in front of these two little boys.
Children in the world should have pine nut candy in their mouths, hold the Shangyuan Lantern, and play with their mouths, instead of getting used to life and death.
The little boy didn’t know that his lord had good intentions, so after being wronged, he said: “Afterwards, the lord left without looking back, leaving the two of us to watch the house.”
Wu Xingxue: “And then?”
The little boy said: “Then the grown-ups are not satisfied yet, so they insist on teasing us.”
Wu Xingxue raised her eyebrows: “Is there?”
The little boy said, “Yes!”
Wu Xingxue listened attentively, and the little boy wrung his fingers and said, “Your Excellency has not been gone for long, and the sun was about to set in the west. It should be when we arrived at You, when we both received a letter.”
No matter how long Wu Xingxue spent in the chaotic line, for ordinary people, it was only a blink of an eye, at most a few hours.
The You time that the little boy mentioned was the time when he had just arrived in Luohuashan City after dealing with the things Tianzhao said.
The mountain city is lively and full of strange gadgets.Every time he got there, or went to other interesting places in the world, Wu Xingxue would throw out a letter to summon the two little boys.
What he said was that he was too lazy to hold the sword and asked them to help him hold it and do some chores.In fact, it is just to take them around and travel.
Every time the two little boys were looking forward to passing on the book, they were naturally very happy to receive it, but this time there were some exceptions.
The little boy said: “My lord said in the biography that you have arrived at Luohuashan City, and summoned the two of us to go down. The result!”
He said emphatically: “We are about to leave, and I received another letter from my lord, saying that the mountain city is a bit messy today, and a rouge shop turned over its cart for some reason, making the mountain road full of powdery smell. If you say we will sneeze, don’t go, let’s talk about it next time.”
After the little boy finished speaking, he looked at Wu Xingxue angrily, and Wu Xingxue looked a little funny at his appearance.
But he was indeed the one who wrote the contradictory bastard biography.
The content in the biography is not made up. In Luohuashan City, a rouge shop knocked over a car stall.Speaking of this matter right now, Wu Xingxue still seems to be able to smell the smell of makeup and powder blowing away with the wind, which is so strong that it is choking.
But he changed his mind not really because of the carload of rouge, but because he met Xiao Fuxuan when he first arrived in Luohuashan City.
It’s a bit strange to say…
Obviously he and Xiao Fuxuan are often together in Xiandu, obviously they don’t even need to knock on the door when they go to each other’s palace, they can walk freely, they obviously kiss on the tip of their noses when they are in love, they can’t be more intimate or familiar, but suddenly they meet in the world When meeting the other party, there will still be throbbing and surprises.
That evening Luohuashan City was lit with lights, and those lights were connected in a long string, and the flowers painted on the paper were swirling in the wind, shining brightly into pieces.
Through the lights, he saw Xiao Fuxuan among the crowds in the mountain city.
The melancholy and embarrassment brought about by those shuttles through the chaotic lines, cleaning up, and beheading disappeared at that moment. He grabbed the sword and smiled at Xiao Fuxuan.
For a moment, Wu Xingxue had a strange idea in his heart.
He suddenly felt… the first meeting between him and Xiao Fuxuan should be like this – in the bustling world, in the mountain city under Luohuatai, meeting suddenly among the crowds of people and the shadows of lights.
Instead of Xiandu in Kongliao.
Wu Xingxue went against the pedestrians and was about to step up when she saw Xiao Fuxuan walking over.
He raised his eyes to reflect the light of the lamp, and asked: “Didn’t Master Tianxiu accept Tianxiu to go to Guizhou, why did you come here secretly?”
Xiao Fuxuan looked at him and said, “Wait for someone.”
Wu Xingxue’s eyes narrowed.
But he pretended to search in the crowd, and said: “Oh, what beauty are you waiting for, should I hide for a while?”
Xiao Fuxuan looked at him helplessly: “…Wu Xingxue.”
He usually calls him “Sir Lingwang”, with a bit of intentionality. He has called the name “Wu Xingxue” a few times, all in private, when lips and teeth meet.
So much so that when Wu Xingxue heard this name called out from Xiao Fuxuan’s mouth, she subconsciously remembered those moments, so…even the night wind that passed by became obsessively warm.
Wu Xingxue licked her lips, stopped talking about “beautiful women” and said bluntly: “So you are waiting for me, I summoned the little boy and knew that I would pass on the letter, you didn’t even say a word Chuan, just wait like this?”
Xiao Fuxuan: “Didn’t you also receive the Tianzhao? You may not be able to receive it through sound transmission.”
At that time, Wu Xingxue was dazzled by the light of the mountain city and didn’t think much about it.When he thought of this sentence again after a long time, he suddenly realized that Xiao Fuxuan at that time should have known what he was doing after accepting Tianzhao.Otherwise it would not be answered that way.
At that time, when he heard Xiao Fuxuan’s words, he just teased: “I don’t live here, and I often go to other places after I finish my work. If I go to other places this time, or have already returned to Xiandu, why don’t you Isn’t it a waste of time to wait?”
Xiao Fuxuan said: “Then I will arrest you with a sound transmission.”
Wu Xingxue: “?”
Wu Xingxue poked his psoas muscle with the hilt of his sword: “Dangtang Lingwang, did you use ‘catch’?”
Xiao Fuxuan lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then changed his mouth and said, “Catch.”
King Ling raised his foot and was about to rush at him, but Xiao Fuxuan seemed to be half-smiling with his long eyes half-closed, and he teleported a step away when his silver boots fell.
It was at that time that Wu Xingxue changed his mind and sent the letter to Xiandu with two fingers, telling the two little boys not to follow.
In fact, he always felt that the relationship between himself and Xiao Fuxuan was a bit strange.Neither like those immortal couples who practiced, nor like human couples.
He has met many Taoist companions who are practicing, most of them respect each other as guests, and there is always a bit of rigid alienation in their closeness.
This is not the case with him and Xiao Fuxuan, they seem to have never “respected each other as guests”.
And if those people in the world become husband and wife, they will accompany each other every day, and they will be together for big and small things, food and clothing, and the two of them are as familiar as one person.
They are also different.
They are often together, but not always.He received the Tianzhao and still descended to the world alone, and Xiao Fuxuan still killed the evil spirits alone.The edicts of heaven are not interoperable, and they each belong to their own affairs and perform their own duties.
From the perspective of an unfamiliar third person, it is not a problem to call him “Xianyou”.But in private, where other people rarely see each other, they are extremely close.
Wu Xingxue was born from the sacred tree, and what he knows, sees and feels comes from what he listened to when he was the sacred tree.So he has a lot of feelings about the joys and sorrows of life and death, but he can’t figure out the complicated and changeable love in the world, which is indeed too difficult to figure out.
So he has no reference, and everything is based on instinct.
It wasn’t until that night in Luohuashan City that he and Xiao Fuxuan had no similarities in human language and lights, and suddenly met, that he realized belatedly…
The reason why Taoist couples who respect each other as guests are different from couples who are familiar with each other is because they are always throbbing and always happy.
It’s a bit like a teenage lover in the world.
The dignified Lingwang and the dignified Tianxiu are really strange.
When Wu Xingxue passed the second letter to the two little boys, she laughed at herself in this way.
But when he passed the letter and raised his head, he found Xiao Fuxuan waiting for him one step away, he felt strange again.
Xiao Fuxuan’s voice came low, asking him, “Why are you laughing all of a sudden?”
He said: “It’s nothing, I just think… this Luohuashan City is really a good place.”
Xiao Fuxuan said: “You have said this many times.”
Wu Xingxue smiled in the lamp: “So I won’t do this again.”
As they walked along the crowds and lanterns, Wu Xingxue said: “I don’t know how many years this kind of market can last in the world. A mortal’s life is only a few decades. It has been a hundred years since Luohuashan City appeared, which is really impressive. Accident.”
Xiao Fuxuan said: “There are always newcomers coming.”
Wu Xingxue nodded and said, “That’s right. Although life is short, this mountain city is famous far and wide, and there are always newcomers coming. Maybe it won’t be a problem if it lasts for hundreds of years.”
Xiao Fuxuan replied with an “um” and responded.After a while, he said, “I like this place so much, is it because I was born here?”
Wu Xingxue dragged his tune and said: “Not all of them, Master Tianxiu also has a part of the credit.”
Xiao Fuxuan paused: “Me?”
He couldn’t think of a reason, and asked, “What credit?”
Wu Xingxue raised her eyes and glanced at the long winding lights in the distance.He kept walking, one step ahead of Xiao Fuxuan, and then turned around.
With his back to the crowd and the lights, he rolled the sword engraved with silver thread in his hand and buckled it around his waist.Tall and straight, heroic.He raised his eyes and tilted his head with a smile, and replied, “It’s a credit for coming with me.”
Before Xiao Fuxuan could speak, he said again: “Dare to ask Tiansu, if in another 100 years, 300 years, or even longer, I want to come to Luohuashan City, will you still accompany me?”
Xiao Fuxuan looked at him, and walked forward after a while.His eyes swept over Wu Xingxue’s nose, and said, “Remember.”
Wu Xingxue watched him approach, and said, “I’m asking you whether I will be with you or not, do you remember what it means, and what do you remember?”
Xiao Fuxuan pinched the silver mask he was playing with in the other hand, and said: “Remember to ask you to honor it. A gentleman can never go back on his word for 100, 300 or even longer.”
As he spoke, he raised the silver silk mask to cover the lights, and kissed Wu Xingxue with his head tilted.
Those two ignorant boys answered the letter at that time.
In fact, when Xiao Fuxuan came over, he had already formed an enchantment around the two of them.The little boy’s letter hit the barrier with a “bang”, causing Xiao Fuxuan to raise his eyes halfway.
“Whose transmission?” Tianxiu’s expression was so indescribable that Wu Xingxue laughed.
He grabbed the biography and said, “Who else? My two silly boys.”
Tian Su said: “Is there something urgent?”
Of course it’s not an important matter, but the two little boys were about to go out, but they were blocked by their own adults, and they were unwilling to pass on the letter.
But to answer truthfully, I’m afraid Master Tianxiu will remember them both.So the two little idiots from Wu Xingxue’s gang concealed it vaguely: “Well, it counts.”
After answering, he felt a bit of regret, because Tianxiu didn’t delay when he heard that it was an “important matter”, and removed the barrier with a flick of his finger.
Wu Xingxue: “…”
He didn’t know if Tianxiu did not record it, anyway, he made a record of those two little boys.
But now back to sitting in the spring breeze, the little boy still has the face to mention, angrily said: “We wrote back the letter to the adults, but the adults still ignored us.”
Wu Xingxue gave a dry laugh, and said to himself, where did he come to agree with you, it would be good if he didn’t beat you up.
The little boy said: “So I don’t know what your lord did in Luohuashan City afterwards. Anyway, he should be with lord Tiansu, and stayed in Luohuashan City for a night.”
“…”
Wu Xingxue blinked: “Wait a minute, how do you know there is Tianxiu?”
The little boy replied seriously: “Oh, at midnight, Master Tianxiu came with a book.”
Wu Xingxue: “What did you say?”
The little boy showed a worried look: “Tianxiu said that the whole body of the adult is cold, and asked if we had such a situation before.”
As he spoke, he hung the fly whisk around his neck, reached into his sleeve pocket for a long time, took out a letter like a talisman paper, and handed it to Wu Xingxue.
Wu Xingxue read it and found that it was indeed Xiao Fuxuan’s message, and the content was indeed exactly the same as what the little boy said.
In fact, Wu Xingxue’s most uncertain memory about Luohuashan City is the part at night.In his current memory, it was true that the chill around him became heavier after nightfall, which made Xiao Fuxuan quite worried.
But in fact, it was not the first time that his whole body felt cold, and his muscles and bones felt tearing.To be precise, every time he shuttles through the chaos, cuts off the “past” that shouldn’t exist, and returns to the present world, he will experience that feeling.
That was probably the pain that a spirit king naturally had to bear. He had experienced it so many times that he was already used to it.
That feeling often occurs in the middle of the night, sometimes it’s lighter, and he endures it as if nothing happened, so that no one will notice the discomfort.
But sometimes it will be a little heavier, and it is not something that can be endured simply by endurance, but he can still control not to show it in front of others, and he will recuperate after returning to the spring breeze.
This time, it was probably because Tianzhao asked him to deal with too many messy lines and troubles, which really consumed a lot of his mind, so when the cold pain swept across, it was almost menacing, so Xiao Fuxuan found it, which caused people to worry for no reason.
At that time Xiao Fuxuan frowned very tightly and asked him what was going on.
In fact, Wu Xingxue couldn’t explain it clearly, and had no way to talk about it, so he could only say: “Maybe there was some wear and tear during the work before, just rest and recuperate.”
Since he often fooled people, Xiao Fuxuan probably didn’t believe it all at the time, so he sent a letter to ask him about the two deceitful boys.
Fortunately, Wu Xingxue didn’t tell a lie this time, and the boy didn’t sell the owner indiscriminately.Their reply to Xiao Fuxuan was similar to what their adults said, saying: “It used to be the same when I came back from work, and it was always better within two days.”
Xiao Fuxuan sent a letter to ask again: “How is it good? Can I use elixir or something else?”
The little boy replied: “No, adults sit quietly for a day or two every time, and it will be fine naturally.”
So Xiao Fuxuan couldn’t find any faults, and could only watch over Wu Xingxue while she was recuperating.
When Wu Xingxue sat quietly, her five senses were almost closed, and she couldn’t perceive the things around her.So that period of memory also became very blurred, like being in chaos.
That sense of chaos lasted until the second day, when he left Luohuashan City and returned to Xiandu to enjoy the spring breeze.
Maybe because of this, he always felt that he was missing something, or lost a certain memory.
The little boy said: “Your Excellency came back at Xu hour last night, alone.”
He emphasized one sentence.
Wu Xingxue heard his tone a little funny, and said, “What’s wrong with being alone?”
The little boy said: “We originally thought that if your body was worn out, Lord Tianxiu would definitely send you to sit in the spring breeze before leaving.”
In fact, Wu Xingxue was also vague, but he vaguely remembered: “He was sent away for something on the way, and besides, I’ve recuperated overnight.”
“I know, that’s what my lord said when he came back last night.” The little boy said.In fact, it often happens that people are sent away with a piece of heavenly edict, and so do the adults of his family.What’s more, the evil spirits in the world have suddenly become rampant in recent years, and it is normal for there to be many things in the sky.
He was just worrying indiscriminately.
“However, although Tiansu was not there last night, there was a seal on Sir Tiansu’s body, which should be written by Master Tiansu.” The little boy said, “The seal will not be released until Sir enters and sits in the spring breeze.”
With the seal, it is no different from being there in person.
“For the sake of this seal, the wine that Mr. Tianxiu kept here will not be deducted.” The little boy muttered.
“At this time, I know the protector.” Wu Xingxue said angrily, “I never saw you so angry when you sold me on weekdays.”
The little boy scratched his head, embarrassed.
Wu Xingxue said again: “What about after that?”
“After that? Uh… my lord, after you came back, you sat quietly for a while to recuperate, and then rested your head for a while.” The little boy said, “It’s just now when you open your eyes again.”
What the little boy said so quickly was no different from what Wu Xingxue remembered.There are also passing letters to testify, connecting the whole thing together, as if his experience in Luohuashan City that night is indeed the case, and there is nothing wrong with it.
Wu Xingxue sat alone for a while, and then said to the little boy, “Okay, maybe I fell asleep.”
The little boy didn’t know why, so he asked him, “My lord originally thought what happened?”
Wu Xingxue thought for a while and said, “I thought…”
“Thought someone did something to me.”
The little boy said: “How is that possible? My lord is the Spirit King.”
The little fool’s tone was very proud, Wu Xingxue laughed hoarsely, and nodded happily: “It makes sense.”
There are only a handful of people in the world who can play tricks on him, and there is even one in a million who is hard to catch.Xiao Fuxuan had a chance, but Lord Tianxiu couldn’t do it.
And other than that…
It will not be the way of heaven in Lingtai.
***
So after coming out of Luohuashan City that time, Wu Xingxue didn’t remember that he went to the backyard of the inn or entered the forbidden place that night.
He also didn’t remember that when he saw those spirit bindings hanging upside down in the temple, his heart was filled with anger.
He also doesn’t remember that he went to Feng’s house and questioned Feng Huiming who gathered the spirit bindings that were causally related to Xiao Fuxuan.
He only remembered the things before and after that, and the middle period became a chaos when he was meditating and recuperating.
So after that, he stayed in Xiandu for more than 20 years as usual.
He actually stayed in Xiandu safely for more than 20 years…
Later, when he thought about those 20 years, he felt confused and absurd, like a thorn in his back and a thorn in his throat.
