Chapter 158 The bright moon reflects the heart

Chapter 158 The bright moon reflects the heart

In the morning of the next day, Xiuxiu went to say goodbye to Poyunzi again.

"Master said to let you go into the mountain on your own, and it won't be too late to see you again when you come back." Meng Yuan said with a smile.

Xiuxiu knelt down outside the tent and bowed to Meng Yuan before entering the mountain.

According to the map, Xiu Xiu only went to remote places.

The last time I went on a trip, I went to Qiaoshan with my elders. I didn't see any danger, and instead met several sisters.

This time I was traveling alone in a very dangerous place, so I would be lying if I said I wasn't afraid. But now that the words have been said, I can only learn from my senior sister’s indomitable spirit.

Chasing the misty opportunity, I became more and more cautious.

"Is this the old man's territory?"

Xiuxiu entered the old bird forest, enduring the smell of bird droppings and still muttering in her heart.

She had heard Meng Yuan talk about this incident, and knew that the old bird who was building the Foundation was beheaded by the female swordsman of the Yiqiao Mountain Sect. Her grace was outstanding, and she was the best among the monks who were building the Foundation.

Of course, the monks from Jiuyin Mountain and Yunxia Sect were scolding her for causing trouble. Even Qiaoshan's own people secretly complained about Gu Feixue.

"Senior Sister Gu from the Qiaoshan Sect is so awesome!" Xiuxiu walked through the old stork forest and couldn't help but think about the graceful swordsmanship.

Walking and stopping, chirping, and occasionally one or two birds and beasts jumped out, which made Xiuxiu stop for a long time, thinking about the old bird all the time.

Fortunately, there was no danger. Although there was a bloody atmosphere at times, it was always peaceful.

"Jackdaws, don't peck at me." After grinding for several days, they came to Chuan Valley, but when they saw broken trees and rocks, Xiuxiu immediately tensed up.

First, she fed the little mole, a loyal minister, and then Xiu Xiu held a bronze mirror in her hand and walked inside.

Not far away, I smelled the faint smell of blood again.

Going further, I saw a crack on the side of the valley, which was small enough for one person to enter. There was a lot of blood inside, and there seemed to be killing.

"According to my uncle's map, there is a flower and fruit forest here, and there is a group of monkeys living there. It is not very dangerous. Those monkeys are good at making fruit wine, but some greedy people have taken away all the fruit wine."

Xiuxiu muttered for a while, but finally didn't dare to go in and take a look, so she just continued walking into the valley.

After grinding for another two days, Xiuxiu stopped when she saw Degu in sight.

"There is no way to control the air here. If we set up a formation at the exit, we can guard the pass alone."

Xiuxiu didn't move forward either. She just stayed close to the valley wall, hiding as much as possible and observing carefully.

After waiting for a long time, there was no movement.

"Good Mole, after my senior sister praised you for being a loyal and kind person, I hope you can help me." Xiu Xiu asked Mole out, "Help my sister to look ahead."

The mole didn't move.

Xiuxiu took out the dried fruits and the mole ate for a long time before setting off when his belly was full.

After an hour, the mole came back in a flash.

"Scare yourself." Xiuxiu breathed a sigh of relief. "Everyone who enters the mountain comes for Fairy Shen Yu, so they must be scrambling to be the first. No one is so bored as to set up a formation here to block people." Xiu Xiu wiped the sweat from her forehead and muttered: "I should have thought of it earlier!"

She stroked the mole, took out some dried fruits, praised her for being "loyal and good" for a while, and then left the valley and headed south.

After walking for three or four miles, there was the sound of beasts roaring ahead.

Since crossing the valley, the map has become less detailed. They only mentioned that there was a foundation-building peacock in front of them, but they didn’t mention any magical powers.

Xiu Xiu observed from a distance, and after a while, she saw two sika deer circling in circles, both of which were foundation-building monsters, one cupping the other's butt.

"This..."

Xiuxiu helped Qu Ruyi take care of the mole and fox, knowing that she was seeking a mate. Monsters have the instinct of beasts, and their temperament is the most violent when they are emotional.

Sure enough, after a while, the tall one among them raised its front hooves. The trees shook and the rocks trembled.

Xiuxiu knew very well that she must not disturb other people's good things, and she couldn't afford to disturb them at all, so she quickly stepped back half a mile.

Tianqi is due south, but is blocked by sika deer. Xiuxiu had no choice but to go southwest.

"I hate breaking up people's marriages the most, so I have to give in to you." Xiuxiu said to herself, clearly speaking in the tone of Xuequ Ruyi.

There was no road in the mountains, and Xiu Xiu was not very courageous, so she just walked to the southwest.

After walking for two days, I saw many withered trees ahead. Among the green leaves of the mountain forest, the yellow branches and leaves are particularly conspicuous.

Xiuxiu carefully observed it for a while, then went around again.

After walking for a while, I saw a man leaning under a dead tree. The man was in his fifties, with a disheveled beard, a bruise on his face, a broken arm, and very weak breath.

The Taoist robe is dirty and torn, and its shape cannot be discerned. I don’t know what sect it belongs to.

Xiuxiu turned around and ran, running for more than a hundred steps before she dared to look back, only to see that the man didn't move at all, only with dim eyes open.

Somehow, Xiuxiu suddenly remembered the snowstorm that day when her grandfather was dying.

"I am a healer..."

Xiuxiu stopped and did not dare to step forward, so she asked: "Senior, are you from Jiuyin Mountain?"

The man's head shook slightly.

"Senior, are you from the Qiaoshan sect?" Xiuxiu asked again.

The man still shook his head and said, "Qiaoshan Zhu family Zhu Jianyang." His voice was extremely weak, as if he was exhausted.

Xiuxiu breathed a sigh of relief, stepped forward, fifty steps away, and said: "I am from Yunxia Sect."

She bowed and said, "My senior sister Qu Ruyi is acquainted with Zhu Jianshui and Zhu Yushu of the Zhu family in Qiaoshan, and we have quite a friendship. Can seniors recognize my senior sister?"

Qu Ruyi never told Xiuxiu about her relationship with Zhu Jianshui and Zhu Yushu. She only said that they were friends with each other. She also boasted that she was very popular and could hit her old friends even if she threw a stone.

Zhu Jianyang had not heard Zhu Jianshui and Zhu Yushu talk about Qu Ruyi, but he thought about it briefly. Since Qu Ruyi knew Zhu Jianshui and Zhu Yushu at the same time, they must have met when they were looking for Zhu Yuyan's body. At that time, there were One person is here.

"I know Yun Zhonghe. Do you know him?" Seeing that Yang's face was getting uglier, Zhu endured the pain and spoke.

When Xiuxiu heard Yun Zhonghe's name, she immediately rejoiced and said, "That's my sister... Senior Yun Zhonghe and my senior sister know each other very well."

Although she often listens to the music "Ruyihanjuyunzhonghe", the familiarity in her words cannot deceive anyone. Moreover, Feiyan sent letters from time to time, clearly showing a deep friendship.

Zhu Jianyang felt relieved, knowing that he was a friend rather than an enemy.

"This place is dangerous, don't stay here for long." Zhu Jianyang wanted to raise his hand, but was unable to do so.

"Thank you, senior, for reminding me." Xiu Xiu walked forward, ten steps away, "I have prepared a lot of elixirs, which can detoxify and heal injuries. Senior, please use them yourself." As he spoke, he took out several elixir bottles and gently pushed them out. , the elixir bottle fell to Zhu Jianyang's side.

"Thank you, little friend. I have run out of oil, used up all the talisman pills, and even the spiritual weapon has been lost. Little friend, it's like rain." Zhu Jianyang coughed twice, and a smile appeared on his face. . And asked: "Where are you going?"

Xiuxiu felt the ethereal opportunity carefully, it was still clear and had nothing to do with the person in front of her.

"South." Xiuxiu pointed to the south.

"Then we will continue to go deeper." Zhu saw the purple color on the sheep's face getting heavier and heavier, as if in unbearable pain, and said: "Jiuyin Mountain has set up an ambush in front, with at least five foundations. You need to be careful."
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"Thank you for your advice, senior." Xiu Xiu bowed and said, "Senior is injured, I..."

Zhu Jianyang shook his head slightly, "My friend... my friend's gift of elixirs is already a great favor. I don't dare to ask for anything else." He took a strong breath and said: "My friend and I were separated by the Cui Ling Peacock, and our roots were damaged. . You don’t need to worry about me, just look for your own opportunity.”

Xiuxiu bowed, took out a few bottles of elixirs and gave them away.

Zhu Jianyang looked at Xiuxiu, with a smile on his face that was distorted by the pain, and said: "Your senior sister's surname is Qu. She is probably a descendant of Qu Chengjia. Could it be that your master is a senior of Yunxia Zongqu?"
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"Exactly." Xiuxiu replied.

"Senior Qu is a scholar of heaven and man, and is well versed in the yin and yang of numerology. I must have learned the true story," Zhu Jianyang said.

Xiuxiu quickly waved her hand, "I'm too far behind, I haven't even learned anything yet." "It doesn't matter." Zhu Jianyang coughed a few more times, "I am seriously injured and waiting to die, but I have the will to survive. Can you please help me, little friend?" The hexagram indicates where I should go.”

"This..." Xiuxiu was stunned for a moment and said: "Senior's realm is higher than mine, and there are three major factions involved here. I..."

"Let's give it a try." Seeing the sheep's face covered with bruises, Zhu tried his best to endure the pain, but he was still somewhat kind.

Xiuxiu nodded, holding a bronze mirror with a faint wave of water on it.

"Offended." Xiuxiu stretched out her finger, took a drop of blood from Zhu Jianyang's body, and put it on the bronze mirror.

Soon, the waves dispersed and calm returned.

Xiuxiu's face darkened, "It seems..."

"It doesn't seem too good? Zhu Jianyang smiled.

Xiuxiu nodded.

"Both front and back are dead ends, there is no turning point?" Zhu Jianyang asked again.

"It seems that if you go further to the southwest, there may be some hope." Xiu Xiu whispered. She was not confident in her ability.

Further to the southwest, we continue to travel deeper into the mountains.

Not to mention that there will be people from Jiuyin Mountain in the depths, there will also be more monsters and more ferocious beasts.

Xiuxiu whispered: "Senior, I haven't been studying for a long time, so I may have made some miscalculations."

Zhu Jianyang shook his head slightly, "You have a kind heart, how could you be wrong?" A smile appeared on his old and purple face, "The road is difficult and the road ahead is long. My dear, take care."

"Senior, take care of me." Xiuxiu bowed.

After a while, now it’s time to head southeast.

After walking five or six miles, I corrected my direction and relied on the guidance in my heart.

I heard the roar of beasts along the way, and occasionally smelled of blood. After walking for two days, there were no roads and many dangers in the mountains and forests, so we only walked about twenty miles.

"Senior Zhu said there is an ambush from people from Jiuyin Mountain, so I need to be extremely careful!" Xiu Xiu held a bronze mirror in her hand with a vigilant look on her face.

Pressing down on her fear, Xiuxiu took ten steps and took five steps back, observing carefully all the way. Whenever she heard any sound, she would stop for a long time.

After grinding like this for five days, we traveled another twenty miles.

"Why didn't you see the ambush from Jiuyin Mountain?" Xiuxiu frowned, "Is it possible that the people have left?"

"That's right! It's been almost ten days since I met Senior Zhu. Maybe the people in Jiuyin Mountain got lucky and all of them left."

Xiuxiu thought for a long time and consciously concluded that it was reasonable.

Continuing walking forward, the mountains are lush with trees and many birds and animals. I didn't see a single person, but I did encounter several places of fighting, with many broken tall trees and rocks.

There are still many places where flames burned, but they did not cause mountain fires. They must have been left by seniors who were proficient in fire-attribute techniques.

"I have to be more careful! There is nothing wrong with being careful!" Xiu Xiu became more cautious.

Don't dare to walk in a straight line, walk to the left and walk to the right. After walking for a while, you have to stop and observe the road ahead, and look back at the way you came, to be really cautious.

After another two days of hard work, a look of exhaustion appeared on her fair and smooth face.

But fortunately, I didn't encounter any danger, I just scared myself.

"Why is there no one? Am I lost?"

Carefully feel the ethereal opportunity, it is indeed in front of you. Look at the sparse trees, the sun and the moon change, and the direction is correct.

Xiuxiu frightened herself for another long time, then walked forward again, and a peach blossom forest appeared in front of her.

There were several mutilated corpses outside the peach blossom forest, bitten by several wild beasts.

"There must be a trap here. There might be a formation." Xiuxiu didn't dare to come near, so she only looked at it from a distance.

The misty feeling in my heart points to the peach blossom forest.

After waiting for two hours, nothing unusual was seen, but the corpses were almost eaten clean by wild beasts.

Holding the bronze mirror in hand, stretch out your fingers and tap lightly. The water rippled slightly, Xiuxiu closed her eyes and remained motionless.

"I really didn't expect it this time." Xiu Xiu tilted her head and frowned, "I don't know if it's bad or good."

She thought for a while, took out a small wooden hairpin, and pointed at the bronze mirror.

"It's still the same. I can't see anything. Where did he go?" Xiuxiu sat in a daze for a while.

After half a day, it was getting dark. The corpses outside the peach blossom forest have disappeared, and the wild beasts have also disappeared.

Tigers roared and birds chirped in the distance, which was extremely harsh.

Xiu Xiu was frightened and quickly released the mole.

"...Good Mole, help sister to go and have a look." He took out the dried fruits and fed it first, then the Mole moved forward.

Half an hour later, the mole came back with two peach blossoms in his mouth. "Chi chi chi chi." The mole climbed onto Xiu Xiu's sleeves and offered petals.

"After Zhongliang is indeed after Zhongliang, senior sister will be destitute by you sooner or later." After feeding the mole, knowing that the front was peaceful, Xiuxiu waited for a while before stepping forward.

Bypassing the previous place of corpses, he stepped into the peach forest.

There is light green grass on the ground, soft and soft. Green deer and cranes, butterflies dancing and birds singing. Pieces of peach blossoms are falling with the wind.

Continuing forward, you will see a small round pool with a radius of three feet.

There is a round stone island on it, three feet in size. It can be extremely smooth, not natural, like a millstone.

"The apocalypse should be here."

Xiuxiu breathed a sigh of relief, patted the purse on her waist, and seemed to be talking to Zhongliang's mole, "I wandered all the way from Bagua Mountain to Mianlong Mountain. I walked crookedly for a long time, experienced countless hardships... countless scenery, and finally arrived."

Looking around, I saw the peach blossoms blowing in the breeze, bringing out bursts of fragrance.

Late at night, the mournful howling of apes could be heard in the distance, and the singing of birds and the chirping of insects nearby made the place even more peaceful.

Dab the water in the pond, it feels slightly cool. If you look down carefully, you will see that it is so deep that you don’t know where it leads.

Xiuxiu pinched her fingers and walked on the pond. Come to the middle and sit cross-legged on the stone plate.

"My destiny is the shadow of the moon in a deep pool. There is a deep pool here, reflecting the shadow of the full moon. Sitting here, when..."

Before he finished speaking, the stone slab lost its support and fell into the deep pool.

Xiuxiu was about to get up, but she felt an undercurrent in the pool beneath her body, and her whole body was sucked into the pool in an instant.

He stretched out his hand, trying to go up, but his body refused to obey.

The undercurrent was not urgent, but it was useless to struggle, and it only slowly fell into the deep pool.

The bronze mirror in his hand has fallen out of his hand, his hair has spread out, and his red hairpin has fallen off.

For a moment, Xiuxiu felt like she was far away from this world, as if she was going to a very far away place.

"Are you going home?"

The body fell deeper and deeper, Xiuxiu no longer made any resistance and only looked up.

The dark eyes passed through the deep pool water, and only a bright moon hung, as if it was on the horizon, but also seemed to be reflected in the center of the eyebrows.

(End of chapter)