Chapter 697 Celebration
The afternoon of the next day.
A huge bonfire pyre has been piled up in the main square of Wandu Mountain Miao Village. The fire is burning into the sky, and the white smoke is spiraling up and connecting with the clouds.
It was full of people and lively.
Countless Miao people dressed in colorful costumes, silver jewelry, and costumes are busy in the square.
Today, there is a grand celebration.
The war between evil spirits that lasted for countless years is over. This celebration is of course necessary. Even the ordinary Miao people in the villages at the foot of the mountain went to Wandu Mountain to participate in the ceremony.
Of course, the ceremony has not started yet and everything is still being prepared.
"It will be very lively tonight."
Hua Xiaolan and Fu Qingzhou walked side by side and said with a smile: "I'm afraid you have to drink a lot."
"Drink, it's a trivial matter." Fu Qingzhou yawned: "How is your health?"
Hua Xiaolan's face was still a little pale, her steps were frivolous, and her breath was slightly erratic. She let out a breath Said: "It's not going to get better, anyway, I don't have a few more years to live."
"If Brother Hua hears this, I'm afraid he will have to warm you up with three words for the whole day." Fu Qingzhou joked .
Hua Xiaolan didn’t quite understand what he meant, but her eyes flashed slightly when she heard him mention Hua Wuying.
"You are good brothers..."
She suddenly lowered her head, lowered her tone, and asked: "You should know him very well, right? When will he come to me?"
Fu Qingzhou blinked: "What's wrong, Xianglang?" "You?"
"Fu Qingzhou, are you afraid that the wine you drink tonight will be mixed with something?" Hua Xiaolan raised her head and sneered: "I have three hundred ways to make your life worse than death!" "
Fu Qingzhou tutted: "Okay, if you keep doing this, Brother Hua will be too scared to go up the mountain!"
Hua Xiaolan was shocked when she heard this, and then bit her lip: "Does he really... don't like me like this?"
"Ah, no?" Fu Qingzhou was also confused: "Didn't you two have been secretly in love for a long time? Are you committed to life? Why are you still worried that he doesn't like you?"
"This..."
Hua Xiaolan blushed rarely when he pointed it out so bluntly. , lowered his head and said: "I'm just worried."
"Oh, I understand." Fu Qingzhou snapped his fingers: "It's not strange to be in a long-distance relationship."
"Long-distance relationship?" Hua Xiaolan's eyes flashed with doubts. She had never heard of this term.
"Yes."
Fu Qingzhou smiled and said: "When you two are tired of being together every day, you can talk about anything or quarrel and be able to calm it down immediately. Of course, it's sweet and sweet. ——But now we are thousands of miles apart from the south to the north, and we can’t even talk to each other..."
"Before, you were both moles and monsters. You were too busy to work and had no time to think about this. After everything has been settled, I will inevitably wonder when I go to bed at night whether Brother Hua practiced swordsmanship with one of his junior sisters? Did he receive a love letter from some heroine? or..."
"Shut up!" Hua Xiaolan interrupted him and glared at him.
"Oh, it's okay."
Fu Qingzhou didn't care, and waved his hand: "You don't know who Brother Hua is? After the Xuan Alliance Ceremony, he will definitely come to your Ten Thousand Poison Mountains to propose marriage."< br>
“You, you already know!” Hua Xiaolan blushed again and said shyly: “Why did he tell you everything?”
“Eh?”
< br>Fu Qingzhou was startled: "What are you talking about...oh!"
He suddenly smiled: "Brother Hua has already told you that he wants to propose marriage? Hahahaha~"
Under Hua Xiaolan's glare, he laughed and said: "Then what are you worried about? He said We will definitely do it!”
Hua Xiaolan breathed a sigh of relief.
Seemingly to relieve her embarrassment and shame, she changed the subject abruptly: "So, what do you want those characters on the stone gate to do? If you don't want to tell Elder Yu, can you tell me?"
“Can’t.”
Fu Qingzhou shrugged: "Don't ask, this matter is confidential."
Of course this matter is not confidential, but since it has an identity, let's just fool it.
"Secret?" Hua Xiaolan blinked: "But you and Elder Yu said it was a private matter... I understand, we can't ask anymore, right?"
Fu Qingzhou laughed.
“Interesting.”
Hua Xiaolan said leisurely: "Back then, I gave you the Mingjian Zhishi Pai and asked you to pretend to be the secret envoy. Now you have truly become a big shot in Mingjian Pavilion, on an equal footing with Li Jingzhe and Ning Wuwu."
"Luck, it's all luck."
Fu Qingzhou smiled and said: "If you don't talk about this, what is the part of your celebration?"
"I don't know." Hua Xiaolan responded road.
Under Fu Qingzhou's gaze, she followed his example and shrugged: "I don't know, I'm two years younger than you, and I've reached the sixth level of Turing Ability. Do you think I've been here for more than ten years? How do you live? Apart from helping with matters in the mountain and practicing, I never worry about anything else.”
"Two years younger than me?!"
Fu Qingzhou was shocked: "Then you are not yet eighteen! Damn it, Brother Hua is a beast!" Hua Xiaolan: "?"
She was about to have a seizure when a desolate song suddenly came from not far away.
The two went out in sequence.
I saw a few old Miao people in colorful costumes, holding exquisite wooden carving canes, walking slowly around the bonfire, singing obscure and complicated songs. Elder Yu and General Lian Shanyao were also among them. They were both young. The rest of the old people looked to be over sixty years old.
Their voices are deep and powerful, and every syllable seems to contain the power of mountains and rivers.
As the chanting began, the surrounding Miao people quietly gathered over and began to sing along.
Hua Xiaolan, who was standing next to Fu Qingzhou, also sang along.
Of course Fu Qingzhou couldn't sing, but the melody of the songs they sang was very simple. After listening to it a few times, he started humming along with it.
This simple little ceremony did not last long and was over quickly.
The last one was the Jade Elder, who currently has the highest status in Ten Thousand Poison Mountains - she raised her wooden staff high and chanted a few curse words alone. The flame suddenly jumped, and then a thick green smoke came out. , the green smoke looked like a snake but not a snake, like a dragon or a dragon, spiraling into shape in the air, then rising to a height of more than ten feet, and finally dispersed.
At this time, countless Miao people were already densely crowded around the bonfire. Seeing this, they all raised their arms and shouted, looking very excited.
“This is singing blessings.”
Hua Xiaolan explained: “After singing blessings, the higher and more prosperous the dragon smoke rises, which means that the life of the clan members will be better in the future. .”
Fu Qingzhou thought to himself, that Elder Jade is a cave-level powerhouse. If he casts a spell casually, can't he make the smoke rise hundreds of feet?
But it’s customary and normal.
After singing blessings, as if they had made an appointment, melodious Lusheng music sounded around the square. The older Miao people dispersed talking and laughing. Countless dishes and wines were placed around the square. , this celebration looks like it will last for a long time.
The young Miao men and women suddenly danced lightly, holding hands one after another, to the music of the Lusheng.
Fu Qingzhou: "?"
"Dance to the moon."
Hua Xiaolan smiled at him and said: "Young Miao people, this is how you show your love."
"Show your love?" Fu Qingzhou's eyes widened: "It's not a celebration Is it a great victory against the evil spirit?"
"After the war, of course, it is more necessary than ever to jump to the moon."
Hua Xiaolan's smile was calm, but there was a sense of desolation. : "With so many people dead, the clan needs more couples, more children, and more people."
Fu Qingzhou was slightly startled, and then smiled casually.
At this moment, someone suddenly tapped him on the shoulder.
I turned around and saw that it was the Miao girl next to Elder Yu? Fu Qingzhou remembered her name, it seemed to be Xiao Bai.
“What’s wrong?”
Fu Qingzhou was startled.
Hua Xiaolan covered her mouth and snickered, then walked away quietly.
"Well, Mr. Fu." Xiaobai bit her lip, but her eyes were warm and bold: "Do you want to dance with me?"
Fu Qingzhou was startled and waved his hands repeatedly. : "I don't know how, no, no, no."
"It's okay, I'll teach you."
Xiao Bai narrowed his eyes and smiled.
Fu Qingzhou coughed awkwardly: "Actually, um, I have a fiancée..."
"It's okay."
Xiao Bai blinked: "I know you are a big shot, I Don’t ask for anything, as long as we have a happy night, that’ll be fine~”
Fu Qingzhou was shocked, they said Miao Nu was bold, is she so bold?
"Well, goodbye, goodbye."
He apologized sheepishly: "I... am a very traditional and conservative person."
"Oh." There was not much disappointment on Xiao Bai's face, but a slight smile: "That's okay. But don’t let me catch you dancing with other sisters! Otherwise I will be angry!”
After that, she jumped away with her hands behind her back.
Fu Qingzhou breathed a sigh of relief.
“How is it, are you shocked?”
Kua Ye's voice came from behind: "But you can actually give it a try. She won't hold you responsible."
Fu Qingzhou turned his head.
I saw Kua Ye walking slowly on crutches with the support of his younger brother Jing Yun.
"Okay, don't laugh at me." Fu Qingzhou rolled his eyes at him: "You're blind in one eye, struggling to walk, and covered in bandages, you want to come too?"
" Coming.”
Quaye smiled and said: "Many brothers and sisters died this time, so I have to come and see them off."
(End of this chapter)