A voice spread throughout the academy. The disciples and professors standing around Ye Ling all turned to look at the top of the mountain.
Baili Taizao and Song Anyun in the medicine garden in the distance also stopped. Song Anyun frowned and said, "You came out at the right time."
Baili Taizao laughed loudly and said, "I won't play with you this time. Farewell!"
After saying that, he walked away and headed straight for the main peak. When Song Anyun saw him, he secretly hated him and followed closely behind.
On the top of the mountain, a woman in white stepped out. Although her appearance could not be seen clearly, she was elegant and graceful, with an extraordinary temperament.
Everyone in the academy bowed and said, "See the Master!"
"No need to be polite," the woman in white raised her hand gently, looked at Ye Lingyan and said, "Since you are here to visit on important matters, why do you have to make your own decisions and conduct secret visits? If you end up like this, it is considered your own fault. Can you be convinced?"
Ye Ling nodded, cupped his hands and said, "It's the junior who was rude and confessed to the senior!"
Seeing this, Sun Hou'er smiled and said: "You human race are so noisy. You are obviously relying on strength to crush them, but you want to come up with some high-sounding principles to package yourself as righteous. I, Old Sun, will not accompany you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Hou'er turned into a hair again and flew back to Ye Ling's hand.
Everyone in the Red Sleeve Academy around them had sulky expressions on their faces. They were obviously very disgusted with Sun Hou'er's words and even more disgusted with his identity as a demon clan.
At this time, Baili Taizao suddenly jumped over, walked back and forth with a smile and said: "It's so fun, so fun. I didn't expect that your Red Sleeve Academy is such a fun place. No wonder you don't let others When people come in, they are obviously keeping it to themselves!”
"Shut up!" Song Anyun followed closely behind, standing in the void, saluting the woman in white and scolding Baili Taizao: "If you dare to talk nonsense again, you will never leave my Red Sleeve Academy!"
Before Baili Taizao could refute, a throne rose up on the top of the mountain. An old woman with a phoenix crown and a beaded crown sat on it. She said with a smile: "Your Majesty is naughty, please forgive me, Mr. Song. My Majesty, you too You've gone too far, why don't you quickly apologize to others?"
Listening to what this person said, it must be Gao Cuifeng, the Queen Mother of Daqian. Ye Ling looked up and saw this person: "
The pearly emerald phoenix crown reflects the blue sky, and the snowy eyebrows and frosty temples are full of kindness.
Holding the national dragon's head and crutches in his hand, he sits on Feng Xu's jade chariot.
He visited immortal mountains and discussed Taoism, and lived in seclusion in a Confucian academy to debate benevolence.
Da Gan was too lazy to ask about the affairs of the court, and the mother of the country and the Taijun retired from the palace. "
When Baili Taizao saw the emperor's sister-in-law Gao Cuifeng, he immediately lost the confidence he had just now. He lowered his head reluctantly and apologized: "It's all my fault. I am guilty. I am not good. I will reflect on it."
Gao Cuifeng smiled slightly, looked at the Headmaster of Red Sleeve Academy, and said: "My imperial brother has a naughty temperament, but he is not without malice. Please forgive me, Headmaster!"
The woman in white could not see the sadness or joy, but turned around and said: "We are not saints, how can we have no faults? For the sake of the Queen Mother, let it go this time, but it won't be the same next time. I still have things to do, so I can't see you off in person." , Queen Mother, don’t be offended.”
After saying this, the woman in white walked away.
Although she did not deal with Baili Taizao and others, she was still a little angry, so she issued an order to expel Gao Cuifeng.
Gao Cuifeng was helpless, but still said to Song Anyun: "Director Song, we are not in a hurry to leave. Can we all stay in the same room, let us say a few words, and then say goodbye?"
Since the Empress Dowager Daqian said this, Song Anyun naturally did not dare to refuse, and nodded and said: "The Empress Dowager has given orders, but I dare not disobey."
Immediately, everyone in the Red Sleeve Academy dispersed, and Song Anyun led Gao Cuifeng to a separate courtyard to take a rest. Baili Taizao also called Ye Ling and said, "Don't you want to see the Queen Mother? Why don't you hurry over?"
Ye Ling was not in a hurry because he didn't know Ning Changge's whereabouts yet, so he asked, "Senior, have you seen my companion?"
Baili Taizao thought for a while, then said as if he suddenly understood: "I remembered, you are talking about the boring boy with you, I have seen him before, just at the bottom of the mountain, and he was almost beaten by this crazy woman died."
Ye Ling followed the direction of Baili Taizao's finger and looked at Song Anyun. When their eyes met, Ye Ling suddenly drew his sword, murderous intent rising suddenly.
Song Anyun snorted coldly when he saw it and said, "What, you dare to attack me?"
Ye Lingyi said coldly: "If my brother has any shortcomings, I will avenge him even if I risk my life!"
"Okay, I at Red Sleeve Academy don't mind burying one more of your bodies!"
But Baili Taizao clapped his hands and cheered: "Okay, okay, we're going to fight again. I tell you, kid, you don't have to be afraid of this crazy woman. I've already had a fight with her, and she's nothing more than that." , if I hadn’t been merciful, she would have been defeated and begged me for mercy!”
"you……"
Song Anyun glared angrily, while Queen Mother Gao Cuifeng stood silently watching Ye Ling with a faint smile on her lips.
Just as these people were at war with each other, a cry came from the foot of the mountain: "Ye Zi, I'm here, I'm not dead yet!"
Ye Ling was overjoyed, and when he looked back, he saw Ning Changge walking up, supported by Ban Xue.
Ye Ling hurriedly went up to him, took Ning Changge and said, "It's great that you're okay."
Ning Changge smiled bitterly and said, "Although I didn't lose my life, the injury is serious enough and I need to rest for some time."
Ye Ling said: "I have caused trouble for you."
"Enough talk," Song Anyun snorted coldly and said, "If you have anything else to do, hurry up and I can see you off!"
As she spoke, she led Gao Cuifeng's royal carriage into a separate courtyard.
Ye Ling also supported Ning Changge and led Ban Xue in, following Baili Taizao.
In the other courtyard, Lin Yue smiled and saluted Gao Cuifeng: "Meet the Queen Mother."
Gao Cuifeng let her stand up slowly, holding a dragon-head crutch in his hand, sitting on a chair at the door, and said to Baili Taizao: "I told you several times not to mess around, why don't you listen to me?"
Baili Taizao also looked aggrieved. He squatted on the ground with his back to Gao Cuifeng and said, "You all ran into this academy to play, and then you left me alone outside for more than a hundred years. The monsters in the mountains are tired of playing with you." , and no one came out to see me.”
Gao Cuifeng sighed and had no choice but to say to his brother: "Okay, okay, I didn't think well this time, so I left you alone outside and suffered aggrievement. But you turned around and made a fuss again, and I was also implicated." With the expulsion order issued, the two of us are evenly matched."
As soon as he said this, Baili Taizao stood up happily, surrounded Gao Cuifeng with a smile, and said: "Hehehe, the emperor's wife is the best to me, I promise not to cause trouble to the emperor's wife again. "
Gao Cuifeng smiled bitterly to herself. She had heard such a guarantee so many times.
After teaching Baili Taizao, Gao Cuifeng's eyes fell on Ye Ling and said: "I heard that you are Xu Zheng's adopted brother, your name is Ye Ling?"
Ye Ling ignored Ning Changge, who had recovered from meditation, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said: "That's right, junior Ye Ling, I'm here to pay my respects to the Queen Mother. This time, my sworn brother asked me to come to see the Queen Mother and tell me something important."
With that said, Ye Ling took out a letter from his arms and presented it to Gao Cuifeng.
After Gao Cuifeng opened the letter and read it, his expression moved slightly, then returned to normal, and he just asked: "Where is Xu Zheng now?"
Ye Ling replied: "My sworn brother said he would wait for the Queen Mother in Luzhou and invite the Queen Mother to see the scenery of Luzhou."
Gao Cuifeng didn't answer, but ordered: "Pass on the Ai family's decree and drive to Luzhou to join Dazhu Kingdom!"
"promise!"
Lin Yuewei on the side said hurriedly: "Queen Mother, I also want to go to Taiyue City together."
Gao Cuifeng knew what she was thinking, nodded and said, "That's fine, it's a long journey, and I have you as my companion, and the Ai family has someone to talk to. Don't worry, since the Ai family is here, Changkong will be fine."
Lin Yuewei looked at the Queen Mother and forced out a smile. His powerful thoughts had already flown to Taiyue City.
Dozens of palace maids in the back mountain packed up, followed the Queen Mother Luan Jia, and prepared to leave. Lin Yuewei also informed the master and accompanied Gao Cuifeng.
Ning Changge took the elixir and recovered some of his injuries. He was able to get up and move around, but Banxue was missing.
He hurried back to search and came all the way to the medicine garden. As soon as he reached the door, he heard Banxue crying: "Mother-in-law, don't leave, you can't leave Banxue alone!"
Ning Changge's heart sank, and he hurriedly opened the door and walked in. He saw Banxue kneeling beside the bed, holding her mother-in-law's hand. The mother-in-law was lying on the bed, the sun was setting and her breath was dying.
When the mother-in-law saw Ning Changge, there was a hint of joy on her face: "Ning Immortal, I am already about to die, but there is one thing I am worried about. Please don't refuse."
Ning Changge nodded and said: "As long as I can do it, I will do it without any hesitation."
The mother-in-law said: "Xue'er is an orphan I picked up when I left the academy and went out to collect medicine. I don't know her life experience. Because it was winter when I picked her up, and half of the mountains were covered with snow, so I gave her She named her Ban Xue. Xue'er has grown up in this medicine garden since he was a child and has never been out. You are the first man he sees. I know that Xue'er's biggest dream is to go outside the academy and see the real world. world. It’s just because I, the old immortal, have been dragging her down that she can’t leave.”
"Now that I am about to die, I ask you to take her away, even if it means serving her as a maid, or opening a cave to help the Immortal guard the medicine garden. Can the Immortal agree to this? "
Ning Changge endured his grief, nodded, and said, "I promise you, I will take good care of Banxue."
The mother-in-law smiled and said to Ban Xue who was crying: "Xue'er, although I have lived for a long time in my life, I have no children, only you are my granddaughter. Don't be sad, people will inevitably die one day while they are alive. It's enough to have you by my side. Ning Xianchang is a good person, and if you follow him well, I can go with peace of mind."
"No," Banxue shook her head, tears streaming down her face: "I don't want to leave you, mother-in-law, mother-in-law!"
Amid Banxue's shouts, the mother-in-law quietly closed her eyes and finally returned to that life.
Banxue lay beside the bed and cried loudly, and together with Ning Changge, buried her mother-in-law in the medicine garden, in the place where her mother-in-law had protected her all her life.
After her mother-in-law passed away, Banxue no longer had any nostalgia or concern for her, so she packed her bags and left with Ning Changge.
When Ye Ling saw the two people who came back together, a faint smile appeared on his lips, followed by an endless sigh.
Song Anyun opened the entrance to the academy again, and the group left this small world through the space crack and returned to the Holy Spirit Continent.
The breeze blew through the hair, and Banxue looked at the vast world. He couldn't help but feel very excited. He let out a long breath and said: "New World, I'm coming!"
Hearing this, Ye Ling couldn't help but sigh. In his eyes, Ban Xue's new world was extremely dirty.
Looking at the scenery in the distance through the clouds, Ye Lingshang didn't know what dangers were waiting for him next...
