It had been dark for a long time, and Dai Luan stared blankly at the ceiling with her big eyes open.
She felt very sad and uncomfortable. There was a lump of breath in her throat and a numbness in her heart. She couldn't speak or think smoothly. She also wanted to fall asleep, but the events of the day were troubling her. Her impression of Miss Zhu Tong was pretty good, but to those people in Shanhai who always looked at things carefully, she was indeed not a good person, especially with such harsh conditions.
When she first came back, she was still thinking of a way and asked them that if she directly explained the situation to Ji Yuejun and Ye Yuejun, she might be able to get the half-demon's blood. Even though it was just a suggestion, she still received a glare from Shanhai. He had never been a harsh master, but the look in his eyes at that moment still made her feel scared. Before Shan Hai could say anything, Wu Qi explained for him.
"Whatever she says is what she says? We can really let her lead the way."
"They are just simple requests at the beginning, but they will soon become uncontrollable and make you unable to escape or leave them. I think the people in the Death Shadow Pavilion are very good at this kind of thing." Shan Hai explain.
Mu Wan just kept sighing, shaking his head, or standing up and pacing back and forth. Duan Yuesheng on the side didn't dare to say anything. He didn't know where they went or what happened. He just helped Mu Wan and said:
"It doesn't matter what the person you are talking about wants in the future. Why don't you just go with it and solve the problem at hand?"
"You think everyone is as brainless as you!"
Duan Yuesheng felt a little aggrieved when he was suddenly yelled at by Mu Wan, but seeing how pitiful what happened to him, he didn't say much.
"I-I just said...what about the letter? Is there a way to read it?"
"I tried several common methods," Shi Wuqi responded, "such as putting it under the sun or roasting it on the fire, but none of them worked... There is also another method of soaking in water. I haven’t dared to try it yet, for fear of melting the paper.”
Duan Yuesheng thought for a while and asked them: "Maybe she really didn't write anything. She just had a blank piece of paper. What did she imply with the white paper?"
Mu Wan stopped and shook her head again, saying that her senior sister was a sweet-tempered person who was always decisive and straightforward in doing things and would not do complicated or roundabout things. She was so sure that she understood her that no one else had anything to say.
The events of the day kept spinning in Dai Luan's mind. She tried to close her eyes tightly, letting the darkness make her sleepy. After keeping it closed for a while, she opened it again and suddenly found that her eyes were much brighter. Turning his head, Mu Wan didn't know when he got out of bed and sat on a chair, holding the crumpled paper in a daze under the candlelight. She knew that it was not a letter. The letter was folded and placed in the medicine box on the wall on the bed. It was next to her. If Mu Wan had just gone to get it, she would have noticed.
That was indeed not a letter, it was the name of the Six Paths of Impermanence and the monsters she had written before.
"Oh, stop reading, go to sleep..."
"Did I disturb you? I'm sorry, I'll be in a moment..."
"No, no, not at all." Dai Luan turned her face and moved to the bedside, "I'm afraid you'll be upset after looking at her for too long, and you won't be able to sleep."
"No. Oh, do you really want to soak in the water..."
She smiled weakly, her face looking a bit cold in the warm firelight. She looked at the piece of paper again and looked at the candlelight on the table across the paper. Dai Luan felt that this scene was very familiar, as if everything had returned to Huansha City, back to the first time she ran to Mu Wan's room, clamoring to sleep with her. Miss Qi was the same, sitting on the chair by the wall as if she didn't exist, quietly.
It's just that they are different now.
But if it comes to that night in Huansha City... Dai Luan suddenly remembered what happened that night.
"By the way, I have an impression in my mind," she said, "I don't know where I heard it from... maybe you told me, or maybe I was dreaming, but anyway, I have this impression in my mind."
"What impression?"
"That's the name Xueyan Valley."
"name?"
"Xueyan Valley is a place full of spiritual power. The snow there never melts all year round. It is said that it can be used as ink to write black words... Is this such a thing?"
Mu Wan suddenly froze on the spot. She stared closely at Dai Luan's face, which was flushed by the firelight, and couldn't say a word for a long time. Her open lips trembled slightly, as if she had something to say, but it was stuck in her throat. She seemed to be smiling, but she didn't seem to be. The corners of her mouth curled up for a moment, but her eyes looked like she was crying. Mu Wan's brows were also furrowed and furrowed, and hundreds of words were shattered in his eyes between the rapidly changing expressions.
"That's, it's a legend, but... well, it might not be true. Even if it's said like that... it's also - that's right, what if, what if it's true, then it makes sense. Well, it should That’s it…”
She suddenly started talking to herself in the air. Dai Luan didn't know what to say. She was a little frightened. For such a long time, Mu Wan had indeed been nagging intermittently, but this was the first time that he was so unclear.
"Aluan, I want to go back," Mu Wan said suddenly, "Maybe I can see it when I go back."
"...This, this is still, let's talk to Shanhai and the others tomorrow," Aluan said dryly, "If you suddenly say this, I also...I just mentioned it casually, I don't know whether it is true or not. If it is true, besides going back There's always a way to show it, right? And didn't you swear that you would find the master and then go back? Just go back like this... uh, right..."
"……that's true."
The weak fire in Mu Wan's eyes went out. But it is not dead. In those black pupils, the possibility of its resurgence has been buried.
"It's okay, it's okay, go to sleep." Under Dai Luan's attention, she hurriedly cleared the table.
Daybreak is getting later and later.
Mr. Jiyue is not a person who observes words and emotions. After all, he had no eyes to see with. But if it comes to "reading the atmosphere", then he still has two brushes, otherwise thousands of years of impermanence will be in vain. As soon as he got to the second floor of the small teahouse, he felt that it was an unlucky day and several of his friends were not in a good mood.
He directly pushed open the door of Shan Hai's room. They had just finished washing and tidying up their clothes. They were sitting at the small table as if having a meeting, but they just stared at each other and neither of them spoke first. Ji Yuejun, who still had his hands on the door, held back a sentence for a long time:
"Did I go to the wrong room?"
"Yes, you went to the wrong place." Shi Wuqi glanced at him, "This is the girls' room, we are next door."
"...Why do you smell like death?"
"..."
Shi Wuqi glanced at Shanhai, who was silent, and then simply told him the whole story. After hearing this, Lord Jiyue frowned slightly, took out the Mu Wan hairband, and sighed.
"No wonder I looked up from it... I was a little worried, so I came to see you... Hey, you're here."
Mu Wan broke through the door and entered.
She might not have slept well all night, and she had dark circles under her eyes. When she saw Lord Jiyue, she just glanced at the hair tie in his hand. She must have something big to say when she rushes in like this.
"I think--"
As soon as he started talking, something jumped out of Jiyue Lord's arms, flew briskly over his shoulder, and landed on the table in front of him. Mu Wan was startled, and the other two were also stunned. This is a furry little guy, smaller than a cat and bigger than a mouse. It has round ears and sly little eyes, and is not afraid of people at all. But more importantly, the color of its fur is very strange, half black and half white, with a clear boundary in the center and not a single hair on either side.
"This, is this a weasel, or..."
"Hmm, but this coat color is really... special."
"Yes. I have only seen flowers with distinct colors before, or cats with distinct colors. It was an orange and black cat, and it was the only cat whose face was divided into two colors like this."
Shan Hai and Wu Qi talked one after another, and the little thing sniffed and sniffed around. It looked at it for a long time, then jumped back to Jiyue Jun's shoulder, looked at Mu Wan and began to shake its little head. Mu Wan didn't dare to move, and all the fatigue he had felt was gone. It suddenly jumped on Mu Wan's head and spun around twice, startling her.
"You are as popular as ever with little animals and monsters."
When Shan Hai said this, he must have remembered the time he met Lord Ji Yue in the forest at night before meeting Mu Wan and Wu Qi. Maybe there are some memories from earlier times.
"W-where did you find it..."
"Ah, that's what happened," Jiyue-Jun said calmly, "Didn't I ever say that I was ordered by that adult to visit Yingyue-Jun's hometown. A few days ago, Ye Yue-Jun and I went After my trip to Taki Mansion, I went back again, the third time. I saw this little guy. It was actually a little monster, but don’t worry, it’s not bad. A Yin-Yang spell separated it from its body. Yes. This kid is very pure, don’t worry too much.”
For a moment, everyone thought of the person they met in the temple in Cangyi City, that Taoist priest, that... Ling Weasel. Shi Wuqi thought more. After all, he knew that this matter was related to the demon-binding rope, and the other party said that it was found in Yingyuejun's hometown... They must be in contact and they didn't run away.
"It was trapped there. It was walking around curiously when it saw me, so I took it out." Jiyue-kun said casually, "It seems to like you very much. You can put it away and become a shikigami."
"I just……"
Halfway through the words, Mu Wan also hesitated. She doesn't hate animals, and the little thing looks cute. Although compared to Tengu, Shirogi and Hansuihime, it seems that it is not that capable of fighting at present... But if it is stored in an umbrella, it will not delay things. So Mu Wan took out a blank spell talisman from his sleeve. Lord Jiyue lifted the black and white weasel off her head and held it in front of her eyes. Mu Wan shook the talisman and asked if it would like to be his shikigami.
To be honest, how could a little animal understand this? It just blinked and looked at her stupidly.
"You're kidding." She took back the charm and asked Lord Jiyue, "Since you have traveled so many times, what are you going to do?"
"This...it's a long story."
