The fog in the mountains has not cleared for a long time. In previous years, the mountain mist was the thickest in autumn and winter. If it is said to be the late spring cold, it might come early. Master Lintian is receiving this guest from afar in the morning mist. They may not have seen each other for a long time. The view was least clear at this moment, but it did not hinder their conversation. They are old friends.
The two cups on the stone table were steaming, and the line of sight between them was quite clear. At least, they can completely catch each other's smiles. But at this moment, they were not looking at each other, but looking at the deep mountain stream. The milky white mist is floating and swaying, like thick rolling clouds scattered around the world.
"A dagger that is exactly the same as the Demon-Sealing Blade..."
"Shan Hai, you also find it incredible, don't you? I must have read it correctly. It is not an imitation. It is indeed the same workmanship and material as the Demon Sealing Blade."
Mr. Shuangyue explained like this, but his emotions still failed to calm down. But Master Lintian didn't seem that surprised. He pondered for a while, holding the tea cup with one hand, but neither drinking nor putting it down. He organized his words and said to Mr. Shuangyue:
"It's not that incredible."
"Do you know something?" Her eyes lit up.
"I know a little bit. Of course, I only learned about it later, after...A Luan left. You know how the Duan Chen Huan she left me was made. There is a person who lives in such a sword. Sword Spirit. Now that I think about it, Aluan always said that he would see Kanna Wujun when he was old, but in fact he was probably the god of death."
"I heard that there is such a sword spirit...could he--"
"Yes, he looks almost exactly the same as Fu Songfengdai. But after thinking about it, he is not the same person. The sword spirit is just the incarnation of spiritual power, which acts on people's emotions and breeds something similar to a ghost. Although he cannot speak Talking, but also letting me know something...about the Demon-Sealing Blade and Duan Chenhuan. Do you still remember? The origin of Duan Chenhuan."
"I remember," Lord Shuangyue nodded, "It is said that they are forged after imitating the Demon-Sealing Blade. But in fact, they are just pursuing the similarity of craftsmanship, and are not two identical weapons. One is a knife, and the other is a sword; one is short, and the other is sword. long."
"That's right. But in fact, they were only different in appearance at the beginning. When Fu Songfeng saw it, it was a long sword, not the wakizashi it is today."
Lord Shuangyue suddenly put his hand on the scabbard. She felt her heartbeat skip a beat, and she had already guessed the answer.
"What the last Lord Shuangyue got was a short sword." Master Lintian continued, "It was broken. We don't know the reason. That's why it appeared in a place very close to the present world...Similar to It is between the six paths, but it is not a spiritual vein. This is how Gu Jia Qianlong brought it to the human world. In this way, the other part of the fracture may indeed still exist somewhere - unexpectedly, it is in the human world. I and Duan Chenhuan thought that part was left behind in the Shura Dao."
Mr. Shuangyue only felt uneasy. She didn't know why she was trembling. Maybe it was because there were too many things to worry about. The dagger in Xue Miyin's hand was really part of the Demon Sealing Blade, so how did she get it? How did that thing appear in the world? Is it related to the old friend she said was resurrected? She kept rubbing her hands, covered in sweat in the cold weather.
"The name of the girl you are talking about is..."
"Miaomiao." She immediately replied, "Yes... it's Miaomiao."
"You said she is dead, are you really sure? If she is dead, then what Miss Xue sees now is probably a fake. After all, you must have known about the resurrection of the dead earlier than anyone else. But if she is alive ——At that time, you do have an unshirkable responsibility."
Mr. Shuangyue choked.
"I...I'm sure she's dead. Because I killed her myself."
"...!"
Lord Shuangyue calmed down for a while and explained to Master Lintian exactly what happened that day. After Xue Miyin was rescued and resettled, she took the cat's eye stone that Miyin temporarily gave her to look for Miaomiao's traces in the valley. It took her a long time to find a girl who was still alive when she was found. She must be Miaomiao, because when Lord Shuangyue came to the clearing, she heard a little girl's voice saying:
"You came to us...you came to us with our things? We knew you would definitely come."
Her Mandarin has a slight accent and her language habits are unknown, which also fits Xue Miyin's description. It was almost evening and she couldn't see clearly. A figure did come out from the woods, but she heard no footsteps, only the rustling of leaves. She saw a person, tall and tall as a child, sticking his head out of the woods. It was indeed a child's face.
"Are you Miaomiao? Are you Miyin's friend?"
"..."
The figure suddenly froze. She seemed to be hesitating, not taking a step forward. Lord Shuangyue came closer, and using the moonlight at that time, she was surprised to find an extremely strange face.
Although the face was intact, it looked pale and gray, not what a living person should look like. The shadow below the head is not the body. "Her" body is further back. What Shigetsuki-kun saw before was just an outline. In an instant, she suddenly grew very tall, and something stood upright behind her. She was horrified to discover that it was a snake - or a python, or even just a part of it. When it appeared completely in front of her, Shigetsuki realized it was a two-headed snake. One of its heads opened its mouth wide, holding the human head tightly. Its teeth were even buried in her front hair and could be seen with the slightest movement.
This is a very dangerous monster. Mr. Shuangyue remembered the advice of the villagers - there was a very mysterious and dangerous monster dormant in the valley. Although no one has seen it for a long time, we can't just think that it has left or died. Because it comes and goes without a trace and imitates human sounds to attract prey, no one who has actually seen it can survive. And at that moment, its true form was exposed in front of Lord Shuangyue. What came out of the girl's mouth was a snake's scarlet letter.
It crawled forward, and Lord Shuangyue retreated step by step. She gradually saw the monster's entire body clearly. No python has a pattern like this. The main body is earthy brown and wood brown, dotted with bright parts of blue or green. Those lines look like traces of wind and water erosion, or they look like the ferocious faces of a group of people. Through the evil spirit, she judged that it was a spirit transformed from mountains, woods and rocks. The girl was eaten by it and must have been dead. Lord Shuangyue fought with it all night and finally killed it completely. Now, neither human children nor monsters in the mountains exist anymore.
After returning, she told Xue Miyin a white lie: her friend was dead, she saw the body with her own eyes and buried her. She did so, because in the nest where the python was hiding, there was also the half-body body of a human girl, missing an arm, a leg, and a head. Ordinary snakes only devour, not tear or exploit like this monster. Lord Shuangyue buried her in that area and returned with the cat's eye stone. She couldn't deceive Xue Miyin and say: "I didn't find her." In this way, as a young woman, she would definitely believe that her friend was still alive and existed somewhere in the world. She couldn't do that. False lies hurt people more deeply than the cruel truth.
But what she didn't expect was that she would become the liar.
How come that girl is still alive?
When all this was told to Master Lintian, he fell into silence. Although he is well-informed, he really doesn't know why there are such bizarre things in the world. The body was incomplete, and Lord Shuangyue buried her. She didn't look like she would come back to life. Is it fake? Is it a counterfeit? But they were not sure, because Mr. Shuangyue also said this:
"Mianyin is sure that he must be her friend... they must have their own way of recognizing each other. Her affirmative attitude is like me confirming that the knife she stabbed at me is a demon-sealing blade."
"...I am short-sighted." Master Lintian said, "There are still many things in this world that we cannot understand. I am afraid that only she, Yun Waijing and Yama Luomo know the truth of the matter."
"Yun Waijing may not still be in Xueyan Valley. I haven't gone back to see it for a long time."
"He has returned to Juiyun Mountain."
"...Wanren Mountain? This is where he came with Chi Li? How do you know?"
"He visited me before he went back."
They were silent for a while, probably thinking about their next plan. Some things cannot be solved by asking a few more people. Lord Shuangyue was just thinking about it when Master Lintian suddenly said:
"I'm ready to go down the mountain."
"Your training..."
"It's not over," he shook his head. "It's better to say it's not a good start at all. But when all sentient beings are in trouble, how can I sit idly by and watch."
"Do you know what happened down the mountain?"
“The plague rages and the dead roam.”
"I don't know," Shuoyue Lord sighed, "I don't have time to pay attention. I heard that the lord has sent someone to take care of it, but I don't know what the situation is. If it really gets to the point where it is uncontrollable, it should be Use all our manpower. It’s just that there are only ten people in Huangquan December, and I don’t know if the manpower is enough..."
After a pause, she added: "If that child Mo Liang is still alive, he should be the current Liang Yuejun."
Master Lintian knew that she would bring this up. For a long time, this was a knot in her mind. Mo Liang helped her a lot during his lifetime, and she also learned a lot from this little child. He could have grown up healthy.
"Fortunately, we still remember his name."
Mr. Shuangyue only felt more sad. Even after all this time, she still couldn't let go.
"I'm still checking," Shuangyue Jun said sadly, "Something must have happened that day, otherwise why would it happen...ah, I forgot to tell you, someone is coming."
While talking, someone really visited this secluded mountain top. The two of them looked behind them at the same time. As noon approached, the fog gradually dispersed, and the figure of another visitor gradually became clear.
