Inexplicably, I felt my heart aching, and I quickly recited the secret of the first step of Xuan Gong, "Qi Sea Grows Lotus". After a while, those chaotic thoughts were finally suppressed.
Mu Haotian turned over and felt something hit his waist. He touched it with his backhand and pulled out a small sword no more than a foot long.
Only then did he remember that this was one of the three treasures given by Ma Sifang...
A magic sword that slays demons and dragons?
When I heard the name, I lost interest. I tied my waist casually and concentrated on studying the "Four Nine Mysterious Techniques".
At this moment, he looked at the so-called great magic sword in his hand, which was light and small, like a woman's self-defense dagger, and couldn't help but smile bitterly——
——This "reverent appearance" is really different from the domineering sword name.
The wooden hilt and scabbard are engraved with dragons and phoenixes, and are integrated into one piece. The tassel of the sword is golden and sparse, like autumn rice.
If it were just used as a portable accessory, it would be quite exquisite, but Ma Sifang said seriously that it was some kind of "ancient weapon".
Mu Haotian pulled out the sword without any expectations, and suddenly a silver light flashed before his eyes!
But I saw that the sword body, which was two fingers wide, looked like a deep valley and forest, shrouded in halo, and the whole body was the color of mithril. Even half an arm's distance away, you can feel a chill on your facial muscles. Under the reflection of the lights, the sword's edge flashes with a faint cold light, seemingly extremely sharp.
There are small characters engraved on the sword body near the sword grid, one side reads "Slay the Demon" and the other side "Slay the Dragon".
Mu Haotian looked around for a long time, but he couldn't see where the words "Dafa Sword" were engraved.
Look at the back of the sword, which has four ridges. When you scratch it with your fingertips, it feels cold to the touch. It makes a clanging sound when you flick it lightly.
Mu Haotian's mind moved slightly, and he vaguely felt that this sword was not as terrible as he imagined. Thinking of this, he returned the sword to its sheath and took out the so-called "Gods and Ghosts from All Directions Hear the Order Talisman" from his arms.
This is a brand-new Three Treasures Talisman written in alchemy with a yellow background. It is a kind of acquired evil-suppressing talisman. Its style and size are roughly similar to the talisman made by Mu Dingzhen.
If it weren't for the strong and vigorous writing of the runes, the intricate circles, and the head, heart, and foot of the rune that were all written in one go. It was obvious at a glance that it was written by a famous artist, then he would have suspected that this rune was drawn casually by Ma Sifang to cope with his own problems. .
Mu Haotian held the "Monster-Slaying Dragon-Slaying Magic Sword" in one hand and the "Gods and Ghosts from All Directions Hear the Order Talisman" in the other hand, feeling something indescribably weird in his heart.
"Dong dong, dong dong!"
Just when he was about to change his breath and try to activate the two treasures, someone knocked hard on his door, and then Yu Yaner's cheerful voice came from outside the door:
"Senior Brother Mu, open the door quickly! Hurry!"
Mu Haotian put the talisman and sword under his pillow, stood up and opened the door.
As soon as the door was opened, Yuyan hurriedly squeezed in. After entering the room, she stuck her head out, looked around, and then closed the door.
"Yan'er, what's wrong with you?"
Mu Haotian was a little confused when he saw her bluffing first and then being sneaky.
Yu Yan turned around, smiled sweetly at Mu Haotian, stretched out her hand and handed him something.
Mu Haotian took it and looked at it. It turned out to be a pure white flower. The five petals seemed to be carved out of a mold. They were held in a ball and were about to bloom. If you look closely, you can see that the stamens have been removed, and a red bean the size of your fingertip is embedded in the center of the bud.
"This is... a crabapple flower? What are you doing for me?"
This kind of flower was planted at the gate of his house. Mu Haotian recognized it at a glance, but he didn't know what the use was of making it like this.
Yu Yan stuck out her tongue and said mysteriously:
"It's called 'Ten Miles of Acacia'! It was refined by Taoist monks."
Mu Haotian became energized when he heard this, and turned over and looked carefully, confirming that the flower bones outside were undoubtedly crabapples, but the "red bean" was actually a bead made of polished wood and painted Red, draw lines.
It seems that the secret lies in this bead.
Mu Haotian looked at it for a long time, but still didn't understand why. He looked at Yuyan and saw that she had her left hand spread out in front of her chest, and there was an identical flower bone in her hand.
Her eyes wandered back and forth between the two flowers, and her slightly red cheeks bloomed with a begonia-like smile.
Suddenly she opened her mouth and recited:
"The red bean and begonia flowers can be seen so close to the end of the world."
After saying that, the "red beans" in the two flower buds lit up at the same time, and the crimson light illuminated their faces, reflecting the apricot-red petals swaying, as if they were injected with life in an instant, blooming slowly, and the fragrance overflowed. .
The blooming begonias suddenly floated up from their hands, attracting each other, spinning leisurely in the air, getting closer and closer.
The two "red beans" are like magnets attracting each other, causing the two white and red begonia flowers to gather together and become one.
Mu Haotian stared blankly, amazed.
Swift raised her hand to pluck the flowers that were floating in the air, pinched the "red bean", and separated the two flowers. After separating, the blooming crabapple petals slowly closed again and returned to the shape of a budding flower.
Yuyan handed one to Mu Haotian's hand again.
She smiled and said:
"Senior Brother Mu, 'Ten Miles of Love' is a psychic artifact refined by Taoism, but it does not require vitality or magic power. As long as one of them recites the incantation, it will move closer to the other until the two parties are reunited. Although it is called 'Ten miles of lovesickness'... But in fact, we can communicate with each other for dozens of miles. You and I each take one. If we move separately in the future, we won't be afraid of not being able to find each other."
"The red bean and begonia flowers can be seen so close to the end of the world."
So close to each other, so close to each other, means that two people are obviously very close to each other, but yet they are as far away as the end of the world and cannot see each other. Therefore, it is often used by relatives, friends, and loved ones in this situation to lament and feel sorry for themselves. But the mantra that inspired this thing had to go in the opposite direction, not allowing things to be left behind in the world, and it was also named "Ten Miles of Love".
The person who refined this thing is really a wonderful person.
Mu Haotian murmured a mantra, his eyes revealed a strange light and said:
"Sister Ting'er gave this to you?"
"yes!"
Yu Yan nodded, then thought of something, blushed and said:
"My sister and I are inseparable, so there is no need for her."
Mu Haotian immediately smiled and thought:
"Silly Yan'er, I didn't ask you, but you rushed to explain yourself. Isn't that trying to cover up the truth?"
He smiled at Yu Yan's pink face and said:
"Then senior brother, keep this close to your body and wait for junior sister Yan'er to come at any time!"
Yuyan nodded happily, feeling sweet in her heart. She put away her own one and suddenly said:
"Brother, I want to hear your heartbeat."
Mu Haotian laughed dumbly and stretched his arms generously.
Growing up, whenever Yuyan wanted to know his true inner thoughts, she would ask to lie on his chest and listen to his heartbeat to hear his thoughts.
It's just that it's never been successful.
Yu Yan leaned in his arms and listened silently for a while. After getting up, she patted his chest matter-of-factly to show her approval, and then said:
"Senior Brother Mu, I'll go back first! My sister is about to finish washing, and I don't want to be discovered by her so soon!"
Without waiting for Mu Haotian's reply, he turned around, opened the door, and ran back to his room as fast as he could.
Mu Haotian shook his head and smiled, closed the door and lay back on the bed, feeling warm and sweet in his heart.
He and his two sisters grew up together, and although they would joke and play together from time to time, he truly regarded them as his biological sisters and had no affection for them.
After lying on my back for a long time, the oil fire gradually went out, and the room became dark. Only a few blurred moonlight beams came through the window panes, spilling everywhere and scattered.
Mu Haotian's eyelids were fighting and he fell into a drowsy state. I don't know how long it had passed, but while he was half asleep, he suddenly heard a slight knock on the door again.
At first, I just thought it was a hallucination in my dream, and I closed my eyes for a while, but soon I heard clearly again:
There was indeed a knock on the door.
As soon as he got up, he heard someone whispering outside the door:
"Senior Brother Mu, are you asleep?"
Mu Haotian's heart skipped a beat, and he recognized that it was Xue Ying's voice, so he quickly went over and opened the door.
The lanterns were dim, the moon was as bright as frost, and a faint scent of body fragrance drifted into the room with the night wind, lingering on the nostrils. Xue Ying had her back against the glow of the stars and the moon, but her face was covered with darkness, and her expression could not be seen clearly.
She asked softly:
"Brother, can I come in?"
Mu Haotian said:
"come on in!"
Turning sideways, he let Xue Ying enter the house.
After closing the door, the two stood in almost the same position as when Yu Yan came before. Mu Haotian nodded the bridge of his nose unconsciously, feeling a little strange in his heart.
Xueying was not wearing a coat, only a light blue silk robe, as if she had woken up in the middle of her sleep. She was silent for a while after entering the door, and then said:
"Senior brother, did I disturb your rest?"
Mu Haotian said hurriedly:
"No, no, I haven't slept yet! But Ying'er, it's so late, why did you come here?"
Xue Ying was silent, her eyelids drooped very low, as if she was looking at the soles of Mu Haotian's feet. Suddenly she raised a hand and handed something over.
Seeing this, Mu Haotian was in a trance, and felt even weirder in his heart. He took it with a smile, and looked at it under the moonlight, and saw that it was a green cicada woven from bamboo strips, with the wings and eyes painted with a single stroke, so lifelike.
Unexpectedly, it was different from what he guessed. Mu Haotian couldn't help but asked curiously:
"Yinger, what is this?"
Xueying said:
"This is called 'Baili Zhi'."
Mu Haotian almost laughed out loud and rushed to say:
"You still have one on hand, right?"
After a long time, he didn't get a response. Mu Haotian took a closer look and vaguely saw her pretty face Feixia, lowering her head and fiddling with the corners of her clothes.
After a while, he let out a vague "hmm".
Mu Haotian smiled and said:
"Yinger, I understand, please teach me how to use it."
Xue Ying raised her head, her small snow-white face was covered with crimson patches, and her thin down was swaying neatly in the hazy moonlight.
She opened her palms, and sure enough, there was an identical bamboo cicada lying quietly in her palms.
She raised her hand high, hesitated for a moment, frowned and bit the tip of her tongue hard, then put the cicada to her lips, spit out her fragrant tongue, bit and squeezed lightly with her teeth, and a drop of blood fell from the tip of her tongue onto the cicada.
In an instant, the blood droplets spread into the veins and turned into thousands of strands, causing the green cicada to glow with a light red halo of blood.
Xueying said weakly:
"That's it...that's it..."
Without thinking, Mu Haotian followed suit, biting his tongue and squeezing a drop of blood onto Zhizhi's body.
At the moment when the blood drops dispersed, the cicadas in their hands turned around at the same time, facing each other, and emitted a clear cry.
It was the middle of the night, everything was quiet, and the sound was like thunder on the ground! Very strong penetrating power.
Xueying's face turned pale with fright, and she quickly closed her hands to cover Cicada.
Mu Haotian was also surprised. He covered the sound with his hands but still couldn't cover it up, so he went to get the mattress and wrapped the two cicadas three times inside and outside, finally blocking out the screams.
The two looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.
Xueying said:
"Senior brother... I'm sorry, I don't know..."
"It doesn't matter."
Mu Haotian smiled tenderly at her, shook the mattress wrapped in two lumps and said:
"Didn't Senior Sister Ting'er teach you how to stop?"
Xueying thought for a while, shook her head and said:
"She just said: 'Baili Zhi' can reach hundreds of miles away. When the two parties separate, one of them can store the essence and blood first. When the other person also drips the essence and blood, the two 'Baili Zhi' will interact with each other. Point and make a cry at the same time. The closer they are, the louder the cry will be, and vice versa. They will not stop until the power of essence and blood is exhausted."
Mu Haotian smiled bitterly and said:
"I see, this 'Baili Zhi' is much more troublesome to use than 'Ten Miles Acacia'!"
Xue Ying's expression dimmed. Mu Ting asked the two sisters to choose these two rare objects by themselves. The younger sister likes flowers and fell in love with "Ten Miles of Love" at a glance.
Because of the meaning of red bean and begonia, Xueying actually wanted to choose it, but she did not want to compete with her sister, so she had to take "Baili Zhi".
Seeing her silence, Mu Haotian realized something in his heart and continued:
"But since one is only ten miles away and the other is a hundred miles away, the distance between them is ten times greater, which can be regarded as a big advantage."
Hearing this, Xueying smiled slightly and said:
"Yes, senior sister also said that the sensing range of 'Baili Zhi' is much farther than that of 'Ten Miles Acacia'. Both have their own advantages and disadvantages."
The two chatted for a long time and secretly untied the mattress. Na Zhi kept shouting and couldn't help but secretly smacked his tongue:
"Does this mere drop of blood actually contain such a huge amount of energy?"
Not knowing when it would be exhausted, Mu Haotian immediately wrapped the mattress tightly, threw it on the table, and said to Xue Ying:
"Ying'er, you go back to sleep first and let them cover their heads and scream happily!"
Xueying's cheeks were rosy and she said apologetically:
"Okay, senior brother, let's go to bed early."
Before leaving the house, he was stopped by his senior brother:
"By the way, take one away with you! They are far away, so they need to bark harder. Maybe they can disperse faster."
