(7)
The four young men entered the bedroom one after another, and Yuan Fengzi was lying on the bed in front of him, dying.
But a year ago, he still had the energy to braid his long beard into gray-white braids and comb them neatly. Even though his face was already full of wrinkles, his eyes were bright and his body was very strong. But now, lying on the couch was a thin old man with a sickly appearance and atrophied arm muscles.
With Yuan Fengzi's current appearance, it is difficult for him to even stand up and walk, let alone swing the hammer again and continue to forge magic weapons. As a person who has taken sword-making as a lifelong pleasure, now he has lost everything. However, he still smiled calmly.
"Hahaha, you're coming? I knew you would come."
Bai Feng bowed slightly, bowed his head, showed respect, and replied: "Senior, are you okay?"
"Please forgive me, I can only see you in this posture now." Yuan Fengzi took his hand out of the quilt and put it in front of Bai Feng, and continued: "Give me the sword."
"Here is the sword. Let me hold it for you..." Before Bai Feng finished speaking, the old man took the Longming Sword and said, "This is the only sword I want to see with my own eyes."
His fingers were shaped like dead branches, with swollen joints and shriveled edges. But as soon as he saw the Longming Sword, he seemed to be dozens of years younger, as if he had turned into a mature swordsmith playing with his most skillful sword. A masterpiece with a proud and youthful smile.
"When your master Gao Zuo left Beizhen, he was as disgraced as you are now." Yuan Fengzi said: "Your fates are surprisingly similar. If you feel that your future is hopeless now, you are always welcome in our family. .”
Bai Feng immediately knelt down to thank Yuan Fengzi for his kindness and said, "Senior's kindness in reincarnation will never be forgotten, whether it is for Longming Sword or for me!"
Yuan Fengzi returned the Longming Sword, cleared his throat, and said: "I asked Ayu and Wen Tao to place the body of your 'friend' next to the imperial mausoleum. The previous royal family used some special means to preserve it. The corpse will not rot, so that descendants can come from all over to express their condolences... Bai Shaoxia left in a hurry last time, and he must still want to see his old friend, right?"
"You mean, Miss E Wu?" Bai Feng suddenly felt sad and asked, "Can I go see her now?"
"Hey, let's go tomorrow. It's night now." Yuan Fengzi waved to the other two people and said: "Ayu, Wen Tao, you take Shaoxia Bai to pay homage to your old friend tomorrow, don't worry about old age."
Ayu said: "But grandpa, isn't it good to leave you here alone?"
"Yes, let me stay with the old man." Fu Wentao also agreed.
Yuan Fengzi shook his hand impatiently and said: "You don't care what I do. I can't eat or walk now. It won't be surprising if I die tomorrow. You are still young, so don't do it to me." waste time."
"Grandpa!" Ayu and Fu Wentao both said in unison.
"Ayu just hopes to spend more time with grandpa, just one more day..."
"Wen Tao is incompetent! It was Ayu who hired a famous doctor to save my stump in the past, but now I can no longer find a good doctor to cure the elder's illness."
Yuan Fengzi pointed at the heads of Fu Wentao and Ayu, and sighed: "You guys, I don't even know what to say - it's rare for Bai Shaoxia to come here, I can't let him see me crying, how embarrassing it is! That kid Gao Zhen will definitely laugh at me if he knows it well."
After saying this, he burst into tears.
"Actually, I have been able to get to know Gao Zhen, his good disciple, A Yu, and Wen Tao in my life. I no longer feel any regrets. I can take another look at Long Mingjian at the last moment, and even more I am already satisfied.”
Bai Feng seemed to be moved by this true feeling, and immediately agreed: "Don't worry, old man, they will go with me tomorrow."
"Okay, okay, okay." After Yuan Fengzi finished speaking, a strange little girl handed him a handkerchief to wipe his tears. He couldn't help asking: "Who is this little girl?"
The little girl said: "My name is Yu Ke. Grandpa, don't cry. It's cold outside and your tears will freeze into ice."
After a stalemate, several young people quickly calmed Yuan Fengzi's mood and let him fall asleep peacefully. However, after a while, they also divided the rooms and went to sleep separately.
The next day, it was cloudy and lightly snowing. Several young people put on their cloaks and buckled their hoods, and were about to go on a long journey.
In winter, the mountain roads are covered with snow. You will be surprised. Small snowflakes no bigger than a fingernail fall from the sky and are enough to cover the mountain. Obviously they make no sound. If they do, it is only for a moment. For It's completely inaudible to someone who's trying to climb up.
"The impression from the last time I came here has been completely faded." Bai Feng thought to himself: "Just a burst of snow can cover all traces of our existence."
"Brother-in-law!" Seeing Bai Feng muttering something unknown, Akko asked, "This E girl must be your very good friend, right?"
"She saved me, risking her life to save me."
"Is it like when you rescued me from my aunt?" Akko continued to ask innocently.
"Only more."
Bai Feng's words were concise and to the point, as if he didn't want the other party to know too much. Then seeing that the snow was showing signs of getting worse, he reminded everyone: "Be careful not to step on seemingly flat rocks. These places are often covered with ice moss." , at least it can make you stumble."
Obviously, this sentence was meant for Akko, and Akko's attention was immediately transferred to his feet, and he never bothered about other things.
After a while, several people came to that familiar place - the land that used to be covered with miscanthus is now a vast snowfield. The pure white miscanthus flowers like snow are willing to hide under the snowdrifts to spend the winter in order to preserve their seeds.
They were almost at the place where they had fought fiercely. That night, dozens of people died here for their dream of immortality; that night, there were also several people who fought to the death and shed blood and sweat here. The sound of the weapons seemed to still be reverberating, drawing several wonderful arcs in the air. A spark of life remains.
"Is that day unforgettable?" Fu Wentao suddenly turned around and asked: "To be honest, I don't know those people, and I don't understand why they are so crazy, but for Miss Murong, for Ayu, for Mr. Yuan, and... You, I must defend to the death.”
While talking, the two of them arrived at their destination one after another.
"This is it." Fu Wentao said: "This place was originally the tomb that Mr. Yuan prepared for himself. In order to allow Bai Shaoxia's friend Miss E to die in peace, Mr. Yuan immediately gave up his tomb without even thinking about it. It’s also a fun thing.”
The tomb has no obvious marks from a distance, but it is completely white. When you look closer, you can see that there is a bird entrance. Just pull it back gently, and the door of the tomb will open.
