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"It should be right here..."
After leaving Wangyou Valley, Weiming came to a remote courtyard not far from Wangyou Valley, and this was the place where Shen Lan once lived in seclusion.
It is said that it is a seclusion, but in fact, everyone in Wangyou Valley or Xiaoyao Valley knows this place. However, because Shen Lan has a weird temperament and does not like to deal with people, they all pretend not to know, let alone come to disturb.
"Lan'er..."
Looking at the foggy courtyard in front of him, which looked very dark even during the day, Weiming couldn't help but recall his childhood days.
Master Shen, Aunt Bai, and...young Shen Lan.
Although the time they got together was not very long, only three years, Shen Yu and Bai Si were undoubtedly Weiming's most important first-year teachers when he was young, and Shen Lan was also Weiming's most important playmate when he was young.
When thinking of Shen Yu and Bai Si, Weiming's face couldn't help but reveal a trace of sadness.
Since Shen Lan has already lived in seclusion near Wangyou Valley, then Shen Yu and his wife must be in danger. Otherwise, with their love for Shen Lan, they would not leave her in Wangyou Valley.
"As expected... Even if you know most of the things, you can't change all the misfortunes..."
When thinking of Shen Yu and Bai Si, Wei Ming's heart couldn't help but feel a little helpless and dejected.
He did not regret not retaining Shen Yu's family back then, because he was very clear about Shen Yu's situation at that time. Because he had the "Secret Book", not only the Poison Dragon Sect, but also the poison masters in the world coveted him. Among them are even the Tianyi City killer - Po, and the unidentified uncle Xuan Mingzi who has betrayed him.
Under such circumstances, if he continued to stay in the village where Weiming had grown up, not only would he be threatened, but the people in the village would also be affected.
But with Weiming's young age and frail body at that time, facing these possible disasters, he was neither able to prevent them nor dared to gamble.
"Hey~"
With a long sigh, Weiming shook his head, put aside these past events for the time being, and continued walking into the courtyard.
Although Shen Yu and his wife are gone, Shen Lan is still there. Whether it is out of childhood friendship or to repay Master Shen for teaching him, Wei Ming should take good care of Shen Lan, although with her character, she may not be able to Just appreciate it. .
"Is there anyone there?" Weiming stood in front of the hut door, knocking on the door and shouting: "Lan...Miss Shen, are you at home?"
Thinking that the two of them hadn't gotten along for many years, it was a bit abrupt to call her by her nickname, so she immediately changed her name to "girl", but after calling her twice, no one responded.
"not at home?"
After taking a look at the lock on the door, Wei Ming felt a little strange, thinking that with Shen Lan's style as a homebody, where would she go in broad daylight? Even if you go out to catch poisonous things, you should only go out in the evening, right?
I couldn't figure it out for a while, so I simply stopped thinking about it. It happened that I didn't understand yet and I wasn't in a hurry, so I decided to wait in front of the door.
However, standing in the courtyard and looking at the dark purple miasma surrounding him, Weiming couldn't help but feel a little sad in his heart: This mist looks weird. With Lan'er's poisoning method, I'm afraid it's not extremely poisonous, so I'd better be cautious. Take a poison-proof pill!
After thinking about it, Wei Ming took out a poison-avoiding pill from his arms and swallowed it.
After all, he was traveling around the world, and although he was not far from home, Weiming still kept these healing and detoxifying elixirs with him. This was also Weiming's usual habit before he came to Xiaoyao Valley.
The waiting was somewhat unbearable. When Wei Ming was bored, he couldn't help but think of the time when he met Shen Lan some time ago.
In fact, just a few days ago, Weiming accompanied Shen Xiangyun when he went out to collect medicine. He happened to bump into Shen Lan who was hiding behind a tree. He didn't know if he was catching some poison. Weiming took his first look. She felt a little familiar after looking at her, but she recognized her at the second glance and subconsciously wanted to say hello.
"Hey~ you're not..."
Who would have thought that Shen Lan would notice the movement before he even uttered a word. He just glanced back and immediately went into the jungle to disappear.
Lost.
Then Shen Xiangyun followed up and saw Weiming looking blankly in one place, so she asked him what he was looking at. Weiming had some doubts in his heart at that time, so he did not tell the truth. He only said that he seemed to see a figure, and he might have seen it wrong. .
"By the way..."
After pondering for a long time, Weiming suddenly came back to his senses, looked around and murmured to himself: "Why hasn't Lan'er come back yet? Where could she go in broad daylight?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a gust of wind blowing by.
Not to mention, although it was almost noon and it was just the beginning of summer, there was no sunshine in Shen Lan's yard, and it even looked a little gloomy and cold.
That is to say, it is not known that there is internal energy to protect the body, and besides having just taken the poison-avoiding pill, if it were an ordinary person without martial arts skills, let alone living here, he might become seriously ill if he stayed for a long time, and even suffer from Worry for life.
"Forget it, let's find a way to go inside and wait! If Lan'er doesn't come back before evening, I'll come find her next time."
With that said, Weiming walked around the wooden house and found a small window. After carefully checking to confirm that there was no poisonous mechanism or anything like that, he turned over and got in.
"Phew~ It really feels much more comfortable."
While muttering to himself, Wei Ming observed the furnishings in the room.
I don’t know if it’s because they are a family, but the style of Shen Lan’s home is somewhat similar to that of the miracle doctor’s house. The difference is that the miracle doctor’s house contains all kinds of herbs, while Shen Lan’s At home, most of the things are poisonous, and the rare non-toxic or slightly poisonous things are taken out of the poisonous things, such as venomous snake gallbladders, toad clothes and the like.
There is also a charcoal-burning stove in the middle hall, and a kettle filled with water hangs on the stove, which this miracle doctor's house does not have either.
"Huh~ Just sit here and wait!"
Entering the house, Wei Ming was not too restrained. After warming himself up by the stove, he pulled out a small bench and sat down.
Just waiting and counting the time without knowing it. In this era when clocks are not common, it is impossible not to develop the habit of keeping track of time.
After waiting for about half an hour, when Weiming had almost finished drinking the water in the teapot next to him, there was finally a slight movement at the door.
"Lan'er is back?"
Wei Ming couldn't help but stood up and was about to go out, but as soon as he took his legs out, he immediately took them back. He couldn't help but think that he and Shen Lan hadn't seen each other for a long time, and it was a bit abrupt for him to break into the other person's house as soon as they met. We haven't seen each other for a long time. Weiming has not thought about what to say when we meet again.
I even took a step back and thought, what if the person who came was not Shen Lan, but a passerby who wandered in by mistake, or a person from the Jianghu with evil intentions.
After thinking about it, Weiming couldn't help but become more and more hesitant. However, the steps outside the door did not slow down because of Weiming's hesitation, but instead went a little faster.
In the blink of an eye, Weiming heard the sound of someone unlocking the door with a key. Now he was sure that it was Shen Lan who came.
At this moment, Wei Ming couldn't care less about hesitation. Just when he was about to break the jar and say hello as soon as he opened the door, he suddenly felt a gust of fishy wind coming. He subconsciously ducked sideways, and then took a closer look. It turned out to be a two-foot-long rope. Viper.
In this situation, Wei Ming reacted very quickly. After dodging, he immediately looked towards the front door and shouted: "Wait a minute, Lan'er..."
"It's you!!"
Before Wei Ming could finish what he said, the visitor recognized Wei Ming first, "...Dongfang Wei Ming!?"
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