Yu Zun nodded lightly. The look on Yue Huang's face was a little lonely. After a long time, she spoke again and said: "I know the meaning of your words. I know my destiny in my heart. But if that day really comes, no matter how many supporters come to support, they will not be able to stop the general trend."
Yu Zun stood there silently. The elegant and noble woman in front of him looked so lonely from behind. The shadow cast on the ground by the dusk falling in the west was like a lone leaf in the wind. Shaking in the cold wind, not knowing the way back.
The two of them stood silently on the pavilion, but not far from them, there were several lively teenagers. They sent the paper kites in their hands to the long wind wandering in the world, and then the long wind stretched out their long leaves. His long arms handed over those colorful paper kites and the children's innocent dreams to God.
Before leaving, a moderate snowfall fell in Hanxiang City in the Yue Kingdom. It was indeed the only winter snowfall in ten years. The fluttering snowflakes sprinkled lightly on this classic and beautiful place. between the cities.
The green tiles were immediately dyed a light green, and the green willow leaves immediately became crystal clear, but there was a hint of fresh green. In the huge long river, on the swaying boats, the old men wearing coir raincoats looked pale. Tasting the cold snow, holding an old porcelain teapot in his hand, the smile on his face was not frozen by the falling snow at all.
Wearing a red cloak, walking in the wind and snow in midsummer, her hair gradually gained a hint of crystal, her pupils were covered with a layer of light mist, and the tip of her reddish nose twitched slightly with her breathing. Gently patting her shoulder, Zhong Xia's reddish eyes shed a trace of clear tears again. She looked back with nostalgia at the sight that was gradually submerged by the snow, and said: "Brother, can we come back?" ?”
There was a trace of love in Yu Zun's eyes, and he comforted softly: "I'll be back."
Zhong Xia's eyes overflowed with a hint of brilliance, but after a moment, it dimmed again, and she said softly: "Will it have to wait until a long, long time later?"
Yu Zun caressed her shoulder gently, but there was a hint of sadness in his eyes. He raised his head and looked up at the silent blue sky, but on the other side of the sky, there seemed to be someone calling him softly. After all, When can I see you? How he wished that someone could reply to him now? Even if that person told him, it might be a long, long time later.
Xianxian held an iron pipa in her arms. The resolute figure of her senior brother's departure gradually faded in her heart, and the trace of worry and sorrow in her eyes also faded away.
The huge mountains and rivers were transformed into a splash of ink in the hands of the old man. Yu Zun looked at the painting in the old man's hand with great interest. The old man smiled and said: "How about it, little brother, ten cents is not much for this painting."
On this day, Yu Zun, Zhong Xia and others were already in a small border town in the Moon Kingdom. For half a month, they slept in the open air, flying in the sky during the day, and resting on the spot at night, no matter it was a barren wilderness. Or a deep forest where apes are crowing and tigers are roaring, or if you are lucky, you can find a small inn where you can have wine and meat.
This small border town is not small at all, but the few rusty flags hanging on the shabby city walls really leave a bad impression on people's minds.
And this long-bearded old man with white eyebrows was leaning between the tattered and low city walls, playing with several landscape paintings he held between his arms. At first glance, there was nothing strange about these landscape paintings. They were painted with light ink. The dead trees in the mountains and forests, and the thick clouds dancing in thick ink, if left blank for a moment, will create a slightly poetic association.
However, in Yu Zun's opinion, this landscape painting was priceless, and this old man who looked thin and haggard did not look like an ordinary person. Yu Zun took out a piece of gold from the storage space and said, "I will use this I bought this painting with ingots of gold, but I wonder if the old man can sell me this painting of dry ink rivers and lakes?"
The old man shook his head and said leisurely: "This painting is worth ten cents. You can't buy my painting with your gold."
Yu Zun smiled lightly and said, "How about I use this ingot of gold to buy all your paintings?"
The old man still shook his head and said: "I only sell one painting a day. If you continue to argue with me, then I won't sell this painting."
"But I only have this ingot of gold with me, Yu Zun, and not ten cents." Yu Zun looked at the old man with interest and said.
The old man raised his tired eyelids, glanced at Yu Zun, and then glanced at Xianxian and Zhongxia beside him, and said leisurely: "This is easy to handle!"
The old man pointed to the fairy string holding the iron pipa in his arms and said: "If you ask her to play the song "Resent the Country" for me, I will give this painting to you for free."
Yu Zun smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying: "Since the old man has no intention of selling this painting to me, then I, Yu Zun, won't force it."
Just when Yu Zun was about to leave, the old man said in a long tone: "Why are young people so impatient? I haven't finished speaking yet."
"Oh? Senior, please tell me," Yu Zun said with great interest.
The old man took out a pot of wine from his arm, pointed at Yu Zun, and said quietly: "If you can still talk to me soberly after drinking the wine in this pot, I will give you all the paintings, how about it?" "
At this time, Zhong Xia pulled Yu Zun's arm and said with a worried look on his face: "Brother, don't believe the lies of this old charlatan. There must be medicine in this wine. Brother must not drink it."
Yu Zun smiled lightly and patted the back of Zhong Xia's hand, saying: "Sister Zhong Xia, don't worry, Yu Zun will be fine."
After that, he took the jug from the old man's hand neatly and drank the old wine in one gulp.
When the first sip of wine filled his throat, Yu Zun discovered the strangeness of the wine. The world in front of him became swaying and blurred, and then became fragmented, whether it was the city, alleys, or characters. The scenery was shattered into ashes in an instant. The Zhongxia in front of him was like this, the fairy string was like this, and the old man was like this.
And when all the pictures collapsed into dust, a new world slowly began to be formed in front of his eyes. When he saw the handsome and free-spirited young man in green, his heart was suddenly shocked. , he said in disbelief: "Senior, why is it you?"
The handsome young man smiled lightly and asked, "Why not me?"
"Senior, it will be good if nothing happens, it will be fine if nothing happens." A dark look flashed in Yu Zun's eyes, and the peaceful and kind old man seemed to appear in front of him again, but at this moment, the old man had already disappeared into ashes in this world.
"Shouldn't we be happy to meet old friends?" There was a hint of smile on the young man's weathered face, and his bright eyes were like a bright mirror, reflecting all the thoughts in Yu Zun's heart.
Those emotions that he had forcibly suppressed in his heart seemed to have found a vent at the moment and came out. In front of the young man, he seemed to have become the ignorant young man who had just entered prison.
"Senior, it's great to see you." His speech became clumsy, and the calm expression on his face was shattered by a line of tears. He didn't know what to say, but he probably wanted to express what he wanted in his heart. , condensed into these words.
The young man sighed and said: "The dead are like this. The longest love in this world is the endless years, and the most ruthless in the world is also these endless years. Why do you have to compete with those passing scenes?"
Yu Zun gave a bitter smile and said: "What if you are the closest person to senior? Can senior let go so freely and easily?"
The young man glanced at Yu Zun, then looked at the sky and said: "Who is the closest person to this wind, smoke, dust, and fog? Who is the closest person to these mountains and rivers? The vast sky and the wild sea are the closest Who are these people? Don’t they have any value in existence?”
Yu Zun looked sad and said: "Senior, what I said is true, but Yu Zun has not seen through the world of mortals, and Yu Zun is not as clear-eyed and enlightened as senior. Yu Zun is a tree, and the meaning of this tree is Nutrition is love.”
The young man changed the indifference on his face and said with a hint of appreciation: "Junior, since you can see through the meaning of my painting, you must have also understood some of the secrets of the "Splitting Heaven Style" I taught you. This appearance is not due to a disagreement with your family."
Yu Zun showed a trace of confusion and said, "Does the senior want to test Yu Zun's martial arts?"
Su Qiu shook her head gently and said, "No, do you know where the city under your feet is?"
Yu Zun said in confusion: "This is a small border town in the Yue Kingdom - it's called Yuncheng. Is there anything different about it?"
Su Qiu's face gradually gained a solemn look, and she said: "You have to remember one thing from now on. Not everything you see before your eyes is true, and not everything you hear in your ears may be groundless. I can only tell you Please tell me, I have stayed in this deserted small town since I left the Prison, but even now, it is still difficult for me to enter the center of this small town."
Hearing Su Qiu's words, Yu Zun felt a hint of horror in his heart. Su Qiu added: "And the civilians living in this city are not as simple as you see. Even if I try my best, I can't see them." It’s hard to beat the martial arts they displayed when two or three of them formed a group.”
Yu Zun was shocked again. He knew that Su Qiu had been imprisoned in the Imperial Prison for tens of thousands of years and his martial arts had been severely damaged. However, even so, if he exerted his martial arts with all his strength and looked at the entire Eastern Wasteland, he should be at its peak. Yes, but at this moment he said that just three or two people in this small town could defeat him, which is really terrifying.
Su Qiu glanced at Yu Zun secretly and said, "If you hadn't come here, I wouldn't have met you, and maybe I won't appear in front of you again in this life, but now that you have set foot in this Small town, you have to find ways to escape from this city."
But how could Yu Zun have expected that what Su Qiu said next would be more shocking and more horrifying to him. He murmured: "Is this city not a city in the prison world?"
There was a trace of worry in Su Qiu's vicissitudes of life, and she said: "What you are thinking about is what I have been confused about in my heart. Is this a city in the prison world, or is this area leading to another space? The gate of the city is just a guess now, unless you can go to the center of the city and find out."
An idea flashed in Yu Zun's mind, and he suddenly said: "Senior, have you ever thought about whether the residents in this city are in a similar situation to the two of me and entered this place by mistake?"
Su Qiu shook his head and said: "I thought like you at first, but later I found out that it was not the case. Although I was trapped in this city and couldn't go in or out, my martial arts skills have improved since I entered this city. Once upon a time, there has been considerable progress.”
"As for the common people who live with me in this city, the situation is even worse than mine. And according to my observation, the people in this city are by no means mediocre people. No matter in terms of manners or customs, even though I have been traveling in the prison world for many years, I have also learned from Never seen it before!”
Yu Zun was startled in his heart and said in disbelief: "Senior, you mean that as long as you live in this city, even ordinary people who don't understand martial arts will gradually grow into peerless masters over time?"
Su Qiu nodded and said: "That's true, but even so, what's the point? After entering this city, you will never get out of this city in your life. Everyone has martial arts, and they are no different from ordinary people in the outside world. the difference"
"So, you must try to walk into the center of the city. There must be secrets hidden there. If you are trapped in one area and can't leave for the rest of your life, it would be better to die in pain." Su Qiu lamented with a hint of bitterness on her face.
At this moment, Yu Zun can understand his state of mind. After all, the heroic figure back then was imprisoned in the imperial prison for tens of thousands of years. When he escaped one day, he was trapped in a stubborn city, which no one could bear. The sadness and desolation.
Yu Zun nodded and said resolutely: "Senior, don't worry, Yu Zun will not let you be trapped here."
