In addition to being the peak master of Evergreen Peak, Bai He is also the senior sister of Su Si, the junior sister of Lu Tai, and the daughter of the old sect leader Bai Ke.
Regardless of these identities, she is also a woman with a gentle and pure temperament, who can make people feel peaceful at first sight.
So even if they told Su Si in advance that he liked peace and quiet, Bai He's arrival did not make anyone feel uncomfortable.
Mu Qing stood in front of the crowd, considering whether to take her to see Ye Qingyu, but Bai He seemed to have guessed what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "I'm here to see you, City Master Mu."
"Just call me Mu Qing."
Mu Qing felt strange in his heart, but his face was calm.
When he led Bai He towards the wooden building, the people beside Lingtian Road also moved with him.
When he arrived in front of the building, Bai He remembered something and paused slightly. He looked behind him but couldn't find anyone. He frowned and said, "Who was that person just now?"
He Qiuyang followed the crowd and quickly came to Bai He after hearing this, "But Deacon Hu accidentally bumped into Peak Master Bai?"
"He has a weird personality. Please forgive me, Master Bai."
Bai He glanced at the empty roadside, a strange look flashed in his eyes, and said, "He didn't rush into me. I just don't know this person, and I didn't even ask him his name or look up."
When Bai He said this, everyone smiled knowingly, and some even looked at Mu Qing jokingly.
"Uncle Master has rarely been to Huaihe Peak in recent years, right?" Lu Manqing asked
Bai He nodded.
Lu Manqing smiled and continued to explain: "Deacon Hu was seriously injured in his early years. His face was completely disfigured and he lost the ability to speak. He refused to raise his head, maybe because he didn't want his uncle to see him."
All the women in the room were all good-looking, but compared to these young girls, Bai He had a bit more tranquility and beauty that had settled down. Lu Manqing explained this, and even Mu Qing agreed.
Bai He shook his head and smiled, revealing the matter. Since that incident happened a hundred years ago, there has been very little contact between them and the sisters, and some things should be put aside, otherwise there will be more and more strangers on Huaihe Peak.
Before entering the building, everyone dispersed. Mu Qing led Bai He to sit down in the main room. Bai He immediately saw the bottles of pills next to each other on the table and pointed at them: "I happened to be meeting with Su Si and the sect leader. There too."
"It has always been the ancestor's long-cherished wish to welcome back the three ancestors, but the descendants of the Bai family were unfilial and did not do this well."
Mu Qing listened quietly. From Bai He's words, he could know that Bai Shou, who brought back the Unnamed Sword Sutra and the Immortal Sword of Killing Soldiers, had passed away. He couldn't help but feel a little sad in his heart. He didn't know what Su Kuoyu and the others would think if they knew this.
Mu Qing said: "Senior Su and the other three are not in good condition. I can only temporarily seal their souls in the sword, but if they want to return to the past, the sword sect must come up with treasures that can warm and replenish the souls." .”
Bai He listened to Mu Qing's implicit reminder and laughed and said: "Don't worry, the three ancestors have noble status and their contribution to our sect is even greater. Although the Baishou ancestor has passed away, the Wuji Sword Sect will not forget them. We will devote all our resources to help them recover.”
Mu Qing nodded.
Bai He stared at Mu Qing seriously for a while and sighed: "In fact, even if the three ancestors return to their previous peak state in the future, the treasures and resources our sect has paid will not be as much as one ten thousandth of what you have paid. .”
Bai He was referring to the magical skills he gave to Su Kuoyu and the others.
Mu Qing understood, shook his head and said with a smile: "No matter how powerful the magical power is, it will be of no use if it cannot be used. The three seniors and I each have what we need."
When Bai He came over, Su Si and the others were still talking to Lu Tai. She was not here to care about Mu Qing's request. Lu Tai would come forward when the time comes.
Bai He took off a sapphire bracelet from his wrist and handed it to Mu Qing solemnly. Mu Qing quickly asked, "What does Peak Master Bai mean?"
Bai He raised the jade bracelet in front of Mu Qing and said with a smile: "I am fulfilling my ancestor's promise. He said before his death that whoever accepts this jade bracelet will have to shoulder the promise of finding the three ancestors." .It’s a pity that a hundred years ago…”
Bai He shook his head and changed the subject, "In short, the descendants of the Bai family cannot fulfill their ancestor's last wish, so they must follow the local rules."
The agreement made at that time was to be given to the person who found the three ancestors. "
Mu Qing stared at the jade bracelet in front of him, which was not of very good quality. His heart moved slightly and he asked, "Did Senior Baishou bring this jade bracelet back from Shengyuan Mountain?"
A strange color flashed in Bai He's eyes, and he smiled and said, "It seems that the three ancestors have talked to you a lot. But I also have this guess."
"Yeah?" Mu Qing was surprised.
Bai He placed the jade bracelet on the table in front of Mu Qing and said softly: "When our ancestor returned to the clan from Shengyuan Mountain, he was seriously injured, but even in that state, he was extremely upright and fair in passing the Sword Sutra and Hand over the sword."
"In the Wuji Sword Sect at that time, the deadline for the sect leader was approaching, and the trend of the seven peaks falling apart was extremely obvious. The ancestor successfully brought back these two things and handed them over without any secret, winning everyone's recognition and becoming the next sect leader. There was not the slightest objection.”
"And after he became the sect master, he even broke into the realm of Jueling several times regardless of his injuries. Unfortunately, the results were not good. In the end, the old illness even worsened."
Mu Qing listened patiently to what Bai He said, and when he imagined the scene of the four of them being together, he couldn't help but be touched by this sincere friendship.
Bai He finished speaking, and when Mu Qing looked at her, he asked: "The ancestor is a person respected by everyone. If it is something brought back from the Realm of Jueling, he will never hide it secretly."
Mu Qing subconsciously picked up the jade bracelet and frowned slightly: "It's really just a jade bracelet."
Bai He smiled: "When my father passed the jade bracelet to me, he mentioned his guess that this jade bracelet is my grandmother's only relic."
"The ancestor cherished this thing so much and regarded it as the inheritance of the family. He wanted to warn the descendants of the Bai family what is the most precious thing."
Mu Qing suddenly remembered something that Fang Jun had mentioned. Bai Shou actually failed to pass the test on the Sword Questioning Platform. The reason why he successfully climbed to the top was because he touched the remnant sword spirit left by Wu Min and released him. Got water.
Combined with what Bai He said, everything seems so clear.
"Old Sect Master Bai's guess is correct."
"What?"
Mu Qing solemnly placed the jade bracelet in front of Bai He and sighed: "It only makes sense for this thing to remain in the hands of Master Bai He."
Bai He looked at the jade bracelet that was returned, was silent for a moment, and said, "My father often said that the jade bracelet is a kind of memory and sustenance for the ancestors, as well as a reminder and encouragement, but in our hands, it has no meaning. It’s the same. It’s an agreement that must be fulfilled, and it’s also the direction of sword cultivation in this life.”
Mu Qing frowned and fell into silence.
He could feel that the old sect leader must have understood something, but to him, an observer, all the sudden enlightenments would always be like a mist, unable to be captured and clearly seen.
After a long time, Bai He laughed at himself, pushed the jade bracelet in front of Mu Qing, and said, "If what father said is right, it further proves the incompetence of us younger generations."
"I have neither fulfilled my ancestor's last wish nor walked on the path he pointed out."
Mu Qing suddenly raised his head and stared at Bai He in trance.
Bai He was puzzled: "What's wrong?"
Mu Qing said: "These two things may be the same thing. The person who can successfully bring the three ancestors back to the Sword Sect, in the eyes of Senior Baishou, is the person who has embarked on this path."
Bai He stared at Mu Qing for a long time, then suddenly smiled with relief and nodded solemnly.
The way Mu Qing looked at Bai He suddenly changed.
When we first met, I thought she was gentle, but now I thought she was mysterious.
"... Peak Master Bai has actually thought of this a long time ago, right? Did he deliberately take out the jade bracelet to test me?"
Mu Qing said slowly.
Bai He replied: "I have been sitting on the Evergreen Peak for hundreds of years, and I have often picked up this jade bracelet to examine it. I have at least three very reasonable guesses, and this is just one of them, but now this guess may have been confirmed by you."
Mu Qing was helpless: "I'm still young, so Peak Master Bai might as well say it openly in the future."
Bai He also looked helpless: "This is a process of mutual confirmation. I have been unable to make any progress in the past hundred years, and I may have fallen into obsession."
Bai He changed the topic and stared directly at Mu Qing: "The reason why you can make such a judgment should be related to your experience in Shengyuan Mountain. I have no intention of exploring what you have experienced, I only want your understanding just now. .”
Mu Qing thought for a while and wrote the word "love" on the table with his hand.
Bai He suddenly frowned and asked in confusion: "The love between men and women is the direction of swordsmanship?"
"Yes." Mu Qing nodded, but then immediately shook his head: "But this is only for Senior Baishou, and for me."
"Old Sect Master Baike's speculation awakened me. Whether it's the agreement extended by borrowing something, or the feelings entrusted by borrowing something, they are all attached to one thing. Love is not just between a man and a woman, it can also be the love between close friends. In short... …”
Mu Qing's eyebrows were furrowed. As he spoke, he was actually enlightening. At this moment, his eyes no longer looked white, but he seemed to be asking himself.
Bai He had already stood up.
Ye Qingyu came to the two of them at some unknown time.
After a long silence, Mu Qing's eyebrows slightly spread, his whole body seemed unusually relaxed, and he said, "Actually, it's just the thought of holding the sword."
"The idea of holding a sword?" Bai He was a little confused.
Ye Qingyu stared at Mu Qing with bright eyes and said with a smile: "Forgetfulness of things and myself is the beginning of Tao Sword, but the inability to let go of love is everything in Sword Tao. Congratulations, you have understood the pure thought of Tao Sword so early. "
Mu Qing didn't even know how bright the aura he exuded at that moment was in Jian Xiu's eyes. Ye Qingyu stood beside him and covered it up for him.
Mu Qing gathered the scattered sword rhymes out of his heart and thanked Bai He sincerely.
Bai He was even more confused.
As a female sword cultivator, Ye Qingyu easily captured the exhausted sword charm of Bai He, and couldn't bear to say: "The light and shadow are like horses whipping, the sun and moon are like falling flowers and flowing water, I have been practicing swordsmanship for many years, and the sword has been raised too many times. On the contrary, it is easy for people to find the meaning of drawing a sword.”
"You should think about what thoughts persisted until now when you first held the sword. Mu Qing said, 'Love should be a kind of persistence that is unique to you."
Mu Qing left with Ye Qingyu.
He could feel some emotions, and Bai He's heart, which was peaceful outside, seemed to be filled with anguish that could not be relieved.
But everyone has different obsessions. Even if he wants to help the other person, she has to come out on her own.
