Day after day, year after year, this is the fifty-third autumn that Bai Pao'er has come here. She has been here for fifty-three years. However, her memory still lingers on that day when she went down the mountain and the woman in blue went back to the house to cook for them.
She didn't expect that when she saw her today, the stunningly beautiful woman from back then would actually look like this. Xie Yiyi has gray hair and the traces of time left on her body are too strong. The skin that was originally broken by blows is covered with wrinkles.
"Time... began to flow normally..." Bai Pao'er murmured to himself, looking at the little black dog.
Lu Lingsha had been here with Xie Yiyi for thousands of years, but she had not left any trace of time on Xie Yiyi. This made Lu Lingsha speculate that the time she spent here was just a one-day reincarnation, and there was no trace of the passage of time at all.
"I feel a strong sense of death in Chixian's body... Is she going to die..." The little black dog's eyes were shiny, and he felt sad in his heart.
In old age, one cannot escape death. Even a crazy person can't escape? Here, one life and one mortal world, if you die here, it will be death in the true sense.
Lu Lingsha felt very guilty. Grandpa would not hesitate to waste his own life to rescue Chixian from sinking. She entrusted her grandfather to help Chixian to save this life and death situation. However, is all this in vain?
I am ashamed of my grandfather, and I am also disappointed by Chu Cheng's kindness to his grandfather and grandson.
"Yes... Xie Yiyi is about to die. The only thing that supports her now is the obsession in her heart." Bai Pao'er sighed, not even she could solve this worldly situation. The only thing that can comfort me is that Chixian did not sink into madness and become a great disaster in the world.
In Bai Pao'er's eyes, you can see countless rules collapsing on Xie Yiyi's body. This is the supreme rule that belongs to the Tailing body. At this moment, she can clearly feel that in addition to the strong decaying air, the approach of the original Tao is also starting to fade away.
"Perhaps, she has accepted Chu Cheng's death, let go of her thoughts, and is completely at ease. Even if she dies, she is at ease. But...when I touched the magical way during that battle, I clearly felt Chu Cheng's He is not dead. His breath is just disordered, as if he is in a life-and-death crisis."
"The person you care about most is not dead yet. This waiting is not hopeless. How can you die peacefully and comfortably!!!!"
Bai Pao'er shouted, but no matter how loud it was, it was in vain. To the old woman's ears, it was just the cry of a fox.
The old woman couldn't help laughing even as she coughed when she heard the fox's cry.
"You fox is smart, you know that I want to make delicious mooncakes." The old woman smiled, walked slowly to the fox, bent down with difficulty, and picked it up.
"After so many years, you and Xiao Hei have not changed at all. They all say that foxes can become spirits and can cultivate into human form. Tonight, you turned into human form to accompany me." The old woman spoke hoarsely, and then laughed at herself.
"The fox becomes a spirit, and it's only in those country monster records. As soon as this person gets old, he starts to have random thoughts, always thinking about monsters and monsters. But, it would be great if there really are ghosts and monsters in this world. In this way, old lady, I will also Don’t worry that you won’t be able to see him after you die. And this black dog has lived for half a hundred years, which is really weird.”
The old woman picked up the basket and ran towards the bridge with the white fox. She did not look back and forgot to call after her.
"Xiao Hei, come."
A person, a fox, and a dog are walking on the bridge. Perhaps, this is the last time for this pair of "husbands and dogs" to walk in this world.
The plum grove has not yet opened in winter, and the bare trunks are only dotted with a few unfilled buds.
Along the way, Bai Pao'er never saw the lotus covering the river again. It was no longer green, but withered. It is no longer as vibrant as it was at first.
This world is no longer the same world as before. Even though the water and sky were once blue, they are now a bit gray. The scorching sun is high, but it is emitting a faint light.
The ground was withered and yellow, whether it was leaves or grass. In this autumn full of chills, they were all defeated.
The old woman wants to go up the mountain to find dried fruits, but how can she find them in this season? It wasn't until he came to a big tree that two people needed to hug each other to surround him that he stopped.
Yellow leaves are flying and falling. The old woman's footsteps startled the life on the tree, and a shadow jumped to another tree like lightning.
"Even before winter comes, the squirrel has started to stock up on food. Old lady, I don't want to take too much." The old woman turned her head and glanced at another tree, saw the shadow clearly, and watched the shadow keep moving back and forth anxiously on the branches. , said with apology.
This big tree has been in the woods for at least fifty or sixty years. There was a gap in the middle, and there was a large tree hole. The old woman stepped forward, leaned inside, and put dried fruits into the bamboo basket unhurriedly.
She didn't take much, but only stuffed about a third of the basket, then leaned out, then turned around and looked at the squirrel again, clasped her hands together, and bowed in thanks.
"Thanks."
After getting the mooncakes, Zhanren and the old woman started to go back and forth, but when they reached the center of the mountain, they walked out in the other direction. Just for a moment, a gust of fragrant wind came to me.
"This is the scent of osmanthus!" The little black dog took a deep breath, very intoxicated.
In this autumn, everything begins to wither, only this sweet-scented osmanthus stands out. Although they are far away, the fragrance brought by the breeze makes people feel relaxed and happy.
In the distance, there is an osmanthus tree. The flowers are in full bloom. Just one tree adds a touch of painting to the cool autumn scenery. After a long time, the old woman put the white fox in her arms on the ground, came to the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, carefully lifted the branch, and shook it gently into the bamboo basket.
There is a layer in the center of the bamboo basket. The left side only contains one-third of the dried fruits, while the other side is folded and filled with light yellow osmanthus flowers.
"These are enough. There is also a can of sugar in the house. Today, I will make a mooncake with sweet-scented osmanthus and dried fruit filling." The old woman looked at the basket and smiled happily.
She glanced at the sky and saw that it was almost noon.
"Time flies really fast."
The old woman had collected the ingredients for making moon cakes and returned home without stopping.
"You two little guys, wait outside. I'll go into the house first, old lady."
"...."
Bai Pao'er frowned. If the old woman walked into the house, she might be completely disappointed tonight on the full moon night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. But she was helpless and had no way to stop the old woman.
But the next moment, Bai Pao'er was stunned.
She saw the old woman enter the house. However, the day did not get dark. It was still sunny and not dark.
"Something has changed again...in this house..."
At this moment, Bai Pao'er saw that when the old woman walked into the house, the original incompatibility and the original darkness dissipated at that moment.
There were not many objects in the room, just a slightly decayed wooden bed, neatly folded with quilts, and placed next to the wooden bed on an old dressing table. Other than that, there is only one item. And that item caught Bai Pao'er's attention.
It was a clothes hanger, and on that clothes hanger hung a piece of blood-stained iron armor. The bloodstain has dried and turned dark black.
This is a broken piece of iron armor. There is a gap in the chest, as if it was pierced by a sharp blade, and there are also two gaps in the waist.
"Did the owner of this iron armor be pierced through the abdomen by two arrows, and then was shot through the chest with a gun?"
Bai Paoer was not too surprised that the sky did not darken when the old woman walked into the wooden house. After all, this day was the end of Xie Yiyi, so it was not surprising that this had changed.
"The iron armor on this wooden frame...is not Chu Cheng's thing...then...what does this iron armor mean to Xie Yiyi?"
The fact that this piece of iron armor can be kept by Xie Yiyi in the house, and even by the bed, proves that it is of great significance to Xie Yiyi.
Bai Pao'er watched Xie Yiyi stay in front of Tie Jia for a while, with a different emotion in her eyes. Finally, she sighed and laughed. She stretched out a hand, put it against Tie Jia's body, and slowly rubbed it. .
Her smile was so bright that even withered flowers could still attract people's eyes at that last moment. Her smile was exactly that.
The old woman's eyes glowed brightly at this moment, and Bai Pao'er could see from it that she was full of expectations for something.
"Brother." The old woman smiled again, as if she had a flashback at this moment, making people feel that the original splendor and the crazy immortal were standing in front of her again.
"Brother..." Bai Pao'er was startled when he heard this.
She remembered that when she first came to this place and this world, she had vaguely heard someone shouting in the mountains, and the childish voice carried to her ears with the wind. However, that voice did not belong to Xie Yiyi. She didn't see the girl either.
At this moment, Bai Pao'er heard this word again. This time, it was no longer full of vigor, but an old and hoarse voice.
"Brother...could this be brother Xie Yiyi's armor?" Bai Pao'er murmured in his heart when he saw the old woman retracting her hand and walking toward the back room with the basket in hand.
Not many people in the world know about Xie Yiyi's past. I only know that he once worshiped under the Qiyue Sect, and then his master was killed by a flying sword from outside the sky. Then Li Subai, the crazy immortal, came to accept him as his personal successor because he was also a Tailing body.
"Xie Yiyi's downfall... was caused by the death of Chu Cheng. But here, there is no trace of him. Could it be that... there is another reason for her downfall?" Bai Pao'er continued to read with doubts. Holding the broken armor.
"Brother...brother...could he be Xie Yiyi's brother when he was not a monk..."
Bai Pao'er muttered to himself, then heard the sound of pots and pans in the back room, shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"If it weren't for Chu Cheng, then the truth about Xie Yiyi's sinking might be known tonight."
