Rain falls on the eaves.
Sheng Xuanyuan and Qiong also finished talking about old things, and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with his fingertips. He spoke concisely, using only a few words, and briefly mentioned the hardships he had suffered, as if they were just trivial things.
He didn't intentionally break the promise and let her wander around for so long. Every day and every year after leaving Luoyao Baifen, he never forgot her.
This love lasts forever, and mountains and seas can be leveled.
Qiong Yi choked up and couldn't speak, and held his hand tighter.
The rain outside the eaves is getting lighter and lighter, and has almost stopped. The grass blades between the stones are swaying and green.
Qiong also didn't know what kind of mood Sheng Xuanyuan had in those days when she was away, looking for him everywhere. He didn't say a word to himself about the pain of being expelled from the family and wandering around the world.
He was always like this, doing more than he said, and always doing what he said.
"As for the fact that my appearance has not changed, I also asked the great-grandson of the hidden doctor. He said that maybe it is the same body as the king Gu. I live by its fate. I have an extra life. Now that the king Gu has exhausted, I will be like an ordinary person. Getting older."
Qiong Yi stared at him blankly, her eyes already red.
"Okay." Sheng Xuanyuan patted her on the back: "Qiong Yi, you still remember me and are willing to recognize me. This is something I can't even dream of doing."
Qiong also took a deep breath to calm down from the pain.
Yes, it's all over, he has found himself, and she always has him in her heart, and that's enough.
When Sheng Xuanyuan was searching for Qiong Yi in the human world, he heard rumors of a soul-transferring person, but he never connected this evil man with Qiong Yi.
Rumors about the spirit-carrying person are spread among folklore. It is said that he is an evil ghost who seduces souls and seeks life. He is often used to scare women, children and children. Even adult men will be taboo about it. Some people say that the real person of the soul transferer is a seventy-year-old old woman with an ugly and repulsive face; some people say that he is a strong man eight feet tall, just like the black and white impermanence, a ghost; some people say that the real person is a flower-like jade. Young women like to wear white clothes. There are different opinions and no definite conclusion.
After Sheng Xuanyuan abandoned his cultivation, he spent decades cultivating his meridians and cultivating his Qi. So far, he is only at a low level. Because of the trouble left by his self-destruction, he cannot practice further. As for the evil soul-transferr, he only looked for clues about Qiong Yi and had no energy to investigate, and he never doubted that it was her.
After all, Qiong is also afraid of ghosts, and he knows it all too well. How could a person who is afraid of ghosts stay with ghosts all day long?
But that's the truth.
The silver bells used for decoration on Qiong Yi's body all contain ghosts, and there are a lot of them. Even the copper bells, the magic weapon on her waist, are extremely weird, and they have the legacy of the Demon Sect.
The rain had stopped, and Qiong Yi stretched out her hand outside the eaves. No raindrops fell. She turned back to Sheng Xuan and said resentfully, "Are you going back?"
Sheng Xuanyuan nodded: "Let's go."
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Tianmao forty-two years.
Sheng Xuanyuan tied Qiong Yi to a horse and helped her escape.
The frightened horse ran wildly, taking Qiong Yi to who knows where. The evil curse slowly took effect, Qiong Yi began to have symptoms of confusion, and finally left the desert. The horse died of thirst and starvation. In order to survive, she ate the horse alive. , remembering Sheng Xuanyuan's instructions, he fled southward all the way into a deep mountain.
This mountain is called Yanduan Mountain. The mountain is so dangerous that it is difficult for a solitary wild goose to fly out of the mountain forest.
Qiong also stumbled around, like a living ghost. Her dead body did not blend with her soul that was trying to reincarnate, and the evil curse tightly kneaded them together, causing her to be in a trance. She could only rely on instinct to survive in Yanduan Mountain. .
She only woke up once, when she was startled.
The jade lily in her arms moved strangely and was frighteningly hot. Qiong Yi guessed that something happened to Sheng Xuanyuan, which was why this ray of soul was so abnormal. She was afraid that something would happen to him, so she lured the soul out of the jade. , the soul returns to the Lord.
After that, she lost all consciousness and wandered in the mountains for more than a year before walking out half conscious and half unconscious.
When Qiong Yi walked out of Yanduan Mountain, all her injuries had healed, but her soul body had not yet fully adapted to the evil curse. She often fell into a state of soullessness and could not talk to people normally. She put a lot of effort into asking people, but others would just treat her as a madman and fool and dismiss her casually. In addition, the rural households in the neighboring mountains did not know the world and could only tell her that the war was over.
Qiong also thought in a daze: After the war is over, Sheng Kyung will be able to come and take me back.
She knew that her reputation had been ruined by Yan Tingshen's tricks. She could not show up or speak out, and she did not even dare to bring trouble to the teacher. She could only wander around while looking for clues.
One day, Qiong Yi rescued a woman from a bandit. After killing the bandit, the evil curse returned and she fainted. The woman did not leave Qiong Yi alone by the roadside, but took her with her. . The woman's surname was Liu, the second eldest son in the family, so Jean Qiong also called herself Liu Erniang.
Qiong Yi had been walking with Liu Erniang for a long time. Erniang wanted to go home, and she wanted to find someone. After begging each other, Liu Erniang found out the news for Qiong Yi, which was the last straw for her.
Sheng Xuanyuan died.
He passed away half a year ago.
This news was like a collapse of the sky, making Qiong Yi almost collapse. She was living outside, disheveled, neither human nor ghost. She had no desire to live. The only person who supported her to want to live was no longer dead.
No worries, no thoughts at all.
That night, Qiong also left Liu Erniang and jumped into the river to die.
However, now that the evil curse has been planted, no matter how much she tortures this body, she cannot die.
Qiong Yi was washed ashore in the lower reaches of the Jiaoming River. Villagers in the neighboring river found her and lifted her up. When the villagers were preparing to bury the human body, an old man discovered that she was still alive, rescued her and adopted her. Qiong also suffered a mental shock and hit a rock in the current, losing her memory. , became the family of an old man and an old woman. Because he went down the river, he was named Shun'er by them.
This elderly family was originally happy, but they lost their children and grandchildren during the war. When Xirong was expelled back to the desert, they returned to their hometown and saw Shun'er who was dying. After rescuing her, Raise her as your own daughter. The frequency of Qiong Yi's evil attacks became less and less, and she was no different from ordinary people. She also adapted to life in a small village, doing farming and weaving with old men and women, washing clothes and collecting firewood by the river.
The old man's surname was Ren, and the old woman's surname was Shi. They didn't know Qiong Yi's age, and because she was not tall and had a pretty face, she looked more like a girl of seventeen or eighteen, so they really thought she was a child. Mr. Ren had a gentle temper and was a blacksmith. He loved Shun'er very much and would make various gadgets for her when he had nothing to do. When he saw Qiong Yi holding the jade lily in his hands in a daze, he smelted the silver bracelet at home and made it for her. He made a little bell to please her.
Qiong, who has become Shun'er, also likes the old man and the old woman very much. She will take the initiative to take over the work at home to let the two elders rest more, and she will also say funny words to make them happy.
After a year or two, Qiong also recovered her memory. She had completely adapted to the evil curse and became a living dead. As long as her soul survives, her body will remain immortal.
After her memories came back, Qiong also gradually understood the world situation. She had been abandoned by her sect. The Guangyang clan also defended her, but they chose to shut up in front of louder voices and supported her more, but... They are the folks in Taipa City and the people of Lishan who once erected a statue for her.
I heard that the statue in Lishan Village was smashed and the craftsman's hand was cut off by Brother Xie as a warning. However, the craftsman did not admit guilt and instead used his feet to make a statue of her.
After knowing this, Qiong Yi would often cry silently, feeling that it would be better not to wake up. Compared with the pain of being "Lu Xiyan", she would rather be a carefree "Shun Er" in the village.
The old man and woman didn't want to see her sad, so they advised her to let go of her past and start a new life. After all, there were still long days ahead.
Qiong Yi also understands this truth. Sheng Xuanyuan is dead. No matter whether her master has abandoned her or her clan protector hates her, she cannot immerse herself in pain all day long.
All the men in the village knew that Shun'er, a girl from blacksmith Ren's hometown, was beautiful and well-known. She often asked matchmakers to propose marriage to Lao Ren. The two elders would check carefully and choose someone with good family background and good character to propose to Qiong Yi, but Qiong Yi refused. She refused again. She didn't know that her fiancé was dead and would never come back. However, she couldn't marry someone else.
She said that she had been engaged and had a man before, and could not stop the marriage seekers. It was not until Ren Lao and Shi Po realized that she really did not want to marry, that they rejected her marriage to all the matchmakers in the village, and finally she was clean.
Qiong Yi has lived in the small village for five years. Five years is a long time and her memories are short. Every time she thinks of Granny Shi holding a night light to add charcoal to her stove, or of Ren Laole happily calling her "Shun'er", Qiong Yi feels... I feel warm in my heart.
Not long after such peaceful days, an epidemic broke out and infected the small village. Mr. Ren fell ill first. His eyelids were black, his palms were red, and he was bedridden with a cough. Qiong also sought medical advice, but did not want the doctor in the village. He fell ill and died first, and the villagers fell one after another. Qiong Yi was filled with anxiety and went to the town to look for medicine. When he returned to the village, Mr. Ren had passed away. His body was purple all over, just like what she had seen somewhere before. symptoms.
She ignored her grief because Granny Shi also fell ill.
I heard by chance that there was a small town called Jiangtang, which was adjacent to Yichuan and quite far away from the village. There was a medical clinic there that could cure this disease. Qiong Yi carried Granny Shi on her back and rushed to the river and pond. She said she could not let her mother-in-law die from the epidemic, and ran day and night.
Qiong was also afraid that she would lose her strength and break the old man on her back, and that she would fall asleep, so she would gasp and talk to the old man from time to time.
Shi Po was very light, and was tortured by the disease like a skeleton. She heard Qiong Yi crying while gasping for air, feeling sorry for her girl, and asking her to put her down and stop running away.
Qiong did not stop. The wind in the mountains was very strong that night, the clouds were very low, and there was a faint sound of thunder. She told her mother-in-law not to sleep, not to sleep. Her sweat mixed with tears were sprinkled on the dirt road, and she was exhausted from running. When she was about to die, Shi Po called out "Shun'er" dumbly and closed her eyes.
As if she was aware of the increasingly cold body on her back, Qiong gradually slowed down her steps. For a moment, she ran forward like crazy, crying and shouting heartbreakingly, and connected with the gloomy sky in the distance. As one, it finally turned into a torrential downpour.
Qiong also failed to run to Jiangtang.
She carried the lifeless bodies back to the small village, buried the two elders' bodies together, and observed mourning for seven days. After all the funeral arrangements were done, she put on the little bell that Mr. Ren had given her and left.
Qiong also didn't know where she was going, but deliberately avoided the direction of the river and pond. She lost everything again and wandered without a trace until she met Zhu Yunluo.
