"In this way, I lived in Yinglong City for seven years, and then came to Beicang Spiritual Academy."
Under the moonlight, the small lake in the courtyard was filled with lotus lanterns. Ying Baiye and Lingxi were sitting in the courtyard, with a jade vase in front of one and a pot of tea in front of the other.
The two people just sat on the ground casually and talked about their experiences over the years.
From being picked up by Ying Longcheng with serious injuries to growing up in the city lord's palace, Ying Baiye told every detail of everything in these years.
His journey has been full of ups and downs, but fortunately he can always meet noble people. All the people in the city lord's mansion are his noble people.
Whether it was the old man, Xiao Xue'er, his second uncle, his third wife, or the sisters in Caiyunjian, these people had given him the warmth he had never dared to ask for in the past seven years.
He also had different assumptions. If he had not met Ying Longcheng's team that day, there would not have been a kind-hearted little guy like Ying Xue'er interceding for him, nor would there have been an old man who could not see his daughter crying. Dad, what will happen to you now?
First remove the condition that he will definitely die, and assume that he will miraculously survive after that. Then what will he be like in seven years?
He had two ideas.
Maybe he can't stand the coldness all over his body, and will choose to indulge everything in himself, or choose to leave everything behind, and become a real madman. Without Aunt Jing and Lingxi around, Bingyu falls into a deep sleep and is helpless. When awakened, a person lives crazily alone, living wantonly, living indifferently, living with everyone shouting and beating him, until one day he dies alone in a corner.
And maybe, he will be in another situation.
His rationality has taken over his brain, and he lives in this world soberly. He just keeps getting stronger, or he gives up the thought of cultivation from the beginning.
He may give up looking for Lingxi and Aunt Jing after weighing the pros and cons. This is not impossible.
He had imagined this situation. In fact, he sometimes felt that the second possibility was quite possible.
"you will not."
"How can you be so sure?"
Ying Baiye looked at Ling Xi who was looking at him with a half-smile, a playful smile.
"Sometimes, I don't know what I think. Do you still remember the reason why you quarreled with me for the first time?"
"That dead fish?"
"That's the dead fish."
Ying Baiye took a sip of the wine in the jade bottle, his eyes twinkling.
"What do you think a child who can regard the passing of living beings as observation and learning can keep in his heart?"
"But I still think you can't."
Lingxi's eyes were firm and unshakable. Maybe Ying Baiye had doubts about himself, but she also had her own persistence.
From the first time she saw Ying Baiye, she had never taken her eyes away from this person. At first, it was because a little guy of about the same age as her appeared next to Aunt Jing. She might be afraid that Aunt Jing's love for her will be taken away by this person, so she has been observing and taking precautions.
Later, after gradually getting used to this person's existence, she was a little curious about what kind of person he was. He would always say some incomprehensible words and do strange things. People's habits are terrible. When you get used to it, After becoming aware of someone's existence, she didn't know when she let down her guard and wanted to take the initiative to get to know her only playmate. The observation at that time was to establish a good relationship.
Then, I don't know when, this mood changed slightly. She would always put her eyes on him in her spare time and observe his every move.
Therefore, she can firmly believe that no one can understand what kind of person Ying Baiye is better than her.
Even Ying Baiye himself couldn't do it.
She has this self-confidence, and in the entire world, she is the only one who can have this self-confidence.
No one else, not even Aunt Jing, whom I respected and was most grateful to, could surpass her in this regard.
Ying Baiye was slightly startled and took the lead to retract his gaze.
Forget it, there is no need to argue about these issues. No matter what she thinks, as long as she can be happy, it is valuable.
"If it's really what you said, then maybe I really want to express my special gratitude to your family members in Yinglong City, excluding the 'life-saving grace'."
Lingxi's voice sounded again, her voice gentle.
She herself had the same feeling. She was really lucky to meet such a person in such a rough time. It even made people feel like she had used up all her luck in the rest of her life. This was the case when she met Aunt Jing, The same thing happened when I met Granny Qiu.
Ying Baiye nodded, he thought it should be like this. As mentioned before, if he hadn't met such a family, maybe he would be a particularly extreme guy now.
The encounter with these people allowed him to find a point of balance between the two states, which is why he has the current Ying Baiye who seems to be normal.
Thank you for being normal, thank you for being ordinary.
Although maybe in the eyes of many people, it is not that ordinary.
"And you?"
After a short period of silence, Ying Baiye changed to a comfortable sitting position and said to Lingxi.
He was ready to listen to the story. After telling it for a long time, it was finally her turn as a comfortable audience to talk.
Lingxi sat there dignifiedly, placed the teacup in his hand on the table, waved his jade hand lightly, hung the teapot in the air, and filled the empty cup again.
"My experience is similar to yours, but I didn't meet a group of people, but only one."
Lingxi picked up his words and spoke.
"The teleportation spirit arrays left by Aunt Jing all point in one direction. That day, when you..."
over you……
Lingxi hesitated for a moment and pursed her lips.
The scene of that day was a memory that was engraved in her heart and she never dared to forget.
"After you sent me away, I was teleported to a certain location in the Northern Territory."
Her beautiful eyes lowered slightly and then raised, she raised the tea cup and took a sip gently.
"I don't know where it is, and I don't know where I should go. I just want to know if you survived."
Ying Baiye remained silent, also raised the jade bottle and took a sip.
Lingxi raised his head and looked at the bright moon in the sky.
She didn't want to talk about how helpless she felt at that time, as if Ying Baiye had never mentioned her fear and panic just now, she just looked at the bright full moon in the sky and smiled.
"I have been wandering alone for a while. I have the things left by Aunt Jing. It is not difficult to live a normal life."
When Aunt Jing parted with them, she left behind a mustard seed bracelet. Because at that time, Ying Baiye was still a little girl in the Sensing Realm, so the matter of preserving supplies was naturally left to Ling Xi, who had already developed spiritual power.
After all, at that time, no one thought that the two people would be forced to separate in the next second.
"I have been hiding, afraid that I will be discovered by the people of the Ancient Buddha Clan, so I tried my best to cover up my whereabouts. However, who knew that the first person to find me was not the Ancient Buddha Clan, but a group of guys with unknown origins. .”
"I don't know when these people noticed the mustard seed bracelet left by Aunt Jing. When they saw me alone, they became malicious to kill and seize the treasure."
"It was at this time that I met Granny Qiu."
Grandma Qiu?
Ying Baiye continued to listen quietly without interrupting the question.
"Grandma Qiu was also wandering. She rescued me from that group of people and saw that I was wandering alone, so she took me with her."
"I didn't know her origins or her identity at the beginning, so I was vigilant from beginning to end."
Perhaps because of the experience before meeting Aunt Jing, Lingxi always had a thick layer of defense. It was impossible for her to accept someone of unknown origin without a long period of time.
Just as Ying Baiye thought, Lingxi wandered around the Northern Territory with Granny Qiu. Granny Qiu was very strong, although not as strong as Aunt Jing, but she was also a great master in spiritual formations.
"Becoming an Immortal in One Step"
While wandering, she has been teaching Lingxi about the spiritual formation. It can be said that Granny Qiu's teachings are the most important part of Lingxi's current strength.
It was because of years of careful teaching that Lingxi gradually let down his guard.
Perhaps she had been wandering alone for too long, but Granny Qiu truly regarded Lingxi as her disciple from the bottom of her heart and taught Lingxi everything she had without reservation.
Coupled with some notes left by Aunt Jing, Lingxi's strength improved by leaps and bounds.
It was at this time that Granny Qiu handed over the scroll she had taken out before.
"The Ancient Jade Spirit Technique, this is the spiritual technique of my practice."
After hearing these words, Ying Baiye probably also knew the identity of Granny Qiu.
The subsequent experiences became very routine. Lingxi narrated it very slowly, but it was not difficult to tell that it was a very leisurely and comfortable time.
Ying Baiye closed his eyes and listened quietly, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.
Although he was not involved in this period.
But it is enough to be able to feel the joy of Lingxi so clearly now.
Unfortunately, this joy did not last forever.
"It was only at the last moment that I found out that Granny Qiu had been wandering for a long, long time, so long that even a powerful person like her had reached the end of her life."
Ling Xi's voice deepened unconsciously.
"When she was leaving, she called me to her side and told me her true identity and the mission she had been adhering to throughout her life. She said that maybe I was the person she wanted to find, but she didn't want to see me. Joining a cruel struggle, she said, she could always sense that there was something on my mind that I hadn't let go of, and maybe I needed help."
"So, she handed me this thing."
Lingxi turned his hand and something like a jade sign appeared.
"really."
The moment Ying Baiye saw this thing, all his previous thoughts were confirmed in an instant.
Just as he thought, Granny Qiu...
"She is one of the five ancient Tailing tribes, the patrol envoy of the Tailing ancient tribe. She has been wandering in the Northern Territory all her life, just trying to find someone who can be qualified to become a candidate for the Saint of the Tailing ancient tribe."
When he was in Yinglong City, Ying Baiye had been investigating the affairs of the ancient Futu clan. Through the classics collected by his second uncle Qiu Zidao, he had a more or less general impression of the five ancient clans.
Unlike the other four tribes that attach great importance to bloodline inheritance, every saint of the Tailing Ancient Clan is searched for by the patrol envoys and then brought back to the clan to become a candidate for the saint.
And these saint female candidates will engage in cruel competition, and only the one who wins in the end can become the final leader of the Tailing Ancient Clan.
This is why Grandma Qiu wants to hand over the Lingxi Jade Tablet, but she doesn’t want her to return to the Tailing Ancient Clan.
That's why her last words were.
"It's all your choice."
She had wasted half her life with this mission. Maybe she should have brought her back to the Tailing Ancient Clan without hesitation when she discovered Lingxi's talent.
However, when people get older, they become emotional easily.
After all, she still didn't want to give up, so she gave Lingxi the right to choose.
Whether you think about it or not, it's all in Lingxi's mind.
If Lingxi wants to fight, she can just go to the Tailing Ancient Clan with the jade token, but if she just wants to live a normal life.
So……
Just think that she, the patrol envoy, has reached the end with her mission.
Ying Baiye didn't ask Lingxi what she thought. No matter what she thought, he would only choose to understand.
The Five Ancient Tribes are a big pit. If you jump into it, you risk being shattered into pieces.
If possible, Ying Baiye actually didn't want Lingxi to come into contact with these things.
"Then why did you become an elder in Beicang Spiritual Academy?"
Only then did Ying Baiye realize that there seemed to be a story in between.
"Because Grandma Qiu passed away, some enemies came to the door. When I was escaping, I met the elder of the spiritual formation from the Beicang Spiritual Academy. She helped me a lot at the critical moment, but she had something important to do. The matter has to leave Beicang Continent, but she can’t worry about the operation of the spiritual formation of Beicang Spiritual Academy, so she asked me to come here to serve as the elder.”
I see.
At this point, Lingxi’s seven years of experience can be considered finished.
Seven years passed so quickly, and before they knew it, both of them had reached this age.
Time flies.
Fortunately, both of them are still alive and well, and can sit down and drink tea and wine together as they are now.
This in itself is a very lucky thing, isn't it?
Even if the years change, some things will never change from beginning to end.
Closing his eyes, Ying Baiye felt the night breeze blowing.
Very comfortable and reassuring.
