This is an endless mountain range with rolling hills. In the forest, there are sika deers grazing, macaques chasing each other in the treetops, butterflies flying in the forest, wild boars scratching on the tree trunks, hares sleeping soundly in the grass, and voles Poke your head out of the cave and look around...
Through the dense jungle, there is a mountain villa in the mountains.
The villa was surrounded by a dense jungle. From a distance, the entire villa was hidden in the forest. There was no trace of it, and no road leading to the villa could be seen.
At the entrance of the villa, there is a huge stone on the side of the road, with the four characters "Yishui Villa" engraved on it.
There are many rockeries and dense trees in the villa. A small stream flows through the villa, flows through the lake in the center of the villa, meanders through the villa, and divides the villa into two.
At this time, it is the season when winter turns to spring. The vegetation is prosperous, the flowers are in full bloom, and the peaches and plums are in full bloom. It is a vibrant scene.
I saw a tall and strong figure walking through the jungle. He only glanced at the stone tablet, then raised his feet and entered this beautiful villa. Without stopping at all, he went straight to the center of the villa. patio.
The courtyard is located to the north of the lake. It has white walls and blue tiles. The courtyard is surrounded by a wall as high as a person. There is an entrance door to the south. There is a plaque hanging on the door frame with the words "Peace and Peace" written in large golden characters.
The door to the courtyard was open, and the middle-aged man walked straight in with hurried steps.
The middle-aged man stopped as soon as he stepped into the courtyard.
Upon closer inspection, this man looks to be in his thirties, wearing a black robe, with bronze-colored skin on his face, regular facial features, and sharp edges. There is a long scar on his face, which extends from the center of his right eye to his left cheek. The face is resolute with a hint of vicissitudes of life.
If it weren't for the existence of this scar, this man would be considered a handsome man.
Looking at the courtyard, it is filled with peach and plum trees. At this time, the peach blossoms are in full bloom. Under the gentle breeze, the petals fall one after another, making the courtyard full of petals.
There are a row of side rooms on both sides of the courtyard, and the innermost part is the main hall of the courtyard.
The door to the main hall was closed, and there was a man in Tsing Yi sitting outside the door playing the piano. This man in Tsing Yi looked to be less than thirty years old, with fair skin, a straight nose, and a handsome face without any flaws.
His long indigo-colored clothes were intertwined with some patterns, looming like the outline of a dragon, and a bronze bell hung around his waist.
There was a small square table next to him, with a teapot and several teacups placed on the square table. He lowered his head and was immersed in the melodious and distant music of the piano.
Hearing the footsteps, the man in green stopped, raised his head slightly and glanced at the middle-aged man, then lowered his head and stroked the strings, and asked: "You are back, how is it there?"
There was no wave in his tone. The middle-aged man walked up to him quickly and said, "Master!"
As soon as he opened his mouth, the man in green interrupted: "Hey, there are no outsiders here, so there is no need to be polite. What's going on over there?"
The middle-aged man smiled awkwardly, and then said: "The formation is still there, and it is still intact, but..."
"Just what?"
"The Longquan Sword is gone!"
The man in green frowned slightly and asked, "Are you gone?"
The middle-aged man replied: "Yesterday, according to your instructions, I passed through the barrier from the Spring of Life and went to the human world. When I arrived at the Yinlong Villa, I saw three young people leaving there with a dog. The Longquan Sword , in the hands of one of the young men!"
The man in green asked again: "You didn't stop him?"
The middle-aged man replied: "No!"
The man in green clothes stood up and asked anxiously and slightly nervously: "Why?"
Seeing this, the middle-aged man blurted out: "Zhuang..." Just after saying one word, he suddenly changed his words: "Guess whose aura I felt on him?"
The man in green clothes asked doubtfully: "Who?"
“Xiao Yang!”
As soon as the middle-aged man spoke, the man in green's face changed. The expression on his face changed from eager and nervous to cautious.
He turned his head and glanced behind the middle-aged man, and then made a silencing gesture to the middle-aged man.
Then, he quickly walked to the door of the manor, looked outside the door a few times, closed the door of the manor with both hands, bolted the door, and after careful inspection, he returned to the middle-aged man and looked at the middle-aged man seriously. He said: "You are not allowed to talk to anyone about what happened yesterday. Even Sister Ying, you are not allowed to reveal even a word. Do you remember?"
The middle-aged man was stunned by his sudden words. He hurriedly knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists and said, "Master, please don't worry, I won't leak even a single word!"
The man in green didn't seem to expect that he would make this move. He hurriedly helped him up with both hands and said with relief: "Get up quickly. How many times have I told you that although we are called masters and servants, we are actually brothers. You must not be so polite in the future, especially in this villa, it seems unfamiliar."
The middle-aged man nodded with satisfaction and patted the dust on his body.
At this moment, the man in green seemed to have thought of something again and asked, "Where are the guards there?"
The middle-aged man replied: "No, they are all dead. When I arrived, the place was already in ruins, and the ground was full of bones. Apart from the three teenagers, there was no one else!"
"All dead?"
"but……"
"But what?"
"On the way back, I also felt the breath of brothers Mo Ting and Mo Xin!"
"Why are they there? Oh, I see, that's not surprising, eh? They didn't come out to meet you?"
"No, they are possessed by two tigers. I think maybe they are worried that they will disturb the three teenagers. They are also hiding far away. Seeing that time is running out, I am worried that my husband will not be able to hold on, so I hurried Came back!"
The man in green was pacing, then suddenly stopped and said, "No, there are no guards at that formation, and there are strangers breaking in. If anyone knows where the formation is, it will inevitably be destroyed. Arrangements must be made as soon as possible." New guards to guard!”
The middle-aged man said: "But the Longquan Sword has been taken away by the young man, and the formation eye has been silent, and no one can destroy the formation eye. Furthermore, no one in the world knows about it, and among the six realms , except for the spirit body, no one can enter the human world again, the owner of the village does not need to worry too much!"
The man in green waved his hand and said: "Since that young man has Henry Zhang's aura, he will definitely reject Longling. You go and send a letter to Mr. Xie, asking him to pay close attention. Once the formation eye is activated again, Immediately send people in, reorganize the troops, and station them in Juelong Ridge. No outsiders can be allowed to break in. If that formation is destroyed, the consequences will be disastrous!"
The middle-aged man said: "I'll make arrangements right away." After saying that, he turned around and left. As soon as he left the villa, he turned into a giant wolf and ran towards the forest.
Seeing the middle-aged man leave, the man in Tsing Yi shouted to the left wing: "Xiaodie!"
As soon as the words fell, there was only a "squeak", and a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old, with a pretty face, opened the door and walked out of the side room, and said in a soft voice: "Master, what are your orders? "
The man in green pointed at the table and chairs beside him and said, "Please tidy up this place!"
After saying that, he rolled up his sleeves, turned around, picked up the guzheng, and walked into the main hall.
After talking, Ling Yun returned home. After seeing off Li Haoyang and Mengyao, he drank some batter and went back to the house to sleep.
Unexpectedly, he didn't wake up from his sleep until past midnight the next day.
At first, Old Man Ling thought that he was too tired from hunting in the mountains these past few days, so he did not wake him up. He was busy carrying the venison that Ling Yun and the others brought back to Liujia Village to exchange for some silver coins, rice noodles, etc., and picked it up alone. Went to Liujia Village with the meat.
As the sun gradually set, Old Ling started to pack up the stall early due to his inconvenient legs and feet. He strung the remaining pieces of meat together with straw ropes and hung them on the poles. He went to the shop selling rice and noodles and prepared to buy some. Rice noodles go back.
At this time, a young man was running with sweat all over his head. It was Li Haoyang. He was seen hurriedly walking through the village. When he saw people, he would hold their arms and ask: "Uncle, have you seen my third grandfather?"
"Auntie, have you seen my third grandfather?"
After all, there are too few people in this small village. There are only a few people in the market. Most of them are familiar villagers. After asking a few people casually, a middle-aged man pointed to the location of Old Man Ling and said : "Look, isn't that Lao Lingtou?"
Li Haoyang looked up and saw that it was Old Man Ling who was buying rice from someone in front of the rice stall.
Li Haoyang let go of the man's hand, ran over, took Old Man Ling's arm and said, "Third Grandpa!"
Old man Ling turned his head and saw that Li Haoyang was coming, so he pressed his hands, held them in his hands, and said with a happy smile: "It's Yangyang, you came just in time, help grandpa carry some rice back, that boy Ling Yun is too lazy It’s already this hour and you don’t know how to come over and help me!”
Li Haoyang became anxious, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his cuffs, and said: "Grandpa Third, don't buy it, hurry up, come back with me!"
Old Man Ling pretended to be angry: "Hey, what are you talking about? If you don't help grandpa, why don't you let me buy rice?"
Li Haoyang said: "Oh, something happened, Ling Yun..."
Before he finished speaking, Old Ling's expression changed and he asked hurriedly: "Yun'er? What...what happened to him?"
"Ling Yun, he is lying motionless at home, as if...as if...dead...dead."
After Li Haoyang stammered, when Old Man Ling heard the words, he felt like a thunderbolt from the blue. His whole body was like a sap from the back of the head. His head was buzzing and he felt like the world was spinning. His mind was blank and he was almost paralyzed. Sit down.
Li Haoyang hurriedly supported him, and the middle-aged man selling rice also hurriedly stepped forward to help him.
Old Man Ling took a few deep breaths, regained his composure a little, and managed to stand up straight. He grabbed Li Haoyang's shoulders with both hands and asked eagerly: "Can you tell me clearly, what is going on?"
Li Haoyang gently pushed his hands away and replied: "Third Grandpa, let's go back quickly and talk while walking!"
Only then did Old Ling react. He hurriedly put a pole carrying meat on his shoulders, pulled Li Haoyang and hurried back.
The middle-aged rice seller behind him shouted to him: "Uncle Ling, the rice you always buy, I will deliver it to you tomorrow!"
But old man Ling had no intention of listening to what he had to say at this time. As he walked, he asked Li Haoyang: "Tell me quickly, what happened to Yun'er? Why did he suddenly..."
Old Man Ling was anxious, and his steps were surprisingly fast. Li Haoyang hadn't fully breathed at this time, and he was walking so fast that he could hardly keep up with him.
Li Haoyang stopped, calmed his breath, quickly caught up with Old Man Ling again, and began to tell him what happened today.
It turned out that since Li Haoyang came back, he had made an appointment to go to the village's blacksmith Wang to make swords together, but after noon Ling Yun was still missing and went to look for him, thinking that he had followed Old Ling to sell meat at the market.
Waiting and waiting, it was already past the scheduled time and Ling Yun hadn't arrived yet. Li Haoyang became suspicious and took Laifu to Ling Yun's home. He saw that the courtyard door of Ling Yun's home was closed, but the door of the house was half open. It didn't look like he was going out. As if gone.
Laifu called to the house twice, but no one came out. Li Haoyang untied the straw rope on the courtyard door, pushed open the courtyard door and walked in. Laifu rushed into the main house in a flash.
Upon seeing this, Li Haoyang quickly followed and came to the house. Ling Yun was lying on the bed with a quilt covering his chest. At this time, his eyes were closed and his face was pale.
Laifu lay on the edge of the bed with his front legs and called softly a few times, but Ling Yun did not respond.
Seeing this, Li Haoyang hurriedly stepped forward and pushed Ling Yun's body, shouting: "Ling Yun, Ling Yun, get up quickly, what's wrong with you?"
After shaking a few times, Ling Yun still made no movement.
Li Haoyang was startled. He reached out and touched his forehead. It was freezing cold. Then he stretched out his hand to sniff and felt only a faint breath.
Li Haoyang became anxious and shouted "Ling Yun!" twice more.
Ling Yun still didn't make any response, so Li Haoyang said to Laifu: "Laifu, hurry up and call my dad over."
Upon hearing this, Laifu immediately put down his front feet from the edge of the bed, walked out of the house quickly, and ran towards Li Haoyang's home.
Li Haoyang reached out and touched Ling Yun's forehead again. It was still cold, so he went to the kitchen, picked up a wooden bucket, filled half a bucket of water into the pool in the courtyard, poured it into the pot, and filled the stove with fine firewood. , after lighting it, a few more pieces of wood were added.
After doing this, he got up and went back to the house, took a tub and a worn towel, returned to the kitchen, and waited for the water to boil.
By the way, Laifu quickly returned home. At this time, Li Dongming, wearing a short-sleeved shirt made of burlap, was sorting the animal's fur and hanging it in the yard to dry.
Seeing Laifu come back, he took a look and thought for a while, didn't this dog follow Yangyang out? Why did he suddenly run back on his own? Although he was confused, he didn't care.
But Laifu didn't know what he was thinking, so he came straight to him, called out twice, bit the upper of his shoe and pulled back.
Only then did Li Dongming realize that something had happened, so he put down the animal skin in his hand and patted Laifu on the head. Laifu relaxed.
Li Dongming said to it: "Laifu, what happened? Why are you back? Where is Yangyang?"
Laifu called out twice more, glanced into the distance, then looked back at Li Dongming, turned around and walked out.
The movement in the courtyard alarmed other people at home, and they all came out to see what was going on.
Li Dongming knew that Laifu wanted him to go with it, so he hung the animal skin he had just put down on the bamboo pole, clapped his hands, and followed Laifu out. Xiao Hei, who was lying under the eaves basking in the sun, also stood up. He stood up, waggled his tail, and followed.
When Li Haoyang's grandmother saw this, she also followed them out. Li Haoyang's mother ran over and helped the two old people back, letting them watch at home while she followed to see what happened.
The two of them took Xiao Hei and followed Laifu all the way to Ling Yun's home and went straight into the house.
Ling Yun was still lying on the bed motionless, with a hot towel on his forehead, and his face was already pale.
Li Haoyang was wiping his face and neck with a hot towel. There was a basin of hot water on the wooden stand beside him, steaming in the cool spring temperature.
While he was busy, Li Haoyang heard someone coming in from outside the house. He turned around and saw that it was his father and mother. He hurriedly stopped what he was doing, pointed at Ling Yun and said to them: "Father, mother, come and take a look. Ling Yun is like this." What happened?"
Laifu and Xiaohei rushed past Li Dongming first, and both lay on the bedside of Lingyun.
Li Dongming walked forward quickly, patted Laifu and Xiaohei's necks, and motioned for them to move aside.
They both retreated back knowingly. Laifu watched quietly, but Xiao Hei kept barking. Li Dongming scolded him and then stopped reluctantly.
Li Dongming reached out and rolled Ling Yun's eyelids, then felt his breath, but could not feel any breath.
Li Dongming said to Li Haoyang, "Was he like this when you came here?"
Li Haoyang replied: "Yes, there is only a trace of breath."
Li Dongming turned to his wife and said, "Xiu'er, you look at Yun'er here, I'll go to Lujia Village to invite Dr. Lu!"
Then, he said to Li Haoyang: "Go to the town to look for your third grandfather. If you can't find him in Lujiacun, go to Liujiacun to look for him. When you find him, ask him to come back quickly." After that, he got up and left, followed by Li Haoyang. Went towards Lujiacun.
Along the way, Li Dongming asked about his and Ling Yun's hunting experience in Niu Shi Ao a few days ago. Li Haoyang briefly talked about it, but was evasive about entering Juelong Ridge and didn't mention a word.
When they arrived at Lujiacun, Li Dongming briefly explained to Li Haoyang and then went off to take action. Li Dongming went straight to Dr. Lu's house, while Li Haoyang searched along the street. They both said they didn't see old man Ling, and then they got up and rushed to Liujiacun. went.
