Chapter 20: Dive into the night with the wind, moistening the heart silently 4

Why, why is this ending waiting for me?

What does it mean to sacrifice your body as the Tao, sacrifice your body as the door, and sacrifice your body for the world? In the end, it is just for me to die. After I die, you can become immortals.

Brother...Brother Shen Ji, where are you? You know I will die sooner or later, don't you? Why don't you say a word? Why are you so cruel... Have you ever said anything here in the Yunyin Valley where we practiced together?

I admire you so much and devote myself to my practice, just so that one day I can become as powerful as you and see your smile all the time. Why did I fail me?

"Serring!"

In the end, I still agreed to Fang Shi's words, and if I was emotional, I would die.

"Berly! Are you awake? Hold on, I'll cut this damn vine!"

"Sink..."

"...It's me. I'm Chen Shu. Big brother can't save you. Come on, come down quickly."

The body that was filled with bone pulp couldn't use any strength at all, so he could only leave that terrible place on his back.

The young man's back is wide and warm, and there is a breath of life in his running. Death forms a tangible cave behind him, which is gradually moving away with rapid breathing.

I survived.

"Seventh brother, big brother..."

Brother Shen Shu hummed heavily: "Don't call me Brother Seven. I haven't been from Lingzong for a long time. Those immortals have done these conscienceless things to become immortals. Don't worry, no one in the martial arts knows about this matter. Those immortals will soon be hunted down by the whole martial arts!"

"Where is the big brother?" Although he betrayed my trust, I still want to hear him say those words in person.

"He..." He hesitated for a moment. We had come outside the valley, and a horse was tied to the roadside. I was thrown on the horse's back, and then Brother Chen Shu also rode up, and the horse hissed and took us down the mountain.

Later, I learned that when Brother Chen Shu went to save me, the eldest brother was fighting with three elders in the same door. Shortly after we went down the mountain, he was killed by Elder Danhui, his master, because he was defeated. Three days later, several sects in the martial arts gathered to besiege the division, and Brother Shen Shu took advantage of the chaos to bring back the body of the eldest brother.

He thought I would cry, but I didn't. I just looked at the body that had begun to stink and couldn't speak for a long time.

"Bearby the way, this is what I found in the hands of the eldest brother. It should have been pinched too tightly when I died. I didn't find it by those old immortals. I took it out and thought it should be given to you." Brother Chen Shu put a small hard thing into the palm of my hand.

It is a thumb-long wooden charm, with a rune engraved with demons and exorcism on one side, and a Jiang character engraved on the other side.

I didn't cry when I saw the body. When I saw this strong little pen, I couldn't help trembling all over my body. Tears were wanton, and I almost cried for a lifetime.

Cheng Jiang. That's my secular name.

It turned out that in the end, I failed to protect you.

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Lingshi Mountain is not far from the capital. At that time, it was the location of the Lingzong Gate of the Xiuzhen Sect. Later, it was besieged and extered by the martial arts righteous man led by the Self-Knowing Hall because the ugly face of killing each other in the door was exposed. The whole door was destroyed overnight, and even the trees in the Houshan Yunyin Valley were cut down, and then they didn't know. Who set off a big fire? The whole valley burned in the raging fire for three days and three nights, reflecting the whole sky red.

Maybe it is taboo. After that, no other sect entered the Lingshi Mountain, and the imperial court did not send anyone to govern. If you want to ask why, it happened 30 years ago, and Han Ruxu had not yet been born, so it was not clear.

And in the endless freezing rain, he came here. His feet have been frozen and unconscious, his knees to ankles are soaked, and his body is covered with mud. In the past, he couldn't stand it. Today, in order to see his master, he can't take care of that much.

"Has Lord Han been here?" Wei Tanyi turned around and asked.

"I grew up in Jiangling since I was a child, and I have never left half a step since I followed the emperor to Beijing."

Wei Tanyi understood his details and nodded: "That's troublesome. It's my first time to come here, but we have to find a place called Yunyin Valley, otherwise we won't see your master's mother. Is there a good idea?"

Han Ruxu was not angry: "How can I do anything? Don't you know some strange spells? Why don't you grab a ghost to ask?"

"That may be a way. Master?" Qisi asked inquiringly. Wei Tanyi nodded, and she got off her horse and walked around along the mossy road with an umbrella.

After a while, she really found an wronged soul who recognized the way. Han Ruqi naturally couldn't see it. He heard Wei Tanyi ask the air in front of the horse one after another, and finally opened a small bottle and turned his mouth in that direction. This time, he saw that a wisp of smoke floated into the bottle, followed by Wei Tanyi. The mouth of the bottle was stuffed.

"What is that?"

"A little chore, you don't have to worry about it," Wei Tanyi put away the small bottle, pulled the quenching on the horse, and then pointed away, "I've asked the way. Let's go that way."

The green trees on the mountain covered a lot of raindrops, and the horse's hoof walked in the direction pointed by the previous ghost on the muddy path. Lingshi Mountain has been unsuffering for many years. The bleak silence is creepy. Occasionally, one or two ape calls are also long and sad.

The three of them rode through the half-man-high weeds, and almost all over their bodies were covered with rain before reaching a fork in the road.

"Which side should I go to?" Han Ruqi asked when he saw them stop.

"The man said he would keep walking, but he didn't say there was a fork in the road," Wei Tanyi smiled, "What does this mean?"

Han Ruxu's blue veins jumped on his head: "Nonsense, of course, it's because there was no fork in the road here when he was alive!" The roar buzzed in the narrow valley, which startled him.

"Lord Han is wise, then please ask Lord Han to come forward to see which side is the original valley, and which side is dug up by future generations for a certain purpose."

Irmenting his insinuous words, Han Ruqi drove his horse to the right to record a few steps, touched the cliff with his hand, and looked up at it. Soon he was forced to lower his head and curse by the rain hitting his face.

I made it in the same way and checked the other side. The mountain walls on both sides were later dug up by people, and the vegetation was rarely hard and hard to judge. Thinking about it, he jumped off his horse and walked back to the valley entrance on the right, squatting down to see what was going on the ground.

"Lord Wei, Lord Han?" A man suddenly came out of the corner of the valley in front of him and asked in surprise.

Wei Tanyi nodded as expected: "Senior Le, everything is well."