Chapter 23 Chapter 23 Meet

There was no sound, only the sound of branches cracking in the fire from time to time.The strange boy and Gui Li didn't speak any more, the flame stretched and contracted, burning between them. The color of the roasted pig's surface gradually turned golden, and a slight burnt smell emerged from the rich aroma. At this time, the entire roasted pig's surface was covered with a transparent film of oil. Ghost Li finally turned the roasted pig After a few times, he said: "Okay, you guys eat!" As soon as the words fell, Xiao Hui and Taotie rushed forward at the same time, Xiao Hui yelled "Zhi Zhi", and stretched out his hand to grab a hind leg of the roasted pig first, and the roasted pig skin seemed to have no feeling in his hands .The gluttonous glutton was even more powerful, without using any hands, feet or sharp claws, he directly opened his bloody mouth, regardless of the fact that the pork was still above the flames, he directly stuck his head in and bit it off.

When Tao Tie opened its mouth, the already huge mouth became even bigger and frighteningly large. The huge roasted pig was actually bitten whole by this monster, leaving only one hind leg held outside by Xiao Hui. Xiao Hui was furious, the monkey had an angry expression on its face, it grabbed the pig's leg and yelled at the same time, but the gluttonous beast didn't care how many there were, and when it bit its sharp teeth, it immediately smashed the delicious pork Bitten into two pieces, Xiao Hui was caught off guard, and fell backwards with too much force for a moment, rolled twice on the ground, and when he stood up, he only held a pig leg in his hand.

The vast majority of that delicious roast pig was bitten by Taotie at the moment, chewing it loudly, and the remaining pig bones seemed to be crushed and swallowed by it directly, sweeping away thousands of troops like wind and clouds, especially the four faces. One eye was squeezed to both sides of the face by the bulging mouth, and the four eyes were shining brightly, obviously eating very well. "Squeak, squeak..." Seeing that most of the delicious food that belonged to him was robbed by this evil beast, Xiao Hui didn't get angry, but after screaming a few times, he lowered his head abruptly and began to gnaw, and it ate very much. Hurry up, but half of a pork leg will be eaten in a while.

"Aw..." Taotie's deep roar rang out again, and he slowly turned his head to look at Xiaohui. A roast pig so big was eaten up by it in just a short while, and it swallowed it up. Go down, there are not even bones left.Taotie still couldn't finish it, his four eyes lit up, staring straight at the last bone in Xiao Hui's hand. Xiao Hui viciously ate the last piece of meat, his three eyes widened at the same time, looking at Taotie.Taotie was salivating, and walked towards Xiao Hui step by step. Xiao Hui waved his hand violently, and threw the remaining bone far away in another direction, with a gloating expression on his face.Unexpectedly, Taotie's figure flashed, like lightning, and in the blink of an eye, he jumped up into the air and caught up with the fleshy bone, bit it in one bite, made a turning point in the air, flew back again, and landed beside the boy.It's just that at this time Taotie also seemed to know that this was the last delicacy, so he didn't swallow it in one gulp, but instead cherished it very much, sticking out his tongue and licking the fleshy bone non-stop.

Xiao Hui was frightened by Tao Tie's appearance, and after a while turned his head to face Ghost Li, suddenly danced and squeaked, Ghost Li looked at it for a while, suddenly his face changed, and said: "You said it looks like rhubarb?" Xiao Hui nodded immediately, and then looked at Taotie, the anger on the monkey's face gradually receded, replaced by a warm look.It looked at Taotie who was licking the meat and bones for a while, then moved over carefully, and slowly stretched out his hand, as if it wanted to touch Taotie's ferocious head.Taotie's vicious head turned around, and he let out a low growl vigilantly. Xiao Hui jumped back immediately, but then Zhizhi let out two low voices, and approached Taotie again, and Taotie's attention seemed to have temporarily left the fleshy bones. , placed on Xiao Hui.

After a while, Xiao Hui's hand stretched out again, Taotie didn't move, but all four eyes looked at Xiao Hui's hand, Ghost Li and the boy remained silent, especially the boy's eyes had a strange light, silently Watching the communication between these two strange beasts intently. Xiao Hui touched Taotie's head with his hand, and touched it lightly. Taotie roared twice, but he no longer objected, and returned his attention to the meaty bone in front of him. Slowly approaching this strange beast, gently stroking Taotie's body with his hands, a happy look appeared on the monkey's face.

Gui Li slowly lowered his head, vaguely remembering that many years ago, on the Big Bamboo Peak, between Xiaohui and Dahuang, it seemed that they also got close like this.Time is like water, it turns out that Xiao Hui still remembers back then... The young man suddenly broke the silence, and said with a slight smile: "I didn't expect the two of them to be very destined, did they?" Gui Li glanced at Xiao Hui and Tao Tie, there was a trace of warmth in his eyes, and said: "Not bad." The young man turned his head, added a twig to the fire, and fell silent again. After a long time, he suddenly laughed and said, "This glutton has been with me for so many years. I always thought I was taking care of it. Thinking about today, I realized that it is much happier than me." The smile on his face seemed to be vaguely bitter, and he said: "Besides eating and drinking enough, even if it is not of the same kind, there is still a monkey like you who is willing to be with it. Be friends."

Gui Li raised his eyes to look at the young man, seeing his desolate expression, as if he felt an indescribable loneliness, he said indifferently: "If you are lonely, just find a friend." The boy snorted and said proudly: "The world is so big, who is worthy to be my friend, and who dares to be my friend?" Gui Li frowned, the young man's tone was exaggerated, he felt a little disgusted, but saw that the young man seemed to think of something, his face was gloomy, and he whispered to himself: "But, there is a person, I really believe in her of……" Gui Li looked at him through the burning flame in front of him, and said calmly: "How?"

The young man's face turned cold, and he sneered, "Later, I found out that she was lying to me. Not only that, but she also caused me a lot of misery, almost beyond redemption!" Gui Li was silent, from the boy's expression, he unexpectedly recalled the past that was deeply buried in his heart ten years ago, that kind monk's face seemed to appear in front of his eyes again... He shook his head violently, and with great force in his hands, the branches that were originally adding to the fire made a slight hoarse sound, turned into powder, and scattered all over the ground.

The young man glanced at his hand, and suddenly said: "Do you have such a sad past?" Gui Li's expression was gloomy, he didn't speak, the young man looked at him, his eyes sparkled, and suddenly said: "If you are going to die now, do you still have any wishes left?" Gui Li was stunned for a moment, his heart was confused for a moment, his thoughts came to him in an instant, this question that he had never thought about before suddenly appeared in front of him, deep enmity, great hatred, long-cherished wish for ten years, lingering in white clothes, this life is full of wind and rain, But I never thought about what is the last wish in my heart?

It should be to save Baguio, if I can save her, I will be willing to die!In the past ten years, he has thought about this idea many times in his heart.And that frosty face, which I can't let go of, flutters gently in the quiet corner of my heart... He was insane for a moment, the night wind was blowing, and he didn't know how long it had passed. When he woke up, the boy had disappeared, and the gluttony on the ground seemed to have just soared into the sky, blending with the dark night, and the sound came from afar. Its low growling sound. Xiao Hui jumped onto his shoulder, squeaked twice, Gui Li slowly looked up at the sky, and suddenly said in a low voice: "Xiao Hui, I still have to see her, right?" Xiao Hui didn't seem to understand much, and didn't bother to pay attention. He raised his monkey head and looked at the sky, as if he was still looking for Taotie's figure. The embers of the gradually extinguished fire gradually turned into a wisp of smoke, which drifted away gently. Ghost Li and Xiao Hui stood silently in this deep mountain forest. For a long time, a low voice came faintly in the night wind. "...I always want to see her..." ※※※ This world catastrophe became more and more tragic with the passage of time. Monsters and alien races had already entered the middle land, and the people suffered heavy casualties. Most of the disciples sent out by the righteous way to investigate disappeared. When I reported to the decent teachers, I said that the monster is terrible. People in the world are dying, but people in the righteous way are helpless. At this time, it is reported that the Qingyunmen, Tianyin Temple, and Fenxiang Valley, the three righteous sects, allied with Qingyun Mountain, and invited the righteous ways in the world to deal with this catastrophe. People flocked to Qingyun Mountain one after another.In just a few days, tens of thousands of people have gathered near Qingyun Mountain unprecedentedly, most of them are people from the Middle Earth who have fled for their lives. is their last hope. The Qingyun Sect who was in charge of the reception was extremely busy. More and more Taoist friends and common people came to Qingyun. Soon there were not enough guest rooms on the Tongtian Peak of the Qingyun Sect, so other branches had to open the guest rooms as well.Fortunately, after all, Qingyun Sect is a thousand-year-old sect with deep roots and great karma, and finally accepted it. However, the Xiaozhufeng sect among the seven veins has always been female disciples, and Master Shuiyue has a strange temperament, so it is not open to the public. , It makes many young expatriate disciples who have long admired the name very regretful. But in any case, this time is still an unprecedented gathering of the righteous way. As the landlord of Qingyun sect, the prestige has increased even more than before. Reverend Daoxuan, at this time, is firmly seated as the number one person in the world. At night, the peaks of the Qingyun Mountains are brightly lit. It is a grand occasion that has never been seen for thousands of years. Far below the mountain, with the mountain wind blowing, it seems that people on the high mountain can be heard talking and laughing loudly. People in this situation feel much more relaxed.After all, even if the sky fell, wouldn't there still be Qingyun Mountain above? And at this moment, the quietest place on Qingyun Mountain is probably no more than Xiaozhu Peak.All sects have strictly restrained their disciples after Qingyunmen's kind explanation, forbidding to get close to Xiaozhufeng. After all, under the current situation, if there is a farce of a prodigal son, I am afraid that no one's face will look good . Compared with the bustle of other peaks, Xiaozhufeng looks much cleaner. Occasionally, two or three beautiful female disciples of Xiaozhufeng pass by on the mountain road. The mountain breeze blows, and the tearful bamboos all over the mountain shake and rustle together. the sound of. This night, the moonlight was cold, shining on the Xiaozhufeng mountain path, the bamboo shadows whirled, and the shadows swayed on the steps of the mountain path.From a distance came four or five female disciples from Xiaozhufeng, and the first one was Wen Min.I saw that these female disciples, including Wen Min, had gloomy complexions and frowned, as if they were very preoccupied. The cold wind blows through the bamboo forest, as if there are black shadows flickering. The youngest girl next to Wen Min seemed to be around thirteen years old, and she was quite timid. She glanced at the dark place, her complexion was a little pale, she approached Wen Min, grabbed her clothes, and said softly: "Brother, Senior Sister , Then, there seems to be someone there!" Wen Min and the others were startled at once, and looked over together. After a while, Wen Min showed a smile on his face, patted the little girl's face, and said, "Xiaoshi, that's the shadow of the bamboo swaying when the mountain wind blows it." , it’s like this every night, you’ve just gone up the mountain, and you’ll know after a while.” The girl named Xiaoshi breathed a sigh of relief, but she was still a little scared. She seemed to think of something again, and suddenly she turned her head and glanced at the back mountain, and said, "Master, there is no one around the moon-watching platform in the back mountain, there are people everywhere." This, these eerie things, we leave Senior Sister Xueqi over there alone, will she be afraid?" Wen Min's face was gloomy, and he sighed, and said, "It's the master master who asked you, Senior Sister Xueqi, to reflect there, and there's nothing we can do about it, but Senior Sister Xueqi shouldn't be afraid, right?" The other woman standing behind Wen Min snorted suddenly, with a sense of injustice, and said: "I really don't understand, why the sect master treats Xue Qi like this, just because she refuses to agree to Fenxiang Valley's marriage proposal? " "Pa", in the depths of the bamboo forest, there seemed to be a slight low sound, as if some small beast stepped on a bamboo branch, but all the girls were attracted at this moment, and did not hear this sound, only the youngest Xiaoshi Still suspicious, she glanced into the depths of the bamboo forest, only to see the shadow shaking, couldn't help but turn pale again, and turned her head away quickly. Wen Min sighed, and said: "Actually, that brother Li Xun is really not bad. He is a good-looking talent and has a good background. In the future, the position of the owner of Fenxiang Valley will probably be passed on to him, and judging by his appearance, he also loves Xueqi very much. , but the word love cannot be forced." Another woman suddenly complained in a low voice: "Master, it's true, knowing Xue Qi's temper, why didn't you help her to intercede with the master?" The original woman shook her head and said: "I don't think so, Xueqi is the one who listens to Master the most, and also respects Master Daoxuan the most, but this time she openly contradicted the two of them on Tongtian Peak, I think... "She suddenly lowered her voice and said softly: "Could it be that Xueqi already has someone she likes..." "Shut up!" Wen Min suddenly shouted in a low voice, and everyone was startled. Wen Min's face relaxed slightly, but his tone was still very severe, and he said in a low voice: "We must not talk about this kind of speculation, otherwise if it spreads to the master In the ears of Bo and Master, I am afraid that the consequences will be disastrous." Everyone was silent, the woman standing behind Wen Min was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Senior sister, in fact, from my point of view, I'm afraid we can think of it, how could the sect master and master not think of it? This time the sect master He and Master deliberately agreed to propose marriage in Fenxiang Valley, probably because they knew that Xueqi had something in her heart..." Wen Min suddenly turned his head and stared at her. The woman's face changed slightly, she sighed, and kept silent.Hearing her sigh, Wen Min was silent for a moment, and couldn't help sighing: "Junior Sister Lin, in fact, we all feel the same. Everyone already loves her as a sister, and no one wants to see her become like this. But... well, I don't know what to say, anyway, I think Master loves Xueqi the most, so he won't embarrass her too much after all." The other female disciples nodded together, and they all walked slowly, talking in low voices, and there were faint sighs, gradually walking away. The shadow of the bamboo forest swayed, suddenly a black shadow floated out from the darkness, landed on the mountain path, it was Gui Li.In this place surrounded by sworn enemies, his complexion was faintly pale, and he was silent for a long time, then slowly turned his head to look at the back mountain of Xiaozhu Peak.Behind the bamboo forest, the moonlight is as clear as frost, and it is said that it is the place where the moon-watching platform of Xiaozhufeng, one of the six scenic spots of Qingyun, is located. ※※※ The cliff hanging alone in mid-air, except for the second half which is connected to the mountain, most of it hangs high in the sky.This night the moonlight is bright, hanging high in the sky, its brilliance is as clear as water, and it falls on the world like frost and snow, falling on the moon-watching platform.Although it is not the bright moonlight that can illuminate the entire Xiaozhufeng on the night of the full moon in the legend, the soft moonlight on the moon-watching platform illuminates the entire cliff as bright as day, especially because of the different angles of the smooth rocks on the ground. Reflecting countless moons, it looks even more cool and beautiful. When Gui Li stepped onto the moon-watching platform, this beautiful scene was presented in front of him.And in the frosty moonlight, there was a woman in white clothes like snow, with her back to him, standing on the platform in front of the cliff, looking at the endless night in the distance. Gui Li's face was indifferent, but his eyes seemed to be shining because of the reflection of the beautiful moonlight, that figure in white, like a fairy standing in the moonlight, did not seem to have the slightest taste of the world. As if sensing something, the figure moved, and Lu Xueqi's cold and slightly tired voice sounded: "Senior Sister, why are you back again..." She turned her head slowly, but in the middle of speaking, her voice suddenly disappeared. Lu Xueqi's usually indifferent face showed an expression of disbelief, and the figure of that man stood there silently, staring at her. "Zhang..." She opened her mouth slightly, but her voice was low before she could speak, "...Xiaofan." Gui Li stood on the spot, motionless, the moonlight shone on Lu Xueqi's snow-like skin, transparent and flawless, adding to her thrilling beauty.Far away, there is a feeling of not daring to approach. "Are you okay?" There were thousands of words in his stomach, but these few words were the only ones that came out of his mouth. Lu Xueqi stared at this man, the man standing at the intersection of moonlight and shadow, the expression on his face was so complicated, as if something was tormenting him in his heart, but that figure was clearly in front of him!I don't know how many times I have thought about the figure in my dream! She lowered her head slightly, hesitated to speak.After a long time, he said softly: "Since you are here, why don't you come?" Gui Li's body trembled, Xiao Hui, who had been following him all this time, had gone to nowhere, he saw a look of hesitation flashing in his eyes, for him, this short few steps would take a lot of time. courage. Lu Xueqi was still standing there, silent as promised, when the mountain wind blew, her white clothes fluttered lightly. Stepped out and walked on the moonlight, the bamboo forest rustled in the distance behind him, the woman in front of him quietly raised her head and stared, Ghost Li stood in front of her. Lu Xueqi looked at him, the initial excitement and panic on her face quietly disappeared, she suddenly said: "Do you still remember what I said, the next time we meet, we will be sworn enemies, you," she looked at him , said slowly: "Why do you still come to see me?" The corners of Gui Li's mouth twitched, his eyes flickered, he suddenly looked away, and stopped looking at Lu Xueqi, just when Lu Xueqi's face was getting darker, the man in front of her turned his head slowly, as if hesitating, as if he was struggling , and finally said softly: "You seem to have lost weight..." Lu Xueqi's body shook, and a look of astonishment flashed across her face again, but joy followed immediately.For the first time in her life, her face as white as frost and snow showed a faint blush, like crystal clear ruby, with endless tenderness and lingering shyness. Even if there is no tomorrow, even if the front is still dark, but if the heart is warm, maybe you won't be afraid... This beautiful and cold woman suddenly smiled, like a lily in the middle of the night, silently smiling in the wind, her pure white figure was as dazzling as moonlight.Gui Li held his breath. Lu Xueqi said suddenly, word by word: "I'm very happy!" Then, she was still smiling, her eyes were as soft as lingering water waves. The night is getting darker, and the moon is sinking. Standing side by side on the cliff in front of the moon-watching platform, we looked at the darkness ahead together. The mountain wind blew, and the clothes of the two people fluttered at the same time, and the figures were in the clear moonlight. Gentle, is the feeling of the wind blowing on the face! In the boundless and dark sky, there are still bits of starlight, quietly flickering. "The people from Fenxiang Valley proposed marriage to you?" After being silent for a long time, Lu Xueqi said calmly: "Yes, both the master and the head martial uncle have agreed." Gui Li's voice didn't seem to have changed, he said calmly: "On the way I came, I heard your senior sisters talking, I heard that you don't want to?" Lu Xueqi smiled and said, "Yes, I don't want to." Gui Li looked at her in a blink of an eye, but what caught his eyes was Lu Xueqi's indifferent face and a faint smile between his brows.There was a sudden surge of excitement in his heart, as if the excitement rose from deep in his heart, even his body trembled slightly, and he couldn't help but blurted out: "Come with me!" Lu Xueqi trembled, looking at him, she saw Ghost Li, no, what she saw at this moment was clearly the same Zhang Xiaofan back then!That stoic and persistent boy? where to go whatever!The ends of the earth! There was a smile on the corner of her mouth, but there was a faint sparkle in her eyes, as if she was hesitating, but after a while, she finally said softly: "What about Baguio?..." Like a pot of cold water being poured over his head, Ghost Li's whole body was cold, the cold that leaked from the deepest part of his heart seemed to freeze him into ice in a blink of an eye.The water-green figure, the serene smile, the beautiful figure lying on the ice-cold stone platform completely knocked him down in the blink of an eye. He bowed his head silently for a long time, and then, when he raised his head again, the excitement on his face had disappeared, replaced by indifference.Lu Xueqi stared blankly at his changes, feeling so clearly that the man in front of her was gradually moving away from the lingering warmth and hiding in the cold darkness. She took a deep breath, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, but there were faint tears in the corner of her eyes, the beauty that shocked her heart at that moment! "Next time," Gui Li turned around and walked away slowly, "When we meet again, use your sword!" He left without turning his head, like a determined lover who has lost his love, and the moonlight followed behind him, like a gentle hand pulling powerlessly, but after all, he couldn't hold his figure. He disappeared into the darkness, that's where he came from and where he left! On Lu Xueqi's pale face, there was still a slightly stiff smile, and her snow-like white clothes fluttered in the wind, under the moonlight, until she silently shed her first tear. Tears all over the mountains and plains, under the moonlight, on such a desolate night, rustling...