Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Lakeside

While the man was staring, thousands of miles away, Sha Manhua was carrying her skirt through the large red flowers by the holy lake, chasing the departing figure, reluctantly: "Mother-in-law! Mother-in-law!" The old woman with fluttering white hair stopped in front of the gate of the Moon Palace, and turned her head to look at the woman who was coming behind her, her eyes full of kindness. "Mother-in-law... you should stay!" Although Miao Shui proposed to leave yesterday, Sha Manhua couldn't help but ask to stay, "You can't go back to Kunlun Mountain, you might as well stay. If you stay Come down, Moon Worship Sect will not treat you badly."

Elder Miaoshui didn't answer, he looked at her fixedly, and sighed suddenly: "Saint Xing, you are really a child... It's really worrying." There was a worried light in the old woman's eyes, she leaned over and stood up for her. The Lord of Worshiping the Moon tucked a wisp of hair back to her ear, took the opportunity to put it close to her ear, and whispered: "If I stay, in case you have any rebellious priests in the future—for example, if you want to escape back to Dunhuang—my old woman, It will become your burden." Sha Manhua was stunned suddenly, unable to speak, her bright eyes flickered for a moment, and gradually dimmed.

"So, while Priest Feng Ya is willing to let me go now, let's leave as soon as possible—" Elder Miao Shui finished whispering, straightened up, and once again stared at the woman who looked like her own, but the look in her eyes was worried and helpless , "My mother-in-law is old and her abilities are limited... There is nothing I can do for you. The only thing I can do is not to drag you down." "Mother-in-law!" Sha Manhua couldn't help sobbing, leaning his head on the old woman's shoulder. "Yun Xi, send the elder down the mountain." Feng Ya just waved his sleeves lightly to send his disciples off, and pulled Sha Manhua back on his own.Sha Manhua was reluctant to give up, and looked back at her mother-in-law bitterly, seeing that the person she was closest to was shut out of the palace gate.

High Priest Feng Ya took her back to the palace.The setting sun was just right, and the fiery manjusawa was blooming by the lake, and a large piece of sparkling golden light was reflected on the lake surface-such a strong and gorgeous wink instantly brightened people's eyes.As if seeing some phantom in the large expanse of light and shadow, Feng Ya stood by the lake, staring at the lake water, without saying a word for a long time. Sha Manhua didn't dare to walk away, so he had to sit by his side to pick the manju Shahua that was blooming like fire on his side——suddenly remembered, according to the old maid in the Moon Palace: the priest was in a field full of manju. On Shahua's grave, he brought up his abandoned self in Islam.By convention, the goddess must be selected among the daughters of the elders in several major villages in Miaojiang, such as Yixiang.However, the priest thought she was talented and insisted on making the orphan a goddess.

Suddenly, she felt ashamed.How could she hate the priest? "What are you looking at?" Sha Manhua was a little apprehensive, touching the head of Fei Guang who was approaching beside him. "One day, I will also return to this clear water." After a long time, she heard Priest Feng Ya looking at the holy lake, and said something in a low voice.She couldn't help being horrified—she knew that there was an underwater cemetery under the holy lake, and there were coffins made of alder wood that were immortal in the water in those stone caves. Sleeping inside are all the past lords of the Moon Worship Sect, as well as a very small number of priests.

That Mr. Feng Ya who never grows old and is stronger than anything else, is thinking about "death" at this moment? Yixiang's death really dealt a big blow to the priest, right? She didn't know what to say, but she just stood beside Feng Ya quietly, pulled his sleeves carefully, smiled at him, and handed him the manjushahua in her hand.Feng Ya stroked her long hair, took the bouquet, waved his hand and sprinkled it far away on the lake, under the setting sun, it was like a burst of blood-red rain, shattering a lake of gold. "Master Priest..." Sha Manhua was silent for a long time, and suddenly said with determination, "I will never betray you!"

Feng Ya stared into the depths of the lake without turning his head, but smiled silently: that voice was timid but resolute—just like the little goddess in childhood. Over the past ten years, everything in the world has been distorted, changed, and lost its original nature.Yixiang has changed, and Yunxi has also changed...everything around him is changing, becoming out of his control, forcing him to take extreme measures.However, in this woman who has returned from a foreign land, can I still see some of the most original things? Those acquired personalities, such as scheming, ambition, means, jealousy, and exclusiveness, can be easily deconstructed in his view after living for a hundred years—however, only this kind of bright and noble nature, which obviously comes from nature, That kind of pure white soul that seemed to be born in nature was something he couldn't imagine why, and it always made people like him have to... be in awe.

It was the few flawless jades he could hold in this flashy world. Sha Manhua turned her head to the side, and found that Yun Xi, who had seen off the guests, had returned at some point, standing under a huge spinosa tree in the distance, looking at this side silently. After that, half a month passed, under the auspices of Yun Xi, the chaos in the Moon Palace was finally cleaned up, the blood and the poisonous atmosphere were cleared away, and the poisonous insects that came from all over the Miaojiang area were rare during the day and gradually disappeared. Shamanhua has become the new leader, and what he does every day is just praying and reading, to understand the teachings of the religion and everything the leader must learn: including priest rituals, praying for blessings and disaster relief, and voodoo techniques—according to the rules, worshiping the moon The leader has no real power, and all major decisions are made by the priest.And the specific affairs in daily life are handled by Feng Ya's disciple, Yun Xi, the Zuo protector in the teaching.

Since the establishment of a new leader, the high priest has returned to the normal state of not caring about world affairs, and has always lived in seclusion.Although Sha Manhua has become the leader, he still respects this person as always. In order not to be reprimanded, he works hard to learn everything well, and dare not ask the high priest when he encounters something he doesn't understand. If he really has no choice, he can only ask the boy in private. Yun breath. Different from Feng Ya's domineering indifference, Yun Xi is a gentle-tempered and thoughtful young man, without the "inhuman" temperament that comes from learning spells, talking and laughing just like ordinary people.The hierarchy in the church is strict, and the maids of ordinary people can't talk to the leader at all, so the new leader has become acquainted with Zuo Hufa.

Yun Xi is only 21 years old this year. He is from Hengyundong, Qiongzhou. He was born in a poor and humble family. It is said that his family has been a beggar for generations.When he was ten years old, High Priest Feng Ya occasionally traveled to southern Xinjiang and passed by Qiongzhou, surprised by his aptitude and accepted him as his disciple.When Yun Xi came to the Moon Worship Sect, Sha Manhua had already been sent to Kunlun in the Western Regions, so the two had never met each other, but the chance turned around more than ten years later, and they hit it off. "Actually... I don't want to be the leader at all. I want to go back to Dunhuang." On that day, by the holy lake under the setting sun, Sha Manhua sat with her knees hugged among the fiery red flowers, and finally spoke to Yun Xi. , "I want to find Shu Ye."

Yun was silent for a long time before he said calmly: "That's impossible. No one has ever dared to disobey what the master said. You should see Yi Xiang's end. You can only go back unless he ceases to be a priest one day." Sha Manhua was slightly shocked, lowered his eyes, and said softly, "I know." Yun Xi was about to say something, when he suddenly saw an attendant coming down from the spinulus tree by the lake, kneeling in front of him.Knowing that there was an urgent matter in the church, he immediately got up and walked over, and heard the man whispering: "My lord, there is a distinguished guest visiting, and now I am waiting for you in Suzaku Palace." "Honored guest?" Yun Xi was startled, his thoughts turned a few times in an instant, but he couldn't think of anyone who could go straight to the Moon Palace. The attendant knelt under the spinosa tree and held up a post: "It's two distinguished guests who claim to be from the imperial capital. They are carrying the passing order talisman I taught, and my subordinates dare not stop them—this is their invitation post." Yun Xi took the greeting card, glanced at it, and was startled: "Chang'an Tanwanlang? It's actually someone from Ding Jianhou?" In the past, the former leader Yixiang was unwilling to be subordinate to the priest, and secretly planned, trying to make friends with the overlord of the Central Plains, Ding Jianhou, and use his strength to overthrow the priest of Fengya. He once took the initiative to send a secret envoy to contact the regent of the imperial capital Chang'an, but for some reason, he has not been seen there for more than half a year. Echo——Now that Yixiang is dead, an emissary has come from the imperial capital instead? At that moment, he hesitated, his eyes gleamed, but he quickly put away the greeting post calmly, and waved his attendants to retreat.Turning around, he smiled slightly at Sha Manhua: "I have something to do in the church, so I will take my leave first, and you can rest on your own." "En." Sha Manhua nodded, and then he was alone by the water in a daze. Feiguang crawled among the flowers, flicked his tail lazily, and drove away a group of gnats by the water—even though it had been years since he came to southern Xinjiang from Mobei, the white lion still couldn't adapt, and his mood was always depressed.Sha Manhua suddenly became playful, untied the silver bow that had not been used for a long time from Feiguang, squinted his eyes and pulled it away, and shot an arrow, nailing a flying insect that was flying happily to the spinosa tree.Seeing his master's attack, Fei Guang suddenly became happy, swept away his usual laziness, jumped up with Sha Manhua on his back, and galloped in the large manju sand beside the holy lake, roaring repeatedly, startling the birds on the Vulture Mountain. Shamanhua giggled, twelve golden arrows shot out like lightning, colorful feathers rained down in mid-air, and dozens of birds were shot down with twelve arrows. In the blink of an eye, he had already circled the lake once, and Feiguang jumped under the huge spinosa tree by the lake, and lay down to rest.Under the spinosa tree, she stroked the mane of her only partner, rested her chin on the top of Feiguang, looked at the lake and water, and tried her best to recall everything about Shu Ye... She vaguely remembered that she once More than once to bow and shoot at him, right? However, even though she tried her best to recall, she couldn't even remember the face that she missed day and night... Thinking hard, she suddenly felt a tearing pain in her head, and she couldn't help holding her head and screaming.Fei Guang was taken aback, feeling his master's body trembling violently for a moment, he couldn't help turning around, and gently licked her hand with his tongue. "What's the matter? Let me see." Someone beside me suddenly asked gently, the grass leaves rustled apart, and one hand was pressed on her top, a clear and gentle force penetrated, causing her brain to split apart. Instantly cleared. Sha Manhua looked up in surprise, looking at the snow-white dress. The High Priest Feng Ya had arrived at the bank of the holy lake at some point, passed through the large expanse of manjusawa and came to her side, supported her with one hand, covered her top with the other hand, and stroked her slowly.Shamanhua lowered her head slowly, feeling the indescribable coolness and comfort in her mind, the hand slid down her bun, and suddenly pressed on the three big acupoints on the back of her head, and stopped. "Ah, it hurts!" She cried out involuntarily with a slight effort—Feng Ya pushed back her long hair, inspecting the tiny wounds on her hair.It was pierced by golden needles for ten years, and now there are three small holes in a row that can no longer be recovered, and they are hidden under the black hair, which is terrifying. "Golden needle sealing the brain... that guy Horn did it?" Feng Ya's long and slender fingers pressed the wound on the back of her head, and said in a stern tone, "Those guys from the Ming Sect, dare to treat our goddess from the Moon Worship Sect like this?" Sha Manhua lowered her head, and said: "I asked the king of teaching to seal my brain - I can't blame them." "Oh?" The fingers on the back of the head paused, Feng Ya said calmly, "For Gao Shuye?" "You know?!" Instead, she exclaimed, unbelievable—the priest really has the ability to penetrate the world? Feng Ya was indifferent, and sealed several acupuncture points on the back of her head with his fingers: "That year, an envoy from Mingjiao came to visit Miaojiang, saying that because you eloped with that kid, the whole religion was almost destroyed—I Let him take the blood rhino horn and the white python inner alchemy I taught back to treat the teaching king's wounds, and it took a long time to calm down the anger over there." Sha Manhua's eyes widened when he heard this, and he suddenly turned around: "Master Priest? It was you...was it you who pleaded for me at that time? No wonder the king and the others didn't punish me for this! It turns out...it turns out..." She suddenly He began to cry: "I thought that the sect sent me to the Daguang Palace, and they would no longer care about my life or death." "Stupid child, why would I ignore you? After all, I brought you up." Feng Ya smiled, sealed her acupuncture points, and patted her head, "Get up, follow me to the alchemy room to get the medicine." Sha Manhua got up with him, followed behind, and walked all the way through the altar and the temple.The afterglow of the setting sun fell on the white clothes of the two of them, and at that moment she suddenly felt an indescribable warmth, stretched out her fingers silently, and timidly grabbed Feng Ya's clothes, like a child holding hands. Wearing the sleeves of the elders.