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Chapter 51
Lin Qingbai's voice was dry, and he said in a hoarse voice: "I don't know..."
The man in the distance had a sharp face, especially his eyes were dark and bright in the dark night, as silent as the dark jungle behind him.
Lin Qingbai didn't know this person, but he didn't know why when he saw this person, he suddenly felt a very familiar feeling, that feeling was like a storm sweeping the sky, sweeping him into it, making himUnable to resist and struggle weakly, he could only sink deeper and deeper into this feeling of drowning him.
Lin Qingbai's hands clenched into fists, trying to break free.
"Master..." At this moment, Mu Yan also moved closer to Lin Qingbai, and just as she called out "Master", Lin Qingbai interrupted her voice: "Don't call me Master in the mortal world!".β
Mu Yan was taken aback for a moment, and immediately understood Lin Qingbai's meaning, she lowered her eyes and shouted: "Yes, Master."
"Brother, it's very strange that this person is here late at night, it's best to be careful." He Fanglen said in a low voice.
Lin Qing gave Bai En, he clenched his fists, moved his eyes away from the man's gaze, and led everyone towards the river.
If you want to return to the fairyland, everyone needs to follow the way they came, wait for the rainbow at the mouth of the river, wait until the rainbow appears with a small boat, and return the same way.
Although it is night now, Immortal Qianyue once said that the rainbow in the Fanchen River does not distinguish between day and night, if there is a light in the river, it is a rainbow.
And these strange landscapes are invisible to ordinary people.
They could only see Lin Qingbai and the others drifting away into the distance in a small boat.
The cold wind in the winter night was a bit cold, Lin Qingbai and the others stood by the river, waiting for the boat to arrive.
Even at this moment, Lin Qingbai was standing by the river with his back to the man, he could still feel the man's eyes fixed on his back, which made him feel uncomfortable.
At this moment, footsteps sounded behind him, and the man walked to Lin Qingbai's side step by step, five steps away.
He glanced at Lin Qingbai and the others, then turned his head and looked straight at the river, as if he was waiting for something.
Not long after, another woman walked by from the other side of the river. The woman was tall and neatly dressed, with a sword in her belt. She walked up to the man and said something in a low voice.
The man nodded, and looked at the river bank with heavy eyes.
Several people stood like this in the dark night, the atmosphere was a bit oppressive, no one spoke for a long time, but the eagle on the man's shoulder seemed to be very interested in Lin Qingbai, and flew to Lin Qingbai's body with flapping wingsforward.
The eagle's claws and teeth were sharp, Lin Qingbai dodged subconsciously, but the man's voice gave a deep laugh.
He snapped his fingers lightly and said, "Xiao Bai, come back."
The black eagle obediently landed in front of the man.
Lin Qingbai trembled all over, his eyes widened, he turned around and asked in a hoarse voice: "...what's it called?"
Hearing this, the man seemed interested in talking. He turned around and raised his eyebrows to look at Lin Qingbai and said, "Didn't I call him just now, Xiaobai."
Mu Yan next to her is a familiar one, she is also very interested in that black eagle, and then said: "But he is a black eagle, why do you call him Xiaobai?"
The corner of the man's mouth hooked, and he raised his hand to hook Xiaobai's eagle beak.
That little white is obviously an eagle, but in the hands of the man, it is so cute, like a domestic pet being petted, it lifted its chin, and the man was still stroking its chin, half-closed its eyes as if enjoying itgenerally.
"I'm an hawk farmer, and there are many black hawks in my family. It's too troublesome to name each one, so I randomly arranged them in order according to red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue, and purple. It happened that this was Xiaoba, so I called him Xiaobai."
After the man finished speaking, he looked at Lin Qingbai with a smile in his eyes.
Hearing such an explanation, Lin Qingbai took two deep breaths, and the tense body all loosened up little by little.
He thinks he is too sensitive.
The name Xiaobai is so ordinary that it cannot be more ordinary.
Both cats and dogs can bark.
Now he thinks that 70% of his feelings have been hidden, so he just let go of everything.
But even the remaining three points of affection can still make him feel like a frightened bird when he hears a dog's name, and the blood in his whole body seems to be frozen.
Lin Qingbai didn't want to think about it anymore, he closed his eyes and just wanted to go back quickly and get away from here as soon as possible.
The wind by the river blew up Lin Qingbai's hair around his ears, and also the thin hem of his clothes.
The man looked at Lin Qingbai thoughtfully, folded his hands on his chest, and tapped his fingertips.
Not long after, the sound of the river water in his ears suddenly became heavier. The man didn't turn his head to look at the lake, but asked Shen Shen if he knew it: "Are you going to cross the river too? The boat is coming."
Lin Qingbai opened his eyes, and saw a rainbow lit up in the distance, even at night, that rainbow was still dazzling, and a small boat followed the reflection of the rainbow, heading towards the few people in the thin water.Float in the direction.
Lin Qingbai didn't notice anything unusual at first, but when the boat slowly drifted towards the middle of the group of people, he suddenly felt something was wrong, and suddenly turned his head to look at the man.
The man's eyes remained the same, counting the number of people in the astonished eyes of everyone.
"One, two, three, four, five, six... Exactly six people can sit down."
Mu Yan stammered and said, "Could it be that you too..."
Mu Yan didn't finish the following words, the man looked at her and smiled, and made a gesture of please.
Mu Yan opened her mouth wide, and looked at Lin Qingbai again.
Lin Qingbai suddenly understood.
Today, the immortal world mentioned by Qianyue has been visited twice by people, and one of them was right in front of their eyes.
Otherwise, why can people who are not from the fairy world see rainbows at night.
And it is not a glorious thing to go down to earth in the fairy world privately.
If it was known by everyone, Lin Qingbai's immortal majesty would plummet, and even the immortals who descended with him would be condemned.
The four people here had a dignified atmosphere, and no one stepped on the wooden boat for a long time.
But the two people on the opposite side didn't seem to care about this, the man still had a light smile that couldn't see the emotion on his face.
In the end, it was He Fangleng who came to his senses first, stepped forward with a smile and made a gesture of invitation with the man, saying: "Hahaha, what a coincidence, it turns out that he is a fellow, just now I was wondering why it was so late at night."There are still people coming here, but we didn't expect that we don't know Mount Tai with our eyes."
"You're welcome."
The two walked on the boat first, and the rest of them also walked on one after another.
After everyone sat down, the boat slowly moved forward along the rainbow.
The scenery in the river was very nice. Lin Qingbai was sitting on the boat, not interested in the chatter of the people behind him, but just turned sideways to look at the scenery outside the boat, lost in thought.
The scenery of the mountain behind Qingmo Temple is very beautiful. In summer, it is full of greenery, and in winter, there are snow scenes on both sides of the river.
The moon in the sky was reflected by the river, and the boat went all the way along the sparkling full moon in the lake.
It wasn't until he was about to enter the cave, when the moon in the lake disappeared, that Lin Qingbai slowly sat up straight, raised his eyes but met the man's eyes.
The man's gaze when he looked at Lin Qingbai always made Lin Qingbai a little uncomfortable, and he couldn't tell the reason or what kind of discomfort it was.
The man's pupils are too dark. The last time Lin Qingbai met someone with such dark pupils was the one who made Lin Qingbai feel heartbroken...
But this person's eyes are different from Xi An's.
Xi An looked at Lin Qingbai with a calm gaze no matter what.
And this man looked at Lin Qingbai with eyes full of scrutiny and guard. This kind of gaze that seemed to see through Lin Qingbai made Lin Qingbai very uncomfortable.
Lin Qingbai's eyes darkened, and he also looked back at the man.
The man opposite raised his eyebrows and smiled.
In this way they entered the cave along the water.
Suddenly, a blinding white light filled the surroundings of several people.
All procedures are the same as when arriving.
Then after passing through this dazzling light, they will return to their original appearance in the fairy world.
Lin Qingbai will recover.
The person on the opposite side will also recover.
Even through the foggy white light, Lin Qingbai and the man still looked at each other.
Everyone's faces gradually began to blur, and the mana on their bodies began to recover little by little.
Lin Qingbai felt the mana returning to him, and he moved his fingertips lightly. The moment their faces recovered, they changed their appearances into new ones.
In the mortal world, disguise is the best way to protect yourself. The two people in front of you don't know the details, and they don't look like good-looking people. They can't let them know the true identity of Lin Qingbai and the others.
So, after the white light dissipated, everyone changed their appearance one after another.
The man on the opposite side also turned into a handsome man in blue, and the woman beside him also turned into a heroic woman in red.
A glance is also the true face that has never been seen in the fairy world.
Everyone glanced at each other.
Lin Qingbai's young apprentices saw that they hadn't changed back to their original appearance, their eyes were a little bit astonished, but they reacted quickly, and their expressions covered up their peaceful and usual impermanence.
He Fangling waved the hem of his clothes smartly, raised his hands and cupped his hands at the two people opposite him, and said, "As the saying goes, the same boat ferry has been built for a hundred years. Today, the few of us are considered destined. May I ask your name?"
The man on the opposite side was sitting neatly, with one hand on the side of the boat, obviously answering He Fangleng's question, but he looked at Lin Qingbai and said, "Xiao Qi, behind me is Feng Wan."
He Fangling, an old fox, is always laughing and joking, but he is very smart when it comes to the world. He smiled calmly and made up several names one by one: "My name is Su Yu, and there are two children behind him, one named Ayan and oneIt's called Archer."
Xiao Qi on the opposite side nodded his head, looking at Lin Qingbai closely, and asked, "What about this one?"
Lin Qingbai rolled his Adam's apple and said, "Fu Mu."
"Fu Mu..." Xiao Qi repeated the name in a low voice, smiled and said: "Good name, but I don't know who Mr. Fu still yearns for in this world..."
Lin Qingbai frowned, and his eyes suddenly sank.
Xiao Qi's dark eyes are very sharp, even when he is looking at others with a smile, there is still an edge that cannot be ignored.
Lin Qingbai doesn't like smart people, let alone people who show their sharpness.
Xiao Qi has both.
The words he said just now, those who asked Lin Qingbai if he had something to admire, knew that Lin Qingbai's name was just a casual, fake one.
Seeing that Lin Qingbai didn't pay attention to him, Xiao Qi was not annoyed either. His eyes swept over the package in Lin Qingbai's hand again, and asked, "I don't know why Mr. Fu went down to earth this time? He came to pick up things.?β
Lin Qing squeezed the wrapped bag with his bare hands.
What was stored there was his entire twelve years of life in this mortal world, and he didn't want others to focus on this box.
Lin Qingbai moved the package behind her, and said calmly, "Going down to the mortal world is a matter of the mortal world."
Lin Qingbai replied perfunctorily.
Xiao Qi's gaze sharpened suddenly, and he stood up abruptly, raising his hand to get the package in Lin Qingbai's hand.
This turn of events came suddenly.
Lin Qingbai reacted very quickly, raising his hand to cast a spell, at the same time Xuan Che stood up with a grunt, stood in front of Lin Qingbai, and said loudly: "What are you going to do?!"
And the woman in red sitting behind Xiao Qi also stood up abruptly, her eyes filled with fighting intent.
The boat was unstable and shook twice violently. He Fangleng and Mu Yan who were sitting by the side grabbed the side of the boat tightly.
The atmosphere was tense, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Xiao Qi's expression remained the same, he slowly raised his eyelids, and glanced at Xuan Che standing in front of Lin Qingbai, his face was as cold as a sword.
Xiao Qi didn't do anything just for the short moment of raising his eyes, but the cruelty on his face instantly suppressed Xuan Che's urge to draw his sword angrily.
Xiao Qi and Xuan Che looked about the same age on the outside, maybe even younger than Xuan Che, but Lin Qingbai could tell that Xiao Qi's ruthlessness was cultivated through thousands of cuts and axe.
Although Xuan Che is his chief disciple, his martial arts and magic power are among the best among his disciples, but he has never experienced any setbacks and trials, and he spends his days in the fairy clan practicing martial arts, and he is still an inexperienced boy.
A fledgling shoot, and a branch standing upright in the storm.
How do the two compare?
At this moment, the small boat also entered the fastest section of the river, everyone was a little rickety, and Xuanche began to lose his balance when he was standing.
But Xiao Qi's footsteps are still steady, as if he can't detect the fluctuation of the boat.
Such mana is really unfathomable.
Lin Qingbai stood up, grabbed Xuanche's wrist, and protected Xuanche behind her.
He looked directly into Xiao Qi's eyes and said, "Young Master Xiao, if my apprentice offends you, I will apologize for him, but I don't know if Young Master Xiao suddenly got up and wanted to take my things, can it be considered an offense?"
Xiao Qi looked at Lin Qingbai's movement of protecting Xuanche, his brows and eyes sank, he stared at Lin Qingbai's eyes for a while, and suddenly sneered.
He bent down and raised his hand to pick up a black caterpillar from Lin Qingbai's package.
That caterpillar has fine hairs on its body, and its skin is black and shiny. You can even see the black slurry flowing inside the caterpillar through the light. It is fat and long, and it looks terrifying.
It twisted its body vigorously in Xiao Qi's fingertips, sometimes bowed into a circle, and sometimes warped its head.
Seeing such a disgusting bug, Mu Yan gasped, and moved to the side.
Not to mention Mu Yan, even Lin Qingbai frowned uncomfortable looking at this kind of bug.
However, Xiao Qi pinched the bug tightly in his palm with his backhand, only to hear a puffing sound, the bug was pinched and exploded in his palm, and black sticky juice dripped down Xiao Qi's palm.
He looked at Lin Qingbai expressionlessly and said: "I just saw a worm crawling on Mr. Fu's package, thinking that Mr. Fu is such a precious package, and I was afraid that the worm would crawl in and eat the contents, so I wanted to catch it, to relieve the young master's worries, but I never thought that the young master would react so strongly."
"..."
Xiao Qi squinted his eyes, and asked with words as if to question: "Mr. Fu is worried that Mr. Xiao will rob you of his things?"
"...."
Lin Qingbai's hands were clenched into fists, and he was dumbfounded.
He really judges people by appearance, and feels that the person in front of him is dangerous, so he is on guard against every move he makes.
Lin Qingbai said hoarsely, "Sorry."
After Xiao Qi heard it, he didn't buy it. He laughed, turned around and sat back on his seat, rinsed his hands stained with the black juice of the bug in the water, and said in a faint voice: "I was not interested in the son's package at first., but now I also want to know what unseen treasure the young master brought with him when he went down to earth on purpose."
After speaking, Xiao Qi turned around and looked at Lin Qingbai calmly.
Lin Qingbai suddenly felt a murderous aura attacking him, he slowly turned his palm over, concentrating all the mana in his palm.
Once the mana in his body started to circulate, Lin Qingbai felt a stabbing pain in his heart again, his face turned pale instantly, but he clenched his teeth tightly, his whole body was like an arrow leaving the string, full of guard.
Looking at each other, He Fangling felt that something was wrong, he walked forward with a light smile to smooth things over and said, "Young Master Xiao, my brother's package is just some relics of the old man, it's nothing new, and it's not anything precious."Itβs a thing, only my senior brother is very precious, I hope Mr. Xiao will forgive me, the black eagle who is about to pass by the bridge of mortals, donβt make trouble again.β
A few people turned their heads and took a look, and sure enough, the black shadow of the arch bridge in the distant white mist appeared in the air again, approaching everyone little by little.
Xiao Qi looked slowly at the powerful spiritual power floating in the waves in Lin Qingbai's palm.
He raised his eyebrows, said with a faint smile: "I was just joking, and I have no other intentions, Mr. Fu, don't be nervous."
Lin Qingbai rolled his Adam's apple, pursed his mouth tightly, and didn't say any more.
His feeling is not wrong, Xiao Qi was really murderous at this moment just now.
If he hadn't wanted to go to Mortal Bridge, if he hadn't seen the powerful spiritual power in Lin Qingbai's palm that could crush the entire cave, he would have rushed over and attacked several people.
The boat gradually reached under the bridge of mortals, everyone held their breath, Lin Qingbai kept breathing, looked up at Xiao Qi, but saw Xiao Qi also looking at him.
Xiao Qi didn't stop breathing.
In this boat, only Lin Qingbai and Xiao Qi came back from the mortal world.
Lin Qingbai didn't understand why there were so many people on this boat, but Xiao Qi always looked at him.
To say that there is malice in his eyes is not necessarily the case.
His eyes always have an incomprehensible meaning, as if he wants to see through Lin Qingbai, even when there is a smile in his eyes, Lin Qingbai is very uncomfortable.
Waiting for everyone to come, after passing the Mortal Bridge, the black eagle on it was once again hidden in the shadows.
There were no waves on the road ahead, the boat went down the mountain range, and the smoke covered the bottom of the boat, which seemed like a fairy tale.
Neither side spoke anymore.
After the conflict just now, the people on both sides looked at me and I looked at you, the atmosphere was a bit dignified.
On the contrary, the black eagle on Xiao Qi's shoulder was very friendly to Lin Qingbai. It flew in the sky and looked at Lin Qingbai for a while, then landed on Lin Qingbai's lap.
Seeing that Lin Qingbai didn't dodge it, it looked up at Lin Qingbai and yelled twice. Even its sharp claws only gently clawed at Lin Qingbai's clothes, not daring to scratch deeply into his flesh..
The eagle eyes of the black eagle looked at Lin Qingbai for a while, and suddenly he seemed to see something, and suddenly flew to Xiao Qi with his wings flashing, and called to Xiao Qi.
The cry was urgent, as if it wanted to say something, but couldn't say it, it flew back and forth between the two of them in a hurry.
Xiao Qi looked at it for a while, then said with a deep voice: "Xiaobai seldom treats others like this. It seems that he likes Mr. Fu very much."
Lin Qingbai didn't respond to his words, and didn't even glance at him.
This scene seems to be sinking again.He Fang changed the topic and said, "I haven't asked Mr. Xiao what it means to return to the mortal world?"
Xiao Qi didn't care about Lin Qingbai's indifference this time, his hand drooped on the edge of the boat, and he snapped his fingers, the black eagle stopped flying around in the air, and landed on his shoulder obediently.
Xiao Qi said it very frankly: "I am different from Mr. Fu. Mortals are fragile. I have no old friends in the mortal world that I can't let go of. It's just that among the eagles I tamed, only Xiaobai is the most obedient, so I went down to find him.".β
After finishing speaking, Xiao Qi waved his hand, his sleeves fluttered down, and the black eagle spread its wings and soared in the valley.
Xiao Qi looked up at the black eagle in the air intently, with handsome eyebrows and sharp mandibles.
I saw his Adam's apple rolled twice, and he sighed in a very low voice: "An eagle is better than a man. It is only loyal to one person in its life and will never betray... What do you think, Mr. Fu?"
Lin Qingbai's hands tightly held the package by his side, so hard that his joints became pale, his chest heaved twice, and he looked back at Xiao Qi coldly without responding.
Xiao Qi raised his eyebrows, followed Lin Qingbai's wrist to see the package tightly held in his palm, smiled and said: "How did I forget, Mr. Fu still has old friends who can't let go in the mortal world. Since there isIf you canβt let go, then you have never experienced betrayal.β
Xiao Qi's voice was low, as if he was expressing his own exclamation casually, and every word he said could hit the sore spot in Lin Qingbai's heart, every word repeatedly tore in Lin Qingbai's heart.
He has been through...
How has he not experienced betrayal...
Lin Qingbai's heart suddenly stabbed, and he was a little out of breath from the pain.
Xiao Qi leaned forward slowly, his eyes locked on Lin Qingbai's eyes, he teased Lin Qingbai with a faint smile, and still sprinkled salt on his wound.
"After experiencing betrayal, Mr. Fu will know that all the good things in the mortal world are like flowers in the mirror and the moon in the water. When you are calm, how beautiful you look. If you touch it with your fingers, there will be nothing... If you experienceover these,
Mr. Fu is afraid that he will also hate the mortal world and never want to come back..."
The bloody smell from Lin Qingbai's mouth was bitten by him.
He didn't know what Xiao Qi had experienced in the mortal world, but his mere words were like a file, scraping Lin Qingbai's heart back and forth, like cutting fish scales,Blood dripped from Lin Qingbai's cut flesh, and the pain was unbearable.
He experienced more than betrayal?How much more than just a few words can be taken away?
Lin Qingbai's heart ached terribly, he bent down slightly, his fingertips trembling, trying to cover his heart.
Even if Lin Qingbai can bear it very well, even if he has been enduring the pain by force and making himself look like nothing happened, now he is almost unable to hold back...
At this moment, the boat reached the end of the river, and the surrounding things suddenly began to change drastically.
In just an instant, before everyone had time to prepare, the boat suddenly began to fall.
The sense of weightlessness struck again, even stronger than when it came. The rushing waterfalls around them hit them overwhelmingly, and every blow was so painful that it made people grind their teeth.
ββThe Digging Waterfall is the most dangerous place in the entire mortal journey.
If someone accidentally falls from the boat, they will continue to fall into the darkness like the tortured people of the Witch Clan, never stopping.
Lin Qingbai was already feeling uncomfortable, but now under the darkness, everyone's bodies were bumping back and forth in the small boat, staggering to and fro.
The screams of the crowd continued, and the sound of water and wind kept pouring into their ears.
Lin Qing was dizzy, his hand was holding the boat tightly, but the whole bump hit him, and his heart hurt so badly, his fingers loosened his grip feebly, and he was about to be caught in the boat.throw it down.
Xiao Qi was looking closely at Lin Qingbai.
The jolting of the boat was nothing to a powerful immortal, but Xiao Qi saw Lin Qingbai suddenly let go of his hand, and his body was so limp that he was about to fall out.
Lin Qingbai's face was pale, his body was thin, and the hem of the gauze clothes fluttered in the wind, just like the unsteady current, as if he would melt into the water in the next second, and then fell into the abyss.
Xiao Qi's body shook suddenly, his pupils constricted, and the indifferent smile on his face just now disappeared, and he shouted: "Grab the boat!"
After finishing speaking, Xiao Qi raised his hand subconsciously before he could react. Amidst the endless wind, he grabbed Lin Qingbai's arm and pulled Lin Qingbai into his arms fiercely.Holding Lin Qingbai's narrow waist.
All the water rushing down from the waterfall hit him, but he gritted his teeth and said nothing.
Lin Qingbai was protected in his arms, and that familiar feeling suddenly hit her, making Lin Qingbai's heart ache so hard that she couldn't breathe, and her eyes suddenly turned red.
Lin Qingbai was so weak that he could only let Xiao Qi hold him tightly, but his fingers pinched Xiao Qi's back hard, trying to make him let go.
But Xiao Qi's hands were like two iron chains, pressing Lin Qingbai tightly into his arms, unable to struggle or move.
The surroundings were too chaotic, perhaps because of Xiao Qi's words, Lin Qingbai's heart felt dizzy and his mind was confused.
At this moment, this embrace, Lin Qingbai couldn't help but think of that person...
Arrogant, rude, domineering, unreasonable...
Every time he held Lin Qingbai in his arms, he didn't know how to cherish him at all. He would only use a brute force to push people into his arms, and he didn't realize at all whether his unresistable strength was right.Will hurt his master......
Maybe it was too painful, Lin Qingbai pinched Xiao Qi's back tightly with his fingertips, and his fingertips sank into his flesh, leaving a trail of blood on his back.
And Lin Qingbai's eyes were red with pain, and tears fell drop by drop, mixed in the endless mist around him, and disappeared.