Chapter Eleven: What Is Human Love?(1/2)
"Sister, sister..." The little boy named Xu Chen shook Xueyan's arm and called her softly.
Xueyan came to her senses. "Xiaochen, where is your home? Sister sent you home."
According to the address Xiaochen mentioned, Xueyan stood in front of a luxurious mansion. The grand red painted and gold-bottomed gate had faded. The stone lions on both sides were also covered with spider webs. It seemed that no one had repaired it for a long time. Such a mansion should be a wealthy family at first glance, but there were no servants guarding the gate. It looked like it had been abandoned for a long time. The dilapidated plaque had two big words "Xu Mansion", which seemed to record the glory of the past.
Xueyan walked up and was about to knock on the door, but Xu Chen, who followed Xueyan, pushed the door open directly. The door creaked and opened, and there was a dilapidated scene inside, with dead branches and leaves falling all over the courtyard, the carved jade railings and stone steps covered with dust. The huge courtyard was empty and desolate, and there was obviously no trace of the glory of the past.
Xiaochen pulled Xueyan down the stone steps and came to a side hall on the left. The room was not big, but it was quite clean. It should be that people often cleaned it. Xiaochen skillfully took the candle and lit it on the candlestick. He sat next to Xueyan, lowered his head and didn't say anything.
Xueyan asked tentatively: "Xiaochen, where is your family?" Looking at such a young child and living alone in such a large house, it was really empty, and I couldn't help feeling pity, afraid that this question about happiness would break this lonely heart.
The simple words "dead." are without any emotion, and you cannot hear the pain of losing your family, nor the sorrow of being alone.
"Are you the only one living here?" Xueyan was a little confused, but she was more pity.
"I have an older brother, but..." the child stammered and refused to continue, raised his head suddenly, faced Xueyan, and whispered: "Sister, can you accompany me? I don't want to be alone." A little helplessness was revealed in his words.
The child lowered his head again, and his voice gradually became so weak that he could hardly hear it. "I am very scared alone..." Xueyan hugged the little boy in his arms and patted his back, but she didn't know how to soothe his lonely heart. She couldn't understand the feeling of being gnawed by loneliness, but she is a demon now, how could she take care of a human child?
It was already dark. Xueyan looked at Xu Chen's sleeping little face, gently covered him with a quilt, put it on his waist and placed it next to his pillow, quietly opened the door, and walked out.
As night was approaching, there were still some people on the street who had closed their stalls and returned late. After a day of coming out, Yang Liu and the others must be very worried. Xueyan dared not delay for a moment and walked quickly towards Bihua Mountain. As soon as she stepped out of the gate of Xu's house, she had not walked very far. A common Taoist, holding a whisk in her hand, stood in the middle of the street blocking Xueyan's way.
The Taoist priest stared at Xueyan with his eyes frowned, and he looked at her. Xueyan saw that the Taoist priest seemed to have noticed her identity. Although she was a monster, she did not want to have any conflict with humans. She buried her head forward and ignored the Taoist priest's suspicion.
"Monster! Where to go!" With this shout, the streets that were originally noisy suddenly became quiet. People on the street focused their eyes on Xue Yan, with panic, curiosity, and surprise.
"Don't hide in the mountains and forests and practice hard, run to the town to do evil, and see if I will destroy you!" As he said that, the Taoist priest walked a few steps towards Xueyan, raised his whisk and stared at Xueyan.
When the Taoist priest heard that the demons were about to subdue demons, the others on the street shouted and threw down their things, hiding everywhere in panic, fearing that the trouble would affect him. When the Taoist priest saw that the people around him were almost running away, he raised the whisk in his hand and threw it towards Xueyan. Xueyan took a few steps back, stood still, and drew his sword.
With a sound of "Zheng!", the sound of gold and stone, the three-foot green peak was unsheathed, and the silver-white sharpness poured down, which was particularly dazzling in this dark night.
The Taoist priest was slightly stunned when he saw the holy light. A demon could actually control the fairy sword, and he was really surprised.
Before he could walk a few steps, a severe pain came from his right shoulder. Xueyan bit his lip, took a slight step, and went up to him. The Taoist priest's magic is so powerful. Xueyan frequently resists it and has no power to fight back.
Seeing that the Taoist priests had the upper hand, people stood up with courage. A few cheers came from the crowd. Xueyan couldn't resist and hurriedly shook out thousands of sword flowers. The silver-white sword blades were wandering in the air, like a silver dragon circling in the sky. The Taoist priest seemed a little surprised. This was not a magic trick, but how could a monster have the ability of an immortal?
Seeing the Taoist priest being shocked and his attack gradually slowed down, Xueyan also restrained the sword in his hand to avoid accidentally hurting him.
But the Taoist priest did not mean to let Xueyan go. He seemed to want to capture her first. The two of them were a bit stalemate and it was difficult to tell the difference for a while. Suddenly, a woman walked out of the crowd and shouted, "Stop!"
More and more people gathered, and the streets became lively again, and everyone was talking about it.
The woman walked slowly towards Xueyan, her long hair was tied up high, wearing a purple gauze, a jade pendant hanging around her waist, and a sword in her hand. She pointed at Xueyan and shouted: "The children in the town were not taken away by her."
Someone in the crowd echoed: "Yes, I also saw that she saved the child during the day. She was obviously a girl's house, so how could it be a monster!"
"Such a pretty girl shouldn't be able to eat people!"
"If the Taoist priest doesn't believe it, please take a closer look. Does she have the smell of human blood on her body?" the woman in purple added.
Although Xueyan was born in a human and now she is a demon, she grew up in the heavens and is considered a banished immortal. She was wearing white clothes and holding the Soxue Sword in her hand. She was independent of the world and was out of the dust. No matter how she looked, she didn't look like an evil spirit.
There were many different opinions for a while, and the Taoist priest was also examining Xueyan and guessing her identity. It was really strange that a demon who knew spiritual skills was really strange.
A woman squeezed out of the crowd. "Master, Taoist Master, you misunderstood. This girl is a great good person!" The woman gasped and continued, "During the daytime, my little tiger was saved by this girl. If she hadn't saved her righteously, my little tiger would have been killed. Taoist Master, you can't catch her, she is a great good person." Xueyan recognized her, it was the woman she met during the day.
After hearing this, the Taoist priest put away the whisk and said loudly: "Since that's the case, I will advise the girl, accumulating good relationships is the way to become an immortal. I hope the girl can do it for herself!" After that, he left.
The woman nodded to Xueyan, turned around and left in a hurry. It was getting late, and the people watching the fun all dispersed.
Xueyan put away her sword and turned to the woman in purple and smiled. "Thank you for helping me."
The woman in purple leaned close to Xueyan and whispered: "Actually, I know you are a demon."
Xueyan was shocked and lowered her head without saying a word. Since she was discovered, there was nothing to justify, let alone she was a demon herself.
Seeing that Xueyan didn't say anything, the woman hurriedly took Xueyan's hand and blinked playfully. "Junior sister, it's me, Hua Ruoxi!"
"Senior Sister Ruoxi?" Xueyan raised her head and stared at the woman in front of her, and screamed in surprise. Her heart was filled with joy. Without special instructions, the immortal was not allowed to come to the world without authorization. This was also to maintain the order of the three realms. After so many years, she suddenly met an old friend from the heaven. Xueyan was extremely happy.
"Although we haven't seen each other for thousands of years, we have grown up and changed, but when we see the Poxue Sword in your hand and your sharp spiritual skills, I know that it must be you and you will not be wrong."
Xueyan smiled slightly. When she left the heaven, except for the jade pendant given to her by her senior brother, only Po Xuejian was always with her.
"Junior sister, how good are you in the world?" Hua Ruoxi asked with a smile.
"I'm all fine." Xueyan nodded and asked softly: "How are the master and all the brothers and sisters?"
"Well, it's all good." Hua Ruoxi replied. "After the last battle, the Demon World did not dare to infringe again. The Three Realms are peaceful and we have always been peaceful."
Xueyan breathed a sigh of relief, Hua Ruoxi approached Xueyan and asked with a smile: "You won't ask Senior Brother Ye Feng if it's okay?"
Xueyan was a little embarrassed, but couldn't hide her longing and asked in a low voice: "Senior Brother Ye Feng, how are he doing?"
"Since you left, he has less words. He always sits alone on the roof of Bicao Pavilion and plays the flute blankly. Not long ago, the spirit of the Supreme Good Spirit suddenly left the heavenly realm. It premonitioned that the evil soul of the Demon Realm also came to the earth. The Demon Realm was ready to move, and the three realms were facing catastrophe again. Brother, he was afraid that you would be in danger. He submitted to the Emperor of Heaven several times and asked him to come to the earth to find you, but the Emperor of Heaven did not agree." Hua Ruoxi said. "He has lost his immortal power. How dangerous it is to come to the earth!"
"He hasn't come to the world, right?" Xueyan asked anxiously, and then mumbled himself to comfort him. "No, he knew that he could not come to the world without orders. He has always been cautious and would not violate the instructions of the heavenly realm." Although he said so, he felt panicked. The senior brother has always been the pride of his master and the pride of Holy Spirit Mountain. If he disobeys the upper realm, he will definitely bring disaster to Holy Spirit Mountain.
"He is here." Hua Ruoxi said lightly.
"Come? How is that possible?" Xueyan looked at her with her eyes fixedly, her heart wobbled. "How is it possible? If you leave the heaven privately, you will be demoted!"
"The ghost clan has not given up waking up the Ghost Emperor, and they stretched their claws to the earth, as if they were going to chaotic dynasties in the earth. The upper realm originally wanted to send Senior Brother Quan Qiong to the earth to deal with it, but Senior Brother Ye Feng volunteered several times and had already received the answer from the Emperor of Heaven." Hua Ruoxi took a deep breath. "He is really here."
"Has he arrived in the world?" Hua Ruoxi looked firm, not like he was lying. Xueyan was shocked and asked anxiously. "Where is he? Where is he now?"
Ye Feng's immortal power is used to seal the fire glaze in his body. How can he fight against the ghost tribe in the demon world by relying solely on sword techniques? How can he deal with this huge gap in strength?
"I don't know either." Hua Ruoxi replied. "He came first. According to the time between heaven and earth, he has been in the realm for two years. However, he has lost his immortal power and is already a mortal fetus with naked eyes. I'm afraid it's difficult to find you, so he has not been able to find you yet."
Xueyan sighed deeply. "Why did he do..."
Xueyan still remembered that on the night before leaving, Ye Feng did not blame her for acting alone and letting the evil soul go. He didn't even mention this matter. He just sat quietly beside her and accompanied her. When the blame and humiliation were overwhelmingly pointing at Xueyan, Xueyan also asked him why he didn't blame her for breaking the rules of heaven and shamed the Holy Spirit Mountain. He just asked quietly, "Why should I blame you for doing what you think is right?"
Ye Feng is the person who knows Xueyan the best, and his tolerance makes Xueyan speechless.
"Who can tell the love in this world clearly?" Hua Ruoxi sighed lightly, as if comforting Xueyan and herself. "Senior brother treats you with deep affection and friendship, I think he will find you soon."
"I don't know where he is now?" Xueyan looked up at the sky and asked herself.
"No matter where he is, he will always find you." Hua Ruoxi comforted him. "Senior brother, he is from the world, he must be at ease here, don't worry."
"Senior sister, why are you here in the world?" Xueyan asked softly for a while.
"After you were demoted to the human world, I became the servant of the Supreme Benefit Spirit, but the spiritual body of the Supreme Benefit Spirit did not choose me." Hua Ruoxi shook his head in disappointment and continued: "Not long ago, the spiritual body of the Supreme Benefit Spirit had some abnormal movements. He had a premonition that the evil soul came to the human world, and it also followed the human world. The heavenly world had an order to ask me to find the whereabouts of the Supreme Benefit Spirit."
"Has found it?"
"Not found yet." Hua Ruoxi shook her head. "I think it may have found the most good person and placed it on his soul."
"Then you must find this most good person quickly, bring him back to heaven, and resist the invasion of the demon world."
"I'm talking about it, but I have no clue at all." Hua Ruoxi sighed. "I have protected the Supreme Benefit Spirit for three thousand years and cannot communicate with it. I can't sense its location at all. I have searched many ancient books about the Supreme Benefit Spirit. The book records that the Supreme Benefit Spirit is a baby, the pure soul of the most good people in these three realms. I see it as just a bright bead. I asked many people that they said it was just a bright bead. I tried to make myself excellent. I wanted to communicate with the Supreme Benefit Spirit and make it merge with me. But my efforts were in vain. It left the heaven to find the true Supreme Benefit."
"Senior sister, you look bad, are you hurt?" Xueyan asked with concern.
"As soon as I arrived in Quancheng, I was injured by people from the Demon Realm. They wanted to force me to tell me the whereabouts of the Supreme Spirit." Hua Ruoxi replied.
"The people from the Demon Realm are here too?" Xueyan asked in surprise.
"Yes, now that the spirit of the best is reappearing, the people in the Demon Realm will definitely want to get rid of it and untie the seal of Han Tian. If they are allowed to succeed, the three realms will face another catastrophe." Hua Ruoxi pondered. "You must take the people in the Demon Realm back to the heaven before they find the spirit of the best. Otherwise, the spirit of the best is eliminated by the Demon Realm, and no one can control the cold world. If the world dominates the three realms, the world will inevitably be in chaos. I think there will be a fierce battle soon."
"Senior sister, do you have any clues?" Xueyan was also a little worried when she heard Hua Ruoxi say this.
"It's been almost a year since I've been in the world, and there's no news about the Supreme Spirit." Hua Ruoxi shook her head. "But today I passed by here and met you, junior sister, that's a great reward!"
Xueyan was about to say something, a little girl in pink clothes ran over panting. "Miss, Miss, the master has given you an order to go back to Jizhou earlier. Prince Ji's birthday party will never be delayed."
"I understand, you go down." Hua Ruoxi nodded and turned to Xueyan to say goodbye. "After I arrived in the world, I was appreciated by Master Wu and became his adopted daughter. I temporarily lived in the National Master's Mansion in Jizhou. In this way, I could avoid the search of the demon world, and I could also use the power of the National Master to help me find the whereabouts of the Supreme Spirit as soon as possible."
"Senior sister, you are injured, be careful in everything." Xueyan was a little worried.
"During this time, I negotiated with this national teacher frequently in Quancheng. I found that he was practicing the witchcraft of the ghost clan. I suspected that he was the person who was placed in the world and disrupted the fate of the country in the world. I guess he was the one he was looking for."
"Since this national master practices witchcraft and is related to the ghost clan, is it safe for senior sister to live in his mansion?" Xueyan was a little worried.
"It doesn't matter, he is just a human being. No matter how high his magic power is, I can protect myself. The most dangerous place is the safest. I use the identity of the national teacher's adopted daughter as a cover. I think people in the demon world won't find me so quickly." Hua Ruoxi smiled slightly. "If my sister has time, you can come to Jizhou to find me."
"Okay, senior sister, you have to take care of yourself." Xueyan was a little reluctant. It took so long to meet again and we were about to part.
"Well, so are you." Hua Ruoxi responded softly and turned around and left.
Xueyan watched her go further and further away, disappearing deep in the night, and turned around and headed towards Bihua Mountain.
The evening breeze in the mountains blew gently, and the thick branches and leaves were blown open their teeth and claws, rustling. The afterglow of the sunset seemed to be torn into pieces by the waving demon claws, shining on the ground mottledly. The dim light set the trees in the forest like hideous ghosts. Xueyan held a sword and walked through the forest. She went down the mountain to buy medicine so late before she came back. Yang Liu and the others were afraid that they would be anxious. At the end of the path, they saw Yang Liu sitting in the pavilion, and Xiao Qi teased the fireflies flying in the air.
"Liu'er, Xiaoqi." Xueyan walked over and said hello.
"Why did you come back at this time? But what happened?" Yang Liu asked worriedly when she saw Xueyan was a little haggard.
"It's okay, why are my sister coming out? I won't have a good rest in the house."
"It's boring to stay in the house, I'll come out to have some breathing." Yang Liu replied. "I think you're tired. Go back and rest. I'll come to get the medicine tomorrow."
"Okay." Xueyan nodded.
It was dark and windy at night. Yangluo was wounded but did not return to her residence. Instead, she turned the mountain road and came to the back of Xukun Cliff. Next to the deep valley, there was a protruding cliff. Yangluo walked over and stood there. There was nothing on the cliff. It was bare and not even a weed grew. The willow looked around and saw that the wind was blowing and trees were shaking, insects and frogs sang.
"Grandpa, are you looking for me?" Yang Liu asked to the cliff.
"Well, I realized that people from the heaven and the demon world have come to the world. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It seems that the time has finally arrived." A hoarse and old voice sounded in front of the stone wall, and the voice was low, as if I hadn't spoken for a long time, but it was still empty everywhere, and I could only hear the sound and not see the person.
To be continued...