An oasis in the sand, a bonfire.

"Creak, creak..." The sound of flames burning branches was particularly clear in the long night. The flames attracted many flying insects, but also made many wild animals afraid to get close.

Her face felt so hot and her head felt so heavy... Tan Jing seemed to be awakened by the excitement of the night. Her eyelashes trembled slightly, her arms were particularly sore, and her lower back felt cold, as if she was pressed against something hard.

"Water, water..." Tan Jing's breathing drowned out the sound of the long night. Lu Xing quickly handed over a kettle, which was a hollowed-out fruit shell. Seeing that Tan Jing could not open her eyes in a daze, Lu Xing

He used his right hand to spread her lips apart, and then used his fingers to pry open the shell teeth. Only then could the water pour into Tan Jing's mouth unimpeded.

"Cough, cough..." She was about to choke on the water. She covered her chest with one hand and coughed. Her tired eyes finally raised. Everything around her seemed to be in a trance. The salty smell in her mouth made her uncomfortable.

Tan Jing blinked, seemed to have come back to her senses, and asked: "Aren't we at the beach?"

Lu Xing handed the "kettle" into Tan Jing's hands and explained: "Thank you for taking me to the shore in the sea. After that, you fell into a coma from exhaustion. When I woke up and happened to hit the high tide, I hugged you...

"

"Hey, my body stinks so much," Tan Jing was smelling the smell on her body. She didn't seem to listen to Lu Xing's words seriously. After a while, she raised her head and asked, "Can I take a shower?"

"Although there is a small lake here, it is formed by the accumulation of rainwater from the sky, and there is animal excrement everywhere. I am afraid that I will not be able to find a place to bathe." Lu Xing explained.

Tan Jing smiled, as if she heard something very happy, and said: "Water is good, I have other ways."

"By the way, young master, do you want to come with us?" Tan Jing blinked, her eyes bright.

Let's... take a bath together? Lu Xing trembled all over, and almost lost his center of gravity while squatting. He relied on his hands to support the ground to avoid falling.

"Young Master..." Tan Jing raised the corner of her mouth and said, "I mean, Master, can you help me dig a slightly larger pit?"

"Master, just follow me..."

The forest is not big, only a hundred paces, and there is a lake in the middle.

On one side of the lake, Lu Xing used his sword to eradicate all the surrounding vegetation, and then used his sword to dig out a pit as high as a person to serve as a bathtub.

"Thank you so much, sir," Tan Jing thanked her. She raised her hand and wrote the word "net" in the air with great aura. After the word "net" fell into the small lake and the water in it was washed and clear, she then wrote the word "move".

, I saw the water in the lake floating up and then moving to the pit on the side.

This is okay... Lu Xing watched it silently and felt that Confucian magic was really convenient and much more practical than harsh Taoist magic.

"Sir, can you stay away a little, I, I'm going to take off my clothes." Tan Jing's voice was as soft as a hummingbird.

"Okay," Lu Xing picked up his steps and left. After walking a little further, he slowed down his steps slightly and shouted loudly with his back on his back: "If the girl is in danger, you can shout for help." Huo Luo walked all the way.

Finally, we came out of the woods.

Returning to the original campfire, Lu Xing took off all the clothes on his upper body and placed them in front of the campfire.

"Master, why don't you go see Sister Tan take a bath?" Xiao Gu asked, sitting on the sand.

Hearing this, Lu Xing threw a stone at Xiao Gu angrily. Although it couldn't hit Xiao Gu, it still relieved his anger.

"When the master opened the way last time, didn't I take a bath in the small pool nearby? The master watched it with gusto!" Xiao Gu shook his head, his eyes pure.

Haha, does it count to paddle in the pond with your clothes on? Lu Xing curled his lips and was too lazy to talk to Xiao Gu.

"Clothes?" Xiao Gu could hear Lu Xing's thoughts. She pointed at the yellow skirt on her body and whispered, "Then I'll take it off..."

"Wait!" Lu Xing was frightened by Xiao Gu's words. He had to tell Xiao Gu some common sense. If he came out of the sword spine without clothes one day, Lu Xing couldn't even imagine the scene.

"Xiao Gu, there are two words in this world: chastity and purity. If a woman's body under her clothes is easily seen by others, she has lost her chastity and will be cast aside by the world."

"So, from now on, in front of me, you must wear your clothes tightly, and your skirt must be above the knees. Today, your skirt is short." Lu Xing's words changed midway. There was no way. Xiao Gu couldn't be reasonable.

If he doesn't want to listen, then he can only give orders as the master. If he is given instructions in the future, Xiao Gu will probably understand the reason. This is what Lu Xing thinks.

"Yes," Xiao Gu nodded thoughtfully.

After about a quarter of an hour, Tan Jing came out of the woods.

"Young master, I've been waiting for a long time." Tan Jing tied up her black hair with a wooden hairpin and sat down next to Lu Xing, hugging her legs.

Tan Jing's eyes fell on Lu Xing's back. Shocking wounds, one and a half feet long and several inches short, were all over Lu Xing's back. She asked in shock: "Master, is this? Why..."

"Hey," hearing Tan Jing's confusion, Lu Xing raised his head and looked at the shock in Tan Jing's eyes. He suddenly realized that there were many wounds on his back and explained: "Don't worry, they are all old wounds.

It’s gone. It’s just that the appearance is a bit uglier, but it doesn’t leave any root cause.”

Tan Jing's eyes flashed, her interlocked fingertips tightened, her brows furrowed, and she said with concern: "I have a good medicine for treating trauma, which is best for eliminating scars. When the Wen Dao relics are found, I will let someone..."

"Is it snow jade ointment?" Lu Xing interrupted Tan Jing's words. Looking at the surprised look in his eyes, he smiled slightly: "That's not necessary. Miss Tan will not forget my identity."

Tan Jing picked at the corner of her skirt with her fingertips and looked at Lu Xing with a somewhat evasive gaze, but she could always see Lu Xing's scarred back clearly from all angles.

"Are you curious as to why you, Lu Xing, as the heir of the North Land, have so many scars on your back? There are ways to remove scars, but you still have to let these ugly scars stay on your back." Lu Xing looked at Tan.

Jing's expression showed a smile.

Tan Jing raised her eyebrows slightly, her expression was a little panicked at first, but she soon calmed down and said, "Well, would you, Lu Xing, be willing to tell me?"

Lu Xing raised his eyebrows, stretched out his right hand, and said, "Squeeze your hands for me, and I'll tell you."

Kneading, squeezing hands... Tan Jing was a little surprised and thought: Could it be that the dignified prince of the North would have such a special hobby? After about ten breaths, Tan Jing still stretched out his hands and placed them steadily on Lu Xing

On the palm of my hand, my eyes were half closed, my upper lip was pressed against my lower lip, and a cloud of cloud appeared on my cheek.

Lu Xing's fingers used a little force and gently pinched the white surfaces of Tan Jing's thumbs. After trying both positive and negative directions, Lu Xing withdrew his hand and made a decision in his heart: Look, give me the note.

That person is not Tan Jing, who could it be? How can a man have gentle hands? Is it my imagination?

Tan Jing silently retracted her hand, her movements a little slow. Because Lu Xing only tapped the front and back sides lightly, and there was no pinching at all. Just now, she thought Lu Xing had a hobby of playing with other people's hands, but now it seems that he is.

Misunderstood.

For some reason, Tan Jing seemed a little unhappy and sighed: "Your Majesty, can you tell me now? The scars on your back."

"Let me tell you a story." Lu Xing threw some firewood into the bonfire, and the weak flames suddenly became stronger.

"On a snowy night, a boy about ten years old broke into a room."

"There was thick water mist floating inside. The water mist came from a wooden barrel. There was a woman taking a bath in the wooden tunnel."

"That was the first time I saw my sister's body. Others say that a beautiful woman's back is like a jade or willow tape, and I thought so before." Lu Xing seemed to realize that he had called himself the little boy in the story.

, but he smiled and didn't care much.

"Miss Tan, have you ever seen snake skin?" Lu Xing did not expect Tan Jing's reply, and continued: "The scales are big and the color is ugly, and the shape is weird and scary."

"Then let me tell you, my sister's back is not as beautiful as snake skin." At this point, Lu Xing's voice was silent for a few seconds.

"I once asked her why she didn't use plaster to remove these ugly wounds? She said they were not wounds, but battles one after another, and what remained on them were the souls of the North soldiers."

"I asked again why there were no wounds on my sister's arms and face? She said that she was not a person. Her face and arms were meant to be seen by outsiders. This is the face of the North."

The bonfire jumped, reflecting in Lu Xing's pupils, as if it was as hot as a flame.

"She asked me, does my sister have a pretty face?"

"I said, it looks good!"

"then……"

"Ugh..." Lu Xing's mouth was blocked by Tan Jing's soft jade hands. Tears were seen hanging from the corners of her eyes, and her voice became slightly choker: "So Lu Xing wanted to imitate her, so he kept a few words.

Scars.”

"I know that Lu Xing's sister was at the top of the mountain at the age of nineteen. At the age of twenty-three, she created her own seventh level of martial arts - Tian Zhanren. The world calls her Martial Immortal." Tan Jing lowered her eyes.

After a while, she released the hand that blocked Lu Xing's mouth and said: "As a woman, I know how difficult it is to practice Taoism. A traceless sword has suppressed the men in the world and cannot lift their heads for nearly twenty years."

"Although I don't practice martial arts, as a Confucian scholar, I am very admired..." Tan Jing nodded vigorously, and the crystal tears fell, and the splashing water was extremely brilliant.

Lu Xing was slightly startled. Looking at Tan Jing's smile as bright as a sunflower, his heart warmed and he smiled slightly.

Riding on the bonfire, the two leaned on the bluestone and looked up into space. Perhaps because of the Wen Dao ruins, the light of the stars was as dim as if separated by a layer of gauze, but the moonlight shone brightly as always.

"Sister, although I don't know where you are now, you must take good care of yourself."

"I will go home after we leave the Wen Dao ruins. When you are not at home, I will guard our common home for you."

"Also, I met a girl named Tan Jing today. She is a married woman and is very well-read."

"It's just that I don't know if my sister will like her..."

Lu Xing looked up at the sky. Whenever he thought of Lu Shuang, his mind would relax like never before, just like an infant child.

He had no other relatives since he was a child, and was raised by his eldest sister Lu Shuang. But Lu Shuang once said that they actually had a very powerful older brother...
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