Entering the Rivers and Lakes Chapter Thirty-two: Go and go back
More than twenty days later.
Maozhou, more than thirty miles west of Jiangzhou City, Qingyuan Mountain.
After winding more than ten miles deep into the mountain, I saw a small spring sliding from a low cliff to a pool below.
A courtyard with white walls and blue tiles lies quietly beside a pond. The gaps between the bluestone slabs in the courtyard are overgrown with weeds and dead leaves are everywhere. It has obviously been uninhabited for a long time.
This was built by Du Juaner a few years ago with the money she earned from Tianxiang Tower.
The reason is that one day, I can spend this life with my sweetheart in this quiet and secluded place.
At this time, two figures, a man and a woman, appeared on the mountain path leading to the courtyard.
Su Wangting and Du Juaner.
It has been more than 20 days since I escaped from Tieshan Temple, and the effects of the Jie Cao San that Du Juan'er took have long since dissipated.
But her eyes were still dull and she was silent.
Su Wangting saw it in his eyes, but couldn't say anything to comfort him.
He really didn't know how to comfort him.
When Nie Yunfei was pushed towards the enemy's blade, her heart was already broken.
But who would have expected that he would be used by Nie Yunfei again.
You must know that when he, Nie Yunfei, deceived the white jade piece, he could easily take her away.
But she was abandoned like garbage.
This is like stabbing the unhealed knife in Du Juaner's heart again!
Her heart must be bleeding.
Su Wangting deeply understood her feelings at this time.
This reminded him of Liu Ruoling.
The person who once occupied your heart, no matter how he failed you or even persecuted you, he was still there in your wounded and broken heart.
Are you cheap, or is it your fault?
Who can tell clearly.
When the courtyard appeared in Su Wangting's sight, an old man in ragged clothes squatting beside the pool also appeared in his sight.
Dujuan'er was stunned for a moment and whispered: "How could someone show up in such a remote place? Could it be that my yard has been uninhabited for a long time and has been occupied by beggars?"
Su Wangting patted her jade shoulder and comforted her: "It's probably not the case. You go in and clean up first, and I'll ask about that person's condition."
Dujuan'er responded with a gloomy expression, pushed open the courtyard door and walked in.
Su Wangting slowly walked to the old man's side.
"Haha, old man, what about fishing?"
"Yes." The old man didn't look back, he still squatted holding a bamboo pole and stared at the water.
Su Wangting also squatted down next to him and said with a smile: "Old man, there is no line on your bamboo pole, how can you catch fish?"
The old man replied with a smile: "He who has the right and is willing to take the bait will take the bait."
"You don't even have a line, how can you get a fishhook?"
The old man was still staring at the water and said leisurely: "Young man, you can't see everything clearly. Although there is no wire on my pole, how do you know that I didn't put a fishhook under the water?"
Su Wangting laughed out loud and said: "Even if you throw the fishhook down, but it is wirelessly connected to the bamboo pole, wouldn't the fishhook sink to the bottom of the pond?"
The old man glanced at Su Wangting and smiled without saying a word.
At this time, the water surface below the bamboo pole suddenly rippled.
"Huh?" Su Wangting frowned.
The ripples spread out round and round.
The old man smiled and said: "Watch it, young man."
The old man suddenly lifted the bamboo pole, and a grass carp jumped out of the water!
Su Wangting took a closer look and saw a fishhook biting in the fish's mouth. There seemed to be an invisible thread connecting the fishhook to the bamboo pole. The grass carp biting the hook was swinging from side to side as the bamboo pole swayed!
!
Su Wangting's pupils shrank suddenly!!
He was squatting and fell to the ground!
Immediately, cold sweat slid down his forehead and down his face.
This kind of panic should not appear on him.
"No, it's impossible!" Su Wangting pointed at the bamboo pole, "Even with Qi, it's impossible to control an object for a long time! No matter how strong the Qi is, it is instantaneous, and it is impossible to make it as long as a thread.
Time’s Control Fishhook!!”
The old man took off the grass carp and put it beside him without paying any attention to Su Wangting's surprise.
Su Wangting stood up in a hurry, spread out his hands and shouted: "This doesn't make sense!! This situation will never happen in reality, no matter how high your cultivation level is, you can't do it!! Who...are you!?"
The old man washed his hands in the pool unhurriedly, then took out a dry cigarette and lit it. After taking a few puffs, he slowly said: "As you walk in this world, you are surrounded by innate vastness.
I've only opened two channels and haven't met any opponents. Isn't it boring?"
"You!!" Su Wangting's head buzzed, and he staggered back a few steps, "How did you know that I have the innate bloodline!!"
After tapping the cigarette stick on the bluestone, the old man said with a smile: "Innate meridians are extremely rare. And even if you have innate meridians, no power in this world can awaken it."
Su Wangting's chest heaved violently, and his face gradually turned pale.
The old man continued: "But your innate meridians have been awakened, and all eight meridians have awakened at the same time. Is it strange?"
"You...who are you?!"
The old man turned around and stared at the pool without answering.
After a while, he suddenly asked: "Why didn't you jump off the cliff with Qin Ruowei in the first place!?"
Su Wangting's eyes darkened when he heard this, and he almost fell down.
"You...how did you know about Ruowei!! And why did you know that she jumped off the cliff!!"
The old man suddenly laughed up to the sky and pointed his fingers at Su Wangting: "You, you, you... It seems that Qin Ruowei is still too confident. She really thought that you would risk your life and jump off the cliff with her. Hahaha, it was a waste of her.
That’s a lot of hard work!!”
Su Wangting gritted his teeth and shouted angrily: "What do you mean by these words!!! Who are you!!!"
"Do you still want to see her?" the old man suddenly asked.
Su Wangting was stunned when he heard this, and said in silence: "But she has already..."
The old man put his hands behind his back and looked up to the sky and said: "Peep the secrets of heaven to achieve great achievements, hold the nine chapters to reach the mysterious realm! Haha, but for you, you don't need to rely on the nine chapters of heaven's secrets to reach the mysterious realm, but you missed it.
The opportunity, Qin Ruowei's hard work was in vain."
These are the words engraved on the white stone tablet in the desert!!
How did this old man know that!!??
Su Wangting's mind was in chaos. He held his head in his hands, knelt on the ground and shouted in a broken voice: "You...who are you! What is the Dixuan Realm? Why are you asking me if I still want to see Ruowei, but she
He’s obviously dead!!!”
"The secret must not be leaked, young man, I have told you enough. Chapter Nine of the Secret is your last chance. I just can't bear to miss this good material of yours, so I showed up rashly."
Su Wangting raised his head sharply.
The old man has disappeared.
"Chapter 9 of Tianji is my last chance? Ruowei has wasted all her efforts? What does reaching the Xuan Realm mean? And, and..." Su Wangting tore his hair with pain on his face, "He said
What do these words mean?"
"Pap, tap, tap, tap..."
The grass carp kept slapping its tail on the ground and struggling.
Su Wangting slowly raised his head, stood up and walked towards the grass carp.
I saw something shiny hanging in the mouth of the grass carp that was constantly opening and closing. It seemed that the fishhook had not been removed.
Su Wangting caught the grass carp, took off the hook and threw the fish back into the pool.
He lowered his head and looked into his hands.
"Huh!!??" Su Wangting took a breath!
What kind of fishhook is this?
But a sterling silver earring!!
It’s Qin Ruowei’s earrings!
And this earring clearly jumped off the cliff with her!!
"What the hell..."
Su Wangting's vision went dark and he fell to the ground.
…
"Ruowei!!!"
Su Wangting opened his eyes suddenly and grabbed the jade hand that was caressing his forehead.
"What's wrong with you? Why did you faint at the edge of the pond when you were so good?"
Su Wangting took a closer look and saw that it was Du Juan'er.
She was looking at him with concern on her face.
Su Wangting breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly let go of her hand.
"You carried me to the room? How long have I been unconscious?"
Dujuan'er said softly: "After I cleaned the yard, I saw you hadn't come in yet, so I went out to take a look and found you lying by the pool. It had been two hours, and it was already dark."
"Hey!!" Su Wangting covered his face with his hands and wiped the cold sweat from his face, "My mind is a little confused. You can go and rest without worrying about me. We can talk about anything tomorrow."
Dujuan'er responded softly, held the candlestick, and left the room.
Outside the courtyard, the bright moon is in the sky.
The white moonlight shines through the branches and leaves in the mountains, making this quiet courtyard mottled.
Su Wangting slowly walked out of the yard and came to the edge of the pool, looking at the crescent moon reflected in the water.
He was recalling every word the old man said.
He is working hard to piece it together and analyze it.
Recalling that at the bottom of the cliff at a depth of ten thousand feet, I searched for several days but could not find Qin Ruowei's body.
In the end, it was determined that it had been taken away by wild animals.
But the old man not only asked if he wanted to see Qin Ruowei again, but he also left her earrings!
This doesn’t make sense!!
Su Wangting paced back and forth by the pond, constantly asking himself why.
In the end, all the thoughts in his mind pointed to the desert.
That square white stone tablet in the desert!
Recalling the nine small holes on the square stone tablet, Su Wangting thought to himself, should he collect all nine white jade pieces from the Nine Chapters of Tianji and put them into those small holes one by one, then the truth would be revealed?
Is it true that as the old man said, he can still see Qin Ruowei?
Even if there is a separation between yin and yang??
No!!
The old man clearly meant that she was not dead!!
But what on earth is going on!??
"Is it true that the only way to solve the mystery is to collect all the nine chapters of Tianji?" Su Wangting looked up at the bright moon blankly, "At this time, has Nie Yunfei obtained the "Human Scripture" through the moonlight as he wished?"
Next to my ears, there was the chirping of cicadas.
The season has entered early summer.
…
Early morning of the second day.
As soon as Su Wangting walked out of the house, he saw Du Juan'er, who had not applied any makeup, sitting in the courtyard in a daze.
"It's better to live your own life if you're secretly feeling sad." Su Wangting said softly.
Du Juaner suddenly raised her head and looked at him, her eyes bloodshot, obviously she had not slept all night.
"Master Su, tell me, will Nie Yunfei ever change his mind about me?"
Su Wangting was stunned when he heard this, and then shook his head repeatedly.
He didn't know how to answer.
"Yes!! I'm mean! I'm mean! Even though he treats me like nothing, I still miss him!!"
Su Wangting grabbed the jade hands that were tearing his hair wildly, and said softly: "This is not mean, this is human nature. The reason why humans are different from animals is that they have various incomprehensible emotions. The reason why Nie Yunfei became like this
, the cause was me, I shouldn’t have given him the white jade piece, it was me who pushed him, who was on the verge of losing control, into the abyss.”
Du Juaner raised her teary eyes and sobbed: "I...I'm not blaming you...you are a rare good person..."
Su Wangting let go of Du Juan'er's hand and asked softly: "Can you promise me not to think too much and live a good life here for the time being?"
"For now...for now?"
Su Wangting nodded slightly and walked slowly towards the courtyard door: "If you promise me, then I will promise you to bring back the Nie Yunfei in your heart!"
Du Juaner stood up suddenly and looked at the back figure that always made him feel reassured with tears in her eyes.
"Master Su...I..."
"Did you agree?"
Du Juaner bit her red lips and nodded silently.
"Very good, then I'll feel at ease." Su Wangting opened the courtyard door.
Du Juaner took two steps forward: "Where are you going?"
"Jianghu." Su Wangting turned around and showed a warm smile, "Go and come back."
After finishing speaking, the slender figure swept up and disappeared into the mountains.