How many days did they stay in the dark Trial Pavilion? Ten days? Twenty days?
Qiuqiu can't remember it clearly.
In short, when the sun finally shone on her body, Qiuqiu was so happy that she cried with joy. She never felt that the sun was so cute. It was bright and warm. She breathed happily, and she wanted to scream and express her feelings.
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——The end of looking up at the sky for too long is that my eyes hurt and tears are left on my face by the sun.
Well, this is also considered a sadness in another sense.
Qiuqiu sat down cross-legged with tears covering her face, wiping her tears, and began to take stock of her gains in the Trial Pavilion.
Dedication is hard, but the results are fruitful.
In addition to Jinluoyi, she finally got a small medicine cauldron. The cauldron is too small, it is simply a mini cauldron, which can be held up with one hand, only the size of a palm. But the cauldron is also a cauldron, so Qiuqiu accepted it with a smile.
There is also a secret book, a hairpin that is temporarily unknown. Because the hairpin is very feminine, it belongs to her.
Shi'er and Guanwei also gained something, but none of them counted things as carefully as Qiuqiu.
"I won't be on the road today, it's not early, so I'll take a night off."
Qiuqiu put the things back into Qiankun bag with satisfaction: "These days are either taking pills or eating dry food. When you have time, cook some hot soup."
She looked up and looked at the completely different scenery around her: "Is this... this still the second floor?"
“This is the entrance to the third floor.”
Qiuqiu was very curious and looked around while setting a pot to heat up. He almost sprinkled water on himself.
The fire started and the soup was cooked quickly, and bubbled in the pot.
The soup is cooked thick and fragrant.
Qiuqiu served the soup, first gave it to Shi'er, then served Guan Wei a bowl, and finally served it to himself.
The soup was hot, hot and fragrant, and it was drunk in my mouth. I felt like I had come back to life.
After all, Qiuqiu still has not fully adapted to the life of cultivation. The evening drums and morning bells are all in the ancient well, boring and cold. After such days, I feel that I am not at all energetic.
She likes a living and vital life. She is like a family of Dabai and a vigorous vitality like a fire. In her opinion, practicing Taoism is meaningful, but a life full of the atmosphere of fireworks on earth is also meaningful.
Although the latter is very short-lived and fleeting.
Stir in a bowl with a spoon, and there are meat, shrimp, ham, daylily, mushrooms, and vegetable hearts, rich and delicious. The thick soup slid through the tip of the tongue and throat and fell into your stomach.
Qiuqiu's eyes narrowed, and his expression looked like a satisfied cat.
Shi'er watched the heat of the soup rise, pondered for a long time before she remembered to take a sip.
Guan Wei didn't seem to feel hot at all. He raised his head and saw a bowl of soup.
I guess he tasted what the soup tasted. He didn't know what was in the soup at all.
Qiuqiu shook her head, it was a waste.
Qiuqiu fell asleep in a felt blanket near the fire. Before dawn, she opened her eyes in a daze.
Firewood turned into embers, and there were slight flashes of Mars. When the wind blew, Mars lit up. When the wind stopped, Mars became dim again.
She stretched and stood up.
The air in the morning is particularly fresh, and there is even a cool sweet feeling when you suck it into your mouth.
The fragrance of grass leaves and the tide of autumn frost, the birds began to sing in the woods.
Everything around me gradually woke up.
Qiuqiu washed her face and took out a comb to comb her hair smoothly.
When Shi'er slowly approached, she saw such a peaceful and calm scene.
The stream flows, and Qiuqiu is sitting on the bluestone beside the stream and combs his hair.
She was wearing a jade-colored single shirt, raised her arms, and her sleeves slid to her elbows, revealing her fair and beautiful arms. She combed her hair smoothly, split it into two strands and braided it. She heard the sound of Shier approaching her footsteps.
, raised his head and smiled at him.
Shi'er sat down next to her.
"You've gone to practice swordsmanship?"
"Um."
Qiuqiu tied his hair and handed the hairband to Shi'er: "Tie it for me."
In the past, Shi'er helped her tie her hairbands a lot, but Qiuqiu had long been accustomed to it.
Shi'er tied her headband and tied a very standard bow.
Qiuqiu looked at the little mirror that Shi'er gave her, and was very satisfied.
This mirror is the one that Shi'er gave her in the Nine Palace Formation. After Qiuqiu used it, she honestly put it in her pocket without hesitation. This mirror is so practical, it is more useful to her than Shi'er's hands.
many.
The morning in the forest was very cool, and the sun rose from the mountains to the east.
Qiuqiu stood up: "We should go on the road again."
"Wait a minute, the shoelaces are loose again."
Shi'er naturally tied her shoelaces.
Qiuqiu lowered her head and looked at his head, slightly ecstatic.
They are so familiar with each other. After living together for so long, they have long been infected with each other's habits and aura.
Shi'er looked up at her.
The golden light of the sun shines in his eyes, and the light is so dazzling and moving.
Qiuqiu felt a moment of loss of consciousness.
When she came to her senses, Shi'er kissed her.
His lips were fresh scent of grass and trees, and Qiuqiu's mind was blank, and he even forgot to breathe.
Shi'er's hand was tightly held her. Qiuqiu didn't know when her arms wrapped around his neck. She almost forgot everything. Her heartbeat was very fast and heavy in her chest, and it was like a pounding.
Like a drum. Some sounds were buzzing in her ears, and the world seemed to be spinning, making her dizzy and her legs were so weak that she couldn't stand.
Qiuqiu had not come to his senses until Shi'er held her and asked her to lean on his shoulder.
Her face was so hot that she was breathing rapidly, and her whole body was pulled away. She could only lean softly on Shi'er and support could stand.
No matter how much he greeted him, he didn't call anyone, and suddenly...
But it is really strange to say hello to such a thing. Could it be that this noble guy asked her seriously for the meaning of "Can I kiss you?"
Qiuqiu really couldn't imagine that scene.
She pushed her and Shi'er let go of her hand.
Qiuqiu turned around and walked back first. Her steps were a little unnatural at first. Then she accelerated, as light as a deer, and soon climbed to the top of the slope.
For the next half day, she didn't look at Shi'er at all.
It’s not that he was angry, but that Qiuqiu didn’t know what expression to face him.
Is it a stern face? Then would he misunderstand her and be annoyed?
She was a little annoyed, but only a little bit.
But to smile at him? That's even more impossible.
Qiuqiu couldn't do anything as if nothing had happened, and she could never forget the feeling that the kiss in the morning gave her.
Of course it is not as exaggerated as the sky collapses, but she... is very unfamiliar with this feeling, so strange that she is a little scared.
Her body seemed to be no longer her own. Those strange reactions, the strange weakness, the...that feeling that she couldn't describe.
So she could only let herself not go to see Shi'er.
But not going to see it doesn't mean she can ignore his existence.
On the contrary, although her eyes didn't look at him, her whole body seemed to have become more sensitive.
The ears could hear his movements. The nose seemed to smell the breath of his body, and even the skin seemed to be covered with sensors, accurately capturing his movements.
She even felt that the touch of the time still existed on her lips, which was numb and hotter than usual.
Guan Wei was silent as always, as if he didn't feel Qiuqiu's abnormality at all.
Qiuqiu felt that Guan Wei was so smart and smart, maybe he had noticed her strangeness. He pretended to be confused, but actually understood it in his heart.
She felt even more embarrassed when she thought about it this way.
She could only let herself turn her attention to other aspects.
For example, the new environment they are facing now.
The third floor of the trial cave is different from Qiuqiu's imagination.
Why are there different methods in detail?
The first floor is simply a barren mountain and wilderness. The second floor has a Trial Pavilion. There are all kinds of artificial mechanisms in the Trial Pavilion, and there are even puppet puppets, which can almost exist in fake or real situations.
But the third floor is full of people.
Of course, it was a man-made trace from a long time ago.
There are already dilapidated houses, deserted villages, and even hydraulic mills by the river. Of course, the wooden shafts and water wheel leaves have long disappeared in the years. But the heavy stone mill is still in place.
"There were people here before?"
"Maybe."
Qiuqiu didn’t know what kind of place it was before it became a trial cave. Maybe it was a quiet village where people lived and worked in peace.
But where have all those people gone?
Not only did they even see a piece of city wall.
It is not the kind of city wall built with mud bricks and stones in small towns, but the city wall built with bluestone as the basis, although it has been changed for a long time, it has not been completely covered by wasteland trees and weeds.
Flooded.
They continued along the city wall. Not long after walking, a city appeared ahead.
Or it should be said that it was once a city.
Here is empty and quiet, weeds emerge from the cracks of the rocks and grow tenaciously, destroying the streets paved with bluestone beyond recognition. Most of the houses on both sides of the road have been dilapidated and desolate, leaving only broken walls and ruins.
Qiuqiu turned around and looked carefully at the place where it should be the city gate.
She found two ancient characters.
"Huacheng?" Qiuqiu read it softly.
From their departure until now, for most of the day, they have encountered no ferocious beasts or any difficulties.
Where is the third level trial?
Is there any mystery in this already deserted city?
Guan Wei walked over from behind the broken wall on the roadside: "A big fire happened here, and the stone walls behind were all darkened."
Shi'er said, "Let's go ahead and take a look."
They walked along the stone road.
According to common sense, the center of a city and its north location are usually the center of the city, the center of politics and economy.
There will be much more clues there than these peripheral places. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support are my greatest motivation.)
ps: I started to name the chapter again...Puff, although there is close contact in this chapter, I can't name the chapter "kissing" as the chapter, right?
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