Volume 1 Qingyang Mountain Chapter 23 In the Frost
The cause of the matter started nine years ago. A girl named Su Ruoyu had an ice spiritual root. She was not welcomed as a commoner until she was fifteen years old before her spiritual root attributes were tested.
There have always been very few ice spirit roots. In Su and Su Yi's generation, apart from Su Yi, there was only one Su Ruoyu. Therefore, as soon as she entered Qingyang Mountain, she made an exception and went directly to Luoying Valley, and her residence was Xifeng Pavilion.
This year, the high-spirited Su He accidentally made a contract with a cat demon. The elder told him that the cat demon had no talent, so he carried a pot of frost and sat on the pear branch, intoxicated by the flowers, the moon and the wind.
Have a drink.
The pear tree was facing Su Ruoyu's east window. At first she mistakenly thought that the people in the tree were sent to monitor her, so she sat there for a whole hour without daring to move rashly.
Until the person in the tree suddenly threw a pot of wine at her and shouted to her: "Stop sitting, you are not thinking about cultivation, come here! Pay me for drinking!"
On a whim, he wanted to invite someone to drink with him. It happened that a pretty girl came into the usually unoccupied pavilion. He invited her casually, and she accepted the invitation with a drink in her hands.
Su Ruoyu had just practiced for half a month and was only at the first level of Qi training. She was standing under the eaves with a glass of wine in her hands. She looked up at the person sitting on the flower branch and was stunned. Her light blue dress was dyed white by pear blossoms, and her long hair was high.
His eyebrows were raised high, with both sadness and wantonness in his eyes, and he didn't even care if his clothes were lost due to strong alcohol.
Sad yet free and easy, these two contradictory emotions merged perfectly in him. She suddenly wanted to get to know him. It had nothing to do with all the chaos. She just wanted to know him, know his name, and hear about him.
The man frowned as if he was impatient. He put down the half-filled wine in the jar and said, "Trouble!"
Then he flew down, grabbed her shoulders and put her on the tree, and said: "Sure enough, good wine must be paired with a beautiful woman! Just make do with it!"
He spoke with great reluctance. Su Ruoyu had never seen such an incomprehensible person. His focus was actually on the wine, not the person!
She wanted to see what kind of wine could make him miss him so much. She opened the wine seal and took a sip into her throat. She felt refreshed both physically and mentally! What kind of wine was this? It wasn't intoxicating, but it made people feel clear and clear.
She asked: "What's the name of this wine?"
He answered: "In the frost."
She asked: "Why is it called this name?"
The man turned his head and looked up and down her body, as if trying to distinguish something. When he got closer, he could smell the faint scent of medicine on his body.
After a long time, he looked away and said: "You live in the Xifeng Pavilion, but you don't know the frost? Our old friends parted temporarily in the evening, and the wind and snow stained your body in the frost. This pavilion was named by the previous head of the family as a memorial.
It belongs to an old friend, so naturally he made this wine and named it after him!"
"In the frost." She read the name again, guessing that the old friend who was the previous head of the family must have never returned, otherwise the wine would be called a temporary farewell.
"This wine tastes good, doesn't it?" He suddenly showed a bright smile, which was a bit unbeatable.
He said: "Ten pieces of high-grade spiritual stone per jar, I'll give you a 10% discount!"
“The minimum is 20% off, no less!”
The look of you taking advantage and not knowing it made her cautious. Then she put down the wine, took out a brand new storage bag, opened it to show him, and said uneasily: "I only have three pieces of low-grade goods."
Spiritual stone..."
In a panic, she saw the jar of wine that had just been opened and she had only taken a sip. She felt guilty, "How about I return the rest of the wine to you? I only took a sip...you calculate the price of a sip to me?"
After she finished speaking, the man burst out laughing. Then he took out a hundred high-grade spiritual stones and put them into her storage bag, and said grandly: "Isn't this rich? Give me the nine spiritual stones."
I!"
Under her dumbfounded expression, the man took out nine yuan without hesitation, then jumped down and floated away, stepping on the pear blossoms in the pond.
He also said: "Next time you want to drink, come and see me!"
Su Ruoyu hugged the bag in her arms and laughed. What a weirdo. Next time I see him, I must return all the spirit stones to him!
After she drank a whole jar of wine with a smile on her face, she remembered that she seemed unable to drink...
After that day, Su Ruoyu never saw that person for a long time. Later she found out that his name was Su He and he was the son of the family head's sister. He couldn't distinguish between many monsters, and the contracted beast was a monster with no trace of anything.
He is a talented cat demon, so he rarely comes to Luoying Valley.
She had gone to see the cat demon named Ruhu. It looked very round, as if he could raise it.
When I saw him again, it was the day when the cat demon passed the examination and came out of the valley. He was still wearing a light blue long coat, standing at the edge of the barrier, chatting and laughing with other disciples, as if he had heard some interesting stories, smiling like that
The night is as bright as ever.
Su He took the cat demon from her hand and said a shallow thank you. She lowered her eyes calmly and returned the greeting, feeling a little sad that he no longer remembered it.
Looking at his retreating back, she thought that maybe she would never see him again, so that was fine. She had to complete the task early and leave here.
This is not her destination, there is no destination for her in this world.
When he was about to leave, a familiar voice suddenly sounded behind him: "Wait, don't leave! I just said you look familiar! Do you owe me spiritual stones and haven't paid them back?"
Su Ruoyu froze on the spot and didn't know what to do.
Su He, however, had a straight face and said seriously: "Do you want to default on your debt? I remember you! You cheated me of ninety high-grade spiritual stones!"
"Yes...one hundred." She suddenly felt that her heartbeat that night might just be an illusion. This person didn't look very smart.
"Oh, yes, it's one hundred, I remembered it wrong! Then when will you return it?" As he spoke, Su He's aura weakened a bit, as if he couldn't understand that there were actually people rushing to return more spiritual stones!
Su Ruoyu reached for the storage bag. There were enough spirit stones in there, but if she returned them now, wouldn't it be...
After a moment, she said: "Is Senior Brother Su He still in Hanshuangli?"
"Yes! There are many! How many jars do you want?" Seeing her mention the matter of buying wine, Su He immediately became interested, "For the sake of being a regular customer, I'll give you a 10% discount!"
"Minimum 20% off! No more!" He frowned, looking embarrassed.
If she hadn't known that he said the same thing last time, she would have believed him.
"Can you trouble me, senior brother, to come and deliver an altar every day? I live in Xifeng Pavilion."
"I know that you are the second Ice Spirit Root Su Ruoyu, but I..." Su He hesitated to speak and showed a troubled expression.
She knew that Su He was an alchemist, and in the early stage, spiritual stones were indispensable, so she said, "Senior brother is here to deliver them in person, so just add ten more spiritual stones!"
"Deal! Junior sister Ruoyu is happy!"
"Thank you in advance, Senior Brother Su He."
Later, every sunset, she would sit on the pear tree, waiting for a jar of frost and the person who brought the wine.
She would be happy for a long time because he knew her name, and would also have trouble sleeping because she could say a few words to him.
If it hadn't been for the delay in her cultivation, and if she hadn't received an anonymous letter one day, she would probably have been intoxicated in this false dream for a long time.
The person who responded to her arrived, but she only knew that the treasure was in Changxia Valley, which was the place where the Qingyang Su family's barrier was the strongest. No one except the direct lineage could enter or leave. She only went there once with Su He.
It just so happened that that year, the nine-tailed fox demon that everyone had high hopes for turned into a waste with no talent. The beloved fox demon in the past fell to the ground hard, and no one dared to step forward and say a word to her.
From that moment on, she decided that she could not wait any longer. The spiritual roots in her body were fake, and sooner or later she would follow in the footsteps of the fox demon.
So, Su Ruoyu took advantage of everyone's attention on the fox demon, got Su He drunk, borrowed magic weapons to disguise herself as Su He, and sneaked into Changxia Valley to look for treasures. All the restrictions in Changxia Valley were only based on blood relationship.
She had Su He's blood and tokens on her body, so she wasn't worried.
They all said that Su Ruoyu and Su Helang were a perfect match in appearance. Only she knew that everything was fake. Even she couldn't tell how much she was sincere in the afterglow of the setting sun.
Maybe she started scheming when we first met that night.
She didn't want to fall into the quagmire again, nor did she expect that the mission would fail and turn into a puddle of sewage on the appointed day.
Returning to Xifeng Pavilion, she hid the treasure and sent the flower and bird pictures as clues through the teleportation array. With the strength of the barrier of Luoying Valley, the recipient would at least be near Xuandong Valley.
If those people get the treasure directly, she will be a useless chess piece, and they will abandon her without hesitation. If she leaves successfully, they will also get the treasure as they wish. They will probably never guess that the so-called treasure
Just a piece of paper.
By coincidence, she learned that the treasure that could improve the monster's talent was actually the Kunling Pill. She had to thank the fox monster, otherwise she would not have met Su Huaiqian, who was helping Silver Snake improve his talent.
It seems that I was trying a new method, but failed.
After doing this, Su Ruoyu took off her disguise and stood by the bed. There is still a chance to leave now, but if she leaves, what will Su He do? The crime of theft will fall on him.
At this moment, Su He, who was supposed to sleep until dawn, woke up unexpectedly.
He suddenly sat up and pointed at her, holding the quilt, and shouted in panic: "Su Ruoyu? Why are you in my room?"
"Senior brother, this is Xifeng Pavilion." I really want to make this person laugh.
Seeing that he still looked as silly as before, for some reason, my heart suddenly calmed down. Maybe it would be good to finally listen to him.
"I... was drunk? I'm not drunk after a thousand drinks. Could it be that you took advantage of the situation and deliberately knocked me down to do something wrong!"
"Senior brother was joking. As a return gift for taking in senior brother, senior brother will have another drink with me." Su Ruoyu couldn't help but chuckle. This senior brother of hers always had amazing words.
"Why do I feel that there is something different about you today? You have been so preoccupied these past few days that you could kill flies and mosquitoes with your brows. Why do you suddenly feel so light today? This is not a breakthrough!"
"What do you want to know, senior brother? You might as well ask now." It's too late.
She sat under the eaves of the east window, looking up at the pear blossoms falling in front of her, and suddenly thought of the person who was lying on the tree drinking that night, but this person was sitting next to her now.
"I...can ask anything?" Su He asked with some uncertainty.
Su Ruoyu turned her head and looked directly into his eyes. She liked to look into his eyes, especially when she was alone. She pretended to be surprised and said: "Senior brother actually has some moments of embarrassment!"
Normally I can even talk for half an hour without taking a breath.
"Do you have someone you like?" He suddenly turned his face to one side and asked in a low voice. She almost thought it was an auditory hallucination.
The pear blossoms fell into the altar and created a circle of ripples. She swallowed a mouthful of frost and instantly became more awake. She said, "No. Why do you ask this, senior brother?"
Just from the profile of his face, it was not clear whether his expression was disappointed, happy, or both.
"I'm just asking, I don't mean anything else."
"actually……"
Su Ruoyu looked at the pear blossoms in the altar without saying a word. She really wanted to know what he would say. It was ridiculous that she had done such a thing in his name, but she was still expecting it in her heart.
"I know there is something wrong with your spiritual roots..."
Without any warning, he said these words.
The wine in her hand suddenly spilled out and wet her clothes. Su He knew? Did he know that her spiritual root was fake? She couldn't believe her ears.
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone else! I discovered it by accident. After all, there are too few ice spirit roots..."
"Well, do you want to marry me? I'll try to fool you, but if it doesn't work, I'll give birth to a child and call him Su Yuning! This way, no one will doubt me even if my cultivation level no longer improves."
"Ah! I didn't mean to threaten you...I...I'm sorry..."
Su He held the pear blossom in his hand and explained to her with a blushing face.
Su Ruoyu froze on the spot, what should she say at this moment? What kind of expression should she have? Cry or laugh?
She has always been afraid that if one day the problem with her spiritual roots is exposed, she will be sent back to the quagmire and turned into a puddle of mud before the poison takes effect.
She struggled for so long and gave up her conscience to survive, and then became a liar who told lies.
Now, she discovered that the person she wanted to deceive the most had already seen through her disguise.
Maybe she should be happy, because after he found out about her fake spiritual roots, not only did he not expose her, but he also found ways to protect her.
But she was let down by all of this!
If he had said it earlier, maybe today she would be like before, pretending to be drunk and let him tease her.
If he hadn't said it, maybe she wouldn't feel so sorry for him at the moment, nor would she be sad or regretful.
She shouldn't have come here, shouldn't have deceived him. If she hadn't accepted the wine or talked to him that night, then when he thought about it in the future, she should have been dull and taciturn.
They might even sigh with emotion: I really can’t tell that she is a traitor even though she couldn’t hold back a word for a long time!
Or he pretended to complain: I didn’t get a single response from her for my charming appearance. In my opinion, she is a blind liar!
In so many imaginations, it was definitely not what it was now. She wanted to leave the most sincere look to him, but she had no way out!
"Don't cry! I won't say anything anymore. I won't say anything anymore. Don't cry."
Su He's voice gradually became quieter, and Su Ruoyu realized that she had burst into tears inadvertently.
"Su He, I remember you have a pill."
"What kind do you want?"
"You can forget your feelings after eating it. Can you lend it to me?"
"What do you want this for?" Su He asked, but he honestly handed out the medicine in his hand, "This is what my mother left me, a family heirloom!"
The implication is that after accepting the medicine, you have to marry him. He probably used all his wisdom on her.
"Su He, don't sell wine to strangers again, and don't meet liars like me again." This chapter has been completed!