Embers

The moonlight was clear and the evening breeze was cool. Nie Budu was sitting on the roof of the medical hall, his long hair fluttering gently in the wind.He silently looked into the distance, with a delicate flagon in his hand.

Wine is good wine, and the moon is also full, but people are not the ones who are unrestrained and wanton.He tilted his head back and took a sip of the wine, his thoughts were inextricably linked, and he kept chopping.

There were faint footsteps in the silence, and he lowered his head slightly. In the yard, a moon-white figure was looking up slightly to this side.

He couldn't help laughing, raised his hand and shook the flagon: "Drink something? It's brought out from the Demon Cult, and the palace may not be able to drink good wine."

With a boost of energy, Ember flew up, landed beside him and sat down.

Nie Budu handed the jug to him, Yu Jin took it, raised his head and took a big gulp, Nie Budu looked at his profile under the moonlight, and felt that his mood might be lighter at the moment.

"Does the wound still hurt?"

Ember handed him the jug, and said calmly, "It doesn't hurt anymore."

Nie Budu took it, paused, and said with a smile: "Then are you in a hurry to leave?"

Ember stared into the distance: "It's useless to stay longer."

Nie Budu felt a little melancholy, he sighed silently, not knowing why he felt lost, he just silently calculated the distance in his heart.

"If we leave tomorrow, we will arrive at the end of the month."

Ember gave a faint "hmm", "Then leave tomorrow."

As far as their eyes could see, the lights hanging at the door of several people lit up one by one, adding some warmth to this cold night and bringing a rare peace between the two of them.

Nie Budu looked at Ember for a while, and asked tentatively, "Even now, you still don't want to return to the Demon Cult with me?"

Ember's voice eased steadily: "Thank you for your care these days."

Nie Budu was taken aback, and subconsciously wanted to defend himself, but just as the words were about to come out, he suddenly couldn't speak.

If it wasn't for him to follow him back to the Demon Cult, then what was all this for?If there is no purpose in taking care of him and seeing his heart palpitations when he is injured, how is it possible?

It is not surprising that Ember would think so.

But why, he felt inexplicably wronged?It always seems that there is something ready to come out, but he is unwilling to admit it, which makes him confused and at a loss.

Nie Budu temporarily suppressed the emotions in his heart, and said, "It's okay."

"You go back tomorrow." Ember turned her head and looked at him peacefully, "Don't follow me anymore, even if you follow me again, I will not go back with you to take over your Demon Cult."

Nie Budu was taken aback, Ember hadn't suggested driving him away for a long time.

"I really hate you. Without you, I would never have such a fate. I don't have to face my family members dying in front of my eyes. I don't have to face my master who has treated me so well. I won't feel sorry for him, and I won't let the whole family die. The lower string door is destroyed."

This was the first time that Ember spoke his thoughts outright, making Nie Budu forget what he wanted to say, and listen to him intently.

"But after all, I committed everything with my own hands, and I have no right to resent others." He said these words calmly, as if the previous struggles and pains never existed.

"I don't want to do everything I want in this life, and I don't want to waste my life with him on endless resentment."

"So, I don't hate you anymore, but I don't want to take over what I don't want to do anymore. I just want to live the rest of my life as he yearns for."

Of course Nie Budu knew who this "he" was referring to, he twitched the corner of his mouth, his heart filled with bitterness: "Is he that important to you?"

Ember seemed a little surprised that he would ask such a question, but he still answered: "Unique, unique in this life."

Unique, unique in this life...

Nie Budu closed his eyes, and his voice was so soft that it seemed to be blown into the wind: "If I still brought you back to the Demon Cult to treat you well, would I be so important to you?"

Ember didn't understand what he was saying, and just about to lean over to listen, Nie Budu opened his eyes and said with a smile, "You've already said that, wouldn't it be unreasonable for me to keep you?"

Ember stared at him: "Brother falls in love with you, even if you have no intention of hurting him. He is willing to stay in the Demon Cult, so I will not take him away. May I implore you to take good care of him?"

Nie Budu said slowly: "If I disagree, what should you do?"

Ember said: "That's not the case, just find a way to take him away."

Nie Budu smiled wryly: "It's rare for you to speak, how can I do it? I promise you that even if I die, he will definitely live well."

Although his expression is calm, the seriousness in it cannot be ignored. Although the leader of the Demon Cult, Nie Budu, is scheming and scheming, as long as he promises with his own mouth, he will definitely do it.

Ember nodded slightly, and said again: "I don't intend to take Li Mei away, it's too dangerous outside, even I don't have a place to stay, following me he will only be in danger every day. I will kill him, Master Mie His sect has already committed a heinous crime, and I can no longer see him in danger, so I entrust it to you as well."

Nie Budu remembered the firm look on that person's face when he said he liked it, so he couldn't help but sighed, "Okay, I promise you."

Ember drank the last sip of wine, and said: "If that's the case, even if there is no debt, the grievances between you and me will be written off."

Nie Budu said: "Okay, write it off."

After thinking for a while, he took out an exquisite small box: "This is a pill that I have been studying for several months. It can suppress the backlash of the "Cuo Hua Xin Sutra" when necessary. Because the medicinal materials are extremely difficult to find, this medicine is very precious. Don't lose it."

After refining for two months, there was only one pill in total, and even he himself was reluctant to take it. Nie Budu didn't expect that he would be so generous, so he gave it to Ember.

Ember took it, opened it, and a black pill lay quietly in the box.

If the pill had appeared earlier, wouldn't everything be the way it is now?

Thinking about it, he put away the box and said to Nie Budu for the first time: "Thank you."

The two got up, and Nie Budu threw away the empty jug casually, and said to him: "No matter what, the door of the Devil's Cult is always open for you, if you want to come back, you can come back anytime."

Ember didn't say anything, but with a rare relaxed expression, she jumped into the courtyard.

Nie Budu looked down at his figure, opened his mouth, and finally said: "You... Take care!"

Ember didn't even look back, "Take care."

Nie Budu sat down in a daze, wanting to drink, but suddenly realized that he had run out of wine.

Suddenly smiled, lay down on the roof with his arms on his pillow, and hummed softly: "Swipe your hands and knees, take a jade cup to give the world innocence, no one shouts long live, only the old man sees the king fall Tears, Jun Xiaoxiao pulled out the scabbard, thinking that this was the end of it all, the responsibility of life is on the body, and it is impossible to return with anyone..."

At dawn, Yu Jin and Nie Budu stood in front of the carriage, divided the things, and then each of them had a horse, and the carriage stayed here.

The two got on their horses and galloped away in opposite directions.The horse's hoof kicked off the sand and raised the sand, and no one looked back.

Half a month later, Nie Budu returned to the Devil's Cult in a hurry, and Mo Yuan, who came to welcome him, couldn't help crying when he saw the red figure.

Nie Budu smiled slightly, and strode into the door: "Why is this? Prepare bath water for me, and add clean clothes."

It wasn't until Nie Budu walked to the dining table refreshed that Mo Yuan had time to wonder: "Master, where is Ember?"

Nie Budu smiled, but there was something else in his eyes: "I didn't persuade you to come back, so I left."

Mo Yuan opened his mouth wide in surprise.

Unexpectedly, their scheming and eloquent leader also failed sometimes?

Nie Budu smiled as usual, didn't answer the question, and was about to eat when someone outside reported that Qiao Chuhe and Li Mei had come.

Nie Budu waved his hand to let them in.

"Master, why didn't Yang Er come back?"

Qiao Chuhe was too anxious, and his tone was not very good, with a hint of questioning.Unexpectedly, Nie Budu was not angry at all, and said calmly: "He probably won't come back, so I will entrust the two of you to this seat, and you can live in peace in the Devil's Cult from now on."

As soon as they heard that Ember would not come back, their hearts sank for an instant, and they subconsciously thought in a bad direction.

Mo Yuan stopped the overly excited Qiao Chuhe, and Nie Budu sighed inexplicably, "He's still alive, but he's gone to live the life he wanted."

Qiao Chuhe was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't understand what Nie Budu said, but Li Mei came back to his senses in an instant, and blurted out: "I'm going to find him!"

Nie Budu glanced at him indifferently: "It's because he didn't want to be with you that he would go away alone. If you mess around again, wouldn't it be a waste of time for him?"

Li Mei was taken aback, her face turned pale, "But I have already promised to follow him..."

Nie Budu gave him a condescending look: "He entrusted you to me, and I will be responsible for your safety, and you will stay in the Demon Cult honestly. If something happens to you, I'm afraid even I can't help you." Tell him!"

Li Mei bit her lip and couldn't speak, thinking of how Ember would be like Nie Budu's confession, she just felt that all the strength in her body was sucked out.

Qiao Chuhe also came back to his senses, hurriedly caught him who was on the verge of falling, and asked Nie Budu: "Then Yang'er...will he come back?"

Nie Budu turned around and walked towards the dining table, leaving behind two words with no emotion: "Perhaps."

After sitting down, he said again: "Mo Yuan, ask someone to add two more sets of bowls and chopsticks."

Mo Yuan was taken aback: "...Huh?"

Nie Budu raised his eyes slightly: "Everyone is here, let's have a meal together."

The three ate with their own thoughts, and then Nie Budu arranged for someone to change them to a wing room very close to his room.

After finishing all this, Nie Budu went back to his room and lay down on the bed, unexpectedly recalling Ember's calm and relieved tone when he talked about his thoughts.

I hope you are really doing well.

Nie Budu finished this sentence in his mind, closed his eyes, and lightly clenched his hand into a fist on his left chest.

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