The long road to immortality is missing you

Near the end of the year, the cold wind roared from the north, and the fairy mountains in Nantai were also covered with a layer of frost.

Xi Yuan was an out-and-out northerner. At this time, his hometown was almost covered with snow, and his birthday was on the last day of the year, the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month.

During the more than seven years in Nantai Xianshan, Xi Yuan never mentioned his birthday to others.The Chinese New Year will also be held here, and most of the disciples who are not busy with schoolwork and who do not participate in the Xianmen Conference after more than 20 days will choose to go home to celebrate the New Year on this day, no matter how far away or how many people are left at home.

Only a very few will choose to stay.Lan Jian grew up on the Nantai Fairy Mountain since she was a child, her parents are both dead, so she naturally stays with her every year, and Lin Jinchu also naturally stays because of her special circumstances.

During the Chinese New Year, the whole family is meant to be reunited.

Xi Yuan actually didn't like Chinese New Year very much before.Especially, when he returned home with special products after traveling half a country, his relatives came up and said, "Yuanyuan, you are not young, should you get married?"It hadn't changed in years, and it bothered him.

But here, Xi Yuan's mentality is a little different.Every year from the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month to the third day of the first lunar month, Lu Shenghan will hold a reunion banquet. The exercises and morning training for these few days are also cancelled, and the disciples can do whatever they want these few days.After all, it's only once a year, and once it's over, it won't happen again.

On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, at midnight, there are still four quarters of an hour, and today will pass.At this time in previous years, Xi Yuan would pass by in his sleep, but today, he was inexplicably tossing and turning, so he wanted to go out for a walk, and come back after staying for a day.

Xi Yuan has never been a hypocritical person. Before his death, no one in the family except his parents knew that this day was his birthday.

I really don't understand those people who hold a birthday party with great fanfare, but it's just a birthday, and it's so grand. With this time, it's better to think about how to make more money!

The night is deep and dew heavy, the cold wind is howling, there is no moon tonight, only the morning stars.

There is no shadow of the moon, only stars, how can the night shine on people clearly.

Su'e may not be a young girl, because she doesn't say that the frost is better than the moon.

Standing at the highest point of Huaishan Peak, Xi Yuan looked up at the night sky, holding a black brocade pouch with the Tianji Umbrella in his hand. In fact, there was not only the Tianji Umbrella in it, but also many other things. For example, Xi Yuan’s notebook, maybe , it should be said that it is a ledger.

He doesn't have the habit of keeping a diary, so this book is used by him to keep accounts, not only some expenses and limited income, but also his plan for getting rich in the future.

He must leave this place of right and wrong, but he can't do it now, everything has to wait for the accident to pass.At that time, there will be nothing wrong with him, and he can retreat completely.

"I don't know what time it is now?" Xi Yuan stared at the night sky and stared blankly for a while. He wanted to learn how to recite a few poems from literati, but after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't find a suitable one, so he had to forget it.

A sharp and ear-piercing flute sounded across the sky, especially loud and clear in this empty night, but it startled Xi Yuan.

"Fuck, who doesn't sleep here playing the flute in the middle of the night? And it's so ugly..." Xi Yuan tightly blocked his ears, with disgust written all over his face.

"No, the sound of the flute sounds familiar..." A name suddenly appeared in Xi Yuan's mind, and he hadn't seen that person for some time.

Lan Jian has been busy working everywhere these days, running around every day, Xi Yuan doesn't know what he is doing.So the small house on Lanjian on Huaishan Peak has been occupied by Xi Yuan for a while, but he is happy to be at ease.

"Lan Jian, why is he playing the flute in the middle of the night? Is it scary?" Xi Yuan couldn't hold back his curiosity, and decided to follow the sound to have a look.

After passing the deserted Huaishan Peak, the sound of the flute still didn't stop, as if guiding him to come, Xi Yuan walked around the jungle next to the training ground, and finally stopped under a stone wall.

"Remuneration...Remuneration Qinfeng?" Xi Yuan looked at the words on the stone wall, almost shouted, and immediately covered his mouth, "What is Lan Jian doing at Remuneration Peak? This is not from the Tianjun sect Where does the female disciple live? Could it be..."

A thought suddenly popped up in Xi Yuan's mind, and he immediately laughed out loud, not even reacting to the sudden stop of the sound of the flute.

"Lan Jian is really good. However, when people chase little girls, they always pick up their own talents. He is good. He has blown the Zishu flute like that, and he still doesn't give up. Hahaha, I'm dying of laughter I--" Anyway, there was no one around, so Xi Yuan laughed loudly without any scruples about his image, in fact, he never had any scruples about his image.

It was not long after Xi Yuan came to Nantai Xianshan that he knew the magic of Zi Shuxiao.It is said that Zi Shu Xiao is the only relic left to Lan Jian by his parents, and it is in the same body as Dan Chi Sword, which is a rare thing for exorcising demons and demons.If there is anything non-human around, no matter if it is a ghost or a demon, Zi Shuxiao will sense it.But there is an exception in one case, that is, the case of Cymphila spinulosa.

There is only one shortcoming of Zi Shuxiao, the sound of the flute is unpleasant.To put it bluntly, this is a fetish that is infinitely powerful when fighting monsters, but cannot be expected at all in terms of artistic aesthetics.

A bit of bitterness suddenly surfaced in his heart, Xi Yuan laughed at himself again, turned around, and was about to embark on the road back to Huaishan Peak.

"Xi Yuan—"

A familiar and slightly cold voice sounded from not far behind him. Xi Yuan turned his head, and it was no surprise to see a solitary figure with clothes fluttering in the wind and holding a flute, standing on the stone wall of Huiqin Peak. Ding, it is Lan Jian.

"When did Lan Jian come here? When I first arrived at the bottom of the stone wall, he wasn't here..." Xi Yuan was speechless for a while.

"Senior Brother Lan, long time no see." Xi Yuan thought of retreating after seeing the words "Rewarding Qinfeng". He thought that Lan Jian should not know that he was coming, and he didn't want to disturb his interest. Unexpectedly, he was still discovered.

"you......"

"that......"

After a moment of silence, the two of them spoke at the same time, startled.

"You speak first."

"Then what, tell me first..."

The atmosphere between the two was inexplicably awkward. Xi Yuan looked up at Lan Jian for a long time and felt that his neck was a little sore, so he got up lightly and jumped with a graceful posture.

Lan Jian nodded slightly, as if to signal him to speak first, Xi Yuan was not polite anymore, opened his mouth, but found that he forgot what he wanted to say.

"Well... what time is it now?" Xi Yuan just wanted to slap himself when he finished speaking. Where did he go when he was usually eloquent?

"There's still half a quarter of an hour until midnight." Lan Jian looked up at the sky, thought for a while, and accurately spit out the number.

"..." Xi Yuan cast his eyes on the ground in admiration, this guy is like a clock.

It was half a quarter of an hour until the next day, and I had been wandering around for so long, and the Huiqin Peak was not too close to the Huaishan Peak, so I walked back slowly, no matter what, it must have been past twelve o'clock.

Thinking of this, Xi Yuan said: "It's getting late, Senior Brother Lan, enjoy the night slowly and play the flute well, I'll take my leave first—"

Pushing his feet, Xi Yuan wanted to jump down, but was stopped by Lan Jian's voice: "I'll go back with you."

"Ah? Brother Lan, aren't you okay?" Xi Yuan still kept his knees slightly bent and was about to jump. At this moment, he also reacted and stood up straight.

"Huh? What's the matter?" Lan Jian glanced at him calmly and asked back.

"Senior Brother Lan, why are you still asking me? Isn't this obvious..." Xi Yuan said with a playful smile, and glanced at the group of houses far away from the two.

Lan Jian also followed his gaze, and the suspicion in her eyes grew stronger, and she asked, "What's wrong?"

"Ah, it's okay. It's good tonight, it's quiet and cool, suitable for walking alone... huh?" Xi Yuan diverted the topic away, tiptoed slightly, and patted Lan Jian on the shoulder with a familiar tone He said: "It's okay for the two of you to walk. Brother Lan, would you like to do me a favor and walk together?"

"En." Lan Jian glanced at Xi Yuan's hand on her shoulder, nodded slowly, jumped down lightly with him, and walked back slowly along the way Xi Yuan came.

"Senior Brother Lan, what have you been doing these days?" Xi Yuan still couldn't hold back his curiosity, and asked, "And why were you playing the flute on the Zongqin Peak just now?"

"Before the tenth day of the first lunar month, people from all the immortal sects will gather here. Junior Brother Lu went down the mountain to go home, so Master sent me to make arrangements. As for just now, I just passed by here on a whim." Lan Jian whispered.

"Lan Jian, you are so unique..." Xi Yuan thought in his heart, "But to be honest, since the battle against Cyphila spinulosa, in the past few years, I really haven't seen him play Zi Shuxiao again. .”

When the two passed the forest next to the training ground, Lan Jian suddenly spoke softly, breaking the silence between the two: "Xi Yuan, happy birthday."

"What?" Xi Yuan was taken aback, but then came back to his senses, with a complicated look on his face, "How...how did you know?"

"I've seen the roster, and you wrote it on it." Lan Jian said, a trace of hesitation flashed in her eyes, "Do you have any gifts you want?"

"The roster? I wrote the date of birth?" Xi Yuan still couldn't figure it out, he had never mentioned it to anyone, and if Lan Jian knew about it early on, why did he mention it today?Or, just by chance?

And what does Lan Jian's last sentence mean?Could it be...a gift?

Xi Yuan shuddered immediately, this is not going to happen, although he is poor, he still knows the saying that reciprocity is courteous.After accepting this gift, I will pay it back in the future.He already owed him a lot, and now, he didn't want to owe him any more.

"No need, no need, we are both senior brothers. We have lived together for seven years, and we will be offended if we say such polite words." Xi Yuan waved his hand, rolled his eyes, and changed the subject, "There will be no morning training tomorrow. What shall we do?"

"Don't you want anything in particular?" Lan Jian didn't cooperate with him to change the subject at all, with an extremely focused expression.

"Senior Brother Lan... If you don't mind, I'll have the cheek to make a request?" Xi Yuan's eyes loomed the corner of Huai Shanfeng, and it seemed that he was about to arrive.

"Well, you said."

"The Immortal Gate Conference in more than 20 days, can you promise me that no matter what happens to my junior sister in those few days, you will try my best to protect her?" Xi Yuan wanted to say this sentence a long time ago, It's just that I haven't been able to meet him, so naturally I have no chance to speak out.

"Junior Sister? What's the matter?" Lan Jian's eyes were a little puzzled, and she looked at him with a little complicated look, as if she couldn't figure it out. Okay, why did she mention Junior Sister again.

"Senior Brother Lan, don't ask so many questions, just agree to me, that's all!" Xi Yuan actually didn't know much about the details, so if he was really asked to continue, he couldn't guarantee that something would happen. Questions, just like the pile of nonsense he told Lan Jian seven years ago in Cyphilia Town, now that I think about it, it is almost useless.The best way at this time is to say half and leave half as it is now.

"Okay." Lan Jian pondered for a long time before nodding her head in response. Xi Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, regardless of whether Lin Jinchu would follow the original plot or not, anyway, he had already done what he could do.