Envy

Those senior brothers blushed when they saw them, and felt that they had lost face.Meng Tou recognized several of them by the light of the red lanterns under the eaves, they were the ones who lived in the same room with him before.

They didn't watch much excitement.Uncle Xi Ze sent them back: "I don't sleep at night, what are you doing here?"

They often oppose the master, but in this case they will be very obedient.So they went obediently back to the house.Meng Tou walked at the back and heard the furious voice of his uncle: "Meng Tou and my four apprentices are only fifteen years old, and they are not as shy as you. As their senior brothers, you are so old, it makes sense What! This matter is not negotiable!"

Afterwards, they started arguing, and the voices of the senior brothers all of a sudden amplified, a bit aggressive, almost pushing the master.Uncle Nishizawa blew his beard and stared, Lei Ting was furious and criticized him severely.

Seeing this posture, the senior brothers choked back their anger and lowered their heads, like a bereaved dog.

Xue Ye waited for him for a few steps, and seeing that he was still looking around, he grabbed his arm and walked away: "Master has a stubborn temper, it's not like you don't know it, go back to sleep."

Meng Tou said: "I think Uncle Shi might as well let them go, and don't have to force others to make things difficult."

"The disciples who were expelled from the Mushu Sect will not be able to enter any sect for the rest of their lives. They have taken off their ancestral uniforms and tokens, which means they have lost their predestination in cultivating the Dao. Hey Brother, tell me, since you are shy today, why did you practice hard at the beginning?" What exactly is it for?"

"Who knows, maybe it's just like me. I entered the teacher's school in a daze, just to dawdle."

Xue Ye: "You really dare to say it."

……

Mu Su has an unwritten rule that the young junior write a letter from home before enlisting, and hand it over to Uncle Yu Qing for safekeeping.Meng Tou feels the most troublesome about writing letters, and writes a few nonsense every time.

He wrote that time: "Mom, I miss Lizhou's red date cake and mung bean cake..."

Li Xingfeng watched it for a long time, and finally couldn't help but said: "Meng Tou, why are you writing for food?"

Jiang Yi put down the Langhao pen and said, "Okay, brother Tou, I don't want you to write articles, so you don't have to make up the number of words. You usually have to rack your brains to write articles arranged by your uncle. You have to work hard. Forget it now .”

Meng Tou thought it made sense, so he stopped writing.He was a little surprised, why Xue Ye was so quiet and didn't speak up.Turning his head, he saw Xue Ye writing a letter on the table with a downcast expression.

Meng Tou put on his shoes, swung to his side, looked down at his eyes carefully, and teased, "Hey, your eyes are all red." Xue Ye turned his head away from him.

He sighed and turned around helplessly.Li Xingfeng pointed his finger in his direction, mouthing "you, you".Jiang Yi winked at him, telling him to stop talking, and sat down next to Xue Ye, comforting him: "Your mother will never receive this letter. We will definitely come back safely."

Not far away, Huo Zhi sat upright, paused for a moment because of Xue Ye's matter, and then picked up his pen again.Meng Tou could see the correct handwriting on the two pages of letter paper.Sure enough, the words are like the person.

It was only then that Meng Tou realized how perfunctory and sloppy his writing was.If he dies, this letter will be handed over to his parents.If there was such a day, his mother opened this letter in grief, and there were only some irrelevant and irrelevant words in the letter, she didn't know how she would feel.

Maybe it's because, he has been underestimated about his own life and death during the several trials of the Infernal Hell, or it's because he has a [-]% chance of surviving.

……

There was a knock on the door outside.

Meng Tou said, "It's late at night, who is this?"

"The brother next door must have come to borrow something again." Jiang Yi said, "Xingfeng is the closest to the door, open the door."

Li Xingfeng opened the door and said, "The incense burner that your house borrowed half a year ago has not...returned." His voice suddenly brought joy: "Why are you here?"

The people in the room looked curiously—the one standing at the door was Senior Sister Jingshi.There was a whistling sound for a while.

After Meng Tou whistled, he didn't mind adding to the confusion: "Your wife."

She glanced at Li Xingfeng who was only wearing a white jacket, shy and annoyed: "Put on your clothes first, and come find me in the yard later, I have something to tell you."

He agreed, quickly closed the door gently, and pulled on his clothes in a hurry.

Xue Ye, who was still immersed in the letter just now, stood beside Meng Tou and put his arms around his shoulders. The two began to be on the same front.Xue Ye hooked his lips, shrugged his shoulders and smiled: "Your fortune is not shallow, Daoist Li."

Meng Tou pretended to be affectionate: "It's hard to find a high mountain flower that exudes a faint fragrance. You are the undefeated summer lotus in my heart and the unfallen autumn goose. I wake up every morning and cross thousands of mountains and mountains. Just to collect the clearest dewdrops under the sky for you. I would like to be with you..."

Li Xingfeng hit him with a pillow, and laughed himself: "Fuck you."

Meng Tou caught it easily: "Didn't you write this yourself, do you feel nauseous now?"

Li Xingfeng tidied up his clothes, and spat before going out: "When you read it, it's just two words, exaggerated. It's a waste of my good love letter."

The room suddenly settled down.After Li Xingfeng's footsteps faded away, Meng Tou and Jiang Yi rushed out almost at the same time.Huo Zhi didn't want to go and was dragged away by Xue Ye.

They hid in the corner to watch the play.

Under the moon, Senior Sister Jingshi was as cold and reserved as ever, and put a jade pendant in Li Xingfeng's palm: "Xingfeng, come back safely."

Li Xingfeng whispered something behind him.The few of them were a little far away and couldn't hear the voice clearly. They just watched Li Xingfeng's foreheads get closer as he spoke.When he was quiet, he lowered his eyes shyly, and Li Daochang stretched out his hand to wrap around the girl's slender waist, bowed his head and kissed her.

A few people in the corner sighed.At this time Li Xingfeng actually looked over, seeing them without any surprise, he raised his eyebrows provocatively, and went to talk softly to the girl again.

Xue Ye was the first to leave. He said that he was suddenly not interested in watching it. "Who wants to see him, Mr. Li, proud of his spring breeze, hugging the beauty back." Then everyone dispersed.

Li Xingfeng came back half an hour later, and he was full of energy: "Brothers, I'm sorry, Senior Sister Jingshi is already my confidant. You will just choose among those not-so-good-looking senior sisters in the sect." You are pleasing to the eye, let’s make do with it.”

His brothers packed their luggage, and those who were going to sleep lay on the mattresses, but no one cared about him.

"In a few years, I'll treat you to a wedding wine."

Xue Ye swung a pillow over: "You are the one who talks the most!"

……

The journey to the first spirit search was still very pleasant, much more interesting than hiding in the sect to practice all day long.The team of hundreds of disciples is mighty, meandering through green mountains and rivers, and also passing through wilderness and grassland.

They finally climbed to the slope of Jingyang Mountain one evening.

It was only one mile from the hillside to Evernight City, but the sky suddenly darkened.The twisted and crooked trees bared their teeth and claws in the dark sky, which is quite scary.

They saw a bright light at the gate of the city from a distance.

The old city guard leaned against the wall and dozed off, holding a long log around his chest in his hand, and on his feet were the worn-out straw sandals worn in summer.

The leader, Uncle Nishizawa got off his horse, knelt in front of the old man, patted his shoulder lightly, and called "old man" several times before he opened his cloudy eyes.

"We are Zhao Linren, we are sent from Mushu Sect, please help us."

Without saying a word, the old man opened the gate of the city and stood on one side to welcome the team of the Mu Mi sect into the city.

Eternal Night City is even more ruined than imagined, every house is closed, the streets are empty, only the wind blows dead leaves.The town was dead silent.After walking for a while, I heard the continuous sound of water droplets falling.The noisy seniors seemed to be in a tacit understanding, and no one spoke anymore.It wasn't until this time that they really felt a sense of oppression in their hearts.The desperation of dying is depressing.

Xue Ye couldn't stand such a quiet atmosphere, so he whispered to Jiang Yi who was beside him: "Why is this place called Yong Ye? I always feel that this name...is too sinister."

Jiang Yi explained: "It used to be a prosperous and rich place, famous for its night market, so it was called 'Yongye'. I heard that in the past, Yongye had thousands of streets and streets, and the lights were like day, but now it is very desolate."

I don't know what happened in the front, the brothers retreated one after another, and the crowd behind them was in a mess.Uncle Xi Ze's majestic voice resounded from the front: "I'm just a cat, so what are you afraid of? The place where the ghosts are restless is in the Dongtan River in Yongye, not in the city."

The brothers around him breathed a sigh of relief.

Huo Zhi was pushed to Meng Tou's side by the crowd, and stood next to him. After listening to Master Xi Ze's words, he said softly, "The words of Master Master are just to soothe people's hearts. According to rumors, wandering ghosts will also appear in the city."

Meng Tou laughed heartlessly: "We are not afraid if it appears. With so many people around, are you afraid of just a wild spirit?"

Fortunately, they went to the City Lord's Mansion safely that night and did not meet Yin Ling.Part of the reason why Mu Su came to Yongye this time was because of the entrustment of Xia Ruyun, the lord of Yongye City.The group of them settled down in the City Lord's Mansion.

Although the City Lord's Mansion is also a bit desolate, it is more human than the outside.The lanterns in the mansion were brightly lit, almost illuminating all the dark corners, and there were maids and servants coming and going.

City Lord Xia and Uncle Xi Ze talked about Yongye City, and shed tears of bitterness: "You can also see the scene in the city, the ghosts disturb the people's peace, everyone is in a panic, the rich and wealthy people in the city are almost They have all moved to the outer city, Yongye is withered, it is withered."

The city lord almost knelt down to his uncle: "I beg your sect to save me the whole city of Yongye."

Uncle Nishizawa pulled him up: "Mu Yu should do his best."

The City Lord's Mansion is no different than a sect, after all, it is narrower.There are five disciples in one room, the wooden bed is not big and narrow, it is very crowded.Even though it was autumn, a few boys huddled together to sleep easily sweated.Meng Tou felt uncomfortable, and his sleep was light.When he woke up in the middle of the night, Xue Ye's leg was lying across his stomach.

Meng Tou moved that leg away.When he woke up close to the morning, he saw that Xue Ye's leg was still pressed on his stomach.Xue Ye's forehead was still against his shoulder.