Autumn

Jinse's eyes were a little dazed, and she followed Xuannv to the Xuanmen dully.

"Jinse." Xuannv's voice was very gentle, and Jinse looked up at her. "Jinse, I know it's hard for you to accept those facts, but everything has already happened. It's like that windmill, as long as the wind doesn't stop, it will keep spinning."

"Then... who is the wind?"

Jinse seemed to have regained some consciousness, she asked softly.

"ourselves."

"ourselves?"

"What do you think is the wind? Qiu Ming, or Sang Yu?" Xuannv laughed, "Actually, it's just us. If Mingqin's bond with Jing Yun is not so deep, if Li Shang's concern for Mo Xie is not so strong , maybe there wouldn't be those reasons. And if you weren't so attached to Lu Li's feelings, maybe the result would be different."

persistent?Jinse frowned and thought about these two words. She never thought that she would be attached to anything. Even the matter of cultivating immortals was because Xuannv wanted to accept herself as a disciple, so she felt that it was possible.As for Lu Li...she was a little hesitant, could this be an attachment?I was obsessed with being with Lu Li, so I tried every means to avoid all guesses and truths that might lose him.

"Go ahead and tell Lu Li. Only in this way can he make a choice."

"But if..."

"Jinse, if your attachment to Lu Li is so deep that it cannot be erased, then no matter what choice he makes, it will be the same to you."

"Then do I have to choose?"

"You mean your ninth sense?" Xuannv smiled, "Silly boy, although a practitioner must have no desires, but it doesn't mean she has to be cold-blooded and ruthless. In any case, you can do what you want, and then Then consider the result. Maybe... there will be unexpected gains."

Lu Li has lived in Penglai for a long time, and he is very familiar with every plant and tree here.Especially the sweet-scented osmanthus forest. When the sweet-scented osmanthus trees were in full bloom and their rich fragrance permeated the air, Lu Li couldn't help thinking of the sweet-scented osmanthus tree at the gate of Wuweiju.Ling Xu stood not far away, looking at Lu Li who was looking up.In a trance, it seems to see Sang Yu back then.

"Land from."

"Master, why are you here?"

Lu Li's ears were extremely sensitive, not to mention Ling Xu's voice, which he had already memorized.

"You really are here."

"When I smell the fragrance of flowers in the house, I am attracted to it."

"Are you homesick?"

"Well, a little. There is also such an osmanthus tree at the gate of Wuweiju. Every year when the flowers bloom, you can always smell the fragrance. Master will also use those osmanthus to make cakes."

"Sang Yu actually knows how to make pastries?"

Ling Xu was a little surprised.

"I made glutinous rice cake stuffed with sweet-scented osmanthus wine, which is very sweet."

"yes……"

Lu Li's words reminded Ling Xu of something Sang Yu had said.He remembered that Sang Yu said that the glutinous rice cakes made with osmanthus wine made by Hongyu were delicious.Did he actually learn it?

"Then do you like the cakes made by your master very much?"

"like very much."

"Lu Li, have you ever thought about your background, your parents?"

"Master, why do you ask that?" Lu Li asked suspiciously, "Master never said it, and I don't have any memory of it, so I never thought about it."

"Then... what if, one day, you found out about your own life experience?"

"I do not know about this……"

"Master."

The appearance of Chen Yuan interrupted Lu Li's words.Ling Xu turned around and asked a question, Chen Yuan only answered, and Bai Jinse came back.

"Is Jinse back?"

There was joy in Lu Li's voice, maybe he didn't realize it, but Ling Xu felt it clearly.

"Yes, I'm already waiting in the Hall of Nothingness."

Chen Yuan was also aware of it naturally, he glanced at his master, and then turned his gaze back to his white sleeve.

"Lu Li, let's go there together. I hope she can bring good news."

Sitting in the hall of nothingness, Jinse drank tea expressionlessly, but felt uneasy in her heart.Meng Yue on the side looked at her suspiciously. He really wanted to ask her about everything in Jiuxiao, but he didn't know how to ask her.So the two of them sat awkwardly in the hall until Ling Xu walked in.

"Your honor."

"Miss Jinse, you don't need to be too polite. I'm sorry to trouble you to go this far. I don't know what Master Xuannv knows?"

"Master doesn't know much, but thanks to Master's help, he got the jade certificate from Master Xuanyuan Xing. Master Xing has always been worried about what happened to Qiu Ming back then. Like Master, he believes that Qiu Ming's disappearance is by no means a big deal. That's what the rumors say."

"So, Mr. Xing has already investigated it."

"That's right. Master Xing has carefully recorded all the investigation results, and I have read them too."

"Then please tell us, Miss, just pick the important ones."

Jinse glanced at Lu Li who was sitting opposite, and after pondering for a moment, she roughly described the records in Xuanyuan Xing's black book, and also narrated the process of Li Shang's calamity on the Jade Document.

"So I don't have parents..."

"Land from?"

Jinse looked at him in surprise. She thought that her account had avoided Lu Li's life experience well, but this person was too smart to find the answer he wanted from her account.

"It's nothing, I've expected this a long time ago. It's just... I didn't expect that I'm just the seven souls of Xuanyuan Moxie." Lu Li's eyes showed sadness, and Jinse's fists on her knees were clenched tightly, and she could feel it. I felt that my nails seemed to be embedded in the palm of my hand.

"According to Jinse's description, Mo Xie's three souls should be in the cloud marsh."

"Yes, it's in that huge barrier. In addition, replacing the three souls are two other fragments of Qiu Ming - the black wheel and the ice wheel, which can also be called the sun soul and the osmanthus soul."

Originally, she wanted to discuss with Ling Xu privately about the fragments of Qiu Ming.But since Lu Li had already guessed the answer, there was no need to continue to hide it.

"So, Yu Linglong should have seven. Then Lu Li should have four right now, Ying Shaozhi got one black jade from Yunyang, and the mysterious man has two."

"That's right, Huang Yu was taken from the Luo family's secret room when Mingqin bloodbathed the Luo family."

"Then what about Bai Yu?"

"Baiyu...is..."

Jinse hesitated and took a sneak peek at Meng Yue who was beside her, and remained silent for a long while before finally saying anything.

"The white jade should have been taken from the Meng family."

Meng Yue suddenly opened his mouth, and everyone looked a little uncomfortable, but Ling Xu was a little surprised.

"how do you know?"

"The Meng family in Lingnan is my original family. There were 120 members of the Meng family, and they disappeared overnight. I only remember the red-lit houses and yards under the orange flames, and those lying on the ground. Corpse."

Ling Xu frowned and looked at Meng Yue, he couldn't imagine that kind of scene.Just for a piece of Yu Linglong, to pay such a painful price.

"Actually, I never knew why Bai Yulinglong was in the Meng family. My father never even mentioned it to me."

"I asked Danlu to investigate this matter secretly. The exquisite white jade was accidentally obtained by the ancestors of the Meng family during a business operation."

Lu Li's words surprised Meng Yue.It turned out that after Lu Li discovered Yu Linglong, he thought of the Meng family's annihilation. This incident was quite strange, so Lu Li asked Yin Danlu to go to Lingnan to investigate.Unexpectedly, the information obtained from Yin Danlu actually verified Lu Li's thoughts.

The Meng family has been in business for generations, and has traveled almost all over the mountains, rivers, small towns and villages of Kyushu.There are also all kinds of items sold. It can be said that what is sold is what is sold. Different seasons and different places will have different goods.However, several generations of the heads of the Meng family have a special liking for antique jade articles. Although there are not many shops such as antique jade articles, the goods in the shops are all rare treasures.Moreover, the several Patriarchs' identification of antique jade wares was also very subtle. In addition to buying and selling antique jade wares in the Meng family's shop, it is natural to ask them to identify the authenticity.

The Meng family's stores are all over Kyushu, and the owner has to go to each store to inspect and check the accounts every year. It takes more than half a year to go back and forth, and sometimes he only returns home once in two or three years.The ancestor of the Meng family, according to seniority, was the great-grandfather of Meng Yue's father.This gentleman is especially good at appraising jade, and he also likes to collect all kinds of rare treasures.Once, when he was inspecting his shop in a town in Dongying Prefecture, his servant hurried over and said that a customer had brought some jade wares and asked him to appraise them.The gentleman immediately dropped the ledger and returned to the jade shop.There was a man dressed as a businessman sitting and waiting for him.After the two exchanged pleasantries, the conversation came to the point.The businessman brought out a red brocade box, which was padded with a thick velvet cushion, and several jade rings lay on the cushion.

With the owner's permission, Mr. Meng carefully took one and looked at it carefully.This jade ring is very small, less than half the size of my palm, with dragon patterns engraved on it, which fits the shape of the jade ring very well.But from the color of the jade ring, Mr. Meng infers that it is by no means something of this world.

"I don't know what you think, sir? This jade ring..."

the businessman asked cautiously.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'll be fascinated next time." Mr. Meng regained his composure and apologized to the businessman, "Can you tell me the origin of this jade ring?"

"Sir...you must have seen some clues, otherwise you wouldn't have asked this question."

The merchant's tone hesitated, he looked up at the man in front of him, rubbed his hands together and continued.

"Actually, this jade ring was dug up on a nearby barren hill. I don't know if there is an ancient tomb there, or someone else buried it before. Anyway, I think it's a bit strange, but I can't explain it clearly, so I ask you to give me a hand." .”

"Then can you take me to see that place?"

The businessman was very forthright about Mr. Meng's request.Because he was eager to know the true origin of these jade rings.

The next day, Mr. Meng followed the businessman to a barren hill not far from their town.The barren mountain is not big, and after walking for a short time, they found the place where the businessman was digging.Mr. Meng checked the surrounding soil, and asked his followers to dig that place.

"My lord! There's something down here!"

The place where the businessman had dug before had been dug deeper by his attendants, and many jade pendants, jade rings and the like appeared during the excavation.Hearing two attendants shouting upwards from the bottom of the deep cave, Mr. Meng poked his head to look, and saw that the hole was very strange. It was not so much a pothole as it was a space built with rammed earth and wood. Standing at the bottom, there are two boxes at the feet, one is intact, the other is dilapidated, and a few wooden beams have fallen on the side.From the looks of it, the wooden beams that originally covered it fell down and crushed the box.

"You four help get things up."

So Mr. Meng's other two attendants threw two thick and long hemp ropes from the entrance of the cave, and after a while they saw a long wooden box being pulled up.Mr. Meng and the businessman looked around the wooden box. It was a box made of nanmu, [-] centimeters long, [-] centimeters wide, and [-] centimeters high.From the process of the four followers just pulling it, it can be estimated that this box is not light.The nanmu box has been buried in the ground for a long time, and its color is very dull. There is a copper lock on the box, which should be a very old lock.Fortunately, Mr. Meng has some research on antiques, including those ancient locks and keys.Soon the ancient lock was opened, jewels and jade were neatly piled up in the box, and everyone present was speechless.However, the entourage still at the bottom of the cave has not yet come up, Mr. Meng shouted towards the entrance of the cave.

"Look again, if there are any similar things down there!"

"There's nothing left but another broken chest. Sir!"

"So, what I dug up at the beginning might be the jade articles scattered in that broken box?"

"It's possible. It's probably because the wooden beams on the top collapsed, causing the soil to subside. One of the boxes was crushed, and the jade objects inside were scattered. Coupled with some natural changes, these jade objects were scattered in the soil. You Although the excavation is not shallow, if we dig further down, we may be able to find this complete box."

"At that time, I didn't know what was under there. If it was an ancient tomb or something, I was afraid that the souls of the dead would be disturbed, so I didn't dare to dig deeper."

"It's a good thing that you have such awe." Mr. Meng looked into the cave again, "Looking at it like this, it should not be an ancient tomb, but someone buried it here on purpose."

"Who would bury jewels here? In such a barren forest."

The businessman was a little confused. Could it be that it was safer just because it was a barren mountain and wild forest?

"If I remember correctly, this mountain should be called Nanlin."

"Nanlin?... Ah, I remembered, I have indeed seen this name in the topography." The businessman suddenly remembered something, "My wife's brother once compiled the local topography, and I have the honor to read it It does record Nanlin Mountain. It is said that this mountain forest was once lush with vegetation, but because of an unknown fire, the entire mountain was burned beyond recognition, and it has since become a barren mountain."

"A nameless fire?"

Mr. Meng frowned and thought, he has a good research on history.Nanlin Mountain was indeed lush with vegetation, and there was a family living here all year round, but this family disappeared overnight. He remembered that the family's surname was Fang.

"Master!" The attendant at the bottom of the cave seemed to have discovered something, and shouted towards the entrance of the cave, "Here is a black box with strange words on it, I don't know what it is."

"You take it up and talk."

The two attendants climbed the two thick hemp ropes, returned to the entrance of the cave, and handed the black box in their hands to Mr. Meng.Mr. Meng took it for a closer look, and found that it was also a box made of nanmu, with an ingenious shape. Although it was square, it seemed to imply a mechanism.A strange rune was written in cinnabar on the box.Although Mr. Meng is not very familiar with charms and the like, he guessed that they should be seals and other runes.From this point of view, the contents of this box are either extremely precious or extremely dangerous.

"I can't do anything about it. If I don't find a Taoist priest to take a look, I'm afraid I won't be able to open this box."

"Sir, but what's in it?"

"Huh? You all want to know that much?"

Mr. Meng raised his eyes to look at the crowd, and they all showed curiosity on their faces. In fact, he was also curious.But I have no choice but to watch it if I can't open it.

"Since that's the case, let's take this back. Find a Taoist priest or something, maybe we can solve it."

So Mr. Meng only left the black box, and the rest of the treasures were put back into the cave intact and refilled.As for those jade rings, the businessman gave Mr. Meng two pieces in order to thank Mr. Meng for helping him solve the problem.After Mr. Meng returned to Lingnan, he asked some people to look at the box, but after all, no one could solve it, so he had to give up.This box has been hidden in the Treasure Pavilion of the Meng family.

In the second year after Meng Zinan and Guan, he became engaged to the Fang family, a timber merchant in Lingnan, and married Fang Youqi, the only daughter of the Fang family, in the same year.As a newlywed, and both young couples, it is inevitable that they are a little bit childish.One day, Meng Zinan took his wife to Zhenbao Pavilion, because he suddenly remembered a black wooden box that his grandfather had mentioned.

"Qi'er, look."

19-year-old Fang Youqi stared at the black wooden box in her husband's palm with staring almond eyes.

"Is this the treasure you mentioned?"

"Grandpa said so, but I can't see that this is a baby."

"Has the box not been opened?"

"No one can open it, and it has been in our family for several lifetimes."

Meng Zinan was playing with the black box, no matter how many times he tossed and turned, he couldn't find a way to open it.

"This box..."

"What? Have you seen it?"

Seeing his wife's hesitation in speaking, Meng Zinan couldn't help asking.

"I heard from my father. He said that our family used to have such a treasure, but this treasure caused misfortune, so the tribe buried it together with other treasures."

"Why should it be buried with other treasures?"

"Father said that because of that treasure, the family was targeted by other villains. They set fire to the mountain in order to get it. The clan seemed to have foreseen this disaster, so they buried the treasure in advance. In order to let the surviving Future generations will find these treasures in the day of peace."

"Then why don't you let them take this thing, so you don't have a disaster."

"I heard that this treasure has a strange power. If it falls into the wrong hands, it may cause disaster to the world."

"Then... how about having your father come over to see this treasure tomorrow? Maybe it was lost by your family."

On the second day, Fang Youqi's father really came to visit and saw the black box.

"Sure enough, it's something the Fang family buried all those years ago."

"Father, is it really it?"

"That's right, that's it. This box was made by my great-grandfather." Mr. Fang took out a thin booklet from his arms, which was the design drawings recorded by the great-grandfather of the Fang family, including the wonderful black box , "Yesterday when you sent someone to invite me, I guessed whether it was related to this treasure, so I brought this booklet here. The Fang family has lived on wood for generations. In addition to selling wood, they also make various wooden utensils. There are many such ingenious things among them. In order to use the best wood to make utensils, the Fang family lived in Nanlin Mountain, which is rich in nanmu, until the disaster came."

"Father, what about the runes on it...?"

"This rune was drawn by an old man. According to the great-grandfather's handwriting, the old man has a sense of immortality and a sense of immortality."

"Then why not ask this old man to help, the Fang family can also avoid disaster."

"At that time, I only noticed that there was something different about this thing, but it didn't cause any trouble. Moreover, the old man also appeared on Nanlin Mountain by chance. He said that the power of this treasure was weird, so he sealed it. He said that as long as we keep it secret, it will not be revealed. Something happened. Unexpectedly, my grandfather was young and energetic at the time, and after being drunk, he inadvertently revealed this treasure. This caused disaster."

"Then can you break the seal now?"

"I'm afraid no one can understand it."

Mr. Fang's words made Meng Zinan feel disappointed. He thought that once the father-in-law came, he would be able to solve the mystery.Unfortunately, it is still foggy.

"Has father's great-grandfather ever seen this treasure?"

Seeing her husband's disappointed expression, Fang Youqi couldn't bear it, rolled her eyes, and suddenly thought of it.

"Since he made this box, he must have seen it before." Mr. Fang was a little suspicious at first, and then suddenly realized, "You mean his handwriting? There is no detailed description in his handwriting, but a mention."

"What did you say?"

The two young men asked in unison.

"The handwriting only says that this treasure is a white jade."

"In short, this Bai Yulinglong traveled from Fang's house to Meng's house, but the strange thing is that the box should not have been opened, so how did the news of the Meng's Bai Yulinglong get out?"

After Lu Li finished telling the story, he also raised a new question, which even Meng Yue didn't know the answer to.

"Someone must have accidentally leaked it, or someone overheard it. In order to get Yu Linglong, they cooperated internally and externally."

Meng Yue said with a frown.

"What do mortals want Yu Linglong to do? If it's for cultivating immortals, Yu Linglong can't reach the sky in one step. If it's for the world, the power of mortals is simply not enough to drive Yu Linglong's power."

Ling Xu tapped the coffee table in front of him with his fingers.

"Or there are people in the Meng family who are not human."

All eyes were on Meng Yue, because Lu Li's speculation did have some truth.But Meng Yue thought for a long time, but couldn't think of who this person would be.

"The 120 and three members of the Meng family were killed. Besides you, are there any other survivors?"

"Li Ruotang."

Meng Yue suddenly remembered his father's cousin, but he didn't think Li Ruotang had anything to do with it.

"Li Ruotang?" Lu Li pondered for a moment and said, "I remember that Danlu also checked Li Ruotang. After all, he is the only survivor besides Meng Yue."

Li Ruotang, Meng Zinan's cousin and Meng Yue's martial arts master. When he was 16 years old, he got a strange disease. He had a high fever for more than ten days.Seeing that she was on the verge of death, her mother was very sad and anxious because she had only one child under her knees, and made a vow in the Buddhist hall, willing to exchange her life for her son's life.It was night, a white light fell from the sky, fell into Li Ruotang's bedroom and disappeared. The guard's entourage rushed in, and Li Ruotang was lying on the bed sleeping peacefully. When he touched his forehead, the high fever disappeared.

On the second day, Li's mansion invited the doctor to consult again. The doctor took the pulse and then looked at the five sense organs.Telling Li's family that the young master has recovered, Li's mother thought it was the blessing of the Buddha, and immediately went to the Buddhist hall to fulfill her wish.But after Li Ruotang recovered from his illness, his temperament changed drastically. It was completely different from his previous innocent personality, and he was like a completely different person.Even in terms of martial arts, his rapid progress is surprising.

"Li Ruotang's experience is simple and nothing special, except for the white light that appeared when he was sick." Lu Li said, "The strangest thing is that Master didn't see Li Ruotang when he rescued you."

"Mr. did say so, so I have always been very surprised. That night, Li Ruotang obviously took me away from the Meng Mansion, why was he not by my side when I was rescued?"

"When you get along with him, is there anything strange?"

"Strange thing?" Meng Yue looked up at Ling Xu, frowned and thought for a while and said, "There is one thing, I heard Li Ruotang talking in the room once, and the voice should be two people. And the quarrel was fierce, and then I heard the sound of something breaking, so I rushed in. But there was no one inside, except Li Ruotang."

"That's really strange."

Jinse laughed.

"What about other than that?"

"Li Ruotang likes to talk to himself very much. Occasionally, he hears a sentence or two that are vague. I don't know what he is talking about, but I always feel a little bit self-answering."

Meng Yue recalled carefully.

"Could it be a dual personality?"

Jinse suddenly shouted.

"Dual personality..." Lu Li repeated Jinse's words, and then suddenly realized, "Could it be that Li Ruotang has two souls in his body?"

"two?……"

Jin Se didn't react for a while, but Ling Xu's reaction was obviously faster.

"I guess, that person who does not belong to human beings allowed his soul to enter Li Ruotang's body. At the beginning, because he just recovered from a serious illness, he easily controlled Li Ruotang's body. But as this body gradually recovered, Li Ruotang My own soul has also been revived, so the two souls often fight against each other in one body."

"It's very possible, and Li Ruotang discovered the other party's purpose and wanted to stop it. Maybe the quarrel Meng Yue heard that time was for this matter."

"If this is the case, then we can understand why Li Ruotang was not there when Meng Yue was saved."

"Ah, that's true. Li Ruotang knew that he couldn't compete with the opponent in terms of strength, and it would be a matter of time before he was completely controlled by the opponent. So while he was still awake, he rescued Meng Yue and left on his own."

"Then... then what will happen to Li Ruotang?"

Although a little unbelievable, there seems to be no other reason to explain these strange things now.

"Probably already dead. The human body cannot withstand other forces that are too powerful, let alone forcible intrusion. I think that soon after Li Ruotang leaves, the body will be completely controlled. Besides, the Meng family has been wiped out, and Bai Yulinglong has also died." If you get it, Li Ruotang will lose its use value, so the other party will kill him without hesitation."

"Who do you think would do such a thing?"

Ling Xu's deduction is not wrong, but the bigger question is who has the ability to do such a thing.

"I think it should be Jin Yunhe."

"That's right, he's the best at manipulating souls."

"Then what are your plans next?"

After a long silence, Ling Xu suddenly asked.

"Of course I'm going to find that mysterious person."

"Yes, since Yu Linglong has already appeared, the mystery is almost solved. Why not simply open the last box. No matter what, they won't stop until they get all of Yu Linglong."

"Well, if you need my help, just ask."

"No, Master. You were implicated by Lu Li in this matter. No matter what, I will not let Penglai be affected."

"Sang Yu is my disciple, if he is really that mysterious person, as a master, is there any reason to ignore him?"

After Ling Xu finished speaking, he took out a sapphire whistle from his sleeve.

"This was your master's favorite thing back then, but he didn't take it with him when he left. Now, I will give it to you. If there is any danger, just blow it, and I will take care of myself."

Lu Li only felt that a cool object had been placed in his hand. When he touched it, he realized that it was a finely crafted jade whistle, which seemed to be somewhat similar to the one that his master carried with him.Jinse looked at the jade whistle, and also thought of the emerald jade whistle that opened the door of the secret room.Just when he was about to say something, he felt Lu Li's warm hand holding his own.

"Master, please leave Lu Li alone."