Frost Habitat and Cold Moon

When Suzaku arrived with the left and right guardians, he saw a leader who seemed to have gone crazy.

Bai Yuanfeng's lips, cheeks, white hair, and the snow around him were all splashed with large patches of blood.

His long hair was disheveled, and he sat on the snow ground with absent-minded eyes, and let out a low laugh.

A line of blood-stained footprints stretched from behind him, leading to the gate of the main altar of the Demon Cult.

Thirty or forty steps away from him was Zhang Zhishang, who died of poisoning, his face was gray and purple, and his body was already stiff.

When Suzaku dressed in vermilion knelt down on one knee and called him softly in front of Bai Yuanfeng, Bai Yuanfeng seemed to have a sudden consciousness. Following the touch of red, he first moved his eyeballs, and then fell on the ground, I retched.

As soon as he moved, something he was holding rolled onto the ground with a puff.

Following the voice, the congregation casually looked up, and immediately took a breath of air in fright, and hurriedly buried their heads back between their arms, not daring to breathe again.

What fell out was a mummy that looked like a human being.On the face full of knife marks, two deeply sunken eye holes were extremely distinct, and only a layer of wrinkled skin remained, tightly attached to the bones.Only around the neck was a piece of bloody red.

The surroundings were extremely quiet, only the sound of Bai Yuanfeng pounding his throat desperately, forcing himself to spit out something.

The left protector turned around silently, unable to bear to look any further; the right protector sighed and sighed, "Fate tricks people".

His long sigh seemed to have awakened Bai Yuanfeng suddenly.

Bai Yuanfeng stopped vomiting, turned his head blankly, and wanted to reach out and hug Chen Ranhuai's body.

But at the moment when he was about to touch it, as if being pricked by a needle, he flinched and withdrew his hand.

He looked at Suzaku with a begging face, and at the same time, he bit his wrist fiercely, until the blood was dripping from the bite, and the blood spattered everywhere.

Suzaku stepped forward knowingly, picked up Chen Ranhuai's body, took off the cloak with one hand, and put it on Bai Yuanfeng's shoulders.

"Thank you."

The moment Bai Yuanfeng opened his mouth, Suzaku raised his knife and slashed at Bai Yuanfeng's side neck.

He took the unconscious Bai Yuanfeng into his arms.

Bai Yuanfeng vaguely remembered that when he was still young, Bai Yuanmo hugged him and walked slowly on the quiet small roads in the south of the Yangtze River with an oil-paper umbrella in the light rainy morning.

"Dream into Yanshui Road in the south of the Yangtze River, travel all the way to the south of the Yangtze River, and never meet Liren." Father murmured.

They walked aimlessly for a long, long time.

"Father, are we here for an outing?"

"No. We're looking for an old friend."

In the father's eyes, there was a bit of distress and tenderness of expectation.

It was the heaviness and sadness that he couldn't understand at that age.

as then.

"You shouldn't have done so many wrong things for your own selfish desires." Bai Yuanfeng pulled out the Han sword "Ranhuai" resolutely, "You are crazy and old, it's time to hand over the 'Tianmo' Ling', let me give up your position. What's more, only when you die, will the world return to peace."

"Haha. If it's really that simple, I might as well die earlier." Bai Yuanmo stretched out his hands, wanting to touch the face of the parent and child for the last time, "The heights are too cold. You can keep your heart and be alone Go on? My son."

"I have justice in my heart, live a frank and upright life, and I can go on naturally. I don't need to worry about this."

Bai Yuanfeng slapped Bai Yuanmo's outstretched hand away at once, firmly clenched the painful old sword wound on his hand, turned around and left indifferently.

——If you don't even bother to deal with the aftermath of killing people, how can you be so scheming?

——My son, how will you go on in the future?

Before his father died, his eyes were still incomprehensible, with deep worry and countless hesitation to speak.

Bai Yuanfeng woke up leisurely.

He opened his eyes, waited for his eyes to adapt to the dim environment, and immediately looked around quietly.

It was dark, damp, with stale and sticky blood stains all over the floor, and occasionally could smell the scorched smell of burning flesh.

Faint wailing and screams could be heard in the distance.

He recognized it as a cell in the deepest part of the main altar dungeon, reinforced with stainless steel doors.

Unlike ordinary prison cells, the bed frame here is also made of fine steel.It is tightly fixed to the ground, and each of the four corners of the bed has steel hoops that can fasten the hands and feet.

Bai Yuanfeng covered his forehead with one hand, propped up the cold iron bed, and sat up.

Hearing the sound, the black shadow curled up in the corner with his knees hugged, visibly flinched.The black shadow carefully blew on the torch and lit the candlestick.

The light that lit up instantly filled every corner of the cell with warmth.

On the four walls of the seamless prison cell that seemed to be carved out of a whole boulder, there were deep bloodstains scratched by hands, densely packed, covering every corner that the light could reach.

"Are you awake?" Heiying said, and raised his head from the shadow. It was Zhou Yuheng wearing the Suzaku mask.

Suzaku got up, poured Bai Yuanfeng a glass of warm water from the outside, served Bai Yuanfeng and drank it.

"Suzaku, you sent me here?"

Suzaku's clear and bright eyes obviously dodged for a moment, he lowered his eyes, and replied respectfully: "It was I who escorted you here together with the left and right guardians. ——Here, the old leader practiced 'bite' back then. Blood Curse' place."

As he spoke, he handed an old letter in his arms to Bai Yuanfeng.

The six big characters "My son, Yuan Feng, personally entrusted" on the outer seal are vigorous and powerful, and they are written by Bai Yuanmo himself.

Bai Yuanfeng took the letter without the slightest surprise, but he was not in a hurry to open the envelope, he just asked in a low voice, hesitantly: "Have you dealt with the...things outside?"

Suzaku immediately understood and said: "Chen Ranhuai was buried next to Li Mingshi's cemetery in the back mountain; Huang Suhui and Xiao Xiang were buried together; Zhang Zhishang was handed over to the right protector and brought back to Baihutang. ——Master, please Sorry."

"Well. The arrangement is very good. People will die sooner or later, and there is nothing to be sad about. In the end, it is still my fault. I didn't know Xiao Hui, he would have such deep hatred for Xiao Huai ..."

"If it wasn't for your deliberate stop, the shadow guard would have killed... Huang Suhui on the spot."

"Ahem. Why isn't he? Xiaohui knows my habits. I gave him countless opportunities to fight, but he didn't kill me. Only this time, I know, he brought someone here. I'm betting on a chance—we put our lives in each other's hands, betting on whether the brotherhood of these years can eliminate the hatred—it's a pity that we all failed."

"The Battle of Qingcheng Mountain was indeed the letter he reported... He did have some contacts with Lin Enshan... But he was also the one who notified Han Jie to rescue you. His loyalty to you is true, he did not betray you you."

"I know. Li Ranfeng is his younger brother, and Qingcheng is his bloodline. Some things must have been difficult for him at the beginning. In fact, when I knew that there was an internal response in the sect, I was the first to It's you who is suspicious."

"Really?" Suzaku smiled wryly, "It's no wonder you're suspicious, after all, I'm from the Zhou family."

"It's not all. It's because I was jealous that the old man loved you more and treated you better at the beginning, so I always had some inexplicable hostility towards you. Speaking of which, I really haven't been able to see through the old man for so many years. "

Bai Yuanfeng finished this sentence with some unclear meaning, and finally stroked the ink marks on the outer cover, and took out the letter paper that had been dusty for many years.

He finished reading the letter with a calm expression under the dim light, and put the letter paper aside casually.

"My father once taught me to live as I wish, but I always thought he was making excuses for his cowardice and ruthlessness." Bai Yuanfeng sighed softly, stood up, and walked to the candlestick in the middle of the cell , took out the demon token in his arms.

Under the shadow of the lamp, the token made of colored glaze changed into a bright light, which was reflected on the surrounding walls, showing fine and curved writing.

The Heavenly Demon Token records the supreme secret of the Demon Cult's mind - "Blood-devouring Curse".It can control people's hearts, manipulate human blood, break through the limits of the human body, and bewitch foreign objects... It is the root of all magic arts.

The leader of the first blood alliance sect divided the demon sect's heart method "Blood-devouring Curse" into eight parts, and passed it on to eight people to restrain each other.

After subsequent evolution and development, there were various branches of the Devil's Cult.

"Those who are not determined cannot practice this kung fu." Bai Yuanfeng tapped the token with his fingers, and threw the thing into Suzaku's arms, "My magic kung fu is the source of all initiations, and it is also the nemesis of other magic kung fu. It is easier to fall into the evil way. This is probably the reason why we practice martial arts, compared with the righteous way, we have made rapid progress, and they are also called 'evil demons and monsters'."

After he finished speaking, he shook his head helplessly and chuckled.

"Master... are you okay?"

"Do you believe me?" Bai Yuanfeng suddenly smiled gently at Suzaku.

Seeing that Suzaku nodded affirmatively, he stretched out his hand with a smile, stroked Suzaku's side face, and praised: "Good boy."

Immediately, in the black and gloomy pupils, a crimson and strange fire shadow ignited.

Corresponding to him, Suzaku's clear eyes also flashed a strange red light.

"...If you don't learn magic skills, you will be powerless to resist outsiders. If you learn this magic skills, you will easily go crazy and have endless troubles... So the ancestors came up with the method of selecting those with firm minds through internal struggles... because of the power of various factions. Due to the limitation of the realm of the law, there are very few people who have practiced the "Blood-devouring Curse"... Its scourge has gradually been removed from the teachings...

...Two methods: one is to fast in a disgusting bloody environment, drink only water, eat staple food without any taste, and maintain the most basic life... Don't be emotional, and don't be overjoyed or sad.

The second method is to abolish the magic power of the whole body.

I hope my son never sees this letter.

...Unfortunately, one day, you really came to this step.How to go in the future, the choice is in your hands...

Yuan Feng my son, my father will always be proud of you. "

"Remind Heng'er, let him remember what he promised me." Bai Yuanfeng cut off Suzaku's vital points all over his body in an instant, and said softly to Suzaku who was almost fainted from the pain, "He didn't tell you Did you tell me that when we met in private, he always called me 'brother'? Qinglong."

The Suzaku mask fell to the ground, revealing Chen Jishuang's eyes widened by "surprise" before he fell into a coma.

Bai Yuanfeng took over the fallen Chen Yushuang, gently placed him on the iron bed, and clasped his hands.

"—A Shuang, it's good to see you're still alive."

The second day of the first lunar month.

The Devil's Cult General Forum sent out wedding invitations.Demon Lord Bai Yuanfeng got married and feasted all demons in the world.

The heads, elders, and outstanding disciples of the seven major sects of the Devil's Cult were all invited.

"Who is the bride?" "Why so suddenly?" "I didn't hear the news beforehand."... Various rumors and discussions abounded.

The ninth day of the first lunar month.

Demon Venerable Bai Yuanfeng held a spiritual tablet covered with a red cloth in his hand, worshiped and married a deceased person, and held a ghost marriage.

After the wedding ceremony, the Mozun suddenly went mad. With a sword from all directions, he killed all directions. He even used the "Blood-devouring Curse" to control the entire banquet scene. The magic power was abolished.

Blood soaked the entire Blood Alliance Cult, and the wedding banquet scene was extremely tragic.

In the end, the demon king killed himself with a horizontal sword, ending with blood splashing on the wedding hall.

The left and right protectors also drew their swords at the same time to kill themselves, and followed the Demon Lord.

At this point, the Devil's Cult was finally seriously injured, and was no longer able to fight against the righteous way of the martial arts.

The tenth of the first lunar month.

Under the pressure of all parties, the Suzaku Envoy, holding the Heavenly Demon Order, negotiated with the Wulin League on behalf of the Demon Cult.

The two sides agreed on a clear sphere of influence and strict boundaries, and jointly made an oath of non-aggression within 50 years.

At the end of the negotiation, Suzaku envoy crushed the Heavenly Demon Order in public, announcing that the Demon Cult was disbanded.

In the Central Plains Wulin, the heroes are conquered, the world is united, and the Wulin League is in full swing.

The fifteenth day of the first month.

The Wulin League returns to Kunlun Mountains.After Li Ranfeng, the leader of the martial arts alliance, opened the altar to offer sacrifices to the mountain, he stood on the top of Kunlun, looked down at the thousands of allies who were eagerly looking forward to hope, and said slowly:

"God bless the martial arts, the evil will not overpower the good!"

The crowd cheered.

"You are here. Look. The peaceful and prosperous age is already in front of you." Li Ranfeng was dressed in white clothes of the leader of the martial arts, with a velvet coat wrapped around him. .

Zhou Yuheng, who was wearing a gorgeous and complicated vermilion squirrel-patterned shirt on a white background, pushed the wheelchair and stopped beside Li Ranfeng.

Li Ranfeng looked down at him: "You once advised me to stand up in troubled times, but you yourself don't fight for anything. Without belief and confidence, it is naturally difficult to win."

"Is this a mockery of the losers?" Zhou Yuheng showed a three-pointed smile, and gently turned the "peach pattern" ring on his hand, "I thought that Leader Li would be lenient to his own brother, so, I That increases the chance of winning by [-]%. But I never thought that you could even pull out people who are 'dead'. It is true that I lost, and I miscalculated people's hearts."

"Why didn't I miscalculate people's hearts? They promised at the beginning that they would never hurt Brother Mingshi. But what happened?" Li Ranfeng smiled desolately, lifted his coat, and sat on the ground. It was an accident. I just told him the weakness of the Blood Alliance Sect, "Don't be overjoyed and sad". I gave him a chance. He was the one who wanted to find Bai Yuanfeng, and he was the one who wanted to die. ——At the beginning, he shouldn't have lied to me .”

"Oh. I thought you didn't have the emotions and desires of a mortal long ago."

"Haha. Those who have no sorrow or joy in their hearts are dead people. I just took over the endgame and finished it. Your Zhou family has contributed a lot, so you don't have to hate me too much."

"Aiya. How dare you? Leader Li is just joking."

"Whether you believe it or not, I'm telling the truth. Uncle is right. Your family is all old foxes. I still can't understand what you want."

Zhou Yuheng twirled the ring again: "What I want is to grow fish and grow flowers, and drink with my friends until dawn. Also, I can spend the rest of my life peacefully. There are no people from the Martial Arts League who provoke the Demon Sect." thing."

"Is this a warning? Who doesn't want to live a peaceful life?" Li Ranfeng picked up a small stone and threw it out forcefully. "Just one thing, I will go to the main altar of the Devil's Cult and personally kill my elder brother. Brother and junior welcome back to Qingcheng."

"Compared to Mount Qingcheng, I guess they are more willing to stay in the Blood Alliance Sect. Do you think they will be willing to go with you?"

"After all, they belong to Mount Qingcheng and are disciples of Qingcheng."

"That's what you call wishful thinking."

"shut up."

"I advise you to respect the wishes of the deceased, and don't let Huang Suhui, Li Mingshi and Chen Ranhuai all resent you."

"Shut up. What do you know?" Li Ranfeng showed a rare expression of anger, "The grandsons of the Li family and the children of Qingcheng will go to the ancestral hall of the ancestors to receive incense from the descendants of Qingcheng after death."

"You don't have to explain it to me. You know best what you think in your heart."

"Ha! Now you can only use your tongue. Actually, shouldn't you thank me? But I helped you escape the burden of supporting the entire Demon Cult."

"I am willing." Zhou Yuheng slowly took off the ring on his hand, smiled indifferently, clenched his fist, and punched Li Ranfeng hard in the face, "You bastard!"

"Good fight! Don't say I bullied you." Li Ranfeng touched his swollen cheeks with his hand, shook off his coat, rushed over, knocked Zhou Yuheng to the ground, and punched him hard, "It's been a long time No one dares to hit me!"

Zhou Yuheng kicked Li Ranfeng hard on the stomach: "Who told you that people in wheelchairs should be bullied?" After speaking, he rushed over and rode on Li Ranfeng's body. It hit Li Ranfeng's body.

Li Ranfeng fought back uncompromisingly, punching to the flesh, full of strength.

The two tore and scuffled, using all the bad tricks of children's fighting, hair grabbing and eye picking.Rolled with snow and mud all over his body, until the sun set.

"No more fights, no more fights." Zhou Yuheng took a look at the sky, pulled the tattered scarlet coat hanging on his body, and took the lead in truce.

Li Ranfeng also wiped the corners of his chapped and bleeding lips: "Hiss—you, you are really ruthless. Hey, stay here and have a meal with me..."

"No. There are still fish at home." Zhou Yuheng just wanted to smile, but when he pushed the wheelchair, his face suddenly changed.Then he smiled again, said "That's all", leaned over and picked up Li Ranfeng's velvet coat, patted it, put it on unceremoniously, and left.

Li Ranfeng rolled a ball of snow, laughed and hit him from behind: "Get lost! Be careful to return late, you have to kneel on the washboard..."

Hearing this, Zhou Yuheng stopped, turned around, looked at Li Ranfeng who was sitting alone in the open snow, and asked, "Aren't you lonely?"

After he finished asking, without waiting for an answer, he pulled off the coat that had fallen off again, and hurried away.

"You bastard! Don't you just want to take this opportunity to show off your beautiful new wife?"

Li Ranfeng cursed with a smile, but gradually restrained the smile on his face.

— No one wins lying down.I just got what I should get.

——But, being alone, how can you not be alone?

——How can this world be so empty and so cold?

——However, when a person is alive, there will always be some new hope.

The sun is setting and the moon is soft.

Zhou Yuheng returned to Fu'an County under the moonlight.

Next to the largest and most prosperous gambling house on Zhongyang Street, Song Tingjiu opened a restaurant, and at this time, he was bragging with his drinking buddies.

On the opposite side of the restaurant, a flower building was newly opened.Lights are on all night.Aunt Yuan is here to take care of it.She said it was very good here, not too far from Kongtong, and she could sneak back to see her son.

Not far from the corner of the street is Bi Xian's Bi Mansion.The guard at the door spotted Zhou Yuheng with sharp eyes, and yelled to pass it inward across the road, asking someone to come and pick him up.

Bi Xian supported Du Qiuyin, who was slightly pregnant, and greeted him from the inner hall.

Before the person came to the front, he yelled loudly: "My God! Grandpa God of Wealth, did you get robbed by some passing god?"

Du Qiuyin threw away the handkerchief to beat him, and politely let Zhou Yuheng into the room: "Dinner has just started, and I haven't touched my chopsticks yet. Come in and eat some together."

Bi Xian had already hugged Zhou Yuheng affectionately and pushed him into the house.

"No, I have to go back, I happened to be passing by..." Zhou Yuheng declined politely, but stopped before the things that caught his eye.

It is a neat row of tablets, from left to right, Bai Yuanfeng, Huang Suhui, Han Jie, Han Yingxiang.

Bi Xian followed Zhou Yuheng's slightly dazed gaze and smiled a little embarrassedly.

"Isn't today a reunion night, let's have a reunion dinner together...Hey, don't blame me for not calling you two. I sent someone to invite you to your house...Qinglong said that there is a sacrifice at home, so the incense can't be cut off... ...Today, today, is the leader's first seven."

As he spoke, his eyes were red and he choked up.

Du Qiuyin patted the back of his hand to comfort him.

"Don't cry. When the leader left, he left with joy. There are no regrets."

Zhou Yuheng clenched his fists, pulled off his slippery coat, turned and left.

He stepped on the moonlight like a bean lamp, and walked back along the dark path.

Seen from a distance, Chen Jishuang stood at the door of the house with a dim yellow lantern waiting.

Chen Yushuang saw him coming back from a distance, and ran towards him.In the past, it took a full incense stick of time to jump over in twos and threes.

He took a deep breath and wiped his forehead with his hand.The eye circles are red, and it can be seen that she has just cried not long ago.

"If you don't come back again, I'll go to the Wulin League to pick you up." Chen Jishuang grinned at Zhou Yuheng, showing a mouthful of small white teeth.Curiously, he took the lantern to illuminate Zhou Yuheng, and then asked, "Your legs haven't completely healed yet, why did you come down and walk? Where's your wheelchair?"

Zhou Yuheng quickly covered himself with his coat, and took a step back, but did not dodge.

The lantern first shone on his tattered scarlet clothes, and then on his bruised and swollen face.

"You were beaten? Who is it? Li Ranfeng?" Chen Yushuang clenched the handle of the lantern tightly, and dark eyes welled up in his eyes.

"No, I have already taught you a lesson when I met the little thief who robbed the road." Zhou Yuheng took the lantern smoothly and squeezed Chen Juishuang's hand, "How long have you waited? Why are your hands so cold?"

As he spoke, he was about to take off his velvet coat and put it on for Chen Jushuang.

"No, it's too hot." Chen Yushuang hurriedly stopped him, and at the same time, squatted down, patted his back, "Come up, I'll carry you and go."

"No. I'm almost ready. By the way, who's here? Have I prepared enough dishes?"

"Qi Bo, Aunt Yue and Dr. Zhou have all taken over. Aunt Yuan will be here soon. Uncle Song said he will not come. Huang Li and Bai Ling are dealing with a few elderly people, and the rest of the shadow guards are busy in the kitchen Come on, cook a few more dishes—everyone is waiting for you."

"That's great, it's a reunion dinner." Zhou Yuheng looked up at the small, indistinct full moon.

"Nung, moon and new moon."

Bai Yuanmo held Zhou Yuheng in his arms, Bai Yuanfeng sat beside him, and Qi Bo and Aunt Yue stood behind him.

He looked at the moon reflected in the cup, and said softly: "I hope you will live a long time, and enjoy the joys of thousands of miles away."——Yuan Feng, Heng'er, when you grow up and have someone you love, remember, you must do your best to go Protect him—but ask for the process, not the result."

Bai Yuanfeng laughed first: "Don't ask the result? Why? If I have someone who is pleasing to me, whoever dares to rob me, I will definitely not let him go; anyone who dares to bully me, fight One life, I will protect him too.

Not seeking results means not daring to work hard, and it is nothing more than a cowardly act not daring to face reality.

I also want the process, and I also want the result! "

"Killing others and risking one's own life is a strong man who has the courage to face reality?" Bai Yuanmo drank the whole reunion moon in one gulp, and laughed softly, "Die, what's so difficult? Living is much more difficult than dying."

He filled another glass of wine: "'Live in the cold and the moon is quiet at night, and the flowers fall in the morning'. All I want in my life is to be with him in the clouds and wild cranes, wandering in the world. Now it seems that people are alive, not as good as birds. Hahaha. If there is In the next life, why not just be a pair of white swans, go up mountains and down water, and fly around, how free and easy you are."

"...Father is right. Living is indeed much more difficult than dying. But I would rather live upright as a human being than as a beast that can't control itself, living humble and shrinking... said After all, I am the coward who dare not face reality..."

"I'm sorry, father. I couldn't save him." Zhou Yuheng looked at the full moon and murmured.

"Zhou Xiaowu, let's run a race. If you lose, you have to clean up the table, wash the dishes, boil the bath water tonight, and you don't need to endorse the book..." Chen Jishuang first stood one step away from the door of the house and called Zhou Yuheng , laughing so that the eyes are shining, "I'm going to shout 'start'!"

He raised his foot and stepped heavily into the door: "Zhou Yuheng! I'm home!"

(Finish)