Fire and theft prevention

The setting sun reflects the beautiful trees, melting in the soft wind of early summer.

Surrounded by vegetation, the small soup pool is paved with fine cinnabar-colored pebbles, and the hot springs are rippling, sparkling water in the dense mist.

A clean white foot tentatively stepped into the soup pool, followed by a narrow waist and hips wrapped in a white scarf, and finally most of the waist and abdomen did not enter the water.

With a wooden hairpin in his mouth, he tied up his long hair casually, flicking a string of water droplets at the end of his hair.

There was the rustling sound of cloth rubbing beside him, the water rippled slightly, and another person stepped into the soup pool.

A touch of cinnamon was quickly added to the sulfur smell of the hot spring. Mu Qingjia inhaled lightly, then turned around with a smile, and said, "Awei."

Huo Wei gave a low "hmm".He sat upright in the soup pond, staring at a certain place in the water, as if he was not soaking in the soup, but dealing with life and death difficulties.

Seeing that his junior brother was so cautious, Mu Qingjia sneered in his heart, and felt a little more relaxed.He smiled and said: "After wandering for so many years, it's rare to go back to the mountains to relax, so don't be sullen, huh?"

Huo Wei was silent, his sword eyebrows were furrowed, his face was flushed red, whether it was heat or something else.

Mu Qingjia also smiled silently, stretched her waist lazily, and comforted herself, saying: It's good to be normal, it's not much different from when I was young, it's just the most normal hot spring bath.

The water vapor in the spring rises, and the abundant water aura nourishes the meridians of his whole body and warms his Nascent Soul.

The cultivation level after resurrection is the same as that of the original body before death. He always felt that there was a faint sign of a breakthrough a few days ago, but he seemed to be imprisoned by something, unable to advance an inch.

Perhaps this is one of the flaws of the spirit-returning wood.

In addition, since he has not yet recovered his sense of body, this excellent hot spring is nothing to him, which is a pity.

As soon as Mu Qingjia's smile faded, Huo Wei slowly moved his dantian as if aware of it.

The fire aura gradually flowed into the soup pond one by one. Mu Qingjia suddenly felt his skin was slightly hot, and only then did he realize that the spring water was slowly heating up.

Just like a person who has drank clear soup all his life, when the tip of his tongue suddenly touches strong wine, he is both shuddered by the novelty and reluctant to part with this hard-won feeling.

This feeling is different from the usual physical contact with the younger brother. The domineering fire aura belonging to Huo Wei completely enveloped his body and penetrated everywhere. Mu Qingjia only felt numb all over, and tremblingly said: "It's okay, Ah Wei, that's enough .”

His jade-white complexion was covered with a thin powder, and his shoulders were raised nervously, with a tangled expression of comfort and wanting to avoid it.

Huo Wei observed him carefully, a smile flashed across his eyes: "Don't you like it?"

Mu Qingjia shivered again, feeling that her forehead was about to sweat. "Thank you, I like it, but..."

Suddenly something slippery rubbed against his waist, he was startled, stood up with a clatter, and looked into the water.

I saw a big fat fish turning over its belly, its belly was full of fire aura, and it was about to be scalded.

"Awei, stop!" Mu Qingjia couldn't help crying, "You can eat boiled fish when it's hotter!"

Only then did Huo Wei let it go, squinting at the man and the fish.

Mu Qingjia squatted in the water, carefully looking at the strange fish.

It is strange enough that there are live fish in the hot springs. What is even more surprising is that although this fish has complete fins and tails, it has four soft claws attached to its abdomen, and it is looking up in a peaceful death posture. Lie in the water.

He pulled the spring water to send the strange fish to Huo Wei, and said, "Do you think it can still live? Its stomach is full of your fire aura, why don't you take it back and try?"

Huo Wei glanced at him, then silently shifted his gaze back, and said, "No problem. It's just that I'm full."

This cinnabar-red fish lives in the mouth of the hot spring in Mount Gaotu. It feeds exclusively on the aura of fire. It is naturally easy to develop spiritual wisdom.

It wanted to be honestly hidden under the cinnabar stone, but it couldn't help the sudden deliciousness, and accidentally broke its stomach, floating like a drunk.

"Won't it explode?" Mu Qingjia worried, "Should I try to induce vomiting?"

"No need." Huo Wei said casually, "I lied to you just now. It has been cooked, and it's a pity that the body is rotten. Let's go ashore and burn it to eat."

Hearing this, the four-clawed fish immediately spit out a string of bubbles, broke free from Mu Qingjia's hand, and ran away in a hurry.

Mu Qingjia was dumbfounded, Huo Wei snorted and said, "You have been fooled by it three times."

"Is there such a thing?" Mu Qingjia smiled helplessly.

"Brother met it for the first time, and he was dazzled, thinking it was a stone." Huo Wei slowly recalled, "In the end, he slipped on his foot and plunged directly into the spring water, stirring up thousands of waves. That's really rare It's a grand sight."

"You remember this kind of thing clearly." Mu Qingjiapi said with a smile.

"To each other." Huo Wei mocked.

After the four-clawed fish disturbed the situation, the two brothers and sisters got closer, and the stiff atmosphere at the beginning gradually dissipated.

As the sun sets in the west and the night gets darker, the hot springs are still flowing.They chatted a few words from time to time, and Huo Wei intermittently talked about a few things he had experienced in the past 50 years, how he cultivated, how he killed demons, how he avoided the intrusion of Xuanzong and Fuyu Waterside Pavilion, and found a hermitage.

He talked about his past with no emotional ups and downs, simple and straightforward, such as when, where, what realm he broke through, who he killed, or he didn't know the name or number of the person he killed.

Mu Qingjia felt that his way of speaking was interesting and special, but also felt distressed, so he also picked up some old things he had recently recalled, and told them as stories to his junior brother.

He talked about his dream about the sweet-scented osmanthus forest and the giant deer, Huo Wei said: "Yingru. He used to be with the master often. After the master ascended to the top, I never saw him again."

"I don't know if there is a chance to meet him again." Mu Qingjia said sullenly, "There is an unfinished deer in Yanshi's spiritual jade, and it still lacks four corners. It must be Ru Ru."

"Stop emphasizing that name, and keep Yanshi out of the matter." Huo Wei turned to him, "Yanshi is a part of you. The wood carvings of Xingru also belong to you."

Mu Qingjia was startled, then smiled warmly: "Ah Wei is absolutely right."

At this moment, he was a little dizzy from the steam, his vigilance was almost gone, he was soft and easy to talk.

Huo Wei couldn't help but raised her hand to touch his pink ears, but saw that his eyes were hazy and lifeless, like an ignorant child, so at the critical moment, she withdrew her hand and stood up.

"The hot spring time is too long and it will hurt your body." He said, "Let's go."

After the heat source left the spring water, Mu Qingjia regained consciousness a little.He buried himself completely in the spring water, and finally experienced a shuddering feeling of dilated pores all over his body, and then stood up in satisfaction.

A new immortal robe flew over immediately and covered him.Mu Qingjia slowly put on the robe that Huo Wei threw to him, and suddenly felt his long hair being pulled up.

When soaking in the hot spring, his long hair was inevitably stained with water, like ink stains on rice paper, smudged wetly on his back.Behind him, Huo Wei held his wet hair, the palm of his hand quickly heated up, and quickly evaporated the moisture in it.

Mu Qingjia tilted her head and said, "Thank you..."

"No need." Huo Wei said immediately.

"Okay, let's not say thank you." Mu Qingjia could only smile and said, "I'll change my words: Ah Wei's method is too convenient, I really like it."

Huo Wei paused for a moment, then regained his energy.

The two had just dried their hair when a drop of rain hit Huo Wei's face.Immediately afterwards, the rain fell in a crackling manner, and clouds from nowhere covered Gaotu Mountain, and the rain curtain invaded.

Mu Qingjia picked a leaf at random and drew a rain-proof talisman, and the leaf became the size of an oil-paper umbrella, covering them from the rain.

"There was no sign at all before, and the rain in early summer will fall as soon as you want." He said.

Huo Wei stretched out his hand, and in an instant, a small handful of rainwater gathered in the palm of his hand, and quickly evaporated.He put down his hands, his face thoughtful.

"Go back together?" Mu Qingjia suggested, "I don't know if my thatched hut is still leaking."

Huo Wei said: "You go back first, I still have something to do."

Mu Qingjia was slightly stunned. Just as she was about to say something, Huo Wei said, "It's not looking for spiritual roots. It's not dangerous either."

Although Mu Qingjia was a little disappointed, she still smiled and said, "Okay. Then I'm leaving. Be careful."

After he took two steps, he remembered that his junior brother didn't use the water-avoiding talisman.He turned around to remind him, but found that the rain couldn't wet him at all.

The pouring rain fell from the sky, and before it touched Huo Wei, it was swallowed by the fire aura released around him and turned into white smoke.

Mu Qingjia took one last look at him before really leaving.

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In the depths of the sweet-scented osmanthus forest, the woman was looking forward to it, and the huge raindrops hit the osmanthus leaves, fell on her body and face, and became a part of her in an instant.

Suddenly, a black figure passed by, landed not far behind her, and stood still.

"Since you're here, why don't you see me?" Huo Wei said.

The woman raised her head and smiled: "I see. Although I saw it from a distance."

She couldn't see anything when she smiled, and she smiled only to see a pair of red eye sockets. "Eldest brother, he's really back...it's like a dream."

"This is not a dream." Huo Wei said straight to the point, "That's why I came to retrieve the water spirit root."

"Then I'm afraid you will be disappointed." Shui Jingzhe sighed and said, "I have already searched for your targets once after I heard about them, but they are not where they are. The Gaotu Mountains are vast and dangerous, and it may take a while to investigate them one by one. time."

Huo Wei lowered his eyes when he heard the words, clenched his fists and said, "I can't wait that long."

Shui Jingzhe was stunned, approached Huo Wei in three steps and two steps, and said anxiously: "How could it be so fast? Xiao'er knows medicine, I'll ask him to help you take a look, maybe you can..."

"Forget it." Huo Wei interrupted, "The most you can see is that the pulse condition is vain."

"Is that the only way?" Shui Jingzhe clenched his hands in front of his chest, "Second senior brother, didn't you think about other possibilities? If you leave, not only me and Long'er, how sad will senior senior brother be?"

"What's so sad?" Huo Weiliang said softly, "A part of me will become his life and be with him forever. He should be happy."

Shocked by his coldness, Shui Jingzhe gritted his teeth and said, "...you have no heart at all. Senior brother would never think like that."

"Yes, he doesn't think that way. Junior sister also doesn't want him to be sad." Huo Wei looked at her deeply and said, "So this matter will be rotten in your heart until it returns to dust."

Shui Jingzhe let out a breath, raised his forehead and said, "It's strange to say, since I was a child, I have been looking forward to your return with senior brother every time. But if I really come back, every time I see you, I miss you with this mouth. Get out of Mount Gaotu."

"As you wish, we will leave after we find the water spirit root." Huo Wei said in a deep voice, "Qing Jia is very guilty of causing trouble for you."

"What's the matter." Shui Jingzhe's tone softened, "When I was young, I was raised and protected by my seniors, and when I grow up, I will protect my seniors and our family. This is a matter of course."

Huo Wei smiled slightly: "You have indeed improved a lot. The head of the sect is still doing well."

"Senior brother is getting less and less courageous." Shui Jingzhe didn't appreciate it, "If I were, I would tell my senior brother the whole truth, and then I would spend everything to find his lost things. ——If I found it, I would Both of them are safe; they can't be found, and they live with a clear conscience."

Her determined expression resembled Mu Qingjia very much at a certain moment, and Huo Wei was dazed, remembering that not long ago, his senior brother was so determined to find the real culprit, and then avenge him.

"..." He opened his mouth, as if to let out a sigh. "No need. The Golden Wing Envoy and the Jade Waist Slave have been looking for it for 50 years. It is no longer in this world."

"That was when the senior brother was away." Shui Jingzhe said, "But since he has returned now, there must be some new clues about the things he lost."

"He hasn't fully recovered yet, and his memory is incomplete." Huo Wei said, "If one day he remembers everything, I'm already gone."

Seeing that Huo Wei was still indifferent, Shui Jingzhe faced him again, and said in a hateful voice: "I used to respect my second senior brother for daring to take risks, and always being able to survive adversity, doing what others couldn't. Why have you become so timid after all these years? "

"You misjudged me." Huo Wei said indifferently, "My life can be risked thousands of times. But his life can't be done once. It has always been like this."

If Mu Qingjia knew that his resurrection was the result of someone else's life, even ordinary people who had nothing to do with it would feel uncomfortable, let alone Huo Wei who changed his life.

It is not difficult to imagine what he would think and do when he was introduced.

So Huo Wei would never take this risk.

"I..." Shui Jingzhe's eyes flashed, "I understand."

Seeing her like this, Huo Wei's momentum was a little weak.Suddenly, the tip of his ear moved slightly, and a ball of golden flame ignited out of thin air, trapping the object in the middle.Then he stretched out his palm to grab it, and the small object fell into the palm of his hand.

Guan Guan lowered his head and shrunk his neck, flapping his wings non-stop, shouting loudly: "I was wrong! I'm wrong, why not!"

Huo Wei sideways avoided a chicken feather, and said coldly, "You shouldn't be here."

Shui Jingzhe was a little curious and said: "I felt something was peeping, didn't you, little chick, retreat with Long'er?"

Guan Guan didn't dare to swear when he was called Xiaojizai, he shrank into a ball cowardly, but suddenly felt his tail was a little hot.

Looking back, it saw the golden flame burning upwards along the tail feathers that had grown so hard, and immediately shouted: "'My feather duster!!''It's running out of water!'"

Shui Jingzhe burst into laughter and said: "Let it go. Long'er will be sad if it disappears."

Huo Wei put away the fire, burned the fallen chicken feathers into ashes, and slowly sprinkled them in front of Guan Guan.

"You don't know anything." The evil ghost said, "Otherwise, there would be such a feather."

Guan Guandong nodded, then was thrown into the sky.

"...Second Senior Brother." Shui Jingzhe looked at its thumping and falling figure, "This little chicken can't fly."

Huo Wei looked deeply into the depths of the rainstorm, until the peeping eyes were withdrawn.

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OOC Small Theater:

Huo Wei (expressionless): peeking at men hugging, peeking at naked|men taking a bath, I didn't expect you to be such a master.

Shui Jingzhe (covering his face and crying bitterly): I am not, I am not!

Mu Qingjia (scratching her face): Sure enough, my sixth sense is very accurate, and my junior sister was peeking at that time.