[Xianjian + Ancient Sword Colleague] Being a master is also a kind of practice

After that night, Shen Danqing seemed to have made up his mind not to teach Shen Bailing to meet Ruan Ci again, and detained him at home all day. It was very difficult for Bailing to walk out of the house, let alone leave the ancient city of Juchao and go to the lake. The edge of the woods went.

One day at noon, after Shen Bailing cleaned the yard, he had nothing to do. When he was bored, he sat under the eaves and scratched on the mud and sand with a sharp stone. Not long after, there was a pretty face of a girl on the sand, with a wild flower on her head, and the expression on her face was mischievous, just like Ruan Ci.

Shen Bailing stared blankly for a while, then sighed, fearing that Shen Danqing would see it, she wiped it away a few times.

"Brother Bailing, what you drew...that's pretty nice, what did you do to clean it?"

Suddenly a question came from above his head, Shen Bailing looked up, and it turned out that He Yi next door was talking to him while leaning on the wall, and he didn't know how long he stayed there, obviously he had seen the painting just now.

"Hush, silence!" Shen Bailing hurriedly turned her head to glance at the inner room, walked to the base of the wall and looked up, "He Yi, wouldn't it be bad if Aunt He saw you climbing up and down like this?"

He Yi waved his hands carelessly: "My mother is busy, the water diversion barrier of the iron shop has cracked somewhere, and the water flooded in and turned off the iron stove. My father and her went to the elder's house. Uncle Huan Yue helped cast a spell to repair it, and I won’t be back for a while!” After a pause, he sighed and said, “But my mother forgot that her son was still in the house when she went out, so she locked the door. Why am I climbing walls right now?"

Shen Bailing smiled and said: "Aunt He probably didn't forget you in the house, but locked the door on purpose to ask you to take care of you?"

He Yi gritted his teeth, and said with a bitter face: "Brother Bailing, don't make fun of me. I'll pass through the gate of your house. If my mother asks about it when she comes back, don't let her slip!" Down.

Shen Bailing quickly suppressed her smile, waved her hand and said: "No. My mother is resting in the room at noon, she will know as soon as you open the door, and then she will not be able to tell." When he said this, he suddenly changed his mind and said, "You Give me a hand, let's go out from Grandpa Pu's yard next door to your house."

He Yi wondered: "Brother Bailing, why do you want to climb the wall?"

Shen Bailing's face became hot, and she said in a low voice: "I...I want to go out of the city, but my mother doesn't allow it. But I've made up my mind, and I won't be at ease if I don't go there to have a look."

He Yi smiled and said, "Hey, what's the problem? Let's be quiet so that auntie won't hear...Come on, I'll pull you!"

After a while, there was no sound in Shen's courtyard, and there was no trace of Bailing.In a small courtyard next door, two figures of cats with hunched backs quietly slipped out from behind the door.

He Yi slipped away to look for Hua Hongyan to play, Shen Bailing said goodbye to him, and then galloped all the way to the waterside of Chaohu Lake.

The white mist on the lake is vast, the willows on the embankment are still there, the summer breeze in the forest is smooth, and birds chirping can be heard from time to time, but on the moss, beside the big white stone, you can't see the lively girl who likes to wear gorgeous clothes. figure.

Shen Bailing waited for a long time, guessing that Shen Danqing was about to wake up, and left here reluctantly, feeling puzzled and disappointed at the same time, she couldn't help but wondered: Why didn't Ah Ci wait?Is she tired of waiting?She... Will she come again in the future?

Several times since then, Shen Bailing managed to sneak out of the house while her mother was not prepared, but never met Ruan Ci again. Every time she came here in high spirits, she returned disappointed. Occasionally she was scolded by Shen Danqing, and she felt even more sad.

The more he didn't see Ruan Ci, the more he felt melancholy.I think about it every day, and often dream at night, but I often dream that when I play with Ruan Ci for a while, the figure of my mother will appear in the horizontal, and scold him, and I still have lingering fears after waking up.Shen Bailing really couldn't figure it out, why did he have a rare dream, and it was an excellent dream, but in the end, his mother always messed it up?

That night, Shen Bailing fell into a deep sleep.In the dream, I saw the clear green water of the lake and the green willows, and it was the forest by the lake.

Turning around a few big trees, I saw Ruan Ci sitting on the big rock smiling and beckoning to him. Just as Shen Bailing was about to step forward, he suddenly thought of his mother, so he couldn't help but glanced around first.

Unexpectedly, after this hesitation, Ruan Ci disappeared in front of him, suddenly a strong wind blew, and the white mist on the lake was blown into the forest, and after a while, the surroundings were covered with mist, making it difficult to see.Shen Bailing looked around, and after only a few steps forward, he realized that something was wrong. The hard grass under his feet was no longer the grass, as if he was no longer in the forest just now.

After walking a few more steps, a vermilion wall loomed in the white mist. Behind the wall was a leafy apricot tree, and a corner of the cornice was exposed behind the crown, but it was outside a mansion.

Shen Bailing had never been here before, so he was very surprised.But seeing that the two ends of the vermilion wall were far away into the white mist, and there were no doors or windows on the wall, he was at a loss.

Suddenly there was a long laugh from inside the wall, and someone actually spoke: "Haha, it took no effort to get it! Unexpectedly, by coincidence, I found the Wind Lingzhu here!"

Then a slightly cramped voice said: "Master Dao, this... what kind of treasure is this?"

The man said with a smile: "Master Ruan doesn't know something. This treasure is useless to you ordinary people, but it is a very rare treasure for us cultivators. It's just that according to rumors, this thing was taken by a The evil person stole it from the southern border and was nowhere to be found, but somehow it got into Master Ruan's hands?"

Master Ruan said: "This was brought back by my only daughter from outside the city. I only said that she picked up something lost by someone else, but she insisted that someone gave it to her... Alas, she is so young. , I don’t know where I met such a generous friend, how strange!”

The person before said in surprise: "This is strange. However, I heard that monsters have been raging outside Shouyang City recently, killing many people. How dare Master Ruan let Qianjin leave the city at will? In my opinion, a girl's family , it’s better not to go out.”

"Oh, my little girl has been naughty since she was a child, and she is difficult to discipline. How can I restrain her?" Master Ruan sighed, obviously feeling very troubled by his daughter. Playing on the edge of Chaohu Lake, but she refuses to listen..."

"Oh, this is even more strange. Could it be that you have run into an evil spirit, or have you been fascinated by a monster?" The humane said, "The monsters are raging outside the city. I have seen recently that even fishermen who are fishing are hiding in the city. Going to the lake, making Qianjin do the opposite but nothing happens, isn’t it weird? In my opinion, the person who gave her the treasure is very suspicious, it’s better to ask the young lady to ask.”

Then Master Ruan ordered his servants to call Miss, and after a short while, there was a rustling sound, and he walked into the courtyard with brisk steps, and called out crisply: "Daddy!"

Shen Bailing was originally standing outside the wall listening fascinatedly, but when he heard this voice, he was shocked. He had heard this voice every day, so he was very familiar with it, it was Ruan Ci!

Master Ruan asked: "Tell this priest, who did you get this bead from?"

Ruan Ci seemed to hesitate for a moment, and said: "He...he didn't let me tell others, I can't say it."

The man said softly, "Then can you tell me, where does that man live?"

After a while, Ruan Ci said, "He said he lives by Chaohu Lake, but Ah Ci has never been to his house." Because Shen Bailing never told her not to talk about these things, she answered this question much more freely .

The man snorted and said, "By Chaohu Lake? If you were an ordinary person, how dare you live by the lake now, not to mention meeting the young lady there every day. Don't think too much, it must be a monster."

Master Ruan let out a cry, as if he was very frightened, and said: "This...how can this be good? Daoist Priest, I am only such a daughter, I can't teach her to be harmed by monsters, I just ask you to save her. "

The man said: "It doesn't matter, the young lady seems to be mentally still. I'm afraid she was deceived by the monster and didn't know it. It will be good to understand after a while. But I don't know if this treasure has been enchanted by the monster, and the way is not good. But I want to bring it back to the teacher's gate to show the elders a look."

Master Ruan hurriedly said: "Just take it away, you don't have to return it. It's just that there are such evil things in Shouyang City. How can it be good for a long time?"

"Master Ruan, don't panic." There was a trace of joy in the man's voice, and he comforted, "I have sent a letter back to the master's gate, and I have reported all the abnormalities in Shouyang City. I think some brothers will come here soon. At that time, we will work together to remove the monsters and restore the peace in the city!"

Ruan Ci was beside them, only then did he understand what the two were talking about, and he shouted angrily: "Brother Shen is not a monster! You are not allowed to catch him!"

How could the two of them listen to it? They only heard Master Ruan say: "Shut up! You—that's how you manipulated you, so that the monster deceived your heart. Ji Niang, why don't you bring Miss back to the room? Don't let her go out, watch her for me!"

"Miss, don't make the master angry, go back with me!" Na Ji Niang persuaded.

"Brother Shen won't harm anyone—"

The strong wind picked up again, and the white mist surrounded it, covering Ruan Ci's cries and the mansion.

"Ah Ci, Ah Ci!" Shen Bailing took a few steps forward, but there was nothing in front of him, nothing else.He was anxious and sad at the same time, a voice kept vibrating in his chest: So it is so, so it is so!Ah Ci didn't come to see me because she was locked up by her father... She didn't dislike me, she didn't dislike me for being a demon at all!

It's just that he ran for a long time in the white mist, and he couldn't touch the red wall just now, and Ruan Ci and those two people also disappeared. It's really weird that this dream has evolved to this point now.

Shen Bailing was exhausted in the end, so he had no choice but to stop.

Just at this time, in the boundless mist all around, there were a few clanking sounds.