refuse to be a teacher

"From what the old man said, do you plan to go to Mount Lingtai in the next year?"

When I asked this question from the pillow, my eyes also showed some expectations.

In fact, no one knew what Yi Shangxian was planning, and even Yan Jue had a half-knowledge of what he was thinking at the moment.

A person like Yi Shangxian has always hated disputes in the Jianghu.But because he doesn't like it, it doesn't mean he won't participate in it—he naturally has to stand by and watch anything that has something to do with his old mentor. As for how much he will participate in later, it depends on his own thoughts.

Congzhen asked the question intentionally, but Yi Shangxian didn't answer.After a long while, he put the scroll sent by thousands of miles away into his sleeve lightly, and said with a blank expression: "There is nothing to ask. It is still to be determined what will happen in the future. What is the use of speaking clearly now?"

There was a lump in his throat, but he couldn't resist him.Everyone gathered together and hurriedly said two or three sentences, but they were waved away by Yi Shangxian.

Seeing that he had nothing else to explain, Xue Lan helped Yan Jue to walk out the door.Not wanting to wait for Congzhen and Cheng Bi to get far away, Yi Shangxian called out coldly: "...you stay."

Xue Lan was startled, and said with some hesitation: "Me?"

"I didn't call you."

Yi Shangxian raised his hand, pointed at Yan who was standing stiffly by the side, and said, "You, come here."

Because Xue Lan's face changed slightly, her scalp also became half numb, and she only grabbed Yan Jue with all her strength and refused to let go.Fortunately, Yan Jue was a sensible person, and he gave him a wink. Xue Lan probably knew what it meant, so he walked to the door reluctantly, stretched out his hand to pull the door, and guarded it alone.Yan Jue supported the wooden table and sat down, poured himself a cup of tea unceremoniously, and said, "...what else do you want to say?"

Yi Shangxian didn't open his mouth at first, but after a while, he gently threw the bamboo scroll on the table, and the clear and detailed black and white characters unfolded in an instant with this movement, reflected in Yan Jue's eyes, It's as cold as a blade.

Without waiting for Yi Shangxian to say anything, Yan Jue had expected it: "The Lingtai One Sword Sect probably already knew that you took the initiative to protect me... Even so, they still tried their best to invite you to go up the mountain."

Yi Shang said casually: "It seems that you are very clear in your heart."

"Please worry about it." Yan Jue put down the teacup, and said seemingly meaninglessly, "After Master's soul reappears, I will leave Changxingju—in short, I will never bring you any trouble."

Yi Shangxian sneered, and said: "You know that it will cause trouble to others, but now that you want to go far away, how easy is it?"

Yan deceived: "Then what do you want?"

"Wen Pianhong knows that I saved you, but he hasn't issued any statement so far. Instead, he has hung up reward orders to cover up the outside world, causing everyone to suspect frequently. Who can guess what he wants to do?"

Yi Shangxian turned his back, and through the glare of the glare of snow by the window, he could just see some gray spots on his temples.

He was almost a round old, and now that he was getting older, he looked more and more vicissitudes in Ling Ran.But he doesn't bow his head easily to show weakness, as if the longer he lives, the unfailing stubbornness will turn into tenacity, and it will always be his unbreakable layer of armor.

Yan Jue glanced at him indifferently, his expression was always indifferent, just like their usual conversation, with a slight sense of sarcasm: "What can you do? It's nothing more than leaving you as a long-term traveler who gets in the way. Whether I'm here or not , in the future when Wen Pianhong takes over, you will be the first thorn in his side."

After a pause, seeing that Yi Shang was idle, he simply said again: "He holds the Jielong seal in his hand, which has not been unlocked yet. It is said to be a blueprint that leads to the real trace of the living sword, but what exactly can be obtained after breaking the seal?" , except for the master, no one knows at all."

Yi Shangxian was silent for a while.When Yan Jue almost thought that he was going to be dumb, he shook his head unhurriedly, and said in an unclear tone: "It is impossible to expect Master to speak. Thanks to your soul-sending curse, He might as well not wake up—three souls and six souls have been displaced, and the memory is not complete for a moment, if you want to ask something, I am afraid that you will have to wait another three to five years."

Yan cheated: "I asked him everything without saying anything. He lost his memory, so I naturally know... I just want to ask you, in the past 30 or [-] years since I lived here, I have never caused any big storms in the world. You are an enemy, how do you plan to deal with it?"

Yi Shangxian's expression did not change, he just said in a cold voice: "How else can I deal with it? If he wants someone from me, I will hand you over to him. The whole martial arts world hated you and his disciples at the same time when the family was destroyed. The existence of fear - especially you, if you don't die, it will be difficult to appease the anger of the public."

As soon as Yan Jue said this, Xue Lan, who was standing guard in front of the door, couldn't hold back his emotions, and suddenly shouted: "Master did this to save me. How could it be Wen Pianhong's opponent?"

Yi Shang glanced at him leisurely, but Xue Lanyin didn't intend to stop, she opened her mouth and was about to raise her voice to say something, but Yan Jue waved her hand to signal him not to speak.After a long while, Fu chatted to Yi Shang again: "...You want to hand me over, of course I don't have any objections. It's just that you have to think slowly about the next step - don't forget, behind you It’s the entire Changxing residence, every step of your decision, more or less, will have a certain impact on it.”

After saying that, he held the tea in the cup firmly in his hand, raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.Yan Jue didn't say any more, turned around and took Xue Lanyin to push open the door, and looked at the person behind him without looking back.

——And at the back of the quiet and empty living room, Yi Shangxian stood in front of the window with his hands behind his hands, and in his eyes was the heavy snow fluttering in the sky outside, which was white and dazzling, just like the eternal sword light in the sword-suppressing platform in the past.

Because Yan Jue and Xue Lan were walking in the snow with umbrellas, their footprints sank deeply into a long line, almost covered by the traces left by the future tense.But they didn't rush back to the house, instead they strolled under the wooden corridor and stayed there for a while.

When turning the corner, Xue Lan slowed down a little.Seemingly thinking about it, he tilted his head and bullied Yan: "Master, the bad old man just said that, why don't we... let's go today?"

Yan Jue was absent-minded, and was still a little dazed, so he just responded casually, "Where are you going?"

Xue Lan said: "Guli town, or the bamboo forest of Lishui?"

As soon as Yan Jue heard the first three words, he came back to his senses in a daze.The phoenix raised its eyes and squinted at him: "Why are you in a hurry? The fire hasn't reached your head yet, so you're thinking of running away?"

Xue Lan frowned and said, "He's going to betray you, why don't you run away?"

Yan Jue was silent for a while, then said: "...he won't."

Xue Lan's complexion darkened, and a wave of jealousy turned sour again: "You know again?"

Yan Jue wanted to stare at him, but when he didn't pay attention, he couldn't help laughing: "What's the matter with you?"

Seeing him smiling, Xue Lan's peachy eyes widened immediately: "You...you still laugh! I don't see you laughing usually, but now that disaster is imminent, you have the heart to smile!"

Yan Jue really didn't understand what was going on in his apprentice's head - all in all, he just went through it with a single mind, thinking about things without turning a corner.

"Why can't you laugh?... Laughing at you for being stupid." While talking, Yan Hua hooked his hand and tapped his forehead forcefully, and said, "What's going on in your mind? Is it muddy?"

Xue Lan bowed her head because of the pain, and Yan Jue continued: "Yi Shangxian didn't mean that at first. He just wanted to say, go or not go, at this juncture, there is no difference."

Xue Lan said: "But he can't understand you."

"I know, I didn't intend to really hold on." Yan Jue stretched out a finger, and flicked Xue Lanyin's shoulder lightly, "It's just that I'm in a hurry to leave now, so what can I do? Yes, sooner or later we have to bump into each other. How about waiting for the day when my master's soul reappears, and meet him, at least leave me a thought..."

Xue Lan is extremely stubborn and paranoid in terms of possessiveness alone.But because of the fact that Yan Jue talked to him in such a friendly manner, he didn't have the guts to get angry on the spot, at most he just secretly wrote down such a small sum in his heart afterwards.

"Then... what do you think we will do in the future?" Xue Lan looked helplessly at the sky and said, "I think the old man is probably going to do big things like what he is doing today, so why don't we follow him along the way?"

——Thinking about it makes me feel sick.

Hearing this, Yan Jue reacted flatly and said: "He goes his way, we go our way. There is no room for meddling, it has always been like this."

But Xue Lanyin may not be able to understand such words.

There is indeed a very delicate and special relationship between Yan Jue and Yi Shangxian.The inherently hostile perspectives over the years have urged neither of them to stand in the other's position.

But this seemingly indifferent and alienated attitude will always play a role that cannot be ignored at the absolute moment of life and death.

Xue Lanyin probably understood the reason, but he didn't quite understand it.So from the beginning to the end, he just wanted to take his master with him—just the two of them alone, so as not to get involved in other right and wrong.

The two stared at each other in silence for a long time, and Yue Mo also felt that there was no solution to the matter, so after a while, Xue Lan raised his hand to surrender and said to his master: "Okay, it's up to you, everything is up to you...you say go, We'll go, if you say stay, we'll stay."

Anyway, marry a chicken and follow the chicken, marry a dog and follow the dog.His daughter-in-law will always be his, and no one can snatch it away.

Yan Jue seemed to be taken aback for a moment, but after a while, he still smiled slightly: "Well, be obedient."

——Actually, there is nothing wrong with that.Xue Lan looked down at Yan Jue at that moment, and felt that at this moment, he was still alive and standing beside him, with every frown and smile being true and warm, and that was already the rarest happiness.

What kind of hatred for extermination of the clan, what kind of blood debt, put it in front of Yan Jue, a living person, all seemed less piercing.

If only it could stay like this...

It has always been like this.

Xue Lan wanted to stay safe through this turmoil, and he was willing to quietly guard Yan Jue for the rest of his life——

The same quilt in life, the same grave in death.

Life and death are inseparable, intertwined forever.