refuse to be a teacher

——The memory came to an abrupt end.

Because everything that happened next, every scene experienced was a nightmare that was permanently imprisoned deep in Yan Jue's heart and could not be erased.

The answer Xue Lan gave at that time was still an unassailable rejection.

It's not that Yan Jue never thought that he might have some difficulties that he should not tell others easily.But under his resolute attitude that was almost stubborn to the point of paranoia, Yan Jue found that he couldn't guide him to tell all his thoughts.

He couldn't even successfully ask the specific reason why Xue Lan suddenly fell into a boiling mania because of the blood all over his body that day.

This made Yan Jue's frustration that had only been increasing for the past few days more and more irresistible - he couldn't bear a person who kept saying that he liked him, but he couldn't be honest at all.

Therefore, Yan Jue made a wrong decision that he regretted for the rest of his life afterwards.

He left Xixin Valley alone.When he came, he didn't bring any emotions with him, and when he left, he cruelly left all concerns behind. He and Xue Lanyin didn't even leave a peaceful farewell between them.

However, after only half a day, he learned a well-known piece of news in Guli Town.

It turned out that a famous swordsmith family with a prominent family background in the Western Regions was trying to build an invincible weapon for the Central Plains royal family. Hearing that the ancient living sword tribe temporarily lived at the bottom of the Xixin Valley under Lingtai Mountain, they wanted to ask the current head of the Lingtai Yijian Sect. Ren Mo Fuqiu asked for a little more blood, so as to add a supreme and powerful force to the magic weapon that was about to be dedicated to the capital.

As soon as this remark came out, all the sects who had been coveting the living sword for a long time lost their minds on the spot, and they also made a strong request to Mo Fuqiu to share the blood equally among all schools under different banners that were not true.

It's a pity that Mo Fuqiu took the head of the sect at such a young age, but he was mixed with all kinds of voices from all directions, and there was no one inside or outside.

So overwhelmed, he quickly came up with a bastard method that could not only preserve Xue Lanyin, but also appease the various sects - that is, through a contract, to restrain all parties to fairly distribute the blood of the living sword clan members First, it must not cause death, and second, it must not cause disputes, otherwise it will be avoided.

To put it bluntly, because Xue Lan lived for a day, he had to stay at the bottom of Xixin Valley day and night, endlessly supplying blood to all of them.

And he himself...had no intention of resisting to escape from the claws of evil.Even when he came back from Sunrise Valley and saw Yan Jue again, he never blurted out the truth about the matter to him.

What is he trying to do?Or in other words, under the surface of the contract that he wanted to cover up, what huge hidden secrets did he hide?

Intuition told Yan Jue that during the half a year that the two had been together day and night, Xue Lanyin must have secretly kept another deep secret that he never told anyone.

It's just that when Yan Jue realized this later, it was already too late.

The memory of that day is exceptionally clear.

Yan Jue fled out of the valley through the barrier he broke with his own hands, and hurried back after half a day.He searched several times around the small wooden house where Xue Lanyin lived, but he didn't see anyone. He didn't know how long it took before he found a broken piece of metal in the small open space full of herbs in the yard. debris.

It was Xue Lanyin's gold-plated square ring that never left her body.

It was also the token of love that Xue Lanyin eagerly clamored to take off when she first said that she wanted to marry him.

The bloody and biting winter 16 years ago was even colder than the wanton wind and sand in the northern region 16 years later.

"You have a general idea of ​​what happened next, I... really don't want to mention it. Anyway, Mo Fuqiu was the instigator of the incident. I crippled his legs, and the entire Lingtai Mountain was turned upside down. Unable to escape the pursuit of the various sects all the way, it is also a bleak life that is not as good as life and death."

It was already dark at that time.The layered moonlight outside the window has disappeared and changed for countless rounds, but in a blink of an eye, from a distance under that candle lamp, the two masters and apprentices who were leaning side by side at the table 16 years ago and smiling at each other, 16 years later, they are still inseparably close to each other like this, as if they have never experienced any heart-wrenching parting.

"So, now you finally know why I'm so bored that I can't tell you every time you ask about these old things, right? Firstly, you, a little villain, kept a lot of secrets from me and didn't tell the truth. What I have experienced on the surface is a kind of torment when I barely recall it."

The master and apprentice talked intermittently for a long time, and Yan Jue briefly described to Xue Lanyin almost all the events, large and small, that happened 16 years ago—of course, he deliberately hid the constant entanglement and transformation in his heart. That little ninety-nine.

So from Xue Lanyin's point of view, I heard carefully that, except for the last paragraph that is worthy of deep thinking, my master is basically narrating an unremarkable account of master and apprentice.

"Then I died out of nowhere." Xue Lan rested her chin on the side of the table with one hand, and said incredulously, "Until the end...didn't I tell you anything?"

"Yes."

Yan Jue glanced at him indifferently, as if he wanted to say something more, but after a long time of deliberation alone, he finally just raised his hand to grab the handle of the teapot.

"The water is cold, drink it when it's hot." Xue Lan subconsciously pinned the back of his hand, remained silent for a while, and pressed it down inch by inch, curling her slender five fingers tightly in her palm , chuckled softly: "I don't know you yet, Master? You, you must have been staring at people and asking questions. If you look at it according to my temperament, maybe you will take the initiative to soften and persuade Nian two or three times, I can't help but talk to you directly."

Yan Jue raised his eyebrows and said, "...Are you blaming me?"

Xue Lanyin immediately lowered her head and kissed his wrist bone, saying: "Don't dare, it's too late for me to love you."

Yan Jue sighed, smoothed his messy hair carefully, and said helplessly: "I think you concealed your thoughts for more than half a year at that time, even if I tried my best to spy on you, you might not be sure. He will tell me the whole truth. Just like when Mo Fuqiu was standing next to you with his sword in hand when he found your mutilated body in Xixin Valley that day——I just saw the surface layer, and once I believe that Mo Fuqiu is the murderer who intends to monopolize the living sword. Until now, when Gu Hebai, who had been hiding for 16 years, showed his feet, I began to suspect that things were not as simple as everyone saw at a glance, including ……The same to you."

"Me?" Xue Lan said with a broken smile, "Why am I not simple? Can I still lie to you?"

Yan cheated: "Look, we huddle together in the same room every day and chat about everything, except you never mentioned your relatives."

Xue Lanyin curled her lips and said, "Didn't you say that everyone is gone?"

Yan Jue narrowed his eyes, obviously displeased and said: "That's what you said, and I'm the one who listened."

"Since everyone is dead, where is the human skin that Gu Hebai wears on his body?" Xue Lan scratched her ear and said, "There shouldn't be two of me, right? Water fertilization can grow another one?"

"Nonsense." Yan Bao raised his hand to reward him with a chestnut, especially hating that iron can't be made into a steel road. "Didn't the girl surnamed Yun say that? When I was in Guli Town 20 years ago, I happened to bump into it once." .Obviously, the person was still alive at that time, and it is very likely that in the next four years, he will still maintain a very delicate relationship with you-just take care of the timeline, and some things will change soon Be clear, the only thing that is difficult to judge is... when did Gu Hebai commit the poisonous attack, and when did he sneak into the Lingtai One Sword School wearing that human skin..."

As soon as these words came out, Xue Lan's thoughts turned quickly, and she almost didn't even think about it, so she blurted out: "Master suspects that Gu Hebai is Wen Pianhong from back then?"

Yan Jue shook his head, fixed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "It's just a logical guess, and there is no actual basis."

"In this way, many problems can be explained. At the beginning, it was Wen Pianhong who arrested two members of the Living Sword Clan. One of them ran away and disappeared, and he himself died inexplicably. It’s not unreasonable to say that it was put together in the end without leaving a whole body..."

"—It's a good idea to think about it, but I don't have the slightest confidence in my hands. I just identified him as the deputy head of the Lingtai Yijian Sect as the guardian of the evil sect Zhufengmen. Anyone who listens to this will be fooled It's ridiculous."

Yan Hua lazily bent his body, bent slightly and leaned back into the wooden recliner behind the table.After a while, Fang stretched out another finger and tapped the armrest of the chair, and said slowly: "In short, although this matter is not over yet, it is not to the point where it is completely revealed. You don't remember anything now, so don't worry about it." Don't blame me for being ruthless to you if you still patronize and scurry around the ground like before."

"How ruthless?"

Because of the brightening of Xue Lan's eyes, she still smugly smiled and asked: "Are you willing to leave your apprentice behind?"

"..."

Xue Lan waited patiently for a while, but seeing her master's reaction was really embarrassing, she didn't intend to tease him too much, she stopped for a while, then pulled a blanket to cover his lap, and voluntarily surrendered: "Okay, okay , I was wrong, I won’t bother you anymore. I will follow your orders in the future, and I will never make my own decisions about what you don’t want me to do.”

Yan Jue's face softened a little, and he was about to say something, when Xue Lanyin slowly added: "...Oh, of course, except Gan/Master."

"You...!" Yan Jue couldn't bear it any longer, he lifted the blanket and slapped him on the face, gritted his teeth and said, "It's really rebellious... nasty stuff!"

Xue Lan still smiled when she heard the words, and then met Yan Jue's slightly blushed stiff face, bent over, and knelt down on her knees quietly.

Yan Jue froze all over, straightened up from the wooden reclining chair in an instant, went to help his shoulders at a loss, and said, "What are you doing here?"

"I am rebellious, and I really like you, Master."

Xue Lan's eyes were dark and soft because of the shimmering light, and there seemed to be a little moistness that was almost imperceptible.

"I have forgotten all those things between the two of us in the past, and I don't even know where to remember them. But I know that some feelings... Even if I keep it in my heart, there will be 16 years before and after, and nothing will happen. changed."

He just knelt down in front of Yan Jue so submissively and reverently, raised his delicate but icy hands on his back, put them on his cheeks, cuddled with them, and said word by word: "Master, or Yu... What was my plan in the past, now—I really want to marry you. I can marry you, or you can marry me, and we will never be separated again in the days to come, okay? "

Hearing this all of a sudden, Yan Jue's face, which was originally full of astonishment, suddenly became extremely soft and warm.

The 16 years have passed by in a hurry, and he is no longer the little explosive/drug bag that would fly into a rage because of inner awkwardness.

Yan Jue, who was sharp and sharp when he was young, has lost too much clarity and sharpness today. From the outside, he is exhausted and lifeless, like a pale and weak shell alone.

It's really distressing for him to look like this.

Because Xue Lan might have guessed something sensitively, she leaned forward and wrapped her arms around the man's waist, and begged again: "Promise me, or Yu, don't leave me behind..."

Yan Jue bent down reluctantly in the wooden reclining chair, with some difficulty, but also with some amusement, he buried his head against his neck, collected himself, and seemed to want to give an answer.

However, before the words could come out, they suddenly heard a rustling of the long curtain behind them, both of them were vigilant and focused, they suddenly raised their heads from the enchantment, and asked in a concentrated voice: "Who?"

"……it's me."

The last heavy long curtain was lifted upwards over the top by a person, and under the light of the moon shadow Wuhen, it just happened to reveal half of Yun Zhehuan's expressionless side face outside the door.