[Purple yarn] Deep spring flowers bloom by themselves

From Fengdu to Chenzhou, it takes less than an hour to go there with the sword.Ziying once promised to accompany Lingsha to several places on Mount Shu, and the first place Lingsha was going to was the Thousand Buddha Pagoda in Chenzhou.Although her injury has not recovered, Ziying thinks that she should rest for a few more days in Fengdu, but Lingsha says that if she stays in this "ghost place" for a long time, even the living will become ghostly, and she has to rest if she wants to rest. It's better to change places.Ziying naturally understood what she meant, so she stopped insisting. After the two prepared the medicines, they left the inn.

Standing under the old archway again, no one spoke for a while.Thinking of the previous events, Lingsha felt a little sour in her heart, but what was more, it was a faint sweetness that was indistinguishable.The person beside her is the source of all her troubles, but it seems that she can forget all the troubles.Now finally no disciples from Shushan would bother them anymore, and when she thought of having Ziying as her companion on the next journey, she smiled comfortably:

"Ziying, how are we going?"

Ziying pondered for a while: "The sword is the fastest way, but your injury—"

"My injury doesn't matter!" She said hastily, "Then Yujian! When I was on Shushan Mountain, I saw you flying in the sky. It's really amazing! I really want to try it, why don't you take me with you Fly over there!"

Ziying looked at her, in addition to vague doubts in her eyes, there seemed to be a complex emotion buried deeper.He had never looked at her so fixedly before, which made Lingsha panic.

"You... really don't know how to control a sword?"

"No, no!" She pressed her panic and insisted. "So, you take me to fly, okay?"

Ziying lowered her eyes: "...that's fine."

"That's great!" Lingsha couldn't help getting closer when she was happy. "Thank you, Ziying, I knew you were the best."

"Miss Lu—" Ziying frowned slightly, but in the end she didn't say anything, and with a wave of her sleeve, the magic sword was already at her feet.With a light leap, he stood on the sword, and the hem of his robe was blown up by the flowing breath, as if in the wind.Lingsha looked at his hair and his back that was still as straight as a knife, the smile on his face hadn't faded away, but his eyes suddenly became hot.

It's not that she has never imagined the scene of sharing a sword with Ziying, but when it really happened, she felt like it was in a dream.She stood behind him, looking down at his belt.The belt seems to have been injected with spirits, and there is a circle of dark blue runes around it.Her fingertips approached slowly, and as soon as she touched her, she felt Ziying's body tremble slightly.

"Let's go," she said softly.

The next moment, they were already in the clouds.

Ziying Yujian is extremely stable.If it weren't for the ever-changing white clouds on both sides and the strong wind blowing by her ears, Lingsha would even suspect that she was still standing on the bluestone road in Fengdu.She couldn't help but think of the first time she and Tianhe rode the sword together. The sword was like a boat on the top of the waves, ups and downs, shaking from side to side, making her dizzy, and she just wanted to put the pig's tail jumping wildly in front of her eyes. Pull off the pigtail to relieve his anger.At this moment, Ziying's plain white hair brushed her cheeks from time to time, and when they got into the clouds, they couldn't tell which ones were his hair and which ones were the flying clouds, only the itchy feeling lingered on her face superior.A short distance away, the slightly faded blue figure never wavered for a moment.

They flew high in the sky, with clouds overhead and around them, and the mountains and rivers under their feet were a hazy shade of green.Halfway through the journey, Lingsha was getting colder and colder, staring at Ziying's back for a while, hesitating for a while, until finally even her teeth began to chatter.She then moved closer and closer, pressing her forehead against his back.Ziying's clothes were also cold in the cloud, but she felt much better.She knew that Ziying would not push herself away when she was fencing the sword, even though it would make things difficult for him, she still did it out of selfishness.

Sure enough, as soon as she put the blue coat on her forehead, she felt Ziying's body froze:

"Girl, do you feel unwell?"

"Hmm. I'm a little cold."

"...Please be patient for a while, Chenzhou is almost here."

After he finished speaking, he urged the magic sword to slowly fall.The closer to the ground, the warmer the wind.

Lingsha looked down, and saw the countryside of Chenzhou below, full of flowers, willows and greenery, and a beautiful pastoral scenery.She warmed up, and her mood also improved. She smiled and looked at the person standing on the sword like a statue in front of her, and begged:

"Ziying, let's go down a little further, shall we?"

"...you still feel cold?"

"That's not..." She pretended to be pitiful. "I'm not like you, I can fly as long as I say... Last time you flew me down Shushan Mountain, I was so dazed that I didn't see anything. Now that I finally fly in the sky once, I really want to get closer and see what's on the ground. Houses, people...Ziying, you are a good person, do it to the end..."

The people in front of her remained silent, and her voice dropped guiltily.After a while, I saw Ziying's arm moved slightly, and a fragment of light flickered around her. She actually cast a hidden spell, hiding the figures of the two people together with the magic sword.Immediately afterwards, the magic sword was lowered by more than a hundred feet, and they flew over the winding commercial road towards the city gate. The houses on both sides of the road, the large fields, and the farmers and livestock who were plowing in the fields could be seen. Be clear.Those rushing merchants and carriages crawled slowly under their feet, and they were left behind in an instant.

Lingsha was happy to see it, and when she crossed the city gate of Chenzhou, she became even more playful, and took out a copper coin and threw it at the top of the city wall.She has already mastered everything in the world, so a small copper coin is naturally no problem.I saw that the copper coin was impartial, and hit a guard's helmet with a "ding".The guard touched his head, looked around, and found that it was a copper coin. He couldn't help being overjoyed, and several soldiers around hurriedly gathered around to watch the excitement.However, Lingsha was already flying above the busy market at this time, so she didn't know the noise caused by the small copper coin on the wall.

They flew across the street to the lake.Some of the many pavilions by the lake have changed their signboards, some have changed their facades, and there are some changes. Only the solemn pagoda is still facing the Xiangetai on the other side, just like in the past.

Ziying wanted to fly directly over the lake and land under the pagoda, but Lingsha kept calling to stop, saying that she had something to do in the city.He then let the magic sword settle under the shade of a secluded willow, and the two appeared.Lingsha smiled and led him to the place where "something to do" turned out to be a small food stall selling dried fruit and cakes.Lingsha bought some preserved apricots and wrapped two big bags of melon seeds, and then walked towards the pier contentedly.

There is a painting boat docked on the pier, as well as several small wooden boats for ferrying.Lingsha couldn't help but jump onto one of the boats, and gave the boatman some money:

"Go ashore and drink, we can row by ourselves."

The boatman took the money and went happily.Ziying stepped onto the boat and saw Lingsha picking up an oar, so she stopped her and said, "Miss Lu, let's get down and row."

"Then I'm sorry." Lingsha was straightforward, handed over the oars, turned around and sat on the bow, opened a bag of melon seeds and ate them.

The day was sunny and sunny, and the surface of the lake was as smooth as a mirror.Looking around, I can see the sky is wide, the water is wide, and the white clouds are long, which lifts people's spirits, and it seems that their minds have become broad.Ziying rowed her oars without haste, and the stern of the boat left two shallow ripples on the water.Lingsha was nibbling melon seeds, reaching out to grab a handful of clear water from time to time, her gaze seemed to glance at the person opposite, and when she was approaching the center of the lake, she finally couldn't help but smile.

"Ziying, you rarely row a boat, right?"

"……indeed."

"I've always wanted to ask you, judging from the color of your hair, you seem to be quite old, but you look so young, could it be...you have become a fairy?"

"I am not a fairy."

"Then you are young Bai?"

"..."

"What do you usually do, cultivating Taoism?"

"There's a lot to do."

"for example?"

"..."

"Hey!" Lingsha sighed heavily. "You don't want to say anything, I'm almost suffocated!"

After she finished speaking, she took another sneak peek at Ziying, only to see him looking sadly at the distant lake shore, as if he hadn't heard her complaint at all.Originally, she just wanted to tease him like before, but she didn't expect this to be the result.Although Ziying was used to being serious in the past, she was not a stingy person, and she would not be bitter or care about because others took advantage of her tongue.Thinking back to the question and answer just now, she shouldn't have said anything too exaggerated... I don't know what made him so sad?

The boat docked in silence.Lingsha asked Ziying to stay on the shore and went to the temple by herself.When she came back, Ziying was still the same as before, standing in the place where the boat was stopped.The light of the lake in the distance merged with the warm red flower shadow, making his silhouette even more lonely.

"Ziying?"

"...Is it done?"

"Yeah." She nodded, unable to hide the worry on her face, "Are you okay?...Why are you unhappy?"

After thinking about it, he asked again, "Did I say something just now that made you angry?"

Unexpectedly, this trick didn't work, Ziying just replied indifferently: "Miss, you are worrying too much, please get on board."

Lingsha was not reconciled, crossed her waist, and snorted at him: "Okay! If you don't tell me, I won't board the boat unless you knock me unconscious and transport me directly to the other side!"

On the surface she was aggressive, but in her heart she was not even half sure.Now, although she and Ziying have saved each other's lives, they are not considered friends after all.What's more, even a true friend cannot force the other party to say everything in their hearts.She certainly doesn't know what he has experienced in the past hundred years, nor how he views the former "Han Lingsha" and the current "Miss Lu", nor why he is so sad at the moment.The closer it was to the moment she was looking forward to day and night, the more she couldn't calm down to analyze the reason.In desperation, I had no choice but to play tricks.

Ziying slowly turned to the side.From Lingsha, she couldn't see the expression on his face, but the helplessness and bitterness oozing out of the silence tightly oppressed her chest.

"You...remind me of an old friend."

Ziying's voice was very soft, but it made her stand on the spot like thunder.

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Illustration by Shuying Jushi