[Sword Three] Baili Maple

It's the Flower Festival, and the sea near Wanhua Qingrihai is very lively. The warriors and women of the rivers and lakes who come and go travel hand in hand, or admire flowers and recite poems, or express their feelings to each other with peach blossom lanterns. The bright sunshine and thousands of flowers The splendid background of Qi blooming complements each other amidst the sound of deer singing.

And in Huayu Forest, which is a little far away from Qingrihai, apart from the monkeys hiding in the trees and scratching their heads to watch the excitement from a distance, there are only three figures, one tall and two short.

The one in the front is a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old, with a high ponytail, two light and heavy swords on his back, and apricot yellow clothes.His brows are handsome and his posture is coquettish, but at this moment, he has an expression on his face as if he is enduring something, and he walks forward quickly with his head buried.Behind him were two little girls about ten years old.The boy walked faster, and they also accelerated the frequency of their legs. When the boy stopped, they also stopped.

"I say……"

After walking for a while, the young man finally seemed to be unable to bear it any longer. He turned his head and twitched his lips and said, "What's the matter with you two following behind me?"

The girl dressed in silver glanced at him with her neck up, her slightly raised eyes showed some disdain, and she snorted, "Who is following you, I am following her~"

The boy turned his eyes to the remaining girl in black clothes unhappily.

"I, I didn't follow you!" Hua Ling bit her lip, blushed a little guilty and said loudly, "This is the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers, and it's my teacher's door, where I go is none of your business?"

The young man curled his lips, speechless, he could only turn around and see nothing.

"Wait, wait!"

Hua Ling hesitated and then stopped him.

"What's the matter?"

The boy turned around again impatiently.

"that……"

Hua Ling stretched her neck and looked around for a while, but she still didn't see the familiar figure, so she asked, "You said before, your name is Ye Feng? Which Ye, which Feng?"

The young man was a little surprised, he took another look at her, and replied, "Maple leaf's leaf, maple leaf's maple."

"So, how old are you?"

"eighteen."

"Can you play the flute?"

"How do you know I can play the flute?"

"Where are the leaves? Can you blow leaves?"

The boy stopped talking, and looked suspiciously at the little girl in front of him who seemed to be very obsessed with these questions for some reason, as if eager to ask for proof.

Seeing the suspicion of the young man in front of him, the little girl bit her lips, looked at him again hesitantly, and then suddenly saluted quickly, "Hua Ling, the righteous disciple of Xinglin sect of Wanhua Valley, I'm sorry."

After speaking, it seemed that something was chasing him on his toes, and he raised his breath and ran away.

The young man scratched his head, somewhat puzzled.

The other girl who was left behind looked at Hua Ling who was running away, her black eyes were shining brightly, and she gave the young man who was still in a daze a big cold snort, she turned around and chased after Hua Ling with great ease .

"...What are you doing—"

The young Ye Feng curled his lips, and then left the two inexplicable little girls behind and continued walking in the direction of Samsung Mochizuki.Not long after leaving Huayu Forest, he finally saw two disciples of Wanhua who were patrolling around on a small road.

The young man's eyes lit up, and he quickly walked forward and bowed, "Ye Feng, Xiazangjian Villa, came to Ten Thousand Flowers Valley to find someone."

The two Wanhua disciples looked at each other, and one of them stepped forward and replied, "I don't know who you want to find?"

The young man scratched his head, and said a little embarrassedly, "She should be eleven or twelve years old this year, and I don't know what her name is... She came to Wanhua Valley about six years ago."

In fact, Ye Feng also wanted to ask when he saw that strange little Wanhua girl before, but the behavior of the other party had always made him a little puzzled. The big tree went behind, and he was a little bit dumbfounded by his deceptive attitude.After finally catching her without hiding, she ran away after only a few words, so he had no choice but to give up and ask other Wanhua disciples for help.

"Six years ago?" The ink-robed youth was stunned for a moment, then narrowed his eyes and looked at the young man in front of him, "Who are you?"

The young man was at a loss for words and didn't know how to answer.

***

On the other side, Qu Mo chased Hua Ling for a long time, and finally caught up with the little girl under a big tree at the southern end of Huahai.

"Hey, you've been running for so long, what are you looking for? Can you rest for a while?"

Panting for breath, the little girl dressed in silver grabbed Hua Ling who was about to run away.

Hua Ling looked back at her suspiciously, only then did she notice that the strangely dressed girl had been following behind her, seeing her panting and sweating profusely, Hua Ling was a little embarrassed, and silently picked up a pen for her. After calming down, he sat down by the stone under the tree of life and death, and then patted the stone to signal the girl to sit with him.

"What's your name, why have you been following me?"

The girl sat down next to Hua Ling unceremoniously, raised her head and said, "Five Immortals teach Huo Limen Xia Qumo."

"Five Immortals?" Hua Ling was surprised, "Senior sister said that the Five Immortals are in Miaojiang, right? You came to the Central Plains from such a far place alone, it's amazing!"

"What's so great about that~" Qu Mo looked smug, but waved his hands in a nonchalant tone and said, "I've wanted to come to Central Plains for a long time. Previously, senior brother always saw that it was not easy to sneak around. Later, senior brother got a teaching certificate. The mission went to Shuzhong, I saw an opportunity and ran out~"

"Hey, did you sneak out?" Hua Ling's eyes widened, "I've always wanted to go out of the valley, but my brother said that I have to complete the Wanhua Seven Tests to be eligible. I worked hard for a long time before I passed last month~ How is the outside world, isn’t there a lot of delicious food and fun?”

Seeing Hua Ling's big eyes flickering with admiration and curiosity on his face, in fact, as soon as he left Miaojiang, he rented a stagecoach and went straight to Qinling. At the entrance of Huagu, the little girl from the Five Poison Sect who hadn't traveled much outside was a little timid, but she straightened her back and started talking nonsense—all she said was what she had heard from her senior brother.

"Wow, Ah Mo, you know a lot," Hua Ling admired, then she tilted her head and said curiously, "But Ah Mo, your official language is really good, I can't even tell that you are from Miaojiang. Woolen cloth."

"Because I didn't live in Miaojiang when I was a child." Qu Mo held the insect flute in his arms, and the smug smile on his face faded, "It's just that something happened in the village and we were captured by bad guys when we escaped. I was finally saved but separated from my companions. It was my elder brother who took me in and brought me to the Five Immortals Sect. Our leader was originally one of the Seven Talents in Qixiufang. She grew up in the south of the Yangtze River. She gave me my name. He also taught me martial arts."

Hua Ling listened carefully to Qu Mo's memories, and said, "No wonder your name is so different from the disciples of the Five Immortals Sect I knew~ But Ah Mo, you said that you were separated from your companions, so this time you came to Central Plains to find people?"

"En!" At this point, Qu Mo's eyes were a little bright, she turned her head to look at the little girl in black in front of her seriously, stared at her very solemnly, and asked seriously, "A Ling, are you Didn’t you come to Ten Thousand Flowers Valley six years ago? Don’t you even remember what happened before you were five years old?”

"Huh? How did Ah Mo know?" The little girl was stunned, seeing Qu Mo's eyes getting brighter and joy gradually filling her whole face, she opened her mouth, and her face gradually showed surprise, " Could it be..."

"It's you!" The little girl from the Five Immortals Sect took Hua Ling's hand, looking like she was about to jump up excitedly, "Senior brother told me that when we were rescued together, you were mentally impaired. I was taken to the Wanhua Valley, and later joined the Wanhua Sect! He has been helping me find out about you, so I know that your current name is Hualing, and I know that you no longer remember the past. But it’s okay, I’ll be fine if I find you!”

Hua Ling stared blankly at the little girl who was jumping and jumping in front of her, she was a little silly, but for some reason she also started giggling, and she always felt that there was a warm feeling in her heart, which was both familiar and kind, and also Sour, even the nose is a little sour.

"I believe Ah Mo." Hua Ling rubbed her nose and said seriously.

The little girl from the Five Immortals Sect blushed a little when she heard the words, but raised her head and said loudly, "That's natural, I won't lie to you!"

"Then, Mo, can you tell me about the past, I don't even remember it." Hua Ling pulled Qu Mo to sit down and asked curiously, "What was the place where we lived before? , and others?"

"I'll tell you what Ah Ling wants to know," Qu Mo held Hua Ling's hand and refused to let go, and then said seriously, "The village we lived in was called Daoxiang Village. Both of us are orphans, but the people in the village He is very good to us, and there are many playmates together..."

……

It wasn't until it was almost sunset that the little girl from the Five Immortals Sect babbled on about the past, and Hua listened with a lot of interest.

"So, Ah Mo, you came to the Central Plains this time to find me in Wanhua Valley?" Hua Ling was very happy, but thought that Ah Mo missed her so much, but she couldn't remember anything about her childhood, and felt a little embarrassed .

Qu Mo nodded, shaking his bare feet that were covered with silver ornaments, and said, "I remember that you have liked all kinds of flowers since you were a child, and you always liked to go to the foot of the mountain to pick them. The rose flowers cultivated by Huagu Flower Sage are very beautiful. I thought that if I gave you rose flower seeds as a meeting gift, you would be very happy~ But only when I entered the valley did I know that only people who love each other can get them from the Flower Sage. Seeds, they have been guarding Taniguchi for a long time."

Hua Ling burst out laughing, she turned around and gave Ah Mo a big bear hug, rubbing against her, and said, "Ah Mo, you are so kind~!"

Qu Mo blushed a little again, she scratched her cheeks and looked up at the sky, and it took a while to remember, "That's right, Ah Ling, were you running around looking for someone just now?"

"Hey?" After being said by Qu Mo, Hua Ling suddenly remembered something, stood up from the stone, and said angrily, "Yes, I want to find the big villain, I have something to ask him..."

Confused Qu Mo was about to ask "Who is the big villain?" Hua Ling sat down again with a sad face.

"Amo, let me tell you a secret, can you tell others, okay?"

Seeing the little girl's frustrated and sad expression, Qu Mo couldn't help frowning, she nodded vigorously, "Well, tell me, Ah Ling, I will never tell others."

Hua Ling bit her lip, as if hesitating what to say, she opened her mouth slowly after a while, "Ah Mo, I don't remember what happened before I was five years old, but I always remember when we were arrested about..."

Qu Mo looked at her suspiciously.

"I remember we were locked in a dark room for a long, long time. I was so scared that I kept crying and crying, and then I couldn't cry anymore... Then one day, the dark room was knocked open -"

Hua Ling slowly narrated that she was rescued from the Red Clothes Sect, and then received treatment in Wanhua to recover a little bit. Qu Mo didn't understand what Hua Ling was talking about at first, but when she heard the little girl talk about when she was eight years old, When that strange "person" appeared beside her, she opened her eyes with surprise and disbelief.

Hua Ling saw Ah Mo's expression, she tugged the weeds around her a little gloomily, and muttered, "Ah Mo, you don't think this is true, do you? Brothers and sisters have always told me that the big villain is actually just mine. Illusion, because the person who rescued me from the bad guys was a disciple of Hidden Sword Villa, so I was afraid and wanted to protect myself, so I unconsciously thought that there was always a disciple of Hidden Sword Villa by my side to protect me ..."

Qu Mo opened her mouth, not knowing what to say, but she could see that Hua Ling was depressed, and she could also feel from her narration that Ah Ling attached great importance to that "big villain".

"Then Ah Ling... what do you think?"

"I know senior brothers and sisters won't lie to me... and the big villain keeps telling me that he's not real..." Hua Ling bit her lip, and the thin fingers that were holding the grass leaves turned white.

"Ah Ling..."

"The big villain said that his surname is Ye and his name is Feng, Fengye's Feng, he can also play the flute, every time I have a nightmare, he plays the flute to me... I have never been able to see what he looks like until today... "

"today?"

"That sword disciple just now," Hua Ling's eyes were a little red, "he said he was also called Ye Feng, he said he could play the flute... I thought he looked familiar at first, but then he said his name, and I I suddenly realized that he looks exactly like the big villain, I can’t see the big villain’s face clearly, but I just know that they look exactly the same! And, and I still remember... He, he was the one who saved me back then that person."

Qu Mo was a little confused, as if he understood something, and then seemed to be even more confused, "Ah Ling, what do you mean—"

"What brother and sister said is probably true," Hua Ling bit her lips, as if she was saying very difficult words, "Because of the impression I had when I was a child, I felt that the person who saved me would always protect me. What I imagined—”