There are bandits in Zhongshan

It was as if something extremely heavy weighed on the heart, forcing all senses to become sluggish.

The power is emptied, there is nothing left, even if you want to move your fingers, you can't do it, the surroundings are pitch black, you can't see anything, you can't hear anything, it is so dull that you almost suffocate.

There was a burst of sharp pain between the eyebrows, as if the skull had been split in half, and the pain was so extreme that it was numb. In a trance, the thoughts gradually drifted away, and finally went to more than 300 years ago.

It was a starry night.

She lay on the cold ground, unable to move her hands and feet, and could only open her eyes to look at the stars and the night sky until she was completely covered in darkness.Before that, she seemed to see the fire falling into the sky.

It was mentioned in Zongmen Xinfa that each soul corresponds to a star, and when a soul dies, the star will fall. At that time, she seemed to have a momentary feeling that the falling glow might be her own star .

Chang Li seldom thinks about anything, whether it's the past or the future, she can turn a blind eye to it even if it's close by.

She remembered it, but it was as if she didn't remember anything. Those things that really happened were as pale as empty paper, not even the weight of paper.

This time, for some reason, she didn't deliberately think about it, and was still led to recall the long past unconsciously.

Probably because the previous scene I saw was too similar to that time.

The well-arranged spiritual stones on the roof of the cave are too similar to the starry sky at that time.And she was the same as that time, lying on the ground, as if dead.

The only difference is probably that she didn't see the falling star this time.

Maybe it's in the vault beyond the cave, she thought -- with only a few sliver of consciousness left.

Just when she was about to fall asleep again, she suddenly felt her body lighten, and was thrown back to the ground heavily.Immediately afterwards, there was a tearing pain from the right arm, and from there, it seemed that something was crushing the bones inch by inch, engraving the piercing pain, and instantly overshadowed the pain between the eyebrows, as if the bones of the whole body were slowly crushed into pieces powder.

"Hmm..." Something scratched heavily on the altar, and the spiritual power scurrying through the veins tore everything to pieces, and she let out a muffled groan from her throat.

The stars disappeared from his mind, leaving only the word "pain" shouting endlessly, until the soul dissipated and would not stop.

She curled up unconsciously, and just when she could no longer bear it, the strength suddenly disappeared.

Fragmentary voices came from her ears, and she seemed to hear the words "Ning" and "Master" vaguely, but she couldn't make out the whole sentence anyway.

The pain gradually dissipated, and her consciousness gradually drifted away. Finally, she heard a sigh.

It sounded helpless, and somehow there was a lingering sound of laughter.

She fell into the bottomless quagmire, thinking that this was the end, but not long after, her consciousness was suddenly awakened by the coldness that wrapped around her limbs and bones.

"Huh? Strange, strange..."

The familiar voice penetrated the deep curtain and fell into her ears.

It was Zhong Mingzhu's voice, and when he was talking to himself, there was always ups and downs, as if he was reciting aloud.

Then, there was a clear pain again, but this time it was only in the right shoulder, lower back and left wrist, without the previous feeling of being crushed by the altar, and without the chaos of dying.Then, a hand reached out and helped her up.

The temperature on the wrist moved away, and she vaguely realized that Zhong Mingzhu was holding her wrist just now, and the body temperature of the other person was slightly higher than that of ordinary people, which was more obvious when the whole body was cold.

"have eaten."

A bead stuck to her lips, and she did so subconsciously.The texture of the bead is hard, with some demonic energy faintly remaining on the surface, but the spiritual energy is abundant inside. It seems to be the inner alchemy of the monster at the beginning. After entering the abdomen, the spiritual power melts and rushes into the veins, and the body that is almost frozen is gradually relieved. come over.

She subconsciously operated the exercises taught to her by Baili Ningqing, and brought the scattered spiritual power into one place. After running for about a small week, she heard Zhong Mingzhu say: "Okay."

Her sanity gradually recovered, and the tearing pain became more obvious. Changli knew that this was due to the reduction of the toxin, but she couldn't remember where she was injured except her lower back.

She sat up straight, and when she was about to look at her right shoulder and left wrist, she suddenly realized that there was still darkness in front of her eyes.

"Where is this?" She closed her eyes hesitantly.

She already has a Nascent Soul, and she doesn't need to use the naked eye to see things. She was mentally weak and didn't feel abnormal. Now her physical condition is obviously much better, but she still can't see anything even with her spiritual consciousness.

"It should be the monster's old lair." The casual voice came from the front left, accompanied by fragmented footsteps.

Zhong Mingzhu was probably wandering around, and Changli stretched out her hand in the direction of the sound. The discomfort of not being able to see things made her movements far less smooth than before. Stretch out.

The slightly higher temperature squeezed her hand, and obvious doubts were tainted in the voice that was approaching quite a lot: "What's wrong with you?"

For some reason, in Changli's mind, Zhong Mingzhu's slightly raised eyebrows appeared in his mind.

"I can't seem to see it," she said.

The voice was very calm, as if saying "the weather is nice", but it was so quiet that it seemed extraordinarily weird.

If it were someone else, even if they didn't scream, at least they would show anxiety that matched the content of the words.

"what?"

"I can't see it anymore." She said it again, removing the word "as if". At the moment when Zhong Mingzhu was stunned, she tried again to find out that the spiritual consciousness wandered around, but it was still the same. It was pitch black.

It should be something wrong with the veins that control the five senses.

Soon, her face was held up, and she blinked to confirm that her eyes were open.

Breathing on the face, Zhong Mingzhu should be very close, her chin brushed by her drooping bangs, like a feather.In the past, Changli would definitely not pay attention, but now because she couldn't see, many small sensations were magnified, she subconsciously turned her head, and avoided it to the side.

Immediately, there was a chuckle in his ear, with a breathy sound.His chin was pinched with such force that it was difficult to break free.

"Don't move around." Zhong Mingzhu said this, smiling, his voice was clearly gentle, but inexplicably revealed a sense of deterrence, as if he was warning.

But the touch from the corner of the eye was indeed extremely gentle, even cautious.

The strange feeling came out from the bottom of my heart again, and Chang Li didn't know how to describe that feeling.

It seemed that her heart was pressed or pressed by something, but there was no pain, just a little dull and sour. Just as she was thinking about what it felt like, Zhong Mingzhu moved her hand away.

The discomfort of being blind suddenly increased a bit.

"It's because of the lake water. Wait for me for a while. Heishuiling is called Heishuiling because of the black water. How can there be people who are so stupid and don't close their eyes..." The voice gradually became softer, it was Zhong Mingzhu who was talking After walking away, she was actually talking to herself behind her, but according to the way she yelled, she didn't mind being heard.

Chang Li naturally heard it clearly, she thought to herself: Someone is so stupid and doesn't close his eyes...should he be talking about me?

Zhong Mingzhu is her apprentice, and the apprentice said that the master is stupid, which should be wrong.But in retrospect, before the coma, when the ink-like water drops fell into the eyes, there was indeed a kind of burning pain in the eyes.There was a problem with the water, so she should have closed her eyes immediately, but at that time she only focused on looking at the spirit stone on the top, and was paralyzed by the poisoning, so she ignored the discomfort in her eyes.That's why it hurts the sense of sight.

From this point of view, her actions are indeed unwise, and Zhong Mingzhu's words are not completely unreasonable.

In the past, when Zhong Mingzhu had offended her, Changli would correct her words and deeds, and punish her according to the door rules, but this time she thought more than before.

For example, if the master has done something stupid, and the disciple speaks out that it is disrespectful, but if he does not say it, it is false, what should we do?

Thinking about it this way, she was a little confused.

Time passed little by little, and Zhong Mingzhu did not return for a long time.Changli thought about the previous question for a long time but couldn't get a clue, so he had to put it aside for the time being, and then he felt that there was no sound at all around him, it seemed to be quieter than ever before.

In the past, she would meditate and adjust her breath when she had nothing to do. When her mind wandered outside the world, days or even months passed in a flash.Now, she doesn't know if it will be risky to practice gong rashly, and because of her physical condition, she still can't calm down, so all she can do is "wait".

Purple spirit ointment was applied to the wound, most of the torn flesh had healed, and some other small wounds had also been treated. There was a blanket under the body, and under the blanket were flat bricks, not like a monster lair, but like It is a place where people live.

She tried to stand up and walk around, but she couldn't help herself, so she had to give up.She thinks it should be because the toxins in the body have not been completely removed.Because of the attempt just now, the fabric on her arm slipped off. She groped for the outer shirt, touched the edge of the burr, and remembered that the sleeve was torn off there in the previous fight.

Most monks' coats are blessed with talismans, just like soldiers are armor that can protect monks from harm, and because talismans are made of spiritual power, some small damage can be repaired with spells, but the talisman on her coat The array is completely destroyed, and now it is not so much a coat as a rag, which is barely draped on the body, and it slips off with a slight movement.

This is the cassock that Zhong Mingzhu made for her before he went down the mountain, and it was completely broken.

Thinking of this, another inexplicable feeling emerged from the bottom of her heart, she covered her heart, a little puzzled.

Could it be because of poisoning?But it doesn't always feel like it.

As for what was different, she couldn't tell.

At this time, the sound of footsteps broke the silence.

"I am back."

When the voice sounded, Changli had already recognized Zhong Mingzhu's footsteps.

She was the only one who could move silently and instantaneously with spiritual power, but always deliberately made some noises. Besides, Changli also smelled a slightly bitter smell, which was herbal medicine.

"What is this?" Chang Li asked.

"If you want to say, this is the antidote. When you were fighting the black flood dragon, did you notice that there were many cracks on the rock wall, and a lot of weeds grew in the cracks?"

Changli thought for a while, and found that this was indeed the case, but Zhong Mingzhu continued without waiting for her answer: "Where the so-called poisonous snakes haunt, there must be an antidote within a hundred steps, and the same is true for this black water."

She seemed to be very familiar with the Blackwater Ridge, and she explained it clearly after a while.Changli didn't think there was anything wrong with this. Although she was a master, Zhong Mingzhu knew more about everything. Besides, Zhong Mingzhu had always dabbled in anecdotes and miscellaneous notes. She has read it, and Changli's brothers and sisters may not necessarily be as knowledgeable as hers.

The name of Heishui Ridge comes from a poisonous pool in the ridge. The water in the pool is as black as ink, so it is called Heishui.Later, the terrain sank, and the poisonous pool was hidden in the mountainside, isolated from the outside world, so later generations gradually forgot about the poisonous pool, and only the name of black water remained.And the congenital abnormality of that asshole probably has something to do with being born near this poisonous pool.

"This grass can also cure the poison of the black flood dragon?" Chang Li asked again.

"That's not good. This guy has already cultivated into a flood dragon. He is only one step away from a spirit beast. Ordinary herbs can't help him. Besides, this black water is not poisonous, but an obstacle. It will be in the veins of your naked eyes and dominant vision. There is a layer of cloud on it, and this herbal medicine can dissolve that layer of cloud."

Zhong Mingzhu explained while processing the herb, Changli could only tell what she was doing from various small sounds.

"What about the flood poison?" Changli felt that most of the poison in his body had been removed, "Do you have the antidote?"

"No." Zhong Mingzhu explained while pounding the medicine, "I cut your wrist and released the poisonous blood, but I lost a lot of spiritual power along the way, so I need to replenish it with spiritual medicine."

It turned out that this is how the injury on the left wrist came about. The body cold should also be due to the excessive loss of spiritual power. Changli asked again, "Why is my right shoulder also injured?" Then she heard Zhong Mingzhu make a very short sound chuckle.

"How do I know, maybe the three-headed dragon struggled wildly before dying." She said this, and put a basin of water in front of her, "Wash your eyes first."

Almost at the same time as the voice came, Chang Li felt a hand pressing on her back, she bent down with strength, and soon, her eyes were covered by a handkerchief soaked in medicine.

There was a burning sensation in the eyes, just like when the black water fell into the eyes at the beginning, it was a little stinging, but the eyes suddenly lit up, like an oil lamp was lit in a huge dark cave, only the size of a bean However, the flames tore away the whole shady scene.

The veil was immersed in the water, and then covered his eyes. After wiping it more than ten times, some blurred outlines appeared in Chang Li's eyes. Although it was not clear, at least he could make out what it was.

The first thing that came into view was Zhong Mingzhu's hand clutching the handkerchief, with distinct joints, and then a white wrist and dangling sleeves.

She noticed that the sleeves were white, and she had the impression that the other party was always wearing Tianyi Zong's blue-gray school uniform, so she asked involuntarily, "Did you change your clothes?"

Zhong Mingzhu laughed: "I thought you should care about your eyes first. The previous coat was damaged by the mechanism here. I don't want to dress like a beggar."

She removed the basin of potion that was stained black, then pulled out another piece of gauze, and put the fresh ointment on it, seeing that Chang Li was still staring at her sleeves as if trying to see the pattern on it, stopped laughing Meaning, there is a flash of helplessness on the face.

"Don't look at it, you still need to apply medicine, close your eyes quickly."

"kindness."

The gauze was wrapped, and the ointment touched the eyes, and there was another slight sting. Changli probed around, and all he could see were some blurred color patches, so he simply closed his spiritual consciousness.

"If you had closed your eyes earlier, there would be no problem." Zhong Mingzhu's voice came again, feeling a bit dumbfounded.

"Because the spirit stone on the top looks like a starry sky." Chang Li said softly.

"The starry sky?" Zhong Mingzhu paused for a moment, and later asked himself doubtful, "You still miss the starry sky? I remember that you never look above your head."

"I don't remember it." Chang Li's explanation was as serious as usual, "I just remember."

"Huh? Why don't you tell me, what happened? Anyway, we won't be able to leave for a while."

This was another novel experience. Changli realized that she had never talked about her own experience. It was always Zhong Mingzhu who talked about her various things. Even if she was asked occasionally, it was very specific. Questions can be answered with "yes" or "no".

—or, before today, she didn't even realize that those things could be said, it's been so long, it's like it never happened.

"Okay." She recalled the original scene, and found that everything was so clear, as if it had just happened.

In fact, it was not a serious matter. She was injured and lay on the ground unable to move, even turning her neck.It was just a minor injury, and it could recover with a little rest.

It's just because she was only in her early ten years old at that time, and she had never been exposed to similar situations.

"I thought I was going to die."

Her tone was flat, like saying "I can't see".