The Fox Comes from Outer World - C384
Qing Ling interrupted her and shook her head, “No, if you don’t learn to play the zither, you can’t drink alcohol. This is the rule!”
The young lady scratched her head and gave Qing Ling a flirtatious look. She then said coquettishly, “Rules are also set by humans …”
Qing Ling shook his head with a meticulous expression, as if there was no room for negotiation.
The young girl laughed again before using an especially charming voice to seduce him, “Hey, I heard that the Drunken Immortal Tavern has recently produced a new type of wine called Peach Blossom Brewing …”
“That’s even more so!” Qing Ling’s tone was resolute and decisive, his gaze tinged with reproach. When had the girl ever touched such a nail in front of him? Immediately, that wild beast’s unruly character appeared. He flung his silver hair and strode towards the courtyard door. “It’s fine if you don’t drink with me, but I’ll go drink with Huang Feihu myself!”
However, before she could even reach the entrance of the courtyard, her feet were bound by a green rope. It turned out that the green plume had created a binding barrier, blocking her path!
“Good Ah Wa, you can’t give up halfway through your work. It was not easy for you to master the zither music manual, so you should continue to work hard and learn it …” Now sit down and listen to me.
Qing Ling’s words carried an unquestionable dignity. The young girl struggled for a bit, but found herself unable to break free from the bindings. She could only droop her head in dejection as she sat at the edge of the table. As the beautiful days passed day by day, Qing Ling taught Qing Feng to be very patient, and the young girl was finally able to play a song to her heart’s content. On this day, after listening to the young girl’s performance, Qing Ling finally nodded in satisfaction and revealed a gentle smile.
The girl saw the situation and asked in a fawning tone, “Can you remove the spell now? I haven’t had a drink in days. I’m so hungry! ”
Qing Ling smiled and unraveled the barrier with a wave of her hand. She said to the young girl, “Tomorrow, Senior Brother will go to the mountains to gather herbs. At that time, you can bring your zither to the valley.
The young girl’s eyes lit up. She was so happy that she jumped around, wanting to get out of the hospital in a flash. She said that she wanted to find Huang Feihu and have a drink with him.
Unexpectedly, Qing Ling raised her hand and grabbed the young girl’s sleeve, saying, “Before we go down the mountain, there is something for you to see.”
“What is it?”
Qing Ling smiled but didn’t say anything. She led the way towards the entrance of the courtyard, with the young girl suspiciously following behind her. They walked all the way out of the courtyard and reached the edge of the cliff. There, the girl saw a small peach tree.
The peach tree had obviously been planted recently, and was still quite small, not even as tall as a man. However, because it was spring, the peach tree had also bloomed into a tree flower.
“Peach Blossom Brewing is harmful to the cultivation of the fox demon, so you can’t drink that kind of wine, remember?” Qing Ling pointed at the peach tree and said.
The young girl was stunned for a moment before she obediently nodded her head.
Qing Ling continued, “However, since you like peach blossoms so much, I will plant this tree here. In another two years, you will be able to eat peaches. This can be considered a bit of compensation to you.”
The young lady was stunned for a moment before she nodded her head and smiled happily at Qing Ling.
As the spring breeze blew, the girl’s silver hair danced gently in the air. Her smile was very brilliant, like the bright sun at this moment.
Qing Ling felt that there were white stars dancing in front of his eyes. It was unknown whether it was because the flowers were too beautiful or because the young girl’s smile was too dazzling.
The white stars danced in the sky along with the petals of the flower. They spread out in all directions, more and more, brighter and brighter. Gradually, the entire cliff was covered with white light spots. The figures of Qing Ling and the young girl gradually became indistinct. The shadows of the peach blossoms and the wooden house also gradually disappeared. In the end, everything returned to nothingness.
The silk ribbon in his hand was still trembling, but the white light was getting dimmer and dimmer. Finally, the ribbon fell from my hand, the light went out, and there was silence.
I broke free from Tsui Ling’s memory and found myself still in a void of white. Qing Ling stood by my side, holding my hand, quietly watching the white ribbon with me.
We were lost in the feelings of memory, and for a moment neither of us spoke to each other, and we were silent for a long time.
Finally, he cleared his throat, interrupting the loneliness in this blank space. He said to me, “This is a part of my memories. Did you see it?”
I nodded.
So I really did live in this courtyard, and with Qing Ling at that.
So it turns out that I was really with him in my previous life. Thinking of this, I feel really happy.
Thus, I asked, “Qingling, you were my master in your previous life?”
Qing Ling was slightly stunned. After which, he shook his head. “No.”
I was confused. “Then why did you teach me to play? I thought you were my master! ”
Qing Ling said slowly: “Your master is Xuan Yue. You learned the zither precisely to please him. ”
What? Pleasing Xuan Yue?
I jumped in shock and looked at him in disbelief. “Don’t tell me I like Xuan Yue?!”
Qing Ling nodded.
I suddenly felt a dark cloud over my head. How could I fall in love with my own master?
I asked him, “What happened next? You said that my master would go to the valley the next day to gather medicinal herbs, and then you would help us create the ‘opportunity’ we encountered.
The memories were only a short period of time, but they were all cut off halfway through, so I didn’t know what happened next.
I don’t know if I worked so hard to learn the zither, in the end, has it come in handy? Is Xuan Yue interested in me?
A secretive smile appeared on Qing Ling’s face. “Later? After you finished looking at the peach blossoms, you sneaked down the mountain with me on your back. The night you and Huang Feihu got drunk in the restaurant down the mountain, he brought you back. “The second day’s hangover gave me a headache. I spent the entire day lying in bed, so I had no choice but to give up on my ‘fortuitous meeting’ with Xuan Yue …”
I sighed. Stupid, this really fits my style of doing things!
“Alright, let’s continue moving forward. There will be more memories ahead.”
After saying that, Qing Ling led me forward. More and more ribbons appeared in the empty air around them. They were delicate and smooth, faintly discernible, like willow catkins fluttering in the spring. Each piece was a happy or sad memory.
In the end, I followed Qing Ling to the place with the densest floating belt.
There were transparent ribbons floating in the sky and in the earth. They were of different lengths and shapes, like silkworm silk, and they surrounded us.
Qing Ling stopped in her tracks, raised her head with her hands behind her back, and looked up at the countless ribbons in the sky. I know, we’ve probably reached the center of his heart.
At this moment, looking at how the ribbon in front of me continuously twists and turns into dense spots of light, I can’t help but recall Wuxie’s words. He said that the human heart is a gigantic maze. Of all the formations in this world, the one that was the most complicated was the complicated heart.
In the past, I didn’t really understand what he meant, but now, as I looked at the countless fragments of light and shadows surrounding Qing Ling, I couldn’t help but agree with what Wuxie had said.
There are so many memories, so many of them.
If someone really used them to set up a bewildering formation, it would be difficult for even the person who set up the formation to escape.