In mid-August, the summer heat has entered the mountains. The green mountains are green, and at a glance, there are ripples in the sky. Only when people walk in will they discover the truth of this ripple. Summer is too hot. Under the scorching sun, the transpiration of plants becomes intense. From a distance, the diffused light looks like waves in the sea.
In the afternoon, the forest is filled with the chirping of cicadas. Apart from the chirping of cicadas, other biological activities are rarely seen among the branches of the lush trees. At this time when the sun is hot, small animals such as pine hares are reluctant to go out. Even if you hide in the shade of a tree, you can still feel hot and bored.
A squirrel stood comfortably in the shade of a tree. It sat on a branch to enjoy the shade, holding a red fruit in its two little paws. It took a bite, then seemed to find something, ran to the branch and looked out.
At the end of the forest path in the distance, there was a black dot slowly approaching.
This is a middle-aged man wearing a short shirt and a hat. He has a simple appearance and a very special temperament. The moment he walked into the mountains, he gradually blended into the forest. He is like floating clouds, like flowing water, like a breeze.
By the time the man in short shirt stopped in front of the fruit tree, his existence was already a part of nature. Harmonious and natural, if someone sees this scene, he will definitely ignore this person and only see the forest itself. No one can tell the difference between him and the nearby forest and rocks.
Understand the principles of creation and appreciate the truth of nature.
His every move is in harmony with the surrounding environment, allowing himself to immerse himself in the beauty of nature.
This is the wonderful method of supreme purity: the Hunyuan Gong of Creation.
Using the power of creation from heaven and earth, and the wonder of natural conception and nourishment, you can cultivate your own body in the realm of Hunyuan Heaven. On the day when he succeeds, he will be able to implant the fruits of his cultivation into the Hunyuan Heaven, become a god and a heavenly being, and travel across the heavens from then on.
The pine tree threw the fruit away and jumped onto the shoulders of the middle-aged man in a short shirt with a squeaking sound. It rubbed the man's cheek affectionately, and its big tail helped him wipe away the sweat on his forehead.
The man in a short shirt reached out and touched the pine tree's head. He took a pack of pickled pine nuts from his pocket, tore open the package and ate them with the pine tree. He took off the bamboo hat on his head and started fanning slowly. After finishing the bag of pine nuts, he put the pine nuts back on the tree and walked out of the cool shade again.
Deep in this clear sky, the muffled sound of thunder has been slowly heard. If we don¡¯t move on, the mountain road will become even more difficult to walk.
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The man in short shirt sighed and quickened his pace.
That half-grown girl is really stupid. If she didn¡¯t do it earlier, she would have to get soaked all over.
Thinking of the girl he watched grow up, a smile appeared on the simple face of the man in a short shirt.
Halfway through the journey, we were getting further and further away, and it was getting early and dusk.
In a very short period of time, the originally sunny sky turned dark, and the heavy dark clouds flashed a few rays of lightning from time to time, making it look like a storm was coming. The water vapor in the air becomes thicker and feels slightly moist. But the temperature never dropped at all. Instead, there was a thick sultry heat that made it difficult to breathe.
A burst of dazzling lightning suddenly burst out from the low black clouds.
Lightning flashed from the sky, splitting the entire sky into two.
The rolling thunder suddenly rises!
August rain is a good thing for the animals and plants in this forest. It has been a month since it last rained. Several small trickles in the forest have dried up, and animals must go to drink water. to further afield.
But, I don¡¯t want to meet the man in short shirt who is on his way. .
With this thought in mind, he quickened his pace.
It didn¡¯t take long for the sky to get completely dark, and within half an hour it began to rain heavily. In the deep mountains, the trees, weeds and snapping plant branches became energetic and stood proudly. Even the annoying cicadas chirped with a little more unique charm. Thick white clouds rose from this mountain road hidden in the sun, making the road leading to the small village even more hazy.
When the man's figure gradually disappeared into the depths of the clouds, the place became even more mysterious and mysterious.
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At the head of Maoshan Village, the huge peach tree reaching into the sky looked a bit hazy and unreal under the rain.
No matter whether it is wind, rain or thunder, it can't disturb this silent old man's sleep. His branches sway listlessly in the wind and rain, as if they are taking a nap, or the branches swaying in the wind are like a serenade, which makes people feel sleepy after listening to it. Suddenly a bolt of thunder fell and landed on the old tree.
¡°Suddenly, a bud on the peach tree gently opened, and a gorgeous peach blossom bloomed.
He is the god of pregnancy and nurturing in Maoshan, and he is also the god of this village.Patronus.
And under the huge peach tree, a slender and young figure can be faintly seen.
When we reached the entrance of the small village, the middle-aged man in a short shirt took a look around. When he saw the young figure under the peach tree, there was a touch of love on his face. He quickened his pace and walked towards the peach tree. Under the light of lightning, the two figures seemed to have a few words
The slender figure did not stay long, running quickly in the rain, rushing towards home.
Watching the young figure go away, the man in a short shirt touched a few letters in his short sleeve pocket.
It¡¯s really a pity that the person she expected didn¡¯t send a letter this time.
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The mountain village is not big, and most of the buildings here are made of wood that is conveniently available around it. Different from the remote and ordinary villages, these buildings are surprisingly exquisite. There are people in the pavilions, and the top floor of the pavilion is also an elegant environment, and there is also a chessboard. Various houses have their own characteristics, some are simple and elegant, some are exquisite and elegant, less mundane and more ethereal.
In a corner of the village, the sound of children reading could be heard from a bookstore.
Beside the podium made of Nanmu, a gentleman wearing a green gown and a snow-white goatee sat on a chair. He wore black-rimmed reading glasses on the bridge of his nose and held a textbook he had written in his hand.
Mr. Chen looked at the thunder and lightning outside and closed the book. It was almost time:
"Have you remembered everything I said today?"
"Sir, we remember."
"Remember, remember. Sir, can we finish class?" A group of twelve or thirteen-year-old children were sitting under the podium. Some are big, some are small, there are more than a dozen. When they heard that their husband had dismissed get out of class again, these children naturally responded in unison.
Mr. Chen nodded, stood up and wiped away the diagrams, formulas and theorems explained on the blackboard.
Neither the old man nor the brats under the podium thought there was any problem. But, an old man in Chinese costume explaining the laws of physics to a group of children is an extremely weird thing, not to mention that this is Maoshan.
Suddenly, a lively child raised his head and asked Mr. Chen: "Sir, is there any use for us to listen to this?"
"Yes, yes! There is no need for these things at all. Sir, please teach us other things. I like traveling, can you tell me about festivals in other places?" It is the nature of children to be playful, so naturally some people agree. They prefer interesting stories to boring-sounding knowledge.
"Sir, I like the story you told, could you tell me another one?"
Although it is true that these little guys respect Mr. Chen, they all feel that many of the things Mr. Chen said are really useless in their eyes. They have already begun to come into contact with knowledge about monasticism, and they don't know why Mr. Chen explains science to them.
"Don't worry, I will tell you everything I need to say. You don't need to be proficient in these things, you just need to know that they exist. When you grow up and want to leave here, these things will come in handy." Touched. Touching his long goatee, Mr. Chen just smiled slightly.
He waved his sleeves, with a faint smile on his face: "get out of class is over."
¡°Oh oh oh!¡±
"Come on, let's go play."
¡°It¡¯s raining, it¡¯s raining! Let¡¯s go catch frogs!¡±
The group of brats swarmed out and huddled together at the small doorway.
Seeing all these children leaving, Mr. Chen put down his book and sighed slowly. These little devils don't make people worry at all. Especially those two little girls, he had to teach them in the evening. Speaking of which, I am really getting old. I no longer have the endless energy I had when I was young. This body is already a bit weak.
Mr. Chen tightened his thin clothes to cover his increasingly thin body.
A thunderstorm hit, and the temperature suddenly dropped a lot, making him feel a little chilly.
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The place where Xuan Hongyi and Rui Bingyu live is not far from the small village, about ten minutes away.
This is a one-story building halfway up the mountain. Before Luo Ya chose this place as his place to live, it was a charity village where the unburied corpses of the villagers were parked. For Luo Ya, she just liked a quiet environment, and she never cared about terms like Yi Zhuang.
The environment here is very dim, and the bright sunshine from the outside seems to be unable to dispel the weird and cold atmosphere that permeates the place. It looks like a deep castle or a long cemetery. It has a mysterious atmosphere that is different from the ordinary.
It¡¯s not like life, but it¡¯s definitely not like death either.
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Running through the door, Hongyi immediately took off his soaked clothes.
She picked up a towel and dried her hair, then took a light red, loose pajamas from the closet and put them on.
Looking at the girl in the mirror, Hongyi sighed inexplicably.
Not good-looking, not pretty enough?
No, it¡¯s not.
It has been almost four years since Xiao Lin left. At this time, Hongyi was already thirteen years old and a little girl.
I have to say that time is a magical thing. The energetic and lively Lolita has grown into a pretty girl, and her originally cute facial features have become more refined. The originally fleshy face with some baby fat has turned into a pretty oval face. Although it is still a little childish, it already has a charm that ordinary girls don't have.
Hongyi turned over the mirror in his hand and replaced it with the back with a smiling face painted on it.
Although Hongyi didn¡¯t want to admit it, she had to admit that she had really grown up. Even Yima Pingchuan's chest has a graceful arc. Although it is not obvious now, it can already predict the huge potential in the future.
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I heard a crisp voice in the slightly crowded laboratory, and a man in red pajamas walked in.
"Idiot Xiaoyu, are you here? Hey, I'm coming to catch you!"
When she smiled, she had two dimples on her cheeks.
That guy Xiaoyu once said that this may be the only thing that hasn't changed in her.
Hearing no response, Hongyi walked around the laboratory and walked out.
Since it¡¯s not here, that fool must be over there.
What a idiot!
Walking into the back courtyard, it was Luo Ya¡¯s sleeping room. It wasn't elaborate, and their teacher didn't want to decorate it. She just simply divided a space from the innermost side of the first floor. There is a bed placed against the wall. Next to the bed is a bookshelf and a set of classical dressing tables that were moved from somewhere.
On Luo Ya¡¯s bed, a small figure was nestled there, carefully reading a book.
She was only wearing a white dress, and her white hair hung down her face, covering most of her face.
"Don't stay at home all the time, let's go out and play together, okay." Hongyi took off his shoes and crawled to Xiaoyu's side.
It was obviously summer, but the temperature around Xiao Yu was extremely low. Hong Yi habitually applied a layer of spiritual power to her body. I don't know since when, she can no longer survive around Bingyu without using her mental powers.
Hongyi casually swatted away a strange and terrifying shadow floating over, her expression unchanged.
Perhaps in other people¡¯s eyes, Xiaoyu¡¯s only shortcoming is that the aura around him is getting darker and gloomier, but Hongyi knows that something has indeed happened to Xiaoyu. Through a circle of dark and cold shadows, she could see various ominous figures appearing for an instant and then disappearing inexplicably.
Seeing Xiao Yu's lack of energy, Hong Yi grinned and said, "We can dig bamboo shoots. The bamboo shoots dug on light rainy days are the most delicious. We can also catch fish Xiao Yu, let's go out and play. No matter what you do, it's more interesting than being in the room." Counting on her fingers, Xiao Hongyi looked crazy.
"Idiot! Why do you still go out when you know they are all the same?" Xiaoyu looked at the book calmly, moved his body to the side, and made room: "You see clearly, the rain now is not as heavy as usual. . Besides, if you catch fish, the river will be frozen. Or do you like to eat frozen sashimi? "
"Although it is true."
After hearing her words, Hongyi fell silent.
She slowly turned around, leaned on the window next to the bed, and opened the window.
The cool wind squeezed in, sweeping away the stuffy heat in the room. However, the raindrops mixed in the wind slid strangely from the window, encountered an invisible barrier, and fell along a graceful arc.
Putting down the book, Bingyu stretched out a finger and tapped her head hard, and said with some annoyance: "Idiot, the master told you not to use your mental powers as much as possible." As she said that, her silver pair of His eyes also changed from the complete ice color, and became slightly warmer.
"It's okay, I'm very good."
Hongyi raised the corners of his mouth slightly, showed a faint smile, and took the little hand that was on his forehead.
"Xiaoyu"
"Um?"
"Although it's raining, I still want to go out and play"
With a pleading smile on Hongyi¡¯s face, she whispered beside Bingyu: ¡°Come with me, okay?¡±
? ?"Hmm," Bingyu responded softly and put down the book in her hand.
? Since arriving in this small village, no matter it is thundering or raining or cold winter or hot summer. Whether you are happy or sad, laughing or crying, no matter when and where you are, there will always be someone when you feel lonely. She will stay by your side make faces and tell jokes to make yourself happy. , or just sit quietly next to him.
This feeling is very good.
Bingyu stood up from the bed, feeling very petite.
Now she only reaches Hong Yi¡¯s chest, and Hong Yi is only the height of an ordinary thirteen-year-old girl Time is fair to everyone. No matter where that person occupies or what position they hold, time will give them the same time scale, leaving traces in the passage of time and the past in the years.
But Bingyu is different,
In Hongyi¡¯s eyes, the indescribable existence of time in her cognition seems to have been forgotten by her.
Everything was finalized four years ago.
There was a thunderstorm, and two people walked out of the house with an umbrella.
Two girls:
A man is twelve or thirteen years old, wearing crimson clothes
He is about seventy or eight years old, with white hair and silver eyes.
The younger girl was holding the other girl¡¯s clothes, and the older girl was holding a navy blue umbrella.
Under the rain curtain, the figures of the two people gradually became hazy until they disappeared.
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"Yeah, yeah, light rain is coming."
"Haha, this guy is still so small. The little rain is too small. He only eats but doesn't grow" A group of little ghosts were playing and chasing on the trail in the rain. When they saw the two of them, they immediately rushed over. Several of them came to Xiaoyu and reached out to touch her head: "Grow up, little one!"
"I know, Xiaoyu always hides in the house and doesn't water her. We can give her some water and she will grow up."
Some kiddies around were also making noises and making noises.
Although they are all twelve or thirteen years old, they do look a lot older than Xiao Yu. The Bingyu standing under the umbrella was much smaller in comparison. From the moment he entered the small village, time never left any trace on Xiaoyu's body.
¡°You guys!!!¡±
Hongyi¡¯s cheeks turned red and she put the umbrella into Xiaoyu¡¯s hand.
The surging spiritual power around her suddenly spread, shrouding the surrounding area in a strange and bizarre illusion. The colorful blocks of color twist and rise in a spiral. At the infinite height, at the top of the colorful spiral, there seems to be a world like heaven in the brilliant light. He is real and true, and He is eternal.
"Whoa, run! This idiot in red is going crazy."
"Idiot Hongyi is angry, everyone, run away,"
"Idiot Xiaoyu doesn't grow taller, idiot Xiaohong is violent and crazy! Haha, she must have grown as tall as Xiaoyu. Wow! Idiot Hongyi is angry, don't hit me" Although they look very powerful, these The kid was so familiar with this scene that he was not afraid at all. He ran and shouted, and occasionally turned around and stuck out his tongue to make faces.
"Xiao Yu, let's go to the library." Hongyi withdrew the surging spiritual power around him, and his face was not only angry, but also sad. When the bizarre mirage gradually faded away, the shielded raindrops slowly emerged.
Bit by bit, a slightly sad tune played on the umbrella.
"Yeah." There was a touch of sadness in the silver-like eyes, and Xiao Yu tried to make herself look normal.
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The spatial structure of the library is extremely complex, as if it is composed of countless bookshelves.
With the central point as the origin, countless infinite structures radiate outward. The center is like a room or a laboratory, with a circular suspended table in the center, covered with white cloth, and surrounded by various containers and there are many weird things besides.
Xiao Yu pulled up Hong Yi who was sitting on the ground and asked her to turn her back. Then she stood on tiptoes and gestured a few times behind Hong Yi, making her already pale face look more depressed. .
"Xiaohong, why do you think I can't grow up?"
Hongyi turned around, picked up a book from the bookshelf on the side, and comforted Bingyu like a big sister: "Ha, Xiaoyu just developed late. Didn't you hear Sister Rin say that some children are just starting out? She was too anxious to grow when she was young, and she stopped growing when others started to grow.¡±
¡°Don¡¯t think I¡¯m taller than you now, maybe you¡¯ll be taller than me in a few years~¡±
This is not comfort. Hongyi has always believed in this: firmly believing that Bingyu will grow taller than herself.?Looks prettier than myself. Just like when I was a child, if the two of me stand in front of people, those people will always like Xiao Yu.
"Myself, just watch her being pampered."
¡That¡¯s enough, it¡¯s not an extravagant request.
Isn¡¯t it?
"Xiaohong is really good, she has grown up." As she said that, Bingyu glanced at Hongyi's chest, which had already made considerable progress.