I don’t know how long it took, Bai Shu woke up in chaos and nothingness. The first thing he felt was the cold wind with a wet and cold breath.

If I remember correctly, yesterday was still midsummer.

Bai Shu suddenly opened his eyes and found that he was leaning in the cabin. There was a small table in front of him. Sitting opposite the table, Lu Jingxiu, who looked much older, was wearing a torn Taoist robe. Even Bai Shu himself was wearing a torn Taoist robe, and there were even holes on it.

There was a green door curtain beside Bai Shu. He picked the curtain and looked out of the cabin. He only saw the gray and dusk sky, the green and pale river surface like an oil painting, and the cold rain lined like a knife.

Bai Shu subconsciously shivered, put down the curtain, hugged her arms tightly, looked at Lu Jingxiu's sleepy, old face that was notorious and vulgar.

The warmth and pain before seemed to be just a deep and complex dream that Bai Shu had had. Now the chill and sad moment is the only real thing.

Or it is to say that everything that used to be true, and only the blue-gray world now is the entire illusion that a person imagines in his mind.

Bai Shu had a thousand questions in his heart. Since he followed Lu Jingxiu, his life became psychedelic and unreal.

Bai Shu was about to ask a question, when the curtain was lifted on the other side, an old boatman wearing a straw raincoat came in. The old boatman took off his straw hat, shook the rainwater on his body, and wiped the water from his beard again. Then he walked inside and picked up his wine pot and took a sip of wine.

He looked up at Bai Shu and couldn't help but praise: "As soon as I saw this child's eyebrows, I knew that he was a clear person, and he had woken up."

The old boatman looked at Bai Shu's eyes while drinking, as if he was looking up at the stars on a clean summer night.

Lu Jingxiu said modestly: "Although my grandson has a little hard life and is not smart enough, he is indeed not bad and has a pair of eyes that pleases women."

When the old boatman heard this, he sighed and said, "It's not me who said you, brother, you really should listen to my advice. Wuqu is not a place of particular importance, and there are all kinds of bad people in all walks of life. It's really a chaotic place nearby."

The old boatman frowned and said, "And you can only go in and out of Wuqu and pass through water. Once the place enters winter, the boatmen will be dispersed. Even if you are isolated from the world, it will be difficult for you to leave."

The old boatman was silent for a moment, then glanced at Bai Shu again, and said unfortunately, "Such a handsome boy, don't have anything to do in Wuqu."

Lu Jingxiu smiled and squinted his eyes and said, "Don't worry, the old road has been traveling around the country for many years, and now he takes his grandson to find a remote place to ask for food. It can't get in the way of others, so how can there be trouble?"

The old boatman looked disagreeable and said, "Where are there any believers in Wuqu? I think you are not going to beg for food, but just to seek suffering."

The old boatman advised him kindly, but did not make Lu Jingxiu feel at all withdrawn. He was not willing to give in at the moment, so he simply walked out of the cabin again, better than looking at Lu Jingxiu's old face that was so dying.

Bai Shu was holding his words in his heart. When the old boatman walked out, he asked Lu Jingxiu: "Where are we now? It's a cold and cold day at this time?"

Lu Jingxiu patiently explained to Bai Shu: "We are now in a place that does not belong to any of the four countries. Ordinary people have never heard of it, and they can't find it here."

Lu Jingxiu paused slightly and sighed: "It's already late autumn now. It's been more than a year since you fell asleep last time."

"What!" Bai Shu was shocked and almost jumped up. If more than a year had passed, wouldn't he have missed the date he had agreed with Dong Se long ago? Luo Shilan and others could not find him, and they didn't know how to worry.

Bai Shu's tone gradually became colder and said, "I want to go back, I'll go back now."

Lu Jingxiu snorted and said, "Since you have chosen to follow me, you can't go back. I'll take you to this place now, so of course I want you to experience it well in the world. You can follow me steadily."

Bai Shu stood up without saying a word and was about to walk out of the cabin. He had already made plans to swim in his mind.

Lu Jingxiu stopped Bai Shu with one sentence, and he said, "You can figure it out clearly. If it weren't for me, you would never find the way home in your life. Only I can take you to this place, and only I can send you back."

Bai Shu hesitated for a moment, but sat back with frustration. Bai Shu has always been immersed in the pleasure of strategizing, but when he met Lu Jingxiu, he realized that there was a heaven outside of heaven and a person outside of him. Every step of his own plan was seen by Lu Jingxiu.

So Bai Shu didn't say a word, but just kept curling up to keep warm. There was no spiritual energy to protect her body. Bai Shu was afraid of the cold and was like a feminine woman.

Lu Jingxiu asked Bai Shu curiously: "Don't you care whether your cultivation can be restored? You haven't asked me once."

Bai Shu thought of the scene when he was called a genius of Taoism, and felt melancholy in his heart, and said helplessly: "It is meaningless to have a high level of cultivation. If you live for a lifetime, you can eat when you are hungry, and you can sleep when you are sleepy. You can hear the breeze, look at the bright moon, and have a body that can move freely. It is already very good!"

Bai Shu was inspired by these words, all of which were his true feelings. After losing these things, a person once again grasped them one by one. This joy of losing and regaining is enough to resist any golden and jade dream in the previous world.

In the past, Bai Shu was always greedy, but now he finally understood the word contentment, the geometry of the strokes, and how to write it.

Lu Jingxiu smiled and said, "That's true. You are content and happy. Instead of falling into the whirlpool of pain created for yourself for a long time, you might as well follow me in the world for a few years."

Lu Jingxiu looked at Bai Shu as if he saw a piece of jade that was about to be carved. He sighed: "How much you achieve at that time depends on your luck."

Bai Shu lowered his head and buried it in the middle of his knees. He no longer thought that he had great luck. He just simply missed Dong Se and Luo Shilan, and missed his goddaughter Xiao Zhiyuan.

I don’t know if more than a year has passed, Ye Taoling has not had Tianqi, Dingcheng is still there, and whether she is still alive!

Bai Shu had just gotten rid of the previous dilemma and fell into another tormenting dilemma again in the small cabin.

People like Bai Shu who have so many thoughts, as long as there is a little bit of dissatisfaction in their lives, will torture him with concern, and will never be able to let go and get rid of him.

Wuqu is a soft and cold town, a subsidence. The shore is outlined like ink, bright but not real water plants have been growing wildly into the depths of the water waves.

There were sparse trees on the shore, covering Bai Shu's view of peeping into Wuqu, but under the blue-gray sky, Bai Shu's fear of the unknown was slowly fainted.

Crows were crying on the trees, and black water stains were floating in the distance, rippling in the depths of the clouds and mists, brewing one morning or evening, the blazing red enough to burn all the sadness of people.

This blue tone brought Bai Shu endless longing and fantasy. The boat left the shore, Bai Shu and Lu Jingxiu were beaten by the cold rain, but they could not hold a paper umbrella. They could only hold their shoulders in a shrinking manner and walk into the depths of Wuqu with dejected expression.

Whether it is muddy or long stone streets, puddles or ceramic reflections, Wuqu looks so beautiful on this cold rainy day.

It is not the north, the south of the river, nor the south of the river, nor the town of the sea. This kind of place should only exist in the hazy dream that the boy had longed for, and Bai Shu was the boy who walked in there.

After coming to peace, Bai Shu's restless heart gradually sank, and was gently hugged in his arms by the ink-colored water beside the Wuqu water.

On the first day of coming to Wuqu, Lu Jingxiu and Bai Shu were like eggplant made from frost, not only pitiful but also embarrassed. No matter what kind of local villagers they met, they were either driven away by people who were extremely disgusted, or they were heard by others saying a variety of country slang, but they couldn't understand a word.

As the sky became darker and Bai Shu's clothes were completely wet, the two of them still couldn't find a place to stay overnight.

"Hey." Bai Shu called Lu Jingxiu impatiently. When Lu Jingxiu turned around and looked at Bai Shu, he said calmly: "If you can't find a place to live, let's go back as soon as possible. I see that your old bones can't resist the troubles of the autumn rain and cold night."

Bai Shu said this, but instead shivered.

Seeing this, Lu Jingxiu smiled and said, "What are you afraid of? At most, you will find it later, but you will definitely find it. Let's go ahead and take a look."

As Lu Jingxiu said that, he walked forward. Bai Shu didn't complain much and followed Lu Jingxiu honestly.

Soon, the two of them arrived at an ancient building. The lights were bright, but the lights inside and outside were dim and unspeakable. The most important thing is that the building was large enough that it was hard to find an empty house and give Lu Jingxiu and Bai Shu a night.

When Bai Shu and Lu Jingxiu arrived, Bai Shu could hear the quarrels of women in the depths of the yard. One of the women's voices were particularly pleasant and pleasant, and it was even better than the fairy words in the dream.

Bai Shu did not come forward to talk, but only looked at Lu Jingxiu with some expectations and talked to the people in the building. But soon Bai Shu fell into disappointment because the people inside were very rude to coax Lu Jingxiu and said, "It's a little stinky, I don't have money, I want to stay in a hotel and see us girls, dream!"

People in the world are used to calling fortune tellers who tell fortunes as golden dots. Bai Shu hasn't heard such a cut in the world for a long time, and subconsciously defends himself: "We are Taoist priests."

The man inside said disdainfully: "Aren't Taoist priests liars? Get out of here quickly."

Bai Shu was furious and rushed forward and pointed at the man's nose and scolded: "Say it again, believe it or not, I will suck you!"

Bai Shu himself is a Taoist priest and really likes everything about Taixu Temple. Naturally, he cannot tolerate someone slandering his master's teachings.

But before Bai Shu could finish his anger, he was hit by a heavy punch on his nose. Then Bai Shu felt that his nose was burning with warm liquid flowing out.

Bai Shu reached out and touched the blood of his hand. He was about to swing his arm and fight the man happily when he lost all his cultivation. Lu Jingxiu locked Bai Shu's neck and dragged Bai Shu back.

While dragging Bai Shu away, Lu Jingxiu licked his old face and said, "Sorry, the children at home are ignorant, let's get out now, let's get out now."

Lu Jingxiu was so humble, and Bai Shu's anger dissipated. When he left this place, the quarrel inside suddenly became violent, and then the woman's cry came.

Bai Shu looked up and saw behind a paper window on the second floor, a woman covered her face and cried with candlelight. At that moment, all the lights were overshadowed by her slim figure. Bai Shu stared at the window in a daze until her eyes melted into the figure.
Chapter completed!