Chapter Eight The Wind Rising(1/2)
Zhang Ba's sudden rise in wind
In the early morning of this day, Ji Ruochen arrived at the rope bridge early. He looked refreshed and the worries in his brows had long been swept away. However, a moment had passed as the agreed time had passed, and Taoist Master Yunfeng still hadn't appeared.
While Ji Ruochen was wondering, he suddenly saw a cloud of light mist rising from the morning air that shrouded the Taichang Palace, drifting towards this side. He looked intently, and then he saw clearly that the person slowly coming towards the mist was actually Han.
Smoke. He couldn't help but wonder, how could the smoke from Danyuan Palace appear in Taichang Palace at this extremely early hour when the sky was bright?
Han Yan was still wearing a plain long dress, no powder, no gold and jade, smoke was emitting under her feet, as if she were walking on waves. She held several ancient books in her arms, walked straight to Ji Ruochen, and gave a gentle bow.
He said in a voice: "Senior Brother Ruochen, are you waiting for Taoist Master Yunfeng?"
Ji Ruochen hurriedly returned the salute and said, "Yes, without Taoist Master Yunfeng, I wouldn't be able to cross the rope bridge myself."
Hanyan smiled calmly and said: "My palace master Yuxuan Zhenren and Ziyang Zhenren have been discussing Taoism for a whole night, and it is not over yet. Taoist Master Yunfeng wants to accompany the two masters, and I am about to return to Taishang Daode
Palace, so Master Yuxuan sent me to escort you across the rope bridge."
Ji Ruochen and Hanyan had been teaching in the same class twice before. Although Ji Ruochen and Hanyan sat close to each other, his mood was extremely agitated each time, and Hanyan seemed to be hidden in the faint smoke all day long, so he couldn't remember her appearance clearly.
Ji Ruochen only remembered that every time she moved her hands and feet, waves of water would hit her face, which would always completely submerge him.
At this time, the sky was getting brighter, and wisps of morning light shone on Hanyan, causing the water-colored smoke around her to disappear a lot. At this moment, Ji Ruochen could clearly see her appearance.
She was originally like a river of misty spring water, but her indifferent smile at this moment was the moment when the clouds opened and the sun rose.
Ji Ruochen was immediately dumbfounded, staring at Hanyan, speechless.
"Senior Brother Ruochen, Senior Brother Ruochen?" Hanyan called out several times before calling Ji Ruochen back to his senses. Ji Ruochen seemed to know that he had lost his composure, so he laughed twice, no longer daring to look at Hanyan, and turned towards the cable bridge.
Going up, looking at the expression of the person leaving in a hurry, it seems that behind him is not a beautiful woman standing in the water and mist, but an old creditor reunited after a long separation.
Looking at the swaying and embarrassed figure on the rope bridge, standing there with smoke in her eyes, a glimmer of loneliness flashed through her blurred eyes. In the past few years, it was extremely rare for the young disciples who saw her for the first time in the Moral Palace not to lose their souls.
It was a shame. In comparison, Ji Ruochen's reaction at this time was nothing.
only……
She suddenly remembered Master Yuxuan's solemn instructions, and quietly clenched her fist with her left hand. Unknowingly, a nail had scratched the palm of her hand, and a wisp of warm blood quietly seeped out from between her fingers and dripped on the palm.
land.
But she didn't realize it.
Seeing that Ji Ruochen had already walked more than ten feet on the rope bridge, Han Yan finally walked up to the rope bridge. If he walked further, if he lost his footing, there would be no help.
Originally, with Ji Ruochen's true energy that had just entered the door, he would have fallen off this rope bridge not only a hundred times, but also seventy or eighty times. But today, for some reason, he staggered along the way.
Dancing around like a duck, it seemed that he would fall into the bottomless abyss at any time. Even Han Yan was a little frightened, but seeing the end of the rope bridge appearing in the clouds in front of him, he unexpectedly once
None of them made a mistake.
I don't know if Ji Ruochen is really wise and foolish and has extraordinary abilities, or if he is just incredibly lucky.
Seeing that Ji Ruochen was getting closer and closer to the end of the cable bridge, she finally couldn't hold back her cigarette. She bit her lower lip lightly, pointed her toes slightly on the cable bridge, and a thin wave moved quickly and unpredictably along the iron cable, and in the blink of an eye it was
He caught up with Ji Ruochen. Ji Ruochen exclaimed and finally fell headlong into the abyss!
Hanyan flew forward, like a flying swallow skimming the water, flying down diagonally. She hooked her toes on the iron rope, reached out with her delicate hands, and already grabbed Ji Ruochen's hand. Then with a slight exertion, she took him up into the air, gently
Landed at the end of the chain bridge.
Ji Ruochen only felt that the palm of his left hand was cold and greasy. The feeling was really indescribable, like holding a ball of snow that seemed to have not yet melted. It was not until the two of them stood at the end of the cable bridge that he recovered his mind and looked up.
Just in time to meet Han Yan's eyes filled with thousands of waves of smoke.
For a moment, he stayed where he was, just staring at the smoke.
Hanyan saw that the two of them had already established a firm footing, so she gently pulled her hand back, but she didn't expect that Ji Ruochen's grip was so tight that she didn't pull it back. She pulled back again, with more force. No.
Thinking that Ji Ruochen had tightened his grip accordingly, Han Yan still couldn't take his hand back this time.
She simply stopped pulling her hand back, raised her head slightly, met Ji Ruochen's gaze, frowned, and called out: "Senior Brother Ruochen..." Despite the strict training from Master Yuxuan, there was a smoky tone in her voice.
There was already a faint wisp of cold air.
Ji Ruochen just stared at her blankly and tightened his grip on her hand.
At this time, a sneer suddenly came: "It's already late at this time, why are you still so affectionate? I'm not afraid that the Taoist priests who come and go will see it and make people talk!"
The sound was clear and crisp, like a chime sound that woke up Ji Ruochen. He seemed to realize at this moment that he was still holding on to Han Yan's hand. He let go hurriedly and took two steps back. But he still stared at Han Yan fiercely.
After taking a quick look, he turned to where the sound came from.
At this time, a tall girl walked out of the light morning mist, it was Zhang Yinyin. Her face was frosty, and the corners of her mouth were full of sarcasm and sneer. Her left hand was holding the wooden sword at her waist tightly, her slender fingers were pale, as if
It was as if she wanted to break the hilt of the wooden sword. But the wooden sword she was wearing today was of extraordinary quality. It was made of thousand-year-old ironwood from the Yunwu Mountain in the Western Wilderness. It was stronger than fine steel, not to mention Zhang Yinyin.
It's just a little girl who has just entered the Taoism. Even a Taoist with more than ten years of true energy is helpless with this wooden sword.
When Han Yan saw it was Zhang Yin Yin, she showed a hint of surprise and asked, "Junior Sister Yin Yin is waiting here so early. Is there anything wrong?"
Zhang Yinyin sneered: "Of course there is something! But I'm not looking for you..."
As she said that, she pointed at Ji Ruochen and said, "What I'm looking for is this courageous pervert!"
Hanyan smiled faintly and said: "In that case, I sent Brother Ruochen across the rope bridge and said goodbye." After saying that, without waiting for Ji Ruochen's answer, he drifted away like a piece of water smoke.
With the smoke in his sleeves, he walked slowly and slowly, secretly wiping his right hand with a white silk handkerchief. He was just thinking: "It turns out that all men in the world are the same! Master said that Ji Ruochen was banished.
With the body of an immortal, there is hope for a quick life in this life...but now it seems that...his appearance is any different from other lustful people?"
Until Han Yan walked away, Ji Ruochen still frowned and stared at her back endlessly. Zhang Yinyan waited for a long time, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, and sneered from the side: "Ji Ruochen, I really didn't realize that you have such a big body.
With this ability, she has only been in Taishang Daode Palace for half a year, and she has actually hooked up with the most famous cigarettes in Danyuan Palace. It seems that she is not always rejecting people thousands of miles away like the rumors! Now she is everyone
Now that you're gone, what are you looking for? If you want to see something, go to a place where no one is around..." At this point, although Zhang Yin Yin was furious, he couldn't say the words, so he had to stop halfway.
Ji Ruochen turned his head in astonishment, as if he had just noticed Zhang Yinyin at this moment, and said: "Miss Yinyin, Hanyan and I are not what you said, she... alas!"
Zhang Yin said coldly: "What's wrong with her? Why didn't she continue talking? But you should protect her."
Ji Ruochen was startled again and said: "Don't talk nonsense! I need someone to protect me before I can cross the rope bridge. Master Yunfeng was busy this morning, so Master Yuxuan sent me across the bridge with a cigarette."
Zhang Yin Yin snorted and muttered: "There are three hundred disciples from Taichang Palace. There are not even two hundred but a hundred who can send you across the bridge. If something happens to Taoist Master Yunfeng, will the others die? I want the disciples from Danyuan Palace."
Help? Besides, just cross the bridge when you cross it. The bridge has obviously been crossed, but you are still holding hands at the end of the bridge! Do you want to hide this little lie from me? "
Ji Ruochen smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "Yes, yes! Miss Zhang is very clear-eyed and can predict things like a god. I just don't know what Miss Zhang wants from me."
Zhang Yinyan's face was as cold as frost, and he gritted his teeth and spit out two words: "Sword competition!"
Ji Ruochen was startled. He thought he had saved Zhang Yinyin from the seven-day Qingxiu disaster. She was grateful for this friendship and was too embarrassed to cause trouble again. Unexpectedly, she actually wanted to compete with swords!
Zhang Yinyin slapped the wooden sword in his waist and shouted: "The quality of my wooden sword was not good last time, so you succeeded in a sneak attack! This time, dad gave me a new thousand-year-old ironwood sword, let's compete again! Today
I’ll wait for you at the sword-making platform in the back mountain tonight, and I’ll tell you, you have to come whether you come or not!”
Ji Ruochen shook his head and said: "If you don't go, you will have to rely on more to win!"
Zhang Yinyin surprisingly did not have an attack this time, and just said: "Don't worry, I'm the only one."
"I won't go either."
Zhang Yinyin suddenly stopped being angry and smiled instead. The wooden sword groaned softly and was already unsheathed in his hand. He smiled and said: "Then let's compete here!"
Ji Ruochen was taken aback and hurriedly shouted: "The disciples are fighting privately. If the Taoist master finds out about it, he will have to think about it for seven or forty-nine days!"
Unexpectedly, his threat this time had no effect on Zhang Yin Yin. She smiled slightly and stabbed Ji Ruochen's throat with the wooden sword like lightning and thunder!
"Even after thinking about it for a year, I still admit it!"
Ji Ruochen was shocked. He never expected that she would take action at all costs. Fortunately, the Great Five Elements Sword Technique was also taught by Master Jing Xiao. When his foot slipped, he could barely let go of Zhang Yin Yin's powerful sword, and he hurriedly
Shouted: "Stop, stop!"
As expected, Zhang Yin Yin put away his sword and stopped attacking. He just stood there and asked, "Are you willing to compete this time?"
What could Ji Ruochen say to the stubborn Miss Zhang? He could only smile bitterly and said: "Let's compete, I will definitely go to the sword-making platform tonight. But if I lose this time, can Miss Zhang just let me go?"
"
"Let's talk after we compare." Zhang Yin Yin said these words coldly, turned around and left, disappearing in the light morning mist in the blink of an eye.
Ji Ruochen watched her leave, shook his head, and sighed again. He really didn't know how to get rid of this lingering trouble and live a quiet life for a few days. Calculating the time, it won't be long before the little Taoist priest Mingxin should
Once I'm released, I don't know what kind of entanglement there will be.
Ji Ruochen thought about it and couldn't help but look in the direction Han Yan was leaving.
For some reason just now, when he was looking at Han Yan, he suddenly felt that the endless water smoke in her eyes was spreading, filling the world in an instant. At that moment, he could not tell at all that it was the water in Han Yan's eyes that was rippling out.
Or his consciousness was sucked into her eyes.
In the blink of an eye, he rushed into the vast smoke and saw the vast expanse of water covered by the smoke. The boundless waves suddenly parted to both sides, revealing a huge, slippery and hard reef under the water! The giant rock was no longer visible.
How long has it been washed by the undercurrent under the water, but it still has sharp edges and corners. In the water waves, there are fish of all sizes being swept up by the current, and they hit the giant reef involuntarily, and then one by one they turn their maws up on the surface of the water.
Xuan was swept underwater by the next wave.
Ji Ruochen stared blankly at the silent and cold giant reef. His heart felt chilly for a moment, and he was stunned. He suddenly found that the giant reef was getting bigger and bigger, and then he realized that he was being pushed by a huge wave, and he couldn't help but
The ground fell towards the huge rock! Ji Ruochen wanted to scream, but he couldn't make any sound at all. He wanted to escape again, but the huge wave behind him was so powerful that how could he escape?
It wasn't until Zhang Yin Yin's clear sarcasm reached his ears that the silence in the smoke was broken. For a time, the vast smoke, the cold reef, and thousands of dead and undead fish all disappeared.
To be continued...