Half-life immortal

Chapter 1 Walking alone at night, encountering black in the bamboo forest of Yuzhou
The meaning of living is to live. If there is any pursuit, it is to make yourself live better.

This is Xue Qinglan's belief in life.

It is easy to say, but it is not easy to do.

Because she can only rely on herself.

Because... she is an abandoned baby...

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It's another spring day, and the city of Yuzhou is covered with green willows, and the fragrance of green grass and soil is everywhere.

A 14-year-old girl seemed to be wandering aimlessly in the streets, sometimes stopping and sometimes walking quickly.

She has a very ordinary appearance, with a head of refreshing short hair, which belongs to the kind that is thrown into the crowd and no one recognizes her. The big smart eyes, the dark pupils flickering, seem to be hiding a strange and unpredictable clever mind.

Xue Qinglan has never had high expectations of herself, as for her looks, she just needs to be reasonable.What made her more satisfied was that her clothes were clean, at least she definitely didn't look like an orphan who just wandered here.

She mixed in the crowd, with her head slightly lowered, her bright eyes secretly searching for something.She believes that her vision and luck have always been good, so where is today's lunch?
Not long after, she noticed an attic not far ahead, which should be a teahouse or restaurant.Penniless, she blinked and walked in with a smile.Seeing that she was so young and alone, the guard didn't know which family's daughter came here to hang out, but he didn't stop her in line with the principle of "a visitor is a visitor".

After she entered, she swept her gaze and immediately took a panoramic view of all the diners in the hall. Everyone's actions, demeanor, appearance and voice were filtered in her heart, and she was convinced that this was an ordinary tavern.It took her only a few seconds to lock the target from dozens of tables of diners, and then walked towards a young man who was drinking in the corner, and sat opposite the man without saying a word, with a worried look on her face. With an anxious expression, he fiddled with the hem of his clothes.

The young man gave her a puzzled look, and asked in confusion, "Little girl, what's the matter?"

While listening to his accent, she thought silently in her heart, and at the same time said: "Big brother, you... Are you from Yangzhou?"

The young man nodded, and at the same time became more puzzled, and said, "How do you know? You are also from Yangzhou?"

Hearing the little girl's similar and immature accent, the young man felt a little kind, but he still couldn't figure out why the little girl could recognize him from Yangzhou at a glance. He didn't speak just now, but this little girl came over on her own initiative.

Xue Qinglan smiled sweetly, and said: "Well, I think you are. The sword on your table should be the standard long sword of the Fang family in Yangzhou. I have admired the heroes of the Fang family since I was a child!"

"Really? Haha, the little girl has really good eyesight, and she recognized it immediately." The young man was a little happy when he heard it. It is a pleasant thing to meet a fellow countryman when going out, especially when he hears that the other party is from his own family. admirers, that sense of pride arises spontaneously.

He didn't suspect at all that the little girl in front of him had other purposes. First, she was so young and a little girl with no strength to restrain her. How could she have any malicious intentions?Second, as soon as she came up to tell where he came from, only people from the same township and who knew the Fang family very well would know that his sword was the standard long sword of the Fang family, so the little girl must be from Yangzhou, and his Fang family is not well-known. As for the far-reaching to Yuzhou, which is so far away.

Xue Qinglan's eyes turned into small crescents, although she only visited Yangzhou three years ago for less than ten days, but it is not a problem to change her accent to deceive this kind of stunned young man who is new to the rivers and lakes.Speaking of age, Xue Qinglan is indeed only 14 years old, and she does not need to pretend to be immature in appearance, but when it comes to Jianghu experience, some old foxes may not be able to compare with her.

As soon as she saw this young man from the Fang family, she recognized his identity from his attire. In addition, although he was sitting alone, his pride and self-confidence and out of place were too obvious. With his young face and his calloused hands, Xue Qinglan instantly determined that this person must be a martial idiot who doesn't understand the world.Such a person with well-developed limbs and a simple mind is the easiest to deceive...

So, she smiled happier than the youth of the Fang family, and said, "My name is Sun Qingqing."

The youth of the Fang family thought for a while, and suddenly realized: "Oh! The Sun family! I know! That is also a big family in Yangzhou."

Xue Qinglan nodded secretly, thinking that this guy is really "smart", letting him contact the Sun family by making up a random name, and saving her too much trouble.

The twists and turns in her heart will never show on her face, Xue Qinglan pretended to be innocent and swayed her little feet, and said: "I came to Yuzhou with my uncle and others to play, but the inn is too boring. , and there is no one of my age to accompany me...Big brother, are you free?"

The youth of the Fang family said with some embarrassment: "Little sister, I also came to Yuzhou this time by the order of my family. I have some important things to do, and I may not have much time to accompany you..."

Xue Qinglan immediately showed a disappointed expression, and said: "That's it... well, I still want my big brother to accompany me to Jubaozhai, it seems that there is no way..." After finishing speaking, she used a full Hope's big eyes looked at the youth of the Fang family.

The corner of Fang’s young man’s mouth twitched. Jubaozhai is the most luxurious, expensive and famous jewelry store in Yuzhou City. Although he brought a lot of banknotes with him on this trip, he couldn’t afford any jewelry in Jubaozhai. ah……

Seeing his expression, Xue Qinglan rolled her big eyes, her conversation changed suddenly, and she said with self-pity: "Uncle always said that we are children of a big family, but we can't spend money lavishly, and my parents also control me very strictly... …Brother, look, he doesn’t even have a piece of jewelry on him, and the sisters of my age can dress up beautifully.”

The youth of the Fang family suddenly thought of his naughty younger sisters, and couldn't help feeling infinitely sympathetic to the little girl in front of him, saying: "Yes, yes, you are at the age of a flower, how can you not dress up? Oh, take a closer look. , you are really plainly dressed! Really..."

The youth of the Fang family who said so had no idea that he was also dressed in the same simple way, and that the idea of ​​"saving money on food and expenses" had gone to nowhere.

Xue Qinglan immediately slapped the snake on the pole, and said, "Yes, yes, big brother, I just came here and saw that the Shu brocade in the opposite shop is very beautiful, it would be great if I could use it to make a new suit. Oh, and There is a road stall over there, and there is such a beautiful anklet... It's a pity that I don't have any money with me."

The youth of the Fang family glanced at the door of the tavern in embarrassment, then at Xue Qinglan's eager eyes, gritted his teeth, and said, "Little sister, big brother has to wait for someone, and I really don't have time to go shopping with you. How about this, I still have some cash on me, can you buy it yourself?"

As he said that, he took out his wallet, only to find that there were only three taels of silver left in the wallet, and he couldn't help being a little embarrassed.Before Xue Qinglan, who was sitting opposite, noticed it, she hurriedly stuffed the money bag back, and then pulled out a stack of bank notes from her bosom.

He was just about to take out a silver note from it to Xue Qinglan, but Xue Qinglan cheered first, grabbed the silver note in his hand, and said, "Wow! Big brother, how are you! So many silver notes , people can go to buy the most beautiful Shu brocade!"

The youth of the Fang family was dumbfounded, and it was not easy to rob it with the younger sister of the Sun family. After all, they were also a big family from the same town, and the Fang family was still admired by others.At the same time, he thought, how expensive can a piece of clothing be?At most, it was only a few tens of taels of silver, and the stack of silver bills was 500 taels each, and there were fifteen in total, which was 500 taels. It would be no problem to buy the whole store just to buy clothes.

Before the youth of the Fang family could react, Xue Qinglan immediately said: "Brother, wait for me, I'll go buy it right away, and then return the rest of the money to you when I come back! Wait for me! Be sure to wait for me! "

When the youth of the Fang family heard that Xue Qinglan would return the remaining money to him, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, put on a posture of an elder and smiled, "Okay, no problem. Be careful on the way, don't lose it." .”

Xue Qinglan put the banknote into her bosom with a smile, and tucked it in, said: "I won't lose it, I'm so old!" After speaking, she happily ran out.

The youth of the Fang family shook his head with a smile, and said with emotion: "Sure enough, she is a little girl."

At this moment, he never expected that he had been cheated out of money by the "little girl" whom he met for the first time, and he firmly believed that Miss Sun's family would come back and give him the rest of the money...

Of course, even if he waited until dark, he wouldn't wait for that "Miss Sun's family", which meant that he would definitely sleep on the street tonight...

But all of this has nothing to do with Xue Qinglan. At this time, she was walking down the street in a happy mood, patting her small breasts, thinking of the huge amount of wealth in her arms, not to mention how beautiful she was.

In total, it took less than a stick of incense to knock out 500 taels of silver. It is estimated that the money laundering bosses did not come as fast as her, which made her a little proud.

"Today is really lucky, I met a money giver as soon as I came here! Although Yuzhou City has not had enough fun, but for the sake of these tickets, I will reluctantly go to the next town!"

As a young girl who has been wandering in the world for 14 years, in order to survive, she dares to do anything, stealing, kidnapping and cheating are nothing. How many people have been fooled by her so far?And with her excellent acting skills and clever tricks, it is still barely enough to make ends meet.

Deception is not difficult for her, she can perfectly disguise herself, using her wit and knowledge.Although she has never read a book, she has traveled to so many places and met so many people. Even if she is unwilling, she knows many things that ordinary people don't know. Therefore, she has to use all these things to survive.

In the past, it was her ideal in life to change from leftovers to steaming white rice; later, it was her life pursuit to turn light tea and light rice into fish and meat delicacies; and now, she is thinking about making her life better!
This world is very dangerous, there are too many people who are stronger than her.As far as she knows, many aristocratic sects have masters who are good at martial arts.Take that Lengtouqing from the Fang family just now as an example, ten Xue Qinglan couldn't beat him, and it was even more impossible to steal his money, so Xue Qinglan could only cheat.

Over time, Xue Qinglan became a master of deception.Observation and lying have become the focus of her life, but if possible, she does not want to use such methods. She also wants to be a strong person, strong enough to protect herself, and strong enough to control the world.

But she is just an orphan who was abandoned by her biological parents before the full moon. It is impossible for her to enter those family sects. That world is too far away from her...

Xue Qinglan's greatest strength is optimism. She never worries about things she can't do. Now all she needs to think about is how to squander the windfall in her hands?

However, even if that disciple of the Fang family is stupid, she should understand after a while. Xue Qinglan doesn't want to be caught by him, so the first thing she has to do now is to find a safe place, and then slowly Enjoy the happy life brought by bank notes.

Randomly bought a roast chicken and a few steaming steamed buns on the side of the road, devoured them, and then she left the city.

The suburbs of Yuzhou were full of bamboo forests, and the lush bamboo leaves blocked her view. In addition, she was not familiar with the roads around Yuzhou, so she didn't walk fast.

At this time, the sky was getting late, and the orange-yellow sunset glow fell on the inch-by-inch bamboo leaves, coating the bamboo forest with a layer of golden light, urging Xue Qinglan to quicken her pace.

Suddenly, she felt the darkness around her, and a cold breath rushed towards her face.She trembled subconsciously, raised her head in doubt, and murmured: "It's strange, why did it suddenly become so dark? There should be a while before the sun goes down? And...why do you suddenly feel a little cold..."

She had a bad premonition somewhere, and it was said that women's sixth sense was very accurate, and so was she. She was saved by her premonition countless times since she was a child.But that doesn't mean she's running away in fear.

She touched the dagger hidden on her back waist, gathered herself together, and secretly said: "Hmph, pretending to be a ghost, this lady was scared of it since she was a child! I'm not afraid of this trick!"

When she was young, she learned some boxing skills from a strange old man. Despite her petite stature, she still has some skills in fighting and escaping, otherwise she would not be alive now.But if you really encounter some wild beasts in the forest, whether you can escape or not is another matter.

She bent her waist, pricked up her ears, and walked forward while paying attention to the sounds around her.

"what--"

Suddenly, a shrill death cry sounded not far away, which startled her.She quickly squatted down, pushed aside the bamboo leaves covering her eyes, and looked intently.

I saw a person being burned by a strange black flame, screaming and rolling on the ground, and fell silent after a few screams, as if he had died, but the black flame continued to burn, burning that person into a ball of coke .Soon, the hissing sound of burning meat turned into the crackling sound of coke cracking. This did not burn the skin black, but burned the bones and internal organs of the whole person into genuine coke!If she hadn't heard his screams just now, Xue Qinglan wouldn't have been able to conclude that it was actually a person.

Beside the burned person, there were many large and small pieces of black charcoal. Reminiscent of the person's death, most of those were also the remains of people burned to death by the black flames.

Xue Qinglan's face turned pale all of a sudden, her body trembled uncontrollably, and she tightly grasped a bamboo beside her to stabilize her figure.

The world is dangerous, she has always known it.

But this sentence "know" is very powerless. Even though she knows that it is dangerous and terrible, she is powerless to change it, just like she saw the person in front of her was burned to death by black flames, but she herself could only stare blankly, frightened. Not daring to move.

What is this black flame?Why does it feel so dangerous?like... like...

She couldn't find any words to describe this terrifying black flame. When she was a child, she was almost eaten by a big white tiger. Looking at the bloody mouth, she felt desperate.For some reason, this black flame gave her a feeling that was more terrifying than despair, and her heart almost stopped.

What should she do?Should I run away?Where are you going?

Just when she was startled by the sight in front of her, a man in black came out from the opposite bamboo forest and walked straight towards her!

Terrifying black flames rose from the black-clothed man's body, and the dim black light made it impossible to see his face clearly.His steps were slow and steady, and his long black robe was dancing in the flames, like a demon who chose people.

Xue Qinglan had never seen a devil before, but the word came out naturally the moment she saw the man in black.She could hear her heart thumping, her lungs seemed to be unable to breathe, her eyes were wide open, looking at this murderous stranger.

It turned out that the black flame was controlled by the man in black. How could it be so unlucky to meet a murderer... It's over, it's over, I will be silenced after seeing his murder process!

Her first thought was to run away, but her body was not able to live up to it, her legs were already weak from fright, she wanted to stand up but she sat on the ground instead, and she even forgot to pull out the dagger on her back waist.

The man in black looked at her coldly. He had a pair of blood-colored eyes, cold and beautiful, through the black flames, like a blood moon in the dark night.Although she couldn't see the slightest bit of expression from these eyes, it was this kind of eyes that made Xue Qinglan feel cold in her bones.

The man in black raised the sword in his hand, only then did Xue Qinglan notice his sword, it was a sword as translucent as ice, covered with bright red blood, surrounded by billowing black flames, like the scythe of death .

Too strong, this man...

Xue Qinglan thought so from the bottom of her heart.

It's like a weak little rabbit facing a mighty tiger, completely powerless to parry.She never thought that she would die like this, but she couldn't help thinking about the current situation at this moment. The man who had been burned to ashes just now had truly shown her her next fate. As long as the man in black waved his sword lightly, The black flames will devour her completely, obliterating her from this world.

(End of this chapter)