Kyushu · Endless Nagato

Chapter 48 Tracing the source (6)
But An Xingmian didn't seem to feel relieved by this sentence.He sighed a long time: "I can imagine how uncomfortable he felt. As I said, as a Nagato monk, I don't actually have such firm beliefs, but the teacher is different. Nagato is his life. Now he discovers that his life is false and destroys it with his own hands."

Xue Huaiqing had nothing to say again, she simply walked out silently and returned to her room.Corpse dancers are not a religious group, and they are indifferent to beliefs, but she can fully understand An Xingmian's sadness and loss.She didn't care about Nagato, nor did she care about the "Magic Fire Extinguished World" that would come in an unknown number of lifetimes. The only thing she was worried about was how much this incident would hit An Xingmian.

When the two first met, An Xingmian told Xue Huaiqing that he was not a "pure Nagato monk", and that he joined Nagato as if to fulfill an obligation that had to be fulfilled, rather than willingly.But now, Xue Huaiqing felt that he looked like a real Nagato monk. He no longer just ran around for a certain event, but began to feel sad and sad for a thousand-year-old faith that was shaken.This was really not the An Xingmian she had accepted in her mind, that young man who always had a smile on his face and bright brows even though he was burdened.

That night, Xue Huaiqing tossed and turned on the bed, unable to fall asleep, An Xingmian's suppressed smiling face was like a big rock, weighing heavily on her heart.She has gradually understood what the throbbing in her heart is for, and not only feels sweet about it, but also adds more fear to it. This is an emotion that she doesn't know how to face at all, but she has to be tough. It seems that he is unwilling to give up completely with his heart.

In the middle of the night, she hadn't fallen asleep yet, but the more she lay down, the more she felt her ears and eyesight brightened, so she simply put on her clothes and got up, intending to pass the boring night with meditation, and drive away the strange thoughts in her mind at the same time.But as soon as she sat down, she heard some slight noises outside the yard, as if a cat had jumped off the wall, but it was also possible—it was a person with good lightness skills.

As a not-so-popular corpse dancer, Xue Huaiqing was always very vigilant. She immediately got out of bed, put on her shoes, and pushed the door to go out, just in time to see a figure jumping in from the window of An Xingmian's room.She was startled, and hurriedly led the corpse servant who had been guarding the door to follow closely, only to hear a crackling sound of fighting in the room, and couldn't help becoming more flustered, and directly ordered the corpse servant to slam the door.The corpse servant strode forward, slammed his shoulders, and after a loud noise, the door was knocked open. Xue Huaiqing rushed in, looked at the situation inside the room, and then heaved a sigh of relief.

An Xingmian stood peacefully in the room, without any scars on his body. On the ground in front of him lay a man in black. His face was covered with a black cloth, and only his eyes were exposed. Looking at the strange shape of his shoulders, Probably dislocated by An Xingmian.She breathed a sigh of relief, and then realized that An Xingmian's kung fu was not inferior to her own. Thinking of the panic and panic in her heart just now, she felt her face burning hot for a moment.

Fortunately, An Xingmian didn't notice her expression, and Li Fuchuan and the others who ran over after hearing the noise didn't pay attention to her, they all looked at the man in black on the ground.An Xingmian leaned down and asked gently, "Who are you? Why did you attack me?"

The man in black didn't answer, but his eyes glowed with anger and hatred, which made An Xingmian feel even more strange.He pondered for a while, and asked Li Fuchuan to take the others out in a low voice. Seeing that the man in black no longer had the ability to fight back, Li Fuchuan nodded and led everyone away, leaving only Xue Huaiqing and Kuafu like corpse servant.An Xingmian wanted to close the door again, but found that the door had been knocked flying by the corpse servant. With a wry smile, he unveiled the man in black.Then a very surprised look came over his face.

"Su Zhenbai? You are... you are Su Zhenbai of Lingxiu Sect?" He exclaimed, "We met at the seminar. Why did you come to kill me?"

It was only then that Xue Huaiqing noticed that the assassin named Su Zhenbai was throwing a dagger beside him, she hurried forward to pick up the dagger, only then noticed Su Zhenbai's appearance, and was surprised to find that this man was almost A child, looks no more than.Judging from An Xingmian's tone, this person is also a long-door monk.How could the head monk come to assassinate his fellow disciple?But after thinking about it, she immediately had an answer, and couldn't help feeling sorry for An Xingmian.

"Your teacher is Master Fei Xian, who has never been in love with my teacher Zhang Haoge, why did you come to kill me?" An Xingmian asked.

"Bah!" Su Zhenbai dislocated his shoulder, although he was sweating profusely from the pain, he still looked stubborn and fierce, "You still have the face to mention Zhang Haoge, that bastard!"

An Xingmian was sad, he already understood why Su Zhenbai came to assassinate him.This young man, who has just started for two years, has not been able to restrain his heart with Nagato's scriptures, but was angered by Zhang Haoge's betrayal.Zhang Haoge was naturally closely guarded by the emperor's people, he had no chance to do anything, so he took his anger out on the innocent An Xingmian.Such a move is of course muddled, but it also just shows how much anger has accumulated in Nagato.The other long-door monks with sufficient cultivation would certainly not think of using this method to retaliate, but there must be no less resentment in their hearts.

"Xiao Su, I don't blame you for this matter, you go back." An Xingmian said, leaning over, trying to reset the dislocated shoulder joint for him, but Su Zhenbai rolled abruptly and flashed by the wall.

"I will not let a traitor like you come to show favor to me!" Su Zhenbai shouted, "Remember, Nagato will not perish, never will, you will definitely fail! "

An Xingmian's face twitched slightly. The words "traitor disciple" really didn't sound very pleasant, which made his heart ache.He was silent for a long time before he suppressed his anger and sadness, and said softly: "My teacher is not a traitor, and I am not a traitor. Please don't come here again. Your kung fu is still far behind mine."

"You have never shown your martial arts skills, are you just looking for opportunities to attack Nagato in the future?" Su Zhenbai's words made An Xingmian unable to argue, "Yes, my martial arts are far inferior to yours, but my heart is a thousand nobler than yours." Times, ten thousand times! And remember, you will not succeed in the end, I can't beat you, but sooner or later there will be someone who can deal with you and take care of you! As for me, I have done everything I can , at least I am worthy of Nagato."

"So, I've become Public Enemy Nagato?" An Xingmian smiled bitterly, feeling as if his heart was being pierced.

Xue Huaiqing is not from Nagato, so she didn't feel the emotional impact, but she heard some other meanings from Su Zhenbai's words.Before she had time to stop, Su Zhenbai had already struggled with the last of his strength and slammed into the wall fiercely. After a loud "bang", Su Zhenbai's brains were blown apart, and he fell to the ground dead, but his eyes were still wide open unwillingly.

Even Xue Huaiqing, who was used to seeing dead people, couldn't help feeling a little creepy after witnessing such a tragic death.An Xingmian stared blankly at the corpse of the young man in front of him, and suddenly swung his palm hard, hitting the wall hard. With a bang, a bloody handprint was left on the wall.

"Even if you feel bad, you don't have to vent your anger on your body," Xue Huaiqing said, "No matter what, he will never come back to life, so think about the future seriously. I'll ask Steward Li to collect the body. "

"No need," An Xingmian shook her head, "I will collect the body of the head monk myself."

The night ended in such a toss, Xue Huaiqing simply replaced sleep with meditation, and in the end, she really couldn't tell whether she was in a state of meditation or fell asleep during meditation.All in all, when she finished her meditation at noon, she felt in good spirits, and after eating, An Xingmian came to her.

"How are you? Has the corpse been dealt with?" Xue Huaiqing asked while looking at the other party, and felt that An Xingmian's complexion was not bad, at least no negative emotions were directly exposed.

An Xingmian smiled: "Don't think about it so much, I'm not depressed to death yet, you don't have to worry about me, I will take care of things that need to be dealt with by myself. I came to you to lead you Go out for a walk."

"Go out for a stroll?" Xue Huaiqing was very surprised.She originally thought that An Xingmian would be bored in that study until green hair grew all over her body, but she didn't expect that this guy would take the initiative to ask her out.

An Xingmian nodded: "It's been too hard to go back and forth these days, and my head is full of things. In fact, as Brother Bai's sworn brother, I am also considered half the owner of this place, so I should treat you well. The weather is fine this afternoon, just to go for a stroll and take a look at the scenery in the clouds."

nice weather?Xue Huaiqing looked up at the gloomy dark clouds in the sky outside the window. He wanted to laugh a little, but he also understood An Xingmian's thoughts. He hoped that at least he could take this huge matter lightly in front of him, especially in the event last night. After the incident, he didn't even want to worry about him himself.For a moment, she was a little bit mixed. She didn't know whether it was An Xingmian who cared about her and took care of her, or whether this guy still regarded herself as an outsider who couldn't share his worries.But after thinking about it, she still didn't bring out her theory that "all cities are the same", but smiled: "That's good, I haven't carefully seen what Cloudsdale looks like. "

What does Cloudsdale look like?After walking all afternoon, Xue Huaiqing felt that she still couldn't tell.She has walked through many blocks and roads, but she didn't have any deep impression on her, or in other words, she didn't have any impression at all.What is the architectural style of the city, what is the culture and scenery, whether the girls are pretty or not, and whether the young men are handsome or not, these are completely out of her concern.She just kept looking at An Xingmian who was forced to smile with gloom, but she didn't know how to comfort him.

"The dumb old kneader came out to set up a stall. He is very famous." An Xingmian stretched out his hand and pointed forward, "He has been setting up dough kneaders in various places in Wanzhou for more than 30 years. The time in the cloud is the most, the price is very cheap, but the dough kneaders are exquisite and the workmanship is first-class. I heard that there are foreigners who come here to find his dough kneaders."

Sure enough, the stall in front was full of people, and it seemed that the business was good.Xue Huaiqing smiled lightly, saying "I heard your description", and followed An Xingmian into the crowd.The old man who kneaded the dough looked like a child with white hair and a rosy face, and his ten fingers were even more nimble. The colorful glutinous rice dough was kneaded between his fingers, and soon formed the embryonic form of a bird.People cheered, but Xue Huaiqing still had no interest in this, her eyes wandered around unconsciously, and her sensitive nose felt uncomfortable when she smelled the dye in the mask.Suddenly, her body shook slightly, she tugged at An Xingmian, and said in a low voice, "Come with me! I saw the bearded man who was in the car with Zhang Haoge last time!"

An Xingmian immediately remembered that the last time she saw Zhang Haoge in a small town, Xue Huaiqing glanced over and immediately said that there were "two strong men, one with a beard, and one thin middle-aged man." ".The thin middle-aged man was Zhang Haoge, and the bearded man, An Xingmian, didn't see his face clearly, but unexpectedly, Xue Huaiqing's eyes were like a torch, and he remembered the image of the other party just by meeting him.He hurriedly stuffed the noodle man he had just bought into his arms, followed Xue Huaiqing to leave the noodle man stall, followed her concealed gestures and saw a bearded man on the other side of the street.The strange thing is that the man didn't hide it at all, and was staring straight at the two of them.It seemed that he didn't want to hide his identity.

"It's a disaster that can't be avoided." An Xingmian said, and went straight to meet him, Xue Huaiqing followed behind, regretting not bringing out the corpse servant.If there is going to be a fight right now, it would be too disadvantageous not to have a corpse servant.

The bearded man waited for the two to come to him, said in an unnatural low hoarse voice, "Follow me, but don't follow too closely." Then he turned and walked west.An Xingmian did not hesitate, and after he walked dozens of steps, she followed him decisively and left the street with him.He thought that this person would lead them to a deserted place, but he didn't expect that he would soon turn to a relatively prosperous street in Yunzhong City and enter a bank.An Xingmian couldn't help frowning slightly.

"Is there anything wrong?" Xue Huaiqing asked, "The so-called big hermit lives in the city, and there is nothing wrong with meeting in such a bustling place, right?"

"It's not because of this," An Xingmian shook her head, "This bank...is jointly opened with my family. He wants to tell me that they know everything about me."

"This is probably the benefit of being alone." Xue Huaiqing shrugged, and entered the bank with An Xingmian.As soon as she entered, a clerk immediately put down the door panel and closed the store door, which made her even more vigilant.But the bearded man was standing by the counter with his bare hands, and there was no crowd of people rushing out to surround them as she imagined, as if they were about to make a move.

The bearded man walked forward slowly, slowly stretched out his hand, holding a letter in his hand.He only said one sentence, but this sentence was like thunder and lightning, making An Xingmian's face pale as paper: "This is the suicide note left by your teacher Zhang Haoge."

(End of this chapter)