The rain dispersed and the clouds gathered, the dark night finally passed, the first glimmer of light shone from the horizon, quietly spilling into the world.
Qing Yun Hill Big Bamboo Valley, was still tranquil, although the disciples were diligent but they would not get up so easily. Outside Observed Silence Hall, between the roof tiles, there was still the remnant dew left from last night, turned into water droplets, intermittently sliding down. The bamboo forest in the distance was still as verdant as usual, looking at it from afar, at this time the bamboo forest was still pervaded with mist, like a thin veil, gently drifting.
The main door of Observed Silence Hall was the same as usual, still wide open. Behind the door, on top of the green bricks, the yellow curtains rolled up beside the pillars. In front of the altar where the statues of the Three Qing Deities were enshrined, was quietly burning in the morning light.
The slightly chilly morning breeze, blew over from afar, swept past the houses and pavilions, gently made a turn at Observed Silence Hall, and then blew to an even further place. In the wind, a few clear and melodious bird cries were heard, this was the only sound in the morning.
This was a very peaceful scene, Taoist paradise, not knowing how many mornings were spent like this, not tainted by the slightest worldly atmosphere. But in this kind of morning, it was different from the past, with an additional inharmonious abnormality.
A completely drenched figure, kneeling at the entrance of Observed Silence Hall, his head buried deeply between his arms, close to the ground. The surrounding ground where he was kneeling, was already drenched by the water droplets dripping from his body, and from his clothes, there were still water droplets dripping down.
And six chi in front of this person, on the Observed Silence Hall's green brick steps, Tian BuYi's body quietly lay at the entrance, although lifeless but Tian BuYi looked very serene, there was no sign of pain on his face, as if death to him, was not a very important matter.
Tian BuYi's hands, folded and placed between his chest and abdomen, his clothes were also meticulously arranged, neatly put on. Other than that, his clothes also had drenching marks but the moisture was much better than the person kneeling below the steps, just that there were muddy stains everywhere on his clothes, although it was obvious that someone had done some washing and cleaning but in a hurry, obviously it could not be washed clean, so these marks could still be seen everywhere.
However, he probably wouldn't care about this.
The morning breeze was still blowing, lightly brushing past Qing Yun Hill Big Bamboo Valley, blowing past Observed Silence Hall's flying eaves and green tiles, blowing in front of Observed Silence Hall. As if feeling the chill in the wind, Ghost Li's body trembled slightly, his body still looked weak but, he was still kneeling without moving, facing the door of Observed Silence Hall, buried his head deeply.
There was everything he was familiar with here, the pavilions and palaces, the stone steps, the statues of deities, and even the soil on which he was kneeling and the faint aura emitted from the soil. These were all fragments of memories that he could not forget for even a moment. It was unknown how many times he had dreamt of returning to the past, of returning to this mountain and land. But now, he had returned, but his heart was like dead ashes.
Behind Ghost Li's kneeling figure, they walked past a long open space, the place where they could see, was Shaw Danon's former playground - the kitchen. Ten years had passed, the kitchen door made of two pieces of wood, seemed to have not changed at all, just that there were a few more scars, a few pieces of wood had fallen off, looking even more vicissitudes of life.
The kitchen door was unlatched but very quickly it was pushed open by a furry hand, accompanied by a few slight 'zhi zhi' sounds, the monkey Xiao Hui opened the door and lightly jumped in.
Even the furnishings in the kitchen, looked like they had not changed, the dining table and chairs, the stove for cooking, pots and bowls, were all at the original places. Xiao Hui's eyes turned, skillfully jumped onto the table in the middle of the house and then looked to the right.
As expected, on the right side of the kitchen table, leaning against the wall, a large pile of dry straw was piled together, on top of it was a yellow figure, sleeping soundly, its mouth and nose still making sounds from time to time, it was Da Huang who had played with Xiao Hui since young.
Xiao Hui crouched on the table, its tail curled up but it did not immediately jump forward, to properly hug its good friend that it had not seen for a long time. It only scratched its head, turned and glanced outside the kitchen door, then looked at Da Huang who was sleeping soundly, seemed a little hesitant.
And at this moment, Da Huang who had been sleeping soundly with its ears pulled down, eyes still closed, both of its dog ears suddenly perked up, as if it heard something, its head moved and opened its eyes.
What came into view, was a familiar figure lying on the table not far away, Da Huang was startled but immediately became alert, no longer sleepy, excitedly jumped up, barked twice at Xiao Hui, three steps leapt over, landing with its back feet, its two front feet resting on the edge of the table, its eyes filled with excitement, tail wagging non-stop.
Xiao Hui grinned, seemed to be infected by Da Huang's emotions, hugged Da Huang's head in its arms, stroked Da Huang's shiny fur. Da Huang kept nudging Xiao Hui with its head and then stuck out its tongue to lick Xiao Hui's face.
Xiao Hui laughed, flipped over and jumped down from the table, Da Huang also turned around, after fooling around for a while, Xiao Hui seemed to have thought of something, frowned, stretched out its hand and patted Da Huang's head, then pointed towards the outside of the kitchen.
Da Huang looked at Xiao Hui, did not understand what Xiao Hui meant, Xiao Hui barked a few more times, jumped onto Da Huang's back, Da Huang's four legs spread out, ran out of the kitchen, looked around and soon saw a figure kneeling at the Observed Silence Hall.
And that figure, was obviously one that it was familiar with.
Big Yellow could not help but be excited. It barked at the figure a few times, then it strode toward it while wagging its tail along the way. Very soon, it ran past that empty space, near Ghost Li, just at this moment, Da Huang's footsteps suddenly stopped, stopped.
Its gaze went past Ghost Li who was kneeling at the Observed Silence Hall door, saw Tian Buyi's body lying peacefully on the stone steps outside the hall.
Xiao Hui quietly slid down from Big Yellow's back, ran to Ghost Li's side, touched its head, looked around and then squatted on the ground, leaning close to Ghost Li's body.
Da Huang slowly walked over, stepped up the stone steps, came to Tian Buyi's side. It first watched Tian Buyi's face for a long time, then gently sniffed Tian Buyi's body and then sniffed other parts of Tian Buyi's body. While it was doing that, it kept swaying its tail gently at Tian Boli. Finally, Big Yellow turned its head and seemed to be confused. It walked to Tian Boli's head and gently rubbed its head against Tian Boli's face. It let out a low whine.
Tian Buyi did not have any reaction.
Da Huang was stunned for a long time, did not bark or howl as expected, it weakly rubbed Tian Buyi's face for the last time but there was still no reaction, as if giving up, this yellow dog quietly crouched down beside Tian Buyi. Its eyes were still staring at Tian Buyi, as if hoping that Tian Buyi would suddenly wake up, it placed its head on its front legs, pulled down its ears, snuggled up beside its master's lifeless cold body.
The morning breeze, carrying last night's chill, still quietly blew past. At the bottom of the stone steps, Ghost Li's body trembled slightly again but he very quickly fell into a still state again, kneeling motionlessly.
This chilly morning, time was still quietly slipping by.
"Ah!"
A soft cry, Suru was startled awake from her dream, her body covered in cold sweat.
Her hair was slightly messy, her face haggard, she slowly propped up her body from the table. Last night, she had fallen asleep on this table.
The latch of the window, which had been closed, was opened a little, and a ray of morning light entered through the chink into the centre of the room. Suru stared blankly at that ray of light for a long time, until her emotions slowly calmed down, she then smiled bitterly, turned around and pulled over a small round mirror on the table.
In the mirror, her beautiful face appeared, even though because of longing and staying up late, she looked haggard but the grace that emanated from her face, was still captivating.
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