Originated from mountains and seas, life never ends

Chapter 238 Water Flute

When Qin Xiao woke up, everything in front of him was pitch black.

For a moment, Qin Xiao thought he was blind.

But fortunately, a voice was soon heard in my ears.

"woke up?"

It’s Qi Yulang.

The lights suddenly came on, Qin Xiao couldn't help but squint his eyes, trying to stand up, but found something strange.

Qin Xiao stared at the iron ring on his hand, somewhat confused.

"Do you remember what happened before?"

Qi Yulang sat next to him with a complicated look in his eyes.

Qin Xiao was stunned for a moment and looked at the environment he was in. He was in Qi Yulang's house.

Qin Xiao turned his head to meet Qi Yulang's gaze, hesitated for a moment, and nodded.

"So... you also know what you have shown, right?" Qi Yulang seemed to be in pain when he said this, rubbing his eyebrows.

Qin Xiao was stunned.

"You know... that evil organization, where you fought against them, there were many image stones placed there."

His heart suddenly stopped. Qin Xiao instinctively touched his chest and felt a strange pain in his heart, and then he felt relieved.

Still...

"Qin Xiao... it's a big deal." Qi Yulang thought of something and couldn't help but sigh, "What you showed is more dangerous than the Corpse Binder."

"You should know what the Shadow Stone is just by the name. Yes, it is what you think." Qi Yulang closed his eyes. "When we arrived that day, we found you and Yun Qi in the ruins. Yun Qi was in a very bad condition and was sent for treatment. Later, we found his missing eyes and fingers on your body, and they have been reattached."

Qin Xiao heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this.

"You were seriously injured, but luckily the damage was not serious. You will recover in two or three days... but you have been in a coma for ten days."

"During this period, the Yu family discovered that there were photo stones placed in various places in the village, so they gathered them together to find out the reason for your state at that time. The result... you also know it."

Qi Yulang's face was grim: "How could you know that? Does your father know? What do you think? If you go alone, what if you die?"

Qin Xiao was stunned. He had just woken up at this moment and felt a headache after receiving so much information at once.

Qi Yulang noticed that he was in a state of pain, paused, sighed again, forced himself to sit down, and waited for Qin Xiao to recover.

"…So, what do you say now?"

In an instant, Qin Xiao asked in a hoarse voice.

"Call your parents." Qi Yulang closed his eyes. "For such a serious matter, we need to contact your guardian. But because your two brothers were in seclusion during your coma, your father couldn't be contacted for some reason--"

Although the news has already reached the Qin family, if nothing unexpected happens, it is only a matter of time before your father finds out.

"Your story spread to the upper echelons, causing a great shock..." Qi Yulang lowered his eyes, "But because you haven't done anything extreme these days, and this time we only had to use means to eliminate the organization in order to rescue our classmates..."

"If it weren't for the special means, he should have been rewarded."

"So now I'm just putting a suppression ring on your hand - you should have noticed it a long time ago." Qi Yulang pointed to the iron ring on Qin Xiao's wrist, "This ring has a function of suppressing the flow of Qi. Wearing it will prevent you from releasing your attributes... including your method that should belong to the Corpse Binder."

……No.

Qin Xiao glanced at the archaic characters embroidered on the black bracelet and slowly looked away.

This thing... there's no way to stop it.

No matter how much he resembles it, he is not a Corpse Binder.

"Until this is over... I will be in charge of keeping an eye on you." Qi Yulang stared at him calmly, "Everything you say and do must be within my sight."

Qin Xiao was stunned: "Do I need to go to the toilet too?"

Qi Yulang: "...This is not necessary."

"……Oh."

……

"So, you should contact your family as soon as possible. Ask someone who can make decisions about your future to come to the college." Qi Yulang hesitated for a moment and touched his head. "Rest first. We can talk about it tomorrow morning."

Qin Xiao nodded slowly and lay back on the bed as he wished.

What to do...I'm in trouble.

Qin Xiao only felt that there were dark clouds above his head, and the gloomy atmosphere made him breathless. His heart was beating in his chest and it hurt. The fragment had not been solved yet...

"By the way, my things--" Qin Xiao turned over and sat up.

"I've finished the inspection and am back. I'm downstairs." Qi Yulang answered him promptly.

Qin Xiao finally felt relieved and lay down again.

He... was a little afraid that Qin Xiuyun would find out.

And this is a tricky thing no matter how you look at it, right?

Maybe even show him the photos...

Qin Xiao had a splitting headache, but suddenly a light flashed in his mind and he opened his eyes.

He said guardian... Does that mean -

It doesn't necessarily require a blood relationship like fatherhood?

And Qi Yulang also said that he couldn't contact Qin Xiuyun yet, so -

His master should be able to do it too, right?

Qin Xiao was impressed by his own bold idea, but he couldn't help but agree with it.

How about... Try it?

If he doesn't want to, then forget it.

Thinking of this, Qin Xiao couldn't help but called out.

【Ji Meng? 】

【……are you sure?】

He really couldn't hide what was going on in his mind just now.

[Can you... help me ask? Just ask.]

[If it doesn’t work, forget it. ]

Qin Xiao said this, feeling somewhat apprehensive.

【Um……】

Ji Meng dragged out the tone, which made Qin Xiao wonder if he was deliberately making fun of him.

[Okay, I'll go now.]

[Now, now?] Qin Xiao was startled and stuttered, [But... isn't it dark now? Wait until tomorrow——]

[Oh, you know...]

Ji Meng chuckled.

【Day and night have no meaning to us. 】

【…】

Qin Xiao could feel that as these words fell, something left his soul sea.

Perhaps because he saw that he had not fallen asleep for a long time, Qi Yulang raised his arms and lowered his hands, and a water flute appeared beside his mouth.

With a light press of the fingertips, an even air flow comes out of the mouth. The water flow in the empty tube is unexpectedly like a flute, vibrating with the air flow and making a pleasant and warm sound.

Qin Xiao had never heard such a beautiful flute sound.

Like a clear spring in the mountains or a bright moon in the night, it is cool and gentle, with soothing tunes that soothe every muscle and vein.

At this moment, he couldn't help but think of the time several years ago when that girl also played a so-called "soothing" tune for them to listen to...

This is simply Kagura in comparison.

He couldn't help but relax, and sleepiness swept over him. Qin Xiao couldn't raise any resistance, so he closed his eyes obediently, and fell asleep quickly under the soothing sound of the flute.

Qi Yulang stopped his actions and retracted his attributes when he realized that Qin Xiao had fallen asleep.

Looking at the young man sleeping soundly on the bed, Qi Yulang's eyes were gentle. He was silent for a moment, then slowly stood up and walked out.

As soon as I walked out of the room and closed the door behind me, the voice of the uninvited guest rang in my ears.

"It's been a long time since I heard you play music. Is the young man in the room so important to you?"

Xun Lingzhou crossed his arms and looked at him directly. He met his gaze and smiled: "What made you work so hard to vouch for him before?"

"It can be seen that you like this boy very much." A woman's voice came from downstairs. Qi Yulang frowned slightly, seeming to be displeased.

"Do you like to break into private homes so much?" Qi Yulang lowered his eyes and looked at Yu Qiuchi who was walking towards him.

"No way... I'm just here to pass on a message." Yu Qiuchi shrugged, leaned against Xun Lingzhou naturally, crossed his arms and said, "Qin Xiuyun has responded, saying he will arrive in a few days."

"Really..." Qi Yulang thought thoughtfully.

"But... this is really not your style." Yu Qiuchi couldn't help laughing as he recalled.

After the incident, several families involved in the encirclement and suppression, together with the two academies, sat together to discuss for a long time. Some extreme guys wanted to execute the student directly, some wanted to destroy the child's cultivation memory, and some even tried to take direct action.

Unexpectedly, at that time, Qi Yulang stood up and rejected these proposals with an extremely cold attitude. He even wanted to take action against others several times. In the end, it was the apprentice of the old guy from the neighboring academy who came out to smooth things over.

What was that student's name... Mo Hanshang? It seemed he was also related to this kid.

Yu Qiuchi thought absentmindedly, looking at the cold face of the man in front of him, and smiled slightly.

In fact, Qi Yulang's cold and hard character is well known to everyone. What is surprising to them is that in this matter, he has a protective attitude towards this student.

Even Qiao Zhinan did not do this. When faced with the proposal to cripple the boy, although she did not agree, she remained silent.

Because they all knew that revealing this matter would not benefit any party. According to Yuhua's law, all those related to the Corpse Binder would rather kill the wrong person than let him go. There was once a top academy that did not believe in evil and secretly helped the Corpse Binder. After the matter was exposed, it disappeared completely within five years.

It can be said that the final result of the discussion was extremely light, and it was only after Qi Yulang and Mo Hanshang used their life cultivation as a guarantee that those people reluctantly agreed...

Thinking of this, Yu Qiuchi couldn't help but sigh: "You treat him like this, is it because he is special?"

"I can't say for sure." Qi Yulang slowly turned his head and glanced at the closed door. "But he is my student after all."

"Even Qiao Zhinan didn't protect me like this." Yu Qiuchi laughed.

"It's understandable that she did this. After all, this child has a special identity..." Qi Yulang said, "But I'm thinking... he has been rejected by his peers intentionally or unintentionally, and the attitude of other teachers towards him is also cold and distant. If I were to be like them, would it be too cruel for this child?"

"His father's original intention was to provide him with a better environment, and it was also because he trusted the college. If I let such a terrible thing happen, it would go against his father's trust, go against my philosophy as a teacher, and... my own conscience would also be uneasy."

Qi Yulang finished speaking calmly, and he could feel that Yu Qiuchi's eyes across from him had changed.

Xun Lingzhou stood aside with a smile on his face, as if he had known he would say that and there was no sign of surprise from beginning to end.

"...Ha." Yu Qiuchi suddenly laughed, "Lingzhou is right. You are really interesting."

Qi Yulang was stunned and looked at Xun Lingzhou.

Xun Lingzhou met his eyes and smiled slightly.

"I hope you can succeed." Yu Qiuchi spread his hands, turned around and left with an inexplicable smile.

Xun Lingzhou followed a few steps and began to massage her shoulders skillfully according to her instructions.

Qi Yulang did not stop them and watched them leave.

"Hmm... it's really interesting." Yu Qiuchi moved his cervical spine and smiled, "It's worth it that I came all the way here to tell him the news."

Xun Lingzhou smiled and didn't respond.

"But it will be difficult later..." Yu Qiuchi thought of something, and a complex expression flashed in his eyes, "Those old men won't give in easily."

"Let's talk about tomorrow's affairs tomorrow." Xun Lingzhou looked at it in a carefree manner.

"really."

The next day, Qin Xiao was going out.

"Why are you going out?" Qi Yulang was cleaning up the dishes and looked at him with raised eyebrows.

"Is there a place here where I can mail things?" Qin Xiao asked.

"Yes, yes... Who do you want to send something to? If it's urgent, you can go to the Qixiu Inn, which is responsible for delivering things." Qi Yulang told him the place, "... That place can deliver things to any known place. The fastest is within a day, and the slowest is within a month."

"What are you sending?"

"Nothing much, just some specialties from Yangtianzhou."

Qin Xiao did not lie, he did buy some specialties, but not only those, but also that fragment.

Because he couldn't contact Mo Hanyu, he went to ask Yin Xihui, and after confirming that they were in the same college, he asked for the address. He took out the fragment and sandwiched it among the specialties. Although it was a little obscure, Mo Hanyu should be able to feel it.

Qi Yulang followed him to the post house and found the fastest runner. The man called himself "Lightning Tornado Legs" because he ran so fast that people on the road would often be overtaken before they noticed.

The man had even demonstrated it just now - it took him less than ten seconds to enter and exit a street, and he touched dozens of storage rings.

Qin Xiao: ...

It took another twenty seconds to return all the things.

Qin Xiao thought about it, added a dozen more gold coins, and asked him to hurry up.

The man took the gold coins and promised to arrive within three days.

After Qin Xiao finished his work, he went shopping with Qi Yulang for a while.

Qin Xiao looked at the calm and vast river surface, a little absent-minded.

Two days later, Mo Hanyu received a package.

"Who? Sent by Qin Xiao?" Mo Hanyu was stunned, thanked the man, and felt a little puzzled.

Thinking of the previous words, Mo Hanyu still felt a little gloomy.

Qin Xiao hasn't contacted him since he hung up last time, as if he had just taken the first step but then retreated. This made Mo Hanyu, who had been feeling the ring intentionally or unintentionally, feel complicated, with entanglement and dissatisfaction filling his heart alternately.

What does it mean now? Knowing you were wrong and ready to reconcile?

Mo Hanyu opened the package and found some specialties from Yangtianzhou.

Well... okay, that's good.

Mo Hanyu nodded and took it out.

Suddenly, the fragments of the horn that were stuck in it fell out.

The moment Mo Hanyu saw it, a familiar feeling filled his heart. He reached out his hand and grasped the fragment.

A black light flashed, and the fragments seemed to melt into the flesh and blood, flowing along Mo Hanyu's limbs and bones.

Mo Hanyu was stunned, not because of the power contained in it, but because of the pictures that flashed through his mind -