We said we would experience life, fairy, how did you become real?.

Chapter 156 Only I am still in this courtyard.
Baixi City.

Located in the south of the State of Wei, it is a remote town.

Fortunately, due to its remote location, the people of Baixi City were less affected by this war between humans and demons.

And in the north of the city, there was a private school.

The private tutor did not discriminate based on social status. If someone wanted to send their child to study there, they only needed to pay one pound of rice and flour per month.

This private school has been operating for a full fifteen years.

But today is the last class at this private school.

After bidding farewell to his students, the scholar slowly walked home.

arrive home.

The scholar cleaned the courtyard by himself, then sorted out some clothes and put them into his storage bag.

Finally, the scholar took out the long sword that he had been keeping in the cabinet, put on a bamboo hat, and walked out of the room.

But just as the scholar closed the door and turned around, a woman in a black dress stood at the doorway, smiling at him.

"Hey, senior brother, long time no see." Shang Jiuli smiled, just like he did more than ten years ago.

"Yes, it's been a long time." Luo Yang nodded and said casually, "How about we sit in the courtyard for a while?"

"Is there tea?" Shang Jiuli asked.

"I have wine." Luo Yang patted the wine gourd at his waist.

"Never mind, I won't drink what you drank, senior brother." Shang Jiuli looked somewhat disgusted.

"Oh, it's fine if you don't want to drink it. I've been brewing this wine for a long time, and I'm reluctant to part with it." Luo Yang didn't seem to intend to offer it to her; he was just being polite.

Shang Jiuli wasn't angry. After all, his senior brother was like this, and it was precisely because of this kind of senior brother that he felt somewhat familiar with him: "Senior brother, are you going on a long journey in this attire?"

"Okay." Luo Yang nodded. "Let's go take a look at a place a little further away."

"how far?"

"The world of demons."

Shang Jiuli was speechless for a moment.

But looking into his senior brother's eyes, Shang Jiuli knew that his senior brother was serious.

Shang Jiuli sighed and asked, "Senior brother, are you going to find Xiaoyue, that little rabbit?"

"I guess so, but not really."

Luo Yang raised his head and looked towards the horizon.

"I want to go and see the Demon-Suppressing City. I heard that there is a stone tablet in the Demon-Suppressing City, and now, in the whole world, only there is still my junior brother's name.

I also want to see what the humans call the barbaric land, and just how different that place is from this world of myriad laws.

Shang Jiuli smiled and lowered her head, her long eyelashes trembling as if reminiscing: "It's good."

"Let's go." Luo Yang adjusted his straw hat and walked forward, stopping when he was next to Shang Jiuli. "Sometimes when you want to cry, just cry. It's tiring to always force a smile."

With those words, Luo Yang took a step forward and walked into the distance.

Only Shang Jiuli stood in the same spot, as if he had never left or gone out.

Just as Shang Jiuli clenched her small hands, her eyes veiled in a thin mist, she exhaled deeply and sighed softly with a hint of melancholy:
"Honestly, I just wanted some peace and quiet."

Wiping away the tears that had welled up in his eyes, Shang Jiuli turned around and smiled at the woman in the white dress in front of him: "Miss Bai, it's been a long time."

"It has been a long time since we last met," Bai Ruxue said calmly, looking at Shang Jiuli.

"Did Miss Bai come to see me?"

Looking at the ruler of the four seas, Shang Jiuli noticed that compared to her previous innocence and somewhat naive personality, she seemed to have truly grown up.

"That's right, I want to ask my senior sister for a favor."

Shang Jiuli was taken aback, not expecting Ruxue to ask for his help. "Alright," Shang Jiuli nodded, "But what does Miss Bai need my help with?"

“I would like to ask my senior to paint a very long painting for me.”

Over the next year, Bai Ruxue took Shang Jiuli to one place after another.

These places include Sheshan, formerly part of the State of Qi; Shiqiao Village, which has long since been renamed; Qingshan City; and the capital of the State of Qi, among others.
Bai Ruxue and Shang Jiuli revisited all the places Xiao Mo had been to before.

Wherever they went, Bai Ruxue would have Shang Jiuli paint them on the same scroll.

Bai Ruxue did not explain why she did it.

But Shang Jiuli also vaguely guessed it—

Geese leave traces as they fly by, and the wind leaves its sound as it passes.

What's more, a person has lived in this world for several decades?
Ru Xue wanted to incorporate the places Xiao Mo had been into a painting, which was likely to use these memory imprints to gradually collect Xiao Mo's soul.

But can this succeed?

Shang Jiuli didn't know either.

There was indeed such a saying in ancient times, but it only existed in legends.

A year later, Bai Ruxue and Shang Jiuli finally arrived at a courtyard on Yumo Peak of Bailu Academy.

After Shang Jiuli picked up his brush and painted the courtyard where Xiao Mo had once lived into the scroll, the painting was complete.

"I hope this painting hasn't disappointed you, Ruxue."

Shang Jiuli turned around and handed a scroll to Bai Ruxue.

The scroll is a magical artifact; when unfurled, it becomes a scroll painting five miles long.

It records Xiao Mo's two lives and two lifetimes.

After a year of continuous painting, Shang Jiuli had also exhausted a lot of his energy, and his face was pale.

Bai Ruxue took the scroll and carefully put it into the Qiankun bag in her sleeve: "Thank you for your hard work this past year, Senior Sister. I owe you a favor."

Shang Jiuli lowered his head, a hint of melancholy flashing in his eyes: "Ru Xue, you don't owe me anything, but this world owes Xiao Mo far too much."

“But Ru Xue,” Shang Jiuli raised his head, looking directly into the girl’s eyes, “all of what you’ve done may very well be in vain.”

Shang Jiuli bit her thin lips, hesitating to speak, but finally decided to say it: "Ruxue, he's already gone. You shouldn't stay stuck in the same place. It's time to move on."

"If what I mean by 'coming out' is giving up the search for him, then I never want to leave in this lifetime."

Bai Ruxue looked directly into Shang Jiuli's eyes.

"In comparison, senior sister, perhaps the one who should really step out is not me."

Bai Ruxue bowed and turned to leave, leaving Shang Jiuli alone in front of the courtyard.

Looking at the empty courtyard.

In Yu Shang Jiuli's mind, the joyful laughter of the three of them drinking and celebrating in the courtyard before his junior brother went down the mountain came to mind.

It feels like everything happened yesterday.

But now, after his junior brother's soul was scattered, his senior brother went to the world of demons, and Ru Xue spent her whole life searching for his remaining soul.

But he remained standing still, motionless.

Walking into the courtyard and sitting on the stone bench, Shang Jiuli raised his head and looked up at the sky.

After a long while, Shang Jiuli couldn't help but smile:
“I’ll talk about others too.”

It's me who should be the one stepping forward.
just me.
It's still in this courtyard.

Trapped in that time.

(End of this chapter)