"You are the owner of the pond. This is your territory. It's yours, so of course you are the only one who can take it."

"Bah! I feel more and more like your maid recently. I find that I do everything except sleeping with you." With that, the angry Xiao Qi jumped into the pond and started pulling up the Buddha's head.

After some classic carrot-pulling moves, Xiao Qi finally lifted up a stone Buddha statue with only half of its body left.

Looking at Xiao Qi's petite figure but strong as an ox, Gu Jiu had to admit that she was indeed very suitable to be a rough "woman".

Gu Jiu asked Xiao Qi, who was covered in mud, to bring a bucket of water. He then picked up the ladle and gently poured the water on the Buddha's head, washing away the mud.

The warm winter sun shone here, and when the Buddha's head gradually revealed its true appearance, Gu Jiu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The Buddha statue was not deformed and was just as he had imagined.

Even though only half of it is left, it still looks solemn and dignified.

Gu Jiu looked at it intently, raised his eyebrows slightly, and was a little surprised, because he found that there was a bit of warmth in the Buddha's head, as if there was a warm sun in it.

When people talk about Vairocana Tathagata, the implication is naturally infinite light, which can illuminate all darkness and bring warmth to the world.

This Buddha statue obviously possesses such energy. Although it is very weak, it objectively exists.

Gu Jiu didn't expect to see such an authentic Buddha statue here, and he felt a little happy.

Then he looked at the fish pond below the slope and fell into deep thought.

When he first came to Qingliu Academy, he found that the entire academy was lifeless, like a huge tomb, and only this small courtyard was full of vitality.

Gu Jiu once thought that it was because there were only Xiao Qi and Su Ying, and there was no one to manage other places.

It seems now, no.

Because whether a place is full of vitality is a feeling. In other places of the academy, the grass is withered and the trees are dead, only the river channel is covered with dense weeds, like a ghost, which obviously gives people a gloomy feeling.

From the first moment he saw this small courtyard, he felt it was pleasing to the eye and filled with joy.

Could it be because of this half-broken Buddha statue?

He recently showed off at the Beixue Ming Party, which naturally triggered a lot of follow-up reactions, such as revenge from the enemy.

Although he had successfully repelled the most threatening Black Armor Army, the court still sent supplies to the academy, which showed that they were quite respectful, or were still fair and just, which made Gu Jiu feel more at ease.

But it is easy to dodge an open attack but hard to guard against an arrow from the dark. He felt that not everyone would give up.

Especially Nuyilou, he crippled Zhu Qiaoqiao, how could he not have any reaction at all?

Gu Jiu has been wondering whether he should set up a formation in the academy to take precautions.

After all, I will go back home during the Chinese New Year, and it may not be safe to leave Xiaoqi and Su Ying here alone.

Gu Jiu planned to take a few days off before starting work again. After all, this was a big project. Not only did he have to ward off ghosts, but he also had to guard against people. The formation also had to be controlled subjectively, so it was quite complicated.

Unlike the Gu family's small evil-killing formation, which only kills evil creatures with strong yin energy, it does not require any design.

Now that he had this half of the Buddha's body, Gu Jiu suddenly felt that he had saved a lot of trouble. After all, this Buddha statue contained pure Buddha's power. Although the Buddha's power was already very weak, under the guidance of the formation, he should be able to use it for a few more decades without any problems.

Looking at Gu Jiu standing there grinning foolishly at the Buddha head, Xiao Qi hesitantly asked, "Master, did Junior Brother pick up some money again recently? Why are you so happy just seeing a broken stone?"

Su Ying shook her head and said, "Xiaojiu always brings something back when he goes out alone. But last time he went out, he seemed to have brought nothing. It's really strange."

Xiao Qi also nodded and said, "Didn't anyone rob him this time, didn't the female blacksmith give him a sword, or didn't she cheat him out of some food and drink?"

At this moment, a house not far from the academy, which was already in a state of shaky weather, suddenly collapsed, so the three of them couldn't help but look in that direction at the same time.

Xiao Qi looked at it and sighed, "Well, including this one, there are forty-four rooms in the academy that have collapsed."

Gu Jiu raised an eyebrow and said, "Senior Sister, this number is unlucky. How about you demolish twenty-two more?"

"Tear down your big head!"

Gu Jiu and the other two did not notice that a slender shadow flashed by under the collapsed house and quickly sank into the ground.

(PS: There will be at least three updates tomorrow, and very likely four. Let me sort out the plot first. I still ask for votes.)

Chapter 7: White Hair (First Update)

Outside Qingliu Academy, there is a slope with two crooked trees growing on it. It looks as desolate as the scene inside Qingliu Academy.

The crooked tree on the left leans to the left, and the crooked tree on the right leans to the right. The shape of the two trees combined looks like a big butt, so Gu Jiu named the two trees "YY Big Butt".

Apart from these two crooked trees, this slope only has some weeds and is completely ordinary.

But that night, a faint sound was heard under the tree, as if something was moving through the soil.

After two scarlet rays of light flashed by, a white "pupa" emerged from a newly appeared hole on the slope?

It felt like the entire ramp was a monster and the white pupa was spit out from its mouth.

The pupa was white with white hair wrapped around its body. It looked a little scary under the pale moonlight.

Soon, the pupa, which was nearly a person's height, began to surge, as if something was about to break out of the pupa.

With a snap, the white pupa broke into pieces, and all the white hairs attached to it penetrated into the cracks of the pupa, as if they were eaten.

Gradually, a "person" crawled out of the cocoon.

This "person" was covered in a layer of sticky liquid, as if he had rolled around in the stomach of some wild beast.

It stood there, facing the pale moonlight, its face looking blurry.

The sticky liquid kept dripping onto the ground, and from a distance it looked like a wax man melting.

Finally, when the sticky yellow liquid completely fell to the ground, the man's face became clear.

It can be seen that this is a woman.

She was wearing a light blue gown with a square scarf tied on her head. Her ink-black hair was draped over her shoulders. Her fair calves were faintly visible through the slits of the gown, looking very beautiful.

People who dress like this are generally scholars.

Just looking at this woman from the back, she does look gentle and peaceful.

But the moment she looked back, all the good things disappeared.

Half of her face was covered with white hair like a fairy.

These white hairs were very thin and looked like tiny needles. They grew on the woman's originally gentle face like psoriasis, which made her look even more terrifying.

After a few breaths, when the woman's eyes rolled in an extremely strange way, the white hair on her face retracted into her skin in an instant, as if it had never existed.

The woman in green didn't turn around, but just rolled her eyes.

It is hard to imagine that a person can move her eyeballs so mechanically, as if these two eyeballs are fake and inserted in her eye sockets.

And now the direction where my eyes are facing is exactly the small courtyard of Qingliu Academy.

For some reason, after looking at the courtyard for a while, the woman revealed a gentle smile.

The combination of a gentle smile and mechanical eyes, especially under the rough-edged moonlight, doesn't seem so gentle...

……

At night, Su Ying had a dream.

In the dream, the two crooked trees outside the academy that Gu Jiu had previously described as looking like big butts died.

The sparse leaves were all yellow and curled up, as if they had been burned by fire.

Then water droplets quickly fell from the two trees, as if it was a light rain.

But it’s clearly not raining, so where does the water come from?

Could it be the tears of the tree?

At this time, Su Ying only felt that there was someone standing behind her.

She couldn't help but turn around, and then she saw the green dress.

The woman in blue stood there, with her inky hair falling on her shoulders. She looked so familiar, as beautiful as she was many years ago.

"Master?" Su Ying's eyes were a little blurry, and she couldn't help but take two steps forward.

As she walked away, the person in green also walked forward.

At this moment, Su Ying suddenly remembered something and stopped moving forward. Instead, she took two steps back.

She took two steps back, and the figure also took two steps back, like an image repeated in a mirror.

Su Ying suddenly felt a chill. She looked down and suddenly found that she had put on a light blue gown without knowing when.

Soon, she found white hair growing on her hands, white hair as thin as needles, and she couldn't help but want to scream.

She used her hands to wipe off the white hairs, but the white hairs were like some extremely terrible skin disease, and quickly spread to her shoulders, neck, and even her face.

Su Ying instantly felt like she was thrown into a skin bag. The wildly growing white hair made it difficult for her to breathe. She wanted to scream, but she only felt that her mouth was full of wildly surging hair.

"call!"

Su Ying woke up from her dream and was shocked to find Xiao Qi holding her hand nervously. He asked, "Master, are you having a nightmare again?"

Su Ying looked at Xiao Qi and nodded weakly.

Xiaoqi immediately poured her a glass of water. Su Ying took a sip and finally felt relieved.

She hadn't had a nightmare in a long time.

Su Ying looked at Xiao Qi who looked nervous and said, "Xiao Qi, you should go to sleep too. I'm fine."

Xiaoqi nodded, looked back every few steps, and finally returned to his room.

Xiaoqi remembered that Master hadn't had a nightmare for a long time, at least a few months, right?

Why did it start again?

The weather is very cold now, and Gu Jiu has gone home to celebrate the New Year, leaving her and her master here.

Xiao Qi couldn't help but feel a little lonely and a little panicked, and couldn't help but sigh: "Today is the third day since my junior brother went home for the New Year. I miss him."

On a cold night, Su Ying could no longer fall asleep.

At this moment, she couldn't help but think of Gu Jiu, and couldn't help but sigh: "Today is the third day since Xiaojiu went home for the New Year."

Su Ying opened the door and looked at the half-broken Buddha statue in the yard, which was still solemn and majestic under the moonlight, and she couldn't help feeling a little relieved.

The half Buddha statue is holding a peach branch, looking like a teacher holding a doctrine.

Gu Jiu told her that the peach tree would bloom in the spring of next year.

For a peach branch to bloom, it must be on a living tree, but this peach branch is obviously a rootless tree, so how can it bloom?

When Su Ying asked this question, Gu Jiu smiled and replied, "May Buddha bless you and may your wishes come true."

Before leaving home, Gu Jiu told her that he had set up a formation here, and the Buddha statue was the center of the formation, which could prevent evil spirits from entering the courtyard.

And if someone attacks, as long as Su Ying picks up the Xuepu sword, the Buddha will protect her.

Gu Jiu had designed everything before he left. The Buddha statue was the center of the formation, and Su Ying's Xuepu sword had become the pestle of the formation because he had planted sword consciousness in it.

Thinking of the dream just now, Su Ying couldn't help but go back to the house, hugged Xuepu Sword in her arms, and fell asleep again.

Although I was used to having nightmares, no one likes nightmares.

The next morning, Su Ying walked out of the yard and came to the slope. Her body couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Those two crooked trees that had been growing well and still had green leaves even in winter in previous years are really dead!

(PS: There are two more chapters to come)

Chapter 8: Dare Not Look Back (Part )

In the north of Galan City, cars flow like water and horses run like dragons.

The bustling crowds and the towering buildings that almost reach the clouds all demonstrate the grandeur of this most magnificent city in the Tang Dynasty.

But if you continue along the road northwest, you'll find a cobblestone path.

The appearance of such a small path in such a majestic city seems very abrupt.

Because this kind of path usually appears in the gardens of wealthy families, but this place is still a street.

The world behind this path is also completely different.

On the left side of the path is a bustling neighborhood, but after passing this path, it becomes deserted, just like the yin and yang sides of the world.

In this deserted area, there is a mansion covering a very large area.

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