sinovels Chapter 18
Chapter 18
The next day, just after dawn, and the early birds in the mountains were about to start singing, Xuanyuan woke up vaguely.
It was very quiet in the cabin, the doctor and Princess Luoxue were still sleeping, but his side was already empty.
Because of the limited space in the wooden house, Xuanyuan and Ruoshui slept on the floor these few days, and they slept side by side on a small piece of ground, which seemed a bit crowded.
I don't know when Ruoshui got up, Xuanyuan felt a lot of emotion when he thought of the scene where the two of them slept with their backs next to each other last night.
He got up and walked out of the cabin.
Outside the wooden house, Ruoshui is stretching his limbs in the direction of the morning sun, as if he is relaxing himself.
Hearing the sound of footsteps, he turned his head, saw Xuanyuan shrouded in the morning light, and laughed softly, "Morning."
"morning."
"If you wake up, come with me to the mountain to collect herbs. We live here, we can't eat and drink for free, so let's be an assistant for seniors in collecting herbs."
Ruoshui smiled slyly when he said this, Xuanyuan frowned slightly, picking medicine?What kind of medicine can he take who knows nothing about herbal medicine?
Ruoshui saw through his thoughts at a glance, walked over with a smile, picked up the medicine basket placed by the door of the wooden house, and handed it over, blinking, "Let's go, the senior told me what to pick yesterday, I'm here, no problem."
After finishing speaking, he picked up another medicine basket and carried it on his back, took Xuanyuan's hand and headed south to the valley full of herbs.
Xuanyuan only felt a heat in his palm, and he was already pulled away by Ruoshui.
The hand holding her was warm and soft, but the knuckles were also strong, like a hot spring winding, filled with eternal tenderness, Xuanyuan thought, if he could hold her like this for a lifetime, how wonderful it would be.
The valley to the south is part of Lanshan Mountain. Because it goes deep into the mountainside, it has not been discovered by outsiders. Ever since Yimo and Luoxue lived in seclusion here, they have conducted research on the herbs there.
According to Yimo, there are many rare and rare herbs growing there. After he came, he improved the surrounding soil and planted a lot of herbs himself.
At this time, the sky is gradually brightening, but the thick dew in the mountains has not yet evaporated, and the plants in the valley are decorated with sparkles, which is really beautiful.
Ruoshui smelled the faint fragrance of various herbs, looked at the rare herbs growing all around, and couldn't help being amazed, "This valley is a precious natural medicine hall, and many herbs that are hard to find elsewhere are found here."
Squatting down in front of a clump of yellow-brown plants, Ruoshui smiled and waved to Xuanyuan, beckoning him to walk over.
"This is Dingfengcao, also known as Gastrodia elata. It has no roots and no leaves, but it can bloom and bear fruit. It can be used as medicine to cure headaches, dizziness, and numbness of the limbs. It is a very precious medicinal material, and it is also often used to make poisons. Medicine, take a closer look."
Picking a Dingfengcao, Ruo Shui explained it carefully, and handed it to Xuanyuan for him to observe.
Xuanyuan didn't understand until this time that Ruoshui brought him here to teach him to distinguish various medicinal materials.
At that moment, he met Shang Ruoshui's beautiful phoenix eyes in a blink of an eye, and felt emotional in his heart, but he couldn't describe it in words.
"I've thought about it, you should know a little bit about medicine and pharmacy, so that even if there is an emergency, you can have a way to deal with it. Those of us who walk the rivers and lakes are often injured and poisoned on the road, so we often need to heal and detoxify ourselves. Medicinal materials are also very important means of survival.”
Knowing that Xuanyuan had already guessed his purpose, Ruoshui smiled and explained again, Xuanyuan is fine in everything, but the experience of living among the people is completely zero.
Although these experiences may not be important to him, Ruoshui thinks that there is no harm if he knows a little bit.
It is impossible for me to follow him all the time. In the future, Xuanyuan will have to deal with many things by himself. He needs these experiences, and what I can do for him is to teach him the experiences.
Hearing Xuanyuan's words, warm water seemed to flow through his heart, Ruoshui thought of himself everywhere, in every aspect, he was actually much more considerate than himself.
Ruoshui didn't give him so much time to be grateful, so he dragged him to the next herbal medicine.
"This is cinnamon. It can be used as a spice, or as a seasoning for food. It can be used as medicine to dispel cold and relieve pain, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis."
"This is Cornus officinalis. It tastes sour and astringent. It can be used as medicine to nourish the liver and kidney, and treat profuse sweating, prostration, internal heat and thirst."
"This is Coptis chinensis. It tastes bitter. It can clear away heat and dampness, purify fire and detoxify. It can also be used to suppress symptoms when febrile diseases have high fever and blood heat occurs indiscriminately."
"This is honeysuckle. It is cold in nature and sweet in taste. It can clear away heat, detoxify and eliminate inflammation."
"This is honeysuckle vine, it can cure wild fungus poisoning..."
Throughout the morning, Ruoshui pointed to the herbs and plants that can be seen everywhere in the valley and explained to Xuanyuan. He spoke slowly and in detail, allowing Xuanyuan enough time to understand.
Xuanyuan is also smart, these completely unfamiliar plants, after seeing and hearing them once, they will be remembered.
Near noon, Ruoshui finally told Xuanyuan all the plants in the valley that could be used as medicine. The two picked two big baskets of medicinal materials, and when they carried them, they looked like real mountain pharmacists.
On the way back to the wooden house from the valley, the two passed a clear spring, because the clear spring was hidden under the rocks, so it was not bright when they came, and they never found it.
I saw that the spring water was crystal clear, and the pebbles at the bottom were clear in color. After many years, they had been ground into small round balls.
Ruo Shui felt thirsty, so he walked over, took a sip of water and drank it.
The water is very sweet, after entering the mouth, there is a clear taste, and it slides straight into the throat, as if it has washed the body.
Just as he was about to ask Xuanyuan to come over and have a taste, Xuanyuan's slightly surprised voice came from behind him, "Ruoshui, listen, there is the sound of water."
They are now by the mountain spring, and the mountain spring is tinkling, of course there will be the sound of water, Ruoshui was about to wonder what he was excited about, but suddenly heard a faint sound of rapids.
He stood up and listened intently, but Xuanyuan beside him seemed to have heard the direction of the sound, pulled him up, turned and left.
The two went back to the opposite direction of the wooden house. There was no mountain road there, and the jagged boulders rose and fell staggered. The two used lightness kung fu to rise and fall among the rocks, and the sound of the water gradually became louder.
Leaping over boulders and passing through a luxuriant jungle, a majestic and majestic waterfall suddenly appeared in front of the eyes. On the top of a mountain nearly a hundred feet, a two-foot-wide waterfall rushed down. His eyes widened in surprise.
Below the waterfall is a deep lake, the water of which is green but bottomless.
The fine water droplets floated in the air, and soon covered the clothes, skin and hair of the two with a layer of pearly water mist veil.
Under the sun, the water mist reflecting the subtle luster is like an elf. Ruoshui looked at the grand scene in front of him excitedly, grinned and smiled gratifiedly.
"Xuanyuan, your hearing is better."
He turned his head, and Xuanyuan's eyes were fascinated by his bright smile. His eyes were as clear as water, and his snow-white skin was covered with mist, but it was more pleasing to the eye than the grand scene behind him.
"Ruoshui, this is the fate between us." After a long time, Xuanyuan smiled slightly, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up, but full of relief.
Ruoshui was startled, and then understood what he meant.
They met by the waterfall and river, and now, the deep pool of the waterfall hidden in the deep mountain, as if by fate, came into view again.
Such a scene bathed in mist and sunlight is so familiar and so warm that people can't help but miss it and linger.
Deep in my memory, the scene I saw for the first time was carefully cherished, and now it is pushed away by the similar scene in front of me, like the water in the reservoir that suddenly opened the gate, and it flows out suddenly.
Ruoshui felt very emotional, and the bits and pieces since the meeting slowly flowed through his heart, but he also knew that only when they were still in this deep mountain, could they reminisce so leisurely.
Xuanyuan also had mixed feelings in his heart, and at this moment, he couldn't utter a single word.
The two stood still for a moment, letting the deafening sound of water penetrate their brains, but they still couldn't restrain the surging emotional waves in their hearts.
After a long time, Ruoshui sighed softly, turned around and said, "Let's go, seniors should wait for us to eat."
If he continued to stand here, he was afraid that he would lose control of his emotions. Some things should not be too messy after all. Once they crossed the line, they would be irreversible.
Without waiting for Xuanyuan's response behind him, Ruoshui grabbed the belt of the medicine basket on his shoulder with both hands, and started to run.
Behind him, the majestic and exciting sound of water gradually became lighter until it disappeared.
Xuanyuan, however, stood under that waterfall for a long time, his mind was in a state of confusion, even more constant than the current of this waterfall, and his reasoning was still chaotic.
When he turned around to leave, the corner of his eye was suddenly attracted by a touch of purple near the waterfall in the distance. He raised his head and faced the sunlight. On the mountain wall beside the waterfall, a bouquet of purple flowers suddenly bloomed.
The distance is too far, Xuanyuan can't see what kind of flower it is, but just because it grows in such a position, it can be known that it is not a vulgar thing.
Thinking that it might also be an extremely precious plant, he put down the medicine basket behind his back and decided to pick the flower.
If Ruoshui saw it before, he would definitely want to take it off.
Thinking of this in his heart, he looked straight at the purple flower with sharp eyes, took a breath of true energy, and he jumped into the sky towards the deep pool.
The slender body skims over the pool water like a feather, and occasionally the toes lightly touch the water surface, causing ripples in the water, against the emerald green pool water, it is very beautiful.
All the way to the bottom of the waterfall, Xuanyuan sharply saw a big rock in front of the waterfall, kicked his foot on the rock hard, took a second breath of true energy, and rushed to the mountain wall.
Fortunately, the place where the flowers bloom is not too high, just where Xuanyuan can jump.
Seeing that there was no landing point on the mountain wall, Xuanyuan turned his palm into a claw, concentrated his fingertips, and grabbed towards the mountain wall.
After a "squeaky" sound of falling stones, the fingers of his left hand had already grabbed into the mountain wall, but there was a pain from the fingertips. It seemed that the skin could not resist the hard rocks, and the skin was worn out.
With his toes resting against the rock, he had no time to look at his fingers, and when he got closer, he could clearly see that the purple flower was growing in the crevice of the mountain wall.
The flowers bloomed in full bloom, the edges of the purple petals were dotted with a circle of white, the stamens were golden, and they smelled strangely fragrant. One plant was the size of a palm, and only three bloomed on the mountain wall.
Xuanyuan thought for a few seconds, thinking that he still didn't know what this flower was, so he picked one carefully and jumped down the mountain wall.
Putting a little force on the big rock with his toes, he followed the way he came, and returned to the edge of the deep pool lightly.
Looking at the delicate and beautiful purple flowers in his palm, he raised the corner of his mouth slightly, picked up the medicine basket, and returned to the wooden house.
"Where did you go, why did you come back now? Everyone is waiting for you to eat."
As soon as Xuanyuan stepped into the wooden house, Luoxue's scolding voices came to him.
Ruoshui was sitting obediently at the dinner table with Yimo, seeing Xuanyuan, Ruoshui smiled and winked at him.
After getting along for a few days, I also got a rough idea of the tempers of the two seniors. Although this Princess Luoxue had an alluring appearance, she was really short-tempered.
Especially when it comes to things like eating, she has cooked the meal, if you don't eat it right away, you will be scolded.
Xuanyuan apologized in a low voice, and took advantage of Luoxue to serve the meal, quickly put down the medicine basket, and handed Zihua to Ruoshui.
Although the root of the flower was broken, it still maintained the appearance it had just picked, and it was extremely beautiful.
Ruoshui was startled, reached out to take the flower and observed it for a while, then suddenly grinned in surprise, "Where did I get it? If I'm not wrong, it's the Youtan flower!"
Before Xuanyuan could answer, the demon doctor had already nodded in agreement, "That's right, it's the Youtan flower. It is said that it blooms once every 50 years and bears fruit once every 80 years, but no one knows where it grows."
When Xuanyuan heard that it was such a precious flower, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Before that, he was thinking that if it was just an ordinary and useless flower, he would be making a fool of himself.
"On the mountain wall next to the waterfall, there are two more."
"You went to the waterfall in the north? There are Youtan flowers blooming there? How come I've never seen them before?" The demon doctor raised his eyebrows with a look of surprise.
Ruoshui put the flower in front of the demon doctor, and said with a smile: "It seems that he has a destiny with this flower, but senior, the Youtan flower medicine can cure all diseases, and even bring the dead back to life, is it true?"
"It's just a rumor, I don't know if it's true or not."
"Then, you should study it carefully. Anyway, there are still two flowers on the mountain wall."
"That kid picked it for you. I want to study it, and I'll pick it myself later."
The medical demon glanced at Ruoshui with a playful look on his face.
Ruoshui said nothing, turned to look at Xuanyuan with a smile, Luoxue came over with the rice bowl at this time, Xuanyuan raised his hand to help take it, but just as he raised his hand, Ruoshui grabbed her.
"What's wrong with your hand?" Ruoshui looked seriously at Xuanyuan's five fingers on his left hand, the skin was broken, and the blood that flowed out had solidified, and now it was stained on the fingertips and nails, which was extremely shocking.
Xuanyuan had just come back all the way back, the wound on his hand was scabbed with blood, but it didn't hurt anymore, if Shui didn't mention it now, he almost forgot about it.
"It's okay."
"It's okay, I'm asking how you did it?" Ruoshui stood up abruptly, his eyes widened, as if he was really angry.
Xuanyuan didn't understand why he was angry, he was startled and didn't answer.
Luoxue on the side shook his head and sighed: "It must have been done by inserting into the mountain wall to borrow strength. You are usually smart, why are you so stupid like a cow now?"
"Insert into the mountain wall?"
"No, the mountain wall next to the waterfall is bare, there is no place to stand. Seeing how carefully he picked the flowers, his body must be stable when picking the flowers."
Ruoshui rolled his eyes a few times, and seemed to finally understand what was going on.
"There are so many broken branches by the pool, wouldn't you find one to replace your finger? You're so stupid." After a while, Ruoshui snorted coldly, gave Xuanyuan an annoyed look, turned and ran away.
"Hey, kid, let's eat!" Seeing this, Luoxue patted the table angrily.
If the water didn't turn back, he ran to the medicine cabinet to get the medicine, "Senior, you take it first, I have to bandage his hand."
"It's just such a small injury, wrap it up after eating!"
Ruoshui has already got the medicine, turned around and ran back with a grin, tilted his head and said to Luoxue: "Last time, Senior Healer accidentally hurt his finger while chopping firewood. Senior, didn't you also ask him to bandage it right away? Why did it hurt?" You are so cruel when you change the person who is unknown?"
One sentence made Luo Xue's stunning face flush slightly, she opened her mouth to scold, but was stopped by the demon doctor, and said with a smile: "Okay, old lady, don't get angry, let's just eat first."
"Hmph, you started helping this kid after a few days." Luoxue rolled her eyes and said unhappily, but she didn't care anymore, and sat down to have dinner with Yimo first.
Over there, Ruoshui bandaged Xuanyuan's fingers with a smile on his face, wrapping the thin gauze round and round, as if he wanted to wrap this person up too.
Xuanyuan lowered his head slightly, his eyes were burning, only looking at the smile at the corner of Ruoshui's mouth.
"Senior Healer, he seems to be practicing sword with you these few days?"
One day after dinner, Luoxue and Yimo disappeared, Xuanyuan and Ruoshui finally got a moment of peace, and they didn't have to be talked about the martial arts competition all day long.
"What? Xuanyuan is afraid that he will lose to me in the duel?" Ruoshui didn't answer, but asked back with a smile, his brows and eyes were full of slyness, and there was also a hint of ridicule mixed in.
Xuanyuan was slightly startled, and after a while he smiled, "I have already told Senior Luoxue that I will not duel with you."
"Hey? Why is that?" Pretending to be stupid, Ruoshui looked at Xuanyuan's serious expression, and his heart was as sweet as honey.
As for the duel, if he was the only one who said it was incomparable, he might not be able to get over it. Now that Xuanyuan has expressed his position, I believe that the two seniors will not embarrass them again.
"There is no need to decide the outcome between me and you." After pondering for a moment, Xuanyuan replied lightly.
Ruoshui narrowed his eyes with a smile, and asked, "That's all?"
"I don't want to meet your sword."
With a calm voice, Xuanyuan's mellow voice slowly entered Ruoshui's heart like old wine.
His chest was warm, and the smile on his face couldn't help but grow stronger, his eyes flashed like stars, and he looked at Xuanyuan with a smile and stopped answering.
Xuanyuan also looked at him generously, with a gentle smile in his deep pupils, and Ruoshui's favorite Rushui tenderness in his handsome eyes.
The two looked at each other for a moment, both felt a little hot on their faces, and turned their eyes away at the same time.
Xuanyuan's voice sounded again, with helplessness and fear, "Ruoshui, there is a sentence that I said once, but I have to say it a second time."
"What words?"
"You are not allowed to take your life to save me."
Recently, he had been looking for an opportunity to say this, but Luo Xue and Yimo were inseparable, so he had no chance.
It was an opportunity to go up the mountain to collect herbs that day, but because the atmosphere was so good, he forgot about it.
Now he has not revealed his identity as Prince Xiliu to Luoxue and Yimo. Firstly, they didn't ask, and secondly, they didn't know what the consequences would be if they did.
Hearing him bring up the old story again, Ruoshui laughed a few times, waved his hands and said: "This time I was careless, how did I know that Yin Mubai hid the poisonous needle in his clothes, I was also so angry that I made a sneak attack from behind. Such a despicable thing."
As he said, he raised his palm to look at the small needle eye that was about to disappear, but Ruoshui was also a little scared.
If Xuanyuan hadn't fed him the Ice Fire Red Lotus in time that day, and if he hadn't happened to meet a hidden expert like a medical doctor, even if he didn't die at this moment, he would probably be a disabled person with half his body paralyzed.
Hearing this, Xuanyuan felt sour in his heart, stood up and took two steps in front of him, pulled him up and hugged him into his arms, "I don't want to hear your explanation, this kind of thing is not allowed to happen again in the future."
However, in just half a month, Ruoshui had already made him experience fear twice, once in the scuffle in Shencheng, and once under the cliff of Mishan.
How on earth is he going to make an agreement with this person so that he won't do such a terrible thing again?
If Ruoshui leaned on Xuanyuan's shoulder, he could only feel the fiery temperature coming from his body, and he could feel it through his clothes. His mind was shaken, he closed his eyes and sighed softly: "Xuanyuan, maybe, I owe you in my previous life..."
Before she could finish her words, she was completely sealed by the hot and domineering kiss, and Ruoshui's eyes widened from shock instantly reflected Xuanyuan's handsome face that was close at hand.
His shadow was also reflected in those black pupils as deep as a pool at this moment, covering the entire pupil, as if he was the only one he could see.
Ruoshui froze his whole body in a daze, but Xuanyuan was extremely sophisticated, taking advantage of his astonishment, the spirit tongue drove straight in, attacking the city and looting the ground in his mouth.
Surrounded by the completely unfamiliar hot and humid entanglement and Xuanyuan's fiery breath, Ruoshui felt his mind go blank, his tongue was so frightened that he didn't know how to move, and was finally twisted and absorbed by Xuanyuan, as if he wanted to swallow it into his stomach.
Sweet body fluid was poured into his mouth, and all the air was sucked away by him. Ruoshui only felt his body was weak, his brain was short of oxygen, and he could hardly stand upright.
The empty hands couldn't help hugging Xuanyuan's waist, the moment his body was close, he suddenly felt a hard object pressing against his lower abdomen.
A white light exploded in his mind, he could no longer care about Xuanyuan's ravages in his mouth, but concentrated on the hard object against him.
This guy Xuanyuan, unexpectedly... Thinking of Xuanyuan's reaction at this moment, Ruoshui felt his face was burning hot, and his body immediately didn't dare to touch him.
Xuanyuan let him go until he couldn't breathe at all, and a silver thread was connected between the separated lips of the two, Ruoshui saw it, and his face immediately turned red to the point of bleeding.
He bowed his head and panted lightly, but he couldn't help looking at Xuanyuan's lower body. There was nothing unusual about the hem of the wide robe, but before, the hard and hot feeling was indeed very clear.