Hearing the little boy's words, Master Yun the Poisoner pretended to slap the boy twice.
"You little brat, pretending to be profound. You deserve a beating."
The little boy escaped and ran towards Yan Ruyu, shouting, "Brother Feng, save me!"
Master Yun the Poisoner covered his forehead. This little devil was really spoiled. He even dared to call the master "Brother Feng" directly.
Hearing the cry, Yan Ruyu slowly put down the jade flute in his hand. His cold eyes looked at the little boy. The little boy was not intimidated by his cold look. Instead, he rushed into Yan Ruyu's arms.
Yan Ruyu preferred quietness and had a cleanliness fetish. When the little boy rushed into his arms, Master Yun the Poisoner frowned immediately. Before he could reach Yan Ruyu, he had already knelt on his knees.
"Master, please forgive him. This little boy is really impulsive and reckless. I'll take him back and punish him properly."
Yan Ruyu nodded, put the jade flute on his waist, and walked away slowly.
The little boy looked at Yan Ruyu's back and whispered, "Brother Feng probably doesn't like kids. He never smiles when he sees me."
"My little ancestor, please. Next time, I'll even pick the moon in the sky for you. I just beg you not to rush into the master's arms again."
Master Yun the Poisoner slowly stood up. At this moment, his legs were still trembling. Everyone knew that this master of the Enchanting Forest was extremely strange. Every time the cold season came, he would return to the Enchanting Forest for a short stay. After that season, he would disappear again. This cycle repeated almost without interruption.
His temper was really eccentric. Although he looked like a pure and noble person who was not stained by the mortal world, according to the older generation, this master was a god - like existence in another plane. Although Master Yun the Poisoner didn't understand these things, he remembered one principle clearly: this master must not be offended.
Yan Ruyu returned to the Pure - Heart Palace and stayed in the study for three hours. He sat there expressionlessly. Outside, the sun had already set. A fire was lit in the Pure - Heart Palace. During this period, a charming maid came to knock on the door, wanting to come in and light a charcoal stove in the room, but Yan Ruyu shook his head and refused.
The spring was still cold, especially at night. Tonight, the moon was bright. Yan Ruyu sat in the lonely and cold study for another hour. The moonlight shone faintly into the study through the paper window. His long white hair glistened silver in the moonlight. He pulled up his sleeve, trying to block the moonlight, but then slowly put it down.
He stood up. His legs were numb. It took him a long time to regain feeling in his legs before he had the strength to walk out of the study. Passing by the secret room of the Pure - Heart Palace, he pushed the door open and entered. The two lotuses in the secret room were blooming brightly. He slowly closed the door and walked out of the Pure - Heart Palace.
The moon was bright and the stars were sparse. The whole world was silent. The entire Enchanting Forest was as quiet as a cold cellar. From time to time, a cold wind blew. Yan Ruyu was dressed thinly but didn't feel cold.
At this moment, a dignified and beautiful woman quickly walked out from behind. With concern and a scolding tone, she said, "Buran, it's cold. Where are you going?" As she spoke, she put a crescent - white cloak on Yan Ruyu's shoulders and carefully fastened it for him. It was his elder sister, Feng Lingtong.
"Sister." Yan Ruyu slowly opened his mouth. His voice was hoarse and deep, as if it came from hell.
"You've lived for so long. Why don't you know how to take care of yourself? You're not the same as before. You don't even know how to cherish your own body."
Yan Ruyu lowered his eyes. Feng Lingtong couldn't see his expression clearly.
"I've made sister worry."
Seeing Yan Ruyu like this, even though Feng Lingtong had a lot of words of blame, she couldn't say a single one. She could only ask, "What's wrong? Where are you going?"
"Just taking a walk."
"I'll go with you." Feng Lingtong said and was about to put down the memorial in her hand. But Yan Ruyu said, "No need."
"Buran?"
"Sister, I want to take a walk alone."
After saying that, without waiting for Feng Lingtong to speak, Yan Ruyu took off the cloak on his shoulders and fastened it on Feng Lingtong.
"The wind is strong at night. Sister, go back."
"Buran, you..."
"Wearing the cloak makes my mind unclear." After saying this, there was a strange look in Yan Ruyu's lonely eyes. He turned around and walked forward alone. If Feng Lingtong guessed correctly, he should be heading towards the back mountain.
"Sigh..."
"Buran, when will you finally let go of that little girl?"
Feng Lingtong was Yan Ruyu's elder sister. They were blood - related. She knew his temper. Once he wanted to be alone, he didn't allow anyone to follow him.
For so many years, it had been more than twenty years since Ning'er left. In front of everyone, in front of their mother and father, in front of her and A Zhan, he pretended not to care. It even seemed to them that Ning'er had never appeared.
He saved people with his medical skills, became the real founder of the Nine - State Continent, and became the "god" they believed in. Yan Ruyu was aloof. His contemptuous eyes made him look so transcendent. He was the object that many cultivators chased after. Countless people wanted to be like him.
However, Feng Lingtong understood that the current Yan Ruyu was actually just a walking corpse, a walking corpse without any emotions. He showed no expression to anyone. Even when facing his closest relatives, he only said a few words each time.
Not only her, but even their mother and father didn't dare to mention the name Zhao Shuning in front of Yan Ruyu now. They had witnessed his madness when he heard this name.
During the short period when he first returned to the Enchanting Forest, he was not like this. Fairy You and Fairy Peach Blossom once mentioned Ning'er. One moment, Yan Ruyu had no expression at all. The next moment, his face turned deathly pale without a trace of blood.
After that, he smiled at them, stood up, took about five steps, and then spat out a mouthful of black blood. Then he fell to one side and lost consciousness.
He was in a coma for three days and three nights. Later, with the careful care of Fairy Peach Blossom, Yan Ruyu woke up. But the awakened Yan Ruyu became stupid. He who rarely drank before began to drink the Peach Blossom Drunk brewed by his mother day and night until he was completely drunk.
Yan Ruyu had extremely high cultivation. Few people in the Enchanting Forest could snatch the wine bottle from his hand. He always drank during the day and cried at night. Even when their father and mother came to persuade him, it had no effect at all.
His strange behavior lasted for a whole year. The Yan Ruyu with a cleanliness fetish, the Yan Ruyu who was like a god, in that year, was drunk all day long, unkempt, no different from a drunken beggar on the street.