夜挽澜的脚步蓦地一顿，目光中罕见地流露出了几分不可思议来。


    她完全没有想到，先前那道唤她的神秘声音，竟然就是蓬莱老人！


    只是，此刻的蓬莱老人绝非是活着的状态，也并非灵魂。


    而像是她曾在凤元宝塔上见过的宁太祖一样，是仅留在世间的一缕残念。


    当执念散去，残念也就没有了。


    “前辈—”夜挽澜抱拳，尊敬地朝着蓬莱老人拜了一拜，这才低声问，“如何认出我来？”


    蓬莱老人微笑：“公主殿下灵魂特殊，老夫若是认不出来，才叫奇怪。”


    Ye Wanlan was a little stunned.


    "There is a word in Buddhism called the ''Golden Body of Merit''." The old man Penglai clasped his hands together, "After the merit is complete, he can cultivate into a golden body. Of course, this only exists in books, but one thing really exists."


    “功德多了，那么灵魂中便会有金色？”夜挽澜问，“所以以此，前辈才认出了我？”


    “公主殿下果然聪慧。”蓬莱老人大笑，“您那一世，虽然只有十七年，可百年千年乃至万年之后，还会有人记得您的名字。”


    永宁公主在世时，改良土壤、调制解药、于千里之外决胜占据、救边关百姓于水火之中…


    这一桩桩事件，看似事小，但影响却极大。


    何止当时的千百万人，还有百代后世。


    Every time you save someone, you will have more merit.


    This merit is indeed too rare.


    “前辈说我功德深厚，我不否认。”夜挽澜淡淡一笑，“可您说我会得到天道照拂，我却不这么见得，第二世，我也只活到了二十四岁。”


    这回轮到蓬莱老人神情震惊了：“只有二十四岁？”


    “不过这二十四个年头，我亦学到了很多东西。”夜挽澜微笑，“但天道终归是天道，天若有情天亦老。”


    “唉…”蓬莱老人长长地叹息了一声，“没想到公主殿下在另一个世界，也早早夭折，天妒英才啊！”


    夜挽澜神色淡淡，并未言语。


    “时间不多，公主殿下，请您听我说。”蓬莱老人的神色微微一肃，“您走后，陛下和燕王大人多次想要召回您的灵魂，可却无能为力。”


    Ye Wanlan''s eyes darkened and he nodded slightly.


    She has seen all this in the old scenes.


    "That day, Lord Yan left behind his and His Majesty''s blood." The old man Penglai said slowly, "I was also thinking about where His Highness the Princess'' soul went. So in the next few years, he finally tracked down His Highness the Princess''s place with his blood as a medium."


    Ye Wanlan''s expression was shocked.


    At the level of Penglai Old Man, you can already see your limit.


    "I already know that Your Highness the Princess will definitely return to China, but I don''t know when it will come back." The old man Penglai smiled, "After I informed Your Highness of Yan about this, he asked me to hand over a letter and the Sword of the Shadow to Your Highness."


    "Yingying Sword?" Ye Wanlan''s eyebrows moved, "Is the Yingying Sword taken away by Brother Wang?"


    The rayon sword is a sword tailored for her by her master’s former sword saint Xie Leyou. It is a double sword.


    Although she cannot cultivate internal strength, the two swords of the rayon have a considerable attack power in combination with her light skills.


    但是这一点，几乎没有人知道。 Because often when she is chased and falls into a desperate situation, Hejia will always stand in front of her on time.


    Xie Leyou taught her sword skills to strengthen her body and was also her mentor.


    Ye Wanlan did not know what happened after her death. She also went to look for the double swords of the Yingying in several places in her memory, but they all returned in vain.


    Unexpectedly, Hejia gave it to the Penglai Old Man in advance.


    "The Lord Yan said that he was afraid that such an important weapon would fall into the hands of the thieves." The old man Penglai said again, "So it is necessary to seal it. No one can use it except His Highness the Princess."


    Hejia didn’t know when Princess Yongning would return to China.


    他在时，他可以护她、护她的东西周全。


    可倘若他不在，等到百年之后，又当如何？


    夜挽澜眨了眨眼，又有晶莹沾染在了睫羽上，她笑了笑：“王兄总是会为我考虑太多。”


    “公主殿下和燕王大人的情谊，老夫敬佩。”蓬莱老人也忍不住感叹一声，“燕王大人还让我告诉您—”


    这个时候，蓬莱老人的面容变了，竟是一点一点地变成了一位年轻男人。


    剑眉星目，五官深邃，唇形凉薄，眼神凌厉。


    Ye Wanlan''s heart suddenly tightened.


    如此一张熟悉的脸，她又怎么可能不认得？


    This face is Hejia''s, and so is the voice.


    “小澜，哥哥不希望你的来生还要背负皇族的责任，如果可以，哥哥希望你快快乐乐地做自己，平凡而又普通地活过一生，也是极好的。”


    elder brother…


    这个久远的词，又将夜挽澜拉入了回忆之中。


    During the period when they were wandering outside the palace, they hid their names and ran around, so she kept calling Brother Hejia.


    When they returned to the palace, the two of them also performed their own duties, so she called him Brother Wang.


    "I''m just afraid... my brother''s idea is difficult to realize. Xiaolan, you are destined to be extraordinary. My father said that your future is destined to be lonely because there is only one strongest person."


    "Brother thinks, even in another world, you are a strong man, so how can you hide your glory? Then, do what you want to do in your heart."


    Ye Wanlan stared at this face in a daze.


    即便是幻化出来的，可她也感受到了来自于血脉中的情感涌动。


    Hejia knew her, but felt sorry for her.


    "As long as it is what you do, it is right. Don''t bother with the past. You should keep looking forward in your life. Maybe one day, my brother will meet you again."


    “到那个时候，哥哥一定会为你感到骄傲。”


    声音到此结束，夜挽澜面前的这张脸开始变得模糊起来，随后化为了光芒点点，星辰万千。


    夜挽澜猛地抬头，脸上又有泪水滑落：“王兄，不！”


    她伸手去抓，却什么都没有抓到，只触碰到了一团空气。


    “时间到了，公主殿下！”光芒中，蓬莱老人的声音再次响起，“曳影剑就在山颠，用您的鲜血即可开启阵法，取得兵器—”


    “未来或有大劫，老夫已无力得见，神州大陆，就拜托您了！”(本章完)