Originated from mountains and seas, life never ends

Qin Xiao tentatively crossed the entire stream and found that the deepest part was only up to his waist. There were no major safety hazards, but he needed to be more careful about the turbulent river.

Yin Xihui wanted to follow Qin Xiao, but was caught off guard and hit his ankle by a fish in the river. He slipped and almost fell.

"Can you swim?" Qin Xiao asked, looking at Mo Hanyu who was sitting on the shore with his feet dangling in the stream.

"No." Mo Hanyu answered very straightforwardly.

Hearing Mo Hanyu's words without hesitation, Qiu Purue and Yin Xihui did not hesitate and shook their heads together.

Qin Xiao: ...

Qin Xiao looked at the flow rate of the stream and thought it would be very dangerous if he fell.

"Let's forget it for now." Qin Xiao gave up the idea of ​​going into the water with them and took Yin Xihui ashore.

Mo Hanyu saw what Qin Xiao was thinking: "Do you want us to learn how to swim first?"

Qin Xiao nodded and looked around: "Let's go to the waterfall, it's not very convenient here."

A stream with this flow rate is obviously not suitable for beginners like them to practice.

A few people came to the foot of the waterfall, only to find that there was already a group of people there.

The group of children looked at them. Qin Xiao had no intention of paying attention to them, and didn't even look at them.

Mo Hanyu and Yin Xihui didn't want to pay any attention to them, but Qiu Puryue clenched his fists after seeing them, and the aura around him became a little strange.

Mo Hanyu glanced at her.

"Hey, 72, you found a buyer so quickly." The group of kids greeted her when they saw her.

Qiu Puryue frowned and said nothing.

Qin Xiao acted as if he didn't hear anything. He came to the waterfall pool, sat on the shore and let his legs hang down.

The water here is quite deep, but the flow is much gentler than that of the stream - as long as you don't go specifically towards the waterfall.

When the children saw that Qiu Puyue ignored them, they curled their lips in boredom and said nothing more.

Mo Hanyu came to Qin Xiao's side and heard him say, "Take off your clothes."

Mo Hanyu:?

"Take off your clothes and get into the water." Qin Xiao looked at him strangely and repeated.

Mo Hanyu finally understood what he meant and glanced at him unhappily.

"Can you swim?"

Mo Hanyu took off his shirt, revealing his fair and lean chest.

"Yes." Qin Xiao stared at the pool of water intently.

It is not as clear as the stream. The waves splashed by the waterfall, the water vapor is everywhere, and a thick mist is raised all around.

"...Do you want pants too?" Mo Hanyu hesitated.

"? You don't take off your pants before going into the water?" Qin Xiao was puzzled.

Mo Hanyu: ...

Qin Xiao seemed to have noticed something and was a little amused: "Are you embarrassed?"

I didn't see him like this when we took a shower together before.

"...Maybe it's because I'm the only one who took off my clothes." Mo Hanyu looked meaningfully at Qin Xiao's clothes from the waist down, which were all wet. Qin Xiao didn't take them off specifically when he was treading on the water just now.

Qin Xiao: ...

Qin Xiao looked at the two people behind him: "You come too."

Yin Xihui listened to their conversation and didn't think there was anything wrong until he saw Qiu Puryue.

Yin Xihui: ...

Yin Xihui originally thought that she would be embarrassed as a girl, but she didn't expect that after hearing Qin Xiao's words, she lifted up her shirt without hesitation and took it off.

Yin Xihui:? ! !

Yin Xihui shifted his gaze.

Thinking of not watching or listening, Yin Xihui quickly took off his clothes and went into the water. He was first startled by the cold, and then sank uncontrollably into the water.

Yin Xihui: ...

I almost forgot that I can't swim.

Fortunately, Qin Xiao noticed him, and quickly pulled him out, letting his hands hold onto the shore.

"Don't go into the water right away." Qin Xiao reminded, "If you go into the water without exercising, you may run the risk of leg cramps."

He is lucky.

Yin Xihui wiped his face, put his hands on the grass, and nodded.

It was too late for Qin Xiao to speak. Seeing that they had already gone into the water, he gave up the idea of ​​letting them come out and move around.

Qin Xiao stood up, took off his shirt and wanted to go into the water, but he paused and looked at the child who was suddenly walking towards him.

"...I never thought you would hang out with these boys." A girl with the number "9" on her name tag looked at Qiu Puryue in disbelief.

Qiu Puyue couldn't understand, so she leaned on the shore and looked up at her.

“Aren’t you embarrassed?” The girl seemed to find it hard to accept, “I actually took off my clothes and went into the water like them…”

Qin Xiao couldn't quite understand what she said.

Mo Hanyu looked at Qiu Puyue beside him, and seeing that she did not show any negative expression, he did not speak to her.

The girl continued, "We just added some dirt to your rice. Why can't you accept such a small joke?"

Qin Xiao:?

He didn't understand it before, but he understood this sentence clearly.

"You are a Corpse Binder. At least we didn't exclude you from the others. Why can't you accept this little joke, but you can accept stripping naked and going into the water with these boys?"

Yin Xihui explained: "I didn't take off all my clothes. I was wearing underwear."

girl:……

Girl: “Does it make any difference?!”

"Yes, I should have understood." The girl looked at Qiu Puryue disappointedly, "You are the Corpse Binder. I really can't understand what you crazy people are thinking."

Mo Hanyu looked at Qiu Puryue and was surprised to find that she was actually a little sad.

Mo Hanyu: ???

"Has she hit you?" Qin Xiao suddenly asked.

The girl looked at him: "No."

"Did she sprinkle dirt in your food?" Qin Xiao asked again.

The girl shook her head: "No."

"Then she is harming you and causing you trouble." Qin Xiao said firmly.

Qiu Puyue lowered her head even more as she listened to Qin Xiao's words.

The girl looked at him in confusion: "No."

Qin Xiao looked at her with an expression of "I understand": "You want to control her mentally."

girl:? ? ?

The girl was incredulous, "How is that possible? I control her with my mind? It would be fine if she, a corpse binder, didn't come to harm me, but I still control her? I'm so scared!"

The girl's voice was a little loud, attracting her companions.

"You didn't sound like you were scared when you said those words just now." Mo Hanyu spoke softly, but his words were clearly heard by everyone present.

"you--"

"Okay, okay, we've said everything we need to say, so forget it." The girl's companion advised her, "This is her choice, so forget it if she doesn't appreciate it..."

Qin Xiao: ???

Appreciate? Appreciate what?

Qin Xiao was really confused, but he didn't ask any questions. He just watched the girl being dragged away by her companions without saying a word.

It wasn't until those children disappeared from his sight that he turned around and asked Mo Hanyu: "Are they a little bit..."

Qin Xiao didn't finish his words. Mo Hanyu knew what he meant and couldn't help laughing.

"Actually... what they said is very normal." Qiu Puryue suddenly spoke up, wanting to explain, but she didn't dare to look at them, "Corpse Binders are just that kind of people, and what I learned is really not a good thing, I-"

"I know." Qin Xiao said, "I encountered it when I came here."

When Yin Xihui heard this for the first time, he was shocked: "You actually survived?"

Mo Hanyu explained: "I didn't fight with them."

Qiu Puyue couldn't help but pursed her lips when she heard Qin Xiao's words, and asked carefully: "What are they like?"

"We killed them all." Qin Xiao said lightly, "The last two had an internal conflict and died."

After hearing this, Qiu Puyue blinked: "Really..."

"Then don't you think..."

"You can't beat me." Qin Xiao glanced at her, "and now it seems that you have no ill will towards us."

Qiu Purue understood the hidden meaning of his words: as long as she had no ill will towards them, he could accept her identity as the Corpse Binder.

Qiu Puryue lowered her eyes and said nothing.

Qin Xiao moved around roughly, then went into the water and taught them how to swim.

He didn't come out of the water until his skin turned white and wrinkled.

Mo Hanyu and Yin Xihui learned very quickly and mastered the essentials in a short time. Qiu Puryue was much slower and still choked on water until the end.

Seeing that her progress was so slow, Qiu Puryue felt ashamed and didn't say much.

In fact, Qin Xiao’s explanation was not very detailed. He used actions to tell them what to do. Mo Hanyu relied on comprehension, and Yin Xihui relied on imitation, and they quickly mastered the key points.

Seeing that Qiu Puyue still didn't quite understand, Qin Xiao didn't show any impatience. He told her over and over again, and then watched her choke on the water over and over again.

Qin Xiao: ...

Qin Xiao had begun to doubt whether there was something wrong with his expression.

But Mo Hanyu and Yin Xihui both know how to do it?

Qin Xiao looked at Mo Hanyu, who had already come ashore and put on his clothes, with a little confusion in his eyes.

Mo Hanyu smiled, and seeing that the sun was already setting, he said, "Come back tomorrow."

Qin Xiao could only give up. After getting ashore, he still looked at her with confusion from time to time.

Qiu Puyue didn't even dare to look him in the eye.

Shameful.

Looking at the dishes on the plate, Yin Xihui was still secretly thanking Qin Xiao for not thinking about other training when he heard Qin Xiao speaking diagonally opposite him.

"Let's run and do other things later."

Yin Xihui was choked.

Qiu Puryue had watched their training before, but as she was just a spectator, she couldn't understand why Yin Xihui would collapse on the ground every time after training, and she would secretly feel disgusted while watching.

Now she understands.

It turns out that watching others do something and doing it yourself are completely different feelings.

very tired.

On the first day Qiu Puryue joined, she learned to put aside her pride and fell to the ground with Yin Xihui.

"By the way, what is your attribute?" Qin Xiao, who was standing aside, remembered something and asked.

Qiu Puryue blinked and tried to stand up slowly. After a moment, she gave up trying to maintain her image and continued to lie on the ground, answering, "Flute."

"Is there any elemental blessing?" Qin Xiao asked.

Qiu Puryue thought about it and hesitated: "Probably not."

“Can you show us?”

Qiu Puryue hesitated for a moment, then sat up in one go and summoned her own attributes: "Of course."

Upon hearing this, Yin Xihui also became interested. He crawled up from the ground with difficulty and looked at her with shining eyes.

In Qiu Puryue's hand appeared a flute that was completely green, smooth and sparkling, and as transparent as jade.

Qin Xiao's eyes changed and he looked at Mo Hanyu.

"You... do you want to listen?" Qiu Puryue rolled her eyes, a little unconfident.

Qin Xiao had never seen this kind of attribute before and nodded.

Mo Hanyu also nodded.

Yin Xihui could feel his burning gaze without even looking.

Qiu Puryue pursed her lips and smiled, as if she was happy to be recognized. She placed the flute across her lips, then took a deep breath.

A piercing and eerie sound came out from the flute that looked like a divine artifact.

In this strange sound, it seemed as if I saw thousands of pairs of nails scratching the floor at the same time, and as if I heard tens of thousands of wolves howling at the same time. The sound was so harsh and sharp that it was hard to believe that it came from this world.

Qin Xiao paused for a moment.

When he was in Mangshan, during the Ghost Festival, thousands of ghosts were howling...

None of them stimulated him as much as this sound.

At that moment, the light in Yin Xihui's eyes disappeared.

Mo Hanyu blinked, as if he couldn't believe that this was just a lie, and looked at Qiu Puryue several times.

[What is making the noise? ]

Mang Ling's voice suddenly appeared in Qin Xiao's mind. Apparently, this voice stimulated him who was deep in the sea of ​​soul.

The point is they didn't know what she was talking about.

Is it a tune, a minor tune, or just simply making a sound...

This weird tune is like being in a trance.

Perhaps Qin Xiao and the others' expressions were too shocked, Qiu Puryue stopped playing after a while and looked at them expectantly.

"I...I'm not very good at playing..."

Yeah, I heard it.

Qin Xiao really wanted to say that, but looking at Qiu Puyue's eyes which were filled with expectation, it was obvious that she wanted them to praise her or give her some encouragement.

...But the key is that this lie is too unscrupulous.

Qin Xiao choked.

For a moment, when all around was silent, a brisk voice broke the deadlock.

“…It sounds good.”

Qin Xiao and Mo Hanyu turned their gazes to him at the same time.

Yin Xihui looked calm and smiling, "You play the flute very well."

He said it twice!

At this moment, Qin Xiao couldn't help but stand in awe of Yin Xihui.

This psychological quality...

Mo Hanyu also admitted defeat.

Such unconscionable words can be said without hesitation...

I underestimated you.

"Really?!" Qiu Puryue showed a surprised smile on her face and looked at Yin Xihui.

Yin Xihui nodded affirmatively: "Of course, it is... a little flawed, but it doesn't matter too much. I believe that as long as I work hard, I will be able to play a very nice tune."

Looking at Yin Xihui's sincere eyes and his extremely honest words, Qiu Purue was so happy.

Qiu Purue's eyes were narrowed into slits.

Qin Xiao: ...

Mo Hanyu: ...

Mo Hanyu was the first to applaud: "...He is right, it really... sounds good."

Qin Xiao nodded, expressing his affirmation: "...the flaws do not outweigh the merits."

Qiu Puryue was even happier, her voice was full of laughter: "This is the first time I've heard someone say this, thank you... Does it really sound nice?"

Qin Xiao gritted his teeth and nodded: "Yes."

Mo Hanyu was silent for a moment, then affirmed: "Of course."

Only Yin Xihui looked surprised: "How could that be? Your flute playing is so beautiful, how come this is the first time someone has praised you for it?"

Qin Xiao: ...

Mo Hanyu: ...

pass.

Why is it the first time? Don’t you have any idea?

But it seemed that Yin Xihui had no idea and was still smiling brightly, as if all the fatigue just now had been swept away by the sound of the flute.

Qiu Puryue felt embarrassed by the praise, lowered his head, scratched it, and chuckled.

Noticing the strange looks from Qin Xiao and Mo Hanyu, Yin Xihui remained expressionless and looked at Qiu Puryue with a smile.

Qiu Puyue suddenly looked up and said with a smile: "...Then should I do it again?"

Qin Xiao: ...

Mo Hanyu: ...

Facing the suffocating looks of the two, Yin Xihui remained calm and said with a smile: "Although it sounds nice, don't we still have training? Don't let us run out of energy in a while."

Qiu Puyue thought about it and agreed, so she happily put away her flute.

Qin Xiao didn't dare to pause any longer and quickly talked about the next training item.

Mo Hanyu secretly glanced at Yin Xihui and saw a drop of crystal sweat flowing down his forehead.

After the training, while Qiu Puyue was away, Mo Hanyu couldn't resist the doubts in his heart and asked, "Do you really think it sounds good?"

Yin Xihui’s smile paused.

Mo Hanyu understood.

"Then why do you encourage her to blow more?" Mo Hanyu was puzzled.

Yin Xihui licked the corner of his mouth and glanced at him: "You know, for this attribute, there are two extremes. One is extremely pleasant to the ear, which can generate a high degree of empathy in people and can enhance or suppress the momentum according to the melody; the other... is extremely weird, with a hoarse and noisy sound without any rules or methods... the kind that will make you obsessed after listening to it."

Yin Xihui said, as if he remembered something, and smiled: "I think she has a second talent."

Mo Hanyu: ...

Yin Xihui continued, "I believe that with her talent, if she continues to practice like this, she can become a top-level Qi cultivator even without the Corpse Binder's methods."

Mo Hanyu: ...

You boy...