The sound was very strange. It was not like the ordinary sound of metal collision, nor was it the same sound that Ji Qingzhou had heard before.

It’s hard to describe what exactly was coming from it.

It kept echoing in her mind.

Sometimes fast and sometimes slow.

Ji Qingzhou vaguely felt that he knew what that sound was, but he couldn't remember it no matter how hard he tried.

She sat up, holding her head.

what exactly is it?

What was ringing in her head?

"Little junior sister, what's wrong with you?"

Yu Xiaoxiao was startled by her sudden awakening and standing up.

Ji Qingzhou was stunned: "Can't you hear it?"

But as soon as she said this, a voice in her heart seemed to tell her -

Yes, Senior Sister can’t hear it.

It was impossible for anyone but her to hear it.

This is a sound that only she can hear.

Yu Xiaoxiao's expression turned serious when she heard this: "Junior sister, what did you hear? I didn't hear anything."

"I can't describe what it was, but something was ringing in my head."

Ji Qingzhou felt that he should know what that sound was.

But she just couldn't remember.

This made her feel inexplicably irritated.

It feels like losing something precious, and the frustration of not being able to find it is so close.

Yu Xiaoxiao looked at her and suddenly asked, "Junior Sister, are you... haunted by your inner demon again?"

Ji Qingzhou was stunned.

Heart demon.

This word is not unfamiliar to any monk, and it is even deeply engraved in their minds, and they regard it as a terrible beast.

But the inner demon is very far away for many cultivators.

Most cultivators have never experienced being possessed by inner demons.

Although the inner demon is scary, it is not something that appears easily. It will only appear when a person's obsession reaches a point that is so extreme that he cannot free himself.

Many cultivators cannot overcome their inner demons and end up dying, or they are bewitched by their inner demons and become devil cultivators.

But for Ji Qingzhou, inner demons are commonplace.

Seven years ago, she was only eleven or twelve years old, but she had already reached the great perfection of the Qi Refining Stage.

In order to prevent the human race from prospering, the demon world sent demon cultivators to attack and kill her.

Ji Qingzhou survived the attack.

But her third senior brother Shui Duchen, in order to save her, his dantian was destroyed and most of his tendons and veins were damaged. He not only became a mortal, but also a disabled person.

Ji Qingzhou still remembers the tragedy of that day and hates his own powerlessness.

Since then, she has often been haunted by inner demons.

The abilities of the inner demons vary. Sometimes they appear to seduce people, and sometimes they weave illusions.

The strange sounds in your head that others cannot hear may indeed be inner demons.

But there was another voice in her heart, or perhaps her intuition told her -

No, this is not a demon in my heart.

It's something else.

Something that was extremely important to her, but she just couldn't remember it.

"……I have no idea."

In the end, Ji Qingzhou shook his head.

Yu Xiaoxiao sighed softly, "You..."

But she didn't say much.

In the past seven years, she, her master, her second junior brother, and even her third junior brother himself, had said countless words to Ji Qingzhou, but none of them could relieve the guilt and self-hatred in Ji Qingzhou's heart.

For some things, what others say will have no effect at all.

You can only get out of this by yourself.

Yu Xiaoxiao said: "Well, I'll go back by myself today."

go back?

Ji Qingzhu's temple throbbed.

Some memories seemed to emerge in my mind.

But when Ji Qingzhou wanted to capture those memories, everything turned into nothing.

All that was left for her was a blank space.

At the same time, the voice that kept echoing in my mind stopped.

Ji Qingzhou had a moment of peace. She grabbed Yu Xiaoxiao's hand and asked, "Where are you going back?"

"Did you forget it?"

Yu Xiaoxiao's worry became more and more obvious. "Today is the day I go home to visit my family. You insisted on going with me, so I came to call you."

Yesterday, Ji Qingzhou came to her cave and told her not to go back alone.

Only one night had passed and Ji Qingzhou seemed to have forgotten everything.

I feel sleepy and want to stay in bed, and I also have auditory hallucinations.

Yu Xiaoxiao felt that the inner demon of her junior sister this time seemed very dangerous.

She held Ji Qingzhou's hand, sat down beside the bed, and said worriedly, "How about... I go back later and stay here with you?"

Yu Xiaoxiao was worried that Ji Qingzhou was harmed by his inner demons.

"Do not."

When Ji Qingzhou heard Yu Xiaoxiao mention "going home", her heart started beating wildly.

Her intuition told her that if she let Yu Xiaoxiao go back, something bad would happen.

Ji Qingzhou said: "Big Sister, don't go back. Don't go back."

"…I still have to go home."

Yu Xiaoxiao smiled bitterly when she heard this, "My mother is seriously ill, and my father asked me to bring the elixir back to treat her and keep her company."

"Your father doesn't want you to go back to accompany your mother. He just wants your elixir and spiritual stone. He wants you to go back and make a statue, an exquisite ornament, for him to show off to others."

Speaking of the eldest sister's father, Ji Qingzhou's tone was slightly cold, "Elder sister, is your mother really sick? Last time, the time before that... every time, they asked you to go back, it was with this excuse, but every time you went back, your mother would recover without taking medicine, she..."

"Little junior sister."

Before Ji Qingzhou could continue speaking, Yu Xiaoxiao's gentle voice rang out and interrupted her.

Yu Xiaoxiao had a delicate and gentle appearance, with skin as white as cream and hair as black as ink. She always wore exquisite and elegant white dresses, and had a classical and elegant temperament.

Compared to a monk who is devoted to the great Dao, she is more like a gentle and mild-tempered young lady who is raised in seclusion.

Even when she heard Ji Qingzhou saying bad things about her parents, Yu Xiaoxiao did not show any anger. She just used a gentle tone to stop her from continuing.

"My mother...is not in good health."

Yu Xiaoxiao said: "You know, she is just a mortal, not a cultivator like my father."

"A monk like that? What kind of monk?"

Ji Qingzhou sneered, "You spent a lot of spirit stones and elixirs to nourish me, and finally advanced from the initial stage of Qi Refining to the middle stage of Qi Refining? With such mediocre qualifications, you can only show off in front of mortals!"

"Little junior sister..."

Yu Xiaoxiao pursed her lips slightly. She didn't want to scold Ji Qingzhou, but she also didn't want to hear Ji Qingzhou say these words again.

Seeing the senior sister’s distressed expression that looked like she was about to cry, Ji Qingzhou swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

Finally, she sighed and said, "If you insist on going back, let me accompany you."

Yu Xiaoxiao hesitated: "But your inner demon..."

"It's ready."

Ji Qingzhou said: "The sound is gone."

Mental demons are always strange. It is common for them to suddenly appear, be overcome, and disappear.

Seeing that Ji Qingzhou looked normal, Yu Xiaoxiao believed it and said, "Okay, let's go now."

"I made some elixirs last night, and the alchemy room was in a mess."

Ji Qingzhou got out of bed and put on his shoes, saying, "Big Sister, please wait for me outside for a while. I'll pack up and come out soon."

"it is good."

Yu Xiaoxiao got up and left.

Ji Qingzhou stood where he was and did not go to the alchemy room to clean up as she had said before.

"Ding dong."

A voice that no one else could hear but her rang in her mind.

Ji Qingzhou lied, but the voice did not disappear.

Although it stopped for a while, it would still ring again from time to time.

The owner of the voice seemed to be deliberately trying to attract her attention.

"What the hell are you...?"

Ji Qingzhou's eyes were deep.

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