Broken mirror to practice Taoism

"In your state of mind, what have you experienced?"

After the two walked for a while, Xue Yuandao asked again.

"It's really nothing." Ergou said, "It's just cultivation."

——There is really no master, it’s just cultivation.

"If you... encounter anything, you have to tell Weishi." Xue Yuandao held back for a long time, and finally said to Ergou, "Weishi... will always protect you..."

forever……

Er Gou couldn't help but slow down a lot following Xue Yuandao, forever?

——No matter what you become, I will always protect you, even if you are my doom, I will admit it.

Xue Yuandao didn't promise much, and those who didn't promise much should never be himself.

Ergou couldn't help being taken aback when he thought of this.What are you thinking about?Xue Yuandao has always been very kind to himself, hasn't he?How could he evaluate his master like this?

"Hey, I will also become stronger, and one day I will learn to protect the master." Ergou said behind Xue Yuandao.

Originally thought that Xue Yuandao would be moved by his words, but Xue Yuandao's loose hand suddenly clenched into a fist.Er Gou didn't know why Xue Yuandao was unhappy. Although he had no master before, isn't the emphasis on being polite and kind when getting along with others?

Hey, it really is a person with a story, really hard to understand.

Ergou couldn't help but think so.

Along the way, Xue Yuandao didn't speak any more.The two were silent all the way, crossed that road, and arrived at a place where the sky was full of dark red light.Although Xue Yuandao didn't say it, Ergou had already guessed it.

This is probably where the devil world is.

Once they entered the Demon Realm, there were a large number of animals waiting for them.Spiders, mice, bats, snakes, ants, these animals that are not particularly common on the ground can be seen everywhere here.And that's not the scariest thing, the scariest thing is their size.An ant that was originally very tiny can be compared to the size of a normal adult in this place in the Demon Realm. As for mice, snakes and bats, Ergou wondered if he was hallucinating.

"Follow me." Xue Yuandao walked in front, and the Void Sword slashed forward, forcibly cutting a path among the many insects and ants.Some of them happened to be in the middle of where Xue Yuandao's sword energy went, and were split in half without any surprise.Dark green blood flowed out from the bodies of these bugs, and the surrounding smell instantly became unpleasant.

Ergou followed behind Xue Yuandao, as if he didn't smell these scents.

The two rushed out of the group of ants and queens, and walked to a deserted place, which looked like a desert, except that the sand here was blood-red.From time to time, a lizard ran across the blood-red sand, Xue Yuandao ignored it, and just walked straight towards a place with Ergou.

Although the surroundings were all exactly the same scenery, Xue Yuandao seemed to be able to tell the direction.

Er Gou didn't know how long they walked until Xue Yuandao suddenly stopped in one place.

"It's here."

Xue Yuandao's nothingness fell straight into the red sand, and the surrounding red sand burst towards both sides, and a blood-red formation appeared under the place pierced by the nothingness, with words Ergou couldn't understand written on the formation, Although he could understand, there were only a few words.

Following the appearance of the formation, Xue Yuandao pulled out the nothingness from the ground, and then a large pile of blood-red liquid flowed out from Xue Yuandao's pierced hole.The blood-red liquid seemed to never dry up, and it kept overflowing from the ground until their surroundings were completely occupied by this liquid.

The original desert suddenly turned into a vast ocean. Xue Yuandao held Ergou with one arm, and the two stood on the blood-red sea level.

In fact, Ergou wanted to tell Xue Yuandao that he had formed a pill now and could stand with his own strength.But every time he raised his head and wanted to speak, he thought of the scene where he said he wanted to protect Xue Yuandao but Xue Yuandao was dissatisfied.

Maybe Xue Yuandao just wanted an obedient child?

Er Gou couldn't help but think so, and then obediently let Xue Yuandao protect him.Why work so hard when you can be lazy?

All of a sudden, several jets of water suddenly appeared on the calm sea level. There is no sky in the Demon Realm, but the jets of water stretched upwards with no end in sight.

"Ergou, the teacher will let you go later." Xue Yuandao said to Ergou.

"Oh good." Ergou replied.

"Don't ask why?" Xue Yuandao turned to Ergou and asked.

Er Gou's body shape was no longer that of an eleven or twelve-year-old child, but Xue Yuandao didn't feel awkward at all when facing Er Gou who looked like a young man.

If he could protect him for the rest of his life like this, he would be willing.

"Master will never harm me." Ergou replied.

Ergou always felt that he had said this sentence to someone at some point, but it seemed to be a long time ago, and he couldn't remember it.

Xue Yuandao looked at the two dogs for a long time, and finally turned his head away and said: "Be careful in everything, the teacher will protect you when necessary."

"Okay." Ergou replied.

When the surrounding water jets slowly piled up around them, Xue Yuandao let go of Ergou's arms.Ergou didn't have any accidents, and fell straight to the bottom of the water.

The feeling of intruding into the bottom of the water is very familiar. Ergou felt that his head was a little confused and his head hurt, as if it was about to tear apart.

— Ergou, I'm sorry.

Xue Yuandao's voice rang in his ears, Ergou was puzzled, why did Xue Yuandao apologize to himself?

Standing on the blood-colored ocean, Xue Yuandao quietly looked at the surface of the ocean where he could not see the people below, his eyes were a little blurred.

There was once a person who threw his apprentice into the bottom of the sea with his own hands, just for the safety of another person.

"Ergou..." Xue Yuandao kept staring at the place where Ergou was thrown down just now, and murmured, "I'm sorry..."

In the blood-red sea, Ergou's headache improved slightly. He slowly opened his eyes and found that although he was in the sea, he could still breathe freely.He has been sinking, and the water surface has only risen not long ago, but he can't reach the bottom for such a long time.

There was blood red in front of him, and there was no fish or seaweed in it. Er Gou stretched out his hand, but found a red light flashing in front of him.

Even in a sea of ​​blood red, the red light is extremely eye-catching.Ergou obviously felt that he was falling continuously, but the red light was always at his parallel position without changing.

Could this be Xue Yuandao's purpose of throwing him down?

Ergou couldn't help thinking, then moved his body and walked towards the red light in front of him.

That's right, Ergou uses "walk".Even though he is in the ocean, his feet seem to be able to step forward on the sea water. Every time he takes a step, an image will overlap in his mind.

There is nothing ahead, don't go there.

Ergou couldn't help but stop, he had such an impression in his mind, he had obviously never encountered such a thing, why did he vaguely feel... afraid?

Ergou looked down at his hands, which were trembling constantly.

"Why are you afraid?" Ergou looked at his hands with some doubts, and then looked at the red light again, "Let's wait and see, it's all here anyway."

Although there was always a voice in my heart reminding Ergou not to go there, Ergou still walked over leisurely.

arrive--

He thought so, and sure enough, he took another step, and he stood in front of the red light.

The red light is too dazzling, even if Ergou doesn't find it dazzling, he can't see the objects hidden in the red light clearly.

——You see, your master never cared about you, he only hoped that he would not have you as his apprentice.

Another voice came from the depths of his mind, and Ergou froze for a moment.

Is this talking nonsense with your eyes open?Although Ergou didn't quite understand what it meant to be regarded as "caring", Xue Yuandao's attitude towards him was definitely not that he hoped not to have him as an apprentice.

At least after following Xue Yuandao for so many days, he felt that Xue Yuandao treated him well.

Ergou stretched out his hand and touched the middle of the red light.As soon as he put his hand into the red light, he felt the sharp blade scrape from all over his hand. It was very painful, probably bleeding.

Bear with it, or you won't be able to get out.

Er Gou thought about it, and then looked at the red light after being stunned for a moment. Did he have to get such a thing before he could go out from here?

Ergou didn't intend to find out why he knew this, but since he had this idea, let's try.

The pain from the hand in the red light made Ergou couldn't help frowning, but it was just such pain that Ergou thought he could bear it.Since you want to get the things in the red light, why don't you just go in with your whole body.

Live or die.

Er Gou thought of this, and immediately jumped into the red light with his whole body.

In the red light, there is a very large space, Ergou is suspended in mid-air, with saber energy running around, scraping his skin from time to time, forming long and thin cracks.It was only after Er Gou came in that he saw the right hand that he stretched out first. The entire skin of the right hand was covered with fuzzy flesh and blood, and almost no complete piece of skin could be seen.

"No wonder it hurts so much..." Ergou looked at his right hand and said casually.

Then, he saw the sword floating like him in the center of the space.

This is probably the sword that Xue Yuandao mentioned to help him get it.

——Well, the master's sword is called "Nothingness", so I'll name you "Shiying".

A voice sounded in my mind again, it was the same voice as myself.The man was shaking a little, there was no intact skin on his whole body, even his face was covered in flesh and blood, he looked very hideous.Ergou was so frightened that he came back from his memory and finally found something strange.

He just raised one hand to come in, but he was cut to a bloody mess. Why is he not hurt by these sword qi now that he is in it.

"Ergou, go get the sword."

Xue Yuandao's voice sounded in his mind, very real.

"Master?" Ergou asked.

The author has something to say:

;-) It's always a promise, and once it's made, don't betray it easily.