Brother, why is he like this?

There was a small sound, like someone crying.

Shen Lingyuan opened his eyes, was stabbed by the scorching sun at noon, and narrowed them again.The green mist had cleared away at some point, and the straight green pines and emerald cedars were clearly revealed.

Shen Lingyuan found himself sitting under a tree.He turned his head and found that it was Ye Tan who was crying, and the white silk was already wet with tears, sticking to his eyebrows.Shen Lingyuan chuckled lightly, took it off, gently wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said, "Why are you crying?"

Ye Tan immediately grabbed his hand tightly and pressed it to her face, anxiously said: "Brother, are you awake?"

Shen Lingyuan pinched his cheek.

Ye Tan whimpered and threw herself into Shen Lingyuan's arms.Shen Lingyuan reached out to catch him and stroked his back: "Okay, I'm fine."

He felt it just now, and the inexplicable sluggish spiritual power has returned, and it is no longer hindered.

What the hell does this happen?

Shen Lingyuan reached out and stroked his cheek, the black sap splashed on his face was gone, maybe it was wiped away by Ye Tan.

The weeping willow was lying on the side, its roots were exposed to the air, and its branches were dry and completely dead.

Was it Ye Tan who saved her?

Shen Lingyuan pulled Ye Tan from his arms and looked into his white eyes: "Is the tree spirit dead?"

Ye Tan was still sobbing, and nodded.

Shen Lingyuan: "You saved me?"

Ye Tan was silent.

No denials, it seems like it is.

Shen Lingyuan: "You can control it?"

Ye Tan: "Then for some reason, it listened to me again."

Shen Lingyuan glanced down at the black juice flowing on the trunk of the weeping willow.I think it has something to do with the black juice. The original dryad turned into a tree demon, and the branches were infected with devilish energy, so that those who were injured were also contaminated with devilish energy.

The tree spirit seemed to say, "Don't come near here" when it exhausted its magic energy. Where is "here"?

Shen Lingyuan looked around, and saw subtle fluctuations of spiritual power somewhere in the void.

There are boundaries.

He tapped with his finger, but he didn't expect the enchantment cover to be easily broken.

With a surprised expression on his face, Shen Lingyuan silently looked at the two corpses in the barrier.

This is a wooden house, and two corpses lay face down on the ground in front of the house.The corpse lying on the back was extremely dry, obviously dying from being devoured by spiritual energy; while the corpse lying on the stomach had a strong demonic energy, black spots spread under the body, and the whole land was faintly emitting black demonic breath.

The wooden house collapsed, and there were traces of magic spells in the ravines in the courtyard. It seemed that a great battle had passed.

Shen Lingyuan has already deduced the cause and effect: the demon attacked a casual cultivator who lived in seclusion here, and the two died together.The devil's blood soaked the ground below him, and was absorbed by Liu Ling who passed by here, and Liu Ling was also invaded by the devil's energy.

Kunlun Mountain is full of aura, and there are not only big sects like Jianzong, but also casual cultivators who come here.Ye Tan's family is like this, and so is this person.Loose cultivators have always lived in seclusion, and Shen Lingyuan didn't know how many such monks who had no family or sect lived next to each other.

Shen Lingyuan snorted coldly.The devil is shrewd, and he only picks loose cultivators to attack.

But, who placed this enchantment?

Shen Lingyuan thought to himself, after discovering Ye Tan, the master sent people to patrol Kunlun Mountain day and night. Under such strict protection, it is impossible for demons to appear here again, so this Sanxiu must have been killed before Ye Tan's family.It was only because the villagers discovered the abnormality of Xiaoyao Peak, and Shen Lingyuan happened to overhear their conversation, that they found Ye Tan who was still alive in time.

And if it wasn't for the help from Lingfeng Village, it might never have been discovered.

How many casual cultivators in the dark were killed by demons?

Ye Tan pulled Shen Lingyuan's sleeve and asked, "Brother, what happened here?"

Shen Lingyuan didn't know how to answer.If you tell the truth, I'm afraid Ye Tan will be hurt.

While hesitating, Ye Tan said softly: "Another monk has been killed, right? The atmosphere here is the same as that day, making people feel bored and frightened."

He was talking about magic.Shen Lingyuan's whitewashing words choked up.

Ye Tan lowered his eyes and said in a low voice: "Before he died, the tree spirit told me that it couldn't find a home. It thought this was its home, and guarded here to keep others away. But it seemed that it was sick, and its temper was getting worse and worse. The body is out of control..."

……

"Ye...ye..." said the small voice.It still can't call Ye Tan's name.

Ye Tan caressed the trunk of the weeping willow with his hand, slowly sending spiritual energy to it.

The tree spirit enjoyed the caress comfortably, and the weakly hanging branches swayed comfortably.

"You're home," said the Dryad.

"This is not home." Ye Tan said softly.

"Isn't it home?" The tree spirit's small voice was full of doubts, and the voice became lower and lower, "Where is that home?"

"There is no home anymore..." Ye Tan lowered his head, "both father and mother are dead."

"Death? What is death?"

"Death is... seeing, hearing, feeling, and thinking, just like when you were not born."

"No! Don't die!"

Ye Tan shed tears.

"It's this person, this person took away our home." The tree spirit held up a branch and pointed at the unconscious Shen Lingyuan.

"No! Not him! He protected us."

"Oh." The tree spirit didn't understand such a complicated relationship, and its voice was so soft that it was almost inaudible: "Ye...you can hug me again."

Ye Tan silently leaned over and hugged the dryad's slippery trunk.

The branches stopped swinging.

……

Ye Tan's voice became lower and lower: "Brother, I can't find a home either..."

Hearing this, Shen Lingyuan mourned in his heart, and pulled him into his arms, and Ye Tan hugged him back, and the two cuddled tightly together.

What does "home" feel like?Shen Lingyuan had no way of knowing.But at this moment, Shen Lingyuan is willing to give Ye Tan a home, as long as he will not be so sad from now on, and can live happily every day like other senior brothers.

As everyone knows, "surviving" is already very difficult, let alone "happiness"?

Shen Lingyuan burned the demon's body, buried the casual cultivators, sealed the barrier again, and took Ye Tan back to Lingfeng Village.The villagers of Lingfeng Village rushed to tell each other that the tree demon had been eliminated, and everyone beat gongs and drums to celebrate.

Surrounded by everyone, Shen Lingyuan said, "It's not a tree demon."

Everyone calmed down and listened to the fairy's words.

"It's not a tree demon, it's a tree spirit." Shen Lingyuan said with a smile, "It's just sick."

When I returned to Jianzong, the application time had passed.Shen Lingyuan brought Ye Tan to the deacon's hall together, and explained the results of the entrustment.The deacon recorded the process, sealed a short section of withered willow branch, and took twenty spirit stones to Shen Lingyuan.

Shen Lingyuan passed it to Ye Tan: "It's all up to you to solve this matter, and the Lingshi is for you."

Ye Tan was at a loss holding the spirit stone.

Obviously I didn't do anything.

Back at Cangxiao Peak, Ye Tan practiced the skills taught by Elder Qingxiao, and Shen Lingyuan swung his sword.

Now there is no sense of stagnation in the spiritual pulse.How could he suddenly be unable to use his spiritual power at that time?This never happened.

No, I've had this feeling before, in a dream.And in the dream, just like this time, I heard the sound of a slight crack.

Is it because of that dream?

Shen Lingyuan was puzzled and planned to ask Master tomorrow.

The sound of the piano came from the lonely Cangxiao Peak, and the sound of the piano echoed in the empty valley.

Shen Lingyuan walked on the snow on the steep mountain road following the sound of the piano.The sky and the earth are all white, and the treetops are covered with snow.The mountain wind is mighty, blowing the snow foam on the treetops, the snow falls to the ground, and the bent pine branches bounce leisurely.

Shen Lingyuan paused.

Cang Xiao sat cross-legged on a clean boulder, with a piano table in front of him.The purple clothes hang down to the ground, with wide sleeves fluttering lightly.

Shen Lingyuan waited for Cang Xiao to finish the song, and went forward to salute.

Cang Xiao also didn't get up, closed his eyes and asked Shen Lingyuan: "How is the child?"

Shen Lingyuan recalled all kinds of Ye Tan, and replied: "The endowment is extremely high, and the foundation has been established."

Cang Xiao raised his eyes and asked again: "Are you still used to this place?"

Shen Lingyuan replied: "You can take care of yourself, and you can get along with your brothers and sisters without any worries."

Cang Xiao said: "This is the son of my old friend, take care of him more."

Shen Lingyuan was a little surprised that the master knew Ye Tan's parents.He clasped his hands and said, "Yes."

Needless to say, Master Shen Lingyuan will also take care of Ye Tan more.

After a moment of silence, Shen Lingyuan said: "Master, this disciple was unable to meditate and settle down a few days ago. When I used the sword yesterday, I had a splitting headache and my spiritual pulse was stagnant. Please give me some guidance."

Cang Xiao signaled Shen Lingyuan to come over.Shen Lingyuan came to sit next to Cang Xiao, stretched out a wrist, and let Cang Xiao feel his veins.

Cang Xiao explored for a moment, and suddenly his face changed slightly.

Shen Lingyuan immediately said: "Master, what's the situation?"

Cang Xiao closed his eyes for a moment, and when he opened them again, he regained his composure, and said, "No problem." As he spoke, he pointed his finger between Shen Lingyuan's eyebrows.

Shen Lingyuan only felt a thick spiritual power flowing into the Lingtai, and his whole body suddenly became clear.

Cang Xiao said: "Your progress in cultivation is too fast, you need to be steady and steady in the future."

Shen Lingyuan said: "Yes."

Is it because I cultivated too fast?In the near future, it is better not to be promoted to the middle stage of Jindan, and to make a breakthrough after tempering.