I didn't expect you to be such a master

, if he and the Taoist had not lost their mana, how could he be made to suffer like this.

Cang Qian tore off the sleeve of his inner shirt, and was about to bandage it, when he heard a soft sound, heard the sound and looked over, and saw a porcelain vase rolling to his feet.It turned out that the snake raised by the Taoist priest pushed the bottle over.The black snake slowly swam over and said: "Apply the medicine first and then bandage it, it will heal faster." Based on his understanding of Cangheqin, he definitely wouldn't wait for the child to heal before going on the road.

In desperation that day, Zilin turned into a giant python to rescue Cang Qian, exhausted his soul and injured his foot, so he didn't bother to turn into a human form, turned into a black snake and slipped into the sleeve of a Taoist priest, and the bottle of medicine was gone I took it with me.

The child's eyelashes trembled, holding the porcelain bottle, thanking him: "Thank you, little snake."

"What's so small, I'm hundreds of years older than you, call me brother."

Cang Qian was startled, and looked at him with slightly wide eyes.Zilin thought his small appearance was very cute, shook his head, and said: "I saved you, and I'm older than you, can't I be called 'brother'?"

Cang Qian hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Brother."

The little snake gave a "haha" laugh, feeling extremely happy: "Call me Brother Ah Lin."

"what?"

"Ah what? Of course I have a name too! Call me 'Brother Ah Lin'."

"...Brother Ah Lin."

"Good obedient." The little snake praised, satisfied, and was about to ask him to call out a few more times, when he felt a chill behind him.

The Taoist priest opened his eyes at some point, with a stern and handsome face, he scolded coldly: "Aren't you being honest when you are injured!" He wanted to take him back into his sleeves.

Zi Lin jumped into Cang Qian's arms suddenly.Before the child came back to his senses, he saw the snake burrowing into his clothes and shouted, "I'll sleep here, it's comfortable!"

Cang Qian looked at the bulging bag on his chest at a loss, then looked at the Taoist priest, saw that he snorted coldly, closed his eyes again without further investigation, he was slightly relieved, and poked his chest lightly packet.

The snake poked its head out lazily.

"Why is he angry?"

"He is narrow-minded." The voice was soft and soft.

Cang Qian nodded and told himself that he must pay more attention in the future so as not to offend the Taoist priest.

"Do you want to eat bread?"

Cang Qian broke off a piece and tried to feed the little snake a little.

"Too dry." Zi Lin took two bites, not very interested, "Drink some water."

Cang Qian hurriedly poured some water into the palm of his hand, and brought it to the mouth of the little she, saw it rubbing his palm with a snake kiss, and drank slowly.After the little snake finished drinking, he wiped his hands and filled his stomach whole.Even though it was dry and hard dough, it also felt sweeter because of the presence of a snake.

Zilin curled up on Cang Qian's chest and sighed contentedly. Although he was the same person, the young Cang Qian was obviously much more talkative and cute than the grown-up Taoist priest.I don't know if it's because of the cultivation method, but the Taoist's face was cold and cold, and even his sleeves were cold, so it's not as warm and comfortable as it is now.

Cang Qian was also lying down, closing his eyes lightly, being disturbed by the little snake at night, the original grief was relieved a lot, and he gently put his hand on his chest, the snake was sleeping peacefully, Cang Qian I just felt that my heart also calmed down, and slowly sank into dreamland.

☆、Chapter 22

Sure enough, Cang Qian woke up early the next morning, and the Taoist priest was already standing in the courtyard, with his arms behind his back, for an unknown how long he had been standing there.

Cang Qian shuddered all over, secretly blaming himself for waking up too late, and hurriedly packed his bags.

Seeing that he had woken up, Cang Heqin said coldly, "Go wash up."

There was a well in the courtyard, "哗啦", the cold water made people shiver, Cang Qian slapped his face, and then he felt completely refreshed.This movement woke up the little snake who was sleeping soundly in its arms, and slightly revealed its head, and said vaguely: "Are you going to go on the road?"

"Ah."

"..." There was no response lazily.

Cang Qian lowered his head, and the little snake shrank back again, it seemed that he was still very sleepy.It was such a small snake, so light and light it didn't take much weight, so Cang Qian didn't care about it.

He raised his head and saw the Taoist priest, staring at himself deeply. After a while, his eyes moved down and fixed on his chest, silent in thought.

"Taoist?" Cang Qian was a little uneasy. Although the expression of the Taoist priest didn't change much, he just faintly felt the displeasure emanating from him.The spirit snake I raise likes to be close to others, if it is myself, it will definitely be unhappy.

It's just that this little snake helped him, saved him, and was so affectionate with him, and he also regarded it as a friend he could rely on, knowing that he should return the little snake, but he absolutely couldn't open his mouth.

Cang Heqin's eyes darkened, and said: "If you want to keep him, I will give it to you for now, but don't regret it in the future."

regret?Cang Qian was confused, but the Taoist priest stopped talking and walked out of the temple gate with a flick of his sleeves.Seeing this, Cang Qian hurriedly followed.

Around noon, the snake woke up leisurely, climbed up Cang Qian's shoulders along the lapel of Cang Qian's clothes, sat cross-legged on his shoulders, and enjoyed the scenery along the way.

Seeing that Cang Qian was sweating profusely, he said sympathetically, "A Qian, aren't you tired?"

Cang Qian shook his head.

Zilin looked up at the sky and called out, "It's noon, aren't you hungry?"

Cang Qian hesitated, shook his head again, and said, "The Taoist priest is in front."

"Leave him alone. If he can't see you, he will naturally stop and wait for you. But you, you didn't eat anything when you got up early in the morning. Aren't you hungry?"

Only then Cang Qian nodded and admitted: "Hungry." Then he said uneasy: "The Taoist priest is in such a hurry, I'm afraid it will delay his business."

Zilin smiled: "Now sending you to Yashan intact is his top priority."

Seeing that there was still hesitation on his face, he asked him: "Do you believe me or not?"

Cang Qian responded without hesitation.

"That's good." The little snake said seriously, "The most important thing for you now is to take care of yourself."

As if he had never heard such words before, Cang Qian was stunned, stopped suddenly, turned his head to look at the little black snake on his shoulder, with a gloomy gaze, and suddenly said: "A Lin, you will always be with me, Is it right?"

He asked so earnestly that Zilin's heart skipped a beat. After thinking for a while, she replied, "I will always accompany you up Mount Ya."

"What about later?"

"In the future..." The little snake looked at the tall and tall figure in the distance, and said in his heart: In the future, you will become Lord Nine Heavens, and then you will not need me anymore.

"What about in the future?" Seeing that it had been silent for a long time, Cang Qian asked again, with a hint of nervousness in his words.

"In the future, if you need me, I will accompany you." Zi Lin said with a faint sigh.

Cang Qian's expression relaxed, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, revealing a smile.

The smile was shallow, but it came from the heart. Zilin hadn't seen him smile for a long time, and now he felt his brows were beautiful, and he almost stared blankly.

He couldn't help thinking, if he hadn't been deceived by the beauty, how could he have been miserably ordered by that stinky Taoist priest for so long.Alas, this Taoist priest looked so good-looking when he was a child.

"Why do you feel like you're stuck in a daze? Are you uncomfortable?" Cang Qian worried, and ran his hands along the little black snake's abdomen. Zi Lin came back to his senses and wrapped his fingers around him.

Cang Qian fed it with dry food, and saw that it turned its head and showed no interest at all, so why not: "I don't have anything on you that you can eat." He remembered that snakes like to eat living things, but this little snake seems to have a special taste , I ate a lot of fruits from him when I was in the mansion.Glancing around, his eyes lit up.At the end of spring, there are several wild mulberry trees on both sides of the road in twos and threes, some of which are already mature, and the branches are adorned purplely.

Cang Qian carefully picked out the ripe mulberries on tiptoe, picked a handful, pocketed them, and tried to feed them to the little snake.

Zi Lin took his hand and tasted one, and it felt good, so she lazily slid off his body and ate a few.In fact, although he can't use spells here, he still has his cultivation base, and it will be fine if he doesn't eat for a few days, but the fruit is sour and sweet, and it's also good for snacks, so that Ah Qian will not forget to feed it all the time. thing.

Seeing that it ate, Cang Qian heaved a sigh of relief, and one person and one snake ate up the handful of mulberries. After Cang Qian ate some dry food, he hurried on his way.Sure enough, in the evening, the priest was already waiting at the gate of a small county town.

Seeing the tall and straight figure with a touch of white, Cang Qian's heart relaxed, he quickened his pace, and called out respectfully: "Taoist!"

The Taoist had no expression or words, turned his head and walked into the city, and the two of them found an inn to stay in. Zi Lin was greedy for the warmth of the child, and would never go into the cold sleeves of the Taoist again. Get into Cang Qian's arms and won't come out.

Cangheqin's expression changed, as if she wanted to call him back, but she thought of something, and retracted her raised hand.

"Taoist." Cang Qian saw everything in his eyes, almost suspecting that he was wrong, he actually saw a trace of hesitation and a trace of confusion on this expressionless face.

Why?Is it about this little snake?

After only a momentary trance, the Taoist priest returned to his original state, looked over, and repeated: "I hope you will not regret it in the future."

Cang Qian's heart skipped a beat, and he looked down at the little snake. This was the second time the Taoist priest had said this to him.regret?regret what?Was it too close to this little snake?

But where is it his turn to regret?In my own life, if I have someone close to me who is not afraid of this, it will be a blessing in this life's misfortune.He was only afraid of being regretted by others, so how could he have the right to regret it?

Zilin suddenly swam out from Cang Qian's arms and asked, "Taoist, what do you mean by that?"

But Cangheqin didn't speak anymore, and left the room alone.The little snake was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly followed.

Cangheqin entered another room, and was about to close the door, but the door was blocked by a white hand. Zilin, who had turned into a boy, followed in, and asked: "What do you mean by that?" What's the meaning?"

The Taoist priest was silent for a long time, but only said: "You are too close to him."

Zilin was stunned when he heard the words, and hesitated: "I'm just a snake, so it's okay?" He didn't turn into a human shape for a long time. On the one hand, it was hindered by his injured foot, and on the other hand, he turned into a snake. Accompanied by Cang Qian, you can have less scruples.

He naturally remembered what the Taoist said before, not to be too involved with that child, but it is not easy for him to let him go and ignore Cang Qian after being with him these days, so he came up with such a compromise .

Cangheqin said coldly: "You seem to care too much about him."

Zi Lin was taken aback for a moment, then understood what he meant, and frowned: "What are you talking about! He is only a seven or eight-year-old boy, do you think... think..." His face flushed.

Although he had thought a little bit about the person in front of him, he wouldn't be so hungry to tease the young Cang Qian.

He is not a beast!

Cangheqin lowered her eyes and said in a calm tone, "It's not about you."

Zilin choked, suspecting that he had heard it wrong, and couldn't help laughing out loud for a while: "Smelly Taoist priest, I never knew you were so good at thinking. He is a child, to a snake?" Shaking his head, he sighed He smiled and said, "Have you been cultivating the Tao for a long time, have you even forgotten the ways of the world? He just regards me as a spiritual pet who can accompany him. Which child would be tempted by his own kitten and puppy?"

Looking at the Taoist priest's expressionless face, he laughed and said, "You have been so bad-tempered these past few days and treated him so coldly. Is it because I treat him better than you?"

Cang Heqin reprimanded coldly: "You're talking nonsense again."

"It's a pity that I was kind to you before, but you didn't appreciate it. I was kind to you when I was a child, and he was very useful." Seeing the Taoist's eyes were ice-cold, his face sank, and he said quickly: "Okay, I'm just joking! Big deal After sending him to Mount Ya, we will stay away from him and never show up again." When he has entered the teacher's school and has a support, he will no longer need to look after him like this, and presumably there will be no troubles.

Cangheqin was silent for a moment, then suddenly flicked her sleeve, and the door opened in response, the intention to see off the guest was self-evident.

Zi Lin smiled and walked out leisurely.

He watched the snake demon leave, and stood in the room for a long time, slowly pressing his hands on his chest.What the snake demon said is not unreasonable, but can everything be controlled like this?Recently, he has occasionally been in a trance a few times, which has already made him faintly feel that something is wrong.At this time, are they still the hand that moves the fate here, or have they been dragged into the fate of the sky without knowing it?

Everything is unknown.

For the current plan, the only way is to break through this situation in advance.Once this matter is completed, even if there are various changes, what is there to be afraid of!

Cangheqin's eyes froze, and she immediately sat on the couch, concentrating on concentration.

Zilin left from the Taoist priest, seeing the bright moonlight, his heart moved, he stretched out his sleeves, and a small thing rolled out of the sleeves, it was Zhiguo who had transformed into a human form earlier.

It has been more than half a month since I entered this place, and Zilin would let this little guy out to let the wind out every now and then, and absorb the essence of Yuehua by the way.The little guy couldn't speak yet, lying on the palm of Zilin, he turned over with his fingertips, snorted, and saw the milky white essence being sucked into his mouth one by one.There was a slight movement in Zilin's heart. It was also a realm opened up. In the cave, he would not generate energy, but here the energy flowed, which was comparable to the outside world.Why is this so?Could it be the reason for the soft smoke and red dust barrier?

After the Zhiguo was full, Zi Lin smiled and said: "Good boy, go to bed." Putting the little thing back into his sleeve, he went back to the room slowly.

He turned into a snake again, and slipped in through the edge of the window. Seeing the child still sitting at the table, he couldn't help being startled: "Ah Qian?"

☆、Chapter 23

The night was dark, but Cang Qian hadn't fallen asleep yet. Hearing the noise, he raised his eyes and looked up. His eyes were as clear as water, and the candlelight in them flickered and lit up.

"Why aren't you sleeping?" The little snake swam up to the table.

Cang Qian's lips moved, but no sound came out.Zilin raised his head to watch his expression carefully, and suddenly said: "Are you waiting for me?"

The child nodded, the tense expression on his face relaxed slightly, obviously afraid that the little snake would never return.

Zilin was angry and funny, followed Cang Qian's extended hand, climbed onto his arm, and sighed: "I won't leave suddenly, didn't I promise to accompany you to Yashan."

Cang Qian paused for a moment, then opened his mouth: "What about after going up Yashan?"

After going up Mount Ya... The little snake thought about the conversation with the Taoist just now, and suddenly felt a little guilty, and he hesitated.

Cang Qian raised his arms, stared straight at the little snake in front of him, and said, "You promised me that if I need you, you will always be with me."

His tone was too serious, so serious that Zilin couldn't be perfunctory. After thinking for a while, he slowly swam towards Cang Qian's shoulder, curled up, and said in a low voice: "A Qian, do you want to practice Taoism?"

Cang Qian nodded without hesitation: "Aunt said, if I have cultivated the ability to penetrate the heavens and penetrate the earth, I will be able to control my own destiny, so I won't..." He didn't continue, but there was loneliness in his eyes color.

An eight-year-old child, the eyes of ordinary children still have innocence, but he is already a cold one.

Zilin has witnessed how he suffered cold stares and felt heartbroken, so he can naturally understand the meaning of his words and the thoughts in his heart.Throat couldn't help astringent, and it took a long time before he opened his mouth and said, "That's right, Ah Qian will definitely become a powerful person in the future."

Hearing this, Cang Qian's eyes were soft: "Do you think so too?"

Zilin nodded without hesitation: "Naturally." He said again: "It's just that cultivating the Tao is hard, and Yashan is a place where spiritual energy gathers. I can't go up a demon snake." At this time, no blood contract was formed with him, I can't go with him.

Cang Qian's eyes dimmed, and he whispered: "Is that so?" The drooping eyebrows cast fine shadows, covering the loneliness in his eyes.

Little Snake couldn't see his expression, so he said hastily: "Although I can't be by your side, I won't be too far away. If you really want to see me, there is still a chance."

He comforted the child again, seeing that his expression was a little pale, he hurriedly urged him to go to bed.

Cang Qian nodded obediently, and lay down obediently. After a day of running around, he was already extremely tired, and soon fell asleep.

Zilin was entrenched on his chest, having slept enough during the day, but he was not so sleepy at this time, and he couldn't help but think of the Taoist's words in his mind.

The child slept soundly, his eyelids were closed heavily, his two even eyebrows were slightly relaxed, showing a bit of the immature look that should be at this age, no matter how you looked at it, he still looked like a child.Although he didn't take the Taoist priest's nonsense seriously, Ah Qian did rely on him very much, and being too involved with him might be bad for him.

After thinking about it, Zi Lin felt that it was a difficult situation, so he made up his mind and said: I will accompany him all the way, when he has a support, it will not be too late for me to leave.

After making such a decision, he felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so he slipped into Cang Qian's arms, and fell asleep comfortably under his warm body temperature.Early the next morning, he followed him on the road again.

Traveling day and night like this, they walked for more than a month and entered Yuzhou. Cangheqin took them to the waterway.As soon as the Taoist got on the boat, he closed the door and went into meditation, leaving only the little snake and Cang Qian, one snake and one snake.

The little snake rubbed against the crack of the door, and found that the Taoist priest had put the restraint, swam back resentfully, and turned to look for Cang Qian.He is a naturally rambunctious character, he ate and lived with this child, traveled with him, and when he stayed in the territory of the Nine Heavens School, his relationship with him became deeper and deeper.

Cangheqin had already lifted the restriction on the door the day before, and Zilin was delighted to see him come out, so she rushed into his arms, was rolled up by the Taoist priest's sleeve, and fell into his sleeve again.He turned around in his sleeves in a daze, only then remembered that a Taoist priest is not Cang Qian, but he forgot.At this moment, I don't have time to worry about these things, I just asked repeatedly: "Has your cultivation recovered? Can you use spells?"

"But it still lacks some heat, and it's not comfortable enough."

If you want to break through this situation, it will take some more time. "That's all." Looking at the boundless mountains in the distance, he said calmly, "Send him to Yashan first."

Zilin slipped out of his sleeve, sighed and said, "I have to do this first."

After sailing for half a day, the boat docked at a pier. It was not far from here to Jiuxiao, and it was only half a day's journey.Naturally, Cangheqin would not stop, and walked towards the foot of the mountain.

Zi Lin stayed on Cang Qian's shoulder, looking at the rocks that were getting closer and closer, and thought: The last time I came with Taoist priests, in order to avoid being hunted down, I didn't take this road, I didn't expect this side to be so beautiful.

At the end of spring and the beginning of summer, the mountains and forests are lush, thousands of rocks are competing for beauty, and thousands of ravines are competing for flow, which is full of vitality.Seeing something interesting, Zi Lin hurriedly greeted Cang Qian to take a look: "A Qian, do you think that rock looks like a figure sitting cross-legged!"

Normally, the child would definitely answer him, but at this time, he didn't hear his voice.Zilin turned his head and saw Cang Qian buried in his head on his way. He was shocked to realize that Cang Qian had been silent a lot since he got ashore.

How Zi Lin didn't know, it must be parting soon, the child felt sad.However, he has always been sensible, he only kept these thoughts in his heart, and he didn't say a word to trouble others.

"A Qian, A Qian..." Zi Lin called him in a low voice, and leaned close to his cheek, "I'll wait for you at the foot of the mountain, and when you succeed in cultivating the Tao, I..." Just about to comfort him, he suddenly heard a sharp shout: "careful!"

Before he came back to his senses, he felt a violent shaking and fell down involuntarily.

"A Lin!" Cang Qian grabbed him.

Zilin was protected by Cang Qian in his arms, and he felt dizzy and jolted for a while, not knowing what happened.

Cang Qian groaned in pain, but the jolting stopped, and Zi Lin poked his head out vigorously. It turned out that his feet had collapsed, and Cang Qian rolled him down with him.Taking a closer look, he was frightened out of his wits, a vine penetrated Cang Qian's left shoulder, hanging him in the air.

The vine seemed to be a living thing, twisting and sucking blood.Cang Qian's left shoulder was pierced by it, and only a few traces of blood spattered out, and the blood that flowed out was swallowed up by it.

Cang Qian groaned, and said in a trembling voice: "A Lin, I can't catch you anymore." His voice was very low, cold sweat dripped down his pale face.Seeing that his lips were turning pale, Zilin felt the fingers holding her were cold, and gradually lost strength. She quickly swam along his wrist to his shoulder, and said repeatedly: "It's okay, I'm fine. How are you?"

Looking down, he took a deep breath.Cang Qian's whole body was hung by this vine, there was a huge pit under his feet, countless vines were wriggling underneath, and several vines were dancing, as if they were eager to try the prey in the air, and they had the momentum to come up to share the food.

How could there be such a blood-devouring monster in Yashan?If you fall into the pit of this vine demon...

Zi Lin felt cold all over, looked sideways, Cang Qian's eyelids drooped, and his face was completely devoid of blood.Zilin called him again and again, but he didn't respond. He knew that he had lost too much blood and his consciousness was blurred, so he couldn't wait any longer.

Zi Lin rushed up, sharp teeth pierced the vine fiercely, injected snake venom, tore it into two pieces, and Cang Qian's body suddenly fell down.Several vines seemed to smell the smell of blood, and rolled upwards, seeing that Cang Qian was about to fall into it.

"A Qian!" A black shadow rushed over suddenly, but it was a huge python, several feet long, its tail swept wildly, tearing the vines to shreds.

However, countless vines came upon hearing the sound.Zilin's scale armor is hard, and it can be blocked for a while, but there are so many vines, they come continuously, making people very annoying.

Zi Lin protected Cang Qian by his side and tore apart all the vines that approached. However, those broken vines fell into the soil, and after a while a new vine was formed, and more and more vines came.

"Ah!" There was a pain in the tail, but I didn't know when it was entangled by heavy vines and couldn't move.Zilin was horrified to find that more and more vines were entangled, as if to wrap him up.

Just at this moment, a strong force came through the air, chopped all the vines beside him, Cang Heqin held a sharp blade, and chopped the surrounding vines into powder.

"Taoist!" Zilin felt relieved and shouted.

Cangheqin fell into the pit, looking at the unconscious Cangqian, his face was terribly gloomy.

"What is this?"

"A mere vine demon has become such a big climate."

Zilin was surprised: "How can there be such a powerful monster in the land of Yashan?"

Cang Heqin withdrew her eyes from Cang Qian, and said nothing.

Zilin was shocked by his cold gaze, and his heart sank suddenly, knowing that this was another catastrophe for Cang Qianying.

"That's all." The Taoist shook his head, stopped talking, and carefully looked at the huge pit.

Those vines seemed to be wise, knowing that the Taoist priest in white was not easy to provoke, they didn't rush up like before, but entangled with each other, turning into countless thick vines, surrounding the two of them like a snake live.

"Small tricks!" Cang Heqin scolded coldly, clenched her palms, and concentrated her spiritual power in her palms, and opened a hole in the huge vines that enveloped them.

Zilin only felt his body lighten, and he could not help but transform into a human form, and he heard the Taoist priest's usual indifferent voice: "Take him away first." Together with Cang Qian, he was sent out of the huge pit by the Taoist priest.

Zi Lin turned his head and saw that the figure of the Taoist priest had been submerged by countless giant vines, he couldn't help trembling in his heart, and roared: "Taoist priest—"

The huge pit suddenly collapsed again, and countless earth and stones fell down. Zi Lin's feet were soft, and he couldn't tolerate any further delay.

The vine demon seemed unwilling, and a few vines chased after it, scaring the little snake.

With Cang Qian on his back, Zi Lin didn't even bother to identify the direction, and ran forward even rolling and crawling.After running for an unknown amount of time, the woods gradually thinned out, his feet were soft, and he rolled on the ground, ignoring the pain in his feet, he struggled to get up, and rushed to Cang Qian who fell aside.

"Aqian!"

Cang Qian's complexion was snow-white, his breathing was weak, and the wound on his shoulder began to ooze blood again.

Seeing that the vines didn't come after them, Zilin must have run out of its territory, so he breathed a sigh of relief, seeing Cang Qian's appearance, he sighed sadly again.He tore off the hem of his clothes and bandaged his wound.

Looking around, the surrounding fields are silent and empty.He cared about the Taoist priest in his heart, and wanted to go back, but he knew rationally that the most important thing right now was Cang Qian.The most urgent task is to quickly find a place to treat Ah Qian's injuries.If he can quickly find Jiuxiao, Cang Qian will be saved, and then he will come back to find the Taoist...

Thinking of this, he lightly touched Cang Qian's face, and called out: "A Qian, hold on." He put him on his back again, and groped forward unsteadily.After walking for a while, Zilin felt his hands and feet were soft and his mouth was dry.He is not like the Taoist priest, who has already used his spiritual power, turned into a giant snake in a hurry, and has exhausted his accumulated spiritual power. Now he is like an ordinary person, carrying a child on his back, running and running away All the way, I was so tired that I was out of breath.

What made him even more flustered was that the child's face was leaning against his neck, it was frighteningly cold, and his breathing became weaker and weaker.

"Ah Qian, don't scare me..." Zilin said with a trembling voice, feeling the dampness on his back, his heart sank suddenly, and he carefully put the child down on his back, and what he saw was a shocking puddle. blood.

The bleeding didn't stop, the wound was still oozing blood, and the child's skirt was also stained red.

Zilin's feet softened, and he fell to the ground, shaking his hands to press the wound, regretting for the first time that he was half-hearted and not doing his job properly. If he could practice hard, he would not have fallen into such a situation with half the ability of that Taoist priest.

If there is something wrong with Ah Qian...

It seemed that a hand had clenched his heart tightly, making him unable to breathe.If something unexpected happens here, then he, Cang Qian, and that... Taoist priest...

Zi Lin took a breath, seemed to have recovered, and whispered: "I won't let you have trouble..."

He lowered his head, felt Cang Qian's cold lips, and with a slight effort, he transferred a snake bead to the child.That snake bead absorbed all of his energy, so it can naturally maintain Cang Qian's life.

After doing all this, Zilin felt very tired and wanted to close his eyes and sleep for a while.He cheered himself up, put Cang Qian on his back again, and continued to search for the Jiuxiao Mountain Gate that disappeared without a trace.

After an unknown amount of time, he fell heavily to the ground again.

"It's okay, let's continue walking." Zilin comforted the child behind him, trying to get up, but felt that he couldn't use any strength.

"What's going on?" Zilin became anxious.

"So it's here." Suddenly, I heard a clear voice. When I first heard it, it was still far away, but suddenly it was close in front of me.

Zilin raised his head, and suddenly saw a young man standing in front of him with a raccoon cat in his arms, raising his eyebrows.

☆、Chapter 24

The boy looked young, and the coercion emanating from his body made Zilin suffocate, and subconsciously became alert.

"Scared you?" The boy smiled kindly, leaned over slightly, and looked at the child behind Zilin. "Tsk", "The situation is a little bit bad."

Zi Lin bowed his head, the boy was right, at this time Cang Qian was hanging his life with only one snake bead.

"Interesting and interesting, this child has a special fate, he was born to practice Taoism." The boy was amazed.

Zilin saw that he was not very old, but he spoke with a bit of old-fashioned taste, so he couldn't help but feel weird.

The young man smiled and said: "Pin Dao's divination today, if you go down this Yanzi slope, you will take in a disciple..."

Hearing that he called himself a "poor Taoist", Zilin was obviously a monk in the mountain, and when he heard him say "accepting disciples", his heart was moved, and he had a bold guess, and hurriedly said: "Who are you?"

"Pindao is just an idle monk in this mountain."

"Are you... Yu Qingzi?"

The boy raised his eyebrows in surprise, and said with a smile, "You actually recognize me?"

Zilin jumped up when he heard the words: "You are really Yuqingzi!" A cloud of doubts in his heart was unraveled. The Taoist said that his master picked him up at the foot of Yashan Mountain, so it seems that it is true.Unexpectedly, the "master" in the Taoist priest's mouth actually gave birth to a young boy.She couldn't help but beam with joy: "Master Taoist, save your disciple quickly!"

"You are... interesting." Yu Qingzi smiled, "When did I say that I would take him as an apprentice?"

The little snake was stunned for a while, looked at Cang Qian, then at the young man, and said anxiously: "But, Ah Qian, he really should worship you as his teacher!"

There was a coldness in my heart: how could this be?Could it be because he was involved in it that things changed?

The young man was busy stroking the civet cat in his arms, and gave a vague "huh". Seeing that the snake demon's face changed from joy to panic, he said slowly: "It's not wrong to accept him as a disciple." Yes, but you can't follow him up Mount Ya."

Zilin felt relieved when he heard the words, he didn't intend to go up the mountain at first, so he quickly replied: "Naturally."

"Hmm..." Yu Qingzi patted the big cat in his arms, and the cat meowed reluctantly and jumped out of his arms. "There is one more thing, you need to promise me."

"Master, please tell me."

"From now on, you can no longer have anything to do with him."

Zi Lin was startled, a little confused.

Yu Qingzi's always smiling face showed a bit of solemnity: "Otherwise, if he dies sooner or later, he will be dead, and I don't have to spend any more effort to save him."

Zilin was startled when he heard the words, the young man's words made him turn pale: "I approach him, will he... die?"

Yuqingzi just shook his head: "Don't say too much."

After a pause, he asked, "How, have you figured it out? Do you want me to accept him as a disciple?"

Zi Lin looked at the children beside him, and sighed deeply: "I promise you, please ask the Taoist priest to heal Cang Qian."

"Okay." Yuqingzi said briskly, then smiled again, and called, "Li Huaer."

The big cat rolled on the spot and turned into a mount. Yu Qingzi picked up Cang Qian from the ground and placed it on the back of the mount. With a flick of his sleeve, a gleam of light fell towards him. The little snake reached out to take it, and it was him. The snake bead passed to Cang Qian.

Yuqingzi nodded to him: "This thing is still useful to you, you keep it for yourself, don't forget what you said." Then he sighed: "Go, you are not one of them..." The meaning in the words , seems to have seen through everything.

Sigh curled up.

Zilin only felt that the surrounding environment was rippling away like water, and after the sighing sound went away, the scene was still the same, and Cang Qian and Yu Qingzi had disappeared.

Zilin stood in a state of despair for a while, then suddenly shivered, thinking: "By the way, I still want to find a Taoist priest."

Yu Qingzi said that he could no longer get close to Cang Qian, so what about Taoist priests?The fate of the two of them is in the same line, does it mean that I should stay as far away from them as possible.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case.It seems that nothing good has happened to them since they met.Did the Taoist already know about this, so he repeatedly warned him not to get too close to Cang Qian?

But he didn't take it seriously, that's why Cang Qian was in danger again and again, and now even the Taoist priest is still alive or dead.

Should he still go to him?

He hesitated in his heart, he couldn't help but hesitated, and dawdled into the dense forest.Thinking of the thrilling scene when he left, he couldn't help gritting his teeth. No matter what, he had to see with his own eyes that the Taoist priest was fine.

Now that he has made up his mind, he let go of his worries and stepped up to the way he came.

Zilin slowed down, and logically, he should have reached the area where he was in danger just now. Looking around, the mountain and rock that looked like a person sitting cross-legged was facing each other far away.But that huge pit has never been seen, not only that, the forest is completely silent, and no movement can be heard.Neither the vine demon nor the Taoist priest were to be seen.

That life-and-death struggle disappeared like a dream.

"Taoist—" Zilin wandered around for a long time, his heart beating wildly, and he couldn't help shouting.All he answered was silence.

"Taoist—" He didn't give up, and ran and shouted in the dense forest over and over again. After some time, he finally realized that the Taoist was no longer here.

Zilin was in a daze, and stood there for a long time, not knowing where to go, so he simply sat down.His feet hurt, his throat hurts, and his whole body hurts so badly that he can't walk or shout now.

Forget it, before he met the Taoist priest, he lived a happy life alone.Maybe when he wakes up, he will come out of this soft smoke and red dust barrier!

After all, the Taoist said that this magic weapon cannot trap them for a long time.

But where did the priest go?The blood contract is still there, but he has no sense of it. Since entering this "territory", the blood contract between him and the Taoist priest has lost its effect. I don't know if it is because of the magic weapon.

He was thinking about it in a daze, and suddenly felt a chill all over his body, and when he raised his head suddenly, a heavy snow fell in the sky.

Zi Lin was dumbfounded, shivered suddenly, and stood up quickly.Are you kidding me, this season is obviously summer!He looked around, but what he saw was a gloomy, winter scene.

"This is... what's going on?" Zilin was completely confused, looking into the distance, it was still the familiar rock - he hadn't moved at all.

However, he couldn't allow him to think too much. At this moment, the sky was freezing and the snow was falling heavily. He was a snake demon without spiritual protection, so he was not as good as an ordinary person.After barely walking a few steps, he felt his hands and feet were stiff, sleepy and tired, he fell headfirst, and he sank into the darkness completely.

The heavy snow rustled down, and after a while, a thin layer fell on him.At this moment, the boy's sleeve moved, and a round thing rolled out of it, turning into a fist-sized doll, sitting up dazedly against a cluster of snow.

It first looked left and right, saw the comatose young man, seemed anxious, said "hmm" twice, reached out and tugged on the young man's sleeve, as if wanting to move him a bit, but the young man didn't move at all.

The doll was even more anxious, snuggling up against the young man's face, suddenly a faint glow shrouded the young man in it, the snowflakes disappeared above the glow before it fell on the young man, as if trying to block the severe cold invasion.

After a stalemate for a while, the doll also seemed to be tired, and the glow became smaller and dimmed.It was even more anxious and kept humming.

Suddenly, the cry stopped, and after a while, the cry became louder and more urgent.It rushed towards a place suddenly, rolled and ran, and bumped into a pair of plain white boots.

The owner of the pair of white boots suddenly stopped.

The baby reached out and grabbed the hem of the man, met the familiar and unfamiliar cold eyes, trembled, eagerly said "hmm" twice, and tugged at the comatose young man with all his strength.

The man waved his sleeve lightly, and the doll turned into a sesame fruit again, which he put in his sleeve.

Walking forward, the unconscious boy's silk clothes were like water, his black hair was winding, and his eyes were picturesque, just like when he first saw him.

When Zilin woke up, he was a little confused for a while.He hadn't recovered from the severe cold attack, and blinked his eyes slowly.Realizing that I was not frozen back into a snake by the sudden cold, I was very grateful.

There was a soft "beep" in the ear, followed by a sense of warmth.The warm flames were dancing, coupled with the robe covering his body, he felt the comfort he had not seen for a long time.

Sitting up with the robe tightly hugging his chest, Zi Lin looked sideways. The man was sitting by the fire, stirring the firewood, leaving him with a tall and straight back.

The back was so familiar, Zilin felt his heart beating, and just as he was about to blurt out the word "Taoist", the man had already heard the movement and turned around.

Zilin met his eyes, his heart skipped a beat, his lips parted, he swallowed those two words, his face