Master on the side of the road, don't pick it up

After the catastrophe, the small secret realm is suspended in the four directions, forming its own set of rules, which can no longer be subdued by the monks of the deity level. It will automatically isolate the external consciousness and cut off its communication water mirror, forming an independent secret realm.

Shen Zhexue likes to do small secret realm tasks.

Although the spiritual power will be restricted for a limited time, without Tai Qingzong's constant surveillance like a spider web, it seems to have regained the long-lost freedom.

During this trip to Taoling Secret Realm, he has two missions.

Expand the other half of the map to purify the land eroded by evil currents. The second is to secretly protect the leaders of the sect and guard against evil cultivators causing chaos during the trial.

Now he has turned into a young man, using the wood spirit root Lexiu "Xue Sheng" as a cover to facilitate his actions.

The long zither in his arms was bought temporarily in the market, it is not considered a high-grade spiritual weapon, there is a thin and short crack on the body of the zither, which is invisible to the eye, but because of this, it has been a long time since he was able to find a buyer.

Shen Zhexue saw that the zither was simple in style, and the wood used for the frame of the board contained wood spirits, which matched his pretended spiritual roots, so she bought it.

Although the zither looks clumsier than the guqin, it is as light as nothing when held in the arms.

The sky is high and the clouds are clear, and the mountain breeze is refreshing, making people feel refreshed.

Shen Zhexue's footsteps couldn't help being brisk, and the scattered black hair rose and fell with the wind.

Seeing this, Yuan Xiyan couldn't help but smiled and said: "It is said that the monks of the wood spirit root are close to nature, and they are the spiritual roots of natural fortune. When I saw it today, it really lived up to its reputation."

Shen Zhexue also found that Yuan Xiyan in this secret realm was different from usual.

In the past, when he was in class, he was unsmiling and almost solemn, and his stern look revealed an aura that strangers should not get close to. His master Xuan Qizi mentioned more than once that this son was stubborn and not good at communication, and he was afraid that he would suffer in the world of cultivation in the future.

The elders may be biased when looking at the younger generation. Shen Zhexue has never seen this kind of student. He is quiet and cautious in front of the teacher, but he is an optimistic chatterbox among his classmates.

However, Yuan Xiyan's temperament changed drastically after entering the secret realm, which was too abrupt.

"It's overrated." Shen Zhexue flipped her wrist, as if she had conjured up a cluster of lilies of the valley, with small bells and white flowers hanging from the branches, exquisite and delicate, "I see you off, I've been poisoned, it can be used to calm the mind."

"Thank you, senior brother." Yuan Xiyan played with the lily of the valley in his hand for a while, and put it in the jade pendant on his waist.

Qiao Tan puffed up his cheeks, "Brother, I also want to calm down."

Shen Zhexue turned into a moonlight flower, "Come on, give the little girl a round of moon, so that she can sleep well at night."

Suddenly there was a strong wind on the flat ground, rustling the branches and leaves.

Qiao Tan looked at Shi Yuan in surprise, "What's wrong with you?"

Shi Yuan: "Suddenly a little dry."

A group of five people successfully found Junjingshi and Hanxincao.

It was dusk, and although cultivators did not need to sleep, they harvested a lot during the day, so they did not plan to pick at night, but found a clean high ground to adjust their breath.

Shen Zhexue played them a little tune that nourished their bodies and minds, and everyone's minds were at peace, and their auras relaxed with their breaths.

Qiao Tan still kept the habit of staying at Beishan Academy, and she was not very able to stay up late. She fell asleep quickly wrapped in the soft mattress prepared in the spirit bag, but she adapted well at such a young age.

Leaning against an old tree and closing their eyes to rest on Tuesday, Shi Yuan and Yuan Xiyan meditated on the spot.

The mountains and fields were silent, and Shen Zhexue stood up silently while holding the strings of the zither with ten fingers.

He released his consciousness to find a nearby cave, raised his breath and jumped away.

After a while, Shi Yuan opened his clear eyes.

A branch of silver vine climbed up around his sword, and a clear ice flower bloomed beside the hilt.

There was a smile on Shi Yuan's lips, and he looked down at the light spot that lit up in the heart of the flower. The silvery white light spot seemed to have a spirituality.

Shi Yuan stretched out his hand and poked it lightly.

The light rapidly expanded in a circle, and Shen Zhexue's voice came at the same time: "What are you poking, the cave in the southwest, come quickly."

After sending the word, the silver wisteria withered in an instant.

Shi Yuan held the white light in his palm, and Yujian went to the southwest.

At night, the mountains and forests were full of dew, and Shen Zhexue lit a fire in the cave.

He still looked like a boy in the daytime, wearing a blue robe with a crane pattern, and his hanging hair covered the silver nails on his earbones.

The mushrooms he picked were placed on the bonfire in front of him, Shi Yuan passed through the spiritual screen at the entrance of the cave, and called out: "Master."

Shen Zhexue beckoned him to sit down, holding a bamboo branch neatly strung with mushrooms, and said, "Eat, eat, it's quite delicious."

A lot of grilled waste mushroom skewers were lost beside the cave.

Seeing Shiyuan, Shen Zhexue looked over there, "The mushrooms here are different from the ones I've seen before. They don't look poisonous, but if you eat them, you will see villains dancing."

Shi Yuan burst out laughing.

Shen Zhexue also smiled and said, "How did you recognize me? I look a few years younger than you, so you don't have to worry about mistaking Master."

Shi Yuan took a bite of the grilled mushroom and said slowly, "I won't admit my mistake." Then he asked, "Is this what Shizun looked like when he was young?"

"It's not bad, and I borrowed some other plants and trees, which seems to make it a little bit different from the human race."

Shen Zhexue said casually: "But I don't know that I grew up like this at my age, maybe I was malnourished and skinny at that time, otherwise why would there be no talent scouts to dig me out."

Shi Yuan seemed to be used to Master sometimes saying words that he didn't understand, and blurted out: "No, it's also very beautiful."

Shen Zhexue shook her head, "At that time, I didn't have to worry about these things. Although I didn't have to worry about eating, I still had to worry about whether I could continue studying and where to get the money for studying. What will the younger brothers and sisters in the yard do in the future? , those adopted children, have they been bullied and wronged again? Remembering the owed wages of the store owner, being chased away by the city management for singing on the street... writing "I hate this world" in the book every day... Now that I think about it, it is really true Secondary school, but it's also very real."

The warm orange light from the bonfire spread on the robes of the same color as the two of them.

Shi Yuan was silent for a moment, and said: "Master is not as good as me. I was living outside when I was six years old, and I was caught in an evil trend. Everyone shouted and beat me. Later, when I grew up, the breath of the evil trend faded away. Finally, I settled down after a few days. day."

His breath was steady and his tone was ordinary, "Later, I seemed to have provoked a bad sect and recognized a master. I don't know what he did to me, but I called him at night, holding a breath in my heart, as if What did he do that made me not want to forget even to die, but in the end I still forgot all of it, so it can be seen that that person can't do anything to me."

"Later, I almost died in the Demon Realm, and all my memories were scattered. The past became fragmented. I couldn't tell which things were true and which were false. But sometimes the pain, expulsion, and humiliation are so real .”

Shi Yuan looked at the orange fire dancing in front of his eyes, and said softly: "When I woke up, I saw Uncle Sui and Ning Chao. They told me that the woman who treated me lukewarmly before I was six years old and persuaded me to return from my lost way It's my mother, my father is the overlord of the demon world, my wife was infected with evil currents when she was pregnant, she predicted the way of heaven, and went far away, somehow, she gave birth to a freak..."

"Freak?" Shen Zhexue looked at him flatly, "Is that how you miss my apprentice?"

Shi Yuan's eyelashes trembled, and his Adam's apple rolled several times.

At the end, he said hoarsely: "The deal between the devil lord and his wife is my half-demon, half-immortal body."

The bonfire "cracked" and burst into a burst of light, Shi Yuan smiled wryly: "Master, I also thought that my mother left the devil world because of me, maybe she wanted to protect me, but on the night when the six-year-old evil lost control, she She drew the sword, but she never told me her identity, and later she abandoned me and persuaded me to become a saint... The evil current almost slaughtered a village, but fortunately it was controlled later, and I never saw her again."

"How do you control it?" Shen Zhexue asked.

"I jumped into the river." Shi Yuan said, "I went down the river and polluted a river and a lake. Later, I went all the way north and walked through the towns of the human world. On the way, I was captured by the demons and brought to the demon world. So there are Uncle Sui and Ning Chao."

He shook the bamboo stick in his hand, "They treated me very well. No one has ever treated me so well. If they had told me from the beginning that it would take three years to exchange theirs, I think I would be willing..."

The shadows of the two of them stretched very long on the cave wall.

He continued: "The lord of the demon world reincarnates every hundred years. The demon lord's life and soul are immortal, and the inherited memories come back again. However, the emperor descended in the past and predicted that the demon lord will be robbed in a thousand years. If he can't reincarnate smoothly, he will take his body away." parent and child."

Shen Zhexue then knew the cause and effect.

Ordinary demons can't contain the spirit of the demon master. It happened that the monk of Ruthless Dao wanted to use his strength to transform his feelings. The two conspired together to get what they needed.

"I've been waiting for those three years." Shi Yuan closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "I thought I could have enough patience, I've waited long enough, so I won't be too sad."

People are always trying to make peace with themselves.

Shen Zhexue thought: It doesn't matter if you cheat or persuade, you just want a reason.

Just like the brothers and sisters in the courtyard would imagine that there is a pair of parents who are struggling to find themselves.One must sometimes find a reason to live, or... find a reason to accept death meekly.

Shi Yuan was never reconciled, he didn't want to die worthless and be manipulated by others, he didn't want to end his life in such a sloppy way.

Then this life is too ridiculous, and what is even more ridiculous is that the demon master three years later will use his body, which will completely replace it.

From the beginning to the end, it was a conspiracy that was kept out of the matter.

Shen Zhexue suddenly understood why that place was called "Don't Turn Back".

Turning back is greedy for life.

"What happened later?" Shen Zhexue looked at him, "How did you come to Taiqingzong?"

Shi Yuan replied truthfully: "The seal of the demon lord has been sealed, and I am no longer under control. Don't turn around, all the spiritual arrays have been controlled by me. I locked up the cook, and Ning Chao fought me. I took the other I gave her a Lie Xing, all the little monsters were scared away by me, and Uncle Sui opened the door for me."

At that time, Old Gui stood in front of the threshold, silent for a long time, and finally said: "Go, little master. We shouldn't have met in the first place, don't look back, we shouldn't have existed in the first place."

"Then why do you want to come to me?" Shen Zhexue laughed at herself: "You saw it that day, my hair, I can manipulate evil currents, and I may even be the cause of the disaster. Zun is a crooked way..."

He repeated: "Why are you still here?"

Shi Yuan said: "One reason is that after I pretended to be erased by Emperor Taiqing, the people from Dizi Jiangxi came to the door again. Xiang Jun's case happened, I can't go to Dizi Jiangxi, there is nothing wrong with it. There are places to go."

"This doesn't count."

Shen Zhexue shook her head, "There is nowhere to go, and you will not come to vote for the Taiqing Sect. If your physique is discovered, you may not have been in the Taiqing Sect for three years."

Shi Yuan said calmly: "Also, I miss you very much."

Shen Zhexue was taken aback.

Shi Yuan continued: "I might hear your notoriety, but I don't believe that's what a soul wandering in this world would do..."

He raised his eyes, and the flames burned in his eyes, and said: "If you want to go back, I will look for it with you, Master."

Shen Zhexue saw the reflection of the fire in his eyes, under the light of the water, he had a different pulse.

"Give me a flower too, Master, I miss you very much."

The string in Shen Zhexue's hand strangled her fingertips.

He was silent, but he still stretched out his hand, and the silver vine edged his sleeve to climb.

The thin leaves stretch slowly, the branches spread, and a five-petal flower made of ice blooms on the branch.

Shi Yuan looked deeply at the flower.

He suddenly said: "Master...why is there a villain walking around in circles on the flower?"

Shen Zhexue was a little dazed:? ? ?

Shen Zhexue: ...

"You are poisoned by eating mushrooms!!"

"Pfft." Shi Yuan laughed out loud.

He wrapped the flower in a wind ball and said joyfully, "Thank you, Master."

Now Shen Zhexue saw that he was teasing herself.

The atmosphere calmed down for a while, the two of them ate grilled mushrooms, Shen Zhexue hesitated to speak, and finally said: "Shi Yuan..."

boom----!

"what happened?!"

After the huge roar, there was a violent earthquake and the mountains shook.

In the forest, birds were flying around, animals were in a hurry, followed by frequent shaking, people could hardly stand still.

The range of the tremor was so wide and the magnitude was so dramatic that it seemed that the entire secret realm was trembling three times.

The two master and apprentice looked at each other, waved their sleeves to put out the bonfire, and rushed out of the cave.