Chapter 1929 Soul Cultivation
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He took Yan Qingshan back to his cave. For the first time, Zhang Xiaohan brewed a cup of tea for Yan Qingshan. For the first time, the two sat down face to face, and seemed to be equal.
"A lot of things have happened over the years. I originally left you in Black Miasma Mountain to practice in order to have a good environment. Later, many things have happened, and I am increasingly afraid to face the past." Zhang Xiaohan took the tea and took a sip.
Yan Qingshan also held the teacup and seemed to have taken a big sip without getting used to it.
"I have never wanted to mention the past, nor do I want to mention it. It seems that I can forget it if I don't mention it." Zhang Xiaohan didn't know how to turn the topic to what she wanted to say.
"If Boss Zhang has any instructions, just say it directly. Although I have a physical body, my soul is still a puppet of Boss Zhang. If Boss Zhang violates his instructions, Boss Zhang can do whatever he wants." After Yan Qingshan said a few words, the sentence became more smooth.
Zhang Xiaohan shook her head and wanted to say that she didn't mean that, but she thought that she had control over Yan Qingshan in the past and now she had no restraints, so it would be meaningless to say this.
"Okay, I'm so kind, I'm not used to it either," Zhang Xiaohan simply stopped beating around the bush, "You know your father, Yan Dao has also ascended to the upper realm."
Zhang Xiaohan said as he observed Yan Qingshan's expression, Yan Qingshan shook his head: "I don't know."
Zhang Xiaohan was stunned: "You haven't left here over the years, haven't you inquired about the lower nine realms?"
Yan Qingshan still shook his head: "I have never left the cave when I came back from Xihai."
Zhang Xiaohan was stunned. No one imprisoned Yan Qingshan. How could Yan Qingshan stay in the cave?
"Why? Who doesn't let you leave?" she asked subconsciously.
A strange expression finally appeared on Yan Qingshan's face: "No, but did Boss Zhang say that I would allow me to leave?"
Zhang Xiaohan felt a little confused. Of course, she had never said this, but she had never said that she wanted to lock Yan Qingshan up.
After a silence in the cave, Zhang Xiaohan thought about what happened before and after returning from Xihai. He seemed to understand a little, and then asked: "Where did anyone tell you before and after you got this body?"
Yan Qingshan was silent and said, "Senior Jian asked me not to violate Boss Zhang."
Zhang Xiaohan understood that this was a simple approach.
"What are your plans now?" Zhang Xiaohan knew the causes and consequences, so he had no worries.
"What?" Yan Qingshan didn't understand.
"I mean, now you know that your father has also ascended, what are your plans?" Zhang Xiaohan explained.
Yan Qingshan's eyes showed confusion: "My father?" He slowly repeated, "In my heart, I have no father anymore."
Zhang Xiaohan looked at Yan Qingshan. His current appearance had no similarity to Yan Dao. I am afraid that Yan Dao would not recognize him even if he stood in front of Yan Dao, but he was Yan Dao's son after all, so he had the right to know this.
"When you were in the lower realm, Yan Dao was the leader of the Xuanzhen Sect. You already knew this. No matter why Yan Dao asked you to practice evil skills, it would be sad to know the news of your death." Zhang Xiaohan said softly.
Yan Qingshan frowned slightly and did not respond to Zhang Xiaohan's words. Zhang Xiaohan then took the main point of what Yan Dao did, trying to stand from an objective perspective without any of his own opinions. Yan Qingshan listened silently until Zhang Xiaohan finished speaking.
"I'm telling you this just to let you understand what your father has done. What ordinary people think is not important. Maybe one day you will suddenly stand in front of your father. I just hope you understand him, at least know what the person standing in front of you has done." Zhang Xiaohan said carefully.
Yan Qingshan looked at Zhang Xiaohan and was slightly puzzled: "What will Boss Zhang do when he hopes I will see him?"
Zhang Xiaohan was stopped and she didn't think of this at all.
Looking at Yan Qingshan carefully, his eyes were clear with a bloodthirsty cruelty. Apart from this cruelty, he looked very simple. Zhang Xiaohan suddenly remembered that Yan Qingshan was actually ignorant of the world. When he was young, he was sent underground to practice evil skills, and then he was locked in the soul banner. The bloodthirsty in his bones probably weakened after passing through the underworld.
After obtaining this body, Yan Dao could not be without any precautions. Because of the soul banner, it was difficult for him to go against his own ideas. Therefore, he was in seclusion in the cave for thousands of years without summoning him, and did not understand his intention to introduce Yan Dao to him.
"It depends on your own." Zhang Xiaohan thought for a while.
Yan Qingshan was puzzled for a while and nodded.
"I have a question. I want to ask you, do you still remember the days in the soul banner." Zhang Xiaohan said while carefully observing Yan Qingshan's expression.
"Remember." Yan Qingshan nodded, as if that period of time did not bring him any bad memories.
Zhang Xiaohan had a headache. Yan Qingshan was very unfamiliar to her now. She couldn't find the feeling she used to feel in him, just like a stranger. She didn't know how to ask what she wanted to ask.
Zhang Xiaohan was bored and didn't want to ask about these things anymore, so he said, "You have been in seclusion for so long, and it's time to go out for a walk. If you look for Mu Jin, Song Chensha can do it. Learn about the Nine Realms and what training materials are needed. Just tell them directly - Forget it, I'll find Mu Jin and let him lead you to familiarize yourself with the Nine Realms. When will you want to ascend, make your own decision."
Yan Qingshan nodded and looked at Zhang Xiaohan, as if she was still waiting for something Zhang Xiaohan told him. Zhang Xiaohan sighed in her heart. She really didn't understand what Yan Qingshan was thinking now, so she took out the notes and said a few words and threw them out.
"Boss Zhang wants to give me freedom?" Yan Qingshan finally said something to cheer up Zhang Xiaohan.
"If I gave you freedom, what would you do?" Zhang Xiaohan asked, staring at Yan Qingshan's eyes.
Yan Qingshan thought for a while: "I thought about killing you after I had freedom." Zhang Xiaohan was not surprised when he heard this.
"Later, it seemed that this idea was less when it appeared, especially when you just came in and out of the Demon Blade Sword." Yan Qingshan looked a little dazed, as if he was recalling the past.
Zhang Xiaohan smiled bitterly in his heart, knowing that Yan Qingshan had been imprisoned for a long time, probably some of it? Stockholm syndrome.
"Later, I had a body and could be a monk again. Senior Jian told me that everything I had was given to me by Boss Zhang. My life, body, I can't betray you in this life. All I can do is to practice and improve my cultivation to protect Boss Zhang. I have been waiting for Boss Zhang to summon me." Yan Qingshan spoke very slowly, but his words were organized, as if these ideas were already deeply rooted.
"So what are your thoughts now?" Zhang Xiaohan asked.
Yan Qingshan's expression was a little confused, as if he didn't understand what Zhang Xiaohan meant.
"I mean, these are all your previous thoughts. After that, I will give you freedom." Zhang Xiaohan said again.
"What do I want to do freely?" Yan Qingshan shook his head, "If I kept following you, wouldn't your appearance be like this?"
I don’t know if it was an illusion, but Zhang Xiaohan saw a little bit of self-blame in Yan Qingshan’s eyes. She stared at Yan Qingshan in a daze. The conversation was completely beyond her expectations. Yan Qingshan’s thoughts were like this.
"Oh, no, this is not a matter of whether anyone is following me or not." Zhang Xiaohan said hastily, "This is an accident."
Yan Qingshan didn't say anything more.
"I don't want to stay in the cave anymore. Can I follow you in the future?" Yan Qingshan said suddenly.
"I won't leave Black Miasma Mountain for the time being. If you want, you can." Zhang Xiaohan thought about it, but did not refuse, and then stood up, "Don't always be in the cave."
Yan Qingshan nodded and stood up.
Saying these few words to Yan Qingshan made Zhang Xiaohan even more tired. He wanted to know what Yan Qingshan thought when he was in the soul banner, but he didn't expect that he would feel like this after the conversation. After sending Yan Qingshan out of the cave, Zhang Xiaohan walked back and forth a few steps.
Soul cultivation, the temptation of soul cultivation was too great. She clenched her hands tightly and loosened, and she couldn't make up her mind.
She didn't want to ask Zhuge Yiji about her opinion, and she also knew Zhuge Yiji's choice. In the future, she would help Zhuge Yiji reshape her body like Yan Qingshan. Before this, it was her own choice.
Hesitation is actually a choice, but just a delay. It seems that every time you delay for a while, something unexpected happens. Zhang Xiaohan finally did not enter the soul banner again.
At night, the Black Miasma Mountain was particularly quiet, and it had been turned into a forbidden area. Except for the full moon night, only Mu Jin and Song Chensha could enter. After Yan Qingshan left, only Zhang Xiaohan was the only one here.
This is not a full moon night. Zhang Xiaohan stood by the pool and was silent for a long time. Finally, she sacrificed the soul banner. She has owned the soul banner for nearly ten thousand years and has always used the soul banner like a soul-catching banner. She always thought that soul cultivation was a kind of spiritual consciousness that was stronger than ordinary monks. She had such a treasure and such an identity, but she never knew how to use it.
After knowing, she was worried and hesitant again and again, as if walking on thin ice. Just because she knew that she would fall into the abyss by walking a wrong step. She had no way to learn from it, nor could she drag anyone into the same situation as her. Everything she did was closer to a big bet.
The night was already deep, and Zhang Xiaohan stood by the pool for a long time. Finally, he let go of his hand and let the soul banner float in front of him. The "Soul Cultivation" technique ran rapidly, and the soul power born different from spiritual power surged into the soul banner. Gradually, a dark passage appeared, and the soul banner was in the center of the passage. Zhang Xiaohan reached out and grabbed the soul banner, and the powerful suction force pulled her body into the passage.
Zhang Xiaohan has not passed through the space channel at once, but he never felt so safe in his heart. This is the space channel stimulated by her own soul power. As long as she has sufficient soul power, the channel will be absolutely safe.
How could her soul power be insufficient? She has been practicing the "Soul Cultivation" technique since she became a monk. All the power she thought was to nourish her spiritual consciousness was to cultivate soul power. A sudden figure of Dong Xiao passed through her mind. Zhang Xiaohan frowned and had not thought about it anymore. It seemed as if she had reached the end of the passage.
A sudden lit up before her eyes, and Zhang Xiaohan stood steadily. Everything in her vision was familiar and unfamiliar. She was standing on a teleportation array.
She stepped down the teleportation array, and screams came from outside. Zhang Xiaohan slowly looked around. There was no change here from the last time he left.
Last time, she and Lan You and others entered the second floor along the stairs by the wall. At that time, she felt the strong attraction of this teleportation array, but finally chose the second floor. If she had stood in this teleportation array that time, wouldn't she have long understood the true meaning of soul cultivation?
Unfortunately, everything was over and there was no way to explore it, but today, she returned to the underworld again, to a place she thought she would not come again.
She calmed down and walked to the gate. When she approached the gate, the gate opened automatically. She saw Meilin at a glance.
After more than eight thousand years, there has been no trace on Meilin's face, but he obviously did not recognize Zhang Xiaohan and looked over in surprise and nervousness.
He was surrounded by the punishment, and he couldn't tell whether it was a punishment or a punishment, as if he was facing a great enemy.
Purple light slowly appeared on Zhang Xiaohan's body. Looking at the astonishment on Mei Lin's face, Zhang Xiaohan stepped out of the door.
"I haven't seen it for thousands of years, and Fellow Daoist Mei is still full of spirit." Zhang Xiaohan said slowly, listening to his old and hoarse voice, he smiled bitterly in his heart. With such a look and such a voice, could Meilin still recognize her without Ziguang?
"Boss Zhang?" Meilin hesitated.
"I left that day with Lan You, Yan Ru, Sheng Qiang, and there is also fellow Song Chensha, fellow Song, can fellow Mei have a day to come back?" Zhang Xiaohan took another step forward and slowly gathered the purple light.
"Boss Zhang is really shocking. Please forgive my rudeness. A few months ago, Zhang Xiaohan was still showing his power in the divine world." Before Mei Lin finished speaking, Zhang Xiaohan understood what he meant.
Zhang Xiaohan smiled: "This is my suddenness. I actually forgot that Fellow Daoist Mei has mastered everything in the five realms, although it is a little late."
Meilin then bowed: "Please, Boss Zhang."
Zhang Xiaohan took a few steps forward, turned back to look at the pagoda behind him, sighed slightly in his heart, and bowed to Mei Lin, then looked at the punishment man beside him: "I haven't seen him for many years, this person is..."
"The original punishments have been reincarnated, and this is the new one." Mei Lin said, "Now, Boss Zhang is the only one acquaintance in this underworld."
Zhang Xiaohan raised his eyebrows, but said nothing, and followed Meilin out of the backyard.
The structure of the underworld has not changed much, but all the buildings are majestic. Zhang Xiaohan still remembers the lesson he taught in the underworld last time, and kept sacrificing the purple light, and walked to a familiar courtyard before relaxing slightly.
There was almost no change here from the last time I left. Meilin took out the soul crystal and sneaked in. The spiritual light flashed, and the spiritual energy gradually rose. This pavilion looked familiar.
Chapter completed!