As soon as I arrived at the door, the people from Jiangyuan, who were almost going crazy with anxiety, rushed up together.
"How is the instructor?" I asked quickly.
Li Yuxin said anxiously: "His path has collapsed, and now he sees no one. I'm afraid only you can calm his mood, because you were the only one who last saw Shen Kong."
"I'll give it a try!" I nodded, walked into Shen's house without saying a word, and immediately knocked on the door of my tutor's room.
I said: "Tutor, can we have a chat?"
There was silence in the room for a long time. Just when everyone thought that Shen Changan still didn't want to see anyone, Shen Changan's voice came from the room.
"Okay, come in."
Hearing this, I beamed with joy and immediately opened the door and walked in.
After entering the house, I closed the door and at the same time looked at Shen Changan inside the house. It didn't matter at this glance, my heart skipped a beat at that time.
Because this was the first time I saw Shen Changan so decadent.
At this moment, Shen Changan was sitting on the ground, his eyes were extremely red and swollen, as if he hadn't slept for a few days, and his whole body was listless, as if he had lost his soul. His body seemed to have many small eyes. The power of the balloon is dissipating crazily in all directions.
Obviously, Shen Changan's current situation is very bad. Not only his mental state is extremely bad, but his realm is also gradually declining. It can be seen that his Taoist heart has collapsed.
Seeing Shen Changan like this, I felt sad in my heart, and I quickly stepped forward, helped Shen Changan get up, and softly comforted me: "Teacher, this is not your fault, you don't have to blame yourself for this at all. "
"Hey, how can I not blame myself? If I could have cared more about him and channeled his mentality more before, maybe he wouldn't have gone astray and wouldn't have ended up like this. This was my negligence. "Shen Changan said in frustration.
Obviously, Shen Changan put all the fault on himself, and he was punishing himself in this way.
In a sense, Shen Kong and Shen Changan have very similar personalities, that is, their ability to empathize is so strong that they take everything on themselves, for fear that the people around them will be hurt.
"Teacher, don't think like that, you..."
I originally wanted to persuade Shen Changan, but Shen Changan suddenly grabbed my hands as if grasping a life-saving straw. His eyes were full of hope and he said excitedly: "Ye Yan, you are the soul of life." Lord, you are most sensitive to life."
"Please help my master to see if Shen Kong is really dead?"
Looking at Shen Changan's eyes full of expectation, I couldn't bear it, because I had already confirmed just now that Shen Kong's fire of life could not be found.
This means that Shen Kong is indeed dead.
Unless he leaves the solar system and leaves the observation range of this world spirit, but obviously this is impossible, and Shen Kong does not need to do this.
Originally, I wanted to tell the truth to Shen Changan, because I felt that even if I could hide it, I could only hide it for a while, but not forever.
Even if I follow Shen Changan's wishes now and say that Shen Kong is still alive and temporarily relieve Shen Changan's mood, if the window paper is pierced one day in the future, I am afraid it will only aggravate Shen Changan's symptoms and make him even more depressed. It hurts so much that I don’t want to live.
The most painful thing is not despair, but the despair after giving hope. This is the most painful thing.
It's just... looking at Shen Changan's earnest eyes at this moment, it's hard for me to tell the fact that Shen Kong is dead, because I'm worried that Shen Changan will collapse directly.
"No matter what, let the instructor calm down first, and we can talk about the next thing later!"
Thinking of this, I gritted my teeth and told a white lie: "Teacher, Shen Kong is actually not dead. Although his soul was broken, he was saved by Master Xia."
"Are you telling the truth? Is Shen Kong really not dead?" Upon hearing this, Shen Changan's gloomy eyes suddenly rekindled.
Seeing this, I could only bite the bullet and continue to make it up, and then nodded and said: "Well, Mr. Xia thought that Shen Kong had great potential, so he rescued him, but because there was a certain possibility of failure, he asked for it temporarily. We keep it secret so that you won’t be able to bear it if we fail.”
In fact, what I said is full of logical loopholes. A moment's thought will tell me that it cannot stand up to scrutiny. It is impossible for a very smart person like Shen Chang'an not to see the problem.
But... maybe Shen Changan is in a hurry and seeks medical treatment, or maybe he hopes for this result deep down in his heart, so he uses this self-deception to numb himself.
In short, Shen Changan believed it, and he said excitedly: "It's good that you're not dead, it's good that you're not dead... This way at least there is a possibility of survival,"
Looking at Shen Changan's appearance, I felt even more uncomfortable. I really don't know how I will cover up this lie in the future. It often takes hundreds of lies to cover up a lie. If one day the lie is exposed, Shen Changan will probably still lie. will collapse.
Just when I was thinking about what to do next, there was a sudden commotion outside the door, and then a familiar voice shouted outside the door: "What's going on? I haven't been back for a while. Why are you everywhere?" Is it said that Shen Kong is dead?"
Sinking?
When I heard Shen Kong's voice, my pupils suddenly shrank.
How can this be?
No matter how much I didn't believe it in my heart, when the door to the room was pushed open and Shen Kong walked in carelessly, I had to believe in the fact that Shen Kong was still alive.
Moreover, no matter his appearance, demeanor, words and deeds, or his aura and soul, they are exactly the same as the real Shen Kong. There is no possibility of being a counterfeit.
"Shen Kong...are you still alive?" I asked in disbelief.
Upon hearing this, Shen Kong was furious.
"Whatever you said, I didn't die in the first place!"
Shen Changan was also dumbfounded. He looked at Shen Kong blankly and murmured: "Shen Kong, are you really still alive?"
"...Teacher, I told you, I'm not dead in the first place." Hearing this, Shen Kong's mouth twitched at first, then turned to look at me, and said with a smile: "What...Junior brother Ye, give it to me and tutor." How about some alone time?”
I looked at Shen Kong suspiciously. There was indeed something weird about the fact that he was still alive, but considering what Shen Kong had done before and my trust in Shen Kong's strength, after hesitating for a moment, I finally clicked He nodded and said.
"Okay, I'll wait for you at the door." After saying that, I left the room, and now only master and apprentice Shen Changan and Shen Kong were left in the room.
After many years, the master and apprentice were finally able to sit down and talk calmly.
Miraculously, after meeting Shen Kong, Shen Changan's breath stopped leaking out immediately, because the root cause of his Taoist heart collapse had been resolved.
Looking at his mentor in front of him, Shen Kong spoke in a complicated tone.