After the memorial ceremony was over, Zheng Huoying summoned his disciples to discuss important matters. Only a few Taoists were left to clean up in Yuanyang Temple.
Xiu'er was thinking about the rice dumplings, so she hurried back to Yuanqing Palace
Standing in front of Zongzi's room, Xiu'er hesitated for a moment whether to go in or not. She didn't know what to say to him. She asked Zheng Shan why he did this. But the answer was clear to her. She asked him if his injuries were healed.
?She had recovered after seeing it with her own eyes and asked him why he was so indifferent to her? Isn't this the difference between intimacy and distance that she expected?
But... Xiu'er raised her hand to knock on the door, but in mid-air she put down that too many things had happened recently, and asked him to calm down before talking to him.
Back in the room, Xiu'er picked up the half-finished clothes and sewed them under the light.
Before I knew it, it was late at night. There was a knock on the door. Xiu'er put away her clothes and opened the door to see Zhuang Yuochen standing outside. "You're still up so late?"
"Well, I was just about to sleep."
"I'm afraid you haven't eaten, so I brought you some snacks." She was still wearing the same clothes as before, and she had not changed or bathed in the wind and sand. She was still worried about the drought attack.
Xiu'er turned her body sideways and said, "Come in and sit down."
Zhuang Yuchen stepped into the room and saw Xiu'er's eyes glancing towards the room across the courtyard, and couldn't help but replied: "He's not in the room, he probably went to practice."
"Oh," Xiu'er responded lightly, "He used to be lazy, but I didn't expect that he is now more diligent."
"After experiencing so many things, he should have matured a lot. It's time to face the facts."
Sitting down at the table, Xiu'er made a pot of hot tea and sipped snacks with Zhuang Yuchen. She couldn't help but ask, "Does Second Senior Sister hate me very much?"
"She has been pampered since she was a child. All Maoshan disciples hold her in the palm of their hands. As long as she wants, she will always get it at her fingertips. So, please forgive her. After a while, she will let go and everything will be fine."
"I think she has a very deep feeling for you. I'm afraid she can let it go if she doesn't want to." Is it really so easy to let go of love? Somehow, Xiu'er suddenly thought of Xiaobai, not knowing that she had left her eldest brother.
How was your life after that? It must have been lonely and sad.
Zhuang Yuchen smiled lightly, "What do you mean by that? Can I think you are jealous?"
"No..." Xiu'er's face burned, and she quickly stopped and said, "That's not what I meant."
Zhuang Yuchen said thoughtfully, "Actually, I would rather you were jealous. If you are jealous, it means you are pretending to be me..."
Xiu'er was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to respond, "Don't get me wrong..."
"It's been a while since you've been here." Zhuang Yuchen stopped teasing her and said instead, "Life in Maoshan is relatively hard, are you still used to it?"
"Well, except for the second senior sister, all your other senior brothers are very good to me." Xiu'er paused, and when she saw Zhuang Yuchen looking at her, with a blush on her face, she quickly added: "You are also very good."
"What's a good method?" Zhuang Yuchen was very interested.
"Well... in short, he is a good person. He takes good care of me. He is as considerate as dust and pays attention to the subtleties of people's words."
Good guy. It turns out that her impression of him was that of a good guy. Zhuang Yuchen didn't know whether he should be happy or smile bitterly.
"Xiu'er" he put his hand on hers, "I took you to Maoshan after serious consideration. Can you seriously consider what's going on between us?"
A warm hand covered the back of Xiu'er's cold hand. She subconsciously wanted to pull her hand away, but she resisted. As he said, she had considered marrying him, so she shouldn't contradict him.
"If I didn't want to get married to you, I wouldn't be with you." I don't know why, but I feel an inexplicable bitterness in my heart.
"Xiu'er" held her hand a little harder and pulled her into his arms. This was the first time he hugged her. He couldn't help but caress her black hair. "The door of Hanba's spiritual power has been opened. Now only
Let’s talk about cultivation. After the female martyrs are eradicated, we will get married and return to Hongshu Village to become an ordinary couple. The man will farm and the woman will weave.”
"What about your childhood dream of getting number one?" He smelled very clean, with the smell of sunshine and grass, not as cold as Zongzi, and also had a faint smell of rotting corpses.
"I've watched too much about life, death, and death over the years, and some things have faded away." Zhuang Yuchen smiled and said relaxedly: "Let our descendants take the exam for the number one scholar."
"It's late at night, you go back and have a rest." Xiu'er wasn't used to his approach, so she pushed him away gently and said, "I'm quite dirty and I want to take a shower."
Zhuang Yuchen stood up and said, "Go to bed early."
After taking a bath, she turned off the lights and lay on the bed. Xiu'er looked at the ceiling in the darkness. She couldn't help but see the shadows of Zongzi and Zhuang Yuchen in her mind. She covered her head, but she couldn't fall asleep.
What happened to her?
After the memorial ceremony, Zongzi did not appear in Yuanqing Palace for several days. He seemed to have disappeared. However, the Taoist priests in Maoshan were quite calm. Xiuer felt from their demeanor that Zongzi was still in Maoshan, but she did not know where he was sucking spiritual energy.
He is no longer afraid of the sun and can continuously absorb spiritual energy no matter day or night
Zheng Huoying had sent people to investigate the sneak attack on Hanba by Zheng Shan and three Maoshan disciples. Because the evidence was solid, even if the four people denied it at all costs, they were still punished to kneel in the ancestral hall of the ancestor for a month and copy the Maoshan canon a thousand times.
Punished to sweep the Taoist temple for three months
After handling the sneak attack, Zheng Huoying called Zhuang Yuchen to the study again to discuss Zheng Shan's matter of Hanba's cultivation of magic power. The leader of Maoshan, who was so majestic and famous in the past, instantly aged several years, and he looked tired.
He said, "Yu Chen, I have been thinking about Hanba these days. You proposed to let him practice in Xianren Cave, and I agree."
Zhuang Yuchen was quite surprised and looked at Master Zheng Huoying in amazement. He always had the most respectable face. The Immortal Cave is the place where the ancestor of the ancestors was reincarnated and ascended to heaven. The spiritual energy is abundant all year round. It is the source of the Maoshan Holy Land. At that time, he lacked consideration and was so anxious.
I would only make this suggestion next time, but I didn’t expect that he actually agreed.
"The most important thing now is to train Drought Demon into a corpse demon as soon as possible. Only when he becomes a corpse demon can he be able to fight to the death with the female demon. I think that even if the ancestor is still alive, he will understand what I am doing today. If the female demon is destroyed,
The Immortal Cave will also disappear. Rather than doing this, it is better to let it play its practical role." Zheng Huoying sighed quietly and told Zhuang Yuchen: "However, this is only my personal decision. If others know about it, they will never do it.
You will agree to let Drought Demon enter the Immortal Cave, but you have to keep it a secret from me."
If the uncle or the elders find out about Zhuang Yuchen's nod, I'm afraid it will cause an uproar.
"I still have something to entrust to you as my teacher." Zheng Huoying said with a serious expression: "We can't put all our hopes on Hanba. There is no precedent for raising tigers to cause trouble. I don't want Hanba to turn into a corpse demon.
, and in turn deal with us, so we must have someone who can contend with Han Bao as our teacher. We are old now, so we can only rely on you for such important matters."
"Master, if you have something to do, you might as well tell me that as long as the apprentice can do it, he will try his best to do it."
"I want you to go to the Immortal Cave to practice with Hanba." Zheng Huoying said his plan. "I have been letting you run around outside for the past few years. Your practice has delayed the combat experience that you should have. Now you are all lacking.
It’s time to concentrate on improving your magic power. Your potential is rare in a thousand years. I believe that my teacher will never miss it. As long as you work hard, your future is limitless and will not be inferior to that of the ancestor. When the time comes, you work together to deal with it.
"Female Demon, the odds of winning are high. To say the least, if Drought Demon cultivates into a corpse demon and becomes rebellious, you can still compete with it with your ability."
Zheng Huoying's abacus is indeed a good one. He can attack and defend, retreat and advance.
Zhuang Yuchen thought about it and nodded in agreement.
"You pack up and take Hanba to the Immortal Cave. It takes a lot of time to go back and forth to the Immortal Cave. Please prepare more dry food, and remember to go down the mountain every once in a while to inform Hanba about the progress of his practice."
Zhuang Yuchen nodded, "Well, I will try my best to be careful and not alert others."
"You don't have to worry about Xiu'er. As long as I'm here, I will take good care of her going to the Fairy Cave. To prevent her from worrying about you, you can mention it to her. I believe she won't tell anyone."
After coming out of the study, Zhuang Yuchen went back to the room to pack his things. Xiu'er learned that he was going to take Zongzi to the Immortal Cave, but he was silent for a long time without saying anything, and helped pack his things.
"The gate of spiritual power is being attacked. If Chu Xun absorbs spiritual power, his spiritual power will be greatly improved than before. Aren't you afraid that the heaven will know about it?"
Zhuang Yuchen shook his head and said: "I will set up a formation in the Immortal Cave to cover up the aura of Han Ba. The spiritual energy in the Immortal Cave comes from the sky. The spiritual energy in the sky is continuous and is not easily discovered by the heavens."
Xiu'er smiled and put down her worries, "That's good."
Before leaving, Xiu'er gave him a baggage, "There are two pieces of clothing here. They are for Chu Xun. The clothes on his body are torn. He should have two pieces to change." Worried that Zhuang Yuchen would be unhappy, Xiu'er smiled.
Said: "When you come back next time, I will make a few for you."
"Well" Zhuang Yuchen took the baggage, "He has been practicing in Wanlinquan, don't you plan to meet him?"
"Forget it, you will come back often anyway." She wanted to see him, but she was afraid that her previous achievements would be in vain. After a while, he would no longer hate the self-esteem-hurting words she said to him that day, and she would be very happy.
to see him
But Xiu'er didn't know that this farewell meant that Zongzi disappeared for a year in her limited life!
A year has passed, and when we saw each other again, they were strangers as if they had been separated for thousands of years. He was no longer him, and she was no longer her original self!