"Brother, what's wrong with you?" The well-behaved Luo Li immediately became concerned when he saw his brother's expression was different.
Luo Ning opened the curtain of the carriage, then lowered it again, and whispered: "Li'er, I can't smell it anymore. Well, it's just that... I've lost my sense of smell."
What? Luo Li's bright little face couldn't help but darken, "Brother...is sick?"
Luo Ning shook his head, his body swaying a little weakly with the carriage.
swing.
Just when Luo Li couldn't help it, he finally said it:
"It's not a disease. The Lingdao technique that brother practices is very weird. It requires corresponding soul power, otherwise you will gradually lose consciousness. The loss of smell should be the first step..."
Luo Li's little face suddenly turned pale from nervousness, and his two little hands couldn't help but clenched the corners of his clothes.
"Brother." She grabbed Luo Ning's hand, "My father is buried in a foreign land, and my mother is also missing. I only have brother."
At this point, tears were streaming down her face and her voice was choked with sobs, "Brother, please stop practicing the Ling Dao technique. I would rather stay with my brother and not be a monk..."
Luo Ning touched his sister's satin-smooth hair and smiled bitterly: "It's too late. Li'er, brother, I have no choice at all. It's hard to get off the tiger."
"This Ling Dao... If I practice well and have good luck, I might be able to find a way."
"But if I give up, I will definitely die... If I can't develop my true soul within a year, my consciousness will be annihilated. By then, I will no longer be your brother, but another person."
No longer brother, he became another person... When Luo Li heard these words, his petite body trembled uncontrollably.
"Brother, is it true that you can't do it without practicing?" Luo Li's tears finally streaked down his snow-white face.
She can't lose her brother again!
"It's really not possible." Luo Ning shook his head, "If you continue to practice, you might live. If you give up practicing... you will die."
"Li'er, I didn't want to tell you this originally. But you are my sister, so I must tell you in advance. If...my consciousness disappears, you must leave."
Once his consciousness is annihilated, what will the new "Luo Ning" be?
have no idea.
He didn't dare to gamble.
Luo Li silently took Luo Ning's hand, hugged his arm, and held it tightly.
It seems like my brother will disappear in the next moment.
But soon, her star-like eyes brightened again, and she sat upright suddenly.
"Then try your best to have your true soul!" The little girl's childish voice was still soft and cute, but it carried an iron-clad will.
Her eyes became a little sharp, and her little body seemed to be full of power.
"Within a year!"
"Brother, you must cultivate your true soul! Nothing is as important as this!"
Luo Ning patted her hand, with a smile as gentle as the spring breeze: "Do your best, and it depends on fate. Brother, I still have Li'er to take care of, so it's not that easy to die. I promise you, within a year, you will definitely develop your true soul.
"
After telling his sister about this, he suddenly felt much quieter.
Death itself is nothing to fear.
What is scary is the process of waiting for death.
But now he found that the one he couldn't worry about the most was Luo Li.
Even if he couldn't resist fate and would disappear from this world in a year, he would still arrange everything for Luo Li.
At least, let Li Dingguo and Su Xian become monks and let them take care of Luo Li on their behalf and find their mother.
The ice-snow and smart Luo Li looked at Luo Ning's eyes carefully and suddenly said: "Brother, I know what you are thinking about. But I never agree."
"I am brother's sister. I only want you to take care of me. So you will be fine. Brother, believe me, you will be fine."
Luo Ning couldn't help laughing.
"Li'er, you are really my sister."
………
"Brother has lost his sense of smell?"
Su Xian was also surprised when he heard Luo Ning's words.
Luo Ning thought about it again and decided to tell his two sworn brothers about the bad luck he might encounter.
Su Xian is very knowledgeable and may know the solution.
"Brother, don't you have two ghost bait fruits?" Su Xian thought for a while and said, "You can eat one first, with honey and wine, and eat a small piece every three days to delay the loss of the five senses.
"
""Frost from Embers" records that the loss of the five senses is a precursor to a lost soul. If the soul is blocked, the first thing to lose is the nose sense, followed by the tongue sense, ear sense, eye sense, and body sense."
Although his statement is different from Luoning's, the meaning is the same. It turns out that the order of loss of the five senses is smell, taste, hearing, vision, and touch.
When Li Dingguo and Luo Li heard this, their expressions were as solemn as water.
But I heard Su Xian continue to say: "It is said in "Frost from Embers" that after all five senses are lost, the mind (consciousness) will be lost, that is, the soul will be lost. By then, the five senses will be restored, but you will have become a demon... It is definitely not you.
.”
"However, "Frost Grows from Embers" is only an isolated fragment. It is also an ancient miscellaneous book. There is no other book to support it, so its credibility is not high..."
Although Su Xian said that the credibility was not high, Luo Ning knew in his heart that the statement in this unique ancient book must be correct!
"Third brother, how long will it take for all five senses to be lost?"
Su Xian shook his head and frowned: "I don't know about this. "Frost From Embers" didn't explain it in detail."
"However, if the eldest brother eats a piece of ghost bait fruit every few days, he can postpone it for at least half a year."
He also had a worried look on his face. He had read extensively in books and knew many unpopular stories, but he could not think of a way to help Luo Ning.
"Brother." Su Xian pointed to the southwest, "We can only slowly go west to the Fengshan Mountains and follow the merchants who are engaged in the tea and horse trade."
"This is the fastest way to find the Yang Shen Fruit. Although the Tubo people are arrogant and cruel, they are not monsters after all, and they are not completely incapable of dealing with them..."
"We are on the road to earn money while touring, and we can go to the Fengshu Mountains for up to three or four months, which is completely timely."
As he spoke, he found a piece of paper and drew a map, "...first pass through Zhufujin, pass through Xiaxiang County, and then cross the Luhua River..."
As he spoke, a simple road map appeared.
Luo Ning was a little impressed when he saw it. Su Xian is really a talent.
At least in this regard, I am far behind him.
"Brother, I think this is the only way." Li Dingguo said, "Although we are not monks, brother, don't despise us as burdens. We must accompany him."
"Okay, let's do it like this." Luo Ning made the decision, "It's just the two brothers who have to do the hard work."
Su Xian said: "It's a long way to go. I want to go back to Tuo County first and pick up my sister with me."
Li Dingguo shook his head: "The third brother is gone. Is it possible that it is more dangerous for your sister to stay in Tuo County than to go west? Why take her with you?"
Su Xian smiled slightly, "Although my girl is not a monk, she has a little skill that may be useful."
"Besides, I feel more at ease when the girl is by my side."
Luo Li couldn't help but ask: "Third brother, what are the great abilities of the Su family sister?"
"Uh...it's not that great of a skill." Su Xian suddenly looked a little weird, as if it was hard to say anything.
When Su Xian told her sister's "skill", no one knew what to say.
Luo Ning said: "This skill...should be useful, then third brother...just take her with you."
So Luo Ning decided to stay nearby and wait for Su Xian to pick up his sister.
He also knew that Su Xian wanted to take his sister with him and help his sister find opportunities to join Taoism.
Besides, it's hard to say that his sister's "skill" will never be put to use.
Poor brother in the world!
…
The Luo family arrived near Gujing Village. A Lu and others were cooking rice in the wild, while Luo Tianxia stayed on the carriage.
This young man known as Luo Tianxia can no longer smell the aroma of food at all.
"Lord, I bought honey and wine, a total of two hundred and eight coins." Aji came back from the market not far away and presented a jar of honey and two jugs of wine.
Luo Li immediately took the jug and honey pot and poured a bowl of turbid wine himself.
"Brother, take medicine."
Luo Ning sighed and took out a persimmon-like ghost bait fruit from Ling Daozhu's stage space.
Luo Li smelled the weird and evil aroma of the ghost bait fruit, which made his soul feel comfortable, but his heart felt uncomfortable.
But Luo Ning... couldn't smell it anymore.
Luo Ning took out a small medicine knife transformed from the Ling Daozhu and carefully cut a small piece of the ghost bait fruit as thin as a cicada's wing.
Dip it in honey and slowly put it into your mouth under Luo Li's shining eyes.
It tastes pretty good, but…
Luo Ning wanted to vomit, so he took a big sip of wine and finally swallowed it.