Chapter 137 Do you still want to repeat it for me?
It is now the end of winter, and except for the mountains, there has been no trace of snowflakes for some time.
In the past few days since He Gu just came back, there are only occasional light snowfalls here, and spring is about to begin.
This sudden heavy snowfall can be said to be much later than in previous years.
So much so that I couldn't tell whether it was natural snow or artificial snow.
My back suddenly felt chilly.
On the snow in front of the Ancestor Hall, Leng Qingzhu stood with his back to the three people, his head slightly lowered, and his eyes looking at the light green scenery at the foot of the mountain in the distance.
Her long black hair flows down to her waist like a waterfall, and above the mysterious veil of white mist, there is tranquility in her blue ice eyes.
She stood quietly, her plain white dress fitting perfectly into the falling snow.
Like a cold snow lotus blooming holyly in the morning sun, it perfectly blends with the beautiful scenery of the top of the mountain, where the white snow is exuded with golden spots, and complements each other.
It seems that precisely because of the embellishment of her celestial figure, Wugou Peak can truly give people a flawless, unsullied and sacred feeling at this moment.
This feeling is quite mysterious, just like a lake with quiet overflowing willow banks. Only with a small boat on it can it be considered a smart and harmonious beauty.
As if she didn't notice it, the opening of the palace door behind her didn't move her.
The two girls were also startled when they saw the person coming, and they both stopped walking towards the threshold.
Kongrou was at a loss and subconsciously looked at He Gu who was walking in front.
Lin Bian'er looked a little nervous, as if she had just done something wrong and was caught on the spot, like a girl, and was a little caught off guard.
But she soon calmed down.
With a slight salute, she greeted Leng Qingzhu respectfully.
Finally, the slender hands under the brocade cloak secretly tugged at the sleeves of Kong Rou next to her.
The little girl immediately reacted, bowed and saluted Leng Qingzhu, and whispered "Hello, senior sister" in a low voice.
He Gu didn't dare to say hello first as if nothing had happened. He consciously returned to the hall and knelt down on the futon.
Although it was a bit deceptive, he still felt that this kind of response was the most appropriate response at the moment.
"Well, you go back first. The stone path is slippery and snowy. Be careful when you go down the mountain."
Surprisingly, Leng Qingzhu did not blame the two women for disobeying her instructions, but directly asked them to go back first, although her voice was very cold.
From the beginning to the end, she did not turn around, her beautiful icy eyes were still looking at the scenery below the mountain.
Looking back at He Gu's back worriedly, the two girls did not dare to delay any longer and carried their food boxes down the mountain as instructed.
He Gu listened carefully to the voice behind him and did not dare to look back.
When he really faced his master, he still couldn't get out of his role as a good disciple. He could only think about disobeying him in person for the time being.
Until the two footsteps faded away and finally disappeared completely, there was still no movement behind them.
The calmer he was, the more he dared not express his anger, and the more uneasy he felt.
Time passed extremely slowly at this moment, even days seemed like years.
I don’t know how much time passed, but the sound of rustling on the snow came from behind, getting closer and closer.
Then the sound suddenly cut off, and a tall and graceful shadow appeared on the ground in the hall.
Obviously, the visitor has entered the temple.
With a great sense of oppression, the shadow on the ground right next to his eyes slowly approached his position.
He Gu even had the illusion that he was at the execution ground and that the executioner was walking over to prepare for the execution.
As the shadow on the ground gradually approached, a faint and elegant lotus fragrance floated into his nose. The smell was very special and very pleasant.
He couldn't help but twitch his nose slightly and secretly tasted it a few more times.
The person coming behind him suddenly stood still, and he immediately felt a cold gaze falling on him.
He quickly put away his small movements, bowed his head and knelt seriously.
He is now the one waiting to be punished, and he has just been caught at the scene and has not thought about it for a long time, so he does not dare to speak carelessly at this moment.
The air suddenly became silent.
After a long time, the person behind him spoke, his voice cold but pleasant: "Do you know where you went wrong?"
"Disciple realizes his mistake." He Gu replied honestly.
Leng Qingzhu's voice was still cold, and he spoke concisely: "Tell me, what's wrong?"
If he said it bluntly, he would probably make his master even more angry.
He Gu spoke briefly and replied vaguely: "Disciple is not living up to expectations. He has brought trouble to the master before. I promise not to do it again in the future."
As soon as he finished speaking, the whole hall fell into a long period of silence.
After a while, Leng Qingzhu's voice suddenly became colder, as if he was very dissatisfied with his answer because he didn't wait for the next step.
"You've been here for so long and this is all you want to think about?"
"This, this..." He Gu was a little confused for a moment.
Isn't this his fault? What else could he have done wrong?
It doesn’t make sense!
He suddenly panicked, and all the responses he had already thought about regarding this mistake were suddenly thrown into disarray.
Looking at the distressed apprentice on the ground with his blue eyes, Leng Qingzhu's heart that had been frozen all year round felt an inexplicable anger for no reason at this moment.
There is still a hint of sadness that has not appeared in many years.
How could she not understand that He Gu's answer was wrong? But now that it had happened, she had let it go.
In other words, she gave up from the very beginning when she decided to do that.
Since entering Wu Zong alone, she has only five relatives left in her life.
Now that the master and the two junior sisters have passed away one after another, there are only two disciples left who depend on each other. Of course, she feels even more regretful.
She has always taken the lives of her relatives very seriously, and the lives of her apprentices are naturally among them.
Especially since this apprentice was entrusted by the junior sister with whom he has the best relationship, and is the only bloodline left by the junior sister in the world.
So she let it go.
And then she would choose to pretend to be in seclusion and not see him. It was just that she didn't know how to face this apprentice for a while.
During that time, her mind was really messy and chaotic, and even the Wugou Mental Technique couldn't suppress the chaos.
She suddenly found that she could no longer treat this apprentice as calmly as before, which made her dusty heart feel unspeakable panic.
For the first time, I was shaken by my Taoist heart, and I was afraid that I would get lost and get stuck in it in the future.
During this period, she seemed to be suffering from a strange disease. She often couldn't help but secretly watch her apprentice's situation, and she became extremely easily irritated by some of his apprentice's words involving her.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! She seems to be more and more concerned about how her apprentice looks at her and talks about her behind her back.
She couldn't figure out whether this was caused by the innate yin-yang formation between the two, and she was even more afraid that the answer was: no.
In the past few days, she had been confused by some of her disciple's words, and she had been unable to concentrate fully during practice.
The most important thing to avoid when practicing Wumu Mind Method is to have a restless mind. If she continues like this, her realm will probably stop at the Nine Paths.
Anger also has this part of the reason.
Seeing that the master behind him had not spoken for a long time, He Gu could no longer hold himself back.
He said firmly: "Master, I really know that I was wrong. Master, please punish me!"
Leng Qingzhu directly saw through his thoughts, with a sharp tone, and asked coldly: "So, just leaving the place of kneeling and punishing without authorization is your attitude of admitting your mistake?"
He could not shirk the responsibility onto the two women. He Gu did not refute and once again asked Leng Qingzhu to give specific punishments.
"Everything is my disciple's fault. Please respect me and punish me severely!"
Since he couldn't guess the answer, he had no choice but to skip the answer and suffer the consequences directly.
Leng Qingzhu didn't know what he wanted in his heart this time. Anyway, he felt inexplicably angry when he saw his apprentice admitting his mistake.
At the same time, I felt quite irritated. I wanted to punish him severely, but I couldn't think of an appropriate punishment.
It would be difficult to calm down without punishing her.
She probably also realized that only by severely punishing her apprentice could her shaken Taoist heart as a teacher be soothed and find some peace.
After pondering for a moment, her icy eyes suddenly condensed and she said coldly: "Okay, come with me!"
After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the palace.
Seeing that he had successfully taken the first step, He Gu relaxed a little, quickly got up and followed him.
He had made up his mind that no matter what kind of severe punishment was to come, he would show his attitude of sincerely admitting his mistake to his master in order to obtain forgiveness as soon as possible.
Not long after, following the fragrant breeze, he followed Leng Qingzhu to the door of the stone house.
Leng Qingzhu ordered the stone door to be opened, and then walked in first.
He Gu was a little confused as to whether there were torture instruments hidden in the Master's residence.
Not daring to think too much, he followed in with a hint of nervousness.
The stone house was still filled with a bone-chilling chill. There was a clear spring in the corner, and the strange parallel lotus inside was exuding a light fragrance, which was almost the same as what he smelled on Leng Qingzhu.
This time, Leng Qingzhu did not go to the clear pool to stay as usual. Instead, he unexpectedly landed on the eternal ice bed placed inside.
He Gu quickly stopped, lowered his head slightly, and waited for her to deal with it.
Leng Qingzhu meditated on the ice bed, then turned his eyes to his apprentice.
He ordered coldly: "Come up."
Just two words made He Gu feel in a trance, not believing what his ears heard.
He subconsciously raised his head and looked into Master's eyes to confirm whether he heard correctly.
Leng Qingzhu frowned slightly, a cold aura erupted from his body for no reason, and his tone was very impatient.
"Do you want to repeat it again for me?"
It was very different from the image of Master in his impression. This sudden outburst really shocked He Gu.
Hurry up and walk forward quickly.
When he arrived in front of the ice bed, his movements paused slightly, and he immediately felt the sharp eyes from Leng Qingzhu.
This time he no longer hesitated and climbed onto the master's ice bed honestly.
The ice bed was not like ordinary objects. It was extremely cold, more than ten times colder than the temperature in the far north. He Gu almost failed to withstand the invasion of cold air and was frozen to death.
Realizing the danger, he quickly activated the fire root in his body with all his strength, releasing the heat contained in it to constantly offset the coldness falling into his body.
Leng Qingzhu seemed to have expected it and was not as impatient as he was urging him now.
After a while, He Gucai faced Master and sat at a distance.
The next moment he realized something was wrong.
The ice bed under his buttocks turned hostile toward him like a living creature, as if it didn't want to see the temperature on his body. In an instant, the chill increased and the temperature dropped sharply.
He Guyin realized that the master's bed could indeed be used as a torture device.