After a period of spinning, Shi Mu suddenly opened his eyes and found that he had returned to the secret cave again.
He looked forward in a daze. Although he had returned to reality, he was still in a daze after experiencing everything in the illusion, and his mood could not be calm for a long time.
Shi Mu shook his head and took a breath to calm down, then looked around and raised his brows slightly.
Everything else in the cave has not changed at all. It seems that many years have passed in the illusion, but in fact only a moment has passed.
However, the figure of the White Ape Ancestor disappeared without a trace.
Shi Mu frowned, his eyes full of confusion.
Until this moment, he still didn't understand what the illusion just meant.
He originally planned to ask the White Ape Ancestor, but unexpectedly it suddenly disappeared.
Shi Mu pondered for a moment, then thought about it for a moment, but still had no clue, so he shook his head and stopped thinking about it.
His consciousness checked the situation inside his body, his face was startled, and then he showed a look of great joy.
Unknowingly, the true energy in his body had improved a lot. However, the true energy was flowing continuously in the body and constantly impacting various parts of the body. It was obviously a little unstable.
Shi Mu took a deep breath, thought in his mind, and activated the technique.
boom!
As soon as he activated the technique, the true energy in his limbs and bones immediately flowed on its own, rushing towards the spiritual sea, with a faint tendency to condense.
Shi Mu felt happy, this was a sign that he was beginning to hit the divine realm!
He quickly closed his eyes and started to use his skills. A dazzling light lit up, shrouding his body inside, and the entire cave interior was illuminated like daylight.
Time passed little by little, half a day passed by, and the light on Shi Mu slowly dimmed, and finally disappeared without a trace.
He opened his eyes, but there was a look of loss in them.
This time the attack on the divine realm ended in failure.
Shi Mu sighed and looked at the box in front of him. There were still six half-moon fruits lying quietly inside, and his spirit was suddenly shaken.
"The bottleneck of the divine realm is indeed not that easy to break through, but fortunately there are still six half-moon divine fruits here."
He murmured somewhat self-deprecatingly, then reached over and picked up the second Moon God Fruit.
The moment his teeth broke through the peel, a stream of cool juice suddenly overflowed into his teeth and cheeks. Shi Mu felt his consciousness blur for a while, and soon he was immersed in a strange aroma.
…
After a while, Shi Mu slowly opened his eyes and moved slightly, only to find that his hands and feet were filled with emptiness. At this moment, he was floating in the air like a spirit body.
After his first experience, he no longer felt any discomfort in his current situation.
Under him was a lush garden, which seemed a little lonely under the dark moonless night.
As he glanced around, he found that the surrounding area was full of scattered shrubs and trees. The environment was very quiet. Apart from the occasional low chirping of insects, no other sound could be heard.
"call……"
A gust of wind blew up, causing a clump of banana trees to sway from side to side. Shi Mu, who was floating in the air, couldn't help but feel a chill.
His eyes wandered in the garden for a moment, and a trace of doubt arose in his heart. He felt that the environment here seemed a bit familiar.
What exactly is this place?
While Shi Mu was trying to remember, he suddenly heard vague voices coming from the other side of the garden.
He looked around and saw a large building there, with warm yellow lights on inside. That's where the rustling voices came from.
Shi Mu swung his arms and floated towards the building.
Arriving in front of the palace door, Shi Mu felt an obvious warmth floating on the top of the palace door, lowering his head and looking into the palace.
There was a round sandalwood table inside, and a young man and woman were sitting opposite each other, holding tea cups and talking to each other.
The girl's skin was as good as snow and her face was pretty. Under her white dress, a pair of golden lotus bare feet were exposed, as clear as jade. Two strings of bells on them rang softly from time to time in response to her slight movements.
"Ximen Xue..." Shi Mu was stunned for a moment.
He calmed down, moved his eyes again, and saw a strong young man with sharp eyebrows and sparse eyes sitting opposite Ximen Xue, but it was himself.
It's just that him, although the outline of his facial features is roughly similar to that of his current self, he looks a little greener between his eyebrows, and his expression also looks a little unnatural.
"This is... before the Immortal Ascension Conference." Shi Mu suddenly realized and murmured to himself.
While he was thinking about it, he heard the young man Shi Mu looking at Ximen Xue affectionately and saying, "Senior Sister Xue, I like you."
"...You should forget about me and what happened back then. I am determined to win this Immortal Ceremony." After Ximen Xue was silent for a moment, he spoke quietly.
This was exactly what Shi Mu still remembered when he met Ximen Xue that day before the Immortal Ascension Conference. The conversation between the two of them that day.
He floated into the house and looked at the two people in the living room who fell silent.
"Senior Sister Xue, after seeing you this time, will we have another chance to meet in the future?"
Suddenly, I heard the young man Shi Mu say this.
Shi Mu looked at himself at that time and sighed in his heart. He still remembered Ximen Xue's answer. He also knew that he at that time was not enough to keep Ximen Xue.
It’s just that he doesn’t understand why taking the Moon God Fruit would bring him back here?
Shi Mu looked at Ximen Xue's beautiful face and couldn't help but recall the scene when the two met for the first time in the forest. He recalled the vows he had made at that time and felt a trance in his heart.
Was it really right to let her ascend to immortality and leave?
Young people Shi Mu and Ximen Xue continued to talk, and the sounds they said each time reached Shi Mu's ears, and they became a little unreal.
Gradually, he could no longer hear the words of the two people, and only the voice echoed repeatedly in his mind:
"Was it really right to let her ascend to immortality and leave?"
"Is it really right?"
…
"Shi Mu, thank you. Let's go for a walk in the garden. You have just entered the innate realm. If you have any questions about cultivation, I can help you answer them. You don't know, senior sister, I am also a martial artist.
Double cultivation." Ximen Xue put down the teacup in her hand and stood up.
Hearing this sound, Shi Mu suddenly came back to his senses and looked down.
Then he saw that he had followed Ximen Xue out of the palace gate and walked out.
Shi Mu dwarfed, flew out from the palace door, and followed him.
I saw the two people turning around the carefully trimmed winding path in the garden and walking slowly through the bushes.
"Senior Sister Xue, can you tell me why you must attend the Immortal Ascension Conference?" Young Shi Mu asked.
After hearing this, Ximen Xue looked slightly strange. After being silent for a while, she said, "Shi Mu, have you ever felt like your life is not with me and you can't help yourself?"
After hearing this, young Shi Mu fell silent.
Shi Mu floated above the two of them, but he couldn't help but fall into thinking.
Starting from that remote fishing village in Daqi, along the way, although Shi Mu failed to have everything go as he wished, every step he took was his own choice. Although there were many regrets and helplessness, it seemed that he had never had any
The kind of time when you are completely out of control.
"No." Young Shi Mu shook his head and said.
"My hometown is north of the Wolan Mountain in the Great Qin State. I have had no father or mother since I was born. I was raised by my uncle and aunt. When I was seven years old, they sold me to a theater troupe to work as a handyman.
.I wandered around the Great Qin Kingdom with the theater troupe, doing the dirtiest and most tiring work, eating the least and the worst food, always being careful, and not daring to get sick at all. Because once I got sick, I would be abandoned by the theater troupe, and they would not let me go.
They would waste money to treat me. However, after arriving in Daqi, I unexpectedly fell seriously ill. When I was about to die, the troupe leader left me on the side of the road to die. Fortunately, I was left to die at that time.
I met my master, she rescued me, took me back to the sect, and taught me techniques, so I became the Tianyin girl now." Ximen Xue told her past experiences in a few words, her expression
Although he was indifferent, Shi Mu knew very well that there were countless hardships behind this.
It was precisely because he could understand this that Shi Mu did not insist on stopping Ximen Xue from participating in the Immortal Ascension Conference.
Young Shi Mu opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end nothing came out.
"Although I was only ten years old at that time, I already understood that if I want to control my own destiny and no longer be abandoned, I must become a strong person who can control my own destiny. Now it is my turn to ascend to the fairy world.
There is a smooth road in front of her. Moreover, Master’s long-cherished wish in her life is to fly to the fairyland and see the scenery from higher places. It is my responsibility to fulfill it for her." Ximen Xue continued.
"Senior Sister Xue, I understand." Young Shi Mu whispered.
So the two stopped talking and walked side by side in silence.
"Bata"
Raindrops fell from the lead clouds at night and hit the young man Shi Mu's forehead, causing a crystal spray to appear.
Immediately afterwards, the sound of "rustling" became louder and louder, and the drizzle of light rain covered the entire sky.
Shi Mu was floating in mid-air, and thousands of crystal rain lines passed through him, but he didn't feel anything at all. He just lowered his head and looked at the two people below him.
The two people walked slowly in the light rain. They did not use magic to avoid the rain, nor did they leave quickly. Instead, they kept their original pace and walked slowly in the garden.
Half an hour later, the two arrived at the garden gate.
Ximen Xue's white clothes were completely attached to her body, making her body even more exquisite and undulating.
"I really benefited a lot from what I heard from Senior Sister today. Senior Sister is indeed the genius of our Seven Sects of the Three Kingdoms." Young Shi Mu said these words, but his eyes were avoiding Ximen Xue's body intentionally or unintentionally.
Ximen Xue also noticed his embarrassment, but didn't care much. He just said: "Shi Mu, you are too humble. When my senior sister is about your age, she will definitely not be able to escape in front of an earth-level warrior."
Shi Mu floated above the two of them, looking at them with a tight brow, a complex look on his face.
He knew that the time of separation had come.
"Senior Sister Xue will stay. I hope that Senior Sister will advance to the heavenly position as soon as possible." Finally, young Shi Mu said these words.
"Shi Mu, see you again by fate... Don't forget what you promised me." Ximen Xue brushed the hair hanging down from her forehead and said with a sweet smile.
Shi Mu looked down at Ximen Xue from above, and when he saw her smile, he felt an inexplicable pain in his heart.
He knew that the so-called Immortal Ascension Conference was an out-and-out conspiracy, and once Ximen Xue became an immortal, he would be under the command of the Heavenly Court. In the future, although the two people would become closer and closer in strength and would have some intersections, it would be inevitable
are contradictory to each other and go further and further apart.