To Raise a Soul

After an autumn rain, summer is officially over.

The leisure hall was finally furnished and opened on a sunny day.

Standing by the window on the highest floor, Yu Zhen watched the students from the school next door approaching the leisure hall curiously. Suddenly, she vaguely saw a group of teenagers in white robes stepping into a towering mountain gate ignorantly and novelty.

"Wow, is this just asking Tianzong?"

"Will we become gods if we enter here?"

"The elder fairy who brought me back is very gentle, I want to worship him as my teacher!"

"Don't think about it, we don't have the right to take the initiative to pick on Master, it's the elders who pick us."

"If the aptitude is poor, maybe you don't even have to be a teacher, and you can only be the most low-level handyman, working for the fairy elders."

"Wow, that's not terrible."

"Yes, it's very miserable. Once you enter this mountain gate, you will never be able to go home again."

"Woooo, I miss my parents."

thump—

There is a majestic and heavy bell coming from above the endless ladder, and the picture changes, and he becomes one of the teenagers. After hearing the bell, he raised his head reflexively, and saw the clouds and mists in the sky dissipate, as if the mountain gate opened in the fairyland. open scene.

Ask Tianzong, it's here.

"Yu Zhen!"

He was patted on the shoulder, he turned his head reflexively, the illusion dissipated, and the familiar layout in the observatory was still in front of him, and the sunlight slanted through the window, illuminating a worldly scene in a room.

"As one of the organizers of the event, why are you standing here in a daze if you don't go down to help? It's not okay to be so obviously lazy." Wu Xuan joked, and followed through the window to see the scene of students pouring in together , Tsk tut sighed: "You and Yin Yan are so cunning, you actually came up with an activity that 'students can enter the library for free if they claim a plant in the library', which immediately attracted all the potential student customers next door. The surrounding parents have publicized it and earned a good reputation."

Yu Zhen came back to his senses, calmed down, smiled and said, "This leisure hall was originally built for the benefit of students, and I am very happy to be liked by them."

"Come on, I can't help but start praising the truth, the good and the beautiful. Come on down, the event is about to start. I think Yin Yan is too busy to do it alone."

Yin Yan.

The smile on Yu Zhen's face paused for a moment, and then quickly returned to normal. He responded, and while leading Wu Xuan down, he introduced the functional layout of each area along the way.

After going downstairs, the surroundings became visibly lively, and Wu Xuan quickly found his companion, bid farewell to Yu Zhen and went to visit other places.

Yu Zhen watched him leave with a smile, turned around and walked to the stairs from the second floor to the first floor, looked down, and the smile on his face gradually faded.

Yin Yan... is below.

His brain began to ache again, and he raised his hand to press his forehead, frowning slightly.

After the dreams became more and more frequent, the headaches also returned and became more severe.What's worse, this headache seems to be recognizable, and it will get worse every time he sees Yin Yan.

He endured it for several days, thinking that his symptoms would gradually improve, but it turned out to be worse and worse, and now it has developed to the point where he would have a headache just thinking of Yin Yan's name.

It shouldn't, it can't be like this, it was fine a few days ago.

Feeling a little irritated and self-loathing in his heart, he pulled his hair vigorously, trying to use the pain in his body to suppress the pain in his brain.

"Yin Yan!"

Someone was calling that familiar yet unfamiliar name, and the pain in his brain suddenly flooded and exploded. He grunted and reached out to hold the handle of the stairs.

No, it won't work like this.

I have to find a way, and I have to find a way to deal with those hallucinations that pop up from time to time.

He raised his hand and patted his forehead, struggled to straighten up, turned and walked towards the corner.

At the stairs on the first floor, Yin Yan raised his head and glanced towards the direction of the second floor. Just as he was about to step up, Bu Chen, who was chasing up, held down his shoulder.

"Yin Yan! Yin Yan, please wait first." Bu Chen pulled him back, his face full of helplessness, and said, "I'm really sorry this time, it's really my mother... I know the potted flower in Auntie's office It's very precious, it's a newly cultivated variety, just one pot, I don't want that one, just... well, is there any other flowers that grow better in your family Yu Zhen? Can you find a way to even out a pot? Give it to me? The price is fine, my mom is celebrating her birthday soon, look..."

"You have to ask Yu Zhen for his opinion. I will tell him about the flowers you want to buy." Yin Yan replied, looked upstairs again, and said, "I'm going to find a Yu Zhen, excuse me."

"Hey, okay, thank you, brother! I'll talk to Yu Zhen later, and I'm going to trouble you this time." Bu Chen hurriedly let go of him, feeling a big rock in his heart, and finally smiled.

The pot of gradient pink and white roses in Qiu Feiqian's office is so eye-catching, it has won the hearts of all the big flower lovers in City B.His mother didn't escape, she wanted it all the time.

It's a pity that new varieties of flowers are so precious and rare, if it wasn't for seeing his mother getting sick because of thinking about flowers, he wouldn't have the audacity to ask a good friend to talk about it.

Saying goodbye to Bu Chen, Yin Yan walked up to the second floor, stopped at the stairs on the second floor, touched the railing, then turned around and followed Yu Zhen's breath.

When he traced to an unmonitored corner of the Painting and Calligraphy Gallery, Yu Zhen's aura suddenly stopped. Yin Yan stopped, remained silent for a while, and called out: "Nothingness."

The white cat appeared, half hidden.

"Go and guard him, don't show your body, he may not want to see you very much recently."

"Meow..." Wu Wu slumped his head in response, and disappeared in place in a flash.

In the nursery, Yu Zhen lay sideways on a deck chair on the terrace, covering his forehead with his hands.

"Xiaozhen." Magu appeared, knelt down and looked at him worriedly, wanted to comfort him but didn't know what to do, and asked worriedly, "Are you feeling unwell again?"

"It's okay." Yu Zhen endured the headache and smiled at her, took out his phone and handed it to her, and said, "Help me send a message to Yin Yan, tell him that I suddenly feel sleepy, and go back to the nursery to rest, please look at the leisure hall more." there."

Seeing his slightly pale face, Magu frowned and took the phone, nodded without saying anything, got up and walked to the corner.

After she walked away, Yu Zhen immediately lowered his head, took out a few bodhi lotus seeds, peeled them off and ate them all, took a few more pills, sat up, forced himself to meditate, and entered a state of meditation.

Maybe this way it won't hurt anymore, he must return to normal before Yin Yan is busy with the leisure hall and finds him.

The aura was wrapped in the fragrance of herbs and circulated in his body, his consciousness slowly sank into his dantian and melted into the sea of ​​white flowers.

"This is the Bronze Beard Illusion."

A slender figure in a black robe stood in front of him, overlooking the sea of ​​black clouds rolling under his feet.

"Yuzhen, the saddest thing in the journey of practice is the demon karma. There is no real danger in this copper beard illusion, but it can induce desires in people's hearts that you may not even be aware of. In the illusion, the only thing that can hurt You are the only one who sees you. Remember, desires can be pursued, but you must keep your heart."

The whistling of the wind lifted the delicate robe corners of the person in front of him.

Standing behind the man in black, he stretched out his hand unconsciously, trying to grab the hem of the flying clothes.

"Yuzhen?"

There was no response to what he said, and the man in black suddenly looked back.

He was startled, like a child who was discovered by an adult for doing something bad, hurriedly withdrew his hand, blushed and stood upright, Nuonuo nodded yes.

The man in black saw his small movements and turned to face him.

Just when he thought he would be blamed, the man in black moved his fingers and conjured a small net made of black satin and put it on his hand.

"You have such a childlike heart, how can a teacher rest assured that you will enter this illusion by yourself."

The silk and satin hands were slightly cool, but the fingertips that the other party brushed were warm.

"You have my protective formation on your body. If you really can't break through the heart barrier, you can use this net to cover yourself, hold on for a moment, and the teacher will take you out."

He tightened his hands, looked up at the warm gaze of the other party, his heart was beating, and finally couldn't help doing what he had been wanting to do to the other party all this time, and stretched out his arms to hug him.

"Master, I will return safely."

The person being hugged obviously froze for a moment, as if he was not used to being so close to people, but after hearing his words, he relaxed slowly, hugged him back gently, and patted him on the back.

"I'm waiting for you as a teacher."

Just for this sentence of waiting for you, he entered the illusion without hesitation, breaking through the fog of illusion at a terrifying speed.

Everyone in the world knows that the Bronze Beard Illusion is terrifying, in which there are eight levels of obsessions of desire, and there are only one or two people who can completely escape and get the gift of Dao Heart.But he felt that it was okay. He lived a monotonous and pale life in the first few decades, and lived a miserable and chaotic life in the next few years. Although he had demons in his heart and evil spirits in his body, he didn't actually have any deep desires.

At one point, he didn't even want to live.

So nothing to be afraid of, desire can hurt, but when you have nothing to want, nothing can hurt you.

Birth, old age, sickness and death, power and money, good and evil merits and demerits... everything passes by like clouds, and the sixth floor passes by in an instant. He stops outside the seventh layer of confusion, thinking hard, and only guesses that it may be related to the hatred in his heart.

He wanted revenge, which was the only thing he had ever strongly wanted in his decades of life.

But this is the seventh floor. If hatred is locked here, what is the eighth floor at the top?Is there any obsessive desire in his heart that he hasn't noticed?

Or is it that the seventh floor is actually closed to something else?

He tightened the small net in his hand, no longer thinking about it, and stepped into it firmly.

Master said that it is normal to want revenge after being hurt, and it is natural to have evil thoughts towards the enemy, so there is no need to be afraid, so it doesn't matter.Even if there is a sea of ​​swords and flames ahead, as long as there is hope in his heart, as long as there are people waiting in front of him, he can grit his teeth and survive.

The maze was cleared away, and the Forbidden Formation of the Back Mountain appeared in front of him. His body froze, and he looked up at the elders who were drinking and laughing in the cloud, and headed forward.

Master is outside, so some things are no longer important.

It was already a nightmare that he didn't want to recall after all the tangled, painful struggle and depression. When he broke through the maze of the seventh floor and stood in front of the eighth floor in a state of confusion, he suddenly sat down. He propped his head on the ground and smiled.

Ah, it's not that scary.

Master is right, if you have a grudge, you should avenge it, and if you have a grudge, you can vent it. After the grudge is avenged and the grudge is vented, you can cleanly pursue a new life.

As long as you are alive, there is hope for everything.

"It's great...to meet Master." He cherished touching his body even though he was in a mess, but he was careful not to stain it with a trace of filthy net. He stood up and walked towards the eighth floor with a smile on his face. go.

The hurdle of revenge has been passed, and he believes that nothing can stop him.

The eighth layer of confusion is opened, and inside is the Taoyuan Wonderland, and the master quietly looking over in the wonderland.

"Yuzhen." The other party spoke and stretched out his hand, "Come here, come to Master."

He wondered, is the illusion already over?

He walked forward while thinking, and then stopped abruptly in the middle of the walk. The smile on his face disappeared unconsciously, and his face suddenly turned pale.

No, Master is not wearing this robe today.

This is an illusion, an illusion that can induce the deepest desire in the heart.The Taoyuan and the master in front of him are not real, but... the deepest desire in his heart reflected in the illusion.

The deepest desire in his heart... is Master?

His heart seemed to be soaked in a pool of ice water, he trembled all over and couldn't believe it.

No, you can't.

Many details flashed through my mind, those feelings of unconsciously wanting to get closer, those gestures of reaching out to touch, the courage that was full of fearlessness for convenience... and the uncontrollable hug before coming in.

No.

He squatted down, not daring to look at the illusion in front of him again, and hugged his head.

How could he, how could he... That was his master, his best master, and he actually had unreasonable thoughts about the master who took good care of him and redeemed him.

How could this be.

To escape, to leave, this is an illusion, it is fake, he is not so despicable, he did not try to defile the gods with his dirty hands.

"Yuzhen, come to Master."

No!You are fake!It's a liar!Master is still waiting for me, I want to go out!go out!

boom--

The black cloud rolled, and the backlash on the eighth floor came suddenly and fiercely. He was involved in it and couldn't get rid of it.

After all, he failed to break through the illusion to obtain the gift of Dao Heart and become that special one-two-ten-thousandth.He is just a despicable worldly person, with some thoughts that he shouldn't have, and he is greedy for the people who reach out to him.

"I'm sorry..." He was taken out of the maze by the man in black with serious injuries, covering his eyes in shame, afraid that his weakness and embarrassment would be seen by the other party, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

He kept apologizing, filled with pain and despair.

"It's okay, failure is normal." The man in black patted his head gently.

His heart clenched and he shook his head vigorously.

Not apologizing for failure, no.

"My teacher said that it's normal to want revenge, so you don't need to pay too much attention to it." The man thought that he was locked in a maze by the heart of revenge, and he persuaded and comforted him in a gentle voice, "Wait for you to be stronger. Master will let you go out to take revenge, except for this demon."

No, not for revenge.

He wanted to deny it, but he stopped shaking his head. After a long time, he nodded and moved his hand away, as if seeing his face clearly for the first time, taking his facial features into his heart.

"Okay." He said, with a firm tone: "I will work hard... Get rid of this demon, Master, don't be disappointed in me."

Looking over with cold eyes, it seems that gods are casting their gazes on mortals from the sky.

"As a teacher, I will never disappoint you." He has black hair and black robe, jade crown and long hair, perfect facial features like a fairy, expressionless face, but his tone is low and gentle, "Yuzhen, no one has the right to be disappointed in you, Life is yours, and the only one who can be disappointed in you is yourself.”

No, it's not like that.

For the first time, he disagreed with his master's words, looked into his eyes, and secretly reached out and pinched the corner of his robe.

Life is indeed his, but if one day this person in front of him shows a disappointed and disgusted expression to him, then he probably won't have the courage to go on with this life.

Master, I admire you, do you know that?

The illusion shattered, and the flowers in the dantian flower sea suddenly began to wither and bloom repeatedly. The surrounding aura oscillated, and the familiar aura protected the surroundings, which made people feel at ease.

He opened his eyes, and sure enough, he saw a pair of calm eyes looking at him quietly.

Yin Yan.

He opened his mouth, called out silently, then closed his eyes, suppressing the remaining words in his throat.

Should I call you that, or should I call you a different name and call you respectfully... Master.

The spirit energy oscillating around surrounded him. The ancient books in the dantian were washed by the spirit energy and floated to the sky above the dantian again. As the flowers withered and opened, the pages were slowly turned, and there was a faint golden light shining.

His consciousness was dragged into a dense fog, and the illusion reappeared. He stood in front of the eighth layer of the Bronze Beard Illusionary barrier again, and stepped into it.

The Taoyuan reappeared, and the familiar yet unfamiliar person stood in the Taoyuan and looked towards him quietly.

"Yuzhen." The other party stretched out his hand towards him and called softly, "Come here, come to Master."

He looked at the other person, didn't step forward, looked at him carefully for a long time, then suddenly smiled, and said, "Yin Yan, so the real you look like this... so pretty."

This is probably the case with Peerless Fenghua.

This time the opponent didn't move.

"But I still like your 'Yin Yan' look better for the time being." He stroked his long hair, tugged at the ancient clothes on his body, curled his lips, "No wonder you are so good at making clothes. You have practiced it in your previous life."

"Yuzhen."

"It's Yu Zhen." He interrupted the other party, looked at him again, and took a step back, "Yin Yan, I don't like you calling me dressed like this, change it back, change it back, and I'll go over."

The other party looked at him without moving, and for a long time, his figure flashed, and he changed into Yin Yan's appearance.

A big smile appeared on Yu Zhen's face, and she rushed over to hug him happily, buried her head in his arms, and closed her eyes: "That's great...Master, I want to just be Yu Zhen, do you like me? "

The other party did not speak, and stretched out his arms to hug him.

He tightened his arms and continued, "If you follow me, we can have a wedding."

"it is good."

The familiar calm tone was not the cool voice he heard every day.

"Even in the illusion, you are so kind to me." Yu Zhen sighed, turned his wrist, transformed into a mahogany sword, and directly inserted it into the vest of the man in his arms, "Unfortunately, it's all fake... Yin Yan, Yu Zhen loves you very much."

boom--

The spiritual energy poured into the dantian, the pages of the book were frantically flipped, the illusion dissipated, and a golden light flew from nowhere, falling directly on the ancient book.

The warmth brought by the fusion of souls traveled all over his body, he sighed comfortably, the sea of ​​flowers blossomed, and ancient books came out through his body.He opened his eyes, held the ancient book in his palm with a wave of his hand, and opened it gently. Sure enough, on the last page, he saw a line of large golden characters—the third question: Immortal Heart.

There are three thousand roads, what is the direction of the heart?

The handwriting appeared and disappeared, and the ancient book turned into golden light and penetrated between his brows. He closed his eyes and closed his eyes. After all the dust had settled, he opened his eyes again and looked at Yin Yan, who was also sitting cross-legged on the opposite side, protecting him. With a twist of his hand, he appeared A handful of copper coins.

"This "Nongjing" first made me think about the seven hardships of life, and then let me look back at the origin of life. Just now, it made me look forward to the future and think about which way to go in the future."

He said, flipping copper coins, squinting his eyes and smiling, "I think most of this "Nong Jing" was made by you. You asked me so many questions. Now, I want to ask you one. Truth or Dare, if you want Play?"

Yin Yan saw all his small movements and subtle expressions, nodded, and said, "You go first."

"I knew you would let me." Yu Zhen threw the copper coins into the air without any politeness, letting them fall freely.

Crash, five copper coins, all obverse.

"It's your turn." He raised his hand to support his chin, but he didn't see the joy and excitement after throwing out all of them.

Yin Yan stretched out his hand, instead of using spiritual energy, he threw the copper coins himself.

Crash, five copper coins, all reversed.

"I lost." Yin Yan withdrew his hand, looked at him, and said, "I choose the truth."

Yu Zhen stared straight at the five copper coins on the ground, and the fake smile on his face disappeared. After a long time, he raised his eyes to look at him, and asked, "You once said that you liked someone in your previous life. What's his name?"

The autumn wind blows, and the fragrance of flowers floats.

The sun had set in the west and the day was drawing to a close.

The two sat opposite each other, very close, yet far away.

"He doesn't have an exact name. When he was young, he only had the nickname Erbao, and his father's surname was Liu, so the folks called him Liu Er." Yin Yan's voice rang in the wind, and he was taken far away. , "After accepting him as an apprentice, I took the name Yuzhen for him. Since then, he has always called himself Liu Yuzhen."

"He used the Dao name I gave him to make a big name."

Liu Yuzhen, that's too distant a title.

Yu Zhen's eyes were a little far away, and his fingers unconsciously sucked back the copper coins to play with. After a long time, he turned his gaze to him and said with a smile: "Yin Yan, I'm hungry and I want to eat Babao Rabbit Ding."

Yin Yan looked at him deeply, got up, approached and tentatively reached out to touch his head.

Yu Zhen didn't hide, but still looked at him with a smile.

Yin Yan's tense body relaxed a little, put his hands on it, gently stroked his hair, and replied in a warm voice: "I'll do it for you."

Anything can be done for you, as long as you stay here and don't leave.