Kokonoe

"Cang Ming..." Mo Xuan read it again and wrote it down.

"Oh, I remember it." Cang Ming said with a smile.

Mo Xuan rubbed his nose in embarrassment, why is this man like this. . .

"By the way, what is this place?" Mo Xuan finally had a sense of being in a strange place.

"I brought you here," the little girl said excitedly, "You are brother's friend, so I will bring you to find the master. Now that you are awake, I can take you back to see brother."

"Brother?" Mo Xuan asked, "What's it like?"

"Hmm... Brother, it's very pretty." The girl racked her brains to describe it: "My brother was injured, and he was healed by Tuantuan."

I'm afraid it's Mu Qi, is Mu Qi injured?

Mo Xuan blamed himself, if it wasn't for him, Mu Qi would not have done it. . .

Don't know how brother is?Thinking of Anze, Mo Xuan was even more flustered and turned over the magic seal. . .What happened to Anze?

"What are you thinking?" Cang Ming's pleasant voice came.

Mo Xuan came back to his senses and said embarrassedly: "I was thinking about my senior brother..."

Looking at Cang Ming's handsome and bewitching face, Mo Xuan tentatively asked: "I don't know if you have heard of the magic seal?"

"Turning the magic seal?" Cang Ming sneered, "Is there such a thing now?"

"You really know!" Mo Xuan said in surprise.

"Yeah, I know." Cang Ming asked back: "Could it be that the brother you were thinking of got hit with the magic seal?"

Being hit by the man, Mo Xuan could only nod his head, full of sadness: "That's right."

"Oh?" Cang Ming pondered for a moment, then said, "That's not unsolvable."

Mo Xuan was startled, and quickly asked: "Really? How to solve it?"

There was a smile in Cang Ming's eyes, looking at the young man's slightly flushed cheeks and his beautiful eyes shining with eagerness.

He said: "There is a method, but it is far more painful than going through the magic seal. Do you want to listen?"

Mo Xuan was taken aback, then nodded slowly: "I want to listen."

"Heh," Cang Ming chuckled, his voice was vague and empty, as if he had penetrated the entire time and space, and came from a distant place: "If a cultivator betrays, he will be branded with the magic mark and experience the pain of becoming a demon." .But what if you become a demon?"

Cang Ming stopped talking, and looked at Mo Xuan's dazed face with a half-smile.

This child was born so delicately.

"Become a demon?" Mo Xuan muttered silently. Since he entered Lingshan, he has been instilled with the law of the great way and the way of cultivating the Tao, but he has never heard other people talk about other ways so frankly.

demon.

magic.

ghost.

Strange.

"Becoming a demon?" Mo Xuan's eyes looked at Cang Ming, like a frightened little beast, wet.

"What?" Cang Ming raised his hand to touch his eyes, but he pretended not to care, only raised it in an arc and then slowly put it down.

"But, brother is a cultivator." Mo Xuan said.

The way of immortality and the way of magic are opposites, aren't they?

"Heh," Cang Ming's thin lips curled up, vaguely: "There are three thousand ways, and there are no laws. Why is the immortal way the best and the right way?"

Mo Xuan blinked, a thread in his mind was pulled back and forth, tied into a tight knot, and for some reason, it seemed that someone had found the end and was slowly untying it for him.

"What is righteous way?" Cang Ming asked, "Do you know? Huh? Kid?"

There was a smile in his voice, and Mo Xuan felt a little shy when he heard the last three words.

"I'm not a child." Mo Xuan muttered.

Cang Ming could hear it, but he just smiled secretly and didn't refute.

He continued: "Some people have gone through all kinds of hardships and dangers to cultivate the immortal body, in exchange for the word longevity; He smiled: "No matter which way, it is not tolerated in the world."

Mo Xuan didn't know what was shaking in his heart, what was he thinking, the sea of ​​his consciousness rose and fell with Cang Ming's words, rolling up wild waves.

"Little friend," Cang Ming asked, "Which way did you go?"

Mo Xuan tremblingly looked at Cang Ming who was still smiling, but he seemed to be choked by the throat and could not speak.

Which way am I going?Mo Xuan asked himself, but didn't know the answer.

If he was in Lingshan, if he was kneeling and sitting on the treasure hall now, he would say, I am walking the fairy road, the right way, and the shortcut to heaven.

But in fact, Mo Xuan can't deny that he can't take this path, he can't cultivate according to the rules of cultivating immortals, he can't listen to the elders' teachings of Taoism, and he is refuting and refuting himself every day he settles in the Buddhist scriptures pavilion. The words in those books forced myself to believe.

Dad once said, those things don’t need to be learned, and it’s useless if you learn them.

Mo Xuan shook his body and tried to open his mouth, but even the skin of his mouth was trembling.

"I don't know..." came a voice as thin as a mosquito.

Cang Ming's eyes sank, and his slightly weeping voice became clearer: "I don't know."

"Come here." Cang Ming said.

Mo Xuan was restrained and uneasy, not knowing whether to approach or not.

The tears that slid down because of fear, finally fell one drop after another.

The corners of Cang Ming's raised mouth suddenly flattened, and his tone became more serious: "Come here!"

Not to be refused.

Mo Xuan moved forward in small steps, slowly getting closer.

"Ah!" Cang Ming sighed slightly, stretched out his hand to embrace the restless young man into his arms, suddenly felt satisfied, and slowed down his tone: "Why are you crying?"

The boy in his arms was very obedient, let Cang Ming embrace him, which made Cang Ming very pleased, so he raised his hand to touch the boy's hair, it was very soft and slippery, and it felt really good.

Mo Xuan slowly stopped whimpering under Cang Ming's comfort, he raised his head, the tip of his nose was red and his eyes were wet.

Cang Ming paused, staring at the little beast in his arms.

"What?" he asked.

The young man blinked and asked in a low voice, "What kind of Tao do you cultivate?"

Cang Ming narrowed his peach blossom eyes slightly, suddenly lowered his head and approached, with an unstoppable smile on his lips: "Little friend, did you just remember now? If I were a bad person, you would be wiped out by now. "

Well. . .

Mo Xuan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled, Cang Ming only felt a breeze in front of his eyes, tickling his heart.

"If you are a bad person, I will admit it too." Mo Xuan said.

"Hehe..." Cang Ming patted his head and smiled: "Really?"

"You haven't told me yet, what Tao have you cultivated?" Mo Xuan asked.

Cang Ming leaned his chin on the top of Mo Xuan's head, with a hint of helplessness: "I, I am cultivating evil ways."

Lingshan

In the hall, everyone waited with bated breath.

An Ze has recovered his sanity, he stands in the center with his head bowed, Xiao Yi on his arm keeps spitting out letters.

Wu Tong and Mu Cheng sat at the top with serious faces.

"Oh, what are you doing here?" Fu Le walked in slowly, yawning, followed by Mu Qi.

"Oh brother, you've recovered from your illness." Mu Qi ran up and hugged An Ze tightly, and said to himself: Don't say anything!

After a deep hug, Mu Qi raised his face again, ready to cry: "Brother, you don't know, I almost lost sight of you, wow—"

The corner of An Ze's mouth twitched, and Mu Qi pinched himself while crying, the tears and snot falling down together was really touching.

"Aqi, what's going on?" Mucheng was also full of doubts when he heard that Mu Qi was also in Wuwang Forest, and the two had always been at odds, why did they suddenly have such a good relationship?

"Father~ oh no, master..." Mu Qi changed the subject, and said in tears, "It's like this, it's all my fault, I have been practicing martial arts hard because of next year's competition, but you also know that I don't have the combat skills contracted beast, so I thought to find a good one around Wuwang Forest..."

Mu Qi burst into tears, An Ze glanced at Fu Le who was yawning, and couldn't help asking, where is Mo Xuan?Why didn't Mo Xuan come back together?

"You mean, you met a seventh-level demon wolf, and it still has its mind?" Wu Tong asked.

"That's right, don't mention how miserable I am..." What Mu Qi said was the truth, thinking of that damned devil wolf made his teeth itch with hatred, so Fu Le should have caught and skinned him when he came back!

"Then you and Anze..." Wu Tong continued.

"Hey, it's a coincidence," Fu Le said lazily, "My precious apprentice will go down the mountain every month to check the surrounding safety, and you also know that this Forest of Immortality is special, so I'll tell you to take a look at it from a distance. As long as there is no trouble, it just so happened that Mu Qi was there to let him see it."

"Tell me, fellow apprentices, can my apprentice not save me?" Fu Le said and glanced at Mu Qi.

Mu Qi also answered: "Yeah, I'm very ashamed this time, Senior Brother An saved me, but was swept in by the beast tide driven by that demon wolf, and I just found out that his spiritual power surged because of this. "

Mu Qi bowed to Anze very solemnly: "Thank you, brother, for saving my life!"

An Ze pursed his lips and did not speak. Fu Le coughed, and An Ze said softly, "You're welcome."

"So that's how it is." Wu Tong scanned all the disciples, nothing unusual.

He thought to himself that Fu Le was really good at talking, but it was strange that Mu Qi could speak for him.

"Since that's the case, the beast horde has also receded. Mu Qi, you should be responsible for the things you caused by going down the mountain at will. Is there any objection to punishing you?" Wu Tong scolded.

Mu Qi bent his head obediently: "The disciple accepts the punishment."

"Okay, then I will punish you to clean Xuanyuan Terrace for half a year." After Wu Tong made the judgment, he said loudly: "You all heard me clearly, I don't want to see this matter of Wuwangzhi Forest a second time!"

"Yes! Everyone in the hall answered in unison.

"Also," Wu Tong continued, "Since Mu Qi mentioned it, I will also mention it. One year later, the winner of the Lingshan Grand Competition will have a chance to make a contract with the guardian beast of Lingshan."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar.

"That's right, this divine beast is born once in a hundred years, and this time, it happens to be at the time of the Grand Competition, so, take good care of the remaining year."

This news immediately made everyone full of fighting spirit, that is a divine beast!

Suddenly, Anze's matter no longer became the focus.Fu Le glanced at the senior brother on the seat, and got a blank stare.

"Let's all go down." Wu Tong waved his hand, and everyone dispersed slowly.

Mucheng said to Mu Qi: "Come with me."

Mu Qi's face darkened, and he lowered his head and walked out with Mu Cheng.

"You two," Wu Tong said coldly, "Think about it carefully!"

After saying this, Wu Tong shook his sleeves and left, Fu Le patted his forehead and thought for a while, then said, "I'll find another place for you."

An Ze was silent, and suddenly asked: "Where is Mo Xuan?"

Fu Le's eyes flickered: "Don't worry, he is very safe."

Anze squinted his eyes and asked, "Did you put him in Wuwang Forest?"

"What tone?" Fu Le groaned, "I can still eat him? You two look at me like that!"

Anze turned his head away: "No."

Fu Le snorted and said, "Okay, instead of worrying about him, you should worry about yourself." After a pause, he lifted up Anze's sleeves, and the red marks on his arms got longer and longer, spreading to his chest.

"Ah Ze," Fu Le suddenly said seriously, "Master will not let you die."

An Ze looked at his arm silently, Xiao Yi rushed to rub against his neck, and said softly: "En."

"Evil ways?" Mo Xuan was puzzled.

"Yes." Cang Ming let go of him and replied with a smile.

"Then why are you here?" Mo Xuan could tell that this man was quite powerful.

"Ah..." Cang Ming slightly raised his eyebrows, and he said slowly, "Because, I can't leave."

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Zheng————

Mo Xuan opened his eyes wide in surprise, and saw Cang Ming slowly raise his hands, the iron chain covered by his sleeves was exposed in sight, the iron chain was firmly locked on Cang Ming's wrist, all the way up, along the The stone wall next to it leads to that unreachable place.

"You..." Mo Xuan took a breath.

Cang Ming closed his eyes, not knowing what expression to make, it really was a little guy, he must have been scared.

"Does it hurt?"

Exemption—

Cang Ming opened his eyes suddenly, the stream of light flickered slightly, as if he didn't hear it: "What?"

"Does it hurt?" Mo Xuan knelt beside Cang Ming, stroking the red mark on Cang Ming's wrist with his hand, which was the mark left by years of restraint and struggle.

"It must be very painful." Mo Xuan said to himself, rubbing it carefully for him, looking up at him with a little heartache.

Cang Ming's heart softened, he didn't know how to answer the little guy's words, so he could only say: "It doesn't hurt."

"Who trapped you here?" Mo Xuan said angrily.

"Heh," Cang Ming laughed from the bottom of his heart, seeing the little guy's tone of I'm going to avenge you, "It's okay, it's been a long time."

So long, I forgot who I am, I forgot why I was trapped here.

It has been so long that I look up at the sky here every day, only to find that it has become farther and farther away from me.

After a long time, I am neither happy nor sad about anything, no longer have ambitions, and no longer look back at the past.

But suddenly one day, a young man who was much younger than me came to me, he held his young but fresh heart and asked me: "Does it hurt?"

Cang Ming suddenly understood the meaning of time, and was suddenly not afraid of the long wait.

Because at this moment, he touched the sky that belongs to him.