lotus shadow

Under the blood-colored glazed tree, the doctor of the underworld stood under the tree, looking up at the clusters of glazed pearl leaves on the tree, waiting for the arrival of Qiao Tathagata.

When Qiao Rulai arrived under the glazed tree, what he saw was this scene. He knew that the senior Ming doctor was waiting for him here, so he walked forward and bowed softly, "Senior Ming doctor."

"Oh! You're here." Seeing that Qiao Tathagata came to Liulishu so quickly, I couldn't help being a little surprised, but after thinking about the recent events in the Central Plains, I understood, so I asked, "How, have you made up your wish?" ?”

Qiao Rulai nodded slightly, and replied calmly: "The younger generation has already considered it."

"You think it over!" He was very surprised that Qiao Rulai made a decision so quickly. He thought that Qiao Rulai would continue to think, but he didn't expect him to make a decision so quickly.

Thinking of this, the doctor of the underworld couldn't help frowning, and looked at Qiao Rulai with a trace of worry, "I think it's better to think about such an important matter."

But seeing that Qiao Tathagata still looked calm, and seemed to have no intention of continuing to think deeply, he couldn't help reminding, "Ah, by the way, for the sake of fate between you and me, I will give you a little hint. He told you , Everything has his reasons." Then he patted Qiao Rulai on the shoulder, and walked straight to the outside of the glass tree, "Then think slowly, I'll leave first."

"Everything has its own reasons, um..." Qiao Tathagata repeated the hint given to him by the doctor of the underworld, narrowing her eyes slightly, and said in her heart, "Such as the theory of cause and effect, senior Mo Cangli told me that yesterday Master also made it clear, if the senior doctor of the underworld said this again... It seems that my guess is right! '

Time passed by every minute and every second, and it gradually approached Zishi. When Qiao Tathagata was meditating, he suddenly heard the crisp sound of glass colliding in the air, and his thoughts slowly returned to yesterday. After the hand of the tyrant, I went to meet the senior Su Zhenzhen.

In the inner room of Zhengqi Villa, Su Zhenzhen sat quietly on the couch in the room and waited for someone to come, "Crack——"

The door was pushed open, and Qiao Tathagata stepped into the door silently, just before she walked in front of Su Zhenzhen, she heard the person on the couch whispering: "Qiao Tathagata, what do you mean by coming to see me?"

I saw Su Zhenzhen slowly opened his eyes, looking at Qiao Rulai with gentle eyes, which made him involuntarily want to confide his worries, at this moment, Mo Cangli's words suddenly sounded in his mind, "Anything must have its own reason." The reason is that there is a cause and an effect. '

These words swallowed all the worries he was about to say back into his heart. At this moment, Qiao Rulai's eyes inadvertently glanced over the still unconscious Tibetan mirror man, a flash of inspiration flashed in his heart, and his body moved with his heart, "Boom!" Kneeling down, he said at the same time, "Senior, please accept me as a disciple."

"Huh?" Su Zhenzhen frowned slightly when he heard the words. Although he was a little surprised by Qiao Tathagata's sudden move, his eyes were still calm, and he asked lightly, "Why?"

Qiao Rulai lowered her eyes, "It is absolutely impossible for senior to help me for no reason. Even if senior and father have a very close relationship, my connection with senior is only limited to father, let alone father now..."

Su really understood Qiao Rulai's unfinished words, but he didn't respond to Qiao Rulai's words, quietly waiting for him to continue to explain, "Although the seniors helped father, they never really intervened in the struggle between the Central Plains and Xi Jianliu Among them, he only participated in the Battle of the World Wind and Cloud Monument because of his status as Xi Jianliu, and he helped his father when his life was threatened. From this, it can be seen that senior does not want to enter the world."

"Heh~" Su Zhenzhen chuckled, causing Qiao Tathagata to look up at him, only to see a flash of admiration in Su Zhenzhen's eyes, with no sense of accountability in his tone, Qiao Tathagata knew he was right, So he continued: "Senior is a great talent, if the Central Plains can get the help of the senior, it will be like adding wings to a tiger, but the senior does not want to enter the world, and Qiao Tathagata does not want to persecute the senior, so I came up with such a compromise method, dare to ask the senior what do you think? ?”

"What if I don't agree?"

Su Zhenzhen asked softly, Qiao Rulai couldn't help but startled, and sighed softly, "This..."

"Hey~" Su Zhenzhen stared at Qiao Tathagata, with a solemn expression and a cold tone, which Qiao Tathagata had never seen before, "Do you understand the meaning of being Su Zhenzhen's disciple?"

"Huh?" Qiao Rulai's eyes were full of puzzlement, and he looked at Su Zhenzhen in doubt.

"Although outsiders know little about Su's identity in Xijianliu, and most of the people in the Central Plains who have seen Su were killed by the three-way poison of Tianyun Mountain, but... what will the rest of the people think?"

Qiao Tathagata knows what Senior Suzhen means, but...

Having made up her mind, Qiao Tathagata immediately performed the ceremony of apprenticeship, and at the same time said firmly, "Senior, please accept me as an apprentice!"

"That's all..." Su Zhenzhen looked at Qiao Rulai with a complex and inexplicable expression in his eyes, and it seemed that there was a little nostalgia that he hadn't even noticed.

'Now that I no longer bear the destiny that belongs to Su Huan, what worries do I have?Furthermore, only when Qiao Tathagata has grown up can he take over the burden of Yanwen. Among the four siblings of the Shi family, only Qiao Tathagata is the most suitable candidate. '

Su Zhenzhen blinked lightly, concealed the gloomy expression in his eyes, and got off the couch to help Qiao Tathagata up, "Get up... my apprentice."

Qiao Tathagata looked at Su Huanzhen in surprise, and whispered, "Master!"

"Jingzhong, you have to understand that even if you take me as your teacher, I won't make any decisions for you. If I take care of everything for you, how can you take care of yourself? But if you don't understand something, you can ask me , but don’t come to me for everything, you have to make your own judgment, otherwise don’t blame me as a teacher and I don’t think about the relationship between a teacher and a student.”

Qiao Tathagata was a little ashamed when he heard the words, and there was indeed a flash of thought in his mind, "Yes, disciple understands."

Seeing Qiao Tathagata's calmness, Su Zhenzhen nodded in satisfaction, took out a jade slip from his sleeve and handed it to Qiao Tathagata, "Jing Zhong, I will leave this to you."

Qiao Rulai took the jade slip and observed it carefully, "This is... a formation!?"

"Yes, there are three defensive formations engraved on this jade slip. You can activate the formation by pouring your internal energy into the jade slip. At the same time, I will also know that you are in danger, and someone will help you escape, but... Jing Zhong, Remember that you only have three chances, and if the three chances are exhausted, even if you are in a dead end, I will not make a move, so...how you use these three chances depends on how you choose."

Qiao Rulai put away the jade slips, "I understand."

Su Zhenzhen looked at the thick night fog outside the window, and suddenly said: "History is often a mystery. If you want to solve the mystery, you must restore the truth."

"Yes." Qiao Tathagata was stunned for a moment, then clasped his hands together and saluted, he knew that this was the first reminder Su Zhenzhen gave him, although he didn't know which aspect Master reminded himself, but he kept it in his heart superior.

Su Huanzhen nodded slightly, walked slowly to the window, looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and asked softly: "Tomorrow's matter, have you already thought about it."

Qiao Rulai was taken aback for a moment, but soon realized what Su Zhenzhen was talking about, "Yes."

"Go and rest." Su Zhenzhen's indifferent words warmed Qiao Rulai's heart. Since his father disappeared and Xi Jianliu invaded the Central Plains, he has indeed not had a good rest for a long time.

During this period of time, the troubles in the Central Plains continued to increase. He had no time to rest, and he couldn't relax to rest.

"Hey..." Sighing softly in my heart, suddenly there was a sound of footsteps coming from behind Qiao Rulai, and at the same time came Mo Cangli's deep and indifferent voice, "You've already made up your mind."

Qiao Tathagata turned around and saluted, with a firm tone, "Yes."

The satisfaction in Mo Cangli's eyes flashed away, "Tell me your request."

As soon as the words fell, Qiao Rulai whispered, "My request is..."

Immediately, he knelt down on his knees and raised his voice: "Please accept me as a disciple, senior!"