Rebirth Comprehension Manual

Lou Xiao looked at his right hand, and was still thinking about the previous moves over and over again in his mind.

Ruan Yan looked at it for a while, and asked curiously, "Why is he suddenly willing to teach you again?"

Lou Xiao raised his head when he heard the words, and after thinking for a while, he explained the situation without any concealment, and finally said: "After the practice, a sword formula appeared in my mind, but it seems that I practiced only one of them."

"It seems that you chose the sword repair first, so he taught you the sword technique." Ruan Yan concluded.

Lou Xiao nodded, although he agreed in his heart, but felt that something was wrong, he thought about it and said: "However... one thing is still very strange, when I was conscious of the sea, I had a feeling that I couldn't tell who I was. , and even once thought that the man in white was himself. But after waking up, he can clearly distinguish, I am me, he is him, not a person."

After hearing this, Ruan Yan couldn't help being slightly surprised.In this situation... Could it be that Lou Xiao really has something to do with the man in the mirror?Is it his reincarnation, or a descendant?

Then he thought, no wonder Gu Jie recognized him as the master, and it was no accident that he came here.

Ruan Yan quickly recounted his guess. Seeing that Lou Xiao couldn't believe it, he shook his head and said, "It's just a guess, and it may not be true. Maybe it's because you practiced too engrossedly and entered the realm of ecstasy."

Lou Xiao thought for a while, couldn't figure it out, and finally shook his head and said, "Forget it, it's pointless to worry about these things. Since the swordsmanship is good, just practice."

After speaking, he looked at Ruan Yan again, with a puzzled expression: "By the way, why did you come in so late?"

Ruan Yan hesitated for a while before telling him: "I was thinking... since the knowledge of the gods is not clear enough, why don't you come to the ancient ring to see if you can find the right master and ask."

"You mean the man in the mirror?" Lou Xiao asked in astonishment.

"Yeah." Ruan Yan nodded without denying it.

"Then how do you plan to find it? It looks like it's boundless and endless." Seeing that he didn't deny it, Lou Xiao's expression became a little complicated.

Ruan Yan obviously thought it over a long time ago. After listening to his question, he looked at the high mountain in the distance, and said: "Go to the mountain to look for it first. Didn't the person in the mirror say 'the realm of Xinlin' before?" Is it? Maybe...in the mountains."

Lou Xiao didn't want Ruan Yan to go, but when he saw his extremely determined eyes, he knew that he couldn't change his determination.

That being the case, Lou Xiao smiled slightly in his heart, and said to him with a touch of tenderness in his tone, "Then I will go together."

"You?" Ruan Yan turned his head, looked at him for a while, and said with a smile on his lips: "Aren't you afraid that there are some monsters in the mountains that can deceive people's minds?"

Lou Xiao's face darkened when he heard this, and he endured it and explained: "I was worried about you before, and my mind has never been affected much, but you have been affected more than once."

Ruan Yan understood his concerns, but he wasn't too worried.This kind of situation actually happened several times in the previous life, but it was very short-lived, and it didn't affect him much.

In fact, what he was more worried about was the devilish energy that inexplicably appeared in Cangyun Mountain in his previous life. It obviously did not invade from the outside, but spread outward from the mountain's core.In other words, there is likely to be a large amount of devilish energy hidden in Cangyun Mountain.

Thinking of this, he frowned, and said to Lou Xiao, "Let's forget it, I can go alone on this matter."

Lou Xiao seemed to have expected him to say this, and immediately agreed: "Alright then, you can go."

Ruan Yan glanced at him suspiciously, Lou Xiao kept smiling, watching him, nothing unusual could be seen, but Ruan Yan just felt that something was wrong.Sure enough, he didn't take a few steps before Lou Xiao followed.

Ruan Yan turned his head and looked at him with a slight frown.Lou Xiao's expression was very innocent, and he said puzzledly, "I didn't stop you wherever you were going, similarly, you have no reason to stop me wherever I want to go, right?"

Ruan Yan frowned, and finally said helplessly, "If you really want to go, just take the shovel with you."

Lou Xiao: "..."

Ruan Yan passed by Cangyun Mountain several times in his previous life, but the only time he really set foot on it was when he offered sacrifices to the mountain before he died.Unlike the previous visit to Shoufeng Mountain, although Cangyun Mountain has stood in the ancient ring for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, the mountain path is still clearly identifiable, without any weeds spreading.

Stepping on the simple and familiar stone steps, Ruan Yan seemed to have returned to his previous life. At that time, he climbed to the top of the mountain step by step with his prosthetic limbs.It's just that the sky at that time was narrower than it is now, the air was full of magic catkins, and the vegetation in the mountains was not as vibrant as it is now.

Lou Xiao walked behind him, looking carefully at the mountain road under his feet.These stone steps are very wide, revealing ancient desolation everywhere, but they are spotless.The vegetation on both sides seems to have been pruned deliberately, neat and orderly, without vines or branches.

He couldn't help being a little strange, and couldn't help but said to Ruan Yan: "Is there really someone in this mountain? The stone steps seem to have been cleaned, and the flowers and trees on both sides seem to be often pruned?"

Ruan Yan closed his eyes and felt it for a while, then shook his head and said, "It should be protected by a formation."

After walking for a while, he said again: "There are some formations here that I can't even detect. You must not be distracted, lest you fall into an illusion or be led to other places."

As soon as the words finished, Lou Xiao suddenly took two steps forward and grabbed his hand very naturally.Ruan Yan struggled subconsciously, but was gripped even tighter. He couldn't help turning his head to look at the other party with some displeasure, and asked, "What are you doing?"

"I think what you said just now is too true. In order to avoid us being separated by the formation, I think it's safer to hold hands." Lou Xiao said very seriously, without any shame.

"You..." Ruan Yan was discouraged for a while, and struggled hard: "If you don't follow, you won't have this worry."

Seeing that he finally pulled his hand away, Lou Xiao felt a little regretful, and then said seriously: "Don't you think it's safer for the two of you to be together? If one of them falls into a hallucination, there is still someone who can wake him up. If it's alone, just You can only struggle with your environment."

After finishing speaking, he still had an expression of 'I'm actually doing it for your own good'.

Ruan Yan didn't bother to pay attention, and continued to walk up the stone steps after breaking free.

Lou Xiao followed behind, feeling helpless and discouraged.Looking back, it seems that Ruan Yan became what he is now after he cultivated himself.Although he also likes it, occasionally he can't help but think of the obedient and obedient Ruan Yan from before.At that time, Ruan Yan really had no attack power.

If none of them can cultivate, what will happen to everything?Especially in a world ravaged by monsters, without any power to protect himself, how would that once weak person survive.For some reason, this thought flashed through Lou Xiao's mind, and a picture began to appear in front of his eyes. Before he knew it, he was already trapped in the painting.

Under the ravages of monsters, the city has long been in ruins, Lou Xiao carefully escaped from Jiangshi with Ruan Yan.But Ruan Yan seemed to be terrified, and his expression was obviously very ignorant.Facing Ruan Yan like this, Lou Xiao didn't find it strange. Seeing him obediently eating the instant noodles he had saved, he gradually felt a little satisfied in his heart.

"It'll be fine when you get to the imperial capital. There is a spiritual shelter there, so it will be much safer." Lou Xiao heard himself comforting Ruan Yan, and gently helped him to remove the instant noodle scum sticking to the corner of his mouth, and then put it in his mouth.

Ruan Yan was a little dazed, and tilted his head to look at him for a while, then handed over the remaining instant noodle scum in his hand.Lou Xiao suddenly felt sour, turned away with difficulty, and said in a hoarse voice: "You eat, I'm not hungry at all."

Seeing this, Ruan Yan ignored it, lowered his head and gnawed again, looking like a squirrel.

The scene changed quickly. His and Ruan Yan's clothes were even more shabby, and they were hiding in the refugee pile and eking out a living on relief.

A voice suddenly said to him: "Your friend's soul is lost, so his mind is incomplete. If the missing soul cannot be returned as soon as possible, the remaining soul will also dissipate until he dies."

The refugees gradually dissipated like smoke, and he and Ruan Yan went to another place.This time they were well fed and clothed, but Ruan Yan became weaker and weaker.

"Why hasn't the leader returned yet?" Lou Xiao asked anxiously.

"Mr. Lou, the master has some accidents, and he is temporarily unable to return as scheduled. He ordered me to handle the matter on his behalf. Let's go now."

Lou Xiao looked at Ruan Yan who had been asleep for an unknown amount of time, and finally worried overwhelmed his reason and occupied the upper peak.

"Okay." He heard himself say with determination.

Someone injected a wisp of smoke from the top of Ruan Yan's head, and the man who had been sleeping for a long time finally woke up, and his mind seemed to have returned to normal. When he looked at him, he shouted in a daze, "Boss Lou?"

Successful, Lou Xiao looked very excited, and walked towards Ruan Yan.However, the next moment, there was a sharp pain in his heart, and he looked at the person in front of him in astonishment, his eyes full of disbelief.

Ruan Yan's bewildered eyes gradually gained focus. Seeing the scene in front of him, he let go of his hands tremblingly, and staggered back.

Lou Xiao suddenly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, it was not intentional, it was not because he hated him.He tried his best to smile, making his expression not so scary, stretched out his hand and said with all his strength: "No...don't be afraid...I...know, no, it's not...you, don't blame...you..."

The body staggered and fell to the ground, allowing the dagger to penetrate deeper.As he was dying, he saw a person slowly walking out of the shadows with a slight smile on his lips.

It was Lu Zhuoqing, Lou Xiao let out a rapid breathing sound from his throat, but he no longer had the strength to get up.The dilated pupils hadn't dissipated yet, and they were soon splashed with blood, reflecting Ruan Yan's mutilated body, struggling in the blood and mud.

"The strong prey on the weak, that's how it is in the cultivation world, you shouldn't trust me." Someone whispered in his ear, stretching out his hand as if to close his eyelids, but after trying several times, it was unsuccessful.

Lou Xiao suppressed endless resentment and unwillingness, why?Why?He just wanted to have a good time with Ruan Yan and live an ordinary life. Why didn't these cultivators let them go?

And Ruan Yan, he lost his leg and was taken away by that demon, what should he do?He is so weak, he needs to protect himself everywhere...

On the endless winding mountain road, Lou Xiao's eyes were closed tightly, his forehead was covered with sweat, and he was constantly struggling in pain in the illusion.

At the end of the mountain path, Ruan Yan stepped on the last step, raised his head slightly, and looked at the words engraved on the mountain gate.

"Cang Yun?"

It was a font I had never seen before, and it was even more obscure than the characters carved on oracle bones.However, Ruan Yan read it slowly, as if he knew it naturally.

After recovering, he frowned slightly, and a trace of doubt flashed across his expression.Suddenly he turned around and asked, "Do you know—"

Seeing that there was no one behind him, Ruan Yan was taken aback, and then subconsciously called out: "Lou Xiao?"

However, no one responded. On the empty steps, only the mountain wind swept slowly, blowing the leaves next to it, making a "rustling" sound.

Ruan Yan's expression froze, a strange look flashed in his eyes, and he quickly walked down the mountain path.After two turns, he finally saw Lou Xiao who was still in the same place, and he was relieved.

Ruan Yan immediately walked a few steps closer, and after seeing Lou Xiao's situation, he quickly understood that the other party was trapped in an illusion.However, he frowned and glanced around, but found no phantom formation.

Could it be that there are other things here that can affect people's minds?Ruan Yan quickly thought about it in his heart, and there was no way to break it, so he could only wake it up with his spiritual consciousness.

Thinking of this, he raised his hand to press on Lou Xiao's wrist, a ray of consciousness penetrated quickly, and kept calling to Lou Xiao.

When Lou Xiao was in deep pain, a voice suddenly came from his ear: "Lou Xiao, what you see is all fake, hurry up and wake up..."

fake?Lou Xiao was puzzled for a while, but why the feeling of being stabbed into the heart by a dagger is so real?Why did he feel so distressed and painful seeing Ruan Yan's legs cut off?

"Do you still remember where you are? You are on the mountain road in the ancient ring, everything is fake, sober up!"

It was Ruan Yan's voice, Lou Xiao suddenly recognized it, and then became puzzled: No, Ruan Yan wouldn't talk to you like that, he has always been soft-hearted, and his words are soft and gentle, not so cold...

"If you don't wake up again, I'll leave, and you will stay alone in the Cangyun Ancient Ring for the rest of your life!" After calling for a long time, but there was no response from the other party, Ruan Yan immediately said in a harsh tone.

Cangyun Ancient Ring?Lou Xiao suddenly thought of something vaguely, and something flashed in his mind.Yes, he has the Cangyun Ancient Ring, he has cultivated himself, and he is not that powerless weakling.

He was still practicing in the ancient ring just now, and learned swordsmanship. Later, he entered the mountain along the mountain road with Ruan Yan. Ruan Yan warned him to be careful of illusions, and he deliberately used this as an excuse to hold him... wait, illusions? !

Lou Xiao suddenly opened his eyes, panting slightly, sweating all over his body.He soon found that he was still on the stone steps of the mountain road, and Ruan Yan was standing beside him. After seeing him open his eyes, his expression seemed to be relieved.

Lou Xiao blinked, not knowing which one was the real one.He couldn't help but bent down, reached out and squeezed Ruan Yan's calf.

Ruan Yan was startled, and took a few steps back in an instant, almost falling down, and immediately said displeasedly after standing still: "What are you doing?"

The firmness and elasticity of the fingertips told Lou Xiao that it was real, not a prosthesis.He stood up and looked at Ruan Yan with some doubts: "Your leg...is it real?"

Ruan Yan frowned, seeing that something was still wrong with him, he quickly asked, "What do you mean?"

A flash of pain and hostility flashed in Lou Xiao's eyes, and his voice trembled: "I saw...your legs are gone."

Ruan Yan was slightly surprised when he heard the words. The illusions do appear in real scenes, but they are usually things that people who have fallen into the illusions have experienced.The matter of his losing his legs clearly happened in his previous life, Lou Xiao never knew about it in this life, why did it appear in the illusion?

"What else did you see?" Ruan Yan couldn't help asking.

"I saw...you killed me." Lou Xiao thought for a while, then said hesitantly, seeing Ruan Yan's expression changed, he quickly explained: "But I don't blame you, Lu Zhuoqing controlled you to do it, He took away part of your soul body and gave you instructions."

Ruan Yan's complexion changed drastically again, and there was a huge wave in his heart: Lu Zhuoqing once controlled his soul in his previous life, why didn't he know it at all?But if he really has a way to control his own soul, why was he thrown into the soul-devouring array by himself in his previous life?Is the illusion false, or was the control later removed?

"What else?" Ruan Yan couldn't help asking: "What else did you see?"

Lou Xiao frowned slightly, and finally skipped the part where the two fled together, and simply described: "A monk told me that you were missing soul, and promised to help but didn't return, and then I mistrusted him My apprentice, I will take you to retrieve the soul... I don't want to, that disciple has colluded with Lu Zhuo early in the morning..."

After speaking, he guessed again: "I think the voice of the cultivator who promised to help is a bit like Yuxuan Ge."

Ruan Yan didn't respond for a while, his expression was somber, he didn't know what he was thinking.Lou Xiao waited for a while, and then took the initiative to ask: "Is it possible that the things seen in the illusion are real?"

"Fake!" Ruan Yan immediately raised his head and said firmly.

Lou Xiao's mood was still a bit wrong, he shook his head when he heard the words, and said in disapproval: "But I feel very real, as if I have experienced it myself."

Ruan Yan chopped off his feet directly, and motioned to him, "Do you think what you saw in the illusion is real, or is it real now?"

Lou Xiao thought for a while and said, "It feels...it seems to be all of them."

Ruan Yan didn't want to continue this topic, so he raised his feet and continued walking. After walking for a while, he saw that Lou Xiao was still in place, and said, "If the illusion is not real enough, how can it make people fall into it and cannot extricate themselves? You are probably affected by the illusion. It’s too deep, that’s normal, and it’ll get better after a while.”

"Really?" Lou Xiao stood where he was, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to touch his heart, as if the pain and coldness brought by the dagger still remained there.

"Let's go quickly." Although Ruan Yan's heart was ups and downs, but he suppressed it secretly, and said in a very flat tone: "I have already arrived at the mountain gate, and I came back when I found out that you were not here."

Although Lou Xiao still had some doubts in his heart, he could only press it temporarily, and soon followed.

Walking in front of the mountain gate, Lou Xiao looked up at the writing on it, then frowned: "What is this? Oracle bone inscription?"

Ruan Yan shook his head and explained: "The two characters are 'Cangyun', which should be the name of this mountain."

"Isn't it the name of those palaces behind?" Lou Xiao raised his finger and pointed at the scene that suddenly appeared, his eyes filled with surprise.

After stepping into the mountain gate, the scenery in front of you changes completely, the pavilions and palaces are well arranged.The square outside the hall is wide, the high platform stands tall, and the banners lined up are slightly unfurled.Further to the side, a few cranes are strolling leisurely by the pool, leisurely.

"It seems that there are really people on the mountain?" Lou Xiao couldn't help but doubt when he saw the scene here.

Ruan Yan was also a little unbelievable. He was already surprised that there were living things in the space, not to mention that these cranes were still living so leisurely, as if someone was feeding and managing them.You know, after entering the ancient ring for so long, they haven't even seen a single live insect.

Ruan Yan went directly to the top of the mountain in his previous life, and has never been here in the future.But just looking at the furnishings around the square and the architectural features of the palaces and pavilions, one can guess that this place should belong to a certain sect of cultivation.

But if this is the case, Cangyun Mountain should not be inherent in Gu Jie, but moved in by someone.Ruan Yan suddenly suspected that he was thinking too much, who was so bored when he had nothing to do, and moved the entire sect together with the mountain into the ancient ring space?

Just when he was suspicious, Lou Xiao suddenly shouted in surprise: "Wait, there is something wrong with this crane, come and take a look."

Ruan Yan raised his head after hearing the voice, and saw Lou Xiao was beckoning, so he walked towards him.After walking to the edge of the pool, I saw a thin layer of mist on the surface of the water, water lilies were planted in the water, and a few koi were faintly seen swimming in it.The crane stands leisurely beside it, which looks like a fairyland.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Ruan Yan still didn't understand.

"Look at it." Lou Xiao said, picked up the shovel and shoveled towards a crane.

When the shovel pierced through the crane's body, the crane didn't struggle at all, nor did it bleed, but its figure suddenly dissipated and quickly turned into a piece of yellow talisman paper.

"It's fake." Lou Xiao took back the shovel, took off the talisman paper and handed it to Ruan Yan.

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