Ask with the devil [Xiu Xian]

The surrounding area of ​​Yunlu Fairy Lake is filled with mist.

Chu Li came with his sword and landed by the lake.After walking a few steps, he suddenly noticed a few wisps of formation fluctuations.He paused, then walked into it with a calm expression.

The invisible ripples spread layer by layer, and the fog dissipated, revealing a small path.Follow the path across the calm lake, and you will arrive at the stone pavilion in the center of the lake.

Ji Yingchi was sitting in it, waiting for him quietly, with a slightly tired face, she said softly, "You're here."

Chu Li nodded slightly, walked over to sit down, put the long sword on the stone table, and said: "The formations around this place are complicated, which can almost shield the secrets of the heavens. It should take a lot of effort for the younger brother to deploy them within three days. .”

What he didn't say was that non-Mahayana monks can't do the formation that can cover up the secrets of heaven.Although Ji Yingchi's cultivation is not bad, he is still far away from the Mahayana stage, unless...

Ji Yingchi smiled slightly, and said calmly, "For the sake of senior brother's safety, this bit of hard work is nothing."

Chu Li's expression moved slightly, "My safety? Why did Junior Brother say that?"

Ji Yingchi was silent for a moment, and said, "I wonder if senior brother is interested in listening to me tell a story?"

Chu Li said: "I would like to hear the details."

A look of reminiscence appeared in Ji Yingchi's eyes, and he said: "This matter must be traced back to 10 years ago... 10 years ago, I was not a human being, but a dragon born to protect Huangquan under the Nine Nethers. I can't be free, but fortunately someone helped me escape from the Nine Nethers, relying on the chaos, and got this human body. And that person is you...or you who were 10 years ago."

"10 years ago..." A look of surprise flashed across Chu Li's face, he thought for a moment, and said, "I remember, it was the time of the Great Tribulation."

"Yes," Ji Yingchi said with a complicated look on his face, "Back then, the patriarch of my sect used to kill all the demons in the world and save the common people in the world with the power of one person. This patriarch, whose Taoist name is Shen Yuan, do you have any impression?" ?”

"Who do I send who doesn't know the name of Zhenjun Shen Yuan?" Chu Li said indifferently: "It is rumored that this senior has entered the Tao from a demon, has an extraordinary mind, and has a deep comprehension of the way of heaven. "

At this point, he suddenly came into contact with something, and his pupils shrank slightly: "Junior Brother, what do you mean...?"

"That's right, as you think." Ji Yingchi stared at him, his gaze seemed to reach the deepest part of his soul through tens of thousands of years, and the words he said were earth-shattering.

"True Monarch Shen Yuan one hundred thousand years ago is actually you now, Senior Brother."

Chu Li was shocked, and his aura lost control in an instant.The mist outside the stone pavilion instantly condensed into ice and stagnated in midair.The sunlight coming in from outside the formation was refracted through the ice crystals, dazzling people's eyes.

After a while, he suddenly came back to his senses. With a wave of his sleeve, the aura swept back, the frost melted, and the formation returned to its place.

Ji Yingchi had expected this for a long time, and just looked at him quietly, with a flat expression on his face, and there was no trace of joking.

Chu Li and him looked at each other for a moment, and finally said: "Everyone in the world says that True Monarch Shen Yuan ascended 10 years ago."

Ji Yingchi shook his head and said, "Rumors are just rumors after all, how can you believe them? What's more, it's such a long time ago, and the sea has become a mulberry field. Who can tell the real truth. Only by experiencing it personally, can you believe it?" It can be true. This is the memory I have stored, if you believe me, brother, you will be able to see it."

After finishing speaking, he pushed a piece of jade in front of Chu Li.

Chu Li stretched out his hand to pick up the jade pendant, and the cold feeling passed from his fingertips to him. After hesitating for a moment, he put the jade pendant on his forehead and probed in with his divine sense. Then, a lengthy memory fell into the sea of ​​consciousness Among them, like a slowly unfolding picture scroll, the color has turned yellow, revealing the taste of vicissitudes and simplicity.

From the perspective of Ji Yingchi's memory, he saw that strange yet familiar person.

When we first met, the young Daoxiu had a cold face and indifferent eyes.

For tens of thousands of years, trapped in the Nine Netherworld, an abyssal monster with chains attached to its body.

They are all True Lord Shen Yuan.

In other words, it was all, himself.

……

After talking with Ji Yingchi that day, Chu Li left Taiqing Xianzong.

The more things to know, the heavier the burden.Although he still hasn't recovered the memory of that year, but because of Ji Yingchi, Chu Li already knew the truth of most of the things back then. It is impossible for him to let the enemies above the Nine Heavens ignore him, but he also does not want to involve these causes and effects in his own clan. The door, so subconsciously staying away is the best result.

This is also the reason why Ji Yingchi had a lot of worries back then and never told him the truth.

If he knew too many things when his cultivation base was still shallow, it would not only hinder his cultivation, but with his temperament, he might not continue to stay in Taiqing Xianzong at all.However, the strong in the cultivation world are respected, and it is almost obvious how much coveting a monk with a good foundation and simple morality will suffer when he walks alone.

Even if one's cultivation base has reached the level of a god, one still needs to be careful, careful, and careful when walking in many realms of the heavenly spirit world.

After leaving the sect, Chu Li began to search for the traces left by him 10 years ago. He traveled all over the nine regions and eighteen states, entered all the secret realms, and gradually improved his own strength through many trials.

Until Jiuyou was opened, Chu Li went to Huangquan alone.

Ninth stage, Huangquan Realm.

In the turbid water of Huangquan, a giant dragon soared into the sky, covered with black scales, and hovered beside Chu Li.

The giant dragon has a majestic appearance and an unfathomable aura, far beyond the Mahayana period.In the dragon's eyes, there is also a chaotic divine fire swaying, and the voice is as low as a thunderous roar: "Humans, Huangquan is not a place for living beings. If you enter by mistake, leave quickly. If you want something, you will pay a price in exchange."

Chu Li looked up at it.

Before coming here, Ji Yingchi had told him that although his soul was transformed by a giant dragon, after he escaped from Jiuyou by means of a secret method, he had no connection with his body. Now it seems that this is indeed the case.Chu Li couldn't find the slightest resemblance between Julong and his junior brother, although the aura of the two also made him feel close and familiar.

So he thought for a while, and slowly said, "...it's me."

"Oh?" The giant dragon let out a sigh, and leaned forward. After observing for a long time, it finally recognized the familiar wave of spirit and soul, and murmured: "...It turned out to be you boy. When the incident happened suddenly, I thought you Your soul was gone, and you even picked up the ashes for you. I didn't expect you to recover your life, which is a blessing. By the way, the lotus flower that emptied its heart was also done by you, right?"

Chu Li shook his head and said, "To tell you the truth, I have lost my memory now, and I only know the outlines of what happened back then. But taking Lian Xin as my backing is not my original wish. And I came here today to find something back."

"Tsk, I don't even have any memory." The dragon said, slowly shrinking his body until he became a half-foot slender black dragon, hovering beside Chu Li, and said, "Speak, you Looking for something?"

Chu Li stepped forward, looked down at the Endless Yellow Spring, and said, "What I'm looking for, of course, is the chaotic flame that I transformed into my body back then."

Hearing this, the giant dragon pondered for a moment, and said: "To be honest, your divine flame disappeared as early as the day you disappeared. Only your other remaining flame followed my spirit and left Jiuyou. I think you have already disappeared." met him."

Chu Li said: "Not bad, but I feel that it's right under here."

The giant dragon said: "Under the Yellow Springs is nothingness, and the realm of nothingness is endless. Finding something is harder than finding a needle in a haystack, unless you can enter the nothingness and use the attraction of the soul itself to recall it. It's just that there is nothing in nothingness." You can maintain your own existence, even if you have the ability to get into it, you can't get out of it."

Chu Li didn't know the difficulty and retreated, he just said: "Although I can't enter the realm of nothingness, it is enough to be able to enter the bottom of the underworld with my body."

The giant dragon was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said: "I almost forgot about your boy's temperament. Anyway, with the protection of the Nine Nether Reincarnation Lotus, it is not difficult to enter the underworld, so I will accompany you for a while."

Chu Li jumped on his toes, stepped over the black chain, and fell into the incomplete Nine Nether Reincarnation Lotus.The feeling of being connected by blood lingered in his heart, and when he focused his eyes, he saw a word "Li" engraved in the vacancy of the lotus heart.

The ancient aura rushed towards his face, he settled down, knowing that it was his previous handwriting.He looked away and saw the giant dragon floating beside him, urging: "Let's go."

The Yellow Spring is extremely deep, and I don't know how many thousands of miles it is below.

After finally sinking to the bottom, Chu Li observed, and said, "How far is this place from the thinnest wall of nothingness?"

"It's not very far." The giant dragon happily showed the way.

After seeing the hazy halo film, Chu Li squatted down, pressed his palms against it, his consciousness spread, and sensed the things connected with his soul in the dark.

However, once the consciousness crosses the boundary wall and touches nothingness, it will disappear completely.This move is undoubtedly a chestnut in the fire. Even if there is only a sliver of soul loss, the pain is very unbearable.

After a while, Chu Li was already dripping with cold sweat.

The giant dragon couldn't help persuading: "It's useless, your spiritual consciousness can't be conveyed into nothingness, if you continue, it's just doing useless work. In fact, if you can give the exact direction, I can help you go to nothingness." Once, after all, I was born in nothingness, so it’s not a problem to stay in it for a while.”

Chu Li closed his eyes, and sighed after a while: "It's far, far away, and I can't pinpoint the exact location. It's just that I can feel it approaching me, although the speed is very slow..."

"It's not that it's slow, but the speed of time in nothingness is different from this world." The dragon explained, "But since it can reflect something, it proves that the place you are now resonates with it If you have time, you can practice here, at most a few thousand years, it will be able to trace the breath back to your side."

But Chu Li said softly: "No, I don't have time. Besides, I don't need to refine it now..." He paused for a while, and didn't say any more. Draw a formation on the boundary wall, burn your own breath, and pull Shenyan back.

The spirit and blood were damaged one after another, Chu Li's face was a little pale, but he said calmly: "Senior, there is something I care about in the heaven and spirit world, and I will not stay in Jiuyou for too long. If you have time, senior, can you help me?" Shall I take care of this formation? If things go well, after a thousand years, I will come to retrieve my own things."

"It doesn't matter, since the underworld is my domain, you can rest assured." The dragon agreed, and then tilted his head to look at him for a while, and suddenly said: "Boy, you are now a little more lively. It is more like a person with seven emotions and six desires, yes, there is progress."

Chu Li was stunned.

Does he look more like a person with emotions and desires now?

……

After leaving Jiuyou, Chu Li quietly returned to Taiqing Xianzong.At that time, his cultivation base had reached the stage of crossing the catastrophe, and even within the Xianzong, he could come and go freely.

Not wanting to disturb anyone, Chu Li summoned Ji Yingchi to Shiting to discuss with Yu Jue.

A few years later, he practiced outside alone, and his temperament became even colder. However, when he saw Ji Yingchi again, the other party was still the same as a few years ago, regardless of his body shape and temperament.

Time seems to be unable to leave the slightest trace on him.

Ji Yingchi looked at him and said, "You have finally come back after you have been away from the sect for several years. When you were away, the two junior brothers were very noisy."

Chu Li said: "...I'm sorry." Before he wanted to leave the sect to practice, only Ji Yingchi knew about his decision and had tried to dissuade him, but he insisted on doing it, so he didn't let it go.

Ji Yingchi sighed: "You always go your own way. It was like this 10 years ago, and it's still like this now."

"The karma in me, it's better not to involve others." Chu Li looked calm, and said lightly: "Leaving aside this. I came back this time because I was drawn by the power of heaven and earth. Junior brother is proficient in the art of calculation, and the world Is something big going to happen soon?"

Ji Yingchi's expression became serious, and with a wave of his hand, the formation enveloped the place, blocking all prying eyes, and then slowly said: "There are murderous intentions lurking in the sky and the earth, and within three years, a catastrophe will begin."

"Another world catastrophe..." Chu Li was not too surprised by this answer. He had long understood that the disaster in the upper world had not been eliminated, and the catastrophe in this world would never be peaceful.

Ji Yingchi said: "Under the great catastrophe, people are devastated, especially for you, it is even more murderous. You left too fast last time. I haven't taken you to Fuyao Fairy Mountain. There are things you left behind there. The handwriting may be beneficial for the robbery."

Chu Li said: "The Immortal Artifact Tianji, is it also among them?"

"good."

"Then go as soon as possible."

The two made a decision, and discussed all the precursors of the great catastrophe 10 years ago, discussing in detail for a long time.While talking, Chu Li suddenly heard a flute sound coming from a distance, which was vague and not clear.

He glanced at the distance, and there was a person sitting on the stone by the lake.The man turned his back to him and held the flute in his hand, and the sound of the flute was coming from there.

The moonlight was pale, against which his back became more and more lonely.

That Guan Xiao...

A cultivator with excellent eyesight, even from such a long distance, Chu Li still recognized him at a glance.

It was the bamboo flute that he carved for Junior Brother Gu with his own hands a hundred years ago.

Chu Li looked away calmly, without any emotion on his face.

The past is over, why bother to think about it.

……

The scenery of Fuyao Fairy Mountain is the same as before.

A blue and frozen world, a lake as smooth as a mirror.

Stepping through the slowly opened giant blue gate and entering the cave mansion, immortal energy filled the whole body.It took Chu Li several months to read most of the manuscripts, engraving those words and sentences into the bottom of his heart.

Perhaps it could be said that these words existed in the bottom of his heart.

The perception of heaven and earth, the understanding of the principles of Tao, the speculation of the catastrophe, and the various arrangements left over tens of thousands of years... slowly emerged from the depths of memory.

In fact, as early as 10 years ago, he came up with a way to break the game, but he made a mistake at the last moment, resulting in a fall short.

And 10 years later, he stood here, but he did not return to the original point. His soul was forced to rely on the lotus heart of reincarnation, but the Chaos God Flame that really belonged to him could not return within a thousand years.

It is no longer possible to find a chaotic divine flame that perfectly matches his soul in this world.

Such an extreme situation can never be repeated, and the miracle achieved by relying on tens of thousands of years is also the only possibility for him to escape from this world.However, the catastrophe of heaven and earth is approaching, and he has no time to wait any longer.

This is a dead end.

However, who said that a dead end cannot have a chance?

As long as he is determined enough...

To live to die, that's all.

……

Time passed quietly, and the coming storm was brewing in the calm.

Chu Li is in the cave world, tempering his body with the majestic immortal energy, and his cultivation base has increased again, and he is not far from Mahayana.

Calculating that the catastrophe was approaching, he quietly returned to Taiqing Xianzong again.

Even though he didn't want to have too many causal ties with the sect, he was still worried about the two juniors after all.

The first thing he went to see was Li Chen.

Li Chen is sensitive and introverted by nature. Even though he has lived in Xianzong for many years, he still doesn't like outsiders, but he is very close to his brothers from the same sect. Even when he treats Gu Mingyuan who hates each other, it is still different from treating outsiders.

Li Chen likes to be quiet, but hates the dark environment in the monk's cave, so he built a wooden house in the mountains and practiced alone.

At this time, Li Chen was sitting cross-legged on a tree stump outside the house to practice.

Chu Li observed for a while, and found that his aura was introverted and round, peaceful and upright, and it resonated with the vegetation in the forest. He knew that during the years when he was not there, the youngest junior had found a way that suited him.

As long as he keeps practicing, it's only a matter of time before Li Chen ascends, and he doesn't need to worry about it anymore.

Like when he came, he left quietly.

What he didn't see was that on the desk in the room, a picture scroll with wet ink was lying quietly.Few strokes, extremely cautious, vividly on the paper, are all the silhouettes of the two brothers and sisters who were auspicious and feather-like.

……

For Gu Mingyuan, Chu Li has mixed feelings.

Cause and effect were established in his childhood, and he was protected all the way to grow up. From juvenile, to youth, to adulthood, for more than a hundred years, his teaching can be said to be inattentive, and Gu Mingyuan has done everything he can do as a junior.

He was never a worry, and he never disappointed.

Although her personality is withdrawn and arrogant, she knows how to advance and retreat, and understands etiquette. Even if the evil spirit in her body is hard to get rid of, she has learned to suppress and endure very early, and does not easily hurt others, nor does she cause trouble.

He devoted himself to cultivation, and even though his progress was very slow due to his physique, he was able to put in a hundred times and a thousand times more effort than others, catching up with the progress of his brothers in the same sect.

Confused by such an appearance, Chu Li didn't know when it started, and the other party's mind had quietly changed.

"Brother... I tried my best to chase you and get close to you, but it was because I like you..."

Gu Mingyuan's deep words were still in his ears, and Chu Li was at a loss for a moment.

Then there is the assertion of rejection.

Not only refuse, but also completely cut off all thoughts of the other party.

It's not like, it's nothing more than dislike.It's just that he has never considered the matter of love in this world; and even if his heart is touched, considering the causal involvement, he is unwilling to get too entangled with the other party.

However, when he saw the other party kneeling and apologizing, he felt confused and wondered if he was too decisive.

Humans are not plants and trees, they have the seven emotions and six desires, good and evil, and delusional thoughts, and what one does to cultivate the truth is to get rid of the delusions and preserve the truth.And when the love is deep, love and desire arise suddenly, how can you assert falsehood and order to get rid of it?

Only, the timing was wrong.

And it is impossible for him to watch the other party go to the dead end in a daze.

So only refuse.

Time can dilute many things.Now that decades have passed, all desires for love should have disappeared.Thinking of this, Chu Li followed Gu Mingyuan's spiritual aura and came to a bamboo forest.

The air in the early morning was humid, and the other party leaned against the bamboo branch, and was bowing his head to play. The wordless flute sounded mistyly through the entire bamboo forest, revealing an indescribable loneliness and sadness.

Because of the long-term rubbing of the bamboo pipe, it has long been smoother than jadeite.

Chu Liyin was hidden in the bamboo forest, and after listening to his song in silence, he knew that the most troublesome situation had finally happened.He wondered, what kind of feelings could persist so stubbornly after he was so cold-hearted at the beginning?

He sighed silently, unable to do anything.There are spiritual things in this world that can make people lose their feelings, but it is impossible for Gu Mingyuan to use him.Can a person without emotion still be considered a human being?

In this way, the best policy is to not see.

The sound of the flute suddenly stopped.

"Brother, since you're here, why rush to leave." Gu Mingyuan said suddenly, his voice hoarse and low.

Chu Li paused as he left, he closed his eyes, and opened them again, there was already a look of indifference in them.

He turned around, showed his figure, and looked at the other party from a distance.

Gu Mingyuan's eyes became a little red, and he laughed at himself: "I thought you wouldn't come out, brother. Don't you hate me? It's been more than 70 years, and you don't want to see me. Obviously, I have already apologized that day ..."

Chu Li wanted to explain, but in the end he just said lightly: "There is no need to apologize. If you get rid of your delusions, I will naturally still be your senior brother."

Gu Mingyuan raised his head and took a few quick breaths, as if he was overwhelmed by the sudden heavy pressure.He stepped forward, staring straight at Chu Li, as if he wanted to try his best to record all the outlines and details, and said softly: "But senior brother, I don't want you to be just my senior brother."

"Don't be obsessed..." Before Chu Li could finish speaking, Gu Mingyuan suddenly threw a fit and pinned him to the ground.The other party held his wrist tightly, showing a posture of not letting go. He didn't know what Gu Mingyuan had done. With his cultivation, he couldn't break free within a few breaths.

Gu Mingyuan's kiss fell, hot and fanatical, as if he was treating a treasure that he couldn't ask for, and once in a while, he would frantically ask for it and long for it.

"Hmm..." Chu Li let out a low whimper, and after the suppression failed, he immediately shook the opponent away, propped up his body and stood up, with a sullen expression on his face, staring at Gu Mingyuan coldly.

However, the thin lips were slightly red, and the water was glistening, and now there were only three points left of the very lethality.

Gu Mingyuan also got up, wiped the blood off his lips indifferently, and even licked his lips in aftertaste.Although Chu Li was extremely angry, he still showed some sympathy after all, and did not seriously injure him, otherwise he would have been unable to stand up and speak.

"Senior brother, I just offended you a little, so why are you so angry?" Gu Mingyuan smiled slightly, that smile was arrogant and evil, but also concealed the deepest despair.

He said softly: "Brother, I really want to ask, is there really no one in this world who is worth your concern? Is there really no one in this world who is worth your time for him?"

Chu Li didn't answer, turned around and left.

At the end, he left a sentence: "Don't call me brother again."

The author has something to say: I wanted to finish the memory line all at once, but it didn’t work out. It’s a pain in the ass... These 6000-odd words make up for what I wrote yesterday, and there are still [-] words left today.