Sick Beauty [Rebirth]

The only one who considers... a companion?

Shen Shu clenched his palms tightly.

Could it be that, as Ye Yunlan's apprentice, he has been with the other party in Tianzong for these years, but he is still not regarded as a partner by the other party?

He was not reconciled, and wanted to ask, but suppressed it.

Different.

A voice from the bottom of my heart told him coldly.

Disciple and partner are clearly different.

He looked at Ye Yunlan sitting at the table with a calm and distant expression. Even if he turned his head, his eyes did not really look at him, but fell on the empty space, as if he was looking at a place that he couldn't reach, revealing some memories and longings.

It wasn't him who made Ye Yunlan show such an expression.

He heard Ye Yunlan's plain voice.

"...I met him when I was in my infancy."

"He is very strong, in a high position, in charge of life and death, unpredictable temperament, and others are afraid of him." Ye Yunlan paused, "It's just that he still has a bit of tolerance in front of me. Occasionally he gets angry and plays tricks." At the time, it was more like a child."

"He taught me a lot."

"Without him, I wouldn't be who I am today?"

"He once wanted to marry me. At first, I didn't answer him." Ye Yunlan looked down at the tea leaves floating on the teacup, and the tea reflected his pale face. "Later, he died protecting me."

"These things have been in the past for a long time."

"I? Can't forget."

Ye Yunlan's voice has always been very flat, after all, he picked up the tea cup and took a sip, but Shen Shu seemed to glimpse something deep in the silence, so rich that the words seemed pale and dull.

Shen Shu heard his hoarse voice.

"So, is it because of this reason that Master said before that he would never find a Taoist companion again in this life?"

Ye Yunlan said quietly: "Yes."

Shen Shu: "Disciple...Understood."

He suddenly felt that the cabin was a bit stuffy, so he got up and said to Ye Yunlan, "Master, I want to go for a walk."

Ye Yunlan nodded slightly, and didn't look at Shen Shu anymore, but seemed to feel a little tired, raised her hand to remove the hair crown, and the outer robe, and went to the bed to rest.

Shen Shu carefully closed the door for him.

Until Ye Yunlan could no longer be seen through the crack of the door, Shen Shu put his hands on the door and slowly lowered his head, his face sinking into the shadows.

His chest was dry and depressed, and the wound in his soul was still hurting. Whenever he couldn't control his emotions, there would be an undercurrent gushing out from inside.

He heard the screeching and howling voices of demons and ghosts, with some shining fragments mixed in, but every time he tried to see clearly, he would have a splitting headache.

In the dark world, it seems that there is something that is preventing him from prying.

Shen Shu punched the wall next to him.

……

The flying boat traveled for three days and stopped at Tianzong Wendao Slope.

The disciples of the six peaks swarmed out and returned to their own caves.

The geese return to the peak.

The wind chime in front of the door made a crisp sound, and Ye Yunlan pushed the door open and entered.

I haven't returned for a month, and the windows in the bamboo building are still clean and spotless.Stepping into it, the cold frost on the outside has all disappeared, and you can only feel warm as spring.

Shen Shu has arranged dust removal and warm formations everywhere in the bamboo building. Even if there are no residents, the formations still operate as usual.

He looked around for a week, then stepped into the study, closed his eyes before sitting on the desk, picked up a pen and paper and began to write.

Shen Shu did not follow him into the house, but took care of the flower garden outside the house, weeding out the weeds, loosening the soil and fertilizing as before.

After finishing everything, I looked up and saw that the sun was shining brightly, and it was already noon.

Shen Shu cooked the meals, brought them into the house, and arranged them neatly, when he heard Ye Yunlan's voice from the study.

"Shen Shu, come here."

He glanced at the exquisite meals on the table, raised his fingertips and quickly carved a warming spell on the table before entering the study.

Ye Yunlan pushed the finished paper in front of him.

"You read it carefully, if you don't understand, you can ask me."

Shen Shu nodded, picked up the paper and read it, only to find a thick stack, all of which were the tricks, experiences, and perceptions after breaking through the Nascent Soul. Book in one morning.

Shen Shu's heart moved slightly, but then he remembered that Ye Yunlan was only a golden core three years ago when he was injured and his cultivation disappeared. Where did these experiences, insights, tricks and methods come from?

He thought of the person that Ye Yunlan had never forgotten and taught him a lot, and his face darkened a little.

——Besides, Ye Yunlan gave him these as soon as he came back. Could it be that he was urging him to retreat quickly and break through the Nascent Soul?

Shen Shu flipped through the stack of papers, seeing the neat and beautiful handwriting on it, the more he looked at it, the more bored he became, so he folded it suddenly and said.

"The content here is profound, and I may not be able to finish reading it in a short while. Master, why don't you give me a day's work, and ask the master again after the apprentice finishes studying?"

Ye Yunlan nodded lightly, and said: "It's okay. It's just that before you retreat, you should understand everything you don't understand. If you advance to Nascent Soul in this way, you can be more sure." Shen Shu said in his heart? , folded the paper into his bosom, and said: "It's already noon, my apprentice has cooked some food outside, why don't you eat first, Master?"

Ye Yunlan said: "Okay."

The two walked out of the study and sat upright in front of the low table.Although Shen Shu had formed the alchemy, logically speaking, he had already bigu, but he was still used to eating with Ye Yunlan.

It's just that he didn't know the taste of this meal.

After clearing away the dishes, he returned to his small bamboo building, threw the stack of papers away, and lay on his back on the bed, staring at the roof beams in a daze.

Suddenly remembered something, he reached out to touch the bottom of the pillow, and took out a snow-white scarf from it.

Years have passed, but there is still a faint fragrance on it.

Ye Yunlan's harsh reprimand seemed to ring in his ears again.

"Shen Shu, if you really remember me as your master, then you shouldn't forget that in the past three years, I have taught you what is morality and human relations, what is etiquette, righteousness and shame, and what is respect for teachers— —" He sat on the bed, held the silk scarf, and looked down for a while.

Suddenly he laughed hoarsely.

"Master, these things, my disciples have long... forgotten."

The sun is shining outside.

He bent his legs and hid in the shadow of the corner, holding a silk scarf in his palm to wrap himself.

Closing his eyes, in a trance, he seemed to return to the time when he was hiding in the corner and eavesdropping.He lowered his eyes and panted, and the frequency gradually coincided with the voice of the person in the door and window.

not enough.he thinks.

He opened the window and looked at the man lying on the snow-white fox fur inside. He walked in through the window, held the man's hand tightly, suppressed all the struggles, bent down again, and gently kissed the tears from the corners of the other's eyes.

"Stop thinking about others," he said.

"Think about me, okay?"

"Master...Master...Master..."

Shen Shu leaned against the corner of the wall, his chest heaving violently.

The red sun was slanting towards the west, and the sunlight invaded the shadow, illuminating half of his face.The eyelashes are stained with water, I don't know if it's sweat or tears.

He raised his hand and slowly covered his face.

The next day.

Shen Shu took the stack of papers and went to ask Ye Yunlan for advice.

Ye Yunlan spoke in detail, but he asked even more detailed questions, and after solving a problem, he had to go back and test it before asking Ye Yunlan for the next question.

After dragging on for half a month, I finally explained those papers thoroughly.

"Shen Shu, you should go to retreat."

While eating, Ye Yunlan said suddenly.

Shen Shu said: "Actually...the apprentice can break through the Nascent Soul without retreating, but the speed is slower."

Ye Yunlan shook his head and said: "Breakthrough Nascent Soul is different from when you broke through Golden Core before. Golden Core can be formed as long as it is cultivated enough and its aura is solidified. And Nascent Soul is born from the heart, it is another yourself, you need to ask your heart. , to find an opportunity."

"And most importantly? It's..."

Ye Yunlan's eyes were light and penetrating, "Shen Shu, you are restless."

Shen Shu was silent for a while, knowing that Ye Yunlan's decision could no longer be changed, he sighed secretly, poked the white jade tofu on the plate with the chopsticks in his hand, and said: "What the master said is true, but this disciple still has something to say. ?Worry."

Ye Yunlan frowned, "What are you worried about?"

Shen Shu poked sharp chopsticks into the tofu, picked it up and swallowed it in one gulp, looked straight at Ye Yunlan and said, "I'm worried, after I retreat, who will cook for Master, and who will take care of Master's daily life? "

Ye Yunlan froze for a moment, turned her face away as if feeling a little uncomfortable, and said, "Although you can't practice as a teacher, it's not that you can't even take care of yourself. Why should you worry about these things."

Shen Shu looked at Ye Yunlan's expression suspiciously, and suddenly said: "Master, me? After retreating, are you planning to take Bigu Dan to survive the day? That food is bitter and unpalatable, and it is not nutritious. How can it compare to me? Do it for me." Shizun Baiyushan spring tofu, sweet and sour pork ribs, fried sea cucumber with green bamboo shoots, lotus fragrant white meat jelly, rock sugar bird's nest porridge?"

Every time he spit out the name of a dish, Ye Yunlan's face became stiff, and finally he couldn't bear it anymore and said: "Shut up. I have already said it, you don't need to worry about it."

Shen Shu shut up obediently.

The two continued to eat.

Ye Yunlan picked up the bird's nest porridge with rock sugar in a bamboo bowl at hand, picked up the spoon, and took a sip.

The sweet aroma melts in the mouth, the porridge is soft, and the bird's nest is smooth, making it hard to resist eating one after another.

A bowl bottomed out, Ye Yunlan's eyes softened, and said.

"Retreat well. When you form a Nascent Soul, I have rewards for you."

Shen Shu nodded and began to clean up the dishes. He never took his eyes off Ye Yunlan's eyebrows. Ye Yunlan felt uncomfortable when he looked at her. He got up and went back to the study. He took a few bottles of pills and put them in Shen Shu's hand.

"This is the Infant Transformation Pill, which can help you advance to Nascent Soul, and the quantity should be enough for you to conceive a baby."

Huaying Pill is a precious thing. With the sect merits he has accumulated for several years, he only changed a few bottles. Before going to the Tianchi Mountain Discussion Conference, he had already prepared it for Shen Shu in advance.

With his sleeves rolled up, Shen Shu washed the dishes and chopsticks, and carefully put the pill into his arms.

Ye Yunlan sent him back to Xiaozhulou.

Before retreating, it is necessary to place a formation around the residence to isolate all disturbances from the outside world.

Ye Yunlan watched from the side as Shen Shu slowly laid out the formation until the hour was set.After Shen Shu set up the formation, he made a sound.

"Shen Shu."

Shen Shu turned his head and walked towards him.

He said: "The practice is going well, and success will be achieved immediately."

Shen Shu fixedly looked at him, and suddenly grabbed his hand.

His body was slightly stiff, but he didn't shake off immediately.

Shen Shu looked at him seriously, with burning eyes, and said, "Master, wait for me to leave the gate."

Ye Yunlan turned her head to the side and let out a soft "huh".

……

Dawn breaks.

Ye Yunlan woke up dimly, got up and put on her clothes, and opened the window.

Walking out of the bedroom, the bamboo building is clean and tidy, but there is no one in sight, showing a little loneliness.

He went to the well to fetch water for washing.

The wooden barrel was very heavy, and he struggled to move it, his forehead was sweating.

After a hard wash, he turned back and went to the study, took out a book and read it quietly.

Then he took a pen in his hand and wrote comments on it.

Suddenly, the window creaked open.

A burst of light floral fragrance wafts in, which is refreshing.

He raised his head and subconsciously said: "Shen Shu—" But outside the window, there was a sea of ​​flowers, and there was no one there.

The windows and doors are opened by the wind.

Ye Yunlan was silent for a while, then got up and walked to the window.

He quietly looked at the sea of ​​flowers for a while.

The gorgeous sunshine falls on the sea of ​​flowers, among which there are all kinds of flowers and plants competing for splendor, which is dazzling and dizzying.

Compared with three years ago, this sea of ​​flowers is much bigger. With his eyesight, it is almost impossible to see the end at a glance.

Among them, there are many kinds and colors of flowers and plants. It is Shen Shu who has traveled all over the six peaks of Tianzong in the past few years, so he found them and planted them here.

He suddenly felt a little hungry.

After pondering for a while, I realized that I didn't eat breakfast today.

So he took out a bottle of Bigu Dan, poured a few capsules and took it with water, but he felt bitter in his mouth, and the taste was unspeakable.

...It's not half as sweet as the bowl of bird's nest porridge with rock sugar that Shen Shu made yesterday.

Ye Yunlan put the Bigu Pill on the table, frowning rarely.

Then he sighed lightly.

Perhaps, I should also learn how to cook?