Sick Beauty [Rebirth]

"Give Senior Brother a chance, okay?"

He Lanze's eyes were sincere.

However, Ye Yunlan avoided looking at him, and his eyes fell on He Lanze's gray robe bunt and the dirt stained by his clothes.

In the past two years, He Lanze has indeed changed a lot.

She no longer used to be domineering, but she was humble and courteous in front of junior disciples, and even more caring in front of him.

...It seems that they are two completely different people from the senior brother of the sect in his previous life memory.

Ye Yunlan remembered that a long time ago, she also admired the opponent's swordsmanship, endured the wind and snow covered in snow and waited outside the opponent's residence, and held out a heart that was not cold.

If he was himself at that time, facing He Lanze like this, maybe... Maybe he would accept it.

just.

"...too late," he said.

"Late?" He Lanze grasped the words in Ye Yunlan's words, and his handsome eyebrows furrowed deeply, "How is it, brother? It's late?"

Ye Yunlan remained silent.

He Lanze couldn't figure out what he was thinking, so he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.

Since the beginning of cultivation, his talent has far surpassed those of his peers, and he has been practicing smoothly all the way without encountering any setbacks, but he has been repeatedly frustrated by Ye Yunlan.

His thoughts changed sharply and he remembered a reason.

"Junior brother, I know you said that you once had a Taoist companion, and after his death, it is still unforgettable."

He thought about his words, "But the dead can't? Resurrection, if your Taoist companion is still alive, shouldn't you? Want to watch? You are sad because of him, lonely in this life, and even put your own life at risk... "

"No," Ye Yunlan interrupted He Lanze's words, remembering the tattoos that were branded on his back by that man back then, and the whispers when he held him in his arms, with a little connivance and helplessness between his eyebrows, he said: "He is a dedicated The man is very domineering, even if he goes back, he won't? May I forget him at all."

... beasts.

He Lanze didn't know how many times he secretly scolded Ye Yunlan's former Taoist couple in his heart. After thinking for a moment, he said: "But junior brother, you were not old enough to be crowned at that time, and you were still immature. How could you know what love is? Maybe you will rely on me You mistakenly think that you like it, and you take pity and pet as deep affection, all kinds of things between you and your Taoist partner may not be as you imagined."

He thought about what he said. He should be touched by Ye Yunlan. Unexpectedly, Ye Yunlan's brows were light, and after a moment of silence, he nodded and said: "I really don't know what love is. Maybe I won't know it in the future."

"...I only know that after he is gone, in this vast world, I will not be able to find another person to accompany me."

The words have ended.

He Lanze was still unwilling, subconsciously ignored what Ye Yunlan said later, and said in a hoarse voice: "Brother, even though you say you don't know love...but brother really wants to teach? You know."

He looked at Ye Yunlan's pale face, unable to hold back the pity and love in his heart, and couldn't help reaching out to caress Ye Yunlan's cheek, but Ye Yunlan avoided it sideways.

At the same time, a fierce sword energy came from behind!

Before He Lanze could react, the sword energy had cut through the back of his hand, and then fell into the ground in front of him, creating an extremely narrow but deep gully.

Until then, he didn't feel the pain.

After another breath, a line of blood slowly appeared on the back of his hand, and then drops of blood dripped down on the ground.

He Lanze was shocked.

The wound was not deep, and it passed close to the knuckle tendons. It was almost there? Abolishing his right hand shows that the swordsman's control is so ingenious, and even he has no insight into the timing of the counterattack——Tianzong Zhi In the world, is there such a swordsmanship master?

He Lanze turned around, and saw a figure in black with a sword walking slowly from the flower garden path, and in the backlight, only a pair of eyes as bright as cold stars could be seen.

"Shen Shu, you're out of customs."

But Ye Yunlan next to him spoke first.

Shen Shu came over, bowed and said, "Master."

Ye Yunlan nodded slightly, and looked at Shen Shu carefully.

Compared with two years ago, Shen Shu's figure was much taller. Standing straight behind him, he already had to look up slightly.

Moreover, the aura on his body is harmonious and powerful, and the sword intent is condensed and ready to be released. It is clear that he has successfully advanced to the rank of Nascent Soul. Standing beside him, there is a kind of oppressive pressure.

"Why did you suddenly use the sword?" Ye Yunlan pointed out his inappropriate behavior before.

But there is not much in the language? The meaning of accusation.

Shen Shu hooked his lips, and said: "I have just been promoted, and my cultivation base has greatly improved. I can't help but want to try Uncle Helan."

He looked sideways at He Lanze again, and said coldly: "I just saw my uncle, and the sword was bursting out? I accidentally hurt my uncle, and my uncle won't mind?"

He Lanze wiped off the blood on the back of his right hand on his robe, his expression became a bit dignified, and he said, "I haven't seen you for two years, and Nephew Shen's sword skills have improved a lot."

Shen Shu's dark eyes were deep, and it was difficult to distinguish between emotions and anger. He just raised the long sword in his hand, "Shen Shu, please enlighten me, Master?"

He Lanze glanced at Ye Yunlan, seeing Ye Yunlan's expression was a little sad because he didn't respond to his words just now.

Turning his eyes back to Shen Shu, He Lanze wanted to express his depression by fighting with Shen Shu, and the long sword in his hand was unsheathed suddenly, and said: "Yes. But since my nephew has advanced to the Nascent Soul, I will not ?Suppress and keep your hands."

Shen Shu said lightly: "Uncle Master can let go and do it."

He Lanze's self-cultivation has been transformed into a god six years ago, and now he is in the middle stage of his transformation, which has suppressed Shen Shu's cultivation by a whole level. In this way, he is still considered bullying.

But He Lanze didn't want to lose in front of Ye Yunlan.

After all, two years ago, when he fought Shen Shu under the condition of suppressing his cultivation, the two were already tied. Now that Shen Shu's swordsmanship has improved, He Lanze really has no confidence that he can win at the same level.

It's just that for sword repairers, if they lose confidence, they've already lost most of it.

But seeing the start of the battle, the figures of the two moved swiftly and violently at the same time, and the long swords kept colliding with each other, making clinking sounds.

Between the splendor of spiritual power and light and shadow, He Lanze, who had a higher level of cultivation, clearly had the upper hand at the beginning.

It's just that with the passage of time, Shen Shu gradually saw the flaws in his swordsmanship, and stabbed through his vital flaws with every move.

He Lanze had no choice but to return to the defense, but the offensive momentum at the beginning was completely dispelled.

Then Shen Shu pressed on step by step.

That sword technique is ghostly, precise, and murderous.

If it is said that when Shen Shu used his sword in the past, he was like a hungry wolf who chose to eat people, and his swordsmanship was swift and aggressive, but now he is a wolf king hiding in the dark night, his moves are casual, as if careless, but he is more than a hundred times more dangerous than before!

Between sword lights, He Lanze saw Shen Shu's eyes, which were somewhat contemptuous, but more indifferent.

After that, the sword light in Shen Shu's hand suddenly became brighter, and the Fantie long sword in his hand attacked him from an unavoidable place!

He Lanze suddenly realized that Shen Shu hadn't tried his best before!

The long sword in his hand was directly thrown away, and hot liquid slowly flowed down the left side of his neck?

And that mighty sword light never stopped, flew behind him, and was about to pierce into the flower garden, but when it encountered a cluster of star flower petals, it dissipated like a cloud of smoke, without hurting the cluster of star flowers at all .

——Sword skills like this.

He Lanze stood there in a daze for a long time, his face even more dejected.

He didn't pick up the long sword on the ground immediately, but sighed and said.

"My nephew's swordsmanship can now be called Mahayana. Master... is not as good as it is."

Shen Shu put his sword back into its sheath, and said, "If my uncle hadn't pointed out before me, I might not be able to win this time." He changed the subject, "It's just that after today, there is no need to bother my uncle to come to Yanhui Peak not far away. Test the sword with me."

He glanced at the surrounding flower gardens, and said again: "Yes, I would also like to thank my uncle for tidying up the flower gardens here for me in the past two years, but now that I have left the customs, the work of tidying the flower gardens will naturally be left to me. after all……"

He raised his lips, with a smile that was not a smile, "I am the only direct disciple of Master."

With a few words, Shen Shu cut off all the reasons why He Lanze came to look for Ye Yunlan.

this kid...

He Lanze felt something strange in his heart, and before he could think about it, he heard Ye Yunlan say: "Thank you, senior brother, for your guidance to Shen Shu these years, without the help of senior brother, Shen Shu's swordsmanship might not have improved so quickly."

Although Ye Yunlan's voice was flat and not contemptuous, He Lanze still felt a little embarrassed.

Since cultivating Taoism, he has never lost in front of his peers, but today he was defeated by a junior who was decades younger than him, or in front of his sweetheart.

He had no intention of staying here any longer, and after saying goodbye in a low voice, he picked up the long sword on the ground and left in a hurry, leaving only a desolate back.

It's just that neither Ye Yunlan nor Shen Shu looked at him again.

The wind blows, and the sea of ​​flowers ripples.

Shen Shu turned around and looked at Ye Yunlan with deep eyes.

Ye Yunlan frowned slightly, keenly aware that there seemed to be something different about Shen Shu, but there were some stubborn things, but they were still the same as two years ago.

"It's already noon." He looked away and said, "I've made some meals, you... want to come in and eat?"

Hearing this, Shen Shu raised his eyebrows in surprise.

——My master actually knows how to cook? ?

Just thinking about it, when he just left the seclusion, he saw the spring around him, and thought he was only in seclusion for three months, until he heard the conversation between He Lanze and Ye Yunlan, he didn't know how many springs and autumns it had been.

Two years is indeed too long.

If you eat Bigu Dan every day, Master will definitely get tired of it.

But...he was very curious about what his master could do.

So he readily agreed, "Okay."

He licked his lips, "I didn't expect to be able to taste Master's craftsmanship right after I left the customs. This disciple is... lucky?"

Ye Yunlan didn't seem to expect that he would? Saying so, hesitating? Wanting to say something, she pursed her lips for a moment, pushed open the door of the bamboo building and walked in.

Shen Shu followed him into it, went to the low table and sat down cross-legged? Putting the long sword beside him, he looked sideways at Ye Yunlan who was cooking in the back kitchen.

Ye Yunlan turned her back to him, rolled up her sleeves, her long hair was loosely tied behind her head with a plain hair band.

He was tall and slender, but his figure was too slender, with a narrow waist, as if it could be broken by the wind.

Shen Shu guessed it, if he walked behind his master, he would probably only need to close his palms together to hold that thin waist tightly.

He felt a little hot in his body, and his Adam's apple couldn't help rolling.

After a while, Shen Shu heard the sound of the iron pan being lifted, and saw the steaming mist floating and spreading.Then Ye Yunlan walked back here with two bamboo bowls, stepped on the high wooden steps, bent down and put the two bowls on the low table.

Shen Shu calmed down and took a look, only to see two balls of boiled noodles in a bamboo bowl, with a few boiled vegetables and a little cucumber shredded floating on it.

Seems a bit vegetarian.

...Did Master like to be so plain?

Ye Yunlan also sat across from him at this moment, and he put down his rolled up sleeves, and took off the ribbon that tied his hair, leaving his black hair scattered behind him.

He picked up a bowl of noodle soup, bowed his head and took a sip.

Seeing this, Shen Shu also picked up the bamboo bowl and drank.

...slightly salty.

He blinked, picked up the bamboo chopsticks, took a bite of the noodles in the bowl, well, it was overcooked, and it was a bit sticky.

I took another bite with the boiled vegetables in water, the inside was raw, not cooked through, and the smell of mud was not removed.

Only the shredded cucumber is still refreshing and crisp, but... the shredded cucumber doesn't need to be cooked, but just by looking at it, my master's sword skills are quite good.

Shen Shu raised his eyes and saw that Ye Yunlan was still eating without saying a word. The bowl of plain noodles, with lowered eyebrows, pale complexion, and thin wrists that seemed to break when folded, felt a little distressed.

Ye Yunlan heard that he stopped moving, did not raise his eyes, just stirred the noodle soup in the bowl with bamboo chopsticks, and said in a low voice.

"If you don't want to eat it, just pour it out. You have already inedied the grain, and if you eat all the food, it will cause the filthy smell of five grains to grow in your body, and it is not worth it."

Shen Shu heard this, but picked up the noodles in the bamboo bowl with bamboo chopsticks, took a quick bite, and said while eating, "Master, your noodles... are delicious, and I like them very much."

What he said was not against his will.

Although he has only retreated for two years, countless years have passed in his memory.

At the beginning? When he was struggling to survive in Moyuan, not to mention noodles, he couldn't even get a sip of water.

His food is the foul-smelling corpses and blood of those monsters.

After seeing the light of day again, he was in the magic palace, although he would occasionally drink alone, but that was all.

No one knew that after cultivating the Nine-Revolution Heavenly Demon Physique, his body was already much different from that of ordinary people, and so were his five senses.

Except for the taste of wine and blood, he could no longer taste the taste of other things.

It's been a long, long time since he's eaten a single serving of normal human food.

Even though this bowl of noodles is a little salty, a little sticky, and the vegetable leaves are a little hard, but in his current perception, it is still undoubtedly a delicacy.

What's more, this bowl of noodles was made by Ye Yunlan himself.

Ye Yunlan didn't expect that he would? Saying that, his ears turned red suddenly, as if he couldn't believe it, he opened his mouth suspiciously and said, "Really?"

Shen Shu buried his head in the noodles, let out a low-pitched laugh, quickly cleaned up the noodles in the bowl, and said, "Really."

He put down the empty bowl in his hand, and said with a low smile.

"...But now that the apprentice has left the customs, how can he continue to bother the master to do this cooking. From now on, the apprentice will prepare the food for the master."

As he spoke, he sat cross-legged at the low table, watching? Ye Yunlan slowly finished eating the noodles, then took two bamboo bowls and two pairs of bamboo chopsticks first, and went to the backyard to clean.

Ye Yunlan called to stop him.

"Shen Shu, come to the study after you finish your work. I have something for you as a teacher."

Shen Shu said: "But the reward that the master said before the retreat?"

Ye Yunlan gave a faint "hmm".

He added: "I still need to ask you a few questions."

problem……

Shen Shu's footsteps froze, and he glanced inside at the Nascent Soul in his heart, feeling somewhat guilty.

After cleaning the dishes, Shen Shu walked into the study.

Ye Yunlan sat behind the desk and was flipping through an ancient book.Seeing him walk in, he said, "Come here."

Shen Shu walked to him and noticed that he had two long swords in his hand.

A slender sword with a crystal blue hilt covered with feather scales is the missing shadow of Ye Yunlan's sword in the past.

And the other scabbard was pitch black, the blade was slender, and the hilt was made of blood jade. Before the sword was unsheathed, there was a fierce aura about to come out.

Putting the two swords side by side, they looked extremely harmonious.

Shen Shu stared at the black scabbard, engraved with mysterious and mysterious lines, if he had never known the meaning of these lines before, it was just that when he was the Demon Lord, he had read all the collections of forbidden laws and secrets in various sects of the Demon Sect out of boredom. Knowing that this is an ancient divine language, it does not refer to specific meanings like human characters, but it contains mysterious and mysterious power, which is difficult for ordinary monks to learn, let alone combined and used in one place.

To carve these divine characters on the scabbard, Ye Yunlan spent indescribable effort.

And the power formed by these divine texts is evolution and restoration.

This is a spiritual sword that can grow and repair itself.

"My teacher once said that when you are successful in cultivation, I will refine a sword for you."

Ye Yunlan said.

"This is the teacher's reward for breaking through the Nascent Soul. You can draw your sword and watch it to see if you like it."

Shen Shu held up the long sword, first bowed slightly to Ye Yunlan, then put the long sword flat in front of his body, and slowly drew it out of its sheath.

As the cold and cold blade was pulled out inch by inch, a clear sword sound also sounded.

The blood jade-like hilt is connected to the blade, and a bright light flows on it, reflecting Shen Shu's eyes.

"The main body of this sword is meteoric iron, which is fused with blood jade black crystals, tempered by lightning from the sky, and condensed with ice soul. It takes several months to make it. It contains your blood essence, and no one can use it except you."

"If you like it, you can take it back to the sacrificial chain. After you succeed, this sword will become your natal spiritual sword, connected with your heart?spirit?, and with a single thought, you can cut enemies thousands of miles away."

With Shen Shu's eyesight, it is natural to see that this spiritual sword is already of the top grade, much higher than Master's own natal spirit sword Queying.

Although it is still not as good as the Demon Sword Shura that I got when I was the Demon Lord, after all, the Demon Sword has been passed down for thousands of years, soaked in the murderous thoughts of hundreds of millions of resentful souls, how can a newly refined Spirit Sword be able to compare with it? .

What's more, with the help of God and Wen, with the improvement of his cultivation base, this spirit sword may not be able to reach the height of Shura sword in the future.

It's just that he didn't know what it was like with Ye Yunlan's frail and sick body? It was difficult to refine this spirit sword.

He looked at Ye Yunlan's pale face, and remembered He Lanze's vague mention of Ye Yunlan's current physical injury, which made him feel worried.

But these things cannot be shown in front of Ye Yunlan for the time being.

He put the sword back into the scabbard, said.

"Thank you, Master, my disciple likes it very much."

Ye Yunlan: "You should give it a name."

Shen Shu pondered for a while, his eyes fell on the Queying Sword on the table, and suddenly he pursed his lips and said.

"It is said that when the meteorite came to the human world from outside the region, it was like a meteor whistling, and its afterglow illuminated the sky. Since this sword was forged by the meteorite, it should be called afterglow."

Ye Yunlan didn't notice his secret thoughts, and only said: "Afterglow...is a good name."

Shen Shu thought about it for a while, and said, "Then... the apprentice took the remnant light sword back to sacrifice first?"

"Wait." Ye Yunlan called to stop him, "There is one more thing."

He took out a green bead from the drawer and put it on the table, "You should remember this."

Shen Shu looked down at the round bead.

Of course he remembers.

Back then, Liu Qing relied on this thing to forcibly bring him back to Tianzong, and locked him in the medicine hut as a pig and dog. "When I saved you back then, I promised you that after your Nascent Soul, if you can still control your heart and not fall into the way of demons, I will return this thing to you."

Ye Yunlan pushed the ball forward, "Take it."

Shen Shu didn't immediately move the puppet bead on the table, but said: "Master, aren't you afraid that after getting this bead, my apprentice will fall into the devil's way and cause harm to the world?"

He didn't lie.

After possessing the memory of the Demon Lord, he could enter the Demonic Way in just a single thought. The cultivation of the Nine-Revolution Heavenly Demon Body is considered taboo by others, and it is an impracticable forbidden technique of the Demonic Way, but in his eyes, there is no secret at all.

The darkness hidden deep in the body is about to move.It is indeed a difficult thing for him to get used to his current weak self after he has mastered the incomparably powerful power to shock the world and do whatever he wants.

Suddenly, Ye Yunlan's cold voice was heard in his ear.

"Believe in you as a teacher."

Shen Shu's body shook.

"...don't disappoint my teacher's trust in you." Ye Yunlan said slowly, "The way of the devil is not a good place to go. Killing evil karma, good and evil retribution, accumulating on the body, even if you have strong power, so what can you do."

"Shen Shu, as a teacher, I can take care of you for a while, but I can't take care of you forever."

Shen Shu heard something ominous in his words, and heard Ye Yunlan say: "Come here."

They were already very close at this moment, separated only by a desk, yet Ye Yunlan wanted him to get closer.

Shen Shu hesitated for a while, walked around the desk, walked to Ye Yunlan, knelt down, and looked up at Ye Yunlan as he did when he was young, "Master?"

Ye Yunlan said: "Low your head."

Shen Shu lowered his neck, exposing the fragility of his neck to Ye Yunlan without any precautions, and then heard the sound of cloth rubbing.

Ye Yunlan's wide sleeves were raised, and cold fingertips landed on the back of his neck.

—He was stroking the puppet print on the back of his neck.

Shen Shu first felt a cold shudder, and then felt slightly warm with the sliding of Ye Yunlan's fingers.

The keen five senses cultivated by facing life and death all the year round in the Demon Abyss made his whole body tense, and his eyelashes trembled slightly.

"This puppet seal is a hidden danger after all."

Ye Yunlan slowly stroked the imprint on the back of Shen Shu's neck, observed the lines and depths on it, and said, "I have found a way to eliminate it, and I need you and my teacher to go there."

Shen Shu said: "...Yes."

"Now that you have achieved success in cultivation and possessed your own natal spirit sword, what can I teach you as a teacher? I have already taught you everything."

Ye Yunlan said, his voice was a little more gentle and gentle than usual.

"After the puppet mark is eliminated, there will be no external objects in the world to affect you. You can choose your own path and see this vast world."

Shen Shu was silent for a while, and said, "What about Master?"

Ye Yunlan said: "You have a place to go as a teacher, you don't have to worry about it?"

He didn't seem to want to continue this topic, so he said to Shen Shu: "Go and get the piano for the master. After two years of retreat, it seems that you haven't heard me play the piano for a long time."

Shen Shu got up, took the guqin hanging on the wall, and put it on the table.

Ye Yunlan lowered her head, stretched out her white hands, closed her eyes and started playing slowly.

The sound of the piano is as far away as ever, like a breeze coming from a remote place over the mountains, gently rippling in the hearts of the listeners.

It can make people eliminate all the irritability in their hearts and immerse themselves in the land of no one.

The evil thoughts that were about to move in Shen Shu's heart calmed down a lot, and even those ghostly voices screaming in his mind gradually faded away.

He closed his eyes, feeling the tranquility he hadn't felt for a long time.

The sound of the piano curled around the room, but after about half a stick of incense, there was a sense of stagnation in the sound of the piano.

Shen Shu opened his eyes in bewilderment, and heard a messy trill.

The strings are broken.

The dark red blood slipped down Ye Yunlan's Ruxue's fingertips, but his own complexion was whiter than Frost Snow, and his brows were deeply knit.

"Master?"

Sensing something ominous, Shen Shu hurriedly got up and walked over, only to see Ye Yunlan's chest rising and falling, and then, as if he couldn't bear it at last, he lowered his head and coughed.

The cough seemed to be hard to stop.

Continuous coughing sounded in the room, and blood flowed down his pale fingers. Ye Yunlan coughed up tears from the end of his eyes, and his cheeks were also stained red, making his complexion even more terrifyingly pale.

"Master? What's the matter with you? Did your injury recur? How could it be like this—" He clearly let Ye Yunlan take Immemorial Earth Heart Mushroom two years ago. Immemorial Earth Heart Mushroom is a ninth-level elixir. , but the aura contained in it could at least relieve Ye Yunlan's injury a lot.

But why? After only two years, Ye Yunlan's injuries became so serious again?

The wind bell outside the bamboo building suddenly jingled.

The window of the study opened at some point, and a figure appeared in the room.

He has silver hair and a high crown, tall and tall, with a crane cloak fluttering behind him.

Qi Yun-jun's eyebrows seem to be fixed? The eternal ice and snow are even colder than usual.

He strode up to the two of them and said coldly to Shen Shu.

"Step aside."