Salted fish master was forced to accept disciples

Jiuling was quiet for a while and asked, "I don't know why Master Xitao came to Xishui City?"

Xitao is not good at lying. After thinking about it, she said vaguely: "Two of my friends made mistakes. According to our regulations, they will be severely punished. I came here to do one thing in exchange for letting them punishment can be mitigated.”

Jiu Ling slightly clenched the teacup in his hand, he didn't know what Master was going to do, he just wanted to know how long Master could stay by his side.

He raised his eyes slightly, and asked calmly, "What about after the work is done?"

Xitao held the teacup thoughtfully, unconsciously lowered her head and took a sip of the tea, "Naturally, it's back to where I came from."

When he thought of leaving Xishui City and parting with Jiuling, he felt a little sore and reluctance to part with him, and he was slightly lost in thought, and he didn't even notice it after drinking Kuding tea.

The green tea in Xitao's hand was emitting warm steam. Looking at the wisps of steam, Jiu Ling felt that the chill had penetrated into his heart. into the valley.

He was silent for a moment, and asked in a dry and hoarse voice: "For Mr. Xitao, isn't there anyone in Xishui City worthy of your nostalgia?"

His master came for someone else, wouldn't he stay for him?

Xi Tao was stunned for a moment. Although he came down to the earth to clear Ling Xianjun and Si Cheng, he had lived here for so many years and already had feelings for him. If he just left, he would really be reluctant.

But he clearly knew that he didn't belong here. After the task was completed, he had no reason to stay any longer and it was time to go back.

He frowned slightly, feeling a little guilty for some reason, unconsciously turned the teacup with his fingers, and said softly, "I'll come back and take a look when I have time."

Jiuling smiled wryly, her eyes were bottomless, and her tone unconsciously became anxious, "How long is it once in a while, an hour? One day? Or three or five years?"

Xi Tao didn't expect Jiu Ling to be so serious all of a sudden, she was speechless for a while, not knowing how to answer.

He didn't know how often he would be able to come back. For the immortal, time flies like running water, and it may be dozens of years after he sleeps.

When he comes back, maybe the people in Xishui City have already changed, and his return will only add to the sadness.

Thinking of this scene, the tip of his tongue felt bitter unconsciously.

Jiu Ling tried his best not to let himself ask any more questions.

He lowered his head, covering the emotions in his eyes, so as not to let his violent expression appear in front of Master's eyes.

He really wanted to ask Master, what about him?What is he to the master, why did the master accept him as an apprentice, is he also one of the tasks of the master?

In Master's heart, is he just an existence that can be discarded after completing the task... Maybe after Master leaves, he will soon be forgotten in the insignificant years, never remember, never come again meet him.

Master said just now that he has lived for a long time, so is he just a faint stroke in the long life of Master, which will be erased soon? Those memories that are unforgettable to him may be unforgettable to Master. Just a part of the shallow memory.

He may have been destined to be abandoned from the very beginning. The reason why Master appeared in his life was accidental, and he came with a mission. When the mission is completed, he is useless.

Too many questions and pains swept Jiu Ling's reason. To him, the master was like a duckweed he caught in the turbulent river. If the master was not there, he would be unable to breathe as if he was suffocated.

Uncontrollable gloomy emotions floated out from the bottom of his heart, and the panic that Master would leave him made this emotion grow wildly and gradually out of control.

His face was gloomy, and before he lost control of his reason, he stood up abruptly, "Young Master Xitao, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

He didn't dare to look at Xi Tao, and after he finished speaking, he left Shuixie without looking back.

He didn't know when the cold wind blew outside. Wearing thin clothes, he stepped into the cold wind without any pause.

Only the cold that seeps into his body can bring his sanity back.

Xi Tao was stunned for a moment, and when she came back to her senses, Jiu Ling had already run away.

He looked up and saw that Jiuling didn't enter the house, and left Luoshuiju directly, he was slightly relieved.

Successfully escaped, the apprentice did not find his real body.

He smiled, thinking that it was so easy to hide from the sky, it seems that he can occasionally turn back into his real body and come out to play, without having to keep facing Luo Tianchen's face all the time.

He relaxed and lowered his head to realize that what he just drank was Kuding tea, and before he knew it, the cup had bottomed out.

He hastily put down the glass, wrinkling his face in pain.

No wonder he felt sour in his heart and bitter on the tip of his tongue just now. It turned out that it was because he drank Kuding tea. He thought he had learned the seven emotions and six desires in the world, and understood the pain of separation.

He chuckled and wrapped the cloak tightly around his body, which carried the light smell of Jiu Ling.

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It didn't know when the sky darkened, Xitao changed back to Luo Tianchen's appearance, went back to the house and secretly drank a few glasses of Qingxin wine.

Although Qingxin wine was the best wine, after drinking it for a while, he thought that the fruit wine brewed for him by Jiu Ling himself was better, so he put down the glass.

As the afterglow of the setting sun shone into the room, he changed back to Luo Tianchen's appearance, leaned on the soft couch, and fell asleep in a daze after being drunk.

He opened his eyes again, the sky was already bright, and the morning light was faint.

He was woken up. A guard ran to the door and knocked on the door, crying and shouting: "Master! It's not good!"

Xi Tao opened his eyes and still didn't know what Xi Xi was. He stretched out his hand and touched it. The bed next to him was empty, and the bedding showed no sign of being moved. Jiu Ling hadn't returned all night.

He rubbed his forehead and sat up, sniffing the smell of alcohol on his clothes. He couldn't help but suspect that Jiuling left in anger when he found out that he had stolen Qingxin wine when he came back, and didn't return all night.

"Master of the door! Master of the door!" The guard slapped the door excitedly, and his voice gradually became louder.

Xi Tao didn't have time to think about it, so she tidied up her clothes a little bit, let the guards in, and asked, "What happened?"

"Return to the sect master, Song Songsong... Song Zhou... Commander Song is dead!" The guard was so frightened that he couldn't speak clearly, and finally finished a sentence after stumbling.

Xitao frowned slightly. Song Zhou was a wicked and insidious person. Under his control over the years, although he had improved, he knew that Song Zhou only stopped bullying the weak on the surface. In fact, he still did a lot of evil behind the scenes. .

Xitao doesn't like Song Zhou, but Song Zhou is a member of Tianchenmen, and now he died for no reason, Xitao had to ask why.

"What's going on? Tell me quickly."

The guard lay on the ground and replied tremblingly: "I don't know what happened, I just know that people saw Song Zhou die at the door of Xichen Pavilion early this morning. The death was miserable. Several guards heard the news. Afterwards, I rushed to Xichen Pavilion immediately, and the younger one came to inform the sect master."

Xitao was inexplicably flustered, he put on a coat casually, and walked out in disbelief, "I'll go and have a look."

He was so anxious that he even forgot to put on his shoes. After walking a few steps, before he stepped out of the threshold, Jiu Ling, who hadn't returned all night, walked towards him and blocked the door.

Jiu Ling was dressed in black clothes, his eyes were cold and stern, the black clothes were wrapped in frost, and there were traces of blood in his eyes.

Xi Tao was startled suddenly, something exploded in his mind, he felt the spiritual power lost in his body, and the uneasiness in his heart gradually expanded.

In one night, [-]% of the spiritual power in his body was lost, only [-]% remained.

His heart beat frantically, and his eyes involuntarily fell on the saber at Jiu Ling's waist.

As if he didn't notice his gaze, Jiu Ling glanced at his bare feet, bent down and picked him up without saying a word, walked into the room, and said coldly to the guard: "You go out first."

"...Yes." The guard backed away with lowered eyebrows.

Although he was very anxious in his heart, but the young sect master was very capable, and he did not dare to disobey the young sect master's order at all.

The young sect master has always been obedient and peaceful in front of the sect master, and has always been decisive and merciless in front of them. He unconsciously felt afraid.

Xi Tao let Jiu Ling carry her into the house, stared at Jiu Ling's eyes for a moment, and asked calmly, "What did you do last night? Why didn't you come back all night?"

Jiuling put him on the bed, took a deep look at him, and didn't answer, but turned around and walked to the sink, bowed his head and washed his hands carefully.

Xi Tao watched him wash his hands over and over again, her heart beating faster and faster.

Neither of them spoke, and the room was very quiet except for the sound of rushing water.

Jiu Ling silently washed his hands, changed a new basin of water, wet the handkerchief with warm water, squatted down in front of Xi Tao without saying a word, and held Xi Tao's white and tender feet.

"Ling'er, I'm asking you something." Xi Tao clenched her lower lip, her voice cold and broken.

Jiuling hugged his feet to her lap, took a warm wet handkerchief, and wiped his feet clean bit by bit.

For the sake of convenience, Xitao only transformed his face into Luo Tianchen's appearance, and his feet were still his own feet, white and smooth, with well-proportioned muscles and bones, round and cute toes, and Jiu Ling wiped them one by one.

"Song Zhou is dead." Xi Tao said in a deep voice.

"En." Jiuling finally responded.

"Aren't you surprised?" Xi Tao's heart was getting heavier and heavier, he gritted his teeth, fixed his eyes on Jiu Ling and asked, "Or did you already know?"

Jiuling didn't look up at him, but said calmly, "Master, I passed by Xichen Pavilion this morning and happened to see Song Zhou's body."

Jiuling pinched Xitao's fair and round toes gently, then put his feet down, and put his shoes and socks on with his own hands.

Xi Tao took a deep breath and asked, "How did Song Zhou die?"

Jiu Ling put on his shoes and socks neatly, looked up at him, and replied calmly: "Song Zhou was stabbed eleven times, blinded by stabbing his eyes, cut off his tongue, and threw him at the door of Xichen Pavilion."

Xi Tao was startled, her eyes widened in disbelief, and she didn't speak for a long time.

He suddenly recalled a memory of Shen Yuan. Yu Qiqi's grandfather was stabbed to death eleven times. Although the sinner had already been punished, it was Song Zhou who gave the order back then, and it was Song Zhou who had always taken the lead in bullying them. It was the culprit. Xitao had no evidence, so there was nothing he could do about it.

Xi Tao's eyes stared at Jiu Ling motionlessly, and there was an undercurrent in her phoenix eyes, and Jiu Ling also looked at him quietly, her pupils were black.

After a while, Xi Tao's dry throat finally let out a sound, "...Why Xichen Pavilion?"

Jiuling's eyes moved, and he said in a deep voice: "Yang Ganfeng disrespected you and had ulterior motives, just needed a reason to clean up Xichen Pavilion, and now that Song Zhou died at the gate of Xichen Pavilion, Xichen Pavilion must give Tianchenmen an explanation. "

Xitao's throat was burning hot, "How do you plan to end it?"

"If it's not as I expected, the Xichen Pavilion can't find out the real culprit. In order to avoid damaging the reputation of the Xichen Pavilion, a person should be selected as a scapegoat, who will take the initiative to admit all the crimes, so that the matter can be resolved quickly. Master just wait In Tianchen, just accept their apology, and I..." Jiu Ling pursed her lips, and said indifferently: "What does it have to do with me? I stayed in Tianchen's gate last night and didn't go anywhere."

"Ling'er!" Xi Tao shouted unbearably.

Jiuling's expression was indifferent. He had thought carefully and had already planned the ending. He not only killed Song Zhou, but also caused trouble for Xichen Pavilion.

These years of being together day and night made him almost forget how bloody Xishui City would be after Jiu Ling turned black.

Xi Tao pressed the center of her brows, her scarlet eyes were filled with unbelievable astonishment, "Song Zhou is indeed a bad man, he has hurt you and your clansmen, he deserves death, but you can't use such a cruel method Kill him!"

Jiu Ling lifted the hem of her clothes and knelt down in front of him without saying a word.

Xi Tao looked at Jiu Ling who was kneeling there with heartache. He didn't understand how his apprentice, who was so well-behaved yesterday, would be so cruel and cruel in the blink of an eye. He also didn't understand how Jiu Ling could deal with the layout so calmly. Now I can still speak to him so frankly.

He asked tremblingly, "Ling'er, there are many ways to solve hatred, why did you choose the most extreme one?"

This was the last scene he wanted to see all this time.

He knew that Song Zhou deserved what he deserved, but he didn't want Jiu Ling's hands to be stained with the blood of hatred, because once some things were stained, it was difficult to wash them off.

Jiu Ling could kill Song Zhou to avenge his clan and himself, but he couldn't use such cruel means to kill him.

This kind of tit for tat pleasure would make Jiu Ling get out of control and gradually lose his sense of proportion.

Jiu Ling's thin lips were drawn into a straight line, and her dark eyes looked at him for a moment, without defending herself, she just said: "Master, Ling'er is willing to accept any punishment from Master."

Xi Tao looked down at his eyes, and said almost affirmatively, "You don't think you're at fault at all."

Jiu Ling remained silent.

Xi Tao took a deep breath and turned her head away.

Jiuling has been obedient and sensible for so long, and he never used him to discipline him severely. For a while, he didn't know how to punish this apprentice.

His hands gripped the quilt on the edge of the bed, his chest heaved violently, and he didn't speak for a long time.

Jiu Ling has been obedient and sensible all these years, but now he did such a thing when the power of the deep sea was about to awaken, it was his miscalculation.

Mr. Xuan Xinghe had already reminded him yesterday that before the power of the deep sea awakened, it would affect Jiu Ling's mind. He saw that Jiu Ling didn't have any mood swings, so he thought it was all right, because he was too relaxed.

He was a little dazed, and for the first time clearly realized that Jiu Ling really had the possibility of becoming black.

The room was quiet, only the sound of Xitao's heavy breathing, the two looked into each other's eyes, silently confronting each other, neither of them spoke.

There was a sound of footsteps, and the guard ran back again.

He didn't dare to rush in to disturb them, but stood at the door tremblingly and said: "Master, the people in Xichen Pavilion and our people have quarreled, Master Yang invites you to go, and said that he will discuss the resolution of this matter with you personally. Method."

Xi Tao closed her eyes, and just about to stand up, Jiu Ling stood up one step ahead of him, pressed his shoulder and said, "Master, you don't like the smell of blood, so let me go."

Although he was cruel to Song Zhou, he didn't want Xi Tao to see Song Zhou's death with his own eyes.

"No need." Xi Tao pushed his hand away with a cold expression.

Jiu Ling's eyes darkened, his Adam's apple rolled up and down, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Master, this matter has nothing to do with you. You don't have to deal with Yang Gan and Feng Xu, just let me go."

He turned around and poured a cup of warm tea for Xitao, put it in Xitao's cold palm, and strode out.

Jiu Ling walked to the long corridor, the shadow of the beams shrouded him, and there was a sound of broken porcelain behind him, the sound was sharp and piercing.

He stopped in his footsteps, glanced sideways at the closed gate of Luoshui Residence, his black eyes flickered, and strode away with the sword in his hand tightly.

Xi Tao looked at the broken teacup on the ground, panted twice, and sat back on the bed discouraged.

He is very confused now, and he is really not in the mood to negotiate with Yang Ganfeng.

It was already sunset when Jiu Ling came back from handling the matter, and the Tianchen gate was very quiet, and the surroundings were quiet. He walked to the gate of Luoshuiju step by step in the afterglow of the evening.

He looked at the closed door, and just about to push the door open, he heard Xi Tao say from inside the door, still angry: "You don't need to come see me until you realize your mistake."

Jiuling paused, stood there silently for a while, then turned around and walked into the yard, facing the direction of Luoshuiju, and knelt down heavily.

Xi Tao stood in front of the window, looked at Jiu Ling who was kneeling on the ground through the window, her red lips were tightly pursed.

He clearly knew that the reason why Jiuling did this was not because he thought he was wrong, but to calm him down.

Jiu Ling knelt down, not because he was wrong, but because Xi Tao was angry, it was just that simple.

This kind of cognition made Xi Tao feel powerless. Jiu Ling was indeed obedient and sensible, but this obedience was only towards him.

He thought he had changed Jiu Ling, but in fact he just changed his position in Jiu Ling's heart. To Jiu Ling, other people still had their lives as worthless.

For the first time, Xi Tao felt helpless, and stood powerlessly in front of the Xuan window looking at Jiu Ling.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, Jiu Ling knelt in the yard all night, and Xi Tao stood in front of the window all night, they faced each other silently, neither of them would compromise.

Xi Tao knew that this time he must not soften his heart, he had to stop Jiu Ling.

Jiuling didn't admit his mistake, so he stayed with him all the time.

A long night passed quietly, Jiuling blew a cold wind all night, and Xi Tao's body stood stiff.

As the sun was rising, Jiu Ling still knelt there with his back straight, the twilight sunlight shone on his body, and the scenery was as beautiful as the moon. No one would have thought that he could kill without blinking an eye.

Xitao moved her stiff body, hesitated for a while, then stretched out her hand to the window, and opened the window to look out.

Jiu Ling was only wearing a black brocade coat, and the cold wind blew on his thin coat, making it bitter.

Seeing Jiu Ling's pale face, Xi Tao felt an uncontrollable pain in her heart.

His little mermaid is most afraid of the cold in winter.

Over the years, he felt sorry for Jiu Ling's suffering, and never let Jiu Ling suffer from the cold again. He never thought that now he would allow Jiu Ling to kneel outside like this all night.

He had to punish him, but looking at Jiu Ling's body that was tottering in the cold wind, his heart ached unbearably. Since he came here, Jiu Ling had never suffered such a crime.

He guarded this apprentice for eight full years, just hoping that he could be at ease and live his life in peace and joy.

Xi Tao stared at Jiu Ling in a daze, Jiu Ling seemed to be aware of it, and raised her eyes to look over, Xi Tao quickly hid to the side and stood in the shadows.

"Master, it's windy outside, close the windows tightly." Jiu Ling's voice was a little hoarse, but still gentle and concerned.

No one responded, and after a while, the wooden window snapped shut, and the window frame trembled twice.

Jiuling smiled lightly, her eyes brightened slightly, and she knelt up straighter.

Xi Tao felt ashamed, and tried to divert his attention away from Jiu Ling. He found an idle book, leaned on the couch and read it restlessly for a while, but unfortunately he didn't read a word. When he looked up again, It was snowing outside.

Xitao couldn't sit still anymore, quickly put down the book in her hand, walked to the window, and looked over anxiously.

The goose feather snow fell lightly, and Xi Tao's heart fell to the bottom of the valley with the snowflakes.

Jiu Ling was still kneeling in the snow, the snow was long and white everywhere, he was the only bright color, straight as a pine.

Xi Tao took two steps on the spot, annoyed and anxious.

This idiot apprentice just doesn't want to admit his mistakes, so why wouldn't he lie to deceive him!

He remembered that every time Fairy Koi's apprentice made a mistake, he would quickly admit his mistake and let Fairy Koi reduce his punishment. Although he would do it again next time, he was not severely punished by Fairy Koi every time.

Now that the snow outside is so heavy, what will the little mermaid do if it freezes to death.

Xi Tao stopped slightly, why not cast a spell to make Xue stop?

He pursed his lips. After Jiuling killed Song Zhou, his magic power dropped to [-]%. Now that his mana is limited, he can't control Luoxue in a large area, only a small part.

If he only covered the snow on the apprentice's head, wouldn't it arouse suspicion?

He frowned in confusion, hesitated for a while, saw more and more snow falling on his apprentice's shoulders, and his face became paler and paler, finally he made up his mind regardless of other things.

He walked to the Xuan window, moved his fingers, moved his lips, and made a tactic.

Jiu Ling lowered his head, his hands and feet were already numb from the cold, and after a while, he realized that there were a lot fewer snowflakes falling on his body.

He looked up, the sky was boundless, the dark sky was covered with overcast clouds, and snowflakes were falling from the sky.

There was a lot of snow falling, but those snowflakes changed the direction of falling on top of his head as if they couldn't bear to fall on him.

There is an invisible umbrella above him, silently shielding him from the wind and snow.

Looking at the Xuanchuang that had been erected secretly again at some point, Jiu Ling smiled weakly, and his frozen body seemed to have regained consciousness.