When the villain knows the plot

Xie Xiaoqing sat on the bank of the river, staring at the dark water.

At first he walked up and down along the river with great interest, but then the coolness came up and the sleepiness also surged, so he sat down and prepared to wait for the rabbit.

Master won't lie to me, what kind of opportunity would it be?

Xie Xiaoqing strained his eyelids.After midnight, the riverside was so deserted that not even a single person was there.

"Snapped"

Xie Xiaoqing, who was half asleep and half awake, cheered up all of a sudden, opened his eyes wide and looked around, and saw a spray of water not dissipated not far downstream.

Someone fell into the water!

...Could it be a water ghost?This rumor only flashed in Xie Xiaoqing's mind for a moment, and then he left it behind.If someone really fell into the water, how could they refuse to save them!Xie Xiaoqing stood up, quickly took off his coat, and jumped into the water.

The river water was cold, Xie Xiaoqing shuddered, swam to the place where the man fell into the water just now, stretched out his hand, but found nothing.

Under the water surface, countless soft branches sway slightly with the waves.

When a child's small hand came over, those branches first spread out cautiously, and after checking the spiritual strength of the owner of the hand, they swarmed up and used their flexible body to catch the weak prey. Bound tightly!

"what--"

Xie Xiaoqing felt his body being pulled down by an irresistible force, his legs and arms were instantly bound tightly by something, and he couldn't even struggle!

In an instant, the river was full of water.

... water ghost!It's really a water ghost!It took two sips of water for Xie Xiaoqing to realize vaguely that he instinctively tried to mobilize his spiritual power to break free, but the spiritual power in his body seemed to be exhausted, and he couldn't mobilize it no matter what.Xie Xiaoqing felt a chill in his heart and became more sober.

How could he not be able to exert spiritual power?Could it be... Xie Xiaoqing is not stupid, Ling Lian smiled and looked at him quickly appeared in front of his eyes. Before leaving, the master once held him, and gently tapped his slender index finger on his forehead.Could it be that the master sealed his spiritual power?

Why……

Severe pain came from his body, and the river instantly turned bloody, and several branches pierced into his skin, robbing him of his vitality.Xie Xiaoqing convulsed for a moment, his eyes became slack, and he sank slowly.

No, I don't want to die!Xie Xiaoqing suddenly struggled again, with such force that he even broke two branches.Master will never harm himself!

The master said that this was his own chance, and it must be for his own good to seal off the spiritual power.Since it is a chance, there must be a chance of survival!

Xie Xiaoqing was submerged in the middle of the river, his whole body was entwined with branches and vines, but there was hope in his eyes.Think of a way, there must be a way to survive...

The breath held in his chest became less and less, and the hope became more and more slim.

Master... Xie Xiaoqing thought when he was dying, why didn't Master come to save me?

No, I am useless, I will die in the hands of this water ghost, and Master will be very disappointed...

Woo, master... I don't want to die, I don't want to die!

But at this moment, a faint green light floated on Xie Xiaoqing's chest, which became brighter and brighter, and gradually enveloped his whole body.

Those branches froze when they encountered the green light, and then timidly tried to pull out his body and retreat underwater.However, the green light was quite aggressive, covering those branches, and suddenly, the surging spiritual power flowed upstream along the branches embedded in the flesh, and poured into Xie Xiaoqing's body!

With the gushing of spiritual power, those branches also withered at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally turned into a small piece of wood, attracted by the green light, and fell into Xie Xiaoqing's hands.

Standing on the shore not far away, Ling Lian in fluttering white clothes quietly saw this, turned and left.

Xie Xiaoqing finally surfaced and gasped for a while.

The appearance of that green light at the end filled him with confusion.After the green light appeared, he instantly felt refreshed. Not only did his spiritual power fully recover, but he also absorbed the power of the "water ghost", which skyrocketed a lot!

He climbed ashore and wiped his face.His body was wet and his clothes were torn, but miraculously, all the places on the skin that were punctured by the branches scabbed and healed in just a short moment.

It really was an adventure, Master didn't lie to me!

However, the process of obtaining this adventure, surviving a near death, is really not easy.

Xie Xiaoqing didn't want to delay, and walked along the river towards his home in the town.

"Water ghost!"

Halfway there, suddenly an uncle who might have been up at night pointed at him and shouted in panic.

Xie Xiaoqing was also startled by the call.Before he could explain, the uncle had already disappeared.

"Master!"

Finally back home, Xie Xiaoqing shouted softly.

"You're back." Ling Lian seemed to have been waiting for him.The oil lamp on the table also lit up.

Xie Xiaoqing could clearly see the faint smile on Ling Lian's face. Having just experienced the danger of life and death, his fear, grievance and dependence all surged up in his heart. He wanted to rush over to hug Ling Lian, and looked at his body It's water, and I'm a little embarrassed.

He lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Thanks to Master for your guidance, this disciple really got the chance."

"Well," Ling Lian also nodded, "You have broken through from the third level of Qi Refining to the seventh level of Qi Refining. This trip is indeed not small, and it is worth two years of cultivation. However, you advanced too quickly. Come down and stabilize the realm."

"Yes, Master!" Xie Xiao replied crisply.

"You dry your body first and change your clothes." Ling Lian smiled.

"Uh-huh."

Xie Xiaoqing took off all the wet clothes and found a dry cloth to wipe his body.There were still some fine leaves on the skin, probably the aquatic plants that were dipped in the water just now, Xie Xiaoqing picked it off, but cried out in pain.

These young leaves grow on the skin!

Xie Xiaoqing stared at the leaf in a daze.

"Don't worry," said Ling Lian's voice from behind, "You have absorbed the original power of the dead willow, but you can't fully use it, so you can grow this leaf. As long as you exercise your energy well, you will soon be able to suppress it." gone."

Now that Xie Xiaoqing has the seventh level of Qi Refining, it doesn't take long to suppress the attacking power of the dead willow.In "A Misty Journey", Xie Xiaoqing, whose spiritual power was out of control, had only a few leaves on his body, which slowly covered his whole body, and finally couldn't hide it, and was almost killed by the townspeople as a tree demon.Just when he fled outside the town and was dying, he met the real Jinghai.

But even if he was in such an unfortunate situation, he didn't change his mind drastically and become a devil who caused harm to the world.

"Yes, Master!" It turned out to be the case, Xie Xiaoqing finally felt relieved.Wait, Master said this is a dead willow in vain?Isn't what I met a water ghost?

"Master, what happened to the green light on his chest at the end?" Xie Xiaoqing, who had changed into clean clothes, told Ling Lian what had happened, and pestered Ling Lian to ask.

"I can't figure it out as a teacher," Ling Lian said, "Maybe your physique is a bit special, it's some kind of blood that restrains wood spirits."

Xie Xiaoqing is of the blood of the ancient Qing Emperor, the supreme being of the Nomu lineage, so he would kneel down and be defeated in an instant.

"Okay, you're tired too, take a rest." Ling Lian urged.

"Then I'm going to sleep, Master, aren't you going to sleep again?"

Ling Lian shook her head, continued to concentrate and practice.

Xie Xiaoqing got into bed, looked at him for a while, and slowly fell asleep.

In his sleep, he seemed to have returned to the moment when he ran out of breath and was about to be drowned by the dead willow——

A faint green light bloomed on his chest, and his whole body was full of strength again. He broke free from the branches and floated up.Then he struggled to climb ashore and returned home.Strange, but there is no master at home.Soon the next day came, and he found that there were many thin leaves on his arms that could not be brushed off.The third day, the fourth day...the leaves grow longer and more.Everyone who treated him well on weekdays cursed "Tree Demon" and surrounded him with broomsticks, their eyes were full of fear and hatred...

"No, I'm not a dryad!"

Exclaiming, Xie Xiao woke up.Opening his eyes, he saw a quiet white dress in the pitch blackness, and his restless and beating heart suddenly calmed down.

Don't be afraid, Master is here!

"Did you have a nightmare?" Ling Lian asked in a low voice.

"Well... I dreamed that because my body was covered with leaves, everyone regarded me as a monster..." Xie Xiaoqing murmured, with a little sadness.But after a while, the tone quickly rose again, "How is it possible, everything in the dream is the opposite! Everyone treats me so well."

Dream about what was supposed to happen?

Ling Lian listened, but her heart moved.Xie Xiaoqing's future will only be changed more and more by himself.He would have this dream, is Tiandao deliberately implying something to Xie Xiaoqing?

But—even if it is God's will, he will go against the sky!

"Others may slander you and abandon you for various reasons," Ling Lian comforted with these thoughts in his heart, "No matter how others treat you, stick to your heart."

"Master..." Xie Xiaoqing thought about it for a long time before whispering, "You are telling me this, are you saying that it is possible for everyone in the town to say that I am a 'tree demon' and want to kill me? ? That's right, if I were to see a person covered in leaves, I would be just as scared..."

He paused for a while, and then said: "So, even if they really treat me like this, I won't blame them, at most they will be very sad..."

Xie Xiaoqing is Xie Xiaoqing, even if his fate has been changed once, his thoughts and attitudes towards others have not changed.

"However, no matter what I become, there will always be someone who treats me consistently, right?" Xie Xiaoqing asked again, "For example, Master, if I...become not like me, you will still recognize me as a Apprentice?"

ask me?Ling Lian shook her head in her heart.There is someone who is consistent with you, but that person will not be me.

In his mouth, he said gently: "Sleep well, don't think about it."

"Oh..." Xie Xiaoqing responded without making a sound.

Thoughts are still churning endlessly in this young boy.Why didn't Master answer me?Is it because I haven't done well enough to make Master like you...

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