The beauty of the master is too difficult to understand

The man was holding his own long knife, and this spiritual knife that had followed him for hundreds of years was actually fused in the palm of that finger bone.

Look up again.

The man's eyes were red, he was a demon.

Mo Jinran didn't dare to move for a while.

Xie Qiu couldn't see anything, he just stretched out his hand to cover the fresh wound on his heart, the whole palm of his hand was stained red with blood.The mouth and nose are also full of the sweetness of blood, and only the whistling wind is circling in the ears.

"Don't... all dyed..."

Xie Qiu's body was like a dead leaf in the wind, even if he didn't suffer the final blow, he was still at the end of his strength.

Leaning his whole body back, the child was about to roll down the long stone steps.

A hand went around behind him, supported him and picked him up, the palm was stuck in the hollow of his knee, Xie Qiu's feet were off the ground, and the moment before his consciousness fell into darkness, he felt himself being hugged by one hand and curled into a cool embrace.

Bai Heng's eyes froze, and fell on his face covered with white cloth.

Afterwards, the vermilion in the eyes deepened and became black like ink.

Raising one hand, he didn't even make any magic seals, nor did he use any formations.Just simply, condensing the devilish energy into a ball in the palm of the hand.

The wind and cloud stirred into a vortex, the rain poured down, and then swirled into a huge wind, trapping the entire mountain in this hurricane.

The moment the devilish energy in the palm exploded, the whole mountain split into countless pieces and fell apart.

Time seemed to freeze in an instant, and Bai Heng and Yun Qi in his arms were pulled into a void.In the void, a mysterious dragon hovered in front of it, its long beard spread out, and its vertical pupils glowed with golden light.

"Bai Heng."

Xuanlong Moxu's voice echoed throughout the void, "How dare you meddle in the catastrophe of the heavenly immortals."

"They deserve to die."

"You're stunned. Bai Heng, Mingjun just deduced the first calamity of the immortal—the meeting of resentment and hatred. This is the calamity of the eight sufferings. He must overcome the suffering of hatred before he can return to the immortal position..."

"The pain of hatred. You mean, ask him to forgive the beast."

"Naturally, there is God's will. God's will is unpredictable, and destiny... cannot be violated." Xuan Long's voice was thick and clear, "let go of your obsession. Do you want to hurt him again?"

Bai Heng: "I did not harm him! If I hadn't saved him just now, he would have died!"

"As a mortal, he has not been infected with demonic energy, and has no resentment. Even if he dies, he can enter the next reincarnation safely. He will continue to experience the catastrophe he should have experienced."

Continue, is this going to continue?

Just crazy!

"This is just his first catastrophe. He is a mortal cultivator. Before his ascension, the mortals reincarnated hundreds of times, and every life is a catastrophe. He has experienced hundreds of times like this."

Hundreds, thousands.

His fists gradually clenched.

"Why is Dudu so cruel to him? Isn't he the son of heaven? Why doesn't heaven protect him?!" Bai Heng raised his head and questioned the mysterious dragon who was born with a fairy bone in front of him, "What is the meaning of such a fairy who has been cultivated through thousands of calamities... , I haven’t had the pleasure of being an individual yet!”

"Why do you think he is the son of heaven. Why do you think Jiuli let him get three points. Why do you think the heavens respect him. Bai Heng, what do you think is an immortal?"

Xuanlong lowered his head, the golden-brown dragon horns seemed to be coated with a layer of scale powder, and the broken light shone thinly, giving off a halo of light in the dark night.Longxu approached Bai Heng, his eyes were full of indifference when he was so close.

"If you don't know anything. Just stay quietly, don't do anything, and look at the child in your arms."

"Look at his life, look at his choices."

Bai Heng shook his head: "I don't want to see... such a thing, I don't want to see it once. I know, Jiuli said that before he ascended, he wandered in the world for tens of thousands of years. I have been a villain in my life. But... I don't want him to be like that..."

He hugged Xie Qiu in his arms tightly.

Like guarding a fire.

"If this is a fairy, this is a high-ranking fairy. I would rather he is just a mortal. I don't want him to suffer and suffer... He is only seven years old, but his eyes are already blind, and he still has a long time to live." For the rest of his life, he will not be able to see the spring flowers and autumn fruits, summer rains and winter snows. His sect was destroyed, and only he survived. But he still has to face this hatred every day, and spend half his life entangled with that villain..."

Xuanlong pondered for a moment, and then said: "The calamity of punishing the heart is like this. He can survive it."

He looked stubborn: "No. I want to kill those people for him. Therefore, I can bear any catastrophe."

"Bai Heng!"

Xuanlong's shocking roar echoed throughout the void.

"If you can't figure this out, I can only trap you in the void for the time being. When the Yunqi Immortal Venerable comes back from the catastrophe, you and his account will be settled between the two of you."

The body of a dragon turned into a human, and the child in Bai Heng's hands instantly turned into a cloud of mist, and it fell into Mo Xu's hands in a blink of an eye.

"Master, Master!"

Mo Xu turned around and walked out of the void.

Time slowed down to almost motionless, Mo Xu waved his long hand, and his sleeves flew away.

In the blink of an eye, the uncracked mountain peaks were instantly pieced together, the dark clouds all over the sky were also dispersed, and the devilish energy of the mountain was purified.

The warmth of the setting sun illuminates the mountains.

Everything returns to its original position.

After Mo Xu manipulated the memories of the two, he placed Xie Qiu on the cold stone steps.Without looking back at him, he turned around and turned into a dragon, disappearing in the clouds.

Time returned to normal.

A few drops of rain fell on Mo Jinran's forehead, he stretched out his hand to touch it, and looked suspiciously at the setting sun in the distant mountains.

It felt a little weird, but the emotion was quickly forgotten.

He looked at Xie Qiu who was lying on the ground, and the hatred in his eyes continued to deepen.He picked up his collar, took him back to a remote courtyard in Linqu Mountain, and locked him up.

Together with Lan Qing.

Didn't Xie Qiu have a deep relationship with this person?

Then spend some time with this completely fallen monster.

Xie Qiu woke up hungry, and heard the sound of chains mopping the floor, and a few hoarse growls.He stretched out his hand to touch the source of the sound, and was scratched violently.

The back of his hand hurt, and then he felt the devilish energy in front of him, rushing towards his face.

The iron chain was so tight that Xie Qiu could almost feel the breathing of the person in front of him, and the waving arms could barely scratch his face.He kicked his feet back two steps, shook his head, and called out tentatively: "Senior brother, is that you?"

The only answer to him was a beast-like roar.

He didn't have much mana left, and turning on his spirit vision again might increase the loss of his immortal essence, but at this moment his heart fell to the bottom, and he mobilized his whole body's mana and turned on his spirit vision again without much thought.

It's Lan Qing.

Surrounded by resentment all over his body, he has completely fallen into a demon, and has become a real demon cultivator.

And there are deep grievances.

Xie Qiu ignored the pain from the widening crack in the core, and cast the spirit spell again.

He saw clearly that the resentment wrapped around Lan Qing belonged to those disciples.The three masters were indeed killed by the evil eye, but the remaining thirteen innocent direct disciples were indeed killed by Lan Qing himself.

He has been entangled in guilt and cannot be freed.

How could it be, how could Lan Qing kill someone.

Xie Qiu couldn't figure it out, the immortal cultivator who was infected with the demonic energy was conscious, but his thoughts could not help but fall into the evil place.Lan Qing's mind was pure, even if she was infected with demonic energy, she shouldn't kill 13 people for no reason.

"Third senior brother, wake up." Xie Qiu's mana was exhausted, and he was shrouded in darkness, "Wait a little longer, when my mana recovers, I will use my spiritual power for you... You should wake up first, senior brother!"

His devilish energy had already been aroused by resentment and ran wild.

Lost all sanity and consciousness.

The door was instantly pushed open.

"Yo, wake up." It was Mo Jinran's two personal disciples who came here, and they threw Xie Qiu in the direction of Lan Qing without any explanation, "Aren't you going to save him? Go and save him, why? , is the little fur kid afraid?"

"let me go!"

"If the immortal Xiu in the Nascent Soul stage died by his hands, the karma on this demon would be even heavier." One person laughed sinisterly, and pushed Xie Qiu's head forward to make it easier for those Only the demon hands.

The palm was about to be slapped, and then stopped abruptly. The golem was hesitant and struggling, holding its head and roaring a few words, calling vaguely: "Little... small..."

"It's me, I'm Xiaoqiu! Third Senior Brother, I..."

"Small……"

The two disciples exchanged glances and weakened the anti-evil array imposed on the room. In an instant, Lan Qing's body overflowed with demon energy, grabbing his last sanity.

With sharp long fingers and obvious magic lines between the eyebrows, he opened a pair of blood-red eyes and glared at the three people in front of him.

Roaring furiously.

Well... powerful magic energy.

Is it because of killing thirteen immortal cultivators?

"Come on, kill him." One of them pressed Xie Qiu in front of Lan Qing again, "Kill him, and you will become a loose demon... When the master kills you again, he will be able to complete his merits... ..."

"Cough!" The other coughed vigorously, and pushed him with his elbow.

Knowing that the words were exaggerated, he restrained his face and muttered: "Anyway, he is going to die! What are you afraid of!"

"It's better to be cautious."

Xie Qiu was stiff all over.

What's the meaning.

The third senior brother killed thirteen immortal cultivators and completely became enchanted, but they were controlled by Mo Jinran.Now, he wants Lan Qing to kill himself to aggravate Lan Qing's grievances.

He wants to raise a loose demon.

Then, Tumo is on the right path.

Xie Qiu felt chills down his spine, and his whole body began to struggle violently: "Mo Jinran, you bastard! You cruelly murdered your fellow disciples, and you actually tried to accumulate merit with such heinous actions... You simply... let me go! Let me go !"

"Hehe. Xie Qiu, what's wrong with the immortal cultivating the righteous way of killing demons. Instead, you're the one who hangs out with the demons and helps the evildoers. Don't you know right from wrong?"

"No, that's not the case!" Xie Qiu's arm was twisted and hurt, and the wound on his shoulder blade was cracked again, "Third Senior Brother wouldn't kill people, it was you, you bewitched with evil thoughts, and seduced the evil spirit Lan Qing, magnified his evil thoughts..."

"If he doesn't have any evil thoughts, how can he be tempted by evil thoughts. Flies don't bite seamless eggs."

Xie Qiu was taken aback by these strong words.

Only then did he realize that the identity of the suzerain of Tiandao Sect was not what Mo Jinran wanted in the end.The reason why he dared to act so rampantly was because he was sure that he would be able to ascend the Tao.

So he didn't kill himself just now.

Just because he had to make sure his hands were clean and not stained with any sin.Only in this way can we not fall into the devil due to the judgment of heaven when the triple catastrophe falls.

Now only Lan Qing is dirty.

And that person only needs to kill Lan Qing, who has committed a lot of crimes, to accumulate merits that defy the sky.

However, once Lan Qing was beheaded by the immortal law as a demon, the injustice would linger, and she would not even be able to reincarnate.Life after life will be ruined by this hardship.

How to do.

This is Xie Qiu, crying for the first time.

Tears wet the silk covering half of the face, mixed with the light red blood color, smudged little by little.

That demonic energy was originally on him.It was the third senior brother who extradited the demonic energy to save himself.

The one who should have been lost forever was himself.

'Xiao Qiu, you must become a fairy. '

The last words that the third senior brother left for him rang in his ears.

how so.Things...how did they come to this point.

There was a mouthful of blood in my heart, and I couldn't breathe out for a long time, and it was choked in the chest cavity with severe pain.

"Come on, kill him! Kill him!" Xie Qiu was pushed and sent to a closer place, but the furious demon did not kill Xie Qiu who was pushed to the ground first, but jumped up and grabbed it One person's head, evil spirits invaded the disciple's spiritual veins.

With a click, the skull was crushed, and blood spilled from the fingers.

The other person was so frightened that he quickly let go of his hand and took a few steps back to keep a safe distance.

Another immortal cultivator was killed.Lan Qing's demonic energy became heavier.

"Senior Brother..." Xie Qiu was extremely desperate, sobbing, he crawled to the bottom of the devil's foot and grabbed his ankle, "Don't kill people...Senior brother, you can't kill any more..."

A palm was about to be slapped, but it landed on Xie Qiu's head again.

"I... can't save you now, when I become a fairy, I will definitely be able to transform you... don't kill people anymore, brother..."

A hand full of demonic energy rested on top of the child's head.

He heard Xie Qiu crying.

The demonic energy gradually dissipated.

"Little... Qiu..."

"It's me, senior brother...it's me." Xie Qiu raised his head and grabbed his hand, "Senior brother, hold back your desire to kill, don't be induced by demon energy..."

"Xiao Qiu..." Lan Qing picked up the fairy sword worn by the corpse at her feet, and put it in Xie Qiu's palm, "Kill me..."

"What did you say……"

After finally regaining some consciousness, Lan Qing could only speak concisely: "Kill me!"

"Do not……"

"quick!"

Xie Qiu shook his head resolutely: "No. If I kill you now, you will be killed by the immortal cultivator as a demon cultivator. The murder you committed will brand your soul with eternal life. Even if you still have the chance to reincarnate With endless grievances... Brother, don't despair, I will ascend, I will definitely be able to ascend... After ascending, I will cross—"

Lan Qing took Xie Qiu's hand and pressed the sword in his hand against her heart.

The voice was intermittent, but full of firmness.

"Kill... me, you can... ascend..."

Xiaoqiu, you are a great power who is about to break the mirror in the Nascent Soul Stage.And now I am full of guilt.If I can ascend, so can you.

"If you don't kill me...he will, kill me... Xiaoqiu, you must... ascend to immortality...for me, for the master, for everyone...to take revenge..."

"Don't be kind to a woman, kill... me!"

Xie Qiu's hands trembled violently, and his legs fell to the ground limply.

how come--

become like this.

Xie Qiu clenched the sword in his hand, and with the last of his strength, he snatched the sword from Lan Qing's hand and threw it on the ground.

bang.

A piercing sound of metal clashing resounded in the dark room.

He stood up from the ground with firm eyes, raised his small palm, and put it on Lan Qing's palm, solemnly promised word by word: "Senior brother, I will become a fairy... I will become a fairy in an upright manner. I am not Mo Jinran , will never use his despicable methods to take any shortcuts. All creatures are created equal, and there is no reason why anyone should be a stepping stone!"

"Even if I can become a fairy, I don't want to be that kind of fairy. If the master is still there, he will agree with my decision, and he will be proud of me as always. Brother, you are too, right?"

Lan Qing opened her mouth, but before she could speak, the evil formation in the room was completely disarmed.

The soaring demonic energy charged into the third senior brother's body again, grabbing the last sliver of sanity.

"Yes... I will always be proud of you..."

After saying these words, Lan Qing completely lost her mind, and fell into a heinous demon cultivator.

And a long knife penetrated into his heart at the moment when his mind was completely eroded by the devilish energy.

"It's fine if you don't kill me, I will kill you!"

Xie Qiu saw that Lan Qing's demon body was suppressed and corroded by that spiritual knife, and the palm touched by Xie Qiu's hand gradually turned into a cloud and disappeared.

Pupils vibrate violently.

The third senior brother was completely killed.

My hands are empty.

It felt like something was being ripped from my heart.

Xie Qiu clutched his chest and wept bitterly.

Of the five teachers, he is really the only one left.

The devilish energy dissipated, but the resentment didn't just disappear. Following his sinful soul, he drifted to an unknown corner of the world.

And Mo Jinran behind him, because he killed a sinful demon cultivator, his accumulated merits have doubled, and he has risen from the Nascent Soul Stage to the Transcendence Tribulation Stage, just short of a triple catastrophe.

The soaring mana gathered in his dantian, and he felt unprecedentedly happy.

"Xie Qiu, you are pedantic. Just like your master, you are pedantic and difficult to take on a big responsibility." Mo Jinran stepped across the threshold and walked into the dim room, "The opportunity is in front of you, but you can't grasp it. Until now , and end up at the mercy of mermaids."

"You won't kill me."

With a cold voice, Xie Qiu felt that his heart and limbs were already numb with pain.

"Oh?"

The child's voice was as deadly as an autumn leaf.

"I don't have a fallen demon. You are about to ascend, and if you kill me at this time, you will be in debt, and you will definitely not be able to survive the triple catastrophe."

"You said you are so smart, why are you so inflexible." Mo Jinran's eyes flashed a little appreciation, "That's right, you are just a child, you have reached Nascent Soul at the age of seven. How do you know how complicated things in this world are? , the truth is so obscure... Do you think that I am an evil person? No, if I were evil, Heavenly Dao would have sent down a catastrophe to punish me! It is you who don’t understand, you can’t figure it out, the devil should be damned , even if you cross and influence thousands of times, most of them will still slaughter innocent people again..."

"The ending was already doomed, and I just accelerated the process. Coming to this ending early gave them a relief."

"You're talking nonsense!" Xie Qiu's lips turned white, and his voice trembled invisibly, "You are absurd!"

"A child is just a child. It's too simple to think about things." Mo Jinran walked in, and even gently rubbed Xie Qiu's head, "Xie Qiu, this world is not black and white. Take a step back and let go Only by improving yourself can you adapt to the Taoism of this world..."

Snapped.

He completely knocked down that seemingly clean hand.

"What we do is to punish the evil and promote the good. Excessive attention to details will only affect the big things. Xiaoqiu, your aptitude is indeed very good. Now that you understand my actions, I can't scare you—— As you said, I can't kill you. If you are willing to join my sect instead, I guarantee that you and I will be able to ascend together!"

"Not only that, Earth Immortal, Immortal Monarch, Shangxian..."

Mo Jinran leaned into Xie Qiu's ear and whispered, "We will all climb up step by step."

"you!"

"I know you are kind, and so am I. But only when you climb high enough can your kindness shelter the world—only by killing the demons that deserve to be killed more decisively can you exchange for greater power to protect those who deserve to be protected and immortals."

"Nonsense! You... are all nonsense!"

"Am I talking nonsense?" Mo Jinran laughed lowly, pointing to the sky, "If I'm wrong, why doesn't Heaven punish me?"

"People need protection, immortals need protection, and demons also need protection." Mo Jinran supported Xie Qiu's injured shoulder blade and healed his wound, "People who want to protect everything often can't protect anything! Just like you My master, just like your senior brothers and sisters! Xie Qiu, do you want to die like them, maintaining your so-called absolute nobility?!"

"Mo Jinran!" Xie Qiu raised his sword with his tiptoe, and put the sword on the opponent's neck.

But the opponent easily took his sword away, and ordered someone to lift it into a cage, and inside the cage was a ferocious evil beast.

He put the sword in Xie Qiu's hand again: "Kill it."

"Do not……"

"Kill it, and you will break the Nascent Soul Realm. Xie Qiu, kill it, and I will go with you to kill that evil eye, so that innocent people will not be harmed by it."

Xie Qiu's back stiffened, and he turned his head to look at Mo Jinran, his eyes loosened a bit.

There was a bit of coaxing in Mo Jinran's tone.

"You see, as long as you kill this evil thing, you can accumulate more merits, even if the heavens condemn it to death. But you have enough mana and merits, even if you have a first or second catastrophe, it will be very difficult. You will be able to recover soon... The most important thing is that you can protect more people when you become stronger."

"Such a simple truth, why are you just like my stupid junior brother, why don't you understand it?"

Xie Qiu seemed to be lost in other thoughts, he turned around and immediately grabbed Mo Jinran's sleeve, Mo Jinran's eyes lit up, and he turned his head to look at Xie Qiu expectantly.

"I beg you...save the people in those villages..."

The light in his eyes was extinguished, and he pulled his sleeves out of the child's hand: "I won't go unless you break the mirror. Although I have reached the stage of crossing the catastrophe, if I go without your help, I will be courting death—not everyone is like you!" Xie Xuan is like that, rushing to die."

"Do not……"

Xie Qiu finally shook his head.

"Suppression is the top priority, and killing... is the bottom. I can't slaughter an evil spirit for no reason."

"Xie Qiu, I have said enough. Now that I am the suzerain of Tiandaozong, I declare that you are no longer a disciple of Tiandaozong—"

He turned away.

"If there is a day when you change your mind, come back and see me."

***

Bai Heng fell into silent contemplation in the void, whether he wanted to stay there for eleven days, so that Xie Qiu could see the master directly after his ascension.

After five full days of silence, he still decided to come out.

"Are you sure this time, you will never interfere with Yunqi Xianzun's mortal world's tribulation?"

"……Sure."

One day in the sky, one year on earth.

Five years have passed quickly, and the world has changed a lot.

Bai Heng entered the mortal world again, only to find that Xie Qiu was not present in the hundred families of the immortal sect.If Mo Xu hadn't said clearly that Xie Qiu hadn't been killed, he would almost have thought he was reincarnated again.

He is not like the king of fate in the sky, he has the ability to deduce fate.Once Xie Qiu disappeared into the vast crowd, and he was just a mortal, he couldn't find where he was at all.

In this way, he wandered around in the world for another three full years.

In the past three years, he has searched for Xie Qiu, and tasted the smoke and fire of this world.

This is the first time he has lived in the human world after being in the world for more than [-] years.

He thought that he and the master still had no predestined relationship.

If there is fate, we should have met long ago.

Maybe he should stay in that void for eleven days before he can see Master again.Mo Xu was right, that was the best way.

Unfortunately, he couldn't let it go.

He wanted to share all the suffering.

It's late autumn again.

Bai Heng looked at the mountains covered in frost and red leaves, as bright as a sunset glow, and knew that Xie Qiu's birthday would be next month.

He will be fifteen.

Finally, half a month before Xie Qiu's birthday, Bai Heng found him.

To Bai Heng's surprise, the current Xie Qiu looks like an ordinary person. He has become a reclusive immortal cultivator, living in the bamboo forest not far behind Youdu Mountain.

There is a small lake deep in the bamboo forest.A few boulders fell by the lake, stepping on the stones, it was the bamboo house he built.

This secluded residence is quite in line with his temperament.

Bai Heng observed him, every ten days he would chop bamboo and make some trinkets to sell in the town, and exchange some money for clothes.

Cold and heat are not taboo, and he who is older than bigu doesn't need to do these things, it's just to pass the time.

The 15-year-old Xie Qiu is six and a half feet tall, so he still prefers to wear plain clothes.The eyes are bound, and the streamer is as long as the blue silk, which is attached to the back, and it will flutter and fly when the wind blows.

The thin chin is too pointed.

The whole body also seems to have no weight.

Bai Heng noticed that not far from the bamboo house were four earthen tombs.Xie Qiu would go there to worship every morning.Seeing the word Lan Qing engraved on the stone tablet, he realized that eight years ago, his third senior brother also died.

Xie Qiu raised a three-tailed cat that was not yet formed.

His world was empty, with only one person and one cat, as if there was nothing left and nothing needed.

So, Bai Heng found him on a rainy night.There was lightning and thunder that night, and Xie Qiu couldn't believe that someone lost his way in the deep mountains and old forests and came to ask for help.But when he heard the knock on the door, he opened the door unsuspectingly.

The cold and damp breath rushed over.

"you are……"

"I, I'm lost... I saw a house here, and thought, I don't know if it's convenient to stay overnight."

It was the voice of a young man.

Xie Qiu tacitly allowed him to come in, closed the door, and at the same time extinguished the looming fire in his arms.

"are you cold."

"A bit."

Xie Qiu took out his clothes and said, "Put it on." Another fire was lit in the stone fire fence on the wall.The room was lit up, and Bai Heng was able to see Xie Qiu's current appearance up close.

The skin was so fair and clear that it was almost transparent, the jade-like skin had no blood color, and was as cold as the moonlight.

On the tall bridge of the nose, there are layers and layers of white silk.

"your eyes……"

"Oh, it's been like this for many years. It's all right, don't worry about it."

Holding a wooden stick, poke the fire into the hollow, so that it can burn more vigorously.Hang the changed clothes on the bamboo rack and put them next to the fire to bake a white steam.

Bai Heng couldn't help stretching out his hand, but before his fingertips touched his cheek, he heard him ask, "Are you leaving tomorrow morning?"

"Well, yeah."

He dealt with it casually, distraught.

Xie Qiu was silent for a long time, and the bamboo burning in the fire crackled, breaking the silence.

"It's like this. Tomorrow is my 15th birthday. Can you... spend it with me?"

The voice is as gentle as spring water.

But Bai Heng's throat felt dry: "...um."

Xie Qiu stood up and turned his clothes over: "Oh, it's today. It happened to be Zishi when you first came in... Today is my birthday."

"Well, happy birthday. May your life be safe and smooth..."

What else can I say.

Safe and smooth.He clearly knew that it was impossible for Xie Qiu to be safe in this life, let alone talking about it.

"um. Thank you."

The rain outside the window did not stop, Xie Qiu also closed the window pavilion, turned his head and said.

"Have you been living alone?"

"Um."

"you……"

Xie Qiu untied his outer clothes, put on only an inner garment, and lay down on the bamboo bed: "Go to bed early."

In the early morning of the second day, it was just dawn.Bai Heng heard the three-tailed cat outside scolding Xie Qiu.

"A few days ago, I just exchanged such a small amount of money. I still want to eat Chen Ji's white snow osmanthus cake. You used it to buy rice. I..."

"Okay, okay, don't be angry. There are guests at home, so we can't afford a bowl of porridge, right..."

"Then you bought so much! It's a whole ten catties! I knew I was buying rice, but I didn't know that the person left. Is it you who eat the rice or I?"

When he moved a little, he heard a "shush" from outside: "Hush, he's awake. You're about to turn into a human body, he hates evil spirits, so don't annoy him."

"……Oh."

As soon as Bai Heng went out, he saw Xie Qiu with thin arms and legs chopping firewood in the yard, and a ten-year-old child was making a fire beside him.An earthenware pot was set on the fire, and white porridge was gurgling.

I haven't cooked in seven or eight years, so it's inevitable that I'm unfamiliar.

Fortunately, there is no technical content in a pot of porridge.

"Hello." The child said in a bad tone, "what do you do?"

The three-tailed cat's transformation technique wasn't very good, Bai Heng looked at the brown fur behind it that was swept back and forth in anger, and said, "One of the tails is not well hidden."

With a 'shoo', the tail disappeared.

The three-tailed cat became furious: "What are you looking for with my brother?!"

"Xiaodong, be polite." Xie Qiu frowned.

"May I ask why you are looking for your brother?"

...as if it hadn't been more polite.

Bai Heng lowered his long eyelashes and said, "I got lost last night and stumbled here by mistake, so I realized today is his birthday."

"What are you..."

"Hey, Xiaodong, come here." Xie Qiu at least cut off the conversation before he said something more outrageous, took out a piece of sugar cake from his sleeve, and smoothed his hair, "here, don't be angry. Next time You buy more."

Seeing the sweet-scented osmanthus cake, the three-tailed cat was finally happy.

Xie Qiu supported the wood, felt the position, raised the ax again, and split it in two accurately.

"Let me do it."

Without any explanation, Bai Heng took the ax from the man's hand.

Touched the back of his hand.

As cool as autumn rain.

Bai Heng split a piece of wood, and asked abruptly, "Can I ask you a question?"

"Um."

Snapped.Another piece of wood was split.

Xie Qiu leaned on a bamboo that was as thick as a bowl, with his hands wrapped in his sleeves, and a bamboo leaf fell in his hair.

"You are a fairy cultivator, aren't you?"

The corners of his mouth raised slightly invisibly: "Yes."

Added another sentence: "My name is Xie Qiu. Xie for flowers, autumn for late autumn."

"Nice name."

He pursed his lips and said, "Xie is my master's surname. Qiu, because I was born in late autumn."

Two figures, one dark and one white, are reflected in the water of the lake. Occasionally, birds fly across the lake, creating waves.

The expressions of the two were blurred.

"Xie Qiu, do you have to become a fairy?"

He raised his jaw slightly, he was stunned at first, then the corners of his mouth changed from stiff to loose, still smiling: "Yeah."

"why."

"No reason."

Bai Heng: "Is it...to protect the creatures of the Three Realms?"

"...It seems that it's not that great." Xie Qiu rubbed his chin and burst out laughing, "If I have to say it, I can't say it. I just think that I can ascend, and I want to ascend."

After saying this, he became depressed again: "However, I don't know...whether this is my wishful thinking. What is the way of heaven, what is a demon, what is an immortal... Maybe I don't have the slightest idea. I want to understand. I’m actually talking about ascension here...haha, I seem to be thinking too far..."

But the other party didn't want to echo his self-deprecating meaning at all, but retorted word by word.

"Xie Qiu. If you want to ascend, you will be able to ascend. I believe in you."

The ripples on the lakeside calmed down, and the two figures were reflected in the mirror again.

"But now I'm... nothing."

"Sometimes, when I dream back in the middle of the night, I also wonder whether I am right or wrong. Is there any point in my insistence, the principles of heaven, the laws of Taoism... I have thought a lot, all living beings, right and wrong ... I can't think of a result, I don't know when it started, I seem to have become a person ... I obviously did nothing wrong, but I seem to have nothing."

When he said these words, he was extremely calm.There was even a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.

But Bai Heng only felt cold.

"It's like walking on a road. You are right, but every step you take is so painful and difficult. A person has walked in the wilderness for a long time, and he can only hear his own footsteps. I even Can't hear anyone tell me—"

"Xiao Qiu, you are right." Bai Heng took his words.

His breathing froze for a moment.

Xie Qiu's throat moved, but he didn't say a word.

It took him a long time to find his breath, and raised his hand to support his head: "Yes. Am I right?"

"You're right. I'm sure. Don't doubt yourself, let alone waver."

Xie Qiu's nose was a little red.

"Thank you."

Nine Heavens Profound Immortal, Lord Qiu Ming.A gentleman is like jade, white clothes are flawless.

In the gentleness of this person, there is hidden the severe pain that cannot be overcome, and the lonely courage of walking alone.