Bamboo ink fragrance in front of the court

"Taoist, don't seal the talisman paper on the box, I will be suffocated to death." Su Mo tried to discuss with Xie Zihuan.

"You're already dead. If you don't have a ghostly aura, it's easy for your juniors to find out." Xie Zihuan corrected and explained.

Su Mo raised his eyebrows, "Is it possible that you really accepted me? You lied to me last time, right?"

"what?"

"If a ghost gets close to someone in the sect, I'm afraid it will be taken in. Isn't that what you said before?" Su Mo looked at Xie Zihuan, and deliberately took a step closer, and Xie Zihuan took a step back. "Junior Brother Qingyi has seen you before."

Su Mo said, "So what if you met me? I didn't become a ghost then, did I?"

"How can a cultivator be with ghosts?"

"Then what are you doing now? It's really a rotten tree." Su Mo leaned forward suddenly, and Xie Zihuan moved away in a panic.

"Su Mo!" Hearing Xie Zihuan's calm tone, the corners of Su Mo's mouth twitched.

"Tsk, Taoist priest, why are you so afraid of me approaching? I carried you here that day, and you also know that I don't have much strength and can't move you with ghost power. So you were indeed on my back at that time. "

Xie Zihuan should have no desires or desires, if it weren't for Su Mo, Xie Zihuan would have gone to cultivate immortals without any suspense.Xie Zihuan knew that he shouldn't panic or lose his sense of control, but seeing Su Mo like that, he really couldn't calm down. "Go back to the box quickly, I'm going to start looking for the message left by my junior brother." Xie Zihuan said to Su Mo who was smiling when he calmed down.

The rain stopped.There are unknown birds chirping all around.Xie Zihuan couldn't find a horse or a sword, so he had to speed up his pace.

The direction of the compass pointed Zhuo Qingyi to head north, which was the direction to return to Mount Yu.After entering Lin'an City, Xie Zihuan didn't stop after looking for the horses. This time Su Mo didn't run out to scare the horses.The black cat was wrapped in a bundle and tied around Xie Zihuan's waist. It seemed to be dissatisfied and immediately bumped, stretched out its paws and came up on the horse's back. The brown horse felt a stabbing pain in its back and almost threw Xie Zihuan away.Xie Zihuan stuffed the black cat into the package and tied it.

They walked all the way but did not find Qi Menghuai's figure again, but they were getting closer and closer to Zhuo Qingyi and the others.

While the horses were resting, Xie Zihuan released Su Mo.

"Taoist priest, have you torn up the talisman paper?"

"No."

"Hey, at least I saved you too, right?" Why do you treat En Gui like this.Su Mo pouted.

"Do you really want to die?" Xie Zihuan ignored Su Mo's request and asked calmly.

"No. I can't even cross the Naihe Bridge, so where is the rebirth?" Su Mo stopped tossing and returned to the box after finishing speaking.If Xie Zihuan wants to repay with his own death, then he would rather just be gone.

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"Brother!" The juniors were very happy to see Xie Zihuan.Although the senior brothers are not much different in age, Xie Zihuan is obviously the most loved by the master in the sect, and his ability is self-evident.Since the battle six years ago, the Yushan faction has indeed declined a lot.This burden naturally fell on the shoulders of Xie Zihuan and his colleagues.

"Where is Junior Brother Qingyi?" Xie Zihuan asked when he saw that Zhuo Qingyi was not among the crowd.

"Senior brother Qingyi didn't come with you? Senior brother said he would go back to find you. Yesterday he handed over the water to us and left." Xie Zihuan heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that the water had been brought back.In one day, Zhuo Qingyi could be recovered.Instruct the juniors to protect Xie Zihuan, who is drawing water, and get on the horse.

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"Nephew Qingyi, I know it's not on you to fetch water." Sneering at Zhuo Qingyi's posture, Qi Menghuai took out a mirror from his arms.The mirror was missing a large corner as if it had been cracked, but the mirror surface was very flat.

Rubbing the mirror, Qi Menghuai said calmly, "It's coming out. The mirror of reincarnation. Guess what it can do?"

Zhuo Qingyi was taken aback for a moment, then drew his sword and pointed at Qi Menghuai, "That's none of my business. In vain I usually respect you as uncle, I never thought you would have the idea of ​​destroying the sect."

"Heh, destroying the Yushan School? What use is that to me?" Zhuo Qingyi sneered at Zhuo Qingyi's guess.

"Then what do you want to do?"

"What do you want to do? You can become a demon if you can draw water. In addition, you can become a fairy if you come out of the world."

"Using this evil way to become a fairy, the heavens will not tolerate it. When the master leaves the customs, he will definitely punish you."

"Hahahaha..." After a wild laugh, Qi Menghuai clamped Zhuo Qingyi's sword with two fingers, but Zhuo Qing couldn't move the sword. "Brother, he can't guarantee that he can manage me? Otherwise, why do you think he wants to retreat at this time?"

"Master... what did you do to senior brother?" Zhuo Qingyi couldn't help but let go of the sword.

"Yes. Senior brother, he is dying. As for your senior brother, I spared his life, but he will never recover after breaking the precepts. Except for a little bit of Taoism, it will be difficult to become an immortal and suppress demons. You think you can rely on Can you support the entire Yushan sect? It's better to go back and fetch water, and it's better to follow the uncles than those brats in the sect." Qi Menghuai tried to persuade Zhuo Qingyi to give up Yushan.

Zhuo Qing's hand holding the sword did not relax in the slightest, "Don't even think about it. If you go against the way of heaven, there will be no good results in the end."

"Hmph, what is the way of heaven? Although it has not been opened yet, but with the ability to draw water, not to mention the reincarnation of the previous life, the future life will be clear." Seeing that Zhuo Qingyi did not respond, Qi Menghuai continued to seduce, "I think your aptitude is no better than Xie Zihuan. Poor, speaking of which, the two of you entered the sect at the same time. Don't you think that your good master has been partial to him from the beginning?"

Zhuo Qingyi slowly clenched the other hand hidden in his sleeve, "Brother, he is stronger than me, so... that's what it should be."

Qi Menghuai smiled and said, "Hehe, I watched you grow up. He learned more than you when he was young, and he should be better than you. It's just that you will never be able to match the ones you learn more. Are you willing?"

Zhuo Qingyi couldn't help thinking that from childhood until now, the senior brother has indeed obtained more than him by more than one or two points.If he could... surpass his senior brother, Zhuo Qingyi had never thought about such a possibility before, but at this moment, there was an unknown desire welling up from the bottom of his heart, and he wanted to suppress it desperately, but it continued to flow out of control.

"What's the matter with breaking the precept you just said?" Even so, Zhuo Qingyi didn't want to let go of his guard.

"Since I took away the water last time, I knew that Xie Zihuan had broken the precepts, although it was not obvious. Although there are no such rules in the teacher's school, breaking the precepts runs counter to the practice in the past. Becoming a fairy is the result of practice, but Once you break the precepts, you can't cultivate immortality. Immortal cultivation seeks to have no desires and desires. Like you and me, you can't do it through cultivation." Qi Menghuai knew that Zhuo Qingyi couldn't be free from distracting thoughts, and he could be tempted to give up with just a little light Original belief.

"No wonder..." No wonder the senior brother asked why he was cultivating immortals, no wonder he mentioned having no desires and no desires.

"How about it? Should I follow Master Uncle or go back to the unknown Yushan Mountain?"

"The reason why you want me to join you is to get the water, right?" Zhuo Qing withdrew his sword and stared at Qi Menghuai without squinting.

Qi Menghuai thought it was natural, but he didn't hide it, "It's natural. After getting the water, I can give it to you for safekeeping. If it wasn't affected by the birth last time, how could the water be so weak to the lonely ghost? take it away."

"That ghost actually met senior brother." Mentioning Su Mo Zhuo Qing was a little puzzled.

"The master has been taught not to get too close to ghosts. Your senior brother probably broke the precept because of that ghost."

"I saw that day that he had the tendency to become a fierce ghost. I'm afraid his power should not be underestimated, right?" When Su Mo's eyes collided with Su Mo that day, it was indeed when Su Mo's lips were smiling. Nice illusion.

"What can a lonely ghost do? After turning into a ghost, it won't last long in the world, let alone mess up the world. Turning into a ghost is only for temporary revenge, and it's better to be broken than to be destroyed."

"I will get the water myself, but please don't break your promise, uncle."

"be sure."

When seeing Xie Zihuan, Zhuo Qing didn't know whether it was a guilty conscience or something else, he was obviously surprised that Xie Zihuan saw it in his eyes.

"Junior Brother Qingyi, are you alright?" Even so, Xie Zihuan still asked with concern.

"It's okay. Senior brother, it's good that you're fine. Junior brother came back to look for you, but I didn't hear from you in the south."

"It's good that I didn't meet my uncle."

"No... Brother, let's go back."

"Ah."

"Master is in seclusion, and I will trouble my juniors after protecting the water." Xie Zihuan ordered the water to be returned to its original place, and four people took turns to guard it every day.

At night, Su Mo was released, and the black cat was placed inside the house.If Zhuo Qingyi hadn't seen the black cat, Su Mo would have let the black cat out.

"Can I move around freely?" Su Mo asked.

Xie Zihuan's tone could not be refused, "No. There are all things in the master's gate that ghosts and monsters are not allowed to touch, and it will be difficult if the juniors find out."

"Is this considered a Taoist house hiding ghosts?" Su Mo flipped through the Taoist scriptures on the table, and hurriedly closed the big characters that looked like talisman paper.

"Unreasonable." After finishing speaking, he walked towards the door.

"Taoist, have you ever thought that meeting me would be a big taboo for you in Taoism?" Su Mo's question was not loud enough for Xie Zihuan to hear.

Xie Zihuan stopped walking outside, "Then how about I take you away and beat you to ashes?"

"Tsk."

After closing the door, Xie Zihuan carefully considered Su Mo's words.If it was a mistake to meet Su Mo, then he has made a big mistake now.Ever since I saw the green-clothed ghost in front of the Sansheng Stone, I had no intention of taking him in, instead I got closer and closer.Not daring to continue to think about it, he left in a hurry because he didn't hear Su Mo's chuckle in the room.

Su Mo pushed open the window facing the back mountain, and looked out the window with the black cat in his arms.

"Doudou, go look for that person's breath." After speaking, he let go of his hand and let the black cat jump onto the window sill and then disappeared on the window sill.And he was lying on Xie Zihuan's bed, planning to rest for a while and wait for Xie Zihuan to come back.

Xie Zihuan went to Zangjiange to give some instructions, and when he returned to the room, he saw Su Mo lying on his side with his eyes closed.Qingjun's appearance is one of tranquility and serenity, his eyebrows are stretched and his breath is steady, his appearance at this moment is no different from that of a living person.Although being a lonely ghost does not need to rest and eat, Su Mo still maintains his daily routine.

The strong wind blew out the candles on the table, and then there was a burst of lightning and thunder outside, and the sound of rain was a bit loud.The black cat scurried in from the window, its jet-black fur not getting a drop of rain.He licked his paw and was caught by Xie Zihuan.The black cat ignored him, and went straight to Xie Zihuan's bed and lay in Su Mo's arms.

It was almost the end of spring, and the thunder was not uncommon.Su Mo lazily turned over to leave a large space, Xie Zihuan hesitated but did not lie down.He leaned against the bedpost and fell asleep like that, and woke up in the middle of the night with half an extra quilt on his body, and his feet were numb from the cold.Su Mo was not on the bed, and the black cat slept on the Taoist book on the table.The rain was getting lighter but it still didn't stop, it was beating on the roof with regular tick tock.

The window was not closed, and it squeaked, and by the time Xie Zihuan saw the black shadow on the window sill, the black cat had already jumped onto the window sill.Su Mo's back was slightly leaning against the window frame, his long hair was flying, and he looked very lonely under the dim light from the lanterns hanging on the eaves outside. Xie Zihuan couldn't see his expression clearly. At this moment, he was afraid that Su Mo would fall if he sat like that.When he was thinking about it like that, he had already called out, "Su Mo." It was very light, and he was afraid that the ghost would not hear him, so he called out again.

Su Mo, who was leaning on the window frame, moved and sat up straight.

"Taoist, you're awake." Su Mo didn't mean to get off the window sill, but just shook his legs and picked up the black cat.

"Well. Close the window."

Su Mo scratched the black cat's hand and paused, "Don't you think you can see more things through the window?" After speaking, he jumped off the window sill.

Xie Zihuan didn't know how to answer for a while, "Don't you feel cold?"

Su Mo approached the bed, shook his head, thinking that Xie Zihuan probably couldn't see it, "It's not cold. Taoist, I'm a ghost. Why...do you feel cold?"

The cat curled up in Su Mo's arms suddenly let out a cry, and Su Mo covered its mouth.

"Taoist, my hair is loose. Help me tomorrow morning."

"okay."

Su Mo returned to the box, and the black cat crawled back to its original place.Xie Zihuan didn't feel sleepy anymore, the window was not closed, but the coolness was still there after the wind stopped.Xie Zihuan glanced out the window, but finally closed the window.Little did they know that a bamboo forest happened to be seen outside the window.

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