Xianmen does not ask about the mundane

Looking at the very familiar boy in front of him, Qiu Yan knew that he was dreaming again.

He has had dreams almost every night since he entered Taoism.

Most of the dreams he dreamed were about him getting rid of evil spirits or practicing on Xuanqing Mountain, and some people he thought were very familiar appeared in the dreams from time to time.

This is not surprising, after all, he has spent every day in the past three years on Xuanqing Mountain, and it is normal to dream about some related people or things.And the process of fighting those evil cultivators in the dream was very real, which made him feel like he was doing actual combat training.Although it was unbelievable, he really learned a lot of fighting skills from it, and felt that it was a good thing to have more such dreams.

At first he thought so.

But after dreaming for several days in a row, he began to regret it.

He found that this dream was not always chaotic and absurd like usual dreams, but progressed sequentially with time.

When he dreamed of the boy in front of him for the first time, he was still a babbling child.Every time I see him either in the arms of a person who looks like Master, or lying beside his legs and grabbing the person's coat.

A few days later, he dreamed again, and he had become a waist-high child.The facial features of a seven or eight-year-old child have gradually begun to take shape, and Qiu Yan was surprised to see the shadow of his senior brother.

At first he didn't think there was anything wrong, he just found it novel. After all, the dream at the beginning was only a picture, and there was no sound at all.He attributed the appearance of this child to his curiosity about his brother when he was young, so he was always very fond of and patient with him.

But as time passed, he became more and more proficient in controlling spiritual power during the day, and his dreams at night became more and more clear, and he could even hear the voice clearly.

Seeing that the child looks more and more like Zhu Lingyu as he grows older, and from following someone who looks like the master every day to following himself every day, calling himself "senior brother", he finally realized that this The young man is not like Zhu Lingyuan at all, but just him.The person who looks like Master is none other than Master when he was young.

He just doesn't want to believe that it's time to wake up now. This is not a dream at all, but a memory, a memory from Qi Zuo.

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"Brother!"

Zhu Lingyou, who looked like a boy, ran towards Qi Zuo happily, holding a long sword carved out of wood in his hand. He was obviously still practicing sword just now. When he saw him coming back, he left his master and ran over.

Zhu Hongyan was right behind Zhu Lingyu, looked at him and shook his head helplessly, with his hands behind his back, he also slowly walked over.

Qi Zuo caught Zhu Lingyu who had flung himself into his arms, and skillfully and naturally pressed his head and rubbed it.

"I haven't seen you for a while, but I've grown taller again."

Zhu Lingyu hugged him and raised her head with a smile on her face, and said proudly: "That's right, I will grow taller and taller in the future, even taller than senior brother!"

"Then you need to exercise more to grow taller. Did you practice your sword properly during my absence?"

"Yes! I practice what you taught me every day, and I have learned the fourth form. Uncle just praised me for being smart!"

At this time, Zhu Hongyan also walked over, pretending to be stern and said: "Stinky boy, I will call me master after I tell you! It's outrageous that I still like to cling to your senior brother like before at this age!"

Zhu Lingyu turned around and smiled.

Qi Zuo cut Zhu Lingyu away from his body, and bowed respectfully to Zhu Hongyan: "Master."

Zhu Hongyan said: "Well, I'm back. How did things go this time?"

"It went well, but..."

Qi Zuo paused, and then said: "I saw that it was not easy for the little civet cat to cultivate spiritual consciousness, and I couldn't bear to destroy it. As a result, the disciple was incompetent, not only failed to reverse its demonization trend, but also hurt other people because of it. Creatures. Disciple...are you too indecisive?"

Zhu Hongyan patted him on the shoulder and said: "Being soft-hearted is not your shortcoming, but an advantage. It's just that being too soft-hearted sometimes hurts yourself. Teacher knows that you have always been a good boy, and you have done a good job. "

Qi Yu nodded thoughtfully.

Zhu Lingyu also grabbed Qi Zuo's outer robe from the side and looked up at him, saying: "Yes, brother did a good job!"

Qi Zuo wondered what this kid knew, but he couldn't help but burst out laughing and patted his head.

Seeing this, Zhu Hongyan said a little sourly: "I think he is closer to you than to me now. It just so happens that there are some affairs in the family these few days. I can't get away from watching him every day, so I let him move to be with your senior brothers." Live together, and you can help me practice sword with him when you are free."

Zhu Lingyu immediately cheered when he heard that, and Zhu Hongyan went up and knocked him on the forehead: "Stinky boy, living with senior brother is so happy. You should practice swordsmanship diligently when I'm not around, and don't cause trouble for senior brothers after I'm gone. Got it?"

Zhu Lingyu repeatedly agreed, and Zhu Hongyan spared him, and then left with a few words of advice to Qi Zuo.

After Zhu Hongyan left, Zhu Lingyu stuck Qi Zuo on like a dog's skin plaster.

"Brother, did you bring me something delicious this time down the mountain?"

Qi Zuo smiled helplessly and said: "Take it, take it, it's in my arms, let go first, I'll get it for you."

Only then did Zhu Lingyuan get off him.Qi Zuo took out a storage talisman from his arms, and as soon as the spell on the talisman paper lit up, something wrapped in oiled paper appeared in his hand.

Zhu Lingyu couldn't wait to take his hand and started to untie the knot on the top, opened the oil paper, and his eyes lit up when he saw what was inside.

"Dragon beard crisp!"

He didn't care about his sweaty hands just after practicing the sword, so he reached out and took a piece into his mouth.The halva as thin as a dragon's beard melts in the mouth, sweet but not greasy, making people feel sweet.

Seeing that he was eating with gusto, with white glutinous rice flour all over his lips, Qi Zuo smiled and asked, "How is it? Is it delicious?"

Zhu Lingyu nodded frantically, and after eating one piece in his hand, he wanted to reach for the second piece, but Qi Zuo wrapped it in oil paper.

"Go back and eat the rest. Don't you want to move to my place? While it's still early, you go back and pack your things first, and I'll arrange the room for you. I'll take you to a good place at night ,How about it?"

Children of this age are naturally curious about unknown "good things" and "good places". What's more, when I lived with my uncle, my uncle always let him rest early and never let him go out at night , So the young Zhu Lingyu immediately became excited when he heard about it, licked his lips and savored the taste of the dragon beard crisps, and obediently ran back to the house where he lived to clean up.

After the new residence was arranged, Zhu Lingyu lay on the new bed in the new room and fell into excited and anxious waiting.When the sun had completely set and the world was completely silent, the expected knock on the door finally sounded.

He jumped up from the bed and ran to open the door in two steps.Qi Zuo was standing outside the door wearing a single suit, and his hair was wet and scattered, obviously he had just showered.

The senior brother usually wears his hair tied up, with a dashing heroic look on his face, but now that his hair is loose, his facial features look extremely soft, giving him a sense of softness.The light at night was dim, and at first glance, if Zhu Lingyou could not feel the obvious height difference, he would have thought that some beautiful senior sister had come over.

"Brother? You're here, I can't wait. Where are we going?"

Qi Zuo pretended to be mysterious and said: "You just follow me. It's humid in the mountains at night, so go add some clothes first, so you don't catch a cold."

Zhu Lingyu said unconvinced: "Senior brother obviously wears less clothes than me."

"I have spiritual body protection, so I won't feel cold even in the world of ice and snow. When you enter the Tao, you can wear whatever you want. Go quickly."

Zhu Lingyu had no choice but to be obedient and put on a coat, and followed Qi Zuo quietly out the door.I thought the night was so dark that it would take a while for my eyes to get used to seeing the road clearly, but I didn't expect the moon to be particularly bright tonight, illuminating everything in the field of vision. No wonder the senior brother didn't even light the lantern when he came here in the dark.

This is the first time for Zhu Lingyuan to walk around Xuanqing Mountain at night. Looking at the bustling school grounds quietly bathed in the moonlight during the day, it feels like the entire Xuanqing Mountain School is shrouded in a mysterious veil, like General novelty in expeditions.

Qi Zuo led him all the way through the attic courtyards, and stopped before reaching an attic.

"Isn't this the Xixing Pavilion? What did the senior brother bring me here?" Zhu Lingyu looked at the familiar building in front of him and asked in confusion.

Qi Zuo didn't reply, grabbed his armpit and said: "Hold tight, senior brother will take you to the roof."

After saying that, Zhu Lingyu jumped so high with his arms around him that he felt as if he was flying for a moment. Before he could react, he was placed on the ridge of the roof and sat down the next moment.

"Come on, sit still."

Qi Zuo put him down and sat aside himself.

"Is this the 'good place' that senior brother said?" Zhu Lingyu looked around the roof with both hands, and said disappointedly, "There is nothing."

Qi Zuo was not displeased when he heard that, so he smiled and said, "Look up and look at the sky."

Zhu Lingyou looked up nonchalantly, but she didn't expect that just one glance would be unforgettable in this life.

Under the dark blue sky, a full moon broke through the thick clouds and hung high above the cloud platform. It is the majestic god who is examining the beings under the dome.The surrounding clouds are plated with a gradient silver edge, like a ladder climbing up the dome.

Standing directly below the cloud platform, it feels like the full moon is far away in the sky, unattainable, and it seems to be close in front of you. You can touch the clouds and climb up the ladder with your hands.

Zhu Lingyu was stunned and couldn't help opening his mouth. He never knew that the ordinary moon that hangs in the sky every day could be so breathtakingly beautiful.Looking at the sacred and inviolable full moon on the cloud platform, he seemed to suddenly understand why those senior brothers and elders had to practice so hard.Isn't it just to be able to fly to the top of the dome one day and be in the same sky as the moon?

Unknowingly, something seemed to have changed deep in his heart.

Looking at the moon, Qi Zuo felt an unprecedented tranquility in his heart. He turned his head to look at Zhu Lingyu, and seeing that he was completely fascinated, he smiled and said, "How is it? Senior brother didn't lie to you, did he?"

Zhu Lingyu was already immersed in this wonderful feeling, and she nodded silently without talking to her.

Qi Zuo continued to talk to himself: "I originally wanted to bring you here to see the stars, but I didn't expect the moon to be so bright tonight that I couldn't see any stars at all. But this kind of scenery is also unique."

Zhu Lingyu didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly came back to his senses, and asked, "Do you like the stars more than the moon?"

"Yeah, do you prefer the moon or the stars?"

"Of course it's the moon. The moon is so bright, and the stars have to stay away when they come out. And the moon is unique, but the sky is full of stars. How can it compare to the moon?"

"But the moon is not always so perfect. And although the light of the stars is weak, there are hundreds of them. Just like the power of a person is small, but the power of hundreds of people can shake one country."

"But although there are tens of thousands of soldiers, there is only one who becomes emperor in the end."

"If everyone is unwilling to be that soldier, how can an army be established, and how can it be that person?"

Zhu Lingyou was speechless, pursed her lips and frowned, thinking.

Qi Zuo watched him sinking into meditation with a half-knowledge, stretched out his hand to touch his head, rubbed his soft hair, and couldn't help but think in relief:

When we grow up, we can think about such profound issues.

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Let's start with a memory