Xianmen does not ask about the mundane

I don't know how long the two sides were silent, and Qi Zuo took the lead to ask again: "Did Master take over the burden from the previous head in the same way?"

Zhu Hongyan knew that he wanted to ask himself whether he was as complicated as he is now when he took over the position of head, and said: "I took over the head of the head from my uncle."

Qi Zuo was obviously a little disappointed when he heard that, and asked again: "Then, why is it Master?"

Zhu Hongyan said: "The physique of crossing spirits is rare, and they almost died in the battle 50 years ago. After that, there were very few new disciples. My physique is just like mine."

Qi Zuo said: "So that's how it is. Now that the Fourth Junior Brother is gone, I'm the only one left."

Although these immortal cultivators have always regarded "taking the responsibility of the common people in the world" as the code of conduct of the immortal sect, maintaining the stability of the world on a daily basis, and taking the initiative to eliminate disasters and problems for the living beings, but the monks are ordinary people and would cherish their lives. Fate chooses to cultivate immortals, not everyone takes life as their own responsibility, and not everyone can be so selfless, ready to sacrifice themselves at any time in exchange for the safety of other unrelated people.

Only when most people are infected by the group atmosphere as a part of a force at a critical moment of life and death, will they burst out with a strong sense of mission and are willing to abandon their ego to achieve the greater self.

And once you break away from such a group, when you face this situation alone, you will often lack a sense of reality because you appear too small in front of all living beings, and because the superficial peace lacks a sense of crisis, you will not be able to generate enough responsibility. The heart voluntarily gives.

Bai Yucheng and others who survived back then may cherish peace more because they have experienced chaos, so they are willing to abandon themselves, but the younger generations are born in a stable life and cannot empathize with them. Find a reason why you have to go to convince yourself.

Just like Zhu Hongyan back then, even if anyone else could replace him, even if he entered the Xuanqing Mountain School to cultivate immortals with the idea of ​​serving the world, he would refuse to accept the inheritance because he could not find enough meaning from it.Compared with making meaningless sacrifices, he hopes to keep guarding Zhu Lingyuan's growth.

Zhu Hongyan knew Qi Zuo best, knowing that he was ready to accept the inheritance when he asked the first question on his own initiative. Asking these words was just like him back then, as an ordinary person who wanted to ask A reason to accept inheritance can make yourself feel better.

But in fact, Qi Zuo's situation is different from his. A few years after accepting Qi Zuo as his apprentice, he discovered that Zhu Lingyuan also had the physique of crossing spirits.

Compared with Qi Zuo, an apprentice who was accepted halfway, Zhu Lingyu had a more blood relationship with him, and his elder brother's entrustment before his death, his heart naturally turned towards Zhu Lingyou inevitably.

When practicing the spirit strengthening spell, Zhu Hongyan tampered with his spirit strengthening spell to prevent others from discovering his physique of crossing the spirit, and then continued to train Qi Zong as the only heir.

With a fluke mentality, I hope that after more than ten years, I can find the Duling physique again from the new disciples, so that Zhu Lingyu can completely escape from this cruel fate.However, he obviously underestimated the weight of the teacher-student relationship in his heart over the past ten years.

Speaking of which, at this time, his original goal has actually been achieved. If it were someone else, Zhu Hongyan would definitely hide the truth, making people think that this matter must be him, and no one else can replace him, just like himself back then. Forced to accept the inheritance, in the future, he will pick out the body of crossing spirits from his disciples to cultivate.

But this person happened to be his apprentice for 14 years, and today he can no longer push Qi Zuo into the fire pit as if nothing had happened.

Zhu Lingyu said with difficulty: "Actually, you are not the only one with Duling's physique, and so is Yu'er."

"Ah Yan too?"

Qi Zuo was stunned by the sudden news, and then he aftertastely recalled the meaning.

"That is to say, without me, Ah Yuan would have to take on this burden."

Zhu Hongyan suddenly tightened the hands on his knees under the table.He couldn't answer, and an affirmative answer would be equivalent to letting his apprentice die for his nephew, how could he say such a thing as a master.

His heart was in great pain, but Qi Yu continued without waiting for him to answer, "How can it be done, Ah Yu is still so young."

Although Zhu Hongyan handed over the right to choose to Qi Yu, in fact, in his heart, he still hoped that he would accept it before coming to him first, but seeing him make a decision so quickly, the weakness in his heart was stimulated again.

Obviously the man was right in front of her, but Zhu Hongyan had the illusion that he was going to run into the sea of ​​flames in the next moment, and subconsciously wanted to stop him.

"Xuan'er, you—"

"Master," Qi Zuo interrupted the words of his most respected master for the first time, "this disciple is willing to accept."

Zhu Hongyan hurriedly said: "It's not that you have no choice like me. Besides you, there are others behind you. You can think carefully before making a decision."

Qi Zuo said firmly: "Ah Yu's cultivation is not as good as mine, and it would be even harder if he were to bear the curse. The disciple has already decided."

Seeing his wish come true, Zhu Hongyan couldn't be happy at all, but regretted it a bit: "Actually, Yu'er's talent is extremely high. In two or three years, I may be able to catch up with you. You may not be the best choice. If you don’t want to force yourself, no one will blame you.”

Qi Zuo said indifferently: "I didn't force myself. At first I was confused. I'm not a great person. I didn't sacrifice my consciousness for some illusory people in the world. I just forced myself to accept it because of the needs of the master. It's really not that I am willing. But when I think that if I don’t accept it, it will be Ah Yuan who will suffer this pain in the future. I figured it out. I want to protect important people. This is the meaning of my hard work, and now the opportunity comes. A brother, I want to protect my brother."

Zhu Hongyan recalled his plan against him at the beginning, this sentence was like stabbing his shame, even he himself wished to take out that bloody shame and whip his corpse.

"I came to you first because I didn't want Yu'er to suffer from the curse because I knew you probably wouldn't refuse. Don't you feel resentful?"

Qi Zuo said: "Master also just wants to protect Ah Yu, and I am the same. Besides, I have seen and remembered how Master has treated me in the past 14 years. I know that Master is also suffering in his heart. To be able to win Master Respecting the younger brother has treated each other sincerely for more than ten years, and the disciple is already very content."

Out of guilt, Zhu Hongyan persuaded again and again: "But life is your own. Do you know that after taking the curse, you may not live for 20 years?"

Qi Zuo said: "If the disciple hadn't come to Xuanqing Mountain, he would be able to live to around fifty as an ordinary person. I don't have any special attachments, and I don't need to live that long, but Ah Yu is different. His future There are endless possibilities and heights to climb, and I don't want to take that away from him."

Zhu Hongyan almost felt sorry for his sensibleness.

"Why don't you think about yourself?"

Qi Zuo smiled faintly: "I was just thinking about myself. The disciple's aptitude is mediocre. Originally, he could only spend his long and ordinary life as the most ordinary disciple in the Xuanqing Mountain Sect. Being lucky enough to be by Master's side, gaining Master's trust and junior's reliance, the most important thing is that I found the meaning of my existence. People like me can also have the opportunity to be a savior."

After Qi Zuo finished speaking, as if he was afraid that Zhu Hongyan would not believe it, he added: "Now the disciple just wants to realize his own value, and has nothing to do with anyone."

Zhu Hongyan was heartbroken, he knew very well that Qi Zuo said these words just because he was afraid that he would feel a burden in his heart.