Nanlin Bamboo Demon

When Gu Nianran woke up, she saw Gu Yi who was staring at her beside her, and felt dizzy.

He propped himself up, sat up and leaned against the head of the bed, "I... how long have I been sleeping..."

"Three days and three nights..." Gu Yi's expression was full of worry.

"What's wrong?" Gu Nianran rubbed her temples and asked.

"Second brother, have you got the spirit stone?"

When Gu Nianran heard "Lingshi", her mind cleared up a lot, her hands stopped moving, and she replied in a low voice, "Mmm..."

"Does it hurt?"

Gu Nianran shook her head.

"I heard Brother Weifu said, you...you are in the sea..."

"It's okay, I just want to wake myself up...the body is fine..." After speaking, Gu Nianran looked around as if thinking of something, looking for something.

"He has been missing for three days." Gu Yi closed his eyes and reluctantly responded to Gu Nianran's gaze.

"Anywhere?"

Gu Yi still squinted his eyes, "Well... I stayed here until you woke up, he never showed up, never came back once."

Gu Nianran showed worry, "Is something wrong..."

"What could happen? He's such a big man, and he's in Wei's house again..." Gu Yi said, looking at Gu Nianran's face, his voice couldn't help lowering his voice, "It should...it should just be Something is entangled, for a while...I can't get away for a while..."

"Then... does Young Master Wei Fu know?"

"I didn't notice if you didn't tell me, I haven't seen Brother Wei Fu much these two days."

Gu Nianran panicked, got out of bed in a hurry, put on her clothes hastily and went out.Gu Yi quickly followed behind.

The sound of Gu Nianran's footsteps was not loud at all, and after possessing the Lingshi, he walked even less vigorously, which also covered up the sound of Gu Yi's footsteps a lot by the way.So the people talking in the room at that time did not notice that Gu Nianran and Gu Yi were standing outside the door.

Although Gu Nianran didn't hear the cause and effect, he could clearly hear that Wei Lin might be "deranged".

According to the ancient books he had read, "going insane" refers to the improper method of the immortal cultivator, which causes the spiritual power to go backwards, collides with the immortal energy, cannot be integrated, and eventually goes crazy.It is no longer possible to cultivate immortals. After being possessed by demons, the body will be seriously damaged, the spiritual power will be greatly damaged, and the life span will be greatly reduced.

It's just that, that's just what was said in the ancient books, he has never heard of someone "going crazy", and there is no precedent to investigate.

"Wei Lin..." Gu Nianran called out cautiously in his heart.

Seeing the way Wei Mu looked at him, he wondered if Wei Lin's obsession had something to do with him.

At this time, everyone also found Gu Nianran and Wei Fu standing outside the door.

After the two entered the room to salute, Wei Yi asked them to sit down.

"Wei Lin...he...why did he go mad..." Gu Nianran put his hands on his lap, secretly clenched his fists without any trace.

The five elders all shook their heads, but no one answered his question.

The thought in Gu Nianran's heart was deeper, he looked at Wei Yi, "Senior..."

Wei Yi looked at Gu Nianran, then at Lu Zhi who was also waiting for his answer, and sighed, "He... wants to become a fairy as soon as possible and become your reliance."

Lu Zhi frowned even deeper.

Gu Nianran's nails were embedded in his flesh, and he tried not to show what he was thinking at this time, "He has long been my reliance...why..."

"Nianran, I...I'll tell you the truth, sooner or later you will know."

Gu Nianran looked at Wei Yi puzzled.

"It all starts with your mother. Ran Niang, she was killed by someone. Before she died, she told your father not to let you learn any kung fu, and not to stimulate the spiritual power in your body... .and that's one of the reasons why he left you."

Gu Nianran felt a tingling pain in his palm, and he was desperately trying to figure out the meaning of these words.

"But... more than 20 years later, you found it yourself... I don't know who killed Ran Niang, and the real reason why you can't learn kung fu. It's just a guess, maybe, you have your own mission, and Ran Niang The same mission as your mother...and your mother won't let you activate your spiritual power, maybe it's because she knew something, maybe she foresaw something before she died...or maybe someone told her something...she wants you to avoid a certain something..."

Gu Nianran took a deep breath, trying to keep herself awake.

"After you went to the Jade Palace, Wei Lin was in a hurry to find you. No matter how much I tried to persuade him... I told him about it... I said that everyone has their own destiny, even if your father I haven't been by your side for many years; even though you have never been exposed to the art of killing enemies for so many years; even...you have never left Nanlin for so many years..."

"But because Lin'er left Nanlin...and because he wanted to learn swordsmanship and wanted to become stronger...that's why Lin'er wanted to do something...he felt that all of this was due to him Is it...really?" Lu Zhi interrupted Wei Yi, "Is that why he is so eager to go to immortality..." Lu Zhi smiled wryly, "Both of you are on the same path with each other. It turns out that life is completely the opposite path..."

"No... how did you know that this is not their original destiny..." Wei Yi said, "It is impossible to change their fate against the sky. The Three Realms have been stable for 200 years. Now, no one knows what lies behind those troubles." Could there be a big conspiracy behind it...and you..." Wei Yi looked at Gu Nianran, "You came to Wei's house at this time, you came by yourself...it was you, and you walked towards your own destiny."

Gu Nianran digested all the words he had just heard in his heart, and he probably understood that his mother was harmed by others; his father did not leave because he hated him; Wei Lin wanted to become a fairy because of himself; There is a path that must be taken.

Gu Nianran thought about what is the most important thing now, he looked at Wei Yi, "Wei Lin, I will definitely find it."

After he finished speaking, he said silently several times in his heart, "I will definitely find it," no matter whether it is dead or alive...

At this time, Lu Zhi stood up with his body supported, and walked out silently without saying anything to anyone...

She loves her son, and she also likes Gu Nianran, but she can't accept that her son is missing because of him.Clearly knowing that Gu Nianran came to Wei's house because of her son, but she couldn't step out of that hurdle in her heart, as if a heavy stone was weighing on her chest, it was difficult to breathe.

"I'm sorry." Gu Nianran saw that Lu Zhi and Wei Mu had lost their former vitality, and felt extremely guilty.

If time could be turned back, he thought, he wouldn't have said that he wanted to practice swordsmanship... Then everything after that would not have happened.

Wei Yi patted Gu Nianran on the shoulder, "This has nothing to do with you, this is also Lin'er's own path...now, you are all walking on your own path...we have no way of knowing the result...we each fate, no one can see the result in advance..."

"Boom!"

There was a sudden thunder outside, which made Gu Yi tremble in fright.

After a few thunderclaps, heavy rain poured down.

"Let's all go back...everyone is tired..." Wei Yi couldn't hide his exhaustion.

"Old Wei, it's a shame to say that this matter is now, but the situation is developing out of control... It must be resolved as soon as possible..." Zhuang Chong bowed, "The human world..."

"I see... I will send someone to deal with it... Zhuang Bo don't need to worry too much..." Wei Yi interrupted Zhuang Chong, "I will send someone..." repeated.

Everyone didn't say any more, and each retreated.

On the way Gu Nianran left, he didn't say a word, Gu Yi and Wei Fu couldn't see what he was thinking at all.

They felt that he was a little different from the gentle and jade-like Gu Nian who came and went freely. It seemed that a lot of things had been pressed on his body in an instant, and his back looked extremely tired.And he is holding on, he wants to support everything that is pressing on him by himself.

Gu Nianran didn't open an umbrella, and let herself be hit mercilessly by the cold raindrops all over the sky.

Gu Yi followed carefully without opening an umbrella.Wei Fu chased after him to put an umbrella on him, but was gently pushed away, "I want to be with my second brother..."

Wei Fu didn't say much, and quietly followed behind the two of them.He wondered in his heart why things had become so chaotic in just a few days... A few days ago, everyone was sitting together happily eating and chatting...

The three walked for a long time in the rain.

Gu Nianran returned to Wei Lin's room and told Gu Yi and Wei Fu to leave...

He sat alone by the bed, his eyes staring blankly, and suddenly another thunderclap awakened his memory.

"In the future, I will listen with you."

What Wei Lin once said rang in his ears.

"Nianran, I'm sorry..."

"it's not your fault..."

After he said these words, he should go to the immortal ceremony... Gu Nianran twitched the corner of his mouth stiffly, and he suddenly realized that his heart was empty, there was a lot of space, and nothing could be filled.

"Thinking, thinking, thinking..."

Wei Lin's voice calling his name kept ringing in his ears... He found that his heart ached to death, the kind of pain that he couldn't express even if he shouted heart-piercingly.

"Wei Lin..." Overwhelmed by the thunder, he called out in a very small voice.

It rained heavily all night, Gu Nianran sat by the window all night.

At dawn the next day, Gu Nianran went out to find Wei Yi.

Everyone couldn't sleep last night.

Wei Yi is practicing sword outside the house. He hasn't practiced sword for a long time.

Gu Nianran saw Wei Yi's haggard face, and Wei Yi also saw Gu Nianran's expressionless face.

"It's so early." Wei Yi tried his best not to look tired, and the end of his speech rose deliberately.

"Senior, let me deal with those things in the human world."

Wei Yi thought he hadn't woken up yet, so he didn't answer Gu Nianran, and winked at him, signaling to think about it again.

"Senior, I thought about it all night, and I have no impulse. Since it is my destiny to come here to get the spirit stone, then I should use it to do what I should do."

Although Gu Nianran got Wei Moqing's spirit stone, melted it into his body, and stimulated his own spiritual power by the way, but after all, he is not very good at using it. What if he uses too much energy and hurts himself... Wei Yi thought to himself .

Gu Nianran could see that Wei Yi was not at ease with him, so he continued, "I will first ask my husband how to integrate those powers, and then go... If you are not at ease, senior, you can ask someone you can trust to go with me .”

"Hey! Me! Me! Father! Me!" Wei Fu, who came out of nowhere, yelled, "Isn't it all about me, hehe!"

Gu Nianran and Wei Yi both looked at him with weird eyes.

"Why are you looking at me like that? I didn't follow Mr. Gu Nianran, I didn't follow, hehe, hehe."

Wei Yi and Gu Nianran both guessed that maybe it was because they had explained something to Wei Fu before leaving.

Wei Yi sighed straight away, thinking that his son is really a lover.

Gu Nianran felt sour again: that person thinks of himself in everything.

"You...you must pay attention to safety...don't let anything happen again, your mother can't stand it..." Wei Yi agreed, then looked at Gu Nianran and said, "You are the same, before you find Lin'er, take care of yourself first." good."

"it is good."

"Yes!"

Gu Nianran and Wei Fu replied at the same time.

After the two left, Wei Yi turned around and went back to the room, and saw Lu Zhi who was eavesdropping at the door, "You...you are obviously very worried..."

Lu just glared at Wei Yi, "I want to find Lin'er too!"

"You...don't make any more trouble! When you disappear, I have to look for you again. This Hui Ao will follow Nianran and the others. Where can you tell me to find you?"

"No matter! My son is gone, I can't live in peace!"

"You..." Wei Yi had nothing to do with her, "That's all! I'll ask two disciples to go with you once a month. If you don't come back, the disciples won't report. I'll go find you myself. At that time, you Don't even think about wandering around."

"Humph!"

"Alas..." Wei Yi sighed and went to change his clothes. These days, he sighed more than his previous life combined... Wei Yi felt that his hair must have turned white again in places where he couldn't see it. .

Gu Nianran left Wei Yi's place and went straight to Xie Chuan's residence.

Xie Chuan didn't dare to see him at all, and ran around everywhere, he was afraid that Gu Nianran would blame him.Getting Gu Nianran to go to the Jade Palace was the most immoral thing he had ever done in his life.

"Sir! This junior is here..." Before Gu Nianran finished speaking, Xie Chuan jumped onto the sword, ready to run away.

Gu Nianran was in a hurry, and didn't know how to use the force, but suddenly felt that he was flying into the air, and then fell on Xie Chuan's sword.

Xie Chuan: ...What kind of strange power is this!

"Sir, I'm here...I'm here to..."

"You forgive me, young master! I let you go to the Jade Palace, but I have no choice but to do it!" Xie Chuan yelled while flying around with his sword, scurrying around, hoping to throw off the people behind him.

But the foot of the man behind him seemed to be stuck to the sword, and he didn't move at all...

"Sir...I'm here...I'm here to..."

Xie Chuan was chanting a mantra, "It's over, it's over... here it is, it's coming, it can't be avoided, it can't be avoided..."

"I want to ask my husband to teach me how to control spiritual power!" Gu Nianran finally finished speaking.

Um?etc?Control spiritual power?Didn't you come to settle accounts with me?

"Junior... Junior will go down the mountain soon, to find Wei Lin, and to deal with some other things...I...so I...Senior, can you land first, and then listen to me?" Xie Chuan ran around, Gu Nianran was about to Vomited.

"Oh... oh..." Xie Chuan replied to himself, and Yu Jian landed on the sword field.

"So, you came to see me to teach you how to control the power of Lingshi?"

"That's right..." Gu Nianran calmed down, "There's also swordsmanship, I don't know anything about this junior, so I ask senior to teach me."

"Actually... you know how to control it yourself?"

"Huh?" Gu Nianran wondered.

"Did you fly on my sword not long ago? You can even fly without using the sword. Didn't you find out?"

Gu Nianran thought about it for a while, and it seemed that he fell directly on Xie Chuanjian, but he couldn't remember how he got there.

"The spirit stone has already merged with you, and you can control it with your will. As for swordsmanship, you can take my simple notation and read it. I have nothing to teach you... That spirit stone is enough to save you It takes too much time to cultivate, and the spiritual stone contains the spiritual power of Senior Wei Moqing's life. In addition to your own being stimulated...it is already too strong..." Xie Chuan looked at Gu Nianran, " All you can do now is communicate with them."

"comminicate?"

"Yes, it's an order. You can use it whenever you want, and you can use it at any time. The prerequisite for all this to go smoothly is that you must understand the power in your body very well. No one can teach you this, only you can feel it yourself."

"Then...how do you feel..."

"You have to concentrate quietly, without anyone bothering you, and feel the power flowing in your own blood and body. They are filled in every part of your body, and you must clearly understand every inch, so that you can exert their abilities to the extreme. "

Xie Chuan looked at Gu Nianran still a little confused, "When you need to use it, you will naturally understand."

Gu Nianran looked at Xie Chuan, and suddenly asked, "Did you send me to the Jade Palace for a purpose?"

Xie Chuan cried in his heart, it's over, it's over, here it is!

"Senior has a heart." Gu Nianran thanked.

Um?Um?Is this... thank you for what I mean?Or is it just a strategy of courtesy first and soldiers later, wait, why don't I understand how young people play now?

Seeing that Xie Chuan didn't answer, Gu Nianran thought that maybe he thought he was stupid and didn't want to talk to him anymore, "I'd like to give you some advice, senior. If you encounter difficulties in the future, please don't dislike the younger generation."

Xie Chuan thought that this trick was too scary, so it was better to run away quickly, "Don't dislike it, don't dislike it, come to me anytime, haha...haha... then I'll go first if it's okay...haha..."

Xie Chuan had just walked two steps away, felt that there was nothing to say, and then backed away, "My lord, he...would not let himself die easily, he...um..." Xie Chuan seldom praised others, and it was difficult for him to say, "He ...responsible...responsible...loving family...he's...um...I mean...he doesn't...".

"I know..." Gu Nianran said, "I know..."

Xie Chuan felt that he didn't need to talk any more nonsense, this kid might be a very worry-free person, he thought so, and then happily slipped away.

That night, Gu Nianran sat on the bed, trying to "communicate" with the power in her body.

He sat cross-legged, sank to his dantian, relaxed his shoulders, and slightly closed his eyes.In the beginning, he was very cautious about breathing, for fear of missing the feeling of spiritual power.Slowly, he felt that his body became very light, like a feather, and he even felt that his body was transparent, without any sense of physical existence.

He relaxed his fingers and rested them lightly on his knees, spiritual power flowed to his fingertips, he felt that it was a very small but powerful force.

Gu Nianran slowly opened his eyes. He looked at his hands, staring at his fingertips tightly. He felt the force rushing towards his fingertips.

Subconsciously, he felt that the strength was enough, so he exerted all his strength, and a cluster of small flames emerged from his fingertips.

Gu Nianran was startled, he never imagined that he could have such thaumaturgy, he stared at the flames at his fingertips for a long time.

"Boom, boom, boom." Someone knocked on the door.

"Second brother, can I come in?"

It's Gu Yi.

Gu Yi didn't wait for Gu Nianran to reply, but directly waited for him to open the door for him.

"It's so late, why don't you take a break, we're going down the mountain tomorrow." Gu Nianran said while getting a glass of water for Gu Yi, and handed it to Gu Yi.

Gu Yi didn't realize that his mouth was already dry and peeling.For the past two days, he stayed by Gu Nianran's bedside without eating or drinking, and he also had troubles himself, so he couldn't even think about hunger and thirst.

Gu Nianran realized that he hadn't cared about his younger brother for a long time, and felt uncomfortable in his heart, "Want to eat? Are you hungry?"

Gu Yi drank the water in one gulp, touched his mouth, "I'm not hungry. Second brother, I'm here, I want to tell you something."

"What's the rush?"

Gu Yi hesitated for a long time, and finally spit out what he had been thinking about for several days, "I... I don't plan to go down the mountain with you."

"Aren't you going down the mountain with me? Then where are you going, continue to go to the rivers and lakes to learn art from a teacher?"

Gu Yi rubbed his hands nervously, "I...I want to stay here."

"Stay here? Why? Don't you like being with the second brother?"

"No... no... Of course I really want to stay with my second brother... It's just... I... I want to learn martial arts from my husband..."

Gu Nianran understood, and he wanted to continue his early thoughts, "Did you agree?"

"Not yet...but, but I will definitely let him agree!"

"Why do you suddenly want to stay..."

"I... these two days... saw you lying there... thinking of the days when I was with you, like a burden."

"Why do you think that, I never..."

"I know... I despise myself... At that time, when I was saving Wu Chao, I couldn't even beat ordinary people... If Brother Wei Fu hadn't arrived in time, I would have been beaten to death... Later He was robbed again in front of me... I watched you go to the Jade Palace to take risks..."

Gu Nianran listened to him quietly.

"Now, that person is gone too...Although I don't like him pestering you, he treats you really well. I know...I also know...You actually...rely on him in your heart..."

"Xiao Yi..."

"I originally wanted to be your backer..."

Gu Nianran held Gu Yi's hand, "You are, you have always been."

Gu Yi pulled out his hand and held Gu Nianran's hand behind his back, "Second brother, I can't rely on you forever, sooner or later... I will leave you... At that time, what will I be like, will I live well? ?Can I make you and elder brother not worry? Can I become my ideal? I want to try hard to see, finally let me see a capable teacher, I want to ask him to teach me, I want to change Become what I want." Gu Yi's eyes were serious and enthusiastic when he spoke.

Gu Nianran looked at Gu Yi for a while, and her tense back collapsed helplessly, "Forget it, your way, how do you want to go, just go...just..." Gu Nianran paused and continued, " Remember to tell me how you're doing every now and then... I'm so relieved."

"Well, second brother, don't worry."

Before Gu Nianran left, he went again to the place where he entered the Jade Palace, and saw Zhuang Chong standing there from a distance, the old man whose shadow was pulled by the setting sun.

"Senior Zhuang." Gu Nianran stepped forward.

"Did he say anything before he left?"

"Nothing in particular."

Zhuang Chong smiled.

"The gift that senior gave me, in order to protect me...was...burned..."

Zhuang Chong said with a smile, "It must have gone with the master, hahaha! That's fine! That's fine too!"

Gu Nianran didn't know what to say, she stood aside without words.

"He...is still so young."

"Well, Senior Wei is a person with a very good appearance, but he has a detached temperament far beyond his appearance, which is amazing."

Zhuang Chong smiled lightly, "Really, that's good."

Gu Nianran was still waiting for him to say something, but Zhuang Chong didn't say anything, just looked at the other side of the sea quietly, he looked as if he had settled his mind, and his eyes were full of relief.

"Are you going down the mountain tomorrow?" Zhuang Chong asked suddenly.

"Um."

"You have to be mentally prepared."

Gu Nianran looked at Zhuang Chong, waiting for the next words.

"You have to think about whether there is any connection between these things that happened."

"Senior, did you mean that these were deliberately arranged by someone?"

"It's just this kind of conjecture. For everything, think about whether there is any correlation behind it, and look at it from the whole incident, understand?"

"Junior understands."

"and also……"

"Eldest son, you have to be mentally prepared." Zhuang Chong seemed to be thinking about whether he should say the next thing, after thinking twice, he said, "If he is really crazy, don't try to use your own Use your strength to heal him, do you understand what I mean?" Zhuang Chong gently held Gu Nianran's wrist, "Your baby, there are things you can do and things you can't do. It's not omnipotent, you have to remember. "

Although Gu Nianran didn't know what the so-called "don't do" was and what the consequences would be, she was sure that the senior would not harm her, "The junior remembers it."

After hearing this, Zhuang Chong let go of Gu Nianran's wrist, "The eldest son is too impatient, and he is eager to protect you, so don't blame him."

"How could I..."

"We have no way of knowing what happens when a cultivator falls into a demon, and we have no way of verifying it. I just hope that the eldest son is only temporarily injured, so he can adjust his breath somewhere, and he will come back after he recovers."

Gu Nianran lightly replied "Yes".

"There is also the spirit stone you got, you must get familiar with it and integrate with it."

"The juniors have written it down."

"and also……"

"Ok?"

"Everything is careful."

Gu Nianran's heart suddenly felt hot, and it took him a long time to reply, "Okay."

The next day, Gu Nianran and Wei Fu, together with Hui Ao and Juechen, bid farewell to the crowd and went to the outskirts of the imperial city.

Lu Zhi also hurried down the mountain with Fang Ji and Ye Qing.