The main hall of Yaochi.
The belatedly arriving Holy Maiden of Yaochi saw her master waiting for her at the main seat and bowed her head to greet her.
It was already late at night, and the surrounding disciples had all returned to the palace to rest.
The reason why the Queen Mother of the West has not returned to the palace at this time is because she is waiting for Li Zijin to come back and report to her the situation of the ten geniuses in the Yaochi Holy Land. This is a mission sent by herself, and the purpose is to know where these geniuses can reach. , evaluate their talents.
But what surprised her a little was that her disciple took so long to come out for some reason. If it were a little later, she might have to go look for her.
Also seeing his master's doubts, Li Zijin explained first:
"The disciple was just having fun for a while, so he took a bath in the Source Pond before coming out."
This was not a lie, after all, she had indeed taken a bath.
Obviously, it did not arouse the suspicion of the Queen Mother of the West. After all, Li Zijin was still exuding the fragrance of bathing at this time! She has always put on the airs of a high-ranking person, but she also took off her disguise in front of her apprentice and joked:
"Why didn't you lie and say you were practicing hard and lose track of time?"
Seeing Master like this, he knew that she would not blame him.
Li Zijin stuck out his tongue playfully and said with a sweet smile:
"Master, don't you know that I hate boring practice the most? I don't believe such lies myself, so please stop teasing me with this."
As he spoke, he came to the master's side as before, and slowly nestled into her broad mind. The gap is still huge! She thought with some envy.
That's right, as a spiritual fetus born naturally in the source pool, Li Zijin's cultivation should not be so lowly.
It was only because of her lazy personality and her master's repeated connivance that she was able to reach the Yangshen realm at the age of eighteen.
I have just arrived at the Yangshen Realm, and I don’t know what the expressions of Li Tianjiao and others will be when they hear this!
But obviously the good days before are about to disappear, because of the prophecy of the ancestor of the sect this year, the master will definitely not allow himself to be so lazy anymore...
Just when she was thinking a lot, the master suddenly grabbed her right arm, with a serious expression on his face that made her unable to react for a moment.
But the Queen Mother of the West’s next serious question made her instantly nervous:
"My dear disciple, can you explain why there is the scent of a strange man on your right arm?"
He didn't play tricks, because Li Zijin knew that even if he didn't tell whose aura it was, the master would secretly investigate them one by one when they came out of the Yaochi Holy Land.
At this moment, he should directly admit whose aura it was, but even the master had to cover up Yuanchi's accident.
Because no one knows better than himself that his master's care for him has reached an almost pathological level. Otherwise, how could she still detect the aura that she had concealed.
If she knew about this, Guang Shu would be severely punished by his master. But in the final analysis, it was just an accident, not to mention that I was still embarrassed when I thought about it, so how could I dare to mention it in front of my master.
Thoughts were running wildly in her head, but she still said calmly:
"It's Guangshu's. He reached 500 feet in Sanzhong Pond, just like your first time! But he was a little brave and wanted to go forward, but his meridians obviously couldn't bear it anymore and he fell into the pond.
I happened to be passing by at that time. You also know that it is difficult to use the spiritual power in Yaochi. I could only reach out and grab him. The first time he grabbed him wrongly and almost tore off my sleeve.
But at the critical moment, he still grabbed my arm. Although there was still a slight deviation, I finally saved him.
He even thanked me profusely afterwards! "
When Li Zijin said this, her tone was natural, her heart not flustered and her hands not shaking. This was obviously the first time she had lied to her master, but she didn't know why she was so skillful.
Queen Mother Xi did not doubt her precious apprentice, because she had never lied to herself since she was a child.
The topic passed like this, and she began to ask where the ten geniuses had reached. After all, this was the purpose of the saint's trip.
Seeing that he had successfully passed the test, Li Zijin couldn't help but feel relieved in his heart, and then responded to the master by describing who was in which position.
Fortunately, she didn't forget this task when she left in a hurry. She looked at the specific location of everyone's arrival and reported it truthfully.
Except for one person, that is Guang Shu. In the previous lie, he had assigned him a location five hundred feet away from the Sanzhong Pond, because he had previously said that he had bathed in the Source Pond. If he said that he had arrived at the Source Pond, it would inevitably arouse the Master's suspicion.
Once a lie is told, it needs to be spun repeatedly to keep it true. If one day her master suddenly entered the source pool and saw Guang Shu, then all the lies would be self-defeating.
But in fact, she knew that she didn't have to worry about this matter. After all, the master had not been in person for a long time. Otherwise, she would not be sent to complete this task.
After all, at her level, it was difficult to break through simply by accumulating spiritual energy, and more needed to be enlightened.
And Guang Shu probably won't be able to stay in Yuanchi for long. Let's go have a breather with him tomorrow and everything will be fine.
But before she could be happy for long, Queen Mother Xi's next words made the girl's pretty eyebrows frown deeply.
"Zijin, you have to understand. No one in this world can protect you for the rest of your life. Maybe one day, your master and I won't be able to stay by your side to protect you.
You must practice hard and be strong enough to at least protect yourself.
Promise me, okay? "
Although Li Zijin was very resistant to the need to strengthen her cultivation, what made her feel even more sad was that the master said that he would leave her in the future.
Li Zijin, who had been so happy before, suddenly curled up his lips and threw himself into his master's arms with tears in his eyes. Although he was accompanied by bursts of sobbing, his voice was still loud and clear:
"I don't want it, Master is not here or anything!
I do not want it! "
When she was just born with spiritual wisdom thousands of years ago, it was her master who discovered her. Until he was actually born eighteen years ago, he almost always stayed by his side.
After he was born, the first person he saw was his Master. On the surface, the master is just a master, but in fact, Li Zijin, who has no father or mother, has already regarded her as his mother.
Seeing her like this, Queen Mother Xi couldn't bear it, but this time she warned herself that she could no longer indulge her.
There are more and more signs that the great tribulation is real. As a top practitioner in the world, she can also sense it.
But when he saw his precious disciple crying so hard, he knew that he wanted her to gradually stop relying on him so much. This matter could not be rushed and had to be done step by step.
She gently buried Li Zijin's head in her arms, and at the same time she was hiding the slightly moist corners of her eyes.
Li Zijin regarded her as his mother, and why didn't he treat her as his own daughter?
She silently swore in her heart that even if a catastrophe came, she, Concubine Li Qing, would protect her disciple until the moment of her death!
