"Wake up." Qin Keyuan's voice was very low, even a little hoarse.
Zhao Ning looked up at him strangely, and noticed that Qin Keyuan's expression became more serious, and there was unconcealable fatigue in his eyebrows.
"Uncle Master, what happened outside?"
But Qin Keyuan only glanced at her and asked, "Why did you run out without wearing shoes?"
Only then did Zhao Ning realize that she didn't pay attention at all after waking up. She came out barefoot and moved her toes. But Zhao Ning thought again, whether to wear shoes or not is not the important point, the important thing is what is going on outside.
However, Qin Keyuan seemed to have no intention of accepting these words. Instead, he directly used the spell, and the two of them appeared in the hut together.
"It's late at night and it's cold, so put on your shoes before going out."
Zhao Ning had no choice but to go into the room and put on her shoes. When Zhao Ning came out, she saw that Qin Keyuan was already sitting on the couch and tea was poured on the low table. He obviously didn't want to take her out directly. Zhao Ning stayed where he was. After hesitating, he asked, "Uncle Qin, before I woke up, Qi Molin used his old trick to summon the demon. Zhao Ning was able to block the demon, but the formation was still rotating. I didn't know what would happen next. Zhao Ning was terrified, I'm afraid. Spread to the outside world..."
"Zhao Ning." Qin Keyuan stopped her and said softly, "Don't panic."
He raised his eyes and saw that the coldness and fatigue just now had disappeared. He even gave Zhao Ning a very shallow smile and pointed to the other side of the low table.
"Sit down." He said, "Not only did you stop the demon, but you also destroyed the formation. When Guo Congheng rushed over, everything calmed down."
When Zhao Ning heard what he said, her uneasiness eased a little, and then she hesitated to face Qin Keyuan.
Qin Keyuan poured Zhao Ning a cup of tea for her, "Linglu tea can relieve worries and worries."
After Zhao Ning heard this, she lowered her head to look at the tea. A piece of tea leaf was floating on the water, but she couldn't calmly drink the tea. She only subconsciously held the teacup with both hands, really wanting to draw a sense of peace from the tea.
But she couldn't drink the tea, so she looked at Qin Keyuan.
Qin Keyuan reached out to take the tea in her hand and put down the tea cup.
"That's all."
When Qin Keyuan saw that Zhao Ning was preoccupied with the situation at Lin's Mansion, he stopped hiding his words and talked about the situation after that day.
At that time, Guo Ying'er used the Thousand Miles of Wind Escape Talisman and went straight to Qingxiao Sect. She was focused on finding her brother Guo Congheng. In her heart, there was no uncle who was more reliable than her brother and could solve the predicament at that time, but Guo Ying'er did not find him immediately. Guo Congheng was forced to wait for less than half an hour in the Qingxiao Sect before finding Guo Congheng. It was already several days later when he led Guo Congheng to the Lin Family Mansion near Guiyuan City.
At that time, the entire Lin's Mansion was shrouded in ghost weeping vines, and blood and rotten stench came from it. After Guo Congheng worked hard to kill the wildly growing ghost weeping vines, he only saw the unconscious Zhao Ning in the courtyard of the main house of Lin's Mansion. , all her auras converged, neither life nor death.
Guo Ying'er cried bitterly. In this situation, she thought that Zhao Ning had no hope. She hated herself for delaying for so long. She should have taken Zhao Ning away by force.
However, when Guo Congheng's true energy was injected into Zhao Ning's body, he noticed the remaining demonic energy. He looked around and saw that there were dead bones scattered on the ground, and there were also subtle demonic energy flowing around. Guo Congheng noticed from those withered bones that it was the awakening of the soul boy, and he guessed that the soul boy had awakened. It was not an ancient heavenly being, but an alien demon. However, there were no traces of the birth of a soul boy around, and Zhao Ning still had demonic energy in his body, and claimed to have five senses. Guo Congheng suspected that the demon was sealed in Zhao Ning's body.
Guo Congheng's expression was distorted at that time, and he wanted to strangle Zhao Ning on the spot, but Guo Ying'er stopped him and asked Guo Congheng to be taken back to the sect for disposal and to ask the sect's real elders for help.
"Zhao Ning has a clear mind. Even if he is corroded by the demon, he will not turn into a demon. Otherwise, how could he not become a demon after so long?"
"Brother, Elder Huo Rong and the others will definitely find a way to solve it."
It was indeed unusual for Zhao Ning not to be demonized this time. After Guo Congheng thought about it, he still agreed with his sister's statement.
Guo Congheng was about to return to his sect, but he stopped Guo Ying'er and asked Guo Ying'er to go back to Green Mountain.
Guo Yinger was puzzled.
But Guo Congheng only said that the elders in the family missed her and asked her to go back immediately. After he sent Zhao Ning back to the sect, he rushed back in time and asked Guo Ying'er to keep the little black tiger.
Although Guo Ying'er was confused, he was his biological brother after all, so he trusted him very much, so he did as he was told.
Before leaving, he also told his brother that he must ask the real elders of the sect for help.
Guo Congheng agreed and sent Zhao Ning to Qin Keyuan at Yunxiao Peak. Qin Keyuan noticed that Zhao Ning's Sea of Consciousness was closed and there was a faint struggle, so he knew that this matter could not be interfered with by the outside world. The Sea of Consciousness was not something that outsiders could easily break into, and Zhao Ning In this situation, a single thought can turn him into a demon puppet, which will most likely affect other disciples of the sect.
Therefore, Qin Keyuan took Zhao Ning to the Mangrove Courtyard of Kongzhao Mountain. The ban in this courtyard was indeed set up to imprison Zhao Ning.
After listening to Qin Keyuan's general explanation of the situation, Zhao Ning breathed a sigh of relief. Now that she woke up, she realized that she had not lost her way after all.
"I know you will wake up sooner or later." Qin Keyuan placed the tea cup in front of her again, "How could the little fairy Zhao Ning, who is the most talented in the ancient path, fall into the world of immortals and demons in a single thought?"
There was a faint smile on his lips, "Now, can you safely drink this cup of tea?"
After waking up, the gathering haze dissipated a little. Zhao Ning then picked up the tea cup and took a sip. The tea was much mellower than usual, with a slight bitterness, but she tasted a hint of sweetness in her throat. The coolness lingered in his heart, and some messy thoughts and worries quietly dissipated. Zhao Ning seemed to be a little calmer.
She lowered her head for a long time, and when she looked up at Qin Keyuan, she seemed to have regained her original calmness.
When she talked about what happened before falling asleep, her tone seemed to be calm.
"At that time, I noticed something was wrong with the Feiming Chen family and tracked it to Guigu Post. I wanted to find out the cause, so I arranged for Guo Ying'er and others to wait outside the post, but I didn't expect that such a thing would happen. Fortunately, it has been solved. But the Chen family , from the memory of the evil cultivator, it seems that the two are not actively involved, it seems that they just set up a seven-star strangulation array on Chen Yu's tomb, but why..." Even at this moment, Zhao Ning was still confused.
"Because I miss my son and become a demon." Unexpectedly, Qin Keyuan suddenly gave Zhao Ning an answer, an absurd but logical answer.
While Zhao Ning was stunned, Qin Keyuan explained, "Chen Yu is only sixteen years old. He is the only son of Chen Yi and his wife. He has the spiritual roots of earth and wood. When he reaches adulthood, he will enter the outer sect of Qingxiao Sect. He is the glory of the entire Chen family. It was just that Chen Yu was temporarily responsible for escorting Zong Gong, but he was attacked by evil cultivators on the road, and his soul was shattered on the spot. When Chen Yu's mother found out, she went crazy on the spot, and when Chen Yi heard about this while practicing meditation, she was overly sad and possessed inner demons. "Suddenly, this inner demon came fiercely, and Chen Yi was confused. He only thought that Chen Yu was still alive, and all the people in the clan who came into contact with Chen Yi put away their influence and fell into confusion together."
Zhao Ning was confused, "How can inner demons cause other people to be confused?"
"This has something to do with the exercises they practice." Qin Keyuan said, "The Chen family practices an ancient Taoist method called Tai Chi Gui Yi Lineage. They specialize in formations, and the main one is the Asking Heart Formation. When the minds are connected, It can form a very strong offense and defense, but it becomes a flaw for the inner demons."
"Like the evil Dafa with seven emotions and six desires?" Zhao Ning couldn't help but think of it. She thought of the possessed person in the Chen family again, "No wonder we bumped into a man before we left. He roared. It was not him who was possessed, but everyone in the Chen family."
All these explanations seem to make the Feiming Chen family's affairs more reasonable.
"In other words, the reason why Chen set up the seven-star strangulation array in front of Chen Yu's tomb was actually not a conspiracy. Instead, he subconsciously killed all those who were searching for the truth to prevent the truth of Chen Yu's death from breaking their minds. It is inner demons that lead to this vicious cycle.”
Qin Keyuan smiled slightly, "You have always been smart."
Zhao Ning asked again, "Did the Feiming Chen family handle it properly? It would be a big mistake if the Qi Molin family makes the same mistake again."
"The Bagua Soul Refining Array will naturally solve the Feiming Chen family's current predicament."
The shocking scene of the Soul Refining Array in the Lingwu Forest reappeared in Zhao Ning's mind, suppressing all the worries and deep-seated hesitations in Zhao Ning's heart like a sea-fixing needle.
The two of them suddenly fell into silence in the room, and no one spoke for a while.
Zhao Ning was holding the tea, her thoughts were long but blank, and she stared at the tea inexplicably in a daze, while Qin Keyuan looked at her, his expression and eyes were deep, and he couldn't see any meaning. His emotions were very deep, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Until a sound of "Oops" came from outside the door, and the little ginseng's short legs tripped over the steps.
Zhao Ning was slightly startled, and recovered from her idle thoughts. Seeing the silly and cute appearance of the little demon spirit, she couldn't help but chuckle, and walked over in a few steps to pick up the little demon spirit.
She coaxed the little demon spirit and looked at Qin Keyuan with a smile, "Uncle Master, why did you bring the little ginseng here alone? As soon as I woke up, I heard the little ginseng complaining about how boring a demon spirit is."
The little demon spirit nodded, "That's right."
Qin Keyuan paused, but said, "This is the little ginseng who said he was bullied by other demon spirits."
The little demon spirit immediately hummed and hid her face in Zhao Ning's arms. Zhao Ning's eyes curled up with a smile, "The little demon spirits are having fun with each other. If you can't take it seriously, why don't you let me go back with the little ginseng and find a few A little demon spirit said."
But Qin Keyuan didn't reply for a long time.
Zhao Ning's smile paused and slowly faded, "Uncle Qin?"
Qin Keyuan stood up and said, "You stay here."
Zhao Ning was distracted for a moment, "Why?"
All kinds of thoughts flashed through Zhao Ning's mind at this moment, and an inexplicable depression came to her heart. Uncle Qin... is he still worried about me being invaded by the demon? Are he afraid that I have demonic energy?
Zhao Ning knew that the overall situation was the most important thing, but she couldn't help but feel sad at this moment.
At this time, Qin Keyuan suddenly put his palm on her head and patted her gently, "What are you thinking about, little girl?"
This was the first time that Zhao Ning was so close to Qin Keyuan. The distance was only ten feet. When he lowered his eyes, he saw Qin Keyuan's broad chest.
Zhao Ning raised her head and met Qin Keyuan's lowered gaze. However, he avoided his eyes at this moment, turned sideways and closed his hands, standing with his hands behind Zhao Ning's side.
"Remember when you mentioned the thing about humans and demons?"
"Uncle Master, is there any whereabouts?" Zhao Ning's mind was immediately locked away.
"Exactly. Tomorrow at Hai hour, dozens of disciples from the sect will go to encircle and suppress them. You should also follow me. I will send you directly to Yunzhou. Don't be delayed by going back and forth to the sect."
"Hai Shi?"
Zhao Ning subconsciously hesitated about the time. It was already midnight.
But Qin Keyuan explained, "The human demon was cunning, broke the void, opened a passage, and went to the mortal world. When we go to the mortal world, we still have to avoid being discovered by mortals, so as not to cause unnecessary panic."
Only then did Zhao Ning understand Qin Keyuan's intention and nodded clearly.
Qin Keyuan said, "You just woke up and made some repairs. I will be outside."
Zhao Ning actually didn't want to meditate. She held back a lot of words in her heart, but she did feel that her consciousness was a little confused, and it seemed that she had not fully woken up from her drowsiness.
Before entering the room, Zhao Ning asked Qin Keyuan, "Uncle Qin, I just heard from the little demon spirit that there is a wave of spirit beasts in the sect?"
"It's not a problem, it's just that the disciples of the sect accidentally put the manic medicinal elixir into the spring of the Royal Beast Garden, and this happened." Qin Keyuan explained very quickly and found out what was wrong.
This should have reassured Zhao Ning, but Zhao Ning always had a strange feeling, as if the answers to all of this were already prepared.
But why should we be prepared? Isn’t it enough to just tell the truth completely?
Thinking of this, Zhao Ning felt her head hurt a little more. She thought that she must have been asleep for a long time and couldn't move her thoughts, so she suspected Uncle Qin.
Zhao Ning entered the room and meditated on the bed. Her spiritual power was spinning around day by day, but her heart could not calm down. She was afraid that if she continued, she would go on the road of becoming obsessed, so she simply gave up meditating and lay down on the bed. Look at the curtain.
The windows were not closed, and the dense mangrove canopy blocked all the starry sky, but the leaves of the mangrove trees were floating, as if expressing Zhao Ning's inner emotions at this moment.
She tossed and turned, closing her eyes and thinking, going through all the encounters in her mind between the time she came back from the secret realm and the time she fell into coma.
The impetuousness of many disciples in the sect, the conflicts among the casual cultivators in the market, the suddenly enlarged ambitions of the cultivator family, and some looming and demonic figures.
Zhao Ning opened her eyes suddenly, walked out of bed, opened the door, and stood at the door to see Qin Keyuan sitting on the couch, meditating with his eyes closed.
Probably hearing the sound, Qin Keyuan opened his eyes and asked Zhao Ning what was wrong.
Zhao Ning said hesitantly, "I am in a restless mood and have never been able to calm down."
She walked into Qin Keyuan and said, "Uncle Master, you heard the forbidden message I left in your peak. I later went to Grandmaster Huo Rong, and Grandmaster Huo Rong told me that it was normal. Although I had concerns, I felt it was reasonable. , but later after I left the sect, I found that the same was true in the city."
As Zhao Ning spoke, she sat on the footboard under the couch and turned to look at Qin Keyuan, "Especially Master Yun Wei. You didn't see it, but at that time Master Yun Wei was so angry for the beauty that he seemed to be unable to control it. If you live there, it will be like letting the whole Guiyuan City be buried with the beauty."
She lowered her head and murmured to herself, "The real Yunwei I heard about was supposed to be a fairy man with an air of immortality and aloof from worldly affairs. But that day... there were also the Qi Molin family and the Feiming Chen family, who were even more ambitious. I don’t think this is a family that has been operating in the world of cultivation for hundreds of years. Uncle Master, could it be that the evil Dafa of Seven Emotions and Six Desires was not completely eradicated back then, and there are still evil people hiding around us, using secret methods to influence everyone around us?”
Zhao Ning half-knelt on the pedal, straightened up and asked Qin Keyuan. She desperately wanted to get the answer from Qin Keyuan.
But Qin Keyuan did not give her a direct answer, he stared at her with his eyes lowered, and then his eyes fell on the top of her hair. She had just woken up without a bun or a hairpin, and her long hair was spread over her shoulders like a waterfall and fell to her feet. Zhao Ning subconsciously raised her hand. Brushing his head, "What's wrong, uncle?"
But Qin Keyuan said, "The little girl is going to have gray hair."
Zhao Ning was startled. She lowered her head and picked up the tail of her hair and quickly moved it through her hair. After half a breath, she suddenly realized that this was just a joke.
Sure enough, when he raised his eyes, he saw Qin Keyuan's faint smile, "How can I be so worried at such a young age?"
He looked at Zhao Ning and said, "Relax, even if there is an overwhelming disaster, there will always be the Venerable and the Master to stand up to it. If not, there will still be Master Jindan, as well as your uncle and me."
He stretched out his hand to support Zhao Ning's arm and pulled her up to sit on the other side of the couch. The low table was placed in the middle, and a chessboard appeared with his hand.
