In the earth and stone hut, Cen Yun sat cross-legged on the rag carpet, looking at the simple yet familiar things around him, feeling warm in his heart.
Cen Ling'er in front was lying on the ground, holding her chin with her two small hands, rocking her little feet back and forth, looking straight at him with her big eyes open.
Cen Yun frowned and said, "Xiao Ling'er, is there something on my brother's face?"
Cen Ling'er smiled as brightly as a flower and said, "No, Ling'er just feels that Brother Yun is good-looking. Even if he keeps looking at Ling'er, he won't get tired of it!"
Cen Yun shook his head and ignored her. Instead, he closed his eyes and concentrated. After a moment, he opened his eyes. The middle-aged woman placed some porridge, water and side dishes and a plate of fragrant snake meat on the carpet one after another. superior.
"Yun'er, eat quickly!" the middle-aged woman sat down and poured a bowl of porridge and water for Cen Yun and Cen Ling'er respectively.
"oops!"
At this moment, Cen Ling'er suddenly picked up a chopstick to pinch the snake meat in front of her. The middle-aged woman also quickly slapped the back of Cen Ling'er's hand with the chopstick in her hand, causing her to cry out in pain. Her movements were not as fast as an ordinary woman's. .
"Nonsense, this is for Yun'er to eat, what are you eating?" the middle-aged woman glared at Cen Ling'er and said angrily.
Cen Ling'er stuck out her tongue, picked up the porridge and drank it obediently.
Cen Yun looked at the mud-colored porridge in his hand, and then looked at Cen Ling'er who was staring at the pitiful snake meat in front of him. He felt quite uncomfortable and did not move the chopsticks for a long time.
Seeing this, the middle-aged woman asked worriedly: "Yun'er, why don't you eat it? Are these not to your liking?"
Cen Yun shook his head, and with a thought in his heart, he made a seal with his right hand. The snake meat on the plate suddenly flew into the air, turned into minced meat among several wind blades, and fell into the basin of porridge water. The middle-aged woman screamed in panic. Said: "Yun'er, what are you doing? These are to replenish your body..."
Cen Yun said: "While little Ling'er is still growing, Aunt Ting, you have also worked hard over the years. Let's all share the food together!"
The middle-aged woman naturally knew what Cen Yun was thinking. She sighed and drank the porridge and water with Cen Yun very slowly. On the contrary, Cen Ling'er ate happily alone and wolfed down the porridge.
"Yun'er, how have you been in Fengqishan these years?" The middle-aged woman put down the porridge and looked at Cen Yun and asked.
Cen Yun nodded and said, "I'm living a good life."
"How long will you stay here this time? Are you going back?"
"Fengqishan...is no longer here..." Cen Yun looked sad.
The middle-aged woman was startled, but there was not much surprise on her face. She murmured: "That's okay, that's okay..."
Cen Yun had a panoramic view of the middle-aged woman's expression, which further confirmed his suspicion.
After dinner, the sky was already dark, stars hung in the sky, and the temperature in the desert dropped sharply, as if it was winter.
Cen Yun was walking alone on the streets of the village. The surrounding villagers had turned off their lights and were sleeping. He came to a simple three-foot altar at the end of the village. There were two torches on the altar that illuminated the surrounding area.
Cen Yun walked up to the altar. There was a rock cave in the middle of the torch. The cave was bottomless and looked a bit weird, but he stood outside for a long time without moving.
After a long time, an old voice came from the cave: "Come in."
After receiving permission, Cen Yun stepped into the cave. After passing through a long tunnel, he came to a small stone room at the end.
There was nothing in the stone room except for a skinny old man with his eyes slightly closed, leaning on a bone stick and standing in front of a ball of erratic blue flames, with no expression on his face.
"Master Wu Zhu." Cen Yun stepped forward, put his hand on his chest, and bowed respectfully.
Wu Zhu turned around and said calmly: "Tell me, what do you want to know?"
Cen Yun took a deep breath and said with determination, "I want to know everything!"
"We, the You tribe, are descendants of ancient times. We live in the capital of You. We are immortal and are governed by Lord Si You."
Wu Zhu said slowly, "But one day, the evil god Roe Owl came to the world, and all living beings were devastated. Master Si You sealed this evil in Youdu for the sake of the world. What he didn't expect was that although this evil was sealed, it remained. A ray of breath is released, affecting everyone close to the seal, including of course the people of Youdu."
"Later, Master Zhu, the great witch, found out about this and sent us to the outside world. From then on, we opened our minds and pursued the life, old age, illness and death of mortals, and the radiance of all things, until the man named Dongguo Ji appeared."
Wu Zhu continued: "Dong Guo Ji was a physiognomist. He was proficient in the art of cultivation. He saw the beautiful mountains and came to our world and got acquainted with the spiritual masters in the mountains. Later, he was expelled by the great wizard Zhu and established a sect in the mountains. He practiced for thousands of years until he was destined to do so. Coming soon.”
Speaking of this, Wu Zhu's tone became serious.
"However, the Spirit Master couldn't bear the silence of his friend's soul, so he sneaked into Youdu while we were away, stole the Jade Purity Sutra left by Master Si You and gave it to Dongguo Ji. Dongguo Ji didn't know about the affairs of Youdu. After practicing this skill Contaminated by the ferocious god's aura, his character changed drastically from then on, he became bloodthirsty and eager to kill, broke up with the spiritual master, and both jade and stone were destroyed. However, the ominous god's aura has since escaped from the trap and manipulated everything in Fengqi Mountain. Even we had to leave our homeland. I moved to a foreign land, and now that I am afraid I won’t be able to stay here anymore.”
After saying that, Wu Zhu sighed.
Cen Yun finally figured out the cause and effect of this incident, but Wu Zhu talked for a long time, but he couldn't figure out what this had to do with his life experience, so he asked: "What about me, who am I..."
Wu Zhu said: "Do you really want to know? This may not be a good thing for you."
Cen Yun said with firm eyes: "If there are some things that you can't avoid from the beginning, why bother trying to escape?"
"It seems you have really grown up!" A look of relief appeared on Wu Zhu's face, and he walked out of the cave and said, "Come with me."
Cen Yun followed and walked for more than an hour in the cold desert, relying on the faint starlight in the sky, before arriving at an unknown sand dune.
Cen Yun didn't understand why Wu Zhu brought him here, but Wu Zhu just slammed the bone sword in his hand onto the ground, and the sky and the earth suddenly turned red.
Cen Yun looked up and saw countless flames falling from the sky. With a whooshing sound, they suddenly fell towards the unknown sand dune in front of them, burning thousands of miles around the desperate situation into a sea of fire.
These seas of fire were just illusions and would not cause harm to him. However, a figure appeared in front of the sea of fire.
It was a man in white clothes covered in blood. He placed an embryo in his hand on the ground and said, "Stay alive!"
With that said, the person disappeared in the sea of fire, and darkness and silence returned to the world.
When Cen Yun saw a simple object in the hand of the man in white, he suddenly took a breath of cold air and said in shock: "The sun-hiding sheath... Could it be that he is the immortal in white that Senior Yan asked me to find!?"
Wu Zhu asked from the side: "How about it? Do you have the answer in your heart?"
Cen Yun shook his head. Although he had not figured out his life experience, he at least had a clue. If the white-clothed immortal was really the person Yan Qing was looking for, then Yan Qing must have known about his life experience from the beginning. Then why didn't he Tell yourself, is there anything unspeakable?
Cen Yun said in his heart: "No, Senior Yan said that he has lost many memories before entering the Hidden Sun Sheath. Regardless of whether he knows my life experience, everything will have to wait until Senior Yan comes back. He has been fighting with the fierce god for several days, and I don't know what will happen now." , I hope Senior Yan can be safe and sound..."
Returning to a dilapidated earth-and-stone house in the village, Cen Yun sat cross-legged and concentrated on suppressing the strange aura in his body.
Although this breath has dispersed throughout the body, it has never invaded the final sea of consciousness.
On the contrary, he can never fall asleep and must stay awake at all times. Otherwise, once he loses consciousness, he will be immediately occupied by the aura and become a puppet controlled by the fierce god Roe Owl like Liu Huang.
Bang!
Suddenly, the broken wooden door of the earth-and-stone house was blown open by a swift and strange wind.
Cen Yun suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the storage bag on his waist. With a thought, he took out the sun-hiding sheath and waved forward, entering the sun-hiding space.
In the Hidden Sun Space, Yanqing's face was full of black energy, and his body was empty and about to dissipate.
Cen Yun hurried forward and said worriedly: "Senior Yan!"
Yanqing opened his eyes weakly, looked at him, and said in an unquestionable tone: "The fierce god in the mountain has been temporarily sealed by me, and the entrance has been completely destroyed. I am not sure how long I can suppress it, but I leave it to you. There won’t be much time!”
Of course, Cen Yun knew the seriousness of the situation, but what concerned him more than the fierce roe owl was his own life experience. He said: "Senior Yan, then Bai..."
Yanqing waved his hand, interrupted him and said: "The evil aura in my body must be removed with the help of the Hidden Sun Sheath. Before I recover, my whereabouts and Hidden Sun Sheath must not be leaked, otherwise you and I will definitely die!"
After saying that, a huge amount of energy exploded from Yan Qing's body. Cen Yun was pushed away before he could react, landing hundreds of steps away.
When he looked at Yanqing again, he was shrouded in a colorful light curtain, and the purple and black aura on his face kept changing, making him look extremely painful.
Cen Yun knew that even if he wanted to tell Yan Qing the information about the white-clothed immortal, he had no time to listen, so he could only sigh softly, leave the Sun Hidden Sheath, and wait until Yan Qing recovered.
The next day, the scorching sun hung in the sky.
In the small earthen courtyard, Cen Yun sat opposite a middle-aged woman and Cen Linger. Seeing that the two of them were depressed, he felt puzzled and asked, "Aunt Ting, Xiao Linger, what's wrong with you?"
The middle-aged woman put down the porridge, looked at Cen Yun solemnly, and said, "Yun'er, you and Ling'er have reached the age of getting married. Aunt Ting wants to betroth Ling'er to you. What do you think?"
Cen Yun was surprised and looked at Cen Ling'er. Seeing her looking directly at him with a little blush on her face, she calmed down and said calmly: "Aunt Ting, although you and I are not related by blood, I have been with you since I was a child. You regard her as my biological mother, and Xiao Ling'er, I only regard her as my younger sister, and I have no other thoughts than that."
Cen Yun said: "Besides, I won't be able to stay long when I come back this time. Later I will discuss with Master Wu Zhu about relocating the village. When everyone has arrived at a safe place, I will go to help my old friend complete an unfinished task." My last wish is to embark on the path of cultivation. If little Ling'er follows me, I'm afraid she will have to suffer a lot, and I won't be able to distract her from taking care of her..."
"Huh, practice, practice, practice, all you can think about is practice. Since you don't like Ling'er so much, Ling'er can just leave. I hate Brother Yun the most, woo hoo!" With that, Cen Ling'er rushed out the door with a cry and disappeared. In the street outside the courtyard.
"Xiao Ling'er, Brother Yun didn't mean that, Xiao Ling'er!" Cen Yun chased out of the small courtyard and couldn't help being stunned. He saw that the village that was still a bit populated was now empty, and all the villagers in the earth-stone houses didn't know it. Where did it go.
The middle-aged woman slowly walked out and sighed softly: "A few days before you returned to the village, Master Wu Zhu and the young master had opened the passage to the outside world. If you haven't left yet, I'm afraid We are the only ones left..."
Hearing this, Cen Yun immediately chased Cen Linger in the direction he left without saying a word.
At the same time, in a desert to the left of the village altar, Wu Zhu stood in front of a dark crack. Cen Yuan slowly fell from the sky, sweeping away his previous sick and weak state. There were a few spots of blood on the corners of his face, and he looked like he had A bit of a strange feeling.
"Come back?" Wu Zhu said calmly.
There was a smile on Cen Yuan's lips, and he said: "It's just a buzzing insect. It doesn't take much effort. Let's go."
"Don't you want to see him again?"
"Everything is under the guidance of Lord Si You. We will meet again when we have the chance." After saying that, Cen Yuan and Wu Zhu walked into the crack together and disappeared.
"Brother!"
Just after the two left, an anxious shout suddenly came from the distance, but it was too late.
Cen Yun came outside the rift, looked at the deserted desert, and said in disbelief: "Why, why doesn't my brother want to see me? Did I do something wrong?"
"Young Master always has his own reasons for doing things. Maybe he thinks now is not the time to meet..."
The middle-aged woman came behind Cen Yun and said reluctantly, "The passage to the outside world is about to be closed. Yun'er, this may be the last time we see each other. Are you really not going with Aunt Ting?"
Cen Yun was struggling in his heart. Although he did not overestimate his abilities, there was no doubt that he was now responsible for eliminating the aura of the evil roe owl in Fengqi Mountain and revealing his life experience and the last wish of his old friend.
He can't get away from any of these three things. If it's just for the sake of the temporary affection between his children, when the fierce roe owl breaks out of the seal, all living beings will be devastated, and it will be useless for him to hide there.
Thinking of this, Cen Yun's eyes showed firmness and he said: "I'm sorry, Aunt Ting, I can't go with you!"
The middle-aged woman looked disappointed and nodded: "Well, Aunt Ting won't be with you anymore and won't be able to take care of you. You have to take care of yourself. Do you understand?"
"Don't worry, Aunt Ting. I will take care of myself. You and Xiao Ling'er must also take care. I will handle everything as soon as possible and then go find you!" After saying that, Cen Yun watched the middle-aged woman reluctantly. Leave.
Between heaven and earth, he was left alone again, alone...
