This warm current slowly circulated in Xiao Zhan's head, and then began to spread towards Xiao Zhan's body.
This is a very wonderful feeling. If I had to describe it, it would be that the whole body is beginning to glow with vitality, like a seed sprouting, or... a dead tree blooming into spring.
This is the innate energy of this realm.
This innate energy blended into Xiao Zhan's flesh and blood in just an instant.
It wasn't until an hour later that Hongyun took out a breath and sat down on the chair next to him tiredly.
Xiao Zhan moved his hands and feet, but did not immediately try to regain consciousness. Instead, he looked at the young scholar who was lying on the table and had completely lost his life.
Even if Xiao Zhan and Hong Yun did not appear here, this young scholar would lose his life at this moment, and the innate energy in his body would return to this world.
Therefore, Xiao Zhan did not plunder what belonged to him.
But in the end, it was this young scholar who allowed Xiao Zhan to achieve his first stage goal.
He carried the young scholar's body on his back, dug a deep pit in the yard, and buried him.
Under the moonlight, Hongyun watched this scene quietly.
Xiao Zhan turned back to look at Hongyun and slowly asked:
"Why help me?"
Hongyun didn't speak, just stared at the hazy crescent moon in the sky in a daze.
There is no special relationship between Hong Yun and Xiao Zhan.
If Hongyun chose to help Xiao Zhan because Xiao Zhan saved her junior sister Tong Yan, this reason is a bit far-fetched.
After a long time, Hongyun suddenly whispered:
"Has Senior Sister ever told you that you look a lot like the same person?"
Xiao Zhan frowned slightly.
Zhou Yuqin didn't say anything similar.
Hongyun nodded:
"It seems that Senior Sister has never told you."
After saying this, Hongyun waved his hand and took out two jars of wine from the storage ring. After throwing one of the jars to Xiao Zhan, he jumped up and landed on the roof. He slowly sat down on the ridge and opened the wine. The altar took a sip.
"Let me tell you a story."
Hongyun talked to himself, not daring Xiao Zhan to listen or not. He took another sip of wine and said slowly:
"When senior sister and I were only a few years old, master accepted us as disciples."
"For a long time afterwards, Master only had two apprentices: me and senior sister."
"My senior sister and I practice together and travel together. We have a very good relationship, just like real sisters."
"When senior sister and I were twenty years old, the two of us went out on a mission and met a casual cultivator."
Xiao Zhan took a sip of wine and sat in the yard, listening quietly.
Hongyun was still minding his own business and said:
"Although that man is a casual cultivator, his talent and strength are stronger than those of Senior Sister and I."
"Moreover, he is not only handsome in appearance, with an outstanding temperament, but also very humorous in his conversation. He also helped me and senior sister complete the task."
"That's a perfect man."
"As you can imagine, senior sister and I both fell in love with that casual cultivator."
"Senior Sister knows that I like that casual cultivator, and I also know that Senior Sister likes that casual cultivator."
"So, none of us pierced this layer of window paper, and returned to the Piaomiao Sect to continue practicing as before."
"But one day, our Piaomiao Sect was attacked by a force called the Black Feather Sect."
"They successfully broke through our sect-protecting formation and caused great damage to our Piaomiao sect in a very short period of time."
"If the sect master hadn't come out of seclusion in time, that crisis might have completely destroyed our Piaomiao Sect."
Hongyun took a sip of wine, tears slowly falling down her face from the corners of her eyes.
"Xiao Zhan, do you know why people from the Black Feather Sect can easily invade our Piaomiao Sect?"
Xiao Zhan also took a sip of wine:
"and
It’s related to that casual cultivator. "
Hongyun smiled bitterly:
"Yes, Senior Sister and I have been in constant communication with him."
"How foolish Senior Sister and I are to say anything to him and tell him everything."
"That's why he knew the situation of our Piaomiao Sect so well, and chose the time when the sect leader and a large number of elders were in retreat, and easily invaded our Piaomiao Sect."
"When I saw him among my enemies, I understood everything."
"At that time, I only had one idea: kill him! Make up for my mistakes."
"But Xiao Zhan, did you know that Senior Sister... Senior Sister actually escaped with him?"
"It was also at that moment that I realized how much Senior Sister loved him."
"Moreover, in order to cover his escape, Senior Sister took the initiative to stop Master and me."
"I will never forget the look on Master's face at that time."
"The look on her face was extremely complicated. She felt sorry for Senior Sister, but also felt a bit disappointed and a bit self-blame."
"Senior Sister said that if Master continues to chase her, she will commit suicide immediately."
"Xiao Zhan, you should be able to guess what happened next."
Hongyun raised her neck and took a big sip of wine, tears streaming down her face:
"Master still relented and concealed the matter, allowing me and senior sister to be exempted from the sect's punishment."
"Otherwise, Senior Sister and I would have been executed that year."
"To this day, I still remember what Master said to me and Senior Sister at that time."
"She said she doesn't blame us and just hopes that we can know how to live for the rest of our lives."
"I didn't understand this at the time."
"Later I realized that I really didn't know how to live the rest of my life."
"I think senior sister must not know either."
"Senior Sister did not stay in Piaomiao Sect. It was three years later that she sent me a summons and told me that he was dead... in the hands of Senior Sister."
Xiao Zhan frowned:
"Why?"
Hongyun smiled bitterly:
"Quite simply, he's not that good."
"He lives with his senior sister. He goes to and from the fireworks place all day long and is drunk all day long."
"Senior sister said that she really regrets what she did back then."
"That man doesn't deserve what she did."
"So, after the man got drunk again, she killed him with her own hands."
"But senior sister has no face to meet the master."
"Xiao Zhan, do you know that Senior Sister and I originally had a bright future, but because of an unworthy man, we made a huge mistake and ruined both of our lives."
"I will live with guilt for the rest of my life."
"And Senior Sister, she can't even find the meaning of living."
"The wine shop you went to was where the senior sister killed the man."
"Later she came here again and opened an inn. She said that she would grow old and die in the inn, and then... everything would be over."
While crying, Hongyun raised her neck and poured wine into her mouth. Then she threw the wine jar away, looked at Xiao Zhan and said:
"You look very similar to that man, really."
"You know, I even want to kill you! But I know that you are not him."
Xiao Zhan nodded, took a sip of wine, and did not express any opinion on this.
It's just a bad fate, no need to mention it, no need to think about it.
As Zhou Yuqin and Hongyun's master said, as long as they know how to live the rest of their lives, that's fine.
"Xiao Zhan, tell me, how should I live! How should senior sister live!"
Hongyun roared like crazy:
"Tell me, tell me!"
Xiao Zhan looked calm and drank alone, letting Hongyun vent his anger.
After a long time, Hongyun wiped away her tears and her voice returned to coldness:
"Don't go back to the inn again."
Xiao Zhan nodded and suddenly said:
"Actually, your master has already told you and Zhou Yuqin how to live."
Hongyun was stunned.
Just listen to Xiao Zhan continue:
"She told you that she doesn't blame you."
"It's you who refuse to let yourself go."
"Everyone makes mistakes in this life. Instead of being immersed in pain and regret, it is better to find ways to make up for it."
"You feel guilty towards the Piaomiao Sect. You can dedicate the rest of your life to the Piaomiao Sect and help the Piaomiao Sect reach a higher level."
"Instead of wallowing in the pain caused by an unworthy person, why not spend your time with someone who is truly worthy?"
"Your master never blamed Zhou Yuqin, but she used 'faceless confrontation' as an excuse to ruin your master's expectations of seeing her."
"What really disappoints you is not the mistakes you have made."
"It's you who have allowed this mistake to continue to this day."
"The past is meaningless. Only tomorrow is worth your pursuit."
Hongyun was stunned on the spot.
Xiao Zhan turned to look at the courtyard door and said slowly:
"Zhou Yuqin, what do you think?"
After about two seconds, Zhou Yuqin slowly walked into the courtyard.
Like Hongyun, she had already shed tears silently.
Xiao Zhan smiled, walked slowly out of the yard, and then disappeared into the night.
After a long time, Zhou Yuqin sighed:
"Xiao Zhan is right."
"Junior sister, let's go back to Piaomiao Sect."
Hongyun burst into tears and smiled, then nodded.
Outside the city gate.
Nine figures flew out of the darkness, followed Xiao Zhan, and walked forward slowly.
Every time Xiao Zhan took a step, the aura emanating from his body became stronger.
Liu Xin and the other nine were stunned for a moment.
"Master Xiao, what are you doing?"
Xiao Zhan nodded:
"I am opening the Source Aperture."
At this time, Xiao Zhan had opened dozens of source orifices throughout his body.
Moreover, Xiao Zhan also sensed the energy fluctuations around him and began to use the source orifice to absorb this energy and store it in the source orifice.
Liu Xin and the other nine people were stunned on the spot.
Xiao Zhan looked at them with a smile and said softly:
"So, some things that seem absolutely impossible may not be really impossible."
"Perhaps, the solution is all around us, but no one is willing to search for it wholeheartedly."
"Including potential crises between the two domains, they are just assumptions."
"In other words, the thoughts of our two domain masters have suppressed your thoughts."
Liu Xinjiu didn't know what to say at all.
what is this?
The fact that Xiao Zhan is able to practice in this domain now shows that even if the two domains merge in the future, even if the rule system of their own domain is completely replaced or collapses, they can still adapt to the rules of the enemy domain.
Then wouldn’t the previous tens of millions of years of war be meaningless?
Xiao Zhan knew what the nine people were thinking now and said slowly:
"There is nothing wrong with both domains."
"The countless warriors who sacrificed their lives for the territorial war did not die in vain."
"Get ready, contact other people hidden in this world, and you should return to our own domain immediately and report my matter to Realm Master Liu Wuhen, and he will report it to the Domain Lord."
Liu Xin took a deep breath and bowed deeply to Xiao Zhan:
"Master Xiao, what about you, won't you go back with us?"
Xiao Zhan shook his head and chuckled:
"I want to travel around every world in this realm."
Liu Xin and the others bowed to Xiao Zhan again, then turned around and disappeared into the night.
Under the cover of night, Xiao Zhan walked slowly on the road with his hands behind his back and his tall and straight posture.
