"Master, why do you have to go east?" Although Chi Yu had no objection to going east, she had strong objections to why.
Yan Zening walked on a muddy path, which was full of unknown colorful wild flowers. His snow-white skirt was stained with the color of mud as it swayed, not to mention his shoes.
Even if you don't go to Yan's house, wouldn't it be nice to stay in a safe place and live a stable life? Why bother running around?
Chi Yu heard Yan Zening ask her.
"Do you trust your gut?"
Chi Yu hummed.
She then listened to Yan Zening say.
"I actually thought about how I would live after losing the golden elixir and losing my eyes."
"I lived step by step for the first half of my life. I built my foundation at the age of twenty-eight and obtained the golden elixir at the age of eighty-nine. After living for nearly two hundred years, I suddenly became a mortal, but I don't know how to deal with myself now. I spent most of my time practicing , but now I want to cultivate but cannot. I ask myself, can I accept the life of a mortal? The life of a mortal is too far away from me, so far away that I can no longer recall it."
"I still want to practice, but my intuition tells me that going east is my only way out. The golden elixir has been broken, and the Taoist foundation has been destroyed. How can I actually walk on the path to immortality again? Just think of me as hysterical, even if I want to die My only thought is that we have to wait until the Far East to talk about it."
"What about you? Why do you want to come with me? In fact, we are no longer..."
He is no longer a master and apprentice.
Yan Zening's words were on his lips, but he didn't know why he didn't want to say them.
After hearing what he said, Chi Yu lowered her head and looked at the wild flowers on both sides, feeling startled for a while. Yes, why did she follow Yan Zening.
She thought about it and laughed to herself, but in the end it didn't matter.
It doesn’t matter what you do, where you go, or who you follow.
Until now, it seemed that everything was forced, and she seemed to be forced to do this by the orders of Yijianmen. force? Isn't she happy? Not unhappy, but not very happy either.
Except for the sad farewell to Liu Ji, the rest seemed casual.
Normally she seems to be anxious about cultivation, but she actually doesn't care much about what she achieves.
The days in this world were like a dream, and she was withdrawn from it, watching everything she did while being lively but coldly watching.
It feels like a clown who appeared as a powder got the wrong script but tried to cut into the plot.
He said funny and inappropriate things, did inappropriate things, joined an inappropriate sect, and worshiped an inappropriate master.
Maybe... it occupies an inappropriate position.
The original owner of this shell left her nothing, not even a memory, so she entered the world defenselessly and clumsily.
Two years later, the late master asked why he followed him.
Why?
Because he appeared at this time.
Also because he is not very annoying.
But can she go on like this forever? She did not have a good life during those two years, maybe because of the environment. This time coming out may be an opportunity. The life of cultivation is not suitable for her, but she may be suitable for the so-called "mortal" life.
Chi Yu smiled, she was just a mortal.
Regarding Yan Zening's question, her answer was:
"Because you are my master."
Very perfunctory answer.
Yan Zening paused and repeated Chi Yu's words in her heart, because he is her master.
They walked and chatted for three days. On the fourth day, Chi Yu saw the towering peaks emerging from the town ahead from a distance.
"Master, there is a small town ahead." Chi Yu said excitedly, trotting to Yan Zening's side, "We can rest."
The three days of sleeping in the open air made her exhausted, and she chewed dry food so much that Chi Yu almost felt like a horse.
As soon as he arrived in the town, Chi Yu immediately found an inn and asked the waiter to order as soon as he sat down. Yan Zening followed her and slowly took a seat.
Chi Yu asked Yan Zening what he wanted to eat, and Yan Zening told Chi Yu to order it by himself. He was free to do it.
random? This is not easy to do. Chi Yu thought for a while and ordered soy beef, fried vegetables, steamed fish, and finally added a pot of tea.
After the food was served, Chi Yu was busy eating, and Yan Zening picked up the chopsticks, not knowing where they fell. She was three-thirds full before she had time to lift her head from the bowl.
When he looked up and saw that Yan Zening was not eating, Chi Yu was not stupid enough to ask him why he wasn't eating.
"Master." Chi Yu lined up three dishes, "On your left is the beef with soy sauce, in the middle is vegetables, and on your right is steamed fish."
Yan Zening opened and closed two chopsticks unfamiliarly. Chi Yu saw that his gestures when holding chopsticks were wrong, so she patiently taught him. Yan Zening's usually expressionless face looked a little at a loss. He picked up the vegetables several times awkwardly, put the chopsticks on the bowl, and whispered, "I haven't used chopsticks in more than 180 years."
The implication would not be normal.
Chi Yu smiled, "Just use it more often."
After Yan Zening tried it dozens of times, it turned out much better. Chi Yu carefully observed his expression while eating, and carefully asked him which dish he thought was delicious.
Yan Zening picked up every dish twice, chewing carefully while eating, with a faint expression on his face that Chi Yu really couldn't see.
"They are all delicious." Yan Zening took a mouthful of white rice and picked it up equally with his chopsticks from left to right.
When the master is eating, he really looks like a robot.
Is it fun to eat like this? Chi Yu thought, but maybe some people are just not picky eaters.
She took a piece of beef sauce with chopsticks and wanted to put it into Yan Zening's bowl, but Yan Zening moved the bowl.
"I don't eat what other people have touched."
"Ah? Okay, I'm sorry, I didn't know." Chi Yu's ears were red, and his behavior was indeed a bit out of line.
To cover up her embarrassment, she lowered her head to eat again, and she almost finished the plate of steamed fish.
Night at the inn.
Ever since Master nearly lost his life last time, Chi Yu has been frightened and would not sleep too deeply. He would wake up on time every other hour, which was more accurate than an alarm clock.
At midnight, this was the second time Chi Yu woke up at night. She went about her business and listened to Yan Zening's room.
Great, no sound.
Five or six seconds later...
No, there are... panicked footsteps? There won't be anyone running into his room again.
Chi Yu stood up, picked up the small sword and ran to Yan Zening's room.
Just when he saw Yan Zening coming out of the room in a panic, Chi Yu stopped him and looked into the room with a solemn expression, "What's wrong, Master, has another gangster come to your room?"
"No." Yan Zening replied, and Chi Yu asked: "Then why are you running?"
"I..." Yan Zening hesitated, he frowned, his face turned gray, there were red spots on both sides of his cheeks, and his lips were pale.
Only then did Chi Yu realize that something was wrong with him, and Yan Zening continued: "Someone poisoned the vegetables."
After hearing this, she hurriedly ran out to find the doctor and ran out of the inn door. Chi Yu thought about it, something was wrong. Someone had poisoned her and she ate it. Why didn't she feel anything? Could it be some other reason?
Chi Yu turned back halfway and found Yan Zening pouring tea in the room in a cold sweat.
"Master, please stop drinking." Chi Yu frowned and grabbed his teacup, "Tell me how you feel now."
Yan Zening still frowned, "My stomach is bulging, and something is coming out of my abdomen. Could it be a worm?"
gush out? Chi Yu thought for a moment, narrowed his eyes and asked, "Master, how long have you had this symptom?"
"It started when I finished my fifty-sixth bite of rice and my fifty-sixth bite of food."
"Has it continued until now?"
Yan Zening nodded.
"Master, if I guess correctly, you must be full, and the things swelling in your abdomen must be undigested food."
Yan Zening shook his head, he didn't believe it.
Chi Yu said in a long "hmm" voice. She didn't know what to say, "Master, just go find a place to vomit and it will be fine."
Chi Yu found a basin that the inn didn't want and returned to Yan Zening's room. She put the basin on the ground and she carried him on her back. "You vomit." Yan Zening couldn't hold it in and vomited in response.
Chi Yu holds his forehead.
"Master...?" she asked cautiously and tentatively.
After a long time, Yan Zening replied to her, "You are right."
Chi Yu continued: "Master, you have to deal with your own things yourself."
Yan Zening's face turned pale instantly, and there was no blood on his face.
"no……"
Chi Yu turned around with a smile, "No way..."
Yan Zening frowned, "Put that thing away."
Chi Yu pressed closer to Yan Zening step by step, and Yan Zening stepped back step by step. She said, "I can help you take that thing away."
"But -" Chi Yu looked up and looked into Yan Zening's eyes, "you have to tell me which of the three dishes you like best today."
Yan Zening didn't know why, "Didn't I tell you, everyone likes it. Take it away quickly."
Chi Yu raised an eyebrow and smiled, "I don't believe it."
"My favorite is sauced beef."
"I do not believe."
"I like to eat vegetables the most."
"I do not believe."
"My favorite is steamed fish."
Chi Yu shook his index finger, "I don't believe it."
Yan Zening's face became colder and colder, "What exactly do you want to do?"
Chi Yu was not frightened by the gloomy look on his face. She took another step forward, forcing Yan Zening to take another step back. Chi Yu shouted into Yan Zening's ear: "Beef with vegetable sauce, steamed fish with vegetable sauce, beef with vegetable sauce, steamed fish. Which of the three do you like best?" Eryi, don’t say anything!”
"steamed fish!"
Yan Zening shouted these words.
Chi Yu took a step back and smiled, "What a coincidence, I also like steamed fish the most."
Yan Zening's heart beat rapidly.
Chi Yu is making too much noise, he thought to himself.
Chi Yu thought about it, she couldn't keep living like a dream like this, she had to truly integrate into this world. If you want to integrate into it, you must have people who can treat you sincerely. Emotions are the best link between people.
And the feelings are mutual. She doesn't know if there is anyone who treats her sincerely, but she decides to give her sincerity first, starting with the people around her, starting with Yan Zening, and cherishing him as her modern relative.
Get to know him, respect him, and protect him.
And he... could just give her a little sincerity.
