"The hour of a stick of incense didn't kill me, hey, senior brother, I miss the time when you were there, the master either ignored me and was ruthless. ”

I don't know how long it took to lie down, Prunella recovered her vitality, she held her waist and slowly groped out of the hole, the sun was still outside, but Prunella was shivering, and now she couldn't sleep, if she stopped training now, she would definitely fall asleep in this warmth.

Xia Kucao leaned against the entrance of the cave and thought for a while, then returned to the cave, climbed onto the ice bed, the cold air was permeating her body, Xia Kucao sat cross-legged, closed her eyes, and meditated and cultivated.

Shi Hanshui frowned at the scene in the ice territory, Shi Yu and the others were already working to investigate the cause of death of these people, the situation was not optimistic, the people were panicked, and the local officials in Nanchu hurriedly closed the case, and the rivers and lakes were vendettas.

Such a big case did not alarm the Emperor of Southern Chu, and the local officials were afraid of being implicated and disregarding their lives, and a hasty conclusion of the case was equivalent to conniving at the mastermind behind the scenes, but this time it was indeed a chivalrous person who died in the rivers and lakes, and there was indeed the possibility of a vendetta in the rivers and lakes, and the leader of the martial arts alliance, Lu Minghuang, had not made any moves, and it seemed that it was necessary to check the long-cherished wish between the five famous and decent families.

A famous and decent person with exercises can be wiped out overnight, let alone the unarmed people?

Shi Hanshui shuddered, this matter is absolutely strange, if one day you can't get rid of the mastermind behind the scenes, there may be a case of extinction the next day.

Shi Hanshui suddenly had a feeling that the summer withered grass seemed to be a little unusual in the past two days, and it was unusual to be quiet.

If it was in the past, it must have been her chattering voice outside, but now that he has been in the gentleman's house for two days, it is difficult to make other sounds except for the whistling sound of her sword practice, and today it seems that the voice of this sword practice is gone.

Shi Hanshui was a little uneasy, pushed open the door, the sun had already set, he stood in front of the door, the wind was whistling, there was silence, not in the front yard.

Shi Hanshui walked down the steps and slowly paced towards the back mountain, this place is not big, it is not small, but it is not too difficult for him to find someone, but he is very curious why she has been in the cave today because she was afraid of the cold.

Although the cave was pitch black, Shi Hanshui could naturally see it, and he saw the person meditating on the ice bed, the posture was very correct, but the eyebrows were stained with frost, and they were white, and she didn't notice that anyone had entered, and the cold made her senses dull a lot.

Shi Hanshui could only judge her state at the moment from her beating heart and weak breathing, and it seemed that there was no difference.

Shi Hanshui took two steps forward, and the distance of two steps was finally noticed by Xia Kucao, she opened her eyes, and shouted in a trembling voice: "Master?"

Shi Hanshui hummed lightly, sat on the other side, slowly closed her eyes, Xia Dry Grass and Shi Hanshui sat side by side, she wanted to take a step back, but her body was stiff and couldn't move, so she could only be silent and not move.

The two were not far apart, but neither of them spoke, Xia Kucao licked his lips, and no longer had the heart to concentrate on cultivation, only quietly glanced at the master from time to time, he did not move at all, and meditated seriously.

Because of the arrival of the master, Xia Kucao was inexplicably relieved, and she couldn't help but doze off after being tired for a day and a night, her head was little by little, and she was awakened by herself, and hurriedly glanced at the master, he didn't notice it, and repeated it several times, and Xia Kucao couldn't sit still.

Xia Kucao felt that her heart was not quiet and she dozed off like this again, it would disturb the master, and she still had to find a way not to sleep, so she wanted to get off the ice bed, her legs moved, she was numb, and she had cramps, she couldn't help but exclaim, Shi Hanshui finally moved, opened her eyes, and the red flames condensed in her hands instilled Xia Kucao's legs.

"How long have you been here?"

Xia Kucao suddenly felt relaxed and many of her legs were not cramping like just now, she moved a little, and there was a slight numbness, she tried to move for a while and thought about it before saying, "Master left in the morning, and I have been here and not going out." ”

"Why?" Shi Hanshui withdrew his hand and looked at her, his eyes seemed to be plain as usual, but in fact he was very curious.

"I ...... I, Master, is there any way you can keep people from sleeping?" Xia Kucao's eyes were shining, and when she hesitated, she suddenly thought of begging Master around the corner, if he had a good way, wouldn't she not have to suffer and be pleased? She can't keep on the ice bed, once she goes out, she will definitely fall asleep, even if the cantilever piercing strand can't save her.

Once she falls asleep, her consciousness will be dominated by the crystal villain, and even if it is not what she wants, she will make a big mistake, and she will learn the exercises that do not know the way to come, in case the teacher is closed.

Shi Hanshui didn't expect her to ask like this, and thought for a while: "You haven't cultivated your true body now, but mortals, the law of work and rest is very important, it is a natural process of body repair, people produce immunity when they sleep, it prepares for your activities the next day, if you don't sleep, your body functions will weaken rapidly, you are prone to weakness and sickness, and there is no energy storage, resulting in the decline of brain function, and the impact is very serious." ”

Xia Withthered grass was dumbfounded, how did she feel that she was stunned today.

But......

"Master, I understand, what ...... Is there a way not to dream?"

It's okay to sleep, but if you don't dream, isn't it a crystal villain who won't come out? But no one can control dreams, and there should be nothing the master can do, Xia Kucao felt that her problem was ridiculous.

"Why?" Shi Hanshui's words were very simple, Xia Kucao guessed, she should have asked why she didn't want to dream!

Xia Kucao immediately cried with a sad face, looked at Shi Hanshui pitifully, and said with a blinking of smart eyes: "Master, the disciple has been having nightmares recently, and every time he wakes up, he is sweating profusely, and he is frightened by the things in the dream, and I find that I have had a nervous breakdown recently, so I am very afraid of sleeping, I don't know if the master has a way not to dream, so I ask you for help." ”

"There are many kinds of dreams, but any dream, no matter how terrifying, is the fulfillment of a wish, it is a by-product of neuronal impulses, no one does not dream, for the teacher is to cultivate the real body, can avoid interference with the world, rarely dream, but it is not not not done. Shi Hanshui explained very carefully and seriously.

Xia Kucao recalled the meaning of the words, dreams are the fulfillment of a wish, back then in the Wu Clan, she really longed to have exercises, change the status quo, could it be that the water drop villain was summoned by herself, imagined by herself?

But why is it so real, it can actually dominate her right arm during the day, and the cultivation of that exercise is exactly the same as the real one.

Xia Kucao was very puzzled, but she couldn't talk about these things to the master, so she could only say sloppily and said: "Then the master really has no other way, those terrible things accompany me, and I am afraid." ”

"The internal links of the brain in sleep are faster than when you are awake, and you are more efficient at solving problems, and the tribulations you encounter in dreams can be solved very well, and the physiological function of dreaming is to simulate the situation of being threatened and to practice the corresponding methods, to deal with the threat, which increases your survival rate when you encounter the same thing in the future. ”

Shi Hanshui taught her to accept physiological phenomena, even if there was a way, it was only temporary, her life was very long, and it was impossible to get rid of the dream.

Xia Kucao suddenly cried and lost her face, and she was indescribably entangled.

Shi Hanshui was slightly moved, looking at her appearance and couldn't bear to refuse, he said again: "If you really can't accept such a dream, you just have to fall asleep tonight, my piano sound can help you have no dreams all night, but only temporarily." ”

Xia Kucao instantly became energetic, and asked excitedly, "Really, Master?"

Shi Hanshui nodded and mumbled, and Xia Kucao pursed his mouth: "But, isn't this disturbing the master's sleepless night?"

"It's okay for me, Fuqin is my dormancy, you can probably understand when you reach my realm, in my world, there is no distinction between night and day. Shi Hanshui's eyes seemed to be waveless, but Xia Kucao felt that the master was sad, a person who did not distinguish between day and night, without rest, was not bored day and night?

At least she can pass the time by sleeping when she's bored!

Thinking of this, Xia Kucao's heart suddenly softened into a ball of water, and the words unconsciously spoke: "How lonely the master should be!"

After finishing speaking, Xia Kucao was startled, but unfortunately the words that were said could not be taken back, Shi Hanshui raised his eyes and glanced at her, seeing her annoyed look, he did not condemn it, but said: "The most comfortable thing in the heart of an immortal cultivator is loneliness, and the biggest enemy is also loneliness, loneliness has followed the teacher for hundreds of years, and it has long been integrated into the bone marrow, it is not such a scary thing, on the contrary, the master and loneliness have become friends, and they are inseparable." ”

Xia Kucao blinked innocently: "So it's not that Master doesn't like to be disturbed, but your friend is lonely and afraid of being disturbed, and he doesn't want to leave you, right?"

The light in Shi Hanshui's eyes flashed, now, this loneliness is afraid that it has left him, how can such a noisy person in front of him keep the loneliness?

This opened up another world for him, once from being afraid of loneliness, slowly adapting to loneliness, then enjoying loneliness, and finally being driven away by this worldly mortal sound, which is not a bad feeling.

Shi Hanshui didn't answer that Xia Kucao felt that he had said too much, so he stuck out his tongue and limped out of the cave and returned to the room.

She sat on the windowsill, looking at the full moon outside the window, what did he go through to be able to be with a lonely person? In the past eight years, Master has rarely taken the initiative to talk to her, and for eight years, although she is also like a lonely person, she has never been able to accept it calmly.

Look at the moon, it illuminates the world, day after day, year after year, it never changes, is it lonely?

Master is like the moon, shining brightly, without asking for anything in return, but guarding this side of the world day and night, whether the world understands or not, he is there, his original intention has never changed, and the light makes Xia Kucao's heart warm.

The sound of the piano sounded suddenly, as if in a different world, the rhythm beats, the notes hit the heart of the prunella like a reassuring pill, the piano sound is clean and clear, and the heart is instantly calm, the prunella obediently lies on the bed, chewing the rhythm in his heart, and falls asleep after a while.