The two had lunch and wandered on the street for a long time before returning home, and unexpectedly met Xichen and Qingdai, who had returned from the temple, in the foyer.

"General, Madam!" Zi Ni greeted the two with Xiaomei, and without waiting for Xichen to speak, she turned around and walked towards her small courtyard alone.

Xi Chen looked at her back steadily, and intuitively felt that something was wrong with this Zi Ni. If Zi Ni's eyes looking at her in the past had too much enthusiasm, expectation and disappointment, then today's Zi Ni's eyes are nothing. Yes, it's nothing! Today, Zi Ni's eyes are so hollow, looking over herself, it is like looking at the void where no one is looking. Only when looking at Qingdai, I stopped a little, but it was only for a moment.

"This Zini girl......" Qing Dai saw Xi Chen looking at Zi Ni's back in a daze, and sighed in her heart, Xi Chen's dedication to herself, Qing Dai is knowing. But after all, this holy daughter Zini was rewarded by the emperor, so she stayed in the mansion for no reason, without a name, and without a round house, Xichen was because she failed her after all.

How did Qing Dai know that Xichen was hiding something from herself in this matter? If she knew that Dao Zini was not rewarded by the emperor, but Xichen asked to marry; If she knew that the fresh deer blood she had drunk in the past four years was not deer blood, but Zini's blood; If she knew that it was not the Bodhisattva who saved her, but Zi Ni, how should she feel?

That night, Zi Ni remembered a lot of the past.

As a child, Zini was trained at the temple with a group of girls about the same size. Not to mention that since I was a child, I was forced by the elders to drink some strange herbs every day and soak in a medicinal bath for an hour every day, so I said that I practiced dancing, read books, and studied pharmacology every day, and there was no time to play at all, and many children of the same age couldn't stand it.

But in the temple, they lived in a spacious room, slept in a large Nanmu bed, wore silk and satin, ate delicacies from the mountains and seas, and were held as a treasure before and after, Zini felt very happy.

At that time, the saint was not yet thirty years old and was also a teacher for the children. She looked very thin and pale, and every time she taught these little candidates, she smiled shallowly, gentle and beautiful. Zini has always worshipped and admired her as an idol, and she is bent on becoming her successor.

Many children are tired from studying during the day and rest early at night, but Zini always works hard in her room, either practicing dance, or reading quietly and pondering pharmacology. Her talent and hard work make her stand out from all the children and are highly sought-after.

On the first full moon night after her seventh birthday, Zini was taken by the elders and her teacher outside the stone room where the python lived. The elder asked Zi Ni to lift her long sleeves and put her arm into a small hole in the door of the stone chamber. The elder took out a jade flute and blew it.

It's a mysterious tune, with a low tune, like crying and whimpering, more like calling for something. Zini was a little dazed and looked up at the teacher, who held her tightly in his arms.

I don't know how long later, a small voice appeared on the side of the stone room, Zini was listening intently, and suddenly felt a cold thing wrapped around her arm in the cave. She panicked and was about to withdraw her hand, but the teacher said, "Zini, don't be afraid, this is a python testing you." If you want to become a true saint, you must pass this test. ”