Chapter 21: Earth, Fire, and Heavenly Pool
Ah Huan staggered to the lake and plunged in. Maybe only in this way can he calm down a little.
The lake around him suddenly condensed into ice, and he froze in one place.
"It's cold!"
Ah Huan felt that he had frozen into an ice lump, and his whole body seemed to be trapped in a huge ice cellar.
From the tips of his fingers to every strand of hair, even the air around him condensed into ice, exuding a chilling air.
He wanted to shout for help, but his lips trembled, his teeth chattered, and even the muscles on his face seemed to have stopped listening to him.
"Huan'er, Huan'er, what's wrong with you...... Wake up! ”
He felt someone shaking his arms, yes?...... Father-in-law?!
"Righteousness...... Father......, hurry... Save... Save me! Ah Huan exerted the best strength of his body, and finally squeezed out a sound like a mosquito from between his teeth.
The man who brought him back jumped into the Earth Fire Sky Pool, holding the shaky Ah Huan with one hand, and stretched out the other hand, probing his seal hall with his thumb, guiding his spiritual power to run.
Ah Huan was able to slowly open his eyes. Looking at the tumbling pool water around him and the golden petals around him, he suddenly remembered that he was now in the Huotian Pool, and he was not the ignorant young man in the dream.
The eyelashes on his eyes can feel unusually heavy when they are lifted upward, it turns out that there is a thick layer of frost, and then look at his father-in-law who heals his wounds, although he is in the same tumbling earth and fire sky pool as him, his beard, eyebrows, and sideburns are also condensed with a layer of frost and mist.
"Father-in-law, what's wrong with me?"
"Huan'er, do you think of the past and recognize your father-in-law?"
Seeing that Ah Huan had changed his address to himself, the man hurriedly asked.
"Then your exercises have also been restored?...... No, this ...... Is this the sixth level? Cold quenching ice fingers? The father-in-law was a little excited, and removed his finger from his seal, and wept with joy, and old tears flowed down his face.
Ah Huan didn't react for a while, he was talking about something, and looked at his father-in-law blankly.
"Huan'er, try it quickly. Gather your spiritual power in your hands! Try to use the Sixth Cold Quenching Ice Finger ......! ”
Although he was still confused and confused, he also obeyed his father's wishes.
Silently reciting in his heart, the sixth Xuanji Ice Spirit Mantra taught by Daddy in the dream realm collected the spiritual power of the dantian in his right hand.
In an instant, Ah Huan only felt that the cold qi around his body gathered in his right hand, and the spiritual power rushed from the dantian to the arm and then into the palm, and finally gathered his fingertips, and suddenly slapped out with a palm!
A sword of ice suddenly drew out from his fingertips, and a "brush" shot out on the shore in front of him, and the lotus cores of several golden lotuses surging from the shore actually broke down and fell into the soil with a brush.
Ah Huan concentrated on his strength, and the chill around him had faded unconsciously.
Soaking in this tumbling pool, Ah Huan felt that the meridians were comfortable, and the spiritual power traveled smoothly, and the painful feeling brought to him by the chaotic string of spiritual power over the years had long disappeared.
"Fortunately, I came just in time, and you haven't been attacked yet...... my father-in-law said with relief.
Ah Huan suddenly remembered that in the dream he had just gotten to the end, it was he and his stepfather who went to Haiyuan Bay to save his mother, and he didn't know what the result was, why his mother was not here now.
Hurriedly asked, "Father-in-law, didn't you take me to my mother back then?" Have you found my mother? Where is my mother kissing her now? I can recall some old things, my grandfather and his old man are okay now? ”
The father-in-law looked at Ah Huan with an ugly face.
His eyebrows furrowed, and the corners of his mouth moved a few times, as if he didn't want to mention those sad pasts.
Then he sighed helplessly and said: "That day, I followed the man into the study, and found his horned bone flute on the desk, which also alarmed him, and was forced out of the study, attracting the siege of his servant Keqing. When I was overwhelmed, I was fortunate to have you summon the demon spirit to help me. After the demons and I dealt with the people in the courtyard, we searched the entire courtyard, and found no trace of your mother. Then I went back to the roof where you were hiding, and you were gone. I was afraid that you had been taken captive and that something had happened, so I searched the vicinity for your whereabouts.
Fortunately, when we settled on the lake, we found you frozen in the lake. Presumably because you were eager to help your father-in-law retreat from the enemy at that time, and forcibly cast a spell that led to the backlash of the ice. By the time your stepfather finds you, the cold has soaked into your limbs. Later, when I took you out of the frozen lake, you were already in a state of confusion, blocked in your spiritual veins, and in great danger. ”
"Huan'er, that day, I saw that you had gone mad, and the situation was very critical, so I had to ban you, and use the Nine Mysterious Illusions to ban your spells and memories, thinking that I would quickly take you back to the Fire Heaven Pool in the Yushan Peak Realm and then untie it for you."
"Then how did I end up in the Central Plains?"
Ah Huan was puzzled, according to what his father-in-law said, he should grow up here with his father-in-law in the future, how could he be exiled to Langyue Palace again?
"I took you for a few days, and I found that your body was getting weaker and weaker, and the cold was very bad. In my early years, I once heard the old man say that in ancient times, there was a kind of wandering bird, which often appeared at night, its eyes were like torches, which could refine pills to improve cultivation, and also dispel cold and poison, so I placed you in a cave to find the descendants of the ancient divine bird for you.
After searching for a day and a night, but not finding the wandering bird, I thought that you would come out to look for me when you woke up alone, so I hurried back to the cave where you were hiding.
By the time I get you some food, you'll be out of the cave when I get you some food. In the past ten years, I have searched all over the Central Plains to find the whereabouts of my sister and you.
Finally, the emperor has lived up to his wishes, and now I have finally found you!
Now that you've lifted the ban, you're finally able to remember your father. And the exercises have been refined again, this time, I am finally worthy of the old man who respected him. ”
The father-in-law held Ah Huan's hand, old tears flowed, and Ah Huan also had mixed feelings in his heart.
"What about my grandfather? How is he now? I want to see my grandfather! ”
Knowing that something had happened to his parents, the only one he had left was his grandfather, and Ah Huan couldn't wait to see his old man.
Hearing Ah Huan's question, the father-in-law suddenly knelt down on his knees in the direction of Yushan Mountain in the northwest: "Master respects him...... He...... He had already gone first. ”
The father-in-law was full of guilt: "It's me who is sorry for the master!" …… I couldn't find my sister, and I lost you again. When Shizun learned that you and your sister were in the Central Plains, and their whereabouts were unknown, how anxious they were, but they were tired of their bodies and couldn't go to the Central Plains in person. Then he sent a message and ordered me to continue searching. Since then, I have followed my master's orders and stayed in the Central Plains to find the whereabouts of your mother and son. A year later, I received the last message from my master, in which he instructed me: I must find you and my sister, otherwise he will not be able to turn a blind eye when he dies! ”
The stepfather wiped away a handful of tears and continued: "I don't feel right, so I hurried back to the peak. At that time, although the master respected him to the ninefold exercises, he had to endure the backlash of Xuan Bing day and night, and he was already terminally ill, how could he withstand the blows one after another. When I went back, the master was already immortal, and a few of the children who were with me had already gone their separate ways after taking care of the master's funeral. Now, this huge Shangyu realm is deserted, and I am the only one left. ”
Ah Huan listened, and felt sad in his heart.
Hurriedly walked out of the heavenly pool, put on the clothes that his father-in-law had prepared for him to put on the shore.
"Father-in-law, let's go and pay homage to my grandfather!"
The kind old man in his memory is now buried alone in the depths of Yushan, since he has come back and remembered it, how can he not visit?
Ah Huan and his father-in-law brought some sacrificial incense and candles out of Shangyu Realm and went to the back mountain of Yu Mountain to pay tribute to their grandfather.
Ah Huan wanted to rebel against his father's injuries, and asked as he walked: "Father-in-law, didn't you say that I should heal my own wounds, and you should also retreat to heal my wounds?" Why did you get out of the country so quickly when I was in danger? How are you injured? ”
The father-in-law pointed to a small wooden house by the Earth Fire Sky Pool, "My injuries are no longer in trouble. I don't worry about you, I've been there all the time, protecting the Dharma for you. Sure enough, if I hadn't been there today, even if you had cultivated to the sixth level of the Xuanji Ice Spirit, you would have to suffer from it, and like me, you would suffer from it for the rest of your life. I think I'll wait until you're familiar with the situation in the Peak, and everything is on the right track, and then it's not too late for me to retreat. ”
"Oh, I see." Only then did Ah Huan know that when he was in the soup pool, his father-in-law had always been by his side to protect him.
"Huan'er, where have you been all these years? I've searched the Central Plains, but why haven't I found your whereabouts? Also, who are those people who want to hurt you? The father-in-law finally remembered to ask Ah Huan about his experience in the past ten years.
Ah Huan wanted to open her mouth to tell him about her experience in the past ten years. But when I thought of the ruthlessness of the ancestor to him in the end, and even wanted to kill him, I am afraid that talking too much will cause misunderstanding of my father-in-law, and it will be even more difficult to see Miss Ling'er in the future.
said lightly: "That's Ah Huan's fault, they picked me up and took me in and raised me for ten years, and the grievances and grievances there have passed with my departure." Father-in-law, I don't want to talk about it again. ”
While Ah Huan and her father-in-law were talking, there was a burst of laughter like silver bells at the intersection of the west side, and the two little girls ran over while talking and laughing.
It should be a master who walked in front of him, and when he looked up and saw his father-in-law, he hurriedly came over to give a salute: "Uncle Yu, you are back, my niece and nephew will greet you."
Ah Huan looked at the little girl, dressed in green, fresh and refined.
With a double bun on his head, each with a golden step shake, and the tassels hanging on both sides swing back and forth, lively and cute. His complexion seemed to be a little too white, and he lined a small cherry mouth even more red, and a pair of big black eyes were looking at him curiously.
Ah Huan only felt that this girl was a little familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere.
I thought about it again: although I was born here and has lived here for a while since I was a child, I have been living in the Central Plains for nearly ten years, and the little girl in front of me looks like she is only fourteen or fifteen years old. Even if I had seen her before, she was only three or four years old, so how could she remember?
"What's the matter, the elegant girl has come to pick the lotus core by our Earth Fire Sky Pond again? Are you getting better? The father-in-law smiled at the little girl and replied.
"Thanks to you, Uncle Yu, my niece is still in good health. Uncle Yu, who is this brother yours? In the past, when you came back, you didn't see you take people from outside back to Shangyu Realm? ”
This little girl, whom her father-in-law called Qingya, was looking at Ah Huan and asking his father-in-law.
"He's ......, and he's not an outsider. He...... He was my apprentice five years ago, and this time he was slightly injured, so I took him back to the Earth Fire Heavenly Pool to recuperate. ”
"And what's his name? What should I call this son?"
"You call him...... Huan ...... Brother! The father-in-law paused slightly, "When I met him, he was seriously injured and unconscious, and he lost his memory after being rescued, and I don't know who his surname is, I also saw that he was the same age as your uncle's Qinghuan brother, so I named him Yu Huan, my Shimen Yu family has no successor, so I simply accepted an apprentice for Shizun, and left him as my closed disciple, so as to continue the incense of Shangyu Realm." ”