In the end, although Zhishui was Nangong Xiu's granddaughter, she was still punished for cleaning the Spirit Sacrifice Hall for the reason of roaring the synagogue.

Even Qin Ziye felt that this was too favoritism......

The awakening ceremony had to be stopped, the students walked out of the hall one after another, Nangong Zhishui was taken away by Yuan Qi to receive the punishment, and there was no anxiety or guilt on his face, but he followed behind Yuan Qi happily humming a small tune.

Qin Ziye himself followed Nangong Xiu, bypassing the Spirit Sacrifice Hall and coming all the way to the backyard.

He didn't say anything along the way, like a small farmer who had no quarrel with the world came to the big city for the first time, looking east and west.

Nangong Xiu was preoccupied, taking care of himself and leading the way, without saying a word.

Walk through the corridor of the fairy garden and enter a large room.

The whole set of small-leaved rosewood furnishings, a set of delicate tea sets, a picture scroll spread out on the long table, slightly depicting the outline of a woman, and the inkstone on the table has also dried up, I think it was painted a long time ago.

There are a lot of calligraphy and paintings hanging on the four walls, the calligraphy and painting are exquisite, the pen and ink are exquisite, and there must be a history.

A long-tailed bird perched on the windowsill, gray in color, with a withered expression, a sickly look, as if time was running out.

Nangong Xiu sat on the chair, made a pot of tea for himself, took a sip of it, and breathed a long sigh of relief:

"The quality of the water I made myself is not as good as the charm of the mountain spring water, and the tea fragrance is longer. Unfortunately, that's all there is to it. Good tea was wasted in vain. ”

Qin Ziye didn't understand tea at all, tea or anything, and didn't answer.

Nangong Xiu was a little embarrassed, he had been in the habit of chatting with people about tea for a long time, and he unconsciously said:

"That's the rain bird, I call it Xiao Di, and it dies once a year before the summer. ”

Qin Ziye thought he had misheard: "What?

Nangong Xiu shrugged his eyebrows: "That's right, the Zhiyu Bird is an immortal bird that slowly loses its feathers in April and May every year, languishing and waiting to die, and then comes back to life after one night." Usually when it is resurrected, it rains for a whole month. ”

Qin Ziye looked at the bird cowering on the windowsill, he was very curious about the process of the resurrection of the rain bird, which broke the common sense that he had always thought that the dead would not come back to life.

"The rain on the day of the resurrection of the rain bird has always been the best rootless water for making tea, and it can maximize the amount of water in the tea leaves. ”

Nangong Xiu put down the teacup, stood up, and came to the window. One hand gently stroked the lifeless Knowing Rain Bird, and the other hand took Qin Ziye's right hand, as if he was probing something.

Qin Ziye did not refuse.

"It's clear that you've fused a Horcrux into your body. Nangong Xiu used his slender and thin fingers to gently poke the inconspicuous Horcrux mark on his wrist.

"But as far as I know, it's not the Horcrux that you actively awakened, but some reason that caused the Horcrux to merge with you?"

Nangong Xiu summoned out his spiritual power and carefully probed.

"It's supposed to be a symbiotic blood pact. This is a problem, the Horcrux is a spiritual weapon born in heaven and earth tens of thousands of years ago, and it has been passed down from generation to generation. When the old master dies, he will take the initiative to find a new one. But this is a symbiotic blood pact, and it will disappear if you die. ”

Qin Ziye nodded, and told Nangong Xiu in detail about what happened that day, including Lu Ruoqi, who suddenly appeared.

Nangong Xiu's wise eyes flashed with light, and the green tendons on his forehead seemed to indicate that he was thinking fiercely.

"Well, that explains why you're alive in such a violent explosion. Nangong Xiu paused and looked at Qin Ziye and said, "You signed a symbiotic blood contract, and when you signed it, you were protected from harm and destruction by the law. You avoid death, and Horcruxes avoid destruction. ”

Qin Ziye nodded: "Then what's the matter with Lu Ruoqi, I'm in front of me when I wake up." ”

Nangong Xiu was not in a hurry: "That girl, I know something, but since they didn't find it, it means that they agreed to follow you, don't worry." ”

He didn't answer directly, his secretive attitude made him unsure, who were they mentioned by Nangong Xiu?

Although he didn't know the answer yet, no matter what, he didn't believe that the little girl would be bad for him, and that was enough.

"Dean Nangong, Ziye has some questions I want to ask you. ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”

"When I practiced spiritual power, I was never able to incorporate spiritual power into my body, am I too stupid?"

Nangong Xiu put down the hand that was stroking the rain bird, and said with a smile: "Since you have been selected into the academy, it means that there is no problem with your talent." You try to absorb spiritual power, and I'll check it for you. There is a pang in the side room that you can use. ”

Qin Ziye sat on the tuanpu in the side room and entered a meditative state, and in less than half a moment, he felt the spiritual power surging around him.

Tried to attract spiritual power to get closer, but it still didn't work.

Nangong Xiu felt the fluctuation of spiritual power in the air, and his brows furrowed. He didn't speak immediately, and after waiting for a long time, he let out a long sigh.

"If my guess is correct, the spiritual power in your body is absorbed into your body through a Horcrux. ”

Qin Ziye stopped meditating, looked at Nangong Xiu and nodded:

"Yes, but the Horcrux does not absorb the spiritual power in the air, it only absorbs relatively concentrated spiritual energy, such as spirit stones and the like. ”

Nangong Xiu put his right hand behind his back, hesitated slightly, looked at Qin Ziye and said solemnly:

"I've confirmed it again and again, it's indeed a matter of physique, your physique is relatively special, most people will have a certain affinity for spiritual power more or less, the higher the affinity, the faster you absorb spiritual power, the higher your spiritual power will be, and you-"

Nangong took a long breath, his eyebrows solemn:

—is zero affinity. In other words, spiritual power will not actively enter your body. You have to rely on some kind of medium, which is your Horcrux. This is the only way for you to cultivate. ”

Seeing that Qin Ziye's face was a little gloomy, he could somewhat understand his feelings in his heart, and reached out and patted him on the shoulder.

"Don't be discouraged, at least you still have a way to practice spiritual arts. Isn't it?"

Hearing this, Qin Ziye's disappointed mood improved a little, yes, it's not that he can't practice spiritual arts at all. At least I still have Horcruxes to help me absorb them, although in a single way, but it's also a way.

Thinking of this, a worried heart calmed down slightly.

I'll have to collect more spirit stones in the future......

"Dean, I have one more question. ”

Nangong Xiu took a sip of tea and made a slight tone through his nose: "Hmm." ”

"I want to share a branch with my sister, is it okay? she's still too young......" The little girl has almost no ability to take care of herself, and he is worried that she will not be able to adapt to her absence.

Nangong Xiu paced to the window with a teacup, looked at the already rich green scenery in late spring, and smiled: "You don't have to worry about this, I suggest that the little girl go to Lu Yujian to study." ”

Qin Ziye was a little unwilling: "But ......"

Nangong Xiu waved his hand: "After listening to me, I mean let Lu Yujian personally take her as an apprentice, I believe that Dean Lu can teach her a lot of the knowledge she needs." ”

After speaking, he paused, looked into Qin Ziye's eyes and said, "After all, the two of them are a kind of human being from a certain point of view. Maybe she didn't even know it herself. Hehe......"

As if he had found some kind of fun, Nangong Xiu laughed to himself.

"Besides, even if you are in the same branch and there are four people in a room, then you don't want her to live with you. ”

Qin Ziye, who still had some worries in his heart, still compromised, as Nangong Xiu said, he couldn't let the little girl live with other boys.

Qin Ziye thought of the split awakening formation, although Nangong Xiu was determined to be a problem with the formation itself, he knew that it must have something to do with him.

"I'm sorry, I broke the Awakening Array. ”