Qi Jing and Qi Han saluted their father together.

It is the heaviest gift.

First to the ground, then to kneel, knock.

I stood aside, my mind mixed.

This kind of ritual is not only to worship my biological parents, my teacher - I haven't seen it for a long time. Even if they greet their aunt together during the New Year, they are just kneeling and knocking.

Until they stood up straight, my father was silent.

He looked at Qi Jing and Qi Han seriously, with a sense of scrutiny and evaluation in his eyes.

"You're all swordsmen?"

"Yes," Qi Jing said, "I practice the Wind Sword Technique, and Qi Han practices the Qingshui Sword Technique." ”

Father nodded: "It's all from the Southern Sect...... How many powers do you have? ”

Qi Jing showed a look of shame: "The junior is reckless, and he only cultivates to the fifth level. ”

Qi Han said: "The juniors only cultivate to the fourth level. ”

I'm a complete amateur in swordsmanship, but I also know that their kung fu is still among the younger generation.

Father nodded: "At your age, it's a rarity. ”

He pointed to a small door behind him, "Go in and have a look." ”

Qi Jing and Qi Han were extremely surprised, but they didn't say anything, and responded very respectfully: "Yes." ”

Pushing open the small door, I couldn't hide my surprise.

This courtyard is an ordinary guest house, and there shouldn't have been a door here.

Now not only is there an extra door out of thin air, but there is also a ...... behind the door

I wonder where this came from.

I turned my head to look at my father.

I know that my father's cultivation in illusion is unfathomable, but I know ...... It's a completely different thing from seeing it with your own eyes.

Behind the door was an open empty house, extremely high and wide, except for this one, which was completely enclosed inside. Not even a single window.

"Let's go inside."

Qi Jing and Qi Han glanced at each other, Qi Jing walked in first, Qi Han glanced back at me, and also walked into the door.

The door closed again.

The father said, "They can't get out for a while. ”

I couldn't help but ask, "What's in there?" ”

Father smiled slightly: "It's the Stone Man Formation." ”

Stone Man Formation?

Isn't that one of the nine famous phantom arrays that have been lost in legend?

"It's good for them to practice swordsmanship." Father's hand beckoned, and the teapot slowly rose, pouring water into the teacup, as if an invisible servant was pouring tea and water.

Speaking of which, that mysterious servant of my father doesn't know where he is now.

That guy always gave me a ...... A feeling that is both familiar and unfamiliar.

I must have seen him before.

Maybe. Once upon a time he was a member of the family?

Tea smoke curls and moisture slowly rises and diffuses.

"Relive your life, you're still on this path." The father's voice was calm: "There is something. Even if you experience the cycle of life and death, it will not change. ”

My hand rests on my other wrist.

There's that red thread tied there.

Maybe it's my delusion, I feel like it's heating up slightly.

"Why, you still chose illusion in this life?"

I remembered the first time I saw Mrs. Bai Wan and Ji Yu: "No, it was illusion that chose me. ”

My father moved the teacup closer to me: "These two cups of tea." Which cup is fake? ”

I was stunned.

I couldn't feel it, and my father nodded and said, "Taste it." ”

The two cups of tea are as warm as the tea, the tea is fragrant and rich, and the taste is soft and thick, like honey.

It is an excellent tea.

I shook my head in confusion: "I can't taste it." ”

The father smiled: "Both glasses are real. ”

"Truth and illusion, fiction and reality. I've been pondering the mysteries of this for hundreds of years. The legend of Yu Baiping and Zhen Hui back then, I inquired carefully, and I didn't ignore the false and absurd statements. Either way. In the end, the dragon that Zhen Hui conjured up was undoubtedly real. ”

I held my breath nervously.

I don't know why my father suddenly brought this up.

But I've always been puzzled by this.

Illusion, no matter how spiritual it is, remains the same from beginning to end. It's a magic word.

If that legendary illusion master can really conjure a real dragon......

"I don't understand, do you?" The father touched the teacup in his hand: "I don't understand it either." For a long time, I thought that legends must be false. ”

"Do you remember that pearl?"

I lowered my head, my palm slowly spread, and two beads were suspended in the palm of my hand, and the two beads were like two flexible little fish, intimately next to each other, dripping and spinning.

"This is said to be something left by Zhen Hui back then."

I was shocked.

There's a lot of mystery in this thing, I know.

But I didn't expect it to be so big.

"I'm guessing you've discovered that this bead can see through everything that the eye can't see. Whatever stands in the way of it, it is as if it did not exist. ”

"Yes."

I've found out.

There are other uses for this bead. For example, everything created by illusion, no matter how subtle, can be seen through in its reflection.

But is that all?

"But have you thought about it, that's all, then this bead only needs the virtual one, what can the real one do?"

That's right!

No matter what you see through, it's through the void.

What about the real one?

Isn't it useful to exist?

Phantom pearls, phantom have, really? What does it really mean?

"Father, do you know?"

He shook my head in surprise: "No, I didn't do it. ”

I hung my head in disappointment.

"But, you should."

Father's fingers rubbed lightly over the edge of the teacup. His fingers were slender and white, and the slowly moving fingertips seemed to draw a circle of mystery.

My father can't figure it out, how can I?

Whether it is skill, knowledge, experience...... I'm no match for my father.

"There's one thing you've experienced and I haven't."

I blinked, a little puzzled.

But then I realized what my father was talking about.

I...... Experienced a death.

Everyone will be like this, there is life and there is death.

But I'm afraid that there is no one around, and after death, I will live again.

"But I don't remember......"

"You'll remember." My father's hand gently stroked my forehead: "Definitely." Those things are hidden in your heart, don't be anxious. ”

I nodded and glanced at the door.

The father smiled and said, "Don't worry, more experience is only good for them." If you don't dare to get hurt, how can you have a deeper understanding? I think Qi Jing's roots are good, but when it comes to understanding, Qi Han is stronger. They are all very good children and have taken good care of you over the years. ”

When I mentioned Qi Jing and Qi Han, my mood suddenly became much lighter: "Yes, my brother and sister have always been very good to me. ”

I don't know much about the Stone Man Formation, but I do know that this formation is controlled by my father, and they will not be in any danger.

I haven't put it away yet, it's floating in the air.

The two beads are pressed against each other, and they are uncertain. (To be continued)