Chapter 14: The Maiden

"You are too reckless, didn't I say that you should tell me first when you hit the foundation? If I arrived a step late just now, what the consequences would be, you should know!" The person who came was the mysterious black shadow that Ye Xiaotian recognized as "Uncle Shi", and he was still shrouded in a heavy black aura as before, so that Ye Xiaotian couldn't see his expression clearly.

It's just that at this time, Ye Xiaotian found that the heavy black qi that shrouded him was not as calm as before, it was actually turbulent, and he didn't know if it was his reckless foundation building that caused his anger. However, he said that he came to visit once a month, but he hadn't been here for a long time.

He didn't know how long he would have to wait, and his longing for Ziyunju was getting stronger and stronger day by day, so he didn't wait any longer, but attacked the foundation alone. He wanted to refute the Black Shadow's words, saying that you haven't been here for a long time, do you want me to wait boredly?

Ye Xiaotian has always been in awe of this "mysterious uncle", and at this time, seeing his black qi rising, he suddenly had no intention of refutating, he just said in a low voice: "I'm sorry, uncle, the disciple knows that he is wrong!"

"I've told you before, although the steps to build the foundation are roughly the same, but the book you cultivate is not ordinary, without me on the side, it will be difficult for you to succeed in building the foundation, you still promised me at the time, but I didn't expect you to be so reckless this time!" The black shadow reprimanded Ye Xiaotian for a while, but when he saw Ye Xiaotian lowering his head and not speaking, he was full of a gesture of admitting his mistake. Most of his anger has disappeared. The tone is also relatively soft.

"I also know that I haven't been here for a long time, but I once said that there are countless disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect, and I can't just care about you. The rest of the disciples also need my guidance. This will naturally take more time, but you shouldn't ...... Forget it, the matter will be in the past, but I warn you here, you must have a great deal of confidence in doing things in the future, otherwise, you will experience the consequences just now!"

"Well, the disciple will definitely do it in the future!" Ye Xiaotian responded.

"Okay, now that you've successfully built your foundation, then you'll be free from now on, and you can go back to find your senior sister!"

"Huh?" Ye Xiaotian was stunned for a moment, and then followed by great joy, "Really, can I really go back to Ziyunju?"

"Well, I know you've always missed your senior sister in Ziyunju, now, you can go back to see her!" With that, with a wave of one hand, the dilapidated wooden door opened, and he pointed outside and said, "After you go out, keep walking forward, about three hundred steps, you can see a light curtain, you can step into the light curtain, you can get out of this forest!"

"Well, thank you uncle, the disciple remembered!" Hearing this, Ye Xiaotian responded happily and walked towards the door, but then he turned his head again and said, "Uncle, won't you come with me?" In his mind, since this uncle was here to guide him in his cultivation, now that he has achieved cultivation, he should naturally go back together. But now it seems that this master has no idea of leaving.

"No, I still have important things to do, so I won't go back with you!"

"Oh!" Ye Xiaotian answered, turned his head, and after walking a few steps, he suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help but turn his head, "Uncle Shi, you once promised, when I successfully build the foundation, you will tell me......" He didn't forget what the black shadow had promised him, and when he succeeded in building the foundation, he told him what he was like before he lost his memory.

But before he finished speaking, the black shadow interrupted him, "Okay, this matter is a long story, I have more important things to do, so I'll go first, and when I return to the sect, it's not too late for you to ask me again!" As he spoke, the figure of the black shadow slowly faded, and this phenomenon Ye Xiaotian was all too familiar, he exclaimed, and ran a few steps, but it was too late, the speed at which the black shadow disappeared seemed to be slow and fast, and when Ye Xiaotian ran closer, he only had time to catch a wisp of breeze.

Looking at the empty right hand, Ye Xiaotian was stunned for a while, he came back to his senses and muttered in a low voice: "Although you only let me call you uncle, in fact, you should be my real master!" He smiled bitterly, obviously he was his master's person, but he didn't even know what he looked like.

After standing in place for a while, Ye Xiaotian finally calmed down, anyway, he could see his uncle when he went back, and now, he finally succeeded in building the foundation and regained his freedom, and he could go back to see the sister Shi'er he missed. At the same time, his success in building the foundation also means that he can stay in Zixia Peak all the time, and being able to stay with Sister Shi'er all the time is the best wish in his heart.

He turned around and glanced at the room, as if to remember the place he had been in for so long. He walked out the door, and outside, there was a clear view, no different from usual, but it seemed precious to him at the moment.

While looking at the scenery on both sides, he followed the path pointed out to him by the black shadow, and walked about three hundred steps, and sure enough, not far ahead, a curtain of light appeared, and the light curtain lay in the middle of the road, blocking his way. It was probably because the black shadow was afraid that Ye Xiaotian would not find out, so he put the light curtain in the middle.

Ye Xiaotian knew this, and he said in a low voice: "Uncle Shi, his old man looks strict, but he still cares about people!" He smiled and began to speed up his pace. However, at this moment, there was a sudden sound of rustling in the grass nearby. Ye Xiaotian couldn't help but look over, only to see a white head slowly coming out of the grass, and then, its whole body was as white as snow.

"Xiaoxue!" Ye Xiaotian called out in surprise, and habitually, he squatted down and stretched out his hands.

What came out of the grass was the only animal friend Ye Xiaotian knew in this place, a rabbit with fur like snow, and Ye Xiaotian also gave it a real name - Xiaoxue. Although most of the time he doesn't call it by this name, he calls it another, more real name - Little Glutton.

The acquisition of this name can be regarded as very well-founded, because every time Ye Xiaotian finishes cultivating and comes to it to talk to him in his spare time, the only thing he does in the grass is to eat. Moreover, it is not yet to eat ordinary things. It was eaten by the spirit grass that cultivators used to refine the spirit pill.

Because of this curiosity, when Ye Xiaotian saw it for the first time, he was deeply impressed by this white rabbit, and after a long time, they became "good friends"!

"What's wrong, are you here to see me off?" hugged the white rabbit Xiaoxue in his arms. Ye Xiaotian asked happily.

Xiaoxue seemed to understand his words, but after he finished speaking, she shook her head.

"Didn't you come to see you off, are you still going to go with me?" Ye Xiaotian raised his eyebrows and asked casually.

And this time, Xiaoxue actually nodded!

"Huh?" Ye Xiaotian was stunned for a moment, "Xiaoxue, do you really want to go with me?"

Xiaoxue nodded again!

Ye Xiaotian thought for a while and said, "However, you little gluttonous rabbit is too picky about eating, if you go back with me, I'm afraid you won't be able to eat so many good spirit grasses!"

This time, Xiaoxue didn't nod right away, but hesitated, of course, only for a moment, and then nodded again.

After receiving Xiaoxue's affirmative answer, Ye Xiaotian was naturally very happy. He stood up with Xiaoxue in his arms and said with a smile: "Since you decided to go with me, then I will take you out to see the world, haha, you will definitely like the outside!" Thinking that he was about to see Ye Shi'er's voice and smile, Ye Xiaotian's whole person also became happy. He ran a few quick steps and stepped directly into the light curtain.

When Ye Xiaotian's figure completely entered the light curtain, somewhere in the forest, there was a sudden strange spatial fluctuation, and then, a black shadow flashed out of thin air, and this black shadow was Ye Xiaotian's "uncle" who had just left. He looked at the position of the light curtain at this time, and muttered: "This time it is really dangerous, I was almost discovered by that group of guys, and fortunately, this kid succeeded in building the foundation, and my matter will be completed, otherwise, running around, it is inevitable that the group of guys will be noticed...... Well, I have to go back and report the progress as soon as possible!" Immediately, a white light flashed in his hand, and a piece of green jade was already in his hand. He knotted a few magic seals with one hand, and then saw a magic circle glowing with a pale cyan light appear on the ground, and dozens of formations of all sizes were engraved in the magic circle, and each formation looked very complicated.

Without stopping, the black shadow stepped directly into the magic circle, only to see that after a flash of light, the black shadow disappeared into the forest. And the magic circle has completely lost its luster. Undoubtedly, this time, the black shadow is the real departure. It's just the way he left, but Ye Xiaotian didn't know.

And at this time, Ye Xiaotian was facing an embarrassing situation.

On a vast and verdant grassland, at this time, it is nighttime, the sky is full of stars, and a full moon hangs high, sprinkling the moon like water. The halo from far and near made the wind on the grassland undetectable, and they swept all the way across the grass from afar, with the fragrance of grass green, hitting the face of a gray-clothed young man.

However, the gray-clothed boy did not respond to the breeze's greeting, he just looked at the figure opposite with a nervous expression, not knowing what he was thinking. And this gray-clothed boy came out of the strange forest, but Ye Xiaotian entered this prairie inexplicably.

At this time, opposite him, a small figure sat down. Under the bright moonlight, Ye Xiaotian, who had already successfully built a foundation, looked at her very carefully. This is a girl who looks twelve or thirteen years old, she is wearing a pure white dress, covering most of her whole body, and a pair of pink and white boots under her feet, adding a touch of cuteness. Of course, the most attractive thing is her delicate jade hands like congealed fat and her delicate face.

Under the delicate white forehead, there are eyebrows like willow leaves, and under the eyebrows, there are a pair of eyes as clear as a pool of water. Although these eyes are in a state of godlessness due to their owners at this time, they can't hide their charm at all.

Small nose, cherry mouth, snow-white jade neck, these places of the girl all reveal perfection. However, there is also a fly in the ointment, that is, the girl's pure white dress is stained with a lot of fine grass, and the green silk is also a little scattered, which looks a little embarrassed.

After a while, the girl's eyes finally gradually regained their brightness, and she finally noticed Ye Xiaotian sitting opposite, and also remembered what happened in a short period of time before. The pink jade face suddenly turned extremely red. She pointed at Ye Xiaotian and said hesitantly, "You...... You...... You ...... "You've been for a long time, but you don't know what to say next."

Ye Xiaotian was pointed at by her, although he was ready to be scolded, but when it came, he still seemed overwhelmed, and sat there, "I...... I...... I ...... for a long time, and I couldn't say anything else. The two were in a stalemate for a while, and finally the girl opposite was so angry that she snorted and suddenly cried.

This made Ye Xiaotian even more flustered, he quickly stood up, walked a few steps quickly, came to the girl, and carefully comforted: "You, don't cry, or, I, I'll give you a blow to dissipate your anger!" He clumsily stretched out his right hand in front of the girl, and then lowered his head embarrassedly.

The girl looked at the immature little hand placed in front of her, she was obviously stunned for a moment, and her crying gradually decreased, Ye Xiaotian, who felt the change, was unconsciously relieved, but it didn't last long, and the girl broke out into a more violent cry, and now Ye Xiaotian could only make a bitter face, completely at a loss.

Secretly glancing at the girl who was already crying and getting carried away, Ye Xiaotian couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "Uncle Shi, didn't you say that you would send me directly to Ziyunju? It's clearly still a grassland, and besides, I just seemed to ...... Hmm, what can I do now?" Ye Xiaotian cried out in his heart, but obviously, it was impossible for the black shadow to answer anything for him.

For this situation, we have to go forward. As soon as Ye Xiaotian entered the light curtain, he consciously closed his eyes. Because he thought in his heart that he only needed to close his eyes and wait for a short time before he could return to Ziyunju, just like the "uncle" who took him into the strange forest at the beginning.

However, this time the situation seemed to be a little different from what he thought, because he did not return to Ziyunju in a short period of time, and it was not as calm as when he came, he felt that an invisible force was pulling him forward, which was different from the last time when he only sensed the changes in the airflow around his body, and this time it was much longer than last time.

Several times, Ye Xiaotian couldn't help but want to open his eyes, but every time he came, he would remember the warning of the black shadow last time, so he endured it, and time passed minute by minute, and Ye Xiaotian kept flying forward monotonously. Finally, driven by curiosity, he opened his eyes, and the sight in front of him made him stunned.

At this time, he was in a circular passage like a time tunnel, with only about ten steps in front and behind him, and the inexplicable suction force came from directly in front of him, pulling him to leap forward.

However, it didn't take long for Ye Xiaotian to observe this circular passage, because, when he opened his eyes, the circular passage seemed to sense something, and suddenly changed, first with a slight tremor, followed by a violent vibration, and finally completely collapsed and disappeared into nothingness. Then, what greeted Ye Xiaotian's eyes was this endless grassland.

When Ye Xiaotian entered the grassland, he really felt how fast he was in that circular passage. Patches of grass swayed in front of him, and the wind almost tore his face apart. This situation caused Ye Xiaotian to have to lower his head to protect his face.

Time passed slowly, Ye Xiaotian felt that his flying speed was gradually not as fast as it began, and the oncoming wind was not so fierce, so he tried to raise his head. However, as soon as he looked up, he was completely stunned, because on the path he was advancing, there happened to be a girl in white standing at this time, staring at him with a stunned face, perhaps she was shocked by the figure that flew inexplicably.

Both of them had forgotten how to avoid it, and so, by coincidence, they collided like this, and even more coincidentally, their lips were pressed together like this. And rolled on the ground several times. During this process, their lips remained tightly cling, and even when they stopped, they did not part.

The soft touch and the unique fragrance of the girl's body made Ye Xiaotian stunned, and he forgot to move away for a while, until there was a pain in his waist, which was the girl twisting it with her hand in anger, Ye Xiaotian came to his senses, his face turned red, and he hurriedly stood up.

The situation after that was the above, Ye Xiaotian looked at the girl who was crying "earth-shattering", completely at a loss. At this time, he didn't know that this encounter would be a turning point in his fate later.