Chapter 9: Temptation
In the mountains, the time of the day always flies by. In the blink of an eye, it was noon. At this time, in the outer area of the back mountain of Zixia Peak, Ye Xiaotian was trying his best to cut down a small tree in front of him, and as he swung his knife on the ground, the small tree that was already broken finally couldn't bear it, and with a "bang", it fell down with a bang.
"Whew!" Looking at the results of his hard work all morning, Ye Xiaotian exhaled a long breath, and couldn't help but feel a sense of accomplishment in his heart, "It seems that I am not weak, hehe, one day, I will be as powerful as Sister Shi'er, and I can cut off a black knotted bamboo with one sword!"
Ye Xiaotian thought happily, and then he casually glanced around, as if he was looking for a place to sit down and rest, but the result seemed to be a little unsatisfactory.
The back mountain of Zixia Peak is an endless woodland, where weeds and trees are overgrown, and the grass is even more uneven, and because of the tall and dense trees, it is difficult for sunlight to shine in here all year round, so the whole grassland is a little damp and cool, and once it rains, the whole grassland will appear even colder, and coincidentally, Zixia Peak happened to have a light rain last night, although it was just a light rain, but the entire grassland was completely soaked, and that kind of cold feeling was naturally unbearable for Ye Xiaotian, who was still a mortalใ
Therefore, this meadow cannot be sitting, but this kind of primeval forest-like woodland is a straight and tall tree except for the grass, and there is really no place to sit except for the grass. At this moment, out of the corner of his eye, he happened to scan something, it was the small, straight green pine that he had cut down after a long morning's hard work, "Hmm, this green pine...... Haha, there it is!" Ye Xiaotian's eyes rolled, as if he thought of something, and then, he walked straight to the green pine, chopping and cutting at it, and after a while, a flat place appeared on the green pine lying horizontally.
Looking at this small flat place, Ye Xiaotian squinted happily, "Hehe, you will be my exclusive seat every day in the future!" patting the small flat place, Ye Xiaotian slowly sat down. Although he had already completed the homework of cutting down trees, it was time to do the homework of carrying water, but Ye Xiaotian had no such plans. Because, when she set off today, Ye Shi'er said that he would wait for her after cutting down the tree, and then there would be important matters to discuss. For Ye Shi'er's orders, Ye Xiaotian naturally didn't dare to disobey them, so Ye Xiaotian chose such a place to rest and began to wait patiently for Ye Shi'er.
However, half an hour passed directly after him. And the whole grove is still the same as it was at the beginning, and there is not even a ghost to be seen. Boredom, he lost the patience to start, and began to complain in a low voice, "Hmph, he said that he would come early and wait for me to finish my homework, but I didn't expect to have to wait so long!" Ye Xiaotian took the firewood knife in his hand and vented fiercely at the grass under his feet. It is estimated that in his eyes, he has already regarded the grassland as Ye Shi'er. Of course, at this time, he is still mostly childlike, but it can't be said that Ye Xiaotian is a vicious person.
At this moment, there was a slight sound of footsteps in the silent woods, although the footsteps seemed abrupt, but the person who came seemed to deliberately suppress the sound, so that the sound was almost inaudible, however, Ye Xiaotian, who was venting, seemed to sense something and stopped the movements in his hand. He stood up, looked behind him, and was stunned.
The footsteps were made by Ye Shi'er, and Ye Xiaotian turned around this time, and just happened to see her moving forward. It's just that her expression at this time was very stunned, as if she had seen something incredible. Moreover, her movements were also frozen there because of Ye Xiaotian's sudden turn around.
"Sister Shi'er, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Ye Shi'er's eccentricity, Ye Xiaotian couldn't help but ask strangely.
"Oh no, nothing...... Hmm, why did you suddenly turn around? It scared me!" Ye Shi'er came back to her senses from her stunned and changed back to her usual expression, she replied, and then slowly walked over and sat on Ye Xiaotian's "exclusive seat".
"Hmm, I heard Sister Shi'er's footsteps, so I turned around!" Hearing this, Ye Xiaotian was stunned for a moment and replied strangely. And after listening to her answer, Ye Shi'er's originally calm expression became a little more solemn.
"Hey, Xiaotian, let me ask you, are you really ...... Don't remember anything from before?" After a moment of silence, Ye Shi'er suddenly turned her head and asked Ye Xiaotian.
"Of course...... Sister Shi'er, why did you suddenly ask about this?" Hearing this, Ye Xiaotian was stunned for a moment, and then asked puzzled.
"Ah, no...... It's nothing!" Ye Shi'er couldn't help but panic, and secretly glanced in a certain direction, but Ye Xiaotian didn't notice all this. Of course, for him now, even if he notices, I'm afraid he won't think much about it!
"Well, Sister Shi'er, you asked me to wait here today, saying that you had something to tell me, now, you should be able to say it!" After a while, Ye Xiaotian suddenly turned his head and said.
"Oh, yes, I forgot, hehe...... I'll tell you a good way to help you exercise, when you pick up water, you ......" calmed down her flustered mind a little, Ye Shi'er smiled, approached Ye Xiaotian, and said softly.
After a while, Ye Xiaotian changed from a blank expression to a surprised expression, he stood up and said strangely: "Sister Shi'er, is this okay? I remember that Brother Qingshan was also ...... when he carried water."
"Don't worry about that stupid guy, that stupid girl your sister Shi'er won't tell him, of course, he is as strong as a cow, and this exercise skill is not very important to him. Ye Shi'er interrupted Ye Xiaotian's words, and seeing that Ye Xiaotian still didn't believe it, she couldn't help but make a straight face again: "What's the matter, you don't even believe Sister Shi'er's words anymore?"
Ye Xiaotian was stunned, hurriedly retreated, and nodded first, and then shook his head. Seeing him like this, Ye Shi'er burst out laughing, but she seemed to realize that this was not good, so she couldn't hold back her smile at the moment, and said vaguely: "I...... I have such a ...... Is it scary? Do you need to go that far?"
Ye Xiaotian was stunned for a moment, only then did he realize that he had unconsciously retreated several steps back. He scratched his head and moved closer.
At this time, Ye Shi'er also stopped laughing, and after glancing at a certain direction again, she said: "Okay, Xiaotian, in the future, you can carry water according to the method taught by Sister Shi'er, and you will definitely get twice the result with half the effort." Well, it's not too early, I still have to rush back to do my homework, you should also go to fetch water early, I guess my brother and they are already there!"
Her figure is very light, like a colorful butterfly. Ye Xiaotian looked at her back, and he didn't feel distracted for a long time, and he always felt that Sister Shi'er was a little strange today, but he couldn't say what was weird. Finally, he let out a sigh of relief, withdrew his gaze from looking at Ye Shi'er, and then slowly left the grove.
The woods were completely silent, and a withered yellow leaf fell from a certain tree, falling on the trunk of the tree that had been cut to the ground where Ye Xiaotian and them had just been.
At this moment, a sudden sound of footsteps sounded, breaking the temporary silence of this grove. The footsteps grew louder, and a hazy figure ran quickly from a distance, and finally stopped in front of the trunk of a fallen tree. The figure gradually became clear, and it was Ye Shi'er, who had already left.
And as she stopped, there was a sudden sound of breaking the air in a certain direction, and a white light flew out from among the trees and stopped not far in front of Ye Shi'er.
Then, the white light gradually dissipated, and only then could the full picture of the white light be discovered, only to see that this was a young man in white, with young sword eyebrows and starry eyes, looking heroic and extraordinary, especially the white long sword under his feet, which added a bit of momentum to him.
At this moment, the white long sword was emitting a faint white light, and the white light attached to the sword body, flowing endlessly. It is estimated that the dazzling white light before came from this sword.
"Senior Sister Ye, you're back!" The man paused in the air for a moment, and then before he could make any movement, the long sword flew up from under his feet and entered the quaint scabbard behind him. And he slowly fell from the sky and landed in front of Ye Shi'er.
"Senior Brother Qin!" Ye Shi'er looked at the person in front of her and greeted with a smile, her face had a pink blush, which she had never seen in Ziyun Residence.
"Senior Sister Ye, is he the little boy you regard as your own brother?" asked aloud.
"Well, his name is Ye Xiaotian, and my brother and I chose this name for him!" Ye Shi'er replied in a low voice.
"Oh, then you must be very concerned about him!" said the man.
"Hmm...... By the way, Senior Brother Qin, you have been observing it for so long, have you noticed anything unusual?" Ye Shi'er responded, paused for a moment, and asked.
โ...... Senior Sister Ye, I have to tell you, I used my spiritual power to probe it just now, and I did sense the kind of demonic aura unique to demon cultivators on him!" After hesitating, the person who came still said in a deep voice after all.
"Oh, is it?Xiaotian, is it really that kind of person?" Surprisingly, Ye Shi'er didn't show any shock, but her bright eyes suddenly lost their brilliance, and even her face became sickly pale!
Seeing her expression, the man frowned, sighed, and said with relief: "Senior Sister Ye, you don't have to be too sad, things are not without room for turning! And Senior Brother Ye is not lying to you as you think!"
Hearing this, Ye Shi'er turned her head and didn't say anything, but her face was a little better.
After a pause, the man said again: "It is true that Senior Brother Ye has demonic qi in his body, but it is also true that he has amnesia, and it is impossible to pretend to be so similar, so although it is possible that he was a member of the Demon Sect before, the mental nature he formed in the Demon Sect before may also disappear with his amnesia!
Hearing this, Ye Shi'er's expression finally became normal, and her eyes regained a little brilliance, she turned around and said with a hint of surprise: "Senior Brother Qin, what you said is true, Xiaotian, weren't you lying to me just now?" But after a while, she seemed to remember something, and her expression became lost again, "However, Xiaotian is still very young, and he has lost his memory, it must be very difficult to live in the world!" Speaking of this, she couldn't help but look at this "Senior Brother Qin" with a hint of hope in her eyes.
The young man shook his head and said with a smile: "Why do you have to live in the world, can't Senior Brother Ye continue to stay in Zixia Peak?"
Ye Shi'er was stunned for a moment, turned around, and said, "Isn't there demonic energy on Xiaotian......'s body? Stay in ...... Zixia Peak?"
Shaking his head again, the man said in a deep voice: "That is when he is discovered by the elders, in that case, Senior Brother Ye will indeed be expelled from the sect and never set foot in the Heavenly Sword Sect." But now only we know about it! if we don't say it, the elders won't know, will they?"
"This ...... Senior Brother Qin, won't you tell the elders that there is something about the demonic qi in Xiaotian's body!" Ye Shi'er was stunned for a moment, and asked with inexplicable anticipation.
"Of course not, I think, since Senior Sister Ye didn't inform the elders on the peak of this matter in the first place, she naturally regarded me as the most trusted person, and your meaning is obvious, that is, you don't want the elders to know about this, right?" The man smiled and said.
Ye Shi'er blushed and nodded.
"In that case, how can I tell the elders about this against your will, wouldn't that displease you, so as long as Senior Sister Ye doesn't want me to say it, I will never say it!" Speaking of this, the man's eyes were filled with inexplicable tenderness.
Ye Shi'er's face turned a little redder again, she lowered her head and said softly, "Then thank you Senior Brother Qin!" After a while, she seemed to remember something again, and said, "But Senior Brother Qin, if one day Xiaotian accidentally discovers that there is demonic energy on his body, what should I do?"
"No!" The man shook his head and said in a deep voice, "I think you should also find out, Senior Brother Ye's qualifications in cultivation are not as good as ordinary people, although this may be because he has cultivated the Demon Sect Evil Law before!"
Ye Shi'er hesitated for a while, wanting to say something, but found that she couldn't say anything, after all, she nodded heavily, and it seemed that her mood had become heavy at this moment.
Keeping Ye Shi'er's expression in his eyes, the man sighed slightly, and continued: "Therefore, it is estimated that the probability that he will build a foundation before the age of sixteen is almost non-existent, and the rules of the sect are there, so once he is sixteen years old and has not succeeded in building a foundation, the sect will forcibly repatriate him down the mountain and enter the worldly life." And then, you will be people of two worlds!"
"People from two worlds?" Ye Shi'er stared into the distance and muttered in a low voice.
"Of course, by then, he will be sixteen years old, and he already has the strength to survive! So, you don't have to worry too much, now, the first thing is to care more about him, let him have more good memories of the present, so that maybe when he recovers his memory, his heart will not be as dark as the demon demon, otherwise, I am afraid that we will fight him with swords in the future. โ
"Swords to each other...... Ye Shi'er stared at the man, her eyebrows were frowning, she was stunned by this seemingly incomprehensible words, and was silent for a long time......