Chapter 7: Spiritual Roots
The ancient residence is very large, surrounding the courtyard of Dading, and the teenagers and girls each picked a room to live in.
Whether it is the style of the building or the change of the sun and the moon, this world is not much different from the past, and Lin Shouxi adapts quickly.
Early in the morning, Wang Erguan pushed the door out early, preparing for a new day of hard work, he thought he was the earliest, but found that Lin Shouxi was still sitting on the corridor in a daze.
It's been a night without sleep?
Wang Erguan couldn't tell who was the one who cultivated immortals for a while.
"You should sleep more to recuperate, are you stupid after being hit?" He asked.
Lin Shouxi didn't respond to him, in fact, he really didn't hear Wang Erguan speak, he had already sat and forgotten, and his heart reached a state of misshape, until Xiao He sat down beside him, he didn't leave from this state.
When I opened my eyes, it was already dawn.
The old woman on crutches came to deliver the food as usual, she was hobbling and looked inconvenient with her legs, but the ancient house was surrounded by steep cliffs, and I don't know how she came here.
Wang Erguan felt that she must be a master, so he pretended to be kind and wanted to support the condom, but was pushed away by the old woman, slammed into the wall, and almost fainted.
Afterwards he told them for a long time in horror, that the old woman was a monster and had two full rows of fangs in her mouth.
"What's so scary about youkai." When the four of them ate together, Xiao He said.
"You're not afraid of youkai?"
Wang Erguan didn't believe it, in the past, the little girls in his family could be scared half to death with a ghost story.
"I grew up in the mountains." Xiao He said.
"In the mountains?" Wang Erguan and Ji Luoyang were both a little surprised.
Lin Shouxi didn't know what they were surprised about at first, after all, he also grew up in the mountains, the mountains were lonely and cold, there was a sea of clouds under the blue sky, and it was the most suitable for cultivation.
"Those barren mountains and mountains are not all evil monsters, how did you survive in them?" Wang Erguan felt that she was not simple.
"I was brought up by my aunt." Xiao He took small sips of food and said: "My aunt said that I was originally a young lady from a big family, but I was persecuted by my family for various reasons and was almost killed. ”
"Then your aunt must be a master." Wang Erguan said.
"Well, my aunt is very powerful."
"You were pulled here by the altar, my aunt must be very worried." Lin Shouxi said.
"Hmmm......"
"Don't you have a last name?" Ji Luoyang is also very curious about her life experience.
"My aunt didn't tell me." Xiao He shook his head: "She said, I hope that one day I can return to the family and get my surname back in person." ”
"That's ......"
"That Xiaohe girl, what happened to the fourteen-year-old and eighteen-year-old that day?" Ji Luoyang asked everyone's common doubts.
"This ......" Xiao He was a little cramped, her eyes flashed a few times, and she seemed reluctant to say it.
"Ji Luoyang, you are also from a big family, don't you know this?" Wang Erguan once again flaunted his knowledge, "This Xiaohe girl must have spiritual roots." ”
Spiritual roots?
Lin Shouxi heard this word for the first time, and pondered the meaning of it, Ji Luoyang didn't seem to understand it very well, and also looked at Wang Erguan.
This little fat man crossed his arms around his chest, and after selling it for a while, Guan Zi said: "The spiritual vein is already a gift that is unique in this world, and this spiritual root is an even rarer existence among the cultivators who have the spiritual vein. For example, one of my uncles, unfortunately, was born blind by nature, but fortunately, he was born with the spiritual root of eye. ”
"The Spiritual Root of the Eye?"
"Well, although he is blind, the spiritual root has given him the ability to see the world, not only that, but he is not like ordinary people, who can only see things within his line of sight, he can use the spiritual root of his eyes to see clearly in all directions at the same time, and even some things that ordinary people can't see...... In short, it's amazing. Wang Erguan said proudly.
"What kind of thing is a spiritual root?" Ji Luoyang asked.
"I don't have a spiritual root, how do I know?" Wang Erguan snorted coldly.
"That little girl is ......"
"Miss Xiaohe, huh...... Do you have any spiritual root that can hide from that mantra stone? Wang Erguan asked.
But he felt that it was unlikely, the mantra stone was a treasure condensed by the aura of heaven and earth, even if the great monk who called himself an immortal got married, he had to hold the mantra stone in his hand and read the oath of the Taoist.
"Concealing the Truth Stone?" Ji Luoyang chuckled in his heart.
"No, it's not." Xiao He finally spoke: "I...... I seem to be able to see the future. ”
"See the future?" Everyone was even more surprised.
"Hmm." Xiao He said: "Sometimes, some scenes will flash in my heart, and those scenes have never happened, such as when Yun Zhenren asked me the day before yesterday, I ......."
Needless to say, everyone also knows that at that time, the picture of joining the avenue with the Taoist couple flashed in her heart four years later.
"Do you see the man clearly?" Lin Shouxi asked.
"I ...... Where can I see clearly? Xiao He stopped his chopsticks, and it seemed that he couldn't eat anymore.
"You can ask such an intimate question casually? Haha, you're making other little girls angry again, right? Wang Erguan gloated.
But his smile quickly froze on his face.
I saw that before Xiao He closed the lunch box, she actually sandwiched the few pieces of meat she had left into Lin Shouxi's bowl one by one, and then she stood up and left without saying a word.
The girl walked back into the house and closed the door, the blue hem of her skirt soft as flower petals.
Lin Shouxi looked at the few pieces of meat lying in the lunch box, and also fell silent.
Wang Erguan and Ji Luoyang glanced at each other, as if they understood something.
"I seem to know who Miss Xiaohe saw." Wang Erguan laughed meaningfully.
"I don't think so." Lin Shouxi said.
"What's wrong? How? Are you reserved and shy? Do you want to learn from other girls' families and hide back in the house? Wang Erguan laughed.
Smiling and smiling, he found that Ji Luoyang's face beside him was also a little gloomy.
Wang Erguan was stunned, and then said incredulously: "Do you also like ......?"
"How is that possible?"
"Then you ......" Wang Erguan was even more puzzled.
Ji Luoyang closed the lunch box and said, "I'm going to cultivate." ”
Wang Erguan was stunned, feeling that these people were more or less crazy and couldn't figure it out.
"You can't eat it, do you?" Wang Erguan looked at Lin Shouxi in a daze and asked.
Lin Shouxi nodded, but he ate the meat on the rice before leaving.
Wang Erguan sadly felt that it was very likely that he was the only normal person here.
Regarding the matter of 'foreseeing' the spiritual root, no one mentioned it again after that, but the relationship between Lin Shouxi and Xiao He naturally improved.
They would eat together, meditate together, and sometimes go to the cliff side to see the clouds together.
When they looked at the clouds, Wang Erguan would always point at their distant backs, in fact, they rarely talked when they were together, and most of the conversations were about unimportant topics.
Xiao He often talks about some things she encountered in the mountains when she lived with her aunt. That terrifying mountain that should have been shrouded in demonic energy, but in the mouth of Miss Xiaohe, it was like a colorful hometown.
Lin Shouxi talked about some things when he was a child, and in the process of telling, he would also carefully make some localized adaptations.
He sometimes feels that these stories are actually being told to himself, and that he needs to remember who he is and remember his mission.
When several of them teenagers and girls occasionally get together, Wang Erguan always doesn't forget to tease them, saying that they are not ashamed.
But Wang Erguan's ridicule was very measured, he was afraid that he would be sarcastic and anxious, and the other party was angry and began to practice hard.
He hoped that the dog man and woman would continue to be like this.
Lin Shouxi has long been used to his broken mouth, and he never takes it to heart.
Similarly, he clearly knew that he didn't like Xiao He, and even said that he just didn't reject the other party.
Xiao He is very beautiful, and his childish voice is as brittle as a yellow bird, and his mood will be much more relaxed when he talks to her, and more importantly, he also knows a lot of things in this world little by little from such small talk.
He knew that the people of this world were gathered in the center of the earth, where the sacred mountains were protected, the sacred flames were swirling, and the evil spirits dared to retreat.
And Wuzhu Lake, where they are now, is on a desolate land beyond the protection of the sacred mountain, this land is full of filth, evil spirits, full of dangerous ancient realms, battlefield ruins, evil lair, only a very few people live here.
"What is it that pollutes the earth?" Lin Shouxi asked.
"It's filth." Xiao He explained: "The earth is immersed in countless filth, which are the source of filth, and there are different opinions about the source of filth, and there is no clear conclusion so far. ”
"Filth...... Can't you get rid of it? ”
"It's hard, it's hard." Xiao He sighed softly and said, "Moreover, it's not all bad, after all, the true qi we exhale is what it exudes." ”
Is true qi emitted by filth? Lin Shouxi frowned.
It's just that the source of polluting the earth exudes an aura that can be used for human cultivation, no wonder these aura are so dangerous, if you don't get it right, you will go crazy, it turns out that they grow in the evil soil......
"Huh? Didn't your teacher tell you this? Xiao He looked into his eyes and asked.
"I didn't open the pulse before, and I was just a sweeper in the division." Lin Shouxi rubbed his temples and said, "And...... Maybe I fell too hard before, and I can't remember a lot of things. ”
"That's it......" Xiao He looked at him, pursed his lips and smiled, and said: "You are so good-looking, and sweeping the floor is too wasteful, you should go and recruit female disciples for the master." ”
"Won't this master become a nunnery?" Lin Shouxi occasionally quipped.
"Nunnery? What is that? ”
"It's all women's sects, this is the name of our hometown."
"Oh......" Xiao He suddenly realized, "You are narcissistic." ”
The two laughed together.
Xiao He's smile quickly retracted, she noticed that someone was looking at her back, Lin Shouxi turned back with her, and just saw the old woman who was delivering food walking towards the yard on crutches.
"She walks without a sound." Xiao He said.
"You don't have a sound when you walk." Lin Shouxi said.
"It's not the same. There's a good chance this old woman doesn't have feet. Xiao He said softly, as if he was afraid that the mother-in-law would hear it.
"No feet?" Lin Shouxi frowned and asked, "How can you walk without feet?" Floating like a ghost? ”
"Maybe it's not an old woman walking." Xiao He narrowed his eyes and said, "Maybe it's the crutches that are taking her away." ”
"Walking with her with a cane?" Lin Shouxi felt bizarre.
"Yes, maybe there is an old woman who walks with a cane every day, and after walking for many years, the old woman died, but the crutches gave birth to spirituality, and the crutches did not believe that the mother-in-law was dead, and insisted on walking around with this lifeless body every day, doing what the old woman did when she was alive." Xiao He said softly.
"That's it." Lin Shouxi was slightly dazed.
"I guess."
"Oh......"
"Don't you feel scared?" Xiao He's bright eyes stared at him.
"I'm afraid."
"Hmph, liar."