Chapter 9: The Netherworld
"Don't be discouraged, that black-eyed chicken doesn't know what to do, not to mention that we are human, when will it be a brute's turn to point fingers?"
After Yun Zhenren left, Wang Erguan comforted him with false affection.
"I'm not discouraged." Lin Shouxi said.
On the contrary, he was more curious about his origin, and he knew that the fear in the white sparrow's pupils stemmed from the white pupil black phoenix sword scripture in his body, the black phoenix ...... What does this have to do with the legendary white phoenix here?
"It's good that you're not discouraged." Wang Erguan was a little unhappy, and he said a few more perfunctory words: "Yun Zhenren also said just now, the trip to the avenue, we have just started, and then the road is ......long."
Xiao He couldn't stand it anymore, she walked over, pulled Lin Shouxi's sleeve, and said, "Let's go, we don't listen to the beast's fingers." ”
"You!" Wang Erguan's face flushed, and then he said to himself: "Hmph, I performed the best today, you must be jealous of me, Young Master Ben is too lazy to care about you in general." ”
Today's assessment has ended, and the last thunder scared everyone, Yun Zhenren pinched his fingers and calculated, but he didn't figure out the origin of this thunder, just a coincidence.
Before leaving, Yun Zhenren wrote a few more scriptures for cultivation, and the scriptures were written on the courtyard wall, and the importance was from high to low.
In everyone's eyes, Lin Shouxi, who failed to make the white sparrow speak, performed the worst, but Xiao He still liked to stick to Lin Shouxi.
"Miss Xiaohe will never give up." Ji Luoyang said with a smile.
"Hmph, I think that little girl is just interested in seeing it, and when I lose weight, she will definitely look better than him!" Wang Erguan said indignantly.
"I don't think Lin Shouxi is a little white face, his martial arts moves are very solid." Ji Luoyang put away his smile.
"You seem to have a good relationship with him lately?" Wang Erguan narrowed his eyes.
"The inheritance of the gods is imminent, he is talented, but he is seriously injured and difficult to heal, even so, he still has no self-pity, he is a very good person." Ji Luoyang said.
"Heh, I think he's just pretending to be calm, and when he goes back to the room alone, he may be crying." Wang Erguan has a lot of opinions about Lin Shouxi.
He also observed the martial arts competition between Ji Luoyang and Lin Shouxi, although it was only a fight of moves, but he was knowledgeable, and knew that Lin Shouxi was very accomplished in martial arts, and he was also very ashamed to ask him for martial arts, who knew that Lin Shouxi only replied with two words "forgot".
This made him resentful and angry for a long time.
In fact, Lin Shouxi really forgot that from the moment he learned the White Pupil and Black Phoenix Sword Sutra, all the previous martial arts faded away.
He couldn't remember any of the moves, but these moves had been refined into instinct by the Sword Sutra.
In the next few days, they were all studying the mental method left by Yun Zhenren.
This method of mind is divided into three parts: body refining, spirit training, and general knowledge.
This is the most basic and effective method of mind, which strengthens the body and mind, and enhances perception.
In addition to these three parts of the mental method, Yun Zhenren also left three useless small spells for them to learn to relieve their boredom.
These three small spells are to ward off cold, clear water, and make enemies.
As the name suggests, it is to dispel the cold, but now it is summer, and it is extremely hot, and there is no cold to drive away. The word "water" is easy to understand, but the ancient court is surrounded by cliffs, and the big lake in front of them has dried up, where is the water for them?
Enemies are unleashed hostility and make nearby enemies want to attack them.
But they have not been cultivating for a long time, and when they encounter an enemy, they are afraid that they will not be able to avoid it, so how can they use this spell that is deliberately begging?
Overall, none of these three spells are useful, but they're obscure and hard to learn.
In the words of Yun Zhenren, this is just for them to test their learning talent in addition to laying a solid foundation.
Lin Shouxi had only read all of these mental tips on the first day, and had not looked at them since.
Xiao He accompanied Lin Shouxi to walk around.
It's Ji Luoyang and Wang Erguan, these two seem to be secretly competing.
"Why do you always look at this cold warding exercise? What's the use of this breaking exercise, it's a waste of time to learn it. Wang Erguan asked Ji Luoyang curiously.
"There is a deep meaning for real people to leave them." Ji Luoyang said.
"What does it mean?"
"Is it still called deep meaning that can be easily understood?"
"Hmm...... Reasonable. Wang Erguan muttered to himself, and said: "But now it's so hot, I feel irritable when I see the word "cold repellent", this kind of spell is hard to practice, and the use is still small, it really doesn't make much sense, and it's not too late to practice it in winter." ”
"It's up to you whether you practice or not." Ji Luoyang said lightly.
At night, Wang Erguan couldn't sleep, so he came to the wall overnight and began to practice the cold repellent exercises.
Two days later, Wang Erguan ran to Ji Luoyang sweating profusely, and said proudly: "Hahaha, this cold exorcism technique is nothing more than that, I have already achieved great achievements!" Come, let's compare! ”
"Oh, I didn't practice." Ji Luoyang said.
"What?!" Wang Erguan was shocked: "Then what do you think it's for?" ”
"Just to see, to see if I can touch something bypass." Ji Luoyang said: "I didn't say I was practicing." ”
"And what have you been doing these two days?" Wang Erguan asked.
"Laying the groundwork." Ji Luoyang said calmly.
Wang Erguan's chest was thrust, "You are sick!" ”
Compared with the hard work inside the house, the courtyard outside is quite foggy and quiet.
Lin Shouxi was still sitting on the edge of the cliff with Xiao He, looking at the hazy and endless dry lake, silent.
After a long time, Xiao He spoke, and the first sentence shocked Lin Shouxi's heart.
"That bird that day, in fact, it was afraid of you." Xiao He said: "It flows with the blood of a white phoenix, but it is so afraid that it doesn't dare to speak." ”
"......" Lin Shouxi thought for a while and said, "You should have read it wrong." ”
"You can't go wrong." Xiao He said: "I grew up in the mountains since I was a child, and I am close to the birds, although it is a little far away, but I can detect the emotions of the birds. ”
"And what do you think?" Lin Shouxi asked.
"I don't know." Xiao He shook his head and said, "Although I don't know what your background is, at least, you are special." ”
"You're special too." Lin Shouxi said.
"I ...... Nothing. Xiao He closed his eyes.
Lin Shouxi looked at the straight and steep cliff below and asked, "Aren't you afraid?" ”
"I'm scared." Xiao He said timidly.
"Why do you want to come here every day to accompany me when you're afraid?" Lin Shouxi asked.
"Because you're here." Xiao He said as a matter of course.
Lin Shouxi stopped talking, Xiao He leaned on his shoulder and slowly fell asleep.
In her sleep, her slender shoulders trembled slightly, her thin lips opened slightly, and she said in a dream: "Auntie...... Cold. ”
Lin Shouxi's fingers tapped the void and used the 'cold ward' technique to help her dispel the cold, and then took off his Dao robe and put it on her.
As if the soft part of her heart had been touched, Lin Shouxi looked at her and rarely stopped practicing.
The delicate body under the girl's cotton skirt was as wonderful as the condensation of clouds, and he couldn't help but think of the young lotus, but he couldn't tell for a while whether the lotus flower was growing in a pond or in the snow.
"Is it really me that you foresaw that day?" Lin Shouxi asked softly.
The girl was already asleep and could not hear his question.
Lin Shouxi suddenly felt that if this little girl was accompanied by him, it seemed to be very good.
Before I knew it, another three days had passed.
Three days later, Yun Zhenren came again, and he checked everyone's cultivation progress, among which Wang Erguan was the fastest.
He took Wang Erguan away alone.
Wang Erguan understood very well that this was Yun Zhenren's focus on cultivating himself, he followed behind Yun Zhenren, looking very humble, but in fact, he was so excited that he got carried away.
Yun Zhenren took him away from this cliff and came all the way to a foreign mansion of the Wu family.
The outer house was gloomy, and the huge eaves resembled a hat, pressing out a large shadow, and under the eaves floated several bird cages, among which were red-eyed finch.
"Go in and pick up a magic artifact or cheat." Yun Zhenren said.
"Can you pick anything?" Wang Erguan asked.
"Well, this is the treasure pavilion of the Wu family, and the real treasures in it can't even be controlled by me, if you have the ability, you can take it yourself." Yun Zhenren said coldly.
"The true humane law can't be controlled by the sky, where do I get the ability?" Wang Erguan said flatteringly.
Yun Zhenren was indifferent and speechless, stretched out his finger and drew a talisman on the door.
The door opens.
What came to his face was not jewelry, but a suffocating sense of depression.
Wang Erguan cautiously walked into the house, he felt something grab his heart, the deeper he went, the heavier this feeling became, he was sure that if he dared to break into the depths, his heart would burst and die.
Wang Erguan turned around for a long time, he thought that he couldn't do swordsmanship, and he took a famous sword and a famous sword. If you take the spell cheats, you have to spend time and practice, and it's not worth it.
Then take a magic weapon, and don't lose anything.
Wang Erguan chose a ring, which was inlaid with red pearl and jade, and when it was urged by mana, it could shoot rockets unexpectedly.
Wang Erguan wanted to take some small magic weapons again, but as soon as this idea came out, he felt like a knife.
He was so frightened that he quickly cut off his thoughts.
Finally walked out of the pavilion, Wang Erguan saw that there was an old man rickety in front of Yun Zhenren.
"What's going on again?" Yun Zhenren asked.
"Preparatory Master...... Died last night. The old dwarf said cautiously.
A pre-master is also a type of wizard whose job is to measure the future.
"If you're dead, you're dead, that old woman went crazy fifteen years ago, and she has been talking crazy all these years, and it's quiet to die early." Yun Zhenren said indifferently: "She didn't say any more nonsense before she died, right?" ”
"Before the death of the pre-master, he did take another hexagram. She, she also asked me to ...... "the old dwarf is stumbling."
"Let you pass the word to me?" Yun Zhenren asked.
"Clever calculations."
"What did she say?"
The old slave glanced at Wang Erguan and stopped talking.
"He is the future servant of the eldest prince, but it doesn't hurt for you to say it." Yun Zhenren said.
Yun Zhenren cultivated me, originally to select a divine servant for the eldest prince, and the status of the eldest prince should be the highest among the several young ladies of the son......
Wang Erguan was thinking, but the old slave opened his mouth quietly, he seemed to imitate the appearance of the crazy woman before he died, his pupils were white, and his pupils kept trembling, like a buzzing fly, and the hoarse and ugly voice was like a dying crow:
"The presidium said that you will be killed soon, and she is waiting for you in the netherworld."