In the early morning, when Lin Shouxi pushed the door out, he saw that the mountains and stone cliffs in the distance were illuminated into a golden screen, and the snow-white clouds floated from behind the mountain, crossing overhead, like a fish in the deep sea swimming into the sky.

The courtyard was cold and uninhabited.

These days, Lin Shouxi always feels that there is a faint fog in his heart, and now that the rain has passed, the fog in his heart has also dispersed after he saw through Xiao He's 'true face'.

Lin Shouxi came to a waterlogged depression alone and leaned forward.

This is the first time he has taken a serious look at himself since he came to this world.

The long black hair was not tied up, and it was naturally draped on the shoulders, and the cheeks had the unique childishness of a teenager, and there was also a slight, knife-like sharp edge, the eyes were black and white, clear and clear like water, and the white Taoist robe on the cover shook in the water waves, blending with the clouds floating in the sky.

Maybe it's because he's thinner, and he even feels a little strange.

Lin Shouxi watched quietly for a while, and finally smiled softly, his gaze off the water, and put it farther away.

The appearance of the giant lake is a little clearer, there is still water evaporating in the center of it, a large amount of white gas is emitting, black birds are hovering above the lake, Lin Shouxi is looking up sideways, and even a corner of the Wu family's mansion can be vaguely seen.

Behind him, the ancient courtyard hung lonely over the cliff, like a row of decaying trees that were about to be torn apart by frequent storms at any moment.

Lin Shouxi took a deep breath, feeling the reality that the world had given him.

Soon after, Wang Erguan pushed the door out, this little fat man is always very diligent, and early in the morning, he came to the wall where the heart method was written, sat down like Yun Zhenren, and cultivated with his head held high.

When Lin Shouxi returned to the courtyard, Wang Erguan was a little surprised.

"Why did you wake up so early today?" Wang Erguan asked, "Wouldn't it be to start practicing hard?" ”

"I suddenly got sick yesterday, and I have been a little scared, and I always feel that I can't open my eyes as soon as I close them, so I can't sleep well." Lin Shouxi shook his head and said.

"That's it." Wang Erguan was psychologically balanced.

Ji Luoyang soon pushed the door out, this young man with a cold face when he first met seemed to be the most amiable at the moment, and the relationship with the two of them was not bad.

"How's the bones?" Ji Luoyang asked.

"If an old injury is not healed and a new injury is added, how good can it be?" Lin Shouxi said helplessly: "I don't have any hope anymore. ”

"You're not like someone who just gives up." Ji Luoyang said with a smile.

Wang Erguan also snorted coldly: "I think the more people who are light and light on the surface, the more important they value everything in their bones." ”

Lin Shouxi smiled indifferently and did not refute.

Ji Luoyang also sat down by the wall and meditated and practiced.

"How's your practice of warding off the cold?" Wang Erguan boasted: "My water dispelling technique has to be practiced." ”

"We're just getting started." Ji Luoyang shook his head and said, "You are indeed extremely talented in cultivating spells, and I am not as good as you." ”

"Can't you practice the art of keeping away the cold so easily?" Wang Erguan said with a smile: "Then the gap between us will only get bigger and bigger, this is what your martial arts foundation can't fill." ”

This sentence was not only said to Ji Luoyang, but also to Lin Shouxi.

But after Wang Erguan finished speaking, he looked behind him, but found that Lin Shouxi had disappeared at some point, and he didn't hear his ridicule at all.

"What's the use of blindly evading?" Wang Erguan snorted coldly with disdain.

……

Lin Shouxi's door was closed, and the handsome young man was dressed in a white robe and sat quietly on the bed.

Yesterday, in order to deceive Xiao He and let Wang Erguan keep the prophecy of the prophet, he pretended to be sick, and in the process of this illness, Ji Luoyang and Wang Erguan did not fall into the well too much, and even gave him some true qi.

Although these true qi were far from enough, they also promoted the healing of his injuries.

This also inspired him to deceive others into their true anger. Of course, the only person here is Xiao He.

Lin Shouxi didn't want to do this for the time being, he used the method taught by Luo Shu to run the true qi, and found that the pain in his body had dissipated a lot, he breathed a sigh of relief, calmed down his body and mind, and began to continue to comprehend the White Pupil Black Phoenix Sword Sutra.

He looked at the white finch that day, and the white sparrow's reaction gave him a lot of confidence in this swordsmanship.

When he was a child, before Lin Shouxi learned this sword scripture, the master once took him to the back mountain and saw a stone tablet.

The stele has gone through wind, frost, rain and snow, and is old and mottled, and the handwriting on it is crooked, not like a human writing.

Master said that the following content is the origin of the black phoenix:

"The black phoenix is the lord of the Skyclave, born from the water, formed by the wind, the thunder and fire of the sky and the earth, the light of the clouds is the eyes, the vibration of the heavy heaven and the void, the three nirvana, burn the bones and blood, cut off its shadow, and become immeasurable."

"Is this a myth?" Lin Shouxi asked.

"Maybe it's true."

"Black Phoenix...... But there is no record of it in the Book of Mountains and the Book of Seas. ”

"The true deity is not trapped in the human word, for it is itself one of the primordial symbols." Master said.

Lin Shouxi didn't understand it very well, so he asked: "There are nine layers in this sword scripture, what are the differences between these nine times?" ”

"The water, the wind, the thunder, the fire, the clouds, and the light are the first six layers, and after cultivation, you can have the power to dominate these elements, and the next three are the breaking of the sky, nirvana, and extinction, and their power is immeasurable." The master recounted what the patriarch had heard in his dreams.

"Is that amazing?"

"Of course, in the future, if you encounter problems with your cultivation, just ask Master."

"Okay."

A few years later, Lin Shouxi successfully cultivated to the eighth level, and he asked the master curiously: "I have cultivated to the eighth level, but don't say that I have broken through the void and nirvana, I don't even feel the power of the first six realms, is this ...... What's going on? ”

"For the teacher is only sixfold, you ask me?" Master is right.

To this day, Lin Shouxi has not been able to figure out where his cultivation has gone wrong, and he can only attribute the blame to the exaggerated statements of the master or the ancestor.

He stayed in the eighth layer for a year, but he never found a way to break through.

But in the past few days, the environment and mood have undergone earth-shaking changes, the bottleneck has been faintly loosened, and he has glimpsed the corner of the ninth layer.

I just don't know if time will wait for him.

Lin Shouxi was meditating and meditating, and there was a knock on the door.

"Xiao He, come in." He said.

The slender girl in snow-haired pushed open the door, and she stepped over the threshold, carrying the wooden lunch box brought by the old woman with her bent arms.

"How do you know it's me?" Xiao He asked.

"Listen to the footsteps."

"Can you hear my footsteps?" Xiao He was a little surprised.

"It's because I didn't hear it that I knew it was you." Lin Shouxi replied.

"Oh......"

Xiao He put the lunch box on the ground next to his bed, then came to the window, lifted the curtain, and let the light in.

She looked at Lin Shouxi, who was sitting precariously, and said curiously, "Are you healed?" Why did you start meditating? ”

"It's better, and the flow of true qi is a lot smoother." Lin Shouxi said.

"Well, that's good." Xiao He nodded.

They didn't speak again, Lin Shouxi was cultivating as if no one was around, and the true qi swirled around him, drawing a delicate trajectory.

Xiao He just looked at it a few times bored at first, but gradually, she seemed to have a strong interest, and her eyes stared at Lin Shouxi without blinking, watching the subtle flow of true qi.

When Lin Shouxi opened his eyes, he saw Xiao He staring at him.

"Why haven't you left yet? What do you look at in such a fascination? Lin Shouxi asked.

"Because you're good-looking." Xiao He smiled sweetly, "Born so good-looking, don't you allow people to take a few more looks?" ”

"Weren't you angry with me yesterday?"

"It's just a joke, how can I be so petty?"

Xiao He sat on the chair, his petite body shrunk, his hands on his knees, and he always looked at Lin Shouxi with a faint smile in his eyes.

"Don't look at it, don't delay your cultivation." Lin Shouxi said.

"Can't delay anything." Xiao He said nonchalantly.

Lin Shouxi let out a clear breath and began the second round of cultivation.

Xiao He looked at it for a while, and finally couldn't help it, and asked curiously:

"What are you cultivating now? Why doesn't it look like it's the heart method taught by Yun Zhenren. ”

"What do you care about this?" Lin Shouxi asked.

"Of course I have to care about you, yesterday you went crazy and scared me, I don't allow you to practice messy things." Xiao He made a small face.

"It's not a mess." Lin Shouxi said: "This is the swordsmanship that the master passed on to me. ”

"Swordsmanship?" Xiao He was slightly startled.

In this world, swordsmanship is far more precious than martial arts, because evil spirits and dragon corpses, the two greatest enemies of the human race, must be truly wiped out with a sword engraved with a divine pattern or an ancestor seal.

"Well, my master said that when he was young, he met a swordsman covered in blood at the foot of the mountain, the swordsman was one-eyed and one-armed, as if he had been tortured, and when he was about to die, he passed on a set of swordsmanship to my master, saying that it was an immortal teaching, and asked my master to write it down anyway, and then my master passed it on to me."

Lin Shouxi said without changing his face: "But I don't think there is anything special about this swordsmanship, the immortal teaching technique is even more fantastical, and I occasionally practice it just to strengthen my body." ”

"The one-eyed, one-armed swordsman...... Immortal ......" Xiao He looked at him suspiciously, and a different color flashed in his eyes

"I think it's a bit funny, um, does it have a name?" Xiao He asked.

"Yes." Lin Shouxi changed the name of the White Pupil and Black Phoenix Sword Sutra and told Xiao He: "It's called the White Snow Liuyun Sword Sutra." ”

"Snowy clouds?"

Xiao He subconsciously brushed the hair hanging on her chest, she looked down at the end of the hair, and her fingers twisted slightly, "It's a sword name with a sense of meaning." ”

"It does make sense." Lin Shouxi agreed.

"Why are you hiding in your room and practicing secretly?" Xiao He asked.

"Because Master said that this is a secret that cannot be passed on, so you have to hide and practice." Lin Shouxi said seriously.

"That's it." Xiao He bent his eyes and smiled: "Then why don't you avoid me?" ”

"Hmm......" Lin Shouxi said hesitantly, "I thought you were gone." ”

"Really?"

Xiao He rested his chin on his knee and tilted his head to look at him.

Lin Shouxi didn't answer.

Xiao He asked: "Or do you not treat me as an outsider?" ”

Lin Shouxi's expression moved slightly, a little flustered, but he was calm.

Xiao He looked at his appearance, walked silently to his bed, sat down gently, her slender legs swayed gently, and her big eyes stared at the young man next to her, as if she was asking for an answer.

"Actually......" Lin Shouxi took a deep breath: "You are a bit like my sister." ”

"What?" Xiao He was also taken aback.

"When I was a child, I had a younger sister's ......" Lin Shouxi was silent for a long time, and his eyes were slightly red when he looked at Xiao He, "If she lived until now, she would be as old as you." ”

It was the first time Xiao He saw him have such a big mood swing, and in the slightly choked words, she also smelled deep sadness, and she was also infected, and her eyes trembled.

"Okay, don't think about being sad." Xiao He didn't ask about her sister.

"Hmm." Lin Shouxi bowed his head.

Xiao He sat quietly beside him, and after about half an hour, Lin Shouxi calmed down and looked at Xiao He again.

"Are you interested in this set of sword scriptures?" Lin Shouxi had already figured out how to do things in the Sword Sutra.

"Ah...... I'm not particularly interested. Xiao He was a little shy.

"Then forget it."

"Hey, wait." Xiao He hurriedly said: "Isn't this the secret of your master's sect?" Even if I'm really interested, Zu Xun is above, you won't teach me, right? ”

"There's a way." Lin Shouxi said.

"Huh?"

"I can accept apprentices on behalf of my teacher, so that if you enter my master's door, I can properly teach you this sword scripture." Lin Shouxi stared at her.

"What? Accepting apprentices on behalf of the teacher? Xiao He blinked sneerfully, "Then wouldn't I become your ......?"

"Senior sister." Lin Shouxi answered.

"I don't want to be your junior sister."

Xiao He protested.