As soon as Lu Linglong cried, even the emotions that Lu Jin had just suppressed were mobilized, and she couldn't help but hug each other in tears and said: "Woo, baby granddaughter, don't worry, as long as grandpa is here, you will never be bullied." ”

"Grandpa will live for two hundred years, and he has always been by your side, woo, my precious granddaughter~"

Lu Linglong cried even more excitedly: "Grandpa~"

Feng Baobao propped his head and watched all this silently, still counting in his mouth: "7222, 7223, 7223......"

It has entered the third hour, and there are five people who have not woken up at this moment, namely Zhuge Qing, Zhang Chulan, Zhang Lingyu, Xia He, and Wang Ye.

Several people stood motionless with their eyes closed, showing no sign of awakening at all, suspended in the dream bubbles above their heads, still playing the scene in their hearts.

Zhuge Qing was still strolling there, on the endless stairs, with gray hair, a rickety body, and an old face, as if he had been looking for decades.

Zhang Chulan incarnated as a wild monkey running on the ridge, unrestrained and carefree, and ate the sauce pork knuckle cooked by his grandfather every day.

Zhang Lingyu was in the martial arts arena, challenging the Heavenly Master Zhang Chulan, and was defeated again and again, and his Dao heart was about to collapse.

Xia He was still running there, as if there was no way out of the dark welfare home. Falling down again and again, getting up again and again, and after passing through the corridors, looking at the sealed cement brick wall, feeling the lewd laughter coming from behind him, his face was desperate.

Wang Ye is the most peculiar, he fell asleep at the beginning, and he is still asleep until now, but he changed his position, his face was red and fluttering, and he looked at Xiaomeng Xiangtian.

The companions who had woken up, after walking out of their own thoughts, also cast their concerned eyes on the five people who were still unconscious. Discussing what methods should be used to speed up their awakening.

Time passes.

Another full hour passed.

There were only two hours left, and there were less than forty minutes left.

During this time, no one was awake, Lu Linglong tried to give Zhang Chulan a few big mouths, and after finding that it didn't work, she didn't try anymore, for fear that when the other party woke up, she would find something wrong.

……

In the valleys of the mountains, on the ridges by the streams.

Zhang Chulan woke up in the sun, and what she saw was blue sky and white clouds, and dazzling sunlight.

He turned his head to look and saw his father, buried in the fields, and his grandfather in the courtyard farther away, sitting on the threshold, weaving his robe.

"Whew, it's another great day."

Zhang Chulan muttered to herself, but her heart was empty, a little stunned, and she reached out and touched it, feeling a little strange face, and then snorted in pain: "Hiss - why does it hurt so much, was it stung by a wasp?" ”

He lowered his head and searched the low weeds around him, and sure enough, he found the hornet as the culprit.

"Master, I'm very tired these days, but I'm just sleeping lazy, what's the matter with a stinky bee, hiss, it hurts~"

Zhang Chulan stood up, covered her red and swollen cheeks, and hurriedly walked towards her yard.

The sun was setting, and the smoke dissipated into the night with the evening breeze.

At the wooden table in front of the small courtyard, a family of three was surrounding a pot of pork knuckles in sauce, quickly poking out chopsticks, and taking a big bite of rice, with surprisingly consistent movements.

Zhang Chulan chewed heavily, like a starving ghost reincarnated, and then swallowed hard, swallowing it all into his stomach, and then stretched out his chopsticks, about to hold another big pig's trotter.

Seeing this, Zhang Yude frowned, immediately took out his chopsticks, quickly stuck the pig's trotter accurately, and said in a deep voice: "Son, you have eaten the third big pork knuckle tonight, and if you eat it again, you will be overnourished." Leave it to Daddy, and Daddy will carry it for you. ”

Zhang Chulan said: "Dad, my son is growing up, and he is not afraid of overnutrition. ”

Zhang Yude said: "No, you are afraid. ”

"I'm not afraid."

"You're afraid."

"I'm not afraid."

Zhang Chulan said, blocking the opponent's chopsticks with dark energy, and gained the upper hand in the competition, like a winner, sandwiching the big pig's trotter with a Q bomb into his bowl.

Seeing this, Zhang Yude on the side finally sighed, and said helplessly: "The stinky boy has indeed grown up, and this cultivation is about to catch up with me." ”

This short sentence made Zhang Chulan's action of holding the rice bowl stiffen, and the mouth chewing the pork knuckle also stopped.

After a short silence, his voice trembled a little and said, "Dad, I miss you, where have you been all these years." ”

Zhang Yude was stunned for a moment, and said with some doubts: "What are you talking about?" Aren't your father and me here? ”

Zhang Chulan raised her head, her eyes were red at some point, and she looked directly at Zhang Yude's face, and then suddenly turned to her grandfather Zhang Xilin, and said with a smile: "Grandpa, this sauce pork knuckle is still fragrant from your cooking." I will never forget this taste for the rest of my life. ”

When Zhang Xilin heard this, he reached out and touched his grandson's forehead, and after confirming that he did not have a fever, he shook his head with a smile: "Stinky boy, why did you suddenly say this, if you want to eat elbows, grandpa can make it for you at any time." ”

Zhang Chulan cried and said, "Grandpa, I miss you, can you not leave." ”

Zhang Xilin showed a gentle smile and reached out to touch his head: "Okay, grandpa won't leave." ”

As the words fell, everything around them froze, the wind stopped blowing, the trees stopped shaking, and even the stars looming in the sky stopped twinkling.

Click.

There was a sound of shattering in the darkness.

Immediately after that, the canopy of heaven broke, and the mountains and forests in the distance collapsed, turning into nothingness, revealing the white expanse of it.

Then it collapsed was the field with large fields of rice and the huts behind the people.

Zhang Chulan looked at the motionless grandfather and father, watching them shatter like a painting, disappearing in front of her eyes little by little, her lips trembled, she couldn't bear to look at it anymore, but lowered her head and gnawed on the pig's trotters, wanting to remember the familiar taste at the last moment.

Bean-sized tears snapped and fell into the bowl.

"Grandpa, Dad, can you not go."

"Can you let me stay in this dream a little longer, just a little longer."

Zhang Chulan sobbed, and the dishes and chopsticks in his hand disappeared.

At this moment, in the midst of all the false collapse, he is left alone in his true loneliness.

Just a few breaths later.

He opened his eyes suddenly, and what he saw was the small courtyard in the midst of the lush woods.

At the stone table in the center of the courtyard, the companions were there.

Feng Baobao and Lu Linglong were still looking at his faces in a daze.

Zhang Chulan raised her hand, pursed her mouth, wiped away the tears on her face, and said with a smile: "Why are you looking at me, I didn't cry." ”

Lu Linglong, who witnessed the process of Zhang Chulan getting rid of his physical and mental demons, had unbearable in his eyes, felt sympathy, and said softly: "Zhang Chulan, I'm sorry, I had a bad attitude towards you before, and I will correct it in the future." ”

Lu Jin sighed and said, "It's also a poor child." ”

Zhang Chulan looked embarrassed, turned her head to look at the bubble screen above the heads of her companions who had not yet woken up, and immediately realized that she was being broadcast live.

So he reached out and touched his nose, turned his head twisted, and said, "Oh, it's nothing, hiss—it hurts!" ”

Zhang Chulan didn't come back to his senses until this time, touching his red and swollen cheeks, he was in pain, and he couldn't even speak, thinking that he was pricked by a wasp in his dream, and the pain could still be extended to reality?

Seeing this scene, Lu Linglong also shifted her gaze awkwardly, reached out and touched the back of her head, pretending to be calm.

Zhang Chulan, who sensed that something was wrong, immediately squinted, stretched out her hand to Lu Linglong with an unkind gaze, and muttered: "Hey, did you do something to my handsome face while I was asleep." ”

Lu Linglong blushed suddenly, and waved her hand again and again: "Ah? No no. ”

Zhang Chulan was even more affirmative: "Oh-it must be you, let's say it quickly, are you communiquéing personal vendetta and intent on revenge on me?" ”

Lu Linglong said with a humble heart: "It's not me, I don't." ”

Zhang Chulan said: "Really? If you lie to someone, you will be at the airport for a lifetime. ”

Lu Linglong shook her head, nodded quickly, shook her head quickly, closed her mouth and stopped talking.

Zhang Chulan jumped to her feet and said, "Lie down, it's really you!" ”

"I didn't mean to, didn't I save you?"

"And said it wasn't on purpose, hiss-this face is swollen, lose money! I eat with my face! ”

"Just your face, it's already in ruins, and it's all plastic surgery......

"Nima, even a personal attack!"

As soon as the two pairs of living treasures met, they only had a few words, and they started talking again.

“11110、11112、11113……”

Feng Baobao tilted his head, still counting in his mouth.

Time is running out.

——

"Give it up Zhang Lingyu, I have cultivated to the realm of returning to the basics, and you have no possibility of defeating me in this life."

Zhang Chulan, who was wearing a Heavenly Master's uniform, stood at one end of the martial arts arena, with a much more mature face with a shyly smile: "You have challenged me for eight years in a row, and you have failed more than 800 times, and you still refuse to give up?" Are you still questioning the decision made by the Heavenly Master and the Taichu Zhenren? ”

"You just can't compare to me, I just are more qualified than you to be the Heavenly Master."

Zhang Lingyu, who was knocked to the ground by the thunder, wrinkled the corners of her eyes with fine lines, stood up with support, shook her dizzy head, and said expressionlessly: "I will lose to you for a while, but I will never lose to you for a lifetime." ”

As he spoke, he staggered under his feet, driving the monstrous Yin Thunder to rush up, but he was once again torn apart by the Yang Five Thunder that swept the heavens and the earth, and was blasted away dozens of feet by a single move, and spit out a mouthful of blood.

Zhang Chulan said: "Eight hundred and twelfth times, Zhang Lingyu, you lost again." ”

This time, Zhang Lingyu was on the ground and lay on his stomach for a long time, but after all, he supported his body and stood up.

Only this time, the expression on his face was no longer as solemn, fearful, and self-doubting as it had been eight hundred and twelve times before.

He suddenly smiled, waved his tattered white sleeves freely, and said to Zhang Chulan, the Heavenly Master who was standing in the sun and looked very tall, and said: "Zhang Chulan, you won, maybe you are indeed more worthy than me, let the master entrust Longhu Mountain to you." ”

Zhang Chulan, who was standing on the high platform, showed a very surprised expression.

Zhang Lingyu said again: "If you win, you win, if you lose, you lose, I have lost to you eight hundred and twelve times, and I may continue to lose." ”

"But even if I lose 1,812 times, I'm still me, I won't change a single point, I admit my failure, but I will never lose forever......"

He said word by word, his voice was calm, there was no swearing, just an ordinary statement, and at the end, he patted his dirty ass with his sleeves, and turned to walk in the direction of the setting sun.

"After so many years, it's really boring to think about."

"My wife is still waiting for me."

Zhang Lingyu said, and the figure gradually disappeared at the end of the martial arts arena.

The next moment, Heavenly Master Zhang Chulan disappeared, the martial arts arena collapsed, and the world began to collapse.

When Zhang Lingyu opened his eyes again, it was Bilian's smiling face that was close to his eyes, with a strange smile.

The other party had a flushed face, and his cheeks were swollen and bulging, until he couldn't hold it back anymore, and laughed out loud: "Wahaha, Uncle Lingyu!" I didn't expect it, I didn't expect me to be so awesome and coaxing in your dreams, haha! ”

"Heavenly Master, I didn't expect that when I was a Heavenly Master, I was so handsome, and I smoked you more than 800 times, wahaha~"

Zhang Chulan, who witnessed the whole process, smiled and her stomach hurt, and tears flowed from her eyes.

The corners of Zhang Lingyu's mouth twitched, a gloomy look appeared on his face, and he said: "I said Zhang Chulan, you have smoked me more than 800 times in your dreams, and I will whip you once, it's not too much." ”

As he spoke, a surging breath appeared all over his body, and he even clicked and twisted his fists, revealing an evil smile towards Zhang Chulan.

？？？

Zhang Chulan's eyes trembled, realizing that the situation was not good.

Then in the small courtyard, a burst of screams and wails broke out.

"Senior brother, yes, just whip him like this, point to the left, and kick his ass!" Lu Linglong cheered on the side, and even pulled out her mobile phone and took a few close-ups.

After a while.

Zhang Lingyu stopped and stroked her hair freely, leaving Zhang Chulan, who had a big bag on her head, squatting on the ground and whimpering.

Zhang Lingyu, who was finally relieved, came to Xia He again and checked the other party's situation.

I happened to see the scene of myself appearing in the other party's dream and crushing all the evil people.

"I may have been born sinful and deserve to be spurned by all men, but as long as one person loves me, I am worthless."

The little girl holding the little puppet, the timidity in her eyes dissipated, and then she became firm, and Zhang Lingyu, who came towards her, rushed away, and her thin body began to mature at this moment, grew a long pink hair, and rushed into the arms of the person she loved.

The next moment, wake up.

Xia He opened his eyes, with residual tears in the corners of his eyes, and found himself in a warm embrace.

She raised her head a little confused, and saw Zhang Lingyu's gentle smile, so she cried.

"Husband, I thought I'd never see you again, woo-"

Xia He sobbed loudly, which made Zhang Lingyu's eyes also show distress, hugged her tightly in his arms, and said softly: "Don't worry, I will always be by your side." ”

The voice was not loud, but it carried a very firm force.

Zhang Chulan, who was squatting on the ground not far away and wailing with her head hugged, bared her teeth and grinned: "Hey, Uncle Death Clip, can you be gentle with me!" ”

"I really envy them, and I don't know when my Prince Charming will come." Hibiscus put her hands together on her chest, her eyes showing yearning.

Lu Linglong, who was on her side, was also moved fiercely, only to feel that the love brain was attacking at this moment, and it was difficult to restrain it anymore.

Only Feng Baobao, who had wisdom in his big eyes, was unmoved, only feeling sleepiness coming again, but he was still muttering: "14701, 14702, 14703......"

Inside the field at the moment.

Still in a coma, only Zhuge Qing and Wang Ye remained, both of whom were trapped in their own demons, without any signs of awakening.

——

In that boundless, white space, there is a white staircase that is neither wide nor narrow, stretching towards the sky, with no end in sight.

From a distance, you can see a small figure like an ant, slowly climbing on it, zooming in closely, you can see that it is an old man with an aging face and gray hair that has been dragged to the ground.

The old man was in rags, and there were only a few strands of cloth left on his body, which had been weathered by time and gradually turned into nothingness.

He has been walking forty-six years.

During these forty-six long years, he gradually forgot his name, gradually forgot the purpose of his visit, and forgot why he climbed up.

But every now and then, there is always a voice full of magic, echoing in his head: "Hold on, hold on, right at the end of there, there is what you want, my child." ”

"My inheritance, the supreme mastery of my Zhuge family, what you want, is in front of you......"

So he came to his senses again, and relied on his increasingly loose faith to make a final struggle here.

"Ahem......"

The old man clenched his fist to his mouth, coughed violently twice, a trace of blood oozed from the corner of his mouth, feeling the aging physical functions in his body, and the increasingly ineffective brain, and despair in his heart.

"I've been searching for many years, why hasn't I come to the end yet, step by step, step by step, never to see, never to touch ......"

"But I'm getting old, and I'm dying."

"Father, am I unworthy? It's because I'm not qualified, and I'm not worthy of this samadhi. ”

"My decades of hard work are actually a joke."

Zhuge Qing muttered to himself, stopping for the first time in many years, looking at his wrinkled skin, feeling the weaker and weaker heartbeat, the corners of his wrinkled eyes trembled, and a muddy tear appeared.

But he looked back, at the staircase that stretched down to the back, and there was no end in sight, and after a long time, he clenched his teeth tightly.

"I'm not dead yet, the ancestors said that if I can go to the end, I will inherit his mastery...... Yes, I just need to climb to the end of the stairs. ”

He coughed, dragging his clumped body up the endless staircase again.

Time passes, a year, two years......

I didn't know the past of my youth, until the white hair that grew from his head covered the more than ten steps behind him, until his eyes completely lost their light, and his body was covered with age spots, until his heart almost stopped beating, until some memories of the past were all lost in the long years.

His bodily functions have reached their limits, and his time of death is approaching.

Zhuge Qing couldn't walk anymore, the whole person collapsed to the ground, almost using his hands and feet at the same time, little by little, towards the top of the stairs with no end in sight, I don't know how many years have passed, even the ancestors have abandoned him, and there is no longer a voice of encouragement, sounding from his head.

He is about to usher in his own death on the road of his life and no end to it.

Finally, his eyes were the first to lose sight, his ears still couldn't hear any sound, the tip of his nose couldn't smell a little breath, and then his body began to freeze and his blood began to stagnate......

"I... It's true...... I'm going to die. ”

At the last moment, he raised his head with difficulty, with a pair of blindness, to see if there was a fire at the end of the staircase.

So in the darkness, he slowly closed his eyes, slammed his head on the next step, and gradually fell asleep......

And just when he stopped moving, the white space around him began to make a crunching sound, and gradually collapsed, as if he wanted to bury the remains of the rickety old man in it, so as to announce the victory or defeat of this battle of demons.

But at this moment.

On the surface of the old man's already cold body, a few faint golden dots of light appeared, floating out of his chest and then turning to the center of his eyebrows.

In the dark, it was as if the thunder of the Nine Heavens exploded.

Zhuge Qing found himself standing in front of him, a young Taoist priest wearing a navy blue Taoist robe, the other party was condescending, his golden eyes were full of momentum that looked at the world, and his whole body exuded a majestic aura.

Under such a gaze, Zhuge Qing's heart trembled, and his confused eyes immediately returned to clarity, and all the memories of the past returned to his mind at this moment.

Even that night in Biyou Village, everything that was experienced in the experience of the demons was remembered.

So he trembled all over, and knelt down without hesitation in the direction of the young Taoist, muttering: "Taichu Zhenren, I, I have failed to live up to your expectations, and I have failed." ”

The figure of Zhang Taichu, who was standing on a high place, smiled hehe, and while walking down step by step, he said with a smile: "Warlock warlock, there is a word especially after the operation." ”

"In the final analysis, that Samadhi True Fire is really awesome, if it is not still a trick and move that is created for people to cultivate, how can it defeat you?"

"Zhuge Qing, who did you lose to?"

"Zhang Taichu" said, walked all the way to Zhuge Qing's side, gently raised his palm, and said gently: "Young man, is it time to doubt yourself after all?" ”

Zhuge Qing's eyes trembled and said, "Real person, I-"

Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Taichu's big pocket raised high was slapped in his face.

Smack.

Crisp and pleasant.

Immediately afterwards, Zhuge Qing only felt that his eyes were spinning, and he opened his eyes violently in the next moment, and found that he was still lying on the long staircase, which was neither wide nor narrow.

——

Outside the world of demons.

Hibiscus looked at it, and just came to her senses, she slapped Wang Ye, who was slapping Zhuge Qing's face, and said a little nervously: "Wang Ye Daochang, if you smoke like this, you won't beat Comrade Zhuge Qing out of the way." ”

Wang Ye smiled, looked at the bubble picture on Zhuge Qing's head, and said slowly: "Look, isn't it back to normal again." ”

(End of chapter)