Zhu Yan smiled and said, "That's right, you don't have to be presumptuous." However, it is useless to shout slogans alone, and you must put your heart and soul into the path of cultivation in order to achieve success. Your uncle didn't do it overnight, and only you know the hard work behind the achievement. So as long as you do your best to practice, one day you will be with me. ”

Qi Jian also interjected at this time: "Xiaoqing, what your uncle said is indeed very reasonable, you will do what she says, you are right." ”

Unexpectedly, a "good word" attracted Zhu Yan's eyes again.

"It's okay not to speak, it's uncomfortable not to put up the stinky shelf of the elders? Just because you dare to call someone Xiaoqing? She is more than 500 years older than you, do you know, it's not bad if you don't let you call her aunt and grandmother, and you have to inch in, it's really hopeless. ”

Qi Jian was completely stunned by the reprimand, and said innocently: "My little aunt, what did I say wrong? It's okay to call you Xiaoyan, but it's not okay to call someone Xiaoqing, what kind of reason is this? Then you tell me what to call it, can't I listen to you?"

"Reflect on yourself, I won't tell you. ”

Listening to the interesting interaction between the two, Zhu Qing laughed so the side that he couldn't stop at all, feeling that his stomach was about to hurt from laughter. Amid laughter and laughter along the way, the three of them had come to the front of a tall tower located in the middle of the Cult.

Some of the materials used to build this tower are completely unprecedented, and they are very different from other buildings.

Qi Jian couldn't help but exclaim when he saw these strange gems set on the top of the tower, releasing a variety of brilliant colors: "I have seen these gems from ancient books, and they seem to be a kind of immortal stone unique to the heavenly realm. It is really worthy of the white fox clan known as fairies, and even such a precious treasure has a collection. ”

Zhu Yan shook his head and said, "Isn't it just some decorative stones, what's all the fuss?"

After that, he left Qi Jian, who was stunned on the side, and said to Zhu Qing, "Let's go in together." ”

At the bottom of these tower-shaped buildings of the Chongling Sect, there will be an arch for people to enter and exit, and Zhu Qing walked in with the two of them. As soon as he entered the tower, Qi Jian's eyes had a feeling of dizziness, and everything that came into his eyes was something he had never seen in his life.

On the ground floor of this tower is a large and empty council chamber, with a long Nanmu table ten zhang long and five zhang wide placed in the center. Around the long table, there is an inner chair also made of nanmu, which is not placed at the edges of the four corners, making a total of twenty-six chairs.

But what attracted Qi Jian's attention was not this set of expensive tables and chairs, but the densely pasted murals on the surrounding walls.

Qi Jian carefully looked at the characters, landscapes and events depicted on these paintings, and after a long while, he looked up and sighed: "The Immortal Dao is indeed connected to the Heavenly Realm, and everything here seems to be incompatible with the mortal world. ”

Zhu Yan saw that Qi Jian was sighing alone there again, so he leaned over and asked, "What are you sighing again? Why are you like you haven't seen the world since you arrived here?"

Qi Jian shook his head and sighed: "How can a fairy like you understand the admiration of mortals for the immortal path in their hearts? These murals are the legendary thirty-three days of the Heavenly Realm lost Hundred States Chart, I have seen the relevant description from the ancient books, saying that a fairy of the Heavenly Palace, who stole the Hundred States Diagram, was alone in the Nether Realm, not afraid of the punishment of the Heavenly Court, and only wanted to show everything in the Heavenly Realm to the people of the Nether Realm. In that book, it was written that this fairy was one of the ancestors of an ancient race in the mortal world, and I now understand that that race could be your White Fox race. You are the closest race to the Celestial Immortals. Xiao Yan, with your cultivation, it must not be difficult to ascend to thirty-three days, but for mortals like us, ascending to immortality is just an ethereal dream. ”

Zhu Yan obviously didn't agree with Qi Jian's opinion, and she immediately put forward the opposite opinion: "Brother Qi, in fact, I rarely have differences of opinion with you, but now I have to refute your opinion. The Heavenly Realm is not an untouchable holy place, nor is it a pure land of eternal happiness, it is only a part of the Three Realms and Six Realms, the only advantage is that it is at the top of the Six Realms, and it is a place where people with profound merit gather, nothing more. A good person like Brother Qi will definitely be reborn in the Heavenly Dao in the next life. ”

Qi Jian interjected at this time, "Really? Can a person like me be reincarnated in the Heavenly Realm in the next life?"

"Why not? You are also a cultivator like me, and as long as you are diligent in accumulating virtue and doing good deeds, you will definitely be reborn in the heavenly realm. But that's not what I'm trying to tell you. Brother Qi, I have actually been to the Heavenly Realm, Buzhou Mountain is the hub connecting the human world and the heavenly realm, as long as the spiritual power is abundant enough, I can use the space-time crack at Buzhou Mountain as a medium to go to the thirty-three days. Zhu Yan said the shocking things in Qi Jian's ears lightly.

Qi Jian wanted to interject at this time, but was interrupted by Zhu Yan, and then she continued: "Do you know how I felt during the short month I lived in the Heavenly Realm? There is no essential difference between it and the human world, life and death, wealth and poverty, good and evil, joys and sorrows, all of them, although the desires of heavenly people are not as many as mortals, they are by no means small. Since you and I were born in the mortal world, we are all mortals, but the conduct of those celestial beings may not be above you and me. Moreover, I have not met any of the legendary saints in the Heavenly Realm, and the rumors of those saints living in the Heavenly Realm are all rumors. ”

Hearing this, there was a trace of admiration on Qi Jian's face, and there was also a trace of emotion, this woman dared to say this completely opposite to the worldly concept, not only because she was fearless, but also because she woke up herself, a lost person who had been sleeping in a dream.

"Brother Qi, it's not difficult to go to the Heavenly Realm, and with my ability, I can even take you with me. But I don't want this to become your goal, an attachment that you can't let go. As practitioners, we deserve to have higher pursuits. Crossing the Three Realms and the Six Realms, transcending life and death, sorrows and joys, and moving towards the realm of a quiet and inactive saint. ”

Zhu Yan's heartfelt words completely awakened the confused Qi Jian, shattered all his illusions, and led him to the right track of cultivation.

"Xiao Yan, I don't even know what to say now. Your words have washed my turbid soul, and without your guidance, I am afraid that I will 'struggle' to go to the heavenly realm in this life, and completely lose the true meaning of cultivation. Fortunately, I'm still young and there's still time to turn back. Although I can't comprehend it as thoroughly as you now, I will continue to improve and follow in your footsteps. ”

When Qi Jian said this, his eyes were already moist, although as a man, he would not cry easily, but the surging gratitude at the moment made him unable to suppress this physiological natural reaction.

Zhu Yan raised his little hand as white as snow, and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of Qi Jian's eyes, with a gentle smile on the corner of his mouth.

"It's ugly for a big man to cry and cry. But you're a teachable kid to accept my offer so quickly. Actually, my cultivation is not very high, if you can really work hard, it won't be long before you catch up with me, after all, I'm still relatively lazy. ”

The two looked at each other for a moment, then burst out laughing.

On the other side, while they were talking, Zhu Qing went up to the third floor alone and went to report the news of Zhu Yan's return to Zhu Yan's parents, Zhu Xie, the current head of the Chongling Sect, and his wife Zhu Yuan.

The faces of the two "old men" are no different from those of young people, handsome men and beautiful women, if they are in the mortal world, they will definitely be recognized as a pair of golden boys and girls. In fact, these two people are more than 3,000 years old, but when the white fox clan turns into a human form, their appearance will never change, so no matter how long it takes, they will not grow old.

At this time, when the two heard that their daughter, who had been missing for more than 500 years, had returned, and was now waiting for them on the first floor, they were so excited that they jumped up from their seats like children.

Zhu Yuan stepped forward at this time and grabbed Zhu Qing's hand, and said hurriedly: "Qing'er, take us to see her quickly." ”

Although Zhu Xie did not speak, the expectation in his eyes was no less than that of Zhu Yuan.

Zhu Qing understood that both of them were very eager to reunite with their daughters, so he said, "Master, madam, come with me, I'll take you to see Uncle Shi." So Zhu Qing took Zhu Yan's parents and came to the bottom together.

When the three of them arrived at the bottom floor, they saw Zhu Yan and Qi Jian looking at each other and smiling, and it seemed that the relationship was quite close.

Zhu Qing had already mentioned Qi Jian's identity to Zhu Xie and Zhu Yuan, and Zhu Xie nodded with satisfaction after carefully looking Qi Jian up and down at this moment. And Zhu Yuan didn't care about the relationship between Zhu Yan and Qi Jian at this time, looking at the lost daughter in front of her, she burst into tears for a moment, and couldn't wait to call her name.

"Yan'er, my Yan'er, you're finally back. ”

Hearing her mother's choked voice, Zhu Yan immediately turned her head and looked at her mother's tearful face, Zhu Yan couldn't suppress her lovesickness, and ran into her mother's arms, and the mother and daughter hugged and cried.

After hugging for a long time, the two finally let go of each other, and after Zhu Yuan used his spiritual power to probe Zhu Yan's body, he burst into tears and smiled: "God finally gave me a daughter who was intact." ”

Zhu Yan took two steps back at this time, knelt on his knees in front of his parents, and said respectfully: "Father, mother, Yan'er went out on a long trip and did not return for a long time, it is really unfilial, please punish you." ”