Another month later.

A hundred-year-old peach tree that can bloom in midsummer, with lush branches, forming a huge umbrella that blocks the sun, and a gust of wind blows by, and the petals are blown by the wind, forming a colorful falling flower.

Below, a man in white dressed in an elegant bamboo leaf pattern sat quietly, intently flipping through the scroll in his hand, his white and slender fingers gently flipping, his eyelashes fanning the air in one by one.

At this moment, even if there are no words, there is a quiet beauty, which is deeply intoxicating.

Until—

"Apprentice, meet the master!"

Lingxi jumped in front of Bai Junqian with a long dress, then knelt down on his knees and made a wedge, which made Bai Junqian look overwhelmed.

It's been like this for the past few days, Lingxi called Master as soon as he saw Bai Junqian, so Bai Junqian had to hide, but he didn't expect to be found.

"Ahem, for the teacher, no, contemptible...... I don't think I took you as an apprentice, Miss Ye?"

Bai Junqian coughed dryly twice and said with some embarrassment.

......Hearing this, Lingxi's expectant gaze did not weaken, but became more enthusiastic.

"Stop!" Miss Ye ......" Bai Junqian hurriedly got up and planned to leave.

"Master, I'm going to change my name. I want to call Lingxi in the future, my family is all dead, I want to muster up the courage to forget them!"

“...... Lingxi?Change your name?" This name seemed to make Bai Junqian stop, and he turned his head, looking at Lingxi with puzzled eyes.

"Hmm!" Lingxi nodded heavily. But she was a little unhappy in her heart, because Bai Junqian was puzzled when she heard this name she deliberately said.

But what she missed was a hint of melancholy in that doubt.

"Lingxi is a good name. It's up to you. Bai Junqian left such a slightly cold sentence, and then turned around and left.

Something in his heart couldn't be erased, and that little demon cultivator's expressions of fear, vigilance, and relief all welled up in his mind just after hearing that name.

For a long time, Lingxi looked at Bai Junqian's departing back blankly, and there was an indescribable feeling in his heart.

"It took me more than an hour to search through the peaks before I found it. She pouted and muttered to herself.

A few minutes later, he was stupidly preparing to return to his residence on the Heavenly Peak, where Xin and Shun also lived, but in different places.

To put it bluntly, this is the place where Lingxi woke up for the first time in the Ethereal Mountain before, and because it was night, he didn't see the situation outside the house clearly, and only saw the corridor illuminated by candles.

Secondly, there was a small bamboo forest outside the house, and the last time I heard it was from it. There is also a stream next to the bamboo forest, gurgling and surging, with the soft goose stone flashing fine and broken scales in the sun, looking for it.

From time to time, there are sparrows in the sky, and the birds generally fly noisily across the sky.

Such a life...... At this moment, she was suddenly interrupted the moment she pushed open the door, and with a thud and an unusually brief darkness, Shin and Shun appeared in the room where she had opened the door.

Xin had a sinister smile on his face, and Shun was still expressionless, but it was terrifying.

"You want to ......!"

Sure enough, before the words fell, Lingxi was restrained by the spell and sealed his mouth, leaving only his big round eyes looking left and right in a panic.

"Miss Ye......"

Lingxi listened to the nine turns and eighteen turns of the letter bar's tail note, and his laughter became more and more sinister, and the ominous premonition in his heart was quickly amplified.

And Shun leaned his face in front of her, raising the corners of his mouth awkwardly, as if he was smiling?

Immediately, Lingxi's eyes turned black, and a black bag was covered on his head, and he felt as if he was hanging in the air and being carried on his shoulder.

Immediately, there was the sound of wind whistling in my ears for a long time.

What are they doing here...... It's not like discovering my true identity...... Send me down the mountain or hand me over to those immortal cultivators who are like demons...... What will I do......

Lingxi's mind was wrestling with this, but suddenly he heard the roar of something, and the sound of frightened birds flapping their wings and chirping after that roar.

"Arrived at the destination. ”

As soon as these words came out, Lingxi felt that his body was gently lowered, and his feet could clearly touch the ground.

But before he could react, the black bag on his head seemed to be removed, and he thought it would be dazzling by the sunlight, but he didn't.

What appeared before me was a darkness that was no better than darkness. The reason is not that there is a lack of light, but that the place seems to be filled with a fluctuating black fog.

"......" Lingxi probably guessed what it was.

However, after a few seconds, everything in this black mist place suddenly became unusually quiet, and the roaring and chirping of birds seemed to disappear.

She quickly turned around, only to find that Shin and Shun were gone. If you look closely, all that is left is a tree that has withered in Mengxia, and the corrupt and blackened fallen leaves on the ground.

"Is it safer to stay where you are, or do you go and explore and find a way out first?" Lingxi clenched his fists and began to struggle.

Unconsciously, she was suddenly pulled by a huge force, plopped, and fell to the ground.

"Smack...... Boom......"

Then she was dragged on the ground, and it turned out to be a thick vine tightly wrapped around her ankle, which was very strong.

In the process, Lingxi's body also bumped into many obstacles.

Thorns scratched her skin, stones struck her bones, blackened earth covered her entirety, and pure white clothes turned dirty black.

"Ah...... Ah......h

However, just as she was about to lose her strength, the force that pulled her stopped. She also stopped, lying on her back in a large figure. His eyes were full of fear but not fear, and the wounds on his body were already innumerable.

But these were the normalities she had experienced in the past, and she was used to them. What she was not used to, and what she didn't want to believe, was ......

"Why did they send me to such a place? Lingxi muttered in a somewhat trembling voice as he propped himself up and looked around.

Still, she wanted to ask about that person.

So, it is necessary to survive.

"Be sure to ask that person in person. ”

......

In Lingxi's somewhat distracted vision, there was a winding path, and the thorns and trees on both sides seemed to be agreed, and they did not infringe on this path at all.

Immediately, she had only walked a few steps along the road when a strange wind suddenly blew in this place, and it was clear that the trees did not have a single leaf, but the sound of the rubbing of leaves against the leaves could be heard in Lingxi's ears.

And the black bird that passed in front of her eyes, unlike normal birds, it made a piercing chirp.

Lingxi began to walk down with some fear, and a small amount of blood flowed down her body, falling into the black dirt, and disappeared, leaving only a faint smell of blood.

"Roar!"

The roar of something suddenly resounded through the area.

"Ahh Because the roar rose and fell, indicating more than one.

But in the midst of such a threatening sound, there seemed to be a small cry that was difficult to hear, and it was the cry of a child.

"Who's going to save me......"

"?!" After Lingxi heard this voice, his originally frightened expression became solemn in an instant.

As far as the eye can see, there is no one else, but if you close your eyes and listen attentively, you will find that the source of the sound seems to be the direction of the trail with no end in sight.

"......" But Lingxi seemed to hesitate, because there were many roars in that direction.

"Help me...... Help me......" became clearer and clearer.

The steps of "......" took a slight step. But that's the end of it, it's not that she doesn't want to save people, but she wants to live, she wants to feel beautiful things, and she wants to find her own belonging.

She'd been carrying out this idea for as long as she could remember, only it was even more so.

"Help me...... Help me...... Help me......"

This time, this voice seemed to ring in Lingxi's ears, constantly hitting her eardrums, making her heart constantly shaken and produce fearful emotions.

It's also those terrifying roars that can't be compared.

So, after she sighed slightly as her chest rose and fell, her steps ...... One, two, three, and finally ran in the direction of the cry for help.

"How do I like to be nosy so much. She thought.

I don't know how long it took, "cough, cough, cough......" Lingxi stopped running, just because of the pair of red, big copper bell-like eyes in front of him.

There was also a bad cold that did not belong to Meng Xia spread, making Lingxi shiver involuntarily, his body trembled, and he didn't dare to continue to move forward.

It's a monster.

The reason why the devil is a demon is because of the evil spirit in his heart. The evil qi will attach to the aura of other things and cultivate into an evil spirit, but that thing will be weak to death at the least, and become a monster at the worst.

But next to what looked like a monster, the thin figure—the dark, thin little face was stained with tears.

"Ah...... Is that this child?!"

This time, Lingxi did not hesitate or hesitate anymore, but directly used the fastest speed he could reach, ran over, and held the hand of the thin figure.

"Roar!roar!" accompanied by the terrifying roar of the monster, Lingxi did not stop, and the action was completed in one go.

"How could I be so stupid! How could a child be in such a place! It couldn't be a monster or something!"

Lingxi's mouth began to complain formally, the owner of the hand she was holding was stumbling behind her, so she picked it up, and after hesitating for so long, her body was honest, indirectly proving something.

However, it is true that Lingxi is running with the child in his arms, but why chasing them all seems to be silent.

Thinking of this, Lingxi turned his head in the gap between his violent breathing, only to find that the so-called monsters with red eyes and as big as copper bells had not caught up.

Even the roars faded as Lingxi kept running.

Seeing this incomprehensible scene, Lingxi's footsteps gradually slowed down, and the child in her arms began to stop crying for some time, as if it was still.

All this ...... All still, neither the wind nor the wandering black fog.

"Congratulations to my sister for passing the entrance test!" this sentence sounded in Lingxi's mind.

“...... Huh?!"

At the same time, she felt no pain at all in the wounds on her body.

Suddenly, a burst of golden light burst out from Lingxi's body, and the child in her arms disappeared, surrounding the dimness, withered trees, and rotting earth...... All dissipated like shards before her eyes.

Until it was gone, the harsh sunlight, the familiar wooden ceiling, and the hand that felt warmly held.

"She woke up. Passed the illusion from the introductory quiz. ”

"Well, I see it too! Look how good I am, and make illusions look like real things. ”

Xin said with great interest, and Shun echoed expressionlessly, but he could also feel pleasure in his tone.

"You two will give me to kneel outside! Neither of you is allowed to get up without my instructions!"

Bai Junqian, who was on the side, said such a thing loudly, and wiped out all their interest.

“......”

“......”

The two looked at each other for a moment.

Then Xin looked unusually obedient, and walked directly outside to kneel without refutation, and Shun followed closely.

Because they had rarely seen their master lose his temper, and this time it seemed to be even worse than before.

"Leaf ...... No, Lingxi, are you alright?"

After Bai Junqian finished scolding Xin and Shun with a serious expression, he turned his head with a gentle smile on his face and asked cautiously.

The big hands that held Lingxi's little hands were as warm as the first time.

"What the hell is going on. ”

Lingxi choked up and asked this sentence, and tears were left along the sideburns unexpectedly.

But it's like being coquettish.

“......”

Hearing this, Bai Junqian was silent for a moment, and then said with a guilty affection: "Those two disobedient boys, I heard that you want to worship under the master, and I have never agreed. So they took it upon themselves to let you go straight to the traditional test of entering the school. In fact, from the moment you push open the door of this room, you enter the illusion and pass out because of the spell on the door. ”

"Why are they doing this?!" Lingxi asked, still choking.

"Well, it might be a shame to say this. I took in three disciples, but there have been no female disciples, so much so that for hundreds of years, they have been thinking about having a junior sister...... And you happen to have that intention. They also said that the time you came here has made the Ethereal Mountain a lot more lively. However, these are the secondary excuses, mainly because I, the master, do not have the majesty and discipline them badly. ”

After that, Bai Junqian moved his gaze back to Lingxi who had just been diverted by guilt, but saw Lingxi burst into tears and snort.

"Woo woo woo!" tears fell like a drop of thread.

"Lingxi, why are you crying so much! It's my fault that I didn't stop those two bastards! But that ...... What the...... Once the spell has been cast and entered into those illusions, outsiders must not interrupt them, otherwise the recipient may never wake up from the illusions. Bai Junqian explained in a panic.

As soon as the two people outside the door heard Lingxi's cry, they also hurriedly ran over.

"Hey, I'm sorry, don't cry! It's not that Master hasn't recruited female disciples all along, and he doesn't even want to let them go up the mountain, but he has let you stay in this Ethereal Mountain for so long, Shun and I think Master also has the intention of accepting you as an apprentice." ”

"Well, don't cry! That vision was based on the black mountain in the Ethereal Mountain, because the last time you saw it, it seemed a little scared. But if you are afraid in that illusion and still choose to help others, it means that you have passed the test to enter the school. In any case, you will be my sister and Xin's younger sister and Master's apprentice in the future. ”

The two apologized with clumsy language and odd expressions.

"You two let me out!" was scolded by Bai Junqian and blasted out.

"Hahaha!" At this time, Lingxi suddenly laughed. "Great. And she thought to herself.

Some time ago, Lingxi thought that Xin and Shun didn't like her very much, but at this moment, it turned out that Xin and Shun both wanted her to be their junior sister.

And what makes her happiest is that she successfully entered Bai Junqian's master, and she can justifiably call him master without being rejected.

"Master!" smiled and smiled, Lingxi cheerfully revealed this voice from between his teeth.

"Huh?" Bai Junqian was not used to not reacting at first, and then nodded desperately, "Uh-huh." ”

"Master!" shouted this time more clearly.

"Hmm. Getting a clearer answer, which made Lingxi smile brightly.

"But Lingxi, we actually saw that illusion just now, everything you encountered there, in fact, you can use spells, right? But why are you useless?" asked Bai Junqian gently after a long time.

Hearing this, Lingxi's smile retracted.

"Don't you know how to use spells?" asked Bai Jun dryly.

“...... Well. Lingxi turned his head and nodded for a long time, and then closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep without saying a word.

But it's not that she doesn't know how to spell, but before she couldn't even condense her simple qi, how could she learn spells.

This is a curse from that group of immortal cultivators.