Chapter 31: Emotional Twists and Turns

The second steward was a little surprised: "He? This person's origin is unknown, but can someone guarantee him?"

Mei'er said: "It was ordered by Aunt Liu." When the second steward heard this, he didn't dare to say more, and hurriedly said: "Yes, I'll arrange it." ”

Mei'er said to Su Aotian again: "This is the second manager, and the big and small affairs in the outer courtyard are all in his charge, and you will listen to his orders in the future." With that, he took the maid and went to the backyard.

Su Aotian looked at her distant figure, and suddenly had a feeling of loss.

Seeing that he was brought by the young lady, and Aunt Liu had orders, he didn't dare to despise Su Aotian, and said, "Little brother, you can register with me." I took him into the house, asked him a few questions such as his name and where he came from, and then took Su Aotian to another room, brought him a set of Zhuang Ding's clothes, equipped with a long knife, and asked a few questions on the way, and wondered in my heart: "This person was recruited by me from Yuanwu City, and it shouldn't have anything to do with my Lingcui Villa, why does Deacon Liu care so much and specially ask Miss Mei'er to send him over?"

In fact, he thought too much. That Aunt Liu just saw Su Aotian's perverted body that day, and felt pity for a while, and saw that the monk surnamed Wei Zhuji was narrow-minded, and couldn't bear Su Aotian to die in a daze, so she followed * to replace Yunmei. This Yun Mei is lively by nature, and when the subordinates and stewards of the villa see her on weekdays, they are all respectful, and the other senior brothers, brothers and sisters of the same generation are busy with cultivation, and they have no time to gossip with her, Su Aotian chats with her casually, without restraint, which makes her feel very happy, so she personally brought him, but it caused an illusion to the second manager.

The second steward took Su Aotian to the courtyard where Zhuang Ding lived, explained some matters, issued him a token, and gave him an explanation to the leader of Zhuang Ding, before returning to his residence.

When the leader of Zhuang Ding saw that the second steward had brought someone here, he also thought that he had something to do with him, so he was very polite to Su Aotian, asked a few words, explained Zhuang Ding's responsibilities, and arranged him into a Zhuang Ding team. Due to the remote location of this Lingcui Villa, few people come, but because of the strong aura, it produces some strange flowers and plants, as well as some spiritual valleys planted by itself, which attracts some fierce beasts from time to time. Zhuang Ding's daily task is to patrol the surroundings of the villa, take care of the Lingtian Linggu, expel and kill the fierce beasts, and practice on weekdays, but there is no special errand. When you are on duty, you go to work, and when you rest, you arrange it yourself, but you can't go to the inner courtyard, and there are no restrictions in other places. The leader of Na Zhuang Ding took Su Aotian around the outer courtyard and helped him get familiar with the terrain. Su Aotian saw that there was a large martial arts arena in the west, with stone lock spears and other practice equipment on it, and he couldn't help but think of the years when he was a child in Zhenguan Village.

This Lingcui Villa covers a vast area, it is built with a lot of houses, although it is a Zhuang Ding, but it is also a cultivator, in order to facilitate the practice, everyone is a separate room, but it is also convenient for Su Aotian to practice at night. Since then, when he was on duty, he patrolled and kept vigil with the team, dealt with fierce beasts, practiced diligently during rest, and went to the martial arts arena from time to time to show his physical strength, which attracted the attention of all Zhuang Ding, but no one thought that his cultivation was useful. Months have passed, Yun Mei has never been here again, Su Aotian misses it from time to time, and he can't tell why.

On this day, near the end of the year, Yunmei suddenly came in high spirits. Su Aotian happened to be on duty and practiced in the house. Yun Mei broke into Zhuang Ding's residence, found Su Aotian, and asked him to accompany him around the villa. Guarding the children of the villa is also one of Zhuang Ding's duties, of course the leader of the guard does not dare to object, Su Aotian followed Yun Mei out of the villa, this time Yun Mei did not take her maid.

Along the way, Yunmei was still bouncing and full of vitality, and she never seemed to be unhappy in her heart. Su Aotian looked at her like a lively and agile deer, running freely on the slopes and fields after the winter snow, with an indescribable quiet and peaceful feeling in his heart, and suddenly gave birth to a feeling of wishing that the world would last forever at this moment.

Yun Mei picked a plum and put it on her head for a while, and then picked up a small stone and threw it at a hare, having a lot of fun. Su Aotian saw that she was very interested, and couldn't help but say, "Miss Mei'er is so happy today, is there any happy event?" Yun Mei said, "I won't tell you." After a while, he said happily: "My brother Yuhao is coming." Su Aotian asked, "Oh, are you brothers and sisters?" Mei'er said: "No, he is Aunt Liu's distant nephew, and he is a relative of my family." Brother Yuhao is a cultivation genius, he entered the Tianjian Sect early, and now he has cultivated to the ninth stage of Qi refining, and Aunt Liu said that he will be able to build a foundation within a hundred years. Su Aotian heard her say this, and saw that the corners of her eyebrows and eyes were full of joy, and his heart became sour for no reason: "Could this Yuhao be the person he likes?" After thinking silently for a while, he couldn't let go of his heart, and asked with a strong spirit: "What kind of force is Tianjian Sect, and how is it compared to our Lingcui Villa?" Yun Mei sneered: "You, it's really rare and weird." Tianjian Sect is one of the best sects in this realm, stronger than Luoxia Valley, Guiyuan Sect, Sanqing Sect and other forces, and its momentum is chasing after Yunxiao Pavilion. There are several elders in the Dan stage in the door, and the master Yunqi Zhenren is the top master in the late stage of the Dan Festival, and they all say that his old man is expected to break through to the Yuanying realm. Hey, Yuanying Monk, how long has it been since such a mythical existence appeared? However, Yunxiao Pavilion and Tianjian Sect have all produced Yuanying Monks, and I heard that there are still Yuanying Monks in their sect, but they are just concentrating on cultivation and don't care about the world. ”

Su Aotian remembered that Mo Da had also talked to him about the cultivation realm, and at this time, seeing that Yun Mei was full of interest, although he was not very comfortable, he still echoed and asked: "Is it difficult to practice in the Yuanying realm? Above the foundation is the knot, and after the knot is the Yuan Baby. The last time a monk broke through to Yuanying in this area of Yuanwu City, listening to what the elder said, it may have been hundreds of thousands of years ago, right?" Su Aotian was startled: "Hundreds of thousands of years ago? Qi refining cultivators who cannot break through to the foundation within two hundred years are doomed to fall; after the foundation is built, their lifespan can reach five hundred years, and if they can't break through to the Jiedan, the same is true; if they succeed in the foundation, they will be powerful monks, and their lifespan can reach two thousand years, and in these two thousand years, if they are extraordinary, or if they have a great opportunity, they can break through to the Yuan Infant, and they will be immortal. Although our Lingcui Villa has a lot of power, it is still much inferior to Luoxia Valley and Guiyuan Sect, not to mention Yunxiao Pavilion and Tianjian Sect. For several generations, only the fourth ancestor of the mountain villa has cultivated to the late stage of Jiedan, and finally did not break through to Yuanying, and fell with hatred. The rest of the people will only cultivate to the middle stage of Yudan at most. After speaking, his expression was a little unhappy, probably thinking that he couldn't escape this ending.

Su Aotian said in his heart: "Yuanying, Master once said that Yuanying Monk only has a lifespan of five thousand years, above Yuanying, there is still a realm, don't you know, don't the elders of Lingcui Villa know?" Of course, you can't ask Yunmei, but just said: "Then you have to cultivate diligently, break through to Yuanying in one fell swoop, and Lingcui Villa will rely on you to carry forward in the future." Yun Mei sneered and laughed: "I borrowed your auspicious words, I don't have such a good talent, but my brother Yuhao will definitely break through to Yuanying." Su Aotian saw her coming and going without leaving this Yuhao, and suddenly became irritable in his heart, and couldn't help blurting out: "Seeing that you are so affectionate, you like him very much, right?"

Yun Mei didn't expect Su Aotian to say so directly, she blushed all of a sudden, and said: "Nonsense! I see that you are also honest, how can you not speak at the margin, and you are just as blind as those people! I won't tell you!" blushed and ran away. When Su Aotian saw this situation, he didn't know that she really loved this Yuhao, and his chest was as if he had been hit hard by a sledgehammer, and his heart was depressed.

After a while, Yun Mei ran back and complained, "Don't say these bastard words in the future." Are those Zhuang Ding chewing their tongues in front of you?" Su Aotian said listlessly: "No. Zhuang Ding has something to do every day, a little leisure, and is cultivating, how can anyone say these things?" Yun Mei still said angrily: "There is no best. If I had known that someone had made a mistake, I would have plucked out his tongue. He hated for a while, and then couldn't help but say: "Brother Yuhao has not been to the villa since he joined the Tianjian Sect, and we haven't seen each other for more than twenty years. Su Aotian couldn't help but ask, "Is it more than twenty years, how old is your brother Yuhao?" Yun Mei counted his fingers and said: "Brother Yuhao has just turned fifty years old this year, and he has cultivated to the ninth stage of qi refining, Aunt Liu said that he will definitely break through to the foundation building before the age of one hundred and fifty, and this cultivation speed is also extremely fast in Yunxiao Pavilion and Tianjian Sect." Su Aotian suddenly felt that a fifty-year-old person was still being called "brother, brother", which couldn't help but be a little funny, but when he thought about it, the life span of a monk was far beyond ordinary people, and fifty years old was indeed considered young, so he was relieved. Then he thought again: "I don't know how old Miss Mei'er is this year? He calls that Yuhao brother, is she also in her early forties?" But seeing that she is bouncing around all day long, living like a child who has not grown up, how can she look like fifteen or sixteen years old. Yun Mei suddenly asked him again: "Hey, how old are you this year?" Su Aotian thought that if he told the truth, would it embarrass her, so he said hesitantly: "I, I should be forty-six or seven this year, I can't remember it clearly." Yun Mei sneered: "You don't come! Seeing that your qualifications are so poor, you have also cultivated to the fourth stage of Qi refining, not one hundred but also ninety, and you are still pretending to be young, hehe, hehe!" Su Aotian smiled bitterly and said, "Am I so old?" Yun Mei said: "Aunt Liu said that monks have the vitality of heaven and earth and transform themselves, so their bodies and appearances are not easy to age, and it is extremely normal for a hundred-year-old person to look only twenty." Only when the life limit is approaching, the purifying effect of the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi cannot keep up with the speed of body aging, and the appearance will gradually age, and once the breakthrough is successful, it will rejuvenate. Just because you don't look old doesn't mean you're young, maybe you're one hundred and fifty years old. Su Aotian bowed his head and was silent.

Yun Mei said a few words, and seeing that Su Aotian was not in a high mood, he said: "What's the matter, saying that you are unhappy when you are old?" Okay, okay, you are very young, less than forty, not as old as me, okay?" Su Aotian said in his heart: "It turns out that she is really in her forties, how can she look like a child." Yun Mei said again: "However, to be honest, you are not like those seventy or eighty people in the villa, who talk old-fashioned and uninteresting at all." I face these people all day long, I can't sit, I can't laugh, Zhuang Ding is even more stuffy, I don't dare to say a word, except for Qing'er, that is, it is more interesting to talk to you. Su Aotian said: "Qing'er is the girl who followed you that day?Why didn't she come today?" Yunmei said: "Qing'er is cleaning up the guest room for Brother Yuhao, I am happy, and there is no one to talk to, I suddenly thought of you, so I came to say a few words to you, it was really interesting." He giggled again. Su Aotian said in his heart: "It turns out that he didn't come to me specifically. The heart was even more bored, and when Yun Mei spoke again, he also replied with two sentences.

Yun Mei saw that he had less words, and felt bored, so he said, "It's not early, let's go back." Only then did the two of them return to Lingcui Villa.

It was night, Su Aotian meditated and practiced as usual, but the conversation with Yun Mei during the day was always hovering in his mind, and he couldn't calm down. I simply stopped cultivating for now, and thought in a daze: "What's wrong with me? Do I like her?" was startled by the thought that popped up in his mind, and then thought: "What's wrong with liking her? She's very cute and a good person, can't you like it?" and then thought: "What's the use of that? What she likes is that Yuhao, or what kind of cultivation genius, sooner or later she will break through to Yuanying, how can she fall in love with me as a nearly 100-year-old cultivation waste?" Su Aotian, Su Aotian, what are you thinking about here? You forgot what Master said to you before leaving? Master told you to work hard and leave this Qinglong Prefecture as soon as possible, but you are thinking about these nonsense things here, but you are worthy of Master's expectations of you?"

As soon as I thought of my ambition, since I had embarked on the road of cultivating immortals, I had to move forward bravely, go straight to the supreme avenue, and immediately shake up my spirit and start practicing. This time, he put aside his distracting thoughts, and sure enough, his heart quickly stopped and he entered a state of cultivation.

After a night, Su Aotian opened his eyes, only to feel that his mood was peaceful, and the ripples set off by Yun Mei in his heart had been put aside by him for the time being. In the days that followed, he continued to think about these things, which affected his cultivation to some extent. After all, he is a young man with strong blood, and it is normal to have these thoughts, the desire of men and women is human nature, not to mention a young man like him, it is how many powerful monks who have cultivated for 10,000 years, tens of thousands of years, and also find some female cultivators with outstanding appearance everywhere to marry Taoist couples, it is normal for him to linger for a while. Fortunately, his willpower is outstanding, and he can still clean up his mood and continue to cultivate.

Finally, one day near the end of the year, the villa became lively, and the Zhuang Ding were all assigned to sweep around, and some of them went out to welcome guests with the people in the inner courtyard. It was almost noon, and the group of people came back with laughter and laughter, Su Aotian only glanced at it from a distance, and vaguely saw a monk dressed as a Taoist priest, followed by a middle-aged man and a young man, whose appearance was not very real, and they were all with extraordinary temperament. Although I had been prepared, I was still a little gloomy in my heart.

In the following days, bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, the villa was also very lively, and the cultivators didn't care about these red tape, but in a sect, a mountain villa or something, there were many monks gathered, and they didn't do anything except practice all day long, and after a long time, it was also a little boring, and it was lively and lively during the New Year's Festival, which was equivalent to having some fun for themselves. It makes no difference whether you eat or not on weekdays, and these days to satisfy your appetite, some of the worldly enjoyment is also unforgettable. There was a happy and peaceful atmosphere in the villa, Su Aotian's depressed mood seemed a little out of place, he felt that there seemed to be no need to stay in this Lingcui Villa, and he had been here for more than half a year, I don't know if he would go to Yuanwu City to buy transactions in the new year, if so, he would go back with him.

That night, Su Aotian was not on duty, and the other Zhuang Ding drank wine and ate meat during the day, which was lively and lively, and at night they all fell asleep, and he barely restrained his mind and practiced alone in the house. It took a while to settle down, and gradually entered the realm of forgetting things and me. In the night, like a cloud of mist, the divine consciousness passed through the house, over the courtyard wall, and came to the courtyard of the villa. He didn't dare to spread to the inner courtyard, fearing that if the inner courtyard was noticed by the monk Jiedan, he threw his divine sense outside the villa. God recognized the courtyard wall, like a wild horse on the loose, and like the tide of the embankment, spreading towards the hillside field, the feeling of merging into the heaven and earth, he was fascinated. He could feel the rhizomes silently absorbing energy under the fallen trees for spring to bloom, and he could feel the critters dormant in the burrows to recuperate. Although you can't see it visually, everything is like seeing it with your own eyes, and you can sigh at the infinite mystery of the human body, and the supreme reason of heaven and earth will last forever. In the subtleties, the divine consciousness suddenly noticed that there were two people at the bottom of a hillside. He was startled at first, but then he felt that the two people did not react abnormally, and he spoke again, apparently not feeling his own sense.

On a whim, he wanted to hear what the two of them were saying, so he gathered his consciousness and cautiously leaned towards the two. Gradually, the divine consciousness covered the two of them, but the two of them were unaware. I only heard a voice say: "Brother Yuhao, for so many years, I haven't forgotten you for a moment, and I have been looking forward to you coming to see me all day long!" Su Aotian's heart was shocked, and he heard that it was Yun Mei, and that person was needless to say that it was his brother Yuhao.