Outside the window, lightning and thunder roared, wind and rain.

Lightning pierces the darkness like swords, rain spreads across the sky like sand, thunder rumbles like ancient beasts roaring angrily, and wind whins like endless ghosts wailing in pain.

Inside, the lights were dim and silent.

After a long time, the silence was broken by a sigh, and an old and unwilling voice sounded: "After all, it was a failure, and it was so completely defeated." By now, the oil has long run out, and there is no chance of turning over! All efforts are in vain, and the smoke is just around the corner. ”

On top of a barren mountain isolated from the rest of the world, there is a very simple wooden house, which is swaying in the wind and rain.

In the middle of the room, there was a bamboo couch, on which sat an old man in a Taoist robe, looking out the window and muttering to himself, his eyes full of pain and disappointment.

On the wall, a green lamp that was about to run out of oil emitted a dim light, illuminating the withered figure of the old man and another figure half-kneeling in front of the couch, casting two long shadows on the ground and on the side of the couch.

From time to time, the wind peeked in through the window, blowing the lights flickering, and they could be extinguished at any moment, and the two shadows twisted strangely.

The old man retracted his gaze, looked at the figure in front of the couch, was silent for a while, and suddenly rekindled a wave of hope in his eyes, and asked, "Ado, do you know why the teacher wants to accept you as an apprentice?"

The figure in front of the couch turned his back to the light, his face sank into the darkness, unable to see clearly, and he just shook his head when he heard the words: "Shizun once said that it was because we were destined, and later said that it was coerced by others...... You need to use your disciple to exchange your freedom for him, and accepting a disciple as an apprentice is just a superficial cover-up, but in fact it is only to complete the transaction, not out of sincerity. ”

The voice is delicate and crisp, and the figure called Addo is actually a young girl.

"Hey, you're still holding a grudge against this matter!" the old man shook his head and sighed, glanced at her, but did not see her answer, and continued: "Actually, you should be grateful to him, and so should you be a teacher! If it weren't for him, we wouldn't have met here, let alone become master and apprentice." Although it was also because of him, our master-apprentice relationship was not simple from the beginning. However, after a hundred years of getting along in the mountains, the teacher has already recognized you, and I hope that you can inherit the mantle of the teacher, become a real disciple of the teacher, fulfill the unfulfilled wish for the teacher, and do what the teacher has not done, which has nothing to do with that person. As for that person, it may be a blessing or a blessing for you, or another chance for you...... You don't have to worry too much about it. ”

"Regardless of whether the master sincerely accepts the disciple as an apprentice, for the sake of the disciple who has carefully taught the disciple, no matter what kind of wish and matter, just entrust it, as long as he can, the disciple should try his best to complete it on behalf of the master. Adorius thought for a moment before replying, but some of his words were insincere, more like perfunctory.

"The truth is always cruel, the so-called beauty is not an illusion or a cover-up, it is mostly deliberately created, and the same is true of the master-apprentice relationship between you and me, the intimacy and beauty of the past, but it is a pity that it ...... It's good that having such an experience will be beneficial to your growth after all. Compared with the deceit of the outside world, the intrigue between you and me is nothing at all, and the darkness and cruelty of the outside world are by no means what you can imagine now! Once, Wei Shi and a few like-minded people wanted to bring some changes to this world, and in order to find the power that can change this world, they managed to enter here, but as soon as they had some gains, they calculated with each other and made black hands against each other, and in the end, only Wei Shi survived and stayed until now......

"What does Shizun mean is that he wants his disciples to continue to work hard to change the outside world, so that she will be less cruel and more beautiful?"

The old man first nodded, and then shook his head: "As a teacher, I only hope that you can make the outside world 'less cruel' under the conditions you can, as for 'a little more beautiful', ha, don't say a point, even half a point is too luxurious, as a teacher still dare not think about it, you don't think too much, otherwise, you will end up like a teacher! Strive to impact the previous goal, and don't ask for the latter teacher." ”

"......" Ado fell into silence, and there were really a lot of doubts, although the person in front of him was his master, he was not really credible, and only after a while did he decide: "Disciple, you will definitely not live up to your master's expectations!"

"Of course, the outside world is not only cruel but also very exciting, if you want to grow up, you have to go out and experience it. When you try to change, even a slight change will be frustrated, and the harder you try, the more you will do so, not only will it backfire, but even backfire, and finally you will be changed by the world, drifting with the tide, and becoming a factor that makes the world more cruel. The teacher knows that it is indeed cruel and selfish to let you undertake the unfinished mission of being a teacher and face it alone, but this is the reason why the teacher accepts you as an apprentice and spares no effort to cultivate you, and it really has nothing to do with that person. Of course, being a teacher is not too demanding, if one day, you are either tired and tired, or you can't bear it, you will leave everything outside, come back here, continue to practice hard, and fly to the upper realm as soon as possible, out of this sea of suffering, or you will be a happy little demon beast in this valley according to your nature, and die in the end of your life. ”

The old man gasped again after a long sentence.

Addo fell silent again, pondering what to believe and which to ignore.

......

The sky will dawn, and the rain has stopped.

The two ended a long night talking, and the old man entrusted the things and things that he couldn't let go, let go, closed his eyes, and waited for the last moment to come.

Suddenly, a blast of wind swept in, extinguishing the lights, plunging the room into darkness.

Suddenly, the light was magnificent, illuminating the room brightly, and the old man's right hand was raised, holding a bead with an eye the size of a jade crystal in his palm, exuding a strange light.

In front of the couch, Ado was also clearly illuminated, it was actually a golden haired hoofed beast with a pair of curved horns, the curved horns twisted backwards, it looked very delicate, and under it was a pair of large and agile eyes, dressed in a robe that did not fit well, and the exposed place was covered with golden hair, and only one face was still smooth.

"Ha, I almost forgot, there is also this Broken Illusion Pearl, which can help you explore all kinds of illusions, illuminate and guide your future path. You and I have a hundred years of mentorship and apprenticeship...... That's it, and from now on, you can only rely on ...... ...... yourself"

The Broken Illusion Bead flew directly into Ado's palm, and the old man's voice became weaker and weaker, and he lowered his head and didn't say anything more.

Ado was sad for a while, and said sadly: "Master, ......"

The old man coughed: "It's okay, but it's ...... It's just a return to the light!"

"......" Ado was speechless for a while, and his sorrow turned into anger: "Back to the light!? Back to your grandfather's light, back to your mother's photo, is there such a return to the light like you? It's been a hundred years, back to the old mother, back to the palace, you have to go first, you old boy still has to die here, you say, what is this?"

"......" The old man raised his head and waved his hand, and said busily: "It's okay right away, let's go on the road, wait a while, don't be impatient." ”

"The king of Hades urged you to go on the third watch, and you dragged it until the fifth watch, you really want to be a full-time old man! No, the fifth watch has passed, and you are still chattering, it is better to save yourself if you have this time, maybe you can live another three or five years, but you don't! You don't count the endless chatter, and the old lady kneels to accompany her, her knees are swollen, and you haven't finished talking yet! No matter if you love to die or not, if you don't die, the old lady will send you on the road!"

The sword bloomed, swept over, the bed turned into countless flakes and scattered, and the figure of the old man flashed and appeared by the window, standing with his back against the wall.

What a risk!

I almost slice it, and I escaped with only the last bit of strength, I haven't been so frightened for many years, Rao is old man has experienced countless lives and deaths, and he is still in a cold sweat at this moment.

The old man was not sad or angry, but some were just unwilling: "Stop! This time it is indeed true, let the teacher stay for a while, and leave the whole corpse for the teacher......

The light of the sky that had just been lit up suddenly dimmed, and the wind and clouds were surging again, and the huge pressure fell from the sky, and the old man's body shook up, and he felt that the lost strength was rapidly returning, and the momentum on his body was also rising.

The old man looked stunned, and then understood, and in an instant he turned from sadness to joy, and then from joy to anger, his expression was extremely exciting, and he suddenly laughed, and Fang Cai judged the two of them: "Ha, ha...... It turns out that this moment is the real return to the light! The last hope, the last chance, are all at this moment!"

As he spoke, his figure disappeared and shot upward.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, a large hole was knocked out of the roof......