"Knock knock......" There was a knock outside the door, waking up Shen Mu, who was in deep thought.

"Who?" Shen Mu walked to the door and didn't open the door immediately.

"It's me, Ruohan!" the girl's quirky voice reached Yangmu's ears. Hearing that it was Xu Ruohan, Shen Mu opened the door with confidence and let Xu Ruohan in.

"It's so late, junior sister, do you have anything else?" Shen Mu looked at Xu Ruohan standing in front of him with some surprise, and was quite surprised in his heart.

"Well, I went to Master's just now, and he asked me to call you over. Xu Ruohan suddenly noticed the wound on Shen Mu's hand and hurriedly pulled his hand in front of him.

"It's okay, I just accidentally cut it. Only then did Shen Mu react, he hadn't cleaned up the teacup he had just crushed, and he hadn't had time to deal with the wounds on his hands.

"You're really a piece of wood, such a big man, and so careless. Xu Ruohan glanced at him with disgust, then took out a small jade bottle from his body, poured out some powder, and carefully sprinkled it on his hand.

"Don't move! This is the top-grade gold medicine I brought down the mountain this time, and I feel very distressed to waste it. ”

Xu Ruohan clenched the palm that Shen Mu wanted to withdraw back, took out another cloth belt, and helped him tie it before letting go of his hand.

"Thank you, junior sister, since the master has summoned, then I will go over now. Shen Mu looked at the bandaged palm, and there was a trace of warmth in his heart, but the master summoned, he didn't dare to slack off, so he could only thank Xu Ruohan tomorrow.

"Hey, wait, why are you in such a hurry? ”

Xu Ruohan took out a small jade pendant from behind him again and handed it to Shen Mu.

"This is made of the maple leaves of our Tianqing Mountain, the maple leaves are sealed in the jade, which can be kept for many years, I see some commemorative significance, so I bought it back and gave it to you, you have never been out of the Taoist temple, give you a look. ”

Under the cover of the night, Shen Mu didn't see Xu Ruohan's slightly red face, nor did he notice her slightly clenched fists.

"Well, thank you, sister. ”

Shen Mu looked at the small maple leaf jade pendant in his hand and liked it very much, indeed as Xu Ruohan said, he had been staying in this Taoist temple for the past twenty years, and he had never left a single step, this kind of novelty, he was naturally very interested.

"Huh!

Xu Ruohan looked at the back of Shen Mu who was gradually disappearing in the night, and waved his fist fiercely in the direction he left.

The scope of this Azure Taoist Temple was very large, and as an ordinary person, Shen Mu could only walk, and it took nearly two cups of tea to reach Shizun's residence.

Standing in place, Shen Mu adjusted his breathing, and then knocked lightly on the door: "Master, Shen Mu came to visit." ”

"Mu'er, come in. The door opened in response, Shen Mu's master Tianqing Daoist was now a cultivator of the Jindan Realm, and he had already sensed Shen Mu's arrival.

Shen Mu stepped into the hall and saw the master sitting on one side of the main hall, with a pot of tea and two jade cups in front of him.

"Mu'er, come and sit. ”

The Azure Daoist was wearing a cyan Dao robe, although his beard was white, but his eyes were very bright, and there was no cloudiness that an old man of this age should have, looking at Shen Mu who came to him, there was an imperceptible fluctuation in the eyes of the Azure Daoist, but it quickly disappeared invisibly.

"Master, I don't know why I called my apprentice over late at night?" Shen Mu knelt in front of Tianqing Daoist and asked why he was called late at night.

"Mu'er, in five days, it will be my Azure Daoist disciple Dabi, your cultivation still can't be saved?"

Shen Mu heard his master's question, he was ashamed in his heart, his fists clenched, all these years of cultivation of forgetting to sleep and eat not only did not bring him a trace of spiritual power, but brought him the name of a waste.

Tianqing Daoist sighed and did not continue to ask, with his eyesight, he could naturally see that Shen Mu's body was empty, no different from ordinary people.

"Five days later, disciple Dabi, you don't need to participate, I have instructed your uncle to let him take you on a journey for half a month, maybe it can help you a little. ”

Shen Mu's heart is warm, Master is always like this, he has always taken good care of him, although the Azure Daoist Temple has a lot of criticism of him, but Master still loves him as always.

It's just that how can he have the cheekiness to inherit the friendship of the master again? The cold words he has suffered for more than ten years have cut his heart like a knife, since he has wasted himself so far, it is better to take off the name of this personal disciple and go to the bottom to be a fire-burning person, so as not to let the master bother again.

"Master, the disciple knows that his talent is mediocre, and he doesn't dare to occupy the seat of this personal disciple anymore, five days later, the disciple will go to participate, if he is defeated, it is also the disciple's destiny. ”

Hearing Shen Mu's words, the Azure Daoist knew that this disciple no longer wanted to take refuge under his wing, but Shen Mu thought so, he couldn't do this.

"Mu'er, my generation of monks, what I seek is my own detachment, what I have gained and lost in life is all a passing cloud, if I don't have a heart to endure humiliation and burden, how can I achieve the Great Dao, and how can I talk about detachment?"

Shen Mu's body was shocked, the master actually had such high hopes for him, pursuing the Great Dao and gaining strength was the thing that Shen Mu longed for the most in his heart.

"Mu'er, let's set off tomorrow, remember to follow Uncle Shi's teachings along the way, Master hopes to see you grow when you come back this time. ”

Tianqing Daoist stroked Shen Mu's shoulder, his eyes full of anticipation and concern.

"Yes, Mu'er will definitely live up to Master's high expectations, and this trip will definitely be rewarding. ”

Shen Mu no longer shirked, even if it wasn't for himself, he had to fight for his master's expectations of him, and he wanted to prove that he was not a waste.

The Azure Daoist nodded slightly, with relief in his eyes.

"Master, the disciple retires. Shen Mu bowed slightly, bowed as a disciple, and then exited the door.

Tianqing Daoist looked at Shen Mu's departing back, his face was still kind, but in his eyes, a touch of demonic energy flashed, and a touch of demonic energy was faintly seen jumping in his eyes.

Shen Mu walked in the Azure Taoist Temple, and his heart couldn't be calmed for a long time, and what the master said had been lingering in his heart.

Shen Mu tasted this sentence, there was a slight bitterness in his heart, he understood the truth, but he had to see it thoroughly, how easy it was to talk about it, I only hope that this time can really bring him some different changes.

Shen Mu returned to his room and began to pack his clothes, tomorrow will be the first time he walked out of the Azure Taoist Temple, he is very much looking forward to this trip, he has never seen the outside scenery, and his heart is uneasy at the moment.

"This time, I must take a good look with my uncle, and by the way, I can bring a gift to my little sister. Shen Mu muttered to himself, this time he left in such a hurry, it seems that he doesn't have time to thank the little junior sister, so bring her a gift as compensation.

Shen Mu packed his luggage, which was actually a small package, which he put at the head of his bed at the moment.

A jade pendant was held in Shen Mu's hand, and at this moment, it felt Shen Mu's body temperature, slowly emitting a ghostly light, and there was a trace of extremely faint aura drilling into Shen Mu's body.

"Huh?" Shen Mu felt that these spiritual qi were actually stored in his body, and his body shook violently at the moment, what kind of jade pendant is this?

Shen Mu hurriedly concentrated to feel these aura, this was the first time in twenty years that he felt that the aura could be stored in his body, in the past, his body was like a funnel, even if the aura entered the body, it would dissipate after a while, this discovery made Shen Mu extremely excited, does this mean that he can also cultivate?

The jade pendant still exudes a ghostly light, and the aura is constantly entering Shen Mu's body, but its amount is too small, even if Shen Mu has always been a waste, he knows that it is undoubtedly impossible to rely on these aura to break through the first layer of condensation.

But Shen Mu didn't care at all, at this moment, he was more concerned about whether he could absorb spiritual power through the Qi Condensation Technique, and if it was feasible, then he could at least remove the name of waste.

Without hesitation, Shen Mu took a cultivation posture and tried to absorb spiritual power again according to the Qi Condensation Technique.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Shen Mu opened his eyes again, there was a strong disappointment in his eyes, but there was still no change in the slightest, except for the faint spiritual power given by the jade pendant, there was nothing in his body.

"Could it be that my junior sister gave me some kind of strange treasure, so that I, a waste, can also absorb the spiritual power in it?" Shen Mu sighed, he seemed to have inadvertently accepted a big favor from Xu Ruohan, how could he return this love?

Shen Mu's heart was complicated, cultivating the Dao and cultivating the Dao, could it be that God really wanted to cut off his path like this? With such qualifications, what kind of Dao did he cultivate? What qualifications did he have to admit Ruohan's love?

The candle flame in the room was swaying, dragging Shen Mu's shadow continuously, a strong wind was blowing outside, the doors and windows were blown slightly, Shen Mu stared blankly at the flickering flames, at this time he was also like this candle flame, as if it would be extinguished by the wind lightly.

Shen Mu sat in the room all night, until the candle flame burned out the sesame oil, leaving only a blackened wick, at this time Shen Mu's eyes were full of bloodshots, this night, he thought a lot.

Shen Mu shook his head, moved his numb legs off the bed, and after recovering for a while, he went to fetch water to wash, today he has to go out with his uncle, and now it is time to set off.

After washing, Shen Mu put on his package and walked towards the Azure Daoist Temple, where he knew he needed to wait.

Walking all the way to the main hall, it was still early in the morning, and no one came out, so Shen Mu didn't meet those who focused on making fun of him.

Shen Mu stood at the door of the main hall, holding the jade pendant given by Xu Ruohan in his hand, he had decided last night that if this trip could not make his cultivation improve, then he would return this jade pendant to Xu Ruohan, and at the same time leave the Azure Taoist Temple and go to the outside world to make a living.

At this time, a person passed in front of Shen Mu's eyes, he was carrying a wooden sword on his back, and it seemed that he was rushing to the sword cultivation field.

"Xu Hu. Shen Mu stopped the man, and through his back, Shen Mu had recognized his identity.