Chapter 20: Doubts
At night, Yuan Qi was in good spirits, got up and walked around the courtyard, proper exercise helps the recovery of the body, he still understood this, stretched his waist, and happened to see the master in the courtyard drinking alone, these days the master always goes out early and returns late, and he rarely stays in the courtyard as usual for dinner, his appearance and demeanor of drinking, Yuan Qi can't help but think of the big man he met in Ping'an Village, the more he looks at it, the more he looks like it.
"Master!" Seeing that Master's wine glass was empty, Yuan Qi stepped forward to fill it for him.
"Uh, Xiaoqi, are you feeling better?" "It's the same as before, Master has been drunk no matter how much he drank.
"The disciple feels good, thanks to the master's care, the disciple replaces the wine with tea, toast you!" Yuan Qi couldn't drink, so he had to pour a cup of tea to honor the master.
The master and apprentice drank it all.
"What's the matter, what's on your mind?" Tuke saw Yuan Qi want to speak and stopped.
"Actually, it's nothing, the disciple went down the mountain this time, experienced life and death, and had a lot of feelings, but also a lot of unknowns, so there are some doubts!" Yuan Qi said.
"Tell me about it!" said Tuke, faintly.
"Master should know what happened in Anping Village from Senior Brother Wan! The disciple thinks that with Senior Brother Wan's cultivation, it is not a problem to deal with Ning Tu's whole body and retreat, why would a move to clear his heart and destroy it will make him leak out of defeat!" Yuan Qi asked.
"It's actually not strange that you have such doubts!" Tuke pondered for a moment and responded, "I can't blame you, your cultivation is still shallow, it is difficult to understand, Master asked you, what is the most important thing in cultivating the true Dao?"
"The most important thing is the state of mind!" Yuan Qi said.
"That's right, cultivating the truth is cultivating the mind. In fact, the same is true of moves, why there are moves, to put it bluntly, that is, people's state of mind in a certain situation of their own perception, but also more suitable for their own things, outsiders learn nothing more than to draw symbols in the same way, the drawing is good, and it cannot be separated from the essence. Blindly pursuing the power of tricks, but ignoring the most essential things, naturally it is more difficult to exert power!" Tuke explained.
Yuan Qi nodded as if he didn't understand, and said faintly, "According to what Master said, this 'Pure Heart Annihilation' is really not our Qingcheng's trick!"
"I've only been here for ten years in Qingcheng Mountain, and I've only heard a lot of things here!" Tuke said, "It is said that the person who created this trick was originally a disciple of Qingcheng, but because of some things, he betrayed Qingcheng, and when he left, his heart was filled with despair and anger again, and he hit such a blow with hatred, the name of Qingcheng's heart method is Tai Chi Qingxin Mantra, and he named this move after Qingxin Annihilation, which shows his state of mind at that time!"
"I see, that disciple understands!" Yuan Qi said, "Ning Tu has such a great power in using this move, it is likely that he got the guidance of that person, Master, do you think that person will enter the Demon Sect?"
"Decades ago, there was a big war between the demons, and the demon sect was all driven out of the Central Plains, and no one found him at that time, so he must have been gone for a long time!" Tuke shook his head.
"Eh!" Yuan Qi always felt that he had grasped the key, but it was very vague, and he asked again, "Master, what do you think of Senior Sister Wan Ting?"
Tuke's face changed slightly, and he said, "Why do you ask this! She came to see you today?"
Yuan nodded: "The disciple didn't think much about it, but I just felt that this Demon Sect person seemed to care too much about Senior Sister Wan Ting, it was like this last time by the lake, and this time it was again!
Master's face was ugly, and he didn't know what he was thinking, so he asked after a long time: "Xiaoqi, do you really like Wan Ting!"
Yuan Qi's face turned red, but he didn't deny it.
"My Fair Lady, a gentleman is good, and it is also human nature, and what happened in the mountains in the past few months, as a teacher, I also know a little bit. Tuke sighed and said, "I didn't say that she was bad as a teacher! It's just that I still want to persuade you to break this thought, this woman is in a lot of disasters, and you and her are destined to have no good results!"
"Why?" Yuan Qi retorted, "Is it because of the hexagram of the Heavenly Machine?"
"Not really, the Heavenly Diagram cannot be trusted, and the teacher has never taken that hexagram to heart!" Tuke shook his head and said, "This woman's life experience involves some things, and if you don't handle it well, you will never recover!"
"Master said so, it must have something to do with the Demon Sect!" Yuan Qi thought about it for a while, and then understood the general idea, "The Demon Sect has targeted Senior Sister Wan Ting twice, and it is by no means unfounded! As long as you think about it a little, it is easy to guess!"
"You're right!" Tuke said faintly, remembering the past, "After the end of the battle ten years ago, the head of the sect brought her back from the battlefield, and under the pressure of all the elders in the sect, he made an exception to take her as an apprentice. ”
Tuke picked up the wine glass and tasted it carefully for the first time: "I know Wan Qing's character best, if it was an ordinary child, he would definitely not be like this, so this child's identity must be unusual, there are many speculations in the outside world, but only he knows how!"
"Paper can't hold the fire!" Yuan Qi asked, "Master, the Demon Sect has revived, what will the head of the sect do with Senior Sister Wan?"
"What's the matter, it's your turn to take care of this kind of thing?" the master glared at Yuan Qi and reprimanded, "You just need to practice hard and do your duty well!"
"The disciple lost his words!" Yuan Qi covered his mouth and snickered, "But the disciple just heard that the master only came to Qingchengmen ten years ago, I don't know what the previous master did!"
"Stinky boy, you want to get to the bottom of me! there's no door!" Tuke scolded, "Get out of here!"
"Yes! Disciple retires!" Amid Tuke's laughter and scolding, Yuan Yuan returned to the room.
Desperate Palace, Wan Qing frowned, he weighed a silver needle in his hand, if Yuan Qi was present, he would definitely be able to recognize it, this was the one taken out of his wound, remembering that day when he healed Yuan Qi, this and the silver needle exuded a strange aura! Let himself instantly think of the weapon "Soul Eater Ding", Wan Qing secretly weighed in his heart, this time the momentum of the Demon Sect is not small, even the third-ranked Soul Eater Ding has appeared, is it true that he will respond to the opportunity of that day!
Outside the Hall of Despair, there is a piece of green, and flowers and plants give life here. In the past few days, Mo Li often came here to play with Wan Ling, and the two daughters shuttled through the flowers, having a lot of fun, and even Wan Qian, who had always been wooden, and Wan Ting, who obviously had something on her mind, sometimes joined in them.
Wan Qing looked at Wan Ting and sighed softly, this kid, let it be!
The moon is high at night. The four of them are tired of playing, sitting side by side on the steps to admire the moon, the moonscape of the Palace of Despair is different from other places, the high Waqiong Tower under the body, and the moon hanging high above the head, making people feel that they are in the middle of heaven and earth, giving birth to endless reverie.
"Hey, senior sister, what is this!" Ling'er asked when she saw the moonlight pendant around Wan Ting's neck.
Wan Ting took it off and played with it in her hand, the moonlight was worn in the moonlight, shining brightly, and the emotional water in it also flashed, looking very beautiful.
"A piece of jade pendant! Senior Sister, why haven't I seen you bring it before!" Ling'er took it in her hand and looked at it, and Mo Li and Wan Qian on the side were also attracted to it.
"This should be a peace rope!" Mo Li recognized the red rope, it was Yuan Qi who bought the peace rope on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and asked, "Is this what Brother Yuan gave you?"
Wan Ting nodded.
Mo Li picked up the moonlight pendant, looked at the moonlight and looked at it, and immediately understood, and said to himself: "It turns out that the drop of water is here!"
"What water!" Ling'er stared.
"This is the water from the Full Moon Ancient Well, and I saw Brother Yuan put it away with my own eyes. Mo Li glanced at Wan Ting strangely, and felt jealous in his heart, Brother Yuan really had feelings for her.
"Isn't it just a drop of water, what's the difference?" Ling'er stared.
Mo Li's face turned red and he didn't speak, but Guoguo interjected on the side: "Sister Ling'er, this water can test whether a person is emotional, the water temperature is as warm as affection, the deeper the affection, the higher the temperature!"
"Really, why don't I feel anything!" Ling'er said.
Wan Qian on the side became interested, took the jade pendant, and observed carefully: "I saw in an ancient book that there is a kind of water called emotional water, which is exactly the same as what Guoguo described!
"En, Brother Yuan used the formation to decompose the weeds at the bottom of the well, and finally decomposed this drop of well water!" Mo Li stared at Wan Ting, being able to give this to her was enough to express his heart!
Wan Ting's face turned crimson, and everyone else realized something, staring at her in unison.
"Don't talk nonsense, it's just a jade pendant, and I don't feel any temperature!" Wan Ting's face turned even redder.
"It should be isolated by the moonstone!Why don't we smash it open!" Ling'er was very violent, and when she raised her hand, she was about to fall, and the startled Wan Ting hurriedly snatched the jade pendant, causing everyone to laugh.
Unconsciously, a few more days passed, strange to say, since talking to the master that night, Yuan Qi seemed to have some epiphany, sitting cross-legged every day, although the injury imprisoned his cultivation, but the mood has risen a lot, one day Tuke saw that he was picking up the kettle to water the potted plants in the pavilion, the figure was hazy, although he did not practice, but the surrounding aura was permeated, he couldn't help nodding, secretly praising that night just a few random words, there is such understanding, although the strength has not improved, but if the injury recovers, it may break into the Yuqing realm at any time.
Of course, Yuan Qi didn't know about this, although he had already discovered the master, but he knew the master's character well, and he didn't deliberately say hello, still focused on the things at hand, and suddenly felt something, raised his head and looked at the sky, a naughty figure appeared in the courtyard, it was Mo Li, who had not been seen for a long time.
"Brother Yuan!" Mo Li had some worries in the past few days, but he still couldn't help but come to visit Yuan Qi, but it was Wan Ting, who hadn't appeared for several days.
Yuan Qi smiled, and subconsciously looked back at the master, only to find that the master had long since disappeared.
"Girl, how have you been!" asked Yuan Qi.
"I'm fine, but Brother Yuan, are your injuries getting better?" asked Mo Li.
"It's okay, except for the fact that I can't cultivate, everything else is fine, Master said that in a few days, my injuries will be stable, and I can heal them by myself at that time!" Yuan Qi explained.
"Brother Yuan, thank you, blame me for dragging you down this time!" Mo Li lowered his head and said.
Yuan Qi gently pinched Mo Li's nose and said with a smile: "What are you talking about! I'm a man, even if I'm injured, it's only a matter of time, but sister, you're delicate on the outside and tender on the inside, if you are injured, there are many people who feel distressed!"
Mo Li's face turned red, and then Yuan Qi said: "It's just that I can't be by your side every time, the girl still has to learn to protect herself and overcome her own psychological fear!"
"You can always be there!" Mo Li's face turned even redder and he muttered quietly.
"What did you say, what's wrong?" Yuan Qi noticed that Mo Li's face was wrong, and hurriedly asked.
"I will, I'll work hard!" Mo Li's face turned red.
Yuan Qi nodded, picked up the kettle, and said, "By the way, Edelweiss!
At the mention of the little Edelweiss, Mo smiled in his heart: "She! She is now the treasure of our Law Enforcement Hall! The senior brothers like it very much, and even the master says that she has good qualifications and wants to accept her as a personal disciple!"
"That's not bad!" Yuan Qi said, "I hope the affairs of Anping Village will not leave a knot in her heart!"
"I see that she stays in the Law Enforcement Hall and is happy every day, there shouldn't be anything!" Mo Li paused again and again, "But she refuses to be the apprentice of the sword-wielding elder!"
"Why is that?" Yuan Qi was a little surprised.
"I also asked, do you know, she wants to be your apprentice!" Mo Li said with a smile.
"This, how can this work, I am still qualified, how can I be someone else's master!" Yuan Qi was even more surprised, "And even if I agree, the one in the room may not agree." ”
"Elder Sword?" Mo Li asked rhetorically.
"Master has always liked to be alone, and now he wants to take in one of my disciples, but he is just doing it casually! If he is asked to accept one, it will definitely not work!" Yuan Qi said.
"Okay then! I think so!" Mo Li seemed to have expected this, and without delving into it, he found a stone bench in the courtyard at random and sat down, picked up the hundred flowers on the table and flipped through it, and asked, "Why has Brother Yuan been interested in flowers and plants recently!"
"It's okay, it's just nothing!" Yuan Qi looked at the potted plants that had been watered, nodded with satisfaction, looked back at Mo Li, and found that she was also looking at it with relish, Baihualu, and couldn't help asking, "Why do you like flowers and plants too?"
"En!" Mo Li said as he flipped over, "Lilies, delphiniums, phalaenopsis, thousand leaf grasses, I have read them all, I only knew these things before, but I didn't know their names, you have them in this book, and they are recorded in such detail!"
Yuan Qi immediately became interested when he heard this, although he was familiar with Baihualu, but he had only seen it in the book, but he had seen very few real things, and hurriedly asked: "You have seen all these, where are they?"
"There!" Mo Li pointed to the Temple of Heavenly Despair.
Yuan Qi looked up and asked, "Ruthless Palace?"
"Well, there is a huge garden in the Hall of Absolute Love, and there are a lot of flowers and plants in it, all of which have been transplanted from all over the world, but they are beautiful!" Mo Li said with an intoxicated expression.
Yuan Qi was very regretful: "Not everyone is qualified to go up to the Palace of Absolute Love!"
"Brother Yuan, do you really want to go and see it?" asked Mo Li mysteriously.
"Do you have a way?" asked Yuan Qi.
"Of course, Ling'er and I are good sisters, I often go there to play, and when I get there, I just need to send a signal, and she will naturally come out and take us in. Mo Li said.
"But is this really good? isn't she afraid of being blamed by the boss?" Yuan Qi said worriedly.
"Oh, it's okay, the head of the house usually retreats in the house, and the Dharma protectors have all gone out to run errands, Senior Brother Wan Qian is blind to us, let's sneak in, it'll be fine!" Ling'er seemed to be more anxious than Yuan Qi.
"How do I feel that you want to go!" Yuan Qi was puzzled, "It's a pity, I can't resist the sword!"
"How can I have it, let's take this book with us, and look at it against each other, there are many things in it that I know for the first time!" Mo Li pulled Yuan Qi, "You can't resist the sword, I can! I'll take you!"
Under Mo Li's control, the Spirit Rhino Sword quickly enlarged and fell to the ground, Mo Li was currently standing in front, Yuan Qi hesitated, and also stood up, he looked at the sky, and said in his heart: "In the Palace of Despair, you should be able to see her!"