When I arrived at the lotus pond, Master was wiping ashes on the ice lotus as I was leaving, and the ice lotus bloomed, and the petals were transparent, trembling slightly under the master's hands, becoming more and more pure and innocent, like a dream, and very beautiful.

But I only have Master in my eyes.

When I left, the master's fingers finally became slender again, his round face was no longer fleshy, his robe was empty on his body, and the sense of compromise of the child stealing the clothes of an adult was even stronger.

"Master!" I whispered.

Master's hand that wiped the ashes of the ice lotus paused, raised his head, and looked at me, the eyes that were usually smiling and amber in the morning seemed to have fallen into ashes, turning into a chaotic glass bead, no longer as clear as before, and my heart instantly hurt.

"It's Yinghuai back!" Master's voice was as warm as ever, the corners of his mouth grinned a shallow arc, and with a smile in his eyes, he said, "Why is it so early?"

"I miss Master. "I was as coquettish as ever, but my eyes were a little hot and moist.

Master walked out of the lotus pond and raised his hand to rub it lightly on the top of my head, and through my scalp, I could clearly feel the knuckles of Master's fingers and the dry skin.

What happened to make Master so haggard, weak and withered in just one month?

My impression of the master's cheeks is white and tender, like a big white skin thick stuffed bun, bright eyes, like stars in the night sky, heavy hands, like a fan, but each knuckle is white and tender, like a lotus root in autumn, it looks crisp and refreshing, and the whole person is even more round and bulging, like a dumpling filled with sesame seeds, which makes people salivate and want to swallow it in one bite.

But now, this withered and haggard person, like a lotus flower after the rain, exudes a withered appearance all over the place, is my master?

The contrast between before and after is too strong, and I can't help but feel a little sad.

"Don't leave when you come back this time!" Master said softly: "Now it's not long before the sect competition, and when the sect competition is over, I will send you and Changyuan to Qingyuan Mountain, and you will be able to relax as a teacher." ”

"I'm not going to Qingyuan Mountain, I'm going to accompany Master. I said, with pampering and willfulness in my tone.

Hearing this, the master chuckled, shook his head and said: "Qingyuan Mountain is full of spiritual energy, there is an enchantment outside, you and Changyuan are the hope of staying for a long time, only if you stay there as a teacher can you feel at ease, I have already told Senior Brother Zixing and Ziyang Sect, and they have agreed." ”

"Uncle Shi also agreed?"

"Hmm!" Master raised his hand to touch the top of my head, but stopped at the moment of raising his hand, a smile on the corner of his mouth, and sighed: "The greatest luck in my life is to meet your master and ancestor Changliu Immortal, and accept you and Zimo two apprentices, but it's a pity that ......"

Speaking of this, Master's eyes darkened.

Junzimo's talent is amazing, the master taught him the Fa to decide once, and after three times, he can use it flexibly, unlike me, even after practicing ten times and a hundred times, it is just a formality.

But what pleased the master the most was not his talent in spells, but his talent in swordsmanship, the world only knew that the Purple Moon Immortal Jun had refined a good elixir, but they didn't know that the Purple Moon Immortal Monarch's talent in divination and swordsmanship was also excellent.

Uncle Ziyang once said that the master's swordsmanship has been passed down by the ancestor, even he is far from being able to reach it, but the master's excellent reputation for refining pills has spread, otherwise the world will say that Ziyue Immortal Jun has a good swordsmanship.

And Jun Zimo's talent in swordsmanship is better than that of the master, and the master has taught him only once in swordsmanship He can afford to get Samadhi, otherwise I wouldn't be so happy that Jun Zimo dances the sword, that scene is really beautiful.

If it weren't for Jun Zimo being discovered to be a demon cultivator, I was afraid that the master would pass on the mantle to Jun Zimo.

Now that I am the only one left under Master's knees, and my achievements in swordsmanship are even more ordinary, although Master is afraid that I will not show it on my face, but I am used to Master's speech and demeanor, how can I not see Master's thoughts.

As if thinking of the inappropriateness of his words, the master smiled slowly and continued: " Your ancestor has a beautiful appearance, and his swordsmanship is unparalleled in the world, and he promised that he would return to see me after a thousand years, even your Ziyang master does not know about this matter, but I have waited for a thousand years after another, and your master has not come back, I know that your master has encountered an accident, birth, old age, sickness and death, and even a character like your master ancestor is difficult to escape, so I eliminated the thought of continuing to wait for your master and ancestor, and said to your Ziyang master, traveled everywhere, and then there was you. ”

Speaking of this, the master waved his hand, took out a floral silk swaddling cloth from the storage bag, handed it to me, and said, "This is the swaddling clothes you wore when I found you that day. ”

I took the swaddling cloth and put it back in the storage bag.

Master smiled with relief, looked at me, and his eyes were full of kindness: "This ice lotus was raised by your master when he ascended, and it has been nearly three thousand years now, and now he has given it to you, and you can take it well." After the master finished speaking, his fingers shook slightly, and a little purple light overflowed along the fingertips, the ice lotus shook gently, the lotus leaves slapped each other to make a cheerful tone, and the lotus pond slowly transformed, gradually becoming smaller into a miniature lotus pond, lying in the palm of the master's hand.

"Master!" I was surprised, "This is not possible. ”

This ice lotus has been carefully nourished and cared for by the master for thousands of years, and it has long been spiritual, even compared to the blood lotus, and now the master actually gave it to me, which makes me not surprised.

But the master just looked at the lotus pond in his hand with a loving face, and said: "This lotus pond was originally a magic weapon given to me by your ancestor, and the bottom is made of thousand-year-old ice. ”

"Ice Lotus's thoughts?" I looked at Master in confusion.

The master grinned, three deep laugh lines appeared at the end of his eyes, and said slowly: "Even your uncle doesn't know about this matter, or I only found out when I was divining for you some time ago, you have three souls and eight spirits on your body, I only learned after divination, I put your soul in the ice lotus because the ice lotus is quite spiritual, who knew that it would attach a spirit to you, it has always curled up leaves in the past few days since you left, languishing, I said give her to you and he cheered, but really, hehe......

The master shook his head slowly, looking at the ice lotus with a loving look like looking at his own child.

I carefully took the lotus pond from Master's hand and looked down at the ice lotus, the branches and leaves of the ice lotus stretched, as if sensing my eyes, and the ice lotus buds slowly bloomed, as pure as a newborn child.

"Thank you, Master!"

If I didn't know about the relationship between the Ice Lotus and me, I wouldn't have accepted it, but knowing that the extra spirit in my body was the Ice Lotus's, I accepted its existence without hesitation.