"What happened to Xue Qingyi! Didn't she pass the trial? She also successfully formed a pill. Why hasn't she come out in more than half a month? What is she doing in there? It's making me wait anxiously!"

Lu Zhanxing completely lost his patience and said angrily.

They completely forgot that it was they who wanted to wait, not Xue Qingyi who asked them to wait.

"I'm a little worried. What do you think? Is there something that Second Senior Sister doesn't want us to know, so she deliberately did it secretly in the secret realm?" Su Youyao raised her doubts at the right time.

"Don't be impatient, Yaoyao. Wait a little longer. It should be soon. Then we can use the soul-searching technique and know everything."

Si Ying glanced at the gate to the secret realm, exhaled, and continued to meditate.

Seeing this, others could only wait.

finally.

After waiting for another day, everyone heard a loud "boom" and the gate to the secret realm opened, and a snow-white figure walked out.

"Second Uncle, Senior Sister has finally come out!" Su Youyao quickly reminded.

Hearing the sound, everyone immediately looked towards the door.

The next moment, Si Ying's purple figure flashed past as fast as lightning. Without giving Xue Qingyi any time to react, he raised his hand and pressed it on her head to perform the soul-searching technique!

"...Second Uncle!"

When her sea of ​​consciousness was invaded, Xue Qingyi seemed to finally realize what Si Ying was doing to her. Her face turned pale in an instant, and then her eyes became dull and lifeless. She became dull and completely lost her self-awareness.

Si Ying also closed his eyes, and his spiritual consciousness invaded Xue Qingyi's sea of ​​consciousness.

Soul-searching is not about searching a person's soul directly, but about searching the memories of the soul after penetrating into the sea of ​​consciousness in that person's soul.

If the memory is one's own, then the soul is naturally one's own.

At this time, Si Ying's consciousness was wandering in a vast sea of ​​​​consciousness, and she saw clusters of memory bubbles, but she would not explore memories that were not related to herself, because she could not judge whether they were true or false.

Only if it is related to her, she knows whether it happened.

Soon, she found a memory bubble that was related to her, and immediately drilled into it. Her consciousness was suddenly wrapped in a strange stream of water.

"Second Uncle, here." After Si Ying entered, he saw five-year-old Xue Qingyi waving at him.

When she got closer, she found that she was in the market at the foot of the mountain. It was the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moonlight was bright overhead, and there were many people around, making it very lively.

And this was the first Mid-Autumn Festival that Xue Qingyi had spent since she came to the world of cultivation from the human world.

At that time, the head senior brother handed the little girl to her care. When she saw that the little girl looked somewhat like Ling Xi, she became more sincere to her. The little girl seemed to like her very much and would share any good things with her.

Ling Xi is Xue Qingyi's senior sister. Her full name is Yue Lingxi. She grew up under her care and is loved by her like her own daughter.

At this point, Si Ying had basically concluded that Xue Qingyi had not been possessed by another spirit and that these memories had actually happened.

She didn't have the patience to watch any longer and was about to leave when she suddenly heard a disembodied voice of "Mom" suddenly sounding behind her.

Si Ying paused and turned his head, only to see Xue Qingyi lying on the bed with her eyes closed but not sleeping well, as if she was having a nightmare.

And she suddenly remembered that Xue Qingyi had stayed with her for four years before he finally recovered and was about to return to the head brother to start practicing with him.

When they parted, Xue Qingyi asked her a question very naively.

"Second Master, you treat Qingyi so gently, just like a mother. Can Qingyi call you mother from now on?"

"No." At that time, Si Ying refused without hesitation.

She had already determined that Yue Lingxi was like her own biological daughter, so how could she tolerate a substitute?

Since then, she has had a grudge in her heart.

She always felt that Xue Qingyi had bad intentions and wanted to replace Ling Xi's position in her heart, but how could fish eyes be compared with pearls?

Si Ying couldn't help but become much colder towards Xue Qingyi, so that Xue Qingyi could see her own identity clearly and not covet things that did not belong to her.

Fortunately, nine-year-old children are sensitive enough.

Afterwards, Xue Qingyi was very tactful and took the initiative to keep her distance. Whenever she saw her, she would continue to call her "Second Uncle Master" politely and never mentioned recognizing her as her mother again.

But now, what Si Ying saw before her eyes was clearly the grown-up Xue Qingyi, so why would she still call her mother in her sleep?

Si Ying's eyes flashed, and he stepped forward, raised his hand, touched Xue Qingyi's forehead, and read her memories in her sleep.

This is indeed a nightmare.

Si Ying quickly recognized that this was the Demonic Abyss.

Xue Qingyi, covered in wounds, huddled in a dark and damp corner.

Her robe was stained with blood, her left arm was broken, and her right hand holding the sword was shaking uncontrollably. Blood was oozing from the knuckles, and there was a very obvious bloody scratch on her pale and weak little face caused by sharp claws.

Outside were high-level monsters patrolling back and forth looking for her.

They followed the fresh and fragrant smell of the monk's blood, and soon pounced on her with drooling eyes like wild dogs discovering their prey!

"Mother! Save me!"

At this time, Xue Qingyi was almost exhausted and had no ability to protect herself or resist. She could only utter such useless and desperate cries.

Seeing that the monster was about to bite one of her legs, Si Ying's heart subconsciously rose!

The next moment, a purple figure suddenly appeared with a flash of lightning and stood in front of Xue Qingyi!

Si Ying recognized at a glance that the figure was none other than herself!

But how could she appear in Xue Qingyi's dream?

And Xue Qingyi still treats her as her mother?

At this moment, Si Ying watched helplessly as she in the dream held the purple lightning whip in her hand and raised it to whip the monster fiercely!

The monster was whipped and screamed, then dissipated in a puff of black smoke.

I saw "her" whipping with purple lightning in her hand, destroying all the monsters that rushed over. Then she put away the purple lightning, walked to Xue Qingyi, gently hugged her, and coaxed her gently: "Qing'er, don't be afraid, mother is here, mother will not let them hurt you again."

"Mother, I'm lucky to have you." Xue Qingyi raised her tearful eyes and said to "her" with full trust.

The "mother and daughter" snuggled up to each other and spent the dark night ahead.

But the next moment, "her" figure suddenly disappeared, leaving only Xue Qingyi alone, hugging her knees and staying there, and the sword in her hand was stained with the blood of the monster.

Seeing this, Si Ying suddenly had an epiphany and understood something!

She in the dream was clearly Xue Qingyi's imagination!

Xue Qingyi might have reached the point of collapse and was having hallucinations.

In her consciousness, at this most dangerous moment, she no longer had the courage to fight those terrible monsters, and could only rely on imaginary people to protect herself!

At this time, Xue Qingyi was not thinking about her master Xie Huazhang, who was the number one person in the world of cultivation, but her Si Ying!

In Xue Qingyi's mind, at the most critical moment, only her mother can protect her!

At this moment, Si Ying's inner emotions suddenly resonated greatly with Xue Qingyi's dream!

Since she was a child, she has always been superior to Xie Huazhang in everything and has never been able to surpass him. Even her father did not think highly of her. She was obviously the daughter of the head of the sect, but her father passed the position of head to Xie Huazhang. She was once disappointed about this, but no one cared at all.

But now, some people regard her as more important than Xie Huazhang!

Just because she is the mother in this person's mind!

At this moment, Si Ying allowed herself to fully feel Xue Qingyi's extremely strong feelings for her.

In her mind, on one side was the "her" that Xue Qingyi imagined in her dream, waving purple lightning and protecting Xue Qingyi desperately like a mother.

On the other hand, she recalled the memory of a few days ago when she was so angry that she used purple lightning to beat Xue Qingyi until she was covered in blood because Xue Qingyi colluded with evil cultivators to poison Su Youyao.

These two completely different and contradictory images immediately evoked the most complex emotions in Si Ying's heart.

Before, she never knew that Xue Qingyi's feelings for her were so deep.

Now she felt the attachment and trust between mother and daughter, and felt very satisfied in her heart, because this feeling filled the loneliness she had suffered for many years without a daughter as never before.

At the same time, I feel very regretful and feel that I did not cherish it well.

"Mother...it hurts...Qingyi really hurts..."

At this moment, a low murmur suddenly awakened Si Ying, who was immersed in all kinds of emotions, and she suddenly realized what she was doing!

She actually only listened to a few words from Lu Zhanxing, and without even asking any questions, she suspected that Xue Qingyi was possessed by an evil cultivator, and used soul-searching techniques on Xue Qingyi!

He didn't care at all whether doing so would damage Xue Qingyi's consciousness and turn her into a fool!

no!

She can't hurt Xue Qingyi anymore!

At this moment, Si Ying was almost unable to breathe due to the guilt and self-blame that suddenly rose in his heart.

She forcibly stopped the soul-searching technique and used her own spiritual power to protect Xue Qingyi's weak soul which was in pain from the soul-searching technique. However, she herself suffered backlash from this action and immediately vomited blood!

"Second Uncle! What's wrong with you?"

On the side, Su Youyao saw Si Ying suddenly let go of Xue Qingyi, and then vomited blood. She screamed in fear and hurried forward to support her, and asked nervously, "Could it be that Second Senior Sister was really possessed by an evil cultivator?"

"I'm fine."

However, when Si Ying heard this, he glanced at her sharply, pushed her away with a very cold expression, and, contrary to his usual behavior, looked worriedly at Xue Qingyi, who was slowly regaining consciousness and opening her eyes.

Su Youyao couldn't help but be stunned.

She subconsciously looked at Xue Qingyi.

She saw that the other person was slightly raising the corner of his lips, looking at her with cold and sarcastic eyes, as if he was mercilessly mocking her failed plan.