Chapter 74

Regarding the search for Die Jiyu, the others are helpers, but the main task still depends on Xitie, as he has the most complete equipment and intelligence.

Following the general information given by his master and a compass specifically designed to detect the aura of Psylocke, Xitie walked and stopped along the way and finally found a butterfly habitat.

The habitat is hidden at the mouth of a valley, where lush and tall flowers and trees grow. Now is the flower season, and the valley is full of rich fragrance. Butterflies are flapping their wings leisurely to suck the sweetest nectar. The colorful wings match the colorful flowers, competing with each other for splendor, and the scenery is magnificent.

It is indeed a unique beauty.

Xitie's spirits perked up, and he changed another magic weapon. This time he used it to directly detect the fluctuations of Die Jiyu. The weapon refiner had many exquisite gadgets, and the storage container was like a treasure bag.

The butterflies here are surprisingly not afraid of people. They live on trees or flowers and do not fly away noisily just because someone approaches. They stay quietly in their own places. Only when people get really close will a few of them flap their wings and dance gracefully.

This place, this butterfly, is leisurely and particularly Buddhist.

In the past, Xiao Mo would have been unable to move his eyes away from any new and beautiful scenery, but today his eyes only moved slightly, and it was obvious at a glance that he was absent-minded and seriously distracted.

He and Chu Jinglan walked over together, their hands still held together under their hanging wide sleeves, neither of them separated.

Although Chu Jinglan is willing to work with Xiao Mo, his condition is worrying.

Chu Jinglan thought about it and took the ball out of the pet bag again.

Qiuqiu has grown a little bigger recently, and its round body has started to stretch. It is finally no longer a rolled-up ball, but has taken on the shape of a pretty little bird. The gray on its feathers has also become lighter. Probably the only thing that has not changed is that it is still lively.

The ball came out, flew around Chu Jinglan, then habitually stopped at Xiao Mo's shoulder and rubbed Xiao Mo's cheek with its little head.

The touch of the plush fur brought Xiao Mo back to his senses a little. He raised his hand and stroked the ball with his fingers. After greeting its two owners, the ball began to look around, admiring the destination.

There is no danger for the time being, as that is Xitie's home ground. Yueming and Xitie are five steps ahead, leaving some intimate space for this "little couple".

Chu Jinglan held Xiao Mo's hand and asked, "Is your training not going well again?"

An original body was actually worried that his inner demon cultivation was not going well, and no one would believe it if he told others about it.

The previous scene kept repeating in Xiao Mo's mind. It was too real, too shocking, to make him unable to calm down completely. At this moment, feeling Chu Jinglan's fresh warmth and walking in the beautiful scenery only reduced the overload of emotions a little.

The little I've reduced has helped me regain my brain power. Apart from the fear, I can now start thinking.

Xiao Mo really didn't know where to start, after all, he himself didn't understand it, so he shook his head and nodded, and finally forced a smile: "It's okay."

Perhaps thinking that just two words were not convincing enough, Xiao Mo brought up something else. He said in a casual tone, "No one is as good-looking as you."

Chu Jinglan was stunned for a moment, then his eyes relaxed, finally his attention was diverted by Xiao Mo.

Xiao Mo pretended to appreciate the surrounding scenery, but in his mind he asked the system in a cold voice that was completely different from his expression: "System, what on earth was going on with the picture just now?"

If he could say that the previous nightmare was just a fantasy and the things in the dream should not be taken seriously, but now he is clear-headed, he can no longer make excuses.

The system, which always responded to requests, took a few seconds to respond this time before carefully whispering, "Host, if I say this is your memory, would you believe it?"

Xiao Mo was stunned: "What?"

"When you first came here, you were actually very alert and suspicious of your own experience, but you kept silent because you had no means to deal with it," the system seemed to know Xiao Mo very well. He said, "I said too much at that time, and you would not believe it, but now, your memory is slowly awakening."

The system said: "When you reach the stage of distraction, you will be able to remember everything."

Xiao Mo was silent for a moment, but then he asked, "So the points were really given directly by you?"

After all, the infinite points can allow him to directly redeem himself for the level of Spirit Severing Stage.

"No, you really earned it yourself."

As the system expected, Xiao Mo's first reaction after hearing these words was not to accept them immediately. He was still looking for flaws, still holding a skeptical attitude and being very defensive.

But beneath Xiao Mo's cold and suspicious voice, only he himself knew what was churning in his heart.

Memory, only what you have experienced personally is called memory. How can it be memory? Have he and Chu Jinglan known each other for a long time?

But he was just an ordinary modern person in his previous life, unless... unless he had another life before this, and he was originally from this world? !

Xiao Mo was shocked and doubtful. What the system said just now was right: if the system had suddenly stuffed a bunch of things in front of him when he first traveled through time, with resistance to the original work, it would indeed only cause Xiao Mo to have deeper suspicion and rebellious psychology.

After all, he still remembered his strange time travel. It seemed like it was planned. After all, he was suddenly pulled out of the water where there shouldn't be any problems.

He didn't mention it at the time because he knew he couldn't change the situation. All he had was a world without a sense of belonging and a Chu Jinglan whose personality he rejected.

But now, his relationship with Chu Jinglan is no longer the same as before.

After all the quarrels and fights, Chu Jinglan is now a living person, not just a few words in a book.

Because of one person, the whole world became real and vivid, and Xiao Mo was truly integrated into the world of cultivation.

Now that Xiao Mo has learned this news, in addition to suspicion, he is even more eager to find out the truth.

Xiao Mo clenched his fingers.

At this time, he and Chu Jinglan's hands were still clasped. As soon as he moved, Chu Jinglan noticed it, but Chu Jinglan mistakenly thought it was a response and her heart skipped a beat.

When I read the storybooks describing people who are just beginning to fall in love, they always say that their hearts are pounding like thunder. At the time, I thought it was an exaggeration, but when I had my own crush, I realized that any metaphor was not an exaggeration.

Chu Jinglan quietly tightened his fingers, holding Xiao Mo's hand carefully but firmly.

After walking for a while, they met Jun Bushu, who was alone. Yue Ming asked casually, and Jun Bushu said, "Junior Brother Su may have his elixir in the near future. It's a surprise. I asked them to wait in the town, and I will come."

Su Baimo is also over eighteen years old. He has formed a golden elixir at this age, which is earlier than Dai Zisheng did. But don't forget that Dai Zisheng has been practicing in the Middle Realm for twenty years, while Su Baimo is now in the Upper Realm with abundant spiritual energy and resources. Forming a golden elixir at eighteen is just a mediocre achievement in the Upper Realm.

You have to know that every step after the Golden Core is extremely difficult and is the real test. Yue Ming also formed a Golden Core at the age of sixteen or seventeen, but it was not until he was sixty that he broke through the Yuan Infant stage. Therefore, Chu Jinglan, who could reach the peak of the Golden Core at the age of seventeen in the lower realm, has a truly unique talent.

When Xiao Mo heard Su Baimo's name, he thought of the Su Baimo standing in front of him and Chu Jinglan with a sword in his hand. He lowered his eyes and said nothing.

No one knows at present that Su Baimo has already taken the Dudan grass. After the elixir is formed, his talent will have a qualitative leap, and he will go from being mediocre to being among the ranks of outstanding talents. However, how far he can go depends on his character and how much effort he is willing to put in.

The moon was still talking: "Why don't you count if there are any butterfly feathers over 300 years old here, so we can save a lot of effort."

Jun Bushu put his hands in his sleeves and said, "If I have to calculate everything, how much can my life bear? Find it yourself."

He himself does not calculate everything and is very careful about his life.

Yue Ming put his hands behind his head and held a spiritual herb root he had just plucked in his mouth. He nodded and said, "Yes, although you are a fortune teller, who can fully explain fate?"

Jun Bushu thought about his own love tribulation and sighed, "Who said it wasn't true?"

Xiao Mo followed behind them, thinking even more gloomily, "Do you have the same unpredictable fate as I do?"

I originally thought that traveling through a book was already difficult and absurd enough, but now I tell him that he might actually be an indigenous person?

But...why?

Although the original novel is a bit melodramatic, the characters are connected. With a genius like Chu Jinglan, the upper limit of talent is already there. If I were a big shot with talent comparable to Chu Jinglan, it would be a bit too much to say that the golden finger is too scary.

As for interpersonal relationships, Su Baimo's bloody incident dragged down most of the important cultivation world, but Xiao Mo didn't think he was part of it.

If he is an important character, where is his position? If he is not important, why do we have to bring him back?

Xiao Mo had the urge to press the button immediately and concentrate on solving the mystery.

However, thinking of the mental instability caused by the previous scene, he pressed his finger again.

If a huge amount of memory is stuffed in and causes big problems for the consciousness, after Chu Jinglan finds out, he will most likely transfer his mental power to himself to repair his consciousness. If he is not careful and the two balls fight in the inner palace again... this is really not acceptable.

Too exciting, I can't stand it.

Xiao Mo really didn't think that Chu Jinglan would leave him alone, because he knew Chu Jinglan well. Unless he did something to let Chu Jinglan down, Chu Jinglan would help him just like he helped Chu Jinglan. They were clear about gratitude and resentment.

Let the memory slowly recover first?

But the sight of Chu Lan dying in shock in front of him was too distressing.

It also made him anxious.

I thought that all Chu Jinglan had to do was not sacrifice for Su Baimo like in the original novel and just jump into the dangerous place himself. But as Su Baimo grew up, he might even kill Chu Jinglan?

Moreover, it seems to be closely related to Xiao Mo.

In that scene, my apology and Su Baimo's words made it seem as if Chu Jinglan died because of meeting me.

Speaking of which, there is another thing that is most wrong. If it was the previous life, it is impossible that his, Chu Jinglan, and Su Baimo's names and faces have not changed at all. This must not be the so-called reincarnation. Who can reincarnate and be born like this? It doesn't make sense.

It's more like they have the same identity but different experiences.

Xiao Mo didn't let Chu Jinglan notice his surprise, but his heart was in a mess.

Xitie walked for a while and found some butterfly feathers that were not very old, but were almost a hundred years old. This discovery cheered him up and he continued to search inside with the compass. When he walked deeper, he actually found several old and dilapidated stone buildings.

The outside of the stone building is covered with green mosses, and small flowers are blooming in some places. There is a kind of vitality after being rebuilt, but there is also a kind of ancient silence emanating from the dark doorways and windows, standing silently.

Xitie's compass pointed to the stone building.

"There may be butterfly feathers inside."

Yue Ming looked at Jun Bu Shu who was still following them and said, "Didn't you say you didn't want to look for Die Ji Yu? Why are you still following us?"

Jun Bushu: "I have finished my work. I am going with a few fellow Taoists to gain more experience. Don't worry, I won't steal anything."

His eyes quietly passed over Xiao Mo and Chu Jinglan. Mainly because he was following these two people, he felt that the pull of the cause and effect line was not so heavy anymore. It was indeed much more comfortable.

Yue Ming bared his teeth: "You can't snatch it away."

Xitie and the puppet walked outside the stone building. He first looked at the stone bricks and estimated with the eyes of an instrument maker: "The stone has been worn for at least a hundred years."

If there are butterfly feathers inside, maybe we can find one that is more than 300 years old!

Xitie was very excited and was about to step inside, but Yueming pulled his collar back and said, "What are you thinking about? The atmosphere here is chaotic and it's hard to tell whether it's safe or dangerous. Jindan should just stay back."

Yue Ming said this and stood at the front. Xitie scratched his head in embarrassment and blushed again. He was so happy that he forgot everything else.

Chu Jinglan said: "I will take care of the rest."

Of course, Xiao Mo, the "foundation builder", will follow him and walk to the end.

There was clearly a window in the stone building, but the moment he stepped into it, he could not see his hand in the pitch black. Xiao Mo temporarily came back to his senses from the chaos in his mind, subconsciously let go of Chu Jinglan's hand, and became alert.

He hated dark and cold places, but when he encountered such a place, his first reaction was definitely not to seek help from others, but to wrap himself up cautiously in a shell.

Chu Jinglan's palms became empty, with only a slight cool temperature remaining in them. He raised his hands and pinched a ball of light with his spiritual power.

Jun Bushu also took out a luminous talisman, and the others also had their own methods, so the lighting was enough, but Chu Jinglan released five or six light balls around Xiao Mo one after another before stopping.

The space that was pitch black just now was instantly illuminated with Xiao Mo as the center. This was mainly because Chu Jinglan's light group was glowing and emitting intense heat, so bright that the others instantly felt that their own lighting methods were a bit redundant.

They looked left and right, then put away their own light sources, feeling at ease and stealing the light.

Only after he could see things clearly did Xiao Mo relax.

Jun Bushu was walking in front of Chu Jinglan and Xiao Mo. When he turned around to look at the light ball, he noticed the change in Xiao Mo's expression: he didn't seem to be simply afraid of the dark, but he was more nervous than ordinary people when they encountered a dark place.

He thought for a moment and expressed his kindness to Xiao Mo: "Do you feel uncomfortable in a dark place?"

After all, he is the one who can help him break the calamity, so he should be treated in a friendly way.

Xiao Mo glanced at him gently and nodded.

Chu Jinglan's gaze also moved over.

"I have learned the art of talismans and have some experience with human problems. Some feelings can be changed, such as fear of thunder. Another example is your overly tense mind in dark places," Jun Bushu said. "If you need anything, you can talk to me. I may be able to help you."

Sounding a bit like a psychiatrist, Xiao Mo politely declined: "No, it's not a big deal."

He just doesn't like dark and cold places. Even if his nerves are subconsciously strained, it's not a big deal. He will be able to return to normal with a little light.

...Come to think of it, he seems to have disliked dark places since he was a child.

The first time he discovered it was during a power outage. Even though he knew the house was safe, he still tensed up. When the lights came on, the teacher at the welfare home looked at him and said, "You're clenching your fists."

He didn't think there was anything wrong before, but after the system said that, Xiao Mo couldn't help but think divergently, could this be related to his forgotten past life?

But if he had this mentality, then his previous life must have been difficult.

Xiao Mo said no, but Chu Jinglan sent a secret message to Jun Bushu: "If he doesn't want to tell anyone, is there any other way to help him?"

Jun Bushu heard Chu Jinglan's voice transmission and quietly replied, "If he really doesn't want to talk about his feelings with others, then we can only keep him away from places that will wear him down."

Xiao Mo is not afraid of the dark night, he enjoys looking at the stars at night, but he doesn't like cold, dark and lonely places. Like here, as long as there are lights, everything is normal for Xiao Mo. Rather than letting him wait outside alone, Xiao Mo would definitely prefer to be with others.

Chu Jinglan raised his hand, and another ball of light appeared——

In that case, he lit a few more lamps for Xiao Mo. With the lights, the darkness would not approach him.

Yueming turned around in confusion: "It's bright enough, there's no need to play it again, right?"

Jun Bu Shu glanced at Chu Jinglan and Xiao Mo, and coughed softly: "It's okay, the bright spot allows you to see farther."

A ball of light just happened to fall into Xiao Mo's hands. Xiao Mo held the spiritual lantern in his hand and met Chu Jinglan's eyes.

...it had already been clearly seen, but Chu Jinglan silently insisted on dispelling the darkness around him. The moment the lamp fell into his hand, Xiao Mo understood what Chu Jinglan was doing silently.

Xiao Mo held the lamp in his fair hands, and felt his palms being heated by the lamp. In the bright light, what he saw in Chu Jinglan's eyes was not cold frost, but the soft light of sunny snow - the white snow melted in the sunny day, flowing bit by bit.

Xiao Mo gently held the lamp in front of him, and his troubled heart calmed down in the light.

"System."

Xiao Mo said, "Chu Jinglan's inner demon tribulation has not yet passed. No matter what, Su Baimo can't touch him now, right?"

Moreover, in that scene, Su Baimo's appearance is slightly different from now. His facial features have not changed, but his outline has fully matured, including Chu Jinglan, so it cannot have happened when he was in his teens.

The system gives an affirmative answer: "Yes."

So he still has time.

Xiao Mo lowered his eyes and looked at the lamp: "If I don't want to cram a lot of memories into one breath and avoid affecting my consciousness, is there any other way to gradually unlock the memories?"

The system points out the way: "When you realize the memory problem, you can sink into the deepest part of your consciousness and check. There is a door there."

Xiao Mo followed the system's instructions and used half of his consciousness to sneak in to check. He indeed saw a door, but it was tightly sealed with countless chains, which was heavy and depressing.

"You can use the method of cultivating your spiritual consciousness to shake those chains. Every time you break a chain, you can recover some memories." The system said, "When all the chains are cleared, you will have to reach the stage of spiritual separation to completely open the door and retrieve all your memories."

Half of Xiao Mo's consciousness floated in front of the door. He exhaled heavily and said, "Okay."

The system paused for a moment before saying, "Host, I thought you wouldn't believe it."

Xiao Mo lowered his eyes: "I just made... the choice that I think is appropriate at the moment."

He even gave in to his own reason and suspicion.

Xiao Mo didn't want the light in Chu Jinglan's eyes to go out just like that. The scene in his memory was too shocking. The past could not be changed, but the future was still unknown.

Although I don’t know why I am entangled with this world, but since I am here, I will just do what I want to do.

He wanted Chu Jinglan to stand on a high place, watch the wind and clouds, and live a good life.

Xiao Mo withdrew his consciousness, holding the lamp and walking side by side with Chu Jinglan. He had made up his mind and was no longer so troubled. At this moment, his calm demeanor was no longer pretended, and the air around him seemed a lot lighter.

Xiao Mo held the spiritual lantern in his hand. He looked at the ball on his shoulder, thought for a moment, and pinched Chu Jinglan's lantern into the shape of a bird. After he let go, the spiritual bird-shaped lantern flew around them.

Xiao Mo blinked at Chu Jinglan and said, "Look."

Chu Jinglan's voice was as warm as the light: "Yeah, I saw it."

Qiuqiu stared at the flying bird lights and excitedly stomped her feet on Xiao Mo's shoulders: "Chirp!"

Yueming: “…”

He suddenly understood the reason why Chu Jinglan turned on the lamp. It was not at all that Jun Bushu had just been careless. It turned out that the fortune teller had already seen through it.

Yue Ming grinned: "I feel a little annoyed, how about you guys?"

Jun Bushu: "Not bad."

The tough guy's face turned red: "It looks good."

Forget it, forget it, out of sight is better than out of mind. Yue Ming turned around and continued to lead the way in front.

The light source illuminated the stone building. They looked up at the window openings. There were windows but no light came in. It was not blocked by formations or magic weapons. The only possibility was that the turbid air in the stone building actually blocked the light outside.

Everyone has already held their weapons in their hands.

"Not good." Yue Ming lowered her voice, "Just relying on the aura alone can block the light outside. There won't be any monsters above level seven here, right?"

The room they walked into at this moment was covered with many butterfly snares on the ceiling and walls, but judging from the features on the outside of the snares, it was impossible to tell what kind of butterfly it was.

With Jun Bushu in tow, there are three Yuanying in total. If they really encounter a seventh-level monster, they can fight. But if the monster is eighth-level, they will have to consider how to escape.

Xiao Mo, the hidden infant who cannot be killed, does not count.

Xi Tie looked at the pure white coils everywhere and said, "These are all butterfly coils. Even if there are monsters, they should be butterflies. Most butterflies are friendly and harmless to humans. The coils of the harmful ones are all fancy, so there should be no problem."

The seventh-level monsters can speak and communicate with humans. Butterfly monsters have always gotten along well with humans. Yue Ming asked Jun Bushu, "Can you count this time?"

Jun Bushu still tucked his sleeves in: "I am very sensitive to danger. I tend to believe what Xitie said. There shouldn't be any major danger here."

Yue Ming held his sword horizontally: "Okay, I'll trust you this time."

Although he said so, neither he nor Chu Jinglan let down their guard. They carefully did not step on the cobwebs on the ground and went inside. Xitie looked at the compass in his hand and said, "Down below."

Underground?

But there was no passage on the floor, only stairs going up, and no stairs going down.

Yue Ming tried to poke with his sword to see if there was any secret passage. His force was not strong, but when he poked a stone slab, it fell down under very light force. The mechanism made a clicking sound, and the stone bricks under their feet collapsed instantly, and everyone fell down suddenly!

People in the Yuanying period can fly, and those in the Jindan and Zhuji stages can control magical instruments. For Xiao Mo, in order not to expose the fact that he can fly, he either put the flute under his feet or take out another flying magical instrument.

Xiao Mo skipped the idea of ​​playing the flute and put his consciousness into the storage container. Just when he was thinking about which one to choose, Chu Jinglan made the choice for him.

——Because of the falling posture, Xiao Mo Ren was right in front of Chu Jinglan. As soon as his legs were in the air, Chu Jinglan grabbed his knees, protected his shoulders, and hugged the inner demon into his arms.

To hold someone sideways, in modern terms, is... a princess hug.

The time when Chu Jinglan made his move coincided with the time when Xiao Mo was looking for the magic weapon in the storage container. In just a few tenths of a second, Xiao Mo was so shocked that he immediately withdrew his consciousness from the storage container and looked at Chu Jinglan in a daze.

Chu Jinglan indeed did it easily, and his expression didn't change at all, it was very natural.

Xiao Mo: “…”

This posture was not something he was used to, but it did save him trouble. He didn't have to think about finding any magic weapon. It was just a short distance anyway, so if Chu Jinglan was willing to lead him, then let him lead.

But it would be fine if I just supported him, even if I put my arms around his waist and held him up, but it still felt weird to be hugged completely.

But asking to change positions at this moment seems a bit deliberate.

Chu Jinglan was flying very steadily, and Xiao Mo was curled up in the air and gradually got used to it. After all, it was just an emergency measure, so he just held her and saved his energy.

The spiritual light was floating around them. Xiao Mo tilted his head and looked down: It seems to be quite deep?