Chapter 249: The shared love between master and disciple
When seeing the task Yuan Zhi got, Xi Tongying and Ji Jiao showed the same surprise and envy on their faces.
"What is your current level of cultivation?"
Xi Tongying couldn't help but ask. The last time they met on the Immortal Staircase, their cultivation levels were similar, both were at the second level of Qi training. But now she could no longer see through Yuan Zhi's cultivation level, and Yuan Zhi had accepted a task of this difficulty.
Yuan Zhi did not hide it: "Sixth floor."
Xi Tongying glanced at Yuan Zhi and then at Lin Zhi, and fell into deep sorrow of being struck by a genius.
The last time she saw Lin Zhi, he was still a mortal, but in a blink of an eye he had already reached the third level of Qi training. However, this frustration only lasted for a few breaths. Xi Tongying quickly adjusted her mentality. After all, Lin Zhi and Yuan Zhi's talents and mentality were higher than ordinary people, so it was reasonable for them to have such results.
"You guys are really strong. Last time I joked with you about meeting at the top of the mountain, but I didn't expect you to actually reach the top."
Xi Tongying looked at Lin Zhi with admiration in her eyes. It was not strange for a sword cultivator to have such willpower, but it was surprising that Lin Zhi had wood spiritual roots.
Lin Zhi just smiled and said without further ado: "Let's go to the entrance of the secret realm."
It is said that Yuanjing is a small secret realm developed by Guiyi Sect. In order to train disciples, they will specially arrange some resources in the secret realm. In order to ensure the safety of the disciples, the entrance to Tingyuan Realm is not closed regularly like ordinary secret realms, but the time for disciples to enter the secret realm is limited, and they can stay inside for a maximum of one month at a time, which is also the deadline for the wooden sign mission.
Among the four of them, Lin Zhi is the oldest. Although the age difference is not that big, Xi Tongying and Ji Jiao are both 19 years old, and Yuan Zhi is only 18, but among peers, the older ones will still be respected more and are more likely to have the right to speak.
In addition, Lin Zhi had outstanding talents and abilities, and was very friendly, so Xi Tongying and Ji Jiao quickly became familiar with him. Xi Tongying even called him "senior brother" left and right, like a lively lark.
After entering the secret realm, there was a wide bamboo forest in front of them. They were in the forest, with roads in all directions.
"Brother, this is the sound transmission talisman my mother gave me. Brother Yuan Zhi, you should also take one so that we can contact each other when we reach the secret realm."
Xi Tongying took out two sound transmission notes and handed them to Lin Zhi and Yuan Zhi respectively.
Ji Jiao didn’t have it in his hand, so the two of them were tacitly acting together and had the same mission.
They were going to hunt a kind of fish in the pond to the west of the secret realm. They were going in two different directions from Yuan Zhi, so they were about to go their separate ways from the beginning.
Lin Zhi warned: "Be careful."
Xi Tongying and Ji Jiao nodded and left. After they left, Yuan Zhi's mood visibly improved.
Lin Zhi looked at the black-clothed boy holding the sword and found it quite funny. Even the truly innocent boys and pseudo-innocent boys he had met were not so simple and straightforward.
Like a transparent piece of gummy candy, you can see what it tastes like at a glance.
Too raw. If there wasn't any emotional foundation before, Lin Zhi wouldn't approach him easily. It's not because she's not interested, but because she can't just play around.
A stripped soul of love is like a dog that approaches love by instinct. How can you tell a dog to part ways amicably? It won't understand. Even if it is abandoned, it will wait there and wag its tail.
But it’s different when there’s an emotional foundation. The more persistent and fanatical you are, the more satisfying it is.
Lin Zhi's fingers hanging by his side moved slightly, and he resisted the urge to touch Yuan Zhi's head. Although even if he did that, the boy might not have any questions. He would probably just look at him with his black and white eyes and ask "Are you not touching anymore?" when he stopped.
Well, that's really cute, but he didn't plan to do that so quickly. Although the puppy wouldn't notice it, Tingyan behind him might not.
"The spiritual herbs I collected are relatively scattered, how about you go ahead, Junior Brother?"
Lin Zhi tilted his head slightly and gestured politely.
Yuan Zhi said without hesitation: "I'll go with you."
Lin Zhi did not refuse again and moved forward guided by his feeling according to the location of the distribution map in his memory.
The higher the level of the spiritual plant, the better the preservation environment is needed to preserve its medicinal effect. However, I heard that the spiritual plants in the original realm are all of low grade. Even the Wuqing grass that Yuan Zhi mentioned before is only a slightly more valuable spiritual plant among the low grade. The spiritual bag from Yaofeng is enough.
Lin Zhi leaned over and used a small medicine hoe to dig up the soil next to the roots of the spiritual plant to ensure the integrity of the roots. He planned to select those with potential for cultivation.
Because his cultivation was not high enough, he could not come into contact with many spiritual plants in Yunwu Mountain. A lot of knowledge was obtained from books and jade slips. Even though these spiritual plants were of low quality, they were still good opportunities for him to practice.
In addition to spiritual plants with medicinal and poisonous value, Lin Zhi also pays attention to some plants with more unique characteristics.
Lin Zhi's collection process was relatively easy. Often, the insects and beasts guarding the spiritual plants died under Yuan Zhi's sword before they could even make a move.
Tingyan was leaning on the warm jade bed, with some thoughts in his eyes.
In the water mirror, the young man was concentrating on processing the plants in his hands. A long gray snake lurking in the lush vegetation attacked him as fast as lightning, but was cut in half by the black sword before it got close. Because the sword was too fast, the flesh and blood at the gap in the snake's body was still wriggling.
Ting Yan noticed that the young man did not look up during the entire process from being attacked to being safe.
According to his level of cultivation, it was impossible for him not to notice the little demon beast running towards him. Even if it was a rabbit that wouldn't bite, most people would have reacted. But in such a dangerous situation in an unfamiliar secret realm, a mortal who had just started practicing Taoism was so calm.
Either he thought he was strong enough to not need to be on guard, or he thought that there was no need to be on guard in the current situation. Judging from his spiritual roots, it was obviously the latter.
There was nothing unusual about the young man's attitude, but his body trusted Yuan Zhi more than he showed, which was unreasonable.
From the one meeting and this observation, there is nothing about the young man that can be called 'naive'.
Could this be some kind of causal force between the two lovers?
The pain in his internal organs made Ting Yan frown. He felt a little uneasy, but after thinking about it, he raised his hand and extinguished the water mirror.
After all, it is a soul of love and hate, so nothing should go wrong.
After taking the pill, Ting Yan began to meditate and absorb spiritual energy, completely unaware that the next moment after he turned off the water mirror, his soul-splitting secrets were exposed.
Because Lin Zhi needed to dig up a lot of spiritual plants, Yuan Zhi volunteered to help and concentrated on digging the soil with his sword.
Lin Zhi's gaze fell on Yuan Zhi's sword. It was a pure black sword without a sheath, like the crystal marrow of obsidian, without any patterns or decorations.
He remembered that on the day he entered the mountain gate, Yuan Zhi had this sword in his hand. There was no doubt that it was given to him by Ting Yan, but did he know about it?
"Your sword is very special. Is it a family heirloom?"
Yuan Zhi raised his head and answered, "My master gave it to me."
Lin Zhi finally took the initiative to chat with him, and Yuan Zhi answered without hesitation.
"Did the Sword Master give it to you? So you two knew each other before?"
Yuan Zhi remembered what Ting Yan said about hiding his identity, and he answered vaguely: "I guess so."
"Why didn't the Sword Master accept you directly, and let you go through the mountain gate for inspection before entering?"
There was doubt in Lin Zhi's eyes, as if she was just purely curious about this matter.
When Yuan Zhi was thinking about how to make up the story, he heard the young man say, "I understand. The Sword Master wants you to prove yourself so that others will be convinced. That's why you entered through the mountain gate and climbed the ladder to immortality. You showed your strength. This way, it will be reasonable for him to accept you as his disciple, and you won't be subject to unwarranted speculation."
"That's right."
Yuan Zhi nodded in approval. That’s right. It makes sense.
Lin Zhi looked at the boy's serious expression, chuckled in his heart, and continued: "Where are you from, like me, also from the mortal realm?"
Yuan Zhi didn't want to lie, but he couldn't tell the truth, so he simply said, "I don't know either. I forgot a lot of things."
"Sorry, I didn't mean to pry."
Lin Zhi looked apologetic, but he knew the truth in his heart.
Ting Yan did not bother to make up a story for Yuan Zhi, and he did not even hide the facts. Yuan Zhi should know why he exists. In this way, there should be more communication between them.
It was a little different from what he had initially imagined, but it was also reasonable. From a utilitarian point of view, Ting Yan was too lazy to find his lover to overcome the tribulation himself, so how could he bother to cover up for the split soul?
Ting Yan himself doesn't understand love, but he actually expects his soul, which is simple and has no scheming, to understand love. From this perspective, it is really a perfect closed loop.
Because Tingyan doesn't understand love, he separates from Yuanzhi, and his act of separating from Yuanzhi just proves that he doesn't understand.
His final death is not surprising. He did not regard Yuan Zhi as a human being. How could such a Yuan Zhi practice love as an individual?
If he cannot show his sincerity, then he is just a silent sword.
But since they can communicate, it would be a waste if we don't use it to write an article.
The corners of Lin Zhi's lips curled up in his heart, and the apology on his face became more sincere.
Yuan Zhi didn't know why Lin Zhi wanted to apologize, so he shook his head at him and continued to concentrate on digging the grass.
With Yuan Zhi's help, Lin Zhi completed most of the task, and most of the rest was in the east.
When they were about to head east, Lin Zhi suddenly received a message from Xi Tongying.
"Senior Brother Ji Jiao is injured! Help him!"
After the communication talisman burned, a wisp of smoke formed, which pointed in a general direction and then disappeared without a trace.
Lin Zhi and Yuan Zhi chased in the general direction and found Xi Tongying and Ji Jiao in the cave about half an hour later.
Xi Tongying looked fine, but Ji Jiao's injuries looked quite serious.
He must have taken the rejuvenation pill, as the wound on his thigh had stopped bleeding, but judging from his complexion, he seemed to have been poisoned by some kind of poison.
"We forgot to bring the antidote pills, and the mission is not yet completed. I don't want to leave so hastily. Please help me, brother."
Ji Jiao pursed his lips. It was not just the mission. He didn't want to leave like this after his first time in the secret realm for training. His self-esteem would not allow it.
Xi Tongying said the name of the monster that injured Ji Jiao, and looked at Lin Zhi with a pleading look on her face.
Lin Zhi said gently, "Just lie down first. Don't worry. Usually there will be detoxifying herbs near poisonous monsters. I'll check the other wounds on your body first."
Danfeng's detoxification pills can only detoxify a few specific toxins, which are sometimes useless. In addition, medicine practitioners can detoxify with herbs. Ren Hebo did not prepare any for Lin Zhi, so Lin Zhi did not carry any detoxification pills with her, but this is not a big problem.
The poison from the monster that bit Ji Jiao was not fatal, it would only cause a person to become stiff for a long time. The spiritual energy leaked from Ji Jiao's body was more serious than the poison.
After hearing what Lin Zhi said, Xi Tongying hurried out to pick herbs. Yuan Zhi, who had nothing to do in the corner, looked at Ji Jiao who was lying motionless, and then looked at Lin Zhi who was gentle and concerned, and seemed to be thinking about something.
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