Chapter 265: The Master and Disciple's Shared Love
There was silence in the cave for a moment. Lin Zhi did not continue to ask questions. He watched Ting Yan perform the disciple's salute and leave.
When he turned around, he heard a low sigh from behind.
"Don't hurt him."
Whether this was based on superficial facts, what the master said to protect his disciple, or for the sake of a smooth emotional tribulation, Ting Yan himself did not know.
However, Lin Zhi heard a deeper subtext from this ambiguous statement.
Tingyan, should I not hurt him or not hurt you?
Lin Zhi paused, without turning back, and said softly, "Master, you worry too much."
The white snow outside the cave reflects the sunlight, shining into people's eyes.
Yuan Zhi stood up from the table while pressing his solar plexus, still a little confused as to what day it was.
He suddenly ran into a pair of smiling eyes, which made him a little dazed.
Some erotic and charming images emerged in his mind, making Yuan Zhi subconsciously look at Lin Zhi's collar.
The neck was white and smooth, and there was no red mark on the collarbone.
"Junior brother, are you sober?"
"Brother, I seem to have dreamed of you."
Yuan Zhi felt a little disappointed that it was just a dream, but he became happy again after a while. He could even dream about his senior brother.
"Yeah?"
Lin Zhi stood up with a smile, but did not ask Yuan Zhi what he dreamed about. After all, he knew it well.
Yuan Zhi nodded, and reminded him as if he remembered something: "Brother, the Jianfeng Kui Trial will be held soon. This year's competition will be held at Liujie Mountain. Remember to come and watch."
There are four sword peaks in Guiyi Sect, and Liujie Mountain is one of them.
"Has the location been notified?"
"I ran into Senior Sister Xi when I came out of Canghai Realm, and she said that this should be the case."
Xi Tongying is the gossiper of Guiyi Sect. Since she thinks this is the case, she must have heard the news.
Lin Zhi nodded: "Okay, I'll remember it."
Lin Zhi cannot stay in Wujian Mountain for long, he has to go back to Yaofeng to practice.
Before leaving, Lin Zhi fed the Thousand Heart Vine with spiritual energy again so that it could bloom as soon as possible.
"Brother, I'll take you back."
"Why bother?"
The "send" Yuan Zhi mentioned meant that he would fly his sword to send him back to Yunwu Mountain and then return.
"How can it be troublesome to be able to stay with my brother for a while longer? Brother, hold on tight."
The black sword was like a stream of ink-colored light. Amid the rustling wind, the young swordsman's figure was tall and straight, exuding a reassuring aura.
On Yunwu Mountain, Lin Zhi didn't look away until Yuan Zhi's back disappeared.
As soon as he reached Yunwu Mountain, Lin Zhi ran into his third senior brother who was walking in a hurry.
"Junior brother, I finally found you. I was just about to use a paper crane to send a message to you. Master left the sect to look for two medicinal herbs and asked us to look after Senior Sister. There is a fog vine in the spirit garden that has a disease. I need to go check it out. Please stay in Master's cave for a while. If Senior Sister shows any signs of rioting, feed her the medicine next to it. I will be back soon."
Yan Peng spoke very quickly but clearly, explained the matter, stuffed a few paper cranes into Lin Zhi's hands, and walked past Lin Zhi like a gust of wind.
Although Lin Zhi has not met the eldest senior sister and the second senior brother yet, the style of the third senior brother is exactly the same as that of the master Ren Hebo. They are obviously both cultivators with wood spiritual roots, but both of them are as impetuous as the cultivators with fire and thunder spiritual roots.
Lin Zhi was also familiar with the way to his master's cave. Every time he received instruction, it was in the small barrier inside his master's cave. He used his luck and wind-controlling technique to rush to the front of the cave.
Different from the simple style of holes dug in the walls of Jianfeng, the caves of Yaoxiu are mostly small huts made of wood, bamboo and rattan.
There were two disciples guarding the door. When they saw Lin Zhi, they bowed slightly.
Lin Zhi could enter and exit the restricted cave freely. He nodded slightly to them and walked into the wooden house.
On the cushion in the room, a woman was meditating with her eyes closed. Her eyebrows and eyes were clear and gentle. Although her eyes were not open, people felt that she must be a very quiet person.
A purple-black aura surrounded her, causing her face to turn slightly blue, giving her a look of vitality decay.
She had no reaction to Lin Zhi's arrival. Lin Zhi stood not far away, not too close, and looked around.
The spiritual plants in the cave must have been affected by the evil spirit. In addition, the master had not paid much attention to them for more than a month, so these spiritual plants were more or less sluggish.
Lin Zhi lowered his head and used wood spiritual energy to water the plants, when he suddenly discovered something strange.
The eldest sister still had her eyes closed, but the evil energy hovering around her was ready to move towards him.
The extremely fine, thread-like black mist was not noticeable in the wooden house, but Lin Zhi had wood spiritual roots and was very sensitive to impure forces. Moreover, he played with poisonous insects in the world of martial arts and was particularly sensitive to these malicious and tiny creatures.
Lin Zhi mobilized the wood spirit energy and let it float in another corner of the wooden house, but the mist was not attracted there. Instead, it stubbornly approached Lin Zhi's direction.
If it’s not because of the wood spirit, it seems to be because of himself?
Lin Zhi quickly thought of the curse left by the Hehuan Sect, and thought that evil cultivators were the product of the contact between human cultivators and demon cultivators, and understood the reason why the demonic energy was approaching.
This kind of resentment wants to parasitize monks indiscriminately, using them as a breeding ground to achieve its own goals. And there is still evil energy remaining in his body, so it is naturally more favored by the demonic energy.
Lin Zhi took a step closer to the senior sister, and the evil spirit that was ready to move rushed up like a spider silk, trying to wrap around Lin Zhi's body.
Lin Zhi took a step back, and the wood spiritual energy wrapped around his body to prevent the erosion of the evil spirit. At the same time, the Thousand Heart Flower broke out of the ground and instantly grew into a behemoth. The seemingly harmless little white flower doubled in size and absorbed all the evil spirits into its roots.
Lin Zhi had already prepared for some of the roots to rot and wither, but he didn't expect that the Thousand Heart Flower would shake, and some of the petals that had turned purple and black would soon turn back to white, still full of vitality.
He was a little surprised, and used wood spiritual energy to examine the roots of the Thousand Heart Flower. He found that the demonic energy swallowed by it was becoming weaker and weaker, as if it had been digested by it.
"Um?"
Lin Zhi raised his eyebrows slightly, and the Qianxin Flower wrapped around his wrist moved proudly, as if asking for credit, looking very proud.
“That’s amazing.”
Lin Zhi was generous with his praise. He touched the Thousand Heart Flower and put it away.
If Qianxinhua can absorb evil spirits, then wouldn't the eldest sister be saved?
Lin Zhi watched and finally did not act rashly. He planned to wait for his master to come back to discuss it. However, the spiritual plants his master had collected must have taken a lot of effort, and he had not returned until the Kui test began.
Although Guiyi Sect's annual Jianfengkui Test is not as lively as the sect's internal competition, it also attracts a lot of attention, and occasionally disciples from other sects come to watch.
Early in the morning of the day of the Kui test, Lin Zhi had just finished watering the spiritual plants in the spiritual garden with spiritual liquid when Xi Tongying came to call him.
Lin Zhi's cultivation level is now in the middle stage of foundation building, and he no longer needs to take care of each tree one by one like he did in the Qi training stage. He withdrew his hand from casting spells, explained his whereabouts to the disciples on Yunwu Mountain, and followed Xi Tongying forward.
"Brother, I have already learned the art of wielding a sword. I will take you there!"
Xi Tongying was eager to try, and Lin Zhi knew that she was in high spirits. Not long ago, when Xi Tongying established her foundation, he sent her a gift to congratulate her.
"Brother, if you think she is unreliable, you can go with me."
Ji Jiao said from the side that his progress was almost the same as Xi Tongying's, and they were also in the early stages of foundation building.
"You are not reliable. You established your foundation an hour later than me."
Xi Tongying raised a finger, not hiding her pride at all.
Lin Zhi laughed at the children bickering and said, "No need, I have a magic weapon."
Lin Zhi took out the same cloud boat as his master's. The design was not particularly exquisite, but it was shaped like a cloud. Lin Zhi thought it was quite wild and more to his liking than fancy means of transportation.
As soon as the cloud boat was taken out, a streak of inky light flashed across the sky.
Yuan Zhi: "Brother, I'm late, let's go."
Xi Tongying was just about to say that Senior Brother Lin had a magic weapon, when she saw Senior Brother Lin calmly put away the magic weapon and held Junior Brother Yuan Zhi's hand. Soon, only the afterimage of the sword was left in the sky.
"Wait! Wait for us!"
Xi Tongying looked at Ji Jiao and asked, "Did Junior Brother Yuan not see us at all?"
Ji Jiao nodded slowly, he thought so.
Xi Tongying and Ji Jiao were not willing to be outdone, so they used the sword-controlling technique to quickly follow.
"Brother, I just went to register and I have arranged a seat for you."
Yuan Zhi put his arms around Lin Zhi's waist and whispered to explain why he was late.
"Okay, but don't you wait for Junior Sister Xi and Junior Brother Ji?"
Lin Zhi saw the young man running at lightning speed, and thought of his fellow junior brothers and sisters who were left behind, and made a tactful suggestion.
Yuan Zhi: "Ah? Are Senior Sister Xi and Senior Brother Ji here?"
No wonder he seemed to have caught a glimpse of something nearby when he was walking with his senior brother just now, but he thought it was a disciple of Yao Feng and did not pay attention to it.
Yuan Zhi almost had 'I can only see you' written on his face. Lin Zhi smiled and said, "Yes, but it shouldn't be a problem."
Yuan Zhi slowed down and apologized sincerely when Xi Tongying and Ji Jiao caught up with him.
Xi Tongying smiled and waved her hands: "We know that you and Senior Brother are on good terms. It seems that I have to show you my skills during the competition later, so that you won't miss us next time."
Yuan Zhi replied, "Please give me some advice, Senior Sister."
In fact, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Xi Tongying was just joking to ease the atmosphere. Although everyone's progress was similar when they first started, half a year had passed and Xi Tongying and Ji Jiao were in the early stages of foundation building, while Yuan Zhi had already reached the late stage of foundation building.
During the process of cultivation, the further you go, the more difficult it is to cross the gap. Even a small realm is more difficult than the previous big realm. Yuan Zhi is a person with outstanding talent and a single spiritual root. He also studied under Ting Yan. Xi Tongying has no chance of winning against him.
Most people would take it as a joke, but everyone could feel Yuan Zhi's seriousness at this moment. He didn't seem to understand the playfulness of Xi Tongying's words, but responded neatly and affirmatively.
He possesses a purity and directness rarely seen in the world, just like the way of the sword, which accumulates move by move without any shortcuts, and is clear to see at a glance.
Xi Tongying was stunned for a moment and then laughed: "Then you better be careful, Junior Brother. I will do my best."
In this pure atmosphere without any perfunctory attitude, everyone can feel Yuan Zhi's lack of contempt.
Yuan Zhi didn't know why Senior Sister Xi was laughing so happily, so he took Lin Zhi's hand and said, "Senior Brother, I'll take you to find a seat."
Lin Zhi nodded and followed him forward with a smile in her eyes.
What a lovely little darling. Lin Zhi lowered her eyes slightly and pressed her abdomen inconspicuously with her other hand.
It's strange, Ting Yan's method of removing the curse has no effect. Although his love poison has not recurred since the last time, now without any external stimulation, his body seems to be a little abnormal.
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