Chapter 254: The shared love between master and disciple
"How do you know that?"
Yuan Zhi did not deny this matter. After all, it was the fact, and he did not feel that he had failed to complete what Lin Zhi had asked him to do.
Lin Zhi said that he should see whether Tingyan likes flowers and plants. If Tingyan is not interested in such things, there is no need to bring out his things to embarrass himself.
He had looked at Tingyan's cave and found these things not there, which meant that Tingyan probably didn't like them, so he didn't give them to him.
But he is different, he will cherish that pot of flowers very much.
So, how did Tingyan know about this?
"Uncle Ren mentioned it to me before, but that's not the point of this matter. It's not reasonable for you to keep it privately."
Ting Yan casually blurred the process of how he learned about the matter, and looked at his own soul with cold eyes.
Yuan Zhi lowered his lips: "Do you like flowers?"
Tingyan smiled noncommittally: "The gift is small but the sentiment is great."
He doesn't care what the gift is, what he cares about is that it's his, so he has the final say on whether to take it or not, and no one else has the right to make the decision for him, not even the individual he has divided out.
The more the soul is divided like this, the more he wants to do so.
"It's in my cave, you can get it yourself."
Since he couldn't keep her, Yuan Zhi didn't want to say more. Lin Zhi was still waiting for him, so it was time for them to set off.
The young man in black flew away on his sword. Ting Yan's gaze shifted away from the wooden hairpin in his hair and he walked leisurely towards Yuan Zhi's cave.
Yuan Zhi's cave was where he stayed when he became a disciple of Jianfeng a hundred years ago. However, he was weak at that time, and soon moved to his current cave, so he did not do much to carve the temporary cave.
Yuan Zhi was less concerned about foreign objects than he was. Ting Yan walked into his cave and found that this place was even more dilapidated and shabby than a hundred years ago. Yuan Zhi put a cushion inside, and the rest of the place was empty.
Yuan Zhi took good care of the flower. Ting Yan could see that, not only because the flower was well watered, but more importantly, it was located on the only cushion in the cave.
Ting Yan pinched his brows. Sometimes he found it hard to believe that Yuan Zhi was his soul. They were not alike. He had very high requirements for his living quarters and strived for comfort.
Tingyan tapped his fingers lightly, took the pot of flowers away and put it into his own cave.
The petals of this pot of flowers are in the style of Thousand Heart Flowers, but the color is neither white nor red, but light gold. Ting Yan knows that it retains the love of the Dancing Clear Grass for sunlight, so he arranged a formation around it.
There is snow all year round in Wujian Mountain, the sky is grey and cold, and there is no scorching sun. Tingyan drew light from other places for the flower, making it feel like it was in the sun inside the formation.
Tingyan looked very satisfied, this was what was called care.
As he lowered his eyes to admire it, he suddenly covered his lips and coughed a few times. A fishy and sweet taste came up in his throat, but his expression did not change.
The pale golden petals danced without wind, and a light fragrance filled the air, as if it was some kind of comfort.
Ting Yan was a little surprised. Logically speaking, this kind of spiritual plant, which could only be considered as a mid-level one, should not be able to develop spiritual consciousness so quickly.
Compared with animals, plants can usually survive longer, so it takes a long time for them to develop consciousness. Only top-grade spiritual plants can develop consciousness when they are still seeds, but they are also ignorant and chaotic in the early stages.
Artificially cultivated spiritual plants awaken to consciousness faster because they are watered with spiritual energy during the birth process and ripened by various methods, but the young man was only a disciple in the Qi training stage.
"Lin Zhi."
Tingyan recalled his name and murmured thoughtfully.
He originally planned to practice, but when he sat on the jade bed, Ting Yan subconsciously summoned the water mirror.
Lin Zhi and Yuan Zhi sat on the walnut boat and flew out of the territory of Guiyi Sect.
Many years ago, the realm of cultivation was separated from the realm of mortals, but this separation was not complete isolation, as there was a transitional area in the middle, which was the low spiritual realm.
This is the only way for people to travel between the two domains. Lin Zhi originally took a carriage to a town in the Lower Spiritual Domain before he could take a boat to Guiyi Sect.
The low spiritual realm is vast. It is not just a city or a town, but covers many places. It is a mixed place with all kinds of people. Casual cultivators, evil cultivators, mortals seeking immortality and enlightenment, etc. can all be seen here.
The head of the outer sect would often bring some inner and outer sect disciples here for training. In name it was training, but in reality it was to let the disciples practice dealing with some troubles.
For the purpose of recruiting talents and spreading its reputation, Guiyi Sect will protect some towns in the lower spiritual realm, and the disciples have to deal with the evil spirits they encounter in these places.
The outer sect leader who led the team this time was at the early stage of the Golden Core. There were nine people in their team. Apart from the leader, the outer sect disciple with the highest level of cultivation was at the middle stage of the Foundation Establishment stage, and the lowest was Lin Zhi, who was at the eighth level of the Qi Training stage.
Ting Yan saw clearly in the water mirror that although Lin Zhi had the lowest cultivation level, no one looked down on him. There was even a hint of him being the center of attention from just a few words.
It's not just because he's a medicine cultivator with a single spiritual root and his training speed is fast, and it's not just because of his outstanding appearance. Apart from these, he has a magical power that can control people's hearts with his words.
Ting Yan sighed. Could he really get through this emotional calamity smoothly when even the three Yuan Zhis combined couldn't beat him?
He was not in a hurry to practice and continued to watch, so as to prevent his split soul from being manipulated by others and causing anything to go wrong.
Ting Yan's water mirror followed Yuan Zhi. He shifted the picture to capture Lin Zhi's figure.
In the ripples of the water, the young man has a handsome face, and his beautiful eyes and eyebrows are full of harmlessness and peace, just like a flower smiling at the world among the lush branches and leaves.
He suddenly raised his eyes and looked in his direction, as if he was looking at him from afar across thousands of mountains and rivers.
Tingyan's heartbeat slowed down for a moment, and then he relaxed his body quietly.
Sure enough, he said how could Lin Zhi find him, it was just that someone was talking to him in this direction, so he looked over.
"Junior Brother Lin, why don't you come with us?"
The one who spoke was the outer disciple with the highest level of cultivation. They had already arrived at the town. A few days ago, a third-level monster caused chaos here and fled into the mountains and forests, and no one knew where it went. The leader planned to divide the troops into several groups and let the disciples track it down separately.
Before Yuan Zhi could speak, Lin Zhi said, "As we said before, I can go with Junior Brother Yuan."
"But there are only two of you. If you run into danger..."
"So I'd like to trouble you to give us the safest way."
Lin Zhi smiled and said that he was good at solving problems in a way that made people feel comfortable. This was not troublesome for him and was almost an instinct.
The matter was settled in words. After the leader gave a few instructions to the disciples, the disciples dressed in Guiyi Sect uniforms went into different hilltops to search.
Lin Zhi and Yuan Zhi were traveling in the mountains that were closest to the town and had been searched the most.
"In fact, there is no need to take the safest route. I am stronger than them all."
Although Yuan Zhi is only in the initial stage of foundation building, he knows that his senior brother who is in the middle stage of foundation building is no match for him.
Lin Zhi curved her lips and said, "I understand Junior Brother's abilities, but I need to test some things, so I need a safer environment."
Yuan Zhi nodded and didn't ask Lin Zhi what he wanted to test. It was enough for him to hear that Lin Zhi understood that he was not weak.
He walked beside Lin Zhi: "I will protect you."
Lin Zhi liked his lack of questions and placed her palm against the nearest tree.
He closed his eyes and his spiritual energy sank.
In Guiyi Sect, he only conducted experiments on a few plants, which made it inconvenient to make too much noise. Now that he has left the sect, he can see where his limits are.
The wood spirit spreads downward through the soil along the roots of the plants, giving life to the earth. Countless grasses grow wildly in the gaps between the trees, the branches are elegantly curved, and the flowers are blooming.
The spiritual energy in Lin Zhi's inner palace continued to overflow and was drained away until it reached a critical point.
After having a clear understanding of the limits of his current abilities, Lin Zhi did not withdraw his hand, but instead stroked the rough bark of the tree trunk and urged his spiritual energy again.
With the forest as the center, the grass and trees that had just been nourished withered and died at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The leaves of the trees that were lush just now turned yellow, and soon the branches became bare, as if they had fallen into the depths of winter.
Wherever Lin Zhi's spiritual energy went, the vitality of the plants was devoured by him and transformed into wood spiritual energy that returned to his inner palace.
Lin Zhi did not stop there and released spiritual energy again.
He seemed to have the ability to adjust the time of the plants and trees in this area. The trees quickly regained vitality and the place soon returned to its original state.
Yuan Zhi did not find the scene of the four seasons changing in front of him strange. He thought it was just an experiment conducted by Lin Zhi.
Yuan Zhi looked around and reminded: "Something seems to be wrong here."
Perhaps Lin Zhi's spiritual power alarmed something, and this piece of forest, which was no different from before, suddenly became a little strange.
It was difficult for Yuan Zhi to tell what it was, but he smelled danger.
Lin Zhi raised an eyebrow in his heart, but a puzzled expression appeared on his face as he asked, "Is there?"
"I just checked and there seems to be no trace of monsters nearby. Junior brother, let's move forward."
Yuan Zhi originally wanted to figure out what was going on around him, but when he heard Lin Zhi say this he couldn't help but hesitate.
"Before we set off, Junior Sister Xi sent me a message asking me to secretly bring her a pot of spiritual wine. When we are done, we will send the chief away and go buy some quietly."
The young man's eyes were curved in the sunlight, and he kept saying "secretly", "quietly", "send away". Yuan Zhi immediately threw away everything else in his mind, followed Lin Zhi forward, and never looked back.
Behind them, the sparrows living in the forests were perched on the branches and preening their feathers as usual. At a certain moment, the rough tree trunks suddenly became as soft as vines and killed them at an incredible speed.
The swallows and sparrows landed silently on the ground, and the wild flowers and weeds growing from the ground devoured their bodies. The wind blew, and the mountains and forests were silent.
If someone could split the ground, they would find that the roots of all the plants in this area were united together in a twisted posture underground, but on the surface, the flowers are still flowers and the trees are still trees.
The safest road that Lin Zhi and Yuan Zhi were searching for was indeed safe, and there was no trace of monsters in the mountains and forests.
After a while, the person in charge sent a message to inform that someone had found the monster, and Lin Zhi and Yuan Zhi went there immediately.
The person in charge was a formation cultivator. After trapping the monster, he stopped casting spells and let his disciples practice.
As a medicine practitioner, Lin Zhi did not need to take any action and was responsible for treating the injured senior sisters and junior brothers.
Under the siege of eight foundation-building disciples, the monster quickly fell.
Yuan Zhi contributed the most among them. The outer sect leader looked at him and sighed in admiration, thinking that he was worthy of being the disciple of the Sword Master.
It’s just that his sword is so sharp that people even feel they will be hurt by the sword energy if they get close to him.
Then the person in charge saw the cold young man in black walking up to the medicine cultivator. He was well-behaved but also forced to be strong, and his sharp edges turned into something as gentle as silk.
"Brother, I'm injured."
Yuan Zhi showed his wound and whispered in Lin Zhi's ear, "Brother, when are we going to get rid of them?"
There was anticipation in his obsidian eyes, but also a hidden nervousness because he kept in mind the "secret" and "quiet" steps.
Lin Zhi blinked at him and did not answer immediately. Instead, she held Yuan Zhi's wrist and sprinkled medicine powder on his wound.
He couldn't help but sigh, look, what a cute little kid.
Beside Lin Zhi, the senior brother who almost lost his arm looked at the scratch on Yuan Zhi's arm and fell into deep thought.
Could it be that his eyesight was poor and he failed to see the fatal flaw in his junior brother's small wound?
Then, my junior brother’s wound healed, and if it had been a little later, there would probably have been no need to apply medicine.
The senior brother became even more silent and said, “Junior brother Lin, just pamper him.”
In front of the water mirror, Ting Yan thought Yuan Zhi's methods were clumsy when he saw him showing off his wounds that were so bad that even the Rejuvenation Pills were useless. So when he saw Lin Zhizhen applying medicine to him, he felt a little puzzled.
This shouldn't be the case. How could it be so simple? If the trend continues like this, wouldn't he need to help?
This should be fine, Ting Yan lowered his eyes and told himself that he was just worried.
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