Chapter 274 The shared love between master and disciple
Lin Zhi habitually read a lot of books. After entering Guiyi Sect, he was a frequent visitor to the library, selectively picking up many jade slips to read, among which were records about the Nightmare Beast.
It was a jade slip written by an uncle who had survived a tribulation, and the content was actually very vague.
There are thousands of encounters and possibilities in life. When you forget your past, or even live in a strange world in a different guise, facing countless difficulties and opportunities, can you stay firm on your path and remain the same?
Combining the current situation with the fragmentary words in the jade slip, Lin Zhi pieced together the truth about the Nightmare Beast's experience.
People swallowed by the Nightmare Beast will enter the Nightmare Beast's dream and be arranged with a new life. They will forget that this is a test, so they will also forget to pursue the "Tao" and act according to their heart.
Sometimes kindness is relative. How many people can remain unshakable when faced with pain and temptation without knowing it?
Once you have thoroughly found your true self and recognized "I" as "I", you will be able to see through the dream, which is equivalent to successfully attaining enlightenment, and your faith in the Tao will naturally be greatly stabilized.
Lin Zhi pondered for a moment, his current situation was rather special.
According to common sense, he needs to find himself step by step in this situation in order to complete his awakening, but he was awakened as soon as he came here.
This world is the program of lovers. As a creation that travels freely between worlds, the dimension of System 01 is higher than this world, so the Nightmare Beast naturally cannot erase it.
However, this realization of the Tao was not important to Lin Zhi. He asked 01 to construct a layout of the room in his mind, fumbled to get up from the bed, walked to the table with support, and poured himself a cup of cold tea.
So this is what it feels like to lose your vision. He could now understand how Qi He felt.
While drinking tea, Lin Zhi digested the setting of the dream.
This is Yongzhou, a prosperous city. He is a teacher and a scholar from the previous year, but his family is poor. In order to live in a rich merchant's family, he is responsible for educating the young master.
Yongzhou is big and it is not easy to live in it. Even though the house was rented for him by the owner, he was still very troubled by the daily food expenses and the money to save for the exam. So when he found that the roof was leaking, he was reluctant to spend money to hire someone to fix the tiles, but instead took a ladder and climbed up himself, but accidentally fell.
Even the doctor can’t tell when the blood stasis will dissipate.
When the rich businessman learned about this, he sent people to visit him and told him to rest and recuperate, and that it would not be too late for him to come back and teach his children after his eyesight recovered.
Although 'I' didn't quite understand the subtext, Lin Zhi did. But it didn't matter. After all, he wasn't really a teacher who was going to take the imperial examination.
After putting down the teacup, Lin Zhi walked forward slowly.
Because it was just a dream, his body was naturally not that of a monk, so he could only take it slowly.
The sunlight outside was a little too hot, so Lin Zhi closed the door and walked out along the alley.
01 marked the location for him, and he knew where to find Yuan Zhi.
The neighbors in Chongdefang discovered that the scholar who had accidentally injured his eyes had gone out today. His beautiful eyes were empty, and everyone who saw them couldn't help but feel sorry for him.
But when the sunlight falls on the young man's thin body, it does not make people feel that he is pitiful and lonely. Instead, there is an indescribable sense of calmness and charm.
Although this is a dream, everything here seems so real.
"Fried pancakes and fried sazi."
"Sophora japonica leaf cold noodles, delicious Sophora japonica leaf cold noodles."
"Mutton noodle cake, chicken soup steamed bun, would you like a bowl, sir?"
Lin Zhi passed through these aromas, and thanks to 01's eyes, he didn't bump into any obstacles.
After passing several streets from Chongdefang, Lin Zhi arrived near Yuanzhi.
Lin Zhi stood outside the crowd and heard the cheers.
"It's true that like father, like son. Boss Yuan, who runs the escort agency, is very brave, and his son is also an expert at swordsmanship. Wow, his sword moves are beautiful."
"Good! Good fight! This scoundrel Liu really thinks no one can beat him. Master Yuan, give him a couple more kicks."
Lin Zhi understood what was going on and was about to go inside when he felt the sound of wind coming towards him. Someone rushed out and the people in front of him all moved out of the way. Lin Zhi had time to dodge but did not react.
Someone suddenly pulled him aside and he crashed into the arms of a man taller than him. Above his head he heard the young boy's somewhat muffled voice.
Yuan Zhi scolded, "Why don't you hide? That scoundrel Liu will knock you down soon."
"Thank you very much."
The young man, who was half a head shorter than him, looked up and thanked him. Yuan Zhi was startled by his gray eyes.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know you were blind. Where do you live? I'll take you back."
Young Master Yuan was not a particularly warm person, but when he saw the person in front of him, he inexplicably felt a sense of joy and closeness. Even when he was protecting the young man, he had random thoughts flashing through his mind: He was too thin and his waist was too thin, and he should eat more.
"That's troublesome."
Lin Zhi smiled and thanked him softly.
Lin Zhi was not worried at all that Yuan Zhi would treat him strangely, because he knew that his lover would definitely get close to him.
A lover may hesitate for a moment when he is considering something, but the loving soul that is separated from the lover will naturally rush to his side at the first sight of him.
After exchanging names, Lin Zhi easily learned about Yuan Zhi's "life experience" from him.
He is the only son in the family. His parents are healthy, his family is harmonious and his family has considerable assets.
Lin Zhi sighed in her heart, as if she could foresee what twists and turns Yuan Zhi would encounter in this dream.
Since sending him home, Yuan Zhi would often visit him and often bring doctors to his home, trying to cure his eyes as soon as possible.
Lin Zhi didn't want to interfere with Yuan Zhi's training, so he didn't reveal the dream, but in other aspects, he naturally did not hesitate to speed up the process.
Yuan Zhi brought food to the door and put it in the kitchen with familiarity. When he was preparing for Lin Zhi to eat, he happened to see Lin Zhi changing clothes.
He stood under the window and saw the young man's fair and slender body, his beautiful butterfly bones and faintly visible waist dimples when he leaned forward slightly, and saw that when he turned around, his soft eyes had no fixed gaze and he didn't notice that someone was watching him changing clothes.
The young man's heart was beating like a drum, as if there was a lush peach tree growing in his heart. All of a sudden, all the flowers on the branches turned into butterflies and flew out of his heart, filling his heart, then buzzing, and finally becoming empty.
Feeling the boy's increasingly earnest advances and unconscious closeness, Lin Zhi gladly accepted them all.
Yuan Zhi has never been a person who is entangled. He will try his best to get what he wants.
He won't be discouraged if there is no response, and he will be more positive if there is a response.
"What do you think, Zhizhi? Isn't this drunken crab a must? Crab stuffed with orange is also a great delicacy. I specially ordered the first batch when the season arrives. I bought them to share with you. It would be best if you warm them up with some wine."
The young man started to peel the crab and placed the plump crab meat next to Lin Zhi, letting him eat it slowly.
Lin Zhi curved her eyes: "It's delicious."
Yuan Zhi enjoyed this natural and intimate feeling very much and worked even harder.
The wine was not intoxicating, but Yuan Zhi just stared at Lin Zhi's opening and closing red lips in a daze. He leaned in and kissed her, muttering something vague that he didn't even know what it meant.
However, Lin Zhi heard it clearly. What Yuan Zhi was talking about was - Senior Brother.
At that moment, Lin Zhi almost thought that Yuan Zhi remembered it, but it seemed that only a corner of his subconscious mind appeared.
Everything that happened afterwards went more naturally, as they were already in love with each other.
Yuan Zhi was so happy that he bought a lot of his things in Lin Zhi's house. The two of them often stayed together. Until one day, Yuan Zhi reluctantly told Lin Zhi that he was going out with his parents to escort the goods.
"When I come back, I will bring you a pearl from the South China Sea, and by the way, I will look for a way to cure your eyes. Wait for me to come back."
Lin Zhi smiled and nodded, knowing that Yuan Zhi might be facing troubles.
When Yuan Zhi was about to step out of the yard, Lin Zhi subconsciously called him.
Yuan Zhi walked back quickly, somewhat confused, but received a light kiss on the cheek.
"Go ahead. I'll wait for you to come back."
Lin Zhi looked at him with gentle eyes.
Young people always have such a gentleness that makes people nostalgic, and their mature charm is inadvertently revealed.
Yuan Zhi touched his cheek and walked away with a silly smile.
One day the weather suddenly dropped in temperature. Lin Zhi woke up and found that his right hand could not move.
He put on his clothes clumsily and went out to see the doctor.
He had a premonition in his heart, so when he passed by the blacksmith's shop and heard that the blacksmith's wife had died, he was not surprised at all.
Even though he couldn't see him, he knew that it was Jianfeng's senior brother. The Nightmare Beast would not deliberately change its appearance or name. Using a familiar face and a name that had accompanied him throughout his life but not realizing that he was not that person would make him less suspicious and more aware of everything.
When he arrived at the clinic, the doctor could not find a cure for his strange illness, so he prescribed some medicine and acupuncture, and advised him to think more positively.
A man who is determined to pass the imperial examination will lose his right hand after losing his eyesight.
Lin Zhi left with the medicine. Before leaving, she heard a little girl crying with hatred on the roadside. The dog that grew up with her and protected her was maliciously tortured to death.
It was the senior sister from the Beast Taming Sect. Lin Zhi remembered her name, Ni Ling.
After passing by someone and returning to the alley, I saw a woman looking for her child like a wandering ghost. She was my senior sister who lived not far away.
They all encountered the sufferings given by the world on the same day. Here, they were not disciples of the Guiyi Sect or the Beast Taming Sect, but ordinary mortals who were powerless to do anything about their lives.
Lin Zhi’s thoughts were scattered. Was there any evil cultivator who had entered the trial of nightmare and successfully passed it? It seemed that there was. He had seen such a record in a fragment of a manuscript.
Some people kill for revenge, some for goals and benefits, and some just for pleasure. Killing is his way, and he keeps killing and killing without wavering. In what he thinks is real life, he kills everyone, including parents, lovers, mentors, and children. Thus, he also understands the essence of himself.
The weather is getting colder. Yuan Zhi should be back in a while. I wonder if he can make it in time for the last meal of autumn crabs.
One day, Lin Zhi was standing in the yard and heard someone pushing open the gate.
The boy's breath was cold, like snow falling in winter.
He looked at the young man walking towards him with complicated eyes. He wanted to say something, but the other person naturally held his hand.
"You must be tired after running around for so long."
"Why are your hands so cold? You didn't say a word. What happened?"
"Don't be disappointed because you didn't find a prescription for me. The doctor said everything will be fine. Don't worry too much."
The young man held his lips and kissed them, they tasted soft and sweet.
"Ah Zhi, tell me everything. Didn't you say that people who are going to spend their whole lives together shouldn't hide anything?"
The young man responded softly, suppressing the urge to cough due to the pain in his internal organs.
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