Sixty years have passed, and Da Mei has long since advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm, now possessing the cultivation of the third level of the Nascent Soul Realm.
She looked to be around thirteen years old, like a big sister next door who had just come of age.
"That's right, if I grow any taller, I'll be as tall as you, Master."
Her beautiful eyes sparkled as she gestured.
"You wish! Your master is a towering 1.9 meters tall."
Qin Shou chuckled and poked Da Mei's head.
Da Mei pretended to lean back, wrinkling her delicate nose in annoyance, and said, "My master has rubbed all my knowledge out of me today!"
"Hehe, alright, you go ahead and get busy, I'll just take a look around." Qin Shou said gently.
Da Mei shook her head. "No, I'll stay with Master."
The building was brightly lit, with bookshelves stacked high, and a wall more than ten meters long covered with calligraphy and paintings, all of which were masterpieces.
There are portraits of Qin beasts, Changsheng, Yicheng, Xiaopang, Heitu, and others, but most of them are warm and affectionate portraits, some hanging on the walls and some suspended on easels, totaling hundreds of pieces of various sizes.
These are all masterpieces from the last sixty years.
Qin Shou stretched out his palm, his fingertips stroking the lifelike portrait, as if the little figure in the painting had vaguely appeared before his eyes.
Some of the portraits also have one or two lines of neat handwriting on one side.
More than a hundred years have passed since we parted, yet my sister still appears in my dreams...
Only the peach tree in front of the courtyard remains unchanged in its springtime beauty...
Time flies in the mountains, and though tender moments have passed, my love has already gone far away...
......
"Phew~"
Qin Shou's eyes were blurry with tears. He took a deep breath and stopped looking at them one by one.
He came to the very center of the mural, where a painting hung, the only one Qin Shou had ever made for Wen Qing.
The girl in the painting sits upright on a stool, her back straight, her long legs together, her hands gently folded on her knees, her eyebrows and eyes are exquisite, her black hair cascades down her back like a waterfall, and a gentle smile plays on her lips.
To its left is a mulberry tree, and to its right is another mulberry tree. Behind it is an old wooden door and a courtyard weathered by time.
The setting sun cast its last rays, illuminating the girl and bathing her in a soft glow...
I still remember that this was painted when Qin Shou first went down the mountain to Lingzhou to bring Wenqing back from her troubles, and stayed in Wenqing's hometown.
Two hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye.
His voice and appearance are still vivid in my mind.
"Master, do you also miss Sister Wen?"
Da Mei's large eyes shimmered with a bright, watery light under the flickering candlelight on one side of the painted wall.
She is a sentimental fish.
Sister Wen was already family to her.
Sister Wen's sudden departure...
It was as painful as when she lost her father and mother.
"Of course I want to, how could I not?"
well.
Qin Shou sighed quietly.
"Master, who exactly harmed Sister Wen? My sister and I will avenge her."
Da Mei clenched her fists, her eyes were red-rimmed, but her gaze was as hard as iron.
Qin Shou glanced at the adorable little koi, patted her head, and said softly, "Killed them all. It's just... not quite all of them. But it's alright, one day we'll wipe them all out completely."
"As for you and Little Fatty, you just need to focus on your cultivation on the mountain."
Qin Shou chuckled.
"Alright, Da Mei, it's getting late, you should get some rest too."
Just as Qin Shou was about to walk towards the door, he suddenly turned back and asked:
"By the way, how's Little Fatty been all these years?"
"Master, my sister has been cultivating diligently all these years."
Da Mei wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, revealing a pair of bright little tiger teeth.
"She now sleeps for seven or eight hours every day in the Koi Dream. She says she wants to cultivate into a super powerful demon as soon as possible, and then go down the mountain to find Yi Cheng."
"Really? That's quite a lot of hard work."
Qin Shou nodded, smiled, and walked out the door.
......
The next day, the sun shone brightly.
The sleepy little koi fish woke up and ran to Qin Beast, chattering noisily:
"Master, please turn off the formation and let me out. I want to go down the mountain to play with Yi Cheng."
"Wow! Fifth level of Nascent Soul! Terrifying!"
"It seems you've really been working hard at cultivation all these years."
Qin Shou looked at the little fat man's cultivation level and nodded with satisfaction.
It has to be said that this chubby kid is quite capable when he gets serious.
"That's right, Master. I no longer brag to Black Rabbit every day. I'm working hard to cultivate every day."
Little Fatty proudly showed off, his hands around Little Fatty's waist.
"I'm two levels higher in cultivation than my sister."
The chubby boy held up two little fingers and started talking boastfully.
"How come you suddenly have an epiphany and know to diligently cultivate?"
Qin Shou picked up the little fat boy and asked curiously.
Little Fatty suddenly frowned, sighed like a little adult, and said, "Sigh... Master, I noticed that my sister used to cry a lot, and her eyes were all red and swollen. At first, I thought it was because Yi Cheng secretly ran down the mountain by herself and didn't take me and my sister with her, that's why she cried. But later, my sister hugged me and said that Sister Wen was beaten to death by bad guys."
"If she's killed, it means we'll never see Sister Wen again."
Little Fatty explained it to Qin Beast in a special way.
"When I heard that I would never see Sister Wen again, I felt so incredibly sad, many times sadder than if Yi Cheng had stolen ten thousand meals from me."
"Later, my sister told me that we should cultivate diligently, go down the mountain to find Yi Cheng, and together we would kill those bastards."
"So, I, Little Fatty, started to train even harder."
"Master, look how powerful I am now! I can smash several huge mountains with one punch!"
The chubby boy, with his round face held high, said with a rather proud air:
"I can now take on a hundred black rabbits by myself."
"Amazing! This chubby kid is really amazing when he trains so diligently!"
Qin Shou patted Little Fatty's head and smiled.
"Hmm... Master, may I go down the mountain to find Yi Cheng now?"
Little Fatty asked.
Qin Shou shook his head. "Yi Cheng went to a very far place this time. It might be a place you can't reach if you make a wish. But when you cultivate to the Void Realm, you might be able to reach it if you make a wish."
Besides, who knows, once you cultivate to the Void Realm, Yi Cheng might come back on his own.
Qin Shou comforted Little Fatty.
Little Fatty was clearly dissatisfied with this, his little eyebrows furrowed deeply.
"Master, how long do you think it will take me to reach the Void Realm?"
"Hmm... with the Koi King's diligence, it won't be long."
"How long is a little while?"
"It's very fast."
"How fast is 'very fast'?"
"Why don't you try it and you'll see?"
"Oh right! Master, I'm going to cultivate."
The chubby boy made up his mind, frowned, and ran off to cultivate fiercely.
"Wait a minute, Fatty."
"what? "
"Since you've worked so hard, here's a bag of cookies as a reward."
"Huh! Thank you, Master! You're such a kind person!"
The chubby boy held a bag of cookies, his big eyes sparkling.
"That's right, once you reach the Void Realm, your master will reward you with ten bags of cookies."
"Holy crap! Long live Master!!!"
"Squeak—I want a cookie too!"
The black rabbit rolled over upon hearing the sound.
Qin Shou looked down at the dark, unremarkable thing at his feet and nudged his lower abdomen with his toe.
Yi Cheng is gone, and she's obviously lost weight.
Black Rabbit stared with its big, bright black eyes, looked down at its little belly where it had been poked, and then looked up at Qin Beast with an innocent expression.
"Hey, Black Rabbit, you've reached the Nascent Soul stage too!"
Qin Shou exclaimed in surprise.
"Squeak, that's right, I, Grandpa Rabbit, have been diligently cultivating all these years."
"Alright, here's a bag as a reward. Keep it up!"
"Squeak! Thank you, Master!!!"
The black rabbit, clutching the little biscuit, rolled away again.
This is a skill he developed when he was bored over the years. He uses it to eat radishes in the spirit garden. He takes two bites of one radish, rolls it half a meter away, takes two more bites, and then rolls it back to take two more bites, to see if he can eat the two radishes neatly.
Qin Shou watched the two chubby boys walk away and then looked away.
He certainly wouldn't let those two little fools go down the mountain. After all, "Sleeping Dragon" and "Young Phoenix" are invincible when scattered, but their safety is unpredictable when they are together.
After glancing at the sky, Qin Shou's figure appeared in the Sea of Laws.
Before his eyes lay a vast, empty starry sky, where Qin Beast's true form floated. The rhythmic beating of his heart echoed in his chest, and the Chaos Immortal Scripture operated on its own, drawing upon streams of law power to envelop his body, forming a transparent energy cocoon.
His full head of white hair was particularly striking.
Sixty years ago, Qin Beast fought with an immortal and was seriously injured. In addition, he burned his essence and lifespan, so he fell into a deep slumber shortly after returning to the mountain.
Qin Shou looked up at the starry sky, lost in thought.
The man who called himself the "Demon Lord" said that he had banished this world, and those powerful beings in the upper realm could not investigate it for the time being. However, since the tomb of the Reincarnation Immortal Venerable had appeared in this world, those top-level powerful beings in the upper realm would definitely not give up investigating the origins of this world.
However, before that, this world has about ten thousand years to recuperate and rebuild.
Qin Shou still held a black and white jade pendant in his hand. It was left by the Demon Lord Yaoyao. She said that if he crushed the jade pendant, he would have a chance to contact her, which could be considered as payment for borrowing the Immortal Slaughtering Sword.
"The first Demon Lord... the second Demon Lord..."
"According to the historical records of this world, the first Demon Lord lived more than 15,000 years ago... But it's impossible to possess such supernatural powers if one has only cultivated for tens of thousands of years..."
"The Demon Lord... the Great Heavenly Demon King... the Great Mighty and Virtuous Heavenly Venerable... the First Demon Lord... Could he be an 'unparalleled being' who has lived for countless lifetimes??"
"But why did he help me... without asking for anything in return...?"
Qin Shou's thoughts were somewhat mixed.
After a long while, he cleared his mind and checked the attribute panel.
I noticed there was a silver luck card and a bronze luck card inside that I hadn't used.
"System, draw the lottery."
Congratulations! You've won a small Bodhi bead!
Small Bodhi beads, a superior spiritual treasure, when worn year-round, nourish the spirit and soul, clarify the mind and cultivate righteousness, protect against inner demons, and ward off all evil...
"Lingbao, you're disgusted."
Qin Shou curled his lip.
He no longer values Lingbao at all.
He possesses three peerless immortal artifacts, and sixty years ago, he killed nine immortals and obtained several ordinary immortal artifacts as well...
Thinking this, Qin Beast withdrew from the Sea of Laws.
Appearing in the courtyard, under the peach tree, he waved to the chubby boy sitting under the mulberry tree in the distance, bragging to Black Rabbit.
"Little Fatty, come here."
"what? "
"Give me a hug."
"Give me a bag of cookies."
"OK. "
...
"Raffle!"
Qin Shou silently chanted the incantation over and over in his mind, "Draw something good... draw something good..."
Congratulations! You have won the peerless immortal weapon, the "Immortal-Slaying Sword"!
Holy crap!
It's finally here!
Qin Shou was overjoyed.
Looking at the three peerless immortal swords floating in the system space, I was still a little excited.
After all, this was a top-tier killing treasure from ancient mythology, and now it was standing right in front of him.
One more Zhuxian Sword Formation diagram is missing...
"well......."
Qin Shou suddenly sighed.
Damn it, the Immortal Slayer Sword was taken by Demon Lord Yaoyao... I wonder when I'll get it back.
In the time that followed, Qin Shou began to attempt to wield the three immortal swords...
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