Su Yishui nodded slowly this time, but just when Ranran was about to ask him what price he had paid and how he had broken off his love, he suddenly reached out and hugged her, his arms strangling her so that she could hardly breathe.
She could even feel his violently beating heartbeat through his wet clothes. He then rested his chin on the top of her head and said in a low voice, "There is someone who has atone for my sin without my consent... Such a self-righteous person, do you think I should let her go?"
Ran Ran didn't have time to think about who that annoying person was. She was being strangled by her master and couldn't breathe. "Master... I can't breathe... What's wrong with you?"
As he said this, Ran Ran noticed that the rune bottle on his master's neck was glowing red again, but before he could exclaim, he was frightened by Su Yishui's behavior again.
The master not only hugged her now, but he couldn't help rubbing his chin against her ear, just like... a coquettish little tiger.
Su Yishui seemed to feel that his emotions were somewhat out of control. He finally controlled his movements and reluctantly let go. He retreated a little and said after slowing down his strength: "After using the beast control technique, there will be some sequelae in more than a month... It will be fine after a while. Don't get close to me these few days."
Ran Ran blinked, and recalled the description of the beast-controlling technique in the book. This technique of placing the soul in the spirit beast would allow the person who casts the technique to keep the spirit beast's habits for a long time... so few people would use this kind of technique themselves.
And the little white tiger Gengjin just loves to jump into her arms and act coquettishly, and have his chin and fur stroked... Master just felt like being a tiger, and wanted her to stroke his chin and stroke his fur?
Seeing that the master seemed to be very sad, Ranran reached out and touched his long hair. Su Yishui seemed not to have expected Ranran to do this. His eyes widened, but his body involuntarily leaned over again.
The sequelae of the beast control technique are still very obvious, and even if he turns into a human form now, he can't give it up for the time being. The always serious master is now so... cute, Ran Ran couldn't help but burst out laughing, but facing such a handsome humanoid cat, he was a little at a loss for a moment.
Su Yishui stared at her with her cute and playful smile, and suddenly his eyes turned slightly red, just like when he was possessed by Lingquan in the military station!
Not good! Ran Ran screamed in her heart, but before she could see if the spiritual spring on his neck had leaked out, he reached out and grabbed her neck. When Ran Ran raised her head, the master's slightly moist lips were pressed against hers...
Of course, Ran Ran expressed her understanding of her master afterwards, saying that this was just the aftereffects of being possessed by the white tiger. The little tiger did like to rub his face against her like this on weekdays...
In order to protect her, the master transformed himself into a white tiger, but the aftereffects he suffered from were out of control!
She wanted to calm herself and defuse this sudden conflict, and told herself to just think of it as being kissed by a little tiger.
But being kissed by the little tiger will never make her feel numb and unable to move... This... is completely different!
That day, she let her master kiss her for a long time in a daze, and finally came to her senses, pushed him away, and ran down the mountain... This time, she ran to the villa of Uncle Zeng Yi.
Qiao Lian saw her daughter suddenly come here three days ago, and she didn't seem to want to go back.
It is of course a good thing that my daughter can come to visit her parents, but seeing that she seems absent-minded every day... Could it be that she has offended Master Su and was expelled from the sect?
Qiao Lian and Carpenter Xue are now working in Zeng Yi's villa. Their food and drink are comparable to those of the old masters in the town, and they even have maids and servants to do their bidding.
All of this was thanks to Immortal Su. So Qiao Lian would naturally ask her daughter what happened. If her daughter didn't want to go back, she and her husband would be embarrassed to take advantage of the immortal, so they would naturally go to the immortal to apologize. But if their daughter was wronged on the mountain, they would support her before taking her away.
"Mom...it's nothing, I just came to see you because I missed you."
Qiao Lian didn't believe it and couldn't help reminding her daughter: "It's only three to five days' journey from here to Xishan! How did you get here?"
After Ranran came out of the marrow washing pool, her body felt light and nimble. For an ordinary person, the journey would take three to five days, but she only ran for half a day to reach the destination.
When Qiao Lian heard her daughter say that she had run here, she was really shocked. At the same time, she deeply admired Su Xianchang as a living immortal who could teach his frail daughter such magical powers.
As a mother, she was naturally pleased to see her daughter become so strong. After finding out that she had not suffered any injustice due to her illness, she earnestly advised her daughter not to be lazy. Since she had been resting here for a long time, she should hurry back to continue practicing Taoism and cultivating her character.
After Ranran agreed perfunctorily, he turned around and collapsed on the recliner in the garden.
Running down the mountain is easy, but getting back naturally is a science.
Ranran is now deeply regretting why she ran so far on impulse.
Isn't it just a kiss from the master? It's not like I haven't been kissed by a tiger before. Actually, if you think about it carefully, there is not much difference.
The master must not want to do this either. He is such a cold and aloof person on weekdays. If it wasn't for protecting her, why would he end up in such a situation?
Thinking about it this way, maybe she was not the only one who was embarrassed that day. The master must have felt embarrassed as well, especially since she just ran away like that. How embarrassed must the master have been?
Moreover, Master's eyes turned red. Was it because his body was too weak that he was affected by the evil spirit of the spiritual spring...
The more Ranran thought about it, the more worried she became. She got up and, without even bothering to take the stir-fried pork with pickled vegetables that Qiao Lian had prepared for her, prepared to return to Xishan.
But I didn't expect to run into my second uncle when I opened the door.
Yu Tong saw her and said angrily, "Ran Ran, why did you run away without saying anything? Did you know that we had to look for you for the past few days?"
In fact, Yutong didn't know why Ranran suddenly went down the mountain that day.
The master also chased him out that day. But at night, he came back, and his whole body seemed to sink into an ice cellar. The master, who had recovered some of his vitality, was covered with frost again.
Qiu Xier and her friends were worried about Ran Ran, so they went down the mountain to look for her in the town. However, it was not until last night that the master asked her to come here to look for Ran Ran and bring her the tree root water she had been drinking.
When Ranran took the tree root water, she felt ashamed again. Even at this time, the master was still afraid that she would relapse and asked someone to bring her medicine.
However, she didn't care that her master's body had not recovered yet and ran back on her own. Thinking about it this way, how wrong was her behavior?
Master! I am an unfilial disciple. I just ran away like this, and did not serve you wholeheartedly by your sickbed without taking off my clothes!
Thinking of this, Ran Ran drank the potion in one gulp, wiped her mouth and wanted to go back with her second uncle. But Yu Tong persuaded her and said, "The master said that if you miss your parents, you can stay here for a few more days. I have brought all the tree roots for brewing potions. You can drink it and stay as long as you want..."
Ranran half opened her mouth after hearing this, somewhat unsure whether her master was going to expel her.
In fact, Yutong was also very curious about what happened to these two people after she and her brother left that day that made Ranran run all the way here and hide and refuse to see anyone.
After hearing Second Uncle's question, Ran Ran, who was always straightforward, hesitated. She couldn't tell anyone about her master's illness.
If people misunderstood that the master had flaws in his character, it would be her fault as a disciple. She also thought that since Second Master had been with the master for so many years, maybe the two of them had some kind of love affair.
She couldn't say anything wrong and ruin the relationship between her master and her second uncle...
But her master didn't let her go back, and she became worried because she was afraid that something had happened to her master's health during this time.
Now in Xishan, her cultivation is second only to her master. If her master really gets into an accident, she is the only one who can protect him with luck and energy...
Thinking of this, she could no longer stay and wanted to go back with Second Uncle.
Second Uncle Master didn't understand what Ran Ran was thinking, but seeing how stubborn she was, he had no choice but to take her back with him.
After coming back, Ran Ran did not see the master. She heard that the master had already started to retreat and the meals had been stopped.
But he had just suffered serious internal injuries and needed to recuperate. Obviously, fasting was not suitable at this time.
Ran Ran bought some top-quality beef brisket in the town, and since her master liked sweet food, she also bought some sweet chestnuts to cook the fat duck. As for the dessert after the meal, she also had some, and the almond pastry with goat cheese was just right with the sweet Erquan Yinhao green tea.
Ranran filled a tray, then lifted it up and jumped lightly to the top of the mountain.
The little tiger was lazily basking in the sun at the entrance of the cave. When he saw Ranran, he immediately shook his head and wagged his tail.
Ran Ran handed the prepared meat bones and cut chicken to him. The shrunken tiger didn't have a big appetite, but he was particular about the combination of ingredients. The bones had to have 300 grams of meat, and the cartilage part of the chicken was his favorite.
After feeding the little tiger, Ranran hesitated at the entrance of the cave for a while before carrying the tray into the cave.
But after entering, I smelled a strong smell of alcohol before I saw Su Yishui.
When he went in, Ranran discovered the small wine altar on the ground.
At this moment, Su Yishui seemed to be too drunk to get up, and fell on the stone platform.
As a self-disciplined person with a strong will, Ran Ran silently looked at the neatly stacked wine jars and the neatly folded half-worn clothes on the side. He really admired his master. Even when he was drunk, he would not allow himself to be dirty and messy...
If I hadn't seen him lying on his back, I would have thought he was not drunk but taking a nap.
師父……該不會是以為她記恨他，所以便借酒消愁吧？
想到着這，冉冉慢慢蹲下身子，伸手輕輕摸着蘇易水的頭，很明顯，馭獸術的後遺症還在，當她纖細的手指摸着他的長發的時候，他忍不住像小老虎一樣，将頭往她手邊靠了靠。
冉冉發現，自己對這類貓兒一般屬性的全無抵抗力。雖然師父比庚金白虎還要傲嬌孤高些，但是……撸起毛兒來，都很好摸。
就在這時，酒醉的蘇易水似乎感覺到身邊有人，猛然睜開眼睛。
當他和冉冉四目相對的時候，他猛地坐起身來，直勾勾地看着瞪着大眼睛的她。
冉冉沒想到師父這麽快醒來，摸毛的手還沒來得及收呢。她清了清嗓子，指了指放在一旁的托盤道：“師父，我給你做了飯菜……你趁熱吃些吧……”
蘇易水看了看熱氣騰騰的飯菜，又看了看出走回來的少女，最後什麽也沒說，只默默穿好了外衣，然後端碗拿筷大口吃了起來。
師徒倆很有默契不去提雨天亭下的意外，冉冉将那些小酒壇清除出去後，忍不住問道：“師父……你喜歡二師叔嗎？”
蘇易水剛剛吃完，放下筷子後，飲了一口綠茶清口，擡頭看向她，沉默了一會說：“我以為，你會問我是不是喜歡你……”
冉冉不好意思地笑了：“那還用問，師父你對我們幾個徒弟都是愛護有加的。”
試問世間，舍命救徒弟的師父能有幾個？
蘇易水的眉眼似乎黯淡了一下，冷冷說道：“不是走了嗎？又回來幹什麽？”
冉冉咬了咬嘴唇，小聲道：“擔心師父您，就回來了……”
蘇易水看了她一眼，這次倒是回答了她上一個問題：“你二師叔有意中人，甚至還生了個孩子，就養在西山的鎮子下。我對她的喜歡，跟喜歡羽臣、還有丘喜兒和高倉他們是一樣的。”
冉冉來了西山這麽久，萬萬沒想到，二師叔竟然是生過孩子的，不由得大吃一驚：“什麽？我怎麽不知道？”
她震驚于這個八卦，以至于忽略了師父的“喜歡”裏唯獨沒有薛冉冉。
事實證明，她這個西山小菜雞不知道的事情還多着呢！二師叔的确有個六歲的兒子。
因為二師叔負責下山采買，所以可以時不時就可以回山下的家中看看，與孩子和情郎團聚，怪不得她偶爾會看到二師叔買些木偶玩具呢。
那情郎乃是山下鎮子上的一個教書先生，今年三十有四。
據說是二師叔十六歲時認識的，兩個人當時年齡正相當，便有了私情。不過二師叔并沒有同他成婚，只是生下孩子，斷了哺乳之後，就讓那位姓常的書生抱下山去了。
冉冉後來好奇地問二師叔為何不嫁人時，羽童嘆了一口氣：“既然我已決定跟随主人修真，遲早有一日要抛棄塵俗。我要跟随哥哥侍奉主人，而他也有自己的塵俗日子要過。我不嫁他，他來日遇到心儀的女子與她成婚，便可不必背上負心的罵名，這樣豈不是兩全其美？”
冉冉聽了羽臣的這話，不由得想起了在天脈山遇到的兩段塵封記憶。修仙雖然令人向往，可若要割舍掉人間的種種美好，就叫人不那麽向往了。
在水池亭下給小老虎上藥的時候，冉冉問坐在一旁飲茶的師父：“盾天的妻兒後來怎麽樣了？”
蘇易水放下茶杯，看着遠處蒼莽的山脊，淡淡說道：“盾天當年與地魔殊死一戰，他的妻兒被地魔所擄，以此要挾盾天。為了降服地魔，盾天必須證道，達到無欲無求的境界。所以他沒有去救妻兒，一舉降服了地魔後，就此飛升。”
冉冉聽得倒吸了一口冷氣，突然想起了盾天的記憶裏，始終看不到那嬌妻幼兒的臉，盾天飛升之際，是不是對自己的妻兒滿懷愧疚，所以記憶裏連想都不敢想他們的模樣呢？
想到這，冉冉的心裏有些難受，她小聲問師父：“師父，若是有一天，你也面對這樣的抉擇，你也會像盾天一般，犧牲掉自己的至愛，以證其道嗎？”
蘇易水聽了她的問，卻并沒有回答，而是問她：“你呢，你會如何？”
冉冉認真想了想，她此生至愛除了爹娘和師父外，還有師叔和師兄師姐們，若是用他們去換那狗屁的長生不老，那她寧可自己立刻變成滿臉皺紋的老婆婆呢！
可是聽了她的話，師父擰起了眉毛，一把握住了她脖頸，挨近她說道：“記住，為了誰都不可以犧牲自己！你是我拿命換回來的，這一生，你只為自己而活！”
冉冉聽不懂他的意思。以為他說的“拿命換”指的是之前寄身白虎救她的事情。
不過師父這麽說也沒錯，若沒有他，她老早就體弱病死了呢！
知道了他跟二師叔并非仙侶，冉冉就此放心下來，不過被師父拉得這麽近，她忍不住想起了上次師父跟她親親的回憶……
難道師父又起了附上虎身的後遺症，想要像老虎那般跟她撒嬌？
師父能以命相換，此情何以為報？就算肝腦塗地都不過分！
這般想着，冉冉便伸手在師父的下巴上抓撓了幾下。
蘇易水被她突如起來的毛手弄得一愣，冉冉一邊伸手撓了撓他的下巴，一邊問：“怎麽樣？有沒有覺得很舒服？”
無論是話語還是行為，都是滿滿調戲良家的纨绔架勢，蘇易水在二十幾年前就遇到過。只不過那時那個明豔動人的女子，滿眼都是吊兒郎當的随性，雖然撩撥，卻并未入她的心。
而現在他面前的少女，雖然舉止有些……孟浪，卻滿眼都是天真爛漫，單純得很。
無論是哪一種，都會讓男人如飲陳年甘醇，溺死其中，不願醒來……
就在冉冉想要松手撤身之際，她的纖腰被蘇易水一把攔住，帶着淡淡酒香的薄唇再次附上，只是這次并非像前一次那般蜻蜓點水，蘇易水放肆着自己，兇猛而熾烈地加深了這一吻。
冉冉再次被師父給吓到了……這哪是老虎在撒嬌？分明是逮到了獵物，囫囵連着皮肉一口吞下啊！
當蘇易水有些不知怠足地終于擡起頭時，懷裏的小徒弟已經被吻成了一灘水。
冉冉直覺想趕緊跑出洞去，可是這次蘇易水有了經驗，緊緊箍住她的細腰：“還要往哪跑？不是說會一直照顧我到好了為止嗎？”
不用照銅鏡，冉冉都覺得自己的臉頰微微發燙。所謂天劫時，天雷勾地火會不會就是方才的感覺？
這次冉冉再次腳底抹油，狠狠推開師父後，一路跑回到自己的房間，鑽入被窩不肯出來……
丘喜兒發現，探親回來後的小師妹好像丢了魂，總是有些心不在焉的。
就連她最喜歡的面點時光，都可以溜號走神。眼看着冉冉将一瓶子老抽倒入了面粉裏，丘喜兒實在忍不住了，附在她耳邊大聲問：“小師妹！你這是要做鹹味的杏仁酥嗎？”
冉冉這才恍惚回神，看着手裏醬色的面團“哎呀”一聲叫了出來。
丘喜兒善解人意地接過她手裏的面團，扔在一旁裝爛菜的竹筐裏，然後語重心長道：“幸好二師叔沒在這裏，不然定然要心疼你浪費掉的面粉……冉冉，你這兩天精神恍惚，還總是在師父授課的時候翹課，不是拉肚子，就是腦袋疼的……難道你在天脈山入的不是洗髓池，而是染病池？”
丘喜兒說的一點也不誇張。自從上次二師兄出事以後，蘇易水似乎打通了作為良師的靈竅，對于他們的功課都看顧得很緊，完全改掉了以前放羊吃草，愛學不學的态度。
可是以前一向功課認真的小師妹，卻仿佛二師兄附體一般，偷奸耍滑，總是裝病翹課。
偏偏嚴師到了小師妹那裏，又開始放羊吃草。小師妹說有病，師父就全信了，從來不催促她來上課。
丘喜兒因為當初在天脈山沒能過蛇橋，被師父罰練輕身術，每天都要在拴在兩棵樹間的麻繩上走來走去。若是掉下來，就要減掉一頓晚飯。
沒幾日的功夫，丘喜兒已經瘦了兩圈，小尖下巴都出來了。所以她今天早上也試着效仿了一下小師妹，跟師父說她腳後跟疼，不能久站。
結果師父的恩慈到了她這裏全然不剩，蘇易水面無表情地聽她哭訴後，吩咐她來回上下山取山泉水，直到腳後跟不疼了才能停。
丘喜兒的腳後跟不藥而愈之後，同時特別想知道小師妹裝病的秘訣在哪裏。
冉冉悠悠長嘆了一口氣，卻風馬牛不相及地問三師姐：“師姐，師父有沒有跟你特別親近過？”
丘喜兒想了想，說：“最親近的一次，是我默寫錯了禦風訣，被師父用戒尺打了手板，現在師父只要看看我，我都渾身冒冷汗……怎麽，你也被師父罰了？”
Ranran thought about the scene when Su Yishui held her in his arms and kissed her passionately, and a blush spread from her ears.
Qiu Xier didn't understand what was going on. Seeing her junior sister blushing, she thought she really had a fever, so she reached out to feel her temperature out of concern.
At this moment, Gao Cang ran up from the bottom of the mountain and shouted, "Junior sister, there is a package with your name on it on the Xieke Stone at the bottom of the mountain."
Ranran raised her head from the kitchen window and saw that there was indeed an exquisite package in her senior brother's hand.
Seeing that his senior brother was impatiently trying to tear off the oil paper on the package, Ran Ran hurriedly shouted, "Wait!"
Then she quickly jumped out of the window: "I don't know who sent this package, I can't open it rashly, it would be terrible if there are fairy insects inside!"
After hearing Ranran's reminder, Gao Cang was so scared that he threw the package far away on the ground.
He had personally witnessed the scene of the angel insects covering the entire Tianmai Mountain, so he couldn't help but shudder when he saw the red-headed flies.