Su Yu's words "She only has the master in her heart" are really unpleasant to hear.
After Su Yu finished speaking, he stood up and boarded the dragon chariot. He had been away from the capital for too long, and the important officials and nobles in the capital should be ready to make a move.
But it doesn't matter. He can take advantage of this time to watch the people below forming alliances and doing their own things. When he returns and reveals the wrath of the Dragon Court, they will know their own weight.
Su Yu, who was preparing to return to the capital, looked up at the sky, with a helpless smile on his handsome and youthful face. Then he ordered the eunuch beside him to quickly set off back to the capital.
Because he knew that although Daqi's war was successful this time and he no longer needed to worry about the war on the border, a second life-and-death battle would soon come here.
All he had to do was to watch the fight from afar, hoping that this battle would consume the spiritual power of these immortal cultivators.
The twists and turns in this battle with Gao Kan made Su Yu even more alert. Once these cultivators harbor evil intentions, they will become the greatest threat to the supreme imperial power!
Thinking of this, he sighed slightly. If Qingge had known that he was so jealous of cultivators, would she have changed Su Yishui's fate to become an emperor?
However, no matter what she thought, he didn't think he was wrong. Once you sit in that position, you can't control what you think. If Su Yishui sits in this position, I'm afraid he will be too much and even more tyrannical.
Since ancient times, the emperor's tenderness has been a sign of the country's downfall. Thinking of this, he slowly closed his eyes and stopped looking at the rolling dark clouds outside the car that were about to bring a storm...
The chief eunuch beside him had served Su Yu for many years, and he had personally witnessed the young emperor and Empress Zhan's interactions. It was understandable that His Majesty was worried about Empress Zhan.
However, he always felt that the words His Majesty had just spoken to Wei Yan were not like entrusting the orphan to him, but rather were inciting and arousing Wei Yan's jealousy. Thinking of this, the eunuch who had spent his whole life in the palace understood.
Just thinking of Madam Zhan who had cured his leg disease, the old lady sighed silently in her heart.
I hope good people will be rewarded, and that Empress Zhan can live a healthier life in this life...
After Wei Yan sent off the emperor who had been saved, he waved and called Tu Jiuyi over: "Has the elder of the Brahma Sect left?"
Tu Jiuyi nodded and said, "After sending the Jiu Laoxian, they left. But... Your Majesty, the Brahma Sect has disappeared for hundreds of years. Now it suddenly appears and wants to cooperate with you to find the spiritual spring together. Do you think it is a scam?"
Wei Yan sneered, "These two people all think I'm a fool and want me to be the one who stands out. In this case, why don't I take advantage of their tricks and fulfill their wishes? Did the old wine fairy draw the soul-washing talisman I want?"
Tu Jiuyi said in a low voice, "Drawing talismans consumes spiritual energy. When Jiu Laoxian was drawing the beast-controlling talisman, he had already consumed most of his spiritual energy. These days, he has been clamoring for a drink and refused to draw talismans anymore..."
Wei Yan snorted coldly: "If he wants it, give it to him!"
Tu Jiuyi said in embarrassment: "But once he drinks, he will be drunk for a whole day, and when he wakes up, he will ask for more..."
Wei Xuan frowned, "You old immortal, you should think of a way to discipline him. Tell him that if he still refuses, push him into the Spirit Python Pool. The spirit snakes in the pool will bite and entwine him, and his alcohol addiction will surely be cured!"
The effect of the soul-cleansing talisman is no less than reincarnation. Since he did not receive the spiritual fruit and missed the moment of Ran Ran's reincarnation, it would be nice to let her forget her past life and let him be her master instead.
Thinking of Ran Ran tenderly calling him master while nestling in his arms with a blushing face, Wei Yan was distracted for a moment and raised his glass to drink at the red moon in the valley...
The fighting on the border continued, but the soldiers of Daqi became more and more courageous and soon pushed the front line forward and moved to the Gaokan border.
Although Wuma Town was not as lively and prosperous as usual, many merchants from outside the Great Wall flocked to the town to escape the war, making it quite lively.
However, Su Yishui did not relax his requirements for his disciples because of the war outside the pass. Especially Ran Ran, now that her bones and muscles have been restored and her spiritual spring has been opened, she can completely practice the Sword of Ten Thousand Sects.
This is the specialty of the successive masters of Xishan. As the face of Xishan, Ranran must learn it.
However, unlike controlling only one sword, the Sword Master has to control five short swords at the same time, and the trajectory and function of each sword in actual combat are also different.
Ran Ran could easily control one sword, but when it came to two, he felt a little overwhelmed, not to mention controlling five swords at the same time.
When Su Yishui grabbed a handful of soybeans and threw them towards Ranran, Ranran could only rely on his spiritual power and sword to block it.
Unfortunately, the two swords were not able to function at all, let alone split the densely packed soybeans.
As a result, all the beans fell on her.
When Su Yishui threw it over, the bean contained some real power, so it hurt when it hit his body.
But before Ran Ran could cry out in pain, Su Yishui had already frowned and coldly rebuked: "How can you remove the spiritual shield on your body while defending your sword? Do you really think that your sword is impenetrable and can resist attacks?"
Ran Ran knew that he was in the wrong, so he could only explain: "Master, I was distracted for a moment, so..."
"No, do you think you can be protected by others for your whole life? If one day, I am not by your side, how can you protect yourself with your current skills?"
When Su Yishui frowned and reprimanded in a cold voice, the brothers who were practicing martial arts nearby all ran away in shame, leaving Ranran alone to be scolded.
Although it is said that Master's personality became changeable after being possessed by the spiritual spring, he has always been good to Junior Sister.
But recently, Su Yishui seems to be getting more severe towards Ran Ran, making people want to persuade him but dare not.
Ran Ran lowered her head and listened to her master's teachings. She didn't raise her head until Su Yishui finished speaking. She whispered, "Didn't you say that you wouldn't let me get married? Why can't I always stay by your side?"
Su Yishui pursed his lips and looked at the little girl's tearful eyes. He paused and said, "Your talent is far beyond that of ordinary people. You will be able to cultivate and enter the Tao very quickly. One day you will ascend to become an immortal. By then, I will naturally not be by your side anymore."
Ran Ran was puzzled: "Master, do you mean that your cultivation is far superior to mine, and when you ascend to immortality, you will leave me behind?"
Su Yishui was silent for a moment, then said calmly: "I was too hasty. But the way of the sword depends entirely on your own understanding. If you can grasp the key points, you will progress faster... You practice on your own, I'm going to meditate."
After saying that, he turned and walked towards his room.
Ranran silently looked at Su Yishui's tall back. Through the white collar, she vaguely saw a black line like a blood vessel appearing on the back of her master's neck.
Ran Ran knew that the black line on his wrist had now spread to his neck. Once the black line was around his neck, he would be completely possessed.
The power of the spiritual spring lies in destruction, complying with the desires in people's hearts, unscrupulously fulfilling the wishes of the parasites, and thus arousing greater greed in people's hearts.
However, Su Yishui did the opposite, constantly suppressing the greatest desire in his body, which naturally triggered the backlash of the spiritual spring. Once this long-unsatisfied desire exploded, the devilish nature would be aroused exponentially, and the consequences would be unimaginable...
Ran Ran originally hoped that she could help distract her master and ease his evil nature, but he has been avoiding her recently, and it seems that he no longer has the interest to look for her at night to watch the moon and flowers.
She originally thought that he was bored. After all, reminiscing about the past with strangers was always a bit tedious.
It was not until later that she discovered that her master would ask Uncle Zeng Yi to lock him in the mountains outside the town with a chain made of black iron and a golden talisman every night.
If she hadn't run into Uncle Zeng who was returning home at night when she got up at night, and Uncle Zeng wasn't very good at lying, and he finally got the truth out of her through questioning, wouldn't she have been kept in the dark forever?
When Ran Ran followed his uncle to the mountain, seeing his master being locked up with black iron chains and banging his head against a boulder to resist the evil in his heart, Ran Ran could no longer hold back his tears and flew over.
The master who was always elegant and graceful in front of her was actually enduring such torture in private. When she wanted to get closer, Su Yishui would not let her, and only let Zeng Yi take her away with great effort.
The longer the spiritual spring resides, the stronger the evil becomes. It always tries every means to tempt him to do something he has always desired, but it will hurt Ranran.
Therefore, Su Yishui could only use the black iron chain and the golden talisman to seal himself at night when his demonic nature was the strongest, and stay in the mountains far away from Ran Ran to suppress the restlessness in his body. He did not want Ran Ran to see his wolfish state at this time.
The human heart is always full of desires. He originally thought that it was enough to just stay by her side and watch her grow up step by step. But later, he gradually became greedy, longing to kiss her and longing for her eyes to be filled with his image.
But now, just hugging and kissing was not enough. When he smelled the faint fragrance on her body, he wanted to imprint her deeply into his body...
He couldn't be greedy anymore. Su Yishui couldn't control the ever-growing desire of Lingquan. He could only lock himself up at night when the evil spirit was the strongest.
Ranran wanted to stay with her master on the mountain, but Uncle Zeng Yi still stubbornly dragged Ranran down the mountain.
"Your master has a cold personality to begin with. When he was possessed by the spirit spring, he almost killed you...his master...so you'd better not get close to him at night. When the sun comes out, he will be fine."
Ran Ran looked back at the mountain. Through the dense forest, she could faintly hear the sound of Master sobbing in pain. She asked in a low voice: "How did Master get rid of the entanglement of the spiritual spring at that time?"
Zeng Yi sighed, "You went to the capital with your master, so you should know some of the past. He is the illegitimate son of Prince Ping, and he has not been taken care of by his father since he was a child. Both mother and son have had a very hard life. After growing up, his mother was treated unfairly by the nobles in the palace, and he inevitably had resentment in his heart. In addition, he was born at a very gloomy time. Prince Ping listened to the evil magic of the villain and wanted to use him to pass on the spiritual spring. , so as to bless himself to ascend the throne smoothly. So Su Yishui had ulterior motives when he joined the cultivation sect. He was still young at that time, but he was deep-minded, calculating and scheming at every step... If it weren't for you... my master who discovered it in time, he would have almost become a demon king... You also know what happened later. In order to deprive my master of his spiritual spring, he exhausted his vitality, was set into a trap by someone, and finally died..."
Uncle Zeng Yi was originally talking about Su Yishui. Ran Ran was listening attentively, but he suddenly changed the subject and turned to her: "So, you must remember to do everything within your ability. Life is not easy, and you have concerns. Your parents are old and are waiting for you to fulfill your filial piety. You must not take risks, such as going into the mountains to accompany your master. This means you are not thinking about your parents and forgetting filial piety!"
Ran Ran listened with his mouth half open, feeling that if he took one more step up the mountain, he would be turned into an unforgivable villain who was unfilial to his parents.
But she knew in her heart that her master would soon lose control of the spiritual spring, and she didn't know when he would be able to find the entrance to the underworld.
Although she did not go into the mountain that night, she waited at the foot of the mountain all night. When the sky turned pale, Ranran, who was leaning against a tree, noticed someone approaching and immediately opened her eyes.
It turned out that the master had already gone down the mountain. His usually clear eyes now showed some fatigue, and he was putting his coat on her.
"Master, are you feeling better?"
Su Yishui looked down at her and asked, "Why did you stay here all night?"
Ran Ran looked at the black lines on his neck that seemed to have grown a little longer, sighed silently, and stopped asking the master. He just said: "Master, when will the entrance to the underworld appear?"
Su Yishui shook his head slowly and said in a deep voice: "If there is still no trace of the spiritual spring in another seven days, I will let Uncle Zeng Yi take you away."
Ran Ran asked again: "What about you?"
Su Yishui lowered his eyes and said, "The spiritual spring is a yin thing, and the heaven and earth cannot destroy it, but I will find a secret place, cut off my own meridians, lead it out, and then seal it..."
"No!" Ran Ran became anxious when he heard this and grabbed Su Yishui's hand.
Su Yishui held her hand in return. Her once soft and tender hand had grown a thin web at the base of her palm due to daily sword practice in Xishan.
Just like she did 20 years ago, whenever he was sick, the hand with the coil would touch his forehead. The woman in red would sit by the bed with a smile and force him to take medicine: "Be good, Yi'er, drink this medicine, and I will give you sea salt and dried longan..."
He always seemed to see her smiling, even at the moment when her soul was about to be torn apart, when she was blown away and saw him in mid-air, she still smiled with relief...
In the years that followed, he always wondered if her last laugh was a self-mockery. Did she ever think that if she hadn't received this traitor, would she still be carefree and carefree, like the Jiu Laoxian, living a carefree and carefree life?
Ran Ran saw her master looking at her, but he was distracted again. She couldn't help but hug his neck and whispered, "Master, no matter what, I will never abandon you."
Since leaving the island, everything has gradually returned to normal. Su Yishui hasn't indulged himself and been so intimate with her for a long time.
After a night of torment, this time the warmth and softness of Ranran seemed to be the best comfort. Su Yishui slowly stretched out his hand and hugged Ranran.
In the morning light, the two couldn't help but kiss each other again...
When Ranran was a little confused by the kiss, she was thinking vaguely, when the master was practicing sword, he said that he would not always be with her. Did he already have the intention of dying?
Thinking that he might die alone in a deserted corner, Ran Ran suddenly felt a sharp pain in her heart, her body went completely limp, and she fainted in Su Yishui's arms.
When Ranran woke up again, she was already lying in Ma Xing's room, with the familiar tree root water boiling on the stove.
Qiu Xier was pouring medicine. When she turned around and saw her wake up, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Little aunt, you finally woke up. What happened? Did your old illness flare up?"
Since joining Xishan, Ranran had not been sick for a long time. So she just shook her head and said, "Maybe I caught a cold. I should be fine after taking some medicine."
Qiu Xier heaved a sigh of relief, and while giving Ran Ran the medicine, she said, "There have been quite a few refugees in the town recently, and the broken temples in the town are all crowded with beggars everywhere. But that Mu Xianshi is quite interesting. It is said that she has put up a sign to recruit disciples through her disciple named Wang Suizhi. They only want orphans without parents, and they must be handsome. Our Xishan master has really kept his taste!"
Ran Ran couldn't tell whether Master Mu was good or evil. After all, the her in the mouths of her master and uncle were so different from the her now, as if they were two different people.
However, it is a good thing that Master Mu opened a school and accepted disciples, just like in his previous life, helping more orphans and saving them from starving to death.
When Ran Ran got up, she asked where her master was. When she heard that he was in seclusion again, she knew that he might be mentally unstable and needed to be alone, so she did not disturb him.
After she had enough sleep, she felt that there was nothing serious, so she took Qiu Xier to the town to buy food as usual. The master and apprentices in Xishan were used to her cooking, so Ranran would buy food and cook it herself when she had nothing to do.
When walking to the west entrance of the town, I saw Wang Suizhi questioning dozens of little beggars one by one, preparing to select some with better qualifications.
Ran Ran had nothing to do, so she just sat there with her vegetable basket on her shoulder and listened.
The standards for Master Mu to accept disciples were very strange. He did not ask about their backgrounds or their spiritual veins, he only asked about the children's birthdays.
After everything was recorded in detail, Wang Suizhi asked his followers to read out the names of the selected children.
Ranran had an amazing memory. Even without pen and paper, he silently memorized the birthdays of the dozen or so children in front of him.
When the followers called out the names, she looked at the children who jumped out with joy on their faces, and sat down one by one. Only then did she realize that Master Mu seemed to have a special liking for children whose birthdays were in the lunar month.
The month of Ram is the beginning of spring, and it is also the month with heavy yin energy. Did the fortune teller calculate the horoscope for Master Mu? Did he say that this disciple with heavy yin energy would be the most beneficial to her?
When Wang Suizhi looked up, he found a little girl holding a vegetable basket and watching the excitement...it was Xue Ranran who fought against the leader of Jiuhua Sect that day!
He couldn't help but take a step back and looked at her warily, but with a polite smile on his face he asked, "May I ask what can I do for you, Miss Xue?"
Xue Ranran pointed to where he had set up the table: "This is the stall of the lady who sells dried tofu. You guys have occupied it. The lady can't set up her stall, and I can't make fried dried tofu with leeks tonight."
Wang Suizhi thought she had bad intentions, but unexpectedly, she received such a down-to-earth answer.
The attendant beside him was a little angry after hearing this: "This town is guarded by General Qin Xuanjiu. We have obtained the general's permission to requisition this place."
However, Wang Suizhi waved his hand to stop his followers' rudeness, clasped his fists towards the old lady who had been waiting for a long time with her neck shrunk, and asked people to remove the tables and vacate the stall.
When Wang Suizhi was about to turn around and leave, he saw Xue Ranran had already bought all of the dried tofu from the lady.
Wang Suizhi smiled and said, "It seems that Miss Xue really likes to eat this dried tofu!"
Ran Ran also smiled: "It's already past noon. Even if you set up a stall, there won't be many people coming to buy. I might as well buy them all. What do you think? Does Master Mu like dried tofu? I can't finish these, so I can share some with you."
Wang Suizhi was stunned when he heard this, and then his face turned red. Although he was born in a poor family, he later became a good businessman. It has been a long time since he lived such a hard life of braving the wind and rain and earning a few cents by setting up a stall on the street.
It was obvious that he had been picking those orphans for a long time, and he was careless and occupied the stall of the old woman. When he left, he did not even think of compensating her... In comparison, he was not as compassionate to the poor as this little apprentice from Xishan.
"Well... I should be the one to pay the money. How can I ask you to compensate me?"
Ran Ran smiled and said, "It's not a lot of money, please don't be polite to me, sir." After that, she asked Qiu Xier to give Wang Suizhi half a basket of dried tofu.
Although the former master and apprentice in Xishan had quarreled about separating, they were still from the same clan and it was only right that they treat each other to some dried tofu.
As the saying goes, never hit a smiling person. Although the master and Su Yishui had an unpleasant quarrel, his nephew Xue Ranran was very cute.
Wang Suizhi could only accept the half basket of dried tofu, then he groaned for a moment and said, "Miss, you have a kind heart. Go to East City, where wealth is waiting for you."
After saying this, he took his people away.
Ranran listened to his words with some doubts, but this place was not far from the east of the city, so it would be okay to take a walk.
As a result, she had just arrived at the street market in the east of the city when she was hit by a stone under her feet. She looked down and found that it was a piece of silver that someone had left behind, which was just enough to buy the dried tofu.
So when everyone was having dinner together that night, Ran Ran casually mentioned this matter. Zeng Yi listened, but he was not surprised and said: "The disciples of Xishan are not without spirituality, but the way they open their minds is a little strange, which is not in the eyes of those famous families. For example, Wang Suizhi, why do you think he has thousands of strings around his waist and is rich enough to rival a country? It's all because he can see through the wealth and calculate everything. For him, picking up money is not a difficult thing. But it's really not generous of him to let you pick up such a small amount of money."
Zeng Yi seemed to look down upon Wang Suizhi's pettiness and couldn't help but snorted coldly after he finished speaking.