"…You mean I'm afraid of spiders?"

Ran Ran didn't want to listen to her master's continued nitpicking. She had just seen that the spiders had special patterns on their bodies, and there was always a familiar aura that made people shudder. So she just wanted to pull her master out of the mountain as soon as possible, and then go to warn the villagers at the foot of the mountain to beware of those big spiders.

"Okay, my master is the best! He is not afraid of spiders or mice!" Ran Ran said along with Su Yishui's words like coaxing a child. Then she took his arm and walked out of the mountain.

She and him had been together day and night before, and even kissed each other sweetly countless times, so holding hands like this was nothing. Moreover, there was a reason for this, and she was in a hurry to pull him away.

In Su Yishui's existing memories, he had never been so close to anyone except his mother. In his memory, the last few close contacts with women were all caused by Mu Qingge, the female demon.

This Xue Ranran was actually pulling him in such a disrespectful way, she really has the demeanor of her elder sister in her previous life!

His face darkened involuntarily and he wanted to shake off her hand.

But his hand seemed to have its own awareness, and it automatically grasped the small hand with a thin coffin without his control, and then let her lead him out of the mountain.

When Ran Ran mentioned the strangeness of those giant spiders, Su Yishui said indifferently, "Those are not spiders from the human world."

After hearing what Su Yishui said, Ran Ran finally spoke out her guess: "I can sense the breath of the underworld from those spiders... Could it be that because we opened the underworld before, some monsters from the underworld were brought out?"

Su Yishui said coldly: "The people here started to disappear one after another half a year ago. They came out a long time ago."

Ran Ran bit her lip and said, "What caused these monsters to come out? Can we find a way to destroy them? Otherwise, they will still harm people in the mountains."

Su Yishui never cared about things that had nothing to do with him. But seeing the little girl thinking seriously, he couldn't help but remind her, "Didn't you come up with the idea of ​​fighting poison with poison?"

Ranran was stunned, and immediately understood what Su Yishui meant.

When she turned back and looked at the situation in the valley, she discovered that the three spiders with talismans on them had already devoured most of their companions. Their bodies had also grown several times larger, and now they looked like three weird black fat pigs.

"These are ghost-headed spiders from the underworld. If there is no famine, they usually live in peace with each other. However, when there is a shortage of food, they will devour their own kind. At the same time, they will increase their size and demonic nature, becoming more aggressive, so that they can catch bigger prey and survive..."

Ran Ran gasped. It seemed that the ghost-headed spiders, who had been living in peace with their own kind, had aroused their bloodthirsty beast nature under the control of the beast talisman, so they swooped over and devoured their other companions. At the same time, because they absorbed the evil nature of their own kind, they grew so large in a short period of time...

Ranran couldn't tell for a moment whether it was easier to deal with a valley full of spiders or three huge creatures.

After an incense stick of time had passed, of the ghost-headed spiders that were scattered all over the valley, only the three with the talismans on them remained.

Seeing Ran Ran preparing to turn back and deal with the remaining three, Su Yishui actually spoke up and gave a reminder: "The ghost spider's entire body is hard, but the two spots on its body that look like eyes are the softest. You can attack it there."

Ranran nodded vigorously and immediately flew towards the spider's nest again.

At this time, the spiders became huge because they devoured their own kind. They stood up with eight large claws and were as tall as a horse. And because of the rapid growth of their bodies, the talismans attached to their backs were uncontrollably bounced off.

When they lost the control of the talisman, the three spiders seemed to stop attacking each other, but their sudden increase in size made their appetites also increase.

So they turned around and crawled towards their own "granary".

Only then did Ranran notice that there were several spider sacs hanging on a large tree covered with spider webs.

When Ranran jumped to the top of the tree and took a closer look, he saw that in addition to the round spider eggs the size of goose eggs, the spider sacs also contained several drowsy children!

It seems that they are the village woman crying for her lost child.

Perhaps because the spider was trying to raise the little spiders that would break out of their shells, these children were not eaten. Instead, they were poisoned by the spider's venom and became drowsy, making them vulnerable to being slaughtered. They were then placed in the spider's sac as fresh food.

But now the three big ones were too hungry to care about preparing food for their offspring, so they stretched out their long claws impatiently to grab the children.

Ran Ran became anxious, and quickly pulled out his stick and rushed forward, jumping onto the big spider behind.

This time, she saw the two eye-like patterns that Su Yishui said, then she aimed at one of them, pressed the spring of the mechanism stick, and stabbed it hard.

This part was indeed different from the hard spider shell and was slightly softer. The big spider was stabbed in the vitals and couldn't help but let out a sharp cry.

Ran Ran did not dare to slack off and continued to do the same thing. Relying on his agility, he jumped on the bodies of the other two big spiders and soon stabbed them in the vital parts.

The three spiders were stabbed seven inches in the flesh and immediately went limp like deflated bags, with dark green juice spurting everywhere.

At this moment, Ran Ran suddenly felt dizzy, her body swayed slightly, and she finally calmed down after reciting the mantra silently. She had occasionally felt dizzy since she came back from the underworld. At first, she didn't mind it, thinking it was because she had transplanted the reincarnation tree, but recently, she had felt dizzy more frequently...

After Ranran calmed down, he put down the children who were gradually waking up.

The children looked around blankly at the purgatory-like situation, helplessly hugged this beautiful big sister and cried loudly.

She slowly relaxed, gathered the little kids around her, and consoled them with soft words.

Su Yishui also came over at this time and stood aside silently. Suddenly, he found that the scene in front of him seemed very familiar... Mu Qingge used to like to comfort the children she adopted in this way, and sell some tricks to win people's hearts...

He suddenly felt his heart tighten, and he didn't want to think about it anymore. He just strode over and picked up a purple bead as big as a walnut from the mess of spider green liquid. The bead exuded a black mist and looked mysterious.

Ran Ran also stood up, looked at the bead and asked, "What is that?"

Su Yishui looked at the bead carefully and whispered, "Someone must have deliberately raised these spiders to cultivate these magic pills..."

After hearing this, Ran Ran pulled out a dagger and cut open another dead spider. Sure enough, there was also such a purple magic pill in its body.

It is very unusual for monsters from the underworld to appear in the human world. They are actually clams that cultivate magic pills. It is unbelievable to think about it.

Ranran suddenly thought of the fairy-eating insect. That thing was not from the human world, and when it appeared in Tianmai Mountain, it must have been raised by someone for twenty years.

Could it be that these spiders were also the work of Emperor Su Yu?

Ran Ran wrapped the purple magic pills in a handkerchief, and then sent the frightened children back to the village.

The families of those children hugged their children and cried with joy, thanking the fairy repeatedly.

I heard Ranran ask when people started disappearing in the mountains.

The old people in the village tried hard to recall and said that about three years ago, a ball of fire fell from the sky one night with an obtrusive light and fell into the mountain.

At that time, there were some young men who were curious and climbed into the mountain to have a look, but only one of them came back. He was so scared that he peed his pants and kept saying that there were man-eating monsters in the mountain.

Later they reported the matter to the authorities and hired a Taoist priest to perform exorcism, but all of them were ineffective. People continued to disappear after entering the mountain. As time went on, no local people dared to go to the mountain except passers-by.

If these ignorant children had not met the kind-hearted fairy lady, they would have almost never returned.

After hearing this, Ran Ran could not get any more clues. The villagers were very enthusiastic and insisted on keeping Ran Ran to kill pigs and sheep.

Ranran thought that Su Yishui hated to get close to people, so she took advantage of the moment when the village chief turned around, tapped her toes, and disappeared like a bird.

This caused the villagers to kneel down again, looking up at the clear sky and white clouds, and loudly thanking the fairy for appearing.

There is no other clue to this episode except that the monster from the underworld has been leaked.

Ran Ran's heart sank as he thought about how many monsters were lurking in the abyss when he entered the underworld.

Those purple magic pills are not of much benefit to the righteous immortals, but for the demons, they are treasures that can improve their cultivation and magic power.

There must be someone with ulterior motives who is raising demon spiders and deliberately placed those ghost-headed spiders on the mountain behind the village.

The journey afterwards was smooth. When the master and apprentice finally returned to Xishan, the two uncles were really happy to see Ran Ran coming back. They felt that although the master had lost his memory, he still loved Ran Ran, and he finally found her.

After replanting the reincarnated tree, Qiu Xier helped her water the tree while excitedly saying, "Did you know? Master has started recruiting disciples again. This time, it's a selection, and the momentum is comparable to the three major sects opening their mountain gates to recruit disciples."

Xishan now has a high reputation, and Su Yishui's name is vaguely more famous than the three major sects.

After returning from the underworld, Su Yishui suddenly changed his personality. He wanted to recruit some truly capable disciples, so he spread the news a month ago, attracting people from all directions to join the mountain gate.

However, this time, Su Yishui's method of selecting disciples was particularly strict, and he placed great emphasis on one's aptitude for selection and spiritual power.

The bone structure of the first batch alone eliminated most of the people. In addition, Su Yishui hated the people from the three major sects, so after another careful selection, he eliminated those who changed their minds halfway.

Therefore, those who have been carefully selected are all young people with good bone structure, and there are many handsome young men among them.

Qiu Xier was originally depressed because of the master's indifference to them. At first, they did not go with Master Zeng and Ran Ran, but chose to stay. Later, although the two uncles pleaded for them and brought them back to Xishan, they were now more like chores than disciples.

The master no longer taught them as he did before, and only let them fetch water and chop wood. It was as if they had returned to the time when they first entered the Western Hills.

Fortunately, a group of young and attractive junior brothers have arrived, and Qiu Xier feels that spring has finally arrived in Xishan. So, in her excitement, she took Ranran to the martial arts training ground to teach her some of the more outstanding new junior brothers.

Among them, there was one who made people feel excited. When Ran Ran looked over, he found that the boy named Shen Kuang was indeed the most outstanding.

He is tall, with handsome features, and always has a smile on his face, which makes him very likable.

There is also a guy named Yue Sheng who is also good. It is said that he comes from a prominent family and has the extraordinary aura of a nobleman.

Just as Qiu Xier was pulling Ranran under the tree to look at her fellow apprentices, those young men suddenly came up to Shen Kuang and Yue Sheng, pointing at Ranran and the others, and laughing from time to time.

Shen Kuang was better, but he just raised his head for a quick glance and then lowered his head.

But the man named Yue Sheng stared at Xue Ranran for a long time.

Ran Ran felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by those young men, so she pulled her sister and left quickly, ignoring the young men who chased after her and shouted with a smile, "Senior sister, please stay."

Qiu Xier was still a little disappointed: "We are all from the same school, so what if we greet each other? Why are you running away?"

Ran Ran said, "The food is still cooking in the pot. You dragged me here so that I could quickly stir the pot! You are looking at the fellow apprentices so excitedly. If the senior apprentice sees you, be careful that he will ignore you!"

The relationship between the eldest senior brother and the third senior sister is very good. Although they have not discussed marriage, it is just a layer of window paper away. Ran Ran naturally reminds the senior sister not to be easily bothered by the old and the new.

Ranran was right. Gaocang and Baibaishan felt very uncomfortable with these latecomers.

Is the master abandoning them because they are useless and preparing to pamper the new disciples who come later? Then will they never be able to improve and will they only be able to chop wood and carry water all day?

Ran Ran didn't mind the newcomers to Xishan, even though her master didn't teach her now. But her spiritual power foundation had reached the stage of self-study and improvement.

It is said that the master leads you to the door, and the practice is up to you.

When she was in the underworld, she was torn apart by the dual forces of yin and yang when entering and leaving, and her spiritual energy was temporarily weak. In addition, she felt dizzy and short of breath, so she needed to adjust her body.

Now that she has been brought back to Xishan by Su Yishui, she has the opportunity to enter the Ice Lotus Pond to replenish her inner energy.

Unfortunately, there were suddenly many junior brothers whose names I couldn't remember on the West Mountain, and the large rooms and courtyards that had been vacant for a long time were put into use.

Suddenly, people came and went, and it was no longer possible to enter the pool in the daytime as before. When Ran Ran was walking by the pool during the day, he ran into several fellow apprentices, including Shen Kuang.

Ran Ran's reputation was very loud, and many of her fellow apprentices had admired her for a long time. Now that they finally got the chance, they all rushed to introduce themselves.

However, Shen Kuang did not move forward. He was very tall, and even if he stood at the back, he could still meet Ranran's eyes. When he looked at Fourth Senior Sister shyly with a smile on his face...well, Ranran also thought that this young man was really good-looking!

Since there were so many people coming and going by the pond during the day, Ran Ran could only wait quietly until after dark, when his fellow disciples began to meditate in the hall and stopped walking around casually. Then he quietly took his big scarf, put on a loose robe, and slipped to the Ice Lotus Pond.

Although it was already dark, the ice lotuses in the pond were still emitting a dim glow in the night. The white petals seemed to be carved out of ice, and the reflection of the water in the pond was also colorful.

When she slid into the pool and was enveloped by the spiritual water, she felt like a small tree that had been thirsty for a long time and was finally able to relax and absorb enough water.

She stretched her body, leaned against a large rock by the pool, and hummed comfortably. Her nightingale-like voice echoed softly over the lotus pond.

When Su Yishui stood at the back window of the bedroom, what he saw was a girl with long hair humming while bathing in the lotus pond.

Although it was dark, her little face was illuminated by the ice lotus and seemed to be shining brightly.

Even though they were a little far away, he could still see her relaxed brows and the curved corners of her mouth... She was a girl who made people feel sweet at first sight, just like the candied plums she made, which were addictive and had a lingering sweet and sour taste.

Su Yishui thought that he was not greedy for women, but for some reason, he stared at the little girl soaking in the pool for such a long time.

He felt that his bedroom had too many windows, and it faced the courtyard where Ranran lived. When he got up and looked up, he could see her watering the flowers, plants and trees in the small courtyard in her coat.

The east window faced the training ground on the west hill. In the daytime, he saw exactly how the two girls, Ranran and Qiu Xier, stared at the young man under the tree.

The west window of the bedroom faces the lotus pond, which seems to be where Ran Ran often comes and goes. During the day, when he looked out at the back mountain, he saw her wandering by the lotus pond several times, and she also greeted the groups of fellow apprentices who passed by here.

Maybe young people always have something to talk about when they get together. Those few people seemed to be talking endlessly around this senior sister. If you listened carefully, it seemed that they were all complimenting Ranran for being young and successful and Tianmai Mountain for being famous.

It’s just that their eyes were rather impertinent, staring closely at their senior sister, with a look on their faces that showed they lacked the love and affection from their sister.

At that time, Su Yishui looked at them with a stern gaze, and suddenly felt that the apprentices he had selected seemed to have no vision. It was unlikely that they would become good talents if they had not seen the world.

At that moment, he was seriously considering whether he should choose a disciple again.

And now seeing Ran Ran was so brave that he ran into the pool to take a bath in the middle of the night. Su Yishui seemed to pick up the master's posture that had been abandoned for many days, and strode towards the pool with a sullen face.

When he came to the pool in a white robe, Ranran had just come out of the pool. She was wrapped in a big scarf and wiping her wet hair with it.

Su Yishui walked silently. Ranran didn't notice him coming. She lowered her head to wipe her hair and accidentally fell into Su Yishui's arms.

When the soft body was in his arms, Su Yishui couldn't help but be shocked. His body was out of habit, so he moved a step earlier and held her tightly in his arms.

Ranran was startled and thought she had met a lecher. When she was about to use her luck to shake the intruder off, she looked up and found that the person hugging her was Su Yishui.

The master, with half-tied long hair, had sharp eyebrows and long eyes, his pupils were as bright as the moon and stars, and the tip of his tall nose had rubbed against her cheek countless times... She didn't know how long it had been since she had seen his face from such a close distance.

For a moment, Ran Ran was a little dazed, thinking that Su Yishui had remembered everything. She couldn't help but feel a lump in her throat, and cried out with a faint cry: "Master..."

But this voice seemed to remind Su Yishui. He suddenly woke up, reached out and pushed Ranran away from his arms.

Ran Ran was caught off guard and took several steps back. If he hadn't held onto Shu Zhu beside him, he would have almost fallen.

Su Yishui reached out to hold her, but this time, Ranran took a step back and dodged.

He didn't know why he felt unhappy. "You came here to take a bath in the middle of the night? Don't you know there are so many men in the mountains?"

Ran Ran knew that her master had not recovered. She slowly stood up and lowered her head and said, "I had waited until night to come here. Who knew that you would come here... Shouldn't you be here with your fellow disciples to practice meditation?"

Su Yishui frowned and looked at her, then suddenly asked, "You are amazing. You can actually brew ice lotus? Who brought the ice lotus from the West Mountain?"

Ranran looked up at him quickly, but she didn't expect that he had even forgotten about Binglian.

That's right, this is also a memory related to Mu Qingge. Back then, he almost became possessed by a demon, and it was Mu Qingge who found the Ice Lotus and bathed in the Lotus Pond with him to help him eliminate his demonic nature.

Ran Ran didn't want to mention anything about her past life in front of Su Yishui, so she said calmly in response to her master's questioning: "Master, you should ask Second Uncle Master about these things. I'll go back now and won't come to soak in this pool anymore..."

Having said that, she turned and left.

But unexpectedly, Su Yishui pulled her hand again, placed his long fingers on her pulse and felt it carefully, and his brows, which had not been relaxed, wrinkled even tighter.

"Why is your pulse so irregular?" he asked bluntly.

Ran Ran thought for a moment and said, "It has been like this since I came back from the underworld. I originally thought it was because I had been away from the reincarnation tree for too long, but then I thought it was not the case... But now I am much better."

Su Yishui finally understood why she came to soak in the ice lotus in the middle of the night. For some reason, her yin and yang meridians were somewhat disrupted when she was in the underworld, so soaking in the ice lotus was very beneficial to her body.

The little girl had been feeling unwell, but she hadn't shown any signs of it on the way back with him. No wonder she accidentally injured her arm during the battle with the demon-headed spider...

Thinking of this, Su Yishui thought about what he had just said to reprimand Ran Ran, and his lips pursed tightly for a moment.

No matter how much he disliked her now, she was his apprentice after all. He couldn't just watch her die in exhaustion, could he?

Since half of the Jindan was given to her, she must live up to his good intentions!

After thinking this, Su Yishui said, "The effect of Ice Lotus weakens at night, so you should come to the bar during the day tomorrow."

After saying this, he walked away with his long sleeves.

Ran Ran looked at his back and blinked in confusion. Soaking in the daytime? Did he want her to chat with her fellow apprentices across the pool in a wet voice?

But it was not until the next day that Ran Ran understood what Su Yishui meant. The area around the lotus pond in the back mountain became a forbidden area, and no one except Ran Ran was allowed to enter.

As she basked in the sunshine and swam comfortably in the lotus pond, she felt that although her master had temporarily forgotten about her, he still loved his disciple so much.

When she came out of the water, she saw a man with sword-like eyebrows and cold eyes standing in front of the window on the second floor not far away, and seemed to be looking at her. Ran Ran couldn't help but waved at him, but the man turned around and disappeared in front of the window like a gust of wind...