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Since Du Heng and Tai Shuhong met, Tai Shuhong has been going to the dining hall more often. After Du Heng was framed, he and Xiaoyu had analyzed the matter seriously. He felt that the whole thing was full of weirdness, as if there was a ruthless black hand behind the scenes pushing the situation forward. He couldn't figure it out and couldn't see through it. He just thought that he was resented for being a disciple of Wen Qiong because he had the Phantom Heavenly Pearl.
Now Tai Shuhong's words have awakened Du Heng. Could it be that he was framed by Su Zhan? ! Thinking of this possibility, Du Heng felt the chill in his bones again!
Su Zhan was so questioned by Tai Shuhong that he couldn't even raise his head. He fell into silence. However, Ye Wenqiu's face changed several times. Looking at Tai Shuhong who was crying sadly, Ye Wenqiu sighed and said, "So that's how it is..."
Ye Wenqiu once liked the young Tai Shuhong very much. He thought Tai Shuhong was a natural sword cultivator. He even intended to take him in as his apprentice and let him become his last disciple after Ji Qingyan. However, after he went to the Beast Garden twice, Su Zhan told him with a sad face that Tai Shuhong was in poor health and was frightened by the sword energy. Ye Wenqiu could only shake his head regretfully after hearing this. It turned out that from that time on, Su Zhan had given up Tai Shuhong's path to sword cultivation.
Shock appeared in Ye Wenqiu's eyes. He looked at this senior brother whom he once trusted so much: "Su Zhan, Elder Su. Is what Elder Tai Shudai said true?" Disheartened, Ye Wenqiu even changed the way he addressed Su Zhan.
Su Zhan's hands trembled slightly, and he spoke dryly: "Yes, that's right."
Tai Shuhong burst into tears. No one would feel good if someone they trusted treated him like this. Xiaoxiao hugged his neck and cried. He felt so distressed. He used to think that he was the most unlucky child in the world, but now it seems that he is not unlucky at all. He is very lucky to have the protection of his uncle. Even if the whole world believes that he cannot transform, his uncle still did not give up. Compared with Tai Shuhong, Xiaoxiao felt like he was living in honey.
In fact, the answer was already very obvious, but Tai Shuhong just wanted to get it clear. Now that he really got it clear, he felt like he had fallen into ice water, so cold that it hurt. Only Xiaoxiao in his arms was warm and heavy, and she became the only person he could rely on now.
Not only Tai Shuhong felt cold, even Du Heng was trembling. He took a step back and sat down in the middle of the formation: "What did Xiao Cai and Chef Zhu do wrong? Why did they have to suffer such a disaster?"
Su Zhan gave up struggling. At this point, he knew that it was impossible for him to take over Tai Shuhong's body. Over the years, all the things had weighed on his mind, and he was already feeling tired and exhausted. He might as well just lay it all out!
Su Zhan said: "I lived an upright life in the first half of my life. If I did anything wrong, it was because I was too proud and didn't realize my feelings in time. I failed Tai Shuhong and caused him to die. In order to make up for this mistake, I made one mistake after another."
Su Zhan looked up at Tai Shuhong: "You were a cute baby right after you came out of your shell. I loved you so much. Sometimes I wonder how happy Tai Shuhong would be if he were still alive and saw you coming out of your shell like this. He would definitely treat you like his own son and love and protect you. I also treated you as my own child. At least before I had the idea of taking over another body, you were my only comfort."
But the only consolation soon became a lamb delivered to the door. Su Zhan's eyes wavered: "You are well-behaved, cute, obedient, sensible and talented. I once thought about cultivating you well. But I still can't resist the longing for him, especially when I saw your demon form, I can't lie to myself anymore."
Su Zhan said: "He is just an ordinary demon cultivator from the Feather Clan, but you are a king who was born to stand at the highest point. It would be great if he could occupy your body. In this way, he wouldn't have to worry about his low level of cultivation, and we could become a pair of immortal lovers."
Ye Wenqiu looked at Tai Shuhong in confusion. He only knew that Tai Shuhong was a demon cultivator, but he had never seen his demon form. Now that Su Zhan said this, he suddenly wanted to see his demon form.
Su Zhan said, "You were not as charming as you are now when you were a child. You were very lively. He was quiet and didn't talk much. In order to make you more like him, I placed you in the Beastiality Garden. I told the servants not to talk too much to you. In order to make you a more obedient puppet, I had to eliminate all hidden dangers around you."
Hearing this, Du Heng gnashed with hatred: "How can you be so bad?!"
Su Zhan laughed at himself, "Bad? Maybe. Tai Shuhong has been kind all his life, but what did he get? I am a decisive person. Once I decide to do something, I will minimize the hidden dangers. You can say that I am unscrupulous or have evil intentions, but people who have not experienced my pain cannot understand my feelings."
Du Heng still remembers the first time he saw Su Zhan. It was on the corridor between Shenzao Peak and Shenxiu Peak. The young-looking Su Zhan asked him to go to the Beast Garden to play with Tai Shuhong more often. He said Tai Shuhong was very lonely and didn't have many friends. At that time, Du Heng thought he was a god-like swordsman. Tai Shuhong was so lucky to be treated sincerely by someone like him.
It turns out that such a deep thought is hidden under the gentle appearance! You can only know a person's face but not his heart!
Su Zhan said, "When Tai Shuhong was a child, he had a good friend named Jianwei. The boy talked to him very well, but he talked too much. When Tai Shuhong was with Jianwei, he fell in love with the world outside the Beast Garden. So I told the boy not to come to the Beast Garden, but he panicked and rolled into the Spirit Lake and died. When I picked up the boy from the water and looked at his pale face, I realized that I would eventually die. Instead of paying a greater price in the end, it is better to eliminate all hidden dangers before things are under control."
Tai Shuhong's body was shocked. He still remembered Jianwei, a lively child with a round face. He and Jianwei made an appointment to go to Shenzao Peak to play the next day, but he waited for Jianwei in the Spirit Beast Garden the next day but he didn't see him. In the evening, Su Zhan told him that Jianwei had drowned. Tai Shuhong cried all night, and the sword boy who came to the Beast Garden later disappeared.
Su Zhan said, "Do you remember the incident of burning monks that made you famous in Shenxu Palace? I did that. In fact, you are innocent. It was those servants who got greedy and touched your things and caused the talismans to burn themselves. I could have saved them, but I thought that this is just right. After your reputation spreads, they will not dare to get close to you."
It was at that time that word spread that Tai Shuhong of the Beast Control Garden was not easy to mess with. It was said that a cultivator was stealing things in the Beast Control Garden, and was seen by Tai Shuhong, who burned those cultivators to ashes with a demonic fire. To this day, Tai Shuhong still doesn't know where these messages came from. The young boy only knew that he had become an ominous person in the Shenxu Palace, and that if they got close to him, they would encounter an accident.
Jiang Shangzhou was also shocked. He stared at Su Zhan blankly as if he was meeting his second senior brother for the first time. Jiang Shangzhou said hesitantly, "Second senior brother, are you crazy?"
Su Zhan said sarcastically, "Xiao Zhou, you don't have to look at me like that. I told you a long time ago that your senior brother Su Zhan died on the night Tai Shuhong died. The one who is left behind is just a shell."
Ye Wenqiu said to himself: "Su Zhan, you are crazy." He treated a child like this for his own selfish desires. If this gets out, it will be intolerable.
Su Zhan said, "Since that incident, Tai Shuhong has been well controlled under my nose. Until a servant came to the dining hall of Shenxiu Peak. I don't know what supernatural power this servant has to lure Xiaozhou and Tai Shu to the dining hall all day long. Seeing that his soul nurturing is about to succeed, I can't let anyone ruin my plan."
Du Heng's scalp tingled and he looked at Su Zhan in horror, only to see that Su Zhan's face was calm but his eyes were bloodshot and cruel.
Su Zhan looked at Du Heng and said, "If you were just an ordinary servant, I would have just found a random excuse to send you away. But I found that you are more tenacious than weeds. Those servants who plotted against you before became like the spirit of bad luck and stopped moving. On the contrary, you have become more and more advanced and finally became Wen Qiong's disciple!"
Du Heng didn't know what to say, he said innocently: "But I have never offended you. You could have done it after we left the Ten Thousand Sects Conference. Why did you risk the lives of innocent people?"
Su Zhan sneered: "Do you think I haven't considered what you have thought about? It's just that he doesn't have time." Du Heng didn't need to tell him who this "he" was. It must be the original owner of Tai Shuhong in the lotus.
Su Zhan said, "He doesn't have your luck. He was well-nourished in the Seven-Star Lotus in the past few years, but later he gradually weakened. At the beginning, he could still move and laugh, but during this period, he has even less time to wake up. If I don't take action, I'm afraid he will die before the Ten Thousand Sects Conference."
Su Zhan said regretfully, "I also wanted to postpone it until the time is right. By then, everything will be perfect, and I will find a better body for Tai Shuhong, so that he can practice and ascend. When you appeared, I didn't think you would have an impact on me. However, when Tai Shuhong stayed in the dining hall and didn't come back, I realized that the situation was a little out of control. In addition, you later became Wen Qiong's disciple, and I thought I couldn't continue like this."
Su Zhan said, "Your Yicantang is becoming more and more famous in Shenxu Palace, and Tai Shuhong is getting closer and closer to you. This is not a good thing. I originally wanted to use a servant to help you leave Shenxu Palace, but I didn't expect that the people around you were so powerful that they actually saved you."
Du Heng listened to Su Zhanyun's calm words, and his body was shaking with anger: "Do you know how badly your actions have affected me?!"
Su Zhan chuckled, "What's so bad about that? You have the Phantom Heavenly Pearl in your possession, and you are Wen Qiong's last disciple. It's no exaggeration to say that you are a child of destiny. It won't be long before you forget all this and continue your practice. If you can't even stand this little bit of blood, how can you continue your practice? In the final analysis, it's just because you haven't seen enough that you are so fragile."
Su Zhan sighed, “If my plan succeeds, you can go back to Dingkun Sect with Wen Qiong, and Chang Le and Wang Qingzhou will not die.”
Du Heng gritted his teeth: "So Chang Le and Wang Qingzhou were instructed by you?" He said that he had no direct conflict with the two of them, so how could they want to take his life and ruin his future just because of a little quarrel.
Su Zhan said, "Chang Le was recommended by me to join the sect. He is a man who knows how to repay kindness. Even though he knew that what he was going to do might fail, he still did it. It's a pity that he was loyal all his life, but in the end he was tarnished because of me. I am sorry for him. As for Wang Qingzhou, although he is a bit sneaky, he is also a useful person in the Punishment Hall... Oh... Let's not talk about it. I am sorry for him."
Du Heng thought of the tragic death of Xiao Cai and the others, and Chang Le's suicide. He said in hatred, "Are they the only two people you feel sorry for?!"
Su Zhan said calmly, "In the first half of my life, I was upright and honest, and I claimed to be an upright swordsman. However, I betrayed Tai Shuhong and caused his death. Since he passed away, I know that my Tao heart has been destroyed and I am on a path of no return. I am sorry to Xiaozhou, sorry to Lao Su, sorry to Wen Qiu and Qingyan, sorry to Tai Shuhong and those lives I killed... However, in order to achieve their wishes, people always have to do things against their will. Who dares to say that they have never done anything shameful?"
Ye Wenqiu said in a deep voice: "I dare to say it."
Du Heng really wanted to applaud Ye Wenqiu. Look, the slap in the face came so quickly.
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Ye Wenqiu's words made Su Zhan choke. Su Zhan looked at Ye Wenqiu with a complicated expression for a long time before he smiled: "Junior brother, there are not many people in the world who are as pure and clear as you. Sometimes I really envy you. During the years when you were the current head of the sect, you only had to be responsible for the bright and clear life. The things that were not allowed to be seen in the light, the brothers and sisters helped you bear them."
Ye Wenqiu was stunned: "What did you say?"
Su Zhan chuckled and said, "Don't ask anymore. Brother, there's no way back. It's not easy for you to cultivate to the Spirit Transformation Realm. Don't ask more questions." Ye Wenqiu frowned. He wanted to ask something, but Su Zhan had already staggered to his feet from the ground.
He staggered through the formation and stumbled to Jiang Shangzhou. When Jiang Shangzhou saw his expression, he immediately held the lotus platform in his hands to him. Su Zhan held the seven-colored lotus platform with shaking hands. His expression was so pious, as if he was holding his own life.
Seeing Su Zhan like this, Ye Wenqiu turned his head away. His second brother used to be such a proud swordsman. He used to be so glorious, but now he is so embarrassed. Ye Wenqiu felt guilty. He was so absorbed in cultivation that he neglected to pay attention to his fellow disciples. If he had noticed this earlier and intervened earlier, would things not have developed to this point today?
Su Zhan said hoarsely: "At this point, I know it is impossible for him to take over Tai Shuhong's body again. Junior brother, I beg you for a favor."
Ye Wenqiu said slowly: "Yeah." After being brothers for so many years, Ye Wenqiu was still clear that Su Zhan was talking to him.
Su Zhan pleaded, "Can you let him stay in the lotus platform to be nurtured? Later, I will let Xiao Zhou use my flesh and blood to make a body for him. You can treat him like a kitten or puppy, feed him and raise him in the sect. How about that?"
Ye Wenqiu shook his head: "It's not up to me to decide." Su Zhan said in despair: "I am responsible for my own actions, he is innocent."
Ye Wenqiu said: "That's not what I meant. Do you know who the soul in this lotus platform was?"
Hearing this, Su Zhan looked at Ning Pingxi. Ning Pingxi opened his mouth to speak, but when he opened his mouth, only the sound of air flow came out of his throat. Su Zhan had never seen such a powerful soul oath.
Besides Ning Pingxi, who knew the identity of the spirit in the lotus, there was another person who might know. Everyone's eyes turned to Du Heng. Du Heng, who was watching the show, was shocked and involuntarily got up from the ground.
Although he always felt that he had no direct relationship with the original owner, he at least occupied the body that the original owner had once lived in, right? Even if he said he didn't know, in this situation, I'm afraid no one would believe him.
Du Heng scratched his cheek awkwardly: "Don't look at me, I don't know anything."
Ye Wenqiu spoke up to relieve Du Heng's pressure: "My master, Wuwang Jianzun, was a close friend of Saint Qingheng. My master mentioned this to me several times when he was alive. He said that when the saint was alive, he used his spirit to control the white jade bird to pass messages. When the saint passed the message for the last time, my master learned from the saint's words that he was going to sacrifice his life, so he seized a wisp of the saint's spirit. If I'm right, the spirit in the Seven-Star Lotus is Saint Qingheng's."
Hearing the words "Sage Qing Heng", Jiang Shangzhou and Su Zhan both took a deep breath. Is this news true? !
If the news is true, were they crazy before? They actually pulled the saint's soul out of the lotus platform before!
Su Zhan's face turned pale and blue. If what Ye Wenqiu said was true, once his actions were spread out, not only him, but the entire Shenxu Palace would be in irreparable situation.
That was the Saint Qing Heng. The entire cultivation world survived because of him. Ten thousand years ago, the Saint Qing Heng sacrificed himself to fill the passage on the earth. To this day, his legend is still circulating in the cultivation world.
Jiang Shangzhou looked at Du Heng in a daze: "Saint... Saint?" He had actually stayed with the remnant soul of a saint for more than seven hundred years! He even gave the saint's soul a ridiculous name!
Ning Pingxi sighed heavily. Even if he swore a soul oath not to reveal what he knew, there is no such thing as an impenetrable wall in this world. If he didn't say it, others would be able to figure it out from the myriad clues.
Du Heng waved his hand: "Hey? Don't look at me like that, I'm not a saint."
But in fact, when Du Heng said this, he was unsure. In fact, there was a voice in his heart telling him that he and Qing Heng were inseparable.
But the ostrich-like Du Heng believes that as long as I don’t acknowledge it, it doesn’t exist. As long as he doesn’t have the memory of Saint Qingheng, he is the cook Du Heng who traveled from another world.
Ning Pingxi sighed and said, "I didn't know about it beforehand." If he had known about it beforehand, he wouldn't have dared to do anything to the remaining soul of Saint Qingheng even if he had ten times the courage.
Su Zhan's face turned pale. From Ning Pingxi's words, it could be seen that he knew about it afterwards. Su Zhan asked, "What happened next?"
Ning Pingxi opened his mouth, and he found that even though the identity of Du Heng's original owner had been guessed, his soul oath was still working! The angry old man's white beard trembled and he could only stare. After staring for a while, he gave up and sighed: "In short, we will all be punished."
Ning Pingxi's words were tantamount to indirectly acknowledging the correctness of what Ye Wenqiu said.
Ye Wenqiu wanted to add insult to injury: "Master once said that there is something important in the lotus platform and he hopes we can protect it well. I wonder if you still remember it, Senior Brother?" Su Zhan's hand holding the lotus platform was shaking slightly. He said in a deep voice: "Of course I remember it."
Ye Wenqiu nodded: "But we brothers all thought that the important thing that Master was talking about was the sword energy contained in the lotus." Su Zhan and Jiang Shangzhou both nodded: "Yes."
Ye Wenqiu lowered his eyelids and said, "Actually, that's not the case. There are many things in Shenxu Palace that can absorb sword energy. The black stones and black crystal stones in the library can absorb it, and ordinary sword-testing stones can also absorb it... If we only refer to sword energy, the precious lotus platform cannot be a treasure.
It wasn’t until I became the acting leader of the sect that I realized there was something mysterious about this.”
Su Zhan asked solemnly: "What's the secret?"
Ye Wenqiu said: "First of all, the number of sword intents in the Seven Star Lotus is far less than the number of sword intents in the Shenxu Palace Mysterious Stone. Secondly, I don't know if you have discovered that most of the sword intents in the lotus are wood spirit root sword intents."
Hearing this, Su Zhan and Jiang Shangzhou hurriedly put their consciousness into the lotus pedestal. Sure enough, the sword intent in the lotus pedestal was suitable for wood spiritual roots. Compared with the sword intent of other spiritual roots, the sword intent of wood spiritual roots and water spiritual roots was softer and gentler. When Su Zhan and his consciousness sank into the lotus pedestal, they always felt a comfortable wood spiritual energy flowing into their internal organs along their consciousness.
Ye Wenqiu said: "Sage Qingheng is a cultivator with wood spiritual roots. His soul can be slowly nurtured under the protection of sword intent. However... Tai Shuhong is not a cultivator with wood spiritual roots. He is a demon cultivator with gold and fire spiritual roots. Although the wood sword intent can briefly nurture his soul, he will be harmed by the sword intent over time."
Su Zhan's face changed when he heard this. Why did he notice this only now? Su Zhan's face turned pale and he said to Ning Pingxi: "Old Ning, please help me transfer his soul out!"
Ning Pingxi looked at Su Zhan deeply, then he looked at Jiang Shangzhou and Ye Wenqiu, and the latter two turned their heads away.
Ning Pingxi could only sigh: "Whatever..." Back then, he was the one who pulled out the soul of Saint Qing Heng and replaced it with Tai Shuhong's soul. He didn't expect that today he would bring out the soul that was thrown in. What an injustice!
A red spiritual light appeared in Ning Pingxi's hand, and the spiritual light slowly stretched to form a red line. The red spiritual line slowly twisted and swirled in the air, and finally formed a thumb-wide chain.
Seeing the chain, Du Heng couldn't help but shudder. That's it! The first time he saw Ning Pingxi, the scene that appeared in front of him was that he was locked by a red chain around his throat. Du Heng felt his neck tightening slightly at this moment, and the feeling of suffocation came up again.
Ning Pingxi's old voice came: "I, Ning Pingxi, have been saving people all my life. Even if they are evil, I will still lend a hand to save them. But I never expected that all my merits were destroyed eight hundred years ago..."
He still remembered the situation eight hundred years ago when he inserted his spiritual energy into the lotus platform to pull out the remnant soul of the Saint Qing Heng. The remnant soul was extremely uncooperative and kept dodging. As a last resort, Ning Pingxi could only use violence. Thinking of the remnant soul of the Saint begging and struggling in his hands, Ning Pingxi wanted to slap himself to death.
Hearing Ning Pingxi say this, Su Zhan felt so guilty that he couldn't even raise his head: "Old Ning, I'm sorry for you."
Ning Pingxi probed the spiritual energy in his hand into the Seven-Star Lotus. He shook his head and said, "There is no regret medicine in the world. Old Su, you and I have known each other for a while. I advise you again to stop in time and turn back. It is not terrible to do something wrong, but it is terrible to insist on doing it. Old brother, please listen to my advice."
Su Zhan whispered, "Turn back? I can no longer turn back. Harming my fellow disciples in an attempt to plunder other people's bodies... there's no way back for me." After Su Zhan said this, Ning Pingxi's lips moved. Apart from a heavy sigh, what else could he say?
He is an executioner just like Su Zhan, and he is even worse than Su Zhan. At least Su Zhan knows his own despicableness, and he is still finding excuses for himself to seek relief.
Ye Wenqiu wanted to say something, but he finally held the long sword and put it back into the scabbard. He never took the initiative to swing his sword at his fellow disciples, and he already felt that Su Zhan had no intention of resisting.
A small red formation appeared under Ning Pingxi's feet. The formation had intricate patterns, and a red aura rose ten feet high, enveloping Ning Pingxi and the lotus platform.
Su Zhan was very nervous: "How is it? Can it be pulled out?" He remembered how much the residual soul in the lotus platform resisted when Ning Pingxi used the soul-binding technique last time. He didn't want the same thing to happen to Tai Shuhong's residual soul!
Hearing Su Zhan's words, the little wonton in the cage made a low threatening sound. Du Heng glanced at Wonton and felt that Wonton was angry, and the hair on its neck stood up.
Ning Pingxi breathed a sigh of relief: "He didn't resist, he took the initiative to follow me out." As soon as he finished speaking, a tall figure appeared in the middle of the red light. After the young man appeared, Ning Pingxi took back the red chain in his hand, and the formation under his feet gradually disappeared.
In the empty square, there appeared a young man with a gentle face and a pale complexion. He closed his eyes and quietly floated in the air. His transparent body was slightly aura-filled, giving people the feeling of mist that would disperse with a gentle blow.
Seeing this man, the cultivators present were shocked, fearing that they would tear this soul apart if they breathed too hard. He was too weak, so weak that he seemed to be dissipated at any time! No wonder Su Zhan would implement his plan regardless of the consequences when he saw such a Tai Shuhong. After just one look, Du Heng felt that Tai Shuhong's original body was a very good person.
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Du Heng's eyes wandered between the two Tai Shuhongs. No matter how he looked at them, there was no similarity between the two. In terms of demeanor, the former Tai Shuhong looked gentle and kind, while the current Tai Shuhong looked cold and aloof. Su Zhan must have been crazy to use the current Tai Shuhong's body to accommodate the original Tai Shuhong.
Su Zhan stretched out his hand to touch Tai Shuhong's face, but he retracted it as soon as he stretched out his hand. He was afraid that Tai Shuhong would break into pieces if he touched him. His voice was choked with sobs, and he called out gently: "Taishu...Jingzhi..."
Jingzhi? What is this? Is it Taishuhong's nickname? Or is it his courtesy name?
Perhaps he heard Su Zhan's voice, Tai Shuhong opened his eyes. The moment Tai Shuhong opened his eyes, everyone held their breath. Is this the person Su Zhan has been thinking about for eight hundred years? Seeing his eyes, Du Heng knew that Jingzhi was a kind person.
Jingzhi showed a gentle smile: "Well, you are here...Su Zhan, you are old again..." Jingzhi's voice was soft, and it was not known whether it was his original voice like this, or because he was a remnant soul at the moment, so his voice was weak.
Hearing his voice, Su Zhan lowered his head and choked up: "Jingzhi..."
When Xiaoxiao thought that all the problems were caused by Su Zhan, he couldn't help but said, "Chirp chirp!" He wanted to accuse Su Zhan in front of Jingzhi! He wanted to let Jingzhi see how annoying this person was!
Xiaoxiao's chirping sound attracted Jingzhi's attention and he turned his head to look in his direction. Jingzhi saw Tai Shuhong holding Xiaoxiao at a glance.
The two Taishuhongs stared at each other from a distance across half the formation. This scene made Du Heng at a loss. Taishuhong was also at a loss. He stood there holding Xiaoxiao and looking at Jingzhi stupidly.
He remembered Jingzhi's smell and breath, and it was this person in front of him. He had known Jingzhi since he was still an egg!
Jingzhi sighed and said, "It's great that I can finally see you in person. Su Zhan is so unreliable that he actually gave you my name. Well, I'll give you this name. In fact, I gave you a very cute nickname, which I originally wanted to save for you after you break out of your shell."
Tai Shuhong was stunned: "You...you know me?"
Jingzhi smiled and said, "How could I not know? I have been looking forward to seeing you for more than five hundred years, but I never thought that I would not have the blessing to see you hatch. I feel that you should also be a cub of the Feather Clan, so I gave you a nickname, Little Feather. I think you will have feathers as soft and warm as clouds. Do you like this name?"
Maybe it was because Jingzhi's voice was too warm, maybe it was because his breath was too gentle, maybe it was because Tai Shuhong had heard him talking to himself too many times during those years in the shell. As soon as he heard Jingzhi's voice, Tai Shuhong's irritable heart calmed down.
He originally thought that he should hate Jingzhi. If it weren't for Jingzhi, he wouldn't be treated like this by Su Zhan. However, when he saw Jingzhi for the first time, Tai Shuhong knew that Jingzhi and Su Zhan were two completely different people. From beginning to end, Jingzhi had never done anything to let Tai Shuhong down. In fact, Jingzhi was Tai Shuhong's benefactor.
Tai Shuhong nodded and gave a shy smile: "Yeah, I like it."
Jingzhi's eyebrows curved, and his voice was gentle, sounding like he was coaxing someone: "That's great. In my eyes, you are a light little feather, flying and flying, and falling into my heart."
Xiaoxiao looked up at Tai Shuhong, only to see doubt in Tai Shuhong's eyes: "I've heard this before."
Jingzhi smiled and said, "Of course I have heard it. When you were in the eggshell, I read poems to you every day. But... I don't know if I am hallucinating, I think you are not yet an adult. Could it be that I fell asleep again and don't know what time it is now? How old are you this year?"
Tai Shuhong said: "More than eight hundred years old."
Su Zhan opened his mouth to call back Jingzhi's soul, but Jingzhi was only concerned with talking to Tai Shuhong: "Can I see your demon form? I really want to know what you look like when you break out of your shell."
Tai Shuhong hesitated for a moment, and then a flash of light appeared on his body, and a white and golden furry bird about the same size as Xiaoxiao appeared in front of everyone.
Compared to Xiaoxiao, Tai Shuhong's demon form was thinner, and his face was not as big and round as Xiaoxiao's. He was a little shy, and when he squatted next to Xiaoxiao, he couldn't help hiding behind Xiaoxiao. This should be the first time that Tai Shuhong showed his demon form in front of so many people, and he wished there was a crack in the ground for him to crawl into.
Du Heng noticed with his sharp eyes that there was a curled claw between Tai Shuhong's two feet. He rubbed his eyes and confirmed again that there were indeed three claws. Could it be that Tai Shuhong's demon form... was deformed?
Jingzhi's voice was filled with happiness: "Little Feather, you are so cute! You are the cutest cub in the world!" He really wanted to hug this shy child, but he couldn't walk around. He was so weak that he even had difficulty speaking.
Tai Shuhong lowered his head in embarrassment, and he leaned towards Xiaoxiao. Xiaoxiao stretched out her wings to protect Tai Shuhong, and she even lowered her head to comb Tai Shuhong's feathers.
Seeing Xiaoxiao's reaction, Du Heng realized that Tai Shuhong had probably revealed his true colors in front of Xiaoxiao. No wonder Xiaoxiao had to sleep with Tai Shuhong every day during that period, it turned out that he had a furry little friend.
Feng Gui mentioned this before. He said that it takes thousands of years for the young monsters to grow into adults. Tai Shuhong's monster form is about the same size as Xiaoxiao's, but he has already grown into a young man and has the cultivation level of the Nascent Soul stage. If he waits until he reaches adulthood, how powerful will his cultivation level be? !
Jingzhi said happily: "Our little feather has grown better than I thought. It's a pity that I haven't been able to accompany you for so many years."
Tai Shuhong shook his head, raised his head and made a series of chirping sounds. Hearing the chirping sounds, Tai Shuhong quickly lowered his head and hid his head under his wings. It was his fault that he had been mixed with human cultivators since he was a child, so his bird language was not up to standard! What a loss!
Jingzhi chuckled: "Don't worry, you are still young, there will be many opportunities to learn slowly in the future." After a while, Jingzhi said slowly: "Little Feather, I want to apologize to you."
Tai Shuhong pulled his head out from under his wings, blinked and looked at Jingzhi. Jingzhi said seriously: "I'm sorry for letting you go through such a terrible thing. Although I have become a spirit, I am not completely ignorant of what is happening outside. I have seen everything Su Zhan has done over the years, but it's a pity that I was too weak before and couldn't stop him."
The light in Su Zhan's eyes suddenly shattered, and he stared at Jingzhi's face: "Jingzhi, you..."
Jingzhi said softly to Taishuhong, "Later, I learned that he wanted to use your body to possess my soul. I couldn't stay in the lotus platform any longer. Xiaoyu, my life as a demon is over. You are still young. You should have a bright future instead of being raised as a puppet container and not having time to see more of this world. I picked you up from the Chaos Sea. You were able to live in the Chaos Sea for so long. Your life should not be arranged by others."
Jingzhi smiled gently and said, "I really want to hold you and say these words to you, but I don't have the strength to do it. You must take good care of yourself in the future and don't be so shy. Is the child next to you called Xiaoxiao? Xiaoxiao, can I ask you to play with our little feather more?"
Xiaoxiao patted her chest and promised: "Chirp!"
Jingzhi's eyes narrowed with laughter. He said with relief, "That's great." After saying this, Jingzhi opened his eyes and looked at Du Heng. He bowed to Du Heng and said, "Saint."
Du Heng waved his hands repeatedly: "Huh? No no no no..." Jingzhi smiled and said, "Then... Du Heng?" Du Heng nodded stupidly. He was a little confused when he was suddenly called.
Jingzhi said: "I'm handing my little Feather over to you, I hope you can treat him well. The child is a little timid, but he's a good boy." Du Heng felt sad. Jingzhi's words sounded like a request for help. He saw that Jingzhi's spirit had become even more indifferent.
Thinking of Feng Gui saying that he wanted to train Tai Shuhong as his successor, Du Heng nodded and said, "Don't worry, as long as I have something to eat, he won't starve."
Jingzhi got the assurance he wanted, and he smiled happily: "Thank you, Saint, I feel relieved now."
He finally turned his face to Su Zhan, who smiled at him: "Uncle Tai..." Jingzhi smiled and said: "Actually, I prefer you to call me by my given name. I wanted you to call me by that before, but you were always not happy."
Su Zhan said softly: "Then I will call you more often. Jingzhi, Jingzhi..." Jingzhi smiled: "Hey..."
Jingzhi said: "Su Zhan, come closer." Su Zhan took a step forward. He carefully stretched out his hand and used the softest aura to surround Jingzhi. He held Jingzhi in his arms: "Hey, I'm coming."
Jingzhi lay quietly in his arms and said, "Actually, I don't want to be possessed by a puppet, nor do I want to be possessed by someone else. You idiot, you always do things that go against my will." Su Zhan nodded with tears in his eyes, "I'm sorry, I'm stupid."
Jingzhi laughed out loud: "Not stupid, not stupid at all. You have always known what I want. It's just that you are too proud and never willing to bow your head first."
Su Zhan lowered his head and looked at Jingzhi's face infatuatedly: "I was wrong. I have done
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