Chapter 45: From then on, I had a sense of separation. You smiled. There is a hole here...
Chi Yu and Xiao Qiu wandered around for most of the day and only managed to kill a Qi Refining stage demon, but no one more powerful one.
Xiaoqiu said thoughtfully, "I've heard that powerful demons have a sense of territory. Within their territory, there won't be any strong demons. There's no room for two tigers in one mountain. That's the truth."
Chi Yu sheathed his sword and sat down on the ground. "In that case, sit down and rest."
He has now given up his appetite and occasionally cooks for Xiaoqiu, but he only bakes some pies for Xiaoqiu as dry food, which he can heat up with magic and eat ready-made.
Normal mortal life had gradually drifted away from him. He never wrote the pile of test papers stored in the low-level storage bag again, and no longer thought about things like the college entrance examination and growing up.
If a person can only focus on one thing in his life, then his main task now is to become stronger.
Chi Yu relaxed for a while, then took out the formation disk from the Sumeru Ring and triggered the restriction, so that he could practice here for a while.
Xiaoqiu also sat down to practice - although he understood a lot of things and his mind was firm, his comprehension was indeed not high, and his practice speed was very slow, because sometimes he would wake up from his meditation, and then he would be distracted for a long time.
But because of this, he always seemed to notice things that Chi Yu didn't notice.
He stared outside the restriction for a long time, and suddenly noticed something was wrong. He wanted to call Brother Aotian, but Brother Aotian was practicing, so he had to hold it in for the time being.
After a few hours, Chi Yu finally came out of his trance. Xiaoqiu grabbed his sleeve and said to him, "Brother Aotian, look over there."
Chi Yu followed the ball's gaze and saw a faint green color. "...What is that?"
The ball said, "Take a closer look."
Chi Yu looked closely and saw a pair of ruby-like eyes among the green. It was a small green snake, coiled on a branch nearby, staring at them.
The ball pointed in another direction, "And there."
Soon, Chi Yu saw another black scorpion as thick as a thumb. It noticed their gazes and knew how to hide, so it hid itself under a leaf.
Xiaoqiu said: "There is more."
He pointed in another direction. It was a golden creature the size of a palm, buried in the mud, but with a pair of red eyes staring at them.
Chi Yu: "..."
Chi Yu's face grew serious. He said, "We are being watched."
Xiaoqiu said: "It should be, but they are too weak, so you didn't notice it, Brother Aotian."
Chi Yu: "..."
He felt ashamed and said thoughtfully, "A qualified cultivator must always be aware of his surroundings. Even a weak object could be a life-threatening weapon. In the world of cultivation, nothing can be underestimated."
Xiaoqiu was stunned for a moment, then he laughed and said, "Brother Aotian, you are making rapid progress."
Chi Yu said, "I wouldn't feel happy if you said that, Xiaoqiu."
Xiaoqiu reached out and hugged him. He was still the size of a child, but now he seemed to have the reliable demeanor of a man. "I know, but it's okay, Brother Aotian. You are very kind, but in the world of cultivation, kindness cannot survive. You have worked very hard and are very good. I have learned a lot from you. We in the Mortal Dynasty have a saying, 'When three people walk together, one of them can be my teacher.' Let us be each other's teachers. There is no shame in that."
Chi Yu laughed and reached out to rub his hair vigorously. "I know, I don't feel ashamed. In my heart, you can be a little brother who needs love, or a friend who can be trusted with support."
After saying that, Chi Yu said to Xiao Qiu, "Senior Brother Xuan Ji is still waiting to see my performance. We can't drag this on any longer."
The ball asked, "What should we do? We don't know where the demon is."
Chi Yu thought about it and said, "Maybe I can know."
He marked the coordinates of these and said to the ball, "Let's go back today."
Xiaoqiu: "Huh? Aren't you going to continue looking for demons?"
Chi Yu said, "What can we do without the demons? Let's go back first."
As he spoke, he glanced at the prince's coordinates. He had already returned to the town, so he thought there was no danger around, so he went back with peace of mind.
Realizing this, Chi Yu couldn't help laughing.
Although Senior Brother Xuan Ji always seems arrogant, my concern for him is indeed sincere.
He returned to the town and met the mayor's child again. He was holding the big poisonous centipede as if he was holding a harmless livestock. Although he was still a little wary of him, he did not turn around and run away. "Little Ball," he shouted.
Xiaoqiu immediately laughed and said, "Here I come."
He said to Chi Yu: "Brother Aotian, he is my friend now, his name is Xiaojing."
Chi Yu lowered his voice and said, "You make friends quickly."
Xiaoqiu also lowered his voice and said to him: "Brother Aotian, I learned it from you."
Chi Yu: “Hmm?”
Xiaoqiu said nothing more, smiled and trotted over, not afraid of the big centipede in his arms, put his arm around his shoulders and went to another path.
Chi Yu touched his chin, raised the corners of his lips, and smiled: "It seems that I have indeed become a good role model."
Thinking about it now, Xiaoqiu seems to have changed a lot, and the two of them are becoming more and more similar in some ways.
He returned to the room the town commander had prepared for them.
The prince was in meditation, his jade-white face covered with a faint golden light. Some small and some plump, colorful lotus flowers transformed by spiritual power were growing around him, withering, growing again, and withering, over and over again.
Such a wonderful sight can only be seen when the prince enters deep meditation.
Chi Yu had only seen him twice so far, and this was the second time.
Chi Yu stretched out his hand and held a cool and light lotus. The lotus quickly turned into a ball of white mist in his hand, flowing through his fingers like fine sand. When it fell to the ground, it condensed into a tiny lotus.
His gaze fell on the prince again. His eyes were closed, and his face was dignified and elegant, yet with a hint of solemnity. The air was filled with the faint fragrance of lotus flowers - a rare material for clearing the mind.
Chi Yu had heard gossip about his classmates in the Dao Di class. The lotus flowers that grew after deep meditation could be collected in a jade bottle and sold for a large sum of spirit stones, which was also a major source of income for the Zen practitioners in Zizaizhou.
Thinking of this, Chi Yu quickly took out the jade bottle to collect these lotus flowers.
When Xie Xiyi came out of his meditation, he saw Chi Yu sitting on the ground with a pile of jade bottles beside him. Seeing that he was awake, a smile appeared on his small face and he said to him, "Senior Brother Xuanji, you are finally awake."
Xie Xiyi: "What are you doing?"
Chi Yu picked up a jade bottle, waved it in front of him, and said, "Brother Xuanji, these are the lotus flowers that were produced after your meditation. I have collected them all and will sell them at the auction house when I get back. It will also bring a lot of money. If you need to go deeper into meditation in the future, you can call me and I will help you collect them."
Xie Xiyi said: "No need."
He was not short of spirit stones, and those lotuses had given him some insights, which he did not want to reveal.
He said to Chi Yu, "Use it yourself, don't sell it."
Chi Yu blinked and said obediently, "Oh, then I'll use it myself."
Xie Xiyi stared at him without saying anything for a long time.
Chi Yu asked puzzledly, "What's wrong?"
Xie Xiyi asked, "You just killed one demon?"
Chi Yu boasted, "Senior Brother Xuan Ji is amazing. I can't hide anything from you."
Xie Xiyi was indifferent, "Too slow."
Having said that, he didn't say anything else. Instead, he sat back down and crossed his legs.
Chi Yu asked, "Senior Brother?"
Xie Xiyi said calmly, "I want to continue practicing. You can leave now."
Chi Yu: "Oh, then I'll be leaving. Brother, don't practice for too long. Combine work and rest."
Xie Xiyi: "Yeah."
Only then did Chi Yu go out.
After he left, Xie Xiyi looked at himself calmly - he began to have a discriminatory mind.
Xie Xiyi has cultivated to such a level that his sense of discrimination has been reduced to the lowest level. He cannot tell people's beauty, ugliness, height, weight or body shape. His magical power of breaking delusion usually allows him to see the deepest part of the other person.
Even though it was a small ball, he never paid attention to his appearance, height and other external things, but only focused on his cultivation.
But just now, he woke up from meditation, and when Long Aotian was talking to him, he noticed the other person's appearance for the first time.
This is not the first time.
In the Lotus Mountain, when he suppressed Long Aotian, he felt a surge of desire in that instant. Looking into his heart, he realized that it was the devil in his heart that was at work, because the opponent's neck was exposed in front of him, and the devil in his heart made him want to destroy and bite him.
After suppressing the evil heart, this situation will no longer occur.
But today, at this moment, he had begun to feel different towards Long Aotian.
Xie Xiyi thought expressionlessly that to restrain curiosity was to be persistent, but to indulge in curiosity would make him develop a sense of discrimination.
Once one develops a discriminating mind, many forms of affliction will emerge one after another.
This was an extremely bad sign. Long Aotian was clearly hindering his cultivation.
But if he cannot overcome it, there is no point in talking about cultivation.
Xie Xiyi thought for a moment and decided to let it go.
He got off the bed, concealed his aura, and walked to Long Aotian, who was whispering with Xiaoqiu at this time.
Xie Xiyi was not interested in what they said, he just lowered his eyes to look at his appearance——
Although he had always seen dragons before, he had never paid attention to their appearance. After cultivating to the realm of Guangyin Heaven, everyone's facial features were blurred in front of him, unable to distinguish them, and he didn't bother to distinguish them.
Until today, Long Aotian's face became clear in his eyes. It was a very beautiful face with soft contours, eyebrows like swords cutting clouds, eyes like autumn pupils cutting water, long eyelashes like cattail leaves fans, casting a shadow under the eyes, a high nose bridge, red lips and white teeth, a youthful spirit.
Xie Xiyi couldn't tell whether Long Aotian's appearance was outstanding in the world of cultivation, but in his eyes, he was indeed very beautiful. In the gray background all around him, Long Aotian's existence was the only bright color and could not be ignored.
Xie Xiyi found it a little unbelievable. This sense of separation... was very strange.
He noticed the faint red tongue between Long Aotian's white teeth when he spoke to Xiaoqiu. Some memories that had naturally faded away like flowing water now emerged clearly under the observation of his discriminating mind.
He remembered that he had once stroked that soft, moist tongue with his fingers. At that time, he only felt that there was too much saliva and was disgusted. But now, under the observation of his discriminating mind, he felt another strange meaning.
What is it? he wondered absentmindedly.
Chi Yu didn't notice Xie Xiyi's change at all.
After he discussed the next move with Xiaoqiu, he opened the map and noticed Xie Xiyi right next to him at first sight. He was startled and felt a little amused - although Senior Brother Xuanji said he didn't care, his body was very honest. He was staring at him as if he was afraid that something would happen to him.
He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, what a good senior brother this is, even his parents couldn't do what he did.
After he finished sighing, he went to look at the bugs he had marked. There were five of them in total, and they were all outside the town. They seemed very cautious and would not easily return to the people who asked them to monitor them.
It seems this approach doesn't work.
Xiaoqiu extracted some information from the town commander's child.
Chi Yu thinks it is very valuable.
Xiaoqiu said, "That kid told me that these insects were brought from the back mountain. If you offer three animals every month, you can get a small poisonous insect in return. After you raise the poisonous insect and let it bite you, your body will become healthy, and you won't be eaten if you encounter a demon in the wild. Brother Aotian, I suspect that demon is in the back mountain. I went to see it, and there are many people guarding the mountain, but there are also many insects. Those insects give me a bad feeling."
He frowned and said, "They're different from the poisonous insects we see in town or outside. They're smaller and feel more dangerous to me. If I run into one, I might actually die."
Chi Yu was stunned and said thoughtfully, "It seems that the demon is in the back mountain. But, it's strange. This demon is so powerful, why would it save these mortals?"
Demons are hybrids of the demon clan and the devil clan, a mixture of the beastly nature of the demon clan and the devilish nature of the devil clan. Once born, they will only have an endless desire for blood and food. Of course, their desire for cultivators is generally greater, but they are better than nothing for mortals, so they don't mind having a bite when they meet them.
It can be said that demons, monsters, and demons are naturally in opposition to mortals and cultivators.
But that's not necessarily true. The demon race and the monster race were originally two opposing races, but there was a lot of intermingling between the two races. It was because of their irresponsible behavior that there were so many uncontrolled monsters in the wilderness.
There are demons that hunt mortals and monks, and naturally there are also demons that live in harmony with mortals.
This is not a strange thing.
Chi Yu said to Xiao Qiu, "You don't have to go. I can go alone."
Xiaoqiu was very hesitant, "No, Brother Aotian, I'm worried about you."
Chi Yu said with a smile: "Why should I worry about this? Have you forgotten? I am a cultivator at the fourth level of foundation building."
Xiaoqiu said: "Even so, I still feel uneasy about you being alone, Brother Aotian."
Chi Yu felt warm in his heart and said soothingly, "It's okay. I'll be back soon. If things don't work out, there's still Senior Brother Xuan Ji. If I'm not back soon, go find Senior Brother Xuan Ji—but don't go to him too soon, or he'll laugh at me."
The ball accepted it.
After Chi Yu took out the concealment talisman from the Sumeru Ring and used it, he walked towards the back mountain.
On the other side, the town commander and several elders walked into the back mountain carrying lanterns.
"Now that we're in the mountains, I can finally speak. I've been holding it in for the whole day. Lord Town Commander, is it true that we can avoid the cultivator's spiritual awareness and magical powers in the mountains?"
"Of course I can. Even if that demon is weak, he is at least at the Golden Core stage. This is already the highest level of cultivation. How could he be afraid of those little brats?"
"Sir, the insects are becoming less toxic this year. I'm afraid the demon's power is about to decline."
"I know. I will ask the demon for a few poisonous insects and plant them on the three monks. Then the demon will have a good meal and can refine poisonous insects for us."
"We don't know the level of those two cultivators yet, but if they fail, I'm afraid everyone in our town will die."
The town commander sneered, "They're practicing Zen. Do they understand what Zen means? They're hypocrites who keep talking about compassion. Even if they fail, they'll only lament their own inability to convert us."
"That makes sense."
An elder lamented, "If it weren't for Zexiu, how could we have captured this Jindan-stage Gu female demon? It's a shame that such a promising young man like Zexiu ended up with nothing but bones in his belly."
The town commander frowned, an unhappy expression on his face, "Don't mention this matter again."
The elder knew he had spoken out of turn, so he kept his mouth shut.
The town commander and several elders finally arrived at the place.
It was a very deep cave. Before getting close, a strong fishy smell came from the depths.
Before the town commander entered, a young man ran over quickly and whispered in his ear, "Master, the young master was very close to that child monk. I asked him about it, and he told him about what happened in the back mountain."
The town commander was not surprised and said with a faint smile: "As expected."
The secret of the back mountain will be exposed sooner or later. After all, the cultivators have spiritual awareness and can notice the abnormality here with just a quick glance at the back mountain, but the town commander is not worried.
He has a trump card.
The town commander walked in with a lantern. Several elders showed hesitation, but soon they mustered up the courage and went into the cave with the town commander.
The path through the cave was littered with insect remains, and the green and yellow slime beneath my feet felt sticky and disgusting. The unique stench of insects grew stronger and stronger, making it impossible to open my eyes.
An elder said with disgust, "Back then, I saw that Gu girl's appearance was also beautiful, but I didn't expect her original form to be so ugly, and now it is getting more and more disgusting."
The town commander said, "Shut up."
Even though the demon was already their prisoner, it was still too arrogant to say such things on someone else's territory.
Soon, they reached the depths of the cave. It was very dark. They lit the candles on the stone wall, which just illuminated the huge creature in the cage. It was a huge spider with eight legs as black as steel knives and as strong as an ox. Its body was covered with tiny poisonous insects and emitted a strong fishy smell.
Many years passed, and when the town commander saw the monster again, his hair still stood on end. This was the purest fear of monsters that a mortal could have.
His throat was dry, and he kept swallowing saliva before he could speak: "Hua Niang, three cultivators came today. Their cultivation level is around Foundation Establishment. In short, it is very dangerous. I hope you can spare three poisonous insects that can control them. I will definitely send them to you when the time comes."
The giant spider had its back to them the whole time. Originally, the demon had a very beautiful human form, and after transforming into its original form, it insisted on keeping its upper body as a human and its lower body as a spider. But since last year, the demon had its back to the cage, covering its human body tightly, and had never appeared again, nor made any sound.
Hearing what the town commander said, one of the spider's legs trembled a few times, and three poisonous insects as big as rice grains crawled down from the leg and walked in front of the town commander in an orderly line.
The town commander was ecstatic. He reached out and took the three poisonous insects in his hand and said to the spider, "Hua Niang, just wait. I will definitely bring the three monks to you. After all these years, you can finally have a good meal."
After saying this, he left with several elders.
The huge spider rustled and moved. With its eyes closed, it could see the young man quietly entering the mountain.
*
Chi Yu walked around the mountains for a few times and finally found himself lost.
As if he couldn't stand him running around like a fool, Xie Xiyi's voice rang in his ears, "This is the third time you've passed by here. How long are you going to keep wandering around here?"
Chi Yu was startled. He turned his head and saw Xie Xiyi. He deliberately showed a surprised expression on his face, "Senior Brother Xuanji, why are you here? Aren't you practicing?"
Xie Xiyi said indifferently: "I'm done practicing, so I came out for a walk."
Chi Yu: "Hmm? Out for a walk?"
A sly smile appeared on his face. "Brother Xuanji, are you out for a walk, or are you worried about me?"
Xie Xiyi looked at the smile on his face, his eyes deepened for a moment, stretched out his finger, poked his left cheek, and said thoughtfully: "When you smile, there is a hole here."
Chi Yu: "?"
He was a little dazed.
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