"Sigh..." Lin Daozi was shocked, wondering why Shi Xuan had suddenly made a move. He felt a little sorry for his eldest disciple, who had been lying here for more than ten years, only to be bullied by a junior disciple in the end.
If Lu Shenzhi knew what he was thinking, he would definitely get up and complain to his master: She bullies me far too many times!
But at this moment, whether it was Shi Xuan's slap or not, Lu Shenzhi's eyelids actually twitched.
"It works great! Master, look, Senior Brother moved!" Shi Xuan hurriedly asked his master for credit.
Then, no one had any reason to stop Shi Xuan anymore.
She slapped Lu Shenzhi's handsome forehead three times in a row, turning it red.
Lin Daozi watched her actions with a slight ache in his teeth, but he couldn't deny that Lu Shenzhi had indeed reacted just now. Lin Daozi could only comfort himself by saying: "My eldest disciple is a cultivator after all. He won't be hurt by these slaps. A couple of slaps are fine."
Shi Xuan was having a good time hitting him and was about to hit him a few more times when Lu Shenzhi on the bed suddenly coughed twice.
"Cough cough!" After coughing for a couple of breaths, Lu Shenzhi finally opened his eyes, his long eyelashes trembling.
Their eyes met, and Shi Xuan's raised hand was still in motion.
Lu Shenzhi's gaze shifted from her eyes to her hands. Shi Xuan chuckled, "You're awake, Senior Brother, hehe, hehe." As she spoke, she slowly lowered her raised hand, pretending that she hadn't done anything.
This was the first time Shi Xuan had ever truly seen his senior brother "alive." Although they spent every day together, what he saw was either his soul or a scene from a dream. The one time he saw him in person, he was "dead."
Well, Lu Shenzhi truly lived up to his reputation as the brilliant senior disciple of the Lianfeng Sword Sect back then. He exuded the lazy air of a noble young master. The small red mole between his eyebrows seemed almost alive with its charm. In Shi Xuan's words, his appearance was that of someone who was likely to cause trouble.
Although Lu Shenzhi didn't say it, Shi Xuan guessed that the reason he was cursed was probably related to his appearance. In the script Shi Xuan prepared for him, the eldest brother went out to train and met a witch from the Wu tribe. The witch fell in love with him at first sight and demanded that he return to the Wu tribe with her as her husband. The eldest brother refused, so the witch used her magic to curse him. The curse could only be lifted when he returned to their Wu tribe's territory, allowing him to live a normal life.
It has to be said that Shi Xuan has figured out the truth, but at this moment, Lu Shenzhi opened his star-like eyes, looked at Shi Xuan, opened his mouth, and his voice was hoarse, as if he could not speak.
Shi Xuan took out some spiritual spring water from her spatial storage and gave it to him to drink, so he could soothe his throat. Her wealthy and generous junior sister was indeed extraordinary; even the water she used to soothe his throat was a rare spiritual spring.
Lu Shenzhi took a sip of water, coughed twice, and finally spoke: "Don't think I don't know you hit me."
Shi Xuan chuckled twice, pretended to scratch his head, and said, "I was just worried because you hadn't woken up yet."
Hmph, Master is even more anxious, yet I haven't seen him make a move. And don't think he doesn't know; he was already reacting when she struck him, but she still wanted to continue.
Shi Xuan received his accusing look, and with her neck stiffened, she said righteously, "Just tell me whether it works or not."
It was indeed useful, but just as Lu Shenzhi was about to refute her, he saw his master who had just come forward.
At this moment, he couldn't care less about refuting Shi Xuan. He struggled to get down and wanted to give his master a grand salute.
But a person who has been "paralyzed" in bed for more than ten years is still not very mobile. Lin Daozi quickly stepped forward and pressed him down: "Shenzhi, lie down properly first."
Lu Shenzhi could only sit down and say, "This disciple is unfilial and has caused Master worry."
"It's good that he's awake, it's good that he's awake." Lin Daozi was filled with mixed emotions. When Lu Shenzhi was in a coma, he was his only disciple. He was once in despair and didn't know what to do.
In the end, it was his senior brother, the sect leader, who persuaded him to take in a few more disciples to make Fuyu Peak more lively. Several years later, he finally reopened the sect and accepted Lu Wenxing as a disciple.
Fortunately, he listened to the sect leader's words back then, otherwise how would he have had the opportunity to take in this youngest disciple? If he hadn't taken in this youngest disciple, how could the eldest disciple have awakened now!
Therefore, the so-called opportunities in the cultivation world, like every sip and bite, sometimes come from one's own actions. If he were solely immersed in the emotions of his eldest disciple's unconsciousness and ignored external matters, he would naturally have no chance to come across the solution.
Thinking of this, he turned to Shi Xuan and exclaimed, "Xuan'er, thank goodness for you!"
Shi Xuan raised his chin triumphantly at Lu Shenzhi, his smug expression seeming to say: See? Thanks to me, it's only right that you return more spirit stones!
He understood it immediately!
Lu Shenzhi pursed his lips, took off his storage ring, and handed it to Shi Xuan. He looked obedient and ready to be disposed of at Shi Xuan's behest.
Shi Xuan took the ring; the divine imprint had been removed. She looked inside; it contained a variety of items, a considerable amount of accumulated wealth.
When Shi Xuan first took away Lu Shenzhi's soul, he only took his spirit stone bag. Now, looking at the various materials, magic tools, pills and other items inside, Shi Xuan pursed his lips, calculated his senior brother's cultivation level in his mind, and concluded that his senior brother's ability to make money was quite good!
However, since the eldest brother has now awakened and needs resources to travel and cultivate, Shi Xuan did not intend to take away Lu Shenzhi's storage ring right now.
Just as Shi Xuan was about to return his ring to him, Lu Shenzhi suddenly experienced a strange phenomenon. It was as if a barrier had suddenly shattered, and all the surrounding spiritual energy surged towards Lu Shenzhi.
"He's about to form his Nascent Soul!" Lin Daozi said. "Shenzhi, can you still endure it?"
At this moment, Lu Shenzhi is in the forbidden area behind the sect's mountain. It is not impossible for him to form his core here, but he has just woken up from his coma. His body is still weak. He cannot even get out of bed. How can such a senior disciple withstand the cruel trial of the lightning tribulation?
Lu Shenzhi shook his head. He was also at a loss. Before he fell into a coma, he was already at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core stage. He had been in a coma for ten years, nourished day and night by so many spirit stones, and his soul had been studying formations day and night. He had probably accumulated too much, which led to the uncontrollable passive formation of the Nascent Soul.
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