Exorcism

A month has finally passed.

Daliang Shen Xiuming opened his eyes, took a deep breath of warm air, and completed the first meditation exercise every morning. He walked to the window, looked at the completely different severe winter scene on the distant mountain peaks, and once again sighed at the power of the spell. magic. In order to take care of the new disciples, Yangshen Peak is like spring all year round.

It is seven or eight feet wide, five or six feet high, and more than ten feet deep. It is not a very big room. The doors and windows are opened on one wall. There are tables and chairs under the windows. On the table are neatly arranged pens, ink, paper, inkstones and a pen. A small incense burner, the wooden floor is damaged, but it is spotless, without even a piece of debris. A simple wooden frame is erected against the wall to store water basins and towels. At the end is a low small bed with a tuck under the bed. Holding a rattan box.

This is the standard residence for new disciples. Except for Shen Hao, the other children in Yelin Town are very satisfied. Daliang has never been able to get over his sadness. Before, he would have been the happiest person living in such a house.

"People who practice Taoism also have joys, sorrows, and joys, but the heart of a Taoist priest is like a calm lake." Because of the death of Erliang, Shen Xiuming of Daliang received special care from the Taoists. Lin Dujiao once comforted him privately, "The lake can remain intact. The ground reflects the flowing clouds in the sky and the grass and trees on the shore, but remains unmoved. You don’t need to deliberately forget anything, but don’t be controlled by it.”

"Sad but not sad", Daliang Shen Xiuwei cannot do it yet. He picked up the two copper coins next to him, and the inner peace he gained from thinking about it instantly turned into grief and anger.

"Daliang." A familiar voice came from the door.

"Xiao..." He suddenly raised his head, saw the familiar figure, and rubbed his eyes in disbelief, "Brother Xiaoqiu! I thought you would be able to..."

Xiaoqiu grinned, raised her hand to touch the high bun and long hairpin on her head, and glanced down at the blue Taoist robe on her body, "They included the day I entered the cave, and a master took me back. , I was given this outfit and my hair was combed, I’m really not used to it.”

"No, I always felt uncomfortable in my head for the first two days. It's getting better now. If Erliang..."

Xiaoqiu stopped smiling. The copper coins in Daliang's hand were left by the Five Elements Master Li Yuechi. There were ten coins in total, and each young man in Yelin Town got one.

Daliang pulled out the wooden box from under the bed, took out a few things from it and put them on the table, "They sent Erliang's things over, but it's a pity that I didn't get to see him for the last time.

There is a small box containing Bairun Dan, a gold soul, ten silver souls, a small leather bag and half a copper ring. The last two items are also Li Yuechi's relics. The teenagers once wanted to return them to Grandmaster Pang Shan. Ning Qiwei allowed them to stay.

"They told me Erliang's last words." Daliang's voice choked with sobs, and he clenched his fists tightly against the table. It took him a while to recover, "Erliang left the gold soul and silver soul to me, and left Bairundan and the copper ring to me. You, leave the skin and coins to...Xiao Qingtao."

Xiaoqiu looked at the items on the table without saying anything. With those items in her eyes, she looked extremely calm.

Daliang was surprised. This was not the fiery and enthusiastic Brother Xiaoqiu in his impression. Could it be that the effect of thinking about it for a month was so obvious? He pushed the gold and silver soul to Xiaoqiu——

"I want to give all these things to you, because... because..."

"Because I will avenge him." Xiaoqiu turned her eyes to Daliang, "Let's avenge Erliang together. If Shen Geng thinks about it for five years, we will wait for him for five years."

"Yeah." Daliang responded seriously, realizing that this was still a good friend from before, "But the main thing is to rely on you. At least you have your ears opened, I don't even have one."

Xiaoqiu smiled,

He didn't mention his experience of thinking about the cliff. He only picked up the Bairun Dan and the copper ring of unknown purpose, "Erliang will do whatever he says. This is his last wish, and none of us should violate it."

Daliang hesitated for a moment, nodded, put away the gold and silver, and finally pushed the skin bag and copper coins to Xiaoqiu, "Give them to Xiao Qingtao."

"What's wrong?"

"I hate the Pei family."

It was precisely because Pei Zihan was afraid of Shen Ji and wanted to confront Xiaoqiu that Erliang stood opposite Shen Geng. In Xiaoqiu's view, the Pei siblings were no more responsible for this than he and Fangfang, but Non-monsters are always more likely to provoke hatred. Xiaoqiu did not persuade Daliang and took the skin bag and copper coins in his hands.

"How is Shen Ji?"

Daliang's face changed slightly, "He has made amazing progress. It has only been a month, and it is said that all the orifices have been opened. You came back just in time. Today is the day of remembering the ancestors at the end of the month. The master wants to check the disciples' practice results. Everyone said that Shen Ji Will be the first to get the whole Tao fruit hairpin.”

Dao fruit is another name for the realm of cultivation. Opening the seven orifices is the lowest level. As long as one orifice is opened, you can get a special hairpin. Opening the seven orifices belongs to the full dao fruit. The corresponding hairpin is called the full dao fruit hairpin. Xiaoqiu remembers Fangfang once introduced these in detail.

"That's good." Xiaoqiu was still so calm.

Yangshen Peak is hidden in the mountains. From a distance, it looks like a huge cone. It is not as tall as the Old Ancestor Peak, but it covers a much larger area. It is surrounded by dense forests. The new disciple's house is built against the mountain. In front of the house Behind the house are all tall and short trees, with thirty or fifty rooms connected together. There are no walls between the houses, only the paths in the forest connect them.

"Why are there strangers?" There are a total of thirty disciples living in this building, at least fourteen or five of whom Xiaoqiu has never seen in the Jinghu Village Hall.

"These are all disciples who stayed here in previous years." Daliang explained in a low voice, "They have never been able to open up, so they have to stay here to practice with us. I heard that disciples with worse performance will be sent to Zhiyong Institute, where they can only learn some secular skills and basically lose the opportunity to practice Taoism. I am really afraid that I will be sent there one day."

"No, don't think too much, you will have a breakthrough soon, and no one in our Yelin Town will go to Zhiyong Institute." Xiaoqiu said affirmatively.

The two houses share a dining room with three long tables. There Xiaoqiu met more partners from Yelin Town. They were very surprised and ran over when they saw him. Only Fangfang was not seen. In fact, there was no female disciple in the entire dining room.

"Female disciples live on the other side." Shen Hao sat opposite Xiaoqiu and disagreed with Pangshan's arrangement. "It's hard to see Fangfang now."

"I can see her every day when I concentrate on practicing. What's so difficult about it?" Lengzi Mu Feihuang retorted.

"That's different. When you practice, you have to be focused and not even talk. How long ago was the last time we talked to Fangfang?"

"Daliang talked to Fangfang yesterday." Lengzi turned to Xiaoqiu again: "Do you know that Shen Hao has opened his ears and noses, and survived the thunder tribulation safely, which is one of the best among all the new disciples."

Shen Hao pushed Mu Feihuang away, but a hint of pride appeared on his face, "Don't flatter me, Shen Ji is one of the best, there must be many people who are faster than me, we will know after the test today."

"Congratulations, it seems I have to work harder." Xiaoqiu swallowed his saliva and looked around for food. For a month, he could only eat one meal a day. He had never had such an experience before.

"Xiaoqiu is actually the disciple who got enlightened the earliest, earlier than Shenji, but he was delayed for a month, and he will catch up soon." Daliang's words were unanimously agreed by the teenagers in Yelin Town, "But Fangfang surprised me. She said she didn't get enlightened at all, which shouldn't be the case."

The meal came, and everyone sat upright. The dining room with 60 or 70 people was silent, and then bowls of breakfast automatically fell down and landed accurately in front of everyone.

The ordinary porcelain bowls were filled with more than half a bowl of rice, with a few vegetables on top. It was lighter than the food in Jinghu Village Hall, and the same as the food Shen Geng and Shen Ji had at that time.

Everyone picked up the bowls almost at the same time, chewing slowly and silently, and even Shen Hao, who was the most picky about food, did not show any dissatisfaction. Xiaoqiu knew that he had missed learning the new rules in the past month, so he didn't say much and ate his meal with big mouthfuls. After the meal, he asked: "Is there lunch and dinner here?"

"Of course." Shen Hao smiled, then sighed. The food here was really hard for him to swallow. "Brother Xiaoqiu, you have suffered a lot in the past month, right?"

"I--" Xiaoqiu frowned, "I can't remember."

He was telling the truth. Life in the cave seemed like a long dream. It was very clear at the time, but after waking up, it all disappeared, leaving only a few incoherent fragments.

Shen Hao patted Xiaoqiu's shoulder sympathetically and didn't ask any more questions.

The disciples walked out of the dining room and went to the Sizu Hall along the corridor. Today was a special day. They would undergo a monthly inspection of their practice results, and then they would have to worship the ancestors of all generations. The new disciples had been reminded that this was an extremely important procedure and must be taken seriously.

Sizu Hall is a huge cave with two entrances. Male and female disciples walk separately. There are futons arranged on the floor of the hall. They sit down according to the arrangement. Xiaoqiu didn't see Fangfang, but saw Xin Youtao. The prince had a blank expression on his face. Even though people around him were pointing and talking, he still pretended not to see Xiaoqiu.

The Pei brothers nodded to Xiaoqiu from a distance of more than ten steps away, but didn't dare to get closer. They were now trying to keep a distance from the young man from Yelin Town.

Xiaoqiu returned the greeting, and his eyes were still searching in the crowd.

"Fangfang and the others are on the other side, and we can't see them here." Shen Hao smiled.

Xiaoqiu also smiled. He was not looking for Fangfang, but another person - someone who could remind him of what he had experienced in the past month.

Shen Ji is here.

Almost all eyes were on him, but he was only looking at one person. "Daoyou Mu Xingqiu, welcome." He walked over, looking very much like his brother, with a hint of melancholy on his expressionless face.

"I remember now!" Xiaoqiu pointed at Shen Ji, and the fog in his mind gradually dissipated, "You have been to my cave and challenged me."

"What do you mean by that?" Shen Ji was slightly surprised, "Once you enter Yangshen Peak, you will not leave the valley for three years. This is the rule of Pangshan Taoism since ancient times. How could I go to see you?"

Shen Hao and others all nodded gently, indicating that Shen Ji's words were correct.

Xiaoqiu stared at Shen Ji, the scene of the two meeting at that time was vivid in his mind, and he could almost repeat what he said word for word, especially the emerald green jade ruyi was still deeply imprinted in his mind, how could it never have happened?

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