"Huh?"

Yichen was a little confused, and finally picked this one, and the back one didn't have time to read it, but looking at the elder's solemn expression at this time, he had to reluctantly hand it back, and asked, "Elder, what is this secret book called?"

The elder frowned, his expression still very solemn, thinking to himself, didn't this secret book have already been ordered by the head of the sect to be taken back and sealed? Why is there still a copy here? Could it be that he was careless when he cleaned it up himself?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive, and looked at the young man again, I heard that this young man's qualifications are not very good, even if he looked at the front of him, he couldn't remember it, thinking like this, he felt a little more at ease, and said: "This secret book is not suitable for disciple cultivation, you go and find another one." ”

"Oh. ”

Yichen felt that the boss was boring, but he had to look for it again, but he searched and searched, and he always thought about the cheats just now, but somehow, he only looked at it roughly, and those words seemed to be deeply imprinted in his mind.

In the afternoon, he casually picked a book of mental methods and went back, practicing alone at night, still thinking about the strange secret book during the day, the secret book mentions the four words "Three Yuan Burning Heart", with the true element of the whole body as a guide, it is a kind of thaumaturgy that can make one's body cultivate to break through the shackles in a short period of time, and the skill will increase several times, but once the time passes, it seems that it will suffer backlash? Look at the strange appearance of the elder today, could it be that this is the forbidden technique of the Xuanqing Sect? Whatever, anyway, now the breakthrough of the Dao is so slow, it is better to try to cultivate.

In the following days, Yichen went to Tianchi Valley every three days, and most of the rest of the time was in Zixiao Peak, either cultivating alone, or under the guidance of the master to practice the Yaoguang Heart Method, the time was in a hurry, and it was three months in a flash, and in his spare time, he would also go to the Burial Immortal Cliff to talk to the old man who swept the floor.

Ling Yin is known as the Miaoyin Fairy, naturally good at music, which is headed by the Qin Xiao, the jade flute she often holds in her hand is called "Nine Heavens Biluo Xiao", which is also a rare magic weapon in the world.

One day Yichen took out the Fuxi qin to play, and when he was self-absorbed, he suddenly heard a strange voice from the qin: "Boy, I'm noisy, don't stop for me!"

This is clearly a young man's voice, Yichen's surprise is not trivial, the master has never said that there are gods in this qin, and later I learned that this qin is Fuxiqin, and the young man is the soul of the qin.

Yichen grew up in Zixiao Peak since he was a teenager, lonely and lonely without senior brothers and sisters, and now he has an ancient soul as a companion, which is very interesting, but since then, he can't call the qin soul anyway, so he simply thought of a way one day to play the piano in the purple bamboo forest, and finally dreamed of being annoyed all night, and showed his form: "Boy, next time you dare to use this method to force me to appear, don't blame me for being polite!"

Seeing that this qin soul was angry, Yichen felt even more interesting, and in the future, he always called him out in this way, and after coming and going, the two finally got acquainted, although they were always cold and arrogant all night, but with him, it seemed that they had become the only friends in this life.

"Boy, I am an ancient soul, every time I wake up, it will be accompanied by the changes of the world, and the owners of this qin often die tragically, are you not afraid?"

In the purple bamboo forest, he hung on the ground at night, his hands were tied to his chest, and he looked cold and arrogant, but there was a deep loneliness in his eyes, he was the soul of Fu Xiqin, he had already transcended the Three Realms and Six Realms, and he was immortal, but he had seen too much death, and every generation of the master of Fu Xiqin, he had seen it die with his own eyes, and then fell into a deep sleep.

The life span of a mortal is too short, and he will eventually die, so later, he no longer befriended anyone, so as not to increase the sadness of life and death, so he became so cold and arrogant as he is now.

At this moment, hearing that the previous masters of Fu Xiqin had died miserably, Yichen was not only not afraid, but found it even more interesting, and said with a smile: "Since the master gave me Fu Xiqin, I am not afraid! I still have this jade talisman, you see." As he spoke, he took out the blood jade that Ling Yin had given him before.

Speaking of this blood jade, it is also strange, every time he holds it in his hand, he has a feeling of blood connection, and at night, sometimes he will have some terrible nightmares, just like the bloody dreams he often dreamed of when he was young.

He didn't even glance at the blood jade in his hand at night, snorted coldly, and returned to the piano.

......

Time is like an arrow, the years are like a stream, and three cold and summer have passed in a blink of an eye.

On the top of a mountain with undulating clouds, but seeing the cold smoke filled, a piano sound floated above the sea of clouds, the person who stroked the qin was a young man, he was dressed in white and was not stained with dust, and there was a simple Yaoqin in front of him, and his hands were lightly plucked slowly, just like the fairy on the Yao Pond, not touching the fireworks of the world.

He is naturally Xiao Yichen, when he first came to Zixiao Peak, he was still a young boy, and now after six years, he is already a young man with sword eyebrows.

The sound of the piano gradually stopped, Yichen pressed the strings with both hands to stop the song, and it took a long time to slowly move up, take a deep breath, and read softly: "The thought is too empty, wait for the gods to come and go, and pass through the gods, should be in the middle of nowhere, and the gods are ......."

After thinking about it, Yichen gently closed his eyes, although he closed his eyes, his heart was clear, as if he clearly saw the sea of clouds slowly surging with the wind at this moment, as if he saw a thousand-year-old pine under the cliff, as if he saw a fallen leaf slowly circling and falling on his shoulder......

"It's ......"

Yichen was suddenly startled, but at this moment of distraction, the picture in his mind instantly dissipated, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a leaf falling on his shoulder, he couldn't believe it, just ...... Just now, my own divine consciousness has come out of my body! Then my cultivation realm has ......

If it is said that "the universe in the sleeve" is the first mystical realm in cultivation, which can be mastered only at the stage of "refining and refining qi", then "divine consciousness out of the body" is the second mystical realm in cultivation, where you can observe things with your mind and sense things with your gods, and you must reach the stage of "refining qi and transforming gods" before you can cultivate it.

Yichen was overjoyed, after three years, he had finally reached the realm of refining qi and transforming gods! At that moment, he couldn't wait to put away the yaoqin and hurriedly told the master the news.

"Well, with God's feelings. ”

Ling Yin bowed slightly, she was still as cold as she was back then, her face was always sad and joyless, and Xiao Yichen was still at the top of her eyebrows three years ago, but now she is half a head taller than her, and she has finally grown up as a teenager in the past.

"Master, I have reached the stage of refining qi and transforming gods!"

Yichen said excitedly, but Ling Yin's face was always calm, and he only said, "You have to consolidate it again." ”

"Well, when the time comes, I'm going to participate in the Tianmen Martial Arts, and they won't be able to say anything more. ”

Yichen nodded vigorously, looking extremely excited, and after a while, when his mood calmed down a little, he said again: "Master, in a month, it will be Tianmen Huiwu, I want to go down the mountain to see A-Niang." ”

Ling Yin looked at him quietly, for so many years, she herself had already cut off all earthly ties, but this child had always been in the way, if it went on like this, it would be more difficult for him to cultivate immortals than to go to the blue sky, he was so entangled, when would he become a great avenue......

"Master, what's wrong with you?" Yichen asked suspiciously when he saw that Master's expression suddenly became strange.

"Well, tomorrow we will go down the mountain and come back before dark. ”

"Yes!"

Yichen nodded vigorously and went to his yard, but he felt a little strange all the way, what happened to the master just now, he had never seen her lose his mind before.

In the early morning of the next day, Yichen Imperial Sword went down the mountain, and halfway through, he suddenly saw the sea of clouds surging to both sides, and a light red sword light galloped close, turning into a girl in a light red dress, but seeing that the girl was standing with the sword, her clothes fluttering, like a fairy in Yaochi, compared to three years ago, she was even more peerless, and she was naturally a thousand feathers.

Now that she has grown up, she has taken off the childishness of the girl of the year, and has three more points of peerless and independent fairy energy, Yichen saw her coming to stop her, and asked: "Why is my sister here to stop me?"

Nishang snorted, "Who is your junior sister?" Anyway, you are sneakily walking in such a hurry, shouldn't you secretly go down the mountain without telling your master?"

"Bah, bah, bah, don't talk nonsense, there is no such thing!" Yichen looked behind him weakly, and then turned around and said: "I went down the mountain to see Ah Niang this time, and the master allowed it." ”

"Oh, that's right. Nishang nodded, and Edgeworth walked up to him and said with a smile, "That's right, I also want to go and see the small village at the bottom of the mountain, why don't I come with you?"

"You're with me?"

Yichen frowned, in the past three years, the two of them have often practiced swords together and studied the Xuangong mental method they practiced, but Yichen knew that Xuanqingmen had door rules, and the disciples of the Seven Peaks were not allowed to pass on their respective Xuangong mastery to each other in private, so every time he was pointed, he never dared to say more.

And the two of them are in their prime, but Yichen has been concentrating on cultivation for all these years, and his heart is like water like a master, because he has always regarded Qianyu Nishang as a junior sister for a long time, and there is no other reverie in his heart.

"Why? no?" Nishang got closer, a fragrance rushed to her body, Yichen scratched her head, and smiled, "Then let's go." ”

In the afternoon, the two came to the bottom of the mountain, it is the early summer of June, although it is not as good as the fairy aura on the Xuanqing Mountain, but the mountain is also quite quiet.

Along the way, Ni Shang saw that he wanted to say something but stopped, and asked with a smile: "What's the matter? What is hidden and dare not say it?"

"No, nothing. ”

Yichen smiled, he wanted to tell the other party about his cultivation of Qi Refining and Transformation of God, but then he thought that he had just entered the early stage of refining Qi and Transformation God, but the other party might have reached the realm of "refining God and returning to emptiness", wouldn't it make her make fun of herself again?

"Hmph. Nishang snorted lightly and said, "Don't hide it, I saw it just now, your breath is very different from a month ago, refining qi and transforming gods, right?"

"It turns out that the junior sister has already seen it......"

Yichen smiled, but she couldn't help but sigh softly in her heart, no matter how she cultivated, could she still be separated from her by heaven and earth?

Maybe it was precisely because of this that he always felt that the other party was like the Yaochi fairy who was high above, and he seemed to be the inconspicuous disciple in Pingyang Peak.

"Since you have broken through, why don't you dare to say it. ”

Nishang suddenly smiled, and ran forward after speaking, Yichen was stunned behind, looking at her fluttering back, and didn't know what to say for a while.

"What are you doing over there? Don't get out of here, stupid. ”

Nishang turned around, put her hands behind her back, smiled, eighteen-year-old jasper, like a girl in the picture, Yichen came back to her senses, her feet lightly, and flew over.

Coming to the outside of Ning Village, I saw the stream flowing quietly, the water surface was clear and bottom-out, occasionally a few carp passed quickly, the flowers bloomed on the bank, the weeping willows swayed with the wind, the scenery was quite good, but why did I not see anyone in the daytime, I couldn't help but feel a little strange, how could the village be so quiet today?

(End of chapter)

Character analysis

Dry Song Zhenren: That is, the sweeping old man who buried the immortal cliff, was originally the previous generation of Zixiao Peak, cultivated to reach the peak, and was the uncle of Qingxuan Zhenren, because of the changes in Zixiao Peak that year, he finally failed to keep his only disciple Shen Cangming, so he resigned from the post of Zixiao Peak.

Judging from the dialogue with Qingxuan in the text, it can be seen that the withered pine deeply regrets and blames himself for the past, but it is more helpless. For example, the first sentence of the appearance, "Shu Road is difficult, it is difficult to go to the blue sky", the words are full of helplessness and regret, the former disciples asked wholeheartedly, but in the end the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes. Another example is "the fallen leaves are scattered, and they must eventually return to the roots", Cangming is the leaf, Xuanqing is the root, the fallen leaves are swept away and returned, but the former beloved disciples can never come back.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this remorse and self-blame, as well as the deep helplessness of the world, that the affairs of the world are often beyond the control of the world, so the withered pine finally chose to stay in the place where the former lover jumped, and never again intervene in all the affairs of the door, and no longer accept any disciples.

And even the dead leaves of the peak platform can't be swept away, with the ability of the dry pine, the sleeves can be completely melted away with a slight wave of the sleeves, but he still sweeps the fallen leaves for ten years, perhaps because when Cangming jumped off the cliff, the sky was full of yellow leaves that day.

Such a character with a lot of past is always easy to infect, especially when the protagonist of the present day is so similar to Cangming.

Moreover, the withered pine has always remained in Xuanqing for hundreds of years, is there any other reason?