The days of seclusion in the mountains passed slowly in leisure and pleasure, and unknowingly, twenty winters and summers had passed. Shang Ke's Chaliao has been doing well. It mainly serves low- and intermediate-level cultivators, and uses a variety of drinks and foods with different effects to help them solve all kinds of troubles they encounter in their cultivation. The major sects have their own accumulation and capital, and there is no need or disdain to seek foreign aid, but for most of the cultivators of the loose and small sects, Shang Ke’s Chaliao undoubtedly provides them with another cultivation channel.
The remote Daying Mountain has also gradually become known because of the existence of the Anxian Chaliao, and many scattered cultivators have even opened up a place for hidden cultivation nearby. For decades, Dayingshan has formed a special cultivation area and defensive formation centered on the Anxian Chaliao, with more than a dozen masters of loose cultivation. Anyone who does not obey the rules and tries to jump in the queue to grab a seat will be " sent out in a friendly manner.
The rules of Anxian Chaliao are very simple. First come, first served. Being in a tea house, I am a very tea friend, and I will put aside my personal grievances for the time being.
Shang Ke’s business hours are uncertain, but it will be open for at least three days a month, and the rest of the time is mainly used for training and finding ingredients. Shang Ke's cultivation base is advancing rapidly, while Yan Lu's cultivation base is getting lower and lower, but relatively, his sane time is getting longer and longer.
Although the demons constantly tormented Yan Lu's mind, he still controlled his desire to kill well. Shang Ke estimated that in a few decades, they would be able to start real dual cultivation, and Yan Lu's cultivation would also increase accordingly.
When there is nothing to do, Yan Lu will also go out to look for immortal herbs and elixir, but every time he will bring a rabbit. This rabbit is also a rare and wonderful flower. It has lived with Shang and Yan for decades. Although he is wise, he does not know how to cultivate. However, he is immortal and immortal. He has a particularly irascible temper. "Pass.
The reason why Shang Ke insisted on letting the rabbit follow Yan Lu was mainly to prevent him from suddenly losing his mind halfway and finding his way home. For this reason, Shang Ke deliberately hung a kit around Yan Lu's neck. There were three emergency measures in the kit.
Rule 1: Let the rabbit take you home.
Rule 2: Wait in place and let the rabbit go home to find the little mushroom for help.
Rule 3: Crush the messenger in the storage ring.
When Shang Ke handed this kit to Yan Lu, someone's expression was like opening a dye room, with colorful colors, but in the end he silently hung it around his neck.
Every time he went out, Shang Ke would tell him to go back early and pay attention to safety.
On this day, the Chaliao was closed, and Shang Ke was transplanting the newly cultivated herb seedlings when a familiar wave suddenly appeared in his spiritual consciousness: Yan Lu was back.
He immediately put down the tool in his hand and greeted him with a smile. As a result, before he got to the door, he smelled a faint smell of blood. Yan Lu's clothes were stained with a few bloodstains, and his body exuded murderous aura that never dissipated. His eyes were sharp and emotionless.
"Xiaolu?" Shang Ke usually only calls Yan Lu "Xiaolu" when he is stupid, but if he finds that he can't restrain his murderous aura, he will also call him that.
In Yan Lu's indifferent eyes, Shang Ke's figure was reflected, and then a new look appeared.
"You murdered?" Shang Ke asked.
Yan Lu replied in a deep voice, "Well."
"Why?" After 20 years of peace and stability, why did he suddenly kill someone
"I don't know." Yan Lu's face was tense. "When I saw the faces of those three people, I couldn't help but kill them."
Kill them just by looking at their faces? Three at a time. How horrible do they look? Shang Ke looked at him in disbelief.
Yan Lu looked away, as if he had done something wrong, and did not dare to look at him.
Shang Ke was silent for a moment and said, "Go to the backyard to grow mushrooms for a month, I don't want to talk to you this month."
I still don't agree with Yan Lu's murder for no reason. This is not entirely for the so-called morality, but because he is worried that he will aggravate his own demons.
When Yan Lu heard the words, he didn't say anything and went to the backyard silently. He was not such an obedient person before, but after going through hundreds of years of loneliness, he treasured the little mushrooms that were lost and found more than anyone else.
Shang Ke felt uncomfortable in his heart, but he had to be ruthless. He couldn't comfort him softly after he killed someone. His own indulgence is likely to be the reason for him to let go of the killing. Only by making him worry, will he always remind himself not to kill wantonly.
At night, Shang Ke tossed and turned in bed and couldn't sleep.
Just thinking about whether a month is too long, the voice of the system suddenly came in my mind: [Dear host, friendly reminder, Yan Lu triggered the scourge, and disaster will be imminent soon.]
"What? God's Retribution?" Shang Ke moved in his heart and asked, "Is it because he killed someone today?"
[Yes.]
"What is the scourge?"
[The scourge is unpredictable, and there is no trace to be found. Or contracted a terminal illness, or died unexpectedly, or went into trouble, or died without a disease. Yan Lu was blood-washed in the cultivation world back then, and his body was stained with the resentment of thousands of people, so the divine condemnation he suffered was particularly serious.]
"Soul flies away?" Shang Ke asked again, "If his soul flies away in this world, can he still be reincarnated?"
[The soul is gone and scattered means complete demise, and the host can no longer find him in any world.]The reason why Shang Ke has the opportunity to reshape is because Qiong Qiyan has saved a glimmer of life. Now that the red flames in the sky have shattered, once the soul is gone, the fate of the two will officially end, and the reincarnation lamp will not be able to return to the sky.
"He killed so many people before, but he didn't touch the curse, why did he only kill three people this time?"
[Do you think he didn't touch the scourge before?]The system faintly said, [His demons invaded his mind, his mind was chaotic, and he wandered around the world madly. If you didn't show up, he would probably wander around for thousands of years until his cultivation was exhausted and he became a mortal, experiencing birth, aging, illness and death, suffering. Disabled until reincarnation.]
Shang Ke's voice trembled: "What do you mean, because of my appearance, he gradually regained his sanity, which led to the strengthening of the punishment of the scourge?"
Before he appeared, Yan Lu still had a chance to re-enter reincarnation, but now he is going to lose his mind
[it's not true. What the system just said is only a guess under normal circumstances. The fact is that he was killed before the end of the scourge in his last life. If you don't come back, he will continue to reincarnate in this world until his sins are atonement or his soul is exhausted.]
"What should I do to save him?" Although the system said so, Shang Ke still felt that his appearance was also the cause of all this. Yan Lu's stupidity was actually a way of self-protection. He tried his best to help him regain his sanity, but instead he harmed him.
[This requires the host to find a way by himself, and the system does not express any opinions.]As the main soul's rival in love, Qi Ling wished that guy's soul would be scattered. But he also knew that if Shang Ke lost him, he would definitely suffer. So he let him choose for the last time, if Shang Ke can keep the main soul, then he will protect them forever as an artifact spirit; if he fails in the end, then he will break away from the reincarnation lamp and use all his strength to replace the main soul and become his companion.
Shang Ke was frightened, he didn't expect things to be so serious. No matter how much pain he had experienced before, he was still full of hope, because he knew that he would meet him again. But this time is different. Once he dies, he is really dead, and there is no chance of reincarnation.
He would never let this happen!
A firm light flashed in Shang Ke's eyes.
"System, I'll ask you one last question." Shang Ke said calmly, "Why did Yan Lu kill people today?"
[The three people he killed today are the people who will be killed by him in the "future".] Although Yan Lu's cultivation has declined, as a god, he has an extraordinary ability to "predict". At the moment of seeing the enemy, the thought of killing is born.
Yan Lu was sitting in a pile of mushrooms, staring at the bamboo building not far away. The light in Little Mushroom's room was still lit, and through the window, the familiar figure could be faintly seen.
He had an ominous premonition in his heart, which had been there since he killed those three people. Little Mushroom didn't want him to commit murder again, but he relapsed today, and he relapsed for no reason.
Will the little mushroom be disappointed with him, fear him, alienate him? Even just a little bit, he couldn't stand it. This kind of speculation drove him almost mad.
He didn't want to kill, he just wanted to resolve his inner demons and be with the little mushroom.
So, little mushroom, don't doubt him, don't give up on him...
The light in Yan Lu's eyes flickered, and there was a faint trace of blood. He lowered his head slightly, his long hair concealed his expression at the moment, his fingers dipped deeply into the soil, and his whole body seemed to be enveloped in black air.
At this moment, a gentle footstep sounded from far to near, stepping on the fallen leaves, making a small sound.
Yan Lu slowly raised his head, and saw a slender figure standing quietly in the moonlight, with a robe floating gently in the night wind, exuding a soft breath all over his body.
"Xiaolu." A soft call pulled Yan Lu back from the brink of being lost, only to hear Shang Ke say to him, "I can't sleep alone."
"So?" The blood in Yan Lu's eyes gradually disappeared.
"So go back to your room."
"No more mushrooms?"
"No more?"
"Don't blame me for killing?"
"Murdering is still not tolerated, and you will be punished for raising rabbits for three days."
"...Then you'd better let me grow mushrooms."
"Don't be too aggressive." Shang Ke glared at him.
Yan Lu raised the corner of his mouth, jumped up, quickly jumped to his side, and took him into his arms.
"There can be no next time, Yan Lu."
Yan Lu knew what he was talking about, but he couldn't guarantee it. Originally, he thought he could control it, but today's events had to make him think again.
Yan Lu was silent for a moment, and suddenly asked: "Little mushroom, what if, if one day, I can't control myself at all?"
Shang Ke looked at the moon in the sky, and then slowly replied: "Then, let me bear the infamy and sin with you. How many people you kill, how many sins I atone for."
Yan Lu's eyes were hot, and he couldn't say anything anymore.