Seeing that Wen Hun had really run away, Su Li didn't chase him. He picked up the book that Wen Hun had just read and opened it. It turned out to be a "Zhiyi Essay" that had nothing to do with cultivation.
"Although both Wen Hun and Na He Jiu are good to me, and the disciples of the sect are also kind, I always feel that this sect... is missing something."
Su Li opened a page of essays and saw an illustration scrawled on it. It was a deserted mountain with a thatched hut standing alone.
"Is it vitality?"
Su Li was thoughtful and read the essay carefully.
The essay is composed of multiple stories, each of which is quite horrifying. The first story is that of a thatched house.
The scholar went to Beijing to take the exam and passed through a barren mountain. After entering the mountain, it started pouring rain and he had nowhere to rest. Suddenly he saw a light shining in the mountains in the distance. He was so happy that he ignored the mud under his feet and ran to the house and knocked on the door.
squeak
The door opened a crack, revealing a delicate and beautiful woman's little face, but except for her face, everything else was immersed in darkness.
"Mr., please come in quickly and take shelter from the rain..."
Seeing that she was alone, the scholar immediately waved his hands and said, "It's not appropriate for a girl to live alone in this deep mountain. You and I are alone."
"Mr., please come in quickly and take shelter from the rain..."
The woman's face was very stiff, only her lips were moving, as if she only knew this sentence. The scholar felt a little strange, but he saw that the bookcase behind him had already leaked rainwater, not that much, so he pushed the door and walked in...
Su Li turned to the next page, but it was blank.
She was slightly startled, then continued to scroll down, and it was the next story. She scrolled through it again, but it was also blank at the end, with no ending.
"A story without an ending?"
Su Li pursed her lips slightly, and a familiar voice suddenly sounded in her ears.
"Junior sister, it's getting late, you should go back and rest."
Her pupils shrank, and she jumped away like a frightened rabbit. She also threw the book in her hand, but was caught by the person who made the noise.
Tattoo Soul smiled and turned around. The candlelight flickered, and only his face could be illuminated.
"Junior sister, it's getting late, you should go back and rest."
"Senior brother..."
Su Li called out, feeling that something was wrong. Based on her perception, she didn't notice that the tattooed soul had left and returned
"Junior sister, it's getting late, you should go back and rest."
When the voice sounded for the third time, Su Li's heart trembled. Looking at the stiff and pale face of Wen Hun, he immediately thought of the strange story in the barren mountains that he had just seen.
Are there really ghosts in the world
But if so, who is she
Her mind was full of doubts, and suddenly she felt an instinctive thought coming from the ghost.
"Hungry… "
Hungry
Su Li looked intently at "Tie Hun" with a stiff smile. So this thing is for eating
She suddenly turned her gaze and looked at the huge library. Different from the daytime, the library at night seemed to have lost its color, showing depression everywhere. It was so quiet that she couldn't even hear the frogs and insects outside the door.
How much food is there
When she turned her eyes away, she didn't see the senior brother's face in front of her suddenly split open in the middle, revealing densely packed teeth.
"Pattern Soul" also didn't see it. The shadow behind Su Li suddenly moved to his feet and quietly opened his bloody mouth...
"Junior sister!!"
An anxious voice came into the library through the dark sky. There was a strange vibration in the voice. Under such vibration,
, the library library regained its vivid colors, the depressing atmosphere faded away instantly, and various sounds flooded into the ears again.
She raised her head and glanced outside the attic. It turned out to be evening.
Wen Hun nervously waved his hand in front of Su Li, and he was relieved when he saw her eyes gathered with doubts in her eyes.
He came quite in time.
If his junior sister is harmed by the ghosts here due to his own negligence, his Taoist heart will inevitably have flaws and turn into evil thoughts.
"Hey, senior brother? Didn't you say it's getting late? Why is it evening?"
Su Li pointed to the golden crow still hanging in the sky outside the window, and began to test it straightforwardly.
Tattoo Soul's expression was stern, and he glanced at the library that became dark because of Su Li's words. He pulled Su Li away without saying a word. He didn't let go of Su Li's hand until he returned to the courtyard where his direct disciple lived. , breathed a sigh of relief, and warned with a serious face: "Little junior sister, if you don't accompany me, you must not go to the library alone."
Su Li touched her palm, and the touch just now... was very cold, not like a living hand.
Upon seeing this, Tattoo Soul's face immediately heated up. He hadn't held the woman's hand yet, but just now he was in a hurry, but...
Fortunately, Su Li didn't pay attention, just blinked and said, "Why?"
Seeing the young junior sister's appearance of breaking the casserole and asking for the truth, Wenhun remembered the master's instructions in her heart, hesitated several times, and finally couldn't help but said: "Our Yangshen Sect is not as simple as it seems, you don't want to Ask so many questions, practice well, and you will know in the future. There are several places in the sect that are very dangerous. Even I dare not go there at night. I will mark them for you, so you must remember them!"
As he spoke, he took out a blank piece of rice paper and grabbed a brush...
Su Li stood aside quietly, looking at the aerial view of the sect slowly appearing in Wenhun's pen with wide eyes.
And this scene fell into He Jiu's eyes without any surprise.
"This kid, Wenhun, is still too easy to trust."
In the dark hall, He Jiu's face full of age spots showed a trace of helplessness, "However, for him, it may not be an opportunity for transformation."
Accepting Su Yue as his direct disciple was, firstly, to give an explanation to Ni Zong and maintain a superficial image, and secondly... naturally, it was to test whether Su Yue was real.
If this girl is really a spy in disguise, he can pretend for a while, but he cannot maintain the illusion all the time.
After observing it for the past few days, he felt that there was no big problem.
At least, this girl is indeed the little girl named Su Yue. She is also very young and has a simple and straightforward nature. As for whether there are any tricks on her by Ni Zong, it cannot be seen in a short time.
In the next few days, Su Li obediently followed Wen Hun's words and practiced seriously every day.
Yangshen Sect's authentic mental method, Yangshen Jue, was introduced under the guidance of Wen Hun.
She didn't do anything out of the ordinary. After all, this sect was full of weirdness, and there was no guarantee that He Jiu would have some spying methods that she couldn't detect.
There are still nine years left before the ten-year period. She still has enough time, so there is no need to rush at this moment.
A month passed quickly.
On this day, it was finally time to receive the monthly salary.
Su Li followed Tattoo Soul and arrived at the only large square of the Yangshen Sect. At this moment, hundreds of disciples were already standing sparsely in the square. It looked very deserted in the huge venue and seemed to reflect the decline of the Yangshen Sect. .
A woman in black, whom Su Li had never seen before, stood in front of the long stone table with a cold expression and stood silently. There are hundreds of wooden boxes on the long stone table.
, each wooden box is half a meter long and wide.
Seeing Wenhun coming over, she had a kind smile on her face, but in Su Li's view, it looked a little ferocious.
"Okay, everyone is here. Yue'er, please give out the monthly salary you brought."
He Jiu hunched over and walked over.
The woman in black showed a look of respect on her face, nodded slightly, and waved the hundreds of square wooden boxes placed on the table. Each wooden box fell accurately into the hands of every disciple, and Su Li was no exception.
She took the wooden box floating in front of her and her hands suddenly sank.
The things inside weighed at least hundreds of kilograms. To be cautious, she did not use her spiritual consciousness to look at it.
"many!"
“This month’s portion is so generous!”
"I'm so happy to finally be full..."
The joyful voices from the disciples in the field made Su Li feel more and more weird, but due to the occasion, she didn't ask any more questions.
"This month's gift is all brought by you, Senior Sister Yue, why don't you thank me quickly."
After He Jiu spoke, everyone immediately came to their senses and saluted the woman in black.
"Thank you, Senior Sister Yue!"
The woman in black's face was still cold, she just nodded slightly, glanced at He Jiu, and after getting his agreement, turned around and flew into the mountains and disappeared.
"Senior Sister Yue is..."
Su Li couldn't help but send a message to Wenhun. Although the young man felt that it was wrong to whisper under the master's nose, he still responded: "He is the elder of my sect. He usually spends his days cultivating in the mountains. As for the senior sister, she is Senior Sister Yue requested it, she is still young and does not want to be called old."
Su Lizheng was about to ask something else, but suddenly He Jiu's voice interrupted.
"It's not easy for our Yangshen Sect to persist from ancient times to today."
He Jiu walked to the stone table and looked at the disciples below, his kind face showing a bit more majesty, "Now that the sect's inheritance has been cut off, only the first three levels of the art of cultivating the spirit are left. After reaching the Nascent Soul stage, you must You have to explore by yourself. It is fate that you have entered my sect. The sect cannot give you a place to cultivate, it is because you are destined to have no destiny. If someone wants to leave the sect today, I will not blame you. Now... I want to go down the mountain and find someone else. Those who are looking for immortality, come forward."
As He Jiu spoke, his somewhat cloudy eyes immediately fell on several people in the field.
The few people immediately sighed and stood up reluctantly. Then they all bowed to He Jiu and left. Some of them were reluctant to leave, wiping their tears as they walked down the mountain.
Su Li was confused. She could tell that these people didn't want to leave Yangshen Sect at all. If He Jiu hadn't called them by name, they would definitely not have come forward.
What is there to miss about this Yangshen Sect
Could it be true, as He Jiu said, that it was true love
With all kinds of doubts in her heart, Su Li returned to her residence, opened the wooden box, and saw the fresh pieces of meat with blood stains inside, and fell into deep thought.
a piece of meat
"No wonder some people say they are full."
Su Li was stunned and felt that it was ridiculous. She had never seen such a weird sect.
A sect that can't even have enough to eat, what's there to miss
"Junior sister, are you there?"
Wenhun's voice came from outside the yard, and Su Li happened to be confused, so she dragged him into the house without saying a word.
"I know you're confused now, just as you were when I first came here."
Tattoo Soul looked at Su Li, his smile still on his face.
"Little junior sister, how long has it been since you had a meal?"