Although Aze woke up and was looking at the scene in the room, it seemed that the dream had not gone away. Instead, he was in a state of overlap between dream and reality. As Aze's eyes moved around the room, he seemed to see two scenes, one was the scenery in the room, and the other was the scene in the village.
Blood... dead bodies... and houses still burning...
Aze couldn't help but shrink into the corner of the bed. At this moment, he returned to those panicked and helpless days. The five of them wandered in the village like wandering souls, until one night, a magnificent fairy light shone in the direction of Qingtian Mountain.
Slowly, Aze finally came back to his senses and woke up completely, but his expression was still a little dull.
"Are you awake? My name is Jin Xiu, and I will take care of you for the time being."
A crisp voice sounded at the door of the room. Aze turned his head and saw a beautiful girl coming in with a tray. On the tray was a bowl of steaming porridge and some side dishes.
Even in such a mood, seeing such a bright girl, the youthful Aze still had a special feeling, at least he sat up straighter subconsciously.
The girl placed the plate beside the bed and looked Aze up and down. She knew that although the elders of the sect had taken action, the other party had had serious mental problems since he came to Jiufeng Mountain. Of course, she could not see that at all with her level of Taoism.
"Eat something."
Aze did not resist, nor did he lose his temper. After the death of his parents and grandfather, there might be no room in the world for indulgence in his willfulness. In the few months of searching for immortals, he had been forced to become more mature. He obediently turned around, took the bowl of porridge, sniffed the faint fragrance, and began to eat.
While eating, Aze kept stealing glances at the girl next to him. The latter was also looking at him, but much more openly.
Aze felt that the girl should be older than him, but he didn't know how much older. With this thought, he finished the porridge in a moment. Although he was still not satisfied, he did not ask for more.
It was not until he finished eating that Aze discovered that the wound on his finger was gone. He then looked at his arms and other parts of his body, touched his face and back, and all the wounds on his body seemed to have disappeared.
"Although the dead cannot be resurrected, it is not difficult to cure diseases and heal injuries."
The girl smiled and handed Aze a set of clean clothes as she spoke.
"Put it on and go out for a walk. It will do you good."
Seeing that the girl had no intention of avoiding him, Aze thought that it was just outer clothes, so he directly lifted the quilt and started to change. However, when he was changing clothes, the girl had already gone out.
After changing his clothes and walking out of the house, Aze discovered that his house was on a cliff. From here he could overlook many mountains and the sea of clouds below the mountains, which made him feel more relaxed. But if he walked outside and looked down, he would see a bottomless abyss.
"Aren't you afraid of falling down when walking outside like this?"
The girl stood beside Aze and watched, without pointing out the boy's impulsiveness. Aze remained silent, but even though he was depressed, he was still shocked by the scenery that could not be seen in this mortal world.
"Sister, are you a fairy?"
“Hehehe… Fairy, hehehe, yeah, I guess I am!”
The girl seemed to find it very interesting and happy. Aze turned around and looked at her and asked again.
"When you immortals look at the affairs of us mortals, do you think they are insignificant?"
The girl frowned and shook her head.
"Although your question is simple, you are not asking me, but asking the immortals. I can't answer it. I only know that many masters don't think that mortals are insignificant, they just look down on many things."
"Isn't my sister a master?"
The girl was happy and pointed at her nose and laughed.
"Me? An expert? What kind of expert am I? I didn't even have the qualifications to attend the Xianyou Conference as an auditor. I could only watch from afar on Lianyun Peak. How could I be an expert?"
"Aren't all the people in heaven immortals? Of course immortals are superior to mortals like me!"
"No, no, no, no, no, no such jokes."
The girl waved her hands repeatedly.
"If you call me a fairy, I can happily acknowledge you. But if you call me a master, especially on Mount Jiufeng, I won't respond. A true master possesses unfathomable magical powers and can do things that ordinary people dare not even think of. Not only is his power boundless, but his state of mind is beyond the reach of my generation!"
Seeing that Aze didn't understand, the girl thought for a moment and added.
"The headmaster you met when you came here is a true master, and so are many of the seniors in the mountain. And, look, there is a very powerful master in the mountain over there. The whole Nine Peaks Mountain knows him, and even the headmaster has to admire him. He came from outside the Nine Peaks, and no one dares to disturb him."
The direction the girl pointed to was exactly opposite the cliff, where Xianlai Peak stood in the sea of clouds.
Aze stared blankly at Xianlai Peak. He seemed to see vaguely that the mountain was surrounded by clouds and a golden halo emerged.
"What is that master doing?"
"I heard that he was writing a heavenly book. By the way, you know, this is a magical thing. A few years ago, there was a great immortal gathering here. Immortals from all sides came to this land. At that time, the most powerful immortal in the opposite mountain, together with several other powerful masters, did a great thing..."
As the girl was talking, she suddenly thought of something and smiled mischievously at Aze.
"Well, when the Immortal Dao Festival was held, you weren't even born yet. Most likely, your parents hadn't given birth to you yet either!"
Aze was stunned for a moment and rarely refuted this fairy sister.
"I was at most a little younger a few years ago, how could I not have been born!"
The girl shook her head.
"One year on the Nine Peaks Mountain is equivalent to ten years in the lower world. The Immortal Dao Conference ended six years ago, so sixty years have passed in your place. Do you think you were never born? You slept for three days, so a month has passed in the lower world."
This statement shocked Aze, and even his sadness faded a little.
"By the way, can you see what's happening in the clouds over there in the mountains?"
"Yeah, there's golden light, it looks very nice."
"Amazing! It's not easy for mortals to see it with their naked eyes. Look at the entire Xianlai Peak. When the master writes at a certain time, for example, when he has some special insights, the entire mountain will change, and the four seasons will appear!"
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In the days that followed, the girl comforted Aze in her own way. No matter how magical the immortal's magic was, it could only heal a broken heart slowly. This was not only a matter of mental damage, but also involved emotional factors, which was very complicated.
Time passed by unknowingly, and soon two months had passed. Jiufeng Mountain seemed to have only nine peaks, but each peak was very large, with countless beautiful sights and wonders. When conditions permitted, the girl took Aze to see many beautiful sights of the immortal palace. Seeing that the young man smiled more, she also completed the task assigned by the ancestor.
But what puzzled the girl was why no one in the sect, including the ancestors, had ever mentioned whether to accept Aze into the sect. Did they plan to send him down the mountain after he was fully recovered
On this day in Yunxia Garden on Xianlai Peak, Ji Yuan put down the last few strokes. A book on the table flashed with a faint luster. "Miaohua Tianshu" was written on the cover. Just looking at the name, it didn't seem like a book on how to refine weapons.
Ji Yuan placed the pen on the pen holder and picked up the book. A faint aura of Taoism was slowly dissipating. At the same time, the aura of Taoism in the entire Yunxia Garden was also fading away. Ji Yuan's Dharma image had even returned to the artistic conception.
Ji Yuan let out a long sigh, flipped through two pages of the book, and smelled the faint scent of ink. He was very satisfied. Moreover, this book itself concealed the secret from every angle of the text, making the content and meaning of the text completely confused, and would not bring about any disaster. If one wanted to see the real content, he or she must be a predestined person, or he or she must know the method of guidance.
After reading the book, Ji Yuan looked outside and flew to Lianyun Peak without hesitation, where there was a young man whom he cared about.
Why does Ji Yuan care so much about Aze? Because when Yan Shu was in that magical state before, he could see more clearly that Aze was incompatible with the fairy spirit of Jiufeng Mountain. The breath deep in his heart still did not dissipate after two months. Perhaps it was the same reason why Jiufeng Mountain did not accept Aze. He was even more hesitant about how to deal with Aze.
Aze, a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old, was sitting on the edge of the cliff with his feet dangling outside the cliff. He had no fear at all. He just looked at the beautiful scenery of the fairyland, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Aze did not notice Ji Yuan's arrival, but when he looked at Xianlai Peak, he found that the light there seemed to have disappeared.
"What are you looking at?"
Ji Yuanzhong's calm and peaceful voice came, and the young man turned his head and saw a man with elegant temperament standing here at some point. He seemed more like a learned gentleman, mainly because his clothes did not look as bright as those of other immortals. It was not sure whether it was this simplicity or the pleasant voice that made Aze feel a little bit familiar.
"I was looking at Xianlai Peak over there. The light has gone. That most powerful immortal may have finished writing his book."
Aze answered Ji Yuan's question, and the latter smiled and nodded.
"Well, he should have finished writing. By the way, what's your name? It's dangerous to sit on the edge of a cliff. Come on?"
"My name is Zhuang Ze, you can also call me Aze."
The young man did not answer the question of whether the cliff was dangerous or not, and he did not plan to move. He was not scared of the immortal anymore.
Seeing that the young man did not move, Ji Yuan did not force him. Instead, he sat down next to him and also swung his feet away from the cliff.
"Hey, we are both outsiders here."
Aze turned his head and looked at Ji Yuan.
"Sir, are you also a mountain immortal?"
Ji Yuan nodded in reply.
"no."
This seemed to cheer up Aze, and he asked Ji Yuandao again.
"What are you doing here, sir? Are you here to ask the immortal for help? Has the immortal agreed to your request?"
"I'm not here to seek immortality, I'm just strolling around. Something happened along the way, and the immortals in the mountains helped me a lot. What are you here for?"
Aze became depressed, but did not cry. He just answered in a low voice.
"My parents and grandpa are all dead. I wanted to ask the immortals to save them..."
Ji Yuan was silent for a while, looking into the distance, as if looking beyond the Jiufeng Cave, looking towards Dongfang Yunzhou, and even recalling his life in his previous life, he said with some emotion.
“When parents are alive, life still has a destination. When parents are gone, life only has a way back.”
Aze, who seemed very strong, had tears in his eyes without him noticing after hearing these two sentences.
'What a good kid!'
Ji Yuan sighed in his heart and gained another level of understanding of the almost demonic aura in this young man's heart.