Li Shiwen went back alone.
He came and left in a hurry, taking nothing away except a beating... Oh no, he also took away a bottle of blood-activating and muscle-growing pills. He really didn't want it, but the effect of this pill was too tempting.
But he had been here and existed, so he had some influence. Especially for Li Shiyin, because of his arrival, she no longer had the mood to continue digging the lake.
Li Shiyin went back to the house, took a shower, changed into a pretty dress, climbed up to the eaves of the second floor, sat there, and stared into the distance in a daze.
From here, looking out along the creek beside the house, there are grasslands on both sides of the river, and in the middle of the grassland, there is a deep pit... The deep pit was dug out by her own hands bit by bit. Walking further outside, there is a forest. The creek disappears in the swaying shadows of the trees. Outside the vast forest, far away, there are intertwined mountains... Li Shiwen's Tiance Army is stationed among those mountains.
At some point, Qin Ran came up, holding Zhuifeng, and sat next to Li Shiyin, looking into the distance along her line of sight.
Zhuifeng jumped out of his arms, hopping around on the tiles, like a cat grinning foolishly.
"Master, is my brother's garrison over there?" Li Shiyin asked Qin Ran without turning back.
"It's probably in this direction, but I've never been there, so I don't know the details." Qin Ran always answered every question Li Shiyin asked.
"Master, is it really necessary to cut off worldly ties in order to practice cultivation?" Li Shiyin asked again.
Qin Ran was silent for a while, then replied:
"If one does not cultivate the mind while practicing, then the cultivator is nothing more than an ordinary person with great power. You don't know my countryman, but you should know how dangerous it would be for an ordinary person to possess great power. As you can imagine, his desires would be countless times greater than his power. A powerful cultivator is too dangerous in the mortal realm. It is not only dangerous for him, but also for ordinary people, especially his relatives."
"How could I hurt my parents?" Li Shiyin was puzzled. "Even in the mortal world, I have worked hard to cultivate my mind. Is this not okay?"
"The enemy of a cultivator can only be a cultivator..." Qin Ran said, "You won't hurt your relatives, but your enemies will. At that time, your relatives will be your biggest weakness, and you will only hurt others and yourself."
"What if I don't reveal my cultivation?"
"This is related to the story of the crane standing out among the chickens and the story of Mao Sui's self-recommendation." Qin Ran said, "A crane standing out among the chickens can be seen at a glance; if you put an awl in your pocket, it will soon pierce the pocket and show itself."
Kieran's words
It was explained simply and easily, and Li Shiyin understood it. She pulled her feet back, hugged them with her hands, and rested her chin on her knees.
"Master, have you cut off your worldly ties?" she suddenly asked. "Master, you are only 24 years old. Your parents must still be young too."
This question made Qin Ran sigh. His parents in this world were still alive. However, he was a lonely ghost from another world, and he left home to practice at the age of five. His parents were not as emotional to him as his master who passed away five years ago.
He naturally cut off the worldly ties...
"Yeah." He responded.
Li Shiyin tilted her head to look at him and shook her head, "I don't believe it."
Qin Ran did not argue.
"Master, where are you from?"
"I am from Northern Chu."
"Master, are you from Northern Chu too?!" Li Shiyin became interested. "Where are you from? Is it far from Danyang?"
“It’s far from Danyang…” Qin Ran said, “It’s not far from the Hengduan Mountains.”
Li Shiyin's melancholy came and went quickly, and she was easily led by Qin Ran to Yunmengze.
They sat on the eaves for a long time, watching the sun set over the mountain.
The sky was filled with orange-red light, the ground was red, the grass, the tiles, and the people were all splashed with red ink. Qin Ran's hair turned red, and Li Shiyin's skirt turned red.
It's time to make dinner.
Qin Ran patted his butt and stood up, ready to go downstairs. But before he went downstairs, he remembered something and turned back to Li Shiyin and said, "I saw that when you beat your brother, you were able to control your strength..."
He stopped talking for some reason. Li Shiyin looked up at him curiously, and saw him turn his head away with an unnatural look.
"Huh? What happened?" She looked around and saw only Zhuifeng rolling around in the afterglow of the setting sun.
The disciple has grown up, this thought flashed through Qin Ran's mind. The disciple who should have become a strong and beautiful Barbie did not change in that direction. Instead, the parts that should have grown developed faster... She had a much slimmer figure than when he saw her in the Hall of Inquiry before.
"Ahem!" He hurriedly cleared his dirty thoughts and continued, "Your realm should be almost stable now. You can practice magic."
"Can I learn to fly with a sword?"
Li Shiyin didn't know that she was squatting there, her clothes were tucked up, while Qin Ran was standing.
When I looked back, I saw a white spot on her chest. She was happy that she could learn magic.
"Yes, you must learn how to fly with a sword..." Qin Ran nodded with his back to Li Shiyin and said, "The world of immortal cultivation is too dangerous. The means of escaping must be put first."
"Huh?" Li Shiyin was stunned. Isn't flying a sword a means of fighting
“So you have to learn the art of escaping first. Since you like the art of controlling swords, you should learn it first.” Qin Ran said, “After you have the life-saving magical power, you still need a combat magical power, so you have to learn a sword technique at the same time.”
After hearing Qin Ran's words, Li Shiyin fell silent, glancing at Qin Ran from time to time. She seemed to have discovered another shortcoming of her master besides his fear of heights, which was that he was timid... conservative. It seemed that her master was too conservative.
"The Nine-turn Star Sword Art is seriously incomplete, and there are not many magical powers left, but there are both sword-controlling and combat sword techniques." Qin Ran looked at the red sunset and spoke, not daring to look at Li Shiyin. However, he did not notice Li Shiyin's strange look.
"I remember there are two sword techniques recorded on it, one is called the Star-Picking Sword, and the other is called the Starlight Guiding Technique. You can choose one of the two sword techniques to practice. A person's energy is limited, and our time is limited, so don't be greedy."
Li Shiyin could understand because her energy was limited, but she didn't know why her time was also limited. Confused, she nodded ignorantly with her little head.
"Okay, that's it." After Qin Ran finished his instructions, he jumped up and jumped off the tile.
But when he fell into the air, he didn't know what he thought of, but he used his skills to fly up again, and came back to the tiles, then looked at Li Shiyin in silence.
"Master, what's wrong with you?" Li Shiyin was puzzled. She stood up and walked over to test the temperature of Qin Ran's forehead to see if he was sick.
Qin Ran shook his head, finally made up his mind, and said, "In this case, I will pass this formula on to you."
"What's the formula?"
Qin Ran didn't say anything. He raised his hand and pointed a finger at Li Shiyin's forehead. His spiritual consciousness engraved and transmitted a mantra to Li Shiyin's sea of consciousness.
Li Shiyin suddenly froze, closed her eyes, and saw some golden words in front of her:
When chaos first separated, the universe was vast. The heaven and earth evolved, the sun, the moon, and the stars. All things were born, and the body was like the universe. When chaos first separated…
"Master, what is this?"
“The method of refining the spirit…” Qin Ran said, “The method of refining the spirit passed down by Danfeng’s ancestors.”
This is why Kieran had spiritual awareness at only the foundation-building stage.