The only one who sees it as… a partner
Shen Shu clenched his palm.
Could it be that he, as Ye Yunlan's apprentice, has been with him in Tianzong for all these years, but he is still not regarded as a partner by him
He was not reconciled and wanted to ask, but he suppressed it.
Different.
A voice in his heart told him coldly.
Apprentices and partners are clearly different.
He looked at Ye Yunlan sitting at the table with a pale and distant expression. Even if he turned back, his eyes did not really look at him, but fell in the empty space, as if he was looking at a place out of his reach, revealing some memories and thoughts.
It wasn't him who made Ye Yunlan show such an expression.
He heard Ye Yunlan's calm voice.
"… I met him at the very end of myself."
"He is very strong, in a high position, in charge of life and death, his temperament is unpredictable, and everyone else is afraid of him," Ye Yunlan paused, "It's just that he has a bit of tolerance in front of me. At the time, it was more like a child.”
"He taught me a lot."
"Without him, there would be no me today?"
"He once wanted to marry me. At first, I didn't answer him." Ye Yunlan lowered her eyes and looked at the tea leaves floating on the tea cup, the tea water reflected his pale face, "Later, he died to protect me."
"These things have long passed."
"I? Can't forget."
Ye Yunlan's voice has always been flat. After speaking, he took a sip from the tea cup, but Shen Shu seemed to have glimpsed something deeply hidden in silence.
Shen Shu heard his hoarse voice.
"So, Shizun said before that he won't find a Taoist companion again in this life, is it because of this reason?"
Ye Yunlan said quietly, "Yes."
Shen Shu: "Teacher... I understand."
He suddenly felt that the cabin was stuffy and breathless, got up and said to Ye Yunlan, "Master, I want to go out for a walk."
Ye Yunlan nodded slightly, didn't look at Shen Shu again, but seemed to feel a little tired, raised her hand to remove her hair crown, and removed her outer robe, and went to rest on the bed.
Shen Shu carefully closed the door for him.
Until Ye Yunlan could no longer be seen in the crack of the door, Shen Shu put his hands on the door and slowly lowered his head, his face sinking into the shadows.
His chest was dry and depressed, and the wound in his soul was still aching. Whenever he couldn't control his emotions, there was an undercurrent from inside.
He heard the screeching and screeching sounds of ghosts and ghosts, which were mixed with some shiny fragments, but whenever he wanted to see it clearly, he would have a splitting headache.
In the dark, as if something was preventing him from snooping.
Shen Shu punched the wall next to him.
…
The flying boat traveled for three days and stopped at Tianzong's asking slope.
Disciples from the Six Peaks swarmed out and returned to their own caves.
Yan Huifeng.
The wind chimes in front of the door made a crisp sound, and Ye Yunlan pushed in.
I haven't returned for a month, and the windows in the bamboo building are still clean and spotless. Stepping into it, the frost and frost on the outside have all disappeared, and I only feel warm like spring.
This bamboo building has been set up by Shen Shu to remove dust and keep warm. Even if no one lives there, the formation still operates as usual.
He looked around for a week, then walked into the study, closed his eyes in front of the desk, and picked up a pen and paper to write.
Shen Shu did not follow him into the house, but took care of the garden outside the house, removing the weeds, loosening the soil and fertilizing as usual.
When everything is sorted out, look up, the sun is shaking, and it is noon.
Shen Shu made the meal, brought it into the house, and arranged it neatly, when he heard Ye Yunlan's voice coming from the study.
"Shen Shu, come here."
He glanced at the delicate food on the table, raised his fingertips and quickly engraved a heat preservation spell on the table before entering the study.
Ye Yunlan pushed the finished paper in front of him.
"You can read it carefully, and if you don't understand anything, you can ask me."
Shen Shu nodded, picked up the paper and read it, only to realize that it was a thick stack. It was full of tips, methods, experiences, and insights to break through the aftermath of Nascent Soul. They were all recorded in detail. Book in one morning.
Shen Shu's heart moved slightly, but then he remembered that Ye Yunlan was only a golden pill when he was injured and cultivated three years ago. Where did these experiences, insights, tricks and methods come from
He remembered the man Ye Yunlan had never forgotten and taught him a lot, and his face couldn't help but darken a bit.
- Moreover, Ye Yunlan gave him these as soon as he came back. Could it be that he was urging him to retreat quickly and break through Nascent Soul
Shen Shu flipped through the stack of papers, looking at the neat and beautiful handwriting on it, the more he looked at it, the more annoyed he became, he suddenly folded it up and said.
"The content here is profound, and the apprentice may not be able to read it in a while. Why don't you give the apprentice a day of scenery, and ask the apprentice after the apprentice has finished studying?"
Ye Yunlan nodded lightly and said, "Also. Just before retreating, you should understand everything that is unclear about it. If you are promoted to Nascent Soul, you should be more confident." Shen Shu said in his heart. , folded the paper into his arms, and said, "It's noon, and my disciple has cooked some food. Why don't you have a meal first?"
Ye Yunlan said: "Okay."
The two walked out of the study and sat in front of the low table. Although Shen Shu had formed a pill, and logically had fasted, he was still used to having meals with Ye Yunlan.
However, he didn't know the taste of this meal.
After cleaning up the tableware, he returned to his small bamboo building and threw the stack of papers away. He lay on his back on the bed, staring at the roof beams in a daze.
Suddenly remembering something, he reached out and touched the bottom of the pillow, and took out a snow-white silk towel.
Years have passed, and there is still a faint aroma lingering on it.
Ye Yunlan's stern rebuke seemed to be ringing in his ears again.
"Shen Shu, if you really remember me? I'm your master, then you shouldn't forget that over the past three years, I have taught you, what is morality and human relations, what is etiquette, righteousness, integrity, and respect for teachers— "He sat on the bed, held the silk scarf and looked down for a while.
Suddenly he laughed hoarsely.
"Master, these things, my disciples have already... forgot."
The sun is shining outside.
He bent his legs and hid in the shadow of the corner, holding a silk towel in his palm, wrapping himself.
Closing his eyes, in a trance, he seemed to return to the time when he hid in the corner to eavesdrop. He lowered his eyes and panted, and the frequency gradually coincided with the voice of the man in the door and window.
not enough. he thinks.
He pushed open the window, looked at the man lying on the snow-white fox fur, and walked in through the window, clenching the man's hand, suppressing all struggles, and leaning over, he gently kissed the tears from the corner of the other's eyes.
"Stop thinking about others," he said.
"Think about me, okay?"
"Master... Master... Master..."
Shen Shu leaned against the corner of the wall, his chest heaving violently.
The red gradually slanted westward, and the sunlight penetrated into the shadows, illuminating half of his face. Eyelashes stained with fine water, I don't know if it was sweat or tears.
He raised his hand and slowly covered his face.
the next day.
Shen Shu took the stack of papers and went to ask Ye Yunlan for advice.
Ye Yunlan was very detailed, but he asked more detailed questions, and after solving a problem, he had to go back to test it before asking Ye Yunlan for the next question.
After dragging on for half a month, I finally explained the papers.
"Shen Shu, you should go to retreat."
While eating, Ye Yunlan suddenly said.
Shen Shu said: "Actually... You don't need to retreat, you can break through Nascent Soul, but the speed is slower."
Ye Yunlan shook his head and said: "Breaking through Nascent Soul is different from when you broke through Jindan before. Jindan can be formed as long as the cultivation base is sufficient and the spiritual energy is solidified. And Nascent Soul is born from the heart, it is another you, you need to ask your heart and ask. , to find an opportunity."
"And most importantly? Is..."
Ye Yunlan's eyes were light and clear, "Shen Shu, your heart is restless."
Shen Shu was silent for a while, knowing that Ye Yunlan's decision could no longer be changed, he sighed secretly, and poked the white jade tofu on the plate with his chopsticks, and said, "What Master said is very true, but my disciple still has a problem. ?Worry."
Ye Yunlan frowned, "What are you worried about?"
Shen Shu's chopsticks stabbed sharply into the tofu, took a bite and swallowed it, looking straight at Ye Yunlan and said, "My disciple is worried, after he retreats, who will cook for Master, and who will take care of Master's daily life? "
Ye Yunlan was stunned for a while, and turned his face to the side, saying, "Although I can't cultivate, it's not that I can't even take care of myself. Why should you worry about these things?"
Shen Shu looked at Ye Yunlan's expression suspiciously, and suddenly said: "Master, after I retreated, are you planning to take Bigu Pill to survive? That thing is bitter and unpalatable, and it is not nutritious, how can it compare to me? Do it for me? Master Baiyu Mountain Spring Tofu, Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs, Stir-fried Sea Cucumber with Green Bamboo Shoots, Lotus Fragrant White Meat Jelly, Rock Sugar Bird's Nest Porridge?"
Every time he spit out a dish name, Ye Yunlan's expression became stiff, and finally he couldn't bear it any longer: "Shut up. I have already said it for the teacher, you don't need to worry about this."
Shen Shu obediently shut up.
The two continued to eat.
Ye Yunlan picked up the bird's nest porridge with rock sugar in the bamboo bowl, picked up the spoon, and took a sip.
The light sweetness melts in the mouth, the bottom of the porridge is soft, and the bird's nest is smooth, making it impossible to eat one bite after another.
When the bowl bottomed out, Ye Yunlan said with a relaxed expression.
"Retreat well. When you become Nascent Soul, I will reward you."
Shen Shu nodded and began to clean up the tableware. His eyes never left Ye Yunlan's brows. Ye Yunlan was not at ease when he saw him. He got up and went back to the study.
"This is the Infant Transformation Pill, which can help you advance to the Nascent Soul, and the quantity should be enough for you to form a baby."
Huaying Pill is a precious thing. With the merits of the sect that he has accumulated for several years, he has only exchanged so many bottles. Before going to Tianchi Mountain to discuss Taoism, he had already prepared it for Shen Shu in advance.
Shen Shu rolled up his sleeves? He washed the tableware and chopsticks, and carefully put the medicine pill into his arms.
Ye Yunlan sent him back to the Xiaozhulou.
Before retreating, you need to drop a formation around your residence to block all movement and noise in the outside world.
Ye Yunlan watched Shen Shu slowly lay out the formation, until the time was set. Shen Shu made the formation, and he made a sound.
"Shen Shu."
Shen Shu looked back and walked towards him.
He said, "Cultivation is going well, and it's a success."
Shen Shu fixedly looked at him, and suddenly took his hand.
His body froze slightly, but he didn't throw it away immediately.
Shen Shu looked at him seriously, his eyes burning brightly, and said, "Master, wait for me to leave the customs."
Ye Yunlan turned his head to the side and made a soft "um" sound.
…
Dawn breaks.
Ye Yunlan woke up dimly, got up and put on his clothes, and opened the window.
Walking out of the bedroom, the bamboo building was clean and tidy, but there was no one in sight, showing a little loneliness.
He went to the well to fetch water for washing.
The barrel was heavy, and he struggled to move it, sweating on his forehead.
After hard washing, he turned around and went to the study, took out a book and read it quietly.
Then he picked up the pen in his hand and wrote down the annotations on it.
Suddenly, the window door creaked open.
A burst of light floral fragrance drifted in, making people feel relaxed and happy.
He raised his head and subconsciously said, "Shen Shu—" but he saw a sea of splendid flowers outside the window, and there was no one there.
The windows and doors are opened by the wind.
Ye Yunlan was silent for a while, then got up and walked to the window.
He quietly looked at the sea of flowers for a long time.
The splendid sun shines on the sea of flowers, and there are all kinds of flowers and plants competing for beauty, which is dazzling and dizzying.
Compared with three years ago, this sea of flowers is much larger, and with his eyesight, he can hardly see the end.
Among them, there are many kinds and colors of flowers and plants. It was Shen Shu who traveled all over the six peaks of Tianzong in the past few years and found them to plant here.
He suddenly felt a little hungry.
After thinking for a while, I remembered that I didn't eat breakfast today.
So I took out a bottle of Bigu Pill, poured a few pills and swallowed it with water, but I felt bitterness in my mouth, and the taste was indescribable.
… It was not even half as sweet as the bowl of rock sugar bird’s nest porridge that Shen Shu made yesterday.
Ye Yunlan put the Bigu Pill on the table and frowned rarely.
Then he sighed lightly.
Maybe you should learn how to cook yourself