After all this time, Pei Yunshu still hadn't seen his master yet, and the light in the sky had already dimmed.
He got off the beast and thanked the tall and mighty beast. Then he walked outside the door and called out respectfully, "Master."
A muffled sound came from the room, and then Ling Qing Zhenren's deep voice rang out, "What do you want to do at the consulate?"
Pei Yunshu didn't say anything.
Everything inside and outside the house was quiet for a while, but after a while, the monstrous beast suddenly came forward, pushed Pei Yunshu's waist with its huge head, and pushed him into Ling Qing Zhenren's room.
As soon as Pei Yunshu entered the room, the door was closed by a gust of wind, and the dim light outside disappeared. There was no light in the room, and it was as if it had fallen into darkness.
After a while, when his eyes adjusted to the darkness, Pei Yunshu saw a figure sitting on the main seat.
Ling Qing Zhenren's voice came from the darkness, and he asked again, "What do you want to do?"
Pei Yunshu lowered his head and whispered, "My disciple has reached a bottleneck in his cultivation and wants to go down the mountain to gain experience."
"The mission from the Consulate is useless to you," Ling Qing Zhenren's voice was filled with displeasure, "What you need to do now is to meditate and practice. Going down the mountain to gain experience is just a waste of time."
"You haven't reached the Golden Elixir stage yet, how are you going to get down the mountain?"
"Master, I..."
"Chao Yan," Ling Qing Zhenren interrupted him and said coldly, "Take him back."
He was just drawing a talisman for Yun Wang. If he wanted the talisman to have the greatest effect, he had to draw it in one go when the spiritual energy was at its most abundant. Master Ling Qing was not very satisfied with every talisman. It was at this point that he received a sound transmission note from the elder of the consular office.
The tasks at the consul's place are all prepared for outer disciples. Pei Yunshu has stepped into the Golden Core stage. With his qualifications, it is only a matter of time before he advances to the Golden Core stage. Instead of practicing well, he wants to go out for training. Master Ling Qing has a cold face and will never agree to such a useless thing.
The monstrous beast called Chaoyan roared, Pei Yunshu closed his eyes and left his master's room.
The sunset glow of Shanshui Sect was exceptionally beautiful, and it was even better to watch it from Wuzhi Peak. Pei Yunshu stared at the colorful clouds in the distance, stunned and speechless. The Taotian Beast next to him lay lazily on the side and did not even rush him.
Pei Yunshu's black hair had been dyed a gorgeous red. When Yun Wang came out of the side room, he saw his face flushed with red.
"Brother," Yun Wang said in a very soft voice, as if he was afraid of scaring Pei Yunshu, "Why are you here?"
He lowered his eyes to look at Pei Yunshu's waist. It was clean. The red jade given by the master was not carried by his senior brother.
Yun Wang's voice became even gentler and more lingering, "Brother, are you feeling uncomfortable?"
The Taotian Beast turned its head with its sparkling vertical pupils and stared at Yun Wang for a while, then stared at Pei Yunshu again.
Pei Yunshu shook his head and drew out the Qingyue Sword. The sword with a green glow grew larger and he stepped on it. Yun Wang suddenly said, "Brother, Master is short of a lot of things and Wu Wang has nothing. Can I ask you for some?"
Pei Yunshu asked: "What do you want?"
"Handkerchiefs," Yun Wang's face flushed, and his extraordinary face revealed a hint of beauty. His face was really like the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and his complexion was like the flowers in the early spring. "Junior brother is missing some handkerchiefs."
This is not difficult. Pei Yunshu casually took out a few silk handkerchiefs from the storage bag and gave them to Wuwang, then said: "Junior brother, I have something else to do and need to leave first."
Yun Wang nodded obediently, "Okay, Brother."
When Pei Yunshu flew away on his sword, the Taotian Beast also jumped up and followed. In the blink of an eye, the man and the beast disappeared.
Yun Wang withdrew his gaze, looked at the silk handkerchief in his hand for a while, then folded it and put it in his arms.
*
Pei Yunshu returned to the yard, but the Taotian Beast did not leave. Its pair of vertical pupils, which flashed with the light of a wild beast in the night, stared at him closely, as if it was going to pounce on him and swallow him up in the next moment.
The monster of the master has always been wild and difficult to tame. Pei Yunshu walked into the room and closed the doors and windows, only then did he hear the monster roar and leap away into the air.
After lighting the candle in the room, Pei Yunshu picked up his clothes and went to the bathroom to take a bath.
Although he knew the cleansing technique, after trying it again, he fell in love with the feeling of soaking in hot water. The water on Wuzhi Peak was drawn from the clear springs on the back mountain. After the fire talisman was passed, the water was always warm enough for him to take a bath for even an hour every day.
Pei Yunshu got into the water and lay on the edge of the pool. The hot water flushed his face. He closed his eyes and thought about what his master had said today.
He wanted to leave the sect, not to step into the Golden Elixir realm, but because he didn't want to be confined to this world. No matter how big the Shanshui Sect was, or how beautiful the Wuzhi Peak was, in his eyes, what was the difference between these scenes and the small courtyard that had trapped him for ten years
It is obvious that several senior brothers can go down the mountain to gain experience at will, so why can't he do it
His thoughts were spinning back and forth, the sound of water was heard, and suddenly a few noises were heard from the window. Pei Yunshu looked back sharply, but saw nothing but peace.
Him: “Who?”
Pei Yunshu did not move. There was no sound in the room. The water surface was calm, and the steam was hazy. He stretched out his hand, and the Qingyue Sword beside the bath trembled a few times, and then flew into his hand.
But after getting it in hand, it feels slippery.
Pei Yunshu subconsciously looked at his hand. What flew into his hand was not a sword, but a black snake of similar length to the Qingyue Sword. The black snake had a soft body and bloodshot eyes, and it crawled up along his wrist.
The cold scales touched Pei Yunshu's arm, causing him to feel a chill.
His hand trembled and he subconsciously threw away the black snake.
With a "splash", a sword-like black snake fell into the water.
Pei Yunshu quickly stood up and stepped onto the pond, but before he took a step, the black snake in the water had grown several times larger. Its tail wrapped around Pei Yunshu's feet. Countless attack spells were cast on the black snake, but none of them had any effect.
The snake's tail dragged him into the water, his mouth and nose submerged in the water. Pei Yunshu's eyes were flushed, and his body and sides were covered with the snake.
Even though my feet are still there, I can't move them and there's nothing I can do.
But the next second, he was pushed to the edge of the pool by the force.
The sound of water sliding down the black hair, the hot water in the pool had overflowed a lot after all this tossing and turning, making the dry ground wet.
A pair of strong hands held him above the water. The black hair that did not belong to Pei Yunshu hung down coldly from above to the side of his neck.
As Pei Yunshu breathed in air again, a tear unconsciously slipped from the corner of his eye.
The bright red snake's tongue licked the tear, Pei Yunshu's eyelids twitched, and he opened his eyes.
He looked straight into a pair of bloodshot eyes that were so red that they were almost black.
The owner of the blood-red eyes had an unusually handsome face, with eyebrows like ink paintings and boundless autumn moons. The demonic patterns on the sides of his face spread to his neck, and terrifying majesty overflowed from the demonic patterns. The eyes that stared straight at Pei Yunshu were as fierce and cold as a beast.
Drops of water slid down his face and dripped into the pool.
Pei Yunshu paused for a few seconds and asked tremblingly, "Who are you?"
The snake demon lowered its head, leaned close to his shoulder, and sniffed the fragrance of his hair, like a tiger sniffing a rose, with the clumsy caution of a wild beast.
"…" Pei Yunshu, "Get lost."
He gritted his teeth and clenched his hands tightly, but the boundless color in the corners of his eyes was on the verge of collapse.
The next moment, the snake demon that pressed him against the pool wall disappeared, and the illusion really dissipated.
The water surface was still calm. Pei Yunshu looked around and finally looked at the Qingyue Sword in his hand. The Qingyue Sword trembled slightly under his gaze and made a low sound.
The snake with two small bags on its head actually disappeared.
*
Birds began to sing and the first ray of sunlight shone into the room. Pei Yunshu curled up in the soft bedding and slowly opened his eyes.
He slept inexplicably deeply. He propped himself up and sat up. Just as he was about to get out of bed and get dressed, he suddenly felt something was wrong with the quilt.
Pei Yunshu frowned and lifted the quilt, then froze, only to see a black egg lying on the white quilt in front of his knees.
The egg, which was the size of an adult man's palm, was clearly visible in his **. Pei Yunshu calmed himself down, looked at the egg for a long time, and then reached out and touched it tentatively.
A warm touch came from his fingertips, and the egg swayed left and right before it stood upright again. Pei Yunshu withdrew his hand as if he was scalded, and fixed his eyes on the round and smooth egg. He found that although the eggshell was pure black, it was not as black as the color of the big snake last night, which seemed to absorb all light.
He didn't know where the egg came from or what its identity was. Pei Yunshu hesitated for a long time, got out of bed, put on his clothes, and picked up the egg, intending to ask his knowledgeable third senior brother.
Third Brother loves to travel, he has been to many places and seen many strange things. If he doesn't know the origin of this egg, then...then he will check if this egg is poisonous and cook it and eat it.