Lin Tantan had long known that her teacher was not an ordinary person, but she didn't know how. At this moment, she vaguely understood that her teacher should be from another world, even a more advanced place than the two worlds she had experienced before and after.
The reason why she was able to travel through time and be reborn was because her teacher silently saved and helped her behind the scenes.
There was no need for much explanation. Even the years of separation in between seemed non-existent. Even the fact that the teacher changed from an elegant and intellectual woman to a gray-haired, bad-tempered old man did not seem to feel the slightest bit of incongruity, as if the relationship between them, teacher and student, was supposed to be like this now.
Lin Tantan finished his complaints and lowered his voice, expressing his sincere gratitude: "Thank you, teacher."
The old man stopped being irritable and looked at the student whom he had truly cared for. He sighed and said, "I can only help you up to this point. That kid is still very weak. Don't even think about going against the rules of the world in the short term. But you can't stay here forever. You have almost absorbed all the vitality of this tree."
Lin Tan was stunned: "By the way, teacher, why did I run to this tree?"
The old man said, "Although the rules of this world don't like outsiders like you, they are not so rigid that they won't deal with you personally. The person who dealt with you was just a half-baked one. The so-called magic circle he used was an expulsion circle, targeting unstable souls. You were lucky. When you were expelled from your body, there happened to be a tree with extremely strong vitality nearby. This tree belongs to wood and water, which is the most nourishing. Moreover, you planted it with your own hands, and you must have passed a lot of energy to it, right? In short, you have a high affinity with it, so you can live on this tree unconsciously. This tree is also spiritual and actively nourishes your soul, otherwise you would have dissipated long ago."
Lin Tantan heard a lot of new concepts, but they were not difficult to understand. She looked at the tree where she lived, and she felt that this place was like her home. It was very comfortable and safe to stay here.
She said: "It does feel like I've sucked the life out of it. Will it die?"
The old man said, "You should take care of yourself first. You don't have a body of your own. This world does not allow wandering souls to exist for a long time. You must find a new body or a place to live before this tree dies."
Lin Tantan suddenly looked at a certain place and fell silent. The old man asked, "What are you looking at?"
He turned around and said: “…”
A confused wandering soul was floating everywhere, and the whole soul was in a dazed state, but the soul body was very bright and solid, like a thin mist that had been kept on the tree for a long time, as if it could be blown away with a breath. It was many times stronger than this.
Lin Tan Tan said, "Teacher, you said that this world does not allow wandering souls to exist for a long time, so did he just die?" She murmured to herself, "He looks familiar, but he doesn't seem to be someone I've seen recently."
Old man: “…”
He could tell at a glance that this wandering soul had been dead for more than a year, but it had not yet dissipated. Not only had it not dissipated, it was also so solid.
Is it too late to take back what I just said? What is wrong with this world? Are the rules so tolerant
The old man frowned and beckoned the wandering soul closer to him: "Who are you?"
Lu Xin was in a daze, but was shaken by the loud voice and suddenly woke up. He looked at the old man in front of him in surprise: "Who are you? Can you see me? Which uncle or uncle are you?"
The old man said, "Don't recognize relatives blindly!" He looked Lu Xin up and down and asked, "Who are you to that Jin guy?" He could smell the other person's scent.
Hearing him mention his uncle, Lu Xin remembered what happened just now, and he became depressed: "That was my uncle, he just... committed suicide."
He had been imprisoned in a wooden sculpture by Master Jin. When Master Jin died, he was naturally released. As soon as he came out, he saw the death of Master Jin before his mind was clear. He was dizzy and floated uncontrollably, and subconsciously floated to a familiar place, and then he saw the old man.
Lin Tantan finally searched for this guy's information in her mind. She said in surprise: "Lu Xin!"
When Lu Xin heard the sound, he looked towards the source. At first he could only see a tree, and then he could see a vague ball of light attached to it. After looking more carefully, he could vaguely make out its shape.
He was also shocked: "Lin Tan Tan? How could you... You are dead too! Did Master really succeed?"
Lin Tan Tan looked him up and down: "So you became like this after you committed suicide. You committed suicide because you knew that your soul would not die, right?" She said, this guy committed suicide so decisively and straightforwardly at the time, there must be something fishy, it turned out that he turned himself into a ghost, and she didn't know how much credit he had for her being attacked this time.
She suddenly remembered something and her eyes widened: "I have felt that someone is watching me several times, but every time I can't find anything. Are you spying on me?"
Lu Xin's face immediately showed shame, and he said hesitantly: "Yes, I'm sorry!"
Lin Tan Tan was immediately furious: "You really are spying on me! You're not following me all day long, floating in the air, lying on the roof, or hiding in the corner of the room!"
Lin Tan Tan felt suffocated when he thought that there was a guy whom he could not see secretly spying on him from various angles.
Lin Tantan's dim and thin soul brightened a little because of anger. If she had not been unable to leave the big tree for the time being, she would have rushed over and beaten someone.
Lu Xin hurriedly explained: "No, no, I didn't follow him all day. I watched him outside during the day. I didn't follow him into the room."
"I have to thank you for not following him into the room!" Lin Tantan was still furious, but he couldn't beat anyone, so he called for help: "Teacher, help me beat him!"
Lu Xin quickly floated away and shrank into a ball.
The old man comforted Lin Tan: "Now is not the time to talk about this, don't be angry first." Lu Xin has been dead for so long but still exists, and his soul is so strong, there must be a reason. The most urgent task is of course to find out the reason.
Lin Tantan understood what the teacher meant and asked Lu Xin while suppressing her unhappiness: "What's going on with you? Why is your soul so condensed and why can it exist for so long? You'd better tell the truth, otherwise..." Lin Tantan clenched her almost invisible fist, full of threat.
Of course she couldn't hit anyone, and the teacher couldn't do anything either. But as a threat, she just had to show enough momentum.
In the end, she didn't need to say much. Lu Xin told her everything about his experience after suicide, when he came to Lin Tantan to monitor her, no, to observe her, how long he left in the middle, etc. In order to show that he was open and innocent and not a sleazy voyeur, he told her everything he could, including that Master Jin used a secret method to strengthen his soul and then possessed the little white mouse for a long time.
The old man's eyes flashed with gold: "You can strengthen your soul and possess others freely? And your soul is so condensed now, is it related to absorbing a lot of energy? It seems that wood energy is indeed..."
Before she finished, she heard Lin Tantan jumping up and down and saying, "So that little white mouse is you too!" Lin Tantan looked as if she had been struck by lightning. She had touched the little white mouse because it was sick and pitiful, and had held it up. If it hadn't looked good enough to suit her taste and had a little smell, she would have kissed it.
But even if I didn't kiss her, at least I could have kissed her, hugged her and lifted her up.
The truth was so shocking that Lin Tan was speechless.
She literally lost all luster in an instant. The old man: “…” It must be luck that his student was able to survive in the apocalypse until now, right
Although the two souls involved were not very rational, the old man redirected the conversation and eventually sorted out the situation bit by bit.
First of all, Master Jin has a way to make the soul stronger. Although he is dead, this secret method is very likely taught to Ye Xiao.
Secondly, Lu Xin can choose the person to possess by himself. Although his skills are very poor, he can still pass on some experience to Lin Tan. Finally, the energy of wood-type mutants does have a strong nourishing effect on the soul.
And there is another very important point. Lu Xin has been a ghost for more than a year and has a lot of experience. He can help Lin Tan a lot in this regard.
The old man sent Lu Xin away and said to Lin Tantan, "I can't teach you these things. You had to figure them out on your own. Now that Lu Xin is here, I feel relieved. He also contributed to your current situation, and now he is repaying you."
Lin Tantan's eyelids drooped into a flat line. He glanced at Lu Xin who was floating in the distance with displeasure, and replied slowly, "Oh." Then he said, "I can figure it out by myself."
The old man touched her hair and said, "Be obedient."
Lin Tan looked at him reluctantly: "Teacher, are you leaving?"
The old man was reluctant to give up: "The rules of the world have discovered me. The longer I stay with you, the worse it will be for you. I will find a way to come back to see you in the future."
Lin Tan Tan lowered his head and nodded gently: "Teacher, don't worry about me, I will be fine. I tried to die twice but failed, and I will be fine this time too."
"Don't talk nonsense." The old man patted her head and thought, but this little girl is really blessed. Her life is a bit bumpy, but she always meets good people, such as her relatives and lovers, and he, as a teacher, is also a great one. Most of the people around her are excellent and like her, and she can often turn danger into safety when she encounters danger.
Even in this situation, Lu Xin could come out to help her. It was said that the young man disliked her before, but now, not only has he changed his mind, but he has also gained a lot of energy from her and received a lot of favors from her. It is only natural for him to repay her now.
In short, the old man felt more relieved. He gave a few more instructions, then pulled Lu Xin over and talked to him for a while before his figure gradually disappeared.
He was not a soul, but a consciousness to be precise. He just disappeared in the sunlight. Lin Tantan felt lost and sat on a tree branch in a daze. Lu Xin floated on the side without any sense of existence, also thinking about his uncle who had just died.
The two souls were in a daze together until dark, until footsteps were heard. Lin Tan felt something in his heart. At the foot of the mountain behind Lin Yuan, Ye Xiao came out from the mountain in the afterglow.
Lin Tantan's eyes suddenly lit up and he waved to Ye Xiao: "Ye Xiao!"
Ye Xiao walked straight towards here.
Lin Tan Tan was surprised: "Ye Xiao, can you see me?"
Lu Xin floated over and whispered, "It's impossible for him to see it. Even if he did, he should have seen me first."
Lin Tan Tan: “… Shut up!”
She turned her head and stared at Ye Xiao. Seeing that the man's eyes were not focused on her, she couldn't help but sigh and held her big face: "Teacher said that you learned something from those Taoist priests. When can you see me?"
As she thought about it, she looked at the branch hanging closest to Ye Xiao and tried hard to make it move, to give this unskilled guy a hint, but the branch still swayed in the wind.
She sighed again. Well, she was pretty useless.
Ye Xiao looked up at the tree in front of him. To him, who had just seen the big tree in the mountains, the three or four meter tall tree with a thick trunk and lush branches and leaves was like a baby, even cute and delicate. He couldn't help but smile and reached out to touch its drooping branches.
He said, "I just went to see your mother."
Lin Tan Tan: “?” Huh
Ye Xiao continued: "Its condition is not very good. It said that compared to it, you are more likely to have good fortune." Ye Xiao recalled that his little girl often talked to this tree like a friend. Of course, she was actually talking to herself, and there was a bit of tenderness in his eyes.
She said that talking to these animals and plants more often, just like communicating with children, might help them develop their spiritual intelligence. So she pointed at the green leaves with her fingers and imitated the tone, saying, "So you have to work harder, become a spirit as soon as possible, and contribute to saving the world."
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