She looked up at the bright stars, suddenly understood something, and began to try to use astrology to find a way out.
It’s a pity that she only learned the basics and found it quite difficult to use. It took her an unknown amount of time to figure out a way, and she didn’t know if it was correct.
Mu Lin simply tried her best and walked along that direction. Nothing changed as she walked. After an unknown amount of time, a white light appeared in front of her eyes and she lost consciousness.
When Mu Lin woke up, he saw nothing but black in front of his eyes. Why was it so dark
She fumbled to her feet and vaguely felt someone beside her. She said cautiously, "Master, are you there?" Her voice was extremely hoarse.
"Master is here." Orikawa helped her put her hair behind her back. Mu Lin felt relieved. She coughed lightly to clear her throat, grabbed his hand and said with a smile, "The hall is so dark, why don't you light a lamp?"
Mu Lin felt her master's hand stiffen and he didn't respond to her for a long time. Then his warm fingers pressed on her pulse. She suddenly had a bad premonition.
Mu Lin said slowly: "Master? Please speak... I seem to have slept for a long time. Is there something wrong with me? Am I..."
Orikawa suddenly interrupted her: "Rin'er, Master is by your side, don't be afraid." Then he let go of Mu Lin's wrist, "Master will deduce it for you."
Master Orikawa looked at his disciple's unusually dark eyes and suddenly found it difficult to speak.
"Lin'er, you have been attacked by force when you tried to subdue the immortal sword. The sword energy is rushing up to your five senses, and your five senses will be lost one after another for a period of time. Your eyes, tongue, body, nose, and ears will stop functioning one after another. In other words, you are now temporarily blind."
"…" Mu Lin was speechless for a moment. She finally digested her master's words and asked with difficulty: "How long is a period of time?"
"It could be as short as three to five years, or as long as three to five hundred years. Don't worry, Master will help you recover soon. Lin'er, it's good that you can wake up. Temporary blindness is not a big deal..."
Mu Lin felt that his master was not good at comforting people, so he forced a smile and said, "Master, please go out first and leave me alone for a while."
"The Qilin is outside the door. If you have anything to say, just call it. You can also send a message to me."
Mu Lin nodded slightly, not seeming to react much, "I understand, you can go and get busy."
Master Zhechuan left Mu Lin's room with a worried look on his face and immediately headed for the East Pavilion. The books on the top floor of the East Pavilion were too special, and he had set up a ban on them. Mu Lin didn't know there were books here, and Master Zhechuan had never set foot here for many years. He came in this time to find books about sealing forbidden techniques.
Master Zhechuan concealed from his disciple that her loss of five senses was not caused by the impact of the sword energy, but by the temporary breaking of the seal on her forehead. He could not figure out the specific reason, but could only vaguely deduce and diagnose Mu Lin's physical condition, which was indeed the loss of five senses.
Not to mention that his disciple found it hard to accept, he, as a master, also felt very guilty. If the sword he forged had not caused the seal in Mu Lin's body to become unstable, this result would not have occurred.
Mu Lin sat on the bed and collapsed for a long time. She fumbled to lift the quilt and get out of bed. She was extremely uneasy because she couldn't see anything. She carefully recalled the location of the table, stumbled slowly and walked over, and it took her a long time to find the teapot. When she poured water, she spilled it all over her sleeve.
The wet feeling was not pleasant, so Mu Lin put down the teapot and wanted to cast a water-removing spell on himself, but his movement was too big and he knocked over the teacup. The teacup rolled off the table and broke into pieces with a crackling sound.
Ah Fei heard something wrong and pushed the door open quickly. She saw Mu Lin standing quietly beside the table, one of his sleeves dripping with water and a few broken porcelain pieces lying at his feet.
"Mu Mu, why did you drop the cup? Are you okay?"
"go out."
Ah Fei blinked and said cautiously: "Don't move, I'll clean up the floor..."
"Go out, I want to be alone." Mu Lin's voice seemed to be frozen, frighteningly cold.
"Okay..." Ah Fei retreated dejectedly and closed the door for her.
Mu Lin felt that her emotions were not right, but she could not suppress the anger in her heart. She turned around and slowly walked back to the bed. When her body sank into the soft bed, she seemed to relax a little.
She tried to convince herself that it was only temporary blindness and that she would be able to see again one day, so why should she care so much and make such a fuss? After comforting herself for a long time, the depression in her heart did not decrease at all.
Mu Lin pulled up the quilt and didn't move - this strange feeling finally found its source. Wasn't this how she spent the ten thousand years imprisoned in Yintian Tower
Despair without a ray of light...
My consciousness was fading in the endless darkness...
A perpetually recurring nightmare...
The excruciating pain that spreads all over the body...
The alternation of hot and cold of the cruel bone-setting...
Mu Lin subconsciously rejected this painful feeling. The fear made her unable to control her emotions and also magnified her physical and mental fragility.
"How long has it been since Lin'er came out?"
"Seven whole days." Ah Fei was very worried, but every time he knocked on the door, either there was no response or Mu Lin refused to let him in. He did not dare to go in rashly, for fear of making Mu Lin even more unstable.
Orikawa nodded and pushed the door open to enter Mu Lin's room. Mu Lin was lying motionless, her long hair scattered on the bed, but her pair of gray eyes were open, proving that she was not asleep.
Mu Lin's voice became more hoarse: "Master, don't worry, give me some more time..."
The more sensible Mu Lin was, the more guilty Orikawa felt, and whispered, "Rin'er, it's Master's fault."
Mu Lin shook his head helplessly, his eyes revealing deep sadness, "No! It was my disciple who insisted on conquering the Immortal Sword, it had nothing to do with Master... Master spent so much effort to forge the sword for me, but my disciple was useless and was injured by the sword energy, which was a waste of Master's efforts."
Master Orikawa stared at her and said solemnly: "Mu Lin, remember, you will always be the pride of Orikawa. Don't underestimate yourself at any time or in any place!"
"It's just temporary blindness. You're so self-pitying. Is that worthy of the suffering you've endured in your life? Sit up."
"Yes." Mu Lin supported herself on the bed and slowly sat up. Suddenly, she felt something cool covering her eyes. She subconsciously closed her eyes and let Master Orikawa tie the shark silk belt behind her head.
"Lin'er, you are not blind, but Master asked you to abandon your eyes and see with your heart and other four senses. When you can do it like an ordinary person, it means you have passed the test, and your eyes will be restored."
"Master will not lie to you."
"Okay, disciple understands." Mu Lin smiled slowly, this time it was a smile from the heart, gentle and light but also pure and sincere. The corners of Zhechuan's lips also curled up slightly, and the disciple's smile brightened the whole room.
The night-blooming cereus on the table slowly bloomed, and the layers of white petals unfolded bit by bit, emitting a soft luster, revealing the pale yellow stamens in the center, and the fragrance of the flower was rich and elegant.
Mu Lin began to walk out of the room and practice sword with his eyes closed.
She completely subdued the magical sword and named it: Yao Ning.
It means the sun shining and the stars and the moon shining brightly.
Every day, Mu Lin practiced sword for at least three hours, and spent the rest of the time meditating, listening to her master's lectures, and discussing the Dao with her master. During this period, her practice did not stagnate, but became more smooth.
She vaguely understood the Master's intention. He asked her to abandon her eyes, in order to let her abandon the chaotic worldly affairs to a certain extent; to see things with her heart, to concentrate her mind to feel the origin of all things, to get in touch with deeper things: to see things with the other four senses, and to subconsciously train the sharpness of the other four senses.
Mu Lin's swordsmanship became more and more fluent, and he could move smoothly as if he was not blind. Even Master Zhechuan could not help but marvel at his disciple's talent and perseverance.
With time, you will achieve great things.
But Ah Fei still couldn't please Mu Lin and had to stay away from her, feeling pitiful and helpless.
While Mu Lin was in a coma, it used the marrow cleansing milk to stimulate its own bloodline, and the whole person underwent a complete transformation, gaining a gifted bloodline that it had never dared to imagine before. Compared to before, its cultivation level improved by leaps and bounds.
But it always missed the days when it was with Mu Lin, snuggling up to her and acting like a spoiled child, accepting the occasional feeding of fairy fruits and herbs, and sleeping soundly in her warm bed while she was practicing...
Although it was weak at that time, it lived a good life. But now Mu Lin ignored it and was always cold to it, which made it feel helpless and wronged.
One day, Orikawa Shinto also brought up this topic, "You and the Qilin beast don't get along well. If you don't like it anymore, I can send it somewhere else."
Mu Lin said calmly: "Let it be."
Mu Lin actually didn't care whether the Qilin beast stayed or left. She was cold-hearted by nature. Since a hundred years of companionship was not as sincere and frank as a chance encounter, then in her eyes there was no Ah Fei anymore, only the strange Qilin beast who was eager to become stronger.
"Rin'er, you feel like it hurts your feelings." Orikawa pointed out the problem directly.
"Yes, I understand the approach in terms of the pros and cons, but emotionally I cannot accept it."
People who are cold-hearted by nature but also value love and friendship cannot accept emotional flaws. Once there are flaws, no matter how painful it is, they will abandon them without hesitation.
This is Mu Lin's weakness, but also her romance and strength.
Orikawa did not comment on this matter. In his eyes, this Qilin beast had lost its value in staying in Yingzhou.
Mu Lin stood up and said goodbye, leaving a message before leaving: "Disciple understands that this is a lesson you taught me, but I don't thank you."
With Mu Lin's intelligence, it was not difficult to guess this.
Why did Orikawa propose a deal to Qilin Beast in front of her? This was a test in itself. Ah Fei made her own choice, and Mu Lin finally understood that in Ah Fei's heart, emotions were not as worthy of her trust as interests.
Mu Lin's footsteps never stopped. This time she was going to walk out of the barrier. After all, the thunder of advancing to the Golden Immortal had been roaring above Yingzhou for three whole years, right? This matter might have become a strange story in the fairy world.
Mu Lin held a sword in his hand, his posture noble and calm.