Fast time travel, but the villain is not a human being

"Senior Brother, let's go." Junior Sister Zhou looked back down the mountain.

Shoudao looked at her.

Junior Sister Zhou just let him watch.

After a few seconds, Shoudao looked away and sighed: "You have changed a lot."

The little junior sister who was either domineering or timid seemed to have become cheerful and calm.

"I've been with Zhou Xiaozhou day and night for so long, and I've learned a lot." Junior Sister Zhou smiled a little embarrassedly: "I can't just rely on Master and continue to behave like before." She paused and thought. He pointed out, "The past is past, people always have to look forward and move forward, right?"

The Taoist priest breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Yes."

No matter how much he struggles or cares, what happened in the past has happened, and the present and the future are the most important.

Junior Sister Zhou: "Then let's go."

Shoudao smiled and said, "No need to go."

Junior Sister Zhou raised her eyebrows.

"Those doubts are not important anymore." Shoudao relaxed physically and mentally and looked at the person in front of him gratefully, "Little junior sister, thank you."

Junior Sister Zhou also smiled: "Senior Brother, just think about it."

The stone weighing on his heart was released, and Shoudao prepared to go down the mountain in a few days.

Although the leader said that his path to guardianship was because of the faith of the Ninth Elder, now that faith has been taken away, his life will no longer be affected, and he can choose his own path.

But what should his own path be like?
  Shoudao didn't think about this issue for long.

Even if the faith belongs to the Ninth Elder, every step he took in the past was taken by himself. Shoudao does not think that these experiences do not belong to him.

Without a new direction, Shoudao decided to continue on the previous path.

But I didn't expect that when I went to the top of the mountain to say goodbye to the Ninth Elder, I found that the building was deserted. Only the crabapple tree was still slowly dropping a few petals.

Shoudao went to find the leader.

"Just leave as soon as you say you're going." The leader was startled for a moment, then shook his head, "I didn't even say a word when I was leaving." Shou said, "Where is Master?"

"Let's travel down the mountain." The leader held his chin and said casually, "The knot in my heart has been resolved, and Zhou Xiaozhou has left. He went out to relax, so let him go."

Shoudao was a little worried: "Master's eyes..."

The leader glanced at him: "You're fine, what can happen to your master?"

"..." Shoudao frowned, "The leader...is he dissatisfied with me?"

The leader raised his eyes and smiled: "No, I am dissatisfied with your master, and I get angry when he mentions it."

Shoudao: "..."

The leader waved his hand and lowered his head to pour tea: "Forget it, I'm upset. If you have nothing to do, don't bother me."

"Yes." Shoudao nodded, but before leaving, he turned back and said, "Master, I'm going down the mountain."

The leader looked up, was silent for two or three seconds, and said: "Be safe, remember to come back occasionally and don't go missing."

Shoudao: "Yes."

As before, he traveled down the mountain and came back once every two or three years. Unfortunately, every time Shoudao came back, he never saw the Ninth Elder.

It was normal to miss him when he came back late. Shoudao didn't pay attention at first, but then he accidentally asked, and Junior Sister Zhou looked surprised: "Master has never come back, senior brother, don't you know?"

Shoudao was surprised: "You haven't come back?"

Junior Sister Zhou shook her head, but quickly added: "But you don't have to worry, I asked the leader, and the leader said that Master is fine."

Shoudao was worried: "Did the master tell me where the master went and why he didn't come back?"

"I didn't say anything." Junior Sister Zhou put down the book in her hand and said with a smile, "However, February [-] next year will be the sect's [-]th anniversary celebration, and the master will definitely come back."

...The extra episode will end tomorrow

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