Today's Xianmen elegant pig slaughter

Yuntianzong, Taoting.

Yan Jian was teaching Lu Sang a new sword technique when he felt the sudden and severe pain as if his sea of ​​consciousness was being torn apart.

Lu Sang is making rapid progress, and perhaps it won’t be long before she can break through to the middle stage of Qi Refining. Even if the Divine Phoenix is ​​reborn, her mortal body cannot stop her from returning to the pinnacle of the world of immortal cultivation.

When she stabbed out in a standard posture, Yan Jian, who was reciting the sword manual, should have continued with the next sentence of the sword manual or praised her with a "good" -

He couldn't remember how many years it had been since he felt this kind of pain that only occurs when the sea of ​​consciousness is severely damaged. An ordinary person might not even be able to stand. Yan Ji'an just paused abruptly from reciting the sword manual, and then frowned silently.

"Master, what's wrong?"

The girl holding the Fulong Sword turned around and saw that her master looked unhappy. Her curiosity turned into worry.

Yan Ji'an did not answer immediately, but the word "Master" made him dazed. At the same time, his heart felt a tearing pain of the same degree as his sea of ​​consciousness, and he even had difficulty breathing.

"No problem."

His hand brushed across his abdomen silently. The pain disappeared quickly, just like an illusion. Now all that remained in his chest was the waves of sorrow that surged into his heart.

Lu Sang tilted his head curiously to look at Yunshang Xianzun's frowning brows. After thinking for a while, he asked tentatively, "Master, are you worried about Senior Sister again?"

Ever since the eldest senior sister decisively rejected the two treasures that the master wanted to give her and rushed out this morning, Yunshang Immortal Venerable has been in a bad mood. When he speaks, he often falls silent without any warning. He was a man of few words to begin with, and now he has almost become mute.

The people in the sect were used to it and said, "The eldest sister had quarreled with the Immortal Master again."

Lu Sang was surprised how these people were so familiar with the place.

A disciple who was not very familiar with him smiled and said, "Oh, yes, everyone is used to it, and you will get used to it in the future."

Looking at the smile of the person in front of her, Lu Sang thought of her dream that day. The strange and sour feeling that belonged to her yet not completely belonged to her swept over her. She felt mixed emotions in her heart, so she stopped asking questions.

When Lu Sang mentioned this person, Yan Ji'an paused almost subconsciously, and after a moment, he slowly shook his head, with helplessness flashing in his eyes: "She is just impulsive like this."

If you quarrel with him, you will be expelled from the sect.

If he was nearby, he would go down the mountain to the mortal world; if he was far away, he would go out to travel. However, he never went far or was away for long, and would return soon. After returning, he would no longer be angry and would be able to talk to him and other people in the sect normally with a smile on his face.

It was probably the same this time. As soon as she stepped out of the mountain gate, the disciples guarding the gate reported that the eldest sister had violated the rules again and had left the sect by flying on a sword.

Yan Ji'an didn't say anything after hearing this. He was already used to it, so everything went on as usual.

But at this moment, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

The pain in his sea of ​​consciousness was like a lightning strike during a tribulation. Although he was unharmed, he seemed to have suddenly woken up from his muddled calm.

"That's all for today," Yan Ji'an said to the girl in front of him who was looking up at him, "You can go back and rest first."

"Ah? But Master, I haven't practiced yet... Are you worried about the eldest sister? I heard that she often goes out of the sect to travel in the mortal world. She is a Jindan cultivator and nothing will happen to her!"

What Lu Sang said is true.

But Yan Jian felt that repeating something he already knew was complete nonsense and without any reason, so he became a little impatient.

His usually emotionless face became even more blank, and he repeated emotionlessly: "Go back."

……

Yan Ji'an returned to his bedroom and wanted to meditate.

However, as soon as he sat down on the long couch he usually used for meditation, he opened his eyes.

Unconsciously, his brows furrowed again. No matter what, he felt that the sudden severe pain in his sea of ​​consciousness was no accident. If something wasn't wrong with him, then it must be Nan Fuguang.

The Marriage Tree on the back mountain has existed since the founding of the sect. Its role is not just to serve as a sect mascot, but simply to accept the prayers of young boys and girls - carve their names on a wooden plaque and tie it to the Marriage Tree, and from then on, the souls and sea of ​​consciousness of the two people on the plaque will have a real connection.

The difference between them and ordinary people is that once those who practice Taoism become Taoist couples, they will have a deeper connection.

Thinking of this, Yan Ji'an's usually calm heart began to feel anxious. Before he could sort out his reaction, he had already turned into a ball of light. In an instant, the door of Taoting was slammed open with a bang.

The bronze beast guarding the door was startled.

"Scared to death, scared to death."
"A startle, a startle."
"One or two of them, one or two of them."

……

In the main hall of Yuntian Sect, Sect Leader Xie Cong stood with his back to the gate.

Yan Ji'an transformed himself from the ball of light and walked out quickly. He saw that the tall and majestic figure of the Yuntian Sect's leader, who had always been stable and confident that there would always be taller people to hold up the sky, actually trembled.

He turned around, and Yan Jian saw that he was holding a star disk in his hand that had completely lost its bright star tracks.
On the star disk, all the destined lines disappeared, the stars stopped moving, the zenith star fell from a height, and the destiny star completely fell.

Yan Jian didn't say anything. He found that he might even be afraid to ask Xie Cong whose horoscope it was.

When Xie Cong called out "Immortal Lord" in a trembling voice, Yan Ji'an left without hesitation.

……

The next moment, Yunshang Xianzun appeared under the marriage tree in the back mountain of Yuntian Sect. His robe fluttered in a hurry. He raised his hand to take down a wooden sign from the branch he had casually hung last time. He turned it over and saw the words "Yunshang Xianzun Yan Ji'an" still flowing and flashing with golden brown light, while the simple "Nan Fuguang" three times next to it had turned into dead gray.

Yan Ji'an was rarely stunned on the spot.

He held the wooden sign in his hand, and instead of putting it away, he even forgot to hang it back in its original place. Holding it in his hand, he didn't know what to do with it.

At this time, Xie Cong appeared behind him.

Yan Ji'an sensed the aura of the sect master, but did not turn around. He thought Xie Cong would say something, such as this old guy was always thinking about the revival of the Shatuo Sky-Splitting Tree, and he might suggest that since Nan Fuguang was gone, he should consider Lu Sang for the overall situation...

Yan Jian was even prepared to get furious if he brought it up, or simply shut him up if he said a word.

But he didn't.

Xie Cong just glanced at the wooden sign in Yunshang Immortal's hand, then looked at it again, then sighed deeply, turned around and left.

The footsteps gradually faded away.

The Immortal Master Yunshang, who stayed where he was, probably felt helpless for the first time in his life.

……

Since his reincarnation and birth, Yan Ji'an has been walking through the Three Realms and Six Paths under the names of Hengyue Xingchen and Yunshang Xianzun. He takes protecting the Three Realms as his responsibility, and reviving the Shatuo Liekong Tree has been his only goal from the beginning.

He never thought about liking anyone.

He hung the wooden plaque of his past life with the divine phoenix back on the marriage tree, thinking that if the divine phoenix were to be born somewhere else, he would be the first to know.

In this life, he hung the wooden sign with Nan Fuguang on the marriage tree. He thought that it was no different from the past. This was his only disciple, Yan Ji'an. He watched her grow up, and he would definitely protect her for the rest of her life...
He would have to take care of her eventually, and now that they had a connection, perhaps he could take better care of her.

At that time, he was thinking about responsibility.

It really was a responsibility in the beginning.

From the day Nan Fuguang grabbed his robe and insisted on becoming his disciple, her choice might have been hasty, but his agreement was not so casual...
After that day, with his hands-on teaching and the feelings that accumulated over time, he thought that he had surpassed Nan Fuguang's parents and became the person who understood her best in the world.

He often thought, who else but him could tolerate Ri Ri's hot temper?

Only him.

It can only be him.

Under his protection, Nan Fuguang can be said to be growing up happily and freely. Yan Ji'an has thought about waiting until she is older and finding a qualified Taoist partner for her under his supervision. By then, there will be other people who will cherish and love her more, and he can unload this responsibility...
There's probably nothing wrong with that.

But that day never came.

One day, Xie Cong, the leader of the Yuntian Sect, suggested that the Divine Phoenix had not yet appeared in the world. If the Immortal Venerable wanted to transcend the calamity, he would need a Taoist companion. Since you have been born in the world for thousands of years, you have only had one Nan Fuguang by your side.

Yes.
There is only one Nan Fuguang.

Yan Ji'an knew that under normal circumstances he should scold Xie Cong for being absurd and then decisively refuse... After all, bringing Nan Fuguang on the road to transcend tribulation and placing the heavy responsibility of reviving the Shatuo Likong Tree on her shoulders was fundamentally immoral, unfair to her, and completely contrary to his own principle of raising an apprentice.

But when the words of refusal came to his lips, for some unknown reason, Yan Jian fell silent.

That day, Yunshang Immortal Venerable realized for the first time that he could also have selfish desires.

Yan Ji'an was surprised that he had never really thought about where this selfishness came from.

Watching Nan Fuguang dancing in a mess with the Yaoguang Sword, destroying the plants in front of his Taoting, and after being scolded, he pouted and dragged the strongest peach tree in Taohualing and shouted "I'll pay you back, you stingy guy";
Seeing her teasing cats and dogs outside, not doing her job, the disciples of the Medicine Pavilion hated her so much that they gnashed their teeth when they saw her;
Watching her put her hands on her hips and snatch Wuyou's position as the chief disciple of the Yuntian Sect, shouting "My being the senior sister doesn't prevent you from being the senior brother";
Seeing her practicing slowly, without rushing or slowing down, she would often need some kind of stimulation before she would calm down and return to Taohualing for retreat;
Seeing her calmly accept the plan of becoming a Taoist couple, he turned around and found a wooden plaque and slowly carved their names on it. His hands, which usually tinkered with various evil gizmos, were actually a little clumsy when carving the words that day.
Watching her indifferent attitude towards the returning Divine Phoenix at first, and then the tensions after she formally became his disciple;
Watch her smile;
Watch her make a fuss.

He never thought that every day engraved in his memory seemed repetitive and full of familiarity that made him feel at ease. Occasionally, when he thought of a scene that had been repeated countless times, his heart would beat more strongly than usual.

He never thought about why he went against his usual behavior and promised Nan Fuguang in front of everyone that day that "the marriage in the previous life is all in the past." He said it without thinking, but he never thought of lying to her.

He had never thought that, although he was used to Nan Fuguang going to the Mortal Realm to relax, but since he knew that there was some unclear pig butcher in the Mortal Realm that day, when Nan Fuguang went to the Mortal Realm again, he actually followed him...

He never thought that it might be a special relationship.

Not "responsibility"

It was something else, something stranger, something deeper.

Today, he realized it too late.

The words that I never had time to say in person to ask for an explanation will probably never be spoken again. The four words "fate plays tricks on people" can sometimes be more vividly expressed than in folk stories.

On this day, Nan Fuguang's star fell without any warning in a place he didn't know.

Just thinking about this made Yan Ji'an feel as if his internal organs were invaded by a deadly poison.

Yunshang Immortal Venerable, who had been smooth sailing since his birth and had always been high above, actually felt a heart-wrenching pain at this moment.

(End of this chapter)