I have been bound in a forbidden place for five hundred years. Why are you crying when I am a casual

While the three masters and apprentices in the Suzaku Secret Realm were sensing something, at this moment, people in even more distant places were also beginning to sense Gu Xiu's action of cutting off the lotus root threads.

In that extremely remote mountain village, in a shabby earthen house.

Shi Siling sat cross-legged on the cold earthen kang, no longer possessing the fierceness and imposing presence of the "Number One Under the Supreme." She had abandoned her cultivation, dissipating her immense spiritual power, leaving her as weak as a candle in the wind. This left her skin rough and her hair withered and yellow. Only in the depths of her eyes, once so indifferent and insightful, a hint of near-paranoia lingered.

And as she was determined, the spiritual energy around her was slowly flowing into her body with her breathing.

As the first person under the Supreme Being at that time, even if it was almost impossible for ordinary cultivators to abandon their own cultivation and choose to start over, it became possible for her at this moment.

In fact, she had already completed the refining of Qi into her body a month ago.

now.

By practicing the skills she created herself, her cultivation speed was incredibly fast.

In just one month, she had already stepped into the late stage of Qi Refining again. This was already considered slow, because during the reconstruction process, she continued to temper her Qi Sea and Dantian, hoping to make her Qi Sea and Dantian more solid.

This process is actually very boring.

However, Shi Siling is not an ordinary person. Her greatest hobby in this life is practicing. Practicing, which is boring for ordinary people, is something she enjoys and is addicted to.

In this state, coupled with the cultivation method she tailored for herself using the Source Technique, her foundation was very solid this time around, and the speed at which her Dantian Qi Sea opened up was extremely fast, even more vast than when she first started cultivating.

Everything is moving in the right direction.

The only thing that bothered Shi Siling was that whenever she was practicing wholeheartedly, a voice that bothered her would echo in her mind from time to time:

"Sister, everything has two sides. Retaking the course is naturally more difficult, but at the same time, because it's a retaking, you'll be able to more clearly understand how to strengthen your foundation, so don't give up!"

"Senior Sister, you are amazing! With your talent, you will definitely be able to reach the Supreme level in the future!"

"Senior Sister, look what Junior Brother brought you. This is something he just won from a gambling match. It will definitely be very useful for your next realm breakthrough!"

"Senior Sister, I haven't seen you for five hundred years. I heard that you are already the number one person under the Supreme."

"..."

These voices would always emerge from the bottom of her heart when she was practicing, and her thoughts would always go back to five hundred years ago, when she had lost her cultivation and embarked on the path of cultivation again with Gu Xiu's full help.

Five hundred years ago, these words gave her infinite confidence.

But now it has become a memory.

Brought...

But there was only pain, because the appearance of these memories continued to torture her, making it difficult for her to truly calm down and concentrate.

After another failed attempt to reach the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, Shi Siling couldn't help but slap himself hard on the chest.

She spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot, and her expression eased a little.

But she couldn't help but feel annoyed. She had no choice but to sit cross-legged, muttering to herself:

"Only by being free from emotion and desire can one glimpse the true meaning of the great Dao..."

"My alienation from Gu Xiu back then was inevitable..."

"There's a difference between immortals and mortals. What I did back then was not wrong..."

"I benefited from Gu Xiu when I rebuilt myself. Now that I am rebuilding myself, I need to prove that even without Gu Xiu's help, I can still return to the top, or even surpass the top!"

These words kept coming out.

Only then can I barely suppress the memories that keep popping up in my heart.

However, just as these thoughts were suppressed...

"Ugh—!"

Shi Siling suddenly covered her heart, and an unprecedented pain broke out without warning!

The pain did not come from her weak body, but from the depths of her soul. It was as if an innate string connected to the source of her life was torn apart by an invisible and cold hand!

After the severe pain, there was a huge feeling of emptiness that swept over me.

Her eyes went dark and she fell forward uncontrollably, her forehead hitting the edge of the cold earthen bed. Blood instantly flowed down, forming a stark contrast with her pale face.

But she was completely unaware, clutching the ragged linen shirt tightly against her chest, breathing heavily, her eyes filled with confusion, fear, and a kind of...

Unspeakable panic!

"What...what...is lost?"

She murmured, her voice hoarse and trembling.

The feeling was too clear, too hopeless. It was like a pillar supporting her entire world had collapsed, or like a piece of her soul had been forcibly ripped away.

She subconsciously began to search.

Is it cultivation?

No, she ruined her cultivation by herself.

Is it a treasure?

After Qingxuan was destroyed, she was left alone with nothing.

Is it...memory?

No, her memory was crystal clear.

Confused thoughts churned in her mind, and finally, a figure that always appeared but was forcibly buried by her appeared again with incredible clarity this time.

Gu Xiu!

It’s Gu Xiu!!!

Seeing this figure in his memory again, Shi Siling was struck by lightning.

She finally understood what was lost!

It’s Gu Xiu!

It was the last tiny, lingering connection between her and Gu Xiu!

It is that bond that is always hidden in a corner of her heart no matter how she denies it or how she disguises it with "Supreme Forgetfulness"!

"he……"

"He completely... doesn't want us anymore..."

Shi Siling whispered absentmindedly, hot tears mixed with the blood on her face sliding down and dripping onto the cold earthen kang.

She wanted to stop the tears.

But these tears were like a flood that rushed out from a sluice gate. No matter how she wiped them away, no matter how she muttered words like "the supreme forgetfulness of emotions" and "the true meaning of the great way", she could not stop them at all.

in contrast.

The memory that she had deliberately suppressed deep in her memory, and even wanted to erase it, began to emerge in his blurred vision along with tears.

The one who was the smallest, but appeared the most mature and the most sincere to himself.

The figure who always stayed by her side when she lost her cultivation for the first time and fell into helplessness, constantly encouraging her and helping her to cheer up.

The figure who fought bloody battles and gambled everywhere for her reconstruction, but every time he came back, he had to wash off the bloodstains first.

that……

Five hundred years later, the figure had white hair, a frail body, and even dim eyes.

next moment.

All these figures blurred by tears began to disappear one after another, becoming blurred and no longer so clear.

This is the chain reaction caused by Gu Xiu severing all connections.

She abandoned her own cultivation and retraced Gu Xiu's path, originally intending to sever all of this and thereby penetrate the ruthless path. Now that Gu Xiu had done this, it was almost a disguised way of liberating her.

Can……

At this moment.

When she really faced all of this, Shi Siling felt that she had not gained any relief. Instead, her foundation began to shake violently. An indescribable panic seized her, and even...

"My Way..."

"Is it really wrong?"

Curled up on the cold earthen kang, Shi Siling for the first time realized the supreme indifference she had pursued all her life.

Fundamental doubts have arisen.

The huge feeling of emptiness and the severe pain brought by the crack in her heart made her feel suffocated far more than the wound on her forehead.

What should I do next?

Is there still any meaning in following Gu Xiu’s path of reconstruction?

Confusion and self-doubt, like a cold tide, instantly drowned her.

……

Just when Shi Siling began to question his own Dao heart, at this moment, on the other side, there was a composting area in the medicinal garden.

A wild dog with a gloomy face was crawling in a sea of ​​flowers.

She was staring intently at the group of monks who were searching for her.

"Where did the dead dog go? Hasn't it been found yet?"

"I've searched everywhere I should, but there's no trace."

"This damn dog actually dared to dig up graves and eat corpses. When I catch it, I will kill it!"

"Speaking of which, what's wrong with that dead dog lately? He used to just cower in silence every day when he was beaten, but now he's even daring to dig graves. Also, when I saw him a few days ago, I felt like something wasn't right about him. He felt different than before."

"No matter how different it is, it's just a stray dog ​​that has lost its home. Stop nagging me and find a way to find that dog. The Sect Master personally ordered this stray dog ​​to be kept under strict supervision. If it really disappears, and the punishment comes, all of us will suffer."

"If not, try getting some manure. A dog will always eat shit. Maybe it will come out."

"..."

A group of monks were cursing as they walked past the wild dog not far in front of it, overhearing all their conversation. The wild dog's eyes became increasingly gloomy, and he couldn't help but tremble slightly.

This is angry!

She is Lu Qingyao, the dignified head of the Spirit Beast Peak of the Qingxuan Holy Land. She was once so glorious when she was in Qingxuan, but now she has become like this, reduced to a wild dog, being ordered around and beaten at will, and now they are talking about her like this.

Outrageous!

Damn it!

For a moment, she even wanted to pounce and bite all these people to death.

But in the end, she forced herself to suppress the anger in her heart, and lowered her head again to devour the remains of the corpse in front of her that she had just dug out and had not yet completely decayed.

This is a corpse.

Lu Qingyao is a human being after all, or at least she used to be a human being. She had never thought about eating human corpses before, but now it is different. Not only she herself has begun to doubt whether she is still a human being.

more importantly.

She needs strength and needs to escape from this damn place!

Originally, she had absolutely no chance. Her Nascent Soul was neither human nor ghost, her physical body had been eaten, and her bloodline power was still of the lowest level. She was basically useless.

But before Jiang Xun asked for help, after swallowing the remaining soul of Jiang Xun.

Lu Qingyao saw hope.

one……

It needs to rely on constant devouring, constantly devouring everything to strengthen its own hope!

With this hope, let alone eating dead people.

She's willing to do anything!

So much so.

When the feeling of having lost something extremely precious arose in her heart, Lu Qingyao didn't even think about it and directly put this feeling aside.

She just looked in a certain direction through the weeds with red eyes:

"Gu Xiu..."

"wait for me."

"Wait for me to come and eat you..."

Lu Qingyao, who had turned into a wild dog but found a way out, was full of murderous intentions towards Gu Xiu, and even began to lose people's hearts. At this moment, in the North Gate City connecting Zhongzhou and Beiming.

Two puppets, one big and one small.

But at this moment, just as he entered Zhongzhou...