return to heaven

"Chen'er! Chen'er!" A female voice came, as if looking for someone.

Shen Chubai was afraid of being discovered that he had sneaked into other people's houses, so he wanted to fly out, but the kid behind him refused to let go of his clothes.

"Who are you?" It was Zhu Chen's mother, Xu Xuan, who came to look for her.She searched all the way, and saw a white-clothed Taoist standing in the courtyard, she was so shocked that she rushed up, "What are you doing?"

Oops, found out.

Shen Chubai had never encountered such a thing before, so he was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to do, "This... I... I'm here... I'm here to find someone."

"Who are you looking for to find me in this inner courtyard?" Xu Xuan asked vigilantly.

"Uh...uh...this, find me..."

Seeing his embarrassed face, Xu Xuan didn't seem to be faking, and didn't seem to be here to do something, so she stopped embarrassing him, "Okay. You can go, there are only our two mothers in the inner courtyard, and the person you are looking for is not here." .” As he spoke, he planned to hold Zhu Chen’s hand and leave.

Shen Chubai just breathed a sigh of relief, but Zhu Chen's hand was still holding the corner of Shen Chubai's clothes, he looked up at his mother, "Mother, this brother is a god."

Shen Chubai frantically gestured, "No, no, no...not..."

Xu Xuan withdrew her staggered footsteps. With Zhu Chen's reminder, she began to look at the man in white carefully. She felt that this man looked different, and she couldn't tell what was different. Maybe it was because he was older. It's too good to let her ignore the detached and refined aura on him.

She was dressed in white clothes that were not stained with dust, and her whole body was covered with a hazy light in the sun, which was not obvious, if there was nothing.

"Are you a god?" Xu Xuan was puzzled.

"No, no, no, it's not true, madam just joked, how could I be a god, hahaha"

The more Xu Xuan looked at this man, the more extraordinary he felt.

As if to confirm what he said, Zhu Chen raised his finger and pointed in the direction of the forest outside the city, "Mother, I just saw this brother flying over from there."

Practitioners in the mortal world cannot fly, control swords, and use spells. Shen Chubai knows all of these things, and it is impossible for him to make such a low-level mistake.

"No, I didn't fly, I flew here with lightness kung fu." Shen Chubai said confidently, it turned out to be like this, it's okay.

"Brother, you are lying. Using lightness kung fu is different from flying. You will borrow strength in the middle of lightness kung fu. You are not. I have seen people who use lightness kung fu to fly. They flew from that direction." You can’t get to that height, and usually you will borrow strength once you reach the roof over there, but you didn’t.”

Shen Chubai did not use mana, nor did he fly, but he overestimated the dexterity of ordinary people, and underestimated the child's observation ability.

He has never been to the mortal world, so he doesn't know how mortals' kung fu is, and now he doesn't know how to refute it.

He even thought, if he just flew out and walked away, no one would take what the kids said, no one would take it seriously.

While he was struggling to think of a countermeasure in his mind, Zhu Chen seemed to be convinced that he was a god, he grabbed the hem of his clothes, turned around and said to his mother, "Mom, I want to be like a big brother and become a god." His eyes were unprecedentedly serious, which made his mother stunned. This was the first time he asked for something, and it was not a question, but an affirmation.

Shen Chubai didn't take it seriously, and said with a smile: "Boy, it's not so easy to be a god." He has practiced for hundreds of years, and he is only a Golden Core stage monk.

"Then I'm not afraid, I just want to be a god," Zhu Chen said stubbornly, "Brother, will you take me with you?"

Xu Xuan had never seen such a determined look on his face before, as if his long-cherished wish for many years would finally come true, and he was equally satisfied.

What surged in his eyes was the peace of mind and tranquility of finally finding his destination, resolute and determined.

Xu Xuan suddenly thought of the way he often looked at the sky alone. At that time, the yearning on his face was so real, so longing, almost pious.

Shen Chubai: "..."

Xu Xuan: "..."

Long silence.....

Xu Xuan forced a smile and sighed, "I can't keep you after all..." She patted his head, "All these years, mother always thought that you would leave mother's side one day, and sure enough, you would still leave Yes."

Zhu Chen called in a low voice, "Mother".

Only then did Shen Chubai know that the child was telling the truth, that he really wanted to become a god.

But even if it is true, not everyone can be a god.He likes this child very much, but this child's aptitude is not suitable for cultivating immortals. It is better to live a good life in the mortal world. He can't harm him. Once he left, he shouldn't have come down.

"My lord, look... this" Xu Xuan said to Shen Chubai.

Shen Chubai was a little embarrassed, he couldn't resist Xu Xuan's enthusiasm, so he had to sit down with her at the stone table next to him.

"Just now, the civilian woman's eyes are clumsy, and she offended me a lot. I don't know if it is the Lord Shangxian who came down to earth, but I hope that the Lord Shangxian will not blame you." Xu Xuan said while pouring tea.

Shen Chubai was very anxious at this moment, but didn't know what to do.

He sighed, and said: "Well, since that's the case, I'll just say it straight." Shen Chubai didn't hide it, "To tell you the truth, I'm not a god, I'm just a monk of Nanyang Immortal Sect. "

Xu Xuan smiled kindly and said: "That is also a god, and it is very different from us mortals." Then she said: "You have seen it too. My son is devoted to Taoism. I wonder if my lord can take him to practice? If my son's wish can be fulfilled, the women will be very grateful." After saying that, she stood up and prepared to salute Shen Chubai.

How could Shen Chubai be willing? He quickly helped her up, took her to a place far away from Zhu Chen, and said to her in a low voice: "Madam doesn't know something. The cultivation of immortality is all about fate. With immortal fate, one day it will be possible to achieve a positive result." , even if a person who has no fate enters the fairy gate, it is useless."

Xu Xuan is a smart person, she understood what he meant, maybe he meant that Zhu Chen didn't have a fairy fate, but she didn't understand what a fairy fate was, she looked at it just now, and she was happier than usual. Double Zhu Chen.

Thinking of the weird things that happened to Zhu Chen, he didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing, and he didn't know whether he should tell this decent-looking monk in front of him.

After pondering for a moment, Xu Xuan said: "My lord, there is something unclear about the woman, and I hope my lord can clarify the confusion for the woman."

"But it doesn't matter."

"Aren't all the things that are different from ordinary things in the world monsters?"

Shen Chubai vetoed it affirmatively: "Of course not, it's just different from most of them. Isn't this unique?"

Xu Xuan went on to say: "If it is really a monster, then it must be beheaded?"

Shen Chubai still vetoed it affirmatively: "Of course not. If you haven't done anything harmful to nature, why should you hurt it? God still has the virtue of being good at life, and his existence is in compliance with the principles and ways of heaven. If there is any mistake, it should be punished." Beheaded?" He didn't understand why the lady suddenly mentioned monsters.

"Then what if the monster wants to become a fairy?"

"What?" Shen Chubai was shocked, "So what do you mean? He's a monster?" After talking about it, he himself laughed.

Without waiting for Xu Xuan to say anything, Shen Chubai continued: "So this is why the two of you were locked in this inner courtyard? I don't know why he is considered a monster, but what is certain is that he is definitely not Monster! Not any kind of spirit, he is just an ordinary human with a bit of spiritual roots."

"Spirit root? What is that?"

"Spiritual roots are a kind of tendons that cultivators must have, and ordinary people can't see them."

"Then what do you mean, does my son have spiritual roots?"

Shen Chubai was stunned for a moment, "Yes, but only slightly, such spiritual roots are not suitable for cultivating immortals."

Zhu Chen didn't know when he came to them, and when he heard this, he immediately knelt down in front of him, his face was full of panic, "Big brother, please take me to cultivate immortals together, I want to become an immortal."

The moment Zhu Chen knelt down to him, he suddenly felt his knees go numb, if he didn't try his best to restrain himself, he would almost kneel down.

Strange, is it because it has been a long time since I have been to a place where the aura is thin, so it is like this?Zhu Chen thought.

Xu Xuan knelt down next to Zhu Chen and begged him, "I beg the Great Immortal to take him, as I said just now, he is always treated as a different kind in the world, even though you said he is a human being, others Don’t think so, they will still treat my son as a different kind. Our mother and son have been imprisoned in this inner courtyard all these years. He hasn’t gone out to see him for many years. It is a life of being imprisoned for a lifetime. The woman does not ask him to make great achievements in the cultivation world, but only asks him to live this life as a normal human being. I beg your lord to agree to the plea of ​​the woman, as long as you can accept it My son, a woman is willing to serve you like a cow or a horse, please accept him." After she finished speaking, she kowtowed to Shen Chubai.

Zhu Chen also wanted to kowtow together, but before he bowed down, Shen Chu quickly stopped him with white eyes and pulled Xu Xuan up.

"You don't need to be a cow or a horse. If you want me to take him with you, it's fine," Shen Chubai said seriously, "But you have to think clearly, once you enter the fairy gate, there is no turning back, regardless of the way forward No matter what you encounter, you can only keep going.”

Zhu Chen replied bluntly: "No problem!"

Shen Chubai frowned slightly, and became serious, Xu Xuan thought, if she saw him like this at first, she would not be blind.

"From the day you started to practice, you have been defined as a cultivator by the heavens. If you fail to overcome the calamity, what you will face is that your soul will be scattered, your body will disappear, or you will encounter a bottleneck and have not broken through. What will you encounter? It's also the end of Shouyuan's death, death, and no chance of reincarnation! Do you still insist?" After finishing speaking, Shen Chubai thought he would think about it,

Qiliu gave the answer without hesitation: "I know, I will definitely devote myself to cultivation."

Shen Chubai waved his hand and said: "I don't have the ability to accept disciples yet, so when you arrive at Nanyang Xianzong, someone will teach you the art of cultivation."

"Then you agreed to take me to cultivate immortality, right?" Zhu Chen smiled so much that his eyes were bent, Xu Xuan looked at Zhu Chen like this, and smiled very reassuringly.

Shen Chubai laughed, "That's right, kid."

"Thank you Master!"

"Ah, I told you, I can't be your master!"

"Then let me call you Little Master." In this way, it is not a master, but it is still a master.

Shen Chubai suddenly remembered that he hadn't told him his name, "My name is Shen Chubai, and all the juniors call me Second Senior Brother. After entering Nanyang Immortal Sect, I will also be your Second Senior Brother, so you should call me Second Senior Brother! "

Zhu Chen shook his head with a smile, "No, you are a little-teacher-father-"

Shen Chubai was helpless, a little master is a little master, as long as it is not a master, "It's up to you, brat."

Brat? "Hey, brat, you haven't told me what your name is! Is it...Chen'er?"

Zhu Chen said word by word: "My name is Zhu Chen."

Seeing them arguing for a while, Xu Xuan interrupted, "I don't know how long you will stay in the mortal world?" She actually wanted to know how many days Zhu Chen could be with her.

Shen Chubai could see what she was thinking, but they couldn't stay in the mortal world for too long. After Elder Shangfang found his apprentice, they would immediately return to the cultivation world, "I'm afraid...they will start their journey today."

"Ah...so urgent..." Xu Xuan's mood dropped immediately.Yes, a son, I haven't seen him for 5 years, I don't know when I will see you again, and now the other son is leaving, this farewell, I am afraid it will be a farewell forever.

Zhu Chen couldn't bear to see his mother so sad, walked over, and rarely took the initiative to hug her, "Mother, don't be sad..." He didn't know this parting, and when we would see each other again, but he had to leave, He felt that that would be his destination, and he couldn't say that he would come back to see her when he was free. If he couldn't come back to see her in the future, it would only add to his worries and make her sad.

Xu Xuan wanted to talk to Zhu Chen more and give some instructions. Shen Chubai knew that Zhu Chen was afraid that he would leave without saying goodbye, so she hugged the saber she carried with him, "I won't leave, go .”

Only then did Zhu Chen leave with his mother.

Zhu Xuan, who was sitting at the stone table drinking tea, suddenly received a letter from Elder Shangfang, asking him if he had found the source water.

Zhu Chen even forgot that in the mortal world, messenger symbols can be used to deliver messages.

The messenger talisman does not consume mana. The messenger talisman itself is infused with spiritual power. As long as you write what you want to say and the person you want to convey with a little spiritual power on it, it can pass your news to the person you want to tell , people with low cultivation level often use this method to send messages, so usually people who have just practiced will use this method to send messages. After so many years, he almost forgot that there is still such a method that can be used .

It seems that Elder Shangfang and the others have already found someone, and they just wait for him to join them.

Shen Chubai immediately replied to Elder Shangfang, saying that he is currently in the Zhu residence, but something happened and he will meet them again later.

Elder Shangfang was afraid that he was a newcomer and would encounter difficult problems that he would not be able to deal with, so he immediately questioned him again. Shen Chubai saw that the two of them didn't look like they were going to come out yet, so he gave an overview of what happened here to Elder Shangfang .

As soon as the word was passed to Elder Shang Fang, Zhu Chen and Xu Xuan came out. Zhu Chen also carried a simple package in his hand. He had already packed his luggage and was just waiting to set off.

Seeing that they came out, Shen Chubai wanted to ask Xu Xuan why Zhu Chen was rejected as a different kind, and also the hostility in Xu Xuan's eyes when she first saw him, "May I take the liberty to ask, why is it?" Why would Zhu Chen be treated as a monster?"

Xu Xuan motioned Zhu Chen to sit beside her, and she gave him a general account of his abnormalities over the years. She also told him about Wuchen's visit to the house to eliminate demons. After speaking, she asked: "My lord, you said that he is a human being, but why is he so different from ordinary people? Is it because of his spiritual root?"

"Maybe." Of course it's not because of Lingen, it's just to reassure her, "I don't know the specifics, but what is certain is that this is not a bad thing, just treat it as his protective layer. "

What is that light?Ordinary people can't see the golden light on him, so they think it's a witchcraft, but even if they see it, they still think he is a monster. Which normal person has such ability?And this ray of light only appears when he is in danger, it protects him from harm, and it bounces back to return the harm to the person who caused the harm... This is a bit like a light of merit... The boy was a life-saving survivor in his previous life Bodhisattva?Otherwise, why is there such a powerful blessing of merit at such a young age in this life?