Self-cultivation in the world of monster hunting

Not long after coming down from Tianji Mountain, Lu Xiang and Sijun arrived in Shuzhong.

After wandering in unfamiliar places for a long time, Lu Xiang still felt a sense of intimacy when he returned to the place where he grew up. He unconsciously quickened his pace and arrived the day before the appointment with his master.

Unexpectedly, when they returned to their small house, the master was not at home at all, and a thin layer of dust had accumulated on the table. It seemed that Lu hadn't been there for several days.

Sijun was vigilantly checking around the small house, protecting Lu Xiang behind her, and said in a deep voice, "Be careful."

Lu Xiang raised his forehead and said helplessly: "Don't be so vigilant, our countryside is very safe, and Master is also very safe to protect himself. There is nothing wrong...I know...know where Master is..."

After a stick of incense, Lu Xiang took Sijun to the largest restaurant in the town at the foot of the mountain.

Lu Xiang said a little embarrassedly: "My master must have been drinking. If he talks nonsense to you when he's drunk, don't get angry with him."

Sijun nodded and said, "I know, your master is also my elder."

But Lu Xiang's expression didn't seem to let go of his heart at all, he still led Sijun into the restaurant with a full face, went upstairs familiarly, reached the door of the largest box, and pushed the door open.

Lu Xiang wanted to cover his face when he saw the scene inside the door.

There were at least a dozen young and beautiful women in the room, some sang songs, some played the piano, but more people gathered around the man sitting on the main seat, beating his legs and shoulders and feeding him grapes.

Lu Xiang said helplessly, "Master..."

Hearing Lu Xiang's voice, the man in the middle raised his head, looked at Lu Xiang for a long time with his drunken and cloudy eyes, and then said, "You... who are you... Oh, I know, my apprentice ..."

This is the old, frail, lonely and helpless... Lu Xiang's master... the legendary medical saint mentioned in the letter.

But he looks less than 30 years old, he is well maintained, his skin is tender, his face is rosy, and he looks so intoxicated and gentle, how can he be a little lonely!

Lu Xiang covered his face and said to Sijun, "This is my master..."

The master who looked very unreliable stared at Lu Xiang for a long time, and finally confirmed Lu Xiang's identity, and then waved excitedly Lu Xiang said: "Little Xiangzi is back! Come, let me introduce you Have a little grooming, my new baby! Come, come, come!"

Lu Xiang really regretted bringing Sijun here at this time, he almost died of embarrassment, he turned his head to look at Sijun, the other party's expression didn't change much, but Lu Xiang could still imagine, what he saw today must be what Sijun never expected of.

Lu Xiang was afraid that Sijun would be angry, so he quickly coaxed him in a low voice: "My master is talking nonsense, I don't want to know these girls!"

Sijun raised his eyebrows, but he didn't make a sound or move, but Lu Xiang's master saw that Lu Xiang hadn't moved for a long time, so he stood up by himself, staggered to Lu Xiang, and wanted to drag him to the group of women middle.

But as soon as he stretched out his hand, he was blocked by the people around Lu Xiang.

Only then did he slowly put his drunken eyes on Sijun, Sijun slightly nodded at him, and said: "Young man thinks about you."

"Oh... yes... Sijun..." He nodded several times, pointed to his nose, and said, "I, Jin Shanbai..."

Sijun bowed his hands and said, "Senior Jin."

Jin Shanbai nodded, turned around and looked at Lu Xiang again, and said with a hey smile: "By the way, you...you are dating...I heard that Sijun is the sword...it's a ghost Sorrow, um...you got Gui Jianchou...to make a good match...it's not good to introduce new people to you..."

Lu Xiang blushed a little, but he was relieved to see that Sijun didn't turn his face immediately, so he whispered to Jin Shanbai: "Master, we are going back, stop messing around..."

Jin Shanbai shook his head, his expression suddenly became very serious, he stared at Lu Xiang and said, "But you can't ignore Little Taohong, she still misses you, and what about Little Jasmine? Master didn't teach you to be a heartless person." ,you……"

"Master!" Lu Xiang was shocked, quickly covered Jin Shanbai's mouth, and then turned to look at Sijun.

Got it!

Sijun's eyebrows are so raised that they are going to fly!

Lu Xiang's back was bristling, and he hurriedly said to Sijun, "My master talks nonsense when he's drunk, so ignore him!"

"Oh?" Sijun squinted slightly at Lu Xiang.

Lu Xiang was about to cry, so he hurriedly called out Lu Xiaoji and asked him to carry his master up. Although Lu Xiaoji was strong, his hands were short and he was short, so he couldn't cover his mouth when he was carrying someone, so Jin Shanbai's mouth When he was free again, he shouted excitedly: "That little Yinger..."

"Ah!" Lu Xiang interrupted Jin Shanbai with a strange cry, and shouted at Lu Xiaoji, "Drag away! Drag away! Hurry up and drag away!"

Lu Xiaoji's footsteps were flying, and he dragged Jin Shanbai away in one breath, and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Lu Xiang turned to look at Sijun with a guilty conscience, and explained palely: "That what... Master is talking nonsense! These are all girls that Master knows blindly, I promise, I haven't spoken a few words to them. "

Sijun said calmly, "It's nothing."

But it looks like nothing is happening!This is clearly a big deal!

Lu Xiang still wanted to explain, but Sijun didn't give him a chance at all. He strode forward and said as he walked, "Go back first."

Lu Xiang followed in fear, and now he regrets it to death!Knowing that Master is drinking at this time, why can't he think about bringing Sijun?

But it's too late to say anything now, Lu Xiang has nothing to do now, he can only think of a way to get Master back sober.

After returning to their small house on the top of the mountain, Lu Xiang began to skillfully take care of his half-drunk master. After drinking the hangover soup for him, he wiped his face again, so that he was finally sober and didn't say anything nonsense. Small this small that.Several people took their seats in the main hall, drank tea and started chatting. Lu Xiaoji and Lu Xiaogu ran away without a trace, and they didn't know where to go to have fun.

Lu Xiang finally breathed a sigh of relief, and formally introduced Sijun to Jin Shanbai.

Jin Shanbai was still in a dazed state after being drunk, eating grapes in a dawdly manner, and asked about all the conditions of Lu Xiang since he went down the mountain. Although he had read most of them in the secret book, he heard Lu Xiang After Xiang and Sijun said it again, they were still very shocked.So while listening, I kept adding various exclamations in shock.

"Whoa whoa whoa."

"Great, great, great."

"Really exciting."

Lu Xiang was so disturbed by him that he couldn't continue talking. It was all thanks to Sijun that he could remain calm and narrated everything with a blank expression.

After finally finishing speaking, Lu Xiang also breathed a sigh of relief, Jin Shanbai was still immersed in this ups and downs of the story, the whole person looked clouded.

Lu Xiang shook his arm and said: "Master, wake up! Talk to me carefully! Although I have found out most of the secrets of my life experience, there are still some unclear situations. For example, I was in Bai Yuying. I saw in the sand bottle that you were going to steal my mother's Qiankun bag. Also, you knew my identity when you picked me up, but why didn't you tell me? Can you stop perfunctoring me and start from the beginning? Let me tell you what happened to these things."

Jin Shanbai stroked his chin and said, "From the beginning, it will grow... oh... That's how it is. When I was young, I was a caster, and my reputation was not bad. But it didn't take long for Ji Nanhong to come out. She is famous, she is too talented, and when she came out, we were compared to scum. So I was jealous of her, so I went to steal her universe bag, and planned to study how it was done after I stole it. I'll give it back to her. But, you said how powerful the world's number one metalsmith is, so I stole it hahaha! You say I'm not so good hahaha!"

Lu Xiang: ...

Sijun: ...

Sijun didn't even expect that Jin Shanbai would speak up about such a petty theft, without any shame on his face, and even a little pride.

Although this result is shocking, Lu Xiang can still accept it, because he knows that Master always likes to mess around, but Master is not bad in nature.At that time, stealing from mother was not really malicious.And later on, this Qiankun bag was always used by Lu Xiang, and the master gave him all the other good things.

Lu Xiang finally let go of what he saw in the white jade sand bottle, and heaved a long sigh of relief.Then, Lu Xiang gently pulled Sijun's sleeve to let him not mind, turned to Jin Shanbai, and said, "Master, you don't have to be so proud about this kind of thing... Then what happened next? Keep talking."

"Later, before I had time to return it to her, she married someone, to Yu Yunshan. I couldn't beat Yu Yunshan, and I didn't dare to provoke their couple." Jin Shanbai narrowed his eyes and said slowly, " I just thought about it, Ji Nanhong and Wen Renxian are two great metalsmiths, I can't surpass them anyway, I might as well change careers. So I learned divination, my divination is generally accurate. Later, whoever came from the four major families asked me to do a fortune teller... I can't remember after drinking too much, anyway, someone asked me to do a fortune teller for Yumen. I was taken aback, so I quickly made another calculation. Fortunately, there are still variables in this matter. The hexagram shows that if I don't publicize this matter, I might not get to that point. But later, I don't know if it is The idiot started to spread it everywhere. He also said that I was straight-talking, which is accurate. Damn, it didn’t take long for people to spread my hexagram everywhere. I went to explain and no one listened, and the blame was pointed at me! Yu Yunshan is so powerful, don’t ask me to settle accounts! I quickly retired from the world! It’s so dangerous that Yu Yunshan didn’t get caught!”

Lu Xiang:? ? ?

Sijun: ...

"Wait, master!" Lu Xiang yelled in surprise, "You think you're doing the divination? You are... you are... black blind?!"

Jin Shanbai nodded: "Oh, someone called me that. The blind man is pretending, and the black man is wearing □□."

Lu Xiang:! ! !

So the fact that the master is a holy doctor is not shocking enough, but the master is still blind?

Lu Xiang almost screamed and said tremblingly, "That prophecy..."

"Yes, yes, I figured it out, don't get too excited, let me finish in one breath." Jin Shanbai quickly interrupted Lu Xiang, and then said, "In short, I was afraid of accidents, so I temporarily concealed my name. Later It’s the battle of killing demons, I don’t quite understand those things. At that time, I was discouraged, the casting tool had no future, and fortune-telling would be cut off. But last time I stole from Ji Nanhong’s place, I accidentally discovered that I was quite talented in stealing , I went to steal things. By the way, I just subdued a bat demon, so I used his name to steal things, and set up a dream of becoming the number one avenue in the world! Guess what, I really If I have talent, I just stole a manhole cover, and the world really knows me hahahaha! But unfortunately, the bat demon died accidentally, and I had no cover. I was worried that I would be recognized, so I had no choice but to give up this dream."

Lu Xiang:! ! !

Sijun: ...

So Master is not only a medical saint, but also a black blind man, or Mr. Bat? !

Lu Xiang's jaw dropped to the ground, because he was too shocked, he couldn't speak a word, the master continued to take it easy, and said casually: "After giving up this direction of life, I will go to study medicine. I will go down the mountain after I finish my studies. At that time, I accidentally showed my hands and got the title of a medical saint. At this time, the battle to kill demons is almost over, and Yu Yunshan is already dead. I jumped. You know, Yumen was besieged because of my fortune-telling. It’s like saying that I stole something from someone’s daughter-in-law and made a fortune-telling to cause trouble for her husband. Oh, hey, that’s okay ! In case the descendants of Yu Clan find out about it in the future, why don’t they settle accounts with me?”

Lu Xiang: ...

Sijun: ...

The master continued: "Then what can I do? I temporarily searched for information in the name of a medical sage, and later found out that Ji Nanhong was hiding in the Bo family in Jiangcheng. When I rushed over, Wen Renxian had already killed her." Ji Nanhong and a child. I thought it was over, but after Wen Renxian got Ji Nanhong's sword, he suddenly became a little delirious and went crazy in place, as if he couldn't see me. You guys I know, I'm pretty good at stealing things, so I sneaked into that yard, wanting to see if Ji Nanhong could still be saved. As a result, Ji Nanhong pointed me in the direction with his last breath, and I followed her direction to find her. I saw a child hidden in the enchantment at the bottom of the lake, and there was a note hidden in the skirt, with his name and birth date written on it. That child is ugly and ugly. Oh, it's you."

Lu Xiang was so shocked that he didn't even know what shock was. He froze, and Sijun was behind him to support him.

"Ji Nanhong is very smart. She knew that if she put two children together, she might not be able to keep either of them, so she hid them separately. You are very lucky, so I thought, maybe you are a lucky star, so I picked you up to play with. "Jin Shanbai continued to eat grapes, and still said casually, "Later, the members of the four major families were still suppressing Yumen's former followers, so I ran away in fear of death. Outstanding people! The girls are all as beautiful as angels, so they stayed."

Lu Xiang's body trembled violently, and he said after a long time: "Then...then why...Master...you have been...for so many years...you don't...don't tell me..."

The master patted the table and said: "Although my divination is wrong, it will not be inaccurate. Yumen will at least produce a demon king who will destroy the world. Who knows if you are? How dare I tell you nonsense? What if you are so stimulated that you go crazy, and you really go to destroy the world? Besides, you were so stupid when you were young, and it doesn’t make sense for me to tell you so many heavy things. I just thought that you are stupid anyway, so let You foolishly spent your childhood happily, so I don’t need to worry too much.”

Lu Xiang was still speechless, the shock of the past was too great for him, completely messing up his thinking, he felt the dizziness in front of his eyes, and the world was spinning.

Sijun hugged Lu Xiang's waist from behind, and said to Jin Shan, "Dare to ask Senior Jin, where was I when you found Lu Xiang?"

"Oh, you, let me think about it..." The master touched his chin and continued, "By the way, you were lying next to Lu Xiang at that time, and you hadn't cultivated into a sword spirit yet. You were covered in mud and rust. Thinking that you were the sword, I thought that the sword was taken away by Wen Renxian. You, maybe you are just a scrap of copper and iron that was still at the bottom of the lake. Although I picked it up and took it away, but I always hated it. Then we went back to Shuzhong in a miserable situation. At that time, the war of killing demons was not completely over. The world was chaotic, and there were refugees everywhere. They were poorer than me. They couldn’t even find someone to steal things. There is no way, I just threw you to a farmer, and exchanged a bowl of goat milk for this kid to drink."

Sijun: ...

"It's too bad!" Jin Shanbai slapped the table and said angrily, "If I knew you were the sword, I should have replaced it with a steamed bun!"

Lu Xiang: ...

Sijun: ...

No matter how much shock he had brought to the two of them, Jin Shanbai turned to look at Sijun and said, "Then when did you become a sword spirit?"

Sijun fell into a brief thought.

Probably after being sold to a farmer, Sijun gradually became enlightened. At that time, he vaguely remembered that the farmer was also ignorant, and he didn’t recognize how valuable the gems on the scabbard were, so he just threw them away. , and then use him to mow the grass every day.When he finally woke up in human form, he found himself lying on the edge of the farmland with a hoe beside him.

Later, the scabbard should be picked up by someone who knows the goods, and the gems on it were pried off and sold, and circulated around.

Sijun wandered around for many years, until he happened to see the coral in the South China Sea, and finally found a little clue about himself.

Both Sijun and Lu Xiang fell silent, both in very complicated moods.

The writer of this fate is too willful to arrange such an absurd plot for them.

Jin Shanbai picked up a piece of grass and put it in his mouth, his face was full of indifference, he also became quiet, and no one made a sound, as if the whole world was only left with the chirping of insects at night.

After a long time, the master avoided Lu Xiang's gaze and said slowly: "I have told you everything before, and now you know that I have some old grievances with you Yumen. I picked you up just by hand, and raised you up." You are just bored. I stole your mother’s things in the past. I was unreasonable. Later, I got into trouble with you... Although I haven’t raised you well these years, I haven’t raised you crookedly. .Stole something from your mother, and used it for you in the end. Although you and Gui Jianshou had to be separated, you still met and got together in the end."

It took Lu Xiang a long time to get out of the subversive shock just now, and he looked at Jin Shanbai with anxiety.

What is Master talking about?

Jin Shanbai shook the grass in his mouth, and said slowly: "Let's make it clear, I don't owe you anything... There is a settlement between us. Um... Let's just go with it."

The last sentence was spoken softly, but when it reached Lu Xiang's ears, it made his eardrum hurt.

Is Master trying to draw a line with him?

Lu Xiang looked at Jin Shanbai in panic, and couldn't help but speculate on his heart at this moment.

He's not in the mood, but he's really a nice guy.Yumen's tragedy back then was caused by his words, but he was not Yumen's perpetrator, he was also used by others.But he still felt ashamed of Yumen, Ji Nanhong, and Lu Xiang, and he couldn't bear it until now.

Although he still pretended to be crazy and spoke in such a foolish manner, Lu Xiang could feel the weight of every word he said.

Lu Xiang felt that he could fully understand Master's mood.Why hasn't he said anything for so many years?Because he couldn't speak.The longer he spends with Lu Xiang and the deeper his relationship, the less he knows where to start.So he had no choice but to guard Lu Xiang's innocence and happiness until he thought that Lu Xiang had grown up and could bear these past events, and finally gave Lu Xiang a chance to find his life experience.

And he has always had an uneasiness in his heart - when Lu Xiang really finds out his life experience, will the master-student friendship between them be the same as before?

Therefore, he had been hiding from Lu Xiang for a long time, until he finally had the determination to face all this, and finally had this meeting and confession.

No one said a word for a long time, such a strange silence made Jin Shanbai's indifferent smirk unable to maintain, he was suddenly annoyed, stood up as soon as he slapped the table, and walked away, muttering: "Just know, if you want Just go, don't make a pitiful face in front of me, who the hell isn't pitiful? I'm not pitiful, I'm a beautiful man like a flower and a jade, and I brought you such an oil bottle at a young age. You can’t even find a daughter-in-law! You’re still blaming me! Blame me for what you blame me for, let’s go, let’s settle the matter! Don’t bother me in the future!”

Lu Xiang hurried forward and grabbed Jin Shanbai's sleeve.

Jin Shanbai's shoulders trembled slightly, without turning his head, he still pretended to be tough and said, "What are you holding me for! Let go!"

Lu Xiang refused to let go, but instead held on tighter.

Jin Shanbai gritted his teeth and refused to look back at Lu Xiang. Lu Xiang took a deep breath, and then said softly, "Master..."

Jin Shanbai was slightly taken aback.

Lu Xiang said in a low voice: "Actually, I thought about many bad possibilities before, thinking that Master was really one of the members who framed Yumen back then. But whenever these thoughts pop up, I will think of I remember how Master treated me these years. Whether Master really loves me, I know in my heart. So on the way here, I have made up my mind. I don't care, I just care that you are my master. What the master said today is indeed beyond my imagination. But after careful calculation, the master did not do anything wrong, but saved me in such a dangerous situation at that time Come out, Master is my savior.

"Over the years, Master has been keeping this guilt in his heart, and Master is not feeling well... because Master bears these shackles alone, so I can grow up so carefree.

"For me, my father, mother, and younger brother are relatives, and so is Master. In the final analysis, those who harmed them have nothing to do with Master, and those people have been punished. Master did nothing wrong.

"I will never blame Master, and I believe that my father, mother, and younger brother will not blame Master either.

"Master, I will never be clear about your kindness in my life... I have already lost a home. If Master wants to drive me away, then I will really have no home in the future... Master, don't drive me away, I will I will be obedient, and I will be obedient..."

Lu Xiang's words came from the bottom of his heart, so he said them very emotionally. In the end, he couldn't help but choked up.

Jin Shanbai still didn't turn his head, and couldn't see his expression clearly, but judging from his shaking shoulders more obviously, he was also upset.

How could it be unmoved?This is the cub he raised since childhood, a warm and caring cub.

Sijun took a step forward, lightly hugged Lu Xiang's waist, lowered his tone and said to Jin Shanbai: "Senior Jin, we have nothing to blame you. The matter is not actually caused by you, because even without you According to the prophecy, the four major families at that time would not let Yumen go. But without you, there would be no Lu Xiang today, and he would not be able to survive the time when I transform into a human form."

Jin Shanbai was still silent. After a long time, he finally turned his head. He glanced at Lu Xiang's red eyes, then at Sijun who was full of sincerity, and finally put his twinkling eyes elsewhere.

Although he knew that the little boy he raised was very caring, but at this moment he was really wrapped in such warmth, and the touch in his heart was beyond his imagination.

He is not a person who can get used to this kind of warmth. He panicked and wanted to say something, but he couldn't.

After a long time, he felt that the hand of the little brat holding him was getting hotter and hotter, and finally he couldn't bear to shake him off.

Lu Xiang was so panicked that he felt so wronged that he was about to cry, for fear that his next sentence would be "go down the mountain quickly and never come back again".

However, Jin Shanbai just raised his chin, raised his voice suddenly, and roared in a somewhat hoarse voice: "You know I still don't understand my kindness, so let me drink less! Where's my wine?"

Lu Xiang was taken aback, and said naturally: "Master, I don't think you can drink anymore, today you..."

Jin Shan suddenly became angry, and yelled angrily: "I just said obediently, and I will regret it soon, right! Don't disturb me! Where's my wine? Where's my wine! I'm going to drink my wine now! If you don’t drink, I’ll call Xiao Taohong over immediately! Let her chat with you!”

Lu Xiang shivered, then immediately responded, turned his head and went to the room to get Jinshan Baijiu.

The moment he turned around, Lu Xiang heard Jin Shanbai talking nonsense excitedly behind him.

That voice made Lu Xiang's eyes wet.

His master has not changed, not a single plant or tree on this mountain has changed, and the relationship between him and his master has not changed.Lu Xiang secretly wiped his tears and thought that he finally knew the truth of all the past events. Those truths were very important to him, but not the most important.

The most important thing is that although he has lost a lot, he has also gained a lot. He still has someone to love, and fortunately, the people he loves love him in the same way.

And it never changes.