It's Not Easy Being a Master

Yan Jin really calculated well.

Such a large trial mountain, teleported to a certain corner at random, without spiritual power, let alone five days, ten days and half a month, you can't get out.

This is the third day, and the two still haven't found the formation point.

Shen Zhixian once suggested that since the formation will be activated in five days, he might as well stay where he is for five days, so as not to run around like headless chickens. Not to mention whether he will be in danger, he also has to worry about the risk of a heart attack at any time .

As a result, Yan Jin was silent for a moment, but shook her head.

He hadn't studied formations before, and this time he would change to teleportation formations because he asked Senior Brother Shao from Sanfeng to teach him, and he only learned a rough idea...Of course, Senior Brother Shao didn't guess that he was so courageous that he would plot against him On the head of my master.

In short, to put it bluntly, it is that Yan Jin's formation method is not in place, he can only ensure that Shen Zhixian will be teleported to a specific place, and will be teleported back after five days. If it is changed to another place... there is no guarantee.

Shen Zhixian is really... so angry that his brain hurts.

He held back his anger, and said lightly: "Aren't you afraid that I will teleport and go out of the range, and never come out again?"

This time, Yan Jin answered without hesitation: "The disciple left a letter there, and the master will not leave after seeing it."

Shen Zhixian: "..."

This bad apprentice is very accurate in understanding his mind!If he was really teleported and saw the letter, his first reaction would be to not believe it, and then he would go to find a way out, but if he couldn't find it... he would definitely return to the place before the fifth day.

Shen Zhixian refused to talk to the traitor again, and walked away while Yan Jin followed behind him silently, only the sound of footsteps could be heard for a while.

As Shen Zhixian walked, he was thinking about how to deal with the rebels.Can't be coaxed by the soft ones, can't be beaten by the hard ones, or just...

He was fascinated by the thought, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses. He suddenly felt that today's walk was extremely quiet, and yesterday he saw a few monsters, but today he walked for a long time, but he didn't see any of them.

Shen Zhixian vaguely felt that something was wrong. Just as he was about to speak, he heard movement behind him. When he turned his head, he saw a fat and strong rabbit rushing over, brushed past them, and hit a tree not far ahead with a plop. On the ground, bumped and flipped backwards, fell to the ground, and did not move.

Shen Zhixian: "..."

He was just about to say that this might not be a silly rabbit, but he saw the tree suddenly shake violently, and then there was a creaking sound - it was broken in the middle!

A tree nearly ten meters high crashed down, stirring up countless dust, Shen Zhixian covered his nose and took a few steps back, watching the fallen rabbit turn over neatly, then jumped onto the tree trunk, opening its mouth, revealing two big dies, He started to gnaw on the tree, but it disappeared after a while.

Shen Zhixian: "..."

excuse me.

Shen Zhixian looked at the big rabbit happily gnawing on the bark, hesitated to speak, and finally decided to take a detour.As a result, just after walking all the way, something suddenly moved on the "bark".

A gray-black flower that was as big as a washbasin grew on the bark of the tree. It slowly poked out and opened its petals silently.

The rabbit gnawed so much that it had no time to react, and its head was covered by the flower petals that opened suddenly, and the flower body swung up like a snake, swallowing the whole rabbit!

The soft but tough petals wrapped the whole rabbit, and the rabbit was dying inside, and after a while, there was no more movement.

The petals squirmed for a while, and opened a hole again, plopping out a pile of bones, with no meat residue left on them.

It ate and drank enough, shook its petals in satisfaction, and was about to slump back to rest on the bark, waiting for new prey, when suddenly there was another fluttering sound, a big turtledove flapped its wings, and a swooping, pointed beak It is so sharp that it can peck apart stones.

With one peck skillfully, it broke the stem of the flower, picked up the whole flower, and flew away happily.

This chain predation only took less than a quarter of an hour.

Shen Zhixian frowned, the level of ferocity of this monster is not right, the monsters in the trial mountain are at most slightly more fierce than ordinary beasts, and their habits are no different from ordinary beasts.

This tree-gnawing rabbit, the flesh-eating flower, the flower-pecking turtledove... These shouldn't be things that appeared in the Mountain of Trials!

He subconsciously thought of Yan Jin, and just wanted to ask, but then he thought it shouldn't be him.Even if Yan Jin is the protagonist, under the noses of so many people in the sect, it is impossible to get so many weird monsters quietly.

The spirit lock array was still in effect, without spiritual protection, Shen Zhixian didn't want to take risks, and wanted to go back the same way, but he walked back a few times, but in the end he just circled around and returned to the original place.

The crossed trees stood silently in front of them, showing that their attempts failed.

The two looked at each other, and Shen Zhixian asked, "Go on?"

Yan Jin didn't make a sound, but only clenched the sword a little more tightly.

The next step is not so easy.There were more and more weird monsters one after another, not only the rabbits, flowers and turtledoves I had seen just now, but also many strange monsters, some Shen Zhixian recognized and some did not.

Yan Jin was very defensive, her long sword was half out of its sheath, and she looked like she was about to strike at any time. However, what surprised them was that those monsters were very coveted when they saw the "new food", but when they approached, they would Suddenly panicked, turned around and ran away quickly.

He ran in a panic, as if he was going to be eaten on the spot if he ran too slowly.

Shen Zhixian looked at Yan Jin in disbelief, could it be the power of the protagonist's halo?The kind that has its own coercion and the monsters retreat when they see it?

Yan Jin noticed his gaze, and looked back - why did he feel that these monsters were afraid of his master?

Several times, those monsters were about to bump into his sword point. As soon as Shen Zhixian turned around and leaned over, those monsters froze instantly, and then ran away in a hurry.

The master and apprentice looked at each other, and both felt that the guess in their hearts was right.

The monsters ran away completely. Although the two of them didn't know why, it was good to have less trouble and danger.After walking for another half an hour, the trees gradually thinned out. Shen Zhixian squinted his eyes and looked not far away, and murmured: "There is an open space."

Looking at this open space, it seems that it is not small.

The more he walked towards the open space, the more Shen Zhixian frowned. Everything around here fell into his eyes, and there was a vague feeling of deja vu.

Has the original body been here before?

Standing in front of the open space, he searched his memory a bit, but found nothing. He was meditating, when the corner of his eye suddenly blurred, and he caught a glimpse of something flashing by.

Shen Zhixian raised his eyes subconsciously, and saw a hazy figure not far away, looking at him quietly.

Seeing that face clearly, Shen Zhixian couldn't help showing surprise, subconsciously took a few steps forward, and looked at the figure in front of him in shock.

The moment he walked over, the surrounding air suddenly fluctuated, as if something had changed.

Yan Jin noticed this unusual change, his heart skipped a beat, and he wanted to follow every step he took, but soon he found that an invisible barrier had opened up without a sound at any time.

It happened to be between him and Shen Zhixian.

……

Shen Zhixian didn't notice the changes behind him. He stared blankly at the hazy figure in front of him. It was a middle-aged man with an imposing manner, wearing a moon-white robe, carrying a sword, standing on the open space with his hands behind his back, smiling Look over here.

His eyes were full of love.

This face was exactly the same as that of his master... that is, the face of the former suzerain in his memory.

Shen Zhixian called out "Master" tentatively, and fixed his eyes on the figure——didn't the former suzerain go mad and die long ago? What's going on with the figure in front of him!

The figure remained motionless, not even his expression and smile, like a carefully designed scroll, although it was drawn vividly, it was a little less angry.

Shen Zhixian looked back, but found that the place where Yan Jin should have been standing was empty. He frowned, and his reason told him that he shouldn't be in danger alone, but there seemed to be an invisible force pulling him away. Push forward a few steps.

A strangely shaped bright white object, half buried in the rubble, caught his eye.

Shen Zhixian bent down uncontrollably to pick up the object, and weighed it in his hands.This is a piece of spiritual jade the size of a palm... no, not one piece, but many pieces.

Numerous pieces of finger-sized spiritual jade were carved into various shapes, intertwined with each other just right, a bit like a Luban lock.

Shen Zhixian liked to play with this kind of small toy very much for a while before, and he had put in a lot of effort to study it carefully. Now he simply fiddled with it a few times, and then quickly disassembled it with his fingers flying.

This suspected Luban lock is more delicate and detailed than the ones he has solved before, and the solution is slightly different from the general solution...but it is somewhat similar to the solution he figured out by himself before.

Towards the end, the eerie familiarity becomes more apparent.When the last two spirit jades were separated, even the spirit jade that was removed from the front suddenly shattered into fine powder and fell from between his fingers.

In the end, there was only a finger-sized green jade stone lying quietly in his palm, feeling moist to the touch.Shen Zhixian looked at it thoughtfully, Jasper suddenly emitted a soft and warm light, and disappeared into the hazy figure in front of him.

The originally motionless figure suddenly moved.

The wind blew past and stirred his sleeves, his face softened, and his whole body was gradually filled with vitality. He nodded slightly to Shen Zhixian, "You are back."

Shen Zhixian looked at him in surprise, but didn't speak for a moment.

The shadow doesn't seem to care about his reaction, or in other words, this is an illusion that has been set long ago. Every move of the shadow is carried out step by step, and will not be changed by the reaction of the outside world.

He smiled to himself and continued, "I knew that only you could untie this thing." His voice became kind and gentle, with relief and nostalgia, "See you, you are the one who came back, right?"

See you.

This name was like a thunderbolt, blasting in Shen Zhixian's ear and heart, knocking him into a trance.

He couldn't help but took another step forward, his voice trembling, "You...you were calling me just now? What were you calling me?"

The figure ignored his words, sighed, and continued: "The me you see now is just a phantom. The Xuanji Pavilion once made a fortune teller for me, and my fate is doomed. I don't know how I am now. , I don’t know if my student Sui Jian is still safe. There is only one thing, Sui Jian, you should keep it in mind.”

Shen Zhixian subconsciously held his breath.

The figure slowly said: "What should be yours, you must never let it go. You can't give up what is your responsibility."

Shen Zhixian's mind was shocked, and in a trance, he seemed to hear a young voice resounding in his ears, full of pride and ambition, full of publicity and wantonness that belonged to young people - "With me, Qingyunzong will definitely not fall, Master Respect you and rest assured to retire!"

But time has passed, some people have fallen into a demon and died, and they can no longer be seen again, and some people don't know where their ambitions have faded away.

Shen Zhixian's mood was complicated, and the sourness filled his heart, making him very uncomfortable.In the soft wind, he heard his own voice muttering: "I'm back..."

Who is talking, who is back.

Is it him, the original body, or the "Sui Jian" in the mouth of the figure?

Shen Zhixian only felt that his thoughts were chaotic, complicated emotions and some dry memory fragments filled his head like clumps of weeds, making him unable to think, and the gentle and deep voice of the figure was still passing into his ears intermittently.

"...Song Ming is still a good boy, but it's a pity that he is not capable enough. He can only stabilize for a while but can't go further. I told him before the retreat that if you come back, you should use the token as evidence to return the position of suzerain for you."

"...May you be safe and healthy in this life, ride the clear clouds straight up, and roam the world without being bound."

The figure began to become blurred, and soon dispersed into a twilight, like fireflies flying all over the sky, and the voice and smile of the old man gradually blurred. Shen Zhixian suddenly felt a tearing pain in his heart, and grief surged into his heart unpreparedly, calling His eye sockets were sore, and a tear fell from the corner of his eyes.

He was obviously just a foreign visitor, and he didn't know what kind of coincidence it was to get this body.No matter how nice the former suzerain was to "Shen Zhixian", it was a matter between him and the original body, why is he now... so sad.

Could it be the original body's instinctive emotions at work...

Shen Zhixian gasped for breath, unable to restrain the sour grief.He suddenly bent his knees and fell to his knees fiercely on the ground full of gravel, not even caring that the gravel hurt his knee and bled.

"...Goodbye, see you at the age of my apprentice."

In the cool wind, the barrier shattered, the figure dissipated, and the sigh-like sound was quickly blown away with the wind.

Only a few words were blown by the wind and sent to Yan Jin's ears.

The barrier that had been blocking him finally disappeared, and before Yan Jin had time to see what happened to Shen Zhixian, when she heard the name, her expression was instantly shocked, and she looked at Shen Zhixian in disbelief.

Who was Shen Zhixian talking to just now?Who is calling Sui Jian?And who is... called Suijian?

He was separated by a barrier just now, and he could only watch Shen Zhixian standing there, talking to a vague figure, but he couldn't hear the sound, only when the barrier was broken, did he capture the scene that was enough to affect all his emotions. words.

Countless questions came to his mind, he should have gone to ask what happened in this short moment, but a little timidity nailed his footsteps to the spot.

After standing still for a while, he walked over with stiff steps. He was always calm and unmoved by the wind and rain, and he was almost on the same foot.

"Master..." He called out in a low voice, but Shen Zhixian seemed unaware of his approach and did not respond.

From Yan Jin's perspective, he could only see his well-shaped lips trembling slightly, and he didn't know what he was saying.Yan Jin half-kneeled beside him, and all the murmurs that were so weak that they were almost out of breath entered his ears.

"...The three wishes are like Liang Shangyan, and we will meet each other every year."

The surrounding scene suddenly distorted, and amidst the fluctuating spiritual energy, the formation that had been silent for a long time was activated again.