My practice narration is weird.

Chapter 573 Don’t Cry, I’m Here

The stream gurgles, and the sunlight is gentle but not dazzling, gently falling on the woman's hair.

As time passed, the woman by the stream had lost her former childishness. The girlish grace gradually faded from her body. Only her appearance remained the same, but her demeanor became a little colder. But even so, she did not feel any oppression while sitting by the stream at this moment.

In the distant sky, there was a whistling sound and the faint sound of a sword could be heard.

Her eyelashes trembled slightly, Lu Caiwei opened her eyes, looked up, and her cold temperament suddenly dissipated, and there was a little more tenderness in her eyes.

Wen Qu, who had grown from a little girl into a graceful young lady, waved her hands and jumped down from the tip of the sword. She grinned at Lu Caiwei and then took out a bunch of things from her sleeves as if she was offering treasures.

"Master, Master, I'm back to make trouble."

Then, Wenqu laughed.

"This secret realm is too simple, but I did gain something. Master, I have become a spirit!"

The long sword automatically floated beside Lu Caiwei, circled around the woman and then gently fell down.

Lu Caiwei nodded slightly but said nothing.

I can't teach Wenqu too much with what I have learned. Besides, practice does not mean working in isolation. It is a good thing to go out and gain more experience.

His fingertips gently carved words in front of him.

"Is there any danger on the road?"

Wenqu poked his head out to take a look, then smiled and puffed out his chest proudly.

"How can that be possible? I have the sword of my master protecting me. Even if there is real danger and I can't fight it, can I still run away?"

That's good.

Lu Caiwei did not say much, but Wenqu looked at the silent master, thought for a moment, and said with his head tilted.

"Master, this secret realm is actually a bit troublesome."

"Ok?"

"Someone is chasing me."

As soon as she finished speaking, a cold look flashed in Lu Caiwei's eyes. She stood up and picked up her sword. Her mind swept across the surrounding area for a hundred miles, and the falling leaves in the sky became silent.

She knew that there were many "Tribulation Cultivators" in this era, and compared to the past when both Da Yan and Da Xuan resisted the evil way, the Tribulation Cultivators of this era seemed to think that killing people and taking treasures for themselves was a natural and correct thing to do.

But where is there anyone here?
No one is chasing us?

Wen Qu was stunned at first, then he smiled and pulled Lu Caiwei to sit down. He still sat beside his master obediently as he did when he was a child, and began to explain.

"It's not about hunting me down, it's... Oops."

She put down the sword in her hand, looking a little confused at first, but then looked at Wenqu.

The little girl from the past has now grown into a graceful young lady. The dry purple hair that was disliked when she was young is now more beautiful. Unlike the others, her slender eyebrows are slightly raised, and her lavender eyes sparkle like gems every time she blinks.

There is a young daughter growing up at home.

Only then did Lu Caiwei understand something.

But how should she respond to this kind of question as a master...

"Hey, hey, what do you think?"

"Of course I refuse. I have already become a god, and I will definitely ascend to heaven in the future. How can I let these things disturb my practice?" Wenqu answered casually.

Lu Caiwei didn't say anything, but just looked at Wenqu.

Wenqu was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled.

"Of course, the main reason is that I don't like it and I rejected it a long time ago."

Lu Caiwei nodded then, and just as she was about to look away, she heard Wen Qu's slightly hesitant voice coming from the side.

"Besides, Master, you haven't..."

Lu Caiwei's eyes were slightly startled, and after a moment she smiled and said nothing.

Wen Qu, who was standing aside, looked at Lu Caiwei with a hint of distress in his eyes. He scratched his hair, then stood up and asked hesitantly.

"Master, you have been staying here in Luohe alone for so many years. Don't you feel...bored?"

Lu Caiwei looked at Wenqu. Without any words, Wenqu understood what Lu Caiwei meant.

“Why is it boring?”

"Because, because..." Wen Qu fiddled with his fingertips a little uneasily and hesitated for a moment.

"Because I feel like you are very lonely, Master."

Over the past ten years, Wen Qu has been with Lu Caiwei. Sometimes, under Lu Caiwei's gaze, she would go out to gain experience, see the world in the distance, and meet different people and different things.

But Master has always stayed here, in the mountain stream of Luo River.

In Wenqu's view, this is just a wilderness and forest, but the master said that it is called Yunwu Mountain, and sometimes said that there is a village somewhere.

From her childhood to today, she often saw her master standing alone on the top of the mountain. He did not sit cross-legged in meditation, but just looked at the distant sky, and he would look at it for a whole day and a night.

Although the master didn't say anything, Wenqu was smart and had grown older, so how could he not notice it?

So every time she went out, she would bring a lot of interesting things, but unfortunately the master didn't care much.

Wenqu would also tell his master about people and things outside, either complaining or expressing his envy and yearning.

But Lu Caiwei listened silently from beginning to end and seemed very interested, but... Wenqu knew that the master was just responding to her politely.

In fact, no one was pursuing her at all. Maybe there were people who were attracted to her, but Wen Qu had no such thoughts and cut them off early.

She made everything up just to get some clues from her master.

Why doesn’t Master go to the Heavenly Palace when his cultivation is so high?

Why does Master have a special affection for Luo He?

Why did Master always guard this small mountain stream, as if waiting for something? What was she waiting for?

But Lu Caiwei still did not respond.

Wenqu said somewhat dejectedly.

"Master, if I become an immortal, will you go to the Heavenly Palace with me..."

"will not."

"why?"

Lu Caiwei looked at Wenqu, and after a while, she spoke softly, enunciating each word.

"That's not the place I should go."

"If you want to go, go ahead."

Wenqu felt a little anxious and lonely.

She has now reached the fifth realm of spiritual enlightenment and is not far from ascending to heaven.

Wenqu wants to ascend to heaven.

People always pursue higher and farther realms.

Moreover, if I don’t ascend to immortality, how can I accompany my powerful master with my current lifespan?
But after ascending to heaven, it was not up to her to decide whether to stay or go.

She will ascend to heaven in broad daylight and be taken to the heavenly palace.

Of course, Wenqu really wants to go to the Heavenly Palace to see more scenery and see if he can become a star official, or if he is lucky, become a star god?
Wenquxingjun, how nice it sounds.

but.

His eyes flickered, and Wenqu's voice finally revealed a hint of anxiety and uneasiness.

"I do want to go to the Heavenly Palace, but if I go there, what will you do, Master? Who will accompany you? Wen Qu just wants to accompany you for the rest of your life!"

Her hair was gently brushed by a gentle palm. Wen Qu raised her eyes and saw Lu Caiwei's gentle gaze that had remained the same for ten years.

A soft voice came.

But it's still a bit stuttering.

"No no no don't worry about me."

But how can I not worry?
If the master behaves like this, he will be mentally ill.

Wenqu opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but then his eyes darkened and he fell into a deep sleep.

With Lu Caiwei's current cultivation level, it is too easy to make Wenqu fall asleep.

Lu Caiwei took one last look at the sleeping Wenqu, thought for a while, and carved a protective formation around the other party with her sword. Then she took out something from her arms and gently put it into the other party's hand.

It was a black and red fruit.

But it was the Taoist fruit that Ye Wuyou once gave to Lu Caiwei.

Now, she gave it to Wenqu.

The fifth realm is the transformation of the spirit, and the sixth realm is the state of transcendence.

Lu Caiwei knew that if she was still with Wenqu, Wenqu would never be able to truly overcome his heart knot.

And this Tao fruit is enough to help Wenqu step into the immortal realm from the sixth realm.

As for herself...

Lu Caiwei no longer needs this thing.

The young woman took a light step, and the sword automatically appeared under her feet. With another step, the figure disappeared without a trace.

The spiritual energy here is scarce for others, but it is extremely abundant for Lu Caiwei.

Luo He practiced for ten years.

The Nine Realms of Heaven.

……

Luo River world.

Lu Caiwei leaned over gently and touched the rippling lake surface with her fingertips.

Tiny bubbles appeared on the surface of the lake, and then a palm-sized spirit swam over. When it saw Lu Caiwei, it circled around the woman without saying a word.

This is the young... no, the childhood spirit of Luo River.

Looking at this little blue ball bouncing around me, I recalled the river spirit I once saw pretending to be deep and old.

The gap between the two is a bit too big.

Lu Caiwei just found it a little funny.

A babyish voice was heard.

"Master, why did you let me give all my spiritual energy to that girl all these years?" Over the past ten years, under the guidance of Lu Caiwei, the spiritual energy of the Luo River has nourished Wen Qu day and night.

Although everyone thinks that the wilderness of Luo River is remote and the spiritual energy is thin, after all, there are few people and the shares are small.

This is also the reason why Wenqu can achieve the state of transformation into a god in such a short time. In Luohe, Wenqu's conditions for cultivation are undoubtedly the master of the blessed land.

But Lu Caiwei did not respond to Xiao Heling's question, but just spoke softly.

"How long will Penglai last?"

"Penglai? Master, I felt the aura of Penglai before, but now it's gone. But it will take at least another hundred years?"

It was not until later that Lu Caiwei learned that the spirits in these blessed places could sense each other's presence.

This is also the key to Wenqu's subsequent use of the Luo River to guide Penglai into the world.

But will it take another hundred years?

Lu Caiwei stood in the world of Luohe, her eyes a little dazed for some reason.

Xiao He Ling turned around and saw that his master was fine, so he called out to Lu Caiwei.

"Master, Yao Chi's Supreme Ahri asked me to go to Yunding to play chess, and there is also Beihai Panda Dragon and Zhongnan's Enlightenment Sword Immortal He Ling..."

Why are the spiritual objects in other blessed places so fancy...

Lu Caiwei nodded and motioned Xiao Heling to go.

The woman stood alone in the Luo River world for a long, long time.

It was not until she sensed that Wenqu could not find her anywhere in Luohe and finally left sadly that Lu Caiwei walked out of Luohe world.

The woman stepped on the sword, standing quietly in the sky, looking through the clouds at the Luo River below her feet.

It is desolate, remote, sparsely populated, and there are few practitioners coming here.

It was completely different from the Da Yan in her memory.

She went to Beiyuan again.

On the northern plains, the bitter love tree has not yet grown, only a group of uncivilized foxes are crying.

She went to Daxuan again.

But he discovered that Daxuan, which was once prosperous in the world, is now not even as good as Luohe.

Because there is no blessed place in Daxuan.

Lu Caiwei suddenly felt a little confused.

She was confused not by her cultivation, not by anything else...

But in this vast world, where should I go?

At the beginning, she was determined to move forward step by step, from the past to the future.

But why does it feel so difficult now?

The sword light was clear, and Lu Caiwei followed the existence in her memory and finally landed somewhere.

The sky was already dark.

There are overgrown weeds and dense forests, no human habitation, and only the incessant chirping of insects.

Lu Caiwei looked around quietly, constantly scanning everything around her.

The calm gaze eventually became somewhat dazed and lonely.

This is where Tianlan City is in her memory.

But I can't find any familiar feeling.

She has been to many places these days.

But there is no place in this world that is the same as she remembers.

Late at night, a woman in white was walking alone, her steps heavy and mechanical.

His fair face looked even paler under the bright moonlight. His eyes were slightly drooped, but his gaze was always fixed forward.

But his eyes no longer had the gentle and sharp glow of the past. Instead, they were extremely deep, like a pool of dead well water, without a single ripple.

Lu Caiwei walked alone, quietly, following the impression in her mind, in the Tianlan City in her memory, from the beginning to the end of the city, passing through every street corner and every alley.

The thorns on the trees scratched the woman's white clothes and pierced her skin, but Lu Caiwei didn't care at all. She didn't even use her Qi to cover herself. She just kept walking forward like a walking corpse.

The night was dark, and a white dress fluttered gently in the night wind, but it could not hide her loneliness and desolation.

Dark clouds covered the moon, and Wenqu's words from that day somehow reappeared in my mind.

Her eyebrows were slightly furrowed, as if she was under some invisible pressure.

Are you lonely?
How can I not be lonely?

There is no longer Ye Wuyou, no longer Xia Anmeng, no longer Luo Qinghan, no longer Bai Lu and Luo Yue...

Those familiar faces from the past are still deeply imprinted in Lu Caiwei's mind.

But the more this happened, the more scared Lu Caiwei became.

She was afraid that she would forget it all.

She doesn't want to forget.

But how long will it take...

Lu Caiwei paused slightly and raised her dead eyes to look at the strange object in front of her that she had never noticed before.

But it is a stone pillar hidden in the dense jungle.

The woman's hoarse and difficult voice sounded softly.

"Shinto Pillar..."

Is there a Shinto pillar in Tianlan City?
How come I didn’t know this before?

Lu Caiwei focused her gaze a little, and finally determined the location in front of her based on her memory...

This is where the Heavenly Prison is located.

With a slightly more focused gaze, he carefully examined the stone pillar in the dark night, and read the words written on it...

【Shintoism·Copy】

Copying is not like natural evolution, nor does it have a threshold like shrinking the earth into an inch.

Instead, it can be used just like [Shinto Technique: Transformation].

But it can only be used once.

Lu Caiwei took a look and then looked away.

The existence of this Shinto magic has nothing to do with her.

She still has to go further, spend more time, and more years...

But as soon as he raised his foot, he put it down again.

Lu Caiwei looked forward.

A light breeze blew by, and her hair fluttered gently, brushing against her cheeks, but it could not awaken her eyes that had lost their luster and focus.

How should I spend this period of time?

It's easy to say from the past to the future.

But ten years, a hundred years, a thousand years, ten thousand years...

What will I become after ten thousand years?
Who could have predicted?

Lu Caiwei suddenly felt a little powerless. For the first time, she felt that she couldn't do something.

It is said that for those who practice Taoism, several years pass in the blink of an eye, and countless years pass in a single retreat...

But Lu Caiwei didn't think so.

She didn't feel that at all.

She just felt that the more than ten years here were not even as good as the one day she had been alone with Ye Wuyou.

She just felt that time passed so slowly.

Wenqu once saw Lu Caiwei sitting in the mountains for a long time, and felt that his master was lonely and immersed in spiritual practice.

But little did they know that Lu Caiwei just wanted to numb herself through spiritual practice.

Lu Caiwei was looking forward to seeing Tianlan City, Ye Wuyou, Luo Qinghan, and familiar people as soon as she opened her eyes.

But every time Lu Caiwei felt that a long time had passed, when she opened her eyes, it was still the familiar yet unfamiliar primeval forest.

How long will this kind of days last?

How long can we continue like this?

In Lu Caiwei's moist and blurry vision, the surrounding scenery became distorted and blurred little by little in the night.

Only the silhouette of the woman is clearly and resolutely engraved in this chaos.

The vast and ancient stone pillars still stand on the earth. No matter the wind and rain, no matter how the world changes, or how time passes, the vast stone pillars still stand there, without any change.

Naturally, nothing would change because of the woman's crying.

The woman squatted down and lowered her head to cover her face.

But his fingertips touched the Shinto pillar little by little, trembling but firm.

Same, all the same...

There will still be Lu Caiwei in this world.

She will replace herself and meet Ye Wuyou a long, long time later.

That way, no one will be sad...

The white clothes were now covered in mud. Amidst the low sobs, a voice that had not been heard for a long time but was extremely familiar suddenly rang in his ears.

"Don't cry."

The fingertips that were about to touch the Shinto pillar suddenly paused, and then began to tremble uncontrollably.

The woman who was sitting dejectedly on the ground shrugged her shoulders slightly, but she did not dare to turn around, let alone believe the words she had just heard.

Until that familiar voice sounded gently behind me again.

"I'm here."

(End of this chapter)