Zhu Xian: Learn from the Great Ying Immortal and rebuild the Trinity School

Chapter 175: Ping'er Returns to the Mountain, and the Corpse Falls Again

The strong wind made the trees in the forest rustle.

The moonlight shines down, reflecting it like waves.

Amid the rising and falling sea of ​​trees, a goose-yellow figure passed by like a ghost.

With a loud bang, the exploding true energy destroyed the trees. Jin Ping'er staggered to the ground, supporting herself on a dead tree with one hand and remained silent for a long time.

Suddenly, a slap hit his cheek, leaving a five-finger mark.

"Ying Lingyu!"

Her tone was sad and angry:
"What on earth are you hating?"

"Hasn't he given you everything you wanted? It's you who has to be stubborn. He doesn't owe you anything in the first place."

As she spoke, she bit her pink lips until they were covered in blood.

"Haha." He let out a sudden miserable laugh, and a line of tears flowed down his cheeks.

"I should thank him... He didn't bring out the things that I'm most ashamed to talk about as a woman. He at least... left me some dignity."

At this moment, the more I think about this matter, the more confused I become and the more difficult it is for me to control myself.

She quickly drove herself out of this vicious cycle.

He took a deep breath, and after a moment, he finally calmed down.

"Master Jinling, I was disobedient and did not follow your teachings. I deserve this fate..."

The light blue eyes finally regained some of their former composure.

"It's come to this point. There's no point dwelling on it. Let's return to Xiaoyao Gorge in the East China Sea first."

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The noise of the house collapsing did not wake up the sleeping children.

Only Qu Niang hurried over, and saw this scene before her -

The house was half destroyed, and rubble mixed with dust covered the ground.

The cold moonlight caressed the ruined buildings like a silvery-white gauze curtain, highlighting a sense of desolation.

Xu Zhiqiu bent down and searched among the broken bricks for something usable, such as a relatively intact wooden board or a teacup that had not been broken.

"Master..."

Qu Niang felt a little reluctant when she saw Xu Zhiqiu bending over and cleaning up the mess on the floor.

Naturally, he also knew the reason for this scene, so he asked:

"Will she...come back?"

"Probably not." Xu Zhiqiu said, shaking his head and smiling bitterly:

"I'm afraid the kids will make a fuss early tomorrow morning, especially Yingying..."

"That's easy. I'll go and coax her. But..."

Qu Niang's throat was choked with words. After hesitating for a while, she finally asked:

"Will we be enemies with her in the future?"

"..."

Xu Zhiqiu was silent for a long time before he said to Qu Niang:

"Tell those who have learned my painting skills that if they meet her in the future...if conditions permit, ask them to do their best not to embarrass her for my sake, and not to collude with others to embarrass her."

"Master, this is inappropriate, isn't it?"

Qu Niang has her own concerns out of public interest.

The head of a sect openly endorses a demon cult witch.

Although only his registered disciples or friends can receive Danqing's message, what will the world think once the news spreads?
She wanted to give him some advice, but when she saw Xu Zhiqiu suddenly behave abnormally, she couldn't help but get scared.

"Master! What's wrong with you?"

Xu Zhiqiu looked dazed, his eyes were wide open, as if he had lost his soul for a moment.

In Qu Niang's impression, this was undoubtedly very abnormal.

"Nothing, it's just that when she left just now, I suddenly realized something."

Xu Zhiqiu found a chair with a broken leg, sat down on it, and said blankly:
"I may have made a mistake."

"What's wrong?" "Initially, the reason why I kept her in Trinity for so long was simply because I wanted to use her beauty to help me achieve enlightenment."

"She did a great job on this point, and it was always under my control. The only thing I didn't expect... was that she had feelings for me."

Qu Niang immediately comforted her: "So what? This is just her wishful thinking. It can only end in misery."

Xu Zhiqiu shook his head and continued his speech:

"But after I successfully killed the corpse that looked like her, I felt uneasy and empty for no reason."

"Just now, I pressed my chest and went through the whole thing from beginning to end, and then I found the reason..."

Xu Zhiqiu pressed his hands to his forehead, shook his head and sighed:
"It was wrong from the beginning..."

"Can the bodies be counted by taking advantage of loopholes like this? Can the inner demons created by deliberately arousing desires be taken seriously?"

"The answer...I'm afraid I knew it from the beginning, but I still did it!"

"Those who are sincere do not deceive themselves - this is what my teacher taught me. As a member of Trinity, this is the principle that I should ingrain in my bones."

"Over the years, I have been using this sentence to teach others a lesson, but now it seems... I am the one who is deceiving myself the most!"

He became more and more excited as he spoke, and suddenly his face twisted and he pressed his chest.

puff--

A mouthful of blood spurted out.

"Chief!"

Qu Niang was so frightened that her face turned pale in an instant, and she hurried forward to support him.

"it's okay no problem……"

Xu Zhiqiu smiled bitterly and waved at her, then he took a few deep breaths and looked much better.

To behead the corpse this time was, after all, an act of deceit.

Although it has improved his cultivation level, the backlash is also severe and will take some time to resolve.

Fortunately, he woke up in time and took the initiative to burst this self-deceiving "bubble".
Otherwise, the harm to the foundation of Taoism will become more serious and difficult to reverse.

"Eh--"

Xu Zhiqiu sighed, and after he said it, he felt relieved.

Suddenly sighed:
"I was not paying attention and went the wrong way again."

"It means that you haven't put in enough effort. You need to practice more in the future, just like..."

In my mind, I recalled a long-lost figure.

Qu Niang didn't know how to respond to him, so she simply helped him to the couch in the inner room.

After covering him with the quilt, he went out to tidy up for him.

Xu Zhiqiu was lying on the couch. With a thought, black energy rose from his feet and soon formed the image of a graceful woman.

The corpse of Peng Jiao appeared for the second time.

The corpse that appeared this time was the most authentic projection of his emotions without any disguise.

Xu Zhiqiu observed carefully, and just like last time, the face of the corpse was still blurry and difficult to distinguish.

It seems that it will take some time to evolve.

"Ok?"

Xu Zhiqiu suddenly frowned and looked at him carefully.

He found an interesting point.
Looking at the blurred facial contours and the position of the eyebrows and eyes of the corpse, there seems to be some slight asymmetry.

It seems to be two faces, put together.

He could understand one, but what about the other one?

"No way?"

Xu Zhiqiu pressed his chest, full of suspicion.

"I heard from those two foxes that... there is a small town called Xiaochi in the border of Kongsang Mountain in the northwest. Thirty miles outside the town, there is an ancient full-moon well. Whenever the moon is full, if you look into the well, you can see the scene that people truly desire in their hearts..."

Xu Zhiqiu wondered whether he should go over and take a look.

(End of this chapter)