The myth begins with the Lotus Lantern

Chapter 11 Guess
warmth.

It feels like soaking in 42-degree warm water for a long time. The warmth penetrates into the bones, and the whole body feels warm and comfortable.

Ding Lin woke up slowly.

Open your eyes.

A column of emerald green lotus sways before your eyes.

The stem is straight inside and outside, extending all the way to the water surface. The huge lotus leaves are verdant and lush, swaying slightly in the wind.

Further up, white clouds were also rolling in the wind.

Ding Lin shook his head suddenly and looked up again.

The sky has a deep blue background, making the clouds look even softer.

Suddenly, there was an unreal feeling as if reality was being torn apart. Everything that happened before seemed like just a nightmare. But how could such an unforgettable memory be a dream?

The only option is to be rescued.

Ding Lin looked around, and sure enough, the place he was in was no longer the familiar environment. It was a small pond of only a few dozen feet in radius.

In the middle is a lotus flower as white as snow, and there is only one of it, while the rest of the pond is filled with lotus leaves.

Ding Lin was resting by the pond.

"..."

Ding Lin opened his mouth and spit out a series of bubbles.

Then it swung its tail and shuttled through the lotus pond, looking for Qingyi's figure.

The lotus pond was not big, and I only walked back and forth a few times.

Ding Lin searched all possible hiding places.

Tsing Yi is not here.

"..."

Ding Lin opened his mouth again and spit out a long string of bubbles.

"Looking for your companion?"

Suddenly, a voice sounded by the pool.

Ding Lin was startled and looked up suddenly.

Then, he saw that there was a person by the pool without him noticing.

She was wearing a plain white dress, with her long hair loose, and was dressed simply.

"..."

Ding Lin opened his mouth, but his larynx was closed, so he couldn't ask any questions. He could only spit out a string of bubbles.

"Don't worry, she was also rescued, but she's not here anymore," the woman smiled gently, as if talking to Ding Lin or to herself, "No one usually comes to this small courtyard, so you can stay here first. The pond is not big, but it's enough for you to live in."

Also rescued?

That's good.

Ding Lin felt relieved. He looked at the woman again, opened his mouth and blew out a bubble, as if he was saying hello, but seemed not to understand, and then he wagged his tail and dived into the depths of the lotus pond.

As a newcomer, Ding Lin knew nothing and didn't want to show off too much.

"I'm overthinking. After all, he's just a little demon who has just awakened to intelligence. After more than ten years of cultivation, it's rare for him to understand some human nature. How can he understand anything else?"

The woman smiled, shook her head gently, and walked away from the pond with light steps.

But the scene of that year inevitably emerged in my mind:

There are heavenly soldiers and generals everywhere in the sky.

In the small thatched hut, three children, one was lying in a pool of blood, one had a face full of anger, and the remaining little girl was huddled behind her mother's skirt, shivering.

The father, who was a mortal, swept away his usual calmness and used his narrow back to protect his wife and children. His frail body was like a pine tree, standing in front of the family...

The woman looked up at the sky.

Things change rapidly.

The reason why she agreed to keep this red carp at that time was probably because she saw some of her father's shadow in him. Although he was equally weak, when disaster struck...

The sun was shining obliquely, and now the shadow of the woman was stretched very long...

...in the lotus pond.

Ding Lin dived deep into the water, listening to the footsteps coming from the shore getting farther and farther away, thinking quietly.

He must have been rescued by the woman who just came ashore.

This should be the landscape lotus pond...

Ding Lin bent his body. His fiery red scales were a rare top-quality item among koi. The woman also said that Qing Yi was also rescued.

It was probably released without warning. After all, it was just a big black carp and it didn't look good.

This also explains why I am the only one in the lotus pond.

As for the woman, her clothes were a little too plain, and she seemed to be a maid. However, the material of the clothes was very good, and even with his eyes, he could not find any flaws. Moreover, the woman had an excellent temperament, cold and noble.

Ding Lin didn't dare to make a judgment easily.

He wagged his tail, shaking these thoughts out of his head.

Ding Lin thought of Qing Yi again and was a little worried. Since she was released casually, she was most likely thrown back into the lake. Her injuries were almost healed, and the lake was dry. She should be able to survive. It shouldn't be difficult, but...

The shadow of Black Scale flashed through his mind.

It was covered with a layer of shadow.

But what else can we do?

Now even he himself is kept in a pond.

Ding Lin looked up again, his eyes looking through the water toward the sky. He felt helplessness, but more importantly, a sense of sadness that he had no control over.

Can only...

Think no more.

……

at night.

Ding Lin swam out from the bottom of the pool and floated to the surface. The moonlight sprinkled unreservedly on his fiery red scales. He looked at the moon, closed his eyes, regulated his breathing, and slowly immersed himself in practice.

Suddenly, Ding Lin opened his eyes and slapped the water surface with his tail.

here?

The spiritual energy that had just rushed into his body with the moonlight was a surging feeling that Ding Lin had never experienced in all his years of practice. He felt that one night of practice here was equivalent to ten days of practice outside.

This is definitely not an ordinary place.

Is it...

Could it be the dojo or Beppu of some immortal?
It is a blessed place.

Yes, that makes sense.

No wonder even the maids’ clothes were so exquisite and their temperament was so noble. Ding Lin thought of the myths circulating in his previous life. The maids of the immortals might themselves be immortals of low rank.

A while passed.

Ding Lin finally calmed down.

One night of practice.

Wait until the moon sets in the west.

Ding Lin finished his practice, and the familiar feeling of hunger came over him, and he looked around.

The bottom of the pool is covered with fine sand as white as jade.

There were nothing but lotus leaves in the pond, and these seemed to be the only things edible.

Ding Lin planned to deal with it. He swam to a piece of it, opened his mouth and bit it. With just one bite, the abundant spiritual energy filled his mouth. He felt full immediately after swallowing it. The spiritual energy traveled through his body for a moment, and it actually made the demonic energy more sensitive, not to mention the benefits to his body.

The green-leafed and white lotuses in the pond are not ordinary ones.

Perhaps it is some kind of spiritual root of heaven and earth?
Ding Lin felt greedy and wanted to take another bite immediately, but somehow, this time he bit into nothing. It was as if his mouth full of sharp teeth were biting on an invisible barrier. There was a thin layer between them, so no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't bite it down.

Ding Lin tried several more times without giving up, even using his demonic energy, but he never succeeded.

If it weren't for the spiritual energy still flowing in his body, he would even suspect that the first bite was an illusion.

You can see it, but you can’t eat it.

(End of this chapter)