Shamefully Moved

“…It’s also thanks to the fact that Sect Master Lu has been offering candied haws to Qingli for these years. She got tired of eating them, so she agreed to use this meal in exchange for her help in hiding the news.”

Since Lu Yuanyi already knew that he had a single spiritual root, he didn’t have to bother to hide it in front of him.

Shen Leyan said it bluntly and waited quietly for Lu Yuanyi to speak.

The boy’s face was calm, and his peach blossom eyes, which were like melted fine ink, were dyed by the steam on the table. His skin color became colder and whiter, and the edges and corners of his face were soft, like a figure in an ink painting.

One hand was on the table, and the other hand was on his knee. There was not much tension in his expression.

It’s just…

[Don’t panic. Take a deep breath, inhale…exhale…inhale…]

[Why did Lu Yuanyi just look at me and not say anything? ]

[He wouldn’t be like the male protagonist in those melodramatic domineering stories, and suddenly say “You successfully attracted my attention”?]

Lu Yuanyi’s slender fingertips moved slightly, and a cup of tea suddenly appeared in front of the two of them. The other party took a sip of the teacup, and his voice was calm.

“When Ziheng brought the test spirit stone back to Lingxi Pavilion in the evening, he also helped you hide it. How did you convince him?”

“Senior Brother Zheng has always been a good person.”

To be honest, he didn’t know why Senior Brother Zheng was willing to help him. He could only explain it as his nature.

“Senior Brother Zheng once told me… Yunxi Sect does not require its disciples to practice. He also told me that Sect Master Lu is not like those pedantic and old-fashioned cultivators, and he will definitely agree.”

Shen Leyan felt that he had flattered someone in a very hidden way.

He was slightly complacent and cocked his tail in his heart.

 [(ฅ＞ω＜*ฅ)]

Lu Yuanyi raised his eyes: “When practicing immortality, one should follow one’s heart. There are many paths in the world, not just the cultivation of immortality.

Since you have no intention of practicing, stay in the outer sect of Yunxi Sect, and everything will remain the same.”

Shen Leyan was delighted, and the corners of his lips could not be suppressed. After a while, his voice still couldn’t help but smile, and his tone was much more relaxed.

“Why did Sect Master Lu come all the way here?”

[It’s impossible that he came here just to eat for free, right? ]

He took a sip of the tea that Lu Yuanyi had conjured up. The tea was clear and not bitter at all. After drinking it, it was a little sweet.

He coughed: “This tea… can it be refilled?”

A faint smile flashed across Lu Yuanyi’s narrow and long phoenix eyes, and in a moment, it returned to the appearance of snow-covered mountains and rivers. Shen Leyan almost suspected that he had seen it wrong.

The cup in his hand was filled with tea again.

 “I’m going back to Mingchan Pavilion. I passed by here and smelled the fragrance of food. I saw that it was cooked by a disciple with a wind spirit root, so I came to try it.”

Shen Leyan: “…”

[(ー_ー)!!]

It’s a sin to cook too fragrant food.

“By the way, I also need to see if this disciple has taken the wrong path.”

Shen Leyan quickly understood this.

Lu Yuanyi originally suspected that he was unwilling to cultivate immortality because he had gone astray and wanted to practice the ways of the demon clan, so he came here to see him.

If the human race practices the ways of demons, the realm will be improved much faster than practicing the magic of the righteous way. Therefore, many cultivators could not resist the temptation and became evil cultivators.

But any shortcut requires a price. Although the realm of practicing the ways of demons is faster, the mind will gradually be affected and damaged. Finally, they completely lose reason, and there are many people who become cruel and murderous lunatics.

 “Sect Master Lu, rest assured. I am not interested in practicing in the inner sect of Yunxi Sect, and I am even less interested in practicing the skills of demons.”

No matter whether they are righteous cultivators, evil cultivators, or demons, they will be involved in the war between immortals and demons.

He has always planned to save enough money to find a place far away from disputes to live permanently and experience the leisurely life of “picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence”. Naturally, he would not think of becoming an evil cultivator.

Shen Leyan took a break from drinking tea and secretly glanced at Lu Yuanyi, feeling a little complicated.

When the other party mentioned the evil cultivator, he subconsciously thought of the final ending of Lu Yuanyi in the original book.

[Framed by the evil cultivators who mixed in the famous and upright sects, his skills were forcibly interrupted at the critical moment of retreat, and he fell into madness. In the end, he was burned to death by the fire of karma, and his soul was destroyed. His previous achievements were wiped out. Since then, the disciples of the immortal sect have mentioned him with disdain and abuse. ]

He carefully looked at the tea in his hand for a while and reminded him tactfully.

“Sect Master Lu should also be careful of evil cultivators in the future. Some evil cultivators look righteous and full of morality, but they are actually very cruel.

Be careful.”

The cup of tea was empty again.

Shen Leyan drank the water and thought that he and Lu Yuanyi should have talked about everything they should talk about, so he asked tentatively.

“Shall I see Sect Master Lu off?”

Lu Yuanyi nodded and slowly stood up.

Somehow, he felt that Lu Yuanyi’s eyes were a little dark, as if he could see clearly what he was thinking.

He patted his head and shook off this unrealistic idea.

In the world of immortal cultivation, there is a magic called “Soul Interrogation”, which can directly summon a person’s soul for interrogation, so as to know the person’s inner thoughts. But that kind of magic is generally used to interrogate cultivators who have done evil things, and the process of soul interrogation will be extremely painful.

It didn’t seem like Lu Yuanyi had used “Soul Judgment” on him.

When they reached the gate, Shen Leyan stopped and Lu Yuanyi turned to look at him.

“Today’s meal must have cost you a lot of money.”

“… Treating friends to a meal doesn’t count as an expense.”

A book fell into his arms. He subconsciously reached out to grab it and took a look at the cover.

“Qingying Xuan Jue”.

It seemed to be a book on cultivating immortals.

Shen Leyan felt like he had picked up a hot potato, and threw the book back with a “swish”: “I really don’t want to cultivate immortals!”

Lu Yuanyi: “Take a look at the first page and decide whether you want this book or not.”

“… Can I return it after I read the first page?”

The other party raised his phoenix eyes slightly: “Mm.”

He carefully opened the first page of the book.

There were only a few words on it.

 “1. This technique is only for wind spirit root disciples to practice.

2. This technique can only be used to escape, and has no offensive power.

3. If you learn this technique, you may not be able to defeat the opponent, but you will definitely be able to run away.”

Shen Leyan: “…”

Shen Leyan was shamefully moved.

“Sect Master Lu, this technique… after it is perfected, even you can’t catch up with me?”

Lu Yuanyi nodded.

Shen Leyan was even more moved.

He rubbed it reluctantly for a few times, and still threw the technique back to Lu Yuanyi.

 “No merit, no reward. This technique is very valuable, I can’t take it.”

“Yunxi Sect hasn’t had a disciple with wind spirit root for thousands of years. This technique will just gather dust in the library.”

“… I was an orphan before. Yunxi Sect took me in and provided me with food and shelter. I can still find a way to repay these favors now, but if I take this technique, I will never be able to repay them.”

If he can’t repay them, and he leaves Yunxi Sect before the battle between immortals and demons, he will probably feel guilty for the rest of his life.

So it’s better not to take this technique.