Chapter 398: The Youth is Innocent, but He is Guilty of Possessing a Treasure
After Shi Li was forced to agree to take Wuming with her, she was afraid that the night would be long and she would be discovered by Shi Jinyan, a naughty boy who would make unreasonable demands. So she did not dare to stay for a moment and took Wuming away from Xuanxiao Sect overnight.
The monster that escaped from the Heart Locking Tower is named "Nightmare" and is best at two things.
First, hide yourself;
Second, it creates illusions that corrode people’s minds and souls.
Back then, Nightmare was seriously injured and locked in the Heart Locking Tower for so many years. No one knows how he has recovered. If he deliberately hid, he would definitely not be found easily.
Therefore, Shi Li did not want to look for the nightmare, but just wanted to wait for it to come to him.
When the nightmare appears, it will pull everyone around into the illusion without any reason, so she has to find a sparsely populated place to avoid hurting innocent people.
Now there happens to be a place that meets all the requirements, and it is the place Shi Li wants to go the most.
Three thousand miles away from Xuanxiao Sect, there is a dead pear forest.
Once upon a time, there were flowers blooming for ten miles here, full of spiritual power, gentle and beautiful.
Later, someone encountered a lightning disaster here, and the surrounding pear trees seemed to have spirits and also responded to the disaster, leaving only a pile of dead branches.
The person who suffered the calamity here was Yuan Xingche when he was young.
He was an orphan. When he was young, he was chased by a monster. He fled to a pear forest covered with wounds, but was caught up by the monster behind him and his life was hanging by a thread.
Finally, heaven favored the talented person. Yuan Xingche gained enlightenment on the spot without any guidance, and directly drew Qi into his body to break through the foundation-building stage.
Chance brought about a thunder calamity, which not only helped him to eliminate the monster, but also to eliminate him.
The pear blossoms around him seemed to have spirits, falling from the branches one after another, protecting him properly.
The final result was that Yuan Xingche successfully embarked on the path of cultivation. He was lying in a field of fallen pear blossoms and was discovered by the leader of Qingyang Sect who was passing by. He was picked up and accepted as a disciple.
In the ten continents and eight wildernesses, Yuan Xingche is the only one who can achieve enlightenment in this way.
This battle earned him the reputation of a rare genius.
It’s a pity that the pear blossoms all over the field never bloomed again, leaving only dead branches and land drained of spiritual energy.
No one is willing to set foot in a place without spiritual power, so now there is no human habitation within dozens of miles of this place.
It's a perfect place for Shili to settle down.
She walked quickly with Wuming and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw a large area of dead branches.
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"I'm not a kind-hearted saint, but if that unlucky thing Nightmare drags a bunch of people into the illusion, and something goes wrong, I'll be held responsible. It'll be a huge loss!"
Shi Li saw the question mark in the barrage and hurriedly explained, but she also missed the surprise in Wuming's eyes.
He didn't understand why Shi Li came to this place.
Even if she wanted to find a deserted place, there were many choices in the Ten Continents and Eight Wastelands, but she chose such a place.
“I wonder how beautiful it will be when the pear blossoms here are in full bloom.”
Shi Li walked to a withered pear tree, reached out her hand and touched the withered branches with regret. What appeared in her mind was actually the image of a handsome young man lying under the pear tree.
This scene has appeared in comics. The author cleverly used a top-down perspective to draw this scene through the gaps in the pear blossoms. The half-covered and half-hidden scene makes it even more imaginative.
Shi Li was lost in memories, with twinkling stars almost appearing in her eyes.
Wuming watched her quietly from the side, his gaze slowly shifting to the pear tree next to him, a hint of nostalgia in his eyes.
"Yes, it's very beautiful, but unfortunately..."
He once came back here and tried every way to revive the pear trees here, but no matter what he did, he couldn't save a single one.
If the pear blossoms could bloom again, Lili would look stunning standing among them.
"Forget it, it's fine now. At least I can't cause any trouble for anyone here except you."
Shi Li is not someone who dwells on the past.
After feeling sorry for a while, he began to think about the important matter at hand, while glaring at Wuming with reproach.
If he hadn't played the victim and acted, he wouldn't have been implicated.
snort!
Wuming was glared at, and knowing that Shi Li was still reluctant for him to follow him, he lowered his head and smiled helplessly.
No matter he was glared at or disliked, he had to follow her.
I will never leave even a step.
People who practice Taoism do not need a house to shelter from the wind and rain. They can just find a pear tree and meditate under it.
Shi Li walked around the area, picked a pear tree that looked pleasing to the eye, took out the usual cattail from his bag, and sat down on the ground.
Although time is short, Shi Li still wants to improve his cultivation as much as possible, so that he can protect himself and Wuming in case Nightmare comes.
"I have something to do now. You stay nearby and don't go too far away."
Before she started to practice, she gave Wuming some worried instructions.
The young man in gray came over obediently, sat down with his knees bent, and tilted his head to look at her.
A pair of eyes hidden behind the mask are like a lake sparkling with stars, peaceful and gentle.
A breeze blew by, and the girl in meditation did not move, only her eyelashes trembled slightly, like a feather, passing across the tip of her heart.
Yuan Xingche looked at her again and again without blinking, then approached cautiously, raised a finger, and traced her eyebrows in the air.
The tone was extremely gentle, like a beautiful snowflake.
"Why are you here?"
The tree that Shi Li picked at random was exactly the place where he had comprehended the calamity.
The tree behind her once dropped all its petals to protect him.
Now, she has chosen here again.