In the middle of the night, the insects outside the house are noisy, and the noise can be heard. It is the stage of another world, the night is its curtain, and the rising moon is the invisible hand that opens the curtain.

It was a small and vast world, and there were joys and sorrows that humans could not understand.

Liu Yan held the lazy snake in his arms, thinking that he was once a member of that world and had a different prosperous life. But now he was in his arms.

"Don't blame me." Liu Yan said silently.

do not blame me.

He knew that he was already a real snake and should have a snake life, but he would never let go, and stubbornly locked him by his side day and night, maybe just like this, he would be locked up for the rest of his life.

I always think that even if he is a snake, if he treats him better, no matter how unreasonable he is, he will understand a little bit, and maybe he will stay for the rest of his life. But Xu Mingshi's words always echoed in his mind, lingering like a ghost.

"He will always leave." Xu Mingshi said.

He will always leave because he is a snake. No matter how deep a human's feelings are, in his eyes, he is only a breeder, and no matter how much that person loves him, in his eyes, he is at most a breeder. It's the owner, not the intimate companion. So he will go to the female snake when he needs it, and will leave forever for it. Maybe not this year, not next year, but one day, he will meet a female snake that agrees with him, and then accompany her, chasing through the bushes and leaves, traversing the branches, and sharing a delicious meal together, Keep a lot of little snakes.

This day has not yet come, but it will come eventually.

Liu Yan said silently, over and over again: "Don't blame me."

Imprisonment and bondage against the will is not beautiful. It is full of cruelty and violence, oppression and deprivation. Even if there are many reasons, no matter how slow the action is, it is gentle and cruel.

He had experienced such an experience himself. It was in the last life, when his name was Ji Jiu.

But Liu Yan understands that one day in the future, he will cut off his retreat without any compromise, so that he can only stay by his side.

That means that what he likes, he will destroy; what makes him linger, he will kill.

With the memory of the third generation, Liu Yan knew that he had killed people before, and he was decisive, ruthless and bloody. He has never been a kind person. Regarding this point, whether in the first or the second life, he has such a positive self-evaluation. He has killed people, for example, when he was still Shen Qingxuan, he killed Shen Zhen; he has killed people, for example, he was the bloody road that Ji Jiushi stepped on when he read from Prince Companion to General; . He is a sinister aura in his bones, and when necessary, such ferocity will be revealed, like a blood-licking sword that can only be sheathed when the blood is seen.

But he met Emer. A cold but not ruthless snake demon, his appearance is like a piece of peerless jade formed by the evolution of magma deep in the earth's crust through thousands of years. When he met, it was embedded in his heart so gently , to remove a lot of his ill-will and viciousness.

So he also calmed down and learned to be a truly peaceful and kind person.

He never thought that one day he would use this cold side on Yimo.

That was his Emer. Thousands of years of cultivation, washing away the lead, and having a long, long age, but returning to the basics like a child Yimo.

When he himself will look at the world with a pair of eyes that return to nature, he wants to go and hug the child and hold his hand. Then keep moving forward.

As long as you think about it like this, the bottom of your heart becomes soft, and your heart seems to melt into a pool of water, and any pain and hatred will turn into smoke in such softness.

Such a soft feeling.

However, the reality required him to do cruel things, to smash and destroy such beauty, to force this snake that had never harmed anyone to a desperate situation and to have nowhere to go. So he can continue to hold his hand, even if it is already scarred hands.

"Don't blame me."

He could only repeat it over and over again, silently in his mind.

He knows that Yimo will not blame him when we meet on the road to Huangquan in the future. Not only will Yimo not blame him, but maybe he will blame himself for being a snake and add to his distress, and then he will hug him and say something soothing. .

Thinking of this, the tearing feeling in my heart is deeper and stronger, and it is about to swallow him up.

What's more painful than breaking the treasure in the palm of your hand? He pursed his lips tightly, stirring the pain in his heart over and over again, until his heart was smashed into pieces.

There was no one to complain about these pains, so he could only curl up in the dark quilt, hug an unconscious snake that was still lazy, and remained silent for a long time.

Can only be silent.

In the silence that seemed to be aphasia, he persisted for another day, ushering in the dawn glimmer of a new day in the darkness.

The early birds outside the house were already busy, and the sound of Shen Jue sweeping the floor came from the yard, and the bamboo broom brushed the ground "thorn pull - thorn pull -", one after another.

Liu Yan lay quietly on the bed, knowing that he had to persevere and he had no right to give up halfway.

He must persevere.

——If one day, we can still be together, I want to stand shoulder to shoulder with you, and bathe in the morning light together on this most ordinary morning. Then I can use my punch lines to make flowers, like telling a story, a legend, and tell you all what I have experienced.

Then you will hold me, just as I hold you, and smile at each other.

So those pains and struggles were turned into honey by smiles.

He had nothing, and in the end all that was left was the will to persevere to the end.

It was such a will that he still smiled when facing Shen Jue who was brought in with hot water after a sleepless night.

Shen Jue placed the things for washing and stood aside and said: "Dad move faster, I saved some fresh soup to cook the noodles, and the last bit is left. After a while of hands and feet, I asked Xu Mingshi to take it away. already."

After Liu Yan got dressed, he heard the words and chuckled, "If you have time to save me some soup, why don't you go for a walk in the woods and pick another basket of mushrooms."

"I'll pick it up later," Shen Jue raised her eyebrows: "I just don't want to be used to that old man, and my belly is getting bigger and bigger recently."

"As a child, you should be happy that he has a good appetite."

"Yeah, I'm very happy." Shen Jue said helplessly: "When he bursts his stomach and dies of gluttony, I don't know how happy I should be!"

"Is it really that big?" Liu Yanzheng washed his eyes with tea and put down his hands and said, "Then let him eat less. When he is old, his stomach is weak, so eating less and more meals is the right way."

"I said it, did he listen?" Shen Jue snorted: "Go and talk."

"Okay, I'll talk about it later." Liu Yan responded.

"Then I'll go." Shen Jue was thinking about the things in the kitchen, and when she walked to the door, she threw a sentence: "After washing, put it away, I'll pour the water later."

"Do you think I'm seven or eighty?" Liu Yan was angry and funny, "I can't even lift the wash basin?"

"I'm happy." Shen Jue replied without turning his head, threw out the three words, his tone and demeanor were not much different from Yimo's.

He was indeed happy, filial, and genuinely enthusiastic. But don't know how worried Liu Yan is, because he is too happy.

Loving family is human nature. love family so much that don't care about anything but home. What will happen in the future?

Liu Yan thought that he was the one who entrusted Shen Jue to Yimo at the beginning, but he did not expect such a situation today. can't help but think of what this old demon snake looked like when he was about to cook confinement porridge for the emperor in his last life, but it was the first time in more than a hundred years that the child was with someone else, and he was so suffocated that he could only imagine Shen. Who caused Jue to love her family so much?

Juvenile loves home, as it should be. Shen Jue had already grown up, and one day, his life would no longer be centered on them.

But Liu Yan didn't know where Shen Jue's center would be, and what could tie up his children after they passed away, so that he could walk the rest of the way.

Liu Yan didn't even know if he could see his child find a new support in his lifetime. After all, the snake's age is too short, and he only wants to live that long.

Shen Jue had no idea about his worries. After grabbing Xu Mingshi's tableware and chopsticks in the kitchen, Shen Jue couldn't help being annoyed and said, "Do you just want to die like that?!"

Xu Mingshi looked innocent: "The food you cook is delicious. Besides, I'm a guest. What's the matter with you ordering more food? I've never seen such a stingy host." His face was wrinkled and old-fashioned. She was drenched in oil, and she had to pretend to be innocent with a dirty old face. This appearance really had nothing to do with her youthful appearance, and it was even terribly distorted.

Shen Jue couldn't help rubbing his forehead and said, "If you have accumulated food and can't get up from the bed, I won't serve you."

"Which one wants you to serve, anyway, I'm alone, I'll wait to die when I'm sick!" Xu Mingshi said arrogantly.

The older you get, the more unreasonable you are. Shen Jue called him so angry this time, he had the thought of smashing pots and bowls, but he couldn't make such a move, so he could only stare at him, staring at him for a long time, the old face of the other party did not mean to be ashamed, Shen Jue Had to slam the door away.

The wooden door was slammed shut with a bang. Shen Jue was really angry this time, and simply left the yard. Liu Yan heard the noise and heard the door slamming again. Knowing that it was Shen Jue's move, he wondered why Xu Mingshi was deliberately provoking him, while thinking that the wooden door should be repaired. At this time, Xu Mingshi came over with his oily mouth.

It's not good for him to steal his mouth. Early in the morning is a good time to adjust his stomach. He has to drink a pot of chicken soup left over from last night. It's greasy and heavy, so it's no wonder Shen Jue is angry.

When Shen Qingxuan was raising Shen Jue, despite the care of Yimo, he suffered a disaster at a young age and his body was much weaker than ordinary people, so he often took care of him. Shen Jue has also learned a lot of diet, and since taking care of them, she has also paid special attention to diet, always being careful and unwilling to make any mistakes. Shen Jue was not partial to Xu Mingshi, and took good care of him together.

However, Xu Mingshi didn't know what evil he was in, so he had to use this provocation, no wonder Shen Jue would slam the door.

This is really kind-hearted to be treated as a donkey's liver and lungs.

Liu Yan was holding the wooden basin, and just wanted to ask Xu Mingshi why, but the old man's fingers flashed with white light, and he said to himself with great relief, "Finally driven away."

The wooden basin fell to the ground, the hot water spread out, the loess was wet, Liu Yan only had time to think before closing his eyes and falling to the ground: in the end, it was the person Shen Jue called his uncle.

So know how to easily provoke him.

Xu Mingshi leveled Liu Yan briskly, put him on the bamboo chair in the courtyard, and covered him with a robe, and said cheerfully: "Brother, the sun is good in the morning, and it's good to bask in the sun. "

It's a pity that Liu Yan couldn't hear it, so he could only lie on the stone table unconsciously and bask in the sun.

Xu Mingshi's old smile turned into a flower, and he entered the bedroom of the master's house. He lifted the quilt that Liu Yanwei had no time to fold, and said hello to the big snake curled up and sleeping in the quilt.

Probably because he laughed too horribly, and the black snake who noticed the danger stopped getting lazy, looked up at him for a while, and immediately got out of bed to find Liu Yan. But no matter how fast he is, he is just a snake. Wherever he is the opponent of the old Taoist priest, a spell will block his way. Xu Mingshi quickly grabbed the black snake in his hand. This action made the black snake very hesitant. After all, he has been familiar with it for such a long time, so it is a problem whether to bite or not.

"Don't bite me, please eat."

Xu Mingshi squeezed his mouth open and shoved the medicine he had prepared in it all at once. His shots were quick and agile, his movements were like the wind, and he was not as slow as an old man at all, so fast that ordinary people couldn't see it clearly. The black snake is just the most common snake right now, and it immediately grabbed his way. The thing entered the esophagus and immediately melted, and he couldn't spit it out even if he wanted to.

Before he had time to express any dissatisfaction with force-feeding, he, like Liu Yan, didn't know anything.

By the time Shen Jue had calmed down and rushed back, everything was a foregone conclusion.

Liu Yan was lying on the stone table, unable to wake up, the door behind him was wide open, and the golden light inside was dazzling to the point of dazzling, he immediately rushed towards the room.

The golden light seemed to form a solid wall and bounced him back.

"Xu Mingshi!"

In this situation, Shen Jue immediately understood, and instinctively roared, but knew that it was too late.

"The fate is born and the fate is destroyed, the Dao is natural, there is no need to worry about it."

Suddenly there was a voice behind him, and Shen Jue turned back suddenly, a white-bearded old immortal stood outside the door at some point, with a detached temperament and familiar eyebrows. Shen Jue knew him. It was he who cast a spell to restore his father's memory of Sansheng, and he was the one who took away his father.

"What are you doing?" Shen Jue asked.

"Come and collect his soul." The old fairy could see his disgust for himself, but smiled: "He wants your father to be a man, and the price is to lose his soul. However, he has something to do, and this soul can't be scattered, so I am here to replace it. He regained his soul."

The old fairy said and blinked, and suddenly had a lot of happy looks, "That's what he will do in the future, what can I explain to you?"

Shen Jue was stunned for a moment: "Re-concentrate on the soul, so he can still be a man in the next life?"

"That's none of your business," the old fairy said. "In short, he's still here, how could he be gone so easily? He smashed a jar of wine from me and still hasn't gotten it back."

Shen Jue listened, and didn't know what to think. After a long time, he said, "I don't know if we can meet again."

The old fairy's eyes stopped on his face, and then slowly moved away, looking at the room shrouded in golden light, and said, "It will take some time for the spell to finish, and there is one more thing that has to do with you."

"Um?"

"Little Sheer told me that if you have nowhere to go in the future, you can come and practice under my sect."

"Dad said?"

"I have been friends with him for thousands of years. He has something to do with him, so I naturally can't refuse. You can come to me at any time when you think about it in the future. You know where to look."

"I won't go." Shen Jue categorically refused, and after waiting, he suddenly said: "I have an acquaintance here, a spirit made from a pine tree. , It can be seen that the root bone is wonderful, would you like to accept it?"

The old fairy didn't answer for a while, Shen Jue thought he didn't want to, so he didn't say anything anymore.

"Well, I also know that pine tree spirit. After this matter is over, I will take him away." The old fairy said, "As for you, I will accept you in the future."

He behaved like this, which shows magnanimity. Shen Jue's hatred for him was much lessened. He smiled and said softly, "I don't practice cultivation. What's so good about being a demon, is it interesting for you to be an immortal?"

The old immortal did not expect him to ask such a question. He recovered from his surprise, and immediately laughed "haha", and said loudly: "I think it is very interesting."

"What's so interesting?" Shen Jue asked.

"At least I can help you little goblins, can't you?"

Shen Jue was speechless for a moment.

As he was talking, the dazzling golden light gradually faded and gradually dimmed. The old immortal waved his hand and stopped chatting. He took out a small black cloth from nowhere. The cloth turned into a pocket in his hand, and he reached out and took out a The crimson gossip stove of unknown material was thrown upwards. The yin and yang fish in the red furnace were spinning, and before the golden light completely dimmed, Shen Jue seemed to see some faint white shadows and was sucked into the furnace.

"Okay." The old immortal put the things back into his pocket, and folded the pocket into a small black cloth the size of a palm. He looked up at the sky comfortably and looked up at the sky, "I should go."

"Thank you." Shen Jue said, bowed solemnly, and bowed in salute.

"Forget it," the old immortal said, "see you in the future, I'll invite you to drink, just don't refuse at that time."

Although Shen Jue felt that his words had no beginning or end, he nodded.

The old fairy smiled, looked at the wooden house with the wide door, and couldn't help shouting at the silent house: "Little Snake, everything you asked for has been done, you and I are all here. How about the future, fix it yourself!"

There was no sound in the room for a while, until the old immortal was far away, and Shen Juefang heard a long-lost voice, and replied in a lazy tone: "I see."