Chapter 84 So, what’s the price of growth?
Chapter 84 So, what’s the price of growth?
"Master, where did you pick me up?"
This question is a bit sudden.
Chen An was startled and replied: "I don't remember."
He didn't really want to bring up that past, lest Su Chi recall the bloody scene.
"What, what's the problem?"
he then asked.
But the girl had lowered her head and whispered in response.
Because she lowered her head, Chen An couldn't see her expression clearly, but he had some guesses in his mind.
He didn't expose it, so she didn't continue to ask questions.
Only Chu Qingli, who had been watching from the side, felt the strange atmosphere between master and disciple.
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After Su Chichi returned to the valley, he seemed to be a different person from before.
Regarding her spiritual practice, she no longer spent three days fishing and two days drying nets. Instead, she studied hard every day and could even meditate in the cave for several days.
This kind of striving behavior would never have appeared in this lively and active girl in the past.
Chen An saw it, a little surprised, but also a little relieved.
It's like a good old boy who has been raised for a long time and finally becomes enlightened and knows how to practice hard.
Su Chichi's talent was already extraordinary, and with Chen An's careful instruction, he made rapid progress, and his cultivation level naturally increased.
In the third year after she returned to the mountain, she could already vaguely touch the threshold of breaking through.
It was also this year that Chen An found an excuse to drive Chu Qingli and the fox demon down the mountain together.
He had no other ideas, he just didn't want to cause trouble again and involve innocent people.
On this day, Chen An meditated in the cave as usual.
It is said that it is practice, but actually it is more appropriate to describe it as taking a nap.
All his cultivation skills were picked up for free, and he really had never experienced the feeling of being poor when he was young.
The white skirt fluttered, and Su Chichi barged in.
Her face lost some of its liveliness, and her temperament became a little colder.
It is often only when she is getting along with Chen An that she shows a little bit of her little daughter's naughtiness.
These details reminded Chen An one by one.
Su Chichi grew up.
She is no longer the little girl who is willing to share everything with her master, and now has her own little secret.
In the past three years, apart from becoming more fond of practicing and becoming cooler in personality, the relationship between Su Chichi and Chen An has not changed much.
Just like now, she can still act coquettishly at Chen An eagerly.
"Master, I want to go down the mountain."
Chen An didn't stop him, he just responded with a smile.
But Su did not leave in a hurry, but shook the man's arm reluctantly.
"Master, when someone's apprentice goes out to travel in the world, the master always has to give the apprentice a magical weapon that is valuable to him. Aren't you ready to show your appreciation?"
Chen An was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
"Indeed, everyone else has it, so of course my family has to have it too."
"Then what magic weapon do you want?"
Su Chichi's eyes moved slightly, and he started talking a lot of nonsense, such as a flying boat for transportation, a self-defense jade pendant that could withstand an immortal's attack, and so on.
After Chen An agreed, she seemed to mention it inadvertently.
"Master, tell me, is there any magical weapon in the world that can allow people to kill people across borders?"
Chen An casually replied: "That's a lot. For example, the Kunlun sect has a treasure called Taishi Ruler. Anyone who holds the ruler can use the thousands of years of spiritual power contained in the ruler. If you can communicate with the spirit of the ruler, Even if a mortal holds it, there is still a chance to kill the monk."
"If you were a Nascent Soul cultivator, as long as you use it properly, it would be possible to defeat powerful enemies across one or two realms."
Su Chichi's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she asked: "Will a powerful immortal like Master be defeated one day?"
Chen An glanced at her and said: "Of course, Mahayana immortals are also human beings, but they can't break my body-protecting divine power by ordinary means."
Su Chichi, who spent time with Chen An day and night, naturally knew about this matter.
She fell silent and didn't ask any more questions.
<divclass="contentadv">It wasn't until three days later that Su Chichi approached Chen An again and asked her master to build the sharpest magic weapon in the world for her.
Being able to cultivate the Nascent Soul, she can also easily pierce the body-protecting divine gang of Mahayana monks.
Su Chichi didn't hide anything, he just said it like that.
She was already prepared for the master's next cross-examination, or about the Sujia Village matter, and the two of them had a complete showdown.
But Chen An said nothing.
He even agreed with a smile.
No question was asked, as if no matter what Su Chichi wanted to do, he would be happy to do it.
Su Chichi quickly left in despair.
No one knows what she is thinking in her heart at this moment, or how she feels.
She vaguely felt that something was wrong, but she seemed to be possessed and couldn't muster any energy to think about it.
She was like a puppet being manipulated on strings. Only by completely cutting off all past ties with someone and taking revenge could she be able to slay her inner demons and regain her clarity of mind.
In the cave, after Su Chichi left, Chen An sat there alone.
He was not meditating, and his posture seemed casual.
Half sitting and half lying down, in the secluded cave, a man's muttering rang out.
"Is there any magic weapon in the world that can make a mere Nascent Soul kill Mahayana?"
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But despite what he said, three months later, Chen An still forged a 'magic weapon' and delivered it to Su Chichi.
The magic weapon is a long sword with a bright sword body and a clear and sweet sound.
Anyone who sees it will have to call it a good sword.
During this time, Su Chichi began to become more and more taciturn.
Chen An sometimes thinks to himself, maybe this is the process of growing up?
So, what is the price of growth?
Chen An's mind wandered and he was thinking wildly.
He had nothing to do in the valley, so he often thought about things like this.
This day was the day Su Chichi came to say goodbye.
She already had everything she wanted, and there was no other reason to stay.
On a whim, Chen An led her to do the things they often did when they were children.
For example, to bully the tiger spirit that swallows the essence of the sun and moon in the forest.
For example, pick up a fishing rod without bait and go fishing in the lake called Great Lake.
He also took Su Chichi to see the bamboo forest outside the valley.
When he first arrived in the valley, Chen An cut bamboo here to make roads and build houses.
Their fishing rods and bamboo chairs are all made of bamboo from here.
I still remember that the bamboo forest looked particularly miserable because most of the bamboos had been removed.
When the mountain wind blows, only a few surviving bamboos sway.
Now times have changed, and Chen An comes again.
The bamboo forest has returned to its original glory, lush and rustling.
At the end, Chen An took Su Chichi's hand and returned to the valley.
In the evening, the setting sun turns red.
Looking from a distance, there is still some bluish-purple color that is difficult to detect with the naked eye.
Chen An took the silent girl, took a handful of water, and gently wiped her face.
He smiled with some emotion.
"I still remember when I was little, you were so naughty. You often got mud all over your face, on your face, on your clothes, everywhere."
Su Chichi remained expressionless and allowed the man to manipulate her.
She said: "It was Chi Chi who was not sensible when he was a child, which annoyed the master."