My apprentice is a little weird?

Chapter 421: The Realm of Love

"Hehe... this little girl really wants her mother to mistake you for her. If that's the case, can't you just explain a little bit?"

Yin Li puffed out her lips, suppressed her emotions and tried to calm herself down.

He recalled the principles Jiang Yan had taught him that day, and based on his own diligent practice over the past few days, he filtered out his subjective opinions, sat high in his spiritual realm, and was able to remain indifferent to the numerous delusions.

Yin Li, who originally had an inexplicable shape and a transcendent style in Jiang Yan's eyes, gradually became restrained and calm, and slowly turned into an ordinary person with no breath at all.

And Yin Li's true face was revealed to Jiang Yan for the first time.

The previous few times Jiang Yan was able to see the other party clearly, he either cheated and used the improved magic seeds to cut off the dissipation of his seven emotions, or he subjectively stuck to his own path and reached a state of being emotionless, desireless, formless and without appearance.

The former needed to try his best to control the demon seed to prevent it from biting back at him accidentally, so he didn't look closely at Yin Li; the latter... was already heartless and desireless, so why would he care about this broken body?

So, no matter which one it was, Jiang Yan had never carefully examined Yin Li's appearance. He could only vaguely remember that she was a good girl, but a little casual and timid?

What came into view was a slightly thin shadow, standing at the door with her eyes downcast. Although her lotus-colored fairy dress was carefully chosen, there was still something wrong with it.

She had a pair of almond-shaped eyes, her dark pupils lowered as she dared not look closely, yet she was secretly observing with a hint of curiosity.

She has a straight nose and cherry pink lips. She looks soft and smooth even without any makeup, and her skin is as luminous as white jade, which is dazzling.

From top to bottom, everything is calm and peaceful, just like Jiang Yan's heart, without any ripples.

It was the first time that Yin Li showed herself in front of outsiders. She didn't dare to look at other people's eyes at all, so she kept her head down from beginning to end and didn't dare to look, appearing timid.

But even so, after a moment of silence, Yin Li was the first to speak.

It was because Jiang Yan’s gaze was a little too much for her to bear.

"Um... sir... is there something on my face... or..."

Jiang Yan came back to his senses from the "pervert" look, not feeling embarrassed at all about his actions just now. He smiled as usual and said:

"Nothing, I just suddenly saw the whole picture, and I felt a strange sense of familiarity towards you. Hehe...it's just an illusion."

"Ah, could it be that Yin Li didn't control it well and her physical condition is spreading again?"

"No, you are in control very well, why don't you take a look for yourself~"

"No need! There's already someone here."

Yin Li reached out and gently patted the little girl Shen Zhixue, and said softly:

"Look again, I'm not your mother, you reported the wrong person"

Shen Zhixue was still sobbing in Yin Li's arms, turning a deaf ear to everything else, until she heard a strange voice beside her ear, then she looked up tremblingly, and her mouth opened slightly in surprise.

"You... are not my mother..."

"Where did my mother go...why did she disappear..."

Shen Zhixue was at a loss for a moment, let go of Yin Li and looked around but couldn't find her mother. Her originally red eyes suddenly became misty, but she gritted her teeth.

Then he rushed back to his room, dived into the closet, and remained silent...

Yin Li blinked and looked at Jiang Yan suspiciously.

"What's that look? You're slandering me!"

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An hour later, Jiang Yan and Yin Li sat opposite each other under a small tree in the courtyard.

There were fruits and fragrant tea on the stone table. Yin Li ate the food prepared by Jiang Yan and Aorunji while listening to stories. Jiang Yan would occasionally ask Yin Li questions and test her.

Time flies by fast.

"So, this is what happened. I don't know where this little girl's mother went, and I can't find her, so I can only adopt her temporarily."

"So this is ah……"

"I thought Mr. Jiang was completely heartless and kidnapped and trafficked innocent young girls, haha."

"Hey! You eat my spiritual fruit and drink my spiritual tea, and yet you doubt my character?!"

"Hehe, just a joke, hehe..."

Jiang Yan pretended to be dissatisfied and drank the tea in one gulp.

"Why did you suddenly come here? Can your master let you out?"

Yin Li's face fell when she heard that. She lowered her head and took a sip from the cup with both hands, like a hamster.

"Well... I was originally thinking of contacting you after a while, but for some reason I just can't sit still."

"Originally, entering a state of meditation was as easy for me as eating and drinking for ordinary people. But since I came back, for some reason, I can no longer easily enter a state of meditation to practice..."

"The reason is unclear. I asked my master, and he told me that it's because I haven't recovered from the disaster yet."

"But I could vaguely sense that Master wasn't telling the truth, and that I wasn't unable to enter meditation because of a calamity. After much thought, I decided to send a message to Master."

Yin Li said this with a hint of resentment: "The master is busy and has too many things to do every day to pay attention to Yin Li. Yin Li also knows this, so Yin Li secretly ran out to find the master."

Jiang Yan was not bothered by Yin Li's resentment. "Who is Li Wanji?"

Yin Li: "Ah?"

"Ahem, it's okay... So, you couldn't wait for my reply so you sneaked out to find me? By the way, how did you find me? Also, aren't you afraid of being discovered by your master?"

Yin Li shook her head, suppressing her doubts, and said proudly, "Of course I would have been discovered before, but now I understand the principle of subjectivity and objectivity. After gaining control of my physical condition, I have developed a magical power!"

"The traces of the seven emotions can be gathered and engraved in a certain place in the past, condensing into a shadow of the past and descending! The place where I retreated has been where I have stayed for many years, and it has unknowingly left my mark."

"I didn't know this before, but now that I've mastered my own physique, I suddenly understand everything in the world! I can see the invisible and formless roots of the seven emotions and control them to a certain extent!"

"I'm awesome~"

"Yin Li will show you a few things right away!"

As she spoke, Yin Li lightly flipped her white hand, and her slender white fingertips lightly hooked across the air, and her fingers suddenly sank as if they had provoked a huge object.

Yin Li trembled her wrist slightly and clenched her teeth, but she still forced herself to appear relaxed.

There was no spiritual energy interaction between the two, and Jiang Yan couldn't see clearly. He could only vaguely sense some abnormalities at the spiritual level, so he concentrated and looked carefully.

Yin Li's face flushed red, her eyes seemed to be spitting fire, and she squeezed out a cry from between her teeth: "Give it to me! Come out!"

Zizi!

There was a harsh sound, like something sharp being squeezed across glass.

The danger from the spiritual level suddenly arose. Jiang Yan's eyes widened and he spoke before he could react: "Don't..."

At the same time, Yin Li also used both hands to push hard, and veins appeared on her face: "Come out!!"

boom!

It was as if something had descended into the world, and then a flower appeared before Jiang Yan's eyes.

The entire space began to distort, the line of sight began to stretch and twist, and the colors began to fade like ink.

Jiang Yan's spiritual sense jumped, and he felt a strong sense of crisis like a thorn in his back, but this crisis did not come from Yin Li's magical power, but from something that was about to appear!

"It's going to be bad!"

He thought about various countermeasures. Should he take action now? Taking action would mean being exposed. With Li Qiao'er's sensitivity, she would definitely notice something was wrong here.

Although he was not afraid of his identity being discovered by the other party, if he was recognized by Li Qiaoer at this moment, the person who was secretly watching would be able to find out his origins based on Li Qiaoer.

Then his plan to secretly plot Huayinfang would be completely exposed, for it would be 100% certain to be exposed.

"hateful!"

Although he was unwilling, Jiang Yan did not hesitate for long and made the decision in an instant.

Take action! The unknown is the most terrifying. Even if you are not afraid of death, you cannot die in obscurity. If you are exposed, you still have other plans, but if you die, you are really dead.

Jiang Yan's eyes narrowed, and when his own color was about to fade away, he was about to cast the original spell to break this strange place!

But before he could chant the mantra, his wrist was grasped by a pair of soft hands.

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"Huh... I'm so tired... I was hoping to show off my skills, but now I've made a fool of myself in front of the teacher..."

Yin Li supported Jiang Yan with both hands, her face was pale and her eyes were red, she looked like she was unable to stand while fighting in the night with a candle.

As Yin Li spoke, the world with distorted lines in front of Jiang Yan began to gradually recover.

But it's not what it originally looked like.

What caught Jiang Yan's eyes was a rather lively market?

The people around were dressed simply, and the houses were no longer as shabby as before, but were intact and brand new brick and wood buildings.

Coarse cloth clothes were hung on the wooden racks of the silk shop, and the bamboo curtains of the teahouse were blown up by the wind, revealing men drinking tea and chatting at the eight-immortal table inside. Several strings of dried bacon were hung on the wooden beams, and the oily sheen glowed a warm yellow in the sunlight.

Although the whole street does not have the grandeur of magnificent buildings, it is full of the lively atmosphere of fireworks.

"This is……"

Jiang Yan looked confused and shocked inside.

He could keenly perceive the truth of everything around him, and even with his current level of cultivation, he still couldn't tell whether this place was real or fake!

The demeanor of a waiter in a teahouse taking a break from his busy schedule, the anguish of a street vendor, the attentive lady introducing herself to a silk shop...

Everything seems so real, as real as a living picture scroll soaked in the fireworks of human life!

If he didn't know clearly that this place was a trace of the seven emotions of history connected by Yin Li's magical power, he would have thought that this was a joke played on him by some big shot involved in the Avenue of Time.

Yin Li supported Jiang Yan, feeling exhausted. She was covered in sweat and her clothes were sticking to her chest. Of course, there was nothing spectacular about it because it was nothing special.

But her cheeks were slightly red, and she wanted to lean on him but was afraid to do so, as if she was recalling something that was difficult to talk about.

Jiang Yan was so focused on observing his surroundings that he didn't notice anything unusual about Yin Li.

"Yin Li, what happened? How could this happen?"

Yin Li's attention was drawn back, and she looked in the direction Jiang Yan pointed, and was also stunned.

"How come this... this is clearer than the Seven Emotions Marks I left in my retreat?"

"What do you mean?"

Yin Li stared around absentmindedly, her eyes showing deep confusion.

"The seven emotions are the root of all living things, emanating naturally from birth. Joy is like the blossoming flowers of spring, sorrow and anger are like sudden thunderstorms. If the thoughts of millions of living beings converge, their devout yearning will become incense, curling upwards to the heavens, attracting the attention of the gods."

"When obsession becomes madness, demonic miasma arises. Black fog rolls in and obscures the light of the sky, attracting demons and monsters to covet. The soul falls into evil and is called a fallen spirit. Where joy resonates, withered trees can spring back to life and all beasts can sing in harmony."

"Where sorrow and injustice intertwine, rivers weep and frost and snow fall early. Jealousy, like a cancer in the bones, secretly gnaws at the heart; greed, like a gluttonous mouth, can never be filled. These various emotions intertwine and interweave, creating the myriad forms of this world, the cycle of cause and effect."

"However, these are merely the interweaving of the seven emotions. According to your method, the objective seven emotions intertwine, while the subjective seven emotions diverge."

Yin Li took some time to slowly stand up straight, then staggered to a vendor selling sugar figurines.

"The objective seven emotions are easy to capture and perceive, and they are also the easiest to manifest. However, the subjective seven emotions, that is, the seven emotions themselves, often only appear at the moment of their occurrence and are difficult for living beings to understand."

"Only this objective world, accommodating everything, can leave even a trace..."

"My magical powers can borrow the power of heaven and earth to pry open that trace and leave a trace in the world."

Jiang Yan was thoughtful after hearing this, and then asked without any context, "What's the name of the technique you practice?"

Yin Li was a little confused but did not hesitate: "It is called the Dao Jue because my body is naturally susceptible to the influence of the seven emotions. If I don't find a way, I am afraid that the seven emotions will crush me to death."

"So Master specially found this Dao-inheriting Technique for me, which allowed me to survive and cultivate under those terrifying seven emotions."

"Oh...Is that so..."

Jiang Yan understood it on his face, but he had some doubts in his heart.

Logically speaking, there is really no way to deal with Yin Li's physique. After all, the way of the seven emotions has been rarely explored in ancient times. Those who practice it will either suffer from schizophrenia or fall into the devil's way.

Moreover, it is a bit presumptuous of the subjective approach to the Seven Emotions. Can the mere tempering of the Spirit Refining and Returning to the Void Realm withstand the weight of the Seven Emotions?

Therefore, Yin Li's practice of learning this secret of inheriting the Dao and accommodating the seven emotions by adapting to the meaning of bearing is also a method.

After all, the ancient method of practicing to the state of refining the spirit and returning to the void does not rely on the "subjective" concept, but on the imprint of will.

But here comes the problem.

If an ordinary sect used this method to delay Yin Li's symptoms, they could still say "there's nothing they can do", but is Huayinfang an ordinary sect?

Not to mention the demon species that can grow with the seven emotions as nourishment, just from what the elder Lin Wanyue in the abbey knows, the magic stone in the hands of the abbey owner possesses the incomplete seven emotions!

Although on one hand they hope that their disciples can gain enlightenment and fill in the gaps, do you dare to say that they don’t have any cultivation methods related to the seven emotions?

Just give Yin Li a book. With her talent in this area, let alone soaring up to 90,000 miles like a roc in a day with the wind, at least she can control and restrain her physical condition temporarily, right?

After all, Jiang Yan had only provided some theories and pointed out some paths forward, without any guidance on the techniques involved. Yet, even with this, Yin Li had managed to comprehend the root of the Seven Emotions.

Moreover, he created this magical power from scratch, which Jiang Yan considered to be "good".

As for why it wasn't stunning... it was because the abnormality here was completely beyond Yin Li's control. It could be said that she herself didn't know such a thing would happen...

"So it's not that I can't, but...I don't want to..."

"They don't want Yin Li to possess too much power, so she just needs to accept the Tao silently..."

"Cheng Dao Jue...Cheng Dao..."

Jiang Yan muttered to himself and frowned again:

"Inherit the Dao? Inherit what Dao? Is it... the Dao of the Seven Emotions? Are they planning to use Yin Li's body to inherit the Dao of the Seven Emotions?"

"That's right! Their divine stone possesses the Seven Emotions Dao, even though it's incomplete... But that's just what Lin Wanyue's family said. How can we know if the divine stone has been restored in all these years?"

But the question arises again, still the previous topic, is it a bit presumptuous to be subjective in the context of the Seven Emotions? Can a mere Yin Li bear the weight of the Seven Emotions?

Even after enduring it, the subjective consciousness was worn down to the point of losing all awareness, leaving only the indifference of the objective world, and the divine stone simply changed its name to Yin Li.

Apart from this, it has no other function. How can they control the Seven Emotions Yin Pear?

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