The sacred tree is about to pass, and the cannon fodder's wish countdown is coming

Chapter 392: My Years as a Bodyguard in the Immortal Cultivation World

Lu Shi hadn't seen Lu Ciyan for a long time, so when she heard the news that he had gotten into trouble and was being hunted outside, she was shocked to find that he had become the same as before.

But this time Lu Shi was not there to clean up the mess.

The jade token belonging to Lu Ciyan in the sect kept flashing with a strange red dark light, foreshadowing the great danger he was facing.

Lu Shi just glanced at it lightly and didn't pay much attention to it.

He is now a cultivator in the Mahayana stage and a genius affiliated with a certain faction. His talent has even surpassed Lu Shi, making him the number one in the world of cultivation.

He reached the Mahayana realm at the age of 20, and Lu Shi was nominally his backer. Even if someone disliked him, they would have to think twice.

And with his cultivation and all the treasures in his body, Lu Shi didn't think he would die at all.

Besides, the mission has been completed, so what if he dies...

Lu Shi saw the immortal again a few days ago.

The other party told her that she didn't need to worry about the life or death of the reincarnated immortal anymore, and if there was a way to kill him, it would be possible to quickly return the immortal's soul.

Lu Shi didn't think that he would be so cruel, after all he had slept with her.

And she suddenly realized something from Lu Ciyan's deliberate suicidal behavior these days.

Maybe the system revealed the mission of this world to him under the influence of the ghost grass, but did not tell him the deadline, so he was so fearless and committed suicide before.

This time it was suddenly the same as before, maybe he still wanted me to save him.

Lu Shi felt that his guess was almost correct.

But this time she didn't have enough energy to cooperate with him in playing this hero-saving-the-beauty game.

So she decided to ignore him and focus all her time and energy on the male protagonist.

Xu Chenjue was extremely talented. In addition to swordsmanship, he was also proficient in alchemy, weapon forging, talismans, and formations, and he possessed extremely high talents in all of them. Lu Shi had no choice but to send him to other mountains.

The original owner majored in swordsmanship and had some experience in other aspects, but he was far inferior to the professional elders. In order not to waste the hero's talent and complete the task as soon as possible so that the hero has enough self-protection strength, Lu Shi would send him to different mountains to study every once in a while.

As a result, some elders were so jealous of the male protagonist's talent that they didn't care about being afraid and wanted to steal Lu Shi's girl. Fortunately, Xu Chenjue repeatedly emphasized that he would not change his master, which dispelled their thoughts.

Lu Ciyan had encountered danger no less than ten times, but never received Lu Shi's rescue. He finally understood something.

After easily killing the pursuers, Lu Ciyan whispered to the void, "I agree. What do you want to bet on?"

……

When Lu Shi was enjoying himself in the cave, someone suddenly came to ask for a meeting. It was a disciple from Ningdan Peak.

He looked flustered and breathless, "Daoist Xinglan, just now at Ningdan Peak, Junior Brother Chen Jue was kidnapped!"

Lu Shi frowned in confusion, "Who has such great ability in front of so many elders in public?"

"Yes... yes..." The disciple stammered and couldn't say it out.

Finally, he closed his eyes and shouted, "It's Senior Brother Ci Yan!"

Lu Shi frowned fiercely, "Did he say anything?"

"No, Senior Brother Ci Yan came to Ningdan Peak with a ferocious look on his face and took Junior Brother Chen Jue away without saying a word. The elders said...that Senior Brother Ci Yan was possessed by a demon."

The disciple lowered his head, not daring to look at Lu Shi's expression, and immediately withdrew after getting his instructions.

Lu Shi's frown never relaxed even after his disciples left.

"What do you think he's doing?"

The system hit the nail on the head, "You've driven me crazy."

Lu Shi: "..."

Lu Shi: "Where is he? Take me to see him."

Xu Chenjue's jade token did not indicate that he was in danger at the moment, so Lu Shi was not in a hurry. He rode the system slowly to look for someone.

I don’t know where Lu Ciyan was looking for him. It was like a maze, and he had to use the system to turn on precise positioning to find him.

However, the scene before him was not the same as what Lu Shi had imagined, because there were two people tied up in the innermost room, and there were groups of monsters surrounding them.

The demon clan...

The faint light in Lu Shi's eyes passed over the unconscious Xu Chenjue and fell on Lu Ciyan.

The elders said that he was possessed by a demon, and there was indeed a strong demonic aura in him, so were these demons related to him?

Lu Shi appeared in front of the demons and immediately caused a commotion.

When the monster knew it couldn't defeat Lu Shi, it squeezed Xu Chenjue and Lu Ciyan hard.

Lu Shi remembered the leading monster. He was the one who led the demon clan in the war a thousand years ago. He was known as the Blood Demon and had great power in the demon clan.

He sat quietly on the high platform, looking at Lu Shi from afar. The demonic energy emanating from him was so dense that it almost became tangible, as if it was going to swallow up the entire space, creepy and depressing.

The murderous aura on his body was directed at Lu Shi, his face grim, "Daojun Xinglan, you didn't expect that now your two disciples are in my hands. Have you figured out how to save them?"

His voice was like that of an old man who had experienced a hundred years of vicissitudes of life. It was low and hoarse, and every ending tone was full of teasing and mockery.

Lu Shi smiled brightly and waved her sleeves lightly. A gorgeous high chair floated steadily in the air. She flew up and sat on it, finally sitting on the same level as the Blood Demon sitting on the high platform.

She leaned lazily on the back of the chair, casually stretched out a hand to support her head, and let her sleeves slide down, revealing her fair skin, which looked even more dazzling against the backdrop of the dim environment.

The corners of her lips curled slightly, and she looked at him impartially, "No, but you lured me here, so you must have thought of how to deal with me."

"Hahahahahaha, as expected of Xinglan Daojun, the number one in the world of immortal cultivation, he's really smart!"

The Blood Demon laughed a few times, then saw that Lu Shi's expression remained unchanged. His voice immediately turned cold: "You killed tens of thousands of my demon clan soldiers a thousand years ago. How does Taoist Xinglan think we should compensate you?"

Lu Shi tilted his head and raised an eyebrow: "Do you want me to pay for it?"

"That's right!"

The Blood Demon finally revealed his purpose, "If you destroy your own cultivation and dantian, I will spare your life and that of your disciple."

"Then I'm afraid you can't do it." Lu Shi smiled lazily.

"If I give up my own cultivation, then I, a nearly two thousand year old man, will die of old age immediately. Why are you still talking about sparing my life?"

"Hahahahaha, I didn't expect that Xinglan Immortal Lord is also a coward. But it's okay, I have another plan."

Lu Shi: "Oh? I'd like to hear more about it."

The Blood Demon winked at his subordinates, who followed his orders and woke up the unconscious Lu Ciyan and Xu Chenjue.

"Xinglan Daojun's two disciples are both prodigies in the cultivation of the magic way. Why don't you bear the pain and give one up to our clan?"

The first sentence Lu Ciyan and Xu Chenjue heard after waking up contained such a huge amount of information that Xu Chenjue was stunned and subconsciously looked at his master.

Lu Ciyan also looked at Lu Shi at the first moment, and there was no room for anything else in his eyes except her.

Master looked even better, his condition not affected at all, as if there was no difference between him being there or not...

But as the one who planned all this, he hoped that Lu Shi would choose him.

He had an expectant look on his face, with a glimmer of light in his eyes, and his gaze was fixed on Lu Shi without blinking.

Master, please choose me. If you choose me, my junior brother will not die, but I will die. If you don’t choose me, I will die.

Lu Shi closed his eyes speechlessly, not reacting at all to the numerous gazes, as if he felt that this kind of two-choice question was a bit boring.

"Choose, one to take away, one to stay."

The Blood Demon spoke, but Lu Shi still didn't say anything.

"Don't know how to choose? I can give you some advice."

The Blood Demon walked down from the platform excitedly and analyzed the pros and cons with Lu Shi like an excited madman.

"This is your eldest disciple, right? He has reached the Mahayana stage. At the age of twenty, his achievements are even higher than yours at that time. He might even be able to ascend to the Immortal Realm before you."

"It is said that he and you have had a master-disciple relationship for ten years. Do you want to choose him?"

"This is your second disciple, right? His talent is much inferior to your eldest disciple's, and his cultivation level is also incomparable. He hasn't been with you for long, and the relationship between master and disciple is not deep. It's better to keep him."

According to Blood Demon's analysis, it seems that anyone who comes will know what to choose.

Xu Chenjue didn't think he was worthy of being chosen between the two. He seemed to have recognized the reality and said calmly, "Master, you choose Senior Brother."

Lu Ciyan on the side was the complete opposite. He tried hard to look pitiful, tears welling up in his eyes, almost about to roll down.

His lips trembled as he pleaded in a tearful voice, "Master, please choose me..."

Please, choose me.

Boring, Lu Shi thought secretly.

"Xu Chenjue, I choose him."

In an instant, the light in Lu Ciyan's eyes dimmed, as if all his vitality had been drained away at this moment, and deathly aura spread from the inside out.

He opened his mouth with difficulty, and in a voice so hoarse it felt as if it had been slashed by countless sharp blades, he asked without any emotion, "Master, why didn't you choose me?"

His voice became increasingly low, until he almost whispered to himself, "Am I already so unworthy in your eyes?"

Finally, he raised his head, his gray eyes staring straight at Lu Shi, as if asking, threatening, or fighting for his last glimmer of hope. "Master, if I die, you won't be able to ascend..."

You promised to keep me safe...

Or, if the person to be saved is Xu Chenjue, then whether he can ascend or not is not important...

"Lu Ciyan, my mission is complete. Your safety is no longer my responsibility after you leave the secret realm."

Lu Shi's expression was indifferent, and his cold eyes did not even contain the slightest trace of Lu Ciyan.

"I don't know what you want to do, but this game of choosing between two options you've planned is too boring. I won't play with you anymore."

Lu Ciyan stood there in a daze, "I see, the mission is completed... so... I'm not important anymore."

"So... Master, you already knew it was my arrangement."

He suddenly laughed miserably, and the laughter became louder and louder, filling the empty room, desolate and weird.

"Master, I will die. I really will die!"

His eyes were red and his expression was crazy. "If you choose me, nothing will happen to me, but if you don't choose me, I will really die!"

"I didn't lie to you... Master, please be kind to me, just for the last time, okay?"

Suddenly, blood started to flow out of his mouth and he couldn't wipe it away.

The white robe he always wore, the same color as Lu Shi's, was instantly stained bright red by the gushing blood, like a red plum blossom blooming in the snow.

He wiped it with the back of his hand, but the bright red liquid covered his entire face.

The bright red spread across the delicate face, like a withered rose, damaged at its most brilliant moment.

Pearl-like tears flowed from his extremely beautiful eyes obscured by the mist. He carried the last glimmer of hope in his heart, and he was so cautious and humble that he even buried himself in the soil.

"You...choose me, okay?"

Lu Shi raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and when the starlight suddenly bloomed in Lu Ciyan's eyes, he personally destroyed the entire starry sky, and the starlight was completely swallowed by the darkness.

She said, "If he dies, he dies. It has nothing to do with me."