The 1.90-meter-tall man was not even as tall as Shen Yimian's knees in the blink of an eye. He squatted in front of Xie Lu, looking at the face carefully, trying to convince himself that this was not Xie Lu, but a demon transformed.

What on earth were the scientists who designed this thing thinking? The power saving mode is like that of a five-year-old child.

Shen Yimian poked the calm and expressionless face, and it felt so soft. "You are really Xie Lu..."

Xie Lu raised his eyes to look at him and whispered, "You can check it."

examine

Shen Yimian somehow understood what he meant. She used her fingertips to lift his belt and saw a densely packed area of small words on that soft belly - instruction manual.

Uh, it really is.

So what to do now? He is doing the task and taking care of the child at the same time.

Just now, when he reached out to read the instruction manual, he checked it out and found that Xie Lu, who had turned on the power saving mode, had no magic power at all.

It really saves power to the point where it can barely be turned on.

"Don't worry about me."

Xie Lu spoke coldly, pulled up his clothes, stood up and was about to leave. Before he took two steps, he was almost tripped by the wide hem of his clothes. Fortunately, Shen Yimian reached out and held him up.

"How can I not care about you?" Shen Yimian took a deep breath, a little irritated by his aloof attitude, "Do you think this is Zuo Lingfeng? The people imprisoned here are all demons. Can't you tell the difference between the occasion and the occasion?"

Xie Lu pursed his lips and said nothing, obviously having a clear understanding of his current situation.

The two looked at each other for a moment, and Shen Yimian said helplessly, "Why did you have to follow me?"

Xie Lu didn't say anything. He followed because he remembered that there was an accident in the Demon-Suppressing Tower in the plot. The disciples who came to repair the formation in the original book were killed by the demons and their bodies were mutilated.

He also didn't expect that Shen Yimian would suddenly volunteer to participate in the Earth-level mission.

But these are plot secrets, and he can't tell Shen Yimian.

Seeing Xie Lu didn't speak, Shen Yimian sneered again, trying to deliberately provoke him to tell the truth, "Didn't you say yesterday that I was stupid and didn't want to do the mission with me, and even said that your fiancée didn't want you to associate with me, so why do you care about my life and death now?"

"I didn't care about you." Xie Lu finally answered him, "I just wanted to complete this mission, that's all."

"Oh." Shen Yimian said unhappily, "Then I misunderstood you. I originally thought you had a little conscience. Since you want to do it, I'll give this task to you. Go ahead and do it. I'm going home now."

After saying that, he turned around and made a gesture to leave, but he saw the little white ball on the ground slowly moving its steps and walking towards the darkness.

This bastard actually wants to complete the mission in this state!

Shen Yimian was so angry that he caught up with him in a few steps and picked him up from the ground.

It's very light, weighs nothing at all, like a doll.

Falling into the warm embrace, Xie Lu's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he subconsciously wanted to push away, but Shen Yimian hugged him tighter.

"Behave yourself." Shen Yimian lowered his voice and warned, "You are the one holding me back now, don't mess with me, do you hear me?"

Xie Lu lowered his eyes silently, and for a moment, he began to blame himself.

Why is it not charging?

Why did you run over when you heard Shen Yimian might be in danger?

Such low-level mistakes have never happened before.

He couldn't get the answer from the database. Although he possessed knowledge as vast as the ocean, in some aspects it was as barren as dry land.

Only when Shen Yimian held him in her arms did she realize that this little guy looked inexplicably cute, with soft little hands and feet, which looked much more pleasing to the eye than an adult.

He placed the ever-burning candle in Xie Lu's palm and said with a stern face, "Hold it steady, don't burn yourself."

Xie Lu took the ever-burning candle, and her long, thick eyelashes fell on her fair, slightly chubby face, making her look particularly beautiful.

The scientists who designed the power-saving mode must have been referring to some Hayao Miyazaki animated film.

Shen Yimian resisted the urge to pinch that little face and said coldly, "No matter what happens, you are not allowed to leave my side, do you hear me?"

It feels so good. It feels so good to become the boss.

No wonder everyone wants to become stronger!

Xie Lu didn't say anything, just nodded obediently.

The two continued to move forward in the darkness. Shen Yimian's mood had improved a lot. Although he was still a little scared, he felt relieved when he thought that he had completed this task independently, and even completed it with Xie Lu witnessing it with his own eyes.

Climbing to the seventh floor, the temperature around him suddenly dropped sharply. Shen Yimian clearly felt a terrifying demonic energy surging from the entrance of the seventh floor stairs.

He swallowed and climbed up to the seventh floor slowly while holding Xie Lu.

Strangely, the eternal candles on both sides of the road were no longer lit here, only the eternal candle in Xie Lu's hand was still burning.

Is it because this is the top floor?

With the little light, Shen Yimian vaguely saw various blood-red talismans painted on the wall. He had not learned many talismans, and could only barely recognize a few of the words on them.

He looked down at the little one in his arms and asked, "What's that painted on the wall?"

Xie Lu followed his gaze and after a moment, he said calmly, "The talisman that suppresses evil spirits. Judging from the words on it, a demon in the Spiritualization Stage is imprisoned here. He is very powerful."

The Spiritual Transformation Stage!

Shen Yimian was shocked and quickly left with Xie Lu in his arms.

He has never seen the God Transformation Stage in his life!

However, without the guidance of the Ever-Bright Candle, he could only bite the bullet and search for the location of the formation on his own. After wandering around like a headless fly for a long time, they unexpectedly returned to the entrance of the seventh floor.

"Could this be..." A ghost wall?

Shen Yimian shuddered, but heard Xie Lu say, "No, you just took a wrong turn."

"...Why didn't you say anything just now?"

Xie Lu nestled in his arms and whispered, "You forgot one thing. I've never been here before, so I just drew a map in my mind. Keep going. When you reach the fork in the road, take the right path. You should be able to find the formation."

No matter how unwilling Shen Yimian was to accept it, he had to admit that AI was superior to humans in some aspects.

He followed Xie Lu's instructions and walked all the way. Suddenly, he stopped and asked, "Is there someone standing in front of me?"

Xie Lu looked up and shook his head, "I didn't see it."

But Shen Yimian did see a dark figure standing there!

"Really, there is. Take a closer look."

With his legs shaking, Shen Yimian forced himself to suppress the urge to run away. Why was it that every time he saw something, others couldn't see it?

Xie Lu paused and said softly, "Calm down. I don't have any magic power right now. Please help me get the glasses from my clothes. They have infrared function and may be able to let me see."

Shen Yimian was stunned for a moment, not knowing what the use was, but he still did as he was told. He fumbled around on his body for a moment and found the pair of glasses that Xie Lu usually wore.

For this small face, these glasses are obviously not suitable.

Xie Lu held the leg of his glasses with his hand and pressed a tiny button on the edge of his glasses with his fingertips. After a while, he said in a deep voice, "It's a little ghost that has transformed from the demon clan. Don't worry about it, just walk over. As long as the demon clan is tied up by the chains of the Demon Suppression Tower, this little ghost can't cause any harm."

Hearing this, Shen Yimian felt a little relieved, but the little ghost looked so scary that he didn't dare to get close.

"You're afraid"

Hearing this, Shen Yimian cleared his throat and tried to straighten his back, "What am I afraid of? If I were afraid, I wouldn't have come here by myself."

Xie Lu didn't know whether he believed it or not, so he just said softly, "The collar is for you."

Shen Yimian subconsciously wanted to refuse, but Xie Lu said, "You have to wear it to stay alive and protect me. It will be useless for me to wear it. If something really happens, I can survive, but I can't escape."

This seems to make some sense.

There is no sunlight in the Demon-Suppressing Tower, so Xie Lu has no way to recharge. Although these demons cannot hurt him, they can still trap Xie Lu to death here by using some tricks like building a wall.

Shen Yimian hesitated for a moment, but still took the Xiuyu necklace and said, "Then don't stay too far away from me, remember."

Xie Lu glanced at him and said, "Don't worry, I'm different from some people."

Who are some people?

Shen Yimian gritted his teeth and simply ignored him.

The closer Shen Yimian got to the little ghost, the faster his heart beat.

Xie Lu was held in his arms, quietly listening to his heart beating like a drum. It was very strong and healthy, and the heart rate fluctuated around 120, which scared him a lot.

When he walked to the little ghost, Shen Yimian almost closed his eyes, not daring to look, and ran over quickly.

Just as he passed by the other person, he heard an extremely clear low laugh.

The voice made Shen Yimian subconsciously open his eyes and see the little ghost's face clearly.

He was stunned. Although the face was extremely blurry, he felt that the eyebrows and eyes were somewhat familiar, as if he had seen them somewhere before. Even the low laugh seemed to become a little familiar.

But because he was so scared, he ran away without thinking.

After running for an unknown distance, he finally stopped and looked back. The little ghost was still wandering around like a ghost, with no intention of catching up.

Xie Lu was right, this little brat couldn't hurt anyone.

Seeing Shen Yimian standing there in a daze, Xie Lu said calmly, "What's wrong?"

Shen Yimian came back to his senses and whispered, "That little brat just now, I think I recognize that face."

Xie Lu frowned slightly and whispered, "Do you know the demon race?"

"I don't know them." He had only met a few of them.

"That must be a mistake."

Probably.

Shen Yimian suppressed the confusion in his heart and turned to leave.

With the help of Xie Lu's mental map, he finally found the formation that suppressed the entire Demon-Suppressing Tower.

Following the elder's instructions, he took out cinnabar and repaired and outlined the formation bit by bit.

Xie Lu was not idle either. He held the pen in his little hand and followed Shen Yimian to help him draw.

The two of them worked for an hour and a half and finally finished repairing the formation.

Shen Yimian wiped the sweat from his forehead and was about to complete the last step and inject spiritual energy, but he heard a sound of breaking wind behind him.

Before Shen Yimian could react, Xie Lu had already stood in front of him.

With a crackling sound.

He turned around in surprise and saw a long sword piercing through the small body. The sharp tip of the sword was exposed on the thin back, and blood was dripping.

Shen Yimian rushed forward and caught the falling Xie Lu. He hugged the cold body tremblingly and looked at the blood-stained sword in disbelief.

Blood, so much blood...

He couldn't even make a sound, and he reached out his trembling hand to stop the wound that was gushing with blood.

There's so much bleeding, I can't stop it, what should I do...

His mind went blank, Shen Yimian could hardly remember anything, his eyes gradually turned red, and tears fell one by one.

"Xie Lu, bear with it, it's okay, I'll take you out." He picked up the person and spoke incoherently. When he turned around, he was met with a group of hideous faces.

In an instant, the blood stopped flowing, and Shen Yimian stood stiffly in the spot, holding Xie Lu.

They were densely packed, and had been surrounded by demons who had broken free from their chains at some point in time.

"Those old guys actually sent a fox and a cub."

"That's too much of a disregard for us. Eat them both clean and throw the bones outside for those old guys to see..."

"A mere Jindan stage, not even enough to fill the gaps between my teeth."

"It's a pity that this formation cannot be destroyed, otherwise, those Heavenly Rank disciples of Yanshan would be so beautiful and charming."

Xie Lu pursed his lips and whispered in Shen Yimian's ear, "Don't worry about me, go first."

With the collar in place, these escaped demons cannot hurt Shen Yimian.

And it doesn't matter if he dies.

There will be a new AI "Xie Lu" to replace him, and the plot will continue to develop.

He never cared about matters of life and death.

Shen Yimian covered his mouth with his hand and said in a trembling voice, "Don't talk nonsense, I will definitely take you out, I will."

He took off the collar and put it on Xie Lu's neck without saying anything. "Don't die before you get out. Do you hear me?"

Xie Lu was shocked by his extremely stupid behavior. He was stunned for a long time and watched Shen Yimian draw out his sword. His thin body raised the sword and pointed it at the countless demons in front of him.

Cowardly, stupid, and afraid of death human beings.

Shen Yimian is naive, gullible, and has weak magical powers.

In order to save this AI that does not really have life, he took up the sword.

Even just the day before yesterday, he had humiliated him and deliberately distanced himself from him.

Xie Lu's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he stretched out his hand and grabbed Shen Yimian's wrist.

He suddenly began to be unwilling to accept Shen Yimian's ending in the book.

Shen Yimian broke free from his hand, determined to take him out and kill them, but the demons came towards them like a surging tide.

Just as the demon's sword was about to pierce Shen Yimian's heart, Xie Lu rushed forward and pushed him away, and the two men fell to the ground.

"Calm down, Shen Yimian." He wiped the blood from the corner of his lips and pressed Shen Yimian's head into his arms. "We will get out. I have a way. Don't worry."

He still has a last reserve of self-destruct devices for emergency avoidance. As long as Shen Yimian is willing to wear the collar, everything will be fine and the entire Demon-Suppressing Tower will disappear from this world.

Shen Yimian tried his best to calm his breathing. He didn't know what Xie Lu's method was, but he still listened subconsciously.

Just when Xie Lu was about to take off the Xiuyu necklace, the demons suddenly scattered as if they had seen a ghost.

"Run, that lunatic is coming!"

"What bad luck! Why come at this time..."

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, let me run first!"

Shen Yimian raised his head warily, only to see a very familiar face.

The sword in his hand fell to the ground with a thud. He stared at the face blankly, unable to react for a long time.

"Why, you don't recognize me?"

Xie Lu looked at the other person in confusion. He didn't recognize this face, but it looked somewhat familiar.

When he turned his head to look at Shen Yimian again, he saw two lines of tears streaming down Shen Yimian's face.

Like a child, Shen Yimian sobbed and sobbed, which gradually turned into loud crying.

“Senior Brother!”

Master, Senior Brother

Xie Lu's expression paused slightly, and then he looked at the man opposite him. His pupils suddenly shrank for a moment. This was a demon who had already reached the stage of transformation into a god.

He remembered why it felt familiar. The little ghost incarnation he met at the entrance just now had the same face.

The man paced with his hands behind his back, slowly walked to Shen Yimian and Xie Lu, squatted down leisurely, took out a handkerchief, and slowly wiped away Shen Yimian's tears, "After so many years, you still can't change your crying habit."

Shen Yimian sobbed and wiped away his tears. He didn't care about anything else and pushed Xie Lu in front of him. "Senior Brother, please save Xie Lu quickly, he's dying!"

The man sighed softly, "The first thing you say when you see me is nothing else to say."

"Oh, stop talking nonsense," Shen Yimian was about to cry again, "please save him quickly."

He sighed helplessly, turned his eyes slowly, and fell on Xie Lu's face, "You gave birth to this child, why doesn't he look like you?"

Xie Lu: "...I am his junior fellow apprentice."

"Oh~"

The senior brother rubbed Xie Lu's head in a familiar manner, "Junior brother Mianmian, that is my disciple Zuo Lingfeng, and also my junior brother. In view of this, I can reluctantly save him."

Xie Lu stared at him silently without answering.

The other party suddenly stretched out his hand, grabbed the hilt of the sword, and pulled it out violently.

The long sword brought out splattered blood and flesh. Fortunately, Xie Lu didn't feel any pain, otherwise he would have died from the pain.

Seeing him draw his sword, Shen Yimian was so frightened that his soul almost flew away. He hugged his head in horror and asked, "Brother, what are you doing?"

"Why are you in such a hurry? We need to save him right now." The senior brother looked at Xie Lu's expression and said approvingly, "He's a real man. He didn't even cry out in pain, which means he's not in pain at all."

"Nonsense, he won't feel any pain. If he did, you would have killed him with that sword just now!" Shen Yimian said indignantly.

The senior brother chuckled softly, and a stream of dark evil energy flowed out from his fingertips. The evil energy seemed to have eyes and penetrated into Xie Lu's wound very smoothly.

"I'll keep him alive for now. After I get out, I'll ask Master for the Nine Revolutions Soul-Restoring Pill. Just take one and he'll be fine."

Hearing this, Shen Yimian finally breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the ground with his whole body limp.

After a while, he recovered, wiped off the sweat, and introduced himself to Xie Lu, "This is my senior brother, Cui Xueyi. He is the one who brought me to Zuo Lingfeng."

Cui Xueyi rested her chin on her hand and looked at him, smiling, "Why don't you ask me why I am not dead and am still here?"

He couldn't wait to speak.

Shen Yimian glanced at him and said, "You are here. You must have fallen off the cliff that year but didn't die. Later, you became possessed and killed someone, so you were locked up."

Cui Xueyi's smile froze slightly, and she slapped him on the shoulder, "Will you kill me if I tell you?"

In fact, Shen Yimian was indeed frightened when he saw Cui Xueyi, but almost instinctively, he was not afraid of Cui Xueyi at all.

He couldn't be afraid of this senior brother who had saved him countless times and taken care of him in every possible way.

Seeing him is like seeing Xie Lu, I can rely on him without even thinking about it.

"After introducing myself, please introduce this person as well." Cui Xueyi nodded at Xie Lu.

Shen Yimian picked up Xie Lu and placed him on his lap. "This is the new junior fellow disciple this year, his name is Xie Lu."

Cui Xueyi asked curiously, "Why did Master accept another useless piece of shit? Isn't he tired of it?"

"...Who are you blaming?" Shen Yimian touched Xie Lu's head. "He is a Heavenly Rank cultivator. He was a Heavenly Rank cultivator the moment he entered the sect. He is also very smart. It's just that he has no magical power for some reason."

Xie Lu looked up at Shen Yimian, suspecting that he really treated him like a child.

However, when Xie Lu heard Shen Yimian praising him, the corners of his lips rose slightly.

Hearing this, Cui Xueyi was a little surprised and said, "Tianjie? That's incredible. I was wondering how you dared to come to a place like this by yourself. I thought you were crazy. When I met you just now, I didn't even recognize you."

Shen Yimian reacted and pointed at him and said, "You are the little devil who was blocking the road just now."

"Yeah, I like to relax and take a walk, what's wrong?"

"……fine."

Shen Yimian got up from the ground, thinking of the task he had not yet completed. Just as he was about to start, he couldn't help but look at Cui Xueyi, "Do you want to go out?"

He asked so casually, as if it was a trivial matter.

Cui Xueyi was slightly stunned, then suddenly laughed out loud, "You plan to let me out?"

Shen Yimian pursed his lips and whispered, "If you want me to, I'll let you go."

He doesn't care whether his senior brother is a human or a demon, or what the consequences will be if he lets him go. To him, his senior brother is his relative.

He is not the type to sacrifice his own family for the sake of justice. He has already done his best by not handing over the knife when his senior brother is chopping people.

Cui Xue thought he really wanted to let her go, so she fell silent for a while. Then she reached out and rubbed his head, sighing, "Go away."

Shen Yimian looked at him in confusion for a moment, then pointed at the formation on the ground and said, "Once I inject spiritual energy into you, you won't be able to leave."

"I know," Cui Xueyi smiled lightly and did not stop him. "Go ahead. Remember to say hello to Master for me."

Shen Yimian looked at him for a while, bent down, and injected his spiritual energy into the formation bit by bit.

Cui Xueyi didn't explain because she didn't want him to know the reason.

Senior brother won’t harm him.

After injecting spiritual energy, Shen Yimian picked up Xie Lu from the ground and looked back at him, "I'm leaving now. You seem to be doing well. Others are afraid of you, so I'm not worried anymore. I'll come to see you when I have time."

Cui Xueyi stood where she was, smiling and waving at him, "No need, this isn't a good place either. You should practice hard and break through to the Nascent Soul stage as soon as possible."

It turned out that he saw that she was in the Golden Core Stage. Shen Yimian was faintly happy, "Okay, then I'll come back when I'm in the Nascent Soul Stage. Wait for me."

He turned around and left with Xie Lu in his arms. Perhaps because of Cui Xueyi, the journey was smooth and he didn't encounter any demons.

After leaving the Demon-Suppressing Tower, the sun appeared in the sky.

The sun shone through the clouds, radiating dazzling light. Shen Yimian placed Xie Lu on the ground and whispered, "Charge quickly."

Xie Lu nodded slightly, stood in the sun, and looked at Shen Yimian's profile.

Her fair and flawless face looked even softer in the sunlight, as if covered with a layer of holy and beautiful veil.

There is a small red mole on the edge of her lip.

It looks very nice, he thought inexplicably.

"By the way, after the mission is handed over, you can recharge yourself and go back." Shen Yimian whispered, "I know that your fiancée can't see us together. Don't worry, this is just this one time today. I promise I won't get close to you again."

Xie Lu's expression froze slightly. He couldn't help but say, "I'm sorry, I..."

But before he could finish, Shen Yimian smiled and said, "It's okay, you don't need to explain. You just saved me, and I've thought it through. You only helped me because you're a good AI. I'm not angry with you anymore, so you don't need to apologize."

Until Shen Yimian left and disappeared.

Xie Lu still stood there in a daze, unable to come back to his senses for a long time.

It was over, all over, and he hadn't even been able to say it.

He wanted to say,

He was no longer willing to complete plot tasks, nor was he willing to be influenced by anyone's orders. He just wanted to follow his inner choices.

——But Shen Yimian no longer wanted to listen.