Jing Li asked from the side: "Do you know who the inner agent is?"

Shi Ning shook his head, "I just know some clues. I didn't tell me the specific dream catching."

"Let's move the spiritual implant in first." Jing Li asked at the side. Li reminded.

Shi Ning almost forgot about it. Then under the moonlight, the two of them found an open space and planted the spiritual plant in the yard again. By the time the two of them finished struggling, they could already see the early morning light.

Looking at the disk-shaped moon in the west, Shi Ning suddenly said: "Tomorrow is the Lantern Festival."

"I heard there will be fireworks at the bottom of the mountain." Shi Ning said regretfully.

Jing Li: "Isn't it possible to go down the mountain in the Nascent Soul stage?"

Shi Ning shook the ears on his head, and the meaning was self-evident.

"We should be able to see fireworks on the mountain." Shi Ning still held on to a glimmer of hope.

Jing Li said, "You can see it, but it's far away."

Shi Ning's tail hung on the ground unhappily, "Then let's go down the mountain next year." After a sleepless night, Shi Ning's biological clock couldn't stand it anymore, so he hit He yawned and said, "I'm going back to rest first."

Jing Li looked at Shi Ning's leaving back with a heavy gaze, and took a long time to look away.

In fact, compared to the Lantern Festival, Shi Ning was more concerned about when his fox ears would disappear. During the New Year, Shi Ning never stopped for a day. Lying in bed, Shi Ning seriously considered for the first time that she wanted to practice. At the very least, you need to cultivate your fox ears.

Shan Nai snored loudly in his sleep beside him. Shi Ning rubbed Shan Nai's ears and compared them with his own ears. There was no difference. Shi Ning himself didn't know when he fell asleep. When he woke up again, Jin Ye was already standing in the yard, holding various lanterns in his hands.

Shi Ning rubbed his eyes and said sleepily, "Why are you here so early?"

Jin Ye put the lantern on the ground and said, "It's still early. If you don't look at it, what time is it?"

Shi Ning squinted. He looked at it for a moment and said, "It's already noon."

"Yes, you've been sleeping for too long. I originally wanted to wake you up as soon as I came, but Jing Li asked you to sleep a little longer. I'll hang up the lantern first. Up." Only then did Shi Ning notice that all kinds of beautiful decorations had already been hung under the beams.

"I heard that there is a lot of excitement at the bottom of the mountain today, why don't you go down?" Jin Ye has always loved to join in the fun.

Jin Ye waved his hand and said, "I'm tired of seeing it. It's not bad to spend a simple time here this year."

As night fell, everyone in Chengtianmen became quiet, but Suiyuyuan became lively. The same group of people gathered around during the Chinese New Year, talking and laughing. Shi Ning held her chin and listened to Jin Ye telling stories about her past travels, and she was unconsciously fascinated. Until I heard the sound of fireworks exploding in the distance.

Shi Ning looked up and saw that they were really fireworks. The gorgeous fireworks illuminated half of the sky. The fireworks not far away were bunches after bunches, like burning flames exploding as they flew to the highest point. Shi Ning hadn't seen such beautiful fireworks in all kinds of colors for a long time.

"Are they the fireworks set off from the bottom of the mountain? We can actually see them." I was originally frustrated that I couldn't see the fireworks, but I didn't expect that there was an unexpected surprise.

Jing Li pretended not to know anything and said, "Yes."

Yan Huanming told the truth, "No, the market with villagers at the foot of the mountain is not far enough from the sect to see the fireworks clearly. From this direction, it looks like Like the one over at Wuya Mountain?

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There are fireworks during the Taoist Lantern Festival?" Xiao Qing said abruptly.

But as soon as he said this, Yan Huanming immediately refuted it, "How could Taoist have the leisure to do these things? He must be practicing in seclusion."

Su Jinjin said: "If you ask me, maybe it's some cultivator in Wuya Mountain who is in human form. "The spirit beast released it."

"Why do you think so?" Shi Ning was puzzled.

Xiao Qing said: "Do you know what the fireworks show at the bottom of the mountain is for?"

Shi Ning shook her head. She only knew that there were fireworks. As for what the fireworks show was for, she really didn't understand it.

Xiao Qing looked at the fireworks all over the sky and said longingly: "On the Lantern Festival, there is a fireworks display, lovers accompany each other and set off lanterns together." As he spoke, he moved towards Gu Chong. Gu Chong looked up at the sky, pretending not to notice Xiao Qing's little move.

Xiao Qing looked at Gu Chong and continued: "Maybe some spiritual beast in human form set off the fireworks to court a mate."

Jing Li said quietly: "Not necessarily. Maybe they were just set off for friends?"

Xiao Qing stretched out his hand . He waved his index finger in front of his face and said, "No, no, according to my many years of experience in the world of spiritual beasts, if this is really set off by a spiritual beast, it must be for mating."

"As for ordinary friends, how can they set off so many fireworks ? Is it true? If it was really released by a spiritual beast, it must be to seek a mate." Xiao Qing said firmly.

Others also felt that Xiaoqing's analysis made sense and nodded.

Jing Li retorted silently in his heart: He is not seeking a mate! He just happened to have some spare money and time, so he just invited people to set off fireworks, and it had nothing to do with Shi Ning's half of the spiritual stone.

In the end, Shi Ning came out to smooth things over and said, "Whether it's courting or not, I'd like to thank this friend from Wuya Mountain for allowing us to see such beautiful fireworks."

Xiao Qing suddenly exclaimed and crossed her arms in front of her chest. He said piously: "It is said that if you make a wish on the fireworks, it may come true. I want to

make one quickly." "Why haven't I heard of this? You can always make a wish for this and that. You can't make so many wishes. It works." Gu Chong said helplessly.

Xiao Qing was not convinced: "A sincere heart leads to success. If my heart is so sincere, it will definitely come true."

"Shi Ning, please hurry up and make a promise." Xiao Qing reminded.

Shi Ning said seriously: "Then I hope my retreat goes well."

"Do you want to retreat?" Jing Li asked first.

Shi Ning: "That's right."

Everyone else looked at Shi Ning without saying a word. Finally, Yan Huanming said: "Junior sister's breakthrough is too fast. She should really stay in seclusion and practice for some time."

"Ning Ning, how long will you be in seclusion? Can you take me with you?"

Yan Huanming gently knocked on Shan Zhi's head. "Of course it won't work."

Shan Nai said in frustration, "Then I won't be able to see Shi Ning for a long time."

"With a snap of a finger, very quickly." Yan Huanming said calmly, "But have you been in retreat? Talk to the leader?"

Gu Chong thought of something and said, "Junior sister should inherit the position of leader this year."

"You don't want to be the leader, so you want to retreat, right?" Xiao Qing asked.

Shi Ning pinched his thumb and little finger together and said, "This is just one of the small reasons."

"What's more important is that I want to practice and lose my fox ears."

Su Jinjin then asked, "Does the leader agree? ?”

“I agree. There’s no way he can let a man with fox ears and a tail be the leader. The reputation of Chengtian Sect is not good, and those who don’t know may think that the sect is having an affair with a demon cultivator. ."

Shi Ning had known that growing fox ears would delay his time to become the leader, so he had already gone to find Baili Ying.

Yan Huanming nodded in agreement: "Junior sister's current image is indeed not suitable for the position of head."

"So this glass of wine is for everyone." Shi Ning raised the glass and said to everyone, "I wish... I wish everyone is safe and well." Shi Ning thought for a long time and said.

Jing Li remained silent from beginning to end, and Shi Ning was used to his reticent temperament. After a few glasses of wine, Shi Ning felt dizzy after looking at everything. She only heard someone asking her in her ear how long she would stay in seclusion.

Shi Ning couldn't open his eyes and had no strength to answer this question. When he woke up again, he found that he was already lying on the bed. After washing up, Shi Ning walked towards Wuya Mountain.

Shan Nai said reluctantly: "Ning Ning, how long do you want to be in seclusion?"

Shi Ning shook his head, "I don't know, I will come out when the fox ears are gone. You should be good at home, don't be naughty, remember to remind Xuanwu regularly Water the spiritual plants. Don't let them grow to death."

Shan Nai promised seriously, "I won't grow them tall and strong."

Shi Ning rubbed Shan Nai's neck. The head said: "That's good, you are the most obedient."

"Of course, I am much more obedient than Jing Li." Shan Nai did not forget to pull and step on Jing Li.

Shi Ning thought of Jing Li, who seemed to have seen no one else when he woke up this morning, but Jing Li had always been able to take care of himself. After all, he has lived for more than nine hundred years, and it's quite funny to think that he didn't trust him in the past and was worried that he would be bullied.

"Yes, yes, you are the best."

The place where Shi Ning retreated this time was a cave in Wuya Mountain called Yumu Cave. In the past, Shimian Shici practiced in seclusion here. Now it was Shi Ning's turn.

Before arriving at Yumu Cave, Ling Che, Feiyun, Huang Xueping, several elders, and Zhao Zheng all came.

Shi Ning thought of the clue that Zhuo Meng had told him, and stepped forward to salute, "I don't know that the master and the elders are waiting here. The disciple is late."

Huang Xueping stroked his beard and said: "When you come out, you will be the master, why bother?" So polite."

When Shi Ning saw Huang Xueping, she thought of Xiao Jiu and felt panicked.

Mu Yue smiled and said, "We haven't seen each other for a few days, and he turned into a little fox."

Shi Ning said sheepishly, "It will be gone when I come out."

"Hold it, it's your first time in retreat. It's inevitable that there will be some mistakes. Yes. I feel more at ease with this one."

Shi Ning took the baggage from Mu Yue's hand and asked curiously:

"A protective robe, put it on during practice."

"Okay." Accept it, "Thank you, elder."

Fei Yun also came over, pretending to be serious, "Isn't seclusion for you to take a break, you know? You must practice well, your master..."

Before Fei Yun could say anything, Shi Ning said: "My master, my parents, my grandparents are all watching from the sky."

"I can memorize these words of the elder."

"What's the use of memorizing them? You have to listen to them." Feiyun said with a straight face. .

"Okay, okay, I know, I will definitely practice hard." Shi Ning said sincerely.

The other elders also gave Shi Ning some gifts and told him to practice well.

Zhao Zheng said at the end: "Why didn't you bring your spirit beast?"

Shi Ning said: "In fact, Shan Nai and I have never formed a contract, and bringing her in seclusion is boring her. It's better to let her be free outside. "

Okay, let's go in," Zhao Zheng said earnestly.

Shi Ning looked at the elders one by one and did not want to believe that there was an insider among these people. After bidding farewell to the elders, Shi Ning entered the elm cave. The place looked very sparse and ordinary, with nothing else except a jade bed.

Sitting on the jade bed, Shi Ning began to fall into concentration and follow the Yiye Mind Technique to regulate his inner breath. As Shi Ning's cultivation improved, he became more and more comfortable in using the Mind Technique. Somewhere in the dark, Shi Ning felt a force in his mind pulling him to mobilize his spiritual power and recuperate.

But Shi Ning was still uneasy. Every time he made a breakthrough, he would be led into strange dreams by his mind. As expected, this time was no exception.