Du Fan took a deep breath and was about to call the inner servant to repair the trial wall, but someone came. The moment he saw this person, all the unhappiness and worries in Du Fan suddenly disappeared. He was so excited that he quickly invited the person in.

The person who came was Chen Ru who had just left the seclusion.

Chen Ru's temperament is as gentle and peaceful as ever. Her flawless face and water-like eyes still give people a sense of calmness and comfort. If it is said different, there seems to be a trace of pressure between her eyebrows, and there is a strong aura hidden hidden.

Du Fan swept his mind and felt relieved. He knew that this woman had successfully built the foundation.

Although he could not feel the factors such as this woman's cultivation aura, Chen Ru's spiritual consciousness at this time was indeed nearly ten times stronger than before. With Du Fan's powerful spiritual consciousness at the foundation-building stage, this can still be seen.

"Congratulations to Miss Chen for successfully building the foundation. This is really a gratifying thing." After the two of them sat down in the living room, Du Fan took the initiative to pour a cup of spiritual tea for the woman and said happily.

"Oh? Does Elder Du have such confidence in me?" Chen Ru's beautiful eyes flashed and she smiled.

"Hehe, I'll say the same thing. If Miss Chen fails to build the foundation, there will be no foundation-building powerhouse in the cultivation world." Du Fan smiled and said half-jokingly.

Chen Ru didn't say anything when she heard this, she smiled bitterly, her eyebrows and eyes drooped slightly, and she stretched out her fair palm to caress the snow fox in her arms.

"Oh, by the way, why did Miss Chen stay in seclusion for so long? From the day you stay in seclusion, you will have more than a hundred days in total.

Didn’t you say that you can get out of seclusion in at least ten days or at most months? Is there something wrong with the spiritual gathering essential oil I gave you?"

Du Fan suddenly looked terrified, his tone became solemn. He looked at Chen Ru and suddenly spoke.

"Speaking of this, it's thanks to Elder Du's bottles of spirit-gathering essential oils.

I have been in the secret room for so long, and without stopping the breakthrough or being disturbed by others, if I had no help from the elixir and essential oils, I would have long since fallen into the secret room because of my magic power."

Chen Ru shook her head and sighed quietly.

"How could this happen? What happened to Miss Chen when she was rushing to build the foundation?" Du Fan was startled and asked hurriedly.

"Because I... have met the inner demon." Chen Ru glanced at Du Fan and whispered.

"What? The inner demon!" Du Fan stood up suddenly, looking incredible, and then he thought of something and said in surprise:

"Don't the inner demon only appear when it reaches the Golden Pill stage? It has never been mentioned in the sect's classics that cultivators below the Foundation Establishment Stage will have the occurrence of the inner demon. This..."

"I don't know either, but it...has really happened and has tortured me for more than two months..." At this point, Chen Ru paused and kept silent, looking like she didn't want to say more.

Du Fan felt relieved. Even if Chen Ru had experienced something, it was almost over now. There was no need for the two to worry about anxiety about the past. After breathing a sigh of relief, Du Fan suddenly looked like he had a little interest and said:

"No matter what, it's all right now, but what is your inner demon?"

"Does Elder Du really want to know?" Chen Ru was silent for a moment, then she looked at Du Fan with a flash of eyes and said softly.

"Oh, I'm just curious. If Miss Chen is inconvenient to say it, just pretend I haven't asked." Du Fan smiled slightly, and felt that Chen Ru's mood seemed to be something wrong, so he waved his hand and shook his head.

"This is really hard to tell others, but it doesn't matter to Elder Du, because at the last moment of my attack on the Foundation Establishment Period, the inner demon that stole me was Elder Du."

Chen Ru's cheeks were slightly red, she bit her lip tightly, looked at Du Fan, and spoke in a low voice.

"What! Me? Miss Chen, you're not joking!" Du Fan opened his eyes wide and couldn't help but suffocate his breath. The teacup that was sent to his mouth fell off from his hand and fell to the ground.

"Don't you believe it?" Chen Ru sighed softly, her eyes moved away from Du Fan's face, and she said bitterly in a low voice.

"That's not, but the classics say that the inner demons are usually something hidden in the heart, and I have never heard of it as a specific person." Du Fan quickly calmed down, looked straight, and frowned.

"Once the inner demon is produced, it will be ever-changing, everywhere, and there is no fixed form. As for whether it is a matter, someone, or even something else, it is hard to say.

However, there are usually several situations in which the inner demon appears, hatred, fear, and...Love, Elder Du, which kind of my inner demon belongs to?"

Chen Ru did not look at Du Fan anymore, and looked out the window blankly, murmuring softly as if she was talking to herself.

Hearing this, Du Fan's heart suddenly shook and his expression was instantly dull. After a long time, he sighed in his heart. He was not stupid. At this time, he still didn't understand the woman's intentions, but he... could not accept it.

"Miss Chen, although she is not in this world, I can't forget her. I'm sorry..."

"Elder Du, do you know how I finally got through the inner demon?"

Chen Ru's emotions seemed to have not fluctuated much. Her eyes turned and fell on Du Fan again. She said calmly, but she did not mean to wait for Du Fan's answer. After a moment, she said quietly:

"When the demon of the mind appeared, I was very scared and confused. It might have seen my weakness and fear in my heart, and created scenes and changed into memory fragments, everything was so real.

Elder Du, I still remember that in the Hundred Flowers Valley, you once told me a story about "Zhuang Sheng's dream of being a butterfly" that Zhuang Zhou didn't know if he turned into a butterfly in his dream or if the butterfly became himself in his dream.

This was probably what I was in at that time. I had lost myself more than once and lost in that illusory dream. I felt that the illusion was real, and everything that emerged from Qixia Sect in Zhongzhou, Blue Star Realm was a dream.

Then, the inner demon turned into "Elder Du". It tortured me in every way, said a lot of words that made me afraid and fear, allowing me to see the cruelest and ugliest side of the world.

Finally it started ** me again, it said, these are all nightmares, as long as I go back to that illusory world with it, all pain and torture will disappear, it said, it likes me, it will always be by my side, never leaving me...

Do you know, these are things I have never experienced so far. I was really moved by it. I remember clearly that I showed a hint of happy smile and was about to nod.

But at this critical moment, my magic power was about to dry up, and I was in a crisis of life and death, and I felt a moment of awakening. At that time, only a few bottles of spiritual gathering oil left by Elder Du were left on me, and I took some.

In fact, I could have given up while I was sober, but I don’t want to. It’s not that I am reluctant to build the foundation, but that I can’t let go of you, and the promises I have deep in my heart, even if only I know this promise...

Finally, I returned to the nightmare, and I pointed to the nose of the inner demon and cried:

'Yes, I just like him, but you are not him, he will not treat me like this, I will not follow you, I will stay here to accompany him! Even if this is hell on earth, even if I will never regret it, I will never regret it!'

In this way, the inner demon's face became distorted, and with unwillingness and silent roar, it disappeared out of thin air. I finally broke through the last step that made people desperate and successfully advanced to the foundation-building realm.

It turns out that the inner demon is caused by his inner hesitation and indecision. He hates someone but is unwilling to hate him, and loves someone but is afraid of loving someone.

And my heart finally broke through all the shackles at the last moment and let go of all the obstacles in the world of cultivation, so that I can stand before you alive."

After Chen Ru finished speaking softly, she looked lonely, and two lines of tears flowed down her cheeks without wiping them. She slowly stood up, looked at Du Fan deeply, then turned around and left straight.

Her steps did not stop or return, and she left quietly, just like her personality, which would only leave tranquility, not bring people a trace of trouble, and not make people embarrassed. All the pain would be borne by themselves...

Looking at Chen Ru's back, Du Fan looked confused, raised his arm and opened his mouth, but said nothing. Until Chen Ru entered the peach forest and disappeared from her sight, she then put down her arm and turned into a long sigh.

...

In the ten miles of peach blossom forest outside Du Fan's villa, there were three figures standing strangely, looming, and the Maple Leaf Sect Master, Ouyang Xuan, and Peony Fairy.

"I've been worried about this dead girl. After leaving the seclusion, I didn't come to see me immediately, but went to Elder Du's place. It's really a female disciple who is too big to stay..."

The Maple Leaf Sect Master sighed to the sky, with a melancholy expression and a sad and angry tone.

"Haha... Sect Master, how old are you and I, and I, are still concerned about these things with the younger generation. If this matter is reported, it will damage your peerless wisdom of the sect leader."

Ouyang Xuan laughed, glanced at the Maple Leaf Sect Master, and said with some teasing intentions.

Fairy Peony chuckled when she heard this, and her beautiful eyes flowed, and suddenly said:

"Don't you have it now. Actually, Elder Du and Ru'er are still very suitable. If they can be together, it would be a good thing."

"Indeed, it is now certain that Senior Xiao really values ​​Elder Du. After all, Elder Du is from the Seven-Star Merchant Alliance. If the two become dual-cultural partners, it will be beneficial to our Qixia Sect without any harm."

Ouyang Xuan's eyes flashed with a solemn expression, and he spoke slowly.
Chapter completed!