Bai Zhi stayed in Yuye's cave for an hour.
After she left, Yu Ye sealed the entrance of the cave, took out a jar of wine, and drank alone silently.
There are still twenty or thirty jars of wine seized on the ship. He is not a drinker, and he usually doesn't drink at all. Today, for some unknown reason, he suddenly wanted to take a few sips. Maybe he wanted to use the coolness of the drink to extinguish the depression in his heart, or maybe he wanted to use a fire to burn everything in the past to ashes. And for him, who was only eighteen years old, his past years may have been short, but they were unforgettable. Even if a jar of wine was poured down, the past events were still so clear.
Yu Ye threw away the empty wine jar and lay down on his back.
He should hate Bai Zhi, but he can't. Her claims are either impeccable or unsubstantiated. Now that the two reunited in a different place, it seemed like yesterday.
And yesterday is far away, and he is no longer that ignorant boy...
Yu Ye lay in a daze for half an hour, running his exercises. His drunkenness disappeared and he slowly sat up.
Previously, under Bai Zhi's questioning, she described the current situation of Daze Dao Sect and the general reason for coming to Qizhou. He did not mention much about the changes in the Northern Qishan Mountains, the madness of the Qizhou monks, and the deaths of Nanshan, Gan Xing, and Qiu Yuan. As for his true intention of joining Yunchuan Immortal Sect, he didn't say a word.
Bai Zhi was considerate and saw that his face was not good, so she said goodbye and left. But he was reminded to be more careful. When he first entered the immortal sect, he should not interact closely with each other, so as not to arouse the suspicion of others. She will help him pay attention to Chen Qi's movements. If anything unexpected happens, she is willing to help secretly and advance and retreat with him.
"Advance and retreat together...?"
Yu Ye shook his head, gathered his thoughts, looked at the beast control ring in his right hand, and took out two jade slips in his left hand.
Half a month has passed, and the demon salamander that swallowed the spirit stone is still sleeping soundly.
Among the jade slips are "Netherworld Treasure Mirror" and "Onmyoji".
He has no intention of practicing ghost cultivation techniques, and his two sets of formation flags, namely the "Yin and Yang Soul Separation Formation" and the "Five Ghosts Gathering Evil Formation", need to be driven by ghost cultivation techniques. The other nine talismans for ghost cultivators are also inseparable from related techniques. For this reason, he has started studying two ghost cultivation techniques since yesterday. Although the methods of cultivation are very different, the principles are similar. The techniques of expelling souls and searching for souls were even more refreshing to him...
There was one more outer disciple who was smashing stones to pave the way, Zhan Kun.
Although this man was in his thirties, because he started a few days late, he regarded himself as his junior disciple and worked hard without complaint. When Dang Guiyi, Mu Sha and Shang Xin saw that he was honest and obedient, they liked to tease him even more. Laughter often sounds by the lake, making boring days a little more fun.
Yu Ye still spends the first half of the day smashing rocks, the second half of the day practicing exercises, and the night breathing and breathing, and so on day after day. On every first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, listen to the teachings of the master who teaches the practice. During this period, I met Bai Zhi several times, but they all pretended not to know each other and avoided each other. Chen Qi never showed up, and the situation he was worried about never happened. However, his anxiety did not go away.
In the blink of an eye, two or three months passed.
Jishui Peak, the scenery remains the same as before.
The lake water is still clear.
There is just an extra stone tablet by the lake, with the words "Jishui Lake" engraved on it. It is said to be the handwriting of Fang Xunzi, the elder of Baichuan Hall.
The stele has been placed properly, Zhan Kun is busy applying cinnabar and red on the words Jishui Lake. Angelica Yi and Hong Qiaoer took brushes and applied varnish to the stele; Yu Ye, Mu Sha and Shang Xin took hoes and smeared the stele with varnish. The foundation around the stele is compacted and flat. There were two other people standing not far away, one was the deacon Chang Ming and the other was the steward Mu Hu.
"Tomorrow is the day when the outer disciples take their cultivation test. Elder Fang asked me to erect this monument on a whim. He will come to check it out in person later, haha!"
"Uncle Chang is indispensable for the prosperity of Baichuan Hall."
"This is Elder Fang's work!"
"Uncle Chang's magnanimity is admirable!"
"Did you get a lot of benefits from accepting disciples this time?" "Disciples don't dare..."
"The elder is here, disciples stay away!"
"Avoid, avoid, you must quickly retreat thirty feet away!"
Yu Ye cleaned up the rubble and secretly paid attention to the conversation between Chang Ming and Mu Hu. Suddenly he saw two people adjusting their clothes and waving their hands to drive him away. He, Angelica and the others left in a hurry. Just as they arrived at the forest edge at the northern end of the lake, a sword light fell from the sky. He and everyone stopped there, not daring to take a breath.
The sword light disappeared, and an old man landed on the lake embankment.
"Elder Fang——"
Chang Ming bowed and saluted, respectfully. Mu Hu followed him, lowering his head and not daring to make a sound.
"Your old handwriting has been placed here. Please tell me if it is appropriate!"
"Um!"
Elder Fang Xunzi is wearing a green Taoist robe. He is short, slightly thin, with gray beard and hair, and has a wooden hairpin on his head. He looked like an elderly Taoist without any cultivation, but there was an unfathomable aura in the way he raised his hands and acted. I saw him reaching out to stroke his beard, nodding slightly towards the stone tablet and saying: "God has the virtue of good life, so he created a river to nourish all living things. The same is true for cultivating immortals!"
"Elder Fang's handwriting has its own laws of heaven and earth. By erecting a monument here, we will add another scenic spot to Jishui Peak."
"Haha, it's just for fun!"
"Tomorrow the school disciples' cultivation level will be tested. Will Elder Fang come in person?"
"No need..."
The six outer disciples hid in the distance and watched, feeling both excited and worried.
Just think about it, the golden elixir master, the legendary existence, is now right in front of you, and it is awe-inspiring.
Guiyi couldn't help but said: "Oh my God, Elder Jindan, a fairy-like existence..."
But before he finished speaking, he knelt down on the ground, trembling and sweating profusely, and said with difficulty: "Elder, please spare my life..."
In an instant, Elder Fang stepped on his sword and walked away. Chang Ming and Mu Hu raised their hands to see each other off, and then left separately.
Danggui shivered and finally got up, still looking pale and lost.
Yu Ye, Musa, Shang Xin and others didn't know what happened, so they stepped forward to ask for the reason.
"Scared me……"
Angelica waved her hand and hesitated, but refused to say more, obviously because of lingering fear.
Zhan Kun walked forward with his hoe and said with a smile: "As outer disciples, you and I should be self-aware and dare not convey our message in front of the masters. Otherwise, it will be regarded as disrespectful and we will inevitably suffer some hardships!"
Yu Ye nodded secretly.
Qi refining monks and golden elixir masters are as different as clouds and mud. The so-called sound transmission naturally cannot hide the powerful spiritual consciousness of the master.
Several people returned to the original place and continued to smash rocks and chatted.
"There is no sun or moon in the mountains, and I don't know the year when the years pass..."
"Yes, it has been three months since I arrived at Jishui Peak..."
"But I don't know how you are getting into the country. Tomorrow you will take the exam for your cultivation level..."
"I have inquired about it. There are three ways out for outer disciples, and one of them is to take the exam for cultivation."
When Dang Guiyi returned to normal, seeing everyone watching, he dropped the hammer, raised his chest, and said firmly: "The hard work you and I say is to temper our muscles and temper our minds, but it is nothing more than a temporary measure, just to wait for three ways out. One is the school cultivation test, the second is the mid-year competition, and the third is the Yunchuan Tianjue at the end of the year."
"What do you say about the school's cultivation test?"
"What will happen to the mid-year competition?"
"What is Yunchuan Tianjue..."
Whether it was Mu Sha, Shang Xin, Hong Qiaoer, Zhan Kun and Yu Ye, they were all curious.
However, Dang Guiyi pretended to be a little secretive, with a philistine smile on his face, and stretched out his hand and said: "Everyone has a spiritual stone, and I will tell you my love!"
Everyone turned and dispersed.
Yu Ye was about to walk away when Angelica pulled him aside and sat down, whispering: "You are not an outsider, listen to me -"
From his mouth, I learned that the cultivation test is the progress of the students' cultivation, and those who excel will be rewarded;
The mid-year competition is a competition among disciples in terms of cultivation, and the winner will receive a more generous reward;
The Yunchuan Heavenly Jue is when at the end of the year, the disciples of the Immortal Sect go to the Kongtong realm north of the Yunchuan Peak to pick elixirs and hunt monsters to test their magical powers and survival methods. Because the territory of Kongtong is dangerous and unpredictable, casualties are inevitable, so the disciples participated voluntarily, which means survival of the fittest and natural selection, so it was named Yunchuan Tianjue. It is said that all the elite disciples in the Immortal Sect are the best in Yunchuan Tianjue.
"It's hard for you and me to get ahead if we're just smashing rocks here. The three ways out I mentioned are tantamount to a shortcut to the sky. Junior Brother Yu, do you hear me clearly?"
"Um!"
"Now that Junior Brother Yu has heard clearly, the old debts can be wiped off!"
"you……"
"ha!"
When Gui Yi's trick succeeded, Yu Ye didn't wait to get angry, he laughed evilly, jumped up and ran away.
But before he ran across the lake embankment, he almost hit someone.
It was Ming Ye, pretending to be curious: "What bad thing did my junior brother do again to make him so complacent?"
"snort!"
Angelica seemed to have encountered bad luck, snorted secretly, and turned around to avoid it.
Ming Ye smiled disapprovingly, stood calmly, raised his hands and said, "Brothers, thank you for your hard work!"
Musa, Shang Xin and Hong Qiaoer did not want to offend their fellow students, so they exchanged casual greetings.
Zhan Kun raised his hand in greeting and respectfully called "senior brother".
Ming Ye nodded and said with a smile: "Haha, Junior Brother Zhan has extraordinary bearing. He will definitely achieve great things in the future!"
Zhan Kun was very frightened and said hurriedly: "Don't dare, don't dare!"
"Junior Brother Yu——"
Ming Ye turned to look at Yu Ye.
Yu Ye ignored it and hit the stone with a hammer.
He then heard: "Why don't you see Senior Sister Bai Zhi meeting you?"
Yu Ye was slightly startled.
Ming Ye had a mysterious smile on his face and said calmly: "You are from the Wei Kingdom, and Senior Sister Bai is from the Qi Kingdom. Logically speaking, you two don't know each other, so why are you reunited like old friends? If they are not old friends, why is she? Going to your cave the next day? And since we are old friends, why did we deliberately distance ourselves from you later?" He paused for a moment and then continued in a threatening tone: "There must be something fishy in this. Is it you who is telling the truth, or is it me who is reporting it to the immortal? Men, how about senior asking you to find out more about it?"
Dang Guiyi, Musa, Shang Xin, Hong Qiaoer, and Zhan Kun all looked at Yu Ye. Among the different expressions, some were suddenly surprised, some were stunned, and some were silently thinking.
Yu Ye slowly stood up.
Chuan Gong Ya's meeting with Bai Zhi, and Bai Zhi's visit to his cave, all happened in broad daylight, and they must not be hidden from the eyes of the disciples of the Immortal Sect. He knew that this matter would have endless consequences, and he had been secretly worried. But he didn't want to trouble him because it wasn't Chenqi, but someone else.
Ming Ye, however, was aggressive and pretended to be surprised: "Oh, Junior Brother Yu's face has turned pale. Is this because he feels guilty or is he afraid?"
Yu Ye raised his eyebrows and said calmly: "I was traveling in the Qi Kingdom and had a chance encounter with Senior Sister Bai. This unexpected reunion naturally led to some contact. Now that you have entered the Immortal Sect, you should put your cultivation first. Another day When I meet Senior Sister Bai again, do I want to report it to Senior Brother Ming?"
"oh……?"
Ming Ye looked at Yu Ye up and down with doubtful eyes. After a moment, he suddenly smiled and said: "I just admire Senior Sister Bai's beauty. When you meet her that day, you must let her know, haha!"
