He County Post House.
When Yang Ying and others returned, they heard from the guards at the posthouse that Xiao and Xi had just returned.
She hurried to Xiao Yuxi's room, and Ren Ruyi followed her slowly.
Yang Ying pushed the door open and saw Xiao and Xi standing in front of the window with their backs to them.
She stepped forward quickly: "You haven't been home all night, where have you been?"
Xiao Yuxi turned around, still holding a rabbit in her arms: "The scenery near He County is beautiful. I went for a walk and caught a rabbit for you."
Yang Ying took the rabbit and touched the rabbit's ears, but her face was full of disbelief: "Who would stay up late at night to catch rabbits?"
Xiao Yuxi smiled and replied, "Me."
Yang Ying knew that Xiao Yuxi didn't want to say more, so she didn't ask any more questions.
She told Xiao Yuxi that she had to go to the military camp for a banquet tomorrow. After talking for a while, she left with the rabbit in her arms.
As soon as Yang Ying left the house, Xiao Yuxi's expression suddenly changed and her body fell backward.
Ren Ruyi walked a few steps quickly, grabbed her waist, and pulled her right wrist with the other hand. He lowered his eyes and saw that the purple veins between Xiao and Xi's wrists were eye-catching.
Xiao Yuxi's slightly trembling left hand held Ren Ruyi's shoulder, and then stabilized her body.
Ren Ruyi helped Xiao Yuxi sit down by the bed, while she walked to the table and poured a cup of tea.
Xiao Yuxi looked at Ren Ruyi's movements, chuckled and said, "No need."
Ren Ruyi paused while holding the tea cup and looked back at her: "Who said it was for you? I'm thirsty."
The smiles on Xiao Yuxi's faces froze slightly, and they were quite speechless.
Seeing this, Ren Ru seemed to laugh.
She took a sip of tea, sat down at the table, supported her head with one hand and faced Xiao Yuxi: "Tell me, what did you do again?"
Xiao Yuxi replied: "Tianmen Pass."
Ren Ruyi was stunned for a moment: "There are dozens of barren mountains between this place and Tianmen Pass."
"How strong are you that you can withstand such a torturous journey all night long?"
Xiao Yuxi shook his head: "There is a secret passage nearby that leads directly to the outside of Tianmen Pass."
Ren Ruyi asked again: "What did you do in Tianmenguan?"
Xiao and Xi didn't answer.
Ren Ruyi suddenly remembered something: "That night at Qingfengguan, you saved my mother."
"Why do you know Zhu Yiwei's route of action so well?"
"I shouldn't be suspicious of you, but you seem to know everything, more than once."
Xiao Yuxi asked, "So?"
Ren Ruyi's voice was slightly cold: "You said before that you wanted to go to Anguo to find Jiutianxi soil."
"I just want to know if your future plans will run counter to us?"
Xiao Yuxi lowered her eyes, and she sighed: "I can't guarantee it."
Ren Ruyi stood up: "I understand."
After she said that, she walked towards the door and left the place soon.
Xiao Yuxi sat beside the bed. She pulled a bead from the bed curtain and flicked it towards the window without looking back.
The beads penetrated the thin window paper and hit the figure outside.
"Ouch——"
Immediately afterwards, a burst of chaotic footsteps went away.
The other few people listening in the corner have long since disappeared.
Only Yuanlu, who was hit by the beads, covered his forehead and poked his head out from under the window: "Hey, sister Yu Xi."
Xiao Yuxi turned to look at him and said angrily: "Come in."
Yuanlu nodded and climbed directly through the window.
the other side.
After the eavesdroppers Yu Shisan, Sun Lang, and Yang Ying were discovered, they hurried away.
They stopped behind a rockery.
The rabbit that Xiao Yuxi gave to Yang Ying had already been held in Sun Lang's arms.
Yu Shisan said seriously: "The second lady just said that there is a secret passage nearby that leads directly to the outside of Tianmen Pass."
Yang Ying looked puzzled: "Yu Xi and Sister Ruyi didn't say anything, why do I feel like Sister Ruyi is angry!"
Sun Lang kept teasing the rabbit in his arms: "What a cute rabbit!"
Yu Shisan: "Let Lao Ning know about this as soon as possible!"
Yang Ying: "Did the two of them just have a quarrel?"
Sun Lang: "It's so cute. No wonder the second lady ran so far and wanted to bring you back."
The three people have different concerns.
They were each talking about different topics, but they seemed to be so harmonious when they got together.
After they finished speaking, they all nodded silently and then walked in different directions.
In Xiao Yuxi's room.
Yuanlu lowered his head and stood obediently by the bed.
Xiao Yuxi was the first to speak: "I saw you hesitated to speak several times. If you have anything to ask, please ask."
Yuan Lu became interested instantly: "Sister Yu Xi, you said last time that you would tell me about spiritual power when you come back."
"It's just that you were busy all the time, so I didn't bother you."
"I was stabbed before, but I was not injured. Is it because of the spiritual power you left me?"
"What exactly is spiritual power?"
"I……"
Xiao Yuxi raised his hand and stopped Yuanlu's questioning: "Tell me one by one."
Yuan Lu said "Oh" and said, "Sister Yu Xi, what is spiritual power?"
Xiao Yuxi said slowly: "It's the same as the internal strength you have practiced."
"It's just that the internal power comes from oneself, is stored in the Dantian, and is obtained from the inside out."
"Spiritual power originates from the outside world and is present in every corner of the body. Acupoints, meridians, flesh and blood are obtained from the outside in."
Yuanlu nodded and asked again: "No matter how strong your internal strength is, you will still be injured when encountering a sword."
"But spiritual power can protect people from getting hurt?"
Xiao Yuxi smiled and shook her head: "Didn't I say that last time?"
"Even if I have spiritual power, if someone hits my life gate, I will be injured and die."
Yuanlu frowned in confusion: "Then I..."
Xiao Yuxi interrupted: "Because what I left you is a restriction formed by spiritual power."
"It is this restriction that resists accidents, not the spiritual power itself."
Yuan Lu hesitated for a moment and said hesitantly: "Sister Yu Xi, I can, I can..."
Xiao Yuxi saw what he was thinking at a glance: "Do you want to practice spiritual power?"
Yuanlu's eyes lit up: "Is it okay?"
Xiao Yuxi was silent for a long time: "The human body cannot bear spiritual power."
Yuanlu's eyes were full of confusion: "Ah? Then Sister Xi, you..."
Xiao Yuxi rolled up his sleeves: "So, my body is about to collapse and my death is coming."
They were obviously talking about life and death, but she spoke very calmly.
When Yuanlu heard this, his expression changed drastically: "What? Sister Xi, you must be joking, right? How could you die?"
Xiao Yuxi did not answer Yuanlu's words, but waved towards him: "Come closer."
Yuan Lu walked to Xiao Yuxi's side and knelt down.
Xiao Yuxi raised her hand and put it on his shoulder: "If my body had no spiritual power, I would have died five years ago, or even earlier."
"For you, cultivating spiritual power may be a good thing."
"Being born with a heart disease, using spiritual power to warm your body is a good way."
Yuanlu asked: "Then why is your body like this?"
Xiao Yuxi suddenly smiled: "Maybe it's because I'm too strong."
Yuanlu also laughed.
Xiao Yuxi continued: "If the spiritual power to warm and nourish the body only requires the size of a fingernail, then my spiritual power..."
Yuan Lu stretched out his five fingers and gestured: "There are so many?"
Xiao Yuxi shook his head: "It's comparable to the entire post house."
Yuanlu's eyes widened and he froze on the spot.
After a moment, he murmured: "Sister Yu Xi, I understand."
"The water will overflow when it is full, and the moon will wax and wane. Appropriate spiritual power will be beneficial to the body. If it is too much and exceeds the limit, the body will not be able to bear it."
Xiao Yuxi nodded.
Yuan Lu looked at Xiao Yuxi with worry in his eyes: "Then what should you do?"
Xiao Yuxi replied: "I have my own way."
The two of them talked from the time the sun was shining high until the sun was setting.
Everyone in the post house was curious about what Xiao Yuxi and Yuanlu were talking about, and they actually talked for so long.
Xiao Yuxi investigated Yuanlu's roots and found that he did have a talent in this area.
She said: "This road is very difficult. It may take several years to make no progress, or it may make rapid progress. It all depends on luck."
Yuanlu was determined to learn from her and claimed that he would become her teacher.
Xiao Yuxi said with a smile: "I can teach you, but I'm used to being comfortable and I can't be a teacher."
The matter of becoming a disciple was abandoned.
When the last ray of sunset faded from the sky, Yuan Lu walked out of Xiao Yuxi's room.
