Qian Chao didn't take it to heart about the rumors swirling within the sect.
Everything was done that day, and there were so many people watching, so naturally the news would spread, and it would be normal for people to talk about it.
After Qian Chao returned to his residence from Li Jian's purple bamboo forest, it was noon, but because he was tired, he took a good rest for a while. When he woke up, it was already midnight. Feeling a hundred times more energetic, he drank the soup. Ping took out the mirror Ping gave him and studied it carefully.
After dawn, Qian Chao went to Li Jian's place again according to what he said yesterday. At noon, several friends gathered there. Yanxuan and Tang Ping came together again. They first changed Li Jian's medicine, and then returned to Li Jian's house. They enjoyed a meal of various delicacies brought by Lu Pingchuan, and after talking for a while, they went back.
Before Tang Ping left, she didn't forget to ask about the mirror. Qian Chao only said that he was studying.
What Tang Ping said about that mirror was indeed true. It was mysterious and unusual. Qian Chao had never seen it before. Even though he had obtained several refined objects from the ruins, they were far inferior to the complexity of this mirror. It was too far away, and all of Qian Chao's attention was attracted at once.
However, in the next few days, Qian Chao was greatly disturbed.
The reason is still related to those rumors.
Who can believe that a junior disciple at a low level of Qi refining in Jiuxuan can actually make great contributions to the sect!
But if you don’t believe it, these more and more rumors have been described in more and more detail. The description of how Qian Chao showed off his power and fought against the monster more than a hundred feet tall is as vivid and thrilling as a script. Those who hear it will naturally Most of them are dubious, especially the people in Chengqi Hall.
In Chengqi Hall, Qian Chao knew a lot of people, many of whom felt that they had some friendship with Qian Chao, and were quite curious about the rumors. However, Qian Chao never came to refine weapons these days, so he He couldn't ask in person whether the things mentioned in the rumors were true or false. Driven by curiosity, people started to visit him.
It was from the mouths of these people that Qian Chao realized how exaggerated the rumors circulating in the sect were. Hearing about his battle with a terrifying monster more than a hundred feet tall made Qian Chao sweat on his forehead. Qian Chao could not believe this. He didn't want to admit it. After all, his cultivation was there, and the rumors were so exaggerated. If he admitted it or told the truth at the time, it might bring him some trouble, so he could only say Use some ambiguous words to explain away the situation.
But after a wave of people came, more people continued to come, saying the same thing, and now the money flow became tiresome. After finally sending away the last few people, I realized that the sky was dark. It was getting dark, and most of the day was wasted on useless talk with these people. This made Qian Chao feel heartbroken. You know, he only had a faint trace of Tang Ping's mirror. When I was about to delve deeper into my clues, I was interrupted by these boring people.
Simply, Qian Chao went to Li Jian's purple bamboo forest early in the morning the next day before those people came to pester him again.
"Brother Qian, what are you...?"
Li Jian was a little curious about Qian Chao's arrival, and when he saw that he looked a little embarrassed, he asked questions.
"Oh, don't mention it. There are always boring guys coming to my place these days to inquire about this and that. I don't have any leisure time. I just came to Brother Li's place to hide. I don't want to be pestered by those people anymore. ”
In the past few days, Yanxuan came here every day to apply medicine and treat Li Jian, and he also told Li Jian the rumors about the clan. Therefore, Li Jian certainly knew what Qian Chao was complaining about, so he couldn't help laughing for a while, and then said :
"No problem. It's quiet here. Brother Qian, just stay here."
In this way, Qian Chao stayed with Li Jian, and Li Jian once again saw Qian Chao's concentration.
Although Li Jian's injury was serious, he was much better after several days of careful treatment by Yanxuan. Speaking of which, Yanxuan's net worth is at least among the top among the Qi Refining disciples in Qixia Mountain. Regardless of spiritual stones and so on, as far as spiritual herbs are concerned, the various spiritual herbs in Yanxuan's storage bag Not only are there a large number of them, but they are all of the best quality. If she were willing to put out all the spiritual herbs in the storage bag, it is estimated that the Qi Refining disciples in the entire Qixia Mountain would be jealous, because there are enough high-quality herbs. Good spiritual herbs. The medicines used by Yanxuan when treating Li Jian were all prepared from those high-quality spiritual herbs. The medicine was naturally very powerful. After a few days, Li Jian's injuries had been cured by less than half.
But after all, he was injured. Li Jian couldn't practice swords yet, and could only meditate on the edge of the bamboo forest. Li Jian remembered that before he closed his eyes and fell into meditation, Brother Qian was staring at him on the stone table. He stared at a mirror with flashing blue eyes for a while, and then began to write and draw on a piece of paper.
When he opened his eyes from the tranquility, he saw that it was already noon. After a morning of practice, Li Jian felt that he had gained something. When he was feeling happy, he saw Brother Qian sitting at the stone table. Still sitting there in the same posture, still holding the small mirror in one hand, and writing in the other hand on the paper, as if he had never moved. The only difference was the paper quilt on the stone table. Divided into several piles, each pressed with different things, Li Jian walked over and saw that the papers were full of strange runes that he couldn't understand. Smooth out the altered marks.
How come Brother Qian can draw so many things just by looking at a mirror?
Li Jian shook his head and went to make tea.
"Hey, isn't that Brother Qian?" Yanxuan's voice came from mid-air.
"Hey, Mr. Qian, why are you here with Brother Li?" This was Tang Ping's voice.
Qian Chao stopped the pen in his hand, looked up, and saw Yan Xuan and Tang Ping coming together. Then he remembered that Sister Yan had come to treat Brother Li every day recently.
"There was no way. I couldn't take any time off in my own place. People were always coming to ask questions. Where could I find the time to do anything? So I just hid here with Brother Li."
"Oh, I remembered. Ha, the rumors within the sect are so exciting recently. Wow, Junior Brother Jiu Xuan Qian, ha ha, fought a terrifying monster over a hundred feet tall, and finally brought down fire from the sky to burn it to ashes. , when the monster was beheaded, Junior Brother Qian raised his glass and drank, it was so enjoyable! Haha!"
Qian Chao sighed after hearing this, shook his head, and said helplessly: "Yes, I heard about it too, and people who came to my residence also asked about what happened that night."
After hearing this, Tang Ping asked with great interest: "Then they asked you, what did you say?"
"What else can I say? Of course I can't admit it. I just said that I happened to pass by there and helped a little bit. But then I couldn't stand it any more. Didn't I hide here with Brother Li? Oh, by the way, Tang Girl, the rumor also mentioned Junior Sister Tang from Shuiyun Valley, what exactly did it say about you?"
Before Tang Ping could speak, Yanxuan, who was changing Li Jian's dressing, smiled and turned around and said:
"Well, it's also very exciting..."
"Sister Yan, don't say anything!"
Tang Ping hurriedly interrupted Yanxuan, thinking that the part about Tang Ping in the rumors must be very absurd and exciting.
Li Jian heard some rumors from Yanxuan about "Junior Sister Tang from Shuiyun Valley" and couldn't help but laugh when Tang Ping stopped Yanxuan from talking.
Tang Ping walked to Qian Chao's side, looked at the stone table full of papers piled up in categories, and saw that Qian Chao was holding the "water mist mirror" in his hand. She reached out and picked up a few papers. I looked at the piece of paper, and naturally I couldn't understand it, but judging from the way it was covered with Qian Chao's smudges, this mirror probably stumped the boy, so he asked:
"Hey, how are you thinking about this mirror?"
"This mirror is extraordinary. It will take some time to understand it all."
"Hey, you have to hurry up. Someone has already asked me about the whereabouts of this mirror."
"Oh? Can you delay it for a little longer?"
"Well, I'm already dragging him. I told the person who was looking for me directly that I caught the boy named Nian. I was almost injured by him trying to catch him. I gave all the people to the sect. , I grabbed the mirror based on my ability, how could you still ask me for it? Later, someone came to me, so I reasoned that I hadn’t played with the mirror enough, and if I was left to play with it for two more days, someone else would probably come looking for it again. I’m going to ask my master to come forward, but if someone comes to look for me again, it will be a senior, I’m afraid even my master won’t be able to withstand it.”
"Is this mirror so important?"
"Well, that's right. For the Nian family in Yongzhou, the value of this mirror is much more important than that boy named Nian. If Shuiyun Valley Yue Yinglin wants to exchange something from the Nian family, use that Nian family. You might as well use this mirror, kid.”
"Was the Nian family so powerful back then?"
"The Nian family is a rather special family. There used to be a senior in Yue Yinglin who was from the Nian family. That senior later went to Yuhu Mountain, but that was a long time ago. That senior had already They have arrived in the fairyland, and the Nian family itself is very powerful, so the sect, especially Yue Yinglin of Shuiyun Valley, has always looked at the Nian family differently. This time, the son of the Nian family does not know what is confusing him. They were so careful that they actually did something that harmed the Five Spirits Sect, and finally the elders of Yueyinglin caught them, and they must have gotten some benefits from the Nian family."
"So that's it."
Hearing what Tang Ping said, even Li Jian and Yan Xuan couldn't help but take a few more glances at the small mirror in Qian Chao's hand.
After Tang Ping and Yan Xuan left, Li Jian and Qian Chao were still sitting next to the purple bamboo forest. One was meditating and the other was sitting on the stone table thinking hard.
When Li Jian opened his eyes again, it was already dusk, and there were already dark shadows in his purple bamboo forest, making it difficult to see clearly. However, a lamp was lit on the stone table, and Qian Chao used the light to stay still I sat there and kept writing and drawing on the paper.
The two of them didn't eat much this day, but they did use some wild honey from the purple bamboo forest, so they didn't feel empty in their stomachs. Li Jian looked at Qian Chao's focused look and felt a little envious. Last time He noticed that Qian Chao was so focused on the heaven and earth cage outside the clan. Qian Chao sat there for almost the whole afternoon, which made Li Jian very envious.
Li Jian felt that he could only be so focused when practicing swordsmanship. No...there was another time when he fought with the woman named Yun Xi. After a while, he became very focused. Apart from the two of them, Li Jian There is nothing but the swords in their hands. In that situation of full concentration, I only feel that it is only a moment in my heart, but time has already flown by outside my body.
At night, Li Jian said to Qian Chao, who was still sitting at the stone table:
"Brother Qian, there is also a bamboo couch in my bamboo hut. If you are tired, you can rest there."
"OK."
In this way, Qian Chao stayed in Li Jian's Zizhu Forest for several days.
Until one night, Qian Chao was still sitting in front of the stone table in a daze looking at the dense runes on a piece of paper, but he suddenly heard Li Jian say:
"senior!"
When Qian Chao looked up, he saw a stunning woman in a moon-white dress falling from the sky, and Li Jian had already greeted her with a respectful salute.
It was Fairy Lengyue, a famous female swordsman from Mu Xiufeng.
I heard from Tang Ping that Senior Leng wanted to bring Brother Li under the door, but because of some minor troubles, he had been slow to let Brother Li become his disciple.
Li Jian had already saluted, and Qian Chao hurriedly stood up and went over, saying that he was saluting respectfully.
When Fairy Leng Yue saw that there was someone else here with Li Jian, she couldn't help but asked curiously:
"Who are you?"
Qian Chao hurriedly said:
"Jiu Xuan disciple Qian Chao has met his senior."
"Oh, so you are that Qian Chao. Yes, I heard something about you this time. Regarding Yan Shuang's incident, both of you have made great contributions to the sect."
"Senior is so complimentary."
At this time, Brother Li's would-be master came, and most likely he was here to teach Brother Li how to practice swordsmanship. It would not be appropriate for him to stay here any longer, so Qian Chao quickly put away all the calligraphy papers piled on the stone table and asked Fairy Lengyue and Li Jian said goodbye and then returned to Jiuxuan's residence.
Fairy Leng Yue looked at Qian Chao's back, and then said:
"This Qian Chao is pretty good. He is a very smart little guy with good skills. By the way, does he have any apprenticeship?"
"No, Brother Qian doesn't have a disciple yet."
"It's a pity. I don't know what Jiuxuan and the old guys are thinking about such a little guy. Aren't such disciples still dissatisfied? But there's no rush. The five of you have already dealt with this matter in the sect. With these reputations, it is estimated that Qian Chao will be able to join the disciples of a famous teacher in a short time."
"That's what senior said."
Li Jian knew Qian Chao's thoughts, but there was no need to elaborate with this senior Leng. He should still make the final decision on Brother Qian's affairs, but it would always be a good thing to have a famous teacher to give him guidance.
…
Just when Qian Chao rushed back to his residence, he found Yan Xuan's residence in Qixia Mountain.
With an "Ah" sound, Yanxuan woke up from his nightmare and sat up, covering his chest with his hand and panting uncontrollably.
A warm arm stretched out to hug her. It was Tang Ping. She had been staying with Yanxuan since Zongwai returned.
"Sister Yan, are you dreaming again?"
Ever since Yanxuan started the killing spree, she would always wake up from the bloody nightmare every night, with her face pale and her body wet with sweat. Thanks to Tang Ping, who was always by her side, she would immediately comfort her every time. She opened the solution, and gradually Yanxuan got better. He could usually sleep peacefully one day in three or two days, and it was estimated that Yanxuan would be fine after a while, but the nightmare she experienced tonight seemed unusual. different!
In the dream, Yanxuan seemed to be watching everything happen as a bystander. She stood again at the place where everyone was fighting that night. Time seemed to go back to that night, but she saw no one around her. Without Brother Lu, she was the only one standing in front of Brother Qian's formation, facing the tide of casual cultivators alone.
When the dream came to this point, Yanxuan had already begun to doubt whether the woman who looked exactly like him was actually him. Although she looked the same in clothes and appearance, even the methods used when taking action were the same. Yes, but Yanxuan still doubted whether it was him or not. She looked the same, but in terms of temperament, that woman always felt very strange to Yanxuan!
Is this dream recalling the experience of that day?
Or is it your own fear that is causing trouble in your heart?
The reason why she had this idea was because she saw the ferocious face of the woman who looked exactly like her, with a cruel and murderous smile on her face, and her eyes were full of strange and bloodthirsty brilliance. She swung out the swords one after another, just like she did that night, the swords were extremely fast. The fire was shining and the sword wind was hunting. The Feng Ling Fire Sword cut the waists of those people among the casual cultivators and chopped off their heads. There was a ball of fire. The bloody light was like an angry wave crashing on the shore, and the shrill screams came one after another. The fishy smell was suffocating. When the blood light flew up, it reflected the firelight, like clusters of bright red beads. Throw it down!
But the woman was eager to kill, unmoved by the bloody scene. Even the more blood flowed out, the more excited she became with joy. Her whole body turned faster and faster, and her red dress followed. And it moved and floated, dancing like a red lotus in full bloom, even the extremely fair face was stained with a little bright red!
Is this you?
Was this what he looked like that night?
The more Yanxuan looked at it, the more he became suspicious and frightened. How could he be like that?
Just as she was thinking about it, the strange and cruel Yanxuan suddenly stopped suddenly, and then slowly turned his head to look at her, as if he had accidentally discovered a little thief peeping secretly, with messy black hair. , the woman's cold eyes fell directly on Yanxuan's face. After seeing the frightened look on her face, the woman suddenly raised her head and let out a burst of ear-piercing laughter. The snow-white teeth looked extremely white under the firelight, which suddenly woke Yanxuan up from his dream.
"A Ping, I just... dreamed that I turned into a cruel and murderous person. That scene was so scary!"
Yanxuan said with lingering fear.
"Sister Yan, dreams are all fake. The fact that you have such a dream shows that you are worried that you will become that kind of person. Be careful in the future. You will definitely not be that kind of person."
"But...I'm still worried."
"Sister Yan, how is this possible? If you can become a cruel and murderous person, I won't believe it unless Mr. Qian first becomes someone like Brother Lu."
These words of relief made Yanxuan smile, and he immediately felt a lot more relaxed.
"Okay, Sister Yan, go to sleep. Don't think so much. Human nature has to change unless it undergoes a major change, and what we have experienced has nothing to do with major changes. You are just too soft-hearted. After a while, you will also It’ll be fine, don’t worry.”
"okay."
"Go to sleep."
In order to reassure Yanxuan, Tang Ping stretched out a jade-white arm from the brocade quilt to hug her.
