These two sentences by the young man in black can be said to be a kind reminder and appreciation when spoken separately, but when said together, the meaning is obvious.
Xiang Hongyu naturally understood, and quickly raised his hands and said, "Thank you, senior brother, for reminding me. I have ordered my maid to keep an eye on Sister Shuan'er before leaving. As long as she stays at home, everything will be fine."
The black man turned around and stared at Xiang Hongyu for a moment, his smile gradually faded, "You were already on guard, it seems I was unnecessary."
"What did senior brother say?"
Xiang Hongyu raised his head and saw the face of the young man in black, his heartstrings tightened immediately, and he immediately changed his words: "Senior Brother Shu, you are a true successor, but you can care so much about your junior brother. Junior brother feels this in his heart, even though his cultivation level is not as good as his senior brother's case, But I am also willing to work hard for my senior brother, and I sincerely ask my senior brother to take him in!"
When the young man in black heard this, he couldn't help laughing, "Hahaha... Junior Brother Xiang is worthy of being one of the top ten disciples of the inner sect, and his mind is very clear."
"Senior brother, are you...promising?"
Xiang Hongyu was surprised and happy, and he hurriedly knelt down to salute, "Junior brother pays homage to Senior Brother Shu!"
"Get up, I'm not Dong Jinghuan, so there's no need to be polite."
The young man in black helped Xiang Hongyu up. After looking up and down for a moment, he nodded slightly and said: "This trip is going to Senior Brother Lu Jin's hometown. There may be many dangers. Remember to protect yourself when the time comes. Don't force yourself to stand out. Everything will be on your own." Senior brother will protect you."
Xiang Hongyu nodded repeatedly, "Junior brother, I have taken note of it."
The young man in black stopped talking and left with a smile.
Xiang Hongyu watched him enter the cabin. His tense nerves relaxed slightly, and then he was surprised to realize that his back was soaked.
He calmed down, frowned, and secretly shouted in his heart: "Senior, what does Shu Gaoming mean? He clearly knows that Dong Jinghuan wants to cultivate me, so why is he forcing me to follow him?"
"Haha... little doll, if you can't see clearly at this point, why do you think you are a cultivator?"
The old voice soon sounded in Xiang Hongyu's mind, "90% of the time this person has a grudge against Dong Jinghuan, but I can't do anything about him, so I'm using you to make people sick.
But for you, it's not a bad thing. At least Lu Guo and his party are protected, so they won't lose their lives easily, and they can also reap benefits. As for returning to the clan... just wish yourself good luck! "
"Why?"
Xiang Hongyu's expression was slightly distorted, and the knuckles hidden in his sleeves crackled, "During the outer sect, didn't you say that as long as I entered the inner sect, I would be a formal disciple respected by everyone? How come nothing has changed now?" True disciples don’t treat us as human beings at all.”
"When did I say such innocent words? Little baby, I have reminded you a long time ago that with your talent, if you don't practice the mental method I gave you, you will always be stuck in such a predicament. There will always be someone pressing on your head!"
Speaking of this, the old voice softened, "What's more, haven't you already taken your blood relatives with you? That means you listened to what I said."
Xiang Hongyu trembled, struggling.
"Her horoscope matches yours, and her blood relationship is close, so she is perfect for making a furnace. As long as you make good use of it, you can break through from foundation building to elixir formation in just ten years. Only by swallowing a golden elixir in your belly can you achieve true success. Happy!
If you do it now, it's still too late. Don't regret it when the furnace is old. I won't be able to help you by then. "
"do not talk!"
Xiang Hongyu roared, and the old voice suddenly paused.
Xiang Hongyu realized what he had done, quickly took a deep breath to calm down, and sighed in his heart: "Senior, please let me think about it again. I will definitely give you an answer about my return to the sect this time."
"Answer? I am just a remnant soul, why do you want to reply? I just can't bear to see you live a mediocre life, so I just want to say a few words. Whether you do it or not is all up to you..."
The old voice gradually becomes inaudible.
Xiang Hongyu raised his head and looked at the sky, his eyes full of uncertainty.
"Shuan'er..."
…
"Miss Shu... Miss Shu, are you there?"
A sound as soft as a mosquito's fly reached his ears. Xiang Yu, who was meditating on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes. His eyes flashed. He stood up and opened the back window beside the bed. As expected, he saw a person sneaking up by the window. , the candlelight in the room leaked out, illuminating the man's face.
"fourteen?"
Xiang Shu was surprised, "Why did you stay up so late at night and come to my place secretly?"
"Shh... keep your voice down!"
Fourteen looked around, then turned over and came in through the window. He gently lowered the window. After listening for a moment and there was no movement outside, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Miss Shen, I'm here to save you."
"save?"
Xiang Shen looked up and down at Fourteen with strange eyes, "I'm fine here, why are you trying to save me?"
Where did this Fourteenth overhear Xiang Hongyu's plan?
"Your name has spread throughout the inner gate. I can hear a few words when I go to chop wood and carry water. You are the only one who doesn't know about it now, right?"
Fourteen looked helpless, "Now everyone is saying that Mr. Hongyu has a deep love for you and would rather give up Miss Wanwan's support from her mother's family to bring you into the sect to enjoy the blessings. I don't know how many female disciples are envious of you; Some people say that you are as beautiful as a fairy, that you have charmed Mr. Hongyu to death, and that you are a vixen... Oh, you are all that, you are famous!"
Xiang Shen's face slightly condensed, "When did it happen?"
"Just today."
Fourteen replied without thinking: "After I heard the rumors, I went to inquire about the news, and I saw several people wandering around the young master's house. I didn't know what they were doing. I felt something was wrong, so I came to you at night when no one was around. You are so smart that you can even escape that ghost village in advance, so you will definitely be able to do it this time..."
At this point, Fourteen suddenly felt something was wrong and hurriedly covered his mouth.
Why did you accidentally express your thoughts?
He carefully looked at Xiang Shen, but saw that his expression was still calm, as if he didn't hear the last part of the sentence, but this calmness made him feel not at all, and made him even more flustered.
Ever since he figured out the incident in the ghost village, he had been a little afraid of Xiang Shu, although even he himself didn't know what he was afraid of.
"That time in the ghost village was just good luck. Don't make blind guesses."
Xiang Shen spoke slowly, and Fourteen immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "I made a slip of the tongue, but this time...even though I haven't read a book for a few days, I still know the truth about the beauty of trees in the forest. What are you going to do next?"
Xiang Shen was silent for a moment and said, "Let's go."
Fourteen was slightly startled, "Let's go?"
Xiang Shu had no expression on his face: "This is the Blazing Flame Sect, not the Xiang Family. Your little ability is weak in front of the monks, so what can you do to help me? You are a loser. Staying here will only hinder me."
"……you!"
Fourteen was so angry that his eyes were blazing and he was panting, "Xiang Shen! I came to help you with good intentions, but you really...I thought you were different from those girls from your aristocratic families, but I was wrong about you! I was blind, I...I... Just leave!”
Bang!
The window opened and closed again.
"Miss Shen, what's wrong?" came the voice of the maid outside.
Xiang Yu looked away from the window and narrowed his eyes slightly, "It's nothing, a wild cat bumped into the window. I'm a little tired, so I'll go to sleep now. The lights in the outer room have been turned off."
"yes."
Not long after, the lights outside the house were turned off and plunged into darkness.
Xiang Shu stuffed the pillow into the quilt, took out a set of black clothes he had prepared from under the bed and changed into them. In order to get enough black dye, she almost didn't come back before dawn several times, but her efforts were not in vain.
Taking a gentle breath, Xiang Shu tapped his feet on the ground, climbed up along the wall, lifted up a tile with his hands, and quietly climbed onto the roof.
There is no moon tonight, the night is so dark that I can't see my fingers. Xiang Shu lay on the edge of the tile eaves and waited for a long time before he vaguely saw figures floating in several places outside the house.
What Shi Shi said was right, someone was really following her. Fortunately, these people were not highly cultivated and had not yet developed spiritual consciousness. Otherwise, she would not even have time to lie here and think.
However, this is not good news.
Not to mention that she is currently at the first level of Qi training. Even if her cultivation level is higher, she does not have any martial arts. If she really faces these people, she may not even have a 10% chance of winning.
Xiang Hongyu hasn't been back for two months. Her piano skills are average, and her two fists are hard to beat with four hands. She probably won't be able to stop him. If he really hits her, she will definitely die!
We cannot sit still and wait for death.
If you can't fight, you can only run.
But...how to run?
Xiang Shen bit his lip and frowned.
This is a cultivation sect. The sect’s formation is tightly closed. Not to mention the inner sect attendants, even the inner sect disciples are not allowed and cannot go down the mountain at will.
In the past two months, in addition to being familiar with the mountain roads, she had also approached the sect's formation more than once. Either she was scolded by the elders who secretly guarded the formation, or she could only stare at the light wall of the formation, not to mention opening a hole. It is difficult to even make the large array of light walls fluctuate.
Then there is only one way left.
A trace of hesitation flashed in Xiang Shu's eyes, but soon this hesitation was replaced by decisiveness.
She retreated quietly into the jungle, followed the path she had found out, and went straight up until she reached the Hall of Merit. Then she took off her black clothes to reveal the attendant robe underneath, straightened her messy hair, and then walked into the hall.
Elder Yuan was not on duty tonight. He looked around, came to the young man in gray clothes who was dozing off, and asked softly: "Senior Brother, please invite me."
The young man woke up immediately. Hearing the voice of senior brother, the annoyance of being disturbed in his dream disappeared immediately. He stood up and said with a smile: "Senior sister, what's the important thing for your late night visit?"
Xiang Shu immediately spoke: "May I ask where Elder Yuan is? I had an appointment with Elder Yuan a long time ago. He said that day that all he had to do was look for the boy and find him immediately."
"So you are the person Elder Yuan was talking about."
The boy was suddenly stunned, and couldn't help but look at Xiang Shu with a hint of contempt, "With such beauty, no wonder... you come with me."
Xiang Shu pursed his lips and said nothing, and followed obediently.
After a while, the Elder’s Courtyard.
Elder Yuan looked at Xiang Shen who walked in with a smile on his face, but the smile did not reach his eyes, and his tone was cold and filled with anger, "I see you have exchanged your contribution for your mental method. Aren't you very happy with your cultivation? Why don't you continue to hide? Why..."
Xiang Shen suddenly raised his head, revealing a pair of red eyes. Elder Yuan was startled, and the second half of his sentence was choked in his throat.
Before he could continue speaking, Xiang Shu suddenly knelt down with a plop, banged his head three times, and a pool of blood came from his forehead.
After being interrupted twice in a row, Elder Yuan was extremely angry and even more confused, "What are you doing? Do you think I will forgive you if you do this?"
"This disciple knows he is guilty and feels guilty. He dare not ask for forgiveness from the elders."
Xiang Shu straightened up and choked with sobs: "I just ask the elders to listen to the disciples. After listening, I will punish you according to the elders, and I will never say anything!"
