In the early morning, before the roosters had even begun to crow, someone knocked on the door outside Chen Mo's courtyard.
Chen Mo tidied up briefly and pushed open the wooden door. Zhang Yunjian next door looked at him with a smirk. Before he could say anything, he rushed into the yard and scanned the house with his consciousness. : "Where is she?" "Who?" "Isn't this boring?"
Zhang Yunjian sat on the stone bench in the courtyard and said doubtfully: "You left in the morning?"
"Not everyone likes that, okay?"
Chen Mo also walked over and sat across from him: "Brother Zhang, let me ask you a question. Sometimes I am curious. With a character like yours, won't there be any psychological burden when you break through the foundation building?"
"If you can, just live. If you can't, die." Zhang Yunjian said nonchalantly: "Cultivation as an immortal is all about doing whatever you want! Why, are you feeling itchy?"
Chen Mo knew that he and he were not the same person in this regard, so he didn't want to continue the conversation. He asked again: "Did she arrest you yesterday?"
Zhang Yunjian pondered for a while and said: "She has a solid foundation in practice, but she didn't really fight. I just lost symbolically. Isn't the most important thing to create space for you?"
Zhang Yunjian walked behind Chen Mo and patted his shoulder intimately: "This is called leaving no room for outsiders!"
Chen Mo waved his hand and said seriously: "Let's be more serious. It's less than half a month until the Demon Island is opened. What do you think about it?"
"Hehe, even if you don't tell me, I will find an opportunity to chat with you in the next few days. According to the news I got from Fengyuan City, I heard that the monks have started to form gangs. We can't fall behind others. , I plan to pack my bags and rush to Fengyuan City today or tomorrow. With the strength of you and me, it is easy to find a reliable team."
"To be honest, the girl came to my place yesterday just to talk about this matter."
"Then you agree?"
"I said I would wait and see for a while, but I didn't give her a clear answer."
"Fellow clan members bow their heads but never look up to see each other. There is a huge mess of troubles. At the critical moment, no one can be relied on. Although a temporary alliance is the same thing, it still needs to be carefully considered. Brother Chen, what you did is right." Zhang Yunjian. He said with deep understanding.
"It's better to choose a different day than to hit the sun. It's better to leave today. I'm afraid Fengyuan City is bustling with people at this moment. If I can see some rare treasures and gain insights, this trip will not be in vain." Chen Mo made a suggestion. .
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go now!"
The two hit it off immediately, and each went back to pack their luggage. Not long after, two rays of light suddenly flashed over the village. The next moment, their figures
Just left here.
The villagers of Qingshui Village will probably never know in their lifetime that they once spent several months together with two immortal cultivators.
The two colors, one blue and one silver, gradually dimmed. When Chen Mo and Zhang Yunjian appeared again, they had already arrived outside the city. There was an official inspection at the city gate. The two blended into the ranks of civilians and entered the city easily.
Fengyuan City was more lively than half a year ago. After entering the city, the two sides stretched forward for more than a hundred feet. They were all secular grocery stalls. Chen Mo stopped and looked around. Most of them were selling brocade. , selling paper umbrellas, and a variety of folk delicacies.
Just after Chen hour, the stall owner began to place items one after another: "Don't look, it's the busiest here at night, and the people queuing up are all pretty female nuns. What they like most is beautiful clothes. Brother Chen, If you are interested, we will come back in the evening. As long as you are brave and careful, nothing will fail."
"Let's find an inn to stay in first, or that one?" Chen Mo said noncommittally.
Zhang Yunjian shook his head and said: It is impossible to have a place. How about changing to another place? "
"You know this place better than I do, so just come."
So Chen Mo followed Zhang Yunjian's footsteps and left. Amidst the bustling crowd, they came to an inn in the southeast. They were still a few feet away. They saw at least twenty or thirty monks coming in and out, including two Two women were walking together. The girl on the left was pretty, but she was only at the fifteenth level of Qi Refining. Seeing this, Zhang Yunjian hurriedly approached to strike up a conversation, but Chen Mo stopped him: "Hey? Business is more important."
Zhang Yunjian was startled subconsciously: "Oh... okay."
Everything was taken care of by him. Chen Mo waited at the door of the inn for about a stick of incense. In just a short while, he saw three monks in the early stages of foundation building passing by. The consciousnesses of both sides briefly touched. They were separated after just meeting each other, which made him sigh. If you don't go up to the same level, you can't get a glimpse of the whole picture. It turns out that there are so many people building foundations!
Zhang Yunjian came over: "It's all done. A total of half a month's accommodation and three meals a day." He took out two white-glazed tokens: "One is facing the street, and the other is clean and comfortable. You want Which one?"
"Let's be quieter." Chen Mo said: "How many spirit stones are there in total?"
Zhang Yunjian smiled and said: "Brother Chen, you and I have become very close to each other these days. Isn't it inappropriate to mention things outside of us?"
"Haha, that's fine, then I'll be disrespectful."
"It's still early to go to bed. I think there are still free seats downstairs. Why don't we let the waiter make a pot of tea and let's chat?"
"sure."
The two people immediately found a secluded place to sit down and started chatting with each other. At this time, more and more people came to the inn to dine. Chen Mo glanced casually and found that there were no civilians here at all. The common people are all monks in the world of cultivation.
"This inn doesn't accept secular people?" Chen Mo asked.
"Silver or spiritual stone, which one do you want?" Zhang Yunjian replied with a smile.
"Aren't these people you're talking about curious? Suddenly there are so many young people, and they are all people who can easily take their lives."
"The meaning given by Jiusha Palace is that there is a grand imperial examination in Wei State, and the location is set in Fengyuan City, so it is not surprising to the people that so many people gather. As for whether they are afraid... ...Who can tell, I'm not a mortal."
Chen Mo poured the second boiled tea into a large bowl. He sighed and said, "Yes, we are cultivators."
"Since God has given us spiritual roots, if we don't cherish them properly, wouldn't we be living up to its expectations? To tell you the truth, the people I despise the most in my life are those monks who have been waiting to die in the secular world, just to covet those decades of wealth. Enjoying time, wasting your best talents, and sacrificing the good for the weak, aren’t they a bunch of idiots?”
Chen Mo said: "The world of cultivation is full of wonders, just like the shadows in the dream bubble. Everything has its own reason for existence, and everything is full of unfathomable unknowns. Don't be too obsessed with these things that have nothing to do with us."
"You said it but didn't seem to say anything. I like your mysterious and mysterious tone. Come on, let's go."
The two touched the tea bowls in their hands and drank the cup together.
"No matter what, we are still striving to make progress, and being here is the best proof..." Just halfway through speaking, Zhang Yunjian's eyes seemed to be attracted by a fox, and he was stunned. Look behind you.
Out of curiosity, Chen Mo turned around and saw two women walking straight towards them.
One of them was Wang Zihong, whom he saw yesterday. Next to her was a very beautiful woman with waist-length gray hair scattered like a waterfall on her back. Her slim figure made many diners stop eating. Watch with attention.
"Miss Wang, why are you here again? Sit down, this fairy, please sit down too." Zhang Yunjian said in surprise, hurriedly wiping the stool next to him with his sleeves, and warmly greeted the beautiful woman to sit next to him.
Wang Zihong ignored Zhang Yunjian's overtures, and the two sat side by side at another table. She said: "Fellow Taoist Chen Mo, we meet again."
Chen Mo found that he couldn't see through the gray-haired woman's cultivation. He already knew it in his mind: "You are indeed quite good."
"Fuyun Sect, I have only heard of a monk named Ye Lantian. Do you know him?"
The gray-haired woman spoke calmly, and the voice seemed to be in her ears, but also seemed to come from a distant place, which was quite strange.
"I don't know." Chen Mo said simply.
Needless to say, the gray-haired woman in front of him must be in the real middle stage of foundation building. To be careful, Chen Mo didn't want to make an enemy out of thin air just for a word.
The gray-haired woman said again: Zihong briefly told me about your situation yesterday. When we met today, it was indeed what she said. Dare I ask my friend, what do you think about it? "
"I want to meet other people. Isn't this difficult?" Chen Mo said, "And I also have a friend."
Tell me, he pointed at Zhang Yunjian, which means that if you take me with you, you have to take him with you, and the latter gave me a grateful look.
"Then let's go."
The gray-haired woman obviously agreed to Chen Mo's request. They came and left in a hurry. They turned around and were about to leave the inn. Chen Mo and Zhang Yunjian exchanged glances, nodded to each other, and decided that it wouldn't hurt to take a look and make plans first.
There are so many masters in Fengyuan City that one can't make any waves in the middle stage of foundation building. Moreover, in the mortal city, everyone in the cultivation world is very restrained towards each other. There is no precedent for killing people in the city. I don't know if there is an expert sitting in charge. There are still some unwritten rules.
The four of them were divided into two groups, one behind the other, and they started walking together. The gray-haired woman behind them called Chen Mo to the front, and began to use skilled words to tell him the details.
And Chen Mo is no longer a rookie. He omits certain aspects that need to be omitted, and says as vaguely as possible when he can. When he doesn't want to answer, he cleverly asks a few questions. After half a stick of incense, he just talks. Just lose a little bit.
The crowd slowly decreased. There was another city-state in the city, similar to the exclusive area for cultivators in Cloud City. The buildings here were obviously much more sophisticated than outside: "We're almost there." Although it was still very crowded, they were walking on the street. Then, suddenly a familiar shout came from behind: "Brother Chen?!!"
Chen Mo's heart skipped a beat. The sudden visit of this unfamiliar voice was like causing an uproar in the calm lake deep in his heart.
But even so, the expression on Chen Mo's face did not change at all: "Well, who is it called?" Zhang Yunjian asked curiously, and then he thought that Chen Mo's surname was Chen: "Brother Chen, is this your name?"
Chen Mo pretended to smile casually and said: "There are so many people named Chen in the world. How about calling me Brother Chen? Let's go."
The gray-haired woman and Wang Zihong didn't think much, and the four of them hurried on again. This time, the woman yelled at Brother Chen's voice getting louder and louder. Zhang Yunjian stopped again and said seriously: "Brother Chen, maybe it's really true." It’s like looking for you.”
Wang Zihong said: "Wait and see? Anyway, there is no rush for this moment."
"Well, it should be someone I know."
Everyone said so, and Chen Mo didn't want to leave anymore. He tried his best to adjust his emotions to the most rational state, and Lin Yuqin also caught up with them at this time.
"List......"
In the scene Lin Yuqin saw, Chen Mo was walking side by side with a woman who was even more beautiful than her. There was a man and a woman behind him.
"What is their relationship?" Lin Yuqin's mind went blank for a moment after her ecstasy: "He...has he made any new friends?"
At this moment, even though Lin Yuqin had a thousand words in her heart and wanted to ask Chen Mo why he left without saying goodbye, but in his eyes that showed almost no emotion, she seemed a little hesitant: "Brother Chen, this... so What a coincidence."
"Well, let's go." Chen Mo turned around as if he were a stranger and motioned for the three of them to move on.
Lin Yuqin's face suddenly turned extremely pale. The three of them were not fools. They naturally saw that they must have some kind of relationship before: "It seems that you have something to deal with. Shall we wait for you in front?" the gray-haired woman asked. With Chen Mo.
"good."
Chen Mo knew that he couldn't be kind today, but he also thought that sooner or later there would be such a day. As the three of them gradually moved away, Lin Yuqin carefully took a few steps forward and grabbed his sleeve with her hand: "Brother Chen. "
"Yes." Chen Mo agreed, but took a step back without leaving any trace, and also retracted the arm she held.
Lin Yuqin felt Chen Mo pulling her back hard. She was like a traveler who was about to drown. While her heart ached so much that she couldn't breathe, her other hand also tightly grabbed the sleeve that was about to be taken away just now.
Chen Mo said calmly: "Let go."
He saw Lin Yuqin's eyes, which were filled with tears. She bit her lips tightly and did not dare to cry. This made Chen Mo feel a little compassion.
But soon, he thought of her choice in the Snowy Mountains, and anger suddenly rose from his heart: "Let go!" He shouted angrily, shocking Lin Yuqin.
Chen Mo looked terrible when he was angry. Lin Yuqin subconsciously loosened her sleeves, turned around and left without mercy. She never thought that Chen Mo would be so heartless. Her father, grandfather, and the Lin family no longer had anything to do with her. Now even Chen Mo She also chose to leave. She felt extremely panicked. She didn't know where the courage came from, and she grabbed my arm again.
"Don't go, Brother Chen..."
"I told you to let go!!"
Chen Mo spoke coldly, and swung his sleeves ruthlessly. A huge force shook Lin Yuqin half a foot away, and she fell to the ground unexpectedly.
Not only was she stunned by such an action, but Chen Mo was also stunned for several breaths. He immediately felt regretful, how could he do this! How could this be? !
His distressed look was instantly concealed: "No, we can't help her! Leave quickly!"
"——Don't delay!"
"Go! Go! Go!"
Chen Mo closed his eyes and forced down the regret in his heart. Without even looking at Lin Yuqin who fell, he left quickly amid the noisy discussions of the monks who were watching.
At this moment, Lin Yuqin had forgotten to cry. Being thrown to the ground with such disgust by him was like throwing her into an abyss where no light could be seen.
what to do? She didn't know what to do. Lin Yuqin looked at Chen Mo who was leaving blankly: How could he be so heartless? Who is that woman? Is she someone he already knew? What should we do now? Where should I go? "
After leaving Chen Mo, Lin Yuqin felt that breathing had become a luxury. No matter what the monks nearby were saying, it seemed to her like a ship that was laughing at her downfall and lost its direction. How should she go? There's no point anymore, it's all over.
The world finally became quiet. She didn't know how long it had passed before an unexpected yet familiar voice sounded in her ears:
"Junior sister Lin, what's wrong with you two?"
