On the afternoon of the third day, on the streets of Nanmen Street.
The two walked side by side, walking leisurely.
Xu Zhenyun was originally unwilling to perform actions like "recharging his energy"; but with a calm mind and the thought of "there is nothing in the first place", he treated it as a real vacation and immediately realized that this was a good thing. .
After playing for two days, on the third day, Ji Xiaohua, who had been in seclusion for more than twenty days unexpectedly, finally came out.
At this moment, the young man in rich clothes and robes walking side by side with Xu Zhenyun on the street was none other than Ji Xiaohua.
Today Xu Zhenyun and Ji Xiaohua accompanied Ran Chuchu and Xu Qingshuang on their shopping trip, preparing to buy some odds and ends; but because Xu Zhenyun had experience in front of them, they were quite familiar with it.
Both of them carried a rather large green bamboo basket on their backs.
After walking for a while, Xu Zhenyun suddenly asked: "When is your wedding date with my sister?"
Ji Xiaohua's sharp eyes glanced gently and said calmly: "In half a month."
Xu Zhenyun thoughtfully nodded slowly and said: "There will still be some days."
Ji Xiaohua was startled, but a smile gradually appeared on her face, and she said: "I forgot; you are an anomaly in the world. Your perception of time is very different from mine."
When Ji Xiaohua said "half a month later", she originally meant "almost"; but Xu Zhenyun's perception was "there will still be some time". But after examining Xu Zhenyun’s experience during the period after he entered Taoism, it seems quite normal to have such a perception!
After walking for more than a hundred steps, Ji Xiaohua said, "How sure are you about tomorrow?"
Xu Zhenyun didn't answer, but suddenly turned his head to the west, stretched out his finger and pointed upward - the place he pointed at was the bright, orange sunset - and said quietly: "What color is the sun?"
Ji Xiaohua paused for a moment, not thinking about what Xu Zhenyun seemed to be hiding in it, and said very confidently: "Half red and half yellow, of course it is orange."
Xu Zhenyun shook his head repeatedly and said seriously: "It's black."
Ji Xiaohua pretended to tap Xu Zhenyun on the head, and said angrily: "You brat, why are you trying to play riddles with me? Tell me about your fallacies."
Xu Zhenyun smiled slightly, vaguely showing his teeth, and puffed up his chest slightly and said: "At first, I naturally thought it was orange; but if I have faith in my heart and think it is black, the more I look at it, the darker it becomes, which is better than the long night. "
Ji Xiaohua said thoughtfully: "So pessimistic?"
Xu Zhenyun shook his head vigorously and said calmly: "It's just a true thought; who knows whether it's right or wrong? I just assumed that I had returned to the state of mind when I saw the words 'Liuhe Linglong Pagoda'."
What Xu Zhenyun said just now means that it breaks the intuitive "perception". Thinking from the opposite side, it seems that the more you think about it, the more true it becomes, which is completely reversed.
It’s about the attitude of tomorrow’s fight.
After Su Jingrong said that reason, Xu Zhenyun switched to a "cautious" attitude and re-observed. For some reason, he became more and more pessimistic in the past two days. It seems that even the words "lion fighting rabbit" cannot be said; it has simply become an "impossible challenge".
Such thoughts are very similar to the meaning of experiencing the "Liuhe Exquisite Pagoda"!
Ji Xiaohua thought carefully for a while and said: "This is your metaphor, but it's not very appropriate after all. Liuhe Linglong Tower means death if you don't live, and death if you win. There is no other way except success."
"But the current challenge of your 'eight-level ranking' is not the case. After all, this is just a matter of whether you win quickly or slowly; even if you don't win this round, you will not die; in the future, you will reach an extremely high level. It’s still a high probability event.”
"So, you might as well deal with it with a normal mind."
Xu Zhenyun's expression suddenly became serious, he shook his head repeatedly and said, "This is something I cannot take lightly."
"It seems that success can be a joy, failure can be a joy, advancement can be a retreat, salt can be salty... I mean, is this really the case?"
"Many times, you think that you have opportunities, capital, and a way out; but as time passes, you may not think so anymore; then you will suddenly realize that it is too late to miss the only opportunity in this life?"
Ji Xiaohua was stunned.
Xu Zhenyun smiled slightly and said: "Since this matter can be more difficult than expected, of course we must do it with the determination to burn the boat; there is no retreat."
Ji Xiaohua stared at Xu Zhenyun for a long time and said slowly: "You taught me a lesson."
The two walked away along the street, their long shadows swaying, extremely vivid.
…
Last night was the first time Ji Xiaohua served dinner at the Xu family as a "quasi-son-in-law".
After dinner, everyone went to bed very early because there were no special entertainment activities. Xu Zhenyun even considered whether to carry "Mahjong" home.
But without entertainment activities, the boudoir fun between husband and wife can start earlier.
In the early morning of the next day, Xu Zhenyun specially put on the new socks that Ran Chuchu had knitted for him. After leaving a passionate kiss, he arrived in front of the teleportation array relatively on time, ready to "go out".
Ping Shui waited in the middle for a while, and Mu Qingyun, Xiang Tianwen, and Mu Xueqing appeared one after another.
Xiang Tianwen still had a lively attitude. After seeing Xu Zhenyun, he greeted Xu Zhenyun affectionately; then he scratched his head and looked a little impatient.
"Alas, it's Xu Zhenyun's moment again... and this time it's his stage alone. I'm not even a deputy; I'm just an audience... When will I be the only protagonist and assume an important mission? I'm Chaoyin too. Mister’s favored one? Is there such a big gap between the number one favored person and the second favored one?”
From the Daoxin chessboard, the voice of the little golden man "asking to the sky" came.
"Xu Zhenyun. Regardless of success or failure, we are with you."
Xu Zhenyun was stunned and looked at Mu Xueqing, who was less than a foot away from him.
Mu Xueqing said such kind and even slightly disgusting words, which were not much different from the sun rising from the west.
Because of this "re-examination", the "white" that was already relatively familiar became very exciting again, like a piece of suet-fat jade stuck in front of me.
"Big White Sheep is well-deserved..." Xu Zhenyun said in his heart; he didn't notice that "Big White Sheep" was actually his own nickname.
Did Mu Xuan know some secret information? Especially that he knew that today's battle to establish the "eighth-level ranking" would be more important and more difficult than imagined?
"That should be it..."
After thinking about it, Xu Zhenyun smiled and replied: "Thank you."
Although there are only two words, and they are the most common words; but coupled with his current expression, it is not perfunctory at all, showing his sincerity.
Mu Xueqing smiled brightly.
It is also a very rare picture.
Xiang Tianwen tilted his head, glanced at Xu Zhenyun, then at Mu Xueqing, scratched his head slightly, very suspicious.
However, the overall atmosphere today was still "bland"; except for the four parties involved, including Xu Zhenyun, Su Jingrong, Mu Xuan, Mu Zijin, and even Mu Xiuxin did not appear.
Although Mu Qingyun was here, she kept her eyes closed slightly, as if she hadn't slept well last night; and she didn't give any guidance on Xu Zhenyun's "competition" after entering the formation, as if she wanted to leave everything to Xu Zhenyun himself.
Three days ago, I entered Tianyuan Temple, also in the morning, but I had to add the time I spent practicing Breakthrough.
Calculating it now, it's probably not that far apart.
Sure enough, after waiting for a while, the scene in front of me, the image of the "second floor illusion", suddenly disappeared. A looming tower appeared in front of Xu Zhenyun for the third time!
Mu Qingyun moved from stillness and stood up instantly, but his movements were not urgent. He said calmly: "Let's go."
Xu Zhenyun nodded slowly and walked towards Xu with firm and powerful steps.
After a while, a group of four people came to the familiar location "in front of the tower".
After the scenery became clear, Xu Zhenyun's eyes suddenly condensed.
Slightly faster than a group of four people, there are two directions, three people in each direction, walking with clear goals; looking from a distance, it seems that ten people have made an appointment at a time and place to gather here.
There are three people to the left, the young man in the lead looks familiar and unfamiliar; look at them carefully. Coupled with the glimpse of this person's temperament in the inner layer of the ink robe, Xu Zhenyun immediately found an anchor——
Lin Ziwei!
Behind him were two young monks with about seventh-level cultivation. These two people were dignified in appearance and gentle in demeanor. However, they were very tall, almost half a head taller than Lin Ziwei, and no taller than Xu Zhenyun. inferior.
When they met at this moment, the two of them refused to lose their calm attitude, and couldn't help but carefully look at Xu Zhenyun and his party.
The person coming from the other direction was none other than Shu Hansu, wearing a dragon-patterned robe and a wooden hairpin in a high bun!
There were also two people behind her; but one of them was a ninth-level cultivation girl who looked like a timid yellow-haired girl, with a sense of malnutrition and thinness, and a pair of big eyes that rolled around; the other one was a seventh-level person with a rather decent manner. Tsing Yi man.
Shu Hansu and Mu Qingyun looked at each other and said nothing.
Immediately, Shu Hansu turned his eyes to Xu Zhenyun, smiled slightly, but also with a graceful and upright demeanor, and calmly said: "Xu Zhenyun, I haven't seen you for a while; you are growing up very fast."
Lin Ziwei also nodded slightly to herself.
For those who didn’t know, they thought they were Xu Zhenyun’s two elders.
The key is that in Xu Zhenyun's mental perception, he did not sense any hidden threats or hostility in his smile; it was just pure "concern".
Xu Zhenyun handles questions very decisively - if it is not suitable to share with others, then hide it in your heart, record it in the record, and observe calmly; if it is possible to ask questions directly, then ask them directly and never stay overnight.
However, Xu Zhenyun was not sure whether the sound transmitted by the spirit body would be sensed; he was afraid that he would be underestimated.
But with a change of mind, the effect of the "square mirror" in the Jade Rabbit Cave still exists.
Immediately, Xu Zhenyun's mind came through and asked: "Master, is this a special etiquette? Are everyone in Tianyuan Temple so polite?"
(End of chapter)
