Originated from mountains and seas, life never ends

"Qin Xiao, do you know that you have three days of school and seven classes in total, and you missed three of them?"

In Wenshuxuan, all the instructors were busy with their own work, and occasionally students would come here to ask for answers.

Qin Xiao stood in front of the woman, lowered his head and accepted the scolding.

The woman was wearing a tight shirt, a leather jacket, and a black leather skirt. The hem of the skirt was close to her thighs, revealing her long, straight legs. The tip of her shoes was inlaid with dazzling gems.

The woman looked to be in her twenties or thirties, with a neat bun, delicate eyebrows and a cold face.

"...I probably know." Qin Xiao replied.

"What do you mean by probably?" Qiao Zhiyu sat at the table with her arms folded, brows furrowed, staring at the taciturn boy in front of her.

When she heard that the only evil cultivator in the school was assigned to her class, she was resistant. Such a hot potato was thrown directly to her, and the excuse was that she believed in her ability...

As soon as they met, she was sure that this kid was not a good person. Sure enough, it was only a few days ago, and he missed three classes. Although Qi Yulang had explained it to her, it did not mean that he could be forgiven for being late.

"Haven't we sent you all the lessons you need to take every day? Why is this happening? As far as I know, you don't seem to have any bottlenecks, so why are you late one after another?"

Qin Xiao lowered his eyes and said nothing.

The first time I ran into the wrong classroom, the second time I remembered the time wrong, and the third time was the second class during the afternoon running time.

Qin Xiao did not make any excuses. After all, the problem was indeed with him. Even the third time it was because he did not complete it in time. There was nothing worth explaining.

Qiao Zhinan stared at the silent little brat and became extremely angry.

"Speak up, explain!"

Qiao Zhinan knocked on the table, making a muffled "dong dong" sound.

Qin Xiao was silent for a moment: "There is nothing worth explaining."

"Oh? You mean you did it on purpose?" Qiao Zhinan was almost laughing out of anger, staring at him with raised eyebrows.

"No."

Qiao Zhinan took a deep breath.

Don't worry, don't worry, you can do it.

Qiao Zhinan secretly encouraged herself.

"I hope this kind of situation won't happen again, what do you think?" Qiao Zhinan closed her eyes and said slowly.

"I will try my best." Qin Xiao promised.

Qiao Zhinan let out a long sigh: "Go ahead."

Qin Xiao nodded and left.

"How is it? Is this evil cultivator really a headache?" A male instructor next to Qiao Zhinan raised his glasses and asked with a smile.

"Not really..." Qiao Zhinan stared at Qin Xiao's information on the paper, feeling a little headache, "He's just a kid."

Seeing that she had no intention of chatting more, the man tactfully did not respond and turned back.

……

"What does Professor Qiao want you to do?" Yun Qi asked curiously while chewing on a dry sesame cake.

"Nothing, just asking me if I skipped the class on purpose." Qin Xiao said calmly, looking at the waterfall hanging high on the cliff in front of him.

There are several pavilions built on the path beside the waterfall, which are used for resting and enjoying the scenery, and of course for meditation and practice.

"Ah? How did you answer?" Yun Qi asked nervously.

"No." Qin Xiao was puzzled, "What else?"

Yun Qi: ...

Yun Qi looked at the unconscious boy with a complicated expression.

"Speaking of which...why did you go to this academy?"

Yun Qi decided to change the subject.

"My father found it and said that this place could try to accept evil cultivators."

"Is that it?" Yun Qi was surprised.

"What else?" Qin Xiao looked at him, "Why?"

"I...actually wanted to apply to the academy next door, but I'm not talented enough, and my family...is relatively poor, so they don't have the money to support my schooling." Yun Qi lowered his eyes and looked at the bite marks on the pancake, a little absent-minded, "This academy will provide a subsidy of 50 gold coins every year, so...I came here."

"Why do you want to take the exam next door?"

"Because... there are people I admire there."

Speaking of this, Yun Qi's eyes were full of anticipation.

Qin Xiao raised his eyebrows: "Oh?"

"Do you know... Qin Jichen?"

"I know." Qin Xiao nodded, met his glowing eyes, paused, "It's... him?"

“Yeah.” Yun Qi nodded heavily with a bright smile, “He is very capable. Although he is not from a high-class family, he is not inferior to those children from wealthy families, and he has made many powerful friends…”

"For example, last year, he took the initiative to challenge Xu Qingyun. Although he didn't win, but—"

I didn’t win, so what’s there to admire?

Qin Xiao didn't understand. He looked at Yun Qi who was talking nonstop and immersed in his own world. He became distracted as he listened, and finally came back to his senses after Yun Qi pushed him twice.

"...Then why don't you go find him?" Qin Xiao looked at him, "Since you admire him so much, why don't you go talk to him--"

"How can I be so embarrassed?" Yun Qi's face flushed, as if he was shy, "Besides... I have never seen him."

Qin Xiao: "...I've never seen it before, so why do you admire it?"

"This... it's just a feeling." Yun Qi scratched his head, his eyes wandering around, thinking of something, feeling a little lonely, "It may be because I also have a wind attribute. I saw him winning a duel with others before. Someone mocked the other person, but he refuted without hesitation, and..."

Does this have anything to do with what you just said?

Qin Xiao was somewhat speechless, as he seldom met such a young man who was incoherent. He patiently listened to him expressing his admiration for Qin Jichen.

but……

Qin Xiao's eyes dimmed.

Why didn’t Qin Jichen tell his family about some things?

For example, when he was sparring with Xu Junyi, he got so excited that he was covered in blood and almost died; another example was that he ran to a secret realm where one was in danger of death alone to pick some broken fruit, and when he came out, 50% of his bones were broken; another example was that he failed to break through the Earth Realm, and it took a lot of effort to save his life. His cultivation level regressed to the upper level of the Profound Realm, and there has been no news of him for several months.

...No wonder I couldn't contact him recently.

"How do you know?" Qin Xiao interrupted and asked.

"Ah?" Yun Qi was startled, then explained, "He is very famous. People from both colleges know about this matter, and many people feel sorry for him."

"I don't know if he can make it... It's said that even if a person survives after failing the attack, he will be traumatized and never recover... But he shouldn't be like that, right? I believe in him."

Although he said this, Yun Qi's smile was a little ugly.

"I want to apply to that college... I also want to be able to meet him one day and give him some blessings - although he has so many powerful friends around him, it won't be my turn..." Yun Qi scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly.

Qin Xiao did not answer and looked at the waterfall in silence.

"Ah... I have something else to do, so I'll leave first." Yun Qi stood up and waved goodbye to him.

After taking him away, Qin Xiao stood there in a daze for a while until he remembered something and took out his communication ring.

I thought it would take a long time to get through, but unexpectedly the voice came in less than two seconds.

"Hello? Qin Xiao?"

The young man's cold voice reached his ears, and Qin Xiao slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Mo Hanyu."

Mo Hanyu paused, realizing that Qin Xiao was in a bad mood. He wanted to say something, but after waiting for a moment, he didn't hear the other party mention it, so he didn't bring it up.

"Do you have an academy?" Qin Xiao asked.

"Of course." Mo Hanyu was sitting on an old and tall tree trunk, looking at the dark green mountains in the distance, "I chose the college myself."

"where is it?"

"Secret." Mo Hanyu smiled lightly and teased, "Why, you want to come over?"

“I don’t have that intention for now.”

"Hmph..." Mo Hanyu seemed to have seen something, and his eyes dimmed, "If it's not necessary, don't come."

"Why? Is it bad?"

"It's not bad... just a little annoying."

"Oh?"

"That is... do you still remember the boy in the mountains?" When Mo Hanyu mentioned this, his face darkened a few times, "The one who was so out of tune."

"Ah..." Qin Xiao tried hard to recall, "Maybe——"

"They are the two who forced me to jump off the cliff." Mo Hanyu said unhappily.

"Ah, I remember now." Qin Xiao suddenly understood, "They are here too."

"Yeah..." Mo Hanyu thought of something and couldn't help but grit his teeth, "That unreliable guy...really deserves a beating."

"What did he do to make you so angry?" Qin Xiao laughed at Mo Hanyu's reaction.

Mo Hanyu heard a hint of gloating in his words and snorted coldly: "If you came here, you might be even angrier than me."

"That's not necessarily true." Qin Xiao said with a smile, and told him about the targeting he had undergone in the past two days. "...Now my quilt is still dirty, and I have to borrow that kid's quilt for one night."

Mo Hanyu almost exploded after hearing this: "Why don't you beat them up? They are so easy to talk to?!"

"Why are you so angry..." Qin Xiao was helpless, "It's just a kid's prank, there's no need to get angry..."

"They are all like that!" Mo Hanyu bit his tongue.

"There's no evidence." Qin Xiao was amused to hear him so angry, "Are you even angrier than me?"

"What do you think? Where's the momentum you had on the mountain before? Use it to beat them up!" Mo Hanyu was very disappointed.

"You also said it's on the mountain." Qin Xiao glanced at the steamy waterfall, his eyes faded a little, "I don't want to cause trouble, my father will be embarrassed."

Mo Hanyu paused after hearing what he said and said, "Indeed... after all, your father spent a lot of effort to find this academy for you."

"That's not the reason." Qin Xiao said calmly, "I just... don't want to upset him."

Mo Hanyu sighed slightly. He could understand Qin Xiao's approach, but he felt a little annoyed.

"Are you just going to let people bully you like this?" Mo Hanyu was unhappy.

"How could I be bullied?" Qin Xiao laughed, "Do you think I'm too weak?"

"That's not true..."

Of course, Mo Hanyu would not think of him as a weak and pitiful person, he was just concerned about him out of instinct.

"...If you don't like staying there, you can come here." After hesitating for a moment, he still extended an invitation to him, "Although the conditions here are relatively simple."

"I appreciate your kindness." Qin Xiao chuckled, "Don't think too much. If I really can't stand it, I will come to you."

"Um……"

Only after receiving Qin Xiao's repeated assurances did Mo Hanyu reluctantly hang up the phone.

"Hey, who are you chatting with?"

There was a sudden explosion behind his head, and Mo Hanyu's scalp tightened, and he almost fell forward.

An extremely thin silk thread stuck to his back and pulled him back.

"Why are you so careless?"

The visitor smiled heartlessly.

Mo Hanyu turned around suddenly and saw a young man hanging upside down on a branch higher up, looking at him with a playful grin.

Mo Hanyu: ...

"Are you looking for death, Miao Kaijie?!" Mo Hanyu cursed, "Is this fun?!"

"Um……"

The young man, hanging like a hanged man, tapped his chin, pretended to think for a moment, and suddenly smiled.

"Looking at you, of course you are sure!"

Looking at the young man in front of him with a bright smile, Mo Hanyu felt itchy for the first time.

"…What are you doing here?"

Mo Hanyu suppressed the bulging veins on his forehead and looked unfriendly.

"Of course I'm here for a walk, and to eavesdrop on some gossip." The boy raised his eyebrows in an ambiguous manner, looking at him meaningfully, "Who are you talking to?"

"Why do you care so much?" Mo Hanyu said unhappily, put away the ring and stood up. "Why don't you go and bother your good friend if you're bored? His gossip is definitely more explosive than mine."

“What you said…” The young man chuckled, exerted force on his waist, and suddenly tightened the thin line at his ankles, and sat down on the high branch, “You also said that we are good brothers… How can I bear to watch him have fun.”

"Then you are willing to come and see me?" Mo Hanyu laughed angrily, turned his head and fell to the ground, "Get out of here as far as you can."

"You can't say that..."

His shoulders sank, and the boy put his arm around his shoulders in a familiar manner, leaned in close and said with a smile: "I'm just concerned about you... and we don't know each other very well."

"Since you know you're not familiar with me, just stay away."

The hand on his shoulder suddenly froze, and the ice spread all the way, so fast that it reached his shoulder in the blink of an eye. The boy did not hesitate and used brute force to "tear" his arm off.

"Hiss..." The young man took a breath of cold air and said dissatisfiedly, "So cold?"

"You asked for it." Mo Hanyu said this coldly and walked away without looking back.

Miao Kaijie looked at the receding figure, then looked at his arm that was frozen with some annoyance, and suddenly burst into laughter.

"You seem to enjoy getting into trouble."

There was a sound coming from the darkness behind him. Miao Kaijie turned his head slightly and a tall and gentle-looking young man walked out and looked at him with a smile.

"You seem to be very familiar with him..." Miao Kaijie looked at him, his eyes flashing with an inexplicable light.

"The relationship is indeed closer than yours." The young man smiled slowly, his eyes cold, "...but we can't be considered familiar with each other."

Miao Kaijie snorted and laughed, his eyes narrowed: "It seems... this year will be very interesting."

"Yin Xihui...is that your name?"

"It's so sad. I should have been here a long time ago, right? How come you've been pestering Mo Hanyu these two days and you don't even know my name?" Yin Xihui pretended to be hurt, but the smile in his eyes revealed his true feelings.

"fine--"

Miao Kaijie exerted a little force, and the ice on the outside of his arm instantly shattered into ice chips, which fell to the ground, reflecting the bright white moonlight.

"Actually, I don't remember his name either." Miao Kaijie spread his hands innocently, his arm that had been frozen purple had returned to normal.

"It's just that he's good-looking and it's fun to tease him." Miao Kaijie smiled, and his smile became more playful as he thought of something.

"Then you better be careful." Yin Xihui patted his shoulder, as if with deep meaning, "Don't play with fire and get burned."

"Hum..."

Miao Kaijie met his smiling eyes and smiled back: "Wouldn't it be better if the fire burned more vigorously?"

Yin Xihui withdrew his arm, turned his head, and his smile gradually disappeared.