Originated from mountains and seas, life never ends

To the west of Yuhua, there are towering mountains that intersect with the stars. The valleys are endless, evergreen all year round, and the leaves are lush. Many ghost legends are widely circulated.

The nearest city to Xingchen and this mountain range is dozens of miles away, and most of the routes are waterways. It would take a lot of time to take the dirt road.

On the east side of the mountain closest to the city, there is a college built on the mountainside, surrounded by mountains on three sides and with smooth waterways.

The name of this academy is Jade Stone. Although it is very large, once you enter, you may not see a single person in ten minutes. It is very different from those bustling Qi cultivation academies.

Inside the academy, a man who was picking fruits on a ladder paused, stuffed the juicy fruits in his hand into the basket, and his usual kind smile changed as his eyes shone.

"Really? Someone else is coming? Students or teachers?"

The man's temples were already gray, and his short hair that only reached his neck also had large patches of silver. His face looked a little old, but his eyes were bright.

A ball of light suddenly appeared on the man's shoulder, and then a strange-looking little animal appeared, sat on his shoulder and scratched his ear.

"Student, according to what you said, he is a born evil cultivator." Shebishi glanced at him, "That person was not satisfied with his life in that academy and wanted him to come here."

"Of course, if he doesn't mind." The man jumped off the ladder as soon as his feet were free, raising a cloud of dust when he landed on the ground.

"How's the kid?"

Shebishi recalled the scene a few years ago and tilted his head: "It's very worry-free."

"He's still a good kid." The man looked at the bright red fruit in his hand and smiled, "... Not bad, if your old friend doesn't mind, you can let him come over."

"……Um."

"Old man, what are you dawdling about here for?"

The puzzled voice of a young girl came from not far away. The man looked up and saw the girl in fiery red, with her hands on her waist, her long fiery red hair falling like waves to her waist, shining brightly in the sunlight.

The man's face suddenly fell. He took two steps at a time and walked up to the girl. He closed her collar, which she had deliberately opened, and pulled it in with force.

"I've told you to wear something warm. Autumn is coming soon. What if you catch a cold?" the man lectured her with a stern face. He had a headache when he saw her wearing clothes that exposed her collarbone, belly button, and thighs.

The girl curled her lips in disdain: "How is it possible? I have already reached the Profound Realm. With my level of cultivation, how could I easily catch a cold?"

"You're just being stubborn, but next time you have a fever and lie in bed, don't whimper." The man poked her head with a look of disappointment.

"That happened so many years ago..." The girl covered her head.

The man shook his head. Seeing her like this, he changed the subject: "A student will be coming here soon. Take a look at what he thinks."

"Students? Isn't this time period past the enrollment period?" The girl raised her eyebrows. "The Idiot Academy next door stopped accepting students two months ago."

"You also know that our college is in a special situation. It's enough to have a few students with good character come. Don't worry about the time..." The man heard the hidden meaning in her words and frowned, "Don't always think the worst. Look at those two little boys. Didn't they come more than a month late before? Aren't they doing well now?"

"Well... Xiao Mo is really good, but the other one... is too noisy." The girl thought of something and a few black lines appeared on her forehead.

"Hey, isn't it a good thing for young people to be energetic? Look, he has even motivated Han Yu." The man laughed as if he thought of some interesting scene.

“…Is that called motivation?”

The girl recalled their relationship and couldn't help asking, "Isn't that asking for trouble?"

"Well, anyway, I think kids like him are pretty good. Look at Han Yu, he's always quiet... Although he's not as good as Chen Mo, he's almost there. He can even be provoked by that kid. Isn't that a bit more youthful?"

"Do you have some misunderstanding about the boy..." The girl twitched her lips.

The man laughed and patted her head: "Xia... I really hope you can make more friends."

"...I know." The girl lowered her mouth and said calmly.

"So you should learn from Kaijie, that kid, who is so energetic."

"If I had done this, I would have been put in the sack many times."

"Well, who dares to trick you when you say that?"

"Humph... then Chen Mo dares."

"Forget it. You can't do it if you don't want him to."

"..."

……

"Have you decided yet?"

Qi Yulang looked at Qin Xiao, who remained silent, with a frown on his face.

He really didn't expect Qin Xiuyun to make such a decision.

"I...can do it." Qin Xiao lowered his eyes and nodded in front of everyone, "I'm really not very comfortable here."

Qi Yulang thought of what he had heard before and his knuckles clenched slightly. Although he felt heavy-hearted, he could not say anything to try to keep her.

Actually, it was Qiao Zhinan's job to communicate and negotiate with his parents, so it was useless for him to say anything...

Mang Ling slumped on the sofa like a big boss, looking straight at Qi Yulang, seemingly thinking about something, or just in a daze.

Qi Yulang was frightened by his stare and couldn't help but ask "What's wrong?"

"If you can't bear to leave him, you can go with him." Mang Ling's eyes were full of white. If his head wasn't pointed straight at this side, one would doubt where his gaze was fixed. "They just happen to be in need of teachers over there."

Qi Yulang: ...

Is this... poaching people in a blatant way?

"How did you know?" Ye Lanshu asked as she put away her umbrella.

"Shebishi is over there." Mang Ling looked at her, "I don't know why she's following that human."

"you know?"

"do not know."

"..."

"Are you... going to go see Yun Qi?" Qi Yulang guessed that Qiao Zhinan would be here soon. Ever since she knew their plan, she spoke as if it was the last time they would see each other.

"...No." Qin Xiao thought for a moment and shook his head, "I heard that his parents don't like evil cultivators."

"..." Qin Xiuyun's eyes showed pain.

He felt sorry for Qin Xiao for being able to say it so calmly.

Qin Xiao was stunned when he suddenly felt a warm palm on the back of his hand. He looked at Qin Xiuyun and laughed when he met his slightly self-blaming eyes.

"It's not a big deal."

Qin Xiao knew that Qin Xiuyun was blaming himself for not being able to give him a normal Qi cultivation physique, but deep down he really didn't think it was a big deal and shook his fingers back.

Ye Lanshu watched the implicit yet warm communication between father and son, and was so moved that she almost burst into tears.

It's not in vain, it's really not in vain...

She wanted to tell her brothers and sisters in detail what she had seen this time.

So touching, so difficult...

...Qi Yulang looked at her wiping her tears with a puzzled look on his face.

Mang Ling...

Mang Ling was very disgusted.

After the discussion, the subsequent process became smooth. Qiao Zhinan agreed without much persuasion. After all, she didn't want to take on this hot potato in the first place, and she felt helpless to be forced to take it.

Qin Xiuyun saw that she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes dimmed slightly, and he said nothing.

When asked if he wanted to go back to the dormitory to pack his things, Qin Xiao refused.

"There's nothing to clean up." Qin Xiao replied.

Qi Yulang escorted him all the way to the door, where he saw a young man standing.

Qin Xiao didn't realize who he was at first, until he saw him kneeling down with a righteous look on his face, then he had a slight guess.

"Thank you... for saving my brother."

Yun Qi's cousin fell to the ground with his limbs and head lowered to the ground. Facing the various looks from passers-by, he shouted, "I was wrong to target you before. I'm sorry!!"

"If you are still angry with me, I... can let you do whatever you want without any complaints."

Qin Xiao: ...

Qin Xiao was stunned. He had never expected this to happen.

Staring at the strange looks from everyone, Qin Xiao blinked and decided to turn a corner and avoid him.

"Wait!" The young man grabbed his feet again and looked at him, "Yun Qi can't get out of bed yet. It's my fault for being hostile to you at the beginning. I--"

"You don't have to be like this." Qin Xiao finally spoke, breaking free from his shackles and looking down at him. "I don't have any feelings for you. You don't have to change your opinion of all evil cultivators because of this. Aren't the things that Yun Qi suffered also caused by evil cultivators?"

"If you really want to make amends, you should grow your brain and have more independent thinking and judgment skills."

Qin Xiao tapped his temple and said coolly.

Listening to Qin Xiao's seemingly abusive words, Ye Lanshu smiled knowingly.

Sure enough, it's still the same child as before...

Ye Lanshu looked at Qin Xiao's back, and her eyes reflected the last time she saw him in her previous life.

Tall, powerful... and yet fragile.

There was another accident on the way out. The new membrane that had just been installed on the door was broken again.

Qi Yulang sensed something and looked towards Mang Ling.

Mang Ling had a blank expression on his face, still looking as if he felt nothing.

This made Qi Yulang doubt whether he had guessed wrong.

"Tell me when you get to the new college. I'll come visit you when I'm free." Qi Yulang had heard rumors about that college and handed the communication ring to Qin Xiao. "See you later."

Qin Xiao followed Qin Xiuyun and sat on the Lieju. He accepted the ring and nodded to him: "Goodbye."

Lieju flew up into the sky in the blink of an eye. Mangling Ye Lanshu still sat on it as usual.

"The location is here." Mang Ling stretched out two fingers and pointed a dot of gray light into Qin Xiao's forehead. "I'll see you like this next time. Wait."

Qin Xiao broke out in a cold sweat: "I know...I know."

Mang Ling glanced at him coldly, then grabbed Ye Lanshu, who was still chatting and laughing with Qin Xiuyun, and jumped away, disappearing without a trace.

As Qin Xiuyun was talking, he realized that the other person was gone:...

"Are we going there?" Qin Xiao digested the information given by Mang Ling and looked at Qin Xiuyun.

"Tomorrow, let's go home today." Qin Xiuyun touched his head with a complicated look in his eyes, "I'm sorry... I just want you to be able to--"

"No need to say more." Qin Xiao interrupted him and shook his head. "It was all for my own good, but the result was not satisfactory."

Qin Xiuyun was silent for a moment and then let out a long sigh.

After returning home, Qin Jiuyuan, who had no news, was stunned when she saw Qin Xiao. She stood there for a long time and said, "I... haven't reached the ninth stage yet. The time is too short..."

When she said this, her eyes were filled with sorrow and she looked at Qin Xiao with tears in her eyes.

Qin Xiao: ...

He explained everything to Qin Jiuyuan in a few words and then exchanged a few moves with her.

The next day, Qin Xiuyun rode his fierce horse to take him to the academy again.

I landed on the mountainside, stood in front of the college, and looked at the environment of the college.

There was a recliner at the entrance of the academy, on which lay lazily a young girl with a plump figure and long legs, and fiery red hair falling on her shoulders. When she heard the noise, she looked over here.

Qin Xiuyun was stunned when he saw her sexy outfit.

"You are the student that our dean promised you would be, right?" The girl looked at Qin Xiao, walked out of the courtyard gate, and said with a smile, "My name is Xia Wule, I am also a student of this college, and I am also a natural evil cultivator."

As he spoke, black flames ignited in the palm of his hand and he looked at Qin Xiao with a smile.

Qin Xiao looked at her: "Qin Xiao."

"Well... hello, junior, I'm fifteen years old, older than you both in age and grade." Xia Wule pointed at himself and said with a smile.

"...Oh." Qin Xiao thought for a moment, "Hello, senior sister."

"You're welcome." Xia Wuliao looked at Qin Xiuyun, "If you're interested, you can come in and take a look."

"……please."

Xia Wuliao took them around the academy. It must be said that most of this academy is in its original ecological environment, without so many strange Qi instruments. Except for the teaching buildings and dormitories, everything looks like the mountain itself, with vegetation spreading and weeds growing everywhere.

"You should have heard that our college was founded not long ago, only a few years ago. And because it is quite special, few teachers are willing to come here. But don't worry, although we have few teachers, not much money, and not very good conditions, but..., but——"

Xia Wulai kept repeating "but" for a long time but couldn't come up with a clear answer. He laughed and said firmly: "But we have freedom!"

Qin Xiuyun: ...

After walking around, Qin Xiuyun looked at Qin Xiao. He was not very satisfied, but he wanted to hear Qin Xiao's opinion.

"...Okay." Qin Xiao didn't have any requirements. He always took things as they came. What's more, he heard that he had acquaintances in this academy.

Qin Xiuyun no longer objected.

Before leaving, Qin Xiuyun checked in several directions and found that the academy was located in a remote area and it would take a while to get to the nearest town or city. He wanted to keep the monster, but after Qin Xiao strongly objected, he could only give him a lot of gold coins.

"If you are short of money, ask me again." Qin Xiuyun touched his head, waved his hand and left.

After Qin Xiao watched him leave, he followed Xia Wule to the boys' dormitory.

Although it was a boys' dormitory, Xia Wule opened the door and felt as free as if he were at home.

"We originally had a lot of dormitories, but because there were fewer people, we merged them into a few. Now we have a large space but fewer rooms." Xia Wule said to him, pushing open the door, "You must be lonely living alone. There are only two people living in this room, so it's more than enough for you."

The wooden door opened, and Qin Xiao was stunned when he saw the person sitting on the bed opposite the door.

"Mo Hanyu?"

Xia Wu raised his eyebrows: "Do you two know each other?"

Qin Xiao looked at Mo Hanyu who was practicing with his eyes closed and legs crossed, and paused: "I know him."

"That's even better, we have friends together." Xia Wule couldn't help but rub his head.

Qin Xiao had totally not expected her action and was frozen for a moment.

The feel is really good.

Xia Wule thought about it and looked into the room again. He didn't see the person he wanted to see and felt a little disappointed: "Then you can live here. If you don't understand anything, you can ask him. If you still don't understand, you can ask me."

"OK, thanks."

"You don't have to be so polite..." Xia Wuliao smiled, and suddenly reached out and pinched his face, "It's really soft."

Qin Xiao: ...