Originated from mountains and seas, life never ends

Clear water surrounds majestic and winding mountains. Autumn has arrived and the setting sun has dyed half of the mountain into a brilliant golden and red color.

On the river surface, which was shimmering with golden light and flowing smoothly, a man was holding a jade flute, standing tall and graceful, wearing a green dress, and hanging on the water surface. In this river surface, which was surging and changing in a myriad of ways, there was not a single drop of moisture.

The sound of the flute is clear, melodious and endless.

The man stepped on a piece of green tile and drifted very fast. The water under his feet surged in the opposite direction and carried him to the riverside.

The boots landed on the ground, and the music came suddenly. The man let go, and the jade flute suddenly turned into several streams of water, spreading around his body.

"It should... be here." The man thought, looking at the mountains towering into the clouds in front of him. He released his spiritual sense, but frowned.

He didn't feel any Qi from the mountain.

"...Isn't it the wrong place?" The man couldn't help but doubt. After all, the child had lost his way several times before, and this time he was in the mountains. If he gave the wrong place, then it would be really...

"Noisy!"

A deafening roar resounded through the sky. The man was stunned, and a huge claw suddenly appeared from the depths of the forest, landing next to him, and then a huge and ferocious head popped out.

"Human, you're so noisy..."

Taotie looked at the human in front of him grimly. This person was quite skilled in Taoism, and his performance was completely different from those children he had come into contact with. People like Qiu Puyue and Lan Huaiqiu could only cause changes in their surroundings at most, but he...

Can influence heaven and earth.

If he wanted, he could even reverse the flow of rivers and seas and submerge entire mountain ranges.

Although the man had restrained himself, the unintentional change in airflow still made Taotie extremely unhappy.

The man frowned, took a step back and looked at Taotie.

He could remain calm even when facing high-level monsters, but he actually felt a bit of pressure in front of this monster.

Obviously this beast is not that big...

The man didn't have time to think, as the monster in front of him, as tall as a mountain, suddenly shrank in size. After a flash of light, only a man with a normal human size was left.

The man had long hair that reached down to his ankles, with wild brown hair pushed back, a few strands of white hair by his ears that were particularly eye-catching, and his facial features were three-dimensional and deep.

Brilliant golden lines spread from the forehead, across the knife-like profile, down the furry brown neck, across the strong and muscular chest, and finally disappeared between the slim leather suede.

The ferocious and brutal aura was not restrained at all, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes, staring at him with a bit of disgust.

Taotie has changed from his usual lazy and leisurely appearance. At this moment, just one glance at him can make people believe without hesitation that he is a ferocious beast.

The man's attention was instantly tense, staring at the ferocious beast in front of him, not sure what he was going to do.

Taotie vaguely showed his sharp white teeth and just as he raised his hand to do something, a purple light flashed and ran to his side in a hurry.

At a glance, it was twelve.

The man watched the seductive purple-haired monster say something to the ferocious beast. The ferocious beast rolled its eyes three times, and its original anger and annoyance turned into confusion. Then it looked at him again, frowned, and said a few words to the monster next to it as if to confirm. After getting a positive answer, it became frustrated and helpless.

"Are you here to look for someone?" Taotie landed and asked in an angry voice.

"...What does it have to do with you?" The man did not let down his guard.

Taotie rolled his eyes and crossed his arms: "Is your name Qi Yulang?"

Qi Yulang was stunned and frowned: "So what?"

"I don't care if you are right or wrong!" Taotie ran out of patience, waved his arm, turned around and walked away, "I'm telling you, Xiao pointed you in the wrong direction, if you want to find him, follow me."

Qi Yulang: ...

Qi Yulang's expression was complicated.

He really didn't understand what this guy was doing.

But it was obvious that the murderous intent in his body had subsided and his breath had eased a lot. Qi Yulang paused for a moment and then followed him.

Taotie did not give in to him. He turned around, transformed into a beast, and leaped onto the surrounding mountains. He easily passed through the magic circle that had been set up and returned to the academy.

Qi Yulang followed closely behind him and followed him to a courtyard. In the courtyard, a young man was bent over a table, writing something stroke by stroke.

"What are you doing?" Taotie sat down on the table, his feet directly on the paper where Shen Youge was writing, and asked him with his arms folded.

Looking at the stains on the white paper, Qi Yulang couldn't help but frown.

Shen Youge glanced at Taotie but was not angry. He gently pulled out the dirty paper and put it aside, then continued writing on the new paper underneath.

"I'm asking you a question!" Taotie raised his hand to hit someone, but was kicked away by a black shadow.

"What are you—doing?"

Qiongqi said grimly, still maintaining the posture of kicking him—folding his arms and kicking with one foot.

Qiongqi stood on the table, slowly retracted his legs, and looked at Shen Youge: "Why don't you beat him?"

"I can't beat him." Shen Youge blew the ink off the paper and carefully placed it on the pile of writing beside him. He smiled with satisfaction and said, "I'm done."

"What have you accomplished?" Taotie climbed out from the distant cliff with a dusty face, ran over with his teeth bared, and asked while roaring at Qiongqi, "Why are you hitting me?!"

"What do you think?" Qiongqi's pupils shrank suddenly, his nose twitched, and his sharp white teeth were exposed. "You want a beating?"

Taotie's pupils also tightened, and he became a little angry, his teeth became sharper and longer: "You——"

"What are you arguing about?" Shen Youge coughed twice and sorted out what he had written. "I have finished writing the mental method that the child asked me to write."

After that, he looked at Qi Yulang, who looked puzzled, and handed it to him: "Take a look, how is it?"

Qi Yulang was totally baffled. He looked at the boy's eyes which were as soft and bright as water. He hesitated for a moment and then took his eyes. After just two glances, a change of heart occurred in his mind.

Seeing that he had read it, Shen Youge turned his head to look at Taotie Qiongqi who was still acting awkward, and sighed: "What's wrong? Why are you so angry?"

"What do you think?" Taotie said angrily, "He kicked me!"

"Don't you think about what you just did? You have no brain at all." Qiongqi said unhappily.

"What's wrong with me?" Taotie was puzzled.

"You stained my paper, so I had to write again." Shen Youge was as happy as a spring breeze. "I calculated the time so that I could finish writing when he arrived."

Taotie:......

After hearing what he said, Taotie recalled silently, and it seemed to be true, and his aura weakened.

Seeing him like this, Qiongqi sneered and rolled his eyes.

Seeing that they had calmed down, Shen Youge turned to Qi Yulang and asked, "What do you think?"

"Ah?" Qi Yulang didn't even hear his words clearly at first. He looked up suddenly, met his gaze, and then he said "oh" a few times in a daze, paused for two seconds, and came to his senses.

"Which predecessor created this mental method? It is extremely exquisite. This is the first time I have seen it—"

"So it's okay?" Shen Youge asked him with a smile.

"Of course." Qi Yulang nodded affirmatively. After a while, he realized something and slowly turned his head, looking at him in shock. "This... was written by you?"

"You can say that." Shen Youge nodded in response, smiling broadly, "I created this based on a set of music. I was a little unsure whether it would work before. Now that you say so, it seems there is no problem."

"you--"

Qi Yulang looked at him carefully for a moment, frowned, and asked hesitantly, "May I ask how old you are?"

"It's just the 15th this year." Shen Youge said with a smile.

Qi Yulang was struck by lightning: "Ten... fifteen?!"

In the end, he even lost his voice.

"What's so surprising about this?" Taotie didn't understand.

"Who knows?" Qiongqi didn't understand either.

"Oh my god...why didn't you tell me earlier?"

A fiery red figure flashed, and Xia Wuliao appeared here in a hurry. He raised his hand and patted Shen Youge heavily, smiling grimly: "We have guests today..."

"I just found out about it too." Shen Youge said innocently.

It's impossible to believe him.

Xia Wule glanced at him unhappily, then turned around and saluted Qi Yulang with a smile: "Our dean is not here today, I am sorry for not welcoming you in person. What brings you here, senior?"

"I..." Qi Yulang looked at her and naturally saw her identity as an evil cultivator. He then looked at Shen Youge who was rubbing her shoulders and opened his mouth, "I came to find Qin Xiao."

"Qin Xiao?" Xia Wu was stunned. "Oh, him... Then will you come with me? Or should I call him over?"

Xia Wule was obviously not very good at this kind of reception work. He was serious for only a few seconds, then scratched his head and looked at Shen Youge.

"He's here." Shen Youge said leisurely.

Xia Wuliao raised his eyebrows. Qi Yulang was stunned. The next second, lightning flashed, and as expected, Qin Xiao appeared here.

"What do you want to talk to me about - Teacher Qi?" Qin Xiao was about to ask, but when he saw Qi Yulang out of the corner of his eye, he turned around and called out.

"Ah...Qin Xiao." Qi Yulang met Qin Xiao's surprised look and nodded at him.

Qi Yulang looked at the mental method in his hand, calmed himself down, returned it to Shen Youge, and turned to look at Qin Xiao: "I came to you because I wanted to ask you how you are doing recently."

"I... am fine." Qin Xiao nodded, looked at Qi Yulang, and exchanged a glance with Shen Youge as if they had telepathic connection, and suddenly understood something.

So it was him.

Qin Xiao suddenly understood and nodded.

Suddenly, Qin Xiao noticed Qi Yulang's words: "So? Then what are you going to do today——"

"I came to ask you if you want to go back." Speaking of this, Qi Yulang had a complicated expression, and glanced at the people gathered nearby, wanting them to leave. But it was obvious that they had no sense, so he had no choice but to ask Qin Xiao if he could go to a quiet place.

Qin Xiao looked at a few people thoughtfully and nodded.

The two of them walked along the path in the woods.

"why?"

Qin Xiao asked until there was no one around.

"Didn't I drop out of school?"

"Something unexpected happened...your elder brother." Qi Yulang had a calm expression and pursed his lips. "Also, the Pei family wants you to become their disciple."

"What does it mean to become their disciple?" Qin Xiao was puzzled.

"It's equivalent to an out-of-family heir." Qi Yulang's eyes were complicated, "They want to recognize you as their child, maybe because of your elder brother's accident--"

"What accident?" Qin Xiao stopped and looked at him.

“He should have told you that recovery requires refining a few rare medicinal herbs into pills, and then retreating to absorb them. This way, it may be possible to reach the Earth Realm again in a short period of time.

"Yes, I told you." Qin Xiao frowned slowly, "Aren't those medicinal herbs all here?"

"...No, I heard that there is still one ingredient missing." Qi Yulang shook his head, his voice a little heavy, "His master originally thought that if that one ingredient was missing, there would be no problem, but he didn't expect that there was something wrong with those herbs. The elixir he refined did not have a restorative effect, but instead..."

Qi Yulang hesitated: "Afterwards, his master said that it was incredible to gather so many herbs in such a short time. He should have suspected the problem of the herbs earlier. Unfortunately-"

"It can't be a problem with the herbs." Qin Xiao said coldly.

He believed in Meng Liyun.

Qi Yulang paused, stared at him, and did not ask why. Instead, he changed the subject: "Now they are looking for a medicinal herb called hibiscus leaf to stabilize your brother's soul. Your brother is still in a coma, and several doctors are repairing his soul, but he could be in danger at any time. So... I came here, one, I want you to go back to see him, and the other is to give an answer to the Pei family."

"...Where is my father?" Qin Xiao asked after a moment of silence.

"Your father is already in Yangtianzhou, protecting him."

"..." Qin Xiao's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, his fists clenched unconsciously, and he lowered his eyes in thought.

"What's wrong?" There was a sound suddenly coming from above his head, and the black-haired boy fell straight down like a hanged ghost.

Qi Yulang: ...

Although he had a feeling about it, he really didn't expect the boy to appear in this way.

Qin Xiao gave him a nasty look and said, "Something's wrong."

Miao Kaijie raised his eyebrows: "What's the matter?"

"It has nothing to do with you." Qin Xiao shook his head.

"What you said is... so polite." Miao Kaijie was hit hard and said sadly.

Qin Xiao: ...

Qin Xiao didn't want to pay attention to him.

"Let me ask." Finally, Qin Xiao left after saying this.

Qi Yulang looked at his departing back, frowned slowly, and was also a little worried.

"What's the matter?" Miao Kaijie asked him curiously.

Although Qi Yulang didn't know what his relationship with Qin Xiao was, he could see that Qin Xiao didn't want him to know, so he shook his head.

Seeing this, Miao Kaijie shrugged helplessly, sat back on the tree trunk, and left after a while.

Qi Yulang stood in the forest for a moment and suddenly thought of a question.

Where should he go to wait for news from Qin Xiao?

Qi Yulang: ...

"Don't worry." Shen Youge looked at Qin Xiao who was running towards him in a hurry, and smiled to comfort him, "What's wrong?"

"What do you think?" Qin Xiao pursed his lips. He didn't believe that Bai Ze didn't know this.

Shen Youge shook his head twice, still looking unhurried.

Seeing him like this, Qin Xiao was anxious but helpless, so he turned to Xia Wule and asked for leave.

"What are you doing?" Xia Wuliao asked him.

"My eldest brother is in trouble, and I want to go and see him." Qin Xiao pursed his lips, his brows almost frowning together.

"Something happened to your family?" Xia Wu was stunned, a little surprised, "Ah... Then go ahead, I'll talk to the old man later, are you with the senior just now?"

"I..." Qin Xiao hesitated. He didn't know whether to look for Fusang first or what. His anxiety was getting stronger and stronger. Just when he couldn't bear it anymore, he was held by a cool hand.

"Calm down, kid." Shen Youge patted his hands and smiled soothingly.

Qin Xiao looked at him and said nothing.

Shen Youge turned to Taotie and asked, "Did you bring the things?"

"...Hmm." Taotie came over reluctantly, scratched his armpits and waist, and took out two exaggeratedly large leaves.

"Here, two leaves plucked from the hibiscus tree."