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When Ling Yan and Fang Baiyu were chatting casually, the crowd around them suddenly stirred up, as if a piece of hot iron had been thrown into the boiling water.

"Who is this?" One person asked the disciple next to him.

The inner disciple who was asked craned his neck to look, shook his head, and replied: "I don't know, I haven't seen it, but it seems to be of high status."

Another inner disciple joined their conversation and expressed his conjecture: "I guess, it may be that a certain high-ranking elder came out of seclusion after a long period of retreat. Maybe he came here to express his condolences. Take ours."

The other two thought about it and felt that what he said was reasonable.

Ling Yan was relatively close to the three chatting, but he had no time to pay attention to their conversation at the moment, his mind was full of surprise and doubt.

Cheng Wuming...how did he come here?

Ling Yan stood in the crowd, raised his head in the night lights, the warm light shone on his face, reflecting a faint golden light.

Of course, at this moment, no one paid attention to an ordinary inner disciple in the crowd.

All the people are concentrated on the top of the cliff.There gathered many search disciples dressed in dark blue robes, and they were methodically descending into the cave in batches to conduct the so-called "cave security inspection".

At some point, a man in white appeared on the top of the cliff.Not only the clothes are as white as snow, but even the exposed skin is not stained with dust.

The clear moonlight shone from behind him, and for a moment it was hard to tell whether the moonlight was brighter or this person was brighter.

He stood with his hands behind his back, standing on the top of a high mountain, and the disciples wearing dark blue robes on the top of the cliff saluted and greeted him one after another, showing a very unified awe.

"Nothing." With a gentle smile on his face, Teng Wuming nodded to signal the search disciples to get up, "I just passed by for a walk, so I stopped by to have a look. You are busy with your work."

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Ling Yan always felt that Qi Wuming's eyes seemed to stay on him for a moment, and then he dismissed it as if nothing had happened, as if he just glanced over by accident.

Fang Baiyu was already very sleepy at this time, his head tilted, and he slept on Ling Yan's shoulder.

He keenly noticed a line of sight sweeping over here, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and he lazily opened his eyes a crack.

Has it been discovered?

The corners of Fang Baiyu's mouth were raised, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes. He raised his eyes and looked lazily towards the top of the cliff, adding a bit of provocation.

Ling Yan didn't know what the friend beside him was thinking, he was full of annoyance at the moment.Why did you agree to stay here with Fang Baiyu?He had seen the cultivation level of Cheng Wuming before, so that person might be able to discover the identity of Fang Baiyu's monster clan with just a single glance.

From that glance just now, it is estimated that Fang Baiyu has been exposed in the other party's eyes.

Ling Yan had one word in his mind at this moment - regret!

Fang Baiyu likes to behave recklessly and mischievously, and it's not clear to him.He should have left here immediately, even if he hid in the Library Pavilion, it would be a good choice.

If time can go backwards, Ling Yan will definitely take Fang Baiyu away regardless of 21, and take him to a place where there are few people to hide.

Fortunately, Qi Wuming didn't make any other movements after seeing Fang Baiyu, and looked away as usual.

This made Ling Yan feel a little relieved.

If Ling Yan understood correctly, Qi Wuming had seen it and pretended not to see it, which meant to help them conceal it.

Ling Yan thought to himself: Elder Li is really a good man!

The moonlight is like frost, reflecting the world.In the thick night, the lights in Qingyun were dimmed, and the warm light shrouded the surroundings.

The cool night wind swept across the ground leisurely, the sky blue robe was blown, and the corners of the clothes fluttered up and down.

After realizing it, Ling Yan remembered what the disciple he met here said.He said that today's matter was proposed by Qi Wuming.He said that what happened today seems to be related to the Yaozu.

That is to say...it has been discovered long ago.

Ling Yan frowned slightly.How did he discover Fang Baiyu's existence?This is something Ling Yan can't figure out.

The monster race is different from the demon cultivator. They can freely retract and release the aura around them. Under normal circumstances, the monster aura will not leak out.

Ling Yan thought of his recent behavior.In the name of improving one's cultivation, going to work in the spirit beast garden and the herb garden to obtain spiritual food... This seems normal.

During the busy days in the medicinal herb garden, the rank of Ling Yan's spirit fruit has been continuously improved.He thought it was wrong at first, and when he asked Wuming, the other party replied indifferently: "It's just some ordinary spiritual fruit."It made Ling Yan feel embarrassed.

He had to work harder to alleviate the discomfort a little.

Thinking about it now, Ling Yan, who brought back high-level spiritual fruits from the herb garden every now and then, did not improve his cultivation as he should. This in itself is a suspicious thing.

Whether it is a spiritual fruit or a spiritual egg, it is not suitable for long-term storage.The sooner you consume it, the better the effect.As the storage time becomes longer, the aura inside will gradually lose.

Any Taoist cultivator with a little bit of common sense would eat all of them on the day he received them.

Ling Yan suddenly realized that he might have accidentally exposed Fang Baiyu's existence to Qi Wuming.Now he can almost simulate the reasoning process of Wuming in his mind - if Ling Yan's cultivation base has not been improved as it should be, then who will eat those extra spiritual fruits?

Looking back and thinking about it, the continuous improvement of the grade of the spiritual fruit that Ling Yan brought back was not a test of Fang Baiyu's existence by Qi Wuming?

After thinking through all this, Ling Yan felt very complicated for a while.

The elder is really a terrible person.

Gentle and moist as jade and a city with a chest have never been a pair of incompatible antonyms.

But Ling Yan didn't know what happened between Qi Wuming and Fang Baiyu at this time, he only vaguely felt that Qi Wuming didn't like the monster race.

In fact, if Ling Yan knew more about it, he would find that it wasn't just the Yaozu who disliked Wuming, there was a sea of ​​things he disliked in the world.

A world-weary boy.

Thinking of this, the beginning and end of the matter are probably clear.Ling Yan turned his head, wanting to tell his friend his judgment, but he saw his friend looking up at the top of the cliff.The corners of his lips were slightly curved, as if he had encountered something interesting, and even the tip of his brows had a provocative arc.

Intuition told Ling Yan that Fang Baiyu was definitely not in a good mood at the moment.

"What are you looking at?" Ling Yan asked.

"Nothing." Fang Baiyu withdrew his gaze and replied casually.

Ling Yan looked towards the place Fang Baiyu was looking at just now, only to see a corner of white clothes on the top of the cliff disappearing suddenly.

"The matter is settled." Fang Baiyu yawned again, leaning his head on Ling Yan's shoulder, and said to Ling Yan very lazily.

As soon as the words fell, Ling Yan felt the increased weight on his shoulders.

But his friend's endless words made him confused, and he blurted out: "How did you solve it?"

Fang Baiyu thought for a while, and then answered: "You may not believe it when you say it, just fight with your eyes."

"..."

Ling Yanmu said with a straight face: "This, I really don't believe it."

"Ha." Fang Baiyu laughed heartily.

Strange to say, after Fang Baiyu said that the matter was resolved, the matter seemed to be resolved.After the search disciples checked all the caves up and down, they didn't stay too long and left directly.

The inner disciples returned to their cave happily.

The night is darker and the dew is heavier, and the cold wind that blows most of the night is uncomfortable after all. Who doesn't want to nest in a warm and comfortable nest?

Ling Yan led the drowsy Fang Baiyu back to his cave, the jade tablet was shining brightly, and the huge stone door opened with a bang.After the two entered the cave, Ling Yan used the identity jade token to close the gate of the cave.

"When I'm free, I'll change to a stronger door." Ling Yan muttered to himself.

Fang Baiyu had already found the bed at this time, and lay down on it with half-closed eyes. Hearing Ling Yan whispering to himself, he turned his head and asked doubtfully, "Why do you need to change it? This stone gate seems quite solid."

Ling Yan walked to the futon opposite the bed and sat down, opened and closed his lips, and replied: "Today's events always make me uneasy. What if someone breaks into the house while I'm not around and attacks you?" Or, a mischievous disciple rushed in and found you. Wouldn't that be very troublesome?"

"It's very troublesome." Fang Baiyu replied, "But...it's not necessary. I still have a certain ability to protect myself."

Ling Yan was unmoved.

Fang Baiyu had no choice but to let him go.

"By the way, what kind of door do you want to replace this stone door with?" Fang Baiyu asked.

"Double-layer stone door!"

"..."

Forget it, Fang Baiyu said to himself in his heart, whether it is a single-layer stone gate or a double-layer stone gate, there is not much difference anyway.But since Ling Yan is happy, let him go.

Seeing that Fang Baiyu didn't speak, Ling Yan thought he was disgusted, so he explained: "It's really not me picking it up, it's mainly because I'm poor and I don't have any spirit stones." As he spoke, Ling Yan took out his shriveled purse and held it in Fang Baiyu's mouth. Bai Yu shook in front of him.

"If possible, I'd be more than happy to replace you with a shiny golden door." Ling Yan joked with a smile, "It's the so-called 'Golden House Hidden Phoenix'."

When he said those five words, Ling Yan's tongue tipped against the palate, and his tone changed, revealing a bright teasing meaning.

"..."

Fang Baiyu chose to turn his back on Ling Yan and ignore him.

Ling Yan smiled.

……

The inside of the cave was quiet, you could hear the drop of a needle, and the night pearls inlaid in the walls emitted a soft radiance, illuminating the surroundings.Time passed slowly.

After a long while, Fang Baiyu turned around and complained to Ling Yan: "You like to make fun of me."

Ling Yan was sitting on the futon at the moment, reading a book of exercises silently, when he heard Fang Baiyu's words, he raised his head for no reason:? ? ?

If his sense of time is correct, the conversation was already a quarter of an hour ago!

Brother, is your reflex arc a bit long?

Fang Baiyu seemed to have noticed this too, and coughed twice, trying to expose the matter.

Ling Yan was busy studying the exercises and had no intention of chatting with Fang Baiyu, so he asked, "Why aren't you sleeping?"

Fang Baiyu opened a pair of piercing eyes, and said with a little helplessness: "I can't sleep."

"But you were sleepy just now."

"I was standing just now, but now I'm lying down... I don't know why, but when I was standing, I wanted to sleep, but when I lay down, I became more refreshed." Fang Baiyu said with a mournful face, "Do you think it is torturing me on purpose?"

Ling Yan asked: "Who is it?"

"The sleepy bug inside me."

Ling Yan became more and more puzzled: "What is a sleepy bug?"

"A metaphor that means I'm sleepy."

Ling Yan: "...All right."

Fang Baiyu was amused by Ling Yan's reaction, grabbed the quilt and laughed to himself.

Ling Yan picked up the scroll in his hand again and let him laugh.

After laughing enough, Fang Baiyu remembered the business, and said to Ling Yan: "Are you still wondering what happened today?"

Ling Yan replied: "Not really."

Today's incident, on the bright side, is that a group of search disciples came to Qingyun to check the security of the various caves, and by the way, see if there are any monsters.

So from the obvious understanding, after searching the disciples to complete the safety inspection of the cave, they found no trace of the Yaozu, and then left naturally.

Of course, this is only a superficial reason.

In fact, according to Ling Yan's own understanding and guess, this sudden "security check" was actually aimed at Fang Baiyu, to drive him out, an unknown person who had sneaked into the sect again.

It's not a strange thing for Daoxiu to drive away the demon clan who sneaked into Daoxiu's residence.But what is surprising is that today it is so exciting.

If he succeeded, Fang Baiyu might really have to be beaten up before being kicked out.However, with Fang Baiyu's current cultivation base, it is really not certain who will win and who will lose, but his lethargy state is not a small weakness.

A little worry appeared in Ling Yan's eyes. He glanced at Fang Baiyu who was tossing and turning on the bed with a sleepy face but couldn't sleep, and thought: I hope he can recover soon.

"I almost figured out what happened today." Ling Yan replied.

Fang Baiyu pursed his lips and smiled lightly: "Actually, I almost realized it too. As a code, the name implies the sun and the moon."

Ling Yan nodded.

In his heart, Ling Yan felt that Qi Wuming was an approachable elder, and he had a good impression of him.But the other party seems to have a bad feeling for Yaozu.This made Ling Yan feel a little unbelievable, not to mention the seemingly cold and stern style revealed by the other party when he acted.

At present, in Ling Yan's inner position, Fang Baiyu is a close friend who has known each other for a long time and trusts each other, and Qi Wuming is the elder of the herb garden who should be respected and is still familiar.The relationship between Ling Yan and Qi Wuming is far less intimate than the acquaintance with Fang Baiyu.What's more, Fang Baiyu didn't do anything wrong, so Ling Yan naturally stood by him.

As for Qi Wuming's dislike for Yaozu, this is not something he should consider.

The Yaozu is neutral, and there is no conflict between Daoxiu and the Yaozu; and according to Ling Yan's understanding of his friend Fang Baiyu's character, the other party is not so much a mixed-in Wuyi Sword Sect, but rather a visit.

Ling Yan told Fang Baiyu about his conjectures, but Fang Baiyu sneered.

Fang Baiyu said: "Where does that person dislike the monster race? He clearly dislikes..." After speaking, his voice gradually became weaker and turned into a soft sigh.

"What?" Ling Yan couldn't hear Fang Baiyu's last few words clearly.

"It's nothing." Fang Baiyu said, paused for a moment, and said to Ling Yan mysteriously: "I tell you something, will you believe it?"

"How do you know if you don't tell me?"

"I think Qi Wuming has taken a fancy to you." While speaking, Fang Baiyu stared at Ling Yan without blinking, not letting go of any expression on his face.

Unexpectedly, the expression on Ling Yan's face was neither shock nor bewilderment, but an indescribable expression.

"What? Elder Qi Wuming is a woman?" Ling Yan opened his mouth so wide that he could stuff an egg into it.

Ling Yan's brain circuit is probably like this: Fang Baiyu thinks that Qi Wuming likes him—Fang Baiyu is a man, and Fang Baiyu knows that he is a man, so he thinks that Qi Wuming is a woman——Chou Wuming may be Female - OVER!

Fang Baiyu also showed an indescribable expression on his face.

He vaguely felt that he should be happy now, glad that Ling Yan didn't have feelings for other people, but why was there a sudden sadness in his heart?

Fang Baiyu turned over annoyed, covered his head with the quilt, and ignored Ling Yan again.

After about a stick of incense, Fang Baiyu pulled back the quilt covering his head, turned around, and looked at Ling Yan.

With lessons learned from the past, Ling Yan has become accustomed to Fang Baiyu's sudden disconnection while chatting.

He put down the slightly yellowed ancient book in his hand, raised his eyes to Fang Baiyu, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Fang Baiyu took a deep breath, and asked suddenly: "If I fight with Qi Wuming, who will you help?"

"I choose... to watch a play..."

This answer... Fang Baiyu couldn't laugh or cry.

Ling Yan was dumbfounded by Fang Baiyu's inexplicable question.

He asked, "Why are you asking this?"

"Nothing, just ask casually." Fang Baiyu replied casually.

Ling Yan faintly felt that Fang Baiyu was hiding something in his heart, and there were emotions that he couldn't understand in those beautiful pale golden eyes. The brilliance of the night pearl fell into the brilliant golden light deep in the pupils.

Sensing that Ling Yan was looking at him, Fang Baiyu's eyelashes trembled slightly, and when he raised his eyes again, the haze in his eyes dissipated, leaving only a clear sky.He smiled and asked, "Am I so good-looking? Look at me for so long."

"Yes." Ling Yan praised without any psychological pressure, "Our phoenix is ​​the most beautiful! It is a rare bloodline that is rarely seen in the cultivation world."

Fang Baiyu laughed and scolded: "Fuck you!"

Although he said "fuck you", he had a very useful expression on his face, with joy in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.

Seeing that Fang Baiyu recovered emotionally, Ling Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing Ling Yan breathed a sigh of relief, Fang Baiyu also breathed a sigh of relief.

The penultimate question was just something he said casually as a joke, and it didn't matter how he answered it.Anyway, he was confident that Ling Yan would definitely choose him in the end, no matter who Ling Yan answered.

Fang Baiyu thought to himself: If you said to watch a play, it must be a joke; if you said to choose Wuming, it must be a joke; Truth!

What's more, how could Fang Baiyu fight with Qi Wuming out of nowhere?

Who is Qi Wuming?Hehe, I'm sorry, I don't know you.

But at a certain moment, Fang Baiyu seemed to see a hard ice between him and Ling Yan, he could see him, but he couldn't see him.

It's like a blind man touching an elephant.

Ling Yan is a blind man, but he is a touched elephant.

The blind man asked, "Elephant, why are you crying?"

The elephant said: You touched my eyes.

The blind man asked: What is an eye?

The elephant had no answer.

And this is just like the relationship between Ling Yan and Fang Baiyu.Someone who knows nothing is secretly in love with someone, he is happy, but he is indifferent.Even if it's a joke, it's just a joke between friends.

After being depressed for a second, Fang Baiyu cheered up again.He has always been an optimist.

Anyway, take your time, take one step at a time, Fang Baiyu thought.

Fang Baiyu was lying on the head of the bed, with a quilt under his chin.He raised his eyes to look at Ling Yan who was on the opposite side of the wooden bed. The man was reading a book with his eyes downcast, his eyelashes were long, and when he blinked, he looked like a butterfly fluttering around.

It's so beautiful, Fang Baiyu sighed in his heart.

The brilliance of the luminous pearl is long, illuminating this Fang Dongfu.

"What? Still can't sleep?" Ling Yan noticed that someone was watching him, and asked without raising his head.

"En." Fang Baiyu nodded, and said, "You have been reciting the exercises and heart formulas so hard recently, are you preparing for the inner sect competition?"

These days, Fang Baiyu doesn't go out of the main gate and doesn't go out of the second gate. He just heard about the inner gate competition from other people's chats just now.

"Inner competition?" Ling Yan paused slightly as he flipped the pages of the book, and suddenly patted his head, "If you don't tell me, I'd almost forget that the outer competition is followed by the inner competition!"

Speaking of the competition, Fang Baiyu's spirit became more and more excited, and he asked Ling Yan: "Then do you want to participate? What place do you plan to get this time?"

"Are you kidding me?" Ling Yan laughed, "It's not long before the end of the outer sect competition! This inner sect competition is not for those of us who have just been promoted to the inner sect. The main participants must be Those brothers who have been in the inner sect for a long time."

Fang Baiyu looked puzzled, he didn't know much about the various rules and regulations of Wuyi Sword Sect.

Ling Yan continued to explain to him: "The Outer Sect Competition and the Inner Sect Competition are held successively in a short period of time. Those who get a good ranking in the Outer Sect Competition will enter the Inner Sect, and those who get a good ranking in the Inner Sect Competition will become the inheritance. disciple.

You can think of the inner gate as a lake, with fresh water flowing in at one end and older water slipping out at the other end.It is unlikely that fresh water will flow out as soon as it enters the lake. Anyway, it has to stay in the lake for a while. "

Fang Baiyu's eyes were full of question marks, and he said: "I don't understand. Do you mean that you can't participate in the inner sect competition now?"

"No." Ling Yan replied, "I can participate now, but I will definitely not get a good ranking. Because, you know, those senior brothers who have been in the inner sect for so long will generally be better than me who just entered the inner sect. The disciples of the sect have strong cultivation bases and a solid foundation in martial arts.

Now that I am going to the Inner Sect Grand Competition, it is not so much a leapfrog challenge as a leapfrog challenge.The difficulty factor is too high.

But I will still give it a try, after all, the focus is on participation, and it would be nice to experience the excitement of competing with high-level opponents. "

"Come on!" Fang Baiyu smiled and cheered for Ling Yan.

Ling Yan was about to reply, "Definitely."

But before he had time to speak, Fang Baiyu said again: "I'll beat you No.1."

Ling Yan's hand holding the book suddenly trembled, and he threw the book towards Fang Baiyu, cursing: "Fuck you!"