Qixuan

It was rare for Ji Chen to get up early in the morning without a class today, he first walked around the yard three times, and when he realized that he had nothing to do, he ran to Yan Heng's study room, and absentmindedly flipped through a few books.

Ji Chen was so bored that he sighed three times, then turned to the martial arts arena.

The four young men were holding their swords, with the weight of three or four bricks on their wrists, and they maintained a single movement. Mu Qiong and Lu Lan's hands were already shaking, and dense beads of sweat appeared on their foreheads.

Ji Chen stood behind and looked at them, touched his wrist a little timidly, and thought: It's really hard work.

Lu Lan's wrist fell a little bit, Yan Heng stepped forward to help Lu Lan lift his wrist, Lu Lan took the opportunity to rest for a while, and he said with some relief: "Thank you, uncle."

Seeing this scene, Ji Chen felt a chill, he didn't expect his little beauty to be so strict, she couldn't even be lazy, it was really scary.

The sun was a bit dazzling, and the clothes on the young man's back were already wet, revealing clear bone lines.

Sitting cross-legged under the shade of a tree, Ji Chen felt that being young was good, he took out the jug from the ring without any shame and drank slowly.

Finally, when the class was over, Lu Lan felt that he was tired like a dog. If Mu Qiong was not there to support him, he really wanted to lie on the ground.

Mu Qiong joked: "Can you do it, why are you so tired?"

Lu Lan gave Mu Qiong a white look, and he gathered his strength for a while and said: "We are not the same, I don't know who the person whose hands were shaking like a sieve just now is, but he has the nerve to make fun of me!"

"I didn't say I could do it." Mu Qiong pointed to Jiang Shuiyi and said, "Look at him, he's not blushing or out of breath."

Lu Lan glanced back, the morning exercise was over, and Qie Ziqing was still maintaining the original movements, as if he was tireless.

Lu Lan pulled La Muqiong's sleeve, "Brother Qiong, Ziqing him..."

"Why do you care so much?" Mu Qiong turned Lu Lan's head back, "Everyone has his own aspirations. If you care about what others do, you should take care of yourself first."

Lu Lan smiled and said, "Brother Qiong, what is your ambition?"

Mu Qiong said without hesitation: "Eating and waiting to die."

Lu Lan was stunned for a while, then laughed loudly, "This ambition really matches yours, it's out of tune at all."

"What do children know, you will understand when you live like me." Mu Qiong shook Lu Lan's arm, "It's good that you can cultivate your way now. Can't touch it."

"Come on, you just touched Jin Danqi's side." Lu Lan sneered, "Hey, don't shake, my arm hurts."

Mu Qiong rubbed Lu Lan's arm when she heard the sound, "Boy, brother treat you well."

"Why do you always call me a bastard? I'm not much younger than you." Lu Lan protested.

"That's younger than me, why don't I just call you a bastard." Mu Qiong lifted her chin, and motioned: "You see, the little uncle is about to arrive at the battlefield, so he dragged us out to play."

Coincidentally, as soon as Mu Qiong finished speaking, Ji Chen walked towards them.

Mu Qiong teased: "Little uncle, do you know what you look like now? A resentful husband who was abandoned by your husband."

Ji Chen shrugged indifferently, "I just want to ask you, are you going?"

"Go, of course!" Mu Qiong put Lu Lan's arm down, "Why don't you go for free."

Ji Chen said straightforwardly: "Where do you want to go? Pick whatever you want."

Jiang Shuiyi: "You guys go, I won't go. I still have homework to finish today."

Ji Chen didn't force it either, "That's fine, I'll bring you delicious food when I get back."

Mu Qiong patted Jiang Shuiyi's shoulder, and said earnestly: "Then we're going away from business, Jiang Daoyou can help us with our homework." Before Jiang Shuiyi could answer, Mu Qiong dragged Ji Chen and Lu Lan away.

Jiang Shuiyi could only accept his fate and go back to do homework for three people.

The three of them descended the mountain slowly, heading for Ciliang City not far away.

"Uncle, where are we going?" Lu Lan asked.

"Where do you want to go?" Ji Chen said vaguely with a grass in his mouth.

Lu Lan thought for a while and thought: "I heard that Xianglan Garden in Ciliang City is very lively. I want to go and see where."

Ji Chen spit out the grass in his mouth quickly, and said in unison with Mu Qiong: "Don't go!"

Lu Lan shrank her neck and said aggrievedly: "Why don't you go if you don't go, why are you so fierce."

Mu Qiong touched Lu Lan's head, "Boy, you are still young, can you go to Xianglan Garden?"

"Why can't I go?" Lu Lan slapped Mu Qiong's hand, "Don't touch my head all the time, otherwise I won't grow taller."

"Huluhulumao grows tall, and the cub can grow as tall as a corn stalk." Mu Qiong laughed.

After listening to Mu Qiong read the ballad, Ji Chen asked, "Brother Qiong, are you from Beizhou?"

Mu Qiong: "Yes, where are you from, little uncle?"

"I'm from Zhongzhou." Ji Chen walked forward with his arms pillowed, the mottled tree shadow hit his side face, Ji Chen suddenly smiled meaningfully, "Mu is a common surname in Beizhou."

Mu Qiong was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said: "That's natural, can my reverend's family be small?"

Ji Chen nodded, and changed the topic, "Okay, here we are, buy whatever you want to eat."

Mu Qiong and Lu Lan cheered and ran quickly to Ciliang City.

The three of them wandered around Ciliang City for a long time, buying a bunch of things in large and small bags. When Ji Chen came out, he didn't find anything, but he turned into a coolie, carrying three in his left hand and three in his right. He picked up five and carried one on his back.

"Let me tell you, why do you two go shopping like a girl when you go out?" Ji Chen raised his hands and weighed the things in his hands, with a bitter look on his face.

The two were having a good time in front of the rouge and gouache stand, Mu Qiong spared a little time to pay attention to Ji Chen, "Little Master Uncle, thanks to you, Master Yan Heng usually won't let us go down the mountain , since you came, the number of times we have gone down the mountain is more than twice as much as since we started, so of course we have to bring something for everyone. However, we didn’t buy any from Master Yan Heng, so I’ll leave it to you to choose.”

Mu Qiong smiled ambiguously, and even Lu Lan looked at Ji Chen with ambiguous eyes.

Ji Chen smiled helplessly, "Brother Qiong, you can make fun of me, but don't be a bad boy."

Lu Lan frowned and retorted, "I'm not a child anymore."

Ji Chen touched the back of Lu Lan's head, "Those who are not crowned are all children in my eyes."

Mu Qiong had already picked out the rouge during the back-and-forth conversation between the two of them, and asked the shopkeeper to wrap it up. Ji Chen stepped forward and put a piece of silver on it.

Lu Lan protested: "There are still four years!"

Ji Chen nodded with a smile, "Okay, you won't be a child in four years."

Passing by a candy stand, Ji Chen asked Mu Qiong to stop and pack half a catty of medicinal candy.

Near noon, the three of them randomly found a small restaurant that invited a storyteller.

As soon as the three of them were seated, before the dishes were served, the sound of the gavel sounded first, and the sound of "pop" shocked the small restaurant.

The storyteller stroked his beard, "Today, let's talk about the affairs of the emperor of Beizhou. Of course, I'm just hearing it. Let's have fun listening to it today."

"It is said that when Mu Liancheng, the emperor of Beizhou, was still a prince, he passed through Zhongzhou and rescued a woman. I don't know how beautiful this woman is, because she was raised in the deep palace by the emperor of Beizhou, but the emperor of Beizhou once wrote There is such a poem to describe its beauty, "Yuerong and plain clothes, the mountains and rivers are not as good as this. "It can be seen that the emperor of Beizhou is also an infatuated species."

"Everyone should know that there is an unwritten rule in the world of comprehension and us mortals, that is, ascetics are not allowed to be officials. It is said that Wuqing is the emperor's family. The emperor of Beizhou, the most beloved son is this fairy-looking In order not to let my most beloved young son get involved in the battle for the position, I deliberately sent him to the Taoist sect."

Lunch was almost over, Ji Chen saw that Lu Lan was fascinated by listening, so he whispered to Mu Qiong, "Your house is quite interesting."

"Where is it? My mother and concubine are the lords of a county in Zhongzhou, so they are not raised in the deep palace by my father. It is not easy to mention this matter to the emperor of Zhongzhou, and it has always been like this." Mu Qiong told Ji Chen Tian poured the wine and lightly touched his glass, "In all counting, my little uncle and I are also fellow villagers."

"Hey, what are you muttering about?" Lu Lan asked without turning his head, he was fascinated by the sound, Ji Chen and Mu Qiong's muttering was too loud.

"It's nothing." Mu Qiong picked up a chopstick and put it in his mouth, "The little master just told me that he didn't have enough money, and he was discussing with me to put you here."

"Ah?!" Like a frightened rabbit, Lu Lan cast her aggrieved eyes on Ji Chen, and said coquettishly: "Little uncle, you can't keep me here, I plan to beat your legs at night. "

Ji Chen raised his eyebrows, "What are you scaring him for?" Then he changed his expression, blinked at Lu Lan, and said with a smile, "Wait until you come to beat my legs at night."

Mu Qiong laughed loudly, "It's fun."

It was only then that Lu Lan realized that he had been deceived, so he turned his face and gave Mu Qiong a pale look.

After the three of them finished their meal, they walked out of the tavern unsteadily.

Seeing that it was still early, Mu Qiong proposed to visit the City of Elysium.

Ji Chen gave Mu Qiong a thumbs up, and praised: "Brother Qiong, you have the guts, you can just wander around in the demon world?"

Lu Lan stepped forward and blinked his big eyes at Ji Chen, looking harmless to humans and animals, and begged: "Little uncle, don't you know that our Tianji gate is assigned to go to the realm of flames tomorrow?" , Brother Qiong and I stay here, we two just want to see what the demon land looks like, let’s just look around and see if we can’t go in, okay? We’ve never been there before.”

Mu Qiong also followed Lu Lan's example, and said coquettishly, "How about it, little uncle."

Ji Chen thought for a moment, and said a little resignedly: "It's not impossible to go, you promise to only stay on the periphery?"

"Of course, of course, our cultivation level is not enough to go in and stuff the monster's teeth." Mu Qiong nodded repeatedly.

There are many mountains in Xizhou, and the City of Elysium occupies almost half of the land in Xizhou. It is hidden in a vast forest, like a warrior in black armor, solemn and solemn.

When the three of Ji Chen approached the forest, a thin layer of mist rose up, Ji Chen fanned the fog in front of him, and did not find anything wrong before he dared to continue walking with Mu Qiong and Lu Lan.

"Be careful, tell me immediately if you feel uncomfortable." Ji Chen took out Lu Li and opened the way ahead.

"Why didn't I see a single monster?" Mu Qiong shook the branch above her head, and a boa constrictor with a thick arm poked its head down from above.

Mu Qiong was not frightened, but Lu Lan saw that the python was frightened, and immediately let out a cry.

Without saying a word, Mu Qiong pulled the python down from the tree by pinching the python's seven inches, and threw it to Ji Chen with force, "Little uncle, I'll leave it to you!"

Ji Chen cut the python in half with his backhand, blood spurted out, Ji Chen subconsciously raised his hand to cover his eyes, a burning sensation exploded in the palm of his hand.

"Hiss, Brother Qiong, you will really find me something to do." Ji Chen hid his hand behind his back without blinking, and his fingers could not help but crush the palm of his hand.

"Because you are our guardian god! You see, Lu Lan and I were so scared that we almost peed our pants." Mu Qiong pulled Lu Lan up to Ji Chen, pretending to be overly frightened.

Ji Chen sneered, "Lu Lan looks like that, you, almost."

"Little uncle, you look down on people!" Lu Lan complained dissatisfied.

"No, it's just that Brother Qiong is too hateful!" Ji Chen reached out and touched Lu Lan's head. He scanned the surroundings and asked, "Do you want to go on?"

"Of course! At least you have to see what the City of Elysium looks like." Mu Qiong pushed the leaves next to him, and Lu Lan hurriedly pulled his hand back, "Don't move around, it will fall again later Come up with something."

"What are you afraid of, there is my little uncle here." Mu Qiong reached out and patted Ji Chen's shoulder.

"Brother Qiong, your little uncle wants to throw you into the monster pit." Ji Chen rolled his eyes, he patted Mu Qiong's hand, and continued to open the way ahead.

"Son, do you know that it is said that the lord of the City of Ultimate Bliss is Nine-Tailed Immortal Fairy, one of the four monsters, and she is said to be so beautiful. Renguo. If you have such a beautiful woman, what more can you ask for." Mu Qiong hugged Lu Lan's shoulder and laughed.

Lu Lan glanced at Mu Qiong with disgust, took out a handkerchief from his arms and handed it to him, "Wipe your drool, it's disgusting."

Mu Qiong wiped her chin subconsciously, and found that there was nothing, only then did she realize that she had been cheated by Lu Lan, and just as she was about to catch him and teach him a lesson, Lu Lan had already rushed to Ji Chen's side.

Mu Qiong said lazily: "Boy, you've learned badly. Where's the cute and simple boy who just started? You give him back to me." After finishing speaking, he snapped his teeth and paws to catch Lu Lan.

"If I were so simple, I would have been sold to the valley by you long ago." Lu Lan shrank in front of Ji Chen and made a face at Mu Qiong.

The two started chasing and fighting around Ji Chen.

Looking at the two of them, Ji Chen felt that his head was getting bigger, and he was discussing with Yan Heng about raising a child. Ji Chen thought it would be good if he could take care of himself.

Ji Chen grabbed a man's collar and separated the two of them, "I really feel sorry for your parents, I gave birth to you two such naughty children."

Mu Qiong and Lu Lan looked at each other, and they nodded in tacit understanding, then Mu Qiong patted Ji Chen's shoulder sympathetically, "Little uncle, you can't stand our quarrel, it means you are old, look I don’t understand us young people anymore.”

Ji Chen's expression changed, and he stretched out his hand to cover his chest, he wanted to spray the old blood from his throat all over Mu Qiong's face, but he dared to say that he was old!

"I think back then I was also a good-spirited and good boy, but you have been spoiled by your Uncle Yan all these years! Early to bed and early to rise, three meals a day, morning and evening, going for a walk after eating, and reading when bored." Ji Chen rubbed his throat. The old blood swallowed.

"Wow, little uncle, you actually speak ill of Uncle Yan Heng behind his back." Lu Lan accused Ji Chen with a terrified expression on his face.

"We must tell Uncle Yan Heng when we go back!" Mu Qiong echoed righteously.

Ji Chen waved his hand, and said to himself: "Go, all of you. If you can create a gap between us, you win. However, I think Gu Zichen from Xuanjianmen and Lang Yue from Qingxumen are quite interesting. Wait for me to take them down the mountain to play next time."

Mu Qiong and Lu Lan's expressions changed when they heard that, and they all looked at Ji Chen aggrievedly, like little daughters-in-law who have been pissed off.

"Little Master~"

"Little Master Uncle~~~"

"We were wrong, bring us out next time." After speaking, Mu Qiong shook Ji Chen's sleeve.

Ji Chen smiled triumphantly, "Well, look at your performance, let's go, I promise you Uncle Yan will take you back before the sun goes down."

The fog in the forest became heavier, a white fox ran past the three of them, Ji Chen turned a blind eye to it, Mu Qiong's eyes flicked around, only Lu Lan's eyes widened in shock.

Lu Lan excitedly shook Mu Qiong's arm, "Brother Qiong, Brother Qiong, did you see that, was it a white fox that just ran over?!"

Mu Qiong glanced at the front casually, "Boy, do you want it? I'll take it back to be your spiritual pet?"

"Think...forget it, it's pretty good living here." Lu Lan drooped her head, and followed Ji Chen's pace sullenly.

The three of them walked for half an hour, and when they could see the black city wall of the City of Elysium in the distance, Ji Chen stopped and patted the dust on his hands, "Okay, let's go back after taking a look here. It's not too early."

"Hey, little uncle, you said our trip went too smoothly, but we met that snake when we first came in." Lu Lan said unwillingly.

Ji Chen touched Lu Lan's head, smiled kindly and said, "Just that snake scared you so much that you peed your pants, do you still want some more?"

Lu Lan's head immediately shook like a rattle.

Mu Qiong chuckled, "Boy, you don't understand now. You only met a snake along the way, and it was because of the peach blossoms of the little uncle who escorted us. I will thank you later."

"Brother Qiong, what did I tell you, don't bring bad children!" Ji Chen warned.

It's not that Ji Chen didn't feel something strange along the way, but he kept wondering, and didn't understand until he saw the white fox.

"Don't worry, Junior Martial Uncle, we won't tell Martial Uncle Yan." Mu Qiong shrugged, signaling Ji Chen to relax.

Only Lu Lan looked at the two people who were "flickering" in a daze.

"Let's go, go back." Ji Chen didn't care about Mu Qiong, he waved his hand weakly.

The three returned to Qixuan Mountain, Mu Qiong gave Ji Chen a wink, Ji Chen shook his fist at him, and was about to beat him, Mu Qiong laughed and took Lu Lan up the mountain.

Lu Lan wondered, "Won't the little uncle come with us? The time of the mountain ban is coming soon."

"Don't care about him, let him spend the night outside if he can't come in." Mu Qiong said without any conscience.

Lu Lan glanced at Ji Chen worriedly.

Hu'er showed herself after seeing the two left, she said a little shyly: "Did Mr. Ji change his mind?"

"No, today is just a request from two brats." Ji Chen spread his hands helplessly, "Are you serious?"

"Master, do you think I'm joking?" Hu'er covered her lips and said, "Didn't I just tell you when I saw you for the first time, that you look very much in my favor."

Ji Chen nodded, "I see, take back your sincerity, it's only for me to let you know."

Hu'er blinked, and said aggrievedly: "Young master is really too much, aren't you afraid of hurting my family's heart?"

Ji Chen smiled knowingly, "Girl, you will find someone who suits you, just like me." After speaking, Ji Chen turned and entered the mountain gate, and stopped talking to Hu'er.

When Ji Chen returned to Tianjimen, Mu Qiong and Lu Lan had already divided up the things among everyone, and Ji Chen was glad that he didn't give them the bag of medicine candy he bought.

It was already dark, and candles were lit in the room.

Ji Chen trimmed the candle wick, and the fire became much brighter. Yan Heng hadn't come back yet, the raindrops fell on the window paper, and Ji Chen tossed the packet of candy a little bored.

"How are you doing today?" Yan Heng walked into the room covered in cold air, and put the oil-paper umbrella up at the door.

"It's okay, I'll give it to you." After speaking, Ji Chen threw the paper bag in his hand to Yan Heng.

Yan Heng opened the paper bag and put a piece of medicinal candy into his mouth. The strong mint flavor instantly swept over his senses of taste and smell, and his throat that had been talking all day was soothed.

Ji Chen stared at Yan Heng for a while, then asked with some uncertainty: "Mu Qiong and the others didn't say anything nonsense, right?"

Yan Heng asked doubtfully, "What are you talking about? I haven't seen them before."

Ji Chen shook his head rejoicingly, propped his chin and squeezed a piece of candle to play with tears, "It's nothing, Lu Lan said he would beat my leg, I don't know why he didn't come over."

Hearing this, Yan Heng stepped forward and put Ji Chen's legs on his own, and kneaded them leisurely, "What's wrong with your hands?"

Ji Chen didn't react for a while, until he saw the palm of his left hand, he didn't realize it. There were already several blood blisters in the palm of his hand, two of which had been worn out, and the blood inside had drained clean.

"Small things. Sleepy, go to sleep."

Yan Heng took good care of Ji Chen's left hand before letting him go to sleep. The two embraced each other and slept until dawn.

After Mu Qiong returned to Qixuan Mountain, he wrote a letter to his family non-stop. The next day, someone sent a civet up the mountain. Mu Qiong threw it to Lu Lan in disgust because it was ugly. Cats are not good enough for him.

Lu Lan's eyes lit up at that time, and he was happy for many days.