Qixuan

Compared with the plain northern states, the central states and southern states look like girls, brighter and more charming, with lush greenery everywhere.

Ji Chen took Yan Heng to settle in Zhongzhou, planning to go to Nanzhou by boat.

Yan Heng questioned, "Didn't you say you're going to Nanzhou?"

"Hungry." Ji Chen rubbed his stomach, and dragged Yan Heng into a teahouse.

Ji Chen greeted a waiter to serve snacks and tea, just for a while, all kinds of snacks were set up on the table, and none of them were the same.

Yan Heng looked at the snacks on the table and frowned slightly, "There are so many, can you eat it?"

"Isn't there still you? Eat more when you're still growing." Ji Chen said as he made some snacks for Yan Heng, and soon Yan Heng's snack plate piled up like a hill.

Ji Chen drank a few cups of tea and felt that it had no taste at all, so he ordered Xiaoer to bring the Huadiao he brought last time.

After drinking a few glasses of spirits, Ji Chen felt comfortable, and immediately revealed his true colors, he was no longer serious. He put a piece of Snowflake Bamboo Leaf Cake for Yan Heng, "Eat more, this should be your western food." Cantonese dim sum."

Yan Heng obediently ate the snacks brought by Ji Chen. He actually didn't know what was unique or special in Xizhou. He stayed on Qixuan Mountain every day, practicing meditation and practicing swords. Like Ji Chen, he spends his days wandering around.

"How old are you this year?" Ji Chen muttered vaguely while chewing on a snack.

Yan Heng swallowed the snack in his mouth and said, "Just ten years old and five years old."

"It's so young, this time it's time to go out to practice in the Golden Core stage?"

Yan Heng nodded.

Ji Chen squinted and smiled, "I'll show you some interesting things, you must have never seen them before."

Yan Heng pursed his lips, didn't say anything, and continued to eat the snacks on the plate.

After eating and drinking enough, Ji Chen stretched his waist in satisfaction, and sighed, "You are full, brother will take you on a boat!"

Yan Heng was not hungry at all, he almost watched Ji Chen gobble up all the dim sum, he nodded, stood up and brushed the crumbs and folds of the dim sum on his sleeves.

Ji Chen stretched out his hand to grab Yan Heng's wrist, and led him to the pier.

The Lujiang River runs between Zhongzhou and Nanzhou, separating the two big states. Standing in Zhongzhou, you can't see the scenery of Nanzhou, only an endless river.

"Two people, we want the best cabin." Ji Chen threw a grain of gold to the steward.

The shipping on the Lujiang River is in charge of rich merchants from the two prefectures, and the imperial court only pays taxes and does nothing else. In order to raise the ticket price for the rich merchants, the boats crossing the Lujiang River are all high-rise giant painting boats, which are about three times the size of ordinary painting boats. .

The steward handed over two tickets respectfully, "There is still one full, please wait a moment, sir."

The giant painting boat was escorted by monks. Even the way of boarding the boat was different. The painting boat stopped a foot away from the shore. Once someone boarded the boat, the escort monks would turn things out of thin air, sometimes lotus leaves and sometimes bridges. people on board.

Seeing that Ji Chen and the two were going to board the boat, the escort monk immediately built a bridge for their convenience, then floated in mid-air and looked at them with a haughty face.

"Tsk, a Nascent Soul cultivator with such an airs, I didn't care for this shipping to let me invest in it." Ji Chen beat Yan Heng, and asked: "Your Qixuan Mountain is a lotus totem, right? Lord let them see and see!"

Ji Chen made a random trick, and red lotus blossoms bloomed in the air, and the lotus fragrance overflowed in an instant.

Yan Heng wanted to say that the totem of Qixuan Mountain was green lotus, not such a coquettish red lotus.

Ji Chen pushed Yan Heng, "Go up first, don't worry I won't let you fall."

Ji Chen is such a person who does whatever he wants, unwilling to restrain himself, he wants others to see his sharpness, and will never treat him badly, and when he meets someone who is more arrogant and arrogant than him, he insists on being better than the last one.

When the two of them boarded the boat, the monk who had originally built the bridge for them nodded slightly at Ji Chen as a sign of politeness, while Ji Chen raised his eyebrows at him, with one corner of his mouth raised, with a provocative expression on his face.

The monk didn't bother with him too much, and still stood where he was.

Yan Heng stretched out his hand and tugged at Ji Chen's sleeve, "Why?"

"I am willing." Ji Chen didn't even look at Yan Heng, and walked towards the boat with his arms folded. He didn't want to blow the river wind here.

Yan Heng made an apology to the monk, who was stunned for a moment, and immediately returned the gift.

For a casual cultivator or an ordinary person, the Nascent Soul stage is enough to be called a venerable. The road to practice is long and boring, and it is all done step by step, and there is no such thing as reaching the sky in one step.

From Ji Chen's point of view, if he can show off his cultivation, why not show it off?What is the use of cultivating so hard, but hiding it so that no one can see it?

"Wait a minute, I wonder if the venerable would build another bridge for me to go up?" A young man under the boat shouted, and immediately saluted the monk as a junior.

The monk nodded and waved his hands to build a bridge for the young man.

The young man hurried up, stood on the deck and staggered, Yan Heng helped him up.

"Thank you, thank you very much." The young man hurriedly thanked him, "I'm Gu Zicheng, what do you call me?"

Yan Heng reported his name.

Gu Zicheng asked with a smile: "It turned out to be Yan Daoyou, disrespectful and disrespectful, I don't know what the so-called Yan Daoyou went to Nanzhou? If you need help, Gu will do my part."

Yan Heng replied: "Gu Daoyou, you are being polite, I came here with others."

An apple jumped from the third floor of the boat and smashed into pieces between the two of them.

Ji Chen propped his chin, threw an apple in his hand, and said with a fake smile: "I'm sorry, I smashed it crookedly."

Yan Heng: "..."

Gu Zicheng reacted immediately, he saluted Ji Chen, "Dao is friendly."

"Whoever is your fellow daoist, who taught you to misidentify your fellow daoist when you go out, I am not your fellow daoist." Ji Chen took a bite of the apple and retreated into the room.

The smile on Gu Zicheng's face couldn't hold back, he was cramped and didn't know what to do.

Yan Heng said: "Gu Daoyou forgive me."

Gu Zicheng laughed a few times, waved his hands and said, "It's okay, it's okay."

Yan Heng smiled at Gu Zicheng, "Please accompany me." Then he entered the boat, leaving Gu Zicheng alone on the deck to enjoy the river breeze.

"Ancestor, do you know who that person is?" Ji Chen slumped on the chair, his legs had to rest on the table to be comfortable, "Didn't your elders tell you that you can't talk to strangers casually?"

When Ji Chen said this, he didn't seem to realize that he was also a stranger to Yan Heng.

"He said his name was Gu Zicheng." Yan Heng didn't break Ji Chen's words.

"The second child of the Gu family also went to invite Miss Lu's relatives." Ji Chen threw a candied fruit into his mouth and chewed it.

Yan Heng joked: "Why, as your competitor, are you afraid?"

Ji Chen sneered, "Afraid? I really don't know how to write the word fear, why don't you write it down for me?"

Yan Heng stepped forward and dipped in the tea and wrote the word "scared" to Ji Chen.

Ji Chen burst out laughing, he pulled Yan Heng and rubbed it twice, laughing until tears came out, finally he rested his forehead on Yan Heng's shoulder and panted for a while before saying: "What a wonderful child, who was born in Qixuan Shan Dai is stupid."

Yan Heng also understood at this time, he turned his head and ignored Ji Chen.

Ji Chen reached out his hand to wipe away the teardrops from the corners of his eyes, touched an orange and stuffed it into Yan Heng's hand, "From now on, not only should you cultivate to a higher level, but you must also learn to be smarter, so don't jump into it when someone digs a hole, At this time, not only will some people not save you, but they will also fill the pit with earth."

"Then why did you..."

"Why, why, you will understand when you live to my age. Although I don't say it depends on people, but it is more or less intuitive." Ji Chen said "Ouch", and hurriedly wiped his face with his sleeve , "Don't run around."

Ji Chen couldn't see anything again, the picture in front of him seemed to be distorted, and then gradually faded and darkened, accompanied by pain emanating from the cracks in the bones.

Maybe it was the backlash of using demonic energy to suppress the child's demonic power, Ji Chen bit his lip, thinking about what to do.

He simply closed his eyes, his eyes were completely dark when he opened them, but the child still didn't make a sound, so it was more or less scary.

Ji Chen raised his head and rubbed his nose.

Blood flowed from the corner of the eye and disappeared into the hair, leaving a dazzling red mark, adding a bright color to the already dark corner of the eye.

Yan Heng stepped forward in a strange way, reached out to wipe away the blood from the corner of Ji Chen's eyes, and said softly, "Does it hurt?"

The voice was like a kitten's paw, scratching Ji Chen's heart. He didn't know how long he hadn't heard these two words. He kept some words in his heart and didn't say them. Everyone felt that he didn't need him. The young man alone Some self-esteem, Ji Chen has kept it until now.

Ji Chen cleared his throat. Fortunately, the backlash didn't take long, and nothing would happen if he survived it. He replied: "It doesn't hurt, I'm used to it."

Yan Heng wet a towel to wipe off the blood continuously flowing from Ji Chen's eyes, Ji Chen also enjoyed it, why did he refuse when someone took care of him?

Ji Chen just fell asleep with his eyes closed, and when he woke up, the sun had already set and the boat was about to dock.

Ji Chen got up and didn't find Yan Heng, and was about to go out to look for it, so he met face to face with Yan Heng who came back.

"Where did you go?"

"Better?"

The two spoke in unison and were both taken aback.

Yan Heng replied first: "Go to the deck to get some air, and the ship has docked."

Ji Chen rubbed the top of Yan Heng's hair, "What a kid, let's go."

Yan Heng retorted softly: "I'm not young anymore."

Without turning his head, Ji Chen said: "In my eyes, anyone who is not as good as the crown is a child."

There was a horse market not far from the boat, so Ji Chen planned to rent two horses. Anyway, he still had to walk for a long time to reach Nanxiang City, and he had to pass through Suhuai City on the way.

Ji Chen asked: "Yan Heng, do you know how to ride a horse? No, I can teach you." After speaking, Ji Chen didn't give Yan Heng any time to think, and went to the horse market to rent two horses.

"What a coincidence, where are the two young masters going?" Gu Zisheng also just rented a horse at this time, "I am familiar with Nanzhou, so I can tell you a little about it."

"No need, I'm familiar with it too." Ji Chen carried Yan Heng onto the horse, told him to step on the stirrups, straighten his back, and trot for a few laps to test his feeling.

"What did Gu do to make the young master misunderstand?" Gu Zisheng didn't understand why Ji Chen was so indifferent to him, and he was full of impatience in every gesture.

"No."

Gu Zicheng was even more surprised, and he asked: "Then why does the young master dislike Gu so much?"

"Are you Jin Yuanbao? Why should I wait to see you? Do we know each other? I don't want to make friends now." Ji Chen was more surprised than Gu Zisheng himself, he felt that this person's mind might be a little abnormal.

The Gu family loves to make friends, and their ability to speak eloquently is probably passed down in one continuous line.

Gu Zicheng was frustrated, he looked at Ji Chen in shock, and then scratched his hair embarrassingly.

Although Ji Chen was not a good teacher, Yan Heng learned things very quickly. At the beginning, he was a little wobbly when sitting on the horseback, but after a few laps, he had fully mastered it.

Gu Zisheng still didn't give up, he continued: "Gu's house is in Suhuai, if the two young masters don't mind it, you can come and stay at my house, and it's getting late, so it's not safe to travel at night."

Ji Chen looked at Yan Heng, he didn't care, but he had a child with him, it was inconvenient to go anywhere, so he agreed.

Gu Zicheng immediately beamed with joy, and he immediately got on his horse and led the way.

Suhuai City is not far from the pier, and it took half an hour to arrive at Gu Zisheng's home.

The Gu family is a master of cultivating immortals in Suhuai. The power in Nanzhou does not have to be as far as that of the Qin family in Beizhou. There are thousands of disciples under Guangmen.

"Second senior brother is back!" A group of children rushed out from the courtyard and surrounded Gu Zicheng.

"Second brother!" Gu Zichen, who was in his early ten years, ran out excitedly, pulled away a group of children, and threw himself into Gu Zicheng's arms.

"Xiaochen has grown taller again." Gu Zicheng fondled his hair.

Gu Zichen asked: "What interesting things did you see when you went to Beizhou this time?"

"I'll tell you later, I'll entertain the guests first."

Only then did Gu Zichen see the two people brought back by his second brother, he jumped out of Gu Zicheng's arms awkwardly, and gave a junior salute to Ji Chen and the two.

"I made you two laugh, please follow me." After finishing speaking, Gu Zisheng led the way ahead, and he ordered his servants to clean Dongyuan's room, and brought Ji Chen and the others there himself.

There is nothing special about Dongyuan, except that there is a pond in the yard, and there are neither fish nor aquatic plants in it. It is now the end of autumn. According to the weather in Nanzhou, even if the aquatic plants are all withered, there should be some dry stems or something. .

Ji Chen took a few more glances and didn't pay much attention.

Gu Zicheng opened the door of Ji Chen's room, and after a few polite words, he took Yan Heng to open another room.

Ji Chen quickly stopped and said: "No need, he sleeps with me."

Gu Zicheng smiled and said: "This is not good, the bed in the room is not enough for two people."

"It's okay, it's time, squeeze to keep warm." Ji Chen stretched out his hand and pulled Yan Heng over, and said indifferently: "Thank you Mr. Gu for your kindness, we will leave tomorrow morning, sorry for the inconvenience."

"Don't disturb, don't disturb, Gu won't disturb the two of you to rest, and someone will bring dinner to your room." After speaking, Gu Zisheng consciously helped to close the door.

Ji Chen paid more attention, checked around the room, and sat down on the round stool after finding nothing unusual.

Yan Heng asked: "What were you looking for just now?"

Ji Chen shook his head, "It's okay, I'll go out later, don't wait for me for dinner, go to bed first if you're sleepy."

Yan Heng pushed open the window, stared at the pond in the yard for a while, and then said: "This pond... seems to be a little bit wrong." He rubbed his eyes, but he couldn't gather any of his true energy.

Ji Chen pulled Yan Heng back, closed the window with his backhand, and said intimidatingly: "If you know, watch it again, be careful that a female ghost will come looking for you at night!"

"I have no grievances with her, why did she come looking for me?"

"Idiot, what do you care if the female ghost wants to kill you? Even if you are the emperor, I will kill you if she finds you." Ji Chen stood alone in front of the window, looking down at Yan Heng, "Sleep at night He was covered with a head covering and slept until dawn."

Yan Heng continued to ask: "This pond is a bit weird, don't the Gu family know about it?"

"I don't know, and I don't want to worry about it. I won't be offended if people don't offend me." Ji Chen poked Yan Heng's forehead, and said: "If it hurts at night and I haven't come back, you can bear it yourself and get in." Don't go out at night."

"What about you? It's going to be night soon, do you want to go out?"

"It's a lot of things, I can take care of myself, so let's go first." After speaking, Ji Chen opened the door and walked out in a hurry, before leaving the hospital, he took another look at the pond.

Is there something wrong?He thinks it is quite normal, but there is nothing planted in it, and it looks bare.

When Ji Chen left the courtyard, this matter was thrown out of the blue.