A gentleman riding a red dust smile

The rest of the trip was uneventful, and it can be said to be smooth.Ai Zixuan continued to touch his spirit butterfly secretly when he was free, while Changsun Jue still focused on studying his spells.Only Xie Yilan, the closer she gets to Xiqi, the more preoccupied she seems to be, and she no longer pesters Changsun Jue to talk to her.

A few days later they entered the territory of Xiqi.Song Lingshuang discovered that there are schools here, regardless of towns or villages, to teach some simple magic knowledge.All the families of the immortal sect accept children from outside sects, but after all, cultivating immortals is only allowed after entering the immortal sect. Song Lingshuang has never heard of people like Xiqi who teach mortals spells among the people.

"Sister Yilan, can ordinary people here practice cultivation?" Song Lingshuang couldn't help asking.

"Brother Song is talking about the magic school." Xie Yilan shook her head, "It is indeed my father's original intention to establish the magic school, but it is a pity that it has not been realized. The current magic school only teaches some Simple spell knowledge. However, if the students in the school are talented, they can apply for Taohualing's outer disciples, and many people have been admitted over the years."

"It's rare!" Song Lingshuang said with emotion.Today's Xianmen, it is hard to say that there is no place to rest on its laurels.The direct line and the collateral line, the inner door and the outer door, practice the mental method according to the level.Most of the disciples with other surnames who were born in the immortal sect stopped at the outer sect, and it was even more difficult for ordinary people to enter the immortal sect.It is not easy for Mrs. Xie to be so enlightened.

Changsun Jue said, "I remember hearing Mr. Xiulian say when I was a child that the common people need to understand the immortal sect, and they need to understand the practice first, instead of blindly worshiping and deifying the practitioners."

Song Lingshuang couldn't help admiring, "Mr. Xiulian is broad-minded and has great insight!" Song Lingshuang really felt so.You have to know how many fairy sects want to be deified and worshiped.He remembered what Xie Yilan said just now that Mr. Xiulian wanted to truly bring the method of practice to the people, and it was foreseeable that it would be even more difficult.Even in today's school of magic arts, Mr. Xiu Lian must have encountered a lot of obstacles in the beginning of its implementation.

On the tenth day after entering Xiqi, the four of them stood under Taohua Ridge.

It is not the peach blossom season at this time, but looking around, the mountains and plains are full of glowing flowers, and the eyes are full of red.The undefeated peach blossoms on Taohua Ridge are praised by the world as a spectacle, and seeing them now, they really live up to their reputation.

"From here onwards is the Peach Blossom Formation, and no one can get through without a passerby. You follow me, don't get lost." Xie Yilan explained.

Song Lingshuang made a face at the other two, and imitated: "Follow closely, don't get lost!"

Changsun Jue: "..."

Ai Zixuan: "..." You are the easiest to get lost!

Xie Yilan walked in front, and Song Lingshuang followed behind.

The peach blossoms in the mountains are scorching, and the wind passes through a rain of flowers, like a fairyland.However, even if the petals are falling, there are no residual flowers on the branches, and every peach blossom blooms flawlessly, which is very miraculous.Song Lingshuang couldn't help but stop and pick off a petal. The petal that was picked off was still in his hand, but a new one immediately grew out of the original place.Song Lingshuang was amazed in his heart, when he heard Ai Zixuan in front of him kindly calling him, "Brother Song, follow up quickly, don't get lost!"

He responded, and suddenly thought of something, the corner of his mouth curved.

Song Lingshuang kept up with the group, but walked at the back of the group, with his hands clasped in front of his chest, as if holding something in his hands.There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, and he looked a little smug.Ai Zixuan glanced back, his heart was trembling, and he leaned next to Song Lingshuang and whispered, "Brother Song, you laugh so creepily..."

Song Lingshuang blinked at Ai Zixuan with an expression of "you don't understand", then quickened his pace and walked behind Changsun Jue, calling out, "Ah Jue!"

Changsun Jue turned around.Song Lingshuang suddenly opened his hands, his spiritual power turned slightly, and the bouquet of petals that he had just pulled off from the tree branch and hid in his palm was blown by the wind towards the person opposite.

The breeze filled the robe, and the red petals flew in the wind.The young man in plain clothes was greeted by the sudden rain of flowers, and his eyes narrowed slightly.Between the gap between the flowers and the wind, the long eyelashes trembled slightly, and the hair fluttered.Song Lingshuang was obviously the one who made fun of people, but he was stunned by the scene in front of him, and his face felt a little hot for a while.

Changsun Jue flicked the petals flying in front of his eyes, and was about to get angry when he saw Song Lingshuang's slightly bewildered smirk, and couldn't speak again.After holding back for a long time, he said, "Are you three years old?" After saying that, he turned around and left.

Song Lingshuang came back to his senses, smiled and shouted to Changsun Jue in front of him, "If I were three years old, you hadn't been born yet!" He saw that Changsun Jue's hair still had a few petals attached to it.Inexplicably, he felt satisfied and followed happily.

Ai Zixuan looked at Song Lingshuang's back and shook his head, "I also said that I was childish when pinching the spirit butterfly, and I don't know who is more childish." Then he looked at Changsun Jue's back, thinking that there were many itchy people in Hantian Academy who couldn't see it. The tyrant who is used to all subjects and all-round skills, unexpectedly tried to plot against him, but no one has ever succeeded.Now the fame of this life is ruined in the hands of a handful of peach blossoms.Ai Zixuan couldn't help sighing, "Brother Song is the best!"

Song Lingshuang didn't know how lucky she was.Seeing that his elder Sun Jue had a dark face and was not easy to provoke, he ran to talk to Xie Yilan.

"Sister Yilan, your Taolin is so magical! You just took us through this great formation protecting the mountain, and you are not afraid to reveal the secrets of your formation? After all, my family, A Jue, is a genius of formation techniques. He figured it out in one night!"

Xie Yilan didn't care too much, "Brother Song, don't worry. It doesn't matter if the peach blossoms don't fall, or the maze of protecting the mountain, it's not difficult in terms of the formation technique. I think Brother Jue has already seen the truth."

Song Lingshuang was a little surprised, "Then don't worry about it."

Xie Yilan looked at this person, and now she knew why Changsun Jue had been saying that he had poor foundation.She explained patiently, "Although the formation is simple, it is very difficult to break it."

"Why?"

"The complexity and difficulty of the imperial city barrier is indeed beyond the understanding of ordinary people. It is difficult, but if someone really analyzes the principle, it is not unbreakable. On the contrary, this peach blossom formation, the formation is obvious, and it is the same as the mountain. The spiritual veins are all in one piece. Unless someone can dry up the entire Taohualing spiritual veins, they will never be broken." Xie Yilan said calmly, but there was a hint of pride in her tone.

Song Lingshuang suddenly realized, "So that's how it is." He nodded in agreement, "It's like the vast ocean in front of me. It's really difficult for me to go to the other side of the ocean. But in theory, as long as I have the physical strength beyond ordinary people to swim across, or find a way to make it It may not be impossible to cross the ocean with a bamboo raft. But if you want me to scoop up the sea, it will be very difficult to achieve."

Although Xie Yilan was not convinced, she had to admit that Song Lingshuang had a good comprehension, "That's the truth."

"What if someone can scoop up the seawater?" Ai Zixuan interrupted suddenly, turning his head and asking seemingly inadvertently, "Brother Changsun, do you think so?" Before he finished speaking, his right hand suddenly moved forward.

Changsun Jue's spiritual power flew in an instant, and the leaves that came from the pavement were shattered into pieces on a barrier of runes.

Changsun Jue looked at Ai Zixuan and said nothing.

Ai Zixuan also looked at him, speechless.

Song Lingshuang: "..." For a moment, he asked sympathetically, "Brother Ai, what are you..."

Ai Zixuan smiled, a little embarrassed, "I just try. Hehe, try."

Changsun Jue twitched his eyebrows twice, glanced at Song Lingshuang, then at Ai Zixuan, and said coldly, "Can stupidity be contagious?"

Ai Zixuan glanced at Song Lingshuang timidly, and cautiously said to Changsun Jue, "Then I should stay away from him in the future?"

Song Lingshuang, who was lying on the gun, stared at Ai Zixuan dissatisfiedly with his eyes wide open, but because of Zhang Sunjue's covetous eyes, he could only shout in his heart: "I tricked you into messing with you!"

With Xie Yilan leading the way, it didn't take much time to cross the Peach Blossom Formation.As soon as he went up the mountain, someone came out to greet him.Among them is Xie Yilan's younger sister, Xie Yizhu.The little girl is only eight years old, cute and agile, hugging her sister very affectionately.Seeing Ai Zixuan, she also ran over and gave him a big hug. The two looked very familiar.

Xie Yilan left privately, and when she came back, she would report to her father first.Song Lingshuang and others were arranged to go to the other garden where the guests lived.

Before parting, Xie Yilan looked at Changsun Jue and hesitated to speak.It was still Ai Zixuan who had a wink and pulled Song Lingshuang away, "Brother Song, I heard that there are peach blossoms everywhere in Taohualing, let's go see if there are any in the other garden!"

Song Lingshuang glanced at Chang Sun Jue, and the boss reluctantly followed Ai Zixuan to leave, muttering in a low voice: "What's so good about peach blossoms? The play here is so good!"

Song Lingshuang and Ai Zixuan arrived at Bieyuan.The yard is small, but very chic.Enter the inner courtyard through the stone bridge. A huge peach tree is planted in the center of the courtyard. Like other places, the flowers are in full bloom.Ai Zixuan quickly chose a wing room and went back to rest.

Song Lingshuang walked around and looked at all the remaining rooms, then stood under the peach tree and waited for the elder Sun Jue to come back.During the period, an old man who cleaned the yard came, and Song Lingshuang chatted a little more since he had nothing to do, but he also heard some interesting things.

Changsun Jue didn't come back for a long time, and Song Lingshuang felt a little unhappy after waiting, thinking that the two of them had walked all the way together, so there was so much to say.

He was listlessly grabbing the endless peach petals on the branches, and suddenly he glanced at Changsun Jue who appeared at the door from the corner of his eye, and instantly regained his energy.

Changsun Jue walked forward unhurriedly, glanced at Song Lingshuang's hands full of peach blossoms, and frowned.

Song Lingshuang came over meanly and asked, "Are you willing to come back? Tell brother, what are you talking about with your sister?"

"It's nothing." Changsun Jue replied coldly, ignoring this wretched and gossiping Shen Jingbing.

Song Lingshuang gritted her teeth, "Secret it, good eldest grandson Jue, forget your friends when you see sex!"

"You're never finished!" Changsun Jue finally got impatient, "Go back to your room!"

Changsun Jue seemed in a bad mood, Song Lingshuang wondered if he had broken up with his sister?Immediately, he secretly smiled inwardly, leaning over with a sullen face, "Isn't this waiting for you to choose a house?" He pointed to the east side, "Ai Zixuan said that the east side is closer to his sister Qin'er, so I chose that one. There are three rooms left, south, west, north, and north. house, which one do you choose?"

"It's none of your business which one I choose?" Changsun Jue shook his face and walked towards the south room.

"It doesn't matter, you have chosen, so I can move the quilt and pillow over there! Hey, hey, Ah Jue, don't lock the door! Hey!"

When it was almost time for dinner, Sovereign Xie sent someone to invite him.The three of Song Lingshuang were led to the study room, besides Xie Feng and Xie Tong, Xie Yilan was also there.

After some politeness, we will enter the topic.Xie Yilan had already given a general account of the walking dead in Yanfang Town earlier, and Song Lingshuang and the others only added some details.

After the matter was clarified, Xie Tong said to Xie Feng, "Tomorrow I will edit a book and give it to my brother. If my brother thinks it is acceptable after reading it, then I can sign it and pass it on to Sect Master Hua."

Xie Feng said, "Second brother, you just need to write the book, I don't need to sign it."

Xie Tong shook his head, "The matter of the walking corpse is no small matter. Since it is written to Sect Master Hua, it is better for my brother to sign it."

Xie Feng patted Xie Tong on the shoulder, his face was a little haggard due to the constant illness, "With my body, sooner or later, this burden will be up to you to bear. Sooner or later, it makes no difference."

Xie Tong's expression was dark, "Brother, don't say that, I just study books."

The matter was settled, Song Lingshuang saluted, "Thank you, the suzerain and Mr. Xiulian."

Xie Tong smiled and said: "They are all from the Immortal Sect, and there is no need to thank them for their duties."

Ai Zixuan saw that the important matter was over, so he took a step forward and handed over the letter from King Jiangyang to Sect Master Xie, "Zixuan still has one thing to ask."

After reading the letter, Xie Feng smiled and handed the letter to Xie Tong.

Xie Tong looked at it and said to Ai Zixuan: "It's very good that Zixuan is willing to study in Xie's house."

Ai Zixuan took a step back and saluted respectfully, "Zixuan thank you, Master Xiulian." He has nothing to do with the royal family, so naturally he no longer has distant relatives with Xiqi, and he is with Xie Yilan's cousin on weekdays It doesn't hurt that the younger sister matches each other well. Seeing the elders at this time, they politely changed their names.

Xie Feng and Xie Tong understood, and didn't say much.

Xie Tong turned to Song Lingshuang and Changsun Jue again and said, "Since we're here, why don't Mr. Song and Jue'er stay a little longer?"

Xie Yilan looked at Changsun Jue calmly.

Changsun Jue was about to refuse, but Song Lingshuang took the conversation away, "Thank you, Mr. Xiulian, for your kindness, then respect is worse than obedience. I have traveled a long distance before, and if you can let the two of us rest in the house for two or three days before heading back to Minghe, I would be grateful." do."

Xie Tong smiled and said: "It's so good. We are all of the same generation. If you stay a few more days, Lan'er and Zhu'er will be happy too." Then he turned to Xie Yilan, "Lan'er, don't you think so?"

Xie Yilan raised her eyes to look at Changsun Jue, and blessed her father, "My daughter is naturally happy."

Following her gaze, Xie Tong also glanced at Changsun Jue, smiled and stopped talking.

Back in the Bieyuan, Changsun Jue asked, "Why?"

Song Lingshuang naturally knew what he was asking, and said with a smirk, "Because I want you to spend more time with your sister Yilan!" As he spoke, he elbowed Sun Jue, "Do you think I understand, senior brother?" ? Will you do it?"

Changsun Jue didn't speak, and threw his knife-like eyes straight over.

It seems that the talk really broke down.Song Lingshuang secretly had enough fun, sat down and looked at Changsun Jue and said seriously, "Okay, okay, let's stop making trouble. I promised to stay a few more days because I have something I want to verify."

Changsun Jue waited for his explanation.

"Before you came back just now, I met an old man in this yard. He talked about the peach tree in the yard. It turned out that Old Sect Master Xie planted it himself!"

"Is this unusual?"

"The strange thing is not this. Do you still remember that Mr. Chang said that the red flame epidemic is transmitted through spiritual power. The old suzerain was infected, but Xie and Xiulian were fine, that is to say, the two were in the old suzerain's illness. I have never used my spiritual power on him since I sent it. Don't you find it strange?"

Changsun Jue thought for a moment, "Indeed." Even though Xie's family has many experts in alchemy, the one who treated the old suzerain may not necessarily be his own son, but it is indeed a bit strange that he has never used spiritual power to detect the pulse.

"This time I know why. Sect Master Xie has been in poor health. During that time, he was bedridden most of the time. He managed to visit the old Sect Master a few times and left soon. And Mr. Xiulian was hunting beasts in Qianlong Marsh. I was injured during the trip, and I went to retreat when I came back. The old suzerain did not get sick until two or three days after Mr. Xiulian retreated. At that time, Mr. Xiulian was also very dangerous, so suzerain Xie told his disciples not to disturb. Wait for half a month After Mr. Xiulian left the customs, the old suzerain is on the verge of dying." He paused, "Do you think there is anything wrong?"

Changsun Jue looked at him without speaking.

"Hunting beasts in Qianlongmao!" Song Lingshuang reminded, "Don't you remember? That time hunting beasts in Qianlongmao, several immortal sects went, and Master also went!"

Changsun Jue pondered for a moment, remembered something, and said, "The time is wrong."

Song Lingshuang nodded, "That's right, it's just the wrong time!" He continued, "I remember that the Yinshan Art Training Meeting and the Qianlong Marsh Beast Hunting were at about the same time. At that time, Sect Master Xia also sent invitations to the master, and the master pushed the art practice. I will go to Qianlong Marsh. The source of the red flame epidemic is in Yinshan Mountain. The old suzerain returned to Taohualing from Yinshan Mountain. The symptoms did not appear until Xiulianjun retreated. How could he be sick when Xiulianjun left the customs? This is Isn't it faster? I remember that when Sect Master Xia passed away, it was more than a month before the practice meeting. In this way, old Sect Master Xie may have left before Sect Master Xia."

Chang Sun Jue was silent.

Song Lingshuang: "But after all, everything is calculated based on other people's memories, and errors are inevitable. But if this is the case, then it is very likely that Old Sect Master Xie has been exposed to more amethyst stones than Sect Master Xia for some reason. I just think, Find out why, maybe it will be a clue."

Changsun Jue: "So you want to stay for a few more days, are you sure?"

Song Lingshuang nodded.

"Understood." Changsun Jue said.

"Well, I gave you another excuse to ask your sister Yilan." Song Lingshuang smirked.He is a cheap person, he obviously feels uncomfortable seeing the two getting close, but he always likes to use this to tease Changsun Jue.

"Got it." Changsun Jue said the same thing.

Song Lingshuang was a little taken aback when there was no expected "get out". What does "know" mean?Didn't the two of them talk about it?Okay, you grandson Jue, you still say nothing?