Ji Chaoyun's consciousness was already very blurred, and he couldn't even see the familiar outline in front of him.
He raised his head with all his might, and the man in front of him leaned down and gently embraced him: "It's alright, don't be afraid, I'm here."
"Feng Xiao..." Ji Chaoyun murmured the name softly, and even the final sound was trembling, "... Is it really you?"
The person beside him didn't answer, he maintained his embrace and sighed imperceptibly.
Ji Chaoyun was hot all over, the warm touch relieved the intolerance, and he couldn't help but absorb more. He approached the warm heat source uncontrollably, grabbed the front of each other's clothes with both hands, and cried in his voice: "It's so uncomfortable, Feng Xiao..."
But without waiting for him to do anything, the other party gently held his wrist and stopped all his movements.
Feng Qi's eyes were slightly red, and his voice was startlingly hoarse, as if trying to restrain something: "Calm down, Ji Chaoyun, can you hear me? Chaoyun?"
Ji Chaoyun froze all over, as if someone had poured cold water on his head, and his originally chaotic consciousness miraculously awakened.
"Feng... Qi...?"
"It's me." Feng Qi forced himself not to look at him, and quickly picked up his clothes and wrapped Ji Chaoyun, "I forgot even my boom period, you idiot."
Ji Chaoyun instinctively wanted to push him away, but at the moment his hands and feet were weak and he couldn't exert any strength. The next second, his body vacated the ground.
He was picked up by Feng Qi.
Ji Chaoyun stumbled against Feng Qi's arms: "Where are you taking me..."
"..." Feng Qi gritted his teeth and said bluntly, "Take you to solve your damn boom period!"
He was always worried about what would happen in the secret realm today, so before Ji Chaoyun entered the secret realm, he separated a ray of divine consciousness and hid it on him. When Ji Chaoyun and Xu Zixing dealt with the giant python just now, he felt the abnormal fluctuation of spiritual power in Ji Chaoyun's body.
- Then I saw this scene.
The boy curled up on the ground, his clothes were messy, his body was abnormally red, and the airtight cave was filled with the lingering sweet and greasy smell that came with the boom.
Feng Qi held her breath and forced herself to calm down.
There were light mirrors everywhere outside, so naturally he couldn't just go out with Ji Chaoyun. He listened carefully and vaguely heard the sound of water coming from the depths of the cave.
Without further delay, Feng Qi carried Ji Chaoyun to the place where the sound of the water came.
Bypassing the long and narrow corridor, there is a smaller cave on the other side. There is a deep pool in the cave, the water of the pool is crystal clear, I don't know where it comes from.
Feng Qi knelt on the edge of the pool and supported Ji Chaoyun into the water.
The water in the pool was bitingly cold, and Ji Chaoyun shrank as soon as he touched the surface of the water, grabbed Feng Qi's sleeves with both hands, and kept digging into his arms: "Cold..."
"Don't act like a spoiled child, isn't it better to be cold, just to keep you awake." Feng Qi said with a sullen face, "Hurry down."
Ji Chaoyun raised a pair of misty eyes, and held Feng Qi tightly and refused to let go.
If he was awake, he would definitely not be able to do this. But his consciousness has been groggy since just now, it was already uncomfortable enough, and now he was thrown into cold water, and his eyes were red with grievances.
When Feng Qi looked at him with this look, he could hardly contain the restless anger in his heart, but felt that he should also go in to stay awake.
He took a deep breath, put Ji Chaoyun on the ground beside the pool, removed his robe, and bent over to hug him again.
The sound of water in the depths of the cave clattered, and Feng Qi jumped into the pool with Ji Chaoyun in his arms.
The icy pool water drowned instantly, Ji Chaoyun shivered from the cold, and hugged Feng Qi's neck tightly in fear of the cold. The latter hugged him tightly and held him up against the reef beside the pool.
"It's alright, it'll be alright soon." Feng Qi leaned against Ji Chaoyun's ear to comfort him, and at the same time, he grasped his wrist and slowly injected spiritual power.
Under the action of spiritual power and pool water, Ji Chaoyun's rapid breathing slowly calmed down, and his consciousness gradually became awake. But this external force is extremely ineffective for him now, and after a while, the heat of Ji Chaoyun's body has never been lowered.
Feng Qi hesitated for a moment, then reached out and dipped into the water.
Ji Chaoyun grabbed him suddenly: "What are you doing..."
Feng Qi's expression was a little unnatural, and he turned his head and looked away: "The black python you killed is the fourth vicious beast that appeared in this secret realm assessment."
Ji Chaoyun looked at him blankly, his confused mind didn't understand what he meant for a while.
Feng Qi said: "Now no one knows if the fifth beast has appeared, and when it will appear. But if the fifth beast is beheaded, all the disciples who remain in the secret realm will be automatically sent out of the secret realm."
He paused, his voice difficult: "You don't want everyone to see you like this."
Whether it was cold or what, Ji Chaoyun's fingers trembled slightly, almost unable to grasp Feng Qi's hand.
Feng Qi sighed and pressed his head against his shoulder, with a soft voice: "Close your eyes, I'll help you."
"…!"
Ji Chaoyun's consciousness soon became blurred again, as if sinking into a turbulent wave, ups and downs were uncertain, and there was nothing to rely on.
There was a subtle sound of water in the depths of the cave, and it continued for a long time.
When Ji Chaoyun woke up again, the dryness and heat all over his body had faded. He got up from the pool, his clothes neatly folded on the reef beside the pool and dried.
He got dressed and walked out of the cave. Feng Qi was sitting on the open space where he killed the black python before, with a fire burning in front of him.
I don't know how long the fire has been burning, and the whole cave is warmed up, changing from the cold and damp when we first entered.
Is it for fear that he will be cold when he wakes up
This thought suddenly flashed through Ji Chaoyun's heart, and Feng Qi had already turned his head: "Finally awake, how do you feel now?"
Thinking of what happened just now, Ji Chaoyun's face was slightly hot, and he looked away awkwardly: "It's all right."
He paused, then said, "Thank you."
He said this, Feng Qi also felt a little uncomfortable, he coughed lightly: "It's fine, come over and warm up."
"Well." Ji Chaoyun walked to the fire and asked again, "Why are you here?"
Feng Qi was silent for a moment, then said truthfully: "Before you entered the secret realm, I put a ray of divine consciousness on you."
"..."
"Don't look at me like that, I didn't cheat for you." Feng Qi dodged his expression and argued, "You have been feeling unwell for the past few days, I'm afraid that something will happen to you, right? The result is really not what I expected. You Say you, you don't even know what's wrong with your body, what would you do if I wasn't here?"
Ji Chaoyun was speechless by Feng Qi's series of training. He squatted beside the fire in silence, the beating firelight added a bit of blood to his face, his hair was slightly wet and messy, and he looked extraordinarily well-behaved and soft.
After a long while, Ji Chaoyun said softly, "Thank you, I will pay attention in the future."
Feng Qi frowned displeasedly: "Why are you always being so polite to me?"
"… what?"
"Forget it, it's fine."
"..."
The atmosphere in the cave became strange for no apparent reason. Ji Chaoyun raised his eyes and looked at Feng Qi. The latter's face was gloomy, and he stared straight at the fire, not knowing why he was sulking.
Ji Chaoyun silently retracted his gaze, and cast a spell to start the scoring list.
The killing of the black python just now increased by ten points, and his current score is twenty-two, ranking fifteenth in the yellow class.
Five or six hours have passed since the opening of the secret realm, and the common evil spirits in the secret realm have been cleared. At this stage, it is almost impossible to change the rankings on the scoring list.
Every point is difficult to keep going.
Ji Chaoyun put away the scoreboard and stood up. Before he could say anything, Feng Qi asked sensitively, "What are you going to do?"
"The assessment is not over yet."
"Do you still want to continue?" Feng Qi looked at him in disbelief. "You... at least it will take another four or five days to get over completely. Now you need a good rest, what are you doing?"
"But… "
Feng Qi couldn't help but interrupted: "You are already in the fifteenth place, not to mention that you will definitely not have problems with the literary test. Now, no matter what, you will not be expelled from the school, there is no need to continue."
"It's necessary." Ji Chaoyun said seriously, "I haven't made the top ten yet."
Feng Qi was startled.
The assessment system of Hongmeng Academy is extremely strict.
The top five are graded A, and the bottom five are graded C. Grade C directly combines the scores of the literary test and martial arts test, and takes the bottom five, but the determination of grade A is much more complicated.
After the secret realm test is over, the academy will select the top ten students in the comprehensive test of the literary test and the martial arts test to enter the retest. In the re-examination, ten disciples drew lots to show off, and finally five winners were selected and rated as first-class.
As long as they stand out as first-class in the four assessments in one academic year, they can participate in the promotion assessment in the following year.
As soon as Ji Chaoyun said this, Feng Qi immediately understood what he meant.
From the very beginning, his goal was not just to stay in the academy, he wanted to get a first-class, and he wanted to go to the promotion test.
Feng Qi looked at Ji Chaoyun's silhouette and asked softly, "Do you want to go to the Divine Realm?"
Ji Chaoyun's expression was a little stagnant, and he didn't answer.
Feng Qi: "The Gate of Ascension to the Heaven of Hongmeng Academy is the only place in the Immortal Realm that can lead to the Realm of God. According to the gate rules, only the disciples of the Tianzi level are qualified to enter the Gate of Ascension to Heaven. This is the purpose of your coming to Hongmeng Academy. , am I right?"
Ji Chaoyun avoided his gaze subconsciously: "Why do you think so?"
Feng Qi smiled: "Just now when you were hugging me, you kept calling another unfamiliar name. Why, take me for him? We look alike?"
Unexpectedly, Ji Chaoyun did not refute: "I'm sorry, I just don't know."
Feng Qi took a deep breath and continued: "You have a very special mark on your purse. That mark contains divine power. I have confirmed it with someone, and it belongs to the Protoss."
Ji Chaoyun: "There are thousands of treasures in this world, and it may be that I got them by accident."
Feng Qi said softly, "Jun Ruzhuo has already told me."
Ji Chaoyun's expression finally showed a flaw. His eyes narrowed, half of his face was hidden in the dark, and when he spoke again, his voice was a little hoarse: "What did he say?"
Before Feng Qi could speak, Ji Chaoyun took the lead and said, "I didn't ask, but he probably told you everything because of his temperament that he couldn't hide things."
"... I do want to go to the realm of the gods."
Feng Qi's heart sank, and there was a burst of unspeakable sourness, and he couldn't help but say, "That person made you wait in the mortal world for three hundred years in vain, and you still believe him?"
Ji Chaoyun looked back at him, as if he didn't quite understand why he said that: "Why don't you believe it?"
Feng Qi's voice froze.
"Three hundred years ago, the gods and demons fought, and the gods suffered heavy damage, so they had to close the gods, recuperate, and never appear in front of the world again." Ji Chaoyun said, "It's normal that he won't come. Since he can't come out, I'll go to him."
Feng Qi lowered his head, rather gloomy: "You are so sure that he did not violate the agreement between you for other reasons?"
"You don't know him Feng Qi." Ji Chaoyun raised his hand and touched the purse in his arms with a slight warmth through his clothes, "He's not that kind of person."
Feng Qi's voice was choked in his throat, and after a while, he muttered in a low voice, "You can't even fulfill your own promise, what kind of man, if it were me, I would never let you—"
His voice stopped abruptly, he glanced at Ji Chaoyun's expression subconsciously, and changed the subject: "Do you know how dangerous it is to ascend to the Heavenly Gate, there is the Heavenly Fire left by the Protoss on it, and the suffering of the Heavenly Fire burning one's body is beyond human tolerance. And once you fail, your spiritual consciousness will be destroyed, and your immortal body will be destroyed. Are you sure you can climb up?"
"No." Ji Chaoyun said truthfully, "But I always have to try, but just do my best."
"Thank you for saving me. Divine consciousness is extremely draining of spiritual power. You shouldn't stay here for too long." Ji Chaoyun said, "I can handle the rest myself, you go back first, and don't waste your spiritual power in vain."
Feng Qi whispered, "I'm happy."
Ji Chaoyun didn't hear clearly: "What did you say?"
"...It's alright, I'll stay with you for a while. Don't worry, I won't speak, nor will I interfere with you." Feng Qi stood up, and before Ji Chaoyun stopped him, his figure turned into a golden light and flew in front of Ji Chaoyun.
Ji Chaoyun stretched out his hand, and a light-gold baby bird that was less than the size of a human palm flew out of the light and landed in his palm.
The little phoenix is covered with light golden feathers, and its body is small and exquisite, like a ball, with long tail feathers trailing behind it, reflecting brilliant colors in the firelight.
The phoenix shook his feathers, and gave a low cry to Ji Chaoyun, his voice was clear and pleasant.
Ji Chaoyun looked at him dazedly, a little dazed: "You..."
"… What's wrong?"
"Your prototype..." Ji Chaoyun hesitated for a moment, then said carefully, "It's much cuter than I thought."
"..." Feng Qi's feathers exploded instantly, almost jumping out of Ji Chaoyun's palm, "His Royal Highness's prototype is very majestic, not worse than you, you look down on others! Isn't this worrying about being seen by others?! "
Ji Chaoyun couldn't bear the smile until his shoulders trembled, and quickly smoothed him: "I see, don't get excited."
... even cuter when excited.
Ji Chaoyun decisively stopped laughing before His Highness Feng Er was fried again, put him on his shoulders, and stepped out of the cave.
Ji Chaoyun soon discovered that getting what he wanted was more difficult than he thought.
The cedar forest where this secret realm is located is very large, and the road is rough and easy to get lost. Searching for the few remaining demons in such an environment is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack. But Ji Chaoyun didn't care about this at all. He quickly shuttled between the forests, searching for all places, not missing any place where there might be evil spirits.
One hour, two hours, three hours...
Time passed bit by bit, Ji Chaoyun's score increased slowly, and finally jumped to the eleventh place.
But two points away from tenth place.
Although it was only two points away, Ji Chaoyun had already encountered nothing for an hour.
His physical strength failed to recover from the sudden upsurge, even if Feng Qi had previously injected him with spiritual energy, it was only a drop in the bucket. Ji Chaoyun swayed slightly, stopped under a stone wall, and breathed lightly.
"Ji Chaoyun, don't go anymore, your body..." Feng Qi whispered in his ear, "This time it was an accident, I failed the exam this year, but I can take the exam again next year, so why push myself so hard?"
Ji Chaoyun rested on the stone wall with one hand, and a fine layer of sweat oozes from his forehead.
Is it really over
Even if I find another...
Ji Chaoyun's eyes turned black, his fingertips slowly tightened on the stone wall, but a trace of disobedience flashed under his heart. He raised his head, and the stone wall in front of him was rugged and steep, but there was no dust on the surface.
Ji Chaoyun vaguely realized something, and his heartbeat accelerated.
He took two steps back and swung his sword towards the stone wall. At the moment when the sword light touched, a crisp sound came from the surface of the stone wall, as if there was an extremely secret and invisible barrier that was shattered by the naked eye.
What was hidden behind the stone wall was a cold and dark cave filled with evil spirits.
Half an hour later, the light mirrors in front of Yanjianping were all extinguished, and the portals opened, and the disciples who participated in the assessment were sent back one after another.
The sky had completely darkened, the full moon hung high, and the disciples watching the battle in twos and threes on the grass had already dozed off.
Everyone was awakened by the movement and asked questions in a daze.
"It's over?" "Who won?" "Have any of you seen, who found the last beast?"
The light of the teleportation formation dissipated, and Ji Chaoyun stepped onto the lawn. He looked extremely embarrassed, the three fresh scratches on his left arm were still bleeding, and the blood dripped down the grass along his fingertips.
He staggered and wanted to walk forward, but was suddenly pulled into a hug.
Ji Chaoyun raised his head, looked at the familiar face, and said softly, "I succeeded."
"Yeah, it worked." Feng Qi hugged the boy's emaciated body tightly in his arms, the atmosphere was warm, everyone was asking how the result was, and no one noticed the two people embracing in the crowd.
Ji Chaoyun's consciousness gradually sank, and he said vaguely, "I'm so tired..."
"Go to sleep, I'll take you back." Feng Qi stroked Ji Chaoyun's hair, lowered his head, and kissed the tip of his hair softly.
However, Ji Chaoyun could no longer pay attention to these, his body was completely free from strength, and he let himself fall into Feng Qi's arms.
The final score finally lit up again on the light mirror, Ji Chaoyun's score instantly increased by 10 points, and the final score was 35, making him the number one in the yellow-letter ranking.
When Ji Chaoyun woke up again, it was the sunset of the next day.
The setting sun shone into the room through the window, Ji Chaoyun opened his eyes in the warm yellow sunlight, staring at the familiar but slightly inconsistent gauze above his head, a little dazed.
The door was pushed open, and a slender figure walked in: "Are you finally awake?"
Ji Chaoyun sat up and finally understood where the sense of disobedience came from: "Why did you bring me to your bedroom?"
Ji Chaoyun's bedroom was decorated by Feng Qi himself, and the style of furnishings was the same, but there were some subtle differences.
Feng Qi's eyes dodged uncomfortably, and said, "You're in a coma, it's rude to enter someone else's bedroom without permission, I can only take you back to take care of you."
"..." Ji Chaoyun opened his mouth, not knowing how to refute.
With a glance from the corner of his eye, a blood-stained disciple's uniform was piled on the low stool beside the bed, and he had been replaced with a brand new one.
Take him back to the bedroom, help him change clothes and wash, and let him rest in his bed. His Highness Feng Er's original cleanliness and tranquility were mostly eaten by him.
Ji Chaoyun said softly, "Thank you."
Feng Qi paused slightly, but didn't say anything. He walked to the bed with a few medicine bottles and opened the bed tent: "It's time to change the medicine."
"Myself-"
Ji Chaoyun just wanted to say that he was here, but Feng Qi raised his eyes and swallowed it silently.
It's better to be obedient and obedient.
Ji Chaoyun obediently allowed Feng Qi to lift his sleeves, and took off the well-wrap bandages, revealing the three scratches that were deeply visible to the bone.
His complexion was fair, and the bloodstains made him even more shocking.
Feng Qi took his hand, took out the medicinal powder and sprinkled it on the wound, feeling the person beside him shrank suddenly.
"You know it hurts now?" Feng Qi glanced at him, and said angrily, "If it were a little bit more biased, it could take your arm off. You didn't think about the pain at the time?"
"..."
Ji Chaoyun knew that he was wrong and did not dare to refute.
Feng Qi snorted coldly, but his movements softened.
Ji Chaoyun was silent for a moment, then asked again, "The results of the assessment..."
"It's out in the morning." Feng Qi helped him bandage the wound, and after admiring Ji Chaoyun's uneasy expression for a moment, he finally smiled, "Congratulations, the first place in the double test, the academy hasn't appeared in many years."
Ji Chaoyun was stunned for a moment, then sighed in relief: "That's great..."
He suddenly thought of something and asked, "The last time I took the first place in the double test, it wasn't you, right?"
Feng Qi's expression froze for a moment, then he avoided his eyes and said vaguely, "Why are you asking this, why should I tell you?"
Ji Chaoyun understood: "That's not it."
Feng Qi gritted his teeth angrily: "That's why I'm not willing to learn the Taoist scriptures! I'll be the first in my martial arts test!"
He lowered his head, angrily packed up the bandages he had replaced, and said unconvincingly, "I, I'll show you the first place in the double test next time."
Ji Chaoyun curved the corners of his mouth: "Okay, I'll wait for your good news."
When Feng Qi looked up, he happened to see his smile, and his mind couldn't help but sway. He looked away awkwardly, and said again: "Tomorrow morning, you will go to the Examination Hall to draw lots for the re-examination. The re-examination will be three days after the lottery.
"good."
"Also..." Feng Qi glanced at him with a slightly uncomfortable expression, "Your boom period... hasn't passed yet, the hot spring water at the back of the house is calming down, so remember to meditate these few days."
Ji Chaoyun pursed his lips: "...I see, thank you."
"..." Feng Qi hesitated, but finally said nothing, only said "you have a good rest", turned and left the bedroom.
The next day, Ji Chaoyun came outside the Dukao Hall on time, but unexpectedly met someone he hadn't seen for a long time.
Shaking Light Fairy.
"I've seen Immortal Yaoguang." Ji Chaoyun bowed to him.
"No gift, no gift." Yaoguang lifted him up with a full smile, "I went out a few days ago, and I heard about the test results when I got back, so I'm waiting for you here. Congratulations on your first place in the double test, and congratulations too. You can finally stay in the academy."
Ji Chaoyun: "Thank you Immortal Venerable."
Yaoguang looked left and right, took out an exquisite wine jug from the Qiankun bag, and said in a low voice: "I brought this back from Penglai Xianshan. I don't have much myself, so it's a gift for you."
Ji Chaoyun hesitated for a moment: "But the academy doesn't allow drinking..."
"What's the matter? Why don't you drink it secretly?" Yaoguang said, "This is Penglai fine wine. I don't even have a few pots of it myself, so I'm willing to give it to you, so don't hesitate to take it."
Ji Chaoyun couldn't get rid of it, so he had to accept it: "Then thank Xianzun."
"Good boy." Yaoguang smiled satisfactorily and said, "Go in and draw lots. If you need my help in the future, just ask, understand?"
"… Yes."
Yaoguang walked away contentedly, leaving Ji Chaoyun confused.
Although Yaoguang has always taken good care of him since he entered school, he has never overstepped his limits. Ji Chaoyun looked down at the jug in his hand, feeling a little puzzled.
I haven't seen you for a few months, what happened
He didn't think much about it, put away the jug of wine, and walked towards the Dukao Hall.
There is still a long way to go before the stipulated lottery time. Before all the people have arrived, the door of the Examination Hall was closed, and the voices of everyone talking came out from the door.
"What's going on in the Examination Hall? This result seems to be fake, but he actually announced that he was the first in the double test."
Ji Chaoyun paused and stopped outside the door.
"That is, there must be something wrong with his grades. We have all seen how he cultivated in the past. How can he perform exceptionally well when he reaches the assessment?!"
"You have no evidence, how can you say that?"
"I still need evidence? If you don't say anything else, with his cultivation, he can kill two beasts. Does anyone believe it?"
Ji Chaoyun shook his head and sneered, and was about to push the door in when he heard another familiar voice: "Shut up for me!"
"...The first beast was beheaded by him and me. Could it be that you think that I also cheated for him?"
The hall was silent for a moment before someone continued to speak: "Senior Brother Xu, that's not what we meant."
"Yes, Senior Brother Xu, there is no problem with your testimony, but no one can guarantee that the second beast he killed independently will be fine."
"What are you doing here?" A familiar voice sounded behind Ji Chaoyun, he turned his head, it was Jiang Cheng and Song Zhifei.
Ji Chaoyun didn't answer, he lowered his head and called out, "Senior Brother Jiang, Senior Brother Song."
The discussion inside the door continued, and Jiang Cheng heard it clearly as soon as he walked in. His face suddenly sank, and he said coldly, "You come in with me."
Jiang Cheng pushed open the door, and the discussions in the hall stopped abruptly.
Jiang Cheng's eyes swept in front of everyone, walked in slowly, and said leisurely: "I just heard outside the door, some people questioned my injustice in the examination hall, right?"
Everyone looked at each other, and no one dared to speak for a while.
Song Zhifei stood beside Ji Chaoyun, sighed imperceptibly, and walked in: "The Examination Hall has always acted impartially. If you have any objections, you can report it to me, and restart the supervisory light mirror in the secret territory for re-examination. It's just that …”
He paused for a while, then said, "If there is nothing abnormal, I'm afraid I'll bother you all to go to the Hall of Discipline, and ask myself to discuss the crime of the Superintendent Examination Hall."
As soon as he said this, everyone became even more dumbfounded, and no one dared to object again.
Jiang Cheng glanced back at Ji Chaoyun, then quickly retracted his gaze, and said, "Zhifei, let them draw lots and get out."
"Yes."
Song Zhifei raised his hand and transformed into two fortune sticks, each containing ten identical bamboo sticks.
"Bamboo sticks are numbered one to five. The one who draws the same number is your opponent for this retest." Song Zhifei cast a spell to let the fortune sticks fly in front of each disciple in turn, explaining, "Three days later, Qianshan Baiyutai will conduct the retest. , starting with the yellow character first, the order is from low to high, and a round of competition will determine the winner."
When the lottery tube came to Ji Chaoyun, he took out one and opened it to take a look.
"Wu".
After everyone finished drawing the bamboo sticks one after another, Song Zhifei said: "No classes are required for the past few days before the re-examination, you can arrange it yourself. If anyone wants to go to the secret realm assessment, they can come to me now, please."
The few people who had been arguing the most before didn't dare to say anything at this moment, and they all bowed to Song Zhifei and Jiang Cheng and retired.
After everyone went out of the Examination Hall, the atmosphere became slightly livelier.
"Chaoyun, what number did you draw?" Someone called Ji Chaoyun behind him, a yellow-character disciple.
This person's name was An Tianyi, and he was one of the few disciples who spoke to Ji Chaoyun in the discussion in Fangcai Hall. His appearance is elegant, his facial features are a bit feminine, and he speaks softly.
This time, he entered the re-examination with the last score in the ranking.
Ji Chaoyun showed him the bamboo stick in his hand.
"No. 5? I'm No. 3, but unfortunately we can't be in a group anymore." An Tianyi said, "But it doesn't matter who you are in a group with. My cultivation base is so low, I must lose my life."
The two chatted while passing through the open space outside the Examination Hall, but they heard a few yellow-character disciples gather around and ask loudly, "Who is Number Five? Where is Number Five?"
Ji Chaoyun followed the prestige, and happened to meet a look in the crowd.
The man was extremely tall, with deep facial features and a sense of exoticism. He walked towards the two of them and asked, "Which one of you is number five?"
Ji Chaoyun: "Me."
An indescribable look flashed in the man's eyes, but he quickly concealed it.
The few people behind him were not as calm as him, and the gloating in their eyes was palpable: "It turned out to be the first in the double test, which is interesting. Brother Jin has won the first place in the yellow-character martial arts test several times, and this time he has met a newcomer. Double test first, Brother Jin, you have to be more careful."
This disciple's name is Jin Ting, and he entered school a few years earlier than Ji Chaoyun.
Jin Ting's background is far inferior to Feng Qi, Jiang Cheng and others, and his cultivation base is also mediocre, but he practiced hard, and his grades have been among the best since he entered school. It's a pity that, for several years, he either missed the promotion test, or failed in the promotion test, and never reached the Xuanzi level.
But looking at the yellow-character disciples, this person's cultivation is indeed a first-class one.
Jin Ting remained calm, and Chao Ji Chaoyun smiled lightly: "No matter who my opponent is, I will do my best, we will see you in the ring."
Ji Chaoyun nodded: "See you in the arena."
Ji Chaoyun bid farewell to An Tianyi, and was about to go back to the teleportation formation of Disciple Peak, but saw Ye Chenxing and Bei Ran waiting not far away.
"Chaoyun, this way!" Ye Chenxing flew towards Ji Chaoyun and hooked his shoulder familiarly, "Awesome Chaoyun, the first in both tests, I knew you would do it."
Ji Chaoyun's arm injury has not yet healed, and he was accidentally pressed by his movements, frowning: "What are you doing to me?"
Ye Chenxing said: "Have a rest today, didn't we say we should go out to play?"
"But… "
"Don't be, there are still three days before the re-examination, take the opportunity to relax, don't push yourself so hard." Ye Chenxing said, "You don't want to go back to practice swords, do you? You still have injuries on your body. Don't practice again for a few days."
"I'm not trying to practice, just..."
Ji Chaoyun endured and did not dare to leave in the morning, Feng Qi endured his sleepiness and blocked him at the door, and asked him to promise that he would return to Wen Qufeng as soon as possible after drawing a lot, and he would not go anywhere.
"Don't worry, we won't go too far, just go to the bottom of Hongmeng Mountain to play, at most half a day, is this okay?" Ye Chenxing leaned closer and whispered, "I heard that there are several beautiful people at the foot of Hongmeng Mountain. Excellent Immortal Fairy, don't you want to go and see?"
"..." Ji Chaoyun looked at him incomprehensibly.
Bei Ran supported his forehead: "Brother Ji, just promise him. Just because of this, Brother Ye has been talking in my ear for several days. If I don't let him go, I'm afraid it won't stop."
"..."
After half a stick of incense, the three stepped out of the teleportation formation and appeared in front of the market town at the foot of Hongmeng Mountain.
The immortal realm is not as dense as the mortal world, and there will be no such market towns. However, there are many immortals who come and go under Hongmeng Mountain. Every hundred years, when the mountain is recruited, there are countless scattered immortals who try to pass the Hongmeng trial. Those who failed the assessment were reluctant to leave, and some simply stayed here, and once they went, they became a market town.
The most lively place in the market town is a place called Changyuan Pavilion.
The Changyuan Pavilion is built by the water, with three high-rise buildings. There are tables and chairs on the side of the water, where guests can drink and chat. A high stage is built in the middle of the water surface, and the dance performances, storytelling and singing are different every day.
Ji Chaoyun couldn't understand the fun of these mortals to pass the time three hundred years ago, but most of the people living at the foot of Hongmeng Mountain were mortals ascending, and they enjoyed it the most.
But because of this, the market town under Hongmeng Mountain is also regarded as the most similar to the mortal world in the fairyland.
Chang Yuanxie began to perform at the end of the day, and the three of them wandered around the market town for a long time, pinching them to the place. The three of them had just set foot on the second floor, but they saw a man sitting by the window, looking at the distant stage with his chin supported.
Ji Chaoyun's footsteps stopped, and he turned to leave.
Ye Chenxing and Bei Ran went upstairs behind him. Seeing that Ji Chaoyun suddenly turned around, Ye Chenxing asked, "Chaoyun, why don't you go up? What's up above—"
His voice stopped abruptly, and he saw the person behind him across Ji Chaoyun.
Feng Qi leaned against the wall and looked down at Ji Chaoyun's back. His smile was kind and gentle, with a plain expression of gnashing his teeth: "Yeah, didn't you come to see Xian Ji's performance, why didn't you come up?"
In fact, Ji Chaoyun regretted it the moment he turned around, and even he couldn't tell what he was guilty of. He turned his head hard and whispered, "Okay, what a coincidence."
"Yeah, what a coincidence." Feng Qi stepped forward with a half-smiling smile, and brought Ji Chaoyun to his side, "I have reserved a seat in the private room on the third floor, let's go up and take a seat."
Feng Qi couldn't help but drag Ji Chaoyun upstairs.
Ye Chenxing and Beiran looked at each other, and they had to follow in fear. Afterwards, they were arranged by Feng Qi in the private room with the best view on the third floor.
In the eyes of the two thanks to Dade, Feng Qi was expressionless, picked up Ji Chaoyun and pulled him out, turned around, entered the private room next door, and slammed the door shut.
Ji Chaoyun: "..."