Early the next morning, the rising sun penetrated the clouds and fell between the mountains and fields.
Ji Chaoyun and Feng Qi stood side by side on the cliff, where the bamboo house was no longer visible, and in the shade of the woods, only the golden leaves of the mountains could be seen, which were endless.
Facing the morning breeze, Feng Qi took a deep breath: "It's so beautiful here."
"I said it's beautiful here." Ji Chaoyun's eyes reflected the rising sun that broke through the clouds in the sky, and said with a smile, "My home...isn't it worse than Wenqu Peak?"
"It's really not bad." Feng Qi said, "It's a pity, I can't stay here for a few more days."
Ji Chaoyun's expression subsided slightly.
Their lower bounds are for experience, and there are three thousand merits waiting for them, so they shouldn't waste too much time here.
It's just that he finally came back, and he was a little reluctant to leave so soon.
Feng Qi seemed to be aware of his thoughts, and said warmly, "If you want to be here in the future, I will accompany you back at any time."
Ji Chaoyun asked, "Don't you like coming to the world?"
"That's different."
How can you not like where you are.
Feng Qi didn't explain much, just lowered his eyes to look at him, his handsome and deep profile face seemed to be covered with a layer of warm velvet light.
Those eyes were sincere and scorching, Ji Chaoyun lowered his head uncomfortably: "I'll talk about it later when I have a chance."
"… good."
Feng Qi retracted his gaze, slowly turned to the mountains and mountains in front of him, and suddenly said, "Actually, I just wanted to say yesterday, I always feel that this place is very familiar, as if I've been here before."
"Come here? When?"
"I don't know." Feng Qi smiled disapprovingly, "Perhaps I encountered it during my previous experience in the lower realm. The world is too big. I have been there and haven't been there, how can I remember them all."
Ji Chaoyun frowned suspiciously and said nothing.
Feng Qi rubbed his hair and said, "Let's go, it's time to go down the mountain. Have you figured out what to do with your three thousand merits?"
Ji Chaoyun didn't understand the meaning of his question: "What else? It's nothing more than subduing demons and eliminating demons and helping the people. Isn't that the case for everyone?"
Feng Qi's eyes rolled, and he smiled without saying a word.
"Why are you laughing?"
Feng Qi: "If it's really as simple as you said, why are the disciples of the academy so easily afraid to practice in the lower realms?"
Ji Chaoyun frowned slightly, still didn't understand what he meant, and asked, "What do you want to say?"
Feng Qi didn't answer, and took out a merit book from his arms.
"The merits we have obtained from the lower realm can be shared, but the merits earned by each of us are calculated separately. Let's have a try." Feng Qi raised his finger to the west and said, "When I went to the lower realm yesterday, I saw the west of this place. There is a city three hundred miles away. I'll give you six hours, and we will meet in the biggest restaurant in the city at 12:00 and 2000. How about one who has more merit than one?"
Ji Chaoyun didn't have to think about it to know that this person was trying to trick him again, and immediately said: "You have experienced the lower world many times, and you will naturally understand the key points. Why should I compare with you."
Feng Qi smiled and said, "Why, you're going to admit defeat before you even start?"
Ji Chaoyun tilted his head and said nothing.
"Even though I have a trick, it didn't fall from the sky, why don't you just find it yourself? Or..." Feng Qi smiled deeper and said in a low voice, "You call me Senior Brother Sheng, and then act like a spoiled child and say If not, I'll tell you the trick."
"..." Ji Chaoyun turned around and left, "Forget it."
Feng Qi called to him from behind: "Hey, then the bet is settled? The loser has to agree to a request from the winner."
Ji Chaoyun didn't reply, "Just gamble, don't go back if you lose!"
Ji Chaoyun's figure quickly disappeared on the mountain road, Feng Qiyao looked at the direction he was leaving, and his eyes were full of smiles.
This little fool.
A few hours later, Yanbei City.
Ji Chaoyun walked quickly through the dark alley, he jumped up, turned and jumped down in the air, slashing the fleeing black smoke in front of him with a sword. A sharp cry came from the black smoke, and then dissipated in the wind.
He landed firmly on the ground, put away the sword, took out the book of morality and opened a page:
His merit book, which was originally empty, was now filled with a whole page of handwriting. Ji Chaoyun swept over quickly, his eyes fell to the bottom.
A line of small characters slowly emerged: Execution of the Nightmare Demon, five points of merit.
"..."
Until now, Ji Chaoyun didn't understand why Feng Qi said that not many disciples in the academy were willing to take the initiative to practice in the lower realm.
The way of heaven is really harsh on the calculation of merits. Once you help the common people, you will be credited with two points of merit and virtue. Except for a wandering soul that lingers in the world, you will be credited with three points of merit.
Nightmare demons like this, who are sucking people's energy for a living in the city, can only add five points of merit.
Ji Chaoyun has been busy for almost six hours, and his merit value has only increased by more than twenty points.
The time limit for their lower realm is only 90 days. If it is calculated like this, if he wants to accumulate 3,000 merits, he has to sleep and sleep to complete it.
Ji Chaoyun sighed, put away the merit book, and turned around. A young child who was only two or three years old was standing at the entrance of the alley and tilted his head to look at him.
The young boy was handsome and beautiful, dressed luxuriously, and looked like he was from a wealthy family. He doesn't seem to be afraid of people, his eyes blinked ignorantly: "Dad, Daddy..."
"..."
Ji Chaoyun has never had the experience of being recognized as a father in the street in his life, his brows trembled unconsciously, and he stepped forward: "Child, why are you here?"
"Daddy, I can't find it... Looking for Daddy." The young child looked up at him, slurred his words.
It turned out to be lost.
Helping children find their parents... It should also be regarded as a merit.
Ji Chaoyun squatted down and looked at the young boy's moist and bright eyes, his heart softened. He reached out and touched the young child's face, and said warmly, "I'll take you to find your parents, okay?"
The young boy smiled wide-eyed: "Daddy, Daddy..."
"..."
Ji Chaoyun didn't care about a child, he cast a spell to conjure a talisman bird, smelled it on the child, and then flew forward.
After a while, Ji Chaoyun walked on the street with the young child in his arms.
This city named Yanbei is not too small, perhaps because it is located in a traffic fortress, the crowds are dense, and the street market is very lively. The talisman led the two of them forward, and soon stopped in front of a mansion.
Ji Chaoyun put the child down, raised his finger, and let the bird stop on the back of his hand.
Fu Bird shook his feathers on the back of his hand, and the long tail feathers were dazzling and very beautiful. If Fengqi is present, you can see that this is very similar to the original appearance that he usually imagines.
The young child looked up at him and spread his arms: "Bird... Little bird..."
Ji Chaoyun looked down at him: "Like this?"
"like."
Ji Chaoyun pondered for a moment, chanted a spell softly in his mouth, and the bird was bathed in white light, its wings folded, and transformed into a delicately carved small phoenix jade pendant.
The jade pendant was no bigger than a thumb. Ji Chaoyun leaned over and hung the jade pendant on the young boy's neck, and said softly, "This little phoenix will be given to you, don't tell anyone, it's our secret."
The young boy tilted his head in confusion: "Little Phoenix...?"
Ji Chaoyun smiled and wanted to say something else when an exclamation suddenly came from the house: "Master!"
A young woman ran out of the house quickly: "Young master, where have you gone? The master and his wife are about to die."
The young boy tugged at the hem of Ji Chaoyun's clothes and said, "Look, look for daddy."
The woman picked up the young child and bowed her knees to Ji Chaoyun: "Did the young master bring my young master back?"
"Yes."
The woman said: "Also ask the son to come in with me, my master and wife will definitely thank the son well."
"It's just an effort, don't bother." Ji Chaoyun said, "This child has been sent back, so I will leave."
After saying this, he turned and left. Not long after he went out, he suddenly saw a slender figure standing on the street not far away, looking at him with a smile that was not a smile.
"You actually gave me to someone else!" Feng Qi said angrily in the largest restaurant in Yanbei City.
"..." Ji Chaoyun said, "That's just a rune bird."
Feng Qi emphasized: "That's the talisman bird that looks exactly like me!"
"..."
Feng Qi raised his head and drank a glass of wine, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became: "And you never gave me anything."
Ji Chaoyun glanced at him: "If you want, I will give you one too. Let the whole world know that His Royal Highness Feng Er likes to hang his prototype around his neck."
"Don't." Feng Qi felt chills after thinking about the scene, and rolled his eyes, and said again, "If you come out as a little dragon, I can consider it."
"..."
Feng Qi wanted to tease him again, but was stunned by Ji Chaoyun. He touched his nose and said, "By the way, you gave something to that child, aren't you afraid of changing his fortune?"
"He will meet me today, and he can be considered a fairy." Ji Chaoyun said, "What's more, it's beneficial and harmless to have a relationship with a fairy."
Feng Qi propped his chin and said leisurely: "The matter of cause and effect is not as simple as you think..."
This incident was just a small episode. The two didn't pay much attention to it. Feng Qi asked, "Speaking of which, how is your merit book?"
Ji Chaoyun paused and whispered, "Twenty-six."
In the end, he escorted the young boy home, and the stingy Heavenly Dao only added two points of merit to him.
"I knew you were going to lose." A smug smile appeared in Feng Qi's eyes, "Guess how much I am?"
"How many?"
Feng Qi patted the merit book on the table, Ji Chaoyun leaned over, and saw the number at the end at a glance:
fifty-eight.
More than twice as much as Ji Chaoyun.
Ji Chaoyun was silent for a moment, then raised his eyes to look at Feng Qi, and lowered his head to bite the snack in silence.
Feng Qi did not urge him, and drank by himself.
For a while, neither of the two spoke, but in the end Ji Chaoyun couldn't hold back: "You... how did you do it?"
Feng Qi raised his brows and looked at him.
"... Senior Brother Feng."
Feng Qi immediately raised his eyebrows and smiled, and said, "Would it have been better? Let me win for nothing."
Ji Chaoyun: "If you are willing to admit defeat, tell me how to do it first."
Feng Qi said: "When you come down today, can you see how the Tao of Heaven calculates merit?"
"Well." Ji Chaoyun nodded, "Helping the common people, hoeing the strong and the weak, and subduing demons can all be exchanged for merit. But..."
"The merits are too little, right?" Feng Qi continued, "If you usually practice in the lower realm, you will naturally have no problem doing these things, but you are different. Your goal is to be ranked first in the academy, and you need to accumulate three in just 90 days. Thousands of merits, at least thirty points per day."
"Of course, with your current progress, if you don't sleep, you still have a chance to complete it. But..." Feng Qi glanced at him and said, "You are a delicate and frail person who has been awake for ninety days, how can you hold on to it? ."
"..."
Ji Chaoyun didn't bother to pay attention to the teasing in his words, and said, "I know that if you surrender the evil thing that is on the side of the calamity, or the demon that hurts people's lives, the merit value will be higher. Did you use this method?"
"That's right, the key is here." Feng Qi said, "The way of heaven takes the evil spirits you surrender as the standard, the mortals and wandering spirits who do evil are the lowest, the demons and spirits with low morality are medium, and the fairies, demons, gods and demons with high morality are the lowest. , the merit will naturally be higher when subdued.”
Ji Chaoyun asked: "But the higher the Taoism, the harder it is to find. How can those evil spirits be so easy to find?"
"I'll find it if I don't." Feng Qi smiled mysteriously at him and said, "Eat quickly, I'll take you to a place after eating."