The next day, the early morning air was moist and fresh.
Li Yan was walking on the small path leading to the mountain gate of Xiaozhu Peak. He occasionally glanced sideways to see Li Wuyi, who had a strange smile on his face. Li Yan felt a little puzzled.
After he and Gong Chenying decided to go home yesterday, they chatted for a while, and occasionally they even whispered affectionately to each other. However, every time this happened, Gong Chenying would shyly change the subject, and Li Yan would smile knowingly.
By evening, Li Yan was about to go to the main hall and tell Wei Chongran that he wanted to go home with Sixth Senior Sister. However, after thinking about it, Gong Chenying said that she would just tell him when she returned, so Li Yan didn't have to go.
Li Yan felt that this was nothing, it would be the same no matter who said it, and he had just come out of the secret realm, and there were indeed some things that needed to be prepared.
Early this morning, Li Yan sent a message to Gong Chenying, agreeing on a time to set off together.
A moment later, he received a reply from Gong Chenying, asking him to meet at the mountain gate on the hillside of Xiaozhu Peak.
Li Yan smiled and checked the things in the "Earth Spot" again. He would be away for an uncertain period of time this time, so he put everything he could take into the "Earth Spot" and placed some commonly used items in the storage bag around his waist.
But when Li Yan opened the gate, he saw a man standing outside his gate, looking at him with a smile on his face.
"Big Brother?"
Li Yan looked at Li Wuyi with some surprise.
"Junior brother, I heard that you were going back, so Master asked me to give you something."
After saying that, he smiled and threw a storage bag to Li Yan.
After Li Yan took it, he scanned it with his spiritual sense and found that in addition to a large pile of spirit stones and seven or eight bottles of third and fourth level elixirs, there was also a pile of golden things - gold.
Li Yan roughly estimated that the pile of spirit stones alone should be no less than 20,000 pieces. This is a huge amount of spirit stones. Even if it was taken out by a Jindan cultivator, it would be a considerable amount.
Li Yan didn't expect that his master would have such thoughts, and was so generous.
The quality of those pills is not low. Fourth-grade pills are extremely valuable to the cultivators of this continent.
Lord Li Yan was filled with gratitude towards Wei Chongran. Although he currently had some wealth, it was all accidental gain and it would be difficult to obtain more.
Excluding the expenses during this period, half of his wealth has been gone, which made Li Yan sigh at the outrageous high resource requirements for cultivating immortals.
What surprised Li Yan the most was the huge pile of gold. After a quick scan with his spiritual sense, there was about ten thousand taels of gold. This kind of yellow and white stuff in the secular world had no value in the world of immortal cultivation.
This was undoubtedly for Li Yan's family. Ten thousand taels of gold were enough for a family in a small mountain village to live a happy life.
Moreover, Li Yan believed that with the status of his master, even if he took out another million or ten million taels of gold, it would not be a problem. However, once he gave out so much, it would cause endless troubles for an ordinary person.
I didn’t expect that my master had considered everything so carefully. I hadn’t thought of these things before. Besides, I didn’t know where to find the gold and silver.
After Li Yan put away the storage bag, he bowed respectfully towards the main hall. Seeing this, Li Wuyi smiled slightly.
"Okay, Junior Brother, your other senior brothers are out, and only your fourth senior sister and I are at home. We give this to you as well. Just treat it as a gift from us for your first trip far away."
After saying that, Li Wuyi waved his hand, and another storage bag flew over.
Li Yan was a little stunned. He didn't expect Li Wuyi to give him something.
But he was confused. From the tone of his eldest senior brother, it seemed that the gifts were given to him by several senior brothers and sisters at the same time. His foundation-building and decision to go home were sudden events, so his senior brothers should not know about it.
Seeing that Li Yan was a little dazed, he took the storage bag. He seemed to have thought of something. Li Wuyi smiled and said casually.
“Hehehe, I paid for all the things here, and they don’t know about it yet. I will naturally get it back from them when the time comes. I think your brothers are not stingy people.”
When Li Wuyi laughed, there was a hint of maliciousness in his eyes.
Li Yangang had just withdrawn his spiritual consciousness from the storage bag. There were only spirit stones in the storage bag, and the number was as huge as 20,000. Thinking about this, each senior brother would have to take out thousands of spirit stones.
Hearing Li Wuyi's laughter again, Li Yan couldn't help but tremble all over. When he looked up, he happened to see Li Wuyi's gaze and immediately thought of the word "forced buying and selling". He thought about it for a moment and handed the storage bag to Li Wuyi.
"Big Brother, I appreciate your kindness. I still have some spiritual stones on me, not to mention the gift from Master."
Li Wuyi looked at Li Yan with a smile, but did not take it or say anything.
Later, Li Yan couldn't help scratching the back of his head, then hung the storage bag around his waist, and then looked at Li Wuyi seriously.
"Big Brother, I am worried about you. What if Fourth Sister doesn't give you her share? Are you going to rebel?"
After saying that, he turned and walked towards the path in front of the mountain, leaving Li Wuyi, who was stunned, standing there in a daze.
He didn't expect Li Yan to say this. After a few breaths, Li Wuyi laughed and chased after him from behind.
"Junior brother, I will take you to the mountain gate."
The two of them walked all the way towards the mountain. Although Li Yan was quite surprised by Li Wuyi's slow and slow behavior, he did not reject his kindness.
I just thought that if Second Senior Brother and the others were here, they would do what the Master asked them to do and then leave.
As they talked along the way, the two of them soon arrived in front of the menial service department, which was the black bamboo passage leading to the mountain gate.
Walking in the corridor, looking at the star-studded corridor, and then looking at Li Wuyi beside him, from time to time, there were spots of firefly light passing through his hair, face, and body, adding a bit of weirdness to his handsome face.
Li Yan seemed to be back to the scene a few years ago when Li Wuyi first brought him here, and he couldn't help feeling emotional.
Li Wuyi also thought of the same situation and smiled at Li Yan. He also thought of the young boy in his heart, who was now the same height as himself.
As their eyes met, the two of them couldn't help but burst into laughter at the same time, and their laughter went straight through the passage and spread across the mountain.
The passage was long and winding, but it eventually came to an end. The moment Li Yan and Li Wuyi walked out, a vast sea of bamboo appeared before them, with green leaves and dark bamboo swaying in the wind...
Looking at the beautiful scenery ahead, Li Yan, who was originally smiling, suddenly froze his smile on his face. Because next to the bamboo forest, there were two slender figures standing, one black and one white, pretty and unparalleled, just like two elf seagulls in the bamboo forest, even in this seemingly endless bamboo forest, it was eye-catching.
Li Wuyi, who was standing at the side, also noticed Li Yan's expression. He was also stunned. Seeing that Li Yan's eyes were fixed in a daze, he couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
"Junior brother, junior brother, what's wrong with you?"
Li Yan was awakened from his shock when he heard the voice beside him.
"Oh, nothing. I thought I was seeing things. I didn't expect Senior Sister Min's cultivation has reached the late stage of foundation building."
"Oh, that's right. You just came out of seclusion after successfully building your foundation, and Min'er broke through to the late stage of foundation building a few months ago. I guess you don't know about it.
Last night, Master told me that you were going home, so Sixth Junior Sister took Min'er with her and wanted to go out for a walk together. This was a bit sudden, so I came here to see Min'er off.
By the way, Junior Brother, Min'er is out this time, she doesn't understand all the mundane things, you have to take extra care of her. Don't let her get angry, otherwise I will not forgive you when she comes back."
When Li Wuyi saw the two girls in the distance, he raised one hand and waved at them casually while talking to Li Yan.
Although Li Yan didn't know what had happened, he roughly guessed some clues from Li Wukou. He nodded calmly and agreed repeatedly, knowing that Gong Chenying would definitely tell him about this.
Seeing Li Yan's agreement, Li Wuyi patted Li Yan's shoulder, retracted his gaze from the two girls, looked at Li Yan again, a strange smile appeared on his face, and then strode forward.
Li Yan was very smart, and he already had something to hide, so how could he not understand the meaning in Li Wuyi's eyes? He could not help but touch his nose and followed him.
Gong Chenying and Zhao Min, the two girls, stood beside the bamboo forest and whispered.
Seeing Li Yan and the other two coming over, he stopped talking. Gong Chenying raised her head and looked at the two people who were gradually approaching, while Zhao Min, with a pair of white, tender and smooth hands, plucked a bamboo leaf, rotated it on her slender fingertips, and looked at the bamboo leaf in her hand with her beautiful eyes without looking up.
When the two of them got closer, Li Wuyi took a few quick steps to Zhao Min, then turned around and smiled at Li Yan.
"Junior brother, I'll have a few words with Min'er. It won't delay your trip."
After saying that, he walked to one side and waved to Zhao Min. Zhao Min glanced at Li Yan and then walked over with light lotus steps.
Li Yan smiled at Zhao Min, then turned around and saw Gong Chenying with an apologetic look on her face. Li Yan knew that she had something to say, so he walked over.
Seeing Li Yan standing in front of her, Gong Chenying said a little embarrassedly as she looked at the man who was a head taller than her.
"I...I...I was a little too self-willed."
"Hehehe... This is why you went to tell Master in person yesterday."
Li Yan chuckled. Actually, he had an indescribable feeling about Zhao Min's arrival. It was a mixture of joy and sorrow, but in the end he was more happy, even surprised. There was a sudden happiness in his heart.
You was with the two girls, and he didn't know that his words would make one of them unhappy. He also vaguely guessed the significance of Gong Chenying's action, but he didn't know how to persuade Zhao Min to go with him.
Seeing that Li Yan didn't look unhappy, Gong Chenying felt relieved but also sighed. If someone said that Min'er and Li Yan had no feelings for each other, she would not believe it even if she was beaten to death.
She just mentioned it to Zhao Min yesterday, and after Zhao Min thought about it for a moment, she agreed.
But she did not feel jealous in her heart. This was the result of her careful consideration. Gong Chenying still felt guilty and worried in the past year. Considering the relationship between her and Zhao Min as they grew up together, how could she not notice the changes in Zhao Min.
Although Zhao Min remained silent, a girl's mind was after all delicate. Gong Chenying was even more worried that her intervention would hurt Zhao Min's extremely sensitive heart.
Now it seems that her actions may really make up for it, but there is still a knot in her heart, which makes her feel a little uncomfortable. No woman is willing to share her husband with others.
But she was very clear about Zhao Min's life experience, and felt that her sister's past was almost exactly the same as her own. Her decades of life were full of helplessness and bitterness.
When they first came to the sect, after the two of them slowly interacted with each other, they both developed a feeling of sympathy for each other. Perhaps this was destined by heaven, Gong Chenying thought.
Gong Chenying looked back at Li Wuyi and Zhao Min in the distance, who were talking in low voices. Li Wuyi seemed to have a lot to explain. While he was talking, he kept gesturing with his hands, with an extremely serious look on his face.
She knew Li Wuyi's feelings for Zhao Min, that he was willing to sacrifice his life for family and to block all dangerous people. She also knew that Li Wuyi was worried about what Zhao Min would encounter during her first outing, so there were many things he needed to explain.
Even with her and Li Yan around, I believe Li Wuyi would be unable to sleep or eat well if he didn't make it clear what he wanted to say. I think this is also what the master and mistress meant.
After Gong Chenying glanced over there, when she turned back, Li Yan was looking at her calmly. After sorting out her thoughts, Gong Chenying slightly opened her red lips.
Looking at Li Yan, Gong Chenying looked apologetic.
"I thought about it yesterday. If we go out alone, it will definitely give others a very sudden feeling. In this way, maybe... maybe Third Senior Brother's reaction will be... will be stronger.
Although I don't care about his feelings, but the person he is looking for is you, so I want to find a buffering method, so that after Third Brother notices that we are not on the mountain, he will gradually change from excitement to rational thinking.
And I also know that you and Min Er don’t just get along, the reason is that I got involved.”
When Gong Chenying said this, a bitter look appeared on his face, but his eyes were extremely serious.
Li Yan remained calm. He listened quietly. When he heard Gong Chenying talking about Zhao Min and him, he did not deny it. He, Li Yan, was not a gentleman, nor was he a person who loved indiscriminately. If he had feelings for Zhao Min, he had them.
Just like after interacting with Gong Chenying for a year and a half, he has already developed love for her. Now even if Yun Chun comes to take her away, he will not give in. It is not like the initial admiration for Gong Chenying's beauty, which was only in his heart, and he did not have any improper thoughts.
"Over the past year or so, I have spoken to Min Er several times. Although she did not express anything, I know her well enough to know what she is thinking.
She and I have been together for more than ten years, practicing together, playing together, and we are as close as sisters. I believe she knows exactly what I am thinking.
So, I thought of letting her go out with us, so that from the outside, it would not seem like we were alone together, which would provide a buffer and reduce speculation."
Gong Chenying spoke softly.
At this moment, Li Yan showed a strange look in his eyes.