Early in the morning, the sun rises. In the pine forest at the foot of the mountain, only the chirping of insects and birds can be heard, not the sound of reading books.
Facing the empty school building, Meng Xueli silently opened the scriptures to read.
It stands to reason that although there are no elders to teach in the Dharma Hall, the morning reading has to be continued. However, the disciples played until the third watch last night and could not get up this morning.
It wasn't so crazy before, but the end of the year exam is approaching, this time is the last indulgence, and I will work hard for the exam in the next month.
Meng Xueli had to read "Beginning of Dao" every morning, and then his mind gradually sank and he was able to read other books.
He suddenly felt something, looked up, and widened his eyes: "Why is it you again?"
Xiao Tingyun was walking into the door holding a stack of books: "Follow the elders' teachings, and read in the morning."
He walked towards Meng Xueli.
Meng Xueli hurriedly said: "There is someone, this is your senior brother Yu's seat!"
Ji Xiao smiled and asked, "Where is nobody?" For some reason, the little Taoist companion was a little hostile to him.
Meng Xueli looked around and found that only the table and chairs behind him were empty, and pointed reluctantly.
Ji Xiao put the scroll down, Meng Xueli heard the sound of pulling the stool behind him, and suddenly felt a sharp edge on his back.
At this time, a young deacon walked in, saw Xiao Tingyun and said with a smile: "You are here, I was going to bring you to identify the way, you came by yourself."
After speaking, he turned to Meng Xueli: "Elder Meng, please take care of you." The deacon knew that this young elder often answered questions for the disciples, and was very prestige among the disciples of the Dharma Hall.
Meng Xueli nodded, "Yeah." Geniuses always have some preferential treatment, and the Deacon Hall really cares about this person.
The deacon instructed Xiao Tingyun again, and left happily.
The atmosphere in the school room was silent, Meng Xueli was about to continue reading, but heard a low cough.
The man suppressed his voice, obviously not wanting to disturb others.
Meng Xueli turned his head and saw an unhealthy flush on his pale face, but his expression was calm, as if he was used to enduring the pain, and couldn't help but think, "What kind of disease are you? Has it been like this since you were a child?"
Ji Xiao coughed and said with a smile, "It will be fine in a while." When the soul and the body are completely in harmony, the pain will naturally subside.
Meng Xueli heard that the other party was reluctant to say more, and thought to himself, Hanshan has a panacea for you to take care of, so it's not my turn to worry about it.
"what-"
The brocade-clothed youth entered the door yawning, paralyzed beside Meng Xueli, his eyes misty.
Meng Xueli introduced: "This is your senior brother Yu Qishu."
Ji Xiao: "Hello, Senior Brother Yu."
Seeing this, Yu Qishu opened her eyes, looked at him critically, and nodded lightly: "Hello."
Then he pulled Meng Xueli forward, leaned on the table and said in a low voice, "Is he the new Junior Brother Xiao?"
"Yup."
Yu Qishu stared: "Why did you chat with him? You actually betrayed the party and forgot our oath?"
Meng Xueli thought about the oath, and he reasoned: "We are against comparing Junior Brother Xiao with Ji Xiao, not against Junior Brother Xiao. Junior Brother Xiao himself did nothing wrong." Although I suspect that there is a ghost in him now, but still There is no evidence, and you can't lead people to exclude new classmates, that's too naive.
Yu Qishu thought for a moment: "You are right!"
Meng Xueli was still holding a little air when facing Xiao Tingyun, but he had the awe-inspiring and inviolable majesty he had when he left last night.
But not long after, there was laughter and noise outside the door, and a group of young disciples rushed into the school building, carrying various oil paper bags and small cloth bags in their hands.
"Elder Meng is early. You didn't come last night. We packed you good things."
"Sugar-fried chestnuts, sesame peanuts, crab and cucumber seeds are all delicious. Try them now."
The table was full of snacks, and someone peeled a chestnut and handed it over.
Meng Xueli: "Thank you." He ate with frowning eyebrows and bulging cheeks, without the dignity of an elder.
"You are Junior Brother Xiao?" Someone noticed the tall and thin boy behind Meng Xueli.
Ji Xiao nodded.
Everyone was very curious, and they were about to talk to each other, when a low voice suddenly sounded outside the door:
"Is Elder Meng there?"
The voice was not loud, but it implied true essence, and the disciple with shallow cultivation immediately felt dizzy.
I saw four young monks standing at the door, wearing jade crowns and white robes, with swords around their waists, dressed as typical inner disciples.
The school was instantly silent. The status of inner sect disciples is always higher than that of disciples in Lunfa Hall.
Meng Xueli replied, "I am."
The four looked at him and saw that his table was actually filled with various snacks, showing a faint look of disdain.
One of the long-faced monks said, "Please take a step to narrate."
Meng Xueli was about to get up when a voice came from behind: "If you have anything to say, just say it here."
Yu Qishu heard Xiao Tingyun's voice and immediately reacted: "Everyone is asking Elder Meng for advice, and he won't be able to leave for a while."
The other disciples in the school noticed that the atmosphere was wrong and stood up one after another.
The long-faced cultivator swept over them with cold eyes, sneered, and said to Meng Xueli: "I am under the order of the real master, and will protect Elder Meng in the secret realm of Vast Sea. Since we are instructed to act, we must do our best, and please cooperate with the elders. us!"
"The secret realm of the vast sea is about to open, and the time is short. Please treat the elders with care and don't waste time. The four of us, brothers and sisters, have recently practiced a sword formation together. Please come to play Jianping West every three days from tomorrow onwards. side, take part in a drill."
Another person continued: "You don't need to use the sword, as long as you learn the pace of changing with the formation. We can keep you safe when we encounter enemies in the secret realm."
They said 'protect', but the words implied contempt, and they didn't even give their names before speaking.
There is no unprovoked malice in the world. Protecting Meng Xueli to avoid the battle for seven days and retreating completely means giving up the competition for the ranking, giving up the 20-year event, the best chance to become famous in the past 20 years.
However, the four of them did not dare to object to the arrangement of the real head, and they did not even dare to show any reluctance. The resentment was simmering in his heart, and naturally transferred to Meng Xueli.
- Unable to protect yourself, just stay at Changchun Peak, why bother others? Do you think Hanhai Secret Realm is a spring outing
Ji Xiao frowned slightly.
Meng Xueli's expression didn't change, he just nodded: "I see. Is there anything else?"
The four of them looked at each other. Originally, they heard that Meng Xueli was domineering. If he got yelled at, they would take the lead and complain to the headmaster, and then preach that the other party was unreasonable. .
Now that the plan has failed, and everyone is watching, it is hard to say more, and I feel more suffocated in my heart.
The leading long-faced cultivator folded his hands: "Don't disturb the elder's study, farewell."
The four aggressive direct disciples walked away, and there were discussions in the school building.
"Elder Meng, are you really going to the Vast Sea Secret Realm? They don't look reliable at all."
"When I learn the sword from a teacher, I will protect the elder."
"Bah, you are only at the first level of Qi refining, and it will be cold when you learn Jian Cai!"
Yu Qishu turned around and knocked on Junior Brother Xiao's desk:
"You did a good job just now! Do you want to join our Support Party?" He pointed at Meng Xueli and himself, "The party leader and deputy party leader will cover you in the future, and you will walk sideways on the Law Hall."
Ji Xiao wondered: "What party?"
Yu Qishu smiled sincerely, revealing a row of white teeth: "As long as you support the real person Ji Xiao, we are friends."
Meng Xueli groaned in his heart, wishing he could find a snowdrift to get in.
The author has something to say: Meng Xueli: Let me die!
Yu Qishu: Don't make trouble, it's about developing party members.