into the night.
There are few pedestrians in the small town at night, and because of the recent evil spirits, the doors of every house are closed, and the atmosphere is quite lonely.
On the empty street, a carriage came in the night and stopped in front of the inn.
The coachman jumped out of the carriage, opened the curtain in front of the carriage, and picked up a woman in white.
The innkeeper was leaning on the counter and dozing off, even though he saw a carriage parked in front of the door, he didn't get up.
His inn is the only one in the town, if passers-by want to stay there, they have no choice but his. So there is no need for a warm welcome like other inns.
But at this moment, he just glanced outside the door, was taken aback for a moment, and hurried out with a smile all over his face.
He walked in such a hurry that he almost knocked over the decorations on the counter.
"Miss, do you want to stay? There is just one private room left today." The innkeeper greeted the carriage and asked with a smile.
The woman glanced at him lightly, but did not answer.
It was the coachman who replied on her behalf: "Don't bother, we just want to feed the horses some fodder and continue on our way."
"Going on at such a late hour?" The innkeeper hastily tried to persuade him, "Young lady, I don't know, we've been haunted by monsters lately, so it's not safe to go on the road at night. Especially..."
He paused, glanced at the woman's exquisite figure, and then fell on that face: "Especially a beauty with a symbol like a girl."
That look was actually somewhat offensive, but the woman didn't seem to care, she just said softly, "Hey the horse."
The innkeeper couldn't please him, so he sighed regretfully, and said to the coachman, "Come with me."
After that, he led the coachman to the stable.
Before leaving, he couldn't help but look at the woman a few more times.
In a certain guest room on the second floor of the inn, Qi Shu couldn't hold back and let out a cold snort.
What kind of thing is that innkeeper, the eyes have not been removed from his master, if not for Kunlun's regulations not to harm mortals, he would have to goug out the eyes of that bastard!
Qi Shu thought angrily, and when he looked back, Lu Chengyuan was still lying by the window, staring downstairs without turning his eyes.
It seems to have been dumbfounded.
"What are you looking at!" Qi Shu slapped him hard on the back of the head.
Lu Chengyuan let out an "ow" and raised his head: "What did you hit me for?"
Qi Shu: "I asked you to watch for any evil figures nearby, where are you watching?"
"Look at it." Lu Chengyuan said, "With the presence of the Immortal Venerable, are you still afraid that the evil spirit will escape? If you don't watch it, you won't have a chance to see it again..."
Immortal Ling Xiao's appearance is extremely beautiful, but he is usually too strict, and his disciples are intimidated by seeing him, so they don't care about admiring his appearance.
But now, he has changed his body shape and bone appearance by Taoism, and his facial features can vaguely show his original appearance, but he lacks the familiar sense of oppression that he usually has.
Lu Chengyuan said the last sentence very quietly, Qi Shu frowned: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
"Where am I talking nonsense, have you seen the dress of Xianzun?" Lu Chengyuan touched his chin, "But speaking of it, Lingxiao Xianzun is really special to you, and he can even agree to such a request."
Qi Shu: "Isn't this for getting rid of demons?"
Lu Chengyuan looked at him in disbelief: "Immortal Ling Xiao, in order to get rid of demons, you turned into a female figure, do you believe this?"
Qi Shu: "..."
"Don't even think about it. No matter how powerful this evil spirit is, it will never be able to defeat Immortal Lingxiao, the number one sword in the world. He was able to fish you out of the illusion of Wuying Mountain last night as if he had entered a no-man's land. Why can't he be straight today? Pounding the dragon's lair, do you still want to play this disguise with you?"
Qi Shu couldn't answer.
Lu Chengyuan was right, with the cultivation base of Immortal Ling Xiao, it would only take a snap of the fingers to level Wuying Mountain, so why cooperate with his little tricks
"Wake up, he's for you." Lu Chengyuan leisurely concluded, "He doesn't want to interfere with your mission, he wants to leave you a chance to use his hands and feet, so he would rather not do anything, just assist you to complete the plan."
"Changing places, can you do this for eliminating demons?"
"Anyway, I can't. If I hadn't gotten into trouble yesterday, I would never agree to your plan this afternoon."
Qi Shu was silent.
Yes, his master has always been like this.
Always think about him, always pamper him, pamper him, never refuse any request from him, this has been the case since childhood.
If not, how could he sink deeper and deeper.
Without Qi Shu's interruption, Lu Chengyuan continued to appreciate Ling Xiao's female appearance openly.
While admiring, I also sigh from time to time.
What I heard is that after getting the ascension, you can change your appearance at will, and it's not bad for the immortals to show themselves as women in the future. What is even more rebellious is still fantasizing that if she can marry such a woman in the future, no, how wonderful it would be to have a woman who is one ten thousandth as beautiful as her.
Hearing that, Qi Shu almost threw him out.
"Just say one more thing..." Qi Shu gritted his teeth and said coldly, "I'll tell the head what you said tonight, and see how he will deal with you."
Lu Chengyuan quickly restrained his joking expression: "Don't, don't, I'm joking. Knowing that you are the most respectful teacher, can I stop talking nonsense? Don't tell me, my master is so afraid of Lingxiao Xianzun , to let him know that I am talking nonsense, he has to break my legs."
Qi Shu rolled his eyes at him.
"Are you really angry?" Lu Chengyuan looked at his face and persuaded, "It's just a joke, don't be so serious. Everyone has a love for beauty, don't you think the dress of Xianzun looks good?"
Qi Shu tilted his head and didn't answer.
Lu Chengyuan chuckled lightly, and said leisurely: "Don't pretend to be Qi Shu, if the following person wasn't your master, wouldn't you be unmoved? I don't believe it."
Qi Shu didn't believe it himself.
How could he not be tempted.
Qi Shu has never been short of people who like him since he was a child, both men and women, but he is not interested in all men and women around him. Later, when I grew up, I devoted myself to Master.
He always thought that he only liked men, but now he realized that he only liked this man.
No matter what it turns into, he likes it terribly.
Qi Shu hid behind the window, looking at the people standing in the courtyard through the gap. The female figures of Lingxiao Xianzun are tall and tall, but they just stand quietly in the simple courtyard, and they all have an air of independence from the world.
Perhaps because of a feeling in his heart, Gu Hanjiang suddenly raised his head, and his eyes just happened to look in the direction where Qi Shu was.
Qi Shu quickly looked away.
I like it so much... I don't want anyone to see it.
According to Lu Chengyuan's information, the evil spirit originally only abducted young women who were alone at night. It wasn't until recently that more and more people had accidents, and the people kept their doors shut at night, that the evil spirit began to break into people's houses at night.
Therefore, Qi Shu and the others originally planned to change Gu Hanjiang into a female figure and wander around the town a few times to attract the evil spirit to appear.
Qi Shu and Lu Chengyuan hid in the dark to respond.
But Gu Hanjiang stood alone in front of the inn for a long time, and the two horses he brought with him were full of fodder in the stables, but the evil spirit still did not appear.
"What's the matter, the monster isn't coming today?" Lu Chengyuan waited impatiently.
In front of the inn, the coachman tied the two well-fed horses back to the carriage, walked up to Gu Hanjiang and said something to "her". The latter nodded, got into the carriage, and then the coachman drove away.
The direction to go is Wuying Mountain.
Qi Shu and Lu Chengyuan looked at each other, their figures turned into two sword shadows, and disappeared into the night without a sound.
The carriage drove slowly through the woods.
Out of the town, there is a forest. After passing through this forest, the road will be divided into two, one is the mountain road leading to Wuying Mountain, and the other is an official road built around Wuying Mountain.
Qi Shu and Lu Chengyuan restrained their breath, and followed the carriage not too far away.
After walking for about a stick of incense, seeing that the road forked was approaching, a horse neighed suddenly from ahead.
Lu Chengyuan waited all night, without thinking, he raised his sword and stepped forward.
The sword intent swayed in the dark woods, Qi Shu arrived a little later, and Lu Chengyuan was already wrestling with someone in the open space in front of the carriage.
The other party was wrapped in a black robe, and his face was completely hidden in the black mist, blurring.
Qi Shu only glanced at him, seeing that the other party was still able to handle it for the time being, so he turned back to check on Master's situation.
I happened to see the coachman helping Master out of the carriage.
Qi Shu: "..."
The coachman was temporarily found by Gu Hanjiang today, and he didn't know their identities and plans. But he is a nice person. Although he was already shaking with fright, he still insisted on protecting the employer in the car.
"Girl, let's go!" The coachman supported Gu Hanjiang's arm and was about to leave, but someone blocked his way.
Qi Shu snatched his master back from the coachman: "What are you touching?"
"You you you—who are you?"
"Let's go." Qi Shu held his breath all night, and his words were full of gunpowder at this time, "Aren't you going to wait to be eaten by monsters?"
Driver: "But she..."
Qi Shu took a step forward, blocking the master behind him: "She has me."
Although the coachman had doubts, but after all, saving his life was the most important thing, so he ran away in a hurry.
In the distance, Lu Chengyuan was still fighting with the evil spirit. The fight became more and more intense, and the sound of the fight gradually faded away.
In the forest here, Gu Hanjiang whispered: "Don't hold it so tightly."
Qi Shu suddenly realized that he was still holding Master's hand.
After Gu Hanjiang turned into a female form, his hands also became soft and slender, and they were soft when held in them, as if they would be crushed with a little force.
Qi Shu was a little bit reluctant, but still let go: "But Master let the coachman touch you just now."
"I'm acting."
Qi Shu muffled: "Oh."
His attitude was really a bit unreasonable, but Gu Hanjiang was not angry, instead he asked patiently, "Who upset you again?"
Qi Shu tilted his head: "I'm not unhappy."
Of course he was not happy.
This night, whether it was the innkeeper's undisguised eyes, or Lu Chengyuan's unrestrained nonsense, even the coachman just sneaked a few glances at his master earlier in the town, protecting his family's master The starting point is definitely not simple.
On weekdays, Ling Xiao Xianzun has a high status, so no one would dare to desecrate him.
How come after changing her female appearance... so seductive.
Qi Shu is jealous.
Very jealous.
Gu Hanjiang sighed lightly. He stretched out his hand and brushed Qi Shu's loose sideburns behind his ears. Because he turned into a female figure and became a lot shorter, he even padded his feet when doing this.
"Don't be angry, it's not an example."
Qi Shu didn't react for a while: "Huh?"
"I'm coaxing you." Gu Hanjiang looked up at him, with a serious expression on his clean and dusty face, and his eyes were moist and bright, "Don't be angry, I won't be a teacher anymore."
After turning into a female form, Gu Hanjiang's voice became more delicate and gentle. Qi Shu suddenly remembered that Gu Hanjiang coaxed him like this a long time ago.
Immortal Venerable Lingxiao's reputation spread far and wide. In recent years, besides Lu Chengyuan, there are many disciples who want to join him.
Of course Qi Shu didn't want anyone to separate the master from him, but as a disciple, he couldn't dictate the master's decision.
I still remember one time, the disciple who came to apprentice as a teacher had a prominent family background and good talent, and his parents and Immortal Ling Xiao were old acquaintances. After a sword technique, Qi Shu saw little appreciation in Master's eyes.
That day, Master chatted with that disciple and him for a long time.
Qi Shu was unhappy, but he didn't dare to mention it, so he could only find a place to sulk silently.
In the end, Master came to coax him.
Explain to him that he has no intention of accepting apprentices, but just a few words on demand at the request of the parents.
"Don't be angry, I won't be a teacher in the future."
He also said the same thing back then.
Even the tone of voice is similar.
This is still coaxing him like a child.
Qi Shu suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. His master still treats him as a child and his taste as a child's possessiveness.
He suddenly grabbed Gu Hanjiang's wrist: "Master, I have grown up."
He is no longer the Qi Shu who was able to be happy for several days knowing that his master would not accept other disciples. He wants more than then, so much that...he himself dare not think about it.
Gu Hanjiang did not answer. He lowered his eyes, his face was clearly expressionless, but there was a sense of coldness in plain sight.
Then, a brilliant light glowed all over his body, and his figure continued to elongate and change in the light, and finally returned to its original appearance.
The soft touch of the palm turned back to the familiar coldness, Gu Hanjiang lowered his eyes to look at the wrist, and looked away after a while.
There was no sound in the dark forest, except for a flash of sword light and a roar in the distance from time to time.
Gu Hanjiang said: "Lu Chengyuan won't last long, you should help him."
Changing the subject again.
Qi Shu didn't understand, after such a long time, could it be that his master really didn't know what he meant
Or did he actually know it long ago, but he just didn't want to accept it
"Master..." Qi Shu licked his lips, his fingers were a little stiff from nervousness, "Master, this disciple wants to ask you a question."
Gu Hanjiang: "What?"
"Does Master know why I was angry just now?"
Gu Hanjiang fell silent.
Qi Shu couldn't control himself.
He believes that he has grown a lot in the past three years, and he is no longer the impulsive temperament he used to be. But today he just wanted to be self-willed once. He didn't care about any temptations or the overall situation. He just wanted to get an answer from this person.
Qi Shu didn't know where he got the courage, he suddenly took a step forward, and the distance between the two suddenly became extremely close.
He stared deeply at those familiar eyes, his heart was beating fast, but when he spoke, his voice was clear and calm: "Master, what do you do to me—"
Before he finished speaking, there was a bang in the distance.
The energy lifted up layers of fallen leaves, and Lu Chengyuan retreated rapidly. The long sword in his hand was thrust into the ground with force, and it landed not far from the two of them.
The leaves were scattered all over the ground, Lu Chengyuan raised his head, and shouted at Qi Shu angrily: "Qi Shu, why are you in a daze, come and help!"
Qi Shu: "..."
The author has something to say: Lu Chengyuan, being beaten by Xiu at the same time, was miserable.