"?"
After hearing Yan Jiuge's question, Chu Qi was completely confused.
What do you mean by being well behaved? He didn't do anything today except participating in the immortal gate selection. How can he be considered well behaved
Chu Qi asked, "Is there?"
"Of course." Yan Jiuge continued, "Not only did you not quarrel with me today, you were also willing to stay in the house obediently." You even called me brother.
When the last sentence was on the tip of his tongue, Yan Jiuge remembered that Chu Qi had denied it when they were riding on a small boat. He thought Chu Qi would probably be really angry if he brought it up again, so he kept silent.
Chu Qi: “…”
It turns out that he is being well behaved here today.
However, according to Yan Jiuge's memory, his current self is indeed somewhat different from the past.
Chu Qi thought for a moment and found a suitable excuse for himself, "I was too impatient before. From now on, I will learn to be more calm and cultivate my character."
"Really?" Yan Jiuge's voice was a little suspicious.
"Yes." Chu Qi nodded. In order to prevent Yan Jiuge from continuing to ask him about his change of character, he took the initiative to ask, "It must be very tiring for you to carry me up the bluestone stairs today. Do you want to take a rest now?"
Hearing this, Yan Jiuge looked up at the room they were in and found that there was only one bed in the room, but there were two cushions for meditation.
"I don't need it. Just go to sleep. You're so delicate that you'll blush even if you're exposed to the sun."
Chu Qi: “…”
It's not relevant to bring up this issue.
Let her be spoiled, anyway he has seen through Yan Jiuge's temper. Apart from his harsh mouth, there is nothing wrong with him in other aspects.
"Then I'll go to sleep first." Chu Qi said to Yan Jiuge, then turned and walked towards the bed.
Chu Qi suddenly realized that there was only one bed in this room. After all, the people coming and going in Yicheng were all monks, and there were probably not many children like them who still needed sleep, so there was only one bed.
So, Chu Qi took off his shoes, socks and outer clothes, and when he lay down on the bed, he consciously moved inwards to leave half the space for Yan Jiuge.
In case Yan Jiuge wants to sleep, he won’t be left without a place to lie down.
In fact, Chu Qi was not sleepy, but after being reborn today, his thoughts were in a mess, so he might as well take a rest to think carefully.
First of all, the reason for his rebirth may be the "plot".
The "plot" began when Chu Qi was 20 years old, which was when he died suddenly in his previous life. After his rebirth, I don't know if he will still be affected by the "plot", but if it is still the same as in his previous life, why did he rebirth
Therefore, Chu Qi tentatively believed that his fate should also change. For example, the change in his talent might be related to rebirth.
The second one is Yan Jiuge.
The misunderstanding between him and Yan Jiuge was initially caused by an argument, which happened about one or two months after Yan Jiuge established his foundation. Yan Jiuge was in a particularly bad mood that time, and he almost got into a fight with him. So the previous small quarrel turned into a big quarrel, and it got out of control later.
This time, he must be careful to avoid these things.
Chu Qi thought and thought, and finally fell asleep unknowingly.
*
Hearing Chu Qi's steady breathing, Yan Jiuge, who was meditating on the cushion, opened his eyes. He stood up from the cushion very gently and looked towards the bed.
Chu Qi was very well behaved when he was asleep, he didn't move around, and he didn't kick the quilt. Although his delicate and graceful facial features had lost their agility, they revealed a quiet and relaxed posture, like a beautiful painting with every stroke.
In the past, Yan Jiuge liked Chu Qi very much when he was asleep, because only then would Chu Qi let him get close to him and would not argue with him like a little hedgehog.
But today, Yan Jiuge prefers it when Chu Qi acts coquettishly and asks him to carry him on his back.
Thinking of this, Yan Jiuge's eyes softened involuntarily, and the corners of his lips slightly raised. But before the smile reached his eyes, the dragon-patterned jade hanging around his waist flashed a forbidden red light.
"..." My good mood suddenly faded away.
Yan Jiuge held the dragon-patterned jade in his hand, raised his eyes to look at Chu Qi who was still sleeping peacefully, but eventually he turned around with a little displeasure and left the room.
*
It was still afternoon outside, the sunlight cast oblique shadows and the eaves intertwined.
Yan Jiuge randomly found a secluded place, took out a talisman from his Qiankun bag and set up an isolation barrier.
The moment the barrier was formed, Yan Jiuge's aura suddenly changed.
The aura of the Qi Refining Stage suddenly surged, and actually directly reached the aura of the late Nascent Soul Stage.
Yan Jiuge's handsome face also changed. Unlike the elegant and casual look he showed in front of Chu Qi, his expression at this moment was rather cold and stern.
The originally smooth forehead now had a dark red line, and the inky eyes turned into a mysterious and dangerous dark gold color, like the violence lurking beneath the calm surface.
"Little Lord."
A respectful and hoarse voice came out from the dragon-patterned jade.
"explain."
Yan Jiuge pinched the dragon-patterned jade, and revealed his extreme impatience in a brief word.
"The deadline is in three months. The master hopes that you can come back a few days earlier to avoid being delayed like last time."
Yan Jiuge said coldly, "Don't bother me with this kind of thing again in the future."
It was just a reminder, but it made him waste a lot of time for nothing.
"There is one more thing. The Hidden Cloud Realm has been a little bit unstable recently..."
"Heh, when has Yunyin Realm ever been peaceful? Yan Mingchao is not dead yet, so stop bothering me."
"… "
After hearing what Yan Jiuge said, the voice on the other end of the dragon pattern jade fell silent for a moment, and then continued to answer with disapproval but extremely cautious tone.
"Young Master, you cannot address the head of the family by name. This is against the rules. In addition, your temper seems to be a little out of control. Is there something wrong with the seal again?"
"You can't die." Yan Jiuge said sarcastically.
"..." The restriction on the dragon-patterned jade flashed again and again. Finally, before Yan Jiuge's patience ran out, he said, "Then I will take my leave. I hope the young master will return soon."
The hearing ended here.
Yan Jiuge closed his eyes, and a circle of forbidden runes appeared around him.
As these forbidden runes surged, the abnormality in his appearance was concealed again, and finally his aura was restored to his previous insignificant Qi Refining Stage.
The isolation barrier disappeared into thin air.
The sunlight from outside fell on Yan Jiuge again, and the light and shadow followed the corners of his clothes, outlining a lonely silhouette.
No matter how many times he thought of that place, he always felt extremely disgusted.
At this moment, across the wall, a vendor selling candied haws on the street was walking and shouting, and his long and raised voice reached Yan Jiuge's ears.
"Selling candied haws—big, sweet candied haws!"
Yan Jiuge's eyelashes trembled, and he was completely out of his previous state.
With a tip of his toes, the young man in black used the force to flip over the wall. He was as light as a swallow and landed steadily.
"!"
Outside the wall, the vendor selling candied haws stared with wide eyes at the young man who suddenly appeared in front of him, and forgot to shout for a moment.
"Buy a string of candied haws." The young man in black had a cold tone, but his voice was clear.
"Ah... Okay, which one would you like to eat?"
"I don't want to eat it. I'm buying it for my brother. I want the biggest and sweetest one."
"Oh, okay, how about this one?" The vendor handed him a string of big, red candied haws.
"Sure, how much?"
"A spiritual stone."
"… "
**
Chu Qi had a dream.
In the dream
There was a poor and evil land.
The mountain stream is deep and dark, with no sunlight visible, the air is filled with miasma, and the grass and trees are grey and black.
Brown wild vines climbed up the cliff and grew in a winding way. Further down the cliff, a bunch of twisted branches stretched out from the cracks in the rocks, just covering a bud of the Nine Nether Resurrection Flower that was about to bloom.
The Nine Netherworld Resurrection Flower has nine leaves and nine petals, and its branches are thin and easy to break.
According to legend, when the Nine Netherworld Resurrection Flower blooms, it can summon wandering souls and bring them back to life.
A silver light flashed, the sword pierced the steep rock, and the sharp sword energy cut through the wild vines and twisted branches, and then went deeper.
This sword actually dug out the entire strange stone that nourished the Nine Nether Resurrection Flower from the cliff.
The person who came was Yan Jiuge.
As an adult, Yan Jiuge's eyes and eyebrows became somewhat cold, and he rarely showed his emotions, and he didn't even frown anymore.
When Yan Jiuge retracted the magic sword, a scarlet magic pattern snaked out from his cuffs and instantly occupied the entire palm of his right hand, which was shocking.
This is the Heart Demon Mark. It will spread from the chest to the hands, and when the Demon Mark grows to the tip of the ring finger, it will entangle and cut off the heart meridian.
Now Yan Jiuge entered the miasma valley alone. After his protective spiritual power was eroded by the poisonous miasma, his inner demon took advantage of the opportunity and tried to drag him into the abyss.
Allowing the inner demon to continue to grow, Yan Jiuge never stopped for a moment. He flew a sword for thousands of miles just for a crystal coffin.
"Aqi, I'm here to see you."
"I found a flower for you today. If you wake up, you will like it very much."
His brows relaxed for a rare moment, and he spoke gently to the person in the coffin.
Yan Jiuge leaned over, and gently stroked the ancient runes on the crystal coffin with his slender fingers. The magic pattern had already crawled to his fingertips. But he continued to speak as if he was completely unaware.
"However, this flower seems to have no use other than looking pretty..."
"Where should I go to find you?"
He didn't know when his eyes were filled with dark gold, as if he had been completely devoured by his inner demons, leaving only a paranoid delusion.
**
Chu Qi suddenly opened his eyes.
He woke up from his dream and looked at the white gauze bed curtains with unfocused eyes.
There was an inexplicable mist that blurred his eyes, tears welled up in his eye sockets, and the emotions left over from the dream were about to burst out.
"… "
Fortunately it was just a dream.
Yan Jiuge is fine now.
Chu Qi was comforting himself when he suddenly found that the room was quiet—he was the only one left.
"Yan Jiuge!"
Where are the people? ! Where are Yan Jiuge and the others
Chu Qi quickly got off the bed and hurried towards the door. His thoughts were a little confused, because he was too worried, and it was difficult to distinguish between dreams and reality.
“Crunch!”
At this moment, the wooden door of the guest room was pushed open from the outside, and the second person who had the forbidden key to this room came back.
The light outside the house suddenly fell on Chu Qi, causing him to stop in his tracks.
Yan Jiuge, dressed in black, was seen standing at the door with one hand behind his back and the other hand pushing the door. When he raised his eyes, his gaze met Chu Qi's misty eyes, and he couldn't help but become a little more flustered.
"... What's wrong with you?" Yan Jiuge asked softly.
He hadn't been away for long, had he? And the door lock was not broken, so no one should have come in just now.
While waiting for Chu Qi's answer, Yan Jiuge subconsciously went over all the potential dangers in his mind.
After Chu Qi saw the person, he finally separated the dream from reality. He didn't care about the embarrassment and asked Yan Jiuge, "Where did you go just now?"
"Here." Yan Jiuge stretched out his hand from behind his back and handed it to Chu Qi, saying with a cautious tone, "I just bought you a candied haws."
This string of candied haws is big and red, and the light golden sugar shell is crystal clear in the sunlight. You can tell it is sweet just by looking at it.
"When the vendor selling candied haws passed by, you were still sleeping, so I went down to buy some first."
Chu Qi loved sweets when he was a child, and he really loved eating this.
Taking the candied haws from singer Yan Jiu, Chu Qi blinked, trying to erase the sadness in his eyes.
"Why... um... I want to ask, why are you crying?" Yan Jiuge finally asked.
Chu Qi: "There's sand in my eyes."
Yan Jiuge: "And he ran off the bed without even putting on his shoes."
The two sentences came out almost at the same time, and Chu Qi's lies that he used to cover up were exposed.
Chu Qi: “…”
Yan Jiuge looked at him quietly for a moment, without urging him, but with an extremely serious expression, he speculated, "If someone bullies you..."
Chu Qi couldn't hide it, "I had a nightmare and woke up in shock."
"Dreams are all fake, don't take them seriously. You once dreamed of being the number one swordsman in the Yunhua Realm." Yan Jiuge rarely said a word of comfort.
Consider it consolation.
Chu Qi didn't want to continue talking about the topic of "dreams". He raised his hand and handed the candied haws to Yan Jiuge's mouth, "Do you want to eat it?"
“…” Only children eat this.
Yan Jiuge was about to refuse.
"I'll give you the first bite." Chu Qi said.
“…” The first bite of the candied haws is the sweetest.
Yan Jiuge's mind flashed with what Chu Qi had said. For a moment, he lowered his head as if possessed by a ghost and took the first bite of the candied haws.
The sweetness spread in my mouth. This toy for kids is actually quite good.
Yan Jiuge thought.
(End of this chapter)