Just as Chu Qi and the other person stopped in front of the door, there was a noise coming from the next door.
Liu Weiming pushed the door open and walked out.
He had changed out of the Tianxuan Sect's sword-cultivating disciple's attire and put on a low-key white robe. He had replaced his black armor wristbands with belts, looking very capable.
"My two junior brothers, it's time for dinner."
They were below the foundation building stage and had not yet gone through the fasting phase, so they needed to eat to fill their stomachs. Although Liu Weiming did not know how to take them out to play, he kept all these things in mind: three meals a day, getting up in the morning and sleeping at night.
"I'll be right there." Chu Qi responded, then he remembered that he was still barefoot and couldn't just go out like this. So he stuffed the candied haws in his hand back into Yan Jiu's pocket, "Help me hold it for a while."
Yan Jiuge was holding a bamboo stick for the candied haws and met Liu Weiming's eyes at the door. A hint of surprise appeared in Liu Weiming's eyes.
Yan Jiuge looked away and explained, "He loves to eat this, there's nothing I can do. I had to buy him a bunch."
Liu Weiming nodded and wrote down the preferences of the two junior brothers. "Okay, I'll buy some for you later."
Yan Jiuge denied, "I don't eat those. Ah Qi is picky, so I can buy them for him. Thank you, Senior Brother Liu."
When Liu Weiming heard him say this, he couldn't help but sigh, "You two are so friendly and respectful to each other. You have such a good relationship."
Yan Jiuge was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then he came back to his senses and nodded, "Yeah." At least that's the case today.
"what are you guys saying?"
At this time, Chu Qi put on his shoes and socks, tidied himself up and walked out, just in time to hear Yan Jiuge respond.
Liu Weiming was about to speak, but he heard Junior Brother Yan beside him speak first, "I'm saying you're picky about food."
Liu Weiming: “…”
No, the main point of the topic just now was that Junior Brother Chu was picky about food? Isn't it the idea of brothers being friendly and respectful to each other
Chu Qi just pretended that he hadn't asked before and skillfully changed the subject, "Then let's go have dinner now."
*
We had dinner at the Yunluo Restaurant next to the Yunluo Inn.
The private rooms were full, and only the main room on the second floor had empty seats.
Liu Weiming set up a soundproof barrier around him to block out the surrounding noise, and asked Chu Qi and the others, "Do you two junior brothers have any dietary restrictions?"
"Aqi doesn't eat spicy food, nor does he eat bitter food." Yan Jiuge said.
After hearing Yan Jiuge's comments on his preferences, Chu Qi couldn't help but glance at him. Afterwards, Chu Qi thought about it carefully and found Yan Jiuge's preferences from his memory, "He doesn't eat sour food."
Yan Jiuge raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and seemed to want to say something but stopped himself, and in the end, he said nothing.
How did Chu Qi know
They hadn't eaten together very often before.
Liu Weiming ordered the dishes.
He felt a little bored while waiting for the waiter to serve the food, so he thought about it and started talking about the affairs of the Tianxuan Sect with his two fellow apprentices.
"This afternoon, Elder Ming sent me a message. He said that if there are 20 disciples joining Tianxuan Sect in the next two days, we can return to the mountain gate first."
"Senior Brother Liu, in the past immortal sect selections, were there many people who entered the Tianxuan Sect?" Chu Qi was a little curious.
He remembered the immortal sect selection in his previous life. There were fifteen disciples admitted to the Tianxuan Sect. Among the five major immortal sects, except for the Bodhi Sect, the Tianxuan Sect had the least number of disciples.
"In the past... there were probably 20 to 30 people." Liu Weiming replied.
The path of sword cultivation is not so easy. If one cannot reach the top of the fairy mountain in the first two or three days, it means that the person is not talented enough and cannot make up for it with hard work. In comparison, it is better to transfer to Fuyao Palace, Qingling Sect, and Beast Taming Sect to learn medical cultivation, magic cultivation, and beast taming techniques, which will make it easier to advance.
"Elder Ming also said that when you arrive at the sect, he will discuss with the sect leader about reclaiming the medicinal fields. The Tianxuan Sect has a large area, and if you need it, it will be no worse than other immortal sects."
After hearing Liu Weiming say this, Chu Qi recalled that after his talent changed, he had to switch from a sword practitioner to a medical practitioner.
This made Chu Qi feel a little weird.
I wonder what will happen to him after he joins the medical lineage of the Tianxuan Sect.
In his previous life, when Chu Qi was practicing sword in Tianxuan Sect, he had never seen the medical practitioners in the sect. They were even more reclusive than the sword practitioners.
The sword practitioners of Tianxuan Sect seldom seek medical treatment. Minor injuries and pains are all healed on their own. If the injury is a bit serious, they just rest for a few days and take some pills from Fuyao Palace.
Liu Weiming is a good senior brother, and he tries his best to introduce Tianxuan Sect to his two junior brothers. But unfortunately, the life of a sword cultivator is too boring, and there is nothing interesting around.
Of his two junior fellow apprentices, one had already known about the Tianxuan Sect, while the other was not very interested in the sect's affairs.
Fortunately, Yunluo Restaurant served the dishes quite quickly, and before Liu Weiming ran out of words, the table was filled with delicious dishes.
Don’t talk while eating and don’t talk while sleeping.
*
After the three of them finished dinner, it was already night.
Thousands of lights adorned the eaves, the flames flickered, and it was as bright as day. The streets of Yicheng were still bustling with activity.
Liu Weiming asked again "Do you want to go out and play?" and after receiving a negative answer, he took his two fellow apprentices back to Yunluo Inn to rest.
When they were about to reach the entrance of Yunluo Inn, there was a big commotion coming from the other end of the street.
"Excuse me! Please lend me this!"
A panicked voice was shouting.
The voice arrives before the person appears.
"What happened?" Chu Qi looked at the source of the commotion in confusion.
I saw that the already crowded street had been opened up into a winding path in the middle, and those who were giving way dodged in a panic, with chaotic movements, as if something was rushing around.
Suddenly, the thing turned around and flew straight towards Chu Qi and the other two.
"Aqi, be careful."
"Be careful, Junior Brother."
Two worried voices came almost at the same time.
Yan Jiuge took Chu Qi's hand first and protected him behind him.
Then, Liu Weiming formed seals with his hands and quickly set up a defensive barrier to block them.
"Bang!"
The sound was like hitting a drum, resounding dully in the defensive barrier above their heads.
Then, a hole appeared in the barrier, and the thing fell in.
Liu Weiming's face changed drastically, and he was about to draw his sword, but he saw Junior Brother Yan beside him raise his hand and grab the falling object.
Yan Jiuge's face was gloomy, and his eyes, which were against the light and shadow, were a little colder. Just now, this ignorant thing almost bumped into Aqi.
The storm came to an abrupt end. Chu Qi poked half of his head out from behind Yan Jiuge and looked curiously at what Yan Jiuge was holding.
I saw that the thing was about one foot tall, with a pair of long ears and a pair of black animal eyes that looked dull under the light. It had fluffy white fur all over its body and a big tail.
At this moment, its tail was in the singer Yan Jiu, and its body was lifted up in an inverted position.
"This... What kind of spiritual beast is this?"
Chu Qi couldn't recognize it.
"It looks a bit strange, a bit like a rabbit, but the rabbit's tail is not as big as this one." Liu Weiming couldn't recognize it either.
"Woo! Woo!"
After the initial sluggishness of being caught, the unknown spirit beast in Yan Jiu's singer began to struggle by swinging its tail.
"… "
But its tail is very long, swinging back and forth, just like it is swinging on a swing in the water.
Yan Jiuge frowned deeply, his disdain evident in his words.
Seeing this, Liu Weiming took the initiative to say, "Junior Brother Yan, give it to me."
However, what they could not have imagined was that just when Yan Jiuge was about to hand the spirit beast in his hand to Liu Weiming, the moment he was about to let go of his hand, the white-haired spirit beast "whoosh" slipped away from Liu Weiming's hand at an extremely fast speed.
"Woo-woo-woo!"
The spirit beast's cry rang out joyfully.
Yan Jiuge turned around with a bad look on his face, and saw that thing rubbing against his Aqi's hand, using its four limbs and tail to stick to Aqi's arm.
"Its fur is quite soft." Chu Qi was not angry, but there was some surprise in his tone.
However, he didn't know if it was his illusion, but after the white-haired spirit beast jumped onto his hand, its eyes glowed brightly and appeared particularly smart, with no trace of the dullness it had just had.
"Then I can make you a scarf." Yan Jiuge snorted coldly.
Before Yan Jiuge could make the white-haired spirit beast into a scarf, a reckless voice sounded from behind them.
"I'm so sorry that my pet has caused you so much trouble. I'm sorry!"
Chu Qi recognized the voice; it was the person who had been shouting on the street earlier.
"Here, be careful next time." Chu Qi stretched out the hand that was being pulled by the white-haired spirit beast.
“Woo… woo!” The white-haired beast clung to Chu Qi’s hand and was unwilling to come down.
"… "
The person who lost his pet was also a young boy, about thirteen or fourteen years old. He was embarrassed by the appearance of his pet and shouted with red ears, "Tuan Tuan, come down quickly and don't rub other Taoist friends' hands casually."
"Woo-woo-woo!" The white-haired spirit beast raised its head and glanced at the young man, then shook its head at him intelligently.
The young man was a little angry and a little sad. "You are so disobedient. Do you not want me as your master? It would have been fine if you didn't sleep well before, but you also wandered around the streets and caused trouble..."
In the end, he had to go and apologize to those monks one by one.
I finally found it, but it's still not behaving well.
"Woo!"
Hearing this, the white-haired spirit beast reluctantly let go of Chu Qi's hand, nimbly returned to the boy's shoulder, and rubbed its head against the boy's cheek to show affection.
The boy was quickly coaxed into calming down, and continued to clean up the mess for his pet. "Tuantuan has caused you so much trouble. I will compensate you for your loss on its behalf."
“Not much loss.” Chu Qi thought about it. Apart from breaking through Senior Brother Liu’s defensive barrier, the white-haired spirit beast didn’t do anything.
"Fellow Daoist Liu! I didn't expect to meet you." A surprised voice came from behind.
The man who came was dressed in red and white robes, and he was a disciple of the Beast Taming Sect.
"Friend Le." Liu Weiming turned around and saw that it was an acquaintance. His expression relaxed and he greeted him.
"I'm really sorry, this is our new disciple in the Beast Taming Sect. He hasn't learned the art of taming beasts yet and is rather indulgent towards his spirit pets. I'm sorry to have caused you trouble." Le Changyin, a disciple of the Beast Taming Sect, explained.
Liu Wei understood, "So you are the new disciple of the Beast Taming Sect, congratulations." It is naturally a happy event to receive a new disciple on the first day.
"Congratulations." Le Changyin was in a good mood. He thought that he would not get anything today if he missed Chu Qi, who had the innate wood spirit root. Unexpectedly, in the evening, a disciple with innate water spirit root came to the top of the fairy mountain, and he also loved spirit pets.
"I brought my junior brother to the inn to have a rest. He hasn't started fasting yet, so it's not convenient for him to stay on the top of the fairy mountain." Le Changyin said.
"Me too." Liu Weiming felt the same way, as he was also the one who was leading a junior fellow apprentice.
After the misunderstanding was resolved, the group walked towards Yunluo Inn together.
On the way, Chu Qi learned the boy's name, Yun Jiangmiao.
Yun Jiangmiao was also a very talented cultivator in his previous life. When he was eighteen years old, he went to a secret place for training and directly made a contract with a nine-tailed fox with pure blood. From then on, his reputation became as high as Yan Jiuge's and he was often mentioned by everyone.
Right now, Yun Jiangmiao, like Yan Jiuge, is still a slightly childish boy.
The crowd disappeared at the gate of Yunluo Inn without noticing that, in the shadows where the lights had not yet reached, a man in red clothes was looking in their direction thoughtfully.
"So it's a pure body. No wonder the heir of the Yan family doesn't look abnormal. It's really interesting that I discovered such a secret."
The man in red chuckled, then turned and disappeared into the air, with traces of fox fire passing through his shadow.
*
Here, Chu Qi and Yan Jiuge returned to the guest room.
Chu Qi was still thinking about what happened just now, and couldn't help but sigh, "I didn't expect that Yun Jiangmiao's pet, with only the first-level cultivation, could break Senior Brother Liu's barrier. It's really amazing."
"That's the White Cloud Beast. It's good at breaking through formations and barriers, but it only has flesh and no brains. It has a simple nature and only acts on instinct."
After Yan Jiuge answered, he thought of the white cloud beast rubbing against Chu Qi's hand, and felt unhappy.
"It's quite cute and good at acting coquettishly," said Chu Qi.
Yan Jiuge: “…”
"It's not of much use anyway. Look how much trouble it has caused today?" Yan Jiuge flattered Chu Qi subtly.
"Yeah, it's hard for Yun Jiangmiao." He chased the spirit pet all over the street and wiped its butt.
Yan Jiuge didn't want to continue this topic, he said, "It's getting late now, you should go to bed."
Chu Qi had just slept in the afternoon and had a nightmare, so he wasn't very sleepy. But Yan Jiuge didn't sleep at that time, so he should be very tired by now.
"Okay, let's go to bed first."
Thinking of this, Chu Qi nodded and then asked, "Do you want to sleep inside or outside?"
"?"
Yan Jiuge was confused, "What did you say?"
Chu Qi answered naturally, "I forgot to tell you, there is only one bed in the room. I was asking if you want to sleep inside or outside."
Yan Jiuge certainly knew that there was only one bed in the room, so he didn't plan to occupy it. After all, he didn't really need to sleep.
But from what Chu Qi said, it seemed that she didn't mind sleeping in the same bed with him
"If you're not used to it, shall I ask the waiter at the inn to add a small couch?"
Seeing that Yan Jiuge was slow to respond, Chu Qi thought that he was not used to sharing the couch with others.
"… No need." Yan Jiuge finally spoke, his voice slower than usual, "I can just sleep outside."
It’s just a change of place to meditate.
I can't let Chu Qi realize that he doesn't need to sleep.
Yan Jiuge thought.
*
After blowing out the glass lamp, the room lost all light and became pitch dark.
There was a bed with Chu Qi lying inside, and Yan Jiuge was lying straight outside of him, three feet away.
If it moves a little further out, Yan Jiuge's fingers will be suspended in the air.
The spiritual power flowed through Yan Jiuge's meridians, but he was a little distracted at this moment, and all he could hear was the sound of Chu Qi's breathing.
Although the atmosphere was quiet, Yan Jiuge knew that Chu Qi was not asleep.
Maybe it's the fear of having another nightmare.
As soon as this thought flashed through Yan Jiuge's mind, he thought of Chu Qi's tearful eyes in the afternoon, and the corners of his lips couldn't help but purse.
I don't know what kind of nightmare made Chu Qi so panicked. Next time I go back to Yunyin Realm, I will bring him a piece of spiritual jade that can calm his soul.
Thinking in this way, returning to the Yunyin Realm wouldn't be so annoying to Yan Jiuge.
There are no quarrels or cold wars today, only peace.
Maybe a little more intimacy...
Yan Jiuge thought, it would be best if it could be like this in the future.
(End of this chapter)