The town is indeed not far from Qingyan, and Zhong Yan's cultivation is still flat, which is not suitable for Yujian, but after walking for a quarter of an hour, he has already seen the shadow of the city.
The town is called Pingyang, and it is quite prosperous. Although it was getting dark, there were still quite a few pedestrians on the road, and there were often a few tea stalls and noodle shops selling on the roadside.
Passers-by saw Gu Xuanyan and Zhong Yan walking with their swords in their arms, and they were all used to it. After all, the southwest is a place where Taoism is popular. Even traders and pawns, ordinary people have long been accustomed to seeing cultivators.
The two walked along the street and randomly entered an inn. The clever running hall has already greeted him, bowed his body and smiled and said: "Two cultivators, do you live in the store?"
Gu Xuanyan nodded and said, "One room."
Zhong Yan was stunned for a moment, then tilted his head to look at Gu Xuanyan: "Is there a room?"
Gu Xuanyan also looked at Zhong Yan and asked, "What's wrong?"
Uh... Zhong Yan originally wanted to ask why he didn't want two rooms, but Gu Xuanyan's face was calm, it seemed that one or two rooms was not a big deal, so he didn't know how to speak, so he could only say euphemistically : "One room is a little crowded."
"When I was in the Chanyuan, my senior brother also lived in a room with me." Gu Xuanyan's voice was gentle, "What's the matter now?"
What's wrong, Zhong Yan didn't know either, but suddenly felt very awkward. It was probably because Gu Xuanyan called him a Dao Companion in front of everyone that cast him into the shadows. But for the sake of it, it's a bit strange for Zhong Yan to be tangled up again - it's true, it's not that they haven't slept together.
The two went upstairs, and Gu Xuanyan closed the door before opening the mouth and said: "Senior brother, today we left the teacher's door and became a loose cultivator, without the blessing of the Qingyan sect. Qingyan will also pass on this matter to the various cultivators in the Great Wilderness. At that time, it is estimated that some people will be looking for trouble, and for convenience, we will all have to live together on this trip."
Zhong Yan immediately understood what he meant.
The two were expelled from the mountain gate. According to convention, the disciples who were expelled from the sect for misbehavior should be passed on to each sect of the Five Cultivation Practices, to show that the disciple has nothing to do with the sect, and that life and death are irrelevant.
After becoming a loose cultivator, it is very easy for cultivators with bad intentions to kill and steal their cultivation. After all, killing a loose cultivator does not have to be afraid of the sect's presence, and there will be no revenge from the same sect, which is convenient and convenient.
Zhong Yan thought of this, and made a deep self-examination - Gu Xuanyan has already considered such a long-term consideration, and he is still entangled because he can't live together, which is simply short-sighted!
Gu Xuanyan didn't seem to care much, poured a cup of hot tea for Zhong Yan, and said, "Senior brother, don't worry, since I'm here, I will definitely be able to protect you."
Gu Xuanyan said "can", not "will". His tone was calm, but he spoke with great certainty. After all, there are very few cultivators who can break through and enter the realm ahead of time, and there is only one young cultivator who can enter the Theravada realm so quickly today.
Maybe this is the confidence of the strong... Zhong Yan thought silently, took a sip of tea and couldn't help reminding: "You promised me not to kill again."
Seeing that he was serious, Gu Xuanyan couldn't help but chuckle: "Of course, I remember everything my brother said."
Zhong Yan felt relieved when he saw that there was no perfunctory expression on his face. When I got to the bed, I took out the ointment given by Qingyou. Seeing that Gu Xuanyan was still sitting at the table, he couldn't help but reminded: "Junior Brother, I'm going to take medicine."
Gu Xuanyan didn't seem to understand what he meant. He still sat at the table and looked at Zhong Yan. Hearing this, he nodded slightly and said, "Okay."
Zhong Yan: "…"
Seeing Zhong Yan's sullen face, Gu Xuanyan stopped teasing him, and said warmly, "Brother, let's change the medicine, I'll go downstairs and get something to eat."
When Gu Xuanyan left the door and the footsteps were far away, Zhong Yan took off his clothes and put on medicine, while complaining to the system: "Why do I think Gu Xuanyan is getting more and more strange."
The system said: "Oh? What's strange?"
Zhong Yan thought for a moment: "I can't tell... Don't you think he's weird?"
"I think you are even stranger." The system said. "Is it so awkward when you lived in the dormitory before? Change your clothes and ask your roommate to go out first?"
Zhong Yan was left speechless: "Why do I think your tone has a taste of schadenfreude?"
The system is righteous: "Don't talk nonsense, we work without personal emotions."
"..." Zhong Yan was interrupted by him, and lost the desire to continue exploring. Then he said: "Gu Xuanyan was expelled from his teacher's door, and the plot has collapsed for 108,000 miles. I don't know how it will develop. It doesn't matter if I collapse or not, I can play freely in the future. ."
"Your personality has already collapsed." The system sighed and said, "Whatever you want, the nature of this world has changed anyway."
"What nature?"
The system was silent: "Orientation."
Zhong Yan: "???"
He still wanted to ask what orientation, the door had been pushed open. Gu Xuanyan left and returned, bringing some food. Seeing that Zhong Yan had changed the medicine, he set up the tableware and let Zhong Yan come over to eat.
Zhong Yan had never been to such an urban town before, and wanted to go out for a walk after eating, but when the two of them finished eating, it suddenly rained outside the window.
The rain was not heavy, but it was continuous. It is nightfall, and the lights are on. Looking out the window, the lights hanging on the eaves of every household complement each other, extending far into the distance.
The only ones still open were the teahouses and restaurants, because it was raining and there were no customers, so Xiaoer took a nap beside the threshold with his head up. Occasionally, there were a few young people returning home late on the street, walking very slowly. Whenever you accidentally step on the standing water on the road, there will be whispers of laughter under the umbrella, drifting away in the rain.
Autumn water in half the city, thousands of families in the evening rain.
If this time is in Qingyan, it is the time to rest after finishing the evening class. Zhong Yan languidly leaned against the window to watch it for a while, and said with satisfaction, "I have never seen a night scene in a town, so looking at it this way, it's not bad to be an ordinary person."
Gu Xuanyan on the side said: "Pingyang is just a small town. Later, I will take my senior brother to Changjin to see the lights of Tenth Street and the scenery of Yanliuhua Bridge."
Zhong Yan was aroused curiosity and asked, "When are you going?"
Gu Xuanyan replied: "There will always be time."
Zhong Yanmo said: I may not have...
When Zhong Yan was in Qingyan, when he heard Qingyou talk about the solution to the blood oath, although he was a little disappointed, he still did not believe in evil and soaked in the Qingyan book collection attic, looking for records of the blood oath, trying to find other feasible solutions, but still nothing. There are very few records about the blood oath in the book, and the solution is even more vague. Zhong Yan found nothing, it seemed that apart from the two methods Qingyou gave him, there was indeed no other way to go.
Zhong Yan's mind was boundless, and he asked again: "Anyway, we have already descended the mountain, can't we set off tomorrow?"
The wind was blowing outside the window, and some raindrops were blown in. Gu Xuanyan lowered the window and replied softly, "If Senior Brother wants to go, we will go."
Gu Xuanyan is very good at talking now, but Zhong Yan is not used to it, and he asks again: "Really?"
Gu Xuanyan didn't answer, only smiled: "Senior brother, go to sleep."
Zhong Yan stopped asking further, stretched out, and said in a relaxed tone, "Then go to bed earlier."
Perhaps because of fatigue and injuries, Zhong Yan slept soundly. Therefore, I didn't realize that in the middle of the night, Gu Xuanyan, who was sleeping beside him, got up.
The rain had stopped, and there was only the tick of rain dripping from the eaves outside the window. Gu Xuanyan pushed open the window. After a while, a goshawk flew from nowhere and landed lightly on the windowsill.
The goshawk was dark all over, with only one pair of eyes red as blood, and the whole body was filled with demonic energy, but it seemed that because he felt the pressure of the person in front of him, the eagle didn't move, and Gu Xuanyan took the note from its leg. , then shook his wings and flew into the night again.
Gu Xuanyan unfolded the note with only eight characters on it.
"The house has been swept, waiting for you to gather."
Gu Xuanyan's face was calm and unwavering after reading it, he casually pinched a trick, and threw the letter out of the window. The note instantly burned to ashes and fell silently into the rain.
(Eat candy, eat and cherish [dangerous speech]. ps: Recently, there is a fairly important exam, so every day I review the code words after reviewing, and I have to have a little less, but I will not be pitiful, and I will try my best to keep it. Please understand everyone, twitter)