Although he was taken aback by the remodeling of the meridians, Yu Qiu was relieved to know that Xiao Chunmian had successfully passed this life-and-death test and that he was not in serious trouble at the moment, but needed recuperation.
He thanked Xu Hong, and asked if he could find a time to visit Xiao Chunmian. But after seeing Xu Hong's embarrassed look, he could only give up.
Then he didn't need to wander around to familiarize himself with the environment like other new disciples, so he returned home on his own.
From Sun Yao Peak, where the main hall is located, to Yuehua Peak, where inner disciples live, the journey is not short, but Xuanyang Sect provides public cranes for riding. Yu Qiu found the crane, threw a spirit stone into the pocket hanging on the crane, and rode on it, hugging the crane's neck.
Cranes take off, and the breeze blows.
Yu Qiu returned to his remote cave, rolled up his sleeves and continued to plow the fields.
Xu Hong also returned to Heishifeng, which was led by Zhao Lian. He walked to a wooden house and knocked on the door. I asked about your business."
Xiao Chunmian opened her eyes suddenly when she heard the words, and then slowly closed them again.
The newborn fairy bones are still very fragile, and Xiao Chunmian can't move much yet.
"I told you a little bit about your situation. After all, Junior Brother Yu seems to be worried about you." Xu Hong bent his knees, got under the bed to check the operation of the rejuvenation array, added two spirit stones, and drilled out again, "You Do you want to write him a letter? Uh... you just need to say it, and I can write it for you. "
Although Xiao Chunmian couldn't move, speaking was not a big problem.
After a long while, Xiao Chunmian whispered, "Brother, thank you... It's enough to let him know that I'm fine."
Xu Hong tilted his head. After all, he didn't interfere too much in other people's personal relationships, so he sighed again, "Why do you say you have to work so hard? Want to become stronger or something... Are you too anxious? No, no, no Illness is the way of life!"
Xiao Chunmian glanced at him, and said aggrievedly, "But... my cultivation has not improved for many days."
Xu Hong touched his knee: Brother, I haven't made an inch for ten years, you know.
"Actually, you're already at the peak of Qi refining, but you're just short of foundation building." Xu Hong introduced his experience, "This short of one bite actually has nothing to do with Gengu."
"But somehow it's going to matter."
... Well, Xu Hong really didn't dare to say categorically that it had nothing to do with it.
"This kind of relationship is not worth working hard!" Xu Hongdao, "If you really want to build a foundation, shouldn't you first find out where the biggest obstacle is, and then work hard to overcome this obstacle? Working hard on such trivial things is simply putting the cart before the horse. .”
"Brother," Xiao Chunmian looked at him, "Do you know where your biggest obstacle is?"
Xu Hong touched his knee again: Don't suddenly poke my scar.
But Xiao Chunmian sighed again, "I know."
Xu Hong was taken aback for a moment, and his tone of voice was a little startled, "You...know?"
"I've known it since the last time I walked through my heart." Xiao Chunmian said, "But I just can't overcome it. Or rather, I don't want to overcome it."
Xu Hong was stunned for a long while, and then murmured, "Being able to see my own mental barriers clearly has a direction..."
"Could it be that senior brother..."
Xu Hong smiled wryly, "To tell you the truth, I will take that road every now and then."
Xiao Chunmian was surprised.
"But the same person has different fate... No matter how many times I walk, I still get nothing." Xu Hong shrugged, "Forget it, let's talk about your mental block, what's going on?"
Xiao Chunmian pursed her lips and remained silent for a while.
"Well, it must not be so easy to say." Seeing that it was getting late, Xu Hong got up and planned to leave, "In short, I wish you can get your wish."
Xiao Chunmian nodded and thanked her.
A few days later, Yu Qiu finally plowed the field, went to the sect to buy some seeds, and planted them conscientiously in the field. At the same time, he drew a few more arrays on the edge of the field to ensure that the little guys in the field can grow well no matter it is windy, rainy or sunny.
That is to say, within a few days, those young disciples who were in contact with each other finally found that there was still a cave here, and gradually two guests would occasionally come to the Qiumen. But the guests are not very enthusiastic. After all, although Yu Qiu ranked in the top five in the total score of the entry test, most people attributed his excellent performance to "extreme luck". In addition, the current cave... really cannot meet the aesthetics of most monks .
Every monk who left from Yu Qiu's place commented the most: at least the two fields at the gate are not bad.
Then in autumn, here again, there are few birds and birds, clean and natural.
Yu Qiu returned the two paper puppets to Shen Qianlan, still farming every day, refining qi, drawing talismans, waiting for news of Xiao Chunmian, living an uncomfortable life.
In his spare time, he would go to the square of Sun Yao Peak to see if there were any suitable tasks.
There is a task board on the Sunrise Peak Square, which will announce a batch of tasks every day. Most of the rewards for completing the tasks are contribution points, and a small number of tasks will reward other good things. Generally, disciples complete missions for contribution points. After all, contribution points can be exchanged for various materials, exercises, pills, and talismans in Xuanyang Sect. But Yu Qiu's vision is high, and he dislikes that the things that can be exchanged for contribution points are high-end goods. Instead, he doesn't have much demand for contribution points, and pays more attention to the occasional special rewards.
It's just that the frequency of special rewards is really not high, and Yu Qiu hasn't accepted a single mission so far.
When he shook his head and left in front of the task card again, he overheard two senior brothers in the foundation establishment period talking in the square.
The content of the conversation was Xiao Chunmian, the newly recruited disciple of Golden Core Sword Cultivator Zhao Lian.
"Have you heard? He was eager to ask Master Zhao to reshape his fairy bones as soon as he started. I heard that it was to build a foundation immediately."
"I've heard of it, but I don't know what's going on behind it. Can you reveal it? Are you dead or alive?"
"I'm still alive. After so many days, I even healed my injuries. Even if I was at the peak of Qi refining before reshaping the fairy bones, I'm still at the peak of Qi refining now."
"Haha, it was bound to be like this. This guy is simply ridiculous, how can the foundation be built like this!"
"He was still not reconciled. As soon as his injury healed, he clamored to retreat, saying that he would not be able to come out without success in foundation building."
"Then let him stay in seclusion for the rest of his life! This kind of brat is simply... If the Qi refining period goes smoothly, I don't know the heights of the heavens and the earth. I really thought that everything on the road of cultivation is so simple, and it deserves that I can't build a foundation for a lifetime."
"is not that right?"
"Speaking of which, why Master Zhao always accepts this kind of apprentice, like Xu Hong from before..."
"Shhh, don't talk about Xu Hong! I don't care about you if the sect master hears about it..."
The two walked past Yu Qiu in such a harmonious way, Yu Qiu looked at them with his head tilted, and sneered in his heart, but he didn't take those belittling too seriously.
After all, Yu Qiu has great confidence in Xiao Chunmian, and believes that foundation building is only a matter of time for Xiao Chunmian, and doesn't care what others say. What's more, no matter how much the ordinary inner sect disciples in the foundation establishment stage show their high sense of superiority to the inmate disciples in the qi refining stage, they still can't hide the deep-rooted jealousy in their hearts.
But Yu Qiu was still very unhappy.
Xiao Chunmian recovered from her injury, Xiao Chunmian decided to retreat, Xiao Chunmian said that she would not come out unless she built a foundation...
Yu Qiu cursed secretly: Can't you come over and discuss it with me first!
He found the crane with a dark face, and returned to his cave in annoyance.
When he was about to get home, for some reason, Yu Qiu felt a sense of grievance in his heart, which mixed with the depression, making the corners of his eyes red.
Yu Qiu jumped off the crane ahead of time, patted the crane's neck, and walked towards the cave by himself.
He wanted to relax, but the more he relaxed, the more bored he became. He couldn't help but suspect that there was some kind of problem between him and Xiao Chunmian, otherwise why would Xiao Chunmian alienate him like this? But Yu Qiu couldn't determine what the problem was.
Was it because of his imperfect answer the last time we met, or because Xiao Chunmian had become a disciple? No, it's not right, Xiao Chunmian won't be that kind of person...
With the corners of his eyes red, Yu Qiu finally walked back to his cave angrily, only to find a paper crane parked on the stone table in the living room.
A very ugly folded paper crane.
Yu Qiu was surprised: Who would throw paper cranes to such a place
Yu Qiu couldn't hide his excitement immediately, and nervously and expectantly took it apart to see that there were three words on the paper crane.
Very scribbled, very ugly, uneven and crooked, like three words scribbled by a three-year-old child.
"I miss you".
So ugly, Yu Qiu could even tell at a glance that it was Xiao Chunmian's handwriting.
Yu Qiu held the paper crane and looked at it for a while, snorted coldly, and threw it to a corner, but couldn't help picking it up from the corner after a while, and continued to look at it for a long time.
It wasn't until Yu Qiu suddenly heard a slight warning sound, it was the detection array telling him that a visitor was approaching, that Yu Qiu put the paper crane away in a panic.
He patted his face hard, went out to greet the visitor, and looked at the visitor in surprise, "Brother Xu?"
Xu Hong smiled and nodded towards him, "Come to chat with you."
Yu Qiu led Xu Hong into the living room, and the two looked at each other for a while in silence, finally Xu Hong couldn't help coughing, "I wonder if Junior Brother Yu has anything to ask?"
Yu Qiu: Dude, you found it yourself, okay
But it's strange to say that without the paper crane, Yu Qiu would have a whole bunch of things to ask, but now that he saw the paper crane, Yu Qiu didn't want to ask anything... No, no, it's a rare opportunity, so I still have to ask What, but what exactly to ask.
"Chun Mian is going to retreat?" Yu Qiu asked.
"It's not going to retreat." Xu Hong shook his head and replied, "It's already closed."
Yu Qiu was shocked.
"Master and senior brothers all agree, but I don't agree, but I'm a soft-spoken person." Xu Hong clicked his tongue twice, with a very helpless expression, "It's obvious that he hasn't done it thoroughly, and his hands shake even after eating."
"... His hands are shaking?" Yu Qiu asked.
"yes."
Yu Qiu silently pinched the paper crane hidden in his sleeve, and rubbed the ugly three words on it.
"Junior Brother Yu," Xu Hong suddenly asked, "Do you know what a mental block is?"
Yu Qiu looked up at him.
Xu Hong came here this time precisely because he couldn't see how desperate his new junior was, and was trying to find out if there was any other way to help. Among Xiao Chunmian's old acquaintances, he only knew Yu Qiu, so he wanted to see if he could get clues about Xiao Chunmian's mental disorder from Yu Qiu.