Chen He's back was tense, and he could feel Qu Hong's gaze.
In fact, when he mentioned the grievances in his previous life in Bo Jiucheng, he regretted it. Nan Hongzi did not know about the retrospective time of the Dao of Heaven, and Shi Feng also said that he should not disturb the master with this kind of thing and affect Nan Hongzi's enlightenment.
The world is so big that people in Yuanlou can't escape, but they have to run in front of Master Qu.
Chen He turned around and waited for Qu Hong to ask questions.
The heavy rain stopped, and "springs" continued to flow in on both sides of the ravine. The trees that had been devastated by the strong wind were blown by the wind, and the water droplets on the leaves immediately rolled down in clusters.
Those crystal clear water droplets eventually fell into the mud and wet soil, and could no longer be seen clearly.
Chen He stared at them for a while, and he couldn't help raising his eyes in surprise before Qu Hong could make a sound.
Qu Hong was still leaning against the tree trunk in a comfortable position, letting the log bump and bump in the torrent. Because the flint was damp, he rubbed it for a long time without lighting the cigarette rod, so he had no choice but to hold the cigarette rod to his waist angrily. Last goodbye.
Chen He felt that there was no Shi Feng, and he didn't know how to get along with this "Master".
This has nothing to do with Bo Jiucheng's random speculation. The key is that the two people who are nominally master and apprentice are actually strangers than anyone else.
- They are not familiar, let alone have any friendship.
Chen He was a little better. He listened to what Shi Feng told about the past, and barely knew something about Nan Hongzi, but to Qu Hong, this little apprentice was no different from falling from the sky.
It is because of Shi Feng that they can stand together and talk and laugh together without incident.
Chen He didn't know what Bo Jiucheng was thinking before he died, but he did hit a key point. This move was ruthless and poisonous. He picked up the weakness that could have been slowly made up for the equalization with time, and picked it up in front of the two. The unavoidable awkward atmosphere was weird and heavy, Chen He waited for a long time, and decided to leave this problem to his senior brother.
"Bo Jiucheng is dead, and the people from Yuanlou are escaping. It's time for me to leave, Master."
"What's the hurry?" Qu Hong brushed off the sleeves of his robe and said slowly, "Could it be that you ran out privately, and you were afraid that you would be late and found by Shi Feng?"
Chen He:…
Qu Hong was also surprised: "Is it accurate?"
"Master is joking, even if it's a few days late, I won't be afraid in front of my senior brother."
"In that case, just stay."
"...I think so too, leave early, so as not to disturb the master, eh?" Chen He didn't even think about it, he said a lot with his instinctive interface, but he didn't expect Qu Hong to make an unreasonable move. Chen He's voice stopped abruptly.
"Don't dare to disturb the master..."
"I realized that you have to cultivate too. It's the same thing. Speaking of which, we are still masters and apprentices."
Qu Hong narrowed his eyes, and what Chen He originally wanted to say was immediately blocked.
—Even if he had thousands of ways, it would be useless to meet the "Master Shi Feng respects".
Chen He was reluctant to let Shi Feng have a gap with Nan Hongzi because of himself. Not even the slightest inappropriate.
"Master said that, I will stay..."
Before Chen He could finish speaking, Qu Hong put one hand on his apprentice's shoulder and couldn't help but dive into the water.
Not long after, two figures floated up from the turbid water and climbed ashore along the slopes on both sides of the gully.
"Take a firm footing!"
Qu Hong glanced at Chen He a few times, and smeared the mud on Chen He's face a few more times, then clapped his hands, looking at the little apprentice who was covered in mud and looked utterly embarrassed.
Of course, Qu Hong himself is like this.
"Don't let you use blindfolds, are you annoyed?" Qu Hong picked up a falling leaf and wiped the tobacco stick.
"Master has his own reasons."
"Little apprentice, being a man can't be so boring." Seeing that Chen He was not arguing with him, Qu Hong missed Shi Feng more and more. With his hands behind his back, Shi Shiran said, "I see that your practice method is unique and implies the true meaning of Beixuan's heart method. I can't teach you about your practice. It's just that your age is farther apart from your cultivation. The disparity is so great that I’m afraid I can’t keep up.”
Chen He was noncommittal.
If you want to explain that you have been in the Mahayana period, although you only have memory, but you have to mention the life of Venerable Li Yan, it is really a long story.
"Master's teaching is right." Chen He simply agreed, secretly thinking about where to find the text of "The Mistake of the Precious Mirror", and show it to Qu Hong, or wait for Shi Feng to come, it is easier than his empty words.
Qu Hong looked at it, this little apprentice's duplicity was too obvious.
He snorted coldly: "No teaching, see how much you can comprehend."
Having said that, he walked away with his hands behind his back, muttering in his heart as he walked—how did Shi Feng teach him to be a junior? When he lowered his head and lowered his eyes, he looked at him respectfully, but it was all superficial courtesy. Under the pretense of humility, he was arrogant and conceited in his bones, and there was a natural awe-inspiring power.
Nan Hongzi had met the disciples of the Shi Feng Sect, but none of them were like this.
What the Yuanlou kid said before he died, what Nan Hongzi first heard was the ambition that he would not live under people for a long time.
But now I look left and right, and I feel that this little apprentice is very strange, and his breath conceals all the phenomena of Taoism.
After the rain, the mountain road was slippery and muddy, but it was nothing to Chen Hequhong.
Without moving his true essence, he could easily return to the ruined temple within two quarters of an hour.
"Master Qu, you are back!"
A group of big shirtless men eagerly gathered around.
"Suddenly a flash flood broke out, and those bastards who only cared about running for their lives didn't come back until they found out that you were not there. Everyone was worried, and when the rain stopped, they quickly sent people out to look for it!"
"It's not a big deal."
Qu Hong patted the half-dry mud on his clothes and waved his hand, "The mountain torrent came so suddenly, no one would have imagined that the temple would hold up and not collapse. If the goods go wrong, it will be trouble."
These words won the hearts of the smugglers and pirates, and they all nodded their heads.
"It's a pity that I lost a few brothers." Qu Hong sighed with a serious sigh.
The people in Yuanlou pretended to be those sea bandits who worked hard, and there were as many of them in the poor fishing villages in the East China Sea. The leader of the pirates didn't take it seriously, he just said with a sullen face: "I have lost many brothers' lives for this shipment, and you are still talking to me about the money for this shipment?"
The private salt dealer was embarrassed, because none of his subordinates died, so he just checked the goods on the wheelbarrow. Except for some dampness, everything was fine. Although he justified the loss, he still insisted: "I'll hire you all. Along with the mountain torrent, prices in the nearby county have skyrocketed. You can get a lot of money for this item. I'll give you a share. It's finally done."
The sea bandit leader Gu Lulu rolled his eyes and felt satisfied.
He glanced behind Qu Hong, and frowned suddenly: "Wait, who is this person, Qu Hong, who wiped the cigarette stick and raised his eyes lazily.
Chen He was not annoyed, but smiled, and said very smoothly: "I have heard your names for a long time, the boy is the apprentice of Master Qu, he has not yet started a family and started a business. It's also a coincidence."
Qu Hong's subordinates stared, and they were about to say where did Master Qu's apprentice come from, but they saw that Qu Hong didn't react at all, and they followed Qu Hong's journey south and north, and their hearts grew a lot, and they couldn't guess. Master Qu's mind simply closed his mouth and remained silent.
"Master Qu, when did you accept your apprentice?" The private salt dealer looked at him suspiciously.
Qu Hong was about to speak, but was snatched up by Chen He.
"Ashamed and ashamed, the family is in the middle of the road, there is only one clan uncle, who only did business in Yangzhou this year. You have heard the name before, the surname is Huang."
"Yellow question?" The private salt dealers were shocked. A few years ago, a malevolent star suddenly came to Yangzhou. He brought a group of masters and robbed the Yangzhou Salt Gang's business. It was not a temporary robbery. , perennially sits in the small and large sects.
Speaking of this yellow question, I heard that it is still outside the gate.
The illicit salt dealer shrank his head, and his eyes immediately changed when he saw Chen He. He couldn't afford to provoke serious matters in the arena. Asking Qu Hong to protect him on this trip is to use people as amulets.
"It's a coincidence, the younger brother is young and promising, and the good days are still to come." The private salt dealer squeezed out a smile, bowed his hands to Chen He, and quickly turned around, shouting to let his subordinates push and pull the car on the road.
"Just walking on the stone slab slope, the mud and sand were washed away by the mountain torrent, so I'm not afraid of sinking in." Qu Hong said slowly.
"Did you hear me, hurry up!"
There was a lot of chaos in the broken temple, only Qu Hong and Chen He had nothing to do.
Qu Hong knocked on the cigarette stick and glanced at Chen He: "Little apprentice, you are so eloquent, taught by Shi Feng?"
"Isn't it a question that Master gave me to mix into this group of people reasonably?" Chen He said lightly, without the complacent and deliberately bragging look of the young man just now.
Even if Chen He doesn't have the ability to make up stories, he can see it every day when he sees Zhan Yuanqiu.
Huang Ti is Huang Shouzi, a subordinate in his previous life, and of course he will not treat him badly in this life. Let him and a group of low-level demon cultivators from Yuzhou go to Yangzhou to find a small sect that is affiliated and then affiliated to the Juju faction.
Chen He's eyes flashed, and it should not be difficult for Tong Xiaozhen to follow Liang Yange's people back to the East China Sea and bring him back to the Central Plains.
Qu Hong was very puzzled. He could see that Chen He was a very thoughtful person. Bo Jiucheng had talked a lot about his past and present life. What Qu Hong really cared about was "the inheritance of the Beixuan school" and "the death of Shi Feng in the previous life". .
- Shi Feng is alive and well, although he has speculated that Shi Feng has no thoughts of life.
Shi Feng personally admitted in front of Qu Hong that his change was all because of Chen He.
"Have you been reincarnated as well?" Qu Hong was puzzled.
"Master thinks wrong."
Qu Hong tutted: "Then you show me a clear path?"
"I… "
Chen He's thoughts moved, and he blurted out, "I admire Shi Feng, so Bi Luo Huangquan has gone through all the troubles to be the closest person in the world." Well, he just didn't mention that it was Heaven's way in the end.
Qu Hong was startled and covered his cheeks with one hand.
—His cigarette rod slammed hard against his teeth.
"puff."
A passing man saw it at a glance, and immediately shouted: "Oh, it's not good, Master Qu has vomited blood!"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Qu Hong was extremely embarrassed, frowning in pain, "Ouch my teeth..."