Although they entered Lingshan and entered the competition stage, the participants were reluctant to reveal their strength prematurely. The first day was basically sweeping the weak, driving some unreliable cultivators and lone disciples with too weak aptitudes out of the mountains. Experienced mountain climbers will find someone to form an alliance and go up the mountain together until the final trial.
Therefore, there is usually not much conflict the night before, and everyone strives for time to rest. Especially for teams that are allied, there is no risk.
Therefore, when Mu Xiyuan and his party saw the village, not only were they not nervous, but they felt relaxed.
Who wants to sleep in the wilderness if they can sleep in a village
However, the four of them still approached the village slowly with a little bit of vigilance.
The village is not big, and there are dozens of houses scattered along a stream that flows down from the mountains. Every house has lit the lights, which is especially tempting for young people who are nervous when they go out.
In front of the door of a family, two figures, one big and one small, stood. The older one looks about thirty years old, with an ordinary face but a gentle expression, which makes people feel good. The youngest was only about four or five years old, with an undeveloped stature, a small round face, and a pair of big watery eyes, curiously watching the four approaching.
Judging by their similar appearance, they should be father and son.
Mu Xiyun stepped forward and said: "Big brother, I'm waiting to go up the mountain and pass this place. I want to spend the night at your house. Is it convenient?"
The father returned the salute neatly and said with a loud laugh: "It's easy to talk and talk. The child was curious and said that he wanted to come out to see Xianjun, and it was fate that he met you."
After saying that, the door opened, everyone please come in.
The hostess was not seen at home, but the windows and windows were kept clean and orderly.
The host introduced himself: "Zhu Li, the child Zhu Qi, nicknamed Huzi." After that, he patted Huzi's head, "Let's go, let's prepare some food for the immortals."
The little tiger didn't see the outside world. He was walking around among the four with a smile on his face. He ignored his father's words. In the end, as if he had made up his mind, he ran towards Mu Xiyun, hugged his leg and leaned back. Head chuckled.
Mu Xiyun was a little overwhelmed when he hugged him like that. In his previous life, he had a cold temper. Although he often helped shantangs and had dealings with children, the children of shantangs saw him mostly in awe and fear, and had no experience of being close to children. I didn't expect to wake up 50 years later and be liked by children.
"This kid is so funny," Zhu Yicheng laughed, "what are you doing with Senior Brother Mu?"
Hu Zi did not speak, but stuck out his tongue at him. Dian Dian ran back to the room, dragged a wooden box from under the bed, picked out a tortoiseshell-colored flat round stone, and ran over to present a treasure to Mu Xiyun.
Seeing the stone, Zhu Li glanced at Huzi in surprise, and then smiled: "Yo, this is his most precious thing!"
Mu Xiyun looked at the stone carefully, it was not big enough to hold in his palm, the light shining on it was crystal clear, and the hand was warm, but he didn't know the origin.
Zhu Yicheng came over and looked at it, and said strangely: "This seems to be a 'Cicada Hidden'."
The so-called "Cicada Concealment" is a small spiritual tool in the market. If it is injected with spiritual power and held in the hand, it can allow people to hide their breath for a certain period of time and not be detected by the people around them. Because refining is not easy, it is rare in the market.
Hu Zi grabbed the cicada and stuffed it into Mu Xiyun's hand.
"This is... for me?"
Tiger nodded.
"How can this be good?" Mu Xiyun was afraid that he would be a child and would not recognize the preciousness of Chanyin, and said to him with a smile, "This is a very precious thing, I can't take it, Huzi keep it for himself." After he finished speaking, he wanted to return Chanyin to Zhu Li.
Zhu Li smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, Huzi regards it as a beautiful stone. The hidden thing you mentioned, we ordinary people can't use it, so just keep it."
Gu Qingqiao next to him took out his Qiankun bag and took out a bright red warm jade: "Come on, exchange this with you!" This jade has its own spiritual power, and when it is cold, it will warm up slightly, which can warm up the body. Warm quilt.
Huzi touched this beautiful and warm stone in surprise, took it over happily, and put it back into his treasure box.
Seeing Hu Zi's innocent expression, Mu Xiyuan's heart moved, and she suddenly thought of Xiao Liu. The kidnapping case was resolved that day, but I heard that Xiao Liu had been taken away by his family, and he left the city the next day and went on his way. I don’t know what happened to the child now.
Just thinking about it, another hand stretched out next to him. Gu Qingqiao held a few maltose in his hand and sent it to Hu Zi with a smile.
Hu Zi saw the candy, so he let go of Mu Xiyuan, grinningly squeezed the candy and fed it into his mouth, and went with his father.
Originally wanted to give the father and son some silver taels, but Zhu Li refused to accept it. The four of them discussed that they would go to the creek to catch a few fish, which could be used for dinner, and the extra ones could be dried as food for the Zhu family. .
The stream is lingering, and the swimming fish are clearly visible. Mu Xiyun went down with a sword qi, and the water splashed up, and flew to the shore with a big fish.
"Brother Mu, what's the fun in catching fish like this!" Zhu Yicheng shouted. After he finished speaking, he pushed Mu Xiyun directly to Gu Qing Bridge and asked them to go back first. He pulled Qin Le, took off his shoes and rolled up his trousers, and went into the water.
The two laughed and stepped on the stream, so lively. After a while, they caught two baskets of fresh fish.
Suddenly, a voice sounded in my ear: "What are you doing?"
The two of them turned back, and a tall young man stood not far away, looking at them aggressively. The visitor was wearing a moon-white long gown, with intricate peony patterns embroidered with gold thread on the hem, and wide sleeves layered, quite immortal, but his expression was arrogant and impatient.
Seeing them looking over, the man continued, "This stream is not owned by your family! My fellow sect and I are downstream, and you are making such a fuss, where can there be fish for us to catch?"
Zhu Yicheng stepped ashore from the stream, scratched his temples, and said calmly: "Ah, we only care about playing, and I didn't expect to disturb you. I'm really sorry." After that, he took out a fish basket and handed it to the man with a smile. Youth: "This basket of fish can be regarded as an apology."
Although it disturbed the people downstream, but Zhu Yicheng was so frank, most people would not care about it. The young man raised his head arrogantly and squinted at them from the corner of his eyes: "You guys, send me all the fish, and then kowtow to me to make amends. I won't care about it today."
Zhu Yicheng was almost laughing at him. Is it because he saw them being bullied? He raised his head and choked, "Why?"
Qin Le also went ashore at this time, and before he rolled up his trouser legs, there was a sudden flash of light, and a cross dart appeared in front of him. He hurriedly leaned back, slipped his feet in a panic, and sat down on the ground, narrowly avoiding the sharp edge of the cross dart, but the bun on top of his head was broken, and a few strands of hair fell.
Unexpectedly, the other party actually took the lead, Zhu Yicheng was furious, pulled out the folding fan and rushed out.
The young man gave a whistle, and four more people rushed up from the lower stream. Several people dressed the same, obviously disciples of the same family.
Mu Xiyun and Gu Qingqiao were helping in the kitchen, and the big fish had turned into a pot of thick white fish soup. The aroma is tempting, and Hu Zi's eyes are glued to the pot, and he stares at the bubbles that are turned up in the pot for a moment.
The whistle sounded outside the window, and the two looked at each other and flew out immediately.
Zhu Yicheng was already in a hard fight at this time.
The five youths who fought against him surrounded him. Their footwork was the same, and every sword handed out was in the gap between Zhu Yicheng's movements. After a while, Zhu Yicheng was in danger.
Mu Xiyuan squinted and said in a low voice, "It seems to be a Hundred Flowers Sword Formation, but there are not enough people, it is simpler than a regular big formation."
The Hundred Flowers Valley Hundred Flowers Sword Formation is famous for its mysterious footwork. It may not be possible for everyone to pull out and fight alone, but the sword formation footwork changes a lot, and the rhythm of the sword moves is strange, making the entrants feel that there are swords in all directions, and if they are not careful, they will be injured and defeated.
Mu Xiyuan has been in Moyun Mountain for many years, and has studied all kinds of Taoist formations. If he encounters the Hundred Flowers Formation, of course, he must go all out to observe carefully before he dares to break the formation, but the sword formation in front of him is only displayed by a few foundation-building disciples. , the footwork is also greatly simplified due to the small number of people, and it is not difficult to break the formation.
He was about to step forward, but was gently pulled by Gu Qingqiao. "This trivial matter, you don't need to do anything, I'll do it."
After he finished speaking, he jumped up and jumped into the sword formation.
When Zhu Yicheng saw the helper, he was in high spirits. The two of them back to back, and they had less scruples when they shot.
After stabilizing his position for a while, Gu Qingqiao released his divine sense to probe, and immediately noticed that one of the five disciples seemed to be slightly weaker in skill, and his footsteps were slightly blocked under the pressure.
Gu Qingqiao suddenly burst into flames and rushed towards the disciple. The man was startled, his steps were messy, and he could no longer cooperate with others.
array broken.
Gu Qingqiao held the knife in one hand, pressed against the opponent's throat, and grabbed his shoulder with the other. As soon as he grabbed it, he found that although the opponent's shoulders and backs were thin, the feeling of his hands was very soft, as if they were boneless.
This is a woman! Gu Qingqiao looked into each other's eyes, but saw her blinking lightly.
Zhu Yicheng also rushed over at this time, and he was shocked at a glance, Gu Qingqiao quickly let go, the other party immediately turned his body and got out from under the knife, and swept towards the people in Baihua Valley. Gu Qingqiao squeezed Zhu Yicheng's wrist and gave him a look.
Zhu Gongzi couldn't say "Miss Luo", and he blushed all over himself.
Gu Qingqiao raised his eyebrows: "I've heard the name of the Hundred Flowers Valley Sword Array for a long time, and when I saw it today, it really lives up to its reputation. I wonder if your Excellency is Luo Ziqi, the young master of Hundred Flowers Valley?"
The other party was Luo Ziqi, the son of the owner of Baihua Valley. The last time he went up to Lingshan, his ranking was not very good, so this time he brought more than a dozen disciples above the foundation to the mountain. Hearing this, I didn't know whether the other party was being polite or sarcastic. Just as he was about to get angry, Gu Qingqiao said again: "Today, we are harassing you, sorry. You should take this fish."
Luo Ziqi understood that he would not be able to please him if he continued to fight. Since the other party had given him a step, he just descended the donkey along the slope. Immediately snorted, a disciple took the fish basket, turned his head and went downstream.
In the distance, you can still hear the scolding of the young master: "It's all useless, two people can't beat it, and you are not allowed to eat tonight!"
When Zhu Yicheng heard it, he became anxious again, and after tugging his sleeves, he was about to rush over again, and was dragged back to the room by Mu Xiyuan.
Dinner is fish soup and pancakes.
Everyone ate happily, except Zhu Yicheng.
The third time he saw him almost poking pancakes into his nostrils, Gu Qingqiao stretched his arms around Zhu Yicheng's neck and said softly, "Don't worry, you can see your girl Luo tomorrow at the latest."
"Really?" Zhu Yicheng's eyes lit up, but then dimmed: "Don't lie to me, how is this possible?"
Gu Qingqiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "If you don't believe me, forget it, why don't you ask your senior brother Mu?"
Along the way, although Mu Xiyun didn't often express his opinions, he always spoke in one sentence every time he spoke, which invisibly won the trust of his fellow travelers.
Mu Xiyuan glanced at Gu Qingqiao, then turned to Zhu Yicheng and said, "Look at that son Luo's behavior, he must be repaid. You and Brother Gu broke his sword formation just now. The place. When he left just now, he looked back at Brother Zhu's house several times, so it is very likely that he will come to seek revenge tonight."
"Miss Naro..."
"Miss Luo is deliberately showing her flaws today, and she doesn't want the two sides to fight each other. If she learns that Young Master Luo is coming to find fault, she will naturally follow."
Zhu Yicheng is also a smart person, but he was in a hurry and lost his senses. Now that Mu Xiyun has made it clear, he is also clear at one point, and he immediately feels relieved.
After letting go of his heart, he felt hungry. Zhu Yicheng stretched out his head and saw that there was no fish soup left in the cauldron, and there was still a little bit of crumbs on the pan on which the pancakes were placed.
Zhu Yicheng: "..."
He looked up at everyone, wanting to cry without tears.
Everyone burst into laughter, Qin Le shrugged his shoulders while laughing, and pinched a magic trick. A pale golden enchantment ball appeared in the air and slowly floated to Zhu Yicheng. Inside was a large bowl of steaming fish soup. and a stack of pancakes.
Zhu Yicheng's eyes filled with tears, but Junior Brother Qin was reliable.
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The author has something to say:
small theater:
Gu Qingqiao: That child is really annoying. It's enough for Ayun to have a Primary Six!
Author: Then you change another one
Gu Qingqiao: Stop and don't run!