Aunt Zhang put down the meal, gave her a gift, and walked out. Mu Xiyuan stared blankly at the black and bright pebble, and the familiarity in her heart lingered.
"What's wrong?" Seeing that he didn't speak while looking at the stone, Gu Qingqiao came forward and asked.
"Ah, it's nothing." Mu Xiyuan returned to her senses, "I always feel like I've seen this stone before."
"Isn't it an ordinary pebble?" Su Yanjun took the stone and looked at it, "It's pretty."
"This is indeed a stone in the valley," Cheng Yinji explained: "There is a large area deep in the valley, which is covered with this kind of black boulder. I thought it was very beautiful at the time, so I picked up a few pieces and used them as paperweights. It's been forgotten in the past. Just now Xiaole saw it and liked it, so he gave him a piece. "
Mu Xiyun frowned, the small round stone in front of her seemed to be connected to something important, but she couldn't remember what it was for a while.
"Okay, okay," Gu Qingqiao pushed him to the table and sat down, "Eat first, then think about it when you're full."
Southwest's taste is hot and sour, just in line with Qin Le's taste. After a hard day's work today and being stimulated twice on the lift rope, Qin Le devoured and ate happily.
Mu Xiyun was still a little stunned, she only took a few bites of the food in front of her, and put down her chopsticks.
After the meal, Mu Xiyuan said to Cheng Yinji, who was about to go back to his room: "Senior Brother Cheng, you said that there are many such stones in the valley. Can you take me to see it tomorrow?"
Seeing him being so persistent, Cheng Yinji laughed and said, "No problem, I'll take you there tomorrow morning." After that, he patted Qin Le on the shoulder and returned to the hut beside the magic circle.
Everyone went back to their rooms, and after a quarter of an hour, Gu Qingqiao skillfully turned the window and entered, putting the meal, dish and soup in his hand on the table, pulling the soulless Mu Xiyuan and saying, "Still thinking about that stone? Is it that important? I didn't eat much for dinner."
Mu Xiyun looked at him blankly, then looked back at the closed door, and asked, "How did you get in?"
Mu Xiyuan's ignorant look was a little childish, Gu Qingqiao's heart was soft, he raised his hand and rubbed his hair, leaned into his ear and smiled lightly: "Don't you want to go through the window? It's boring to walk through the door. !"
This move really worked, Mu Xiyun immediately blushed, and the person became much more awake.
Pulling him to sit down, he forced Mu Xiyun to eat some food. After Gu Qingqiao cleaned up the tableware, he pulled him into his arms and kneaded it, before he reluctantly kissed the corner of his mouth and said: "Sleep well and think about it tomorrow."
Mu Xiyun nodded and slept well all night.
Early the next morning, Cheng Yinji really kept his promise and came to the hut where everyone was temporarily staying.
Several people came to the magic circle to practice, and according to the rules, they had to pay the spirit stone to Cheng Yinji. Cheng Yinji didn't care, he put a few spiritual stones in the big pocket of his cloth pocket, and walked towards the river with Mu Xiyun and Gu Qingqiao.
"Wait, wait for me!" Qin Le caught up panting. In the past few months, he has traveled to many places and practiced the exercises diligently. Little Fatty's body has improved a lot. Although the figure is still a little round, the original softness has become firm, and it gradually shows the ability of a young man.
The three of them walked a few miles upstream along the river, and from a distance they saw several Baihuagu disciples on the road ahead.
"This Hundred Flowers Valley owner is really stingy," Gu Qingqiao rubbed his chin. "He sent people to guard everywhere. Are you afraid that we will pull out all the things in the valley and sell them?"
Cheng Yinji has been guarding the law formation for five years, and he has already stepped on this valley, and he is very familiar with people and places. When the disciples saw him, they asked with a smile, "Senior Brother Cheng, where are you going?"
Cheng Yinji saluted and said with a smile: "My two junior brothers are new here. I saw Xiao Heishi yesterday and liked it very much. I want to bring a few pieces back as a souvenir. I will take them to Heishitan."
"Black Stone?" Several Hundred Flowers Valley disciples looked at each other. One of them looked at the stone in Mu Xiyuan's hand and laughed: "Is something worthless worth your so much concern?"
Another person corrected: "Who said it was worthless, I heard that some people liked these stones a few decades ago, and they bought a lot of them from the owner of the valley, and they don't know what to do with them. But now, no one is watching. If you get it, no one cares about it."
The few junior brothers behind him all laughed.
Cheng Yinji chatted with them for a while, and the Baihuagu disciples let go, and the three continued to walk forward.
Walking along the river for a while, a few people gradually approached the cliff at the edge of the valley. Not far away, the river turned into a big bay, passing by a prominent cliff, and a rocky beach was exposed under the cliff.
There are strong colors everywhere in Baihua Mountain, but the rocky beach here is as dark as a shadow. The small black pebble covered the entire area. At first glance, it felt like a deep hole had appeared out of thin air, sucking all the colors into it.
"This is..." Mu Xiyuan looked around, "it looks like the bottom of a pool."
"Well," Gu Qingqiao stepped forward and said: "This river probably flowed out of this pool before. I don't know why the river changed its course and went around from the side, which revealed Tan's bottom."
"Such a round stone should be formed by the scouring of the river all the year round." Qin Le looked up at the cliff.
"I see!" he said excitedly: "The river must have come from upstream, carrying these stones. The stones collided in the river and smoothed the edges and corners. After entering the big pool, the water flow slowed down, and these stones stayed there. here."
Cheng Yinji was fascinated by machinery and was not interested in these natural phenomena, but at this time, seeing Qin Le in high spirits, he nodded and praised: "It makes sense!"
Qin Le grinned happily and said again: "Look, there are traces of running water on this cliff. There should be a waterfall in the early years. Isn't this the source of the river?"
Several people looked up and saw that the cliff above their heads was a petal of a morning glory.
"It's really possible!" Cheng Yinji visually inspected the location of the cliff and said, "It was probably because the waterfall was relocated and the river was rerouted in order to build the lifting stone slab, and this rocky beach was exposed."
Several people nodded yes. Mu Xiyun walked into the black rock beach, bent down to pick up a few small black stones, and made a sudden movement.
As soon as he moved, Gu Qingqiao's eyes immediately followed him away, and naturally he couldn't escape his eyes.
"Remember what?" he asked softly.
"I remembered. It was in the lake of Dragon Claw Mountain that time. I also saw this kind of black stone."
When his memory came back to his senses, Mu Xiyun held a black stone in his hand and explained, "That's when we went to collect dragon's whiskers that day. On the edge of the barrier, under a bunch of dragon's whiskers, there was a black stone like this. At that time, I was still Picked up a piece and then lost it at some point."
Gu Qingqiao frowned, took the stone from Mu Xiyun's hand, and pulled him out of the rocky beach.
"What's wrong?" Mu Xiyun and Qin Le were a little puzzled.
"Xiao Le," Gu Qingqiao turned to Qin Le, "the day when you picked the dragon's beard grass, before your senior brother Mu went into the water, did you have any symptoms of discomfort?"
Qin Le shook his head blankly and said, "It's been a good day all the time. We agreed to pick the dragon's whisker grass and send it to the town's medicine hall, and we'll also go to Zuixianju to eat elbows and taste lotus wine."
Gu Qingqiao had a stern face, but after hearing what he said, his face couldn't hold back any longer. He reached out and knocked Qin Le's head, and said with a smile, "what's your reason for judging this?"
"It was originally," Qin Le rubbed his forehead, "my mother said that good appetite means good health."
Several people laughed.
Mu Xiyun already understood, looked at Gu Qingqiao and said, "You are suspicious, it was this black stone that caused the cold poison in my body at that time"
Cheng Yinji was a little stunned. He pulled Mu Xiyun to look up and down, and said with pity, "Ah, why was it poisoned at such a young age? Has it been cured?"
"It doesn't matter if it's in the womb." Mu Xiyun comforted him with a warm voice, "Just be more careful in normal times."
After speaking, he turned to Gu Qingqiao again: "I don't think it should be. Whether it was last night or just now, I didn't feel any discomfort when facing these stones. Don't scare yourself."
Gu Qingqiao nodded, still worried. He asked Qin Le to draw a few defensive talismans on the spot, wrapped a few small black stones, and found a new Qiankun bag, put the black stones wrapped in talismans into it, and tied them to himself.
The investigation was fruitless, and several people returned to their residences along the way.
Cheng Yinji and Qin Le were in front, and they were still discussing all kinds of machinery along the way. Mu Xiyuan looked at Gu Qingqiao and saw that his face was still gloomy. He gently touched him with his elbow and said, "Don't worry, I really fine."
Gu Qingqiao raised his eyes, "When you go back later, tell me in detail what happened that day."
"Okay." Mu Xiyuan smiled. Suddenly feeling a little itchy on his wrist, he raised his hand to straighten the cuffs, and the small rings made of grass stems were exposed from the cuffs.
"You still have it!" Gu Qingqiao exclaimed softly. He grabbed Mu Xiyuan's hand and pushed up his sleeve. The grass stem had been worn on him for a day and a night, and it had long since become dry and rough, grinding out a red mark on Mu Xiyuan's fair wrist.
"Quickly take it off, your hands are all red." Gu Qingqiao was about to pull, but Mu Xiyuan shrank his hand, snatched his wrist from his hand, and pulled down his sleeve to hide the grass ring.
"Oh, don't be stingy." Gu Qingqiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "If you like it, I can make one for you every day. It's already done, and it's uncomfortable to wear on your body."
Mu Xiyun glared at him, didn't bother to tug at him, and walked forward quickly.
Back at the altar, Su Yanjun and Huang Zelin had started to practice, Cheng Yinji returned to the hut, and the three of them boarded the altar.
The altar made of white marble is very beautiful. When Huang Zelin met Mu Xiyuan, he took his pulse and nodded with satisfaction: "Last time I recovered well in the hot spring. I have been pondering over the years, how to better nourish it. Yuti, you can be like this..."
Under the guidance of Elder Huang, Mu Xiyun began to exercise. Gu Qingqiao leaned against the railing and watched for a while. Seeing that Mu Xiyun's face was ruddy and normal, he sat down with his legs crossed with confidence.
It has been almost a month since the last healing at the Dragon Claw Mountain Magic Array. During this period of time, he has been on the road, and Gu Qingqiao has not yet had time to calm down and carefully ponder the exercises taught by the old man Mozu. At this moment, there is nothing to do, so I practice according to that set of exercises.
Different from the cultivation in the previous life, the magical energy contained in the relic of the demon ancestor is very domineering. When he concentrates on absorbing the spiritual energy, the speed of absorption and transformation is extremely fast, which makes Gu Qingqiao often feel out of control.
The cold demonic energy circulated in the body, and the route was completely opposite to the previous one. Some meridians that were not commonly used in the previous cultivation were gradually opened up, while others were abandoned.
Gu Qingqiao tried to slow down the speed, and then tried to introduce the magic energy into those spare meridians. At first, it was controllable, but when the magic energy gathered more than a certain amount, the chest would start to feel stuffy, and there was a faint image of conflict, so he had to give up.
Unknowingly, as the day passed, Cheng Yinji stepped forward to remind everyone to go back to their residence to eat and rest, and a few people stopped practicing.
"Senior brother Cheng," Qin Le said excitedly, "the spiritual energy here is really strong, and I feel very smooth when I practice. You said that if I practice like this for a while, will I become very powerful?"
The speech made everyone laugh.
Huang Zelin smiled and said: "Silly boy, there is a lot of spiritual energy on the magic circle, and a lot of spiritual energy is absorbed during cultivation. The meridians will naturally be expanded faster when they are washed by the spiritual energy. It still needs to be implemented in daily practice. If you can break through the mirror after cultivating in Baihua Mountain for a few days, then Baihua Valley should have produced dozens of Ascension Powers."
After a while at the residence, Aunt Zhang had already prepared dinner. After a while, Gu Qingqiao stretched his waist and said, "I'm full, I'll go for a walk by the river." He looked back at Qin Le and Mu Xiyuan: "Are you going?"
Qin Le was still thinking about Cheng Yinji's mechanical puppet, and shook his head to find his senior brother Cheng. Mu Xiyun knew that he had something to say, and went out with him with a smile.
Walking along the small river, Mu Xiyuan took the initiative to bring up the matter of picking the dragon's whiskers last time.
"The feeling I felt at the time was not the same as when the cold poison attacked. When I recall it carefully, it seems like..." He paused, as if considering how to describe it.
"Like what?" Gu Qingqiao looked at him nervously and stopped.
"It's like the meridians are going retrograde." Mu Xiyuan replied, "The spiritual power in the body suddenly moves in the opposite direction, and the spirit seems to want to escape from its shell."
"The meridians are retrograde?" Gu Qingqiao took out a small black stone and peeled off the charm wrapped on it. "Do you feel that way now?"
Mu Xiyun shook his head, tilted his head for a while, took the black stone, squatted down, and immersed the black stone in the water.
"Do you feel it?"
Mu Xiyun didn't speak, stood up, stretched out his hand and pulled away his belt.
Gu Qingqiao suddenly felt a burst of blood rushed to his brain, and said dryly: "Ayun, you..."
"Last time it was underwater, I'll try it out." Mu Xiyun said and took off his robe.
Facing the undressing of his sweetheart, Gu Qingqiao didn't know how to stay awake, so he closed his eyes and hugged Mu Xiyun in his arms. After a while, he said with difficulty: "Don't go into the water, we are not familiar here , If anything happens, I'm afraid I won't be able to save you in time."
The hot and humid breath sprayed on the side of the ear, Mu Xiyun felt itchy, and touched his forehead with his lips: "Then I will try it when I go back to the bath?"
"Well." Burying his head in Mu Xiyun's neck, Gu Qingqiao was reluctant to leave. After a long while, he let go, picked up the robe and put it on for him, and went back to the residence together.
There is a bathhouse in the residence, and a small pool is built, one side is deep and the other is shallow, the deepest is about ten feet, and the living water in the mountains is drawn for the practitioners to bathe.
In the small pool, Mu Xiyun was soaked in the water in his underwear, holding a few small black stones in his hand.
Gu Qingqiao squatted by the pool with a look of grievance, his eyes stared at Mu Xiyuan in the water for a moment, and he muttered: "If you feel uncomfortable, you must call me, I am here."
Mu Xiyun laughed, in this shallow pool, is he still afraid that he will not be drowned
He took a deep breath, immersed his body in the water, and swam to the bottom.
Throwing two black stones at the bottom of the water, holding one in her hand, Mu Xiyun held her breath and waited quietly.
After exhausting his breath and still feeling nothing, Mu Xiyun picked up the black stone and prepared to float up.
With a "thump" on the water, Gu Qingqiao had already jumped into the water, and he went down to Mu Xiyun's side three times, and pulled him out of the water.
Putting the person against the wall of the pool, Gu Qingqiao looked up and down several times, and then he was relieved and asked, "Why is it taking so long?"
"I want to wait a little longer and feel it carefully." Mu Xiyun replied, "Last time I was in the lake, I took a while to catch up with the black stone."
"Do you feel anything?" Gu Qingqiao asked.
Mu Xiyun shook her head, "Maybe it's a coincidence, it was just a little uncomfortable that day."
"That's good, I don't want to." Gu Qingqiao took the black stones, went around Mu Xiyun's neck, and put them on the edge of the pool.
The distance between the two is extremely close, and the legs and chest are all close together. The water in the pool was icy cold, but the body temperature was extremely hot. Mu Xiyuan moved a little uncomfortably, and suddenly froze for a moment, looking at Gu Qingqiao.
Gu Qingqiao's eyes were a little blurry, and he held Mu Xiyuan's lips as he lifted his head slightly. Underwater, high-spirited enthusiasm pressed against the person in front of him, and a slight movement caused a tremor in his body...
The door to the bathroom creaked and someone came in.
Both of them froze, Gu Qingqiao suddenly sank into the water, Mu Xiyuan raised her hand and wiped her face, turned her head and looked, Qin Le walked in three times.
"Hey, you're here too!" Qin Le greeted Mu Xiyuan with a smile, then took off his robe and jumped into the water with a plop.
Before he could stand firm, Qin Le suddenly turned around and pressed his hands to the water with a dharma seal, and the water splashed. But his foot slipped, his ankle was pulled, Qin Le slammed and fell into the water sideways.
Under the water, Gu Qingqiao avoided Qin Le's palm and pulled a hand on his ankle. After swimming two steps, he turned around and saw Qin Le struggling in the water, spitting out a bunch of bubbles. Gu Qingqiao shook his head and put his hand on his back.
"Cough, cough, cough!" Qin Le choked for a long time, looked at the Guqing Bridge that emerged from the water behind him, and complained helplessly, "Brother Gu, your joke is too big, I don't know how to water."
Gu Qingqiao slammed him, "I know you can't learn how to use water! What if you fall into the river and no one will save you?" After pressing him on the neck, Qin Le was pushed into the water by him again.
Mu Xiyun watched the two of them laughing in the water, and suddenly remembered the scene just now, her face was on fire, she left them, and went back to the room.
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