This trip to Mocheng was a complete success, and the harvest even exceeded Bai Yunfei's original expectations.
At first, he just wanted to accompany Tang Xinyun home to visit her mother, to relieve her longing for her mother, to make her forget the sadness of losing her original fire, and to make her feel better. But unexpectedly, many unexpected things happened, which turned an ordinary trip home to visit relatives into a rich and colorful one.
First, he met the big and small flying knives on the way here, and exchanged the flying knife details from their hands, which greatly improved his flying knife skills; then he met many people in Mocheng, such as Xuanyuan Jie and Zhong Li. Yan and others also met Jing Mingfeng and Zhao Xiluo again, and met senior brother Kou Changkong's daughter Kou Tingting in advance; they also unexpectedly met Ganoderma lucidum at the auction. Although there was a little accident, they finally snatched the Ganoderma lucidum. Later, Tang Xinyun was arrested, which forced him to use the fire Ganoderma lucidum to condense the No. 2 fire. After a fierce battle, he even killed the opponent with the strength of the soul master, and the No. 1 fire was also successful. After waking up, his strength was completely restored, and he was even promoted to the middle stage of the Soul Sect; and when he was worried about losing the fire Ganoderma lucidum, the Tang family actually took out one in an extremely dramatic manner, and successfully re-condensed the original fire for Tang Xinyun. Strength was restored.
From all the above, it can be said that the harvest from this trip to Mocheng is extremely huge, and it can be said to be perfect. All the problems that troubled Bai Yunfei have been solved. Of course, the accidental discovery that Chu Qingxue was actually poisoned has yet to be resolved, but Chu Qingxue, who has been injured for more than ten years, will at least get better with the help of poison-resistant earrings and will not be in any danger.
In short, it can be said that the trip was well worth it.
On October 25th, nearly two months after arriving in Mocheng, Bai Yunfei and Tang Xinyun finally embarked on their journey back to the Weapon Refining Sect.
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On the way back this time, nothing special happened. Bai Yunfei's strength was fully restored, and the flying speed of Yujian was much faster than when he came. He did not make any unnecessary stops on the way. He flew all the way, twenty The Queen of Heaven returned to the Weapon Refining Sect.
Chixia Mountain, above the North Peak.
In the small bamboo building where Zijin lives, the sunlight shines from the window into the simple and plainly decorated small hall, which looks quiet and elegant. Only a slight "pop" sound is occasionally heard, like some small object. The sound of falling to the ground.
"Haha! Kill the big dragon! Old man Zi, you didn't expect me to have such a trick, did you? Damn it!!" A rougher voice sounded proudly, breaking the tranquility.
"Old Man Hai, why are you so proud? You just ate a few of my eggs and then called 'Kill the Dragon'? You are shouting and screaming, and you still don't know who will win." A dull voice sounded next, hitting the previous speaker with some disdain. That man, listening to this voice, seemed to be Bai Yunfei's master, the old master of Zijin!
When the picture was zoomed in, I realized that there were two people sitting cross-legged in the small hall. There was a small square table in the middle, with lines crisscrossing it to form hundreds of small square grids. There were many black and white things on it. Chess pieces—apparently, the two are playing Go.
Both of them are gray-haired old men. One of them is naturally Zijin, but the identity of the one opposite him is unknown. He is wearing a simple and even somewhat shabby light blue robe, with his hair scattered and casually draped behind his head, and his face is full of mystery. Of course, most of this feeling of vicissitudes comes from his somewhat slovenly face and shaggy beard, especially since he holds a wine gourd in his left hand and takes a sip from time to time, making him look like an alcoholic. .
However, someone who can sit with Zijin drinking and playing chess, and calling him 'Old Man Zi', cannot be an ordinary drunkard.
As Zijin mysteriously picked up a white piece and placed it on the chessboard, the 'Old Man' on the other side frowned and looked at it for a few seconds, then his face suddenly changed and he exclaimed in shock: "This... actually has this trick!! Why didn’t I notice it before?”
"Haha, you need to be calm in Go. You can't play well if you are so noisy. Old Man Hai, if you lose, give me the thousand-year ice soul stone..." Zijin put away the chess pieces on the board with a smile in his eyes, calmly He said, but there was a trace of obvious pride on the corner of his mouth, as if he was deliberately angry with the person opposite.
"You, you... Humph! But by virtue of studying longer than me and pretending to be sophisticated, I almost won this round!" Old Man Hai waved his right hand angrily, and a blue stone the size of a fist emerged from the space. It flew out of the ring and was taken away by Zijin.
When seeing Zijin put away the ice soul, Old Man Hai felt a pain in his heart. He pointed at Zijin and said angrily: "You old man Zijin, I only defeated you for three earth-level soul weapons, but you have already taken away most of the ones on my body. All the treasures of heaven and earth have been won away, you... did you set me up on purpose?!"
Zijin smiled and said: "Hey, don't talk nonsense. I'm not forcing you to play chess with me. The bets between both of us are voluntary... How about, Old Man Hai, do you want to play another game? This time I let you Three pieces, you 'almost won' just now!"
"Come! Why don't you come! I have found the trick, and I will definitely beat you in the next game!"
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The two started a new game of chess, going back and forth, chatting and laughing. They didn't look like two peerless masters at all, but more like ordinary old men playing chess in an alley.
"By the way, Old Man Zi, why were you so anxious to find me and exchanged two low-grade heavenly soul weapons for so many fire elixirs with me? Why don't you seem to be in a hurry now? What does it look like?" Old Man Hai asked casually while making his move.
Zijin also made a move at a slow pace and replied: "Oh, it's nothing. Didn't I tell you that I have a new direct disciple named Bai Yunfei? His original fire had an accident a few months ago, and I want to help him Recovering strength... But it's okay now. Changkong's daughter Tingting came back a few days ago and brought back news that Yunfei encountered something in Mo City, and now his strength has been restored."
"Oh, that's it... But speaking of it, it really surprised me. I didn't expect that after twenty years, you would actually accept another disciple. I thought you had... since that boy Dongfang Ming..." Old Man Hai originally He said it casually, but immediately realized that he had accidentally said it, and found that Zijin's face was a little ugly, so he immediately changed his words, "Haha, I said it wrong. When I didn't say it, I meant... I don't care about you. The new disciple is a little interested, and wants to see what kind of person he is that can make you, Old Man Zi, care so much."
"Haha, Yunfei is definitely not a thing in the pool. I believe that given time, his achievements may not be lower than yours and mine..." Speaking of Bai Yunfei, Zijin's expression became much better, and a trace of relief rose in his eyes. color.
"Oh? I didn't expect that Bai Yunfei would have such a high opinion in your heart?" Old Man Hai was a little surprised. You must know that even Jiang Fan and Zijin had never made such remarks.
"Yunfei is a special person. Even I can't explain many things that happened to him..." Zijin dropped another chess piece and was suddenly stunned for a moment, then showed a hint of surprise and smiled, "Haha, What a coincidence, as soon as I mentioned him, he was already back."
As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Yunfei's respectful voice sounded outside the door: "Master, the disciple is back and has come to pay homage to the master."
There was a hint of kindness in Zijin's eyes, and he smiled and said, "Yunfei, come in."
The door was gently pushed open, and Bai Yunfei walked in slowly, walked to Zijin's side, and saluted respectfully: "Yunfei pays homage to Master."
Zijin nodded happily: "Haha, okay, just come back. I heard from Tingting that you encountered many things in Mocheng. You did a good job and did not embarrass my teacher."
"Old Man Zi, is this the new apprentice you are talking about? It seems that his strength is not very good, he only has a soul..." Old Man Hai had observed Bai Yunfei with interest for a few times since he entered the door, and then he frowned and said a few words. He was suddenly stunned, "Eh? No, he actually hid his strength... The middle stage of Soul Sect!!"
Bai Yunfei has now gained some proficiency in using the "Hidden Soul Art", hiding his strength to the middle stage of the soul, but he was quite surprised that Old Man Hai could see through it so easily.
Zijin also noticed Bai Yunfei's situation at this time. He was stunned for a moment and nodded even more happily: "Well, haha, not bad... It seems that what you gained from this trip to Mocheng is not just as simple as regaining your strength... "
He glanced at Old Man Hai and said to Bai Yunfei: "Yunfei, let me introduce to you. This old guy's name is Hai Dongqing. He is a good friend of his teacher and a casual cultivator who usually does nothing."