The two days of the high school entrance examination passed in a flash. After finishing the last test, Baitang saw Shen Tingjun waiting in the corridor. When the other party saw her coming out, he smiled slightly and walked over to meet her.
After the two met before the exam yesterday, they have only met for the second time now. This was a tacit understanding between the two of them. Shen Tingjun knew that she wanted to catch up on the old days after the exam, so he resisted not looking for her. Now, there is no obstacle that can prevent them from being together.
"This body of yours?" Baitang glanced at it twice, and felt that the physical quality of the other party's current body was not very good, even weaker than the body she faced when she first came back. "Can I practice?"
"Since you want to come, you have to pay a price, but you don't have to worry, this body can allow me to practice." Shen Tingjun comforted her while pawning off the crowd of examinees who crowded around her. If he can't cultivate, then there's no point in coming here.
After hearing this, Bai Tang was relieved, but still grabbed his hand and checked his body personally. The result of the investigation made her frown, which was a little weaker than what she saw, and she turned to look at Shen Tingjun, who was leading her out of the crowd seriously. "What is your status now? Do you need enough medicine to regulate your body?"
"Don't worry." Shen Tingjun held her hand behind his back and replied two words in a gentle voice.
Bai Tang didn't pay attention to how eye-catching the two people's holding hands were in the eyes of a group of candidates who had just been liberated. She was thinking about how to introduce Shen Tingjun's identity when she saw Papa Bai and Bai Nan later. She didn't think that Shen Tingjun could continue to bear it after two days, and let her and Papa Bai go back.
"I'm thinking about how to introduce it later?" Walking out of the teaching building, Shen Tingjun caught a glimpse of her pensive expression and asked clearly. "A Tang, how would you introduce me?"
The contemplation was interrupted, and Baitang stopped thinking about it, and after walking for a while, he would reach the school gate. "Huh? They know that I have taken in a young apprentice."
Shen Tingjun's complexion changed slightly, and then he sighed. He knew that Ah Tang did it on purpose, but he was overwhelmed for a moment by the fact that he couldn't get what he wanted for so many years. "They are different from Qingxuan, I will not force you."
Bai Tang fell silent when he heard the words, and finally returned Shen Tingjun with a smile.
After leaving the school gate, Papa Bai and Bai Nan had already stepped out of the car. When Shen Tingjun saw them, he let go of Baitang's hand, and walked over with her side by side.
"Is this your classmate?" Seeing that the two of them came together, Papa Bai didn't think much about it at first, thinking that they were classmates with a good relationship. On the other hand, Bai Nan's eyes rolled around, not knowing what to think.
Baitang shook his head, "His name is Shen Tingjun, and he will go back with us."
Papa Bai was surprised, but he didn't ask any further questions. He opened the car door for his daughter and walked to the front driver's seat. Bai Nan glanced at them, and walked to the co-pilot's seat very considerately.
All the way to the villa, the four of them did not speak. During this period, Shen Tingjun couldn't hold back his cough a few times, Bai Tang naturally turned sideways, and stretched out his hand to help him breathe. As a result, the bodies of the two are very close, and at the same time, there is a kind of intimacy that Bai Nan can't understand, but Bai Dad can clearly see.
Dad Bai couldn't help but look at the rearview mirror with complicated eyes, but he still endured it until he reached the villa and didn't take the initiative to ask questions.
After Bai Nan sat on the sofa, seeing that neither Bai Tang nor Shen Tingjun had sat down, he opened his mouth and asked a question that he had held back all the way: "Sister, who is he?" At first, he thought that this boy named Shen Tingjun was really them. The one at school thought she had seen gossip with a boy, but the more he watched, the more he felt that there was something similar to Baitang in the other person, but he couldn't describe what it was.
Papa Bai brought some fruits out from the kitchen. After Bai Nan's words came out, he lowered his eyes, walked to his son and sat down. Regarding Shen Tingjun's identity, he had some vague guesses.
Bai Tang didn't rush to explain, first glanced at Shen Tingjun, who gave her a trusting smile. Looking back at the two people sitting on the sofa, she took Shen Tingjun's hand in Bai Nan's astonished eyes, and then threw down a flat mine: "Father, Xiao Nan, Shen Tingjun is my Taoist companion over there."
When Shen Tingjun heard her rectify his name, he couldn't take his eyes off her. Sensing his gaze, Baitang gently clenched his hand.
"Tao, Tao... Couple!" Bai Nan stammered out this noun that Baitang had specially explained before. At that time, he still wondered why Baitang's character would explain such a noun in such detail. Now Thinking back, it was clearly for today's release.
Thinking of this, he withdrew his finger that was about to point at others, and looked at Shen Tingjun with a look that seemed critical and purely curious. It was also at this time that he realized that what he had imagined just now was the special temperament that the other party and Bai Tang came from the realm of cultivation together.
In all fairness, apart from this thin looking body, he is quite a good match for Baitang in appearance, as well as in height. Even if you don't know the cultivation level...
"Uncle, Xiao Nan, it's the first time we meet. Here is a little gift from me." As he spoke, Shen Tingjun took out two brocade boxes from the paper bag containing the examination admission ticket, and handed them over one by one.
It's just that the thing hasn't been accepted by the person on the opposite side, so Baitang took it over first. She didn't care about Papa Bai and Nan's eyes, and opened the two brocade boxes directly. There is a jade bottle in each brocade box. Opening one of them, took it to his nose and sniffed it, then poured the contents into his hand and looked at it. Baitang looked at Shen Tingjun solemnly: "How did you bring the two-hundred-year-old Shouyuan Pill?"
It was enough for Shen Tingjun to come here and let her occupy the body to cultivate, but now she even brought such a precious Shouyuan Pill, how could this not surprise her. But more of a worry about the price paid for it.
"Compared to the Shouyuan Fruit, the Shouyuan Pill is only low-grade, not to mention only increasing the lifespan by two hundred years."
"Who asked you this." Baitang glanced at him angrily, and opened another jade bottle. The pill inside is not very precious, but it is not the top-grade foundation building that everyone in the cultivation world can get. Dan. "He hasn't breathed yet, it's not too early for you to give him this."
"With us here, it's a matter of time."
"Cough cough."
Hearing the coughing sound, Bai Tang thought it was Shen Tingjun, and looked at him nervously, but when he realized that it was Papa Bai who made the sound, he looked away in embarrassment. Then, he sent the two jade bottles back to Papa Bai and Nan Bai respectively, "He has a lot of good things in his hand, so you don't have to be polite to him."
When Bai Tang said this, Father Bai and Bai Nan couldn't take it for granted. They heard clearly what they said just now. They didn't have much idea of the so-called cultivation world, but the pill that increases lifespan by two hundred years is enough just to hear the name. Coupled with Baitang's dignified performance earlier, Dad Bai Push things back.
Shen Tingjun didn't reach out to pick it up. He looked at Papa Bai's expression with little seriousness towards anyone other than Baitang: "When Atang was still there, I missed you and Xiao Nan very much. Although to you, Atang Tang has never left, but to her, she has been away from you for more than a hundred years. These two gifts are already light compared to the regret that she could not be with you for more than a hundred years. If Ah Tang can Bringing something back by myself, I believe it will be more valuable than the two I brought. This is also her wish, I hope uncle will not refuse."
Papa Bai's hand that was about to be handed over stopped in the air, and he turned back to look at his daughter, who was also taken aback by Shen Tingjun's words. He looked again at the boy who had appeared as his daughter's partner when they met for the first time. He has handsome eyebrows and a smile on his face, but the expression in his eyes can only be considered truly gentle when he looks at Baitang.
This is not a kind person, Dad Bai made a definition of Shen Tingjun's first impression in his heart. However, what he just said made him fade away from the grievances he felt when he knew the relationship between the other party and his daughter. "thanks."
Bai Nan saw that Papa Bai had accepted it, so she also accepted the gift that belonged to her. "Father's is Shouyuan Pill, so what kind of pill is mine?" They are all the same jade bottle, so the pill inside should be the same.
"Zhu Jidan." It was Shen Tingjun who came out to explain.
After Shen Tingjun talked about the efficacy of the Foundation Establishment Pill, Bai Nan carefully put away the brocade box and asked with concern: "The Foundation Establishment Pill won't go bad after a long time. right?"
Baitang was amused by his words, and the thoughts that were stunned by Shen Tingjun came back, "These two jade bottles have been specially refined, even if they are stored for hundreds of years, they will not be a problem."
Bai Nan was overjoyed, wishing she could run upstairs and store her things properly.
Seeing his appearance, Papa Bai secretly shook his head in his heart. "Xiao Nan, you have to go to school tomorrow, have you finished your homework?"
Bai Nan's heart moved, she quickly shook her head, and then ran upstairs while doing her homework.
After he left, Papa Bai said to the two of them: "I still have something to do, go to the study first, let Tangtang call me."
Baitang knew that this was Papa Bai making room for the two of them to reminisce about the past, so he nodded to Papa Bai and watched Papa Bai go upstairs.
As soon as the two left, Baitang's expression changed. Seeing her expression, Shen Tingjun knew that the change of topic just now had no effect.
"You can tell me now, how did you get here, and what price did you pay?" Even though Shen Tingjun could feel that Shen Tingjun's soul was stronger than hers, it was only about half of what he was in the realm of comprehension. "Don't try to put words on me."
"I've already come here, so it's pointless to pursue the price paid inside." Baitang's face became more and more ugly, Shen Tingjun walked over and pushed him to sit on the sofa, "Atang, I miss you."
The next moment, Baitang was hugged into his arms, but was pushed away by the other party after only holding for a while. Lifting his face, the other party's expression was a little tangled and sighed, "Other people's bodies are not as inconvenient as my own."
Bai Tang didn't know what to say, she was discussing the serious issue of crossing borders with him, but he was concerned that it wasn't his own body that hugged her. "Shen Tingjun, do you know that every time you want to prevaricate me, the more you don't want to tell me the truth, the more it means the price involved is too high."
"Naturally."
"Then why can't you say it?"
"I don't want you to worry." Baitang was blocked by his words, and Shen Tingjun said again, "I still want to take you back, so that I won't let anything happen to me. All I can tell you about this is that I went to the old A friend I knew made the move."
"Is it reliable?"
Shen Tingjun smiled: "Besides you, he is the one I trust the most."
For Shen Tingjun to say such a thing, Baitang can be sure that the other party is indeed someone he can trust. "Since you've talked about this, I won't ask about it." In the future, she will always know.
"I'm very happy with your introduction to them just now." When Shen Tingjun came, she was ready to be introduced as a friend, but in the end, she decided their relationship directly in front of her father. "If only a few years earlier, you would have been so frank." She would not have had such an accident.
Baitang ignored the emotion behind him, "How many things did you bring with you this trip?"
Hearing this, two hidden rings appeared on Shen Tingjun's slender fingers. He took one of them back for Baitang to wear.
"you-?"
Bai Nan came down to get some fruit to eat, but when he came out, he saw this kind of scene, and he was stunned.
Baitang turned a blind eye to his shock. After getting the ring, he felt it inside. There was only one cubic meter of space. As if aware of her doubts, Shen Tingjun explained from the side: "The time is too short, and I can't find better materials. It is only enough to refine two rings of this size."
Bai Tang comprehended, no matter what method Shen Tingjun used to come here, if he wanted to bring the things over there, he had to bear the pressure of crossing the boundary. Then, the refining materials of Najie must be mainly rare, so it is not surprising that there is such a small space.
She scanned the things stored inside. Although there were not many, they were all things she would need for a long time. With these, there is no need to stuff Bai Nan into that sword gate. "You haven't told me who you are now."
Bai Nan ran down slowly, "Sister, what were you doing just now?" Her voice was still a little unsteady.
"Are you talking about this?" Bai Tang shook the ring in his hand, and Bai Nan nodded hastily. Bai Tang played a game of storage in front of him, which shocked Bai Nan into a daze. "This is a ring that can store things, but you have no share."
After hearing this, Bai Nan stared at it several times before returning upstairs full of disappointment with the fruit.
Shen Tingjun looked at this scene from the side, raised his eyebrows, and then talked about the identity of this body: "This person's previous name was Shen Ting. His parents died unexpectedly in his early years and he was placed in his uncle's family. When he was ten years old , met a casual cultivator, and got a set of low-level qi nourishing methods from the other party."
"Do you still have contact with that casual cultivator?"
"When Shen Ting met him, that casual cultivator was already at the end of his battle."
That is to say, the background of this body is extremely clean, and it has a little foundation of cultivation. Baitang pondered for a while, and said: "Build the foundation first, and then go to the residences of those sects to check the situation together."
Shen Tingjun responded with an expression of "whatever you say".