Back in City S, Ji Mingqian was visiting the villa. When he saw Baitang and Shen Tingjun coming in, he was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that the other party was Baitang who hadn't seen him in the Bai family for three years. Three years have passed, and Ji Mingqian's elegant and gentle temperament has become more and more intense. Baitang glanced at Bai Nan who was staring at him in a daze.
Maybe it's because of his martial arts practice, Bai Nan's stature is very tall, and his complexion looks healthy and sunny. Although the brows are still lively as before, it can be seen that they are much more mature and stable than three years ago.
"Since the senior sister is back, I won't bother you. I'll come to see my uncle another day." Ji Mingqian took the lead in breaking the silence in the living room. Bai Nanzheng had a lot of things to say to Bai Tang, when he heard his words, he sent him out of the villa without much hesitation.
When they came back, Bai Tang and Shen Tingjun sat on the sofa leaning against each other, and Bai Tang held a spiritual fruit that Shen Tingjun handed over to him. Bai Nan smiled and sat on the other side, "Sister, why didn't you say hello in advance when you came back, Dad must be very happy to know." Originally, he had a lot to say, but after sitting down, he found that he didn't know what to say. rise.
"I've already notified Dad. I knew you were on vacation today, so I didn't tell you in advance." After simply replying to Bai Nan's words, Bai Tang changed the subject, "Xiao Nan, what's the matter with Ji Mingqian's internal force?" , Baitang discovered the difference between Ji Mingqian, and he also practiced martial arts.
Bai Nan was startled, looked at Bai Tang's expression that didn't get angry immediately, and explained: "An accident happened two years ago, so I had to show my martial arts ability in front of Ming Qian, and Ming Qian also wanted to learn some Self-defense skills, I remember what you said that you can't teach him your own mind, so I went to Brother Han for help."
"Don't worry, Brother Han didn't accept him, he just asked the people below to give Mingqian a very ordinary way of thinking." Bai Nan added at the end.
"The most common mental method?" Baitang repeated, she just saw that Ji Mingqian's internal strength did not come from the ordinary mental method. Moreover, a young man who has never been in contact with and has no one to guide him can raise his cultivation level to the eighth level in just two years with an ordinary book of mental methods. "In the past three years, your own cultivation has not slackened, right?"
"Is my sister going to test my swordsmanship? I haven't failed all day." Seeing that Baitang didn't talk too much about Ji Mingqian, Bai Nan heaved a sigh of relief. For some reason, facing the current Baitang, he could never do anything like that. Call her by her name like before, and play around with her again.
"You don't need to take the school exam, you can practice the two sets of swordsmanship I taught you now and show me."
Bai Nan responded with a smile, and the three of them came from the living room to the yard outside. Then, Bai Nan picked up the sword and used the two sets of sword skills that Bai Tang taught him one by one. The sword was given to him by Baitang before he left. Although it is sharp, it is not considered a top-notch spiritual weapon in the cultivation world, but it is just the right weapon for Bai Nan.
Bai Nan used the two sets of swordsmanship with great care, and judging from his movements, it was true that the three years had not been wasted, and he had practiced the swordsmanship to the extreme that he could comprehend.
"Although Xiao Nan's savvy is not as good as yours, she is considered a leader among her peers." Shen Tingjun whispered to Bai Tang when Bai Nan finished his sword move. "You can rest assured."
Baitang smiled and asked Bai Nan to practice again from beginning to end. This time, Bai Tang gave him a lot of advice from the sidelines, and corrected several sword moves that Bai Nan had never been able to master before.
"By the way, sister, you and... will you take the college entrance examination this year?" Bai Nan couldn't call Shen Tingjun brother-in-law, and changed her words abruptly, "During the high school entrance examination, you said that you were in the first high school. of it."
"I won't participate this year." Bai Nan immediately showed a disappointed expression, and Bai Tang smiled, "Next year, we will take the same college entrance examination with you." No matter how good their memory is, there is only half a month. How can it be enough to waste three years of high school courses.
"Okay, so we can still go to the same university." After practicing the sword, the three returned to the living room, and Bai Nan briefly told them what happened around them in the past three years.
Dad Bai broke away from the Bai family business two years ago, and started an electronics company together with Gu Yan, and recently they are discussing starting an internet company. On the Bai family's side, in the first two years, Bai Jingyang and Bai Jingqiu would come to the villa to talk to Bai's father, but after that, they didn't have much contact except for the holidays.
In the past three years in City S, the Su family has not been able to recover. Yang Jincheng and his family moved back to City B a year ago. I heard that Yang Su was transferred to City B. And this year, Zhou Lei also went to City B in the name of further study.
As for city b, Bai Nan knew very little about it. Although Han Shaozhe would call him once in a while in the past three years, they always asked about the current situation and rarely mentioned the development of city b to him. What Bai Nan knew was that Han Shaozhe had more and more status in the Han family.
In the evening, Papa Bai and Gu Yan came back together. This was the first time Gu Yan and Shen Tingjun met face to face.
Gu Yan's senses have never been dull, and he immediately noticed that Shen Tingjun was not friendly to him, and even had some malicious eyes. He frowned slightly, he didn't know much about this young man of the same age as Bai Tang, he only knew that the two were friends, both Papa Bai and Bai Nan had a good impression and closeness to this young man.
Shen Tingjun's eyes paused on him for a few seconds, then he looked back, and then went to the kitchen to help Baitang bring out the food together.
At the dinner table, the family chatted with each other about their respective situations in the past three years. Naturally, Gu Yan would not participate in it, and so did Shen Tingjun. The two people who were silent together ate quietly, but part of their attention was on each other.
Gu Yan is used to doing business, and knows that someone will dislike a stranger at first glance, but maliciousness will never happen to a stranger for no reason.
Shen Tingjun was purely observing what attracted the former Baitang to this man, and after a meal, he found that the man was really boring, and the malice in his heart was a little less because of this.
After the meal, Bai Nan was washing the dishes in the kitchen, Dad Bai was talking to Shen Tingjun in the living room, and Gu Yan called Bai Tang out alone.
"Gu Chen already talked to you?" When he came to the corridor outside, Bai Tang explained Gu Yan's purpose. It was because of Gu Chen's relationship problem that Shen Tingjun let Bai Tang and Gu Yan get together without any qualms.
Gu Yan did not deny that the phone call from Gu Chen had already made him see clearly that this nominal niece was never the girl who needed him to take care of. Big brother has to look up to. However, from the moment he gave up martial arts, he didn't care about the gap. As long as his relationship with his second brother is still there, Baitang is still his niece in his eyes.
"I mentioned to him that after the result is obtained, let him find someone else to inform me."
"I want to talk to you about favors." Bai Tang raised his eyes and looked straight at him, Gu Yan continued, "I will take care of you, it was my second brother who took care of me, so you don't need to promise a favor return."
After hearing this, Bai Tang smiled, "If you make the distinction so clearly, Gu Chen should be disappointed."
Gu Yan shook his head and said: "If he asks for any exchange, I hope you can think about it, and I will use my own shares to exchange. I know that the value of the two parties cannot be equal, but this is the bargaining chip I can pay. "
He is not in the Gu family, but Gu Chen, the eldest brother, has actually taken care of him for many years. He knew that this favor was very important to him, so he didn't want to kill his chance.
Baitang looked at him and raised his eyebrows, "Then what reason will you use to convince my dad then?"
Gu Yan frowned again, "This is a problem I need to deal with."
Baitang moved away the sight that fell on his face, turned to look at the night sky above his head, and his voice returned to the coldness before others: "It's just a favor, uncle don't mind. Since I promised, no matter what Gu Chen proposes It’s not a problem for me.” It can be regarded as an end to the events of the year.
"It's different."
"What's the difference? You take care of us because of my father's love, but Xiao Nan and I don't owe your love for nothing, so I'll repay one or two on behalf of our siblings. Is there anything incomprehensible?" After finishing speaking , Bai Tang turned around, "I will only give him one chance, so, uncle, don't feel that Gu Chen can't stand it."
Gu Yan stopped at the spot and looked at the back of her going in, and followed her in after a long while.
The next day, Bai Tang received a call from Xie Zhou, and the content of the call was Gu Chen's request.
"He just wants to improve his cultivation." Xie Zhou conveyed Gu Chen's words unchanged.
This request was similar to Baitang's expectation. Gu Chen's aptitude is average, and this world lacks aura, and spirit stones are even scarcer. The most difficult thing for him is to improve his cultivation. "I see. You tell him later, and someone will deliver the things to him in a few days."
"Master, yesterday I heard a very important piece of information from the head of Wu." Xie Zhou didn't waste Baitang's time asking, and immediately said this information, "It was passed down by the heads of the Danmen, said There is still an ancient teleportation array on the earth that can leave, but that teleportation array was destroyed hundreds of years ago, and only the people of Jianmen know the exact location."
Baitang was a little surprised, and said to Xie Zhou in a few moments: "You did a good job on this matter, you continue to work on it at Danmen, and let me know if there is any other useful news."
Xie Zhou said something to express his loyalty. He didn't care about it before, but when the teleportation array happened, he had to hurry up and seize the opportunity. He didn't know where Bai Tang and Shen Tingjun came from, but if anyone else in the ancient teleportation array could repair it, he couldn't hope for a third person besides these two. After the restoration of the teleportation array is completed, he can ask them to take him out of this aura-depleted earth.
Baitang hung up the phone and walked down the stairs, but saw Jian Daozi confronting Shen Tingjun in the living room. When Jian Daozi heard the footsteps, he raised his eyes, his expression changed, the original indifference was replaced by enthusiasm, and at the same time he knelt down to Baitang: "Master, please accept the disciple."
Shen Tingjun hated this the most, so before Jian Daozi knelt down to the end, he flew upside down by his sleeves, but was stopped by Baitang in the middle. Shen Tingjun looked over in confusion, and Baitang went straight to Jian Daozi and bowed his head, "Do you know where the ancient teleportation array is?"
Shen Tingjun withdrew his hand in surprise when he heard the words Ancient Teleportation Formation.
"That teleportation array has been damaged long ago, and if you want to activate the teleportation array, you can only put in top-grade spirit stones." This is the biggest reason why they have always known that there is no one dedicated to repairing the teleportation array. "If Master—"
"I told you that I don't accept disciples." During yesterday's contest, Baitang already knew that this is a sword cultivator who is dedicated to the sword. If she is still in the cultivation world, she will accept him as a disciple of the Qingyun sect. Her disciple, as long as there is Shen Tingjun in this life, she will not have a second disciple. "You just need to tell me the address of the teleportation array, and you don't have to worry about the rest."
"The junior is willing to lead the way for the senior." Jian Daozi stood up with his body propped up, and said respectfully.
Bai Tang glanced back at Shen Tingjun, the latter did not show any disapproval, so he did not reject Jian Daozi's self-recommendation. The three of them left the villa just like that.
Soon, the three of them arrived in front of this ancient teleportation array. The area around the teleportation array was covered with weeds and rocks. Shen Tingjun slapped down, and only the teleportation array was left in front of the three of them.
Baitang hadn't carefully studied the formation, so she stepped forward to look at it for a few times before giving up, and asked Shen Tingjun, "How is it? Can it be repaired?"
"Too much damage."
Knowing that he didn't finish his sentence, Baitang looked at a kendo with an expression of "I know that", and said with a smile: "Even if it can be repaired, we don't know the ancient formation, let alone the materials for repairing the teleportation formation. Can you make it all together? Let’s go back.”
"senior."
"Jian Daozi," Shen Tingjun spoke for Baitang, his eyes turned to Jian Daozi, a faint smile appeared in the corner of his eyes, "Anyone who wants to be Atang's disciple must die, or I will die."
The last word fell in his ears, and Jian Daozi felt that the sight seemed to come alive, and he killed him with a move that was more powerful than his sword intent. When he felt that he was about to point to the door, he subconsciously took a step back, and then looked at Shen Tingjun with nothing but fear.
Shen Tingjun didn't seem to feel the change in him, and smiled with the corners of his lips curled up, and said again: "Choose one, let's choose."
"The younger generation really admires the swordsmanship of the senior. I don't want the senior to accept my disciples, but I just want to get a few words of advice from the senior." Knowing that it is a dead end, Daozi Jian will not foolishly bump into it.
"You and I have the same level of cultivation. If you give advice, there is no need to say it again." Baitang held Shen Tingjun's hand to prevent him from making another move. Shen Tingjun had nothing to do with her, and gave Jian Daozi a warning to "choose one of the two when you come here", and returned to the villa with Baitang.
As soon as he arrived at the villa, Baitang asked about the teleportation array. Only then did Shen Tingjun tell her the real situation: "The damage is really severe, and less than 40% of it has been preserved. If it is to be completely repaired, I am afraid it will take several years of dedicated research."
"That is, there is still a possibility of repair?"
Shen Tingjun nodded, "I need time to have a preliminary understanding of this ancient formation, and to confirm whether it can be teleported after repairing. Once it is confirmed that it is feasible, I will arrange for my own deity to come over." With this teleportation formation, They don't have to go back, he can take her to other monastic circles to have a look around.
Baitang's joy that had just arisen was suppressed by his words, "Is there nothing wrong with your deity coming here?" With his aptitude, he is probably already on the same level as the senior brother in cultivation, and now he is probably suppressing his own like the senior brother. Cultivation does not go to the spirit world. "just in case… "
"No chance." Shen Tingjun didn't let her say what she said later, and stared into her eyes with burning eyes, "Just tell me, if the teleportation array can be teleported, you are willing to stay here with me and don't care about Qingyunzong anymore. How, how about Qingxuan?"
Baitang sighed softly, then bent his eyes and smiled, "I gave you the answer a long time ago, do you want me to say it again?" Shen Tingjun stared at her unchanged, and Baitang's voice with a smile slowly replied, "I do."