After about a cup of tea.
The group came to a place covered with weeds. As the two strong men took out an iron scroll, the weeds bent in the wind, as if bowing slightly to everyone, and then they retreated to reveal a stone door.
"This is… "
Chu Lu and the others, who were brought here inexplicably, are still a little confused.
Seeing this, the boy chuckled and said, "It was my negligence," and then told the whole story.
As the saying goes, the law should not be passed on to others. What the boy said could not be the whole story... He just told Chu and Lu that the academy was facing a big crisis and the dean could not get out of it in the short term. The two of them were "incompetent and inexperienced", so if they wanted to cure Lu Meir's illness, they had to take another path...
Looking at the stone gate, the boy said leisurely: "There are three seniors in my academy who have been living in seclusion here... If they can help us, the crisis can be alleviated, and..."
After a pause, he glanced at Lu Meir, then turned to Chu Tianxiao: "The three elders are all extremely learned, and their knowledge is no less than that of the dean himself..."
He spoke a lot in a very eloquent way, but Chu Tianxiao understood before he finished speaking... It was nothing more than a mutually beneficial transaction.
I guess the three elders in the academy have very strict rules and set some kind of test, so that everyone in the academy is helpless. In desperation, they want to pin their hopes on me, a freak who doesn't play by the rules
After pondering for a moment, Chu Tianxiao nodded in agreement.
After all, the character of the people in the academy is still relatively strong, and if the situation is really as they said, then the two of us who belong to the Great Zhou Dynasty should also be included in their alliance list...
It seems that this is feasible.
"Thank you for your help, young friend. Even if this fails, once the trouble is resolved, the dean will definitely take action as soon as possible and diagnose the girl."
Seeing Chu Tianxiao agreed, the two of them thanked him in unison - for the academy, worldly identity was not important, so the address was simple and clear, which saved Chu Tianxiao from embarrassment.
At that moment, the two men looked at each other, walked towards the cave at the same time and knocked on the door.
"The student Nan Wuliang (Gong Yangcheng) has an important matter and would like to see the three elders."
“…Come in.”
After a long time, a word was spoken, and then there was a loud bang, and the stone cave suddenly opened. The two people led Chu Lu and the others slowly walked in.
But the stone cave was extremely plain, with almost nothing in it, except for three cushions in front, on which sat three white-haired old men. Each of their skin was as white as dead wood, but their faces were full of spirit. Three pairs of eyes each emitted a different kind of brilliance, and when they fell on Chu Tianxiao, they actually made him breathe slowly.
"... They are all at the peak of Lingyue, and are even stronger than Gong Yangcheng. Are they trying to advance to the fifth realm..."
"Tsk, it really is a standard old monster!"
Chu Tianxiao's mind was full of thoughts, but his face showed a respectful expression.
"Students pay their respects to the three elders." The two powerful men bowed at the same time. Chu Tianxiao and Lu Meir also hurriedly followed suit and bowed. Then the three elders smiled softly and said in unison, "Get up."
"Thank you, Elder San."
Gong Yangcheng stood up and explained the whole story, but just after he said Chu Lu's name, he was interrupted by an old man among them who waved his hand.
But he said, "Cheng boy, what you want to say, the three of us already know."
"You should know the rules. The bone ages of these two people are consistent, so there's no need to say more... You guys, leave now."
Hearing the voice, Gong Yangcheng and the boy were both stunned, then looked at each other, nodded, saluted again, and walked straight out of the cave.
After that, the elder who spoke first glanced at Lu Meir and raised his eyebrows: "This little girl... seems to have a cold poison in her body, um..."
After a pause, he looked at Chu Tianxiao: "Seeking medical treatment for your wife?"
After these four words fell, before Chu Tianxiao could refute, Lu Meir nodded heavily and said happily: "Yes! Grandpa, you are really observant!"
"Heh..."
Hearing the voice, the three elders all laughed.
Chu Tianxiao saw something else in this smile...
"... they cultivate the Pure Will, not the Still Water Dao Heart. In other words... they are a group of old people who don't cultivate but appear serious on the surface but are actually coquettish?"
While Chu Tianxiao was complaining, the three elders looked at Chu Tianxiao at the same time and said, "We once made a great oath to our inner demons. We want to see if there is really a hero in youth..."
Just a short sentence, Chu Tianxiao understood without needing to finish.
"Please ask the three elders to give us some questions."
"Haha, you are really smart... Don't worry, let your little wife go out and wait, I will come right away."
Hearing this, Chu Tianxiao glanced at Lu Meir. She was a little worried and wanted to say something, but finally nodded: "Brother Tianxiao, then Meir... well, I'll wait for you in your room."
For the guests coming to the academy, Yu Li had naturally prepared the side rooms first, but these words in this situation made the three elders laugh again.
Chu Tianxiao was helpless about this, but Lu Meir was very calm and generous. She looked at Chu Tianxiao reluctantly and left first.
After that, an old man in the middle stood up and said to the old man on his left, "Third brother, you ask a question first this time, and the two of us will step back. If this... um, little friend Chu... can really get past you, have him come to the second floor to find us, and the two of us will work together to ask a question."
The old man on the left nodded and said, "Okay."
As the three of them were talking and noding, two of them left in a flash, like people passing by in the wind or birds flying away without a trace. Chu Tianxiao had no idea how they disappeared and couldn't help but be secretly surprised.
But what concerned him more was the old man in front of him.
According to what the boy said before, this should be "Mr. Zhao" who has the most valuable collection of martial arts secrets.
At that moment, the old man nodded slightly and said, "My dear Chu, although I admire your determination to seek medical treatment for your wife, the Heart Demon Oath is not a joke. It is a serious matter. I will never show favoritism or show mercy. This... maybe you understand?"
"Of course." Chu Tianxiao nodded, clasped his fists and said, "Please allow Mr. Zhao to set the questions."
"Haha... OK." Old Zhao laughed loudly, then stretched out his dead wood-like hand and stroked the Xumi Ring. In an instant, a golden light flashed, and a thick white book lay quietly on a small stone table between Chu Tianxiao and Old Zhao.
"This is..." Chu Tianxiao's eyes lit up. Before he finished asking, Elder Zhao slowly said, "This is a secret book. It records a rare escape method. It is useless in itself, but it will help you to refine any escape method you are currently practicing!"
Chu Tianxiao was shocked when he heard this. He didn't know whether to say that there was nothing strange in the world or that the academy's savings were really rich...
Although he wanted to look at it immediately, he was very determined and finally resisted the temptation and put it down slowly.
"Mr. Zhao... What exactly does this mean?"
Seeing this, Mr. Zhao immediately gave Chu Tianxiao an approving look, and then slowly said: "My dear Chu, this is the first level."
"The first level tests your understanding."
"In the path of cultivation, the more effort you need, the more you progress. But the key is understanding! Without understanding, no matter how hard you work, it will be in vain. There are countless examples of getting twice the result with twice the effort."
"So, this time, I want to see if you have the ability to glimpse the great way!"
"If not, please leave as soon as possible."
"We don't want to make things easy for mediocre people!"