Chapter 67: Return to Tianlin Gu Congxing raised his lips and smiled: "Let's go together...

When I opened my eyes again, I saw tiny particles of dust dancing in the morning light.

Gu Congxing blinked and slowly sat up.

The soft touch under his body also moved, and a silver-white fluffy tail swept across Gu Congxing's face.

"Tiaotiao, it's itchy..." Gu Congxing smiled and held its tail, then reached out to stroke its head.

Yesterday, I spent a rare dreamless night with Tiaotiao.

"Tiaotiao, go find Si Junjian first, I'll go later."

Tiaotiao let out a cry, rubbed his head against his, and walked out the door.

Gu Congxing cast a cleansing spell on himself and said as he straightened his clothes, "System."

[Ding! Host! Have you decided who to add as your new target for redemption?]

"It's obvious now, isn't it?" Gu Congxing tied her long hair high, her scarlet headband fluttering in the morning breeze. "Si Junjian."

The system's light flickered, and after a moment the words began to flash.

[Have you decided on the host? Others can do it too...]

"Sure."

Seeing the system's reluctance, Gu Congxing had roughly guessed who it was talking about.

It should be its own son Xiao Wangyou.

[…Ding! Confirmed host's new redemption target, Si Junjian!]

[Ding! Confirming the host's current redemption level: 70%, points: 680!]

The characters on the colorless slate flashed rapidly, and after a pause, a flat sound was emitted again.

[Ding! Host, please complete the main quest: Learn the truth about Si Junjian's life!]

The truth about my life... My brother also mentioned this, and it coincides with the system task.

Gu Congxing pushed the door open and went downstairs, and sure enough, he saw the red figure.

Si Junjian wore the Zhuxie Sword on his waist, carried the Lotus Bone Bow on his back, and stood under an ancient tree in a red robe. The silver wolf monster stood majestically beside him.

When Gu Congxing saw this scene, he suddenly recalled things from his previous life.

After his master's death in his previous life, he traveled with Si Junjian for a long time, chasing wanted criminals from the immortal sect, slaying demons and evildoers, and eliminating evil crimes. For a time, they were also called the "Twin Pillars of the Spirit Sword" by the world.

He had once made up his mind not to have anything to do with Si Junjian anymore, but who would have thought that they would walk together again in this life.

Thinking of this, Gu Congxing frowned and chuckled, then came to Si Junjian.

"Too slow." Si Junjian snorted and shifted his gaze to the side.

Gu Congxing originally wanted to jump directly onto Tiaotiao, but when his eyes swept over Si Junjian, he exclaimed in surprise:

"Why are you so red?"

As he said this, he couldn't help but move closer and look closely at Si Junjian's handsome face, which was becoming increasingly rosy.

"Looking at it now, you've even changed your clothes? You..."

"I'm fine!" Si Junjian immediately denied it, turned around and sat directly on Tiaotiao's back, leaving only his back to Gu Congxing.

Gu Congxing stared at his rosy ears in confusion, and jumped onto the monster.

“Ah~”

Tiaotiao raised his head and let out a long roar, his body suddenly grew larger, and he flew into the air carrying the two of them.

The clouds dissipated and a strong wind blew.

Gu Congxing looked at the increasingly smaller Zhile City and suddenly said, "Thanks to Tiaotiao, I slept very well last night."

Si Junjian's ears, which had originally returned to normal, turned red again little by little.

Gu Congxing raised his eyebrows slightly, thought for a moment, and grinned:

"...Why not let it sleep with me from now on?"

"no!"

As expected, I heard a rejection.

"Why?"

"..." Si Junjian was silent for a moment, then turned his head and glanced at Gu Congxing, "Are you a child? Do you need someone to accompany you to sleep?"

"Human? But Tiaotiao is a monster."

"!" Si Junjian's expression changed, and he immediately turned around, "In short, it's not possible."

Gu Congxing said "Oh~", raised his eyebrows and smiled silently.

It seems that the connection between Si Junjian and Tiao Tiao is much deeper than he thought.

While he was thinking, he saw a red light flying from afar. Gu Congxing looked closely and found that it was the ancient spiritual beast Fire Qilin.

On top of the Fire Kirin, a woman in white was sitting casually, waving her arms as she looked over here.

"Hey, Xiao Si."

“Sister Qiao… no, Elder Qiao?!”

Gu Congxing looked at the female cultivator, and her eyes lit up on her pretty face and she immediately showed a friendly smile.

Qiao Anan of the Tianlin Sect was said to be exceptionally gifted in beast taming, surpassing even the Sect's head, Sima Huai. The Fire Qilin she was currently riding was the Tianlin Sect's most powerful spirit beast.

Gu Congxing couldn't help but clasp his fists and salute: "Senior Qiao."

By this time, the Fire Kirin had already reached Tiaotiao's side. The two beasts exchanged glances before turning their heads away. Qiao Anan flew alongside them, heading towards the faintly emerging outline of the Tianlin Sect.

Si Junjian: "Elder Qiao, why are you here?"

Qiao Anan stretched out his arms and said in a leisurely tone, "Oh, I heard you were coming back, so I picked it up."

"Huh?" Si Junjian frowned, "When did you have such leisure time..."

"Ahem." Qiao Anan interrupted him and turned his gaze to Gu Congxing, "Are you Gu Congxing, the Qingxuan Sword Sect disciple? The one who topped the list in the last Immortal Sect Competition?"

"yes."

"Well... not bad, not bad." Elder Qiao stroked his chin and smiled with satisfaction.

Gu Congxing:?

But at this moment, Qiao Anan turned his gaze to Si Junjian again, smiling meaningfully.

Si Junjian:?

"Those guys at Qianyan Hall are sometimes quite reliable." Qiao Anan ignored the two people's puzzled expressions and said directly, "One is Baibi Wuxia, and the other is Mudan Jinghua. They are indeed a good match."

"Hey! Sister Qiao! Don't talk nonsense!" Si Junjian spoke immediately.

But Qiao Anan smiled mischievously and raised an eyebrow, saying, "I'm saying you're a good match as rivals and companions. Why are you so anxious?"

Si Junjian choked, turned his head and said nothing.

Gu Congxing watched them bickering, not realizing that the corners of his lips had slightly risen.

In the blink of an eye, they arrived at the Tianlin Sect. As soon as the three of them landed, several red-robed disciples surrounded them.

"Senior Brother Si!"

"Elder Qiao!"

Their gazes turned to Gu Congxing's expression, and they couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Could this be Fellow Daoist Gu?"

Gu Congxing held the sword and nodded.

"Is it actually that fellow Daoist Gu with the Whale-Slaying Sword?!"

A disciple looked excited and was about to step forward to talk to Gu Congxing, but Si Junjian had already stood in front of him without saying a word.

"We have important matters to attend to this time, so we will leave you for now."

As he said this, he took Gu Congxing's hand and together they mounted their horses and flew towards the western palace.

Elder Qiao looked at their departing figures and laughed even more wildly.

The Tianlin Sect occupies a large area, with a dark iron tower standing in the center, surrounded by palaces. Gu Congxing counted them and found that there were five large palaces.

There are several pavilions and small sacred peaks around the main hall.

Si Junjian brought Gu Congxing to the sacred peak on the west side. The two landed on the ground. Tiaotiao howled, restored his body size to that of a silver wolf, and bent down to stretch.

Gu Congxing silently looked around at the red rocks and brown soil, feeling quite fresh.

His gaze shifted downwards, landing on their still intertwined hands: "Do you want to continue holding on?"

Si Junjian seemed to be startled by his tone and quickly let go of his hand.

He cleared his throat and said, "Don't get me wrong, I just think you're too slow looking around."

"Really?"

Gu Congxing tilted his head and was about to ask again when he heard a call.

"Senior Brother Si!"

The two looked back and saw Tsui Hark in red.

He was walking towards this side quickly, but when he saw Gu Congxing, he immediately stopped and even took a step back, his narrow eyes widened.

"Gu, Gu Congxing?! Why are you here?"

Gu Congxing looked at him and sneered, "I want to come, is that not okay?"

"Humph, this is our Tianlin Sect! How did a foreign disciple like you get so deep into this place..."

"Tsui Hark." Si Junjian interrupted him, "Gu Congxing came here at my invitation. We both have a mission to accomplish, so don't say anything more."

"Senior Brother Si!" Xu Ke was young and even looked childish. "What's wrong with you? I was the only disciple allowed to come to your peak before, but when it comes to Gu Congxing, you completely change!"

"Last time it was Gu Ying, this time it's Gu Congxing! Senior Brother, why are you different from before?!"

Xu Ke gritted his teeth and looked at Gu Congxing hatefully, then stared straight at Si Junjian.

Gu Congxing had never expected Xu Ke to have such a big reaction, and couldn't help but look at Si Junjian.

Si Junjian and Tsui Hark looked at each other, their brows slightly furrowed.

"I never said that you are the only one allowed to come to the peak." His voice was slightly cold. "Xu Ke, don't always focus on these other things. Your cultivation progress is not fast-"

“That’s enough!”

Tsui Hark yelled and turned around and ran away.

Gu Congxing looked at the receding red figure, and after a moment he said, "...Your Tianlin sect has many people, and their styles are also different."

It had only been less than an hour since I arrived at Tianlin Sect, and I had already met so many people one after another.

Seeing that Si Junjian didn't respond, Gu Congxing asked again: "Your junior brother seems to be quite attached to you?"

Si Junjian sighed softly, "He is Master's only son. He cultivates with me and is the one I've known the longest among all my fellow apprentices. I thought he would improve a lot by participating in the Immortal Sect Competition, but I didn't expect him to go backwards."

Gu Congxing thought that it was he who killed Xu Ke's spirit beast in the Immortal Sect Competition, so he simply remained silent.

"Let's go. You can rest in the guest peak first. I will go to find Master and report back."

Si Junjian said this, led Gu Congxing to Kefeng Cave, and then left.

Gu Congxing took a quick look around and discovered that there was a misty spiritual spring behind the cave.

He had been traveling for days these days and had been using the cleansing technique to deal with it hastily. This time, he could finally take a good bath.

Gu Congxing took off his clothes and stepped into the spiritual spring.

On the other side, Si Junjian came to the main hall, but found that his master was not there.

"The leader and A Zuo are both out on important matters. They will not be back for a few days." The right elder said expressionlessly.

Si Junjian nodded slightly and was about to turn around and leave when he was stopped.

"Xiao Si, I heard that you got closer to the Gu family today." The right elder's eyes were dark and gloomy. "This is not a good thing."

Si Junjian frowned and asked, "Why? Hasn't the Tianlin Sect always been on good terms with the Gu family?"

The Right Elder was silent for a moment, then said quietly, "This is one time, that is another time."

Si Junjian looked at him for a moment and nodded in agreement.

He said goodbye to the Right Elder, took some mung bean cakes from the spiritual kitchen, and then flew back to the cave on his sword.

"Gu Congxing?"

He held the mung bean pastry in his arms, but did not find the figure.

Could it be that he went out?

When Si Junjian walked into the spiritual spring, he suddenly saw a figure in the mist.

The man's black hair was loose and floating on the water, and even his curled eyelashes were covered with moisture.

He sat comfortably in the spiritual spring, his posture even being carefree.

Si Junjian looked at the white neck on the water and couldn't help but take a step back.

“Snap—”

A mung bean pastry rolled out of his arms and fell to the ground.

"Si Junjian, you're back?"

Gu Congxing heard the noise behind him and stood up and looked back.

He stood up, like a graceful lotus, with water droplets rolling down his black hair, flowing over his narrow waist covered with thin muscles, and falling into the round curves hidden under the water.

The fair face was stained a little red in the mist, and even the pair of dark eyes looked particularly moist.

But he was completely unaware of this, and just looked at Si Junjian with his bright eyes, his expression the same as always.

He raised his lips and smiled: "Want to take a bath together?"

Si Junjian's whole body stiffened, and he immediately said, "No, I'll leave now."

"We're both men, so what's the problem?"

Gu Congxing lifted his hair, and a drop of water rolled down his cheek and flowed into the dimple on his collarbone.

Seeing that Si Junjian's face was getting redder and redder, almost bleeding, Gu Congxing chuckled.

"Hahahaha! I won't tease you anymore. I guess you wouldn't dare... Wait, you?!"

“Crash—”

The water suddenly splashed, Si Junjian jumped into the spiritual spring and approached him.

The pair of red phoenix eyes were shining with a dark light, reflecting Gu Congxing's surprised face.

"Who said that? I don't dare."

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