Zhaoyue Pear Blossom Fan

After finishing the escort trip, Xu Shulou and the other two were about to return to their master's sect, but they received a letter from the master informing them that a new trial meeting was about to be held, and they asked two outstanding disciples to go and keep order.

Bai Roushuang read the message over and over again, and couldn't help but say proudly, "The headmaster called me an outstanding disciple. I never thought that I would be qualified to support the new brothers and sisters!"

Xu Shulou was amused by her.

Bai Roushuang continued, "Thinking back to the first time I met Senior Sister, you went to the trial meeting to calm me down. But at that time, I didn't understand anything and didn't recognize your good intentions. I thought you wanted to embarrass me because of Senior Brother Lu's matter."

"It's all over." Xu Shulou comforted.

"It's funny to say that my senior sister is always by my side, but I have lost contact with my senior brother Lu, who I was fighting for at that time," Bai Roushuang sighed. "How could I have imagined what would happen to me back then?"

Things in the world have always been like this.

The fate between people has always been wonderful. If you don’t walk through this journey of life yourself, who knows who will always be by your side?

"I didn't expect to be here today," Xu Shulou smiled, "but I'm very happy to be here today."

Bai Roushuang covered her cheeks. Senior Sister seldom speaks sentimentally, but when she does, it makes people want to smile uncontrollably.

Xu Shulou added sadly, "Just like back then, I never thought that my majestic phoenix pulling the carriage would never come back."

“…”

It is the end of summer now. The daytime is still hot, but at night it is a bit cooler like autumn. The breeze is gentle, and it is the most comfortable season.

This time without the phoenix carriage, Xu Shulou's appearance at the trial meeting seemed to be less grand than before, but he was still surrounded by the crowd as soon as he landed. However, this time most of the greetings were directed to Bai Roushuang.

At first, when she and Ji Ci wanted to make a new flavor of fasting pill, no one thought much of it. After all, that thing was only needed by low-level cultivators who had not yet practiced fasting. But as time went on, everyone noticed the huge profits, and many sects wanted to get a piece of the pie. However, Bai Roushuang looked easy to talk to, but in fact, she was unmoved. Now that they finally caught her at the trial meeting, everyone wanted to try again, and for a while they ignored the evil god Xu Shulou next to them.

Seeing the helplessness on his junior sister's face, Xu Shulou opened the Zhaoyue Pear Blossom Fan in his hand and cleared his throat.

Everyone paused. After the Qingcheng Sect's Yu Qishuang incident last time, the cultivation community evaluated Xu Shulou's strength in this way:

I hereby inform all cultivators below the Tribulation Crossing Stage that if you accidentally encounter Xu Shulou in the wild, you can fight him a few moves when he holds a fan, but if he draws his sword... what are you thinking about? If he draws his sword, run away immediately.

In fact, everyone wanted to see her sword skills with their own eyes. Of course, the premise was that they were not the ones who forced her to use the sword, so they naturally switched to smiling and said, "My two fellow Taoists must be a little tired after traveling here. Let's talk another day." Then they dispersed one after another.

Bai Roushuang found it funny in her heart. Her senior sister was getting better and better at taking advantage of her bad reputation. In fact, people who were familiar with her knew that she would not fight with others just because someone yelled at her. These people were scared away.

"They all want to discuss the Bigu Pill with you?" Xu Shulou asked, "Do they have any right to interfere in this business?"

"They have so many tricks," Bai Roushuang said helplessly, "They once proposed to cooperate with me to make high-end elixirs. They said they wanted to make several special flavors, add some rare ingredients, and package them in a special way, and only sell them to rich people."

Xu Shulou shook his head: "This fasting pill was originally meant to benefit low-level cultivators. They messed it up like this, isn't that putting the cart before the horse?"

"That's right. Did Mr. Dan give me the recipe so that I can use it to make money?" Bai Roushuang was very firm. "We have met many lobbyists from Senior Brother Six. Anyway, no matter what they say, we two will not agree. Bigu Pills are not a business for me."

After leaving the crowd, the two went to meet the new female disciple of Biqu Peak on Wuchen Island. This time, she was going to participate in the competition at the trial meeting.

The little girl greeted politely: "Senior Sister Xu, Senior Sister Bai, thank you for coming to help."

Bai Roushuang felt that this was a strange feeling, and quickly acted like a senior sister: "Hello, junior sister. We live in the nearby Cangzhu Courtyard. If you encounter any problems in your cultivation, you can always come and ask me."

"Thank you, Senior Sister Bai!"

Both of them prepared a gift for the meeting. Bai Roushuang prepared various fasting pills for her, including new flavors that have not yet been launched. The girl accepted them with joy and thanked her repeatedly.

At that trial meeting, Bai Roushuang defeated several people in a row by taking advantage of the fact that others could not break her defensive magic weapon. At this time, her state of mind changed. She realized that blindly showing off the magic weapon in the competition would be detrimental to her progress, so she did not give away the magic weapon, but prepared elixirs instead.

Xu Shulou was even more direct and simply gave her a precious spiritual herb for healing. Bai Roushuang's mouth twitched. Does this mean that there is no need for defensive magic weapons and we can heal ourselves after we get injured?

When the new junior sister left, Bai Roushuang stared at her back and felt her heart filled with a sense of accomplishment as a senior sister.

When she turned around, she saw Xu Shulou smiling at her with his arms folded. She immediately asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Xu Shulou shook his head: "By the next trial meeting, I won't be needed anymore. It's the same if you come alone."

Bai Roushuang bit her lip. She had rarely made this slightly aggrieved gesture in recent years. Now, whether it was because she was revisiting the old place or something else, it was very natural for her to do it. "No, I still need Senior Sister to help me drive away those annoying guys."

In response, Xu Shulou just smiled.

The two of them settled in the Cangzhu Courtyard arranged by the sect that hosted the trial meeting. It was late summer and early autumn, which was a very suitable season for sleeping, but Xu Shulou had been sleeping restlessly these past few days.

As soon as I close my eyes, I will enter the same dream over and over again.

There was only one picture in the dream, with an ink-like background and a few large white characters "The End of the Text" written on it. Occasionally, these characters would flicker, as if they were struggling, and seemed unwilling to see the dream end.

After Xu Shulou woke up, she felt that she had been dreaming so much that she could hardly recognize these words.

She stretched herself and heard Bai Roushuang's voice coming from the yard: "You have a good foundation, but you must not rush for success. As long as you are willing to take steady steps, you will achieve success in the future."

Then the new junior sister's energetic voice rang out: "Thank you, Senior Sister Bai, for your guidance!"

Xu Shulou was a little dazed for a moment. More than ten years had passed, and it seemed like a small cycle.

In the few days since arriving here, Bai Roushuang has been teaching her sister magic very enthusiastically, and Xu Shulou sometimes has to wait for her to come back in the yard, eating snacks pitifully.

When she praised her junior sister for her kindness, Bai Roushuang felt a little embarrassed: "I just did to her what you did to me."

“…”

"Because I know too well how important it is to have the right guidance when you first enter the world of cultivation."

Xu Shulou patted her shoulder and said nothing more.

The trial meeting with all newcomers participating naturally did not cause any big waves. Occasionally, two newcomers would draw unanimous praise from everyone, and Xu Shulou would also mingle in the crowd and applaud.

The new junior sister performed well. The magic weapon she used was a pair of Emei Spears. When she came on the stage, Bai Roushuang looked more focused than when she appeared on the stage in person.

The only minor disturbance occurred in the afternoon. The competition stage of the trial meeting was built in the middle of the lake. Others gathered around the lake to watch. In one match, two contestants were evenly matched and fought for a long time. When the winner was finally decided and they stepped down from the stage, they had no energy left and flew lower over the lake. Suddenly, a big fish jumped out of the lake, jumped very high, opened its mouth wide, and swallowed the defenseless monk in one gulp. Then it fell back into the lake.

This lake is full of living water and connected to a river. If it runs away, where can we find it?

Everyone who reacted immediately cast spells and drew their weapons, but the fastest one was Xu Shulou's fan. Today, with the more elegant Misty Pear Blossom Skirt, she used a Moon-Shaking Pear Blossom Fan. It didn't look like an offensive weapon, but the monks around her saw that the fan was from Xu Shulou's hand, so they temporarily put their minds at ease.

The fan hit the fish's gills cleanly, and with a burst of force, the big fish flew out involuntarily. Everyone stared at it intently, and saw it being thrown directly to the other side of the lake several feet away, and it fell heavily to the ground, making a snap, and bounced a few times. There were also people watching the competition on the other side, and they immediately held the big fish down to prevent it from escaping.

"It's evil spirit!" someone shouted, "This fish is infected with evil spirit!"

Everyone was shocked, but the demonic energy was very weak, otherwise how could everyone not notice it and have to wait until they pressed it to discover it?

This fish looks no different from ordinary lake fish except that it is a little bigger, but no one knows where it got infected with evil spirit.

This happened in front of everyone, and everyone felt a little embarrassed, so they rushed forward to help.

The big fish was quickly beaten to death by the crowd, and after they took the poor monk out of the fish's belly, they casually threw him back into the lake.

It doesn't matter if there is a fish infected with evil spirits. The evil spirits are very weak and there is no need to worry. What we should worry about is that there are evil spirits hiding nearby, and they want to attack the young cultivators. These newcomers have just entered the sect and have no ability to protect themselves. The cultivators are on guard and have sought the main sect to discuss ways to protect themselves.

Everyone worked together and came up with many bad ideas. Some suggested sending people into the water to check every fish, while others suggested freezing the lake before continuing the competition.

Xu Shulou and Bai Roushuang were also standing by the lake, looking at the big fish turning white in the lake and discussing something, without paying attention to their new junior sister in the crowd not far away.

The little girl was admiring her two senior sisters at this time, the powerful and cool senior sister Xu who saved people with a fan, and the very kind-hearted senior sister Bai who helped her. Both of them were famous figures in the world of cultivation. Just imagining their happy enmity and revenge when they made a name for themselves in the world of cultivation was very inspiring.

The two of them were discussing something solemnly at this moment. They must be discussing the demonic energy and worrying about the future of the cultivation world. I only regret that I am still not very knowledgeable at this moment and cannot share their worries.

She approached with longing, and heard Xu Shulou ask: "Do you think this fish can be stewed in one pot?"

Bai Roushuang nodded seriously: "Almost. We can use the big pot used for stewing banquets in the village. We can also add some side dishes like tofu."

“…”

Disillusionment happens in an instant.