Phoenix perched on the sycamore

Xu Shulou turned and left, and everyone stared at her back for a long time, unable to calm down.

Bai Roushuang was holding a piece of iced cheese in her mouth. It was the senior sister who had stuffed it into her mouth to comfort her when she tried to stop her. The other disciples from Mingyue Peak also held a piece of iced cheese in their mouths, chewing it as if no one was around. The other disciples would occasionally glance at them with complicated eyes.

Someone was applying medicine to his injured arm, complaining, "If I had known this would happen, I would have left the small secret realm earlier and went to Qingcheng to watch the fun. I grew up listening to the story of Jiuyou Immortal Venerable and Wutong Goddess."

Bai Roushuang took a bite of the iced cheese. She had heard about the passionate love story of these two for a long time. Even in the mortal world, there was a storybook called "Phoenix Resting on the Wutong Tree", which was adapted based on their emotional experience.

The Jiuyou Immortal is the only descendant of the ancient Phoenix clan who still exists in the world. It is said that the Phoenix clan is the favorites of God and they are in the Golden Core stage from birth without any training. This background also adds a bit of mystery to his story.

His Taoist partner was a Wutong demon named Qi Wutong. As for the goddess, there was no such thing in the world of cultivation. The reason why the outside world called her the "Wutong Goddess" was entirely because of Feng Jiuyou's request.

The story of "Phoenix Resting on the Wutong Tree" has touched many people, and the couple's on-and-off love story is still well known to many people in the cultivation world.

The students who could only stay in the cave temporarily were extremely bored. Now that they had a topic to talk about, they all started chatting about the related topics of these two people.

When the goddess was in danger, the Immortal Lord went to save her; when the goddess was injured, the Immortal Lord took medicine for her; when the goddess was unhappy, the Immortal Lord shot down several stars to make her smile; when the goddess had no maid she liked, the Immortal Lord promised her a huge profit and asked a noble lady from the mortal world to serve her...

Bai Roushuang listened to these old stories and continued to bite the iced cheese expressionlessly. She really didn't feel anything about the story of these two people. It was said that Qi Wutong disguised herself as a man and went to visit a brothel in the mortal world. Feng Jiuyou chased after her. He didn't want to embarrass his beloved, so he humiliated the women in the brothel as vulgar and used his power to shut down the brothel. He shut down four or five brothels in a row before the naughty Qi Wutong gave up.

When Bai Roushuang heard this story when she was twelve years old, she asked Sister Lan, who took her to listen to the storytelling, where would the brothel girls go if the brothel was closed? Would they all have homes to return to? Sister Lan smiled sarcastically and told her that no one would care about this.

So... she didn't feel longing for these stories when she heard them in the mortal world, and she feels even less so now.

It's just a relationship between two high-ranking people. How can a small person like her be moved by it?

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At the foot of Mount Taihua, two female cultivators were flying back to the mountain on swords. Both of them were born mortals, and after staying in the cultivation world for too long, they inevitably missed the scenery of the mortal world. So they took advantage of the fact that they had no classes that day to go back to the mortal world for a stroll. At this moment, they were smilingly exchanging a beautiful pearl flower they had just bought, but were blocked by a group of masked men.

The two did not expect to encounter danger near Xuancang College. They were completely unprepared and were easily surrounded by the group of five people.

"Who are you?!" The two female cultivators had never caused any trouble since they entered the cultivation world. They had no grudges or enmity with these people in the past or present, and they had no extra money, so they thought that the other party had mistaken them for the wrong people.

The other party didn't say much to them. Following the order from the leader, the five of them approached with weapons raised and started fighting.

The two men hastily raised their swords to fight back, but their foundation was still shallow, and their swords were knocked away in a few seconds.

The two stood back to back, feeling anxious: "What exactly are you going to do? This is Xuancang Academy, which was built by Qingcheng Sect. Many sects are involved. You come here to cause trouble. Aren't you afraid of being hunted down by all the major sects?"

"Qingcheng, bah!" Unexpectedly, the leader sneered, "We are targeting Qingcheng, the hypocritical and righteous man who protects his disciples!"

Before the two of them could say more, they were rudely pushed and shoved by them.

"Then why don't you go looking for trouble with the Qingcheng Sect?" A calm female voice suddenly sounded behind him, "Why do you come here to deal with these innocent students instead?"

Everyone was completely unaware of someone approaching and was immediately shocked: "Who?!"

A figure appeared behind them, floating in the air with his hands behind his back. He was tall and slender, wearing an ordinary white robe of a disciple in Xuan Cang Academy, which made everyone change their expressions.

"Ayi?" The surrounded female cultivator shouted, "Run! These are bad guys!"

The girl called "Ayi" smiled at her soothingly. The smile was obviously very gentle, and combined with her pretty face, it should have had a very good soothing effect, but it scared the five people so much that they took a step back.

The leading male cultivator was shocked: "It's you?!"

"It seems you recognize me?" Xu Shulou carefully looked at the other person's face covered with black cloth, but could not see any clues.

She flew closer and slowly landed on the ground, her hands still behind her back, not touching the weapons. The five men were so nervous, as if she was going to kill them at any time, and they quickly retreated.

The two female cultivators were stunned, and one of them was still thinking about Xu Shulou's gentle smile just now. Ah Yi had always been such a gentle and amiable girl, so why did these people act as if they had seen some devil?

Could it be that I recognized the wrong person...

Xu Shulou took two steps towards the bad guys leisurely. The five men immediately retreated in fear, feeling bitter in their hearts. They had clearly heard that all the teachers of Xuancang Academy would go to Qingcheng to send gifts today, and there was only one Master Li on duty on the mountain. It was a perfect opportunity. They thought they could run rampant here by attacking him by surprise, but who knew that Xu Shulou would suddenly appear?

The leader suddenly thought and said loudly, "Miss Xu, since you are here, we have to give you some face. These two are in your hands! We are leaving now."

The two female cultivators stared at Ah Yi with their mouths wide open. They thought about how these five people had been indifferent to them just now. Now Ah Yi just showed up and said a few words, and these people immediately said they would let her go for the sake of face. Who the hell is Ah Yi? Could it be that these five people combined couldn't beat her alone?

Xu Shulou raised his eyebrows: "Let you go so that you can meet up with others and deal with me together?"

The leader turned pale and said, "We can give you all the spiritual stones we have. Please show some mercy, young lady."

Xu Shulou was slightly startled: "You are so skilled, have you been robbed by me before?"

"Miss Xu, we also have our own reasons for what happened today," the man pleaded.

"What's the reason for involving these innocent students?"

“…”

"You don't want to tell me?" Xu Shulou put his right hand on the long sword at his waist, "Then come with me."

"Wait..." The leader hurriedly stopped them, "It's really because Feng Jiuyou from the Qingcheng Sect and his Taoist partner Qi Wutong went too far, so we... had no choice but to do this."

"Feng Jiuyou and Qi Wutong?" Xu Shulou tapped the hilt of her sword twice. She had had brief contact with these two people before, and it was hard to say whether she had a good impression of these two cultivators who were only thinking about love. However, these two people also existed in her dreams. Lu Beichen didn't know how he caught the eye of Feng Jiuyou, and later Jiuyou Xianzun, the heir of the Phoenix clan, became one of the helpers for Lu Beichen to embark on the road of invincibility.

"yes."

"You have a grudge against them, why don't you attack Qingcheng Sect instead of besieging Taihua Mountain?"

The man smiled bitterly, "If we have the ability to attack Qingcheng directly, why would we resort to such a desperate measure? Xuancang Academy is led by Qingcheng Sect. If something goes wrong and they don't care, their reputation will surely be ruined. If this matter is not made public, how can anyone be willing to listen to our grievances?"

"To put it bluntly, you want to use all the students as hostages to negotiate terms with Qingcheng?" Xu Shulou chuckled.

“…”

Xu Shulou grasped the hilt of the sword: "It seems that we can't reach an agreement through negotiation. Let's fight."

The five men gritted their teeth and immediately formed a sword formation to attack Xu Shulou. This formation was called the Chain Death Sword Formation, which was adapted from some exquisite sword techniques in the mortal world and supplemented by spiritual power, instantly doubling the effect.

But there was a reason why they wanted to escape as soon as they saw Xu Shulou. They couldn't beat him after all. One force could defeat ten skills. No matter how fancy the skills were, they would eventually be suppressed in the face of absolute strength.

The two female cultivators were stunned as they watched Xu Shulou suppress five people with one sword energy. Just now, these five people beat them like chopping melons and vegetables, and now Ayi beat them as easily as chopping melons and vegetables.

Xu Shulou knocked the five people unconscious. Before they passed out, they only heard one sentence: "In view of your difficulties, I will spare your lives for now."

When she looked back, she saw two female classmates looking at her with their eyes wide open, their eyes filled with a mixture of admiration, excitement and thrill.

Xu Shulou cleared his throat: "...There are other bad guys nearby, I will take you to a safe place to hide first."

The two female cultivators' eyes lit up: "Ayi, who are you?"

Seeing that he could no longer hide it, Xu Shulou said frankly: "My surname is Xu, and my name is Shulou, the same as 'Shulou in the small market, drizzle and light gulls'."

"Shu Lou, what a good name. Wait...Xu Shu Lou? Xu Shu Lou from Wuchen Island!"

Xu Shulou nodded.

The first reaction of the two female cultivators was to raise their hands and touch their necks: "We have been with the legendary Xu Shulou for so long, and he is still alive and well?"

Xu Shulou's eyes sharpened: "What else?"