Cultivation is boring and getting up early is painful. After Fang Chaozhou was forced to practice for a month, although it was no longer as painful as the first time he entered the cold pond, he still shivered every time he entered.

As soon as he finished his training, he immediately wrapped himself in his fox fur. He then looked at his junior brother who was wearing a snow-white single garment, feeling like an elder who pays attention to health preservation looking at an ignorant younger brother.

"Junior brother, you should put on this dress."

Fang Chaozhou took out his fiery red fox fur coat and handed it to Xue Danrong, wanting him to put it on.

Xue Danrong still didn't answer. He glanced at Fang Chaozhou indifferently and walked forward first. Fang Chaozhou looked at him, shook his head helplessly, put away the fox fur, and had to follow him.

Halfway through the walk, they unexpectedly saw a person.

When Fang Chaozhou saw that person, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Big Brother!"

The eldest senior brother was stunned for a moment when he saw Fang Chaozhou running towards him from afar. To be honest, except when Fang Chaozhou was a child, he had never seen his junior brother be so enthusiastic towards him.

When Fang Chaozhou saw the senior brother, he rushed up to him and hugged him like he had met an old friend in a foreign land. "Senior brother, you are finally here."

Woo woo woo, he is having such a miserable time here, Senior Brother is here to rescue him, right?

The eldest brother stumbled back a step as Fang Chaozhou held him. He patted his second brother on the back, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "Why are you so excited? It's like when we were kids and were locked up by our master."

As he finished speaking, he felt a gaze fixed on his hand that was patting Fang Chaozhou's back. When he looked up, he saw his junior fellow apprentice walking slowly towards him.

The junior fellow apprentice was naturally handsome and dressed in a single garment, with an immortal appearance. The junior fellow apprentice in his arms was dressed like a little bear, and his movements when he ran over just now were also like a little bear.

"Junior brother." The eldest brother smiled and nodded at Xue Danrong, "Have you just finished practicing?"

Xue Danrong glanced at Fang Chaozhou, who was still holding on to his senior brother, without any expression, and responded coldly.

Everyone in Tianshui Sect was used to his cold attitude, so the eldest brother didn't take it to heart.

"I came here on the orders of our master." As soon as the eldest brother opened his mouth, the bear in his arms raised its head.

Fang Chaozhou's eyes sparkled with anticipation, "Master, do you think I'm disturbing my training and want me to go back?"

Even the eldest senior brother could see Fang Chaozhou's true thoughts. He suppressed a smile and said, "Of course..." Seeing Fang Chaozhou's eyes brighter, he slowly finished the rest of the sentence, "No, Master asked me to come and see how you are doing in your cultivation? To see if Junior Brother has spoiled you?"

The light in Fang Chaozhou's eyes went out instantly.

The eldest senior brother found it funny and patted the bear in his arms again, saying in a coaxing tone, "Okay, second junior brother, let me see your sea of ​​consciousness."

The sea of ​​consciousness is the most important thing for a cultivator. It will not be easily opened to the outside world. Generally, one will only open his sea of ​​consciousness to his master or fellow cultivator.

Therefore, when Xue Danrong heard this, his brows knitted together, "Big Brother, there are many ways to check his cultivation level. There is no need to open the sea of ​​consciousness."

Indeed, there are many ways to check how Fang Chaozhou is practicing, but checking the sea of ​​consciousness is the most convenient and accurate method.

Fang Chaozhou's master saw through Fang Chaozhou's true nature during this year. He was afraid that Fang Chaozhou would be idle all day and lazy here. He was also afraid that he would cheat in front of the eldest senior brother, so he simply asked the eldest senior brother to check Fang Chaozhou's sea of ​​consciousness.

Just by looking at the sea of ​​consciousness, one can tell how Fang Chaozhou's cultivation has been going during this period.

Fang Chaozhou was not a real cultivator, and he did not know how dangerous it was for a cultivator to open his sea of ​​consciousness. When he heard that his senior brother wanted to check his sea of ​​consciousness, he wanted to open it without saying a word. However, just as he moved, he was suddenly pulled back several steps.

Xue Danrong looked unhappy, "Big Brother, if you want to check the sea of ​​consciousness, shouldn't Master come in person? Big Brother should also know how dangerous it is to open the sea of ​​consciousness. If you are not careful, something bad will happen."

The eldest brother knew this, and he explained to the younger brother's question, "Master left the sect recently, and he notified me today using a sound transmission note."

"Then let's wait until Master comes back." Xue Danrong was firm in his attitude and did not allow his senior brother to check Fang Chaozhou's sea of ​​consciousness.

Fang Chaozhou, whose arm was pulled, looked at Xue Danrong who was standing in front of him, then leaned out to look at the senior brother opposite him. Why did he feel that the atmosphere was a little weird?

Seeing Xue Danrong like this, the eldest brother could only give up and said, "Then let's try another method."

The eldest senior brother inspected Fang Chaozhou's recent training results and nodded with satisfaction, "Second Junior Brother, it seems that with the younger junior brother by your side, you are much more diligent. By the way, the fifth junior brother has recently developed a new elixir, and wanted me to bring it to you, but his furnace refining failed today, I guess I will send it to you in a few days."

Du Yunxi made the elixir for him?

Fang Chaozhou was just about to ask what the elixir was, but the eldest senior brother looked at the sky and said it was getting late and they should leave.

Watching his senior brother leave, Fang Chaozhou became visibly depressed.

He really wanted to go with his senior brother.

"Second Brother." A voice came from behind.

Fang Chaozhou responded listlessly, his eyes still staring at the back of his senior brother.

I really envy my senior brother for being able to come and go freely.

When I was in school, at least I had weekends to rest. But when I came here, I had to get up early and go to bed late, as if I was back in my senior year of high school.

"Second Brother, do you really want to leave with the eldest brother?" The voice behind him sounded a little chilly.

Fang Chaozhou paused, turned around and saw Xue Danrong's phoenix eyes that were even colder than usual. Perhaps because of his instinctive desire to survive, the words he wanted to say were on the tip of his tongue, but he swallowed them back. He changed his words and said, "No, it's just that I haven't seen Senior Brother for a long time, so I took a few more glances at him. Yes, take a few more glances."

After saying that, he walked towards the cave first.

Why did he feel that Zhichunzhou was getting colder and colder? It was strange.

In the following days, Fang Chaozhou found that Xue Danrong ignored him. Even in the morning, it was the Broken Water Sword that woke him up. The way the broken sword woke him up was extremely rude. It would first fly outside the cave, let the sword body become cold, and then instantly fly into the cave, lift up Fang Chaozhou's soft quilt, drill in, and stick tightly to Fang Chaozhou's neck.

Fang Chaozhou was shivering with cold and quickly crawled into the quilt, but the Broken Water Sword was prepared. When Fang Chaozhou crawled, it also crawled. No matter where Fang Chaozhou was, it would stick to Fang Chaozhou's neck until it woke him up completely.

But after using this method many times, Fang Chaozhou also learned his lesson.

Before going to sleep that night, he deliberately tied a wolf-fur collar around his neck, fitting it tightly against his neck to ensure that the broken sword could not pry it open.

Having made all the necessary preparations, Fang Chaozhou fell asleep peacefully. The next day, Duan Shuijian came to wake Fang Chaozhou up on time. He lifted Fang Chaozhou's quilt as usual, but paused when he saw the wolf fur collar around his neck.

It tried to pry open the wolf-fur collar with the hilt of its sword, but failed.

The defeated Broken Water Sword seemed a little annoyed. It circled around Fang Chaozhou several times. Xue Danrong was almost dressed. After a buzzing sound came from the sword body, it suddenly drilled into Fang Chaozhou's quilt.

A moment later.

Xue Danrong, who was tying her hair, heard Fang Chaozhou's exclamation from the other side of the screen.

He had often heard this kind of voice in the past few days, so it was not surprising, so Xue Danrong did not pay much attention to it. However, when he heard Fang Chaozhou's next sentence, he obviously paused in tying his hair, and then he directly pulled off the half-tied hairband and strode around the screen.

Behind the screen, Fang Chaozhou had already woken up. He sat up, hugging the quilt, his black hair disheveled. Because he was cold, his wolf-fur collar covered most of his face, leaving only a pair of black eyes exposed.

At this moment, he was staring at the Broken Water Sword in his hand. When he caught a glimpse of Xue Danrong coming over, he suddenly felt that he was bullying someone else's child and was caught by the parents. He quickly let go and smiled awkwardly at Xue Danrong, "Junior brother, you got up."

Xue Danrong had his long hair untied, with a dark blue hairband wrapped around his jade-white fingers. He first glanced at the Broken Water Sword that was flying in the air, then looked at Fang Chaozhou and frowned, "Did the Broken Water Sword get into your clothes just now?"

As soon as Fang Chaozhou nodded, he saw the Broken Water Sword being sucked into Xue Danrong's hand.

Xue Danrong lowered his eyes and looked at the sword in his hand. His eyes suddenly turned colder. The next moment, the Broken Water Sword flew to the tip of the stone on the stone wall.

One day, Fang Chaozhou discovered that the Broken Water Sword did not follow him to the cold pond.

Without the supervision of the broken sword, Fang Chaozhou felt much freer. While Xue Dan was in a state of concentration, he took out a small red-painted wooden plate from his storage ring, let it float on the water, and placed a plate full of snacks on it, and next to it, he placed the new storybook that he had not read yet.

It's just perfect.

After reading half of the story and feeling that the sunlight had dimmed a lot, Fang Chaozhou immediately put away all his things. Not long after he put it away, there was a noise from Xue Danrong's side.

When his junior fellow apprentice was halfway through his training, he would come over to check on him. Today was no exception. Fang Chaozhou closed his eyes and pretended to practice. Suddenly, he felt something rubbing against the corner of his mouth.

At the same time, Xue Danrong's cold voice also sounded.

"Second Brother, you forgot to wipe your mouth."

Fang Chaozhou froze. After a while, he stretched out his tongue and licked the place that had just been rubbed.

He wanted to destroy the evidence and did not notice that Xue Danrong, who was standing in front of him, had a slightly changed look when he saw this scene.

White mist lingered, and the red tongue stretched out and swept across the fair skin.

Xue Danrong only took a glance and turned away. He lowered his head to look at his fingertips, and his tone suddenly became stiff, "Second Brother..."

Before he could finish his words, something pressed against his lips.

Fang Chaozhou followed the social rule of "the mouth is soft when the food is served" and stood up, forcibly stuffing one of his snacks into Xue Danrong's mouth. Seeing that the boy's eyes were obviously widened, he smiled ingratiatingly, "Is it delicious?"

Xue Danrong looked at Fang Chaozhou, slowly lowered his eyes, and rolled his tongue around the sweet snack in his mouth. He hadn't eaten for a long time.

Although Xue Danrong is young, he has always set high standards for himself. Others took several years to practice fasting, and the shortest took a year, but he only took three months to completely get rid of his appetite.

Even if there were snacks available to monks, he never ate them.

The sweetness instantly spread in his mouth, and his eyes under his thick and long eyelashes concealed a different emotion.

"It's not tasty." He said coldly.

"Really? Then try a different flavor." Fang Chaozhou took out another snack from his storage ring. "This one is not so sweet, a little more sour."

Xue Danrong frowned slightly and was about to speak when another pill was stuffed into his mouth.

Fang Chaozhou looked at him expectantly, "Is it delicious?"

Xue Danrong's brows furrowed even more tightly. This time he said nothing and turned around and went ashore. It seemed that he didn't want to talk to Fang Chaozhou anymore. Fang Chaozhou breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Xue Danrong leaving.

I managed to save my snack. That was a close call!

Not long after Xue Danrong left, Fang Chaozhou saw the jade token he had placed on the stone on the shore flying towards him. A few words appeared on it, which were his master's handwriting.

The master asked him to go with Xue Danrong.

Fang Chaozhou's eyes immediately lit up and he quickly got up from the cold pond. While he was getting dressed, Xue Danrong came back. Apparently Xue Danrong had also received the news. He put on the disciple uniform of Tianshui Sect, tied up his long hair with a jade crown, and had a face as beautiful as a peach or plum, but his whole temperament was as cold as ice and snow.

When Fang Chaozhou was getting dressed, he slightly moved aside. After Fang Chaozhou was dressed, he led his men on flying swords to go to his master.

The master was sitting in the upper seat. When he saw the two brothers coming in, he put down the spiritual tea in his hand and said calmly, "You are all here. I called you here today for something. Not long ago, I went to the Dark Soul Sect."

After these words were spoken, Fang Chaozhou and Xue Danrong's expressions changed.

The master's eyes fell on Xue Danrong, "Danrong, your senior brother told me about what happened in the finals of the last cultivation conference. There is no reason for our Tianshui Sect disciples to be bullied by outsiders. Li Yiye relied on his extra hundreds of years to make up lies. This time, your master will teach him a lesson for you."

Xue Danrong lowered his head and said, "Thank you, Master."

"Why bother to thank each other between a master and a disciple?" The master said this and raised his hand. The two brocade boxes that had been on the table floated in front of Xue Danrong and Fang Chaozhou. "Here are the gifts that Li Yiye sent as an apology. The red one is for Danrong, and the blue one is for Chaozhou."

When he said the latter part, the master's eyes fell on Fang Chaozhou, "Chaozhou, do you have a grudge against Li Yiye? Why did he say that he also wants to apologize to you?"

The festival was a big deal. He stabbed Li Yiye in the heart with a sword.

In the original novel, Li Yiye also gave something to Xue Danrong, but not to him. It seems that it was his sword that changed the plot.

Fang Chaozhou looked at the indigo brocade box floating in front of him and felt a little ominous.

"I met Li Yiye's son Li Zhu by chance before. In order to find his son, Li Yiye found me and wanted my help." He said carefully.

Upon hearing this, the master nodded in understanding, "That fellow's methods are definitely not bright, after all, he is a demon cultivator. In this case, I'll leave this thing to you to deal with. It's up to you to decide whether to throw it away or keep it."

After they left their master, they ran into the eldest brother again. The eldest brother came over when he saw them and said, "Second brother, little brother, it's great to see you here. I don't have to go to Zhichunzhou again later."

As he spoke, he took out a small jade porcelain bottle and handed it to Fang Chaozhou.

Fang Chaozhou looked at the jade porcelain bottle in his hand and was stunned for a moment, "Big Brother, what is this?"

The eldest senior brother glanced at Xue Danrong next to him and said, "Fifth Junior Brother made a new elixir for you to try. He said it's good for your health."

Fang Chaozhou had received several bottles of pills from Du Yunxi before. Because the pills made by Du Yunxi were all sweet, Fang Chaozhou treated his pills as candy beans, which were nice to eat when he had nothing to do. So when he heard what his senior brother said, he put them away without thinking much.

"Brother, please help me thank Fifth Junior Brother."

At night, I know Chunzhou.

Fang Chaozhou sat on the stone bed, staring at the indigo brocade box in front of him. After a while, he stood up and looked towards the screen. The brocade box that Xue Danrong received today was vermilion.

Although he didn't remember the color of the brocade box in the original book, he knew what Xue Danrong received in the original book.

There is a pill that increases your cultivation level in the brocade box, and also -

A jade stick.

The devil Li Yiye made a jade stick according to his own standards, carved peony patterns on it, and even engraved the three words "Li Yiye" on it.

But the problem is, now he is the one who stabbed Li Yiye with a sword, and he also received a brocade box. Is the jade dildo in this box or in the box of his junior brother?

Fang Chaozhou was conflicted for a long time, and suddenly remembered the pill Du Yunxi gave him. Whenever he thought about a problem, he wanted to eat something.

You have to eat snacks sparingly. Today, when he saw that his master was satisfied with his cultivation, he tactfully mentioned to his master that he wanted to go down the mountain, and was almost pulled by the ears and scolded.

Fang Chaozhou pulled out the cork, poured out a pill at random, and put it into his mouth.

The pill was indeed sweet, a bit like the chocolate beans he ate in modern times. After licking his lips, he couldn't help but eat two more.