He looked back, but Fang Chaozhou didn't notice anything.

After hearing that everyone had dispersed to practice, he turned around and followed the other fellow disciples out. Fang Chaozhou had just left his master's yard when Du Yunxi had already walked very far away. He stared at his back and was about to catch up to him to ask what was wrong, but was stopped by the eldest senior brother.

"Second Junior Brother."

Fang Chaozhou turned around and saw that the senior brother and Xue Danrong came out side by side. He was stunned for a moment before asking, "Senior brother, do you want to talk to me about something?"

The eldest brother smiled and said, "It's nothing serious. My younger brother and I have decided to sign up to go to the underground demon realm. I want to ask if you want to go?"

Fang Chaozhou became a little hesitant when he heard this. Seeing his expression, the senior brother said, "Don't rush to answer. Go back and think about it carefully."

After the eldest senior brother finished speaking, he left with Xue Danrong. Fang Chaozhou stayed there for a while and went to the fifth junior brother Du Yunxi first.

When he arrived, Du Yunxi was taking out the medicinal herbs in the cave to dry. When he saw Fang Chaozhou, his face visibly darkened, and then he turned away and just did his own thing.

"Fifth Junior Brother, what's wrong with you?" Fang Chaozhou felt that Du Yunxi was a little weird, but this time he came to thank him for returning the elixirs. The last time he left Tianshui Sect, he was in a hurry and took a lot of elixirs from Du Yunxi without thanking him properly.

Du Yunxi ignored him.

Fang Chaozhou thought for a moment, took out all his unused pills from the storage ring, and placed them on the shelf for drying herbs. "If Fifth Junior Brother is busy, I'll leave first. Thank you very much for what I did last time."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Du Yunxi throw the herbs in his hand, turn around and glare at Fang Chaozhou, "Second Brother, why did you lie to me?"

Fang Chaozhou paused for a while before he said, "What did I lie to you about?"

"You left in such a hurry last time that I had to hold back some of my words. Now that you've returned to Yizhi Peak, I won't hide some of my words anymore. Did you use the jade dildo that Master confiscated, or did you want to give it to...want to give it to..."

Du Yunxi struggled for a long time but couldn't say the rest of the words, and his face turned red.

But Fang Chaozhou understood. He didn't expect Du Yunxi to still remember the "warm baby" incident several months ago. He hesitated for a moment and could only bite the bullet and say, "I used it."

He was not lying. He was indeed using the jade dildo, but he used it to warm his hands.

Du Yunxi's expression changed instantly, "Really?"

"Of course it's true." Fang Chaozhou knew that Du Yunxi liked Xue Danrong, so it was understandable that the other party was afraid of this matter.

"So you don't have that kind of thought towards... Junior Brother?" Du Yunxi was worried, so he asked the question more directly.

In order to dispel his concerns, Fang Chaozhou simply answered, "No."

Du Yunxi's expression finally calmed down after hearing this. Once he calmed down, he pulled Fang Chaozhou towards his cave residence and said, "Second Senior Brother, I have not been idle these days. I modified the pill I gave you last time. I guarantee that it will be more effective. Take it back and try it."

When Fang Chaozhou heard about the elixir last time, a bony hand flashed through his mind. He stopped in his tracks, unwilling to go in. "No... no need, Fifth Junior Brother, I appreciate your kindness, but I think I'm fine the way I am now, and I don't need to take any elixir."

Hearing this, Du Yunxi looked at him in surprise, but soon, the expression on Du Yunxi's face changed from surprise to weirdness, and even his voice sounded a little strange, "Really? Then I understand."

What do you understand?

Seeing his strange expression and his gaze sweeping downwards, Fang Chaozhou could not help but turn his body to the side, "Fifth Junior Brother, since the misunderstanding has been resolved, I will go back first."

Du Yunxi murmured "oh", but Fang Chaozhou just turned around and took two steps before he spoke again, "Second Brother, will you sign up for the underground demon realm in three months?"

"I don't know yet." Fang Chaozhou turned his head, "Are you going?"

Du Yunxi said: "I don't know either."

Fang Chaozhou thought for a moment and told Xue Danrong the news that he was going. "Just now, Senior Brother told me that he and Junior Brother have decided to go."

Du Yunxi frowned when he heard this, "Then I'll go too."

Du Yunxi in the original novel did go there.

Three days later, Fang Chaozhou set out to visit his master. He deliberately chose a time when everyone should be practicing, for fear of running into other people. However, he did not expect to run into someone at his master's place, and the other person was Xue Danrong.

When Fang Chaozhou saw Xue Danrong, he paused for a moment. Then, when he saw Xue Danrong turning his head to look at him, he couldn't pretend he didn't see him, so he called out to Xue Danrong, "Junior Brother."

Xue Danrong looked at him and replied, "Senior Brother."

The master was not in the front hall at this time. Besides the two of them, there was also a little boy serving tea. After the little boy served the spiritual tea to Fang Chaozhou, he was about to leave, but was stopped by Fang Chaozhou.

"Where is the Master?"

"The elder is still in meditation, I'm afraid you will have to wait for a while." The boy was very young and had two dimples when he smiled. "I'll go get some snacks for you two brothers. I made them myself."

Fang Chaozhou looked at him in surprise, "You can also make snacks?"

"Yes, brother, after you eat, please tell me if it tastes good." After a while, the little boy brought the plate and placed it between the seats where Fang Chaozhou and Xue Danrong were sitting.

There were only two desserts on the plate.

After arranging the dishes, the little boy looked at Fang and Xue expectantly, "This is a new dish I made. It's my first time making it, so I didn't make too much. Brothers, please try it. If it tastes good, I'll make more next time."

Fang Chaozhou loved to eat, and he didn't want to disappoint the other party, so he reached out to take it. However, when he reached out to take it, Xue Danrong happened to reach out his hand as well, and their hands accidentally touched each other.

"Junior brother, you first." Fang Chaozhou quickly retracted his hand.

Xue Danrong didn't say anything. He picked up the top piece of dessert, put it to his lips and took a bite. When Fang Chaozhou saw him eating, he took a piece too. He was not like Xue Danrong, who took a big bite and then choked.

Fang Chaozhou: “…”

Is this a snack? Why is it so unpalatable?

Wait, why does he taste like mustard?

The little boy saw Fang Chaozhou suddenly stop and blinked, "Senior Brother Fang, is the snack not tasty?" He looked uneasy, as if he was afraid that Fang Chaozhou would say it was not tasty.

Fang Chaozhou chewed it and felt that there was indeed mustard in the snack. He couldn't eat mustard. Once he ate it, his body would have problems. However, that was when he was in modern times.

He hesitated for a moment, then ate the snack in his mouth, forced a smile, and said to the child, "No, it's delicious."

"Really?" The little boy looked at Fang Chaozhou's expression, still lacking in belief.

Fang Chaozhou looked at the half remaining cake in his hand, took a deep breath, and was about to eat it when a hand reached out and snatched the cake from his hand.

Fang Chaozhou was stunned for a moment, then turned around and saw that the young man in the snow-covered clothes next to him had already eaten the cake that he had snatched away.

The little boy who witnessed this scene exclaimed, "Senior Brother Xue, do you like the snacks I make so much?"

Xue Danrong wiped her lips with a handkerchief and hummed softly.

"Then I'll make more next time." Seeing Xue Danrong grabbing the snacks, the little boy smiled so hard that he couldn't close his mouth. He even stuck to Xue Danrong's chair and asked him what flavor he wanted to eat. "This time I added Western mountain amaranth to the snacks. This thing is very rare, not as common as other ingredients. I spent a lot of effort to get it. Next time I will make what you like for me."

Fang Chaozhou breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the little boy sticking to Xue Danrong. It was nice to have a popular guy around. He quickly picked up the spiritual tea beside him and drank it, trying to get rid of the spicy taste in his mouth.

But he finished all the spiritual tea and didn't feel any better. In desperation, he set his eyes on Xue Danrong's cup, so he had to interrupt the little boy.

"Junior brother, can I drink this cup of spiritual tea?"

Xue Danrong looked over, his eyes always cold and indifferent, "Okay."

After getting permission, Fang Chaozhou said some thanks, then picked up the other party's spiritual tea, drank it in one gulp, and then coughed violently twice.

When he finally calmed down, he heard the little boy next to him exclaim, "Brother Fang, why is your face so red? No, not only your face is red, your neck is also red."

When Fang Chaozhou heard this, he raised his hand and touched his face, which seemed to have become hot.

Realizing that he was unwell, he immediately put down his teacup, stood up, and said to the child, "I suddenly remembered that I have something to do. I'd better come to see Master another day."

After saying that, Fang Chaozhou walked out, but before he had gone far from his master's yard, he held onto a tree and sat down due to his weak legs.