Fang Chaozhou tilted his head slightly. There was still a smell of alcohol on his breath. Because he was drinking fruit wine, the smell was not strong, but tasted like peach.

"Um?"

Xue Danrong lowered her eyelashes and said no more words. She just tried her best to help Fang Chaozhou relieve the discomfort in his stomach.

Fang Chaozhou slowly raised his head and said, "I didn't hear clearly what you just said."

"Nothing." Xue Danrong said in a low voice.

Fang Chaozhou released his hand from around Xue Danrong's neck and shook his head. "You were lying. I heard it. You said you didn't eat anything... What did you eat?"

Xue Danrong raised his eyes when he heard this. He looked at Fang Chaozhou without blinking, with expectation and disappointment in his eyes. "Longevity noodles."

"Yes! Longevity noodles!" Fang Chaozhou raised his hand to touch his forehead, closed his eyes, and suddenly said, "I can make longevity noodles."

After one stick of incense.

Know Chunzhou.

Fang Chaozhou placed the prepared longevity noodles on the table. In addition to his bowl, there was another bowl of noodles next to it, but it was already cold.

"Eat it, and try to see if it's edible." Fang Chaozhou sat down on the stool and moved the bowl of cold longevity noodles away.

Although both are longevity noodles, in fact there is a world of difference between the two.

Fang Chaozhou had just made this bowl of longevity noodles in a bright yellow porcelain bowl, with eggs and vegetables floating on the snow-white noodles. It was delicious and fragrant. The other bowl had no fragrance or taste, and its color alone was not good enough.

The noodles should obviously be white, but this bowl of noodles is half white and half black. I don’t know what the black stuff pressing on the noodles is, maybe it’s vegetables and eggs.

Fang Chaozhou put almost all his conscious energy into cooking noodles for Xue Danrong. After that, he began to feel sleepy, but he vaguely knew that he was celebrating someone else's birthday, so he forced himself to stay awake.

The young man in snow-white clothes sitting opposite saw the steaming longevity noodles in front of him, and his hands at his side trembled slightly. He looked at the surface without moving, as if he was at a loss.

Seeing that he was slow to move, Fang Chaozhou tilted his head to look at the clepsydra. He stared with his drunken eyes for a long time before he could clearly see the time on the clepsydra.

There is still half an hour left before today ends.

"Eat quickly, otherwise it will be too late." Fang Chaozhou said, then raised his sleeve to cover his lips and yawned.

Only after Xue Danrong heard Fang Chaozhou's urging did he slowly raise his hand and hold the chopsticks on the bowl. He ate the noodles very slowly, but he never stopped.

Fang Chaozhou was so sleepy that he just wanted to sleep, but he was inexplicably attracted by Xue Danrong's eating movements. He opened his drunken eyes wide and stared at him, wondering if he would bite the noodles off.

Although it is said that you cannot bite the noodles of longevity noodles, few people can actually do this.

He stared at her until the other person finished the whole bowl of noodles. Not only that, Xue Danrong drank up all the soup, leaving nothing in the bowl and the noodles were not broken.

After seeing this, Fang Chaozhou couldn't help but applaud, "Great." After a pause, he stood up by supporting himself on the table, "I'm going back."

After Xue Danrong wiped his lips with a handkerchief, he immediately stood up after hearing Fang Chaozhou's words. He looked at Fang Chaozhou. His phoenix eyes, which were always cold, were no longer cold, but instead were filled with caution.

"It's been a long time since someone spent my birthday with me." His voice seemed to be choked with sobs. "Can we leave tomorrow?"

The drunk Fang Chaozhou stayed.

He sat by the hot spring pool, looking up at the stars with drunken eyes. There was a barrier around the hot spring pool that blocked the cold wind outside but did not block the starry sky.

Suddenly, Fang Chaozhou frowned, but soon relaxed. He lowered his head dazedly and looked at the person in front of him. From his angle, he couldn't see the other person's face, he could only see the other person's long hair like crow feathers.

Because it is too inexperienced, bumps and bruises are inevitable.

Not long after, Fang Chaozhou became as limp as a snake and was carried back into the water from the shore. If someone hadn't held him, he would probably have slipped to the bottom of the water.

The blush on her fair face had not faded, and her earlobes and eye corners had also turned red.

He felt himself being lifted up a little.

Something suddenly flashed through his chaotic consciousness, and he grasped the information, "I... I have classes tomorrow. If... I don't go, I will be punished."

"No punishment this time." The other party's low and hoarse voice came into his ears.

The next day, Fang Chaozhou slept through the morning class and woke up in the afternoon. When he woke up, he was still a little dazed. He sat on the bed with the quilt in his arms for a long time until the brown pheasant came in.

"You're awake. Do you have a headache?" The brown pheasant jumped onto the bed and looked at Fang Chaozhou who was still in a daze.

Fang Chaozhou shook his head after a long while and said, "It doesn't hurt."

"I'm glad it doesn't hurt. But you missed class this morning. Is that okay?" the brown pheasant said again.

Fang Chaozhou pursed his lips, lay down again, and covered his head with the quilt. His voice came from under the quilt, "It's okay, someone will ask for leave for me."

The brown pheasant was a little surprised, "Who?"

It got drunk last night. Although it was fruit wine, it drank three large jars of it. So after it came back, it fell asleep drunk and knew nothing. It also didn't know when Fang Chaozhou returned to the room. Anyway, when it woke up this morning, Fang Chaozhou was already in bed.

Fang Chaozhou's face gradually turned red under the quilt, "It's okay, go out and play."

Although he didn't remember everything that happened last night, he remembered half of it. By the second half, he was almost sober, so when he saw the lotus noodles swaying in front of him, he shuddered and stained Xue Danrong's abdomen.

While helping Xue Danrong wipe it, Fang Chaozhou didn't know where to look. This was the first time he did it without any external help, and he really lost his masculinity.

So afterwards, Fang Chaozhou was unwilling to stay in Zhichunzhou any longer, so Xue Danrong had to help him put on his clothes, violated the sect's rules, and flew Fang Chaozhou back on his sword.

When standing on the flying sword, Fang Chaozhou's legs were still a little weak, but he still insisted on standing.

When he arrived at Shuiying Courtyard, Fang Chaozhou took two steps forward and heard the voice of someone behind him.

"I'm about to pass the thunder tribulation."

Because of this sentence, Fang Chaozhou couldn't help but stop and turned to look at the other party.

The teacher of the sword-fighting class was no longer Xue Danrong, but another senior brother with a steady temperament. Although the outer disciples were afraid of Xue Danrong, they were disappointed to see that they had a different teacher.

Even though it's been a few days since the teacher change, people are still discussing it.

"Sure enough, I knew that Senior Brother Xue wouldn't teach us. He probably thought it was fun, so he taught us a few lessons."

"I think so too. Brother Xue has had his fill now and won't come again."

After hearing these words, Fang Chaozhou couldn't help but refute in his heart.

Nonsense, it was obvious that Xue Danrong didn't come because he had to endure a thunder tribulation, so you are just making blind guesses.

Just as Fang Chaozhou was retorting, someone suddenly rushed in from outside, "Oh no, something happened!"

"What's the matter?" someone asked immediately.

The person who ran in rushed in front of them, panting, "You all know that I asked for leave from my supervisor a few days ago, right?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

"I heard that he didn't ask for leave from his supervisor, but disappeared. He didn't tell us outer disciples because he was afraid of causing panic."

Fang Chaozhou was stunned when he heard the news that Xiang Yuan was missing.

At the same time, another person ran in from outside, "Something happened!"

When the crowd heard this, they said, “We already know this.”

The man was stunned for a while before he said, "How did you know so quickly that someone from Fengyue Temple was coming? I just got the news."

"Ah? People from Fengyue Temple are here?" Everyone looked shocked.

Side hall.

A young lady in red sat at the lower left of the main seat, holding the tea lid and gently moving the edge of the teacup. Her beautiful eyes looked at the cup in her hand nonchalantly. After a while, she put down the cup, looked towards the main seat with a smile in her eyes, and said softly.

"I should have come to visit you before, but unfortunately, there were a lot of trivial matters at home, and my mother just passed the distraction period and needed someone to take care of her, so I came here today."

The elder of the Four Fingers Peak who was sitting in the main seat heard this and waved his hands quickly, "It's okay, Lianyi, it's a blessing for us to have you come to Tianshui Sect. When you go back, you must say hello to your mother for me."

These words immediately made the elder of Five Fingers Peak who was sitting next to him frown and look cold.

To meet a junior, there was no need for both elders to come, but he knew that old man Lao Lin would be particularly excited every time someone from Fengyue Temple came, and he would take the initiative to receive them. Especially when the previous abbot of Fengyue Temple came over, he couldn't hide the smile on his face and didn't look like an elder at all.

The young woman sitting in the side hall at this time was Song Lianyi from Fengyue Temple. Two years ago, she succeeded the position of abbot of Fengyue Temple and became the new abbot. The Fengyue Temple, which he managed, had grown and expanded considerably in just two years, and was now showing signs of rivaling the Anhun Sect.

Rumor has it that ever since Song Lianyi succeeded his mother's position, the relationship between Fengyue Temple and Anhun Sect has become increasingly hostile, and has almost reached the point where they are incompatible.

When Song Lianyi heard the Fourth Elder's words, the smile on her lips deepened, "Of course, in addition to the necessary etiquette, Jiaci also asked me to bring some extra things for Uncle this time."

Having said that, he glanced sideways at the maid behind him. As her pretty face turned its back to the people from Tianshui Sect, the smile instantly disappeared.

The maid understood and immediately came out holding the brocade box in her hand.

When the Fourth Elder saw the brocade box in the maid's hand, his eyes lit up. If the Fifth Elder next to him had not coughed heavily, he would have wanted to take the brocade box and open it immediately.

"You just gave a bunch of gifts, why are you giving another gift? Yunsheng, put the gift away." The fourth elder gave a look to the disciple behind him.

Seeing that the man had collected the things, Song Lianyi brushed the edge of her sleeves embroidered with peony flowers with her fingertips, then folded her hands and placed them on her legs, sitting in a graceful manner, "Uncle, I actually came here for another matter."

The fourth elder had just received some extra things and was in a very good mood. This was unique to him, and the old man next to him didn’t have it. “Lian Yi, just say whatever you want to say. Uncle will answer…”

Before he could finish his words, the Fifth Elder nearby used a spell to hit the Fourth Elder on the back. Because the hit was silent, no one nearby noticed it. Only the Fourth Elder's face turned red instantly.

He gripped the armrest tightly and changed the words he was about to say, "My uncle is willing to listen."

Song Lianyi's eyes flashed with displeasure, but he didn't show it on his face, still smiling, "Uncle really treats me well, just as Jiaci said." At this point, he lowered his eyes, as if he was shy, "It's a bit difficult to talk about this. I'm not young anymore, and I'm still unmarried. I want to find a good match here in Tianshui Sect."

School.

"The new head of Fengyue Temple is planning to form an alliance with Tianshui Sect and is looking for a Taoist partner here. I heard that in order to encourage us to sign up, no restrictions are placed on identity, cultivation, or qualifications." The person who spoke suddenly clenched his fists and looked up. "It would be great if I could be chosen."

Someone couldn't help but criticize him, "Don't daydream. This is just talk. In fact, the nunnery master will never look for outer disciples like us. And don't you know the customs of Fengyue Nunnery? They say they are Taoist couples, but in reality they are not. The people there only want children, and only girls. As soon as a girl is born, they will divorce immediately. In order to give birth to children with good qualifications, they choose very outstanding men. Look at us, we are ugly and can't even stand up to the standard."

"Not all of us are ugly. There are some of us who are presentable." The man glanced around and suddenly met the eyes of Fang Chaozhou, who was eating melon in silence.

"Fang Zhuo! Yes, Fang Zhuo is fine. Although Fang Zhuo's appearance is a little ugly, he not only has a single spiritual root, but he has also established his foundation. His singing and dancing skills are all good. I think that Master Song will like Fang Zhuo."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's eyes turned to Fang Chaozhou.

Fang Chaozhou looked around and covered his face with the textbook on the table. "Don't look at me. I... I'm already engaged."

"Fang Zhuo, you didn't even tell me you were engaged. Tell me the truth, is your wife pretty?" Everyone started gossiping again.

"She is a country woman, extremely ugly and illiterate." Fang Chaozhou said calmly, "She is jealous and unreasonable."