"Boss." Ju Jingbai patted Xu Ge's shoulder softly, then leaned over to Xu Ge and asked with a smile, "Why are you here?"
Xu Ge reached out and hugged Ju Jingbai, rubbed his chin against the top of Xiaobai's head, and said affectionately: "I missed you. We haven't seen each other for more than half a month. Don't you want to see me?"
Ju Jingbai nodded: "Of course I want to see you. I was planning to go find you secretly and I had already packed my backpack, but who knew you, boss, would get there first."
"That means we're in tune with each other." Xu Ge let go of Ju Jingbai and took his hand. "If possible, I'd like to watch this year's auspicious event with you."
"Auspicious sign?" Ju Jingbai was surprised. "What is that?"
"You don't know?" Xu Ge led Ju Jingbai into the peach forest, saying as they walked, "It's normal not to know. Every year during the Lunar New Year, the aura that protects the entire country's prosperity and good fortune will manifest and take a walk, suppressing evil and demonstrating the country's strength. But whether or not you can encounter it is a matter of luck. I wonder if our luck is super high this year."
Ju Jingbai looked at Xu Ge silently. She had never seen any auspicious signs in her life for more than twenty years.
"Well, the last recorded auspicious sign was the year the People's Republic of China was founded. I was just looking for an excuse to come here," Xu Ge said with a smile, touching his nose. He pulled a talisman from his pocket. "But I can show you an artificial auspicious sign. I've studied the auspicious images from that year and made a talisman."
"Sit down." Xu Ge led the group to a peach tree, took out a beige picnic blanket, spread it under the tree, and said, "I'll go set it up."
Ju Jingbai sat down and crossed her legs. Seeing that there was no wind tonight, she took out nuts, squid strips, a small hot water bottle filled with hot water, and a thermos cup from her backpack.
Soon, the picnic blanket was filled with snacks. If it were early spring, it would really feel like a picnic.
"Would you like some soup?" Ju Jingbai saw Xu Ge coming back and waved the disposable paper cup in his hand and handed it to Xu Ge. "Here, this is the pork rib soup that my grandfather made."
"Thank you." Xu Ge took it and watched Ju Jingbai holding the quilt in her hand, blowing on it and taking a sip, his big eyes narrowed into slits of satisfaction. He couldn't help but smile. It was so cute. He lowered his eyes and clinked his paper cup with Ju Jingbai's. He took a sip of soup and said, "I buried the talisman over there. I'll give you a string. At midnight, we'll compete to see whose fireworks will be set off first. The loser must agree to the winner's request."
"Sure, Boss, you take a seat too." Ju Jingbai agreed without giving it much thought. She stuffed a small hot water bottle into Xu Ge's hand and asked curiously, "Boss, did you gain much from this retreat?"
"Not bad. Didn't you see my scissors transform during this competition?" Xu Ge said, "You've also cultivated the Golden Light of Merit. You should know that our Golden Light of Merit has a fixed value. No matter what we do, we can only use the energy we've cultivated. Otherwise, we may damage our own source of merit."
Ju Jingbai nodded. The talismans she used when entering the peach tree illusion before were all made of the source of merit because she had not practiced much. They were expensive and difficult to draw. Fortunately, she received a lot of merit in return, so she did not lose money.
"That time when I used my ultimate, that vacuum cleaner-like thing, I made it using the shaft of a pair of scissors and a dust suction talisman. At the time, the playground was too big, so some of my origin was affected. But thankfully, because of this, I have deepened my understanding of weapons. Now I can control metal and complete simple transformations." Xu Ge smiled, "Maybe next time you'll see that my weapons are more than just scissors."
"That's too awesome." Ju Jingbai admired him. Only after she cultivated the golden light of merit did she realize how difficult it was.
"Yeah, you admire me a lot, right?" Xu Ge puffed out his chest and smiled, "Haven't you been training these days? What's your progress? If you have any questions, you can ask me."
"My second senior brother helped me solve all the difficult parts. The main problem was my shield, which was too ugly. I hated it." Ju Jingbai shook his head and said excitedly, "But I can now throw it out smoothly, allowing others to put on the diamond shield."
"Others are secretly happy to have such a big treasure, and you dare to despise it." Xu Ge said, "Who has cultivated like you, and has such a big thing right out of the gate? It all started from little by little. For example, when I first started to cultivate it, I only had a small pair of scissors for cutting thread ends. It grew bigger only after it advanced."
"My second senior brother said that I have accumulated merits for more than ten years, and it is only through practicing that I have achieved such a great result." Ju Jingbai chuckled and said happily, "By the way, let me show you the list of the semi-finalists. It was compiled by Song Qimeng, and my grandfather and my roommates also added to it. If there are six people in the finals, I should be able to enter the finals."
"Of course they can." Xu Ge took Ju Jingbai's phone and began to fill in the details of these people. "Xia Lin and Xia Chengxing are twin siblings, about 27 or 28 years old. I heard that in the semi-finals, all the contestants will be transferred to the same venue, and they will definitely form an alliance then. Wang Guocheng, he participated in the previous session I participated in. He is a ghost breeder and is fast and steady in battle. But his ghost companion is, well, quite crazy. If you meet him, stay away from him. Zuo Ye, I haven't faced him, but I heard that his talent is rare in a century. Ying Shenghua is from Miaojiang and is good at using poison..."
"I don't know the other contestants either. I haven't met any of them." Xu Ge handed the phone to Ju Jingbai.
Ju Jingbai nodded and quickly memorized her opponent: "If it's a virtual realm, boss, can't we form an alliance?"
Xu Ge nodded, and Ju Jingbai's eyes suddenly lit up: "Boss, please take me with you."
"Well, I didn't intend to leave you alone." Xu Ge smiled and took out his phone to check the time. "Hey, it's already 11:55."
Ju Jingbai remembered the bet between the two of them, sat up straight, and asked, "Where did you put the fireworks talisman?"
"there."
Ju Jingbai looked over and the more she looked, the more familiar this place seemed to her. This place... seemed to be the place where her mother was abducted.
Does Xu Ge know? Ju Jingbai couldn't help but stand up.
Bang, suddenly, the image of a golden five-clawed dragon leaped into the night sky and bloomed above the vast starry sky. The dragon seemed to be moving forward in the breeze.
"Ju Jingbai, I win." Xu Ge said happily, "I need to think about what conditions to propose to you."
Ju Jingbai ignited the thread in her hand with the golden light of merit, staring wide-eyed at the intertwining of the phoenix and the golden dragon. She scratched the tip of her ear and whispered, "Okay."
"I've made up my mind. Call me brother." Xu Ge said, "When we meet in the semi-finals of the Metaphysics Competition, you can call me brother."
Ju Jingbai was so stifled that the tips of his ears turned pink, but he still managed to respond with a "OK".
"I'll take a step back. You can call me now and then during the first round of the semifinals. How about that?"
Ju Jingbai nodded quickly. It was better than calling him brother for a whole day in the semi-finals.
Xu Ge tidied her hair and looked at Ju Jingbai seriously: "Okay, you can scream now."
Ju Jingbai leaned close to Xu Ge's ear and spoke softly and quietly because he was embarrassed: "Brother."
"Hey." Xu Ge's voice was filled with a smile, his cheeks flushed. He reached out and touched the tip of his ear. It felt like he was stepping on cotton, and his whole body felt light and airy. He pointed to the small brick over there as if to change the subject, and said, "Xiaobai, that's where your mother was abducted. Because of the nature of my work, I have lived with your mother for a long time, and I have also seen many fragments of your mother's confused mind.
It's like I already knew you unilaterally a long time ago, and when you went to the horror house, I consciously took you with me because of your name.
But later on, I liked you because you did whatever I told you to do, and the areas where you could express yourself were exactly what I wanted, so I changed my mind."
Xu Ge continued, "I've seen the clip of you lying there. When you were standing there, your mother always wanted you to be safe."
"I'm safe now." Ju Jingbai murmured.
"So, this shouldn't be a sad place, you know?" Xu Ge's eyes were sparkling with fireworks.
"Junior Sister, you came out to set off the fireworks without even calling me!" Ju Qiyue's loud voice echoed down from the mountain, "Am I still your favorite Junior Brother?"
The sadness that Ju Jingbai had been brewing in his heart was burst with a snap before he could vent it.
"Then brother will leave first. See you at the metaphysics competition." Xu Ge said with a smile when he heard Ju Qiyue's voice getting closer.
"Okay, see you later, brother." Ju Jingbai waved his hand and said.
Ju Jingbai saw Xu Ge's legs go weak when she called him brother, and he smiled brightly, turning around to meet Ju Qiyue who was running towards him.
After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the sixteenth day will be the time for the semi-finals of the metaphysics competition.
The semi-finals and finals were five days apart. After Ju Jingbai finished the metaphysics competition,
Ju Jingbai flew to Beijing on the 14th.
This time, due to the Chinese New Year, many people came up the mountain to fulfill their vows. Her grandfather was busy at the Taoist temple and couldn't come along, so it was her third senior brother Qi Qingren who brought her over.
On the day of the competition, Qi Qingren got up early and called her up.
As a result, Ju Jingbai looked at Qi Qingren, who said hello and happily went to the watch store next door, and silently blocked out the thought that his third senior brother was finally reliable.
Ju Jingbai entered the door and received a number plate according to the order. It was number nine. In front of her was a middle-aged man with a slightly hunchback.
She followed the man into the venue. As soon as she entered, cheers suddenly rang out. Ju Jingbai was stunned when he saw his banner.
Her live broadcast room is so popular?
Ju Jingbai smiled embarrassedly, and when he turned around, he met the sharp gaze of the hunchbacked man in front of him.
The man said nothing, looked away, and walked to the training circle where he was participating in the competition.
Ju Jingbai blinked and found his own competition formation.
"There are three minutes left until the Metaphysics Competition finals begin. Please take your seats, all participants. Anyone who disrupts the formation will be arrested as a member of the Yin□□ sect." "The semifinals will test your martial prowess and intelligence."
"This competition is for individuals, and private alliances are not prohibited."
"The scoring criteria will be announced after the competition. Deaths will not count towards the score. Please proceed with caution. The top six scorers will advance to the finals."
The broadcast from the small loudspeaker sounded on time.
When Ju Jingbai opened her eyes again, what she saw was the spreading green wall, and she was the only one around.
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