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Changxia took out a white chess piece from his storage bag and tapped it on his palm for a long time.
Be it Master, Xie Fengxue or Zuo Qin, they all seemed to not want to get involved in what they were planning.
The center of the incident is Li Bai.
But they all placed themselves next to Li Bai without any prior agreement.
Many people she met showed some preferential treatment to Li Bai. Even Xi Lizhu—Changxia didn't think it was because of her and Xie Fengxue that the Xi Clan had let Xi Lizhu go. Xi Jiang had countless opportunities to introduce her to the younger generation, but Xi Lizhu hadn't even met the real boss, Master Ya, as if she had come just for them.
Changxia felt that her junior sister was like a shining treasure, as if there would be benefits if she got close to her.
There is still too little information available. She and her master and senior brothers have depended on each other in Cangfeng Mountain for hundreds of years. She and her senior brothers were raised by their master. At that time, there was no trouble in the world. They spent hundreds of years playing cards, picking flowers and counting leaves. This kind of intimacy even separated her third and fourth junior sisters. She always believed that they would not harm her.
Suddenly, Changxia's hand that was knocking the chess piece stopped abruptly.
Another terrible guess suddenly came to mind - what if what they were doing was harmful to themselves?
Her master has always been carrying a heavy burden. He used to like drinking, gambling and counting leaves in Cangfeng Mountain. He could study tricks with his fellow brothers and sisters for decades without getting tired of it. But now he has not returned to Yunting for a long time.
Sacrificing himself for Cang Xuan seemed to have become his habit.
As for the senior brother, he does not have as much sense of responsibility towards the world as the master.
But her senior brother has her.
Since they didn't want her to get involved in this matter, it meant that this matter would be involved in a predicament that even they could not foresee.
Will she watch those close to her sink into the mire?
Changxia closed his eyes and made the decision in just a moment.
She said to the chess piece, "I'll exchange."
After a moment, an old, almost decayed voice came from the chess piece: "Go to the East Territory and you will not suffer. There you will find what you want, and what I want as well."
Changxia was not surprised that the other party knew what she wanted to exchange. She just threw the chess piece on the table with an expressionless face and watched it jump around on the table.
Senior brother has his own secrets, and so does she.
Eight hundred years ago, she met a strange old man in the Western Territory. The old man could not use Cang Xuan's spiritual power, but he could create the most exquisite magic weapon in the world. She kept the furnace burning for him for thirty years.
The Lingbi chessboard is his proudest work. The chessboard is equipped with only two chess pieces, one black and one white. He said that his chessboard imitates the magical artifact of the fairyland and can be used to observe what is happening in the world.
Old man Heizi said that thousands of years ago, he gave it to a fortune teller who looked like a young boy. After hearing the description, Changxia guessed that the boy was Zuo Qin.
Before she left, the old man gave her the white piece and told her to do something in exchange for a secret.
Changxia has never made any transactions with the old man in the past eight hundred years.
When the white piece fell silent, Changxia couldn't help but think, Zuo Qin got the black piece thousands of years earlier than her, so what did he and the old man exchange?
The next morning, Changxia and Xie Fengxue pulled Li Bai out of bed. Li Bai had breakfast in a daze, and received her number plate in a daze. When she woke up, she was already sitting in the examination room.
The test questions were of moderate difficulty. Although her senior brother had been teaching her seriously, she only started formal learning after coming to Zangfeng Mountain. She had studied for much less time than others, so she could only answer some questions that her senior brother had taught.
After leaving the examination room, the little girl who was so enthusiastic yesterday became like a frosted eggplant today, with her head down and not saying a word.
Chang Xia touched her head and comforted her, "It's okay. Your senior sister answered randomly when she first came here, and finally got thirteen points."
Li Bai asked, "Really?" She had always thought that her senior brothers and sisters were omnipotent.
Chang Xia said, "My exam papers from that year are still kept in the Morning and Evening Pavilion."
Recalling the past, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but twitch.
Bie Jingchun himself was a super genius who could learn everything without a teacher. He thought that his apprentice would be the same, and would naturally know everything as they grew up. Therefore, Changxia and Xie Fengxue were semi-illiterate for a long time, supporting each other.
Later, they were taken care of by Zuo Qin and learned a lot of common sense about the world of immortal cultivation.
It was the first time that the two of them took the exam in Chenhun Pavilion. Bie Jingchun thought he could stun everyone, but he was actually surprised by the fact that the test paper was really not very good. This was the reason why Zuo Qin came to Zangfengshan to lead them himself - after all, they were the juniors who he had watched grow up, and he could not tolerate Bie Jingchun misleading the young people.
As a result, Zuo Qin led them to become more and more lawless, but that is a story for later.
Changxia thought of the past events and for a moment couldn't tell who was more misleading between Bie Jingchun and Zuo Qin.
After passing the written test, there is an interview. Li Bai failed the written test, and she and Xie Fengxue did not plan to go to the interview. The three of them put on invisibility talismans and sneaked into the interview room to watch the fun.
In fact, it mainly depends on Xilizhu.
The girl in blue was still very dignified and graceful when she was in a stately manner. Her demeanor, cultivated from the elegant lifestyle of her noble family, made every move as graceful as a painting. However, many students' faces immediately darkened when they saw her sitting on the judges' panel, and some even turned around and left the interview room.
Xi Lizhu placed her hands on the table, her back straight, showing no sign of embarrassment. The other two interviewers, on the other hand, seemed a bit uneasy, wanting to speak but hesitant, but not daring to actually kick the troublemaker out of the exam room.
Changxia once again lamented the greatness of money, even the teachers in the academy were corrupt.
When Xi Lizhu had enough fun, she sent a message to Chang Xia using a kite: "Senior, I've decided to run away. Do you want to go to the East Territory for a tour?"
Eastern Territory.
Chang Xia's eyes darkened.
She raised the kite in her hand and said to Xie Fengxue, "The children of the Xi family invited us to the East Territory."
Xie Fengxue said: "No."
Chang Xia didn't care about his thoughts: "Then I will go by myself."
Li Bai was eager to try, but she heard Xie Fengxue's cold voice: "Think about your written test paper."
After that, the little girl could no longer bring herself to play with her senior sister.
They parted ways at the entrance to Luhu Lake. Changxia left Sanli San with Xie Fengxue and Li Bai, and boarded the Xi family's flying boat.
Xi Lizhu did not feel the slightest bit reluctant to part with Li Bai. Instead, she kept excitedly introducing the various furnishings and food on the shuttle to her.
Xilizhu seemed to have really come for herself.
Changxia thought that this girl probably didn't know who her ancestors really wanted her to get close to.
For no reason, a sentence suddenly popped into her mind - parents love their children and plan for them in the long run.
The ancestors of the Xi family have the same feelings towards Xi Lizhu as her senior brothers and master do towards her. They want them to benefit but don't want them to take responsibility.
When the flying boat reached the post station of Buduku, Changxia said that he suddenly remembered something and had to get off the boat first.
Xi Lizhu was a little disappointed: "I didn't even take Senior back to the Xi clan territory for a stroll."
Chang Xia said mercilessly: "Your grandfather, your grandfather's grandfather has taken me here many times. You were not even born at that time."
Xilizhu: ...
So powerless.
Knowing that there was no way to keep him, Xi Lizhu began to advise: "I know that Senior is very powerful, but the situation in Buduku is not peaceful recently. You should be careful and it is best not to stay for too long."
Chang Xia suddenly seemed to be interested and asked, "Why is it so uneasy?"
Xi Lizhu was so shocked when she heard that Changxia was finished that her words actually piqued her interest. She had no choice but to tell Changxia what she knew: "It's family intelligence. The water of Buduku originally had the effect of lulling people into sweet dreams. 'It only brings happiness, not suffering.' This is the origin of the name Buduku. But in recent years, things have been different. For some reason, many cultivators who were led into dreams by the Buduku water have lost their life force in their dreams and never woke up again. As such incidents become more and more frequent, and the source of the accidents cannot be found, several major families are discussing whether to list Buduku as a forbidden area and forbid cultivators from approaching."
Xi Lizhu said nervously, "Senior, you wouldn't want to give it a try, would you? Every cultivator in the Tribulation Crossing Stage has failed there."
Chang Xia asked: "Which one?"
The cultivators in the fourth realm of tribulation all have names, and she should know them if Xilizhu tells her.
"Qianqiu Mountain in the East, Feng Yibai."
Changxia was slightly stunned. She actually knew this person.
Four thousand years ago, Feng Yibai was in the Tribulation Crossing Stage, but for some reason he never ascended to heaven. At that time, he was a painter who entered the Tao through painting. However, for some reason, he suddenly gave up painting one day and started drinking. He kept muttering nonsense like "I can't paint a piece of sadness" to everyone he met, and was once considered a madman.
Later, he concentrated on brewing wine and his mind became much clearer.
The wine he brewed could make people feel the pain of lovesickness, and many monks who could not bear the tribulation of love would come to him to ask for wine.
Feng Yibai was also generous in giving people fine wine, and only asked them to tell a story. No matter whether the ending of the story was sad or happy, or whether the story was good or bad, he would clap his hands and sigh, and then give them a spoonful of heartbreaking wine.
Bie Jingchun and Zuo Qin didn't like his wine, so they never took Changxia to drink with him. Her impression of this man only remained in the legend. She also thought that she had grown up enough now, and she would go and ask for wine herself someday.
"Is this person dead?" Chang Xia asked.
Xi Lizhu recalled the family message she received and shook her head.
"You can't say he's dead. The Dharma bodies of cultivators in the Tribulation Crossing Stage are very powerful. They can live in the Absolute Spirit Land for three to five years. Entering a dream isn't as terrifying as the Absolute Spirit Land. Senior Feng has been in a dream for nine years now. According to the doctor, his Dharma body can still last for several decades. If he refuses to wake up, he will truly die."
She continued, "A cultivator skilled in illusion in the Eastern Territory has also tried to enter the dreams of those who cannot wake up, but strangely, he can't find the connection between those beautiful dreams and the beautiful dreams of those who don't suffer. It's not like this before—it's as if the dreams, along with the cultivator's soul, were swallowed up by something, leaving only an empty shell of the body."
Changxia was thoughtful.
Zuo Qin has so many skills, but the one she learned best is illusion, but that's all she learned.
This skill was certainly not impressive in front of Zuo Qin, but in front of others, she was considered a master. Previously in Ziyou City, she had tricked Shen Siyan into giving him a poison that made his whole body itch, also using an illusion to deceive his senses.
She had also entered other people's dreams, which was not difficult, but it was very troublesome to devour the dream. After all, dreams were the continuation of spiritual consciousness, which was equivalent to a battle at the level of spirit and soul.
She said to Xi Lizhu, "Don't worry, I know what's going on."
Xi Lizhu: What should I do now that you say that?
But she couldn't stop the senior from doing what he wanted to do. So she took out a bag from her storage bag and handed it to Changxia.
"Senior, this is a mermaid's mermaid pearl, which can forcibly pull people into an illusion. This is the best method of escaping dreams, which has been developed by several major families in recent years. If you find yourself stuck in a dream, sing the mermaid's fishing light song to enter the mermaid's illusion. Coming out of the illusion is always better than falling into a dream."
She paused, as if afraid that Chang Xia would not accept it, and said crisply: "Don't be polite with me, this is just a toy my brother used to play marbles when he was bored. It's not worth much."
Chang Xia thought for a while and finally decided to take it, and silently calculated in his mind that one mermaid pearl was worth three thousand spirit stones, and such a big bag was worth at least hundreds of thousands of spirit stones.
Hundreds of thousands of spirit stones were used as bullets on the ground.
He truly is a direct descendant of Xijiang.
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