wind and rain
After Changxia broke the illusion, Jiang Bailu, whose spiritual power was sealed, became as obedient as a quail.
Li Bai blinked. She didn't know what had just happened, but looking at the expressions of her senior sister and fourth senior brother, it was clear that something had happened.
Chang Xia's cold eyes swept over: "I told you to go out and play, and you ran away, right? Look at what time it is now."
Li Bai: ...
I always feel like I'm being taken out on.
Several people were captivated by Changxia's aura and were too timid to speak.
Just when the stalemate was about to begin, Ayang suddenly took out a porcelain bowl from his storage bag, poured out the medicine from the small pot he carried with him, and handed it to Changxia without changing his expression.
"Master, it's the second day now, it's time to take the medicine."
Changxia: ...
She didn't want to ruin the atmosphere at this time, but she didn't dare to go against Lian Hua's wishes, so she could only pinch her nose and drink the medicine.
The tense atmosphere relaxed a lot. Jiang Bailu, Li Bai, and Zhou Xiaosu all looked at Ayang with tears in their eyes and gratitude on their faces.
This is a true hero!
After Changxia drank the medicine, Libai and the others immediately dispersed and went back to their respective rooms, refusing to stay any longer. For a moment, only Changxia and Jiang Bailu were left.
Changxia looked at Jiang Bailu with a smile.
"You've heard about what I did in the East Territory over a year ago. Ye Shuxing, the mirage you were talking about, was blown to pieces by me with a 'pop' like a firework."
“Do you want to try it too?”
Jiang Bailu shook her head in horror: "Senior Sister, I am your own junior brother!"
Chang Xia looked him up and down: "Isn't it the responsibility of cultivator Cang Xuan to eliminate demons and defend the Way? Don't you agree, Bai Lu?"
Jiang Bailu's eyes darkened and he hung his head like a dejected peacock. He didn't know how to explain.
He is indeed a demon, and Senior Sister already knows it.
"I don't care what you and Master are planning. I consider you my junior brother, so you must treat me like a good junior brother. Since you are hiding it from me, you have to accompany me to finish this play, understand?"
Chang Xia suddenly smiled after she finished speaking. She pinched Jiang Bailu's cheek like she did when they were little, and said to him with a smile: "Come on, Senior Sister will take you to find Tinglan."
Jiang Bailu remained silent and dared not speak.
They do have a lot of plans. Not only him, but also the eldest brother, Tinglan, and Chu Xian, they all have their own paths to follow.
But when they were planning, everyone unanimously avoided Changxia.
It’s not about distrust or worry.
It's too much love.
If this path is blocked, they will just die, but if their senior sister lives peacefully and happily, they will die a worthy death without regrets.
only……
Jiang Bailu looked at Changxia with a subtle look.
This is their senior sister, the person who knows them best in the world, how could she possibly hide it from her?
Changxia didn't plan to look for Huo Tinglan now.
No matter what her junior sister wants to do, she will not stop her or interfere.
After all, her junior brothers and sisters have grown up long ago. They are no longer fledglings protected under her wings. They have their own paths to walk.
Junior sister has her own responsibilities and difficulties. Changxia is not in that position and cannot evaluate her choices.
We can only think of ways to make them have fewer regrets.
Her eyes swept over Jiang Bailu.
It had been a long time since Jiang Bailu had known that his fourth junior brother was a demon. Back then, he had only been on Cangfeng Mountain for a few years, and his spiritual power wasn't yet stable. Unfortunately, the top of Cangfeng Mountain wasn't a good place for cultivation; a single strike of sword energy could take half his life.
One time, Changxia picked up a half-bald white-feathered chicken in the mountains. When she was about to wash it and stew it, the chicken turned into her fourth junior brother.
She and Xie Fengxue looked at each other for a long time, and finally pretended nothing had happened. Later, one of them helped Jiang Bailu stabilize his spiritual power, and the other added several layers of defensive formations on him.
Otherwise, with his simple-minded character, if we let it go, the whole Yunting would probably know that they have a monster in Cangfeng Mountain.
Chang Xia sometimes sighed that Jiang Bailu had chosen the right time to go up the mountain. By then, she was already several hundred years old, her cultivation had reached the level of out-of-body experience, and she had become more open-minded about many things.
At the same time, after the tragic incident of heavenly punishment, Changxia began to let go of the pampering he had received from Zuo Qin and his master and senior brothers, and began to consider the overall situation. He knew that Bie Jingchun must have important arrangements for him.
If he had come here hundreds of years earlier and known about the tragic experience of the annihilation of the Changxia family, he would not have cared about the overall situation and would have just killed the demon without saying so much nonsense.
"Do you want to see Tinglan before the party or after the party?"
"I want to see her now, will you arrange it for me?"
"Won't."
Chang Xia felt that he seemed to have spoken too decisively, and added: "If she wants to see you, I will consider it."
Jiang Bailu chuckled softly, "Senior Sister has been partial to her since she was young."
Chang Xia remained calm and said, "If it was you in Tunan Pavilion today, I would also be partial to you."
Jiang Bailu was stunned for a moment, and his smile suddenly became sincere.
When Chang Xia was about to pack him up and lock him up in the inn room for a few days, she heard Jiang Bailu say again: "It doesn't matter whether she sees me or not. How can I influence her?"
Chang Xia thought for a moment and said, "You can go anywhere."
So Jiang Bailu became happy again.
On the seventh day of March, the bustle in Huanling City reached its peak.
Changxia was too lazy to squeeze into the crowd, so he took Li Bai and the others to Xiaoling Mountain, and Jiang Bailu naturally followed.
It had been raining in the southern border for the past few days, bringing a chilly and damp weather. For Yunting's cultivation, sensing cold and heat was a crucial aspect. Unlike other cultivators, they didn't cultivate protective Qi, relying solely on their physical strength to withstand the cold. The occasional cool breeze would send them shivering.
Jiang Bailu, on the other hand, even though his spiritual power was sealed and he was no different from an ordinary person, he still looked energetic as he walked in the wind and rain.
It seems that I can't feel the cold at all.
Li Bai, Zhou Xiaosu, and A Yang all loved to get close to him, saying that he was warm like a stove.
This made Changxia more interested in his true form.
Later, when Jiang Bailu grew up, he naturally hid his identity, but in the few times when Changxia saw him as a child, he looked like an ordinary white-feathered chicken, and his hair was often shaved bald by sword energy.
Changxia thought, since the truth has been revealed now, I might as well find time to ask.
Even though only those holding the Jade Token can go up the mountain, there are many people on Xiaoling Mountain, but it is not as crowded as at the foot of the mountain.
The most striking feature of the mountaintop is naturally the Bodhi tree. Its lush canopy blocks most of the sun's rays from reaching the summit. To reduce the brightness, it is festooned with sunstones, lavishly channeling fire energy day and night, transforming Xiaoling Mountain into a city that never sleeps. Zen Buddhists have long encircled it with red silk-like instruments to prevent visitors from colliding with the sacred tree.
There were several platforms built next to the tree, and people were discussing philosophy on them.
Changxia listened for a while. The people on the stage talked about all kinds of things. Someone even talked about the classic question of whether the chicken or the egg came first for half an hour.
All I can say is that this is very southern.
There is always no one on the platform closest to the tree, as it is used for Zen masters to preach.
"I heard that the headmaster learned the six Buddhist supernatural powers from a Zen master."
As a teenager, Jiang Bailu loved to make friends with bad people and was well-informed about gossip. The current head of Yunting, Qian Xiangyi, was said to have been born into a wealthy family.
As a teenager, he had few hobbies except for spending money—the kind that would reward anyone with a few golden melon seeds for a nice word. People mocked him as a spendthrift, but Hui Fanxing, convinced he possessed a gift for wisdom, took him under his wing and nurtured him for decades. Finally, Qian Xiangyi, unable to accept the prospect of a bald head after ordination, ran away.
"After he slapped the Zen Master in the face, who would have dared to take him on? Only my master and Zuo Qin were fearless and brought him to the Cloud Pavilion." Chang Xia said, "Although our leader is not very good-looking now, he was also a prominent figure in Cang Xuan back then."
Jiang Bailu played a bad trick: "More powerful than Senior Sister?"
This made Changxia unable to answer for a moment.
Now Cang Xuan is surrounded by enemies, so naturally those who can fight will get more attention. If she kills so many monsters in Chi Zhouhai one day, crosses the realm and kills several monster kings, these news will be passed back to Cang Xuan, enough to make people cheer and applaud.
But that’s not how it works.
For example, their leader Qian Xiangyi is more than two thousand years old and has reached the stage of cross-tribulation, but he has never been to Chi Zhouhai, killed any monsters, or dealt with any fallen immortals.
He was full of ulterior motives, always wanting to bring down the Cangfeng Mountain lineage and become the true master of Yunting. He was slippery and didn't like to take responsibility, always looking for someone to take the blame when things went wrong.
Sometimes when Changxia got angry, he would scold him for being cowardly and incompetent.
But since he became the head of Yunting and was recognized by both Bie Jingchun and Zuo Qin, he naturally had his own unique qualities.
Qian Xiangyi's battlefield is not to fight against foreign aggression, but to pacify the country.
Perhaps due to his family background, he was a natural businessman, shrewd and resourceful, and able to make money through harmony. Even without any cultivation or background, he could easily win people over with his words.
No matter how high-ranking he is, or how humble he is, as Bie Jingchun, or as humble as a beggar on the street, everyone in Cangxuan is willing to do business with him and be friends with him.
The reason why Cang Xuan has been able to coexist peacefully for so many years is, on the one hand, that the external enemies are too powerful, and on the other hand, it is also due to the intervention of the leader and others.
So Chang Xia replied: "The master can make the dead appear alive, but I don't have his ability."
Thinking about it this way, she vaguely understood why the Zen master valued Qian Xiangyi so much.
Given the current situation of Zen Buddhism, judging from the deception skills of their leader, anyone who joins it must be a rare talent.
"As for you," Chang Xia glanced at Jiang Bailu, "I can beat you from alive to dead."
Jiang Bailu: ...
He found that his senior sister was now very impatient with him.
They walked around the mountain for half a day, and when it was time for dinner, Chang Xia suddenly received a message from Shen Siyan.
He said that he would let them go to Tunan Pavilion for a meal.
Changxia threw the kite to Jiang Bailu nonchalantly and said, "Tinglan wants to see you."
Jiang Bailu was nervous, but pretended to be calm on the surface: "How did Tinglan know that I was with my senior sister?"
Chang Xia sneered: "Who else can you find?"
Jiang Bailu: ...
That makes a lot of sense.
He scratched his head for a long time, and suddenly jumped in front of Changxia as if he had figured something out, and began to hesitate again when facing him.
"Senior Sister...are you also not happy that Tinglan is the Human Emperor?"
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