Since Senior Sister Luo Baiyuan had some personal matters to attend to, Qiu Changtian and Xu Yinglian came to Shushan first, and Sima Changyan was responsible for their reception.

"Chang Geng, Qiong Ying, two masters." He said with a smile, "Nice to meet you! I am Sima Chang Yan, responsible for guiding you two on this trip to Mount Shu. If you have any questions later, please feel free to contact me."

"Fellow Daoist Sima." Qiu Changtian bowed and greeted him.

Sima Changyan, this person is also an old acquaintance.

After An Zhisu and Ling Yunpo were promoted to the Golden Core Realm, the top three places on the Foundation Establishment Realm Immortal Sword List on the Shushan side became Lin Duanshan, Duan Fenhai and Guan Shanyue competing for the top three. The fourth place was firmly occupied by Bi Sheng, and Sima Changyan could only often be ranked fifth, and sometimes even fell to sixth.

An Zhisu once sharply criticized this man, saying that "his mind is not on cultivation", but Ling Yunpo didn't think it mattered, after all, everyone has different aspirations.

At least in terms of socializing, this brother Sima really makes people feel like spring breeze. Senior Sister An, can you at least learn more from him in terms of dealing with people?

After being led to their residence by Sima Changyan, the two of them settled down. They would wait for Senior Sister Luo Baiyuan to come to Shushan tomorrow morning, and then the three of them would meet with the head of Yujing together.

"The Shu Mountains are blessed with beautiful scenery." Xu Yinglian looked through the window at the cliffs and mountain streams across from him that were covered with green trees.

From time to time, a few white-haired monkeys would climb down from the woods nimbly, making ethereal and long cries.

Xu Yinglian liked these beautiful mountain scenery very much, and thought it was "uniquely elegant" and "suitable for living."

Qiu Changtian really wanted to complain that with so many trees it wasn’t as good as you thought, and he had to clean up the fallen leaves every day, but considering that he was not Ling Yunpo, he had to give up.

At this point in time, Guan Zhan had just assassinated his father, and Ling Yunpo and Senior Sister An should still be guarding the Demon Locking Tower.

I have to be careful not to run to the Demon Locking Tower, otherwise I will be in trouble if I meet those two.

Qiu Changtian was thinking this when he suddenly heard Xu Yinglian say:

"Brother, we are bored, why don't we go to the Demon Locking Tower to take a look?"

"Uh." Qiu Changtian pretended to be embarrassed and said, "This Demon Locking Tower is an important place in Shushan. We Kunlun monks should not go in easily."

"Who said we were going into the Demon Locking Tower?" Xu Yinglian said in astonishment, "I just wanted to take a walk around the outside of the Demon Locking Tower."

What is there to see outside the broken tower? Leidongping is just an ordinary valley!

Qiu Changtian knew this, but he couldn't persuade him openly, so he could only change the subject and said:

"I heard that in the mountain markets of Shushan, monks and mortals live together, which is quite interesting... How about we go find a small town to have some fun?"

"Okay." Seeing that he lacked interest, Xu Yinglian gave in.

Now that they were in the Shu Mountain area, it was not a good idea for the two of them to fly around openly on swords, otherwise they would attract the inspection of the Shu Mountain's patrolling sword immortals, which would only cause unhappiness, so they simply walked down the mountain.

Qiu Changtian changed into a moon-white long gown, looking handsome and elegant; Xu Yinglian changed into a light green long skirt, which, coupled with her inky black hair and her elegant and refined face, made her look like a beauty walking out of a classical painting of ladies, which made Qiu Changtian quite moved.

She is not as voluptuous as Senior Sister An, nor as petite as Shi Liuli, but her fairy-like temperament is unmatched by anyone.

Xu Yinglian had no idea what he was thinking. She just looked at the town at the foot of the mountain quietly and suddenly said:

"This Shu Mountain is located in the southwest corner, among the mountains. It seems to be secluded and detached from the world, but it is not completely separated from the world."

"Under such circumstances, it is impossible for one's heart to be completely free from the taint of worldly affairs. No wonder Shushan sword immortals often have to examine their consciences before and after they reach the stage of forming their elixir."

"If it were Junior Sister," Qiu Changtian said with a casual smile, "would you choose the Heartless Flow, the Forgetful Flow, or the Questioning Flow?"

"I can't choose." Xu Yinglian said proudly, "My heart is clear and I can see through it like seeing through fire. Why should I ask?"

This answer was so much like Junior Sister Xu's, that Qiu Changtian couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Laugh...what are you laughing at?" Xu Yinglian blushed immediately, but stared at him and asked without giving in.

"I almost forgot that Junior Sister is very smart." Qiu Changtian laughed, "I am the one who asked this unnecessary question."

"Hmph." Xu Yinglian's expression improved. He turned his head and thought for a moment before asking, "Where's my senior brother?"

"If Senior Brother does not have a clear mind, and if he must examine his mind, would he choose to be ruthless, forget about feelings, or examine his feelings?"

"That's easy." Qiu Changtian said calmly, "If I haven't met a junior sister, I'll choose to be ruthless. If I have met a junior sister, I'll choose to be affectionate. If my junior sister already has someone in her heart and doesn't like me, then I'll just have to forget about it."

Xu Yinglian stopped talking.

"Junior sister?" Qiu Changtian asked curiously when he saw her with her back to him and not saying a word.

"Shut up, shut up!" Xu Yinglian didn't even look at him, but just scolded him, "Don't say such frivolous words!"

"What's frivolous about that?" Qiu Changtian was puzzled.

"Don't say anything more!" Xu Yinglian stamped his feet anxiously.

Seeing that her neck and earlobes were red, Qiu Changtian finally understood what was going on. He thought that this junior sister was too thin-skinned, and it would be fun to tease her.

If it were Senior Sister An, she would definitely blush and pretend not to hear these little sweet words.

If it were Miss Shi, she would definitely reveal a peaceful and happy smile, but I don’t know whether she was really happy or just pretending to be polite in response to her husband.

If it were Witch Jiang, she would say without any reservation, "Say more, I love to hear it" and "Why don't you say anything? If you can't say it, you can make up for it with a few more kisses."

If it were a fox, it would whimper and crawl into his arms, then look at him with blinking eyes.

To put it bluntly, Sister An is an innocent older sister, Miss Shi is an intellectual girl, Witch Jiang is a carnivorous hottie, and the little fox is a cute sweet girl, but only Sister Xu shows this kind of complex emotion of being shy, angry, and secretly a little happy. It is indeed the tsundere version that will never go out of style.

Qiu Changtian became happier and subconsciously pretended not to notice that she was shy. He said strangely:

"Did you say something wrong, brother? Oh, I see. Junior sister is blaming me for choosing to forget..."

"That's not what I meant!" Xu Yinglian was furious.

Seeing that there was indeed no one on the mountain road around, she glared at Senior Brother Gou fiercely and said in a low voice:

"Don't say some things outside! If passers-by hear it, we will lose our dignity!"

"I see." Qiu Changtian suddenly realized, "Indeed, these private words should be discussed with my wife alone in the cave. It is not appropriate to talk about them outside."

Hearing this dog-brother calling her "wife" instead of "junior sister", Xu Yinglian could not help guessing that he was teasing her on purpose, and she was almost so angry that she died on the spot. She had no choice but to turn around with shame and anger on her face, stepped hard on the upper of Qiu Changtian's shoe, and then walked towards the town at the foot of the mountain without looking back.