Chapter 56 Chapter 56 I know best how Junior Sister is doing
Ji Chu felt very embarrassed because he went down the mountain in such a hurry this time that he didn't even have the chance to tell his senior brother.
But the senior brother didn't seem to care.
He placed the braised pork ribs in front of her, then skillfully walked behind her, fixed her hair, and put down a cup.
Ji Chu picked up the cup curiously and took a sip, and found that it was not ordinary water, but sour and sweet orange juice.
She couldn't help but open her eyes wide and praise:
“It’s delicious!”
After hearing this, the senior brother brought out a bowl of rice dumplings made with fermented glutinous rice as if by magic.
His spiritual power was attached to the edge of the bowl, emitting a hint of cold air. Snow-white dumplings were squeezed into the bowl, dotted with round eyes and cat mouths with jam, and topped with small pieces of panpan fruit, and adorned with osmanthus flowers on top.
It was simply a bowl of "artwork" that needed to be framed, and Ji Chu almost didn't want to eat it.
It was only when her senior brother couldn't bear to watch it anymore and promised her that there would be something better tomorrow that she scooped a big mouthful and put it in her mouth.
Ji Chu originally thought that the midnight snack he had with Xu Ying and others at the foot of the mountain was the most delicious.
But I didn’t expect that the food here would be so delicious!
The ribs are evenly sized, tender and tender, and the flavor is outstanding.
The rice wine dumplings are beautifully presented and taste icy cold, making them a perfect match for the spare ribs.
She was a little hesitant at first, thinking it would be bad to always trouble her senior brother to cook for her.
But now that the delicious food and drinks were in her mouth, she felt that it was a pity that no one appreciated her senior brother's cooking skills!
Presumably, Xu Ying and the others wouldn’t dare to eat the food cooked by their senior brother again, but she dared, and she was willing to eat it every day!
After Ji Chu had eaten and drunk her fill, she told her senior brother about the interesting things she had encountered at the foot of the mountain. She also complained that the food outside was not as delicious as the food her senior brother cooked. She was thinking in her mind how she could subtly ask to come back for a free meal next time.
Unexpectedly, before she even opened her mouth, her senior brother, as if knowing what she was thinking, took the initiative to suggest:
"I'm going to make crystal hibiscus rolls tomorrow. Do you want some?"
“Eat, eat, eat!”
Ji Chu subconsciously responded, but then realized her tone was too hasty, so she lowered her chin and pretended to be reserved:
"Is it too much trouble, brother?"
According to the conventional routine, the senior brother should say "no trouble", and then she can go along with it and continue to eat for free.
But the elder brother said:
"If you find it troublesome, you can stay here today and help me clean the fallen flowers from the peach tree."
Ji Chu replied without even looking up:
"Thank you, Senior Brother. I'll see you tomorrow... huh?"
Halfway through her speech, she suddenly realized something was wrong and quickly looked up, only to meet her senior brother's gaze as he was looking at her quietly.
"Clean up the fallen flowers? Me? Do I stay here?"
She pointed at herself, looking incredulous.
The senior brother looked at her with dark eyes and asked calmly:
"You don't want to?"
How could she say no when asked this question?
"Of course I do."
Ji Chu agreed reluctantly, thinking to himself, "There really is no free lunch in this world."
I only return to the sect during the day, and I have to work overtime in my senior brother's yard at night.
And this peach tree really has a grudge against her. It either sprouts branches or drops flowers. It grows just to piss her off!
Seeing her unhappy face, Meng Yuci curled the corners of his mouth slightly, then quickly regained his composure and said lightly:
"After you finish sweeping, you can meditate and practice here. You can also rest when you are tired."
Before Ji Chu could be shocked, he added:
"I'm not home tonight, so please, Junior Sister, keep an eye on the house for me."
"Oh...oh...okay then..."
Ji Chu vaguely felt that something was wrong.
Do we need to worry about the safety of our yard when no one is there?
And cleaning the petals—is this some new training activity? Why must she do it tonight? Is it to test her character?
Ji Chu's mind was full of questions.
But she looked again and again, and her senior brother always had an indifferent expression, cold and aloof, and allowed her to look at him openly. No matter how she looked at him, he didn't look like someone who would plot against her.
She must have been worrying too much.
Ji Chu nodded and muttered to himself, "It's just sleeping in my senior brother's yard, not in his bed. There's nothing strange about it."
Before, her senior brother gave her extra lessons and taught her sword skills, and she stayed here for the whole day.
There is no difference from now!
Ji Chu successfully convinced himself, took the broom, and started sweeping the floor without complaint.
Sweep the east and it falls in the west, sweep the west and it falls in the east again.
Ji Chu couldn't help but want to complain.
But when she turned around, she saw that her senior brother was still staring at her intently, so she quickly adjusted her expression to "active and hardworking" and patted her chest to assure:
"Don't worry, brother. Leave it to me. I will make sure that when you come back, the yard will be intact and there won't be a single petal on the ground."
Meng Yuci said "hmm", stood there looking at her for a while, then stood up and left.
As soon as he left, Ji Chu raised his leg and kicked the peach tree.
Pink and white petals suddenly fell all over the ground, and even one petal was hanging on her head.
"You fell down right after I finished sweeping? Is this the end?"
"You are the only one who can bloom? You are the only one who can drop petals?"
She pointed at the peach tree:
"I haven't settled the score with you for hitting me last time!"
The tree in front of him shook its peach branches, but he ignored her and continued to drop petals to the ground contentedly.
Ji Chu put his hands on his hips, sighed, and continued sweeping the floor with his head down.
She had just spent a few days of free time with her friends at the foot of the mountain. When she came back, facing the ordinary sect and the ordinary sweeping work, she suddenly felt a little bored, so she silently recited sword techniques in her mind to pass the time.
Who knew that as he was reciting, it was as if his Ren and Du meridians were opened up, and the sword technique that had been difficult to recite fluently before suddenly became extremely smooth.
Ji Chu subconsciously used the broom to make gestures, slashing diagonally, stabbing back, and cutting horizontally. His movements became smoother and more coherent each time.
In the end, the sword energy swept across the ground like the wind, picking up the petals all over the ground, and suddenly swept forward, slamming the gate of the courtyard with a series of bangs, and even the peach tree next to it trembled.
Ji Chu was holding a broom and when he turned around, his face was covered with flower petals.
She frowned and resigned herself to her fate as she continued cleaning.
*
"I only sent a spiritual crane, but you sent a sword and stopped her from returning. Are you afraid that I would attack her?"
Immortal Huiyuan was almost pissed off by his good disciple:
"Meng Yuci, have you forgotten what all these years were all about?!"
Facing his question, Meng Yuci said:
"I haven't forgotten. But Ji Chu is different. I believe her."
Immortal Huiyuan inexplicably heard something unusual in his indifferent tone.
"Is she different?"
Huiyuan Immortal Venerable sneered:
"If it was just contact, I could still tolerate it. But she went so far as to absorb the power of the divine bone directly..."
After saying this, he slowly narrowed his eyes, looked at Meng Yuci for a few times, and said meaningfully:
"No one knows better than you how the Wusha tribe was harmed by the divine bones."
I originally thought that mentioning the "witches and shamans" would wake this disciple up.
Unexpectedly, Meng Yuci said:
"She's different. She's different from all of us."
Immortal Huiyuan's eyelids twitched.
He inexplicably heard a hint of paranoia in Meng Yuci's tone.
It's like a person who has been walking alone in the desert for a long time and finally found an oasis.
Stubborn and resolute.
Immortal Huiyuan was silent for a moment and said:
"Meng Yuci, three hundred years ago, you were defeated once, and your entire clan was wiped out."
Meng Yuci's hanging fingertips trembled slightly.
The next moment, he suddenly raised his eyes, his expression cold, but his eyes were as deep as a deep pool. He faced the immortal above without avoiding or yielding, with a frightening paranoia:
"I know best how Junior Sister is doing."
"Besides, this is not three hundred years ago, Ji Chu, nor are we those people from the Wushu Clan."
“…”
Immortal Huiyuan was surprised for a moment.
He didn't speak for a long time, and just kept Meng Yuci in this state for a long time.
Immortal Master Huiyuan couldn't help but think of the cold-blooded young man in white clothes on the day when the witch clan was annihilated.
So many years have passed, and I thought he had already cultivated the sword spirit of hiding the blade in the sheath, but I didn't expect that the madness in his bones had not changed at all.
Ji Chu, Ji Chu.
What is so special about her that makes Meng Yuci care about her so much?
He cares so much that he doesn't allow others to even look at him.
Immortal Huiyuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
He pondered for a long time, and finally raised his hand to call back the spiritual crane in Ji Chuyuan, sighing:
"In that case, you should keep an eye on the person and don't force me to take action."
He looked at Meng Yuci for a few times and couldn't help but asked with concern:
"Judging from the aura around you, I'm afraid you're about to level up again. Do you still need to retreat and suppress it this time?"
"Thank you, Master."
Meng Yu said:
"Everything remains the same."
*
Ji Chu finally cleaned up the peach blossoms in the yard and found a clean place to meditate.
Since reaching the Perfection Realm, she clearly felt that her meridians had expanded more than twice.
The flow of spiritual power is smoother and more powerful than when in the Xuan realm.
Sometimes, you don’t need to meditate deliberately to enter a state of concentration; your body will actively absorb spiritual energy and improve its function.
The feeling of soaking in spiritual power is like soaking in hot spring bubbles of suitable water temperature, making the whole body feel extremely comfortable.
She relaxed her mind, her head nodding unconsciously, and she actually fell asleep in a meditation position.
This time the dream was much clearer.
The "monkey" that had been jumping up and down in her dreams finally had a human face.
He was tall, with handsome features, but thin. He was wearing a gray and patched robe, looking like a refugee fleeing famine.
When the monkey-like man with long arms and legs saw her, he began to dance and shout:
"Ji Chu! I finally waited for you! Are you okay? Did he do anything to you?"
Ji Chu: “…”
Last time she was caught off guard and got startled, but this time when she calmed down, she realized that the voice of the person opposite her was particularly familiar.
"Who are you……"
She stepped forward hesitantly.
The other party shouted:
"I'm Xiaobai!"
Ji Chu suddenly remembered.
Wasn't the ghost she saved in her previous life the voice of the person in front of her?!
But at this moment, shouldn't she know this person?
Ji Chu was confused and asked tentatively:
"Zhongli Bai?"
"It's me, it's me!"
Zhongli Bai nodded vigorously:
"Thank God you still remember me..."
He looked like he was about to cry:
"The situation was too dangerous at the time. Your body was injured, and your soul was almost lost. I could only use Yin-Yang Transformation to send you back—"
"etc!"
Ji Chu interrupted him suddenly:
"What do you mean?"
Hearing her serious tone, Zhongli Bai, who was immersed in the joy of "fellow countrymen meeting each other", was shocked and said subconsciously:
"...The Demon King wanted to devour your soul, so I used the Yin-Yang Transformation to send you back with me..."
Ji Chu felt a buzzing in his head and could not hear the rest of the words clearly.
Yin and Yang transformation?
Send it back?
Her rebirth...is it because of this so-called "yin and yang transformation"?
Zhongli Bai looked at her worriedly:
"Are you okay? I know it was my fault for not discussing this with you, but the situation was urgent and I had to find a way to save your life!"
"Besides, the Yin-Yang Rotation spell is the only one my sect has. It can reverse time and space, and change life and death. Given your situation, it wouldn't be a waste to use it..."
"Don't talk yet."
Ji Chu squatted down to avoid losing his balance:
"Let me take it easy. Let me take it easy..."
After calming down, she looked up at Zhongli Bai:
"Okay, I'll assume that what you said is true. But you went to so much trouble to save me, and you keep appearing in my dreams. What on earth are you trying to do?"
"What do you mean by just treat it as..."
Zhongli Bai said sincerely:
"Ji Chu, we are allies! We are going to save the world of cultivation together!"
"According to the time in our previous life, Venerable Asanga is about to take action. Ji Chu, we must stop him!"
"What is all this...?"
Just as Ji Chu was about to ask further questions, her dream suddenly began to shake violently.
Zhongli Bai's figure then shook and disappeared.
She opened her eyes and was caught off guard by her senior brother's inquiring gaze.
——The dream is over.
The senior brother was very close to her, his face was calm and his appearance was amazing.
There was an emotion in his eyes that she couldn't understand.
His long fingers were as white as jade and rested lightly on her forehead.
Ji Chu belatedly felt the slightly cool touch on his forehead, and his senior brother's pupils reflected her frightened look.
“!”
Ji Chu's sleepiness suddenly disappeared, and he subconsciously leaned back to avoid his senior brother's touch.
Meng Yuci's expression paused, and he calmly withdrew his hand.
Then he stood up, distanced himself from her, and asked softly:
"What did you dream about? I was sweating."
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Author's words: Zhongli Bai: Yes, that's right, after 56 chapters, you finally know who the God of Rebirth is [applause] It's me [applause]
Senior Brother: Meeting a man in a dream? [Question mark]
Ji Chu: What the hell is this feeling of being caught cheating?!
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