Chapter 80
More than a month later, at the gate of Qingmiao Sect.
The three Qingmiao Sect disciples who had just completed their mission jumped down from their natal spiritual weapons. After putting away their natal spiritual weapons, they looked at the majestic and solemn tall mountain gate and the misty mountains behind it, with deep joy in their eyes.
"I'm finally back..." the thin young man sighed. "Seeing the mountain gate is like being home. I feel relaxed right away."
"Me too." The brown-haired young man beside him laughed. "If I stay in the Quexian Mountains for a few more days, I'll be poisoned to death by the monster meat that Xiaoyun roasts."
The female cultivator known as Xiaoyun raised her lips coldly and sneered, "You've already established your foundation and could have stopped consuming whole grains. Not only do you shamelessly insist on eating them, but you're even criticizing them after you've finished eating them?"
“?!”
"What do you mean I'm being shameless and want to eat it? Didn't you force it on me and make me a test subject?" The brown-haired young man was dissatisfied.
"Alright, alright." Seeing the two of them about to quarrel, the thin young man had no choice but to stop them: "We're finally back to the sect. Can you two just be quiet for a while?"
"snort."
"Oh."
Xiaoyun and the brown-haired young man looked at each other, sneered, and looked away.
The thin young man sighed: "You two are really..."
The next moment, his voice stopped abruptly.
The brown-haired young man and Xiaoyun looked in the direction he was looking out of curiosity, and then stopped looking in astonishment.
The figure slowly emerging from the long mountain path shrouded in mist was a little blurry, but its imposing aura was like a sharp knife, piercing through the mist and forcefully breaking into people's perception, making people tremble in an instant.
The brown-haired young man was stunned. He watched the figure getting closer and closer. Then, as if stung, he suddenly came to his senses and subconsciously looked away.
——But those images have already been deeply imprinted in my eyes.
The flame-like lines on the huge wolfhound's smooth fur were winding and deep. As it moved lightly, the lines seemed to turn into burning flames, and the heat was strangely cold.
Sitting on the wolfhound's broad back was a child wearing an exquisite little red robe.
The child has black hair and snow-white skin, a pair of round and bright black eyes, a red mole on his forehead rimmed with gold, and shining spiritual patterns that are noble and gorgeous. The whole cub is as beautiful as a flawless snow doll carefully carved out.
"I remember it's not time to start recruiting disciples yet? Which venerable has accepted a disciple recently..." The brown-haired young man couldn't help but mutter to himself.
"It's obvious that you've been on a mission, fellow Daoist. You haven't been back to the sect for a while, right?" A blue-clothed disciple who was also about to join the sect heard the brown-haired young man's whisper, paused, took a few steps closer, and turned his back to the giant wolfhound as if inadvertently, and enthusiastically explained, "This young fellow Daoist has been attracting a lot of attention recently—"
Not only the brown-haired young man, but also the thin young man next to him and the female cultivator called Xiaoyun looked over.
But the green-clothed disciple lowered his head, preventing them from seeing his specific appearance.
However, the three of them didn't pay much attention to it. They listened to the blue-clothed disciple speaking at a slightly faster pace: "A little over a month ago, Youshuang Peak, one of the twelve peaks, gained a new swordsman elder. Not only did he advance from the early Nascent Soul stage to the middle stage in less than a month, but he also has superb swordsmanship and can fight against opponents of higher levels!"
"You didn't see it. The Sword Arena was incredibly lively a few days ago. This sword cultivator elder first fought ten of his own, becoming unbeatable among his peers. Then he took on opponents of higher levels. I heard the cheers from the sword cultivators below the arena when he won were so loud they nearly collapsed the arena!"
Xiaoyun, also a sword cultivator, listened to the green-robed disciple's story with a fascination, regretting that she hadn't been able to witness the elder's stunning sword techniques. But then, her brow furrowed, and she asked in confusion, "What does this have to do with this young Taoist friend riding a wolfhound?"
"Don't worry, don't worry." The green-robed disciple waved his hand. "Do you know the name of that sword-cultivating elder?"
The brown-haired young man was somewhat helpless: "We just came back, how could we possibly know?"
At this time, the huge wolfhound had already carried its little master far away.
"Master Mingyan, Jiang Mingyan." The green-clothed disciple raised his head and said with a smile.
The thin young man felt that his appearance was somewhat familiar, but he didn't pay much attention to it. He just thought about the honorific.
Most of the highly skilled masters in the Qianyuan Realm actually don't care much about the honorific titles given to them by others, but this doesn't prevent everyone from having some unspoken consensus about these honorific titles.
Since this sword-cultivating elder is honored as Daojun, everyone probably agrees that if nothing unexpected happens, he will definitely be able to enter the Dongxu stage.
A powerful swordsman...
The green-robed disciple smiled and waited for them to digest this information before continuing, "And this young Taoist friend is none other than Taoist Master Ming Yan's younger brother—Jiang Sui Yan."
"Not only that, half a month ago, Taoist Master Mingruo started to recruit disciples, and the protagonist was none other than this young Taoist friend."
The brown-haired young man was stunned. After a long moment, he muttered, "I shouldn't call you little Taoist friend... According to seniority, you should be at least my uncle."
"Hahaha, based on cultivation level, based on cultivation level..." The green-clothed disciple patted his shoulder: "We are both at the foundation-building stage, so we are closer based on cultivation level."
"Alright, stop making excuses. Junior Master is still young, but that's no reason for us to be disrespectful." The green-clothed disciple's companion said coldly, "Stop dawdling and go! Master is still waiting for us."
The green-clothed disciple said goodbye to the three brown-haired young men with regret, walked towards his companions, and retorted: "Nonsense, I really like the little Taoist friend, he speaks softly and has a very sweet smile, I would never disrespect him."
His companions didn't bother to pay attention to him and walked towards the sect.
"...Those seem to be the fourth and fifth disciples of the master of Youshuang Peak." Xiaoyun said softly, a little dazed.
“…”
"……right."
The three of them looked at each other and said nothing more.
How to say it, they are all disciples of Youshuang Peak. At this moment, looking at the blue-clothed disciples who were arguing righteously, they felt a trance as if the filter was broken.
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Sui Sui, who was the center of the conversation, paid no attention to their conversation at all, and did not even realize that his two new nephews were actually involved in this matter.
The black wolfhound had grown bigger, its legs longer and its steps more steady. Sui Sui sank into the thick fur and soon entered Shuixi Town at the foot of the mountain comfortably.
Being close to Qingmiao Sect, the residents of the town were already familiar with all kinds of strange phenomena, not to mention that it was not the first time Suisui had come here. Therefore, after taking a few more glances at the adorable child and the majestic wolfhound, the townspeople naturally went about their business.
The wolfhound steadily brought its little master along the flat street to an elegant restaurant.
"Sui Sui!" The next moment, a familiar voice came from above.
Sui Sui looked up, her big, round eyes curved into a sweet smile: "Chu Junning!"
The young boy who peeked out of the window on the second floor of the restaurant had a handsome face, and his gaze was full of fondness: "Sui Sui, you're here! Come up quickly, we were just talking about you."
"How can we not talk about him? He's been so slow, I guess he got punished by Taoist Ming Yan again?" Another young boy in a white robe standing by the window glanced sideways and snorted.
"Yu Hongze!" Sui Sui's eyebrows knitted together, and she snorted angrily, "Brother is reluctant to punish Sui Sui. Stop thinking about those impossible things all day long! If you keep thinking about them, you'll turn into an old man!"
As he spoke, the little fellow pouts his soft face and looks at Chu Junning who is watching their bickering with a smile: "Chu Junning, don't you think so? Yu Hongze has a cold face every day, as if someone owes him eight million spirit stones. It's not a good look at all!"
Chu Junning glanced at the gloomy Yu Hongze with a gloating look, and then responded loudly: "Yes, Sui Sui is right!"
"Hmph." The little guy glared at Yu Hongze triumphantly, gently patted the giant wolfhound under him, and then jumped down lightly.
Immediately afterwards, the wolfhound shrank in size, transforming into its usual large black form. Although still much larger than a normal domestic dog, it was no longer as noticeable.
Sui Sui strode into the restaurant with his big black dog, his little chin raised high, like a smug fluffy kitten.
This restaurant only entertains cultivators. There aren't many people inside, and most of them are disciples of the Qingmiao Sect, so there's no need to be shy about anything.
Sui Sui stomped down the stairs. Upstairs, Chu Junning suppressed his smile and looked at Yu Hongze, who was still sulking. He curled his lips and said, "Why do you always make Sui Sui angry? If she gets angry, don't you still have to comfort her?"
"You don't need me." Yu Hongze sneered: "Don't you still have Shao Jishuang?"
Chu Junning was helpless and tired, muttering: "Shao Jishuang is much better than this ghostly look of yours..."
Sui Sui vaguely heard a few words, shook his furry little head, and asked in confusion, "What's wrong with Shao Jishuang?"
"Sui Sui, come here quickly!" Chu Junning immediately left the awkward guy opposite him and patted the empty seat next to him: "Sit here, this is a place I reserved for you."
The little guy followed suit and walked over with the big black dog, then sat on the chair: "Okay, thank you Chu Junning~"
The child's voice was soft, and his black eyes were shining. Chu Junning almost covered his chest.
How can there be such a well-behaved and sweet kid like Suisui in this world!
"Is Chu Junning wondering where Shao Jishuang went?" Sui Sui snorted at Yu Hongze, then explained in a milky voice, "There's snow cake at Caifangzhai today, but I haven't finished reciting the Dao formula yet, and my brother was staring at me, so Shao Jishuang went to buy it for me!"
"Tsk." Before Chu Junning could speak, Yu Hongze sneered.
Sui Sui was unhappy, staring at Yu Hongze with a puffy face: "You are so annoying."
"You are the annoying one." Yu Hongze said bluntly.
Chu Junning had a headache, but fortunately the young man in sword robe came over the next moment and extinguished the flame of the 346th quarrel that was about to break out between Sui Sui and Yu Hongze.
"Sui Sui, I bought the snow cake from Caifangzhai. Would you like to try it? I've been waiting in line for a long time." Shao Jishuang's bloodshot eyes were gentle, and he smiled softly.
"Good. Shao Jishuang is the best, not like the guy opposite at all!" Suisui pulled the corner of Shao Jishuang's clothes and asked him to sit next to him. He hummed as he opened the oil paper bag handed to him by Shao Jishuang and muttered to himself.
Before Yu Hongze could open his mouth to refute, Shao Jishuang looked at him with a smile: "Junior Brother Yu, is there something new that made you invite us to town?"
Looking at the gentle and tolerant deep bloodshot eyes of the sword-robed youth, Yu Hongze swallowed the words in his mouth and said sullenly, "Duobao Pavilion has recently established a branch in Shuixi Town. Do you want to go and take a look?"
Suisui bit the snow cake with a thoughtful expression.
My brother had previously said that he wanted to take Sui Sui to visit Duobao Pavilion, but later he had too many things to do and was unable to get away, so it has been postponed until now.
Now that a branch of Duobao Pavilion has been established in Shuixi Town, wouldn't it be much more convenient for my brother to go to Duobao Pavilion in the future to look for the results of the task he originally issued?
The more the little guy thought about it, the more feasible it seemed. He swallowed the snow cake in his mouth and immediately decided to go and take a look at the newly built Duobao Pavilion.
If possible, Sen*wan* can sort it out, Suisui will bring his brother next time!
So, the little guy excitedly discussed with his friends: "Shall we go now?"
"Some things in Duobao Pavilion are very expensive. If you can't afford the spirit stones, you will have to hold yourself there and wait for Taoist Mingyan to redeem you." Yu Hongze reminded.
Sui Sui rewrapped the snow cake and put it into the Jiuchunzhan bracelet, glaring at him angrily: "I have a lot of spirit stones, and I can even ask Master to redeem it!"
"Call me Taoist Mingruo?" Yu Hongze scoffed, "Are you afraid Taoist Mingyan will punish you?"
"Are you annoying? Why are you always thinking about asking my brother to punish me?" Sui Sui took Shao Jishuang's hand and shook it, then looked at the other two friends eagerly: "What do you say? Don't listen to Yu Hongze!"
Shao Jishuang naturally would not refuse Suisui's request. The big black dog happily "woofed" in agreement, and Chu Junning also readily agreed.
Sui Sui proudly raised her chin towards Yu Hongze and said, "Everyone agrees!"
"We are leaving. Do you want to come with us?" As he said that, the little guy jumped off the chair and walked out holding Shao Jishuang's hand.
The big black dog followed with its tail wagging. Chu Junning made a face at Yu Hongze and quickly followed the pace of the two people and the dog in front.
Yu Hongze drooped his face, and said harshly, but he stepped forward honestly: "Go ahead, I have to protect you!"
Duobao Pavilion is wealthy and powerful, and it buys the best land in Shuixi Town.
Sui Sui looked up at the magnificent yet elegant building and asked in surprise, "Has it been under construction for a long time?"
"It shouldn't be long." Shao Jishuang said softly, "There are many cultivators in Duobao Pavilion, so it's normal for the construction to be faster."
Thinking of his brother's attack on Qiumu Peak, which was as powerful as an entire palace, Suisui nodded: "Yes, it's normal for there to be many cultivators."
After listening to Yu Hongze and Sui Sui quarreling all the way, Chu Junning saw that Yu Hongze was about to speak again, which made Sui Sui angry, so he immediately covered Yu Hongze's mouth, and then received an appreciative look from Shao Jishuang.
Sui Sui turned her head and playfully stuck out her tongue at Yu Hongze, who was making a "Mmmmm" sound. She then ran towards the gate of Duobao Pavilion with her big black dog fart: "Stupid Yu Hongze!"
When the big black dog passed by, it seemed to accidentally hit Yu Hongze's face with its furry tail.
Yu Hongze, who was released by Chu Junning, was filled with anger: "Jiang Suiyan!"
The next moment, the expressions of the three young boys left behind by Sui Sui suddenly changed.
"Sui Sui!"
An invisible force enveloped the little child in front, and the figure of Sui Sui gradually faded.
The big black dog bit the corner of Sui Sui Hong Yan's clothes and pulled it back desperately.
Shao Jishuang's bloodshot eyes were sharp, and his fingertips moved slightly. A long black rope shot out from the jade pendant on his waist and wrapped around Suisui's waist.
He held the long rope and pulled it back: "Sui Sui, how are you?"
"I don't know!" The little fellow's voice was filled with tears. "Sui Sui is useless! Where is it going to take Sui Sui?"
Don’t be separated from your brother every year!
Chu Junning and Yu Hongze also pulled the long rope backwards, but the invisible force seemed to be angered by their stubbornness and suddenly expanded, sucking everyone in.
A gentle breeze blew by, and people crowded in front of Duobao Pavilion, but no one noticed anything wrong.
On the Qingmiao Sect's Qiemu Peak, Jiang Mingyan suddenly opened his dark phoenix eyes.
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