Chapter 52 Wherever the money is, there is love. I will keep it for you...
Although Chi Yu felt it was strange, he did not question it.
People who practice cultivation generally get rid of vulgar desires, not to mention the prince who practices Zen, how could he have such thoughts?
So, it’s nothing, he’s just been influenced by modern society and thinks it’s weird for boys to hold hands.
Actually, this is nothing. Girls also like to hold hands and have a lot of physical contact.
If converted to boys, it’s really nothing.
Chi Yu felt that he was quite sensitive. After all, modern society is an information society. Even if he didn't pay special attention, he would always hear some news information unconsciously, such as male students being molested and assaulted by male teachers. In fact, both boys and girls are not very safe and need to be careful.
So Chi Yu is still aware of this aspect.
So it was a little strange that the prince pinched his hand, but apart from being a little sensitive at the beginning, Chi Yu quickly convinced himself and stopped thinking about it.
The prince kept squeezing his hand, and he gradually got used to it, chatting with him naturally, "Senior Brother Xuanji, can you teach Wu Yunsu? I think he seems to understand what we're saying, so it's a good opportunity to give him some enlightenment."
Xie Xiyi was uninterested. "Demons don't need any enlightenment. They just need to cultivate themselves into human bodies. This is their path."
Chi Yu: "."
Chi Yu sometimes felt that he didn't really understand Senior Brother Xuan Ji. It was clearly him who asked to keep Wu Yunsu, but it was also him who ignored Wu Yunsu.
Chi Yu couldn't help but say, "But, you gave it a name, so there's a connection. It's not an exaggeration to say that you're its reborn parent. If that's the case, you should hope your child becomes a successful person."
Xie Xiyi said indifferently: "In fact, I already regret it now."
Chi Yu: "...Okay, since you don't care, I'll go and teach it a lesson. We can't let it grow wild."
Xie Xiyi paused, then suddenly changed his mind, "No, let me do it."
Chi Yu blinked and said in surprise, "Senior Brother Xuan Ji, you changed your mind so quickly?"
Xie Xiyi raised the corners of his lips slightly and said, "Now that you've spoken, how can I, as your senior brother, refuse to agree?"
Chi Yu was moved, thinking that Senior Brother Xuan Ji was actually too soft-hearted, so he agreed after a little persuasion.
Senior Brother Xuan Ji, that’s so nice.
Chi Yu felt very happy and said sincerely, "Thank you, Senior Brother Xuan Ji."
Xie Xiyi asked, "Where's the thank-you gift?"
"Ah?" Chi Yu was stunned.
Xie Xiyi said: "Since you are grateful, you can't just say it with words, thank you for the gift."
He stretched out his palm to Chi Yu, bent his fingers, and made a begging gesture.
Chi Yu's pupils were shaking: "..."
He actually saw the prince asking him for something!
First time!
Chi Yu frantically took out a top-grade spirit stone from the Sumeru Ring and placed it in his palm.
Xie Xiyi raised his eyebrows and said, "Do I look like I'm short of spirit stones?"
Chi Yu: "..."
He grabbed the top-grade spirit stone and searched through the Sumeru Ring. Most of the things inside were Ling Hezhou's property, and some were junks he bought, which he really couldn't give away.
Finally, Chi Yu gritted his teeth and bit off an exquisitely shaped Sumeru ring from his finger. This was a gift from Lecturer Hong.
He held the Sumeru Ring and placed it in Xie Xiyi's hand, lifted his thin eyelids, and looked at him with shining eyes.
Xie Xiyi noticed that his eyes were truly beautiful. His black eyelashes were long and thick, like small fans, which made his pupils appear distinct and shimmering. It was so beautiful that the corners of his lips couldn't help but curl up again. "I don't need the Xumi Ring. The thank-you gift should be sincere. Give me something I need. What do you think?"
Chi Yu: "..."
He took the Sumeru Ring back. One of his hands was held by Xie Xiyi, so it was difficult for him to put it back on. He had to put it between his lips and then reached out to put the Sumeru Ring back on his slender white finger.
After putting it on, Chi Yu asked Xie Xiyi directly: "So, what exactly do you need, Brother Xuanji? Tell me and I will try my best to satisfy you."
Xie Xiyi said: "This requires you to think carefully, instead of me giving you the answer directly."
Chi Yu: "..."
It’s so difficult, Senior Brother Xuan Ji.
Chi Yu racked his brains for a moment and said, "Brother Xuanji, can you please let me owe you the thank-you gift? I'll give it to you when I think of it."
Xie Xiyi said tolerantly, "Okay."
Chi Yu breathed a sigh of relief. When they were almost at the camp, Chi Yu heard Xie Xiyi say again, "You said you would tell me a secret. Are you going to break your promise?"
Chi Yu couldn't help but retreat tactically: "...Senior Brother Xuanji, how long ago was that? You still remember it?"
Xie Xiyi said: "If you make promises lightly, you will lose trust."
Chi Yu: "..."
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Chi Yu blushed and whispered, "It's not a big secret. When I was a child, my parents went abroad and left me to be raised by my grandparents. I took advantage of my grandparents sleeping at night and ran away from home with my small schoolbag on my back to find my parents. I wanted to go back to my own home.
I walked for a very long time, and at that time there was only a moon to accompany me. I felt very strange at the time. I felt that the moon was following me, so I was very scared. I kept running and running, but the moon also ran very fast after me, and I was scared to tears.
There happened to be a mountain of graves nearby, and there was a blue-green fire burning on the graves, which made it even more terrifying. I was afraid of ghosts at that time, so I was very scared and kept running. When I ran to the main road, I met a brother whose face was as white as a ghost. He asked me what I was doing. I said the moon was chasing me. He smiled at me, then reached out to pull me and said he would take me home.
What was particularly frightening was that the brother's hands were particularly cold, and he had long hair and was wearing ancient costume. Senior Brother Xuan Ji, do you know, late at night, on a graveyard, wearing ancient costume, and his hands were very cold? How much of a shock must this be to a five-year-old child?
I was so scared. When the brother saw that he couldn't pull me away, he picked me up, let me sit on his arms, and walked slowly for a long time before sending me to the door of my house - he even knew where I lived!
It was so scary! After he put me down, I looked back and there was no sign of him. He had just vanished!
After I returned home, I didn't tell anyone about my runaway activities. Thinking about it now, it feels a bit like a dream, and I can't tell if it's real or not. This is my secret, it's really small, and actually has no value in exchange. Brother Xuanji, I was actually bullying someone, and it's amazing that you still remember it.
Xie Xiyi really didn't expect it to be such a small thing, but inexplicably, he found it quite interesting. Maybe it was because it was so small that it caught him by surprise?
Xie Xiyi said with some interest, "Ghost? That's what the mortal world says. Only evil spirits have physical forms. You were five years old at that time, when your Yang energy was at its peak. He wasn't afraid of you. Perhaps he wasn't a ghost, but a cultivator."
Chi Yu hesitated to speak. This was the difference in culture between different times. The prince would not understand that his world was already a highly developed technological society.
This was the only supernatural event Chi Yu had encountered since he was a child. Later, when he went to school and gradually became a materialist, this incident gradually faded from his mind.
Xie Xiyi said, "You should be thankful that you met a good cultivator. If you had met an evil cultivator, a child of your age would have been captured and used to make pills."
Chi Yu: "...No, Senior Brother Xuanji, we are very safe there."
He was so melancholy. He had finally managed to tell this bizarre and supernatural story, but the listener didn't understand the horror of it... It was so lonely.
Chi Yu tried hard and said, "Now that I think about it, when I hugged his neck, it was also icy cold, and my whole body was freezing. It was summer then, and only a ghost would be that cold."
Xie Xiyi said: "Evil cultivators practice evil methods, and naturally lose their true yang, so their whole body is cold."
Chi Yu: "..."
This is the generation gap
Chi Yu changed the subject and said, "Brother Xuan Ji, what about you? Tell me about your story. Didn't we talk about an exchange before? I've already told you so much about my story, you should also tell me about yours. I want to get to know you better."
Xie Xiyi asked, "Didn't Xiaoqiu say enough?"
Chi Yu: "..."
He said awkwardly, "Brother Xuanji, do you know?"
Xie Xiyi raised the corner of his lips and said, "He has always been like this."
"..." Chi Yu asked curiously, "Senior Brother Xuanji, how is your relationship with your parents? I heard from Xiaoqiu that you have a younger brother?"
Xie Xiyi said calmly, "I have a good relationship with my parents. My father only has my mother as his wife, so he has fewer children, but that's normal. Once the crown prince of the Great Xia Dynasty inherits the throne, he can't have concubines and can only have one wife. The remaining crown princes can take more concubines to expand the family line."
"My brother..." Xie Xiyi paused, then sighed, and for the first time ever, he said with a hint of annoyance, "He's been useless since he was little, and now he's forced to do something. I wonder how he's doing."
When Chi Yu looked at Senior Brother Xuan Ji, he felt that he was no different from thousands of other brothers in the world. Is this the real Senior Brother Xuan Ji?
Chi Yu was filled with indescribable emotions, but his face didn't show any of them. He continued to ask, "Senior Brother Xuan Ji, isn't it said that cultivation requires severing family ties? But why are you still thinking about them? Is this really okay?"
Xie Xiyi's annoyance dissipated, and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips. "There is a saying that cultivation is about being quiet and inaction, eliminating the false and retaining the true. Kinship, love, friendship, etc. are all things that need to be cut off, but for me, it is not so easy to cut off."
Chi Yu was stunned and asked, "Why? This kind of thing is usually the easiest to cut, right?"
Xie Xiyi looked at his face and, as if possessed by a spirit, told the truth. "Blood ties cannot be easily severed. Blood ties have given me another kind of karma: paranoia. It's like using one's own spear to attack one's own shield. It's an indefensible and contradictory behavior. If I want to get rid of my paranoia, I need to kill everyone in my family myself. This way, the karma of blood ties will disappear. But if I kill everyone in my family, I will never be able to improve my cultivation again."
The corners of his lips curled up as he said, "So, it's extremely difficult for me to become a Buddhist disciple. Entering the Luoper Zen sect is just a delaying tactic."
However, if one can temper all the bones into Buddha bones, one can also become a Buddha's son, but there is no need to say this.
Chi Yu hadn't expected such an inside story. For some reason, he felt a little frightened. "Brother Xuanji, how could you reveal such a big secret? This isn't something you can talk about. Why are you like Xiaoqiu?"
This is a big colander passed down from my ancestors!
Xie Xiyi said, "It's not really a secret. I think all the venerables in the Anuttara Buddhist sect know it."
Chi Yu said dryly, "What if, what if someone attacks your family members to harm you?"
Xie Xiyi said: "It's useless, I need to kill it myself."
Chi Yu: “…No.”
His mind raced. Clearly, Senior Brother Xuan Ji cared about kinship. Could it be that… Chi Yu's voice became urgent. "Senior Brother Xuan Ji, no, your family is your weakness. What if someone targeted the Great Xia royal family and killed them all?"
Xie Xiyi saw how nervous and worried he was, and his heart moved slightly, and his tone softened a bit, "Impossible, if they don't even have the ability to protect themselves, then extermination of the clan is only natural and in accordance with the will of heaven."
Chi Yu: "..."
Although he said it so lightly, Chi Yu always felt that Senior Brother Xuan Ji would change, and it was most likely related to this incident.
What should I do?
Is there any good solution?
Chi Yu couldn't think of an answer for the moment, so he put it aside and said to Xie Xiyi, "Brother Xuanji, I think you should be extremely vigilant. There's a saying that goes, 'A tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind; a pile that stands out on the shore will be swept away by the current; a person who stands out from others will be criticized by the crowd.' You are so outstanding. At the age of nineteen, you have already reached the fifth level of the Golden Core and have even reached the second level of the Zen Light and Sound Heaven. What a great honor! I'm afraid you'll be harmed."
Xie Xiyi softened his tone and soothed him, "Don't think too much."
He paused, then continued, "As I said, this world is a world of the jungle. If you don't have the ability, you die. This is the way of heaven. If I'm not as skilled as others, then I die, which is also in accordance with the way. When it's time to live, I live. When it's time to die, I die."
"But, Senior Brother Xuan Ji, I don't want you to die, I want you to live." Chi Yu said.
Xie Xiyi looked at the sadness floating in his eyes and brows. His spiritual form and expression showed an atmosphere of worry and sadness, so consistent inside and out.
She worried about him so wholeheartedly, with such a pure heart, as if he was the only one in her heart.
At this moment, Long Aotian became clearer in his eyes, even the subtle expressions were so clear, appearing in his mind without any error, as if after a long time.
Xie Xiyi said, "I won't die." His golden eyes flashed with a determined light. He smiled at Chi Yu and said in a pleasant voice, "You should have some confidence in me."
Chi Yu said slowly, "Of course I believe you, Senior Brother Xuan Ji."
He whispered, "Senior Brother Xuan Ji, I hope you won't change. Just stay the same as you are now. You will always be my Senior Brother Xuan Ji."
He sincerely hoped that his mission five hundred years ago was to save Senior Brother Xuan Ji.
Don't just use it for decoration.
But even if he told Senior Brother Xuan Ji about this little thought, he would not understand. Chi Yu discovered that there was a certain gap between them.
The gap is so wide that it seems difficult to cross.
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Xiaoqiu held the demon in his arms and fed him.
Demons live on flesh and blood, and they need abundant blood and energy to grow.
However, if you take too much blood and qi, it will also increase its violent energy.
Brother Aotian fed it candied fruit and animal milk, and this demon could really eat it.
When it was in his hands, it gave him a cold look, pouted and turned its head away, looking like it was resisting.
Xiaoqiu was so angry that his face twisted. He said angrily, "You are pretending to be good in front of Brother Aotian, right? You are so cunning at such a young age. You will definitely become a great villain in the future."
"This is the task that Brother Aotian gave me. You have to eat it whether you want to or not."
After saying that, he put Wu Yunsu on the ground, pried open its mouth with one hand, took out a large funnel for pouring spirit wine, stuffed it roughly into its throat, and poured the animal milk into it.
After just a few sips, the demon started to sob loudly.
Xiaoqiu said angrily: "Stop crying! You demon, you are addicted to pretending to be a baby, right?"
I got angry when I saw the necklace on the demon's neck. Brother Aotian didn't buy it for him, but he bought it for the demon!
Damn it, he is no longer Brother Aotian’s favorite child. This damn guy is clearly here to compete with him for favor!
The little ball became more and more fearful, and tore off the necklace from the demon's neck, crumpled it into a ball, and threw it into the grass.
The demon cried even harder, and Xiaoqiu quickly stuffed it with a sesame cake, choking it so much that its eyes rolled back. "Eat it, eat it, I'll eat it until I kill you."
At this moment, Aotian's voice came from behind, "Xiaoqiu, what are you doing?"
Xiaoqiu was startled and turned his head to look, only to see Brother Aotian standing behind him for who knows how long, looking at him in surprise. Xiaoqiu: "..."
He opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment, his face turned red, and he ran away with his head down.
Chi Yu shouted: "Little ball——"
Ball: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
He covered his face and ran a short distance before Xie Xiyi grabbed him by the back of the neck and asked, "Why are you running?"
Xiaoqiu was about to cry. She put down her hands and shouted, "Your Highness..."
Xie Xiyi suddenly stretched out his hand, and gently hooked his slender, cold white fingers at his neck. A black poisonous insect was drawn out by his spiritual power, and a sneer appeared on his lips. "It seems that I have to set some rules for it."
When Xiaoqiu saw the poisonous insect, he understood what was going on and said angrily, "Did that demon put a poison on me? I thought so. Even if I don't like it, I don't dare to do anything to it. It's too evil. A dog will always eat shit!"
He rushed to Chi Yu in a rage. Chi Yu didn't know that he was bewitched yet. He gently held the demon in his arms and tried to stop it from crying. His voice was soft and gentle, whispering softly, and was particularly gentle - he had never treated him like this before.
Xiaoqiu was both angry and upset. Chi Yu saw him and didn't ask what happened just now. Instead, he said, "Xiaoqiu, hurry up and find that Yingluo. After all, you bought it with 100 low-grade spirit stones."
Xiaoqiu turned around and shouted, "Your Highness! Please help me talk to Brother Aotian!"
Xie Xiyi walked over slowly, raised his finger lightly, and a poisonous insect wrapped in spiritual power was sent to Chi Yu. Without him saying anything, the victim Xiaoqiu spoke up on his own, screaming, "Brother Aotian! It was this insect that poisoned me just now! I didn't want to do that at all. It set me up to be framed! Brother Aotian, you have to understand!"
Chi Yu: "..."
He felt his head was about to explode. He lowered his head to look at Wu Yunsu, who was looking at him with a pair of innocent big eyes, looking so innocent, so pure, and so cute.
Chi Yu: "..."
Chi Yu put Wu Yunsu into Xie Xiyi's arms and said, "Senior Brother Xuanji, you come and teach it."
Wu Yunsu: “…”
Although Chi Yu wanted to kill it with a sword at first, it was not afraid of him. And although it was this man who asked to keep it and saved its life, it was very afraid of him.
Animals and demons have the strongest intuition. They can see through the softness beneath Chi Yu's coldness and hardness, and they can also see through the coldness beneath the man's smiling surface.
Chi Yu couldn't bear to do it, but he had a hard mouth, "Brother Xuan Ji, please teach it a lesson. If it doesn't change its ways of daring to cast a curse on its own people, there's no point in keeping it alive."
Xie Xiyi raised the corners of his lips, showing some pleasure. "I need to teach him well."
After he finished speaking, he pulled out a very long ruler from his sleeve.
Ball: "Hehehe."
Things change! Finally, someone else is using the ruler!
Chi Yu held him in his arms, and amidst Wu Yunsu's heartbreaking sobs, he asked with concern, "Are you okay?"
Xiaoqiu's heart melted. He hugged Brother Aotian's thin waist and said coquettishly, "It's okay, Brother Aotian, don't misunderstand me. I'm not a bad guy. I won't bully it secretly."
Chi Yu whispered, "I know, but we still have to get that Yingluo back. It's so precious."
Xiaoqiu: “…Oh.”
He said sourly: "I've wanted to say this for a long time. Brother Aotian, you gave it so many things and even made clothes for it. I have nothing. Brother Aotian, you are biased. You are so mean."
Chi Yu felt a little guilty. He hadn't really thought so much about it. Now that he thought about it, he was indeed biased.
Then he coaxed her in a soft voice: "I didn't think much about it. I was wrong."
He thought for a moment, took off the Sumeru Ring given to him by Lecturer Hong, and put it on Xiaoqiu's hand. "Then this is for you."
Xiaoqiu was stunned when he saw the Xumi Ring, "Brother Aotian, this is too valuable."
Chi Yu laughed. "There's a saying that goes, 'Where there's money, there's love. Look, I've given you something so valuable. Doesn't that prove my feelings for you?"
Xiaoqiu was so moved that her eyes filled with tears, "Brother Aotian!"
Chi Yu: "Little ball!"
Xiaoqiu: "Brother Aotian!"
Chi Yu: "Little ball!"
Xiaoqiu kissed Chi Yu on the cheek, "I understand. I won't be jealous of that demon anymore."
It was just a demon. Brother Aotian almost gave him his life. How could he compare with him?
whee.
Xiaoqiu walked up to Xie Xiyi with a swagger. The demon was beaten by Xie Xiyi and dared not pretend anymore. Xie Xiyi held the baby's face in his hand with a heavy look on his face, vaguely revealing the sinister and ferocious look that a demon should have.
Xiaoqiu raised her hand to show it the exquisite and beautiful Xumi Ring, and said with a smile: "This is the Xumi Ring that Brother Aotian gave me. Humph, where the money is, there is love. I wouldn't even bother to take your necklace worth 100 low-grade spirit stones if it fell on the ground."
Wu Yunsu gave him a sinister look, moved his fingers, then glanced at Xie Xiyi fearfully, not daring to say a word.
Xie Xiyi, on the other hand, took a closer look at the Xumi Ring in Xiaoqiu's hand and said in an ambiguous tone, "He is quite generous."
Ball: "Hee hee."
Xie Xiyi suddenly looked at him with displeasure and scolded him expressionlessly, "The Xumi Ring is such a precious thing, and you just took it when he gave it to you? Have you completely lost all your sense of propriety, righteousness, integrity, and shame?"
Xiaoqiu was poured a bucket of cold water by him, and her smug expression froze. She said aggrievedly: "But Brother Aotian said where the money is, there is love. This is Brother Aotian's love for me, how can I not accept it?"
Xie Xiyi stretched out his hand to him and said coldly, "Give it to me."
Ball: “Ah?”
Xie Xiyi: "I'll keep it for you."
Little Ball: “…”
He couldn't help but pull a donkey face.
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