Chapter 64 Chapter 64 That's right
Qi Shubai pretended not to hear Yun Miao's suggestion, and instead explained why his master did not come to pick up Yun Miao today.
As the head of Xuantian Sect, Chang has been extremely busy this month.
He first reinforced the Law Enforcement Hall's water dungeon overnight and imprisoned the severely injured Yan Wuguang, who had lost an arm, in the dungeon. He hoped to interrogate the Demon Cult's undercover agents and spies in various states. This would allow him to completely eradicate the Demon Cult's hidden forces in various states and prevent the Demon Cult from infiltrating at will again.
It was only because Yan Wuguang refused to cooperate that the sect had not yet pried out any useful clues from him, so Sect Leader Chang could only send people to use the old method to follow the traces to find out how the demon cultivators sneaked into Yunzhou, while sending people to hunt down those escaped demon cultivators.
On the third day of Yun Miao's coma, he still managed to find time in his busy schedule to visit the Yun family. Hovering overhead, he casually struck the Yun family mansion with a single blow of his sword. The terrifying sword energy instantly shattered the Yun family's protective formation, creating a rift in the earth and splitting the Yun family mansion in two.
At the same time, he also deliberately released pressure towards the Yun family's powerful men who were above the Nascent Soul stage, suppressing the Yun family's ancestor, the head of the family and several elders so much that they vomited a mouthful of blood mist, and all of them were seriously injured.
Although he did not kill anyone, Xuantian Sect is the undisputed overlord of Yunzhou. Sect Leader Chang's public slapping of the Yun family was an announcement to the world that the Yun family had angered Xuantian Sect and would have a difficult time in Yunzhou in the future.
The Yun family was quite shrewd. The next day, they quickly dealt with the branch of the Yun Bushan brothers and brought generous gifts to apologize. Sect Leader Chang was able to vent Yun Miao's anger.
At this point, Qi Shubai, with the intention of giving Yun Miao some advice, told her the plan of the brothers Yun Bushan and Yun Bushi to seduce her.
"So, compared to me, you should pay more attention to yourself. You're still young, and while we consider you to be in need of protection, those wolves and tigers are the most vulnerable to deception. I'm afraid this kind of thing will only happen more often in the future."
"What? They were seducing me in the first place?"
Seeing Yun Miao's shocked expression, Qi Shubai smiled and was about to say something else when he heard her say indignantly, "How dare someone with such shifty eyes seduce me? Do they look down on me?!"
Qi Shubai was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly: "...That's right, those who seduced you just look down on you, so remember this in the future, if you meet such people, beat them up if you can, but if you can't, come back and tell my master and me, and we will help you beat them up."
Yun Miao nodded in agreement, and then she found that the water dragon flew directly over her courtyard. She hurriedly reminded her senior brother that it had flown too far.
Qi Shubai said that they didn't fly over the head and they needed to go to another place first.
Yun Miao was a little hesitant. She wanted to go home more now. Her vegetable garden must be dry and cracked, and she had to go back quickly to water it.
Qi Shubai: "Don't worry about that. Xiao Hei will help you water the vegetable garden every day during your absence."
Yun Miao was touched at first, then she suddenly remembered something. Although she left some food for Xiao Hei before she went out, a month had passed and the food should have been eaten up. What had it eaten during this month?
Qi Shubai recalled, "Don't worry about that. I put a Qigong pill in its bowl, but it didn't seem to like it. It just sniffed it and walked away. It did pull out several of the red radishes in your field and ate them. Oh, and it often went out when you were away. It must have gone out to find food."
The more Yun Miao listened, the more ashamed he felt: "I am an incompetent master."
Qi Shubai smiled and said, "It's true that I'm a bit incompetent, so you have to take better care of Xiao Hei in the future, and take care of yourself when you go out. In case something happens to you, Xiao Hei will be left alone to take care of him. After all, he's just a little puppy who knows nothing, and you're the only one he has."
He flew all the way with Yun Miao deeper into the bamboo forest, then took out an exquisitely carved wooden box and handed it to Yun Miao: "You were able to escape death this time thanks to the help of Junior Master. Now that you have awakened, it is natural that you should go and thank him first. I have prepared a thank-you gift for you, just give it to Junior Master when the time comes."
Yun Miao's eyes flashed with reminiscence: "Is it that intellectual?"
The water dragon dissipated, and Qi Shubai led Yun Miao to the ground, slowly walking towards the secluded courtyard in front: "Yes, it's that Uncle Chu Beiliang Chu, this is the residence he chose."
Yun Miao had a pretty good impression of Chu Beiliang, so she asked again, "Then I'll give him a flower when the time comes. By the way, Senior Brother, what's in this?"
Qi Shubai: "These are some high-quality spiritual teas and a set of tea sets that I came across by chance. I don't know what Junior-Master likes, but most cultivators with Wood spiritual roots like to live in places with lush vegetation, smelling the fragrance, sipping tea, and tending to flowers and plants, so sending tea is safer." Yun Miao understood immediately: "Brother, are you saying that cultivators with Wood spiritual roots like to be close to nature? Do they usually just drink tea and grow flowers? Do they take off their clothes and run freely in the woods when it's late at night and no one is around? Or do they take off their clothes and plant themselves in the ground like trees to absorb nutrients? Or do they take off their clothes and plunge into the mud of a deep pool, imagining themselves as a water plant, drifting with the water?"
Qi Shubai: "...the one you are talking about is not a cultivator with Wood Spiritual Roots, but a lunatic with Wood Spiritual Roots. And you don't need to take off all your clothes to get close to nature, you can get close to nature with clothes on."
He held his forehead helplessly and was about to remind his junior sister not to talk nonsense in front of his junior uncle, but as soon as he turned around, he heard a puzzled voice coming from the side.
“Are all those who plant themselves in the ground crazy?”
Qi Shubai's muscles tensed for a moment and then relaxed. He turned his head to look in the direction of the sound, and saw the flat ground in the distance suddenly explode, the soil flying, and a handsome man slowly sat up from the pit. His black eyes looked at the two of them calmly, and his tone revealed a hint of doubt.
"But I'm wearing clothes. Does that make me crazy? Or not?"
Yun Miao said seriously, "Is he half crazy?"
The man suddenly realized: "So that's how it is."
Qi Shubai: ...
The gentle young man silently stepped forward, blocking the outspoken Junior Sister, and bowed to the man in the pit: "Junior Uncle, Xiao Miao was just joking just now, don't take it seriously."
Chu Beiliang tilted his head and looked at Yun Miao behind Qi Shubai: "Are you kidding?"
Yun Miao noticed Qi Shubai looking back at her and nodded obediently.
Chu Beiliang seemed to be thinking about something, then he said expressionlessly: "Haha, that's really funny."
The wind blew and the surroundings were too quiet.
Yun Miao silently tugged at Qi Shubai's sleeve: "Senior Brother, Junior Uncle..." It's so weird, what's going on with this strong human-machine feeling?
Qi Shubai patted her hand soothingly, then looked at Chu Beiliang with a smile: "Haha, Junior Master is really humorous. The ground is cold, let me help you up."
He stretched out his hand and skillfully changed the subject, asking why Chu Beiliang was here.
Chu Beiliang said he didn't need help. He stood up and walked out of the pit by himself. His moon-white Taoist robe was still spotless.
"Master said that if a cultivator with wood spiritual roots wants to become stronger, he must plant himself in the soil and imagine himself as a seed that needs to sprout as soon as possible. Unfortunately, I have been lying here for several days and have not yet realized the sprouting that Master mentioned."
Yun Miao blinked and immediately reminded: "Maybe you should water yourself a little. Seeds always need water to germinate."
Qi Shu rolled his eyes at Chu Beiliang, who was once again showing a look of realization, and quickly stopped him: "Junior Master, Xiao Miao is just joking, don't believe it."
Chu Beiliang disagreed and said, "No, I think what she said makes sense."
Yun Miao's eyes lit up: "Yeah, yeah, I also think what I said makes sense."
This junior master is even easier to fool than Xiaobai. It's interesting.
She walked quickly to Chu Beiliang as if she had found a toy that interested her. While looking him over, she handed over the carved wooden box in her hand, explained her purpose in a graceful manner, and thanked him.
"My senior brother said that it was thanks to my junior uncle that I saved my life, so he brought me here to thank him. The gift was prepared by my senior brother. I'm not very rich, so I can only give you flowers."
As usual, the stingy Yun Miao gave away a worthless wild flower, and then made a generous promise.
"Although I'm relatively poor, my master is the head of the Xuantian Sect. If you want to apply for any funding in the future and the Deacon Hall doesn't approve it, just come to me. I'll throw a tantrum and ask my master to approve it for you. Anyway, from now on, little uncle, you should follow me and I'll take care of you."
Qi Shubai had long anticipated that Yun Miao would not say anything nice, but after all, it was in front of the elders, so he couldn't silence her. What's more, she was just like that, and as her senior brother, he couldn't cover her mouth every time she spoke. He could only look away with a headache and let her go.
Chu Beiliang accepted the wooden box and flowers and refused, "I don't want to follow you. If I follow you, I won't have any food to eat."
Qi Shubai turned his head, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. He thought that based on the simple and gullible character of his junior master, Xiao Miao would be able to fool him successfully.
Yun Miao's eyes widened in surprise. She had originally thought she was sure to succeed in deceiving people. "How do you know that following me will lead to no food? Damn it! Whoever is spreading rumors about me behind my back, I will fight him to the death!"
Chu Beiliang turned his head to look at the courtyard gate in the distance. He raised his hand and the door opened. A much grown little black wolf was lying in the yard basking in the sun.
"It told me."
Yun Miao was surprised: "Xiao Hei?"
Hearing the call, the little black wolf stood up, shook its fur, and slowly walked towards Yun Miao. Although its body had grown larger, its round, dog-like eyes still showed no aggression.
Yun Miao didn't immediately pick up Xiao Hei as usual. Instead, he narrowed his eyes, looked at Xiao Hei, then at Chu Beiliang in front of him. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him: the way the man and the wolf looked at people was very similar: both were so quiet and focused. Most importantly, they both called him "Reserve Food/Chu Beiliang!"
Qi Shubai noticed the empty food bowl in the courtyard: "So Xiao Hei has been coming to Junior Master's place these days."
Chu Beiliang: "Well, it has no food to eat, so I'll give it food."
Yun Miao: ...
Chu Beiliang didn't understand the ways of the world and had no intention of inviting Qi Shubai and Yun Miao into the yard to sit down.
Qi Shubai was not familiar with this junior uncle, and they did not have much to talk about. He had originally brought Yun Miao to express his gratitude, and now that he had thanked him and given him the gift, he was ready to take Yun Miao away.
However, when Yun Miao heard that they were leaving, he quickly stood beside Chu Beiliang like a loach and waved to Qi Shubai obediently: "Goodbye, senior brother. Goodbye, senior brother."
Qi Shubai paused and asked her helplessly what she was doing.
Yun Miao immediately grabbed Chu Beiliang's sleeve and said with a smile, "My junior master and I hit it off right away, so I wanted to stay and catch up with him. Senior brother, you can go first. We all live in this bamboo forest anyway, so it's not far away. I'll take Xiao Hei home by myself later."
Qi Shubai really wanted to ask her what they had to reminisce about since this was only her second meeting with Junior Master, but he couldn't spoil the conversation in this situation, so he could only look at Chu Beiliang with an inquiring look.
Chu Beiliang noticed his gaze and glanced back. His eyes, as calm as a well, were dark, like an opaque abyss staring down at humans. Although quiet, they held a hint of danger.
However, Qi Shubai thought this was normal. Elder Yuchen's disciples naturally wouldn't be incompetent. Moreover, this junior uncle was already a powerful cultivator in the Void Refinement Stage before becoming Elder Yuchen's disciple. Strong people are naturally dangerous. No matter what this junior uncle's background was, he was still one of them.
He didn't trust this strange junior uncle, but he believed in his master and Elder Yu Chen.
Qi Shubai then noticed that Chu Beiliang didn't seem to understand the meaning of his eyes, so he asked directly: "Xiao Miao must be grateful for Junior Master's life-saving grace and feel close to him. He also wants to stay here for a while. What do you think, Junior Master?"
Chu Beiliang: "Okay."
Seeing that he did not refuse, Qi Shubai could only remind Yun Miao again, telling her not to be too naughty. He kept nagging Yun Miao until she became impatient, so he had no choice but to leave.
After Qi Shubai left, the bamboo forest became quiet again. Chu Beiliang lowered his head and looked at Yun Miao quietly without saying a word. Yun Miao looked at him carefully without saying a word either.
After staring at each other for a long time, Chu Beiliang finally realized that it was his turn to speak, so he turned and walked away: "Follow me."
Yun Miao picked up Xiao Hei and followed him into the courtyard not far away.
Chu Beiliang didn't understand the ways of the world, but fortunately he knew that tea was necessary when entertaining guests, so he sat down at the stone table in the courtyard and asked Yun Miao, "Would you like some tea?"
Yun Miao sat across from him, holding Xiao Hei in her arms, and ordered without hesitation: "No, I want to drink Spirit Honey mixed with Hundred Flower Dew. It would be even better if I had some Hundred Years Spirit Milk."
“I don’t have any of these three.”
Chu Beiliang paused, then added: "I'm also relatively poor."
Yun Miao watched the handsome man in front of her expressionlessly admitting that he was relatively poor. She felt that the sense of humanoid imitation of human was almost overflowing. If other Xuantian Sect disciples were to find it strange, she would probably find it strange, but she only found it amusing.
She raised her chin proudly and placed a gourd as long as her forearm on the stone table: "It's okay, I brought it myself."
Yunmiao’s special honey water is made with the following ingredients: Tian Laokou’s magical honey, Tian Laokou’s flower dew and Tian Laokou’s century-old magical milk.
She produced two cups, poured one for herself and Chu Beiliang, and poured a bowl of honey water for Xiao Hei. She originally wanted to put it on the ground, but after looking at Chu Beiliang, she turned her hand and tentatively placed the bowl on the table.
Then she put Xiao Hei on the stone bench next to her and let it stand upright to lick the honey water in the bowl.
Chu Beiliang didn't show any displeasure at this. He picked up the cup, drank it quietly with his eyelashes drooping, and it was impossible to tell whether he liked it or not.
Yun Miao simply asked him if he liked it.
Chu Beiliang: "Every kind of food tastes new and unique. I like them all."
Yun Miao felt that Chu Beiliang looked even more like a fake person after saying this, so she simply stopped testing him and suddenly said, "Chu Beiliang."
Chu Beiliang and Xiao Hei looked at her at the same time, two pairs of equally dark eyes staring at her quietly, waiting for her next words.
Yun Miao slammed the table with a stern expression, trying to sound more imposing. "Chu Beiliang, you and the grain reserve... or Xiao Hei, are actually the same person, right? Or should I say, the same dog?"
Chu Beiliang: "That's right."
Yun Miao slammed the table again: "Don't try to quibble, I've seen through you. As the saying goes, explanation is a cover-up, and cover-up is the truth. Leniency to those who confess, severity to those who resist... Eh?"
Before she could finish her barrage of threats, they were stuck in her throat.
She stared blankly at the handsome man in front of her, her mind blank: "What did you just say?"
"I'm right. I mean, you're right. You're absolutely right."
Chu Beiliang first explained considerately, then asked rigorously: "Is double affirmation considered a negation?"
"Not really... No, that's not the point."
Yun Miao looked at the little black wolf who was still licking the honey, then looked at the calm and composed Chu Beiliang, and felt that this process was wrong.
"How could you admit it so quickly? You should have denied it first. Then I would have returned with a heart full of suspicion, secretly searched for clues, thrown the ironclad evidence in your face, exposed your true colors, and publicly questioned your purpose in infiltrating the Xuantian Sect."
"In the end, the truth is either that you are a good person, and this matter involves a big secret about you. I helped you solve your problem and got your reward."
"Either there's something truly wrong with you, or you'd rather die than surrender and bite your tongue to death, or you'd reveal the truth under my whip and pepper spray. Then I'll receive a reward from the sect. That's the way it's supposed to be!"
This is the normal mission plot process!
Chu Beiliang pondered for a moment, and finally his expressionless face showed some emotion. He frowned and looked at Yun Miao: "I'm so good to you, but you want to whip me?"
Xiao Hei stopped drinking the honey water and, with his upper body lying on the stone table, turned his head to look at Yun Miao. A hint of resentment appeared in the depths of his two pairs of black eyes.
Yun Miao: "...I'm not, I don't!"
Chu Beiliang frowned: "You have it, and you still want to dip it in chili water."
Yun Miao, who had been so full of energy just now, sat back down awkwardly, her eyes filled with guilt. She tactically took a sip of honey water to moisten her throat before saying, "This is just an assumption, and it's based on the premise that you're a bad guy who's endangering me and the sect. So, are you a bad guy?"
Chu Beiliang: "I will not harm you and Xuantian Sect."
Yun Miao: "Then let's sit down and talk calmly. First, tell me what your relationship with Xiao Hei is."
Chu Beiliang: "It's a clone of mine, just like this."
He waved his sleeves, and several chubby black wolf cubs emerged from his sleeves, exactly the same as the Xiao Hei that Yun Miao had first met.
When Yun Miao saw the little black balls rolling on the ground, she suddenly felt that she was addicted and wanted to pounce on them and suck them to her heart's content. However, considering that she was doing serious business at the moment, she forced herself to restrain herself and put on her most serious attitude.
"Then why did you let your clone lurk around me? What do you want from me?"
Xiao Hei twitched his ears and spoke to Yun Miao in human language. His voice was exactly the same as Chu Beiliang's. "I didn't mean to lurk around you. I just thought the meat buns you gave me were delicious. Then you picked me up, gave me a name, and said you would raise me."
Yun Miao fell silent as she recalled the situation. It seemed... that was indeed the case. The worst part was that she said she wanted to raise Xiao Hei, but she always let him go hungry for one reason or another. It was clear that Xiao Hei had been lured into a trap by her.
Yun Miao's straight back bent down: "Then...then your sneaking into the Immortal Boat can't be fake, right?"
Xiao Hei: "I wanted to come to Xuantian Sect to find Elder Yuchen, but I didn't know where Xuantian Sect was, so I secretly boarded the Immortal Boat."
Yun Miao immediately seemed to have grasped the handle: "Look! Look!"
Xiao Hei continued, "But Elder Yuchen... even my master already knows about this."
Yun Miao suddenly felt like a frost-bitten eggplant, crouching under the table like a mushroom. Damn, he hadn't guessed a single clue!
"What do you want to do with Elder Yuchen?"
She remembered that Tian Laokou said that the junior uncle who helped her extend her life was at the Refinement Void Stage, and above the Refinement Void Stage were only the Mahayana Stage and the Tribulation Crossing Stage. Since he was so strong, there was no need for him to leave his position as the ancestor and come to be someone else's apprentice, right?
Moreover, he didn't look like the type who would travel thousands of miles to Xuantian Sect just to become a disciple and learn skills.
Xiao Hei: "I can't say."
Yun Miao looked at Chu Beiliang, and Chu Beiliang also shook his head: "I can't say."
Yun Miao stood up and held Xiao Hei's paw affectionately, trying to kidnap him with friendship: "Xiao Hei, we are the closest friends. There should be no secrets between good friends."
Xiao Hei tilted his head and thought for a moment, then said, "Then tell me how many spirit stones you have and where you hide them."
Yun Miao covered his storage bag cautiously: "What do you want to do?"
Xiao Hei answered honestly, "Although you don't often use Spiritual Stones to buy things, you do like to accumulate them. From what I've observed, the amount of your wealth and where you hide it must be your biggest secret."
"If you can tell me this secret, then I will believe that there are no secrets between good friends and I will tell you my secret."
Yun Miao: ...How did this stupid dog become smart?
She looked up at Chu Beiliang lovingly and said, "Xiao Hei, you should know that the amount of private money and its hiding place are a woman's biggest secrets. A good man shouldn't ask casually."
Chu Beiliang pondered for a moment and said with certainty: "I think you are lying to me, I don't believe it."
It was always Yun Miao who used words to choke others, but now it was she who was choked to death by Chu Beiliang. She deliberately took back her gourd angrily, turned around and left, trying to put some pressure on Chu Beiliang.
"Since there's no trust between people, I don't even bother talking to you anymore. I'm going home!"
She strode out of the yard and into the bamboo forest, but before Chu Beiliang could catch up with her, Xiao Hei did.
She snorted at Xiao Hei at her feet: "Don't you not believe me? Why are you still following me?"
Xiao Hei thought for a moment, tilted his head and asked, "Are you not going to raise it anymore?"
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The author has something to say: Yun Miao looks at the people of Xuantian Sect: the men are handsome and the women are beautiful, they are banished immortals.
Yun Miao looked at the pigs of Xuantian Sect: they were honest, cute, and plump.
Yun Miao looked at the foxtail grass of Xuantian Sect: it was lush and green, swaying gracefully.
Yun Miao looked at the people in the enemy camp: the Yun family, with their shifty eyes, the demonic sect, with their vicious and evil spirits. It’s all gone, all gone!
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Blackie's Diary
The first day of following the man: the man gave him a meat bun.
The next day: No one gave him food today, but others gave him meat buns.
Day 3: No one gave him any food today, but others gave him a lot of meat buns.
Day 4: No one gave him food today, but others gave him meat buns.
Day 5: Today he was still not given any food, but was given fasting pills.
Day 6…
Day 7…
Although people always forget to feed him, he likes to stay with people.
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