Everyone likes good-looking children, and many senior brothers and sisters in the Yuncang Sword Sect like to tease children.
However, it seems that ever since he went from being everyone's junior brother to the senior brother, no one has been this close to him anymore.
Ji Mo Fan didn't avoid Xie Qingya, since rubbing him a couple of times wouldn't cause any flesh to fall off.
"Me too, me too, I'm the second senior sister." Jiang Shiyun also ran over to join in the fun.
Ji Mofan called out to her as usual.
"It's probably better if that kid Sheng Xi doesn't come back," Jiang Shiyun commented. "That bastard only knows how to call me love-struck."
Jimo Fan: ......
It's fortunate that Sheng Xi wasn't there today.
Otherwise, a fight would be inevitable.
After Jiang Shiyun indicated that Chaoming Palace could accommodate Ji Mofan, he and his group temporarily stayed in the guest rooms of Chaoming Palace.
However, Ji Mo Fan still didn't let Xi He appear with the Demon Lord's face, feeling it wasn't the right time yet.
Jiang Shiyun didn't mention it. It's normal for Ji Mofan to have his own considerations. She just needed to confirm that the other party was not lying.
Although Sheng Xi didn't come, a large group of irrelevant people did.
Before entering this Guixu Lantern Island, Ji Mo Fan had already noticed that there were many subtle and hidden auras around it.
Clearly, there was no malicious intent; they simply wanted to witness today's apprenticeship ceremony.
"A new junior brother?! Where is he?!"
The hurried noise abruptly shattered the tranquil and harmonious atmosphere. A man in a gray robe flew over on his sword, landing hastily and staggering a couple of steps.
When he flew over, he was still rattling around, with an oil paper package in his left hand, a fish in his right, and a snake that looked like it had just died hanging around his neck.
Ji Mo Fan was speechless at his appearance.
"Senior brother! How many times have I told you that flying swords is forbidden once you enter the sect!" Jiang Shiyun stood up with his hands on his hips and started yelling at him.
Then the gray-robed man stuffed an oil paper package into his arms.
"I was thinking of you, so I rushed back. The pastries are still warm from the oven." He said cheerfully, then turned to Xie Qingya, "Master, you said you wanted to drink peach blossom wine last time. I happened to see a really nice peach tree in the secret realm this time, and I even dug up the soil for you. I'll plant it in the courtyard for you in a bit."
"Good disciple." Xie Qingya seemed to be in a good mood.
"And another thing, junior brother." After arranging things for junior sister and master, Gray Cannon rushed to Ji Mofan and dumped a bunch of random things into his hands, chattering away nonstop as he introduced them.
Ji Mo Fan didn't even have a chance to interject.
He had heard of Zheng Xianchan before. Was he really such an eccentric and unconventional person?
The rumors say he's just a bit outgoing, but not to the point of being this cheerful.
“These are all gifts for meeting,” he said.
"Zheng Xiaomao, don't scare your junior brother." Xie Qingya seemed to have noticed Ji Mofan's helplessness and spoke up at the right time.
Zheng Xianchan visibly trembled.
"Can't I really change my name?" He looked at Xie Qingya with deep resentment.
"Cicada-shaped" is another name for a cat, and it's not wrong for our master to call it that, but...
Who has a nice guy named Kitten?
Xie Qingya's refusal, though seemingly gentle, was exceptionally firm: "No, this is the choice you made when you were a child, and you must stick to it to the end."
"How old was I back then? How would I know what 'holding a cicada' means? Aren't you just fooling a child?"
"Tsk tsk tsk, is this the attitude you should have towards your master?"
"Hey! You taught me when I was a child that raising children without teaching them how to be lazy!"
While Senior Brother Zheng was arguing fiercely with his master, Jiang Shiyun secretly came over to explain things to Ji Mofan.
Zheng Xianchan wasn't exactly a child Xie Qingya picked up; rather, he delivered himself to Xie Qingya's door.
She joined the school more than ten years late and had only heard the story from others.
Xie Qingya had simply accepted a demon-slaying commission and gone out one day, but when he returned, a little bean sprout had inexplicably stuck to him.
Monsters wreaked havoc in the mortal realm, killing not only his grandfather who raised him, but also many others.
The child was crying and demanding to see his grandfather. The neighbors were kind, but they couldn't soothe him no matter how long they tried. Then, someone suddenly pointed at Xie Qingya, who happened to be passing by, and said, "Look, isn't that your grandfather?"
The little boy stared wide-eyed at Xie Qingya's white hair, stopped crying and fussing, and just kept calling Xie Qingya "Grandpa".
With their homes destroyed, it was truly difficult to continue raising such a young child in such a chaotic situation. The villagers then asked Xie Qingya to take care of him for a while.
Who knew that when he came back and was tested, he was actually born with both water and fire spiritual roots. As a result, he was raised for a hundred years, and even his name was given by Xie Qingya.
Xie Qingya was raising a child for the first time and found it novel. He flipped through the dictionary and came up with a bunch of names, but in the end, he made them into lots and let Zheng Xianchan pick one himself.
The child grabbed a cicada and became known as Zheng Xiaomao.
"Never mind them. They can't sleep without arguing every time they come back." Jiang Shiyun led Ji Mofan outside. "Let me show you where you'll be staying from now on."
Unlike the Yuncang Sword Sect, which is built against a mountain, the Chaoming Hall is not like the Yuncang Sword Sect, where each elder has their own independent mountain.
Instead, pavilions and towers were built one after another, and almost all the terrain was created by man, with so many corridors that it was like walking through a maze.
Jimo Fan has a good memory, but after going through the process, he still felt that it was a bit too complicated.
Jiang Shiyun whispered to him, "If you really can't find your way in the future, it's okay to fly around the sect on your sword."
“Our sect’s rules are just for show. I used them to scold my senior brother because he’s not good-looking.”
Neither should Jimo Fanying nor should it be.
The overall style of the Chaoming Palace was unlike anything he had ever seen before.
He felt he needed some time to process this.
Jiang Shiyun didn't put too much pressure on him. She gave him a few more instructions and then left, leaving Ji Mofan alone in the room.
His new home was completely different from his old bamboo house.
The most obvious difference is the concentration of spiritual energy in the surrounding area.
Although it still can't compare to Qi Fengyu's bedroom, which is decorated with all sorts of rare and precious materials, it is still higher than the average level of the Yun Cang Sword Sect in the past.
There are no bamboo shoots that would easily sneak into the yard nearby, and there are few mosquitoes to bother you. Although it doesn't have a separate courtyard, it is a two-story building with a terrace upstairs where you can sunbathe.
This time, Ji Mofan didn't have that strong sense of unworthiness that he used to have.
After settling in inside, Ji Mofan went out again.
Just as Jiang Shiyun had predicted, he was indeed unable to find his way out because he was unfamiliar with the corridor.
He sighed silently and drew the Snow Embracing Sword from his waist.
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