Li Dazhuang happily ran over, took a fruit from Qiao Yue's hand, and without saying a word, snapped it into a bite.
"......"
"Is it delicious, Da Zhuang?"
Li Dazhuang glanced at Qiao Yue, then at his fellow disciples who were also drooling, and smiled slightly: "Delicious!"
"Give me one, I want to try one too!"
"I want some too! I want some too!"
A few seconds later.
"vomit--"
"vomit--"
"Hahahaha, ugh—"
On the deck, Chu Hongluan withdrew her divine sense and laughed so hard she slapped her thigh.
Liu Jinghong shook his head affectionately and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.
The North and South are far apart.
The Sword Sect is located in the far north, in a bitterly cold region, on the very edge. Even if the cloud boat were to travel at full speed with its oars puffing out smoke, it would still take half a month to make this trip.
Along the way, Chu Hongluan and Liu Jinghong set up windbreaks on the deck and looked at the scenery below.
From south to north, each day is colder than the last.
On the twelfth day, it even started to snow.
Looking down from above, all you see is a vast expanse of white.
This excited the young people from the Southern Region so much that they all ran up to the deck to build snowmen, even though the deck was only covered with a thin layer of white.
Even though in the end they only managed to make a tiny snowman the size of their palm, they were still happy for a long time.
Chu Hongluan had no doubt that if they were given a cell phone, they would immediately take a picture and post it on their WeChat Moments.
Three days later, the cloud boat successfully arrived at the Blade Sect.
This is truly a land of ice and snow, with towering peaks and precipitous cliffs, extremely treacherous, and covered in icebergs and snow walls. Apart from the raging winds, there is only dry, bitter cold. As far as the eye can see, apart from the large, scattered fortresses, there is no other color to be found.
The largest bunker in the middle has a stone plaque next to it that reads: Sword Sect.
No wonder the Sword Sect has a single lineage, accepting only one disciple per generation.
This godforsaken place is impossible to survive in, absolutely impossible.
Hearing the commotion from the cloud boat outside, a nine-foot-tall red-haired youth carrying a sword rushed out in a flurry.
Upon seeing Chu Hongluan, who was leading the group, his eyes immediately lit up!
"Senior Chu!!!"
Ke Tinghe was visibly excited and tried to put his arm around Chu Hongluan's shoulder, but Liu Jinghong quickly slapped him away with a fan: "What are you doing?! Talk to me, don't get physical!"
Qiao Yue: Well done!!!
Ke Tinghe rubbed his reddened hand and grumbled, "If you don't want to let me, then don't. Why did you hit me? It hurts."
Finally, Ke Tinghe saw the group of Tianji Pavilion disciples behind Chu Hongluan and remembered his business. He immediately straightened his back and adopted the posture of the chief disciple of the Sword Sect: "I am here on the orders of the sect leader to welcome fellow Daoists from Tianji Pavilion who have come from afar. Please follow me inside, register, and we will arrange accommodations."
So the disciples of Tianji Pavilion followed Ke Tinghe into the great fortress of the Blade Sect. They watched as Ke Tinghe busied himself with registering this and arranging that, as if he wanted to be split into eight pieces, and his soles were almost worn out.
The living conditions at the Sword Sect were beyond description. The roof was shedding dust, which was bad enough, but what was with the huge hole in the wall? The stone bed, stone table, and stone stools were one thing, but what was with the stone pillow?
Fortunately, everyone was a cultivator, and they all had some supplies in their storage pouches. If all else failed, they could set up a tent in the house and make do with sleeping there.
Chu Hongluan didn't really mind, after all, she had slept in all sorts of terrible places when she was in the Wilderness Secret Realm.
But Liu Jinghong minded and insisted on giving his jade-built cottage to Chu Hongluan, no matter how much she pleaded.
But Chu Hongluan thought about it and realized that the pampered young master, who was used to having his shoes inlaid with gemstones, could not possibly tolerate such a dilapidated environment. In the end, neither of them could convince the other, so they decided to sleep together in the jade-built hut. Chu Hongluan would sleep on the bed, and Liu Jinghong would add two extra mattresses to make a makeshift bed on the floor.
That evening, the Sword Sect didn't provide a meal, so all the disciples of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion gathered together to roast meat. The meat was a reserve of food from their mustard seed pouches, and it was still very fresh.
Ke Tinghe followed the scent and shamelessly freeloaded, eventually returning home with his mouth full of grease and his belly round with hunger.
During her nighttime rest, Chu Hongluan lay in bed unable to fall asleep for a long time.
After a long while, he sighed very softly.
"Can't sleep?" came the boy's clear voice.
"No, it's just that I was thinking about things from a long time ago..."
Chu Hongluan turned over, just in time to meet the boy's clear eyes. "Speaking of which, it seems you've never asked me about my past."
Liu Jinghong smiled faintly, "In my heart, Junior Sister is mysterious and powerful. Like the wind, she is unrestrained and free, doing whatever she pleases. I'm afraid that if I pry too much and offend Junior Sister, she will appear and disappear suddenly, just like she did when she came."
"I might... not disappear." Chu Hongluan closed her eyes and murmured.
Because of the things I care about.
"What?" Liu Jinghong didn't hear clearly.
"I said...maybe after some time, I'll want to talk about it myself. About my past."
"I... am really looking forward to it."
Neither of them spoke again, and they slept soundly through the night.
The next day, disciples from other sects also arrived one after another.
There are a few familiar faces, such as Le Zheng Chang'an, the master of Penglai Island, and his first disciple Feng Sili; and Ji Ruyan from Jian Ge Mo Yu and the Jade Maiden Sect.
Everyone was present, except for the Beast Taming Sect and the Witch Clan.
The Beast Taming Sect said they were busy with sect matters and couldn't get away.
The Wu Clan has been up to something lately, they haven't replied to any messages at all.
The sect leader of the Sword Sect then led everyone directly to the back mountain without further delay.
The so-called back mountain...
Before arriving, everyone assumed it was a small, enclosed area of mountains behind the sect. But little did they know, the so-called "back mountain" of the Sword Sect referred to the endless, towering peaks stretching as far as the eye could see behind the sect!
It takes about several thousand miles of traversing mountains and valleys to reach that "Great Power Cave".
Moreover, the appearance of the cave dwelling drew away most of the spiritual energy within thousands of miles of it. The remaining spiritual energy concentration is now far from sufficient to sustain the flight of a large magical artifact like the cloud boat.
Therefore, everyone either flew over by sword, knife, or anything else they could control, or they walked there.
"I might die on the way," Qiao Yue muttered.
Thankfully, Elder Chu sent over some treasures the night before last, including some pills to aid in Core Formation. Otherwise, with her peak Foundation Establishment cultivation level, which had been stuck for ten thousand years, she might have frozen to death in this godforsaken place because she didn't have enough spiritual energy to keep warm.
“You can sit on my shoulders,” Li Dazhuang said.
"I don't want to sit on that stinky guy..." She swallowed her words halfway through, "Then, then I'll have to trouble Senior Brother Li."
Those who understand the times are wise.
She had only been at the Core Formation stage for two days and hadn't yet learned how to fly.
Li Dazhuang also failed to learn it because he was afraid of heights.
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