Chapter 45 Listening to the Oracle (I) It Must Be Her
"It's Junior Sister."
"Senior Brother?"
Seeing Xie Rangchen lying back down, Zhu Ciying's eyes twitched violently.
Xie Rangchen has been acting badly for a long time.
When Qu Wanqing and Xu Feihuai were practicing swordsmanship three thousand times a day, she came to Xie Rangchen to practice swordsmanship. What did he say? "Junior sister, would you like some tea? Moonlight Golden Branch is special. It will taste even better after brewing three more pots."
When Yun Bujin's fingers cramped from pinching her fingers, she came to find Xie Rangchen to practice swordplay, but she saw him lying on the bed, with the spirit bird stepping on his back with a grunting sound, and he was muttering something, saying that the bed was too hard and scratchy, causing him to not sleep well all night.
When Xu Shuguan was studying the formation day and night, she came to Xie Rangchen to practice sword, but in the end she still failed to master the sword.
Zhu Ciying observed Xie Rangchen for a few days and found that he was either drinking tea and sleeping in the yard, or going down the mountain to fish and walk his spirit bird.
"Brother, if you continue to act like a jerk, the world of cultivation will be destroyed!"
She is very disappointed with him.
However, Senior Brother Xianyu, who had been playing with the jade slip all night, turned over on the couch without opening his eyes.
Zhu Ci is so sad that he wants to cry but has no tears.
Senior Sister Xu is right, salted fish are more difficult to deal with than demons, especially this salted fish is very strong.
Fortunately, she has a trump card.
"Brother, look what I brought you?"
Zhu Ciying took something out of the storage bag and placed it in her palm.
The square green blocks are dotted with red and white "spots", and as soon as they come into contact with the air, they emit a faint milky aroma.
Xie Rangchen sniffed lightly, turned over, and half opened his eyes.
Zhu Ciying waved her hand in front of his eyes. "Senior Sister Xu taught me to make this new dessert. My senior sisters and brothers have tried it and all say it's very special and delicious. But its name sounds strange: Matcha Red Bean Snowflake Crisp."
She deliberately pinched her voice to seduce him: "Brother, do you want to eat?"
Xie Rangchen: "My waist hurts from lying down for too long, Junior Sister, let's go practice sword fighting."
Zhu Ciying saw that he changed his attitude faster than a book and burst out laughing.
It turns out that this is the secret to turning things around.
"Okay. Let's go to the competition stage now..." The jade slip on his waist kept flashing, indicating that someone was sending him an urgent message. Zhu Ciying clicked it to check.
Xie Rangchen asked, "What's the matter? Why do you look so serious?"
"Master asked me to go to the meeting hall. The elders have come up with a plan regarding the Demon Lord."
Zhu Ciying put away the jade slip, raised her hand, and the Yansheng Sword floated at her feet. She stepped on it and flew away on the sword: "Brother, I will go to the meeting hall first. I will practice sword with you when I come back."
"Wait." Xie Rangchen caught up with her and said, "I have nothing to do anyway, so I'll go with you."
—A quarter of an hour later, in the meeting hall.
Zhu Ciying and Xie Rangchen walked into the hall one after the other: "Disciple greets Master, and Sect Master."
Yu Yin Zhenren: "No need to be so polite."
Shaoyang Sect Master Qu Yantao said, "Don't stand anymore. Sit down."
"Junior Sister Yingying!" Qu Wanqing greeted her warmly.
"Senior Sister." Zhu Ciying responded with a smile and chose a seat to the right of Yu Yin Zhenren. Xie Rangchen followed her and sat beside her.
Qu Yantao sat at the top, his eyes sweeping over the three of them one by one, and nodded: "Now that everyone is here, it's time to tell you about the countermeasures we've discussed these days."
"There are currently two plans in the cultivation world. The first is what you all know. The major sects have sent some inner disciples to inquire about the news of the Demon Lord's resurrection under the guise of exorcising demons and monsters. This is intended to turn a passive situation into an active one."
"This second plan is related to the Shixiang clan."
"Master's clan?" Qu Wanqing had never heard of it before.
Zhu Ciying had never heard of it either.
Xie Rangchen was sleeping lightly with his head supported by one hand. When he heard the word "Master Clan", his slightly closed eyes slowly opened.
Qu Wanqing asked, "What does the Shixiang clan do?"
True Man Yu Yin replied, "Since the dawn of chaos and the separation of the three realms, the Shi Xiang clan has lived at the intersection of the cultivation world and the demon world, tasked with protecting the cultivation world. However, the demon world covets the spiritual energy of the cultivation world and has been determined to break the barrier between the two worlds for thousands of years. Every twenty years, the Shi Xiang clan sacrifices the flesh and blood of its members to stabilize the barrier."
"Protecting the world of cultivation is the responsibility of every cultivator. How can we place all the burdens on the Shixiang clan?" Qu Wanqing spoke up for the Shixiang clan. "Are their people willing to be sacrificed?"
Qu Yantao approved of his daughter's perspective and looked at her lovingly, "Of course they weren't willing to accept this. That's why, three hundred years ago, one of their clansmen fled the land where the Master Clan had lived for generations. Also three hundred years ago, the Demon Lord broke the barrier that had protected the existence of the cultivation world for tens of thousands of years."
"You all know what happened later. The Qingwei Sect resisted the Demon Lord and 100,000 demons with its own strength. The Demon Lord was killed, and the 100,000 demons either fled or died..."
"After this incident, everyone finally realized that the power of the Master Clan alone could not protect the peace of the cultivation world. We cannot rely on the Master Clan. We must use our own strength to protect the cultivation world."
The world of cultivation belongs to cultivators, and dealing with demons should be left to the cultivators.
Zhu Ciying and Qu Wanqing deeply agree with this.
"The purpose of seeking help from the Shixiang clan this time is not to ask them to sacrifice their own people, but to seek the oracle."
Seeing their confused expressions, Yu Yin Zhenren explained, "In addition to maintaining the barrier, the Shi Xiang clan's other special ability is to communicate with the Heavenly Dao, receive oracles, and predict the future."
"The Sect Master called you here to entrust the three of you with the task of inviting the Master Clan to listen to the divine oracle."
"The three of us?" Qu Wanqing thought for a moment. Yun Bujin, Zhou Mingran, Ji Feibai, Xu Shuguan and other senior disciples of Shaoyang Sect who were able to go to Zhixing Division to receive tasks were recently sent down the mountain to inquire about the news.
It seems that there are only three of them left available...
She asked a little worriedly, "Going to the Master Clan to ask for help won't be harder than exorcising demons and monsters, right?"
Yu Yin Zhenren paused while tapping his palms with his folding fan and laughed twice: "Not difficult, not difficult."
"It's just that the Sect Master, the Elders, and I have things to do and can't get away."
"Is that right, Sect Master?"
Qu Yantao calmly threw a black jade token to Qu Wanqing: "Qing'er, take my jade token and go to the territory of the Shixiang clan. They won't stop you."
Qu Wanqing took the jade token and felt something strange in her heart, as if her father and Yu Yin Zhenren were chasing them away.
She sent a message to Zhu Ciying:
[Junior Sister, do you feel like they are chasing us away...]
Zhu Ciying: [Senior Sister, if we don't leave now, they're really going to kick us out.]
Qu Wanqing: [. ]
She and Zhu Ciying quickly bid farewell to Qu Yantao Yuyin Zhenren, and then went back to their respective residences to pack their bags.
At noon, Zhu Ciying and Xie Rangchen had their meal and walked down the mountain.
Qu Wanqing had just arrived and brought Xu Feihuai, who swung his sword three thousand times a day, along, under the pretext of a spontaneous trip.
"The Shixiang clan is now living in seclusion on Changning Mountain in Jingzhou. All the sect's flying boats have been sent out to help gather information. The fastest way for us to get there now is by flying car."
Qu Wanqing checked the map with the jade slip: "The nearest flying station is still two kilometers away."
Zhu Ciying was also looking at the jade slip.
At the same time, they all received a message from Xu Shuguan.
[Xu Shuguan]: I heard that you were going to Jingzhou for a mission, and all the flying boats in the sect were sent out, so I got you a flying car.
Zhu Ciying and others also returned to Shaoyang Sect and went to Zhixing Division to redeem the mission rewards, only then did they know that Xu Shuguan was actually the daughter of the richest man in the cultivation world!
Over a month ago, when she was rescuing Xie Rangchen in the back mountains, she had used the jade slip to find an anonymous post about her: a wealthy second-generation had broken up with her parents and ran away from home. The reason was that she could have inherited the family fortune and lived off them peacefully, but she chose to rely on her own talent for a living.
It turns out that you were talking about Xu Shuguan!
What surprised them even more was the huge industry of Xu Shuguan's family. The flying boats, flying cars, and jade slips were all developed by her family. Her family also had shares in various business transactions across the thirty-four states.
[Zhou Mingran]: I really have nothing to say, I love you so much.
[Yun Bujin]: The demons have been restless recently, so you should pay more attention to safety when traveling outside.
[Ji Feibai]: There are so many delicious and fun things in Shuzhou. I will bring them back to you.
[Zhou Mingran]: It is forbidden to travel at public expense and engage in malicious consumption!
[Ji Feibai]: I’m not, I didn’t, I’m not that kind of person!
[Zhou Mingran]: What’s in the ten boxes in your room?
[Yun Bujin]: They started fighting, Xu Shuguan was trying to stop them, so I told you, Junior sister, don’t bother with them, the mission is more important.
Qu Wanqing and Zhu Ciying looked at each other, laughed for a while, and then replied to the message.
[Qu Wanqing]: Okay, senior brother!
[Zhu Ciying]: There is medicine in Senior Sister’s storage bag. Senior Brother Yun, remember to remind Senior Brother Ji to apply the medicine.
[云不尽]: Okay.
"Group chat" is a function that is still under development on the jade slip. Xu Shuguan said that in order to make it easier for everyone to communicate, he took it out and used it in advance, and also thoughtfully created a group chat.
Group chat name: Shaoyang F8
Xu Feihuai and Xie Rangchen were also among them, but they rarely spoke.
"The speeding car is coming." Xu Feihuai, who had been in the chat group, reminded.
Zhu Ciying exited the group chat, hung the jade slip around her waist, took two steps, then fell back to where she was, grabbed Xie Rangchen's arm, and pulled him forward as if resigned to his fate.
I was so busy chatting that I forgot there was such a big fish here who was addicted to playing with jade slips!
Xie Rangchen, who had been playing with jade slips and posting posts all night last night, began to feel sleepy as soon as he got in the car. He leaned his head against the window for a while and fell into a deep sleep.
The wind whistled in my ears.
In August, the hottest time of the year, Xie Rangchen felt that the temperature around him was getting lower and lower.
His eyelids felt heavy and droopy.
After a while, he felt better and opened his eyes a little. What he saw was not the lush trees flashing past the car window, but bare trees covered with snow.
This is not on the way to Jingzhou.
Xie Rangchen looked down at his wrists, the silver wristbands and the black plush fur coat.
Suddenly I had a guess in my mind.
The next moment, after hearing his master's call, his guess was confirmed.
He dreamed of something that happened three hundred years ago.
"Let the dust settle."
"Without your fellow junior brothers and sisters around, your senior brother who practices diligently and hard doesn't even pretend to be so?" The master threw a wooden stick at him in annoyance.
"I have divined for you, and your destined match has appeared. She is in Xiangzhou."
"It just so happens that she and I, and you and she, had a connection many years ago."
"She is born with sword bones like you, and is a rare and good seedling." The master paused deliberately, and when he saw that Xie Rangchen's expression did not change, he knew that his attempt to keep the suspense had failed again.
He continued helplessly, "In fact, her talent is higher than yours. If she is given enough time to practice and grow... you are not as good as her."
Xie Rangchen: "Master, why didn't you bring her up the mountain earlier?"
"She has not severed her earthly ties."
“It’s different now.”
Master looked towards the town at the foot of the mountain in the distance with a solemn expression.
"The time has come. Master will take her up the mountain."
"Also, you need to remember one thing."
"A marriage destined by heaven is a marriage determined by heaven. No matter what the other person looks like or where they are in life, if you have any thoughts about it..."
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