The boy was tall and slender, and his figure was revealed even more in the thin clothes he wore. Different from how he was outside before, Xue Danrong of Zhichunzhou was obviously much more casual, with his long hair simply tied up with a cloth strip, looking fresh and clean, like a snow cereus blooming in the dark night.
But Fang Chaozhou, who saw this scene, couldn't help wondering if his junior brother was cold, especially when he saw the cold wind blowing into Xue Danrong's sleeves, blowing them up. He couldn't help but take out another fox fur coat from his storage ring, stood up, and handed it to him, "Junior brother, put this on."
The two fox furs were of the same style, just in different colors. When he bought them, the owner of the clothing store said he would give one free.
The one he was wearing was white, and the one he handed to Xue Danrong was bright red. He thought bright red was too eye-catching, so he didn't wear it.
Xue Danrong had already walked up to Fang Chaozhou. He glanced at the fiery red fox fur that Fang Chaozhou was holding, but did not take it. He just said indifferently: "I already know the master's order. In the next six months or longer, Second Senior Brother needs to practice with me. Since I have followed the master's order, I will naturally supervise Second Senior Brother. I hope that Senior Brother will not disappoint the master's hard work."
Fang Chaozhou paused, "So?"
Xue Danrong did not answer this question, but turned and walked towards the cave. He opened the door of the cave and when he walked to the entrance, he looked back at Fang Chaozhou who was still standing there.
Seeing this, Fang Chaozhou had no choice but to follow him. When he entered Xue Danrong's cave, he realized how rough his junior brother's life was. Not only did he sleep on a stone bed, but the cave was very big, but it was basically empty except for some necessary things.
Xue Danrong raised his hand slightly, and the Water-Breaking Sword in his hand automatically flew onto the shelf on the wall. No, it was not a shelf. Fang Chaozhou took a closer look and found that they were two protruding stone tips. The Water-Breaking Sword, the only one in the world, was pressing on the stone tips with difficulty to maintain balance.
"Second brother, you need to practice with me in the next few days, so I bought you a stone bed." Xue Danrong glanced at the other stone bed that was far away from his bed.
Fang Chaozhou looked at the simple stone bed and couldn't smile. "Junior brother, why don't I sleep in my own cave and come over to practice with you every day."
Xue Danrong looked at Fang Chaozhou and calmly sentenced him to death. "After Senior Brother entered Zhichunzhou, Master has already sealed the barrier. Master said that Senior Brother can only leave here if he breaks through the Nascent Soul stage."
Fang Chaozhou is only at the Golden Core stage now. How difficult is it to advance from the Golden Core stage to the Nascent Soul stage?
Many cultivators are unable to break through in their lifetime. Fang Chaozhou is disheartened and feels that he will die of old age in Zhichunzhou. This scene is clearly not in the original novel.
However, the original owner in the original novel achieved a good result of third place in this cultivation conference, unlike him, who only ranked around forty. But what the master did was completely forcing things to happen!
The original owner had entered the late stage from the Golden Core stage to the Nascent Soul stage, and that was only due to an opportunity. Now, in just half a year, it is impossible for him to break through to the Nascent Soul stage!
He can't, he really can't.
There was no way he could break the Master's barrier, so he could only stay here obediently. Maybe he would practice diligently for a while, or maybe the Master would think that he was interfering with his junior fellow disciple's practice and drive him out.
Fang Chaozhou was unwilling to sleep in the same cave with Xue Danrong. It wasn't that he hated Xue Danrong, but he was used to sleeping alone. Who could accept suddenly having a roommate?
Before, in the Dark Soul Gate, he was controlled by the Candle of Desire and could not control his sleep, so he had to sleep on the same bed with Xue Danrong. And he had no choice at that time because it was too painful for him to sleep on the floor.
It is known that there is no other cave in Chunzhou. He tried to sleep outside the cave, but after a short while, the cold wind blew him back in. The cold wind was as sharp as a knife scraping bones, especially after nightfall. The wind could blow people away, and it could even blow away a cultivator. If it were a mortal body, it would probably be torn to pieces by the wind.
Fang Chaozhou finally understood why Xue Danrong practiced so fast. If he had not practiced quickly under such harsh circumstances, he would probably have died here long ago.
Xue Danrong's cave was the warmest place, so Fang Chaozhou had no choice, but he was not used to sleeping on the hard stone bed. Fortunately, there were a lot of miscellaneous things in the storage ring.
But in a short while, Fang Chaozhou's stone bed was covered with seven or eight layers of mattresses. The quilts were soft and exuded a refreshing fragrance. People could not help but lie down on the bed when they saw it.
In addition, Fang Chaozhou also placed a screen with twelve beauties in the middle of the two stone beds. Coincidentally, the beauties painted on these twelve panels were the twelve on the folk beauty list. Xue Danrong was on the list, so when Xue Danrong saw himself on the screen, he obviously frowned.
The slow-witted Fang Chaozhou didn't notice anything wrong. This screen was given to him by the magic shop when he spent a lot of money in the shop. The shop said that if he touched the beauty on the screen with his fingertips, the beauty would smile sweetly.
Fang Chaozhou didn't even look at the screen and directly put it into his storage ring, waiting to take it out and use it today.
When he noticed that Xue Danrong was staring at the screen, he followed his gaze and realized something was wrong. After thinking for a moment, he took a handkerchief and covered the face of Xue Danrong's portrait on the screen.
As expected, Xue Danrong turned his gaze away after covering himself, and Fang Chaozhou breathed a sigh of relief.
Fang Chaozhou did not practice today. Xue Danrong said that he would start practicing tomorrow, and asked him to adapt to the climate of Zhichunzhou today.
That night, Fang Chaozhou suffered from insomnia for the first time in a long time. The last time he suffered from insomnia was when he first entered the book and missed the modern Internet.
After suffering from insomnia until the second half of the night, he finally felt sleepy, but at this moment, he heard a noise from behind the screen.
Xue Danrong seemed to have gotten up.
Fang Chaozhou was a little surprised, because it was only the hour of Yin and the sky outside was dark.
The junior brother is really too hardworking. Thinking of this, Fang Chaozhou buried his face in the quilt. However, he heard Xue Danrong's cold voice after just a short while.
"Second Brother."
Fang Chaozhou trembled in the quilt. Could it be that his junior brother came to wake him up?
Sure enough, the next moment, he heard Xue Danrong's next words, "It's time to get up and practice."
Fang Chaozhou: ...
He pretended not to hear.
But Xue Danrong did not let him go. "Second Brother, I know you heard it. Master said that if you don't get up early for one day, all your storybooks will be burned. If you don't get up for two days, all your snacks will be burned. If you don't get up for three days, Master will come over personally."
Fang Chaozhou: ...
He poked his head out from under the quilt and pretended to have just woken up, "Junior Brother, is it already the second day? Then I should get up and practice quickly. Time is so precious."
Wuuuu, he must protect his precious storybook and precious snacks.
It was still dark, and darkness covered the entire Zhichun Island like a huge net. When Fang Chaozhou was getting dressed, his fingers couldn't help trembling. When he came out of the cave, he was blown by the cold wind and almost reincarnated again.
He really didn't know how his junior fellow apprentice brother managed to live in Zhichunzhou.
Because it was too cold, Fang Chaozhou almost buried his face in his clothes. Watching him walking from a distance, one thought it was a white bear walking towards him. Although Xue Danrong was not wearing only a single piece of clothing like yesterday, he was only wearing a Tianshui Sect disciple uniform on the outside, which was in sharp contrast to Fang Chaozhou who was afraid of the cold.
Fang Chaozhou followed Xue Danrong forward. He didn't know where Xue Danrong was going. He just wanted to find a good place to practice. But what Fang Chaozhou never expected was that Xue Danrong took him to the Cold Pond in Zhichunzhou.
As the name suggests, the cold pond is like a fairyland with white mist entwined together like silk threads, forming a sea of fog that floats on the water and drifts slowly, creating a fairyland of Penglai.
"Take off your clothes and go in." Xue Danrong on the side suddenly spoke.
Fang Chaozhou thought he had heard it wrongly, "What?"
Xue Danrong looked back at Fang Chaozhou indifferently, "This is the place with the most spiritual energy in Zhichunzhou. Practicing here will achieve twice the result with half the effort. Second Senior Brother, if you want to break through to the Nascent Soul stage within half a year, you must practice in this cold pond."
Fang Chaozhou just vaguely saw ice floating on the water. This cold pond looks like a fairyland, but it is actually an ice cave. Will he die if he goes in? I shouldn't die.
The original novel describes that Xue Danrong often practiced in it.
After some hesitation, Fang Chaozhou gritted his teeth and decided to give it a try. He wanted to leave Zhichunzhou.
Fang Chaozhou found a clean big stone beside the cold pond and performed a cleansing spell before taking off his fox fur coat, shoes and socks and placing them on the stone. He did not take off all his clothes because it was too cold and he did not have the courage to do so before entering the water.
It’s better to get into the water first, and then take off the wet clothes after you get used to it.
Fang Chaozhou walked to the edge of the cold pond, glanced at Xue Danrong who was standing nearby, took several deep breaths, and then tentatively stretched out his foot, which broke through the white mist. He stayed on the surface of the pond for a while before slowly going down.
As soon as the cold water touched his toes, Fang Chaozhou quickly retracted his foot. Not only did he retract his shoes, he also quickly ran to the stone and tried to put his shoes and socks back on.
But the Broken Water Sword stopped his movement.
"Second Brother, you must go in." Xue Danrong looked at him expressionlessly.
Sitting on the rock, Fang Chaozhou looked at the Broken Water Sword that was across his wrist. Every time his fingertips moved, the tip of the Broken Water Sword moved, as if if he dared to penetrate, the Broken Water Sword would dare to cut him.
When Fang Chaozhou and Duan Shuijian were in a stalemate, Xue Danrong said, "Master said that you must break through to the Nascent Soul stage before you can leave Zhichunzhou. Do you want to stay here forever?"
In no mood!
But the water is really cold.
Xue Danrong did not seem to be prepared to wait for Fang Chaozhou any longer. He walked to the edge of the pond first, took off his clothes, and stepped into the water wearing only a single piece of clothing. Mist instantly surrounded him and followed him to the center of the pond.
He began to meditate in the middle of the pool.
Fang Chaozhou looked at Xue Danrong, whose face was almost hidden by the fog, and after hesitating for a long time, he finally stood up. Forget it, a short pain is worse than a long one. My junior brother is the protagonist and can endure it, so why can't he?
He is also one of the stocks after all, and he cannot bring shame to the original owner.
Thinking this way, Fang Chaozhou resolutely walked towards the cold pond. He gritted his teeth and stretched out his foot. When he touched the water surface, he couldn't help but take a breath. When one foot was completely stepped in, he felt like his breathing was about to stop. But this was just the beginning.
He tried to put his other foot in, and the cold air spread up along the sole of his foot. In almost an instant, he felt his leg go numb, as if ice had crawled into his body along his blood vessels and frozen the blood vessels in his legs.
Fang Chaozhou gritted his teeth and wanted to get out immediately, but Xue Danrong was still sitting in the middle of the pond. How could he be more delicate than the protagonist? no!
Therefore, Fang Chaozhou endured it and walked forward step by step. When he reached the point where the water in the pool covered his calves, he could no longer walk, but he couldn't sit down either.
He stood there, as if someone had cast a spell to freeze him.
When Fang Chaozhou was in a stalemate with himself, he heard the sound of water. Looking in the direction of the sound, he found that Xue Danrong, who was meditating just now, had stood up.
The clothes that were soaked by the pond water were now completely stuck to his body, as was his black hair. At this moment, Xue Danrong finally did not look like the cold and lonely snow cereus. He looked like a water demon, a beautiful yet cold water demon.
His long hair was winding like a snake, his single clothes outlined his curves, his skin was snowy and his lips were red, the cinnabar mole between his eyebrows was as red as a lotus, and white mist lingered around him. He walked towards Fang Chaozhou step by step.
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