The eldest senior brother’s residence was not far away, and Fang Chaozhou arrived there in a short while. He was standing outside the eldest senior brother's residence, and before he could call for help, he discovered that the barrier around the eldest senior brother's residence had been removed.
The eldest brother noticed that he was coming.
Seeing this, Fang Chaozhou walked in.
After entering, Fang Chaozhou found that this place was different from before. Originally, as soon as he came in, he could see the lake full of lotus leaves and red lotus. Although the eldest brother is a rough person, he particularly likes flowers and plants, and uses his spiritual power to keep the red lotus undefeated for a whole year.
Not only that, there were osmanthus trees, peach trees and other trees planted in the eldest brother's residence. Fang Chaozhou had previously accepted peaches sent by the eldest brother, but now, both the red lotus in the lake and the trees on both sides were dead.
Fang Chaozhou was surprised as he walked towards the bedroom of his senior brother. When he reached the door, he raised his hand and knocked on it. "Senior brother."
It was quiet inside, as if no one was there.
Fang Chaozhou paused for a moment, then shouted again: "It's me, Fang Chaozhou, Senior Brother, I'm back."
With this sound, there was finally movement inside.
"Second Junior Brother..." The voice inside was hoarse and unpleasant, "Go away. I can't face you anymore."
Fang Chaozhou immediately said, "I won't leave. I haven't settled accounts with Senior Brother yet, so how can I leave? Senior Brother must buy me fifty storybooks and fifty kilograms of snacks, and then I will forgive him."
After that, silence returned to the room.
Fang Chaozhou turned around, leaned against the door, and raised his voice and said, "You're not that stingy, are you? You won't even buy me this little thing. Senior Brother, I've given up on storing things and have become a pauper. Master will definitely not buy me storybooks or snacks, but you will buy them for me. If you don't buy anything for me, how can I live?"
As he was muttering to himself, the door behind him suddenly opened. Fang Chaozhou staggered, quickly stood up and turned around, but as soon as he turned around, he was stunned.
The eldest elder brother is much older than Chao Zhou, but because they are both cultivators, they have the secret to maintain their youthful looks, so they just look like an elder brother. But now this elder brother has white hair on his temples. If he were a mortal, he would have aged by more than ten years.
When the eldest brother looked at Fang Chaozhou, there was surprise in his eyes, but also guilt, and he couldn't help but lower his head. Five years ago, he chose to give up Fang Chaozhou and take Xue Danrong and Sixth Junior Brother away. The fact has always been choking him in his heart.
Fang Chaozhou was almost raised by him, and if you really think about it, he is just like his own younger brother. During the five years, he couldn't help but think of Fang Chaozhou, and even dreamed about it. He dreamed that Fang Chaozhou questioned him and asked him why he gave up on him.
As the eldest senior brother of Yizhi Peak, he had to consider the overall situation. But when he learned that Fang Chaozhou had persisted underground for ten days before his life plate was broken into two pieces, he couldn't help but wonder, if he hadn't abandoned Fang Chaozhou at that time, would he have been able to rescue Fang Chaozhou? If on the way back, he believed Xue Danrong's words and returned to the underground demon realm, could he bring Fang Chaozhou out?
These thoughts were like sins, weighing heavily on his heart and making it hard for him to breathe. Although no one, including his master, blamed him, he just couldn't get over it. He always thought of Fang Chaozhou when he was very young, following him every day and calling him "Big Brother" in a baby voice.
The eldest brother is taller than the eldest brother, and she likes to sleep on his lap when she has nothing to do.
"Big Brother." A call pulled Big Brother out of his memories.
Fang Chaozhou smiled brightly, "I'm back."
When the eldest brother heard this, his eyes became hot. He turned around and was hugged without saying a word. Fang Chaozhou hugged his senior brother as if he were his own brother. When they first escaped from the underground demon realm, they were indeed resentful, but when they thought about it carefully, the eldest brother had his own difficulties. If they all died in trying to save him, that would be even worse. It would be better to cut it off immediately.
Fang Chaozhou held him for a while and then let go. He looked at the graying temples of the eldest brother and said, "White doesn't look good. Big brother, go ask the fifth brother for some beauty pills or something like that."
The eldest brother's eyes turned red and he nodded. He looked at his lost and recovered junior brother and couldn't help but hug him again. Fang Chaozhou blinked and thought to himself that it was a good thing that Xue Danrong was not there, otherwise he would have been cold again.
Before Fang Chaozhou left his senior brother, he got a new storage ring with a bunch of spirit stones in it, all given by his senior brother.
"You can buy whatever you want to eat." The eldest brother said proudly, "When you run out, come back to me for more."
"Thank you, senior brother." Fang Chaozhou smiled with his eyes curved after getting the good stuff. He just took a quick glance and knew that there were at least 200,000 spirit stones inside, which could buy a lot of things.
But Fang Chaozhou found that this was just the beginning. On the first day he returned to Tianshui Sect, he received a bunch of gifts. His fellow disciples gave him a lot of things. Among them, Du Yunxi gave him a lot of pills, including fifty bottles of beauty pills alone.
"Second Brother, this is the Fragrant Skin Pill. After you finish one bottle, your skin will be fragrant. Not only your skin, but also your breath and sweat will be fragrant." Du Yunxi took out a bottle and said the second half of the sentence in a much lower voice, "If you take two bottles, both will be fragrant."
Fang Chaozhou felt as if he understood, "That?"
Du Yunxi glanced at Fang Chaozhou's lower lane and nodded, "Yes, that one." After that, he took out another bottle, "This one is also amazing. After eating one bottle, your sweat will taste sweet. After eating three bottles, that one will also taste sweet."
Fang Chaozhou: “…”
Fang Chaozhou said stiffly, "I don't need it."
Du Yunxi was stunned for a moment, "I didn't say that you should take it yourself, I said you can sell it, it will definitely sell very well."
"Why don't you sell it yourself?" Fang Chaozhou felt a little embarrassed after realizing that he had misunderstood.
Du Yunxi also gave an awkward smile, "I'm embarrassed to sell it."
Fang Chaozhou said: "...get out."
Would he have the nerve to sell it?
No, he really seemed to be having a good time.
Since returning to Yizhi Peak that day, Fang Chaozhou hadn't seen Xue Danrong. When he met his senior brother on the third day, he learned that Xue Danrong had gone with his master Cheng Hongyi to the Yunku in the back mountain to treat his illness, where the evil spirit could be suppressed.
Xue Danrong couldn't leave Yunku for a while, so Fang Chaozhou felt relieved knowing that his master would take care of him. On the tenth day, he followed his senior brother to Yunku.
Although it is called Yunku, it is located underground. One has to go through a long and narrow stone cave to see its true appearance. Although the Cloud Cave is underground, it is surrounded by clouds and mist. In the center is a magic circle surrounded by pillars that reach high into the clouds.
Xue Danrong was wearing a snow-white coat and sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed in the middle of the magic circle. His hands were tied with chains on the magic pillars, and there was a crackling sound of electricity.
Cheng Hongyi saw them coming and said, "Just stand outside and watch. Don't go into the magic circle. He can't hear anything now."
Fang Chaozhou stood in the magic circle and looked at the people inside. He found that the dark energy between Xue Danrong's eyebrows had decreased a lot, and he breathed a sigh of relief, "Master, how long will he be like this?"
"It could be as short as a hundred days or as long as several years. It depends on his own will," said Cheng Hongyi.
At least one hundred days...
Fang Chaozhou was lying in the rain pool in his residence at night, but he couldn't fall asleep. Habits are really scary. He has actually gotten used to sleeping with Xue Danrong. Now that he sleeps alone, he always feels like something is empty in the bed.
Fang Chaozhou sighed, turned over, and met the brown pheasant's small eyes.
Fang Chaozhou had already released the brown pheasant from the monster-catching bag. During this period, the brown pheasant almost became the darling of Yizhi Peak, and it spent the whole day sticking to those junior sisters, and only returned to Zhuoyu Pool to sleep.
"Dahei, why aren't you sleeping yet? What are you doing?" Fang Chaozhou was startled by the brown pheasant.
The brown pheasant stared at Fang Chaozhou and asked, "Why aren't you sleeping?"
"I can't sleep." Fang Chaozhou said honestly, "I'm thinking about my junior brother. If you don't sleep, are you thinking about the golden-winged bird?"
The brown pheasant was furious. "Who wants that stupid bird? I'm going to catch up with Junior Sister Yueyue soon. You are not allowed to mention that stupid bird."
Junior Sister Yueyue?
Isn't she his junior sister who loves to collect feathers and nails of rare animals?
Fang Chaozhou thought about this and took a closer look at the brown pheasant. Why did he feel that the brown pheasant was a little bald? It seems that there are not as many feathers as before.
"Dahei, are your feathers..." Before Fang Chaozhou finished speaking, the brown pheasant jumped off the bed, as if it didn't want to listen to Fang Chaozhou anymore. Fang Chaozhou was stunned for a long time when he saw this. This was the first time that the brown pheasant left him without even listening to him finish his words.
What happened to the brown pheasant?
The next day.
Fang Chaozhou met a very unexpected person——
His eldest nephew Hu Xiang.
Early this morning, someone came to inform Fang Chaozhou that his family had arrived. At that time, Fang Chaozhou could only think of Hu Xiang, but he felt that it was impossible. This place was far away from the capital, and it would take a lot of time to get here. Hu Xiang was now the king of a country, so how could he come to Tianshui Sect.
But unexpectedly, the person who came was really Hu Xiang.
Now that winter has arrived, Hu Xiang wears more clothes, covering most of his face, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed. He is holding a hot water bottle in his hand, but even so, he is still shivering slightly from the cold.
Seeing that Hu Xiang was still so afraid of the cold, Fang Chaozhou couldn't help but ask, "Didn't you take the pill I gave you?"
When he left the palace, he left a lot of elixirs for Hu Xiang.
Hu Xiang nodded, then shook his head, and said softly, "Hu Xiang's body is like this. After taking the elixir of the Ninth Prince, I couldn't bear it, so Hu Xiang is too lazy to toss and turn. I will live as long as I can." Speaking of this, he turned his head and looked at the followers behind him, "You all go out, I want to talk to the Ninth Prince alone."
After the attendant left, Hu Xiang looked at the brown pheasant nestling on the table next to Fang Chaozhou. Fang Chaozhou noticed his gaze and said, "It's okay. It won't tell anyone what we said."
The brown pheasant turned his head and said, "Who said I can't do it?"
Fang Chaozhou said: "...then you can go out."
The brown pheasant was driven out.
After Fang Chaozhou and Hu Xiang were the only ones left in the room, Hu Xiang spoke again, "Five years ago, I heard that the Ninth Uncle was in trouble, and I wanted to come here, but because of the turmoil in the court at that time, I couldn't get away. A few days ago, a man said that he saw the Ninth Uncle. Although Hu Xiang suspected that he was deceiving me to overturn my father's case, I also hoped that what he said was true. This time, I hurried to Tianshui Sect, but I didn't expect that the Ninth Uncle was really still alive."
Fang Chaozhou heard what he said, thought for a moment and then said: "Does the man you are talking about have freckles on his face?"
He calculated the time and thought about who among the people he had met had a connection with the capital. After thinking it over, he could only think of Xiao Que who had been tied up by Xue Danrong before.
Hu Xiang nodded, slowly stood up, and sat on the chair next to Fang Chaozhou. When Fang Chaozhou saw him sitting over, he thought he wanted to drink tea, so he picked up the teapot and wanted to pour tea for him. Spiritual tea can be drunk not only by cultivators, but also by mortals, and it can strengthen the body.
But just as he grasped the handle of the teapot, his other hand came up to cover it.
"Ninth Uncle." Hu Xiang's voice was still soft and gentle. "Come back to the capital with Hu Xiang. Hu Xiang thinks there is no point in staying here. When the Ninth Uncle got into trouble, Hu Xiang sent countless letters, but the people who replied could not even tell where the uncle's body was, so Hu Xiang had to build a cenotaph in the imperial mausoleum. It is better for the uncle to go back with Hu Xiang and become a rich and noble prince than to die here and not even be able to find his body."
Fang Chaozhou pulled his hand back in a flash, "What happened five years ago was a complete accident. Now I'm back, look at me, I have all my limbs intact, and my cultivation has improved by two levels, there's nothing wrong with me." He smiled and changed the subject, "By the way, you came at the right time, I have a junior brother who is very knowledgeable in Qi Huang's art, I'll ask him to come over and help you later."
Hu Xiang looked at Fang Chaozhou for a moment, then he held the handle of the teapot and poured two cups of tea. He picked up one of the cups, took a sip slowly, and smiled, "Okay." He took another sip of tea and suddenly asked, "Is the person next to the Ninth Prince still the young man?"
Fang Chaozhou picked up another cup of tea, took a big sip, nodded, and asked, "How do you know?"
The smile on Hu Xiang's lips remained, but the smile in her eyes was very faint. "Although Hu Xiang is stupid, she is an outsider, and outsiders always see things more clearly. At that time, the way the Ninth Prince looked at that young man was different from the way he looked at other people."
Fang Chaozhou was a little stunned when he heard this. Was the way he looked at Xue Danrong very unusual?
Hu Xiang stayed temporarily at Yizhi Peak and lived in Fang Chaozhou's Zhuoyu Pool. There are many empty houses in Zhuoyuchi, so it is no problem to free up a few rooms for Hu Xiang and his entourage to live in. The only problem is the brown pheasant.
The brown pheasant seemed to dislike Huxiang very much. Once, it even deliberately walked to Huxiang's footsteps and defecated.
Fang Chaozhou: “…”
Hu Xiang didn't care. She just smiled faintly and took a step back.
That night, Fang Chaozhou severely criticized the brown pheasant, but the brown pheasant did not admit its mistake. It turned its head to the side and did not want to listen to Fang Chaozhou's preaching at all. Fang Chaozhou paused, sighed helplessly, and changed the subject, "I'm going to Huali Mountain tomorrow, do you want to go?"
The brown pheasant immediately turned its head back and asked, "What are you doing in Huali Mountain?"
"Send fish." Fang Chaozhou said, "When I left Huali Mountain, I said I would send fish to Tu Bai. Yesterday, the store owner told me that the Qingchuan spiritual fish I ordered will arrive tomorrow morning, so I can pick up the fish early tomorrow morning and go to Huali Mountain. Do you want to go with me?"
The brown pheasant didn't say anything, just looked at Fang Chaozhou.
Fang Chaozhou raised one hand to support his chin, and looked sideways at the brown pheasant. "But to go to Huali Mountain, we need to call the golden-winged bird over. Can you call it over?"
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