Guiyun Sect, Taolin.
Yan Ying and Wu Bai sat side by side under the tree in front of the wooden house.
"Aunt, you haven't been to Taolin for a long time. I thought I could only see you during the disciple selection." Wu Bai said to Yan Ying beside her with a pout.
Ever since Cen Ji disappeared, Yan Ying hasn't been to the peach forest for half a month.
"Haven't you found Cen Ji yet?" Wu Bai turned his head and asked.
Yan Ying shook her head. She asked Wu Lin to look for Cen Ji at the foot of the mountain, but no trace of him was found so far.
"Let's not talk about him. How has your practice been lately? Are you confident that you can pass the selection?" Yan Ying asked Wu Bai.
"I will definitely work very hard. My spiritual power has increased a lot now, and I will definitely pass the selection!" Wu Bai patted his chest and looked at Yan Ying confidently. If he hadn't let her off last year, he would have been an inner disciple long ago. Why would he have to wait another year?
"Did you remember everything I said to you?" Yan Ying was worried that Wu Baihui would hesitate and miss this year's selection again.
Yan Ying told her second senior brother what Wu Bai had encountered. He said that the situation Wu Bai had encountered last year would actually happen in the sect. After disciples learned about their opponents in the arena, they would usually investigate the opponent's background.
"Don't worry, auntie. I won't let you off the hook again." Wu Bai said affirmatively.
No matter how much money he is given this time, it will not help. If he cannot enter the inner gate this year, he will go home to farm. Becoming a monk is his lifelong dream and he cannot give up easily.
"That's good. I'll treat you to a big meal when you enter the inner gate." Yan Ying encouraged.
"Really?" Wu Bai looked at Yan Ying with sparkling eyes.
"Of course it's true." Yan Ying smiled with the corners of her mouth curved. It was just a meal, far less than asking him to take care of Cen Jihua...
Cen Ji, this ungrateful wolf...
"Aunt." Wu Bai saw Yan Ying's eyes dimming, so he touched her with his shoulder.
"Do you think Cen Ji will really not come back?" Yan Ying asked with a sigh.
If Cen Ji doesn't come back, she won't be able to continue with the main quest, and three years later, her spiritual roots will be dug out by Cen Ji.
Did he just obey Mu Siyue's words? He actually didn't come back for half a month.
"He'll come back, right?... Didn't you say he promised you that you'd pass the selection?" Wu Bai scratched his head. "I don't think Cen Ji is someone who goes back on his word."
"Besides, he already said that he would participate in the inner sect disciple selection, which means he really wants to enter the inner sect. He won't be willing to give up so easily."
"I also think that he is not a person who goes back on his word." Yan Ying said again.
When the two of them were looking worried, a dark shadow suddenly appeared in front of them.
Yan Ying raised her head and saw Ye Chenge standing in front of her, shaking a thin braid at the end of his hair with one hand, looking at her with raised eyebrows and lowered eyes.
Ye Chenge sat on the other side of Yan Ying and put his arm around her shoulders. "I knew you were here."
"You have been practicing so hard in the past half month. Is it because you have nothing to do when that kid Cen Ji is not around?" Ye Chenge asked with a raised eyebrow.
In the past half month, Yan Ying either went to Sunset Peak to learn magic or practiced in her own room. She saw her at night. She chatted with her for a while every day and then went back to her room to rest.
"Not really. I just think I should become stronger so that I can protect myself and the people I want to protect." Yan Ying was actually worried that Cen Ji would be detrimental to Guiyun Sect three years later, just as the original book wrote.
Her master, senior brothers, and friends are here. She can't let the plot in the book happen, nor can she wait foolishly for her spiritual roots to be dug out.
Since there is no way to improve her favorability without Cen Ji coming back, she will work hard to practice and become stronger.
"Okay, that's a good idea." Ye Chenge touched Yan Ying's head and said with a smile.
"How about you, kid? How is your cultivation going?" Ye Chenge tilted his head and looked at Wu Bai and asked.
Although Yan Ying hadn't been to the peach forest for half a month, Ye Chenge was a frequent visitor to the peach forest. The air here was good, and she would come here often and meet Wu Bai.
Yan Ying would also use Ye Chenge to learn a little about Wu Bai's situation, so Ye Chenge and Wu Bai became acquainted.
"Senior Sister Ye, I'm fine. I will definitely pass the selection this time!" Wu Bai looked at Ye Chenge with certainty.
"Okay, if you can come to Jianfeng to be my junior brother, I will protect you." Ye Chenge patted Wu Bai's shoulder over Yan Ying.
"That's great, thank you Senior Sister Ye!" Wu Bai said in surprise, her round eyes black and shiny.
Ye Chenge smiled and nodded.
"Little dirty boy, after the selection of new disciples is over, I will find a day to take you down the mountain for a walk. You don't have to stay in the sect all day." Ye Chenge said.
She knew that Yan Ying's spiritual roots were a secret in the sect, so she couldn't go down the mountain because she was worried that someone would do something bad to her.
But with her protecting me, nothing will happen.
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Sunset Peak.
Mu Siyue gently knocked on Cang Jinglan's door.
"Master, Siyue has made some tea. Please take a rest."
The door was gently pushed open from the inside by spiritual power. Cang Jinglan was sitting cross-legged on the soft couch opposite the door, dressed in black, with a frown on his face.
"Master." Mu Siyue lowered her head and respectfully placed the teapot on the low table in front of Cang Jinglan. "Siyue put the tea here, Master, remember to drink it."
Mu Siyue glanced at the stack of talismans on the table. The talismans were drawn a little unskillfully, but they were quite standard.
Mu Siyue picked up a talisman and looked at it curiously. "Master, are you trying to research a new talisman?"
"That was painted by Yan Ying." Cang Jinglan slowly opened his eyes and looked at the person in front of him with indifferent eyes.
Mu Siyue's hand holding the talisman trembled, and then she placed the talisman back on the table. "It's Siyue who's rude."
"I won't disturb Master's practice anymore. Siyue will take her leave." Mu Siyue bowed and walked out of the room.
Mu Siyue wanted to raise her hand to close the door, but the door closed by itself.
Her raised hand paused in the air for a moment, then dropped.
Mu Siyue stood in front of the door for a long time without moving. She remembered that when she first learned to draw talismans, her master did not teach her personally.
At that time, she didn't understand many magic spells, and her master just asked her to read books and understand them on her own. She just thought that her master didn't know how to teach magic spells and didn't like to interact with people, but she didn't expect that he would be so devoted to Yan Ying.
In the past few years since Mu Siyue came to the sect, her master has never paid any attention to her, but he personally corrected Yan Ying's talismans...
She looked back at the closed door in front of her, and he didn't even want to say a word to her.
Why on earth? Did she bore him so much?
When the master brought her back to the sect, she thought she was special to him. In fact, she was just wishful thinking. Perhaps the only difference between her and others to him was that she had the same spiritual roots as him.
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