After Cultivating With the Enemy

"When I was a dragon egg, my parents died in disasters. It was Jun Yan who brought me back to the Dragon Palace and took good care of me."

The moonlight reflected in the forest through the shadow of the whirling tree, Jun Ruzhuo leaned against the tree trunk, his expression was hidden in the darkness and he could not see clearly: "He was the first person I saw when I was born, and he named me , taught me to read and write, and practice martial arts. He said that he will always be my elder brother and will always protect me."

"Then why..." Feng Qi swallowed, his voice became a little difficult, "Why... did he become like this?"

Jun Ruzhuo didn't answer, he raised the corners of his lips sarcastically, and there was a hint of sarcasm in his voice: "Jun Yan is extremely talented, he has been the favored son of heaven since he was born, he is so beautiful, no one in the entire fairyland dares to disrespect him His Highness the Crown Prince. Speaking of which, it is almost the same as the current status of His Royal Highness Feng Er."

"It can be said that you are far behind him when it comes to your appearance, your cultivation and your accomplishments."

Feng Qi didn't care about the irony in this man's words, and asked, "What happened to him?"

Jun Ruzhuo said: "300 years ago, he left Lingyuan Sea to travel in the lower realm. In just three months, when he came back, he lost his Dragon Ball, and lost half his life."

Feng Qi's eyes shrank suddenly: "Dragon Ball? How could the Dragon Ball be lost?"

"No one knows, he refuses to tell." Jun Ruzhuo said, "The dragon ball is where the spirit core is, and it can't be taken unless it is born. Jun Yan's cultivation level has reached the peak back then, who do you think has the ability to take away his dragon ball? "

A chill ran from Feng Qi's back straight to the back of his head, and he said in a hoarse voice, "You mean...he gave the dragon ball to someone else?"

"Other than that, I can't think of any other possibility." Jun Ruzhuo mocked, "Do you know what it means for a dragon to lose the Dragon Ball? Wu Xiuxing can no longer regain his former strength. It's ridiculous, the best descendant of the Dragon Clan for hundreds of years has become a useless person, it's really ridiculous..."

"Because of this, you drove him out of Lingyuan Sea?"

Jun Ruzhuo fell silent strangely, and after a long while, he continued: "I don't know what happened during that time, it seemed that something happened to Lingyuanhai at that time, but I was too young, so they sent me away from the Dragon Palace. I heard that my brother... After I heard that Jun Yan had an accident, I rushed back immediately, just in time to meet Jun Yan who injured his guard and was about to flee to the lower realm."

"I actually stopped him. I begged him to stay and bring back the Dragon Ball. Do you know what he said to me?"

"……what?"

"He said that the current Lingyuan Sea can't hold him anymore." Jun Ruzhuo closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "After his accident, my uncle was heartbroken. He refused to tell the whereabouts of the dragon ball, so my uncle took the place for him." He searched all over the world for remedies and tried his best to save him. I don't understand why he thinks that way. However, he may be such a stupid and credulous person."

"What do you mean?"

"Because he told me then that he was going to meet someone."

In the old days, the young Jun Yan stood on the shore, looking at the sea and sky in the distance, but his pale and haggard face carried a vivid expression that Jun Ruzhuo had never seen in his life.

"Ah Zhuo, I'm waiting for someone." His eyes reflected the azure sea of ​​spirits, his smile was soft and calm, "When he comes back, everything will return to how it should be."

"Who are you waiting for, who did you give the Dragon Ball to?"

"I can't say." Jun Yan said, "But you believe me, I know what I'm doing, and I will definitely come back."

"He had no cultivation at that time. Escaping from the Dragon Palace exhausted his last strength. I led the pursuers away and sent him to the lower realm. I thought he would come back." Jun Ruzhuo said, "Thinking about it now, I was just as stupid as him at that time, and I actually believed his story. I actually believed that the person who had only known him for less than three months and deceived him to ruin his cultivation would come back."

Jun Ruzhuo's eyes were red, and there was deep hatred in his hoarse voice: "His Dragon Ball is the most precious treasure. Anyone who gets it can immediately have the spiritual power of cultivation and cultivation. How could he be so stupid? To believe that the person will return it to him?"

Feng Qi's heart stabbed without any warning, and the subtle pain almost made him breathless.But Jun Ruzhuo didn't notice his strangeness, and said with a sneer, "I forgot to ask just now, I wonder if he has regretted his stupidity after waiting for 300 years."

No, he didn't regret it.

Feng Qi closed his eyes, and the image of Ji Chaoyun taking back the Phoenix feathers suddenly appeared in his mind, that extremely cherished and relieved expression, definitely not an appearance of regret.

He waited in vain for 300 years, but until now, he still believes that the person who took his dragon ball will come back.

What made him believe this all the time?

Jun Ruzhuo buried his face in his palm, as if he was using this action to hide some emotion.After a while, he finally calmed down, and continued to speak slowly: "After Jun Yan defected, the Dragon King ordered him to be expelled from the Dragon Clan, and he will never return to Lingyuan Sea."

"I have been looking for him in the lower realms these years, but I couldn't find him. Later, there were gradually rumors that Jun Yan defected to the lower realms as a demon, and some people said that he was dead." Jun Ruzhuo suddenly smiled slightly , with a heavy and mournful voice, "...I'd rather he was dead than see him alive like this."

But he didn't.

Back then, that young man with many scars and lost his cultivation had wandered around the world for more than three hundred years, changed his name and surname, shed his fairy bones, fell from a fairy to a demon, then ascended again, and once again stood in this fairyland.

When Feng Qi returned to Wenqu Peak, it was already past the curfew time.He stepped into the familiar courtyard, stood by the stone bridge, and looked across the water at the closed door of Ji Chaoyun's bedroom and the dancing candles on the window.

Before Jun Ruzhuo told him the truth, he actually had some vague guesses in his heart.

Ji Zhaoyun's innate temperament, his repulsion and aversion to the Immortal Domain, and Jun Ruzhuo's extraordinary attitude towards him should not be something that a demon dragon who has just entered the Immortal Domain will have.

But the truth is still beyond his imagination.

Feng Qi didn't dare to think about how that person survived the 300 years of vain waiting in the human world after betraying the Dragon Clan with all his bones destroyed.

What is supporting him until now.

Who is he waiting for?

An inexplicable and sharp stabbing pain spread from his heart, Feng Qi frowned, raised his hand and pressed tightly on his heart, even breathing became a little difficult.

Since he was conscious, he had never felt such an out-of-control emotion, strange, but it seemed like it should be.

There was a faint sound coming from behind the house, pulling Feng Qi back from his chaotic thoughts.He walked around the house following the sound, and a thin figure stood in the spiritual field behind the house, bowing down to water the spiritual grass.

Ji Zhaoyun only wore a thin short jacket with the cuffs rolled up, revealing a small section of slender white wrist bones.His half-loose long hair was tied behind his head with a tie, and only a few strands fell on his forehead, which was a little more neat than before.

His plain white clothes and hands were covered with mud, and he looked a bit embarrassed.

Feng Qi looked at him from a distance, but felt his eyes were dry, and couldn't say a word.

"What are you looking at?" Ji Zhaoyun straightened up and asked suspiciously.

Feng Qi looked away as if to cover up, and asked in a slightly hoarse voice: "What are you doing again?"

"Water your precious spiritual grasses, don't you see?" Ji Chaoyun bent down and continued his previous actions, "Your spiritual field has not been taken care of for a few days, these spiritual herbs are already delicate, why are you doing this? Might survive."

"What do you worry about so much, you won't be compensated if you can't support yourself." Feng Qi asked, "Why don't you go to practice tonight?"

"If you can't calm down, it's better to find something to do." Ji Zhaoyun replied vaguely, and then said, "Anyway, I came here to work hard for you to pay off your debts. You said it yourself before, and it takes three spirits to take care of a spiritual field once." Shi, don't lie to your debt."

Feng Qi muttered in a low voice: "I really don't want you to pay it back."

"what?"

Feng Qi: "It took five thousand spirit stones to redeem your purse. Jiangcheng gave out three thousand, and I asked Xu Zixing for another two thousand. He sold your purse for one thousand, and the remaining one thousand was given to you." His lesson. We've settled the matter, and you don't owe me anything."

Ji Zhaoyun actually knew about this.

His Highness Feng Er would never let himself suffer. From the very beginning, he had no intention of paying the money himself.It's just that according to what he said before, blackmailing Jiangcheng and Xu Zixing for compensation is his method, and Ji Chaoyun's debt to him is another matter, which cannot be counted together.

For this reason, Ji Chaoyun even felt that if His Royal Highness Feng Er really spent all his savings one day, he could live a good life as a profiteer in Haishi.

Ji Zhaoyun was still wondering why this person had changed his gender, and suddenly thought of something, a sense of crisis suddenly appeared in his heart, and he asked cautiously, "Are you going to drive me away?"

"...No." Feng Qi frowned, "What are you thinking about all day long, am I this kind of person?"

"It's hard to say." Ji Chaoyun's subordinates kept moving, but his tone was obviously relaxed, "You don't know that it is recognized in the academy that you are the most elusive mind, who knows what you are thinking."

Feng Qi smiled lightly: "Then do you want to know what I'm thinking right now?"

"what?"

"Come here and I'll tell you."

Ji Zhaoyun glanced at him suspiciously, feeling that something was wrong with this person tonight.But Feng Qi's expression didn't show the slightest clue, he thought for a moment, put down the things in his hands, stepped across the Lingtian and walked towards Feng Qi.

"Tell me, what do you—"

Before he finished speaking, he was suddenly embraced by someone.

Feng Qi bent down and tightened his arms, as if he wanted to rub Ji Chaoyun into his arms.

He actually didn't know why he did this, but it seemed that only in this way could he offset the lingering pain in his heart that was always lingering.

Ji Chaoyun froze in place, but by some strange coincidence, he didn't push him away.

When old friends meet, he is far less calm than he appears.

After so many years, those things at the beginning are already a thing of the past.He can make himself not think about the freedom of traveling in the sea of ​​clouds, the superior life of the Dragon Palace in the deep sea, and the proud talent that will never be found again.

But... Even if the old wound that has not healed for many years has become a habit, it still hurts to the bone when a corner is suddenly torn apart.

It is the best thing to have someone to hug you when you are in pain.

Ji Chaoyun let himself be buried in Feng Qi's arms, took a deep breath, and the gloom that lasted all night was finally swept away.But Feng Qi still maintains the posture of embracing him, without the slightest intention to let go.

Ji Zhaoyun frowned suspiciously, and he spoke softly, his voice a little muffled because of his poor breathing: "Feng Qi."

"Ok?"

Ji Zhaoyun thought over and over again, there is only one possibility that this person's mood is so abnormal.He broke free from Feng Qi's arms, looked up at him: "Has Immortal Tianshu finally made up his mind to drive you out of the academy?"

Feng Qi: "..."

He let go of the man, and his ears were slightly red: "No, what are you thinking about?"

"I still want to know what you're thinking." Ji Chaoyun took half a step back, with an uneasy expression on his face, "It's fine, what are you doing?"

"..." Feng Qi coughed lightly, and said vaguely, "It's okay, I'll reward you for your hard work in the middle of the night."

Ji Zhaoyun looked at him inexplicably.

The two stalemate for a moment, and after a long while, Ji Chaoyun said helplessly: "Forget it, I will never understand what you are thinking, I will go back to my room first."

"You wait." Feng Qi said, "Come with me first."

Feng Qi brought Ji Chaoyun to the door of his bedroom, entered the room, picked up a thin booklet from the table, walked out, and handed it to him.

Ji Chaoyun asked: "What is this?"

"The solution to the trial of the secret realm."

Ji Zhaoyun paused when he was about to flip through.

"The trial of the secret realm is participated by the disciples of the two levels of Xuanhuang. When entering the secret realm, according to the pre-divided team, you will enter the first level and break the formation. Usually five to six people can break the stone formation. If there are only three of you, even if you You have cooperated seamlessly now, but both the time and the consumption of spiritual power will be twice as long as others." Feng Qi pointed to the booklet in Ji Chaoyun's hand, and said, "Unless I use my method."

Ji Zhaoyun narrowed his eyes: "Senior Brother Song told you?"

Feng Qi didn't answer, and continued: "I broke the formation alone at the beginning, and it took even less time than a normal team, but it required a strong enough spiritual power. But the three of you..."

His voice stopped abruptly, and he couldn't say the words "insufficient spiritual power".

Feng Qi turned his gaze away, and said: "The three of you cooperate with this method, if you don't make mistakes, you should be able to shorten the time to break the formation to the same as that of a normal team."

"After defeating the stone formation, you will be teleported to a different place for the second level, killing evil."

Feng Qi said: "There are countless monsters scattered in the secret territory, and one point will be awarded for killing each one. Besides, there are five mysterious areas in the secret territory. If you kill the guardian beasts alone or together, you can score ten points for each person." .After the five fierce beasts have been killed, the secret realm assessment will end, and the ranking will be based on the final score."

"...In addition to the cracking method of the Stone Man Formation, there is also a map of the secret realm, which shows all the mazes, traps, and evil spirits, as well as the possible haunts and solutions of the five mysterious areas."

Ji Zhaoyun was silent for a moment, and asked, "When did you prepare this?"

Feng Qi didn't expect him to ask such a question, and he didn't even think about it: "I wrote it a long time ago, I wrote it for myself, can't I?"

With his cultivation and talent, he naturally didn't need to write it for himself. This lie was ridiculously clumsy.

Feng Qi soon realized this, and said vaguely: "Anyway, take it back and write down a few key points, and then even if the final ranking is not high, it won't fall to the third class."

But Ji Chaoyun shook his head, and handed back the booklet in his hand to Feng Qi: "I can't take it."

"You—" Feng Qi instantly understood what he was thinking, and persuaded him, "I know your concerns, but the secret realm assessment is about the teamwork and cultivation skills of the disciples. Disciple asking about the situation in the secret territory, this is not a violation of the rules."

"The solution to the stone formation can also be disclosed at will?" Ji Chaoyun asked.

Feng Qi was startled.

Ji Chaoyun said: "I understand your kindness, but I can't go on relying on others."

From leaving the Lingyuan Sea, to the 300 years of tossing and turning in the mortal world, to turning into a demon, and ascending through the tribulation, he never survived by himself.

Feng Qi somewhat hated iron for being weak: "Don't forget that if you fail the Ji test, you will be leaving the academy. Didn't you always want to stay here?"

"I just believe that I can stay here on my own."

Ji Zhaoyun touched the purse emitting heat through his clothes, and the corner of his mouth raised a shallow arc.He raised his head and looked over the ridge of the roof. The sky was full of stars and the moon was shining like a wash.

He knew that above this piece of night sky, separated by a distance of 99 heavens, was the domain of the gods.

"Feng Qi, what I want to do is not just stay." Ji Zhaoyun's eyes reflected the sky full of stars, and said softly, "I used to think that as long as I just stood there and waited, I would definitely be able to wait for what I wanted, for the person I wanted to see .But then I realized that I had no choice but to wait, and that was to find it myself."

"I want to go further. If I can't cope now, how can I get what I want?"

"Do you not regret it even if you take a detour?"

Ji Zhaoyun shook his head: "I only regret it once in my life."

"what?"

Ji Chaoyun: "I didn't come here 300 years ago."

Feng Qi looked at him steadfastly, and finally showed his first sincere smile of the night: "Okay, then I wish you all your wishes come true."

Five days later, the quarterly exam officially began.

The author has something to say:

Sorry for the long wait, this chapter is more difficult to write than I imagined, it took a day and a night to write_(:з」∠)_

The events of the previous life will slowly unfold, and the behavior of the characters will be explained.And, in fact, I don't think it's abusive, is it really abusive? 【weak voice