After Cultivating With the Enemy

Ji Chaoyun backed away in panic.

The ground of the path is paved with bluestones, which is wet and slippery from time to time due to moisture.When he stepped back, he happened to step on a piece of bluestone wet with water vapor, and slipped backwards with a thud.

Ji Zhaoyun was dizzy from the fall, and when he looked up again, a pair of bare feet stepped on the bluestone ground in front of him.

The other party's ankles were white and slender, and above them was a pair of slender and powerful calves, hidden behind the whole robe.

The outer robe on Feng Qi's body was loosely gathered, and the ends of her hair were still dripping.The water droplets passed through the delicately shaped collarbone and sank into the neckline, leaving a meandering water mark.

This is really a scene with too much impact, Ji Zhaoyun took a while to find his breath, his eyes moved up slowly, and met the teasing eyes of the other party: "Have you seen enough?"

"I'm not—" Ji Chaoyun hurriedly stood up, his cheeks were slightly hot, "Sorry, I didn't know you were inside."

Feng Qi looked him up and down, and there was not much anger in his expression after being peeped at. On the contrary, he even looked a little happy: "Why are you here?"

"I……"

"Night is approaching, sneaking into other people's residences, spying on others taking a bath..." Feng Qi's eyes deepened with a smile, and he took half a step forward, "I heard that you Dragon Clan are very active in that matter, and seeing you today really lives up to your reputation." .”

"you--"

Ji Zhaoyun held his breath, closed his eyes, and tried his best to keep his tone steady: "I went to Qianshan to report, and they allocated my residence here...the Tongxing jade card brought me here."

Feng Qi raised his eyebrows, only then did he notice the jade tablet hanging on Ji Chaoyun's waist.

He walked up to Ji Chaoyun, and Ji Chaoyun instinctively stepped back, pressing his back against the green bamboo beside the road.

"Don't move." Feng Qi pressed his shoulders, leaned down slightly, and picked up the pass token with his wet hands.

Ji Chaoyun was trapped by him within a square inch, and the warm moisture on the opponent's body rushed towards his face, mixed with the unique fragrance of bamboo leaves, it was almost breathless.

Feng Qi didn't realize it, he lowered his head, a gleam of light flashed through his fingertips and sank into the token.

The closer the distance, the more I can see that this face is exactly the same as the one in memory.The shadows cast by the drooping eyelashes, the slight curve of the eye ends when speaking, and even the subtle outline features of the face are too similar, even the most delicate illusion technique can't do it.

Are there really two people so similar in this world?

Ji Chaoyun suddenly felt it was difficult to breathe, and the emotions that had been suppressed came back, even his fingertips trembled uncontrollably.He leaned back as hard as he could, forcing himself not to look at this face.

He was so close, as close as...a long-lost hug.

After the three competitions, Ji Chaoyun's exhaustion of physical strength was already at the limit. At this moment, the emotional agitation caused the fairy energy to leak out, and the faint light in his eyes could no longer be suppressed, and his beautiful vertical pupils like glass gradually faded.

"Sure enough, you have been cast with a spell leading to Wenqu Peak, but you..." Feng Qi raised his head as he spoke, his voice suddenly paused.

Ji Zhaoyun trembled silently, his eyes turned red, and a pair of silver dragon horns appeared on his forehead. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, he could even see a shallow layer of slender and soft fluff.

"..." Feng Qi cursed secretly, and suddenly his throat became dry.

He went out on business a few days ago, and only returned to the academy today, and then he heard that a little beauty who took half of the academy's mind away came to Changqing Garden.Glancing at him from the white jade platform, this person is outstanding in appearance and agile, and he really lived up to the rumors.

It's a pity that it's a dragon.

In fact, Feng Qi has never met any dragons, but the dragons and phoenixes have always been at odds with each other, and he doesn't have a good impression of dragons, but now...

He glanced quickly at the dragon horn that was still trembling on the opponent's forehead.

... The dragon's horn looks so soft, I don't know what it feels like to touch?

Feng Qi was restless for a while, he straightened up, licked his lips subconsciously, his voice was slightly hoarse: "Then what, I just look at the spell on your token, and it didn't do anything to you..."

Ji Zhaoyun's back was slightly arched, the lines of his back were tense, and he hardly dared to look up at the person in front of him.

"How do you say that the two words have returned to their original shape? So unintimidating." Feng Qi's hand was still on Ji Chaoyun's shoulder, and his fingertips casually poked his cheek. Unexpectedly, the hand felt extremely soft.

Ji Zhaoyun froze all over and turned his head to hide.

Feng Qi smiled: "Afraid of me?"

"No." Ji Chaoyun lowered his head and rubbed his eyes quickly, and said in a low voice, "Holding, sorry..."

The pair of dragon horns swayed as he spoke, like little claws, making people's hearts itchy.

Feng Qi's throat rolled silently, and suddenly he turned his head and walked out: "Your token is indeed a spell leading to Wenqu Peak, I believe you are not lying. But your residence is not with me."

Ji Zhaoyun didn't want to be alone with him at all right now, so he followed up quickly and said, "I must have found the wrong way, so I'll leave now."

"No, it's impossible for you to go wrong." Feng Qi lay down on the bamboo couch, and said leisurely, "Didn't you realize when you came here just now, is my residence the only one in Wenqu Peak?"

"...In other words, I am the only one on Wenqu Peak."

Ji Zhaoyun realized something and looked up at him.

Feng Qi picked up the jug and poured himself a glass, raised his head and drank it all in one gulp, only then did he suppress the unexplained restlessness in his heart.

He stroked the rim of his cup and explained: "My Highness likes to be quiet and doesn't want to be disturbed, so every time I assign people to Wenqu Peak, I will drive them away. If things go on like this, they will not dare to let people come to Wenqu Peak again."

Ji Chaoyun: "..."

It's the first time I've seen someone talk about bullying so confidently.

However, this explained why those two disciples sent him here.

He closed his eyes and replied: "I understand. I don't need you to chase me, I will go by myself."

Ji Chaoyun quickly stepped onto the stone bridge.

"Wait." Feng Qi suddenly called to stop him, "His Royal Highness hasn't finished speaking yet, are you Dragon Clan so rude?"

"..." Ji Zhaoyun held back his anger, "What else do you want to say?"

Feng Qi asked: "Where are you going?"

Ji Zhaoyun was silent, turned around and was about to leave, but Feng Qi said again: "The assignment of the disciple academy has ended, if you want to change, you can only go to Yaoguang Xianjun to re-register. Yaoguang is busy with business, you bother him with such trivial matters, It will take a month for him to say anything at least. The premise is that there is really free time for you in the Qifeng Disciple Academy."

"...Don't even think about finding someone else to take you in. One pass token per person, even if someone gives you the pass pass, you will not be able to go to other disciples' courtyards."

Feng Qiyao looked at the slender figure on the stone bridge, and a smug smile appeared on his lips: "The curfew time is coming soon, and if you go out of Wenqu Peak, you will violate the curfew. Little Yaolong, you don't want to be on the first day of school Just break the ban?"

Ji Chaoyun turned around and asked him, "...what do you want?"

"It's what you want." Feng Qi stared at the pair of dragon horns for a moment, smiled slightly, and said jokingly, "You might as well come here and beg me to make me happy, maybe I will agree to live with you come down."

——"Apologize to me obediently, and be my follower for another school year. Maybe my young master is in a good mood, so I will show mercy and let you go to school smoothly."

It's really all the way.

The two looked at each other quietly across the lotus pond, Ji Zhaoyun's expression was cold, and his ups and downs calmed down quickly.

It was not so easy for him to recover from his original shape, his eyes were extremely light in color, making him appear colder than before, and he even looked a little aloof.

It really wasn't him.

It's been so long, he thought to himself mockingly, that he could be so ridiculous as to take anyone for that.

Even with the same face, it is still a world of difference.

Thinking about this point clearly, Ji Chaoyun felt relaxed all over.He looked at the person leaning on the bamboo couch from a distance, and suddenly smiled softly.

Feng Qi was startled.

He has seen this person's neat posture in the ring, and he has also seen this person's aggrieved appearance when he is frightened out of his original shape. No matter what kind, his face is always tense, with a kind of almost rigid coldness.

But when he smiled like that, the demeanor hidden under the skin of that wooden beauty in the past could no longer be suppressed.The brilliance flowing in the glass-like eyes makes people's hearts flutter.

"you……"

Feng Qi's throat was dry, but without waiting for him to say anything, Ji Chaoyun said softly: "There is no need to stay here. I will take a nap under Wenqu Peak tonight, and I will leave tomorrow morning. Thank you for your kindness."

After finishing speaking, Ji Chaoyun stopped looking at him, turned around and left the courtyard quickly.

The night fell quickly, and Ji Zhaoyun was leaning against the tree trunk in his clothes, his face was almost transparently white under the moonlight.

"I entered Hongmeng Academy, and I met a person... who looks very similar to you." He murmured softly, rubbing his fingers on his purse, "It's so strange, how could I treat other people as you, I clearly Know that it can't be you, no one can be you..."

He looked up at the boundless night sky, with stars shining in his eyes: "I will apologize to you after I see you. You can do whatever you want."

"……Good night."

In the early morning of the next day, freshmen who have just entered the school need to take a root test in the main peak preaching hall to divide the ranks of disciples.As the time approached, everyone passed through the teleportation formation one after another and came to the open space outside the preaching hall.

Ji Chaoyun was reading a book in the morning outside the preaching hall.

They just entered school yesterday, and they haven't had time to distribute disciple uniforms yet.Ji Zhaoyun was still wearing the silver-white coarse robe, which was shrouded in the morning mist, only revealing the slender fingers holding the scroll, like the new buds of willow leaves.

"Chaoyun!" Ye Chenxing quickly walked towards him, "How were you last night? Where did those two bastards put you?"

Ji Chaoyun put away the book and shook his head: "It doesn't matter if you don't mention it, I'm going to look for Immortal Yaoguang today."

"Alright, I'll go with you." Ye Chenxing followed a young man, he pushed the young man, and said, "What are you hiding, don't you always want to see Chaoyun?"

"Who is this……"

The young man has handsome facial features, with a somewhat bookish look, looking very nervous, his face flushed red: "I, my name is Beiran, you may not remember me, you saved me at Xuanqiao before, thanks to you I can ..."

"It turned out to be you." Ji Zhaoyun thought for a moment, and remembered that this was the young boy he had rescued on the suspension bridge the day before the assessment.

Beiran said tremblingly: "Brother Ji, I really... admire and also..."

"Okay, shut up, I'm showing you nervous." Ye Chenxing slapped him on the back of the head, causing Bei Ran to stagger, "This kid shares a disciple courtyard with me, and he pestered me all night. You insisted on asking me to introduce you, but now you have this kind of virtue again, which is shameful."

Beiran blushed and touched his nose embarrassingly.

Ji Chaoyun: "It's okay, we will be classmates in the future, just take care of each other."

"Did you hear that, from now on, you will be covered by Brother Ji."

Ji Zhaoyun looked at him helplessly: "Ye Chenxing..."

Ye Chenxing was serious: "Chaoyun, you don't even know how popular you are among the freshmen. Yesterday's three games were so beautiful."

"Speaking of this..." Beiran raised his hand and looked at Ji Chaoyun with sparkling eyes, "The Poking Knife cannot be used in the arena, and Jiangcheng is said to have neglected to practice swords since childhood. Brother Ji must have considered these things, so he decided Will you choose to compete in fitness?"

Ji Chaoyun let out a "huh", noncommittal.

The people around heard them talking and unconsciously gathered towards him.Looking at him one after another, Ji Chaoyun was rarely embarrassed, and said the truth in a low voice: "I didn't think too much about it, but I fought with Jiang Cheng before, and found that his body skills... are relatively ordinary."

"If the top ten masters of Hongmeng Academy are like this, then his subordinates should be similar."

Ye Chenxing: "..."

Beiran: "..."

Everyone: "..."

In the dead silence, Ye Chenxing glanced heavily at the surroundings: "I heard that Jiang Cheng went crazy for a long time after losing the ring yesterday, please don't spread this word, he knows he will die of anger."

The time has come, and the door of the preaching hall finally slowly opened.A young man in black brocade clothes and bamboo slips in his hand came out, followed by two deacon disciples.

This is Immortal Yaoguang who is in charge of recruiting students.

"Stop making noise." Yaoguang Xianjun cleared his throat, the volume was not loud, but it was heard by everyone without reservation, "Line up and come in with me."

The crowd entered the preaching hall.

The preaching hall has the same architectural style as the main peak with white walls and blue tiles. Everyone walked in from the veranda on one side, walked through the courtyard, and came to the main hall.The door of the main hall is wide open on both sides, and a stone sundial stands in front of the hall.

Everyone took their seats in the hall.

"That is the stone sundial for testing spiritual roots?" Beiran sat behind Ji Chaoyun and said with a sad face, "You don't need to test it. I must be at the lowest level. What can I do in the future..."

Unlike the mortal world, Hongmeng Academy divides students into grades by academic years, but only by innate roots.The spiritual root test at the time of admission determines the grades of the initial disciples, the four levels of heaven, earth, Xuan, and Huang, which correspond to heaven, earth, upper-grade, and middle-grade spiritual roots respectively.As for low-grade spiritual roots... So far, there has been no precedent for low-grade spiritual roots to ascend successfully, so it is not considered by the academy.

Those present here are either transformed into spirit monsters or ascended to the ascension of mortals, and most of them know their spiritual root level by heart, and the root bone test is just a formality.

"I'm not much better." Ye Chenxing sat on his right hand and muttered, "What else can I do? I'm born with weak spiritual roots, so I'll work hard the day after tomorrow. As long as I don't fall into the C class, I still have a chance."

Ji Chaoyun turned his head: "B and so on?"

He didn't know much about Hongmeng Academy's system, and Ye Chenxing also knew that this young master usually kept his ears to the outside world, so he explained: "Although the disciples of the Academy practice together, the assessment rules are different. Tianzi level and ground level disciples There is a small test every three years, and a big test in 12. For the Xuanzi level and the Huangzi level, there is a small test every quarter, and a big test every year."

"In the assessment, the top five will be grade A, and the bottom five will be grade C. If you get grade A in three small tests and one major test, you can participate in the leapfrog assessment. If you pass the assessment, you can be promoted."

Bei Ran asked: "Then if you get the C grade four times..."

Ye Chenxing gave him a look of "what nonsense are you asking?", spread his hands and said, "Four exams, every time you get stuck, what else can you do besides being expelled?"

Beiran shrank his neck resentfully.

Ji Zhaoyun lowered his eyes, unable to see clearly.

The spiritual root test began soon, and the disciples whose names were read by Immortal Yaoguang went to the stone dial one by one to take the test.Heavenly spirit roots and earth spirit roots are extremely rare in the mortal world. Most of the Sanxian who enrolled this time are top-grade or middle-grade spirit roots, so they are all classified into Xuan and Huang characters.

Ye Chenxing and Beiran are both middle-grade spiritual roots, and they are also assigned to the yellow character level.

Soon it was Ji Chaoyun's turn.

"Brother Ji is so powerful, he must be a top-grade spiritual root, right?"

"I think it's more than that. To be able to defeat Song Zhifei and Jiang Cheng, and even fight back and forth with Feng Qi, this must be the root of the earth or the root of the sky, right?"

"Hope is the root of heaven."

"However, in the past hundred years of the academy, it seems that only Feng Qi has produced one Heavenly Spiritual Root? The chances are too small..."

Ji Chaoyun acted as if he had never heard of everyone's discussion, he walked up to Immortal Lord Yaoguang and bowed to him.

He missed the admission result announcement yesterday, so he didn't meet Yaoguang Xianjun.

However, according to what Ye Chenxing said, it was this Immortal Yaoguang who explained in front of the freshmen yesterday that because of Ji Chaoyun's outstanding performance in the arena, the elders decided to make an exception and allow him to enroll after deliberation.

"You are Chaoyun." Yaoguang looked listless and lazy to the others, but when he saw Ji Chaoyun walking over, he felt refreshed.He narrowed his eyes slightly, looked him up and down for a moment, and smiled kindly, "Don't be nervous, just stretch out your hand."

"Yes." Ji Chaoyun did as he did.

...nothing happened.

The preaching hall was silent, Yaoguang muttered: "Could it be broken? It was fine just now... Don't worry, let's try again."

"Don't try again." Ji Chaoyun pointed to the scale on the stone dial and reminded in a low voice, "The result is already out."

The upper level of the stone dial is divided into five scales, which are heaven, earth, upper grade, middle grade, and lower grade.But at this time, the scale on the stone dial has only advanced a tiny bit, and it is impossible to see it unless you look carefully.

Yaoguang looked at the stone dial, the smile on his face finally couldn't hold back, and gradually turned into consternation.