After Cultivating With the Enemy

In the early morning of the next day, the rising sun penetrated the clouds and fell between the mountains and fields.

Ji Chaoyun and Feng Qi stood side by side on the cliff, the bamboo house could no longer be seen here, and under the cover of the woods, the mountains were covered with golden leaves, which were endless.

Facing the morning breeze, Feng Qi took a deep breath: "This place is really beautiful."

"I said it's beautiful here." Ji Zhaoyun's eyes reflected the rising sun breaking through the clouds in the sky, and said with a smile, "My house...isn't worse than Wenqu Peak?"

"It's not bad." Feng Qi said, "It's a pity that we can't stay here for a few more days."

Ji Chaoyun lowered his expression slightly.

They went down to the realm for experience, and there are three thousand merits waiting for them, so they really shouldn't waste too much time here.

It's just that he came back with great difficulty, and he felt a little bit reluctant to leave again so soon.

Feng Qi seemed to be aware of his thoughts, and said softly: "If you want to come here in the future, I will accompany you back at any time."

Ji Zhaoyun asked: "Don't you dislike coming to the world?"

"That's different."

Where you are, how could you not like it.

Feng Qi didn't explain much, but just looked down at him, his handsome and deep side face seemed to be covered with a layer of warm velvet light.

That gaze was sincere and scorching, Ji Zhaoyun lowered his head uncomfortably: "Let's talk about it later when we have a chance."

"……it is good."

Feng Qi withdrew his gaze, slowly turned to the mountains in front of him, and suddenly said: "Actually, I just wanted to say yesterday that this place looks very familiar to me, as if I've been here before."

"Come here? When?"

"I don't know." Feng Qi smiled nonchalantly, "Maybe it was encountered in the experience of the lower realms before, the world is too big, I have been and have not been, how can I remember everything."

Ji Zhaoyun frowned suspiciously and said nothing.

Feng Qi rubbed his hair, said: "Let's go, it's time to go down the mountain. Have you figured out what to do with your three thousand merits?"

Ji Zhaoyun didn't understand the meaning of his question: "What else can I do? It's nothing more than subjugating demons and helping the common people. Isn't everyone like this?"

Feng Qi rolled his eyes, smiled and said nothing.

"why are you laughing?"

Feng Qi: "If it's really as simple as you said, why don't the disciples of the academy dare to go to the lower realm to practice so easily?"

Ji Zhaoyun frowned slightly, but still didn't understand what he meant, and asked, "What exactly do you want to say?"

Feng Qi didn't answer, and took out a merit book from his bosom.

"The merits we have obtained in this lower realm can be shared, but the merits earned by each person are calculated separately. How about this, let's have a competition." Feng Qi pointed to the west, and said, "When I descended yesterday, I saw something west of this place. There is a city three hundred miles away. I will give you six hours, at the second quarter of the hour, we will meet in the biggest restaurant in the city, and compare who has more merit, how about that?"

Ji Zhaoyun didn't need to think about it to know that this person was setting him up again, and immediately said: "You have experienced many times in the lower realms, so you naturally understand the key points. Why should I compare with you?"

Feng Qi said with a smile: "Why, are you planning to admit defeat before the start?"

Ji Chaoyun tilted his head and remained silent.

"Even though I have the tricks, I didn't fall from the sky, so you can find it yourself? Or..." Feng Qi's smile deepened, and he said in a low voice, "You call me Senior Brother, and if you act like a baby, If not, I’ll tell you the trick.”

"..." Ji Chaoyun turned around and left, "Forget it."

Feng Qi called him from behind: "Hey, then the bet is settled? The loser has to promise the winner a request."

Ji Chaoyun didn't turn his head back and said, "Just gamble, don't regret it if you lose!"

Ji Zhaoyun's figure quickly disappeared on the mountain road, Feng Qiyao looked at the direction of his departure with a smile in his eyes.

This little fool.

A few hours later, Yanbei City.

Ji Zhaoyun quickly walked through the dark alley, he jumped up, turned around in the air and jumped down, splitting the fleeing black smoke in two with his sword.A sharp howling sound came from within the black smoke, and then dissipated in the wind.

He landed steadily, put away his sword, took out Huai De Book and opened a page:

His merit book, which was originally empty, is now full with a whole page of writing.Ji Zhaoyun quickly swept over, and his eyes fell to the bottom.

A line of small characters slowly emerged: Five points of merit for killing Nightmare.

"..."

Only now did Ji Chaoyun understand why Feng Qi said that not many disciples in the academy were willing to take the initiative to experience in the lower world.

The Dao of Heaven is really harsh on the calculation of merit. Once you help the people, you will get two points of merit, and if you get rid of a wandering soul that lingers in the world, you will get three points of merit.

Nightmare monsters like this who inhale human energy to make a living in the city can only increase five points of merit.

Ji Zhaoyun has been busy for almost six hours, and his merit has only increased by more than [-] points.

The time limit for their lower realms is only [-] days. If he wants to accumulate [-] merits in this way, he will have to work tirelessly to complete it.

Ji Zhaoyun sighed, put away the merit book, turned around, and saw a young boy who was only two or three years old standing at the entrance of the alley with his head tilted and looking at him.

The young boy was handsome and beautiful, dressed luxuriously, and seemed to be from a wealthy family.He didn't seem to be afraid of people, and blinked his eyes ignorantly: "Father, daddy..."

"..."

Ji Zhaoyun has never had the experience of being recognized as his father in the street in his life, so he unconsciously twitched his brows and stepped forward: "Child, why are you here?"

"Daddy, I can't find... I'm looking for Daddy." The young boy looked up at him, unable to speak clearly.

It turned out to be lost.

Helping children find their parents...should be regarded as a merit.

Ji Chaoyun squatted down and met the young boy's moist and bright eyes, his heart softened instantly.He reached out and touched the young boy's face, and said softly, "I'll take you to your parents, okay?"

The young boy immediately smiled: "Daddy, Daddy..."

"..."

Ji Zhaoyun didn't bother with the child, he cast a spell to conjure a talisman bird, smelled it on the child, and then flew forward.

A moment later, Ji Chaoyun was walking in the market with the toddler in his arms.

This city named Yanbei is not too small, perhaps because it is located in a traffic fortress, the crowds are dense, and the streets are very lively.The talisman bird led the two of them forward, and soon stopped in front of a mansion.

Ji Chaoyun put the toddler down, raised his finger, and let Fu Niao rest on the back of his hand.

The talisman bird shook its feathers on the back of his hand. Its long tail feathers were dazzling and beautiful.If Feng Qi was present, he could tell that this was very similar to his original form.

The toddler looked up at him with his arms outstretched: "Bird... little bird..."

Ji Chaoyun looked down at him: "Like this?"

"like."

Ji Chaoyun pondered for a moment, then chanted a mantra softly in his mouth, the bird's body was bathed in white light, its wings folded, and it transformed into a small and exquisite Phoenix jade pendant.

The jade pendant was no more than the size of a thumb, Ji Chaoyun leaned over and hung the jade pendant around the child's neck, and said softly: "This little phoenix is ​​for you, don't tell others, this is our secret."

The toddler tilted his head in confusion: "Little Phoenix...?"

Ji Zhaoyun smiled, and wanted to say something more, when suddenly there was an exclamation from the house: "Master!"

A young woman ran out quickly from the courtyard: "Master, where have you gone, Master and Madam are about to die of anxiety."

The young boy tugged at the hem of Ji Chaoyun's clothes, and said, "Look, look for Daddy."

The woman picked up the child and bowed to Ji Chaoyun: "Did you send my young master back?"

"Yes."

The woman said: "Please also invite the young master to come in with me. My master and wife will definitely thank the young master very well."

"It's just a little effort, don't bother." Ji Chaoyun said, "The child has been sent back, so let's take my leave."

After saying this, he turned and left.Not far away, he suddenly saw a slender figure standing at a street not far away, looking at him with a half-smile.

"You actually gave me to someone else!" Feng Qi said angrily in the largest restaurant in Yanbei City.

"..." Ji Chaoyun said, "That's just a talisman bird."

Feng Qi emphasized: "That's the talisman bird that looks exactly like me!"

"..."

Feng Qi raised his head and drank a glass of wine, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became: "And you never gave me anything."

Ji Zhaoyun glanced at him: "If you want, I'll pinch one for you too. Let the whole world know that His Royal Highness Feng Er likes to hang his prototype around his neck."

"No." Feng Qi felt chills thinking about the scene, rolled his eyes, and said, "If you come out as a little dragon, I can consider it."

"..."

Feng Qi wanted to tease him again, but Ji Zhaoyun glared at him silently.He touched his nose and said, "By the way, if you give something to that child, aren't you afraid of changing his fate?"

"He will meet me today, so it can be regarded as a fairy fate." Ji Chaoyun said, "Besides, being a fairy is beneficial and not harmful."

Feng Qi propped his chin, and said leisurely: "The matter of cause and effect is not as simple as you think..."

This matter was just a small episode, the two didn't pay much attention to it, Feng Qi asked: "Speaking of which, how is your merit book?"

Ji Zhaoyun paused, and whispered: "26."

In the end, escorting the young boy home, the stingy Tiandao only added two points of merit to him.

"I knew you were going to lose." Feng Qi smiled smugly, "Guess how much?"

"How many?"

Feng Qi slapped the merit book on the table, Ji Chaoyun moved closer, and saw the last number at a glance:

58 points.

Twice as much as Ji Chaoyun.

Ji Zhaoyun was silent for a moment, then raised his eyes to look at Feng Qi, then silently lowered his head and bit his snack.

Feng Qi didn't urge him, and just drank by himself.

For a while, neither of them opened their mouths. In the end, Ji Chaoyun couldn't help it: "You...how did you do it?"

Feng Qi raised his eyebrows and looked at him fixedly.

"...Senior Brother Feng."

Feng Qi immediately smiled, and said: "Wouldn't it be better if it was like this earlier? Let me win for nothing."

Ji Chaoyun: "I'd like to bet and admit defeat. You first tell me how you did it."

Feng Qi said: "When you come down today, can you see how the Dao of Heaven calculates merit?"

"Yes." Ji Chaoyun nodded, "Helping the common people, weeding out the strong and helping the weak, and subduing demons can all be exchanged for merit. But..."

"There are too few merits, right?" Feng Qi continued, "If you usually experience in the lower realms, it's no problem to do these things, but you are different. Your goal is the first class of the academy, and you need to accumulate three years in just ninety days. A thousand merits require at least thirty points per day."

"Of course, with your current progress, if you don't sleep and rest, there is still a chance to finish it. But..." Feng Qi glanced at him, and said, "You are delicate and weak, and you can't sleep and rest for ninety days, how can you last?" live."

"..."

Ji Zhaoyun didn't bother to pay attention to the teasing meaning in his words, and said: "I know that if you surrender to the evil thing that caused the disaster, or the monster that hurt people's life, the merit value will be higher. You used this method, right?"

"That's right, here is the key." Feng Qi said, "The Dao of Heaven takes the demons you subdue as the standard, the mortals and wandering souls who do evil are the lowest, the evil spirits with low morals are the middle class, and the immortals, gods and demons with advanced morals , the merit will naturally be higher if you subdue it."

Ji Zhaoyun asked: "But the higher the level, the harder it is to find them. How can those evil spirits be so easy to find?"

"I just found it." Feng Qi smiled mysteriously at him, and said, "Eat quickly, I will take you somewhere after eating."