On How the Phoenix Hanged on the Crooked Neck Tree

"Why did you write like that?" Xiao Qin asked.

"Just write it. Anyway, you are the only one who saw it. Although you are my best friend, we are still in the period of turning jade into war." Qiao Yitong didn't take it seriously, and said lazily, "You want me to leave You stay away, I can't tell you to stay away, I will go away immediately, it's so embarrassing..."

"Qiao Yitong," Xiao Qin suddenly stared into his eyes and said, "Do you know that I hate you very much?"

Who is Qiao Yitong, how could he be afraid of the pressure exerted by Xiao Qin staring at his eyes, when he heard the words, he said lightly: "You become angry from embarrassment, and you hate others even if you don't agree with each other, it's not a gentleman's action."

Looking at Qiao Yitong's indifferent expression, Xiao Qin finally understood that in the final analysis, Qiao Yitong was still out of the situation, and still regarded this conversation as a joke like before.

Ever since he entered Fengyundu, he met Qiao Yitong by chance.This conversation between them has happened many times.

I still remember the first time we met, he was humiliated by others because he had never seen the world and didn't understand everything. At that time, Qiao Yitong appeared like a god and easily resolved his embarrassing situation.

"Hey, you're new here. You don't even know how to talk. How did you get in? Did you cheat?" A group of people surrounded Xiao Qin, who was still very thin at the time, and beat him.

A young man with a malicious face said: "It's because he robbed my brother's qualifications, that's why my brother can't enter Fengyundu. Beat him!"

Xiao Qin protected his head and argued, "I didn't snatch it!"

"Then tell me, your scores in the first few tests were not as good as my brother's, so why did you surpass him in the last test?"

"It was chosen by the elders. They said that I am more talented and have a good heart!" Xiao Qinyi was as straightforward as he was in the mortal world.

"Pooh! Shameless," the young man kicked him, "hit him!"

"Tell me, you don't even know how to breath and refine Qi! You still want to come to cultivate immortality!"

The dense fists and kicks almost made Xiao Qin faint from pain, and he began to doubt whether it was right for him to embark on the road of cultivating immortality from a mere mortal.Perhaps he would have died in the beginning.Consciousness gradually blurred, and even the tinnitus started to hurt.

"Ling——" "Ling——" A crisp crashing sound seemed to come from the distant sky.

Suddenly, the fists and feet that hit him disappeared.

"What are you doing?" A different voice sounded.

Xiao Qin vaguely opened his blood-smeared eyes, and saw a young man in white who was so handsome and beautiful that it made all living beings look pale.

"See you, Master Qiao!" The person who beat him quickly knelt down.

Such a young boy, actually want to call him uncle?This was the thought that flashed through Xiao Qin's dizzy mind.

"Exhaling and refining qi is the foundation of cultivation, so-called turning the essence of heaven and earth for your own use. I have studied it for a long time, but I still can't understand it," the young man said slowly, looking a little distressed, "Since everyone is interested in breathing and refining qi, I am quite proficient in the art, I wonder if you can teach me a thing or two?"

"I don't dare, I deserve to die!" The group of people who were originally arrogant were like goats who had seen a ferocious beast.

The boy smiled and said, "Since you don't understand, why don't you hurry up and practice?"

A group of people ran away in a hurry.

Xiao Qin was in a trance, as if in a dream, watching the boy stretch out his hand: "Are you okay?"

He wanted to reach out a little bit, but when he saw the young man's spotless white brocade clothes and the mud and blood stains on his hands, extreme inferiority surged up in an instant, and he shrank back.

But the boy grabbed his hand and said with a smile, "My name is Qiao Yitong."

However, then, things changed again.

"What did you say, you said Master Qiao is your friend?" His brothers all laughed, "You want to be rich and crazy."

"Yes, yes," the other people in the same group laughed, "What kind of genius is Master Qiao, who would be friends with you, a mortal bumpkin?"

One person laughed and said: "I see, last time Master Qiao was in a good mood and helped him untie his waistband, so he shamelessly climbed on it. This is wishful thinking!"

Originally, Xiao Qin had only accidentally slipped his mouth, but now he couldn't hear such insults from others, and frowned and said stubbornly: "Believe it or not, I didn't talk nonsense."

This group of people did not have a good relationship with him, and he was too lazy to curry favor with these scum-like seniors like other disciples who had just started.

"What do you mean? Can you speak like this in Fengyundu?" One person grabbed his collar.

"Hmph! It's not that you're talking nonsense, it's that Master Qiao's brain is broken!"

"How can you say that about him!?" Xiao Qin was furious immediately, he would never allow someone to slander his friend like this.

"Hey, want to fight? You're not petty. How about you go to find Master Qiao outside Fengming Tower, and if he admits that you are his friend, how about we trust you?" the senior brother said.

"...Okay." Xiao Qin clenched his fists. He didn't want to bother Qiao Yitong because of such a trivial matter, but he didn't want others to misunderstand that he was clinging to Qiao Yitong.

Outside Fengming Tower, a group of people stood behind the rockery, looked at Xiao Qin and said, "Go, we will watch from behind."

Xiao Qin said something to Gui Go who was sweeping the floor at the door, and after a while, Qiao Yitong came out.

Everyone's eyes widened. Xiao Qin couldn't really be Master Qiao's friend.

Qiao Yitong was still a little tired, and his tone was soft: "Xiao Qin, what are you doing here so early?"

Xiao Qin said nervously: "Qiao Yitong, we are friends, right?"

Qiao Yitong glanced at a certain place, and suddenly narrowed his eyes and said: "Presumptuous! Who are you so arrogant? How dare you call me by my name?"

His attire today is obviously the same as that day when the two first met, but the indifference and pride on his face at this moment made Xiao Qin almost think that the young man in front of him had changed his soul.

Maybe this is the real him, the proud son of Fengyundu.

In an instant, the light in Xiao Qin's eyes dimmed.

Since then, similar things have happened many times, Qiao Yitong often gave him hope, but it was destroyed in the next moment.Xiao Qin really couldn't stand his capricious character anymore.After the cat catches the mouse, it will not kill it immediately, but will play with it slowly. Sometimes Xiao Qin would think that he is the mouse being played with by Qiao Yitong, a cat with a bad nature. , What awaited him was the pain of being bitten through his throat.

Memories dissipated like clouds, and Xiao Qin was pulled back to reality in an instant.

Xiao Qin took a deep breath and said slowly: "...A person like you who is arrogant and narcissistic and pretends to be a noble gentleman, do you really think that anyone really cares about you? You play with other people's feelings at will, Don’t take others seriously. It’s ridiculous that I really regarded you as my best friend at the time, but in your heart, you simply regarded me as a plaything for teasing and insulting at will! It was when I first started, and later in Lingzhi Garden That’s right, it’s even more so now in the Lecture Pavilion.”

Qiao Yitong was stunned under the impact of this long paragraph of words, he slowed down a little, and said with some surprise: "Fengyun Duli, you are the first one who hates me so much."

"Do you think you are very popular? It's just because you are the noble son of Fengyundu. You have been the proud son of heaven since you were a child. You are a true disciple. You are the son of the elder of the town gate. Where is it not popular? In fact, you are not If you know about it, there are many people who hate you, but they are afraid of your identity, so they didn't say it like I did." Xiao Qin sarcastically said.

Qiao Yitong lowered his eyes: "Aside from my identity, do you think so many people still hate me?"

"Qiao Yitong, I didn't expect you to be so naive." Xiao Qin's words were almost harsh, "If you don't lose your identity, it will only make more people hate you."

"..."

Qiao Yitong sighed and said: "Okay, since you said it, I will never bother you again."

Xiao Qin said cheerfully: "Then I couldn't be happier." But he didn't know that his face was stiff and ferocious at the moment.

"It's just that I really regard you as a good friend." Qiao Yitong lowered his head, as if he was thinking, and then said after a pause, "... Forget it, let's go."

Xiao Qin suddenly didn't know where to put his hands and feet, and stuck in place like a log.

Qiao Yitong was still standing in front of him, the drooping head seemed to indicate the master's resistance.

After a long while, Qiao Yitong raised his head and said with a distant smile, "Junior Brother Xiao, take your leave."

The moment he passed by, Xiao Qin heard his soft voice, floating in the air like a gust of wind: "I'm not that kind of person..."

Qiao Yitong flew back to Fengming Tower with a heartbroken heart, but he didn't want to go back halfway through the flight.I have to admit that what Xiao Qin said just now was a bit of a blow to him.

Like an eggplant beaten by frost, he found an uninhabited forest in frustration and lay down on a big tree in it.One leg is bent, and the other is swinging and swinging.

It's really hateful, Xiao Qin, Qiao Yitong grabbed the leaves heartily.He really regards him as one of the few people in Fengyun Du who can be confidant, even more trustworthy than Senior Brother Yixuan, and he sincerely admits his status as a friend, otherwise, who would bother to help him ?

Seeing that no one noticed it outside, Qiao Yitong confidently stuffed a leaf into his mouth and held it.He played a little tune, which he had learned from the woodcutter who went up the mountain to chop wood when he was a child.How many people in Fengyun Du believe that he, Qiao Yitong, would have such a "less noble" skill?How many people know that he was not born with rich clothes and fine clothes, but was adopted and raised by a poor old woman in the mortal world?

The sound of the leaves is not as melodious as that of musical instruments, but it is also pleasant to the ear, and there is something touching about it.The surrounding birds seemed to be attracted by the music, and after a while, a lot of different kinds of birds gathered around Qiao Yitong.

Qiao Yitong touched their heads one by one, and they didn't avoid them, but enjoyed it.Seeing a gray turtledove inadvertently, Qiao Yitong murmured: "...I don't know what Dan Sheng is doing now?"

As soon as the words fell, there were two "chirp" sounds from a distance, and a red spherical object flew straight towards Qiao Yitong and fell into his arms.All the birds around were frightened and scattered, fluttering away.

Qiao Yitong hugged it, and said pleasantly, "Dansheng, you came to me. You are the best."

Dan Sheng rubbed Qiao Yitong's face affectionately.

Qiao Yitong said: "But this Fengyundu is too dangerous. There are many birds that are more fierce than you, and there are also insects, snakes and beasts. Next time, you should wait for me obediently and don't run around."

Dan Sheng didn't listen to him, and went to bite the leaves in his hand.

Qiao Yitong's mood turned from bad to good because of Dan Sheng's appearance.But Xiao Qin was not so lucky.During the swordsmanship class, Xiao Qin almost chopped off someone's head, but fortunately, that person narrowly escaped, only a few strands of hair were cut off.

"Xiao Qin, what are you doing?" the elder who taught swordsmanship reprimanded angrily.

"I'm sorry, Elder." Xiao Qin put his sword behind his back.

"You have been inattentive for a long time. Give me three hours to stand for punishment." The elder said.

"Yes." Xiao Qin automatically stood under the scorching sun.

When it was time to rest, everyone else went to the shade of the tree to enjoy the shade, but Ye Rong ran to Xiao Qin's side and handed him water.

"I don't need it, Senior Sister Ye." Xiao Qin refused.

Ye Rong didn't force it, took a sip by herself and said, "Why are you out of your mind today?"

Xiao Qin didn't answer, Ye Rong said: "I saw you go out after class yesterday, did you go to see Senior Brother Qiao?"

Seeing that Xiao Qin's face was not hesitant, and even his brows were furrowed even tighter, Ye Rong asked in surprise, "No way, you were reprimanded by Senior Brother Qiao?"

"We broke up."

"Pfft!" Ye Rong spat out a mouthful of water, "What are you kidding?"

The author has something to say: Xiao Qin: You are arrogant, narcissistic, hypocritical and arrogant, playing with other people's feelings!

Qiao Yitong: I don't...I'm not...