Forced Marriage [Cultivation]

The white mist billowed on the cloud platform, the clouds were few and far between, and the sound of the zither was leisurely.

Jiang Suxing lay lazily on the jade stone, propped his head lazily with one hand, and with the other hand picked up a huge purple grape from the crystal plate in front of him, threw it into his mouth, chewed and spit out the seeds.

"It's not peeled." Gu Baitang, who was playing the piano, opened his eyes, looking at him with dark eyes.

In the blink of an eye, it was May again. Since that time a few months ago, Gu Baitang has often come to Yunding Sect, just like a regular meal.The Yunding Sect seems to have become its own home, not only there are piano, chess, calligraphy and paintings, but also pots and pans, firewood, rice, oil and salt, everything is not lacking.In just a few months, Jiang Suxing has already put on a lot of weight, from the previous sharp oval face to a small round face, the flesh on the cheeks is almost pouting.Not to mention his body, even if he turned over on this jade, he could feel his own flesh being pressed down.

Jiang Suxing complained about it, and Gu Baitang said inadvertently about it: "It's better to be plump, so as not to hurt your hands."

Then they continued to send food, drink, and fruit. No, when summer came, a large area of ​​grapes ripened in the back mountain of Xicheng, and Gu Baitang sent a lot.

"Hey." Jiang Suxing smiled, picked up a grape, lay down on the jade, peeled off the skin, put it between the index finger and middle finger of his right hand, and shouted: "Brother Baitang."

Gu Baitang raised his head subconsciously, and saw Jiang Suxing snapping his fingers, he subconsciously opened his mouth to bite, and the sweet and sour grape juice immediately overflowed his mouth.

"Nonsense." Gu Baitang said this, his slightly frowned brows gradually unfolded, but the sound of the piano revealed his thoughts.Recently, Gu Baitang seems to be in a bad mood. Whenever he feels irritable, he will play this "Qing Xin Jue".

Jiang Suxing asked him, but he only said that there are many trivial matters in the city, which disturbed him unbearably.He doesn't like to talk too much about outside affairs with Jiang Suxing, but Jiang Suxing knows everything.

According to Wen Yu's scroll, Gu Baitang got too close to the Nancheng monks on Tianzhu Peak, which caused dissatisfaction among the elders in the city.Just a few days ago, Huo Bingqing severely reprimanded Gu Baitang in public, because Gu Baitang recruited a student from Nancheng who had just come down from Tianzhu Peak to be on duty in Yan Mingtang without authorization.That position is mainly to guard the inmates who committed crimes in Xicheng. Generally speaking, Gu Baitang has the right to arrange this on his own without notifying the elders in charge.But because this disciple came down from Tianzhu Peak and touched the sensitive topic of monks in Nancheng, it naturally aroused Huo Bingqing's dissatisfaction.

But at the beginning, Huo Bingqing still saved face for Gu Baitang, just saying that this person is not suitable to stay in such an important institution as Yan Mingtang, and asked Gu Baitang to transfer him away.Gu Baitang excused this person, saying that they cannot be generalized.Although the monks in Nancheng are based in Tianzhu Peak, they cannot be responsible for all the monks on Tianzhu Peak.If a single blow overturns a boat of people, it will push all the monks of Tianzhu Peak to the monks of Nancheng, which is more likely to cause civil strife.

Gu Baitang's words are good, and the reasoning is also the same.But there were other disciples and elders present at the time, not to mention that Huo Bingqing had a very tough attitude towards the Nancheng monks. Gu Baitang's behavior was equivalent to openly questioning Huo Bingqing's policy, which naturally caused Huo Bingqing to be furious.

After reprimanding Gu Baitang in public, he ordered him to receive the Nine Hundred Killing Stick in Yan Mingtang as a warning to everyone else.Let everyone see that Huo Bingqing's attitude could not help but change on the matter of Nancheng monks.

In the dossier, Wen Yu expressed some concerns.Last year, Yue Zhen, who sold Shoujiange swords and swords, brought out the shadow of Nancheng monks.Although Yue Zhen is dead now, that doesn't mean the end of the story, but just the beginning.

At some point in time, a campaign to suppress the monks in the southern city has already started invisibly.At the beginning, many people didn't realize the seriousness of this matter, but since Gu Baitang, the Chief of the Law Enforcement Palace, was beaten with a [-]-kill stick, people saw the attitude of the ruling elders towards the Nancheng monks.Especially now that Huo Bingqing is the de facto ruler in the west city, he doesn't leave any room for the monks in the south city.

All the disciples in the city were in danger, worrying whether they had been blacklisted.Tianzhu Peak is originally a sacred place for practicing in the West City. There are often disciples who go there to practice, and there are often disciples who find it too boring and go back to their original palace for "advanced training".This came and went, and almost everyone had contact with Nancheng monks.It is even more difficult for the monks on Tianzhu Peak. They dare not practice on Tianzhu Peak, let alone go down to the original palace for "advanced training".

The Law Enforcement Palace even set up roadblocks at the major entrances and exits of Tianzhu Peak to strictly check every disciple going up and down.Nominally, the incident of Yue Zhen selling swords happened last year, and governance should be strengthened to rule out such incidents.However, everyone knows that the real situation is that the monks in Nancheng are being investigated.

The so-called fire at the city gate affected the fish in the pond. Although this campaign of suppression has not really started, it has already involved many innocent disciples.The real Nancheng monks were still watching the changes on Tianzhu Peak, they stood still, because Huo Bingqing had no specific criminal evidence to take any action against them.Those Nancheng monks are all spirits who have lived in Dongzeba for 900 years. They are calm and do not move.People in the city were in panic, but the monks in Nancheng seemed to be watching the fire from the other side, staying out of the matter.

Wen Yu was very worried that Huo Bingqing's drastic behavior might eventually eradicate the monks in Nancheng, but it would definitely involve a lot of innocent blood and tears.Naturally, Wen Yu was not the only one who had such worries. Many disciples in the city and even the chiefs of the various palaces complained about this matter, but they were all afraid of the strong attitude of the elders and dared not speak out.Wen Yu was worried that if this continued, the monks in Nancheng would not rebel, and the disciples in Xicheng would rebel.

Regarding these matters, Jiang Suxing didn't know what to do.He only knows that all this is just the beginning, and this campaign of suppression will never stop, and will intensify.According to historical development, ten years later, the monks in Nancheng were indeed wiped out in large numbers.However, he could vaguely see from Master's later letters that the situation in Xicheng hadn't improved because of this.Although the civil strife was eliminated, more problems followed one after another.The most obvious thing is that the hearts of the people are scattered. A large number of excellent mid-to-late-stage disciples of Jindan left the West City. The overall competitiveness of the West City has declined in the cultivation world, and the position of the Immortal Head is in jeopardy...

When the water is clear, there will be no fish. The West City is too clean, so naturally it can't keep people.

But what Jiang Suxing is most worried about right now is that Gu Baitang has already been involved.In his previous life, Gu Baitang would leave Xicheng when he was 26 years old, and go to Xueluan for retreat.Of course, he left the West City for reasons that he couldn't get Jiang Suxing, but the fact that he was classified as a monk in the South City at that time was the fuse that directly forced Gu Baitang away.

This year, Jiang Suxing is 21 and Gu Baitang is 23. In other words, after three years, Gu Baitang will leave Xicheng.

Thinking of this, Jiang Suxing's mood also became depressed.Although the world has undergone earth-shaking changes, some iconic historical events still happen as usual.This had to worry Jiang Suxing, he didn't know what to do to minimize the impact of these things on him and Gu Baitang.

"What are you thinking about so preoccupied?"

I don't know when the sound of the piano has stopped, Gu Baitang sat quietly opposite, his black eyes are like ink, behind him are white clouds and golden crows.

Jiang Suxing shook his head, smiled lowly, fingered the grapes in the crystal dish, and said, "Eat too much, my teeth are a little sore."

Gu Baitang looked at him silently, pondered for a moment, and just when Jiang Suxing thought he was about to say something surprising, Gu Baitang said seriously: "I originally said to eat pineapple rice at night, but it seems that I should replace it with lean meat porridge a little better."

Jiang Suxing lay down on the jade stone and yelled: "Oh, I'm eating and eating again, I want to cultivate immortality! After eating like this, when I ascend, I might fly halfway and fall from the sky because it's too heavy!"

Gu Baitang was amused by him, cleaned up the piano platform, and went inside to find ingredients.Qingrun's low laughter came from the cave, "Then you will probably be the first immortal who failed to ascend because of eating too much."

"You're still laughing! It's not all because of you!" Jiang Suxing got up and ran into the cave. In a few months, a kitchen had been developed here.

Gu Baitang took out the jerky from the pot that Gu Baitang was making in the imperial dining room, Jiang Suxing leaned on the stove, and suddenly said: "You didn't mean it on purpose, did you?"

"What on purpose?" Gu Baitang stuffed a radish into Jiang Suxing's hand, and directed him to wash it in the clear spring in the mountain.

There is still mud on the radish, and it looks like it has just been pulled out.Jiang Suxing was puzzled sometimes, every time he saw Gu Baitang emerging from the water, he went into the water to look for it himself, but he couldn't find any way in and out.To be honest, it was hard for him to imagine what it would be like for Gu Baitang to swim all the way to the bottom of the illusory sea with a chicken in his left hand and a duck in his right, dragging pots and pans on his back.

"Feed me fat on purpose, so that I can't cultivate into a fairy." Jiang Suxing said so, and turned to wash the radish.It is true, since he was awakened by Gu Baitang a few months ago when he fainted due to a sudden fire attack, his retreat practice has stopped.In the past few months, his skill has not improved at all. He sleeps when Gu Baitang is not around, and eats when Gu Baitang is around.All I do all day long is eat, drink, drink and sleep, so it's no wonder I don't gain weight.

After hearing his words, Gu Baitang was speechless.Jiang Suxing washed a radish quickly, and when he came back, he saw that the water was boiling.

Seeing that Gu Baitang was still chopping dried tofu, he hurriedly urged: "Hey, the water is already boiling, hurry up and serve rice!"

Gu Baitang glanced at him, as if looking at a mentally handicapped person.

Jiang Suxing stared at him, not knowing why.

"The terrain of Yunding Sect is extremely high, the air is thin, and the water is easy to boil, but at this time the water is not high enough to cook food." Gu Baitang put the dried tofu into a small bowl, took the radish in Jiang Suxing's hand and started cut.His knife skills are excellent, the slices of radish are uniform and thin, and he cuts them in a short time, which dazzles the viewers.

"It's just like you can see that the water in the illusory sea is always bubbling and churning. If the water can drop rice, I think you have been practicing on it for three years, and you have already been boiled thoroughly."

Although the seawater in the illusory sea is bubbling and churning, it is warm and cool all year round, neither hot nor cold, and the temperature is suitable.Thinking about the reason, Jiang Suxing blushed.No matter the past life or the present life, he never touches the spring water with his ten fingers, and even forgets such common sense questions.

Jiang Suxing felt a little embarrassed now that he had made a fool of himself, so he stopped talking about it, but pretended to be nonchalant and took the rice over to wash it.That rice was obviously washed by Gu Baitang before.

Gu Baitang looked at him while cooking.After a while, he suddenly said: "You have indeed gained a lot of weight."

"...!" Jiang Suxing wanted to hit someone when he heard this.