Han Shan's Sword Unsheathed

"That was Xiao Mirage just now, right? Why did he run away?" Fei Yu walked over and patted Que Xianming on the shoulder.

"Little boy runs very fast." Chi Chu sensed Que Xianming's expression was wrong, "What's the matter? Tonight, Baihe is treating guests to some seafood, are you coming?"

Que Xianming calmed down and fixed his eyes on the two monsters: "It's nice to meet you, I have a bad temper, and I may have offended you a lot in the past, please forgive me."

Chi Chu and Fei Yu were confused by him: "Huh?"

"I will do as the Snow Mountain King instructed in the future, thank you for your hard work." Que Xianming patted the shoulders of the two demons, "I'm leaving."

After all, he turned into the original form of a peacock and soared high.

Fengyue City is located in the center of the demon world. According to Meng Xueli's plan, a school will be built here in the future.

The destroyed city has now been rebuilt. Chichu designed the drawings, Feiyu organized the construction, and King Baihe supervised.Fengyue City has become more livable, not as refined and extravagant as it used to be.

During the construction period, Que Xianming flew around the city every day at sunrise and sunset to check what was missing.He looked at the houses and streets rising from the ruins day by day, and felt joyful and relieved.It seems to see a beautiful picture of the demon world.

The two demons on the ground were confused, and they didn't come back to their senses until the blue-green streamer disappeared into the sky.

Fei Yu: "He just said where he was going? To find Xiao Mirage?"

Chi Chu: "I don't know, it's as if I'm not coming back hahaha."

Fei Yu also smiled: "Let's go, go eat fresh fish."

Que Xianming headed west all the way, flying over mountains and rivers.At this altitude, it is rare to meet other bird tribes, and even if they do, they will change directions in advance to avoid him out of fear of the coercion of his big monster.

The high-altitude gale made him squint his eyes slightly, and white clouds passed through his colorful feathers.He loves freedom by nature, and enjoys flying in the sky and the earth the most, but at this moment, he feels a heavy stone pressing on his heart, like a moth that cannot fly out of the glass cover.

After flying for half a day, he landed downward.The sea breeze is fishy and salty, the waves are like anger, and the snow-white waves roll up, and the waves are higher than the waves.As soon as the peacock landed, there was a sharp whistling sound from the bottom of the sea, like a warning.A group of sharks held tridents and rushed onto the white beach, instantly surrounding Que Xianming.

The sharks have fish tails, scales on the temples, hair like seaweed, and soft shark gauze.They burst into tears, and some shark beads were washed ashore by the waves, scattered among the white sandy beaches, shining brightly.

But Que Xianming knew that they were beautiful in appearance, but cruel in character. More than 200 years ago, he came here and wanted to take away the tiny beads on the beach to trick Hu Xiaoyuan, but he was discovered by the sharks, and the two sides started fighting.He was young at that time, and his demon power was not good enough, and he almost died on West Beach.

A group of sharks couldn't help talking, they raised their halberds and stabbed, the sparrow turned into a human body, dodged several times, narrowly dodged, but didn't fight back, just said loudly: "Is the Queen of the sharks here? The peacock has something to ask."

A cry came from the bottom of the sea and asked: "Pearl thief, you dare to come?!"

The sharks stopped moving.The sea water parted, and a merman with a cold face and gorgeous clothes surfaced out of the sea, glaring at him: "Don't think that with the backing of the Snow Mountain King, you can do whatever you want and come to the merman's land to plunder!" All the sharks know that the sparrows have shown their demon power first, and their status is not what they used to be. The two parties have enmity first, so it may be difficult for them to reconcile.

Que Xianming: "I want the best shark bead."

The sharks were terrified and angry, as if they saw blood staining the West Beach.

Que Xianming raised his hands: "But this time, I want to use proper methods to trade fairly, buy or sell or exchange."

The shark clan was in an uproar.You Sha shouted: "Can't believe him!"

The Queen of the Shark Clan stared at Que Xianming for a moment, then suddenly laughed: "Then what do you think of this one?"

She flipped her palm and held a bright pearl in her palm. The pearl shone with soft brilliance, but it could illuminate things at night. Compared with the broken beads on the beach, it was like the sun and the moon compared with fireflies.

"It is the best shark bead in the world, beautiful and flawless, just like the stars in the sky." The queen of the shark clan said, "But what do you give in exchange?"

Que Xianming: "I brought money."

"Money is a vulgar thing. We have fish tails, so we can dive all over the world. If we give up fish tails, we can get two legs to walk on land. What do you think I lack?"

Que Xianming: "...I don't know."

The Queen of the Shark Clan sneered, "I still lack a pair of wings!"

Que Xianming's eyes were fierce: "You!"

"I want you to pluck half of the feathers from both wings. If you really want shark beads, you can exchange them for feathers."

The shark group laughed loudly, raised their eyebrows, and shouted: "Take the feather!"

Birds grow feathers, just like humans grow hair.Gorgeous feathers are not only used for viewing and flying, but also represent the dignity of the big demon.Occasionally giving a feather to others, he demon, is to express love, just like Que Xianming gave to the young Hu Si.

A phoenix is ​​not as good as a chicken, let alone a peacock.If this matter gets out, Que Xianming will become the laughing stock of the demon clan, and he will never want to lose face or show off his prestige.

Que Xianming looked around and vaguely understood something. It turned out that sometimes bowing your head and begging for help requires more courage than killing all directions.

"Okay, I'll change it with you."

The Queen of the Shark Clan didn't expect Peacock to really agree, she was stunned for a moment, and it was hard to go back on what she said in public, she couldn't help frowning slightly, and raised her hand to signal the group of sharks to be quiet:

"Raising feathers is not easy, you really think about it, is it worth it?"

Que Xianming nodded, showing his original shape——

The peacock let out a long cry, and suddenly spread its wings, like a piece of blue and green satin fluttering in the wind, and suddenly collapsed in all directions.Countless feathers floated down one after another, and the roots of the feathers were stained with dark red blood, sprinkled on the white beach, dotted like plum blossoms in snow.

The sharks looked at each other in blank dismay.

The queen of the shark tribe said: "I really don't understand. What do you want the best shark beads for?"

Que Xianming turned into a human body, his face was pale and his eyes were calm.

He wiped away the blood from his lips, and looked towards the distant sky: "Send a friend. This is the last thing I can do for him."

***

Meng Xueli sat by the window and listened to the spring rain.In the second half of the night, the sound of the rain gradually subsided, and the shadow of the moon leaked out from the gaps in the clouds again, glowing with a dark blue light.

After the rain, the courtyard is full of fallen leaves, and the moonlight in the sky is hazy, casting a layer of halo on Meng Xueli by the window.

After some time, the mirage had passed the code to Que Xianming, Meng Xueli thought, with the mind of the mirage, it would never be able to think of the meaning, it couldn't be safer.

The door of the room was opened gently, letting in a few strands of cool breeze and faint moonlight after the rain.Ji Xiao brushed off the fallen flowers on his clothes before entering the door.

"Tomorrow, I'm going back to the demon world." Meng Xueli turned her head and said in a relaxed tone of gossip, "I stayed in the world for half a year, and communicated with the demon world only by sending letters. I did a good job explaining it, and Bai He helped, but I'm always thinking about it..."

The overall situation in the world has been decided, Meng Xueli proposed to go back to build the demon world, the timing is reasonable and reasonable.

Since the opening of the trade route between the two worlds, the secret activities of "Prosperous Juyuan" have turned from darkness to light. Bi You, Ruan Hui and other half-demons have traveled between the two worlds more frequently, conveying Meng Xueli's instructions to Chi Chu and Fei Yu.For the rest of their lives after the catastrophe, the group of monsters were grateful for the life-saving righteousness of the King of Snow Mountain. While cultivating and living, they were busy with trade and had no intention of fighting again.

"I'll accompany you." Ji Xiao closed the door and approached, untied the hair crown for the little Taoist couple, and combed her hair.

"No need. Don't delay the schoolwork of the children in the academy." Meng Xueli smiled, "The scriptures say, 'If the relationship lasts forever, how can it be day and night'. Our days will last forever."

Ji Xiao vaguely sensed something, and frowned slightly: "Xue Li, no matter when, I will always stand by your side."

Meng Xueli's heart trembled, and she forced herself to be calm: "Me too."

Ji Xiao smiled: "My way is not alone. Thank you."

"Why do you and I say thank you." Meng Xueli's smile faded, and she blew out the candles on the desk: "Go to sleep."

Sharing the same bed, but sharing the same bed with different dreams.Meng Xueli had a shocking event in her heart, but she had to keep her face, it was really hard in front of Jixiao.

He never thought that there would be a day when he and Ji Xiao finally became model Taoist couples in the practice world, the kind of "closest relatives and closest relatives".

Both public and private, Hu Si must be killed, one is because he harms the two worlds of humans and monsters, and disturbs the wind and rain; the other is because he imprisoned his friend Que Xianming who bullied him.But this matter must not be told to Ji Xiao.

Ji Xiao has already killed a saint, if he kills another one, he will still kill his senior brother, even if he has some reason, he will still appear ruthless and frightening—killing the other two saints in the world, he is the only one who is the only one who is respected and has the power transport.Now that Ji Xiao's reputation in the world is already extremely high, there is no need to add such a bad name.

As for what Hu Si has done and how much he has done, there may be no need for Guiqing to provoke him before his death, Ji Xiao has already guessed it and knows it all.It's normal for junior to understand senior.But Ji Xiao didn't want to pursue it, and didn't even want to ask more questions.

Indifference does not mean lack of attitude.Ji Xiao's attitude is clear enough, that is, letting go.

After all, Ji Xiao still didn't want to be an enemy of Hu Si.Meng Xueli also didn't want the Taoist couple to fall into a dilemma, entangled in their minds, and leave behind any obstacles of inner demons.

He fought with Hu Si, and once he made a movement, the aura of the world would inevitably change drastically, and Ji Xiao would definitely notice it.

So in this plan, he needs someone to lure Ji Xiao to another place, to help hold Ji Xiao down, every point that can be delayed is worth one point.

Meng Xueli stayed up all night, and her mood tended to calm down.At dawn, I opened the door and saw fallen flowers piled up on the ground in the courtyard. It was clearly still spring, but there was a sense of bleakness.

The mirage was not there, and neither was Yu Qishu.After Meng Xueli had fed the koi in the pond, he went down the mountain with Jixiao and sent Jixiao to the gate of Yongxue Academy.

The day's plan lies in the morning, and the sound of morning reading floats out through the courtyard walls.This is different from ordinary private schools who recite books neatly, students read their own Taoist scriptures, noisy and noisy, like a busy city.

Although the resources and ways of practice have become richer, the practice itself has not become easier at all. It still requires extraordinary perseverance, courage, and talent.Students cherish the opportunity to study here, so they are more diligent.

The deacons of the college are the right-hand men and confidant shopkeepers trained by Qian Yuzhi. They are in charge of the college's logistics arrangements, income and expenditure coordination and other chores, and the gentlemen are only responsible for lecturing.

At the beginning of the establishment of the academy, there were only two gentlemen, Meng Xueli and Ji Xiao, and now there are elders from various sects and authorities representing a certain type of Taoism who often give lectures.There are several latest news posted on the bulletin board:

"At the end of the day, Elder Liu of Wuyin Temple will give a lecture on 'selection of formation materials'. The location is in the main hall of the South Building. There is no limit to the number of participants. Please come to the meeting on time."

"Tomorrow's application time, Master Huide of Nanling Temple will give a lecture on 'Introduction to Alchemy'. The number of places is limited, students who are interested in alchemy, please go to the west building to register."

"On the first day of next month, 'daily maintenance and recasting of the sword'..."

"On the third day of next month, 'Elementary Identification and Cultivation of Spirit Grass'..."

"On the fifth day of next month, 'Small Spirit Beast Fur Care'..."

Some disciples are too young, and the bulletin board notices are written in vernacular as much as possible so that everyone can understand them.

Yu Qishu did a good job in the admissions assessment. Yongxue College has gathered a group of high-quality students, whether they are casual cultivators without any background or sects, or ordinary people who have just entered the Tao, they are all very talented cultivation seedlings.

With so many good seedlings, we can't all go to Hanshan to learn swords in the future.The factions began to calculate in their hearts: "We need to think of a way to cultivate their interest and affection for our faction in advance. When they graduate from the academy, that means graduation. Yes, they can still become disciples of our faction after graduation."

So he offered to come to the college to give lectures, and Ji Xiao never refused such a thing.After the lectures, the strong men of each sect would often publicize the benefits of their respective sects, but after all, under Ji Xiao's nose, no one dared to talk nonsense out of nothing, and the atmosphere of the discussion was warm and harmonious.

Although each sect started out from selfish interests, they ended up doing good things for the progress of the entire practice world.

In addition to lectures by elders and seniors, in Yongxue College, students who are particularly outstanding in a certain aspect can also become teachers.For example, Ning Wei, he took Ji Xiao's advanced swordsmanship class, and at the same time opened a class of his own, teaching basic swordsmanship to young disciples who have just entered the Tao.

Although the students are all young people, some disciples have high seniority in their respective sects, such as the head of the sect or the direct disciples of the elders, which makes the seniority in the academy complicated and it is inconvenient to call them.

If it is called "Daoyou", it seems too strange, like meeting by chance; if it is called "Fellow Dao", it is not worthy of the name.The purpose of the academy is to be inclusive, to communicate with each other, and to learn from each other's strengths to make up for their weaknesses. They may not really practice the same way, but to learn from each other and respect each other.

Yu Qishu came up with a name - "classmate", people who study together, this can't be wrong.

The title "classmate" is very popular, and everyone is happy to call it.It is said that there is a sequence, but there is no high or low.It is really a rare experience to study together in the college and travel together for a certain distance.

Meng Xueli looked at the bulletin board: "The course titles are divided more and more carefully. I didn't know that there are so many mysteries in each way. I am only a little stronger in combat skills, and I have no limit to my knowledge. , I’m afraid it’s a long way off.”

"There is a man who knows everything except swordsmanship. It's a pity that he won't come to be a teacher." Ji Xiao said.

"You mean your senior brother?" Meng Xueli asked.

Ji Xiao nodded.

Meng Xueli smiled, but didn't answer: "I'm leaving."

As soon as he said he would leave, he flew into the sky with his sword without hesitation.

Every time Meng Xueli came to Yongxue College, listening to the sound of reading in the courtyard, she would always be happy for Ji Xiao. At the same time, she observed and reflected, learned from experience, and thought about how to teach Wan Yao.

But today is different.

Ji Xiao took three steps, then stopped suddenly, and looked back, seemingly reluctant, but also aware of something.

When Ji Xiao walked away, the young deacon waiting at the door couldn't help sighing in a low voice:

"That is the sword master and the demon king? What a couple of gods and gods!"

"Isn't that right? You are new here. It's the first time I've seen you. You'll get used to it after seeing you often..."

Another person said: "May they last forever. The world is peaceful, and the three realms are peaceful."