Faced with the somewhat devastated ground, Gu Jiu and the other two did not think about repairing it. According to Gu Jiu, since it was already like that, let Xiao Qi continue practicing. As long as the gullies were dense enough, the ground would be flat again.

So from summer to autumn, the gully-filled ground gradually turned into a big pit, and a lot of rainwater accumulated.

One day, Xiao Qi looked at the big pit he had made and wondered, "Can I raise fish in here?"

So that autumn, Qingliu Academy had its first fish pond, and Xiaoqi became the owner of the pond.

During this period, Su Ying's progress is also obvious.

She became more and more adept at controlling the flowing water, and her swordsmanship seemed agile and graceful, yet also carried a strange and insidious air.

This is the essence of "Li Shui Linglong Sword Technique". The more beautiful the sword technique is, the more bizarre the changes are.

In battle, some variables may seem small but can lead to unexpected results.

The progress of Su Ying and Xiao Qi gave them more confidence. Thinking of Gu Jiu, the unique body-building massage therapist, their ambitions grew.

There are 208 registered sects in the North, and their goal has been raised from the top 180 to the top 175, which is quite arrogant.

If they can manage to rank 180, they can keep their registration qualification, and if they can rank 175, they can receive third-class resources.

In the days when the court did not distribute resources, Su Ying and Xiao Qi were so poor that they had to eat dirt. But if they had the resources for cultivation, the situation would be greatly improved.

Although they are rich now, spiritual ores, elixirs for cultivation and other things cannot be bought with money.

A large part of these resources are concentrated in the hands of the imperial court, which distributes them every year based on the ranking and size of the sects. Therefore, all the northern sects attach great importance to the Beixue Ming Conference held every three years.

Talent is the most important thing in this era, and the same goes for cultivation resources.

Talent plus sufficient resources is the future.

Many sects do not deal with strange things seriously enough. One reason is that they are powerless when encountering things like Taohua An, and the other is that they really don’t want to care about it.

For many practitioners, practice is always the most important thing for them.

In this cruel world, only by going further on the path of cultivation can you gain more.

Many practitioners have never performed heroic deeds in their entire lives because these things waste a lot of time and are dangerous.

The more talented a person is, the more he wants to stay away from danger.

The longer people stay in this world, the deeper their understanding of it becomes, and the more frightened they become when they know part of the truth.

As long as they don't get the great way, these people won't dare to relax for a moment.

This is a cannibalistic world. Even if they are practitioners, as long as they don't go far enough, they are still human beings.

Just like those fellow disciples whose realm improvement is not obvious, they are often sent by the sect to perform various tasks, some of which are naturally dangerous.

Diligent practice is the way to avoid this danger.

This is also one of the reasons why the sects in this world always give people a cold feeling.

Because their first goal is to protect themselves. In order to maintain the current situation, they would not take risks unless they encounter any major changes.

Gu Jiu wasn’t too clear about these things, nor was Xiao Qi, nor was Su Ying.

Because they are too young to know the thoughts of those who have lived long enough.

Young people are always passionate and always want to learn skills and eliminate demons in the world.

The deeper they cultivate, the more they understand the darkness of the world, and the more they fear death, and thus become hermits who are high and mighty and indifferent to worldly affairs in the eyes of others.

Those passionate girls will always fade away with the passage of time and eventually become people who seem aloof but are actually greasy.

Only when the night is quiet will they recall the passion and dreams they had when they first started practicing, leaving behind only a sigh.

This is the world, what can I do?

Qingliu Academy is different because it is a reformer itself. In addition, due to the generation gap, its blood is young enough and it has not inherited such outdated ideas.

Such a sect and its people are prone to young death, and they may not even make a splash when they die.

But Qingliu Academy is different because Gu Jiu is here.

When the last autumn leaf fell, Gu Jiu knew it was time for them to leave for a while.

Because the Beixue Ming Party is about to begin.

Chapter 20 The smile gradually solidified

This time, Gu Jiu and his friends had money, so they didn't need to ride a donkey with three people, but instead hired a horse carriage.

Xiao Hui did not take a break because of this. He followed behind because there was a section of road that the carriage could not enter and Gu Jiu wanted to lie down.

Gu Jiu and the others had to admit that the treatment was different after becoming famous.

The owner of the carriage dealership in the town not only gave the three people a big discount, but also got them a very luxurious carriage.

The carriage was very spacious and covered with soft blankets, making it very convenient for Gu Jiu, Xiao Qi and Su Ying to sleep.

Along the way, I started drinking some wine, humming some tunes, and didn't miss any sleep.

Every noon, the entire carriage would slowly be filled with almost uniform breathing sounds.

Xiao Qi and Su Ying slept in one side of the carriage, while Gu Jiu lay alone here.

Gu Jiu had to admit that the picture of the big and the small hugging each other was very beautiful, so beautiful that it made one feel dizzy.

Under Gu Jiu's sleeping technique, the breathing rhythm produced by the three people was very rhythmic, so much so that the hooves of the horses driving the carriage echoed with the breathing rhythm, sounding very pleasant.

Along the way, the autumn wind was blowing, and Xiao Hui was running very fast. He was always able to keep up while playing, just like they were out for a picnic.

In fact, the three people in the car were also on an outing, no different from the rich people on Earth who drove RVs out for an outing.

After about seven days' journey, the simple outline of Mingshan Mountain could already be seen.

The reason why Mingshan is called Mingshan is because there is a special kind of tea here.

This kind of tea bears fruit every three years and is only found in the Mingshan area. When it bears fruit, it is as white as snowflakes, hence the name "Xue Ming".

Xueming tea has an excellent flavor. Every time the tea is first harvested, the person in Galan City is always the first to taste the tea and praise it highly.

As for the remaining Xue Ming tea, it was natural that these northern sects would divide it up, so the "Northern Xue Ming Club" came into being.

The output of Xueming tea is not large, only once every three years, and the maturity period is not short, but it has miraculous effects on health preservation and concentration. After drinking it, practitioners will enter a state of tranquility and clarity, which is beneficial to practice and is a rare good thing.

During the Beixue Tea Party, these sect leaders enjoyed themselves very much. They sipped tea on the cloud platform and watched the performances of their own and other sects' disciples. It was very pleasant.

But for those disciples who participated in the Beixue Minghui, it was not so beautiful.

Mingshan is famous for its "Snow Ming Tea", but the locals here knew it was not originally called this name, but "Mingshan".

The meaning of the word "Ming" in Mingshan is very clear, it means ghosts in the underworld.

According to legend, thousands of years ago, this forest was a truly terrifying forbidden area. Whether it was day or night, the cold wind howled like ghosts.

Many people say that it is not the sound of the cold wind howling, but the sound of a real evil spirit crying.

Anyone who enters the Dark Mountain is doomed to die. Sometimes, some terrifying creatures will emerge from the mountain, eat human flesh and blood, and endanger the people.

Three thousand years ago, a saint on land had no hope of ascending to heaven. Before his death, he used his great supernatural powers to build a four-sided divine formation, covering the Ming Mountain and suppressing the evil spirits in the mountain.

Since then, Mingshan has gradually turned into Mingshan. The terror it once brought to mankind only appears occasionally in the mouths of some old people, becoming gossip to scare nearby children.

After so many generations of development, because of the Beixue Ming Festival, the village at the foot of Ming Mountain gradually evolved into a town. Every three years, it welcomes the arrival of a grand event and becomes extremely lively.

When Gu Jiu and the other two arrived in this town after traveling a rugged road, there were still three days before the Bei Xue Ming meeting began.

At this time, the town at the foot of the mountain was already crowded with people.

As a typical trio of otakus and housegirls, Gu Jiu and the other two got a headache when they saw so many people.

Moreover, many inns in the town have raised their prices crazily now. How can they miss the opportunity to rip off customers that only comes once every three years? They can’t even get a low-class room with hundreds of taels of silver, and they have to rob the woodshed.

The locals here have seen many practitioners. No matter which sect you are from, only those with money can be the boss.

Although Gu Jiu and his friends had made a small profit before, it was all hard-earned money, so they couldn't be considered the boss here.

Other sects receive subsidies, and money comes like the wind, but they are different.

They are a small sect that relies on themselves and have to save money for food, so how can they spend it like this?

So the three of them found a big tree outside the town, sat down and started eating dry food.

People kept coming into the town. When they saw Gu Jiu and the other two, they couldn't help but look sideways. This was all because of Su Ying and Gu Jiu's appearance.

Gu Jiu, in particular, can be said to be the focus of the focus.

The practitioners who came to participate in and witness the Beixue Ming Club were basically women. After seeing Gu Jiu, these women couldn't help but talk about him.

Even some of the sect's disciples who were usually extremely aloof couldn't help but secretly glance at Gu Jiuji.

It was already rare for a man to come to Bei Xueming, and it was naturally even more eye-catching for such a handsome man to come.

However, when they saw Su Ying next to Gu Jiu, they couldn't help but feel depressed because they really couldn't compare to her in terms of appearance.

The Qingliu Academy where Su Ying was located had been a laughing stock among the northern sects in recent years, so soon, "Qingliu Academy has gathered three more people, and one of them is a very handsome man" became a hot topic in the town.

When these words reached Gu Ningshuang's ears, they naturally became a bit harsh.

Gu Ningshuang didn't expect that her younger brother would actually come to join in the fun.

When your younger brother shows up in public and is talked about by others, it is just like when your younger sister shows up in public in ancient times on Earth and is talked about by others. Both put a lot of pressure on the family.

In particular, some of the discussions were about whether Gu Jiu was easy to seduce or whether he had slept with the two girls from Qingliu Academy, which made Gu Ningshuang even more depressed.

Gu Ningshuang is a true feminist. She is very upset that her younger brother does not get married and keeps hanging out in public.

However, thinking of the presence of so many fellow disciples, she naturally did not want to reveal her identity as the other party's sister, so she kept suppressing her anger.

Now she only hoped that Gu Xiaoxiao, who came in the next group, would not run into Gu Jiu. Otherwise, it would really be exposed, which would be so embarrassing.

Xiao Qi felt a little embarrassed by the constant stares from the people around him and said, "Junior brother, why don't you just cover your face and wear women's clothes? Why do I feel like those women are looking at me with eyes that want to kill me? I didn't do anything to you."

Gu Jiu said: "Sister, don't panic, this is experience, this is cultivation. I feel that we are going to be famous this time, so let's feel the enthusiastic eyes of others in advance."

As he said that, he flicked Xiaoqi's forehead with his fingertips, causing Xiaoqi to reveal his little fangs on both sides, wanting to bite him.

At this moment, a cold look flashed across the crowd.

Gu Xiaoxiao, who arrived a little later, looked at the figure under the big tree and was about to rush over to greet them excitedly, but when she saw Gu Jiu and Xiao Qi being intimate, she stopped and her smile gradually froze...

Chapter 21 Be gentle!

Gu Xiaoxiao had just come down from the Solitary Blade Peak a few days ago. She had stayed there for nearly three months, but she didn't feel it was very hard.

Because she felt that this was her ideal, and thinking that her brother could be closer to her in the future, everything was worth it.

When they just came down the mountain, the fierce wind still left some marks on Gu Xiaoxiao's body.

Her hair was messy and a little tangled, and she looked a little weak, but her eyes were bright, as if there was a sword light swimming in them.

The training on the peak gave Gu Xiaoxiao a more cold temperament, and in the eyes of senior sister Liu Xin, she became even more charming.

She had to admit that this talented junior sister she had taken a fancy to was really the best candidate as a Taoist partner.

Heterosexuality is heresy, only lesbianism can survive!

Similarly, she felt a little distressed about Gu Xiaoxiao's experience.

Pushing yourself to this extent at such a young age shows that you don't take care of your body.

Gu Xiaoxiao will not attend the Beixue Ming Party this time, but will only watch the ceremony.

The Beixue Minghui is a grand event where the rankings of the major sects in the north are determined, so each sect naturally attaches great importance to it.

The conference requires that each sect send three practitioners under the age of 25 to participate in the trial, and the ranking will be determined based on the results of passing the test.

Since the Four Directions Divine Formation is under the control of the imperial court, the test questions will be different every year.

In terms of neutrality, objectivity, fairness and justice, the court led by Wu Mei did a really good job.

Unless you enter the Mingshan Formation in person, you will have no way of knowing what the exam questions will be this year.

Therefore, all sects, big and small, can only select the most outstanding disciples under the age of 25 to participate in the trial.

Over the years, the favorites to take the top spot have always been Baxue Liuge, Amaterasu Sect and the North Building of Nuyi Tower. Among them, Baxue Liuge is the strongest and the disciples of Nuyi Tower are the most ruthless.

This year, because the sect's top genius Liu Xin would participate, the Yunshan Sword Sect, which had been hovering around eight or nine people, was also favored by the outside world.

Gu Xiaoxiao came with Liu Xin and her group. When she saw Gu Jiu from afar, she wanted to rush over, ride on his body and tell him about her lovesickness.

The colder it was on Lone Blade Peak, the more she missed Gu Jiu.

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like