As a result, he found out that Qi Zhuoyu’s reason for taking him to skip class was not to ask for his opinion.
It was just to notify him with the transmission symbol.
It was unknown what kind of reason Qi Zhuoyu had made up to the teaching elder.
Anyway, the teaching elder was very indulgent towards his once proud disciple, and let Feng Xuan go without a word.
So Feng Xuan was inexplicably forced to leave class.
Qi Zhuoyu was standing under the towering pine and cypress at the entrance of the Upper Qing Academy, wearing his usual set of black thin silk robes, round collar with buttons, the button was buttoned to the top one, his arms crossed, lazily leaning against the pine and cypress tree.
The amazed voices of those female cultivators of the Shangqing Academy suddenly popped up in his mind.
Saying that Qi Zhuoyu himself was even more handsome than in the painting, now that he looked at it, it seemed.
There seemed to be some truth to what they said.
Even though the Misty Immortal Mansion had already entered autumn, Feng Xuan felt his face was a bit hot again.
He ran over in three steps and two steps, and honestly opened his mouth, “Senior brother. Do you need me for something?”
The reason for taking him to skip class couldn’t really be that outrageous, saying to give him a chance to sneak a peek openly, right?
Sure enough, Qi Zhuoyu didn’t seem like such a boring person, he stood up and walked forward, “I’ll take you to a place.”
Feng Xuan hurriedly followed, and when he got to the place, he found out that Qi Zhuoyu had brought him to the Duobao Pavilion.
It was the place where the Misty Immortal Mansion specifically purchased daily necessities and magic treasures, a bit like a market in the mortal world, only that the things in the Duobao Pavilion were much more expensive than those in the mortal world.
Since it was not his first time coming to the Duobao Pavilion, Feng Xuan was able to follow along smoothly.
Qi Zhuoyu didn’t have anything else to do when he brought him here, as soon as he got to the ninth floor, he started the buy-buy-buy mode.
Anything he liked, found useful, he would stuff it into Feng Xuan’s small purse without a word.
And Qi Zhuoyu’s speed of buying things was also very fast, he never bargained, he was the kind of rich sucker that merchants loved the most.
Spirit stones were spent like flowing water.
Just when Qi Zhuoyu picked up a pair of green boots embroidered with red flowers with a minimum height of fifteen centimeters, Feng Xuan was finally spiritually ugly by his suddenly awakened violent ugly aesthetic.
He hurriedly stopped Qi Zhuoyu from buying these boots for him, “Senior brother. I don’t like this!”
Qi Zhuoyu seemed quite satisfied with these height-increasing boots, “Why?”
After saying that, he looked up and down at Feng Xuan’s height.
To be honest, Feng Xuan’s own height was not short, at least above the big devil’s shoulders, he had a standard beautiful figure.
But this mortal Xiao Qi’s height was really not enough, just reaching Qi Zhuoyu’s chest.
No wonder every time the big devil hugged him, he adopted the most simple and brutal girl hug.
Despite this, Feng Xuan still felt that his height was being despised.
Qi Zhuoyu was still not discouraged, and commented like a straight man, “Your height is really too short, if you put on these shoes, it will add a lot of momentum.”
Oh. What does he want this ugly momentum for?
Even if one day he could use these shoes to win an opponent in a fight, that opponent would most likely be ugly to death.
“Also, these shoes have a very high speed attribute, you will run faster after you put them on.” Qi Zhuoyu suddenly spoke again.
…If he had to run away in these shoes, he would rather be killed outright, at least this god would be innocent in the world.
However, it was okay if Qi Zhuoyu didn’t mention this, but once he did, Feng Xuan noticed.
The magic treasures that Qi Zhuoyu brought him to buy at the Duobao Pavilion today were either defensive attributes or speed attributes.
Simply put, they were either indestructible or could run.
If the Duobao Pavilion sold surrendering white towels, Qi Zhuoyu might also buy him one.
Feng Xuan paused in his heart, it seemed that the shadow of the Sanqing Realm brought to the big devil was quite big.
Suddenly felt a bit soft-hearted, what to do if he was embarrassed to refuse.
So Feng Xuan hesitated for a moment and said, “Alright then.”
He held the shoes, which were ugly but also a token of his senior brother’s affection, and muttered, “But if I put on these shoes, I’ll be fifteen centimeters taller, and I feel like I won’t have to sit in Senior brother’s arms anymore.”
After all, the posture might be a bit uncomfortable.
Who knew that as soon as he finished speaking.
Suddenly he felt an emptiness in his arms, and the shoes were snatched back by Qi Zhuoyu, who then threw them to the shopkeeper like a primary school student.
“I don’t want them anymore.” Qi Zhuoyu suddenly frowned.
“?” Feng Xuan was full of question marks, “Senior brother, why don’t you want them anymore? Didn’t you say that I could run faster?”
“Run what.” Qi Zhuoyu said indifferently, “With Senior brother here, you don’t need to run anywhere.”
Oh.
That’s not what you said just now.
****
Qi Zhuoyu was always capricious, and Feng Xuan didn’t think too much about it.
After buying a bunch of magic treasures at the Duobao Pavilion that he probably wouldn’t use, they went to the town at the foot of the Misty Immortal Mansion for dinner.
Actually, a dinner was already prepared in the Zhujian Xiaozhu, but Feng Xuan was tired of it.
However he didn’t expect it, he just casually mentioned it, and Qi Zhuoyu took it to heart and specifically brought him to the town for dinner today.
This was picking him up from class, taking him shopping, and now having dinner together.
No matter how you look at it, it feels a bit like a date.
Feng Xuan bit his chopsticks, and as soon as this idea popped up in his mind, his heartbeat sped up a bit.
With something on his mind, he didn’t eat much, and Qi Zhuoyu saw this and frowned, “Don’t you like it?”
“No.” Feng Xuan put down his chopsticks, hesitated and said, “Senior brother, why are you being so nice to me today?”
It seemed like a weasel paying a New Year’s visit to a chicken, with no good intentions.
Thinking about what the Book of Fate said, it’s still several months before he gets killed by him.
He can’t be feeding him his last meal now, can he?
Sure enough, Qi Zhuoyu said, “In a few days, I’m going to the Chaotic Sea.”
…Oh. So he’s going on a long trip.
Scared to death.
He thought the big devil was really whimsical, making such a flashy date.
He clearly guessed that this straight man wouldn’t have such a mind.
But as he bit his chopsticks, he felt a bit of indescribable loss in his heart.
Feng Xuan’s attention was quickly attracted by the three words “Chaotic Sea”, and he asked, “Senior brother, what are you going to the Chaotic Sea for?”
Qi Zhuoyu gave a standard answer, “Every year as usual, I go to patrol the barrier and check the seal.”
But if Feng Xuan really believed his nonsense, then he would be a fool.
He originally wanted to ask what Qi Zhuoyu was doing at the Shangqing Academy this afternoon, but now he didn’t need to ask.
It should be to hand over the process and tasks of patrolling the Chaotic Sea barrier with those two cultivators.
Twenty years ago, a war broke out between the human race and the demon race at the edge of the Chaotic Sea.
After the human empire and the cultivators defeated the demon race, they also laid down an unbreakable barrier on the Chaotic Sea at the junction of the human realm and the demon realm. Since then, the demon race has been driven to the barren land of the Chaotic Sea, while the human race enjoyed the best resources and spiritual veins.
In order to consolidate their position as victors, the human cultivators moved the number one sect of the cultivation world, the Misty Immortal Mansion, to the junction of the human and demon realms.
Becoming a powerful force to prevent the demons in the Chaotic Sea from entering the human world.
The Chaotic Sea barrier had existed for twenty years, and the Misty Immortal Mansion sent people to patrol and check it every year.
Ever since Qi Zhuoyu became the proud disciple of the Misty Immortal Mansion, he had been the one to patrol the barrier every year at this time.
After all, the Chaotic Sea barrier was a very dangerous and chaotic place where humans, demons, and monsters coexist.
But Feng Xuan knew that Qi Zhuoyu never did anything that had nothing to do with his own interests.
He chose to patrol the Chaotic Sea at this time every year, not for the barrier.
It’s because today of every year.
Is the death anniversary of his mother, Yuan Luo.
Yuan Luo’s remains were buried in the Dongyi Demon Clan’s underground palace.
This woman who married for peace between the human race and the demon race had long been forgotten by the world.
Even the only son could only visit her in such a quiet way.
Feng Xuan put down his chopsticks and said, “Senior brother, did you buy me so many magic treasures today to prepare me to go to the Chaotic Sea?”
Qi Zhuoyu glanced at him, “No. You don’t have to go with me.”
Feng Xuan: ?
This was the first time Qi Zhuoyu didn’t take him with him.
Feng Xuan didn’t ask anything, and continued to pick up his chopsticks to eat.
He was eating absentmindedly, and in the end, he couldn’t help but put down his bowl.
It made a “clunk” sound.
This attracted Qi Zhuoyu’s attention.
Feng Xuan looked up at him, “Senior Brother, I think I still have to go.”
Qi Zhuoyu slowly furrowed his brows, somewhat puzzled.
This ancestor he was raising.
Wasn’t he the type to sit rather than stand, to lie down rather than sit, and to give up the opportunity to sleep in at home in favor of going out with him to suffer?
Feng Xuan organized his thoughts.
Although Qi Zhuoyu often used the power of the demon race in front of him, he didn’t hide his half-human, half-demon bloodline at all.
But when it was pointed out explicitly, it felt different.
Feng Xuan took a shallow breath and continued slowly, “Senior Brother, we humans have a saying, ‘Even an ugly daughter-in-law has to meet her mother-in-law.’”
Qi Zhuoyu’s gaze was dark and unclear.
Feng Xuan’s voice was clean and sweet, he struggled to say, “That is, I think, not only the ugly daughter-in-law has to meet the mother-in-law.”
He quietly looked up at him, gathering his courage to continue:
“I, this beautiful daughter-in-law, also have to meet the mother-in-law.”
