Estranged

Chapter 12: He sleeps well when others don't sleep well.

Xu Jingxian has been carefully observing the changes in his expression.

As soon as Chang Ming frowned, she immediately noticed it.

"You also know the real Jiufang?"

Chang Ming didn't answer but asked instead: "Why do you say that he colluded with demons?"

Xu Jingxian: "Back then I was still young, so I didn't see it with my own eyes, but those who survived said so."

Chang Ming: "Didn't you just say that nine out of ten people present died?"

Xu Jingxian smiled: "There are still those who escaped by chance, such as the head of the Dugu family, the head of the Wanjian Xianzong, and the head of the Shenxiao Xianfu. Take it, what you say will naturally not lie."

Chang Ming remembered that Zhou could say that he was ruined just now, it seems that the other party was not exaggerating.

After leaving Huangquan and returning to the world, he gradually remembered the past, but he was still vague about what happened on the day of the accident, and couldn't recall clearly. Now, combined with what Zhou Ke and Xu Jingxian said, he can piece together some things.

With his cultivation base as the number one person in the world at that time, colluding with demons would not be possible unless he had extraordinary benefits.

So what is this great benefit?

In addition, Xiaoyun's sudden appearance and disappearance must have something to do with Yun Weisi.

Even if it was a trap, he had to go to Jiuchongyuan this time.

If there is another hidden reason, it becomes more interesting to solve this mystery.

Without making him think for too long, Xu Jingxian snuggled up as if acting like a baby.

"Minglang, you haven't told me what is the relationship between you and the suzerain? Also, you wanted to see the suzerain from the beginning, and you asked me to bring you here. You deceived me so hard. If the suzerain pursues you today Come down, I will definitely be implicated by you!"

"Isn't this still implicated?"

Chang Ming didn't push her away, nor took advantage of the opportunity, just quietly watched her perform.

Under his gaze, Xu Jingxian couldn't continue acting very quickly, and even the smile on the corner of her mouth became forced.

She felt like a fool who had nothing to hide from the other party's eyes.

"Then the purpose of going to Jiuchongyuan, you can always tell me? Even if there is a suzerain in that place, I don't want to die."

Xu Jingxian barely raised her elbows and sat upright, but in the eyes of others, she was still that weak and boneless monster.

However, in the next second, her calm expression changed.

Because Chang Ming said something.

"When you were young, did you ever want to enter the Taoist sect, but you were told that you are born with a flattering bone, and it is not suitable for practicing Taoism, so you finally entered the demon sect and practiced demon kung fu?"

Xu Jingxian: "How do you know?"

Chang Ming: "Your expression has already shown the answer, and my guess is right. It seems that you not only want to enter the Taoism, but this has become your obsession."

Xu Jingxian was silent for a moment.

"When I was young, I once saw a Taoist priest flying in the sky with a sword. I was fascinated, so I asked my father to take me to the largest Taoist temple in this county to learn from a teacher. Quite a few kids like me are queuing up in front of the expert, wanting the expert to probe his bones and see if he has the aptitude for cultivation, so my father asked the servants to take me there to line up."

For her, this was already a long time ago, but when Xu Jingxian recalled it, it was vivid and fresh in her memory.

"Finally it was my turn. I went forward full of anticipation, waiting for the Taoist to say that I could be cultivated and put me in the gate wall. Who knew that he touched my wrist and forehead and remained silent for a while, with a serious expression on his face. Said, this girl is naturally charming, if she marries into the royal family and nobles in the future, she will be a enchantress who will bring disaster to the country, and if she takes the road of cultivation, she may also go astray."

"At that time, I burst into tears when I heard it, and I was uneasy and kind when I scolded the bull-nosed man who showed me the physiognomy, but my father refused to let me scold, and dragged me to apologize to the stinky Taoist priest. I only found out later that the stinky Taoist priest was called Xie Chunxi. It is the head teacher of Jinque Taoist Palace."

Chang Ming nodded: "Xie Chunxi was quite capable in defeating Miaodu, the head of the Buddhist sect, back then."

Xu Jingxian sneered: "I was only seven years old that year. At the age of seven, you can tell that I am a witch who is a disaster for the country? But because of his reputation and ability, what he said is even more deadly. Later, my father took me to give him From the perspective of other Taoist priests, none of them dared to overthrow Xie Chunxi's conclusion. No matter which Taoist sect I wanted to join, I was rejected in the end. Since I am not allowed to practice Taoism, then I will cultivate demons. Since I am said to be a disaster Guo Yaoji, if I don't act like a fool, how can I be worthy of that old man Xie Chunxi's evaluation of me!"

She finished speaking in one breath, calmed down a little, and changed into a smiling face in a blink of an eye, soft and coquettish.

"It's all your fault. Why did you stir up people's memories of the past and make them almost angry. My little boy is still thumping and thumping!"

"You are indeed charming, Xie Chunxi is right."

After Chang Ming finished speaking, he saw the murderous look in the other party's eyes.

The murderous aura was immediately hidden under the smiling face, and Xu Jingxian said delicately: "Why did Ming Lang say that about me! He is beautiful, but he is naturally charming and has no roots of wisdom. Then why don't you say that men can't control themselves so that they will be seduced by me?"

Chang Ming was not affected at all, and his voice was still slow.

"However, to be charming to one's bones does not necessarily mean you have to practice magic skills, and you don't necessarily have to have a clear mind. What's more, even if you are in the magic gate, you will not slack off even if you are in the magic gate. You can be under your command, but you must persist in practicing every day in order to break through, and you refuse to take shortcuts that people in the magic sect often take. I look at your face, you have a flattering bone but no flattering aura. It can be seen that even shortcuts such as harvesting yang and nourishing yin are very difficult. Use it less. If you entered the Tao and Buddha back then, you might as well become a master today.”

Xu Jingxian said with a smile: "What's the use of talking about it now? Are you trying to please me?"

Chang Ming: "There is still a chance."

Xu Jingxian frowned, holding back her impatience.

Chang Ming didn't give in.

"In Jiuchongyuan, there is a kind of nourishing real grass, which grows in places that are out of human reach. If you can get it, you can advance to a higher level of cultivation, and retreat to the Kefa Sutra to wash the marrow without hurting the root. Zhou may not promise When you come back, will I give you Donghai shark silk? In my opinion, relying on foreign objects is not as powerful as oneself. Since Zhou can let you take me to Jiuchongyuan, if it is a lucky coincidence, a real grass will be enough for you It has been used for a lifetime."

Xu Jingxian: "I've never heard of real grass, how do I know it's not your random nonsense?"

Chang Ming: "You can ask Zhou Ke, and you will know whether what I said is true or not."

Xu Jingxian thought I was tired of working? He just "escaped" from the suzerain, how could he go back to die.

It is undeniable that the other party's words made her mind shake and come alive.

Her original plan was to send Chang Ming to the vicinity of Jiuchongyuan, let him find his own way, and then return to recover. Everyone knows that there is a near death in that place, even if Chang Ming died in it, it is very reasonable.

But the suzerain is moody, he has an idea every now and then, and no one can tell whether he wants Chang Ming to come back alive or not.

In case the suzerain is not happy about throwing her in Jiuchongyuan and asks her to settle the score, where can she turn into a living person again?

There has never been a person who was safe and sound when he was sent to the suzerain as a human pill. Changming is the exception among the exceptions. Judging from the situation of the two just now, there must be some connection in the past. Love breeds hatred, and only then will you be angry and take a slanted sword, practicing kung fu with human pills...

Unknowingly, Xu Jingxian has already imagined a love and hatred that loves but cannot love and kill each other.

"I don't quite understand, since Ming Lang is so familiar with the suzerain, why did he beat you to death just now?" Xu Jingxian tentatively asked with half truth and half falsehood.

"Sometimes the deeper the bond with the person, the more uneasy it is to meet." Chang Ming replied half-truthfully.

Xu Jingxian: "So, you really are old acquaintances."

Chang Ming: "He grew up by the river. When he was young, his family was poor. He often went to the river to catch fish to eat by himself. Later, when his family situation improved, he was completely tired of fish. He even felt sick when he smelled fish. No change."

If he said anything else, Xu Jingxian might not know it, but in order to please Zhou Ke, she had asked about his hobbies. It was no secret that Zhou Ke hated eating fish, but no one knew why.

Xu Jingxian was finally convinced that this person and the suzerain were old acquaintances, and suspected that the two might have an affair.

"Since the suzerain has an order, Jingxian will naturally obey it, but it's getting late, I'll let someone take my husband to rest first, and then leave for Jiuchongyuan tomorrow, how about it?"

Chang Ming had no objection.

"Then there will be Fairy Lao."

This time, Changming slept extremely peacefully.

It is more secure than the mountain behind the Qixian Gate.

It wasn't because he saw the three apprentices who had reunited after a long absence, but because he knew that Zhou Ke and Xu Jingxian would definitely be tossing and turning.

Zhou Ke hadn't recovered from the shock when he saw him suddenly.

After fighting with him during the day, with Zhou Ke's suspicious temperament, at night he must be wondering whether his Master Shigui's cultivation has soared, or is it just a bluff, wondering where he got the adventure again, and whether he has reached the level of a fairy.

The more false and true, the less Zhou Ke would dare to act rashly, and in the end it would only torture his own hair.

But Xu Jingxian would definitely be tempted by the Nourishing Grass that Changming said, and asked around whether it existed, and if he didn't rest all night, he was busy looking for the truth in various classics and scriptures.

Since everyone else didn't sleep well, Chang Ming slept better.

The five-hour sleep allowed him to wake up refreshed the next day.

On the contrary, it was Xu Jingxian's tired face.

It is impossible for a monk to be so exhausted because of a sleepless night. Xu Jingxian must have used her golden bell to look around for evidence related to growing real grass in such a state of mental distress.

So much so that when she saw that Chang Ming was in high spirits, her complexion became even darker.

"Ming Lang seems very happy, did he have some good dreams last night?"

"Why did Fairy Xu say that?"

"I saw your face glowing red, surrounded by auspicious clouds, you must have encountered something happy, can you tell me something to share with me?" Xu Jingxian squeezed out each word from between her teeth.

"I'm happy because the fairy looks relieved and must have found the answer to a certain question, so I'm happy for you." Chang Ming said sincerely.

Xu Jingxian laughed back angrily, wishing to bite off a bite of flesh from him.

Since she became the lord of the peak, outsiders hated and feared her when they saw her. They called her a fairy to her face and a witch behind her back. She was the only one who let others eat her up. No one had ever been able to lead her around.

This Changming is really capable of what no one can do.

"I did find a legend about raising real grass in an ancient book."

Chang Ming raised his eyebrows: "Congratulations fairy."

Xu Jingxian wanted to bite again, "What else do you know about real grass?"

Changming: "This thing does not touch earth, rocks, dew, branches, vines, or rock walls. Those who see it say that it does not touch karma and does not enter reincarnation. Jiuchongyuan is also hard to find. It can only appear on the night of the full moon. A moment. These things must not have been written in the ancient book you found."

Xu Jingxian was suspicious: "Then how can you be so clear? Have you been to Jiuchongyuan?"

Chang Ming: "My brain was injured, I may have been there, but I can't remember the way. Yang Zhencao should be seen with my own eyes, otherwise I won't be impressed. Now your cultivation has reached the bottleneck, and it is difficult to make progress without the opportunity. , raising real grass is your greatest opportunity."

Xu Jingxian snorted coquettishly: "I will not risk my life just for an illusory opportunity. Since the suzerain asked me to send you to Jiuchongyuan, I will send you to the entrance and watch you go in with my own eyes. I!"

Chang Ming smiled: "Then when shall we set off?"

Xu Jingxian: "Now!"

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Small theater unrelated to the main text:

Xu Jingxian: Sovereign, may I have the courage to ask, what is the relationship between you and Chang Ming?

Zhou Ke: What's none of your business?

Xu Jingxian: This will determine my attitude towards him. If he is important to you, then I will be more careful.

Zhou Ke: No, torture him severely!

Xu Jingxian: Oh.

Zhou Ke: But don’t kill people.

Xu Jingxian: Oh—

Zhou Ke: (gritting his teeth) He owes me a lot!