"Mu Hanxue? Is he the one we met on Luoying Island before?"
Liang Yan raised his eyebrows and said with some humor: "Come on, we have come back in a circle, but we still have to find her. Brother Ji, you might as well chase her on the island that day, this will save a lot of effort.
"
After Ji Lai heard this, he rolled his eyes and said: "Brother Liang, you can't stand and talk without hurting your back. I have spent so much time investigating the strength of each candidate, why don't I just want to find a capable helper for us? Cang Yue
It's obvious that people over there are not as good as God. Who told us that we were a step too late and were jumped in first? But Mu Hanxue is different, isn't she also looking for someone to form a team?"
"Yes, she is indeed looking for someone to form a team." Liang Yan shook his head and said teasingly: "It's just that what she is looking for is not middle-stage Jindan monks like you and me, but someone who can fight with one enemy.
A great master of three, you beg eagerly to come to your door, but people may not pay attention to you."
"Brother Liang, what you said is wrong!"
Ji Lai didn't seem to agree, and retorted: "Mu Hanxue is called 'Ice Mountain Snow Lotus' because of her aloof and cold personality. She was rejected by Situ Kuangsheng in public just now, and her self-esteem must have been greatly hit.
She will never take the initiative to find someone to form a team again. If we come to invite you at this time, how can she refuse?"
"Thinking too much!" Liang Yan shrugged and said, "I think this woman's heart is as high as the sky. She will not be lured into the team by a few words from you. I will probably return in vain this time."
"Whether it succeeds or not, we have to try it before we can say it!" Ji Lai said with a serious face: "It's very close to the start of the assessment. If we don't finalize this third ally, we will be in trouble when the assessment begins.
You will suffer a big loss! So you must go on this trip!"
"Fine!"
Liang Yan shrugged, with an indifferent expression on his face.
Anyway, no matter who you add to the team, he can pass the test with his magical powers. The difference is that if your teammates are very strong, you don't have to expose too much of your strength.
"Mu Hanxue lives in the 'Next Mountain Residence', which is said to be a separate cave. It's getting late today, so it's not appropriate to come and talk anymore. Let's go there early tomorrow morning."
Liang Yan naturally had no objection to this. After nodding, he turned around and entered his attic.
He meditated in the attic for a night, and after thinking about it before going out the next day, he temporarily brought Li Xiaosong into the wooden house.
When Liang Yan opened the door and entered the courtyard, Ji Lai was already waiting here.
"Brother Liang, when the time comes, look at my eyes and act, and show off your magical powers at the appropriate time, so that Fairy Mu will know how powerful you are, so that we can get twice the result with half the effort."
"Okay, let's go!"
Liang Yan didn't want to say anything more, so he just waved his hands, and the two of them turned into two escaping lights. In an instant, they left Tianxing Academy and headed straight for the "Next Mountain Residence".
About half an hour later, the two rays of light came to a beautiful small mountain peak.
After the light dispersed, the two landed halfway up the mountain. They saw a medium-sized house at the end of the mountain road. There was a plaque hanging on the outer door of the house, which read the three characters "Residence in the Neighboring Mountain".
"This is it."
The two came to the gate of the house and saw two monks who looked like maids standing outside the door. Their cultivation was at the early stage of the Juyuan Realm. When they saw Liang Yan and Ji Lai coming side by side, they took the initiative to greet them.
"Two seniors, this is the 'neighboring mountain residence'. I wonder what the purpose of your visit is?"
"We are here to visit Fairy Mu, please let us know." Ji Lai said very politely.
The two maids looked at each other. One of the female cultivators in a blue shirt nodded and said to Ji Lai, "Senior, please stay here for a moment. I will go in and ask my master for instructions."
After she finished speaking, she was about to turn around and go in, but she suddenly shouted: "Wait a minute!"
Upon hearing this, the female cultivator in blue turned around and asked with some confusion: "Senior, do you have anything else to give me?"
Ji Lai smiled slightly, reached out and took out a sandalwood box from his sleeve, and handed it over.
"This is a small gift I prepared for Fairy Mu. Please help me deliver it to her."
There was a look of surprise on the face of the female cultivator in blue, but she nodded the next moment and said: "Senior, don't worry, this slave will go in and hand it over to my master."
After she said this, she took the sandalwood box with both hands, held it in her arms, turned around and walked into the house.
Looking at the woman's retreating back, Ji Lai shook his folding fan and chuckled:
"Brother Liang, I made sufficient preparations during the days when you were in seclusion. As far as I know, Mu Hanxue has recently been practicing an ice-type kung fu, so I specially brought some thousand-year-old martial arts with me.
Come here, Han Xu, she will reject us without any reason."
Seeing his confident look, Liang Yan didn't know what to say, so he could only nodded and stood there waiting.
Not long after, I saw the female cultivator in blue returning. When she saw Ji Lai and Liang Yan, she immediately bent down and saluted, and said softly: "My master has invited me, two seniors, please come with me."
Let me do it."
Ji Lai's face lit up when he heard this, and he winked at Liang Yan, as if to say, "Do you think I'm right?"
You must know that both of them are candidates participating in the assessment. The meaning of this visit is self-evident. And everyone is either teammates or opponents in the assessment. If Mu Hanxue has no intention of forming a team with them, he will not do it at all.
Let them in.
Liang Yan was also a little shaken at this time, and secretly thought in his heart: "Did I misjudge the person this time? Will this iceberg fairy really agree to form a team with two monks in the middle stage of the Golden Core?"
While he was thinking about it, the female nun in blue had already led the two of them into the courtyard. The "Mountain Residence" was built halfway up the mountain, with many cliffs surrounding it. It really felt like "living next to the mountain."
The courtyard is not small. There are many corridors and pavilions in it, with nine twists and turns, some of which are submerged in the bamboo forest, as if winding paths lead to tranquility, giving it a sense of tranquility and serenity.
Liang Yan and Ji Lai walked on the long corridor, admiring the beautiful scenery around them and feeling relaxed.
"Fairy Mu is indeed an iceberg fairy. Even the place she lives in is so quiet and elegant, which makes people want to make friends with her even more." Ji Lai waved his folding fan gently as he walked, looking like a handsome young master from a noble family.
After hearing this, the female cultivator in blue pursed her lips and said with a smile: "The master has an elegant temperament and does not like to make noise, so he is not willing to live with other candidates. The master spent a lot of spiritual stones to rent this cave.
"
"That's it." Ji Lai nodded, looking deeply convinced.
While the two were talking, Liang Yan looked around. He found that there were restrictions in many places here. It was obvious that Mu Hanxue was a cautious person. Even if it was just a temporary residence, he would not care about such restrictions.
Not careless either.
While he was looking around, he suddenly glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw three female Pingting sisters coming out of the end of a long corridor in the distance.
The cultivation level of these three people is only in the foundation-building stage. They look like servants here. They are all in a hurry at this time, as if they have received some order and are preparing to rush somewhere.
Liang Yan's eyes fell on one of the female cultivators, and suddenly his pupils shrank and his face changed slightly.
"is her?!"
Although they had not seen each other for many years, Liang Yan recognized this woman immediately.
He really didn't expect that he would meet an old friend from Nanchui in a place like this. He was shocked and had many doubts in his heart.
"How could it be her? How did she get here?"
"It shouldn't be. With her talent, she shouldn't still be at this level after so many years."
Liang Yan's expression only changed for a moment, and it returned to normal the next moment. Next to him, Ji Lai and the female editor in blue were chatting, and neither of them noticed the change in his expression.
At this time, Liang Yan had already withdrew his gaze and thought secretly in his heart: "Is this woman hiding her cultivation on purpose? Does she have any other powerful magical powers or magic weapons?
Can't you see through her lies?"
This series of questions flashed through Liang Yan's mind, making him curious, wanting to know what the other party's purpose was for sneaking here.
But in this situation, it is naturally impossible to go over and ask directly.
Liang Yan pondered for a while, then suddenly used the "Secret Technique of Soul Separation" taught by Qian Yexue, and attached an extremely fine ray of soul to a white bird in the courtyard, and then followed the woman in blue as if nothing had happened.
Xiu, turned forward and entered a bamboo forest.
And not long after they left, the seemingly stupid white bird in the courtyard suddenly rolled its eyes, then spread its wings and flew in the direction where the three female nuns left.
After half a cup of tea, deep in the bamboo forest, the female nun in blue stopped, pointed to a pavilion with only a corner exposed in the distance and said: "Ahead is the 'Dancing Bamboo Pavilion', my master is waiting inside, you two
Senior, please go on your own."
"Thanks for the guidance."
Ji Lai nodded, shook his folding fan, and walked towards the pavilion with Liang Yan.
Before the two of them got close, they heard bursts of piano music, which sounded simple and elegant, and perfectly matched the surrounding scenery.
After walking a little further, I saw a pavilion hidden deep in the bamboo forest. There was a veil around the pavilion, and the scenery inside could not be seen clearly. Only a slim figure could be vaguely seen, sitting in front of the stone table with a pair of bare hands.
Play it gently and the moving melody will come out from there.
Ji took a look at the graceful figure in the pavilion, and couldn't help but show a hint of admiration on his face, and praised:
"The graceful pavilion is full of emerald green, and the flowers shyly come to roll up the beaded curtains. To see the beautiful woman smiling in the pavilion, the spring breeze on the bamboos can't stop!"
After the poem was sung, the music of the piano in the pavilion gradually stopped, and then a cold female voice sounded: "Master Ji, you are so complimentary. I have no ordinary beauty, so how can I be worthy of the reputation in the poem?"
"Eh!"
Ji Lai waved his hand and said, "Fairy Mu is as graceful as an ice lotus in the snow, and her piano skills are impeccable. Why should I be so humble?"
When he said this, he suddenly froze for a moment, as if he had realized something, and said with some surprise: "Wait a minute! Fairy Mu actually recognizes me?"
"Of course!"
The voice in the pavilion chuckled softly and said: "Senior Shen Sanchi is famous, and his direct disciples must be among the best. I am lucky enough to meet Mr. Ji today, and I am worthy of this Wushuang City."
"Huh? When did that old man become so famous?"
Ji Lai murmured in a low voice, but he was still very happy in his heart. He immediately cupped his hands and said, "Ji is lucky enough to be able to see Fairy Mu. I came here today. I hope I didn't disturb the fairy's purity."
As if affected by the quiet environment around her, she was always careful when speaking, for fear of offending the beauty.
"It doesn't matter."
The figure in the pavilion responded faintly, then raised his sleeves and flicked, and the light gauze bead curtains covering the surroundings of the pavilion slowly opened to both sides.
As an elegant fragrance came, Liang Yan and others also saw the figure in the pavilion clearly. They saw that the woman was dressed in white as snow, with skin as smooth as gel, and a graceful and exquisite figure. She was exactly what they saw on Luoying Island that day.
sword dancing woman.
"The two Taoist friends are guests from afar. Since you are here, you might as well come into the pavilion and drink a cup of tea." Mu Hanxue said with an indifferent expression.
"Haha, thank you fairy for the treat!" Ji Lai chuckled, pulling Liang Yan into the pavilion.
After the two sat down next to the stone table, Mu Hanxue raised her hand and tapped lightly. Two white jade teacups appeared in front of Liang Yan and Ji Lai respectively. At the same time, an emerald teapot on the stone table also flew into the air.
We got up and each made a cup of fragrant tea in front of them.
“Great tea!”
Ji Lai sniffed it with his nose and said with a smile: "This tea is as elegant as chrysanthemum, and the fragrance is yet lively. It is just like the temperament of Fairy Mu, which makes people yearn for it."
"Master Ji is good at talking."
Mu Hanxue pursed her lips and smiled. She had the cold temperament of a thousand-year-old iceberg. This smile was like a spring breeze melting into snow, with a faint blush on her cheeks. She was beautiful but not coquettish, gorgeous but not vulgar. She had always boasted of being romantic.
shocked.
"Ahem!"
Liang Yan couldn't stand it anymore and could only cough heavily.
He really had no choice. Even though Mu Hanxue had not practiced any charm skills, she was such an icy beauty, with a heart-stirring charm in her eyes and smile. Although she was a veteran of Hua Cong, Ji Lai was not as good as this Mu Hanxue.
Han Xue still couldn't control herself in front of him, and was a little too out of control.
When Ji Lai heard Liang Yan's cough, he suddenly woke up and smiled awkwardly.
But Mu Hanxue didn't seem to notice his gaffe. At this time, she lowered her head and took a sip of tea and asked softly: "Why did Mr. Ji come to visit you this time?"
Ji Lai seemed to have just remembered the business at this moment, and immediately his face became solemn and he said very seriously: "Ji is here because he wants to form a team with Fairy Mu to participate in this selection assessment."
"I see."
Mu Hanxue showed an expression that she had expected, then turned her eyes and looked at Liang Yan next to her.
"Then who is this fellow Taoist?"
"His name is Liang Yan, and he has formed an alliance with Ji. If Mu Fairy joins again, we will be a complete team." Ji Lai said with a smile.