The border town of Zhao was very desolate, and the group walked for a long time before they saw a dilapidated inn. The plaque at the entrance of the inn is mottled and hung with cobwebs, and Derpy has to wonder if this place has long been closed and abandoned.

Reaching out to push open the broken wooden door, Derpy feels dust in addition to the creaking sound.

"Anyone?"

It was already dark, but there was no light in the house. Although the visibility is low, fortunately, you can barely see the furnishings inside. The room is not big, some basic tables and chairs are displayed on the counter, but I don't see the store.

When everyone approached the counter, they saw a rattan chair in the counter, and an old man was lying motionless with his eyes closed.

Derpy put the ball on the counter and reached above the old man, "Grandpa, wake up, we want to stay in the hotel!"

"Huh, what?" the old man woke up from his dream, and one of them rolled over and almost fell out of the wicker chair. looked up at Derpy and his party, "How many guest officers are there?"

"......" everyone sighed, this is not waking up yet, right?

"There were five of us, staying at the hotel. Derpy didn't think there was anything wrong, and the second child in the book asked like this, so he obediently answered the store's question.

"Cheng, if you are lucky, the only three Tianzi rooms in this store are empty today, come with me. The old man stretched out his hand and groped around the counter for a long time, took out a few keys, and slowly climbed upstairs.

The old man said that there were two chairs and a wooden bed, and there was a musty smell in the room. Now Qingran thinks that they are really lucky, they are like this in the upper room, what else is it?

But...... Why did the old man take him and Derpy to the same room?

Qing Ran didn't think there was anything wrong with this at all, he and Derpy Pear grew up together, and they had been together for more than a hundred years in their previous lives, so they felt very natural no matter what they did. In this life, when he was in Qingyun Mountain, he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with being in the same room with Derpy and having physical contact. Liluo Nanye Miaoyin and others are also used to this, but now Qingran is a little embarrassed.

If you don't think about everything, you won't be embarrassed if you don't think about it. But Qingran couldn't control his thoughts, perhaps because Derpy Pear was talking about all kinds of mundane love stories every day these days, which affected him. Or maybe it's because of his change of mindset towards Derpy?

Derpy didn't feel anything, and as she entered the door, she lay down on the plank bed, took out the book she had read before, and continued to read. Derpy is also lying in Derpy's arms, tilting her head and her little eyes spinning around, reading with Derpy.

During the days when she was running in the clouds, Ball read books with Derpy Pear every day. The clouds cut off their aura, and at the same time prevented the heaven and earth aura from entering. Derpy Pear and the others can also absorb the spiritual power in the spirit stone for cultivation, but Xiaoqiu'er has nothing to do. Because spirit stones are precious consumable items, they can't take them to the little ball to absorb.

And everyone's cultivation speed makes people anxious. The aura that drifted randomly between heaven and earth was already small and chaotic, and meditating in the clouds for two years was not as good as the results of six months of cultivation in Qingyun Mountain. Qingyun Mountain is a small peak with five elements spiritual veins, and the concentration of heaven and earth spiritual energy gathered on it is very considerable. Although it is not as good as a medium-sized and large-scale spiritual vein, cultivating in a place where there is a spiritual vein is more than a little better than meditating on the spot.

Derpy's cultivation speed is relatively fast, and he can successfully build a foundation in the clouds. Qing Ran seemed to be a lot slower, because he could only absorb wood attribute spirit stones to cultivate. Other spiritual power can also be used temporarily when inhaled into the body, but it cannot be used for cultivation only, and it is very difficult to transform it into its own wood attribute spiritual power, and this kind of behavior outweighs the loss.

Qing Ran left some wood attribute spirit stones in case of emergency. Everything else has been absorbed, but there is still some distance from building the foundation.

As for the others, the progress of the cultivation is not traceable. The higher the cultivation, the more difficult it is to advance, the Great Perfection cultivation of Pear Derpy's Qi refining period, two years of cultivation can build a foundation, and it will take at least several decades and hundreds of years for Pear Luonan and Ye Miaoyin to become a Dan.

Needless to say, Zhou Luqi and Ji Ruyuan have never reached the cultivation of the Transformation Period, and they don't know what it feels like. But they were sure that Zhou Luqi and the two would not be able to go further without a few hundred years.

Qing Ran waved his hand to place a ban on the entire room, intending to unlock the seal of Huafan and meditate and cultivate in the room. This will not only build the foundation faster, but also drive Derpy out of her mind.

Walking to the side of the bed, looking at the little ball curled up in Derpy's arms, with a humanized expression on her face, Qingran shook her head and stepped forward to carry it aside. This animal has seen a lot of essences, but he has never seen a spirit that can be a second-level cultivator of Qi refining, and his spiritual intelligence is higher than that of Pear Derpy.

Qingran carried one of Xiaoqiu'er's hind legs, and his eyes inadvertently swept Xiaoqiu'er's crotch, but he didn't expect Xiaoqiu'er to be a male! Sleeping on Derpy's chest every day, was actually a male spirit? Qingran felt that his whole person was a little bad, and he couldn't tell what was wrong.

Xiaoqiu is used to Qingran's ravaging of it, and Qingran doesn't bother to struggle with it on one leg. But now it clearly felt Qingran holding its hind legs still, its eyes fixed on somewhere.

…… Xiaoqiu'er scratched Qingran's hand with her other leg, reminding Qingran if it was time to put it down. Although it is now a small furry animal, it is quite embarrassing to be stared at, and a feeling of shame spreads.

"Ahem......" Qingran hurriedly threw the ball out and coughed uncomfortably. The little ball fell to the ground and rolled out a few bones, and its little eyes rolled upward.

Derpy heard the sound and looked up from the book, "Brother Qingran, why did you throw the ball on the ground?" Derpy picked up the ball on the ground and held it in her arms, smoothing the hair, and the ball was rubbing on Derpy's chest.

Qingran felt as if he had seen Xiao Qiu'er showing off his mighty face.

"Derpy, Ball is an animal, let it sleep on the ground. Qingran said, reaching out to Derpy's arms to catch the balls.

Derpy didn't let go, "Derpy has slept with me for so long, it's my friend, how can I let it sleep on the ground alone? It's so cold at night, it's so cold on the ground, it's so small." ”

"Well, it will sleep with me in the future. Qingran couldn't help but say that he scooped the small ball in his hand and stiffly smoothed it out. The ball rolled her eyes up again, looking like she was rolling her eyes.

"Okay then......" Derpy pouted, why can't Xiaoqiu'er sleep with her, just sleep with Qingran? She doesn't understand the meaning of Qingran's move, maybe Qingran also likes Xiaoqiuer? After all, it's soft, fluffy, and comfortable to hold.

got what he wanted, put the little ball on the ground at will, unsealed it, and meditated and cultivated. Derpy finished the book and stared at the dark rooftop.

The ending in the book is unhappy. In the end, Miss Zhang Jiaer also failed to live with the scholar, because Master Zhang thought that the scholar was poor and that he would be embarrassed. So the scholar was beaten to death by Master Zhang, and the second lady of the Zhang family was martyred.

Why do you want this? Why do mortals have so many rules and regulations? Can't you just like it? Derpy can't fall asleep tossing and turning, can't calm down even if she wants to meditate, and can't settle down all the time, Master Zhang is so annoying! The more I think about it, the more sad I become, and I really want to find him and reason with him!

However, Derpy is not the only one who can't calm down. Qingran was only meditating on the surface, but in fact, he kept feeling Derpy pears tossing and turning, sighing.

In the end, Qingran couldn't bear it anymore and opened her eyes to look at Derpy, "Derpy, what's wrong with you?"

Derpy sat up, "Brother Qingran, don't you cultivate?" I just finished reading this book, the book is dead, and the second miss is also dead. No wonder my mother said that I would feel distressed when I was born and died, it turned out to be true, and I feel so sad now. ”

Qingran patted Derpy's back, "Don't be sad, there are too many people in the world who can't help themselves, maybe the second miss and the scholar will be together in the next life." ”

"Hmm. Derpy pears buried her face in Qingran's chest and said in a sullen voice.

"Since Brother Qingran, you don't cultivate, then let's sleep. Derpy lays out the futon and moves it inside, making room for it.

Qing Ran looked at that position, and originally wanted to refuse, but he wanted to sleep there in his heart, so he didn't lie down for a while, didn't leave, and didn't speak.

"Brother Qingran?" Derpy tugged at Qingran's sleeve.

"Hmm. Qingran's throat moved, and finally slowly lay down on Derpy's side.

The night was quiet, and the little ball on the ground slept with its white belly facing up, slightly undulating. On the bed, Derpy is curled up in her arms like a ball, curled up in Qingran's arms. She has become accustomed to shrinking in Qingran's arms, out of the secret realm Qingran held her in her arms, the imperial weapon flight was in her arms, and there was danger Qingran protected her in her arms.

It feels very reassuring to shrink in Qingran's arms.

Qingran tried to maintain her original state of mind and circled the pear derpy into her arms. But change is change, and no matter how much you try to cover it up, its essence is there as always.

"Brother Qingran, what is this?" asked Derpy coldly.

"Hmph...... Derpy, let it go!" Qingran snorted.

Frightened, Derpy felt like she let go of what she was holding, "Brother Qingran, what's wrong with you?" I didn't mean to pinch it, it's just that it's ......."

"Don't talk about it...... Qing Ran was so embarrassed that he had nowhere to hide, "Derpy, you go to sleep first, I have something to go out." Without waiting for Derpy's reaction, he ran away.

"Squeak!" The little ball on the ground suffered an unwarranted disaster, and was trampled on by Qingran, and instinctively sent it to his mouth to lick it.

Derpy sat on the bed with a dazed expression and lay straight back. After a while, he sat up again, scooped the ball on the ground into his arms, and lay back down.

What did she do? Qing Ran's muffled snort was the same as when she was injured, and the last time Qing Ran broke all her muscles, she just snorted like this. Oh oops, how could she do it without asking!

Derpy is very worried about Qingran, but Qingran tells her to sleep first. The book says that men have a kind of machismo and don't want women to see their vulnerable side, so she still doesn't go to Qingran, and waits for Qingran to come back here.

Qingran didn't go far, just stood in the aisle for a while, and quietly entered another room. He wanted to calm down, but he always remembered the previous touch, and his palms couldn't help but slide.