The sunset is completely hidden, and darkness falls, with only a few bits of starlight. Suddenly, there was a great light in the mountains and in the academy, as bright as day. Zu Zhenlin and Li Cao were shocked by what they saw.

"Young man, you just put your baggage here, it's getting late, I won't leave you, the academy has regulations, when the time comes, people who are not from the academy are not allowed to walk around in the academy at will, you should also hurry down the mountain and go out, if you are misunderstood, it will not be good." "The thin old man actually gave the order to evict the customer.

In the face of the old man's unloading and killing of the donkey, Zhenlin and Li Cao were completely speechless, they didn't even have a glass of water, and sighed secretly, "Then we'll go." ”

Putting the burden on the ground, the two turned to leave.

"Be careful to go back the way you came, you will be caught if you take the wrong road. The old man shouted from behind.

Zu Zhenlin didn't want to speak anymore, just turned his head and smiled. The two of them didn't want to make a fuss, so they returned the way they came, and when they saw that there were bright lights on both sides of the road, they floated in the air, exuding a bright and soft light.

"What is this?" Li Cao said curiously.

Zu Zhenlin observed carefully, stretched out a finger, and the aura slowly extended along his fingers to the vicinity of the light cluster, perceiving the fluctuation of the aura, and suddenly the light was flourishing, and the figure of the thin old man appeared, with an expressionless face, and said: "It is forbidden to touch indiscriminately, otherwise you will bear the consequences." ”

After saying that, the old man's figure slowly became illusory until it disappeared.

Zu Zhenlin hurriedly stopped exploring. Li Cao's expression was solemn, and he said worriedly, "Are you okay?"

"It should be fine, this is just a warning, it seems that these light clusters should be formed by some kind of formation. Zu Zhenlin said.

Hearing that it was okay, Li Cao was relieved, but he didn't expect that the formation could produce lighting on such a scale, and he was even more eager for the formation.

The two of them did not delay any longer, and went down the mountain directly, without a place to live, and could only return to the city inn.

At the gate of the courtyard, Li Ji was anxiously circling, stretching his neck from time to time to look at the three roads, and hitting the palm of his hand with his fist, looking very impatient.

When Zu Zhenlin and Li Cao's figures appeared at the intersection, Li Ji breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly caught up, and said worriedly: "Where did you two go, are you okay?"

Looking at Li Ji with a worried face, Zu Zhenlin felt warm in his heart, although the two had known each other for a short time, they didn't even know the details, and this person was a little unreliable in speaking, but he had a good heart, "The two of us are fine, we just want to go in and take a look casually." ”

Li Ji reproached: "Although the academy allows outsiders to enter, there are still many places where it is prohibited, and if you break indiscriminately, it is dangerous, why don't you wait for me? I can show you around." ”

"I thought you had something, so I didn't wait. It's just a casual stroll, with the strength of the two of us, we shouldn't be able to enter those forbidden places, right?" Zu Zhenlin said with a smile.

Li Ji thought for a moment and nodded, "That's the same." ”

"Well, how did you know we had entered the academy?" Li Cao said strangely.

"Didn't I bring you food at noon, the people in the academy saw it, they knew you, and after you drew lots, you entered the academy, but until the lottery ended, you didn't come out, I thought something happened to you. ”

Li Cao and Zu Zhenlin's stomachs growled, they didn't eat dinner, and now their stomachs protested.

"I knew you hadn't eaten. Li Ji said, ran to the side, and came over with two food boxes, "It should be cold." ”

The three of them found the stone table and laid the food on the table, which was still a little warm.

"I've already eaten it, but I've always put some of the dishes aside and it's fine. ”

"What are you talking about, you are already grateful for sending us food, how can you dislike it?" Zu Zhenlin said.

"Then you can eat, by the way, it's already dark now, and it's troublesome to go back, why don't you go to my bedroom and squeeze it?" Li Ji proposed.

"Is this okay? I mean the academy allows this?" asked Zu Zhenlin.

"What's this, as long as it doesn't take women to where men live, and men to places where women live, and make it clear, it won't matter. But I'm going to wronged you guys. Li Ji smiled evilly.

"Thank you too. Li Cao said.

Zu Zhenlin and Li Cao were indeed hungry, and they ate up their meals like a whirlwind. Zhenlin burped.

"Come with me. ”

Li Ji led the way, walked to the right, walked and walked, and suddenly shouted, "You went up the hill along that road?"

In order to confirm, I asked again, "Did you go up the mountain?"

Zu Zhenlin and Li Cao looked at each other, and they didn't know why he suddenly became excited, "Yes, what's wrong?"

"What's wrong, what's wrong? Do you know that the courtyard on the mountain where the road leads is inhabited by the elders and teachers of the academy, and some of them devote themselves to cultivation and ignore the affairs of the world. Some people are withdrawn and don't like to be disturbed. Even we, the students, will not go over easily, unless a teacher calls us, and you two outsiders just go up, have you met anyone?"

Zu Zhenlin told the truth, "I met a thin old man, helped him carry a burden, he took us up the mountain, and after delivering the things, he came back, it was very smooth, and I didn't see anyone else." ”

"That's fine. Li Ji put his mind at ease, "Alas, after you delivered the things, he let you go, why is this person like this? Thin old man, why don't I remember which teacher it is." ”

"He said he hadn't taught in a long time, so you don't know. Li Cao said.

"That's not a great teacher, don't care about him. Li Ji's mind was uncertain and decided not to think about it anymore.

As the road deepens, it slowly divides into many small forks, and there are green bamboos and flowers on the side of the road.

"The trails basically lead to where we live. Li Ji introduced, "The number of people living in the place varies, basically eight people live in a courtyard, but the room is one room per person." But I was so gifted and intelligent, and I practiced for a long time, leaving my classmates far behind, and making the teachers look at me differently, so they prepared a courtyard for me. Li Ji boasted, "By the way, the person in my courtyard went out on a mission and hasn't come back yet, I can kick his door open, and you can go in alone." Don't worry, they're all brothers and won't mind. ”

Faced with this unreliable suggestion, Zu Zhenlin decisively refused.

Li Ji shook his head in regret.

Through the path, I finally came to the place where Li Ji lived, a courtyard was close together, and almost all of it was lit up. There is an independent bamboo building on the outermost part, and a middle-aged man sits on a small bamboo stool and drinks leisurely.

When Li Ji saw this person, he immediately looked solemn, stepped forward to salute, and said: "Teacher Li, these are my two friends, because it is late, and the guest house where outsiders stay is full, and then go back to the city to trouble, I want to take them to my courtyard for the night, and they will leave the next day, is it okay?"

Teacher Li looked at Zhenlin and them, "Are you here to sign up?"

"Yes. ”

"Let's go inside. Teacher Li waved his hand and said simply.

"Thank you, teacher, I'll go to the city another day and buy you good wine. Li Ji said happily.

"Don't forget, you kid, if you dare to fool me, you look good. Teacher Li threatened.

"How dare I. ”

Li Ji took Zhenlin and them through the corridor, greeted people when they met, talked and laughed with others, seemed to be very familiar, and the popularity was really good.

"After living in the courtyard, the courtyard belongs to that person, and you can fiddle with the layout of the courtyard of the room, as long as it is not dismantled and burned. Li Ji introduced.

Li Ji's small courtyard is very clean and simple, with only one stone table and three stone benches. There is also a plum tree in the corner.

"The people I live with like to practice, and they don't care about anything else. I like plum blossoms, but I'm lazy, so I planted one and almost let me die, but it survived and came back to life. ”

Li Ji opened his door, "Come in." ”

The room is very spacious, with an inside and an outside, and a table and chairs in the outside.

"It's okay, it's enough for three people to sleep, and I have extra bedding here, it's all clean. Let's stay overnight. Li Ji took out two sets of futons from the cabinet and handed them to Zhenlin.

Li Cao hugged the quilt and went to the outside to lay on the floor.

"Well, how did you get outside? There's plenty of room inside. Li Ji said.

After Li Cao laid out the bedding, he sat on the chair, took out the divine beast egg, and then took out a spirit stone, and said with a smile: "This side is more spacious." ”

Li Cao turned on the aura, his fingers glowed with a soft green light, slowly penetrating the eggshell, and then carefully channeled the aura in the spirit stone into it, concentrating.

"Do you really want to hatch this egg?" Li Ji said when he saw this.

Li Cao was full of interest and nodded.

Li Ji also sat aside, watching the beast eggs, but unfortunately after a long time, there was no movement, and he felt bored, so he went back to bed to sleep, "Have you ever slept with me?" ”

"Hurry up and sleep yours. Zu Zhenlin said, and he didn't want to practice in front of others, so he just lay down and went to sleep.

Li Cao was outside, patient, and his eyes were staring at the beast eggs, lest he make a mistake. In the Treasure Tower, when he poured aura into the egg, a light flashed on the eggshell. But after buying it back, after a night of unremitting efforts, the aura was continuously injected, but unfortunately there was no movement. Unwilling to give up, continue to feed Reiki.

After about an hour, the eggshell finally changed, and the fluorescence appeared, and a shadow loomed inside, although it was impossible to see what it was.

Li Cao was very happy, but he didn't dare to interrupt the aura, and after a while, the beast egg fell silent again, the brilliance disappeared, and the shadow was not visible. A little disappointed, I thought I could hatch him out today, it seems that I am still in a hurry for quick success. After another hour, the Divine Beast Egg was still unresponsive, and Li Cao stopped the operation of the exercise, interrupted the introduction of spiritual energy, and put the spiritual stone and the Divine Beast Egg into the storage ring.

Li Cao took off her coat and began to sleep.

"Alas, you two are really boring, you just go to sleep without chatting. Li Ji said depressedly.

No one talked, and he fell asleep.