5. Prelude to the trial

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When he saw Guan Siyan again, the gray-clothed young man didn't even want to look at her anymore, he knew Guan Siyan's dirty thoughts, and it was precisely because he knew that he felt even more disgusting.

After the schoolwork of the Inheritance Hall was over on this day, the gray-clothed young man did not go back with the Dragon Maiden, but stayed in the cultivation room of the Inheritance Hall to practice the thunder spell given by the * elder.

He is the same as the Great Elder is the Thunder Spiritual Root, this matter was discovered by the Great Elder, perhaps because the Dragon Maiden told the Great Elder that he was seriously injured in order to save her, the Great Elder was very kind to him, not only personally tested his spiritual root, but also often taught him something in private, this kind of targeted guidance benefited him a lot, and it was much more useful than what he learned in the Inheritance Hall.

Circulating the aura in his body, he exhaled lightly, this step was easy to do, he felt that the aura in his body was full beyond his imagination, and then there was a soft sound of "poof", as if something overflowed, and there was a sense of relief that the barrier was broken.

He tried to condense a thin bolt of thunder and lightning on his fingertips, and the purple-black thunderbolt jumped on his fingertips, although it was only a small lump, but it felt amazingly powerful.

Touching the chain on his chest, feeling the comfortable aura transmitted by the chain, he continued to close his eyes and cultivate.

The day of the trial is getting closer and closer, and this is his only and last chance, and if he doesn't pass it, then he must return to the world.

In this case...... In the future, he will live a mediocre life like a mortal, and he will completely become a person of two worlds with the dragon girl.

Therefore, even in order to be able to get closer to the Dragon Maiden, he had to work hard to cultivate.

When he walked out of the cultivation room, the sunset on the horizon was bright, and the gray-clothed young man saw Long Ningqiu waiting outside at a glance.

Seeing the gray-clothed young man come out, Long Ningqiu walked over: "I've been waiting for you for two days." ”

...... Have it been two days?

The gray-clothed young man looked at him: "Looking for me?"

"I'd like to look at your arm again. Long Ningqiu glanced at his arm and made a straightforward request.

The gray-clothed young man remembered that day when he looked at his arm with fanatical eyes, and subconsciously shuddered, so he firmly refused.

Long Ningqiu's expression was a little disappointed, but he didn't force it in the end.

Seeing Long Ningqiu turn around and leave, when the gray-clothed young man was about to leave, Long Ling and Long Tai happened to pass by, and Long Tai's expression was a little unpleasant.

"I finally picked up something, and I thought it was some kind of treasure, but it turned out that the fart was useless. Long Tai didn't even look at the gray-clothed young man and complained.

"It's just a random pick-up, what's there to complain about. Long Ling said lightly.

"This wine was picked up in the land of gods and demons, shouldn't it be some kind of great spirit wine?"

"Haven't you already looked for the Fifth Elder, this is just ordinary mortal wine, and the only thing that has some value is the bottle that contains the wine, which uses the Inner Qiankun Technique, but it is only larger than the ordinary wine bottle, and there is nothing else. ”

“...... Do you think the Fifth Elder will look away?" asked Long Tai without giving up.

"Is there anyone in the clan who knows more about wine than the Fifth Elder?" Long Ling glanced at him and asked rhetorically.

"It's an ordinary wine, but it's also an old wine. Long Tai learned the tone of the Fifth Elder and said expressionlessly, and then his expression became even more depressed, "I don't care if this wine is an old wine! You said that you finally went to the Nine Shadows Continent, but you picked up such a broken bottle of wine, and I hid it back like a treasure in vain, it's really embarrassing." ”

Watching Long Ling and Long Tai slowly walk away, the gray-clothed young man chased after him, and he chased Long Ningqiu.

Long Ningqiu couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw the gray-clothed young man catching up: "Have you changed your mind?"

"Well, there is one condition. The gray-clothed young man said.

"You say. ”

"I heard that Long Tai has a bottle of mortal wine from the land of gods and demons, and I want that bottle. ”

"As far as I know, there's nothing special about that bottle. Long Ningqiu's expression was a little puzzled.

"I have a friend who loves to drink. ”

Long Ningqiu raised his eyebrows, a friend who loves to drink? This gray-clothed young man who generally has no sense of existence still has friends? Then somehow, he remembered the dragon girl who ordered a jar of red dust drunk in the Anfu Restaurant in the Nine Shadows Continent.

Pressing down on the inexplicable displeasure in his heart, Long Ningqiu nodded and turned to look for Long Tai.

At that time, Long Tai was still chattering and complaining to Long Ling.

"Give me that bottle of wine, a high-grade elixir. Long Ningqiu said bluntly.

Long Tai couldn't react for a while, and then his face was dyed with joy, and he immediately stuffed the small jade bottle into his hand as if he was afraid that he would regret it: "Deal!"

This useless thing...... In exchange for a high-grade Hui Ling Pill, it was an unexpected joy.

It can be regarded as a trip to the Nine Shadows Continent that has not been in vain.

At this time, Ximen Longjin was trying to use Mithril to refine an eye patch, which was found in a jade slip in the Tibetan Heaven Pavilion, which meant that the juice of five hundred years of Heavenly Motherwort, Prunella vulgaris and Jade Spirit Flower was added to Mithril to refine the eye patch, and wearing it was extremely beneficial to the eyes.

It just so happened that the materials for refining this blindfold were all in her mustard seed space, and she didn't find a way to completely cure it for a while, so she pondered to get an eyepatch for him to wear first, she followed what Fang Zi said, carefully condensed the Mithril, and then took out the required spirit grass from the mustard seed space, and slowly decomposed the spirit grass into spiritual liquid with her spiritual sense, and added it to Mithril little by little, and the Mithril made a squeaking sound.

Gradually, the blindfold began to take shape.

Ah Qing, who was squatting at her feet, saw that she ignored it for a long time, and was a little unwilling to be lonely, so she put her head on her arm.

"Shhh, Ah Qing, don't make trouble. Ximen Longjin said, and carefully carved a formation on the blindfold to maintain the spirit, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, carefully examined it, and felt quite satisfied.

Putting the blindfold aside, Ximen Longjin touched its head with a smile: "What's the matter, Aqing, isn't it time to go back to the space?"

When Ah Qing heard this, she suddenly stretched out her claws, firmly grabbed her sleeves, and looked at her pitifully.

"Don't want to stay in the space?" Ximen Longjin raised his eyebrows.

Ah Qing nodded her head, grabbed her sleeve firmly, and stared at her with wide eyes.

Ximen Longjin looked at Ah Qing lying at her feet helplessly, looking like he was sworn to die, and couldn't help but be a little funny.

Since returning from the Nine Shadows Continent, because of the nourishment of the Immortal Drink, A-Qing's state has improved day by day, although his sanity has not yet fully recovered, but his spiritual eyes have improved, and then he ...... It won't stay in the mustard space anymore.

"Okay, okay, stay out if you like to. "Ximen Longjin compromised.

Ah Qing got the promise, her eyes were bright, and she looked very proud.

“...... It can be seen that you are really getting better. Ximen Longjin was a little speechless.

When she was having fun with Aqing, she heard someone knocking on the door outside, Ximen Longjin's divine sense swept it, it was the gray-clothed young man who came, and she couldn't help but be a little surprised, since she repeated Guan Siyan's possessive declaration that day, the gray-clothed young man has been avoiding her, and in the past two days, because the trial is about to begin, she has been practicing in retreat, and she rarely even goes to the classes of the inheritance hall.

"Come in. ”

The gray-clothed young man pushed the door in, and was stunned for a moment when he saw Aqing.

Ah Qing is very big, and now it has shrunk its body in order to facilitate its movement in the house, but it is almost half as tall as the dragon girl, and it is still quite scary at first glance, the gray-clothed young man was only slightly stunned, and then recognized that on the day he returned from the Nine Shadows Continent, the dragon girl was riding it to descend from the sky.

It looks smaller, but it looks the same.

"Its name is Aqing, it's my contract beast, don't be afraid, it doesn't hurt people. Ximen Longjin explained.

The gray-clothed young man was a little surprised when he heard this: "I thought that only human monks would raise contract beasts." ”

Ximen Longjin said with a smile: "Ah Qing and I are on an equal contract and just help each other." ”

The favorite thing for human monks is the slave contract, and the demon beast spirit beast is called as a slave, and half of the human blood is raised by Murong Yunshi, who is a human being, because he covets Aqing, and he destroys Aqing's divine soul.

The gray-clothed boy nodded, indicating that he was taught.

"You've come just in time, I just have something for you. Ximen Longjin didn't continue the topic, but handed him the blindfold that had just been refined on the side.

"It's ...... Blindfold?" The gray-clothed young man looked at the delicate and beautiful eyepatch in his hand, and looked at the dragon girl with some confusion.

"Well, I refined it, and added some spirit grass to it, so you can wear it first. ”

The gray-clothed young man said "thank you", and put on the blindfold as he said, and after putting on the blindfold, he realized that this blindfold was extraordinary, and there was a feeling that vitality and fate were constantly converging into his eyes.

He was moved in his heart, but he didn't say much, he only put down his bangs to cover the blindfold, and then reached out and handed her the bottle of wine he had exchanged for Long Ningqiu: "I also have something for you." ”

It was a small, inconspicuous jade bottle.

"What is this?" Ximen Longjin took it, curiously pulled the stopper and sniffed it, and then his face was happy, "Where did this wine come from?"

"I exchanged it with Long Ningqiu. The gray-clothed young man blushed slightly, and said with some embarrassment.

Ximen Longjin glanced at him and understood.

Eighty percent is Long Ningqiu, the medical idiot wants to carefully observe and study his arm, and then he proposes to exchange it for wine......

It's really good business.

"There is only one bottle of this wine, which was picked up by Long Qin in the land of gods and demons, and I thought it was a good thing at the time, but I came back and looked at the five elders who knew the most about wine, and said that it was just ordinary wine, not spirit wine, and the only valuable thing was that this bottle of wine was filled with wine, and it used the inner Qiankun technique, but it was only larger than the capacity of ordinary wine bottles, so they didn't pay much attention to it, so I proposed an exchange with Long Ningqiu, and Long Ningqiu exchanged this wine for me with a high-grade spirit pill. The gray-clothed young man was a little surprised, "I heard that although this wine is an ordinary wine, it is also an old wine, so I thought you would like it." ”

Ximen Longchang had already put the small jade bottle to his lips, took a sip, and said "I like it, I like it so much." She smiled.

She drank this wine in Yuewang, but when Yuewang was stingy and only willing to give her a small cup, she was so hungry that she couldn't do it, although this wine is mortal wine, but it is a beautiful wine, from the hands of a mortal called a drunkard, but unfortunately mortals have a limited lifespan, after the drunkard died, the wine he brewed before his death was to drink a little less, and it became a treasure.

This wine is undoubtedly Yuewang's private collection, but it was somehow picked up by Long Qin, and now it is cheaper for her, it can be seen that God has eyes, Yuewang used her name to give the baby of the gray-clothed young man, and now it is not a report.

"If you like it, it's fine. Seeing that she was really happy, the gray-clothed young man put his mind at ease, he hesitated for a moment, and said, "Guan Siyan's words, don't take it to heart, I have only met her once in the Guan family's mansion, and we are not very familiar." ”

Ximen Longjin looked at him with a smile: "Beautiful people or things are always easy to covet, you don't have to worry about it." ”

When the gray-clothed young man heard this, he couldn't say anything awkward, and couldn't help but blush.

Ximen Longjin didn't care how embarrassed he was, he took another sip of wine with a smile, and was drinking the wine, but his divine sense swept to Tiandong knocking on the door with a plate of spirit fruits, she coughed lightly, hid the small jade bottle in her sleeve, and hid it in the storage bracelet.

The gray-clothed young man was a little surprised by her sudden move, and before he could speak, he heard a knock on the door.

Seeing that it was Tiandong, the gray-clothed young man couldn't help but smile and lowered his head.

I think that the dragon girl didn't want Tiandong and the Great Elder to know that she was hungry.

Tiandong pushed the door in, and saw Aqing walking around Ximen Longjin, and suddenly stared at him and froze in place.

"Ah don't be afraid, Aqing doesn't hurt people...... In the end, Tiandong is a girl, Ximen Longjin was worried that he scared her, and hurriedly spoke.

Before she finished her reassuring words, she saw Tiandong's eyes shining with a sparkling look on her obsessively looking at the water-avoiding Qingqing beast who tilted her head and looked at her curiously, and said in a voice that was gentle enough to pinch out the water: "...... What's your name?"

Ah Qing also seemed to be frightened by the enthusiasm on her face, and actually shrank behind Ximen Longjin.

“...... It's called Ah Qing. Ximen Longjin twitched the corners of his mouth and answered for it.

"Aqing, what a good name. Tiandong slowly rubbed in front of it and cautiously stretched out his hand, "Can I touch you......"

Before the words fell, I saw her touch Ah Qing's furry ears with lightning speed, and then her cheeks flushed and she looked satisfied.

Ah Qing silently stepped back, trying to shrink his whole body behind Ximen Longjin, but he was too big and too small to stop it, seeing that the strange woman reached out to touch it again, Ah Qing hurriedly shrunk and jumped into Ximen Longjin's arms.

Tiandong held his cheeks and looked at the little thing that had turned into the size of a cat boy and hid in the arms of the dragon girl, only poking out a small head and looking at his little thing with a cautious face, and his heart and liver were so cute.

Ximen Longjin was also speechless, after Aqing hurt his soul, he became more and more lively......

You know, in the past, it always looked like an old man, and it would never be transformed into this appearance.

There is an unwritten rule in the restaurant of the Nine Shadows Continent, large, uncivilized beast pets are not allowed to enter the restaurant, for fear of affecting other guests, so the demon clan that has spiritual wisdom will generally turn into a human form, and those who cannot transform will also shrink their bodies and be carried by the owner.

Once, she took Ah Qing, who was transformed into the size of a cat, to the restaurant, but was favored by a beautiful female cultivator, who did not know the origin of Ah Qing, and only thought it was an ornamental young beast, so she immediately offered to buy it, and praised it for being cute, but it angered Ah Qing, and with a roar, it changed to the size of the body, and almost overturned the entire restaurant.

As a result, the nun was so frightened that she burst into tears.

...... As the owner, she had to compensate for the loss of the restaurant and was kicked out.

Since then, Ah Qing has refused to transform into a cub again.

It felt a shame to be praised for cuteness by a stupid woman......

"Now, do you want to eat the spirit fruit?" Tiandong took a spirit fruit and handed it to it, and said with a child-like expression, "Very fresh and delicious spirit fruit, only the spirit fruit produced in the territory of the dragon clan!"

Ah Qing seemed to be attracted by the aroma of the fruit, hesitantly stretched out her little paws, and then poked with her paws, successfully took the fruit, then retracted into the placket of Ximen Longjin's clothes and began to gnaw on the fruit.

Tiandong watched it gnaw on the fruit with an obsessive face, completely forgetting that she was still angry with the dragon girl, and Ximen Longjin couldn't help but laugh.

Seeing that it had finished eating one slowly, Tiandong's eyes lit up, and he held up another fruit: "Do you still want to eat it?"

Qing shook her head.

"What about this one? Tiandong continued to coax.

Ah Qing had already shrunk back into her master's arms and refused to show up again.

"Well, it's picky. Simon Longjin raised his hand and pressed its head, smiling.

"That's right......" Tiandong straightened up, looking disappointed, and then suddenly sniffed his nose and wondered, "How can it smell of wine?"

Ximen Longjin paused, and said calmly: "Aqing loves to drink. ”

The gray-clothed young man on the side couldn't help but laugh when he heard it, but when he saw the dragon girl sweeping over, he hurriedly glanced away, as if he hadn't heard anything.

"Really?" said Tiandong with a skeptical look.

The Strange Beast That Loves to Drink...... What kind of aqing is Aqing?

"Who still can't lie to you?" Ximen Longjin said with a smile, reaching out and pouring out a fairy drink and placing it in front of Aqing.

Ah Qing has been used to drinking this for a long time, and when she smelled the smell, she stepped forward and licked it.

Tiandong believed it, with a look of admiration, and immediately patted his chest and said: "I have also brewed a lot of pear blossom white, it has been some years, I will go back and move over later, and give it to Aqing." ”

"Gee, that's a thank you Tiandong. Ximen Longjin bent his eyes and smiled sincerely.

"Thank you, A-Qing likes it. "Tiandong is also very happy.

Ximen Longjin saw her enthusiasm, but smiled silently.

Since she came back from the secret realm that day, Tiandong has been annoyed with her, and she refuses to talk to her when she is transparent, and now she can be regarded as forgetting this stubble.

Ah Qing, who was hiding in Ximen Longjin's arms, saw that they were chatting happily, and raised her wet eyes ignorantly to look at her master, and then at Tiandong, looking at her unknown reason, completely unaware that her master was drinking wine in its name.

Seeing that Tiandong liked it more and more, he turned his head and went back to get the wine.

The gray-clothed young man sitting on the side really couldn't help but laugh hard, watching Tiandong leave happily, he couldn't help laughing out loud, the excuse that the dragon girl found casually was really killing two birds with one stone, not only did she have a reason to drink openly in the future, but who would have expected that Tiandong still hid good wine, which can be described as an unexpected joy.

"What are you laughing at?" Ximen Longjin looked back at the gray-clothed young man who had been watching the excitement from the side, but was completely ignored by Tiandong.

...... His ability to reduce his sense of existence is really becoming more and more perfect.

"Congratulations to the dragon girl for having a good mouth today, one or two of them are here to bring you wine to drink. The gray-clothed young man couldn't help laughing and arched his hand seriously.

Ximen Longjin naturally knew what he was laughing at, and she was also very distressed, being a dragon girl was good for everything, but there was always someone in charge...... If you want to drink a drink, you have to rack your brains.

"In a few days, it will be the day of the trial, I remember you said that this year is the last chance, how are you prepared?" Coughing lightly, Ximen Longjin changed the subject.

"Hmm. The gray-clothed young man removed the smile on his face, and his expression became a little heavy, "With the teachings of the Great Elder, I am also somewhat sure of the control of the thunder technique. ”

"I don't know much about the trial, can you tell me about it?"

The young man in gray was stunned: "Do you want to participate too?"

"Doesn't it mean that only those who pass the trial are qualified to take a name? Ximen Longjin curled his lips, "It just so happens that I want a name too." ”

The gray-clothed young man's eyes lit up: "Well, we can exchange names through the trial." ”

Seeing his excited face, Ximen Longjin couldn't help but reach out and touch his head, what a cute child.

It's just that the perfect face, because of the lack of an eye, makes people's hearts ache.

Beautiful things should not be flawed.

When her soft little hand landed on his head, he was uncomfortable for a moment, and wanted to avoid her hand, but when he noticed the gloom in her eyes, he paused, let her stroke her head, and then lowered his head slightly, letting his bangs cover the whole eye with the blindfold, and said: " Let me tell you about the trial, the place of trial is regarded as a forbidden place on weekdays, and it is only open on the day of trial, usually the children of the dragon clan can only enter the inheritance hall to study if they pass the trial, but the Guan family sisters and I are exceptions because we are from the world, but it is just ...... If you want to gain a foothold in the Inheritance Hall, you still have to pass the trial. ”

Ximen Longjin scratched his chin, and said in his heart It turns out that I can really enter the inheritance hall directly because of the Great Elder, no wonder so many people look at me unpleasantly.

"What is the specific situation in the place of trial, but no one can say clearly, only that it is a place where the spiritual energy is abnormally strong, but it can't stay for a long time, because the spiritual energy is extremely violent, not suitable for cultivation, and there will be a danger of exploding and dying after more than a day. When the gray-clothed young man said this, he also looked a little worried, "But this trial can be abstained halfway, if there is really no way to pass, it will be the same if you try again next year, so you must not be reckless, after all, the dragon girl has only been in the inheritance hall for a year, and there is no need to be too reluctant if there is a chance in the future." ”

"Well, thanks for reminding me. Ximen Longjin received his heart and thanked him seriously.

Her expression was gentle when she got serious.

...... It's just a little girl, why does she have such a gentle look.

The gray-clothed young man felt his heart agitate, he stood up, and said a little uncomfortably: "I remember that I still have homework to do, so I'll go back to the room first." So saying, he hurried away.

Simon Longjin smiled.

Oops, that's shy.

As soon as the gray-clothed young man left, Ximen Longjin felt that Aqing, who had been hiding in her arms, suddenly jumped out and slammed into the direction of the corner of the table.

There, a fat white caterpillar was twisting and screaming angrily: "The bold maniac is rude!"

"A-Qing is back!" Ximen Longjin broke out in a cold sweat and said busily.

Fortunately, Aqing is quite obedient...... It reluctantly glanced at the fat white caterpillar and ran back to Ximen Longjin.

"I'm sorry, Jade Butterfly, I scared you. Ximen Longjin said apologetically.

This angry caterpillar is the talking caterpillar Jade Butterfly that I saw in the Inheritance Hall that day.

The caterpillar couldn't help but be stunned when she heard that she actually remembered its name, and then snorted disdainfully: "A water-avoiding and sunny beast that doesn't even have a mind is just too presumptuous!"

Ximen Longjin touched Ah Qing, who threw herself into her arms because she was hit hard: "Ah Qing is so rude because she was killed by a poisonous hand, as the master, I apologize to you." ”

The caterpillar listened to the reason and was silent for a moment.

"Do you have something to do with me?" said Simon Longjin again.

Since she had seen it in the Inheritance Hall that day, it had never appeared in front of her again, and now that it appeared so suddenly, it must have been the Three Treasures Hall for nothing.

"I want to go to the forbidden land of the dragons. The caterpillar looked up at her.

The forbidden land of the dragon clan? Ximen Longjin was slightly surprised, and then realized that it was a place of trial, and it would only appear because of listening to her conversation with the gray-clothed young man.

“...... You've been following me?"

If it weren't for the fact that every move was in its eyes, how could it know so coincidentally that they were talking about the land of trials?

"You're the only one in the entire dragon clan who can hear me. "It looked a little frustrating.

Moreover, it is also unable to trust others.

It didn't say this sentence a little arrogantly, but for some reason, the little girl in front of it did give it a pretty reliable feeling.

"Hmm, can you tell me why you want to go to the forbidden land of the dragon clan?" asked Ximen Longjin.

“...... I suspect that this is the site of my zerg. The caterpillar hesitated for a moment before saying.

The ruins of the Zerg?

Ximen Longjin remembered that day, this little thing said angrily, "This is originally the territory of the Zerg."

"I can sign an equal contract with you, although I seem weak, but I am from the ancient zerg, and I have some means, I can help you. Seeing that Ximen Longjin didn't speak, the caterpillar thought she was hesitating, and hurriedly increased her chips, "And if that secret realm is really the site of my Zerg, you will definitely get unexpected benefits if you bring it." ”

Saying that, it really condensed its essence and blood, and wanted to sign a contract with Ximen Longjin.

Ximen Longjin signed an equal contract with it according to his words, and when the contract was completed, Ximen Longjin felt a huge and pure spiritual power pouring into his body, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised, the caterpillar's small body contained such a powerful power.

"Well, you don't suffer. Caterpillar said.

"Well, Jade Butterfly is amazing. Ximen Longjin smiled and complimented.

The praised caterpillar twisted uncomfortably, burrowed into her sleeve, and found a place to make her home.

But I was very conscious.