Chapter 8: The Shadows
Just after noon, Ye Shi'er really came as promised, along with Qin Lei, Qin Hai, and Qin Tian. However, after they walked into the small courtyard, they were all stunned for a while.
"Little junior brother, are you too tired, why don't you rest first, the five of us can do it too!" Qin Hai looked at Ye Xiaotiandao, who was in a state of mental malaise, and his eyes were almost full of bloodshots.
"Ha, it's true, this old seven doesn't have the rest of the skills, but this cleaning skill is unmatched! I think, in the future, let him be responsible for the cleaning of the entire mountain gate alone!" Qin Lei said with a smile on the side.
Qin Hai was immediately dissatisfied, and fed, "Sixth, if you don't speak, no one will treat you as dumb, I, Qin Hai, am a cultivator, how can I always do this kind of cleaning thing?"
Several people immediately spoke, and at this time, Ye Xiaotian picked up the broom from the house and said to Qin Hai: "It's okay, Senior Brother Qin Hai, I'm not too tired yet!" But he was stopped by Qin Lei, "Little junior brother, you better take a rest, at this level, the five of us can do it!, right, Ninth Sister...... Hmm, Ninth Sister, what are you thinking?"
"Huh? no...... It's nothing, I was thinking about something just now!Okay, what did you just say!" Ye Shi'er came back to her senses from the stunned moment and asked Qin Lei with a smile.
At this time, Qin Tian next to him sighed and said strangely: "Ninth sister, what's wrong with you today? Why do you always look like you're not giving up?
"Hmph, you should care more about yourself than others, stupid!" Ye Shi'er finally returned to her usual demeanor, she glared at Qin Tian, but walked towards Ye Xiaotian, took off the broom in his hand, and said softly: "Xiaotian, you are too tired, let's rest first!"
Ye Xiaotian seemed to want to persevere, but after all, he couldn't resist Ye Shi'er, so he had to give her the broom. And after Ye Shi'er took the broom, she secretly said in her heart: "Sure enough, the evil power in Xiaotian's body has increased a lot, alas, Xiaotian, how should I treat you?" It turned out that after Ye Shi'er entered the courtyard just now, she sensed that the dark power in Ye Xiaotian's body seemed to be churning, turbulent, and even showing signs of increase, but she didn't want to believe it, and now when she got closer, she sensed that it was true, and her heart was also boiling.
At Ye Shi'er's insistence, Ye Xiaotian couldn't join the cleaning after all, but watched Ye Shi'er and the others clean the wing room on the west side, looking at the neat and fresh air wing room, everyone took a long breath and felt very satisfied. And because of this busy meal, the sky was completely dark, so Zhou Yan simply left a few people behind, saying that he wanted to show them some skills. A few people couldn't shirk it, so they stayed.
After Zhou Yan invited a few people to his house, he ran to the kitchen to toss. After a few moments, a few bowls of white rice and a few plates of fragrant dishes were served. There were no chairs, so they ate standing up. I saw Qin Tian clip a piece of crispy bamboo shoots and put it in his mouth, and immediately let out a voice full of praise, "Well, it's delicious, I didn't expect Senior Brother Zhou to have such a skill, compared to you, Senior Brother is simply far behind!"
"What, in terms of Senior Brother's craftsmanship, can he compare with Senior Brother Zhou? His food can make people have nightmares when he eats it!" Qin Lei on the side took a bite of cabbage, and he also echoed it.
"I said, sixth and eighth, you slander your senior brother's cooking skills like this every day, but I haven't seen you make anything delicious?" Qin Hai said dissatisfied.
"Phew, Old Seven!" Qin Lei took a sip and said, "We cultivators should focus on cultivating the Tao every day, how can we be a cook...... Eh, Senior Brother Zhou, I didn't mean you, I just, just ...... Hmm, Ninth Sister, you help Senior Brother Tell me, you should understand the meaning of Senior Brother's words!" Qin Lei snorted, but he didn't know how to say it, and finally had to turn to Ye Shi'er for help.
Unexpectedly, Ye Shi'er glared at him and said coldly, "If the three of you continue to talk nonsense, be careful that I confiscate your dishes and chopsticks!"
The three of them were silent and didn't dare to say a word again. After a while, Ye Shi'er suddenly pointed to a stir-fried pumpkin and asked, "Senior Brother Zhou, did you buy this pumpkin from the mountain?"
"No, I planted it myself!" Zhou Yan shook his head and said.
"I planted it myself, Senior Brother Zhou is very Yaxing, but this pumpkin likes heat, and our mountain is a cold place. How can you grow pumpkins?"
"To be honest, when I was in the world, my family used to open a restaurant and bought a vegetable garden, so now I know some cooking skills and planting!"
"Oh, I see!" Ye Shi'er rolled her eyes and said lightly: "I didn't expect that you, a lazy person, are not nothing, at least this cooking skill is indeed good!"
"Okay, since the food here in Xiaotian is so delicious, then I will move to Xiaotian's courtyard tomorrow!" After the meal, Ye Shi'er stood up, but she was shocked at first glance.
Qin Lei and the three of them were stunned for a moment, and then showed a look of disbelief, Qin Lei even said: "Ninth sister, even if the food here is delicious, you don't have to move here, we can come here at any time to eat, isn't it? Senior Brother Zhou!" Zhou Yan nodded busily on the side!
"Besides, if you move here like this, it's not easy to talk about Shi Niang, right?" Qin Hai also said on the side.
Ye Shi'er gave him a blank look, and said angrily: "Seventh Senior Brother, you don't know yet, Senior Brother told me a few days ago that she was going to go to Blackwater City with Master in a few days, and I heard that a lot of things happened over there, so at least half a year, at most a year, Master and his old man won't come back!
"No!" The three of them all shook their heads, and at this time, Qin Tianxiang remembered something, and suddenly asked, "Ninth sister, what did you just say...... Master, his old man is also going to Blackwater City?"
"yes, what's wrong?"
"Well, okay, I've also decided, since the ninth sister is going to move here to live, and this yard is also cleaned by me, how can I not cheer, so tomorrow, I'll move here too!haha!"
"Hey, Eighth Brother, have you forgotten us?" On the side, Qin Lei and Qin Hai also immediately joined in.
"You ...... Okay, let's be honest with you, actually, I moved here to guide Xiaotian's cultivation!"
"Well, then we can too! Moreover, as a senior brother, it is also appropriate to take care of the junior brother!"
"You ...... Alas, I'll go first!" Ye Shi'er said angrily, she stomped her feet, turned around and left directly! While Qin Lei and the three of them glanced at each other, the joy flashed in their eyes, and they said goodbye to Zhou Yan and Ye Xiaotian, and then followed. They didn't know that Ye Shi'er, who was walking in front, suddenly retracted her annoyed look, and turned to reveal a snickering expression, and said secretly: "Xiaotian, with a few of them, your cultivation progress should be better! Moreover, under their care, I hope your demonic qi can grow more slowly!"
A cold wind blew, blurring the figures of several of them. At this time, Ye Xiaotian was still staring at Ye Shi'er's back, stunned.
After a long time, he came back to his senses, only to see Zhou Yan looking at him with a smile, his eyes were full of excitement! Ye Xiaotian didn't know why, he only heard Zhou Yan say: "Little junior brother, I never thought that one day, our Lanxin courtyard can also be lively, it seems that after tomorrow, we should not be lonely!"
"Won't you be lonely, why do I think I'll be even more lonely in the future!" Ye Xiaotian thought secretly in his heart. In his ears, there seemed to be the sentence echoing, "Both of them are the best candidates, and the two of them are really a match made in heaven together!"
In the low sound of insects, the Lanxin courtyard gradually ushered in the night. In this quiet night, a black shadow suddenly fell into this small courtyard. He stood still in some dark corner, staring at the only room with the lights on, his eyes glinting, as if the wall could not block his view.
At this time, in this room, Ye Xiaotian and Zhou Yan were standing opposite each other. Zhou Yan looked at Ye Xiaotian at this time, his eyes were full of joy, "Little junior brother, I didn't expect you to be so temperamental when you put on the Taoist uniform of our Heavenly Sword Sect, if I didn't know you, I was afraid that I would think you were a certain immortal Dao boy!"
Ye Xiaotian smiled, "Senior brother, don't praise me, I wear this at most like an ordinary child, how can I compare to a Taoist child, and Sister Shi'er's temperament is much better than mine!"
Hearing this, Zhou Yan laughed and said, "Little junior brother, no matter what others do, but in the eyes of senior brother, you are the best! Hmm, since we have brought the Taoist clothes and quilts, we should also clean up your room and strive to live in it tonight." Although you are still young, junior brother, we cultivators must endure loneliness, so the sooner we stand on our own, the better our minds will be in the future!"
Ye Xiaotian was stunned, "Senior brother, where am I young, I am already twelve years old, I heard Brother Qingshan say that eleven or twelve-year-old people have even booked family affairs in their village!"
"Okay, you're not small, let's go, look at your house!" and the two of them walked to the next room. After entering the wing, the two were busy for a while. And this wing room has also changed from the appearance of almost ruins two days ago to a cozy cabin. The layout of the house is no different from Zhou Yan's, a small bed, a table and a chair, a writing desk, and at the same time the bed is covered with a quilt, a small set of tea sets are placed on the table, and a book is placed on the writing desk. On the wall of the wing room, there is also a long sword and a firewood knife, this long sword is different from the flying sword used by Qin Lei, it is said that this is cast by the outer door refining hall, specially for the outer disciples and some inner disciples who have not reached the realm of exorcism, as for the disciples who have reached the realm of exorcism, they will go to refine their own flying swords or magic weapons.
These things were brought by Zhou Yan tonight. Looking at this greatly modified house, Ye Xiaotian couldn't help but sigh, "I didn't expect that after a few years, I would be able to become an inner disciple, and I also have a place to live for myself, but I don't know what the hut in Ziyunju will be like now?"
After tidying up, the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then Zhou Yan went back to his house, and asked Ye Xiaotian to go to bed early before leaving. It's just that Ye Xiaotian was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, but it was very difficult to fall asleep, and in the end, he didn't know what was going on, and suddenly a wave of sleepiness hit, and he fell asleep.
Under the moonlight, a black shadow quietly sneaked into the room where Ye Xiaotian was like a ghost. He didn't even touch the door and window, and appeared directly in front of Ye Xiaotian's bed. didn't talk nonsense, I saw his left hand raised at the sleeping Ye Xiaotian, and saw Ye Xiaotian floating unconsciously. Then he slapped Ye Xiaotian on the back, and he heard a muffled snort coming from Ye Xiaotian's mouth.
What is strange is that Ye Xiaotian, who has suffered the palm of the black shadow all his life, is not unusual, but continues to sleep peacefully. At this time, the black shadow also put him on the bed and gently exited the room. In the darkness, I could only hear the black shadow muttering to himself: "I didn't expect that this little Heavenly Sword Sect actually has a descendant of the Spirit Clan, but it almost broke a big thing!"
The moonlight is like water, sprinkling the entire Lanxin Courtyard, illuminating the Lanxin Courtyard as if it were day, but I can no longer find the black shadow that I once came!