Chapter 40: Half a year
The white clouds are fluttering, time flies, and before you know it, Bai Fan has been coming to the Heavenly Courtyard for half a year.
In the past six months, Bai Fan has also spent the same day, Bai Lin has not come again, and I heard others talk about it as if he was locked up.
This news reached Bai Fan's ears shortly after Bai Lin was brought back to the Underground Courtyard Peak by Fang Yiyun. He thought to himself, "Maybe Bai Lin's master didn't forgive Bai Lin easily." β
As for whether Bai Lin would be wronged, Bai Fan was not too worried when he thought of Bai Lin's talent and Fang Yiyun's attitude towards her.
In addition, since he became the administrator of this library, occasionally some disciples would come to him for advice because they did not understand the words in the book. He also knew everything, and told some of his opinions to these disciples who came to ask for advice.
Due to Bai Fan's patient attitude and explanation, his reputation and popularity among his peers became wider and wider, and gradually, more and more disciples of the same generation came to consult Bai Fan when they encountered people who did not understand.
On this day, Bai Fan was still flipping through the bamboo slips in the library pavilion, although he now had the ability to check those jade slips, but some of the bamboo slips recorded anecdotes and practice codexes could also give Bai Fan many different cultivation insights.
"Senior brother, are you busy? I have a question for you. A young girl dressed in white and about her age came to the desk.
Bai Fan put down the scroll in his hand and moved his gaze to the girl, waiting for her next words.
"That's ......"
The girl gestured with her hand as she recounted her confusion.
Not far from the door of the library pavilion, a man looked at the two people in the room with some resentment in his eyes.
A follower next to the man also spoke up at this time: "Senior Brother Zhao, do you want me to teach that kid a lesson?"
"It's time to knock him down, but he is a disciple of Tianyuan Peak, and he is not very easy to do in the White Cloud Sect. The man surnamed Zhao touched his jaw and looked fierce.
"Didn't Senior Sister Zhou say that she was going to Jiuyan Mountain to collect black rocks? β
"You mean we can find a way to ask him out, and then secretly do it when we are in Jiuyan Mountain?"
"That's right, but you can't do it in front of Senior Sister Zhou, otherwise Senior Brother Zhao, your image will be greatly discounted in Senior Sister Zhou. β
"Of course I know that, I'll leave this matter to you. β
The monk surnamed Zhao gave an order to the attendant beside him, and walked towards the girl who had just come out of the library with a smile on his face, his face seemed to be a different person, and the attendant behind him also whispered, and also changed his smile and followed.
"Senior Sister Zhou, what a coincidence. β
"Meet Senior Brother Zhao. That week, the senior sister didn't dare to lose her manners, and when she saw the monk surnamed Zhao coming over, she hurriedly saluted.
"Senior sister doesn't have to be polite, everyone is the same family, so these clichΓ© things are exempt. The monk surnamed Zhao waved his hand and explained.
"It's... Senior Brother Zhao is also here to borrow exercises?" The girl surnamed Zhou tilted her head aside a little shyly and asked in a low voice.
This Taoist surnamed Zhao is named Zhao Li, compared to Bai Fan and the woman surnamed Zhou, he has to start a few years earlier, and the woman surnamed Zhou belongs to the same underground courtyard, and his cultivation has also reached the middle stage of integration, and his talent is also a leader among his peers, and he is one of the core disciples of the underground courtyard peak.
And the girl surnamed Zhou, named Zhou Tong, was introduced with Bai Fan, and her talent is not bad, she has already cultivated to the late stage of foundation building in just half a year, and in the process of practicing for half a year, Zhao Li has also helped many times, and she is also grateful and respectful to this generous Senior Brother Zhao in her heart.
"Mm-hmm, almost. β
"Recently, the name of this little junior disciple has been rumored among the new disciples of Diyuan Peak, and I happened to have time today, so I came to visit. β
"Senior sister just came out of there, can you tell me what kind of person he is?"
"Senior Brother Bai Fan, he is a very good person, and there are many things I don't understand in my cultivation recently, and he can help me figure it out. β
"It's not easy to get such an evaluation from you, junior sister. β
"No. β
"Then tell me, between him and me, which one do you think knows a little more?" Zhao Li asked half-jokingly.
"Uh...... This, compared to it, of course, is the senior brother you know more, but... Senior brother, you are also busy on weekdays, and I have already received a lot of favors from my senior brother, so ....." Zhou Tong explained with a blushing face, her voice getting smaller and smaller, and her face became redder and redder, until finally, even she herself couldn't hear clearly.
seemed to feel that he had said a lot more than he shouldn't have said, Zhou Tong had some smoke on his head, and hurriedly said goodbye to Zhao Li and the two of them and left in a hurry.
Zhao Li looked at the distant back, looking playful, and the attendant on the side also looked at the direction where Zhou Tong left, and said with some doubts: "Senior brother, I look at Senior Sister Zhou, I seem to like you very much, even if we don't make a move, it's ......."
Before the attendant finished speaking, Zhao Li's fierce eyes made him forcibly swallow the next words. After that, Zhao Li's demeanor returned to normal, with a hint of smugness on his face, and it was obvious that the conversation with Zhou Tong made him feel a lot better.
"Let's go, let's go and see this new junior disciple Bai Fan. β
"Yes. β
After the two came to the library pavilion, they walked straight to the place where Bai Fan was.
......
"Two senior brothers, do you need my help?"
"You are one of the newly recruited disciples of Heavenly Courtyard Peak recently, Bai Fan?" Zhao Li asked.
"Exactly. Bai Fan replied respectfully, for Zhao Li, he felt an inexplicable pressure, obviously his cultivation was much stronger than his own, and there was nothing to hide.
"Recently, I heard that Junior Brother Bai Fan is a little famous among the new disciples, and he also has a deep understanding of cultivation, and he is quite curious, so he came to visit. β
"Senior brother has won the award, I'm just a disciple who guards the library pavilion, I don't know a lot about what happened in the door, if I offended my senior brother before, I apologize to my senior brother here. Bai Fan bowed, from the two of them coming to the front to the pressure emanating from Zhao Li's body, all of them made him feel the subtle meaning.
Bai Fan is a person who is more afraid of trouble and doesn't like disputes, and he will try his best to avoid disputes that can be avoided, although he doesn't know where he offended this senior brother of the underground courtyard, but if he apologizes first, he shouldn't worry too much about himself as this senior brother.
With this thought, Bai Fan responded with a little sincerity.
"Junior Brother Bai Fan, where are these words, and you don't have to be too modest, after all, as far as I know, there are also some new disciples in our Diyuan Peak who have successfully broken through the bottleneck after your order. Although Zhao Li said it, his brows were slightly stretched.
Bai Fan also felt that the pressure around him had decreased a little, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said modestly: "It's not a little bit, it's just a shallow view of my cultivation." β
"Oh? β
Bai Fan wanted to refuse politely, but Zhao Li had already waved his sleeves, and a futon appeared on the ground opposite the desk out of thin air, Zhao Li also sat on it with a smile, making a deferential appearance, he had no choice but to swallow back the prepared words, sighed in his heart, and sat down.
"If there is anything wrong, I hope the senior brother will not laugh. Bai Fan said modestly.
Zhao Li did not respond, and Bai Fan began to recount some of the insights he had gained from Qi Siyuan's transcript. But he had some reservations, such as his personal cultivation system and his cognition of heaven and earth, he didn't say it.
After about a stick of incense, Bai Fan stopped, waiting for Zhao Li's response.
After being silent for a long time, Zhao Li spoke: "It is indeed a very novel point of view, it is hard to imagine that you have only been cultivating for more than half a year. β
"Senior brother has won the award, and I hope that senior brother will give me advice. β
Zhao Li waved his hand and said, "No, after all, everyone has their own path, and my experience may not be suitable for you, so you can only try to explore it yourself." β
"Little Brother Bai Fan, I still have some things to deal with, so I'll leave first and don't bother. With that, Zhao Li got up and waved his sleeves again, put away the futon, straightened out his wrinkled clothes, and left the library with his followers without waiting for Bai Fan to respond.
Bai Fan looked at Zhao Li's departing figure, and felt a little palpitating, and Zhao Li, who came out of the library pavilion, also looked thoughtful.
At this time, the attendant saw Zhao Li's face, and said with some hesitation: "Then Senior Brother Zhao, is the previous plan ......?"
"The plan is still the same. Zhao Li replied indifferently: "I'm starting to be a little interested in this little junior brother." β