Chapter 62: My Seat Comes to Ancient Lin'an

Ran's training soon began, and of course, saving his feathers was what he was most keen to do - after all, he didn't really expect to learn too much from these losers from his previous life, and living a good life was the right thing to do.

They go to the Ancestral Abyss every day at dawn to snatch the golden feather, and then go to the Zhurong Cave to meditate, using their spiritual energy to fight against the hot sun of the Zhurong Cave and improve their cultivation. After two hours, they follow the Feathermen to learn the techniques of ghost control.

For two more hours, the Shura fields confront each other.

Before nightfall, go to the Peach Blossom Yard to listen to the 18 girls explain the Hundred Spirits Book and the Spirit Expelling Technique.

Of course, Ran's favourite part was the evening sutra listening at Stargazer's Bluff, as it was the only class that brought together the three different disciplines of the monks in one place.

He knew that Shi Mei was not very good at lightning and was concerned that she did not eat enough, so he would give half of the feathers he picked to Shi Mei every day. But other than that, it was difficult for him to have much contact with Shi Mei, instead he spent time with Chu Wanning every day and they became inseparable.

During this time, Chu Wanning often sits on the bridge railing blowing leaves, while Mo Ran sits next to him with his cheeks in the air listening to the sun rise and set and the clouds rise and fall.

Or Chu Wanning standing by the river feeding the fish, Mo Ran standing by with an umbrella watching the koi jumping and the golden scales of the waves.

As the rain falls on Peach Blossom Yard, Mo Ran takes Chu Wanning's hand and walks with him along the cracked old stone path, an oil-paper umbrella sitting squarely on top of them.

If the water was deep, Mo Ran would carry his little brother on his back, the rain dripping down on his shoulder, and the little one would be very quiet and not say much.

Sometimes when his back was hot and his forehead was beaded with sweat, the silent senior would take a handkerchief and wipe it for him. The handkerchief was white and plain, with a begonia flower embroidered in the corner. Mo Ran always felt that it looked familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before, but the thought of it was like a fine rain falling into a deep pool, and there was no way to find it again.

On this day, when Chu Wanning was resting in the courtyard, Mo Ran, on a whim, unbraided his hair and tied it up into a high ponytail for him. As he was combing his hair, he saw Ye Wangxi walk into the courtyard with his left shoulder covered and his face slightly pale.

Mo Ran was sharp-eyed and raised his eyebrows slightly, "Brother Ye is injured"

"Hmm." Ye Wangxi paused for a moment and frowned, "A small injury sustained during a sparring match, no harm done. It's just that that man is really mean and nasty and despicable."

""

Mo Ran mumbled, incredulously, "Someone molested you."

Ye Wangxi glared at him, his gaze sharp and cold, "What were you thinking."

"Hahahaha, just kidding." Mo Ran laughed awkwardly twice and couldn't help but wonder, "That guy you're talking about, who is he?"

Ye Wangxi said, "Who else could it be but the flirtatious seed of Kunlun Snow Walk Palace?"

At this description, Mo Ran let out an "ah" and said, "Could it be him?

These days, he often heard some female disciples whispering in the Peach Blossom Yard, saying "Senior Brother" and "Senior Brother" at the same time. Just yesterday, he saw a woman in her forties or fifties standing by a flower bush in a hysterical state, her eyes drifting as she muttered, "There is no man in this world who can compare with Senior Brother, if he could just look at me and talk to me, I would go to hell with no complaints."

Mo Ran laughed at her smitten attitude and suspected that she was thinking of her "Big Brother", but with so many monks in Peach Blossom Yard and so little interaction between them, he had never seen him before and was too embarrassed to pry into the gossip with his female disciples. He was not sure.

"I was drinking at the Spirit Lake Restaurant in the West Market today," Ye Wangxi said, "and that bastard happened to be there. I saw that he had two women in his arms, and he was already very promiscuous, but I had nothing to do with them as they were willing to do what they wanted, so I could not say anything."

Mo Ran agrees, "That's true."

"But then a female disciple of Lonely Moonlit rushed in from outside, looking anxiously to the right and left, apparently looking for someone."

Mo Ran laughed and said, "Just here to find that big brother, are you?"

"You've heard about Big Brother, too."

"Haha, look at it then, even a decent man like you knows about his rotten affair, how can a man like me, the Zhang family family family, not be aware of it"

Ye Wangxi gave him a silent look and said, "That elder brother is really something. The woman from Lonely Moonlit came looking for him because he had exchanged tokens with someone the other day, saying that they would become a couple and never leave each other again."

Mo Ran laughed again: "That's not something you should ever hear. I guess there are seventeen or eighteen tokens of affection, all of them the same. I'm afraid that giving a token of affection to a girl just to chase her once is not even the same as saying a vow."

Chu Wanning, who had been quietly listening and not saying anything, finally spoke up, glancing at Mo Ran and saying, seemingly displeased, "You know again."

But Ye Wangxi sided with Mo Ran: "Brother Mo was right, and it was true. That woman had a secret admiration for Senior Brother, and when she heard him say so, she believed it and gave herself to him that night."

Mo Ran: "Ouch." He goes to cover Chu Wanning's ears. Chu Wanning doesn't move, "What are you doing?"

"Children should not listen to this, hearing too much is not conducive to practice."

Chu Wanning :""

Mo Ran covered Chu Wanning's ears and immediately asked, with bright eyes and eagerness, "And then what?"

Ye Wangxi was a decent man, but he could not imagine that Mo Ran, a despicable person, was listening to his righteous account as if it were a peachy book, and he said with dignity, "Then what else could he do? The woman took out a token of sword spike, but to his surprise, the elder brother was holding two women to his left and right, each with a sword spike, saying that as long as they were friends with him, they would give a sword spike to accompany them, not as a gift to their lovers."

"Tsk, that's really shameless."

"Yeah." Ye Wangxi said, "I couldn't stand to see it, so I argued with him."

He said this with a slightly different look on his face. After a moment, he said, "The argument was unpleasant, and a fight broke out."

Mo Ran smiled, "So."

But in his heart he said, "I'm afraid not. If "Big Brother" was really who he thought he was, then given his character, he would not have fought anyone over such things. I am afraid that Ye Wangxi is hiding something out of embarrassment here.

But since Ye Wangxi didn't want to talk about it, Mo Ran didn't want to poke holes in it, so he changed the subject and said, "That elder brother must be quite skilled, if it were an ordinary person, he wouldn't be able to hurt Brother Ye."

If not, Ye Wangxi seemed even more annoyed, his dark eyes blazing with anger.

"Well what." Ye Wangxi said indignantly, "mediocre spells of your own and relying on women to do all the work is not something"

"Ahahahahahahaha." When Mo Ran heard him say that, he looked at Ye Wangxi and saw that in addition to the sword wound on his shoulder, there were also three or four intermittent blood marks on his cheek, obviously scratched by a woman's nails.

Chu Wanning is silent, but he seems to have been deep in thought since Ye Wangxi said that he had "gotten into an argument and fought".

When Ye Wangxi had gone to his room to dress his wounds, Chu Wanning said, "Mo Ran."

Mo Ran slapped him on the head, "Call him brother."

"" Chu Wanning said, "The big brother he's talking about is Mei Hanxue, right?"

Mo Ran laughed, "I guess so."

Chu Wanning stopped talking again, thinking slightly.

Suddenly, as if she thought of something, her eyes suddenly widened: "This Ye Wangxi, could it be that she has been"

"Hush," Mo Ran put a finger to his lips to stop him talking, then crouched down to be level with Chu Wanning and laughed, "What are you thinking at such a young age?"

"I had heard earlier that Mei Hanxue was a particularly untrustworthy person who had done all sorts of ridiculous things, but I never thought he would even dare to be a disciple of the Confucianism School."

Mo Ran laughed casually, "Hahaha, he's quite unreliable. But we should mind other people's business less. Come on, brother, let's continue to tie your hair. I saw a nice hair clasp in West Street earlier, and it wasn't expensive so I bought it, so I'll put it on you."

Just as Mo Ran doesn't like Chu Wanning's taste, Chu Wanning is uncomfortable with Mo Ran's preferences.

Chu Wanning lapsed into silence at the flowing gold orchid butterfly floating hair clasp: "Are you sure this is for me?"

"Yes. Kids need to use gold and red, look, how lively."

Chu Wanning :""

He was really reluctant, but on reflection, it seemed like the first time Mo Ran had given him something, so he shut up and let Mo Ran soberly fasten the clasp to the top of his ponytail. The golden orchids and butterflies glowed brightly in his long inky hair.

Chu Wanning drops her eyelashes.

Suddenly it felt good to be that way too.

Such a colour, such a Mo Ran, such a self, if the body is restored, will never be the same again.

This butterfly, as if it had flown in from a dream.

The clouds are white, the sun and the moon are passing by.

It has been six months since the monks took up their practice at Peach Blossom Yard.

According to the Eighteen Girls, after six months, they would be tested in turn by the Feathermen to see how their training was progressing.

"This is the first trial for all of you since you arrived here." At the assembly, Eighteen Wan Wan said, "The trial is divided into three major dangerous realms, according to the different heart techniques you each practice. The defenders will enter the Blood River Realm, the healers will enter the Great Compassion Realm, and the attackers will enter the Shura Realm."

"These three dangerous realms are all recreated from the memories of the ghost world that invaded the earth hundreds of years ago. You will not be in any danger in them and will return to Peach Blossom Yard once you have cracked the crisis within the Void."

"Only two people can enter the Void Realm Trials at a time, which means that the triallists can challenge alone, and if they want to invite a companion, they can only invite one. The order of the turns taken in the trials will be governed by the fairy ambassador's announcement."

After the assembly broke up, the trials began. Mo Ran doesn't know the situation of the Imperial Guard and the Healing side, but here in the attack, half a dozen people have been tested one after another, but fortunately those people have done well, so it seems that the trial is not too difficult.

After a decade, it was Mo Ran's turn.

The one in charge of the attacking monks was none other than Eighteen, who smiled faintly and asked, " Mo Ran does she need a companion to go with her"

Mo Ran thought, "If I pick someone to go with me, does he not have to go through another trial?"

"It's natural."

"Then I will take my senior brother with me." Mo Ran pointed to Chu Wanning, "He's young and I'm not comfortable with him being alone when the time comes."

With the moon in the sky, they followed Eighteen to the edge of a dark cave, the mouth of which was shrouded in a thin layer of golden-red smoke.

Eighteen said, "Your Mightiness, please listen carefully. The scene recreated in the Shura Realm is the first tragic rupture of the ghost world two hundred years ago. At that time, because the boundary could not be repaired in time, a large number of ghosts and spirits fled to earth, killing countless living beings. This imaginary realm is based on the memories of one of Lin'an's survivors. The moment you step into the cave, you will arrive at the war-torn city of Lin'an two hundred years ago. Kill the ghost king who led the army and the realm of the void will be broken."

Mo Ran looked at Chu Wanning for a moment, then turned to Eighteen and smiled, "Sister Fairy, you see, I have thick skin and flesh, it doesn't matter, but my brother is only six years old, you say this sword is merciless, in case it hurts him"

"You don't have to worry, all the blades in the Void Realm won't really hurt the two of you." Eighteen said, "If you are wounded, there will be a spiritual power that marks itself, and if it marks the vital point, it means that you two are seriously wounded and dead, and the challenge is lost."

Mo Ran was relieved and said with a smile, "So that's how it is, the fairy sisters have been very considerate.

Now that their fears are over, Mo Ran and Chu Wanning head for the cave to try it out. The cave was dark, and no sooner had they stepped inside than they felt a sudden hovering sensation, followed by a blur of colours and a million distorted faces floating in a river beneath them.

When the two of them fell to the ground, their feet steadied, they found themselves transported to Ancient Lin'an, standing at the entrance to the old road on the outskirts of the city. It was midday, the sun was shining and there was a strong fishy stench in the air.

The ancient city of Lin'an, where a hundred ghosts roamed at night two hundred years ago, unfolds slowly and poignantly in front of Mo Ran and Chu Wanning's eyes, with the rich fishy smell of a burnt paper scroll from a war.