Stars fall and locust trees grow

With the careful care of Li Chi and Qi Luoxing, the boy returned to normal in just three or four days.

He has not spoken a word in the past few days. Apart from his daily physiological needs such as eating, drinking, defecating and urinating, he spends the rest of his time lying quietly on the couch, either sleeping or daydreaming.

Whenever Li Chi asked him about his injury, he chose to remain silent, and was even reluctant to reveal his own name.

Later, Li Chi simply stopped asking and even gave him a nickname, "Xiao Di Gang".

After "Xiao Digang" recovered, Li Chi and Qi Luoxing sent him back to his dormitory.

Perhaps it was because he was too inconspicuous and always silent in his daily life, and when he disappeared for a few days, none of the people living in the same room asked about him, and some people didn't even raise an eyebrow.

Li Chi saw this and felt a little sad.

In fact, he could also leave the "small floor jar" in his own dormitory. After all, the management of the outer courtyard was relatively not that strict, and no one would check which disciple slept where or who did not come back today.

However, you can only control it for a while, not for a lifetime.

Besides, he and Ah Xing were about to break through to the Xuan Gu realm and enter the inner courtyard. Sooner or later, "Little Di Gang" would have to learn to face these people and things alone.

Thinking of this, he sighed deeply, then patted the other person's thin shoulder and said: "The two of us can only send you so far. Remember to practice well in the future. Only when you become strong, no one will dare to bully you."

"Little Earth Jar" nodded slightly.

"If you have any more problems, come to me and Axing."

A month later, Li Chi and Qi Luoxing had cultivated to the middle stage of the ninth heaven respectively.

Thinking that they hadn't seen Bai Xin for a long time, the two of them went to the cafeteria to buy some small cakes that the other party liked to eat, and planned to go to the inner courtyard to see Bai Xin and tell her the good news.

The two senior brothers who were on guard when they sent Bai Xin away last time were still guarding the inner courtyard barrier.

Li Chi put on a smile, approached them in a very familiar manner, and said with a chuckle: "Hey! Do you two brothers still remember us?!"

He pointed at himself and Qi Luoxing and said, "A month ago, the two of us and another fellow apprentice were here to escort a fellow apprentice into the inner courtyard. His name was Bai Xin. I wonder if the two kind-hearted apprentices could help find him."

Qi Luoxing also echoed: "Yes, yes! We haven't seen each other for a long time, and I want to give him something."

The brother on the left, who looked a little younger, gave him a pair of cold eyes and spoke first: "Inner Court disciples are not allowed to come in and out at will, you two should leave quickly!"

"We know that the requirements of the inner courtyard are strict." Li Chi pulled the other person's sleeve and said, "But you can't be like a Pixiu, only coming in and never leaving, right?!"

The young brother had probably seen too many people like Li Chi, so he pushed his hand away with disgust and said coldly: "Outer courtyard disciples are not allowed to linger at the gate of the inner courtyard! I advise you two to leave here quickly!"

Seeing that acting like a spoiled child was ineffective, Li Chi could only settle for the next best thing, "Since he can't come out, could you help us bring the things in to him, Senior Brother?!"

"No!" The other party continued to refuse coldly.

"This won't work, and that won't work either. Why are the people in your inner courtyard so inhumane?!" Li Chi complained in a low voice: "Besides, we are all from the same sect, can't you help us?!"

The young brother looked up at the sky and simply ignored the other party's nonsense.

Li Chi saw that the "doorpost" on the left didn't make sense, so he decided to try again with another senior brother.

However, before he could open his mouth, he saw the other party impatiently raise his right hand and directly draw a wall of fire to block himself and Qi Luoxing out.

"Wow..." Li Chi pulled Qi Luoxing back quickly, "It's so hot!"

"Axing, are you okay?!"

"Cousin, I'm fine!" Qi Luoxing touched his red face and said seriously, "But I remember my aunt once said that children who play with fire will wet the bed!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the angry voice of the arsonist coming from the other side of the fire wall, "Get out!"

*

The following days were almost uneventful.

Apart from going to the cafeteria to eat every day, Li Chi and Qi Luoxing basically spend the rest of the time either practicing sword skills or on the way to practice sword skills.

Moreover, as a mortal realm disciple of the outer courtyard, the sect only taught him one set of Sixteen Shadow-Stepping Moves from beginning to end. Li Chi once raised doubts about this.

However, Manager Zhou said at the time, "These Sixteen Shadow-Climbing Moves may seem simple, but they are the foundation for learning the sect's secret techniques."

"As practitioners, we must be down-to-earth in every step we take and never aim too high..."

"What a lofty ambition!"

"It feels like that old man surnamed Zhou is deceiving us!"

Li Chi practiced the sword techniques and performed each move skillfully while complaining to Qi Luoxing.

"Juyun Sect is at least a fourth-level sect! They can't just teach us outer courtyard disciples this set of sword techniques just because the entry requirements are low! If I keep practicing like this, I feel like my head is going to grow grass!"

"Cousin, calm down! I think what Manager Zhou said makes sense!"

Qi Luoxing waved his sword and said, "Besides, the two of us are about to break through and enter the inner courtyard. By then, there will surely be a lot of secret techniques waiting for us! I'm afraid that once we really get in, we may not have enough time!"

"I hope what you said is true, and not just hypocritical comforting me." Li Chi sighed.

"Of course! Cousin, you know me well. I am always honest." Qi Luoxing raised his eyebrows again, "So, now you should understand why Senior Brother Bai liked reading so much!"

*

After a day of training, Li Chi and the other man felt a little hungry, so they staggered out of the secret base and prepared to go to the cafeteria for dinner.

But just halfway through, I saw from afar a crowd of people gathered in several circles on the martial arts field. I could vaguely hear the sound of fighting.

Could it be... that someone is fighting? !

Li Chi touched his chin.

Speaking of which, in the past few years since entering Juyun Sect, I have never seen the outer courtyard disciples fighting. Even daily sparring is rare, of course, except for snowball fights in winter.

After all, the people in the outer courtyard are all a bunch of noobs with similar levels, so there is nothing to watch when they fight.

However, looking at the crowds of people watching here today, it doesn't seem like the fight between noobs that I imagined, and...

Li Chi felt that the atmosphere in the martial arts arena seemed a little strange.

"Axing, don't you think these people watching are too quiet?"

Even if it is a performance by a drama troupe, there would be cheers when it reaches the most exciting part, let alone a fight scene.

At the very least, there should be some voices trying to stop the fight.

"Indeed!" Qi Luoxing also felt that something was not right. "It's nothing serious anyway, why don't we go over and take a look!"