Stars fall and locust trees grow

Sure enough, not long after, Qi Luoxing also broke through.

Li Chi followed suit and was also very unkind, hiding far away and watching the fun.

Qi Luoxing has the fire spirit root, so he naturally cannot compare with Li Chi in terms of speed.

Fortunately, he was stronger. Although he was struck on the buttocks by one of the lightning bolts, which injured his internal organs as well, he was not killed and managed to hold on.

After the thunder ended, he lay on the ground with his teeth bared, closed his eyes and asked faintly: "Cousin, is my butt still there?!"

It feels hot and you can faintly smell a burnt smell.

Li Chi staggered over and squatted down, looking at his charred butt that was still smoking, sniffed, "It's still there, but I don't know how well done it is."

"..."

After Qi Luoxing recovered, the two packed up their things, took the nameplates issued by Manager Zhou, and set off for the inner courtyard.

This time, the two familiar brothers who had been met in the previous sessions were still guarding the gate to the inner courtyard.

It feels very familiar when viewed from a distance.

Li Chi remembered that the older brother on the right had a bad temper and loved playing with fire, so he was a bit dangerous. So after thinking for a moment, he went straight to the "younger brother" on the left.

"Hello, brothers! We meet again!"

The "young senior brother" stretched out his arm to stop him, and said impatiently: "Why are you two here again?! Didn't we say that people are not allowed to enter and leave the inner courtyard at will?!"

"Hey?! We can't just come and go as we please this time!"

Qi Luoxing poked his head out from behind Li Chi, then took out the nameplate and shook it, "We are going in openly this time."

The "young senior brother" rolled his eyes, then stepped aside, looked straight ahead, and ignored them.

These two people are really annoying.

*

After entering the barrier, you will directly arrive at the registration office of the inner courtyard.

The person in charge of this place is a direct manager of the Juyun Sect named Litang.

He coldly flipped through a list, carefully checked the information of Li Chi and the other two, and then ordered someone to take them to their residence.

Not a single superfluous word.

Li Chi originally thought that he had finally met a senior from the Li family, and he could take the opportunity to ask him about his biological father, Li Qing.

But who would have thought that the old man didn't even look at me and just walked away with a gloomy face.

He curled his lips.

Why do all the old guys in this sect look like they can’t afford to live but can’t die, as if everyone owes them money?

……

The inner courtyard looks three times larger than the outer courtyard overall, but there is not much difference in architectural style and layout.

Looking around, there are courtyards of different sizes that are very similar to the outer courtyard.

Along the way, we occasionally saw a few three- or four-story buildings, which were basically places like bookstores and medicine cabinets.

Compared to the noise in the outer courtyard, the inner courtyard seems very quiet.

To be precise, it was eerily quiet.

According to the senior brother who led the way, their residence was at the deepest part of the courtyard.

But along the way, apart from the three of them, there was no fourth person walking around.

After walking around such a large inner courtyard for a long time, I didn't even see a ghost. Isn't this too outrageous? !

Obviously, Qi Luoxing also felt this strange atmosphere.

He pulled Li Chi's sleeve, signaling him to slow down, then leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Cousin, don't you think this inner courtyard is a little strange?!"

Li Chi nodded.

He squeezed Qi Luoxing's fingers that were grabbing his sleeves and comforted him, "Don't panic, I'm here."

After saying that, Li Chi took two steps at a time and quickly caught up with the senior brother who was leading the way in front of him, and patted him on the shoulder. "This senior brother!"

The man stopped when he heard the voice, glanced at Li Chi's hand on his shoulder, then turned his head and smiled, saying, "What's wrong?! Junior Brother Li?!"

Li Chi chuckled twice and said, "Is the management of our inner courtyard so strict? How come in broad daylight, we can't even see a single person?!"

"Have all the senior brothers and sisters been assigned to practice in the same place?!"

"That's right! Inner courtyard disciples must go to the training hall on time at 4:45 every day to practice, and finish at noon. The rest of the time, they can only stay in their respective dormitories and are not allowed to go out." The leading brother said: "But you two have just entered the inner courtyard, so you don't need to participate in group training in the first month."

Li Chi was a little confused, "Does this not allowing us to go out mean not being allowed to leave the inner courtyard, or not being allowed to leave the dormitory?!"

"The dormitory, of course."

"They don't even let us leave the dormitory. Isn't this too inhumane?!" Li Chi complained, and then asked, "What about our elders and managers?!"

"They can't just stay in their own yard and not be allowed to go out, right?!"

The leading brother: "Didn't you just see Manager Litang?!"

"The elders and stewards all have their own things to do, so they naturally don't have time to hang around outside."

After he finished speaking, he ignored Li Chi and continued to walk forward quickly.

Li Chi touched his chin helplessly, then led Qi Luoxing to follow closely.

The three of them walked for about half a quarter of an hour and finally arrived at the residence of the inner courtyard disciples.

The yard here is very large, with rows of blue brick houses standing side by side. It seems that quite a lot of people live here.

The leading senior brother led Li Chi and Qi Luoxing into one of the rooms, then gave them a few instructions and left.

Not long after he left the yard, a man wearing the same sandalwood purple inner courtyard uniform as him came out from the corner in front.

The man stood directly in the middle of the road, blocking his way, then crossed his arms and let out a sharp and evil laugh.

It makes one feel uncomfortable all over.

"Junior Brother Li Zhang... your laughter really sounds annoying. You don't sound like a good person at all."

Li Jun raised his head and looked at the other person, then raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said sarcastically: "Why?! Can't wait?!"

"This person has just entered the inner courtyard, and you are so impatient to rush over. You are not so active in your daily practice!"

"Hmph..." Li Zhang snorted twice, "That day, he made me lose face in the outer courtyard. Now that he is in my territory, I will not let him have an easy time."

"Then why do you have to do it yourself?!"

Li Jun said: "Since he has entered the inner courtyard, whether he can live and how long he can live is not up to him to decide."

“There are not many people who can survive here.”

Li Zhang naturally understood what the other party was saying, but he still felt a little unwilling, "But none of us can be sure whether he is the one who can survive forever."

"so what?"

"So..." Li Zhang closed his eyes and thought for a while, then he suddenly smiled grimly as if he had thought of something, "Of course I still have to do it myself, to give myself an extra layer of protection, to make sure he can rot completely in this inner courtyard in the future."

Li Jun chuckled, "Then I wish you good luck. I just advise you not to get too far."

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