Stars fall and locust trees grow

Gu Huaiyi snorted angrily.

Zeng Muhan smiled and said, "It seems that we are destined to meet! I left in a hurry this morning and didn't have time to ask you your name. I don't know what your name is and why you are here?"

Li Chi continued to use his pseudonym.

"My name is Li Chi. Li is the same as Li in plum, and Chi is the same as Chi in eating..."

"Pfft!"

Before Li Chi finished speaking, Gu Huaiyi laughed out loud in a very unkind way: "How can there be a name like Li Chi? It sounds like a glutton. It's really funny."

"Huai Yi, don't be unreasonable!" Zeng Muhan scolded him, then turned to Li Chi and said, "Brother Li should also be here to participate in the Changsheng Palace Upgrade Ceremony!"

"Exactly! I originally came here with my friends to have fun, but we couldn't find a place to stay, so we can only stay here..."

"If you don't mind, then you can live with us. If a few of us brothers squeeze together, we can free up a room. It will be our apology for disturbing you yesterday."

Gu Huaiyi was shocked and asked: "Brother! Why should we live with him?"

As a direct disciple of Ming Yuejian, Gu Huaiyi had been practicing a clear moon, elegance and righteousness, and purity of all things since he was a child. In addition, he had a father who was the head of the sect, and he was flattered wherever he went. Therefore, when he met a sharp-tongued and rude person like Li Chi for the first time, he couldn't help but feel very unhappy and looked down on him.

Zeng Muhan was different. Although his surname was not Gu, he was the chief disciple of Mingyuejian. He was better at weighing the pros and cons of both people and things, so he was very conflicted at the moment.

Because he felt that Li Chi was really unusual.

Divine beasts like Maoqiu that have signed soul contracts with human monks usually identify their masters by recognizing souls. Moreover, creatures like cunning beasts are extremely loyal and dedicated. Once they already have an owner, they will not get close to others.

During the decades when the young master was in seclusion, although he and Huai Yi took care of Maoqiu most of the time, Maoqiu had never treated them as affectionately as he treated Li Chi at this moment. Therefore, Zeng Muhan felt that the "Li Chi" in front of him was definitely not simple.

Although the spiritual realm is vast and rich in resources, there are not many rare and exotic animals. If you want to find a divine beast that is compatible with your soul, powerful and willing to sign a soul contract, it can be said to be extremely difficult, especially for ancient divine beasts like the cunning beast that are born with supernatural powers.

Moreover, Maoqiu will become the spiritual ancestor who protects Mingyuejian in the future. If something happens because of this "Li Chi", it will be extremely disadvantageous to the sect. Therefore, it is best to find a way to keep him first, and then find an opportunity to find out the truth.

Seeing that Li Chi was still hesitant, Zeng Muhan turned his gaze to the young master next to him for help.

"Little Master, do you think this arrangement is okay?"

The man who had been standing silently by the side glanced at Li Chi with sharp eyes, then said calmly, "Okay."

With the approval of this young master, Gu Huaiyi naturally could not continue to refute and could only stand there with a pout and sulk.

Seeing this, a baby-faced disciple walked up to him and comforted him: "Brother Huaiyi, don't be angry anymore. The injuries you received in Qibao Town yesterday have not yet fully healed. It is more important to take care of your health now."

"That's it!"

Another disciple also echoed: "We didn't know what the monster we encountered yesterday was. It had two heads and couldn't be killed no matter what we did! If it weren't for Senior Brother Huaiyi's superb magic, I don't know if we would still be standing here alive today..."

"..."

In fact, Li Chi was very conflicted about Zeng Muhan's proposal.

Although the fur ball in his arms was extremely tempting to him, its weird "little master" owner was really not commendable, especially when he thought of the ambiguous and hesitant look he gave him just now. He always felt as if there was something unfathomable in it.

Li Chi thought about it carefully and felt that his life in the past two days since his resurrection had been quite exciting.

First, he met a wretched fat man named Wei Li and signed a contract to sell himself. Now, he met a little master who was hard to explain. He didn't know what bad luck had befallen him. It seemed that he had caught all the weirdos in this spiritual realm.

However, when Li Chi heard the two-headed monster mentioned by Gu Huaiyi and the others, his heart was immediately shocked and he swallowed back all the words of rejection he had just thought of, because the monster sounded very similar to the failed experiment of the Juyun Sect's forbidden technique.

The evil art that the Juyun Sect practiced at that time was actually a set of bone refining techniques, which could allow a person to differentiate new bones on the original bones, and then fuse the new bones with the old bones. After multiple temperings, the bones could become incorruptible.

When Li Chi was in Juyun Sect, he had seen many failed products in which the new bones could not fuse with the old bones. Although they still retained consciousness, they were all directly eliminated by the old guys in the sect with the bone burning technique. Now, Juyun Sect has been destroyed for thirty years, how could there still be failed test products?

Li Chi really couldn't understand.

It seems that if we want to learn more about the two-headed monster, we still have to get inside their organization. As for that strange little master...

Who cares! Just don't provoke him.

After thinking this through, Li Chi no longer hesitated and grinned at Zeng Muhan, "Then I'll trouble you, Senior Brother Zeng!"

Zeng Muchan let out a long sigh.

"Then why don't you go to the inn with Junior Master Li first, and Junior Brother Huaiyi will wait for your friend here. I just don't know your friend's name, and what are his characteristics?"

Li Chi stuffed the ball of fur into the hands of the little master next to him, then walked to Gu Huaiyi and put his arm on his shoulder very familiarly.

"Junior Brother Huaiyi, my friend is called Wei Li. Although he looks ordinary, he has a very strong body. You can spot him in the crowd at a glance."

"Go away! Who is your junior brother?" Gu Huaiyi rolled his eyes and shook off Li Chi's dirty hands. Then he looked around perfunctorily, and finally stretched out his finger, pointed in a certain direction and sneered: "I think the fat guy is the most conspicuous among these people. Could he be your friend?"

Li Chi looked in the direction of his finger and saw a fat figure among the crowd walking slowly towards them. Judging from the figure, it must be Wei Li.

Zeng Muhan asked doubtfully, "Was Brother Li's friend also at the charity cemetery last night?"

"Of course."

"Then why haven't we sensed his presence?"

Li Chi laughed and said, "He was sleeping like a dead pig, so you naturally couldn't feel it."

After meeting up with Wei Li, they briefly explained the situation and the group set off for the inn.

Li Chi only ate roast chicken and radishes that day. When it was time for dinner, his stomach began to churn again.

"You've been gone for most of the day, did you buy me anything to eat?"

Wei Li glanced at his chest.

"Have you eaten all that carrot?"

"That's natural!"

Li Chi said, "Don't you think about what kind of life I've been living these past two days? If it weren't for that carrot, I would have died of thirst long ago, even if I didn't starve to death! So, did you buy me anything to eat?"

Wei Li said: "Of course we have food and drink, but I'm afraid you can't come up with enough spirit stones."