Si Lei Zhenjun

Chu Xing Courtyard on Piaomiao Peak of Yunxiao Sect.

As dusk deepens, the afterglow of the setting sun casts a mottled shadow on the quaint stone path.

"Junior Sister Xiaoli."

Chu Xing looked at the girl holding the little red fox who was about to follow him into the courtyard, and said helplessly:

"We've had enough fun today, it's time to go back and practice!"

The girl's name is Jiang Xiaoli, she is 13 years old. Two years ago, she was brought back to Piaomiao Peak by Qi Shunan and became Chu Xing's junior sister.

Qi Shunan and Zhao Chunfeng both gave up, and Chu Xing was forced to take on the important task of "taking care of the baby".

From then on, Chu Xing had a little "tail-follower" behind him.

The little red fox was the one Chu Xing went hunting at the foot of the mountain to fill his stomach when he first arrived at Yunxiao Sect. He saw the fox sitting alone under a tree and it didn't run away when he approached it, so he brought it back and raised it as a pet. Since it looked silly, he named it "Daibao".

"Brother, I want to play with Daibao for a while before going back. I have been practicing hard these days!" Jiang Xiaoli stood there obediently, kneading the little red fox's face with his hands, and looking at Chu Xing with a slightly pleading look:

"Look, my cultivation has reached the ninth level of Qi Refining."

Swish! ! !

An aura of the ninth level of Qi Refining emanated from her.

"Ohh ...

The little red fox also called out to Chu Xing a few times as if echoing Jiang Xiaoli's words.

"Okay, but you can only play for a while. After you're done, go back and practice!"

Seeing that she had indeed reached the ninth level of Qi Refining, Chu Xing stopped urging her.

As for her talk of playing for a while, Chu Xing didn't believe it at all. Jiang Xiaoli was just being a little bit obedient in front of him. Many of the Dharma Elders were troubled by her and had complained to him several times.

"Okay, senior brother!"

Jiang Xiaoli responded excitedly and ran into the yard happily holding Daibao.

Chu Xing no longer cared about the man and the beast, and walked to the stone table in the courtyard. He found a stone bench and sat down, thinking to himself:

"I should think about how to ask Senior Brother to borrow some spirit stones. How about making some little gadgets from my past life to give to him?"

Chu Xing felt a little helpless about his senior brother, as ordinary things probably wouldn't catch his eye.

After much deliberation, Chu Xing decided to make a Go set for his senior brother.

He took out a dagger-shaped magical weapon from his storage bag, and then took out two large pieces of jade, one black and one white.

Then he wrapped the magic tool with magic power and used it to cut the jade into flat pieces of jade that were uniform in size, the size of a little finger.

Then he used his magic power to rotate and cut the jade blocks until they were smooth, making them into jade chess pieces.

Then he went to his utility room to find some pieces of wood of suitable size and made a chessboard and two chess baskets.

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As the sun sets, its afterglow falls on the small courtyard, which is paved with bluestone. A few bunches of wild flowers stubbornly peek out from between the cracks in the stones, emitting a faint fragrance. There is an osmanthus tree in the corner of the wall, its branches full of golden flowers, swaying gently in the wind.

"Big Brother!"

Outside the courtyard, a handsome man in a white robe with cloud patterns lightly touched the restriction outside the courtyard and called out softly.

"Come in, Junior Brother."

After a moment, a lazy voice came from the courtyard.

Chu Xing pushed the door open and entered, and saw a young man wearing a blue and white flowing cloud robe, with a slightly pale face and an unusually handsome appearance, sitting in the courtyard, flipping through ancient books in his hands.

There was also a huge alchemy furnace in front of him. The precious light flowing on the furnace showed that it was very valuable. The young man was Zhao Chunfeng, the eldest brother of Piaomiao Peak.

"Brother, what kind of elixir are you refining this time?"

Chu Xing walked up to Zhao Chunfeng and asked casually even though he was not interested in what kind of elixir he was refining.

Seeing that Chu Xing seemed to be interested in the elixir he had refined, Zhao Chunfeng enthusiastically introduced it:

"Brother, come here. The elixir I refined this time is extraordinary!

Have you heard of the Bull's Strength Pill? Taking it can increase the strength of an ox. This time, I've refined a Bull's Strength Pill..."

Hearing this, Chu Xing's mind flashed back to the time when he was tricked by his senior brother:

When he first arrived at Yunxiao Sect, he asked his eldest senior brother for a fasting pill, but he was given a "hunger pill" instead. He felt hungry for ten days no matter how much he ate.

After building his foundation, he asked his senior brother to refine a magic sword for him to practice flying. However, the moment he stepped on it, the sword shattered into pieces. Later, upon asking, he learned that his senior brother had refined the sword so that it would shatter at the slightest touch, because ordinary people only wanted their swords to be indestructible.

Chu Xing was still frightened. He quickly interrupted Zhao Chunfeng's chatter and said, "Stop, stop, stop! Senior Brother, I came here to give you something fun."

"Oh, what's fun?"

Zhao Chunfeng was not annoyed by being interrupted. He was obviously used to it and asked casually.

"Go, this is a little toy used by mortals to pass the time when I was in the secular world. I thought that my senior brother would like it, so I made a set for myself."

Seeing that Zhao Chunfeng didn't seem interested, Chu Xing quickly took out the chessboard and pulled Zhao Chunfeng over to explain the rules of the game to him.

Then the two of them started playing Go.

At the beginning, Chu Xing could easily defeat Zhao Chunfeng by taking advantage of his familiarity with the rules.

Then gradually they became evenly matched.

Chu Xing was sweating profusely after that, and was "abused" for seven or eight rounds.

"'Body of All Laws' has this terrifying learning ability. You deserve to be bored, Senior Brother!"

Chu Xing complained silently in his heart.

Seeing Zhao Chunfeng gradually losing interest in bullying and becoming drowsy, Chu Xing did not forget the purpose of his visit. If the things he gave did not satisfy the eldest brother, he would not ask to borrow spirit stones.

So he quickly tried to make up for it:

"Brother, the key to playing chess is to find a worthy opponent, but right now, I simply can't find a chess player who can match you.

Junior brother, I've heard that all the chess masters like to play by themselves, holding black in one hand and white in the other, fighting each other. Senior brother, why not give it a try?

"Haha, Junior Brother, what you said is quite interesting. I'll accept this little thing. Junior Brother, you are so thoughtful!"

Zhao Chunfeng smiled heartily, remembering his junior brother's character of never coming to see him unless there was something important, and said mischievously:

"Junior brother, you must have something to ask me today, right?"

Chu Xing smiled awkwardly and stammered:

"I am about to achieve Dan formation, and I want to... borrow three thousand spirit stones from my senior brother."

"Oh, that's it." Zhao Chunfeng casually threw a storage bag to Chu Xing and said:

"Here, I forgot how many spirit stones are in it, but it should be enough for you. Master has a carefree personality. If you have any difficulties in the future, just talk to me."

"Thank you, senior brother!"

Chu Xing took it with his hand, said thank you with a smile, and then scanned the inside with his spiritual sense, and found that it was filled with a small pile of spirit stones, about several thousand in number.

Cultivators need to spend spirit stones on elixirs, magic weapons, spirit beasts, etc., and the higher the level of cultivation, the more spirit stones they spend.

For a cultivator of ordinary origin, if he does not have a good way to earn spirit stones or a great opportunity falls upon him, he basically breaks a spirit stone into two halves to spend it.

In Chu Xing's memory, Zhao Chunfeng was alone. Apart from practicing, he also refined useless things on weekdays. Both of these required a lot of spirit stones.

Therefore, Chu Xing always thought that Zhao Chunfeng was not rich in spirit stones, so he had never asked him for spirit stones before.

This time he had no choice but to speak, but he didn't expect that he would throw thousands of spirit stones at once.

Afterwards, Chu Xing asked Zhao Chunfeng some questions about cultivation before saying goodbye and leaving.