According to Elder Hidden Spirit, there was a small town called Lotus Town that was three days' drive away from the capital city. There were tens of thousands of villages and towns in Zhong Hua. First, Lotus Town was not located on a major road. Second, it did not have any special products. Third, it lacked high-ranking officials. Therefore, it was originally an ordinary town. However, three or four years ago, Lotus Town's reputation suddenly spread among the women. Every year, many women would go there out of admiration.
"Why is that?"
Elder Hidden Spirit intended to let the two disciples familiarize themselves with each other, so he said, "Gu Mang, come and talk to Young Master Mo."
"Okay," Gu Mang turned and asked Mo Xi with a smile, "Junior Brother Mo, what do you think girls care about the most?"
Mo Xi said, "I'm not sure."
Gu Mang guided him patiently, "Think about it, the girls you've been in contact with, or your childhood sweetheart, what do they usually care about?"
Mo Xi did not have a childhood sweetheart, but he still tried to think about it, and then said, "Face."
"Yes, you're right, girls always want to be beautiful. Other than being beautiful, what else do girls like? "
"I don't know."
"It's very simple, they like a good husband and a cute child." Gu Mang smiled, "Although many people don't think so, it's the custom. Most girls in Chong Hua are no exception."
"According to what Elder Hidden Spirit said just now, Lotus Town was originally unknown, but it suddenly spread among the women three or four years ago. If a place can suddenly attract a certain kind of group of people, it is most likely that it can satisfy some kind of desire of those people — not young girls, but married women. Then what kind of desire would it be?" Gu Mang said, and did not intend to let Mo Xi answer, so he continued, "Most likely, it's a desire for children."
After that, he turned to Elder Hidden Spirit and said, "Elder, am I right?"
Elder Hidden Spirit poured another cup of tea and drank it himself. He then said slowly, "You've memorized quite well. You've pretty much memorized everything I told you last night without missing a single word."
Gu Mang's act of cleverness was exposed, but he was not embarrassed at all. He calmly said to Mo Xi, "Look, the elder praised me."
"…"
Elder Hidden Spirit sighed helplessly, "Stop messing around, I'll do the rest." His gaze swept across Gu Mang and Mo Xi's faces, and he said, "Things are just as Gu Mang said. Lotus Town is famous because of its fertility. Legend had it that about four years ago, the Earth Temple in the town suddenly appeared and gave a dream to the town's matchmaker. It said that as long as a couple sincerely went to worship it, they would soon be able to bear a child. One spread to ten, ten spread to a hundred, and it didn't take long for those families who were desperate for incense to know about it. Even the citizens of the Imperial Capital are no exception. "
"Did something happen to this temple?"
"That's right." Elder Hidden Spirit said, "A month ago, a big merchant in the Imperial Capital, the eldest daughter and son-in-law of the Bai family went to pray for a child, but they suddenly disappeared without a trace. Therefore, the entry trial that I assigned to you is to go to Lotus Town and investigate the whereabouts of the couple. Do you understand? "
Mo Xi said, "Understood."
"Then go as soon as possible." Elder Hidden Spirit said, "The Academy has already roughly checked the spiritual flow in Lotus Town. There are no dangerous things. The two of you should be able to deal with it. Don't worry. "
As he spoke, he glanced at Gu Mang, "Gu Mang, take good care of your junior."
Gu Mang turned to Mo Xi and said, "Junior, you must take good care of me. I'm lazy, greedy, and useless. "
This was obviously just a joke. Who knew that Mo Xi, who had no sense of humor, actually took it seriously. He nodded and turned his handsome and cold face away. Looking at his slightly surprised expression, it seemed that he took Gu Mang's words seriously. Moreover, he didn't understand why the Elder would arrange a lazy, greedy, and useless senior for him.
"Uh …" Gu Mang's joke was directed at a cold wall. He couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed and reached out to scratch his head.
Elder Hidden Spirit gave Mo Xi a wristband and said, "This is the Lingxi Wristband. It can sense your various judgments during the journey. You must not take it off without permission. When you come back, return it to me. I will go to the Jincheng Pool and use a secret technique to pray for the most suitable Shenwu Sword for you. "
After Mo Xi agreed, Elder Hidden Spirit gave a few more instructions and finally said, "I have another request for you this time."
When he said this, he stared at Mo Xi's face. Obviously, he didn't trust Mo Xi's reaction. Gu Mang, on the other hand, looked as if he already knew, and looked around with nothing to do.
Mo Xi said, "Please instruct us, Elder."
"In order to find out the strangeness of the Earth Temple, I hope that you will not act rashly and alert the enemy. Therefore, during this trip, before the two of you draw out the spirit behind the Earth Temple, you must not use magic. You must pretend to be an ordinary newlywed couple going to pray for a child. "
When he said this, Mo Xi's eyes flashed. He lowered his eyes and pursed his lips. He didn't immediately reply.
Elder Hidden Spirit had long heard of his arrogant temperament. Seeing his silence, he thought that although this kid was young and steady, he was still too stubborn. Just as he was struggling to find a way to persuade him, he heard Gu Mang laugh and say, "Forget it. I don't mind. The mission is more important. It's just that Junior Mo is wronged. Such a person with ice skin and snow bones probably values his reputation more than a virgin girl. Pretending to be husband and wife with me, isn't this letting me tarnish his innocence? "
Mo Xi's gaze turned cold. He glanced at him and said, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
"How am I talking nonsense? I'm clearly considering Junior Mo's reputation. Although we're just pretending in front of outsiders, I still took advantage of you. So shouldn't I be responsible for you? "
"… Who wants you to be responsible!"
Gu Mang laughed and said, "Don't want to be responsible? How can that be? I see that you're aggrieved and nervous. I'm afraid that even acting is extremely serious. If I don't take responsibility for Junior Mo's innocence, won't I become a rapist, a lecher, a scoundrel who offends a beautiful woman … "
The more he spoke, the more unreliable he became. Mo Xi's anger was faintly discernible. If it weren't for the Elder beside him, he would have already fallen out with Gu Mang. But Gu Mang was still there talking non-stop. It was as if he was describing Mo Xi as a resentful woman. Mo Xi couldn't listen anymore. His face turned slightly green. He said angrily, "You're presumptuous!"
Because he was too angry, he blurted this sentence out in accordance with his master's habit of reprimanding.
Gu Mang was stunned for a moment. He looked at him with his bright black eyes and blinked innocently.
"…" Mo Xi knew that he had said too much. He turned his head away and bit his lip. He said coldly and bitterly, "… I haven't rejected it yet. I don't need Senior Sister to worry about me." After a while, his eyes turned back. They were sharp and cold. "I'll accept it."
He immediately took the letter of appointment from the Hidden Spirit Elder. After bidding farewell, he turned and walked out of the hall. He didn't even notice that Gu Mang was already laughing behind him.
The two then set off on their journey to Lotus Town to investigate.
Because the commoners without spiritual power were usually very lowly, they couldn't afford to hire carriages and horses. They also couldn't afford to wear good clothes. Therefore, the two of them only wore ordinary clothes and walked towards the south.
Along the way, the trees swayed and the sun shone brightly. Gu Mang took out two sweets from a small cloth bag. He peeled one for himself and gave the other to Mo Xi. "Junior Brother, do you want some? This is very delicious. "
"Thanks, but I don't need it."
Although his words were polite, his tone was very cold. It was obvious that he didn't want to be entangled with this Senior Sister. But who would have thought that Gu Mang wasn't angry. He smiled and said, "Good husband, that's right. If you have sweets, you should give them to your wife."
Mo Xi held back for a while. He couldn't help but say indifferently, "You're a girl. Don't you feel ashamed to be so frivolous?"
Gu Mang originally didn't want to cross-dress, but he didn't expect this Young Master Mo to be so amusing. The more he dressed, the more fun he found it to be. So he pretended to be serious and said, "Eh? Why should I be ashamed? We're walking on the road, upright and upright. You didn't even kiss me or hug me on the street. Why should I be ashamed? "
Mo Xi suddenly stopped. His face was sullen as if he wanted to say something. But in the end, he restrained himself and walked forward with a gloomy face.
He didn't look at the scenery, didn't stop to rest, and didn't want to talk to Gu Mang either. He was so focused that by noon, the two of them had already crossed five hills and arrived in front of a melon field.
Gu Mang was bored stiff as he swung the willow branches he picked along the way. He followed Mo Xi from afar and couldn't help but shout, "Junior Brother Mo, Junior Brother, Junior Brother, I say, can you stop for a while?"
Along the way, he tried to tell Mo Xi jokes and talk about life, but he didn't get any response. He thought that Mo Xi would definitely ignore him this time. Unexpectedly, Mo Xi stopped and turned around. "What's wrong?"
"I can't walk anymore."
Gu Mang was completely shameless. He smiled and said, "Why don't you consider carrying me on your back?"
Mo Xi glared at him fiercely, but didn't even want to talk to him.
"So fierce, so fierce." Gu Mang laughed and said, "Then I won't carry you. Let's rest together and enjoy the shade."
"If you want to rest, then rest by yourself. I'll look ahead. "
"… You're really something. Aren't you tired?"
Mo Xi shook his head and disappeared into the depths of the tree-lined path without saying a word. Gu Mang looked at his lonely back and sighed. He could only lean against a tree and sit down by himself. Then he raised his hand and touched his face regretfully. He said to himself, "Sigh, previously Zhanxing mistakenly took the form-changing powder. I joked with him and said that after he turned into a girl, it was hard to explain in a few words. It made people only want to be loyal to the country and not want to start a family. Now it seems that after my transformation, I'm afraid I'm uglier than him. "
He couldn't help but show a worried expression. "What should I do? I even made a bet with Zhanxing that I'll definitely convince Junior Brother Mo in the next few days. I bet three boxes of New Moon Brothel's snacks. Sigh, looks like I won't be able to eat them now. "
Then he thought, "This Junior Brother Mo's physical strength is really too good. He's already walked for so long without using any spiritual power, but his footsteps haven't slowed down at all. The talents of these pure-blooded aristocrats are really terrifying."
After letting his imagination run wild like this for a while, the figure of a young man appeared in his scattered vision. It turned out that Mo Xi had returned, carrying a bamboo basket in his hand.
He braved the scorching hot sun and walked from the bright sunlight to the shade of a tree. He placed the basket in front of Gu Mang.
"What's this?" Gu Mang curiously leaned over and opened the bamboo basket. He looked inside and saw a bowl of cabbage and straw mushroom stewed with tofu, a bowl of radish soup, two bowls of white rice, and two sets of bamboo chopsticks. Although the dishes looked crude, they were steaming. It was obvious that they had just been cooked. He couldn't help but laugh and say, "Great Immortal, where did you conjure up this basket of food?"
"I bought it. There's someone in front. "
Gu Mang was shocked. He thought, so he just went to buy food? Although this person was arrogant and boring, he wasn't completely cold and heartless.
He immediately picked up the bowl and chopsticks and said with a smile, "Thank you."
Mo Xi ignored him and lowered his eyes to arrange the food. Then he sat on the ground and began to eat. Gu Mang also picked up a bowl and ate while sizing up his little junior brother opposite him. This Junior Brother Mo continued to ignore him. His long eyelashes were lowered and his chopsticks were moving tofu into his mouth.
Gu Mang wanted to talk to him again, but he had already teased him and made him angry, so he didn't know what to say. He could only cough a few times.
"Cough —"
"Cough cough."
"Cough cough cough."
Mo Xi finally looked up. Gu Mang was happy and was about to put on a warm smile to chat with this beautiful junior brother when he saw his beautiful junior brother frown and ask coldly, "Is your throat uncomfortable?"
Gu Mang choked, "I —"
"Are you taking medicine?"
Seeing Mo Xi put down his bowl and chopsticks, intending to take medicine from his Qiankun bag, Gu Mang's heart was racing. He sighed, "Damn, this young hero, you don't have medicine, you're sick!" He hurriedly stopped him, "No need, I just accidentally choked. Eat, hahaha, junior brother, eat."
Mo Xi didn't force him. He glanced at him and retracted his slender fingers from his Qiankun bag. He lowered his head and scooped up the soup.
"For me?" Gu Mang looked at the soup bowl he handed over and received it, feeling flattered. He was even more surprised, "… Thank you."
Mo Xie was used to living like a prince. Normally, there would be people calling him 'young master', 'young master', 'young master', 'young master', 'young master', 'young master', and he would hear hundreds of thanks and apologies in a day. Naturally, he had no reaction to Gu Mang's' thank you '.
Everyone knew that most of the pure-blooded nobles were cruel and domineering, and the Mo family was a well-known warlord family. Logically speaking, Young Master Mo should be very arrogant and willful. Therefore, when Gu Mang saw Mo Xi on the school field, he immediately warned Lu Zhanxing, "This is a member of the Mo family. You and I can't afford to offend him. Leave quickly." However, after this interaction, Gu Mang felt that this might not be the case. For the next two days, Gu Mang patiently observed Mo Xi's every move. Sure enough, he realized that the young master of the Mo family was indeed different from what they had imagined.
Mo Xi was a man of few words. Other than the coldness in his eyes, there was only a thin layer of light that occasionally covered his eyes.
Along the way, whenever Gu Mang spoke to him, he would turn his face away and ignore him. He was very arrogant. Only occasionally, his eyelashes would flutter like smoke in the wind. However, if Gu Mang really needed anything, he was very reliable. Because of this, Gu Mang more or less had a good impression of this young master.
On the third night, they were already very close to Lotus Town. As they walked on a small road in the suburbs, fireflies danced in the fields. Gu Mang looked at the fireflies and suddenly said, "Junior Brother Mo, after this trial, you will officially be apprenticed to a master. There are a total of seven elders in the academy and they are in charge of the Seven Great Temples. Have you thought about which sect you will be apprenticed to? "
"Yaotian Palace."
"Are you so sure?"
"My father is from the Yaotian Palace."
Gu Mang was slightly startled. His lips curled into a smile, "Yes, I almost forgot. You pure-blooded nobles are always father and son."
Mo Xi did not speak. Gu Mang thought that he would not say anything more. However, he heard him ask, "Senior Sister, which Temple Elder are you apprenticed to?"
This was the first question Mo Xi had asked about him after so many days. Gu Mang was surprised and smiled, "Oh, I am from the Yan Bie Palace."
Yan Bie Palace Hall was the most demonic and bizarre of the Seven Great Temples of the academy. The most arrogant nobles, the most treacherous and terrifying poison masters, the most vicious and merciless assassins … Almost all of them were cultivators from this Temple.
Gu Mang was so lazy and loose. His words were also so random. He was definitely from the Yan Bie Palace.
However, out of courtesy, Mo Xi still said, "That's very good."
Unexpectedly, Gu Mang smiled and said, "Junior Brother, although you say it's very good, you might be thinking in your heart, 'So it's the Yan Bie Palace. Alas, I didn't expect that my first assignment would be to work together with a disciple from the Yan Bie Palace, the most demonic of the Seven Great Temples. It's really bad. I can't wait to finish the assignment as soon as possible so that I can quickly part ways with this bastard. '"
Although Mo Xi indeed wanted to part ways with Gu Mang as soon as possible, it was not that he could not tolerate it. Hearing Gu Mang's words, he said, "The Yan Bie Palace is the Yan Bie Palace. There is no such thing as the Yan Bie Palace."
Gu Mang saw the seriousness on his handsome face. He was imposing without being angry. Unexpectedly, he was very similar to the Temple's most strict Temple Elder. He could not help but laugh, "Hahahaha, you … you …"
"It's said that the Yaotian Palace is full of widows, widows, and lonely people. I have never come into contact with them before. However, after meeting you, I know that this saying is true."
The two of them walked and talked along the way. Unknowingly, they had already arrived at the outskirts of Lotus Town. Gu Mang was talking and laughing when he suddenly saw a large stone that was as tall as three people standing at the entrance of the town. On top of it, there were words written in cinnabar and gold:
"At night, the dew is stained with the bud. In a dream, the lotus is plucked in the spring."
"Ah, it seems that we have arrived." Gu Mang read the poem back and forth twice. He could not help but twitch the corner of his mouth. He muttered in a low voice, "But this town is not decent. Why did they inscribe such an obscene poem on the welcoming stone?"
Mo Xi also read the poem inscribed on the stone twice. He wanted to see what was wrong with the poem. He only felt that it was describing the scenery of the lotus pond at night. He thought that Gu Mang was probably teasing him again. He could not help but glance at Gu Mang. Impatiently, he walked into the village.
Gu Mang touched his nose, feeling wronged. Looking at the other's back, he wanted to cry but had no tears. "Junior Brother Mo, I did not lie to you. Read it carefully. This is really an obscene poem …"
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