Chapter 23 Chu Yan, your heart is in turmoil. The first meeting on the Golden Dragon Stage

Yu Yao/Wen

Xiche did not fall to the ground, but was caught by a pair of hands. When he saw the face clearly appearing in his field of vision, he was a little panicked.

Xi Che opened his mouth, only blood gushed out of it.

...No, he didn't mean to vomit blood.

He was not allowed to faint despite such a serious injury, but was made to stay awake and feel the pain as if his internal organs were about to explode. Looking at this face soberly and closely was more like torture to Yu Xiche.

After so many years, Chu Yan hasn't changed at all.

"Don't talk."

The person holding him seemed to be concerned about the people around him. He whispered a warning, then bent down, picked up Xi Che, and flew up to the ladder.

The dream master was stunned by the scene before him - in fact, he felt it was strange from the very beginning. When the ceremony began, the God of Light put down the ladder very decisively and seemed particularly anxious. This is not stable enough for the gods.

In any case, you should leave some space to give believers time to build up their emotions and give yourself time to build momentum. Then the boy spreads flowers and paves the way, and then the righteous gods appear again.

Such procedures are in accordance with the rules and can demonstrate the dignity and reserve of the gods.

They have done so in previous years.

Who would have thought that this inheritance would be so sloppy, the righteous god actually rushed out earlier than the boy.

This is really unstable!

But Chu Yanchong had already rushed out and there was no way to pull him back. As an experienced master of ceremonies who had presided over more than a hundred inheritance ceremonies, Master Meng naturally had the ability to respond. So he hurriedly asked the believers to kneel down to prevent them from seeing the not-so-honorable posture of the honorable Mingzhao God.

Master Meng secretly conveyed a message to Chu Yan: "Your Majesty, this is really against etiquette. You should have come out later."

Chu Yan remained the same and just remained silent. Master Meng could do nothing about him.

The dream master originally thought that this was an accident, but he didn't expect that when he turned around, something even more outrageous happened right before his eyes. The God of Bright Light actually flew to one of them in front of so many believers and picked him up.

Even carried him up the ladder!

As a god, he should understand what it means when someone from the mortal world walks up the ladder to heaven. It means to lead him to the underworld and accept his identity, which is a great honor for anyone.

And doing this at today's inheritance ceremony has only one meaning, which is to announce to everyone that he has chosen this person as the successor of the God of Illumination.

People say that a king never jokes, so God should be even less likely to joke. Did Chu Yan really decide to choose this person? But why, what happened at this moment? They haven't understood anything yet.

Master Meng was alone and confused for a while, then he came to his senses and found that other believers were still kneeling there looking at each other. Then he suddenly realized that Chu Yan had left and he couldn't be confused now.

Although Chu Yan's actions were sometimes unpredictable, Meng Shi felt that this god could still listen to his advice. He had repeatedly advised Chu Yan not to use the Dream Stone again, but he did not expect that after Chu Yan came back from the underworld, he would return the Dream Stone directly to him.

Although this was a small matter, it was enough to convince Meng Shi that he was a loyal minister and that he was serving a wise master.

Isn't it time for him, a loyal minister, to play a role now? He needs to maintain the image of the Shining God.

Master Meng cleared his throat, put his hands behind his back and looked at the crowd: "Since the God of Bright Light has already chosen his successor, please go back."

This is what Master Meng thought. Chu Yan had already brought the person across the ladder, it seemed unreasonable to choose someone else, and when he took that person away, he didn't even look back, and didn't care about other people at all. He didn't think Chu Yan would make another choice.

He should just go along with what Chu Yan said.

Everyone was stunned, and then there was an uproar -

"How can you be so careless?"

"What was so special about that guy just now? He even vomited blood!"

"Vomiting blood is the most outrageous thing. He actually vomited blood in front of God. Is it popular to play the pity now?"

"I can do it too. I'll vomit right now!"

Master Meng was very troubled when he heard the noise from the people below, but he still had to continue to make excuses for Chu Yan.

Who made him a loyal minister? He had to maintain the image of the God of Light!

"Quiet, quiet!"

Master Meng waved his hands at the crowd: "I understand your feelings very well. But the selection ceremony for the successor has been held until today, and it has been going on for more than a hundred years, but there has been no result. Today, it has finally borne fruit. The believers should be happy and welcome the new god calmly."

After Master Meng finished speaking, he made an unfathomable expression, stood facing the wind, and sighed: "God's will is often only in a moment, and often only in the dark. This is the will of heaven." Master Meng's hair and

beard are all white, but he has a youthful face and an immortal style. He looks like a hermit. His words are very convincing. Since he said so, who dares to refute? So no matter whether everyone was convinced or not, they all went back obediently in the end. The dream master turned around with that mysterious posture and then wiped the sweat off his forehead.

However, maybe Chu Yan really thinks so? Perhaps he sensed in some mysterious way that the person he chose was the one who should be chosen.

If you tell a lie a thousand times, you will almost believe it.

As for Chu Yan, after seeing Xi Che vomiting blood after being shocked by Suzaku, he immediately carried him back to Yujing Palace, having long forgotten about the matter of inheritance.

If Chu Yan dared to do such a thing when Langfeng Pavilion had not been destroyed, he would definitely be severely punished. His selfishness has affected his behavior as a god, and will even affect the image of the gods in the entire Nine Netherworld. The consequences are very serious.

But Chu Yan was no longer in the mood to care about all that. After he carried Xi Che back to the bedroom, he carefully placed him on the bed. Then he sat beside the bed, held his hand, looked at him, and channeled gentle spiritual power into him.

Xi Che was very weak and could not feel the existence of spiritual power at all. He was just vaguely aware that Chu Yan seemed to be looking at him and holding his hand.

His mind is a bit muddled.

If I remember correctly, he now has the face of a succubus. Why would Chu Yan look at me with such an expression? And he seemed to have picked himself out of the crowd at a glance.

He probably hasn't been exposed yet. The only reason for him to do this is this face.

...

Xi Che accidentally thought of his first dream.

Chu Yan is obsessed with appearance and also likes succubus.

What a joke.

While Xi Che denied his own guess, he was also angry about it. His blood boiled and he couldn't help but spit out blood again.

Seeing this, Chu Yan almost blurted out: "Asa! Are you okay?"

Hearing this, Xi Che gasped and looked at him with wide eyes - what did he just call him?

Chu Yan naturally realized that he had called his name, but he did not intend to hide it. He suppressed his expression and said, "Now that you're back, how could I not recognize you?"

Xi Che was completely confused. He was not dreaming. The Chu Yan in front of him was the real Chu Yan, but how could he recognize him as soon as they met? He thought for a long time and finally noticed the voice of Baihu that had been playing as the background music in his mind. He seemed to be poisoned and kept muttering to himself.

"I'm going to bite that bird to death... I'm going to bite that dead bird to death..."

Chu Yan could see Baihu's appearance, so did he recognize his identity from that?

For a moment, Xi Che felt mixed emotions. First, he was relieved, thinking that since things had come to this point, he didn't need to hide his identity in front of him anymore. But then I felt very aggrieved, angry and wronged. He opened his mouth and coughed, blood trickling down his mouth, and tried to pull his hand away from him.

Chu Yan grabbed that hand tightly: "Calm down and don't be angry anymore."

Xi Che knew that his identity was exposed, so he simply threw the jar: "Why do you care about my life or death, wasn't my injury caused by you? Since you recognized it was me, why did you test me with Suzaku? Now... now you are saving me again, what do you want to do?"

He became more and more angry as he spoke, and his tone became excited. He leaned against the headboard and cursed: "Your dead bird always bullied me before, and now it's the same! You use a killing move as soon as we meet. If that's the case, why waste your cultivation."

Chu Yan's face, which was always expressionless, finally fluctuated a little, and he seemed helpless: "Asha..."

"I know, you want to get rid of me in the name of justice! Have I been on the sniper blacklist in Jiuyou?" As

Xi Che spoke, he burst into tears.

This cannot be blamed on him. This body is originally incontinent to tears. When the emotions are excited to a certain extent, he will cry uncontrollably. Fortunately, Xi Che was emotionally stable and rarely got so excited, so it had no impact until now. But it was different now. He was not really blaming Chu Yan, but was venting his emotions, especially when talking about the past when their identities were in conflict, Xi Che felt even more heartbroken.

Xi Che knew in his heart that the reason why Zhuque suddenly attacked them today was not only because of the previous feud. If two beasts had a feud, they would forget it after a good night's sleep, so how could they remember it for so long?

Suzaku attacked him, mostly out of instinct.

The four spiritual beasts are incompatible with each other. They all want to drive away other spiritual beasts and become the overlord of one side. This is one of their instincts.

Good and evil cannot coexist; this is our second instinct.

Baihu still has the inner demon that was created at the moment when Xiche fell from heaven, so he is naturally evil, while Zhuque is like the Mingzhao God he chose, who is upright and incorruptible, so he is of course "righteous". He discovered that Baihu actually appeared near the ladder, so of course he wanted to pull him out and beat him to death.

Zhuque used to really like to grab Baihu and fight with him whenever they met. This mentality is probably the same as that of a cat who likes to catch birds for fun. Knowing that the other party cannot hurt it and that it is in a winner's position, it will want to play around.

But all of this could be controlled by Chu Yan, but he just stood by and watched.

The anger in Xi Che's heart was stirred up again, and he started crying and vomiting blood, looking so miserable.

Chu Yan's heart was as confused as a ball of yarn that had been scratched by a cat. He could tell that Asa was indeed three parts angry, and the remaining seven parts seemed like she was taking the opportunity to act coquettishly with him.

Asa is not the type to act like a spoiled brat in front of others. He is always competitive and aggressive in front of outsiders.

But everyone knows privately that he has a very awkward personality, and the more he depends on someone, the more likely he is to be unreasonable with them.

Chu Yan never exposed it, but he secretly defined this behavior as "acting like a spoiled child."

Asa was blaming him, as if he was feeling aggrieved as to why he had given in to him before and never hit him, but was doing this now.

Chu Yan held Xi Che's hand tightly. Although there was no special expression on his face, his heart was in turmoil - Asa still acted like a spoiled child to him, he had not changed, and his attitude towards him had not changed.

Even if he has someone he likes in his heart, he still regards himself as a close person. As for what will happen in the future, who can tell what will happen.

He is so cute. I want to lock him up in Yujing Palace and not let him go out.

"Ding-ling, ding-ling——"

something made a crisp sound. Xi Che looked over in a trance, only to find that it was a string of gold and jade bells hanging at the end of the bed, which somehow moved by themselves.

Xi Che was stunned and asked in silence: "Is this your forbidden step?"

How could it make the sound by itself?

Chu Yan waved his sleeves expressionlessly towards the end of the bed, and the bed curtains fell, covering the string of bells as if to deceive himself.

"Don't worry about it."

Xi Che's face was full of confusion. He really couldn't understand why the Forbidden Step would sound by itself. Moreover, he had heard Chu Yan's Forbidden Step sound in his dreams before, but it actually came into reality. It was really strange...

Xi Che stared at the Forbidden Step in a daze, and his thoughts couldn't help but fly to a long, long time ago.

In fact, Xi Che and Chu Yan also met because of a forbidden step.

It is actually not easy for students of Fengzao Mansion to meet each other in normal times. Even if they are in the same school, they study different courses. For example, the trainee god of war does not need to learn how to distribute rain and dew, and the trainee god of land does not need to learn how to deploy troops.

However, there is one course that all gods must learn, and that is etiquette class. The first etiquette class is also the first meeting of all the students of Fengzao Mansion.

So this class was very lively. A group of young interns stood crowded together on the Golden Dragon Platform, curiously looking at their "classmates" whom they had never met.

The Golden Dragon Terrace in Fengzao's mansion is where Xi Che and Chu Yan met for the first time.

At that time, the stage was full of students wearing green pine robes embroidered with gold and snow-white. It was hard to tell who was who. Xi Che looked left and right, and then he noticed a person among the group of students in green and white robes.

The man stood very straight to the side, his face was as handsome as jade, his body was like a green pine, his eyebrows were like swords, and his phoenix eyes were slightly narrowed. He was clearly standing in the crowd, yet he seemed so out of place.

When they first met on the Golden Dragon Terrace, Xi Che remembered Chu Yan.

The etiquette class began. The teacher gave each student a gold and jade bell, called it a forbidden step, and asked them to hang it around their waists. Next, the students need to walk over the plum blossom pile, get a bowl of water and walk back.

As long as you don't make any noise while walking and don't spill the water, your mission is accomplished.

Xi Che was absent from duty. He secretly inquired about who that dazzlingly beautiful classmate was, and only then did he learn Chu Yan's name from others.

But in fact, he had heard of the name Chu Yan a long time ago - he always had a stern face and was always cold to people, like a high-and-mighty...weird flower. But he is also a model student in the eyes of his teachers, and all teachers regard him as their favorite student.

Xi Che thought at that time that what he “heard” was indeed partly true and partly false, and Chu Yan himself didn’t seem to be that bad.

As if to confirm the rumors among the students, the etiquette teacher quickly called Chu Yan out with a little pride and asked him to demonstrate first. Chu Yan did not disappoint, and within a short moment, he quickly flew from one side of the plum blossom pile to the other, and then walked over with clear water.

He did it as if it were easy, as simple as drinking cold water.

Xi Che carefully watched the whole process of what Chu Yan did, and saw that when he walked, each bell line of the forbidden step was flying in parallel, and then falling in parallel. The bells made of gold and jade rose and fell along with the snow-white pine robe embroidered with gold, which was so beautiful that it made people dizzy. In this way, not only will the bells not ring, but even the bells will not collide with each other.

But Xi Che didn't immediately think Chu Yan was awesome. He wondered if this thing didn't make any sound at all and the master was trying to scare them.

So Xi Che immediately raised his hand and volunteered to give it a try.

The result was predictable. From the moment he stepped onto the first plum blossom pile, his forbidden steps kept ringing. Xi Che staggered on tiptoe on the plum blossom pile, cursing in his heart - what the hell was going on? Not to mention that he couldn't fly over the plum blossom pile as gracefully as Chu Yan just did, even if he walked over step by step, the forbidden steps would keep ringing.

A layer of sweat gradually appeared on Xi Che's forehead, and his footsteps became louder and louder, as deafening as the laughter of his classmates. When it came to the last few plum blossom piles, Xi Che completely lost his patience and decided to jump over to get some water. However, he was tripped by the forbidden step and fell heavily off the plum blossom pile.

There was water under the plum blossom pile, and Xi Che became a drowned chicken.

He made a fool of himself in front of his classmates.

Xi Che sat in the water and wiped his face, then raised his head to look at a classmate who was laughing so hard that he was bent over, and scolded with a smile: "Damn it, if you can do it, you do it!"

Xi Che noticed that Chu Yan did not laugh, and the expression on his face did not change.

He thought, could this person be a fake?

After that, all the students tried it one by one, and without exception, the forbidden steps would make sounds. Although not as exaggerated as Xi Che's, it was true that except for Chu Yan, the forbidden steps on everyone else's waists would make sounds like gold and jade colliding.

Xi Che stood on the shore, holding up his robe to squeeze out the water. He stared at Chu Yan and tilted his head to think - he once again deeply suspected that this Chu Yan was really a fake person. Was he actually a template student created by the teachers with magic in order to stimulate them and facilitate teaching?

So when the etiquette teacher smiled and asked them to go back and practice hard, Xi Che suddenly pointed at the forbidden step on Chu Yan's waist and said, "I suspect there is something fishy. I want to switch with him."

The expression on Chu Yan's face finally changed. He frowned and glanced at Xi Che with disgust.

My goodness, this classmate is such a vicious person.

But Xi Che was a person who was always afraid of chaos in the world and was never afraid of sex. He walked straight to Chu Yan and looked at him provocatively: "What do you think, do you dare? If you are innocent, switch with me and we will try again."

- Look at me exposing your true face, teaching dummy.

Chu Yan had a cold personality, but he was young and energetic after all. He immediately grabbed the forbidden steps on his waist and pulled hard, pulled the forbidden steps off and handed them to Xi Che, and Xi Che also gave his forbidden steps to Chu Yan.

The two people repeated the test and the results were, as you can imagine, exactly the same as before.

Xi Che stood on the plum blossom pile, and the forbidden steps on his waist made random noises. He asked the teacher in disbelief, "Why is this happening? Sir, is there any technique to stop it from making noises?"

The teacher stroked his goatee, smiled and shook his head, "This forbidden step not only requires you to behave in a dignified manner, but also reflects your inner heart. If your mind is peaceful and your heart is not distracted, you will naturally be quiet. If your mind is disturbed, the forbidden steps will make noises."

Xi Che stared at Chu Yan and frowned tightly. The latter still stared at him with that cold expression, as if to say - how confused your mind is.

Xi Che instantly felt his face flushed, as if the little thought he had just had was exposed in public, and he immediately became angry and embarrassed.

He suddenly jumped off the plum blossom pile, rushed to Chu Yan in a few steps, and knocked him down with one move. Then he pressed down on Chu Yan, grabbed the forbidden step belt on his waist and shook it hard: "If your mind is calm, you will be quiet. If your mind is disturbed, it will make noise? Let's see if it makes noise this time!"

Chu Yan naturally struggled to sit up, but Xi Che was a natural god of war. At that time, they had not even started learning, and Chu Yan was no match for him at all. Xi Che forced him to shake his forbidden step belt like this until his forbidden step belt made a sound of gold and jade colliding...

In short, the scene was very chaotic for a while.

Xi Che was punished for this incident. For the next month, he had a forbidden step hanging around his waist. The master had cast a spell on it, and he couldn't take it off even if he tried his best.

So during this month, wherever Xi Che went, there would be a lot of jingling noises. The noise could be heard before he arrived. He also earned the nickname "Bronze-footed Bell" among his classmates.

Not only that, Xi Che was also asked to go to Chu Yan in person to apologize.

But later on, Xi Che and Chu Yan became friends.

Chu Yan is a typical person who appears cold on the outside but is actually warm on the inside. Xi Che was severely punished for that incident. In addition to being banned from walking for a month, he was also forced to kneel in the courtyard of Fengzao Mansion for seven consecutive days without being allowed to eat.

Before officially becoming true gods, the minor gods were unable to completely overcome their appetite. They could tolerate not eating for one or two days, but not eating for seven days... that would drive people crazy with hunger.

On the third night, Xi Che was kneeling beside the patio, banging his head against the ground, screaming heart-wrenchingly: "I'm starving to death!"

However, there was magic blocking the outside of the patio where he was kneeling as punishment, and he couldn't escape at all.

At this moment, Xi Che suddenly saw a small package tied with a handkerchief being secretly stuffed in through the crack in the door, which exuded a faint scent of osmanthus.

A cold voice came from outside the door: "Stop making noise, it's killing you. Eat quickly."

Xi Che never expected that the person would be Chu Yan.

Later they became friends. As for what the etiquette teacher said about the noise caused by one's restless mind, Xi Che just thought it was nonsense and never believed it.

Xi Che was lost in thought when he suddenly felt someone rubbing his face gently, he looked closely and found that it was Chu Yan who was wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes with his fingers. He said, "I really didn't instruct Zhuque to do that. Every time it sees the white tiger, it gets overly excited. Ever since... it doesn't listen to me at all. Today it also rushed out on its own initiative, and I didn't have time to dissuade it."

After Chu Yan finished speaking, he held Xi Che's hand tightly: "Don't be angry, I will help you transfer spiritual power, you slowly regulate your breathing, heal your wound first and then we can talk."

Chu Yan spoke sincerely, and Xi Che was just venting his emotions. He just needed to calm down. He would never really make things difficult for him.

He lay on the bed, looking at Chu Yan's face, with warm spiritual power flowing through his body, and everything seemed so unreal. The green tent above his head became blurry, and Xi Che fell asleep unknowingly.

Chu Yan heard his even breathing, smiled, lowered his head, and gently kissed Xi Che on the forehead.

He threw away the forbidden steps hanging at the end of the bed, but it would never calm down.