In the West Country of Yi, in a simple small teahouse.

All the arrangements are antique, the tables and chairs are uniformly used in soft warm colors, and a string of cute small pendants are hanging in front of the window frames, and a few potted plants are placed in the aisle. The melodious music sounds are gentle and low in the museum.

Through the window, you can also see a small river outside the museum. Small bamboo-like boats slowly pass through the mountains on both sides of the river. The willow trees along the coast are stretching their branches, and the fragrance comes in with the wind, mixing with the tea fragrance in the museum, which has a unique charm.

In this world where the pace of life is getting faster and faster, this teahouse is like a stagnant space, allowing travelers to stop their busy steps, feel nature, and feel this unique tranquility. The warm and unique atmosphere also makes every guest who enters the teahouse feel a sense of comfort like "going home".

Chu Tianyao sat quietly at a double table, gracefully flipping through the menu in his hand. Today he was only wearing a regular dress, and he had lost the coldness of the Nine Venerables, but instead had a bit of gentle and elegant temperament. His extra handsome appearance also attracted a lot of attention for him. The waiters in the teahouse and a group of young female guests frequently cast admiration in his direction.

After only one incense stick, Yan Xueying, wearing an ice blue long skirt, quickly walked into the teahouse. She walked to him all the way and smashed her bag on the table.

"What else can I say between you and me!"

This cold question broke the tranquility in the teahouse and also attracted many guests to look over curiously.

Chu Tianyao's expression did not change at all. He raised his hand lightly towards the seat opposite and signaled to "sit".

Yan Xueying glared at him for a while, and finally sat down with a calm face. At this moment, she could feel that the distance between the table and the chair was adjusted to a comfortable position for her. Every time she met here, he would have opened the chair for herself in this way. The similar scene caused a slight fluctuation in Yan Xueying's heart, but it soon disappeared.

He raised his eyes and was about to question again, but Chu Tianyao looked at the menu on his own and ordered the waiter beside him: "Give this lady a cup of lemon tea, add ice, and a fruit platter." After browsing the menu up and down, he asked Yan Xueying politely, "Do you need anything else?" The gentle and calm attitude was like a gentleman who cared about his female companion.

I used to love lemon tea and fruit platter. I used to be particularly fond of it. I didn’t expect that after three years, he could remember them all clearly... Yan Xueying was so angry that she couldn’t even make her angry. She rolled her eyes angrily: “I just need you to disappear in front of me!”

The waiter holding the notebook to make records looked at the two of them, and couldn't help but smile, thinking that this was a quarrel with awkward couple. However, this gentleman was so nice to his girlfriend... he looked like a handsome talent. Looking at them, it seemed that he even believed in love again...

Chu Tianyao ordered a few more refreshments, put down the menu casually, and smiled friendly to the waiter. Then he calmly turned his eyes out of the window, as if he was feeling the natural scenery here.

Yan Xueying always had a gloomy face. She waited until the waiter left before she said coldly: "What do you have to say now."

Chu Tianyao smiled faintly: "Don't be busy, don't you think the atmosphere here is very good? You should learn to enjoy life."

He picked up the teacup and looked at the flower and bird patterns on the cup, with a distant look. "I liked this teahouse very much when I was in Yixiguo. The environment is quiet, the quality is good and the price is low. Unfortunately, their scale has never been able to be really bigger."

Yan Xueying finally sneered: "Chu Tianyao, when will you put away your hypocrisy?"

Looking at his slightly confused eyes, Yan Xueying said in an venting breath: "With your current ability, it is easy to fund them casually, expand their stores, and even become the largest chain store on the spiritual world continent. But since you have chosen to stand by, why should you say these pity now?"

Chu Tianyao lowered his head slightly, and the smile on his face gradually became deeper, "Ha, why do I need to support them?"

Put the celadon teacup freely and cross your hands slowly on the table. "If they are poor, it is because they will not seize business opportunities, and I don't need to fund a few mediocre talents. If they are satisfied with their comfortable life today, why should I destroy their fun?"

Yan Xueying stared at him. This person always had his own set of fallacies when doing things. But he seemed to have a magical power that would make people recognize him unconsciously...

Half an hour later, the dishes on the table were swept away, and the lemon tea in Yan Xueying's cup was also faintly seen. The atmosphere between the two also had some undetectable changes.

"Okay, even if you failed the agreement three years ago, it was because you were controlled by the Six Demon Lords and then entered the Jiuyou Palace. But with your current status, if you are willing to say something, will the Luo family dare not obey the order?"

After Chu Tianyao explained the reason for the failure of the contract three years ago to her in detail, Yan Xueying's anger had actually diminished a little. But whenever she thinks of all the tortures she suffered in the Luo family, she can't easily forgive the person in front of her... His pity and regret are nothing more than watching the fire from the other side, right? Will he really put himself in his shoes and consider another person?

Chu Tianyao smiled and said, "What if I say, I hope you stay in the Luo family?"

This sentence made Yan Xueying's anger burst out in full swing. He picked up a cup of oolong tea on the table and was about to pour it on him.

Chu Tianyao was calm and waved his hand casually: "Don't be anxious, listen to me patiently." Yan Xueying took his composure and took it slowly, but she still felt cold when she stared at his eyes.

"The Luo family is actually a good piece of soil, with a certain influence, but also has weak foundations. I hope you can control it from the Luo family and become my backing."

Speaking of this, Chu Tianyao raised his head and a rare trace of fragility flashed through his eyes. But in this fragility, there was a kind of determination without fear of challenge.

"You also know that in Jiuyou Palace, although I have barely reached the first level, I am still at the bottom among the Venerables. None of the other Venerables are following a large group of followers. I am alone and can't speak, so I must also cultivate my own power."

Yan Xueying stared at him coldly, repeatedly reminding herself not to believe his sweet words anymore, "I am not interested in your grand career. I just want to leave the Luo family."

"Are you just leaving the Luo family?" Chu Tianyao slowly raised his gaze, and leaned forward slightly in Yan Xueying's shocked gaze. "It shouldn't be, let the old stubborn people in Tianxiao Pavilion recognize you?"

"Only when I have power, I can have more say and help you better. On this spiritual continent, the only one who can compete with Tianxiao Pavilion is the Jiuyou Palace."

Leaving these brief sentences, Chu Tianyao drank the oolong tea in the cup in one go, stood up, leaving a few spirit stones on the table.

"That's all I have to say. I hope you can think about it well. I'll wait for your contact."

Yan Xueying stared at the empty seat in front of her. After a long time, she raised her hand and gently touched the spirit stone on the table. When she looked out the door, Chu Tianyao's back had already disappeared from the crowd.

Every time she came here to have tea, he would treat her, and this time it was the same... Yan Xueying silently held the spirit stones in her hand. But are these spirit stones really just a meal of tea? Why did she feel that her future life has been bought by these spirit stones?

...

Jiuyou Palace.

In the narrow aisle, Chu Tianyao hurriedly. At the same time, another figure in a wide black robe was walking from the opposite side. When the two met head-on, a slick laughter came immediately.

"Isn't this the Ninth Brother?"

Chu Tianyao could hear the surprise that the other party deliberately disguised. He patiently treated the irritability in his heart, and still saluted according to the rules.

"Eight Venerables."

The Eight Venerable raised his hand casually: "Forgive me. The Ninth Brother is now a big hero in front of the Palace Master. I dare not let you salute me." After pausing for a moment, he asked with concern: "How is your recent mission?"

Chu Tianyao responded calmly: "Everything is progressing in an orderly manner. The eight Venerables are worried about it."

The Eight Venerable nodded slowly: "Well, the Palace Master attaches great importance to this mission. He will hand over this mission to you, which also means his attention to you." He patted his shoulder meaningfully, and still reminded him in a sharp voice: "So, brother Ninth, you do it well, and your future is bright."

After the two passed each other, Chu Tianyao glanced at the shadow dragged out of his body between the corridor, with a little more solemnity in his eyes.

"I behave well and will replace him in the future. He must not want me to complete the task too smoothly. However, he must not dare to make any mistakes in the Palace Master's mission... Although I don't know what he intends to do, I still have to be careful."

***

Ye Shuo held the map in his hand, asked and searched all the way, and finally arrived at a small village on that day. If he had not taken the wrong path before, it would have been very close to the extremely dark place of the target.

"I wonder if the villagers here will know? Go and ask..." Ye Shuo said secretly and slowly walked into the village in front of him.

"Is anyone? Is anyone?"

It was evening at this time. In the Dingtian Mountains, it was the time for farmers to finish their day's farming and carry hoes to return to their houses for dinner. But this village was particularly strange. Not only was there empty people on all sides, but even the sound of conversation was hard to hear. There were only a few sparse sounds of chickens and dogs barking, and in this unusual silence, there was no reason for the desolation.

The deeper he walked, the tighter Ye Shuo's brows frowned. Through the window frame, you can see that the farmhouses are pitch black. Even if the family has never lighted the lights, why are all the families like this? It gives people the feeling that it is like a dead village that has been uninhabited for a long time.

Ye Shuo stopped in front of a farmhouse. He touched the door panel with his hands and just pushed it lightly, and the door opened with a quick help. Did the owner leave temporarily and has not inserted the door yet, or did something happen that made him unable to insert the door...?

Ye Shuo's doubts continued to expand. After hesitating for a moment, he slowly stepped across the threshold, holding a ball of spiritual power in his hand to illuminate it.

Wherever the light reached, I saw a few plates of food on the dining table in the house, which had only moved a few times, and it had cooled down long ago. The cabinets were open, as if they had been looted, but the things in the cabinet were still full. If a robber really came, they would definitely return empty-handed.

Ye Shuo felt suspicious, ran out of the room and visited several neighboring farmhouses, and what he saw was similar. It seemed as if there was a mysterious force that suddenly transferred these villagers who were originally living and working in peace and contentment out of this space...

Just as he was thinking hard, a gust of wind suddenly broke out in the back of his head. Ye Shuo turned around in a conditioned manner and caught a heavy punch.

The person in front of him was a young man with short black hair, wearing a blue robe. He was not surprised to see him blocking the attack. His spiritual power surged, and then he punched him even more violently. Ye Shuo didn't know whether the other party was an enemy or a friend, and the other party did not give him any chance to defend him, so he could only fight in a hurry.

During the fists and feet, Ye Shuo could feel that the opponent's moves were stable and strong, and the rules were still unabashed in the dark. He was a master with a good idea. His internal strength was on the pure yang route, and he should be a person in the right path. After a few rounds, Ye Shuo brought a spiritual power in his hand, removing the strength of both sides at the same time. Taking this opportunity, the two of them also jumped backward at the same time.

"Your Excellency, you are so skillful." Ye Shuo said in a deep voice. He could sense that the other party's realm should also be at the level of Qi cultivation. This person would be willing to give up. I think he understood that the two of them were of equal strength, and it would probably take a while to decide the winner.

The man in the green robe also looked at him and said coldly for a while: "You are not bad either. It's a pity that he is willing to be accomplice to the tiger."

"What are you talking about?" Ye Shuo frowned. Since his debut, he has been insisting on walking the right path. If he had no choice, he would even have blood on his hands. No one has ever added these four-word comments to him.

The man snorted coldly: "The minions of Jiuyou Palace, please don't pretend here!" As he said that, his palm flipped, he was about to jump up and attack again.

When Ye Shuo heard the three words "Jiuyou Palace", he waved his hand violently: "Wait!"

"Whether you believe it or not, I have the same grudge as Jiuyou Palace! I have just arrived here, and I don't know anything about what happened in this village!"

The man seemed stunned and hesitated: "You... are really not from Jiuyou Palace?"

Ye Shuo simply shrugged: "You have nothing worthy of my use. If I were really from Jiuyou Palace, why would you tell you so much now!"

The man looked at him carefully, as if judging the authenticity of his words. Ye Shuo looked at him calmly.

The atmosphere is strange and silent.
Chapter completed!