The disciple of Yue Lao

Chapter 254: Bird's Nest Village

【Niaowo Village】

Fortunately, Gu Baili's magic was enough to support him and Luo Fan to come to this place that was like "deep mountains and old forests". Luo Fan's hometown was in such a hidden village, and the house was a very old small courtyard.

The courtyard was covered with dense weeds, which grew to more than one meter high, completely covering the courtyard. If Luo Fan had not led the way, Gu Baili would have found it hard to believe that there was a small courtyard here.

After finally finding the gate covered by vines, Luo Fan looked at the spider webs and the rusty lock on the gate with emotion.

He...didn't have the key.

"Ninth Senior Brother..." Luo Fan looked at Gu Baili with a little embarrassment.

Gu Baili knew what Luo Fan wanted to say, so he walked over reluctantly, grabbed Luo Fan's arm with one hand, and cast another spell, and the two of them entered the gate.

As Gu Baili's magic took effect, the weeds and vines in the yard slowly shrank back into the ground. The courtyard changed its appearance in the blink of an eye, becoming clean and tidy, and turning into a "normally habitable" place.

There are two lounge chairs in the yard. On the left is a sturdy and ancient locust tree. Next to the locust tree is a stone jar filled with sweet mountain spring water. On the right is a square grape trellis (the vines are dead), under which is a table with two benches on both sides of the table.

There was a circle of potted plants at the foot of the yard, but they were all dead. There was a winding gravel path from the living room door to the small courtyard door, with two rectangular plots of land surrounded by fences on both sides of the path. They used to be used to grow flowers and vegetables, but now they are full of weeds.

Luo Fan helped Gu Baili sit down on a bench to rest. They looked up at the sky, but it was full of fog. Moreover, the towering trees on the mountains on all sides surrounded the village tightly, so they could not see anything.

Gu Baili discovered that his "marriage ring" was in this foggy place, and even though it emitted a red light, it was still unclear.

This is good, because even if they are flying in the air, it will not be easy for them to find him.

Gu Baili breathed a sigh of relief temporarily.

Luo Fan helplessly looked at Zhou Hai’s phone which showed “No Signal”. He really had no way to contact Xia Yu.

"Nineth Senior Brother, who is it? Who is the person who hurt you?" Luo Fan asked again.

"Cough cough..." Gu Baili coughed twice again.

Seeing this, Luo Fan quickly found a ladle and a cup from home, rinsed them casually, and then filled a cup of spring water from the water tank and handed it to Gu Baili.

Gu Baili took the glass of water and drank it all in one gulp. After a moment's rest, he replied with red eyes, "It's Senior Brother Seven and Senior Brother Eleven."

"Two?" Luo Fan was shocked.

"I thought so. On that day, Junior Brother Seventeen went with them to besiege the men in black, but Junior Brother Seventeen disappeared, and only the two of them came back. Senior Brother Two asked me to help them, and I went there quietly, only to find that they were the ones who had changed their appearances and were selling the 'Universal Marriage Thread'. Unfortunately, they found out. So, the two of them besieged me, but they were afraid that if I died, my other brothers would sense it or the information would be transmitted to the Heavenly Palace, so they used magic to seriously injure me but not kill me."

"I haven't seen these two brothers either..." Luo Fan was visibly nervous, and chased after Gu Baili and asked, "Does Xia Yu know? Is your second brother Li Jian also very powerful? Why don't you ask him for help, but hide in the temple..."

Looking for Li Jian?
Although it is not known whether Li Jian has a private relationship with Chu Lichen and Nangong Xu, judging from the way they follow Li Jian's orders, it is clear that the relationship between the three must be more than just an ordinary one.

Before he started fighting with them, he deliberately mentioned that "Li Jian was nearby", but they laughed even more wildly, without any scruples at all.

Gu Baili snorted in his heart and said in a deep voice: "Second Senior Brother? I have always wondered why he didn't come to help me when I was fighting with Seventh Senior Brother and Eleventh Junior Brother. Now that I think about it, maybe he deliberately arranged for me to go to them, so why would he rush to help me?"

How could it be related to the second senior brother Li Jian?
He and Xia Yu have always been close. If Xia Yu knew, how sad she would be...

Luo Fan was filled with worry about Xia Yu. Misfortunes never come alone.

"Second Brother and Seventeenth Brother have never gotten along well, but on the surface they have always been okay. Ever since Seventeenth Brother disappeared, he has never thought of looking for him, and he always arranged for Seventh Brother and Eleventh Brother to look for him. Now it seems that not only did they not look for him, but they are also probably involved in Seventeenth Brother's disappearance!"

Gu Baili lay down on the recliner, closed his eyes and said, "My poor little sister, she still doesn't know these things, and she has no doubts about the second brother. If this matter is really as I expected, everything was planned by Li Jian, Chu Lichen, and Nangong Xu, then my little sister has been kept in the dark, and her future is worrying..."

However, Gu Baili didn’t know why they would do such a thing.

Presumably, Hua Changyi was also secretly hidden by them, because they did not dare to kill Hua Changyi. Once Hua Changyi's life was in danger, the Heavenly Court would definitely find out.

They have been doing their own jobs for tens of thousands of years. Apart from reporting to the Heavenly Palace every month and celebrating the Peach Feast, they have not had much contact in private. What are they trying to achieve?
"I'll go, I'll go tell Xia Yu!" Luo Fan volunteered.

"My magic can't send you back right now. Besides, if you tell Xia Yu, she won't believe it for a while. If she confronts Li Jian, Li Jian will have a lot of excuses to make."

"Damn, there's no signal on my phone..."

"I went to the Yue Lao Temple to ask to see the master, but he didn't show up after I tried several times. I couldn't even contact the Clairvoyance and the Wind-ear. I don't know if something happened in heaven."

"Then let's..."

"Help me find some flowers so I can replenish my energy. After I rest for a while and recover, I will cast a spell to send you back. But before I send you away, I will erase your memory of seeing me to prevent them from finding out your memory and knowing where I am."

"Okay. I'll go find it."

Luo Fan left immediately.

In this village, it is impossible to cook food without using some magic.

But why didn't he use magic to conjure up a bunch of food?

Maybe he was really seriously injured, and was running around casting spells, so he was really weak and needed to conserve his energy to continue casting spells?
Luo Fan didn't understand the reason, but this was where he grew up, so he knew where flowers might appear.

There used to be an old man named Zhao in the village. He loved growing flowers more than Luo Fan’s parents. There was no vegetable plot in his yard, but a particularly large garden.

Luo Fan found a handbasket from home, walked along the path, and in more than ten minutes, he arrived at the door of Uncle Zhao's house. He saw that Uncle Zhao's house was also hidden by trees and vines, but the flowers and vines in the yard stretched out of the courtyard wall.

While picking flowers, Luo Fan was thinking. He felt that he must tell Xia Yu about this matter no matter what.

But Senior Brother Nine said that he would erase his memory in a while, and by then he would have forgotten it himself, so how could he report it?
correct……

mobile phone!

Luo Fan took out Zhou Hai's mobile phone from his pocket and set a "timed" text message. The text message would be sent to Zhou Hai's mobile phone in an hour. The content was as follows:

Meet Xia Yu and take her back to her hometown.

(Second revision)

Meet Xia Yu and secretly take her back to his hometown.

(Third revision)

Meet Xia Yu as soon as possible, meet alone, avoid everyone, and convince Xia Yu to go back to my hometown to date me secretly. (Note: bring more food and clothes with you.)
After setting up the "scheduled" text message, Luo Fan picked many hibiscus flowers, cockscombs, roses, begonias, jasmines, golden camellias, etc. He hurried back with a basket of flowers and met Gu Baili who was casting a spell to heal his wounds.

Since no one lives here and it has been deserted for more than ten years, the land god here has become quite idle. Every day he either sleeps or goes to other places to "chat" with other land gods.

Therefore, Gu Baili was unable to call on the land god for help. The main reason was that he didn't know whether the land god in charge of this piece of land would tell on him if he knew his whereabouts, so he still felt it was safer not to alarm the land god here.

"I don't have anything good to treat you, Ninth Brother..." Luo Fan said a little embarrassedly and put a basket of flowers on the table next to Gu Baili.

Gu Baili opened his eyes, picked up the petals and ate them, and replied: "It tastes good."

The gods are truly extraordinary. When they are hungry or tired, they can eat fresh flowers to replenish their energy. Unlike them, mortals, they cannot be full without two bowls of rice.

"That's good. Senior Brother Nine, eat more." Luo Fan said with a smile.

Gu Baili looked at Luo Fan's reaction and suddenly said while eating, "You call me 'Ninth Senior Brother' very smoothly. You've been running around for me so long that I have to accept you as my brother-in-law."

Hearing this, Luo Fan smiled and did not respond, but was secretly happy in his heart.

(End of this chapter)