I'm only one year old, what the hell is the counterattack system?

Chapter 67: Flower Fairy Repays Gratitude (Subscription Request)
At night, it was not yet midnight.

Chen Yi, wearing a black short coat and a Spring Rain Sword hanging from his waist, left the room.

Ran down the mountain silently.

It has been nearly a month since Sun Zhengqiu came to see him, and no one knows what important matter this time.

Not long after, Chen Yi arrived at the woods where the two had met before. After taking a quick look around, he flicked the hilt of the sword with his fingers.

A sword intent spread out like ripples, and in an instant it found the person hiding in the forest.

Chen Yi looked over and his eyes turned slightly cold.

But before he could open his mouth, Sun Zhengqiu seemed to have sensed his murderous sword intent and hurriedly dodged.

She knelt in front of him in a panic and saluted:

"Sir, I didn't see you clearly just now, so I hesitated a lot. I hope you can forgive me."

Didn't see clearly?
Or do you want to test him?
Chen Yi snorted in his heart and asked in a cold tone: "What do you want to see me for?"

"I have two things to report to you, sir."

Sun Zhengqiu still kept his head down, secretly regretting his previous attempt to test him.

He also didn't know that after seeing the young marquis coming, a hint of inquiry emerged in his mind.

It was as if a voice told him that the sword intent held by the young marquis might not be true.

If it's fake, then it's not worth it for him to pursue it like this.

Therefore, Sun Zhengqiu showed up later, wanting to see what Chen Yi would do if he couldn't find him.

But I didn't expect that this young marquis not only had true sword skills, but also had terrifying eyesight and wisdom.

He guessed his thoughts almost instantly, forcing him to come out and apologize in embarrassment.

"I received a secret letter from there, informing me to lie dormant for six years and not to carry out any missions during this period."

Dormant for six years?

Chen Yi frowned slightly, but did not ask.

"continue."

Sun Zhengqiu did not dare to neglect it and continued, "The second thing is that I want to quit the Martial Arts Hall and join the Monster Catching Hall for training."

Chen Yi was slightly surprised. He looked him over and asked, "What's the reason?"

"I want to make some preparations in advance, firstly to gather information from the outside world, and secondly to use those missions to improve my cultivation as quickly as possible."

"for me?"

"My subordinates dare not."

A smile appeared on Chen Yi's face, and the previous unhappiness disappeared.

Sun Zhengqiu is indeed a smart man, but he is also a person of ordinary talent and not smart enough.

So even if there is no major punishment, there must still be minor punishments.

"I agreed."

"But there is one thing you need to do."

Hearing the mission, Sun Zhengqiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly replied, "Please tell me, sir."

"Collect all the information about Jingye Hou Zhou Tiance. I want to know everything that happened to him since the battle at Beixiongguan twenty years ago."

"Marquis Jingye? A Marquis Wu?" Sun Zhengqiu was stunned, but then he changed the subject: "I'll take note of it and do my best."

"Just do your best. Try your best. Your strength is still a little lacking."

Chen Yi's mouth curled up slightly, and he turned and walked up the mountain.

"I know what happened. Don't bother me unless necessary."

Such a task shouldn't be a big punishment for him, right?
If he could survive without being discovered, then it wouldn't count...

……

Winter goes and autumn comes, and half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

The Mid-Autumn Festival has arrived again.

It has been a year since Chen Yi and others joined Taixu Taoist Sect.

On this day, like the previous few times, Chen Yi created a festive atmosphere on Jianfeng Mountain as usual.

However, compared with previous Lantern Festivals, there were two fewer people coming this time - Wei Letian and Wei Xiaoyun.

In the words of the young master, the twelfth prince and the thirteenth princess had been surrounded by the other disciples most of the time during this year and had forgotten about their classmates at Xingwu Academy.

In response, Chen Yi just smiled and did not say anything.

As far as he knew, the martial arts heritage possessed by the Wei Dynasty royal family was even more powerful than that of the sect.

The Emperor Wei was determined to send Wei Letian and his sister to the Taixu Dao Sect, so he must have other plans.

Now it seems that one of their tasks is to ask them to win over the sect’s disciples.

As for these children of noble families of the Wei Dynasty, it was natural that they were not valued by Wei Letian.

At least in the Taixu Taoist Sect, they are not worth the energy of Wei Letian and his sister.

Of course, if there is something that really requires their help, it would probably be more effective to use pressure from their parents than to win them over, bribe them, or curry favor with them for investment.

"Brother Yi, has your cultivation reached the upper eighth level now?" asked the fat boy Wang Yongnian.

He was much more muscular than he was a year ago, and his Taixu Taoist robe was bulging out.

Under the round head with short hair, the ordinary and slightly dark face is full of envy.

"Yeah." Chen Yi nodded as he flipped the lamb chops, "You should also focus more on your cultivation."

Although he benefited from the panel reward and was promoted to the eighth rank without any hindrance from the ninth rank, his progress was much faster than Wang Yongnian.

But now he is at the upper eighth level, while the fat boy is still stuck at the upper ninth level and unable to advance to the eighth level.

There are other reasons.

The physical cultivation method of the Linxun Peak school is quite special, focusing on the body rather than the true essence.

Over the past year, Wang Yongnian has spent most of his time training his body, and only today did he barely meet the requirements for practicing the Lunxun Peak upper body training method.

But there is another reason why Chen Yi wants him to work hard.

I don’t know who influenced the fat boy, but besides training his body, he actually spent all his time learning blacksmithing.

Well, that is forging.

Although the disciples on the Jungxun Peak do have a forging heritage, being obsessed with blacksmithing at such a young age will greatly affect the improvement of their cultivation.

Wang Yongnian laughed dryly and said, "Brother Yi, I've made a note of this. I will definitely raise my cultivation to the eighth rank as soon as possible."

"You'd better listen to Brother Yi," Du Yan warned, playing with a purple gold copper coin, "In a few years, the sect will have a small test. If you perform too poorly then, you will be punished."

The little princess has grown particularly fast this year.

Not only did her height increase by half a foot, her cultivation level reached the middle stage of the eighth rank, and she was also said to have mastered the Qimen Meridian Formation that she had learned.

In the last few gatherings, she would toss out that purple gold copper coin and try to tell everyone's fortune.

Of course, most are inaccurate.

In particular, there was one time when she predicted Chen Yi's fortune: "You will have a difficult life before the age of 30," which caused Du Yanqing to laugh at her.

But only Chen Yi seemed to be thinking about something.

If he didn't have the help of the panel, his life would probably be the same as this fortune.

From this point of view, the little princess is indeed very talented in practicing the Qimen lineage.

At this moment, upon hearing about the sect's small test, Du Yanqing couldn't sit still anymore.

"There's still an assessment? What's the punishment for failing the assessment?"

"I almost forgot that my brother is also one of the disciples who doesn't seek to make progress."

Du Yan said something to him, which made him smile awkwardly. He snorted, "I don't know the specific punishment."

"But when those senior brothers and sisters talked about this, the confusion and fear on their faces could not be faked."

"Then I'd better ask Master about it later."

"Is this the key? The key is that brother should strive for progress!"

"Yes Yes Yes……"

Without mentioning the young princess's encouragement of the young master, Chen Yi and Lin Xueru seemed to be very happy.

The two of them were eating barbecue and chatting.

However, unlike before, the little girl talked more and told every detail of her life on Taixu Peak.

Most of them were the teachings of the ancient Tao, and a small part was that Xiao Xuanzhen would come to see her.

And every time he would say something very strange to her.

"What strange words?" Chen Yi asked, glancing at Xiao Xuanzhen who was sitting with Ning Xue and others not far away.

"She said that we should focus on cultivation, and we can consider love affairs, marriage and other things later." Lin Xueru also looked confused.

"Brother Yi, is that so?"

"Uh, yes and no." Chen Yi couldn't help but glare at Xiao Xuanzhen, causing the sect girl to glare back.

In desperation, he had to tell Lin Xueru to ignore Xiao Xuanzhen's words.

As for right and wrong, Chen Yi was not sure about it in detail.

Even if there was an engagement, he would find it difficult to explain to the little girl the issues of parental arrangements, matchmaker's words, or freedom of love.

Humph, Xiao Xuanzhen, just wait for me!

Next time you challenge me, I will beat you up!

However, it is worth mentioning that Lin Xueru’s martial arts improvement this year is definitely the fastest among the few.

Not only did her cultivation level surpass Chen Yi's and she was about to be promoted to the seventh level of Yuan Hua realm, but she had also already mastered two of the Eight Taixu Methods that she had inherited from the ancient Taoists.

It can be said that except for Chen Yi, Du Yanqing, Du Yan and the fat guy are not her opponents.

This made Chen Yi happy for Lin Xueru, and occasionally he would be curious about the origin of her special bloodline.

After being asked several times, the little girl just hesitated and was vague.

Later, Chen Yi simply stopped mentioning the matter.

Sooner or later he'll find out, won't he?

"Senior Brother Chen."

At this time, the flower fairy from the other side came over, followed by her two sisters Hua Youxiang and Hua Yourong.

In Chen Yi's opinion, the one who has changed the most this year is the flower fairy.

She was already older, and after a year of practice, not only had her figure grown, but her appearance also had the potential to be published in "The Ten Great Taoist Fairies".

Her spring-like temperament is even more eye-catching.

As for the second flower, it goes without saying that it has also undergone significant changes.

It’s just that Chen Yi and she were both on Jianfeng Mountain, and they were very familiar with each other, so they didn’t think there was anything wrong.

As for Hua Yourong...

She seemed even more timid.

I followed the flower fairy to Jianfeng Mountain several times, and I either huddled in a corner or followed closely behind my sister, with my head in braids always lowered.

Although Chen Yi was curious, he didn't ask too much and just thought it was just her personality.

"Junior sister, do you want to see me for something? Being so serious will affect the relationship between me and Erhua as a senior brother and sister."

Hearing his words, Hua Youxiang smiled and said with a little pride: "Sister, I told you not to be like this with the good guy, but you refused..."

He only said half of the words, and the other half was held back by a look from the flower fairy.

"Brother Chen, I came here this time not only to thank you for inviting me several times, but also to repay you for saving my life."

As she spoke, the flower fairy took out two porcelain bottles, her beautiful yet slightly childish face full of solemnity.

"Please accept it, brother."

Chen Yi glanced at her, and seeing Erhua nodding her lips to indicate that she wanted it, he did not refuse.

"Okay, I'll accept it."

"But it's just this time. Junior sister, don't bring up those buns again in the future."

After saying this, he took the medicine bottle and threw it into the Sumeru bag without waiting for the flower fairy to refuse.

The flower fairy opened her mouth slightly embarrassedly, but could not utter a word.

To her, it was a meal.

But if converted into steamed buns...

She suddenly realized that her act of repaying the favor seemed a little inappropriate, or even too hypocritical.

"Sister, my senior brother has said so. I will listen to him from now on."

Erhua didn't care about that. She laughed and pulled Hua Yourong up and started eating by herself.

After a while, seeing that no one else took it seriously, the flower fairy quietly clenched her fists.

I can’t forget the life-saving favor, but I’m afraid I need to change the way I repay it.

At least not in front of so many people...

Just at this moment, Chen Yi frowned slightly and turned his head to look at the path leading down the mountain.

Sword intent?

There is a swordsman with sword intent coming up the mountain...

The fierce and domineering sword intent almost triggered a counterattack from the murderous sword intent in his body.

Is it a senior brother or sister from Jianfeng Mountain?

Soon, Chen Yi saw a woman in red clothes, with a long sword hanging from her waist and her long hair casually tied behind her head, walking slowly towards him.

Her appearance was not absolutely beautiful, but delicate yet a bit tough, the only thing that stood out was her eyebrows and eyes.

His eyebrows are like swords, his eyes are like stars, sharp and a little domineering.

However, when the woman saw the scenery at the top of the mountain, she seemed stunned for a moment, and then she burst into laughter after she reacted.

"Junior Sister Ning, is this the welcoming banquet specially prepared for me because they knew I was coming back?"

"Master Sister!?"

Ning Xue and several other disciples stood up to greet them, and even the somewhat arrogant Xiao Xuanzhen smiled.

Chen Yi looked at the woman who was surrounded in the middle. Senior Sister Zhan Hongxiu?
No wonder he has such a sharp sword intent.

……

The night before, the atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn Festival not only did not end abruptly with the arrival of Zhan Hongxiu, but became even more lively.

Zhan Hongxiu seemed to be different from other disciples of Taixu Taoist Sect, and had a strong sense of martial arts.

Even stronger than Li Mingyue, who came from a martial arts family in Northern Zhili.

Not to mention that the fake "second flower" has fragrance.

Not only that, Zhan Hongxiu is very active, especially when it comes to drinking.

If it weren't for the fact that Chen Yi and the others were young, she would have wanted to stuff the bottle of wine into his stomach.

His alcoholic appearance stunned Lin Xueru, Du Yan and others who had never seen such a man of martial arts.

The image of a knight traveling around the world and saving people in my mind collapsed in an instant.

Chen Yi even remembered the question the little girl asked him in confusion at the end.

"Brother Yi, will Ru Ru be like Senior Sister Hong Xiu in the future?"

From this we can see how outstanding Zhan Hongxiu's personality charm is, which has left a deep impression on Lin Xueru's young mind.

Fortunately, what Chen Yi is best at is painting a rosy picture... He is describing to the little girl the image of a cool and elegant fairy in the future.

There's not much new, just the same words used in the previous panels.

It took a lot of persuasion to dispel the little girl's concerns.

Early the next morning.

As usual, Chen Yi got up early and was the first to arrive at the martial arts arena, only to see that someone had already arrived.

It turned out to be the senior sister Zhan Hongxiu who was still drunk the night before.

She stood alone in the martial arts arena with swords in both hands, looking at Chen Yi with a smile on her face.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, Junior Brother Chen."

"Huh?" Chen Yi was stunned. "Is Senior Sister waiting for me?"

"Yes."

Zhan Hongxiu nodded, and the smile on her pretty face became even more intense, and in the starry night sky, she looked surprisingly bright and clear.

"Master once sent me a letter saying that he had accepted a disciple who was extremely talented in swordsmanship, and that the disciple had reached the minor success level in swordsmanship when he was three years old."

"That person is you, right?"

Chen Yi nodded, thinking that there should be no other person of this age who has reached the minor level of swordsmanship on Jianfeng Mountain.

But for some reason, he saw a familiar figure in this senior sister.

Just like Mr. Ning when he challenged him to a duel at Xingwu Academy...

"Of course these are not the main points."

"The point is that at the end of the letter, he specifically asked me to personally weigh your sword skills when I return to the mountain!"

As she spoke, Zhan Hongxiu saluted him with a sword.

Chen Yi: “…”

It’s not like that, the senior sister’s behavior at this moment is exactly the same as Mr. Ning’s back then!
But that’s fine.

Ever since he perfected his killing sword intent, he has never used his full strength.

This time, it's just right to see how far he can go with his mastery of swordsmanship!
(End of this chapter)