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Chapter 159 It’s all here
The towering mountain in front and the iconic main peak reaching into the clouds, reaching up into the blue sky, is none other than Yunshan, the most famous mountain in Yunzhou.

Calculating the distance they had traveled, they should have reached the foot of Yunshan Mountain.

"I have come to Yunshan without realizing it."

Xie Yuan looked at the densely populated town at the foot of the mountain ahead and said in a low voice.

This town is located in a valley and has difficulty in getting around. However, because it is at the foot of Yunshan Mountain, disciples of the Yunshan Sword Sect often come here to rest. In addition, there is an endless stream of young people from other places who want to become disciples of the sect. As a result, it has become a large and prosperous market town, much larger than Panlong Town.

Mu Chaoyun lowered his head to look at the Bagua plate in his hand again, put it away, and said softly:
"Go into the town first and rest for a while."

Xie Yuan nodded, and he and Mu Chaoyun entered Yunshan Town hand in hand.

Before entering the town, the two saw that the place was bustling with people. The small street was bustling with pedestrians; vendors on both sides were hawking their wares, and their voices could be heard outside the town.

"Osmanthus cake, selling osmanthus cake! Selling osmanthus cake made from the osmanthus flowers from Yunshan! The taste of Jianzong, unique to Yunshan..."

"Sir, do you want the swordsman's clothes? I guarantee that they are 70% similar to what the Sword Sect disciples wear, except that they don't have the Sword Sect logo!"

"Martial arts secrets, supreme swordsmanship, and mysterious skills diagrams, please come in and take a look..."

Xie Yuan and Mu Chaoyun squeezed through the street, only to feel that it was very lively here, with people jostling each other; from time to time, there were disciples of the Sword Sect patrolling to maintain order and drive away vendors who sold fake skills. There were many people who used the name of the Sword Sect to deceive tourists, but no one dared to impersonate them. They were all playing tricks. As long as the harm was not serious, the disciples of the Sword Sect would not force people to drive them away - they couldn't stop people from selling white swordsmanship, right?

The two looked at the commotion all around, glanced at each other, and turned into an inn in the town.

"You said there's no room?"

Xie Yuan raised his eyebrows.

The shopkeeper clasped his hands and said politely with a smile:

"Sir, look at the noise outside. All the rooms in this inn have been booked a month ago!"

Xie Yuan glanced outside and asked:

"Is the town always this busy?"

"Of course not. Although there are many people at ordinary times, it's not this crowded. I guess you two are here to join the Sword Sect, right? Haha, the last month is the time when the Yunshan Sword Sect opens its doors and accepts disciples, so our town has become so crowded."

The shopkeeper explained.

Has the Yunshan Sword Sect recently opened its doors to more people?

Xie Yuan suddenly realized something and remembered that when he was in Yunzhao before, Cui Zhi had said that it was the time for the Sword Sect to recruit disciples recently. He was busy escaping these days and did not react for a while.

He rolled his eyes and asked:

"Is there any inn in the town?"

"There are only a few inns, and they should all be full. But you can go and ask around in the houses, most of them offer accommodation, so there should be vacancies."

Xie Yuan bowed to the shopkeeper, then went out with Mu Chaoyun, and indeed found a vacant room in a small courtyard at the end of the town.

In the small room, Xie Yuan and Mu Chaoyun looked at each other in silence.

"Just now they said we were a couple, why didn't you correct them?"

Mu Chaoyun said uncomfortably.

Xie Yuan laughed:
"This is the only room, right? Accommodation is in short supply in Yunshan recently. We finally found one, which was not easy. Even if we explain, we can't find a second room. A single man and a single woman squeezed into one room will only make people look down on us..."

"So you still consider me?"

Mu Chaoyun said lightly.

Xie Yuan laughed dryly:
"We have to make decisions based on our own needs. Besides, we have lived here before..."

Mu Chaoyun's eyebrows jumped, always feeling that the way he spoke was strange.

Xie Yuan looked around. This small room only had a bed, a set of tables and chairs, nothing else. He could only shake his head:

"The conditions are limited, so we have to make do with it for now. We are recuperating here now, and there are so many people here that even if Lu Lao San comes, he won't dare to act recklessly at the foot of Yunshan Mountain."

Mu Chaoyun nodded slightly, sat cross-legged on the bed, and silently practiced his profound skills to heal his wounds.

Seeing this, Xie Yuan whispered:

"I'll go get some medicine from the pharmacy."

After saying that, he left the room and quickly went to the town's pharmacy. He took the silver notes he had searched from Deng Wan and went to the two pharmacies to buy the best elixirs they needed so as not to attract attention.

The two had been out of food and ammunition a long time ago. Now that they had a chance to rest and recuperate, and they had just made a fortune, they naturally wanted to make some purchases.

When he returned to the courtyard, he greeted the landlord, borrowed the stove and medicine pot, and went to his room to boil the medicine.

The Heaven Hiding Technique does not consume blood and internal energy, so Xie Yuan has persisted for so long, but he is already very tired. Fortunately, the traces have been covered up to this point, and he only needs to maintain basic consumption to prevent these ordinary people from noticing their temperament and appearance. They will just treat the two of them as ordinary young people among the thousands of young people who come to learn from them, which is not a big deal.

The night passed.

Early in the morning, Xie Yuan slowly opened his eyes from the bed and looked at Mu Chaoyun beside him.

Mu Chaoyun's eyes were tightly closed, her long eyelashes were like small fans, black and curled. Her face returned to its snowy white color, as if it had no blood and temperature, so white that it was almost glowing and transparent, coupled with her cold and beautiful facial features, no matter how many times Xie Yuan looked at her, he still felt uneasy and dared not look at her closely.

He looked back and thought:

"This is the first time we've slept in the same bed... No, we didn't sleep together."

Although the bed is not big, it can easily accommodate two people sitting cross-legged at the same time.

Yesterday, Mu Chaoyun felt that the floor was too cold or something, so he let Xie Yuan rest on the bed to heal his wounds, so he finally didn't have to sleep on the floor.

If Xie Yuan had not been too tired and injured, and was so close to Mu Chaoyun, smelling the faint fragrance coming from the side, he would have been so exhausted from healing his wounds. Anyway, he had a peaceful night of breathing and replenished his energy with medicine. Now that he was awake, he felt that the two of them were very close to each other, and he was a little delusional.

"After fleeing for so long, how come she still smells so good?" Xie Yuan thought silently. He had planned to take a bath last night, but the conditions were not met in his mountain retreat. Mainly, the room was too small, and it was not convenient for the two of them to stay together, so he had to give up.

Just as he was distracted, Mu Chaoyun's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he slowly opened his eyes, which were as clear as lake water and as bright as a mirror.

Xie Yuan was silent for a moment and asked:
"Awake? How's your injury?"

Mu Chaoyun nodded slightly, then shook his head:
"It's getting better, but it needs to be healed slowly."

She had originally fled to the escort agency with serious injuries, and then she had been running around continuously, had a fierce battle, and had taken many pills to squeeze out her potential. Her internal injuries were now very serious and it would take more than a day or two to recover.

Xie Yuan nodded silently, looked around again, and said:
"This is not a place for long-term recuperation. After all, the conditions are limited."

Mu Chaoyun also agreed. Even taking a bath was inconvenient, which made her, who was very clean, very uncomfortable.

The courtyard was not big, but besides the two of them and the landlord's family, there were two young people from other places who came to try their luck. Among these young people who wanted to join the mountain gate, ninety-nine out of a hundred did not meet the standards, but people still flocked to it, and many of them even came for the second or third time.

The Yunshan Sword Sect is too famous and too powerful. For ordinary people and even ordinary warriors, entering such a sect is like ascending to heaven. Even if they have to take the re-examination every year, they are willing to take the chance on that illusory opportunity.

"If we want to change places..."

Mu Chaoyun muttered to himself, then took out the Bagua plate and calculated silently for a while, frowning slightly.

Xie Yuan nodded and said:

"Let's look around town and see if we can rent a courtyard directly..."

"I'm afraid the town is still not suitable."

Mu Chaoyun interrupted directly and shook his head.

Xie Yuan was stunned for a moment:
"Isn't it safe at the foot of Yunshan Mountain?"

"After all, the Grandmaster of the Yunshan Sword Sect will not be stationed in the town. If Third Lu takes advantage of us not being able to recover and forcefully attacks us, the consequences will be unpredictable."

Mu Chaoyun showed the Bagua plate to Xie Yuan:

"We are still in danger. Maybe Lu Lao San is still following us. He knows what we have and probably won't give up easily."

Xie Yuan nodded silently, then asked:
"Then what do you mean..."

Anyway, the job of giving directions has always been given to Mu Chaoyun, and she is very reliable.

Mu Chaoyun said calmly:

"Isn't Yunshan Sword Sect recruiting disciples?"

She looked out the window, at the towering mountain, and said softly:

"Since we are here, let's take a look at the majestic sword peak today."

……

Outside Yunshan Town, near the top of the mountain, there is a large courtyard.

Compared to the town, the area outside the compound was packed with people, as if all the people in the entire Yunshan County had come here.

However, the closer you get to the gate, the more orderly it becomes. No matter how aggressive a martial artist or how pretentious a young man, they all line up obediently at the gate to enter.

Not for any other reason, but just because of the two Sword Sect disciples guarding the door, wearing snow-white clothes embroidered with cloud patterns.

Although both of them are only young outer sect disciples, in the eyes of outsiders who have not yet entered the sect and most likely will not be able to enter the sect, they are the geniuses of Yunshan Mountain. Staying here represents the Yunshan Sword Sect, so they dare not act rashly.

The applicants filed in through the main gate and out through the back door. The courtyard was surrounded by three layers of people, all of whom were relatives and friends of the applicants, anxiously waiting for their family members to come out. The scene was no different from that in an imperial examination hall.

It’s a pity that during this period of time, as many people came in as left, and everyone’s face looked as if they had lost their parents, and some even burst into tears.

"Son, if you can't go to the Sword Sect, then don't go. Why are you crying like this?"

"No, Dad, I am in pain..."

Of course, there were also people who truly cried for their broken dreams at Yunshan, but although the Sword Sect opened its doors to more people, it did not relax the standards.

Although anyone who meets the standards is welcome, the Sword Sect's standards are as high as Yunshan's.

Two more people walked in through the door.

The examiner in the academy took a look and felt that the couple were both tall, with straight arms and long legs, and good bone structure, so he nodded slightly.

Although his temperament and talent are ordinary, it seems that he is capable of practicing sword.

He asked warmly:

"Both of you please come forward. If you want to join the Sword Sect, let me first look at your aptitude."

"Yes, Mr. Cui."

The man replied.

Cui Zhi paused for a moment and said curiously:

"How do you know my last name is Cui?"

"…I just asked at the door."

The young man made up a story.

His eyes wandered around the courtyard, and after a look, he thought to himself:

"I have quite a few acquaintances..."

(End of this chapter)