I began to understand the myriad things by chopping wood

Chapter 162 Don't Think Too Much
After hearing what Mu Chaoyun said, Xie Yuan was stunned for a moment before saying:

"Ah, that's a good thing. I see that you look much better these past few days, although your face is still as pale as anything... but you've always been like that."

Mu Chaoyun pursed his lips and said softly:
"I have actually recovered for a few days. With my level of cultivation, it is not easy to not have any root cause of the disease after such an injury... Thanks to your care."

Her injuries were already serious, and she had eaten up all the elixirs when she was desperate, which was really aggravating the injuries. However, during this period of time, Xie Yuan took advantage of his position as a handyman to buy the best spiritual medicines when he went shopping at the foot of the mountain. Yunshan Town was at the foot of the Sword Sect, so it was much easier to buy spiritual medicines than Yunzhao County. In addition, with Deng Wan's banknotes, Xie Yuan was very wealthy.

While on the mountain, the two of them had to avoid people while boiling medicine. However, Xie Yuan, who worked in the woodshed, found an opportunity every day to prepare the medicine and send it to Mu Chaoyun for her to take.

Xie Yuan laughed, not taking credit for it:

"It's all thanks to your knowledge of medicine. I'm just an errand boy."

Upon hearing this, Mu Chaoyun smiled faintly, which made Xie Yuan stunned.

Although the smile was shallow, it was like a snow lotus blooming in the Tianshan Mountains, dimming the moonlight for a moment.

It seems that I have never seen her smile...well, except for a sneer.

The usually cold face became gentler and more charming than ever before, and this scene was instantly engraved in Xie Yuan's heart.

But before he could see enough, Mu Chaoyun noticed something and the corners of his mouth slightly twitched, making him sigh subconsciously.

Mu Chaoyun's face turned red when she heard this. The night wind blew, and her hair swayed gently in the wind. She gathered her hair, looked at the full moon outside the cliff, and whispered:

"Now that my injury has healed, I should leave."

Xie Yuan raised his eyebrows and said reluctantly:
"You just joined the Sword Sect... Don't you want to go and take a look at the Sword Peak?"

Mu Chaoyun shook his head and said calmly:

"I came here just to find a safe place to rest and recuperate. As for the sword peak... one of these is enough for me to comprehend. I don't have your great confidence. Besides, most of the things on the sword peak are related to swordsmanship. This one is more suitable for me."

Xie Yuan nodded silently. The Eight Diagrams Lotus was a perfect match for Mu Chaoyun's skills... No, it should be said that the Mu family's skills all came from the Eight Diagrams Lotus, which could be called the Black Heavenly Book of Life. The page on the sword peak was obviously much worse for her than the Eight Diagrams Lotus.

He sighed slightly:
"So what are your plans next?"

"Yanzhou. I'm going to go to the Golden Dragon Company to see if I can find out anything. The Golden Dragon Company has been cooperating with my family to transport supplies. Maybe something leaked out through this route and attracted the enemy..."

Mu Chaoyun said quietly.

Yanzhou is located slightly northeast of Yunzhou, bypassing the entire Beidu Mountains and facing the Western Desert. It is a large border state of the Dali Dynasty, where good and bad people mix together and the waters are very deep.

Xie Yuan nodded slightly and said:

"Then you have to be more careful... and Lu Laosan."

Mu Chaoyun fiddled with the Bagua plate in his hand and nodded:

"I have carefully calculated these days. Lu Laosan is not a big threat. Deng Wan is dead, and now that I have recovered, I will never fall into his trap again. In addition, I have learned a lot from discussing the Heaven Hidden Technique with you recently. It is unlikely that he will be able to track me down again."

Xie Yuan has made some progress in the art of hiding, and is even better than Mu Chaoyun. Recently, he has been teaching her, which has brought her a lot of benefits.

Xie Yuan felt relieved after hearing this and sighed:

"Then take care on your journey. I'm afraid I'll be a burden to you if I go, so I'll just practice here for a while."

Mu Chaoyun looked at him and said softly:
"You are not a burden. It's just that I need to make a long-term plan after we get there. It's good for you to stay in Yunshan Sword Sect. This is a treasure land with abundant spiritual energy and a clean and upright sect. Even if you are discovered... at most you will be put in solitary confinement. I will come to rescue you then."

Xie Yuan heard Mu Chaoyun's rare initiative to joke, and laughed:
"Then Master, please don't keep me waiting for long."

"Don't call me Master..."

Mu Chaoyun looked at Xie Yuan helplessly:

"Then you should take care of yourself."

"Well, take care of yourself...!"

Before Xie Yuan could finish his words, he suddenly felt a soft fragrance leaning against his arms, and he was completely stunned.

Mu Chaoyun came forward and gave him a gentle hug.

In the full moon, a pair of shadows merged together and could not be distinguished from each other.

After a while, Mu Chaoyun loosened his hands and turned his face away from the cliff, feeling slightly hot:
"Don't think too much before you leave."

After saying this, she quickly stood up and walked back to her residence, looking like she was running away.

Xie Yuan sat there for a while, still feeling the faint fragrance in his arms, his mood fluctuating.

I made myself feel so crazy...

Xie Yuan shook his head. The two had had more intimate contact before, but it was all forced upon them during escape and battle, so it was nothing.

Now, this gentle hug made Xie Yuan feel strange and full of aftertaste.

I just don’t know when we will meet again after we are separated for good this time?
Xie Yuan pulled up his sleeves, looked at the two lotus petals, and smiled.

She had some things stored here, as well as some Tianqing fruit... The entanglement between the two was so complicated that it was hard to separate them, and their relationship could never be severed, and they would meet again.

On the second day, Mu Chaoyun told the outer gate that he had received a letter saying that his family member was seriously ill and asked for leave to return home.

Xie Yuan was going to stay here, so she and Xie Yuan went up the mountain together under fake identities, so naturally they had to put on a show.

Anyway, she had just started, and hadn't even learned the introductory sword techniques. She would not go up the mountain for a while, and the matter would be forgotten. There have always been disciples who could not stand the hardship of practicing in the mountains and ran away.

Xie Yuan sent Mu Chaoyun to the entrance of the mountain road. Looking at her receding back, he suddenly felt empty in his heart.

Although it is cold on the mountain, it is already early summer at the foot of the mountain.

All in all, the two of them spent time together from spring to summer, which was not a short time.

Xie Yuan was the only one left on the cliff. He practiced martial arts silently under the moon for several days before he gradually got used to it.

"We have to hide from others when practicing here. Fortunately, I have the natural concealment technique. As long as I don't commit suicide in front of the master, I don't have to worry too much. At least in the outer sect for so long, no master will come here.

"But if you want to go to Jianfeng..."

Xie Yuan made some plans and nodded slightly:

"Perform well, and you can go to the main peak hall to work. It's very close to the Sword Peak. I can sense it at the main peak pass, so there might be a chance there.

"Take a look at the quality of this page of the Black Book. If it's not bad, consider granting me the status of a disciple. I'll also consider it in the long run..." [Black Book: (85/200)]

During the days when Mu Chaoyun was recovering in the mountains, he gave the Eight Diagrams Lotus to Xie Yuan for safekeeping, asking him to play with it and comprehend it from time to time. After so many days, there has been some progress, and it depends on whether the Sword Peak can be used to further advance the progress.

Xie Yuan made a good plan, but his current short-term goal was to take leave and go down the mountain.

He wanted to go back to Yunzhao to take a look.

However, a servant naturally does not have the same freedom as a disciple. He had just gone up the mountain and it was not long before he could take a vacation.

Personal freedom is natural. You can leave at any time if you want to, but you are not welcome to come back. Xie Yuan still has something interesting on this mountain, so he doesn't want to just leave.

The only way is to behave better so that the managers will be happy and have convenience.

Xie Yuan nodded and decided to open the book.

After this day, the other servants in the woodshed, and even other servants, who already disliked Xie Yuan, disliked him even more.

Chopping wood, boiling water and cooking, sweeping and cleaning, making the bed and folding the quilt, she did everything except warming the bed, and she even rushed to do other menial jobs.

At that time, most of the servants were simple and honest. It would be fine if they just did the real work, but things like deliberately throwing garbage on the ground and then picking it up in front of the manager, or using internal energy to make themselves sweat profusely before even starting, etc., were completely beyond their understanding.

"Let me give you some shocks from the information age..."

Xie Yuan thought so.

"Zhang Shan is hardworking, but why does he look so unpleasant... He could just chop wood, but why did he have to carve the words 'good luck and good fortune' on it? He chops faster than we do, and the manager's daily workload has increased because of him..."

The other servants thought so, gritting their teeth. No matter which world they were in, scabs were punishable by everyone.

Zhang Shan, the name of the identity Xie Yuan used, reminded him of an old friend.

Finally, one day, when Xie Yuan was chopping wood, a few disciples in white came up to him.

Xie Yuan had seen them a long time ago, but he only raised his head pretentiously at this moment, and quickly stood up respectfully, patted his gray coat, and said loudly:
"Meet some of the brothers!"

This shout made the outer sect regular disciples pause, their arrogant looks froze. They looked at each other, and the leader coughed and said in a pretentious manner:
"Are you Zhang Shan?"

"Yes! I wonder what you want from me, brother?"

"Humph! I heard from other junior brothers in the firewood room that you are arrogant and domineering and bully them. Is that true or not?"

"That's absolutely not the case!"

Seeing that Xie Yuan was confident and not at all panicked, and had no intention of explaining, several white-clothed disciples did not know how to proceed for a moment.

The leader could only cough again and flick his sleeves:
"I don't want to hear your explanation! I'm telling you, I'm in charge of the woodshed, and I have a good relationship with my fellow apprentices here. If you bully them, you're just being mean to me! You decide what to do."

Xie Yuan shook his head:
"I didn't break any of the rules, nor did I bully anyone."

The leader's eyes lit up and he shouted:

"If I say you committed a crime, then you committed a crime!"

"Are you trying to use your power to overpower others?"

Xie Yuan held the axe, took a step forward, raised his eyebrows and asked.

The disciple glanced at his hand and said with a smile:
"So what?"

Xie Yuan stared at him for a while, and the woodshed became quiet.

Just when everyone thought he was going to explode and were ready to fight, they saw him throw away his axe and walk out:
"I'll tell the deacon!"

Several disciples were stunned, and when they saw Xie Yuan walking out, they quickly pulled him back, laughing:

"Junior brother, I was just joking just now, don't worry... someone will explain it to you, bye!"

After saying this, several disciples came in a hurry and left in a hurry.

Xie Yuan looked at the figure that flashed by outside the window, frowned, and said in confusion:

"What the hell is this deacon doing..."

Outside the firewood room, several outer disciples looked embarrassed and reported to Cui Zhi:
"Uncle Cui, he's not following the script?"

"I really can't do this..."

"Your acting is really shit."

"You're the same! But the words sound quite powerful..."

Several disciples in white had innocent looks on their faces and were laughing together.

Cui Zhi smiled warmly:

"You've worked hard, well, go back and practice."

The leading disciple asked curiously:

"Uncle Master, why is this happening? What can we really see?"

"You believe in the story of Uncle Master... It's all like this outside. After trying it this way, don't you see that this kid is upright, strong, calm, and knows how to advance and retreat?"

Cui Zhi said with satisfaction.

The disciple seemed to be thinking about something. Uncle Cui had been traveling around and was knowledgeable, so he said that it must be the case.

"That's true. But Uncle, just let him be a senior errand disciple. Is it really necessary to do this?"

"After all, he has not been here for long. We, the outer sect, need to examine him from many angles. Moreover, I think he can be more than just a menial disciple..."

Cui Zhi twirled his beard and said.

Several disciples looked at each other. It seemed that Master Cui wanted him to become a formal disciple? Thinking of Zhang Shan's courage just now, it was indeed not bad.

Cui Zhi glanced towards the woodshed and nodded slightly.

This Zhang Shan is indeed okay. I heard that he wanted to go home these days, so I let him go back and rest assured. I will then let him work in the main hall and conduct further inspections.

(End of this chapter)