Wedding ceremony tomorrow

Chapter 167 Sprint!

The innermost part of the alley.

The vermilion gate, its paint peeling off, bears the marks of wind and sun, showing signs of age and wear.

Push open the door.

Dust settled, and a musty, rotten smell filled the air.

In the small courtyard, weeds grew wildly, and the path was submerged.

In the corridor, the open windows swayed gently in the cold wind, their paper windows riddled with holes.

Looking up, a large section of the roof tiles of the main house appeared to have collapsed under the weight of the heavy snow from the previous days.

The entire house looked exceptionally dilapidated and desolate.

Upon seeing this, Dong Miaomiao's expression immediately changed: "Fourth Steward, how can this place be so dilapidated? How can anyone live here? You only said before..."

She quickly stopped talking.

Sun Er hurriedly said with a bitter face, "Third Miss, this servant didn't know it would be this bad. When I first came to take a look, it wasn't like this..."

Dong Miaomiao immediately retorted angrily, "Change places! Take us to find a nice house!"

Just as Sun Er was about to agree, Nightingale, who had already circled the courtyard, suddenly turned around and said, "This is it, this place is quite nice."

Dong Miaomiao frowned and said, "Master's wife, this place is so dilapidated. Look at the roof, it's all broken. How can anyone live here if it rains or snows?"

Nightingale glanced at the roof and said, "It's alright, I'll go up and fix it in a bit."

Luo Qingfeng also said, "Adding some more tiles shouldn't be a big problem."

Grandma was also satisfied with the place, and said with a smile, "This house is much bigger than where we lived before. It's very nice, very nice."

Seeing this, Dong Miaomiao said nothing more.

Nightingale suddenly added, "The house is very big and the location is excellent. A monthly rent of only one tael is definitely not enough. How about five taels?"

Dong Miaomiao immediately glanced at Sun Er.

Sun Er quickly put on a smiling face and said, "How can that be? Just one tael, one tael is enough! This house is so dilapidated, and someone has died here before. We can't rent it out at all. There's no reason for us to ask for five taels."

Before Nightingale could speak, Luo Qingfeng said, "Three taels, I think three taels is just right."

Sun Er didn't dare to say a word and looked at his young lady.

Dong Miaomiao looked at the nightingale.

Nightingale hesitated for a moment, then glanced at the entire house and nodded: "Then let's make it three taels. I'll pay for the repairs myself. When we buy a new house, we'll move out."

Dong Miaomiao immediately clapped her hands and laughed, "Okay, then let's do as Master's wife says, three taels it is!"

Upon hearing his young mistress speak, Sun Er quickly took out the contract, walked to the stone table in the courtyard, put it down, ground ink, wrote the price, and then signed his name.

Two copies.

Nightingale also came over, picked up a pen, signed her name, and paid three months' rent on the spot.

Sun Er accepted the money and the contract, then smiled and took his leave.

Before leaving, Dong Miaomiao gave him a wink and glanced at the damaged area on the roof.

Sun Er understood immediately and hurriedly left.

The group entered the house and found that although it was covered in dust, the decorations were still intact, and there were many rooms and a large space inside.

The nightingale seemed quite pleased.

When they arrived in the backyard, they were even more pleasantly surprised.

The backyard is much larger than the front yard, with a garden, a gazebo, a pond, and all kinds of trees and flowers.

In the corner, golden chrysanthemums are in full bloom, looking especially beautiful in the cold winter.

Grandma said with a big smile, "This place is really nice."

The nightingale strolled around the garden again, then said, "Let's go tidy up the house."

The group went to the front yard together; some weeded, some fetched water, and some wiped the windows.

Around noon, Sun Er brought some tiles with him, intending to help repair the house.

Nightingale politely declined, paid the money, and then nimbly hopped up the courtyard wall onto the roof. After carefully examining the damaged area for a while, she said to those below, "It's not damaged much; we can just patch it up with some tiles."

Luo Qingfeng also jumped up.

A crow was throwing tiles down below.

Seeing that it was fun, Dong Miaomiao also went over and started throwing tiles. At first, she threw them quite seriously, but after a while, she became mischievous, deliberately throwing them crookedly or high, shouting, "Sir, catch it! With your mouth!"

Luo Qingfeng felt like this little girl was training a dog.

Once the roof was almost repaired, he threw a few pieces down.

Dong Miaomiao immediately chuckled and caught it precisely.

After repairing the roof, the group continued cleaning and tidying up the house, buying new blankets, towels, and other items from shops on the street.

The weeds and fallen leaves in the backyard were also cleared away.

By the time the entire house was tidied up, it was already evening.

They were all starving.

Luo Qingfeng took Dong Miaomiao to buy groceries, and when they came back, they cooked a large meal, which was almost all eaten by the group.

After dinner, Luo Qingfeng took Dong Miaomiao home.

Reluctantly, Dong Miaomiao whispered as they parted at the crossroads, "Sir, come to my house tonight after your wife has fallen asleep."

Luo Qingfeng said irritably, "What do you want?"

Dong Miaomiao blinked her bright eyes and asked innocently, "Cultivation? What else do you want to do, Master?"

Luo Qingfeng ignored her and waved goodbye.

Watching his retreating figure, Dong Miaomiao muttered to herself, "Shouldn't I have answered 'cultivation'?"

He then quickly called out, "Sir, come visit me tonight! We don't practice cultivation!"

Luo Qingfeng ignored her and quickly left.

In the kitchen, Nightingale and Crow were boiling water.

Everyone has been busy cleaning the house all day and is quite dirty, so it's definitely time for a shower.

After Luo Qingfeng entered the kitchen, Aya immediately got up from the stove, lowered her head, and left.

As she passed by Luo Qingfeng, he reached out and rubbed her head, but she tilted her head and shook it off, pouting as she quickly walked away.

Nightingale rolled her eyes at him and said, "You're bullying A-Crow again."

Luo Qingfeng said, "I wouldn't dare. I just wanted to touch this little girl because she looks so adorably dazed."

Nightingale looked at him and said, "You just want to touch me?"

Luo Qingfeng spread his hands and said, "Sister Nightingale, could you please stop talking about such pointless topics?"

"snort!"

The nightingale ignored her.

Luo Qingfeng glanced out of the kitchen again, and seeing that Aya had indeed left, he walked behind her, put his arms around her slender waist, kissed her cheek, and said, "Sister Nightingale, tonight..."

The nightingale quickly refused, saying, "Don't even think about it!"

Then he turned his head and sneered, "With something like this happening at home, you still have the mind to... do bad things to others?"

Luo Qingfeng looked surprised: "Sister Nightingale, you misunderstood. I meant that I'm going to cultivate diligently tonight. The new disciple competition in the academy starts in seven days, and I'm just a little short of breaking through again. So, starting tonight, I've decided to cultivate diligently without stopping for a moment, except for eating and sleeping. Sister Nightingale, you seem to be overthinking it?"

Nightingale blushed instantly, glared at him fiercely, then suddenly realized what he meant, widened her eyes, and looked at him in disbelief, saying, "You...you're advancing again? Didn't you just advance two levels?"

Luo Qingfeng nuzzled her ear and said, "You're definitely going to advance again. I feel like you should be able to break through before the new disciple competition. Sister Nightingale, the reason you've improved so quickly this time is all because of you!"

The nightingale paused for a moment, then suddenly realized: "You mean..."

Luo Qingfeng nodded and whispered, "Nightingale's first drop..."

Nightingale blushed instantly, her eyes brimming with tears as she looked at him, and huffed, "You got off easy, you rascal..."

Luo Qingfeng shamelessly said, "Mine also benefited you, my little beauty."

"shameless!"

Nightingale turned around and started pinching him.

Luo Qingfeng dodged while trying to hug her.

The two were playing around in the kitchen, and the gloom of the burned-down house vanished in that moment.

The water in the pot boiled quickly.

After taking a shower, the two went into the room and talked for a while before Luo Qingfeng carried her to bed.

The oil lamp was extinguished, and the curtains were drawn.

"No...didn't you say that starting tonight, you would cultivate without stopping for a moment?"

"Sister Nightingale, isn't this exactly what cultivation is all about?"

"You... um..."

Outside the window, the north wind howled, and the lanterns hanging in front of the door soon began to sway loudly in the cold wind.

It was in the early hours of the morning.

Luo Qingfeng put on his clothes, went to the couch in the outer room, and began to cultivate.

The room was large, with an inner room and an outer room, separated by a beaded curtain, a cloth curtain and a painted screen, making it seem like two separate rooms, but they were also directly connected to each other, which was very convenient.

He first left his body, flew to the rooftop, carefully observed the surroundings, and seeing nothing unusual, then flew into the night sky and arrived at Red Leaf Alley.

The burned-down houses were reduced to ruins, a chaotic mess piled up there.

Neither the front yard nor the back yard is recognizable as it used to be.

Luo Qingfeng recalled the first time Nightingale brought him here, the time he chopped firewood in the courtyard, the time he stood by the well watching Nightingale with her head down, carefully washing her clothes, and the time they spent together in the room.

Nightingale's first time was also given to him here...

Thinking of this, he slowly clenched his fist, and a scorching current surged through his entire soul.

After watching the night sky for a while, he turned around and flew towards the Yuan residence.

The Yuan residence remained eerily silent.

The mansion was pitch black, and there was no one in sight, as if it had truly been deserted.

He still didn't dare to be careless. After carefully observing from the high vantage point, he returned to Pear Blossom Lane.

Back in his room, his mind returned to its normal state, and he began his cultivation.

Soon, streams of pure stellar energy passed through the roof and entered his body.

at the same time.

All the new disciples recruited by the Demon Suppression Academy this time, whether from the South Academy or the North Academy, and regardless of gender, are currently cultivating diligently.

There are seven days left until the new disciples' competition.

Even the Demon Suppression Academy in Kyoto sent people to this competition. As long as they perform well, they will definitely have plenty of cultivation resources in the future.

That night, the disciple named Lin Yun broke through to the next level.

The Nine Stars Realm of Creation!

Meanwhile, in the South Courtyard, there was also a woman who successfully broke through to the Nine Stars of the Heavenly Opening Realm.

At this time.

In a desolate desert thousands of miles away, a gigantic monster lay on the ground, its body severed from its head.

A snow-white, icy figure, sword in hand, walked past it.

A gentle breeze blew, causing her black hair to flutter slightly. The orange-red morning light shone perfectly on her flawless face, making her breathtakingly beautiful.

After walking a distance, she stopped, looked down at her right foot under her skirt, and a hint of doubt appeared in her cold eyes.

But soon, her snow-white, icy figure disappeared into the distant dawn.

A snowbird flew across the sky, glanced down, and suddenly its entire body split in two, falling down with a spray of blood.

(End of this chapter)