Chapter 72: Support
Chapter 72: Support
The summer in Shendu is getting hotter and hotter.
The aura emanating from the omnipresent giant formation enveloped every corner of the streets and alleys, coldly watching the countless people living there, but it never brought a trace of coolness or comfort, and the four seasons were always so distinct.
Practitioners who are immune to cold and heat are also human beings, and they are born with a preference for a cool world, not to mention ordinary people.
Gu Zhuo was walking on the street, no different from more than ten days ago. He was still wearing the same bamboo hat but had already blended in with the crowd.
At this time, there was still a not-so-short hour left before the banquet that Wuque Monk had been thinking about all the time. He had always had a good memory, so of course he would not get the time wrong.
The reason why Gu Zhuo left home an hour earlier was that he had to do so.
These days, in addition to practicing, he often thought about the problems brought by the Immaculate Monks.
——How to support better.
For this purpose, he even commissioned the innkeeper to buy a lot of new books, all of which were supernatural novels that had been popular in Shendu in recent years, hoping to get some inspiration from them.
These stories did give him some inspiration.
Unfortunately, that's the area he's better at.
It has nothing to do with applause.
Thinking about how much importance the Immaculate Monk attached to the banquet, Gu Zhuo thought carefully for two quarters of an hour last night. With the enthusiastic suggestions from all things, he finally came up with an approach that sounded very reasonable.
For this reason, he had to open the door in advance, return to the prosperous world, listen to the voice rising from the lake of his heart, and know who is waiting at the end without having to climb over the vast sea of people.
This certainly made the anticipation and surprise fade a lot, but Gu Zhuo rarely had these two emotions.
However, after he walked through several long streets and crossed several deep alleys, he heard those familiar youthful voices coming from the wind, and his mood was somewhat happier.
The current candidates of Changzhou Academy live in this courtyard.
So when Gu Zhuo knocked on the courtyard gate, a former classmate opened the door and happened to see his senior brother taking off his bamboo hat. He was stunned.
It was quiet under the eaves.
White clouds floated in the sky, casting a rare shade, and a breeze started to blow.
"Won't you invite me in?"
Gu Zhuo said with a smile, his tone as gentle as ever.
However, to that classmate, it was just this simple and ordinary sentence, and his time kept receding like the waves.
Midsummer is fading and the heat wave is dissipating.
The teenagers in the yard seemed to have returned to that spring.
Everything is so beautiful.
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"I told you that Senior Brother would definitely come to find us, right? Who didn't believe it before?"
"...Why do you say such things in front of my brother?"
"Do you understand what it means to have a clear conscience?"
Several young men who were attending the summer festival at Changzhou Academy were sitting in the house, joking and settling accounts with each other in low voices, their voices full of joy.
From time to time, they would look up to the window, curious about what Senior Brother Gu and the teacher of the academy were talking about, and why the teacher, who was usually known for his strictness, was smiling like a flower.
In fact, Gu Zhuo didn’t say anything special, he just simply reminisced about the past.
The reason why the teachers of Changzhou Academy were so happy was that they were sure that Gu Zhuo had no intention of breaking away from the academy and acknowledged the happiness and beauty that had happened in the past three years.
At the end of the conversation, both sides finally put aside reminiscing about the past and talked about the present.
After learning why Gu Zhuo came today, the academy teacher did not feel offended. After a moment of surprise, he agreed on the spot, fearing that he had heard it wrong.
As for his former classmates, they were even more excited after learning about this.
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Xiu Hu Zhenren on Mount Langya is known as the best in the cultivation world. Naturally, he cannot be an ordinary person and has a high reputation.
This respected senior rarely comes to the capital of the gods, and no longer confined to the low-key style of the past, he decided to host a banquet to entertain the candidates of this year's summer festival, with a divination and a glass of wine as the prize, which is undoubtedly a rare opportunity. Since it is called an opportunity, this banquet will naturally not send out any invitations, how many people can come depends on luck.
That being said, this is clearly not the case.
Xiu Hu Zhenren is not a eccentric person. He has many noble friends in the world. These friends often mention this matter inadvertently, giving the younger generation an opportunity.
——After all, no matter how generous this person is, he probably cannot accept that there are only two or three cats at his banquet. That would be too embarrassing.
Those who are qualified to know this are either people with great luck like the Wuque Monk, or descendants of powerful people with extremely strong identities and backgrounds. There are almost no ordinary people.
None of these people would be stupid enough to tell this to anyone and let this opportunity be disrupted for no reason.
Therefore, the news was only circulated within a small range.
Of course, after the banquet officially ends, the relevant news will spread at an extremely fast speed and be known to people, allowing their peers to realize what kind of opportunity they have missed, and thereby gain some well-deserved transcendent happiness.
After all, he is just a teenager, how could he really like to walk around at night in fancy clothes?
Today's banquet was arranged in a restaurant in Shendu that was famous for its elegance and luxury. It occupied the place with the best scenery in a very luxurious way. In order to seek comfort, it even activated a formation to relieve the summer heat.
In order to show respect to the senior Master Xiu Hu and to confirm who would compete for this opportunity, many people arrived early before the banquet officially began.
The Immaculate Monk is naturally not one of such people.
This is because he has strong confidence in himself, and also because he has something more important to do - to travel with Gu Zhuo.
When he arrived at the inn by the White Horse Lake and learned from the innkeeper that Gu Zhuo had left half an hour ago, he was deeply moved and thought to himself that he was indeed a good friend who had made preparations for me in advance.
The friendship fee that I haven’t paid yet is really worth it!
There are such reliable friends in this world~
Thinking of this, the little monk felt happier and felt that the world had suddenly become much more beautiful.
Even the overly scorching sun seemed more pleasant to the eyes, no longer scorching hot.
His steps were as light as the wind as he walked through the vast crowd towards the famous and elegant restaurant. Along the way, he sang several Buddhist verses and helped several elderly people cross the long street, doing all kinds of good deeds.
Even at this moment, as he looked at more than a dozen people walking towards him with seemingly fierce momentum, he was still in a very good mood.
The little monk smiled, chanted a Buddhist name, and was about to ask, "Benefactor, how can I help you?"
The man in the lead took off his hat.
The little monk's smile froze.
The person who appeared in his eyes was not someone.
It’s Gu Zhuo.
The young monk was silent for a moment, and with great difficulty, he looked behind him, at the dozen or so unfamiliar faces full of youth, and asked in a hoarse voice, "What... is going on?"
Gu Zhuo looked at him strangely and said, "These are my junior brothers and sisters from Changzhou Academy. I have thought about it seriously these past few days and found that I am not very good at supporting you, so I decided to bring more people over to support you."
The little monk didn't know what to say.
Gu Zhuo thought that the Immortal Monk felt that this was not enough, so he patted his shoulder and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, there are more than this, I have also called other people."
"Is there anyone else?!"
The Immaculate Monk subconsciously opened his eyes wide.
"Yes."
A familiar and annoying voice fell into his ears, which shocked and stunned the little monk, and he was no longer calm at all.
Gu Zhuo turned around and saw the Taoist goddess standing next to Lin Wanyi smiling sweetly, her happiness obviously too obvious.
He retracted his gaze, looked at the Immaculate Monk, and said seriously: "I must make it clear to you that this is definitely not what I meant, and it is certainly not my idea."
Lin Wanyi came over and explained in a low voice, saying, "Chu Jun just happened to come and chat with me."
The little monk didn't want to talk anymore.
Shen Jingtiannu walked up to him, her eyes almost blooming with laughter, and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, I will definitely not tear down your place today, don't be sad like this on the street."
The young monk was speechless and choked up. He looked up at the sky and wondered why the world was so dark.
The sun is shining brightly at this moment.
(End of this chapter)