Chapter 1 Skylight and Cloud Shadow

Chapter 1 Skylight and Cloud Shadow

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In the Fengtian Chronicle, three hundred and seventy-four years after the demon clan and the human race reached a peace contract, it was the beginning of summer.

Rongyun Sect.

A white crane spread its bright wings among the floating clouds and flew past. The crane's shadow covered the green lotus pond. Suddenly, a melodious flute sound came from the distance. The snow wings fluttered lightly at the command, spinning half a circle in the air.It turned sharply again, and the thin dark red feet touched the water surface lightly, making a splash and creating several ripples.

In an instant, the fish fled and dispersed with the ripples, and the clear lotus swayed and fell, bursts of morning rain and early dew fell.

When he looked up again, Bai He already had a crystal clear green bead in his mouth, breaking through the water.

Suddenly, countless men and women cheered and shouted from the shore. The white crane seemed to be very inspired. It spread its wings and arms and flew proudly. The crane's chirping resounded throughout the fields.

"The seventh one," the man in plain clothes on the bank of Qinghe Pond clapped excitedly and praised, "Junior brother, I am afraid that today I will surpass your senior brother Yu's record back then."

Hearing this, the young man beside him lowered his eyelashes and smiled. He seemed to have thought of something and said softly, "How come, Senior Brother Yu collected forty-nine green beads back then, and no one has been able to break them yet."

The rumored to be the most amazing Senior Brother Yu... I heard that he invited himself down the mountain to travel and preach this year. If I want to see him, I may not have the chance.

Xiao Qingyu stretched out his hand and let the white crane return, standing lightly between his fingers. He took out the green bead from its mouth and gently threw it into the pink glazed porcelain plate beside him.

"One stick of incense has only burned half of it, and you have found seven. You are already very elegant like Senior Brother Yu back then." Fang Wenxun patted his shoulder and sighed softly, "But I think you, Senior Brother Shen, are going toHere you go, you’d better hide a few.”

In the pink-glazed porcelain plate, the green beads were translucent, but the color was suddenly obscured by the shadows of clouds rippling from the sky.

Xiao Qingyu's hand froze in place, and the back of his fingers was gently arched by Bai He standing beside him.

For a moment, he quickly narrowed his eyes and nodded: "Thank you, senior brother, for the tip."

Just as Xiao Qingyu was about to reach out to get the beads, he saw a flash of red in front of his eyes. He subconsciously closed his long sleeves, but he only heard the jingling sound of a few green beads.

When he looked again, only half of the beads were left in the pink glaze plate.

"Senior Brother Fang, we are all fellow disciples, why are you hiding?" The voice of the visitor was arrogant and unruly, and the red robe brushed past his face. Xiao Qingyu was so frightened that he took half a step back and almost fell into the Qinghe Pond. Fang Wenxun stretched out his hand to pull him away.I survived the last one.

His breathing stopped, and his whole body felt as if water had been poured from his head, feeling cold and heavy.

Xiao Qingyu suppressed his trembling voice and said softly: "Greetings to the second senior brother."

The second senior brother, Shen Tanqi.Behind him stood the Shen family, one of the four major human families.

The red clothes are like fire, the eyebrows are proud, bright and wanton, and noble.It's really a shame for those who are suffering, how come a wealthy family can produce such beautiful flowers.

However, beautiful appearance is also beautiful. Anyone who gets involved with this senior brother will not end well.

Rumors say that he is jealous and likes to suppress his fellow disciples. The elder of Rongyun Sect is also Shen Tanqi's uncle, so as long as all his fellow disciples fall into Shen Tanqi's branch, all of them will suffer disaster at his hands.

Xiao Qingyu had only been here for three days, and he was even more afraid of seeing this young master of the aristocratic family, but no matter how hard he tried to avoid it, he could not avoid the sect's Lotus Festival in early summer every year.

There are many disciples competing in the Lotus Festival, and Xiao Qingyu is just a newcomer. If he offends Shen Tanqi, he may not have a good life in the next few decades.

If he had known this, he should never have been greedy for more.

Xiao Qingyu's figure was swaying and trembling. He was about to kneel down when he was suddenly supported by Shen Tanqi's hand in front of him.

He said, "You, raise your head."

Xiao Qingyu had mixed feelings in his heart, but he had to obey his fate. He was just a poor orphan who came out to make a living in a remote village. If he didn't have spiritual roots, he would have been thrown into a wild ravine.

He slowly raised his head and looked at Shen Tanqi pleadingly.

However, the next moment, Shen Tanqi's movements froze, and his voice stuttered a bit: "She looks, uh, she looks really good-looking."

It's over.

Xiao Qingyu thought desperately. I heard that people whose appearance was praised by Senior Brother Shen would be expelled from the sect within three days. When they left, without exception, their faces would be swollen like a pig's head.

But what he didn't expect was.

"Get up." Shen Tanqi waved to him casually and added an additional instruction, "Don't kneel down blindly if you have nothing to do."

In an instant, Xiao Qingyu and Fang Wenxun beside him were stunned for a moment.

It's probably an auditory hallucination.

Is this what Senior Brother Shen said?

Seeing their expressions of not understanding, Shen Tanqi laughed a little: "Why, I'm afraid of losing my life, isn't that okay?"

"Okay, okay," Fang Wenxun quickly smoothed things over and said, "This is Junior Brother Xiao, Xiao Qingyu, who just went up the mountain a few days ago. He doesn't understand the rules."

Even Fang Wenxun, the senior brother, was extremely afraid of Shen Tanqi, and he actually bowed to his senior brother when they met.

When Xiao Qingyu saw this, he cupped his hands and said, "I heard that senior brother has recovered from a serious illness a few days ago. Junior brother didn't dare to disturb me because he was offended. I wonder if senior brother can recover?"

"It's okay. It's just a minor illness. My brain is just a little burned out."

"Um?"

Shen Tanqi picked up a green bead from the palm of his hand, raised it up to the sky, and looked at the color carefully through the light. It was greener, but it was gloomy and cold, not good-looking, so he said slightly confused: "So, why do you want to do this?"Hide this thing?”

After looking around, there was nothing useful, and the beads didn't look like valuables.

Hearing this, Fang Wenxun and Xiao Qingyu looked at each other in disbelief.

How could someone like Shen Tanqi, who strives for the top spot, forget about the annual Lotus Festival.

Could it be that the serious illness he suffered a few days ago really burned out his brain?

Xiao Qingyu lowered his eyebrows and whispered: "Senior Brother, I didn't mean to hide it, it was Senior Brother Fang who was joking with me."

"This is a game on the Lotus Festival. White cranes compete with green beads. The winner is whoever raises the most green beads in the crane's mouth within one stick of incense and will get a fine elixir called Snow Jade Lotus."

After hearing the explanation, Shen Tanqi smiled and threw the green bead back into Xiao Qingyu's porcelain plate: "The Lotus Festival-" After a pause, a sudden realization dawned on his face, and then he left leisurely with a smile on his face, "I finallyI know which section we are at now. Thank you to Senior Brother Fang and Junior Brother Xiao. I’m going to have a cup of green tea to cool down in the hot weather. You play, friendship is second, and you have to fight for first."

After he walked away with his hands behind his back, Xiao Qingyu and Fang Wenxun looked at each other.

"Senior brother, he..."

"This disease..."

Shen Tanqi's illness turned out to be a great thing. It was a wonderful illness.

The two of them were thinking silently in their hearts at the same time.

In Shen Tanqi's room, in the Lotus Pond Pavilion, as soon as he stepped into the pavilion, he saw that the people who were sitting in the pavilion laughing and playing turned pale in an instant, and they all found excuses to escape from the pavilion.

Shen Tanqi was puzzled for a long time, took out the folding fan from his clothes, opened it, and said to the void: "Am I so scary?"

In the void, a golden chick suddenly jumped out with flapping wings.

The little chicken tried its best to fly in the air, and the quintessence of Chinese culture blurted out: "Oh my god, don't you know how outrageous this original person is? He bullies people every day. Anyone who sees him will be scared and run away."

Shen Tanqi was silent, took a sip of tea, and said, "The system switches to Mandarin mode."

Little Chicken: "Good master, what are your orders?"

"I stayed up late last night to read this book on your system. I have a small question." Shen Tanqi looked at the green shrubs outside the pavilion and the unfamiliar forest sea and green waves, and couldn't help but feel lost.

He has been here for twenty-eight hours. If he had known that stepping on the soap in the shower would cause him to slip and fall through the book, he would have bought shower gel.

The little chicken flew in front of him, rubbed its paws diligently, and said with a smile, "You can tell me anything."

Shen Tanqi: "You said that you only need to complete the plot tasks and complete the plot to go home, but you didn't seem to say there are any rules."

"There are no rules, no restrictions. Our system focuses on humanization." Xiaojizai was very proud. "There have been too many people wearing books these years. If our system didn't have this advantage, how could it stand out? Don't worry, go ahead."I will send you home immediately after completing the task, with a monthly salary of 13,000 yuan, five insurances and two housing funds, and all holiday benefits."

"puff"

Shen Tanqi couldn't hold back a sip of tea, "Yeah, really?"

He earned much more than his previous job in the library!

Damn, he even wants to join an establishment here...

Shen Tanqi stared: "Why did you choose me?"

Chicken cub: "You look good."

Shen Tanqi nodded: "It does have connotations."

The plot of this book is simple, it's probably the male protagonist's journey to become an immortal by slapping him in the face.And he, Shen Tanqi, unfortunately became a little cannon fodder on the way to the male protagonist's promotion.

The original character is arrogant and domineering, and strives to be first in everything, but the male protagonist has the halo of being the protagonist, and he cannot be inferior to others no matter what.

So the original person began to persevere in thwarting the male protagonist's ridicule, and in the original book, the male protagonist easily solved the problem.

In the end, the original person became so angry that he became insane and insisted on a duel with the male protagonist. The two had a "battle", which ended with the original person being unilaterally tortured and falling off the bloody cliff.

Therefore, as long as the plot of falling off the Bloody Cliff is completed and not interrupted midway, Shen Tanqi's mission will be completely completed.

"There are no rules and no restrictions. Doesn't that mean," Shen Tanqi shook the tea cup, the corners of his lips curling up slightly, "As long as I don't provoke the male protagonist, I can live my own life with peace of mind?"

If he didn't form a bond with the male protagonist, how could he end up like the one in the original book?Shen Tanqi just needs to have a good relationship with the people around him who have been bullied by him. Wouldn't it be easier and simpler this way?

Xiaodie was down for a moment and gave the answer: "It seems... okay?"

After receiving a satisfactory reply, Shen Tanqi was in a good mood. He put down his tea cup and walked out of the pavilion: "Dear, my monthly salary is 13,000, my dear, five insurances and two golds, lovely holiday benefits, here I come!"

However, he forgot one very important thing - the Lotus Pond Pavilion is a pavilion built on the lotus pond.

Shen Tanqi stepped on the air, and heard a few splashes. In an instant, water splashed everywhere, and the fish dispersed. The red robe was like a blooming bloody lotus, causing white cranes to circle and scream in the sky.

"Senior Brother Shen! Senior Brother Shen fell into the pool!"

The lotus leaves were like small umbrellas on the top of the head, and the koi carp swung by the side of the face. A bubble of water appeared in front of the eyes, which became more and more blurry. The sound of the system also became distant and near, making it difficult to hear clearly.

The shore was noisy and bustling, as if a pot of porridge had been cooked in a mess.Just when Shen Tanqi was speechless and choked, wondering why he was so unlucky every time, a fair and slender hand suddenly broke through the water and grabbed his wrist.

Powerful, steady, with a touch of warmth.

Shen Tanqi was stunned for a moment.

The moment we got out of the water, the sky was slightly bright and the shadows of clouds were lingering.

The person who led him out of the water wore a light green curtain hat, covering his face vaguely. Only the breeze blew by, and a jade neck was exposed under the snow-colored soap gauze. The man's lips were lightly opened and his voice was light.

"Shen Tan Qi."

"breathe."