Chapter 23 Hurry up and sleep

  At midnight, the City God Temple.

  Ye Wen looked up at the crescent moon hanging high in the sky and the twinkling stars, and sighed: "In my place, I can't see so many stars!"

  The hustle and bustle of modern cities has dimmed the starry sky, and for some people, it's not even clear if it's a huge loss. At least at this moment, Ye Wen feels that such a beautiful starry sky is indeed a pity that so many people can't see it.

  He was so absorbed in thought that he didn't notice someone tapping him on the shoulder until he heard Xu Xian's chuckle: "What's got you so entranced, Ye Zhangmen?"

  As he spoke, he looked up and glanced around, seemingly curious about what could make Ye Wen so engrossed. Perhaps he also wanted to take a look.

  Little did he know that Ye Wen's mind was racing at this time: "How could he walk behind me without me noticing? Was I really too absorbed in watching?"

  He immediately negated this idea, believing that even when admiring the starry sky, he had never relaxed his vigilance, and his ears were always paying attention to the movements around him. If someone approached him, unless the person's kung fu skills surpassed his own, they wouldn't be able to deceive his ears.

  But he didn't notice Xu Xian's approach at all: "Could it be that this guy is a deeply hidden master?"

  If that's the case, then tonight's date might be even worse than expected, and who knows what unexpected things will happen.

  Thinking so, Ye Wen quietly pulled away from Xun Xian and smiled: "Xu Gongzi summoned me to come at midnight, I wonder what's the matter?"

  Xu Xian seemed to be completely unaware of Ye Wen's actions, still smiling: "I heard that the place where the Leaf Sect is located during the day, and I have been yearning for it in my heart. After thinking about it, I decided to trouble Ye Zhangmen to take me up the mountain once, how about it?"

  "Up... up the mountain?"

  Ye Wen thought that this Xuan might think that since he was already a leader at a young age, he would want to compare himself with him. If so, then the literary man's skills should not be underestimated. He also thought that this guy had been cooped up at home for too long and wanted to go out and have some fun, but because of the current special situation, he was afraid of accidents and brought Ye Wen along.

  But no matter how I thought about it, I never thought that this kid would take me to the Book Mountain and visit his own mountain gate.

  Xu Xian said it as if it was a trivial matter, like asking someone to accompany him to buy a pancake on the street for a small amount of money. He didn't realize that calling someone out in the middle of the night and making them climb a mountain with him was a difficult thing to do. Moreover, he didn't notice Ye Wen's darkened face and continued to say his own words: "At this time, going up the mountain, we can still watch the beautiful sunrise on the mountain, what a wonderful thing..."

  "So you asked me to come out at midnight just to watch the sunrise?" Ye Wen felt like his head was going to explode, he never thought this guy would have a romantic episode and want to go up the mountain for a romantic getaway. He really wanted to mock Xu Gongzi: "Please, if you want to be romantic, find a sister to accompany you! Two old men climbing mountains at midnight to watch the sunrise, are you sick? It's not like we're climbing Mount Tai!"

  It's just that this is hard to say out loud, because in a way, the person in front of me can also be considered my employer. I've already accepted the deposit and taken on the job after all.

  "It's just a trip back to the mountain gate, and I'll take the opportunity to give my sister some silver!" With this thought, Ye Wen no longer resisted the proposal of going up the mountain, but instead said to Xu Xian: "It's rare for Master Xu to have such a refined interest, I will certainly accompany you!"

  Xu Xian heard the words and smiled happily, then headed in the direction of Book Mountain. As he walked, he said to Ye Wen: "Ye Zhangmen, don't always call me 'young master', just call me Xu Brother, and I'll call you Ye Brother."

  Ye Wen's eyes rolled inwardly, thinking to himself: "Do you think I'm willing to be called 'young master' by you? It makes me seem like your servant!" He immediately agreed to Xu Xian's proposal, but he still had nothing to say to him. After all, the two people didn't know each other at all, and Ye Wen was still someone who had been dragged out by Xu Xian today.

  Xu Xian didn't speak again after they set off on the road, he just lowered his head and hurried along. The two of them walked silently, their heads down, and before long they arrived at the foot of Book Mountain.

  Ye Wen glanced at Xu Xian and found that although Xu Xian was a scholar, he had traveled such a long distance without getting red-faced or panting, looking like he still had some energy left. It seemed that his body wasn't bad after all.

  "This is going to be a climb, it's okay at first, but after passing the mountain waist, the road becomes difficult. If you can't walk anymore, just tell me!" Since Ye Wen had some achievements in his internal skills, climbing up and down the mountain was no longer difficult for him. Although he didn't feel as if he was walking on flat ground, neither did he stumble or struggle to climb, nor did he get extremely tired.

  However, he has martial arts skills and is naturally fearless. Xu Xian, this scholar, although looking physically fit, according to Ye Wen's estimation, will definitely not be able to climb the mountain easily.

  Who would have thought that the two of them would continue on their way up the mountain, without stopping to rest at all. Xu Xian didn't even call out that he was tired, and Ye Wen Chu didn't notice anything unusual at first, but after a while, he felt that something was off. This was because he had already started using his internal energy, which allowed him to walk effortlessly, but how could Xu Xian, who was just a scholar, keep up with him?

  Turning back, he saw Xu Xian's long gown fluttering, his footsteps light and effortless, with no dust on the ground, it was as if he had used a very clever light skill, closely following behind Ye Wen, looking very relaxed, seeing Ye Wen turn back to look at him, he even smiled slightly at him.

  Ye Wen saw the situation and was so frightened that he hastily stopped, this time he was really scared, at the same time, he also remembered the City God Temple, where he had not noticed Xu Xian approaching, thinking that it was also due to the opponent's excellent light work.

  It's ridiculous that I thought it was just my own carelessness, but who would have thought that the other party was actually a wolf in sheep's clothing. What's even more surprising is that it took me half a day to realize this, it seems that my experience in the world of Jianghu is still too shallow, and I must be more careful in the future.

  Now that he had confirmed the other party's exceptional skills, yet insisted on going up the mountain, Ye Wen couldn't help but guard against their true intentions. After all, the newly established mountain gate was Ye Wen's heart and soul, if the other party went up to take a look and said "this place is not bad", then it would become Xu family's in the future, and he would be beaten until he cried without a place to cry.

  He stopped in his tracks, turned around and stood in front of Xu Xian: "I didn't expect that Young Master Xu still has such astonishing skills!" He didn't directly ask what the other party intended to do. He wasn't a fool, nor was the other party an idiot. If there really were any ulterior motives, how could they possibly be told so clearly?

  Xu Xian seemed to have expected Ye Wen's question and stopped in his tracks, answering: "I just happened to learn some light skills and palm techniques to protect myself, but I'm not as good as Brother Ye, with such an uncommon inner strength!"

  Ye Wen didn't find it strange that Xu Xian could see that his internal strength was not ordinary, because when he climbed the mountain, the footwork he used was plain and unremarkable, no different from an ordinary person walking on the road. Yet, walking on such a difficult path, his face remained unchanged, except for some villagers who worked on the mountain, the only possibility was that of a martial artist with profound internal strength.

  As for Xu Xian saying that he only practiced some light kung fu to protect himself, he couldn't entirely believe it. Especially when he heard the conversation between Old Man Xu and Yue Hang today, he had clearly heard that Old Man Xu said this Mr. Xu was a scholar with no ability to even tie up a chicken, who would have thought that he was actually a martial artist? At that time, he even repeatedly begged Liu Zhenren to take good care of him.

  Who would have thought that there was such an extraordinary lightness in the dark, Ye Wen had seen it from that one glance just now, if Xu Xian had used all his strength, he might have already thrown himself out of sight and reached the top of the mountain.

  "Xu Gongzi is being polite, I think with Xu Gongzi's agility, it shouldn't be a big deal to climb the mountain, right? Why bother calling me specifically to accompany you to watch the sunrise?"

  "It's just that if the master of this mountain gate wasn't here, even if I found the noble sect's mountain gate, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to get in?" Xu Xian emphasized again, this time he wanted to go to Ye Wen's mountain gate to take a look around, so it must be done by him as the master.

  Ye Wen felt a severe headache after listening to this, and finally thought: "My mountain gate is not a difficult place to find, if he really has any bad intentions I can't stop him. Since that's the case, let's go up together and see what kind of tricks he's playing!"

  Having understood these key points, Ye Wen no longer blocked the way but turned around to continue climbing the mountain: "Since that's the case, let's just keep going!"

  Xu Xian smiled and didn't answer, but quietly followed Ye Wen's back as he walked forward.

  Two people, one with a small achievement in internal power and the other with decent lightness skill. Plus, after Ye Wen found out that Xu Xian had martial arts skills, he no longer walked slowly but instead strode forward quickly.

  Xu Xian finally activated his lightness skill, closely following Ye Wen's back. The two of them maintained a distance of about an arm's length from each other and arrived at the entrance of Mount Shu Sect in just a moment.

  Two people stopped afterwards, Ye Wen felt that the internal energy inside his body was surging, but it was warm and comfortable, very smooth. After this full-force exertion, it seemed that his internal strength had made some slight progress.

  He turned his head to look at Xu Xian, and this time he finally laughed. It turned out that the ease with which Xu Xian had been following earlier was because Ye Wen was afraid he couldn't keep up, so he just walked slowly. Later, after knowing that he had skills, he didn't care about him anymore, but instead rushed up the mountain, making Xu Xian chase after him with great difficulty.

  Although he had been closely following Ye Wen, he was ultimately just a light footwork, and his internal strength cultivation was far from comparable to Ye Wen's. This sprint up the mountain had left him panting, and his white jade-like handsome face was already red all over, as if Guan Ergei had possessed him.

  "Ye brothers...... why are you leaving in such a hurry?"

  Ye Wen saw Xu Xian in this manner, and his heart had already measured that although Xu Gongzi's lightness was not bad, his internal strength was mediocre. If he really fought with himself, he wouldn't be afraid of him either. Moreover, there was still his own Shifu sitting in the faction, if Xu Xian had any evil intentions, two against one would definitely make him regret it.

  With this calculation, his heart that had been hesitant finally put down, and he also had the mind to joke with Xu Xian: "Hurry up, I can still sleep for a while! I don't want to wait stupidly until dawn!"