Hearing the woman's words, the boy didn't have any reaction and just said casually:
"The Chinese New Year will be almost here in a few months, so don't talk too much."
When she heard about the Chinese New Year, Yingge, who was having a drink, suddenly brightened up. She looked at the young man and said expectantly:
"Did Shopkeeper Xiao Lin spend the Chinese New Year in Peony Town? Didn't he go back to his hometown?"
Faced with this problem, the calm young man was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head, looked at the wooden texture on the counter, and said:
"I should have been in town. I guess it will be some time before I can return to my hometown."
At this time, the night outside the tavern had completely darkened. The boy lit a candle for himself, and the orange candlelight immediately became brighter, trembling and looking very beautiful.
Yingge, who was drinking and eating peanuts in front of him, looked at him curiously and asked:
"Shopkeeper Xiaolin, where is your hometown? I've asked you several times and you still don't tell me every time. Is it too far away? Are you not from our Tianji Continent?"
In front of him, the young man held a lamp in his hand. He seemed to be tired of standing. He came to the side and lay down on a rocking chair covered with an animal skin jacket. He closed his eyes to relax and leisurely said in an old-fashioned way:
"The name Tianji Continent is weird, but I still like the name Tianji Realm."
Yingge was stunned: "Tianji Realm? Why is it called the Realm?"
"Because... I don't know either."
After saying that, the young man ignored the stunned Yingge and said with his eyes closed:
"Eight cents for drinks and two cents for peanuts, ten cents in total. Welcome to come again next time."
As a tavern keeper, the young man is very casual. No matter how much Yingge talks to him, he ignores her and just lies on the rocking chair with his eyes closed, listening to the chatter and laughter of the guests in the tavern.
He is like this every time. Occasionally he will say something weird and unknown to others, and everyone is used to it.
Yingge left after drinking, and said with a smile that she would come back tomorrow. Soon after, the guests in the tavern had enough wine, greeted the young man who was lying down with his eyes closed, put copper coins on the table one after another, and left.
Late at night, the last guest drunkenly smiled at him and shouted:
"Shopkeeper Xiao Lin is gone. I've left the money on the table for you."
The young man didn't open his eyes and just nodded. The man was used to it and left the tavern with a few unsteady steps.
At night, the sound of the small town's watch came from outside the tavern. The young man in the rocking chair closed his eyes and raised his hand. The copper plates placed on each table seemed to come alive, flying directly up and streaking through the air. Long arcs, like petals flying all over the sky, flew into his palm one after another. With a crisp sound, the copper coins were stacked into a neat, towering cylinder.
Then, the young man held the money column in one hand and said softly to the empty tavern door:
"It's closed today. If you want to drink, please come back tomorrow."
After the words fell, the dark street outside the door trembled out of thin air, as if something had been frightened, and then, a girl wearing a beaded flower on her head was seen coming out of nothingness with four old men who looked like they were facing formidable enemies. appeared in.
At this moment, the four old men were nervously looking at the young man in the tavern who was holding a money column in one hand and lying comfortably on the rocking chair. The girl's eyes were full of excitement and curiosity. She bowed her hands and looked at the young man with a smile on her face. Respected:
"Ling Wei, the great disciple of the Hanshuang lineage of Yaozong in Xiabei, came here to conduct a thorough investigation of a centipede monster that is about to break through to the realm of pill formation. I wonder if you have ever done so?"
Before she finished speaking, the boy lying on the chair interrupted her and said:
"I've fried that centipede until both sides are golden. Sorry, I'm greedy lately, so I won't sell it."
After saying that, the two doors of the tavern closed with a bang, locking the girl and the four old men out.
Outside the tavern, on the dark street, Ling Wei was stunned for a moment, and then she clenched her fist fiercely!
Amazing!
I never expected that this remote southern town would hide such a powerful person! I really found a treasure this time!
Full of excitement, she turned to her four subordinates and said happily:
"Tiandi Xuanhuang, do you see the cultivation level of this fellow Taoist? I didn't even feel the spiritual power when he was flying to control objects! It's simply amazing! I think he at least has the Danjing realm! Maybe the Nascent Soul realm Maybe!"
The four old men listened to the girl's words and looked at each other for a while. After a long while, an old man hesitated and said:
"Miss, this fellow Taoist's method is very strange. Just now he used it, but the subordinates didn't feel the slightest fluctuation of spiritual energy, and even the magic weapon didn't react. But fortunately, this Taoist priest has no ill intentions towards us. I think we can inform the sect. Door."
Hearing this, the girl wrinkled her beautiful eyebrows and thought:
"This senior doesn't seem to want us to bother him very much. Would it be bad if we rashly notify the sect and the sect leader sends someone to bother him?"
"This..." The old man thought for a moment and hesitated before speaking.
On the lonely street, the girl smiled and said:
"This guy, who is either a fellow Taoist of the same generation or a senior, seems to be a very reasonable person. It can be seen that he just wants to be a tavern shopkeeper in Jiangnan. In this way, let's have a drink tomorrow and see if we can get along with this fellow Taoist. If the condom is close, there may be a chance. Uncle God, you should understand, right? It's like the kind of novel in which a peerless master hides in the city, and then discovers that this young lady's skeleton is amazing. It is unique and gives this young lady a particularly awesome spirit. The story of chance, this is the kind of story I have heard since childhood."
The old man who was called Uncle Tian looked at the girl in confusion, and finally lowered his head silently without saying a word.
It was late at night, and the girl left with the four old men. The cold wind blew and the street became completely quiet. The young man lying in the tavern finally opened his eyes.
"Bei Yao Zong... seems to have heard of it."
He muttered, stood up and put the copper coins in the cash box, then returned to the rocking chair and took out a thread-bound book from his arms.
The book was not big, and it was an ordinary item that could be bought casually. The boy lay on the rocking chair and opened the first page of the book. A picture appeared on the yellowed paper, a figure of a little girl with two small balls. .
The boy fumbled for the figure of the little girl on the paper, a hint of tenderness flashed in his eyes, and then he turned to the second page unhurriedly.
On the second page, there is a big gourd drawn.
The young man turned the pages in turn. On the third page, there was a red tassel gun, and on the fourth page, there was a handkerchief.
Every piece of paper in the booklet was a picture. The young man turned the pages and looked at them quietly under the candlelight. Soon, he turned to the last page that recorded the pictures.
After flipping through the booklet, the boy didn't add any more. He just lay on the rocking chair, holding the booklet in one hand and the wooden armrest in the other. He clasped his fingers rhythmically on it. For a long time, the boy raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
Unconsciously, it has been more than a year since I left that world.
