Xiao Liu, the waiter, had just brought the food and wine to the customer at the window, when he heard a woman's voice coming from the door: "Do you have any guest rooms in the store?"
Xiao Liu turned around and looked back, only to see a stunning woman wearing a purple robe standing quietly at the door. She hurriedly stepped forward to greet her and replied: "Yes, yes, and there are five upper rooms. I don't know how many of you there are in total." ?" As he said that, he looked out the door, only to find that there was no one else in the courtyard.
"One room is enough," the woman replied.
"Please come in, please go to our shopkeeper to register first." Xiao Liu remembered Tong Xiangyu's instructions and knew that this strange woman with no luggage and no followers was probably a Taoist, so she must not neglect it, so she hurriedly respectfully said Welcome the woman inside.
The woman stepped in and without looking around the room, she saw the square-faced man by the window. Anger suddenly surged in her calm heart.
"I'll go and register in a moment. You can go about your business first." After saying that, he walked straight towards the man without looking back.
"Okay, okay..." Seeing that the woman's expression seemed a little unkind, Xiao Liu didn't dare to step forward to stop her. He turned around and ran behind the counter, not forgetting to look back secretly as he walked.
The woman unceremoniously sat across from the man, stared into his eyes and said, "Qu Wuming, are you not dead yet?!"
"Ling'er? Why are you here too?" That man was Qu Wuming. Hearing the woman's voice at this moment, before he could avoid it, he saw the woman sitting over with an angry look on her face, with the intention of calling for punishment. With a slightly embarrassed and flattering smile on his face, he quickly took a wine cup and placed it in front of the woman. He stood up and picked up the wine jar and poured a cup for the woman.
"Stop being so attentive!" The woman looked evil and scolded in a low voice, "I haven't heard from you for so many years. I thought you were dead! Why did you leave without saying goodbye? Who do you think I am? Say hello. Can't we just leave? Can I still force you to stay?"
"Ling'er, listen to me. I didn't mean to leave without saying goodbye. But at that time, an enemy suddenly came nearby. In order not to involve you, I left in a hurry. I wanted to get rid of him before looking for you, but I didn't expect that he was later The enemy chased him all the way to the East China Sea before getting rid of him... When I went back to find you, you had no idea where you were. Ling'er, it was really not my intention to leave without saying goodbye, so don't blame me, okay?"
Hearing this, the woman seemed to believe the man's words, but she still said stubbornly: "Who believes your lies? You don't know how hard I have worked for you over the years! Humph! Since your enemies are chasing you, you and I Say, which enemy is it?"
Qu Wuming looked around, then calmly flicked his finger towards the ground, and an almost transparent airflow-like thing flew out from his fingertips and sank into the ground. Then, a transparent mask that was invisible to the naked eye suddenly appeared next to the two of them, covering them inside.
At this time, Qu Wuming said: "Speaking of that enemy, you should have heard of it..."
Hearing this, the woman frowned slightly and asked, "Who is it?"
Qu Wuming replied: "Ziyun Sect Yunzhonghe."
"Is it him?" The woman couldn't help but frown even more tightly, "How did you provoke him?"
"His second disciple raped and killed a woman in the Izumo Kingdom of Luoxia Continent. After being found out by the Tianjing Division, he fled to the vicinity of Wanxi County. The person who happened to be chasing him was a good friend of mine. After we met by chance in Wanxi County , I helped out. Later, I crushed his second disciple’s golden elixir and took him to the Tianjing Division. But somehow, Yun Zhonghe found out about this..."
Hearing this, the woman quickly said worriedly: "Yun Zhonghe, like his brothers, is notoriously difficult to deal with. He didn't do anything to you, right?"
"Of course not. Although I, Qu Wuming, am not as good as him in cultivation, it is not easy for him to catch me." Seeing the worried look on the woman's face, Qu Wuming felt something in his heart and stretched out his hand to gently hold the woman's catkins. , "Although I haven't been able to meet you these years, I know that when Ling'er knows that I didn't leave without saying goodbye on purpose, he will definitely not care about me or be angry again, right?"
The woman struggled back, only to find that her hand was firmly grasped by Qu Wuming. Her pretty face turned slightly red and she pretended to be angry: "You will talk glibly like me! Don't let me go quickly."
"I haven't been able to see you for so many years, and after finally seeing you, I don't want to let you go easily again." Qu Wuming held the woman's hand and said with a smile, "I won't let you go until you say you're not angry anymore." open!"
"I hate it!" the woman spat, blushing and said, "Okay, I won't be angry with you anymore! Let go now..."
Qu Wuming chuckled and let go of the woman's hand. When he let go, his fingers did not forget to lightly trace the back of the woman's hand, which naturally caused the woman to glare at him with a blushing face.
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Xiao Liu quietly came to Tong Xiangyu and exclaimed in a low voice: "The shopkeeper is really amazing... The sounds at that table seemed to be isolated from the world. I have such a good ear, but I couldn't hear anything... They were indeed The legendary cultivator."
"Keep your voice down." Tong Xiangyu glanced over there and saw that the man named Qu Wuming was joking with the new woman with a low eyebrow, and suddenly felt a little annoyed in her heart, "You can't hear them, they can't tell you... You can hear us. There have been so many Taoist cultivators here recently, so maybe something big is going to happen..."
"Yes, we haven't heard of any ascetics in our town for decades. If they are like what they say, they can fly into the sky and escape from the earth at every turn, call the wind and rain, and shake the earth in fights, our inn may not be able to withstand it. They are tossing..."
"They also have their rules, and they won't easily embarrass ordinary people like us." Tong Xiangyu said, taking out a key and handing it to Xiao Liu, "However, there is no harm in being more careful. Go to the warehouse, the brass in the innermost In the cabinet, there are some pieces of soft protective armor left by the old shopkeeper. Everyone has been wearing them recently, just in case."
"Yes, thank you shopkeeper!"
…
"Ling'er, I haven't told you why you are here? Could it be that you also received a piece of black jade order?" After talking a lot about love, Qu Wuming asked about business.
"You too?" The woman's name is Han Ling'er, a female cultivator in Peach Blossom Valley. She met Qu Wuming while traveling a few years ago. They once spent a happy time together, and they have been traveling together all these years. , while continuing to look for news about Qu Wuming.
"The Black Jade Order will appear once every few decades. Although each mission may lead to a narrow escape, the reward after completing the mission is absolutely worth it." Qu Wuming nodded, "Since escaping from Yunzhong After the pursuit of He, my money has been a little tight, and there are not many spiritual stones left. Just when the Black Jade Order appeared, I went to 'grab' one. What about you? You have Peach Blossom Valley at your back, why do you want to Participate in something so dangerous?”
"As you know, my cultivation has been stuck at the second level of the Nascent Soul stage for more than ten years. I have tried to break through several times but failed." Han Ling'er replied, "I heard that after completing the mission , you can give up the reward announced at the time of the bounty, and instead ask the owner of the Black Jade Order to give you another elixir or treasure. I have asked someone to inquire. In my current situation, if I can get a Tianshu Transformation Spirit Pill, Breaking through this bottleneck is just around the corner. It’s just that the centralizing elixir that day was a fifth-level elixir, which can only be encountered but cannot be obtained, so I..."
"Confused! The second level of the Nascent Soul Stage is just a small bottleneck. Given time, we can naturally break through safely!" Qu Wuming frowned and interrupted Han Ling'er, "What's more, you are still young and have extraordinary qualifications. When the opportunity comes, you will naturally break through. Okay, why do you have to be in such a hurry?”
Hearing this, Han Ling'er said with an aggrieved look on her face: "I have always been the fastest among the sisters to advance in the country. If it drags on any longer..."
"You... what should I say about you!" Qu Wuming felt a little resentful of the inability to make steel, "It's been a smooth journey for too long, right? Compared with fellow disciples and sisters, can't you tell whether speed or life is more important? ! Don’t you know that taking over the Black Jade Order leads to a narrow escape from death?”
"Didn't you answer it too..." Han Ling'er pouted, looking like she had made a mistake but still wanted to find reasons for herself.
"I took it because I am sure of surviving. You are neither a practitioner of law nor body, and you have little experience in fighting with others or exploring secret realms. The Black Jade Order is too risky for you!"
"But... I've already accepted it, can I still withdraw?" Seeing how serious Qu Wuming's words were, Han Ling'er had already retreated in her heart.
"Have you already signed the blood contract when you received the order?" Qu Wuming asked with a frown.
"Um."
"The blood contract of the Black Jade Order is very strange. If you choose to quit halfway, once the blood contract backlash is triggered, your future cultivation will be very difficult..."
"Then what should I do...How about I find a way to beg the owner of the Black Jade Token?"
"Okay, then tell me, who is the owner of the Black Jade Order?"
"This...I don't know. Brother Qu, do you know?"
"The master of the Black Jade Order has never shown up, I don't know where to go!" Qu Wuming sighed and said helplessly, "Forget it, you should follow me all the way, and you can do whatever I ask you to do. Don’t act without permission!”
"Well, I knew you wouldn't ignore me!" A smile appeared on Han Ling'er's face, she stood up and walked to Qu Wuming's side, took his arm, and leaned on Qu Wuming's shoulder with a happy look on her face.
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Three days later, a man in black robes came to Juxian Inn, but did not enter the room. He just stood under the tall flags in the courtyard, raised a black jade token and said loudly:
"Everyone with the Black Jade Order, please come and report!"
"Everyone with the Black Jade Order, please come and report!"
"Everyone with the Black Jade Order, please come and report!"
The man in black robe shouted angrily three times, which naturally alarmed everyone in the inn.
Qu Wuming had been lingering in the room with Han Ling'er for the past few days, without even stepping out of the room. Hearing the sound at this time, he and Han Ling'er dressed up and came to the inn courtyard. Only then did they realize that there were actually eighteen people who came out in response to the call of the man in black!
Among these eighteen people, except for an old man with gray hair and a young face who appeared to be a follower, who were new faces who should have arrived recently, the other sixteen people were all people who had already stayed at the inn.
The man in black robe saw that no one was approaching him except those who stopped at the door of the inn to watch the excitement, so he clicked on his black jade sign a few times. The eighteen people around him either had their belongings on their bodies or their belongings. There was a buzzing sound immediately in the ring, as if something was responding...
