Xu Huaigu and Ruyu came to Liu Waner's wooden building and knocked on the door. Liu Waner was waiting in the building at the moment. She came out and opened the door. When she saw it was Xu Huaigu, she couldn't help but smile and invited him in.
As soon as the three of them sat down, Ruyu said: "Sister Liu, Mr. Xu just arrived home. Logically speaking, Chen Qi should have come over, but she wanted to play chess, so I came here on her behalf to tell you. One sound."
Liu Waner nodded with a smile and said, "I know, thank you and Chen Qi for helping me."
Ruyu said politely that you're welcome. While making tea, Liu Waner looked at Xu Huaigu and said with a smile, "You taught me a lot of etiquette?"
Xu Huaigu didn't know whether she was praising him or blaming himself, so he forced a smile and said, "It's half me and half Yu Qin."
Liu Waner made tea and sat down next to Xu Huaigu. Xu Huaigu picked up the teacup and asked, "What do you want from me?"
"What can happen? It's not about this fairy boat."
"When did this fairy boat come?"
"The night before yesterday, there was a strong wind all night, and then the two immortal boats slowly emerged from the clouds. The disciples who were watching the night were so frightened that they had never seen the world, and they were looking for someone to report in a panic. Later, a few people came down from the immortal boat. They were said to be the boat owners and stewards of the two immortal boats. They were all at the eighth or ninth level. How could the valley owner dare to neglect them, so he quickly invited them to live in the valley. Although this deal has been negotiated, there are still many negotiation matters to be done, and I guess I can’t do it without you, so I came to call you.”
Xu Huaigu nodded and said: "That's true. I'm afraid Valley Master Xie won't be able to handle it all by himself. So has it been peaceful in the past two days when the immortal boat docked?"
"It's not bad. Except for one steward from the Eighth Realm who stayed in the valley, everyone else returned to the fairy boat and nothing happened. If you have time, you can also go to the valley master. Let’s take a walk.”
Xu Huaigu nodded in agreement and suggested, "I'm free today, why don't we go together now?"
"That's fine."
So Xu Huaigu said to Ruyu: "You can go back later. She and I have some business to do."
Ruyu nodded and agreed. So the three of them drank a few sips of tea, then left the wooden building and went their separate ways. Xu Huaigu and Liu Waner walked to the Qingfeng Valley Patriarch Hall, while Ruyu went home the same way.
As the two of them walked up the mountain, the two huge fairy boats came closer and closer, covering their heads and covering half of the sky. Two huge shadows were cast on the ground, and walking under the fairy boat felt a bit oppressive.
After successfully entering the Patriarch Hall, the two went to Xie Qingyun's residence. From a distance, I saw a woman in red standing on the grass outside the wooden building. It was Xie Qingyun. She was not in the building, but she was standing with her hands behind her hands, pacing back and forth on the grass in front of the wooden building.
As soon as the two approached, Xie Qingyun immediately looked over. Seeing that it was Xu Huaigu and Liu Waner, she stepped forward and asked with a smile: "Xu Huaigu, you are back. What, do you have anything to do with me?"
Xu Huaigu replied: "I came here for the fairy boat. Have all the negotiation matters been settled? When will we set off?"
Xie Qingyun looked a little unnatural and said, "Not yet, we have to talk again tonight."
Xu Huaigu saw that she was walking around outside with nothing to do, and her expression was not right at the moment, so he felt that something was wrong in his heart. He then asked: "Did the owner of the valley talk to the person in charge in the past two days?"
"We have talked about it twice, but there are still some things that have not been discussed, so we can only discuss it again tonight."
Xu Huaigu said: "Then I will go and listen tonight. Besides, I remember that there should be more than 600 people in Qingfeng Valley, not to mention there are many treasures and classics of all kinds. With those two fairy boats, I am afraid that I will bring a lot of people in one trip." Aren’t you leaving?”
Xie Qingyun nodded and said, "Indeed, we have to go twice."
Xu Huaigu frowned and secretly wondered how Wei Caiyi didn't even think of this. Nowadays, the war in the south is tense. No matter how fast this fairy boat is, it will take more than ten days to go back and forth between Central Earth and East Fuyao Continent. It will take almost a month to make two back and forth trips. That was too rushed, and Xu Huaigu was not satisfied with it.
"In this case, it is even more important to set off earlier. How can we delay it?"
Xie Qingyun was a little embarrassed, so she forced a smile and said, "We will be setting off in the next two days, so if we only stay in one or two days, nothing will happen."
Seeing that Xie Qingyun looked wrong, Xu Huaigu already had some suspicions in his mind, fearing that there was something wrong with Xianzhou. Since it was a deal he had negotiated with Wei Caiyi, Wei Caiyi would definitely not break her promise, but her subordinates might not. It is not without reason that Xie Qingyun is in trouble now. She is the only sword cultivator in the ninth realm in Qingfeng Valley. According to Liu Waner, there are several monks in the eighth and ninth realms on the fairy boat alone, and she does not dare to fight with them. Conflict arises. Xu Huaigu was a little worried, but he was afraid of losing face, so he couldn't ask Xie Qingyun more at this time. He only waited until he met the so-called Xianzhou steward at night before making any arguments.
Most of the time, the people above are imparting orders, and the people below are doing things hastily, or they just want to make profits from it. What is true in officialdom is the same among monks.
Xu Huaigu said coldly: "Then let's wait until night. I will go with the valley owner to see the steward. If there is anything to do, I have to let him set off quickly."
Xie Qingyun looked at Xu Huaigu, his brows relaxed, and a complex of emotions arose in his heart, mostly grateful. She glanced at Liu Waner again, and saw Liu Waner also nodded to her, as if she had known everything for a long time, but she had never told her about the difficulties on the fairy boat, but she had guessed it keenly. qqxδnew
Xie Qingyun sighed for these two children. I hope we can come to an agreement tonight. The matter of moving the clan cannot be delayed any longer.
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Xu Huaigu did not return to the bamboo building today, but waited quietly at Xie Qingyun's wooden building. It was almost dusk, and after a while it became darker and darker. The night closed, and the sky and the earth were pitch black.
He looked out the window, it was already dark, and thought it was almost time.
Xu Huaigu stood up, and Xie Qingyun also stood up and said, "Let's go and see the steward. He lives not far from here."
Xu Huaigu asked calmly: "Since we are talking about serious matters, shouldn't we be in the meeting hall? Why are we going to his place?"
Xie Qingyun was speechless for a moment and explained: "The first two discussions were with him."
"Then please ask the Valley Master to send an elder to report to him and ask him to come to the meeting hall. Tonight's matter must not be postponed any longer. It must be settled at once."
Xie Qingyun heard Xu Huaigu's tone and knew that he was going to be hard tonight. In the past two days, I had been kind to the visitors on the fairy boat, but on the contrary, I couldn't get anything done. Since he won't eat the soft ones, he might as well try the hard ones.
So Xie Qingyun nodded in agreement, went to the Patriarch Hall, called an elder, and asked him to deliver the message. The two of them entered the meeting hall first and waited. Unexpectedly, it took more than an hour after the elder left. Two candles in the meeting hall were burned out. Xu Huaigu frowned and looked outside the meeting hall.
After an unknown amount of time, a middle-aged fat man wearing a bright robe walked into the meeting hall with a smile. This must be the steward. Xu Huaigu had been impatient for a long time, so naturally he didn't have a good face to show him.
The steward walked into the hall and saw that besides Xie Qingyun, there was a strange man in the hall. He was looking at him coldly. He thought to himself, no wonder this small sect in a remote country became so tough tonight, and even I asked him to go out to talk things over, and it turned out that a new person had arrived. Looking at the man's face, it seemed that he was dissatisfied with being so late. The manager couldn't help but sneer in his heart, knowing that he was going to be hard-pressed. He has been doing business for many years, what kind of business has he never seen? In addition to money, it is hard and soft.
Originally, the two fairy boats were carrying a batch of fairy medicine and were going to sail from the Central Plains to Bai Zhizhou. However, the night before they left, they were suddenly appointed by Wei Caiyi, who asked them to come to East Fuyao Continent to pick up people. Those immortals She arranged for someone else to take the medicine. Seeing the fat man fly away under his nose, the manager felt very uncomfortable. However, he did not dare to disobey Wei Caiyi's order, so even though he came to Dongfuyao Island, he was unwilling to do so. willing. Now that he was being treated coldly by others, he couldn't help but feel even more uncomfortable, and he also deliberately wanted to make things difficult for this person.
No matter how unhappy he felt, he still had a smile on his face. As he slowly walked into the hall and sat down, he said, "I'm really sorry, you two. I tripped over something trivial before going out." , so I’m a little late. I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”
Xu Huaigu looked at his appearance and asked, "What's the matter?"
The steward patted his thigh and said thoughtfully: "It's a letter from Bai Zhizhou. There is a batch of goods urging me to transport it quickly. I have been urged several times in the past few days. I have no choice but to write a letter too. I went to explain the situation, so there was a delay.”
Xu Huaigu smiled and was noncommittal.
Both of them were silent, and Xie Qingyun said: "Since Manager Fan is here, let's start talking about business. Yesterday Manager Fan talked about the departure. If you can give an answer today, Manager Fan might as well talk about it."
The steward surnamed Fan suddenly looked troubled. He lowered his head and frowned in thought for a while before saying, "I estimate that it will take as little as seven days or as much as ten days before we can set off."
It takes so long? Xu Huaigu frowned suddenly and looked at the steward named Fan.
Xie Qingyun was also surprised and asked hurriedly: "Why does it take so long?"
Manager Fan also frowned and said in embarrassment: "Master Xie Valley doesn't know that this fairy boat requires a lot of spiritual energy for a long voyage. There is a talisman formation in the fairy boat, which can gather the surrounding spiritual energy for navigation, but if you can't make ends meet, you have to We need to reserve a lot of spiritual energy in advance. We have sailed all the way from Middle Earth to this point, and the spiritual energy on the fairy boat has been used up long ago, so it will take some time to replenish it. Otherwise, if there is an accident on the way, the gain will not be worth the loss, and we will not be able to Method."
"No, it will take too long. It's too late." Xie Qingyun frowned tightly, pondered for a moment, and asked, "Is there any other way? We really can't wait that long."
"There is a faster way, but it only costs money." Manager Fan said, "In order to prevent accidents on the fairy boat road, there are a lot of spiritual energy talismans stored in the boat. As long as these talismans are used, it can be restored immediately. Let’s set off. But these talismans cannot be spent casually, they are Luoyun City’s property, and they cost money.”
When Xu Huaigu heard that he wanted to spend money, he couldn't help but sneered twice in his heart. It turns out that the reason for all this talk was about the money. He didn't believe it. Since the fairy boat could sail so far, why not be prepared in advance? Nowadays, the fairy boat is parked at the gate of Qingfeng Valley, but it is talking about something lacking spiritual energy and is not leaving. It is just to make a fortune in the middle. This was clearly to bully Qingfeng Gu and wanted to leave in a hurry, so they dared to be so confident.
Xie Qingyun paused and asked, "How much does it cost?"
Manager Fan said calmly, "Not many, just a thousand colorful beads."
Upon hearing this number, Xu Huaigu's face suddenly turned cold, and Xie Qingyun also fell silent.
There are more than 600 monks in Qingfeng Valley, including about 20 elders and nearly 600 disciples. The monthly payment for the elders of the Eighth Realm is ten big beads, the disciples of the Seventh Realm are three big beads, the disciples of the Sixth Realm are one big bead, and the remaining ordinary disciples' monthly payment is only ten small beads. One hundred small beads are exchanged for one big bead, and one hundred big beads are exchanged for one colored bead. After all, the annual salary of the entire Qingfeng Valley clan is less than fifty colored beads. He asked for one when he opened his mouth. Thousands, this is really an exit. This will make Qingfeng Valley bankrupt.
Manager Fan sighed and said, "But since this is something the city lord personally ordered, I'll give you half the price. Five hundred colorful beads are really not enough."
Xie Qingyun still closed her lips tightly and said nothing. Xu Huaigu suddenly sneered a few times, and everyone in the hall looked at him.
Manager Fan thought he had made things difficult for the two of them, and felt very proud. He was not annoyed at all. He just smiled and said, "I wonder what this fellow Taoist thinks is so funny?"
"I was wondering, how many Xianzhou stewards under City Lord Wei have the surname Fan?"
"What do you mean, fellow Taoist?"
"Manager Fan is so considerate of us, I must write a letter to City Lord Wei to explain to her that Manager Fan is conscientious in his duties. If Manager Fan can give his full name, then I will write it down even more."
Fan Guanshi was very dissatisfied. After all, what kind of identity is Wei Caiyi? There are thousands of letters written to Luoyun City every day. Does she have time to read them? But I only looked at a few names and surnames. In the eyes of Manager Fan, the two people in front of him obviously did not belong to this category.
Xu Huaigu looked at Xie Qingyun and asked, "When does Xie Guzhu think it's good to set off?"
Xie Qingyun said: "Of course, the faster, the better."
Xu Huaigu said loudly: "Okay, let's set off tomorrow."
Manager Fan smiled, shook his head and said, "Fellow Taoist, you are deliberately trying to embarrass me. This is not how business is negotiated. This is impossible."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a flash of white light, and a flying sword shot out of the air, and stopped at his heart with a whoosh. Xu Huaigu stared at him coldly, with murderous intent in his eyes.
What a fast sword! After all, he was still in the eighth realm, but he couldn't react at all. Manager Fan swallowed and looked at Xu Huaigu. Seeing his terrifying eyes, cold sweat broke out on his back.
