After the two walked down the stairs, Yao Yingjie saw from a distance that the girl he had just met at the station was sitting there and looking around casually. At a certain moment, she saw Yingjie and the others walking over, so she stood up with a smile and nodded. Yao Yingjie also waved to her.
"Hehe... I didn't expect you to find her so soon. Have you settled down there?" Yao Yingjie looked a little nervous when he walked up to the girl, holding his head with his hands and asked with a smile on his face.
Seeing his appearance, the girl smiled softly and said, "Everything is settled. With the help of colleagues and friends, it will be no problem. As for coming here, that's what you said. If you encounter difficulties, come to Qinji Tavern I’m looking for you, don’t I have to come and find the way first?”
"Ah... that's right. Hehe." Yao Yingjie smiled awkwardly.
Afterwards, Yao Yingjie suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly pulled out Brother Qin who was following him, and introduced to the girl: "Come, let me introduce you, this is the boss here, and also my eldest brother..."
Just in the middle of speaking, Brother Qin suddenly stretched out his hand and opened his mouth and said: "My name is Qin Yikun. Since you are Yingjie's friend, just call me Brother Qin. If you have any troubles that cannot be solved in the future, just come to me."
The girl also stretched out her hand to hold it with Qin Yikun and said, "My name is Xiao Xuelin. Brother Qin, just call me Xiaoxue. Please take good care of me in the future."
After speaking, Qin Yikun motioned for everyone to sit down. After Yingjie and Xiaoxue sat down, Qin Yikun leaned over and whispered in Yao Yingjie's ear: "The little girl is really nice, you are really discerning. I won't disturb you anymore. If you need anything, just call me." After that, , patted Yingjie's shoulder gently twice, then turned and walked towards the store.
After hearing what Qin Yikun said, Yingjie scratched his head nervously.
"I feel like Brother Qin is quite a nice person." Xiaoxue said when she saw Qin Yikun walking towards the store.
Yao Yingjie replied: "Yes, he is a good man and very righteous. He has helped me a lot over the years. When I encounter some difficult problems, as long as I ask him for help, he will never refuse."
"How did you meet him? It seems that you are not related to each other, but more like... friends, the kind of life-and-death acquaintances. But the age difference between you two is quite big, right?"
"How should I put it, it was an accidental encounter. In fact, I didn't know him very long, maybe four years. I was only 17 years old at that time. I think we have similar temperaments, so we got along pretty well." Yao Yingjie seemed to be recalling these things and said slowly.
"By the way, where is your home? Are your family safe if you go out alone?" Yao Yingjie suddenly asked.
When Xiao Xuelin heard Yao Yingjie ask her this question, she sighed and said, "Actually, I ran away secretly. My home is in Fengling City. I have an older brother. I have told you this before. I also have a little brother." Sister. As for coming to Akagi alone, my father and brother firmly disagreed, so we had no choice but to sneak out on our own."
Hearing what Xiao Xuelin said, Yingjie said: "Oh, it turns out your family is from the imperial capital. It's normal for your family not to let you travel alone. After all, you are a girl and it is very difficult to come to this unfamiliar place. It’s worrying.”
"If I don't come out, I will be bored to death in that house sooner or later." Xiao Xuelin said angrily.
Yao Yingjie was a little surprised, and then wanted to say some words of comfort and persuasion, but when the words reached his lips, he swallowed them again. He has lived alone most of the time since he was a child, and there are many things that he cannot empathize with. So, I just sighed lightly, not knowing what to say for a while.
Xiao Xuelin looked at Yao Yingjie and suddenly said playfully: "Besides, don't think I'm weak just because I'm a girl." As she spoke, she clenched her right hand into a fist and shook it in front of Yingjie.
"You must not be a brave man, right?"
"Yes. It's true that I'm not. But who says that ordinary people don't have any defense skills?"
"Oh? You know some boxing and kicking skills?"
"Although I'm not a brave man, my brother is. He used to teach me some fighting skills. So, I'm not afraid of ordinary bad guys."
"Fighting skills require regular practice and polishing, and they even need to be honed in actual combat. It doesn't mean you will be able to do it just by learning it."
"How about you try my skills?"
"Haha... let's forget it. If I make you cry, that would be bad."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
The more Yingjie and Xiaoxue talked, the more they got along. Qin Yikun glanced at the two people sitting outside in the store, talking and laughing, and felt that the scene had a little warmth.
"They seem to be quite compatible. It would be best if they can make it happen. It's just that this girl named Xiao Xuelin, judging from her speech and behavior, you can feel that her family is by no means an ordinary family. Her background is probably... Yingjie. , if you really fall in love with her, the road ahead will be difficult, I hope you can think about it carefully." Qin Yikun looked at the two people chatting and laughing, feeling a little worried in his heart, and intuitively told him that this girl named Xiao Xuelin, Her identity and background are extraordinary, and it would be very difficult for Yingjie to get married to her.
"Since you said so, if I go to Fengling next time, I want you to treat me."
"That's for sure. Don't worry."
The two kept chatting and laughing. After a while, Yingjie suddenly felt something and stood up suddenly to look to the other side of the road.
Seeing Yao Yingjie's sudden move, Xiao Xuelin was stunned for a moment, turned her head and looked in the direction where Yao Yingjie was looking. But there doesn’t seem to be anything unusual? It was just an ordinary intersection there. Apart from the flow of people and vehicles coming and going, there was nothing special about it.
"Yingjie? What's wrong?" Seeing Yao Yingjie's strange behavior, Xiao Xuelin was very puzzled and asked softly.
I saw Yao Yingjie turning his head to look into the store. Qin Yikun also saw this scene at this time. After meeting Yingjie's eyes for a moment, he seemed to understand what Yingjie meant. He hurried out of the store again and ordered his subordinates to invite as many people as possible from outside the store to the store first.
"Xiaoxue, go to the store with Brother Qin first. I have some troubles to deal with here."
"Ah?!" Xiao Xuelin was a little confused. What's going on?
Qin Yikun also came over at this moment and said: "Xiaoxue, come on, follow me into the store first. Yingjie has something to deal with."
Although she didn't know what happened, Xiao Xuelin still obeyed Yingjie's words and followed Qin Yikun to the store. Before leaving, she said to Yao Yingjie: "Then you should be more careful." Although she didn't know the situation, her intuition told him that something was going to happen.
"Don't worry, it's okay." After saying that, Yao Yingjie turned and walked towards the opposite intersection.
Not long after walking, he stopped on one side of the intersection. Yao Yingjie stood there, staring straight ahead. Not far ahead, I saw a stern and delicate-looking young man with long gray-black hair and a small braid tied behind his head, wearing a large black trench coat with a flame-like pattern on the bottom of the trench coat. On the other side of the intersection, face Yingjie. The young man looks to be about the same age as Yingjie.
The young boy was also staring at Yao Yingjie in front of him motionless at this moment.
The two looked at each other for a long time before Yao Yingjie spoke: "Haochenchuan... what are you doing here?"
The young man named Hao Chenchuan still didn't speak. Hearing Yingjie's question, the corners of his mouth just raised slightly.
"Don't talk? Then go back to where you came from."
"You are still the same. It seems that two years have passed and you still haven't changed much." Hao Chenchuan said suddenly.
Yao Yingjie folded his hands on his chest and stared at Haochenchuan without saying a word.
"It's been two years, and you're finally back. I've come here specifically to pick you up. By the way..." Haochenchuan said with a wicked smile: "Look at how desolate you have been in the past two years."
While speaking, Hao Chenchuan slowly turned the palm of his right hand upward, and a round translucent palm-sized elemental badge appeared on his palm. After that, a blazing flame appeared above the elemental badge.
Seeing this scene, Yao Yingjie narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "Is it that so-called duel again? It's a boring trick. Do you want to do it directly here?"
At this moment, due to the appearance of flames, the surrounding pedestrians saw this scene and quickly retreated. After all, two brave men were fighting here. It would be extremely dangerous if they did not avoid the scene.
Hao Chenchuan didn't say anything. He just flicked his hand and a burning fireball flew directly towards Yao Yingjie. The fireball was very fast, and when it was about to hit Yao Yingjie, Yingjie waved his hand and scattered the incoming fireball.
"It's interesting. Come on, let me see your changes in the past two years!" Hao Chenchuan became a little excited when he saw that the fireball technique he had cast casually was dismissed by Yingjie. At that moment, he mobilized his own internal power. In an instant, the aura all over his body surged. A large elemental badge appeared on the ground under his feet. A huge "flame" word appeared in the badge. Haochenchuan was in the center of the badge, and his arms were dancing rapidly. , just a few seconds later, his right hand was raised in the air and stopped...
"Flame flurry!"
With a loud shout, Yao Yingjie suddenly noticed a sudden fluctuation of breath above his head. Just when he looked up, a scorching flame ball "drilled" out of the space and violently hit Yao Yingjie's position.
At the critical moment, Yao Yingjie reacted immediately and avoided the blow. The fireball hit the ground and caused a small-scale flame explosion, but Yingjie also dodged it.
However, at the same time as the explosion occurred, another fireball appeared above Yao Yingjie's head and rushed down...
boom! boom! boom!
The same situation happened one after another. A total of eight fireballs fell one after another and hit Yao Yingjie. Yingjie's dodge became more and more reluctant, and the last one even missed him. The subsequent flame explosion had obviously affected Yao Yingjie. Yingjie barely managed to avoid being burned by the flames, but was still pushed back a short distance by the blast of air.
Taking advantage of the force of the air wave, Yingjie retreated a long distance and stopped right near his parking space.
Looking at the somewhat embarrassed Yingjie, Hao Chenchuan raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and held his right hand forward. Suddenly, four crimson circular magic circles appeared in the sky above Yao Yingjie's position. Yingjie surrounded and locked it in the center position from four directions: front, back, left, and right.
Seeing this scene, Yingjie was startled and felt something bad. He immediately reached out to the motorcycle not far away. At the same time, the side of the motorcycle suddenly unfolded outwards. It turned out to be a hidden folding sword stand. At the same time as the sword stand was opened, a huge sword almost as tall as a man suddenly ejected and flew towards Yao Yingjie.
Just as Yao Yingjie's hand touched the giant sword, four flame balls were drilled out of the four magic circles above, shooting at Yao Yingjie with lightning speed.
boom!
There was a loud noise, and four flame balls hit at the same time, causing a violent flame explosion. The smoke and dust generated by the explosion instantly rose up and engulfed the surrounding area. The air wave caused by the explosion even blew to the front of the tavern, leaving the scene in a mess.
"Yingjie!"
Seeing all this, Xiao Xuelin was very shocked. Although she was no stranger to the brave warriors, this was the first time in her life that she had witnessed the battle between the brave warriors. She did not expect it to be so dangerous, and she couldn't help but worry about being submerged in the smoke at this moment. Yao Yingjie among them.
"Don't worry, Xiaoxue, Yingjie should be fine." Qin Yikun saw that Xiao Xuelin was a little worried about Yingjie and comforted him. After all, he knew Yao Yingjie fairly well.
Xiao Xuelin nodded and looked at the door again with worried eyes.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a sharp sword energy broke through the smoke and rushed straight towards Haochen River. When Hao Chenchuan saw this scene, he quickly jumped sideways to avoid the sword energy. Just when his feet had just landed, he suddenly found that Yao Yingjie had rushed out of the smoke, jumped to a high altitude and made a downward slashing motion with one hand.
The next moment, Yao Yingjie fell to the ground quickly and hit with a single-handed slash... At this moment, Yingjie suddenly found that the Haochen River in front of him suddenly flashed and disappeared. The giant sword slashed through the air and hit the ground directly. The ground fell into pieces because it could not withstand the force.
"Magic flashes?!" Yao Yingjie was a little surprised. Then he looked forward. About a few feet away, Haochenchuan was standing there intact.
"The attack rhythm was pretty good, but unfortunately it didn't hit." Hao Chenchuan chuckled. The sleeve of Yingjie's right arm holding the sword has long been burned, and there are traces of being burned on his body, but his aura is still strong.
Suddenly, Yao Yingjie raised his foot and rushed towards Haochen River with his sword. Seeing Yao Yingjie's actions, Hao Chenchuan quickly formed seals with his hands, and an elemental badge with a beast pattern appeared on the ground under his feet.
"Fire Hell!"
Just when the giant sword was about to come into contact with Hao Chenchuan's body, Hao Chenchuan shouted loudly, and a strong scorching aura suddenly erupted from his whole body, directly pushing Yao Yingjie a few feet away.
After Yao Yingjie stood firm, he hurriedly looked towards Haochenchuan. At this moment, Hao Chenchuan's whole body seemed to be wrapped in flames... He was like a burning man whose body was on fire.
Then, Haochenchuan jumped high into the sky and raised his right hand. The flames all over his body suddenly rushed towards his right hand and formed a bright circular mark on the palm of his right hand.
This is a sure-kill attack! When Yao Yingjie saw this scene, he immediately gathered a very powerful internal force on the giant sword, and the entire sword body was filled with bursts of blue light. Then the giant sword was suddenly inserted into the ground, and then he clenched the hilt of the sword with both hands, staring at Haochenchuan high in the sky, ready to go.
"Fire Hell Hand Seal!"
Hao Chenchuan's right hand formed a palm, and he pushed hard towards Yao Yingjie. The mark on his palm crossed the space, expanded rapidly, and hit Yingjie with a strong palm wind.
The powerful palm wind created a huge wind pressure and blew straight to the ground. Yingjie resisted the wind pressure and suddenly exerted force on his arms. He drew out the giant sword and sent a powerful slash upward.
"A strike to the sky!"
The sharp and huge light blue sword energy was like a huge concrete sword body. When the giant sword was withdrawn from the ground, it suddenly shot out from the cracks in the ground, and the tip pointed directly at the blazing mark in the air.
Boom!
The sword energy collides with the blazing mark! The two were in a stalemate for less than three seconds. Suddenly, a crack appeared in the mark, and the remaining sword energy shot through the crack towards Haochen River in the air.
At the same time, the mark was blocked, but the fierce scorching palm wind did not stop. With the remaining energy of the blazing mark, it pressed hard towards Yao Yingjie's position!
boom!
The moment the mark in the air shattered, a violent explosion occurred! The dazzling light from the explosion was very dazzling, and the powerful explosion wave rushed straight into the surrounding space. At the same time, the palm fell to the ground, and the violent force directly pressed the ground into it.
The explosion affected a large area, and the tavern was unable to escape. The glass on the door was directly shattered by the shock wave!
At the critical moment, Qin Yikun hurriedly hugged Xiao Xuelin and pressed her down. He used his body to block the residual force of the shock wave that shattered the glass and the flying glass shards, protecting Xiao Xuelin.
After a while, everything gradually calmed down. Qin Yikun looked at Xiao Xuelin who was protected by him, and asked softly: "Xiaoxue, how are you? You are not injured, are you?"
"Qin...Brother Qin, I'm okay." Xiao Xuelin responded. Afterwards, Qin Yikun slowly stood up and helped Xiao Xuelin up, and everyone else behind him also stood up. The two looked around, and the air wave just now had turned the place upside down. But the good thing is that there were no casualties.
"Why haven't the people from the alliance arrived yet?" Qin Yikun said to himself.
Xiao Xuelin looked at the scene outside the door, turned around and asked, "Brother Qin, is Yingjie really going to be fine? This situation..."
"I...I'm not sure. It should be fine, based on my understanding of him." Qin Yikun replied. To be honest, he was a little unsure. What just happened was a little beyond his expectation. .
Xiao Xuelin looked at the place where the explosion had just occurred. She slowly clenched her slender palms into fists and placed them on her chest. Her eyes were full of worry.
"Yingjie..."
