The short-haired woman breathed a sigh of relief, saluted Qianqiu and Yang Xian, and said gratefully: "That's good, thank you two brothers. Please forgive me for being rude just now."
Qianqiu stood up and said, "I don't blame you. You two are weak women. It's normal for you to be careful."
Yang Xian stepped forward and asked, "Are you from the Holy City? Why do you live here?"
The short-haired woman settled the sister beside her and replied: "My surname is Lu and my name is Xiaojia. This is my sister Ma Xiaobing. We sisters are not from the Holy City."
"Your surname is Lu, and her surname is Ma? Is she not your biological sister?" Qianqiu asked in surprise.
Lu Xiaojia nodded and said: "We are children from the same village. A year ago, after an accident, the village was destroyed by monsters, so I took her out to travel around the world. Xiaobing wants to be strong and wants to practice magic to find that monster. He wanted to take revenge, so he thought of coming to the Holy City to study, but he didn’t know that the Fourth Academy of the Holy City wouldn’t accept people like us who have no foundation, so Xiaobing picked up a book and started studying on his own, but who knew he would end up on a fork in the road.”
"Then you sell these things..." Yang Xian frowned slightly and asked.
Lu Xiaojia nodded and said: "I won't hide it from you two anymore. Yes, these things are indeed the rags we picked up, and then pretended to be treasures, hoping to sell them at a high price, so as to help us enter the Fourth Academy to practice magic. Let us The two sisters became practitioners." After saying this, she gently pulled up Ma Xiaobing's long hair.
"I see..." Yang Xian understood immediately.
Qianqiu thought for a while and said: "That's it, I'll teach you two some entry-level cultivation methods. You try to see if you can get started. If you can get started, then you will have the basis for cultivation. If not, you two sisters can He is destined to have no chance to practice magic."
When the two sisters heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up.
Ma Xiaobing asked hurriedly: "Are you practitioners?"
"We learned from the Eastern sect, so we are naturally practitioners." Qianqiu replied.
The eyes of the two sisters brightened even more.
"No need to say more, let's try it first..."
【Imperial City·Royal Dining Room】
In the imperial dining room of the imperial city, dozens of cooks gathered together, making pasta, meat, vegetables, and fruit, each performing their duties. It was very lively.
At this moment, the imperial chefs wish they had three heads and six arms - what they are preparing is the lunch at San Gong Sixth Courtyard, and the dishes are eagerly waiting to be served there.
Everyone was busy, but Chen Qu, the chef of the imperial dining room, was slowly and leisurely at the back, holding the jade knife given by the royal family in one hand and holding a ball of snow-white tofu in the other.
The sounds of chopping vegetables, washing dishes, and shouting in front of him did not affect his interest. He was still carving his tofu cakes unhurriedly, not caring about anything else.
At this time, the door creaked open, and a little cook wearing a white chef's robe walked in. He took small steps and lowered his head to avoid the busy people, and stood in front of Chen Qu.
"Sir, the operation failed." The little cook said in a low voice without raising his head. He could tell that she was a woman.
Chen Qu didn't even raise his head, he stroked his tofu pudding, snorted softly from his nose, and said, "Shi Qin, have you ever heard of such a sentence?"
"Sir...please speak."
"A late steamed bun can't save a starving ghost."
Although Chen Qu's words did not contain any emotion, they seemed to have dropped an iron weight on Shi Qin's heart!
"My lord, forgive me!" Shi Qin didn't care about the many imperial chefs present. He was about to kneel down when he heard Chen Qu sternly shout: "Get up!"
Shi Qin felt that these two words took away his courage. The imperial chefs around seemed to be frightened by this sound, but they didn't dare to look at it, but they were more careful with their hand movements.
"Remember from now on, if the information is still so unclear, you can take your group of animal friends and serve as the concubines' food." Chen Qu straightened up, looked at the work in front of him with satisfaction, and said.
Shi Qin couldn't help but nodded, his voice trembled slightly, and said: "Please remember, if nothing happens..."
"Are you afraid of me?" Chen Qu finally turned to look at Shi Qin and asked.
Shi Qin raised his eyelids slightly and said, "I don't dare."
"Okay." Chen Qu clapped his hands and wiped off some tofu residue on his hands, "Go and see Jun and ask him to help me keep an eye on those two boys. As for who they are, he should also know. He The people under your command will not be so useless. Then, take a box of Dragon Breath Candies and go to the Demon Subduing Guild. When you see Director Zhang, tell her that I want to give her a big gift."
"I obey, if Zhang Yijun asks about the matter..." Shi Qin asked, not knowing what Chen Qu meant.
"A gift from the Oriental School." Chen Qu picked up the jade teacup beside him and took a sip of the refreshing green tea.
Shi Qin didn't dare to ask any more questions, lowered his head and retreated.
Shi Qin retreated, and everyone glanced at Chen Qu. At this moment, he was admiring the tofu pudding in front of him, smiled, then smashed it with a fist without expression, stood up and walked towards the back room, leaving One sentence: “Keep doing the work!”
Besides, Shi Qin exited the imperial dining room, finally breathed a sigh of relief and walked quickly towards the entrance of the imperial city.
"Comprador Shi, are you going out to buy groceries?" Some acquaintances also greeted her on the way.
Shi Qin did not respond one by one as usual, he just smiled and walked quickly towards the door.
As soon as he reached the gate of the inner city, he met a group of people. Shi Qin looked up and saw that it was Zeng Junjian, the palace guard.
"Guard Zeng, please dismount and say something." Shi Qin thought to herself that this was just right and stopped him in a hurry.
When Zeng Jun saw that Shi Qin was stopping him, he waved his whip and instructed his men: "You continue to patrol."
The dozen or so guards agreed and left neatly.
"My lord asked you to keep an eye on those two people and report to him immediately if there is any situation." Shi Qin looked around and said in a low voice when he saw no one with whom he was interacting.
Zeng Junjian patted the ashes on his body with a riding whip and asked with a smile: "I already know about this. However, I see you look like this, have you been scolded by an adult?"
"Shut up, you bastard. If it weren't for the bunch of useless monsters you brought, how could I be reprimanded?" Shi Qin became even more angry after hearing this.
Zeng Junjian looked around and said: "Oh, that's enough, junior sister. Then I didn't know that their demon power was so low that they couldn't clean up the sloppy little guild of an official lady. Besides, this matter is not mine. I took the credit, I heard it was the woman from the Valley Inn who told us adults.”
"Shut up, how many times have you said this? You can't use the title of master outside!" Shi Qin glared at Zeng Junjian.
Zeng Junjian replied dissatisfied: "I know, I know, I'm going to find my wife, you can do your thing."
"If you indulge in beauty, you will be finished sooner or later." Shi Qin said with disdain as he looked at the back of the guard officer who was going away.
[Holy City·Nancheng Yuelai Inn]
Qianqiu and Yang Xian looked at the two sisters devouring food across from them and couldn't help but sigh deeply.
"You eat more slowly, why are you doing this?" Yang Xian waved his hand and said.
Qianqiu looked at the sisters in front of her and felt very sad, and said in her heart: "If I didn't have a master to raise me, I might be like them, living on the streets and not having enough to eat."
After the two sisters slowed down, Qianqiu said: "Okay, you two have eaten and drank enough. Fortunately, your physique is suitable for practicing magic. Although I can't tell the upper limit, but I can't see it." I have this basic condition even if I barely do it.”
"Thank you two eldest brothers for not only treating us to dinner, but also teaching us how to practice." Lu Xiaojia cupped her fists and thanked, "I didn't expect that I have a fire attribute cultivation physique."
Ma Xiaobing felt much better after discovering that she was a water attribute, and said gratefully: "We sisters have nothing to repay."
Qianqiu suddenly felt something was wrong, and said in her heart: "You guys shouldn't be able to say that..."
Ma Xiaobing took out the book that he had thrown at Yang Xian from his arms and said, "Let this book be our thank you gift."
Yang Xian quickly waved his hand and said, "No, no, no. If you can study systematically in the future, or achieve success in your studies, and uphold the right path, subduing demons and defending the path will be the best reward for us."
"Yes, yes, we can pick it up if we need it..." Qianqiu said with a bitter smile.
"I'm afraid the two benefactors may have misunderstood. Although those things were indeed picked up by us, this one was not." Lu Xiaojia explained.
Ma Xiaobing continued: "After our village was destroyed, I heard that those monsters are still hunting down the surviving villagers. I heard from the village chief that they might be here for this book."
Qianqiu took the book hesitantly and looked at it. There was no title, so he flipped through it. There were only a few pages inside, but what was recorded in it made his eyes dilate again and again:
The divine weapon is indiscriminate and shatters the nine states.
The eight words are followed by three pictures.
"Could this be the whereabouts of the broken sword head of Wuwu Sword?" Qianqiu felt like she was trembling in her heart.
Lu Xiaojia continued: "The two benefactors are highly cultivated and have chivalrous hearts. They are more suitable to own this book than us sisters."
Just as Yang Xiang was about to say something, his hand was held by the trembling Qianqiu. "Since...then...that's it, thank you, thank you very much."
After calming down for a while, Qianqiu said without hesitation: "Old Yang, what is recorded here is most likely the whereabouts of the remaining sword body of Wuwu Sword."
Yang Xian was also shocked and hurriedly took the book and looked at it carefully.
The two sisters were puzzled as they watched Qianqiu and Yang Xian change their faces one after another.
"Are the things recorded in this book important to you?" Ma Xiaobing asked.
Qianqiu nodded and said: "I know why the monster attacked your village. What is recorded here is the whereabouts of a very powerful weapon."
"How awesome is it?"
"I'm afraid it's hard to say. However, I don't take advantage of you in vain. I know what you two sisters want to do most. I can only boast. If I have the ability in Qianqiu in the future, I will definitely help you get revenge." Qianqiu thought over and over again and could only repay this, "But you also have to work hard to practice and strive to gain a foothold in this world."
Then, he called the waiter in the shop, found pen and ink, wrote a letter, handed it to the two sisters, and said, "This letter can be used as proof."
The two sisters accepted the letter, and it was needless to say that they were grateful.
While the four of them were talking, they didn't notice that several palace guards were talking at the dinner table nearby. Needless to say, one of the guards got up and left first after hearing what Qianqiu said.
