After saying that, Xin Changji stopped looking at the two of them, turned around and walked back to the strange rock before, leaned on it and closed his eyes to fall asleep.
Qian Xiaoren curled his lips in disdain, turned to look at Qi Jingzhi, looked at him carefully from head to toe, then gave a thumbs up and said: "Brother Lu is indeed an unparalleled figure in Linshan! Xin Laosan has always had a high vision. You are top-notch and domineering, and never look down on people of your background. For him to say those words, he already looks at you differently!"
Ignoring Qian Xiaoren, Qi Jingzhi took a deep breath, retracted the haze feather coat that was almost leaking out of his body, and quietly swallowed back the air of pine, cypress, armor and wood in his chest, and dispersed it into his limbs again. .
He seemed calm just now, but in fact, he had reached the extreme level of the Screaming Crane Technique and the Wing Washing Strength. He could hardly bear it anymore and was about to exhale like a roar and violently fight back.
In fact, Xin Changji's gaze was so mysterious and powerful that even though Qi Jingzhi was protected by a soul mask, he was still forced to use all his strength to activate his heart and soul. The broad artistic conception can only be resisted.
"Is that what the mind says? The power of one eye, even this! It's no worse than the giant snake I killed in my dream!"
Recalling the towering giant that just broke into the soul mask and shook his mind, Qi Jingzhi still couldn't help but feel lingering fear.
Qian Xiaoren said that Xin Changji had a special regard for him, which was not wrong. Qi Jingzhi knew very well that the evil-dispelling captain seemed to have touched the anger in his heart and the desire to fight against heaven and earth through the soul mask, and then he suddenly stopped.
"If this can be considered a different perspective, it's really quite unique..."
Qi Jingzhi laughed at himself, immediately calmed down, and after a moment of reflection, he saw that the angry crane in his heart had landed gracefully. It was obvious that he was a little sluggish when he retracted his wings, but he could not hide his high-spirited and unyielding attitude.
Inadvertently, the slight panic remaining in his heart was replaced by uncontrollable excitement: "On the road to practice, the mountains are really higher than the other, and the mountains have wonderful scenery! I will climb them one by one in the future, so that I can live up to my mission." Once in this world!
"Brother Lu, don't be afraid. Although Xin Changji has always been arrogant, he is very strict with others and himself. Don't say that you haven't violated his taboos now. Even if you did it accidentally, as long as it hasn't happened yet He would never dare to act arrogantly at the door of Jiao Mansion!"
Seeing that Qi Jingzhi didn't speak for a long time, Qian Xiaoren quickly offered words of comfort, but the implication behind his words was that if he left the Jiao Mansion, Xin Changji would not be so easy to talk to.
After hearing this, Qi Jingzhi came back to his senses and couldn't help but smile. However, through the soul mask, this smile looked very strange and ferocious.
Qi Jingzhi thought about it at this time. The so-called Linshan guest was just a random joke he made after hearing the terms "Shanke" and "Shuibin" in front of the house. Unexpectedly, Xin Changji recognized him as one-third of his ability and one-third of his arrogance. Therefore, it attracted pressure from the other party, which was really an unforeseen disaster.
"Huh? It's not necessarily an innocent disaster..."
Qi Jingzhi couldn't help but glance at Qian Xiaoren beside him, and made a mental note of this guy.
The two of them immediately moved forward again. After walking a long way, Qian Xiaoren looked behind him and suddenly his voice became louder again: "Brother Lu, I don't know, Xin Changji has been disliked since he was a child. He likes to be in front of his elders. He talks about people's merits and always bullies the weak and avoids the strong. I don't expect that now that I have become the evil-warming captain, I have become even worse!"
"I guess he purposely hid in the dark and peeped today. When he encountered someone he couldn't offend, he just pretended not to see him. If he couldn't offend him, he would definitely show up like he did just now and show off his prestige as an evil-fighting captain! Brother Lu You judge, all the people who came to the door today were guests, and the host didn’t say anything, but he, an outsider, jumped out to criticize me, and I don’t know what kind of cloves of garlic he forced!"
While talking, Qian Xiaoren led Qi Jingzhi around and around the house, through corridors, and finally walked into an elegant courtyard door hidden among flowers and trees.
He pointed to the simple and clean two-story wooden building in the courtyard, but also decorated with lights, and said proudly: "In previous years, when visitors came, the Jiao family would hold banquets here. Sure enough, this time is no exception."
As soon as Qian Xiaoren finished speaking, a young waiter came out quickly from the small building. His face was full of joy, as if he had survived a disaster, and he spoke
He never forgot to lower his voice and said, "Master Jiu, you are finally here!"
After the waiter said this, he saw Qi Jingzhi's appearance clearly, and his face suddenly turned pale.
At the same time, the window on the second floor facing the courtyard door was opened a crack, and a huge golden vertical pupil flashed through it, and then a gentle voice said: "Several mountain friends, I just What are you talking about, Xiaojiu is definitely going to come over and make trouble with us."
Qian Xiaoren was a smart person, so he immediately laughed and waved to the young waiter: "This is not the first time you have come here to serve, why are you still so timid? Don't be afraid, Master Jiu is here to support you. , just go about your business with peace of mind!"
After that, he led Qi Jingzhi into the small building, ignoring the shivering male and female servants in the hall on the first floor, and went straight to the second floor.
This two-story building is not big, and the second floor is naturally not much spacious. However, because this banquet is based on ancient rituals, the food sharing system is adopted, and only one master, eight sets, and a total of nine mats and food are placed on the floor. There is no other furniture except the case, which makes the second floor look a bit empty.
As soon as he went upstairs, Qi Jingzhi felt a few substantial eyes on him.
He looked back one by one calmly and saw that the main seat in the north was empty at the moment, and only half of the guests behind the other eight dining tables were seated.
Taking the first seat to the left of the main seat, there is a large python with golden eyes and blue scales sitting there. It is wearing a black headband and black clothes. Its upper body is straight, and its long tail is coiled very neatly, like a person sitting upright. Old Master.
Opposite the big python, an eagle owl that was half a man tall and covered in pitch black stood on the food table, with green phosphorus fire shooting out from the gaps in its black feathers.
It turned its head to look at Qi Jingzhi. Its eyes should have been huge, but at the moment they were sleepy and their eyes were a little blurry.
On the seat next to the big python, sat a middle-aged man in a yellow robe with scorched skin. Apart from being much taller than ordinary people, he had no other unusual features. Instead, he was quite elegant and noble, which made people laugh. I fell in love with him as soon as I saw him.
Although the person sitting opposite the middle-aged man in yellow robe is also in human form, his head is in a different place, and his headless body wearing a tattered leather armor is sitting on his knees behind the food table. His hair is messy and stained with blood. His head was placed on the dining table, and he was looking at Qi Jingzhi with angry eyebrows and gnashed teeth, not knowing any deep hatred.
After seeing the appearance of these four people clearly, Qi Jingzhi had already expected it, but he really didn't expect that this so-called mountain guest banquet would be such a chaotic dance of demons.
The four people sitting upstairs were naturally looking at Qi Jingzhi. As their eyes intertwined with each other, the entire second floor became eerily quiet.
The next moment, Qian Xiaoren suddenly took a step forward and said with a bright smile: "Xiaojiu has met Grandpa Shengqing, Uncle Owl, Brother Huang, and General Zuo!"
As soon as he greeted him like this, the solemn atmosphere on the second floor was immediately broken.
"I have told you so many times that we are all friends of the same generation. It is really inappropriate for you to open your mouth and scream every time!" The green python, who obviously had the highest status, scolded him, but his tone was very gentle.
It stared at Qian Xiaoren with its huge golden pupils and said word by word: "Also, don't call someone by his full name!"
Just as the green python named Sheng Qing finished speaking, the eagle owl opposite him, covered in black feathers and rising green fire, spoke immediately after him. The same words were spoken, but they sounded like a strange laugh in everyone's ears. : "Xiaojiu, don't ask me for money from the old owl!"
Hearing this, the middle-aged man in yellow robe with burnt skin couldn't help but laugh at it, his laughter was clear and sweet.
He laughed several times, then suddenly stopped and turned his head, staring closely at Qian Xiaoren, with a very solemn tone: "Xiaojiu, don't make me laugh again!"
To Qi Jingzhi, except for the eagle owl's sentence, the words of the green python and the yellow-robed man were quite confusing.
He subconsciously looked at the last General Zuo whose head was missing, and saw that although its head on the food table still had a stern look on its face, it showed no intention of speaking. It just changed the object of its glare to Qian Xiaoren.
"You guys, now that I'm in Qianjiu's territory, everything is out of your control!"
Faced with this strange situation in front of him, Qian Xiaoren seemed not surprised, but rather very surprised.
He laughed arrogantly and raised his hand to point to the empty seat next to the man in yellow robe: "Your honor is on the left. Brother Lu, please come and take a seat next to my brother Huang."
After that, he raised his legs and walked to the empty seat next to the left general.
"Wait!"
The man in yellow robe immediately stopped him, frowned and said, "We are all guests from the mountains. We don't talk about these customs! Xiaojiu, you always like to make me laugh. If you sit across from me and get a smile from me, you may get seriously ill again." One scene, and then the descendant of the Xin family will come to make noises with me again!"
After he finished speaking, he looked at Qi Jingzhi: "This mountain friend doesn't seem to like to tell jokes. It's just right to sit opposite Huang!"
Qian Xiaoren, who was still full of arrogance just now, stopped and his smile turned a little sarcastic: "Brother Lu, look at this..."
Qi Jingzhi waved his hand at him nonchalantly and walked straight towards the left general whose head was missing.
"Wait!"
This time it was the eagle owl who spoke. This strange bird seemed to have finally woken up. Its eyes were wide open, and the pupils were also burning with green flames, and revealed a cruel light: "Old Huang, you are not an old man. Owl, I deliberately want to refute your reputation, but there must be rules in everything!"
It turned to stare at Qi Jingzhi and said with a strange smile: "Xiaojiu was raised by us old guys. Although there is a generation difference, we don't care. He naturally has a place upstairs. But you are the new guy here. Your ugly thing is nothing, we haven’t nodded yet, although there are many vacancies here, you don’t have a share!”
After the old owl finished speaking, the green python opposite it spoke warmly: "The old owl speaks frankly, don't pay attention to this brother. If Sheng's guess is correct, your body should be a spiritual soul, right?"
Qi Jing was startled, then nodded, and said in a muffled voice: "I, Lu Qiyun of Linshan, am a powerful spirit. I have met a few of you!"
Qian Xiaoren, who was originally a little embarrassed, couldn't help but burst into laughter when he heard that he called himself "I" but secretly dropped one character from his name.
Qi Jingzhi's face was covered by the soul mask, so he simply ignored this guy and pretended not to hear. Instead, the green python named Sheng Qing glared at Qian Xiaoren.
This green python had a pair of huge golden vertical pupils, and had an aura of calmness and authority. Qian Xiaoren was stared at by it, and his laughter stopped abruptly.
The green python then looked at Qi Jingzhi, nodded and said: "I see that the body that Brother Lu took over is very interesting. Although the cultivation level is not high, the breath in the body is very fresh, with a faint scent of pine and cypress. I think it must be a Taoist sect." There is a certain lineage in it, but I’m sorry to say that Sheng is blind, but I really can’t tell which family or sect it comes from.”
"oh?"
The old owl opposite the green python immediately became interested, with green fire rising in his eyes, he glared at Qi Jingzhi and said with a strange smile: "This is a bit interesting. The Jiao family has always been on good terms with the Qingxuan Taiyi Sect. Today's banquet, There are quite a lot of those awesome noses!"
At this moment, Qi Jingzhi suddenly wanted to understand why Xin Changji wanted to attack him and why he suddenly stopped.
In Xin Changji's eyes, Lu Qiyun, a guest from Linshan, had an inhuman appearance. He was not a kind person at first glance, and he was still mixed with Qian Xiaoren, which made him even more unacceptable.
However, after the fight, Xin Changji sensed his Angry Crane heart and soul, and naturally noticed something unusual. Perhaps like this green python, he regarded him as a member of the Taoist sect, and then he simply retreated.
"Brother Sheng has a sharp eye and has never made any mistakes. I have always admired Old Owl! But this alone is not enough to qualify this spirit to sit down." Eagle Owl shook his head, his face full of disapproval. .
Qing Mang didn't feel dissatisfied at all when he was denied face. He chuckled and said, "Although his body is only at the second level of cultivation, what do you think is on his waist?"
As soon as these words came out, not only the other three people at the table and Qian Xiaoren, but also Qi Jingzhi himself couldn't help but look down at the red-gold dagger.
After a brief silence, the man in yellow robe spoke in a rather surprised tone: "This is... a red gold sword? How did I hear that in recent decades, the red gold sword fell into the hands of a young man named Wei in Liaozhou? "
Green Python heard the words and nodded: "As far as I know, the red gold sword is indeed temporarily kept by the Jiuzhen Wei family in Liaozhou. As for why it got into the hands of Brother Lu... you have to ask it himself!"
For a time, several doors in the building
The light fell on Qi Jingzhi's cyan faceless face again.
Qi Jingzhi was greatly shocked. Except for himself and Qian Xiaoren, who also looked puzzled, it seemed that everyone in this building knew the details of the Red Gold Knife, and they knew it far better than Old Wei.
He thought for a while and immediately decided to tell the truth: "The original sword owner died in Linshan, so I got this sword. Looking at the intentions of these brothers, is it possible that there is some secret behind this sword?"
Hearing him ask this, several mountaineers looked at each other, and for a while no one was willing to speak.
After a few breaths, the man in yellow robe suddenly turned to look at the green python: "Brother Sheng, what do you think?"
The green python shook his head and muttered: "We'd better not talk about this matter carelessly."
As soon as these words came out, even the old owl with the most irritable and surly temperament nodded silently.
This strange bird looked at Qi Jingzhi, and even its voice was a little softer: "In that case, Brother Lu, please take a seat!"
Finally qualified to sit down, Qi Jingzhi was not happy at all, but felt very heavy: "Old Wei, Old Wei, it is only because of your face that I can sit at the Dragon Mother's birthday banquet, but you couldn't come in person. Take a look."
He nodded, bowed his hands to everyone present, walked slowly to the seat next to General Zuo and sat down.
For some reason, there was silence for a while.
Suddenly, Qian Xiaoren's mean voice suddenly sounded, untimely but at the right time: "Grandpa Shengqing, Uncle Owl, Brother Huang, and General Zuo, do you have any money with you?"
