The ninth day of the lunar month.
North of the Song Dynasty.
As the setting sun hangs on the thin branches, there is still a bit of golden afterglow when the river gurgling next to it.
At this time, in the evening and dusk, Qu Feiyan and the girls gathered beside the river were already preparing dinner in a familiar manner.
After spending many days together, even Wang Yuyan, who had never touched Yang Chunsui before, was now able to join in and help prepare some things with the other girls.
By the river, in front of Lianxing, a water ball as big as a basin was suspended in the air, wrapped in true energy.
Along with the slow flow of true energy, the vegetables wrapped in the water slowly rolled in the clear water.
After washing the vegetables three times, Lian Xing wrapped the vegetables with his energy and placed them next to Lin Shiyin, who was condensing his true energy and sword energy to chop vegetables.
While he sucked a stream of water from the river next to him and continued to wash the remaining vegetables, Lianxing couldn't help but glance to the southwest.
"Why aren't you back yet?"
After muttering in his heart, Lianxing looked at Qu Feiyan beside him and said: "Hey! You said, when my brother-in-law and Sister Situ were in the yard, Sister Situ was practicing by herself. Why was Situ practicing on his own when he was on the road during this time? My sister and her brother-in-law go to practice from time to time!"
Qu Feiyan said: "Didn't Sister Situ say that before? She is about to break through, so she needs Young Master to help her fight more and temper her true energy."
Hearing this, Lianxing asked in confusion: "Then why do you have to leave alone to avoid us? And it takes more than half an hour every time?"
Qu Feiyan rolled his eyes and said, "How do I know? If you want to know, can't you just follow me secretly?"
Lian Xing sighed and thought to himself: "Do you think I don't want to? But this doesn't seem to be obedient enough!"
A moment later, when the sky was about to darken completely, Chu Qinghe and Jellyfish Yinji came back together.
Compared with before leaving, Chu Qinghe's face looked a little more lazy.
On the other hand, the sweetness on Jellyfish Yinji's face is even stronger.
The eyes are as curved as two crescent moons.
Looking at Jellyfish Yinji's sweet smile, Lianxing didn't think much about it.
After all, if he and Chu Qinghe were alone together for half an hour, Lianxing felt that the smile on his face would be even brighter and sweeter.
When Jellyfish Yinji came to Qu Feiyan and the girls and started preparing dinner together, Chu Qinghe ducked and sat on the roof of the car.
He raised his eyes lightly and looked at the sunset on the horizon. Thinking about how it was still bright when he and Jellyfish Yinji left before, Chu Qinghe couldn't help but sigh.
"The sun is shining over the mountains!"
When the voice came out, Chu Qinghe raised his hand and gently knocked on the roof of the carriage a few times.
The next second, Huahua, who was still holding a piece of bamboo in his mouth, jumped out of the carriage and fell to the ground. Then he jumped up and rushed directly into Chu Qinghe's arms.
After leaning his back against Chu Qinghe's arms and gently rubbing his head in Chu Qinghe's arms, he took the bamboo and started eating.
In this way, one person and one national treasure sat on the roof of the car, admiring the afterglow remaining in the sky at this time.
night.
In front of the bonfire, a dozen prepared fish were impaled with wooden sticks and gathered around the bonfire.
Depending on the degree to which the dozens of fish are roasted by the flames, Xiao Zhao will also carefully adjust the distance between the fish and the flames.
Sometimes after brushing some oil, as the fish skin gradually wrinkles, the "sizzling" sound also comes from these fish skins.
Wang Yuyan on the side took a wooden bowl and brush and gently brushed some sauce on the fish.
Smelling the aroma coming from these grilled fish, the saliva in the mouth secretes a little faster.
Perhaps it was because after leaving Mantuo Villa, Wang Yuyan was much happier with Qu Feiyan and the girls every day.
Or maybe it was the influence of the light from the bonfire at this time. If Wang Yuyan before was like a sick beauty who had just come out of the ice cave, she still felt a bit sickly.
So now, Wang Yuyan feels a bit more normal.
There are even more smiles on my face every day.
While Xiao Zhao and Wang Yuyan were cooking grilled fish here, Chu Qinghe and others were gathered around a card table made of simple wood, playing mahjong.
There is a wooden stick stuck in the four corners of the table, and several lanterns are hung on it, which clearly reflects the cards on the table for several people at this time.
Jellyfish Yinji sat cross-legged next to Chu Qinghe and practiced quietly.
After a while, after applying a thin layer of sauce to the grilled fish in front of her, Wang Yuyan put down the wooden bowl in her hands with satisfaction.
After thinking for a while, Wang Yuyan raised a finger and quickly touched the grilled fish in front of her and then put it in her mouth.
Feeling the taste in her mouth, Wang Yuyan couldn't help but narrow her eyes slightly, and a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth again.
Then he raised his head and looked at the stars in the sky, and then looked at Chu Qinghe and the others beside him. For some reason, he was clearly going to sleep in the wilderness at night, but with Chu Qinghe and the others there, Wang Yuyan felt like Extremely relaxed and carefree, without any uneasiness at all.
However, at this moment, as if she felt something, Wang Yuyan suddenly turned her head and saw Xiao Zhao looking at her with a smile.
Seeing this, Wang Yuyan looked suspicious and asked, "What's wrong?"
Hearing this, Xiao Zhao shook his head gently and said, "It's nothing, I just feel like Miss Wang has become a lot more cheerful recently."
"Really?" After listening to what Xiao Zhao said, Wang Yuyan thought about it for a moment, and then said, "Maybe it's because she has never seen the world outside Mantuo Villa before, so she feels better."
At this point, after a short pause, Wang Yuyan shook her head again and said, "However, I didn't expect that outside Mantuo Villa, it would be even more chaotic and complicated than what my mother told me."
Not to mention anything else, in the days since they came out of Mantuo Villa, they would meet some people with evil intentions basically every day.
He was even secretly drugged several times in the middle.
But Chu Qinghe would discover it immediately every time.
In this regard, Xiao Zhao recalled with a face: "Yes! The world outside is not only chaotic but also complicated."
But the next second, Xiao Zhao glanced at Chu Qinghe and the others beside him and said with a smile: "But with the young master here, the troublesome young master can be solved as soon as possible."
Listening to Xiao Zhao's words, Wang Yuyan said without hesitation: "Yes!"
While talking, Wang Yuyan turned her head and looked at Chu Qinghe.
When her eyes fell on Chu Qinghe, Wang Yuyan suddenly thought of the scene three days ago when they had just finished eating and Chu Qinghe threw an antidote pill to her.
At that time, Wang Yuyan felt shocked. Looking back now, Wang Yuyan couldn't help but want to laugh.
After a few breaths, Wang Yuyan said: "It is indeed very reassuring to have someone like Mr. Zhao by your side."
At this time, as if she had thought of something, Wang Yuyan hesitated for a while, and then suddenly asked: "When I was in Xingzi Lin before, I heard what Princess Zhao Min of the Dayuan Kingdom said, Mr. Zhao and you all have changed their appearance. ?"
Hearing Wang Yuyan's question, Xiao Zhao first glanced at Chu Qinghe.
After seeing that Chu Qinghe had no reaction, Xiao Zhao just responded: "When Miss Zhao Min saw the young master and us twice before, she had changed her appearance and had not seen our true appearance, so she preconceived it Under such circumstances, one would think that we are equally embarrassed now.”
Hearing Xiao Zhao's words, Wang Yuyan said with a sudden look on her face: "That's it."
"boom!"
However, at this moment, an obvious fluctuation suddenly came from the side.
Immediately afterwards, under this wave of fluctuation, the flames of the bonfire in front of Wang Yuyan and Xiao Zhao shifted.
Fortunately, Xiao Zhao reacted immediately and used the energy in his body to form a wall of energy in front of the bonfire to avoid affecting the heat of the grilled fish.
A moment later, in the sight of Chu Qinghe and others, feeling the changes in the true energy in Jellyfish Yinji's body, Qu Feiyan couldn't help but said with envy on his face: "This is the completion of the Grand Master Realm!"
Not to mention Qu Feiyan, even Lian Xing and even Lin Shiyin looked at Jellyfish Yin Ji with envy in their eyes.
For others, moving from the late stage of the Grand Master Realm to the Consummation of the Grand Master Realm is just a breakthrough in one realm.
But for Jellyfish Yinji, now that she has reached the perfection of the Grand Master Realm, she only needs to have a slightly more stable cultivation realm before she can successfully enter the early stage of the Heavenly Realm through the pill in Chu Qinghe's hand.
Not only has he become one of the top masters in the world, but his lifespan has also greatly increased.
Who could not be envious of this?
Here, after successfully breaking through and condensing all the zhenqi into her dantian, Jellyfish Yinji immediately walked to Chu Qinghe, sat down and said with a smile on her face: "Breakthrough."
While talking, Jellyfish Yinji looked at Chu Qinghe happily.
Seeing Jellyfish Yinji looking like she was waiting to be praised, Chu Qinghe smiled softly, and then said with a smile: "Not bad."
Although it was just two simple words, it made the smile on Jellyfish Yinji's face grow a little wider, and her heart was full of satisfaction.
Next to him, seeing Jellyfish Yinji acting like a child, Lianxing snorted softly in her heart, "Childish, can't you be more mature like me?"
However, looking at Jellyfish Yinji who was so close to her, with her head resting on Chu Qinghe's shoulder, Lianxing couldn't help but tilt her head and curl her lips.
I have to admit that I feel extremely envious.
At this time, Jellyfish Yin Ji, who was resting on Chu Qinghe's shoulder, saw Lian Xing's behavior in her eyes, and there was a hint of thinking in her eyes.
At midnight, when the grilled fish next to the bonfire only had wooden sticks and no fish left, everyone in Chu Qinghe was lying on blankets beside the bonfire.
Wherever you look, the stars in the night sky twinkle from time to time, dazzling and charming.
The sound of water trickling in the river nearby was constant, and the taste of the grilled fish lingered in the mouths of several people.
Being so close under the night in the mountains, the hearts of several people at this time were peaceful.
However, after people have eaten and drank enough, sometimes they will think about other things.
Just like Lian Xing at this time.
Smashing his mouth, savoring the faint fishy smell of the grilled fish in his mouth, Lianxing turned his head slightly and glanced at Chu Qinghe, who had a hand on the back of his head and closed his eyes, but he was thinking in his heart Taste another fishy smell.
But the next second, the figure of Yao Yue and the cold gaze of Yao Yue suddenly appeared in Lian Xing's mind.
In response, Lianxing couldn't help but tremble violently, and then his face suddenly showed bitterness.
When he looked at Chu Qinghe, there was a bit of resentment in his eyes.
The most painful thing in the world is that the person you love is so close to you, but there seems to be thousands of mountains in between.
But what is unavailable is always in commotion.
He knew that there were many difficulties in the middle, but Lianxing couldn't control the restlessness in his heart.
"Hey~"
In response to this, Lianxing couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and his whole person couldn't help but feel melancholy.
However, Lianxing, who fell into melancholy, didn't know.
While she was frowning, there was a line of sight staring at her secretly, as if something was brewing in her eyes as her thoughts were flowing.
November, sunny.
To the north of the Song Dynasty, Yanzhou City is thirty miles away from Wufo Mountain in Northern Shaolin.
As evening approached, smoke curled up around the entire Yanzhou City.
From a distance, the entire city seems to be wrapped in a layer of clouds and smoke. Under the evening sunshine, the slowly moving clouds and smoke make the entire Yanzhou City feel somewhat dreamlike.
It was also during this sunset that a carriage slowly drove into the city.
When they entered the city, the three girls, Qu Feiyan and Qu Feiyan, who were sitting in front of the carriage and driving, immediately smelled a faint scent of sandalwood.
And just like the towns near the Southern Shaolin of the Ming Dynasty at that time, in the Northern Shaolin not only were there many monks walking around for alms, but almost half of the shops in the city had scented waxes of different sizes placed at the door.
And what I saw along the way was that many people were holding a string of beads in their hands.
There are even many vendors along the way selling their goods to passers-by while carrying Buddhist beads engraved with Buddha patterns or jade plaques or gold objects engraved with Buddha images, and their eyes sometimes show a bit of shrewdness.
In response to this, Qu Feiyan, who was in front of the carriage, muttered: "Why do you feel that there are more people doing this kind of Buddhist business in Yanzhou City next to the Northern Shaolin than in the towns next to the Southern Shaolin in the Ming Dynasty?"
Listening to the words of Qu Feiyan beside him, Lin Shiyin said with a normal expression: "Now there is only one top force left in the Song Dynasty: Northern Shaolin. In terms of status and influence, Northern Shaolin is far from comparable to the Southern Shaolin of the Ming Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, In my heart, the Northern Shaolin is already being managed as a holy place. There is an endless stream of pilgrims going to the Northern Shaolin every day, so it is naturally more prosperous than the towns around the Southern Shaolin."
In the carriage, listening to the roar of people outside, Chu Qinghe, who had been immersed in the actual combat simulator, also opened his eyes.
After stretching and sitting up, Chu Qinghe first rubbed the little guy lying next to him twice, and then opened the car curtain and looked at the street scene outside.
However, after a few glances, Chu Qinghe lost interest and continued to caress the little guy next to him.
But because of Chu Qinghe's wanton movements, the little guy on the blanket even took the initiative to turn over and lie down, allowing Chu Qinghe's hands to cover a larger area.
That cute and sticky look made Wang Yuyan beside her extremely envious.
It had been so many days. Because she rode in a carriage with Chu Qinghe and others, and had some of Chu Qinghe's smell on her body, although Wang Yuyan was closer to the little guy now, she was limited to feeding bamboo.
Once the bamboo smells bad, the little guy will just throw it aside.
Not to mention someone as casual as Chu Qinghe.
Seeing Chu Qinghe's movements at this time, Wang Yuyan couldn't help but imagine what the little guy Rua felt like.
"Although it's furry, it probably isn't as hard as my position!"
Human thinking is sometimes very strange.
When I'm freeing up, I don't know where my mind will jump.
Just like Wang Yuyan now.
Looking at the little guy at this time, and then seeing Chu Qinghe stroking the little guy's hand, Wang Yuyan didn't know what she thought of, and suddenly turned her head, her ears turning slightly red.
Next to him, looking at the little guy being intimate with Chu Qinghe, Lianxing also sighed in his heart.
Obviously, she and Jellyfish Yinji feed the little guy every day, but now, when the little guy is on Chu Qinghe's shoulders or in her arms, Jellyfish Yinji can occasionally get started, but she still can't.
This made Lianxing confused. She couldn't figure out what was the difference between herself and Jellyfish Yinji, so that the little guy treated her so differently.
Half an hour later, after several people confirmed where to stay, they followed the waiter's recommendation and went to the most famous restaurant in the north of the city.
Focusing on the street below, Xiao Zhao said with a slightly complicated tone: "I didn't expect that in the Song Dynasty for such a long time, the most prosperous place I saw was actually next to the Northern Shaolin."
Lin Shiyin on the side also sighed: "That's right! The Buddha was originally aloof, but when he gained popularity, he was filled with the stench of copper."
Chu Qinghe and others have been in the Song Dynasty for a long time.
But in recent years, the Song Dynasty had to pay annual coins to the other four countries.
Inside, treacherous ministers are in power, aristocratic families monopolize land and poor peasants, and the situation of the Song Dynasty can be imagined.
In the past few days, the girls have seen that, let alone official roads, even the walls of some towns have been in disrepair for many years, and beggars can always be seen on every street in almost every town.
Ordinary people wear clothes with at least a few patches or as many as a dozen patches.
But now in Yanzhou City, even the small street vendors are wearing clothes made of fine silk.
Xiao Zhao and the other girls even saw a well-dressed woman throwing a few coins into a beggar's bowl. Instead of thanking the beggar, the beggar showed disgust and disdain.
But there is a feeling that the bones of a wealthy family are frozen to death due to the smell of wine and meat.
Next to a thousand-year-old temple, the feeling is not that it is surrounded by Buddhist charm, but rather that it smells like a philistine.
Compared with the sentimentality of the two women at this time, Chu Qinghe was not surprised.
If the human heart is at peace, there will be no Buddha in the world.
Perhaps, the current situation in the Song Dynasty is one of the reasons why Northern Shaolin has endured for a long time.
After all, where suffering is intense, the Buddha’s message is most abundant.
(End of chapter)
