In the small courtyard, Ying Baiye sat on his familiar recliner, closing his eyes and concentrating. Lingxi sat next to him, sketching the picture. Beside them, Yan Yan came back at some point. Dream.
She was reporting to Ying Baiye on what happened during the recent period when Ying Baiye was away.
"You mean, the freshmen and old students are fighting?"
Ying Baiye opened his eyes, as if he heard something interesting.
"Which guy is so bold as to think of suppressing all the new students?"
When we were at the Lord's Mansion in Beicang City, the old student who blocked the way was obviously targeting all the new students indiscriminately, so this time, the main conflict group turned out to be all the new students, which was really interesting.
"Not all freshmen, some freshmen are not in this range."
"Oh? For example?"
"The first person who came out of the southern Beicang Realm, Chen Xiu, joined the Dahuang Society and received asylum, as well as Xu Qingqing, the sister of Xu Huang, who is the thirteenth on the Tianban, and Su Xuan, who is the seventh on the Tianban. My sister, Su Ling'er, these people have special status, so naturally they are not included in this range."
I heard several familiar names.
Ying Baiye tapped her fingers lightly on the armrest.
"As for the people who provoked this incident, there are mainly three people from Laosheng's side. Sixth on the Heavenly Ranking, Baili Yue, eighth on the Heavenly Ranking, Crane Yao, and ninth on the Heavenly Ranking, Luo Lin."
The top ten on the three Heavenly Rankings basically represent the top combat power of Beicang Spiritual Academy. No wonder they are confident.
And if Ying Baiye remembers correctly, there is something called "Seven Heavens" in Beicang Spiritual Academy, which refers to the seven most powerful societies in Beicang Spiritual Academy.
The trial team of Shen Cangsheng and Ye Yunxiao. The Shuanglin Society, an old acquaintance of the Lin siblings, was relatively unfamiliar, Li Xuantong's Xuan Gang, and the Dahuang Society, which he had picked once. The remaining three were Baili Road, Yaomen, and Luo Qiang Society, respectively. Belongs to the three people I just mentioned.
In other words, what happened this time was actually a war between the three major societies and all the new students.
What a big scene.
In terms of combat power alone, the freshmen do not have an advantage.
"So, why is it like this?"
Ying Baiye asked in confusion, until now he didn't know the reason.
"It's because of the hunting battle not long ago."
"What is a hunting war?"
"This is the grandest annual conference of the Bei Cang Spiritual Academy. All students can participate. The purpose is to capture the 'Aura'. The aura will be initiated after the guardian is finally defeated. This is the biggest reward and also the Bei Cang Spiritual Academy's biggest conference." The most abundant resource allocation among Cangling Academy."
"How much is allocated depends entirely on strength. It is because of this that conflicts arise. The three major societies went too far this time. Relying on the experience of the previous two conferences and their strength higher than that of the freshmen, they used the methods of grabbing and plundering. The method only targets freshmen participating for the first time, monopolizing most of the resources.”
"Faced with this situation, the freshmen rose up to resist, but were brutally suppressed. Although no one died, many were seriously injured, and this sparked the subsequent war. However, I suspect that it may be these three major societies. , some are not satisfied with just bullying the new students in the hunting war, so they use this as an excuse to continue this kind of war until now."
Yanmeng talked about the things she learned and the speculations derived from these things. She was not directly involved in this matter. She didn’t know whether it was luck or whether these old students deliberately avoided her. She also reached the last moment. , only to discover the abnormality in the new life, and learned about it from Hong Lingyue.
Then came the last guess.
Although there was no basis, Ying Baiye felt that what Yan Meng said was probably the real reason.
But in this situation... Oh, I forgot, Beicang Spiritual Academy encourages fighting. As long as no lives are lost, no elders will probably intervene in this matter.
Those who have the ability to take care of this matter are basically either standing by and watching, or they have fallen into a state of disconnection due to some force majeure reasons. Therefore, this fire will become stronger and stronger, and it has already burned Beicang City. City Lord's Mansion.
But what made him curious was that a somewhat unexpected name appeared in it.
Crane demon.
The other two, both Bailiyue and Luo Lin, have been veterans for three years. If nothing else happens, they should leave Beicang Spiritual Academy next year.
Only this guy, a sophomore, after the other two major clubs were disbanded, wouldn't he be afraid of being overthrown by the freshmen who would have been promoted to sophomores by then?
Although he has not met He Yao a few times, he heard Su Xuan mention it when chatting. He Yao is not big-minded, but he is still smart, knows how to tolerate, and knows how to step on people at the right time. He can be regarded as a good person. A guy who is good at sizing up situations.
For him to take such a big risk, there must be an agreement hidden beneath the surface.
"Is the young master planning to take action?"
Seeing Ying Baiye lost in thought, Yanmeng asked cautiously.
Take action?
Ying Baiye was slightly startled when he heard this, then smiled and shook his head.
What does it have to do with him?
"No, I will stay in the small courtyard and don't plan to go out. Let the people outside make trouble. It won't take long before one party will compromise."
Hearing Ying Baiye say, "Stay in the courtyard, don't plan to go out," Lingxi, who was painting on the side, raised the corners of his mouth slightly and started writing more briskly.
Yanmeng received Ying Baiye's instruction and bowed slightly to show that she understood.
Since Ying Baiye doesn't intend to participate in this matter, then as a follower, she will naturally not participate. If Hong Lingyue invites her again next time, she can basically choose to refuse.
"That's right, sir."
Yanmeng, who was about to retreat, suddenly remembered something and took out her spiritual value card.
"Senior Sister Lin Yu temporarily put the reward of your trip into my spiritual value card. Bai Jingliu was fifth on the bounty list, with a bounty of 2.7 million spiritual values. There were four people who accepted the mission. But Senior Sister Lin Yu said that all of her and Senior Lin Qi’s spiritual values will be given to you as a token of gratitude for showing up this time, and then together with Senior Sister Su Xuan’s gratitude for the spiritual treasure mission, there will be another part of the spiritual values, plus all of you, Mr. Lin Lin The income from the prefecture-level tasks completed is a total of 2.37 million spiritual points."
Two million three hundred and seventy thousand, which is already considered a huge sum of money for freshmen.
However, even though it looks like a lot, in fact, he can’t even afford a low-grade god-level spiritual art. Ying Baiye still remembers that in the Spirit Value Hall, there is a low-grade god-level spiritual art called Ten Thousand Thunder Sword Control Techniques that costs three million. selling price.
But he doesn't need to go inside to exchange for divine arts or spiritual weapons. More than two million is enough.
"Just keep it. I'll take it with you when I need it."
"good."
Yanmeng nodded.
After thinking about it, it seemed that there was nothing more to say. She glanced at Ying Baiye cautiously, then turned around and left here naturally.
Lingxi and Ying Baiye were the only two people left in this courtyard.
Ying Baiye turned over, holding his chin with his hands, and looked at Ling Xi who was painting, without saying a word, just watching quietly.
Lingxi felt his gaze and didn't care. She finished the last two strokes slowly and put down the brush in her hand. She looked at the scroll in front of her and nodded with satisfaction.
"How about it?"
She unfolded the scroll, faced Ying Baiye's direction, and asked.
Ying Baiye turned his attention to the painting. It was a beautiful picture of a hundred flowers blooming. All kinds of flowers bloomed on the picture, competing for beauty, but matching perfectly.
Just by looking at this painting, you can see the level of Lingxi.
Absolute master.
"great."
On this kind of matter, Ying Baiye would never be stingy with his praise, "If it were placed outside, it might be another masterpiece."
This is a fact. He has seen many paintings in Yinglong City. They are all handmade by famous artists and are authentic works by masters. The quality of Lingxi's painting may be even better than them.
However, it was obvious that Lingxi painted for her own collection. None of her paintings had been exported. They were all kept in a room in this small courtyard.
To be famous all over the world and spread to thousands of people, Lingxi doesn't really need these things. Her painting is just a personal hobby.
There are only a few people who can see her paintings.
After receiving Ying Baiye's answer, Lingxi became more and more satisfied. He put the painting back on the table and had no idea of picking up the brush again.
Instead, he picked up the hot tea placed aside and planned to chat with Ying Baiye for a while.
"I remember that the white in 'White Night' comes from motherhood?"
"Yes." Ying Baiye replied casually. "After so many years, I found out that my mother's real name was Luo Yuwei. If it had been this surname from the beginning, I might have been called Luo Ye, and if I was picked up by the old man later, I might have been called Ying Luo Ye. Tsk, that's a bit It’s ugly.”
"Actually, I'm very curious, why did your adoptive father insist on giving you the surname 'Ying' when he picked you up? And after the surname Ying, why did he keep the surname 'Bai'."
Lingxi asked curiously.
If you are just saving people, there is no need to change your surname, right?
Ying Baiye shrugged: "It's simple, because of the value."
"value?"
"My condition at that time was extremely bad. Basically, when the old man saw me for the first time, he was already convinced that this person could not be saved and I would definitely die."
When Ying Baiye talked about this incident, his tone was a little light, and there was no heaviness at all from the experience of "certain death".
It's like talking about a small joke.
Lingxi felt a little distressed, but continued to listen.
"At that time, I heard the old man say that he was planning to give up on me. If it weren't for Xue'er's kind plea, he wouldn't have saved me at all."
"That old guy is just a daughter slave. Maybe it's because Xue'er's mother passed away relatively early, so he has always felt deeply guilty about Xue'er. Regarding her request, the old man didn't choose to ignore it, but he also knew , it seemed that I would definitely die just now, but from the perspective of a passerby, if you really want to save me, you will have to pay a huge price."
"Although the composition of Yinglong City is not very complicated, it is not the city lord's palace. If you want to save me, it will cost a lot, and for a stranger, he has no reason to pay such a huge price. However, if this person's surname is Ying , is an adopted son who is qualified to inherit the position of city lord, then there is no problem. That's why he changed my surname as soon as possible, but he did not change it completely. It was not called 'Ying Ye', but I kept my original surname and called it 'Ying Baiye'. That old man is actually a very gentle person sometimes."
"That's it..."
Lingxi nodded clearly. This was the first time he heard him talk about this matter.
The seven years of separation were too long, and she only heard about some of the more prominent things that night. Ying Baiye didn't have time to talk about details like this.
"No wonder you like this adopted sister so much. In a sense, she is the one who really saved you."
Lingxi took a sip of tea and said calmly.
Ying Baiye shrugged, it was true, even the old man often told him that if it weren't for that little guy Xue'er, he wouldn't have spent so much money to save a strange boy he didn't know.
Moreover, perhaps Xueer did not realize a problem at that time. Among the three city lords, only one in Yinglongcheng had blood inheritance. In other words, if nothing else happens, the position of the next city lord of Yinglongcheng would be Tietie. Ying Xueer will be alone.
However, with the existence of Ying Baiye, the inheritance rights were divided up in a certain sense.
During his seven years, there were many people from the elders' faction who planned to make deals with him, wanting to instigate him to rebel and gain the position of Lord of Yinglong City.
After Ying Xueer grew up, she gradually understood this problem, but she never had the slightest regret. She always had the same attitude towards Ying Baiye.
She was really glad that she had saved this boy and made him her brother.
Apart from that, there is no trace of interest.
Just say, if Ying Baiye doesn't pamper such a sister, he himself will feel uncomfortable.
Therefore, there was actually a very important reason why he left Yinglong City, which was to eliminate his existence and give Ying Xueer a stage.
When she was young, he shielded her from all the wind and rain.
Now that she has grown up, it is time for him to put away his edge and hand over the stage to her.
Ying Longcheng could only be this little guy. If anyone dared to move, Ying Baiye would dare to chop off his claws.
In fact, there is another reason for his surname "Ying". Ying Longcheng didn't tell him about this reason. He guessed it by himself.
Perhaps when he was treated in Yinglong City, he had already guessed that he might become a cripple. It goes without saying what kind of treatment a picked-up cripple would have in the city lord's mansion.
Giving him the surname "Ying" actually gives him an umbrella of protection. After all, even if he is a cripple, he is still a cripple with the surname "Ying".
This can be regarded as protecting him. At least if the city lord's palace does not fall, he will be safe.
It turned out that he was indeed paralyzed in bed for half a year.
And during that half year, he lived quite well.
Ying Longcheng never told him this, but he guessed it.
"Dongdongdong."
Just when the two of them were chatting.
There was a knock on the wooden door of the small courtyard.
"Sir, we have a visitor."
