When Xu Qingchen first came, Feng Yao said, "The new sect leader has not yet begun to win over people's hearts." This was actually not quite right. Agarwood has always been good at winning people's hearts. When she arrived at Thorn Gate, she gave people a domineering feeling. But during these days, she was very polite to others, but there was too little expression on her face. If someone did something wrong, as long as it was not wrong, Big, she rarely pursues it. Otherwise, the Thorn Sect will probably fall apart as soon as Qiao Fei dies.
Regarding the current situation of the Thorn Gate, Agarwood is quite satisfied. The people left behind are more sincere to her. When she says "dealing with Ye Yu Xiaozhu" one day, not too many people will leave.
Xu Qingchen learned from Yang Fan that he was going to Luzhou.
Xu Qingchen looked worried.
Yang Fan smiled and asked, "What? Are you unsure?"
Xu Qingchen nodded and said, "After we met in Luzhou, Ye Yu Xiaozhu made a move on me. Many of them remember my face. When I go to Luzhou now, I'm afraid that I will be beaten as soon as I enter the city. against."
Yang Fan said: "There will definitely be danger, but you are a member of the Thorn Sect now. If they want to touch you, they have to weigh it carefully."
Xu Qingchen smiled and said, "Brother Yang, I'm not afraid of danger. I'm just afraid that it will be bad if I bring trouble to the Thorn Sect."
"Hahaha," Yang Fan laughed, "Does our Master Shen look like someone who is afraid of trouble?"
Xu Qingchen replied: "Okay, let's take this opportunity to see the market."
"I believe in you," Yang Fan said. "Your skills and brains are very good in handling things. Master Shen values you very much. Otherwise, I would have to go to Luzhou."
"Uh...Brother Yang, I..."
"Don't worry, I'm afraid of being tortured now. It's a good thing for me that you go."
As he spoke, Yang Fan coughed a few more times. He covered his mouth with a white silk scarf. There was a gurgling sound in his throat. It seemed that his condition was not good. Through this period of contact, Xu Qingchen had a much deeper understanding of Yang Fan. Although he was nominally his superior, he never put on airs. Except for his personality, he was very similar to Young Master Yao in other aspects, which gave Xu Qingchen an inexplicable sense of trust in him.
Xu Qingchen suddenly asked: "Brother Yang, have you practiced two sets of internal skills?"
Yang Fan nodded and replied: "Yes, a set of heart-remembering techniques passed down from the family, and a set of physical exercises passed down to me by the old sect master." Everyone in the sect and many people in the world know about this.
Xu Qingchen suddenly stood up straight, with his legs spread shoulder-width apart, and his hands holding the ball on his chest. Take three deep breaths, then hold your breath for a long time, take another three deep breaths, and so on. Yang Fan looked at him, confused.
Xu Qingchen breathed out gently and changed back to his original standing posture: "The day I first came here, I knew that you were using internal energy to improve your body. Although the old sect master's body-building skills are exquisite, they are not pure. I observed In a few days, this set of exercises has been slightly improved, eliminating the killing, leaving pure body training. In the future, you can follow the method I just used and pour the body training exercises into it. The effect should be better than the body training exercises. Much stronger."
Yang Fan looked at Xu Qingchen in surprise. This man had given him too many surprises. When he fights with others, if the gap between them is not big, he can always find the opponent's weakness in the shortest time. Although he never stopped hearing about those profound internal skills, he knew the pros and cons of the techniques after seeing people use them. In just one month, the physical exercises can be modified into a set of exercises that purely exercise the body. In a sense, Xu Qingchen is also a genius.
Yang Fan nodded with some conviction: "I originally thought that the three of us, Zhu Mingyu of Qingfengguan, Bai Boju of the Bai family, and I were the leaders of the younger generation. No matter how outstanding other young talents are, they would be hard to beat the three of us. Qingchen Brother, I made a mistake."
Xu Qingchen smiled and said, "Brother Yang, if you meet the two girls from Chaolan Valley and the young hero named Mu Yun in the future, you will find that you are very mistaken."
Yang Fan pinched his chin and asked, "I've wanted to ask for a long time, were those two girls in Yaoxian Valley and Chaolan Valley really so magical? I heard someone say that with a flick of the long sword, thousands of icy lights came out. I used to think it was an exaggeration inherent in the Jianghu people, but after more people said it, I started to believe it."
Xu Qingchen did not answer directly, but pulled out
His long sword stabbed three times in succession towards the void like lightning.
Then he put away his sword and asked Yang Fan: "Brother Yang, is my sword fast?"
"quick."
"Those two girls from Chaolan Valley are ten times faster than me."
Stab thirty swords in an instant? Yang Fan couldn't believe his ears. If it was really so powerful, how did the sect master beat that cold-faced fairy?
As if he understood what Yang Fan was thinking, Xu Qingchen said, "I don't know how deep the inner strength of the sect master is. I only know that she had a great time fighting against the Jade Girl from Chaolan Valley."
This means that my previous fights with you were all a joke.
Yang Fan smiled resignedly and said, "It doesn't matter, my martial arts has come to an end, and I don't dare to expect any improvement in the rest of my life."
Yang Fan said this easily, but Xu Qingchen could still hear a touch of sadness. He is a proud man of heaven, but unfortunately he is jealous of talented people. At such a young age, he has to count the days for the rest of his life. It's rare for Yang Fan to see things so clearly.
The two stopped talking about this, and Yang Fan brought the wine that he had treasured for several years as a farewell to Xu Qingchen.
Early the next morning, Xu Qingchen set out on the road early. Of course, he didn't forget to get the double swords he made from Liu Wei.
After traveling for a day and a half and asking around, I finally found the Tianquan Gate.
This sect is located halfway up the mountain. It is not large in scale. It is estimated that there are only eleven or two people living there. It was almost noon, and Tianquan Gate was quiet. Xu Qingchen called out "Miss Linghan" at the door, but no one answered. The door was unlocked, so he simply pushed it open and went in.
The scene inside the door was much more shabby than he imagined, and it didn't look like it was inhabited by people.
He walked around inside and heard the sound of someone moving outside the courtyard wall.
Xu Qingchen walked around the courtyard wall and saw a small thatched house built next to the original site of Tianquan Gate. A woman in pink clothes stood at the door, washing her hair in a brass basin.
Hearing someone's footsteps, the woman dodged into the thatched house.
"Who?!" A voice came from inside the house.
Xu Qingchen replied: "Miss Linghan, it's me."
A head poked out of the door frame and stared at Xu Qingchen curiously. There were drops of water on Linghan's head and face, but she hadn't wiped them dry yet. When she saw it was Xu Qingchen, she smiled and said, "It's you, wait for me a moment."
After a while, Ayana came out with her hair half-dried.
"I thought the next time we met would be a long time ago."
Xu Qingchen took off the two swords from his back and said, "Just in time, I was sent to Luzhou by the door, and I happened to be passing by here. Here are the two swords I made for you."
Linghan took the two knives. They were two very beautiful Yan Ling knives, but the blades were thinner and shorter than ordinary Yan Ling knives.
Linghan performed the sword dance skillfully, and it was obvious that she couldn't put it down with these two knives.
"It looks like they are made in the same mold, and there is no difference in weight... Thank you."
Xu Qingchen nodded: "As long as you like it. Looking at your sword skills just now, you've been practicing a lot these days, right?"
"Well, I'm actually a bit of a martial artist." Linghan sheathed her swords, brought two small stools, and said, "Sit down, I won't invite you into the house. It's not convenient for you to enter a girl's boudoir. of."
Xu Qingchen looked at Linghan's "boudoir" and joked: "Your boudoir is too simple."
Linghan sat on a low stool, holding her chin with her hands. She glanced at the Tianquan Gate next door, and then at her small hut, and said, "I didn't want to live here. This hut was a group of old couples a long time ago. But they didn’t know when they moved out, so I moved in. To be honest, I don’t dare to live in Tianquanmen.”
"Why?"
Linghan said matter-of-factly: "I'm scared."
"Fear?"
"I live alone in such a big house, and it's very scary at night. I originally wanted to tidy up the house, but I don't know how long I will have to do it, and I think that no one may live in it in the future. I just gave up."
"I heard that Big Brother and the others still have some in Yangzhou.
Family property, why don’t you go and join them? I live here alone, all alone. "
"I'm more afraid of going to them."
"afraid of what?"
"They are urging me to get married!" Linghan was angry. "Every time I see them, they have nothing to say. They always urge me to find someone to marry. I don't understand. Isn't it bad to be alone?"
Xu Qingchen had seen Zhang Yuan and his wife's marriage-inducing skills before.
The two chatted for a long time. Xu Qingchen saw that it was almost time and said, "Miss Linghan, I still want to go to Luzhou..."
Ayana stretched and interrupted him: "Then let's go."
"we?"
"yes."
These two words took Xu Qingchen a long time to digest, and he asked: "You... want to come with me?"
"That's right." He said confidently.
"I don't object, but why? It's very dangerous for me to go."
Ayana responded generously: "I have no money."
"Huh?" This answer is surprising.
"The last time I saw you, I listened to my sister-in-law and dressed up. That pile of rouge, gouache, clothes, jewelry, etc. almost spent all my money. If you don't come today, I might have to go down the mountain. Robbery."
"Hehehe, hahaha..." Xu Qingchen couldn't help laughing.
"What are you laughing at? What I said is true!"
"I believe it, I believe it," Xu Qingchen managed to hold back his laughter, "Then let's go."
"Go to the back mountain first."
"What are you doing in the back mountain?"
"I originally thought that I would die here for the rest of my life, so I let the horse go. I see you came on horseback. I can't follow you on two legs. Let's go to the back mountain to catch the horse first."
…
Of course Xu Qingchen would not follow Linghan to do such a ridiculous thing as "catching a horse". Fortunately, he had enough money to spend, and the agarwood branches gave him a lot from the warehouse when he went out, so he could still afford to buy a horse.
Xu Qingchen didn't object to the idea of traveling with Linghan at all. First of all, at least you have someone to accompany you, so you won't be bored. Secondly, he likes Ayahan very much - it's just a pure love, not a relationship between men and women - this girl is very delicate in her style and behavior, but very complicated in her emotions. She followed Xu Qingchen openly, making arrangements for food and accommodation before arriving at a destination. According to Ayagami, this is called "taking advantage of others and taking advantage of others." She doesn't do freeloading work.
But in the eyes of outsiders: isn't this just a rich man who goes out with a personal maid?
Xu Qingchen told Linghan, "You don't have to be so polite. You are my elder brother's junior sister, that is, my younger sister. I should take care of you."
Ayana's answer was: "I don't want to either, but you don't know how to bargain. Several times I was told how much you would pay, which made me anxious."
Xu Qingchen finally understood how she had saved the few hundred taels.
In order to stop Linghan from being urged to marry Zhang Yuan and his wife next time, Xu Qingchen secretly reported Zhang Yuan's use of her "dowry" to participate in gambling.
