In Yunxia County, an ordinary two-story restaurant.
Jiang Shuihan sat alone at the wine table next to the window sill on the second floor, looking at the scenery outside the window with a calm and calm attitude.
Zhong Sunliang and Wu Hao stood far away from the windows on the other side. Although Jiang Shuihan did not give such instructions, they still paid the most sincere respect to the young leader.
In just two years, the strength of the Dajiang League has undergone earth-shaking changes. Because of the close relationship with Shuman, the Dajiang League has obtained the right to sell several unique specialties. The Dajiang League is sold to all parts of Shenwu Kyushu, and the accumulation of wealth in two years has surpassed the past twenty years. From top to bottom, the quality of life of the Dajiang League has improved immediately.
A better and better life makes ordinary members more and more hopeful, and they have more and more confidence in the leader. Jiang Tao's status and support rate have never been so high. Even some old enemies in the alliance are at this moment Try to shut up as much as possible, at this time, making trouble for Jiang Tao is tantamount to making trouble for yourself.
The improvement of economic strength is only one aspect, and the other is the improvement of the overall strength of the Dajiang League.
First of all, the joining of more than a dozen former Yunzhou elite frontier generals, including Meng Dahai, has made a qualitative leap in the personal strength and discipline of ordinary allies;
Secondly, the set of youth-level martial arts that the young leader waited for further increased the strength of the elite masters in the alliance. This set of martial arts called [Qingyun Hunyuan Palm Art] made almost all the middle-level masters in the alliance stand on their feet. on the side of the ally;
In the end, the Qingyun Martial Arts Academy established by the leader of the young alliance in Yunzhou secretly cultivated a large number of loyal young allies. At that time, the Dajiang League will no longer be a combination of small gangs, but will be completely condensed into a real entity.
In the future, the future of the Dajiang League is limitless, and there is every chance to raise the ranking of the seventh-rank sect by a few steps, and become a truly famous sect.
They knew that their young master liked to be quiet and alone when he was thinking about things.
At the stairway, two young men in Tsing-clothed samurai uniforms stood with their hands tied, with extraordinary momentum. In Qingyun Wuyuan, these two are the two most outstanding disciples among the disciples of the Dajiang League. They were selected by Jiang Tao, the leader of the Dajiang League, very early, and became disciples trained secretly. Their loyalty to the Dajiang League is beyond doubt. This time, they were selected by Jiang Shuihan, accompanied by them, the two young men were very excited, they were full of vigor and energy along the way, and they only hoped to be able to fall into the eyes of the young leader.
Jiang Shuihan didn't feel disgusted by his subordinates vying for credit. On the contrary, he encouraged them more. The more disciples worked for the alliance, the more they had to show favor and distinguish them from ordinary gang members. As a result, among those young disciples, a desire to contribute to the Dajiang League immediately arose.
There was a sound of going up the stairs, and the waiter who had just gone downstairs to prepare the dishes, now came upstairs with a few plates of dishes and a jug of old wine deftly.
The waiter bowed obsequiously to the two young men standing at the bottom of the building. There was a distinctive sign on the chest of the other's clothes. It was a blue cloud floating above the river, which proved that the other party had been in the limelight in Yunxia County in recent years. A disciple of the extremely vigorous "Qin Yun Martial Academy".
People from this martial arts sect cannot be offended.
Among them, the thick-browed and big-eyed disciple had seen the waiter go upstairs before, but he still looked up and down. He was about to take the dishes and bring them over in person, but the waiter hid away, letting the disciple of the Dajiang League catch him, and then went to the restaurant. Before the other party was furious, he said: "Brother, I have a very good dish 'Sanwei Braised Fish' here. There are three ways to eat one dish. I have to tell that young master personally..."
The big-eyed disciple of the Dajiang League stared at him and was about to speak, when the young leader inside said calmly, "Okay, let him in, I just have a few words to ask him. You can go down now..."
Everyone was startled, but they immediately obeyed the order and bowed back.
The shop waiter came over with a grinning dish, and arranged the dishes neatly. Jiang Shuihan took some fish with bamboo chopsticks, put it in his mouth, and immediately showed a sad expression, but he still insisted on swallowing it. , drank the water and wine in the wine glass, then sighed helplessly, and said lightly: "It's really hard for you, every time we meet, you have to cook such an unpalatable fish..."
The waiter in the shop smiled, wiped the stool with a towel, then jumped up, but squatted on it, and said with a smile: "I think it's even more difficult for you, knowing that the fish is not good, but you still have to eat a bite every time." ...causing me to deliberately make it so unpalatable every time, just to see how you frown. By the way, does your father plan to have another daughter or something? It's done, I advise your father to have more concubines. A few girls or something, just for your looks, I think you will be so handsome when you give birth to a girl, remember to book a few for me to be wives... "
Jiang Shuihan felt as if he wanted to cry but had no tears. He had no choice but to shake his head and smile wryly towards this friend.
The shop waiter took a bowl there, poured some water and wine, took out a box of ointment from his body, melted it in water, wiped it on his face, and then wiped it with a towel. A young man with a thin face, but quite aura, then shook his limbs, and there was a sound like popping beans from his body, his body suddenly rose several inches, especially his hands and feet became long, giving people the feeling of extreme flexibility . He has average appearance, rather handsome, with a carefree smile always on the corner of his mouth. Most especially a pair of eyes, flexible and shrewd, showing the endowment of cunning and wisdom.
The young man glanced at Jiang Shuihan's legs, and finally clicked his tongue and said, "I heard that someone cured your disease, but I still didn't believe it. My brother once told me that he wanted to cure your disease." Disease, you must have a master with extremely strong inner strength and practice [life] attribute exercises to instill true energy in you, so that you have a chance to get rid of the disease and walk again... I also asked him to help find such a master to give you You are getting medical treatment. I didn’t expect that your illness will be cured so quickly. It’s really happy. In the future, I will take you to eat something like a king’s meal. With your little face, no one can bear it. go hand…”
"Quickly die to me..." Jiang Shuihan laughed helplessly, then sighed, and said, "Ah Yuan, what happened to the thing I told you? Has the other party answered?"
The young man named A Yuan took a sip of his wine and said, "I asked a long time ago, but what a coincidence, that buddy has been collecting medicine with his master for the first two years. Master sent to the eight lost counties in the south, but there was a response from time to time... "
"How to say?" Jiang Shuihan leaned forward, feeling quite urgent.
Ah Yuan grinned and threw another peanut into his mouth, and said with a smile: "We can talk, but the price..."
Jiang Shuihan waved his hand and interrupted the other party, "We can talk!"
The firm attitude made the eyes of the young man named Ah Yuan shine brightly, and he said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few years, Xiao Han has become very imposing, so masculine, I really like it..."
The river is cold and the eyes are turned, but it is still the same.
"I don't understand. You said that if you buy the elixir, you can buy the elixir. Why do you want to buy the prescription? You know, it's a red-level elixir, and it's not something you can refine with the prescription. .”
"You don't need to worry about this, you just need to help me match the bridge, the benefits are indispensable to you..."
"Okay, okay, listen to you, you are the boss..." Ah Yuan laughed a few times, and then asked: "I heard that you sworn a Taoist priest as your eldest brother, what's the matter? Are you running into evil?"
Jiang Shuihan said angrily: "If you talk so openly, be careful that I will break up with you..."
Ah Yuan immediately raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, but at this moment he was holding a chicken leg in his mouth, making his appearance extremely ridiculous. It's just that the clear eyes are still staring at Jiang Shuihan without blinking...
Jiang Shuihan couldn't help showing a headache expression, nodded and said: "That's right. He asked for the convenience of the 'Chalcedony Humai Pill'; he also cured my leg; he also changed my Huang-level martial arts. He also taught my red-level martial arts...how is it, is there a problem?"
Seeing Ah Yuan go from being calm, to amazed, to shocked... Seeing the other party's devastated expression, Jiang Shuihan finally felt some pleasure of revenge.
"Oh, this strength..." The young man A Yuan snapped his mouth shut, his eyes lit up, and he leaned forward and said in a low voice: "The red-level exercise you told me can increase the five senses of the body, can pass on Give it to me? The price is negotiable... "
Jiang Shuihan was indifferent, shook his head, and nodded again.
"Is it possible?"
"I can't, but my brother can..."
The young man A Yuan suddenly realized, his body shrank back, and his small eyes rolled around for a while.
"You are a thief, why do you need such advanced martial arts?" Jiang Shuihan said sarcastically.
The young man A Yuan looked serious, and said seriously: "Don't say I'm a 'thief', I'm a master of Buddhism...but it's precisely because I'm a master of Buddhism that I need this kind of exercise more. It is also more sure when making money, and the success rate of running away is also greatly increased, isn't it... "
Yes, from a professional point of view, thieves are indeed more suitable for learning this martial art than catchers.
"My elder brother also went to Lost Eight Counties. We have to wait for him to come back. It's only about one month, but if it's long, it may take more than half a year..."
"Oh? It's a coincidence. I also have to go to the Lost Eight Counties. Your elder brother is there, and that kid is also there. It just so happens to complete these two transactions by the way. It's very suitable..."
Jiang Shuihan asked strangely: "What are you doing all the way there?"
The young man A Yuan said in surprise: "Why, you don't know? Could it be that your elder brother doesn't know either?"
"What's up?"
"It's not just me now, I'm afraid that young masters from all over Kyushu are rushing to the Lost Eight Counties. I heard that some unruly guys are also involved..."
A Yuan explained for a while, Jiang Shuihan couldn't help but understand. After all, Yunxia County is still too remote, so I didn't realize such important news.
"In this case, I wish you a happy cooperation..."
"Aren't you going?"
Jiang Shuihan looked at the bustling crowd outside the window, and said calmly: "My elder brother is enough, here, I have more important things to do."
The young man A Yuan shrugged, got up and left.
When he was about to reach the stairs, the young man suddenly remembered something, turned around and asked, "By the way, your eldest brother's name is..."
Jiang Shuihan drank the water and wine in his hand, and the voice came faintly—
"Ye Qingxuan—"
…
The sun is shining brightly, and the weeping willows are sleepy.
From time to time, frightened birds flew among the sage grass on both sides of the road.
A whip urged the horse to go south, and a somewhat dilapidated carriage wobbled along a sandy official road. The driver of the car was Huang Taiming's attendant, Xiaodouzi.
Naturally, Ye Qingxuan and Huang Taiming were sitting in the car.
It's just that during this good time, there were bursts of snoring from inside the carriage.
I don't know whether it was because the road was uneven, or Xiaodouzi, who was the coachman, vented his anger on purpose, the carriage suddenly crashed onto a rock, and the whole carriage jolted violently.
Ye Qingxuan was shocked, and woke up slowly from his sleep, carefully looked at the surrounding environment, and then retracted his extremities with embarrassment.
Huang Taiming stretched his sore legs and said with a smile: "It seems that Brother Ye not only stayed up all night yesterday, but also consumed a lot of energy..."
Ye Qingxuan chuckled, and said: "I used my brain too much, I was just summing up some things in my sleep just now."
"What is so important?"
Ye Qingxuan thought for a while and asked, "I don't know if Brother Huang knows the most famous skilled craftsman in Jianghu?"
Huang Taiming was taken aback, "Brother Ye, why are you asking these questions?"
"It's nothing, I have some ideas, I want someone to help design it, and finally find someone to build it..."
"Oh?" Huang Taiming was quite interested in this, "Are you ready?"
"Well, last night's inspiration happened to be almost ready..."
Huang Taiming shook his head and laughed, and murmured: "It's really strange that there are such coincidences in this world..."
Ye Qingxuan didn't know why, and asked, "What?"
Huang Taiming lifted the curtain of the carriage door and asked, "Little Douzi, how long will it take us to get there?"
Xiaodouzi's voice came from outside and said: "Master soon, let's go all the way south and enter the area of the lost eight counties. After walking for two or three days, we will reach the boundary."
Huang Taiming nodded, smiled at Ye Qingxuan, and said, "Did you hear that? There are still two or three days to arrive..."
"What?" Ye Qingxuan was even more confused.
Huang Taiming took out the book from under his body, flipped through it, and said, "Didn't you just ask if there are any skilled craftsmen in the world? Where we went, there happened to be a peerless skilled craftsman..."
Ye Qingxuan was shocked and asked, "Who?"
"The most skilled craftsman in the world - 'Skillful Craftsmanship' Ruperton."