While eating the sweet-scented osmanthus cake, Chen Yuelin said vaguely: "Master, you should also drink the soup quickly, this lotus lotus seed soup should be drunk while it's hot, it's warm."
"Yeah." Qiu Yutong nodded absent-mindedly, picked up the blue and white porcelain Gu in front of her, and took a sip without taste, "Not bad."
Chen Yuelin looked at him drinking the soup, and smiled: "Not bad? When I was at home, every winter, my mother loved to make this soup for me. I didn't feel cold after drinking it. Oh, I miss my mother so much." .”
"Why don't you go back for Chinese New Year?"
"Hey, when I left home, I swore in my heart that I would never go back to the Huaizhou old house unless I looked like a human being outside. I don't want to go back to see the faces of Er Niang and my concubine brother." Chen Yuelin curled her lips, "My mother will only let me be patient. She doesn't know that some people, the more tolerant you are, the more they get ahead... Anyway, I just want to practice hard and get ahead early. As long as I have cultivation, I can stand on my own Portal, take my mother out."
Qiu Yutong nodded: "So that's the case, then you have to work hard."
He really doesn't understand the inner house struggles of these big families in the human world, but he can also understand the young man's idea of wanting to get ahead and make his mother happy.
While the two were talking, on the table in the middle of the restaurant, the storyteller gave a "slap", slapped the bamboo board hard, and said loudly: "Guest officers, fellow fathers and folks, as we mentioned last time, that Shuo Xuecheng Qiufeng Lord, righteously exterminated his relatives in the secret realm of the Blood Prison, killed his monster apprentice, and pushed him into the Cuiwei Cold Pool... "
Qiu Yutong's hand trembled suddenly, and the hot soup spilled out.
Chen Yuelin quickly took a snow-white towel and wiped his front: "What's wrong? Is it hot?"
"No, it's okay." Qiu Yutong shook her head, feeling a little out of her mind.
Chen Yuelin glanced at the storyteller on the stage, and seemed to understand why Qiu Yutong had such a big reaction, so he softly persuaded: "Master, there is still me. Those things in the past are all over, don't worry about it." of."
Qiu Yutong's mind was blank, she didn't notice what he was talking about at all, and just nodded indiscriminately.
The eyes of the man in the corner were dark, and there was no expression of joy or anger on his wooden, scorched face, but his jaw moved slightly, as if he was grinding his teeth very lightly, trying to hold back something.
The storyteller on the stage continued to tell stories. Although Qingshiqiao Town is not big, it is located at the foot of Canglong Snow Mountain. There are quite a few monks coming and going. There are several casual monks in this restaurant, all listening to the storyteller with great interest. Tell a story.
"...The guest officials must have heard about what happened later. After Qiufeng killed his relatives righteously and took out the magic pill of that monster, he drove Amaterasu Yunhai back to Canglong Snow Mountain. He concentrated on Feilai Peak. After 20 years of retreat, I finally used that peerless magic pill to reshape the body of dual cultivators of Dao and Demon... "
"Why is this different from what I heard?" A guest interrupted loudly, "I heard that the magic pill dug by Lord Qiufeng was snatched away in the secret realm, and Lord Qiufeng was also taken away. Seriously injured."
"Yes, yes, it seems that it was snatched back by the big devil in the demon world!"
"No, I heard that it was snatched away by other monks..."
The storyteller shook his fan and smiled slightly: "Well, over there in Shuo Xuecheng, it is natural to say so. As the saying goes, if you are not guilty, you are guilty if you conceive a jade. Although City Lord Xie has a high level of cultivation, but he is busy with affairs, how can he cope with it? Everyone may wish to think about it, if he hadn't obtained the magic pill, why would Qiufeng Lord retreat for twenty years for no reason? I heard that a while ago he finally After exiting the customs, it seems that the immortal body is in good condition, not injured, and has taken in a young apprentice, the young master who is the descendant of the Chen family in Huainan."
Hearing this, Chen Yuelin straightened his back, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, as if he was very happy because others recognized his identity as Qiu Yutong's apprentice.
Someone in the audience suddenly realized: "I also heard that Master Qiu took in an apprentice, so it turned out to be the young master of the Chen family in Huainan? That's really good. The Chen family has been clean for generations, and there will never be any monsters. Master Qiu accepted him before. As a monster apprentice, I must be careful and cautious in choosing an apprentice this time."
"Yes, yes, it is said that the young master of the Chen family has very good qualifications, and he will definitely become Master Qiu's favorite student in the future."
"I have a friend who is a guest of the Chen family. I heard that the young master has a mutated spiritual root, which is rare..."
"Hey, Master Qiufeng took in a monster villain before, but this time he finally chose a good one."
Chen Yuelin looked at Qiu Yutong with sparkling eyes, as if saying, quickly take me as an apprentice, quickly take me as an apprentice.
"Yue Lin, don't be like this..." Qiu Yutong rubbed between her brows with a headache.
Hearing the "monster" and "evil" from those people, he felt uncomfortable, and wanted to stand up and refute something, but he felt that it was inexplicable to do so.
The man in the corner stared at them with cold eyes.
"What's the matter? Don't want to hear this story anymore?" Chen Yuelin looked at Qiu Yutong carefully, then thought for a while, took out a silver coin, and threw it on the stage, "Mr. Tell me a new story, okay?"
The storyteller raised his hand to accept the money, his small eyes lit up slightly, and immediately slapped the bamboo board: "Okay! Then let's not talk about the secret realm of the Blood Prison, but tell us about the Immortal Alliance Conference this time. What do you think?"
Chen Yuelin blinked: "Immortal League Conference? That's fine."
"As I said before, in the secret realm of the Blood Prison, Master Wuchen passed away unexpectedly, and Master Qiu Feng retreated after he came back. Lord Xie of Shuoxue City and Master Gui of Shengxian Island were all very busy. Palace Master Lin of the Qin Palace had no interest in mundane affairs, so the Immortal Alliance General Meeting was not held that year. The Immortal Alliance Master Order was temporarily in charge of Master Qingci, the chief disciple of Master Wuchen. After the new year, this The Immortal Alliance Conference held once every 20 years is about to be held again."
"Is the fairy alliance meeting going to be held?" Qiu Yutong was slightly taken aback.
That's right, counting the days, the Xianmeng Conference will indeed be held next year. It's just that he was busy practicing after waking up, so he didn't think of it, and the brothers never mentioned it, presumably they didn't want to disturb his practice.
Someone in the audience shouted: "Where will this year's Fairy League Conference be held?"
The storyteller smiled and said, "Since the leader of the Immortal Alliance is still in Nanshan Temple, according to the rules of previous years, this year's Immortal Alliance Conference will naturally be held in Nanshan Temple. I heard that Master Qingci has already handed out posts to all sects, This time, the Immortal Alliance Conference is probably going to be very lively."
Everyone couldn't help discussing for a while: "I don't know, who will get this order of the leader of the Immortal Dao this year?"
"Return to the island owner? Or thank the city owner?"
"Maybe it's Nanshan Temple?"
"I heard that the market has already opened on the black market, and the owner of Guidao is overwhelming the crowd..."
"Ahem, speaking of the Fairy League Conference this time," the storyteller slammed the bamboo board, attracting everyone's attention, "Guest officials don't know, this time the Fairy League Conference, apart from the four sects and In addition to many small sects, it is said that there is a very special uninvited guest."
"What unexpected guest?"
"Who is it?"
"Mr. Storyteller, you should tell the story quickly, don't be fooled!"
"This uninvited guest." The storyteller paused, whetted everyone's appetites, and then said slowly, "I heard that the new Demon Emperor of the Demon Realm has already delivered a post to Nanshan Temple."
As soon as he finished speaking, the restaurant exploded with a "boom": "Someone is coming from the Demon Realm?!"
"Hasn't the devil world been in chaos for thousands of years? Where is the devil emperor?"
"The new Demon Emperor, who is that? Why haven't I heard of it?"
"The Demon Emperor Haotian died a long time ago, and his only son was also killed by Qingheng Immortal Venerable... What kind of Demon Emperor is this, can't he be a lie?"
"Leaving aside this, isn't the Blood Prison Secret Realm already sealed?"
"Could it be that the blood prison secret realm has opened again?"
"What?! The Blood Prison Secret Realm is open?" Qiu Yutong suddenly raised her head, her eyes widened.
At this moment, Qiu Yutong doesn't care about the Fairy League Conference or the new Demon Emperor. He only has one thing on his mind, which is that the Blood Prison Secret Realm has opened again, so can he go in and find the secret place at the bottom of Cuiwei Lake? His little apprentice
A person next to him smiled and said, "The Blood Prison Secret Realm has not been opened. I heard that the new Demon Emperor has the power to penetrate the heavens and the earth. He can open the gap between the demon world and the human world, and come and go at will."
"That's it." Qiu Yutong murmured, feeling very disappointed.
Next, Qiu Yutong didn't pay attention to what the storyteller said, but just stared at the snow-covered branches outside the window in a daze.
Suddenly, Chen Yuelin exclaimed: "Hey, be careful!"
Before Qiu Yutong could react, he smelled the smell of burnt fabric. He quickly looked down, and couldn't help being startled. Charcoal fell to one knee!
He hurriedly stretched out his hand to touch it, but gasped in pain with a "hiss-"; it turned out that his body was melted by Luoxue, and he hadn't formed a pill yet, so he was very sensitive to hot things. Fortunately, it was cold today, he was wearing a quilted brocade robe, his legs were fine, but the back of his left hand was scalded with silver charcoal and had a large blister.
"Xiao Er, bring a basin of cold water!" Chen Yuelin said anxiously.
At this moment, the man in the corner suddenly stood up and walked over quickly. He looked down at Qiu Yutong's hand, and took out a small jasper porcelain box from his pocket: "Cold water doesn't work, I have burn ointment here, apply it first."
His voice was hoarse and low, as if his throat had been injured.
"Is there scald ointment? That's great!" Chen Yuelin cheered, and was about to reach out to take it, but the man ignored him and sat down beside Qiu Yutong, pinching Qiu Yutong's wrist roughly, and frowned. Those large and small blisters on the white back of the hand.
"You are?" Qiu Yutong was slightly taken aback, but before she could react, the other party had already dug up a lump of light green transparent plaster and applied it lightly, her slender fingers carefully rubbed back and forth, as if she was afraid of hurting him.
The plaster was ice-cold and exuded a faint fragrance. When it was applied on the red and hot blisters, the coolness was very comfortable. Qiu Yutong looked down at the other party applying medicine to herself, feeling a little uncomfortable: "Uh, thank you."
The movement of the man's hands paused slightly, and he raised his eyes to look at him: "You're welcome. Why are you so careless?"
"I just heard that the Blood Prison Secret Realm has reopened, and I was surprised..." Qiu Yutong's voice was involuntarily hoarse when he said this, and he couldn't continue.
"Why, are you afraid of the reopening of the Blood Prison Secret Realm? Are there enemies inside?"
"No." Qiu Yutong shook her head, feeling sore in her heart, and didn't want to explain further.
The man didn't continue to ask, he lowered his head and applied the plaster carefully, then asked Xiaoer to bring some clean cloth strips, wrapped them gently, and said, "Okay, don't get wet for a few days."
"Oh, thank you." Qiu Yutong always felt awkward, and quickly withdrew her hand.
"You have already said thank you just now." The man rolled his eyes, his cold eyes slowly swept across the pile of red New Year's goods next to him, his eyes stopped on the rough carp lantern, and a mocking smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Why? , have you bought something for so many years?"
Qiu Yutong nodded and said, "Well, it's the Chinese New Year."
Speaking of new year's goods, Chen Yuelin couldn't help showing off and interjected: "These window grilles, couplets, pastries... I chose them all, and he likes them very much."
"Really?" The man glanced at Chen Yuelin expressionlessly, then turned his head to look at Qiu Yutong, and then sighed softly, as if very melancholy.
"What's wrong?" Qiu Yutong asked in confusion.
"It's the Chinese New Year, and every household is posting couplets and window grilles. It's pretty good... Unfortunately, I don't have this blessing."
"Aren't you going home?" Qiu Yutong couldn't help but chased after her. For some reason, he always felt that this man was kind, so he wanted to have a few more words with him.
"I don't have a home." The man paused for a moment, then said calmly, "I used to have one, and that man promised me that he would stay with me for the rest of my life... Later, he took all my things and left. Up to now, this kind of home On the day of family reunion, I don’t know where to go.”
"That's it." Qiu Yutong roughly understood that this man was not nice, and his wife ran away with the family's treasures, and couldn't help feeling a little sympathetic, "Aren't you going to find her?"
"Of course I will go to him." The man stared at him and paused, "I will ask him to make it up to me."
Qiu Yutong blinked his eyes, and felt a sense of creepiness for no reason. Before he could figure out what was going on, the man suddenly asked again: "Young master, is he from a nearby family?"
Qiu Yutong nodded: "Well, what's wrong?"
"I asked before that all the inns in this town are full. If it's convenient, sir, I don't know, can you... take me in for two days?" The man stared into his eyes and said slowly.
"You mean, you want to live with me? But, my place..." Qiu Yutong was stunned, not knowing how to answer.
The other party's request sounds very abrupt, but Canglong Snow Mountain is located in a remote place, the town at the foot of the mountain is simple and honest, and there are not many inns. Some small families will take in passing merchants, and charge more or less money for accommodation. cost. The man didn't know his identity, so it didn't seem strange to make this request.
"Why, don't you have any spare rooms in your son's house?"
"Uh, that's not true." Qiu Yutong murmured, "It's just..."
Feilai Peak has always been sparsely populated, and there are indeed several vacant rooms. Although he has never stayed with a stranger, this person has just helped him, and he looks so pitiful... Qiu Yutong hesitated, feeling a little embarrassed for a while, I don't even know how to refuse.
Chen Yuelin frowned deeply: "How did this happen? My master doesn't like strangers."
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