(Go to the net.)

The eighth day of the lunar month, Dongwu City. Go and see the net.

After Chrissy, John and Alba followed Li Yundong's footsteps all the way to Soochow City, they knew that the lotus picking meeting would not start until the next day, so they first found a hotel to settle down and slept well.

On the eighth day of the lunar month, the three of them went out early, walked along the ancient canal of Dongwu City, and walked to Xinshiqiao Wharf.

Along the way, the three of them kept shooting around with their cameras and mobile phones, sighing at the beautiful scenery of this thousand-year-old city.

While taking a photo with her mobile phone, Alba sighed sincerely: "It's so beautiful, this city is really amazing, I really didn't expect that there would be such a beautiful city in China." ”

John also nodded and praised: "I have been to Tiannan City before, in my impression Tiannan City is a developed modern city, the urbanization process is very fast, but I feel that there is no difference from the cities of our country, as long as the people in it are replaced by Americans, you can't tell whether this is a Chinese city or an American city." But Soochow is different, the city has a strong oriental style, which makes me feel like I have returned to ancient China. ”

Since the last time Chrissy returned to the United States and was teased by her grandmother, Chrissy has put in a lot of hard work to study all aspects of China's culture, history and customs, and she smiled slightly and acted as a temporary tour guide.

She said with a smile: "The city of Soochow is rich and beautiful, and since 514 A.D., Wu Wangfucha has built this city here, and since then, this city has been a famous cultural, economic and political city in this country. ”

Three deep-eyed and high-nosed foreigners walked slowly along the willow embankment of the moat of Soochow City, and John and Alba listened attentively as Chrissy introduced this famous historical city in China.

Chrissy is outstanding, tall, along the embankment all the way, eloquently talking, attracted the attention of many people, she said loudly: "Dongwu City is very prosperous and developed from ancient times to the present, so it is known as the paradise on earth, and because Dongwu City has always been famous for its beautiful landscapes and elegant gardens, so it has the reputation of Jiangnan Gardens in the world, and Dongwu Gardens in Jiangnan." ”

Chrissy pointed to the bridge across the moat and the arc arch bridges that can be seen everywhere on the side of the road, and said: "In the thirteenth century, Marco Polo came here, because he witnessed the characteristics of the ancient city of the water town of the small bridge and flowing water here, so he praised the city of Soochow as the Venice of the East in his "Marco Polo's Travels". ”

Alba smiled and exclaimed: "I have been to Venice, it is also a very beautiful city, the style there is very different from here, but it is difficult to distinguish between the two. ”

The three of them talked and laughed and walked along the moat for a while, about a kilometer or two, and finally came to the dock near the Xinshi Bridge.

As soon as they arrived nearby, the three of them saw that the pier was surrounded by all kinds of luxurious clubs and entertainment venues, and it didn't look like a place where cultivators were going to hold a party.

Alba looked around and couldn't help but wonder: "What kind of so-called lotus picking conference, is it here......?" Inside the dance bar?"

John was also confused and looked left and right, and he couldn't help but wonder: "Didn't that man say last time that he was on a tanker? Where is there a luxury cruise ship here?"

Chrissy couldn't help but smile bitterly: "John, don't be kidding, you can see clearly, this is a moat, where did the luxury cruise ship come from? Do you think this kind of moat can drive in an oil tanker like the Titanic? Please, the Titanic can block this river!"

John swept his eyes and suddenly saw a medium-sized pleasure boat moored near the Xinshiqiao Pier, this pleasure boat was divided into two floors, the upper floor had a large terrace, apparently for tourists to enjoy the scenery by the river, and below was a closed cabin, which could accommodate about three or four hundred people.

As soon as John pointed to the tanker, he wondered, "Hey, is this one?"

Chrissy and Alba looked at each other, nodded in unison, "It's possible, go and ask!"

The three of them walked forward quickly, and were about to pass through the pier to step forward, but suddenly saw two people dressed as tourists approaching, one fat and one thin, and the two glanced up and down at them, and then blocked their way.

Seeing this, Chrissy immediately said in proficient Chinese: "Hello, is the Lotus Picking Conference here?"

The two men were stunned for a moment, looked at each other, and exclaimed at the same time, "Who are you?

John hurried over and cheekily said, "We are ......"

Chrissy was afraid that he would do the first thing again, so she hurriedly stomped on John with the heel of her high heels, and John was in pain, and his facial features were twisted and wrinkled together.

Chrissy pulled John, who wanted to cry without tears, behind her, and then said with a smile on her face: "I am Chriss, an intern reporter for the Philadelphia Daily, these two are my colleagues, we heard that today is the day of the ancient Chinese Taoist lotus picking conference, we want to come to interview, I don't know ......"

Before she finished speaking, the two of them said impatiently: "What kind of lotus picking conference, I don't know! Let's go, this place is not open for business today, don't you look at the sign!"

As he spoke, he pointed to the "Temporarily Closed" sign hanging at the ticket office next to him.

Chrissy was stunned for a moment, and wanted to say more, but saw the two people waving their arms to drive them out, and it happened that at this time, on the side of the road at the dock, a luxurious Mercedes-Benz extended car stopped, and several men and women in suits and leather shoes stepped down from the car.

As soon as these two people saw these people, they were immediately stunned, greeted them with a smile on their faces, and said with a smile: "May I ask if the Taoist friend of that sect has arrived?"

The leader was a man with a square face and sword eyebrows, he arched his hand and said, "Down there is Du Fei of the Quanzhen Dragon Sect!"

The two people who greeted the guests smiled and arched their hands: "It turned out to be the jade-faced golden monkey Du Zhenren, disrespectful and disrespectful, and admired for a long time!"

Du Fei introduced a rather short man beside him and said, "This is my little junior brother, Yue Sheng, known as the three-eyed Erlang!"

One of the fatter ones, with a solemn face, said, "It turns out that the three-eyed real person has arrived!

Yue Sheng is not tall, but his arrogance is really extreme, he glanced at the two of them proudly, snorted in his nose, and then turned his nostrils to the sky, no longer looking at people.

The two of them seemed to know Yue Sheng's temper, and they didn't care, their faces were full of smiles.

Du Fei introduced a woman in professional clothes next to him, and he smiled: "This is my junior sister Wei Qing." ”

Wei Qing had light makeup painted on her face, and she smiled slyly: "I'm not a famous cultivator, I'm just here to join in the fun with my senior brother, and I don't have any nickname, just call me Wei Qing." ”

Seeing that Wei Qing was young and beautiful, with a pleasant smile and approachable attitude, these two people were not as arrogant as Yue Sheng, they all laughed and said, "It's easy to say!"

Wei Qing approached the two of them with some familiarity, and asked curiously, "Hey, are the other sects here?"

The thinner of the two said with a smile: "The Wuhua Mountain Yin and Yang Sect has arrived, the people from the Qingwei Sect have also arrived, and there are also people from the Donghua Sect, the Donghai Sect, the Penglai Sect, the Jinshan Sect, the Louguan Dao, the Qingshui Dao and other sects have arrived." ”

When Yue Sheng heard this, he snorted coldly and sneered in a low voice: "It's all a group of nobodies......

The two of them glanced at Yue Sheng, and secretly angry in their hearts: Dare to love the world, your Quanzhen Dragon Sect is a big faction, and you Yue Sheng is a famous cultivator, isn't everyone else worth mentioning?

Wei Qing on the side saw that the atmosphere was embarrassing, her eyes rolled, and she quickly made a round, and said with a smile: "Oh, there are so many fellow believers, it's so lively! I thought we arrived early! I don't know if Li Zhenren has arrived?"

The two people who greeted each other looked at each other puzzledly: "Li Zhenren, which Li Zhenren, which sect Li Zhenren?"

At this time, Yue Sheng couldn't help but snort coldly: "Is there any person in the world whose surname Li is worthy of being Li Zhenren?"

The two people who welcomed the guests were both inner disciples of the Pavilion Soap Sect of the Waidan Sect, and their own strength was extraordinary, so they would be sent to welcome them, otherwise they would be seen by the cultivators of other sects, and they would all think: It turns out that the cultivators of the Pavilion Soap Sect are so unbearable!

But the two of them didn't expect that even if they were cultivating like this, not only would they not be able to enter the stream in Yue Sheng's eyes, but even all the cultivators surnamed Li in the world would not be in the stream!

This is so arrogant!

The most infuriating thing is that both of them are surnamed Li! This sentence simply slapped both of them!

The fatter one held back his anger and said, "I haven't asked Yue Zhenren yet, which one surnamed Li is worthy of being Li Zhenren in this world?"

Wei Qing saw that the two of them looked unkind and vaguely about to have a seizure, she hurriedly smiled and said, "Oh, of course it's Li Yundong, blame me for not asking clearly, it's Li Yundong!"

When the two people of the Waidan Pavilion Soap Sect heard this, their faces suddenly changed, and the fatter one asked, "Is it Li Yundong who took over from Tianlong Mountain as the head of the Fox Zen Sect?"

The thinner one asked, "Is it Li Yundong who made trouble in our ancestral pavilion soap mountain?"

Wei Qing secretly complained in his heart when he heard this: It's bad, how can I forget that this Li Yundong and the Pavilion Soap Sect have a grudge?

Wei Qing snorted and said with a dry smile: "It seems to be this Li Yundong, ah, haha......"

The two snorted coldly, and the fatter one sneered: "It turns out to be this Li Zhenren, who should I be able to enter Yue Zhenren's eyes! I heard that Yue Zhenren and Li Zhenren seem to have had a fight last time, and they also suffered a small loss, right? No wonder I can't forget this Li Zhenren!"

The thinner man also sneered: "If he doesn't come, it doesn't matter, if he comes, you have to let him understand the power of our Waidan Sect, otherwise he really has no one in our Pavilion Soap Sect?"

Yue Sheng glanced at the two of them, sneered secretly, and was about to speak, but suddenly saw a clear voice in the distance, with a thick Sichuan accent, laughing: "Which one is so bold that he dares to look down on the Waidan Sect's Ox-Eared Pavilion Soap Sect? Don't you know that the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake?"

A few people followed the sound and saw three young people wearing Taoist robes, Shi Shiran, walking over, led by a young man who was tall and jade, handsome in appearance, with an extraordinary temperament, and a long sword wrapped in gray cloth behind him, which looked inconspicuous.

The fatter greeter arched his hand and asked, "May I ask who this Taoist friend is?"

The young man led by him palmed one hand, bent down and gave a salute, and said with a smile: "In Qingyang Palace, Chengdu, Sichuan, Zhang Cunyi!"

When everyone heard this, they were shocked, and they all looked at Zhang Cunyi, and said in their hearts: This is Zhang Cunyi, the future head of the Qingcheng faction who released words to win the first place before the lotus picking conference?

They looked Zhang Cunyi up and down, but saw that he was in good spirits, his eyes were bright, and he stood in place.

There are many sects in the Cailian Conference, and the masters are like clouds, Zhang Cunyi dares to boast that Haikou won the first place, there is no doubt that he relies on the magic weapon of the Qingcheng faction, the Three Emperor Sword!

Everyone's eyes finally fell on the gray cloth wrapped in gray cloth on Zhang Cunyi's back, the inconspicuous three-foot sword, and they said in their hearts: Is this the famous Three Emperor Sword, known as the world's top magic weapon?

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