"Sir, what exactly did you give him just now?" After Mr. Xia left, Ji Yan couldn't help but ask.

"That is the token of the Lord of the Sword Palace, seeing that the token is like the Lord of the Sword in person, all the disciples of the Sword Hall must obey the order, of course, there is only one chance, and it will be withdrawn when it is used up, which can be regarded as a favor owed by the entire Sword Palace. Fu Zhen looked at Ji Yan, as if he was talking about something indifferent.

"That's what I owe. Ji Yan thought to himself.

As if he saw Ji Yan's thoughts, Mr. Fu, a man who usually speaks little, opened his mouth to explain: "The disciples of the academy are already in the same spirit, regardless of each other, not to mention that the Sword Hall is in the same lineage, in addition, although the Sword Hall owes a favor, as long as it can cure you, this transaction will not be a loss." ”

At this moment, Ji Yan wants to say that he is not moved, it is absolutely false, although he did not encounter a big disaster when he came here, but he also had no relatives, except for the neighborhoods of Linxi Village, only the academy made him feel a trace of warmth, no, there is also that simple small restaurant, speaking of coming from the academy to study, he didn't go back much, this time he suffered a big disaster, I don't know the future, fortunately, his identity as a first-class public can at least let them have no worries about food and clothing.

Ji Yan still had a little guilt on his face, "Sir, I don't know if it's worth the trouble of the academy, all along, Mr. Yi has always said that my talent is mediocre, but he still let me come to the academy, and in the following year, I can feel that the gentlemen of the academy are kind to me, especially the two in the inner courtyard, and they also take a lot of care of me, I really can't figure it out, it seems that everyone feels very strange about me." ”

Mr. Fu stared at Ji Yan, in the one-year practice of the academy, he had witnessed the efforts of the young man countless times, but as he said, the talent was mediocre in Mr. Yi's eyes, but it was Mr. Yi who was above the top, but even in his opinion, it could only be regarded as a middle-class asset, compared to that person, it was too inferior, which was tantamount to a world of difference.

But it doesn't matter, since it is the gentleman's choice, there is naturally a reason, so why bother yourself. So, he smiled with relief. "When you pick up that sword, everything is already in the best place, and sooner or later you will understand, all right, rest for now. After speaking, he turned around and left, and Ji Yan saluted.

At night, Ji Yan tossed and turned, unable to sleep, and was always a little panicked in his heart. Under the attack of the Demon Emperor, he was lucky not to die, he thought he had seen through life and death, but several famous doctors were helpless against his symptoms, so that he had a feeling that he had been sentenced to death, although he was a person who died once, but this feeling was indeed very bad, since God gave him a second chance, then he had to live no matter what. In his previous life, he was a first-order mortal, but now he has become a cultivator who he fantasized about before, and he has the backer of the academy, such a gorgeous world is really reluctant.

Jumping up, Ji Yan came to the roof, I have to say that there are still many benefits of becoming a cultivator, if it was changed before, he would not dare to come up to the roof of more than ten meters high, now he only needs to jump lightly, be careful not to skip the head.

The moon is still that month-----, bright star is still that star-star--------, Ji Yan couldn't help but hum, in the previous days in the academy, in addition to practicing, what he liked most was to stay on the roof at night to watch the stars, the vast universe, the endless starry sky, contained too much mystery and unknown. In his heart, one of these countless stars must be his hometown, the place he must go back to, and the motivation for him to live.

Suddenly, a simple and elegant piano sound came, intermittently, but fortunately, he had excellent ear power, and if he were someone else, he might not be able to hear it as real as him.

"In the middle of the night, who is here to play the harp? and he is not afraid to disturb people's sleep. Ji Yan muttered to himself, and at the same time pulled him back to reality from the homesickness just now. "Well, I can't sleep anyway, so let's go and see which one is not qualified. "Say that, follow the voice.

The sound of the piano was hazy and intermittent, and Ji Yan didn't dare to walk from the roof again, otherwise it would be a lot of fun if he was treated as a thief or a flower picker, and the saliva of several gentlemen would not drown themselves. Eventually, I walked through several corridors and came to a pond full of lotus flowers, and there was a stone pavilion in the pond, from which the sound came.

Ji Yan studied under the academy, the six arts of the academy, it can be said that it represents the strongest six stunts in the entire eastern soil, this statement may not be absolute, because Shenzhou is vast, even if the eastern soil is in a corner, it is also vast and boundless, God knows which hermit family has mastered the earth-shattering secret method, but at least in the past thousand years, the academy has defended the myth of the invincibility of the six arts with countless bloody battles.

However, even if he was fortunate enough to hear the master of the music hall personally stroke the qin, Ji Yan still felt that the musician of the stone pavilion tonight was still highly skilled, which was an inexpressible artistic conception. At this moment, standing on the plank road leading to the stone pavilion, he could clearly hear the sad and complaining song, and he found that his body seemed to be uncontrollable and slowly walked towards the stone pavilion.

Approaching the stone pavilion, what catches your eye is a slender figure, dressed in white like snow, wearing a hairpin, long hair up to the waist, Ying Ying grasps, but it is a pity to see a back, but it is not difficult to imagine that it should be a stunning beauty.

The sound of the piano continued, and Ji Yan slowly walked forward, the two of them seemed to be in a game, and no one refused to give up, and finally, three steps away from the figure, the sound of the piano stopped abruptly, and Ji Yan felt that the restraints on his body were instantly released.

"Why didn't the son sleep so late and ran to the residence of the female dependents, it was rude. The woman stood up, turned around and bowed slightly, speaking in a tone that seemed polite, but in fact was slightly annoyed.

The moment Ji Yan saw the girl turn around, he was immediately stunned, and what caught his eye was a familiar and unfamiliar face, strange because they had only met once, familiar because he had seen this face countless times in his dreams, in popular terms, it was actually unrequited love.

That's right, the girl who stroked the qin was Miss Xia, her grandmother almost killed Ji Yan indiscriminately some time ago, and in order to apologize, the little girl was very happy to pay a ginseng to herself, and now I think I should thank the fourth senior sister, if she hadn't ripped off the other party's veil, I am afraid she would not have recognized the other party.

Since they are acquaintances, it will be easy to do, Ji Yan secretly rejoiced.

"Miss Xia, do you remember me? We met when we were in Yuncheng before, you also gave me a spirit ginseng, if it weren't for your spirit ginseng, I would have died in the thunder tribulation, speaking of which, the girl can be regarded as a life-saving grace for me. Ji Yan was cheeky and didn't mention the old woman's attack on him at all, so the little girl seemed to remember it after hearing it, and she was a little embarrassed.

"It turned out to be you, you are the disciple of the academy who came to treat today?" Maybe the weight of the word academy was too heavy, and the little girl let down her guard, and she didn't have the idea of beating up this kid who slipped into the courtyard of the female family in the middle of the night.

"Your name, Ji Yan, right?" the little girl asked tentatively.

"Yes, yes, I didn't expect Miss Xia to remember me. Ji Yan said excitedly, nodding like pounding garlic. "I think the girl is also the young lady of the Xia family, but I don't know the girl's name yet. ”

"My name is Xia Qingyu. ”

"Xia whispered, what a good name, hahahaha-" Ji Yan smiled awkwardly, as a straight man in his previous life, he didn't know how to flirt with his sister, especially in a classical and fantasy world.

"You haven't told me why you're here. Obviously, Ji Yan's effect of changing the topic had no effect, and the other party's seemingly confused eyes and a somewhat natural expression were just an appearance.

"I can't sleep at night, I followed me to the sound of the piano, you play so well, better than Xiao Jiuzi, no, I feel better than Mr. Yu's playing." Ji Yan said seriously.

Xia whispered how to know who the little Jiuzi he was talking about, but the Mr. Yu mentioned later surprised her, so she asked tentatively, "Who are you talking about, Mr. Yu?"

"Mr. Yu, Yu Jinghua, the master of the Music Palace, I once heard him play the piano once, and I don't feel as good as you. Ji Yan praised again. On the contrary, Xia Qingyu lowered his head a little ashamedly, and asked shyly: "Yu Jinghua, the master of the music hall, has been famous in the east before entering the academy, and his piano art has reached the realm. ”

"Mr. Yu's piano skills are indeed superb, maybe my realm is not enough so I can't comprehend it for the time being, but although the tune you play is brisk, I hear sadness from it, what bothering the girl?"

"Can you hear the sadness in my song?" Xia asked in surprise: "No, can you hear the song I played?" At this moment, Yang Jiu'er was really surprised, as if she had discovered a big secret, and her originally confused eyes widened a little, looking quite cute.

"I'm not deaf, I can hear it. Ji Yan was a little confused when asked, and he didn't understand why the other party asked like this, so he scratched his head in embarrassment and looked at it. "Miss Xia, your piano is really good, this wood should be an extremely rare golden-threaded purple nanmu, such a piece the size of a finger is sky-high, you actually have the whole piano, oh my God, how much does this cost? And this, this-"

Now it was Ji Yan's turn to be surprised, "This, Miss Xia, why doesn't your piano have strings?" He looked at the guqin and asked with a confused expression, like a babbling baby at the moment. Because this matter was really beyond his understanding, even if he was now a cultivator and a disciple of the academy, he had never heard of such a strange thing.

As we all know, the piano has seven strings, there are also five strings, the palace merchant horn is slightly feathered, no strings are not sounded, the piano has no strings, just like a sword only has a hilt, no sword edge, so how to play, how to fight and kill.

The little girl listened to Ji Yan's inquiry, and was a little flustered for some reason, a touch of red appeared on her face, she picked up the guqin, bowed, and said that it was too late to say goodbye. As everyone knows, this scene was fully watched by the two old men in the dark.

"I heard that only people with the same heart can hear this stringless song, I didn't expect that this time I came to promote a marriage, Brother Yuanshan, it seems that your mansion and my academy are quite fateful, hahaha-" It was Mr. Fu from the academy who spoke, and it was Xia Yuanshan next to him, the two were discussing some things, and they came to check when they felt the movement outside, but they didn't expect to see this scene.

Xia Yuanshan's face at this moment was not very good, after all, the other party climbed the wall in the middle of the night and ran to his niece's yard, no matter how he said it, it was not very good, if it weren't for the prestige and reputation of the academy, he would have to beat this kid first. It's just that how can this kid hear his niece's stringless song, it's troublesome.

"I didn't expect the disciples of the academy to act like this, it was really ungentlemanly. In the end, Xia Yuanshan only bit and said such a sentence.

"If you want to achieve great things, what a small thing, my academy has always been upright and not afraid of shadows. Fu Zhen retorted.

"You seem to be very proud?" Xia Yuanshan looked at Fu Zhen's unbeaten expression, and didn't understand that the other party only glanced at his niece as if he had made a lot of money, yes.

"At this age, you can master the song without strings, and your future achievements are only higher than those in the music hall, and such a person becomes the wife of a disciple of the academy, no matter how you look at it, it is a very cost-effective thing. Fu Zhen thought in his heart, a rare smile appeared on the cold-faced swordsman's face, of course, he naturally wouldn't tell the other party these words.

"The two of us don't want to lie in the corner here, young people, there are always some young people to say, let's go. After saying that, regardless of whether the other party wants to or not, drag it away.

"Don't panic, the girl didn't deliberately trespass into the woman's mansion, she was really attracted by the sound of the piano", taking advantage of the other party's stunned effort, Ji Yan spoke again: "I listened to the girl's song before, and my hands are itchy, I don't know if I can borrow the piano to use it?, I will stroke a song for the girl, and I should make amends." ”

Hearing that Ji Yan was going to play the piano, Xia Qingyu was quite shocked, this stringless song was only a small success after practicing for three years, looking at the other party's appearance, I am afraid that I have never heard it before, could it be that he can really learn without a teacher just by looking at it?" "Hmph, I want to see what you can do, if you can't play it, I'll tell the second uncle." Xia whispered in her heart, and then with doubts, she carefully handed the qin to Ji Yan.

Ji Yan took the piano and felt the thick and simple texture in his hands. "By the way, I like to sing while playing the piano, and it's not good to disturb others so late. ”

Xia whispered helplessly and rolled her eyes, a little regretful that she gave him the qin, but now it is not good to come back, so with a gentle wave of her hand, a translucent spherical enchantment of about two feet or so appeared, enveloping the two of them.

"I didn't expect Miss Xia to understand the formation. Ji Yan said with a good posture.

"A little bit of understanding. Xia whispered modestly, and at the same time nodded to Ji Yan to signal that he could start.

"Ahem-" Ji Yan cleared his throat and said with a mysterious expression: "Next, it is the moment to witness the miracle." ”