Chapter 74: The Second Son of the Jian Family
Fan Tengdong looked around for a while, and then muttered: "It's a little immobile! Look at the paper skin of the firecrackers on the ground, spread from one end of the street to the other, and there is a faint sound of drums in the distance, as if a certain big family in the city is doing a happy event." β
Bai Jianhong said: "Find someone to ask!"
Fan Teng nodded yes, and was about to find a passer-by on the street to inquire about the situation, when he suddenly heard a crisp and pleasant voice in the distance greeting them: "Qi An, why did you come here?
Qi An and the others followed the sound and looked, and saw two people coming from another street, a man and a woman, their faces were a little childish, both of them were less than twenty years old, the man was handsome, and the woman was beautiful, it was the Ouyang brothers and sisters of the Zhengwu Branch, and it was naturally the younger sister Ouyang Ting who greeted Qi An.
Qi An was a little embarrassed to see Ouyang Ting, after all, he had defeated the other party in the ring, and punched her in the stomach, causing her to vomit several mouthfuls of blood in a row, I thought that Ouyang Ting would never have a good face when she saw her, but who knew that the other party was completely like a nobody, and there was a faint look of joy on her face, which made Qi An a little confused about her thoughts, and she didn't answer for a while.
Fan Teng walked up quickly, and said with a smile on his face: "I didn't expect to meet Sister Ouyang here, that's really fateββ by the way, what do you mean by going to Jian's house to congratulate you?"
"So you didn't go to Jian's Mansion?" Ouyang Ting said, but her eyes looked at Qi An, completely ignoring the courteous Fan Teng.
"Uh......" Seeing Ouyang Ting's big eyes staring at him, obviously asking himself, Qi An could only stubbornly reply: "It's okay for a few of us to be idle, so let's come to the city for a walk." β
Fan Teng hurriedly answered: "Sister Ouyang, tell me what is going on with the Jian family?"
Ouyang Ting finally glanced at Fan Teng and explained: "The Jian family was originally a declining small family of cultivation in Fufeng City, but there is a genius in this generation, that is, Jian Xiu, the second son of the Jian family, this person has outstanding cultivation talent, and was able to worship the Five Holy Sects of the famous sect, two years ago, he broke through to the realm of refining gods and became the inner disciple of the Five Holy Sects, and at the same time, he is also an alchemist, and he is very popular in the Five Holy Sects and Fufeng City, and today is the day of Jian Xiu's wedding, so many people rushed to slap him." β
"Jian Xiu?" Fan Teng thought about recalling, muttering, "I don't seem to have heard anyone mention it!"
Fan Teng, as the son of the backer county guard, is much higher than Qi An and the others in terms of seeing and hearing, but he usually doesn't pay attention to the news from Fufeng County, so it is okay that he has not heard of Jian Xiu's name.
Qi An asked, "Did you two brothers and sisters go to Jane's house to congratulate you?"
Ouyang Ting nodded and replied: "Exactly, our Ouyang family and the Jian family have an old relationship, so this time the second son of Jian sent a wedding note, and my father asked the two of us to take time to go to the Jian Mansion to attend the wedding banquet." β
Qi An hugged his fists and said: "In this case, then let's say goodbye!"
After that, Qi An turned around and wanted to leave, but saw Ouyang Ting's body flashing, stopped in front of Qi An, and said, "If you are fine, why don't you go with us to the wedding banquet of the second son of the Jian family!"
Before Qi An could speak, Fan Teng hurriedly leaned over and responded: "It's so good, just get acquainted with Jian Ergongzi." β
Li Hualin didn't express his opinion, but Bai Jianhong was a little eager to try, obviously wanting to join in the fun, but Qi An frowned and said: "The master didn't invite us, it doesn't seem like it's good to go over without permission? Besides, we didn't prepare a decent gift, and it was rude to go to the wedding banquet empty-handed." β
Ouyang Ting said with a smile: "Jian Xiu's fame is there, there are many uninvited people, and there are not a few of you, and if you are with us, we will say that you are classmates and friends, and it is impossible for the Jian family to turn you away without giving face." β
Fan Teng also continued: "As for the congratulatory gift, don't worry, I just have a delicate jade pendant produced by Yuan Bao Zhai, which is carved from the best Yanzhou fire jade, I believe that I should barely be able to enter the eyes of the second son of the Jian family." β
Yanzhou is in the southernmost part of Daqian, the climate is hot, so it is named, there is a kind of Yanyu, also known as fire jade, its color is red, its quality is very soft, always keep a warm state, it is the best in jade, the value is quite high, a small ornament carved out of fire jade, it can also be called precious.
Qi An couldn't resist the two, so he had to nod and agree, in fact, it was not that he didn't want to go to the wedding banquet, but he didn't want to stay with the Ouyang brothers and sisters, and he always felt a little embarrassed.
Qi An and the other four followed the Ouyang brothers and sisters to the north of the city, and soon came to a bluestone-paved street, on one side of the street is a small river from west to east, through the city, on the other side there are only three luxurious and wide mansions, all of which are quite famous Xiuzhen families in Fufeng City, on the left is the Li Mansion, on the right is the Pang Mansion, but now they are all inferior to the Jian Mansion in the middle, because the Jian family has a Jian Xiu.
At the gate of Jane's mansion, the traffic is busy, a festive and busy scene, the guests can be said to be endless, endless, a young man in a gorgeous costume stands in front of the door of the mansion, with a warm smile on his face, greeting the guests who come to congratulate.
Ouyang Ting leaned into Qi An's ear, pointed to the young man in Chinese clothes and said to him: "This person is Jian Xiu, don't look at his young appearance, his real age is more than fifty years old, just because he broke through to the realm of refining gods, his longevity has increased greatly, and he has two hundred years, so he looks like a young man in his twenties." β
I saw that Jian Xiu's face was like a crown of jade, and he was not more than thirty years old at most, and he did not have the frame of a high-ranking monk at all, but he was very cordial and talked frequently with the guests, and laughed heartily from time to time.
Ouyang Ting was very close when she spoke, and even hot air reached Qi An's ears, which made Qi An feel embarrassed, and quickly nodded, signaling that she knew, and quietly distanced herself from Ouyang Ting.
Ouyang Ting didn't notice Qi An's embarrassment and deliberate estrangement, and had already turned her head to say something to her brother Ouyang Shi, when she saw Ouyang Shi nodding again and again, leading a group of them to stride towards the gate of Jian Mansion, and said loudly to Jian Xiu, who had just finished greeting a group of guests: "Zheng Wucheng Ouyang family, Ouyang Shi, Ouyang Ting brother and sister, acting father Ouyang Qi, I wish Second Uncle Jian a happy wedding and a good marriage for a hundred years!"
Zheng Wucheng's Ouyang family and Fufeng City's Jian family are both small Xiuzhen families with a history of hundreds of years, and they usually have occasional contacts, Jian Xiu seems to be young, but in fact he is the same generation as Ouyang Qi, the father of the Ouyang brothers and sisters, and it is because the Ouyang brothers and sisters want to call themselves juniors in front of Jian Xiu.
Ouyang Ting, who walked behind Ouyang Shi, followed and bowed, although among the two brothers and sisters, it was often her sister who took the idea, but on this formal occasion, it was mainly Ouyang Shi, who was the eldest son, and it was inconvenient for her to act on her behalf.
Jian Xiu greeted him and laughed: "It turned out to be the two young ladies of Brother Ouyang's family, come inside and please!"
Ouyang Shi reached out to his waist, and immediately took out a turquoise bead the size of a pigeon's egg and presented it to Jian Xiu: "This is a gift prepared by my father to congratulate Second Uncle Jian on his wedding, called 'Green Jade Water Bead', it is said to be refined from the pupils of a water beast demon as a material, I hope Uncle Jian likes it." β
This bead seems to be ordinary, but it is a magic weapon refined by a monk, the effect is not large, only the function of avoiding water, after entering the water, it can actively drain the water, generating an air-closed space close to the square circle, the deeper the water, the greater the water pressure, the space will be compressed accordingly, there is no effect in the actual battle, it belongs to a special type of low-level magic weapon.
As a great cultivator of God Refining, of course, Jian Xiu can't look down on a low-level magic weapon that is quite chicken, but the gift is very careful, not that the more expensive the better, too valuable others dare not accept it, for fear that you will ask for something, a low-level magic weapon that does not enter the stream as a wedding gift for the great monk of the God Refining Realm is just right, Jian Xiu is very happy to accept it, and said in his mouth: "Brother Ouyang really has a heart!"
Ouyang Ting took half a step and introduced the people behind Jian Xiu: "These four are Qi An, Fan Teng, Li Hualin, and Bai Jianhong, who are classmates and friends of our Qianqing Academy. β
Jian Xiu didn't mean to look down on Qi An and the others at all, and said with a smile: "Everyone who comes is a guest, and Jian has to thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to come, which is Jian's honor." β
In fact, as a great cultivator in the realm of refining gods, Jian Xiu only needs to explore his divine sense, and he knows that this group of people are all peak martial arts sects, and there are two great realms behind him, even if the person who comes is a guest, there is no need to be so polite at all, but I have to say that Jian Xiu is very well-cultivated, good at talking with people, and knowledgeable about people's feelings, even if he treats these weak juniors, he does not put on a high shelf, which is very kind, which makes Qi An and others have a good impression of him.
It's just that Jian Xiu mistook Qi An, he used his divine sense to detect that the true yuan aura emanating from Qi An's body was not obvious, and even the weakest among the six, so he mistakenly thought that he was a newly promoted innate martial sect, but he didn't know that Qi An was a rare body refining cultivator, and his strength was far above the other five.
Fan Teng took the initiative to take a step forward, put away the folding fan and hugged his fists and said: "Little nephew Fan Teng, my father is a backer of the county guarding Fan Xian, and I happened to hear that the Ouyang brothers and sisters talked about the happy events of Jian's house, so they came uninvited with a few classmates, and I hope that Uncle Jian will not be surprised." β
Jian Xiu's eyes lit up, and he replied: "It turned out to be the son of the county guard, disrespectful and disrespectful!"
Fan Xian, the backer of the mountain county, is also a great cultivator of the Divine Realm, the same level as Jian Xiu, and at the same time, the Fan family is also an emerging Xiuzhen family in the backing city, and it is not weaker than the Jian family in all aspects, and Fan Teng is still Fan Xian's son, so Jian Xiu will naturally not slack off.
Fan Teng smiled, quickly took out the prepared jade pendant and handed it to Jian Xiu, and said, "This is a small congratulatory gift prepared by the four of us, it is not a tribute, Uncle Jian should not be disgusted." β
The jade pendant was handed, and the warm and moist texture immediately let Jian Xiu know that this was the fire jade produced in Yanzhou, and said happily: "This gift is good! My wife likes these gadgets!"
In terms of value, although the fire jade is precious, it is still slightly inferior to the low-level magic weapon, but in the simple cultivation, it is not much different, and even because the bride likes jade ornaments, she may even be more satisfied with this jade pendant.