Chapter 21: A Serendipitous Encounter

Ye Yinan was very depressed, in his heart, a chic chivalrous man walking the rivers and lakes, with a white horse in his crotch, a three-foot Qingfeng on his waist, and a pot of turbid wine in his hand, which was enough. Of course, if there are Iraqi people by their side, it will be the icing on the cake.

But now, he has a deep understanding of the fierceness of the Futu Holy Body, and if he continues to practice like this, sooner or later, he is afraid that one day he will become an angry-eyed Vajra.

The late autumn wind blew away the clouds, and the water surface of the river in the city was covered with fallen leaves, and the occasional fish kissed lightly, and they scattered into ripples.

Ye Yinan followed the river to the door of a blacksmith shop, and there was a blackened lattice blue cloth hanging from the door, and a crisp sound of striking iron came out with a hot breath.

He lifted the curtain and asked into the shop, "Is the boss there?"

A middle-aged man with naked upper body muscles was hammering a red-hot iron embryo in front of him with a hammer, and sparks were splashing everywhere.

When he heard the voice, he stopped his movements, raised his head to look at the visitor, wiped his face with a towel hanging around his neck, and asked, "What kind of weapon do you want to fight?" Or I also have a ready-made one here, and if you are interested, you can pick and choose." ”

Ye Yinan nodded and said, "Then I'll take a look at it casually." ”

Although the blacksmith shop was small, it had a lot of stock, and the walls covered with a layer of gray cloth were covered with all kinds of weapons, mostly swords and axes, but also hunting weapons such as meteor darts and maces.

He walked to the end in a few steps, looked at it roughly, and finally fixed his gaze on a navy-blue sword. This long sword is very thin, the blade is narrow, and there are three bright silver sea beasts around the hilt, and rows of fine and delicate waves are carved on the scabbard on the side, and two beautiful small characters in the seal are embellished in it.

The middle-aged man saw that he seemed to like the sword, his face became a little strange, and he threw the beaten red iron embryo into the cold water prepared on the side with iron tongs, and suddenly a large amount of water vapor gushed out of the cold water, and a hissing sound was heard.

He turned around and said, "Guest, this wave chasing is a mortal sword that I fought when I was bored, and the materials used were ...... It's not very good, I don't think it's quite suitable for you guests. ”

This blacksmith is also an honest man, he has not thought about deceiving customers, he has been fighting weapons here for more than ten years, and has seen all kinds of people, although this young man is dressed as a son, but from that step and breath, he knows that the guest is a martial arts cultivator.

Martial arts cultivators generally have very high requirements for weapons, and at first he thought that the person who came was an expert in swordsmanship, but now it seems that he has seen a fork.

Ye Yinan took out the silver of the white flowers, put it on the counter, and said with a chic smile: "Don't get in the way, just look good." ”

After leaving the blacksmith shop, he walked to the river, looked at the clean and free reflection of the long sword in the water, and smiled with satisfaction.

A fresh fragrance was blowing in the wind, he sniffed, feeling a little familiar in his heart, and looked up to see an old wooden plaque hanging above a shop in front of him, with the words "Liu Ji Rice Pill" written on it.

His heart moved, he hadn't been here for so many years, this shop was still open, and it seemed that his meatballs were very popular.

"Fragrant rice balls are out of the cage!" a young man was busy at the door of the store, carrying the hot cage drawer with a white cloth, shouting as he walked.

Ye Yinan remembered the scene from his childhood, and the ghost walked over, put down a dozen copper plates on the table, and said, "Here's a box of glutinous rice balls." ”

"Here's a box of glutinous rice balls. ”

The words were said almost at the same time, and a familiar light voice overlapped with his voice, and he turned his head to see that the girl who was reaching out to hand over the money on the side was Ye Qingyan, who he hadn't seen for a long time.

She was wearing a thin light-colored shirt today, and the green silk hung down the jade back to Yingying's waist, tied with a cyan hairband. The long light green skirt with a skirt belt around her waist and simple petals fluttering in the wind, the slightly undulating silhouette resembles the gentle waves on the sea.

At this moment, when she heard Ye Yinan's voice ringing in her ears, she also turned her head lightly, a little surprised by this coincidence.

A moment later, the two stood side by side on a quaint stone bridge carved with Rui beasts above the river, and from time to time a pole boat passed through the hole below, startling away the swarms of fish that had gathered.

Ye Yinan took out a steaming rabbit-like ball from the box, stuffed it into his mouth, and asked vaguely, "Qing'er, has the realm been consolidated these days?"

Ye Qingyan looked at the good-looking sword on his body and said, "It was consolidated ten days ago, but it took me a little more time to get familiar with Yuan Li when I first came into contact with it. She paused and asked, "Are you going to practice kendo?"

"Ah, this ......"

Ye Yinan smiled and snorted, turned sideways to block her view of the sword, and said, "I will go out to travel in the future, how can I walk the rivers and lakes without a sword?"

Ye Qingyan was slightly surprised in her heart, and she didn't know when he had this idea, so abruptly, she withdrew her gaze, put the wooden box aside, leaned forward and leaned against the stone railing, and asked, "When?"

Ye Yinan thought about it in his heart, and after he cultivated to the Kongyuan Realm as soon as possible and had the ability to protect himself, he went to the Northern Evil Land to pick up the futon left by the master, and then traveled while looking for the person called Xuanxiang, and by the way, he could also find a way to heal the soul.

He roughly calculated the time, raised his eyebrows and said, "It's probably less than a year, it's almost enough for me to step into the Controlling Yuan Realm, what, do you want to come with me?"

Originally, he just wanted to make a joke, but Ye Qingyan turned her head when she heard this, her jade hand slid across her white and delicate cheeks, and she pulled a strand of naughty hair behind her ear, she smiled and said, "Okay." ”

The voice was very soft, and in the blink of an eye, it was blown away by the autumn wind, and the usually cold and silent girl suddenly smiled lightly, and easily took away all the colors around her.

Such a stunning appearance, Ye Yinan was a little stunned for a while, the hand holding the glutinous rice pill hovered in front of him, and after a while, he came back to his senses, and deliberately teased her in his heart, so he smiled evilly: "Then let's say so, in the future, I will be responsible for riding a horse to defend against the enemy, what about you, responsible for ...... Lead the horse for me. ”

Originally, he had been staring at him like that, Rao Yi Ye Qingyan's indifferent temperament, and a very faint glow rose on her face, but when she heard the last half of the sentence, she snatched the soft rice pill from Ye Yinan's hand, and said with a coquettish face: "You lead the horse!"

Ye Yinan looked at her and smiled silently, it seemed that it was the first time he had seen her like this since he was a child.

Ye Qingyan realized that she had inadvertently revealed a girl's naΓ―veness, and she couldn't help but feel a little shy in her heart, she hurriedly turned her head, pretending to calmly twist the rice balls in her hand into small pieces and throw them into the river, attracting a group of fish to grab food.

At this moment, two figures passed by the stone bridge side by side, a man and a woman, the man was wearing a bright yellow brocade robe, walking with a slight bow on his back, looking a little lacking in self-confidence, the woman had a delicate face, thin lips, and a bit of arrogance between her eyebrows.

As the two drew closer, a conversation ensued.

"That idiot of the Situ clan doesn't have a long brain at all, and after just a few words, he was provoked by the eldest brother to take out the meridian washing essence liquid as a lottery head. The woman scolded harshly, a sarcastic smile on her lips.

The man wanted to speak, but he didn't seem to want to join in the cursing, so he held back for a while and said, "I'm afraid it won't take a day or two for the whole city to know about this." ”

The woman said angrily: "Of course, it is the essence of the menstrual washing, I don't know how many people will be red-eyed! It's a pity, if it weren't for his fourth brother to stir up trouble, only the two of us would have participated in this gamble, and the baby would naturally be in our pocket." But not necessarily, the gambling game has expanded to the whole city, and I am afraid that many people will come by then. ”

The man scratched his head and wondered, "This is a game between juniors, and those old-timers in the city shouldn't be able to pull it off, right?"

"Are you stupid, even if they don't come, have you forgotten that there are still those guys from the Su family and the Ye family?" The woman reached out and wanted to give him a head, but suddenly found that she hadn't photographed anything, and turned her head to look, but saw him standing in place with a dull face.

Then she followed his gaze, and suddenly she was furious, and the jealousy in her eyes was so thick that it almost erupted.

The slender and jade shadow, as if as long as you stand there, it will become a superb scene between heaven and earth, such a beautiful person, so that even if she is also good-looking, she also has a sense of self-ashamed frustration, and the woman suppressed her anger and whispered out from between her teeth: "Ye Qingyan!"

"Leaf ...... Miss Ye, I met you so coincidentally, Xiong...... Xiongjun couldn't help but be overjoyed!" Ye Qingyan's outfit today is extremely beautiful, hiding a little of her indifferent atmosphere that no one wants to enter on weekdays, and interpreting the four words of stunning girl to the fullest. This was even more shocking in the eyes of the man, and the way he stammered when he spoke was the best proof of this.

Ye Yinan glanced at it, he recognized the identity of this man and a woman, the man was the fourth young master of the Zhuge clan, Zhuge Xiongjun, in his impression, he seemed to be interested in Ye Qingyan, but he was cowardly by nature, when a child bullied Ye Qingyan when he was a child, he only dared to stand aside and persuade a few words.

The woman is the third lady of the Zhuge clan, Zhuge is curvy, she has been jealous of Ye Qingyan since she was a child, and her bitter and mean face is really annoying.

The Ye family is not the only one in Ziyun City, the Situ clan, the Su clan, and the Zhuge clan are all famous families, among which the Situ clan is the city lord's mansion designated by the imperial dynasty, and usually manages many affairs in the city. Several families often deal with each other, and these young ladies naturally know each other.

Ye Qingyan turned around, ignored the hostile gaze, didn't even look at Zhuge Yuan, and said indifferently: "Is there something?"

She returned to her usual appearance, and she was like two people, which made Ye Yinan sigh and secretly scolded these two people in her heart, I finally made this girl happy, what are you two doing here?

Zhuge Xiongjun seemed to be accustomed to her cold appearance, and waved his hand again and again: "It's okay, it's okay, hehe." ”

I saw that he suddenly seemed to remember something, took out a jade bracelet glowing with blue light from his pocket, held it with both hands, and the smile on his face has not diminished since he came to Ye Qingyan, "Miss Ye, I wanted to give you this bracelet before, but you have been absent after visiting several times, and meeting today shows that you have a fate with it." ”

Ye Qingyan looked at him quietly and talked endlessly, with a strange look in her eyes, as if to say, why should I accept your things.

But at this moment, a sharp voice came, and Zhuge Xuan couldn't bear to erupt, "Zhuge Xiongjun! You actually want to give this to her? You have saved money for so long, and the second-order spiritual weapon you bought is just to please this woman? Waste, I want to tell your father!"

She stamped her foot in anger and ran along the stone bridge.

Zhuge Xiongjun heard that she was going to sue, his face changed for a moment, then he turned his face and smiled awkwardly, stuffed the jade bracelet into Ye Yinan's arms, and chased Zhuge away.

PS: The elixir (1-4 order), the elixir (5-7 order), the holy pill (8-9 order), and the spirit array artifact mentioned before are the same.

Spirit Circle (Tier 1-4), Immortal Array (Tier 5-7), Sacred Array (Tier 8-9)

Spiritual Weapon (Tier 1-4), Immortal Artifact (Tier 5-7), Sacred Artifact (Tier 8-9)