Chapter Eighty-Four: A Walk in the Moonlight
"This jade pendant...... It was Xiaochen who handed it over to Hailian for safekeeping. Mu Xi quietly looked at Li Chen, a little worried about whether Li Chen would be embarrassed.
Three months ago, when Xu Hailian told Mu Xi about this jade pendant, Mu Xi also shook his head slightly, only smiled and didn't take it seriously.
However, Xu Yingjie took the jade pendant and looked at it a few times, but found that there was nothing extraordinary about this jade pendant, how could this kind of thing determine the ownership of the legendary sword washing pool.
So he was very disappointed in Li Chen before, so he ordered Xu Hailian to throw away the jade pendant.
Unexpectedly, Xu Hailian didn't throw it away, but kept it with her.
Li Chen took the jade pendant that still had Xu Hailian's body temperature remaining, and after thanking him, he was about to leave.
At this time, Lian Chengfeng was surprised and said, "That jade pendant, Brother Li, can you let me take a look?"
Li Chen casually handed over the jade pendant to Lian Chengfeng, and said: "This is the jade pendant given to me by the master, saying that with this jade pendant, I have a sword washing pool, if you want to look at it, just look at it." ”
Lian Chengfeng took the jade pendant, looked at it carefully for a while, and when he heard Li Chen say this, he couldn't help but shake his head.
Then he handed the jade pendant back to Li Chen, and said with a smile: "You are really joking, the sword washing pool is the important place of my sect, how can you decide to belong because of a piece of jade pendant." Moreover, only the peak master and the head of the Sword Washing Pond can enter, how do you know about that place?"
Mu Xi greeted him embarrassedly, wanting to say something but couldn't say anything, so he had to reach out and touch Li Chen's hair, signaling him not to say any more.
Xu Yingjie snorted coldly, staring at Li Chen, then turned his head disdainfully and shook his head.
Xi Siyu grabbed Zuo Tong, his face was full of ridicule, and Zuo Tong also hooked the corners of his mouth, obviously not taking Li Chen in his eyes.
Since his father was about to take over as the master of the Wind Hall, Zuo Tong had a lot of misregard for Li Chen in the Gongfa Pavilion at the beginning, so although he still had a trace of jealousy towards Li Chen now, it was more of a mockery.
Only Li Chen said calmly: "I'm not joking with you, then Ouyang Tian did give me the sword washing pool, and this jade pendant is a token." ”
"Did I really give it to you?" Lian Chengfeng almost laughed out loud.
However, he still managed to maintain his demeanor and did not lose his temper too much.
Where is the Sword Washing Pool? That is the real important place of the sect, the people of the Seven Peaks, only when they advance to become a sword spirit powerhouse, can they be allowed to go to the Sword Washing Pool, and then go there to quench the sword, so that the sword can be more easily poured into the inner breath.
In addition, on weekdays, only the head of the house and the Seven Peaks Peak Master can enter and exit freely.
In such an important place, how could the sect give it to this Li Chen in front of him?
What's more, how could the head of the sect know this little uncle from the outer door? Could it be that he is the legendary King Li Yin?
Thinking of this, Lian Chengfeng couldn't help but shake his head.
The legendary existence of King Li Yin, no matter how you look at it, has nothing to do with the Li Chen in front of him.
Seeing that everyone's faces were different, Li Chen didn't bother to explain anything, and was about to leave after putting away the jade pendant, but Xi Siyu suddenly smiled and said, "Since Li Chen, you are already the owner of the sword washing pool, why don't you take a group of us to take a look?"
Although her words were ordinary, it was as natural as a little girl who reached out to ask for candy when she heard that her big brother had candy, but everyone knew that she was sincere in wanting to demolish Li Chen's platform.
So at this moment, everyone is stunned, isn't it a bit bad to expose this kind of thing in person.
Li Chen didn't look back, just said lightly: "If you want to go, then let's take a look." ”
With that, he took the lead in striding out, and Yu Yu hurriedly followed.
The rest of the people all looked strange, and then looked at each other, and could only follow.
Xi Siyu sneered all over his face, and Zuo Tong was also gloating.
Lian Chengfeng sighed in a pretentious manner, and then followed behind Xu Hailian calmly.
Only Xu Hailian frowned at the moment, and an inexplicable worry flashed in her heart.
Gu Yan'er followed Li Chen directly, and said softly: "Uncle Junior, it's too late now, it's not good for us to go to that place again, why don't we go another day?"
Li Chen turned his head and smiled: "It's okay, Sister Gu, I see that you are now a sword master, and I will help you quench your sword after following me." ”
At the beginning, in front of the hidden sword building, Li Chen promised to help Gu Yan'er quench the sword.
And now that Gu Yan'er had already been promoted to a sword master, Li Chen naturally saw through it at a glance.
It's just that Gu Yan'er has always kept a low profile and never took cultivation to heart, so others don't know.
Gu Yan'er was really surprised at this moment: "Little Uncle, when did you find out that I am a sword master?"
As soon as these words came out, the few people behind were in an uproar.
"Yan'er, when did you become a swordsman, and don't tell Hailian a word about me!" Xu Hailian said with envy on her face.
"Yes, yes, are you full of thoughts about this little uncle, the little uncle is short, and you don't take us sisters and friends in your eyes for a long time?" Xi Siyu glared at Li Chen's back indignantly.
Lian Chengfeng looked upright, and said with emotion: "It turns out that Gu Yan'er, you have also entered the sword master, even Bai Wuxian and Xue Yunfei can't imagine this!"
As one of the three consummations that have been famous for a long time in the outer gate, how could Lian Chengfeng not be surprised that Gu Yan'er was suddenly compared to them, but what he wanted to see more now was what kind of wonderful expressions Bai Wuxian and Xue Yunfei had on their faces after knowing the news.
"Actually, this matter is not that I deliberately hide it from everyone, it's just that three months ago, my father suddenly found me, saying that he wanted me to hurry up my cultivation, and put down my work, and personally guided me for a long time, so that I could make rapid progress in my cultivation and break through to the sword master. Gu Yan'er smiled at everyone.
What she didn't say was that Gu Huaiying had another sentence behind her: "Only in this way can you be worthy of the person you like." ”
Whenever she thought of her father's serious expression when she said this, Gu Yan'er felt incredulous and shy.
Although she didn't say it clearly, Gu Huaiying already knew her thoughts, so the "person she liked" in that sentence naturally referred to Li Chen.
Thinking of this, Gu Yan'er looked at Li Chen next to her curiously, and secretly thought to herself: "What did my father mean by what he said at the beginning? Why do I have to work hard to cultivate in order to be worthy of my junior uncle?"
And what surprised her even more was that there were some subtle changes in the Li Chen beside her.
For example, there were some other lusters under the already delicate skin, which made Gu Yan'er can't help but have the illusion that Li Chen's bones and blood are glowing.
With such a change, even Gu Yan'er couldn't help but be slightly surprised, because in this way, Li Chen's skin looked even more delicate and smooth than hers.
Just when Gu Yan'er was out of her mind, Li Chen beside her suddenly stopped, and then everyone else also stopped, because they had already reached the foot of the mountain of the Sword Washing Pond.
By the bright moonlight, Li Chen turned around and said to everyone: "That's it, if you go up, you can enter the sword washing pool." ”
"Aunt Mu, come on, let's go up and take a look!" Xi Siyu suddenly ran to grab Mu Xi, and smiled eagerly.
Maki stood awkwardly in place, unwilling to move forward.
Xu Yingjie walked up to her and said meaningfully: "It's okay, since Siyu wants to see it like this, we followed her wish and took a walk after dinner." ”
Even Chengfeng smiled at Li Chen at this time, and then made a graceful gesture to Xu Hailian, and said softly: "It's really hard to ask for to be able to walk with a beautiful woman in the moonlight." Helen, I have a rare opportunity today, can I save face?"
Xu Yingjie was very satisfied with Lian Chengfeng's performance, but he was more and more disappointed with Li Chen, who was silent on the side.
Xu Hailian turned her head to look at Li Chen, and found that Li Chen didn't care about her at all, so she nodded at Lian Chengfeng angrily, and then moved slightly and walked closer to him.
Although Lian Chengfeng was flattered, he still smiled chic and went directly to open the way for Xu Hailian.
The group moved forward again, gossiping as they went.
Thinking of the scene of exposing Li Chen's trick in person later, Xi Siyu and Zuo Tong became more and more proud, and looked back at Li Chen from time to time.
Xu Hailian has not said a word, although she promised to go with Lian Chengfeng on the face, in fact, she still kept her distance from him as if she was nothing, which made Lian Chengfeng feel a little helpless.
The curtain is already covered with real worries, and he is secretly thinking about how to protect Li Chen's face next.
While speaking, everyone finally really arrived at the outer mouth of the sword washing pool, where there is a very conspicuous access control, and a sword is engraved on it, which means that if you go further, you will really step into the sword washing pool.
Thinking of the rules of the sect, Mu Xi had already walked out first, and was about to persuade everyone to return the same way, but he saw Li Chen take out the jade pendant, swiped it to the door, and the door opened automatically.
"Sister Gu, Yuyu, let's go. Li Chen said casually.
Then he took Gu Yan'er and Yu Yu and walked directly inside, leaving only the others who looked at each other under the moonlight.
"What happened just now? Then Li Chen went in like this?" Xi Siyu said in surprise.
"Maybe this is not the real forbidden place of the Sword Washing Pool, and you can enter it at will. Zuo Tong frowned.
It's just that even he himself is not sure of this sentence.
Xu Hailian pursed her lips, frowned and thought for a long time, but finally snorted coldly and followed quickly without saying a word.
The others behind him had no choice but to follow.
When everyone saw Li Chen and the three of them again, they found that they were already standing by a large pool.
The moonlight was reflected in the pool, and in the middle of the pool was a huge stone, which had been made into a stone platform by some craftsman with rough techniques.
Li Chen stopped at the edge of the pool and said calmly to the stone platform above: "Come down, Ouyang Tian, how long will you still occupy my place?"
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Ouyang Tian, isn't that the name of the head of the house? Could it really be that this is really the Sword Washing Pool?
Zuo Tong and Xi Siyu both widened their eyes, thinking to themselves that this Li Chen looked like he was in trouble, could it be true that what he said was true?
Xu Hailian's face was cold to the freezing point, and she walked quickly towards Li Chen-she wanted to question Li Chen and ask him not to act anymore.
Mu Xi also frowned and lamented, Xu Yingjie's eyes were full of disdain, and Gu Yan'er's face was full of worry.
Everyone didn't believe that what Li Chen just said was true.
At this moment, on the stone platform in the pool, there was suddenly an extremely strong momentum spreading, and at the same time, a bright sword light flew up from the middle of the stone platform, and flew ten zhang into the sky before dissipating.
Before everyone could understand what was going on, they saw a figure of an immortal wind dao bone jumping down from the stone platform and standing directly and firmly beside Li Chen.
Then he laughed heartily and said, "Hahaha, Mr. Li, this sword washing pool is for you, it's really right!"
"I, Ouyang Tian, have been cultivating for half my life, and I can't find a way, but I didn't expect to break through to the realm of the Sword King in this retreat for three months!"