As the saying goes, hard work pays off, waiting for the final result, as time continues to pass, as the wait continues to maintain, just at the moment when the minute hand of the watch is about to point to 11 o'clock, suddenly, the roar starts, and when I look for the sound, I see a taxi is coming straight from front to back at a very fast speed, and then brakes urgently in front of the man.

Squeak.

As soon as the car stopped, the door opened under the expressionless gaze of the man with glasses, and a young man came out.

The young man was none other than Chen Xiaoyao, who arrived in a hurry!

Sure enough, seeing that he had found the target, and seeing that the time had not yet come, when he got out of the car, Chen Xiaoyao was extremely proud, and ran to the man with glasses in three steps and two steps, and without waiting for the other party's words, the young man opened his mouth with a smile on his face and asked: "Hehe, the time is just right, Senior Zhao, I'm not late, right?" ”

Naturally, the man in front of him who was called Zhao Senior by Chen Xiaoyao was also not an outsider, it was Zhao Ping, who had been waiting for a long time.

Seeing that the other party arrived quickly, he looked down at his watch, reached out and supported his glasses on the bridge of his nose, nodded slightly, and the man in glasses replied lightly: "No, there are still 17 seconds away from the specified time." ”

"Whew!"

Hearing what the other party said, Chen Xiaoyao exhaled a long breath on the spot, patted his chest and was about to speak, however, this time, without waiting for a voice, Zhao Ping stared at the young man with a slightly complicated gaze, and said a sentence while staring, a word of inquiry:

"It's worthy of Maoshan Fangshi, your lottery tricks are very good, and they are also very successful, but you have also successfully concealed Cheng Ying and others, but, there are two points I still don't understand, first, what is the purpose of your efforts to bring yourself to reality? And why do you have to let me and Yao Fujiang accompany you here? ”

………

As soon as Zhao Ping's words came out, Chen Xiaoyao did not show any abnormal expression, but coquettishly touched the hair on his forehead and praised the man with glasses: "Haha, it is worthy of Senior Zhao, I see things really sharp, even the little tricks I used when I drew lots were noticed by you, hehe, although Cheng Ying is also aware of it, but unfortunately she doesn't know Maoshan at all, so even if she suspects me of playing tricks, I don't know how to debunk it, hehe!" ”

After saying the above sentence proudly, he glanced at Zhao Ping, who was still expressionless, and then nodded his head as if he suddenly remembered something and continued: "Well, as for me to accompany Yao Fujiang and Senior Zhao to the real world with you, in fact, there is no other meaning, not to mention Senior Zhao, at least the purpose of letting Yao Fujiang come with me is to train him and exercise him." ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that? ”

Listening to Chen Xiaoyao's eloquent conversation, Zhao Ping seemed to be interested, and asked without hesitation.

In the face of the inquiry, this time Chen Xiaoyao did not answer immediately, but diverted the topic while touching his stomach, and finally made a suggestion: "Time flies so fast, it's almost noon, why don't we talk while eating?" ”

Zhao Ping's brows furrowed slightly.

………

The progress of the times will erase many historical relics, and the ancient buildings of the past do not exist in the present day, and this is true for the buildings that actually exist, and even more so for the legends that only exist in the ears.

However, if there is no absolute, or too famous or too important, strictly speaking, some rumors and legends will exist even longer and longer than the architectural relics, and then frequently remind future generations that they are still known and mastered by a small number of people.

Ten minutes later, opposite the bus stop, in a private room of a high-end hotel.

At the dining table, he glanced at Chen Xiaoyao, who was gobbling up a table of food on the other side, seeing that the other party was eating so happily, Zhao Ping was silent, stretched out his chopsticks and picked up a piece of chicken and put it in his mouth to chew slowly, his every move was quite gentle, in stark contrast to the young man opposite, coupled with his calm movements, he didn't seem to be in a hurry at all.

After a while, after the whole table of meals was wiped out, a large piece of chicken leg was completely gnawed, and a glass of water was poured casually, Xu was almost finished, Chen Xiaoyao picked up a napkin while burping and wiped his mouth and hands, until he finished dealing with all kinds of trivial matters, his eyes looked at the opposite side, looking at Zhao Ping with an indifferent expression.

"Hehe, if there is anyone I admire the most in our team, then there is no doubt that it is Senior Zhao, you, your patience is really not ordinarily good, you really let me finish this meal."

"If I change to someone else, let alone eat, I guess I won't even be allowed to come to the restaurant."

Because he knew that the other party liked to talk nonsense, listening to Chen Xiaoyao's frequent boring praises, the man with glasses didn't answer, just looked the young man up and down, and finally asked coldly: "Don't Taoist priests quit drinking and meat?" ”

"Huh?"

No one knew why the man with glasses suddenly talked about the rules and precepts, after all, no one in the team had ever asked about this since the young Taoist priest joined the team, after all, this is a cursed space, and who cares about the little things for the executors who are busy with their lives all day long? Others don't care, Chen Xiaoyao himself is even more casual and chic and pleasant, although he declares that he is a Taoist priest, but all kinds of things during the period are completely inconsistent with the identity of a Taoist priest, in addition to liking to harass beautiful women, at the dinner table has never abided by any rules and precepts, and now Zhao Ping mentioned this, not to mention, the young Taoist priest was slightly stunned.

But......

"Hahaha!"

After only being stunned for two seconds, Chen Xiaoyao raised his head and laughed, and then shook his head and explained: "No, no, it seems that Zhao's predecessors still don't have a deep understanding of Taoism, uh, how to say it, about Taoism, first of all, you have to understand that like Buddhism has many branches and sects, Taoism also has various branches and sects, such as Quanzhen, Mai, Jingming, etc., not to mention the rules of other sects, Maoshan, as a branch of the entire Daomen that is best at subduing demons and subduing demons, is also the most powerful faction. In addition, we need to often practice the Demon Guardian Dao, in addition to having good qualifications, our Maoshan Party also takes a great fancy to the bodies of our disciples, how can we deal with the evil spirits without a good physique? And since you want to be healthy, then it is absolutely impossible to do radish greens all day long, after all, nutrition can't keep up, so Maoshan Taoist priests have never quit meat, just need to maintain a heart to help justice and eliminate demons. ”

Listening to Chen Xiaoyao's rather serious detailed explanation, Zhao Ping nodded noncommittally, thinking that this matter would be over, but unexpectedly, just as Chen Xiaoyao was complacent, the opposite side, touched his chin, I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, Zhao Ping added casually: "That is the case, so is frequent harassment of women also one of the rules of your Maoshan faction?" ”

"Ahem, ah! Look, the weather is so good today, come on, for that bright sky, senior Zhao, I will toast! ”

Ignoring the young Taoist priest deliberately diverting the topic, after a little hesitation, Zhao Ping didn't say more, stared at the young man, and pulled the topic back on track: "Let's talk about it, let's talk about the second point." ”

It has been mentioned many times in the past that the communication between smart people and smart people has always been simple and direct, there is no superfluous nonsense, and there is no superfluous explanation, often a little mention can go straight to the topic, obviously, Zhao Ping is a smart person, Chen Xiaoyao is also not stupid, at this moment, seeing that the other party has lost interest in chatting, Chen Xiaoyao also gave up idle in an instant, and his expression instantly changed to a dignified face, and then dignified and dignified, in fact, he did not answer the question immediately, but his eyes narrowed slightly and he directly came to a tactical rhetorical question: "Before I make an explanation, I would like to ask Senior Zhao, what do you think of our current team? ”

Silence, silence, in the face of the young Taoist's tentative rhetorical question, Zhao Ping did not squeak, still staring at the other party silently. "Well, since Senior Zhao doesn't plan to say it, then I'll be blunt."

As mentioned above, in the face of the man's silent gaze, coupled with the awkward smile of not saying it, Chen Xiaoyao could only get back to the point, and then said a sentence that was at least touching to him personally:

"As the saying goes, a mule is a horse that comes out to slip away, it is gold and copper to take it out, as early as the moment I boarded the team I have been observing, observing everyone, observing you, finally, through the last supernatural mission, I found that our team atmosphere is good, basically belongs to the mutual assistance and cooperation type, every team member is really contributing to the team, when it comes to this, I have to say that He Fei, the captain, is indeed very powerful, and has the ability to twist a group of people who are not familiar with each other in reality into a rope, Perhaps this is the main reason why the team has been able to go so far and has not fallen apart, and, even if the team is not mentioned, the other party's wisdom and strong analytical ability beyond ordinary people alone are enough to support He Fei to sit firmly in the position of captain, but in my opinion, his control of the team is still a little gentle, and this is also related to his character, of course, at present, I am not talking to you exactly He Fei. ”

After listening to Chen Xiaoyao's somewhat surprising words, he pondered for a while, helped his nose and glasses, and pondered for a while, Zhao Ping answered quietly: "I admit that you are very good at reading people, and you just said that you have basically figured out the nature of the team. I want to hear it. ”

Whether the ability to understand is strong or not is an important factor in determining whether a person is smart or not, there is no doubt that there are words in the words of the man with glasses, and after quickly understanding the charm, he smiled slightly, Chen Xiaoyao nodded and continued: "Okay, although I am only a newcomer who has just joined and has only experienced one mission with the team, but through short-term contact, I still have a rough understanding, and I have a rough understanding of the roles or roles played by each person in the team in the team. So his care and attention to Peng Hu and Cheng Ying is far above others, and in the same way, these two are basically the only Pegasus first, according to Yao Fujiang, Cheng Ying was a professional killer before cursing the space, I have no doubt about this, after all, the other party's force is amazing, not under me, and the other party's observation is also very keen, everything is in line with the characteristics of professional killers, the best example is that my earlier set of lottery tricks was noticed by him, oh, by the way, about Cheng Ying's gender ......"

Zhao Ping replied flatly: "This is not important, I don't care at all." ”.

"Hehe, I think Senior Zhao already knows Cheng Ying's real gender, yes, for people like Senior Zhao, it really doesn't matter if the gender is male or female, because you look at people only to see if they have any use value for the team, right? If it's useful, you'll naturally allow it to live, and for those who are useless, hold the team back, or have hidden dangers to the team......"

"It is estimated that Senior Zhao will use all means to erase it, well, just like Zhu Yuandong's toilet 'suicide' at the beginning, and like the kick that I kicked behind me when Liu Xueping jumped off the building."

"Fortunately, I hid quickly at that time and barely caught the other party, otherwise Liu Xueping would have 'died accidentally'."

Chen Xiaoyao bluntly said his personal evaluation of the glasses man in front of Zhao Ping, but Zhao Ping did not answer, did not reply, and still stared at the young man without saying a word.

Seeing this, Chen Xiaoyao did not doubt him, picked up the chopsticks and put a peanut into his mouth to chew, until he swallowed it into his stomach, until he burped, exhaled a long breath, and the young Taoist priest talked eloquently again: "Peng Hu, I heard that he used to be a soldier, for this person, I don't care about his past, I only know that this person is righteous and affectionate, and he is still a tough guy who dares to fight, it is undeniable that the other party may not be as good as you or He Fei in terms of wisdom, but the other party knows how to be a man very well, The relationship between Peng Hu and He Fei can be described as well as the relationship between Cheng Ying and He Fei, just from He Fei's desperate madness after the two were in distress, it can be seen that this attitude contains a certain emotional component in it, but strictly speaking, how can it not be an affirmation of the strength of the two? Cheng Peng and the two are very capable, He Fei definitely does not want to lose the two, once the two are lost, the overall strength of the team will inevitably decline, in general, I don't have any special opinion on these two, as for Qian Xueling...... Hehe, since I am the woman of Senior Zhao, I don't have much to say here, let alone interfere, what will happen to her in the future depends on Senior Zhao's will. ”

"Qian Xueling is not my woman, that's just her wishful thinking."

Although Zhao Ping immediately denied Chen Xiaoyao's personal judgment, Chen Xiaoyao did not continue to discuss this issue with him, shrugged his shoulders, and then continued with a slight smile: "The next thing is the point, Yao Fujiang, for this person, through observation, I found that he is almost useless, neither He Fei's wisdom nor Cheng Ying's acumen nor Peng Hu's bravery, and in terms of scheming, he was thrown hundreds of streets by Zhao seniors, plus this person is already a little timid, strictly speaking, Yao Fujiang is the weakest one in the entire team. ”

Chen Xiaoyao easily made up his mind to Yao Fujiang, having said that, the strange thing is that after finishing the above words, he paused, but the young Taoist priest frowned slightly and then changed his words and added: "It is true that Yao Fujiang is a little unbearable, but I found that He Fei also trusts him very much!" This can be seen from the fact that He Fei once pushed the unconscious Cheng Ying to the other party to take care of him without hesitation at the critical juncture in the task, I don't understand this very well, eh, presumably He Fei has his own ideas, okay, let's not talk about the captain's thoughts for the time being, let's get back to the point, even if He Fei values Yao Fujiang, but, if Yao Fujiang continues to do nothing for a long time, I am still worried about him, worried about how long Senior Zhao can allow him to live......"

"So you specially brought him here this time just to train him?"

"Well, that's pretty much it.".

Flat questions, flat answers, everything is flat as usual, and the conversation between the two is orderly.

However......

This time, Chen Xiaoyao's voice fell, and for some reason, on the other side, Zhao Ping, who had been indifferent earlier, turned into a condenser in an instant! and even the whole person's expression changed suddenly!

Cause? The reason is very simple, because just now he heard another meaning from Chen Xiaoyao's words.

So naturally, when his expression changed suddenly, without waiting for the other party to continue talking, the man with glasses stared at Chen Xiaoyao's eyes with a solemn gaze, paused for two seconds, and finally asked a question in a tentative tone: "Bring Yao Fujiang to practice courage, is it possible to go to Yinshan to get the soul flag this time...... At risk? ”

Looking at Zhao Ping's eyes staring at him, staring at the other party's eyes full of gloom, listening to the inquiry, in silence, Chen Xiaoyao's expression changed, and like Zhao Ping, he also completely changed his appearance, without the previous frivolity, without the initial leisurely and peaceful, just like that, while looking at each other with the man, he nodded and replied in a serious tone: "Yes, there is danger, not only danger, but life is in danger, because there is a ...... on the Yin Mountain." There are stalks! ”

Silence returned.

Silence returned.

For a while, Chen Zhao and the two stared at each other with almost the same serious gaze, looking at each other, both of them froze, and neither of them moved.

Half a minute later......

Hula.

Zhao Ping suddenly got up, suddenly stretched out his hand, and grabbed Chen Xiaoyao's collar across the table.

First pulled it in front of him, and finally stared at the other party with a cold gaze and shouted, "What the are you kidding? It's the real world! ”.

In the face of Zhao Ping's rough behavior, Chen Xiaoyao did not struggle, did not dodge, just let the other party grab him, his expression remained unchanged, and finally said a paragraph helplessly: "It seems that Senior Zhao, you still subconsciously regard me as a swaggering and deceiving the warlocks, and I once said that there are also things in the real world You don't seem to believe it until now, eh, it's right to think about it carefully, and it's no wonder that you don't believe it, after all, the vast majority of people in the real world have never seen a crab in their lives, So naturally you will dismiss my past words as nonsense, but then again, just because you don't believe it doesn't mean that there are no crabs in the real world, just like the Yin Mountain we are about to enter, where there are not only crabs but also a lot of them. ”

"Then what is the purpose of you pulling me to the real world?"

"Hehe, do you still need to ask? Don't look at Senior Zhao is an unscrupulous person, but for now, except for the captain He Fei, it belongs to your wisdom and analytical ability is the best, although there are many people in the team who are above you, but for the upcoming trip to Yinshan, force is useless, the brain is a good thing, I believe that with Senior Zhao, this trip to Yinshan will be successful, and you must also have a way to successfully reach the Judge Temple and then take out the Soul Flag, and this is why in addition to Yao Fujiang, I have dragged Zhao Senior You the fundamental reason. ”

After listening to Chen Xiaoyao's explanation, Zhao Ping was unexpectedly not angry, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked again: "Then what is your purpose?" What is your intention in coming to Yinshan? Don't tell me you're just looking for the Spirit's Banner. ”

"My purpose?".

"Hehe, it's worthy of Senior Zhao, I really think a lot."

After a few seconds of silence, Chen Xiaoyao suddenly grinned, and finally answered the question in a meaningful tone, answering the key question that the man with glasses was eager to know:

"There is indeed a conjuring banner hidden in Yin Mountain, and this thing can indeed summon a soul to save He Fei, but in this Yin Mountain, there is not only a good thing like a conjuring flag......

"I see, no wonder you would rather consume only two points of your own survival value to come to the real world, I really underestimated you before."

Putting down this sentence, Zhao Ping let go of Chen Xiaoyao's collar, then turned around and left, but turned around and walked towards the door of the private room without saying a word.

However, at the moment when he was about to push the door out, a shout came from behind him, a serious and urgent question:

"Do you really want to watch He Fei die? Don't you really care about the other person's life or death!? ”.

Hearing the voice, he asked, in front of the door, Zhao Ping stopped, turned around quietly, and finally replied to the other party in a calm tone that seemed to be back to normal: "I'm sorry, I've never had the habit of taking the initiative to fall into traps, my goal is very simple, that is, to survive, except for avoiding the unavoidable supernatural tasks, I will not participate in all other adventures, as for He Fei's life and death...... I admit that the other person is important, but unfortunately I care more about my own life than my own safety. ”

Cold, decisive, without hesitation, he never involves anything that endangers his own safety, this is Zhao Ping, this is the direct answer of the man with glasses.

After that, Zhao Ping didn't say much, turned around and pushed the door, raised his feet and left.

Yes, when he really learned the truth of the news that there was a scorpion in Yinshan, Zhao Ping gave up, and simply gave up the plan to rush to Yinshan directly, just as he just said, anyone's life is not as important as his own safety.

That being said, in reality, the man with glasses did exactly that, leaving down the reply and pushing the door to leave.

As for Chen Xiaoyao......

"Huh.".

The young man smiled, suddenly grinned, and shook his head at the glasses man who was about to go out while laughing and sighed: "Hey, I always thought that Senior Zhao was the one with the most overall vision in the team, but now it seems that I really overestimate you, and your vision is not very long-term, once He Fei dies, how long do you think you can live?" ”

The footsteps stopped again, the figure stopped again, not only that, but the difference from the beginning was that Xu is words touched the man greatly, Zhao Ping no longer left, but turned straight back to the dining table, sat back in place silently, slowly raised his head, and finally stared at the young man with a cold gaze that was enough to make anyone frightened, stared at Chen Xiaoyao, and said three words lightly in his mouth:

"Explain."