The three days are fleeting, and it is the Lotus Lantern Festival.

Speaking of this lotus lantern festival is a grand scene in Cloud City, the people of Liufeng have always had the habit of putting river lanterns, one is to place their own hopes, and the other is also a competition of lantern-making skills. For such a country that values the art of KitKat, the exquisite river lantern is a very meaningful competition, and many skilled craftsmen have made a name for themselves all over the world. Every year, the lantern festival is a grand event of a country, and the people raise their eyes to treat the big event. However, the Lotus Lantern Festival in Cloud City is a little different from it, it is equivalent to an audition of the River Lantern Festival. Yuncheng people love to plant lotus, and the lotus is often used as the image of the river lantern, over time, the river lantern of Yuncheng is actually the lotus as the overall image, although each has its own innovation, but the lotus is equivalent to a soul-like existence.

This year's lotus lantern festival is held on the island in the center of Yuequan Lake, the scenery in early June is picturesque, it is in the evening, the cool and cool wind blows in the face at this time, many people have gathered on the shore of Yuequan Lake, and the grand scene is probably only a sentence "BMW carved car fragrance full of road" can be reluctantly described.

Mingxue stood on the deck of a gorgeous pleasure boat, bathing in the sunset and breeze, her eyes drifting away to the distant water and sky.

Li Shen gently pushed the door out, walked to Ming Xue's side, and followed her gaze into the distance. "What are you looking at?" He asked curiously. It doesn't seem to be anything special.

"Nothing, just a casual look!" Ming Xue's tone was slightly cold.

The two parties were speechless for a moment.

After a while, I saw another richly decorated and extravagant pleasure ship approaching in front of me. I saw Feng Zixie leaning on the railing with a ruffian face, and said to Ming Xue: "Ah Xue, how about a visit to my cruise ship?" Benwang is absolutely attentive and has all kinds of facilities. ”

"No need, I can't afford King Luo's invitation." Mingxue respectfully refused, cold and alienated.

"In that case, why don't you take me on a cruise on the city lord's boat?" He was unwilling to be sent away like this, and asked again, with a ruffian smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Why don't I take His Royal Highness King Luo to visit!" Li Shen said unhappily, his eyes looking at Feng Zixie as if he were looking at an enemy.

Fengzi saw that Mingxue was silent, and didn't mean to agree to him, so he retreated and agreed. He turned over happily and went from the cruise ship to the cruise ship of Mingxue, but he didn't mean to ask Li Shen to lead the way, and followed Mingxue boldly with his eyes.

Ming Xue was displeased with this ** naked gaze, glared at Feng Zixie and threw her sleeves into the cabin.

The city lord's cruise ship is extremely luxurious, the layout inside is magnificent, luxurious and beautiful, the city lord Xia Linxun is playing chess with an old man in the main hall, the chess pieces made of jade are cold to the touch, the chessboard is densely covered with black and white chess pieces, and the chess game changes like a silent fight. Zi Xia Linxun was forced by the old man to break out in a cold sweat, his hand holding the chess was trembling, and the chess pieces tried to be placed in one place, but in the end he didn't dare to fall. The old man on the opposite side looked at it with a smile, and a pair of thin old hands gently stroked his beard, a pair of fairy wind bones. He suddenly said to Ming Xue: "Girl, you've been watching it for a while, why don't you try it?" ”

Ming Xue was taken aback, although she had watched it for some time, she was not good at it. When I was in Tianli, I asked Cang Lonely for advice, but he didn't have any attainments in just a few days. She shook her head helplessly and said: "The seniors have superb chess skills, and this black chess piece is already a turtle in the urn, and the juniors can't save the defeat." ”

"It's okay, just give it a try." The old man is unrelenting.

As if he had seen a savior, the city lord of Zixia hurriedly asked Mingxue to sit down. "Miss Mingxue, you can give it a try! The opportunity to play a game of chess with the predecessors of the god machine is not something that everyone has. ”

Ming Xue sneered in her heart, obviously she couldn't get under others, and she still sold me a favor. But she has a good impression of the old man opposite, since she is here, it is good to try. "In that case, the seniors have given me a lot of advice."

With her memory, just now she has kept the chess path in mind, at this time the sunspot is trapped, and the white soldiers are coming to the city, forming a full-scale offensive situation, if it is defensive, it will definitely take care of one and lose the other, if it is a battle, it will be a defeat, it is really a mess!

Mingxue condensed and was on the chessboard, only to feel that everywhere was a defeated word, just like a besieged town, embattled, running out of ammunition and food, unless you fight a bloody way, or wait for death.

While she was concentrating, Li Shen and Feng Zixie actually stood aside and watched the chess tacitly. The city lord of Zixia wanted to greet Feng Zixie when he saw it, but he was silently stopped.

"I think this chess move is that this king will definitely lose! Ah Xue, don't force it! Feng Zixie looked at it for a while and gave pertinent advice.

"I don't think so, the Jedi can also survive, Ah Ming, you can do it."

"I said, Li Yan, how can you go against this king everywhere today!" The two of them had a verbal dispute outside the ship just now, and it had just subsided, but Li Shen was always working against him, as the saying goes, rivals in love are very red when they meet, and there is still some truth in what they say.

Li Yan faced Feng Zi Evil coldly, but he didn't answer, his expression was like watching a child make trouble unreasonably, and he was stunned that Feng Zi Evil was helpless.

Ming Xue glared at them and said in disgust, "Please be quiet! Just now she thought that in a desperate situation, she must be put to death and reborn.

She picked up a sunspot, hesitated for a moment, and finally fell down without hesitation.

The old man was taken aback for a moment, and asked with some suspicion, "But where are you going to fall?" That's self-defeating! ”

Ming Xue smiled lightly, "There is a way to give up, and if you get rid of these tumors, it is possible to get a new life, if you blindly keep it, it will only drag down the overall situation." ”

The old man also smiled, "It's understanding, and it's up to you to deal with it later!" ”

Then came a fight, and the game of Othello changed in an instant. After only a while, both black and white suffered heavy losses, and Ming Xue killed 800 enemies and lost 1,000 in a hard-hitting way, suddenly making the previous complicated chess move cheerful, and seeing the sun for a while.

The old man was surprised and relieved, "There is a give-and-take, there is really a give-and-take!" The girl's understanding is really good, I don't know if I want to be my apprentice? ”

"Shenjizi senior......" Zixia City Lord wanted to speak and stopped.

Ming Xue said with a smile, "The seniors have won the award, even if it is so." If this game goes on, I will still lose, but it will be a little better to lose. But if you want to do something, you have to go on with the best attitude no matter what the outcome is, right? ”

"Haha, chess is like life, the final outcome may not be so important, what matters is what you have experienced and understood in this process." The old man rubbed his beard and laughed.

"The seniors have a lot of knowledge, but the apprentices can't agree to the juniors, I still have things I want to pursue, and I can't give up."

Seeing that Ming Xue refused, the city lord of Zixia breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Zi Xia Qinghe hurriedly ran in, and when he saw that Li Yan was also there, he instinctively paused, and then changed to a small step and walked slowly. It wasn't until he came to him that he said delicately: "Brother Li Yan, you are also here!" The finger prints on her face have disappeared, and as the saying goes, the scar forgets the pain, which is probably what she looks like. was slapped by Li Yan, and this time I couldn't take my eyes off him.

The city lord of Zixia hurriedly glanced at his daughter, but the eldest lady turned a deaf ear and focused on Li Yan's ice-like face.

"Ahem...... Shenjizi senior, this is a little girl. Qinghe, I haven't seen my predecessors yet! In desperation, the city lord made an introduction. Who knew that Zixia Qinghe was stunned for a long time and didn't react, and finally it was the Zixia City Lord who pushed her before she came back to her senses, and hurriedly said: "I've seen my predecessors!" ”

"Uh...... The little girl is stubborn, please don't be surprised by the seniors! ”

"I can see that it won't be weird, if everyone deserves to be blamed like this, my old bones can't stand the toss!" The old man was very displeased, but he showed it on his face, and he didn't hide it at all.

It seems that the matter of letting the seniors accept Qinghe as an apprentice has to be postponed, when will this girl be able to save my worries! The city lord of Zixia couldn't hold back his face for a while, and hurriedly smiled: "There are a lot of seniors, and they are all stupid and ignorant little girls. ”

Zixia Qinghe was unconvinced and pouted at her father, very dissatisfied, but still looked at Li Yan.

Li Shen felt dull for a while, and walked out, Feng Zi laughed out loud when he saw this, and quipped: "Li Shaoxia really has a lot of peach blossoms!" This king is really envious, hahaha~"

Li Ember walked past Feng Zixie, suddenly leaned over and whispered, and strode out again.

After listening to those whispers, Feng Zixie's face suddenly became bitter, and Ming Xue seemed to catch Li Yan's flashing evil smile.

"What you envy is that Mingxue, this peach blossom was picked by me!"

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Soon, the boat docked. This is the largest island on Yuequan Lake, called Lingxin Island, and the largest building on the island is the three-storey Yanyu Pavilion. Because of its perennial smoke, it is named the Smoke and Rain Pavilion, which is quite hazy and quiet.

As soon as I stepped on the island, I felt a warm aura surrounding my whole body, this was a rare spirit of heaven and earth, which could be regarded as a rare treasure for cultivation.

The city lord of Zixia led them all the way to the Yanyu Pavilion, their position was on the top floor, there were still relatively few people at the moment, sitting on the stands on the third floor, and the scenery of the exhibition hall below was unobstructed.

The Smoke and Rain Building is a hollowed-out building with an elaborate wooden grandstand built around a huge circular stage on the first floor. The first and second floors are for the common people to watch, and they are all stands without compartments, and the tea and wine tables and chairs are neatly placed. The third floor is for the dignitaries to watch, set up an elegant private room, the private room has a wide view, elegant furnishings, all kinds of services are readily available.

Ming Xue chose a good position and sat down, and Li Shen also sat down, which happened to be the position where Ming Xue was facing each other. Fengzi Evil originally had his own private room, but he didn't leave. Sitting down in front of the position closest to Ming Xue, Zixia Qinghe watched with displeasure as Ming Xue and Li Yan fought a table, so he had no choice but to sit down face to face with Feng Zixie.

After a cup of tea, the audience and contestants came one after another.

The exhibits at the bottom were covered under red silk, and one by one they were carefully placed on the numbered booths by its makers, and the first floor was boiling for a while. There was a lot of discussion.

"Have you heard? This year, the lotus lantern of the Liu family is extraordinary, and it is made by the 60-year-old old man Liu, who is said to be incomparably ingenious! I see that the eight achievements of the eight masters of the lotus lantern list this time are their Liu family! ”

"I don't think so, the old men of the Liu family are all people who are about to enter the ground, how can there be young people in their brains! I heard that the lotus lamp of the Lan family was designed and made by the young genius Lan Qinyan for several months, and that is called a magic workmanship, no one can match it, you look at it, this list is none other than the Lan family. ”

"The Liu family."

"The Lan family."

“……”

“……”

Two former friends actually quarreled openly because of this disagreement, and no one was convinced, which almost started, but fortunately, the on-site maintenance personnel stopped it in time.

"It is said that this year's jury actually invited the most famous and prestigious Shenjizi seniors in the field of machinery, and the Shenjizi seniors will also choose an excellent person among these people to be an apprentice?"

"Really? The predecessors of the Shenji have been in hiding for many years, and the Shenjimen he founded is still the most powerful design and manufacturing organization in our Liufeng Country, and every piece of equipment they manufacture is a masterpiece, incomparable, if you become the apprentice of the predecessor of the Shenjizi, it will be difficult to not want to fire in this life! ”

"Alas~ That's what I said, but how big the temptation is, how difficult it is, we only have to take a look!"

"Alas~" A young man sighed loudly, helplessly sighing at life and fate.

It seems that the predecessors of the Divine Machine have a high prestige in the Liufeng Country! Ming Xue listened to all these words. No wonder the city lord of Zixia tried his best to give his daughter to Shenjizi as an apprentice. Even if Zixia Qinghe didn't learn anything under the Shenji Zimen, after coming out, he would become a hot figure in Liufeng Country if he was plated with a layer of gold, and the city lord of Zixia had a good calculation, but it was a pity that this daughter was not angry.

The chatter downstairs suddenly stopped, and a woman in her early thirties, dressed in a charming dress, walked to the big stage in the center of the booth enchantingly, and said with a smile: "Hello everyone, everyone's long-awaited lotus lantern competition is about to start under the eyes of everyone." In this lotus lantern competition, we invited the respected Shenjizi seniors as the judges of the jury, and I hope that all the contestants will perform positively! ”

It is the owner of the Yanyu Building, thirty years have passed but the charm is still there, she has been the host of the Lotus Lantern Festival for many years.

Are we about to get started? Mingxue is really looking forward to their work. After staying in Tianli for a while, the people of Tianli like to ask for help from the gods for everything, witchcraft is developed, and they are good at gossip deduction and astrology and fortune telling. I'm really curious about this artificially made artwork. For example, in this room, the sound of smoke is obviously not loud, but she is on the third floor, so far away, but it is still clear as usual.

Regarding Ming Xue's seriousness, Zixia Qinghe only laughed coldly, "I really don't know!" Then, as if he knew everything, he drank tea and looked at Ember.

Ming Xue glanced back, but did not answer, but smiled. As if she didn't care about Zixia Qinghe's words, it was like watching a child's bad words, she could only tolerate it, and the pity in her eyes was to poke at the other party's anger. This trick was learned very quickly from Li Yan, and he could choke the other party speechless.

"You...... Why don't you talk back? Zixia Qinghe said hatefully.

Ming Xue sneered, "Why should I talk back, was I bitten by a dog, and I still chased it back and bit it back?" It was unbelievable that such a beautiful iceberg girl would say such a thing.

Kaede sneered, "Don't laugh!" Zixia Qinghe immediately glanced at him and warned.

"If you say you don't laugh, you won't laugh, then I have no face!" He continued to laugh out loud without embarrassment.

Zixia Qinghe almost crushed the Juanpa in his hand, and stomped out of the private room.

The private room fell silent, and the game officially began.

Holding a golden scale rod in his hand, he walked to the booth No. 1 with a light smile, and with a slight force, the hall on the first floor, which was a little dark, immediately brightened. A giant lotus lamp carved from red jade is displayed in front of everyone's eyes. This is the work of the No. 1 contestant, the Chen family. "Next, I would like to invite the narrator of the Chen family to tell us about the design concept and characteristics of this lotus lamp."

"Hello everyone, I am the narrator sent by the Chen family, and this lotus lamp was manufactured by our young owner in two months and ten days. Its overall shape is the most common image of the red lotus, and the whole one is carefully carved from the most precious red jade. As we all know, the lotus lamp is placed on the river and flows with the waves, in order to reduce the weight, most people will not choose jade as a material to make the lotus lamp, but our lotus lamp is very heavy on the surface, but in fact it is hollow, the overall outline of the lotus flower is only a thin layer, specifically only a quarter of everyone's fingernail cover is so thick, the weight fully meets the requirements. Secondly, we have also carved a mysterious picture on the lotus wall, which will be shown to everyone later. This carving is hollow out, because the light transmission of jade and air is different, so when the lotus lamp is dyed, this picture will be reflected and clearly presented in front of everyone's eyes......