Chapter 42: First Encounter
By noon, all the in-door tests had ended, and the data had been passed to the academy council after statistics, and the chief manager in charge of the academy tests in the venue closed the area in the Soul Palace, and thousands of spectators also walked out of the venue.
"Shall we have dinner together?" Jiang Duxue asked expectantly as she walked up from behind her senior brother.
Lin Yunxi looked at Jiang Duxue's gentle water-like eyes, her pink lips opened lightly, and her voice was sweet, how could she refuse, and hurriedly agreed.
"Good!"
Jiang Duxue smiled affectionately, "This Xuanwu Yuan went out of the south gate, after leaving the academy, there is a tavern on the east side of the city, it is said that it has been open for more than a hundred years, during which there will occasionally be masters from all walks of life come here to eat and drink, the boss was also one of the best masters in the continent on this day, it is said that he once fought alone against three masters, and at least he cultivated to have the seven-stage realm of the sage!"
"This tavern is hiding such a master, then I have to go and see it today!" Lin Yunxi shouted excitedly.
"Be quiet, let's go and get back quickly, this afternoon's test is expected to start at two o'clock, and now we still have two hours to eat!" Jiang Duxue shushed.
Lin Yunxi sneaked out of the back door of this Xuanwu Garden with Jiang Mushuang and Jiang Duxue, ran out of the academy all the way, and after passing countless restaurants and shops, he saw a small shop with a sign called 'Governor's Tongguan' on a corner.
During the period, countless sellers shouted at the three of them to come in for a meal, but they were all rejected by Lin Yunxi, this Tianwen Academy outside the city of the building is mostly in the form of a hutong, the tallest building is only a dozen meters, there are many low corner tower-like buildings, and there are some small villas and row houses, this tavern is hidden in a small alley at the intersection of Fifth Street and Huairou Road.
"Uncle Chen!" Jiang Duxue entered the store and called the boss's name.
"Xiaoxue Xiaoshuang, you are a rare guest!"
The owner of this shop is a bald man, his shiny head reflects the light of the candles lit in the house, a white silk rag is draped over his shoulders, his palms are rough, his clothes are plain, and his face looks very kind.
"Your father didn't come today?" asked the shopkeeper.
"Dad still has to deal with the destruction of the relics of the Five Emperors the day before, and he can't pull away!" Jiang Duxue said.
Lin Yunxi also followed the two of them in, sitting on the left hand in the room, looking at the menu in the distance, the room is not big or small, there are dozens of square meters, between the candles, the cabinet behind the wall is full of all kinds of wine, Huadiao wine, Fen wine, all kinds of strange foreign spirits, mahogany dining table, leather sofa, the overall decoration is quite classical.
"The destruction of the relics of the Five Emperors, does it still need him to personally investigate the matter of the Five Emperors?" the shopkeeper admired Jiang Chong's desperate character.
While Lin Yunxi was looking at the menu, he happened to feel the breath of the people at the table next to him suddenly flicker, and this spiritual power suddenly increased, and he hurriedly looked to the side.
There were two men sitting at the next table, wrapped in black gauze, only showing their faces to eat, their skin was chapped, their faces were dark, their shoes were stained with mud and sand, the backpacks behind them were stuffed, their eyes were flickering, and they secretly looked at Jiang Mushuang and the others with their spare eyes.
This man's clothes are a little exotic, most of the dirt on the shoes has been dried, but from the fine mud and sand in the holes of the shoes, this man has been in the desert before, and the bag is like a weapon or a treasure, and the color of this skin seems to be the color produced by the sun, not only is it dark, but also has a slight hint of red.
Where there is a desert in the Tianwen Continent, it is only the ancient wasteland in the west, where there is no grass, and there is hardly any sign of life, these two people are extremely nervous when they mention the five gates, it seems that the person who came is not good.
The owner of the store also felt a flow of breath, and hurriedly motioned for the two of them to do it first, pulled up a steel knife on the table, and hid it in the rag under the table.
"What would you like to eat?" said Jiang Duxue.
"I can do it, why don't you recommend some!" Lin Yunxi didn't have time to care about what he would eat, and secretly felt the movement of the spiritual power in the bodies of the two people beside him.
Jiang Duxue looked at the boss and asked, "Uncle Chen, do you still have raw cut obsidian sashimi today?"
The bald boss came back to his senses, "Yes, I just caught this obsidian from the beach today, a whole more than 20 catties, not to mention how fatty this meat is"
"Really, two!"
The bald boss looked at the two men in the distance and asked loudly, it was the obsidian sashimi on their table.
The man paused for a moment and said vaguely, "Yes, yes... This fish has a lot of fat, and it melts in your mouth!"
The other man secretly poked him with his hand, signaling him not to talk so much, and the two hurriedly swallowed the rice in the bowl, and looked towards Lin Yunxi's table with their eyes flickering brightly.
After Lin Yunxi made eye contact with one of the men, he smiled slightly, "Boss, then you can bring me an obsidian sashimi!"
The man grinned in embarrassment, turned his head and continued eating.
"Okay"
"Uncle Chen, in addition to this obsidian sashimi, I also want a charcoal roast duck, and three bowls of red pine seed noodles, so I am in a hurry to put green onions!" Jiang Duxue shouted loudly.
"Okay, got it!" the boss navigated the operation room, and soon brought the food up.
"Do you drink?" Jiang asked, snickering on her face.
Lin Yunxi thought about it and had to take the test this afternoon, but if he drank alcohol, he was afraid that it would affect the test results, so he politely refused.
"Senior sister, this wine is not a good thing, you forgot that at the faction's activities last month, you drank five or six inner disciples by yourself, and finally vomited all over the ground, or I personally cleaned it up for you!"
"Shut up" Jiang Duxue covered Jiang Mushuang's mouth with her hand and looked at Lin Yunxi with a sneer.
"I can't stop you if you have something to eat!"
Lin Yunxi saw the obsidian sashimi on this table, the whole body was like an ink-colored texture, the skin of the fish was as black as carbon, and even the blood flowing out of the flesh was jet black.
"Can you eat this thing?" asked Lin Yunxi.
Jiang Duxue picked up a piece and put it in her mouth, and in an instant, the fish melted after a few bites, and the fatty taste filled her mouth.
"It's delicious, I don't believe you try it!"
Lin Yunxi also picked up a piece of it in the same way, and put the black fish meat into his mouth, and a sea-like delicacy was transmitted in his mouth, and the aroma was overflowing.
"It's so delicious, the fish is so fresh, you can even feel the meat beating between your lips and teeth. Lin Yunxi said.
"If you like it, the red pine seed noodles that will come up here are also the best, and this bowl of noodles will cost you thirty gold coins!" Jiang Duxue said.
"Thirty gold coins, is it noodles or gold coins?" Lin Yunxi shouted, the money for this bowl of noodles was more than the two-day revenue of an ordinary small shop in the village.
The boss said to Lin Yunxi, "This red pine seed is a precious medicinal material, which can enhance the absorption of spiritual power between human cells, and the effect is obvious, the red pine seed tree blooms every three hundred years, and bears fruit every three hundred years, and there are only more than fifty fruits of a tree, each of which can produce more than ten grams of red pine seeds, and the red pine seed tree in the Tianwen Academy is also in the fruit forest in the Puwen Hall in the south, and only twenty have survived at present." ”
"It's really effective, this red pine seed is eaten all year round, it is of great help to gather spiritual power in the body, and the bloodline will be higher than ordinary people!"
"No wonder this thing is so expensive, I'd rather have a shortage than an overabundance!" Lin Yunxi said.
While the few people were talking, the two people next to them drank the food in front of them, paid more than a dozen gold coins, and then picked up their backpacks and walked out the door.
Lin Yunxi looked at the two of them with his peripheral vision, and the rings on their hands aroused Lin Yunxi's curiosity, what did the star-shaped symbol on the ring mean.
Just as the two of them walked out, Lin Yunxi quietly felt that the spiritual power in the two men's bodies rose sharply, and his eyes were full of murderous aura.
When the man approached the door, he turned around and rushed towards Jiang Mushuang and the others, a scimitar in his hand slashed out like light and shadow, and with the knife in one hand, he slashed in front of Jiang Mushuang.
At this time, Lin Yunxi suddenly pushed out the spiritual power that had already been gathered in his palm, and in an instant, this huge palm qi bounced the man out, and the scimitar also fell to the ground, and the rolled up qi wave pushed the other man out of the door.
The man took out a black sphere in his hand and threw it quickly in front of Lin Yunxi and the others.
Detonating the Flame Ball?
The boss pulled out the steel knife under the rag.
Sou!
The steel knife flew out from the depths of the store, piercing directly through the orb in the man's hand.
Rumble!
A pillar of fire burst open, and half of the man's face was scorched, and his left hand was blurred by the flesh of the explosion.
The Fog Shadow turns around!
Seeing this, the other man raised his hands and drew a strange pattern on the ground, and in an instant, a cloud of smoke and dust suddenly rose, and a huge wind and wave rolled up the smoke and dust, and disappeared into this space with the two of them.
The boss hurriedly ran out, looking at the spirit array mark on the ground that had not completely dissipated, and couldn't help but sweat, this reverse door actually mastered so many forbidden techniques!