Chapter 3 Yan Qingwan
Woman, fairy, these two words seem to be innately for Yan Qingwan.
The skin is like beautiful porcelain, the lips are like cherry blossoms, the raw willow eyebrows, and the apricot eyes. Dressed in a pale cyan robe with a goose yellow belt around his waist. Holding the Qingfeng sword in his left hand, and wrapping the reins in his right hand, it was the heroine Yan Qingwan who was on the white horse under her crotch. Yan Qingwan rode a white horse and went to a small shop on the side of the road to ask for three taels of wine and a few side dishes, and she drank a few sips from time to time while eating the dishes alone, which was really pleasant!
The golden crow is empty. On the desolate ancient road, there is an endless stream of pedestrians, and not far away is Tai'an City, the royal city of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The Great Zhou Dynasty was established for more than 300 years, since Emperor Taizu ruled the eight directions, there were no barbarians to invade, and the inside lived and worked in peace and contentment.
Ren Daoyuan rode a horse from Yangcheng, and watched the mountains all the way, enjoying the water and calming his mind. Cultivation is also so-so, and the acquired five-fold 'acceptance of qi' realm, ordinary people practice conscientiously and dare not have the slightest sloppiness, but Ren Daoyuan doesn't think so, everything seems so natural. When I went to a small shop near Tai'an City, I asked for wine and food, and I poured myself a drink.
At this time, there was a lot of noise outside the shop, Ren Daoyuan frowned, still drinking. The noise outside the small shop was getting louder and louder, and Ren Daoyuan got up to find out. Walk outside the store and see the shopkeeper and a little girl arguing about something. After asking others, I realized that the little girl's name was 'Little Briquette, and she was a beggar, and she came in to eat some unfinished wine and food. It was only natural for the shopkeeper to rush out, but he casually said a few abusive words, which made the little briquette angry.
"Is it reasonable to come to my house? No wonder there is no tutor, where is the little wild seed from?" the shopkeeper sneered. "Don't have money to eat? Lao Tzu just feeds the dogs, you don't want to eat!"
It seems that the word 'wild seed' touched a certain nerve in the little briquette, and the child didn't say a word, like a wild cat that had only been stepped on by its tail, and immediately blew up its fur and went to bite the shopkeeper's hand. The shopkeeper shook the child away with a little force. The briquettes flew a long way away, but they still bit off a piece of skin from the child's hand. The little briquette got up with difficulty, looked at the shopkeeper, and turned around to leave. "Do you want to leave after biting Lao Tzu?" The shopkeeper gave a few juniors a look, and the juniors immediately understood, this is a good time to show loyalty to their masters!
"Slow!" Two voices came from the side, and a few juniors stopped to look at the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper frowned and saw that a young man in black nearby arched his hand to him, and not far away, a woman who looked more fairy than the female Oiran of Tai'an City also arched his hand to himself. Yan Qingwan looked at the man in black, and said to the shopkeeper: "Your Excellency can let this child go, as for the food she ate, the little woman can compensate you with some silver taels, I don't know what Your Excellency wants?" The man in black also said lightly: "I think the same as this girl, Your Excellency doesn't have to embarrass this little girl." ”
The shopkeeper saw that everyone else was muttering, and the two of them seemed to be good people, so he agreed immediately. Yan Qingwan and the man in black both gave the shopkeeper a few taels of silver and left the shop.
"Hey, boy, you're quite kind!" Yan Qingwan smiled.
"It's not as good as a girl, a woman can also be chivalrous, not bad!" The man in black was Ren Daoyuan, and he chuckled when he saw the woman in front of him. "In the next Daoyuan, I don't know the girl's name?"
"This girl's name is Yan Qingwan, not from the Great Zhou Dynasty, what about you?" Yan Qingwan said. After speaking, he didn't look at Ren Daoyuan, and went to find the little briquette he had just saved from the shopkeeper. "Although I am a member of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it is also the first time to return to this Tai'an City. Ren Dao is far away, and he doesn't mind Yan Qingwan's character, and he also follows Yan Qingwan to catch up with her and Little Briquette. The three of them led two horses and slowly marched towards Tai'an City.
Along the way, the three of them became familiar with each other, and learned that the name of the 'little briquette' was Li Tianlang, a refugee from the Da Mo Dynasty. He is an orphan, and he doesn't know where his parents and family are. Yan Qingwan didn't say much, and just said a few words about her origin. As for Ren Daoyuan, he was anxious to be asked by the two women.
Fortunately, Tai'an City is not far away, but in half an hour, the three of them are in Tai'an City, and the pedestrians in the city are rubbing shoulders one after another, and the hawkers are shouting and shouting. For the little briquettes, these are all delicacies! pestered Ren Daoyuan to buy a lot of snacks, and devoured them like a starving ghost reincarnated. Yan Qingwan didn't have much joy, and said to the two with a smile that she had something to do in Tai'an City, so she wouldn't accompany the two of them first. He led the horse and disappeared into the crowd. Ren Daoyuan let the little briquette sit on his horse, led the horse by himself, found an inn, and opened two good guest rooms. He began to sit down cross-legged and practice, and made an appointment with the little briquette to eat snacks in Tai'an City tomorrow.
Somewhere in the middle of nowhere, it's dark all day and every day. There is a throne at the end of the darkness, the throne is empty, but it exudes a soul-shuddering aura, and under the throne there are five strong men in black heavy armor or red power suits or white robes, without the slightest power fluctuation on their bodies, kneeling down on one knee in front of the throne and bowing their heads, as if there is a shocking existence on that throne. After a long time, an indifferent voice sounded, shaking the surrounding void and collapsing.
"How's that going?" a voice came from the darkness all around.
"Your Lord, that thing is in the Heavenly Realm, we don't dare to track it down......" The black heavily armored man among the five said in a low voice. At this moment, an illusory figure sat on the throne, unable to see the face clearly.
"Oh, the Heavenly Realm, a barren place that even the Heavenly Monarch doesn't have, why don't you dare?" the figure said coldly.
"Lord, don't you know, the Heavenly Realm is the hometown of the Li family, and he once ordered that foreign races should not touch the Heavenly Realm, and we don't dare to dare to ten of them!" As if sensing the figure's dissatisfaction, the white-robed old man among the five said in a trembling voice.
"It's the Li family? The figure chuckled. "I don't want to provoke the Li family, but whoever gets that thing is still afraid of the Li family, just go to the Nanming Hall to find that person, and say that if you want to go to the Heavenly Realm, I can let him take that half a step." ”
"Your Lord's decree!" the five bowed their heads in agreement, and disappeared randomly.
"I don't know who will come out on top this time!" muttered the figure, which slowly dissipated.
The next day, as soon as the sky was slightly bright, Li Tianlang, the little briquette, took Ren Daoyuan to the food stalls in the city, and near noon, Ren Daoyuan went to various small shops in Tai'an City, wanting to buy a weapon for himself.
Ren Daoyuan probably patronized more than a dozen houses, but he didn't find a satisfactory weapon, and there was only the last one left in front of him, so Ren Daoyuan went to try his luck to see if he could gain something. The name of the small shop is 'three don't sell', Ren Daoyuan walked into the shop, and when he saw no one, he shouted: "Where is the shopkeeper, come down and buy a weapon." For a long time, no one answered. Ren Daoyuan frowned and prepared to leave.
At this time, a rickety old man walked out of it with difficulty. The old man was on crutches, and his head and beard were all gray. coughed: "Boy, you can't imagine that I have a lot of things in this store, but whether you can take them depends on your ability." ”
"Oh, dare to ask the seniors, what is the 'three don't sell', and what is the three not for sale?" Ren Daoyuan asked with interest.
The old man found a rattan chair and sat down, and said slowly: "The 'three don't sell' don't sell those who are not martial artists, don't sell those who don't use swords, and don't sell those who don't have tenacity. As for the ability, haha, face me off, undefeated in three moves in my hand, and you will be qualified to pick things in my small shop. ”
"I'm willing to give it a try, but if it's a duel, the seniors are old, and if the kid misses and hurts the seniors, then ......" Ren Daoyuan hesitated.
"Hahaha, hurt me?Boy, just let go of your hand, who will give you the courage the day after tomorrow?" the old man laughed. "However, you are a warrior, so you are a sword-wielder?"
"It is with the sword that goes down. "Ren Daoyuan's fingers together, a sword qi burst out from his fingertips, and the breath was just released, and Ren Daoyuan was able to become proficient in the quadruple 'refining qi' the day after tomorrow. The old man was not surprised when he saw the sword qi released, and said, "There is no need for a mental test. Ren Daoyuan didn't know why the old man meant this, and the next thing was to face off with the old man.
"Senior, be careful!" Ren Daoyuan shouted in a low voice, pointing his sword at the front, and suddenly the sword aura was rampant, and the floor in the old man's store shattered a few pieces. "Good boy, the acquired fivefold has the strength not to lose the acquired sixfold, and this kind of place is okay. The old man laughed. Immediately, with a slight finger of the crutch, Ren Daoyuan's swordsmanship was broken, and before he had time to think too much, the crutch was against his heart. It's just a martial arts move, and he didn't use any true qi, and he was defeated. Ren Daoyuan knew that he had met a master.
"You kid don't have to be discouraged, the old man has been practicing for an unknown number of years, come in with the old man. The old man laughed. He got up and picked up his crutches and walked slowly into the inner room. Ren Daoyuan followed the old man in.
When I went in, I saw a woman in green clothes, who was it not Yan Qingwan? Yan Qingwan saw Ren Daoyuan nodding and smiling, and Ren Daoyuan also responded.
"For many years, no one in my store has been able to take away a single thing, and it took so long to have the two of you. Although you have all passed the test, there are also two questions for you, if you answer them, you can choose your own weapons, and the old man will have a gift. If you can't answer, the old man will also ask you to choose a weapon. How you think for yourselves. The old man said slowly.
"I can answer the questions of my predecessors below. Ren Dao walked from afar, and then looked at Yan Qingwan. Yan Qingwan smiled, and then responded.
"Okay! Sure enough, it's a young man, but the answer to the question is not today, go to Qingxuan Pavilion in a year, I will wait for you there, as for the weapons, you can choose your own today." The old man stroked his beard and smiled, then took out a booklet with many treasures and weapons, and handed it to Ren Daoyuan and Yan Qingwan.
Ren Daoyuan picked a long sword called 'Broken River', and Yan Qingwan picked a long whip called 'Chaotian' and wrapped it around his waist. The two said goodbye to the old man and left the 'three don't sell'.
"Ren Daoyuan, where are you going next?" Yan Qingwan looked at Ren Daoyuan and asked.
"Da Mo Kingdom, Qingxuan Pavilion is there, a year will pass quickly, let's hurry while cultivating!" Ren Daoyuan said.
"Oh. Yan Qingwan responded, the two of them didn't say anything, and after walking for a long time, they went to the inn to find Li Tianlang together. Yan Qingwan and Li Tianlang, two older and one small, were chattering in the room. Ren Daoyuan returned to the room and took out the 'Broken River' sword, which was three feet long and two fingers wide, and the whole body was silver. Ren Daoyuan used the true temperature in his body to raise the sword, thinking about his future cultivation path, thinking about his brothers and sisters in the Shangqing Sect, and he didn't know if they were doing well?
Yan Qingwan watched Li Tianlang fall asleep, covered the quilt for her, lay down by the window, and looked at the moon.
No one knows where she came from, no one knows what she has in mind.