Volume 2 The leaves go with the autumn and don't know the cold Chapter 35 The wind and snowman do not return
(PS: First of all, I wish you all a happy Qixi Festival, well, there is something today, this chapter is sent in advance, infinitely close to 6,000 words, even if you do two more, I hope to bear with me, and resume two more tomorrow.) Thank you. οΌ
Qin Keqing looked at the young man in front of him with some confusion.
He looked like he was seventeen or eighteen years old, with a black cat standing on his shoulder and a white stripe tied around his right arm.
It's just that when he looked at her at this time, Qin Keqing was a little uncomfortable, but he couldn't say that he hated it.
Ye Hongjian completed the apprenticeship ceremony and turned into the youngest senior uncle in Linglong Pavilion, and the first thing that little uncle did after taking office was to send someone to send a large number of Ning Yuan Dan to her husband.
Uncle Xiao's appearance and talent are impeccable, even Qin Keqing, who is far away in Hanging River Peak, has not eaten once I heard the seniors praise Ye Hongjian, saying that she is a rare person with extraordinary talent in the past hundred years of the Great Zhou, which is enough to be compared with Chen Xuanji and Fang Ziyu, the first disciples of the Linglong Pavilion.
If the only deficiency is that this little uncle has a fiancΓ© who has cut off the path of cultivation, since he came to Linglong Pavilion, Qin Keqing has heard a lot of rumors about his arrogance, lack of learning, treacherous and cunning. She didn't realize that she had him, but secretly felt sorry for the little uncle. Coincidentally, he was also sent to deliver the elixir today, which can satisfy his curiosity about that Xu Han Xu Dashao.
"Brother Xu, Brother Xu!" Song Yueming shook Xu Han's body, his brows furrowed, and secretly felt that it was a little inappropriate for Xu Han to stare at a woman like this, and besides, he still had a marriage contract.
Xu Han woke up like a dream.
"It's down there. He said, with a rare hint of panic in his voice.
Qin Keqing didn't know his name, and she hadn't seen his appearance, so it was naturally impossible for her to recognize him.
Xu Han knew this very well, but he was still a little flustered inexplicably.
"This is the elixir that Uncle Xiao asked me to send. Ye Hongjian was a little uncomfortable by him, and then thinking about some rumors about Xu Han, she hurriedly handed over the pill in several medicine bottles in her hand.
Xu Han was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that Ye Hongjian had mentioned this matter yesterday, but he didn't want to send it today, let alone that the person who delivered the medicine was Qin Keqing.
Xu Han took the medicine bottle, he finally suppressed the thoughts in his heart at this time, smiled at Qin Keqing, and arched his hand: "Thank you, girl." β
"It's a matter of duty. When Qin Keqing heard this, she also returned the salute, but in her heart, she inexplicably felt that Xu Han's voice was a little familiar, she glanced up strangely, but she couldn't remember when she had met this person. After all, it was not good to ask too much, so after returning the gift, he bowed again and retreated.
Xu Han watched the girl's figure go away, and was silent for a few breaths before retracting his gaze.
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After Xu Han talked with Song Yueming for a while, the young man told Xu Han with great interest that after Si Bai returned to Linglong Pavilion, he first completed the apprenticeship ceremony today, and announced that a conference would be held in a few months, and from now on, he would begin to invite all major sects of the Great Zhou, and at the same time, in order to select the representative disciples of Linglong Pavilion to participate in this round of conference, the annual mountain gate competition will start in advance tomorrow.
As an ordinary inner disciple, Song Yueming didn't have the opportunity to participate in this matter, but he was very interested in it, and invited Xu Han to go with him tomorrow to watch the battle.
Xu Han thought that there was nothing to do in this leisure, and he also wanted to send this young man away quickly, so he agreed.
After lunch, Ye Hongjian sent a message that he was preparing to break through the Danyang Realm, and he was taken to the retreat by Si Bai, and it was estimated that he would not see Ye Hongjian in this month. And Chu Qiuli clamored to make the Sword Hall pay for yesterday's provocation, and went out early in the morning to squat, but he didn't know what the harvest was, but he didn't return for a long time.
Xu Han once again refined the more than ten Ning Yuan Pills given by Zhou Zhang, and repaired two more tricks. It was still early, and he thought that he would have nothing to do, so he went out.
After all, Linglong Pavilion is the first sect of the Great Zhou, even if it is only one of the three main peaks, the Heavy Moment Peak, it is surprisingly large.
Xu Han had never liked to be lively, and besides, his reputation in the hearts of many Heavy Moment Peak disciples had never been very good, so he still chose to walk in the direction of the top of the mountain as before.
Yesterday night, it snowed again in the mountains, and the entire Chongju Peak was already covered in the snow and turned silver.
Xu Han walked to the wooden pavilion again, but Zhou Zhang, who usually chose to read here, was nowhere to be seen, maybe he was preparing for the mountain gate competition that would start tomorrow, right? Xu Han thought so, but he didn't care, and walked into the pavilion alone.
This position is about to reach the top of Chongju Peak, the field of vision is extremely wide, Xu Han stood in the pavilion, looking around, most of the scenery of the entire Linglong Pavilion came into his eyes.
At the end is the fairy mist lingering, wrapped in silver, beautiful.
It's just that Xu Han is a little melancholy.
He thought about his right arm, thinking about the sound that day, the voice from the sky, and he always felt uneasy, but he couldn't grasp the clue.
"Hee-hee. At this time, a light laugh suddenly sounded not far away, and the voice was crisp, like the murmuring of a mountain stream.
Then a stone, neither light nor heavy, landed on the back of Xu Han's head impartially.
Xu Han looked back vigilantly, and the black cat on his shoulders arched his body at that time, the black hair on his body stood up like a sharp needle, his mouth let out a terrible hiss, and his amber eyes watched vigilantly around him.
"Who?" asked Xu Han, his face sank. The person who made the voice was obviously nearby, but Xu Han couldn't find where the other party was, so it was thought that that person's cultivation must be extremely high.
"What a cute black cat. The voice sounded again, and then Xu Han felt a flower in front of him, and a petite figure flashed, and the black cat on his shoulder fell into the hands of the figure at that time.
Xu Han was startled, the person's speed was too fast, so fast that he had no chance to react, and the black cat was taken away, he looked fixedly, but found that the person who shot was actually a girl.
The girl looked only thirteen or fourteen, although it was a cold winter in October, but she was dressed in a purple gauze skirt, her cheeks were not powdered, but they were red, with some baby fat, and the whole person looked as cute as a porcelain doll.
At this moment, she was holding the black cat, stroking the hair on the black cat's back, the black cat who had never been close to people did not like it, but for some reason she didn't dare to move, she was nervously lying in the girl's arms, letting her caress it, but at the same time she threw a gaze at Xu Han as if asking for help.
Seeing that Xuan'er was restrained, the muscles around Xu Han's body suddenly tightened, and he looked at the seemingly harmless girl who seemed to be human and animal, but his heart was unprecedentedly vigilant. Being able to snatch the black cat from him so easily, and to make the black cat so fearful, will not be an ordinary character.
"Who are you?" asked Xu Han in a deep voice.
"Your black cat is very good, can you give it to me?" The porcelain doll was still unaware of Xu Han's inquiry. She replied in response.
"Your Excellency took my black cat without asking the reason, isn't it too much of a deception?" Xu Han's face became more and more gloomy, and the muscles around him still began to swell at that moment, obviously ready to strike at any time.
"What's the matter?" The girl tilted her head to look at Xu Han, her eyes as big as the full moon flickering.
Hum!
When Xu Han heard this, he let out a cold snort, his body shook, and he made a bold move at that moment, rushing towards the girl.
He gets along with the black cat day and night, and the relationship is already extremely deep, although this girl has a strange body, Xu Han has no intention of compromising.
The so-called lion fights the rabbit, and it also requires all his strength, not to mention that in front of him, he is not a lion, compared with a girl, he is more like the rabbit. Therefore, he made this move without reservation.
He was like thunder, and in an instant, he came to the girl, and his right arm clenched into a fist and burst out, faintly with the sound of breaking the sky, and there was a great tendency to open mountains and break stones.
"Are you really angry?" In the face of Xu Han's violent punch, the girl did not dodge or dodge, her eyes were bent into a crescent moon at that time, and she said with a smile.
Then, one of her hands stretched out, slowly, but with a strange rhythm, as if some heaven and earth power had been involved between the raised hands.
At this time, Xu Han's fist still hit her face, if this punch went down, it was conceivable that the extremely beautiful little face would turn into a puddle of rotten meat in an instant.
And the girl's outstretched hand also came to her at that time, blocking between her and Xu Han's fist.
It was a horrific sight.
One fist is as big as an iron bucket, and the other hand is as white as a couple.
Putting the two together, the end makes people feel that the difference is too obvious.
But at that moment, in that little white hand, an index finger stretched out.
Flutteringly and slowly, it clicked on the giant fist that was like a casserole compared to it.
Bite.
A soft thud rose in the snow.
A ripple-like ripple of true yuan fluctuated at the girl's fingertips.
And then...
Xu Han's menacing body suddenly flew upside down like a kite with a broken string at that time.
He slammed straight into the trunk of a dead tree in the distance before he stopped.
After a few breaths, Xu Han stood up from the snow with a disgraced face.
He didn't have time to wipe the snow stains off his body, but he looked at the girl at that moment, and his eyes were full of shock that was so thick that he could hardly dissolve.
His physical cultivation has long been greater than the Vajra Realm, which is a realm comparable to the Sanyuan Realm, even if he is as talented as Ye Hongjian, he is only in the Danyang Realm now, but the girl in front of him, who looks like he is only thirteen or fourteen years old, defeated him so easily...
Then this girl's cultivation may have reached the realm of seclusion, or even higher...
If this is the case, then Ye Hongjian's so-called talent is very different from the girl in front of him.
"Why is it as stingy as the one surnamed Chen, but take a look, and I didn't say that I was going to really rob it!" the girl stomped her foot, seeming a little displeased.
"Xu and Your Excellency have never been masked, and there is no grudge to talk about, so blatantly snatching my black cat, Xu is unknown. Please also make it clear how you can let go of the black cat below. As long as you do what you can, you will never shirk!" Xu Han said at that time. This girl's cultivation was extremely terrifying, but she didn't seem to have the intention of harming her, and that blow just now knocked Xu Han back. But the girl's control of strength is extremely accurate, and when Xu Han falls into the snow, the strength around her body has been removed, except for her embarrassed expression, but in fact, she has not suffered much damage.
Xu Han is also a person with strong eyesight, since he knew that this girl had no intention of harming him, and he was not an opponent anyway, he simply softened his attitude and tested the other party.
But who knew that the girl's eyes lit up when she heard this, "Is it really okay?"
Xu Han saw the girl's eyes shining, and remembered her strange behavior before, and his heart was a little weak, but his eyes met Xuan'er's pitiful eyes again, Xu Han gritted his teeth and said, "Please make it clear." β
The girl got permission, and came to Xu Han with a dodge of the black cat, she stood on tiptoe and her eyes were shining with stars, she looked at Xu Han expectantly, and asked, "Do you know how to bake sweet potatoes?"
"Huh?" Xu Han was stunned, he was ready to go to the soup for the black cat, but he didn't expect the girl to make such a request, and Xu Han, who didn't react for a while, even had the illusion that he had heard something wrong.
"There, you bake all the sweet potatoes for me, and I'll give you back the black cat." The girl gestured into the distance.
Xu Han hurriedly looked in the direction the girl pointed, but saw a firewood squatting in the snow not far away, which seemed to have traces of burning, and there were still many sweet potatoes scattered on the side.
Xu Han realized that the girl's words were not teasing, although he felt strange in his heart, but for the sake of the black cat Xu Han still walked over.
But he saw that the firewood in the snow was a little charred, but it had been burned. And there are a few sweet potatoes that have been burned on the side, which are obviously no longer in the mouth. Xu Han glanced at the girl suspiciously, the girl seemed to feel the question in Xu Han's eyes, lowered her head a little embarrassed, and muttered in a low voice: "It's all because the guy surnamed Chen said that he would go out today, I waited for him here for so long, and he didn't come." β
"When I'm hungry, I want to cook some sweet potatoes myself... He burned it for me before... Myself..."
At the end of the girl's words, she obviously realized that even sweet potatoes could be scorched was not a particularly glorious thing, so her voice gradually decreased, and finally Xu Han couldn't hear clearly.
Xu Han shook his head, Xu Han, the strange man in this Linglong Pavilion, is not uncommon, but he is used to it.
Then he simply squatted down, piled the firewood together, took the fire out of his bosom and lit it with hay, and made a fire.
But he didn't rush to put the sweet potato in it, but waited quietly on the sidelines.
The girl on the side was obviously a little hungry, she squatted beside Xu Han with a reluctant black cat, and asked a little eagerly, "Why don't you bake it yet?"
Xu Han smiled when he heard this, and explained: "Roast sweet potatoes with a dark fire, wait until the firewood is burned out and fill with new firewood, and then put the sweet potatoes into the old firewood, and the roasted sweet potatoes are the most fragrant, well... Nor does it burn. β
The girl's face turned red when she heard this, and she muttered dissatisfiedly: "Who said that, the roasted sweet potato surnamed Chen is not what you did." β
Xu Han didn't delve into who the person surnamed Chen was in the girl's mouth, but for the matter of baked sweet potatoes, Xu Han thought that he should be regarded as a master. After all, when he was a beggar, he was so hungry that he fainted, and he had done such immoral things as stealing sweet potatoes, and he also had a lot of experience in this.
Seeing Xu Han like this, the girl pursed her lips and didn't say much, but she thought in her heart that if Xu Han messed up, she would have to bet on the black cat as an apology. After all, in her heart, the guy surnamed Chen did the right thing after all.
It's just that such thoughts disappeared after a quarter of an hour, after Xu Han put the sweet potatoes under the fire.
"Why isn't it all right?" the girl urged as she squatted on the snow, her hands propped up on her porcelain doll-like cheeks, and stared blankly at the fire.
As for Xuan'er, she had already forgotten about it because of the aroma wafting from the fire, and the black cat that escaped the clutches quickly hid in Xu Han's arms, staring at the fire with a charming aroma in fear, obviously greedy.
"Don't worry... Sweet potatoes are only delicious when they are roasted slowly. Xu Han said with a smile, feeling that although this girl had a strange style, this greedy appearance at the moment was a little interesting.
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In the blink of an eye, another half an hour passed.
Under the gaze of the girl and Xuan'er's widening eyes, Xu Han took out several sweet potatoes that had been roasted golden brown from the fire with wooden sticks.
At that time, the rich aroma overflowed through the mountains and forests.
The girl and Xuan'er suddenly couldn't hold it anymore, one person and one cat were going to take it, and the other was going to bite.
"Be careful. Looking at these two "people" who were like starving ghosts reincarnated, Xu Han kindly reminded, but the one person and one cat who were aroused by the gluttonous insects didn't pay attention to Xu Han at all, tore open the wrapped cortex, and ate it.
While eating, he said vague things like it was hot and delicious.
Xu Han looked at it both interesting and helpless, so he simply picked one up himself and ate it carefully.
"It's delicious, it's even better than the roasted sweet potatoes surnamed Chen, well, no, it's delicious with him. In a few moments, the girl had finished eating a sweet potato, and she did not hesitate to praise it, and reached out to pick up another sweet potato on the ground.
"You said you were waiting for someone surnamed Chen?" Xu Han asked casually at this time, as he lost his previous hostility towards the girl.
"Hmm. The girl nodded heavily, but she didn't mean to hide it, but her eyes still fell on the sweet potato.
"Who is it?"
"An idiot. The girl took a bite of a large piece of sweet potato, and her pink face showed a happy expression, but she didn't know whether this happiness came from the stupid guy surnamed Chen, or the sweet potato in her hand, or both.
"Do you like him?" Xu Han teased, perhaps because of the girl's aggressive personality, Xu Han also forgot about his previous troubles for the time being, and had a joking mind.
"Hmm. But who knew that the girl nodded again without thinking about it, and the happiness on her face almost overflowed.
"The sweet potatoes he baked are delicious, well... He roasted it for me before. The girl seemed to want to tell Xu Han how good the stupid guy surnamed Chen was, but she couldn't grasp the point.
So she repeatedly emphasized the story of that man and sweet potatoes to convince herself that if he was willing to roast sweet potatoes for her, then he must like herself, just as she liked him.
Xu Han looked at the look on the girl's face and smiled, he liked the girl's free and easy personality very much. It's just that at that time, for no reason, he thought of Qin Keqing, who had a hurried glance today, and he shook his head and shook off the thoughts that were inexplicably surging in his mind.
"Will he come today?"
"Definitely, he promised me that he wouldn't miss the appointment this time. The girl said very firmly, and then she pointed to the sweet potatoes on the ground and said, "He told me that if I get bored of waiting, I will bake some sweet potatoes, and he will definitely come before the sweet potatoes are eaten." β
Xu Han looked at the more than ten sweet potatoes that were still left on the ground, and then looked at the girl's height of thirteen or fourteen, and secretly felt that the man surnamed Chen was calculating.
Of course, such a thought also existed in Xu Han's heart for a long time, and after a hundred breaths, when the girl picked up another sweet potato, it completely disappeared.
The girl looks petite, but her appetite is surprisingly large.
About half an hour passed, and she had eaten more than a dozen sweet potatoes until only one was left.
The expression on her face also began to become gloomy because of the decrease in sweet potatoes.
The last sweet potato, she ate it slowly.....
One small bite, another small bite ....
With each bite, she looked up in the direction of the top of the mountain, as if expecting that the next moment there would be a figure she had been longing for.
White hair and white clothes, white in the snow.
That scene has been played out countless times in the girl's heart.
It's just that no matter how slow you eat, sweet potatoes will be eaten one day.
The girl lowered her head and looked at the little sweet potato in her hand, which she had eaten for a quarter of an hour.
The sky was getting darker and the snow was falling.
In the snow, there is a bonfire, and girls and teenagers sit opposite each other.
After a long silence, the girl finally asked, "Now... You said that a person promised you again and again, and the sweet potatoes would arrive before they were eaten, why did he miss the appointment again and again?"
Her voice was soft, as if she were afraid that if she was too loud, she might break something.
Xu Han hesitated a little, he looked at the girl who looked down, and muttered for a while before he said, "Perhaps... He has something to delay" Speaking of this, Xu Han was silent for a while, and then said: "Or maybe... He doesn't like you enough..."
"Not true. β
The girl shook her head vigorously and interrupted the young man's words, she looked up at Xu Han.
Her eyes were curved into a crescent moon, as if she was smiling, but there was something crystal clear in the corners of her eyes.
She said crisply at that time.
The voice is firm and serious.
"It's that I bring too few sweet potatoes. β