CHAPTER XXIII

I had the courage to look left and right, but I didn't see the shadow of Master Xiaolian, so I leaned over and wanted to sneak away before Master Xiaolian found out.

Xiaolian picked the corner of his eyes, crossed his hands under the porch and looked at the girl with the skirt in front of her, who was bent on her waist, as if she wanted to sneak away.

"Going in the wrong direction. ”

The girl turned back suddenly, and when she saw that she was looking at her, she turned around and saluted, with a look of chagrin on her face, but with a laugh on her lips, "That...... Master Xiaolian, it's early, I met it early in the morning...... Hehe, don't bother, you rest first, I'll go first, Master, you stay, stay. ”

The girl trotted forward with her eyelashes hanging and her skirt clutched, and as she passed by him, he smiled and walked leisurely across the stairs of the porch. The girl raised her head, her eyes were slightly puzzled, and then she seemed to react, and put on a calm face and said to him, "Master Xiaolian, you can dissipate your anger first! I don't know how I slept in this hall, can I ...... I actually got drunk last night to the Huaguang Palace?"

The girl's eyes widened, a little surprised, and she said to herself, "But here is still across the Half Moon Lake, if I am drunk, how did I get here?"

"You're swimming. ”

"Sure?"

"Definitely. ”

"But Master Xiaolian, why don't you stop me?"

"You're crying and shouting to come, and I can't stop you. ”

“......”

I actually ...... How could I do such a humiliating thing? But I was indeed standing on the tower of this Huaguang Palace, and it was really difficult to shirk it in front of Master Xiaolian, so I had to say stubbornly, "Master Xiaolian, I heard that when you are drunk, people can't call the shots, so this is ...... I didn't mean to disturb Master...... So Master, you see...... Can you make it easier for me?"

The girl's voice was tactful, and there was a bit of sincerity in her tone. On his delicate and greasy face, a pair of bright eyes looked at him, his eyes were more interested, and he couldn't hold back the smile on the corner of his lips, and only put on a cold face to look at her, "I want to have breakfast." ”

"Oh...... You eat, you eat, the disciple doesn't bother, and leaves first. "I was a little annoyed when I saw that Master Xiaolian was still blocking the staircase and had no intention of moving away, but I didn't dare to put it on my face, "Master Xiaolian, please let me ...... it."

"You do it with me. ”

“...... I... Me?" I stammered a little in surprise, "But I ......" I looked at Master Xiaolian's expression and remembered that it was indeed me who was responsible for today's loss, so I swallowed the unfinished words. "Master, where is the kitchen?"

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The backyard of Huaguang Palace. The twists and turns at the end of the corridor on both sides are the hand-copying verandah that spirals up the staircase, among them is a pavilion through the corridor, and there is a marble interstitial screen of a red sandalwood shelf placed at random on the locality, on which some mountain grass and birds are carved on it, and the grass and trees growing arbitrarily outside the pavilion are gathered together, and it is very lively to watch. There is only a hexagonal marble table in the pavilion, which is clean and bright, and there are a few marble round stools.

Seeing Ah Jin sitting on the side and looking at himself, looking at that gaze...... Something unusual. "You don't eat?"

"Uh...... I made this specially for Master, you can eat it...... You eat first. I hope Master can ...... Like. I reached out and stroked my skirt, feeling nervous in my heart, and I didn't know if I could eat this bowl of porridge.

Xiao Lian picked up a spoon and took a bite with a little doubt, the expression on his face stiffened for a moment, he swallowed the porridge in his mouth with difficulty, squinted and said, "This rice is still raw!"

“...... This is the third time I cooked, the first time I learned to cook when I was a child, I almost burned down the grass and mud house where Master Qingxu lived, and the second time, let Qingshan eat so much that he lay on the bed for two nights...... I also guess this...... It doesn't taste good, but I didn't want to burn such a big fire, but it was still not cooked, "I am a little aggrieved," it was all asked by the master to make it, and people obviously don't know this. ”

Xiao Lian rubbed his forehead and said, "When boiling porridge, after the water in the pot is boiled, you have to boil it slowly over low heat." From tomorrow onwards, I'll come and cook when I'm free!"

"Master, I really won't, can you not ......"

This item will be included in your year-end assessment. Xiao Lian glanced at Ah Jin, and said a word lightly.

"Master, you are an immortal, you don't need to eat or drink, why do you want to embarrass me? ”

"It's nothing, it's just that I'm a little bored by myself. ”

“......”

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"Senior brother, why do you think my luck has come to such a point!" I stretched out my hand wrapped in a lot of gauze and said aggrievedly, "Master Xiaolian forced me to practice the Flying Escape Technique within a month, and I had to practice hard day and night, and now I have to take the time to cook for him, last time I secretly brought the meal prepared by the third senior brother in the canteen and sent it to Huaguang Palace, thinking in my heart that Master Xiaolian might praise this meal for being delicious and edible, but Master Xiaolian only took one bite and told me that what he wanted to eat was cooked by me myself." But doesn't he know that my cooking skills are so bad that they are outrageous and crying?

This hand was burned several times. In the morning, Aoyama teased me, saying that I had finally met my nemesis. I glanced at him at the time, looked at Senior Brother Xiao Yu who was walking from a distance, and deliberately dragged out his tone and smiled, "I don't know...... Senior Brother Xiao Yu...... Whose nemesis is it?" I was glad that my words made Qingshan unable to say a word.

The elder brother frowned, his thin lips were pursed, he did not speak silently, and he did not see the warmth of the past in his eyes, he took the ointment and the copper basin filled with water from the house, and motioned for me to stretch out my injured left hand, I obediently stretched out my hand, and the senior brother carefully untied the gauze that had been wrapped around for me.

Yan Hua saw that there were a few scalded blisters on the back of this delicate hand, and his brows were twisted even more, so he put Ah Jin's hand in the water and washed it carefully, and then found a clean soft cloth to dry it gently. He was angry, he knew he was angry, but in fact, this burn was far from worth mentioning compared to the injuries he had received during his practice in the past.

He knew that he liked Ah Jin, and felt that she was the right one for the first time in so many years. But after so many years of enduring humiliation and burden, and so many years of painstaking management, how could a woman be so easily distracted? Therefore, he was angry, angry that he had grown so many years and cultivated for so many years, and he had such a ridiculous appearance.

He likes her, yes.

He wants her to stay by his side for a long time and be his wife in the future, that's right.

The weight of the long burden made him feel like a taut string...... Now he met Ah Jin, who was as dazzling and happy as Chenguang, so happy that he couldn't reach...... He longed deeply for her to be by his side and warm him.

It's just that...... Everything has to be placed after that great event.

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The elder brother carefully applied the ointment with me, and it was very cool and comfortable, "This ointment still has some aroma of sesame oil." I leaned over my nose and sniffed hard.

"There is indeed a taste of sesame oil in it," Yan Hua applied the ointment, and then took the clean gauze again and wrapped it around and tied it, "Don't touch the water with your left hand for a few days." Yan Hua told carefully.

"But when I'm cooking, I definitely touch the water. "I'm a little embarrassed.

"He won't tell you to cook when he's hurt. Yan Hua's eyes sank.

"I didn't tell him about the burns," Ah Jin sighed, her eyes shining with water, and her face was thrilling, "lest he laugh at me." ”

“......”

"Senior brother, when did you come here to cultivate?" I heard Mo Yan say that Senior Brother has been studying under Master Qingxu for a long time, and I am a little curious.

Yan Hua picked up the bits and pieces on the table, leaned back slightly, leaned back on the bamboo chair, looked up at the evening clouds on the horizon gradually receiving, and said slowly, "When I was young, my family suddenly changed dramatically, and I was the only one left...... One day, I was sitting by the Taichen Lake, and the weather was as good as it is today," he smiled, poured the tea boiling water from the small stove into the plain light blue tea cup and handed it to Ah Jin, poured another cup for himself, and continued, "At that time, I met Master Qingxu.

At that time, I didn't know who he was, but I just felt that the sober and profound faction in him was something that many immortals did not have. Later, I learned that the rest of the immortals were all 7,000 years old and were only able to hold the official register of the immortal ranks, and Master Qingxu was only 3,000 years old when he inherited the immortal position of this mountain, so I knew what kind of heavenly Qihua he was. At that time, by the Taichen Lake, Master Qingxu sat beside me and looked at the lotus pond at my feet. ”

Senior Brother slowly picked up the cup and drank tea, his eyes were distant, as if he was immersed in distant memories, I asked curiously, "Later, Master Qingxu asked you to worship him as a master?"

Yan Hua looked at Ah Jin and said with a warm smile, "Master Qingxu has always been a desireless immortal, and he has never liked the troubles of accepting apprentices. ”

"Then why did you take you as an apprentice later?"

Later, Qia Yao's mother Xianjun passed by the clouds and saw Qingxu by Taichen Lake, so he let the cloud head down and said a few words to him. said that he saw that I and Qingxu had a full master-apprentice fate, and at that time, Master Qingxu raised his hand and calculated, and saw that Yaomu Xianjun was right, and accepted me with a little hesitation. At that time, I was more than 900 years old. ”

"Senior brother, my Master Qingxu is now more than 10,000 years old. So, by that way, you're almost seven thousand years old now?" I asked, snapping my fingers. Seeing that the senior brother nodded, he said earnestly, "Senior Brother Fangcai, you said that immortals will be given the official register of immortals when they are seven thousand years old, but I remember that Seventh Senior Brother Mo Yan said to me once, saying that Senior Brother received the immortal position very early. ”

Although I don't know what kind of official career the senior brother holds, I believe that with the talent of the senior brother, he will definitely become a civil official with a hill in his chest and a smoke at the bottom of his pen.