After the end of each edition of the Sword Forging Masters, the Emperor will hold a banquet in the palace to celebrate, and the top powerhouses, nobles, important ministers and other high-ranking figures of the empire will be invited to celebrate together.

According to the usual practice, this session was no exception, and Ouyang Yunxiao and Aotian, who were the imperial royal sword-forging masters, were naturally invited to the banquet.

In the evening, the grand and grand banquet kicked off in the light singing and dancing of many beautiful palace maids, and all the invited strong and noble people gathered in the palace hall to raise a glass and drink together.

At first, Aotian was still a little restrained, after all, he was still a little stressed in the face of so many top powerhouses, as well as the celebrities and nobles of the empire.

Moreover, he had just arrived, and he had not yet adapted to his status as an earl, and except for Ouyang Yunxiao and Ling Xiao, Aotian basically didn't know each other, and he couldn't intervene in the topics they were talking about, so he could only taste the best food and wine in the palace alone, and enjoy the graceful dancing of the beautiful palace maids.

But as the banquet continued, everyone began to move around and communicate freely, and Aotian gradually became the focus of the banquet, and many nobles and strong people gathered around Aotian to have a drink with him, chat a few words, and get to know each other.

After all, Aotian's performance in the Sword Casting Master Tournament made these powerhouses and nobles quite appreciative and admired, and they also knew very well that Aotian could have such amazing achievements at such an age, and the future must be limitless, I am afraid that even Ling Xiao can't compare to it, and maybe he will become a peerless powerhouse that shocks the continent in the future, so they naturally want to take advantage of this opportunity now to make good friends.

For a while, Aotian was like the stars holding the moon, which couldn't help but make him a little flattered.

But soon he adapted to this kind of occasion, chatted and laughed with everyone, and handled it calmly, without the slightest sense of stage fright when he first arrived, which also made these ** lakes admire him even more in their hearts.

In this way, the whole dinner lasted until late at night in the light singing and dancing of the palace maids and the staggering of everyone.

After the banquet, Aotian and Ouyang Yunxiao left the palace in a carriage and returned to the inn.

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As soon as the sky cleared, the streets of the imperial capital were already bustling with pedestrians, and many shops were opening their doors to do business.

At the entrance of the inn, a handsome young man dressed in black looked back at the door of the inn, then turned his head and walked towards the far side of the street, and finally disappeared at the mouth of an alley.

The sky was getting brighter, the sun was slowly jumping out of the ground, and the street in front of the inn became lively again.

There is a lot of traffic, and people come and go.

In the inn, Ouyang Yunxiao and the three staff members of the branch walked out of their respective rooms one after another, ready to go to the front hall for breakfast.

Today, the three staff members are going to leave the imperial capital and return to Xilan City, but Ouyang Yunxiao has to wait here until Ouyang Mingzhu is released, so he has to stay for a while longer.

"Why hasn't Aotian come out yet?" Ouyang Yunxiao looked at Aotian's room and said a little strangely.

"Could it be that I forgot the time for morning exercise?" said a staff member.

Hearing this, Ouyang Yunxiao nodded, then walked quickly to the door of Aotianfang and knocked a few times: "Aotian, it's time for breakfast!"

The voice fell, there was no response in the room, Ouyang Yunxiao couldn't help but think of the incident the day before yesterday, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he immediately pushed open the door and rushed in.

But I found that the quilts on the bed were neatly stacked, and the room was empty.

"Hmm, what about Aotian?" Ouyang Yunxiao was surprised in his heart, and when he looked around, he saw a letter on the table at a glance.

Seeing this, Ouyang Yunxiao guessed something, couldn't help frowning, walked quickly to the table, picked up the letter, but found that there was still the purple gold card that Aotian had obtained yesterday under the letter.

Seeing the purple gold card, Ouyang Yunxiao was even more sure of his guess, and couldn't help but hurriedly opened the letter: "Teacher, please forgive the apprentice for saying goodbye, the apprentice doesn't want to be too sad when he leaves, so he chooses this way to leave."

Actually, the apprentice also wanted to spend more time with the teacher, but the apprentice had to admit that because of my appearance, Miss Mingzhu misunderstood you and set her on a wrong path, for which the apprentice was deeply sorry.

I hope that my departure can dissolve the gap between Miss Mingzhu and you, and I also hope that Miss Mingzhu can come out of her hatred of me.

Teacher, the apprentice is very grateful for your teaching and help, without you there would be no apprentice's achievements today, the apprentice does not know how to repay your favor, so this purple card please be sure to accept by the teacher, as a piece of filial piety to you!

The most reluctant apprentice wishes the teacher a smile, longevity and Tianqi, there will be a chance in the future, the apprentice will definitely go to the house to visit you, please take care of the teacher!

Apprentice - Aotian. ”

"This kid!" After reading the letter left by Aotian, Ouyang Yunxiao's eyes were slightly red, and he was a little reluctant in his heart, but also a little touched, "Alas-it would be nice if Mingzhu could be half as sensible as Aotian!"

Ouyang Yunxiao knew very well that half of the reason why Aotian left was because of Ouyang Mingzhu, and the other half was not because he was afraid of parting sadness, but because he was afraid that he would not accept the purple gold card he left, so he chose this way of saying goodbye.

However, he also knew that now he has nothing to teach Aotian, and there is no need to keep him any longer, and the competition is over, and it is normal for Aotian to leave.

After all, he has his own life, his own dreams.

Today's Aotian is a soaring dragon, and what awaits him should be the broader world.

"Lord Lord, Master Aotian?"

"I'm going home!" Ouyang Yunxiao said in a deep voice, and then put away the letter and Zijin card that Aotian had left for him, "Okay, let's go to dinner!"

After breakfast, the three staff members of the branch also packed their bags and left the imperial capital.

But not long after the three staff members left, a palace envoy came to the inn and summoned Aotian and Ouyang Yunxiao into the palace on Ling Xiao's orders.

Following the messenger, Ouyang Yunxiao came to the palace and met Ling Xiao and the Seventh Princess.

"See Grandmaster, Your Highness the Princess!"

"President Yunxiao, what about Aotian?" Seeing Ouyang Yunxiao coming alone, the Seventh Princess asked in some surprise.

"Back to the princess, Aotian left a letter in the morning and said goodbye!" Ouyang Yunxiao said with a helpless look on his face.

"Say goodbye, for what?" The seventh princess was a little surprised, and Ling Xiao on the side also frowned.

Ouyang Yunxiao didn't answer, but took out the letter left by Aotian and handed it to the Seventh Princess.

After the seventh princess took the letter, she and Ling Xiao read it to each other, their faces sank, although they understood the reason why Aotian did not say goodbye, and they also appreciated Aotian's benevolence and bearing, but both of them were more or less lost in their hearts.

In fact, Ling Xiao summoned Aotian and Ouyang Yunxiao over today to take Aotian as a disciple.

And the Seventh Princess is also looking forward to Aotian being able to become Ling Xiao's apprentice, so that they can have more time together.

But I didn't expect it to be a step too late!

"President Yunxiao, do you know where Dao Aotian lives?" the Seventh Princess asked after a few moments of silence.

"This, I don't know the specifics, I only know that he came from Beiyue Province!" Ouyang Yunxiao said with some embarrassment.

He didn't ask Aotian in detail about his background and origin, so he didn't know where he lived.

Hearing Ouyang Yunxiao's answer, the Seventh Princess frowned slightly, and there was a slight flow of thoughts in her eyes: "Is Beiyue Province?!"

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In a small noodle restaurant in the southern city of the imperial capital, Aotian and several strangers huddled at the same table, patiently waiting for their noodles.

This is a noodle restaurant with an ordinary façade, and the space inside is not very large, but the simple five or six small tables are crowded with thirty or forty people, and the business can be described as extremely hot.

It can be seen that the noodles at this noodle restaurant must taste very good.

That's why Autean chose this place.

Just when Aotian was bored and waiting for his food, several men at the adjacent table suddenly talked about the Sword Forge Masters, and one of them, a lean and ordinarily dressed man, began to talk to the other people as if he had been to the scene, and he was talking about Aotian in the first round of the event.

This noodle shop is not big, and a fart can stink everywhere.

So as soon as this man talked about the Sword Forging Masters, he immediately attracted the attention of everyone around him.

For these ordinary people, the Sword Forge Masters Tournament was a grand event that only nobles were entitled to watch, and the Sword Forge Masters seemed to exist only in legends, so they could only listen to stories from the storyteller.

But it is precisely because of this that they are more curious and full of all kinds of fantasies.

Seeing the curious and expectant eyes of the people around him, the man suddenly became passionate, his voice became louder and louder, and he spoke harder.

Later, he simply stood up, stepped on the stool with one foot, and told everyone with emotion and color.

However, the Aotian in his mouth seems to have three heads, six arms, and seventy-two changes, and the sword-forging technique in his mouth is also like the magic of Pangu opening the world and Nuwa making people from clay, which has basically lost its original authenticity, and it sounds like a mythical story.

However, what this person said was like the real thing, and even Aotian could hear it unconsciously, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, secretly sighing that this man was really a good storyteller.

A moment later, Aotian's noodles were served, and the story over there ended in everyone's unfinished business.

After eating all the big bowl of noodles, Aotian touched his stomach with satisfaction, burped, looked at the sky outside, and said secretly in his heart: "It's almost time to visit Sendong**!"

Sendong** is the patriarch of the Sendong family and one of the well-known warrior kings of the empire.

The Sendong family is not only a martial arts family, but also a hereditary nobleman, and it is also the largest commercial family in the Yunlan Empire.

His family's various industries, trading houses, and large-scale auction houses are located in almost all the large cities of the Yunlan Empire.

For example, Beiyue City and Tianmao City in Beiyue Province have trading houses and auction houses of the Sendong family.

Aotian and this Sendong** got acquainted at the banquet last night, when Sendong**, like some other nobles, also invited Aotian to the mansion as a guest, and Aotian only said that he would definitely visit another day.

But after returning to the inn last night, Aotian felt that he had to visit this Sendong ** when he left the imperial capital.

After all, he wanted to find those precious and rare medicinal materials for his father, and his strength alone was too weak, so he wanted to use the huge network of contacts and information of the Sendong family to help him find these medicinal materials.

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