Chapter 37 Gathering of Elites
There is a lake dozens of miles east of Dakang City, called Xianying Lake, it is rumored that this lake once reflected the shadow of the immortals in the sky, so it was named.
Although Xianying Lake is far away from Dakang City, there are still many rich and noble people who are willing to drive here after dark, not only because of the outstanding famous prostitutes in the painting boat on the shore of Xianying Lake, but also because it is a resort for the inner disciples of the three major sects to linger.
The lake is turquoise, with one side facing the flat ground, embracing the passing carriages and pedestrians, and on the other side of the mountain, the water of the lake is turbulent and murmuring on the mountain wall.
A huge painting boat is quietly adrift in the lake, the painting boat is rich and luxurious, and there are many people on it, but all of them have extraordinary temperaments, as if they are beyond the world.
The white porcelain spout swayed from side to side, dangling from the wine glass on the square table from time to time, and the newly released wine exuded a rich aroma of wine sprinkled all over the table, and the sleeves were wet when pressed, sticky and cold. Some people seemed to be drunk, and laughed loudly: "The disciples of all factions who participated in the competition of the younger generation in Luoxue Valley gathered here, and it was really an elite gathering, and even this fine wine seemed to have been stripped of its worldly atmosphere. ”
The man who spoke was starry-eyed and graceful, and his loose dark robe was slightly agitated in the night breeze, which caused several girls nearby to look at it with brilliant eyes, and they lost their minds for a while. And his identity is even more daring to despise - Yan Jingxu, a genius of Zixu Dao for a hundred years.
The windows on the second floor of the painting boat are open on all sides, and the view is excellent, looking from afar, a circle of lights on the lakeside, a circle of silent flat land, and a circle of the majestic city wall of Dakang City.
"I wonder if Miss Muqing has ever been here?" another man asked in a deep voice, he was not as handsome and chic as Yan Jingxu, but he seemed as calm as a mountain, not smiling, and the whole person could exude a compelling momentum when he sat there. He is Li Daoting, the young valley master of Luoxue Valley.
When the disciples of the surrounding factions heard this, they all stammered, and scrambled to answer: "Come soon, Miss Mu Qing also said that she wants to play a song to cheer up the exchange banquet before this competition." ”
Mu Qing is a disciple of the Zixia faction of Dakang Mansion, although the Zixia faction is not as strong as the three major sects, but the sect is full of women, but it is also famous in Dakang Mansion, Mu Qing girl is the elite of the Zixia faction, this time to participate in the competition, there is a faint tendency to compete for the third place under Li Daoting and Yan Jingxu.
As he was talking, he saw a pleasant sound of the piano, crisp as jade, mellow as moonlight, and the hustle and bustle by the lake seemed to disappear with the sound of the piano. The sky is wide and the clouds are low, and the twilight is thick. The liveliness in the painting boat gradually faded, the green wine was charming, and the red candles were dim.
The monks were intoxicated and lost their minds, and the sound of the piano had gradually disappeared, and everyone came back to their senses, their eyes full of unhappy melancholy.
The rhythmic sound of going upstairs sounded, and a slender figure gradually stepped onto the second floor of the painting boat.
The person who came was dressed in a purple silk robe, a hairpin of coral hairpin, and his hands were wrapped around the guqin, and suddenly like a beautiful purple glow descended on the earth, rendering all kinds of colors on the painting boat.
"It's Miss Mu Qing!" Some sect disciples couldn't help but shout, and the rest of the people had no time to pay attention to that person's abruptness, and they all couldn't take their eyes off Mu Qing.
Li Daoting, who was sitting precariously, also cast his eyes, and there was a very aggressive naked infatuation inside. Leaning against the window of the painting boat, Yan Jingxu, who seemed to be drunk, also woke up in his eyes, and there was a strange light.
"Little girl Mu Qing, I've seen all the Taoist friends. Mu Qing gave a salute and sat down lightly at the banquet.
Yan Jingxu, who was in the wind of Yushu, returned to the banquet with a wine jug, and said with a smile: "It is said that Miss Mu Qing is both beautiful and artistic, and she is captivating the country and the city. ”
"Powdery greasy head, flamboyant tongue. Li Daoting, who was sitting upright, said coldly, he was not good at words, let alone flattery, so he just admired this Mu Qing unabashedly.
Yan Jingxu laughed when she heard this: "My fair lady, good gentleman." It should be a friend of the piano and a bell and drum music. Only if you can't ask for it, you will be jealous and ridiculed. ”
Mu Qing smiled slightly, and everyone suddenly felt like a breeze. I only heard Mu Qing say: "The two Taoist friends are both dragons and phoenixes among people, and the place of battle should be in the competition.
A group of disciples even claimed that it was, and they raised their wine glasses and clamored for Mu Qing to toast. Li Daoting snorted coldly, Yan Jingxu smiled slightly, and was speechless.
Although all the disciples were infatuated with Miss Muqing, they didn't dare to get too close. They all knew that Luoxue Valley had already sent someone to propose marriage to the Zixia Sect, hoping that Mu Qing and Li Daoting would tie the knot. And Zixu Dao originally planned to let Yan Jingxu marry Lin Yulin, a disciple of the Cangsong faction, but Lin Yulin's cultivation was never able to progress, so Zixu Dao frequently sent people to the Zixia faction to test, all of which had the same plan as Luoxue Valley.
However, the Zixia faction did not give a clear response, and only made a decision after this competition. So everyone immediately understood that the Zixia faction was looking at Li Daoting and Yan Jingxu only to see who could win, and the winning person would be full of ambition, and it would no longer be difficult to break through to the foundation building period;
And the monks in the foundation building period can be counted in two slaps in the territory of Dakang Mansion, so as long as one of the two can break through to the foundation building period, the strength of the people will increase greatly.
Just when everyone was thinking differently, they suddenly heard someone shouting: "Hey, boatman, come here, come and give me a ride!"
Through the open window, everyone looked up, and saw two figures waving torches towards the painting boat on the side of the mountain in the twilight of the lake.
One of them continued to shout: "Hey, it's you, that big, beautiful boat, come over here, take me to the other side of the lake, and I'll give you a lot of money!"
When a monk heard this, he sneered and said, "This is the gentleman of one of the mortals, who got lost in the mountains and forests, and actually took a detour to the side of the lake and the mountain." ”
"How can such a foolish man want to take our boat, and he doesn't look at who is on the boat, so how can he ride with such a fool?"
Li Daoting was unmoved by all this, and continued to sit in silence, looking at Mu Qing's eyes but becoming hotter and hotter.
And Yan Jingxu had excellent eyesight, and looked at it from a distance and said, "Hey, one of them has practiced qi, it should be a monk, and the other should be ...... It's a mortal. ”
A disciple of the sect said, "Maybe it's a loose cultivator who is wandering in the forest, don't worry about him." ”
Mu Qing thought for a while, and said crisply: "Since it is a Taoist friend who is in trouble, we might as well do our best to help him." ”
Yan Jing smiled when she heard this: "Miss Muqing should be really kind, let's give those two of them a ride." ”
Li Daoting naturally would not object to Mu Qing's opinion, so he did not speak.
Seeing that the three of them agreed, someone hurried downstairs and asked the boatman to lean over the mountain.
The rest of the people still drank and ate and enjoyed themselves. Not long after, I saw two men led up by the boatman, one of whom was a young man with a handsome face and a cheerful smile. The other teenager was ordinary-looking, silently following behind the young man.
These two people are Xie Yun and Yang Peng, who have changed their faces through "Changing Careers and Changing Bones". Xie Yun felt that he had been an ordinary ** silk all his life, and since he could change his appearance, he would become a handsome guy and see if he could charm thousands of girls, so he transformed into a handsome young man.
And after the two of them started killing outside Dakang City, in order to avoid the pursuit of the monks in the foundation building period, they hid in a cave in the mountains and forests, and hid for two days before they dared to come out. However, Xie Yun took the wrong road in the mountains and forests, and made a detour to the lake only to find that there was no way, but fortunately he found that the painting boat happened to pass by, so he shouted loudly, and finally called the painting boat to carry the two of them.
When several female monks saw Xie Yun's handsome appearance after the change, their eyes were full of brilliance, and Xie Yun's heart was full of joy when they saw it. And when the female monks saw that Xie Yun was only cultivating the sixth level of qi, they all turned their heads with disdain. All of the people present here are elite disciples of various factions, and the lowest cultivation level is also the eighth level of Qi training, and Xie Yun's level of the sixth level of Qi cultivation is really not enough.
The female monk who watched turned her head, Xie Yun didn't understand, so she had to sigh in her heart: It turned out that she didn't have a little white face, only if she was strong. Although he thought so in his heart, he said: "I heard that the boat family said that the Taoist friends here helped me, and I came to thank you here." ”
Yan Jing smiled and said: "It's Miss Mu Qing who showed up to help, if you want to thank her, thank Miss Mu Qing." ”
Xie Yun followed Yan Jingxu's gaze, and saw a girl with a light moth eyebrow and a light red smear sitting on the edge of the banquet, Xie Yun only glanced at it, and couldn't help but sigh: "What a beautiful woman!"
Xie Yun's words that couldn't help but caused many people to frown. Mu Qing was nothing, and smiled at Xie Yun.
However, some monks were not happy: "What is really rude! Looking at him like this, he may really be a casual cultivator, without the slightest cultivation of a disciple of the sect." ”
Xie Yun was not annoyed, but just thanked Mu Qing: "Thank you girl for your help, I have some spirit stones here, so I should repay the girl." After speaking, he took out dozens of spirit stones from the treasure bag.
Xie Yun's move even caused a sect disciple to laugh: "It's really a loose cultivator who has never seen the world, and even dozens of spirit stones are embarrassed to take them out in front of Miss Mu Qing." ”
"It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous, using dozens of spirit stones to repay Miss Muqing, it's really laughing to death!"
Xie Yun frowned slightly, and said, "Don't you think it's enough, if you have more...... I won't give it any more, just take a boat ride, and it's enough to give these spirit stones. ”
As soon as Xie Yun's words fell, the monks present laughed even more, and Yan Jingxu, who was drinking with a wine jug, also looked at Xie Yun with interest. Li Daoting, who was sitting in the first seat, frowned.
Mu Qing smiled bitterly, stood up and said, "I understand the kindness of Daoyou, but this is a trivial matter, and it is not enough to worry about. I also ask Daoyou to take back the spirit stone. ”
Xie Yun didn't want to entangle, he put the spirit stone on the ground and said, "If you don't accept me, I'll put it here, I don't like to owe favors." After saying hello, Yang Peng planned to go downstairs.
Mu Qing was full of helplessness, she didn't expect Xie Yun to be like this, those spirit stones were piled up on the ground and they were not taken.
"Stop!" Li Daoting, who had been silent, suddenly shouted, "Take your spirit stones away before you go!"
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