After walking around for a long time, it was noon.

Among the five people, Tang Ping didn't have any gains, but Yan Xuan found some rare spirit grass seeds, and the price was not expensive under Tang Ping's help in bargaining, so it was beautiful.

And Qian Chao is the one who has gained the most, Li Jian has been following him nearby, seeing Qian Chao take out the spirit stones from the storage bag again and again to pay those loose cultivators, he silently counted, this morning Brother Qian spent about 100 spirit stones, I can't help but sigh secretly, in the end, it is still exposed, as long as those people in the scattered cultivation have been staring at Brother Qian, then they must know that there must be a lot of spirit stones on his body, it seems that he must be more careful when he returns.

Just thinking about this, Li Jian heard Tang Ping say on the side:

"No, Brother Lu, why do you want to drink at noon, then what do you do at night, can't you drink again? If you want me to say let's find a decent teahouse at noon to drink some tea, use some refreshments, and then continue to walk around Ruixuan Town, this Ruixuan Town is so big, we just visited such a little place, so how about it, wait for the evening to go to the Star Picking Tower, how about it? ”

"Uh...... Well, then drink it again in the evening. Lu Pingchuan had no choice but to agree, but that embarrassment made Tang Ping and Yan Xuan want to laugh when they saw it.

In this way, the five of them left here, and after inquiring, they went to a teahouse called "White Crane Tower".

This White Crane Tower is also quite famous in Ruixuan Town, and the tea and refreshments are said to be first-class.

The White Crane Tower is really lively, and when the five people saw the signboard of the White Crane Tower from a distance, they also saw the flow of people coming in and out of the door of the teahouse.

Just as the five of them arrived at the door and were about to go in, they suddenly heard someone calling for money.

"Huh! Money boy! ”

Qian Chao looked up, only to find that it was actually Luo Ying, Wen Yuan, Lu Shuang, Yan Shuang and Luo Bin who came out of it.

Luo Ying and the others were very curious about Qian Chao's appearance in Ruixuan Town, how these little guys had cultivated a few days ago, they all knew in their hearts, they could come to Ruixuan Town, could it be ......

She looked up and down carefully, and said in amazement:

"Eh, I really didn't expect that you have already broken through the little five levels, no wonder! When did it happen? ”

"Just a few days ago, it was not long after the breakthrough."

In the end, they all knew each other, and Qian Chao and several people greeted each other and talked to each other.

"Hey, Tang girl, I'm also your senior sister, even if you don't like me, but you always have to say hello when you meet, right?"

Luo Ying is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and found that Tang Ping's girl saluted the four people around her, but ignored her love, so she immediately stopped doing it, according to her hot temper, it must be said to her face.

Tang Ping was helpless, so she had to pretend to bow again, and said that the senior sister was good before giving up.

"Hmph, that's pretty much it, hey, boy money, what are you doing here?"

"A few of us came to see the excitement, I used to hear that the excitement in Ruixuan Town was very lively, I wanted to come for a long time but couldn't, and now I have broken through the small five levels and are naturally coming."

"Oh, there's actually nothing to see here, it's just that there are more people from other families, when do you go back, do you want us to have a companion together, this road is not very easy to walk."

When Tang Ping heard this, he immediately said:

"No need, Senior Sister Luo, we just came here, and we have to have a good time for a few days."

Yan Xuan secretly pulled her sleeve when she heard this, and Lu Shuang also chuckled helplessly, but Yan Shuang was a little confused.

Luo Ying glared at Tang Ping again, and then said:

"Well, we've been here for a few days, and we're going back, so you have to be careful on the way back, it's still not very peaceful lately."

"Yes, thank you for the reminder."

Then Luo Ying said goodbye and left.

Luo Ying still sighed a little in her heart, until now she thinks that it would be a good thing if this kid Qian Chao can worship under his grandfather's door, but later Wen Yuan told Luo Ying about his persuasion of Wen Mian, Luo Ying realized that the reason why those seniors did not accept Qian Chao as apprentices was for a reason, but her grandfather had always refused to tell herself, since this was the case, then Luo Ying no longer insisted, but whenever she thought about it, especially when she saw Qian Chao, she would feel very pity.

Looking at the backs of the five people leaving, Yan Xuan said:

"Why are the five of them here?"

"Who knows, probably that Yanshuang wants to come here to have a look." Tang Ping replied.

But Yan Xuan didn't mean this, she just wanted to express her hidden worries, where Yan Shuang appeared, maybe there would be a storm.

……

Just when Qian Chao and a few people saw the signboard of the White Crane Tower from a distance, they were also on the upper floor of the White Crane Tower, in a position near the window, and two women and a man were sitting across the bank.

The man was born with a white complexion, long eyebrows and big eyes, but he was a good looker, and although he was sitting, he must have been a tall man when he stood up.

Sitting opposite him are two women, a little older, dignified and beautiful, especially a pair of slender phoenix eyes, so that this woman adds a bit of prestige, this woman's hair is all curled, meticulously combed, above the thin eyebrows, the forehead is smooth and full, above the cherry lips, Qiong's nose is straight, if you insist on saying that this woman's face has any flaws, that is, her cheeks are slightly thin, which makes people feel a little mean. At this time, although she was sitting in the teahouse, this woman also had a straight waist, which made people feel faintly intimate.

Sitting next to her is almost a little girl, but the size has gradually grown, and it also shows a bit of slenderness, this girl looks quite similar to the woman around her, but the difference is that this little girl's appearance is quite pretty and clever, very cute.

At this time, the little girl was munching on the table, and the woman was talking to the man opposite.

"I heard that Brother Cao is in retreat for the foundation building, why did he come out?" The woman asked.

"Yes, I was in retreat a while ago, but I was restless, I tried a few times, and finally gave up, and I was afraid that the forced retreat would go wrong, so I came out for a walk and looked for an opportunity."

The man known as Brother Cao chuckled and said, looking at the woman opposite with an undisguised sense of admiration and admiration.

"Restless...... Since he was restless and came out to displace, why did Brother Cao travel alone and not see the girl surnamed Mei in Qixiashan? ”

"Senior Sister Shangguan, it is precisely because of this that I am worried about it, maybe there is something that made that Senior Sister Mei misunderstand before the next time, so that Senior Sister Mei...... Hehe, but it's hard to explain after all......"

"Not easy to explain? Brother Cao was afraid that he didn't want to explain, so he was confused...... Ambiguous, isn't it what Brother Cao has always liked? ”

The woman surnamed Shangguan was not polite, and the direct saying of this made the brother Cao on the opposite side speechless for a while, and even the little girl who had been eating cakes next to her looked up at her sister in confusion.

When Brother Cao was about to say something, he heard a voice from downstairs: "Huh! Money boy! ”

Luo Ying's voice greeting Qian Chao was not small, so it was heard clearly when it came upstairs.

The woman surnamed Cao didn't care, and was thinking about how to deal with the woman in front of her, but the woman surnamed Shangguan frowned when she heard it, and said, "It's Luo Ying, she's also here." ”

The surnamed Cao looked down from the window and saw Luo Ying and others downstairs stopping Qian Chao and the five people to talk.

"It's not just Luo Ying, even that Yanshuang is here, as well as Wen Yuan and Lu Shuang, well, the little guy on the other side seems to be the money tide that spread a while ago......"

The surname Cao said this, the little girl who ate the cake cared, she sat not near the window, so she grabbed a piece of cake and stood up and walked to the window to look down, and after seeing it clearly, she immediately turned her head angrily and said:

"Sister, it's that girl who robbed me of my green branches!"

This green branch is a group of spirit birds, and this girl is the girl that Tang Ping and the others met when they were wandering around in the morning in the casual cultivation, first questioning the casual cultivator in a series of questions, and then glaring at Tang Ping a few times, making Tang Ping inexplicable.

Hearing her sister's words, the woman surnamed Shangguan also turned her head to look downstairs, she recognized Tang Ping at a glance, not that she knew, but that Tang Ping's lake-blue dress was the same as what she and the little girl were wearing, and it seemed that the three of them were all disciples of Shuiyun Valley.

"Are you mistaken, could it be that you saw her buy the green eggs?" The woman surnamed Shangguan said with some suspicion.

The little girl pouted and said unconvinced:

"It must be her, there were no more people in Shuiyun Valley there at that time, and I see that she is still selecting the eggs of spirit birds in other scattered cultivation, at first glance she is an expert, she looks at those bird eggs is the same as when you choose those spirit bird eggs sister, that green branch is only a good thing that sister you know, I can't think of anyone else who can buy it except her."

The man surnamed Cao looked at it, chuckled, and said:

"That girl, I know, it's the granddaughter of your Shuiyun Valley Tang Bonian's predecessors, well, it's still the youngest disciple of Gu Yu's predecessors, called Tang Ping, oh, the kid next to her is Qian Chao."

"Tang Ping, it turned out to be a disciple of Uncle Gu's uncle." The woman surnamed Shangguan took a few closer looks, and kept Tang Ping's appearance in mind, "It doesn't have to be that she bought it, there are many people who know the goods, even if the green branch is gone, my sister will get it for you in the future." ”

The little girl came back from the window and sat down, muttering something "It must be her......"

"Speaking of which, Master Qiu hasn't appeared in the sect for a long time, how ...... is he an old man" The man surnamed Cao finally diverted the topic.

"Who said that, my master came back a while ago to get some things, and according to his old man, it seems that what he is looking for has eyebrows, and then he left in a hurry."

"Oh, I see......"

Luo Ying's voice greeting Qian Chao not only attracted the attention of the woman surnamed Shangguan, but also looked at the window facing the street on the White Crane Tower, and even in the middle of the building, some people kept their eyes on the stairs.

……

Qian Chao and the five of them went upstairs, found a clean corner on the second floor and sat down, and after the tea was almost served, several people chatted while eating.

"Hey, boy Qian, it seems that you have been digging out spirit stones all morning, what interesting things have you got?" Tang Ping asked.

"Ah" Qian Chao took out an object and put it on the table, "The most interesting thing is this." ”

Placed on the table was a boxy piece of wood, the edges of the wood chips were neat, obviously cut by a sharp blade, on the wood chips, one by one black dots were densely covered, some large and some small, arranged in a disorderly manner, I don't know what it meant.

"This thing ......," Tang Ping looked at it and seemed to be a little puzzled, "It seems that I have seen it somewhere?" ”

"Of course," Qian Chao said, he took out another piece of wood and put it on the table, and on this piece of wood there were also black dots of different sizes, "This is what we got from the ruins, remember?" ”

"Ah, come to think of it, this is from the first ruin we opened, right?"

"That's right, I thought this thing was weird at the time, so I kept it, but I didn't expect to see another one in Ruixuan Town today."

"But these two are not next to each other, you see......" Tang Ping said and put the two pieces of wood together, "Even the texture of the wood chips is different, and these two may not come from together." ”

"It's possible, but what I think is...... This piece of wood of mine is definitely something with an idea, and this one is sold by a person from a down-and-out little family to raise the spirit stones used for a long journey, and the years are long enough, and they are carefully preserved, what do these large and small black spots on it mean? It can't be a chess game, right? ”

Several people were attracted by Qian Chao's statement, holding the teacup and looking at the two strange pieces of wood.

"Could it be some kind of treasure map?" Lu Pingchuan said.

"That's not what the treasure map looks like." Yan Xuan said.

"I have heard my grandfather say before that he once led a large army on an expedition, and when he lost his way halfway through, he relied on the stars in the sky at night to determine his direction, and these black dots of different sizes could draw the stars in the sky?" After speaking, Li Jian himself smiled, and said, "I also guessed randomly, but at a glance, I knew that this thing was divided into I don't know how many parts, and if you want to uncover its secrets, you always have to collect more." ”

However, Qian Chao was stunned for a moment when he heard Li Jian's words, and then nodded:

"Well, Brother Li's words make sense, but I don't know if I can find such wood chips there."

"Eh, that simple, Brother Qian, didn't you find that first one in the ruins? We'll definitely find more of this stuff if we open it up more in the future. Lu Pingchuan said.

"Well, Brother Lu is right, Qian boy, how can we also be middle-level monks, there are many places outside that we couldn't go to before, you can find more relics, we will definitely continue to find more treasures!"

(For this piece of wood, see Volume IV: Test Feathers, One Hundred and Sixty-Five: Treasure.) This piece of wood will be an important thing in the future, but at least a few more words will take me to let Qian Chao uncover the secret of this piece of wood, eh...... Maybe in 10 million words, take your time, and as expected, my story can accompany you for a few years. ）

Putting away the wooden chips, Qian Chao took a sip of the spiritual tea in the cup, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he praised:

"Good tea, really good tea, I didn't expect the spiritual tea of the White Crane Tower to be so wonderful, I want to buy some back when I leave."

However, when he left, Qian Chao was very disappointed, the shopkeeper of the White Crane Tower, naturally a monk, he told Qian Chao that the White Crane Tower only sells tea, not tea, but the kind shopkeeper gave Qian Chao a place to go.

"Since this little brother loves tea, it is better to go to the Yi Ming Pavilion, where only tea is sold but not tea, and the spiritual tea there is not worse than our White Crane Tower, and even above our White Crane Tower."

After thanking them, the five of them walked out of the White Crane Tower.

……

In the afternoon, I continued to visit Ruixuan Town, and the two daughters with the highest interest were Tang Ping and Yan Xuan.

Qian Chao had already seen almost all the things that were sold in the morning, and then looked at the others, and he was not interested, but Yan Xuan and Tang Ping were attracted by some shops that sold dresses and decorations, and they chose beautiful dresses one by one in them, compared them on their bodies or simply put them on and tried them on, and they chattered and discussed. At first, Lu Pingchuan didn't know why he followed in, but he was kicked out immediately, so he had to wait outside with Qian Chao and Li Jian.

Unexpectedly, these two girls went into the next store as soon as they left this store, and they tried more carefully each time, which made the three men outside quite bored.

It was at this time that Qian Chao looked around boredly, and the woodpipe was attracted by a small signboard.

The three words "Yiming Pavilion", isn't this the place where the shopkeeper of the White Crane Tower said to sell good tea? Qian Chao was immediately moved when he saw it.

"Hey, Tang girl, there's a tea restaurant over there, which sells spiritual tea, let's go there and have a look, if you come out, go there to find us."

"Oh, okay."

The shop is very small, and it looks a little deserted in the middle of the bustling shops on both sides.

The door was open, and there was an old man sitting in the door, and when he saw Qian Chao and a few people coming in, he immediately stood up with a smile.

"Little brothers, do you want to buy some spiritual tea?"

This old man looked to be about seventy or eighty years old, with a thin body and strong spirits, and he saw that his cultivation was at the advanced level of qi refining, and he had a kind smile on his face.

"Exactly, we heard from the shopkeeper of the White Crane Tower, saying that you have good tea here, so we came here."

When the old man heard this, his face turned pale, and he said:

"Hehe, what he said is not bad, in the entire Ruixuan Town, I have the spiritual tea here...... It's really superb! Come, I will bring you ......"

As he spoke, the old man took down the bamboo tube for the tea from the cabinet behind him.

Just when the old man turned around, Qian Chao looked at this small tea shop, there was no furnishings, and the utensils looked a little old, but the bursts of tea fragrance floating in the entire tea shop were refreshing, and then Qian Chao wanted to glance at the wall......

When he came back to his senses, it was Li Jian who was gently shaking his shoulders, and Qian Chao came back to his senses and found that Li Jian was looking at him curiously.

"Brother Qian, what's wrong with you, this old gentleman brought tea for you......"

Qian Chao ignored Li Jian, but immediately turned around and asked the old man.

"Old sir! This painting ...... That painting...... Be...... Is it your handiwork? ”

When he asked, Qian Chao's eyes were eager, which made the old man a little surprised.

Qian Chao refers to a painting of ink landscape hanging on the wall of the Yiming Pavilion, above the picture is the scene of the twilight in the depths of winter, the mountains and forests are dark, the twilight snow is drifting, the cold river is silent, the lonely boat is alone, an old man is fishing alone on the riverside, behind the old man is a grass house, there is a mud stove in front of the grass house, cooking water on the stove, I don't know whether to cook tea or rice.

It is such a painting that makes Qian Chao obsessed with it, and makes Li Jian and Lu Pingchuan puzzled.

The old man was even more surprised than Qian Chao, he looked at Qian Chao strangely, and said:

"That painting, it's not me, it's my owner, oh, it's the owner of this tea shop, it's been hanging there, what, this little brother, do you understand that painting?"

The old man's question was only obviously tentative.

"Of course I don't understand, oh...... It's impossible to see all of it now, but it's inspiring! Qian Chao said.

"Inspiring?" The old man looked at Qian Chao suspiciously, "Then how about asking this little brother to comment on this painting?" ”

"Then I will be brave below, this painting, not to mention his brushwork and the desolate artistic conception of the whole painting, the whole painting is full of five elements, but it is hidden and not revealed, and it is extremely harmonious and solemn......"

After the old man heard the words "all five elements", his eyes were full of brilliance, and without waiting for Qian Chao to finish speaking, he stepped forward, stretched out his hand and took off the painting, rolled it into a scroll and handed it to Qian Chao's hand.

"...... this?"

"Hehe, my owner said, but if anyone can understand this painting and say some truth, give this painting to him, little brother, don't live up to my owner's kindness!"

Qian Chao was overjoyed, holding the painting in both hands and saluting again and again.

At this moment, Tang Ping and Yan Xuan also walked in from outside to find the three of them, and when they saw this scene, they were very curious, and hurriedly pulled Lu Pingchuan over to ask the reason.

"Since you can understand this painting, then this ordinary spiritual tea can't be given to you, well, I'm in charge, you wait."

As he spoke, the old man moved the tea tube he had just moved back, and this time he took out a few small tubes from it, and when he opened it, the tea fragrance was even more elegant.

"It's really good tea, but ...... May I ask the old gentleman, is the proprietor at home......

"Huh...... That's really unfortunate, our host went out to visit friends, not here, in the future, you will be able to meet in the future. ”

Qian Chao only felt a pity when he heard it, but it wasn't nothing, at least this painting was a treasure to him.

And then there is the spirit tea, although the old man sent the painting, but the spirit tea is not in vain, and it is very expensive, a small tube costs fifteen spirit stones, look at the small tube, the spirit tea in it is estimated to be about one or two, this is indeed a high price.

However, Qian Chao did not hesitate to take out the spirit stone and bought a tube, Li Jian is also a tea lover, smelled the smell of the spirit tea and also bought a tube, although he couldn't understand the painting, but for the sake of Qian Chao's companions, the old man also sold the tea to him.

After Tang Ping knew something from Lu Pingchuan's mouth, he quietly walked out of this small tea shop and waited outside.

Her heart was a little fluctuating, a while ago she asked her sixth grandfather why so many Jiuxuan seniors refused to accept Qian Chao as an apprentice, at that time she also swore that she would not tell Qian Chao and a few other partners the truth of the matter, only then did she learn something from Tang Bonian's mouth, it turned out that a Mo Zu of Yuhu Mountain wanted to achieve an old friend of his own and Qian Chao's master-apprentice fate, so that neither of these two people knew each other, no one knew each other, and they met each other unintentionally, so that there might be a master-apprentice fate.

Tang Ping knew about this, she was now very suspicious or determined that the person who made the painting was the old friend of Mozu, because she was worried that the old man was that person, or that Mozu's old friend was in the room behind the tea shop, she knew that the inside story would definitely be seen through by such a powerful person at a glance, so maybe it would delay the tide of money, so she simply pretended to be impatient, so she pulled Yan Xuan out of the tea shop and talked outside.

After Qian Chao came out, while walking, Li Jian asked:

"Brother Qian, is there any mystery in that painting?"

"Of course there is," Qian Chao said with admiration, "This painting, it seems to be a landscape, but it is actually a rune, and all kinds of runes of gold, wood, water, fire and earth together become this landscape, coincidentally, the mountain on the painting is the rune of the mountain, and the river is the rune of the water, which implies some of the truth of the evolution of the rune, I haven't fully figured it out, and this painting can also be seen as a formation, if it is depicted on the rune paper with dansha, I don't know what the function is." The person who made this painting is a master, at least this painting covers the two disciplines of talisman and formation, and the master is ...... It's a pity that I didn't meet it. ”

Tang Ping listened and said deliberately:

"That's okay, come back later, you can always block him in that tea shop."