Volume 2: Old Dreams Chapter 88: Roast Duck
The masked messenger solemnly walked to the front of the steps and announced in a loud voice, "Loose cultivation of Xincao, the first floor of the pavilion has been successful!" Hang the flag!"
As soon as the words fell, under the eaves on the first floor of the Shenwu Tongtian Pavilion, one of the white flags suddenly turned red, and two golden characters of "Xin Cao" appeared on it.
Xue Ning looked at the red flag that represented her name, and a trace of pride was born in her heart.
Not to mention, the sense of ritual of Shenwu Tongtian Pavilion is quite strong, and it has a lot of face!
"Thank you, two messengers, I'll come back to the pavilion after the first try!" Xue Ning bowed to the two of them.
The masked messenger nodded, bowed back, and sent her away.
Xue Ning walked down the stone stairs of the attic step by step, and the crowd of onlookers looked at her intently with a look of surprise.
"Bitter grass? How come I have never heard of this man?"
"The messenger said she was a loose cultivator!"
", loose cultivation?"
"It's amazing, I actually passed the first layer of the trial. You must know that she is only in the early stage of Jindan! In the first layer, many Yuan Infant Stage masters can't get by!"
"That's amazing!"
In the admiration of everyone, Xue Ning took light steps and left happily.
In the crowd, a white-clothed monk held a fan and looked at Xue Ning with interest, this person was the genius boy of White Mist Villa, Bai Wenxuan.
"Loose cultivation, hard grass ......"
Bai Wenxuan whispered softly, thinking in his heart.
I didn't expect her to be mediocre in appearance, but she was quite powerful.
If this woman also participated in the preliminary examination of Yunhai Academy, it would be interesting!
There were a few beautiful female cultivators around who recognized Bai Wenxuan, they were full of excitement and a little shy, and hesitated to come up and talk to him.
"Senior Brother Bai, are you also here to break into the pavilion?"
Bai Wenxuan looked sideways at those girls and shook his fan with confidence, "Of course not, my name has already been hung."
The female cultivators were shocked, and when they looked back, sure enough, there were red flags with Bai Wenxuan's name written on them on the first and second floors of Tongtian Pavilion.
"Two floors!" The female cultivators exclaimed, looking at Bai Wenxuan's eyes with more and more admiration.
Bai Wenxuan raised his lips and smiled at them, and that smile was chic and affectionate, hitting the hearts of the girls.
The nuns blushed for a moment.
Senior Brother Bai is really handsome!
Seeing the infatuated eyes of the female cultivators, Bai Wenxuan felt proud in his heart, and his vanity was greatly satisfied.
He winked at them, "Girls, see you next time." With that, he held the fan and paced away like a noble son.
The nuns stared at his delicate and handsome back, unable to take their eyes off him for a long time.
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The sky was getting late, the light was gradually dimming, Xue Ning raised his eyes to see, the shops in the imperial capital, I don't know when the lights had been lit, looking from a distance, there were many pavilions and pavilions, the traffic was busy, the lights were brilliant, and it was extremely beautiful.
It is worthy of being the imperial capital, it is really prosperous and lively.
Xue Ning wandered around the street for several hours, visiting the imperial capital, until she was a little hungry, and she realized that she hadn't eaten yet.
Xiao Chengfeng, that guy doesn't know where to go?
Wouldn't it be nice for her to eat alone?
As soon as this thought came to mind, Xue Ning shook his head amusedly.
"Isn't that guy Bigu? He won't eat it anyway, so I'll just enjoy it alone!"
Xue Ning grabbed a passer-by brother and asked, "Your imperial capital, which restaurant is the best?"
Passers-by smiled after hearing this, and pointed to the largest restaurant in the center of Suzaku Street and said, "The food in Zhenwei Hall is the best, and the chef is the best in our imperial capital, but the price is a bit expensive, if you have money, you can go there and try it!"
Xue Ning said, "Thank you, big brother!"
Xue Ning didn't say a word, and walked towards the Zhenwei Pavilion in front of him.
As soon as he walked to the door, he saw the guests pouring in like a tide, and Xiao Er couldn't greet him at all
There are so many people
? Xue Ning was dumbfounded.
Yunhai Academy's first exam is too lively, how do you feel that all the sects in the True Cultivation Realm are here?
She couldn't even squeeze in a place to eat.
Forget it, or let's change places.
Xue Ning turned her head and went to the beef soup restaurant opposite.
The result was the same, the restaurant was full, and there was no place at all.
Xue Ning sighed, forget it, otherwise, she should go to the stall to buy some snacks to make do.
She was about to turn around and leave, but when she turned around, she saw a pack of fragrant roast duck, and an old man with a white beard stood in front of her, looking at her with a concerned expression.
Xiao Chengfeng?
"Uncle Shi...... Oh no, Master, why are you here?"
Xue Ning didn't know that Xiao Chengfeng hadn't left at all just now, and had been secretly following her, and he was afraid that the killer in the shadows would target her again.
"Here you go!" Xiao Chengfeng said.
Xue Ning stared at the red-colored, fat but not greasy duck in the paper bag, his saliva was overflowing, and his stomach barked uncontrollably.
Xiao Chengfeng, this guy, actually knew that he was hungry, and bought her roast duck?
Xue Ning almost didn't know him!
How has he been so nice to her lately?
Before he had time to think about it, Xue Ning took the duck and looked at Xiao Chengfeng with a happy face, "How do you know that I like to eat baked things."
Xiao Chengfeng was asked by her like this, his eyes dodged twice, and said, "What your master said."
Xue Ning smiled, looked up and looked around, and saw that the grass on the bank of the moat was empty, and it was quite clean, so he rushed over with the duck in his arms.
Sitting on the grass, Xue Ning was already hungry, so she tore off a duck leg and gnawed it without saying a word.
Xiao Chengfeng followed her, sat down next to her, looked sideways at her gobbling up her food, and shook his head funny.
"Master, you can eat it too!" Xue Ning tore off another duck leg and handed it to Xiao Chengfeng.
Xiao Chengfeng shook his head, "I'm Bigu."
Xue Ning chewed the duck meat in her mouth and frowned, "You are here again, you are an immortal, you are a monk!"
Xiao Chengfeng squinted at her, "Eat your duck legs!"
As soon as the words fell, Xue Ning stuffed the duck leg into his mouth.
"Then you eat with me!"
was gagged by duck meat, and Xiao Chengfeng was stunned for a moment.
Xue Ning said again: "Don't spit it out!"
Xiao Chengfeng stared at Xue Ning, hesitated to take the duck leg, and took a bite gently.
I haven't touched meat for a long time, and I feel the tender gravy again, which is indeed a unique flavor.
That feeling is like going back to a thousand years ago, he is not Xiao Chengfeng of Shushan, not a sword cultivator, but a thorough ordinary person.
Falling from the void above the immortals, he retouched the fireworks of the world.
Xiao Chengfeng's eyes lit up, and he couldn't come back to his senses after watching Xue Ning for a long time.
"How delicious is it?" Xue Ning said and took another big bite of duck meat.
Xiao Chengfeng took two bites in half a day, and he didn't dare to eat more.
You must know that when an immortal in his realm eats meat and dips grains, it is equivalent to self-harming Taoism.
He stared at the duck meat in his hand and threw it, nor did he eat it, and he was embarrassed for a while.
Xue Ning saw that he didn't eat it, and thought that he didn't like it, and he was afraid of wasting food, so he immediately snatched it from him.
bit it on the position where Xiao Chengfeng had eaten, and when Xiao Chengfeng saw this, his face couldn't help but turn red.
"You ......" Xiao Chengfeng choked when the words came to his mouth.
Xue Ning glanced up at him and asked strangely, "What's wrong?" Do you want to eat it?"
"I've eaten that duck leg." Xiao Chengfeng reminded.
Xue Ning wrapped the duck leg meat and said vaguely: "What are you afraid of, I almost starved to death in the Yin and Yang Realm when I was a child, I always picked up other people's leftovers to eat, and when I was very hungry, I also ate stones and grass!"
When Xiao Chengfeng heard her say this, his eyes dimmed suddenly.
This was the first time Xue Ning had talked to him about her childhood.
"When you were a child, were you always alone?" Xiao Chengfeng couldn't help but ask.
Xue Ning ate the chicken leg in his hand until only a bone remained, licked the corner of his mouth with satisfaction, and then said leisurely: "Yes, before the master didn't pick me up, I have always been alone, sleeping under the stone mountain every day, the yin and yang world is very windy and sandy all year round, very cold, and when it was the coldest time, I almost froze to death. At that time, no one cared about me, and I couldn't stand it, so I went to steal other people's furs to keep me warm, and when I was discovered, I was beaten badly."
Xiao Chengfeng felt a sour feeling in his heart, he never thought that Xue Ning would spend his time like this when he was a child.
No wonder Lin Ziqing is so important in her heart, because Lin Ziqing is the man who pulled her out of hell.
No one can compare to him.
Xiao Chengfeng secretly clenched his fists, although he was very unwilling, but this was a fact, and he couldn't change it.
Seeing Xiao Chengfeng wandering, Xue Ning was extremely strange, and suddenly approached him, "Master, what do you want?"
Xiao Chengfeng turned around and collided with Xue Ning's gaze, his heart chuckled, he immediately stabilized his mind, and said lightly, "I'm thinking, it's not early, we should find an inn."
Xue Ning burped and sat up from the ground satisfied, "Okay!"
The two got up and went back down the street to look for the inn.
However, the first test is approaching, and the inns on the street basically have no rooms, and most of them are covered by those sect families.
Casual cultivation can only go to some remote inns to try their luck.
The two walked to several inns, and they all said that there was no room.
Xue Ning sighed helplessly, "These sect disciples are too bad! I've robbed all the rooms! Let's not let people live!"
Xiao Chengfeng saw her fried hair, and said leisurely beside him, "Don't forget, you are also a disciple of the sect."
Xue Ning: "......."
It's really like scolding others is scolding yourself!
Forget it, take your time! She still didn't believe that the imperial capital was so big, and she couldn't find an inn!
After entering and exiting several inns, Xue Ning finally found one.
"There is also a ground room in our store, the room is not big, the bed is a little small, does the little girl want it?"
A plump and slightly chubby proprietress sat on a wooden chair in front of the counter and said with a smile to Xue Ning.
"One? This ......" Xue Ning glanced back at Xiao Chengfeng. "Master, why don't you sleep?"
Xiao Chengfeng shook his head, "Forget it, let's change it."
Seeing that this business could not be done, the proprietress was a little anxious, and her smile became more and more flattering, "Don't go, there are all the rooms around here, and there is still one left here for me, if you leave, you will be robbed by others, and you can only sleep on the street!"
Xue Ning said, "But my master and I are two people, so it's inconvenient."
The proprietress smiled, "Ouch, what are you afraid of, aren't you masters and apprentices? It's a big deal, I'll add another quilt to you and make a bunk on the floor, what do you think?"
Xue Ning heard it, but it was okay!
"You're only charging us for a room? You don't have to pay for the floor, do you?" Xue Ning asked.
"Of course, if you live, I'll wrap it up for you tomorrow for breakfast!" The hostess assured.
"Deal!" Xue Ning took out the silver without hesitation.
Xiao Chengfeng frowned, still feeling that something was wrong, "But ......"
"Don't be, hostess, can I stay for five days? But you have to make breakfast every day, and if you agree, I'll pay for it in a lump sum!" Xue Ning was afraid that even this room would be gone, and he knew that the first test would take several days!
"Ouch, that's great! I'll lock the door to you." The proprietress was very happy to see Xue Ning so happy! Without saying a word, he took out the big lock and the matching key and handed it to Xue Ning.
Xiao Chengfeng's face turned pale, and it was too late to stop it.