Chapter 23: The Greeting Gift
The matter of the second elder had already been forgotten by him when Yuan Qingfeng appeared by the Xuanwu Pond with a fishing rod on his shoulder.
Yuan Qingfeng was sure in his heart, the second elder was a member of the Liu family, and the Yuan family must have big intentions after lurking for many years, and before he achieved his goal, he must act with scruples, be cautious, and cherish his reputation, Yuan Qingfeng even doubted that if his son was not broken leg, he didn't say that he really couldn't say anything, he might not come to him, and fall into the notoriety of bullying the small, affecting his reputation, and then affecting his plan.
"Grandpa, it's morning!" Yuan Qingfeng waved his hand and greeted the old man sitting by the Xuanwu Pond.
The old man raised his head and looked at Yuan Qingfeng with a smile: "Little guy, you came to fish with my old man so soon." ”
"yes, what's the benefit!" Yuan Qingfeng joked, skillfully put on the bait, and then threw it into the Xuanwu Pond, inserted the fishing rod into the shore, and washed his hands with the cold pool water, the movements were natural and casual.
"Benefits, I'm a bad old man, I can't even support myself, so what's the benefit for you!" The old man was also thundered by Yuan Qingfeng's style of directly asking for benefits.
"Grandpa, you are not honest at all, a person who can recognize the blood stone at a glance and does not put the blood stone in his eyes, you are sure that you really have no benefits on you that can give me."
Yuan Qingfeng brought a hundred-pound stone from the stream, put it on the grass next to the old man, sat on it, and then looked at the old man and smiled.
"You little fox, you still call me Old Man Shen, so as not to mess up the generations for no reason." Old man Shen scolded with a smile and corrected Yuan Qingfeng's title.
"Messed up? Old man Shen, you have a very high seniority? "It feels more cordial to call grandpa, and it feels more easy-going to call the old man, Yuan Qingfeng is a free and easy person, and he likes the title of old man Shen very much.
"Very high!" Old man Shen looked serious, but there was a smile in his eyes that couldn't be hidden.
"Gold, wood, water, fire and earth, tiger, dragon, martial phoenix, Wuxing, Zhenqingyu, Tianyang Cangxuangui. Old man Shen, tell me which word your seniority is, let me see if there is a high breaking sky? Yuan Qingfeng looked at Old Man Shen teasingly, I let you brag and let you pretend to be mysterious.
"Little guy, you want to probe the bottom of my old man, you are still a little tender, if someone dared to talk to me like this a few years ago, I would have thrown him into Xuanwu Lake to feed the fish." Old man Shen was not fooled at all.
"Okay, seniority or anything is a floating cloud, and the benefits of a meeting gift are real, you say yes, old man Shen."
Old man Shen ignored Yuan Qingfeng, a fish bit the hook, he grabbed the fishing rod on the side, and with a light lift, a silver carp three fingers wide and half a foot long was pulled out of the water, and countless splashes splashed during the struggle.
"Haha, it's really lucky, it's actually a silver carp, and I have a good mouth today." Old man Shen laughed and untied the silver carp from the hook, threw it into the bucket beside him, and then took the bait and threw it out.
"Little one, the old man is in a good mood today, tell me what you want to meet and drink. As long as the old man has it, I'll give it to you! Old man Shen said with a smile while washing his hands.
"Old man Shen, you shouldn't ask me about the meeting gift, it depends on whether you are interesting enough."
This old man Shen is an old fox, if there is no thing he wants, this meeting gift will be wasted, and Yuan Qingfeng will not be fooled by this.
"If you want me to be interesting, do you see the purple flower on the opposite side of Xuanwu Pond? As long as you can get it back to me, I'll give you a satisfying gift. Old man Shen pointed to the opposite side of Xuanwu Tan and said with a smile.
Looking in the direction of Old Man Shen's finger, Yuan Qingfeng could see that in the middle of the grass opposite Xuanwu Pond, a gorgeous purple flower was blooming in the mist, but it was not easy to walk to the opposite side of Xuanwu Pond.
Xuanwu Pond is an irregular round large deep pool, the water of the pond is deep and bottomless, the surface of the pond is more than 100 meters wide, and a string of bubbles emerges from time to time. A stream flows out of the Alchemy Valley, flows into the Xuanwu Pond, and then flows from the opposite side of the Xuanwu Pond to an unknown destination.
On both sides of Xuanwu Pond, there are cliffs more than ten meters high, which are crawling with vines and hanging down to the water. The two cliffs are connected to the Xuanwu Peak and the Vermilion Bird Peak respectively, just like two outstretched palms, gently holding the jade of the Xuanwu Pond.
"Old man Shen, if I take that purple flower back, you will really give me a satisfactory meeting gift, you didn't bluff me."
Old man Shen suddenly spoke so well, Yuan Qingfeng was a little unsteady, just taking a flower, it was too simple, yes, it was simple. Just walk from the top of the cliff to the opposite side, and then pull the vines down to reach the opposite meadow. This is not any challenge for Yuan Qingfeng.
"I never bluff!" Old man Shen smiled meaningfully.
The buoy on the surface of the water sinks down, and there is a fish bite!
Yuan Qingfeng hurriedly stepped forward and pulled out the fishing rod, lifted it up, the fishing rod was light and fluttering, the empty hook was exposed to the water, and the fish that bit the hook ran away!
"Unlucky!" Yuan Qingfeng complained depressedly, reloaded the bait, and threw it into the pool.
"Old man Shen, I'll go get the flowers back, don't be foolish." Yuan Qingfeng put the fishing rod in, washed his hands and stood up.
"Go ahead! Go ahead! I'm an old man, and I can't lie to you with a child. Old man Shen waved his hand impatiently, a little guy, how could he be so suspicious.
Yuan Qingfeng glanced at Old Man Shen suspiciously, but he really couldn't see anything wrong, so he turned around and set off.
As Yuan Qingfeng expected, it was indeed easy to get to the opposite bank of Xuanwu Pond, except for the thorns mixed in the dense bushes on the mountain, which brought him some trouble, Yuan Qingfeng easily came to the grass opposite Xuanwu Pond.
Stepping on the soft grass, Yuan Qingfeng glanced back proudly, and found that the old man Shen on the other side was staring at him with burning eyes, looking like he was waiting to see a good show, and he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, and a bad feeling spread in his heart.
Speaking of the spirit of the twelve, Yuan Qingfeng carefully observed the surrounding scenery, and finally found something wrong.
Just where Yuan Qingfeng was within reach, there was a faint mist, these mist, as if separated by a glass wall, would never drift to Yuan Qingfeng's side a little, this mist spread along the outside of Xuanwu Peak and Vermilion Bird Peak to both sides, like a high wall built by fog, deeply locking the Five Elements Mountain.
"Fog lock mountains, mountains lock fog! This is the Great Array of the Five Elements! ”
Yuan Qingfeng suddenly came to his senses, this mist was the Great Array of the Five Elements Mountain, and he was placed by Old Man Shen, and this Great Array of the Five Elements gave him a familiar feeling, which was the same feeling as the "Covering the Sky and Hidden God" Great Array that had trapped him for more than half a year.
Yuan Qingfeng broke out in a cold sweat, the days in the "Covering the Sky and Hidden Gods" array were simply hell, if it weren't for his ability to survive in the wild, he would have starved to death.
This time, he was almost going to repeat the mistake of the past, falling into this Five Elements Mountain Protection Array, if it weren't for the fact that the Mountain Protection Array was one meter away from Xuanwu Pond, if he hadn't been standing on the edge of Xuanwu Pond since he came down, if he hadn't found out that something was wrong, he would probably have fallen into the Five Elements Great Array.
However, thinking that this five-element array made the entire Liu family at a loss, looking at the array and sighing, and returning with a feather, Yuan Qingfeng had a curiosity from the bottom of his heart, as well as unparalleled excitement. A mysterious large array was enough to make Yuan Qingfeng's curious heart boil completely, and he really wanted to study this Five Elements Great Array if he had the opportunity.
However, now is not the time to study the Great Array, and the top priority is to settle accounts with some unscrupulous old man first.
"Old man Shen, if you don't give me a reasonable explanation, I'll pull out your beard, shave your hair, and pull your eyebrows." Yuan Qingfeng returned to the edge of Xuanwu Pond, with an angry look, and questioned Old Man Shen, in fact, he was not very angry, but for the sake of the unknown meeting gift, such a style is necessary.
Old man Shen seemed to be fine, and he picked up a fishing rod and caught a silver carp, and this fishing rod was Yuan Qingfeng's.
"Old man Shen, don't you say something?" Seeing Old Man Shen's leisurely appearance, Yuan Qingfeng could only retreat.
"Observation is not bad! Barely passed, this jade card for you to play. Old man Shen threw a jade plaque to Yuan Qingfeng.
Yuan Qingfeng took the jade plate and took a look, the jade card was somewhat similar to the jade card that opened the alchemy room in the "Danxian Secret Realm", but the jade plate was not engraved with a number, but with the word "door". There is no information about this jade plate in his mind, which means that this jade plate is at least a high-level treasure that he can't explore yet.
Good thing, I know that this old man Shen has goods, Yuan Qingfeng is happy in his heart, but he doesn't plan to let go of Old Man Shen like this, he pretended to be ignorant and said: "Old man Shen, I almost broke into the mountain protection array and died inside, you fooled me with breaking the jade card so quickly." ”
"Stinky boy, don't be dissatisfied, if you don't like it, give it back to me!" Old man Shen was not fooled at all, or he knew the value of this jade plate better than Yuan Qingfeng.
How could it be possible to spit out the things in his hand again, Yuan Qingfeng took the sign into his arms before continuing: "Old man Shen, tell me honestly, what will happen if I break into the mountain protection array?" ”
"Under normal conditions, the killing array of the mountain protection array is closed, as long as you don't break the small four-elephant array on the opposite grass, the killing array of the Five Elements Great Array will not be triggered, and you will be trapped for a few days at most, and you won't be able to die." Old man Shen told the truth.
"What if I break it?" Yuan Qingfeng is not reluctant, this possibility is not impossible.
Old man Shen turned his head and looked at Yuan Qingfeng with a scrutinizing gaze for a while, making sure that he was not joking, and then said, "Then congratulations, you will see the true face of the Five Elements Great Array." ”
"What would that be?" Yuan Qingfeng's curiosity was raised.
Old man Shen looked reminiscing, and said after a long time: "The mountain stirs the fog and the shadow fog shakes the mountain." ”