Chapter 16: Tanabata (3)
Listening to Bandit Wei's words, Yu Bing was really a little embarrassed.
Maybe there are too many flirts with the little girl at home, this kind of talk comes as soon as she opens her mouth, the other party is a respected elder, how can she be so disrespectful.
Fortunately, she is still a child, otherwise others might think she is a contrived man.
The other disciples beat their chests and paused, but they didn't expect that the opponent they needed to guard against the most was the youngest junior disciple in the entire Kunlun, because they had not been born for too long, and the outside world had changed?
This project passed, and there were only four groups left in the end, and those groups who came to the stage behind them were particularly miserable, especially the group that happened to be behind them, the singing couldn't be let go and it didn't sound good, and it wasn't interesting, this contrast made the female cultivators raise the elimination sign without hesitation.
"Okay, now we're about to move on to the last event, who will get our first place prize?"
This year, the people who can stay until the end are not idle people, not to mention the real people of Lianbo, Yang Bing sees that the other two groups of disciples are also personable, and they are very popular with the girls at a glance.
"The last level, look for the Starlight Stone!"
Starstone, as an extremely rare spirit stone, has a hard texture, can reflect the light of the stars under the illumination of the moonlight, allowing the wearer to better absorb the spiritual power of heaven and earth, and because of its beautiful appearance, it is the most desirable spiritual ornament for female cultivators.
Because it is like a star that fell from the Milky Way through the Cowherd and Weaver Girl, it also has a name, "Love Stone".
"Wow, Kunlun is too good at it, it's so rich, my mother only has one piece of this starstone, and it is very good, and it is never shown to me, this Kunlun is actually taken out as a clearance prop. Xia Zhiqiu smacked his tongue.
Bandit Wei Zhenren continued, "In the forest behind you, we have hidden a starlight stone inside, which group can find it the fastest, it is today's winner!"
"Xiao Qiuqiu, look, what you're good at is here. "Lu Bing knows that Xia Zhiqiu has been practicing for the past few days, so he is ready to paddle for a while, after all, this kind of thing still depends on luck.
As soon as Bandit Wei Zhenren gave the order, the four groups of people flew into the forest with their swords.
This is the willow forest that Qi Bing often comes to, and she and Xia Zhiqiu found Jiang Muling sitting on the fork of the tree outside the forest.
"I'll look for it inside, you and Mu Ling will look for it on the periphery!" Xia Zhiqiu Edgeworth quickly burrowed into the forest and gently floated down a sentence.
Jiang Muling was a little frustrated, he couldn't help with anything, and the third project was to find something, he couldn't see it, how could he find it.
He felt that Qi Bing took his hand and walked forward, unhurriedly, as if he was afraid that Jiang Muling would fall if he was in a hurry.
"You...... You go find it first, I'll be fine if I'm here alone. Jiang Muling didn't want to be a burden to them, so he hurriedly left himself behind.
"That's not good, did you hear what Xiao Qiuqiu said, you have to be together, if you lose you, he won't scold me to death." "Lu Bing's hand is very small, but Jiang Muling can't break free, and he doesn't want to break free.
He used to be alone for too long, he was not afraid of cold, but his hands were cold all the year round and had no temperature, and now he was held by a small hand that was both soft and warm, which made him inadvertently want to absorb a little more warmth, as if in this way, his heart that he had recently resolved would never be frozen again.
No one is willing to let go of such a person, let alone Jiang Muling.
The two of them walked around the periphery for a little half a circle, and they didn't see any glowing stones, the moonlight was very good tonight, and if there was a little light in the dark forest, it must be obvious.
Qi Bing felt that the stone should be in the inner area that Xia Zhiqiu was looking for, because she saw that several other groups of people also flew into the depths of the forest, it seemed that this was the routine of previous years' activities.
She was still holding Jiang Muling, and it was not good to leave him in by herself, so she could only hope for Xia Zhiqiu and hope that he would be lucky.
If you can't find it, you can't do it, so you can just accumulate experience, but Jiang Muling may not be able to participate with them in Kunlun next year.
Qi Bing thought, at least before Jiang Muling returned to Penglai, he could let the three of them stay a little longer.
"There is a lake in front. Jiang Muling suddenly made a sound, so frightened that he slipped under his feet and almost fell, and was pulled by Jiang Muling.
Looking up, there was really a pool not far away, unsheltered by the dense jungle, and the lake was shining in the moonlight.
"Mu Ling is worthy of being a water spirit root, and his induction is really strong. ”
The two of them approached the pond, and Qi Bing also recognized it, isn't this the pond where she stole it, oh no, to take the lotus lotus? Because she was really embarrassed to take it all according to what the real person said, she still left a few flowers in the middle of the pond, and now the lotus has withered and fallen to the bottom of the pond, and only the bare rosette remains.
At this time, it is already summer, and although the forest at night is cooler than noon, it is still quite hot because there is no wind.
He squatted down near the pond, took a handful of clear and transparent water and washed his face, and suddenly felt much happier.
"Does Mu Ling also want to wash his hands?" Lu Bing shook her head to shake off the water droplets hanging on her hair, and a drop splashed on the back of Jiang Muling's hand, but because it was dark, she didn't see Jiang Muling's hand tremble.
"No need. ”
The two sat on the edge of the pool, and Yang Bing told Jiang Muling about the pity.
"At that time, I saw you and Lord Yemen come to our Kunlun, but I didn't expect you to come to me. Qi Bing picked up the stones and floated, and a series of crisp water sounds sounded in Jiang Muling's ears.
"Alright, enough rest, let's keep looking. "The ice patted the ash on his ass and was about to stand up.
Jiang Muling, who stood up together, felt that the villain next to him had not fully stood up, so he sat back with a "flutter".
"What's wrong?"
"Mu Ling, you ......" Qi Bing swallowed the sentence "Look!" into his stomach at the critical moment.
"Do you know that I just stood up and was blinded by the light shining from one part of the pool?"
Bing pouted and squatted back and forth where she had just sit, finally identifying the source of the light.
"At the bottom of the pool just two feet in front of us, it may be the Starlight Stone, do you want to go down and get it?"
She looked left and right, broke a branch and poked it into the pool to measure the depth, the pool was quite shallow, but it also submerged the top of her dwarf winter melon head.
"I'll go get it. ”
"Huh?" Before Qi Bing could react, Jiang Muling took off his robe and shoes and prepared to go down to the pool to get them.
"Wait, you're not very tall, okay? How can I let you go down and get it, if not?"
"I have to give it a try," Jiang Muling blindly touched Qi Bing's head, as if he wanted to appease her, but he almost stuck his finger in Qi Bing's eyes. "Moreover, you and Xia Zhiqiu seem to have been mistaken about something. ”
"What?"
Jiang Muling's tone was a little helpless, but more conniving, "Although I can't see it, I'm much stronger than you, and I don't need your protection." ”
As soon as the words fell, Jiang Muling picked up the light sword on his waist and slashed hard at the place pointed by Qi Bing, the blue light flashed, and the originally calm pool began to ripple, and then it was actually cut in half by the light sword, revealing the soil at the bottom of the pool, as well as the starlight stone that was trapped at the bottom of the pool not far away.
With the description of the Bing just now, he stopped accurately after moving forward two feet, and picked up the starlight stone after touching two handfuls on the ground, and the starlight stone was completely illuminated in the moonlight, really like a star falling into the world, with a light that cannot be concealed by the night.
Qi Bing jumped up happily, but she didn't be happy for long, because the pool water split by the light sword on both sides converged in an instant, drowning Jiang Muling.
"Mu Ling!" Qi Bing was so anxious that he wanted Edgeworth to fly over.
"I'm fine!" The water level in the pond on both sides was only a little higher when it converged, but now that it has calmed down, Jiang Muling can barely show his head, but he was accidentally choked by the water just now, so he coughed for a while.
He slowly turned and swam back to shore, crawling out of the pool under the tug of the ice.
At this moment, he is no longer the rumored mysterious and powerful Penglai Sect Master Leader, nor is he Jiang Muling, who is a little cold and not good at expressing himself on weekdays.
What Yu Bing saw was an ordinary teenager, he was sitting on the grass panting, his whole body was wet, the water in his hair was scratching his cheeks, because he was choked by the water, his face was still slightly red, the soles of his feet were stained with mud, and there were a few aquatic plants hanging on his shoulders.
The young man laughed a little silly, but he laughed to the heart of Qi Bing. He was originally born extremely good-looking, but now in the eyes of Yang Bing, he is even more dazzling than the starlight stone.
The young man spread out the things in his hand as if he had found a treasure, groped in the air, grabbed Bing's arm with his breath, and stuffed the starlight stone into Bing's hand, "Put it away, don't lose it." ”
Even if he is really embarrassed now, in the eyes of Qi Bing, he is really handsome.
She felt that if the protagonists were not them, but another man and a woman, it would definitely become a good story.
"Jiang Muling, you were so handsome just now!
"Huh, handsome?" he can understand, handsome...... He only felt that he was in a hurry just now, and now he was dirty, and he didn't know where to get involved with the handsome, his little friend wouldn't have aesthetic problems, right?
"Just when you sat on the ground and gave me the Starlight Stone," Qi Bing frowned incomprehensibly when he saw Jiang Muling, "Oh, I can't tell! Anyway, at that moment, I really think you are very reliable, just like my brother!"
Jiang Muling listened, and was a little proud, his children regarded him as an elder brother, which felt not bad, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt a sense of accomplishment, because when Yang Bing said "brother", the tail note would be upturned, and it sounded like a coquette, and Jiang Muling didn't know why he was in such a good mood.
Qi Bing felt that even if Jiang Muling stayed here wet on a summer night, it wouldn't be long before he would get a cold, and they would have to go to Laoshan Map soon, so they couldn't let Jiang Muling get sick at this time.
Quickly Yujian took people to Jiang Muling's residence, ran to the small kitchen, boiled a pot of ginger soup and brought it to Jiang Muling's bedroom, and saw that he had just changed his clothes, so he stuffed those wet and dirty clothes into a bucket, took them out to wash, and dried them again.
Anyway, the starlight stone is in their hands, no hurry, they can't find it no matter how they look for it.
Drying off the water in his hands, Yang Bing went to Jiang Muling's bedside to see him, Jiang Muling went into the bed early because he was afraid of catching a cold, and now he is asleep, and the bowl with ginger soup next to the bed is empty.
As soon as he entered Jiang Muling's house, he knew that his oil lamp was completely new and had no traces of burning, because he didn't need it at all. This made the already empty room even more deserted.
She felt even more sorry for this young man, at the beginning he and Xia Zhiqiu accompanied Jiang Muling, seven points were sympathy, three points were curiosity.
Now, they are nine points like, one point distressed. Because they knew that Jiang Muling didn't want sympathy, even if he was completely blind, he had to surpass everyone else in cultivation etiquette and demeanor, this was the capital for him to be remembered, not by the so-called sympathy for a while.
Hurriedly returning to the stage, Lu Bing saw that everyone else had already returned, because the whole forest could not be found, so he had to give up.
She waved her hand at Xia Zhiqiu and handed the Starlight Stone to Gang Wei Zhenren, winning everyone's exclamations and applause.
She and Xia Zhiqiu won the first place, and only they know that there is Jiang Muling in this first place.
The permission to go down the mountain for two days is for two people, but there is only one pair of Taoist couples, according to them, because this event was originally intended for Taoist couples, so the prize is one for each person.
Qi Bing and Xia Zhiqiu can't do such a disgusting thing as two big men wearing Taoist hair spikes, and they don't know how to divide it, so they can't wear a men's model alone, and let the other person's Taoist companion accompany the Taoist couple?
"It's all for you, it's not that my family doesn't have these," Xia Zhiqiu was not interested in this kind of jewelry, "My mother nagged when she was at home, and the accessories for my Taoist companion in the future are ready, and it's not bad for this pair, look at you and you don't have anything on you, don't confess to others at that time, you don't even have gifts, who cares about you." ”
Although the words were quite unbeatable, Qi Bing still knew that Xiao Qiuqiu was usually arrogant, and refused to give it to him directly, so when he looked at Xia Zhiqiu, his eyes suddenly became kind.
"Don't look at me like this all the time, I always feel the same as my mother!" Xia Zhiqiu waved his hand, "What about Mu Lingren?"
"Back in the house, he fell into the water and went back to rest. ”
"Ahh
"Don't worry, I'm hungry, let's go to the canteen. ”