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On the vast sea, the waves are constantly surging, and a young man in Tsing Yi stepped barefoot on the azure water, and the white waves continued to bloom under his feet, and he ran quickly towards Taiyin Island in the north.

The sea breeze was blowing strongly, and the waves were rolling, but the young man in Tsing Yi was walking on the ground as if he were on the ground, and he never wet the placket of his clothes.

In the blink of an eye, the young man in Tsing Yi had rushed to the side of a coral reef on the south side of Taiyin Island, glanced at the island from a distance, laughed softly, and ran towards the dock at a fast speed.

Just as he stepped over the coral reef, he suddenly heard two water sounds, "boom, boom", and then two men in black jumped out from under the water.

After the two men jumped out of the water, they stood firmly on the reef, holding a shield in one hand and a crossbow in the other, a piece of water that wrapped the two of them tightly from head to toe, only the eyes were inlaid with two transparent crystals.

One of the frogmen exclaimed, "Who's coming?"

The young man in Tsing Yi smiled slightly, his figure stood still, his feet stepped on the sea, and he fell with the waves, and said with a smile: "Zhou Xinte from Jidu Island is here to hand over the task." ”

As he spoke, he took out a token from his bosom and shook it casually.

The two frogmen glanced at each other, and the frogman who spoke up earlier said respectfully: "It turns out that Master Zhou is back, and his subordinates will lead the way for the master." ”

The young man in Tsing Yi laughed and said, "Brother Bulao will lead the way, Zhou will go by himself." With that, the young man in Tsing Yi strode forward, following the undulations of the waves, towards the pier.

Seeing the young man in Tsing Yi walking away, another frogman couldn't help it, and asked in a muffled voice: "Boss Zhao, I see that this kid is young, I'm afraid that he won't be coming to Taiyin Island for a short time, why do you want to call him master?"

The frogman who spoke before smiled and said: "I don't know if I'm young or not, but I'm not blind in my eyes, and there are no more than ten of these great masters who ride the waves in the entire Taiyin Island, and this cultivation alone can afford the word master!"

After speaking, Boss Zhao jumped into the water again, sank to the bottom of the water, and disappeared. Another frogman patted his head and jumped into the water together

......

This young man in Tsing Yi is Bai Cheng, he has refined all the sword qi in his body, and he can wield the vitality in his body at will, so he can naturally tread the waves without driving a boat back and forth.

Bai Cheng walked onto the pier, didn't go to other places to play, and walked straight to the meritorious workshop on the east side of Taiyin Island.

Located to the east of Taiyin Island, the Merit Workshop is one of the three most important institutions on the island, the other two being the Trading Hall and the Academy.

Needless to say, the trading hall is a place where scholars from the island meet.

On the first and fifteenth day of each month, the scholars on the island study the art of runes in their own residences, and on the first and fifteenth days of each month, they go to the institute to exchange recent research results, and although the participants do not directly disclose any important results, they can exchange research ideas with each other. For scholars, sometimes ideas are even more important than results.

In front of the merit workshop, a fat man with a fat figure was reclining on a bamboo chair, basking in the sun with his fat belly exposed

This fat man is extremely obese, not to mention more than 300 pounds, wearing a blue silk short coat on the upper body, two plackets wide open, a pair of wide blue silk pants on the lower body, dragging a pair of clogs on his feet, and grabbing a handful of tropical fruits in each hand, and eating happily.

Bai Cheng strolled to the door of the Meritorious Workshop, arched his hand at the fat man, and said softly: "Zhou Xin of Jidu Island meets Chief Manager Zhou. ”

When the fat man heard Bai Cheng's voice, he hurriedly stood up, stuffed the fruit in his hand into his mouth three times and two times, and said with great difficulty: "It turns out... Come... It's Brother Zhou... Brother is here, fast forward, fast forward... in..."

Bai Cheng smiled slightly and said, "Manager Zhou doesn't have to be polite, he is not in a hurry. ”

Although this Chief Manager Zhou's actions were funny, Bai Cheng didn't dare to lose his manners, this person could be in charge of an important institution on Taiyin Island, naturally he was not an ordinary person.

What's more, he could also faintly feel that under the cover of this person's fat body, he was an extremely advanced cultivation, which was a step higher than Zhimu Nata or Ximen Hating Water.

After a while, Manager Zhou finally swallowed the fruit in his mouth, wiped his mouth with his clothes, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhou, I haven't seen you for a long time, how was the task you received last time?"

Bai Cheng chuckled, took off the package from behind him, and said, "Fortunately, I am not dishonored, in the next..."

"Hey, isn't this brother the genius in Liu Kui's mouth, Zhou Xin from Jidu Island?" someone suddenly said loudly in the distance.

Bai Cheng followed the voice of the speaker, and saw several people dressed as scribes coming in the distance, among which the one who spoke was at the front, about thirty years old, with two extremely light eyebrows, one extremely thin lips, dressed in a moon-white robe, and waving a folding fan in his hand.

Bai Cheng arched his hand and smiled: "The word genius, I dare not be ashamed, it is Zhou Xin of Jidu Island, I don't know your honorable name." ”

The long-robed scribe smiled and said, "The Sword Pavilion Mansion is cold!"

There was a natural arrogance in his words, as if everyone else should have heard his name.

In fact, this is also the case, Leng Xuan was originally a person from the Sword Pavilion Mansion of the Song Kingdom, and he had the reputation of a genius since he was a child, and when he was twelve or thirteen years old, he worshiped under the door of Monk Peng, a strange man in the rivers and lakes, and his martial arts were even more unfathomable.

Just because he has an arrogant temperament, he has only been walking the rivers and lakes for a few years, he has offended countless masters, and he has the name of "crazy life at the end of the world", but he has extremely hard hands, and the status of Master Monk Peng is too high, so no one can afford to provoke him.

It wasn't until five years ago that he provoked the first master of the Zhao Song Kingdom, "Mr. Iron Sword", Zhan Bai, even Monk Peng couldn't protect him, so he was forced to flee the Song Kingdom and flee to the territory of the Chen State. Later, he was collected by General Wei and finally sent to Taiyin Island to study the art of runes.

However, his reputation has always only spread in the Zhao Song Kingdom, and after coming to the Chen Kingdom, he didn't have time to break through the fame, so he came to Taiyin Island, although Bai Cheng had also walked on the rivers and lakes, but he had never heard of his name.

Bai Cheng was stunned for a moment, his mind turned a few times, but he couldn't remember the name, he smiled slightly at the moment, and said, "Jidu Island Zhou Xin has seen Brother Leng. ”

Seeing that Bai Cheng had nothing to say, Leng Xuan snorted lightly, a little dissatisfied.

In his mind, Bai Cheng must have heard of his reputation after entering the Jiuyao Islands for many days, but he met today without the slightest enthusiasm, obviously dissatisfied with him.

He didn't know that since Bai Cheng landed on the Jiuyao Islands, he only stayed on Taiyin Island for a short time, and the rest of the time he stayed alone on Jidu Island, and he had never heard of his name at all.

Leng Xuan sneered a few times and said: "Liu Kui is not a person who talks about it, he can praise Brother Zhou, naturally it is not groundless, I am afraid that Brother Zhou is really amazing." ”

Bai Cheng frowned, obviously feeling cold and dissatisfied with him, although he couldn't guess what the reason was, he also lost interest in continuing to answer, and said with a sneer: "It's just a little more diligent in the next place, and I don't deserve Mr. Liu's praise." ”

Manager Zhou stood aside, seeing that Leng was aggressive, and Bai Cheng was not polite, he laughed at the moment, and interjected: "Don't stand here and talk, let's come in and talk." ”

After all, Manager Zhou is the head of the Meritorious Workshop, no matter how arrogant Leng Xuan is, he doesn't dare not give Manager Zhou face, he snorted coldly at Bai Cheng, and walked towards the hall.

The few people who came with him also followed him and walked into the hall.

Bai Cheng smiled bitterly, he really didn't know when he offended this person, and when he was speechless, he suddenly heard Manager Zhou whispering in his ear: "Brother Zhou, don't be angry, this person is extremely arrogant, and his attitude is not intended to target Brother Zhou." ”

Bai Cheng was stunned, looked up and looked ahead, only to see Manager Zhou standing five or six feet away, his mouth slightly open and closed, as if he was talking to someone, but a few people passed by him, but there was no reaction, as if he hadn't heard this voice.

Bai Cheng's heart was shocked, and what Mr. Zhou used was the martial art of "transmitting sound into secrets".

This martial art has only one function, and it is to transmit the voice to a specific person, and no one else can hear the slightest sound even if they are close to the speaker.

This martial art is extremely rare, not only because it is extremely difficult to practice, but also because it is impossible to compete with others after practice, so those who are not extremely talented do not practice, I didn't expect that Mr. Zhou would be able to use this martial art.

Bai Cheng nodded slightly, and walked towards the gate of the Meritorious Workshop.

Several people entered the main hall and sat down one by one along the seats on both sides of the center of the main hall, Leng Xuan and the people who came with him sat on the west side, and Bai Cheng sat alone on the east side.

Mr. Zhou was different from the others, sitting north and facing south, sitting alone in the main seat, with a large table in front of him, and a boy in Tsing Yi standing beside him, about twelve or thirteen years old, holding a thick booklet in his hand.

After a few people sat down, the servants in the workshop brought tea and fruits, and then they all withdrew.

Manager Zhou laughed and said: "The merit workshop is deserted on weekdays, but I didn't expect a few people to come together today, which really makes Zhou happy!"

After a pause, he then asked, "I wonder what you have to do here? Do you want to hand in the task or receive the mission?"

Leng Xuan smiled and said, "Manager Zhou, our brothers have to hand in the task and receive the task. ”

Bai Cheng said lightly: "Manager Zhou, the same is true for the junior brother. ”

Manager Zhou nodded and said, "In that case, let's hand in the task here first, and then go to the backyard to collect the task, how about this arrangement?"

Several people nodded in agreement.

Manager Zhou smiled: "In that case, I don't know where to start?"

Leng Xuan was silent, his hands were clasped in front of his chest, he glanced at Bai Cheng, and a contemptuous smile squeezed out of the corner of his mouth.

In his opinion, Bai Cheng has not been in Taiyin Island for a short time, and it has not even been a year, so it is the stage of laying a solid foundation, what task can he accomplish? Bai Cheng must have come to return the task on this trip, and he just said that he was going to hand in the task, but he didn't want to lose face.

However, Leng Xuan has always been arrogant, and he was about to see Bai Cheng's jokes at this time, so he didn't want to hand in the task first, so he had to wait for Bai Cheng to speak first.

Before Bai Cheng could understand Leng Xu's thoughts, Manager Zhou had already reacted, and secretly screamed in his heart.

Manager Zhou didn't wait for Bai Cheng to open his mouth, turned his head, laughed, and said: "Mr. Leng is a first-class talent on our Taiyin Island, and Mr. Zhang, Mr. He and Mr. Situ are also the geniuses of our Taiyin Island.

Hearing this, he chuckled a few times, but did not speak.

At the bottom of him sat a middle-aged man who thought he was wearing a blue-gray robe, but he couldn't help but stand up.

This person is about forty or fifty years old, with a hint of sadness on his face, and there are silver threads between his hair, which is Mr. Zhang in the mouth of Mr. Zhou.

This Mr. Zhang's real name is Zhang Boya, a person from Shunxing Mansion in Chuzhou, because he offended a local wealthy family, his family suffered all kinds of misfortunes, and then by chance, he fled to Taiyin Island.

Since he went to the island, he has been determined not to forget revenge, and desperately took on tasks in the merit workshop, intending to accumulate enough merit points and urge the military horses under the command of General Wei to avenge him.

It's just that although he can be called a genius in the outside world, he can only be regarded as mediocre on Taiyin Island, and he has been on the island for more than ten years, although he has also saved some merit points, but he is not a little bit worse than destroying a wealthy family.

Leng Xuan doesn't attach much importance to meritorious points, so he can not give face to Mr. Zhou, but Zhang Boya doesn't dare to do this.

Seeing that Leng Xuan was silent, he hurriedly got up and said, "Since it is the meaning of Manager Zhou, Zhang Mou will be ugly." ”

As he spoke, he took out a few talismans from his cuffs, took out a book from his arms, and said, "Manager Zhou, Zhang took over the rune cracking task of the 'Ice Talisman' last time, and applied for a total of ten talismans, six of which were used for the experiment, and now there are four left. ”

Manager Zhou smiled slightly and said, "The talisman is different from the magic weapon, after Mr. Zhang applies for it, even if he does the test, he doesn't have to return it to us." ”

Zhang Boya waved his hand again and again, and said: "The talisman is not easy to come by, it is better to save a little or save a little." ”

Manager Zhou nodded and smiled: "But I don't know what Mr. Zhang's achievements are?"

Zhang Boya nodded and said, "Zhang Mou lasted half a year, and finally researched something. Although there are no fresh runes on this ice talisman, there are finally two combinations that we have not yet recorded on Taiyin Island. Zhang has transcribed these two methods and asked Mr. Zhou to verify them. ”

Manager Zhou smiled and said, "Don't be in a hurry to verify it, I can still trust Mr. Zhang's character, and it's better to give Mr. Zhang the merit points first." ”

Zhang Boya smiled on his face and said, "Then thank you Manager Zhou." ”

Manager Zhou smiled and said, "Zhou remembers that the merit point of the Ice Talisman is twenty points, is it not mistaken?"

Zhang Boya hurriedly said: "Yes, it's exactly twenty o'clock." ”

Manager Zhou turned his head and said to the boy standing beside him, "Serving wine, why don't you write it down to Mr. Zhang?"

The boy in Tsing Yi hurriedly opened the book, picked up the pen and added a few strokes to the book, and read: "Mr. Zhang's original merit points are three hundred and sixty-two points, plus these twenty points, a total of three hundred and eighty-two points. ”

Zhang Boya nodded and said, "Yes, it's exactly this number." ”

After Zhang Boya handed over the task, Mr. He and Mr. Situ, who were sitting under him, also handed in the task one after another, and almost all of them were one or twenty merit points.

In a moment, only Leng Xuan and Bai Cheng were left in the hall who had not yet delivered their tasks.

Mr. Zhou smiled and said, "Mr. Leng..."

Before he finished speaking, Leng Xuan opened his mouth and said, "Manager Zhou, I don't know what task this Brother Zhou took last time?"

When Mr. Zhou heard this, his face sank slightly. (To be continued.) )