Qingtan City, Jiulao Hall

The two elders on duty and the old steward Tao both left the inner room of the front hall silently.

Bai Ye took off his robe according to the elder's instructions, went naked, and sat cross-legged on the red sandalwood couch in the inner room. His face was red, his eyes were closed, and his muscles were tense, and he didn't dare to look at the person in front of him.

Unexpectedly, the person who had just come in to check his injury turned out to be a young woman in white who was victorious in snow.

I never thought that such a young girl was like a fairy. It turned out to be the hall master of the Nine Old Halls.

Unexpectedly, the scent of plants and trees that lingered around this woman was the smell that escaped from everyone when they encountered the Holy Spirit parade last night.

Now that I think back to the words of the food stall owner, it turns out that they really caught up. For nearly three months, there have been daily cruises. But every seven days, the Nine Elders Hall would send a high-ranking elder to personally run it. And yesterday, it was the hall master in front of him.

At that time, just one ethereal piano sound made the entire street crowd lose their minds. Now I'm in the same room with this person, in case she has something wrong with her......

The cranky Bai Ye suddenly heard a shallow chuckle in his ear.

"Don't be nervous. Just checking. ”

As soon as the words fell, Bai Ye shuddered.

A warm little hand gently pressed on his dantian.

"Chaotic spiritual power, it's really enviable. ”

The gentle voice was close to his ear, and Lan Fang spit lightly, making him itchy and panicked.

"You...... The hall master ......"

"Don't Talk......"

Bai Ye's perception became extremely sharp at this moment. He was surprised to find that the hall master's hand had never left his lower abdomen, but the cool spiritual power that had penetrated into his body had not been absorbed by himself at all, but had swam around his whole body several times with ease before slowly withdrawing out.

The spiritual power was separated from his body, and he subconsciously opened his eyes, and immediately became even more flustered.

The fairy in white was so close that she almost stuck to her face. The delicate face that could be blown was less than three inches from his face, and Bai Ye could only see two wonderful eyes like a living spring, staring deeply into his eyes.

Bai Ye sat on the couch and had no way to retreat, so he had to tilt his head in a hurry, staring at the ground with his eyes, not daring to raise his head again.

The hall master straightened up, covered his mouth and chuckled.

"Put it on, little one. ”

Bai Ye, who had been granted amnesty, hurriedly scooped up his clothes and was looking for his sleeves in a panic, when he heard the hall master say lightly: "Those strange spiritual powers in your body have never been able to fuse. It's not a matter of suppressing it all the time. ”

As she spoke, she naturally reached out to help with her clothes. Bai Ye instantly grabbed the cuffs like an electric shock, and put on his middle coat in the blink of an eye.

The hall master pursed his lips, raised his eyes and asked, "Reconciliation and transformation of the spiritual power of various systems, has no one instructed you since you were a child?"

"I ...... I don't know, no one taught me ......" All the words that Bai Ye had prepared were almost useless at the moment, and he just coped with them instinctively.

"You don't have meridians in your body, and I can't solve this problem. Nagaqi should think about it. It's just that he doesn't give up. ”

The fairy shook his head slightly: "The method of absorbing and fusing spiritual power, your own method of groping is very safe. I can't think of a better way. ”

"Anyway, I can't cure you. But since we came, we are also destined. Well, follow me. ”

Bai Ye followed her gesture and subconsciously stood up.

The hall master stretched out his hand and flicked it, and one of the walls of the inner room silently lowered to the ground, revealing a delicate doorway.

"Take you around, how familiar you are. In Qingtan, this is also your home. With that, he turned around and walked out through the doorway.

As soon as I walked out of the house, my eyes suddenly opened up. Unexpectedly, inside and outside, it was a huge and hidden courtyard.

The doors of the east and west wings are sealed with spiritual power prohibitions that look very complicated. The three main houses on the north side are also closed. Beyond the eaves, you can see several rows of delicate ridges, which have been drained far away.

The hall master saw that Bai Ye was looking out of the courtyard with his neck stretched, so he explained softly: "This is a place where elixirs are prepared. Most of the weekday expenses in the hall are exchanged for making elixirs and magic weapons. ”

Bai Ye's brain twitched, and he opened his mouth to ask, "Did you also use elixir in the Holy Spirit Parade last night!"

The hall master did not answer his question directly: "Regarding the night tour of the imperial capital, when you should know, you will naturally know." ”

The hall master's skin is firm and white, with a faint pink powder, which is a little dazzling in the sun. Bai Ye only glanced at it and turned his head in a panic. Until now, he still doesn't dare to look at people squarely.

The hall master waved his hand with a smile and lifted the ban on the side porch door out of thin air, and Bai Ye followed silently. As he walked, he suddenly reacted, except when he checked himself, why didn't he ever perceive the spiritual power of this hall master?

Although she looks very young, she is a hall master, and her cultivation is definitely not trivial. But she walked in front of Bai Ye, and her breath was like that of an ordinary person.

The area occupied by the Nine Old Church is really large.

The young hall master took the young Bai Ye out of the courtyard and walked for a long time, and also turned to the side of the large-scale martial arts arena.

The hall master took the initiative to introduce: "We have been cooperating with Lu Xiang for a long time. An assessment is held here once a year to determine the spiritual power and secret arts of the main hall and the people of the country. ”

"Nine-grade system?"

"You can't call it that, it's trespassing. Now it's set nine paragraphs. Of course, the standards have not changed. ”

It turns out that Jiulaotang is still connected with the prime minister. Bai Ye's head suddenly became much clearer.

Bypassing the martial arts arena surrounded by high walls, and walking a long way into the mezzanine, Bai Ye was led to an inconspicuous doorway.

The hall master said bluntly: "This room keeps all the precious books in the hall. Feel free to study as much as you wish. ”

"The room next door contains the best ritual artifacts in the hall. It's up to you to choose one later. It's a greeting gift. ”

"Why?"

"Because we're going to slap in with your parents. The hall master's words were straightforward and explicit, but when they came out, they were indifferent.

Xiao Ye was not a pedantic person, he was almost certain that Tao Lao had just packaged himself as the illegitimate son of the current saint. It is also vaguely guessed that the titular mother is also a person with the blood of the Holy Spirit royal family.

Although he didn't know her identity yet, looking at the attitude of the elders and the young hall master, there must be a deep relationship between them.

Thinking of this, Bai Ye boldly walked into the warehouse.

The room is not large, and the furnishings are very simple and low-key, with only a few heavy wooden shelves of unknown material. There aren't many jade boxes on the quaint shelves, but they're shocking enough.

Generally speaking, the best material for preserving the Crystal Core Spirit Stone is Cryptowolf fur. Last time, Uncle Ba Hong stole several rolls of that gentle spirit beast fur from the warehouse of the Ulguo Magnetic Kiln.

However, the price of ten hidden wolves is not comparable to the container in front of him.

The sixty-four octagonal jade boxes on the shelves in this library are carved from ancient spirit ink jade.

This jade is easy to recognize. Although it is jade, the jade box is as black as charcoal when you look at it from a distance. Its surface does not reflect light at all, making it difficult to see what it actually looks like.

The greatest effect of the ancient spirit ink jade is that it can isolate the spiritual power of various crystal nuclei and magic weapons. In the cramped warehouse, there is no need to worry about the spiritual power conflict between the magic weapons in the box, and there is any danger.

Bai Ye turned back and forth a few times, looked through them one by one, and simply picked up an inconspicuous black oval stone ball, checked it in his hand, and then turned to signal to the hall master.

The hall master stared into his eyes and said, "Take one that looks cheapest, do you think that the Nine Old Sect is not worthy of being your friend?"

"No, no, no...... I just think that this magic weapon seems to have some induction with me. ”

The hall master retrieved the black stone ball from his hand.

"You don't fit this. At least not right now. I'll give you a magic weapon that can conceal your spiritual power. ”

As he spoke, he walked over to another shelf and picked out a jade pendant.

"This one is better for you right now. You're like a beacon now, too glaring to be a good thing. ”

Bai Ye bowed his head in embarrassment. When I looked up again, I accidentally noticed that there was a door on my side.

"What about this one?"

The hall master pushed the door open, "It's my bedroom." Would you like to go in and have a look?"

In the front hall, Jiang Jinglan, who had been waiting for inspection, was already on the verge of breaking out.

The Fourth Highness sat on the main seat not far from her, drinking tea in a leisurely manner. Although the mouth is no longer nagging about ink, the sound of sipping tea is endless, and there is no royal demeanor at all, but like an old farmer in the field.

Miss Jiang kept her eyes closed, but the annoying noise kept getting into her ears. Irritated, she raised her right hand and was about to slap it on the table.

However, her little hand stopped in mid-air.

His Highness stood up at the same time. The two looked at the door, but their expressions were different.

The one who walked into the door was Bai Lingyu. Madame has already made an appointment in advance, and today he came to take the elders of the Nine Old Church back to the house to recuperate Yi Chi's body.

"Yo, who should I be? Isn't this the young master of the Bai family who ran home from the front line?"

"Fourth Highness, I haven't seen you for a long time. Are you still hiding in the hall and working hard?"

Jiang Jinglan tilted his head to look at the eldest cousin, and then at the fourth prince, and his eyes lit up all of a sudden.

"You guys know each other, huh?"

Bai Lingyu coldly dragged over a chair, sat down with a golden sword, and glanced at the little cousin who was in high spirits: "It's okay to get close to Your Highness, what kind of identity is it." ”

Jiang Jinglan was robbed of two sentences, but she was not angry at all, her gossip heart was already burning.

"Tell me, tell me, your Lao Tzu is a brother, and the relationship between the two of you is quite good, right?"

The Fourth Highness heard that Jiang Jinglan and Bai Lingyu had returned to the imperial capital together, but they didn't expect the relationship between the two of them to be so familiar, and their words were so indiscriminate, so they were a little unhappy. was about to open his mouth, but was preempted by Xiaobai.

"The classmates of the Jiaowutang, in the sixteen homework courses back then, His Royal Highness was very intelligent, and he was basically among the best. ”

"What about you?"

"I, of course, are always first. Right?"

The competition between Bai Yan, the fourth prince, and Bai Lingyu, the son of the handsome, is far from the competition between the schoolwork in the school back then.

As the youngest prince, the Fourth Highness is the most brave and ruthless, but he has been defeated by Bai Lingyu for three consecutive years. Whether it is a fair heads-up on the martial arts arena or a crowd brawl on the bank of the Liujing River, Xiaobai can always hold Xiao Si's head steadily, although he hates itchy, he was helpless back then.

In the past few years, the four princes have been practicing secret techniques in the Jiulao Hall, and they have achieved success. Hearing that Bai Lingyu had finally returned to the imperial capital, he had long been eager to ask him out for a comparison, and he didn't want to run into him here.

At this moment, he didn't bother to justify anything in front of Jiang Jinglan, and directly raised his hand in the direction of the martial arts arena: "Play?"

The corners of Xiaobai's mouth always had a sneer, but his eyes gradually became sharper.

Jiang Jinglan got up and gave a gentle salute, then rolled up his sleeves, leaned over and asked, "I'll arbitrate, okay?"

Just when the tension was tense, a slow and gentle voice came from outside the door: "There are a lot of things in the hall today, but the big exam will start in ten days, and then the talents of the whole country will come to compete for the honor of leading the resistance against Wei." ”

With the voice came from the Nine Old Hall Master. She nodded lightly to the newcomer Bai Lingyu, looked at the Fourth Highness who was a little more restrained, and gently covered her mouth and chuckled: "Come and play then?"

Bai Lingyu, I'll wait for you!"

"My family never takes the big exam. Don't laugh at the hall master. Bai Lingyu suddenly panicked. This hall master is his elder and an old acquaintance of his father's mother. But he still remembers his own rules.

"How dare the Nine Old Elders give the prince and the prince a certain rating. It's just a place for the two of you to communicate. As he spoke, the hall master gave each side another look.

The two young men thought that the hall master was biased towards him, but Bai Lingyu really had no intention of fighting. If you want to compete, you can do it anytime and anywhere, why do you have to go to the big exam organized by the prime minister to show your face. If my father knew about it, it would have been.

He still had to explain something, but the fourth prince gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few words: "By taking the big test, I will officially give you a war letter." It's up to you to come or not. After saying that, he left the front hall without looking back. didn't even say goodbye to Jiang Jinglan.

The eldest lady opened her mouth wide and did not relax for a while. Seeing that a good show is about to be staged, why is it that this hall master has been disturbed and lost?

The hall master came over with a smile and took Jiang Jinglan's hand: "The two sisters of Qiu Ran and Dong Shuang have not yet been decided, since they have come back this year to catch up, they will also participate in accordance with the rules." Miss Jiang, if you are interested, you can also give it a try?"