Chapter Eighty-Five: A Chance Encounter in Penglai City
When the first cold wind swept away, the early winter season swept in, and the aura of slaughter enveloped the whole land, and the world seemed to lose weight overnight, revealing barren bones. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The ground was covered with a thin layer of frost, a little whitish, but the bright sky was not so white, and there was a sense of abruptness.
The late-flying geese show off their snow-white shiny bellies to the inhabitants of the ground, their feathers smooth like brocade, and their tracer trails its beautiful tails, occasionally gliding across the sky.
Due to the sudden arrival of the cold, even the official road that is usually quite lively on weekdays is silent, as if the whole world is in deep thought, only a few jackdaws cry desolately, spread their wings and fly away, sending the news of the approaching midwinter to the silent people, leaving a song of mourning in vain.
Penglai City, as the capital of Penglai Country, is still prosperous in such a harsh season.
It took Mo Xiaoye more than half a month to come here from the foot of the mountain of Leiyin Temple, looking at the city walls that were more than three times more majestic than Fenghua Town and the city gate about three feet high, he couldn't help but feel that manpower was really a breathtaking thing.
Who would have thought that such a towering structure could be built by a human being less than two meters tall?
Along the way, Mo Xiaoye tried his best to hide his whereabouts to avoid being discovered by the demon cultivators, but the strange thing was that the journey was smooth sailing and did not encounter any obstacles, but it made him worry in vain.
It took him a few days to discover a crucial problem.
He was originally a nobody, and there were very few people who knew him, and in addition to Mengyuan, the only one who knew him in the "Reverse Chaos Demon Domain" was his master Killing Demon King, so it was not ordinarily difficult for them to intercept themselves to a certain extent.
In the following days, Mo Xiaoxie relaxed his mind to travel in the mountains and rivers, and sometimes took time to practice, although he was relatively lonely, but he was also quite comfortable.
Standing in front of the towering capital, Mo Xiaoye felt that there was a danger lurking, according to Yun Shangfei, there were not a few demon cultivators lurking in Penglai City, and vaguely he seemed to be able to see a fierce beast in that direction with its mouth open, waiting for him to send it to the door.
Although the weather is cold now, those who should do business still have to do business, and those who like to play naturally can't be idle.
Penglai City is very lively, in addition to the bright lights, roadside vendors are also everywhere, those novel toys, for people who live in an isolated environment all year round, has a fatal attraction.
It has been about two months since he returned to the capital, and Xuanyuan Fenglian spent more than a month just accompanying his parents and learning the etiquette in the court.
If she was asked to choose again, she would definitely not clumsily shout to return to Penglai City with the second emperor brother.
Compared with the freedom of the "Penglai Immortal Sect", all the rules in the palace simply made her want to die.
Take a step in accordance with the norms, dress not too thin, behave elegantly, speak generously and decently, and the palace maids around her are even more respectful to her, a strange master, for fear of offending the princess who has not returned for a long time, and being killed and destroyed.
And these distress and unsatisfactory, she can only talk to the second emperor brother and complain to win comfort.
In the capital, she didn't know the other people very well, and those who knew her could line up for thousands of meters, but she knew very few.
Excluding the father, the queen mother and the second emperor, only the eldest brother Xuanyuan Mu is the most familiar to her.
The second emperor brother comes back once a year and accompanies his parents for about two months, so he still has some acquaintances in the capital.
She was different, she was sent to the "Penglai Immortal Pie" at a young age, and this was the first time she returned to her parents.
Following the second emperor brother back to the purple pillar and golden beam, the picturesque palace of the garden city, the moment she saw her parents, she felt a little rusty, in her opinion, the relationship with her parents was not as cordial as the senior brothers of the "Penglai Immortal School" and the sisters who practiced together.
Autumn is passing in a blink of an eye, during this period, Xuanyuan Fenglian and her parents get along quite well, and the visit of her father from time to time on weekdays also makes her heart feel a little more warm and affectionate.
With her efforts, her father's arrangement for her study came to an end, and now she finally got free, so Xuanyuan Fenglian secretly ran out of the palace alone and wandered around Penglai City.
If there is any benefit here compared to Penglai Immortal Island, it is only this crowded and lively streets.
Vehicles are mixed with each other, and a large number of people go to the streets and buy vegetables every day in the densely populated capital, and Xuanyuan Fenglian shuttles and walks in it, at most only in exchange for a glance back from passers-by.
Although her appearance is superior, due to her young age, both her face and figure are quite immature.
The ordinary people are running around for life, and when they see her, they take a few glances at most, and then they are busy with work.
The children of rich families are well-informed, and there are so many beautiful women in Yingluan Pavilion, and they are often very high-sighted, and they will not look down on a girl like her who has not grown up.
It stands to reason that this should be the case, but there are always some blind people who will do stupid things.
No, two men looked at her very facelessly, and guessed that Xuanyuan Fenglian was not a local, since she was a foreigner, there were some things that did not have to consider the consequences, so they started to think crookedly.
One has a folding fan pinned to his waist, and his white clothes cover his body, and he looks graceful, while the other has sunken eyes, a scorched complexion, and a weak body that is probably inferior to that of a woman who has worked all day, and her body has been completely hollowed out by wine.
The two men stared at Xuanyuan Fenglian with straight eyes, with a lewd smile on the corner of their mouths, and walked straight towards her.
I'm so lucky today, just go out and walk on the street, you can meet a child from a foreign country, and when you knock her out of the corner, she will be knocked out and taken away, and you won't let the two brothers do whatever they want?
Eat dry and wipe clean, and give her a compensation fee, no matter how much she is unwilling, she can only give up, although it is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, but not everyone can be reasonable,
The world is so cruel, at the critical moment, after all, it is still the fist that speaks, and the closer you get to the center of power, the more thoroughly you understand this sentence.
Their father, as a second-class official of the current dynasty, may not have the largest official rank in Penglai City, but his ability to mediate among hundreds of officials is definitely a masterpiece in the world.
The big thing an official does is not necessarily a real ability, and being able to meet the source left and right, and advance and retreat with evidence, is the way of a truly smart person.
If you advance, you will not be harmed, and if you retreat, you will open the sea and the sky.
They have been taught by their father for many years and have only learned a little scratch, but unfortunately they don't do their jobs all day, they have to have fun, and they can only use their means in this kind of place.
Today is lucky, I have been walking on the street for a long time, but the depression of semi-confinement for more than a month has not been vented in the slightest, and the anger is filled in her chest, although she is splendid everywhere, she can't raise any interest.
Occasionally, I saw some street juggling, and I stopped for a while and left.
From the eyes of her cultivators, those things were too childish.
For example, breathing fire in the mouth, only the most basic spell can be done, I really don't know why those people shouted when they saw it, and some people were so excited that their cheeks were red, don't you know that as long as you have a small part of the mana, it is easy to do this.
There is also a chest crushing boulder, which is a skin hardening technique, which she can do when she is eight years old, but she still can't resist the master's handboard, and she has never used this spell since.
Sneering at these unsightly little tricks, Xuanyuan Fenglian's mood was even worse.
Who would have thought that two gentlemen who were not even martial artists in the innate realm would actually hit their minds on themselves.
I just took this opportunity to teach them a good lesson, and vented the depression accumulated in my chest on them.
Thinking of this, Xuanyuan Fenglian imitated the way of walking that he had learned in the palace more than a month ago, and pretended to be weak and walked towards the remote alley.
The two men behind did not notice anything unusual, and with a happy face, they followed her closely.
After turning a corner and entering an alley, Xuanyuan Fenglian stopped.
In this way, two groups of people who thought they were lucky met each other.
"What do you want to do?" Xuanyuan Fenglian asked with a smile as he looked at the two people who came with him playfully.
Although I was a little strange in my heart, this woman was not afraid at all, but seeing that she was young, she didn't think much about it, and said locally: "Little girl, the two brothers want to take you to a fun place, I guarantee that you will like it, and the money is yours when it's over." ”
As he spoke, he took out a stack of silver tickets from his bosom and slapped them on the palm of his other hand, making a whirring sound.
Xuanyuan Fenglian's eyes narrowed, revealing a dangerous gaze, how could she endure the verbal teasing of the man in front of her with her fiery personality.
With a cold snort, the long crimson whip suddenly appeared in his hand, as if there was a flame burning on it, and the crackling sparks bounced to the ground and walls, burning through a few centimeters deep.
The faces of the two young men turned from ease to consternation, and then to deep fear.
They didn't expect that this young girl would actually be a cultivator, and squeezed out her voice in a trembling tone, "You...... Are you a monastic?"
Although he was asking the other party, he already had the answer in his heart.
"Don't you think it's too late now?"
Xuanyuan Fenglian didn't give them a good look, and the whip slammed the ground, leaving a deep scar.
"Run. ”
In the middle of the question, the frightened legs of the two of them were already able to use their strength, and they were about to run out of this remote alley.
How could they run as fast as Xuanyuan Fenglian's whip?
Before he could take two steps, the man named Thin was whipped on his leg and fell to the ground, and the other personable boy got his ankle wrapped around the end of the whip, and he tripped and fell to the ground on his feet, and fell to the ground.
"You two must have done a lot of bad things on weekdays, people like you who have unforgivable sins, today is just borrowing you to vent your anger, and at the same time, it can be regarded as doing the right thing for heaven. ”
Xuanyuan Fenglian raised his eyebrows slightly, walked up a few steps forward, looked at the two people who were rolling around on the ground, complaining in distress, and said viciously, the whip in his hand did not stop, and he whipped the two people in turn, making a sound of entering the meat, which was also mixed with the smell of barbecue.
The two ghosts lying on the ground cried wolf and screamed, and their voices were heart-rending and moving.
After three or five minutes, a head slowly poked in along the corner of the alley, curiously observing the movement here, but only glanced at it as if he saw something frightened, and the head instantly retracted.
Xuanyuan Fenglian glanced at the half of the face that came in, and felt a little familiar, and the movements in his hand also stopped, thought for a moment, and suddenly realized.
kicked the two of them, grabbed their silver tickets, and turned out of the alley in an instant.
Looking at the back that had not gone far and became more and more familiar, Xuanyuan Fenglian wanted to look at his face again to confirm, and shouted loudly: "The one in front, your silver ticket has dropped." ”
Shaking the pile of silver tickets he had just grabbed, Xuanyuan Fenglian chased after him.
Hearing her shout, the man in front of him not only did not stop, but his steps were like flying, and he was about to start running.
"Mo Xiaoxie, you stop for me!" The high female voice carried an accent of a superior who could not be disobeyed, and at this moment she gave full play to the princess's momentum.
The momentum of the man in front of him suddenly stopped, and he slowly turned around.
Scratching his hair, he looked at her embarrassedly and smiled awkwardly.
The head curtain hangs sideways to cover the left eye, and he is wearing a light cyan shirt, which is pure and simple, giving people a slightly introverted first feeling.
This person has just entered Penglai City, and he has not had time to find a place to settle - Mo Xiaoxi.