Chapter 32: Bonfire Night Talk
Sitting around the campfire, the three of them didn't say a word, as if they were all talking to the flames in front of them.
I don't know if the pair of bonfires in front of me will remind the three of them of the inn that night, in short, the three of them are unable to sleep because of the excitement of reaching their destination.
"Little brother!"
Scarface finally broke the silence, "Although we haven't had an in-depth understanding of it in the past few days, I know that you are not from Boyan!"
Xu Chen nodded casually, critically ill and spoke, but gently picked up a wooden stick beside him and picked up the broken wood in the bonfire.
"And you don't have any relatives in Boyan, do you?" Scarface continued, like a fortune teller.
The corners of his mouth turned up slightly, Xu Chen did not answer, still looking at the fire in front of him.
Scarface looked at the calm Xu Chen and couldn't help but smile, "Then what do you want to do when you come to Boyan?"
Hearing this, the wooden stick in Xu Chen's hand stagnated slightly, but he seemed to have been mentally prepared, this stagnation was only a short moment, and it was not noticed, and then it turned natural.
wants to go to Dushan Zong to investigate the murderer of Lao Wu, and even the murderer of his mother. At the same time, you must also cultivate in the Dushan Sect, and wait until your cultivation is high enough, and then take revenge.
No, of course he couldn't answer like that, it was a secret, a secret that belonged only to him.
"Oh, the world is so big, I don't want to shrink into a small village for the rest of my life, let's walk around!" Xu Chen said with a smile that he had been practicing for ten years, calm and natural.
"Haha!"
Scarface laughed loudly, as if he wanted to attract a hungry wolf in the wilderness, "Little brother, I thought he was a real person, but I didn't expect that he still couldn't trust us!"
"How?"
Xu Chen raised his head at this time, threw away the wooden stick in his hand, and looked at Scarface very naturally, waiting for the other party to say the answer for himself.
"Just by the fact that you quickly recognized that the sword wound on my body was the work of the sword duel of the mountain, you have already revealed your identity and purpose. Scarface didn't react to Xu Chen's dishonesty, he was An Boyuan's personal guard, and the reality on the battlefield had long been strange, not to mention that he and Xu Chen were indeed strangers, and he didn't expect the other party to introduce his life experience without concealment.
The reason why he talked so openly about Xu Chen's life or purpose tonight was that he received an order, an order that was not originally an order.
Clearing his throat, Scarface said softly: "Little brother, if I'm not mistaken, you want to go to the Mountain Sect, right!"
In fact, this is not just Scarface's speculation, but he believes that his eyesight is enough to get the real answer from the other party's reaction, which is the most basic quality of a soldier and a good personal guard.
However, what he didn't expect was that Xu Chen just smiled and said, "Maybe!"
Maybe?
What does this mean, he didn't deny it, he didn't agree with it, it seemed that it had nothing to do with him at all, Scarface looked at Xu Chen intently, wanting to see any change on his face, but the handsome face was still calm, calm and natural.
Scarface's heart was filled with a hint of respect, there is a genius in any aspect, just like cultivation, when the talent is reached, even if it is extremely lazy, it is enough to beat those hard-working mediocre talents.
But it is difficult to say that there is a genius in the heart of this kind of thing, and if there is no time to hone it, it is difficult to achieve a state of not being surprised.
Scarface nodded heavily and said, "Okay, then I'll just say it, whether you want to enter the Mountain Sect or not, I think you're just trying to gain some kind of fame, right?"
"Maybe!"
Xu Chen is still these three words.
"Haha!
For Xu Chen's casualness, even a little unserious answer, Scarface was not angry, "I think you should also see that my eldest lady is not an ordinary person, I can tell you now, my eldest lady is the daughter of General Pingxi, and she is also the pearl of the general's palm, and I am the general's guard, as I said, if you want to come to Boyan to gain fame, then you don't have to go to the Dushan Sect, if you stay in Anfu, everything will be there, and it is much easier and faster than going to the Dushan Sect." ”
Contrary to Scarface's expectations, Xu Chen did not dwell on any Anfu, but said extremely seriously: "You mean, it is not easy to enter the Mountain Sect?"
"That's nature!"
Scarface said in a harmonious voice, "The Dushan Sect is the uncrowned king of the cultivation world, admired by ten thousand people, and there are countless people who want to enter it, if it is so easy to enter, wouldn't it have been overcrowded long ago?"
After a slight pause, Scarface said in the tone of the eldest brother to the younger brother: "Little brother, maybe you think you are talented, but you have few dreams at this time, who doesn't think you are talented?" The world simply divides people into two kinds of mediocre people and geniuses, but as everyone knows, there is a gap between genius and genius, as far as calligraphy is concerned, it can be written as a talent for Mr. Selling Words, and it is also a talent for everyone to write for a generation, but it is also a talent to write as Wang Xizhi, it can be seen that there is a huge gap between geniuses, and it is not easy to stand out in a place like Boyan, even if you are lucky enough to enter the Shan Sect, it is even more difficult to make a name for yourself in it. ”
By the skin of one's teeth?
When Xu Chen heard what the other party said, he was naturally a little dissatisfied in his heart, entering the Dushan Sect was something he had to do, and there was no room for negotiation, but when he realized that maybe Scarface was deliberately saying this, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Then how can I get lucky to enter the Dushan Sect?"
"Oh?"
Scarface couldn't help but be stunned, the words he said earlier were just like asking Xu Chen to give up the idea of entering the Duishan Sect and follow them into the Anfu, but he didn't expect that the young man in front of him was so stubborn, as if he couldn't understand what he was saying at all.
An Qing on the side didn't speak, but she listened without saying a word, and her cheeks were beautiful and complex against the backdrop of the jumping bonfire.
Scarface glanced at An Qing, and seeing that the little master had no reaction, he turned his head and said to Xu Chen: "Little brother, I won't tell you, you saved my eldest lady this time, just by virtue of this, if you come to Anjia, the future must be limitless, and you can also practice in Anjia, and Anfu is also a master like a forest, which will definitely contribute to your cultivation path." ”
Xu Chen shook his head and said with a little shame: "I said that I didn't mean to save this ...... this time Well, the eldest lady of the house, and I also said that I just came out to see, and I haven't thought about any fame and fortune, or a bright future. ”
"Then do you know what will happen if you refuse Anfu's invitation?" Scarface's face suddenly filled with anger, and the smile and sincerity from before were gone.
"What's going on?"
Xu Chen got up slowly, glanced at Scarface, and said easily, "Everyone's final fate is not the same?"
After speaking, Xu Chen walked away slowly, as if he didn't care at all, he came to the carriage, sat down at the wheel, glanced at the two people around the bonfire, put his head on his knees, and prepared to sleep.
Next to the bonfire, Scarface watched Xu Chen leave, but he didn't know how he should react, watching Xu Chen bury his head in his arms under the wheel, and couldn't help but shake his head helplessly.
"Miss, it looks like it's no fun!"
After a moment of silence, Scarface looked at An Qing and said.
An Qing still looked at the bonfire in front of her, her eyes already showing a certain look of disappointment, and after a while, she pouted and said, "It's okay! ”
After a few breaths, she still seemed to be unable to let go and said, "Do you think he can enter the Dushan Sect?"
Scarface shook his head and said, "Miss, my subordinates don't dare to conclude yet, it is naturally difficult to enter the Doushan Sect, but this kid is also very mysterious, these days I have been thinking about how he killed that spirit control master that night." Miss, you told your subordinates that his stab at that time was extremely fast, and it could even be compared to the speed of his subordinates' book swords, but just the speed of the sword alone could not hurt a Five Realms Spirit Control Master in the slightest, not to mention that he was only in the second realm, and there must be something hidden in the meantime. Are you sure there was nothing unusual about him at the time?"
An Qing shook her head, she had been hiding behind Xu Chen at the time, and with nervousness, she naturally didn't see the blue light on Xu Chen's chest at that time, "Oh! This matter is not important, it has already passed, I just want to ......"
For some reason, her voice grew quieter and her eyes became more misty.
"Miss!"
Scarface said solemnly, "Please forgive my subordinates for being blunt, there are countless sword masters who have cultivated to the highest level in Anfu, and there is no shortage of such people, not to mention that we don't know anything about him now." I know you just want to repay her for saving her life, this subordinate understands, but isn't it the same in other ways?
Hearing this, An Qing's originally beautiful and calm face was flushed with a hint of redness, but in an instant, she added a touch of fierceness, she lowered her head and said softly: "Do you still want you to talk more about my affairs?"
Although the voice was still soft, it reached Scarface's ears like a loud shout, and he was ordered to protect An Qing back to the capital, and along the way he was called an uncle and nephew, and he inadvertently forgot his identity.
Scarface hurriedly knelt down on one knee and said in a deep voice: "My subordinates know their mistakes......!
An Qing didn't wait for Scarface to finish speaking, waved her hand and said, "Forget it, it's not all your fault, you were seriously injured in order to protect me, I should have thanked you a long time ago, but I ......"
"Miss, where do you say this, protecting the eldest lady is a matter of subordinate, if it wasn't for the general to rescue his subordinates from the pile of dead, how could his subordinates still have everything today, and the lives of his subordinates have already been settled. Scarface didn't dare to look up.
An Qing waved her hand and motioned for Scarface, "Since you are injured now, I will write a letter to my father when I return to the capital, and ask you to recuperate from your injuries in Anfu for a period of time, just ......"
Her voice grew smaller and smaller, so small that only the two of them could hear her.