The pines are green and fragrant, and the stone platform next to the small pool is full of yellow birds, competing with each other.
Xu Zheng was sitting at the jade table under the tree, his face as sinking as water. The maid next to him brought the tea set and poured tea for Xu Zheng. But sitting opposite Xu Zheng was the fat owner of the Yunlan Town teahouse.
Xu Zheng lowered his head and glanced at the tea in the cup. The water was like waves and filled with mist. You could vaguely see the tea leaves floating like petals about to bloom. Xu Zheng said calmly: "President Hua usually drinks this five hundred pieces of purple gold.
It’s inconsistent with your identity!”
The leaves of this Mistful Flower Tea are collected from the misty forests of the Damiao Dynasty. The petals of 19 kinds of jelly grass on the Xiangyang Mountain cliff are selected and baked with a special technique. When drinking, you need to use the lotus leaves collected in the early morning.
Brewed with dew. Although this tea is of the highest quality and has the effects of nourishing the mind, calming the mind, nourishing the spirit and replenishing qi, it is not uncommon. Some sect families also drink this tea.
The fat boss picked up the teacup, and after taking a sip, Xiaomi said with a smile: "It's easy to start a business, but hard to keep it in business! Don't spend it carelessly if you have money, spend it wisely."
Xu Zheng sneered and said: "When did you, Hua Yuanquan, become so frugal? If you were really like this, who in the world would call you a person who spends unjust money?"
Hua Yuanquan did not refute, changed the subject, and asked: "Dazhuguo, why did you come to me today? Do you want me to help Baili Longteng?"
Xu Zheng snorted softly and said: "You have obtained the taxes for three years in Daqian, shouldn't you do something to repay it?"
Hua Yuanquan narrowed his eyes slightly and said with a smile: "If someone from the Baili family asks me for help, I will never pay attention. But if it is the Dazhu Kingdom, I am still willing to do my little bit."
Xu Zheng curled his lips and said seriously: "I have two things to do with President Hua today. First, I hope that President Hua will agree to my request at the critical moment. You can rest assured that this request will never embarrass you. Second, I hope that President Hua will agree to my request at the critical moment. You can rest assured that this request will never embarrass you."
Well," Xu Zheng suddenly showed a displeased look on his face and said coldly: "Why did President Hua send people to follow my two brothers? It's more of a surveillance than a protection."
Hua Yuanquan's face was expressionless and silent. After a long time, he said: "I can promise you the first thing, but I can only do things behind my back and won't show it to the public. As for the second thing
But I can't tell you the reason, and you'd better not ask. I can only tell you that Ye Ling is not an ordinary person, and even I don't know it very well. But I can guarantee that I have no ill intentions towards the two of them. I just want to avoid them.
Their lives are in danger."
Xu Zheng stared at Hua Yuanquan closely. Seeing that he was indeed not lying, he stopped asking. Instead, he was stunned. He thought Hua Yuanquan would know everything behind this, but he didn't expect that he didn't know much either. What happened to Ye Ling?
What's the secret?
Seeing Xu Zheng deep in thought, Hua Yuanquan coughed softly and said: "Don't worry, the two of them are not in danger for the time being and are on their way here. However, Baili Qingfeng's eyes and ears are everywhere in this imperial capital, and Dazhu
If you don’t want to expose your whereabouts, you’d better leave as soon as possible.”
Xu Zheng looked gloomy and said to Hua Yuanquan before leaving: "Remove the people you sent immediately, otherwise don't blame me for falling out."
Hua Yuanquan had a wry smile on his face. He knew very well that Xu Zheng was a man who kept his word. In the Daqian Dynasty, he never lost a tit-for-tat battle with other major dynasties. He also turned the originally weak Daqian into what it is today in the Eastern Region.
The most powerful dynasty. So Hua Yuanquan was in trouble.
"This kind of thing is indeed much more difficult than doing business!"
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In the Baimang Forest, Ye Ling and Wu Qing found a stream after killing the attacking green-scaled python. Ye Ling washed away the sewage all over his body in the water, and then lit a fire to bake clothes.
Wu Rin felt a little hungry, so he cut off a large piece of meat from the green-scaled python's body and prepared to roast it.
Although Ye Ling had eaten snake meat in his previous life, he had never tasted it since coming to Holy Spirit Continent. What's more, this green-scaled python is also a trained monster, so the taste should be better.
Wu Qing skillfully handled the snake meat, sliced it, and then skewered it with branches and roasted it on the fire. Because Xu Zheng, Ye Ling and Wu Qing lived together, and Xu Zheng couldn't cook, and Ye Ling
His cooking skills were terrible, so Wu Qing cooked all the meals every day. So he also developed Wu Qing's good skills. Even the owner of Dongshunlou, the largest restaurant in Yunlan Town, wanted to hire Wu Qing as a cook.
This shows how good Wu Qing’s cooking skills are.
After a while, the roasted snake meat, crispy on the outside and yellow on the inside, with a fragrant aroma, was freshly baked.
Wu Qing first handed a bunch to Ye Ling. Ye Ling took it and blew it with his mouth, then took a bite. The snake meat is smooth in the mouth, has an excellent texture, and is cooked at just the right temperature, making it very delicious. In addition, the green-scaled snake is a monster,
The meat is rich in spiritual power and vitality, which is of great benefit to low-level monks like Ye Ling and Wu Qing.
Wu Qing also picked up a bunch, tasted it and said, "It's a pity that there are no ingredients here. If we add Master Yang's secret sauce from Dongshun Lou, the taste will definitely be improved to a new level."
Ye Ling held the snake meat in his mouth and smiled and said: "This is delicious. With your skills, Third Brother, you can be successful even if you don't become a monk but become a chef."
Wu Qing smiled and handed another string to Ye Ling.
On the canopy of trees in the distance, two men in black stood side by side. One of them said: "These two boys have no vigilance at all, so they are not afraid of attracting other monsters by lighting a fire and barbecue? The key is that it tastes so delicious. I really want to go.
Eat some!"
Another said in a deep voice: "They are confident. They know that we will protect their safety, so they will not let powerful monsters get close. Those who can get close are those they can deal with, so they regard this place as a practical training
, I did this deliberately to lure some opponents over."
"Oh? These two boys are quite smart!"
"But we can't protect them all the time. We just received an order from above to evacuate, so we don't have to follow them anymore."
"But if we evacuate now, it is absolutely impossible for these two boys to walk out of the forest alive. Isn't this not to ignore death?"
"Don't worry, I've already made arrangements."
After Ye Ling and Wu Qing ate and drank enough, they sat cross-legged and began to absorb the spiritual power contained in the green-scaled python's meat.
Ye Ling has now reached the fourth level of innate perfection. It stands to reason that he can step into the next realm with just one step. But Ye Ling practices like a headless fly because he doesn't know what to do next. The man in white
The exercises given did not have guidance beyond the fourth level of innateness. Xiao Jie did not even know the name of the next realm, so he could only use his spiritual power to continuously temper his body and consciousness to lay a solid foundation for himself.
Compared with Ye Ling, Wu Qing's progress can be regarded as rapid progress. Now after his battle with the blue-scaled python, he had some insights, and suddenly felt that his consciousness was vague and invisible.
But even so, Wu Qing was still very excited. This was already much faster than ordinary people. To practice Taoism, one must let nature take its course and avoid being impatient. Therefore, Wu Qing was not impatient and slowly understood.
Half a day later, the two of them woke up one after another. Suddenly, they saw an old man in red robe sitting next to them, eating the snake meat that they had not finished.
The two of them jumped up with shocked expressions on their faces. They retreated five or six meters away from the old man and stared at the old man warily.
While eating the meat, the old man nodded appreciatively and said, "The reaction is okay, but it's still a little slow, but for your level of cultivation, it's pretty good."
Ye Ling and Wu Qing took a closer look at the old man's appearance, and recalled that what they saw in front of them was another old man in red robe next to Baili Changkong, fighting with Mo Xun, and later Chen Yan fell into the forest with a move from Zhou Yu.
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Seeing that Chen Yan had no ill intentions, Ye Ling raised his hands and asked, "Didn't Senior fall out of the flying boat after a fight with Zhou Yu? Why are you here?"
Chen Yan finished the snake meat and did not answer Ye Ling's question directly. Instead, he turned around and asked, "Is there any more?"
Ye Ling and Wu Qing looked at each other, and Wu Qing said hurriedly: "Senior, wait a moment, I will roast it for you again." After saying that, Wu Qing lit the fire again, cut the snake meat and brought it back to skewer it for roasting.
Chen Yan said: "I had a fight with that bastard Zhou Yu. But his cultivation level was higher than mine. I was injured and fell into this dense forest. I then practiced for a few days. Today I suddenly smelled something fleshy.
I came here to find out the taste. I just saw you practicing, so I didn’t bother you and started eating it myself. You won’t blame me, right?”
Ye Ling smiled: "Senior, I was joking. But I don't know why Zhou Yu suddenly killed the prince. What's the secret behind this?"
Chen Yan gritted his teeth and said: "That bastard must have been bribed by the person who wanted to kill the prince, so he did what he did. When I recover from my injuries, I will kill that bastard."
Ye Ling said: "I'm afraid senior has no chance, Zhou Yu is already dead."
"What?" Chen Yan said in surprise: "Who killed him?"
So, Ye Ling told Chen Yan the whole story. After hearing this, Chen Yan burst into laughter and said, "I didn't expect that old bastard Zhou Yu to die at the hands of you two boys. It's so obvious."
, retribution is not good! You two are really bad-tempered towards me, and I like it. By the way, you don’t have a disciple yet, right? I will make an exception today, and I will accept you as my disciple."