In the Hall of Merit, people were coming and going today, and many people who were rarely seen on weekdays appeared here. Like Qi Fan, they all came to receive ranking rewards.
Half a quarter of an hour later, Qi Fan walked out of the Hall of Merit, and happened to see Yu Wenmian head-on. The two glanced at each other and passed each other.
A subtle sound transmission appeared in Qi Fan's ears: "When will you challenge me?"
Qi Fan raised his eyebrows and replied via voice transmission: "Soon."
The next moment, the two of them turned their backs and walked away, with the corners of their mouths curled up at the same time. Perhaps this was the tacit understanding between the strong.
After leaving the Hall of Merit, Qi Fan thought about going back to practice, trying to break through as soon as possible and continue to challenge the Heavenly Ranking in the later stage, to see if there would be any change in the spiritual stones awarded to the top ten on the Heavenly Ranking.
Just when I passed the back hall, I stopped involuntarily. After my level has improved, I don't have such a high need to fill my stomach.
Moreover, I haven't eaten for a while. I have been eating bigu pills since I entered the inner gate, and I have almost forgotten what meat tastes like.
When he thought of eating, Qi Fan thought of Yuan Peng and smiled in his heart, "I don't know what happened to the fat man. Logically speaking, he should have a breakthrough, right?"
He shook his head and walked towards the back hall. Just as he walked in, Qi Fan raised his eyebrows. This scene seemed familiar. This guy didn't come to find him after he broke through. He needs a lesson!
I saw Yuan Peng sitting alone on a small table in the corner. There was not much food on the table, just two chicken legs, two bowls of rice, and two side dishes.
Qi Fan was slightly surprised, this guy has changed his gender? This little food is enough for him? And when will this guy start to eat? Doesn't he use meat as his staple food?
Yuan Peng held a chicken leg, looked at it and took a bite of rice, and then looked at him and took a bite of rice. He took a few bites of a piece of chicken, and half of it was in one bite! He closed his eyes with a look of enjoyment on his face.
When he opened it, Yuan Peng blinked, and then said with a sad face: "Brother Fan, you finally appeared."
Qi Fan was stunned, his face darkened and he said, "What's wrong? Who bullied you? Tell me and I'll take it out on you!"
Yuan Peng raised his finger faintly, Qi Fan narrowed his eyes slightly, he wanted to see who dared to bully his Qi Fan mask!
The next moment, Qi Fan was stunned for a moment. Isn't that the place where meals are taken from the back hall?
He turned back to look at Yuan Peng and asked curiously: "Why are you being bullied there?"
Yuan Peng said aggrievedly: "They won't let me eat."
"Why???"
"..."
Qi Fan looked at Yuan Peng who was silent and knocked on the table, "Let's talk."
"I have no merit points..."
‘Haha, haha, hahaha’, Qi Fan immediately became happy and couldn’t stop laughing. “You don’t have merit points anymore. When did you become an inner disciple?”
"Just five or six days ago."
Qi Fan smiled even more happily, "You are such a damn talent. You have no merit points in five or six days?"
The laughter even caused everyone in the back hall to look over. When they saw it was Qi Fan, they didn't say anything. After all, Qi Fan was the thirteenth master on the Heavenly Ranking. They couldn't afford to offend him, although there were also people in the back hall.
Not many people.
But they were all very curious as to what made Qi Fan smile so happily.
Yuan Peng sighed and did not reply, but looked at Qi Fan eagerly. In the past few days, he had already known what Qi Fan had done in the inner sect. No one would have fewer merit points, but his brother Fan would definitely not!
However, Yuan Peng may not know that if he had found Qi Fan five or six days earlier, Qi Fan might not be much different from him. If he had not challenged Yu Hai, Qi Fan would only have a ranking reward of 1,000 merit points.
But now, Qi Fan patted Yuan Peng on the shoulder and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to have a nice meal."
After hearing this, Yuan Peng suddenly became energetic. He has been waiting for your words for a long time! He followed Qi Fan to the meal collection point in the back hall.
Yuan Peng stood beside Qi Fan, without any courtesy, and kept pointing his fingers. For a moment, it felt like a general on the battlefield ordering troops and scolding Fang Qiu.
In the end, Qi Fan stopped him repeatedly, not because he was reluctant, but because it was simply impossible to finish the meal.
Roast suckling pig, five-spice roasted goose, three-zhen stewed chicken, sauteed beef knuckles... there are no less than a dozen items, even if Yuan Peng comes again, it is impossible to finish them. Finally, under Qi Fan's suggestion
, only five things were left.
But looking at Yuan Peng, he was smiling from ear to ear.
And when Qi Fan took out the jade tablet to mark the merit points, the corners of his mouth were twitching. This thing actually cost 300 merit points.
No wonder Yuan Peng ran out of time in a few days. If he continues like this, even his two thousand and five merit points won't be able to last for a few days!
Even the staff behind the back hall were smiling. After all, there were very few people coming to eat in the back hall behind the inner door, and this was their first time encountering such a ‘generous’ gesture!
Because there were too many things, the two of them moved to a larger table. The two of them, who had not seen each other for a long time, ignored the surprised looks of others and kept talking to themselves.
On the other side, a woman wearing a light green dress appeared outside the gate of Tianshui City, her eyes filled with memories as she looked at the bustling city in front of her.
A slight breeze blew by, which happened to lift the veil on the woman's face, revealing an extremely delicate and pretty face with two small dimples at the corners of her mouth. It was Xue Ling'er who came down from Zhufeng!
After entering the city, Xue Linger, who had not been down the mountain for a long time, felt that everything she saw was novel, fun and interesting.
But no matter how interested or interesting things were, they never stopped her.
Following the memories in their minds, they slowly walked past the teahouse where they once stayed.
I passed by the tofu pudding stall that was my favorite when I was young.
We also went to the big tree where they once sat together.
Finally, she stopped in front of a mansion. The plaque on the mansion said "Qi Mansion". Her eyes were filled with nostalgia and nervousness, but also with a hint of expectation and hesitation?
Maybe this is the so-called timidity of being close to home.
After stopping for a long time, Xue Ling'er walked up and knocked on the door.
After waiting for a moment, Ah Shou opened the door from the inside and looked at the woman outside the door. He was stunned for a moment. He had never seen such a beautiful woman.
After a while, Ah Shou came back to his senses, "I wonder what happened to the girl?" he asked in the softest voice, as if he was afraid of shocking the woman in front of him.
Xue Ling'er looked at Ah Shou and couldn't help but smile: "Brother Shou, don't you recognize sister Ling'er?"
Ah Shou was stunned again, Sister Ling'er? Which Ling'er sister? Then his eyes lit up, he quickly stepped forward and said, "Are you Xue Ling'er?"
Xue Ling'er smiled and nodded: "Yes, I'm back." At the end of her words, there was infinite nostalgia in her voice. This is his home and her home.
"Xiao Ling'er, you are Xiao Ling'er, you are back, come on, come on, come on in." Ah Shou said while welcoming Xue Ling'er into the house, obviously extremely happy.
Inside the house, Xue Ling'er walked lightly and very slowly. She wanted to take a good look at the rockery here, the waterside pavilion here, and the flowers, plants and trees here.
Looking at all this, I smiled lightly. Nothing has changed, it is exactly the same as in my memory. It feels so good to go home...