Some were not used to Mei Jiangxue's sudden display of coquettishness in her youngest daughter. Lin Yan smiled and then thought of the incident between the two of them that had been rumored in Xiaoshui City recently, and couldn't help but feel embarrassed.
"I'll make tea."
As soon as Mei Jiangxue sat down at the small round stone table in the courtyard, Lin Yan couldn't sit still and hurriedly ran into the house to make tea.
Finally, when the two sat across from each other, the awkward atmosphere was relieved a lot, and Lin Yan returned to his usual appearance.
"Miss Jiangxue has something to do with me?"
Mei Jiangxue nodded slightly, looked at Lin Yan and said, "I am going to recommend you."
This seemingly meaningless sentence made Lin Yan understand immediately.
And just because he understood this sentence, Lin Yan almost swallowed the hot tea in his mouth!
How precious the recommendation quota is. He naturally understands that Mei Jiangxue does not use this quota to recommend the disciples of Qingwu Sect. Fortunately, he mostly brought honors to Qingwu Sect in the city-wide competition, but uses it to recommend himself?
Of course, Lin Yan didn't believe that this was just a joke by Mei Jiangxue. In fact, after thinking about what Mei Jiangxue asked about at the square at noon the day before yesterday, Lin Yan understood that Mei Jiangxue was helping him. He had to try to persuade him.
The elders of Qingwu Sect were able to give a precious spot to an outsider like him, and Mei Jiangxue must have paid a lot.
Lin Yan couldn't help but feel moved in his heart, although he also understood that from the analysis of Mei Jiangxue's cautious expression, I am afraid that he came to him this time not only to inform him of the news, but also for other things, such as his innocence.
After getting this quota and becoming the lucky person who can enter the final competition, do you have to do something for Qingwu Sect in turn?
Mei Jiangxue is a smart person, so she also knows that Lin Yan is a smart person. At that moment, she did not go around any circles and said directly: "But the condition for you to become a recommended person is to join our Qingwu Sect and become the Qing Jue Master.
Under my uncle’s sect, I will represent our Qingwu Sect in the city-wide competition.”
When she said this, Mei Jiangxue felt uneasy because she was afraid that Lin Yan would reject her rudely and arbitrarily. But to her surprise, until she finished saying this, Lin Yan was still sitting opposite her, even
So, he didn't even put down the teacup in his hand.
"Lin Yan, tell me what you think."
However, Mei Jiangxue was not naive enough to think that Lin Yan was overjoyed. She understood Lin Yan.
"Thank you Miss Jiangxue for your kindness." Lin Yan said coldly.
Mei Jiangxue sighed softly in her heart. Regardless of Lin Yan's fierce or cold reaction, it had already been shown that Lin Yan directly rejected the proposal.
"Why?"
But Mei Jiangxue still wanted to ask the reason. It seemed that after two days of hard work and dedication, she finally achieved this thing, but was easily denied by the man opposite her with just one sentence, which made her feel aggrieved and inexplicably sad.
"Miss Jiangxue, I know you must have sacrificed a lot to help me get this place. I am very grateful to you. However, I can only appreciate your kindness and cannot accept it. If you force me to tell you the reason, I will only
It can be said that I don’t like to be restrained, especially in this kind of transaction-like environment. In the past ten years, I lived in Xia Mansion and worked as a handyman for ten years. Now, I want to be myself.
.”
When Mei Jiangxue heard this at first, her expression was normal. After all, Lin Yan finally understood her good intentions, but later when Lin Yan mentioned the word transaction, she felt a little angry.
"In the final analysis, you just think that you have to rely on the help of Qingwu Sect to enter the final competition. The condition proposed by Qingwu Sect is a kind of charity to you. For you, it is a shame to compete in this way.
Yes or no?"
Mei Jiangxue was angry and asked.
"Yes, that's what I think." Lin Yan admitted openly, "I have nothing to do with the Qingwu Sect itself, and I have no good impressions. But for this competition, I am asked to join the sect. I can't do it.
, this is not only about my face, but also about my dignity. If I rely on this to qualify for the competition, I refuse to accept it and would rather participate in the knockout round."
After hearing this, Mei Jiangxue simply sneered and said: "I guess you even know that you can't pass the knockout round! As the saying goes, big things are achieved by people who don't stick to trivial matters. You desperately want to become a new top ten young master so that you can enter the Emperor City, but you ask yourself
Now, if you lose the qualifications to be recommended this time, can you succeed? I only know that face and dignity are sometimes false. In order to achieve a certain goal, you must pay another price!"
Mei Jiangxue said tit for tat. She didn't know why she was so excited today. Maybe she was angry at Lin Yan's refusal, which meant that she hated iron for not being able to become steel.
Lin Yan was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting Mei Jiangxue to react so violently, and it took a long time before he broke the silence.
"Miss Jiangxue, I admit that what you say makes sense, but no matter it concerns my freedom, face or dignity, I cannot accept such conditions anyway. It is impossible for me to join the Qingwu Sect. To tell you the truth, once
After I became a disciple of Qingwu Sect, I can only focus on Xiaoshui City as the focus of my life. However, if I have the chance, I will leave Xiaoshui City. This is not a place I should stay for a long time.
"
Lin Yan finally revealed the most important reason why he refused to join the Qingwu Sect. He wanted to return to Tiandi City and seek justice from the Lin family, so he could only act alone. If the Qingwu Sect stood behind him, if he faced danger, Qingwu might
Everyone in the family would be implicated, which was what Lin Yan was worried about, but he didn't say it in front of Mei Jiangxue.
Hearing Lin Yan say that Xiaoshui City was not his permanent residence, Mei Jiangxue felt a little disappointed in her heart. Then she thought about what Lin Yan said and had to admit that Lin Yan was right.
If you really become a disciple of Qingwu Sect, especially Qingjue's disciple, it means that you have to follow the requirements of the master in many aspects in the future. Lin Yan is right to consider it from his point of view.
"But, are you just wasting this opportunity?"
Lin Yan smiled and asked, "What else can I do?"
Mei Jiangxue was stunned, knowing that if Lin Yan rejected the proposal, Uncle Qingjue and Master Tianxuan would definitely not relax the conditions, so she had no choice but to drop the matter.
Thinking of this, Mei Jiangxue sighed and said: "Then you should cancel this registration. In a month, it will be difficult for you to be strong enough to compete with others."
Lin Yan shook his head and insisted on his own idea. "I have already signed up. I will definitely participate in the knockout round. Even if I fail, I have tried hard after all. Miss Jiangxue, I really want to thank you this time for helping me with the recommendation."
so much."
Mei Jiangxue smiled absently, stood up and prepared to leave: "I will inform the leader of your decision. Again, if you need anything, just go to Qingwu Mountain to find me. I can't help you this time. Please help me."
The kindness can only be left for later and I will slowly find opportunities to repay you."
Lin Yan sent Mei Jiangxue to the courtyard.
Then, Mei Jiangxue continued to run, her graceful figure jumping over the countryside, like a nimble butterfly.
Lin Yan watched for a while, until Mei Jiangxue turned a corner and could no longer be seen, he finally withdrew his gaze.
He walked back to the small stone round table, looked at the half-drunk bowl of tea opposite, and sat on the stone bench. He missed that beautiful face a little, but then he smiled bitterly. At the moment, cultivation was the most important thing. In terms of emotions, he really only
I can't think about it for now.
Lin Yan didn't think about how Qing Jian would react. For three days in a row, he stayed in a small courtyard in the countryside and practiced hard.
The focus of training is naturally vitality. As for martial arts, except for the few sword moves he learned in Xia Mansion, Lin Yan has not touched any others. Firstly, there are no books introducing martial arts moves, and secondly, he mainly wants to improve now.
Vitality level, strive to reach the realm of transformation as early as possible.
The knockout round will begin in a month. Although he knows that the chance of winning is slim, he still wants to give it a try. As long as he can pass this level, he can make a lot of progress in the remaining nine months and become the new Xiaoshui City Ten.
It is not impossible for young masters to do so.
After these three days of hard training, he felt that he had made some progress in the eighth level of the innate realm. Although he still had not touched the barrier at the top of the eighth level, he thought it would not take long before he could complete the breakthrough.
After three days of practice, the rice and oil at home happened to be used up, so Lin Yan thought of going to the market to buy some and then stop by Tieniu's house to chat.
When I walked to the street near the dock, I suddenly heard someone talking next to me, saying that Niutoushan seemed to be moving again, like an earthquake had broken out. Several sects in Xiaoshui City had already rushed to Niutoushan to find out what was going on.
Lin Yan immediately stopped, listened for a while and asked again, finally confirming that the news was not groundless.
Lin Yan then hurried back, first ran back to the courtyard and put the long sword on his body, and then walked towards Niutou Mountain.
Faintly, Lin Yan felt that the unusual reappearance of Niutoushan should be related to the long sword in the cave with only a silver hilt exposed.
Mei Jiangxue once said that the corridor is a sealed place, and the stone cave is another independent sealed place in this seal, and the seal level is higher. Maybe after the inexplicable sword formation broke out last time, it caused a stir.
The changes in the sword in the stone wall caused the seal to loosen, and as a result, the unknown things that were sealed began to move around...
Thinking of this possibility, Lin Yan naturally remembered what happened that day when he and Mei Jiangxue stared at the silver sword hilt before leaving the cave.
At that time, he glanced at the silver sword hilt, and felt in a daze that the sword came out of the stone wall and came to life, giving him a psychological chill.
Lin Yan felt that it was necessary for him to go to the cave again.
Carrying the ordinary stainless steel sword on his back, Lin Yan did not go directly from Xiaoshui City to Niutou Mountain like the others. Instead, he chose to go to Qingyang Town first, then along the river to the mouth of the waterfall, then got into the woods and headed towards the memory.
The one in the middle helped him get rid of Xia Mansion's pursuit and walked to a cave shaded by several pine trees.
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