Chapter 7 chasing fragrance

A group of gorgeously dressed people gathered in front of the trap that trapped Xi Yi.The leader of the brocade robed man was embroidered with Zhu lotus frost dawn on his chest, embroidered with fragrant yellow gold thread twisted silk, and peike ringing around his waist, proud and majestic.The nine people around them are all decorated with silk and silk, and Qihua brocade is rotten, and they stand respectfully with their hands lowered. Xi Yi in the trap disappeared at some point.The brocade robed man stepped on the iron plate and said coldly: "There is indeed someone here, a fool."

"Ah! I said someone!" The crisp voice from before sounded again, and she giggled for a while, "It's a pity that he is not the person you are looking for." The rest of the attendants held their breath, but she smiled freely, not afraid of this man . "Damn it, it must be in this mountain, you go find it separately!" The man in the brocade robe waved his hand, and the other eight people scattered like eight ghosts, and went deep into the valley. "I can't walk anymore, sit here for a while, anyway, there is no other smell for the time being, and I don't bother to look for it." The girl's voice was coquettish, "Give me a rest for half an hour."

"Alright, if you have time, pull out this idiot below to torture him, I don't believe you can't find old man Chen Xiang!" The brocade robed man waved his sleeve impatiently, and chased him elsewhere. Moshang flowers bloom, bees and butterflies dazzle. Zi Yan rubbed her eyes lightly, as if drunk and lying in the dust, having a dream.He held his breath and kept silent, peeping at the girl from behind the tree. Green snail bun, jasper hairpin, jade powdered face, water-cut eyes, light smoke between eyebrows and sparse willows, pretty and lovely.She is very young, and her clothes are wrapped in golden threads, like a lost Miss Jiao from a wealthy family.Zi Yan was relieved, even if such a person found her whereabouts, she could easily deal with her.

The girl leaned on the rock for a while, and then walked aimlessly among the bushes. If she hadn't witnessed her coming with that group of people, Zi Yan would have thought she was on a picnic, wandering here and there with no intention of paying attention. The deep valleys have made their own backyards.When Zi Yan was thinking this way, she suddenly turned around, and a scent of musk orchids approached him, and he suddenly felt itchy nose, almost sneezing. She didn't approach, picked up two silk sachets in each hand, and threw the sachets to the east, south, west, and north with a few "pops", then fixed her eyes on Ziyan's hiding place, and said, "You Don't hide, come out, there is no one else here."

She stretched out her hand to tie her hair, and the jade-like wrist under the peacock robe suddenly emitted a heart-piercing fragrance, which made Zi Yan dizzy.He walked out slowly, stood still and looked at the mysterious woman. There was no murderous look around her, but the strange fragrance surrounding her was really strange.Faintly feeling that this person is not easy to mess with, Zi Yan made up her mind to speak honestly in front of her. The other party didn't give him this chance, and said directly: "You are Master Chen Xiang's apprentice? However, the disguise technique is too inexperienced, if you are a beginner, it is understandable, I smell you from a mile away, too careless. Fortunately, they asked me to lead the way this time, so as not to sell you master and apprentice away."

Zi Yan felt ashamed, she thought that what she had learned was enough to be proud of, and she didn't want to be underestimated so much.He was worried that the previous group of people would turn back, and looked around warily. The girl smiled and said, "It's okay, I have the fragrance of my 'bead curtain', and I will detect anyone who approaches here, and I won't arrest you." .” Zi Yan stared at her fixedly for a while, put away her contempt, and respectfully saluted: "I missed it, sister is not a child, I don't know what is the purpose of coming here?"

The girl chuckled and walked around him. With her feet a little bit, she picked a branch of a tree and leaned on it. She swayed leisurely and said, "Remember, my face just won't age. Of course it’s not a child. As for what I’m here for, don’t worry, I’m not with them.” Zi Yan smiled: "I know this, I can see it from your breath." "gas?" "Everyone has their own aura. Sister, you don't have a murderous aura." "Hehe, don't call me sister. My name is Yuhua, and I'm a perfume maker." "Yuhua, incense maker? No wonder you can tell the smell of someone here." Ziyan narrowed her eyes slightly, as if searching for a needle in the sea, and asked lazily: "Longtan Courtyard?" He thought to himself However, with such an extraterrestrial status, Yanhua should disdain to be with those people who chased and killed Master.

Hearing the words "Longtan Courtyard" from him, it was Yuhua's turn to be amazed. She nodded and said, "I did stay there for a while, how did you... ah, your master told you." Zi Yan smiled but did not answer, her lips showed her usual sly look. "Okay, now that you know, please invite your master to go to Luyuan Continent Qimin Mountain on the ninth day of March next year. He can't be absent from this meeting of the Tenth Master." "Ten Masters Association?" Zi Yan rarely had any doubts. "Yes. Could it be that you haven't heard of it? Well, I think it's because you are young in the industry, and Master Chen Xiang didn't tell you." He glanced at him, thinking that since it was a coincidence, he might as well say it all, "The ten wonders of the world The grand gathering of top masters is the Ten Masters Meeting, which happens only once in ten years, and all the invitees are well-known. At that time, there will be a crowd, and the grand occasion will be extraordinary."

"Which ten wonders?" Zi Yan asked curiously. Yan Hua sighed: "Oh, it seems that you really don't know... Go back and ask your master." "No, just say it straight. Does the incense maker like to play tricks?" Yu Hua couldn't resist him, thought for a while and said, "Our incense maker counts as a seat, and your master as a disguiser counts as a seat. The rest are craftsmen, doctors, geomancy masters, painters, weavers, and embroiderers. Teachers, musicians, and finally... the spirit mage." "Doctors, painters, and musicians also count as miracles?"

"If the doctor can bring the dead back to life, the painter can confuse the real with the fake, and the musician can teach people's hearts, why can't it be considered a miracle?" Zi Yan restrained her face, and bowed to her, "You are right, I was lying. I just don't know who else can attend besides the top ten people?" Yanhua said: "Only his disciples and disciples can attend the meeting and observe. As for those who cannot be ranked in the same industry, they will all be turned away. Your master was not able to be ranked twenty years ago, but he was not present when it was his turn ten years ago. , this time, seeing how he hides, he doesn't want to go, does he?"

"Who said that!" Zi Yan retorted, "It's natural to go to such a grand event. Even if the master doesn't go, I will go. By the way, if my master can't make the trip, will there be another disguiser to take his place?" "The Ten Masters' Association is not a temple fair, and the invitees are all national players. If you can't make it, you'd rather be absent." Zi Yan smiled and said: "Then if the master didn't go, can the disciples watch?" "There's no precedent for this... I'm young, and I don't know anyone who has done this before." Yanhua squinted at him, "You didn't ask what you were going to do, you just wanted to join in the fun?" Zi Yan made a face at her, and said casually: "It's okay not to let in, I just need to go with you, and then I can see people from any other family, and I can get in with a disguise." Yanhua stared at him, as if seeing something weird, and praised, "You can't even get past me, and you're bragging here. Don't say that everyone who comes to the house is not mediocre. Even if they don't know the disguise technique, they can They are all excellent. For example, I can determine your identity from the smell on your body; the geomancy master is familiar with Yili fortune-telling, and you can't be fooled; I don’t know who it is that changed face.” "So that's how it is." The gleam in Zi Yan's eyes became even brighter, like polished fire, she was more and more eager to try, "Then find a few more people to disguise themselves, and pretend to be one from each family to mix in. I want to meet the other nine masters their own means." Yan Hua was dumbfounded, never thought that this sloppy young man would be so courageous.She smiled softly: "Okay, if you want to play, I'll accompany you. Anyway, I'm the biggest in my school now. If your master can't go, you can be my disciple!" Zi Yan said: "Where is your master?" Yanhua said with a smile: "She didn't compare to me this time, she lost face and refused to go." "Oh." Zi Yan was thoughtful, thinking about Chen Xiangzi on the sick bed, nodded and said, "I see that next time we have a party, I must go." "Hey, good boy, have ambition!" Hearing "good boy" from Yuhua's mouth, Zi Yan blushed and said, "I will report this to Master, if you are not in a hurry to go back, how about playing here for a few days?" "It's too suffocating in the soil. I can't bear the hardship. I'll wait until you move it up." She stepped on the ground and said with a coquettish smile, "Master Chen Xiang doesn't feel bored staying down there? I want you to come out and make some appearance. It seems that it hurts a lot." Not light." Zi Yan broke out in a cold sweat, and said, "You... how do you know?" Yanhua pointed to his nose, and smiled again: "I have seen the burial before I came here, and it is the geomancy master who will be present at the meeting of the Ten Masters. Your master's house is his own initiative, and he invited Master Biyue to refer to the design. Then send Yulanyu craftsmen to build it. Don’t think that the meeting of the ten masters is just for fun. In addition to exchanging skills and inspiring each other, it is also reasonable for the ten families to protect each other. Your master did not come last time, but the other nine masters He also recognizes it, by the way, does Master Yang Azi often come here?" Zi Yan nodded, Yang Azi's name was often mentioned side by side, and it turned out that he was also one of the ten masters.He thought for a while and said, "If this family declines in the next ten years, it will be squeezed out of the top ten divisions, right?" "Having said that, even if the family sects who have joined the Tenth Masters Association have no chance to re-join the association, they still have a close relationship with the Tenth Masters. Do you think that to be the leader of an industry does not need to be surrounded by stars? Alas, what a child." Ziyan was fascinated, and her heart, which was usually calm, was moved by the wind. She approached Xihua and said, "Sister Xihua, let me ask one more question. Except for you and my master, there are eight other people in the ten divisions this time. who is it?" "It seems that you must come next year." Yanhua smiled, counting her fingers and said patiently, "Let me think about it... There is Master Biyue from Yulanyu, Divine Doctor Jiaojing from Wugoufang, and the doctor from Dunxing Paradise. The master of burial, Fu Chuanhong, the master of Danqing in Mangzhou, the master of Wenxiufang Qingluan, the master of Danmei in Wushuang Pavilion, and the master Yang Azi you recognize. I don’t know the name of the last spiritual master. I heard that the master of burial will go there Please." "Hey, this master and that master should not be young. Are you the youngest one?" Yanhua smiled mysteriously, "Again, to set my age again? It's impossible to say...but Fu Chuanhong and Qingluan are not very old." "If I can go for Master next year, I will be the youngest one." Yuhua knocked Ziyan's head vigorously, "Dream! I think it would be good if you can graduate from school after three years of study. Next time, maybe you don't have to rush. Maybe it's you." For three years, Master also said the same.Ziyan thought of Chen Xiangzi's words, that both Master and Yanhua's eyesight were not bad, but he didn't have so much time to waste. "March next year, there will be more than half a year." Ziyan stared at Yuhua, slowly stretched out his hands, like tearing jade and tearing silk, and said firmly: "Whether Master goes or not, I will be stronger than him." Qiang, I want to rank among the top ten masters with you!" His hands were like a pair of golden knives, poking in front of Yuhua.She suddenly giggled and cupped her hands, as if seeing a stick of enchanting incense, she asked suddenly: "Do you want me to help you?" After speaking, her heart was also moved.How could it be a whim for a teenager?The face behind the ice and snow face made her curious. Just as Zi Yan was about to answer, she heard a sneeze in the distance, and Yan Hua continued to smile, and dragged him behind a tree.Zi Yan knew that it was the "bead curtain" warning, so she hurriedly hid her figure. "Yeah! Ohhh!" A man in a silver-brown ice plum-patterned Hu Luoyi yelled anxiously and approached from far away.Yanhua smiled sweetly behind the tree, flicked her slender fingers, and a tiny fragrant pill flew into the air, and scattered around the man without a trace.A red mist hit his cheeks, as if embarrassing, the man rolled his eyes and fell to the ground. Yanhua walked out like a normal person, without looking at the person, and Zi Yan smiled and said: "Someone will get annoying before I finish talking. By the way, if I am willing to help you, what will you give in exchange?" "Use one person's life." Ziyan looked at her firmly, knowing that she could not refuse this temptation, "Everyone who comes to Yirong has a story, I will tell you all of them." Yan Hua didn't expect such a deal.It seems that Ziyan is stingy, even unwilling to exchange gold, silver and jewelry, but actually entrusted his wealth and life.The client's secret is Yi Rongshi's lifeblood, it may become a reserve of contacts on which to gain a foothold, and it may also be a sharp blade that invites danger.Countless stories, countless lives, Ziyan exchanged her exclusive secrets with her, which undoubtedly tied the future fate of the two of them together. Yanhua has no ambitions, knowing more secrets is not what she cares most about.Ziyan's sincerity and determination made her even more curious. The story of thousands of people can't compare with him alone.Maybe one day, he will tell her the most secret things, and the thought of being able to see through this future master makes her heart itch and amusing. The kid in front of him might really be able to rank among the top ten divisions next year.Thinking of this, Yuhua untied the brocade pouch with half-arm tattoos hanging from her waist, and took out a hollowed-out silver smoked ball with brocade red agate falling on it.Immediately, Ziyan smelled a quiet and elegant fragrance, which made people relax their eyebrows and eyes, and their mood was clear for a while, and the sea and the sky were bright. "I haven't had a chance to use my newly made incense. Maybe you can use it." Yan Hua put the smoked ball in his hand, "You will only know its wonder when you use it." Holding the incense, Zi Yan felt indescribably peaceful and indifferent, free from fear and worry, and smiled: "What's its name?" Yanhua blinked and said, "I haven't named it yet." Looking at Ziyan's crooked smiling eyes, her eyebrows like crescent moons, she said, "How about calling it 'Meiwu'?" eyebrow charming.Don't ask about the profit and loss through the ages, and sigh that it is difficult to mend the golden mirror when grinding the jade ax slowly.Zi Yan thought silently, what can his hands repair?The indigo-colored incense sits in the smoked ball, waiting for his answer. "From now on, I will never leave you within a stone's throw. Before you have mastered your skills, I will not leave you." Yan Hua promised. From then on, it is light red and greasy white, step by step to smoke Lanze. The men in the brocade robe couldn't find it, and returned to their original places dejectedly.At the foot of Yuhua lay the unconscious Yi Yi, who was said to have been injured by the smoke in the trap, and it would take a few days before he would wake up.The man who was fascinated by Yuhua somehow found that he had fallen asleep with an old pine in his arms, and ran over after waking up, not daring to mention what happened to him. "This fool is useless at all!" The man in brocade robe cast a disgusted glance at Xi Yi on the ground, separated by more than ten feet, as if he was afraid of being contaminated by his vulgarity. "If I'm not mistaken, this place is not the residence of the old man Chen Xiang." Yanhua played with a strand of long hair on her sideburns and analyzed absently, "The traps here are crude and simple, and you can tell at a glance that they were laid by local hunters. Smoke can't hurt people. There are no traces of people living anywhere. They want to come to the wild beasts to hunt them down, and the hunters also ran away. This guy..." She kicked Xiyi, disdainfully said, "I think it's the same as us, I heard that After finding out the whereabouts of the old man Chen Xiang, he came here first, but unfortunately his skills are too low. Take him back and ask him what he saw along the way before making any plans. What is the status of the prince in this wilderness, and you don’t have to condescend to come here.” The prince chuckled, and muttered: "But...how can I find the old man Chen Xiang?" Hua Hua smiled and said, "I'll stay in this valley for another ten and a half months to see if I can find any clues. If I don't report to the prince afterwards, then I haven't found anyone." "Are you going back?" The prince was secretly angry, but kept silent.The few people behind him felt lucky, a little girl got too much favor, and it was not a good thing in the end.Seeing that she is willing to stay in this valley, so as to save them from traveling and working hard, how can she not like it. "Yes. It's a matter here. I want to go back and report to my master. My master, I don't want my apprentice to show his face all the time." He lowered his head, and a small smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. Hearing the mention of her master, the prince's face hesitated a little, and he waved his hands irritably: "Forget it, stay as long as you stay. Hmph, I don't believe that he can hide anywhere. Let him escape to the ends of the earth, and you will have to wait." Dig him out!" He ordered a few words to the followers behind him, left a few bags of dry food and water for Yuhua, and impatiently ordered them to carry the Yiyi on their backs, and led the crowd to leave.