Chapter 48 Chapter Nine Chivalrous like a dragon, flying away with the wind

After more than a year of separation, Xing Yan and Ju Ying accidentally meet in Shuiyun Villa, the prefect of Yulin County. Under the bright moon, on the Luqiu Lake, at the head of the Yudai Bridge, Xingyan and Juying finished answering their favorite words and sentences in the past, savoring the meaning, and unconsciously they were a little lost in thought.When they looked at each other without words, they completely forgot all the existence around them; under the Yudai Bridge, there were only circles of ripples, surrounding the floating and sinking young man, spreading in all directions.Unknowingly, an unprecedented feeling began to spread quietly between the two of them...

After a while, a gust of lake wind blows, and Xingyan finally wakes up.Seeing Ju Ying's bright eyes looking at him, he smiled slightly and said, "Ju Ying, I didn't expect to see you here. I just heard the singing, so I knew you were here." Looking at the mist in the surroundings, Xing Yan felt a little embarrassed: "Actually, the reason why I came here in this way is because I didn't recognize the road in the village, so I had to come here in a hurry, and I just happened to practice Taoism. ..." "I know." Ju Ying, who was half leaning on the bridge railing, pursed her lips and smiled.

Just as Xingyan was speaking, the moon was shining brightly beside the jade belt bridge.In the bright and clear moonlight, Ju Ying could see clearly that the tall and straight figure of this independent young man in Lingbo in the clear waves under the bridge fluctuated with the waves;Seeing each other again after more than a year, the girl found out with a little shyness that the young boy in Raozhou in front of her was not only smart and unscrupulous, but also added a bit of handsome and heroic spirit.While concentrating, unknowingly, a blush quietly appeared on this pretty face of this noble girl who wanted to be proud to others.

Just when Ju Ying's face was blushing slightly, Xing Yan was also looking at her with a smile.Under the reflection of the bright moon, this girl in white, who was already a peerless beauty, now looks even more graceful and graceful, bright as a fairy.Looking at Juying, he woke up and said, "Your honored guest is Juying; the previous compliment from the governor of Bai County is really not an exaggeration." He now knows that the distinguished guest that the Baijun guard speaks of is definitely Ju Ying.Just now, when he came by Lingbo, many figures rushed out of the immortal platform; Ju Ying just flicked his sleeves lightly, and those people remained silent, waiting quietly in the dark moon shadow.

Thinking of this, he remembered what he was doing here.After thinking for a while, he told the girl on the bridge: "Ju Ying, in fact, Qiongxi Xueyi and I are guests at Mr. Bai's mansion, and we just left the meeting halfway. Now that I know where you live, I will come to you tomorrow; You'd better take a break now." Yuan Xingyan recalled what Bai Shijun said earlier that Juying was not used to crowded places, so he planned to let her rest earlier.However, after saying such words of concern, he regretted it for some reason.While worrying about gains and losses, the beautiful girl on the bridge thought for a while, then raised her hand to brush her hair that was blown by the breeze, smiled at herself, and said softly: "Wake up, Qiong Xin!" Little sister and sister Xueyi are here too? I haven't seen you for a long time, so I want to talk to them right now, okay?"

Hearing these words, Hall Master Shangqing, who was regretting a little, immediately felt relieved.Looking back at the smoke and waves behind him, Xingyan bent down and put the red lotus in his hand on the water surface gently, letting it drift away with the current, then raised his head and smiled at Ju Ying: "I will take you there." Then, all the guests in the Zhenliu Pavilion saw the boy between the water and the moon, catch the girl who jumped down lightly, and return with arms flying.In the smoky water of a lake, the two of them tapped water side by side and returned. During their actions, they relied on their emptiness to control the wind, and the currents were fluttering.

While everyone was stunned, the Taoist Qingyun in the seat didn't seem to be focused on watching the two young men and women who acted like immortals.Looking at the scale-shaped cloud array spreading in the western sky, Qingyun was full of surprises: "Could it be, this is the 'cloud summoning' of the seventy-two earth demons?" It turned out that Taoist Qingyun's cultivation was by no means as superficial as it appeared on the surface.When Xingyan just started playing the flute, the sound of Lingling's flute contained the meaning of "Water Dragon Chanting" slightly, unknowingly, the few strands of cloud in the western sky gradually expanded into formations.In the eyes of others, this situation is just like the clouds gradually rising in the sky; but in the eyes of Qingyun, it is another situation.

Not to mention the uncertainty in his heart; let alone Xingyan, he brought Juying back to the Zhenliu platform, calmly returned to his seat, and smiled at the strange-looking owner Bai Shijun: "Mr. Bai, I didn't expect such a coincidence. You met an old friend in your house." After finishing speaking, she tilted her head and gestured slightly, and the girl beside her stepped forward to pay respects to Yingying, and said with a smile, "Marquis Baijun, Xingyan is my old friend of Juying. It is really a coincidence that we met today." That Bai Shijun is also a person with exquisite seven orifices, when he heard Ju Ying's words, he immediately reacted, got up quickly, replied with a smile and said what a coincidence.When Ju Ying knelt down next to Xingyan, her skirt was like white clouds paving the ground, Bai Shijun glanced over and saw that she was like the other two girls, kneeling a little behind her, and she was performing an ordinary woman's ceremony in the world.

Seeing her like this, Bai Shijun and the confidant counselor on his left looked at each other at the same time, their eyes were full of surprise.During the entire banquet, only he and Xu Zifang, the confidant, knew the true identity of Ju Ying.Who is this boy?No matter how good his spells are, how can he make Ju Ying treat him with such courtesy? Just when Bai Shijun was full of suspicion and didn't know what it was like, he heard Ju Ying smiling at him and said: "Master Bai, Zhang Xing said that Mr. Zhang is my good teacher and helpful friend in practicing Taoism. I, like Qiongxi's younger sister Xueyi, also call He is the 'Hall Master'."

Her words were like a flash of lightning instantly illuminating the fog in his heart, and Bai Shijun immediately cried out: "Zhang Xingyan, is that the newly promoted Zhongsan doctor?!" It turned out that Ju Ying's words just now connected together the vaguely known things in Bai Shijun's mind, and immediately reminded him of the mansion newspaper that came from the capital a year ago.At that time, his adoptive father, Marquis Changyi, sent someone to tell him that he was a new hall master of the Shangqing Palace, who was not very old, and was honored by the emperor for helping Nanhai County suppress bandits. He was directly promoted to Zhongsan doctor.According to his adoptive father's eyes and ears, it seems that he has acquired the power of a young princess in Qingcheng.

At that time, upon hearing the news, Bai Shijun just laughed it off.Although for a commoner Taoist in the mountains, forests and grasslands, it is indeed a great honor to be granted the title of doctor of Zhongsan and enter the gentry class.But such things, how could a person like Bai Shijun, who was planning big things all day long, take them to heart, they just heard about them.At the time when I heard the news, at most I just praised my sweetheart for his kindness in my heart. However, just now, when I witnessed the Lord of the Shangqing and Ju Ying returning arms, and thought he was the unparalleled son of her childhood sweetheart, I couldn't tell what it was like knocking over a five-flavored bottle.It's just that Bai Shijun is no different from ordinary people after all; seeing the two girls who came with Ju Ying and Xingyan vomit and whisper like close little sisters, Bai Shijun has the same expression on his face, just raise his glass to Xingyan and say with a smile : "Brother Xingyan, I just found out today that I, Bai Shijun, still have the ability to know people." "Oh?" Xingyan could tell what Bai Shijun meant when he heard it, but he still asked for fun.I only heard Bai Shijun continue to say: "Actually, I saw that you are not like ordinary people before; I saw your powerful spells just now, and you really deserve to be a young hero in the world!" Hearing such praise from him, he dared not speak up.When he was being humble, Bai Shijun said seriously: "You don't have to be too modest. To put it bluntly, in today's world, if I, Bai Shijun, are counted as the number one successful young man, you, the hall master, should be the second! " Hearing that his words were exaggerated, and the expression on his face did not seem to be polite, it was a bit surprising to wake up.Just about to ask each other, Bai Shijun said with some emotion: "Xingyan, you are really lucky. Do you know that today's sage has promoted you to be a doctor of Zhongsan, one is indeed the emperor's sage, and the other is..." Having said this, Bai Shijun paused for a moment, so there were two people on his right, who immediately listened nervously.I saw Bai Shijun said slowly: "Secondly, wake up to the fact that you are promoted as a loose official, and you even got the advice of Princess Qingcheng!" "Eh? Really?!" Hearing this, Xingyan was so excited that even his voice trembled. "That's natural." After getting an affirmative answer, after being excited for a while, Xingyan suddenly hesitated: "Marquis Baijun, why does the princess speak for me? You must know that I am just an ordinary person in the mountains and forests." "this……" Bai Shijun was half-talking again this time; after a short pause, he suddenly looked at the girl who seemed to be concentrating on joking with the little sister, and said with a smile: "This matter actually depends on Ju Ying's strength." "what?" "I see!" Just when Ju Ying was very nervous when she heard the words, she saw that her hall master turned her face, with a look of sudden realization, and sincerely thanked herself for her ignorance, saying that she was very grateful for this feeling in her heart, but in fact she didn't have to so. Seeing Xingyan's behavior, Ju Ying was at a loss, and then saw him ask herself curiously: "Ju Ying, are you really the maid beside Princess Qingcheng?" "..." It turned out that when Xingyan heard Bai Shijun's words, the mystery that had been in his heart for a long time seemed to be solved in an instant.According to his imagination, the female companions around Princess Qingcheng should naturally be the children of high-ranking officials and dignitaries; Ju Ying is by the side of the noble princess, so she can naturally say something nice for him. Looking at this young man who thought he had found the right answer, Ju Ying didn't know how to answer for a while; she lowered her head for a while after thinking about it, then raised her head and pursed her lips with a smile: "Xingyan, I'll talk to Qiongxue Xueyi first, and I'll tell you after a few days. " After finishing speaking, he turned his face and whispered to Xiao Qiongxi again. Not to mention the conversation between the chief executive and the others, let's talk about the Taoist Qingyun at the end of the ceremony.At this moment, the suspicion and fear in Qing Yundao's heart became more and more intense: "This young man really doesn't seem like a good person." It turned out that when others were only peeking at the face of the noble young girl, Qing Yundao secretly scrutinized the boy.Xu Shi had just applied the Dao Power of Taihua, and now Xingyan said that the ring of the Ghost King Siyou between his fingers was being drawn by the passing Taihua Qi, showing a trace of ghost aura.Although this strange breath was faint, Qingyun could clearly sense it.Surrounded by this evil spirit, the young man who was already in high spirits showed a strange look at this time. For some reason, this Taoist Qingyun of unknown origin, seeing the situation in front of him, is actually in a dilemma at this moment. Perhaps, many major events in the world can finally happen only because of a small opportunity.Just when Qing Yundao was in a dilemma, he saw that Minglong cute little girl, seeing sister Ju Ying combing her hair with her hands, she was so happy that she smiled like a flower, and said happily: "Sister Ju Ying, thank you!—— My sister is late today! Someone turned water into wine here earlier, and the elder brother of the hall master made the lotus bloom, it was very fun!" This sentence fell into the ears of those who cared, as if it was an introduction; the Taoist Qingyun who had been hesitating all this time, heard this, immediately gritted his teeth secretly and made up his mind. Therefore, the guests who were drinking and chatting during the banquet saw the Taoist at the end of the banquet standing up again, handing over his hands and asking for tassels, and said loudly: "Master Wushuang, ladies and gentlemen, since there is a new celestial guest in the seat, I have never seen a poor person." Dao tricks, that poor one, I might as well show my shame again and perform a trick of 'bamboo chopsticks transforming dragons' to make everyone laugh." Hearing his words, all the guests in the room were encouraged; after Bai Shijun nodded in agreement, everyone waited eagerly for his demonstration. So that Qing Yundao, under everyone's attention, took out a black bamboo chopstick from his pocket and threw it into the air—this time, he didn't recite any incantations, and the black bamboo chopstick had no wings And fly, circling and circling over Zhenliutai.Immediately afterwards, Qing Yundao yelled: "Shenmu has spirits, and manifests itself in the shape of a dragon!" Before the words fell, there was only a sound of "hoo", and the slender black bamboo chopsticks in the air turned into a grown black dragon!This black dragon, after taking shape, soared into the sky, hovering and dancing in the full moonlight, with its black beard fluttering and its scales flying, it was exactly the same as the dragon depicted in the old portraits! Seeing that the bamboo chopsticks really turned into a dragon, all the guests looked up and admired, and the voices of praise were endless.At this moment, when the giant black dragon is flying in the night sky, Qing Yundao standing on the ground is full of sleeves, like a wind blowing in the wind; the beard and hair on that ordinary and wretched face are all stretched out, like a different person Generally, very solemn. Noticing his appearance, Xing Yan felt something was wrong in his heart.Taoist Qingyun's solemn expression now seems to be facing a formidable enemy. I was a little suspicious in my heart, but I saw Qing Yundao with a dignified expression, suddenly stretched out his arms and pointed his halberd, and shouted violently: "Sick!" The hall master of the Four Seas, who couldn't take his eyes off, could see clearly, Qing Yundao pointed the direction, and it seemed that he was coming towards him! ... "what?" Unexpectedly by Taoist Qingyun, after performing the technique, his magic weapon was still hovering in the air, as if he was afraid of something, but refused to come down.At this time, many people at the banquet showed doubts on their faces.Seeing this, Qing Yundao didn't dare to hesitate any longer, he crossed his heart, drew a blade from his sleeve, cut his finger, and then when he was forced by luck, he saw a blood arrow shooting straight into the sky, turning into a cloud of blood mist covering the dragon's body. "not good!" Seeing his behavior like this, even though most of the people in the seat are not warlocks, they can also see that his pretentiousness is definitely not kind.Before they could react, the black dragon flying high in the sky suddenly swelled up after touching the blood, its huge eyes were as red as blood, and it rushed towards the young men and women in front of them with teeth and claws! This change was so fast that almost no one in Zhenliu Pavilion had time to escape.Just wanted to run away, but found that black dragon covering the sky and the moon, exhaling a pungent smell, had rushed to the Zhenliutai. "Boom!" Seeing that there was no hope of fleeing, there were also brave men in the seat, who tried their best to throw the huge glass in the banquet at the black dragon.Unexpectedly, as soon as those heavy golden cups approached, they were swung away by the black dragon's sharp claws and flew away without a trace.In a blink of an eye, there was already a strong wind blowing on the stage of the singing and dancing building, causing everyone to fall to and fro. However, just when others were either ignorant or terrified, the young man who seemed to bear the brunt of the incident had his normal expression at this moment.Having experienced several life and death battles, Xingyan would take this phantom black dragon to heart at this moment.Seeing it coming, shaking its head and tail, he woke up calmly, waved his hand slightly, and the Yaoguang Sword placed on the pedestal at the entrance of Zhenliu Pavilion flew towards him in response. As if it was a good calculation, there was almost only a split second, when the Xingyan Excalibur was in hand, the ferocious black dragon also flew in front of him; When the sleeves were agitated, Xingyan held the sword in both hands, and calmly slashed—— "Okay." In just an instant, the sky and shadows disappeared; the entire Zhenliutai was quiet again, only a light slap was heard, and a small black bamboo chopstick fell to the front of the table. Almost at the same time, Qing Yundao saw the disharmony, immediately shot out, and flew backwards towards the lake and sky behind him, leaving only a faint figure in a blink of an eye. When Xingyan saw this, he was about to chase after him with his sword, but he heard a hateful scolding from mid-air: "Ignorant child, if you help the evildoer, you will be punished by heaven in the future!"