Beauty burst table

A group of martial arts juniors who came to run for the successor of the sword master gathered in front of the building, and the first test question was a literary test.

Xie Lingqiao originally didn't intend to compete for the successor of the Sword Master. Before today, he didn't even know that Fengyin Bridge would lead him to Jianjian Villa. No. [-] in the world, since everyone can compete for its successor, he also wants to give it a try.

So what if you don't know martial arts at the moment, it's normal if you can't be selected, if you happen to be selected, it's great luck-although, the chance of such luck appearing is probably pitifully small.

Just try it.Xie Lingqiao said to himself.

After he walked out of a corner where no one was paying attention, he went to a place where people gathered, randomly found a person in the costume of a knight-errant standing alone, and lightly patted the other person on the shoulder, "Brother, the first test question is What?"

The man in the knight's attire was concentrating on himself, but when he was suddenly slapped, he jumped up in shock, turned his head, and was about to curse. After seeing Xie Lingqiao's face clearly, his eyes were amazed, as if his throat was blocked by something, and his mouth opened Zhang, unable to speak for a moment.

Now that the exam questions have been released, the deadline will be three days later. Some people still stay here to ponder the answers, while others have already gone to the inn at the foot of the mountain to stay.Xie Lingqiao missed the announcement of the exam questions, so he had to ask others.

The person he asked blushed and scratched his head, but immediately answered Xie Lingqiao's question truthfully and told Xie Lingqiao the content of the exam.

"Thank you." The tears on Xie Lingqiao's face had already been wiped dry, leaving only faint traces of tears at the corners of his eyes. He pursed his lips and smiled at the other party, then turned and left.

The ranger was behind him and watched him go for a long distance, only to regain his senses.

For the time being, Xie Lingqiao didn't want to go back to see the Fengyin Bridge, and didn't want to be bored in the house, so he planned to walk around the villa casually while thinking about the answer.Fortunately, the scenery of Jianjian Villa is worth seeing, even if you just wander around, it will not be too boring.

Unknowingly, Xie Lingqiao walked along the woods to the upper reaches of the lake, which was a little far away from the villa. There were occasional birds passing by low and low, like afterimages. A few strokes of ink and wash outline the general end of the mountain.

It is clearly the season of summer, but the temperature by the lake is still like spring, and there is no dryness.

As he walked slowly, his mood unknowingly calmed down a bit.

He browsed through many books in the last world, and at this moment he remembered a sentence in one of the books: Everything created by God is lovely, but there is only one thing that is the ugliest...human beings.

As long as he read the book once, he can memorize it seventy-eight eighty-eight, even this sentence that he didn't pay attention to at the time was remembered by him.Because of those vague dreams, he couldn't be sure if he was human...

If he is not a human, but some kind of monster, then maybe it is also an ugly monster.His long hair tied with a hair band was blown up by the breeze, and a strand of hair was in front of his eyes. He raised his hand and pushed the strand of hair behind his ears, looking at the weeds growing in front of him, and the flowing water like a belt. Lakeside——

I happened to see a short old man who had just come out of the woods and sat down by the lakeside with a fishing rod in hand, apparently intending to go fishing.

Because of the close distance, Xie Lingqiao clearly saw that the fishing rod in the hand of this white-haired and bearded old man had no bait, so he just put the fishing rod into the water and waited leisurely.

The reason why I say Youzai Youzai is because the old man's expression is really happy, as if he doesn't care whether there is bait on the fishing rod or not.

Xie Lingqiao was at the point where his mood changed. Seeing the old man like this, he couldn't help but look at him curiously.Seeing the appearance of an old man who must be at least 60 years old moving a small stool by the lake, he can't help but go up, stand beside him, and say hello: "Grandpa."

From the corner of the old man's eyes, he saw a young man approaching. He didn't turn his head, but squinted his eyes and smiled kindly, cheerfully. His white beard trembled, "Hey, young man!"

The old man was wearing the most common clothes and a pair of woven straw sandals. He looked like an ordinary old man, but his eyes were bright and he was in good spirits.

Xie Lingqiao put his hands behind his back, he was born in pink and jade, even if his hair was slightly messed up by the wind, it would only make him feel pitiful and cute, he also pursed his lips and smiled back at the old man, "How about the old man fishing?" No bait?"

Holding the fishing rod in his hand, the old man was still smiling, as if he didn't feel unhappy at all: "It's good to be at ease."

I don't know whether it is about him being at ease or Yu being at ease.

"I see." Xie Lingqiao nodded, although he still didn't quite understand.

"Young man..." The old man turned his head and wanted to say something to Xie Lingqiao, but when he saw Xie Lingqiao's slightly lowered eyes, he paused, his eyes showing some trance.

His pupils narrowed slightly, he stared at Xie Lingqiao's face, holding the hand of the rod, the back of his hand was tense unconsciously, the veins were throbbing, and even his chest heaved and fluctuated for a moment.

From Xie Lingqiao's perspective, he could see that the old man's expression was different, so he asked aloud, "What's wrong?"

"...Haha, the old man is getting old, his eyes are dim, and his brain is not working well, so don't take offense, my friend!" The old man seemed to have finally recovered, shook his head, and laughed at himself. , I think the body must be healthy and strong.

Xie Lingqiao thought for a while, and replied: "Your spirit, how can it have anything to do with old eyesight?" This is true, because the old man seems to be in good spirits, at least better than the old people Xie Lingqiao has seen.

Xie Lingqiao was not in a hurry to go back anyway, so he stood here and continued to watch the old man fishing.

The fishhook hangs under the water, for a moment, still motionless, the breeze has also stopped, the water surface can be said to be calm.The old man used to be very leisurely fishing alone without bait, but when Xie Lingqiao came——after seeing Xie Lingqiao's appearance clearly, his expression seemed to have changed little from before. He continued to stare at Xie Lingqiao, but his peripheral vision fell on the young man's face from time to time.

There was a complex emotion in that peripheral vision, which was difficult for ordinary people to understand.It is like a dead leaf falling on the flowing water. The dead leaf may have a lot of room to struggle, but the initiative is always controlled by the flowing water.

When Xie Lingqiao was about to lift his foot to leave, the old man stopped him.The old man looked at Xie Lingqiao, and the gully formed by the passage of time on his face seemed to become gentle and relieved at this moment. The old man took out something from the left narrow sleeve, and said to Xie Lingqiao: "Come on, little friend, this is for you." you."

Xie Lingqiao subconsciously spread his palms, and then his palms felt cool like metal—he looked at his palms and found a key lying on it. The shape of this key was a bit special. Thin and long bird feathers, and the upper part of the key, viewed from a distance, looks like a copper coin with two feathers attached.

Xie Lingqiao didn't know why he gave him this, and since we were just strangers who met by chance, there was no reason to accept something from others, so he politely declined.The old man raised his eyebrows, smiled, and said: "Little friend, the old man sees you very much, if you don't accept it, will you look down on the old man?"

Xie Lingqiao had no choice but to accept it.He thanked the other party, and then put the copper feather key in his sleeve, then said goodbye to the other party, turned and left.

What he didn't know was that when he left, the old man stared deeply at his back, and then let out a silent sigh.

There were slight waves on the white water, and the old man continued to catch his fish while holding the fishing rod.However, looking at his back, he suddenly seemed a few years older.

Xie Lingqiao was pacing, thinking about his current situation. ——It’s impossible to do nothing, the weirdo told him at the beginning that this is a dangerous world—and human beings are the most dangerous, because there are people who have rivers and lakes.

He silently integrates the resources and abilities he currently possesses into his goal and makes a plan first...

When we returned to Jianjian Villa, there were far fewer people staying in the villa. Most likely, Mrs. Lin Hua did not provide accommodation.

Xie Lingqiao decided to go to Mrs. Lin Hua first.He didn't intend to leave the villa or abandon Fengyin Bridge, because he had to stay with Fengyinqiao to save his life, and looking for Mrs. Lin Hua, who was familiar with Fengyinqiao, might be able to get some useful information.

However, when he just walked in front of a small building, he met a group of Kongtong disciples, Shen Ling among them.Among this group of people, Shen Ling stood out with his heroic posture.

It just so happened that Xie Lingqiao talked to Shen Ling about the matter between the two of them later, but he didn't expect the two to run into each other so soon.

As soon as Shen Ling saw Xie Lingqiao, his eyes lit up, and he moved like the wind, and when he came to Xie Lingqiao, he was about to speak, when he thought of something, he turned around and said to the other Kongtong disciples: "Go back to the inn on the mountainside first, don't wait for me. "

"Yes."

"Okay, Junior Brother, be more careful."

Although Shen Ling was young, he had faintly become the backbone of this generation of Kongtong. The senior brothers were used to listening to his arrangements no matter how big or small the matter was. After Shen Ling finished speaking, a dozen or so people went down the mountain first.

"Qiao Qiao." Shen Ling was no longer in the period of changing his voice, but the tone of Xie Lingqiao hadn't changed from three years ago. From such a short distance, he held Xie Lingqiao's hand tentatively.

Hold this soft, boneless little hand in the palm of your hand.

Due to the long distance, Xie Lingqiao hadn't been touched by the other party for a long time, so Xie Lingqiao still felt slightly uncomfortable when their skin touched each other, but he didn't shake off the hand.

Shen Ling has sobered up a lot from the over-excited and chaotic state when he met Xie Lingqiao at the beginning, and he also reflected on himself. He thought——Qiao Qiao actually had some unavoidable reasons back then, and he treated Qiao Qiao like that when he first came up... But If it is said that Shen Ling is not angry at all for Xie Lingqiao's leaving without saying goodbye, then it is very unlikely.

Shen Ling was worried, because of his impulsive behavior just now, Xie Lingqiao had avoided him since then... Although even so, Shen Ling could still catch the other party back.

"...En." Xie Lingqiao responded in a low voice.