white snow flowers

Nan Tianyin brought Jinghuyue and Yun Chao to Wanbao Building to participate in the upcoming trade fair; as Qianxiu said, the post Han Jiangxue gave her was the upper-class seat of Lingjian Pavilion, which had the best view and was well-defended The place.

Everyone who comes to the trade fair will have an attic to avoid revealing their identities. The three of Nan Tianyin are in the seventh room on the third floor.

After handing in the name card, a young man in white with a sword brought Nan Tianyin and the others outside the room: "This is where the guests are seated. Please wait a moment, the fair will start soon."

Nan Tianyin nodded, thanked her and brought the two of them in.

The house is large and open in all directions.Although the night had fallen, the house was brightly lit, and there was a white curtain hanging from the door to the door. Looking down behind the curtain was the venue of the trade fair.

The curtain is very delicately arranged, and the outside can be clearly seen, but the inside cannot be glimpsed from the outside, only a figure can be vaguely seen.

Nan Tianyin walked behind the curtain, and looked down at the entire arrangement of the trade fair; Jinghuyue found a place to sit down, and asked Yun Chao to wipe the stool for her before she sat down to make sure there was no dust.

Yun Chao felt thirsty after serving his little ancestor, so he poured a glass of water, and it turned out to be the best Pu'er!He leaned on the cabinet casually, looked at Nan Tianyin and sighed: "Wow~ the room is not bad. Hey little Tianyin, what are you here to buy?"

Yun Chao found a chair and sat down, crossing Erlang's legs.

"Lone Spring marksmanship."

"What's that?" Yun Chao looked at her curiously.

Nan Tianyin lowered her eyes, gently opened and lowered the curtain, and then walked towards Yun Chao: "...the secret book of marksmanship handed down by the Ling family, where was my sister before she was alive, and somehow after the Battle of Taifeng I was exiled to Wanbao Tower."

"What?! Ling Shiye's relic!" Yun Chao jumped up in fright, and spilled the remaining half cup of tea in the quilt, "Then you must take it back! Otherwise, the senior sister will come to find it no matter the cost!"

Nan Tianyin nodded: "I know." Even if Suzaku doesn't look for her, she must find it herself!

"Speaking of which, are you using money to trade here? This way the difficulty is much lower... After all, Xiao Tianyin, you are so rich."

After hearing this sentence, Nan Tianyin raised her eyes to look at the curtain again, and murmured: "It would be great if we can solve it with money..."

An hour later, the trade fair started, and the dark trading venue downstairs suddenly lit up!

Rows of staggered candles magically light up one after another, and when all the candles are lit, the entire trading venue is like daylight.Nan Tianyin looked down from the upstairs, and it turned out that those candles were arranged into a huge "Wan" character, enveloping the entire venue.

A glamorous girl who looked no more than fifteen or sixteen years old slowly walked out from behind the scenes - that was Shui Liuying, the gold medal auctioneer of Wanbao Building.

Shui Liuying walked to the front of the stage, bowed to everyone, and said with a pleasant smile on her face: "All martial arts warriors, welcome to this Wanbaolou Fair. I am the host of the fair, Shui Liuying~"

"I believe everyone has some understanding of the trade fair, but Liuying still has to repeat it, so please listen carefully~"

"First, Wanbaolou keeps the identity of each guest strictly confidential and will never disclose any information."

"Secondly, there is no righteousness in buying and selling. Wanbaolou will act in full accordance with the auction rules. Please don't make trouble for no reason."

"Third, the trade fair prohibits the use of force."

"The rules of the auction are as follows. The auction item will be sold by the seller, and the guests will call for the price. The interval is dozens, and the one with the highest price will win."

"The specific rules are on the table of each guest. If you are not clear, please understand by yourself. If this is the case, the fair will officially begin!"

"The first product at the fair - Flame Crystal!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she walked to the side of the booth, pinched the corner of the curtain with her right hand, and pulled it away with a "shua"!

It was a red crystal that was as big as a palm, refracting bright and dazzling light under the candlelight from all directions, it was unspeakably magnificent and extremely luxurious!

Nan Tianyin sat at the position set up behind the curtain, and Yun Chao leaned beside her and looked down with her.After seeing the Flame Crystal, he was speechless: "Hey, it's the Flame Crystal! Isn't this a specialty of Xilin 36 veins?"

"Xilin 36 veins?"

Nan Tianyin frowned slightly. It was not the first time she had heard of this place name, but she had never learned about it.

"Xiao Tianyin doesn't know and it's normal, how about it, do you want me to explain it to you?"

"Then tell me."

"Well, the 36th vein of Xilin is located in the southernmost border of China and Miao, and it is an extremely chaotic and dangerous area; it belongs to the gray area that neither the Central Plains nor the Miao border want to provoke. There are many small ethnic veins there, and they have joined together to form a 36 formed family lines, which is the source of the name of Xilin 36 lines. Due to the mixed fish and dragons, and no court jurisdiction, people from all walks of life who want to retire from the world, be hunted down, or pursue freedom have joined there in recent decades , the power of Xilin 36 Meridians is in full swing, and the masters are like a cloud, and they are gradually being feared by the surroundings."

After finishing the long paragraph, Yun Chao breathed a sigh of relief, and continued: "Well, but they are still very disciplined, and if you don't provoke them, they won't provoke you. Later, there was a landlord named Su Yu More than ten years ago, the people of Xilin even unified the 36 veins of Xilin and were regarded as the masters of the veins...Since then, Xilin has written rules, and its development has become more and more scaled than before."

"I see."

Although Yun Chao said a lot in one breath, Nan Tianyin listened to every word.

Senior Nvyan...is she living in seclusion in such a dangerous place?

Before Nan Tianyin could ponder and play, Shuiliuying downstairs smiled playfully, and said loudly: "Jieyan Tianjing is a specialty of Xilin 36 veins, and it's hard to get outside. It's brought out under the supervision of the owner of Suyu. Yantianjing cost a lot of lives. Then, 5000 taels?"

5000 taels is not a cheap amount, Yun Chao would have exclaimed in a different situation.But if it was placed in the most prestigious Wanbaolou Trade Fair in Jianghu, he immediately felt that it was cheap.

More money and less money can always be compared.

"5000 taels of silver? The price isn't too high." Yun Chao sighed with a sense of relief, crossing his arms.

Nan Tianyin glanced at him and said leisurely, "It's gold."

"..." Yun Zhao looked at her with a "swish" expression, as if you were making me laugh.

Jing Huyue behind Nan Tianyin exclaimed: "Good, so expensive..."

Yun Zhao rolled his eyes when he saw her ignorant and cute appearance, and thought to himself, just keep pretending.

As soon as Shui Liuying made an offer, the entire Wanbao Building began to bid in twos and threes.

"I give 6000 taels!"

"Six thousand two!"

"Six thousand five!"

……

After some price hikes, the final transaction price of the Flame Crystal was 600 taels.

Shui Liuying smiled like a flower in the morning light, charming and beautiful: "Good luck for the door, congratulations to the number 13 guest~ The next auction item is..."

After such a bidding process, an hour later, it was finally the turn of "Lonely Spring Spearmanship".Unlike before, Shui Liuying did not open the curtain for a long time, but just said: "The following is an agent auction, and it is also the last auction item today~"

Hearing these words, Nan Tianyin's eyes, which had been closed during the auction, suddenly opened!

Yun Chao was startled: "What?"

"..." Nan Tianyin's eyes were deep and gloomy, with a little purple in her dark pupils, "Here we come."

Shui Liuying smiled and said, "The name of Chengguo Gong Ling Shiye must be familiar to everyone here, right? This auction item is inextricably related to her~"

After all, she finally lifted the curtain, and amidst the exclamation of everyone, the cheat book of "Lonely Spring Marksmanship" lay quietly on the table.

""Guquan Spearmanship" - the secret book of the Ling family, which has been passed down from generation to generation for 300 years without interruption. Alas, it is a pity that the generation of Cheng Guogong was full of wars, and this secret book was also handed down after Cheng Guogong died in battle. Arrived at Wanbao Tower."

Before she could finish telling the story, the itchy guests urged in dissatisfaction: "Tell me! What's the starting price!"

"That's right, stop your appetite!"

Listening to the urging voices one after another, Shui Liuying laughed even more happily: "Oh, it seems that everyone is really interested in this peerless secret book! It's a pity that Wanbaolou is only an agent for this product, so the price is not based on money."

Before she could question her, she rolled Shui Lingling's big eyes, and said softly: "What the auctioneer wants is... to exchange the secret book of "Gentlemen's Sword"."

As soon as Shui Liuying said this, the scene immediately exploded like boiling water!

"what!"

"Isn't that Jianqing's cheat book?"

""Gentlemen's Sword"?! Is it the middle part of "Tianyang Heart Sutra"? How can we have that thing!"

There was a lot of cursing outside, and Yun Chao of Tianzi No. [-] couldn't sit still.As soon as Shui Liuying said this, he turned green: "It's over, the other party wants to exchange "Gentlemen's Sword", where should we get it?"

Nan Tianyin frowned.

Seeing her like this, Yun Chao felt distressed, and quickly said: "Hey, don't be too embarrassing, it's a big deal to see who gets the "Guquan Spearmanship" afterwards, we just go and grab it."

Yun Chao patted Nan Tianyin's shoulder, but saw her serious face, not relaxing at all.The smile on his face collapsed, and he said to her in a low voice: "...Tianyin...don't worry, at worst, release the Netherworld Gu and kill all these people..."

"What nonsense?" Nan Tianyin reprimanded softly, but the worry on her face was also diluted a lot.

Seeing her reaction, Yun Zhao felt happy in his heart, but stuck out his tongue on his face: "I didn't do it to make you happy."

Nan Tianyin sighed and finally relaxed.

"I'm fine, Yun Chao, thank you."

When Yun Chao heard her thanking him, he was flattered for a moment, and after a long while, he blushed and murmured, "Thank you, thank you for what." Damn, thank you so suddenly that I was not mentally prepared at all!

Shui Liuying continued: "Liuying also knows that this request is very embarrassing for everyone, but there is no way. The only condition of the client is this, and we can only do it. But it doesn't matter if you don't get the "Lonely Spring Spear Technique". There are still many cheats for you to choose from at the next trade fair..."

She babbled and tried to appease the emotions of the guests, but after a while, a female voice somewhat similar to Jian Qing rang out: "Wait a minute."

"Eh?"

The one who spoke was the guest of No.[-] Tianzi, that is, people on Nan Tianyin's level.

Shui Liuying looked very surprised: "The guest...but you want to bid?"

The scene was suddenly silent.

"Huh?! Is Jian Qingxue giving clothes here?" Yun Chao hurriedly walked in front of Nan Tianyin, staring at the opposite room through the curtain.

"No..." Nan Tianyin frowned, "The voice is different."

The guest's voice was obviously different from Xue Shiyi's. Although she was both a woman, she seemed more mature.

The woman continued: "I do have the cheat book of "Gentlemen's Sword" in my hand, but only half of it... You can ask the client, if he is willing, I will exchange the cheat book with him."

Shui Liuying was taken aback for a moment, and then with the same smile, she ordered the attendant next to her to go down to greet the client: "Then please wait a moment, please?"

There was already a commotion at the scene, and someone questioned: "Hey...you can't be Jian Qingxue granting clothes, right?"

"No way... If it was Xue Shiyi herself, how dare she exchange the cheats handed down by her father..."

"Who else could it be if it's not Xue Shiyi?!"

"The voice is different..."

"Hmph, isn't it easy to fake your voice?!"

There was a lot of discussion around, countless speculations and ugly sarcasm flying around, but the parties were still unmoved.

Yun Chao said: "Tianyin, what do you think?"

"It can't be Xue Shiyi, she is in Miaojiang at the moment."

"...Then why doesn't this person explain..."

Nan Tianyin said coldly: "Is it useful to explain? Opening your mouth at this moment will make you feel guilty. People's hearts are always biased. They will only believe that the other party is Jian Qing himself, and thus think even more dirty."

Jinghuyue heard her bad tone, shrank her neck, and called her timidly: "...Tianyin..."

Yun Chao looked at her in disbelief: "But if they don't explain it, won't they guess even more outrageously?"

"It will stop after a while. If you spread your guesses to the rivers and lakes, although it will damage Jianqing's reputation, if Jianqing is serious about calculating the accounts, they will not be the first to escape."

Yun Chao fell silent.

Seeing this, Nan Tianyin shook her head: "And I think this person must have something different with Jianqing... Otherwise, she wouldn't bid in public and arouse suspicion out of thin air. This is tantamount to pouring dirty water on Jianqing."

"Woman...you have so many thoughts."

Nan Tianyin glanced at him, her smile was a little cold: "Do you think men don't think much?"

"..." Yun Chao, who was choked firmly, could only mutter angrily, "Just pretend I didn't say..."

But after a while, Shui Liuying came back with a smile on her face, saying that the client had considered it over and over again, and finally agreed to the deal.

"Then congratulations to the customers of Tianzi No. [-]~ Today's trade fair is over, I wish you all a good rest~"

The first day of the trade fair came to an end, and Nan Tianyin and Yun Chao also had goals.

"What should I do? Sure enough, I still went to tie up that customer of Tianzi No. [-]?"

"...This place is heavily guarded, it's not easy..."

While the two were contemplating, someone suddenly knocked on the door.

"Who?"

"Excuse me, my wife asked the girl to go over and talk."

Nan Tianyin was taken aback, and frowned slightly: "Madam..."

The guard went on to say: "Tianzi No. [-], I wonder if the girl would like to honor it."

Nan Tianyin was stunned for a moment, and then realized that the guest of Tianzi No. [-] was the woman who had just replaced "Guquan Spearmanship" with the secret book of "Gentlemen's Sword"!

She said in a deep voice, "I'll go, please wait a moment."

"Yes." The guard outside the door responded, and continued to wait outside for Nan Tianyin to come out.

Seeing her getting up and walking towards the door, Jing Huyue quickly asked her, "Tianyin...are you going to the person who just bought something?"

Nan Tianyin nodded and rubbed her hair habitually: "I'll be back in a while, you and brother Yun Chao are waiting for me here, don't run around."

"Yeah." She nodded obediently.

Yun Chao asked: "Little Tianyin, are you really going?"

"Since the other party took the initiative to invite me, how could I not go? The opportunity is rare."

"Well... Anyway, you have to be careful, if anything happens, I will come to rescue you."

Unexpectedly, Nan Tianyin didn't appreciate it at all, but looked at him with extreme distrust: "...you will be a big help if you take care of Jinghuyue."

"Okay, okay, it will be fine this time... Really... Am I that unreliable..."

Nan Tianyin smiled dotingly, and left with the guards outside the door.

Yun Chao touched the fluff on his shoulders, and looked at Jinghuyue, who had lost her smile since Nan Tianyin left and had a pensive expression on her face: "Saint, you spend so much effort to get close to Xiao Tianyin...is it not worth it?" gone?"

Jing Huyue glanced at him indifferently: "I always thought that Manager Yun was a smart person."

Yun Chao sighed exaggeratedly: "Don't dare to be, my subordinates don't dare to think about your thoughts; it's just that the saint has not returned to the Holy Cult for a long time, what if something important happens to the Holy Cult?"

Jing Huyue found a chair and sat down: "There's no need to beat around the bush, Manager Yun just wants to talk about the apostasy of Guardian Zuo."

"Yeah, Zuo Jing is so bold that he dared to collude with the Martial Arts League to kidnap the saint through the Tie family. The saint has escaped now. I don't know what to do with this person?"

Jing Huyue looked at him, and suddenly laughed: "It doesn't matter how I deal with it, I have to let my brother decide, right? Manager Yun...why do you ask me?"

She raised her index finger, dipped a little tea, and wrote and drew on the wooden table.

In an instant, a murderous aura rushed towards Yun Chao!Fluffy exploded all over, and screamed immediately.

"Hawk——!!!"

"Okay, calm down, it's a shame."

Yun Chao lightly patted Fluffy's forehead to calm him down.

"This is the end of the matter, why does the Holy Maiden still test this subordinate? This subordinate has a showdown today. I think the Holy Maiden must be magnanimous and will not care about this unintentional mistake with her subordinate."

"...An unintentional mistake? Ha... What a good way to say it, this is an "unintentional mistake" that can kill you!"

Jing Huyue's eyes were faintly red, and her scribbling fingers stopped.

"Well, I'm seriously considering whether to kill you, but...you can't die yet; Yun Chao, you are a smart person, you know how to survive under my hands, don't you?"

Yun Chao looked at her, smiled slightly, got up, collected his clothes and knelt down on one knee: "Yes, thank you for your forgiveness, Master."

Jinghuyue smiled lightly, and in a blink of an eye, the voice from her lips had turned into a deep male voice: "Get up, it's so cold on the ground, it would be bad if people saw it."

——That was the sound of the flying mirror.

He smiled slightly, overwhelming the country and the city.

On the other side, Nan Tianyin has arrived at the reception room of Tianzi No. [-].

The reception room... It was obviously not in the same class as the room I was staying in. It was luxurious and gorgeous, the lights were dim and flickering, and the whole room was filled with a faint fragrance.Nan Tianyin stood at the door, the door was closed, and there were two guards outside.

Hongmen Banquet...

This was her worst idea.

The curtain moved slightly, and a woman came out from behind, dressed in water-blue clothes, which was incompatible with the color of the room.Her smile is shallow and just right, making people feel like a spring breeze.

Seeing that Nan Tianyin was still waiting at the door, she called her to come and sit down.

"When the distinguished guest arrives, there is a long way to welcome him."

Her voice was indeed somewhat similar to that of Jian Qing, Nan Tianyin glanced at her calmly - even her appearance was a bit similar, but she was obviously older than Jian Qing.

Nan Tianyin pondered for a moment, then sat down; the other party poured her a cup of tea, and she took it, but did not drink it.

"Is there incense in Madam's room?"

She asked casually, the woman's eyes trembled slightly, and then she smiled.

"Is the girl afraid that the concubine will be poisoned in the incense?"

"Madam was joking, just asking casually."

"It's really impolite to invite the girl rashly; my concubine's name is 'Han Jiangyue', girl... you can call my concubine 'Jiangyue'."

Nan Tianyin's heart moved slightly: But the first time we met, I called myself so affectionately... this Han Jiangyue... wait!Han Jiangyue? !

Nan Tianyin looked up at her, and asked in a low voice, "Jianqing's sister?"

When Han Jiangyue heard her mention Han Jiangxue, her expression darkened immediately, but soon returned to normal.

"I didn't expect my little sister to tell you her real name." She sat down on the chair, took a sip of tea, and said with a hint of sadness on her delicately made-up face: "You are really... as popular as ever. "

"..."