Salted fish master was forced to accept disciples

Nangong Zhentian had a cold expression and reluctantly greeted him.

Nangongjing was still respectful and polite to Xitao, with a warm attitude, he stepped forward and cupped his hands, "Lord Luomen, you are here."

Xi Tao nodded with a chuckle, it would be better for Nangong Zhentian to treat him coldly, as he just didn't have to deal with him, so as not to make him suspicious.

When Nangongjing raised his eyes, he took a small look at Jiuling who was behind Xitao, and Jiuling looked at him calmly.

Looking at each other, Nan Gongjing smiled politely, and calmly withdrew his eyes. Jiu Ling's eyes were cold, and his whole body was shrouded in a gloomy chill.

Nangongjing personally led Xitao and Jiuling to their seats, and let the maidservants serve them attentively.

Apart from the city lord, there are two big families in Xishui City, one is Tianchenmen and the other is Xichen Pavilion.

On such an occasion, the seats of Xitao and the owner of Xichen Pavilion are naturally at the top of all the guests, facing each other far away.

Xitao sat on the seat with a straight posture, looked at the gold trim on the low table in front of her, stretched out her hand to touch it, and couldn't help but click her tongue. It really is real gold. Don't all the people in Xishui City have the same aesthetics?He thought that Luo Tianchen was already weird enough, but he didn't expect that the place was also glittering with gold everywhere.

Standing behind him, Jiu Ling bowed his head orderly, still keeping a low profile and keeping a low profile, trying not to attract attention.

Xitao Xueyi was cold, sitting there quietly, with an unfathomable appearance. When someone came to say hello, he nodded coldly. When no one came, he half-closed his eyes noblely and coldly, pretending to be an iceberg with his disciples snowman.

He didn't know anyone here. Although Yinchuanling could let him know their identities, he was worried that what he said would be wrong, so he shut up quietly.

Holding a teacup in his hand, he looked at the people in the yard boredly, just like when he was in Heaven, except that this time there was a little apprentice behind him.

He took a sip of his tea and secretly glanced back at Jiuling. Jiuling stood there obediently with his head bowed, looking extremely respectful to him.

Xitao thought sadly, it would be great if the apprentice was really as well-behaved as outside.

After all the guests arrived, the birthday banquet began immediately. Nangong Zhentian stood on the upper steps holding a wine bottle.

He said a lot of things with a red face, he said that he welcomed everyone, and he showed off his son, praised Nangongjing for being young and promising, which was very similar to him when he was young, which made him proud, and took the opportunity to praise He praised himself, and finally ended his impassioned opening speech with "I am so relieved to have a son like this".

Xi Tao listened boringly, and almost yawned, Nangong Zhentian just praised Nangongjing, how could he still have the face to praise himself, Xitao has not seen how Nangongjing resembles him until now, Xitao is a little curious What kind of beauty is Nangongjing's mother, and what kind of woman can give birth to such an excellent son as Nangongjing with Nangong Zhentian.

He lowered his head and took a sip of tea to wake himself up. After Nangong Zhentian finished speaking, he heard Jiu Ling snort coldly behind him.

Xi Tao: "..." It seems that Jiuling really doesn't like Nangong and his son.

When Xi Taoguang listened to his apprentice's voice, he could imagine the expression of three points of sarcasm, two points of indifference and five points of impatience.

Xi Tao: "..." Knowing disciple Mo Ruoshi, the reason why he understands so clearly and accurately is definitely not because he is used to being laughed at by his disciples with this expression.

Xi Tao made up her mind that next time such an occasion would not allow Jiu Ling to suffer with him, it was really meaningless. He originally thought that the party here would be more interesting, but he didn't expect it to be nothing more than that. It was all about eating and drinking. Old-fashioned, not as interesting as Tianting.

A maid-like person bowed forward and said: "City Lord, Madam is not feeling well, so she won't come here."

Nangong Zhentian's face turned cold, and displeasure flashed in his eyes, but he quickly calmed down, showing concern and said: "Let Madam rest well, and remember to ask the doctor to come over and show her."

"Yes." The servant girl replied in a low voice, and retreated tremblingly.

Nangongjing stood on one side, lowered his head in disappointment, his shoulders drooped slightly.

Xi Tao thoughtfully tapped the palm of his hand with the folding fan. He heard that Madam Nangong was weak and lived in seclusion on weekdays and rarely showed up. He didn't expect that now that Nangongjing was celebrating her birthday, she would not come here either.

He raised his head and looked at Nangongjing. Nangongjing's complexion was obviously darkened when he heard that his mother could not come, but he seemed to be used to it, so he quickly cheered up and told the maids to take good care of Mrs. Nangong.

After the maid retreated, everyone presented gifts one after another.

The famous families in Xishui City knew that Nangong Zhentian loved Nangongjing very much, and they gave Nangong Zhentian a lot of face, so they carefully prepared gifts for Nangongjing. Every gift was extremely precious.

"This is the Pearl of the South China Sea. It was found by the two hundred sharks in my mansion who went to the South China Sea to search for seven days and seven nights."

"This is a gold silk jade jade Ruyi, a bronze glazed white jade horse, congratulations to Mr. Nangong on his birthday."

"I heard that the young master likes to practice martial arts recently, so I specially found these two cheat books for the young master to study. I believe that with the young master's intelligence, he will be able to gain something."

"I just caught these two mermaids. They look more pleasing to the eye than ordinary mermaids. I specially picked them to give to Mr. Nangong."

Xi Tao raised her eyes and took a look. The two mermaids, a man and a woman, were very beautiful, with revealing clothes. Many people present were looking at them with perverted eyes. They seemed to be ignorant, numb stand there.

Xi Tao frowned slightly, and turned her head to look at Jiuling. Sure enough, Jiuling's face had darkened, and her eyes were as cold as if they were covered with frost and snow.

Xitao's heart was full of alarm bells, the apprentice must not be blackened!

In a hurry, he hurriedly picked up two cherries and put them into Jiu Ling's hands, trying to divert his attention.

Jiu Ling froze for a moment, clutching the ruddy cherry in her hand, and looked down at Xi Tao.

Xitao straightened her back, opened the folding fan to cover her mouth with a snap, and whispered without turning her head: "Hurry up and eat, I will protect you as a teacher."

According to the rules, Jiuling couldn't sit down on such an occasion. After standing for so long, Xitao felt that his mouth must be dry, and he just ate two cherries to fill his stomach, and to quench his anger by the way.

Jiu Ling looked at Xi Tao, who was carefully looking around, and was silent for a while, before slowly putting the cherry into his mouth.

The cherries were sweet, tender and juicy, a sweetness he had never tasted before.

Xitao turned her head and saw her apprentice's brows and eyes relaxed, she obediently ate the cherry, she couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled.

Taking advantage of the fact that everyone's attention was on the two sharks, he secretly stuffed two pieces of hibiscus cakes into his apprentice's hands.

Jiu Ling pursed her lips, remembering the delicious cherries just now, picked up the hibiscus cake, and opened her mouth to take a bite.

Sure enough, it is also very sweet.

Looking at her apprentice's bulging mouth, Xitao thought with relief, it's better for her apprentice not to be a puffer fish, but to be a little hamster, to be fed by him every day, and to eat happily.

He smiled slightly, and while secretly stuffing his apprentice with food, while watching everyone give gifts to Nangongjing, he saw a lot of good things he hadn't seen before.

Strange to say, when he was in the Heavenly Court, although he had never descended to the mortal world, he had heard a lot of interesting things about the mortal world. Only this Xishui City, he had never heard of it, nor had he ever heard of the existence of the Merman Clan. This suffering, don't all the immortals in the heaven know about it?

While he was wondering, a gorgeously dressed man stepped forward, and Xi Tao recognized Yang Ganfeng, the owner of Xichen Pavilion.

Yang Ganfeng looks to be in his 40s, with a thin body and a pair of squinted eyes, which glisten when he looks at people.

Tianchen Gate and Xichen Pavilion are two great families in Xishui City, both of them mainly make a living selling sharks, and they often compete for hunting sharks and business, so Luo Tianchen and Yang Ganfeng can be said to be deadly rivals.

Yang Ganfeng opened the brocade box in his hand, and the beads inside were shining brightly, which immediately attracted everyone's attention. Even Xi Tao sat up slightly and looked at the beads.

The beads in the brocade box are lying on the red velvet cloth, bright and bright, the color is extremely pure, and the whole box is filled with brilliance, which is very eye-catching at first glance.

Xi Tao couldn't help sighing in a low voice: "What kind of bead is this? It's so beautiful."

He had never seen such a bead without any impurities, as pure as the clean water in the deep sea.

"A priceless bead." Jiu Ling's thin lips parted slightly, and a thick dark color flashed in his eyes.

"Invaluable?" Xitao repeated in doubt, he had never seen this kind of beads before, and couldn't help but wonder: "Is it very rare?"

The curvature of Jiu Ling's lips became colder and colder. Looking at the bright and pure beads, he said in a calm voice, "It's not rare, it's just made by digging out the eyes of lowly sharks."

There was a chill behind Xi Tao's back, and the hairs all over her body stood on end.

Jiuling continued in a cold voice: "The reason why it is priceless is not because everyone thinks the eyes of the sharks are precious, but because its production process is complicated, requires a lot of precious medicinal materials, and consumes manpower, so it becomes precious."

When Xi Tao raised her eyes to look at those beads again, not only did she not find them beautiful, but she also felt weirdly cold, as if there were countless pairs of eyes staring at them, a group of indifferent and heartless people.

He couldn't help swallowing, and suddenly felt that everything in Xishui City should not be touched, because there were merman corpses and weeping everywhere.

This place is colder and darker than the deep sea. Although it is as bright as day regardless of day or night, it makes people feel that they can't reach their fingers, and the darkness is suffocating.

Jiu Ling looked at Xi Tao's stiff back with fright, and doubts flashed in her eyes.

What Luo Tianchen has been doing all these years is the business of selling merman. He should be familiar with merman's eyes. How could he not even recognize merman's eyes?

Doubt flashed across Jiu Ling's expression, and he couldn't help but look at Xi Tao more.