[Sword Three] Baili Maple

Three years later

In the quiet Wanhua Valley, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant all the year round like spring, the sun is just right, the breeze is blowing the grass leaves, accompanied by the sound of deer singing, looking at it from the high platform, there is a row of pleasant scenery.

bang——

bang——

bang——

Standing tall on the imitation star platform in the middle of Lanxingtan, suddenly several loud noises came one after another, shaking the whole stone platform trembling faintly.The Moon Lake Turtle, which was pacing slowly in Lanxingtan, was frightened and shrank its head, tail, hands and feet back into its shell.

"You, you!!! You actually broke the iron skull of the master's organ!!"

The second apprentice of Wanhua guest minister Situ Yijian pointed at the little girl in front of him with trembling fingers, trembling with anger.

"So what?"

The little girl raised her head, with a proud face, "This is the test question you came up with. It is agreed that if I defeat these iron skulls, I will pass the test of the labor test. You can't lie!"

Ran Jianxuan took a few deep breaths, suppressed his anger, and snorted coldly, "Of course I won't break my word. But even if you defeat the organ Iron Skull, you must know that this is nothing. The mechas made are as good as they are. Hmph, you must know that the mechas made by the monks and his party are also under the control of the master, but it’s just mediocre!"

Hua Ling made a face at him, ignored what he said later, and left with great lightness skills.

——Situ Yiyi has never beaten Master Gongsheng in Tiangong, hum~

"Oh, it seems that Xiao Ling'er doesn't like this senior brother~"

The apricot-yellow figure leisurely flew by, laughing with the same teasing tone.

"What do you mean by dislike? It's really annoying~ And they are not my seniors!"

The little girl snorted coldly, and muttered, "Master Gongsheng is easy to talk, and the owner of the valley seldom cares about it. As a result, they occupied the Tiangong Workshop, and they didn't know what to do secretly in it all day. Everyone said they must be planning something. Conspiracies and tricks~ Besides, Situ Yiyi's disciples always look down on others, and I hate it when I look at them."

"So much resentment—"

The young man raised his eyebrows.

Hua Ling fell from the sky and climbed up the steps towards the lowest level of the Star Appreciation Residence, while muttering, "Last time, Mr. Zixu asked me and Amu to bring him some Xingtan crocodiles and Yinyue turtle meat was used to make mandarin duck and five delicacies for banquets. As a result, Amu was almost injured by the mechanism set up at the entrance of Tiangongfang. We went to them to argue and asked them to stop the mechanism for a while, but they ignored them at all .”

"Oh? Aren't novice disciples often picking medicine around Tiangongfang? From this point of view, it's really wrong."

The young man nodded approvingly, and then changed his tone with a smile, "Then what happened later? Xiao Ling'er must not be so good at letting go, right?"

"That's~"

The little girl raised her face, with a proud expression, "After they left, Amu and I sneaked over and dismantled all the mechanisms, and then made those wood and copper armor into the mechanism of the sharp thunder crocodile. Going to fight crocodiles in front of them every day! Hmph, I already knew that the copper armor used in those organs is not forged by ordinary ore smelting, but it is not so easy to make another batch soon~ Let them just watch it, angry Kill them! Tiangongfang belongs to my Ten Thousand Flowers Valley, and it is not a place where they can make bad things casually!"

"Hahahaha, well done~ Great joy!"

The young man praised unequivocally.

Hua Ling was a little puzzled by his reaction, and looked up at him, "Big villain, do you hate them too?"

"haha, yes,"

The young man scratched his head, "I have a problem with them, no, our entire villa has a problem with them. Situ Yiyi's mech man, especially the large one - it's better to dismantle it early, so as not to hurt people .”

At this time, they had already walked up to the Xingxingju where the King of Chinese Medicine Wangyue lived. From far away, Hualing could see the little boy busy in front of the medicine stove.

Hua Ling is now 11 years old and has started to grow slowly, but Ah Mu is older than her, but now it looks like Hua Ling is taller, although the medical saint said that boys do grow later than girls at this age Some, but Amu is obviously the boss is not happy, because it seems that Ah Ling looks like his sister, which makes him a little frustrated.

"Amu Amu! I finally passed the work test!!"

The little girl from far away waved and shouted at him.

"Eh? They didn't deliberately make things difficult for you this time?"

When the little girl ran close, Ah Mu asked distractedly while putting the medicinal materials into the stove.

"Hmph~ I was afraid that they would cheat again, so this time I directly blasted their iron skulls with jade to see how dare they say that I failed~"

Hua Ling still felt annoyed at the thought of being deliberately made things difficult for her to pass the trials in the past few trials. Even after she went to sue the owner of the valley, the owner of the valley smiled happily and refused to avenge her.

In fact, Hua Ling also knew that Gu Zhu did it on purpose, otherwise why would she deliberately let her apprentices of Situ Yiyi, who had a feud with her, set the questions for her Tiangong test?It's just that considering her temperament and age, she needs to be tempered a few times.

"Then it's all right now, you have passed all the Wanhua seven trials, congratulations."

The little boy said in a flat tone without raising his head, his tone was completely insincere.

"Hey, senior brother promised me that as long as I pass the seven tests, I will be allowed to travel in the valley!"

Hua Ling didn't care what his expression was, she was proud and excited, but the next moment she was hit by a cattail fan on her forehead, "Hey, what are you doing, Amu!"

"Let you not get too carried away,"

The little boy glanced at her, took a fan to fan the medicine stove, and said with a straight face, "Do you think I don't know, the chess master was not in the valley at all during the chess test, and the senior sister under Xingyi asked you to find him?" Returning to the few chess pieces stolen by the flying ape will count as you passing; Master Qin Sheng has always been soft-hearted and favors you, and even Master Hua Sheng must be accommodating; you have been criticized by Master Yan several times for the calligraphy test. Let's pass it, and this time he barely let him go... After all, the only medical test is the one you can pass with real ability."

Hua Ling puffed up her face and couldn't speak for a while, because she also knew that she couldn't refute these facts, so she could only cover her forehead and muttered, "Amu, you don't have to keep a straight face and talk like Senior Brother Pei all the time at such a young age. , it's terrible."

"That's better than you jumping around like a monkey all day long!"

Amu gave her a sideways look, and said, "Girls should look like girls, reserved and elegant, skilled and gentle."

"I don't want to!"

Hua Ling stuck out her tongue at him, "I don't want to be as stern as Amu! I'm going to report to Guzhu, and ignore Amu!"

As she said that, the little girl directly followed Nie Yun and sprinted in the direction of Lingyun Ladder.

***

Having received the personal praise from the owner of the valley, he was happily descending from the Samsung Mochiyue, when Hua Ling saw a man not far away beside Liuyun Waterfall, pacing back and forth with a worried expression on his face, looking very restless, The little girl was curious, so she jumped over and asked with a smile, "Brother Fangfeng, what's wrong with you? Why are you so sad?"

Fangfeng is the disciple who is in charge of delivering letters in the valley on weekdays, and he is the most well-informed. He was frowning as if he was thinking about something, but now he heard Hua Ling's voice, he was stunned, pondered for a while, as if he suddenly had an idea , and asked, "Ah Ling, I remember that you have always been at odds with those Situmen people, and you often sneaked into Tiangong Workshop to make trouble for them a few years ago, didn't you?"

The little girl was startled, her whole body trembled, and she said with a little guilty conscience, "No, I didn't... I just, I just went to play with them, I didn't sneak away..."

"Ah Ling, don't be afraid, senior brother is not asking you, but I just want to ask you something." Seeing the little girl's expression, Fangfeng suddenly showed a funny expression on his serious face, he shook his head and softened his tone Then he continued, "These days I saw that something was wrong with the workshop, and I felt really uneasy, but I had no evidence, and I didn't know much about the current situation in the Tiangong workshop, so I wanted to ask you—— "

Hua Ling was taken aback for a moment, "But... I have been preparing for the trial for the past few months and have not sneaked in again—"

Hearing the words, Fang Feng had a look of disappointment on his face.

Seeing his serious face, Hua Ling couldn't help feeling a little worried, she went over to pull the windproof robe, raised her head and asked, "Brother, did you find out something, did they really work in Tiangong?" A trick in the workshop? Is there anything Ah Ling can do to help?"

Fangfeng seemed to want to say something at first, but he stopped when he reached the point of his mouth, and instead raised his hand to touch the little girl's head, and comforted him with a smile, "Don't worry, Ah Ling, senior brother will report this matter to Master Gu Yes, but Ah Ling passed the Wanhua Seven Tests, and the senior brother has not had time to congratulate you! Ah Ling is so powerful at such a young age, it is really rare!"

It can be seen that this is the senior brother deliberately changing the subject, Hua Ling puffed up her cheeks and was a little dissatisfied, she was about to complain but suddenly she changed her mind, rolled her dark eyes, and said with a smile, "Okay, okay, then Ah Ling will I have accepted the compliment from senior brother! Remember to save a few bunches of candied haws and sugar cakes for me next time, senior brother!"

Saying that, without waiting for Fangfeng to say anything else, he turned around and walked away.

The young man behind her held his forehead in a speechless smile and said, "Xiao Ling'er, tell me you're not going to Tiangongfang now, right? I'm overthinking it, right?"

Hua Ling turned her head and chuckled, and whispered, "Big villain, you are right! Since Brother Fangfeng is so worried, I will go in and have a look. When I was young, I often went there with Master Gongsheng to see the brothers and sisters of Tiangong's lineage. Developing various mecha mechanisms, although the Tiangong Workshop was abandoned later, but I am familiar with it! I also know how to sneak in, even if I am discovered, at worst, I will be caught and scolded by the big brother. "

"Xiao Ling'er,"

The young man's tone became a bit serious, "Look at your senior brother's expression just now, there may be something wrong this time, it's too dangerous for you to go in alone, it's better to wait for your senior brother to report to Guzhu before making a decision!"

"It's okay, big villain, don't worry, it's not the first time I've sneaked in!" The little girl didn't listen at all, and walked towards Lanxingtan bouncing around on her own.

"Don't fool around!"

For the first time, there was a bit of anger in the young man's voice, which made Hua Ling tremble, and it was the first time the little girl saw him like this.

Hua Ling turned around, a little uneasy and aggrieved, "It's not nonsense—"

"Xiao Ling'er is good,"

Seeing Hua Ling's reaction, the young man paused, as if he regretted his tone just now, and said apologetically, "I know you are worried, but it's really inappropriate to rush in alone."

"Not alone,"

The little girl tilted her head and said, "Isn't there still the big villain you are here! I know you are so powerful!"

The young man was startled, and unconsciously clenched the palms under his sleeves.

Hua Ling looked into his eyes, clear and bright, full of trust.But the young man couldn't help but look away and turned his face away, and said in a difficult tone that Hua Ling couldn't understand, "Xiao Ling'er, don't rely too much on me. I...you know, I'm not..."

——I am not the one who really lives by your side