The flower was fresh and elegant, simple and unpretentious, just an ordinary little pear blossom, but on the tip of the sword, it was as beautiful as a treasure.
Qin Yan looked at the pear blossoms quietly, feeling as if a stone was thrown into his heart, and then in an instant, ripples spread out.
He took a sip of wine, said nothing, stood up and walked back, saying only, "Go to sleep. There's a lot to do tomorrow."
Seeing him leave like that, Fu Changling couldn't help but say, "Don't you want the flowers? Give me some face and take them before you leave."
"If you like flowers, wear them yourself." Qin Yan's voice faded away. "I don't want them."
Fu Changling shrugged. He plucked the pear blossoms from the tree and placed them in his hand. After examining them for a moment, he concluded, "They're quite pretty."
As he spoke, he took out a wooden box from his spirit bag and carefully placed the pear blossoms into it.
Fu Changling slept soundly that night, perhaps because the alcohol had helped him sleep, but he had no dreams. When he woke up the next day, Yun Yu saw him humming a tune while washing up, and couldn't help but curiously lean over and asked, "Why are you so happy? Is there something good going on?"
"It's a good thing, but it's just my own good thing. You don't need to know about it."
Fu Changling inserted the hairpin of the crown into his hair, patted Yunyu on the shoulder and said, "You take a rest. I'm going to find Mingyan to do something."
Yun Yu's injury had not healed yet. When he heard this, he curled his lips and looked quite unhappy.
When Fu Changling walked into the main hall, he saw Shangguan Mingyan sitting at the table waiting for him. Qin Yan had also arrived and was sitting next to Shangguan Mingyan, seemingly resting with his eyes closed.
Qin Yan greeted Fu Changling as he entered the room, then turned to look at Shangguan Mingyan and asked, "How is it?"
"I've already told His Majesty," Shangguan Mingyan took out three tokens and handed them to Fu Changling and Qin Yan, saying, "From now on, you, Senior Brother Yun, and Senior Brother will help arrange the wedding."
"Okay." Fu Changling nodded, put the token into his sleeve, and said directly, "I'll prepare some things. You take me and my senior brother to meet the ceremonial officer today. Leave the rest to me."
"What are you going to prepare?"
Shangguan Mingyan was a little confused. Fu Changling smiled, pulled out a stack of papers from his pocket, flicked the papers, blew on them, and said, "Money makes the world go round. What if we don't have enough money to do such a big thing?"
Shangguan Mingyan suddenly realized what was going on when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "I'll go find my senior sister. Xie Shen must have given her many rewards."
"That's great, but it doesn't matter if Senior Sister doesn't have it."
As he spoke, Fu Changling smiled and opened the paper into a fan shape, and said with a smile: "I have it."
Shangguan Mingyan was shocked by the extravagance of the silver note fan. Qin Yan said calmly, "It took eight years to save up for this. It's not easy."
Fu Changling's smile froze. He coughed lightly and then said, "I'll treat you to dinner when we get back to Yunze."
As he spoke, Fu Changling glanced at Shangguan Mingyan and emphasized his tone: "Let me show you my strength!"
"Just do what you need to do." Qin Yan said calmly, "Don't waste time."
Fu Changling nodded, then said something to Shangguan Mingyan and went to the silver shop in Baiyu City to exchange the silver.
Most of the cultivation world uses spirit stones, but Baiyu City has always adhered to the tradition of the human world and uses silver. After he exchanged the silver, he went to find Shangguan Mingyan, and then followed Shangguan Mingyan to meet the ceremonial officer.
Whenever he met someone along the way, Fu Changling started giving money. He gave the money very quickly and did not give the other party any chance to hesitate. He scatters the money while saying auspicious words. These ghosts took the money without saying a word. They quietly put the silver in their sleeves and pretended nothing had happened.
But when they returned, Qin Yan could clearly sense a change in the ghosts' attitudes. When they came, they were cold as ice and had a strong sense of authority. When they left, they seemed to know Fu Changling very well, greeting him along the way, "Master Fu, take care."
Shangguan Mingyan was quite puzzled when he heard their address. "I had forgotten," Shangguan Mingyan turned to look at Fu Changling. "Why do they call Brother Shen the Ghost Lord?"
"A pseudonym."
Fu Changling hurriedly said, "When traveling in the martial arts world, one should not leave behind a real name."
Shangguan Mingyan laughed and praised: "Brother Shen is very thoughtful."
Fu Changling felt a little embarrassed. He glanced at Qin Yan, but Qin Yan didn't look away, as if he didn't notice his gaze at all.
Fu Changling used money to pave the way for the court, quickly becoming acquainted with the people there. Within a few days, Yun Yu, recovering from his injuries, joined their ranks. Following Fu Changling's instructions, Yun Yu set up fire arrays throughout Baiyu City, while Fu Changling befriended the ghost official in charge of the fireworks, becoming their close friend.
They were active in the city during the day, and at night, the four of them began a great project - digging a tunnel.
Fu Changling considered the situation. Given the layout of the Tiangong City, it would be extremely difficult for Xie Yuqing to disappear unnoticed. Each palace gate was guarded by a Spiritual Transformation Stage cultivator, and guards were everywhere. It would be difficult for Xie Yuqing to escape without alerting anyone.
So Fu Changling thought of a way to dig a tunnel without using any spiritual power.
Powerful people like Xie Shen are too accustomed to using their spiritual sense to perceive their surroundings and are sensitive to fluctuations in spiritual power. If they use spiritual power to do anything, they will probably notice it immediately.
But hard work like digging tunnels is different. Excellence limits the imagination of the powerful. They would never imagine that a Nascent Soul cultivator would be willing to spend several months digging a tunnel and sneak out.
Because they couldn't use their spiritual power, the four people's progress in digging the tunnel was not very fast. They dug holes every night, then hid the soil in spiritual bags, and then took them out during the day and quietly piled the soil outside.
As the wedding date approached, the tunnel was almost dug through, and a large amount of soil was piled up into a small hill outside the city. While they were eating outside during the day, Zhang Er came to Fu Changling with a sad face. Fu Changling looked up and saw that he was unhappy. He couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? You look so unhappy?"
Zhang Er sighed, seeming distressed. "Big Boss, you don't know this, but a mountain has suddenly appeared in front of my house. It's growing taller every day, and now it blocks all the sunlight from my house. My mother can't see the sun every day, and she's depressed. I want to move, but the land outside is clearly marked, so I can only trade with others. But no one wants to be traded behind a small mountain, right?"
Hearing this, Fu Changling and Qin Yan exchanged a glance. That night, the four of them dug a hole. Yun Yu followed behind Fu Changling and said cautiously, "Xiu Fan, I think we should have some conscience when we leave. Shouldn't we move the mountain in front of Zhang Er's door?"
"If possible..." Fu Changling nodded, "Just move it to the doorstep of Mr. Huang's house."
That night, the tunnel was finally dug through, and the wedding date arrived as scheduled. The night before the wedding, Fu Changling found Qin Yan. He did not tell Qin Yan in advance, but quietly entered Qin Yan's room in the middle of the night, then secretly closed the door. Then he heard Qin Yan's cold voice in the room: "What are you doing?"
Fu Changling was startled and turned around, only to see Qin Yan sitting on the small couch right above him, seemingly meditating, his pair of cold eyes staring at him quietly with a certain scrutiny.
"Don't scare me like that," Fu Changling breathed a sigh of relief and stood up. "I have something to discuss with you."
"Just tell me."
Qin Yan looked at him with a flat tone. Fu Changling walked to the table, poured himself a cup of tea, and explained, "I'm here to discuss tomorrow's wedding banquet with you. Tomorrow, let Yunyu stir up trouble in Baiyu City. Before the fireworks explode, you and I will find an opportunity to change clothes with Senior Sister Mingyan and let them leave through the secret passage first. As long as Senior Sister leaves Baiyu City, she will most likely be discovered by Xie Shen. By then, the fireworks will be about to start. I have placed a thousand Sky Fire Talismans in the fireworks. After it explodes, Baiyu City will definitely be in chaos, and we can almost run away."
"Um."
"I've arranged two identities and residences for us. As long as we can escape from the palace and get rid of these ghost soldiers, we can hide in Baiyu City as ghosts for a while. Once the storm has passed, we can come out and look for the seal."
"good."
"Now there's only one question left," Fu Changling raised his head and looked at Qin Yan, rather embarrassedly saying, "Um, wedding dress, are you willing to wear it?"
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