Chapter 40 Chapter 40 I'm afraid I can't wash it away even if I jump into the Yellow River! ...
Twenty-seven years old.
Jiang Yan was used to getting up early every morning. Even though he had given himself a day off recently, he could not resist the biological clock that required him to open his eyes early in the morning.
No need to practice swordplay today.
Jiang Yan curled up in the warm bed, feeling lazy for a while. He dozed off for a while, then slowly sat up and stretched.
“Knock, knock.”
There was a knock on the door from behind a screen, followed by a woman's call. From the sound of her voice, one could imagine her heroic figure.
It was Yan Yushan's voice.
"Yan'er, are you awake?" she shouted.
"Um!"
"It's good that you're awake. Get up quickly. Senior Sister and Senior Brother will take you down the mountain to buy New Year's goods."
"Okay, wait a moment, Senior Sister."
Jiang Yan raised his voice in response.
"No rush, take your time." Yan Yushan said.
Jiang Yan hurriedly changed his outer clothes and quickly washed himself with a single click of a magic spell.
He didn't even take out his wand.
Compared to the first time when I used the cleaning spell to shave my face which caused pain, I have now been able to skillfully control the output of magic power and have become more proficient in wandless magic.
Jiang Yan walked out of the room, opened the door and saw Yan Yushan sitting on the railing and Fan Yang standing in front of her. The two were talking and laughing.
Hearing the noise, they both turned their heads and looked over.
"Oh, Yan'er, is it done?"
"I've never seen this dress before. Is it a new style? When did you go down the mountain to Jinxiu Pavilion? Why didn't you ask us to come with you?"
Because he didn't go down the mountain to buy it, but the shopkeeper of Yuyuan Chamber of Commerce came up the mountain to deliver it. But he couldn't say it, otherwise it would be difficult to explain how he could order the shopkeeper of Yuyuan around.
If you dig deeper, the identity of the "mysterious nobleman" will be exposed.
When he confessed before, none of them believed him. Now Jiang Yan was rebellious and didn't want to talk about it anymore. He just waited and saw when they would find out.
It’s okay to expose the truth, but not now.
It’s the New Year, so keep it a secret for now to avoid being asked about gossip throughout the entire holiday.
"I'll go with you guys next time."
In fact, Jiang Yan didn't even know which direction the door of Jinxiu Pavilion faced.
He quickly changed the subject and said, "Senior Sister and Senior Brother woke up very early today."
"Well, there's nothing to do normally, so it's okay to sleep a little longer."
Yan Yushan waved her hand and said with a smile, "It's you. I thought you went to the woods to practice swordsmanship today, and was about to go look for you, but Fan Yang said you weren't up yet."
Jiang Yan: "It's Chinese New Year, we need a holiday."
"Yan'er is right to think so. Relaxing in moderation is the first priority in practicing martial arts. You must not push yourself too hard, understand?" Yan Yushan was used to being the big sister, so she gave the advice very smoothly.
"Yes, Senior Sister." Jiang Yan responded seriously. He looked like the "other people's disciple" that would be talked about by all the elders.
Yan Yushan couldn't help but hold her face and laughed.
"Yan'er is so cute."
Jiang Yan: “…”
Senior sister, don't laugh. It's scary.
Jiang Yan rubbed the hair on his arms and shrank behind Fan Yang very vigilantly, but was accidentally rubbed on the face by his senior brother.
"Master, Senior Brother——" Jiang Yan was forced to puff up his cheeks and said incoherently: "Quickly let go of the nest!"
Fan Yang stopped at the right time and let go of him. He saw his junior fellow apprentice jump two meters away in one step, with a look of emotion on his face.
“How cute.”
Yan Yushan was a little slow and failed to rub her junior brother's face, which was quite regrettable.
She pretended to scold him, "Don't bully my junior brother. If you want to rub him, I will do it."
Fan Yang rolled his eyes in a very ungraceful manner.
Jiang Yan: “.”
No, none of you are allowed to pinch my face.
The three of them turned a corner and went around to the master's house, wanting to ask if there was anything they needed to bring back along the way.
Master Hehuan always sleeps until noon, and today is no exception.
The greetings from the three disciples didn't wake him up at all.
The three people responded with a series of faint snoring sounds, so they had no choice but to go down the mountain without disturbing their master who continued to meet Zhou Gong in his dream.
There is only one way up and down the mountain, which is the ladder that Jiang Yan climbed when he took the test to join the sect.
Jiang Yan used his Qinggong skills and followed his brother and sister down the mountain. The three of them were very fast, and the wind whistled on both sides, and the surrounding scenery almost became an afterimage.
At this time, the three of them had to use voice transmission to communicate with each other. Otherwise, the words would be blown away by the wind as soon as they came out, making it difficult to hear clearly.
"Speaking of which, Yan'er is a sword cultivator and can fly with a sword, right?" Fan Yang asked.
Flying with a sword?
he?
Jiang Yan paused, and said reluctantly and vaguely: "...Well, probably."
Fan Yang was confused. If he could do it, he could do it. If he couldn’t do it, he couldn’t do it. So why was there a word like “probably”?
There is no sword cultivator who doesn’t know how to fly with a sword.
Fan Yang just thought it was just a strong wind blowing his ears and he had misheard.
"I guess your sword can't carry three people. Junior brother, why don't you just fly down on your sword yourself? It will be faster than using light skills to go down the mountain." Yan Yushan said.
Jiang Yan shook his head very firmly.
"I'll accompany you."
Yan Yushan wanted to say something else.
Jiang Yan: "Running is good for your health."
"Oh well."
Yan Yushan stopped trying to persuade him and sighed, "Junior brother is really working hard."
Really never forget to practice.
Jiang Yan laughed dryly twice.
"I'm afraid you've got the wrong point, Senior Sister." Fan Yang scolded with a smile, "He wanted to accompany us, to be with us, and he didn't use Qinggong to go down the mountain just to exercise his body."
"Oh!" Yan Yushan suddenly realized and quickly changed her words: "Yan'er is so thoughtful."
Jiang Yan: “…Yeah, yeah.”
The topic was quickly brought to light and no one cared.
The three of them went down the mountain, talking and laughing. Not far from the foot of the mountain was Anshui Town.
This was not Jiang Yan's first visit to Anshui Town. He had been here several times, either alone or with fellow disciples. Sometimes he was there to help his master run errands, and sometimes he was there to do tasks for his master - usually delivering a letter or picking up something, but the person he was running errands for was different.
When she came alone, she usually went to see the shopkeeper of Yuyuan Chamber of Commerce and received the packages sent by Gu Jingyun from him, which were all pre-matched clothes, jewelry, and some small daily necessities.
Jiang Yan also received a letter from Qibao. He wrote back carefully and asked the shopkeeper to send it to Feng'an City in Zhongzhou.
He may not be familiar with other places in the entire Anshui Town, but he is definitely most familiar with the Yuyuan Chamber of Commerce located in the east of the city.
Therefore, when Jiang Yan saw Yan Yushan and Fan Yang walking towards the east of the city, he panicked for a moment.
Don’t go to Yuyuan Chamber of Commerce, otherwise the chances of being exposed are too high!
Please, if you are going to expose yourself, you might as well do it after the new year.
During the Chinese New Year, I really didn’t want to know what my senior sister would do after she lost her mind and lost fifty taels of silver.
The portrait of the current number one scholar who cheated a disciple of the Hehuan Sect out of one hundred taels of silver is still circulating in the sect. It seems that he will continue to be wanted.
"Where are we going?" Jiang Yan asked anxiously.
——Not going to Yuyuan, not going to Yuyuan!
Yan Yushan: "Go to Yuyuan..."
Jiang Yan held his breath nervously.
Yan Yushan said, "...the restaurant on the street next door sells roast chicken and beggar's chicken for New Year's Eve."
Jiang Yan felt relieved.
Senior sister, could you please stop breathing heavily when you speak?
Quite nervous.
Yan Yushan glanced at his junior fellow apprentice a few times in confusion.
"What's with that weird expression on your face? How come it's exactly like the expression in the storybook where the youngest brother in the family hid the evidence of his secret dealings with his lover under a tree, fearing that it would be dug out by his elders?"
Jiang Yan: “…”
Jiang Yan refuted solemnly: "I don't have a lover, and I have never had any private dealings with a lover."
Fan Yang interrupted, "If you have it, then you have it. In fact, we wish you had it."
Yan Yushan said quickly: "Except for Steward Song from the cafeteria! You are so outstanding, the people you associate with must be equally outstanding. Steward Song is either not good, or just a little bit worse."
Fan Yang: "So Senior Sister also cares about matching up with someone of equal social status?"
Yan Yushan: "Bullshit, I advocate free love. But those who only look at the face are not okay! Last time..."
She blabbered on and on, telling him everything about how she and Jiang Yan went to the cafeteria together and how Manager Song became extremely attentive after he stared at Jiang Yan's face.
"Everyone loves beauty. Yan'er is so handsome, it's natural that I would be attracted to him."
Fan Yang suddenly changed the subject: "But Manager Song is indeed not a good man. Yan'er, Senior Brother suggests that you find someone else."
Jiang Yan was too tired to complain.
"Let Manager Song go... I really don't have such intentions."
People are just following the young master's orders to take good care of him, how can it be related to this?
Yan Yushan was indignant: "If Manager Song really likes you, then it's nothing. But I saw him talking to another disciple with a smile on his face a few days ago, and he even handed him something."
"The two of them were actually hiding in the corner and whispering to each other!"
Fan Yang's expression suddenly became much more serious: "If you already have someone, why do you want to provoke Yan'er?"
Jiang Yan: “…………”
Jiang Yan asked cautiously: "Senior Sister, did you see that disciple's face?"
Yan Yushan: "I didn't see it. It was too dark. Oh, the back view looks quite like you."
Yan Yushan and Fan Yang once again denounced it, saying that "body substitute literature" is only for reading and should never be used in real life.
The three of them then headed towards the east of the city. When they passed by the magnificent gate of the Yuyuan Chamber of Commerce, they did not stop, nor did they even glance at it, and just walked straight past.
Jiang Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a little sad.
This vest cannot be taken off any more.
What would happen if his senior sisters and brothers found out that he was the one gossiping with Manager Song in the corner?
I'm afraid even jumping into the Yellow River won't clear it.
But he and Manager Song are really innocent!
He was just helping to pass on the straw hat that Gu Jingyun sent!
He has a secret relationship with Gu Jingyun, not with the owner of Yuyuan Chamber of Commerce, nor with Manager Song!
……wrong.
Jiang Yan solemnly refuted himself, what do you mean by sneaking around, it sounds too much like a secret affair.
They are just ordinary close friends!
**
This restaurant in the east of the city is not very big, and it is just a stall in front of its own yard.
There is no dine-in service, the roast chicken is wrapped in oil paper, and the buyers just pick it up and leave.
The restaurant next door that sells beggar's chicken is of the same size and serves the same food.
There were quite a few people lining up to reserve the roast chicken and beggar's chicken for New Year's Eve. Because there were so many people, they even limited the purchase.
Jiang Yan and Fan Yang went to arrange the beggar's chicken that Hehuan Zhenren liked, while Yan Yushan went to arrange another one.
Maybe it was an illusion, Jiang Yan always felt that the aura of these two families was very strange, not like ordinary humans.
Jiang Yan couldn't help but look at it a few more times.
The owner of the beggar's chicken shop obviously noticed something. He frowned and looked over alertly.
[Offended.]
Jiang Yan had no intention of creating a conflict, so he mouthed something and then took the initiative to look away.
The boss didn't say anything, but he just collected the money a little faster.
Soon it was Jiang Yan and Fan Yang's turn.
Boss: "Limited to one."
Fan Yang: "Okay."
He was very familiar with the process. He consciously put the money into a box beside him, then bent down to write his name and pick-up time on the table.
Jiang Yan was waiting by the side while the boss went to greet the next person - there were several sheets of paper on one table, so this would be faster.
While they were waiting, the shopkeeper's little daughter suddenly ran out chasing Cuju.
She was still young, her training was not up to par, and her aura could not be restrained as well as her parents.
Jiang Yan clearly sensed the breath of the demon.
——Both families have become spirits, transformed into human-shaped monsters.
Probably a weasel.
No wonder the chicken is so delicious.
The Cuju rolled to his feet. Jiang Yan hooked it with his toes and bent down to pick up the ball.
"Ah, my ball!"
The little girl ran over quickly, but when she looked up she was stunned.
"Brother, you are so beautiful."
Jiang Yan could feel the boss and the boss's wife staring at him.
"Give."
Jiang Yan handed the ball to the little girl, then took out a box of cakes from his Sumeru Ring and handed it to her.
The little girl stood on tiptoe, holding the Cuju in one hand and picking a piece of peach blossom-shaped cake from the box with the other hand.
"Thank you, brother. It's too much. This is all I need."
Jiang Yan nodded and took back the box.
She has already said no, and if I force it on her, it might have the opposite effect.
Sure enough, the two gazes behind him suddenly became much kinder.
"Nannan, stop bothering the guests and go back to the yard to play," the proprietress called.
The little girl ran back to the yard kicking the ball.
The proprietress closed the side door, poked her husband in the back, and the two exchanged glances in an instant.
As a demon that has lived for hundreds of years, its sensitivity to its own kind is naturally much stronger than that of other people. They have sensed another bloodline in Jiang Yan's body that does not belong to humans. Unlike Jiang Yan who guessed their true form, the couple could not see Jiang Yan's bloodline at all.
——Could it be a vixen? No, this young man is handsome but not coquettish, charming but not seductive, and there is no smell of a vixen on him. There is no way they could fail to recognize a vixen.
The couple made wild guesses.
The elves are a race from another world, so of course it is impossible to guess.
Jiang Yan allowed them to watch openly and calmly.
Fan Yang finished writing on the paper and stood up.
"Boss, write it down..." Fan Yang paused, "What's wrong?"
He moved and stood in front of Jiang Yan calmly, blocking him from being seen by outsiders.
"This is my junior brother. Is there anything I can do for you, shopkeeper?"
"The young master thought he was unfamiliar and... very handsome, so he looked at him a few more times. Sir, I am really sorry."
The boss knew Fan Yang, after all, he was a regular customer.
He couldn't help but ask, "Master Fan, he is your junior fellow apprentice, and a disciple of the Hehuan Sect?"
Fan Yang nodded: "What?"
"No, no." The boss said perfunctorily, then leaned over to Jiang Yan and said with a smile, "Sir, please come and patronize us often when you have time!"
He has a very good attitude and most people don't get his smile.
Jiang Yan nodded slightly and was dragged away by Fan Yang.
"Strange..." Fan Yang frowned, "Why are they staring at you? And they are so warm to a stranger. They wouldn't be like that to a familiar customer."
Jiang Yan: "Maybe it's fate."
Fan Yang asked back: "What is the fate?"
Jiang Yan pointed at his own face and said, "You are good-looking and I like you."
Fan Yang: “…”
Jiang Yan: "Actually, I helped their daughter pick up the ball and gave her some snacks."
Fan Yang snorted, neither saying whether he believed it nor whether he didn't.
They went to meet up with Yan Yushan. Halfway through, Fan Yang suddenly said to himself, "Is it really because you are too good-looking?"
Jiang Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
He just made a joke.
Brother, please forget about this!
**
Jiang Yan accompanied his senior brothers and sisters around the town again and again.
I bought all sorts of things, including couplets, cracked fruits, Tusu wine... and even the latest storybooks sold at the book stalls in the west of the city.
Yan Yushan has a bad memory.
It was she who had previously told Jiang Yan not to get close to the bookstall, and it was she who now asked Jiang Yan if he wanted to go out and see the world together.
Jiang Yan nodded, and the three of them went over together.
The other two people very skillfully went into the corner of the stall, squatted down and began to search.
Jiang Yan leaned over, but after taking a look, he immediately moved away with a red face.
Why is the little person in this picture album not wearing any clothes?
"I, I, I'll wait for you outside!"
The young man ran away as if escaping.
"Tsk tsk, you are still young." Yan Yushan said.
"Indeed." Fan Yang agreed.
"..." Jiang Yan ignored them and ran faster.
He walked aimlessly on the street, fanning himself vigorously as he walked, almost lowering the temperature of his face.
After calming himself down, he was about to turn around and go back to the big tree opposite the bookstall.
But out of the corner of my eye I caught a glimpse of a small stall passing by, on which hung several pendants woven with red ropes, with tassels at the ends, which looked very beautiful.
...Jing Yun’s sword seemed to be missing a tassel.
Jiang Yan turned on his toes and walked towards the stall.
The stall owner is an old lady.
Jiang Yan pointed to the pendant hanging at the front, which caught his attention at first glance.
"Grandma, what is this made up?"
The old lady smiled and said, "It's a love knot, which means eternal love. Sir, would you like to buy one for your sweetheart? It will be very beautiful if you hang it around your waist as an accessory."
Jiang Yan's hand retracted in a second.
Such a beautiful ornament, but it can't be used.
Jiang Yan felt inexplicably regretful, but his face showed no expression.
"We are not lovers," he explained.
The old lady handed over another pendant and said, "How about this one? It's a peace knot, which symbolizes peace and good fortune. It doesn't matter who you are related to, you can give it to anyone."
She smiled again and said, "In fact, whether it is a peace knot or a love knot, it is better to weave it yourself, it will be more thoughtful."
Jiang Yan said: "I don't know how to do it, can you teach me?"
The old lady patted her chest and said, "This is what we sell at the stall. Don't worry, young master, I will teach you until you learn it!"
Jiang Yan estimated that it would be impossible to compile it in a short period of time.
"I'll come to see you at this time tomorrow. Will you still be here?"
The old lady said: "I am always here, you can come anytime."
Jiang Yan agreed on a time with her and hurried back.
When he returned to the bookstall, Yan Yushan and Fan Yang had been waiting for him under the big tree for a long time.
"Where did you go to play, Junior Brother?" Fan Yang asked teasingly, "Your face was so red just now, but now you look much better."
Jiang Yan pretended not to hear.
The three of them returned to the sect laughing and joking, carrying a lot of things in large and small bags, and their battle results were quite fruitful.
…
The next day.
Jiang Yan was worried about going down the mountain to learn how to make the peace knot, so he got up early in the morning and went down the mountain.
A bunch of people thought he was sleeping, and no one came out until noon, when Fan Yang pushed the door open and took a look.
"No one is here." Fan Yang said.
Yan Yushan wondered: "Where did it go?"
Everyone looked at each other, but no one took it seriously.
Although he is the youngest junior fellow apprentice, Jiang Yan has already reached adulthood and has his own judgment and opinions. He is not a three-year-old child who is afraid of getting lost in the blink of an eye.
He Huan Zhenren made the decision and said, "Don't worry about it. He might have gone to some corner to practice swordplay."
Everyone dispersed.
It was not until dusk that Jiang Yan reappeared in the yard with a bitter face.
Master Hehuan was sitting on a rocking chair in the yard, holding in his hand the new storybook that his disciples had bought yesterday.
He asked casually, "Yan'er, you're back. I haven't seen you this morning. Did you go to practice swordplay?"
Jiang Yan's heart was beating like a drum, and he lied slowly: "...Well, I went to practice swordplay."
Fortunately, Master Hehuan didn't even look at him, his mind was on the story.
Jiang Yan: "Master, I'm going back to my room."
He Huan Zhenren waved his hand and said, "Go ahead."
Jiang Yan lowered his head and quickly slipped back into the house.
He closed the door carefully and retreated into the inner room.
When he turned his palm over, a crookedly woven peace knot lay in the palm.
Under the peace knot is a small ring-shaped jade pendant with tassels. Although it is obvious that it was woven by a novice, it still looks very beautiful.
This took Jiang Yan a whole day's work.
He never expected it.
Whether it was swordsmanship or potions and spells, he was at a first-rate level, and he learned everything very quickly, and he had hardly ever encountered any obstacles.
But he almost fell over a small safety knot.
If the old lady didn't have enough patience, someone else would definitely refuse to do the job.
Jiang Yan felt bad about it, so he raised the price several times and secretly stuffed the money into her pocket, then ran away before the old lady found out.
Time is money, and he spent a whole day with her.
It should be.
Jiang Yan held up a peace knot woven from red rope and waved it in front of his eyes.
I always feel that the editing is not good.
But this is the most successful one so far.
Jiang Yan sighed with a sad face.
I don’t know when Gu Jingyun will come out of confinement.
I don’t even know if he will like... this chubby, crooked peace knot.
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