Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Three-in-One

Not far away, as those monks gradually approached, the arrogant searching sounds became louder and louder.

Yan Luoyue stretched his neck and looked around, and found that there were more than one similar search teams.

Seeing the tip of the emerald green snake's tail swaying back and forth like wheat stalks in the wind, Yan Luoyue finally couldn't help herself and reached out to grab it.

This small green snake is not only as clear as jade in appearance, but also feels as cool and smooth as jade.

Just a light touch, the coolness will go up along the fingertips, and the refreshing feeling is like looking at the starry sky on a summer night, and comfortably holding a piece of sweet watermelon that has been washed by well water.

The tail was suddenly grabbed and the little green snake immediately froze into a hard snake stick. If its scales could explode like feathers, Yan Luoyue would definitely be able to see the appearance of its exploded scales.

Half a second later, as if realizing that it could still resist, the little green snake began to twist violently.

“Tsk——”

Considering the monk's hearing ability, Yan Luoyue didn't dare to say much, but just let out a long sigh.

“…”

In the palm of my hand, the cool and slippery snake body trembled hesitantly.

In the blink of an eye, the little green snake curled up its body, softly wrapped the tip of its tail around Yan Luoyue's little finger, and shook it gently twice.

…

The monks in charge of the search were getting closer and closer, and finally found the tea stall.

As soon as these four people arrived, they stood at the four corners of the tea stall, blocking all the escape routes on the small tea stall.

One of them had a talisman that was not tucked in on his chest, and Yan Luoyue saw it when she raised her head. She identified it from the pattern on the talisman, and it was a "hiding talisman" used to conceal the breath.

Generally speaking, those who wear this kind of talisman when visiting Yueming Market are all human cultivators.

Perhaps because of this, although these four monks were dressed in rich clothes, behaved in a domineering manner, and had a look of arrogance that could not be concealed, the tone of their voices when they spoke was actually quite polite.

"Sorry to bother Mr. Xian and the distinguished guests." One of them said in a long voice, "My young master went out hunting today, and unfortunately a snake monster escaped."

"The beast is emerald green in color and the size of a finger. My young master saw that it was beautiful and wanted to peel off its skin to make a pen holder... If there are cultivators willing to provide clues, we are willing to reward them with 100 low-grade spirit stones."

The customers at the tea stall looked at each other, and one curious one asked an extra question: "What if we catch him?"

The leading monk smiled and said, "Then the reward will be multiplied tenfold."

"So everyone, let us search this tea stall. If we can find the demon snake here, one thousand low-grade spirit stones will be divided equally on the spot, and everyone present will have a share."

After these words were spoken, even the tea stall owner had no objection and allowed the monk to go forward and open the upside-down teacups and pot lids on the table one by one.

As for the customers at the stalls, some were opening boxes and some were emptying baskets.

Even without waiting for the monk to start searching, everyone started looking for it on their own.

One thousand low-grade spirit stones is really tempting. If the target can really be found in this stall, wouldn’t this money be earned for free?

The men in charge of the search were extremely careful, and not only did they not ask the guests to undress on the spot to prove their innocence, they also checked every small box that Yan Luoyue and the other two used to store the ointment.

Yan Gan was interested at first, but after watching the excitement for a while, he felt bored with the mechanical unboxing activities.

He turned around and said to Sang Ji: "Speaking of snakes, I actually saw a emerald green one, it was so tiny..."

Before he finished speaking, his subordinate immediately pulled out a ruler-shaped magic weapon from his sleeve and asked repeatedly:

"What kind of snake? How big was it? When did you see it? Where did you see it?"

Although Yan Gan found this person inexplicable, he still answered: "It was probably more than a year ago. My sister was just born at that time. I was in our tribe..."

The ruler and square instruments emitted white light, proving that what he said was true.

"..." The subordinate looked at Yan Gan in extreme speechlessness, waved his hands without waiting for Yan Gan to finish speaking, and buried his head in checking the box.

While checking the boxes, he cursed in his heart: I don't know what these two young boys do, but they actually carry three baskets of bamboo boxes of the perfect size with them. They must have eaten too much!

After finally searching through all three baskets of bamboo boxes, they found nothing. They couldn't help but roll their eyes in private.

Now, there was only one girl left at the tea stall who had not been examined.

The subordinate took a quick glance and saw that the little girl was still very young, being held in her brother's arms, like a ball of white snow.

Her sleeves and the edges of her dress were trimmed with rabbit fur, and her hair was decorated with two pom-pom hair accessories, making her look even more lively and adorable.

He was extremely nervous at first, but after a mechanical search, his vigilance became numb. Now facing this young girl, his guard was even more relaxed.

Following the rules, he took out a lie detector and asked casually, "Little girl, did you see a little snake just now?"

The little girl turned her head away and blinked in confusion.

She seemed not to understand the question asked by her subordinate and just gave him an innocent smile.

Remembering that the boy had mentioned before that his sister was only a year old, he withdrew his gaze in boredom.

Although the demons transform early, their growth period is very long, and there is no fixed standard for their mental level. This girl is over one year old and still can't understand human language. She is probably one of the more stupid ones.

The subordinate made a gesture to indicate that he had not found anything: "I have finished checking here, let's withdraw."

"Wait a moment," the leading monk walked over quickly and his eyes suddenly fell on Yan Luoyue.

He said slowly: "The snake is cunning, it may hide in someone's clothes.

Yan Gan and Sang Ji looked at each other and their expressions changed.

"What do you mean? Are you going to look under our little sister's skirt too?"

"Don't dare to offend."

Although the leading monk said he dared not, his drooping eyelids were full of arrogance: "I just want to ask this little girl to jump a few times and shake her skirt. This should not be a difficult task, right?"

After hearing this, the little girl's innocent smile did not diminish at all, like a stupid child who couldn't understand what adults were saying.

Seeing this, the monk's eye muscles relaxed slightly.

But he still insisted, "Or, please ask her to transform into her original form?"

For the monsters who have mastered the ability to transform, the clothes can be worn and transformed into their original form. However, the monsters attached to the clothes cannot transform.

During previous searches, they had never allowed other monsters to transform into monster forms.

Because for the grown-up monsters, except in combat, being forced to change back to their original form in other situations is obviously an insult.

The girl in front of him was just a kid who knew nothing, so there was no need to be so particular.

"…I'm so annoyed. You guys want to check everything, right?"

Yan Gan glared at them angrily, grabbed Yan Luoyue's armpits with both hands and lifted her up, letting her feet stomp on the stool with a "duangduang" sound a few times.

His movements were quite large, and the fabric of his winter skirt was very smooth, so if there really was something hiding, it would certainly not be able to be hidden.

Yan Gan said unhappily: "Are you satisfied now?"

The leading monk kept smiling, and his sleeves brushed across the table, leaving a few spiritual stones: "That's enough. Sorry, we disturbed Brother Xian and Sister. This little gift is just a token of apology."

The monk finally turned around, and the guests in the teahouse heard him clearly instruct his men: "From now on, whenever you encounter a cub, you must use this process to investigate."

That little snake is related to the young master's plan, and there is no chance of letting it escape!

Watching the group of people leaving the tea stall, Yan Luoyue covered a yawn and buried her face in Yan Gan's shoulder.

Sang Ji immediately asked, "Sister, are you sleepy?"

Yan Gan patted her on the back and nodded apologetically to the uncle and nephew opposite him:

"Excuse me, my sister has a problem. When she feels sleepy, she doesn't like to talk. At most, she just smiles and doesn't pay attention to outsiders."

Wu Pingyuan scratched his head and said, "I understand. Children are greedy."

The accountant uncle also said: "We have received the first batch of medicines. The rest will be left to me and my nephew. Since the baby is sleepy, take her back to sleep quickly."

Wu Pingyuan kept chuckling as he put the ointment into the storage bag until the uncle and nephew watched the three people go away.

"Uncle Master, that girl looked smart and well-behaved, but I didn't expect she still has the temper of a child. She won't talk when she gets sleepy."

The accounting uncle glanced at him slowly without saying anything.

Wu Pingyuan added: "When the little girl raised her hand just now, I saw that she had a jade bracelet tucked into her sleeve. It fit perfectly on her little wrist. Her parents are really good at dressing up their children and made the little girl look like a jade daughter under the seat of Bodhisattva."

This time, the accountant looked at him for an unusually long time.

After finally putting all the ointments into the storage bag, Wu Pingyuan was still a little greedy when he thought about the reward.

"Uncle Master, why don't we hang out at Yueming Market for a while and try our luck to see if we can catch the bounty?"

The accountant snorted and asked, "How many spirit stones do we have to pay every quarter to do business with the three young masters?"

Wu Pingyuan said without hesitation: "One thousand two hundred low-grade spirit stones."

The accountant uncle asked again: "How much spirit stones is the bounty?"

Wu Pingyuan opened his mouth and said: "One thousand spirit stones."

The accountant uncle also packed up his things: "Then do you know how much this friendship is worth if we can make friends with a master of alchemy?"

Wu Pingyuan asked uncertainly, "Priceless, right?"

"Since you know everything, why can't you settle this bill?"

"Ah? Uncle Master, what do you mean? Why can't I understand?"

"...I mean, don't wander around the market, and don't look for that snake. Pack up, get the medicine and follow me back to the sect."

"Oh." Wu Pingyuan scratched his head again, "Although I don't know what's going on, but since you've told me to do so, I'll just listen to you."

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Yan Gan and Sang Ji took turns holding Yan Luoyue. They left Yuemingji and walked very far before putting her down.

As soon as her feet touched the ground, Yan Luoyue discovered that Yan Gan and Sang Ji were standing on her left and right, raising their eyebrows at her proudly.

"How about it, brothers, are you smart? Are you cooperating well with me?"

"Where did you hide that little snake? Show us."

Yan Luoyue nodded heavily: "Well, thank you brother! I knew I couldn't hide it from you."

Surrounded by teammates, there was no need to hide anything. Yan Luoyue rolled up her sleeves openly, revealing her thin wrist.

She was wearing a jade bracelet with a lot of water on her wrist. The pretty little green snake closed its eyes, held its tail tightly, and stayed on Yan Luoyue's wrist obediently.

When it's still, it looks almost real.

Sang Ji looked the little snake up and down for a while, exclaimed in amazement, and declared that he had never seen such a spiritual monster.

Yan Gan, however, pinched his chin and said hesitantly, "This snake...why does it look familiar to me?"

"What does it look familiar?" Yan Luoyue gently stroked the little green snake's back.

The scales were delicate, smooth, and cool, making one want to put their entire palms on them and rub them. Yan Luoyue said softly, "Don't be afraid, they've already left."

No matter how noisy the noise was, the little green snake did not open its eyes until it heard Yan Luoyue's personal confirmation.

The nictitating membrane slowly peeled back, revealing two sharp, pure black gems.

Its long and narrow eyes were the color of obsidian. The black was so pure that it gave people the illusion of being bottomless.

As soon as Yan Luoyue met the lacquer-like snake pupils, her body suddenly stiffened.

A familiar numbness, which she had personally experienced, instantly spread throughout Yan Luoyue's body.

At the same time, the words "-0.5 blood loss" appeared above her head.

Yan Luoyue: “…” Wait, this feeling…

Yan Luoyue now knew why Yan Gan said that the snake looked familiar. To be honest, she was also very familiar with this snake.

——Like Li, Medusa!

The little green snake only opened its eyes to look at Yan Luoyue for a moment, and after confirming that she was intact, it closed its nictitating membrane again.

It closed its eyes, swam back to Yan Luoyue's wrist, shook its head and tail, curled its body into a circle, and then bit the tip of its stretched tail, pretending to be a qualified bracelet again.

The whole process was done in one go, and Yan Gan was dumbfounded: "No, what does it mean? Is this relying on my sister? It, it is trying to scam me!"

"My sister, this is also my sister." As if touching the soul memory, Sang Ji spoke consciously.

When he heard the word "touching porcelain", he couldn't help but recall the first time he met Yan Luoyue. Thinking of this, Sang Ji couldn't help but say from the bottom of his heart: "I didn't expect that he could even touch porcelain, then he is quite a match."

Yan Luoyue: “…”

Brother Ji, I suspect you are targeting me, and I have evidence.

…………

With Yan Gan's help, Yan Luoyue successfully smuggled the little green snake back home and gave it a fragrant warm bath.

Under the pretext of having a midnight snack, Yan Luoyue grabbed a fried small yellow croaker from the dining table.

After shaving the small yellow croaker into snow-white minced fish, Yan Luoyue pinched the fish meat and fed it to the little green snake. Watching it eat it piece by piece with great relish, even its tail began to shake unconsciously, making a clacking sound.

For some reason, a sense of accomplishment arose in Yan Luoyue's heart.

No wonder so many people like to go to the square to feed pigeons in their previous lives. It turns out that feeding small animals feels so good.

Even when eating, the little green snake still kept its eyes closed obediently, as if it knew that its sight would hurt Yan Luoyue.

The little green snake was probably very hungry. Sometimes when Yan Luoyue was a little slow in feeding it, it would follow the smell of fish, close its eyes, and cautiously arch its head towards Yan Luoyue.

The cold little head hit the palm of my hand, and the touch was strange, soft and itchy.

Yan Luoyue liked the feeling very much. She rubbed it twice lingeringly before feeding the next piece of fish meat into the little green snake's mouth.

"Don't be impatient."

The little green snake tilted its head to indicate that it heard it, and then began to flick its tail again.

Yan Luoyue and the little green snake, one of them dared to feed and the other dared to eat.

When Yan Luoyue came to her senses, most of the small yellow croaker's meat had been sent into the little snake's stomach. The originally emerald and moist belly had already formed a very obvious arc.

Yan Luoyue looked left and right, and always felt that the little green snake now looked like the number "5".

"I really can't eat any more...! Stop wagging your tail... It's no use licking the fish bones... Hey, look, look!"

The little green snake lazily crawled back to Yan Luoyue's wrist. It used the same trick again, tightening the tip of its tail and trying to roll itself into a circle.

But the little snake's round belly blocked the way, and no matter how hard it stretched itself, its head could not touch the tip of its tail.

Little Green Snake: “…”

Yan Luoyue burst out laughing on the spot, but tried to hold it back amid the accusatory movements of the little green snake.

She tapped the little green snake's slippery head with her hand, and there was a hint of smile in her voice that was hard to conceal.

"Since you can't curl up, why don't you just lie down and sleep?"

Taking out an old handkerchief, Yan Luoyue folded out a soft little bed and placed it next to her pillow.

The small bed was slightly tilted, and as soon as the little green snake was put on it, it rolled over very softly.

Since its birth, the little green snake has never slept in such a comfortable place.

Its eyes were still closed and it looked very calm, but its rolling movements revealed its excitement.

What is admirable is that even when sleeping in such a comfortable little bed, the little green snake still did not forget its ultimate goal of becoming a bracelet for Yan Luoyue.

It rolled from side to side, trying to curl itself up. It was so strong-willed that it didn't stop even though it was bounced off its own round belly several times.

After trying like this for a full half a minute, the little green snake finally got its comeuppance, just like every other naughty kid who gets his head stuck in a fence.

“…”

It twisted itself into a green, auspicious cloud.

Yan Luoyue was counting spirit stones under the lamp. When she turned around, she found that the little green snake had rolled herself into a ball. She was so frightened that she even forgot how many she had counted.

She quickly ran back to the bedside, disassembled it manually, twisted it left and right, and finally turned the little snake into a thin one again.

Even after blowing out the candles and lying on the bed, Yan Luoyue touched the little green snake beside her pillow, but she still couldn't fall asleep.

It happened that the little snake hadn't digested its food yet, and the tip of its tail was curling around Yan Luoyue's hair from time to time. She muttered to herself to the little green snake.

"I never thought that I could make such a big deal with the elixir. The deposit alone is 600 spirit stones. I can go pick a better fire seed."

"Well, there will definitely be some left after selling all the fire seeds. The remaining spirit stones can be used to buy materials. Sister Yu's woven algae net, brother's arm-bound shield, brother Ji's rhinoceros fang dagger..."

"By the way, we also need to buy some candy for Mr. Jiang."

Yan Luoyue counted on her fingers, muttering to herself as she calculated the money.

She talked about whatever came to her mind, and after a while, the topic drifted to her first meeting with the little snake.

"I wonder if you still remember me? We met a year ago."

At that time, this little snake was regarded as a "demon snake" by the demon uncle and almost lost its life.

Now Yan Luoyue has also learned some methods of observing qi. She, Yan Gan and Sang Ji took turns studying the little green snake, but they could not find any trace of demonic energy on it.

It seemed to be just an ordinary little monster.

However, ordinary little monsters will not activate the adventure of "One World".

Recalling this, Yan Luoyue thought of the result of that meeting, laughed softly, and touched the little green snake's head again.

"You are my 'adventure'. As soon as we met, you changed one of my wooden hairpins - it's not an ordinary hairpin. You see, I can't even sleep without it."

The little green snake had kept its eyes closed and had not noticed Yan Luoyue's hairpin. After hearing what Yan Luoyue said, it was obviously stunned for a moment, shaking its head and tail and trying to climb up along Yan Luoyue's hair.

Then, it was grabbed by the tail by the ruthless Yan Luoyue and dragged back onto the handkerchief.

"Sleep well." Yan Luoyue sternly taught it.

Little Green Snake: “…”

As the night deepened, Yan Luoyue's eyelids gradually stuck together and she fell asleep.

Listening to the slow and regular breathing sounds beside my ears, the little green snake that was originally tied up and motionless on the handkerchief, closed its eyes and groped, slowly crawling down along the bedpost.

The small bed was warm and soft, and there was a pleasant breathing sound.

But it can no longer stay here much longer.

The bedposts were straight and hard, making it difficult to climb. The little green snake, with its eyes tightly closed, had just climbed halfway when it fell to the foot of the bed with a thud.

It rolled around in a daze, and the little green snake, which had been washed clean, became a little gray again.

Listening carefully to the movements coming from above, the little green snake turned over only after making sure that Yan Luoyue was not woken up by it, and the nictitating membrane covering its eyes slowly opened.

For a moment, a faint human figure emerged from the crystal snake body, and the color of the shadow gradually solidified, as if it would turn into a boy with delicate and beautiful eyebrows and eyes in the next moment.

However, just before he successfully transformed into a human, an ominous blood-red mark appeared from under the boy's skin!

The boy clamped his hands around his throat and before he could transform into a human, he was turned back into a snake.

The delicate and translucent little green snake rolled back and forth on the ground in pain, its head and tail constantly hitting the ground, like a small fish being fried alive in a pan.

Under the torture of the curse, even its long snake pupils dilated. However, apart from the hissing sound, no matter how hard the little green snake tried, it could not utter a single human word.

After a long time, the excruciating pain gradually faded away, and the little green snake lay down exhausted.

Snakes are cold-blooded animals and clearly do not have sweat glands.

However, at this moment, a damp human-shaped mark could be seen faintly on the floor. It was very light, but it emitted a faint vapor that could not be ignored.

The curse is slowly loosening. The process may be painful, but it is much better than before.

The last time he tried to transform, he was restrained by the curse and couldn't even form a human figure.

And this time, he can even leave some traces in reality.

Turning over reluctantly, the little green snake looked back and looked in the direction of the wooden bed.

It intentionally controlled the angle of its gaze so as not to disturb the sleeping Yan Luoyue. It just very carefully glanced at a strand of Yan Luoyue's hair hanging from the edge of the bed.

He remembered their previous meeting, and of course he also remembered the wonderful wooden hairpin.

He will also remember the warmth that continued to come from the other person's wrist when he wrapped his arms around her.

Except for the time when he was pinched by the enemy, it was the first time for Snake, a cold-blooded animal, to feel warmth so close.

He even...remembered this girl.

The little green snake thought silently in his heart: This is the second time. This is the second time I have received her kindness.

Unfortunately, the gradually recovering strength is already slowly oozing out from every gap between its scales.

Although, despite, even though...

But it really should go.

The little green snake turned its head back, tightened its neck, and crawled a few steps out.

But after a second or two, it couldn't help but turn around, then turned up the tip of its tail and knocked it on its head in frustration.

On the wooden bed, Yan Luoyue was still sleeping soundly.

The little green snake circled around the foot of the bed, and finally, stealthily and furtively climbed up the low cupboard, stretching out its evil tail towards the target it had long been eyeing.

The tip of its tail lifted up a small, fluffy, snow-white hair ball that Yan Luoyue used to tie her hair.

Turning around, the little green snake bit its tail, tore off a piece of crystal clear scale, and put it back on the table instead of the plush ball.

This time, the little green snake rolled up a white fluff ball with its tail, slipped quietly through the crack in the door, and walked away without looking back.

The little green snake climbed over the threshold and crossed the courtyard.

The first rays of dawn shone from the sky along with the crowing of roosters at daybreak. If someone was still awake at this moment, they would be able to witness a strange sight through this faint light.

——A small green snake, as clear as jade, was crawling along the wall.

Wherever it passed, the grass showed hints of new green, but all of it withered again without distinction.

As time passed, the little green snake crawled farther and farther, and the new plants it came into contact with withered from the grass tips to the roots buried deep underground.

These plants and trees had survived the harsh winter and withstood the chilly winds of early spring, but they had never expected such an unexpected visitor, who would ruthlessly destroy them before dawn.

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After Yan Luoyue woke up, the first thing he did was to look for the little green snake.

Her sleeping position is a little wild.

Ever since Yan Luoyue obtained Yan Yu's permission to sleep independently, her sleeping posture has become increasingly free.

When I just turned off the lights at night, I was lying flat on my back quietly. But when I woke up, not only did I change from lying flat on my back to lying prone, but my face was also pressed flat against the head of the bed.

Raising his paw sleepily, Yan Luoyue rummaged around on the edge of the pillow, only to feel an empty handkerchief.

Yan Luoyue: “!!!”

Oh no, where is the little green snake? She is such a beautiful snake, and it was next to her pillow before she went to sleep.

No, it shouldn’t be... I must not have been crushed into a snake cake by her, right?

Yan Luoyue's eyes widened, and all her sleepiness flew away. She sat up in an instant, and hurriedly lifted the quilt to search.

Have any small snakes secretly crawled under the quilt or on the pillow?

After a violent search, Yan Luoyue still did not find any trace of the little green snake.

Until finally, Yan Luoyue found a piece of green snake scales on the bedside cabinet.

The tiny snake scale looked very fresh, as if it had just been plucked from the body, and there was still a trace of bright blood on the edge.

Without even bothering to put on his coat, Yan Luoyueguang hurried out of the house, holding the scales on his feet.

The little girl stumbled over the threshold, but she only saw the morning sun shining on the earth. The morning sun spread thousands of miles of golden and red rays in all directions, so where could she find that stunning green?

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After the little green snake left without saying goodbye, Yan Luoyue was depressed for several days.

Only when she thought that she had earned her first pot of gold and could choose the fire refiner she liked, did her mood improve a little.

Yan Luoyue has her own experience on how to choose a fire and can explain it in detail.

But where to buy cheap and good quality fire started touched upon her lack of knowledge.

Upon hearing this question, Yan Gan and Sang Ji shook their heads repeatedly, as they had no experience with this at all.

Sang Ji suggested to Yan Luoyue: "Why don't you ask Mr. Jiang? I always feel that he knows everything."

So, after lunch that day, when Yan Luoyue was picked up by Jiang Tingbai, she grabbed his sleeve.

She raised her little face and called out, "Mr. Jiang."

"Hmm?" Jiang Tingbai stopped very cooperatively.

Seeing that Yan Luoyue had something to say, he moved his fingers, and the long sword at his waist became several inches wider. It flew to Yan Luoyue's feet and lifted Yan Luoyue up to his eye level.

This was the first time in Yan Luoyue’s life that she was “hit by a flying sword” and her eyes widened in surprise.

It was not until Jiang Tingbai asked, "What's wrong?" that Yan Luoyue came to her senses and asked everything she wanted to know.

"Well, you want to buy a good fire."

Jiang Tingbai nodded, and slightly hooked his slender fingers, as if there was an invisible thread between his fingers and the sword, leading the sword to fly and carry Yan Luoyue, slowly moving forward.

Even though Yan Luoyue was just a young child, Jiang Tingbai did not treat her request as childish talk, but listened carefully to every request of Yan Luoyue.

After Yan Luoyue finished speaking, Jiang Tingbai showed a thoughtful look on his face. After a moment, he said in a gentle voice: "I have some understanding of fire, and I can answer your question."

"Those priced below 500 spirit stones are what most people call low-grade fire. In the market, any fire of this kind that can be found must be a flame separated from a certain main fire. For low-grade fire, the difference in quality is not obvious, so it doesn't matter where you buy it."

After hearing what Jiang Tingbai said, Yan Luoyue blinked with interest.

It's not because this passage is so insightful, but because this insight is so standard.

For a weapon maker, low-level fire is like a primary school student's mental arithmetic cards. No matter which brand you choose, the effect of practicing will not differ much.

But those who have not learned about refining instruments will not be able to understand the ins and outs of it.

Jiang Tingbai's answer was quite standard, and one could tell from his answer that he must have received a very orthodox education in refining instruments.

Yan Luoyue asked curiously, "So sir, what you mean is that as long as I find a fire seed that suits my taste, I can buy it at will?"

"No." Jiang Tingbai shook his head. "I suggest you go to the big store in the city center to buy it."

"Although the low-grade fire sold everywhere is not much different, you are still young now. The owner of an ordinary store might deliberately raise the market price when he sees you. It is better to go to a regular large store in the city center and buy a bunch of fire with a clearly marked price, which will be reassuring."

Yan Luoyue nodded, and then asked: "In your opinion, which city should I go to?"

Jiang Tingbai's eyes showed a hint of smile: "If I say I want to go back to Yuancheng, can you go?"

Yan Luoyue immediately covered her face: "Sir, please stop joking with me."

Yunning Lake is bordered by a demon seal to the north and Pingning Mountains infested with monsters to the west. Many monster tribes live around Yunning Lake and manage the entire lake to make it prosperous.

——The above is the official introduction of Yunning Daze.

If Yan Luoyue were to explain it, Yunning Lake is actually a wetland covering a particularly large area.

In this wetland, there are lakes, swamps, connected to the Demon Realm in the north and mountains in the west... The natural scenery is exceptionally outstanding, but at the same time, it is also exceptionally remote.

This principle can be made clear by citing an example from the past: in a city, the most developed commercial center can never be built in a nature reserve.

Therefore, not only is Yunning Daze itself remote, but even the cities adjacent to it are relatively small in scale.

The "Guiyuan City" mentioned by Jiang Tingbai is a thousand-year-old ancient city based on the "Guiyuan Sect", one of the four great sects in the world. It is a thousand miles away from Yunning Daze and is a first-tier city in the world of cultivation.

The teachers who are teaching in the school nowadays are all disciples of Gui Yuan Sect, who have come from thousands of miles away to teach.

There is no high-speed rail in this world. With Yan Luoyue's cultivation level and age, if he wants to go to Guiyuan City, he can only rely on dreams unless he is prepared for a long journey.

Jiang Tingbai smiled slightly: "Since we can't go to Guiyuan City, let's go to Ruyi City."

Ruyi City is the closest small town to Yunning Daze.

The two of them asked and answered each other, and turned a long and winding corridor, and were about to reach the bamboo room that Yan Luoyue jokingly called the "teacher's lounge." Yan Luoyue suddenly remembered something and reached out to grab the storage bag on his waist.

"By the way, sir," Yan Luoyue stretched out her arms towards Jiang Tingbai, "These are for you!"

Jiang Tingbai was slightly stunned when looking at the colorful little thing in Yan Luoyue's palm that was almost too big to hold.

It turned out that Yan Luoyue grabbed a handful of curd for him.

It is still the most expensive one in Yueming Collection.

Yan Luoyue held both hands full of candies, and Jiang Tingbai took them with just one hand. He smiled and rubbed Yan Luoyue's hair, and also reached into the storage bag.

Jiang Tingbai reached into the storage bag.

Jiang Tingbai began to look for it.

Jiang Tingbai is still searching.

Jiang Tingbai is searching relentlessly.

Jiang Tingbai...

Finally, Yan Luoyue couldn't bear it anymore.

She quietly paved the way for Mr. Jiang: "Mr. Jiang is just like my brother, he is always forgetful and always forgets to bring things."

Jiang Tingbai laughed: "Yeah, it's all because of the sir's carelessness... Wait," his eyes lit up, "I found -"

Facing his flat palm, the second half of the sentence was stuck in Jiang Tingbai's throat and stopped abruptly.

I saw a pitiful piece of empty candy wrapper lying on the white jade palm.

Jiang Tingbai: "..."

Yan Luoyue: “…”

She saw that Mr. Jiang was really poor!

Without noticing the sympathetic look in Yan Luoyue's eyes that was about to burst out, Jiang Tingbai was just slightly stunned, and then he turned his wrist in another direction.

He calmly took off the tassel of his sword and hung it on Yan Luoyue's wrist in a serious manner.

"Here, take it and play with it."

Yan Luoyue stared at Jiang Tingbai's sword tassel for three full seconds. She finally couldn't bear it anymore and closed her eyes with a sad face.

——What’s going on, Mr. Jiang? Isn’t it said that every sword practitioner’s sword is his wife?

——So the tassel you made for the sword was just a bunch of woven grasshoppers, and the craftsmanship was not very good. It looked very much like your own handicraft?

——Mr. Jiang, is this how you treat your wife? !

On this day, Yan Luoyue was shocked and speechless, and she swore in her heart that she would never be a sword practitioner in her life.

…………

As a monk sent by the Guiyuan Sect to teach in the academy, Feng Xiaoyuan saw the usually gentle and elegant Brother Jiang as soon as he walked into the bamboo house. There was a pile of colorful candies on the table.

After seeing the candy's packaging clearly, Feng Xiaoyuan couldn't help but reveal a look of surprise.

"Brother, you are willing to do this... Hey, could it be that Brother Yu Jian went back to the sect this morning?"

Hearing the teasing tone in his junior sister's words, Jiang Tingbai shook his head and laughed.

He peeled off a candy and calmly put the remaining curds into the drawer: "I didn't return to the sect."

Feng Xiaoyuan understood at once.

She smiled and said, "Oh, it must have been given to me by a student."

As she returned to her seat, she "accidentally" pulled out from her drawer a few straw wreath rings, a row of adorable clay dolls, and a pair of crudely crafted apricot flower hairpins.

Feng Xiaoyuan pretended to be nonchalant and chatted casually:

"Ah, the students are all innocent. Every time I teach, I see them looking up at me with their rosy little faces, and I think they are so cute."

As she spoke, Feng Xiaoyuan pulled up her sleeves, revealing a bracelet on her wrist made of a few pretty, worthless little stones.

Jiang Tingbai: "..."

Junior Sister Feng’s desire to show off is obvious.

Jiang Tingbai shook his head helplessly, finding it a little funny, but in his heart he understood Junior Sister Feng a little.

——After all, students are really cute.

While thinking, Jiang Tingbai lowered his head and continued to do his handicraft with full concentration.

This time, he used hay to weave a little turtle for his sword, and in the little turtle's claws, he held a round candy.