Chapter 51 Snow-capped Mountains and Grasslands
She has learned from her experiences with unexpected encounters; her landing point is usually not too far from where the plot takes place.
Sure enough, not long after, the two arrived at an inn.
Standing alone in a remote inn amidst the snow and ice, this is the perfect setting for some events that involve the protagonist.
After watching the waiter settle Ta Yan Wu Zhui in person, Lu Xiaofeng and Xiu Chu entered the inn after their extraordinary encounter.
As soon as he entered, Lu Xiaofeng noticed a plate of shrimp that had rolled to his feet.
A burly man with a dark complexion spoke up: "This can only be considered a cook's skill, can it be considered martial arts?"
An unpleasant memory surfaced in Lu Xiaofeng's mind, and he hurriedly spoke.
"Don't……"
He said it was too late.
The shrimp on the ground were shaken into the air by the internal force striking the floor, and before the dark-skinned giant could draw his sword, they all entered Xiu Chuqi's mouth.
"Fragrant but not greasy, smooth but not dry, delicious, delicious."
The familiar scene of reviewing dishes appeared.
Lu Xiaofeng covered his face, both amused and exasperated: "I've told you so many times, don't eat things off the ground!"
Before they could even recount their extraordinary encounter in response, the burly man who had spoken earlier turned to look at them.
"Does Your Excellency have a problem with us two brothers?"
His face was already dark, but now it looked even more gloomy.
Although they had only just entered the inn, Lu Xiaofeng, being a martial artist, had already heard the commotion in the lobby.
Lu Xiaofeng clasped his hands in a fist salute to the burly man and said with a wry smile, "Would you believe me if I said this was all a misunderstanding?"
Of course I don't believe it.
Such blatant provocation—no one in this inn would believe it was a misunderstanding.
The same goes for the burly, dark-faced man.
He sneered, "Since you've interrupted my swordplay, then let's have another match with this gluttonous young lady. Let's see if her mouth is faster or my sword is faster."
Another pale-faced, burly man chimed in, "If anyone's sword is faster than ours, then we'll naturally hand over the bundle with both hands."
"But that bundle doesn't belong to you, how can you use it as a wager?"
Another voice rang out, and everyone turned around to see a boy with ice shards still on his clothes walking in.
After being repeatedly provoked, the pale-faced giant couldn't help but reveal a fierce glint in his eyes.
"Then gamble with your life. If you lose, you can do whatever you want with me."
"I don't care about my life, I just want fifty taels of silver."
"Only fifty taels?"
"Only fifty taels!"
“Alright,” the pale-faced man said, “I’ll bet with you!”
As he spoke, he took the sword from his waist and drew it, ready to take the boy's life.
But the other man was even faster. Before the pale-faced giant could even see what the other was doing, he felt a sharp pain in his chest. Looking down, he saw a rusty piece of iron piercing his chest.
Before collapsing and losing consciousness completely, he glanced at his brother.
But then he saw that his opponent had fallen just like him, his throat slit by a pink sword aura, and he clearly had no hope of survival either.
After killing the burly, dark-faced man with the red name, Xiuchuqiyu glanced at the loot dropped and found it contained several hundred gold coins. Satisfied, Xiuchuqiyu picked it up.
"careful!"
A gasp of surprise rang out.
Showing off his unexpected encounter, he looked up and saw an NPC named Zhuge Lei attacking the back of a young man named A Fei with a sword.
However, Lu Xiaofeng was faster than him. Before the other's sword could even touch A Fei, it was caught by Lu Xiaofeng, who had just returned from outside, with two fingers.
Just as fast as his movements were a throwing knife, which had already plunged into Zhuge Lei's throat.
The guests in the inn were startled by the scene and all hid under the tables, trembling with fear. Only one handsome middle-aged man and the burly man behind him remained motionless.
The throwing knife was thrown from the middle-aged man's hand.
The boy, who had narrowly escaped being ambushed, finally managed to retrieve fifty taels of silver from the pale-faced giant's corpse. He calmly walked to the counter and handed the silver to the shopkeeper, who was trembling behind it.
"Please bring a table full of good food and some fine wine. Is this enough money?"
The shopkeeper, trembling with fear, accepted the silver: "It's enough, it's enough. I'll serve you right away, heroes."
Upon hearing this, Afei turned to look at Xiu Chuqi and the others, revealing his first smile since arriving here.
"Thank you for saving me. I'll treat you to drinks."
The people who were originally strangers sat down at the same table again.
"Brother, your movements are swift, and your finger strength is superb." Li Xunhuan looked at Lu Xiaofeng with admiration.
Then he praised Xiu Chuqi and A Fei a few more times: "Your swordsmanship is also excellent. This young man's sword is fast, and the heroine's sword is unique. It's rare to meet such fortunate friends today, we should have a few more drinks."
Lu Xiaofeng, who always enjoyed making friends, was quite familiar with this kind of scene. He chuckled and replied, "You flatter me. Your blade is swift. If it were you who made the move, I, Lu Xiaofeng, wouldn't be confident I could have taken it."
“You can handle it.” Showing off her adventures, who was eagerly waiting for the food to be served, suddenly spoke up.
"Though we lack the wings of a phoenix to fly together, our hearts are connected by a single thread of understanding." Showing off his extraordinary encounter, he recalled Lu Xiaofeng's character setting: "There is no weapon in the world that Lu Xiaofeng's spiritual connection cannot catch with a single finger."
Unexpectedly, he received such high praise for his extraordinary encounters. Lu Xiaofeng looked at her with sparkling eyes.
"Do you really think so?"
"Of course!" That's how it's written in the character profile. You'll see it after purchasing the character.
"Hahaha," Lu Xiaofeng picked up a bowl of wine and drank it down in one gulp: "To be praised so highly by you, it seems I should drink a few more cups to celebrate today."
Li Xunhuan, who was standing to the side, was not annoyed. He picked up his wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp: "With such a trusting friend, I should indeed drink a few more cups."
As she spoke, she turned to look at Afei, who hadn't said a word.
"Why hasn't this young man said a word?"
The young man, Afei, replied, "I'm thinking about something."
"What's the problem?" Show off your extraordinary encounter and ask.
Having already learned from the character panel that the person in front of him was the protagonist, he obviously had more patience to show off his extraordinary encounters.
"I killed the pale-faced giant who was robbing the caravan, so I should be considered to have helped Zhuge Lei, right? Why did he want to kill me?"
Even with her extraordinary encounter, she couldn't understand this question, so she could only look to Lu Xiaofeng and the others.
Lu Xiaofeng sighed: "Some people cannot accept help from those of lower status in the martial arts world than themselves."
"They will kill everyone who has seen him in such a disheveled state in order to preserve their reputation in the underworld."
"What? There are people like that?"
Not only Afei, but even Xiuchu Qiyu, who was used to playing all kinds of games, was somewhat surprised. This kind of character setting is very rare.
but,
"Then why didn't he kill me?" Xiu Chuqi asked, puzzled. "Didn't I also kill the burly man with the dark face? Wasn't that indirectly helping him?"
Now it was Li Xunhuan's turn to sigh.
"Perhaps it's because you are a woman."
"What's the meaning?"
Is this discrimination against girls?
Showing off an unexpected and perplexing encounter.
Li Xunhuan sighed again. He didn't want to say anything that would spoil her mood in front of his new friend. But looking at the three identical, bright eyes in front of him, he spoke anyway.
"Because in this martial arts world, women are not recognized."
“Even the weapons ranking compiled by the Pinghu Baixiaosheng deliberately excludes women and does not rank them.”
"What?" Showing off his unusual encounter, he felt a rare surge of anger in the game.
"Why does he exclude women? Is his weapon ranking list that famous?"
Li Xunhuan nodded.
“It’s very famous,” he added, “It’s a widely recognized and most accepted ranking.”
"What about the other female martial arts heroes? Don't they have any objections?"
Li Xunhuan shook his head: "There are also those who have opinions about Bai Xiaosheng. But he has many supporters and there are few female masters in the martial arts world, so in the end it did not have any impact on his ranking in the weapon ranking."
"Smack!"
Showing off his extraordinary encounter, he slammed his hand on the table.
"Very well, he has angered me!"
Having witnessed her extraordinary adventure, she decided that in this level, accumulating gold would no longer be her primary goal. She would instead seek out and defeat all the so-called masters listed in the Weapon Ranking.
Then hold a martial arts tournament and create a new list of martial arts masters to replace the weapons ranking.
Finally, throw the list of martial arts masters at that so-called "all-knowing scholar of Pinghu" in the face, destroy his spirit, and then kill him!
Lu Xiaofeng also frowned.
In his world, female warriors are quite active, and there is no such obvious discrimination.
He couldn't help but sigh. He already had a premonition that Xiu Chuqi wouldn't go with him to find the Plum Blossom Thief.
"So what are you going to do next?"
"Of course, I'll challenge all the masters on the Weapon Ranking and give Bai Xiaosheng a good slap in the face!" Showing off his extraordinary encounter, he said resentfully. Then he turned around and patted Lu Xiaofeng on the shoulder.
"I'll leave the task of catching the Plum Blossom Thief to you; I won't be going with you."
Having already prepared himself mentally, Lu Xiaofeng couldn't help but shake his head.
Hearing this, Afei couldn't help but raise his head: "You also want to challenge the masters of the Weapon Ranking?"
Showing off his extraordinary encounter, he nodded: "Of course, I plan to defeat the masters on the Weapon Ranking first. Then I will hold a martial arts tournament to truly determine the masters of the martial arts world through a real competition, thereby replacing the Weapon Ranking's position in the martial arts world."
Afei's eyes lit up: "Can I come with you?"
"You're coming too?" Shower was pleasantly surprised. Wasn't this a golden opportunity to boost their favor?
Afei nodded: "My mother's dying wish was for me to become famous throughout the world. Perhaps following you will allow me to achieve this goal more quickly."
“Alright then,” Showing off his extraordinary adventure, he patted Afei on the shoulder generously, “Let’s go together. I’ll be the number one in the world, and you’ll be number two. We’ll become famous together.”
Afei pursed his lips: "I don't want to be second, I want to be first."
"I want to be number one too, I can't let that happen."
Showing off his extraordinary encounter, he waved his hand dismissively: "But that's alright, we'll see who's the real deal then."
As she spoke, she suddenly remembered the back accessory she had just obtained in the Glacier Palace. She already had it, and she hadn't had time to throw away the extra one.
"Before you become famous throughout the world, you must first have a good sword."
"This snow mountain and grassland design is for you. It's perfect that we met in the snowy landscape."
"I have no money." Ah Fei never accepts kindness without a reason.
"Just because you don't have one now doesn't mean you won't have one in the future." Showing off his adventures, he earnestly advised, "You can't do without a good sword. They say you have to be selective about who you are, and if you don't have a good sword, no one will even bother to accept your challenge."
"If you really don't want to owe anyone a favor, you can always pay me back when you have the money later."
Afei, a newcomer to the martial arts world, was easily persuaded by the story of his extraordinary adventure.
He took the blue sword handed to him by Xiu Chuqi and gently stroked it for a moment.
Is its name "Snow Mountain and Grassland"?
Showing off his extraordinary encounter, he nodded: "Yes."
"A good name." Afei looked at the sword in his hand with great delight. "Thank you, I will return the money to you."
"You're welcome."
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