Chapter 23 Partner

As night falls, the moonlight pours down, and the mottled shadows of the trees are reflected on the water.

Shuangbei stood alone on the stone bridge, looking at the reflection on the lake with a dim gaze. The silent emotions in his eyes were like ripples on the lake, which disappeared completely in a moment.

Judging from the time, the person in the room should be waking up soon.

Candlelight illuminated the entire room. Shuang Bei sat on the side, quietly watching the figure struggling to sit up on the bed. On the table in front of him were two identical white jade sachets.

"I saved you." Shuangbei simply stated the facts.

The man who sat up with difficulty said nothing until he saw the white jade sachet and his eyes began to waver.

White jade sachets in the shape of a gourd are not rare, but most white jade sachets are carved into a hollow shape to allow spices and herbs to release their scent. However, white jade sachets like this one, which are completely airtight and only have a top for spices, are very rare. Or perhaps if someone hadn't hung a jade chain on the top of the white jade and insisted on calling it a sachet, it would have been more convenient to call it a jade bottle.

Thinking of that man's behavior, Shuang Bei's eyes unconsciously became gentle.

"This is a gift from Ayu to me." Shuangbei said as he picked up one of the white jade bags.

Ayu?

Wuchang originally thought that he would break his promise, but unexpectedly he was rescued by someone. The other party not only found the white jade bag that was stolen, but also had an identical white jade bag in his hand. Hearing the name from the other party, he naturally thought of the shopkeeper.

"Shen, the shopkeeper?"

Wu Chang's voice was a little hoarse, and after hearing the news about the shopkeeper, he finally spoke.

Shuang Bei was startled, and then a look of surprise and helplessness appeared on his face. He muttered to himself, "Storekeeper? That suits him."

Wu Chang understood from the other party's expression that the other party saved him probably because of Manager Shen.

Hiding the emotions in his eyes, Shuang Bei asked softly, "Is Ayu okay now?"

Wuchang is not an unemotional person. In fact, he is more sensitive to other people's emotional fluctuations than ordinary people. When the other party mentioned the shopkeeper, the familiar feeling made him think of the days he spent in the inn. Those were rare peaceful times in his first half of life.

"Shopkeeper Shen is very good." Wuchang said seriously. Perhaps he himself did not even notice that there seemed to be a gleam in his eyes when he mentioned Shen Yuqing.

Shuangbei showed a bit of nostalgia when he saw this scene, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised. It seemed that Ayu's kidnapping skills had improved again.

"he..."

Shuangbei wanted to ask something else, but for some reason, he shook his head again.

"never mind."

Shuangbei stood up and handed the white jade bag to Wuchang.

"The insects in your body have been temporarily suppressed. They will completely explode in half a month. Go out and find A-Yu tomorrow morning. Perhaps only he can save you."

Wuchang could feel that the emotions of the person in front of him were even more complicated. He looked at the white jade bag in front of him and reached out to take it. Wuchang held the white jade bag tightly in his palm. He remembered the agreement between him and the shopkeeper. Wuchang's eyes gradually became firm. He would definitely go back.

On the second day, Wuchang carried his bag and mounted his horse. Before leaving, he glanced at Shuangbei. Neither of them spoke a word. After a moment, Wuchang disappeared from Shuangbei's sight.

As Shuang Bei retracted his gaze, he saw Ye Yunhao approaching stealthily. Seeing the other party's tangled expression, Shuang Bei looked at him inquiringly.

"That...that person, do you have any news about your friend?" Ye Yunhao asked cautiously. Seeing that Shuang Bei looked no different from usual, he was a little unsure of what he was thinking, and was afraid to bring up his sad memories.

Shuangbei shook his head.

Ye Yunhao suddenly looked like he had said something wrong, regret flashed across his face, blaming himself for saying something irrelevant. Just when he was about to say something to comfort the other person, he suddenly met Shuang Bei's smiling eyes.

"You!" Ye Yunhao couldn't help but widen his eyes, obviously realizing that the other party was teasing him.

Looking at the angry young master in front of him, Shuangbei felt much better. He raised his lips and said, "Ayu opened an inn. That guy is probably the one he has his eyes on."

Ye Yunhao blinked thoughtfully. A Yu should be the friend that Shuang Bei had been mentioning before. He called her in a very intimate way.

"His name is Shen Yuqing. If you meet him, you will definitely like him."

Looking at Ye Yunhao's eyes moving around like a fox, Shuang Bei curled his eyes and said.

Ye Yunhao actually wanted to meet Shen Yuqing. After all, Shuangbei couldn't forget her so much. She must be a very interesting person. But since Shuangbei already knew her whereabouts, why...

"Aren't you going with him?"

If the man just now was the guy that Shen Yuqing had his eyes on as Shuangbei said, then the place he was going to now should be Shen Yuqing's inn. Shuangbei obviously wanted to see that person too, so why didn't they go together?

When Shuang Bei heard this, his eyelashes suddenly trembled, and after a moment, he shook his head.

He didn't know why he didn't go with the other party, but he always felt that this was not the best time.

Ye Yunhao touched his nose and whispered, "Is this the feeling of being homesick?"

Shuang Bei seemed to sigh. Although the idiom was not used in this way, he really felt this way now. He was not ready to meet Shen Yuqing yet.

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Shen Yuqing didn't expect that Shuangbei would actually meet Wuchang. This made him inexplicably feel as if the dimensional wall was broken. At the same time, he knew that sooner or later he would meet other aliases one day.

For some reason, whenever Shen Yuqing thought about meeting him, he would feel awkward. If there were no other people around, he would have wanted to scream and throw a combo punch into the air.

Unable to go crazy, Shen Yuqing had to turn his attention to the two employees of the inn.

"Xiao Jiang is a very popular inn!"

Jiang Chichen, who was mopping the floor, had silently protested against this casual and strange name. However, after Shen Yuqing called out Xiao Chi and Xiao Chen without changing his expression, he found that the name Xiao Jiang was not unacceptable to him.

Although the shopkeeper sometimes says some strange things, Jiang Chichen is still very satisfied with his current job. According to his job, Jiang Chichen will have to work for several more years to redeem himself and pay off his debts, but fortunately the inn provides food and accommodation. After the death of the Taoist priest who adopted him, he hasn't eaten so full for a long time.

Li Fuchun heard the innkeeper's voice when he came out of the kitchen. He brought the cold noodles to the guest's table and then agreed with a smile: "The innkeeper is right. Brother Jiang has only been here for a few days and we already have guests."

It was only noon and the inn had already welcomed two groups of guests who wanted to have a light meal. The weather was very hot, so Li Fuchun recommended cold noodles to the guests. Sure enough, the guests praised the noodles as soon as they took the first bite.

One of the guests, after drinking, began to chatter to his companions about all the interesting things he had encountered since he was a child.

"Do you know about the sword-testing competition?" The guest's face flushed and he looked drunk.

The person walking beside him seemed to be used to the other person's personality. He said jokingly, "Of course I've heard of it. Have you been there?"

The drunk guest shook his head and said in a mysterious tone: "Although I haven't been there, my aunt's cousin's uncle's sister's daughter's cousin's brother has been there."

The companion who was almost confused by this complicated relationship looked helplessly at his companion who kept gesturing with his hands.

The drunken guest continued, "This sword contest is a gathering of the best. Li Jianxian's son can wield a sword with both hands. Guess where he got the prize."

"The leader?"

They were all half-martial arts people, and their companions naturally knew the reputation of Li Jianxian, and believed that his son must be very powerful.

The drunk guest shook his head, gestured the number three with his hand, and then began to doze off.

The companion, whose interest was aroused, looked at his partner who kept nodding, and he poured a glass of wine and placed it in front of his nose.

The guest who smelled the wine raised his head subconsciously, and the person traveling with him asked temptingly: "This son of Li Jianxian is the third, then who are the first and second?"

The innkeeper who was drinking wine replied, "The second one is a disciple of Taibai Sword Sect, what's his name? The first one is Ye Chen's son, but I can't remember his name clearly."

If there is a sect that can compete with the Wanjian Sect, it must be the Taibai Sword Sect, so it is not surprising that it is second. As for the first, I didn’t expect it to be Ye Chen’s son. I don’t know what kind of personality the child born by the devil will have.

The guest who successfully got the wine glass could not wait to drink up the wine in the glass. He continued mysteriously: "This is not the most interesting thing. It is said that there was a swordsman named Shuangbei who also took to the field that day. He just swung his sword lightly, and a thin layer of ice formed on the ground in an instant. No one on the field was his match."

The companions were obviously a little unconvinced. Not to mention the thin ice that appeared in summer, if the opponent was really so powerful, why wasn't the leader the swordsman named Shuangbei?

Hearing his companion's question, the drunk guest spread his hands and said innocently: "You ask me, I don't know, I just heard it from my aunt's cousin's uncle's sister's daughter's cousin."

As soon as he finished speaking, he slumped down on the table. In a moment, deafening sounds of dozing off could be heard in the lobby of the inn.

The companion's face was filled with gloom. He originally came to the inn just to have a quick meal, but now seeing his companion sleeping like a dead pig, he clenched his fists, took a deep breath, and then suppressed the urge to punch him. In the end, he chose to stay the night resignedly.

Li Fuchun was listening with great interest. He knew very little about martial arts heroes and only heard about them from storytellers occasionally. After hearing that one could become an ice swordsman by swinging a sword in the summer, he actually believed it more than some of the martial arts masters.

If there really is such a swordsman, then it would be very convenient to eat ice cream in the summer. Thinking of this, Li Fuchun felt a little envious.

Shen Yuqing didn't expect to hear about Shuang Bei in his own inn. At the same time, he also found that these heroes seemed to be more gossipy than he thought.

Sure enough, when he opened the task panel, the progress somewhere had been updated.

One Sword Knows Frost: Progress 38%

It seems that the sword trial competition is more famous than he thought. This progress bar may continue to increase for a long time. However, as the guest just said, he did not participate in the sword trial competition in person. Most of the things were learned from other people. Shen Yuqing naturally understands the principle that three people make a tiger. Maybe the stories about Shuangbei in the future will be even more bizarre.