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Judging from Xie Jianhuan's suddenly cold expression, the answer is obvious.

Shen Budu didn't expect Feng Ce to come over suddenly, and said with a smile: "I was just about to find you. Why did you come by yourself?"

"Yesterday you said that you would stay in Jingping Realm for a while, and I just have nothing to do. I wonder if A'Du would like to take me in?" Feng Ce seemed to be unable to see Xie Jianhuan's increasingly cold eyes, and only looked at Shen Budu with a smile and asked.

"Take you in?" Shen Budu couldn't help laughing, "You buried me."

"Really. I sent all my subordinates back and borrowed Feilu. If you don't want me again, I will have nowhere to go."

Everyone knew that the majestic Pavilion Master Feifeng was talking nonsense, but by saying that, he meant to go with Shen Budu on purpose.As a friend for many years and a powerful helper, Shen Budu naturally has no reason to refuse.

He turned his head to look at Xie Jianhuan who was beside him, with a questioning expression in his eyes.

Xie Jianhuan suppressed the anger and powerlessness in his heart, and said in a low voice: "All depends on Master."

No matter how restrained he was, he couldn't hide the slight discouragement and loss in his voice.

Using the cover of his body, Shen Budu quietly hooked Xie Jianhuan's little finger with his little finger, and it would be split with a touch, like a gust of illusion, but with an inexplicable sense of comfort.

Xie Jianhuan let out a "boom" in disappointment, and his expression finally eased a bit.

Feng Ce didn't seem to notice Xie Jianhuan's existence until now, he smiled and said: "It's been a long time, Mr. Xie's cultivation seems to have improved a lot, so I don't need your master to worry about you."

Although it was a compliment, these words seemed to put him and Shen Budu together, making Xie Jianhuan a generation shorter for no reason, no matter how he heard it, it was awkward.

Xie Jianhuan looked directly at the other party, and twitched the corners of his mouth coldly: "The pavilion master lives in seclusion and doesn't ask about the world of mortals. I didn't expect to have the time to pay attention to him. What a surprise."

The secret meaning is only four words: none of your business.

Shen Budu: "..."

It's strange to say that these two people have not been very compatible since the first time they met. The "sympathy" between geniuses is completely indifferent to them. Every time they meet, they tacitly ignore each other, but like this Great tit-for-tat, the first time.

I don't know why the smell of gunpowder suddenly became so strong.

As the person caught in the middle, Shen Budu had no choice but to come out to ease the atmosphere.He asked Xie Jianhuan: "Is everything packed? Where shall we go next?"

About the Sky Demon Crystal, Shen Budu didn't reveal it to Feng Ce, not because he didn't trust it, but because the matter was too dangerous, and he didn't want to involve too many people before finding out the clues.

He only told Feng Ce that he didn't want to return to Shangling too soon, and that it would be good to experience the customs and customs in Jingping.Feng Ce is also a genius, if he doesn't tell the real reason, the other party will naturally not ask.

Xie Jianhuan: "Lanhai Ancient County."

Lanhai Ancient County lives up to its name. It is surrounded by Lanhai in the east. It was lucky not to be affected by the invasion of heavenly demons hundreds of years ago. Therefore, it has a long history. The street walls and tiles have mottled traces left by the years. Charming town.

In addition, there is also a legend that there are sharks in Lan Hai, whose tears can turn into pearls, and that they can increase their cultivation base by a hundred years when they meet each other. It gradually became nonsense.

The ancient county is closed and simple, unlike the big city like Qingcheng, there are no famous academies, no restaurants where guests gather, and no gold-selling caves, so there are not many foreigners who come here, Shen Budu and the three of them walked on the street It's a little conspicuous.

Feng Ce took out three rings: "This is the Disguise Ring, our face won't change, but the outside world will see us as normal."

This is much more convenient than the disguise technique, Shen Budu readily took it, and gave the other one that Feng Ce handed over to Xie Jianhuan.

After putting it on, Xie Jianhuan realized that Feng Ce and Shen Budu's rings were red, they looked like a pair, while his was green, especially against the red background, it was almost green.

Feng Ce smiled harmlessly: "Master Xie doesn't like it?"

"Where." Xie Jianhuan said with sarcasm, "The pavilion master really has a heart."

Shen Budu: "..."

He suddenly felt that it was a wrong decision to take these two people with him.

But it was already too late to regret, and the head of Shen could only change the subject abruptly: "Well, there seems to be food for sale in front."

It was almost dusk, and the bluestone slabs in the ancient county were stained with a passionate orange.There are also scattered vendors on both sides of the small street, and the fragrance of fireworks in the world is faintly wafting, reflecting the soft sunset glow in the sky.

Shen Budu originally said it casually, but when he got closer, he found that there was a shop selling sweet-scented osmanthus and wormwood balls.He doesn't like sweets, but osmanthus wormwood is fragrant and not greasy, it is one of his favorite snacks in his previous life.

Eating can keep your mouth shut, and Shen Budu was about to ask the stall owner to pack a few, when a female voice came from one side and scolded sharply: "Don't buy her flowers, it's dirty!"

The sound was not low, and many people around heard it and looked over.I saw a flower girl next to the booth selling osmanthus and wormwood, carrying a bamboo basket full of lotus.Beautiful is beautiful, but from early morning to dusk, it has lost moisture and looks a little wilted.

A five or six-year-old girl liked it, and reached out to get flowers, but was held back by her own mother.The girl was ignorant, so she asked bluntly, "Mom, why do you say it's dirty?"

"Women who don't obey women's morals, can they not be dirty?" The mother gave the flower girl a disgusted look, and took her child a few steps away, as if she was afraid of getting some bad luck.

The woman did not shy away from what she said, and the other townspeople heard it, but no one spoke for the flower girl.The flower girl seemed to be used to this kind of treatment, she lowered her head and said nothing, but her slender fingers tightly grasped the edge of the bamboo basket.

Shen Budu put down the ball of wormwood and walked towards the flower girl.

"Girl, how do you sell flowers?"

The flower girl was startled, and raised her head, only to see a strange man with a mediocre face in front of her, but he had a very good manner, and his eyebrows and eyes were very gentle when he smiled.She hadn't been treated so gently by someone for a long time, and said a little embarrassedly: "The flowers are no longer fresh, if you want them, you can just take three Wen."

So Shen Budu wanted all of them, and when he took out the money, he realized that he only had treasures and spirit stones on him, and there was no common currency for ordinary people.When he was worried, Xie Jianhuan stepped forward silently and put a coin in the flower girl's bamboo basket.

Shen Budu wondered: "Where did you get the money?"

Xie Jianhuan: "It was prepared in advance."

He is careful, knowing that dealing with mortals is indispensable for walking in the Jingping world, so he exchanged spirit stones for money with a special trading company.

The flower girl's face turned pale with shock, this amount of money is equivalent to a thousand cash, this young man is a bit too generous!

She hurriedly refused, Xie Jianhuan just said, "I don't have any change, keep it", she was shocked by the other party's aura, and could only hold the empty bamboo basket in a daze, watching the three of them go away.

Holding the flowers in his arms, Shen Budu cast a small spell, and the wilting flowers raised their heads again, becoming plump and juicy.He picked and picked, pulled out a few pink lotuses that bloomed just right, tied them into a bunch with a piece of cloth, and handed them to Xie Jianhuan jokingly: "Peach Blossom Girl, there are no peach blossoms nowadays, I will give you a few lotus flowers, but I am satisfied." ?”

The white and light pink petals are close together, like a girl's shy smile, and the golden stamens are hung with water drops, exuding bursts of fragrance, as if embracing the whole lotus pond on the shore of the summer.

Xie Jian Huan was so distraught, looking at Shen Budu's smiling eyes, he knew that the other party was making fun of him for pretending to be a girl.

But he stretched out his hand piously, and caught the right lotus that opened in both hands, and his fingers touched lightly under the cover of the petals, quietly dyeing his hands with fragrance.

"Thank you, Master." He showed his usual calmness, trying not to let himself get carried away, "...I like it very much."

Feng Ce looked at the two of them indifferently, he couldn't understand what they said, it seemed that it belonged only to their tacit secret.

Shen Budu tied the rest of the flowers into a bunch, and handed them to Feng Ce with a smile: "You don't favor one over another, this is yours."

Feng Ce chuckled lightly and asked, "Do you know what you look like right now?"

"what?"

Feng Ce said inexplicably, "Like a merciless Bo Xinglang on the street."

Shen Budu laughed, and casually took the remaining flower branch as a dog's tail grass, and retorted, not to be outdone, "Come on, who dares to mess with 'girls' like you?"

The setting sun set deeper, elongating the silhouettes of the three of them.Two of the three big men were holding flowers, and walked on the road calmly under the strange eyes of the townspeople.

"Ah, I forgot to sell sweet-scented osmanthus and wormwood balls!"

"I'll go back and buy."

"Farewell, goodbye, I don't really want to eat... Where will I stay tonight? There seems to be no inn in this town."

"Let's take a night, it's really not good, I just passed by and saw a leisure temple, I can make do with it for one night."

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Yao Jie walked home with an empty flower basket.

Although she had stood on the street for a whole day, and her bones were sore, she walked briskly at this time, not because she had made money that she couldn't make in a month before, but because the three young masters who bought the flowers did not know each other. He didn't show contempt for her because of those gossips.

She has seen this look for more than two months, the reason is that she helped a passing foreigner.

That man seemed to be a legendary cultivator who was wounded and fell into trouble in this small town.The town has always been conservative and does not welcome outsiders, and even the medical clinic finds excuses not to treat him.

She was selling flowers on the street at the time, and she was going home, but she couldn't bear to see the man who was kicked out of the hospital, so she followed him quietly, wanting to see if she could be of any help.The man couldn't hold on halfway, and he was about to collapse in a daze. She hurried forward, helped him into an abandoned temple, ran home to get the medicine, and treated the man's wound.

The man was seriously injured, and later passed out. She was worried, so she took care of him in the temple for a night.The next day, the man recovered from his injury a lot, left her a certain amount of money and left.

She also returned home, thinking that she had done a very ordinary kind deed, but she didn't expect that after only a few days, people in the town saw her in a different way.

"Have you heard? The girl from the Yao family was seen hanging out with a wild man in the temple."

"Ah? How, how could such a thing happen? Isn't that girl Yao Jie not married yet?"

"That's why you say she has no shame! She hooked up with men who don't know her background at a young age, and she doesn't know how her family taught her."

"By the way, I also heard that that man is not young, and I'm afraid he has a family... Forget it, I feel ashamed when I say it, and I don't know how she did such a dirty thing... ..."

So inexplicably, she became what everyone called "the one who seduces married men and hangs out with men in wild temples".

She was only seventeen, and she had always been well-behaved and obedient. She had never done anything beyond the rules, and when she was suddenly rumored to be like this, she felt panicked and wronged, and hurriedly explained to others that this was not the case, and told them the truth about what happened that day.

But people don't believe her.

"For no reason, why are you saving a stranger?" Someone sneered, "Don't quibble, people have seen it with their own eyes, what's the use of regretting now, why didn't you feel ashamed when you did those things?"

No matter how she explains it, people only want to believe the stories they hear.Only Niangqin knew that she was innocent, and told her that people are doing what God is watching, and those who talk nonsense will definitely be punished.

When she got home, her mother cleaned the soles of her shoes by the dim oil lamp.His hair was gray and he couldn't open one eye.

His father died of illness in his early years, and his mother was blinded by crying in one eye at that time.

"Didn't you eat? I left porridge for you." Her mother smiled when she heard her come back.

She responded crisply, and went to the yard to fetch water and wash her hands. The gate was open, and she caught a glimpse of several five or six-year-old children sitting outside the door, seeming to be looking in.

Yao Jie took a few pieces of candy and went out, and asked the children with a smile, "What are you doing here? Do you want to buy flowers?"

A boy ate the candy she gave and shook his head: "We're making a bet on whether you can get out tonight."

Yao Jie was puzzled: "Why do you want to bet?"

Another girl said: "My mother said that she saw some strange men going to the town temple, and said that you will definitely go there at night, and that you are going to sell it."

The girl didn't know what "sell" meant at all, and her immature childish voice sounded particularly cruel with innocence.

Yao Jie froze, she stood there blankly, and didn't even notice that the unfinished candy in her hand fell to the ground.

A few children were still talking unnoticed:

"My mother said the same thing, and she also said that this woman is undisciplined, so let me stay away from her, so as not to be led astray."

"But sister Yao is very nice, and she always gives us sweets."

"But that's what everyone says about her."

When the children thought about it, they were right. If she wasn't bad, why did everyone talk about her?

When they looked up, they saw the woman in front of her with a pale face, her two black eyes were motionless, looking very frightening in the dark night, like a ghost emerging from somewhere.Frightened, the children dropped the candies in their hands and ran away crying.

Yao Jie stood there without moving, and did not defend herself with a single word.

She knew that no matter whether she went out tonight or not, there would definitely be new rumors tomorrow.

She is destined to be unclean in this life.

It's just pity for those few kind-hearted passers-by, whose reputation will be affected by her.

The night was getting deeper, and Yao Jie's mother's eyesight was bad, and she couldn't see even with the oil lamp on, so she finally put down the insoles and went to sleep.

Yao Jie came to her mother's window, stared blankly for a while, put the consistent money from selling flowers today beside her mother's pillow, and then quietly came to the yard.

In the dark night, there is only the sound of the wind blowing, whimpering, like the desperate and unwilling cry of a resentful soul.

She walked to the edge of the well, smiled miserably, closed her eyes and jumped down.