Chapter 177: Give You a Punch
Cangzhou City.
On the street, two beautiful figures, one tall and one short, walked amidst the dense flow of people.
One person and one flood dragon possessed extremely outstanding appearances and should have been full of charm, yet the people on the street seemed unable to see the two of them.
The two figures passed through the bustling market, and the somewhat crowded crowd automatically parted a path for them.
Qinghe curiously surveyed her surroundings, especially when she saw some good-looking trinkets, she would look a couple more times.
Although mortals are weak, they are dexterous and skillful.
Qinghe also felt that things created with ingenious ideas were very formidable.
This had nothing to do with cultivation level, but was a kind of indescribable sense of shock.
Weak people having done very formidable things, that kind of shock from the small overcoming the big.
Xie Lingyu spoke in a calm tone: "Are you sure if you slack off like this, you can still enter the mountain gate when you go back?"
"What does slacking off mean?" Qinghe looked at Xie Lingyu with a puzzled gaze.
Xie Lingyu recalled someone's explanation and opened her mouth to answer:
"It means not doing proper business, but doing things that make oneself happy instead."
"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Qinghe froze, and then her small face revealed a look of realization.
She smiled with some excitement: "Then isn't slacking off very important? Qinghe likes slacking off."
Xie Lingyu: "..."
This flood dragon is truly beyond saving; originally, she felt Master was a bit strict, but looking at it now, she was managed too loosely.
Qinghe glanced at Xie Lingyu, who did not reply, and curiously asked:
"The word 'slacking off' was created by a Great Expert; it is very novel and interesting."
Xie Lingyu looked at Qinghe, her tone somewhat cold as she said:
"Could the person who created this term be a Great Expert?"
Qinghe asked with self-righteousness: "Why not?"
Xie Lingyu said in a calm tone: "When saying they cannot, think about your current self."
"With your character, can you become a Great Expert?"
Qinghe froze upon hearing this; her previously somewhat excited color receded a little.
These words... she could not really refute them.
Qinghe felt that there was still a very, very long distance between herself and becoming a Great Expert like Bai Laolao, who seemed capable of anything.
Sometimes, that gap was like a natural chasm; even though she was a flood dragon, she felt like she might not be able to chase Bai Laolao's figure in this lifetime.
However...
"Isn't happiness also very important?" Qinghe thought for a moment, looked at Xie Lingyu seriously, and said.
"Not every person or demon can become a Great Expert, but happiness is something everyone can obtain."
"Eating at the Zhiwei Pavilion of the Tianyan Sect makes me happy, being with you makes me happy."
"Even though Bai Laolao often scolds me, when her temper is good, being with her also counts as happy."
"If becoming a Great Expert requires exchanging these, I would rather not become a Great Expert."
Xie Lingyu could not help but look at Qinghe again upon hearing this, looking at her extremely serious eyes:
"Then rest assured, you will not become a Great Expert."
Qinghe froze, feeling like Xie Lingyu seemed to be scolding a demon, but it seemed there was no evidence.
Is this considered comfort?
This should be scolding a demon, right?!
Qinghe could only look at Xie Lingyu aggrievedly, expressing her dissatisfaction with this sentence that felt off.
Xie Lingyu looked at Qinghe's small aggrieved eyes, coughed lightly, and skipped over this topic to say:
"If you keep slacking off like this, based on Master's temperament, you estimate that you can only sleep at the foot of the mountain in the future."
Qinghe complained in her tone: "What is this..."
"Bai Laolao didn't explain anything clearly, she just said there is an opportunity in Cangzhou."
"I don't know what the opportunity is, nor do I know the situation."
"If there really were some important opportunity, why would Old Ancestor Bai let me come? She would have brought her large broadsword and come herself."
"An opportunity she lets me find, how could it be any important opportunity? If I have to say, Old Ancestor Bai just wants to torment me."
"Moreover, aren't we in Cangzhou? Just now we went to the waterside too, and wasn't there nothing there?"
"We are looking for an opportunity right now, it's just that we found it from the waterside to..."
Xie Lingyu somewhat helplessly shook her head lightly, watching Qinghe look for an opportunity. From the waterside, then sniffing with her nose, while making excuses, [she] found her way beside a bun shop.
Qinghe sniffed this fragrance, her expression excited: "Boss! How are these buns sold?"
The bun shop boss was startled by the sudden voice, looking at a little girl of thirteen or fourteen who popped out of thin air, with horns on her head that looked like deer antlers.
But looking at the little girl's luxurious clothing, white and tender skin, she was obviously from a wealthy family. Thinking about it, wealthy people wearing deer antlers... it doesn't seem like a particularly strange thing.
People with money and leisure do even more impressive things. The bun shop boss opened his mouth to answer: "Three copper coins for a large meat bun, all fresh meat of the day!"
Upon hearing this, Qinghe was instantly puzzled. What is a copper coin? She knew of spirit stones, gold, and silver, but had never heard of any copper coins.
The bun shop boss looked at Qinghe's puzzled expression, becoming even more certain that the little girl before him was even more impressive than a wealthy family. At the very least, she was a child of a powerful family.
However, before he could open his mouth to explain, he heard a sound from the table in front of him. Looking down, a piece of broken silver was currently placed in front of him.
When he raised his head in astonishment, he discovered that a peerless woman with an exquisite face but a somewhat cold temperament had appeared beside the little girl. It was the kind of good looks he had never seen before.
But although she was good-looking and had a good figure, good looks couldn't feed his own child. Where could there be anything more substantial than a big meat bun? He glanced once then looked at the silver on the table.
The silver was naturally thrown by Xie Lingyu. She opened her mouth and said: "Buy enough of them, pack them to go."
"Alright!" The bun shop boss hurriedly reached out to take that scattered broken silver. These two people were generous indeed.
But why did they always startle people when they appeared? If it weren't broad daylight, he estimated he would have been scared limp long ago.
Could it be... that nowadays, powerful and noble families all like this style of appearing suddenly to say hello? A moment later, the figures of one large and one small walked on the street again.
Only that the smaller one was holding a large bag in her hand. Qinghe stuffed a bun into her mouth one bite at a time, her expression incredibly happy.
She sighed: "Although there is no spiritual qi nourishment... it is really delicious, and so cheap. So much can be bought for such a little bit of silver. I really like this place."
"As expected, there is an opportunity in Cangzhou; this opportunity smells so good!"
Xie Lingyu was somewhat speechless: "Since you want to slack off, why did you call me here? Tomorrow I will return to the Tianyan Sect. In a while, I will throw you some silver; you can eat your opportunity here by yourself."
"Hehe!" Qinghe smiled at the corner of her mouth, looking at Xie Lingyu teasingly: "Last time when Master asked about your old lover, I was listening right there too!"
"Don't think I am stupid; I am very clever."
"When you were punished, you went to Yuzhou City in the Xuanwu Kingdom. Speaking of knowing a lover, you probably met them in Yuzhou City, right?"
"Although this is Chizhou, it is also within the borders of the Xuanwu Kingdom. Martial Aunt, you are saying you are returning to the Tianyan Sect now, but actually, you want to go find that old lover, don't you?"
Xie Lingyu's eyes narrowed slightly, and a fist suddenly smashed toward Qinghe's face.
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