That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 192 A Bowl of Sour Ume Soup
After returning to the East Lake Bieyuan, Xu Beiyou went to see Zhang Xueyao alone in silence.

At the same time, Zhang Xueyao also passed on the word that I will see Li Qinglian later.

The master and the apprentice seem to have a good understanding. In fact, Zhang Xueyao has her own channel to understand what happened in Linggu Temple. The female crown Zhang An will definitely report to her what happened before and after. Xu Beiyou is naturally aware of this. Tomorrow, he had to explain to Zhang Xueyao, such as his grievances with Duanmuyu, and how he could kill a person in the fairyland with a ghost.

Guided by the maid to a side pavilion named Xuanrui Pavilion, Zhang Xueyao had been waiting here for a long time, and specially prepared a large bowl of black plum soup chilled in ice cubes and two exquisite small porcelain bowls. After Xu Beiyou was seated, Serve him a small bowl with your own hands.

After Xu Beiyou took it, he didn't feel overwhelmed. He took a spoonful and put it into his mouth naturally. After a little silence, he asked, "Is this made by Master's mother?"

Zhang Xueyao also served herself a bowl, and asked back with a smile: "What if I did it, so what if I didn't do it?"

Xu Beiyou said calmly: "If it was made by my teacher, I would naturally praise this soup for its sweet and sour taste. If it wasn't made by my teacher, then I can only tell the truth, this soup is a bit sour."

"You kid, you are glib." Zhang Xueyao smiled and said, "Who did you learn this from? Zhongmou and Han Xuan don't have such temperaments, and the girl from the Xiao family is also very upright."

However, perhaps because Xu Beiyou's "outspokenness" made this rigid and deserted Donghu courtyard a little more angry, Zhang Xueyao was in a good mood, and smiled: "Beiyou, I made the ebony soup Yes, I haven’t made this for some time, and the craftsmanship has indeed deteriorated a lot. I don’t care if it’s sour or not. Anyway, I spent a lot of effort to make it for you. The teacher’s wife’s heart, you have to drink it up for me .”

If Li Qinglian saw this scene, she would probably gloat and even add insult to injury.Zhang Xueyao is very proficient in tea ceremony, and she has become more proficient as she gets older, but when it comes to cooking skills, it has been the same for decades, as always, it is unsightly, even horrible.In the early years, he harmed Gongsun Zhongmou, later he harmed Li Qinglian, and now he harms Xu Beiyou again, which can be described as "destroying people tirelessly".

Xu Beiyou almost forced himself to finish the big bowl of ebony soup, which was comparable to vinegar, and then began to doubt why he wanted to learn from his teacher's mother's cooking skills, and then felt an inexplicable admiration for his deceased master.

Zhang Xueyao just watched Xu Beiyou finish the soup little by little, and suddenly felt a little emotional in her heart. She and Gongsun Zhongmou have never had a child in this life. This is also the hardship of many masters in the fairyland. The closer the two are to the Longevity Avenue, the more difficult it is to have a child.

If they could have had a child back then, their grandson would be as old as Xu Beiyou now. Maybe Gongsun Zhongmou would not leave Jiangnan easily with his children and grandchildren concerned. Maybe the family can still sit here today and drink together Sipping the sour plum soup, complaining about her poor craftsmanship.

Thinking about it is also a very good thing.

But no matter what, Zhang Xueyao is also a long-standing earth immortal, this kind of sad mood only lasted for a short time, and her mood quickly returned to the usual calmness of the ancient well, and she began to talk about business.

Zhang Xueyao just made a start, and Xu Beiyou had already said categorically: "The feud with Duanmuyu is not all because of rivalry and jealousy. In the end, it is still hurting people. I have to act first to protect myself. As for me I was able to kill a person in the realm of immortality because I intercepted a piece of Zhuxian sword energy and hid it in my body by chance. If I attack the enemy with the sword energy of Zhuxian, even if I am in the realm of human immortality, I will die if I don't guard against it. "

"Intercept Jade Immortal Sword Qi and hide it in your body?" Even Zhang Xueyao couldn't help being shocked, and then said with a bit of annoyance: "You child, don't you want to kill yourself? Jade Immortal Sword Qi is the most domineering, almost hurting the enemy a thousand times." Eight hundred damages, even with your master's cultivation on the [-]th floor of the Earth Immortal, you wouldn't dare to do such a thing!"

This remark can almost be said to be harsh.

"Master, don't worry, Zhuxian sword energy is not completely stored in my body directly, but in the inexplicable sword dormant in my body. As long as I don't use it, it will not cause much harm to my body." Xu Beiyou explained softly: "As for why this is so, I think it's because Mr. Pingan implanted the inexplicable sword into my body, which gave me a certain degree of uniqueness in the body of the supreme sword. Humans are like swords, so they can naturally store sword energy."

Next, Xu Beiyou spent an hour explaining his experience and assumptions to Zhang Xueyao one by one.

After Zhang Xueyao listened to it, she said thoughtfully: "Is it the supreme sword body? This is almost lost, and I have never learned it, so I have to look for it. As for the method of sword pills, if you want to learn, I will now I can teach you."

Xu Beiyou said softly: "The method of sword pills requires refining sword pills, so there is no rush."

Zhang Xueyao thought for a while and said, "How about this, you and Qinglian will go to the library to find me tonight."

Xu Beiyou got up and said, "Yes, this disciple will leave first."

"Go." Zhang Xueyao also got up, but turned around and went in another direction, where there should be a side door connecting the entire back house.

After Xu Beiyou left Xuanrui Pavilion, he returned to his own courtyard.

There is an artificially built square pond in the courtyard. There is an old tree beside the pond. The shade of the tree covers most of the water surface, and the water surface reflects the shadow of the tree. The two form an interesting contrast.

Xu Beiyou took off his boots, sat cross-legged on the wooden floor under the porch in front of the hall, staring at Fangtang in a daze.

I don't know how long it took, suddenly a touch of snow-white skirt came into Xu Beiyou's line of sight, under the skirt was a pair of embroidered shoes embroidered with blossoming lotus flowers, Xu Beiyou's line of sight moved up accordingly, and Li Qinglian with her hips crossed came into his sight The eyelids and the expression on the face are happy and angry, as if trying to pretend to be a vicious little tigress, but unfortunately in the eyes of Xu Beiyou, it turned into a kitten with teeth and claws.

Xu Beiyou really wanted to tell her that you should still be a lady of the family with peace of mind, you can't learn that kind of aggressive woman's style, but he just thought about it in his heart, and asked with a smile on the surface: "Junior sister, what's the matter?"

Li Qinglian asked loudly: "Why does Master only see you alone? What are you hiding from me?"

Although at first glance, Li Qinglian still disliked Xu Beiyou as always, but before she knew it, she lost that hostility.

Xu Beiyou still said plainly as usual: "If you want to know, you can ask the teacher's wife, if she is willing to tell you, she will naturally tell you."

Li Qinglian widened her eyes and said, "I want to listen to you!"

Xu Beiyou couldn't help laughing and said, "You're making it clear that you're bullying the weak and afraid of the strong. Even if I have something to hide from you, why should I tell you? You're not my wife."

Li Qinglian, who should have been furious, suddenly remembered something, and asked with great interest: "Then who is your wife? That Princess Qiyang?"

Xu Beiyou shook his head and said: "Don't talk nonsense, she is a nobleman of the Tian family, and I am just a commoner, the distance between the two of us is like the distance between me and the realm of the earth fairy, it cannot be calculated by reason."

Li Qinglian curled her lips, took a few steps forward, sat with her feet hanging in the air not far from Xu Beiyou's side, and said, "If, I mean, if you can marry that princess back home, I will accept it." This senior brother of yours, the kind who is sincere and convinced."

Xu Beiyou glanced at her, then laughed it off.

Li Qinglian provocatively said: "Why, are you afraid of Duanmuyu, or do you think you don't have that ability?"

"Don't use this clumsy aggressive method." Xu Beiyou said helplessly, "I'll still say the same thing, don't talk too much, lest you face yourself."

Li Qinglian said disdainfully: "It's not domineering at all, like our master, he dared to say that he would be able to stand alone in the world from the first day he held the sword."

Xu Beiyou said softly: "So I am who I am, not the master, nor the master."

Li Qinglian felt bored, stood up and was about to leave.

Xu Beiyou turned to her back and said, "Master asked the two of us to meet her in the library tonight."

"Understood." Li Qinglian walked out of Xu Beiyou's cross courtyard.

(End of this chapter)