Food Fairy Lord

Chapter 407 Farewell Friends

".I'll go get you another pot of Ming Girl!"

Pei Ye felt quite embarrassed. This cold and sweet thing was not enough and he finished it cup after cup.

"No need, they are all here."

Pei Ye turned around and saw that the soldiers were naturally embarrassed to keep them waiting for a long time, and they had indeed drunk enough tea and came over. The pear soup was not always available, and the first pot had just been divided up, and it would take a long time for this pot to come out.

".All right."

Pei Ye hesitated for a while, but had to return the teapot and teacups to the waiter who followed him.

On the other side, Xiang Zongyuan and Nan Guannu seemed to have just noticed something and looked over with frowns, but the woman had already lowered the curtains and did not show up again.

Nan Guannu said: "Anyway, when the list is posted on the Jade Sword Stage tomorrow, we will know what is going on."

Pei Ye didn't listen to what they said and got into the carriage. The brightest sunlight had passed and the weather was not hot. Several carriages drove out and returned to the road.

Leave this brief encounter with the Jianghu behind.

As the sun sets in the west, the sky becomes softer, and the cool breeze takes over again, the full view of the majestic city ahead appears in sight.

Needless to say, Fenghuai and Bowang are already majestic, but when this city appears, you will know what vastness means.

The two sides outside the city gate have almost formed a small town. Unlike the Bowang martial arts competition, where people do business during these two days, on weekdays, there is a constant flow of people coming and going here.

The carriage stopped far away.

Instead of going down into the city, the car drove to a small hill on the west side of the road. In a small pavilion on the top of the mountain in the distance, several figures were already standing there.

Pei Ye sensed the movement of the carriages and horses. The woman next to him was still talking about the sword sutra. He leaned over and lifted the curtain and asked, "Where are we going?"

The high commander who had not been seen all the way was riding a horse beside him at this time, with a spear across his horse. He turned around and said, "My colleagues at the Immortal Terrace are waiting. Let's send the Sword Master over first, and then we will enter the city together."

".Oh." Pei Ye lowered the curtain and sat back in the car.

"So, the first stage [Carrying a New Corpse] is from the perspective of the sparrow, with the cicada assisting the sparrow, and the second stage [Floating Back Wind] is from the perspective of the cicada again." In the car, Ming Qitian continued to talk, "'Wind' is the essence of the Jade Vein. You have already learned the 'Wind Yao', so you can comprehend the second move very quickly. What's wrong?"

The woman stopped and looked at him.

"Ah, nothing, Miss Ming." The young man who was looking at the scenery through the curtain turned his head back, his brows still furrowed, "It's just that I wanted to buy you a pot of autumn pear soup after entering the city. But they didn't even enter the city."

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The young man's expression was indeed filled with genuine annoyance, and his low mood was almost written on his face: "I asked Guan Qianyan, and there is a specialty store not far from the east side of the city."

".I'm not that greedy."

"It's not that I'm greedy, it's that..." Pei Ye frowned and retorted, but his words died in his throat halfway through.

what is it then?

It seemed like the first time a woman showed some desire for something, but he didn't notice it at all. As the carriage moved forward, the discomfort became more and more intense, and he couldn't help it, so he went to Guan Qianyan to ask about the seller.

But when I tried to say it out loud, I realized that this was not a reason at all.

The girl would definitely forget about drinking two less cups of pear soup, and saying something like "because it's the first time you want to drink something" would only make the girl look at him strangely.

This is too hypocritical and sensitive. He has never felt so conflicted before. It is even more abnormal to get emotional just because he forgot a few cups of pear soup.

Just because... this is the eve of separation.

Pei Ye lowered his eyes: "It's nothing, Miss Ming, please continue talking."

But the woman didn't say anything else. She turned her head to look at the curtain. The carriage shook and stopped.

It turned out that they had arrived at the pavilion. Commander Gao rode his horse forward outside the carriage and had already started the handover with the people who were waiting.

"Can we leave right away?"

"We can set off immediately. We will follow the Lushui River out of Shaolong. We will inform everyone we pass through along the way and only take the main road."

The woman in front of him also closed the sword book in her hand and opened the curtain.

Pei Ye didn't expect that the separation, which he had already known about, would feel abrupt and hasty, but it came like this. Pei Ye was a little dazed as he thought about the farewell words he had prepared, but for a moment, only the four words "take care of yourself" were spinning in his mind.

Then he heard the woman's calm voice outside the window: "Sorry, I have to finish my talk about swords with Master Pei before I leave."

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The voices outside the window fell silent.

Soon someone came over and said respectfully, "Sorry! I didn't ask you what you meant. When do you want to leave?"

"We still have one and a half volumes of sword manuals to finish, and there are still some things to say. I hope you can leave after we say goodbye. Is that okay?"

"We will follow your orders! We are just guards, and your actions are up to you."

"Well, thank you."

Ming Qitian lowered the curtain, turned around to look at Pei Ye, and said softly: "Go buy me some autumn pear soup."

".ah?"

"If you don't buy it this time, you'll have to owe it until next summer." Ming Qitian looked at him with clear eyes, "I may not bear a grudge against you for that long."

The sun sets in the west and the weary birds return to the forest.

On a hillside farther away from Xiaoting Mountain, there were no carriages or horses, and in the quiet twilight, there were only the backs of a young man and a girl sitting side by side.

The atmosphere was peaceful. The two men sat on the ground, each with a pot of pear soup they had bought. A candle burned silently beside them, and they discussed in a low voice the last sword book in the woman's hand.

Pei Ye blushed a little when he found out that the woman knew very well when he started to be distracted and not listening carefully. She re-examined the content of the first two hours in the car, and then read the rest of the Jade and Jade Sword Principle with him page by page, until there was only a little red in the west sky. She turned the last page and formed the whole set of Jade and Jade Sword Principle into a system in the boy's mind.

"Do you have any other questions?"

The woman did not show any of the impatience she had before they separated, and Pei Ye's mood had long since calmed down. At this moment, he shook his head, and there were indeed no more problems.

Ming Qitian nodded: "That's good. I took you to the capital as Senior Yue asked me to do, but unfortunately there were many accidents along the way and I didn't have much time to talk about swordsmanship. Now that we are parting halfway, I have finally fulfilled my duty. I am ashamed."

"No, Miss Ming, you said you would take me to the 'Spirit' realm before we went to Beijing. Now that I am already in the Spiritual realm, it should be completed ahead of time."

Ming Qitian smiled slightly: "That's your own ability."

He added: "I should have been the one protecting you, but unfortunately I fell into danger first and got you into trouble." "You also said that I am capable, so naturally I don't need your protection."

Ming Qitian shook his head: "The first few times a fledgling flies, it should be under the protection of the big bird."

".Miss Ming, are you much older than me?"

"I'm twenty-one and you're seventeen. I'm four years older than you."

"That's not a lot." Pei Ye said in a muffled voice.

He added: "I will be eighteen soon."

"Oh."

The woman began to sort the books on the ground and stack them neatly in order.

After a moment of silence, Pei Ye suddenly whispered, "Actually, I like this, Miss Ming."

"Ok?"

"That's right. Since I came out of the mountains, I have always been bothering you and relying on you. Whatever you do, you have to take me into consideration. If there is any danger, you have to think about whether I can bear it." Pei Ye said, "I know you don't regard me as a burden, but I think of myself as a child who only causes trouble."

".Um."

"So, when there is such a danger that we can face together, I am very happy that I didn't mess it up." Pei Ye whispered, "I don't want you to think that I am a burden that needs protection forever."

"I've never missed you so much," Ming Qitian said seriously, "You've just started practicing."

"I know, but I think... I hope you treat me as a friend." The boy was a little incoherent, "... You have to let me face this alone."

"Yeah." Ming Qitian said softly, "I treat you as a friend."

".hey-hey."

"Is the little jade sword I gave you still there?"

"Yes, yes." Pei Ye patted his chest. "Is this the token of gratitude from your Yunlang Mountain? But it has been used. Miss Ming, I saved you this time, shouldn't you give me another one?"

He held out his hand to ask.

Mingqi naively took one and placed it in his palm.

Pei Ye was startled and retracted his hand: "Ah, I was just kidding, I don't really want any reward Miss Ming!"

“This is for a friend.”

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Ming Qitian said: "If there is anything, you can write to me at any time."

".Um."

In the silence, Ming Qitian suddenly asked, "Now that you have arrived in Shenjing, how are you going to learn sword?"

".I'm not sure yet, let's go and see. Miss Ming, do you have any suggestions?"

"In the short term, of course it's best to enter Daoqihui." Ming Qitian said, "As long as you are talented enough, there will always be a higher ladder for you to climb."

"But the assessment criteria seem very complicated. I heard that the Shenjing Sword Academy is particularly strict." Pei Ye hugged his knees and said, "I think I'm okay in swordsmanship, but I don't know what the other criteria are."

"I'll write you a letter of introduction."

"what?"

"Didn't you ask me to write for Piao Qing before?"

"Oh." Pei Ye was stunned. "That's great."

The woman picked up a pen and folded some paper: "I thought you had to take the test yourself."

"Hasn't this counted as me passing the test?"

".right."

"I was personally assessed by the Young Master of Yunlang Mountain! I didn't take any backdoor!"

"it is good."

Pei Ye smiled and calmed down, stretching his arms behind his back, the cool night breeze slowly blowing their clothes.

The woman wrote the letter and handed it to him, then began to organize the sword book.

Pei Ye gradually felt some real sadness: "Miss Ming, let's meet again next time. I don't know when that will be."

"You never know when I might meet him." The woman lowered her head and smoothed out the page that was folded by the boy, then clipped it in place. "If I don't have this luck, I will go to Shenjing to participate in the Feather Scale Exam next spring and summer."

"Ah."

Ming Qitian closed the last page and completely organized this set of annotated Jade and Jade Sword Theory.

But she did not move. She and the boy enjoyed the night breeze and looked at the bright moon rising slowly in the east. No one spoke.

Pei Ye said in a hoarse and somewhat embarrassed voice, "Ms. Ming, I heard that friends always exchange poems when they part. I don't know if there is such a saying. I definitely can't write one, but I found one in the collection these days and it made me feel very comfortable. It's also very short, and I think you may not have heard of it before."

Ming Qitian looked at him seriously and nodded.

Pei Ye chanted: "The city walls support the Three Qins, and the wind and smoke look out over the Five Rivers. I am parting with you, as we are both officials on a journey. A bosom friend is always close to you. When you are at a crossroads, your children will weep together."

In fact, this poem is neither obscure nor inappropriate. The young man did not know that he was translating the most popular collection, in which every corner was filled with things that scholars knew by heart. He also did not know that "official travel" referred to being an official, which had little to do with cultivators. He just felt broadened when he read "A bosom friend afar makes a distant land seem a neighborhood", and he happily shared it with the woman in front of him.

Ming Qitian smiled gently and tapped the book with his finger: "Well, I can't write poetry either, so I'll give you four lines from other people's poems."

"Okay, okay." Just as in the state of mind, Mingyun was pleased to see that he was willing to play the game of identifying the sword. Now the young man who recited nervously was also happy to get the girl's recognition, and was very satisfied that their separation could have such a formal and childish ceremony.

"These are the first four lines of another poem." Under his expectant gaze, Ming Qitian recited her lines carefully.

"It is said: At the age of seventeen, I put down my books and sword and traveled west to Chang'an City. I looked up at the emperor's gate and counted on my fingers to pick the ministers."

The woman stood up under the rising moon and said, "Then goodbye, Master Pei. I hope that next time we meet, we will not let each other down."

".Sure, Miss Ming."

(End of this chapter)