Food Fairy Lord

Chapter 418: Talking about the future

Pei Ye sat steadily in the car heading back to the medical building, and from time to time he heard his name being called from outside the window.

It was as if a huge rock was thrown into a lake, and Pei Ye saw the ripples spreading towards the entire city.

It is difficult to describe my feelings at this moment. In his 17 years of life, this was the first time that the boy was in such a position. It was too abrupt and too high, as if a down-to-earth person was suddenly lifted into the sky. Amid the surge of excitement and stimulation, there must have been a kind of panic.

Pei Ye couldn't help wanting to confide his feelings to someone, but he subconsciously shifted his gaze. The familiar person in white was no longer around him, and the green figure with whom he could talk about anything was already thousands of miles away.

Pei Ye was slightly stunned, and the kitten on his shoulder suddenly said calmly: "Pei Ye, you are really popular now."

"." Pei Ye turned his head and looked at it, his pair of glazed blue eyes were as clear as ever.

Pei Ye pinched it off its shoulder. In fact, he also discovered that as the kitten spent more time in the world, it was no longer completely cold and heartless. Perhaps it was influenced by it, or perhaps more "humanity" was awakened from deep inside. It buried that cold and lofty goal deep inside and never mentioned it to him again in these days.

".If I can't beat him the day after tomorrow, will you help me?"

"I'm just a cat."

"If I die, you won't be able to live."

"We can break the contract."

Pei Ye pinched its face.

Qu Xin watched this scene quietly, and suddenly said coldly beside him: "You are indeed a family member."

"." The man and the cat paused at the same time.

The carriage stopped downstairs, and four armored soldiers stood in front of the door. The young man in a tent and holding a cat walked up to the rooftop amid the crowd, accepted the doctors' examination today, and took the [Green Emperor Pill] as instructed.

They came to the quiet room next door. Qu Xin was preparing needles and medicines at the table. Pei Ye was sitting on the edge of the couch, swinging his legs, and looking around curiously at this quiet room with complicated instruments.

Qu Xin came over, and Pei Ye looked at the familiar set of needles: "Did you use this set of needles yesterday? I remember it was quite comfortable. The previous two were a bit sore."

"Yes, [Spring Qi Needle]." Qu Xin walked in front of him with a candle. Pei Ye stared at the needles in her hand. One of them was very thick, but he didn't know where it was inserted.
"I'll help Mr. Pei take off his boots." Qu Xin said softly.

"Ah?! No, no!" Pei Ye retracted his legs in fear.

However, the girl had no intention of moving at all. She looked at him quietly: "Then what are you waiting for."

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Pei Ye closed his mouth, rolled his eyes, took off his boots and clothes, and lay on the bed.

After a set of acupuncture, Pei Ye felt comfortable all over. He sat up and buttoned up lazily: "Are there any more needles after this one?"

"I'll give you two more times tomorrow morning and night, and it won't affect your actions."

Pei Ye smiled, but heard the girl add: "If you haven't played it before and bring it back, I'll give you a discount."

".I'm too lazy to talk to you."

Pei Ye left the quiet room refreshed and returned to the attic where he cultivated himself.

The meal was over and the whole city was lit up with lights. Pei Ye leaned against the window, looking at the vast city and the darkening sky in the distance, knowing that his name would be heard by countless people tonight.

Just when the moon was halfway out of the window, a sword sheath came down from the eaves and knocked on the window frame. A gentle, slightly tired old voice came from above: "Mr. Pei, how do you feel today?"

Pei Ye jumped onto the roof. Under the bright moon, Sui Zaihua was sitting cross-legged on the ground with his gray hair tied back, a sword on his knees and a glass of sake beside him.

"You seem to be very busy these days."

"I told you that I'm going to be promoted." Sui Zaihua handed him a full cup and said calmly, "I received the seal today."

Pei Ye had heard him talk about the "Governor" in Kongtong, but he didn't quite understand it at that time. It was not until the past two days, from other people's words and his own eyes, that he vaguely realized the high position and power like an old man mountain in front of him.

But no matter then or now, there was indeed no excitement or satisfaction in the old man's tone. He just told the boy honestly and straightforwardly.

The two were already quite familiar with each other, and Pei Ye couldn't help but ask, "Are you unhappy?"

"Hmm?" Sui Zaihua was slightly surprised, and raised his glass with a smile, "Can't you see how relaxed I am? I don't usually drink."

The appointment as the commander-in-chief, the success of the sword association and the completion of the Kongtong mission, the three major events were all settled. The old man indeed showed obvious relief. He raised his head, took a drink and let out a satisfied "Ha".

But "relaxed" and "happy" are different after all, Pei Ye thought.

Since the old man didn't answer, he didn't ask any more questions. He shook the clear liquid in the cup twice, causing the water to ripple slightly, and then he raised the cup and drank it all in one gulp.

“I don’t usually drink.”

"Haha, are you feeling proud today?"

".Proud." Pei Ye paused for a moment, but still couldn't help laughing.

From the moment Cheng Yuanqi bowed to him before he left the house, whether it was the carriage and entourage he had never imagined, or the identity that allowed him to enter and exit places of authority at will, as well as any actions that were prepared in advance and every wish of his was respected and valued. These were all experiences he had never had before.

Although it was awkward and uncomfortable, he was unwilling to give up addressing others with respect, but the feeling of being like a young prince was still difficult for him to describe.

Especially the roll call at the sword selection meeting just now.

He said to Qu Xin, "When I am eight years old, I will definitely be able to make it to the Duck List." Wasn't it the emotions surging in his heart that were at work - these swordsmen competing in the competition are really amazing, but are they really as good as me?
In terms of sword skills, I am better than any of you.

Of course, this consciousness was not spoken out loud, nor was it even clearly revealed in the heart, because the wall in front was the rational reality - no matter how high your sword talent is, it will only count if you can fulfill it. Now no one recognizes you, Pei Ye, you have just been reborn, and your sword has just entered the spiritual realm. Only you believe in yourself.

So you have to keep it in your heart and work hard in silence until everyone believes it little by little.

But this process was revealed by the old man with a wave of his hand.

——You are the best swordsman in Shaolong, so you should take first place in the Shaolong Sword Competition. It's only natural.

At that moment he was really overwhelmed.

"I told you that you are the white crane under the wing of the new governor." Sui Zaihua poured out his wine and looked at the big city under his feet. "Since it is yours, no one has the right to ask you to give way."

".Sir Sui." Pei Ye finally couldn't help but pour out another feeling in his heart, "I am actually a little nervous."

"Ah."

"It's special to reach such a high position all of a sudden. I didn't fight my way up step by step. Besides, there are too many people." The young man frowned and said softly, "I have never tried this before."

"Yes, in the next three days, countless people will question the words 'Pei Ye'." Sui Zaihua tilted his head to look at him, "and it will definitely get worse and worse. I knew it when I made the decision."

"Then you still"

"Are you afraid?"

Pei Ye was stunned.

"Are you afraid you can't defeat them?"

".I'm worried that I can't win." Pei Ye was silent for a moment, "I don't recognize those powerful people, I don't know what methods they have. And they are all eight lives."

"That's exactly what I want you to do." Sui Zaihua said.

"You will be placed above whoever you can beat. That's climbing a ladder, not ascending to the sky." Sui Zaihua said, "Just like that, let the whole city look forward to questioning the name 'Pei Ye', let those self-important sword masters look at you coldly, anyway, at the end of the Jade Sword Stage, you will bear this name with the sharpest sword, right?"

Sui Zaihua raised his head and drank. His eyes looked at him gently: "It's just another miracle."

".But I'm going to lose."

"If you lose, you lose." Sui Zaihua laughed casually, "Then let's reconsider your ranking, hahahaha."

"." Pei Ye couldn't help but smile helplessly, "I didn't even inform the other sects first. They will hate me to death."

"Because a smiling face doesn't always win respect." Sui Zaihua poured him a glass of wine and sighed, "They want to be number one, and you want to be number one too. How can they not hate you?"

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"If you try to make friends with a smile on your face, you'll be looked down upon." Sui Zaihua said, "Only when you are undoubtedly at the top will you be qualified to make friends with them."

Pei Ye nodded slowly.

The two of them sat on the rooftop, sipping their drinks. The faint voices below faded away, and there was only the autumn night sky above their heads.

In the silence, Pei Ye turned his head and looked at this clear and vigorous face so closely for the first time. His old skin had become a little loose, but his facial features were still as sharp as ever, his temples were clean, and his eyes were as bright as wells. A person who has lived to this age must have seen through many things, even himself.

".Sir Sui."

"Ok?"

“Do you have any ideals?”

The moonlight was like water, and the boy's clear eyes looked at him.

Sui Zaihua smiled and said: "Talking about ideals with a white-haired person is like an invisible knife."

"But you must have, didn't you?"

".yes."

of course.

Whenever two people come together, they can certainly talk about ideals. Your ideals determine your path, and my ideals also determine my path.

Why do you help me do so many things? Why do you give me the power derived from you without hesitation, as if it were your own uncle?
Pei Ye has read very little and has little knowledge, but he will not play dumb.

Sui Zaihua leaned back slightly, put his hands behind his head, and leaned on the eaves of the building, smiling and said, "Are you going to laugh at me if I tell you this?"

".how come!"

"Okay, I think," Sui Zaihua raised his head, "I'll figure it out."

".What?" Pei Ye was stunned. He followed the old man's gaze, but there was nothing. "What, Lord Sui, I, Cai Liusheng, don't have good eyesight."

“Hahahaha, can’t you see it?” Sui Zaihua turned around with a big smile, “It’s such a huge sky!”

".Ah?" Pei Ye was stunned.

"Look, you're going to laugh."

"No!" Pei Ye covered his mouth
But this is indeed a question he would have thought about when he was ten years old.

Sui Zaihua seemed to have seen through him and didn't care. He shook his glass and said, "If life is a circle, then children and old people should overlap."

"."

"I'm serious, Pei Ye." Sui Zaihua frowned and looked at the clear autumn night quietly. "If a person sees the most sublime thing in the world when he is young, he will never be able to walk out. Either he will be defeated and his whole life will be decadent, or he will be obsessed with it and establish a lifelong enemy from then on."

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Sui Zaihua tilted his head and looked at him: "You must understand, don't you?"

".yes."

"I really want to know how this world works. Sometimes I feel like someone is fiddling with my fate. Whose fingers are they?" Sui Zaihua said with his eyes closed. "If you get older and your cultivation level gets higher, you will understand what I am talking about."

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"So if I have a goal, it is this, Pei Ye." Sui Zaihua opened his eyes and looked at him seriously, "I understand your problem and will not hide it from you. This year I will be appointed as the governor, and in the next ten years I will do two things. The first is to be transferred to the central government, to be in charge of three provinces, or to serve as the governor of Lianglong; the second is to be promoted to Tianlou."

Pei Ye's eyes widened suddenly: "But you are not just--"

Sui Zaihua laughed, shook his head and sighed: "Another knife."

Pei Ye waved his hands hurriedly: "No, no, no, that's not what I meant."

Sui Zaihua did not explain, and smiled and said: "Anyway, we have to have a goal first."

He restrained his expression and said, "There is no other reason, Pei Ye. You are the most outstanding swordsman I have ever seen. You are tenacious, clear-headed, and righteous. I told you in Bowang that I like you very much."

"So I invite you to walk this path with me," Sui Zaihua looked at him gently, "without having to bear any master-disciple or elder-younger relationship, just because we have the same high ideals, and I think you are the most trustworthy fellow traveler in the world."

"Would you like to, Peiye?"

"." Pei Ye was stunned
"You can reply to me in two days." Sui Zaihua shook his sleeves and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I will still pay for you and let you ride in the carriage."

“.” Pei Ye touched his head embarrassedly.

"Then, I will explain to you what is going on right now." Sui Zaihua stood up, the wine in the pot had been dried up, and the old man's voice returned to calm. "First, about what you asked Fu Yun to ask, I received news two days ago that Li Piaoqing rejected the sword letter, so he didn't come to the capital."

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"The second is the arrangement of the Jade Sword Platform's compilation. Your name will be spread tonight, and tomorrow the Immortal Platform will issue a list of honors for the Battle of Happy Death Tower, and your name will be on it. When the compilation meeting is over the day after tomorrow, we will confer honors on you on the Jade Sword Platform."

"I want to give you this position then." Sui Zaihua handed him an official document that had not yet been stamped. "The 'idle position' that Cheng Yuanqi mentioned to you is actually the newly established [Shao Yu Jian] that I proposed."

"I am responsible for patrolling the country on behalf of the king and pacifying the martial arts world, including the Kongtong Luoying Mingzhu and other sects. This position is indeed just a sinecure. All its power comes from the [Da Yu Supervisor], but the [Da Yu Supervisor] is me." Sui Zaihua said, "In fact, when you enter the Xuanmen, I want to hand over the entire Shaolong martial arts world to you."

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"I'll say it again. It won't affect your participation in the Shenjing Martial Arts Competition. You can live there for a few months every year. I want to go there later anyway." Sui Zaihua smiled. "That's it. Think about it yourself. We can discuss it later if you have any ideas."

".Ah?" Pei Ye looked up in surprise. He thought he could chat with the old man all night. "Are you still busy? Didn't you retire?"

"This is not something that my duty requires," Sui Zaihua smiled as he raised his sword, "but I have to do it."

".What?"

"The Immortal Terrace will complete its planning tonight, and we will give Sima a chance tomorrow night." Sui Zaihua looked at the young man with dark eyes and pursed his lips, "If possible, we can put an end to Qu Zhu and completely destroy the Happy Death Tower."

Pei Ye stood up subconsciously, but Sui Zaihua just waved at him and said, "Let's go."

(End of this chapter)