Quick Wear: Cousin, Come to the Bowl Quickly

As they had an appointment with Feiye Pavilion to go together, Lingyun Sword Sect's flying boat traveled eastward for five or six days and then entered the territory of Feiye Pavilion.

Unlike Lingyun Sword Sect which is located among the mountains and valleys, Feiye Pavilion was built in the vast Yueze. The Yueze area is densely covered with lakes and swamps, and the blue waves are vast. Most of the large and small sects in the area focus on practicing water-based magic, and Feiye Pavilion, which has a large number of female cultivators, is the best among them.

It was July, the early autumn, and when the Lingyun Sword Sect's group arrived, they happened to catch the annual Linghua Festival at Feiye Pavilion.

Their flying boat landed at the ferry and the group got off. The vendors who had been waiting around the ferry rushed over, holding fresh water chestnuts and lotus pods and stuffing them into their hands, shouting as they did so.

"Young man, try some of our water chestnuts. We picked them this morning and they are very fresh and tender."

"My dear, take a look at our lotus pods. They are so juicy and plump. I guarantee you will fall in love with them after eating one."

The twenty disciples from Lingyun Sword Sect who came out this time were all relatively young. Several of them, including Lin Xi, were following the elders out for the first time. They had never seen such enthusiasm before. They all looked at the elders, and when they nodded, they hurriedly took the water chestnuts and lotus pods.

The elders were obviously used to such scenes, and they were very calm now. The second elder paid the vendors, then smiled at the fourth elder beside him and said, "I didn't think so before, but now that I see them, I know that time really makes people grow old."

The fourth elder glanced at the young male disciples who were blushing at the teasing of the lotus-picking girl, and couldn't help laughing and said, "That's right, when we first followed Master out, it was also a scene like this. It's a pity that the third brother didn't understand the situation and even scared the girl to tears."

Seeing her mention this, the Second Elder couldn't help laughing, remembering when they first came to the Feiye Pavilion, it was a similar scene. The Third Elder glared at the Lotus-Cai Girl who came up to talk to him and scared her into tears. In the end, he was scolded by the master and given ten strokes of the board.

"Now that I think about it, it wasn't all the eldest brother's fault that Fairy Yueyao didn't end up with him." The fifth elder had come over at some point, waving his folding fan and glancing inconspicuously at the third elder who was standing not far away like an iron tower, and spoke in a low voice.

As they were talking, a clear female voice suddenly broke through the crowd and came from a distance, "Excuse me, are you the seniors and fellow disciples of Lingyun Sword Sect?"

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, and saw several small and exquisite painted boats with carved patterns and leaves sailing towards them in the water about ten meters away from the ferry. On the leading painted boat, a figure in a blue shirt was standing at the bow, waving at them from afar.

"I am Wei Qingchuan from Lingyun Sword Sect. May I ask if you are the person who will pick us up from Feiye Pavilion?" The elders naturally could not shout at the top of their lungs like the younger generation, so Wei Qingchuan stepped forward and responded to the man's question.

"That's right." The man replied and said no more.

It was not until several painted boats approached and more than a dozen people got off the boats that the female cultivator in the green shirt of Tianshui who had just stood at the bow to ask questions led the people forward, bowed to the elders, and then said respectfully: "Feiye Pavilion Ji Congyan greets the seniors."

The fourth elder spoke first, and said in a gentle tone: "I haven't seen you for several years. Cong Yan, you are more energetic. How is your master these days?"

"Thank you for your concern, Senior. My master is doing well. She has been thinking about you since she received the news from Yaoguang Sect." At this point, she looked a little ashamed and bowed to the few people. "My master asked me to wait here early this morning. Unfortunately, I was delayed on the road just now. Therefore, I kept you and my fellow disciples waiting for a long time. Please don't mind."

"We just arrived and didn't have to wait long. Don't blame yourself." The second elder smiled gently and shook his head to show that he didn't care.

"Thank you for your consideration. If you have no other arrangements, please come aboard with me. Master has already prepared drinks and is waiting for you all." Ji Congyan said respectfully.

The Second Elder nodded, turned around and asked the disciples to get on the boat. The Fifth Elder walked at the end, counting the number of people while telling them, "Follow closely. Yueze is very big. If you are naughty and fall into the water, I, your uncle, will not come to rescue you one by one."

After everyone was on board, seven or eight painted boats slowly turned around and headed towards Feiye Pavilion deep in Yueze.

Just as Yu Xusheng said, Yueze was insanely large. After leaving the ferry, the speed of several painting boats increased, but after half an hour, everyone could only see a vast expanse of white water. There was no trace of the Feiye Pavilion, which was said to be built by the water and beside the lake.

After the initial novelty wore off, Lin Xi looked at the endless expanse of water and felt a little bored. She glanced at the people in the boat who were either leaning or standing, gazing into the distance or resting with their eyes closed. After thinking for a while, she took out a bag of lotus seeds that she had just bought at the ferry from her storage bag and began to peel them out of boredom.

She bought this bag of lotus seeds from a little girl. Unlike those enthusiastic vendors, her stall was not at the front, but she kept both her dress and her stall very clean. So when everyone was surrounded by the vendors and couldn't refuse their kindness, she quietly walked up to the little girl and bought a bag of lotus seeds from her.

After peeling off the green skin, the milky white lotus seeds were revealed. Lin Xi threw one into her mouth. It was indeed sweet and delicious. The only flaw was the bitter lotus heart. However, Lin Xi has never been a diligent person. Thinking that the lotus heart can reduce heat anyway, she was too lazy to dirty her hands again, so she chewed it up and swallowed it whole along with the lotus seeds.

When her fingertips were stained green by the lotus shells, the painting boat finally docked at the shore. Everyone was amazed at the exquisite pavilions built by the water.

Lin Xi went ashore with everyone else. When she passed by Wei Qingchuan who was standing next to several elders, she suddenly felt a package stuffed into her palm by him. She was slightly startled and looked up, only to see that the man still had a calm and composed look on his face.

She could only temporarily suppress her doubts and put the thing in her sleeve. After everyone finished their greetings and sat down, she found a chance to open the thing wrapped in the lotus leaf. She saw a dozen white lotus seeds lying quietly inside. Without exception, the lotus core had been removed from all of them.

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It was July and the heat was still there. The singing voices of the pretty boys and girls were carried by the evening breeze over the steamy pond.

The moonlight was like water, and in the reception pavilion of Feiye Pavilion, there was a harmonious scene of clinking glasses and enjoying the guests and hosts.

After three rounds of drinking, Ye Feishuang, the head of Feiye Pavilion, who was wearing a lake blue robe, suddenly raised his glass and smiled at the fourth elder: "Yue Wan, I heard that you have accepted a new disciple. In just five years, he has already reached the Golden Core stage?"

Lin Xi, who was called, stood up and bowed to Ye Feishuang. Ye Feishuang looked her over, then smiled and asked her to sit down. Then he turned to the fourth elder and said, "What a good child. She looks so young, but she has already achieved such accomplishments. It's really a young person to be feared."

The Fourth Elder had drunk a few extra cups when he met his old friend, and his mind was a little confused. After hearing what she said, he thought for a moment before reacting and replied with a smile, "She is not as good as your Cong Yan. We haven't seen her for only a few years, but today I see that she has advanced again. Among the younger generation, I'm afraid that only Xu Lingshu from the Yaoguang Sect can compete with her."

“Xu Lingshu has a natural sword body that is rare in a thousand years. He formed a fetus before he was twenty. How can Congyan compare to him?” Ye Feishuang said modestly, but his eyes were full of pride when he looked at Ji Congyan beside him.

"But Elder Li's words did remind me. Since we are gathered together today, why not let the younger ones compete with each other? It can also be regarded as a way to relax their muscles in advance for the Immortal Sword Conference. What do you think?" As soon as Ye Feishuang finished speaking, a middle-aged female cultivator in a pine green gown sitting to her lower left took over the conversation.

"This..." The fourth elder Li Yuewan had never thought that she would suddenly make this request. She immediately became much more sober and subconsciously looked at the second elder.

The Second Elder received her gaze and gave her a soothing look. Then he smiled and raised his glass and said, "It's getting late and this place is near the water. I'm afraid we won't be able to move much..."

"That's okay. After the banquet, we can move to the observation deck. It's a spacious place and they can have a chance to exchange some ideas." Before the second elder could finish his words, the female cultivator interrupted him.

Seeing her so aggressive, even the usually good-tempered Second Elder couldn't help but look a little choked up. He put down the wine glass in his hand and looked at Ye Feishuang who was sitting at the main seat. "What do you think, Sect Master Ye?"

Ye Feishuang didn't seem to expect that the middle-aged female cultivator would say such a thing. She glared at her and quickly came out to smooth things over, saying, "Juanlu, you must have drunk too much. Yuewan and the others came from a long way and must be very tired after traveling by boat and carriage. Even if Congyan and the others won by chance, it was still an unfair victory."

It seemed that she was considering the Lingyun Sword Sect's group when she said this, but the complacency implied in her words made everyone frown. What did "extremely tired" and "unfair victory" mean? She said this as if the Lingyun Sword Sect was bound to lose, which made people very annoyed.

Sure enough, the hot-tempered Second Elder immediately looked unhappy. Although he was concerned about the presence of the younger generation, he could not lose his temper, but his tone was particularly harsh, "Let's compete. We are all sword practitioners. Who can be afraid?"

The Second Elder wanted to speak to stop him, but it was too late. Seeing that he impulsively agreed, he could only shake his head helplessly and said to Ye Feishuang: "In this case, let them spar a little. However, there are so many disciples. If they all want to spar, I'm afraid it won't be finished by tomorrow."

Seeing that they agreed, Ye Feishuang secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Of course there is no need to go through so much trouble. It's just a competition. We can each select three disciples and that's it."

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The elders above were exchanging witty remarks, and the disciples below were naturally discussing it. Lin Xi approached Yue Qian with some curiosity and asked her, "Haven't we always been on good terms with Feiye Pavilion? Why are we going to fight while we're talking?"

"They are indeed good friends, but now that the Fairy Sword Conference is approaching, I'm afraid he wants to test the other party's bottom line." Yue Qian didn't know the reason, so he could only guess with a frown.

"So are we going to win?" Lin Xi looked at the Feiye Pavilion disciples who were sitting not far away. She couldn't even see the cultivation level of several of them.

"Hmm?" Yue Qian was a little confused about the question she asked, and shook her head helplessly, "It's not a question of whether we want to or not, but that we simply can't win."

"Take Ji Congyan for example. Although her cultivation is comparable to that of Senior Brother, she has a single water spiritual root, which naturally suppresses Senior Brother's fire spiritual root. And now we are surrounded by water on all sides..."

Yue Qian carefully analyzed with Lin Xi the reasons why Lingyun Sword Sect could not win, but after listening, Lin Xi just nodded and said, "That means we still have to win."

"Uh..." Yue Qian was stunned, wondering if Lin Xi hadn't heard what she just said. "It would be great if we could win, but..."

"I understand." When Lin Xi said this, Ye Feishuang and several elders above finally reached a consensus and decided that each side would send three candidates to come forward for a fight.

After the rules were determined, the next step was to select the participants for the competition. Feiye Pavilion quickly selected the three female cultivators with the highest cultivation levels, headed by Ji Congyan.

Meanwhile, at Lingyun Sword Sect, just as Luo Qinghe was struggling over whether to compete with Lin Xi for the third spot after Wei Qingchuan and Yue Qian, Lin Xi's voice came to her ears, "Senior Brother Song, have you heard of Tian Ji?"

Luo Qinghe turned her head and saw that Lin Xi had approached Song Qingguang at some point and was looking at him seriously.

"Tian Ji? Who? Is he famous?" Song Qingguang shook his head in confusion and asked curiously.

"Then senior sister, have you heard of Tian Ji?" Seeing Luo Qinghe looking over here, Lin Xi asked casually.

"I've never heard of him either. Is he some hermit master?" Luo Qinghe also shook his head.

Ji Xiaowu who was beside Luo Qinghe also glanced over coldly, obviously not understanding Lin Xi's intention of mentioning this person at this time.

"That's good."

After getting the answer he wanted, Lin Xi was obviously relieved. Then he patted Song Qingguang's shoulder, who had not yet figured out the situation, with a serious look on his face, as if he valued him very much, "Brother, you can go up and compete with Ji Congyan later."

Song Qingguang shuddered, thinking that he had heard it wrong. He looked guiltily at Ji Congyan, who was calm and composed opposite him, and the silver sword at her waist that was shining with a cold light. He could not help but shivering, then slowly pointed his finger at himself.

"Who? Me?"