January 1, 2018

Accompanied by a gentle winter snow, 2017 has quietly become the past.

At the first moment of the New Year, the heads of three major families joined hands to ring the Qingyun Ancient Bell above Qingyun City. The turbulent bells spread throughout the streets and alleys, awakening countless sleepy New Year's Eve. In the east of the city, the sleeping little girl whispered and turned over. The ancient trees leaning against the courtyard wall also trembled slightly, shaking off the snow of the big bunch.

On the thick clouds, a gap was gently pushed away by the bells, guiding the bright moonlight into the earth. In the late night, a silver-covered city of Qingyun was dazzling.

The new year has finally begun.

In the early morning, the popularity of the streets was much colder than usual. Most people who insisted on staying up late are rarely greedy for the warmth of the bed. There are also a few hardworking people who have already gotten up early to start their own business.

The New Year Carnival is the most important leisure time in the year for most people, but for other people, it is also the busiest time in the year.

Before dawn, the Li family courtyard had already organized a celebration banquet for the evening. Lu Xin, who was still the mistress in charge of the family's power, and the partner with her was the good friend Zhao Yan. The two of them had almost been sleeping all night and arranged everything in an orderly manner. Fortunately, for the monks, three or five days of night was insignificant.

By noon, the courtyard had already started to be decorated with lights and drums, and the gongs and drums were hustle and bustle, and it had completely entered the carnival atmosphere today. Young children under ten years old began to run around the yard, and several relatives who were unable to leave the house on weekdays also began to walk around and visit each other in the courtyard.

At noon, Li Fengyun, Li Jing, Li Kongcheng and other leaders of the leading family gathered in front of Fengyun Tower, either practicing swordsmanship or discussing family business. Before they knew it, time passed quickly.

In the evening, the noise in the courtyard began to gradually decrease, and the servants and maids took their seats one after another, no longer scrambled like ants. The naughty children who were fighting and making noise were all controlled by their parents and were not allowed to make noise. The elders basically gathered in front of Fengyun Tower and no longer walked around, and some previous elders were almost invited to the front of the building.

The celebration dinner is about to begin,

When Wang Jiu hurried from Shenyuan, Shenyuan, the east district of the city, he almost stepped on the spot and was already in a little hurry.

However, the elders responsible for greeting seemed to have no dissatisfaction at all, but nodded with relief: "It was indeed on time."

Wang Jiuying said: "Precision has always been my specialty."

Shen Qingming lowered his head and apologized in shame: "Sorry, I'm getting up late..."

At the same time, he cursed Wang Jiu in his heart: "Didn't you ask me to get up in time?"

Wang Jiu said: "From the current situation, my moaning time is almost every second. Not only did I accurately predict your getting up, washing, changing clothes, and excretion..."

"Enough is enough!" Shen Qingming stomped his feet and interrupted Wang Jiu's appeal. "I was wrong. I should make it clear next time. The so-called timely means calling me half an hour in advance!"

Wang Jiuqi said: "Why? I think my time planning is very accurate and reasonable. According to your habits, it doesn't take more time to wash and change clothes. It's even more time to walk from Shenyuan to Li's courtyard. Is it because you catch a cold while sleeping and cause diarrhea..."

"You're so annoying!"

While making noise, the two of them walked to Fengyun Tower under the leadership of their elders.

At this time, almost all the guests invited to attend were present, and after Shen Qingming and Wang Jiu came, they stood up and applauded at the same time, with bright smiles as if they were in a bunch of flowers.

"Our champion is here!"

"I have seen the genius Chen Qingming for ten years!"

For a moment, cheers and teasing sounds all came to her face, making Chen Qingming's face turn red and her body a little stiff. This kind of scene seemed to make her more difficult than the Qingyun Grand Finals.

Well, there is nothing to worry about in the finals against Sister Wanqing. The two have played in the past few months and have played a very serious simulation game the day before the finals...

With zombie-like steps, Chen Qingming came to the unexpected main table at the seat arranged for her at home, and was at the same table as Li Fengyun, Li Jing and other elders, which made her feel extremely nervous for no reason.

Once upon a time, she was indignant with everyone in the Li family compound and wanted to share the same ties with them. Today I want to come... that was simply a dark history that makes people look back on. When I think of this, Chen Qingming felt even more at ease.

Wang Jiu looked at her like a hemorrhoid attack from the side and saw strangely: "Has you really not pulled clean?"

Chen Qingming's emotions collapsed on the spot: "Wang Jiu! Don't think that today is a festive family banquet, I dare not swear to scold you! You are so annoying! Who asked you to sit next to me? Is this the main table? The main table!"

Wang Jiu said: "Of course, that's why I want to sit here to add glory to this banquet."

"Are you shameless?"

"Considering that the Qingyun Competition won the championship, I basically control the entire process. It is really a bit if you can sit here calmly..."

Chen Qingming immediately stopped, and then secretly hated why he fought with him again, which was impossible to win.

However, the others on the main table didn't think there was anything wrong with Wang Jiu sitting here.

Even a few who are not yet aware of the true body of the Divine Sword of Heaven have seen many mysterious things about Wang Jiu during this period, and they know how valuable and meaningful he has to the Li family.

Before the banquet officially started, Lu Xin first looked at Chen Qingming with complicated face, and then Zhao Yan pulled down his sleeve before turning his head and thanked Wang Jiu sincerely: "Thank you, Mr. Wang Jiu these days."

"You're welcome, it's all I should have done."

After responding to Lu Xin's gratitude casually, Wang Jiu nodded to the other acquaintances on the table. After that, he exchanged nonsense such as long-term reputation and luckily luckily with some elders of the Li family who came to thank him from other tables. Then he couldn't help but feel deeply that he had made a qualitative leap in dealing with people and adapting to changes. He was versatile and elves among people.

If it were before, he wouldn't have said that he would have been lucky enough to be grateful for it for a long time. He usually handed the sword out directly and made friends with it with the sword.

If those old friends were still there, they would definitely be amazed and admired by their transformation. For example, Zhao Yueming always said that he would not be able to live normally in human society after leaving her. He was simply nonsense. With his intelligence index of up to 9 points, he used to be unwilling to be distracted by human relationships and worldly affairs. Now, as long as he has a little bit of it, he will immediately become such a leader.

Leisurely and contentedly, Li Fengyun in front of him suddenly stood up and yelled at everyone.

In an instant, the whole scene was silent. Even if the masters at the peak of Paishan Realm had extremely small movements, they had a significant and powerful presence. For a moment, everyone's attention was diverted, and then they quietly waited for the opening remarks of the head of the Li family.

Although most of the people here know that the work in this compound is basically hosted by Lu Xin and Zhao Yan, it is undeniable that there is always only one head of the Li family compound, and in such a family celebration, Li Fengyun can only host the lyrics.

"Today's banquet is mainly two things. One is to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new and celebrate the new year. The second is to celebrate the meritorious officials of this Qingyun Competition. The results of this Qingyun Competition were quite gratifying. A family of immortal cultivation won the championship and the results of such achievements were only once in the entire Qingyun Competition history..."

After listening to a few words, Wang Jiu basically confirmed that the speech was drafted by Lu Xin and Zhao Yan, and Li Fengyun only acted as a sounding device.

Because from his perspective, you can see Lu Xin and Zhao Yan holding a manuscript under the table together, and then Lu Xin kept silently reciting, his mouth shape was exactly the same as Li Fengyun... The couple was clearly performing a double act!

In a sense, Li Fengyun really married a good wife. Although Lu Xin was not his lifelong love, he obviously regarded Li Fengyun as his lifelong love. He was really hardworking for his husband.

The speech drafted by Lu Xin did not last long for the immortal cultivation family, and it was rarely like those officials who were proud of the red tape. It was just simple and decent thanked everyone who worked hard for good results during the competition, including the contestants on the court, the teachers off the court, and the others related. Then he named and praised several contestants with extremely gratifying results, and finally wished everyone a happy meal.

When Li Fengyun took his seat again, the scene suddenly became popular.

On the one hand, the dishes on the table were really carefully prepared, and each table was filled with side dishes and snacks that Zhao Yan cooked by herself. On the other hand, this was also a good opportunity for people in the courtyard to make friends with each other. Especially those young talents who achieved good results in the Qingyun Competition and showed good talent are flocking to people. Competition contestants such as Li Chaolu and Li Xinyu have long been surrounded by their own families.

On the contrary, Shen Qingming was relatively quiet. The main table was full of important figures, and they were all eccentric and did not dare to disturb the idle people at will.

And just in the relatively quiet state, Lu Xin got up first, picked up the wine glass and toasted Shen Qingming: "Qingming, congratulations on winning the championship in the competition."

Shen Qingming was startled, subconsciously stood up and greeted him with a wine glass, and said, "Thank you..."

Then, she gently bit her teeth, and seemed to throw away a long-standing lump in her heart. She drank the wine in the glass and said to Lu Xin again: "Mom, thank you."

Lu Xin's eyes turned red in an instant, and he turned his head away, not daring to look directly at Shen Qingming's gaze.

Shen Qingming seemed to be unable to drink, his cheeks flushed, and at the same time he looked at his wine glass in disbelief, telling himself that he must have drunk too much before he could say that word.

At the same time, the others at the table chose to remain silent and not to break the silent true feelings between the mother and daughter.

Until Wang Jiu said, "Speaking of this, when are you going to perform the apprenticeship ceremony?"

boom!

It seemed as if a septic tank exploded out of thin air in the small building, and all the warmth and charm were flooded by dirt.

Chen Qingming gritted his teeth and looked at Wang Jiu, then looked at Lu Xin with an awkward look on his face.

That's right, she also remembered that a few months ago, she and Lu Xin made a bet like fighting spirit in the Zuixian Tower. If the Qingyun Competition wins the championship, Lu Xin will take her as his teacher... But think about it, how could such a bet count!

Not to mention that Chen Qingming relies on Wang Jiu to win the championship, even if he really relies on his own ability to win the championship, can Zuo Niang still kowtow to his daughter with the atmosphere today?

But Lu Xin is such a person. Seeing that Wang Jiu broke the matter, she was not vague and gritted her teeth and wanted to lean down to prove that she was a mother and couldn't do anything for her daughter.

Fortunately, Shen Qingming's mind was extremely clear at this time. He smiled and said first: "Mom, you said before that the parent-child meal I made that day was very delicious. I will teach you how to make it if you have time another day."

Lu Xin was stunned for a moment, and his eyes began to turn red again.

In order to save her face, this girl has been so much trouble in the blink of an eye...

In one sentence, changing the chaotic apprenticeship of the masters into the private interests of the mother and daughter, Chen Qingming finally resolved the crisis caused by Wang Jiu.

However, at this moment, Wang Jiu said strangely again: "When did you still cook parent-child meal?"
Chapter completed!