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Chapter 23: Just Friends 23
Concentric Jade as a gift to your sweetheart?
Xiao Hanzhou didn't remember this statement, but he grasped the vague memories of that year, and it seemed that he had indeed seen people wearing concentric jade buckles coming and going on the street.
He doesn't remember what day it was—maybe he didn't even know it back then—he just remembers that the people on the street were noisy and disturbing, and there were lanterns everywhere, and the shadows of the lights made the pictures that came into his eyes very vivid.Covered with a layer of hazy brilliance, the scene should be very beautiful, but Xiao Hanzhou, who was in it, had no intention of appreciating it. At that time, he was forcibly pulled out, and he was probably full of thoughts about how to go back to practice.
The picture in memory just flashed by, no matter how much Xiao Hanzhou recalled, he couldn't find more content from it, and finally his attention was forced to return to the scene in front of him.
The two disciples who were chatting over there finally noticed the arrival of the Patriarch, and hurriedly stood up straight and saluted, "The disciple has seen the Patriarch."
Xiao Hanzhou restrained his mind and nodded to the two disciples, but his eyes fell on Wu Fang's right hand involuntarily.
Because he suddenly saw the Patriarch too flustered and in a hurry, Wu Fang didn't have time to put the blood jade into the storage bag in the future, and only held it in his palm, but Xiao Hanzhou could see the details inside through his fingers.
The basic shape of the jade buckle has been polished, but the pattern carved on it has not yet been completed.On the exposed jade surface not covered by fingers, some have patterns, and some are still smooth.
Xiao Hanzhou was silent for a little while, and in addition to Jiang Zhaoyu and Xiao Zhiyu's rectification of his disciples recently because of rumors, everyone knew that the Patriarch was in a bad mood these days.
Seeing this situation, the two disciples who were bowing their heads couldn't help becoming nervous, and couldn't help but start to wonder if they had made any mistakes just now.
The more he thought about it, the more nervous he became. Wu Fang only felt a burst of cold sweat in his palm, and the thing he was holding was slipping in his palm.
He shook his head for a moment before he remembered what he was grabbing. He was too anxious to see the Patriarch just now, and he forgot to put the blood jade away.
Thinking of this, Wu Fang became anxious, and exerted more force on his hand, but unexpectedly, he squeezed the jade out all at once.
Normally, with the monk's reaction speed, he would naturally be able to catch the thing before it fell to the ground, but now in front of the Patriarch, Wu Fang didn't dare to do anything wrong, and could only watch the Concentric Jade fall to the ground.
He closed his eyes subconsciously, but he didn't expect that the piece of jade didn't fall to the ground, but was pulled by spiritual power halfway, and fell into the hands of another person.
Xiao Hanzhou hooked his finger on the lanyard of the jade pendant, looked at it for a while with lowered eyes, and then raised his hand to return it to its owner.
He said in a deep voice, "Put it away."
This unexpected development made Wu Fang a little overwhelmed, and he answered "yes" blankly, and even the movement to pick up Yu was half a beat behind.
Xiao Hanzhou didn't intend to leave immediately, seeing someone pick up Yu, he continued to ask, "What is the custom of Yishui?"
Wu Fang was a little overwhelmed by this sudden question. After all, the Patriarch is not a person who likes to gossip with others. He was not sure if the Patriarch was angry that he didn't concentrate on cultivation, but instead put his mind on these trivial matters.
It’s just that he was asked now, and he could only bite the bullet and answer, “Go home, this jade is indeed a custom of Yishui. There is a widely spread saying over there that ‘a concentric jade is given to a sweetheart’. Concentric jade is in theIt is also called Zimu jade in other places, but the concentric jade in Yishui is different from other places, mostly made of blood jade, with Ruyi patterns carved on it, intending to be united forever and auspicious, and used as a token of love."
After Wu Fang finished speaking, he saw that the Patriarch still looked at him as if he would continue to listen, and was at a loss for words again for a while.After all, he was not born in Yishui, these things were just hearsay, and in addition to inquiring with others, he wanted to use this to please his sweetheart.
But the head of the family looked at it like this, and he couldn't keep silent like a saw-mouthed gourd, so he could only continue to talk about other related things, "...the Qiqiao Festival in Yishui City is very famous, and foreigners often go there.On the begging festival, give the concentric jade to the person you like, if you make the other party tie it around your waist, it is a promise..."
Listening to his disciple's description, Xiao Hanzhou was a little lost in thought, and the blurry picture seemed to be a little clearer, some girls were shy, and some sons complained, but because the master's mind was not on the surrounding environment back then, those scenes seemed hazyIt's not so clear, but there is a vague scene of the concentric jade being tied around the waist.
Xiao Hanzhou subconsciously said, "What if there is no connection?"
It was only after seeing the puzzled expression of the disciple on the other side that I suddenly realized that since it was "agreed" if I got it, it would be "rejected" if I didn't.
Xiao Hanzhou only felt that a certain emotion was born from the bottom of his heart, making his chest feel like something was clogging him, and he was a little out of breath.
He finally didn't say anything more, waved his hands to signal the two disciples not to hold back, and he left as silently as when he came.
The two disciples who stayed in the same place looked at each other for a while, and after a while, the obviously younger junior couldn't hold back his temper, so he couldn't resist asking, "Patriarch is in a good mood today?"
Wu Fang hesitated, "Maybe it is?"
Otherwise, wouldn't suddenly care about these mundane things.
The two disciples on this side murmured in their hearts because of the sudden concern of the Patriarch, but Xiao Hanzhou on the other side is not in a very good condition at the moment.He didn't even have time to go back to his dormitory, just out of sight of the two disciples, he couldn't help but staggered.He raised his hand to support the side railing, and barely stabilized his figure until he leaned against a wooden upright.
The memory that suddenly became clear surged, almost drowning him.
He has seen, seen this kind of concentric jade.
He can still clearly remember the pattern on the jade, so that he knew what the complete pattern should look like the moment he saw the unfinished concentric jade.
That was not a quick glance on the street, but someone who expressed his heart in jade and handed it to him in a precious and precious way.
... Ah Yi.
The hazy emotion finally found a precise definition, and he finally understood what he wanted.
Not "friends", not just "friends".
He wants to go further.
But at that time, that time, how did he respond?
... At that time, he was worrying about Juliu's injury.
Bai Juiliu infused the fire poison in the secret realm, and it was too late when he discovered it. The toxin invaded the dantian along the meridians, and even got entangled in the spiritual roots. Both the meridians and the dantian could be cured, but the spiritual roots were damaged.But it's a big event, and it can't be said that he will miss the road from now on.
Xiao Hanzhou had heard about the family style of the Bai family as early as those years ago, and it has become more and more serious in recent years. The direct branch regards the offspring as slaves and drives them around wantonly.As a concubine, Bai Juiliu was in a difficult situation in the Bai family. It was only because of his outstanding aptitude that he barely survived better, and because of this, he practiced harder.
Xiao Hanzhou didn't dare to think about what would happen if the opponent lost his cultivation.
He thought of Bai Jinliu waking up from a coma, but his face was pale but he forced a smile and asked, "Brother Xiao, tell me the truth...I..."
He didn't even dare to ask.
Xiao Hanzhou could only say some words of consolation and persuasion, but watched the young man's eyes become more and more hollow.
He realized that not being able to practice cultivation would hit Bai Juiliu harder than he thought.
Fortunately, the doctor who came to make a diagnosis came up with a method - to change the spiritual root, to transplant other people's spiritual root to Bai Juiliu.
After having a good spiritual root, one can naturally continue to practice.
Xiao Hanzhou naturally agreed, even if it was to repay the life-saving grace of the year, he was willing to exchange his spiritual root for Bai Juiliu.
But the attributes are different.Xiao Hanzhou has a single golden root and a natural swordsman, while Bai Juiliu has a dual spiritual root of water and wood, and the attribute of the root is more water, so even if the root is replaced, it needs to be biased towards water.And because Bai Jinliu was poisoned by fire, he couldn't even use ordinary water spirit roots, but had to use mutated water spirit roots—that is, what is often called ice spirit roots.
Only those with spiritual roots are qualified to step into the path of cultivation. These people are originally one in a million people, and the mutant spiritual roots among the spiritual roots are even more favored by heaven, and they are one in a million.
Xiao Hanzhou almost used all the power at hand to search for it, but found nothing.
Mutant spirits are rare at all, and there may not be one in thousands of years. How can it be so easy to find?
The mutated spiritual root could not be found, but Bai Juiliu couldn't wait any longer.
The erosion of the fire poison is still going on, and if it continues like this, not only will the practice be abolished, but life will be in danger.
The doctor urged him several times, but Xiao Hanzhou remained silent.
He actually knew about an ice spirit root.
——A Yi.
Xiao Hanzhou knew better that as long as he opened his mouth, the other party would agree.
He thought again, Ah Yi was pregnant with the bones of the Tao, even if he lost his spiritual root, it would not affect his practice.
As for the damage caused by those lost spiritual roots, he will replenish him thousands and hundreds of times.
...
Xiao Hanzhou thought a lot, he found one reason after another for himself, but he was still unable to speak.
Wait, wait, wait.
Ah Yi took over the task of the Sanxiu League a few days ago, and now he is not in Tianhuan City, and there is still some time left in Juliu, maybe he will find other ice spirit roots during this period.
Xiao Hanzhou persuaded himself like this, but he didn't want the other party to come back at this time.
"Han Zhou, last time you gave me a piece of warm jade, it happened that I hadn't returned the gift yet. This time I went to Yuyun Township, and I got a blood jade of excellent quality. It was fine on the way back, so I polished it.It’s finally ready to be delivered.”
Xiao Hanzhou was hiding something in his heart at the moment, and Ren Yi's words fell into his ears, but he didn't take them too far into his mind. He said casually, "No need. Between you and me, why bother to talk about such hypocrisy."
Unexpectedly, Ren Yi responded with a rare tough attitude this time, "I want it back."
Xiao Hanzhou was taken aback.
Even though he was troubled at the moment, Xiao Hanzhou was aware of Ren Yi's strange attitude, the other party seldom refuted him so forcefully, most of the time he followed him.
He couldn't help but look up, but met a pair of burning eyes.
Those eyes were very beautiful, with slightly sunken head and elongated eye tail, and the skin around them was faintly reddish. When looked over at this moment, it seemed that he was the only one who looked at him with all heart and eyes..
It wasn't the first time Xiao Hanzhou was looked at like this, but his heart still couldn't help jumping, and he looked away unnaturally.
Ah Yi seems to be in a good mood when he comes back this time?
Xiao Hanzhou thought about the other party's gaze, his bright eyes seemed to have stars falling into them, and they were full of anticipation.
He couldn't help recalling what the other party had just said.
Ah Yi, he probably really likes that piece of blood jade, right?
...
The memory was interrupted abruptly for a moment, Xiao Hanzhou closed his eyes hard——
he does not know.
At that time, he didn't know.