si-mexico Chapter 325 Sending You a Small Gift
Chapter 325 Sending You a Small Gift
No wonder he's known as the "walking wallet" young master; even when robbing someone, he doesn't forget to leave them some travel expenses.
When Wang Ping'an heard Xu Ning's question, he was stunned for a moment and asked, "So I have to thank him?"
Xu Ning exclaimed in surprise, "How is that possible? I won't be able to get over this hurdle without squeezing him out of a huge sum of money when we meet again."
Xu Ning tapped the ground and asked Wang Ping'an, "Judging from your choice of this place to settle down, are you planning to use this place to make a comeback and return to your old profession?"
Wang Ping'an smiled bitterly: "How could that be? Ever since it was discovered that I was using the Unrestricted Talisman to perform immortal arts, no one has trusted me, the Heavenly Lord, anymore. I returned the remaining Mora to the believers, but it was still far from enough. After being beaten by the debt collectors, I often hide here."
"You might not believe it, but the first time I was beaten the worst, I fainted as soon as I entered the temple. In my dream, I met a young man who talked to me for a long time, asking about the changes in various parts of Liyue. At the end, he apologized to me, saying that he couldn't help me with anything, but he could pawn the Seven Star Lamps and the Great Incense Burner here to pay off his debts."
Xu Ning paused for a moment upon hearing this, then silently refilled everyone's wine cups before standing up and carefully looking around at the surroundings.
Seeing Xu Ning standing in the center of the temple staring blankly at the stone sparrow, Wang Ping'an continued, "Although I don't know if that young man is the stone sparrow enshrined here, even if I, Wang Ping'an, am incompetent, I can't take all the only utensils here in exchange for Mora..."
“It’s not the Stone Sparrow.” Xu Ning took a sip of wine and said to Wang Ping’an, “It’s the Bronze Sparrow.”
"As I just said, meeting is fate. It is his fate to meet you; it is your fate to meet me."
Xu Ning walked over to Wang Ping'an and asked, "Do you want to break free from your current life and do something more meaningful?"
Wang Ping'an asked in a trembling voice, "Are you willing to help me?"
Xu Ning thought for a moment, "It's better to say you're helping yourself."
"I'll provide the money, you provide the labor, and we'll rebuild the Bronze Sparrow Temple here. I can give you all the money in advance so you can first pay off the debts to the believers, then buy yourself a decent set of clothes, and then take good care of this temple. Only when it's bustling with people will our contract be complete!"
Wang Ping'an readily agreed.
"If you don't have anything urgent right now, you can go see Ningguang and tell her my conditions. She will naturally arrange all the other work for you. Oh, and by the way, please pass on a message to Ningguang for me."
Wang Ping'an stood up and headed straight for Liyue Harbor.
Yun Jin, with an expression that suggested she could help Shen He, followed Wang Ping'an towards Liyue Harbor.
Inside the temple of Tongque.
In the blink of an eye, only Xu Ning and Shen He remained.
The two seemed to have returned to that cave from years ago, but this time the enemy was not a monster, but a vast, night-like mist.
After Wang Ping'an was no longer mentioned, the two sides remained silent for a while.
After a long silence, Shen He finally spoke, saying softly, "I originally thought you would go back to be with that Tianquan Ningguang, but now that you're here, I'm very happy."
Xu Ning lowered all her guard and smiled, "As long as you're happy. Do you need me to make a place for you to sleep?"
Shen He shook his head and said, "This futon will do. After all, this is how I sat when I was cultivating in the mountains."
Xu Ning nodded and leaned against the door to start drinking.
Shen He sat inside, cross-legged, meditating.
Before long, Xu Ning felt a small blue bird silently flapping its small wings and flying past in front of him.
This is... the mechanical bird of the True Lord Liuyun Borrowing the Wind?
Xu Ning turned to look at Shen He, who was meditating with his eyes closed. He lightly touched the ground with his toes and, mimicking the bird's stealth, quietly followed it to a hillside.
A fairy bird with clear feathers and blue eyes is standing on the hillside.
"Xu Ning has met the True Lord Liuyun and Jiefeng."
Xu Ning respectfully greeted him first.
After circling around the True Lord of Clouds and Wind once, the little bluebird stopped beside Him and gently flapped its wings, hovering in mid-air.
Liu Yun Jie Feng Zhenjun snorted coldly, "No need for formalities. I have come here not to see you, nor to see my foolish disciple."
"Since Ningguang chose this time, neither early nor late, to rebuild the Jade Pavilion that destroyed Ausel last time, it seems that she has already noticed the unusual activity in the sea."
Xu Ning nodded in agreement, "That's indeed the case."
Liu Yun Jie Feng Zhenjun nodded, "As expected. Last time, when all the immortals gathered, the Seven Stars, led by Ningguang, swore an oath to protect Liyue. Now is the time to see the results. If the Seven Stars cannot prove their strength and ability to protect the people of Liyue, we immortals will take the initiative to take over Liyue again."
Xu Ning smiled and said, "On this point, I have never doubted Ningguang's strength."
Liu Yun Jie Feng Zhenjun glanced at Xu Ning and finally asked, "My disciple has been with you all day, and you've been pretending to be stupid all day. Haven't you figured out what to do with her yet?"
Xu Ning's smile suddenly became somewhat forced.
Your good disciple followed me all day, and you were secretly watching him from behind all day too? Are you both that idle?
"I think it all comes down to her own feelings from beginning to end."
Xu Ning gave a rather slick answer: "But she doesn't seem to have figured out her own true thoughts yet. I don't want to impose my will on hers, nor will I deliberately induce her to do anything that goes against her true feelings. Ultimately, it's up to her to decide."
Liu Yun Jie Feng Zhenjun tilted his head and thought for a moment, then said, "If she wants to stay by your side, I will naturally not stop her. However, this child has suffered so much, and I don't want you to make her sad again."
Liu Yun Jie Feng Zhenjun pointed with his sharp beak at the mechanical little bluebird floating beside him, "This 'Piao Jin Mechanism' is a little gadget I made. It can fly with you and make sounds. I'm giving it to you so that you can communicate with me in advance if Shen He has any problems."
Isn't this just a walkie-talkie for instant communication?
Xu Ning smiled and said, "Then I must thank True Lord Liuyun for his help."
As the little bluebird flew to his side and circled around him, Xu Ning couldn't help but reach out and tease it a few times.
"True Lord Liuyun's mastery of mechanisms is truly profound; there isn't a single mechanical connection to be found on this bluebird's entire body..."
Xu Ning reached out and grabbed one of the little bluebird's claws, lifting it upwards. "The interface isn't behind me, is it?"
A chilling killing intent instantly enveloped Xu Ning's entire body.