When Zhang Shuzhi was telling a few companions the story about Leng Shaotia at the lakeside.
On the acting stage.
A blue bird suddenly appeared in the blazing fire, spread its wings, and hung in front of Zheng Qing and Jiang Yu. It scolded: "Whose family do you, young man, come from? Why are you so ignorant of the importance of going on stage without permission to interfere with other people's performances!"
How could Zheng Qing not know at this time that he had made an own mistake?
Naturally, he has a clumsy tongue and is speechless.
Jiang Yu pulled him behind him.
"He is here to take over my challenge."
The witch dropped the bamboo scroll in her hand on the ground, and calmly said something that made Zheng Qing's eyes go straight: "I surrendered to the challenge just now... He took my place to challenge Senior Tushan."
There was silence all over Mount Li.
There was an uproar at the lakeside.
The elder Jiang, who had been smiling just now, stood up suddenly, pointed at Jiang Yu, his lips trembled slightly for a moment, then he sighed, rolled up his sleeves and sat back in his seat, glaring fiercely at the wizard who had done the trick.
The big foxes of the Tushan family stopped discussing hair conditioner, the rich-looking old woman of the Sima family twisted the beads in her hands, and the guests from the three-eyed and multi-armed tribes also stopped chewing their tongues.
He looked at everything on the field with great interest.
Only the witches from Qingqiu looked as bad as ever.
The blue bird's brows knitted together - Zheng Qing was surprised that he still had the mind to observe a bird's brows - his eyes lingered between the young wizard and the witch for a moment.
"Admit defeat? Do you know what you are talking about?" After a while, Qingniao asked carefully.
"Know."
Jiang Yu answered with two words in an understatement, and then changed the subject: "The challenge rule of Shanglin Yuan Chun Shou is that after the previous challenge ends, the next challenge can proceed with the approval of both parties... There is no rule prohibiting two challenges.
Hunters appeared on a performance stage at the same time."
The blue bird folded its wings with a confused look on its face.
"There really aren't those rules."
After a long while, it reluctantly nodded, but still a little reluctantly: "But after the two hunters from the previous scene bowed and left, the two hunters from the next scene came on stage again... This is the basic spring hunting etiquette, right?"
The implication is that these etiquette should be the tacit rules of the noble wizards. Just like Song Xianggong did not choose to cross the river and attack the Chu army after setting up a formation by the river - although it seemed a bit stupid, in a certain way
To a certain extent, it was an invisible boundary that separated civilization and barbarism in society at that time.
If a country that claims to be civilized abandons the rules of the civilized world and becomes unscrupulous, it will inevitably be abandoned by a truly civilized society.
The same is true for this small circle of wizards from aristocratic families.
Of course, just a small violation of the rules occasionally would not cause so much trouble to Jiang Yu, so she looked at the blue bird in front of her and insisted very tactfully: "It's okay as long as the law doesn't prohibit it."
"But as you said, the next challenge requires the approval of both parties..." Qade Bird hesitated.
"I have no objection."
Tushan Chujiu, who had been watching the excitement with his arms folded next to him, raised his hand, interrupted Qingniao with a smile, and looked sideways at Zheng Qing, his eyes as charming as silk, and his breath like orchid: "I am happy to have a polite conversation with this gentleman.
The exchange... I think it will be very interesting."
This is indeed a vixen, Zheng Qing lowered his eyelids and confirmed in his heart.
"Thanks."
Jiang Yu kept a straight face and saluted his opponent properly. After Tushan returned the salute on Chujiu, a rainbow light fell from the air and swept Jiang Yu back to the Crescent Lake.
There were only one man, one woman and a bird left on the stage.
A hot breath filled the performance stage surrounded by flames, the smooth bluestone floor and the winding traces left behind the magic circle built by the fire snakes.
"You all know the rules, right?"
The blue bird obviously wanted to end this somewhat unpleasant episode as soon as possible. He glanced at the two hunters, spread his wings, and swept away the heat in the air and the remaining traces on the ground: "Then... let's salute each other!"
Before he finished speaking, it turned into a ball of blue flame and disappeared on the performance stage.
"Tushan Chujiu, please give me some advice."
Tushan Chujiu smiled, caressed his chest, and bowed, but his eyes never left the young wizard in front of him. There was a bit of inquiry and curiosity in his eyes, but more importantly, there was an unsettling eagerness to try.
"Senior Tushan, please."
Zheng Qing responded nervously.
He had learned these rules at Qingqiu Mansion. Although he was not familiar with them, he was not at a loss.
"Don't be so nervous, I won't eat you." Tushan Chujiu clasped his hands behind his back and looked at the boy with a smile. The Dharma book was hanging around his waist, as if he had no intention of opening it or doing anything.
Zheng Qing lowered his eyelids, opened the copperplate book, and silently cast various spiritual protection, dispelling charm, and calming spells on himself one after another.
No matter whether the big fox on the other side really doesn't intend to take action, or he is numbing himself in front of him and secretly thinking about some trick, he will never go wrong by making more preparations.
Seeing that the wizard didn't answer, Tushan Chujiu suddenly suggested again: "Do you want to finish the first round of acting first? There is no rush for the competition between the two of us."
Zheng Qing finally couldn't help but raised his head and said in shock: "Is this still possible?"
"certainly."
The witch smiled and replied: "There are not so many rules in Shanglin Garden Spring Hunting, and the degree of freedom is very high. Everyone comes here to make friends... Even if you jump off the stage now, you will not lose anything. Of course, I guess
You shouldn’t be able to jump, right?”
As she spoke, she hugged her chest again, leaned back, and three big white furry tails quietly fell from the bottom of her skirt, supporting her behind her, making her feel like she was sitting on a gorgeous lounge chair.
The deputy asked you to help yourself.
"This vixen!"
The witch from the Qingqiu family on Mount Li finally couldn't help but curse in a low voice.
It attracted the attention of others.
On the performance stage, Zheng Qing raised his hand tentatively.
A bamboo mirror fell from the sky and fell into his hand.
Zheng Qing reached out and touched it, and a line of sparkling small words was projected in mid-air at the same time - 'Please use transformation to analyze any talisman'.
Is this luck?
The wizard subconsciously turned his head to look at the edge of the Crescent Lake. At the same time, the soundless bird he had conjured not long ago appeared in his mind. There was no joy on his face, only a very vigilant look.
Having been a wizard for a long time, he has deeply realized that there are no coincidences in this world. Destiny is purely a puppet of the big shots, and chaos is the truth in the world.
But at the moment, he doesn't need to think about such distant topics.
He calmed down, took out a meditation talisman from the gray cloth bag, opened the copperplate book at the same time, and chanted the incantation of the transformation technique.