Chapter 73 Blue Phoenix

Xin Zhen gave the boatman twenty taels of silver to purchase the other items. The boatman was overjoyed and thanked Xin Zhen repeatedly.

In fact, his little broken boat was not worth more than twenty taels of silver. He could buy a new one for about eight or nine taels. The extra money would be enough for him to build a nice house for his family.

Xin Zhen looked at the things scattered all over the floor with worry, and the boatman hurriedly said, "Xin Shaoxia, I'll find a carriage for you. Do you want to go directly to the master's house, or find an inn to stay in?"

Xin Zhen thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to the inn first. I guess there are still some things to deal with."

The boatman nodded and left. After a while, he brought back a large carriage. He busied himself moving all the things onto the carriage. Then he followed Xin Zhen to the inn and moved all the things into the inn. He was very diligent.

Xin Zhen was quite satisfied with him and gave him another tael of silver, but the boatman rubbed his hands and refused to take it. He said embarrassedly, "Young Master Xin, you have already given me enough before. I can't take any more."

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "Just take it and find a boat to go back to Luoyang."

The boatman took the silver but still hesitated to leave. Xin Zhen smiled and asked, "What's wrong?"

The boatman said, "I see that you, young master Xin, don't have a servant. This is very inconvenient. Do you want me to stay and be your servant?"

Xin Zhen asked, "You don't want to sail?"

The boatman chuckled and said, "Sailing is too tiring. Of course, I am not someone who is afraid of being tired. The key is that I earn too little."

Xin Zhen shook his head and said, "It wouldn't matter if it was before, but it's not appropriate now."

The boatman exclaimed, "Xin Shaoxia, don't look at me as old. It's all because of the wind and sun on the river. I'm actually not that old. I'm only in my early forties."

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "It's not that reason. It's just because traveling around the world is too dangerous. You don't know martial arts, and if you follow me, you might get beheaded at any time. It's not worth it."

The boatman then gave up, bid farewell to Xin Zhen and left.

Xin Zhen called the inn's waiter, who brought up food and tea. He ate while waiting, and sure enough, at night, someone knocked on the door.

Xin Zhen opened the door and saw a man standing at the door under the dim light. His eyes were shining brightly.

Xin Zhen smiled and asked, "What's the matter, friend?"

The man said quickly, "I have no other options. My friends in the martial arts world gave me the nickname Night Owl."

Xin Zhen looked at him carefully and smiled, "So it's Mr. Ji. I've heard a lot about you."

Ji Wushi asked happily, "Have you, Young Master Xin, heard of my name?"

Xin Zhen nodded and said, "He has no plan to use. Although he is resourceful and a very powerful person, Xin Zhen has just entered the martial arts world, but he has heard of Mr. Ji's name."

Hearing that Xin Zhen had indeed heard of him and praised him, Ji Wu Shi could not help but smile, and said happily: "I am so lucky to be praised by Xin Tanhua, and I am deeply grateful.

I apologize for disturbing you so late at night, but I have been asked by the heroes to come and disturb you. I sincerely invite you to meet me at Wubagang tomorrow."

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "I guess these are the heroes who have taken care of me along the way?"

Ji Wu Shi nodded and said, "It's just a token of my appreciation. It can't be considered caring."

Xin Zhen nodded and said, "It is indeed time to express my gratitude. OK, Mr. Ji, I will go to Wubagang tomorrow to meet all the heroes."

Ji Wu Shi left happily.

The night was peaceful.

Xin Zhen sat on the roof of the inn, and a red sun jumped out from the sea of ​​clouds, and immediately thousands of rays of light illuminated the world, but thick fog could still be seen. Xin Zhen opened his eyes, and a purple light flashed in his eyes. Then he stood up and jumped down, twisted his body in the air and returned to the room through the window, then took the long sword and personal belongings, and left the rest of the boxes and other things in the inn, and then went out.

When he got downstairs, he greeted the innkeeper and asked him to find a carriage to go to Wubagang. Unexpectedly, the innkeeper said that there was already a carriage waiting for him outside.

When Xin Zhen went out to take a look, he saw a large and luxurious carriage. Beside it stood a sturdy man and several Miao girls in colorful clothes. When the sturdy man saw Xin Zhen coming out, he hurried over and asked, "Is it Xin Tanhua?"

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "You guys are thoughtful."

The sturdy man hurriedly said, "Xin Tanhua, please get in the car. The heroes are already waiting at Wubagang. Let's go over now."

Xin Zhen nodded and jumped onto the carriage. Then he lifted the curtain and smelled a strong floral scent coming from inside. Xin Zhen immediately became alert and covered his nose with his hand.

A surprised voice came from inside the car: "Mr. Xin, why are you covering your nose? Is it because I smell bad?"

The voice is soft, gentle and soul-stirring.

Xin Zhen felt relieved: It turned out to be her.

The woman was naturally Lan Fenghuang.

Xin Zhen lifted the curtain of the carriage, lowered his head and walked in. Sure enough, there was a woman about twenty-three or twenty-four years old sitting inside. She was wearing a blue shirt and trousers printed with white flowers, and an embroidered apron from chest to knees. The colors were brilliant and magnificent. She had a pair of huge gold earrings hanging from her ears, as big as the mouth of a wine glass.

Xin Zhen looked at the woman carefully. Her skin was slightly yellow, her eyes were extremely large and as black as lacquer, and a colorful belt was blown forward by the wind around her waist. Her feet were bare.

Lan Fenghuang looked at Xin Zhen with a smile on her face, without any shyness at all.

Although she looked calm and composed, her voice was still extremely charming: "Mr. Xin, please sit down."

Seeing that the interior of the car was very spacious, Xin Zhen sat down casually, leaned back against the car, took off his sword and put it aside.

Seeing that he was completely defenseless, Lan Fenghuang said happily, "Master Xin, shall we set off for Wubagang?"

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "Okay, let's go."

The carriage rumbled along, and Xin Zhen and Lan Fenghuang sat opposite each other.

Lan Fenghuang looked at Xin Zhen carefully, and then exclaimed: "Mr. Xin is indeed handsome and extraordinary. No wonder my friend... hehe."

Knowing that Lan Fenghuang was straightforward and not very familiar with the etiquette between Han people, Xin Zhen didn't use that trick and just smiled and asked, "Are you the leader Lan?"

Lan Fenghuang was surprised and asked, "Master Xin actually knows me?"

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "I have heard for a long time that the leader of the Five Immortals Sect, Lan, is young and beautiful, and most importantly, has a cheerful personality. She is a very worthy friend. After meeting her today, I found that the rumors are indeed true."

Lan Fenghuang's big round eyes showed joy as she said, "Do you also think I'm a friend worth associating with? That's great. Then we'll be good friends from now on."

Xin Zhen nodded and smiled: "Of course."

Lan Fenghuang said happily: "Since we are friends, I will treat you to a drink."

She took out a wooden box from the corner of the carriage, opened it, and took out two empty bowls from it. She also took out a bottle and poured wine into the bowls. There was a slight "dong" sound, and a few small objects fell into the bowls with the wine.

Lan Fenghuang knelt down in the carriage and brought the wine bowl to Xin Zhen. A strong floral scent wafted into his face. The wine was very clear, pure white like spring water. There were five tiny poisonous insects soaked in the wine, namely a centipede, a toad, a spider, a green snake and a scorpion.

(End of this chapter)