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"Stop right there! Who are you calling a bad guy?"
Chapter 142 The First Day of Missing My Junior Brother!
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The four of them ran from the pawnshop to the large courtyard behind it. Jing Tian ran desperately toward the side room, panting heavily from exhaustion.
"This kid's got a screw loose! We already told him we're not bad people!"
"With your fierce expression, who wouldn't be afraid?"
"Li Xiaoyao, if you say that again, I won't be so polite!"
"Come on, who is afraid of whom?"
Xu Changqing finally couldn't hold back any longer. His face darkened, and he angrily said, "If you two keep causing trouble, go back. I can find the Five Elemental Pearls by myself!"
Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru immediately fell silent, as this was the first time they had ever seen Xu Changqing so angry.
Hearing Xu Changqing's anger, Jing Tian ran even faster, repeatedly chanting for help.
Xu Changqing used his sword control technique to fly his sword and try to stop Jing Tian, but the next second, a strangely shaped sword flew out from somewhere and crashed into him.
"This sword has a strong demonic aura..."
Xu Changqing frowned, and used his flying sword to fight the demonic sword. He had no intention of harming Jing Tian, but the demonic sword actually flew out automatically to protect Jing Tian.
This was the first time Xu Changqing had ever seen a sword that possessed both demonic and spiritual qualities, and he couldn't help but become curious.
Jing Tian glanced back at the sword the "red-haired monster" had given him, feeling that running away alone was somewhat disloyal, even if the other party was just a sword...
So he stood there, looking nervously at the sword that could make him fly.
After a while.
The two swords collided in mid-air, each flying back to its master, with the demonic sword embedding itself directly into the floor tile at Jing Tian's feet.
"Look at this sword yourself, is it normal?" Lin Yueru shouted, her eyes wide with anger. "Do you still think we're lying to you?"
Jing Tian scratched his head sheepishly and said with an embarrassed smile, "I'm sorry, big brother and big sister. I'm really not very worldly and I misunderstood you."
Xu Changqing breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "Brother Jing, it's good that you trust us. Now you can leave with us to find the Five Elemental Pearls, right?"
Jing Tian looked troubled. His days at Yong'an Pawnshop were neither good nor bad. He thought it would be fine to live a quiet life like this.
There are so many demons outside now, some of them even dare to swagger into the streets and kill people. How could he dare to run around in such a chaotic world?
Even the presence of Shu Mountain disciples could not dispel his fear.
Jing Tian asked helplessly, "Master Xu, why does it have to be me? You saw it just now, I'm just an ordinary person."
Xu Changqing didn't know how to explain it, and his junior brother Chu Yang didn't give him many hints either, only instructing him to take Jing Tian with him on the journey.
Lin Yueru suddenly spoke up: "You brat, you just said you wanted to open a pawnshop in the future, right?"
Upon hearing the word "pawnshop," Jing Tian couldn't help but grin foolishly and nodded. "This is my lifelong dream. I've been interested in antiques since I was a child."
Lin Yueru smiled confidently, "As long as you come with us, regardless of whether we can find the Five Elemental Pearls or not, I will provide the funds to open a pawnshop for you!"
Jing Tian stared at Lin Yueru in disbelief. This heroine was so bold on their first meeting?
Before Jing Tian could speak, Lin Yueru took out a jade pendant from her body and threw it to him, then said, "This jade pendant is quite valuable, consider it a deposit. You don't need to worry that I will cheat you. My name is Lin Yueru, and I am the daughter of Lin Tiannan, the leader of the martial arts alliance."
“Lin...Tiannan?!” Although he was in Yuzhou, Jing Tian had heard of the name of the martial arts alliance leader. He lowered his head to examine the jade pendant in his hand, and his breathing immediately became rapid.
It's not just valuable, it's priceless! Enough to take over the entire Wing On Pawnshop!
"It must be true. How could anyone in the world spend so much money to lie to me?"
Jing Tian gripped the jade pendant tightly, his whole body trembling with excitement.
Li Xiaoyao stretched and yawned, holding his head, and said listlessly, "Why didn't you just say it was about the money earlier? You made us waste half a day."
Xu Changqing turned to Lin Yueru and said, "Miss Lin, Shushan will return this money to you later. Please proceed."
"Oh, Brother Xu, don't be so polite." Lin Yueru waved her hand generously, "Just consider it as me using it for business. Maybe if the pawnshop business prospers in the future, I won't have to ask my father for money anymore."
She winked at Jing Tian again, "Is this enough? If not, I'll add some more?"
Afraid that she might change her mind, Jing Tiansheng quickly nodded and said, "Enough! Enough!"
Li Xiaoyao put his arm around Jing Tian's neck and laughed, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's pack our bags!"
Jing Tian smiled broadly, "There's nothing to pack, let's just set off."
Once the money is in place, everything is negotiable.
The demonic sword stuck in the ground suddenly flew out and landed beside Jing Tian, seemingly wanting to go with him.
"Tsk tsk, this sword is really magical. Since it's only a penny anyway, why not sell it to me?"
Li Xiaoyao said to Jing Tian with an envious look.
"No, these are items pawned by a customer. The pawnshop cannot touch them within the specified period. What if... he wants to redeem them someday?"
Jing Tian shook his head and refused, demonstrating his strong principles.
"I thought you were the kind of person who only cares about money, but I didn't expect you to be quite principled. Not bad, you're to my liking."
"Hehe, you flatter me, sir."
Li Xiaoyao and Jing Tian were kindred spirits, becoming close friends after only a few words, much to Lin Yueru's disgust.
Jing Tian carried the Demon Sword on his back and left Yong'an Pawnshop with Xu Changqing and the others.
Since neither Jing Tian nor Lin Yueru knew how to fly on a sword, and Li Xiaoyao had only just learned and couldn't bring anyone with him, the three of them had no choice but to travel by water to Leizhou first.
Fortunately, Leizhou is not far from Yuzhou, and it doesn't take long to travel by water.
The Shushan Sect has its own fleet of ships, and there are many of them, ranging from large to small and of various styles, all of which are moored at the dock in the southwest of Yuzhou City.
Many disciples who haven't even mastered swordsmanship use these boats to go down the mountain on business.
Xu Changqing chose a small boat, with enough space inside the cabin for four or five people to rest.
Seeing the dock manager bowing and scraping to Xu Changqing, Jing Tian's last doubts disappeared.
They traveled along the waterway for a day, and stopped to rest at a riverbank called the Dadu River.
With nothing else to do, Li Xiaoyao began teaching Jing Tian martial arts, using the exact same techniques as when Chu Yang had taught him.
First, he taught the Dugu Nine Swords as a foundation, and then he taught the Mysterious Sword Technique.
Lin Yueru listened for a while, then her vision blurred; she couldn't understand a word Li Xiaoyao was saying.
but.
Jing Tian listened and nodded repeatedly, looking as if he understood.
At first, Lin Yueru thought Jing Tian was just putting on a brave face, until Jing Tian perfectly replicated Li Xiaoyao's sword moves after Li Xiaoyao demonstrated them.
She finally understood that there is a kind of genius in the world that cannot be measured by common sense.
Seeing how happy one of them was teaching and the other was learning, Lin Yueru was furious and said indignantly, "These two are not human!"
Xu Changqing laughed and said, "Now I understand why my junior brother specifically asked to bring this Brother Jing along. He may have many more secrets that no one knows..."
Just as he finished speaking, a cry for help suddenly came from afar. Xu Changqing got up and looked out, and just then he saw a girl being chased by a terrifying monster.
"Why are these guys always chasing after me?!"
Tang Xue, who was frantically fleeing for her life, was on the verge of tears when she saw the monster about to catch up. Thinking of her grandfather's uncertain fate, she felt even more distressed.
A few days ago, she overheard someone plotting to murder her grandfather, Tang Kun, in a secret passage in Tangjiabao. However, she was discovered by the bad guys and escaped. She wanted to investigate the matter, but unexpectedly, she got involved with these monsters.
The monster was transformed from a disciple of the Thunderbolt Hall, the reason being that their hall master, Luo Rulie, learned demonic arts from the Evil Sword Immortal.
If a human forcibly cultivates demonic arts, their body will gradually become demonic, until they completely transform into a monster.
The people who secretly plotted to kill Tang Kun were Luo Rulie and Tang Kun's own son, Tang Yi, all for the sake of seizing the Tang family's fortune.
Tang Xuejian was thus ostracized and could never return to Tangjiabao.
Tang Xuejian, trapped in a desperate situation, became increasingly distressed. She gradually stopped walking and ceased calling for help. Who would come to her rescue in the desolate wilderness? She might as well stay with her grandfather and leave this filthy world.
Tang Xuejian closed her eyes, resigned to her fate.
A series of whistling sounds came from her ears, along with the roars of the demonized Thunderbolt Hall disciples. Tang Xuejian trembled and clenched her fists tightly.
After waiting for a while, the imagined pain did not come. Tang Xuejian opened her eyes and suddenly found several figures in front of her.
Three men and one woman.
One of them was an acquaintance.
"Aren't you the shop assistant at Yong'an Pawnshop?"
Tang Xuejian looked at Jing Tian in surprise.
"Miss Tang, what a coincidence! I didn't expect to meet you here."
Jing Tian greeted him with a simple smile.
Then, as if remembering something, he took out the lid of a purple clay teapot from his pocket.