Chapter 234 Where There Is Excitement, There Is Qinghe!
Most of the vendors were on the left side, while the right side was for performing artists.
Naturally, the proportion of performing artists was actually very low, with the majority being vendors.
Upon first entering the street, the outer area was mostly vendors selling goods. One had to walk further in to see vendors selling food.
At this moment, Li Yingling held a small but very exquisite and delicate lantern in her hand.
She still remembered how she used to envy the lanterns others held when she was young. She thought that when she grew up, she would definitely have one too.
Now that she had grown up, Li Yingling really did have one, and it was even more beautiful than the lanterns she had dreamed of in the past.
She raised the lantern and asked her Master with squinting smiling eyes:
"How is it? Is it good-looking?"
Chu Xingchen had already finished eating the candied hawthorn, so at this moment, he held the skewer stick in his mouth.
Hearing Li Yingling's inquiry, Chu Xingchen glanced over. He saw Li Yingling holding the lantern, which illuminated her face to be fair and white.
Li Yingling possessed the [Beautiful] tag.
Although she currently still had the appearance of a young girl, she was very good-looking. That joyful expression of hers at this moment made people feel even more pleasant.
Chu Xingchen said with a sincere smile: "My family's eldest disciple is naturally very good-looking."
Li Yingling raised her head proudly and said:
"I naturally know that I am good-looking! I am asking about the lantern."
Chu Xingchen shook his head with a look of slight regret and said:
"As for the lantern, it is a bit of a pity. Compared to my family's eldest disciple, it is still lacking by quite a bit."
Li Yingling turned around, her long red skirt forming an arc. She held the lantern and walked forward:
"Master just likes to hoodwink people."
Hearing this, Cui Hao cast a look at his Master that signified he still had much to learn—Master is worthy of being Master indeed!
Although this time it was Li Yingling's birthday celebration, before starting, Chu Xingchen had instructed his disciples—they must also have fun playing on their own.
Therefore, at this moment, Chen Baiqing was selecting books at a nearby stall.
Lin Luoyu bought a hairpin for her husband.
Cui Hao was also fiddling with a small trinket with a strange aura in his hand right now.
Ning Qianqian was also selecting clothes for her father.
Li Yingling would also stop whenever she saw something that caught her eye.
Although the flow of people was a bit large, and the team was not tightly sticking together, under the freedom of doing as one pleased, no one in the team got separated.
It was as if the bond had truly turned into an invisible line at this moment.
Still led by Li Yingling, they walked slowly in the direction of Zen Forest Temple.
After walking for a while, one could faintly see steam rising and vendors selling food.
Li Yingling looked twice at the street lined with stalls that seemed to have no end:
"I feel that today's gathering is even livelier than the previous Zen Forest Dharma Assembly."
Chen Baiqing put the two books she just bought into her spatial ring. She looked at her Eldest Sister and asked:
"Eldest Sister doesn't like it?"
"I like it very much." Li Yingling smiled and touched Chen Baiqing's small face.
When Li Yingling retracted her gaze and looked at the different vendors on both sides, she saw two familiar figures at a noodle stall.
One figure was large, and one small. They wore clothes of the same style, with white clothes lining slightly more magnificent patterns.
At this moment, the small figure held chopsticks in hand, completely unconcerned that the noodles before them were fresh out of the pot and still billowing with hot air.
Without any hesitation, she picked up the chopsticks and sent the noodles into her mouth without even blowing on them.
The stall owner watched with a face full of surprise. Just as he was planning to step forward to ask, he discovered that this customer actually revealed a look of happiness on their face.
The large figure, on the other hand, revealed a look of slight helplessness and signaled to the owner that it was fine.
The small figure was naturally Qinghe, and the large figure was Xie Lingyu.
Qinghe seemed to have sensed the gaze. While still chewing noodles in her mouth, she looked towards Li Yingling.
Upon seeing her, Qinghe stood up, held the bowl in her left hand, held the chopsticks in her right hand, and greeted Li Yingling.
Xie Lingyu looked over, gently waved her hand, and revealed a slight, gentle smile on her face.
Li Yingling's expression was somewhat shocked...
Didn't Martial Aunt Xie and this little Flood Dragon just return to the Tianyan Sect?
"Master, look quickly." When Li Yingling wanted to call out to her Master, she discovered that Master was already standing beside her. "Isn't that Martial Aunt Xie and Qinghe?"
"It looks like our team is going to get a bit bigger again." Chu Xingchen chuckled softly. "Shall we go say hello?"
Li Yingling nodded with a smile.
Everyone walked towards Qinghe and Xie Lingyu together.
"Little Baiqing..." Qinghe ate her noodles, speaking unclearly, "Long time no see."
Chen Baiqing smiled and nodded; that counted as a greeting.
Li Yingling asked suspiciously: "Qinghe, didn't you and Martial Aunt Xie return to the Tianyan Sect?"
Qinghe swallowed the noodles and revealed a proud smile on her face:
"Naturally, wherever there is excitement, there is me, Qinghe. There are so many delicious things here, so Qinghe naturally has to come."
After saying that, Qinghe prepared to have a good chat with Little Baiqing.
Xie Lingyu reached out and grabbed Qinghe, who was preparing to pounce on Chen Baiqing:
"Before doing things now, shouldn't you use your brain properly?"
Hearing this, Qinghe's movements instantly calmed down. She nodded very agreeably and even revealed a grateful look towards Xie Lingyu.
Li Yingling found this even stranger.
Qinghe picked up the large bowl again and said: "Wait for me a moment. I'll finish these noodles, and then we can go play together."
Li Yingling looked at Xie Lingyu and asked: "Martial Aunt, now that you are here, why not go to the sect?"
Xie Lingyu answered with a light smile: "We arrived a bit late, and Qinghe was craving something, so I brought her here to eat noodles first."
Under Qinghe's storm-like inhalation, the large bowl of noodles was quickly finished.
Qinghe nodded with satisfaction, looked at Xie Lingyu, and said: "Pay the money."
Hearing this, Chen Baiqing walked over first, asked for the price, and then paid for the noodles on Qinghe's behalf.
Qinghe said with a moved face: "I knew Little Baiqing treats me the best."
Without asking much more, the team for this round simply gained another person and another Flood Dragon.
Qinghe began to cling to Chen Baiqing. Whenever she saw something she liked, she would drag Chen Baiqing over to look.
Chen Baiqing also carried quite a bit of silver on her body. As long as it was something Qinghe truly liked, Chen Baiqing would buy it for her without a second word.
After all, the prices of the vendors here were actually not considered high.
At least for Chen Baiqing, they were cheap.
Thus, Qinghe stuck even closer to Chen Baiqing's side, unwilling to leave.
The team continued moving forward.
Soon, stalls calculating marriage ties appeared, as well as artistic vendors starting to sell paintings and calligraphy.
Cui Hao dawdled quite a bit here.
On this long street, the lanterns were endless, and the sounds of laughter and joy never ceased.
When they first entered the long street, the street that stretched endlessly now appeared short in Li Yingling's heart.
Because Zen Forest Temple could now be seen just by raising one's eyes.
Li Yingling felt slightly reluctant in her heart, reluctant to part with the people beside her and reluctant to part with such a joyful atmosphere.
But she still stepped inside.
Just as Li Yingling stepped into Zen Forest Temple, a very familiar voice came from a small side door.
"Eldest Sister, long time no see."
Li Yingling looked in the direction of the voice with surprise.
She saw Li Xingtian wearing a black long robe with golden rims. It looked as if he had also dressed up carefully.
Li Xingtian had his arms crossed across his chest, his face full of smiles. He leaned against the wall, seemingly having waited for a long time.
For some unknown reason.
This time, Li Yingling felt that her Second Junior Brother actually looked quite good when he smiled too.
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