Chapter 135: Chen Zi Ya's Invitation

Two days passed in the blink of an eye. There were still about two or three days left before the guest ship reached its next destination, Dongyang Prefecture. Lin Zhangqing thought Chen Zi Ya would wait until they reached Dongyang Prefecture before coming out.

He didn't expect that today, not long after Lin Zhangqing finished his practice, someone touched the restriction on the door. When he opened the door, it was Chen Zi Ya.

"Junior Sister Chen, come in first!" Lin Zhangqing was a bit surprised, but he still hurriedly greeted Chen Zi Ya into the living room.

As soon as the two sat down, Chen Zi Ya said, "Senior Brother, didn't you say there were stalls on the first floor of the guest ship? Let's go take a look together!"

Lin Zhangqing was a bit speechless. Chen Zi Ya must have rarely gone out to stroll through these stalls, or perhaps she had never been to one at all.

So Lin Zhangqing asked, "Junior Sister, have you ever gone to stroll through the markets in Qingyun City before?"

Chen Zi Ya nodded, "Grandmother has taken me a few times, and I have also been to the internal markets of the Qingyun Sect a few times."

Lin Zhangqing continued to ask, "Then has Senior Chen taken you to stroll through stalls?"

Chen Zi Ya shook her head, "When Grandmother needs anything, she goes directly to familiar shops to buy it. She hasn't taken me to stroll through stalls."

Lin Zhangqing said, "That's right. The stalls in the markets outside aren't as early as those shops one by one; they all come from all directions to set up stalls, so the time isn't that early. The stalls on this guest ship are the same."

"We can brew a pot of tea first. By the time we finish drinking, it should be about right. However, my tea-brewing skills aren't as good as yours, so you'll have to make do with it!"

After saying this, he took out a tea set and a box of Green Jade Tea from his storage bag, preparing to brew tea for Chen Zi Ya.

Hearing Lin Zhangqing's words, Chen Zi Ya suddenly realized and understood that she had come too early.

She hurriedly said to Lin Zhangqing, "Sorry, Senior Brother! It was I who came too early."

"How about, let me brew the tea!"

Lin Zhangqing heard Chen Zi Ya wanted to brew tea herself and hesitated before saying, "That's not good! You are a guest; there's no reason for you to brew tea."

Chen Zi Ya didn't stand on ceremony and directly reached out to take the tea set, brewing tea in a smooth and flowing manner. Since it was like this, Lin Zhangqing couldn't say anything and just sat waiting to drink tea.

Quietly appreciating Chen Zi Ya's tea art for a while, it was still as pleasing to the eye as ever. He couldn't help but praise, "Junior Sister's tea-brewing skills are indeed unique! If tea art could be graded, Junior Sister's would at least be master-level!"

Chen Zi Ya felt a bit embarrassed after hearing Lin Zhangqing praise her like this.

She explained, "It's mainly because Grandmother and Great-Grandmother both like drinking tea very much. I brewed it often, so naturally, I became proficient!"

"Senior Brother, please have some tea!" After saying this, she sent a cup of Green Jade Tea in front of Lin Zhangqing.

"Thank you, Junior Sister!" After saying this, he picked up the teacup in front of him and smelled it; it seemed a bit more fragrant than what he brewed himself.

Then he tasted it carefully. He nodded; it was indeed better than what he brewed.

Chen Zi Ya also picked up the tea, smelled it first, nodded, and then took a sip. After tasting it carefully, her eyes lit up, and she asked, "Senior Brother, what kind of tea is this? It seems to have some refreshing effect."

Lin Zhangqing chuckled, "Junior Sister, you are indeed an expert. This is second-grade Green Jade Tea, which indeed has the effect of calming the mind and refreshing the brain."

"Junior Sister, if you like it, this small box is a gift for you!"

Chen Zi Ya hesitated after hearing this, but still accepted Lin Zhangqing's gift and thanked him, "Thank you, Senior Brother. Then this younger sister will shamelessly accept it."

"This Green Jade Spirit Tea should be helpful for comprehending arrays."

Lin Zhangqing laughed, "It's good that it's helpful. If you like it, I'll send you some every year."

Chen Zi Ya shook her head, "That won't do. If you send it occasionally, this younger sister can shamelessly accept it, but if Senior Brother sends it every year, this younger sister can't afford it."

Lin Zhangqing laughed and didn't argue with her on this issue.

Chen Zi Ya's words just now also reminded Lin Zhangqing that Green Jade Tea was still quite precious. He might be used to drinking it often, so he didn't feel anything.

Now Lin Zhangqing was already considering whether to expand the number of Green Jade Tea trees in the space. He thought about it and decided to wait until he had time in the future to plant more Green Jade Tea. Anyway, there was plenty of land in the space.

Many places were left empty and not utilized. Planting Green Jade Tea trees instead would increase the utilization rate of the space.

He would plant more in the future! Anyway, with extra Green Jade Tea, he could also give it as a gift to elders or friends.

Lin Zhangqing chatted idly with Chen Zi Ya while drinking tea and appreciating her tea art.

Lin Zhangqing shared interesting stories from his childhood on Nine Peaks Mountain.

And Chen Zi Ya shared her growth process in the Qingyun Sect with Lin Zhangqing. Overall, her experience wasn't as interesting as Lin Zhangqing's childhood.

Soon, over an hour passed. Lin Zhangqing saw that the time was about right, so he said, "Junior Sister, the time is just right now. Let's go down to the first floor and take a look!"

Chen Zi Ya gladly agreed. After the two sealed the door restriction, they walked toward the first floor together.

Just before reaching the first floor, Lin Zhangqing suddenly remembered that he hadn't instructed Chen Zi Ya on some details, so he hurriedly pulled her and said, "Junior Sister, later at the stalls, don't be in a hurry to buy pills, dharma artifacts, etc."

"Many of them have problems, or their quality cannot be guaranteed. If there is anything you want, we will decide after discussing it."

Chen Zi Ya smiled and said, "I understand, Senior Brother, please rest assured!"

Lin Zhangqing nodded. It was good that Chen Zi Ya could listen to advice; this way, she wouldn't be too easily deceived.

The two walked into the stall area on the first floor. Lin Zhangqing had already been here two days ago; this time, it was mainly to accompany Chen Zi Ya to stroll around.

Entering the first stall, it was still that middle-aged cultivator selling pills. Chen Zi Ya was quite curious and stopped in front of the stall.

She studied the pills on the stall and found that they were indeed worse than those in the sect.

After comparing several types of pills, she understood that what Lin Zhangqing said was very reasonable. Although they were indeed cheaper, they were clearly not suitable for her.

After putting down the pills, she walked toward the next stall. This was a stall selling all kinds of sundries.

There were really quite a few things displayed: storage bags, spirit plant bags, dharma artifacts, jade boxes of various specifications, materials from various demonic beasts, and even some ores, a mess of a pile.

Chen Zi Ya stopped to take a look, but didn't find anything she was interested in, so she left and went to the next stall. More than a dozen stalls were all in this situation.

Lin Zhangqing followed behind her and also took the opportunity to see if there was anything he needed on the stalls.

He found that although he had come two days ago, when he came today, there were still some stalls that hadn't been there two days ago. It seemed that the mobility of these stalls was also quite large.

In front, Chen Zi Ya finally found something she was interested in and turned to beckon to Lin Zhangqing.

Lin Zhangqing took a look and found it was an acquaintance. It was exactly those two female cultivators selling flower essences. He nodded at them, which could be considered a greeting.

Chen Zi Ya said to Lin Zhangqing, "Senior Brother, I want to buy a few bottles of this."

Lin Zhangqing nodded, "This is flower essence. If you like it, buy it. Let these two bosses introduce it to you and see what scent you like."

The two female cultivators saw business coming and started to introduce it enthusiastically to Chen Zi Ya.

The three women talked happily there and occasionally opened the bottles to let Chen Zi Ya smell them. Just here, they were delayed for half an hour.

Finally, Lin Zhangqing saw Chen Zi Ya buy twelve bottles of flower essences with different scents and pay six hundred spirit stones without feeling any heartache at all.

This made Lin Zhangqing wonder if he should also buy a few bottles to give to his mother, aunt, and younger sister.

But he thought, forget it. The Three-Flower Face-Keeping Pill is enough.

Better to save some spirit stones! The Purple Crystal Scorpion swarm, that resource-consuming giant, was still waiting for Lin Zhangqing there!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 136 =====