Chapter 446

In the small garden, Yang Yang Zhenbing squatted with his legs together, his arms folded on his knees, his chin resting on his arms, his gaze fixed on the black cat on the ground.

"This cat is really good-looking," he said in a low voice.

Seeing Pei Ye also squatted opposite him, fiddling with the black cat's soft ears: "Good-looking, right? I haven't seen one more beautiful than it."

Yang Yang Zhenbing nodded: "Neither have I."

He tentatively reached out slowly: "Does it let people touch it?"

". Depends on the person."

The black cat squatted quietly on the ground, lowering its head to flick the fallen flowers on the ground, as if it didn't see these two big objects at all.

Yang Yang Zhenbing stretched out an index finger, tentatively tapped its ear lightly, then immediately withdrew it, pursing his lips in satisfaction.

Seeing Pei Ye smiled and scratched the black cat's chin, completely ignoring its avoidance and cold eyes.

When he was alone with the black cat, he generally wouldn't do this kind of action. Even though their relationship was very good, it was indeed very difficult to tease a soul who could answer you fluently, especially since the black cat would look at him with a pair of quiet emerald eyes.

Only in front of outsiders could he vent his love for this little black ball to his heart's content.

"It's not bought; I picked it up in the mountains next to my house," Seeing Pei Ye explained. "It was injured, I saved it, and later it followed me wholeheartedly."

Yang Yang Zhenbing actually asked earnestly: "Which mountain?"

". No second one will grow out of any mountain."

Seeing Pei Ye withdrew his hand; after all, they were together day and night, and he was a bit tired of teasing it after a while.

"Let's continue practicing swords, Brother Yang," Seeing Pei Ye pressed his sword again and picked up the black cat with one hand to put it back on the tree branch.

"Don't be so rough."

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"Brother Yang... this is my cat," Seeing Pei Ye said earnestly.

Yang Yang Zhenbing was silent for a moment and said in a low voice: "A pearl cast into darkness."

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Seeing Pei Ye didn't want to argue with him at this moment. The sword practice that followed went on for several more rounds. In the quiet small garden, the two exchanged pointers, talked about swords, and teased the cat. Seeing Pei Ye kept having feelings of sudden enlightenment.

Seeing Pei Ye and Yang Yang Zhenbing fought seven matches together, losing all seven, but Yang Yang Zhenbing was also surprised by this youth—almost any move, as long as he had seen it once, would immediately become much more difficult to win against him again.

"Brother Yang, you carry so many swords on your back, can you use them all?" The two rested their swords and blew the night wind.

Seeing Pei Ye had once thought about facing the dazzling attacks of six swords, but he couldn't imagine how Yang Yang Zhenbing would manipulate them. Now, after a day, this scene didn't happen. Yang Yang Zhenbing only occasionally drew a second sword; that was when Seeing Pei Ye asked him to suppress his realm to the Fourth Life Realm. The sword light touched the water like a dragonfly and returned, immediately setting the victory.

The move with three swords coming out together happened when Seeing Pei Ye was using the Sixth Life Realm to overwhelm the Second Life Realm; that was the last sword chess match just now. Seeing Pei Ye had already forced this youth into a dead end, but a silver light like a surprise raid from beyond the heavens had already pressed against his neck.

"Can I see what you look like using six swords?" Seeing Pei Ye asked.

"No."

". Oh."

"At most only three; six cannot be used lightly."

"Is there any saying about these three?" Seeing Pei Ye looked curiously at him sheathing the two sword lights. "I see they all look exactly the same."

"I draw swords in order," Yang Yang Zhenbing said. "The first sword is 【Deer Head】, pointing at the throat and cutting the neck, usually used for sword chess; the second sword is 【Four Bodies】, breaking limbs and taking risks, the killing intent is fierce, and it is not drawn much."

This was truly his longest paragraph; he must have kept it firmly in his heart. At this moment, he stroked the one remaining in his hand: "This third sword is 【Demon Body】, chopping the waist and breaking the abdomen, easiest to lose control, and usually not used in sword chess either."

Seeing Pei Ye tightened his eyebrows, leaned over slowly to look at the extremely small two engraved characters at the sword root, suddenly realized that this was another ancient character writing style he wasn't familiar with, and said thoughtfully: "These two characters are written quite like 【Deer Head】."

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Yang Yang Zhenbing looked down and was quiet for a while.

Then he drew the two swords he had just sheathed from his back, inserted the one in his hand into the empty scabbard, compared them, and picked one from the remaining two to insert back.

Finally, he was left with one in his hand again: "This third sword is 【Demon Body】, chopping the waist and breaking the abdomen, easiest to lose control, and usually not used in sword chess either."

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"It is indeed easy to get confused," he admitted.

The two sat and chatted while resting until the light faded and the Milky Way was dotted with stars.

Small lamps lit up in the garden by themselves. Seeing Pei Ye stretched; this day had been too immersive, making him almost forget he was in the Divine Capital.

At this moment, looking at the quiet forest outside the courtyard, imagining the prosperity of the lights filling the night he saw last night, as night fell, people after dinner were walking out of their doors. Seeing Pei Ye couldn't help but relax his body, turned his head and said: "Brother Yang, shall we go stroll around the Divine Capital?"

"No."

Seeing Pei Ye was disappointed and said: "Fine, I'll go myself."

He didn't call for friends, Seeing Pei Ye carried the black cat and went out the door, blowing the night wind and walking slowly away from this "Saint Front Ward," looking toward the most prosperous area of night lights in the east.

It was a visible scene of dancing lights and weaving tourists. Before he even got close, Seeing Pei Ye could already feel the wealth of this place. A tall red building stood at the first room before the ward, peach-colored ribbons hanging from the roof, dancing with the wind.

Next to it was a flat lake, and the night wind was getting cooler. There were groups of scholars on the street, young masters calling for friends, and pedestrians in brocade clothes and jade boots. However, Seeing Pei Ye didn't feel out of place today; the new clothes he changed into at the Cultivation Pavilion, although he didn't know the material, were light and comfortable, and the patterns were simple but exquisite, so they definitely wouldn't be cheap.

Seeing Pei Ye was curious about what kind of place this ward was. Theoretically, many wards had their own commercial streets, but more were residences. The streets might be prosperous, but probably not this noisy, not to mention these magnificent high-rise buildings towering into the night sky.

Seeing Pei Ye strolled on the street and even saw a huge lotus made of red wood, towering three zhang high, with a beautiful platform in the lotus heart, where many people were laughing and surrounding it.

"It's too crowded to fight swords on this," Seeing Pei Ye muttered. "And why lay a carpet?"

But soon he knew what it was for.

Amidst the scattering lotus petals and the sound of gongs, drums, and pipes, a graceful figure in cool clothing flew down onto the platform, stepped with her toes, and her figure danced gracefully, immediately stirring up a burst of cheers.

Seeing Pei Ye stared at the exposed snowy white waist for two eyes, turned his head to look at the black cat, but saw that those emerald eyes were still on the lotus platform.

"Not allowed to look anymore," Seeing Pei Ye covered its eyes.

Walking further, he smelled more laughter and powder. There were people singing loudly on the wine tower. Seeing Pei Ye deviated from the main street and walked along the lake. On the right were high buildings, and on the left were two or three pedestrians by the lake, and there were also many vendors, many of which were novel things he had never seen before. Every one looked quite interesting, and Seeing Pei Ye subconsciously pressed his money bag.

"Hey, do you want to watch a magic trick?"

Seeing Pei Ye turned his head, and a youth full of ruffian air was sitting leaning against a willow tree, grinning at him: " 'Laojun Passes Through the Sea Jar,' in the entire Pingkang Ward, I am the only one who can change it."

Beside him was a quite large water jar, covered with a worn wooden board. Beside that was a divine-looking eagle tied to a wooden stake, its eyes staring heroically, with a rope tied to its claws.

Seeing Pei Ye was about to speak when a sudden rush of hooves accompanied by loud laughter galloped across the street. It was a group of young chivalrous men in brocade clothes and swords. Seeing Pei Ye retreated a few steps to avoid them, but heard the raptor behind him suddenly spread its wings. Turning his head, those sharp claws were fiercely pouncing toward the little cat on his shoulder.

The youth pulled it back with a rope and laughed mockingly at the startled Seeing Pei Ye: "This eagle is fierce! Watch your little kitten!"

Seeing Pei Ye smiled and asked curiously: "Why is this eagle tied here? Is it for sale?"

The youth waved his hand casually: "Not for sale, I promised someone, just let this eagle stay here intact for a whole night."