Nine Hundred and Two, Two Nights of Mandarin Ducks

July 13, afternoon.

As the sun sets in the west, the Bailin Olympic Sports Center is filled with people, cheers and applause.

On the green field, Jiang Xiao held Fang Tian's painted halberd in his left hand and held it behind his back. He raised his right hand high, thinking about the audience in all directions.

In the enemy half, a team of medical staff was rescuing a player.

Host Li Li shouted excitedly: "Top 16! After two years, Pi Shen is still going strong and has lived up to expectations, reaching the top 16 again!"

Ye Xunyang said with emotion: "As of now, all the individual competitions of the Chinese National Team have ended, and a total of 4 players have reached the top 16. At present, the results of this Chinese National Team are Much better than the last one.”

Li Li hurriedly looked at the computer in front of his desk and said: "The contestants who entered the top 16 list are the female soldier king Zheng Xiyou from the Shonan Military Academy! Piaomiao, the pride of the Nihu tribe from Cainan Xingwu University! Yi Qingchen, who comes from Xingwu University in the Central Plains and is known as the Disciple of Poisonous Milk! And Jiang Xiaopi, who comes from Xingwu University in the Imperial Capital!"

Ye Xunyang looked satisfied. As hosts, they followed the national team on the expedition. In the process, through the commentary of game after game, they had already formed a special relationship with the national team players.

Ye Xunyang sighed: "Three of the four Chinese players who entered the top 16 of the World Cup are medical assistants. It's really..."

"Haha, the camera showed another Chinese team!" Li Li suddenly said with a smile, "The Imperial Xingwu University team is also Jiang Xiaopi's teammate in the team competition. They have already competed in the national team competition next door. Made it into the top 14!”

The trio of Imperial Star Warriors sat in the first row on the east side of the auditorium.

At this time, Xia Yan was waving to Jiang Xiao. She had a heroic face, but she was cheering like a little girl. This scene was transmitted to thousands of households through the TV screen, making people secretly laugh. .

Jiang Xiao's figure also entered the camera. He tried his best to raise his hand and fist bumped with Gu Shi'an and Han Jiangxue one by one. When he fist bumped with Xia Yan, he was suddenly pulled by Xia Yan.

On the track behind, reporter He watched this scene with a smile, waiting patiently for Jiang Xiao to celebrate with his teammates.

I saw Xia Yan bending down, holding Jiang Xiao's small round head with both hands, and pressing her lips heavily on his wet head: "That's great! Pippi! Give you a reward! mua~"

Jiang Xiao struggled hurriedly and retreated continuously, but in terms of strength attributes, there was no comparison with Xia Yan.

It was only under the obstruction of Han Jiangxue on the side that Jiang Xiao escaped from the "devil's clutches".

"Congratulations, Jiang Xiaopi! As the last player to confirm the top 16 seats, do you have anything to say?" He Huan hurriedly stepped forward and asked with a smile.

Jiang Xiao looked quite disgusted, wiped his head, shook off the water droplets, and said: "There is nothing to say. I just hope that in the next round of competition, I will not encounter Chinese opponents."

Of course, the water droplets were not Xia Yan's saliva, but the water on Jiang Xiao's body when he summoned the Rain of Tears skill during the previous battle. However, Jiang Xiao's action "blackened" Xia Yan quite a bit.

"Uh..." He Huan was obviously stunned for a moment, followed Jiang Xiao's thoughts, and said, "What you are worried about should also be something that we Chinese people are worried about. Among the top 16 seats, we Chinese The team members occupy 4 seats, and the probability of being drawn together is not low."

Jiang Xiao grinned and said, "This reminds me of Xie Yan from the last term. If there had been no civil war, his performance would have improved a lot."

He Huan nodded, changed the topic, and said: "Tomorrow is the qualifying match for the loser group of the team competition, and you will get a very rare rest time.

Since the start of the World Cup, you have to play two games every three days. Are you tired? What has supported you till now? "

What has supported me till now?

Jiang Xiao smiled, turned slightly sideways, and pointed his finger at the fiery red auditorium behind him.

The cameraman followed Jiang Xiao's guidance and captured the roaring audience in the shot.

Outside the camera, Jiang Xiao waved to He Huan and turned to leave.

"Ha..." He Huan sighed and did not pursue him any further. He looked at Jiang Xiao's leaving figure and couldn't help but pick up the microphone and said, "This is what I have learned in my interviewing career. The most wonderful answer.”

In the locker room, Jiang Xiao pushed the door open and saw Yi Qingchen waiting patiently.

With her high popularity and topicality, the Poisonous Milk Disciple was designated to compete in the Olympic Stadium. In the second game in the morning, she had already won, but she never left.

In fact, she was watching the game on the TV in the locker room in this stadium, which was no different from watching the game in a hotel, but this small round inch was stubbornly guarded here.

Yi Qingchen imitated Gu Shi'an's movements in the previous shot, sitting on the bench, raising his hand and extending his right fist.

Jiang Xiao also clenched his right fist, lightly bumped it with hers, and said, "You don't have to wait for me."

Yi Qingchen pursed his lips, lowered his head, and said, "You haven't agreed to accept me as your disciple yet."

Jiang Xiao casually leaned Fang Tian's painted halberd against the wardrobe and said, "I agreed."

Yi Qingchen lowered his head and continued: "I know, your time is very tight, maybe you... ah?"

As she spoke, Yi Qingchen felt something was wrong. She raised her head suddenly, her beautiful big eyes full of confusion, and looked at Jiang Xiao who was sitting on the bench, and said, "You agreed?"

"Ah, I agreed." Jiang Xiao wiped his wet hair with both hands and said, "Disciple, why don't you go get a dry towel for me? How can you be a good disciple with your little eyesight?"

"Oh, oh!" Yi Qingchen hurriedly stood up and walked quickly to the bathroom. After taking two steps, his body flashed and disappeared.

The next moment, Yi Qingchen's body flashed and appeared in front of Jiang Xiao.

After waiting for two seconds, Yi Qingchen found that Jiang Xiao had no intention of taking the towel. She hesitated for a moment, then put the towel on Jiang Xiao's head, knelt down and wiped Jiang Xiao gently.

Jiang Xiao's voice came from under the towel: "In your land in the Central Plains, does anyone use auspicious animals as mounts?"

"Huh?" Yi Qingchen was a little surprised and said, "Auspicious beasts in the different dimensions of Night City? They... can be ridden, but their IQs are not high and their temperaments are a bit irritable. And their The limbs are too short. If you sit on it, the height is not very suitable for fighting.

Yi Qingchen pursed his lips, seeming to think of the cute image of Rui Shou in his mind, and a gentle smile appeared on his face: "What's more, Rui Shou's head is too big, it blocks the sight very much, and it's not very good. The choice of mount.”

"Yeah." Jiang Xiao's whisper continued, "Where are the pair of night ducks?"

Yi Qingchen shook his head: "Shuang Yeyuan and Shuang Yeyang? They have the same bad temper, low IQ, and no loyalty at all.

Moreover, they are too small to be used as mounts.

On the surface, they may look big, but that's when they spread their wings, and their bodies are actually very...well, very thin. "

Very thin?

Jiang Xiao sighed deeply in his heart.

At the same time, in the strange ball.

In a wilderness lined with strange rocks, Jiang Xiao and others stood firm.

As the seven silver couple raised their fists high, the two hundred ghost monk team stopped one after another.

Under the dark night, monks with grimaces wearing bamboo hats and raincoats stood silently on the spot, and a gloomy aura filled the air.

"唳~~~"

"唳~~~"

Two particularly sweet bird calls rang out, tearing through the night sky.

Everyone looked away from the ruins in front of them. They all raised their heads and looked at the two huge colorful mandarin ducks in the sky.

Humans named them "Double Night Ducks" and "Double Night Ducks", but in fact, their huge size and slender tail feathers are more like the image of the phoenix in Chinese mythology.

It's just that their heads are very close to the image of mandarin ducks.

The colorful feathers with gradually changing colors are so radiant, as if they should only appear in dreams.

A pair of twin night mandarin ducks, lingering and flying around, circled and danced above the group for a while, without launching an attack, they flew towards a wilderness of strange rocks that looked like ruins.

Jiang Xiao slowly stretched out his hand, and in the night sky, a seven-color feather emitting light fluorescence slowly fell down and landed on Jiang Xiao's palm.

This area of ​​huge boulders was named Night City by humans because those weird stones occasionally pieced together the appearance of human buildings. Some looked like stone houses, some looked like stone bridges, and some looked like stone gates.

But no matter what it looks like, it is a miraculous work of nature, and no living creatures were involved in its construction. Moreover, on Earth, in this different-dimensional space, day is night, hence the term "Night City".

Jiang Xiao caught the colorful feathers and gently twirled the soft feathers.

Next to him, Yue Yuchen said: "Auspicious beasts and double-night mandarin ducks have docile temperaments and high IQs. Under normal circumstances, they will not choose to fight with other species."

These words came from Yue Yuchen, and Jiang Xiao would certainly not doubt them.

However, the creatures in this night city have become violent and brainless creatures after being projected into the earth's different dimensions.

Jiang Xiao asked: "Can that auspicious beast be used as a mount? For the Grimace Monk clan to ride."

Li Haoge thought for a while and said: "It's absolutely okay. Our human body size is not suitable for riding auspicious beasts, but the body shape of the ghost monks should be very suitable, but..."

Jiang Xiao: "Huh?"

Li Haoge said: "The ghost monks are all infantry. They trust their own legs more than they want to own mounts."

Jiang Xiao turned to look at the ghost-faced monks, his eyes swept over the seven silver monks one by one, and said: "What they think is not what we need to consider. Fang Tian's halberd should be a horse weapon. "

Hearing this, the seven Silver Couples, including the ghost monks holding Fang Tian's painted halberds, all lowered the brim of their hats, all in the same movement.

Obviously, these ghost monks were somewhat resistant to Jiang Xiao's decision.

Yue Yuchen said: "Since Jiang Tuan has decided this way, let me make a suggestion. The auspicious beasts have a docile temperament and high IQ. We don't need to fight or tame them. We only need to use food to negotiate with them."

Jiang Xiao asked curiously: "Do you know the characteristics of auspicious beasts very well?"

"Yes." Yue Yuchen nodded, "Yegu Pagoda once kept auspicious animals in captivity, but..."

Jiang Xiao: "Huh?"

Yue Yuchen shook his head and sighed: "Auspicious beasts are one of our food sources. When I raise them, I develop feelings and don't want to kill anymore. But Ye Guta needs food, so I don't No more raising it.”

Jiang Xiao nodded silently and said, "Let's go, let's find some food for them."

Li Haoge: "In this Central Plains land, apart from ancient pagodas and night cities, there are only shadow creatures and star cave creatures left. All of them can be used as food."

He Yun's old voice suddenly came and said: "After two days of traveling, everyone is very tired. Since the creatures in this night city are docile, let's rest here for the night."

"Hmm... That's fine." Jiang Xiao said, "Get the team together and rest in Stonehenge. No fighting is allowed!"

Always look at problems from a dialectical perspective.

The ghost monk clan is supposed to be aggressive. After experiencing a battle in which their homeland was destroyed, the more than 200 ghost-faced monks who survived were all very obedient and tried their best to suppress their nature. .

The silent ghost monk army settled on the edge of Night City. Under the guard of human star warriors and seven golden and seven silver couples, no ghost monk asked for trouble.

Jiang Xiao found a huge stone, held it with one hand, sat down slowly, and sighed deeply.

He raised his head, and from time to time, in the beautiful night sky, there were twin night mandarin ducks flying by with a faint gleam of light.

At the same time, on Earth, in the gym locker room.

Jiang Xiao whispered: "Their bodies are not thin..."

"Jiang Xiao!" The door to the locker room was pushed open suddenly, and Xia Yan ran in with a happy face, but her face was slightly stiff.

In front of him, Jiang Xiao was sitting on a bench with his elbows on his knees. In front of him, Yi Qingchen, known as the disciple of poisonous milk, was half-kneeling, wiping Jiang Xiao's hair.

Jiang Xiao didn't even look up, just waved his hand: "Let's get to know each other, this is my apprentice, Yi Qingchen."

With that said, Jiang Xiao grabbed the towel on his head with one hand and said: "The one with the long hair, my sister, Han Jiangxue, go and say goodbye to the dock."

Yi Qingchen stood up, walked toward Han Jiangxue with long legs, and extended his right hand in a friendly manner: "Hello."

Xia Yan held back her mouth. Of course she also knew about Jiang Xiao's order to accept a disciple. She looked at Yi Qingchen up and down at close range, looked at the small round body lines, and secretly compared them.

After a few seconds, Xia Yan curled her lips unhappily, as if she couldn't distinguish between high and low...

However, she saw Xia Yan tilt her body, put her elbow on Yi Qingchen's shoulder, and teased: "I am Jiang Xiao's master, what should you call me?"

"Uh..." Yi Qingchen scratched his small round face. His gesture was like Jiang Xiao's, and he looked a little embarrassed, "This..."

Jiang Xiao: "Ignore her, let's talk about our own things, just call her stinky sister."

Xia Yan:? ? ?