Chapter 207: Youhe Valley
Seeing Wan Yan fixing her hair in front of the water mirror and asking Xia Daoming how her younger disciple's hairstyle was, Mo Yongzhi showed a helpless bitter smile on her face, wanting to say something but stopping herself, while Shao Shiyu turned away with a gloomy face and stopped looking at her.
"This hairstyle doesn't suit Uncle Wan." Xia Daoming was slightly startled when Wan Yan asked him, and then replied sincerely.
Uh!
Mo Yongzhi was still blaming herself for forgetting to remind Xia Daoming of Wan Yan's personality in advance, thinking that Xia Daoming would be surprised that Wan Yan, as an elder, dressed like this and asked him such a vulgar question.
As a result, to Mo Yongzhi's surprise, Xia Daoming actually commented seriously.
Uh!
Shao Shiyu, who had already turned his gloomy old face away and looked at him with disdain, turned back again, and a hint of anger appeared on his gloomy old face.
"What's wrong with my hairstyle? Your uncles in the inner sect all said it looks good and suits me." Wan Yan was surprised by Xia Daoming's answer at first, and then quickly said unconvinced.
"Uncle's face is relatively round and plump, with inconspicuous cheekbones, a relatively soft chin line, and delicate facial features. He looks elegant and charming." Xia Daoming said while looking at Wan Yan's face.
"Really? Senior Sister Mo, you, a disciple of Lingtian Hall, have good taste, very good taste, I like it!" Wan Yan listened to Xia Daoming's comments, and said while touching her face with her hand with joy and satisfaction.
"This..." Mo Yongzhi slapped her forehead speechlessly.
She never dreamed that Xia Daoming would say such a thing in front of Wan Yan, a woman, and what would happen next.
Shao Shiyu looked at Xia Daoming with some contempt and turned his face away again.
Originally, Xia Daoming dared to go to Longyu Sea, and she thought he was a courageous and hardworking person. As a result, as soon as these words came out, his image in her heart plummeted.
This is simply a flattering and fawning man.
"Daoming, keep praising, ahem, keep talking." Soon, Wan Yan turned to Xia Daoming again, looking at him with a pair of bright eyes full of expectation.
"Master's face shape is not suitable for neat bangs."
"What bangs?"
"Ahem, it's the bun on the forehead. A neat bun on the forehead will shorten the length of Master's face. Master's face is originally round and plump, but it will appear too round in this way." Xia Daoming gestured to explain.
Born in a literary and artistic family in the previous life, he had a good appreciation of art and a high level of sketching. He had studied female portraits, and also studied what kind of face matches what kind of hairstyle.
In addition, the Internet information exchange in the previous life exploded, and there were a lot of information and pictures in this regard, so the research was very comprehensive.
"Yes, yes, you are right. No wonder I feel something is wrong recently. I always feel that my face is a little round and fat. So how should I deal with this bun on my forehead?"
Wan Yan originally wanted to hear Xia Daoming say something nice, to praise her and cheer her up. Unexpectedly, he hit the nail on the head and actually pointed out the problem with her hairstyle. She immediately looked at Xia Daoming with a completely different look and asked for advice humbly.
"Well, it should be better to trim it into a thinner and lighter one." Xia Daoming pondered.
"Oh, I'll try it." Wan Yan immediately performed the water mirror technique again, and then took out a pair of scissors and trimmed it with the water mirror.
"Hey, it's really different! Senior Sister Mo, Senior Sister Shao, take a look, does it look better?" Wan Yan said in surprise.
Mo Yongzhi was watching, and nodded subconsciously when she heard it.
Shao Shiyu originally disdained to look back, but out of curiosity, he turned his head and really felt that Wan Yan was a little more pleasing to the eye.
"It's OK!" Shao Shiyu said impatiently, and turned his head again. When he turned his head, he glanced at Xia Daoming, and his eyes changed a little.
It seems that this guy is not a flatterer, but he is a bit ignorant to mess with a woman's hair!
"Tsk tsk, even Senior Sister Shao said it's OK, then it's really good." Wan Yan said happily.
As he said, Wan Yan approached Xia Daoming, patted his shoulder gently, and said: "Daoming, you are very good, come closer and see if there is anything wrong with Master Uncle's hairstyle, which needs to be adjusted."
Xia Daoming thought that the journey was a bit far anyway, and he was idle on the flying boat.
Besides, Wan Yan was Master Uncle, so he couldn't refuse.
So Xia Daoming continued.
Every profession has its own expertise.
This is half of Xia Daoming's expertise, and he talked freely.
Wan Yan listened with great interest, asking questions from time to time, and even took off her hairpin and re-did her hairstyle according to Xia Daoming's instructions.
As a result, not only did she become more beautiful, but her temperament became more dignified and elegant.
In this way, Wan Yan became more motivated.
After talking about hair, she started talking about clothing matching, and seemed to have completely ignored Xia Daoming's identity as a junior outer sect disciple and a male. It was a bit like treating him as a confidant and a best friend.
Half an hour later, Xia Daoming regretted being pestered by Wan Yan.
He never dreamed that a 100-year-old female monk would be so interested in dressing up that she could talk about it all the way.
He wanted to give up.
But he was the master's uncle!
Xia Daoming had to bite the bullet and continue to chat.
After an hour, Xia Daoming felt that he could not be so passive, so he took the initiative to change the subject and asked: "What is the main goal of the master's trip to Longyu Sea?"
"The thousand-year-old dragon clam pearl is the main ingredient for refining the anti-aging pill. You see, the wrinkles at the corners of my eyes are becoming more and more obvious. If I don't find the thousand-year-old dragon clam pearl and ask someone to help me refine a anti-aging pill, I will soon become an old woman with wrinkles all over my face!" Wan Yan replied.
"Hmph, no matter how young and beautiful you are, if you can't make a pill, you will soon become a pile of yellow earth. If you didn't spend too much energy and spirit stones on anti-aging, you might have reached the threshold of the late stage of foundation building now." Shao Shiyu said with a gloomy face.
"With limited talent and average background, what's the point of reaching the threshold of the late stage of foundation building? Sister Shao went through so many hardships and dangers to form a pill, but in the end, she would still be a handful of yellow earth.
If that's the case, why do you have to live so hard? It's better to be like me, grab the opportunity when there is an opportunity, and let it go when there is no opportunity, and live a free and happy life.
At least we live for two hundred years, much longer than ordinary people, and enjoy a life that ordinary people have never enjoyed. It's worth entering the immortal gate." Wan Yan retorted.
"As long as there is a glimmer of hope, never give up fighting, just in case you can form a pill!" Shao Shiyu said.
"Hope is slim, I don't have extravagant hopes, I'd rather seize the present!" Wan Yan said.
As he said that, Wan Yan looked at Xia Daoming and said, "Daoming, you and I are compatible. I will tell you the truth again. You have average talent, but with the help of martial arts strength, as long as you make steady progress, you should have hope of building a foundation.
But building a foundation is the end of your cultivation. No matter how hard you try, it is impossible to form a pill. In this case, why bother to become a disciple of the Golden Pill Elder?
Long Yuhai, it must be very dangerous for you to act alone. It is very likely that you will die. I suggest you give up!"
This time Shao Shiyu did not refute.
"Thank you, Uncle Wan, I have made up my mind." Xia Daoming said.
"In this case, I will not persuade you anymore. Everything depends on luck." Wan Yan sighed softly and said.
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The flying boat is very fast.
Two days later, Xia Daoming once again saw the Black Ming Mountain located at the border between Daliang and Yue from a distance.
There is high mountain snow water flowing out from the Black Dark Mountain, and a river valley is formed at the foot of the west side of the Black Dark Mountain.
The river water is black, so it is named Youhe Valley.
The Longyu Sea passage mentioned by Mo Yongzhi is located in Youhe Valley.
Youhe Valley is hundreds of miles long. It is not only located at the junction of Daliang and Yue, but also happens to be located in the sphere of influence of Changhe Sect, one of the three major immortal cultivation sects in Daliang, and the Blood Knife Sect of Yue.
Although the Longyu Sea is dangerous, it also hides many opportunities.
Every year, many cultivators enter the Longyu Sea to find opportunities.
After years of fighting for control of the Longyu Sea passage, Changhe Sect and Blood Knife Sect finally compromised and jointly controlled the passage after many casualties.
The cultivators from Yue enter the passage, and the Blood Knife Sect collects tolls.
The cultivators from Daliang are charged tolls by Changhe Sect.
"The atmosphere of the Yue Kingdom's cultivation world is different from our Daliang Kingdom. Many of their forces follow the evil path. Good and evil coexist, and their strength is equal, so that a delicate balance is formed. There are constant small conflicts between the good and evil, but the high-level figures are still restrained.
This time we enter the Dragon Fish Sea, in addition to guarding against the monsters in the Dragon Fish Sea, we must also be highly vigilant against the Yue Kingdom's cultivators. The cultivators of Daliang Kingdom generally dare not attack us, otherwise once the news leaks out, they will surely attract the pursuit of Qingyuan Sect.
But Yue Kingdom is different. Each belongs to a different cultivation country, and the atmosphere of the Yue Kingdom's cultivation world is inherently evil. Some Yue Kingdom cultivators specialize in robbing cultivators in the Dragon Fish Sea. So once you encounter a Yue Kingdom cultivator, you must be vigilant and try to avoid him." As the flying boat approached the Youhe Valley, Wan Yan said to Xia Daoming with a rare serious look.
"Disciple understands." Xia Daoming nodded.
Mo Yongzhi had already explained this matter to him in advance.
Xia Daoming and his party soon arrived at the Youhe Valley.
Above the wide surface of the You River, there is a huge black whirlpool, which is the Dragon Fish Sea Passage.