C38 (1/2)

Jin Lan brought Wan Ju and her two servant girls along with her. The group of people blocked most of the entrance of the hall.

The person was quite skilled. From afar, he could see that the person blocking the door did not slow down in the slightest. Instead, he directly slammed into the door. Fortunately, they did not hurt anyone when they brushed past Jin Lan and the others.

Seeing that someone had entered the palace, and it was a young man at that, Wan Ju and Bi He's expression changed slightly as they hurriedly hid Jin Lan behind them. Meng Ruhan's maid was stunned for a moment. Seeing the actions of the two, she immediately realized what was going on and followed along to protect Meng Ruhan.

Although Jin Lan and Meng Ru Lan brought along their Drapery Cap, they were still female Qi warriors after all. With a quick glance, they lowered their heads, refusing to look.

The person who entered was around seventeen or eighteen years old. He was tall and slender and tall, dressed in a blue robe with a cloud pattern on it. His jet-black hair was tied high up in a cloth made from profound light, but his facial features were extremely ordinary.

He entered the hall and went straight towards the table of the Master. When he passed by the group of female disciples, he stopped and glanced at Jin Lan who was hiding behind the Drapery Cap. Then, he walked towards the old monk who was sitting behind the table as if nothing had happened.

As Jin Lan pondered over the questions he had left behind last night, a palpitation suddenly rose up in his heart. It was as if some venomous snake or ferocious beast was staring at him, causing her to feel a chill run down her spine. She quickly raised her head and looked in that direction, but didn't find anything out of the ordinary.

Was it an illusion? She looked around the hall. It was basically the same as when she first came in, except that there was a man in a long robe in front of the table. Jin Lan looked sideways, although Drapery Cap was blocking her view, she was sure that she had never seen this person before.

The man in the robe bowed deeply towards the old monk and said in a deep voice, ”I'll have to trouble Master to clear the lot for me.” After he finished speaking, regardless of whether the old monk agreed or not, he handed the bamboo stick in his hand over.

Her deep and slightly hoarse voice entered Jin Lan's ears as if it was being devoured by lightning. It completely stupefied her, causing her to freeze on the spot without moving an inch. There was no trace of blood on her initially rosy cheeks. Her face was terrifyingly pale, and if not for the Drapery Cap, Madame SHen would probably be worried.

How could that be? This voice was obviously very familiar, but that face …

”Girl, madam wants you to come over.” Wan Ju suddenly said to Jin Lan quietly. He did not expect to see her still standing there in a daze, turning a deaf ear. She could not help but call out softly, ”Miss, girl?”

”Huh?” Wan Ju's call caused Jin Lan to become alert, but she immediately woke him up. She looked up to see Madame SHen waving her hand towards him, and could only restrain herself from thinking too, before walking over to Madame SHen's side. As she walked past the table, she couldn't help but steal a glance at that simple-minded face, confirming that she really had never seen it before.

As if he had felt Jin Lan's gaze, the man suddenly turned his head, and their eyes met. Her heart couldn't help but shiver. Her eyes were deep and jet-black like the stars shooting into the moon, and they didn't have the slightest bit of normal appearance. But in the blink of an eye, how could it be pitch-black? It was just that his eyes were calm and dim like a pool of stagnant water.

He suddenly revealed a mysterious smile towards Jin Lan, causing her to immediately look away in shock. Her heart thumped rapidly, not daring to meet his gaze.

This person was not him! Jin Lan lowered his head and clutched the handkerchief in his hand as he quickly thought: 'People who resemble each other are not rare in this world. Therefore, it's not impossible for them to have similar voices.' She must have recognized the wrong person from the very beginning.

However, he was definitely the person who was in the room yesterday! That was because when she passed by the table, she could smell a faint smell that was exactly the same as the person from yesterday! Even the incense in the hall couldn't mask the smell.

It was just that this smell was a lot fainter than the one she had smelled yesterday. She gripped the handkerchief tightly as a strange light flashed in her eyes.

Meng Ruhan walked a little faster, she took the green bamboo lot from Madame Qin's hands and looked at it carefully, her little face suddenly lit up, she pulled at Jin Lan who had just walked over and said happily: ”Sister Jinlan, look, mother asked for an autograph!”

Jin Lan was a little absent-minded, but he was unwilling to let Meng Ruhan's happiness get away from him. He gathered his focus and received the slip, then read it carefully: ”Yu Men Jump over the waves, the fish has become a dragon, and have become a sovereign. It was indeed the signature of a huge treasure. She couldn't help but be happy for Meng Zhanxuan in her heart.

In her previous life, when she was on good terms with Meng Ruhan, she had met him a few times. He was Meng Ruhan's elder brother, a young man with a hat as warm as jade. However, she couldn't remember if there was a high school this spring or not.

”Well? I already said that my big brother would definitely pass the examination, and now that I have obtained the blessing of the Bodhisattva, I might even become a top scholar! ” Meng Ruhan chuckled as she took back the bamboo stick, and flipped it around in her hand.

”That's enough, Han'er. Don't mess around. In a bit, let the Grandmaster explain and see what the trigram says.” Although she was scolding, her tone of voice did not contain the slightest bit of anger. Madame Qin's entire face was filled with laughter, reaching deep into her eyes.

Meng Ruhan was also aware that Madame Qin was not angry, she mischievously stuck out her tongue and passed the bamboo stick in her hand to Madame Qin, then pulled Jin Lan to hide by the side to bite her ear, ”Look at that man, he's so strange, even Master is not willing to help him get rid of his lot, why is he still standing there?”

Jin Lan followed Meng Ruhan's gaze and saw that the man in the robe leaned forward slightly, as if bowing to the old monk, with both of his hands still holding onto the bamboo stick. If the old monk didn't accept it, he wouldn't budge, and so was he.

After a long while, the old monk narrowed his eyes and chuckled, ”Benefactor's lot is requested by the Earth Treasury Hall and should be resolved by senior brother Hui Chen. Why did you come here to find the old monk? ”How strange.”