Chapter 145 Qi Xinyang's daily life. - Just learning a skill? 9 Silver Pigeon
Chapter 145 Qi Xinyang's daily life. - Just learning a skill? 9 Silver Pigeon
The previous chapter mentioned that Qi Xinyang wanted to visit the "Nine-bend Silver Pigeon" in the bird house when no one was around, but he met Yingping Youzi at the door.
When Qi Xinyang arrived in front of Yingping Youzi, he asked Yingping Youzi, "Are you here to see the birds?"
Yingping Youzi told Qi Xinyang, "Yes!" Then she asked Qi Xinyang, "Did you walk here?"
Qi Xinyang told Yingping Youzi, "I'm not here for a walk. I came to the warehouse over there last night to find martial arts equipment, and I happened to see this bird house." As she spoke, she first pointed to the warehouse behind her, and then to the bird house in front of her.
Yingping Youzi said to Qi Xinyang, "Oh, you came to the warehouse again today... to use the equipment." Then she asked Qi Xinyang, "Are the equipment in the warehouse easy to use?"
Seeing that Yingping Youzi thought she was coming to the warehouse, Qi Xinyang began to have some thoughts. She told Yingping Youzi, "It's not bad. It's better than scratching at the air."
Yingping and Youzi laughed after hearing this and said to Qi Xinyang, "Then I'll go in and take care of the birds first." As she said that, she was about to step into the bird room. But suddenly, she stopped and turned back to ask Qi Xinyang, "Do you want to come in and see the birds here?"
Qi Xinyang shook her head and told Yingping Youzi, "There's nothing good about the bird! I'm going to the warehouse to draw the equipment so that I can make my own equipment to practice outside in the future." After that, she said "Goodbye!" to Yingping Youzi and turned and left.
When Yingping Youzi heard that Qi Xinyang wanted to draw the equipment in the warehouse, she didn't take it seriously. Like everyone else, she thought that there was nothing important in the warehouse where discarded items were stored.
After Qi Xinyang finished her conversation with Ying Ping and You Zi, she headed towards the warehouse. As she walked, she thought to herself, "That little rascal's hesitation last night was a little strange. I'd better not let anyone here think I'm interested in the birds. I'll do some research after she leaves..."
Qi Xinyang's thoughts were really sinister. She originally came to see the birds, but she told others that she was going to the warehouse to "draw equipment."
Qi Xinyang didn't have any weapons in her hands, so it couldn't be said that she went to the warehouse to practice martial arts. She had practiced with a stick in the warehouse last night, but it was unreasonable to say that she was practicing today without any weapons.
Unable to explain that she was going to the warehouse to practice martial arts, Qi Xinyang had to come up with an idea and say that she was going to draw equipment. It just so happened that she had told Little Slippery last night that she was going to draw equipment, so even if Yingping, Youzi, and Little Slippery mentioned it later, it wouldn't arouse their suspicion.
Qi Xinyang arrived at the second floor of the warehouse, still thinking about the birdhouse. She thought, "Last night, the little rascal said that Ding Lei usually looks after the birdhouse. It seems that when Ding Lei is away, Yingping Youzi is the one who looks after the birdhouse. What do they use to feed the pigeons here..."
Qi Xinyang said she came to "get drawing supplies," but she actually didn't bring any paper or pen with her. She looked at the equipment on the second floor of the warehouse and muttered, "What a pity! There's so much light right now, and I didn't bring any paper or pen."
After lightly kicking the equipment, Qi Xinyang thought to herself, "Oh right, I'll just write one of them down first and then draw it when I get back. Although it's not possible to remember them all, it's more than enough to write down the simplest one first." Thinking of this, she began to "memorize" one of the equipment that looked the simplest.
Qi Xinyang measured the various lengths of the equipment with her hands. After some busy work, she had memorized the entire size of the equipment in her mind.
After finishing her "memory" of the equipment, Qi Xinyang rested for a while on the second floor of the warehouse. When she walked out of the warehouse again, she guessed that Yingping Youzi must have left the bird house long ago.
Looking at the bird house in the distance, Qi Xinyang thought to himself, "No matter how much she feeds the birds, it shouldn't take that long. I've been here for so long, there should be no one there by now."
As Qi Xinyang walked, he thought to himself, "This time I must see what the pigeons here are like."
When Qi Xinyang entered the bird room, his eyes were full of "incredibility", just like a child who went to the zoo for the first time and saw animals he had never seen before.
The gray lines on this "Nine-bend Silver Pigeon" look as if they were outlined directly on the feathers with a pen, making it look so strange. These gray lines not only clearly distinguish the wings from the body, but also distinguish the pigeon's head from the neck, and the neck from the body.
Qi Xinyang was currently holding a "Nine-curve Silver Pigeon" he had taken from a cage. He thought to himself, "You little rascal, you said it wasn't special, but this isn't special. This is incredibly special! I've seen white pigeons, gray pigeons, and ones with other colors. This is the first time I've seen a pigeon with so many 'stripes' on it. No wonder it's called the 'Nine-curve Silver Pigeon'."
After watching for a while, Qi Xinyang realized that the pigeons here were almost all the same, with gray markings. There were no pure white or pure gray pigeons. She muttered, "That's not true, though. That little rascal hasn't seen pigeons from my world either. If she had, she'd probably be just as surprised as I am."
After Qi Xinyang placed the "Nine-curve Silver Silk Pigeon" in her hand back into the birdcage, she thought to herself, "Huh? Silver silk... There's a kind of hamster called 'Silver Arc' that also has a gray 'stripe'..." Thinking of this, she turned to the other "Nine-curve Silver Silk Pigeon" in the other birdcage next to her and asked, "Hey, are you a hybrid with a hamster?"
Pigeon and hamster hybrid? It sounds novel, but how is it possible? Qi Xinyang was just imagining and talking nonsense, and he just said it out loud.
Then, Qi Xinyang began to play with the birds, even imitating their calls. But they sounded completely different: hers was a whistle-like bird call, while the pigeons here made a "cooing" sound. She didn't care whether the pigeons understood her or not; she was just having fun.
When he got tired of playing, Qi Xinyang left the bird room and went back to his room to draw the equipment he had just remembered in his mind, and also drew the appearance of the "Nine-bend Silver Silk Pigeon".
Soon, the afternoon strength training began.
If we calculate it based on the entire afternoon, Xiaojiao and Qi Xinyang can do more and more sets. Only You Ke can just finish the previous number of sets, and doing more is really a stretch.
Qi Xinyang, who had already completed the set number of sets, stopped working on the equipment. She looked at You Ke, whose training progress was too slow, and she felt a little unhappy. She asked You Ke, "I'm not saying anything, but why are you still so slow?"
You Ke told Qi Xinyang, "Sister, I'm not lazy..."
Coach Tuolierdi said to Qi Xinyang, "You can't blame him for this. He really did try his best. As far as I know, the half-demons have the slowest growth in strength."
Qi Xinyang asked coach Tuo Lierdi, "Who is the fastest? Him?" As she spoke, she habitually pointed her finger at her feet.
Coach Tuolierdi nodded in agreement. He told Qi Xinyang, "That's right. The dwarves are growing fastest in strength, followed by you tall people."
Qi Xinyang said to coach Tuo Lierdi, "Oh, no wonder. I was wondering why he hadn't made any progress in so long." Then, she turned to You Ke and said, "That doesn't matter. You have to work on your strength. Maybe it will be useful in the future."
You Ke agreed and continued practicing.
Although she taught You Ke a lesson, Qi Xinyang did not continue to practice because she had more important things to do, so she left first.
What's going on? Qi Xinyang had to hurry to the little rascal's place. It wasn't that she was in a hurry to ask about the spice, but after secretly learning the chief's boxing techniques yesterday, she had become a bit addicted and planned to secretly learn the full set of boxing techniques today.
So, after finishing her afternoon strength training, Qi Xinyang arrived on the rooftop of Little Sly's house just in time to watch the Chief practice his boxing moves. Just like yesterday, she followed along. This time, she wasn't just learning from the middle; she watched the Chief's entire set of boxing moves from beginning to end.
Needless to say, with Qi Xinyang's intelligence, she had already learned most of it yesterday, and today she learned the other half. Naturally, the chief's entire set of boxing skills was completely under her control.
After learning the chief's boxing skills, Qi Xinyang was satisfied and was about to leave the room when he suddenly saw the little rascal walking into the chief's study.
As soon as the little rascal entered the study, he started chatting with the chief.
Qi Xinyang had no intention of getting closer to eavesdrop on the conversation, so she simply went down from the roof. After she reached the ground, she thought to herself, "This little rascal must have gone to the study to look up some information about 'spices'. Come on, little rascal!"
After finishing the task of secretly learning boxing, Qi Xinyang went straight back to his room.
Next, Qi Xinyang had other things to do, which was to draw the other three pieces of equipment on the second floor of the warehouse.
Then, Qi Xinyang did not practice his "Double Moon Hook Blade Bow" throughout the whole day. Instead, he relied on his memory to briefly record the moves that the little rascal had taught him last night in his "little notebook", and then briefly recorded the chief's boxing skills in the "little notebook".
Qi Xinyang had learned quite a bit over the past two days. She'd spent the entire evening digesting everything she'd learned. She didn't mind the feeling of learning so much so quickly, because no matter how much she learned, she could digest it all in one night.
The next morning nothing happened.
But in the afternoon, something very important happened.
That was the chief jailer mentioned several chapters ago. After three days of riding, he finally returned to the capital of Grilanchi.
As mentioned before, the chief jailer left two of his men at the lake to watch, waiting for the Swordsman King to "fall into the trap", and then he went back to the capital to report to the queen.
Once he returned to the capital of Grilanchi, the head jailer had to hurry and report the news to the queen. Soon, after reporting, he arrived at the palace.
The Queen saw that the Chief Jailer had returned alone and that she didn't see the "fugitive," and the slight hint of joy on her face vanished instantly. She said to the Chief Jailer, "You're finally back. Tell me what's going on over there."
The queen guessed that the chief jailer must have brought back some unusual news, otherwise he would not have returned empty-handed so suddenly.
Upon hearing the Queen's question, the head jailer half-knelt on the ground. He said to the Queen, "Your Majesty! This is incredible! I climbed the cliff with two of my men and followed the 'fugitive's' trail to a large lake!"
When the queen heard the word "lake", she jumped up from the throne and asked in a lost voice: What!
Not only did the queen have all kinds of speculations in her mind at this moment, but even the ministers below were suddenly excited. Everyone was whispering to each other and talking about it.
The warden exaggerated somewhat, as the three of them hadn't noticed any traces at first, only discovering them after reaching the lake. However, this description made it seem more natural, and he had already thought about how to describe it to the queen on the way back to the capital.
After being shocked, the queen calmed down and shouted to the ministers below: Silence!
After the queen's loud shout, the entire hall instantly became quiet.
Seeing that the ministers in the hall had regained their composure, the queen said to the chief jailer, "Go on!" After that, she did not return to her throne. She was so excited at the moment that she could not sit still!
The head jailer reported to the queen, "After arriving at the lake, we searched carefully and found fish bones left over from the 'fugitive' and ashes from a burnt-out campfire nearby. I suspect the 'fugitive' won't go far and is likely hiding nearby!"
As the warden said this, the ministers below began to murmur softly. He could vaguely hear subtle exchanges of "That's for sure" and "That's right."
The chief jailer then reported to the queen, "I dare to speculate! When the food and water are exhausted, the 'fugitive' will definitely return to the lake. Therefore, I left two of my men to ambush near the lake, waiting for the 'fugitive' to appear again. I have come back to report this latest situation to Her Majesty the Queen!" After saying this, he wiped the sweat from his forehead slightly.
After the Queen listened to the warden's report, she remained silent for a long time. Before the Queen made any statement, the ministers in the hall also remained silent, not daring to say a word.
So, how will the Queen respond based on the latest intelligence? Please read the next chapter...
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