Ouyang Rong reached out and took a blue paper butterfly flower called "Jizuo".

After looking at it carefully, I didn't notice any tiny wrinkles on the paper.

He skillfully took apart half a flower and put it back together again.

"It's exactly the same. It's the one I folded. It doesn't look out of the ordinary."

Ouyang Rong touched his chin, muttered to himself, and came to a conclusion.

"Sir, after Mrs. Cheng delivered the gifts during the day, I specially asked her to check. There was no movement from Liu Zian. It should be the spontaneous behavior of the old craftsman who likes to buy rice wine."

Liu Ashan turned his head and reported.

"Is it a private act? What does this old gentleman mean by teasing a little girl?"

Ouyang Rong didn't know that after he left that day, the old swordsmith had thrown the object into the furnace and disappeared. He looked at the gone and returned object, pondered for a while, and then looked at the green face in front of him.

Ah Qing.

Finally, Ouyang Rong muttered:

"Ah Qing, since this is a gift for you, you should accept it well.

"But don't contact the people at the sword shop anymore, and don't pay attention to this old craftsman. Don't miss the old relationship and go to the sword shop. You are still young, and there are many bad people in this world."

He whispered softly, and after speaking, he raised his hand to rub the girl's hair, but after realizing that men and women in this world were on guard, he silently stopped.

"Yes! I listen to the master."

Ah Qing responded obediently, took the paper-folded blue butterfly flower that Ouyang Rong handed back, took a look at it, lowered his head and put it into the bag.

"Master, let me chat with you guys while I go make tea."

Ah Qing's eyes rolled up slightly, he glanced at the two of them, lowered his head and trotted away.

After bidding farewell to the little girl and leaving, Ouyang Rong turned his head and looked at Liu Ashan.

Soon, the two of them forgot about this trivial incident.

They walked into the pavilion in tacit understanding.

The atmosphere is silent.

Liu Ashan said nothing and looked at his master.

He has always been like this, waiting for his master's orders and he will do it honestly.

Ouyang Rong looked a little hesitant, but this was only fleeting. He reached into his sleeve and took out something.

Liu Ashan looked curiously.

It's a bronze animal face.

The animal face is simple and simple, and the whole body shows the unique green patina of bronze.

Liu Ashan didn't know if it was an illusion, but a faint purple light flickered for a few times in the eyes of the beast's face, then disappeared.

Ouyang Rong, like him, looked down at the bronze beast face in his hand and suddenly said:

"Ah Shan, do me one last favor?"

"Why the last one?"

"Well."

"Sir, I understand. Did you hear that you want to be promoted and leave Dragon City?"

"Maybe, but almost."

"Sir, come on, Ah Shan will definitely handle it well."

"You don't ask, what kind of help are you doing? What if it's something bad, do you do it too?"

"Since I want my help, it must be a private matter. If it's a business matter, I won't be so hesitant."

Liu Ashan was categorical:

"And the master is aboveboard and behaves openly. Is there anything wrong with his private affairs?"

"But this time it was not appropriate."

"Then I must have something unspeakable, and I also have good intentions. I've heard people say that the reason why private matters are called private affairs is because you always do unspeakable things with good intentions."

Ouyang Rong was silent for a moment and said:

"Who taught you this?"

"Listen to what Miss Xie said."

"Well, she often makes wise words in front of others and is a good teacher. She is not so eloquent in front of my senior brother. Why does she seem a bit stupid?"

Ouyang Rong curled his lips and sighed slightly.

Liu Ashan scratched his head and stopped talking.

In fact, I want to say that in the past, he was dull and silent, but he learned more golden words from the master. As for Miss Xie, she might have been "bad" by the master.

Ouyang Rong shook his head, turned to Liu Ashan and said:

"It is indeed an unspeakable thing."

"Sir, please speak."

Ouyang Rong looked at him for a while, then handed out the bronze beast mask in his hand with a calm expression:

"It's called Mirage Mask."

Liu Ashan was stunned.

Afterwards, there was a period of confidential conversation.

After a long time, the bright moon overhead slowly rose into the sky.

It was already dark, and Liu Ashan's hesitant voice could be heard faintly in the pavilion:

"Master, I'm afraid I can't handle it well."

Ouyang Rong shook his head: "I can rest assured that you will do the work."

A warm current slowly flowed through Liu Ashan's heart, and his tone was a little choked: "Master, I..."

Ouyang Rong patted his shoulder and said softly:

"It's okay, just do as I say.

"But Ah Shan, you have always been behind me and listened to my instructions, but one day I will be gone. You have to learn to be on your own. If you think of it, then do it, stand up, don't hesitate, we all have to protect us.

Someone or something to protect.”

Liu Ashan lowered his head to wipe his tears, and then nodded heavily. He lowered his voice again and asked in awe:

"Master, is this the legendary Qi training technique?"

Ouyang Rong thought for a while, waved his hand and said, "Absolutely."

After a pause, he nodded and revealed a little:

"However, it has many restrictions. Originally, only I could activate it, but after I collected your Qi, I allowed you to temporarily borrow half of it, so only the two of us can use it in this world.

"In addition, it cannot be worn indefinitely. It needs to be regularly replenished with purple... spiritual energy to maintain it, so without me injecting special spiritual energy, it will be a waste."

"Master, I understand."

Liu Ashan breathed a sigh of relief, hesitated for a moment, and then asked more:

"Why don't you see Miss Ye off in person? Didn't you ask for leave from Jiangzhou?"

Ouyang Rong glanced at him and said hesitantly:

"I have other things to do and I don't have enough time, so I can only do it for Ashan."

He pursed his lips and said in a gentle tone: "Ah Shan, is there anything else you want to ask? Or do you want my help?"

Liu Ashan couldn't help but glance at the master, and he didn't know if it was an illusion. The master seemed to be surprisingly patient with them tonight, speaking softly, and even the busy master in the past even came to his house for a dinner.

"No more, sir, I understand."

Liu Ashan nodded heavily.

Ouyang Rong took a breath and suddenly thought of something and asked:

"By the way, a trip to Nanlong won't affect your progress with that girl, right? I heard from your sister that they are almost talking about getting married."

His tone was teasing.

The atmosphere in the pavilion relaxed a little.

Old Liu Ashan blushed slightly, looked away, scratched his head and said:

"Master, we got engaged the day before yesterday. My grandma and I have sent the engagement gift. Her parents seem to be very satisfied with me. In fact, our small place is not so particular. We can even bring her here now.

This way."

"Then why don't you go pick it up and let me take a look?"
To be continued...