My book friend Long Aotian

Chapter 16 Second Senior Sister

Baihua Valley has a special terrain and there is only one entrance facing south.

At that time, Master Yang applied for a license to establish a sect from the government and bought the property rights of Baihua Valley. He also invited gardeners from Changchun Gate to use the secret method of Wanmu Changchun to build a thorny flower wall around the Baihua Valley to prevent ordinary people from accidentally trespassing. He also set up an inn and restaurant at the south entrance to welcome visitors.

According to common sense, a village or town will naturally form at the foot of the mountain gate of a large sect, and the people in the town will serve the sect's disciples and visitors and earn profits.

The more powerful the sect is and the longer its history is, the larger the town will be.

Eventually it will even grow into a small town that has close ties with the sect, and the town will be filled with the sect's elders and true disciples, as well as distant and distant relatives.

Since Baihua Valley was established only recently and the situation was special, the elders in the sect did not like outsiders, so they only built the most basic official post station, grocery store, tea shop, blacksmith shop and clinic in accordance with the standards of a first-class sect stipulated by the court law for the use of passing martial artists.

In addition, there is a logistics transfer station for the sect's import and export of materials, a message room for registering visitors, and an inn exclusively for visiting male guests.

Together with the houses where the employees of the above functional buildings live, they form a small village.

Li Bailong rode his horse to the entrance of the village and jumped off. This small village also had a wall and a lookout tower. On the archway at the entrance were three large characters written in powerful strokes.

Creekwood Village.

The name was given by Li Bailong.

A few years ago, when Baihua Valley was officially upgraded from a Class 3B sect to a Class 1A sect, it had to build various functional buildings at the mountain gate to form a village in accordance with the regulations.

Since we are building a village, it must have a name, after all, it needs to be reported.

As we all know, when it comes to naming, we face the dilemma of "all the good names have been taken by dogs".

Although there are quite a few talented ladies among the elders in the sect who are well-read in poetry and literature, it should be easy for them to come up with an elegant name for the village. However, the sect has expanded in recent years and the number of disciples has increased dramatically. Due to the wide range of students, the disciples' names are basically "Wang Erniu", "Zhang Zhaodi" and "Sister Xu". In order for these promising disciples to walk the world with their heads held high in the future, it is the responsibility of the elders to give them nice names.

——This is not a big deal. Almost all the heroes who come from humble backgrounds in the martial arts world have a nickname that is hard to bear to look at directly. After you become his disciple, your master will change it for you. This is called a gifted nickname.

But changing the name is not a big deal, but if there are too many names to change, that is a big deal.

Since there are so many new disciples in Baihua Valley, leaving aside the disciples in the outer sect's martial arts introductory classes, dozens of disciples already in the sect have to change their names. Not only that, but they also have to change their names to beautiful, elegant, catchy, and rich in connotation. Such high standards and strict requirements have forced several talented ladies to become bad at naming.

So the problem of naming the village was thrown to Li Bailong by the leader.

Li Bailong thought about it and got an idea.

Considering that he had learned the first martial arts taught by Long Aotian - Dragon Roar Kung Fu - near a cemetery of the previous dynasty near the village, he named the village Ximu Village.

He led the horse into the village.

Baihua Valley was founded at a relatively early stage and did not have complicated diplomatic relations. Also, due to the influence of a faction led by a certain uncle, xenophobic thoughts were born, so there were few martial artists from other places visiting or staying in the village.

With few people, it is of course not lively and the whole village is quiet.

It is still morning, the time for cultivation, so even the junior sister who sneaked out to buy things in the village store cannot be seen. The only sound is the clatter of horses' hooves on the bluestone road.

Outside the tea shop at the entrance of the village where people rested their horses, a healthy woman with her sleeves rolled up and her hair wrapped in a scarf was already waiting there.

Seeing Li Bailong leading the horse, the woman took two steps forward and took the reins with a smile: "Sanlang is finally here. Let the second lady wait for a while."

Among the second generation disciples of Baihua Valley, Li Bailong ranks third.

"Please trouble you, Mrs. Yu." Li Bailong handed over the reins, a smile on his face, and looked towards the door of the tea shop.

I saw the wind chimes swaying densely under the eaves, and a white shadow flashed out beyond the sound and shadow of the wind chimes.

At the same time, Li Bailong's smiling question came: "Why is Second Senior Sister here?"

The visitor was the second disciple of the headmaster, surnamed Shen, and given name Jianlan. Her name contained the word "jian", which was just like her. She had a solemn and imposing aura, like a hidden sword, and with sharp shoulders, slender arms and legs, and a tall and well-proportioned figure, she was obviously a natural swordsman.

When Li Bailong looked at Second Senior Sister's face, he was slightly stunned.

In terms of appearance, the second sister is indeed a beauty, but she is a cold and beautiful ice beauty, like an orchid in the valley, and also like a sword in the blue sky. In her eyes, there are seniors, junior brothers and sisters, swords and chivalry, home and country, but there is no rouge and powder, butterfly shirts and flowery clothes.

At least since he entered the sect, Li Bailong seemed to have never seen Second Senior Sister wear any rouge.

But today was indeed strange. The Second Senior Sister was still the same Second Senior Sister, but there were some surprising differences.

——Her eyebrows were obviously carefully drawn, and they were drawn like flying clouds, full of heroic spirit. The eyeliner was also carefully outlined, which made her sharp and focused phoenix eyes have a bit of cold and tenderness. Her thin lips were dotted with a touch of dark red rouge, but all of this was just a foil!

The real finishing touch is a dot of cinnabar between the eyebrows.

This seemingly understated but actually exquisite depiction and embellishment magnified the sword-like, orchid-like, ethereal and cold temperament several times, and even made Li Bailong, who was used to seeing beauties and had extremely high standards, feel amazed.

He exclaimed: "No wonder the headmaster said that the second sister is good at hiding her edge..."

Shen Jianlan's new makeup today was unprecedented. When facing the gaze of her junior fellow apprentice, although she felt a little awkward and embarrassed instinctively, she still remained calm.

However, when she heard the words "I heard from the master that he is very good at hiding", she seemed to think of something and an uncontrollable blush appeared on her face.

He quickly calmed down and his complexion returned to normal.

She said calmly, "I didn't draw this myself. It's hard to explain. During the routine assessment yesterday, Junior Sister Xue Yanlai made rapid progress and blocked fifteen of my swords. I promised her last month that if she could block fifteen of my swords during this month's assessment, I would fulfill her wish."

She sighed as she said this: "So she got up early today, came to me with a box of rouge and powder and a dressing mirror, pulled me to sit down, and started messing around."

At this time, Mrs. Yu had tied up the horse and came out. Shen Jianlan bowed to her and said goodbye. Li Bailong followed suit. Then, under the gaze of Mrs. Yu, he and the second senior sister walked side by side towards the sect's mountain gate.

The village was quiet, with mottled stone slabs and no one on the road. Only the shop owners in the village looked through doors and curtains at the two people walking slowly, talking in low voices, and occasionally smiling at each other. Their behavior was calm and normal.

Li Bailong turned his head and looked at the profile of his second senior sister. After eight years of being in the same school, this was the first time he saw her with such full makeup. It was truly unique and extremely fresh.

——Such a stunning appearance made Long Aotian’s anxious warning seem like a breeze passing by his ears.

Shen Jianlan noticed his gaze and turned to meet his gaze, with a troubled expression: "Junior brother has never stared at me like this before... Is it really so different?"

Li Bailong retracted his gaze: "If Second Senior Sister is uncomfortable, I won't look at her."

Shen Jianlan shook her head, her ponytail swaying slightly. She said calmly, "If I don't want to be seen, I will find a veil to cover my face. There is no reason why I can show it to my junior sisters but not to my junior brother. My junior brother can see it if he wants."

Li Bailong really watched for a while before praising her: "Junior Sister Xue is truly a national player."

"Since Junior Brother said so, then of course it's good." Shen Jianlan said calmly, "But whether I paint or not, I am still me. There is no difference. It's a waste of time."

"That's not the case... At least Junior Sister Xue is making progress in martial arts, which is a good thing."

"Junior brother is right." Shen Jianlan nodded. "After Junior Sister Xue finished her mischief, she dragged me out. When the other junior sisters saw me, they were so happy that they were jumping and shouting like crazy."

"Although I don't know why they are so excited, seeing that they are really happy, I told them that if there are any who make rapid progress and stand out in the assessment next month, they can do the same. They can smear something on my face or write something on it, it's up to them, I will never wipe it off."

...I always feel like something is not right.

Li Bailong couldn't help but think from the perspective of an Earthling. If he smeared something or wrote something on his senior sister's face...

Seeing the subtle expression on her junior brother's face, Shen Jianlan thought that this junior brother whom she had watched grow up had also become childish, so she smiled and said, "Junior brother, you are not a child anymore, don't have such naughty thoughts."

——It’s even weirder!

(End of this chapter)