After some calculations, other than the treasures plundered from the Heavenly God Hall, there was no other treasure he could get his hands on.
Ziyi Qiaobi chuckled, stared at Xu Yi and said, "What on earth can you come up with to thank my lady? Don't think that just saying a few sour words will make my lady look at you favorably. You said that you only have Body Tempering Realm cultivation. Apart from having a big belly and being able to eat, what other specialties do you have? That's all. Now that you have thanked my lady, hurry up and get off the boat. At that time, I will ask Lao Wang to find a place to dock and let you leave."
Xu Yi smiled slightly, fisted at Green-clad woman again, and turned around.
For the time being, he has no ability to repay, so he can only keep this friendship in his heart and repay it later.
As soon as Xu Yi left, he heard Green-clad woman say angrily, "Why are you driving him away? I think this man has some talent. Let's do this. Ask him if he wants to stay. If he is willing, let him support him with the salary of old Wu who is in charge."
Ziyi Qiao was surprised and said, "Miss, why are you doing this? How can he, a poor scholar, deserve such favor from you?"
Green-clad woman pointed to the picture of a spring courtyard in a boudoir on the drawing board and said, "After adding this poem, if you look at this picture again, it will add more than 100% of its color."
Qingyi Qiaobi suddenly realized. "I understand, what you mean is that you want to use that guy's words to enhance the painting? Oh, no, how can you guarantee that the words were written by that guy? If he heard it from the sidelines, wouldn't it be embarrassing if someone found out?"
Green-clad woman said, "What I want is that poetry and painting should be consistent and complement each other, and why should I care who painted it. As soon as that person saw my painting, he could tell such lyrics that fit the situation and the scene. He is obviously someone who understands the meaning of painting and literature. At the moment, there is a lack of such a person."
Ziyi Qiaobi smiled and said, "That young lady means to hire him as a painter? Where can I find such a big painter in Manyunzhou City?"
Green-clad woman said, "I think that man has his own backbone. Zijuan You must not call him a painting boy. Tell him what I mean. It would be best if you can persuade him to stay. If he insists on refusing, don't embarrass him."
The purple-robed Qiaobi raised her eyebrows and said, "Miss, are you kidding me? With his sour appearance, it would be difficult for him to find the job that the lady gave him even if he was working under a lantern. I can guarantee that as soon as I tell him, he will jump up and down with joy."
Xu Yi didn't jump up and down with joy, but he stayed in the end.
First, his soul is still weak now, and there is little hope of relying on external force to make up for it quickly. The only option is to quietly nurture it and wait for it to recover slowly.
Both of them, he currently lacks the necessary means of self-protection, so staying here and hiding himself might not be a bad place.
In addition, he still owes Green-clad woman his life-saving grace and has yet to repay it. Staying here can choose the opportunity to resolve the cause and effect, which is the best of both worlds.
Just like that, Xu Yi stayed.
Suddenly, seven days had passed, and the huge fleet stopped at a port next to a city called Golden Lion City.
A lot happened during these seven days.
The first important thing was that Xu Yi worked hard all day long and kept warm and nourished. Finally, on the evening of the sixth day, he was able to fully restore his weakened soul.
His soul was already strong, and its weakening was just due to excessive consumption, but it actually did not damage the foundation.
It is like a person who has been hungry for ten and a half days and is extremely weak. However, as long as he takes some time to recover quietly, he will eventually recover quickly.
The second thing is that the fleet led by Green-clad woman joined a team of more than ten other cargo ships on the second day and headed towards Golden Lion City.
The leader of the entire fleet is Green-clad woman's father, a stern middle-aged man named "Wen Zhongdao", who is also the head of the Wen family.
The third thing is that through Xu Yi's deliberate collection, he captured a lot of useful information.
Not only did he figure out that he was still in the world where Northern Sacred Court was, he also found out that the place he was in was the Huaidong Mansion under the jurisdiction of Jiannan Road.
And this Golden Lion City is the seat of Huaidong Prefecture.
At the same time, he also used a little trick to find out Miss Wen's thoughts from Zijuan.
And this worry also gave Xu Yi hope that it would work out.
But he said that when the fleet docked, someone came to pick him up. Xu Yi went with the fleet and was arranged in the east wing of a spacious courtyard.
That evening, Zijuan came again and asked him, "Have you thought about the words for the three paintings that the lady gave you? This is a very important thing. You must not make any mistakes."
Xu Yi pulled out a piece of paper with three small poems written on it, "Miss Wen has everything you want on it."
Three days ago, Miss Wen gave three sketches of the transformation, and Zijuan sent them, with the intention of asking Xu Yi to match them with corresponding words and sentences.
Obviously, Miss Wen painted on the spot for the birthday banquet one day, and inscribed the words and sentences along the way.
Zijuan took it, recited it in a low voice, with brilliant eyes, pointed at Xu Yi and said, "You have done a great service for the lady this time, haha, even I, who is proficient in writing, can read these excellent words, let alone others. This time is good, this time is good..."
Xu Yi said, "Miss Zijuan, does your young lady really want to marry Second Young Master Jiang?"
Zijuan glared at him and said, "Of course, Second Young Master Jiang is both civil and military, elegant, and has a noble status. He is the dream man of many girls in Golden Lion City. Why do you think my lady is not worthy?"
In the past few days, Xu Yi has become quite familiar with this girl Zijuan in order to obtain useful information.
Then I heard him say, "No, I was wondering if it would be a meritorious deed if I made your young lady's dream come true."
Zijuan hummed, "You can talk nonsense, who has the ability? Unless you are a big shot above Third-rank Star Official, how can you make Master Jiang, the head of the Spring Alliance Chamber of Commerce, such a big deal. Okay, okay, this is not your thing to worry about. Just think more about your words. Maybe with this ability, you can continue to stay in the Wen family."
Xu Yi smiled coquettishly, "What Miss Zijuan said is that I would like to ask Miss Zijuan to thank you again. I have a small gadget here, and I would like Miss Zijuan to present it to Miss on my behalf."
Xu Yi In the palm of his hand, there is an exquisite cage about an inch long and wide, which is woven from the green bamboo outside the window.
Zijuan stared at him for a while and then said, "You don't like my lady, do you?"
Xu Yi suddenly looked strange, laughed, waved his hands and said, "Go, go..."
Zijuan was full of confusion as he walked out, without forgetting to look back and say, "You should be more realistic. Not everyone can reach someone like Miss."
On the Autumnal Equinox, when it's time to apply for a license, Spring Alliance's grand banquet, which only happens once in ten years, kicked off.
The birthday banquet was held at Spring Alliance District. As the name implies, the entire city was almost completely occupied by the buildings at the Spring Alliance.
As the main venue, Seven Treasures Manor, with thousands of lanterns on display and colorful silks woven all over, was full of light, just like daytime.