Halfway through, Dongdang suddenly remembered that the pendant on the wind chime was pulled down by Da Ben while putting Bao Bao to sleep last night. He planned to find someone to put it back up today, so he stopped in his tracks and said to everyone: "You all go ahead, I forgot something, I'll go back and get it."
Then everyone continued on their way, Dongdang returned to the inn, and got the wind chime and pendant. She walked out of the inn and came to a small stall, saying: "Old man, help me mend this broken pendant."
The old man picked up the wind chime and pendant, examined them carefully for a while, then put them down and said: "This thing can be fixed, but it needs to be re-strung. And this pendant isn't worth much money either, you might as well buy a new one to hang on." Dingdang shook his head, saying: "No way, I only want the original one, just help me fix it and I'll pay for it."
This is the rainbow cat gave to her, she won't give up easily. The old man raised his head and looked at Dangdang, with a clear and beautiful face, a hint of English air between his eyebrows, and a pair of eyes showing his appreciation for this wind flute. He stroked his beard and smiled: "Hehe, little girl, you care about this wind flute so much, it must be given by your beloved."
Dingdang's face turned slightly red as she nodded. The old man chuckled and said, "Alright then, I'll help you fix it." As soon as Dingdang heard this, she became excited and said, "That's great, thank you so much!" The old man smiled kindly and said, "You're a good girl too." He then lowered his head to start wiring.
The old man's hands were nimble, and he finished it in a moment. He handed the flute to Dingdang. Dingdang happily took over the flute, gave the money to the old man, and said: "Thank you, sir!" Then he prepared to return to the inn to put away the flute. But as soon as he turned around, he bumped into someone.
Dingdang looked up to see a man in black clothes, his face cold and handsome. Dingdang was slightly stunned. The man in black clothes said lightly, "Miss, are you okay?" Dingdang came back to her senses and said, "I... I'm fine." The man in black clothes glanced at Dingdang and then walked away, saying to Feng Xun beside him, "That woman is the daughter of Phoenix Martial Arts Hall, Shui Dingdang."
The man in black nodded and stopped talking. He didn't care about unrelated people, so he quickened his pace. Feng Xun also followed up. Ding Dang was about to leave when she saw a crystal pendant on the ground, picked it up and wanted to return it to that person, but he had already disappeared into the crowd. Ding Dang held the pendant, under the sunlight, the transparent pendant with a faint green color looked even more beautiful.
At the same time, she found that a small statue was embedded in the pendant. Taking a closer look, her eyes widened involuntarily. Why did the person in the pendant look so much like Blue Rabbit...? With doubts weighing heavily on her mind, Dangdang put away the jade pendant and left the stall. By the time Dangdang reached the foot of the mountain, everyone was already practicing their skills.
Gu Jiujiu saw Dangdang and asked, "Dangdang, what did you go get? Why did it take so long?" Dangdang told the truth: "Nothing, I just took the wind flute to the stall to repair it a bit." She concealed the matter of the ink-clothed man and the jade pendant. Gu Jiujiu nodded and said, "Go practice your skills quickly." "Yes."
Dingdang walked to the bottom of the tree, but his eyes were fixed on Blue Rabbit. Blue Rabbit noticed that Dingdang was staring at him and walked over to ask: "Dingdang, what's wrong?" Dingdang hastily replied: "Nothing, you go practice your skills quickly!" Maybe it was just a coincidence.
Blue Rabbit couldn't see anything unusual about Dingdang, so she walked away to practice her skills. At this time, Han Tian walked up to Blue Rabbit and said, "Blue Rabbit, can you teach me how to better utilize my ice?" Blue Rabbit smiled and said, "Okay. First, gather your energy in the dantian, then channel it into the meridians throughout your body..." Blue Rabbit seriously instructed Han Tian, hoping that he would understand what she was saying. Han Tian's heart had calmed down a lot compared to earlier, but he couldn't ignore his feelings for Blue Rabbit; he just wanted to protect her and be by her side. The day passed quickly, and the group returned to the inn as the sun set.
In the evening, after dinner, Dingdang saw Lan Tu cleaning up the bowls and chopsticks, so he said to her: "Lan Tu, you've been doing this for several days, let me do it today." Lan Tu said: "Then thank you, Dingdang." Dingdang smiled and took the plates downstairs. Outside, the sky was already dark, the inn had closed, and the cooks had all left. After putting away the plates, Dingdang was about to head back in the dark when he suddenly heard a noise, and his guard went up: "Who?" A faint gust of wind rose behind him, and Dingdang chopped at it with one hand, but unexpectedly, his wrist was caught by someone. That person's martial arts skills were very high, and for some reason, the spot where they grabbed him made it impossible for Dingdang to use his strength. In the darkness, that person spoke in a low voice: "Hand over the jade pendant."
Dingdang was taken aback and said cautiously, "Are you the person I bumped into today?" The man seemed somewhat impatient and said directly, "Please return it to me, miss."
Ding Dang was somewhat unwilling, she always felt that this jade pendant had many secrets, but the person seemed reluctant to say more. People are like this, the less you say, the more curious others become. So Ding Dang asked with a hint of probing: "Sir, what do you want this jade pendant for? I think it's very pretty, why not give it to me instead?"
The man's grip on his hand tightened, and he said coldly, "Hand it over." Dangdang was hurt a bit and said, "Okay, okay, it's just a jade pendant. You can let me go first." The man slowly released Dangdang, who moved his wrists a few times, took out the jade pendant, and placed it in the palm of his hand, saying, "Here you are." Another gust of wind blew by, and the man had vanished without a trace. The jade pendant on Dangdang's hand was also gone.
As she walked out of the kitchen, her gaze became complex, and she always felt that things weren't so simple... In another room, a man in black pushed open the door, and Feng Xun saw him and went up to greet him: "Young Master." The man in black said: "You go back first." So Feng Xun retreated outside the door. The man in black looked at the jade pendant in his hand, and his gaze became gentle. Originally, he could have let Feng Xun go, but he still went personally.
Her things aren't something just anyone can touch...