Chapter 1 Plain and Boring

Winter.

Dawu Dynasty, Zhongzhou Royal City.

Han Xu, wearing a white fur coat, sat in a pavilion in the lake and played the piano.

Behind him, there was a charming girl burning incense and cooking wine.

A handsome man, a pure beauty, a piano, a stove of incense, and a pot of wine, on this calm lake, formed a beautiful picture.

Han Xu's expression was focused, the breeze blew over, blowing his bangs, revealing a face that could make any woman's heart beat.

His body leaned forward slightly, his ten fingers flew, and the beautiful sound of the piano jumped out, as if the sound of nature had come. When passers-by heard it, it was as if they had come to a secluded path in an empty valley, with the sound of springs gurgling in their ears and birds and insects humming.

As a result, more and more pedestrians were attracted by the sound of the piano and stopped by the lake.

However, when everyone saw that it was Han Xu who was playing the piano, they couldn't help shaking their heads, showing disappointment and contempt, and even many people openly discussed it.

"I was wondering which senior figure with a Taoist spirit was this, but it turned out to be this ignorant little prince."

"Look, the woman behind him, isn't she Miss Qing'er, the courtesan of Wanhua Pavilion?"

"But I heard that Miss Qing'er never receives guests, so why is she here serving Han Xu?"

"Could it be that she is in love with him?"

"If so, doesn't it mean that all the four courtesans in this royal city have been tasted by this kid Han Xu?"

"I don't know where this kid got his shitty luck from. The other three are fine, but Miss Qing'er is very cold and arrogant. Not to mention receiving guests, she won't even smile at other men."

"Wang Ran, the son of the Cavalry General, has been pursuing her. He once promised ten thousand taels of gold just to stay in her boudoir for one night, but he couldn't even get in."

The man was talking vividly when he suddenly felt his sleeve being pulled by his companion. He turned back in confusion and saw a young man in brocade clothes walking towards him.

A panic expression immediately appeared on his face, and while the boy was not paying attention, he lowered his head and mixed into the crowd.

"Hello, young general!" People around recognized the boy's identity and saluted.

This young man was the son of the cavalry general they had just discussed, Wang Ran.

Wang Ran ignored the others and walked to the lake with a gloomy face. When he saw Han Xu and Qing'er, he couldn't help but clench his fists in his sleeves, making a crisp sound of bone collision.

"Why is Qing'er with this waste?" He gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, but no one dared to answer.

His surroundings suddenly became silent.

However, silence could not calm Wang Ran, and the anger in his heart burned more and more.

A goddess who was sought but not obtained, but served another man like a slave in public.

I'm afraid that any other man would never be able to bear this breath.

In the waterside pavilion, Qing'er was about to pour out the freshly brewed wine, but she seemed to sense something. When she looked up, she saw Wang Ran's red eyes, and her expression changed.

She turned her head to look at Han Xu, only to see that he still had his eyes closed. No matter the bad words around him or the small-scale commotion caused by Wang Ran's appearance, he didn't change his mood at all.

She couldn't help but smile, thinking: "I'm afraid only people like you can remain calm at this time."

This smile was charming, and many men couldn't help but look at it infatuatedly.

But Wang Ran was closer to the edge of exploding.

Qing'er, who never smiled at other men, actually smiled for another man, a dandy waste in everyone's eyes.

Qing'er carefully placed the glass cup filled with fine wine next to Han Xu's guqin. The moment the wine glass was put down, the sound of the guqin stopped abruptly.

The time when the last note fell was exactly the same as the time when the wine glass was put down.

However, although the piano was finished, Han Xu did not open his eyes.

In Qing'er's view, he was still immersed in the artistic conception of the piano music. This piece of high mountains and flowing water really made people feel like they were in a fairyland. After listening to the whole song, she felt that her soul was cleansed.

In fact, Han Xu was not as intoxicated by the piano music as Qing'er thought. He was paying attention to a virtual panel in his mind. This panel was surprisingly the network downloader in modern society.

However, on the task page of this downloader, there were a series of exercises. There were twenty exercises on the first page alone.

The number in the lower right corner indicated that there were more than ten pages left that were not displayed.

The two exercises at the top of the page were shown as being downloaded, and the download progress was calculated based on skill points.

The first exercise was called Snow Blade Mad Knife. Judging from the progress bar, thirteen skill points were required to complete the download, and twelve had been downloaded so far.

Han Xu's mind moved, and the introduction of Snow Blade Mad Knife emerged in his mind.

"Snow Blade Mad Saber, a ninth-grade skill, divided into five levels, currently downloading the fifth level."

"This sword skill can be practiced to perfection, and can be advanced to a ninth-grade warrior. The sword energy is like ice, and it can cut off souls and spirits."

At the bottom of the introduction, there is a line of small words, indicating the download address.

"Source of the seed: Wang Ran, the General of the Cavalry Mansion in Wangcheng."

Seeing this, Han Xu wanted to laugh. He naturally knew that Wang Ran was here, and he was at the lakeside, otherwise the Snow Blade Mad Saber would not have started downloading.

After all, the downloader can only download skills within five kilometers, and his piano sound can only spread one kilometer at most. Since Wang Ran was attracted by the piano sound, he can only be at the lakeside.

Wang Ran pursued Qing'er, and everyone in Wangcheng knew it. Han Xu could naturally guess his intention. In addition to jealousy, how could he be here for anything else.

Although Wang Ran is considered a leader among the young generation in Wangcheng, Han Xu certainly will not take him seriously.

Wang Ran himself had only been practicing the Snow Blade Crazy Sword for a short time, and could at most reach the stage where he could just glimpse the door. However, Han Xu had already reached the pinnacle stage, and was far away from reaching the fifth highest stage of the ninth-grade technique. Wu Xia only has one last skill point left.

Han Xu looked at the golden crown logo in the upper right corner of the downloader and sighed in his heart: "We are all gold members, but we can only download two exercises every day, and there are only five skill points in total. It's really a bad review."

If the download speed was not limited, the Snow Blade Crazy Knife would have been downloaded long ago.

However, Han Xu didn't dwell too much on it. The Snow Blade Crazy Knife might be a supreme magical skill for ordinary people, but for him, it was just a useless thing that could be used for entertainment in his spare time.

On the completed page of the downloader, there are six exercises marked with silver fonts, all of which are extraordinary exercises that are more powerful than the ninth-level exercises.

Thinking of this, Han Xu was a little relieved, but he also thought that he finally got up early today, carefully selected a tourist attraction with a large flow of people, and even brought an oiran with him to show off, but he didn't even get a new feature. Law was not found either.

He couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "The life of a time traveler is so simple and boring!"

With some regret and boredom, Han Xu opened his eyes, picked up the glass cup on the table, and poured the wine into the lake without looking at it.

"Young Master?" Qing'er was shocked, not knowing what he had done wrong.

Looking at her fearful expression, Han Xu sighed and said, "When you poured the wine, your mind was confused. This will affect the taste of the wine."

"Qing'er knows I'm wrong." Qing'er lowered his head and said. The way he looked reminded Han Xu of his previous life when he was secretly surfing the Internet and was discovered by his parents when he was studying. He wanted to laugh a little.

So, Han Xu reached out, touched Qing'er's hair, and said, "That's all, I don't blame you. How much did you learn from the piano music just now?"

Qing'er said with shame: "Qing'er is stupid and only understands three points."

Her voice became softer and quieter, and finally she sounded like a mosquito.

Han Xu said: "You have done a good job."

After saying that, he walked straight to the water and jumped into the water without hesitation.

If he could walk on water, he would be able to show off his demeanor. However, a luxury yacht had already been parked by the water.

In fact, due to excessive force, Han Xu almost couldn't stand still when he landed on the deck, which caused boos everywhere.

After Qing'er packed up and got on the boat, the boat slowly sailed towards the shore.

At the dock, Wang Ran was already waiting on the shore.

Han Xu dared to touch Qing'er's head in front of him and in full view of everyone.

The new book seedlings are in urgent need of everyone's care and watering.

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