Xu Qing led the old horse as the carriage slowly advanced behind him, heading in the direction of Lulunaka.
When they got close to Lurunaka, Xu Qing and Bunny Chrysanthemum saw Lurunaka, who was sitting on the carriage, using a strange … item on a lump of red meat?
The bottle spewed out a flame as thick as a finger and burned the lump of meat.
The strange smell of cooked meat made Tu Ju frown, but Xu Qing didn't seem to care.
Lulunaka had long noticed the carriage and guests coming from the east, but the matter at hand was more important.
When the two people and the carriage approached, she looked at the young man and woman and let out a sigh.
Xu Qing was dressed in a very ordinary attire for ease of movement. The bamboo hat was his biggest symbol. No one in the vicinity would weave such a bamboo hat, and no one would forge the long saber on his back.
When Xu Qing approached, she shouted at him, "What's the name of the saber on your back?" Lulunaka spoke with the accent of the far east, enunciating each word clearly.
Xu Qing was stunned. He didn't expect her to speak first, and in their language. Ever since he left the Central Plains, he didn't have the chance to hear others speak the authentic Central Plains language.
Tu Ju wasn't from the Central Plains. The person in the carriage might be, but she wasn't now.
Xu Qing didn't neglect Lulunaka's sudden question. He didn't think that there would be a young girl who would get lost in the Demon Realm. He had been in the Central Plains for many years and had encountered all kinds of things. He had even met many scammers who called him brothers. Although they were scammers, their physiognomy was interesting.
Just by looking at the girl's expression, Xu Qing didn't think that she was a girl. Perhaps … she was. She might even be his ancestor.
"This?"
Xu Qing touched the saber's hilt. The saber was good in every way, but the blade and hilt were several times longer than normal. When one wanted to lie down to sleep, one had to lie down on one's side, or take the saber down and put it aside. When it was standing on the ground, it didn't look like a weapon at all, but an iron rod.
"This is a roasted stick."
Bunju, who was in the carriage, suddenly interjected, "This is a Kiku-tachi."
"It's not something from your side. You really have the nerve to call it a chrysanthemum knife."
Xu Qing could not help but grumble, but Bunny Chrysanthemum had no intention of backing down. She retorted, "Even if it's not a Kiku-tachi, it's still a Zhanmadao … It's definitely not some Toshiba."
"Look at this thing. If it's not a barbecued iron rod, what else can it be?" Xu Qing took down the long saber and displayed it in front of himself.
Lulunaka looked at the long blade that was no different from an iron rod and fell into deep thought.
The flamethrower in his hand was no longer aimed at the lump of flesh. It was almost done roasting, and the next step was to wait for the poor child inside to dig himself out.
Xu Qing was not wrong when he said that his saber was an iron rod. If one did not look at the blade, the body of the saber was completely hammered out of a whole piece of iron. There was no need to maintain it — and Xu Qing had indeed done so. Apart from the cold gleam of the blade, the body of the saber was full of bumps and hollows. It was no different from a scrap of iron.
After provoking the big bird earlier, the blade's edge was full of cracks.
Lulunaka looked at it for a while, then pointed at Xu Qing's saber and said, "You're a monk, right?
I've only seen monks hit people with iron rods. "
Xu Qing did not expect Lulunaka to suddenly say something like that and was stunned. It was Bunny Chrysanthemum who did not recognize him and sneered, "She said you're a monk. I think it's more or less the same. Isn't it natural for monks to eat meat and drink wine?"
Xu Qing looked at Lulunaka and then at Bunny Chrysanthemum who had a sneer on her face. He looked as if he was anxious to find someone to reason with. Moreover, Bunny Chrysanthemum had casually slandered the Central Plains. He could not acquiesce to this.
"It's not a great principle for monks to eat meat and drink wine. Don't believe this woman."
Lulunaka looked at Bunny Chrysanthemum and narrowed her eyes slightly.
This woman named Bunny Chrysanthemum was dressed in a woman's plain clothes and then put on a red armor. It was eye-catching … but no matter how eye-catching it was, it was not as noticeable as the ribbon on her head.
The two red ribbons fluttered slightly in her hair and did not seem to have any intention of hanging down.
She looked like a rabbit.
Lulunaka shook her head and continued, "Drinking wine and eating meat is not a principle, nor is it a fallacy. It's just a very normal thing.
You're from the Central Plains and she's from East Island, right? "Lulunaka asked.
"East Island?"
Xu Qing was confused. "There's no East Island. She's from the Sang Kingdom. For you, it's the East that's farther than the East … although it's only a strait away from the Central Plains."
Lulunaka touched her chin and gently shook the flamethrower in her hand.
It turned out that it was no longer called East Island, but Sang Kingdom. Time flew so fast that the things she knew before had changed their names.
Xu Qing was confused, but Bunny Chrysanthemum's fox eyes opened slightly and recovered.
The word East Island was not something that people nowadays could know. Only those old pedants who studied till they died would know these old words that no one used. Bunny Chrysanthemum was raised by old people, so it was not strange for her to know these words.
But a person who was far to the west of the Devil Land, a person who looked like a young girl, said these words in pure Central Plains official language. Bunny Chrysanthemum could not ignore this.
An uncouth person like Xu Qing could not find some details. For example, Lulunaka's choice of words was completely different from the tone that people from the Central Plains and Sang Kingdom would use. It sounded like an ancient person.
How could such a village be in the Devil Land?
Countless possibilities flashed through Bunny Chrysanthemum's mind. At least Lulunaka was now acting friendly, so she did not need to draw her sword when they met … Of course, she still needed to be vigilant.
Lulunaka winked at Bunny Chrysanthemum, which made Bunny Chrysanthemum's expression change.
Lulunaka seemed to understand Bunny Chrysanthemum's meaning, as if she knew exactly what Bunny Chrysanthemum was talking about. She just did not say it.
Bunny Chrysanthemum did not like this feeling, but she could not be in a bad mood because of Lulunaka's playful look.
Lulunaka looked at Xu Qing again and said to him, "Lend me your sword to play with. I'll pay you accordingly."
Xu Qing felt that he could not figure out what Lulunaka was thinking. She had changed the topic several times, and now she was interested in his sword?
At this time, someone tore open the meat ball that was emitting a strange fragrance and came out of the barbecued meat.
Zendina, who was panting, rolled on the ground, and fell motionless with a posture of kissing the earth.
Lulunaka pointed to Zendina. "That's my sister, Zendina. Thank you for saving her.
As for me, I'm Lulunaka, an alchemist. "