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Chapter Eleven: The Story of the Singing Poet

Green Point Town is just an ordinary town on the Continent of Quintas. The residents here are used to the monotonous life of working from sunrise to rest at sunset. But on this afternoon, nearly half of the residents in the town put down their work and rushed to Fountain Square, because there, a performing arts troupe passing by the town was performing acrobatics. Although the performing arts troupe is small and simple, it is a good entertainment for the townspeople who have never seen much of the world.

"It's so troublesome! Why do I want to be a nanny with you?" Lianjia yawned without any manners, then frowned and stuffed a rice ball into his mouth. Five days ago, after the two of them accepted Amos' commission from the dungeon, they joined the down-and-out performing troupe and went with them to Corsica, an island with the Devil's Eye Scepter.

"Low, keep it low! If you don't want to attract the attention of other forces, the performing arts troupe is naturally the best cover." He Taiping chewed the rough rice ball and replied vaguely. In his ring, there were 20,000 gold coins and a few gems that were exploited from Constance, but in order not to attract attention, he and Lianjia could only eat the food quotation given by the performing arts troupe.

"Oh bad food, fortunately I don't need to participate!" Christine's figure suddenly appeared in the air, with a faint smell of alcohol on the corner of her mouth. Then, she naturally snuggled on He Taiping, hooked his neck, as if holding a teddy bear. This unsubmissive succubus had just gone to the tavern in the town to drink some wine, and used her beauty to trigger a melee between men.

"You are comfortable, but at least bring some back to me!" He Taiping, who had become accustomed to Christine's temptation, ignored the clingy body on his body and just muttered in a low voice. But then, he suddenly shouted in a low voice: "Hey, it's time for you to leave, I heard footsteps!"

With a silver bell-like laugh, Christine disappeared faintly into the air until the curtain was lifted. Fortunately, the female leader Jin Yue who walked into the tent did not notice the abnormality. She just smiled slightly at He Taiping and handed him the two pieces of bacon in her hand, showing affection in her eyes, as if she was treating her younger brother.

This is a woman of 25 or 26 years old. She is tall and slender, wearing a goose yellow robe with a tucked waist. Although her face is not stunning, she is also elegant and elegant. With her pure eyes and a smile hanging on the corner of her mouth, she will make people feel close at first sight. In addition to these characteristics, this woman also has a unique self-confident temperament, just like the tall green bamboo in the forest. Although it seems weak, it will not break easily.

"What a lazy guy!" With a little bit of blame, Jin Yue pinched He Taiping's cheek, "If I had known that you were so bad and could not help with anything, I wouldn't leave you in the group. And even if I don't know how to sing and dance, I should go out to help with the miscellaneous items. We are almost crazy!"

Although she was so reproaching, there was no real anger in her tone. In fact, even Jin Yue herself didn't know why she unknowingly regarded He Taiping as her younger brother after only a few days of getting along. Is it because of that harmless smile, or because she has supported the performing troupe alone for too long, and she also needs spiritual comfort?

"That's because I'm really useless, so the best way to help is not to help you." He Taiping scratched his head shamelessly, but he felt a little moved. Although the female team leader Jin Yue was not old, she independently supported the entertainment troupe left by her father. This time, in order to repay her father's debts during her lifetime, she took the simple entertainment troupe to Corsica, hoping to win a prize in the entertainment troupe competition there.

In addition to this admirable perseverance, He Taiping also felt the long-lost family affection from this woman. Although she had not done anything, Jin Yue had no intention of blame, but instead took time to take care of her. For example, the two pieces of bacon just now must have been saved from her rationed food and specially used it to comfort her new brother.

But the warmth between the two did not last long. Just a few minutes later, a member of the group hurriedly broke in from outside the camp and shouted anxiously: "Captain, Dinah suddenly disappeared!"

"What!" Jin Yue was shocked and stood up in shock. The singer and dancer called Dinah is the pillar of this down-and-out performing troupe. Two-thirds of the revenue along the way depends on her to win. For this afternoon's performance, Jin Yue also specially arranged Dinah to perform the finale, but at this moment when the actress was about to be staged, how could the actress suddenly disappear?

"Are you sure you are missing? Have you looked for it all over the world?" Although there was an ominous premonition and it was even vaguely guessing that Dinah's disappearance was thanks to the old opponent, Jin Yue still asked with the last hope. However, the group member's answer made her fall into the abyss completely - Dinah not only disappeared, but also took her away with her outfit, leaving only a small note with "I'm sorry".

After a few minutes of silence, Jin Yue fell back to her seat as if she had lost her soul. Listening to the singing and cheers from outside the tent, she couldn't help but smile silently. The matter was already very clear. The Paradise Performing Arts Group, which once had a hatred with her father, must not want to see the resurgence of the Jixiang Performing Arts Group, so she took this opportunity to poach Dinah. It seems that the leader Angela also spent a lot of effort on the humiliation of the past.

And of course his plan was very successful! In this way, the Jixiang Performing Arts Group not only could not complete today's performance, but also would lose in the performing arts group competition even when it arrived in Corsica. According to Jin Yue's original design, she planned to let Dinah perform a newly designed musical and dance drama in the competition to win the prize to pay off the debt left by her father, but the current situation is probably...

"After struggling for five years, can't I keep my father's hard work?" A heavy feeling of powerlessness gradually surged up. Even though Jin Yue was such a strong woman, at this moment, she could only feel deep despair.

But the next moment, a male voice with a little lazy suddenly rang out: "This, maybe I can help you! But sister, can you use the lyre to accompaniment me?"

Jin Yue turned her head in shock and looked, and He Taiping, who had eliminated the last piece of bacon, leaned against the wooden pillar and nodded gently, "In fact, I sometimes act as a chanting poet. For example, now, I have a very exciting program, which may be welcomed by the residents here."

"Are you sure?" Jin Yue's face obviously had a little distrust. After joining the performing troupe, the man in front of him had always been a free lunch. If it weren't for his kind attitude and he had paid a few gold coins as a gang fee, the members might have driven him out. But in the current crisis, this man who claimed to be neither singing nor dancing nor acrobatics actually volunteered. Although he was kind,...

"Don't worry, how could I ruin my sister's affairs?" Unlike Jin Yue's concern, He Taiping shrugged with confidence. Seeing this, Jin Yue could only nod his head skeptical. But she soon regretted it because the newly recognized younger brother actually scratched his head and asked hesitantly: "This, chanting the poet's words, it should be okay to just say and not sing!"

With a helpless sigh, Jin Yue looked at He Taiping who was starting to look for the performance costume and suddenly felt the urge to faint. Maybe in that case, she would not have to watch the farce - even if the performance troupe would become a laughing stock in the entire mainland after today...

Ten minutes later, a faint commotion suddenly broke out among the residents in the square. Because unlike the expected finale singing and dancing performance, a man walked onto the simple stage from behind the scenes. Not only that, he neither wore a gorgeous dance uniform nor carried any props, but just bowed to everyone in the faint sound of the piano, and then stood in the center of the stage like a wooden stake.

"What does this guy want to do?" The commotion off the court began to become more and more noisy, but before the residents protested, the men on the stage had already spoken slowly with a mysterious smile: "Everyone, considering the warm welcome of our town, we specially presented the real finale program - it was a legend from the mysterious Eastern continent, a myth called "Journey to the West"..."

"Journey to the West? What is that?" The audience in the front row looked at each other, confused. In fact, there are often bards in the town, but the stories they tell are nothing more than gods, demons, dragons, princesses, so old that even the residents can recite them. In comparison, this story called "Journey to the West" is relatively new, but it shouldn't be just an old routine of changing the name!

But in their doubts, He Taiping on the stage had already gently slapped his high-highlights, attracting everyone's attention. Then, the man began to tell in a bewitching tone: "It is said that there is a country in the Dongtu Continent, called Aolai Kingdom. The country is close to the sea, and there is a mountain in the sea called Huaguo Mountain. A strange stone was born on the Huaguo Mountain, and he collected the essence of heaven and earth day and night, and gradually gained spirituality. One day, the strange stone suddenly burst out and produced an egg, which was as big as a ball. Because of the wind, it turned into a stone monkey..."
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