Sword of Coming

Quanfu lineage.

Chen Pingan took Xiao Mo through the corridor and visited Gao Yehou.

Marquis Gao Ye stood at the door of the house to greet him and joked: "How does it feel to visit your own territory? It's not bad, right?"

Now in Feisheng City, who doesn't know that the government office that has the most supporters for the reclusive official Chen Ping'an is not even the summer palace with a few sword cultivators, but the Quan Mansion where the sound of the plan is loud.

There was once a young swordsman who was trying to steal couplets as a thief, so he just said something.

Whenever I hear someone say something about the second shopkeeper, I'm sorry. If I come to Quan Mansion to do business in the future, I'll just wait to be beaten.

Chen Pingan moved a chair and sat down, and said straight to the point: "Gao Caishen, why don't you thank me first?"

Xiao Mo stood outside the door. It could be seen that the young master was very popular here. Even among the monks here, there seemed to be not many people who dared to take the initiative to say hello to the young master.

Gao Yehou asked in confusion: "Where do you start talking about this?"

Chen Ping'an clicked his tongue and said, "Are you pretending to be confused with me because you understand?"

Gao Yehou smiled and said, "I'd better ask Yin Guan to speak clearly."

Chen Pingan shook his head, "Forget it, just treat me as playing the piano to a cow."

Marquis Gao Ye chuckled and said, "It would be more accurate to put it another way, to wink at a blind man."

Cursing others before cursing yourself was once a unique secret of the summer palace family.

I scolded myself hard first, what can you do to me?

Chen Ping'an looked around. The decoration of the house was so simple that it was almost shabby. There was not even a plaque for the study room. He had glanced at the houses along the way a few times. There were various plaques saying "God rewards those who work hard" and "Work hard" , "Only those with familiarity", "A gentleman loves money"... These study plaques are placed in the Quanfu Yamen Office, no matter how you look at them, it is strange.

In fact, Gao Yehou has figured it out by now. Chen Pingan is saying that his sister Gao Youqing followed the female swordsman Li Cai to Beiju Luzhou. The swordsman who accompanied him was the one with the nickname "Little Yinguan" Young Chen Li.

Is this considered a "brother-in-law" given to me?

If Chen Ping'an hadn't mentioned this issue today, Gao Yehou would never have thought about it. First of all, Chen Li's sword "Huiming" was a relic of a certain swordsman in Luzhou, Beiju, so Chen Li went there. Practicing sword practice at the same time is a good arrangement for a summer vacation. Moreover, my sister had a very good impression of Pang Yuanji in her hometown. She had been a follower for several years, and her attitude of not marrying anyone other than Pang Yuanji made Marquis Gaoye worried.

During the time at the Great Wall of Sword Qi, Gao Yehou, who was born in a shabby alley, had always had a good relationship with Pang Yuanji, but even a fool could see that Pang Yuanji was not interested in the love between men and women, so his sister's unrequited love was of little significance. , it is difficult for both parties to achieve positive results.

So if it really comes to pass, my sister Gao Youqing and Chen Li can become Taoist couples in a foreign land, and my sister will be able to take care of them. Of course Gao Yehou will thank Chen Pingan. Since Chen Li has the nickname "Little Hidden Official" and he admires Chen Pingan very much, it would not be a bad idea if Chen Li can really learn from Chen Pingan on something.

Otherwise, Haoran's world would be a world of flowers. Chen Li's aptitude for practicing swordsmanship was very good, and he was a very talented young man. If he wasn't careful, he would be the second best swordsman in the world.

When Gao Yehou thought of this, he became a little worried again. He stopped calling him a hidden official and called him by his first name: "Chen Pingan, if Chen Li doesn't like Youqing, that's all. Youqing is wishful thinking and can't blame anyone, but if Chen Ping'an Li Mingming likes Youqing, but he dares to change his mind and let Youqing down, so I will settle this debt with you, and of course Chen Li will not be able to escape."

Marquis Gao Ye's love for his sister was once well known to everyone on the Jianqi Great Wall.

The three times I took the initiative to ask for swordsmanship were all due to Gao Youqing, who was gossiped about on the street. Two peers and one drunkard bachelor all ended up badly.

In other words, if my sister and Chen Li were right in front of me, Gao Yehou would also want to put a sack on Chen Li and sap him.

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "Although it makes no sense to settle accounts with me, I am very confident in Chen Li's character and high-minded vision."

Gao Yehou felt a little more comfortable.

Not wanting to talk in circles with Chen Ping'an, Marquis Gao Ye asked directly: "Are you here to check the account books?"

As a rule, the Yinguan lineage of sword cultivators has this power. They are responsible for supervising the summer palace in Feisheng City. Even Qi Shou and Gao Yehou can check it, let alone a few account books.

"That's not right."

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "It must be your Quanfu family that takes the initiative to send the account books to the summer palace on schedule."

Gao Yehou shook his head and said: "There is no such rule."

Chen Ping'an leaned back on the chair, shook his green shirt and long coat, and crossed his legs. "Rules and traditions don't just come from a good start."

Marquis Gao Ye still shook his head and said: "Don't think about it, I will not agree to this matter. Unless Lord Yin Guan convenes a discussion in the Patriarch Hall and passes this matter, our Quan Mansion will continue to carry out business as usual."

I thought that if the conversation ended here, the two parties would break down. Gao Yehou was even mentally prepared for the worst. At worst, Chen Ping'an would make a big fuss in Quan Mansion.

Anyway, it was not like Qi Shou had not been beheaded by Ning Yao, who was the "temporary" Yin Guan. As the leader of Quan Mansion, it seemed that it would be nothing if he was beheaded by a real Yin Guan.

Unexpectedly, Chen Ping'an snorted, "Brother Gao is becoming more and more calm."

As a result, Gao Yehou was worried in his heart. It was better to be made trouble by Chen Ping'an in front of him than to be tricked by this guy.

Marquis Gao Ye was in a rather complicated mood at the moment, and suddenly he missed the years when Abbot Ningyao was in charge of the summer palace.

No need to worry, no beating around the bush, business is done, and it’s refreshing.

Gao Yehou asked curiously: "Is there really nothing serious to do here today?"

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "Not really, I'm just looking for Brother Gao to reminisce about old times. Why, do you think we have no friendship at all, and do you think I am trying to catch up with Brother Gao who became a high-ranking official?"

Chen Pingan lowered his head and took out something from his sleeve, and gently threw it to Gao Yehou, "It's just a gift to make up for the establishment of Quan Mansion."

Gao Yehou held it in his hand. It was a small piece of wood, made of old sandalwood. The style was quite elegant and weird, in the shape of a ruler, with inscriptions and signatures engraved on it. It should be an old object, but Gao Yehou couldn't guess what it was used for.

The four-character inscription "Raise your head", "Follow the rules", and below it is a line of slightly smaller text, "A scholar of the country can be said to be well-behaved, and being reasonable is a good law."

Chen Pingan smiled and asked: "Do you know what it is for?"

Marquis Gao Ye said angrily: "Don't be too pretentious, just tell me directly."

Chen Ping'an said: "It's a seal. It's not valuable in itself. You might not be able to sell it for half a piece of snow on the mountain. But I have treasured it for many years and gave it to you. It's okay to eat the ashes. Don't give it away casually."

Gao Yehou gently placed the seal and rules on the table, nodded and said: "When you meet us, you will cherish them."

Gao Yehou asked in confusion: "Are you leaving now?"

Chen Ping'an said: "Go to your Quan Mansion's meeting hall and have a look. Isn't it against the rules?"

Gao Yehou shook his head and said with a smile: "What's the point? If you really want to worry about it, the entire Quanfu Yamen was moved here by Yin Guan. Except for the treasury and bookkeeping, you can wander around at will."

There used to be four major private residences in Xuanxuan Mountain, namely Chunbanzhai, Meihuayuanzi, Yuantu Mansion and Shuijing Palace.

Liu Youzhou, the direct son of Liu Caishen, once offered to give the entire mansion to the Great Wall of Sword Qi in the Ai Aizhou Liu family's Yuan Zang Mansion. In those days, everything that could be moved out of the Yuan Zang Mansion was indeed evacuated by the Jian Qi Great Wall, so now the entire mansion has been evacuated by the Jian Qi Great Wall. The sword cultivators in Feisheng City miss this friendship very much.

The Shuijing Palace belonging to the Yulong Sect is the only private residence that is not related to the Great Wall of Sword Qi.

As for the Spring Banner House of Sword Immortal Shao Yunyan and the Plum Blossom Courtyard of Madam Blushing Yan, because they are both equipped with forbidden formations, one can be folded into a pocket-sized mansion in the palm of your hand, and the other can be "uprooted". They both arrived in the city that year and eventually followed the Ascension City. Come to the colorful world together. With this "certificate of submission", Mrs. Rouyan was able to become Lu Zhi's "maid" and get a shelter. Now she has become a member of the Longxiang Sword Sect's ancestral hall. Monk Haoran, if he wants to cause trouble for her again, he has to Think carefully about whether you will be "disbanded" and "on the road" for no apparent reason.

And all of this was led by the hidden official Chen Pingan.

Chunbanzhai, together with Yifangjianfang, were allocated to the Quanfu lineage.

Gao Yehou put aside the matters at hand and personally led the way, leading Chen Ping'an and Xiao Mo to the Chunbanzhai Hall of the Past Years.

In fact, Chen Ping'an probably knows as much about the many hidden rooms and secret rooms in Chunbanzhai in the past as he does Takano Marquis.

During this period, I passed by a number of accounting rooms with a strong fragrance of ink. Most of them were young monks who were curious about the young hermit official. Many of them came from the Yan family and the Nalan family. Among them, there was a woman holding a fan and standing against the door. She saw the green shirt. , but did not say hello, as if she was satisfied after seeing him. She held a folding fan and sat down in front of the embroidery stool, gently brushing the round to avoid wrinkles on her dress.

The woman suddenly looked back and smiled brightly at the door. She was one generation lower than Nalan Caihuan, who was the master of the family in the past. According to the family tree, she was Nalan Yudou's aunt.

It's a pity that the man in green shirt who didn't understand the charm outside the house walked quickly through the corridor outside the door without squinting.

Chen Ping'an asked: "That plum garden, does your Quan Mansion plan to give it to the next Jade Pure Realm female sword cultivator?"

Gao Yehou nodded and said: "We have this plan. At present, it seems that Luo Zhenyi, who is from your Yinguan lineage, is the most likely."

Between Feisheng City and the eight hills, land boundaries have begun to be drawn for the future construction of the Sword Immortal's private residence.

For example, three brothers from Shezhou spent their own money to buy a piece of land and planned to build a dustpan studio from scratch.

It's just that it is difficult to rebuild the private residences of Sword Immortal, which once had their own mysteries, such as Zhongyuxian Pavilion, Tingyun Pavilion, Wanheju, Jiazhanku, etc.

No more, it can only be no more.

Chen Pingan came to the very familiar lobby, stopped for a moment, and crossed the threshold.

Marquis Gao Ye sat on the threshold, with his back to the courtyard and facing the chairs. He took out a jug of wine from his sleeve and asked, "Do you want to drink it?"

Chen Pingan leaned against a pillar, crossed his arms across his chest, looked at the two rows of chairs, and shook his head.

Mi Yu, Sun Juyuan, Gao Kui, Yan Ming, Nalan Caihuan.

Xie Songhua, Li Cai, Kuxia, Yuan Qingshu, Xie Zhi, Song Pin, Pu He, Shao Yunyan.

Plus the new Yin official who was the last to arrive.

At that time, we rushed to Daoxuan Mountain, where a total of fourteen sword cultivators were present.

Looking back now, it turns out that most of them are swordsmen from other places.

Chen Ping'an moved and chose to sit on the chair near the door. This was the position of Shao Jianxian, the owner of Chunfanzhai. He was somewhat responsible for closing the door and beating the dog.

Chen Ping'an smelled the mellow smell of wine wafting from the door, and couldn't help turning his head and asked: "What kind of wine? It smells good."

Gao Yehou said with a smile: "I heard that it was an authentic Qingshenshan wine. I asked someone to buy a jar secretly, and then filled a few pots myself. The price was really expensive. I was worried that I would drink it all in one go, but I bought it. When we drank wine, we made an agreement with the restaurant and didn’t let them publicize it in a big way. I don’t know whether the wine is genuine or not. Anyway, after I tasted it, I felt it was worth the price.”

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "I haven't tasted the authenticity of the wine, so I can't make any judgments. But considering the price, Brother Gao probably took advantage of him and was killed."

Gao Yehou laughed it off.

Looking at the chairs opposite, Chen Pingan was silent for a long time, and finally said: "Marquis Gao Ye, we must let Feisheng City remain Feisheng City."

Gao Yehou joked: "Isn't it a bit strange for a guy from the vast world to say such things?"

Chen Pingan raised his right hand, condensed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into a ball, used a wisp of pure Qi as a rope, raised it high, and then gently pushed the ball with his left hand.

The ball began to sway. Chen Pingan watched the ball swing in two directions and said to himself: "My senior brother Cui Chan was once the emperor of Da Li. I heard that he was still The prince Song He has seen the beginning and end of two things."

"One is a border state and the other is located in the capital, and there was also a big scandal. The former's handling method was extremely arrogant, and the people's resentment boiled, so they just suppressed it forcefully, and eventually it turned into a case of official misconduct. It seems that nothing happened when the people were not prosecuted. The officials in the capital area handled it very...beautifully. There was indeed no concealment, secrets, official documents, or reports. The matter was handled immediately as soon as it happened. See There is no leakage, there is neither cover nor suppression, from beginning to end, everything seems to be exposed to the public, everything seems to be clear."

"But in fact, here, the local government reached a tacit understanding with the government and settled the matter under the table. Even if the Criminal Department of the Da Li court pursues the case, there seems to be no fault that can be settled later, because no one has been embezzled or bribed. No one is derelict in their duties, and as far as the people of this county are concerned, the public sentiment is very good. They only feel that the government has handled it appropriately and acted vigorously and resolutely, which is very pleasing to the people. But the paper in the world cannot cover up the fire. As long as the matter is exposed, it will only get worse. If you don’t want the situation If it doesn’t get out of hand, I have to use a bigger wrist to suppress it, and it has to be covered up better.”

Gao Yehou asked: "I am worried that in the future Feisheng City, the behavior of many swordsmen will change from one extreme to the other, and they will gradually become officials in the land of the Great Li Gyeonggi, with skillful skills, no leaks, and good swordsmanship." , working for an official...becoming more and more sophisticated and smooth?"

"Don't worry about me."

Chen Ping'an said expressionlessly: "Because it will definitely happen."

Gao Yehou suddenly became speechless.

Chen Pingping scattered the ball and said slowly: "The sword cultivators of the lower fifth realm will meet the sword cultivators of the middle fifth realm. The sword cultivators of the middle fifth realm will meet the sword cultivators of the upper five realms. Yu Pu and Immortal Sword cultivators from the two realms meet sword cultivators from the Ascension Realm. Of course, there are also those who are not sword cultivators and meet sword cultivators."

"By the time the three government offices within the Summer Palace were established, the sword cultivators all had official status, and their ranks were becoming more and more distinct. When walking on the street, they dared to call Dong Sangen and Chen Xi by the same name as before. , should I just call you Gao Yehou or Qi Shou?"

"The biggest enemy of life and death for those who practice Taoism is themselves. After forming the golden elixir, giving birth to the Nascent Soul, facing the inner demons, and then reaching the upper five realms, they have to 'return to nature and seek truth'. The journey is arduous."

"The same is true for the enemies of Ascension City."

"But don't worry too much about this kind of thing. Since you can't avoid it, you should make preparations in advance. The situation in Feisheng City is actually very good now. Back then, Chou Miao Jianxian and I had a rough deduction in private. I was relatively pessimistic at the time, while Chou Miao Jianxian was a bit more optimistic. Not to mention me, the rapid development of Feisheng City in recent years and its ability to be orderly have far exceeded Chou Miao Jianxian's expectations. It can be seen from this that , how well Qi Shou and Gao Yehou did."

Chen Pingan stood up and said with a smile: "There is a lot to do, but there is a long way to go."

However, Marquis Gao Ye did not stand up, and still sat on the threshold, saying: "An academy will be established soon in Feisheng City. What do you think? Is there anything that needs special attention? Now the executioner is in charge of this matter, so it's not very important." I am willing to let outsiders get involved, so if you have an idea, and I have heard it, you can talk to the Summer Palace first, and wait until the next meeting in the Ancestral Hall to make suggestions or reject them without you having to act like a villain. "

Chen Ping'an shook his head and said, "Actually, I don't have any ideas. Qi Shou has no selfish motives, he has great vision and broad mind."

If a person has a long-term vision, he will be less likely to be eager for quick success.

Ambitious and lofty aspirations are synonyms.

Marquis Gao Ye seemed to have no intention of letting Chen Pingan go, and asked: "Who can I ask to write the name of the academy, as well as those plaques and couplets?"

Chen Ping'an had no choice but to sit back in his chair, "Among the Fuyao Island survivors in the north, there is no shortage of literary giants who have read poetry and books. The little ink in my belly has long been given to two seals."

Gao Yehou was born at the bottom of the city. He and his sister had been dependent on each other since he was a child. He worked many part-time jobs and earned any money. The first time he went to Taixiang Street was when he became a swordsman and went to the battlefield. After that, he got the old swordsman Nalan. Due to Shaowei's favor, he was recruited by the Nalan family to be the family swordsman. A few years later, Gao Yehou took advantage of the situation and became the son-in-law of the Nalan family, marrying a virtuous and kind-hearted woman of the same age. Although she was a swordsman, the girl's appearance and sword-practicing qualifications were both ordinary. In fact, Nalan Shaowei initially intended for Gao Yehou to marry another man, but Gao Yehou did not agree.

Feisheng City and the four surrounding vassal cities have all established schools, and are preparing to build academies in the near future.

For children's reading and literacy, except for the "Shuowen Jiezi" that was highly recommended by the Summer Palace, most of the text sources come from the stone tablets scattered in the streets and alleys of Feisheng City, not from those elementary schools that are popular in Jiuzhou. books.

Those ancient stone tablets that no one took seriously in the past have now been collected one by one and moved to several schools, like small forest of tablets.

The inscriptions on the stone record the events. Most of the handwriting is soaked and peeled, and it is vaguely legible. They are either running or regular script. The characters are all strong and strong, and the style is completely different from the pavilion style of later generations.

There are only a few stones, and ancient characters are covered with moss. If not a casual guest, who would be willing to read it.

In addition to learning characters from the masters, Mengtong in the school also has two subjects: arithmetic and geography, which the children have to learn and take exams. The latter is compiled by the summer palace and the criminal officials to introduce the mountains and rivers of the colorful world. Rivers and local products.

As for the "Shuowen Jiezi", the compiler was Master Xu, who was hailed as the "Sage of Zhaoling Zi" by the world.

In addition, the classics of the three religions and the summer palace were chosen with great care. For example, there is only one Confucian book, "Book of Rites".

As well as a separate excerpt of "Encouraging Learning", it was not because the old scholar was the husband of a hidden official, and the summer palace vigorously promoted the classics and knowledge of the literary sage lineage.

Taoism is the Huangting Sutra, and Buddhism is the Shurangama Sutra.

In fact, in the final analysis, all schools have only one purpose, which is to ensure that the children in Feisheng City can read and write.

You don’t have to know everything, but you can’t know nothing.

Chen Pingan asked casually: "Are there many cases of skipping classes in school?"

Marquis Gao Ye had a headache, "How many, why not too many? The school has to specially arrange a few teachers to block the roads in those specific streets and alleys, and catch them one by one. It's almost like catching chickens. If they run again, they will catch them again." I was there fighting wits and courage every day. It’s settled now. At the beginning, the school was almost empty every day. No matter how I tried to persuade them, it didn’t work. They just didn’t want to study. From the children to their parents, , everyone seemed to think that this was a shameful thing, and that the Zushi Hall was discussing this specifically. I almost couldn’t hold it back, so I asked whether we should pay for schooling. If a child is given a few cents a day, of course the Quan Mansion can pay for it. I got up, but Qi Shou rejected me and advised me not to say anything like this."

Chen Pingan shook his head: "Qi Shou is right, but you can't make this hole."

When Gao Yehou talked about this, he talked a lot. He stopped drinking and said with a smile on his face, "After two or three years, there were finally a little more children who were willing to take the initiative to go to school. As a result, there were A new problem arose. Children from places like Taixiang Street and Yuhu Street would fight with their classmates from poor streets and alleys if they disagreed. They liked to stick together and fight in groups. I originally felt that studying was too boring, so... The fights are more exciting, usually because the teacher is still there, and the rest of the fight is going on. So in the past few years, those who went to the private schools to become masters complained endlessly, and their daily mantra was that they could not teach, and they could not teach, except in the private schools. There was a lot of commotion inside, and everyone was tied up. Every day before school was over, two groups of people would make an appointment to fight. The teachers didn’t know how to take care of it, and it was hard to take care of it. When class came the next day, everyone had a bruised nose and face, which made the teachers nervous. Angry and funny.”

"Speaking of this, I really have to thank Guo Zhujiu for taking the lead in setting up a few rules for the children. It can be regarded as three chapters. If the two groups want to resolve their grievances, first of all, both parties must use their bare hands. Secondly, they must learn at home. Those who have practiced martial arts and boxing cannot go out to fight. They can only be the high-power general responsible for mobilizing troops. Thirdly, before taking action, you must put your school bag and leave it under the care of one or two people. No one can put it in the hands of one or two people. The schoolbag is used as a weapon. Anyone who dares to break the books inside should not blame the selfless and rude officers she personally appointed. In the end, there are grievances and grievances in the world. No one can do anything in the school, otherwise things will be done. If you don’t pay attention to it, you can’t be considered a real veteran.”

Chen Ping'an held back his laughter, "Zhujiu didn't even tell me this when it came to Luopo Mountain."

Gao Yehou suddenly asked: "Do you have a disciple named Pei Qian?"

Chen Pingan nodded and said, "What's wrong?"

Gao Yehou said with a smile: "Our Guo Zhujiu, who is the king of children, did not become the leader of the martial arts alliance. She said that she has a senior sister named Pei Qian who is very tall, has supernatural power, and is good at fists and kicks, so she is just a dog-headed strategist."

Chen Ping'an couldn't help laughing.

Pei Qian was completely helpless with Guo Zhujiu, not without reason.

Marquis Gaoye clicked his tongue and said in wonder: "Can you imagine that later on, more than a hundred school children arrived at the agreed battlefield, divided into two groups, and swarmed the main battlefield, and there were all kinds of detours, outflanking, and detours. Sneak attacks all involve the art of war. Especially when it snows in winter, it becomes a lively event. Schools from the four vassal cities all come to Feisheng City to gather, and children hundreds of years older gather on Taixiang Street. They were crowded together, and many of them were wearing crotchless pants, and they were having snowball fights together. From time to time, the city gates would open wide, and an ambush would emerge from a certain mansion."

Chen Pingan asked: "Are there any little bastards who secretly wrap rocks in snow and hit people?"

Gao Yehou was speechless, really.

Marquis Gaoye squinted and said, "There are some little bastards who like to slowly roll up their sleeves and trousers before a fight, imitating someone else. They are quite stylish."

Chen Pingan laughed.

An old hermit official in the summer palace, a God of Wealth from the Quan Mansion lineage.

Talking about the children's group fights can actually make your eyebrows shine and the laughter continues.

Chen Ping'an left Quanfu and came to Taixiang Street. It was already sunset, and he looked up into the distance and saw the birds flying.

Feisheng City is a city without walls.

Because it's not needed.

He took Xiaomo to the door of a mansion.

Chen Mansion, Taixiang Street.

There will be a rising sun rising here, which will soon make the entire colorful world look at it.

Because the real owner of this mansion is still Chen Xi.

In the past, at the Great Wall of Sword Qi, there had been constant quarrels about the combat prowess of the small group of peak sword immortals, especially the four Dong Sangeng, Xiao Xun, Chen Xi and Qi Tingji. There were different opinions on the specific rankings.

Of course Chen Pingan was also very curious, so he asked this question once when the boss Jianxian visited the summer palace. The boss Jianxian had never been involved in this kind of ranking, probably because he felt that the new Yinguan had no merit but hard work. , made an exception and gave an answer that was not an answer. Dong Sangeng had the greatest killing power, Xiao Xun had the most and best natal flying swords, Qi Tingji had the best swordsmanship, Chen Xi had the best swordsmanship, and Dong Sangeng was injured when he was young. Too heavy, Xiao Xun lost because of his uncertainty, Qi Tingji lost because of impurity, and Chen Xi lost because he was relatively weak in body and too high-spirited.

Chen Ji looks like a young man.

Before Chen Ping'an could salute, Chen Ji waved his hand and said, "No need to do it, it will save both parties from getting awkward."

The maid cupped her fists and said, "Chen Hui, I have met Mr. Yin Guan."

Chen Pingan smiled and clasped his fists in return, "Congratulations to Miss Chen for reaching the Jade Pure Realm."

If it weren't for Chen Hui's current identity and state to be revealed, the plum garden outside Feisheng City would have been her private residence of the Sword Immortal.

There are two seats and two stops inside the house.

Chen Pingan introduced with a smile: "We are unfamiliar, his Taoist name is Xi Zhu. Just call him Xiao Mo. He is an Ascension Realm sword cultivator from the wild world. He has been sleeping in the bright moon for many years. He has consulted with Yuan Xiang about swords, and he also I once chopped down Yang Zhi and Zhu Yan."

The implication is that Stranger is just a pure sword cultivator and has no grudges against the Great Wall of Sword Qi.

Even though Chen Huidao had a strong heart, he still had a look of shock that could not be concealed at this moment.

That is to say, the young Yinguan said it, otherwise she would just think it was a joke.

An ancient swordsman who lived to a very old age? Are they all the same generation as Long Jun Guanzhao Yuanxiang?

Xiao Mo bowed and said, "Xiao Mo has met Old Sword Immortal Chen."

Chen Ji was also surprised. He stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Sword Qi Great Wall, swordsman Chen Xi, I am lucky enough to meet him."

Chen Ping'an stood up and sat down with Chen Ji.

Chen Ji asked: "Do you want me to help you think of a way to let you go to the Patriarch Hall to discuss matters?"

Chen Pingan shook his head and said: "Forget it this time."

Chen Ji didn't force himself and asked with a smile, "No wine?"

Chen Pingan said with a smile: "It's too hasty. Next time I come back here, I will definitely put some wine on the table."

Chen Ji disapproved and said: "Hasty? What's the rush? It's hard to let Ning Yao talk about this kind of thing. She is a woman after all. I'm surprised. You are not a timid kid. How come you are the only one who encounters this kind of thing? It’s such a grind, and what’s more, even if you don’t serve wine, you can’t cook raw rice?”

Chen Pingan looked embarrassed when he heard this, but the other party was an elder after all, so it was difficult to say anything.

Chen Ji shook his head, but didn't say much. The words of relying on one's elders and showing off one's abilities can easily annoy others. He just asked Chen Ping'an about Chen Sanqiu's recent situation, and after hearing Chen Sanqiu's general travel history, Chen Ji was obviously not too worried. Satisfied, I gave it a comment like stepping on the watermelon rind. Chen Ji was quite satisfied after asking Dong Huafu, Yan Zhuo, Chen Li and Gao Youqing about their practice after leaving their hometown.

Chen Ji asked: "What happened to Qi Tingji's Dragon Elephant Sword Sect?"

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "Having accepted a dozen young sword cultivators as disciples, Sect Master Qi is now in charge of guarding a ferry in the wild world."

"It's hard for him."

Chen Ji laughed at himself: "Sure enough, people can change."

Chen Ji suddenly asked: "Do you think it is suitable for Qi Shou to serve as the city lord?"

Chen Pingan said: "We can wait and see for a few more years. After all, when Qi Shou reaches the immortal realm, it is Qi Shou who has the final say whether it is suitable or not."

Chen Ji nodded, agreeing with the young Yin Guan's statement.

Perhaps the current Ascension City Sword Cultivators still don't know very well. The two people who most hope that Qi Shou can become the city lord and be a good city lord are the two people in the room at this moment.

Chen Ping'an hoped that Qi Shou could secure the temporarily vacant position. As long as Qi Shou could truly convince the public, Ning Yao would not have to be distracted.

Chen Ji is not willing to be a city lord. Now, he is more interested in seeing if he can make further progress compared to his previous cultivation state.

However, Chen Ji served as the first city lord, which was personally arranged by the boss Sword Immortal. Apart from Chen Ji himself, the only one who knew about this was the young hidden official.

Chen Ji was really afraid that Chen Ping'an would not be upright. In order to make Ning Yao feel more relaxed, he brought out "this decree" in front of the Patriarch Hall one day.

Chen Ji asked again: "In the future, do we need to have a quota for the number of worshipers and guests in Feisheng City?"

Chen Ping'an thought for a while, "My personal suggestion is that the number of people should not exceed 30% of the Ancestral Master Hall."

Chen Ji asked: "After Deng Liang left Feisheng City, the Jiudu Mountain Sect founded by him, do we in Feisheng City need to exchange courtesy and arrange for a chief to worship?"

Chen Pingan shook his head, "You don't need to keep an eye on it. The intention is too obvious and it will become a potential thread full of hidden dangers. Once it spreads, it will be the root of the split between Feisheng City and Deng Liangxia Sect."

Chen Ji said with a smile: "I think it would be better if the intention is more obvious, so as not to prevent people from being worried. Feisheng City does not have the time to appease people's hearts. Some of the problems are caused by lack of persuasion."

Chen Pingan smiled and said: "It's not an imminent matter anyway, so let's discuss it later?"

Chen Ji nodded and said, "Okay."

After Chen Ping'an and Xiao Mo left, Chen Ji continued to read, while Chen Hui stood aside silently. She had grown up in the Chen Mansion since she was a child, and was both a dead soldier and an assassin.

Chen Ji asked: "How is it?"

Chen Hui replied respectfully: "If I fight against him, I have no chance of winning."

Chen Jixiao asked: "What if it was a sneak attack on the battlefield, or a carefully prepared assassination?"

Chen Hui shook his head and said: "I will probably die."

Chen Ji smiled and said: "Do you know what true genius is? There are two types. One is Ning Yao, who is easily higher than Qi Shou and Gao Yehou, and the other is Chen Ping'an, Fei Ran and A person like you, Shou Chen, can be invincible as long as he fights with others in the same situation."

Chen Hui rarely took the initiative to ask and said cautiously: "Master, how many fourteenth realm monks can be accommodated in a colorful world?"

Chen Ji gently turned the pages of the book and said with a smile: "There can be many Fourteen Realms, or there can be only one. It depends on the attitude of the best person in the world."

In the night, there is a small house in a shabby alley, with dim lights. As the second-in-command of the criminal officer, Twisting Heart, she has been living here all these years. Her identity is still a mystery, but no one dares to get to the bottom of it. After all, as the person in charge of the warrior lineage of Zhanhan Palace, she also manages a prison, and her status has surpassed that of the old deaf child back then.

It was rare for a visitor to come to the door today, so he opened the courtyard door and brought Chen Ping'an and a young monk with a yellow hat and blue shoes into the main room.

Chen Pingan took out the old cigarette stick and soon started puffing away.

Nian Xin frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

I originally thought that the man in front of me should be a Jade Pu Realm sword cultivator, plus a level of Jiuzhen martial artist.

Chen Ping'an explained: "It's a big price to pay for a trip to the wild world, and you will fall into many situations."

Nuxin nodded and didn't ask in detail.

There was a knock on the door. Xiao Mo went to open the door and saw a rickety man. He was holding a wine bottle in one hand and a piece of meat wrapped in oil paper in the other. Xiao Mo immediately smiled because he recognized the other person's identity and bowed. Said: "I am a stranger to worship at Luopo Mountain. I would like to pay my respects to Mr. Zheng. Mr. Zheng can just call me Xiaomo."

The man looked embarrassed and said, "Why do you feel like you were raped in bed?"

Nian Xin turned to look at the entrance of the courtyard. She said with a dark face: "Zheng Dafeng, please be careful what you say to me!"

Zheng Dafeng smiled brightly and nodded to Xiao Mo. Since he was one of his own family, there was no need for polite greetings. He strode into the courtyard and said seriously: "Mountain Master, I must explain it carefully. In fact, I don't come here often. , I’m not familiar with Miss Twisting Core at all.”

After sitting down, Zheng Dafeng looked at the mountain owner smoking a dry cigarette and asked with a smile: "When did you develop the habit?"

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "What happened after going to Yang's Pharmacy."

Zheng Dafeng put down the wine bottle and oil paper bag, raised his palm and shook it, shook his head and said: "The Taoism is far from perfect."

Turning to look at Xiaomo, Zheng Dafeng asked with a sincere face: "Xiaomo, we haven't seen each other for many years, why don't we have a drink?"

Chen Ping'an originally wanted to make a few jokes, but when he thought about it again, he couldn't help but look strange, and he held back the words that came to his lips.

Xiao Mo immediately stood up, picked up the wine flask, poured a bowl of wine for Zheng Dafeng and himself, and said with a smile: "It's been many years since we've seen each other."

Because Xiao Mo was at the door just now, he recognized Zheng Dafeng's dual identity with just one glance. In addition to being the gatekeeper of Luoluo Mountain, he was also the gatekeeper of a certain place a long time ago.

But at that time, "Zheng Dafeng" was handsome and heroic, wearing a "big frost armor" on his body.

Zheng Dafeng put one foot on the bench and asked, "Have you been to the Winter Palace?"

Chen Pingan nodded, "Both are good."

Zheng Dafeng hummed, "Not bad, that's just good. It's very troublesome. These kids seem to have been suppressed by the Great Wall of Sword Qi, and their boxing intention has never really risen. Even the most qualified Jiang Even if you are facing a sword cultivator, you will feel that you are a dwarf. If you don't give up this idea for a day, it will always be an invisible bottleneck. The most troublesome thing is that there is obviously such a bottleneck, but there is still no delay in breaking through. This is difficult to make sense. Well, as a boxing master, I can't hold their heads down and fight with those swordsmen of the same age who have higher eyesight than me."

In fact, if it were Chen Ping'an, if he were a martial artist born and raised in Jianqi Great Wall, and had never met Cui Cheng or practiced boxing in Zhulou, he would still have difficulty crossing that natural chasm.

But during the day at the Winter Palace, Chen Pingan was indeed very satisfied with the young warriors, which was a heartfelt recognition. To a large extent, Chen Ping'an seemed to see his former self through Jiang Yun and Yuan Zaihua.

It's like an elder who is already at a high level sees a junior who has only mediocre qualifications. Although the latter has no bold words on his lips, his eyes seem to be repeating one sentence over and over again.

I can definitely become a great swordsman, right?

Chen Pingan felt that such "words" were really beautiful and moving.

Zheng Dafeng took a sip of wine, immediately trembled, sighed, and said slowly: "If it were left to Haoran, except for Jiang Yun, there might be a chance of receiving a martial arts gift by luck, and everyone else would not even think about it. .”

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "Anyway, it's not in the world of Haoran. When Jiang Yun and others reach the golden realm, if you put more thought into it, your foundation will still be very good."

Zheng Dafeng said: "Why don't we find a group of sword cultivators to put on a show and have an internal conflict between sword cultivators and pure martial artists? The two sides guard each other and pass the test. They have fought a solid fight. No matter they win or lose, Jiang Yun and the others are the same. Good thing. I'm just a boxing master who only gets a monthly salary. I'm not even a sesame official. I don't have that much ability. Let the two top managers, Yin Guan or Xing Guan, control the situation and select them. Sword cultivators must not only have the right realm, but also have certain requirements for their character. Otherwise, if one is asking about fists and the other is asking about swords, those precious little guys in Feisheng City will have to ignore them if they get anxious. Once they get involved with Jiang Yun and the others, Life and death are facing each other, and I don't care about hurt feelings. I am afraid that someone will be hurt, especially if it hurts the foundation of the avenue, and I am even more afraid that one move will affect my whole body and break the delicate balance on the three hills of Ascension City."

Chen Pingan nodded, "You are indeed not suitable to come forward to facilitate this matter."

Zheng Dafeng laughed and said: "This is just asking Jiang Shangzhen to look in the mirror."

"The reputation of our Chief Zhou will definitely spread to Qing Ming Tianxia when we open the door next time."

Chen Ping'an laughed and thought for a moment, "Find someone to discuss this matter with me. I'll take care of it, but you have to be prepared for a fight."

Zheng Dafeng nodded, "Miss Nianxin, you are idle. Why don't you have a few drinks with Brother Dafeng?"

Nuxin narrowed his eyes and sneered.

Zheng Dafeng took a sip of his wine and said with resentment in his eyes: "If you don't want to drink, I won't drink. What is Brother Dafeng doing?"

Chen Ping'an hesitated for a moment, then asked: "Can you draw the half-a-catty zhenqi talisman and use it on the children who are hiding from the cold palace?"

Zheng Dafeng nodded and said: "If you can draw, you can also use it."

Chen Ping'an was a little puzzled. He had previously thought that there were taboos here, and there were restrictions on passing down from master to master.

Zheng Dafeng smiled and said: "According to my master, there is no reason, why should you give benefits for nothing?"

"Besides, when my senior brother was scolded in the backyard of the drug store, it was a rare scolding from his master. Didn't Li Er just want to be a good person at that time?"

"If that kid Gao Xuan hadn't bought the golden carp and the Dragon King Basket first, Li Er would have been reminded by his master at that time, and then Luo Luo Shan? The second shopkeeper and the last hidden official of the Sword Qi Great Wall? I wonder. "

"The so-called cultivation of blessing and wisdom in Buddhism is both the easiest thing and the most difficult thing."

Zheng Dafeng put down the wine bowl, held the back of his head with both hands, burped, and said with a smile: "But since you opened your mouth, I will use those two talismans."

In fact, he is a mountain top warrior.

It's just that in Hiding Han Palace, he has been "bragging" that he is a great master of the Ascension Realm who has traveled far and wide.

Being looked down upon by the children was really something Zheng Dafeng brought upon himself.

After reaching the top of the mountain, Zheng Dafeng began to deliberately slack off in boxing training. He was indeed lazy.

And it’s also a kind of laziness.

Because once he became the first martial artist in the colorful world, Zheng Dafeng couldn't help but slack off.

I am far away from the storm, but the storm may not be far away from me.

Zheng Dafeng feels that the current stable life is very good.

He never clears the table, only cleans the stools, and the acting shopkeeper is the most diligent.

Is my brother Dafeng the one who sent my mother-in-law to death?

Wrong, it’s my brother Dafeng’s unmarried wives who have searched and searched but haven’t been able to find their husbands yet.

Zheng Dafeng asked: "Over there at Luopo Mountain, who is guarding the gate now?"

"Xiaomili has been helping guard the door for the longest time. After patrolling the mountain every day, he goes to sit at the door. But now a Taoist named Nian Jing is guarding the door. He has just arrived in the town a few days ago."

"Real Taoist priests and fake Taoist priests?"

"It's really hard to say. According to current sayings, of course he is a fake Taoist priest who has no ultimatum, but according to the old almanac, he can be regarded as a true Taoist priest."

Zheng Dafeng nodded.

I don't think much about it.

Chen Ping'an smiled and asked, "Don't you want to find a wife here?"

Zheng Dafeng said with a smile: "I'm not one of those young boys who yell every day, 'If I can't enter the summer palace, I'll marry a female swordsman from the Yinguan lineage'."

"I've been away from home for many years. I don't think about anything in the town. I just miss Mao's family's meat buns. Tsk tsk, they're big enough. And of course there's Huang Erniang's wine, and the wine bowl is not too small. Well, and Hu Feng's grandfather's That wedding shop."

"By the way, do you know about Huang Erniang's baby bump?"

Chen Ping'an nodded and said: "I don't know much. I only heard that he was a young scholar and had a talent for reading. Later he went to the school run by the Chen family in Longwei River to continue his studies."

"that's it?"

"otherwise?"

"Huang Erniang's damn husband's surname is Bai, and her son's name is Bai Shang."

Chen Ping'an asked: "Is it 'Bai Shang', one of the nicknames of autumn?"

Zheng Dafeng smiled and said, "Otherwise?"

"And that Hu Feng, if I remember correctly, he is the same age as you. He is the one who often goes to Lao Porcelain Mountain with Dong Shuijing to pick up broken porcelain pieces. You two must have met before. "

Chen Ping'an nodded and said, "We have met many times, but Hu Feng and I have never spoken."

Zheng Dafeng once again revealed the secret, "Hu Feng's surname is Hu, and his grandfather's surname is Chai, don't you find it strange?"

Chen Pingan laughed angrily and said, "How do I know that Hu Feng's grandfather's surname is Chai or not Hu."

When he was a child, Chen Ping'an didn't dare to go near the wedding shop, and the old man who walked the streets and alleys doing sewing business never went to Mubo Alley.

Zheng Dafeng rolled his eyes, shook his head, and asked: "Besides Lao Cishan, what else is there?"

Chen Pingan remained silent.

It's the immortal tomb.

In those days, there were only a few places where children in small towns often visited.

Enjoy the cool air under the old locust tree, play and listen to stories, and go fishing and swimming by the stone arch bridge and Qingniu Back.

Go to Lao Porcelain Mountain to pick up broken porcelain pieces according to your preference, go to the Immortal Tomb to place paper kites and play house.

Chen Pingan's heartstrings tightened instantly.

Playing house? !

Zheng Dafeng shook the wine bowl: "Zou Zi has been to Lizhu Cave. If I remember correctly, it was a stall in Xinghua Lane. Later, there was an aunt with a heart as high as the sky and a life as thin as paper. It was that Zou She is Zi’s junior sister, and she actually went to Lizhu Cave Heaven back then. Since half of the marriage book was taken by Liu Qi to the blessed place of poetry in Qingming World, where did those red threads on her hand come from? This thing , anyone can refine it? Even Mr. Sanshan Jiuhou, whose Taoism is so powerful that it can reach the sky, still can't refine it. Where did so many red threads come from? She learned from Chai Lao I asked for it from my son’s hand.”

"It is said that the second shopkeeper is invincible and the young hermit official has a lot of tricks. If you ask me, it's really not that good."

Chen Pingan smiled and said: "You are older, you have the final say."

A picture of the small town as time passes.

I knew that my senior brother Cui Chan must have tampered with it and deliberately deleted a lot of inside information.

But Chen Ping'an never thought that so much truth would be erased.

Zheng Dafeng dipped his fingers in the wine, wrote five words on the table, forming a circle, and said slowly: "It was Zou Zi who took the lead in creating the Five Elements theory. Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. The five elements are in conflict with each other, metal is the source of water, wood is the source of fire, and earth is the source of metal. Metal overcomes wood and earth overcomes water and fire overcomes metal. Gao Xuan's golden carp, Zhao Yao's woodcarving paperweight, the little loach you gave to Gu Can, and Miss Xiuxiu's fire dragon Bracelet, that four-legged snake next door to your house. The knowledge here is great, think about it more, think about it carefully."

Zheng Dafeng suddenly said: "I think that Luo Zhenyi is a bit weird."

Chen Pingan came to his senses and was confused, "What?"

Luo Zhenyi, there is absolutely no problem.

Zheng Dafeng chuckled.

Chen Ping'an's mind was still on his hometown town and the Immortal Tomb, and he asked, "Are there more ways to come?"

Zheng Dafeng said: "That's about it. Mountain Master, count the spanners yourself. Can you count them with one pair of hands? Is there enough?"

Nian Xin heard a general idea and said tentatively: "Raising Gu?"

Zheng Dafeng squirted out a mouthful of wine and wanted to glare at Miss Twisting Heart, but he was reluctant, so he waved his hand and said, "Don't talk nonsense."

Xiao Mo said softly: "It's an invisible flow of avenues, and everyone has the opportunity to get it all."

Zheng Dafeng laughed and said: "It's not so mysterious. To put it more vividly, someone is sitting on the bank and everyone is at the gambling table. Some people keep losing chips, leaving the table and making money elsewhere, maybe borrowing money. Maybe they picked up the money. In short, as long as they have money, they can continue to return to the table. However, in general, there are fewer and fewer people at this table, and the chips on the table will naturally accumulate more and more. By the time the table is only It’s not over until there’s only one person left.”

Until that moment, the man in charge left.

That is, the old man in the backyard of Yang's pharmacy, Zheng Dafeng's master.

Zheng Dafeng picked up the wine bowl on the table and drank it all in one gulp.

Chen Pingan was about to speak but stopped.

Zheng Dafeng glanced at the tobacco stick in Chen Pingan's hand and smiled: "It's nothing. In fact, I was aware of it before I left."

Words that cannot be said at the time often remain that "then" for a lifetime.

We left Nuxin's house together and walked in the alleys. Zheng Dafeng smiled and said, "Let's go sit at the wine shop for a while? It's closed. Just open it again."

Chen Pingan nodded.

When he arrived at the wine shop and helped Zheng Dafeng reopen the door, Chen Ping'an found a new object on the counter table, which was a green bamboo tube filled with bamboo-carved wine tokens.

Chen Ping'an randomly took out a bamboo stick and wrote: "What does the sky say? It goes according to the four seasons. Everyone here would like to give me my best advice."

Chen Pingan asked with a smile: "If you win this bamboo stick, everyone will have to drink a bowl?"

Zheng Dafeng nodded and said: "In order to maintain the business of your shop, I have tried my best to maintain the business of your shop. However, those drunkards were very noisy at first. Within half a month, they all felt that drinking and boxing was more comfortable. But Feisheng City is different. The restaurant is still very popular to this day, with flowers blooming inside the walls and fragrance outside the walls, there’s nothing we can do about it.”

The writing on the wine order chips is diverse.

For example, there is the "new and old five specialties, equally divided, each drink five points", that is, the winner can randomly select ten people. If there are not enough people, everyone will drink half a bowl.

In addition, there are people who serve as wine supervisors, similar to sitting in a village, and drinking supervisors to prevent people who are punished from drinking from raising fish under their feet.

Chen Ping'an randomly took out another bamboo chip and his face darkened.

Two bowls of fear. Drinking one bowl is recognized, but three bowls are not recognized.

Zheng Dafeng craned his neck and glanced, "You are so lucky, no one else is. Xiaomo, why don't you help our mountain master fill three bowls of wine?"

Xiao Mo smiled and did not move to get the wine.

Zheng Dafeng waved his hand, "Since you don't want to drink, go back quickly, otherwise you will have to sleep at the door all night again."

Chen Pingan leaned against the counter and looked at the wall.

Zheng Dafeng threw the key on the table, "I can't bear it anymore. You can close the door later. You don't have to rush to open the door tomorrow morning. Liu E has the key."

Picking up a bottle of wine from the wine shop, Zheng Dafeng returned to his residence alone. Not far away, he was walking in an alley, walking slowly and with good luck. Sure enough, he heard some noise again. He stopped and Zheng Dafeng coughed and asked. Said: "Aren't you asleep yet?"

In the dark room, women laughed and cursed and men yelled angrily.

Zheng Dafeng stood on tiptoes, lying on the wall, and said with good intentions: "Let's forget about the quarrel at night. Why are we still fighting? Do you want Brother Dafeng to be the peacemaker between you two?"

There were sounds in the room of men getting out of bed, putting on shoes, and men grabbing men. Zheng Dafeng immediately rubbed oil on the soles of his feet.

Over at the wine shop, Xiao Mo smiled and said, "Mr. Zheng's style remains the same."

Chen Ping'an smiled and shook his head, left the key on the counter, closed the door of the shop, and returned to Ning Mansion with Xiao Mo.

After walking around in the martial arts field for about half an hour, Chen Ping'an returned to the house, went to the side room to light the lights, looked at the several plain seals of the same material on the table, and murmured: "Isn't that true?"

Those seals are all carved from scraps of frost jade.

Chen Pingan actually wanted to ask Dong Bubu how she got the frost jade back then.

In the early years, there was a little-known Stork Inn in a narrow alley with a dead end on Hanging Mountain.

The first time Chen Ping'an took the Osmanthus Island to climb Upside Down Mountain, he stayed in that small inn. The shopkeeper was a young man and there were several shop assistants who were not very interested in business.

It was very later that Chen Ping'an found out that in this Stork Inn, from the shopkeeper to the waiters, no one was a fuel-efficient lamp. They all came from the Sui Chu Palace in Qing Ming Tian Xia.

He was heading towards the demon that had turned into an external demon, which was Palace Master Wu Shuangjiang's inner demon Taoist companion "Tian Tian", the white-haired boy who was in the Sword Qi Great Wall Prison back then.

I just don’t know if the Stork Inn has tampered with that piece of frost jade, or some of the frost jade that flowed into the Great Wall of Sword Qi.

Chen Ping'an hesitated for a moment, but still called Xiaomo from the bottom of his heart.

Xiao Mo held the plain seals made of frost jade one by one in the palm of his hand. After a moment, he shook his head and said, "Nothing strange."

The implication is that Wu Shuangjiang did not hide a single part of his mind in it.

At least not among these plain seals on the table.

Chen Ping'an remembered something. His husband said that during that long trip, he happened to meet Wu Shuangjiang, who had reached the fourteenth realm, as a guest at Daxuandu Temple. Palace Master Wu at that time saw that the weather was slightly unstable. It means a fly in the ointment.

Logically speaking, let alone what it takes to reach the fourteenth realm, all Qi practitioners need to stabilize their realm at the beginning of their respective realms.

But can Wu Shuangjiang use common sense to reason?

It only said that on that night boat, Wu Shuangjiang once said something to Xiao Mili that Chen Pingan didn't think much about at the time, but now he has to be suspicious.

"My share is yours."

Assuming that Wu Shuangjiang really did this, his mind must be somewhere in the colorful world right now, maybe in Feisheng City, or maybe on the hilltop where the Suichu Palace is built.

This kind of behavior is not only a dangerous act, but it is also a top taboo in practice when one becomes mentally disturbed and then goes into seclusion, let alone trying to break through the bottleneck of the Ascension Realm and try to reach the Fourteenth Realm?

And this incarnation of the mind is no better than the outer body of the Yang God of the great monk or the travel of the Yin God out of the body. When it leaves the real body, it is destined to be at a lower level. Once it falls into the hands of other monks, the consequences will be disastrous.

If he wasn't a complete lunatic, he wouldn't be able to do this kind of thing.

But for Wu Shuangjiang, it seemed to be nothing.

What's more, if Wu Shuangjiang really comes to Wucai Tianxia, ​​there will not only be risks but no opportunities, such as military training, and eventually become the first military monk in Wucai Tianxia to reach the fifth realm.

Is it even possible that Wu Shuangjiang would reverse the priorities?

In order to be able to fight a life-and-death battle with Dao Lao Er, what can't this Palace Master Wu do?

In the entire Qing Ming world, only Wu Shuangjiang had made it clear long ago that he would fight to the death with that truly invincible man.

In this matter, Taoist Sun from Xuandu Temple seems to be ranked second.

Chen Pingan tentatively called out, "Palace Master Wu?"

I shouted again, but got no response.

Just call him Wu Shuangjiang by his first name.

Still no movement.

Chen Ping'an glanced at Xiao Mo, whose face was expressionless.

In a school in the summer resort city, there was a teacher with a young appearance. He was taking a walk in the moonlight, with his hands behind his back, looking at a handwritten couplet.

The upper beam coincides with the purple star, and the vertical column coincides with the zodiac day.

This humble teacher is a native of the Great Wall of Sword Qi. Because he is a Qi practitioner, but not a sword cultivator, he has been working as a servant at the house of Sun Juyuan, a sword cultivator in the Yupu realm, in his early years. He has lived in the school these years. , I just took in a book boy last year. In fact, he was born as the extremely pitiful "God of Plague" and traveled here with a monk from Fuyao Continent. However, the young man himself did not know about it. In this way, he could remain unnoticed. As for the wandering monk, he is naturally a puppet who knows nothing about anything.

It's not that you can't follow that line and do some deductions, but the teacher doesn't want to reveal his identity yet, so he just chooses to cut it off.

Anyway, all he had to do was guess, which was more accurate than the fortune telling.

After hearing two calls of Palace Master Wu and one call of Wu Shuangjiang, the teacher clicked his tongue and said, "You must be a fool."

In the early morning of the next day, Chen Pingan went to the wine shop. Not long after it opened, there was not much business in the early morning. Qiu Long and Liu E, as well as Feng Kangle and Taoban were all there, gathered around a table. Chit chat.

Liu E, the girl of the past who was now married, said in surprise: "Second shopkeeper!"

Qiu Long was also smiling, but he was more reserved than his wife.

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "When you open a wine shop in the summer city, I may not be able to come in person to congratulate you, but the plaque, couplets, etc. of the new wine shop will all be taken care of by me."

Liu E quickly gave the second shopkeeper a blessing, while Qiu Long stood aside and smiled from ear to ear.

Feng Kangle, that tough-headed kid in his early years, is now a big man.

Taoban went to the kitchen and quickly brought a bowl of noodles to the second shopkeeper. He kept a straight face and said nothing. Feng Kangle complained: "Second shopkeeper, why are you here?"

Chen Ping'an took the bowl of chopped green onion noodles and a pair of chopsticks and chuckled, "I can't help it. There are many things that you can't help but do whatever you want."

Feng Kangle nodded and said: "That's right, I really want to make a lot of money, but I haven't been able to make much money over the years."

One was leaning on the table, the other was holding his chin with one hand, just staring at the second shopkeeper who had reunited after a long absence.

They are not cultivators. They turned from children to teenagers, and then from teenagers to young people, so quickly, as if it happened in the blink of an eye. When they think about it, they will become middle-aged, and it won't be any slower.

Chen Ping'an rolled up some noodles with chopsticks and said with a smile, "Will I be full?"

Taoban grinned.

Feng Kangle asked: "Having been away for so long, do you miss the wine shop?"

Chen Pingan nodded and said: "Yes."

Zheng Dafeng came to the liquor store yawning.

The first customer in the wine shop today surprised Chen Pingan.

He was a suave young man, with the appearance of a poor scholar, and he was still dressed in black. When he saw Chen Ping'an, he used a title that no one in Feisheng City had heard of, and said cheerfully: "Good man brother!"

Chen Pingan put down his chopsticks, "Hey, it's Brother Mu Mao!"

"Good brother, I haven't seen him in a few years. He is even more charming than before. When I meet an old friend in a foreign country, I don't even need to drink. I feel warm in my heart."

"Easy to talk to, Brother Mu Mao is not bad at all. To be honest, if Brother Mu Mao doesn't come again, I will take the initiative to visit you. I should show my friendship as a landlord no matter what."

"To be honest, I used the pseudonym Chen Wen before. In order to treat people with sincerity and prevent my good brother from finding me, I changed it back to my real name Mu Mao."

"What a coincidence. My previous name was Dou Yi, and now I have changed it back to my real name."

"Presumably the good brother won't be bleeding now, right?"

"It's impossible to say for sure, it's different."

Zheng Dafeng sat aside, a little confused. Are you two long-lost brothers?

Chen Ping'an explained: "In the Ghost Valley of Luzhou in Beiju, I met this brother Mu Mao by chance. We wouldn't know each other until we met."

The black-clothed scholar smiled and said: "Wherever I am, I feel like old friends at the first sight. God has given me the opportunity to fight side by side with my good brother, share the same hatred of the enemy, and make a fortune together. Brothers work together to make a profit."

He held his fist high towards Zheng Dafeng and shook it vigorously, "This must be the legendary shopkeeper who claims to be a drunkard and has a lot of troubles in his works!"

Zheng Dafeng clasped his fists and returned the salute, "False names are all false names."

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "If I had come to the Great Sword Qi Wall earlier, with Brother Mu Mao's intelligence and temperament, I would definitely be able to enter the Summer Palace."

The scholar in black waved his hand and said: "Don't dare."

Chen Pingan asked: "Everyone is here?"

The scholar in black smiled and said, "No, it's just me."

Chen Pingan suppressed the doubts in his heart and did not break the casserole to ask the truth.

Although the guy in front of me is named Yang Ningxing, he is not exactly Yang Ningxing.

Shunan Yuan, the cave owner of Tianyu Cave in Liuxiazhou, whose only son Shu suffered from heatstroke, came to Colorful World and quickly selected a geomantic treasure land to build a transcendent platform.

He quickly got along with this "Chen Wen" who came to him on his own initiative, and the latter happily became an aide and helper.

As for the guy whose pseudonym is Yang Hengxing, his real name is Yang Ningzhen. He comes from the Yang family of the Chongxuan Department of the Dayuan Dynasty in Luzhou, Beiju. He is the elder brother of Brother Mu Mao, so of course he is a relative.

In the colorful world, Yang Ningzhen quickly advanced from the Golden Core Realm to the Nascent Soul Realm, and at the same time, he also advanced from the Golden Body Realm to the Far Traveling Realm.

He was good at talismans, but he didn't have any particularity about traveling around the world without showing his yellowish white. His magic weapon was like a mobile treasure house. As a result, he attracted the covetousness of all forces. Yang Ningzhen always acted ruthlessly, and it snowballed, and finally attracted nearly a hundred Qi practitioners. surrounded, chased and killed.

And Yang Ningxing, known as the "Little Heavenly King" in Luzhou, Beiju, has more hope than his brother to inherit the Yunxiao Palace, and if the conditions are ripe, he will take the opportunity to serve as the protector of the Dayuan Dynasty.

After Yang Ningxing refined the Three Mountains and Nine Lords Mirror from the Ghost Valley Baojing Mountain, after arriving here, he successfully entered the Jade Pu Realm without any setbacks.

It's just that the two brothers didn't seem to have a good relationship since they were young. They neither entered the colorful world together, nor have they met once in these years. They just go their separate ways.

Shu Zhanshu is a well-deserved proud son of heaven. Not only his father is prominent and his family is rich, his mother is also the junior sister of the immortal Cong Qian.

At the beginning, there were five maids "Sword Attendants" by his side, following him into the new world.

Their names are Xiaoping, Jiangse, Caiyi, Daxian, and Huaying. They are all sword cultivators in the middle five realms.

Now they are two golden elixirs and three dragon gate realms.

From this, we can see how much the Taoist couple on the mountain in Tianyu Cave doted on their only son, as well as the profound foundation of Tianyu Cave.

In fact, they are just taking care of Shu Zhanshu's food, clothing, housing and transportation. After all, Shu Zhanshu is one of the ten young candidates in the world.

Chen Ping'an asked: "That young man from Fuqi Sect?"

The scholar in black shook his head and said, "We've seen each other from afar, but we have nothing in common."

The basic techniques of Fuqi Sect are somewhat similar to those of Jiudushan. They both write green words and green chapters. However, in addition to inviting gods to come down to the gods, Fuqi Sect can also invite ghosts and immortals.

At that time, the sect leader Ji Hai invited a god general "Zhu Liu" and a ghost fairy "Hua Ya". At that time, both of them were in the Nascent Soul realm. As the protectors of the next sect leader, they followed the young man into the colorful world.

The scholar in black asked: "Can you help my Shu brother ask something about Tianyu Cave?"

Chen Pingan said: "There was a civil unrest, but it was not a big problem."

In fact, not only Liuxia Continent Tianyu Cave, Jinjia Continent Chao Pu’s sect, Baihua Paradise, and even the ferry boat belonging to Liu Caishen in Aai Ai Continent had encountered a dangerous design on the mountain.

The scholar in black nodded and said: "This is the best. Lord Shushan can finally feel relieved after hearing this. With this news alone, he can ask our Lord Shushan for one or two maids."

People who practice Taoism are most afraid of eventualities.

But once that "what if" comes and goes, it's a great thing. After all, the possibility of "what if" is almost negligible.

The black-clothed scholar sat cross-legged on the bench, always feeling a bit uncomfortable.

Chen Ping'an asked: "Why don't you go back to Chaoran Terrace to enjoy the blessings?"

In fact, Chen Ping'an didn't know that Yang Ningxing was already in Feisheng City. Anyway, Brother Mu Mao didn't say a few truths and had already learned the lesson.

"No matter how beautiful the scenery is, after all, it is such a big place with few people and only a few faces. You will always get tired of seeing it. The key is that every tomorrow will be similar to today."

The scholar in black curled his lips, "It's not like here, where people come and go every day, the streets and alleys are bustling and full of vitality, and every tomorrow makes people look forward to the next tomorrow."

Then he was suddenly strangled by a young man in white, "How outrageous! Do you have the guts of our Zuo Zuo of Qilong Lane to dare to call my husband brother?!"