"Fellow Daoist Wang, I didn't expect you to come too."
"Fellow Daoist Feng, you are here too..."
"Haha, Lao Zhang!"
There are many people in the Lian family's big city, including practitioners and ordinary people. Chen Ke even sensed some monsters mixed in among them.
Chen Ke and Wan Ying walked in the city, heading towards the mansion where the Lian family was located. Although this big city was owned by the Lian family, it was not only the Lian family that lived in it, but also other monastic families and cultivators. Inside.
This city belongs to the Centennial Tomb, not just to the Lian family.
"That person just now looked very familiar!" An old man in the middle stage of the Dan Condensation Realm looked at Master Chen Ke and his disciple who walked over, with a look of confusion on his face.
"Old Zheng, what's wrong?" A friend came over and asked.
Lao Zheng gestured to Chen Ke and Wan Ying, who were particularly attractive in front of them, and said, "Look, they look familiar. I seem to have seen them before somewhere."
After looking at it for a while, my friend shook his head and said, "I have no impression. You have traveled all over the country and met too many people. There may be people who look similar among them. This is nothing."
"Really? Maybe I'm too worried." Lao Zheng said.
But he still felt that Chen Ke looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere, but he really couldn't remember.
Chen Ke found a passerby, asked where the Lian family's mansion was, and walked in with Wan Ying.
"Are you two here to celebrate my lord's birthday?" When the guards of the Lian family saw Chen Ke and the two of them, they stepped forward and asked.
"That's right." Chen Ke said.
The guard looked at the bamboo frame dragged behind Wan Ying and asked, "Is this a gift?"
"No...no!" Wanying almost stuttered. This is not a gift, this is evidence of an apology.
"It's not a gift." The guard felt a little pity. If it was a gift, such a big gift must be very valuable.
"Since it's not a gift, did you two bring any gifts?" the guard asked.
Chen Ke said: "Is there any difference between bringing a gift and not bringing a gift?"
The guard said: "Of course there is a difference. Look at the two positions inside."
The guard pointed at the leading servants extending to the east and west of the mansion. The guard said: "If you bring a gift, you can go to the main room on the east side. If you don't bring a gift, you can only go to the side room on the west side."
"We do not……"
"Bringing a gift."
Wan Ying wanted to tell the truth, but Chen Ke overpowered Wan Ying and spoke directly.
"You two, please go to the east." When the guard saw this, a smile appeared on his face.
No one has come to celebrate his birthday without a gift, and the guard doesn't believe that someone comes in without a gift.
"Master, we didn't bring gifts." Wan Ying said, "And we are here to apologize, not to celebrate birthdays. After I apologize, I still have to do my trial task."
Chen Ke smiled and said: "Don't worry, your trial mission will not be delayed."
Wan Ying said softly: "However, it has been delayed for half a month. I still want to pass the trial mission as soon as possible and learn the Golden Body Taoist method."
Chen Ke smiled and did not answer Wan Ying. The trial mission has begun, and now is the dangerous part of the trial mission.
There were guards ahead, who came over and asked, "What do you call the two distinguished guests?"
"My name is Chen Ke, and her name is Wan Ying. We are casual cultivators. We are here to celebrate your birthday. We also have a few things to do to meet the master of your Lian family," Chen Ke said.
The guard nodded and said: "It turns out to be Fellow Daoist Chen and Fellow Daoist Wan Ying. Please come inside. It's just that my master is entertaining distinguished guests, who are from the fourth-level sect. Please wait. I will inform the master and he will come back after he is done. meet you."
"Thank you." Chen Ke said.
The guard glanced at what was behind Wan Ying, and Wan Ying said directly: "This is not a gift."
No wonder these guards misunderstood, Wan Ying was dragging such a conspicuous thing, even though it was packed in a big bag, it always surprised people.
"Oh, that's right. I wonder what kind of gifts the two fellow Taoists brought?" the guard smiled awkwardly.
Wan Ying looked at Chen Ke. Chen Ke took out several bottles of pills and several spiritual crystals from his arms and handed them to the guards.
"This is the Xiaolingyuan Pill." The guard was well-informed and recognized the pill immediately when he saw it.
Wan Ying's eyes widened, she looked at Chen Ke, then at the pill, and finally at Chen Ke. This thing is not an ordinary thing, but something on the fourth son of the Lian family who was accidentally killed by her.
"Master is giving the Lian family's things as gifts to the Lian family. Can you still do this?" Wan Ying felt that a door had opened in her life, but she didn't know what was behind the door.
"Dear guests, please come this way." The guard called the third servant in line, "Hagui, take these two nobles to stay at Youlan Pavilion."
"yes!"
A middle-aged man came over, bowed slightly to Chen Ke and Wan Ying, and took them to Orchid Pavilion.
On the way, Chen Ke asked, "When will your master's birthday party start?"
Ha Gui said: "According to the arrangement, it should be noon tomorrow. Guests, don't worry. We will arrange for our servants to come and inform you two."
"Thank you."
Chen Ke thanked him.
Wan Ying was bluffing next to her, always feeling out of place here. She came here to apologize, not to celebrate her birthday. Why do people here always misunderstand her?
In her little mind, she couldn't figure out why.
Having been in a war-torn place and being attacked by evil spirits, Wanying has never experienced human relationships in the world and does not understand the logic behind them.
Chen Ke didn't want to change Wan Ying's way of life, but he wanted Wan Ying to understand what kind of environment she was in now.
In the Grim Wind City, although evil spirits attacked the city, the crisis was great, and the casualties were heavy, the people of the Grim Wind City helped each other and survived together. Just like Wan Ying, her family was destroyed by evil spirits when she was young. It was the people of Danyu City who raised her and taught her how to practice.
This is different from the outside world.
In the outside world, if Wan Ying were to kill her whole family, she would not be able to survive and could only become a slave of other practitioners. She would also be used as a furnace by the practitioners because of her beauty.
This ending is the ending of the outside world.
You must not have the intention of harming others, and you must not have the intention of guarding against others.
Wan Ying has not yet understood this truth, and it is precisely this nature of her mind that connects her with Chen Ke, and eventually she becomes his disciple.
A drink and a peck, each has its own destiny. Chen Ke does not seek change, but seeks peace.
At the place where Chen Ke and Wan Ying were arranged to stay, Ha Gui left with people.
Chen Ke sat cross-legged on the bed and began to practice with his eyes closed. Wan Ying injected spiritual power into the body of the fourth son of the Lian family and continued to freeze his body. After doing all this, she came to Chen Ke's side and followed him Practice together.
Chen Ke sat cross-legged, with the wind gradually turning behind him, and there was a faint black and white Tai Chi figure spinning.
The night passed like this, and the next day.
In the morning, servants from the Lian family came.
"Distinguished guests, my master has prepared a banquet and invites you all to come." Ha Gui came with people to invite Chen Ke.
"Thank you." Chen Ke said.
Ha Gui led the way, and Chen Ke and Wan Ying followed him to the main residence of the Lian family.
Wan Ying has never seen the imperial palace and doesn't know what it looks like. However, Chen Ke worked as a government servant in Zhao State and knows what the palace looks like. The Lian family at this moment is built according to the imperial palace of Zhao State, especially the main residence of the Lian family. , it’s totally a palace.
Entered the palace gate and entered the city where the main residence of the Lian family resides.
The main residence of the Lian family can no longer be called a residence, but a palace within the mansion.
"There is a mansion in the city, but there is also a palace in the mansion. It's really amazing." Chen Ke couldn't help but sigh.
Ha Gui, who was leading the way, said, "Your Excellency, you have also been to the Zhao Palace?"
"Could it be that this place is really built according to the imperial palace of Zhao State?" Chen Ke asked.
Ha Gui said: "Your Majesty's guess is correct. This place is indeed built according to the Zhao Kingdom Palace. Moreover, the second lady of our Lian family is the aunt of the Emperor of Zhao Kingdom."
"So, you Lian family are still relatives of the emperor!" Chen Ke said.
Ha Gui said: "Relatives of the emperor? Your nobleman is wrong. It's not that we are relatives of the emperor, but our Xiudao Lian family is standing behind the Zhao royal family."
Hagui smiled and spoke with pride.
In order to stabilize the country, the emperor married his daughter into the Lian family. This was such a honorable thing.
After hearing this, Chen Ke couldn't help but smile: "Your Lian family is really amazing."
Ha Gui said with a smile: "To be honest with you, noble man, the Lian family is the top family in Zhao State. Without the support of the Lian family, the royal family of Zhao State would have been replaced by another dynasty long ago."
Chen Ke just smiled after hearing this. Isn't Zhao Guo protected by An Sheng Palace? When did he become the protector of the Lian family? Besides, the Lian family only married a princess from the Zhao Kingdom, and it only lasted for a few decades. The Zhao Kingdom had existed for hundreds of years.
He is just a servant, there is no need for Chen Ke to argue with him.
All the way to the main hall where the Lian family celebrated their birthdays, Chen Ke, led by Ha Gui, came to a wine table in the central area. Chen Ke and Wan Ying sat at the long table.
"Brother Feng, you see you met the Taoist friend from yesterday again." The middle-aged man gestured to his friends beside him.
Brother Feng looked over and happened to look at Chen Ke. Chen Ke smiled and Brother Feng also smiled and nodded.
"Do you remember?" Zheng Zu asked.
Brother Feng shook his head and said, "I don't know him at all."
"Then why did you signal to him?" Zheng Zu asked helplessly.
Brother Feng said: "When I looked at him, he seemed to notice that I was looking at him, so he looked at me and signaled to me first."
"What, this person can actually detect your gaze, Brother Feng. It seems that he is not simple." Zheng Zu said.
Brother Feng said: "What is not simple? They are not here to cause trouble. Even if it is not simple, it has nothing to do with us."
Zheng Zu said: "That's true, but I still feel that he is very familiar, like someone I have met once, but I seem to have forgotten who he is."
"Don't think about it, people from the Lian family are here." Brother Feng saw the current head of the Lian family walking in outside the hall and said to Group Zheng with a smile.
Zheng Zu looked over and saw a group of people walking in through the outer door of the hall. The guests in the hall stood up to greet them.
Only on Chen Ke's side, he and Wan Ying were still sitting there not knowing what was going on.
