In a balcony, two people were drinking tea and playing chess.
One of them, wearing a blue robe and a green shirt, with a gentle temperament, is Xiao Guanlan.
The person playing chess with Xiao Guanlan is a middle-aged man with a resolute face and a cold aura.
If there are people from the Shenlong court here, they will definitely recognize that this middle-aged man is none other than Liu Long, the former general of the Shenlong dynasty’s auxiliary country!
Snapped.
The clear sound of a piece falling sounded, but Xiao Guanlan, holding a black chess piece, dropped a piece onto the chessboard, and the situation on the chessboard suddenly changed.
The black chess pieces connected together, as if they formed a black dragon in an instant, swallowing up all the white chess pieces in an instant!
"My master is as good at chess as a god, and my subordinates are willing to be inferior."
Seeing the situation on the chessboard, Liu Long suddenly smiled bitterly and cupped his fists. .
"Haha, General Liu is too humble. You have a fierce chess style and a great deal of success. I am just playing tricks."
Xiao Guanlan laughed.
"My lord is humble. I have led troops for many years. I know the layout of the art of war, which is similar to the theory of chess. Therefore, my lord is quite confident in the way of chess. However, my lord only made a few moves today, so he put my subordinate No scraps of armor were left alive, this cannot be described as ingenious. If I had to describe it, I can only say that it was an ingenious workmanship and a marvelous creation."
Liu Long shook his head and looked at Xiao Guanlan with admiration in his eyes.
"Haha, General Liu is ridiculous. I just arranged some secret hands in places where you didn't notice. Also, I said, General Liu, please don't call me your lord. Just call me your son. Otherwise, it will be too much." Life points."
"In front of outsiders, subordinates will naturally keep a distance from their master, but in private, subordinates must still respect their master."
Liu Long said seriously, which made Xiao Guanlan's eyes flash with satisfaction, but he smiled and shook his head, "You, you, everything is fine, but you are too reserved."
Liu Long smiled when he heard this and began to take the initiative to collect the chess pieces, "There is an order of hierarchy and distinction between superior and inferior, so this is not a formality, I just do my duty well."
This made Xiao Guanlan smile again, and then changed the topic, "How is it, how is General Liu's stay in Xianzong during this time?"
"Thanks to the Lord, I can't say I'm like a fish in water, but the progress is going pretty smoothly."
Liu Long said seriously, "I have six of the eight thousand elite members of the Jinglong Immortal Army, and I have commanded six of them. As long as the Lord gives me an order, they can do anything."
"good."
Xiao Guanlan looked solemn, nodded and said, "This is a big deal, Liu Long, you have done a good job, and I will send you directly to the Immortal Sect."
"This is what subordinates should do. I don't dare to praise you as a superior."
Liu Long quickly lowered his head.
"This is not a compliment, because what you should do and what you can do are two different things. Some people can't do what they should do, not because they don't want to do it, but because they are not capable enough, and you are very capable, so I am very happy."
Xiao Guanlan shook his head, and then said, "Don't worry, after a while, your son Liu Ying will officially become a true disciple of the Immortal Sect."
This made Liu Long immediately look excited, and he suddenly knelt down and said, "Subordinate, thank you, Your Majesty."
"Haha, you are so polite, get up quickly."
Xiao Guanlan helped Liu Long up with her own hands, and at this moment, there was a sudden sound of footsteps at the entrance of the balcony.
Liu Long was stunned. When he saw the person coming, he saluted again and said, "My lord, I will leave first."
"That's fine."
Xiao Guanlan nodded, and Liu Long also took three steps back respectfully, then turned around and left directly.
Of course, when he passed by the visitor, Liu Long still nodded and slightly held his hand.
This made the visitor smile lightly and also waved his hands.
"Haha, Changhua, you're here."
At this moment, Xiao Guanlan smiled and said, "Sit anywhere you want."
"yes."
Changhua immediately bent down to salute, and then sat down on the side of Xiao Guanlan.
"What do you think of Liu Long?"
As soon as Changhua sat down, Xiao Guanlan asked with a smile.
"Be humble and polite, and have a big heart."
Changhua smiled, "It has only been three months since he entered the Immortal Sect, but in these three months, he actually used his senior brother's influence and resources to control so many Immortal armies. I have to say that this person is very capable. set."
"Yeah, otherwise I wouldn't promote him like this."
Xiao Guanlan nodded, "However, you still have to be wary of him, especially his son and clan members. You have to take good care of him."
Changhua's eyes flashed, "Senior brother, don't worry, I have sent a Heaven-Breaking Pill to Liu Ying, and I am also paying attention to any outstanding children among Liu Ying's many brothers, and the pill has been prepared."
"Um."
Xiao Guanlan smiled, but if there was a real alchemist here, he would be extremely shocked.
Breaking the Heaven Pill, as the name suggests, is a pill that breaks down the barriers of the Martial Heaven Realm, and its level has already reached the heaven level!
Logically speaking, this elixir is very precious, but the fact is that this elixir is taboo for alchemists.
Therefore, there is an unknown secret in the elixir, that is, once the alchemist who refines the elixir blends his own blood into it and gives it to others, the spiritual roots of others will be controlled by the alchemist who refined the elixir. !
Xiao Guanlan asked Changhua to give away the Heaven-breaking Pill, so there is no doubt that he is the one who refined the Heaven-breaking Pill!
"If you are good at attacking, the enemy will not know where you are defending; if you are good at defending, the enemy will not know where you are attacking."
Suddenly, Xiao Guanlan muttered something, and then said to Chang Hua, "Junior Brother Chang, what do you understand by this statement?"
Changhua thought for a while and then replied, "My understanding is that Zangzhuo is a master of alchemy who has reached the heaven level, but he has never shown any ability in alchemy. Instead, he has been secretly refining the spirit-breaking elixir. Controlling important figures in the Immortal Sect will naturally prevent the enemy from knowing where they are attacking, let alone where they are defending."
"anything else?"
Xiao Guanlan said again.
"Also, senior brother likes to start with details when doing things, such as the Jinglong Immortal Army. To be honest, the Jinglong Immortal Army is not the strongest force in the sect, it is just the backbone, and our Immortal Sect The strongest power is, in the final analysis, the eight heaven-level high-level formations."
Changhua said, "These eight great formations are controlled by the eight elders of the sect, but the daily maintenance of the formations requires the responsibility of the eight thousand immortal troops under the eight elders. And the eight elders ignore worldly affairs and have no regard for the sect." There is no interest in fighting, so this is the place to start. Senior brother used the spirit-breaking pill to control important figures in the eight thousand immortal army, and now he has supported Liu Long. It can be said that senior brother Xiao has mastered most of the eight formations. "
Xiao Guanlan's eyes flashed with satisfaction, but he asked again, "Is there anything more?"
This made Changhua stunned and fell into thinking.
After a moment, Changhua shook his head and said, "Senior brother, junior brother is stupid."
"Zhao Zhen."
Xiao Guanlan uttered two words, which made Changhua startled, and then shook his head, "Senior brother, although he is excellent, I admit that I am also surprised that he can come back alive this time, but I still say that he is not good enough. Compete with Yun Tianlong."
Xiao Guanlan smiled slightly, but did not answer this matter. He just asked, "What has Zhao Zhen been doing these three days?"
"On the first day, he recruited the seven governors under General He and their most elite 70,000 black dragon riders. On the second day, he sent these 70,000 black dragon riders to Qingyun Mountain and chose to station in Qingyun Mountain. On the third day, he returned to Guanlan Hall to rest."
Changhua said.
"Well, it's not unexpected."
Xiao Guanlan's eyes flashed, "Are there any remaining forces in Qingyun Mountain?"
"No, originally Jujian Villa, Fire Cloud Sect, and Life and Death Sect had divided Qingyun Mountain into three parts, but since Zhao Zhen became the Champion General, they withdrew to their base."
"Haha, they are quite smart."
Xiao Guanlan smiled faintly, "Then if it goes as expected, Zhao Zhen will come to me to ask for a fiefdom. Qingyun Mountain must be in his pocket, including Cangzhou City, the small city where he was born. He I’ll want it too.”
Changhua frowned, "Brother, I still don't understand why you support him so much. Even if he has a special life experience, he is the legendary couple.
The wife’s son…”
"Silence!"
Xiao Guanlan's eyes turned cold, which made Changhua's expression suddenly change. He quickly shut up, stood up and bent over, saying, "Junior brother is wrong."
Xiao Guanlan said nothing, but looked at Changhua calmly.
This made Changhua sweat break out on his forehead, but he didn't dare to move and just continued to bend over.
After a long time, Xiao Guanlan sighed, shook his head and said, "Forget it, get up."
Changhua stood up tremblingly and looked at Xiao Guanlan in fear.
"well…"
Seeing the fear in Chang Hua's eyes, Xiao Guanlan sighed, and then said, "Junior Brother Chang, you are very good in all aspects, but you are a little too impatient. I have often told you before that in this world's major events, the more impatient the more impatient you are. , The slower the better, even though you have heard a lot, the eagerness in your bones has not changed."
"Junior brother... try your best to change."
"Your best efforts are not enough, you must try your best to change." Xiao Guanlan shook his head, "Otherwise, how can I reuse you in the future?"
As soon as these words came out, Chang Hua, who was originally extremely frightened, was shaken again. The next moment, he knelt down excitedly and said, "Senior brother, I will try my best to correct it and die for my senior brother!"
After hearing this, Xiao Guanlan nodded and asked Changhua to sit down again.
"The wind rises at the end of Qingping, and the waves form between gentle waves." Xiao Guanlan said lightly, "The meaning of this sentence is that any big thing starts from a small thing. In the same way, any big person also starts from a small thing. I started as a small person. I am like this, and so are you. Have you never thought about why you have average spiritual roots and average qualifications, but I recruited you into Guanlan Hall the first time you entered the Immortal Sect? "
Changhua was stunned. He really hadn't thought about this problem, so he said honestly, "Junior brother, I don't know."
"Because of ambition."
Xiao Guanlan said simply, "When the Immortal Sect recruited disciples, all new disciples had to go up the ladder to heaven and pass through the ladder to reach the Immortal Sect, and I have been watching."
"I have seen the state of many new disciples, and some of them are excited and some are cheering, but you are the only one who is different. Although you are also excited, you are more emotional and looking down."
Changhua's body trembled, as if he remembered the time when he first climbed the ladder to heaven a few years ago.
He was indeed very excited at that time, but as Xiao Guanlan said, he was also very emotional.
"What were you feeling at the beginning?"
Xiao Guanlan said.
"Junior brother... is lamenting the weakness of mortals."
Changhua thought for a while and said, "I feel the difference between immortals and mortals."
"So you are ambitious."
Xiao Guanlan said lightly, "Because of emotion, it comes from experience. You came up from the bottom of the Shenlong Dynasty, so you know the importance of strength very well. So from that time on, I knew that you were a person who, as long as you got a chance, People who will bite you and keep climbing up, and afterwards it was proved that my opinion was right. Although you have not focused your energy on practice these years, but looking at the fellow disciples of the Immortal Sect, who has as much power as you? , who has as much influence as you? Even the elders in the sect, are they not so polite when they see you?"
Changhua's body trembled when he heard this, and he bent down again, "Junior brother is what he is today, all because of his majesty."
"No, I just gave you a chance. The rest is all earned by your own abilities. I can see this clearly."
Xiao Guanlan said.
Changhua finally came to his senses at this moment and said seriously, "Senior brother, what do you mean, senior brother also sees ambition in Zhao Zhen?"
"good."
Xiao Guanlan's eyes flashed, "I support him not just because of his life experience. If he has no ability, no matter how high his life experience is, I will not support him. After all, my resources are limited, but he is very capable." Yes, how long has it been since the Qingyun Sect was destroyed? Two years."
