After entering the Baihe City Government Office, the person who received everyone was an old Confucian scholar with gray beard and hair.
After the scholar got off the carriage, he directly ordered: "Arrange a quiet place for this young master, and then tell me about the recent situation in Baihe City."
After speaking, he said to Li Xiuping: "I still have some things to deal with. Please forgive me for any neglect."
Li Xiuping waved his hand and said: "Sir, please don't be so polite. I've been very helpful to you along the way. I don't know how to be grateful. I just hope it doesn't affect you."
At this time, the old Confucian scholar had already ordered someone to come forward and take Li Xiuping down.
Although Li Xiuping was a little curious about the scholar named Su, he didn't pay much attention to it. After staying in the government office, he used his spiritual sense to investigate again and found that there were quite a few powerful people in the government office. He took out the jade note that the senior sword master gave him before leaving and continued to study the magical powers of swordsmanship on it.
Li Xiuping has almost completely mastered the part that the senior sword master passed down orally, and the rest can only be understood by himself.
The senior sword master was of great help to him. Not only did he take out the entire sword washing pool to protect him, but he also taught him everything he had learned in his life, especially these magical powers of swordsmanship, which made Li Xiuping superior in swordsmanship. With a deeper understanding, the sword that he had never been able to understand before has now gradually grasped some of the ways. Given time, Li Xiuping felt that he should be able to fully master it.
How powerful that sword is, can be seen from the previous several times it has been used. If he can fully master that sword, with his current strength and the jet black dragon, it should not be a problem to kill a strong man in the transformation stage. , if another person takes action, he can even easily kill a strong person in the distraction stage.
Although they are completely independent individuals, the magical power that Li Xiuping masters can be directly used by the other one. The same magical power will naturally have completely different effects when used in the foundation building stage and the distraction stage.
That is, Li Xiuping cannot directly obtain the abilities of another self. For example, Li Xiuping has no idea what the so-called inheritance is, but Li Xiuping is sure that the other self knows it. As for why he didn't tell himself, Li Xiuping Xiuping didn't know, and because of this, Li Xiuping had always been worried.
However, the existence of that guy is not without benefits to Li Xiuping, such as the powerful strength he possesses when exchanging with each other, such as the magical powers given by the other party at some critical moments, such as the mutual conversion of sword intentions, There is also the understanding of some magical powers.
You know, it took a long time for Li Xiuping to master a magical power. Because of this, Li Xiuping once suspected that he had no talent for practice. But since he appeared with the guy, he has improved in some practices. With my understanding, when I learn some magical powers, I can actually become completely comfortable and successful.
For example, there are many things that he didn't know before, but now after seeing them, he can understand them by analogy. This is really amazing.
As time continued, Li Xiuping soon felt that people were arriving at the government office one after another, and then walking towards the government office hall.
Just in case, Li Xiuping did not check the situation in the hall, fearing that it would cause unnecessary trouble.
This White Crane City is a mixed bag, and everyone is there. If he is too unscrupulous, he will inevitably get into trouble. Once his whereabouts are exposed, not only will he be in a desperate situation, but the White Crane City will also be affected.
Regardless of how much involvement Master Su has behind him, it can only involve people at the level of the Nascent Soul stage, and the involvement behind him is from the two major holy places, at least they are all powerful people in the transformation stage. Compared with his involvement, Master Su's involvement is naturally nothing to mention. Once involved, all the involvement will be wiped out.
Li Xiuping planned to wait until early tomorrow morning, say goodbye and leave directly, and then continue eastward, trying to enter the boundaries of Emperor Wu City as soon as possible.
But before that, you still need to prepare some things, such as a new map, some dry food on the road, and money.
No matter where he goes, since there is a need, money is indispensable. When he was in Akabane Mountain, he had left all the gold and silver to forcefully purchase the Immortal Origin Stone. Now he Although I had changed a few more when I returned to the city, I had almost used them all the way down and had to find a place to pawn some things.
The treasures obtained from the powerful man in the transformation stage of the Star Observation Tower cannot be taken out yet, so he can only pawn his own things. However, because he caused huge losses when he subdued the fire dragon before, he can now take them. Those who came out to pawn had nothing but those Qiankun bags.
As time went on, Li Xiuping found that there was actually a quarrel in the government office hall, so that the atmosphere in the entire government office suddenly became a little heavy.
At this time, naturally no one would care about Li Xiuping, who was brought back halfway by Mr. Su, but would focus on the hall.
Feeling that the focus of those powerful men was not on himself, Li Xiuping released his consciousness to investigate the situation in the hall.
There were many people gathered in the hall, including foundation-building monks, golden elixir monks, and many overt and covert forces. It must have been that Mr. Su made some request, and one of them, Jin Danqi, was not satisfied, so they started a quarrel.
What Li Xiuping didn't expect was that Mr. Su, who seemed weak and kind-hearted, actually had a side of thunderous tactics. He directly called out two strong men at the peak of the Golden Core stage and joined forces to kill the opposing Jindan stage. The monk beheaded him.
Everything happened in such an instant, so that even the strong man at the Golden Core stage was beaten to the point of being knocked out of his mind without even reacting.
As the Golden Core Stage cultivator was killed, the entire hall suddenly became extremely quiet. Everyone lowered their heads and there was no longer any objection.
At this point, Li Xiuping also roughly understood some of the situation. Behind Mr. Su, there were many strong people who could be driven. This should be the guarantee left to him by his gentleman. This was also Mr. Su's greatest heritage.
Although various forces in Baihe City are intertwined, most of them are actually invisible and hope to get the protection of this government official to avoid some troubles. As for whether it is because of Mr. Su's status as a court official or something else, It is unknown at the moment.
All in all, Mr. Su had something that those people wanted. For this reason, those people naturally had no choice but to obey Mr. Su's instructions.
Li Xiuping took back his consciousness and no longer paid attention to the situation in the hall.
Since Mr. Su can solve it, he doesn't have to worry about it, so he doesn't need to worry about what is going on in White Crane City.
After all, he is in a lot of trouble now, and it would be ridiculous to worry about others without even solving his own problems.
Li Xiuping was waiting quietly in the room. Judging from the previous situation, the situation with Mr. Su should be resolved soon. After the matter over there is resolved, Li Xiuping plans to ask the government office to help Help, get some maps or something like that, so he doesn't have to run out to look for it and worry about being exposed.
For things like maps, the government office must have the most accurate ones, which are much better than buying them from those vendors. The main reason is that they can save time, otherwise he will have to continue to stay in Baihe City tomorrow morning.
Just as Li Xiuping guessed, Mr. Su quickly solved the matter at hand, then came to Li Xiuping's residence, knocked on the door, and said apologetically: "I kept you waiting for a long time, little brother."
Li Xiuping opened the door and exchanged polite greetings. Mr. Su smiled and said, "Little brother, if you don't mind, how about we have a drink?"
Li Xiuping nodded and did not reject the proposal.
In fact, along the way, in order not to be discovered by the powerful people in Taiyi Pavilion and Star Observation Tower, Li Xiuping walked almost nowhere where there were people, and he was really hungry now.
After that, Mr. Su had people prepare food and wine, and the two of them sat opposite each other, chatting while eating.
After drinking two glasses of wine, Mr. Su looked at Li Xiuping and said with a smile: "I know that this little brother is not an ordinary person, but since he doesn't want to say anything, I won't ask any further questions."
Li Xiuping^_^ cannot help but feel wary.
With his current ability, he can naturally see that Master Su is indeed just an ordinary person, because even a strong person in the distraction stage cannot have any flaws in front of him, unless this person is a powerful person in the tribulation stage. .
This is of course impossible. Not to mention a strong person in the Tribulation Stage, even a strong person in the Nascent Soul Stage would not come to such a place to be an official of the imperial court.
After all, the strong ones in the Nascent Soul stage are already very powerful in the ordinary world. Even in superpowers like the Xia Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty, what the royal family can drive is only the strong ones in the Nascent Soul stage. That way With his existence, he can easily resolve the situation in this small White Crane City. There is no need to make unnecessary efforts like he is doing now.
Probably sensing Li Xiuping's vigilance, Mr. Su smiled and said: "Little brother, don't be nervous. When I came here earlier, a Golden Core monk reminded me, otherwise I wouldn't have known that little brother turned out to be a cultivator." Man, I just thought that my little brother was just like me, just a scholar."
Li Xiuping frowned and said, "Sir, why do you think I look like a scholar?"
Su Dingfang smiled and said: "You can't see it, but you can feel it. This may be a connection between scholars and scholars."
Li Xiuping said bitterly: "Actually, I'm not a scholar. How can I put it..."
He paused for a moment and then said, "Do you know about Guanchao Academy, sir?"
Su Dingfang nodded, his eyes couldn't help but stare at Li Xiuping, as if he had thought of some possibility, with a look of disbelief on his face.
Li Xiuping smiled and said, "I am from Guanchao Academy. Please keep it a secret, sir."
Su Dingfang was surprised: "Is this little brother Li Xiuping, the junior uncle of Guanchao Academy, who has been making a lot of noise recently?"
Li Xiuping was stunned. He didn't expect Master Su to know about him, but he soon understood.
Although Mr. Su is just an ordinary scholar, he is actually quite involved in the spiritual world, so it is not strange to know about him.
Li Xiuping nodded slightly. In fact, he had no intention of hiding this from Mr. Su.
Although Li Xiuping himself couldn't tell, when he first met this scholar, he actually wasn't too wary. This was probably what Su Dingfang said, a wonderful connection between scholars and scholars.
Li Xiuping is indeed not a scholar. As for why Mr. Su thinks he is a scholar, it should be related to the so-called inheritance, that is, the hosta on his head. It is precisely because of this inheritance that he became a scholar. The young uncle of Guanchao Academy, so although he had not read a few books, he was pushed into the ranks of scholars.
Seeing Li Xiuping nodding, Su Dingfang suddenly became uneasy and almost jumped up.
It's not because of how powerful Li Xiuping is, but because Li Xiuping comes from Guanchao Academy and is the junior uncle of Guanchao Academy.
Guanchao Academy is a Confucian holy land, a place that all scholars dream of visiting, because there are not only Confucian saints there, but also countless Confucian classics and countless ways of saints.
Looking at Master Su's expression, Li Xiuping asked with a smile: "Do you regret bringing me back, sir?"
Su Dingfang was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly shook his head and said: "In front of Mr. Li, I don't dare to call you sir. According to my seniority, I should call you Mr. Mr. Li."
Li Xiuping was stunned, and then said bitterly: "When it comes to knowledge, even among ten of me, I can't compare to Sir. The title of my junior uncle was actually forced upon me by the two guys from the academy. The purpose was just to enable me to be able to On behalf of Guanchao Academy, I just obtained the ownership of the ruins of the Seven Holy Lands."
Su Dingfang said: "No matter what, etiquette cannot be messed up. Since I am a disciple of Confucianism, when I meet the heirs of the Holy Land, I should behave as a junior."
After saying that, he stood up directly and bowed to Li Xiu.
Seeing this scene, Li Xiuping felt helpless.
He had actually experienced it before when he was at Guanchao Academy and Shanquan Academy. These scholars just like to be particular. The key is that this kind of emphasis is very contradictory. It means that disciples do not have to be inferior to their teachers. In the matter of learning, not only You can be deviant and against your master's sect, but you are very particular about respecting your master. When a junior meets an elder, he should show no less courtesy.
Li Xiuping could only accept the gift happily.
After Mr. Su sat down again, Li Xiuping said: "Since Mr. Su knows my identity, he also knows my current situation, so please keep it secret for a while. Besides, I can't stay here for too long. Tomorrow We will be leaving early in the morning, so we need to prepare some things in advance.”
Su Dingfang frowned and said, "Young gentleman, are you referring to the Star Observation Tower and Taiyi Pavilion?"
Li Xiuping nodded.
Su Dingfang said bitterly: "This matter is too big. I really can't help the young gentleman. However, if the young gentleman needs anything, as long as the disciple can do it, I will never postpone it."
Li Xiuping looked at his solemn look, feeling helpless and said with a smile: "There is nothing much needed, just prepare a sufficiently accurate map and some food that can be taken with you on the road. It’s just that it’s not convenient for me to show up, so I want to ask Mr. Su to help me exchange some money.”
With that said, he took out a Qiankun bag and stated his request.
Su Dingfang agreed to them all without any delay, and then got up and left directly, not even drinking.
Li Xiuping looked at the food and wine on the table, smiled bitterly, and then started eating by himself.
It didn't take long for Mr. Su to prepare everything Li Xiuping needed, then he stopped disturbing Li Xiuping's rest and said goodbye.
Early the next morning, after Li Xiuping had the breakfast prepared by the government office, he left directly and continued eastward.
According to what I learned before, going east from here, you will encounter monsters.
Originally they were just some ordinary monsters. With Li Xiuping's current strength, even if he didn't take action and just released his breath, those monsters wouldn't dare to get close. However, although he now has a lot of abilities, he really doesn't dare to use them easily unless he has to. .
Along the way, he found that whether it was the Star Observation Tower or Taiyi Pavilion, there were more and more powerful people, and he might encounter them at any time. If he took action easily now, he would probably be killed by Taiyi Pavilion or Taiyi Pavilion. It was captured by the strong men from the Star Observation Tower.
The only thing that makes Li Xiuping feel relieved now is that from the map prepared by Su Dingfang, he finally has the accurate direction and distance of Emperor Wu City.
According to the current distance and the speed he had before, he only needs to walk east for about half a month. If nothing happens, he should be able to enter the territory of Emperor Wu City. By then, even if he is really surrounded by Taiyi Pavilion and Observation Tower, If a strong person captures the whereabouts, there shouldn't be much danger anymore.
It should be that they are getting closer and closer to Emperor Wu City, so there are so many powerful people from the Star Observation Tower and Taiyi Pavilion. Because they don't dare to take action in Emperor Wu City easily, so they can only wait until Li Xiuping enters the boundaries of Emperor Emperor City. , find Li Xiuping.
Now whether it is Taiyi Pavilion or Star Observation Tower, they should have determined that Li Xiuping has not entered Wu Emperor City, because with their speed, it is impossible to catch up with Li Xiuping, but until now, there is no sign of Li Xiuping, then There is only one possibility: Li Xiuping is still behind.
In this way, they only need to block the only way to Emperor Wu City. Then if Li Xiuping wants to enter Emperor Wu City, he will inevitably encounter them. If Li Xiuping does not enter Emperor Wu City, with Taiyi Pavilion and Stargazing With Lou's power, he will be able to find Li Xiuping sooner or later.
We can't take action, and we have to pass through places where monsters exist. The only way is to follow what Mr. Su said and find some people in the city to join us, preferably someone who can escort business travelers through the rivers and lakes where monsters are. Strong.
This is the main reason why Li Xiuping needs to exchange for gold and silver.
A being who can even fight against a strong person in the God Transformation stage now actually needs to spend money to hire some ordinary people in the world to protect him. No one would believe it if this news spread.
Li Xiuping found a courtyard according to the address given by Mr. Su, and walked directly in.
The yard is not big, but there are many people in it, most of them are businessmen, and there are also many people from the world with weapons hanging on their waists.
Seeing Li Xiuping come in, someone immediately came forward to receive him. After figuring out Li Xiuping's purpose, he arranged Li Xiuping into a caravan.
