After leaving the city, Zhang Wenfeng walked along the wilderness mountain road. Holding the dried hibiscus petals that had lost their moisture in his hands, he asked for advice: "Mo Ye, is my current abnormal state caused by practicing too fast?"
The barefoot woman with hairpins walks along the edge of the lush forest and stream, her posture is elegant and her movements are nimble.
He reached out and picked a finger-sized wild fruit from the nearby bush.
"Your problem is not that you are practicing too fast, but that you are putting the cart before the horse and being top-heavy. The sword is a killing weapon, and swordsmanship generates the intention to kill. If you practice the way of killing, it is a good thing to have more murderous intention, but the inner alchemy way you practice is contrary to the intention to kill. , the phenomenon of strong branches and weak trunks appears, and the body is not even strong enough to support the use of your inner magical powers, leading to the strange situation of 'inner demons arise in the sword realm, and magical powers backfire on the master'."
Mo Ye explained casually, without asking Zhang Wenfeng how he had developed his inner powers, and gently tossed the moth-eaten wild fruit in his hand.
The fruit fell on a foxtail, bending the elastic stem to the ground. The stem was like a bow and could not recover.
Zhang Wenfeng understood. He cupped his fists and saluted the casual woman's back.
After some truths were revealed, he knew what to do.
His sword realm is far beyond his current cultivation and state of mind. Not everyone can be like He Guangjun who only cultivates his sword mind.
There was a conflict between his Tao and swordsmanship, causing this disaster.
It's not that he can't use the magical power of the sword. If he uses it next time, just to be on the safe side, he should apply the magical power of "Blue Light Covering Curse" to himself in advance and use the "stillness" state of mind, which should be able to offset the growth of inner demons caused by the sword realm.
Of course, the more important thing is to strengthen the cultivation of one's own body and mind, and completely solve the hidden problems.
When they passed by, the fruit rolled down and the foxtail bounced up again, swaying up and down.
Returning to the foot of Xianlingguan Mountain, Mo Ye unexpectedly followed him to the Qingzheng Villa instead of going to the back mountain or the woods to the west.
Zhang Wenfeng was slightly surprised but didn't ask any questions. He walked into the southeast courtyard tea house and boiled water to make tea.
Mo Ye played with five cute little clay figurines. Except for the boiling water, both of them were silent. One was thinking and thinking, and the other was playing with the clay figurines.
There was the sound of running footsteps in the corridor, stopping outside the teahouse, followed by a knock on the door.
"Master, there are two female guests asking to see you."
Zhang Wenfeng signaled the apprentice who was reporting outside the door to come in. He left the door open and asked, "Have they reported their names?"
The apprentice clasped his fists and said, "I have reported it. One is named Xin Yue and the other is named Xin Xing."
Zhang Wenfeng glanced at Mo Ye and said, "Go and invite them to the teahouse."
He finally understood Mo Ye's intention of following him to Qingzheng Courtyard, wanting to meet the two fox demons who came to visit.
"yes!"
The apprentice turned around and went out, running to the west.
Zhang Wenfeng rinsed the tea set with boiling water. The fox demon came to visit him at this time. Apart from thanking him for transferring the items entrusted to him by Nine Lives, he probably wouldn't negotiate any more deals with him, right?
After waiting for a while, I heard footsteps outside, so I got up and went to the door to greet him. Mo Ye was still playing with clay figurines.
His attitude towards Xin Yue has always been cold, and since he is a guest, there is a smile on his face.
After the two parties exchanged greetings, Zhang Wenfeng extended his hand to invite the guest to come in and sit down, and asked Xin Xing, who was looking around with curiosity on his face: "Is your injury healed?"
The last time he saw the little fox demon's face lacked blood, his injuries had not healed.
Compared to Xin Yue, who has a cunning and changeable temperament, he is more willing to chat with Xin Xing, who is inexperienced in the world.
If it is not too cold, it will make the atmosphere awkward.
"I rested for a few more days, took medicine, and everything is fine."
Xin Xing answered with a smile, or after receiving a message from her sister to remind her, she saluted and said, "Thank you Zhang Guanzhu for your concern." Seeing the clay figurine in Mo Ye's hand next to him, he was very interested and came closer and said, "Sister, what is this? Is it fun? "
Zhang Wenfeng almost choked on a mouthful of tea and said hurriedly: "Xin Xing, I want to call you 'Mr. Mo'."
Jiu Ming once received Mo Ye's guidance. After all, the little fox demon has to be called Patriarch Mo Ye.
Mo Ye glanced at the little fox demon and smiled: "It's okay to call me sister." He handed the five clay figures in his hand to Xin Xing and said, "These are clay figures. If you like them, give them to you to play with. Don't drop them and break them." ”
The little fox demon was overjoyed. He held five clay figurines of different shapes and said, "I like it. Thank you Sister Mo. I will be careful not to let them break."
Xinyue sat to the side, looking at the woman wearing a hairpin, barefoot and wearing a black skirt without any trace. She did not have the ability of the earth spirit, but she was also full of suspicions. She vaguely felt that this image seemed to overlap with the records in an ancient book of the clan.
It's a pity that all the clan's collection was destroyed by the ghost attack in March.
Otherwise, she could look through it and compare it.
After thinking for a while, he couldn't figure it out, so he thanked him politely and said, "Excuse me, Guanzhu Zhang, when did you see that person? Where did he go?"
It was inconvenient for her to call her ancestors by their first names, and since there were outsiders around, she would use "he" instead.
"I met him at the end of April, but he wouldn't tell me where he went."
Zhang Wenfeng saw that Mo Ye and the little fox demon were playing with five clay dolls on the coffee table. They seemed to have a lot of common topics. He pondered and added one more sentence: "Before he left, he put the two third-level ghosts in Guiziling... Kill him."
The word "devour" was not used and was temporarily changed to "kill".
The tears in Xin Yue's eyes suddenly couldn't stop flowing down, and she turned her head to wipe them away.
She understood that her ancestors wanted to avenge the dead clan members. It was two third-level ghosts who led a group of ghosts to capture the protective demon formation of "White Fox Castle". She just wondered why the ancestors didn't kill all those ghosts?
There was silence for a while.
Xin Yue turned around and saw Mr. Mo, who she looked a little mysterious, having a great time with his sister. However, Guanzhu Zhang could not find out much information about the whereabouts of his ancestors, and said: "The Da'an Dynasty allowed us to choose a piece of land to live in peace." , we have no relatives in Da'an Dynasty, and I would like to ask Guanzhu Zhang to give some advice on where we can live."
Zhang Wen was in the limelight, and this fox wanted to live next to him.
He didn't know how to reply for a moment, so couldn't he just stay away?
Mo Ye, who was playing with the little fox demon, turned around and said, "Fifteen or sixteen miles away to the northwest, there is a piece of wasteland, mountains and forests, which can be used as the new residence of your three-tailed demon fox tribe. It is as small as possible, but it is better than being quiet."
Xin Yue's heart moved, she stood up and bowed slightly and said: "Thank you, Mr. Mo, for the tip, we will choose that place."
Xin Xing hurriedly said: "You have to have it. Sister Mo, can you go and play often?"
Mo Ye touched the little fox demon's head and said with a smile: "I opened a piece of land there and planted a few flowers and plants. I go there often."
"Okay, I can help you plant flowers."
After seeing off the fox demon sisters, when Zhang Wenfeng came back, Mo Ye was nowhere to be seen. He patrolled the corridor and returned to his cave in the back mountain. He saw the mountain badger curled up on the steps outside the Tuling Cave, calling out. Huda sleep.
With Mo Ye's restraint, he felt at ease with Tu Ling. He couldn't even drive that guy away now.
Sitting down in the quiet room of the cave, Zhang Wenfeng thought about and re-planned his future cultivation plan.
He spends half of his time every day getting close to nature and strengthening his cultivation. Other wood techniques, body techniques, drawing talismans, wood fire condensation, thunder technique training and painting are arranged separately, and sword practice is relatively less.
Whatever is lacking, make up for it, it couldn’t be simpler.
The only thing is that he has no experience in physical training.
Since Mo Ye reminded him that "strong branches and weak trunks", it was urgent to strengthen the body of the trunk.
He was considering asking for advice when he saw Mo Ye. A few words of guidance from an expert was better than his own blind groping.
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On the top of the main peak of Jiuhe Mountain is a majestic and huge palace.
Feng Qiyue, the only free monk in Jiuhe Palace, met with the two brothers Feng Chengfeng and Feng Chengyun in one of the monasteries.
After listening to the two people's stories, Master Qiyue, who was wearing a yellow Taoist robe and had a delicate appearance, opened his sleepy eyes and said slowly: "A few days ago, fellow Taoist Gao Yi from Weiyun Temple came to trust me to take care of Xiaoyou Zhang in the territory."
After speaking for half a sentence, he stopped talking.
Feng Chengfeng said hurriedly: "Uncle Fifteen..." The middle-aged Taoist priest sitting above him glanced at him and changed his words: "Master, although I had a discussion with Guanzhu Zhang, there is no gap between us, and we have become different. Beat up strangers."
Master Qiyue asked without comment, "How strong is he?"
"He only used sword skills and body skills from the beginning to the end. That sword was so powerful that I couldn't block it or avoid it."
Feng Chengfeng answered honestly, thought for a while, and added: "His sword seemed to be defective and he couldn't control it. It took a strange woman to take action to resolve the crisis."
Master Qiyue asked about the woman's situation. The two of them knew very little, and most of them were just speculations.
After pondering for a while, Master Qiyue made arrangements: "Chengyun, you will be the director of the Daolu Branch of Xiling County when the time comes. The previously planned candidate has been changed. You can discuss it with Director Guo yourself."
Feng Chengyun cupped his fists and accepted the order: "Yes, follow the Master's order!"
"As for Chengfeng...you hand over the damaged 'rock armor' shirt to the warehouse and continue to go back to the border of Chongzhou to practice. When you have sharpened your cultivation to the perfection of the gradually declining realm, you will come back! It's a lifetime!" If not, there’s no need to come back,”
"...No, Master, I..."
"Get down!"
"yes!"
Feng Chengfeng cupped his fists, turned around and strode out with a very ugly look on his face.
Feng Chengyun wanted to plead for his cousin, but he didn't dare to speak. Master Qiyue was obviously angry that Feng Chengfeng acted on his own initiative and almost lost his life because of his willfulness.
There was silence in the empty room for a while.
"Our Jiuhe Palace seems to have infinite scenery, but in fact, the huge trees are attracting the wind, and it is as dangerous as eggs. There are countless pressures from all kinds of overt and covert situations. However, some idiots do not restrain themselves and are arrogant everywhere. With such ability, how can we create a free state for them? Let others take a look.”
Master Qi Yue had no expression on his face and said, "You have a calm temperament, and I can always trust you when doing things. Once you take office, you don't need me to teach you what to do."
Feng Chengyun clasped his fists to indicate that he understood.
"Don't blame me for being cruel and letting Chengfeng return to the border to suffer. There are several forces behind Zhang Wenfeng. You can count them with your fingers. He just wants to provoke him, thinking that after a fight and a few polite words, he will become a friend. ? Childish! And...that woman in the black dress is not simple!"
"Yes, Chengyun understands!"
"Get down!"
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