This scene is undoubtedly extremely strange.
The two people confronting each other in the courtyard would not have thought that when almost everyone was watching the martial arts performance, a strange young man would suddenly appear here.
Intervene in this dispute in a blunt way.
What was even weirder was that the young man seemed not to notice the remaining heat and weird atmosphere in the air.
He walked over as if there was no one around, the smile on his face was as dazzling as the warm winter sun.
Gou Hanyi didn't recognize the face, but he recognized the unique star map mark of the top disciple of Muyuan on Ji Ping'an.
Then the old man's gray-blue eyes showed curiosity and surprise.
A name was about to come out, but before he could speak, a woman's doubtful voice came to his ears:
"who is he?"
Qi Hongmian subconsciously believed that this scene was arranged by Gou Hanyi, or at least related to him.
Otherwise, the other party's sudden intrusion cannot be explained.
Ji Ping'an walked over with a smile, then saw that there was only one stool left beside the stone table, sat down naturally, and said:
"My name is Ji Ping'an."
Sure enough, it was him... Gou Hanyi's gray and sparse eyebrows raised, becoming more and more surprised.
For him, this was the first time he saw Ji Pingan, but he had heard this name from Luo Huaizhu many times in the past days.
What made him even more strange was that even though it was his first time meeting him, for some unknown reason, he instinctively got close to him.
Ji Ping'an...Qi Hongmian's pointed eyebrows wrinkled and she remembered this name:
"Are you the supervisor recommended by the Imperial Master?"
Gao Mingjing had mentioned it during her last visit, and Luan Yu later relayed the words to her.
Ji Ping'an nodded and looked at the mediocre-looking woman close at hand.
The person in front of him was very different from the Qi Hongmian in his memory, but the expression between his brows and eyes was as if they were carved out of the same mold.
It's just that the last time we met, I was still the Grand Master of Zhou Dynasty, and the other party was still a young girl imitating the majesty of the "Master".
In a blink of an eye, time flies.
The two sides are already sitting opposite each other but don't know each other.
He has returned to being a teenager, and the other person has become a mature man with mature skills and no anger and self-reliance.
Qi Hongmian's eyes became more and more strange, and he was a little unsure of the purpose of the young man in front of him, but he just became irritated instinctively.
She didn't want outsiders to be present at the conversation.
Even because of being abruptly interrupted, the already well-prepared, tense, and overwhelming atmosphere suddenly became no longer coherent.
So...should I continue to put pressure on myself? Or figure out the purpose of this young man's visit?
If I choose the former, will it be too blunt and lose momentum? If it's the latter, wouldn't it delay the original goal?
The script that had been rehearsed many times in my mind suddenly fell into disarray.
No one knows that a contemporary Master with a cold and majestic appearance and the title of "Queen of the Cultivation World" will also have a down-to-earth inner drama.
Little did they know that the real "core" of this menacing martial arts performance was not in the welcoming hall in full view of everyone.
But it happened in this simple and elegant courtyard.
In short, Qi Hongmian was feeling a little irritable at the moment. Outsiders only thought that the Beast Control Sect and Qin Tian Jian had historical conflicts and were not harmonious with each other.
But the real situation is more complicated:
The scandal between the Imperial Master of the Zhou Dynasty and Xu Yuanyun, as well as the competition for interests between the sect and the court, led to hostility.
But back then... after Xu Yuanyun died, the Fire Phoenix was reborn from nirvana, and its strength fell from being comparable to Shenzang to being the first to watch the sky. The Beast Control Sect has entered its weakest period.
During that time, the presence of the Imperial Master of the Great Zhou Dynasty prevented him from being coveted and threatened.
This caused the entire Beast Control Sect to fall into an awkward and contradictory mood.
On the one hand, his master was deceived by the national master and his reputation was damaged. As a result, to this day, this incident is still a powerful mockery in the world to attack the Beast Control Sect.
It almost became a meme.
When the disciples of the Beast Control Sect were outside, they were often stabbed and attacked by others, saying things like: Your master has been slept with... and so on.
What a shame.
On the other hand, although he didn't want to admit it, he did inherit the favor of the national master... As a result, in these years, every time the demon clan was in turmoil on the border, Qi Hongmian would lead people to suppress it before the court sent troops.
Since the territory is close, to a greater extent, it is to use this method to repay the kindness of the national master.
But favors are the hardest thing to return.
Therefore, even after the death of the Imperial Master, the Yushou Sect did not launch an attack until Jian Zheng also left. In the entire Qin Tian Prison, there was only one Gou Hanyi who could barely be considered an "old friend".
Qi Hongmian paid a personal visit and put pressure on him.
Prepare to dig out some extremely important secrets for the Beast Control Sect from Gou Hanyi's mouth.
Everything was going smoothly, but at the critical moment, she was suddenly interrupted by Ji Ping'an. How could she not be upset and angry?
Qi Hongmian's face was ugly, and he stared at Gou Hanyi coldly with a pair of phoenix eyes, his meaning was very clear:
Let this kid go away, I don't want to involve irrelevant fish.
Or translated as: Old man, you don’t want your descendants to lose their lives.
"Would you like tea? I picked Dahongpao tea leaves when I was traveling in Nanshan."
Gou Hanyi smiled, pretending not to notice the woman's death threat, and raised his hand to give Ji Ping'an a cup.
He didn't know the young man's purpose, but he knew very well that with the rumored wisdom of this young man, he wouldn't do anything wrong.
Then just wait and see how things get better. As for taking action, if Qi Hongmian really didn't miss his old friend at all, he wouldn't have waited until today to force her to marry her.
Xin Yaoguang had to treat Huofeng as an adult with dignity, and Qin Tianjian could not stop him at all.
"Okay." Ji Ping'an seemed unable to see the inner drama between the two of them, his eyes lit up and he picked up the tea cup.
Seeing this scene, Qi Hongmian's face was as dark as water and he sneered:
"As expected of the juniors brought up by the old Imperial Master, one is old and the other is young. Their cultivation levels are not high, and each one is more courageous than the last."
She laughed in anger, anger surged in her eyes, she squinted, stared at Ji Ping'an, and said coldly:
"Do you know who I am?"
She thought that this young man might not know his identity and just thought he was an ordinary disciple of the Beast Control Sect, which is why he was so disrespectful.
Prepare to reveal your identity so that this young man, who is related to the Grand Master of Zhou Dynasty, will panic and go away. Don't bother her.
However, Ji Ping'an just took a sip of tea, then smiled and looked at the mediocre-looking middle-aged woman with calm eyes:
"If I had to guess, since he is wearing the clothes of the Beast Control Sect, I think he is the current Master."
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Welcome hall.
When the door slammed shut, cutting off the sight of the onlookers outside, the atmosphere gradually turned from casual to serious.
The disciples from the two factions, headed by Li Guofeng and Luan Yu, took their seats respectively.
Mu Yaoyao followed Xu Xiurong, looking around with her big black and white eyes.
"Be quiet, it's unbecoming to be so frizzy."
Xu Xiurong was wearing a dark green official robe, with an upright posture, like a jade beauty, squeezing out a sentence through her teeth.
Mu Yaoyao whispered: "Ji Ping'an didn't come."
Xu Xiurong pouted, thinking that it was normal for him not to show up. He was probably still sleeping in Qinglian Xiaozhu reading a storybook.
However, seeing such a lazy person steadily increasing her cultivation level made her, a prisoner, very temperamental.
Shaking his head and throwing away these messy thoughts, Xu Xiurong looked around intently.
On their own side, the Tianbang Sichens headed by Luo Huaizhu were sitting upright.
Opposite, the Zhao siblings sat next to Luan Yu.
Zhao Yuanji raised his chin slightly, showing the young man's confidence and arrogance.
Zhao Yuanyang's face was expressionless, and she didn't know what she was thinking. She was clearly just a girl, but she looked like a little adult.
"Ahem, now that we are seated, let's start the martial arts performance." The host Li Guofeng coughed lightly and said.
Some of the original discussions in the hall disappeared.
All of a sudden, the situation became tense, but compared to the vigorous Beast Control Sect, the star officials were somewhat pessimistic.
Luan Yu, who had bright and majestic features, smiled and said, "Yuanji."
brush--
As soon as he finished speaking, the sixteen or seventeen-year-old young boy like a little lion jumped out, his feet landed with a "bang", his slightly bushy eyebrows raised, he cupped his hands and said lightly:
"I'm Zhao Yuanji, please enlighten me!"
Just as Li Guofeng was about to speak, Luo Huaizhu, who was in a bored daze, suddenly stood up and walked to the field. The thin girl was not carrying Fang Tian's painted halberd, but was holding a sword.
The slightly messy hair was slightly stirred by the airflow in the hall.
The clean face was full of concentration, Ji Pingan's voice seemed to float in his ears, and the shadow of Ji Pingan sitting in a wicker chair and giving instructions seemed to appear next to him.
"Practice. Every practice should be treated as fighting with others on the field. Integrate the release of martial arts and techniques into the body's memory and become your own instinct. Only in this way can you maintain perfect condition at all times. "
Ji Ping'an's voice echoed in her mind.
"Practice." Luo Huaizhu muttered. In her eyes, the surroundings were no longer the Yingbin Hall, but the surging mist and the quiet Zhenlong Tower.
The young lion-like boy opposite was no longer Zhao Yuanji, but a puppet.
As if feeling Luo Huaizhu's rising momentum, Zhao Yuanji, who was originally cold and arrogant, was stunned for a moment, and his eyes lit up.
Then he put away his contempt, made a fist with his left hand, and clasped the token at his waist with his right hand.
The spiritual essence in the body is like a stream, rushing along the meridians and gradually becoming a river.
There was high fighting spirit in his eyes, as if he had found an opponent worthy of all his efforts.
"Buzz!"
The honest man Huang Chen, who was sitting cross-legged in silence, flicked his finger, the ground shook, and a layer of khaki light rose up around him, like an upside-down glass bowl, separating the two people in the field.
Mu Yaoyao, Wang Xian and others held their breath and prayed secretly.
"start!"
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"I think he is the current Master."
quiet.
As these joking words were thrown out, Qi Hongmian's eyes suddenly became sharp, and a faint pressure spread over him.
Gou Hanyi also narrowed his eyes. He could tell that firstly, he smelled the other party's scent, and secondly, he had some guesses about Qi Hongmian's arrival.
But how did this young man know?
Ji Ping'an didn't seem to feel the chill, and his smile did not change:
"Master Qi, why should you be angry? Why don't you just listen to what I have to say."
Qi Hongmian said coldly: "Say."
She had noticed that Gou Hanyi's face was equally surprised and he couldn't fake it, which meant that the appearance of this person was most likely not arranged by the old dog.
Ji Pingan said calmly:
"Since the Master knew that I was recommended by the National Master, he never thought that with the wisdom of the National Master, how could he not think of today before he died?"
Qi Hongmian was slightly startled, vaguely grasping something.
Yes, the Grand Master of the Zhou Dynasty is the best in the Nine Provinces in the Dayan Secret Technique, so it is not surprising that he can divine some fragments of the future.
Even if you don't need divination, you can predict what you want by using your brain.
Qi Hongmian said: "Continue."
Ji Pingan said:
"Before the death of the Imperial Master, he told me something. He said that after I entered the Qin Tianjian to practice, if Master Qi comes to the capital one day and Gou Sili is still there, there will be a meeting. The Master will ask for a secret, But Gou Sili doesn’t know the inside story.”
After a pause, under the gaze of the two people at the table, he took a leisurely sip of tea and then said slowly:
"But the imperial master told me the secret, which is why I came here today. I think... if the emperor wants to come, it will probably be at this moment."
Gou Hanyi suddenly understood. Based on his understanding of the Imperial Master, he knew that this was indeed something his old master would do.
Qi Hongmian leaned forward, stared at him without blinking, and suddenly asked:
"How do you prove that you know it? Instead of just talking nonsense?"
Ji Ping'an smiled and said:
"Historically, a sect's inheritance has been good if it lasts for hundreds of years. It is extremely difficult to continue for a thousand years because of many factors, but the biggest problem is that there are no successors. The biggest reliance of the Beast Control Sect on maintaining a thousand-year inheritance is the Fire Phoenix .
"Even if there are no amazingly talented people among the disciples, as long as the fire phoenix is still there, a top powerhouse can be born.
"But... your sect is not without its weaknesses. Every time the Fire Phoenix reaches Nirvana, its strength drops to its lowest level, which is also when the sect is at its weakest. At this time, enemies come one after another.
"In the last period of weakness, there were national masters in charge of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and no one dared to go to war. However, your sect cannot always rely on this good luck, so it can't wait to find another powerful 'pet beast' to fill this period. .
"It's just that it's really hard to find someone as strong as the Fire Phoenix. Looking around, the only one who can barely compare is Donghai Canglong. It's a pity that the Canglong King of the previous generation has already matured his character and cannot be tamed.
"What the noble sect is concerned about is another legend: that is, there are sleeping dragons hidden deep in the East China Sea, and the Canglong King is one of them who awakened. Unfortunately, he was later killed by the national master, and the clues were cut off. The monster clan of the East China Sea also disappeared. No new Dragon King was born.
"The Master is only interested in asking whether the dragon species exists and its location. If anyone in the world knows about it, it is only the National Master.
"I said that, right?"
After finishing his words, Ji Ping'an took a sip of tea and moistened his throat.
Sitting opposite, the mediocre-looking middle-aged woman already looked serious:
"What do you want to say?"
Obviously, what she said just now is indeed what the Beast Control Sect is eager for, and it is also the clue she is looking for here.
Ji Ping'an suddenly turned his head, looked at the sky outside the courtyard wall, in the direction of the Yingbin Hall, and smiled:
"How about we make a bet?"
"bet?"
"That's right, let's bet on the outcome of this martial arts performance. If the master's disciple wins, I will tell you what the national master said to me."
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The typos were corrected first and then corrected. I will post 9,000 words today.
(End of chapter)
