Dinner at dawn. There were many empty seats in the Chunxiang Hall in the morning. No need to ask, they must be those who attacked Li Jian last night. Most of them were injured by Lu Pingchuan, and the injuries were mainly on their faces. It had only been one night. Time, even if each of them brought healing elixirs, how could the bruises and blood stasis on their faces disappear completely? Therefore, those who had been beaten felt that they had no shame to go to Chunxiang Hall to eat. Firstly, they were afraid of being embarrassed. Secondly, It was because he was afraid of meeting Lu Pingchuan.
However, Qin Suijie came and walked steadily into the Chunxiang Hall. He passed by the food table of Qian Chao and others as if nothing had happened. Even when he saw Li Jian, Qian Chao and the other four people sitting together, he didn't care at all and just went on his own. I found a food table and sat down.
Qian Chao also saw Wei Liao, eating carelessly behind a food table not far away. On both sides of him were the Wu sisters that Tang Ping mentioned. Looking at the Wu sisters, they were indeed charming and beautiful, but Qian Chao was wondering which of the sisters was the person he heard talking to Qin Suijie that night.
After breakfast, the five of them began to practice together. Naturally, they went to the spiritual place.
Li Jian's eyes were fine at this time, but there were still some red threads in the whites of his eyes. It was his first time to practice here, and Qian Chao told him about the wonderful functions of this place.
Li Jian had also seen the matter of spiritual veins in the "Five Spirits Notes", but after all, he just looked at it as a new thing, but he did not expect Qian Chao to actually say that there were spiritual veins here, and he was even more familiar with the spiritual veins. The benefits are dubious. After Qian Chao's instructions, he sat cross-legged and began to practice. As soon as the spiritual energy circulated in the body, Li Jian immediately realized the benefits of this spiritual energy for practice. While experiencing the spiritual energy movement that was much stronger than before, Li Jian thought to himself. It seems that Qian Chao has gathered five people to prepare for entering the inner gate in the future. The speed of progress in practicing in this spiritual vein is much faster than elsewhere. After practicing here for several months, it seems that entering the inner gate is There is no doubt about it.
During lunch, there were still many empty food tables in Chunxiang Hall, and a few people didn't care. However, Qian Chao happened to see Liang Bake sitting across from him while eating. Liang Bake also noticed Qian Chao and nodded slightly to him. He said hello.
Speaking of Liang Bake, Qian Chao had another encounter with him in this valley, but that time he helped him out.
A few days ago, before Qian Chao invited Tang Ping to practice together at the spiritual place, he bumped into Liang Bake being beaten by several strong teenagers in the valley. He couldn't bear it, so he asked Lu Pingchuan for help. Of course, Lu Pingchuan was willing to do this. With a punch and a kick, those boys were beaten until they could not move.
Later, Qian Chao learned from Liang Bake that it was Qin Suiji who ordered these people to come.
Qin Suiji felt resentful when Liang Bake stopped paying attention to him. He came to talk to Liang Boke in person, but returned in vain, and then asked others to do violence to him.
Liang Bake had become a hard-headed man at this time. He would rather be beaten than hang out with Qin Suijie anymore. Therefore, people were often looking for trouble for him, and they were very harsh.
The encounter with Qian Chao and Lu Pingchuan helped him out, and no one came to trouble him again.
Tang Ping saw that Qian Chao had paid attention to the Wu sisters who were with Wei Liao during breakfast and lunch, so after lunch she asked Qian Chao if he knew which one was the one talking to Qin Suijie.
"How do you know? I only remember the voices, but I never saw the two women speak. I didn't see their faces at the time." Qian Chao replied.
Tang Ping nodded after hearing this and told Qian Chao that the elder sister of the Wu sisters was named Wu Ruishan and the younger sister was named Wu Ruiyuan. If Qian Chao was willing, she could talk to the two sisters.
Qian Chao looked at Qin Suijie who was leisurely walking out of Chunxiang Hall after lunch, and said it was best not to do this, because Qin Suijie would become suspicious if he saw him.
In the afternoon, several people were still practicing together, but they were just wondering whether they could gain something in the forest. After practicing for a while, Lu Pingchuan said that he would invite Brother Li Jian to try his skills today, and then he ran into the forest happily. inside. Seeing this, everyone could only rely on him.
As dusk approached, a bonfire was burning brightly in the clearing in the forest, and everyone was roasting pheasants and rabbits on sticks. Tang Ping saw that the five people Qian Chao wanted were ready. It was the first meal after everyone gathered together, so he also took out some wine to invite everyone to drink.
Li Jian didn't expect that the other disciples in the valley were either practicing hard or fighting restlessly. He didn't expect that these people would spend a happy life together with good wine and delicious food. He couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
When Lu Pingchuan saw that Li Jian's barbecue skills were not bad at all, he couldn't help but wonder: "Brother Li, you are good at barbecue. Did you often hunt before?"
Li Jian smiled and said, "Where, I grew up in the army. When I was marching in the field, the meat was naturally roasted, but dry food was more often roasted."
When Tang Ping heard Li Jian say that he had grown up in the army since he was a child, he remembered what Qian Chao had said about Li Jian and asked: "Brother Li, Qian Chao told us about you before. He said at that time You must be a general, and what you experienced during the first selection must be extraordinary, is he right?"
"Oh?" Li Jian looked at Qian Chao opposite the fire.
Qian Chao saw it and smiled and said: "When Brother Li entered the bronze carriage, I saw that Brother Li's spirit and pace seemed to come from the army. Based on my own experience, I guess that Brother Li should be the queen of the generals. But at that time I always I feel that there is a blood-evil spirit lingering in Brother Li. Brother Li was born in a general, and he has a blood-evil aura, so he must have had an extraordinary experience before boarding the car."
Li Jian nodded after hearing this and said: "Brother Qian has good eyesight," and then continued a little sadly, "Yes, before the election, my grandfather led the army, and three generations of my Li family defended the city to resist powerful enemies. In Naluo Above Jingcheng, there was a bloody battle. At the most dangerous time, more than half of the soldiers were killed or injured. My second uncle, as a general, was seriously injured and fell into a coma. My grandfather, the commander-in-chief, also suffered many wounds but still fought the enemy with his sword at the top of the city. The army continued to attack the city wall, and the soldiers and I tried our best to kill them back. A rough calculation showed that the number of people who died under my sword in Luojing City should be more than a hundred people, so Brother Qian just saw that the blood-evil spirit lingering in my body, right?"
The other four people were all stunned after hearing what Li Jian said, and they couldn't help but nodded.
Tang Ping had thought before that Li Jian's origin must be extraordinary, but she never thought that he had experienced such a dangerous battlefield battle. A teenager in his teens had already started killing people on the battlefield. What was rare was that he was still alive now. Being able to speak so plainly shows that his will and character are indeed stronger than those in the valley. No wonder the children of those aristocratic families, either intimidating or wooing them, seemed like a joke to Li Jian. Tang Ping couldn't help but look at Li Jian with even greater admiration. But how did this boy Qian see the blood evil aura in Li Jian? Why can't I see it myself?
After Yanxuan heard these words, she looked at Li Jian's not very outstanding facial features and gradually became more majestic. She secretly thought that they were all about the same age, but she didn't expect that Li Jian was so handsome. Bufan, couldn't help but was stunned.
Qian Chao smiled after hearing this, secretly thinking that Brother Li's experience was indeed not far from what he expected.
Only Lu Pingchuan was very happy after hearing this. He felt that Li Jian was getting closer now, so he picked up his wine cup and said, "I didn't expect Brother Li to be a brave young general. Come on! Here's to you. One cup!”
When they saw each other, they all raised their glasses to drink together.
"Brother Li," it was Yanxuan who spoke. She was still thinking about what Li Jian said about defending the city. "What happened next? Did you defend the city?"
Li Jian was stunned after hearing this. What Yanxuan asked was exactly what he was worried about. When he first arrived in this valley, he couldn't sleep at night many times. What he was worried about were his two closest relatives in Luo Jingcheng. Elders, the war is fierce and dangerous, are they okay? How many times in his midnight nightmares did he see the flaming Luo Jing City finally being breached by the Jin army. Behind the surging Jin army like a black tide, he could vaguely see the old figure with white hair and beard at the top of Luo Jing City.
In the end, Li Jian sighed and said, "Well, I don't know about this, I want to know too!"
"Oh, how could Brother Li not know?" Yanxuan asked curiously.
"We were fighting a bloody battle at the top of the city. My second uncle led the cavalry out of the city to kill the enemy. Among the thousands of troops, my second uncle shot an arrow at the enemy general. He was also seriously injured and lost too much blood. He almost couldn't come back. Everyone thought the enemy was the enemy. General Fang was shot to death, and the enemy army retreated. Unexpectedly, the arrow only wounded the other general.
It was the critical moment of the siege. The enemy commander was wounded and took command, so the enemy troops frantically dispatched their entire army to launch a final blow against the Luojing City we were guarding. My grandfather saw that more than half of the soldiers in the city had been lost, and everyone who was left was wounded and exhausted. Knowing that the city would be difficult to defend any longer, he actually considered martyrdom for the city.
He ordered me to take my unconscious second uncle and flee back to the capital. He wanted to continue to defend the city with the remaining soldiers. When I refused to fight to the death, he slapped me and gave me a lesson. But I had no choice but to obey and prepare. Let me leave with my second uncle first, and then plan for the future.
At this moment, Senior Tang, who was in charge of the first round, arrived. At the critical moment, Senior Tang used his means to stop the final battle between the two armies. I was deeply shocked at that time. Hundreds of thousands of red-blooded soldiers on and off the city knelt down on the battlefield like a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, trembling and not daring to move.
It was only then that I realized that there really are immortals in the world. Later, my grandfather took me to meet Senior Tang to participate in the first election, and then I came here. So what happened to Luo Jingcheng, what happened to my grandfather and my second uncle, I ……Hey! I really do not know! "
"It's like this," Yanxuan was filled with emotion after hearing this. She had a simple mind and heard that Li Jian's words were full of concern for her elders, so she added, "Then... why didn't you retreat before? Wouldn't that be... "
"Retreat?" Li Jian smiled after hearing this and said, "My Li family has been a general for generations, guarding the country for the Liang Kingdom. This has been the case since the beginning of the founding of the country. Counting all the ancestors of my family, there are only marshals who died in battle, but not Retreating generals, this can be regarded as the foundation of my Li family. My grandfather ordered me to take my second uncle to escape at that time, in order to preserve the generals for the Li family, so that they can make a comeback in the future and regain their homeland. "
Yanxuan nodded after hearing this, but also sighed for the Li family.
"Miss Tang," Li Jian turned to look at Tang Ping, "I didn't know until I arrived at Youming Valley that Senior Tang was Miss Tang's elder. During the first round election, in order to understand our critical situation, I also I once thought about using myself as a bargaining chip in exchange for Senior Tang to take action to retreat the enemy troops besieging the city. Senior Tang naturally refused. Speaking of which, I had resented him for this. Don’t blame me. However, Senior Tang enlightened me at the time. Shi once said that I only saw them attacking the city and us defending the city in front of me, but I couldn't see the things behind the offensive and defensive battles. He also said that half of our crisis at that time was caused by me. Senior Tang was normal compared to The first election came a few days earlier to destroy the plot of those outside the city. Not to mention it at the time, even now I can't figure it out. Senior Tang said that I will understand it when I practice more deeply. Since I have this opportunity today , Miss Tang, you come from a noble family, can you explain it to me in detail and clear up the doubts in my mind?"
Tang Ping nodded after hearing this and said, "Of course, Brother Li, let me ask you first, which country are you from, what is the surname of the country's leader, and which country are you at war with?"
"I was born in the Liang Kingdom, and the lord of the country is named Fang. The one who attacked us was the Jin Kingdom, which is adjacent to our Liang Kingdom." Li Jian replied.
"Liang Guo, the lord of the country is Fang. The enemy is Jin. Well, I have an impression. Is the lord of Jin's surname Chou?" Tang Ping tilted her head and thought for a while before saying.
"Yes, the monarch of the Jin Kingdom was indeed named Qiu. Even the general leading the army outside the city at that time was named Qiu Feng."
"That's right." Tang Ping nodded.
"Brother Li, if you weren't from the Liang Kingdom, I really wouldn't remember it. Well, it's a bit long to talk about, so I have to tell you in detail.
There are six major sects in the world. Our Five Spirits Sect is the southernmost one, and the other five are far away from us. However, these six major sects also scheming with each other just like those aristocratic families. "
When Li Jian heard that Tang Ping explained to him that he started with several major sects in the world, he couldn't help but be a little surprised. How could he, a small body-training disciple of Youming Valley, and an underage descendant of the Li family be involved in such major sects? I couldn't help but listen more carefully.
The same goes for the rest of Qian Chao and Yan Xuan. Only Lu Pingchuan listened while tearing off a strip of meat from the roasted pheasant and stuffing it into his mouth.
Tang Ping said: "Take our Wuling Sect as an example. Wuling Sect is recognized as the strongest sect in the south of Zhongzhou. Naturally, it has the strength to make sects and aristocratic families far and near listen to its orders. For these sects , aristocratic families are attached to or surrender to the Wuling Sect. Although it is somewhat forced, the Wuling Sect can also give them many tangible benefits. The land owned by these many sects and aristocratic families can basically be regarded as the Five Spirits Sect. The sect will not directly interfere with matters within their sect or family, but disciples within the sect, such as us, will be able to walk freely in these places in the future."
Qian Chao interrupted at this time and asked: "Can't we go to places controlled by other sects?"
"Of course you can," Tang Ping replied, "It just takes a little more trouble and you have to be careful. No sect wants to see people from other sects wandering around on their own territory. If they are found, they will definitely send them out. People are investigating, even... so not only must you be careful, but you must also conceal your identity."
Qian Chao nodded and continued to listen to Tang Ping.
"Take the Tang family, where I come from, as an example. Generally speaking, the Tang family in the spiritual community is called the Jinghai Tang family, in Fuquanzhou. Jinghai is the name of a country, and it is the country of Jinghai. The leader of the country of Jinghai is named Tang. . It can be said that Jinghai Country is a country completely controlled by the Tang family. There are also people from the Tang family in other neighboring countries. Because the Tang family is powerful, they hold important positions in those neighboring countries. The Tang family can influence those neighboring countries. But they cannot directly control it, because their king is not named Tang. The land of Jinghai Kingdom belongs to the Tang family. Because the Tang family is attached to the Wuling Sect, this land also belongs to the Wuling Sect, but the country can only know it. Except for the Tang family, there are very few people who can do this.
Brother Li was born in the Liang Kingdom, and the Liang Kingdom was ruled by the Fang family, which meant that the Liang Kingdom was controlled by a family with the Fang surname. The leader of the Jin Kingdom was named Qiu, and the family surnamed Qiu controlled the Jin Kingdom. "
Li Jian was surprised when he heard this and said, "I never expected that the leader of our Liang Kingdom is actually a cultivator from a noble family!"
"No," Tang Ping corrected, "the lord of the Liang Kingdom is named Fang. Although the Fang family is an aristocratic family, the lord must not be a cultivator?"
"Oh, why is this?" Li Jian was puzzled.
"Brother Li, you are the queen of the general. On weekdays, you are either reading military books or practicing martial arts. Will you pay attention to the trivial matters of a few bundles of vegetables and a few jars of oil and salt in the kitchen?"
Li Jian shook his head after hearing this.
"Of course you won't pay attention to these things, and the same is true in a family. There are two most important things for a family. One is the monks, which are the foundation of the family. Without the support of monks, there will be no family. existence. The second is the land, which is the foundation for the family to stand on. It is not your own land. If those places produce any rare treasures, spiritual herbs and elixirs in the future, it will not belong to your family. However, managing these lands and The population of the land is an extremely tedious matter. How can the monks have time to do it? If so, how can they have time to practice? Therefore, these things of governing the country are done by people in the family who have no spiritual roots and cannot practice. In this way, they can enjoy the glory and wealth in peace, and the aristocratic family can also use their energy on cultivation."
Only then did Li Jian understand and nodded.
