In the dead of night, Qian Chao and the other five people had gone back to their rooms to rest.
Lu Pingchuan slept in the innermost room. At this time, he was lying on the bed and was fast asleep. He was snoring loudly. Because he had been to Song Feng Tower several times, the staff here had no idea about it. Lu Pingchuan was the one who had the deepest impression. Not only did he eat a lot, but he also drank a lot. The most shocking thing was that once this big man fell asleep, his snoring was as loud as thunder in summer, which made the guests staying here complain endlessly. Therefore, as long as Qian Chao and the other five people come to Song Feng Tower, Lu Pingchuan will definitely be arranged to sleep in the innermost guest room. At this time, Lu Pingchuan was sleeping soundly. There was a faintly glowing bead tied on a small chain around his neck. It was the "evil-fixing bead" that the five people got on the day of the great tide in Hanquan Valley. It was originally given to Yanxuan. I hope It can help her cultivate her own fire spirit, but she didn't expect that Yanxuan would have his own fire spirit on the day of the spring tide, so this bead came into the hands of Lu Pingchuan again. He was very fond of this bead. I like it, I will wear it on my chest every night before going to bed, and then I can sleep deeply and sweetly.
Qian Chao's room was next to Lu Pingchuan. As early as in Youming Valley, Qian Chao had become accustomed to Lu Pingchuan's loud snoring, so he slept next door to Lu Pingchuan and didn't care. Although it was late at night, Qian Chao still didn't sleep. He sat under the lamp in front of the table and studied the "Illustration of Stars" carefully. There was paper and pen on the table. Every time he read for a while, he started writing on the paper. As I write and draw, I sometimes fall into deep thought and sometimes relax my eyebrows. It can be seen that I am completely immersed in this book.
Next to Qian Chao's room are two girls, Tang Ping and Yan Xuan. They have always lived together in Song Feng Tower. Now they have gone to bed, but they are not asleep. The two girls still don't know what they are saying on the bed. They were whispering, and in the darkness of the room, they could only hear their "chuffing" smiles from time to time in their whispers.
The outermost room was Li Jian's room. At this time, Li Jian was not asleep either. She was sitting on the bed, meditating quietly with her eyes closed.
Across the floors, on the higher floor where Qian Chao and others were located, there were still lights coming from the window lattice of many guest rooms.
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Suddenly there was a "bang" in the dark night, and then there was a "crash" sound. The sound was not very loud. In a beautifully decorated and luxurious guest room above Li Jian, an exquisite painted vase had been broken. The vase was placed on the floor. The vase was originally placed on a carved wooden stool with a thin waist. Sitting at the table next to the wooden stool was a gorgeous woman in a crimson dress. She didn't know who she was angry with. The woman's face was flushed, her chest was heaving, and she was panting. Her eyes were fixed on the broken vase on the ground without saying a word. Her two white hands were tightly twisted at the hem of her skirt. Due to too much force, her two Her hands looked pale and bloodless, and finally the woman squeezed out two words through her teeth:
"Bitch!"
Coincidentally, right next door to her, an equally beautiful woman in a green dress was sitting in front of the dressing mirror. She was lazily and carelessly looking at her face through the mirror, and then stretched out her hands one by one. She took off the hairpin she wore on her head and spread her cloud-like hair. Maybe she heard the voice coming from next door. The woman in the green dress suddenly raised the corner of her mouth and revealed a sarcastic smile. Come.
On the same floor, there was a lot of excitement in another room. The door of this room was wide open. Two people in the room were quarreling with red faces. One was a fat man with a red nose. Because of the fierce quarrel and the excitement, the big nose on the fat face almost turned bright red. The person arguing with him was a young man in green robe with withered hair. Although in front of the fat man, the figure of this person seemed He was extremely thin, but he was not inferior to the fat man in terms of aura. His small eyes were wide and his beard was full of withered hair. He stretched out a hand and pointed at the fat man's big face. He was spitting everywhere and didn't know what he was yelling at. At this moment, Song Fenglou's boy appeared at the door. He must have been attracted by the quarrel. Seeing the two people's posture, the boy hurriedly smiled with a smile on his face. He said nice words and saluted, and was about to say goodbye. The two men separated to persuade him to go back.
It was also in a room on this floor. The room was quiet. A man in white sat there and stared at the table in front of him, completely unmoved by the quarrels outside. In addition to a bottle of wine, there was a bottle of wine on the table. The portrait, the person in the painting is a woman carefully outlined with a fine brush. The woman in the painting is quite gentle and quiet. Her bright eyes seem to be looking at the man in white affectionately outside the painting. After looking at the man for a while, she touches her body. He took out a jade hairpin, played with it in his hand, and then gently placed it on the bun on the head of the woman in the painting. If you look closely, you can find that the style of the hairpin on the head of the woman in the painting is exactly the same as this one. When I thought about painting, this hairpin was used in the woman's bun.
The man in white's eyes were lonely and empty. After a long time, he reached out and picked up the wine glass from the table. He didn't drink it directly. Instead, he knocked the glass gently on the edge of the table as if clinking glasses, and then raised his head and poured the glass into the glass. The wine was drained in one gulp.
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Going up one floor, there is a room that is also very lively. There are three people, old, middle-aged and young people in the room. Among them, the old man is sitting on the chair in the middle, his face is hesitant, and his heavy eyelids are drooped, which hides him well. With cold eyes, he sat there quietly looking at the two people in front of him.
The young man was wearing a bright purple robe, as was the middle-aged man in front of him.
At this time, the young man's face was flushed, and his shoulders were shaking slightly. It was obvious that he was burning with anger, and his eyes were full of hatred and resentment. He and the middle-aged man in front of him were very similar in appearance. They were probably related by blood. Faced with the anger of the young man, the middle-aged man always had a calm face.
"He wanted to kill me! You were there at the time, couldn't you see it?"
The young man suddenly raised his voice, and his voice was a bit sharp, which made the old man who had been sitting on the chair raise his eyelids, and the coldness in his eyes became even worse.
"Kill you! What are you talking about? How dare he? Aren't you here well now?" The middle-aged man said calmly with an extremely calm voice.
"you……"
The young man was stunned for a moment, as if he did not expect the middle-aged man to say this. He stared at the middle-aged man for a moment, and then said in a sharp voice with a trembling voice:
"Do you believe me only after seeing my body? I have already said that I don't want to go to the Five Spirits Sect, let alone become a master there. I want to go home, I want to go back to Yingchuan!"
After saying these words, the old man's eyes were completely opened, and he looked at the two people coldly, with unkind eyes and without saying a word. He wanted to see what the middle-aged man would say next.
"You are talking nonsense again. This opportunity is so rare. It is hard for your family to ask your uncle to let you participate in the grace examination of Wuling Sect in a year's time. After that, if you can become a famous teacher and get the guidance of your seniors, , you will be the pillar of our Ge family when you return home in the future..."
The middle-aged man didn't know whether he had no intention of persuading or it was just his temperament. His voice was always calm and unconvincing, so this persuasion was equivalent to nothing.
"That's enough!" the young man roared, glaring at the middle-aged man, "I know what you think. I got into trouble, and my mother is gone. You have been bullied by my mother, and you have been looking at me for a long time. I don’t like it, now you just take this opportunity to kick me out of the house, right! I tell you, I don’t want to go to the Wuling Sect. I will go back to Yingchuan tomorrow. If you don’t let me go home, I will go The Wang family will never enter the Ge family again..."
The middle-aged man stopped trying to persuade him. Instead, he turned around and saluted the angry old man, and said respectfully:
"Second Uncle, it's late at night. It's better for you to go back to your room to rest early. He has a childish temperament and can't speak clearly. Naturally, things decided by the elders in the family will not be changed at all. I'll stay and talk to him later. Let’s talk later.”
The old man's eyelids drooped back, he nodded and said:
"Okay, I'm really tired from running around these days. Well, we're about to break up. Let's have a good chat..."
After that, the old man stood up and walked out.
It is strange to say that this young man dared to be so domineering in front of this middle-aged man, but he never dared to look at the old man from the beginning to the end, and even deliberately avoided the old man's gaze.
When the old man went out, the middle-aged man sent him out respectfully. After he came back and closed the door, he came back to the young man and said calmly:
"Now that your second grandfather is not here, you might as well say what's on your mind."
Originally this posture made the young man feel a little intimidated, but after hearing the middle-aged man's words and the fact that he was used to being domineering in front of his father, he simply calmed down and said:
"My mother once told me that no one in the Ge family is responsible. Now it turns out that it is true. I just made a small mistake and killed a few maidservants. Without my mother's protection, it turns out that you They're all useless. They're knocking on the door and you want to hand me over without any resistance. You're really a coward. Fortunately, my uncle came forward to resolve the Ge family's troubles and let me hide in the Five Spirits Sect. But The boy from the Meng family also came. You should have seen him when we were drinking in the evening. He followed me hauntingly. What did he want to do? Don’t you know? He wanted to kill me at that time! If I go Sooner or later, the Wuling Sect will die in his hands... I won’t go, I want to go home!”
"You are overthinking it. How could the Five Spirits Sect allow him to do whatever he wants? Don't worry, you will be safe there." The middle-aged man's voice was still calm.
"Humph!" The young man sneered for a while, "Are you really ignorant or just pretending to be confused? I've asked about it a long time ago. Those Five Spirit disciples who practice Qi seem to be safe, but how many of them die every year because of their errands?" Outside... Humph... I understand. It would be too ugly for the Ge family to hand me over to others to deal with. That's why you threw me into the Wuling Sect first, and then let the man named Meng... This kid came to me for revenge, right? Ge Yan, is your son's life so worthless? If my mother were still here, how could I let you do this!"
After listening, the middle-aged man nodded and asked calmly:
"Do you know why your mother died?"
"When I was out, I was intercepted and killed by a rogue cultivator..."
"Snapped!"
As soon as the young man finished speaking, he felt a flash in front of him, and then he was slapped hard on the cheek. Unexpectedly, he spun up and then fell heavily to the floor. He was stunned in disbelief. He stared blankly at his father in front of him, forgetting to cover his cheeks that were extremely hot and painful.
The middle-aged man opened his hand casually, and a suction force pulled the young man forward. He grabbed the skirt of his son's chest. He should have been furious, but this middle-aged man's self-control was really good. , still looking calm and saying in a calm voice:
"Remember, your mother died because of you!"
"Snapped!"
He slapped the young man out with another hard slap, and then used a spell to capture the young man.
"If she hadn't died, you would have died then!"
"Snapped!"
Then the young man's body was surrounded and pulled from the ground by a strong force, and he couldn't help but come to the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man looked at his stunned son in front of him and said with some frustration:
"Hmph, so this is how you teach your son. Alas, if your mother had asked me to discipline you, how could she have ended up like that?"
The young man's cheek had been slapped three times, and it was already swollen. There was a trace of blood on the corner of his mouth, but what the middle-aged man said just now was what shocked him the most. He couldn't believe his father who was looking at him.
"Remember, the mistake you made was not a small mistake, and the ones you...killed were not cheap maids. Those were all...Oh! What you committed was the anger of all the big and small families in Yingchuan. Even the Wang family couldn't suppress it. , so what if your maiden name is Wang. In order to save you, she had no choice but to commit suicide. Your uncle also came forward for the sake of your dead mother. But public anger is hard to offend. Even if your mother dies, can you survive? , it also depends on God’s will. You said that the Wuling Sect is dangerous, and the boy named Meng is chasing you again. You are worried about being harmed by him. I might as well tell you that even if the Wuling Sect is dangerous, you still have a glimmer of hope, but if you persist Return to Yingchuan, you will die as soon as you arrive in Yingchuan!"
Then the middle-aged man let go of his hand and let the young man collapse to the ground.
"Okay, it's late at night, you can rest, we will enter the Five Spirits Sect tomorrow."
After saying that, the middle-aged man was about to leave, but turned back at the door and said:
"I don't think you ran away overnight and became a rogue cultivator. From tomorrow on, you will be the only one in the Five Spirits Sect. You have good qualifications, but your mother is too arrogant towards you. , in the end, it hurts her and even more so you. What happens in the future is all up to you. Whether you can survive and how you can survive, you should think about it yourself."
The door closed, leaving only the young man slumped on the floor in the room, with a dazed and confused look on his face, completely opposite to his previous arrogance.
"mother……"
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On the next floor, the highest floor of Song Feng Tower, there was also a brightly lit guest room, in which several young people were sitting around the table, talking.
"Did you see it clearly? Is that really Lei Xian?" asked a young man with a dark face.
"Don't worry, if I don't recognize Lei Xian, wouldn't it be a joke? It must be Lei Xian. I even talked to him at that time. I didn't expect that this kid could survive until now when the Lei family was destroyed. Hum, actually Become a casual cultivator!" said a guy with small eyes and thin lips.
"Oh, what a wrong move! How can you talk to him? Wouldn't that be a warning? If he escapes, where will we find him?" A short, thin young man said anxiously. .
"Humph, he was the one who discovered me first. He kept his head down and didn't dare to raise it. I looked a few times out of curiosity before I recognized him. At that time, I could only talk to him. Now, I'll give him the courage to give in. He doesn't even dare to run away." The guy with small eyes and thin lips laughed.
"Why?"
"I told him that our people are waiting for him outside Ruixuan Town, haha."
"How can we still have our messengers with us? As soon as we arrived in Ruixuan Town, we sent them all back to Bianzhou. Alas, it's all the fault of the Wuling Sect for breaking the rules and not even allowing us to take our messengers with us."
"You are really stupid. We know that there is no one around, but Lei Xian doesn't know. He must have thought that we have arranged it outside, and now we are hoping that he will run out of Ruixuan Town and throw himself into the trap. So, I'm sure These days he will stay in Ruixuan Town and not dare to go out."
"Then...then what should we do next? Now that we have found Lei Xian, we must find a way to bring the news back."
"This... only one of us can do the hard work."
"So far away..."
"Why...are you afraid?"
"That's not true, but who among us will go back?"
"Brother Fei, you have the most experience and the best cultivation among us, why not..."
"Hmph! Why do I have to do this hard work of running errands? Dai, it was the Lei family that was wiped out together. But your Dai family got the most benefits. If you want to go back and deliver the letter, you should go there. right."
"Hey, Brother Fei, what Xiao Dai said is right. Among us, you are the only one who walks outside the most. It is safest for you to go back. As long as you bring the news back, you can also count as having established a good relationship for your Fei family. Great work!"
"Hmm... Okay, then I'll run away this time. However, will the "Alchemy Cleansing Record" that I couldn't find at Lei's house really be on that boy Lei?"
"Even if he's not here, Lei Xian should know the whereabouts of that book. Well, he now has the only clue to find that book."
"Hey, Xiao Dai, if you really find the "Alchemy Cleansing Record" this time, your Dai family can't take advantage anymore."
"Hey, that's a book. If you really can find it, copy a few more copies. Don't we all have it?"
"Yeah, that makes sense."
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The next day, Qian Chao and others went to Bu Yannong's shop.
"Brother Bu, why are you the only one in your shop? I remember the last time I came to your place, there was a boy helping you with the work?" Tang Ping asked.
"Oh, that junior brother quit because he thought I didn't give him enough spiritual stones." Bu Yan'an said.
"Hmph, you must be stingy. You have earned so many spiritual stones. You are probably the disciple of the sect who is rich and wealthy. Why are you still so petty?"
"You don't have to do anything, just stay here. Three spiritual stones a month, isn't that enough? It's the same as the sect's support!" Bu Yannuo rolled his eyes.
"It's not much anyway. What will happen if the man is gone? Will this shop be closed when you return to the sect?"
"Otherwise, how about Junior Sister Tang staying and looking after the shop for me?"
"What a beautiful thought!"
After Qian Chao and others left, Bu Yanluo was sitting boredly in his shop when he heard someone say:
"May I ask, are you the owner of this shop?"
Bu Yannong raised his eyelids. After seeing countless people, he could tell at a glance that the young guy in front of him was a casual cultivator. It was unlikely that he would spend spirit stones here, so he said a little unmotivated:
"Yes, this shop belongs to me. My friend, what can I do?"
"Oh, that's it. I'm short on money at the moment and I'm trapped in Ruixuan Town. I want to find a job here first and save some spiritual stones..."
Hearing that he was here to find something to do, Bu Yanyan raised his eyelids and looked at the young casual cultivator in front of him carefully. Well, it was different from the dilapidated temperament of ordinary casual cultivators. Although the clothes of the man in front of him were old. , but people are upright in appearance and can see the heart with their eyes. Bu Yanmao feels that the people in front of him are different from the treacherous people he usually sees. There is no one to help him. Even if he is not around, he can carry those valuable things with him. I wasn’t worried that he would sweep away the things, so he said:
"My shop is small and profitable. Although I am short of staff, I can't give you many spiritual stones every month. Are you willing to do it?"
"Uh...how much can you give each month?"
"Well...two spiritual stones every month."
"Okay, I do!"
"Well, one more thing, you are not a disciple of our Five Spirits. Let's talk about it earlier. You and I met by chance. You helped me in my shop. I was also worried that you would take away the things in my shop while I was away, so you have to I'll put some valuable things on you as a pledge, do you understand?"
"this……"
"Don't worry, it's not here with me. If you are really willing to work in my shop, then we will go to Chengming Building to write the contract in front of the senior brother there. The things you pledge are not here with me, but with me. In Chengming Building, when you want to leave, you can naturally go to Chengming Building to pick it up."
"That's it, then fine, I'm willing."
Bu Yannong looked at this person carefully again. There were many things similar to hiring casual cultivators in Ruixuan Town, and they were indeed done according to what Bu Yannong said. Bu Yannang did not deceive him about this. After looking at it carefully, he confirmed that this person was indeed a trustworthy guy. Then Bu Yanan stood up and said:
"Let's go then, let's go to Chengming Building to make some contracts. By the way, what's your name?"
"I'm Lei Xian."
"Hmm, good name."
