Zhao Gong was a little panicked for no reason. This was the first time Xuan Mingdao came to visit directly without warning. He had even imagined the purpose of the other party's visit, but he quickly suppressed the fear in his heart with his strong psychological quality. Xuan Mingdao is just a force under the rule of Tianfu. No matter how powerful he is, he will not attack the officials appointed by Tianfu. This is the source of Zhao Gong's confidence.
He suppressed his panic, glanced at all the subordinates in the palace, and when he saw that no one seemed to notice his embarrassment, he felt relieved, cleared his throat, and said to the housekeeper: "Bring him here."
The butler replied: "Master, he has already followed here by himself."
"Following you?" The feeling of being caught off guard once again hit Zhao Gong's mind. The city he had cultivated during his decades of political career was actually breached twice in just a few moments.
"This shows that he is a little anxious. What should he do in a hurry?" Zhao Gong couldn't help but go through the things he had done from small to large. He was sure that he had never been directly embarrassed by Xuan Mingdao, but his indirect actions never stopped. .
He suddenly remembered and asked: "Is he a young man? Could he be a great monk with good looks?"
The housekeeper patted his chest and assured: "Master, don't you believe in our eyesight? Although we are not practitioners, I have seen the world in the master's house over the years, and my ability to recognize people has never been missed."
Zhao Gong finally let go of his worries after the butler's assurance last night. He brushed off some beads of sweat and said confidently: "It must be due to the impulsiveness of the young man. Otherwise, how could he do the reckless thing of going directly to the Governor's Mansion?" .”
"Master, what should we do? If he is an insignificant person, we will drive him out!"
Zhao Gong immediately cast a sidelong glance. He had never known how courageous this old housekeeper was before. "Since he is here under the name of Xuan Ming Dao, no matter what the reason, he must be treated with courtesy. Go and bring him in." Zhao Gong thought. After thinking for a while, he stopped the housekeeper and said, "Wait a minute, a gentleman will not stand under a dangerous wall. Take him to the middle hall and wait for me to find Mr. Qiu."
After that, Zhao Gong didn't care about the people in the room and went straight to find helpers.
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"Master Qiu, you must help me."
Zhao Gong begged the person in front of him who was sitting cross-legged and with his eyes closed. How had outsiders ever seen the Governor beg someone else in such a low voice? But if you know the identity of the person in front of you, it will feel very reasonable.
This Master Qiu Qianqiu Qiu does not hold an official position above the governor, just because he is a monk in the Moon Watching Realm sent by Zhongdu Tianfu, and he is both the guard and supervisor of Zhao Gong.
besides. Master Qiu's identity is also very special. He is not an ordinary master of Tianfu Temple, but serves as a guest minister. Most of the so-called guest ministers in Tianfu Temple can only be obtained if they have the endorsement of a big shot. In other words, the resources behind this person are far beyond what a governor of a state can match.
Although Qiu Qianqiu's main task was to monitor Zhao Gong, there was no barrier between the two except their official duties, so they had a very good personal relationship. He opened his eyes and said curiously: "Why is Mr. Zhao acting like a daughter? Could it be that the interests have been divided again? I'm not telling you, the powerful dragon can't overpower the local snake, not to mention that he is so powerful. , Mr. Zhao has to step back three points on weekdays."
Zhao Gong saw that Qiu Qianqiu had lost his mind and quickly interrupted: "Where did Master Qiu go? It's not that this time. Just now my housekeeper came to tell me that people from Xuan Mingdao came to find me."
Qiu Qianchou still looked indifferent, "What's wrong with Xuan Mingdao's people? Could it be that they will eat you?"
After all, Xuan Ming Dao has a good reputation in the cultivation world, so Qiu Qianchou naturally doesn't think what Xuan Ming Dao will do to Zhao Gong.
But Zhao Gong's next words stunned Qiu Qianchou, "I'm afraid Xuan Mingdao is going to take action this time. We have taken action against the forces of the Seven Sects one after another. How could they not respond?"
"That makes sense, so the other party is here to intimidate you?"
"It must be so, so Master Qiu needs to go out. Since the guests from Tianfu Temple are here, those who want to come to Xuanming Road don't dare to be presumptuous."
Qiu Qianchou said: "I not only want to protect Mr. Zhao's face, but also give Xuan Mingdao a disincentive. I will lead my subordinates to protect you around Mr. Zhao. While ensuring your safety, if we can't reach an agreement, we will also take it away from others." Next, I will personally return Xuanming Dao. To be honest, I have cultivated myself in the Moon-watching Realm, and I feel that my cultivation has reached the Transformation Realm. I always want to meet the masters of the six major sects and prove my own strength."
Zhao Gong secretly rejoiced when he heard this, but he still said worriedly: "Master Qiu, don't be impulsive. If you offend Xuan Mingdao, the gain will outweigh the loss."
Qiu Qianqiu was full of confidence, "Don't say that I look down on Xuan Ming Dao. I also have Tianfu Temple on my back. Is there anyone in the world who is more powerful than Tian Fu? Besides, in order to maintain his reputation, Xuan Ming Dao will not hesitate even if he is slapped in the face." Will take revenge."
Zhao Gong said with great joy: "Then just as Mr. Qiu said, once we have the opportunity, we will capture this person and send him back. This will not only demonstrate our strength, but also show that we are broad-minded, allowing Xuan Mingdao to swallow this dumb loss." .”
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Gu Xuan followed the old butler into the door of the Governor's Mansion. He saw so much luxury along the way and did not hide his wealth at all. In his heart, he lowered his evaluation of the Governor a little.
After entering the central hall, I felt that Governor Zhao Gong was not as incompetent as he thought, at least he had set up an ambush as before.
Sitting in the main seat in the middle hall is a middle-aged man with a fair face and no beard. His cultivation level in the Xuan realm is basically consistent with what Gu Xuan knows. I also saw a monk on the left side of his seat, sitting in a chair with his eyes closed and meditating. He was cultivating at the moon-watching realm. He was most likely the person sent by Tianfu Temple to protect the safety of the governor.
But I don’t know the identities of the remaining monks scattered outside the nave. Their positions are very particular, and they seem to be a formation.
The other party didn't seem to mind that his arrangement was discovered by Gu Xuan. It was more like testing Gu Xuan's courage. He knew there was a trap here, but he still dared to come.
Of course Gu Xuan dared to come. He raised his feet and stepped into the house. A sudden pressure came over him. Without looking, he knew that it was Master Qiu who wanted to test Gu Xuan's strength. Gu Xuan still kept moving forward at a constant speed, but his figure seemed a little distorted to the naked eye, and the pressure seemed to pass directly through his body without any impact.
Master Qiu saw that Gu Xuan had used strange moves to evade the temptation, so he went a step further and seemed to be casting a spell. Gu Xuan, who was already a little dissatisfied with him, naturally would not swallow his anger and cast a spell in front of him.
The two of them, one after the other, cast spells at the same time. They were the most common movement spells that almost no one used against the enemy.
This kind of spell is to shake other people's bodies. Generally, only children who have just started to practice play with each other and compete with each other with spells. When Gu Xuangang saw this hand move, he was a little surprised in his heart, but he often played with his brothers in this way when he was a child, and he was very familiar with it, so he used it directly.
The simultaneous use of elementary spells by two monks in the moon-watching realm has naturally far exceeded the effectiveness of the moving spell itself. The whole room was attracted by the two spells and seemed to be shaking, but the two people who were the main recipients of the spells were Not moving at all.
In this situation, Zhao Gong naturally knew that Qiu Qianchou did not take advantage. He did not think that Qiu Qianchou was not Gu Xuan's opponent. He only felt that Xuan Mingdao's disciples had solid basic skills.
He interrupted the fight between the two and said, "I wonder which master of Xuan Ming Dao you are?"
Seeing Gu Xuan's profound strength, Zhao Gong naturally wouldn't think that he was a young man, and he couldn't help but secretly scold the housekeeper for his old eyesight.
With the governor's question, Gu Xuan couldn't continue to argue with Qiu Qianchou. The two of them stopped their hands at the same time. Gu Xuan raised his hands to the governor and said, "The student is Gu Xuan, a disciple of Master Xuan Mingdao Xiaoyao. I have met the governor. "
Zhao Gong immediately took back the curse words he used to curse the old housekeeper. This was really a young man. A disciple of Xuan Ming Dao could actually have the strength of the Moon Realm. Thinking of this, his voice also trembled a little and said, "It turns out to be Nephew Gu Xian."
Qiu Qianchou said with disdain: "Turns out he is a junior, I thought he was some kind of master. If your master Hua Xiaoyao were here, I might be able to arouse some interest."
Gu Xuan's face turned cold and he said: "This should be a senior from Tianfu Temple. He doesn't even know my master's name yet he dares to speak so brazenly."
Qiu Qianqiu laughed loudly, "I don't know your master's name. That's a big lie. If you can say such things, it seems that the so-called Xiaoyao Master may not be that good. It must be a false name blown by others."
After hearing this, Gu Xuan was no longer angry and said with a smile: "Senior, you are so courageous. Please be careful with your head these days."
Qiu Qianqiu snorted coldly and was waiting for a counterattack, but he heard Zhao Gong exclaim over there, just because he remembered that now the main administrator of Xuanming Dao is no longer an older generation of monks, but the leader of the second generation of disciples. It seems that His name is Gu Xuan.
"Master Qiu, please stop teasing Nephew Gu Xian with your words. We still have business to discuss." Zhao Gong was already breaking out in a cold sweat, but he had to turn around and put on a smile, "Nephew Gu Xian is not in charge of Xuan Ming Dao. Business, what do you mean by coming here?"
Qiu Qianchou was not someone who was stuck in news. He also knew Gu Xuan's identity from Zhao Gong's words. Although he was very unhappy to be contradicted by a junior, he had to suppress his anger first.
Seeing that Qiu Qianchou was no longer entangled, Gu Xuan was not interested in arguing with him anymore, "I came here this time to ask some questions from the Governor."
Zhao Gong said: "I will definitely tell you everything I know. My dear nephew, please ask."
Gu Xuan was not polite and said directly: "Mr. Governor, do you know that something big has happened in Jianping County?"
Zhao Gong's heart skipped a beat, "I don't know this clearly. My nephew needs to be more clear."
"Lord Chang Shi is also in Jianping County. I wonder if the Governor knows that."
Zhao Gong and Qiu Qianchou exchanged glances and said: "Of course I know this. The Chang Shi family is a powerful person in Longzhou and has a lot of business dealings with the Ji family, so this time he represents both the Governor's Palace and his own family. I went to celebrate the birthday of Mr. Ji, the invincible man in Jiujiang, is there any problem in this?"
Seeing that Zhao Gong still looked uninformed, Gu Xuan sneered in his heart, "I want to see how long you can keep pretending."
"Lord Chang Shi is so talented. He even brought a team of experts to protect him, but I don't know which army's elite he is."
Zhao Gong's pupils shrank suddenly, as if he had not thought of this, but he remained calm and said, "I don't know about this. If my nephew wants to know, I can send someone to investigate now."
Gu Xuan was too lazy to continue to beat around the bush with him and said: "Your Majesty the Governor is so determined. Sure enough, this matter has nothing to do with you."
Zhao Gong saw through the trap in his words and did not explain. He just said: "Why did my nephew say that?"
"Your Majesty is very clever. He not only wants to annex the Jijia Chamber of Commerce, but also cooperates with the Shan Sect. He has brought an elite army that is not inferior to the monks of Wangyue Realm after forming a formation. Perhaps there are more than these armies. Lord Governor, can you tell me, sir? Master Shi, what are you going to do after accepting your order? Money, equipment, and troops. Do you want to rebel, or do you want to destroy some force and start a war without authorization?"
Zhao Gong could no longer calm down after hearing this, "My dear nephew, please don't talk nonsense, lest you get into trouble."
Gu Xuan said sternly: "I think it's you who are in trouble."
Zhao Gong was speechless for a moment, his expression was uncertain, as if he was making a decision. Gu Xuan struck while the iron was hot: "Although I don't know why the Governor's Mansion did this, I also want to warn the Governor, if this is not your order, it is not too late to come forward and express your position. If it is your order, you should leave as soon as possible, otherwise Then there will be punishment."
Facing Gu Xuan's warning, Zhao Gong just said angrily: "That's nonsense! This is all just your conjecture!"
Gu Xuan said nonchalantly: "The Governor can make his own judgment on whether it is true or false, but I, Xuan Mingdao, will not sit back and let the existing balance established by Tianfu be broken. Once we take action, if we accidentally injure the Governor, don't blame me for not warning you. you."
Zhao Gong sneered and said: "Arrogant, it's still unknown whether you can walk out of this room now. How did you accidentally hurt me?"
Qiu Qianchou also stood up from his seat with a sneer, "Let young people like you know that there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the world."
After that, the monks who had already been arranged around the room opened the battle formation and completely sealed the room, cutting off Gu Xuan's way of leaving the place.
Qiu Qianchou formed a seal with his hands, covering Gu Xuan in a birdcage, and then waved the flag to lay out the magic circle. Thunder from the sky, earthly fire, dark wind, and poisonous smoke filled the birdcage. Gu Xuan seemed to have no reaction. He was directly hit.
Seeing this scene, Gu Xuan's face seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and he did not show any trace of panic or anxiety. "You are in Jianzhou City, aren't you afraid of Xuan Mingdao's revenge?"
Zhao Gong thought he was infallible, so he laughed and said: "Haha, do you still dare to assassinate Tianfu officials?"
Gu Xuandao: "An unqualified governor naturally has no value in existence. Once you touch the bottom line, we will not be able to kill you even if we don't want to."
Qiu Qianqiu shouted: "Boy, you have already been completely defeated and you are still talking nonsense here. Let's wait until you can save your own life."
However, Gu Xuan ignored him and stepped forward directly, breaking into various strange spells in the magic circle. These spells that could kill people immediately seemed to have no effect, and even the birdcage couldn't stop it. .
Gu Xuan was suddenly shrouded in black energy, a dark light flashed, and his figure disappeared from the place.
The next moment, Zhao Gong felt a chill in his throat. He suddenly became frightened. He grabbed his throat with both hands and panted violently for a few times before realizing that it was a false alarm.
Qiu Qianchou found Gu Xuan's location the moment after Gu Xuan disappeared. He was behind Zhao Gong and gently scratched his throat with his nails. When Qiu Qianchou wanted to attack, Gu Xuan disappeared again.
A message came from the air, "I would like to give you a piece of advice to the Governor. If you want to avoid being threatened by others, the best way is to improve your own strength. Otherwise, everyone can kill you. I would like to express my sincere hospitality to you two gentlemen today. Keep it in mind, I wanted to return it in person, but unfortunately I still have some trivial matters, so I will sort it out in my dream at night."
As the voice faded, Gu Xuan also disappeared.
Qiu Qianchou still couldn't believe that someone could escape silently from the blockade between him and the battle formation. He only thought that it was Gu Xuan who was cheating and his true body was still hiding somewhere in the house, so he was determined not to remove the formation. Little did he know that Gu Xuan just now was a clone created by secret methods. His real body had never entered the Governor's Mansion, so how could he catch him.
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In the early morning, You Ziji got up early and washed up with the Taoist priests of Shanzong. The disciples of Shan Zong also have morning classes every day, but they are chanting sutras. Logically speaking, Xuan Ming Dao should be considered a Taoist school, but You Ziji had never heard of chanting sutras in Xuan Ming Dao. Perhaps the disciples were pursuing the Tao and discarding as many details as possible.
During Shanzong's morning class, it can be said to be the most lively time of the day, but it can also be said to be the most deserted time. If you chant sutras in the main hall, it will naturally be lively, but when all the disciples of the Shan Sect gathered in the main hall, it became much quieter for people like You Ziji wandering around the manor.
You Ziji didn't want to waste time, so he found a spacious and secluded place to practice his moves. After a round of boxing and kicking to warm up, You Ziji had nothing left to practice. He had mastered all the moves he had learned, so he only had to practice them every day and try not to be unfamiliar with them.
There is only one thing that You Ziji has not mastered yet. He took out the red feather fan from his waist, held it in front of his chest and let go, and the red feather fan floated in the air on its own power.
Controlling the direction of the red feather fan's movement is very simple for any monk who can control the weapon, but it is very complicated for You Ziji to operate it. He can only use his spiritual consciousness to communicate with the red feather fan, and the red feather fan controls the direction by itself. It's a pity that Hong Yushan has just opened his spiritual intelligence not long ago, so he can't fully understand You Ziji's intention.
You Ziji calmed down, put his consciousness into the red feather fan, and exuded the intention of wanting flames. Everything went smoothly, but the red feather fan still needed some reaction time.
After a while, a flame slowly emerged, like a candle flame, which was a bit too small, but You Ziji had nothing to do, because it was more difficult to tell the red feather fan the concept of "measurement".
Fortunately, You Ziji also knows some fire control techniques, so he is not afraid of burning the mountain sect. He just needs to let the red feather fan release the flames with all its strength.
The flames accumulated little by little and soon became as big as a bull's head. You Ziji was still not satisfied and communicated with Hong Feather Fan himself. Maybe he was annoyed by You Ziji's troubles. The red feather fan used its own characteristics and fanned out a huge ball of hot flames. You Ziji used the fire technique to easily control the fireball the size of a person in front of him. As he stretched and manipulated, the fireball transformed into various shapes, including birds and animals, as well as the dragon-shaped flames that You Ziji once used and the fire phoenix that the red feather fan once transformed into.
This is how You Ziji came up with the method of using the red feather fan, which is to use the red feather fan to emit flames, and use the magic formula to control it, which can save a lot of the infuriating energy needed to create flames.
"That's quite an idea."
Youzi Ji followed the sound and saw Hao Lianfeng walking this way.
"Uncle Hao, these fire phoenixes are originally transformed from red feather fans. I just imitated them."
Hao Lianfeng said without politeness at all: "When I mentioned the techniques you used, I didn't mention your superficial imitation."
You Ziji was a little puzzled, "What's so strange about this fire control technique? But Master Hao, you said I'm just a show-off, but do you think I have the ability to make a real thing?"
Hao Lianfeng said: "How can you have that kind of ability? Have you ever seen dragons and phoenixes in this world?"
You Ziji said: "I've never seen it before."
Hao Lianfeng said: "The phoenix blood stone in this red feather fan is not the real phoenix blood. If you really want to exert its great power, naturally it is best to find the fire bird as a sample. Now that I have told you the method , why don't you tell me a secret, where did you learn the method of controlling fire?"
No matter how dull you were, You Ziji felt that Hao Lianfeng was more interested in the method of controlling fire than the red feather fan. This was reasonable, after all, most babies would not arouse the interest of the master of weapon refining.
You Ziji made a long story short, "I learned it from a secret book, including the wind blowing technique and the spell to control the Samadhi True Fire."
Hao Lianfeng seemed to understand the connection, "Is this method of controlling fire compatible with Samadhi True Fire?"
You Ziji said: "It is indeed described in the secret book."
Hao Lianfeng laughed and said: "Haha, the person who came up with this method is really a genius."
You Ziji retorted: "It's not a human being, it's a monster."
"How do you know it's a monster and not a human being?"
You Ziji explained: "Because the secret book teaches monsters how to master the three true fires that only monsters in the Xuan Realm can possess in the foundation-building realm, so as to burn out the impurities produced by absorbing blood food in the body to enhance their strength."
Hao Lianfeng said: "This person, no, this monster's idea is really different. After ordinary monsters advance to the mysterious realm, their bodies will automatically generate Samadhi True Fire. But he did the opposite, first possessing Samadhi True Fire and then reaching Mysterious realm. Unfortunately, even the true fire of Samadhi cannot completely remove impurities. I guess it failed in the end, otherwise it would not have left you only such a few secrets."
You Ziji nodded.
Hao Lianfeng smiled and said: "But I didn't expect that the method he had studied all his life would be realized in humans. You boy, do you know why your Dantian was not burned through after cultivating the Samadhi True Fire?"
You Ziji shook his head.
"It's because of this method of controlling fire."
You Ziji looked in disbelief, "Is this fire control method so powerful?"
Hao Lianfeng sighed: "Of course it's awesome, but it's a pity that the senior monster who left you the secret book is really a genius."
