"Dad, I will go visit grandpa tomorrow."
Ji Longwei looked a little stiff and said: "Your grandfather is in retreat and told us not to disturb him."
When Ji Wenyi heard this, he immediately became interested and said, "Grandpa, is he going to break through to the mysterious realm? That's really a good thing."
Ji Longlin smiled and said: "Your grandfather's talent may not be able to be cultivated to the Xuan realm in this life. If the old man hears your words, A Yi, he will think that you are laughing at him."
Ji Wenyi immediately asked: "If it's just the foundation-building realm, there's nothing to retreat into. If there's anything you don't understand, I can teach grandpa."
"Nonsense!" Ji Longwei glared at Ji Longlin, "You just want to expose the old man's bottom."
Then he looked at Ji Wenyi again, "You are also fooling around, no matter how big or small. With your Grandpa Xu by my side, there is no need for you to teach the old man. Could it be that you have learned arrogance in the sect and think that you can be stronger?" An expert in the moon-watching realm?"
Ji Wenyi really didn't care in his heart. If he accumulated theoretical knowledge of truth, Grandpa Xu might not be better than the disciples trained by Xuan Ming Dao. Even some of his junior disciple You Ziji's thoughts would probably shock Grandpa Xu, a casual cultivator. Master. However, since he was a child, he had been very close to Xu Zilai, a guest at home, and would never say disparaging words to him in front of others, which seemed uneducated.
"Since Grandpa Xu is here, is there any unbreakable barrier that needs to be closed down?"
Ji Longlin said, "Maybe it's because I feel like I'm alone."
"Fourth!" Ji Longwei's tone was a bit harsh, and there was a lot of blame in it.
Seeing this situation, Ji Wenyi knew that his father had something that he didn't want him to know about. At this time, Ji Longwei was very emotional, but it was difficult to ask.
Ji Longwei said to Ji Wenyi apologetically: "Don't you want to buy some Yuan Dan? I will send people to collect what you need in the past two days, and then you can go back to the sect. It's about family matters." Just don’t get involved.”
"I hope I can really leave here easily. I want Grandpa Xu to escort me, so that I can be safe along the way."
The words that Ji Wenyi blurted out made Ji Longwei speechless, and he didn't know how to answer for a while. He knew that the threat Ji Wenyi mentioned was Ji Wenhong.
Ji Longlin smiled and scolded: "You kid is so whimsical. Doesn't Mr. Xu still have to protect your grandpa?"
Ji Longwei didn't seem to expect his fourth brother to say such words, so he turned around and met Ji Longlin's eyes, but the emotions in their eyes were a bit restrained, and there was really nothing interesting about them.
Unlike the two elders who pretended to be calm, Ji Wenyi's heart skipped a beat and thought to himself: "Is it possible that Grandpa is also in danger? I must tell Master Hao about this matter."
The three of them came to Ji Long Weixin's residence with their own concerns.
"We moved here since your brother started his own family."
Ji Longwei explained to his son.
Ji Wenyi thought of his brother's attitude. They had not seen each other for several years, but there was such a gap between the two. "I really don't want my brother to not even let him live in his home after he became independent."
When Ji Longwei heard Ji Wenyi's deeply resentful words, he wanted to reprimand him, but he was powerless when he thought of what Ji Wenhong had done. He could only try his best to avoid tit-for-tat confrontation between his two sons in the future. Thinking about it this way, it was a wise move for the old man to send Ji Wenyi to Xuanming Dao to learn from his master.
"Let's not talk about this. Your mother is still waiting for us to eat."
Ji Wenyi had no choice but to calm down and return home. Naturally, he shouldn't let his family members worry.
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At midnight, almost everyone in the Governor's Mansion has gone to bed. It's time for Zhao Gongzi to take a rest after a busy day. Even if his cultivation level is not bad, after all, he spends most of his time working every day, most of all. There is nothing wrong with expending mental energy and taking more rest.
Thinking of what he had experienced during the day, Zhao Gong felt a sense of indignation, but it kept him unable to sleep at night. It's not that he was tricked by the younger generation of Xuan Mingdao, but because he inexplicably took the blame for others.
No matter where they are, officials, even officials like him at the level of a feudal official, have their own dissatisfaction.
In the Governor's Mansion, there are four official positions as the highest positions. He, Zhao Gong, was the governor of Longzhou, and he was the most prestigious person besides the headmaster of Xuan Mingdao. There are three officials who help manage it, namely Biejia, Changshi, and Sima.
Biejia is the deputy governor of the governor, the right-hand man of the serious people, but now it has become a position dedicated to providing care for the elderly. The former governor Li Qing took this position. He has always ignored government affairs and is just a position to provide for old age. They are all a group of old people who work on a temporary basis and earn salaries. Although they have had a great impact on the finances of the Governor's Mansion, he has also tried his best to suppress this group of people. But this is the old rule of Longzhou after all, and those veteran officials in the officialdom also rely on this method to save a way out for themselves. Even if Zhao Gong leaves office in the future, he will probably rely on this method to continue to gain benefits for himself. Furthermore, when Zhao Gong was the newly promoted governor, the team he used was also trained by these people, so that some key positions were still in their hands, and they could not lose their position, but they were still on his side, and they were not completely behind him.
Changshi is the chief in charge of all government affairs. He should be an official of the governor, but he doesn't expect that the family power here is huge. Led by the Ming family whose power spans the east, west, north, south, and south of Longzhou, there are some monks in the family who also raise children. These sergeants, and the most important thing is that almost a quarter of the grassroots managers are from the Ming family. They are actually in charge of a large area of taxation and government affairs in Longzhou. From bottom to top, all the officials are under the control of the Ming family until the position of chief historian. . It can be said that the Longzhou Governor's Mansion has a long history of iron and steel and a flowing governor. Even the Biejiawai series is based on a strange pattern formed by the talents of the Ming family. And Chang Shiming Gongling himself is just the younger brother of the head of the Ming family.
As for Sima, he was the military leader of a state and was in charge of the army and horses of the whole state. Unfortunately, the generals who were somewhat capable were more or less connected with the local families in Longzhou and could not be trusted as trusted generals, and his trusted generals had no prestige. No matter how long the history is, he also intends to seize control of the army. All the two sides compete for it. In the end, everyone has his own army. In name, it is controlled by a scholar who has no military training. It is Qu Zi. He Zhangshi, who was inspecting the county town, and Sima.
Zhao Gong and the Ming family cooperated and resisted each other, and all they did was to regain the power of the governor. He didn't think he was a good person, but it was a bit unpleasant to blame him for what Ming Gong Ling had done.
Although there is also the benefit of his Zhao Gong, it is his Ming Gong Ling who started it.
The more Zhao Gong thought about it, the angrier he became, so he had to put on his coat and get out of bed. He felt a little thirsty, so he poured a cup of tea on the table and drank it in two or three gulps. But the thirsty feeling still did not disappear, so he had to pour some more herbal tea to drink. Later, Xu felt that it was troublesome, so he directly poured the teapot with the spout facing his open mouth, which made him feel a little cooler again.
But then, Zhao Gong felt the urge to urinate again and immediately wanted to go out and release it.
Zhao Gong, who was about to go to the yard, ignored the urinal under the bed. He opened the door and walked out. When he saw a bush of flowers, he untied his belt there.
"The dignified Governor is so shameless as to urinate on his own potted plant."
The sudden taunting voice shocked Zhao Gong. He immediately picked up his pants and tied them up, looking around to find the person hiding in the dark.
"Who is it? How dare you break into my Governor's Mansion? Don't you want to live?"
The voice did not answer him, but laughed heartily, "Hahaha, the dignified Governor actually peed his pants."
Zhao Gong suddenly felt a touch of warmth on his pants. He quickly looked down and saw that he had actually wet his pants due to incontinence. This was enough to discredit the governor, who was in his fifties. He was a little collapsed and at a loss. He actually forgot that he had a profound level of cultivation and how difficult it was to force urine out of his pants.
He was stunned for a while, and the person hiding in the dark came over with great interest, wanting to see Zhao Gong, who was unresponsive after being hit.
"Hehe, this Governor is nothing more than that. He could even pee his pants and scare himself silly."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Gong suddenly raised his hands and grabbed the man's wrist, "Where are you running!"
The man was also stunned on the spot. Zhao Gong looked carefully and saw that the man had fair hair and a childish face. He was wearing a slightly wrinkled dark blue robe. His hair seemed to have not been cut for a long time, and he had some sparse beard on his face, as if it had just grown out. He is clearly a crazy old Taoist priest.
Seeing that the old Taoist priest didn't respond, Zhao Gong took a sip of water and secretly thought that he was unlucky and didn't know how the guards outside let him in. He would tell them to get out tomorrow!
"Of course I walked in, could it be that I flew in?"
When Zhao Gong heard the old Taoist priest speak, he immediately stared into his eyes and said: "Old Taoist priest, if you tell me your origin, I may let you live. Otherwise, you will make me angry. Your old body can't withstand it." Can’t live.”
Unexpectedly, the old Taoist priest's eyes were still dull, as if they had not moved. Recalling the direction where the sound came from, Zhao Gong immediately turned his head and saw an identical old Taoist priest standing not far from him.
Zhao Gong howled in fright, immediately let go of the old Taoist priest's wrist, and asked in a trembling voice: "Who are you? How come there are two of you?"
The old Taoist priest smiled and said: "How come there are two me? You must be dazzled."
After that, he walked to the old Taoist priest before and merged into one, becoming one person. This scene frightened Zhao Gong so much that his lips trembled, and he said in a trembling voice: "Are you a human or a ghost?"
The old Taoist priest said: "You are already a monk in the Xuan Realm, so you are not afraid of ghosts. Naturally, I am not a ghost either."
Zhao Gong breathed a sigh of relief, but the next moment he saw the old Taoist priest starting to walk towards him. After getting up, the sluggish old Taoist priest still did not move. The two of them just overlapped but did not return to being one person. This made Zhao Gong feel excited again. stand up.
The old Taoist priest didn't seem to notice Zhao Gong's expression, but asked: "The Governor is not so useless, he actually wants to fight back."
After all, Zhao Gong was a high-ranking official in the border area and had seen many big scenes. He slowly regained his composure and said, "I am the governor of a state after all. I will not do anything offensive like those just now. Everything is fine." It's you who controls or guides me. I don't know what I want to tell you when I come here, but I will definitely cooperate."
The old Taoist priest looked at him with a half-smile, "The Governor should have heard of my title, you can take a guess."
Zhao Gong replied frankly: "I'm sorry, I didn't think of Master Dao's name."
"You mentioned me during the day today."
Zhao Gong had a puzzled look on his face, trying his best to search his memory, and suddenly he showed a look of astonishment.
"Your Excellency, you are right. I am Hua Zizai, the master of Xuanming Dao."
Zhao Gong was greatly shocked and said: "It turns out to be Master Xiaoyao. I wonder why I came here to find you."
Master Xiaoyao's reputation is very loud in the world. He is recognized as the first person under Xuan Ming Dao master. At that time, he was a genius on par with Dongfang Ming. But unlike Dongfang Ming, who made enemies everywhere, Xiaoyao Master Hua Zizai never had many enemies. In other words, he had dealt with all the truly unrelenting enemies, and most of those who had left behind no longer dared to mention his name. Thinking of Qiu Qianchou's shameless words during the day, Zhao Gong felt really unsure.
"Of course it's my apprentice who came to you this morning. You seem to have laid some bad tricks to take him down."
Zhao Gong quickly apologized, "Taoist Master made a mistake. Your disciple is extremely talented. Everything I did was for self-protection. I had no intention of targeting your disciple."
"I also heard that not only do you look down on my disciple, but you also said that I am no good either."
Zhao Gong immediately broke into cold sweat and explained: "Master Dao remembered it wrong. This is not what I said. What Master Qiu said has nothing to do with me."
"Although you, Qiu, say it out loud, you also think so in your heart!"
"Where do you start talking about this? Master Dao has wronged me."
Hua Zizai showed a playful smile, "Then why are you still apologizing to Master Qiu?"
Zhao Gong said hurriedly: "This is absolutely not the case. I...can you see what I am thinking?!"
At this moment, Zhao Gong was completely panicked.
Hua Zizai replied: "You just know? In the dream, I can naturally know what you are thinking. Governor, don't imagine that someone will come back to save you. To outsiders, you are still in sleep at this time. The only thing is Mr. Qiu, who can help you, is now in trouble."
Zhao Gong couldn't believe it. Everything in front of him was too realistic. "Am I in a dream now?"
"Of course." Hua Zizai not only gave him the accurate answer, but also demonstrated it in front of him. He quickly approached Zhao Gong, leaving behind a clone with the same thoughts and actions with every step he took. He was sluggish before. The flowers are also rejuvenated and active. Their actions will also produce clones of the heart, which soon fill the entire courtyard, so packed that Zhao Gong can't even say a word.
Such a magical and terrifying scene did not wake him up, but continued in the dream. Every Hua Zizai was repeating what he was thinking and the secrets hidden in his heart, which almost drove Zhao Gong crazy.
Fortunately, it finally dawned. There seemed to be an earthquake shaking the yard. Zhao Gong was in fear, and the things he saw slowly distorted and disappeared, and he finally came to his senses.
It turned out that it was the shaking of the person next to the pillow that woke him up. Zhao Gong exhaled a deep breath and thought to himself: "What a terrible nightmare."
Unexpectedly, the person next to the pillow complained a little: "The master slept like a dead pig. He couldn't scream no matter how hard he screamed. He also wet the bed. He is so dirty. If I don't wake up, I won't be able to stay here any longer."
Zhao Gong was startled and looked down. Sure enough, he was already wet and still smelled like urine. "This is not a dream, Master Xiaoyao is really here."
He muttered in his mouth and staggered out of bed to get dressed, looking like he was out of his mind. This made the concubine beside her feel frightened. When she saw Zhao Gong leaving, she took the initiative to report to her mistress regardless of the danger.
Zhao Gong stumbled all the way and finally arrived at Master Qiu's residence. At this time, he could only feel a sense of security when he was by Qiu Qianchou's side.
"I've met the Governor."
When Zhao Gong saw the maid from Qiu Mansion coming to greet him, he immediately grabbed his hands and asked, "Where is Mr. Qiu? Take me to see him quickly."
The maid was so frightened by Zhao Gong's current state that she trembled, but still replied: "The master is still sleeping in the bedroom and has not gotten up. If the governor is in a hurry, I will go and wake the master now."
Zhao Gong's legs gave out and he fell to the ground. He only remembered that Qiu Qianqiu hadn't woken up yet, so he didn't hear clearly what the maid said next. He knew in his heart that Qiu Qianchou's cultivation was advanced. He could usually tell it before he even entered the courtyard, but at this moment he was still asleep. He must have been trapped in a dream by Master Xiaoyao.
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Qiu Qianchou searched for Gu Xuan for a whole afternoon but couldn't find him, and he felt unhappy in his heart. Thinking back to the fact that he had achieved Wangyue Realm for many years and was from a famous family, the experience of the Tianfu monks was probably slightly higher than that of the six major sects, but he suffered a loss at the hands of a younger generation.
After returning to his residence, he began to study and review with great concentration, trying to decipher the spell that Gu Xuan used when he left, but to no avail. He thought it was the truly powerful spell of Xuan Mingdao.
Then I remembered what Gu Xuan said before leaving, that he would settle the matter in his dreams at night. Qiu Qianqiu was not afraid, but rather looked forward to it. He was about to compete with Gu Xuan again, otherwise it would be hard to bear it in his heart.
So as soon as it got dark, he had already undressed and went to bed.
Soon he fell into a dream. For a practitioner like him, it was easy for him to fall asleep at will.
Suddenly, there was a strange noise outside the house. I don't think it was caused by a wild cat, but it seemed to be man-made. Qiu Qianqiu got up from the bed and opened the door. He would like to see where the rats are that don't open their eyes and come to him to act recklessly.
After going out, I saw a dark shadow flashing past me. The figure was somewhat familiar. Who else could it be if it wasn't the Gu Xuan I had just met during the day. He hurriedly followed, but he had already lost track.
"Since he said he was in a dream, he definitely wanted to take action against me, so I lay on the bed and waited to see how he would do it."
Qiu Qianchou understood the logic, so he went back to bed and covered himself with a quilt, pretending to be asleep.
Sure enough, after a while, the black shadow slowly approached here.
Qiu Qianchou was overjoyed, but he was not in a hurry, but was waiting for the opportunity.
The black shadow came to Qiu Qianchou and took out a slender iron needle, which was about two feet long. Just as he was about to stab it, Qiu Qianchou got angry and shouted: "The so-called liquidation in dreams is in Are you going to secretly poison me while I'm sleeping? I didn't expect you to be so stupid. Practitioners above the Xuan realm will not be affected even if they don't sleep. You can't even remember this common sense, and why are you here to assassinate me?"
Qiu Qianchou said all kinds of heart-wrenching words over and over again, and took action to capture the black shadow and pull off its hood. Qiu Qianren took a closer look. He was frightened and took a few steps back despite his decades of cultivation. This was not Gu Xuan. He was clearly a monster.
The iron needle turned out to be a mouthpart, and the so-called black shadow was actually a large mosquito that had become sperm. His mouthparts were sharp and his face was ferocious. His complexion was green and white like a tuberculosis ghost, which made Qiu Qianqiu's body float. Goosebumps arose.
He smacked it down without hesitation, smashing the black shadow into pieces. But the next moment, the broken fragments of the black shadow turned into black mist, shrouding Qiu Qianchou in it.
Qiu Qianchou was very disgusted with this mosquito monster, and the black mist it turned into was naturally repulsed by Qiu Qianchou, so he tried his best to get out of the black mist.
But he didn't know that he couldn't break free from this black mist at all. It wasn't that the black mist itself had any skills, but that Master Xiaoyao's strength was much higher than his.
Slowly, the black mist surrounded Qiu Qianqiu more and more tightly, becoming increasingly unable to break away. Then he was completely submerged in the darkness and lost his figure.
When Qiu Qianchou could see the scene in front of him clearly again, his heart suddenly sank to the bottom.
There was magma everywhere around him, and there were no entrance gaps up, down, left, or right, as if it was just a closed space. Qiu Qianqiu looked up and down, and finally came to the most reasonable conclusion. He might be in someone else's magic weapon and wanted to refine it.
Qiu Qianchou would not sit still and wait for death. He took out a compass and wanted to thoroughly confirm the location here. But what happened next made him dumbfounded. Although you can quickly determine your direction by relying on a compass, the next moment the compass pointer will change and point in a completely different direction than before.
His compass magic weapon is not an ordinary object, it is a magic weapon with the ability to break shields, but for some reason it cannot be used here.
Suddenly Qiu Qianchou had a horrifying thought in his mind. Maybe he was not in reality, and the compass in his hand was naturally not a real compass.
"Am I in a dream?"
Qiu Qianqiu suddenly remembered the ridicule he had made in front of Gu Xuan during the day. At that time, Gu Xuan was obviously very surprised by his behavior. Based on the current situation, I am afraid that Master Xiaoyao took action because of this.
"Master Xiaoyao, I am Qiu Qianchou, my guest in Tianfu. If you have offended me in any way, I am willing to apologize in person. Please show up and see me."
He shouted several times, but received no response, and later gave up the idea of sneak attack when Master Xiaoyao appeared.
Suddenly, the magma in front of Qiu Qianqiu seemed to have bubbles. Although he was brave as a skilled man, he did not dare to be too bold before Master Xiaoyao appeared. So he escaped from the magma and found a place to stay above the cave wall.
Qiu Qianqiu said heartily: "There is no place to stay here except the walls. If there are powerful monsters in the magma, it will not be easy to deal with."
