"Oh, of course!" Li Xiu said with a smile. There is no objection at all. Li Ruocheng now has enough strength to deal with some dangers. Occasionally going to the outside world to take risks or increase his knowledge will not harm his practice! What's more, if Li Ruocheng wanted to, she could actually go out at any time, but she didn't want Li Xiu to be distracted, so she worked silently behind the scenes and used various experiments to pass the time. Not to mention her rapid progress, even her temperament had changed from the past. It has to be a little different. This made Li Xiu very intolerable. If reality allowed it, how could Li Xiu give Li Ruocheng such a life?
This living state of high-intensity work day and night, with rest time far less than working time, is actually not very beneficial to high-level monks like Li Xiu and may even be harmful. It's just that they can drive away all kinds of discomfort and can run continuously like a machine for a year and a half. That's incredible, and they still need to rest. Since Li Xiu himself cultivated the Impermanence of Gathering and Dispersion, he would often use his time to walk around the experimental community instead of causing trouble in the outside world. He even made friends with elites, celebrities, officials, and immortals from all walks of life. Although he did that It will definitely be good for Li Xiu, but no one is perfect.
This is Li Xiu's current practice situation. Forcing changes will only be counterproductive. On the contrary, Li Xiu and Pang Gu cooperate with each other and trust each other. This typical friendship, coupled with the common ideals and goals, is far more powerful than Li Xiu. Running alone is much more effective!
No one is perfect. Perfection is synonymous with being able to stand out through group activities such as collaboration, coordination, and getting along.
There is no perfect person in the world.
In addition, Li Xiu and his clones often mingle with the people. It has been so long since the last frost disaster, but many of the sequelae, psychological trauma, etc. are not cured so quickly. Li Xiu focused more on this, both in public and private matters. For dealing with celebrities, officials, and the world of immortality, an academy is enough.
Li Xiu and Li Ruocheng rushed out hand in hand and headed towards the north of Hanchen Academy.
To the north of Hancheng, across the Jianjiang River, is a large area of grotesque hilly land, a mixture of swamps, grasslands, snow-capped mountains, wilderness, etc. Generally, even monks rarely visit this vast area. Firstly, the land is barren and it is difficult to get water. Secondly, there are no spiritual mines or caves to occupy. There are many scattered families, but they live in very poverty. There are no decent towns. However, this area is full of bandits and thieves. of paradise.
The government does not care about it, but the world of immortality does not. There are people, land, and vast hills, swamps, grasslands, snowy mountains, and wilderness. Although these lands are barren, the population is relatively sparse. The bandits and bandits who remain here occupy this land. The resources are booming, and it is known as the "Three Cities and Eighteen Villages". It is a typical local snake. If it weren't for the reputation of Hanchen Academy in the past hundred years, especially in recent years, Pang Gu cut leeks in order to build a reputation, and he would have provoked countless people's blood, intimidating thousands of miles around, and his reputation would be stronger than the wind and thunder. Pavilion and Taiqing Palace. In the past, the villages and towns in Jianjiang were often harassed and robbed by the Three Cities and Eighteen Villages.
Now, those bandits and bandits no longer dare to cross the thunder pond.
In this way, a strange circle was formed. The Three Cities and Eighteen Villages are divided into two factions. One faction continues to follow the past robbery pattern to survive; the other faction is self-reliant and begins to raise the population and win over the people. Those who work for it, adopt a two-pronged approach, and imitate the imperial court in governing the present.
Li Xiu and Li stood on the hilly land, looking into the sky from a distance, overlooking everything.
It was still dark, but the air currents under the night sky seemed to be able to speak. Li Xiu had only heard of the existence of this area before, but had never set foot here. It is now severely cold in all directions, and here is of course no exception. However, there has not been a single refugee in this place who has moved elsewhere. It seems that the living conditions of the people in this barren land are still higher than those of the people around Hancheng?
"If you search so blindly, you may not be able to find anything for a while. Why not start with the so-called 'Three Cities and Eighteen Villages'? There are too many retail households here, and you have to go back to the academy to host the training!" Li Ruocheng road.
"Well, just try your luck. I'm very curious. There must be an extraordinary person here to civilize most of the unruly bandits and robbers, and they can actually support themselves. Look, the airflow in this area Above, about one-third are complaining, and the other two-thirds are peaceful and peaceful. The air flow is closely related to geography and humanities. It seems that two-thirds of their population can survive until the beginning of next spring at least. !" Li Xiu said with interest.
Seeing Li Xiu's expression, Li Ruocheng knew what Li Xiu had planned.
"It is not difficult to do this. Unless you are a local, you stand out from a barren land, lead everyone to solve difficulties, and achieve practical results. They are indeed rare talents! But if a master of cultivating immortals from outside comes here and teaches What's so strange about them? Firstly, they have strong strength as a foundation. Secondly, they have never eaten pork and have seen pigs running. Not to mention how much they know about the court and history, they don't need much knowledge at all. Go to Hancheng more. A few times, pay more attention to the people's livelihood nearby, and it will not be difficult to follow suit!" Li Ruocheng deliberately poured cold water on him.
"That's indeed the case! Ha, I have found that person, just go up and take a look and you will know!" Li Xiudao.
Li Ruocheng knew that Li Xiu was always eager for talents, but how could he put it, Li Ruocheng didn't like this approach of seeking far away places at the expense of the near. Hancheng is now overcrowded, with a large population. With Li Xiu's ability, rumors have spread that he wants to recruit a few apprentices or train a class of students. What kind of talents can't be selected?
Iron wall city.
The old city lord here, Iron Wall Hero, is truly superb in his martial arts. He is one of the top masters in the world here. The 100-year-old Iron Wall Hero lives in seclusion and lives a life like a member of the military. He has been pampered for many years and is now more than 110 years old. As long as he lives past the age of one hundred and twenty and breaks the limit, even if he does not enter the Tao through martial arts, he will definitely enter the Tao through mortals, rejuvenate his youth, and gain a life span of one calamity.
This is simply unbelievable for a bandit leader who licks blood from his knife. After all, even if he succeeds in becoming a mortal, he cannot improve his cultivation even an inch, but a 120-year-old man can still have the strength of his heyday. , that is enough for their family to continue to dominate.
The Iron Wall Hero had seven sons, all of whom died in order to secure this solid territory for him. Nowadays, this Iron Wall City can be said to be run by the Iron Wall Hero’s grandchildren, and his great-grandchildren have grown up. Each of them has a prestigious reputation, known as a family of two dragons and seven tigers. Among the entire three cities and eighteen villages, Iron Wall City It is definitely one of the best in strength.
The person Li Xiu was eyeing was not the Two Dragons and Seven Tigers of Iron Gate, but the Iron Wall Hero.
Although this person is quite old, according to Li Xiu's observation, it is estimated that there is no problem in breaking the one hundred and twenty-year life limit without disaster or danger. At present, the development trend of Iron Gate can also support the continuation of their family. After all, they are self-reliant and have fundamentally changed their appearance. They no longer do any business of robbing families, but start legitimate businesses and form gangs. The territory they laid down was used to raise the population, open up wasteland for farming, collect public grains, train villagers, attract talents, etc. It was far more stable than the other faction of Three Cities and Eighteen Villages.
This family has become a hidden destiny, which is no small matter.
But that's all.
At this time, dawn is approaching, everything revives, and the mountain city in the white snow takes on a unique scenery.
The Iron Wall Hero has developed the habit of going to bed early and getting up early in recent years. However, Li Xiu knew that it would be difficult for him to get up too early today because he secretly met with several comrades last night. Li Xiu was not very interested in what the four old men like him were plotting. They just wanted to annex the die-hards of another faction, unify their land and rivers, select an alliance leader, and lead everyone to make a fortune and conquer the world together. etc.
For a figure like the Iron Wall Hero, in front of Li Xiu and Li Ruocheng, there is no secret at all under the deliberate prying eyes.
Li Xiu and the others could even see from the depths of the Iron Wall Hero's memory that the way they wanted to rule the world was planned by someone else. Otherwise, how could it be possible given that they, the tough guys, didn't have that kind of foresight at all? Thinking of laying a solid foundation by farming and selecting talents? And this set is not just an arm's length exercise, it has already achieved very good results!
However, that person didn't have any luck, and almost all the luck was concentrated on the Iron Wall Hero, so the first person Li Xiu and the others came to find was, of course, the Iron Wall Hero.
"It turns out there is someone else!" Li Xiu said.
After spying on the secrets deep in the Iron Wall Hero's memory, Li Xiu and Li Xiu realized that someone else was scheming. After all, Li Xiu and the others are not gods, so things have to be done step by step.
Li Ruocheng nodded. Now that she is here, she also wants to see that person. Is he a top talent among the local indigenous people, or is he an outsider pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger, using the Iron Wall Hero as a puppet. If it's the latter, there's nothing new about it. If it's the former, it's indeed worth paying attention to.
At this moment, Li Xiu and the others suddenly noticed that the door to the west wing suddenly opened a crack, and a young man wearing linen clothes sneaked out from inside. The young man has a sword on his waist. He looks quite handsome, but his face is sluggish, he looks malnourished, and his feet are weak. It seems that the sword is just for decoration. With this look, he is probably an ordinary man. They can easily knock him down.
What kind of people were Li Xiu and Li Xiu? They immediately saw that the young man in linen clothes was a person who played with women all the time and indulged in excessive sexual activities. However, the courtyards of the west wing and the east wing were only separated by a small garden, and the east wing was sleeping. This is the Iron Wall Hero. This west wing room is either the residence of Iron Gate's relatives, the housekeeper or the like, or the concubine in the third or fourth room.
"It's a good show!" Li Ruocheng smiled softly in Li Xiu's ear, with a teasing tone in his tone.
If her judgment was not wrong, this young man in sackcloth was the wise man who made suggestions deep in the memory of the Iron Wall Hero. Not to mention this, the point is, there is no need to deliberately sense who lives in that wing. Li Ruo You'll know what's going on. Because, just as the young man in linen clothes was arranging his hair and tying his crown at the door, a white and tender hand actually stretched out from the crack in the door, pulled the young man in linen clothes into the room, and closed the door behind him.
There was no scandalous romantic incident between the two, but they soon had a dispute. The young man in linen clothes obviously felt that it was getting late and wanted to leave quickly. This time, the owner of the white and tender hands was not as obedient as usual, and actually scolded the young man in linen clothes.
Li Xiu looked at all this indifferently, without any expression, not disappointed, and not very interested. After all, let alone a mansion like Iron Gate, even a village with very simple folk customs would inevitably have scandals. Li Xiu wanted to see what the young man in sackcloth would do next, because Li Xiu had already discovered that the Iron Wall Hero had been rewarded by his servant, and he had already angrily rushed toward the yard of the west wing with a knife.
