Hanyu City.
Huanmei leaned lazily on the chest of a beautiful male cultivator, while another handsome man held her legs, and two other men carefully fed her rare fruits.
On the balcony in front, several clear figures danced with swords to the music, their clothes were flowing, and peach blossoms were falling. It was so beautiful.
Surrounded by beauties, they were singing and dancing, but Huan Mei looked listless and lacked interest.
Suddenly, a flash of pink light flashed through the air, like a bubble bursting. She exclaimed, "Ah!", sat up, and knocked over the fruit plate from her sleeve.
The jade-horned snake instantly appeared on the scene and asked with concern: "Your Majesty?"
Huanmei waved her hand to ask the men to leave, and said sadly: "Xiaodie is dead."
The jade-horned snake showed surprise in its eyes, and then swallowed the snake's message, rolled its eyes, and thought about words of comfort.
"Based on the current size of the Mysterious Butterfly population in Fangqiu, a new leader will be born in about one hundred and fifty years. Please be at ease, Your Majesty."
"Oh, I know."
Huanmei was still disappointed, but at the same time she felt a little thankful, "Fortunately, I didn't let it take Fangqiu's left-behind force with it. As expected of the Emperor Rong clan, Xiaodie couldn't escape..."
She muttered a few words, pouted unwillingly, and said angrily: "This debt must be recorded on Chu Cang's head, as a favor he owes me, huh!"
…
Just like what he told Qin Xinyao at the beginning, Jing Yingrong did not plan to stay in the Qin family for too long.
Today she went to say goodbye to Qin Xinyao. As soon as she walked into the courtyard, she bumped into Qin Hongzhi who slammed the door out.
Qin Hongzhi was startled, and when he saw it was her, he immediately felt embarrassed. Because he was so angry, he had to apologize and salute her in a hurry, and then rushed out of the door like a gust of wind.
Qin Xinyao ran out immediately and stopped immediately when she saw Jing Yingrong standing in the yard.
"Sister, are you looking for me?"
Jing Yingrong nodded: "I'm leaving and coming to say goodbye to you. Are you quarreling?"
Because she had been mentally prepared and knew that Jing Yingrong could come back at any time, Qin Xinyao was just a little reluctant to say goodbye, not as sad as when she parted for the first time.
She focused on answering Jing Yingrong's question: "It's not really a quarrel, it's just that he's unhappy. I was explaining to him, but he didn't listen. Isn't that -"
Qin Xinyao made a helpless shrug.
Jing Yingrong: "Why is he unhappy?"
When Qin Xinyao talked about this, she had an angry and funny expression on her face:
"It's not the Zhou family from Chang Yuzhou. I taught you a lesson before. I was afraid of being targeted and suppressed in the future, so I sent people to send gifts. They arrived this morning. Just some spiritual stones, classics, elixirs and the like. They actually sent someone as a gift.”
Jing Yingrong asked curiously: "Who is it?"
"A man."
Speaking of this, Qin Xinyao herself felt a little embarrassed, "They said on the surface that this person is good at healing and assisting and can work for the Qin family; but when they got to the inner hall, they told me that he was specially dedicated to me, and said As the head of the family, I should also recruit a few more Taoist companions."
Jing Yingrong said in a long tone "Oh——" and said: "You refused."
"I will definitely refuse. I am not a carefree person. Besides, how dare I stay by my bedside with the person they sent? However, sister, you should know about the Tianchanque sect, right?"
"I know, this very ancient sect has now declined."
"Well, I only knew about the existence of this sect after accidentally reading it in ancient books. The man who was sent happened to be from Tianchanque. According to him, he was once an outer disciple of Tianchanque. .”
Hearing this information, Jing Yingrong couldn't help but be slightly surprised.
Qin Xinyao saw her reaction in his eyes and said with a smile: "You think it's rare too, right? So do I. I just want to keep him and ask him about Tianchanque. Besides, although his rejuvenation method is It’s superficial, but he does have something unique. Even if he can’t be reused, maybe arranging a position for him in the city can come in handy in the future.”
Jing Yingrong thought for a moment and said, "Because you want to keep him, your Taoist companion is angry."
"Yes," Qin Xinyao's face fell, "When the Zhou family envoy explained the reason to me, he listened in the back hall and knew that I did not send the people back, so he just came to settle accounts with me... Sister, you are laughing What?"
Jing Yingrong blinked: "Am I laughing?"
Qin Xinyao stared at her face: "It's quite obvious."
Jing Yingrong thought for a moment and said sincerely: "I'm probably a little gloating about my misfortune."
Qin Xinyao: "..."
Jing Yingrong: "I also want to know about Tianchanque."
Qin Xinyao thought for a while and said: "That man is still staying in the side hall of Yingxian Hall. Sister, you can go ask him directly. I have to go to Hongzhi first and explain it to him early."
Jing Yingrong agreed and immediately separated from Qin Xinyao. valley
Arriving at the side hall, a man was fidgeting. He was born with fair skin and clean bones, and his appearance was indeed more attractive than his late Qi training.
Seeing Jing Yingrong come in, the man was stunned. Although he didn't recognize Jing Yingrong, he knew that the people living in the Qin family's mansion were people he couldn't afford to offend, so he felt very obedient and respectfully saluted and called "Senior".
Jing Yingrong: "Are you from the Tianchanque sect?"
Man: "It used to be, junior Sun Hui, who used to be a disciple at the outer sect of Tianchan Que."
Jing Yingrong: "Isn't it now?"
Sun Hui replied: "This junior has left Tianchanque. According to the sect rules, he cannot say that he is a disciple of Tianchanque in the future."
Jing Yingrong then asked Sun Hui a few questions. Sun Hui was honest and said that he felt that Tian Chan Que was declining and withered, so he left the sect to find another opportunity.
However, he had been working hard for several years, but his cultivation had not improved much. His ambition had been honed to the last drop, so he stopped thinking about it and planned to use the spiritual stones he had accumulated over the years to find a way to make a living and live a stable life.
At that time, he was in Changyu Prefecture, and the beast tide broke out. He was worried that his weak cultivation would make him the ration of the monster beasts, so he went to the Zhou family, a famous cultivation family in Changyu Prefecture, to seek refuge. Que learned Taoism and found a job as a doctor's disciple in the Zhou family.
The Zhou family had gone against the Qin family before and was skinned by the Qin family. Now the Zhou family knew they were afraid, so they came up with this method of giving gifts to people in order to please Qin Xinyao. But firstly, there were not many young and handsome men among the Zhou family, and secondly, they were worried that sending a Zhou family member would offend Qin Xinyao. The senior members of the Zhou family discussed it over and over again, and decided to pick a good-looking, smart and well-behaved man from among the retainers. , it is best to have a skill, so as not to be regarded as an embroidered pillow by Qin Xinyao.
This was how Sun Hui was chosen. Faced with the Zhou family's inquiry, he agreed without much hesitation. According to him, even if he could not become a Taoist companion, being a pet of the great master of transformation would be a hundred times better than being an insignificant guest in the Zhou family.
After Sun Hui explained the cause and effect, maybe he had been holding it in his heart for too long, and Jing Yingrong listened carefully, making him a rare confidant, so he sighed with unfinished meaning:
"When I was young and ignorant, I saw the legendary head of the Immortal Family personally coming to our remote place to recruit people. I just thought it was an immortal fate sent from heaven, so I followed him in a confused way. After spending more than ten years in the outer sect, I realized that Tianchan Que had already arrived. It’s just that it’s no longer famous, and it’s not even ranked high in today’s world. Even the leader only has the cultivation level of golden elixir. Not to mention comparing with some small sects, even the Qin family can crush them.”
When he said this, not only Jing Yingrong was surprised, but even the three spirits in her consciousness were astonished.
Jiyanzhu: "The leader of Jindan must be in such a miserable state!"
Ji Sha Sword: "It's quite shabby."
Ji Jie Bi: "Even if it is declining, this is too..."
Jing Yingrong said: "That's wrong."
Sun Hui was stunned: "Everything I say is true, senior. If you have any doubts, senior, please make it clear."
Jing Yingrong: "The Taoist methods you learned are different from ordinary healing spells, which means that the Taoist lineage of Tianchanque is not broken. If the highest level of cultivation in the sect is only the golden elixir, it is not enough to maintain the lineage."
Sun Hui was stunned on the spot. It seemed that he had never thought about this problem.
"This...is true...but it is indeed the case, I..."
He frowned and sweated anxiously, fearing that Jing Yingrong would suspect him of lying.
Fortunately, Jing Yingrong said "I know you didn't lie" at this time, which made him feel like he was being pardoned. Then he heard Jing Yingrong ask again: "Isn't anyone going to Tianchanque to rob and plunder?"
This question seemed to remind Sun Hui of something, and he said: "Speaking of it, it seems that I encountered a few troubles, but those troubles were inexplicably resolved in the end. The junior was just a small outer disciple at the time, and what he knew was really not much."
"Yeah. Where is the current mountain gate of Tianchanque?"
Jing Yingrong's topic suddenly changed, and Sun Hui was stunned for a moment before she could react. He was about to answer when he suddenly realized something, carefully looked at his reflection in his glasses, and asked tentatively:
"Senior, are you interested in Tianchanque?"
Jing Yingrong said calmly: "I want to know its current situation and some past events."
Sun Hui's face showed hesitation, as if he was speechless.
Jing Yingrong: "Isn't it convenient to say?"
Sun Hui immediately answered "No", and then hesitantly said: "Senior, if you want to know more, I am willing to give you all the information I know, as long as...as long as I promise to send someone to escort this junior to Xianchuan."
As soon as he finished speaking, he hurriedly changed his words: "No, no, there is no need to go to Xianchuan, just go to Ganqiu Valley, or, maybe go to Huacheng Prefecture."
He changed several addresses in a row, from far away to Helian Prefecture, and finally he gritted his teeth and said: "Just send this junior out of Helian Prefecture and Chang Yu Prefecture, and don't bother senior with the rest."
Jing Yingrong asked in confusion: "Don't you want to stay in the Qin family?"
"It's not that I don't want to, it's just that life is important."
Sun Hui sighed sadly, "Before, the Zhou family only told me that the head of the Qin family was a powerful deity, and he was still young. There was only one Taoist companion around him, and the relationship between the family and the family was simple. All I had to do was be sensible and obedient, but - "
Sun Hui couldn't help but feel angry when he mentioned this.
"But they didn't tell me that her Taoist companion is Nascent Soul! If he gets upset, slapping me to death wouldn't be easier than slapping an ant to death?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Xinyao strode in from the door and struck with a sword at the same time.
"If you were going to shoot me to death, you would have done it a long time ago, and it saved me the effort of coaxing people."
