The second day of August is cloudy.
The weather in Jingxi will get hotter and hotter as soon as it enters July, and it is the kind of muggy heat, like moisture coming out of the bones. Drinking water and taking a rest are completely useless. It is still too hot to make people upset, unless Soak in the river, otherwise you will often wake up from the heat even in the middle of the night.
It's better to go north. After passing Licheng and continuing north, it's actually not too hot when you reach the boundary of Pingjiang City. Because Pingjiang City has reached the Jingxi Mountains, and is surrounded by vertical mountains. The terrain is high and the temperature cannot rise. Moreover, it rains here, and the temperature is very suitable all year round.
Pingjiang City, Shen Hao came here a few years ago, when he was still a small flag official, and came here to participate in a major event in Pingjiang City that happens every few years: sect selection.
Now that he came here again, it was no longer the same as before. When he came out of the teleportation circle, he was personally greeted by hundreds of local Xuanqing guards. The courtesy was so thorough that they treated Shen Hao as his superior. From the moment they met, My back was not completely straight from the beginning.
Naturally, Shen Hao's visit here was not on official business. Recently, the purge within the Xuanqing Guard has begun to come to an end. Those people who were too foul-smelling have basically been killed. What is left is a group of people who are in a gray state. These people are also the largest and most numerous in the Xuanqing Guard. The basic group of people cannot be killed and it is not necessary to kill them, so they are kept.
Afterwards, the Black Flag Battalion will make this intensity of purge the norm, and maintain it within the Xuanqing Guard for at least three years, and use these three years to gradually distinguish between "correction" and "repentance without reform" step by step. To achieve the goal of eradicating the stubborn internal diseases of Xuanqing Guard.
At the same time, it is not really necessary to cut off all the Xuanqing Guards' financial resources, but there must be a clear and not excessive red line. Shen Hao is still asking Pang Ban for instructions on the standards here.
In addition, especially for the lower-level Xuanqing Guards, the treatment will be improved within three months after the internal purge is completed, so that the lower-level Xuanqing Guards can enjoy good salaries and subsidies even without earning any gray money.
Of course, the thunder has not passed yet, and no one is grateful for the rain and dew. Now, the Xuanqing guards everywhere are more afraid of Shen Hao, a veritable evil star. This can be clearly seen from the hundred households in Pingjiang City.
After rejecting the local banquet in Pingjiang City, Shen Hao left the teleportation circle and led his bodyguards all the way out of the city, arriving at the foot of Guishan Mountain near noon.
The small village located on the edge of the official road is still here, and the arrival of a large number of Xuanqing guards scared the people in the village. Usually, there are few government officials here. At most, it is busy for a few days during the sect selection every five years. At that time, there are many Xuanqing guards. But today is not a sect selection, right? Why are so many Xuanqing guards here? What for?
It goes without saying that ordinary people are in awe of Xuan Qingwei, which is almost equivalent to the effect of "cleaning the streets".
However, the people were frightened, but someone in the village took the initiative to greet him.
There were three people who came forward, one of whom Shen Hao had met before. He knew that this person was named Yang Qingyun. He was an inner deacon of Guishan Monastery with a high status. He was usually responsible for screening and talent evaluation during the sect selection. .
When Shen Hao met this inner sect deacon before, he just felt that he was so advanced that he couldn't tell his specific state. At that time, he could only look up at him and sigh in his heart, "Awesome". Now Shen Hao clearly felt the realm of cultivation from the other party: the middle realm of Yuan Dan. The specific level of the middle realm was not so clear.
"Deacon Yang." Shen Hao got off the carriage and greeted Yang Qingyun who came up to him with a smile. The latter was obviously taken aback for a moment, perhaps because he didn't expect that Shen Hao seemed to know him.
"Hello, Mr. Shen, you've had a hard journey." Yang Qingyun was very impressed with Shen Hao, especially after meeting him, he remembered that he had indeed met during the sect selection a few years ago, but they didn't talk to him at that time. But now the psychological impact of seeing it is still huge.
It is said that Master Shen is an extremely rare late-blooming genius. He has gone from the Qi Refining Realm to the Yuan Dan Realm in just a few years. Breaking through the realm is as easy as drinking water. Now that I see it, it is indeed true. Yang Qingyun vaguely remembered that when he met Master Shen, he was just an inconspicuous entry-level monk, but now he actually gave him a feeling of "very strong strength".
Is this Master Shen just in his early thirties? Now he has reached the third level of Yuan Dan Realm. Judging from the fluctuations of his true energy, he is not far from breaking through the fourth level and entering the middle level. To be able to achieve such a level of cultivation at such an age is a remarkable figure even in the Guishan Monastery. What's more, this has started to develop rapidly in recent years. Calling it "genius" is not an exaggeration.
At the same time, Yang Qingyun also thought secretly: No wonder the sect elders and sect masters turned a blind eye to an official and registered disciple who was included in the Jingjiu Dynasty system. This kind of late-blooming talent may be taken seriously in the future. Besides, this person is a close friend of Deacon Nie and can be considered one of our own.
"Deacon Yang, I'm here to attend Brother Nie's wedding ceremony. I wonder if I can go up the mountain today?" Shen Hao still followed his usual habit and cupped his hands to Yang Qingyun and said his intention.
"Hahaha, Mr. Shen came early, but he was able to go up the mountain to have a drink with Senior Brother Nie. In recent days, there have been a lot of people coming to the mountain to drink with Senior Brother Nie. When he came down the mountain the day before yesterday, Senior Brother Nie asked me to send him some jars of good wine back. Not enough to drink.”
It sounded like Yang Qingyun had a good relationship with Nie Yun, otherwise Nie Yun would not let him bring wine back. However, Yang Qingyun should not be a disciple of Lao Shangfeng, otherwise he would not call Shen Hao "Master Shen" but should directly call him junior brother. After all, Shen Hao is a registered disciple of Lao Shangfeng of Guishan Monastery.
"That's a coincidence. I didn't bring anything else this time, but I brought a lot of wine. I think it should be enough for Brother Nie to drink."
"Oh? But Wuliangye?"
"Exactly."
While the two were chatting about Nie Yun's wedding, they walked towards the mountain gate of Guishan Monastery at the foot of the mountain. Because of Nie Yun's relationship, it was not awkward for the two of them to talk.
When he arrived at the mountain gate again, Shen Hao looked up at the continuous stone steps and felt a lot of emotions inexplicably. This was the second time he went to the gate of Guishan Monastery. The last time he only went to a stone pavilion on the mountain road inside the gate. He received a gift from Pingyang Master Li Shuyang, learned a very useful trick for practicing magic, and received a favor. This time, I want to really enter this sect and see what’s going on.
What is the difference between a first-rate sect and a second-rate sect like Chang Baifeng?
"Master Shen, please!"
Shen Hao was not polite. He stepped up the steps first and followed Yang Qingyun up. He knew that the stone steps under his feet were not easy. They were also a test for selecting disciples during the sect's selection, but now the magic circle was not activated.
Not long after, Shen Hao saw the stone pavilion he had visited last time. He smiled and said, "It was here that I received a gift from Master Pingyang last time. Now that I think about it, I feel doubly lucky."
Yang Qingyun laughed when he heard this and said: "Haha, is that so? Then Master Shen should have a few more drinks with Master Pingyang this time."
