"Are you mistaken? Cao An sacrificed a treasure gourd. What came out of it was not sword energy, but a wisp of flame?" Jiang Fan asked after listening to the waiter's description.
"There is no mistake. Many people were watching this incident. Everyone saw that the Yangshen Realm protector of Qianhuan Demon Sect was directly lit by this fire. It was not a sword energy. When this wisp of flames went down, there really was nothing left, not even much ashes, and the guy's storage bag was all burned."
Jiang Fan waved his hand, "Okay, thank you very much, little brother, then go and do your work."
"Okay, please be patient, sir. After you're done eating, just put your things outside the room. Someone will come to collect them. If nothing happens, we won't disturb the guests." After the waiter finished speaking, he bowed and left. , Lin Rui and Jiang Fan glanced at each other, and both saw the surprise in their eyes.
"Grandpa Lin, do you think the waiter in the shop might have lied or made up a story to tell us?"
"It is possible, but it is unlikely. From his words, you must have heard that some important information is consistent and logically consistent. In other words, even though his story contains , most of them have been added manually, but the important information framework has not been changed.”
Jiang Fan's face was very exciting, with a mix of annoyance, envy, and hatred, "The gourd in his hand must be related to the sword energy gourd in the Jinshi Chamber of Commerce. It was supposed to be my gourd, but it was just a little bit. With the number of Yuanjing we have, we were only one step away from getting it."
Lin Rui shook his head, "Without Cao An, there will be other people snatching it from you. The fact that Cao An has a treasure gourd in his hand is actually not a secret among the Da Yin Jianghu. He used the treasure gourd in his hand before the gold and stone auction. He has killed other masters, and it is consistent with current rumors that he also uses fire as his attack method."
"How does Grandpa Lin think I compare with him?"
Lin Rui smiled, "Shouldn't you know Cao An's information better than me? He walked out of Qianye Town at the age of eighteen and started practicing from scratch, integrating skills, refining strength, condensing energy, opening pulses, martial arts, and heaven. After five years, he is now twenty-three, almost twenty-four years old, and has reached the peak of the heavenly realm. This information has actually been dug out by people in the world after the battle in his imperial city. It is not a secret at all. .”
"Being in the same place, do you think you can do the same thing?"
Jiang Fan was silent for a moment, "When I first started, I was limited by the sect's skills and my progress was slow. I started at the Gold and Stone Trade Fair. At that time, I was in the early stage of opening the pulse. After switching to Tongxuan Jin, it lasted for a long time. It took more than a year to break through from the early stage of the Kai Pulse Realm to the Martial Arts Realm. Compared to his cultivation speed of nearly one realm per year, there should not be much difference."
Lin Rui just smiled.
Jiang Fan spread his hands, "Okay, I know there is still a big gap between me and him. His experience is legendary in the world of Yin. He is a Yanshi and has a unique martial arts practice. He founded a sect, so What happened to me is unimaginable, Grandpa Lin, please don’t hit me."
"Warriors in martial arts are most afraid of arrogance. You must know your own strength and level, otherwise you will not know how you will die in the future. I am doing this for your own good. There are always all kinds of evil geniuses in this world. Their experiences His deeds are astonishing, and his achievements are beyond our reach, but the road to martial arts is a long one, and the spirit of martial arts will never die."
"There are countless heroes in the world like crucian carp crossing the river, but how many of them can really survive, stay, and reach the top? Grandpa Lin is not trying to make you belittle yourself, but he wants to tell you that this martial arts practice is not You need to compare yourself with others. Everyone has their own way to go. Walk your own way. You don’t need to care about how fast or slow others walk, nor do you need to care about the scenery of others on their own road.”
"Some people move very fast, some have accumulated a lot of experience, some are born with good fortune, and some have a hard time and hate it. Keep living, start running, and meet at the top. Then you look back and see how many of the people you were with are still in the same seat as you. "
Listening to Lin Rui's words, Jiang Fan felt that the blood all over his body began to boil, and his eyes sparkled with light. His life could not be as exciting and legendary as Cao An's, but this plainness was what he was. life.
"Thank you, Grandpa Lin."
After saying these words, what Jiang Fan couldn't see was that the energy that originally blocked the great fortune actually opened a hole, and the fortune that was several times richer than before seeped into his body. But Lin Rui felt it, which proved that Jiang Fan began to accept himself from the bottom of his heart, and he felt an inexplicable sense of relief in his heart.
The flowers planted intentionally did not bloom, but the willows planted unintentionally made the trees shade. I had been trying to find ways to make up for the relationship between the two of them along the way. Not only did it not work, but it actually made the gap between the two even wider. I never thought that what happened just now After a few words, he easily accomplished what he had racked his brains to do.
For several days, Jiang Fan, who had been waiting at the inn for a long time, did not receive calls from other sects. He took out the communication talisman corresponding to the female cultivator Xia Zhu and contacted her.
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Dafeng Ridge, inside the ruined temple, the sound of the mountain wind blowing through the forest leaves seemed particularly crisp and a bit more chilling on this moonless night. Inside the ruined temple, red light flashed, and a black figure appeared. It was quickly approaching, and when it got closer, the figure suddenly stopped.
In the ruined temple, a fierce murderous aura loomed, invisible, like an arrow on a string, full of power.
"The evil dragon is coming from the south!!"
"Kill him on the spot!!"
There was a soft creak, and the door opened slightly, revealing a man who was pretending to be a man. There was a sense of naturalness and harmony in his movements, and he had obviously reached the perfection of the realm of heaven and man. Looking at his face , already in his thirties, with a stern face, only a long scar on his left cheek is quite eye-catching.
"Brother Tao, you're welcome!"
"Old Tao, who is outside the room? The smell is both familiar and unfamiliar." Another voice sounded in the room. This voice was more lively than the two of them. It unconsciously gave people a sense of closeness, but this voice Opening his mouth seemed to add a bit of brightness and liveliness to this cold and solemn night.
Obviously, his cultivation has also reached the perfection of heaven and man, otherwise it would be impossible for one person's performance to affect the feeling of the surrounding environment.
"Jing Hongming is here, who else can give people this feeling besides him." Tao Sanyang said, stepping away from the door. The man named Jing Hongming stepped into it, shaking. Shaking out the clothes on his body, he took a step forward, but without seeing any movement, a sharp breath came out. The bonfire in the ruined temple suddenly seemed to have been drenched in rain, and the flames became much smaller.
"Collect your anger. This is a gathering of friends, not a meeting of your enemies. What's the use of putting these things up?" The lively voice said. As soon as this voice came out, the atmosphere in the whole room returned to its previous state. state, even the flames returned to their normal state.
Jing Hongming still had a cold face, "I can't hold it in anymore."
"Congratulations to Brother Jing for his improvement in cultivation. It seems that we are more confident about killing the dragon this time." Tao Sanyang said with a smile. He was the one who opened the door just now, carrying an exaggerated card behind him. A large crimson bow with images of several fire phoenixes engraved on the bow is impressive.
Jing Hongming looked around, "Isn't Wen Dongdong here yet? Isn't he known as the fastest? He should have arrived earlier than us. Why haven't we seen him yet?" There are four of them in total. The four of them are not warriors from the empire, but people from various major dynasties. At the same time, they all belong to the same organization.
It is an imperial non-governmental organization, a mysterious non-governmental organization called the Orthodox Church. Few people in the world know about this organization, or have even heard of it, but it does exist. Over the years, people who know about the Orthodox Church have People either become one of them or are dead.
The teachings of Orthodoxy are also very simple: the inner king and the outer sage unite the universe as one. In the final analysis, its original intention is to maintain the legitimacy of the empire. Outsiders, that is, those who are not pure imperial blood, are not allowed to rule the roost. Once such a person appears, or such a sign appears, they will take action to bring order to the chaos.
For countless years, many warriors from other dynasties will always disappear suddenly when they are at the height of their fame, or they will become mediocre from then on. It is their handiwork that is used in everything and does everything, as long as they can completely suppress those so-called geniuses. If they go on, they will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals.
But this time, their target was Cao An. Not only did Cao An officially enter the eyes of the two major sects of good and evil with the battle of Qingfeng County, he was also on the list of the Orthodox Church. This time, they dispatched four people. After understanding After Cao An's march, he arranged his manpower at Dafeng Ridge in advance in order to knock Cao An off the altar in one fell swoop.
There is no doubt that the founders of the entire orthodox religion are some extreme imperialists. In their eyes, only those with pure imperial blood are worthy of enjoying the corresponding resources and reputation in this land. As for the rest, they can only Can lean back.
Cao An single-handedly killed Duan Muyun, the protector of Yangshen Realm, and destroyed the body of Qu Rufeng, the chief of Qianhuan Demon Sect. Such achievements made him invincible in the realm of heaven and man. They did not allow such a person to appear. , such people are not allowed to be of pure imperial blood, and Orthodoxy also has a strict feature.
That is, they really value blood. If you don’t, you are not. There is no possibility of change. It does not say that as long as you are completely loyal to the empire from now on, you will be immune from being attacked. That is not the case. If you are not pure imperial blood, then You can only surrender or die. After surrendering, you will only have one life left.
"He should be back soon. He will first go check where the evil dragon and his party are..."
