Arriving at the door of the village chief's house, the little civet in Liu Qingyi's arms stretched its neck and roared lowly at the wind-bone beast guarding the door.
The sleeping wind-bone beast's hair stood on end almost instantly, and he stood up abruptly. When he saw the little civet, his whole body was shaking like chaff, and he crawled and rolled to hide behind the house. go.
Liu Qingyi smiled secretly in her heart when she saw Xu Jin coming out. She quickly pressed the little civet back into her arms and asked, "Village Chief Xu, why are you looking for me?"
Xu Jin smiled at Liu Qingyi and said: "Brother Liu, the Bai family came to deliver the news last time. Tomorrow is the day of the house election. Since you have become spiritually enlightened and have practiced immortal magic, you cannot miss the house election. Now. Get ready and go to the city early tomorrow."
Liu Qingyi said: "Calculating the time, it's almost time. Village chief, I wonder what preparations are needed for the government election?"
Xu Jin said: "We are going to Yinyuan City. Once we are selected for the government, we will rush to the county seat immediately. You'd better pack up all the soft items you usually carry with you. I don't know when you can come back from this trip."
While Liu Qingyi was deep in thought, Xu Jin continued: "We in Humiao Village have benefited from you now. Don't forget to take care of you when you enter the Immortal Sect."
Hearing this, Liu Qingyi nodded and said, "Don't worry, Humiao Village has helped me survive. I, Liu, am not an ungrateful person."
Xu Jin felt happy when he heard this, and explained a few words to him, asking him to also say something to Luoer's family.
After coming out of the village chief Xu Jin's house, Liu Qingyi went straight to Luo'er's house.
When the mother and daughter heard that Liu Qingyi was going to participate in the Xianmen Mansion election tomorrow, they were happy for Liu Qingyi but also a little sad.
Luo'er said to Liu Qingyi: "Brother Liu, don't forget us. I heard that if you practice the immortal method, you will live a long life. If you forget to come back, I'm afraid we won't be able to wait for you." As he spoke, his expression darkened, and he lowered his head and said nothing.
Ah Gu said: "You girl, what can you wait for? Your brother Liu will be an immortal in the future, but it is a great good thing, so don't cry in despair."
Luo'er still buried his head and said softly: "Yes, it is a good thing. The slave family should be happy for you."
Since Liu Qingyi came to this world, she was rescued by Luo Er and her daughter and took good care of her. Later, she worked with the mother and daughter's family, and they became like a family when they got along with her.
Thinking of leaving here to pursue the illusory immortality, a burst of indescribable sadness hit her heart. Liu Qingyi's eyes slowly turned red, and she was speechless. She thought to herself: "I am going to a foreign land, outside the world." , he is really alone.”
After a long time, he calmed down a little, a smile appeared on his face, and he comforted the mother and daughter with kind words. He returned to the lake alone and spent the night facing the middle of the lake in a daze.
As soon as it dawned the next day, he hugged the little civet, picked up his clothes and wrapped them with a small flag in one hand, and quietly left Humiao Village.
He used the Fengxing technique along the way, and when he arrived at Yinyuan City, there was already a sea of people at the city gate.
People from the city and outside the city who came to try their luck to watch the excitement formed a flow of people. From time to time, some well-dressed boys and girls were among the crowd, laughing and yelling. This crowd actually poured all the way from the city gate to the City Lord's Mansion Street in the west of the city.
He held the little civet in one hand and carried the package in the other. He followed the flow of people step by step and walked slowly towards the city lord's mansion.
When they arrived at the square outside the City Lord's Mansion, they saw a large number of people crowded in the square. They also saw a high platform set up at the entrance of the City Lord's Mansion. There were ten warriors from the City Lord's Mansion standing on the platform and below. Maintain order.
He Jinkong, the chief official of the city lord's palace, was also among them. At this moment, he was looking around at the crowd in the audience, with a slightly anxious expression on his face.
There was a huge white stone tablet standing on the high platform. Those people who were crowded under the stage lined up on the stage with the support of the warriors of the city lord's palace, and pressed their hands on the white stone tablet one by one.
Several people pressed the stone tablet without any movement. After a while, they shook their heads and retracted their hands, and walked down the high platform dejectedly.
This went on for more than an hour, and all those who took the stage got off the stage with nothing, and no one seemed to have succeeded.
Liu Qingyi looked at the white stone tablet and thought, "Could it be that this white stone tablet can test the spirit body just by putting your hand on it?" Thinking like this, he also squeezed towards the high platform from the outside of the square.
At this moment, there was a commotion in the crowd. A group of people came from outside the square and walked straight towards the high platform. The crowd that was originally crowded around the square all made way to both sides.
I could only hear the crowd talking, and from time to time someone said: "It's the Chen family who is here." Someone else said: "That's Chen Ling, the ancestor of the Chen family, why is he here?" Someone said: "That's Chen Sui of the Chen family. Son."
Hearing the sound, Liu Qingyi looked towards the group of people and saw a burly old man with white hair and long beard walking in with a group of people. Guarding him in the middle was a woman in green clothes. She was quite pretty, but Walking among the crowd with an expressionless face.
The group of people walked near the high platform, and the old man stood beside the stage and let the woman in green get up to the high platform.
The woman in green came to the white stone tablet and slowly stretched out her hand to press on the tablet. In an instant, the white stone tablet suddenly emitted a dazzling white light.
There was a commotion among the crowd in the audience, and from time to time someone shouted: "This is a real spirit body." "A spirit body appeared in the Chen family again!" "Chen Sui'er, has your spirit been awakened?"
The white-bearded old man standing under the stage had a happy expression on his face, and seemed to be extremely satisfied with the crowd's reaction. Looking at the woman in green who had successfully awakened the spirit, she still walked down the platform with an expressionless expression.
The two warriors from the City Lord's Mansion who were already guarding the audience came forward, said a few words to the woman in green, and then led her towards the gate of the City Lord's Mansion.
On the way, the white-bearded old man pulled the woman in green aside, talked for a while, and then asked the woman to follow the two warriors into the city lord's mansion.
Later, the white-bearded old man left with a group of Chen family members, and the audience became crowded again.
Liu Qingyi squeezed his way to the high platform without much effort. He Jinkong, who was standing under the stage to maintain order, saw Liu Qingyi's arrival. His eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "Brother Liu, you are finally here. Brother, I After waiting for you for a long time, I thought you had forgotten the day." After saying that, Liu Qingyi passed several people and went up to the high platform first.
Liu Qingyi held the little civet in one hand and carried a dusty package with a flag in the other. He stood on the stage with a somewhat nondescript look.
He put the little civet on his shoulder, reached out to the stone tablet with one hand, and pressed it gently. Suddenly, he felt that the hot spiritual energy in his body seemed to be drawn by something, and poured straight into the stone tablet.
The stone tablet shone with white light for an instant, like a bright little sun, which dazzled everyone in the audience. The intensity of the light seemed to be several times greater than that of Chen Sui'er before.
There was a gasp from everyone in the audience, and from time to time someone asked: "Who is this person?" "Which immortal family in the city is this person?" "This person is probably a thick spirit body."
He Jinkong looked very happy when he saw Liu Qingyi making such a big noise from the stone tablet. He called Liu Qingyi down, and then called two warriors from the city lord's palace: "Please wait and bring my brother in. , don't be lazy." The two warriors nodded quickly and led Liu Qingyi to the door of the house one after another.
Liu Qingyi turned around hastily and said to He Jinkong: "Thank you, Brother He." Then he followed the two warriors.
The three of them entered the mansion, walked through a long corridor, and went up to the second floor.
The furnishings on the second floor are much more complicated than those on the first floor. Facing a corridor with cornices and painted buildings, there is a curved pool in the middle, with several unnamed plants hidden beside the pool.
Liu Qingyi was led around the pool by the two of them and came to a lobby with simple and elegant furnishings. Sitting at the front of the lobby was a fair-faced middle-aged man, and next to him sat a tall and powerful old man with white beard and hair. He had come in earlier. The Qiling woman named Chen Sui'er was sitting at the bottom with her head bowed and silent.
When the mighty old man saw Liu Qingyi coming in, he stood up and said, "Wow, our Yinyuan City has produced its second seedling this year. I think this year it won't be at the bottom among the thirteen cities in Lan County. "After he finished speaking, he walked up, glanced at the little civet on Liu Qingyi's shoulder with some curiosity, took Liu Qingyi's hand, and said: "I heard Jin Kong mention it last time, and just now I heard someone report it, so you can Is that Liu Qingyi from Humiao Village?"
Liu Qingyi thought to himself: "Then He Jinkong is the chief official of the city lord's palace. If you can mention yourself to him, I'm afraid the person in front of you is the city lord of Yinyuan City." Then he nodded and said: "Lord, city lord, I am Hu Temple villager Liu Qingyi."
The old man seemed to be very satisfied with Liu Qingyi's reaction and said with a smile: "Brother Liu, come here and I will introduce you." After that, he led Liu Qingyi to the white-faced middle-aged man above and introduced: " This is one of our thirteen envoys in Lan County, Wu Zhen, Mr. Wu." Liu Qingyi folded his arms, bowed, and said, "I have met Mr. Wu."
The white-faced middle-aged man named Wu Zhen also stood up and said: "City Lord Wu, brother Liu, why are you so polite? We are all our own people." After saying that, he returned a salute to Liu Qingyi and said: "I hope little brother Liu Perform well at the Soul Selection Ceremony and add some glory to our Lan County."
Liu Qingyi was polite when she saw Wu Zhen, and barely managed a few words with him, then took the empty seat next to Chen Sui'er, and sat down on her own with the little civet in her arms.
When Chen Sui'er saw Liu Qingyi sitting down next to her, she shrank inward, as if she hadn't seen him, and her face, which was reserved for strangers, was so cold that water dripped from her face.
Liu Qingyi originally wanted to say hello to Chen Sui'er and get acquainted with her, but when she saw Chen Sui'er like this, she gave up the idea.
