When Fang Jie left, he just smiled faintly at Ma Lilian, which made her feel a little sad. Seeing that such a well-matched man and woman leave, Ma Lilian's eyes were full of sadness and inferiority. Fang Jie was without a doubt the best young man she had ever met, and this was the second time he had saved her life. But it is precisely because he is excellent that the woman beside him makes people look up to him like Shen Qingfan.
That woman made Ma Lilian unable to even feel jealous. The gap between the two was like Haoyue and Yingworm. She herself felt this way, so she became more and more sad.
yes…
She shook her head and smiled wryly, only such a woman is worthy of Fang Jie.
Hearing the news, General Guide Ma Biao, who was almost frightened, rushed back like crazy. After entering the yard, he saw his daughter who was still in a daze rushing over and grabbing her by the shoulder and asking eagerly.
"Girl, are you okay?"
Ma Lilian was startled, then shook her head: "Grandpa, I'm fine."
Hearing this, Ma Biao breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the earthquake-like yard and couldn't help opening his mouth in surprise: "My God! Girl, who did you offend? I only left in the middle of the night. , why did people harm our family like this...Damn it, my salary is not enough to rebuild the yard."
Hearing this, Ma Lilian couldn't help but smile, and the unhappiness in her heart faded a bit.
"You don't care about your daughter, but you care about money first."
She made a joke, but Ma Biao quickly explained: "No, no... nothing is as good as my daughter. When I was on duty, I heard that Fei Yupao, the big inner guard who came to me, said that something happened at home, and my soul I'm almost scared to death. I have never been afraid of fighting on the battlefield, and I almost peed my pants when I heard that you have something to do."
"Grandpa, are you a little serious?"
"What's wrong with me? I feel sorry for my daughter."
"It's all right, are you going back to be on duty?"
"I definitely won't go back. The general has promised me to deal with the family affairs before returning to the camp. It seems that I won't be able to go back in ten days and a half months."
"Oh, why don't you take a rest?"
"Let's rest... Girl, why do I feel that you are unhappy?"
"It's okay... just scared."
"Just find a gentleman to collect your soul for you tomorrow. Don't be afraid. Since your father is back, no one will try to hurt you again. I think the saber in my hand was unstoppable. Thousands of troops rushing back and forth among the crowds are like entering the land of no one..."
"Grandpa, if you're not sleepy, let's have a drink."
Ma Lilian interrupted him before he finished speaking. Ma Lilian had heard such words since she was a child.
"Okay, you haven't drank with me for a while. Since entering the Martial Arts Academy, you seem to have changed. You even picked up the female celebrity you hate the most. When your mother was alive, she was most worried that you would become a tomboy , now she can rest assured. I saw you embroidering mandarin ducks the other day, didn’t you? It’s very pretty... "
"Grandfather! You peeked at my things!"
"No, no, no... I saw it by accident, girl, tell Grandpa if you have a sweetheart?"
"No... maybe, people don't look down on me at all. The woman beside him is so outstanding, beautiful, strong, prettier than me, and also gentler than me. Grandpa... I feel uncomfortable. "
"Who dares to look down on my daughter? I'm going to strip her naked now, hang her up and beat her!"
Ma Lilian frowned: "Grandfather..."
Ma Biao quickly changed his words: "No, no, I just want to vent my anger on you... Girl, if you feel that you are not worthy of others, it is useless to feel sorry for yourself like this. If you want to compare others Go on, the easiest way is of course to be better than others. When you are very powerful, people who look down on you can't flatter you?"
"I don't want him to flatter me and flatter me."
Ma Lilian took a big sip of wine, looked at the deep night sky and said: "I don't want to be the one saved by others forever. Grandpa, you are right, if you want to be respected by others, you have to fight yourself. Study hard at the Academy of Martial Arts, and then join the army! I will be the first female general of the Sui Dynasty, no... I will be the first female marshal of the Sui Dynasty!"
"ah?"
Ma Biao was stunned for a moment, and asked with a bitter face, "Can we change our ambition?"
"cannot!"
Ma Lilian clenched her fists tightly, and said firmly: "Why do men always think that women are inferior to them? Why do men always think that women cannot go to the battlefield? I don't believe that women are inherently inferior to men. I want everyone to see that one Women can also gallop across the battlefield carrying the fierce red battle flag of the Sui Dynasty!"
Ma Biao sat down and murmured while holding a glass of wine: "Mother, baby... I'm sorry... Our daughter is really bewildered."
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In the previous battles, Big Dog and Qilin never intervened. The first is because the cultivation of the two of them is really poor, and the second is that the two of them have to guard the periphery and guard against assassins and their accomplices. When they went back, the way the two of them looked at Shen Qingfan changed a little. This woman is now so powerful that they both admire her.
Qilin was driving the car, and the big dog was sitting on the side gnawing on a chicken leg that was already hard. Fang Jie stole it from the banquet in the palace, he is very petty. In Fang Jie’s words, it’s stealing from yours and saving from mine. They’re all eaten by big dogs anyway…
In the carriage, Shen Qingfan looked at Fang Jie who was frowning and asked softly, "What's wrong?"
"I was thinking, what kind of practice is the white lotus of the Buddhist sect? If the cultivation reaches a certain level, the white lotus can even be called absolute defense. Even if the white lotus is broken, the person who cast the spell can escape in an instant .I don’t see how it makes sense, it doesn’t even make sense.”
Shen Qingfan nodded and said: "This kind of technique is really puzzling. Watching helplessly, it is really not reconciled to let him escape like this... But when I was in the sect, my master once said that in this world There are no absolute benefits or absolute disadvantages. This white lotus can possess such power, so the person performing the spell may have to pay the price of losing something. If everyone knows how to use methods like the Buddha School, then There really is no rival in the world.”
"maybe."
Fang Jie shook his head.
"I know what you're thinking."
Shen Qingfan smiled and said.
Fang Jie turned his head and glanced at her: "Then what do you think I'm thinking?"
"You're thinking, it would be great if you could learn such an awesome thing. Then when you fight in the future, you can fully display your ability to run away when you can't beat it. Even if you are against a ninth-rank strongman, you don't have to worry about being defeated." Opponents are going to cut eight pieces, right?"
Fang Jie gave her a blank look: "Am I so unambitious?"
Shen Qingfan pursed his lips and smiled, "Isn't this your greatest ambition?"
Fang Jie chuckled: "It's really... If you can beat it, you will beat it hard, and if you can't beat it, you will run away. It is really easy to say, if I guessed correctly, at the last moment you are Wasn't it because of some opportunity that he stepped into the ninth-rank realm? Even a single blow from a ninth-rank powerhouse couldn't kill that guy, so it can be seen that this method is definitely the best weapon for escaping."
Shen Qingfan shook his head: "It doesn't count as stepping into the ninth rank, it can only be said that one foot has touched the threshold. Also, even if I advance to the ninth rank, it's nothing. The gap is so big that it makes people helpless. Mr. Zhuo and Taoist Heju are both rank nine, and they are the strongest in rank nine, but...the two of them may not be able to defeat the left front guard general Luo Yao together."
"Why is there no ranking title above rank nine?"
Fang Jie asked curiously.
"Many, many years ago, the most powerful sect in the Central Plains martial arts was called Wanjiantang. At that time, the Sui Dynasty had not yet established a country, and Wanjiantang was the leader of the rivers and lakes. No one can shake its status. Because Wanjiantang has a super master , is Wan Xingchen, the master of Wanjiantang. After Wanjiantang ruled the Jianghu, Wan Xingchen became the martial arts leader of the Central Plains. On the Zongmen Square of Wanjiantang, he accepted congratulations from people from various sects in Jianghu."
"On that day, many juniors hoped to get advice from Wan Xingchen. Wan Xingchen, who became the leader of the martial arts, must have been very happy that day. , Wan Xingchen commented a few words. It belongs to the third rank, it belongs to the fifth rank, and it belongs to the eighth rank... He used such words in his evaluation, so the ranks gradually appeared. Later, some high-status sect leaders also After thinking about it, I asked Wan Xingchen to comment on his cultivation."
"You know, even if Wan Xingchen is the leader of the martial arts alliance, it is not easy to offend all the leaders of the sect. If he says that one of them is the eighth rank and the other is the ninth rank, the person who is rated as the eighth rank will naturally If he is not convinced, it is impossible to guarantee that he will not find someone to compete with. Therefore, Wan Xingchen did a very shameless but very smart thing at that time. After seeing the cultivation of those sect leaders, he stood up and laughed and praised. Be the strongest of the ninth rank!"
"Those sect masters knew that he was perfunctory, but no one lost face, so everyone is happy."
"Since then, the four words of the ninth rank to the strongest have become the highest level of martial arts. They are still used after so many years because there is no one who is as cultivated as Wan Xingchen and who is more reasonable. If there is someone who can command the martial arts like Wan Xingchen, and set a realm above the ninth rank, I am afraid that many old perverts who have not been born in this world will climb up to join in the fun. Martial arts... Who doesn't want to be invincible name?"
After listening to Shen Qingshan, Fang Jie sighed and said: "Both are ninth-rank supreme, this old man Wan Xingchen Wan is really cunning. But this matter is not necessarily difficult to deal with, if the imperial court is willing to come forward to organize something What kind of martial arts tournament? Inviting the leaders of various sects to judge and compete together. There must be real great practitioners seeking a title of rank nine or above. There are not many things that interest those perverts who have reached a certain level. .But this title...they will definitely not give up."
Shen Qingshan smiled and said: "You said it lightly, the imperial court has always killed a group of people in the Jianghu. Those who are obedient will be praised, and those who are disobedient will be killed. No matter how strong one's personal practice is, how can he stop it?" Live in the imperial army? Ask the imperial court to hold such a conference... I think that the imperial court will take the opportunity to kill all the disobedient ones. If you shoot ten thousand arrows, who cares about the eighth rank or the ninth rank?"
I have to say that although Shen Qingfan's statement is a bit dark, it does make sense. The imperial court has always been wary of quacks. Fortunately, there can be no real unity among the quacks, otherwise the imperial court might really want to kill people.
"actually… "
Shen Qingfan said: "There has long been a title in the Jianghu, but no one is willing to admit it. Some people say that those who are above the ninth rank should be called grand masters, and those who are above grand masters should be called great masters. Those who are above great masters... are gods."
Fang Jie nodded, and said to himself that if there is a chance in the future, he must hold a martial arts conference or something for fun. But then he thought that if he stood on the emperor's side, maybe holding such a meeting might not be a bad thing. For the imperial court to issue a certificate of a master or a great master, for this title, people in the world will definitely fight for it. It is definitely a good thing for the court that the quacks are not united.
Thinking of this, he subconsciously shook his head, thinking that whoever is sent by the imperial court to host this conference will become a public enemy of martial arts.