It's night, in Jade City, Wu Wenhou Mansion.
In Langhuan Bookstore, Hong Xuanji sat quietly in front of the desk without lighting the lamp. The starlight came in through the windows, and the mottled shadows filled the room, creating a mysterious atmosphere. This Grand Master of the Qian Dynasty, the Martial Arts Saint The person, just sitting quietly like this, motionless, seemed not to be breathing at all, but it seemed that his whole body was breathing with the starlight.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes, and a bit of worry appeared involuntarily between his eyebrows: "Why, when I practice recently, I always have a premonition of an impending disaster? Could it be that someone wants to deal with me? Is it the Dream God? The machine is the mysterious master who attacked the emperor..."
The more advanced you are in martial arts and Taoism, the more sensitive your six senses will be. Even if you cannot see into the secrets of heaven, you can still be aware of your own misfortunes and blessings.
After getting up, Hong Xuanji looked at the picture of Bingmei Aoxue that was mostly burned by him on the wall. He unconsciously thought of Meng Bingyun who died because of him, and of his concubine Hong Yi.
The dispute over the scientific examination of the past few days was still in her mind. Whenever she thought about the events of the past few days, she felt unhappy in her heart: "The evil son Meng Bingyun gave birth to was really brave. Instead of studying his Neo-Confucianism, he It's really treasonous to praise Li's theory! He was also praised by Li Shenguang as the leader of the Jieyuan case. Li Shenguang wanted to go against himself and give that evil son full wings. As a son of man, he didn't want to laugh and said, He should be punished! "
However, at this moment, a thunder suddenly exploded in the sky above Wu Wenhou Mansion. Immediately, the sky was filled with stars and rivers twinkling, thousands of miles of clouds were rolling in, and five huge true dragons were coming across the sky.
"what happened?!"
Surprised, Hong Xuanji quickly rushed out of the door and came to the courtyard, only to see five huge true dragons lingering in the sky above the Hou Mansion, and a black shadow descended from the sky with the force of thunder.
"boom!"
The black shadow was huge. It was a huge stone tablet, nine feet high. It was like a falling star from the sky. It fell heavily into the courtyard of the Marquis Mansion, causing endless smoke and dust to fill the sky.
With such momentum, the entire Wuwen Marquis Mansion was alarmed. People in the Marquis Mansion gathered around and saw Hong Xuanji standing in front of a nine-foot-long giant monument in the courtyard.
"On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, Haoyang is in the sky, east of Jade City, there is a showdown between males and females."
On the giant monument, there are words engraved with iron paintings and silver hooks, indicating a high fighting spirit. This is clearly a letter of war. Under the letter of war, the name of the person inviting the war is mentioned, and it is written:
"Jiang Chen pays his respects."
As the number one master of Daqian Martial Arts, Hong Xuanji has encountered countless challenges in his life, but none like this time. Jiang Chen came to challenge with such great momentum. Although he had never heard of it, the Five Dragons Carrying Monument showed his methods at a glance. Tongtian was definitely the most difficult and powerful enemy he had encountered in his life.
"Jiang Chen... Jiang... Could it be that he is the mysterious master who attacked the emperor?!"
Hong Xuanji couldn't help but frown, and the bad thoughts in his heart became more and more intense: "The catastrophe that has been foreseen in recent days must be due to this challenge. It seems that I have to prepare well. .. ... ... "
Just when Hong Xuanji was determined to prepare for the war, the news spread quickly!
In the Yujing Temple, Xiao Anran, the leader of the Fang Xiandao Sect, was playing chess with the painting saint Qian Daozi. Suddenly, he heard that the Taoist boy came to report that a mysterious master had declared a war against Hong Xuanji with a five-dragon laden stele!
"ha!"
Hearing this news, Xiao Anran couldn't help laughing loudly and said: "Hong Xuanji, Hong Xuanji, aren't you very crazy? You have a heretic on the left and an arrogant person on the right. You finally met your opponent today!" He drove the five dragons to carry him. The monument obviously possesses Taoist magical powers, so it is no surprise that the challenger named Jiang Chen must be a master of ghosts and immortals who specializes in Taoism.
Hong Xuanji dominates the world with his martial arts. He has always looked down on those who practice Taoism, and even denounces those who practice Taoism as heretics. This is a matter known to the world. He has aroused the hatred of many Taoism practitioners. Now, another master of Taoism is willing to stand up and challenge Hong Xuanji in the world. For a monk, this is undoubtedly a very satisfying thing.
But he never thought that at this moment, the painting saint Qian Daozi sitting opposite him said leisurely: "That's not necessarily the case."
"oh?"
Xiao smiled sadly and said: "I wonder what your friend thinks of this matter?"
"As we all know, Hong Xuanji has been at the peak of martial arts for twenty years. If Meng Bingyun hadn't broken his Taoist heart and caused his martial arts to stagnate for twenty years, he would have become an immortal by now!"
While Qian Daozi was speaking, he picked up a chess piece and dropped it gently, and then continued with a bit of sigh, "I heard that a few days ago, Hong Xuanji burned a picture of Bingmei Aoxue given to him by Meng Bingyun. He has obviously broken through his mental barrier, and now he must have broken through to the realm of human immortality, and the accumulation of twenty years is not trivial, it is enough for him to go a long way in the realm of human immortality!"
Hearing this, Xiao Anran couldn't help but be startled. His heart sank suddenly, and his joyful expression immediately disappeared. He knew the horror of human immortals. Monk Yinyue of the Great Zen Temple killed countless ghosts back then. Immortals, under the roar of human immortals, ordinary ghost immortals are no match at all. Only after surviving the thunder tribulation can you have any confidence to face human immortals.
And if you want to face the human immortals head-on, you have to master five or six thunder tribulations and reach the legendary realm. If Hong Xuanji really breaks through to human immortality, even if it is just his fist power, ordinary ghost immortals are no match at all.
Xiao Anran didn't know how far the ghost immortal named Jiang Chen had reached. If he hadn't had more than seven thunder tribulations, it would be difficult to compete with Hong Xuanji, who had already broken through the human-immortal realm.
He was not the only one who had such an idea. For example, deep in the palace, in the Qianyuan Palace, Emperor Qian Yang Pan was reviewing the memorial. After hearing the report from the accompanying eunuch Wu Zhongyi, the jade pen in his hand suddenly stopped. :
"Jiang Chen... Jiang... Could it be that he is the mysterious master who attacked me before the new year?!"
At this point, he and Hong Xuanji were in the same mind. He frowned slightly and did not let go until a while later. Then he said calmly: "I already know about this matter. You can go down."
"yes."
The accompanying eunuch Wu Zhongyi did not dare to disturb him and immediately retreated.
In the main hall, Yang Pan was left alone to sit quietly. After a long time, he calmly asked a void: "What do you think about this matter?"
The hall was empty, without a single figure, but a voice came and responded: "Brother Hong has taken a further step in martial arts and has become a martial arts immortal. Although Jiang Chen has cultivated magical powers, he may not be able to win. What's more, Five On the fifth day of the lunar month, Haoyang is in the sky, and Taoism will be greatly suppressed. I am afraid that Jiang Chen will have some leverage, so he dares to challenge Brother Hong under such circumstances, but he has to be careful... . ”
It has to be said that this invitation to fight really affected the situation in all directions and attracted the attention of all forces in Yujing City. Gradually, the news continued to spread and spread outside Yujing City. Even many ordinary people were interested. Hear.
Green Willow Village is far away from the outskirts of Yujing City. Its location is very good. Outside the village is a big river called Bailangjiang, which winds for thousands of miles from the south, passes through Yujing, and then enters the East China Sea.
This Bailang River connects almost half of the water transportation in Daqian, allowing all materials and commodities in the south to be continuously transported to Yujing and even surrounding towns.
Therefore, the town where Green Willow Village is located is also extremely prosperous. If you want to buy something, you don't have to travel far to Yujing.
Deep in Green Willow Village, there is a manor. It is full of willow trees, small bridges and flowing water, crisscrossing harbors and branches, dense springs, fertile fields, fat fish ponds and large fish and shrimps. It is like a land of plenty in the south.
A few days ago, this manor was the property of the current prince, Prince Jade, but now it belongs to Hong Yi, because Prince Jade donated this manor to Hong Yi.
There are more than thirty houses in the manor, all made of fine snow fir and thick blue bricks. Even the outside is covered with thick brick walls, which are three people high. The walls are covered with iron caltrops to prevent People climb.
More importantly, there are watchtowers built with stone towers in every corner of the manor. You can see the situation outside from a distance, and you can also shoot people outside the wall with a crossbow from a high position. If an accident occurs, you only need to send your best shot. The righteous archers stepped onto the observation tower. Even if there were hundreds of people outside, it would be difficult to attack them.
Generally, these things are built in the yards of wealthy families to prevent natural disasters, tenant riots, and bandit robbery.
At the other end of the village, there are mills, breweries, oil pressing houses, and areas where pigs, chickens and ducks are raised. Half of them are eaten by themselves, and the other half are sold to increase income.
In addition, there are mulberry trees and houses for raising silkworms and weaving silk outside.
In addition to paddy fields, vegetable fields, and mulberry forests, there are also tea mountains and fish ponds.
This is a typical farm. Except for salt, it is self-sufficient in firewood, rice, grains, oil, vegetables, tea and meat.
There are many such manors in the suburbs of the capital. The main source of income for the princes and ministers in Jade City is the annual income from these manors. In addition, the salary from the national treasury is only a drizzle.
Princes, princes and ministers are not engaged in business. Occasionally, those who are greedy for profit only provide convenience to businessmen and buy shares to receive dividends. But even this is easy to be criticized, and it is not the work of scholar-bureaucrats.
Therefore, such manors are still very popular outside Yujing City. If Hong Yi had not won the first place in the scientific examination in the spring, and if he had not surrendered to Prince Jade, Prince Jade would not have given such a manor to the city. he.
On this day, Hong Yi was practicing martial arts. After passing the scientific examination, he realized part of his goal because of the understanding of Yuan, which made him feel very happy. Not only did his soul cultivation level break through and reach the state of expelling objects, but his martial arts cultivation level also improved. Having reached the pinnacle of Grand Master, there is only half a step left to break through to the realm of Martial Saint in one fell swoop.
However, breaking through to the realm of martial arts requires the unity of body and spirit, which means that he must give up the cultivation of soul. This is not what he said he was willing to do. The difficult choice made him very distressed. He wanted to find his master Jiang Morning guidance, but not available. While he was sighing, suddenly a big man rushed over and shouted loudly: "Mr. Hong, something bad is going to happen!"
"Tie Zhu, what are you yelling about? Didn't you see that your husband is practicing martial arts!"
When a little girl next to him saw this, he quickly scolded: "You are also a martial arts practitioner. How come you don't know that when practicing martial arts, you are most afraid of being disturbed by others. What should you do if something happens?"
"this... ... .."
Hearing this, Tiezhu immediately felt guilty and ashamed: "I... I didn't mean it, I..."
"Okay, Xiao Mu, stop talking. Tiezhu didn't do it on purpose. Judging from his appearance, something big must have happened, so he did this."
Hong Yi stopped, stopped Xiao Mu from scolding Tie Zhu, took the sweat towel from Xiao Mu and wiped his sweat, and said, "Let Tie Zhu tell me what big thing happened!"
With Hong Yi's permission, Tiezhu quickly responded: "Sir, just three days ago, a mysterious master named 'Jiang Chen' carried a stele with five dragons and issued a letter of war to Wu Wenhou's Mansion, asking Hong to do so. Xuanji will have a decisive battle in the east of Yujing City on the fifth day of May. Do you think this is a big deal?"
"What? Master asked me to fight my father Hong Xuanji?!"
When Hong Yi heard this, he was suddenly startled, but then he couldn't help but frown, and asked with some confusion: "How did such a big thing spread?"
"It's too noisy!"
Tie Zhu said carelessly: "Sir, think about it, there are five gathering dragons, and they are carrying a huge monument. It is said to be nine feet high. Many people have seen it, and there is no way to hide it. Now the entire Yujing City It’s spread all over the place!”
"Too."
Hong Yi thought about it. The movement of the Five Dragons Carrying the Monument was so huge. Even if he wanted to hide it, he probably couldn't. However, the news was transmitted so quickly, so there must be something fishy in it. I'm afraid there must be some behind-the-scenes push from those who are interested, but This is not what he wants to pay attention to. What makes him pay attention is the theme of this battle: "Although the master's cultivation is high, on the fifth day of May, Haoyang is in the sky, which is not conducive to Taoist magic. I am worried that he will be in danger." .”
"impossible?"
Tie Zhu touched the back of his head and said, "Sir, didn't you say that your master is not only a ghost immortal, but also a master of martial arts? Together, he should be more powerful than Hong Xuanji."
"Snapped!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was only a snapping sound, which made Shen Tiezhu gasp in pain. He covered the back of his head and looked aggrievedly at his father Shen Tianyang who suddenly appeared behind him: "Dad, why did you hit me?"
"The one I hit is you."
Shen Tianyang held the pipe and said to him in an iron-clad manner: "The two sides in the decisive battle are the master of the benefactor and the father of the benefactor. As servants, how can we arbitrarily discuss the affairs of the master's family?" ?”
"It doesn't matter!"
Hong Yi looked indifferent, waved his hand and said: "The key is that Master is going to face off with my father. I don't know the outcome. I want to go and watch the battle. What do you think?"
The expression on Shen Tianyang's face changed, and he said in a deep voice: "My benefactor, you need to think about this matter again. Even the aftermath of a duel between such figures has great power. Although my benefactor is not weak in cultivation, he can only watch the battle from the sidelines." , there is any risk of accidental injury.”
"If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you catch the tiger's cubs?"
Hong Yi said in a deep voice: "Although there are risks in this matter, I will definitely gain a lot from seeing such a master fight, so this time I know that there are tigers in the mountains, so I prefer to go to the tiger mountains!"
"Ha! That's right. You know that there are tigers in the mountains, but you prefer to go to the tiger mountains!"
(End of chapter)