"How did we get forced to this point by one or two mortals?" Elder Qingzhuo frowned.
Anyway... .
Let’s urge King Qin, the white glove of the immortal sect, first.
...
Zhongzhou Rest Town.
After Hai Wuya's ceremony, the number of tourists and passers-by has decreased, but they still continue to arrive.
The ruins of the lonely city in the vast desert are too remote and barren, making it difficult for ordinary people to enter and worship, so most ordinary warriors stop at the Forest of Steles under the Parthian Pass.
Some old soldiers whose relatives had passed away long ago had nowhere to go, so they stayed in Anxi Town temporarily, just guarding the Forest of Steles and guarding the tombs of their comrades every day.
Hai Siyuan is one of them.
He was already a third-rank general appointed by the imperial court. Even though he was just an official, his status and salary were real.
However, he did not go to the imperial capital, but just stayed with dozens of old soldiers who stayed in Anxi Town every day.
Firstly, he was thinking about what his father Hai Wuya said and wanted to see how many of his old brothers who had fought alongside him still had the will to fight; secondly, after meeting Emperor Yonghe and all the civil and military officials in the court, even someone as determined as him became somewhat disheartened.
On this day, it had just rained a little in the Forest of Steles, and the soil was wet from the rain and a little muddy.
In such weather, there were not many people paying homage in the entire Forest of Steles, except for dozens of old soldiers including Hai Siyuan.
Hai Siyuan and these old soldiers were inspecting the Forest of Steles as usual. While chatting for a while, they walked to the graves of the Qiao family intentionally or unintentionally.
The tombs of Qiao Shuangsen, Qiao Ruisen, Qiao Ruisen and others are all in one place. They are now quite famous in Zhongzhou, and their tombs are among the most visited in the Forest of Steles.
"It just drizzled a little, how come someone is coming to pay homage again?" An old soldier suddenly asked:
"Still a young girl... Hey, shouldn't this young girl go to the grave of the exiled sword immortal Lu Yanbei to pay homage?"
"Huh? Why are you still a blind man?"
Jian Zexian was a martial arts leader of his generation, so naturally he was extremely famous. His tomb had almost become a fixed check-in spot for every worshiper.
Hai Siyuan looked up and saw a girl with long black hair standing in front of the Qiao family's grave, her eyes closed and silent.
Hai Siyuan had sharp eyes and saw that the blind girl was holding a thread-bound book in her hand, as if she was offering a sacrifice
"That's weird. When people worship the dead, they usually use fruits, paper money and the like. How can they use books to worship?"
Hai Siyuan was surprised and took a closer look. After seeing the handwriting on the cover of the book in the blind girl's hand, he was even more amazed.
The cover actually said "The Book of Longevity Fist".
"You're actually offering a martial arts secret manual? That's weird... Wait, the Longevity Fist Manual? The Longevity Fist of the Qiao Family in Heyang, Nanzhou?"
Hai Siyuan and other old soldiers are antiques living forty years ago.
The Heyang Qiao family had become famous a hundred years ago, so Hai Siyuan had heard of it as early as forty years ago.
Thinking about it carefully, Qiao Shuangsen and others did display the Changshengquan Dielangjin they practiced when they entered the city. Although Hai Siyuan saw it at the time, he didn't take it too seriously.
Because compared to Qiao Shuangsen's Changshengquan attainments, it was the Qiao family's Tianmo Disintegration attainments that impressed him more... .
Now that he had come to his senses, he belatedly realized something.
"Could it be that Qiao Shuangsen's family is actually the Heyang Qiao family that practiced the Changsheng Fist back then? Why haven't I heard of the Heyang Qiao family's family martial arts and the Heavenly Demon Disintegration?"
Hai Siyuan thought about this, and hurriedly stepped forward, waved his hand and asked:
"Little girl, are you from the Heyang Qiao family? Why are you here with the boxing manual to pay homage to the Qiao family's ancestors?"
"Yes." The blind girl nodded softly, then quietly opened her eyes a little and looked at the old soldiers.
In her eyes, they were a few middle-aged soldiers with resolute expressions, thin but strong bodies, and calm but tough eyes.
Thinking about this forest of steles and the recent events in the lonely city in the desert, she roughly guessed the identities of these people.
I guess he should be one of the three hundred veterans who survived the Alien War
"Really... You're late. Your family elder, Qiao Shui, came here in person a few days ago." Hai Siyuan said.
Without thinking much, he confused the Qiao family with the Heyang Qiao family.
But when Qiao Canxue heard these words, her heart was shocked.
During the time she had been practicing Taoism, she had naturally been paying attention to the movements of the Qiao family.
It was just a pity that the Qiao family died too quickly, and she herself also wanted to cultivate immortality, so she never caught up.
"Qiao Shui..." Qiao Canxue decided to tell a little lie:
"That's my great-grandfather... Senior, do you know where my great-grandfather is? I've been away from home for several years, and I don't know where my great-grandfather is staying now?"
"He bought a house in the imperial capital, just outside the city..." Hai Siyuan didn't think much about it and told Qiao Mu the address.
Firstly, the girl looked pleasing in appearance and didn't seem to have any ill intentions, so he didn't think that Qiao Canxue was lying.
Secondly... Who else could cause trouble for Qiao Mu? Aren't you afraid of death
The heroic deeds of several generations of the Qiao family have left an unfathomable impression on Hai Siyuan and others.
If Jian Zexian was the strongest person in the lonely city in the past, then Qiao Shuangsen and others were the second, third, and fourth strongest...
Moreover, he is much more reliable than the bad-tempered Jian Zexian. It is no exaggeration to say that he is the most reliable person in the lonely city.
"Since you are Mr. Qiao's junior..." Hai Siyuan murmured for a moment:
"Isn't it inconvenient for you to lose your sight... Then why don't we old guys give you a ride to the capital to see Mr. Qiao?"
Hai Siyuan was indeed on his way.
In a few days, he planned to take his brothers whose relatives had passed away and had nowhere to go to the imperial capital to find his father Hai Wuya.
Now that there is a blind descendant of the Qiao family, he feels a little more caring for him.
After all... He has been a junior in front of the Qiao family for so long, and has received a huge life-saving favor from the Qiao family. Now, protecting the blind and weak younger generation is naturally a piece of cake.
"I'm not saying anything. Although the Qiao family is full of martial virtues, how can they let a blind and weak woman go out alone? I heard that the current situation in Zhongzhou is quite chaotic."
Hai Siyuan kept talking, repeating the usual advice from elders.
He was a little excited. He finally met a young person from the Qiao family, and she was a woman.
He almost thought that the people in the Qiao family were born as old monsters who were hundreds of years old
Qiao Canxue was a little absent-minded, and just quietly clenched the "Eternal Life Fist Sutra" in his hand.
This "Changsheng Fist Classic" is naturally not the upper half of the past, but the complete version.
Now that the Martial Saint is dead, she can be said to have avenged her great hatred.
As for the second half of the "Eternal Fist Sutra", it was naturally snatched from the remnants of the Wu Ji Society.
It can be said that the item has been returned to its original owner and the wish has been fulfilled.
However, Qiao Canxue was the last orphan of the Qiao family in Heyang, and she had given up martial arts long ago, so even though she had obtained the boxing manual, no one practiced with her.
After getting the complete copy of "The Changsheng Fist Sutra", she felt a little confused. She felt like her wish had just been fulfilled and she didn't know what to do in the future.
Just at this time, the truth of the alien war was heard, and three hundred old soldiers walked out of the desert, among whom several members of the Qiao family died.
So she came.
Compared to the secret book in her hand, what she cares more about at this moment is... .
"How should I face the elder of the Qiaomu family named Qiao Shui?"
As for the Qiao family, which was becoming famous, Qiao Canxue actually only knew one person, Qiao Mu, in Nanzhou.
Of course, she had never thought that behind Qiao Mu, there was such a huge martial arts family that hated evil
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PS: Many readers asked why the cat on the cover suddenly stopped moving. Here is the explanation.
Didn’t the APP turn gray a few days ago? The normal operation is to add a filter, and the operation of the hedgehog cat is more advanced.
I manually replaced my cover with a grey version, and then changed it back a few days later... Then I changed it to a static grey image, and when it was done I had to find the original image and change it back myself.
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Chapter 229 Don't act like an expert (4k
Early in the morning, on the outskirts of the imperial capital.
Qiaomu has recently been developing new hobbies, such as bird walking.
"Mr. Qiao, are you walking your bird here again? Your bird is really unique."
"Oh, why do you smell like alcohol? You were drunk so early in the morning? How can you walk your bird after drinking?"
A middle-aged man carrying a bird cage was walking towards him on the side of the road, chatting with Qiao Mu.
Qiao Mu was also holding a birdcage in his hand. In the cage was a delicate little canary, chirping non-stop.
But there was a mottled cat lying on his shoulder. The cat seemed to be very interested in the canary in Qiaomu's hand and kept scratching the birdcage in Qiaomu's hand.
However, Qiao Mu's movements were a little faster than the cat's, as if he could predict the future. Every time the canary was about to be hooked by the cat's claws, he would turn the birdcage in time to let the canary escape from its clutches.
"I'm happy to do that." Qiao Mu said casually:
"If you want to be healthy and live a long life, drink alcohol, walk your birds and eat fatty meat."
"This is the secret to longevity of my Qiao family. In one word, a happy mood."
Although a few days ago, he lost control of his mouth and mentioned it to Lu Yanbei, saying that he would go to the Da Dao Sect on his behalf to take back the sword body of the Exiled Immortal Sword.
But Qiao Mu thought about it afterwards... it was just a temporary solution to prevent Lu Yanbei from going to his death.
Qiumu will not go back on his word, but he can go later.
It will be the same if you go there again in a hundred years, two hundred years, or five hundred years.
I heard that Elder Qingzhuo is over a thousand years old. Even as an immortal cultivator he can only live a long life but not immortality. Qiao Mu could just wait him out and then try to take action.
As for now... of course I just want to live happily.
After knowing the truth about the Changsheng Lock and changing his name to Qiao Shui, Qiao Mu gradually began to live a different life.
Why go and die? Long-term isolation is undoubtedly a boring process.
Anyway, Qiao Mu is an immortal, so he can just live on in the real world without dying, and he can live forever in this world.
As long as you take out a little time in your life to deduce the "Sumeru Mountain King Sutra" and keep up with the progress of the "Sumeru Mountain King Sutra", you can prevent your qi and blood from declining too much in old age and you from being too old to walk.
So these days... rather than saying that Qiumu is living a retirement life, it would be better to say that he is on summer vacation.
Day one, drinking.
The next day, take the bird for a walk.
Day three, playing with the cat.
On the fourth day, we listened to music in the brothel.
On the fifth day, Qiaomu, oh Qiaomu, you can't continue to degenerate like this. If you don't practice martial arts, sooner or later your energy and blood will decline, and you will be too old to walk.
So on the fifth day, Qiao Mu learned from his mistakes and practiced very hard in the yard for half an hour.
Then he realized a truth:
Time is meant to be wasted.
Moreover, he is not an ordinary person. As an immortal with a long and infinite lifespan, why should he cherish time
If life span is money, then Qiao Mu is born the richest man in the world. He has inexhaustible money in his hands. Why should he be so penny-wise and cherish his time
So Qiumu continued his summer vacation life, happily practicing martial arts and living a cycle of walking his birds and playing with his cats.
In fact, this is normal life.
In the past, the Qiao family had a fiery nature, and most of them could not survive more than ten days or half a month. Their lives were as brilliant as fireworks but fleeting.
Now Qiumu figured it out.
Between repeatedly dying and going to jail, and slowly practicing martial arts, he naturally chose the easy mode.
The banished sword immortal Lu Yannan is a passer-by in the mortal world. Like a swallow, he travels north and south year after year and has seen all the mountains and rivers in the nine provinces, but he has no permanent home in the mortal world.
The only one who could keep him company and have a place in his heart was actually his brother Lu Yanbei, with whom he grew up supporting each other.