Mu Yanyan was lost in thought.
After meeting with my senior and junior brothers and sisters after a long absence last night, I didn't find any problems. Everything was the same as before.
Same friendly, relaxing...
"Teacher Mu?"
Jiang Changbin asked urgently.
"this… "
Mu Yanyan looked embarrassed and said, "Director Jiang, I shouldn't have refused your request, but now I'm afraid that if any mistakes are made by my fellow apprentices, the plan may fail..."
"Hey, what are you talking about?"
Jiang Changbin said: "They are all people who have practiced in Kunlun Daoism for their entire lives, how could there be any mistakes?"
Mu Yanyan was startled by this sentence.
He thought, "Yes, they are all people who have practiced in Kunlun Daoism for their entire lives. How could they have any mistakes?"
"That White Tiger Evil... maybe it's not referring to my brothers and sisters."
Thinking of this, I felt a lot more relaxed and better. "There should be other enemies... There may not be only Kunlun Dao Sect in the southeast. The southeast is much bigger..."
"Teacher Mu!"
Jiang Changbin said: "As everyone knows, Kunlun Dao Sect and Wu League are mortal enemies! This time we are dealing with the Wu League's great enemy... Teacher Mu, you must lend me a helping hand no matter what."
Mu Yanyan was still weighing the options in her mind.
After a long while, Mu Yanyan gritted her teeth and said in a deep voice, "Okay. I'll tell my brothers later."
At the same time, a voice in his heart quietly said, "It's a good opportunity to use this battle to confirm whether it is true or not. Although I am sure that they are not, and I don't want them to be, but... I am still worried."
"If we reveal our true colors in this battle, by the time Xiao Nian breaks through, we will be more prepared and safer."
"Comparatively speaking, the matter of the Phoenix Vein is more important."
"Of course, it would be the best outcome if they were all fine."
Jiang Changbin was overjoyed when he heard this and said, "Thank you, Teacher Mu. I believe that this way, our actions will be even more foolproof!"
He counted on his fingers and found that the number of people gathered for today's trip had reached thirteen Infant Transformation masters. With such a lineup, they were sure to succeed no matter what.
"good."
Jiang Changbin said: "Then it has been decided. We will start the action tonight."
Soon, other people also arrived, and Jiang Changbin briefly introduced the content of today's task.
Then Jiang Changbin gathered everyone together.
"In order for the event to go smoothly, please don't move around. Just wait here for the event tonight."
"good."
Everyone understood the overall situation and agreed readily without any objection.
Then everyone gathered together and began to deduce the battle situation. Every position, every method, and every battle formation were deduced.
“It’s not a big problem.”
Han Song pondered: "As long as the information is true, his current cultivation level is at most the initial or middle stage of Huayun, which is a miracle. We should have no problem taking him down."
"good!"
…
dusk.
Jiang Changbin changed into casual clothes, left Star Shield, and went straight to the Governor's Mansion.
"Is Master Shang here?" Jiang Changbin asked the guard at the Governor's Mansion.
"It seems so."
"I want to find him."
Jiang Changbin laughed: "We haven't had a drink together for a long time. We are really exhausted during this period..."
Amidst laughter, he walked in swaggeringly.
Shang Qingyun was currently directing a group of guards to deal with the debris in the yard. With his thin figure, gray hair, and eyes sunken in his eye sockets, he looked very haggard.
He stood there with his hands behind his back, looking lonely.
"Brother Shang! Teacher Shang!"
Jiang Changbin almost trotted over and laughed, "Busy?"
Shang Qingyun turned around, a smile flashing across his face that looked like dried orange peel: "Director Jiang? Director Jiang, how come you are so free today?"
"After working so hard for so long, I can finally take a break."
Jiang Changbin's face was filled with melancholy, and he started to complain as soon as they met: "Teacher Shang, how come there are so many things happening in such a small border town like Phoenix City recently... I've been so busy these days that my head is about to explode."
Shang Qingyun smiled faintly, as if the wrinkles on his face were pulled for a moment. He still put one hand behind his back and said, "Which city doesn't have a lot of things to do? Director Jiang, this is the world of mortals. As long as people are alive, there are endless things to do and endless worries."
"Mr. Shang is right. What a wise saying!"
Jiang Changbin laughed and said, "So I finally have some free time today, so I rushed over here. I came here to ask if the Governor is free? Are you free today?"
"It seems that the Governor has gone out for something."
Shang Qingyun said calmly: "It is said that...something happened at the Long Family Manor."
"That's fine. They said it was a misunderstanding. The Long family is only a prominent figure in Phoenix City, but they are not worthy of the attention of an Infant Transformation cultivator."
Jiang Changbin was a little disappointed: "But the Long family is still the in-laws of the Governor's children. I'm afraid they won't be back until dinner time."
Shang Qingyun smiled: "I guess so."
"I finally wanted to have a drink tonight, but the Governor is not here. It seems that God has given you a day off. Come on, come on, follow me."
Shang Qingyun frowned and said, "It is my duty, how can I go out so easily? The presence or absence of the governor is not an excuse for not doing my job."
"Hahaha… "
Jiang Changbin laughed and said, "Teacher Shang, Brother Shang, your responsibility, tsk tsk, let's not talk about it. Anyway, you have to accompany me for a drink today, otherwise I won't let you go."
“I really can’t!”
Shang Qingyun's face remained unchanged as he said, "I have to guard the Governor's Mansion. I can't get out. Director Jiang, please find someone else."
Jiang Changbin sighed and said, "I apologize to Brother Shang. It was my fault. I shouldn't have asked the Governor right away. It's all my fault. I should have asked Brother Shang out for a drink right away... Brother Shang, please be magnanimous and don't be angry with me."
Shang Qingyun was furious: "I really didn't mean that."
"You don't mean to say that you agree?!"
Jiang Changbin pulled Shang Qingyun out and said, "I was afraid that I might have offended you just now, so I didn't even go out to drink... I used to be very happy."
Shang Qingyun was speechless: "You haven't been happy before."
"Hey, no matter whether he was happy or not before, today, Brother Shang, you have to give me this face. I finally want to drink some wine, but no one wants to drink with me. Don't you think this is infuriating? I have been preparing for the Plum Blossom Drunk for three hundred years."
Jiang Changbin dragged Shang Qingyun out while shouting, "All of you, work hard, don't be lazy, and don't get caught if you're lazy... I'm taking your chief steward out for a drink, so take care of yourselves."
"Those who need to sleep can go to sleep, those who need to skip work and go home to see their wives can go to see their wives, I can only help you here... I can't do more."
Shang Qingyun was dragged away by him with a speechless face, shaking his head and sighing: "Director Jiang, I really have something to do..."
"Three Hundred Years of Plum Blossom Drunk, I prepared ten bottles."
Jiang Changbin stopped and raised four fingers: "Tonight, let's only drink four bottles, and the remaining six bottles will all be brought back to you. How?!"
"Here… "
"Don't give me that crap. I just want to ask you, am I good enough for you, my brother? Am I good enough for you as a friend?!"
Jiang Changbin raised his face with a proud look on his face: "Brother Shang, my face is in your hands. You either give me face or slap me back and I will turn around and leave immediately."
Shang Qingyun looked tangled: "Director Jiang, you... "
"It's okay, come on." With a snap, he turned around and left. I won't go drinking with you anymore. Even if you invite me to drink, I won't come. How about that? Let's sever our ties and never have any more contact!"
Jiang Changbin stretched his face: "Brother Shang, Brother Shang? Come on, come on... Do you want to fight? If not, go drink with me. If you fight, I'll just hit you."
Shang Qingyun finally gave in helplessly and smiled bitterly: "I've heard that Director Jiang of Star Shield has a bad temper... I didn't expect that this tough guy would stick to me today... Come on, come on, I'll go have a drink with you."
"Oh, this is my good brother!"
Jiang Changbin laughed loudly, his chest and belly protruding. "Everyone in front of you, get out of the way. What are you looking at? You, and you, and you, you, you, you... All of you, get out of the way. The chief steward is on patrol. Whoever I bump into will be unlucky. I tell you..."
Shang Qingyun followed him with a frown, his face full of helplessness.
"Keep your voice down."
"I am happy today and I must say it loudly. I will say it even if the Governor is in front of me!"
Jiang Changbin laughed up to the sky: "This life is too bitter, too tiring, and too troublesome! When is the best time? When it's time to drink! Wine is a rare and precious thing throughout the ages!"
"Brother Shang, do you know why wine is a rare treasure throughout the ages?"
Shang Qingyun smiled and said, "I'd like to hear Director Jiang's opinion."
"Before I drank alcohol, I was just a small director. I would bow and nod to everyone I saw. But! After drinking alcohol..."
Jiang Changbin laughed loudly: "Don't talk about Star Shield... Phoenix City, Central Plains! Hahaha, even the Star Soul Continent is mine! Mine!"
Shang Qingyun finally couldn't help laughing: "Director Jiang, you are really a man of character."
"Of course, how else can I make friends with Brother Shang?"
Jiang Changbin smiled, then suddenly looked serious: "Brother Shang, we have known each other for quite some time. What was your impression of me when you first met me? What kind of person do you think I, Jiang Changbin, am?"
"When we first met..."
Shang Qingyun couldn't help but be brought back to his memories. His eyes looked a little distant, and he said, "... That should have been nineteen years ago, right?"
"Yes, it was a spring nineteen years ago. It was an unusually cold spring and it was snowing. We first met in the snow... As soon as I saw you, I felt that my lifelong big brother had come! What about you?" Jiang Changbin recalled and asked with a smile on his face.
(End of this chapter)