Chapter 370

"Xueying Laozu, Qi Tong has never returned; we have already sent people to look for him, but we can't find any trace."

Inside the Purple Chai Jingong.

Zhu Yun said.

The Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu narrowed his eyes.

That day, a demon tide suddenly appeared in the Ten Thousand Mountains; that was fine, but Qi Tong also disappeared on that day.

Searching for several days yielded no results.

"Understood, what did the Palace Master say?"

Zhu Yun: "The Palace Master said to just find another one."

The Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu nodded: "Good, you go down first."

"I will send people to investigate this matter."

Zhu Yun bowed deeply before turning and leaving, a bitter smile lifting the corners of her mouth.

Immortal Venerable Daoist disciple?

It was just something she and Qi Tong thought of themselves.

Ever since the day she told the Palace Master the news that Qi Tong might have died, not even a bit of emotion had been revealed on Si Feng's face.

Clearly.

In Si Feng's view, she and Qi Tong were the same as how those wealthy masters viewed their servants.

If they died, they died.

"Change another one."

Si Feng's light words echoed continuously in Zhu Yun's mind.

The Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu wanting to investigate the murderer was not because Qi Tong had any noble status at all, but just because he didn't want to tarnish the Palace Master's prestige.

Qi Tong's death made Zhu Yun even more cautious.

Everything she had obtained now could be buried if she wasn't careful.

'That day's demon tide should have been triggered by Qi Tong.'

'Could it be that he really went to find that Yu Kingdom person named Li Rui?'

'No, that person just entered Primordial; how could he be the opponent of Qi Tong, who practiced immortal arts and had magic treasures? But if it wasn't him, then who would it be?'

Zhu Yun did not tell Si Feng and the Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu about Li Rui the first time.

Because she was afraid.

She was afraid of Si Feng's indifference that transcended everything.

If Qi Tong came back after she finished speaking, it might be very unfavorable for her.

By then, if Qi Tong bit back and made the Palace Master think she harmed her fellow disciple out of jealousy, with the Palace Master's cold nature, she would certainly not escape death.

She originally had no relationship with Qi Tong.

Whether Qi Tong lived or died was not important to her at all, and revenge was even more irrelevant.

Preserving herself was the most important.

'Just pretend I never heard it.'

"Last military training, we got second to last; I am truly ashamed, practice with your lives for me!"

Ning Zhongtian inspected the drill ground and scolded loudly, although there was not much intention of harsh blame.

Last military training.

The Anning Guard got second to last.

The result was quite good.

After all, among the eight guards of Qinghe, four guards were the personal guards of Regional Commander Xue of Annan Town, which were the elite of the elite, and they were not on the same level in terms of troop source.

The other three guards were also the elites of Jiannan and Huaidong towns, plus the generals brought by Zhou Dinghai personally leading the troops; for the Anning Guard to get second to last was naturally a happy event.

However, last place was last place after all; on the surface, Ning Zhongtian still had to scold them for this.

"Li Canjun Ning, early."

Cao Wei came to Ning Zhongtian's side with a grin.

"Lord Cao."

Ning Zhongtian cupped his fists, but it was no longer the salute of a subordinate to a superior.

Not bad.

He had already broken through, and under Li Rui's operation, he became the new Li Canjun of the Anning Guard.

Although the imperial edict for the appointment had not yet come down, it was already a nailed-down matter.

'Truly followed the right person.'

Cao Wei looked at the high-spirited Ning Zhongtian before him and sighed.

Ning Zhongtian was just a grass-roots mud-legged person.

First, he was appreciated by Lei Yong, so he could enter the military camp and escape his status in the Jianghu; later, he met Li Rui and recognized him as Big Brother; look, now people can sit on equal footing with him; Cao Wei concluded, isn't it just good luck, following the right person?

Following the right person doesn't just mean that the person needs to be strong enough; it's even more important that they are willing to promote you.

Just like him, although he latched onto the big tree of the Fifth Prince.

But the Fifth Prince had too many subordinates, too many, and in the end, it all depended on personal ability.

It was impossible to help as wholeheartedly as Li Rui.

Just as the two were talking.

A heavy, pitch-black carriage appeared in the Anning Guard.

The two saw Li Rui slowly walk down from the carriage.

'Big Brother is much more imposing than before.'

Ning Zhongtian praised.

Ever since becoming a Assistant Regional Commander, Li Rui didn't rely entirely on his legs to go out like before; he almost always took a carriage.

'This is the demeanor of being a master.'

Ning Zhongtian grinned and walked up with Cao Wei.

"General." *2

Li Rui smiled and nodded: "Lord Ning, Lord Cao, are you drilling?"

"Hmm."

Ning Zhongtian nodded.

Now that a bunch of people were watching, of course, they had to call by their official titles.

After all, whether it was the Anning Guard or Annan Town, they were all the imperial court's troops; they, these military officers, were only temporary commanders, and calling each other brothers in the military camp would only invite criticism.

They could say it in private, but not on the table.

When things were in full swing, of course, no one would say anything, but if they fell into trouble, there would be plenty of opponents to use this matter to make trouble.

Li Rui looked at the vigorous soldiers:

"Not bad, the spirit is very sufficient."

"Let's go, go inside and talk."

Ning Zhongtian and Cao Wei brought Li Rui to the General's Mansion.

Li Rui naturally sat in the main seat.

The three sat down.

Taking a shallow sip of tea, he then spoke: "Fourth Brother, Brother Cao, the Imperial Observatory has observed the unusual phenomenon of three stars in a row; His Majesty has made up his mind to conduct military affairs against East Wu; we need to be prepared."

Hearing this.

Ning Zhongtian and Cao Wei's expressions both froze.

Every time the Yu Kingdom launches a major military campaign, it starts from the observation of the Imperial Observatory. Three stars in a row foretells that war is about to begin.

It seems the Emperor has already made up his mind to crusade against East Wu.

Linking it to the recent military training, they both felt a chill behind their backs.

Where was it military training? It was clearly a pre-war exercise.

Li Rui put down the teacup calmly.

Three stars in a row?

There is a saying that the Emperor's heart is the Heaven's heart; anyway, the final interpretation of the celestial phenomena is in the hands of the Imperial Observatory.

These are just excuses.

In his view, it was clearly the Emperor wanting to take action.

In order to have a famous teacher, he thought of such a scene.

It's just the usual means of an emperor.

!

When the Taizu was around, there was an official of the Imperial Observatory whose calculated result did not match the heart of the Taizu's prince; the Taizu Emperor wanted the world to recuperate, but he calculated a "Mars guarding the heart."

The Taizu was so angry he almost chopped off that deputy supervisor.

In the end, it was the National Master of that generation who came forward to let the Taizu Emperor vent his anger.

All of the above were heard from Yao Xue.

Internal news of the Imperial Observatory, guaranteed true.

Li Rui guessed that it was likely that the Transcendent Immortal in the Purple Chai Jingong wanted to support East Wu, and there would be one more country in the world ruled by a Transcendent Immortal.

The Emperor suffered from the disaster of immortals in his early years, so of course, he would not watch such a thing happen.

The expedition was inevitable.

"Alright, you continue the military training; it's just to tell you in advance to have a psychological preparation; this matter is not yet decided, don't spread it."

"Yes."

Ning Zhongtian and Cao Wei nodded solemnly.

Li Rui finished his instructions.

Then he stayed in the General's Mansion, had a drink with the Li Canjun and Assistant Regional Commander of the Anning Guard, before returning to his own mansion.

Just returned to the mansion.

A pretty little maid came up.

"Master, the warm water has been prepared."

Li Rui was served to undress.

After washing up, he began a day of cultivation again.

Thoughts arose.

Crimson true qi slowly wrapped around his body; although it was gas, it actually gave people a feeling of being as scorching as a raging fire, and the Green Wood Qi seemed to add a bundle of firewood to this red flame.

The scorching true qi burned, making the space somewhat distorted.

Blazing Flame Body completed!

Wood generates fire.

Li Rui had practiced the Green Wood Qi, so he followed up and practiced the Blazing Flame Body.

That day, the man from the Purple Chai Jingong also practiced the Blazing Flame Body.

But at most, it was just an entry level.

Far from being comparable to the current Li Rui.

Li Rui was originally a medium-grade spiritual root; after improving his spiritual root with the Six Methods of Spirit Raising, the quality of his high-grade spiritual root was much better than ordinary high-grade spiritual roots.

This difference was clearly reflected in the speed of practicing immortal arts.

Qi Tong's Blazing Flame Body, in his view, was no different from a small flame.

Just when Li Rui was cultivating.

Suddenly felt something in his heart.

"Practicing immortal arts actually has great benefits for practicing the heart?"

This discovery surprised him greatly.

Primordial has three passes: body refining, heart refining, and spirit refining.

Body refining, as the name suggests, is of course using true qi to wash one's body to reach the Primordial state of the physical body.

Entered heart refining.

Heart refining is not really practicing the heart, but practicing the five internal organs internally.

To reach the realm of nourishing the spirit.

And the five elements of the Five Spirits Body Refining Technique correspond to the five internal organs of the human body, which has the same effect as the Primordial true qi practicing the five internal organs; with the two superimposed, the cultivation speed increases greatly.

An unexpected joy!

Following this speed, perhaps in a few years, he would be able to pass the Primordial heart refining pass.

'Old Li, I am truly a genius of cultivation!'

In the blink of an eye, it was another summer scenery.

Qinghe was a scene of peace.

The pedestrians on the street were not affected at all by the tense atmosphere in Annan Town.

On the second floor of the Drunken Immortal Building, the private room facing the street could just see the bustling crowd on the road.

"His Majesty truly has great spirit; he strikes as soon as he says he will."

Lin Lang drank the clear, iced plum wine in small sips.

In this scorching summer, it had a unique flavor.

Li Rui sat opposite him.

Tilting his head, he looked out the window.

Chatting without a sentence: "Brother Lin, the location we chose for this Spring Breeze Hall is truly good."

Here, one could just see a corner of the Spring Breeze Hall.

"Isn't it? I specifically found a master to look at it; the feng shui is excellent."

Li Rui was dumbfounded.

According to what he knew, masters who often said "benefactor, your forehead is black and there is a disaster of blood" didn't have long-lasting businesses; they usually said good things.

After all, the master was also worried that Lin Lang would be unhappy and directly have the experts of the Tianyuan Chamber of Commerce throw him into the Qinghe to feed the fish.

"Little Liu and Niece Lin have already set off?"

"Hmm, left yesterday; I have some connections in Jiangzhou, so there won't be any problems."

Lin Lang said.

Li Rui just nodded.

Now the business of the Spring Breeze Hall was getting bigger and bigger, and Yunzhou was no longer satisfied.

Liu Tong had told him some days ago that he wanted to go to Jiangzhou to take a look.

Jiangzhou was a large continent in the south; if any chamber of commerce could gain a foothold there, it would be considered entering the hall.

Ever since having the chamber of commerce.

Li Rui really hadn't worried much about elixirs.

Naturally, he had to put his heart into it.

Lin Lang suddenly thought of one thing:

"Lord Li, have you heard? His Majesty intends to send people to visit the Wu Kingdom."

(End of chapter)