Chapter 436: Hundred-Year Grand Banquet

The mist in the room grew thicker.

The next instant.

The scene around Li Rui changed; the desolate and barren ground, the faint wailing sounds, as if he were in purgatory.

He looked at the realistic environment before him.

The Fourth-Rank Bewildering Heart Array was indeed extraordinary.

Li Rui's thought moved.

The small flags inserted in every corner of the room pulled themselves out of the ground and returned to his hands.

Array breakthrough!

Over the years, Li Rui's realm had been rising all the way, and his talismans and arrays hadn't fallen behind.

Because he opened the East Heaven Gate.

The speed of improvement in talismans and arrays was extremely fast.

The array had broken through again.

As for talismans, because they were already Fourth-Rank, just like crossing from innate to Tongxuan, whether it was arrays or talismans, breaking from three to four was a big hurdle; even with Li Rui's talent, he had to spend more time cultivating.

Now that both talismans and arrays were Fourth-Rank, they were of no small use to him.

A great happy event!

Li Rui's array breakthrough put him in a great mood.

He pushed the door and walked out of the house.

He happened to see Yang Yong cooling off under a tree in the courtyard.

"Yo, Old Yang, you're in a good mood."

Li Rui chuckled and found a seat for himself, sitting very close to Yang Yong.

Yang Yong glanced at Li Rui.

"Old Li, how many years have you and I known each other?"

Li Rui chuckled:

"That depends on how you count; if you count from when you entered the Zhu family, it's seventy-one years; if you count from when you were whipped by the steward, it's sixty-seven years."

Bringing up the past.

Yang Yong was happy: "Isn't it? That was before I practiced martial arts; I just kicked and broke a porcelain cup of the master, and was almost beaten to death; fortunately, you were righteous enough."

Li Rui hummed twice:

"Picked up silver that day, thinking of accumulating more merit."

Yang Yong rolled his eyes and sighed lightly:

"Time passes really fast; I'm almost ninety years old."

He was more than ten years younger than Li Rui.

Li Rui was about to have his hundred-year banquet, so he was naturally in his eighties.

Just like Li Rui back then.

As the longest-living ordinary person in Qinghe, the magistrate came to visit every year, and he had long been regarded as an auspicious sign.

Heard they were also going to build an archway for him.

These were things he couldn't even imagine when he was a guard in the Zhu family.

He could live so long because Li Rui piled heavenly treasures on him; at eighty-something, he looked no different from when he was seventy.

If there were no accidents, he could live for quite a few more years.

'Made a good friend.'

Yang Yong had more emotions.

Just when the two old men were reminiscing about the past.

A man walked into the General's Mansion.

"Alliance Leader."

Liu Tong cupped his hands toward Li Rui.

Li Rui looked at the increasingly mature Liu Tong and couldn't help but think of when he first saw him in the Hun Tian Yi Hall.

At that time, Liu Tong was still a well-connected person, a playboy.

Over the years.

He had long regarded Liu Tong as half a disciple.

Heard from Liang He that Liu Tong was originally presiding over the opening of the Spring Breeze Hall in Jiangnan, and after hearing the news of the birthday banquet, he rushed to Qinghe immediately after the opening.

Li Rui chuckled: "Change your address from now on, call me Master."

"Master..."

Liu Tong widened his eyes, stunned for a moment.

Seeing Liu Tong standing there in a daze.

Yang Yong couldn't help but speak: "You look the smartest on weekdays, why are you being foolish at this time?"

Liu Tong woke up, his eyes full of ecstasy.

He knelt down without hesitation and knocked his head several times toward Li Rui.

Li Rui helped Liu Tong up:

"Alright, I don't have so many rules here."

At this time, Liu Tong was already tearful.

So many years.

Although he became the hall master of the Spring Breeze Hall, he hadn't become Li Rui's disciple like Liang He, which had always been a knot in his heart.

Now that it was finally untied, how could he not be excited?

Li Rui scolded with a smile: "Look at your lack of ambition."

At this time.

Liang He and Liu Tiezhu, who were watching from the side, stepped forward together.

Liang He chuckled: "Quick, call me Eldest Senior Brother."

He had the deepest bond with Liu Tong.

In the early years, they were both disciples of the Hun Tian Yi Hall, and the two were actually competing in secret, but as Liu Tong joined the Qingwei Sect as a disciple, Liang He felt he was not as good.

But as Li Rui later rose to power.

Liu Tong resolutely gave up his status as a Qingwei Sect disciple and joined the Heaven and Earth Alliance.

The two began to cooperate in managing the affairs of the alliance again.

There was often talk of two prodigies in the Heaven and Earth Alliance.

Liang He and Liu Tong were already as familiar as they could be.

If it were anything else, Liu Tong would have to argue with Liang He, but for this matter, he accepted it happily, smiling and cupping his hands toward Liang He: "Yes, Eldest Senior Brother."

Liang He smiled more and nodded with satisfaction.

Liu Tiezhu then looked at Liu Tiezhu on the side: "Second Senior Brother."

"Eh."

Liu Tiezhu also grinned.

Li Rui looked at the three disciples in the courtyard and chuckled: "Alright, go do your own things."

He didn't give Liu Tong any gift.

Over the years, whatever Liang He and the others had, Liu Tong hadn't missed out on half of it.

Accepting a disciple was just to let Liu Tong's thoughts be clear.

Li Rui was also letting the cause and effect be gathered.

This status was what Liu Tong deserved.

Over the years, the Spring Breeze Hall could grow bigger and bigger, besides him and the Tianyuan Chamber of Commerce as two strong backers, it also had a great relationship with Liu Tong's own efforts.

Liu Tong took a deep breath and calmed his mood.

Only then did he smile and call out: "Master."

Li Rui chuckled: "Alright, go do your own things."

After saying this.

He turned and returned to the room, continuing to cultivate as he had for years.

Another seven or eight days passed.

People came to the General's Mansion in Qinghe again.

"Third Tao Shidi, you're back."

Liu Tiezhu, who was busy in the courtyard, saw Wang Zhao return and greeted him happily.

The two senior and junior brothers hadn't seen each other for nearly ten years.

Meeting again.

Wang Zhao had already shed his past greenness and was now an heroic man.

Liu Tiezhu walked halfway and stopped.

He saw a girl with wheat-colored skin, extremely healthy, and carrying a wild beauty walk in from behind the door; she looked like a Wu Kingdom person at a glance.

Liu Tiezhu's eyes were even more surprised, and he asked with a grin: "Third Tao Shidi, is this the junior sister-in-law?"

Wang Zhao nodded generously:

"This is Qiao Mai, my wife."

"It really is the junior sister-in-law, please, quick please."

Liu Tiezhu greeted them hurriedly.

The young girl named Qiao Mai was also very bold; seeing Liu Tiezhu, she called him Tiezhu-ge one after another.

Making Liu Tiezhu feel very energetic.

Soon.

Liang He and Liu Tong, who heard the news, also walked over.

After some pleasantries.

Wang Zhao finally knew why Liu Tiezhu called him Third Tao Shidi just now, not Little Tao Shidi.

It turned out Master had accepted a new disciple.

"Tao Shidi."

Wang Zhao looked at Liu Tong with a smile.

In the past, Liu Tong often came to Li Rui's mansion; every time they met, they called him Liu-ge, didn't expect that after so many years, Liu Tong's seniority had gone backward.

Liu Tong was extremely willing, bowing toward Wang Zhao: "Senior Brother."

Then.

The eyes of the senior and junior brothers all fell on Qiao Mai.

Not to mention that marriage is a trick of fate.

Among the few, Liu Tong, who had the best luck with women, hadn't married yet, but Wang Zhao, who looked the most wooden, was the first to have a wife.

"Little Zhao, quick tell Senior Brother, how did you meet?"

Liu Tiezhu was the first to ask.

Wang Zhao: "Met once while hunting demons in the Wu Court, Mai-zi is a demon hunter."

Just when the senior and junior brothers were playing around.

Li Rui and Yang Yong walked over.

Wang Zhao saw Li Rui and hurriedly pulled Qiao Mai forward, kneeling down with a thud.

"Master, I'm back late."

Hearing this, Li Rui rolled his eyes: "You're not young anymore, why are you still speaking so inauspiciously? Taught in vain."

And Yang Yong on the side was already looking at Qiao Mai:

"Not bad, not bad, find a good day and get things done."

He had lived for so long.

Wasn't he just hoping to see Wang Zhao marry and have children?

Seeing it was about to be realized, he couldn't help but urge to speed up.

Wang Zhao blushed rarely: "Uncle Yang..."

Li Rui chuckled and took over: "Your Uncle Yang is right, choose a day, if it should be done, it should be done."

"Alright."

Hearing Li Rui's words.

Wang Zhao and Qiao Mai were both overjoyed.

Whether it was the Yu Kingdom or the Wu Kingdom, there were rules of parents' orders and matchmakers' words; Wang Zhao was sold as a slave, his parents didn't know where they were long ago, and Qiao Mai was an orphan.

Li Rui's words as Master were the parents' orders.

As long as Li Rui nodded, this marriage was considered done.

Marriage is a big event.

Although it was a disciple's matter, he, as Master, naturally had to guard it well.

In fact.

As early as when Wang Zhao wrote to say he wanted to marry a wife, he had already entrusted the relationship in the Wu Kingdom to investigate Qiao Mai clearly.

Family background or something wasn't important.

As long as it was a clean family.

As for background, now Li Rui himself was already a backer, no need to cling to others.

No need, on the contrary, if Qiao Mai's background was too big.

Li Rui would hesitate instead.

Wang Zhao's marriage was thus settled.

All four disciples were gathered.

The Li mansion was unprecedentedly lively.

Every day when he woke up.

He could hear movement, much more lively than Changqing Peak, and Li Rui felt it was also very good.

Another month.

Li Rui was still as usual, listening to True Lord Wanshou preach the Dao for a night in the Grand Void Dojo.

He gained a lot.

When he pushed the door open, he saw his four disciples busy running around in the courtyard.

Yang Yong also rarely got up early.

He walked to Li Rui's side.

"Old Li, tell me, in the past, did you dare to think you could live to a hundred?"

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