Chapter 470

"Brother Nie, Brother Yuan."

Li Rui looked at the old acquaintances walking into the door, his face full of smiles.

Not bad.

Nie Siming and Yuan Xiong were transferred back to the capital from the Northern Plains by Grand Secretary Zhang.

The two were now Mountain-Suppressing Envoys of the Mountain-Seeking Division.

As for Jiang Linxian, he had completely separated from the Mountain-Seeking Division and became a true Deputy Director of the Imperial Observatory.

In fact.

Not only Jiang Linxian, but several other Mountain-Suppressing Envoys who previously held concurrent posts also returned to their original duties.

These were all the handiwork of that Grand Secretary Zhang.

According to his words, the Mountain-Seeking Division was not the Secret Guard of the past, so it must be cut off; except for the seven guest ministers, everyone else had to be proper official positions, the kind registered in the Ministry of Personnel.

Of course.

The Ministry of Personnel had almost no say in the appointments and removals of the Mountain-Seeking Division.

Who told the Division Director of the Mountain-Seeking Division to be Grand Secretary Zhang? Even the Minister of Personnel didn't dare to block it.

Originally, He Qiannian was also invited, but he refused.

Li Rui naturally knew.

He Qiannian had his Qi meridians re-condensed by him, and now he was focusing all his heart and mind on practicing hard, thinking about continuing his martial meridians; where would he have the heart to get involved in the affairs of the Mountain-Seeking Division?

Insufficient manpower.

And the Mountain-Seeking Division was a government office that needed to face immortal cultivators and kill them, so the martial power naturally couldn't be weak.

Asking for people from Marquis Yuan became an inevitable matter.

Nie Siming laughed: "Brother Li, our two brothers heard of your heroic feat in the Northern Plains; blocking the Heavenly Phenomenon, this ability, our brothers are ashamed of being inferior."

Li Rui: "I just took a shortcut; without the protection of the array, how could I be the opponent of Xuan Yu."

Nie Siming and Yuan Xiong exchanged a glance.

Would they believe it?

I'm afraid Li Rui hid other means besides the array.

After all, they had verified the strength of this little old man before them with I don't know how many punches.

Yuan Xiong: "By the way, Li Laoge will also come to the capital in a few days; Brother Li hasn't been to the Marquis Mansion many times before and hasn't seen Li Laoge much; when Li Laoge arrives, we must get drunk for three days together."

Li Rui was a bit surprised:

"Is the Great Master also coming to serve in the Division?"

Yuan Xiong nodded: "Exactly, it was decreed by the Holy Emperor's hand-written edict."

Hearing Yuan Xiong's words.

Li Rui's heart stirred slightly.

"It seems the Holy Emperor is not as wary of Marquis Yuan as the outside world rumors."

Otherwise, he wouldn't have put three of Yuan Dingting's adopted sons in such an important government office as the Mountain-Seeking Division.

Meng Chong coming north to the Mountain-Seeking Division, no need to think, must be a Deputy Director.

Li Rui was even happier.

People are indeed friends everywhere after their strength becomes strong.

Three days later.

Meng Chong, the eldest among Yuan Dingting's adopted sons, even older than Yuan Dingting, arrived in the capital.

The three of Meng Chong had just arrived in the capital.

And had no place to stay.

So.

Li Rui simply invited the three to stay in his own mansion; anyway, with Yuan An's relationship, it didn't appear abrupt in the slightest.

Besides this.

Jiang Linxian also rarely went out and came to Li Rui's mansion.

He was naturally familiar with the three of Meng Chong.

"Great Master, the journey was exhausting; this wine was specially brought by me from Yunzhou; tonight we must taste it properly."

Li Rui said while pouring wine.

He didn't use the cups used by literati when they gathered, but directly used bowls.

Several people were from the military, so naturally, they didn't have those fastidious, small-minded ways.

Meng Chong was steady, drank three large bowls, and spoke slowly: "Tiger is naughty; sorry to trouble Mr. Li; I thank Mr. Li on behalf of my foster father here."

After speaking, he drank three large bowls.

Li Rui waved his hand: "Tiger is my disciple; it is only right to be concerned."

Meng Chong filled the wine again, and then said: "Mr.'s battle in the Qingwei Sect was truly refreshing, letting the world know the might of our Great Yu Kingdom."

He praised Li Rui greatly.

Li Rui blocking a Heavenly Phenomenon cultivator with the Tongxuan realm, this gave Yunzhou a lot of face.

He felt very happy when he heard it in Yunzhou.

Now naturally he had to say it to his face.

Before Li Rui could speak, Nie Siming snatched the words with a smile: "Li Laoge, I said long ago that Brother Li is a person with great ability."

Meng Chong scolded with a smile:

"When did I ever doubt it?"

Jiang Linxian spoke at the right time: "The Great Master has indeed thought highly of Brother Li for a long time."

Li Rui laughed and cupped his fists, pretending to salute: "Thank you, Great Master."

Meng Chong waved his hand: "Mr. Li is Little Tiger's master; according to seniority, he is our master; if we are to bow, I should be the one to bow."

Hearing this.

Nie Siming and Yuan Xiong both grinned.

Good fellow.

If it were really according to what their Li Laoge said, wouldn't they have to call Li Rui "Master" in the future?

The two couldn't help but feel depressed.

Ever since they knew Li Rui, their seniority had been dropping all the way.

Li Rui certainly wouldn't put on airs: "We people of the Jianghu, the capable come first; this must never be allowed."

The two pushed back and forth several times.

Finally, they addressed each other as brothers.

Meng Chong looked at Jiang Linxian and Li Rui; at his age of three sixty-year cycles, both people before him could be considered juniors; he said slowly: "Yunzhou, a place, can actually produce two Heavenly Phenomenon experts; it is truly a place where people are outstanding and the land is spiritual."

He was sincerely happy.

Now Yunzhou is Yuan Dingting's fief; theoretically, everyone in Yunzhou can be considered Yuan Dingting's people.

There are not many Heavenly Phenomenon experts in the world.

There are even fewer Heavenly Phenomenon experts who walked out of Yunzhou; before Jiang Linxian broke through, the last Heavenly Phenomenon expert who walked out of Yunzhou had to be traced back to a thousand years ago.

Now two came out in one breath.

Doesn't that represent Marquis Yuan's governance being effective?

Yes.

Meng Chong already regarded Li Rui as a Heavenly Phenomenon realm expert.

Otherwise, with his arrogance, how would he casually call people brothers?

Meng Chong had fought his way out of piles of dead people and was conquered by Yuan Dingting's terrifying ability to fight wars, which was why he was willing to become Yuan Dingting's adopted son.

Those who fight wars have no saying of not respecting the strong.

For soldiers, strength is everything.

After the Qingwei Sect matter, he had already recognized Li Rui as a person of his generation.

Fulfilling Nie Siming's wish.

Several people really got drunk for three days.

Meng Chong then went to the Mountain-Seeking Division, and it was Grand Secretary Zhang who personally welcomed him; the spectacle was not small.

Afterward.

Meng Chong officially became a Deputy Director of the Mountain-Seeking Division.

Although the four rooms in the backyard were under Grand Secretary Zhang's direct jurisdiction and had little to do with Meng Chong, having more acquaintances in the Mountain-Seeking Division was always convenient.

Nie Siming and Yuan Xiong were very busy.

Although they were allocated residences in the capital, they spent very little time there, most of the time running around outside, arresting immortal cultivators who committed crimes.

It was precisely because there were more and more immortal cultivators, and the Imperial Observatory and the Ministry of Rites couldn't manage them, that the Mountain-Seeking Division was specially established.

Even sometimes.

Meng Chong personally led the team to take action.

In contrast, Li Rui was much more leisurely.

Don't say that the status of array masters and talisman masters is high.

If a martial artist has talisman and array assistance, their strength can increase by at least thirty percent, their ability to save their lives also greatly increases, and they are rare in number.

Adding up the four rooms in the backyard, there were not even a hundred people, and most of them were just helping out; the true array masters and talisman masters were no more than a handful.

Too little manpower.

So Li Rui also needed to personally draw talismans and set up arrays every day.

These talismans and arrays were much more useful to the Mountain-Seeking Division than Li Rui personally leading the team to charge and kill.

Therefore, even if Li Rui volunteered to go out of the city to perform tasks, Grand Secretary Zhang wouldn't agree.

Regarding this.

Li Rui was also extremely happy, not only being able to improve his talisman technique and array technique but also being able to get a very generous salary of high-grade spirit stones for nothing; naturally, there was no reason to refuse.

Days passed comfortably.

Unknowingly.

A year passed quietly.

This night.

In the room of Daoist Lord Wanshou in the Taixu Dao Field.

"Integrating the Dao with Qingxuan, but wanting to cross the tribulation within the body?"

The artifact spirit, the little old man, was greatly surprised after hearing Li Rui's words: "You kid, are you going to walk the path of body cultivation to the end?"

Li Rui nodded.

The artifact spirit, the little old man, circled Li Rui several times, clicking his tongue in wonder.

"Knew you kid were a body cultivator, practiced the Great Innate, didn't expect you to actually want to lead the tribulation thunder into the body; although this method can temper the physical body, the risk is also immense."

Body cultivators are already rare in the world.

Body cultivators who directly lead the tribulation into the body are even rarer.

Even in the years he followed Daoist Lord Wanshou, he rarely heard of such a situation.

Didn't expect that the successor he found was actually walking the path of a pure body cultivator.

Naturally, he was surprised.

The artifact spirit, the little old man, pondered for a long time before speaking: "I have indeed seen this situation in some ancient books; I will pass it on to you; as for whether it can work, only after trying will you know."

He didn't ask Li Rui why he wanted to cross the tribulation within the body.

But after a long time of getting along.

The artifact spirit, the little old man, also knew that Li Rui was a steady person and wouldn't do useless things.

Since he wanted to cross the tribulation within the body, he must have his own reasons.

After speaking.

The artifact spirit, the little old man, pointed into the air.

And then he saw a golden light shoot into Li Rui's brow.

The next instant.

Unfamiliar information flooded into Li Rui's mind.

His eyes immediately lit up.

What could be called an ancient book by the artifact spirit, the little old man, was naturally an extremely ancient existence.

This was an insight into crossing the tribulation within the body by an ancient body cultivator.

It was incomparably precious to him.

Not bad.

He was already close to the threshold of crossing the tribulation.

(End of chapter)