Chapter 80

Tiandi Alliance, Qinghe Branch.

Zhang Mansion.

A screen, a silhouette, slender fingers tapping slowly on the zither, the zither sound as lively as a flowing river.

"Li Laoge, Little Brother Wu, drink!"

Zhang Yang raised his wine cup.

Li Rui and Wu Tu also drank the wine in their cups in one gulp.

The Guiming Sect matter was over, so Zhang Yang pulled Li Rui and Wu Tu to his home; this courtesan was invited from the Teaching Office.

Naturally, a lot of silver was spent.

Today was a purely private banquet, paid for by Zhang Yang out of his own pocket.

What is a confidant?

It's not someone who often asks about your well-being, but someone willing to drink small wine together when there's nothing going on; if you choose the location for drinking in a brothel, that's a confidant among confidants.

Today's situation was about the same as a brothel.

Zhang Yang was defeated by Zhao Wei, and his authority was not as good as before.

Many old subordinates had defected to others, only Li Rui and Wu Tu chose him firmly.

Especially Li Rui.

The waist token with the number "11" could have made him a Hall Master of other six halls, but he still chose Hun Tian Yi Hall.

This is called loyalty.

As for Wu Tu, he was the old subordinate who followed him earliest.

Adding flowers to brocade is not asked, sending charcoal in snow is precious.

Zhang Yang naturally remembered this sentiment.

Li Rui leaned his back against the soft couch again and again.

Zhang Yang had many advantages, but he was particularly fond of the Teaching Office.

Coming is fine, but he just wouldn't spend more money, listening to a tune every time.

Truly too elegant.

"I am still incompatible with Old Qian's life."

Zhang Yang drank a cup of wine, then opened his mouth: "Old Brother Li, fortunately you didn't go to Little River Ditch this time; the encirclement sounded glorious, but our Deputy Helmsman Qian was almost swallowed by that giant snake monster, and his injuries haven't healed yet."

Thinking of the situation that night, it was a lingering fear.

Li Rui: "Old, body is poor, caught a cold, otherwise would definitely still contribute to the branch."

He had already understood the situation on the day of the encirclement.

Many people died in the Qinghe Branch, including two deacons.

However, the government was still very generous this time, giving enough benefits.

Although the Ghost-Faced Blade ran away, the Tiandi Alliance also regained its ground.

But dead is dead; those two deacons died and could give some money to their families, but if Li Rui died, it would be for nothing.

Pretending to be sick was indeed a wise move.

Zhang Yang: "Old brother, don't you really consider it, becoming a Civil and Martial Arts Hall Master next year?"

Zhao Wei died.

Of the four Deputy Helmsmen of the Qinghe Branch, only Ge Hong could pose a threat to him.

With the power Ge Hong has now, Dao Xiong certainly won't let him continue to hold the Civil and Martial Arts Hall, and it will likely return to Zhang Yang's hands.

After various events before.

Zhang Yang now values character more; Li Rui does things steadily, and his martial arts are not bad.

At most, he is a bit old...

The potential should be gone, but the immediate combat power is high.

Li Rui smiled and shook his head: "Helmsman Zhang, I'm an old man, staying in Hun Tian Yi Hall and flipping through books is just fine."

"Fine."

Zhang Yang was helpless.

He had persuaded Li Rui many times, but was rejected by Li Rui in the end.

Wu Tu took the opportunity to make jokes, and the three drank several more cups of wine.

At the peak of excitement.

The courtesan was taken away by the old servant in the mansion.

Zhang Yang, with a bit of drunkenness, lowered his voice and said: "You are both my own people, so I won't hide it from you. Do you know why the Huaqing Sect had such a big lineup this time, and Jiang Linxian personally came to Qinghe?"

Li Rui and Wu Tu looked at each other and shook their heads.

Zhang Yang smiled triumphantly and said mysteriously: "It's for the fairy treasure!"

Fairy treasure!

Li Rui's pupils contracted slightly.

Just hearing the name, one knows it's not simple.

Wu Tu couldn't suppress the curiosity in his heart: "What kind of thing is that fairy treasure?"

Zhang Yang shrugged: "How would I know, the fairy treasure matter was only told to me by Helmsman Dao yesterday."

"Head Zhang, where is the fairy treasure now?"

Li Rui heard Wu Tu ask the question in his heart and pricked up his ears.

"Heard the fairy treasure was stolen by the Mother of Wan Gui of the Guiming Sect; the Mother of Wan Gui is proficient in disguise, ran away in the chaos that night, and Jiang Linxian went to pursue and kill."

"Is that so."

Wu Tu felt a bit regretful.

Whether it's the Mother of Wan Gui or Jiang Linxian, they are not people the Tiandi Alliance can afford to provoke, let alone him, a small deacon.

Zhang Yang: "Don't think about it, this matter has passed, just telling it for the brothers to have fun."

"But be extra careful in the coming days, best not to leave the branch; the Guiming Sect ran away with many experts, and our Tiandi Alliance was the main force in the encirclement, so they will definitely take action against us."

This was also the main purpose of Zhang Yang's banquet.

He truly didn't want to see his two capable subordinates die.

The banquet dispersed.

Li Rui returned to his mansion, intending to stay indoors for half a month to avoid the limelight.

Anyway, he doesn't lack pills now.

"Truly a troubled autumn."

Autumn.

The weather became much cooler.

Li Rui was in the courtyard, holding a large blade, his movements slow like an old ape playing, as if the seventy-catty blade in his hand was just a wooden stick.

"The softest in the world, galloping over the hardest in the world."

After several improvements.

Today's Bai Yuan Blade is long unrecognizable; I'm afraid even the Huaqing Sect people wouldn't recognize that Li Rui is practicing the Bai Yuan Blade.

That's just fine.

Li Rui no longer needs to hide for the sake of cultivation methods.

Practicing martial arts every day, eating pills.

The progress of martial arts is naturally a thousand miles a day, and before long, he will reach the legendary Jade Bone realm.

Seven days passed like this.

Li Rui was still sitting in Hun Tian Yi Hall flipping through books as usual.

"Never expected flipping through books could really be beneficial to martial arts."

A certain senior surnamed Huang couldn't help but appear in his mind; didn't he read his way to being the best in the world in the Scripture Pavilion?

Wrote a book.

Created three great heroes.

With his current progress, maybe one day, he could also realize a peerless cultivation method.

"Must take a louder name then, so future generations will have face when practicing."

Whether he can create his own cultivation method, Li Rui doesn't know.

But the Bai Yuan Blade has completely changed its appearance, fitting his root bone extremely well, and he can often enter that state of man and blade as one when practicing.

Until evening.

Li Rui then put down the book and walked out of Hun Tian Yi Hall.

The encirclement ended.

More disciples came to Hun Tian Yi Hall, whispering in groups of three or five.

"Have you heard, those monsters of the Guiming Sect ambushed a deputy incense master of the Blood Tiger Gang, and he was beaten into serious injury, still in a coma."

"But the Blood Tiger Gang deputy leader also killed many monsters, which can be considered venting his anger."

"With Deputy Helmsman Tang here, nothing will happen."

A disciple proudly gave a thumbs up.

Another thin, tall man worried: "Staying in the branch naturally won't cause trouble, but who doesn't have something to go out for."

"I heard that many people died at the east end of the city."

"Seems to be called, called... right, called the Zhu family!"

(End of chapter)