Chapter 420

Seeing Pei Ye sat in the carriage and returned to the Medicine Tower steadily, occasionally hearing his own name coming from outside the window.

As if a giant stone had been thrown into a large lake, Seeing Pei Ye watched these ripples spread across the entire city.

It was hard to describe the mood at this time. In seventeen years of life, this was the first time the boy was in such a position. It was too abrupt, too high, as if a person who had been walking on solid ground was suddenly lifted into the clouds. Amidst the surging excitement and stimulation, there must also be a kind of panic.

Seeing Pei Ye couldn't help but want to pour out this mood to someone, but he subconsciously shifted his gaze. That familiar white figure was no longer by his side, and that shadow who could talk about anything was even further away.

Seeing Pei Ye was slightly startled, and the little cat on his shoulder suddenly said calmly: "Seeing Pei Ye, you are really on fire now."

"." Seeing Pei Ye looked at it, and the pair of glazed green eyes were as clear as ever.

Seeing Pei Ye pinched it off his shoulder. In fact, he had also discovered that after staying in the world of mortals for a long time, this little cat was no longer the cold and ruthless kind. Perhaps it was infected, perhaps more "humanity" awakened from the depths. It buried that cold and high goal deep inside, and for these days, it never mentioned it to him again.

". If I can't win the day after tomorrow, will you help me?"

"I'm just a cat."

"If I die, don't think you can live either."

"We can break the contract."

Seeing Pei Ye pinched its face.

Qu Xin watched this scene quietly, and suddenly said coldly from the side: "You really are family."

"." Both man and cat paused.

The carriage stopped downstairs. Four armored soldiers were already standing in front of the door. The boy in a cloak holding a cat walked up to the top pavilion amidst the crowd, accepted the examination of the physicians today, and took the 【Qingdi Pill】 according to the instructions.

He came to the quiet room next door. Qu Xin was preparing needles and medicine at the table. Seeing Pei Ye sat on the edge of the couch, swinging his legs, looking curiously at the complex instruments in the quiet room.

Qu Xin walked over. Seeing Pei Ye looked at the set of familiar needles: "Was this set of needles used yesterday? I remember it was quite comfortable. The previous two were a bit sore."

"Hmm, 【Spring Qi Small Needle】." Qu Xin carried the candle to him. Seeing Pei Ye stared at the needle tools in her hand. There was a very thick one, but he didn't know where it was going to be pricked—

"I'll help Young Master Pei take off his boots." Qu Xin said softly.

"Ah?! No need, no need!" Seeing Pei Ye shrank his legs in horror.

However, the young girl didn't move at all, looking at him quietly: "Then what are you waiting for?"

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Seeing Pei Ye closed his mouth, rolled his eyes, took off his boots and clothes, and lay on the bed.

After a set of needle techniques was finished, Seeing Pei Ye felt comfortable all over. He sat up and fastened his buttons lazily: "Are there any more of these needles later?"

"I'll give you two more tomorrow morning and evening, so it won't affect your fighting."

Seeing Pei Ye smiled, but heard the young girl add: "If you don't win and get carried over again, I'll break your legs."

". Too lazy to talk to you."

Seeing Pei Ye left the quiet room refreshed and returned to the pavilion where he was recuperating.

He had already eaten. The whole city was full of lights. Seeing Pei Ye leaned by the window, looking at this vast city and the dark sky in the distance, knowing that his name would ring in the mouths of countless people tonight.

It was about when the moon poked half its head from the window that a sword sheath stretched down from the eaves and knocked on the window frame. A gentle and slightly tired old voice came from above: "How does Young Master Pei feel today?"

Seeing Pei Ye leaped onto the eaves. Under the bright moon, Sui Sui Zaihua sat cross-legged with his white hair tied back, his single sword on his knees, and clear wine beside him.

"You seem very busy these days."

"Told you I was going to be promoted." Sui Sui Zaihua handed him a full cup and said coldly, "Received the seal today."

Seeing Pei Ye had heard him talk about the "Governor" in Great Kongdong, but at that time he didn't quite understand. Only in these two days, from others' mouths and his own eyes, did he vaguely realize the high position and power of the old man in front of him.

But whether then or now, the old man's tone really didn't show any excitement or satisfaction. He just told the boy frankly and straightforwardly.

The two were already quite familiar. Seeing Pei Ye couldn't help but ask: "Are you not happy?"

"Hmm?" Sui Sui Zaihua was slightly surprised, smiled and raised his wine glass, "Can't you see my relaxation? I don't drink on weekdays."

Being appointed Governor, the Sword Meeting having success, and the Great Kongdong matter being settled—the three major events were all settled. The old man indeed showed obvious relaxation. He looked up and drank, satisfyingly letting out a "Ha."

But "relaxation" and "happiness" were different, Seeing Pei Ye thought.

Since the old man didn't answer, he didn't pursue it. He shook the clear liquid in his cup twice, the moonlight rippling, and drank it in one gulp.

"I don't usually drink either."

"Haha, are you proud today?"

". Proud." Seeing Pei Ye paused for a moment, but couldn't help but smile.

From the moment he went out and Cheng Cheng Yuanqi bowed to him, whether it was the divine carriage and attendants he had never imagined, or the status of being able to enter and exit places of power at will, and every wish being respectfully valued... it was all an experience he had never had before.

Although there was awkwardness and discomfort, he wouldn't give up his respectful address to others, but this feeling of being a young prince still made him indescribable.

Especially the name-calling at the Sword Selection Meeting just now.

He remembered Qu Xin saying "When I reach the Eighth Life Realm, I will definitely be able to enter the Fu Register," which was not a surge of micro-emotion—these swordsmen fighting in the arena are truly powerful, but am I really not as powerful as you?

Comparing sword talent, I am higher than any of you.

Of course, this consciousness didn't spill out of his mouth, and didn't even clearly appear in his heart, because the wall in front was the rational reality—no matter how high the sword talent, you have to realize it first to count. Now no one recognizes you, Seeing Pei Ye. You just entered the Sixth Life Realm, and your sword just entered the Spirit Realm. Only you believe in yourself.

So you have to hold it in your heart, work silently, until you make everyone believe it bit by bit.

But this process was waved away by the old man.

—You are the number one sword talent in Shaolong, so you should take the number one spot in the Shaolong Sword Selection Meeting. It's only natural.

At that moment, his heart was truly surging.

"I said, you are the white crane under the wings of the new Governor." Sui Sui Zaihua poured wine, looking at this vast city under his feet, "It's yours, so no one has the qualification to ask you to yield."

". Inspector Sui." Seeing Pei Ye finally couldn't help but pour out another mood, "I'm actually a bit uneasy."

"Hmm."

"Suddenly coming to such a high position... especially, this wasn't something I fought for step by step... and, there are too many people..." The boy frowned and said softly, "I haven't tried this before."

"Yes, in these three days, countless people will question the two words 'Seeing Pei Ye'." Sui Sui Zaihua tilted his head to look at him, "And it will definitely intensify. I knew it when I made the decision."

"Then why did you still—"

"Are you afraid?"

Seeing Pei Ye was startled.

"Are you afraid you won't be able to beat them?"

". I'm worried I won't be able to beat them." Seeing Pei Ye was silent for a moment, "I don't recognize those few very powerful people, don't know what means they have... and they are all in the Eighth Life Realm."

"I want you to go on the stage like this." Sui Sui Zaihua said.

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"Determining who you can beat and then placing you above them, that's climbing a ladder, not ascending the blue clouds." Sui Sui Zaihua said, "Just like this, let the entire prefecture expect and question the name 'Seeing Pei Ye.' Let those self-righteous sword talents look at you coldly. Anyway, at the end of the Jade Sword Terrace, you will use the sharpest sword to carry this name, won't you?"

Sui Sui Zaihua drank it in one gulp, his clear eyes looking at him gently: "It's just staging a miracle again."

". But if I lose..."

"If you lose, you lose." Sui Sui Zaihua laughed freely, "Then we'll just re-discuss your ranking, hahaha."

"." Seeing Pei Ye couldn't help but smile helplessly, "And didn't even say hello to the sects, they're going to hate me to death."

"Because a smiling face won't always win respect." Sui Sui Zaihua poured him wine and sighed lightly, "They also want number one, and you also want number one. How can they not hate you?"

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"If you go to make friends with a smiling face, you will be looked down upon instead." Sui Sui Zaihua said, "Only by standing at the champion position unquestioningly do you have the qualification to turn back and make friends."

Seeing Pei Ye nodded slowly.

The two sat on the roof drinking slowly, the tiny human voices below drifted away, and there was only the autumn night sky above.

In the silence, Seeing Pei Ye turned his head, looking at this clear face at such a close distance for the first time. The old skin was already a bit loose, but the features were still like carvings, the temples were clean, and the eyes were like wells... A person who has lived to this age must have seen through many things, including himself.

". Inspector Sui."

"Hmm?"

"Do you have any ideals?"

The moonlight was like water, and the boy's clean eyes looked at him.

Sui Sui Zaihua smiled: "Talking about ideals with a gray-haired person is not a knife that can be seen."

"But you must have, right?"

". Yes."

Of course.

No matter when, as long as two people walk together, they can naturally talk about ideals. Your ideals determine your path, and my ideals also determine my path.

Why do so many things for me? Why so unhesitatingly hand over the power derived from you, as if you were a biological uncle?

Seeing Pei Ye read few books and had little knowledge, but he wouldn't play dumb.

Sui Sui Zaihua leaned back lightly, put his hands behind his head, and leaned on the eaves, smiling: "If I say it, will you laugh at me?"

". How could I!"

"Okay, I want to..." Sui Sui Zaihua raised his head, "figure it out."

". What?" Seeing Pei Ye was startled, following the old man's gaze, but there was only emptiness, "What, Inspector Sui, I'm only in the Sixth Life Realm, my eyesight isn't very good."

"Hahahaha, can't you see it?" Sui Sui Zaihua turned his head laughing, "Such a big piece of sky!"

". Ah?" Seeing Pei Ye was stunned.

"Look, it's going to laugh."

"No!" Seeing Pei Ye covered his mouth.

But this was indeed a question he would only think about when he was ten.

Sui Sui Zaihua seemed to have seen through him and didn't care. He shook his wine glass lightly and said: "If life is a ring, then children and old people should naturally overlap."

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"I'm very serious, Seeing Pei Ye." Sui Sui Zaihua put away his expression and looked at the clear autumn night quietly, "If a person sees the highest and most distant thing in the world when he is young, then he can never walk out again. Either he is knocked down and decadent for a lifetime, or he is fascinated by it and establishes a lifelong enemy from then on."

"."

Sui Sui Zaihua tilted his head to look at him: "You must understand, right?"

". Yes."

"I really want to know how this world operates; sometimes I feel someone is manipulating my fate, and whose fingers are those..." Sui Sui Zaihua closed his eyes and said, "If you get older and your cultivation gets higher, you will understand what I am saying."

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"So if I have a goal, then it is it, Seeing Pei Ye." Sui Sui Zaihua opened his eyes and looked at him seriously, "I understand your question and won't hide it from you. This year I hung up the Governor's seal, and in the next ten years, I want to do two things. The first is to be transferred to the central government, ranked in the three departments, or serve as the Jiedushi of the two Longs; the second is to enter the Heavenly Tower."

Seeing Pei Ye widened his eyes: "But aren't you just—"

Sui Sui Zaihua laughed and shook his head, sighing: "Another knife."

Seeing Pei Ye waved his hands in a panic: "No, no, no, not that meaning..."

Sui Sui Zaihua didn't explain either, smiled and said: "Anyway, have a goal first."

He put away his expression and said: "There is no other reason, Seeing Pei Ye. You are the most excellent sword talent I have ever seen—resilient, clear, just... I said it in Bowang, I like you very much."

"So I invite you to walk this path with me," Sui Sui Zaihua looked at him gently, "No need to bear any name of master-disciple or seniority, just because we have equally high ideals, and I think you are the most trustworthy fellow traveler in the world."

"Are you willing, Seeing Pei Ye?"

". Seeing Pei Ye was startled."

"You can reply to me in two days." Sui Sui Zaihua shook his sleeves and smiled, "Don't worry, I'll still pay for the money, and let you sit in the carriage."

"." Seeing Pei Ye touched his head in embarrassment.

"Then, I'll tell you about the current things." Sui Sui Zaihua stood up, the wine in the pot was dry, and the old man's voice returned to calm, "First, I received news two days ago about the matter you asked Fu Yun to help with. Li Li Piaoqing rejected the sword letter, so she didn't come to the prefecture."

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"Second, it's the arrangement of the Jade Sword Terrace Register Compilation. Your name will spread tonight, and the Immortal Terrace will release the Merit Register for the Joyful Huan Si Lou battle tomorrow, which will have your name on it. When the Compilation Meeting ends the day after tomorrow, we will confer merit on you on the Jade Sword Terrace."

"At that time, I want to give you this position." Sui Sui Zaihua handed him an official document that hadn't been stamped yet, "The 'idle position' that Cheng Cheng Yuanqi mentioned to you is actually a newly established 【Shaoyu Supervision】 that I proposed."

"Patrolling on behalf of the monarch, pacifying the jianghu, including sects like Great Kongdong, Luoying, Pearl, etc... This position is indeed an idle position. All its power comes from the 【Dayu Supervision】, and the 【Dayu Supervision】 is me," Sui Sui Zaihua said, "Actually, when you enter the Mystic Gate, I want to hand over the entire Shaolong jianghu to you."

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"Say it again, it won't affect you going to the Divine Capital for the martial arts competition. You can live there for a few months every year. Anyway, I want to go there later too." Sui Sui Zaihua smiled, "That's it. Think about it yourself. If you have any thoughts, we can discuss them."

". Ah?" Seeing Pei Ye looked up in surprise, thinking he could talk to the old man all night, "Are you still busy? Aren't you hanging up the seal?"

"This is not a matter of duty," Sui Sui Zaihua raised his sword and smiled slightly, "But I must do it."

". What?"

"The Immortal Terrace will complete the planning tonight, and we will give 【Sima】 a chance tomorrow night." Sui Sui Zaihua looked at the boy with black eyes, his lips pursed, "If possible, we can end Quzhu... completely destroy the Joyful Huan Si Lou."

Seeing Pei Ye stood up subconsciously, but Sui Sui Zaihua just waved his hand at him: "Gone."

(End of chapter)

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