Chapter 181

Lu Xingzhou leaned against the cave wall to cultivate, and in his heart, he was also thinking about this hexagram, as well as the gains and losses of his four-month trip from Xiazhou to the capital.

If it is said that the Returning Maiden misses the time and the late return has a time, it can also be used in the hexagram of his revenge.

The trip to the capital had several goals, among which the goal of dealing with the Huo family was actually quite a failure from beginning to end. The so-called "stalking the deer without a guide" meant there was no way to start, and he could only beat around the bush. It looked like a cluster of flowers, but it actually had no practical value.

It wasn't even as good as the battle results achieved in the two battles of Xiazhou and Menggui City, one killing Huo Yu and the other crippling Huo Lu... There were too many scruples in the capital, and nothing could be done.

Of course, the opponent also had many scruples, at least they couldn't take his life; it was a draw.

It was just that his rapid progress in his emotional life covered up the lack of progress in his revenge.

When he had a mentor and dealt a major blow to Huo Zhang, he already needed to leave the capital.

The hexagram has changed, that's fine. The late return has a time; sooner or later there will be an opportunity.

The goal of gilding was half successful. He was able to enter the Alchemy Academy in the name of the Top Graduate, the golden body was gilded, and he successfully followed a first-rank mentor, and he also learned the knowledge he wanted to learn. His cultivation broke directly to the fourth rank, he subdued a brand-new fire seed, the immortal bone penetrated his whole body, he killed the former top rising star, and publicly challenged the current top rising star, and his reputation rose. Both literature and martial arts were considered big gains, and he was full of rewards.

It is perfectly fine to say that he is the most eye-catching rising star in the Great Qian Dynasty at present.

But because of the short time, there are still many regrets. The most typical one is that he failed to get along well with his classmates, all of whom are future connections. The students who can enter the Alchemy Academy all have strong levels themselves, either from very high backgrounds or will definitely become important figures in some forces in the future. Having this batch of classmate friendship itself is a layer of gilding for the future.

Lu Xingzhou has already realized this and has been actively trying not to be hated. After a few small measures, the little jealousy and resistance of his classmates towards him have disappeared, but in the end, he didn't make any friends.

However, according to Ye Tinglan, classmates are always classmates, and they are different from passersby. They can always be transformed into connections at the right time.

This is true, there will always be opportunities to take it slowly in the future.

At least he has to return to the capital to graduate after the trial, and he will have another period of time to get along with his classmates. We'll talk about it then.

Isn't this also the Returning Maiden missing the time, and the late return has a time?

This hexagram is a guide to the future, but isn't it also a summary of the past?

For the first time, Lu Xingzhou felt a little awe for the way of divination. This thing is a bit interesting...

"That... teacher." Amidst the flickering campfire, Lu Xingzhou suddenly spoke to break the silence.

"What?" Ye Tinglan opened her eyes in the corner.

"I also want to learn divination, can the teacher teach me?"

"No."

Lu Xingzhou: "?"

"What the Yama King taught you, I can teach better than her. What she didn't teach, am I full?"

Lu Xingzhou: "???"

Wait a minute, what is the meaning of you taking me as a disciple?

Isn't it to monitor me and get information about the Yama Palace from me, but to... compete with the Yama King?

Ye Tinglan seemed to realize she had made a slip of the tongue, closed her eyes, and didn't speak no matter how much Lu Xingzhou called.

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Afterwards, the three of them slept in the open for several days until they arrived at Menggui City, and Ye Tinglan was willing to enter the city to rest for the first time.

Lu Xingzhou and A-Nuo thought she didn't like entering the city and insisted on having the style of a high-ranking person who stayed in the mountains... Following the mentor for a trial, is this also part of the trial?

There was no way, they could only live in a cave.

Until they arrived at Menggui City, Meng Guan seemed to have received some notification and greeted them outside the city early, arching his hands and saying: "Mrs. Ye's arrival makes Menggui City shine."

Ye Tinglan returned the salute.

This salute scared Meng Guan so much that he almost jumped, but he held it back and stroked his beard to enjoy it.

After all, the person in front of him is just a teacher at the Alchemy Academy, not the National Teacher, not the National Teacher.

"Hello, Governor Meng, we meet again." Lu Xingzhou appeared in front of him with A-Nuo, looking sloppy and like a savage.

A-Nuo's bun was half-loose, and her hair was like a chicken coop.

Meng Guan: "... have always seen you as elegant and gentle, what is going on?"

"Whoever has lived in the mountains for several days in the rain would be about the same. We are already pretty good, at least we can support an energy shield, and filth cannot invade..."

Meng Guan twitched his cheeks: "The old man has prepared a guest house, follow me."

Until they followed Meng Guan to the guest house, Lu Xingzhou and his apprentice realized why this Mrs. Ye refused to stay in an inn along the way and insisted on sleeping in the open.

She refused to be seen as a man bringing a child to stay in an inn, and didn't want to bear the gaze of outsiders looking at a family of three, even if the waiter didn't know who was who at all.

She would rather live in the wild along the way; anyway, no one knew.

As for being dirty in the rain all the way, it didn't matter to her. Powerful cultivation makes one spotless, not to mention she doesn't do work or sleep.

Now that there are official acquaintances here to receive them, it's open and aboveboard, so she is willing to stay. The two apprentices who were pitted suddenly realized that the suffering they had endured along the way was just for her little bit of face. Lu Xingzhou held A-Nuo's hand and followed behind, looking at her graceful figure, and a little bit of malice rose in their eyes at the same time.

Want face, right?

Afraid of people talking, right?

In front, Ye Tinglan was saying to Meng Guan: "There is no need for a welcome banquet, we are all people of pure cultivation..."

"Mom~" A-Nuo rubbed her eyes and hugged her from behind: "I'm tired, I want a hug."

Ye Tinglan: "?"

Meng Guan: "!!!"

Ye Tinglan's demeanor and temperament were almost gone, and she angrily pulled A-Nuo's ear: "Who is your mom, what nonsense are you talking about?"

"Oh." A-Nuo covered her mouth suddenly, her eyes terrified: "Forgot that you didn't allow... Teacher, I'm sorry."

Meng Guan's eyes became inquisitive, looking at Ye Tinglan, and then at the handsome and tall Lu Xingzhou, with a sense of "I understand" mixed with disbelief.

No wonder, the Alchemy Academy has never had students come out independently with their mentors so early; it always starts after half a year, and it's rare to bring only one student. Now I understand everything.

A little milk dog, handsome and good-looking, it's understandable. I didn't expect that the National Teacher, who is known for pure cultivation and abstinence, also has needs...

Lu Xingzhou would bet that even a movie star would find it difficult to perform the micro-expressions of Meng Guan, but unfortunately, this is not the time to appreciate it. He quickly stepped forward and hugged A-Nuo away: "Teacher, I'm sorry, A-Nuo is sleepy and confused..."

Ye Tinglan breathed deeply, her chest heaving, and that power was like a volcano about to erupt. Anyone who knew a little bit about it "swished" and moved several feet away.

Meng Guan said at the right time: "Children, they love to call out randomly when they see someone close. But then again, teachers are like parents, Mrs. Ye is Lu Nuonuo's mentor, so it's not like she can't be called that."

At least he rounded off the scene. Ye Tinglan took a deep breath, suppressed her shame and anger, and said lightly: "Let's go, just stay, I won't go to the welcome banquet. A-Nuo loves to eat, you can take them to eat separately."

Lu Xingzhou said hurriedly: "Then we won't eat either."

"Eat, why don't you eat!" Ye Tinglan said angrily: "Get out."

The master and apprentice said in unison: "Then we will reluctantly go to eat a little."

Seeing the same grinning smiles of the master and apprentice, Ye Tinglan's voice was stuck in her throat. So you guys did this just to go to the banquet?

Just to go to the banquet! You wait! I'll make people eat your banquet later!

Of course it was just to eat the banquet. They hadn't died from eating roasted sweet potatoes along the way. Now that they were in Menggui City, you still said you wouldn't go to the welcome banquet and just stay? If you don't eat, I, Emperor A-Nuo, want to eat!

It wasn't just to eat, but also to make the teacher who was holding on fall into the mortal world.

I thought your realm was so high, and you looked so cold and indifferent, but it turns out you still can't let go of honor and disgrace, and let others' views pass like the wind. Is it because of this that you are full of worries and always thinking about things that shouldn't belong to your worries?

"That... Xingzhou..."

The banquet was a private banquet. Only Meng Guan accompanied Lu Xingzhou and his apprentice to eat. A-Nuo was eating the roast chicken happily, and Meng Guan chatted with Lu Xingzhou privately. That attitude had completely changed from the Governor who was helping the younger generation to a bit of caution, and the address had also changed to the extremely intimate "Xingzhou."

Damn, the National Teacher's face-man is not something an ordinary person can enjoy.

"Ah? Governor Meng, please give your instructions."

"No instructions." Meng Guan lowered his voice: "Mrs. Ye never takes disciples. Xingzhou being able to get her favor is a fate."

"Actually, the teacher is just cold on the surface, and she is very easygoing in daily life."

That's for sure, who can enjoy her easygoingness. Meng Guan complained in his heart and said: "That demoness last time... is it Pei..."

Lu Xingzhou interrupted hurriedly: "Has the Governor not caught that demoness last time yet?"

"... o, she should have fled elsewhere long ago, maybe it's the capital." Meng Guan actually already had the answer and didn't say anything more. Damn, this Lu Xingzhou's luck is so strange. He is just a young student, how come he is connected to all these forces, Princess Chaohuang, the Pei family, the Heavenly Jade Holy Land.

Oh, maybe there is also the Yama Palace.

Actually, Meng Guan forgot that he himself was also a force connected to Lu Xingzhou. As a good official who fought side by side with Lu Xingzhou to take down the demonic infant ghost, and who is rare in Lu Xingzhou's heart, his brother Meng Li also took care of Lu Xingzhou in the Alchemy Academy. In the eyes of outsiders, the Meng family also has a very close relationship with Lu Xingzhou.

The Meng family is not a huge family like the Pei family, nor does it have the power of the Huo family, but it is also a family lineage with a thousand-year heritage and a correct foundation. The positions of his two brothers are not low. Although they mostly have to choose a larger force to rely on, it is more of a cooperative nature. Now the Pei family they rely on also gives the Meng family the greatest degree of respect, and they won't really treat them as subordinates to call and drink.

In the Great Qian Dynasty, people like them are the backbone.

Now in Meng Guan's eyes, Lu Xingzhou has become a fragrant bun, a strange commodity that can be lived in. Along with it, the judgment of the Heaven-Walking Sword Sect and Shen Tang has also quietly changed a little.

Lu Xingzhou was eating and asked casually: "Lu has been in the capital these days and has not been involved in the rivers and lakes. I don't know if there is anything new in the world?"

Meng Guan smiled: "It is said that you are on good terms with the editor-in-chief of the Heroes List in the capital. Does this kind of thing still need us to tell you? She knows more than anyone else."

Well, it's a pity that she never talks about eating melons to the outside world. It can be considered the professional ethics of a melon eater. Lu Xingzhou sighed: "There really isn't."

Meng Guan stroked his beard and said: "The Yama King of the Yama Palace defeated the Sect Master of the Yin Corpse Sect, and sent the Eastern Ghost Emperor Ji Wenchuan to break the Yin Corpse Sect's Copper and Iron Corpse Puppet Array, forcing the Yin Corpse Sect to submit and join. Does this count?"

Lu Xingzhou was stunned for a long time: "How did the Yama Palace and the Yin Corpse Sect start fighting?"

"I don't know the cause. It is said that the Yin Corpse Sect offended their people? But it seems the Yin Corpse Sect doesn't admit it, saying there is no such thing. It's mostly just an excuse."