Chapter 977: Serving Martial

"Drip."

The cold rain fell all night, the lamp on the table was dim, and the handsome young man holding the pen looked uneasy, his golden eyes shining in the dim light.

"The cultivators around Simin County are gathering... They don't even need people from the mountains to push out at least ten Foundation Establishment... This time it's too risky..."

He raised his eyebrows, looked at the man on the side, and said:

"The Li Yuan Road is still more relaxed. It is the busy spring season. The surroundings of Li Yuan Road are the most important fertile fields in the entire Li Xia County. If they fight there, this year's farm work will be ruined... No peace for the whole year."

"Oh?"

The man on the side had a dark face. Hearing this, he frowned and said with difficulty:

"Li Adult still has this layer of consideration... but... the timing cannot be delayed. I think if they fight, they fight. Really can't... send people to distribute food."

"This is a troublesome matter."

Li Jiangliang put down his pen, rubbed his eyebrows, and said:

"Who distributes it, to whom? It is the common people in the fields who suffer. Will the landlords and gentry show mercy? The Xiao family has left, and Li Xia County has not yet formed a local force of sufficient weight. But there are quite a few people in these years. If it is chaotic, it is not easy to control, and our people are few... How can we waste it here."

He said solemnly:

"The adult said that the rule should be stable and resting, and rest with the people. I understand that the timing cannot be delayed, but we should also focus on consideration."

This Chen Dianqian sighed and replied:

"You still have to tell the adult about this matter. I just received the order to help Ruan Adult draft the regulations of the 【Serving Martial Palace】... Besides, the lower sect is the important matter. If Li Yuan Road does not have a big clan to govern, who knows which cultivator will pass by and snatch it away. Even if there is food, there is no life to live."

Li Jiangliang saw his intention to shirk, frowned secretly:

''Chen Wenyao, although he also values people's livelihood quite a bit, is unwilling to offend people, and is also a compromise.''

In his mouth, he said:

"Then I will ask Si Yuanlan to go once and ask about the order. As for the matter of the big clan governing... it is not troublesome. If we really take down Yue country, just appoint some cultivators with clean origins and outstanding character to establish a clan."

"Now there is the wilderness blocking in the north, and it is not a problem for a while. If this battle is won, the manpower is gathered, and these territories can be suppressed temporarily."

Chen Wenyao nodded, but suddenly looked over with a smile and asked:

"I heard that your clan has happy events?"

"Oh!"

Li Jiangliang laughed and replied:

"Not bad, it is the marriage of an elder sister. It's a pity that I am separated and cannot go back."

Chen Wenyao obviously knew who Si Xunhui was, finally let go of the pen in his hand, and said with some trepidation:

"But I suspect that Qingchi is an Immortal Sect after all. Even if they acquiesce to our actions in the Mushroom Forest Plain, they won't be indifferent and allow a group of people to be presumptuous from the side..."

Li Jiangliang was very confident, shook his head and laughed:

"Chen Dianqian is really overthinking. There are figures from above to top it. You and I should handle the Foundation Establishment matters well. What is there to worry about?"

Chen Wenyao hesitated for a moment and replied:

"I just have doubts. The adult said to eliminate demons and defend the Dao. Whose family is a demon? Whose family is a Dao? There are many Qingchi aristocratic children... It is not easy to deal with..."

Li Jiangliang pondered:

"Whose family is a demon... this matter is not easy to mention much. The Chi family has already been destroyed. If that day really comes, according to the adult's order, deal with it again. Naturally, we won't do things that kill them all..."

His gaze turned slightly and hinted:

"The batch of outstanding talents shown to the adult a few times before, how many surnames are clean? The adult didn't say any picky words, which is enough to see his mind..."

Chen Wenyao sighed with some emotion, and saw Li Jiangliang raise his eyebrows and say lightly:

"The adult is not here to establish the Thunder Palace, it is 【Preserving True Serving Martial】, not 【Eliminating Demons and Pacifying Evils】. Otherwise, it must be heads rolling all the way... How many Foundation Establishment cultivators have been folded in total? Your clan can rest assured."

Chen Wenyao was broken by his words, shook his head with some embarrassment, but saw footsteps rushing outside the hall, and a man walked in quickly. He looked quite heroic and had quite a prestige. He held an order in his hand and laughed:

"Late night talk, you two have good elegance!"

"Ruan Adult!"

Li Jiangliang stood up to welcome him, but saw this man say solemnly:

"The adult has an order, manpower does not need to go to Li Yuan Road, just wait for the order!"

Chen Wenyao obeyed the order first, then stood up, looked at Li Jiangliang with some envy, and laughed:

"It is really Li Adult who calculated accurately!"

Bei Hai.

The North Sea is covered with ice and snow, with ice mountains and ice islands everywhere. As far as the eye can see, it is just deep blue and dazzling white. Although the area of the North Sea is small, the terrain is complex, not inferior to the East and West Seas. Although covered with ice and snow, there are places of thunder, Kan Water, and Yu Zhen, which can be considered strange scenery.

If you go all the way west, the ice and snow melt, and there are places of gold, stone, fire, and sun radiance, called 【Jieyu】.

Li Xieming had also heard this name. 【Jieyu Land】 is where the Luan Sparrow lives, where 【Tongxin Li】 is located, all five fires are available, and it is rare to have sun spirit objects. Most of the birds in the world come from this place.

【Jieyu Land】 itself is not small, and the North Sea area is small, a large part of the reason is that 【Jieyu Land】 and 【Cangzhou】 occupy it. There are quite a few cultivators in it, but unfortunately, the 【Hanhai Desert Wind】 blows all year round, and the land cannot support people, and it cannot be like 【Cangzhou】 for mortals to live, which is why there are fewer forces.

Li Xieming recognized the direction, and soon found 【Cangzhou】.

The river water here presents a gray-black color, the mountains are steep, and there are many strange insects and beasts. There are countless leeches and poisonous snakes in the mountains. He swept a glance and saw it:

"The legend says 【Cangzhou】 Kan Water flows horizontally, and it is true! Although it is not as good as 【Jieyu Land】 which cannot support people, if it is not experienced, people without cultivation really can't walk outside... The people here... also don't live a good life."

After confirming the direction slightly, he soon found the Ban'er Mountain in Kanbei County.

This mountain is not tall, gray-black, and built with ink-blue palaces, standing high and low with the Xianyou Mountain moved to the other side, east and west, echoing each other, with a different scenery.

Li Xieming looked at this glance, and suddenly recalled the Xianyou Mountain years ago:

"I practiced in the mountains years ago and looked at the layout in the mountains. It was also one left and one right, with an auxiliary peak standing opposite each other. Now this mountain is still in Li Xia County, and it seems to be called Feiyi Mountain..."

Li Xieming's emotions were slightly complex. Unlike his brothers, he lived in the Xiao family for a long time when he was young... He had a bit of an indescribable complex:

''At that time I was still young, lonely and had no partners... Only two or three servants, usually after finishing homework, secretly put on a straw hat, went to the river to stroll in the small rain, bought a boat to play, and drank wine holding a small white silver stove... Such time... is not available on the lake.''

''In this hundred years of cultivation, I have never had it again.''

The Xiao family is a leisurely family, not like the Li family where everything is supervised. Although Yuting and Qudu are swords of restraint, they also make the Wangyue Lake not have the peace and happiness of such a peaceful world—in a family that hates in their hearts and plots revenge all day long, enjoyment is also a sin, and there will be no such peace.

He just drove the wind down, and sure enough, he saw several Xiao family disciples sweeping the steps. There was a bleak cold rain in the sky. Li Xieming asked:

"Are you the Xiao clan? The Wangyue Li family has come to visit!"

When this group of people saw him, one by one they knelt down, and one hurriedly went up to confess his guilt, and saw a light flying up from the mountain, falling to the front eagerly, revealing an old man:

This old man had white hair and beard, a thick appearance, a wooden staff in his hand, and scattered medicine bags hanging on his body, and only a thin gray coat on his body.

His eyes were gentle, but his eyes were slightly red, and he said:

"See the True Person!"

Li Xieming hurriedly supported him, freed a hand, and held him very affectionately, just replying:

"Master, don't be like this!"

This person was his master Xiao Yuansi.

Xiao Yuansi aged very early, and very quickly. He had knots in his heart and could never be relieved. Although there was no hardship in his life, he was always immersed in the pain of the past and could not let go. He had no promising descendants, and did not accept disciples in the sect. Only Li Xieming was his only disciple. He was very surprised to see him, and soon laughed:

"It's very different now, looking like a True Person."

Li Xieming shook his head with some embarrassment, just followed the old man up, cared about him, but saw Xiao Yuansi raise his eyebrows and say:

"I haven't been in the sea for many years, but I can hear those news. If possible, my junior sister's Yuan family... please ask the True Person to pay attention..."

Li Xieming knew that he was always thinking of old friends, and comforted:

"Although the Yuan family has some trouble, the bloodline is still preserved... Although it is not as prominent as the past, it is not a bad thing..."

Xiao Yuansi nodded silently and asked:

"True Person's words are very true... I was also going to find the True Person. For these years, I have always thought about one thing in my heart... Now... True Person Qinghu has achieved, and finally there is a clue. I hope... to inquire about your grandmaster's news."

At this mention, Li Xieming knew it in his heart. The grandmaster was called Si Yuanbai, and in terms of generation, he should be Si Yuanli's elder brother, and even the master of his own predecessors. In terms of reason, he should also inquire about it, so he kept it in his heart.

Between two or three sentences, Xiao Yuansi had already led him to 【Ban'er Mountain】, and then retreated silently.

A lake was also set up at a high place, pitch black like ink, with snow in the mountains. A jade fishing rod was supported on the bank. The wind in the mountains was obviously very strong, but the fishing line was cast like fine iron, motionless.

"Zhaojing is here!"

Li Xieming sat down at the jade table, and only then saw an old man appear at the table.

Compared to Xiao Yuansi's fatigue, Xiao Chuting had almost no difference compared to many years ago, and even because his cultivation had improved, he looked more leisurely. That hand was placed on the case, holding a black-covered book.

"See the senior! Congratulations to the senior!"

Li Xieming arched his hands, congratulated, took out the jade box containing 【Painting Water Sunflower Stone】, placed it quietly on the table, and laughed:

"A few days ago, the sea was in turmoil, various families were in danger, and I didn't come to congratulate you in time. I hope the senior will forgive me..."

"No matter... it's just that you spent money."

Xiao Chuting's eyes were smiling, sweeping lightly over the jade box on the table, pouring tea, his gaze falling on the floating white snow reflected in the pitch-black lake:

"Bai Lin is known to the world."

Li Xieming nodded silently, his gaze complex, and for a while he didn't know how to speak, so he could only follow him and place his gaze on this Ban'er Mountain, praising:

"What a Kan Water treasure land."

Xiao Chuting sipped tea and replied

"The mountain gates of ancient cultivators... are named very casually. A Great True Person once fell here, once turning this place into a mountain of Sun Li Fire. Later, the years changed, and the cultivators here consumed Li Fire, and Cangzhou had Kan Water flowing horizontally, which could not be suppressed, so it returned to the Kan Water position."

His eyes reflected the heavy snow all over the sky:

"Zifu is bigger, but it can't be bigger than a True Monarch. Cangzhou is the state of Kan Water. Changing it for a while cannot change it for a lifetime. Naturally, it has to return to the original owner's divine ability—this is the general trend."

Li Xieming restrained his expression, listening to Xiao Chuting ask quietly:

"What was Kui Qi's last words."

Li Xieming was silent for a while and replied:

"The sun is bright, but it is not restored today."

The old man raised his eyebrows:

"He also understands in his heart."

"True Monarch obtains the Xuan position, the sun loses its protective talisman, and weakening is inevitable. Perhaps they once had fantasies about a few adults... Later—one after another, they were shattered. The fall of every True Person of the Sun orthodoxy is not just a fall, but represents the silence of a Great Adult."

"Obviously vague, he is unwilling to lose the style of the sun, and must try."

Li Xieming's heart was dim, and he said in a low voice:

"Why... must it be so, because of 'True Qi'?"

Xiao Chuting's eyes had no surprise. He put down the cup in his hand and replied:

"I have no scruples now, so I will talk to you about this matter on the spot."

He gradually sat up straight, his expression quiet, and opened his mouth:

"Zhaojing..."

"All cultivators in the world seek their own positions, but the general trend—is the true power that determines what position can be stepped on and what position will return."

"'True Qi' path, divine power Xuan Ming, serving martial practice, once this position is achieved, it has the benefit of seeking truth and the merit of achieving the Dao for the four directions... Do you know what it means? Why is the fall of Anhuai Heaven so rapid, so hasty, so impatient!"

"There are not a few adults who want to combine truth and practice and pave the way for future generations, and those three golden natures have long been prepared by high-ranking orthodoxies for their masters one after another."

"And the Dragon clan... they also seek truth, and are also waiting for this path to return, only waiting for today!"

Li Xieming slowly raised his eyebrows, and those broken words finally connected in his heart bit by bit, and the hoarse and cold voice still rang in his ears:

"Now that I have obtained the golden nature of the True Monarch, I will naturally repeat the imperial career of the Tianwu True Monarch years ago. There will be great turmoil... It is more to the taste of a few other Great Adults..."

"But who should give up the position in Jiangnan? Who else can cut meat? Lying on someone else's plate for hundreds of years, now that the plate is to be washed and things are to be put in, who can say it is not?"

"Or combine the Dao to seek truth, or stir up turmoil, or plot for change... These big figures stand quietly above, all waiting for the master of 'True Qi' to return!"

"Who this master of 'True Qi' favors has already become a secondary thing!"

His gaze surged with some inexplicable meaning, and he said lightly:

"You have to know... all the undercurrents in heaven and earth, whether it is the struggle of orthodoxy or the rise and fall of the dynasty, eventually lie in a golden position. Prosperity and death, no more than for the sake of the noble position, heaven and earth work together... Heaven and earth work together! How can there be no reason for weakening?"

Li Xieming closed his eyes slowly and exhaled, unable to control himself, and only said after a long time:

"But... but the Sun orthodoxy... don't they understand..."

Xiao Chuting turned his eyes, and those eyes were as calm as the lake in front of him, and even a bit gloomy. The old man said softly:

"They originally have things that should be paid. If they don't shed some blood, they won't be stable. What's more—the Sun orthodoxy naturally has sensible people... The matter of the Murong family years ago..."

"Isn't it too early to understand?!"

Characters appearing in this chapter

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Li Xieming 【Zifu Early Stage】 【Zifu Alchemist】

Xiao Chuting 【Zifu Middle Stage】

Xiao Yuansi 【Foundation Establishment Late Stage】 ===== CHAPTER 978 =====