The sunset melts gold, and the heart palpitates.

Su Mo looked at the sunset, which was already half-sunk, and muttered, "I didn't expect it to be so long." ”

Chu Jiu looked at Su Mo with some concern, and Su Mo looked like she was touching the scene, which made her think that Su Mo couldn't think about this world.

Su Mo patted the back of Chu Jiu's hand and said, "Don't look at me like that, your son-in-law doesn't have gray hair yet." ”

Chu Jiu snorted and said, "Childe seems to be also practicing, is that Childe also pursuing immortality?"

Su Mo looked at the half of the sunset and said lightly: "Even the brilliant sun has a moment of setting. The pursuit of immortality? Yes and no. ”

Chu Jiu clapped his hands and said, "That son must be pursuing a leisurely life." ”

Su Mo shook his head and said: "This is not all, the word Xiaoyao can be defined in many ways, if Xiaoyao is defined according to cultivation, then the cultivators of the eighth realm can also be called Xiaoyao." Because there is no ninth realm above them. ”

The two of them were a little silent for a long time, and when the sunset sank a little more, Su Mo asked, "Chu Jiu, what if...... I mean, if one day you can actually live forever, what would you want to do?"

Chu Jiu waved his hand with some disgust on his face: "I don't want any immortality...... It's better for Childe to accompany me every day. ”

Su Mo smiled and asked, "Why do others yearn for immortality, but you don't seem to be interested in it." You must know that if you live forever, you will have enough time to walk all over the rivers and mountains and see all the prosperous times. ”

Chu Jiu said: "It's not. I have always felt that if you practice all your life with a pure heart and few desires, in the end, even if you cultivate immortality, you will be just like that emotionless wood. Then I might as well take pity on the people in front of me with my old intentions. ”

"So," Chu Jiu held Su Mo's hand and said, "Childe, don't you want to practice anymore, okay, just stay here with Chu Jiu." ”

Su Mo looked up, and what was facing him was Chu Jiu's eyes mixed with longing, worry, and expectation.

The confusion in Su Mo's eyes seemed to dissipate a little, and he said lightly: "Su's cultivation is not for immortality. ”

For some reason, the appearance of the red-faced beauty in front of her suddenly changed, her skin visibly dried up, countless wrinkles appeared, and she became a flower-haired old woman. She asked in a hoarse voice, "Even if you don't pursue immortality, in the end, the result will be the same." You look the same, but I'm like that. ”

Su Mo said lightly: "Mo's cultivation is just for the cultivation itself, and I don't care about what I bring after the practice." ”

The old woman was still a little unrelenting: "Then what would you do if such a day appeared?"

Su Mo looked at the last afterglow in the sky, where the golden red glow was like water. He said, "Cultivators are free to change their appearance when they get to the back. If you want a white head, I will accompany you to be a white head. ”

The old woman seemed to be stunned for a moment, and asked incredulously, "Is it just like this?"

Su Mo asked rhetorically, "Then what else do you want?"

The wrinkles on the old woman's face slowly disappeared, and the whole person became moisturized, and soon, it returned to the pretty face of Chu Jiu. She whispered, "Childe......"

Su Mo's eyes moved slightly, and when he looked up, he found that his eyes had returned to the appearance of a stone room in front of him.

Su Mo knew that he had already overcome this demon. But the appearance of the demons does not exist in a vacuum, but is born from the heart. What I saw in the illusion was actually the worry that I had been hiding in my heart.

This kind of mental obstacle cannot be overcome by sophistry and self-deception. It's just that the Heart Demon is also a part of the cultivation of the heart, and Su Mo didn't shy away from these things too much, what he just said was the Dao heart that was set before the cultivation in the morning.

Su Mo waved his sleeves to drive the true yuan in the array flag, and the array flag immediately flew back into his hand. Then, he drove a perception that was twice as strong as his own Condensation Realm, and began to explore this stone room.

After a long time, his brows moved, his sleeves flickered, and a cold dream appeared in his hand. He slashed a few swords at one place, and then he split a stone slab.

There is a mezzanine underneath this slate. Su Mo drove Zhenyuan to take out the thing that was placed inside, looked at the thing, and nodded: "It's time too." ”

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In the day and a half that Su Mo rushed to the realm, there was already an undercurrent surging in Yuzhou City, which was calm on the surface. This undercurrent seems to be only related to certain people, but no one has thought that what happened in this day and a half is enough to affect the future of the entire Dayuan.

In the Yuzhou Governor's Mansion, a very special guest came. This guest was wearing a wide-sleeved robe with the ancient style of the Great Zhou, but the person was neither a Zhou nor a Yuan person. He had a pale face, but the veins that emerged were faintly blue. He also had two scale-like patches on his face. Although it is only the size of a fingernail, others can tell at a glance that this person is not a pure human being.

Song Zhoumu was sitting in the host and guest position, and he looked at the sea tribe man in front of him. To be more precise, this is a hybrid of a sea and a human race. He and others like him walked between the East Sea and Middle-earth as messengers.

Then one of the servants went into the hall and said a few words to him. Song Zhoumu's expression moved, and he ordered: "Then you call them in." ”

A short time later, an old man in a white robe walked in, followed by a sergeant in black armor. As soon as he saw the old man, Song Zhoumu got up and greeted: "Mr. Nandou, I didn't expect you to come forward in person for this matter. ”

Although Nandou was old, his voice was still very loud, and he said, "Because this is not just a matter between the Xuanquan Academy and the islands of the East China Sea. The one behind me is from Kyoto, and he represents the Jinyang Academy in Kyoto. ”

The sergeant clenched his fists slightly, to show that what Nandou said was right.

The two of them sat down at a guest seat. Song Zhou Mu looked at the sea man and said lightly: "Your Excellency, read the request again." ”

The man stood up and saluted Nandou and the sergeant of Middle-earth, and then he said in fluent Middle-earth language: "The coast of the East China Sea is fortunate to have seen the demeanor of the head of the Xuanquan Academy, and I am looking for ten people with the best qualifications to come to Yuzhou to ask for advice. In this discussion, we only talk about the superiority and inferiority, and do not ask about the national situation. ”

Song Zhoumu added: "These ten are all the younger generation of the Hai Clan, according to the proportion of the Hai Clan's longevity and age, converted to Middle-earth, the oldest will not be more than nineteen. ”

Nandou pondered for a moment and said, "No need, Xuanquan is willing to accept advice." But the one next to him is also here to discuss advice on behalf of Jinyang School Palace and Xuanquan School Palace. I wonder what the two of you have arranged?"

The sergeant took the lead and said, "A three-way battle is also possible." ”

When the sea man heard this, he seemed to become a little sluggish, and after a while, he spoke, "We also agree. ”

Several Middle-earth natives knew that the man was using a special method to interrogate the real Sea Clan, and he would only nod his head after getting the approval of those guys.

This is not the time to talk about the methods by which the Sea Clan communicates. Seeing the sea man nodding, Nandou got up and said, "In this way, it will be scheduled for this day on the ninth day of the sixth month." On this day, Xuanquan's monthly examination for the first year of life happened to directly send ten students from the top floor of Qingfeng Garden. ”

A few minutes and then talked about the details. Song Zhou Mu was mainly responsible for the accommodation of people from Kyoto and the East China Sea.

Although this discussion seemed to be simply a door-to-door consultation, Song Zhoumu knew that the two parties who came to find the Xuanquan Academy had their own intentions. Needless to say, the most superficial purpose is to test how many Luo Mengru Xuanquan can cultivate, and whether the coastal problem will develop into an international problem is very likely to depend on this competition.

If the East China Sea is only an external trouble, then the visit of the Jinyang Academy Palace is an internal worry. Physical cultivation is not longevity, the new emperor has been on the throne for fifty years, and the former young emperor is also going to become an old man. Dayuan is not completely a hereditary system, so I am afraid that there are still some secret contests between the eldest prince and the second prince.

Jinyang School Palace is the school palace where the eldest prince studyed.

Song Zhoumu looked at the sky that was a little dim covered by stratus clouds and muttered: "The clouds move, and the wind surges." ”

Yuzhou City, the Department of Prosecution.

Two heavy envoys in white shirts were watching Yu Kun's body being taken away by his subordinates. The man on the left had a scar on his face that ran from his forehead to his chin and was passing through one of his eyes, making him look a little hideous, and the man on the right was dark-skinned and plain-looking, the kind you would never find if you threw it into the crowd.

Seeing that there were obvious burnt marks on Yu Kun's body, the man on the left said lightly: "Lu Yuanjun, do you have any suggestions for the lightning marks on Yu Kun's body?"

Lu Zhijun said with a smile: "Where can I say what kind of advice, it should be that there is an old cultivator who has come to this Yuzhou City." Moreover, the cultivation will not be lower than the Yuan Gang realm. ”

The corner of the man's mouth on the left turned up slightly, and said: "Just now I felt a very faint fluctuation of the True Yuan, just in this Yuzhou City, I want to go and have a look, Lu Envoy Jun shouldn't stop it, right?"

It's not for nothing that he asked. The Kyoto General Administration of the Public Inspection Department sent two people to Yuzhou, first, they heard the news of the tripartite battle, so they sent a large number of people to Yuzhou. The second reason is that although their trip is ostensibly to investigate the assassination case, the people and horses sent cannot be controlled by just one person. Therefore, a total of two important envoys were dispatched, which had the role of separation of power and mutual supervision.

Therefore, if the person on the left wants to lead the team to do something privately, he must get the consent of the other person.

Lu Yuanjun waved his hand and said: "Lin Yuanjun's words are wrong, investigating the clues of the old cultivation is exactly what we should do, how can I stop Your Excellency? By the way, I see that Team Yue's ability to handle affairs is very high, why don't you let him accompany you and help you?"

Lin Yuanjun glanced at the tall armor soldier who was waiting behind Lu Yuanjun expressionlessly, and nodded, "No." ”