Chapter 23: A Chance Encounter in the Mansion of the Prince
Although the herringbone room is a little simpler, the basic facilities are still complete, and in addition to the dormitory area, there is also a nearby room for students to retreat and practice.
After returning to the dormitory from the City Lord's Mansion, Fan Xing began to retreat and cultivate, and now he is at the peak of his master, and he is only one step away from stepping into the realm of King Kui, and this retreat is to try to break through King Kui.
If you are a different person, before breaking through King Kui, you must prepare a lot of heavenly and earthly treasures, and then prepare all kinds of formation assistance to increase the chance of breakthrough, but Fan Xing is here very casual, in the eyes of his roommates, it is like an ordinary retreat cultivation, and it has not attracted any attention.
In addition to the ashram of the residence, the academy also provides a retreat with abundant spiritual energy, the latter of course, for a fee.
Yuan Haohao basically cultivates in the retreat place provided by the academy, while Feng Xuehai will return to the Feng family's own retreat most of the time, and as for Fan Haoyan, he cultivates cross-legged on the bed in the dormitory, just without disturbing each other.
Three days later, Fan Xing walked out of the quiet room with a depressed face.
I've been in retreat for three days, and I haven't moved at all, and I haven't even seen the slightest increase in the aura in my body, as if I've reached a bottleneck.
Fan Xing felt extremely uncomfortable in his heart, since he had the invincible technique, it was the first time he felt such a big sense of frustration.
However, if these psychological activities are known to others, I am afraid that they will be so angry that they vomit blood, then it will be a breakthrough to King Kui, if they break through after three days of retreat casually, then the strong people of King Kui are not everywhere? You must know that in the entire Kingdom of Nanyue, the number of strong people in the King of Kui is not more than ten fingers, even if it is the first day of the Kingdom of Nanyue, the new dean of the Kingdom Kui Shi Academy, it took a full ten years to break through from the peak of the Kui Shi to the King of Kui.
"Could it be that my invincible technique can only be used for me to cultivate to the peak of the Kui Master?"
Fan Xing had a guess in his heart, and combined with some clues from the three-day retreat, this guess quickly became a foregone conclusion.
Although the invincible exercises are perfect, there are only some of the exercises before King Kui, if you want to break through to King Kui, you have to obtain the invincible exercises of the King Kui stage, otherwise, you can't advance an inch, unless you change the exercises.
Accustomed to the perfection of the invincible exercises, and then change the exercises, it is simply too uncomfortable, since the invincible exercises are obtained from the copper bell, is it not to look for the copper bell casually, you can get a higher level of invincible exercises?
"Young Master. β
Fan Haoyan's voice interrupted Fan Xing's thoughts, and Fan Xing put aside his series of speculations for the time being.
"What about Yuan Fatzi and Haizi?"
Yuan Fatzi naturally refers to Yuan Haohao, and Haizi is Feng Xuehai, this is the nickname that Fan Xing gave the two of them, at first the two were quite reluctant to accept it, and then they were repeatedly called by Fan Xing several times, and they compromised, they have never been called like this since they were children, and they felt a little different novelty for a while.
"At this time, I should be all cultivating. By the way, young master, the day before yesterday, the city lord's mansion sent someone to send a bag of gold coins, and also asked me to bring a message, saying that the guard who robbed us of our credit a few days ago has been dealt with in accordance with the city rules. β
Wasn't that the day before yesterday the day after I came back from the City Lord's Mansion, this Kou Huai was quite neat, and it was estimated that he was interrogated overnight.
Fan Haoyan handed a bag of gold coins to Fan Xing's hand, heavy, and his divine sense was roughly swept, no more, no less, just a thousand, exactly the same as the bounty he saw on the bounty notice outside the city at that time.
This Kou Huai, said that he would only give me a bounty, and really only give me a bounty, and if he gave four or five hundred, he would die.
Fan Xing took out a hundred gold coins from the money bag, and then put the money bag into his mustard seed space.
"You have these gold coins. β
"Young master, I can't ask for it. β
"If I let you take it, you can take it, you need money for everything in the Kuishi Academy, don't let people look down on us. β
"Yes, thank you young master!"
Fan Haoyan's eyes were slightly red, and he bowed solemnly, Fan Xing saw this, waved his hand, signaling that there was no need for this, and then left the academy again.
The courses of the academy are not the slightest attraction for Fan Xing, after all, he is already a powerhouse of the half-step Kui King, not to mention this Yunluo Kui Academy, even if it is the Kingdom Kui Academy, there are no more than five fingers of people who can give lectures to Fan Xing.
As for the library pavilion, Fan Xing is not in a hurry, the money is already there, and he can go whenever he wants, anyway, he has a lot of time.
"I have to go and see this girl, I haven't seen her for four or five days, I don't know how this girl is doing. β
Fan Xing walked out of the gate of the Kuishi Academy, and walked straight towards Fengfu, Fengfu is the same as the City Lord's Mansion, but all individuals know the address, and simply asked a few passers-by, and the time for tea will be there in less than a cup of tea.
The grandeur of the Feng Mansion was far beyond Fan Xing's imagination, and he originally thought that it was not much different from the City Lord's Mansion, but when he arrived at the gate, he realized that he still underestimated the Feng family.
Above the gate, there is written Fengguo Mansion, gilt four big characters, it looks vigorous and powerful, it is from everyone's hands at a glance, the vermilion gate is full of gilded door nails, and it is enough for ordinary people to eat the delicacies of the mountains and seas for several years.
Fan Xing had already learned from Feng Xuehai that his grandfather, Feng Zhuang, the head of the Feng family, was the teacher of the current king of Nanyue, and the four characters of the Fengguo Mansion were also mentioned by the previous king, and they have always been regarded as glory by the Feng family.
"Who dares to trespass on the Guogong Mansion?"
The guards in front of the door have reached the four-star level of the Kui, and this kind of strength is enough to walk sideways in the entire Yunluo City, but they are willing to be a small guard in front of the door in this country's mansion, which shows the heritage of the Feng family.
Fan Xing was too lazy to say, and directly took out the token that Feng Xuehai gave him from his arms, and when the guards saw this, they hurriedly bowed down and pushed it aside, not daring to obstruct it in the slightest.
Fan Xing entered the gate with a big grin, this time, it was really Grandma Liu who entered the Grand View Garden, her eyes were completely insufficient, and she could only use magnificence, but it was not elegant and chic to describe the layout of Fengfu.
Fengfu is too big, although Fan Haoyan has told Fan Xing about the approximate location of Xiaoli's residence, but Fan Xing is still lost, he bypassed a garden, and saw a simple and elegant building, which is incompatible with the surrounding magnificence, but is a bit like the herringbone room where he lives.
"It's a little dilapidated here, and it should be some subordinate servants who live here, just ask them, where Xiaoli lives. β
Fan Xing thought like this, and walked straight towards the building, and when he got closer, he felt more and more that this place was very old, but he didn't see a single figure.
How many rooms are bigger, and there is no one?
Fan Xing was a little unwilling, and continued to walk inside, and found that a door in the middle was wide open, thinking that someone was inside, Fan Xing knocked on the door, and found that there was no response, so he simply walked in.
I don't steal or rob, I just come in to see if there is a living person who can ask for directions, and I am not afraid of shadows, so I naturally have no worries.
Entering the house, I smelled a faint smell of sandalwood, looked around, it was densely packed with bookshelves, there was a small table in the middle of the house, a futon, and a chic bronze incense burner was placed on top of Xiao Zhuo, and sandalwood was emitted from it.
Where is the next person's room, it is clearly a study.
Out of curiosity, Fan Xing casually picked up a book from the shelf, flipped through a few pages, and found that it was not an exercise, but an ancient book similar to a collection of poems.
The level of the poems in this Phantom Beast Continent is really poor, compared to the three hundred poems of the Tang Dynasty, it is thousands of miles worse.
Swept his senses, and found that most of the books in this study were poems and songs, and there were also some alchemy books, out of morality, Fan Xing did not use his divine sense to engrave them, except for the book of poems in his hand, which read a few pages, the other books only glanced at the title of the book, and did not watch the content.
"Huh?"
As soon as he put the book in his hand back to its place, Fan Xing sensed that someone was walking towards the study, and he was overjoyed, he finally saw a living person and could inquire about Xiaoli's residence.
When someone walked into the study, it was an old man with a white beard, who was dressed plainly, but neat, with a demeanor and demeanor, quite elegant.
It is worthy of the Guogong Mansion, any old man has such a temperament.
Fan Xing admired in his heart, and at this time, the old man also discovered Fan Xing's existence, first surprised, and then frowned.
"What room are you a slave in, don't you know that you can't enter the study?"
Slave? Fan Xing looked down at his outfit, it was indeed dilapidated, and it was not strange to be mistaken for a slave.
"I'm not from the house, I didn't mean to enter the study by mistake, don't worry, I didn't read much, I only flipped through a relatively ordinary poetry collection. β
Fan Xing hurriedly explained, he didn't want any misunderstanding, but what he didn't expect was that the old man's face became even more ugly after hearing this.
"Ordinary poetry collections? Every book in this study is written by the sages and Confucians, but all poems are all words and words, you vertical, how dare you be disrespectful. β
"Huh?"
Fan Xing was a little confused, he originally thought that the poetry collections here were just some general texts, but he didn't expect that they were all works by the great Confucians of the Phantom Beast Continent, could it be that the cultural background of the Phantom Beast Continent was so shallow?
"Which book are you looking at?"
"Uh, this one. β
Fan Xing took the book he had read from the bookshelf and handed it to the old man.
When the old man saw it, he immediately blew his beard and glared.
"This is five thousand years ago, the great sage Bai Daozi became famous, Bai Daozi was revered as a poet saint by later generations, you actually say that such a masterpiece is an ordinary poetry collection?"
Fan Xing was even more confused.
"But it's very ordinary. β
"Arrogant, arrogant!"
"No, old man, why are you so unreasonable, these poems are indeed ordinary, I can casually come up with a few poems that far exceed this poetry collection. β
The old man was so angry that his beard was trembling, and he pointed at Fan Xing, eager to scold.
Fan Xing saw that this old man didn't believe it.
I'll go, if I go on like this, I'm afraid I'll make this old guy angry, so I can't help but memorize one or two ancient poems in my elementary school texts.
"Old man, don't believe it, I'll do a song, you listen carefully. β
"The bright moonlight in front of the bed is suspected to be frost on the ground. Raise your head to look at the bright moon and bow your head to think of your hometown. β
"Vertical child, mouth crazy...... You wrote this poem?"
Shixian Taibai, I'm sorry, borrow your poem to pretend to be a b.
"That's right, I did it, how? I ask you if you are convinced, if you are not convinced, I still have it, you can listen well. The sunshine incense burner produces purple smoke, and the waterfall hangs in front of the river. The flying stream went straight down to 3,000 feet, and it was suspected that the Milky Way had fallen for nine days. β
"It is suspected that the Milky Way has fallen for nine days, good poetry, good poetry, such poems can be called ancient and modern, ancient and modern. β
Fan Xing looked at the old man in front of him dancing excitedly, and was quite proud in his heart, this is the work of Shixian Taibai, and it is inevitable that it will be ancient and modern. Fan Xing's forced pretending was very successful, and he came several songs in one breath, and the old man was fascinated by it.
"Good poetry, good poetry, I don't quite understand this sentence here, and I hope to point out. β
"Oh, well, that means ......"
In this way, an hour passed......
"Mr. is talented, the old man has eyes and does not know Mount Tai, and he hopes to forgive his sins. β
"It doesn't matter, just remember that there are people outside the people, there are mountains outside the mountains, the so-called sages are not unsurpassable, if the future generations are not as good as the sages, then sooner or later, poetry and songs will be reduced to clichΓ©s, and there will be no new meaning. β
"What Mr. taught me was that Mr. glanced at me, which made me feel like a spring breeze, and asked Mr. to accept me as a disciple and teach me poetry. β
The old man was about to kneel down to worship the master as he spoke, Fan Xing was startled, this old guy looked older than Tan Yuqing, let him worship himself, wouldn't he have to lose his life again, Fan Xing hurriedly helped the old man up.
"I will accept you as a registered disciple for the time being, and this apprenticeship will be remembered for the time being, and when you are qualified to become my personal disciple, it will not be too late to bow again. β
"Thank you, teacher. β
The old man was very excited, he had been learning poetry with Confucianism since he was a child, and when he was less than twenty years old, he won the Nanyue Kingdom with the name of poetry and literature, and he always thought that no one in the entire Nanyue Kingdom could compete with him.
Fan Xing didn't want to accept apprentices, but when he thought of this old man, he looked like an old stubborn, if he didn't accept it, he would definitely have a lot of trouble, so he simply gave him the name of a registered disciple, anyway, he didn't come to Fengguo Mansion much, and he might not see him in the future.
"By the way, I don't know what your name is?"
"Returning to the teacher, the student Fengzhuang. β
"Oh, your name is Feng Zhuang, what, your name is Feng Zhuang??? you are Feng Xuehai's grandfather, the head of the Feng family, and the teacher of the king of Nanyue?"
Fan Xing was dumbfounded, he always thought that the old man in front of him was at most a housekeeper or something, but he didn't expect that this person was actually Old Man Feng.
"Does the teacher know my unscrupulous grandson?"
"It's not just acquaintance, your grandson is my roommate. β
Fan Xing simply talked about his relationship with Feng Xuehai and his intention to come this time, and Feng Zhuang understood.
"If the evil obstacle doesn't bring the teacher over in person, let the teacher get lost in the house, and the student will definitely be punished heavily. β
Ah, what's the matter with Guan Haizi, this grandfather is really harsh, no wonder Haizi can't be cowardly when he mentions his grandfather.
"Don't tell Feng Xuehai about today's events, I have a low-key personality and don't want to show off. β
Fan Xing coughed dryly, pretending to look unfathomable, Fengzhuang immediately understood, and admired Fan Xing a little more in his heart, and he was hidden in the city, which was called a master.
"The student understands that the student must be tight-lipped, teacher, the student will take you to meet Miss Xiaoli. β
"Don't, you are dignified, give me an ordinary student of the Kui Shi Academy to lead the way, it's too public, find someone to take me there." β
"Oh oh oh, yes, yes, it's the student who is confused, the teacher waits. β
Old Man Feng quickly called a servant girl, who was in charge of serving Xiao Li, and asked her to lead the way, which couldn't be better.
Leaving the study, Fan Xing suddenly felt helpless, and inexplicably accepted another apprentice, is he destined to be a teacher in this life?
"This little brother, who are you?"
The maid has a hearty personality and is a self-acquaintance, plus Fan Xing's dress is relatively close to the people, so they chatted.
"I'm her brother. β
"I don't believe it. β
The maid had a gossipy face and looked at Fan Xing, as if she wanted to see something.
"Really. β
Fan Xing looked embarrassed, and the maid saw that there was no gossip to dig up, so she smiled and stopped asking.
"Miss Xiaoli is a good girl, Master Xuehai arranged several maids for Miss Xiaoli, but Miss Xiaoli politely refused, saying that she didn't want us to work hard, there was no way, the other maids were sent to other rooms, only I stayed to send food to Miss Xiaoli. β
"Yes, that little girl is a good girl. β