Bei Nian smiled slowly: "None of my apprentices have the ability, only one of them barely squeezed into the top ten during the competition, and got the qualification for the Tianyuan City martial arts competition, whether they can enter the top fifty is not certain." ”

After a few people were polite, Wang Xiong suddenly said: "By the way, marshal, you came just in time, but recently somehow, a strange person suddenly appeared, he ........"

"Weirdos?"

As soon as he heard the word stranger, Zhang Zhao exclaimed, causing Wang Xiong to ask curiously: "Marshal, do you also know this stranger?"

Zhang Zhao shook his head and said, "I've seen a weirdo before, but it must not be what you said, because he is dead." ”

Wang Xiong frowned, and then said: "The strange man who appeared near Lanshan City is a swordsman, claiming to be the first sword in the world, in order to confirm this, he looked for swordsmen everywhere to compete, and all the swordsmen who fought with him were defeated in his hands, and he didn't even need to use a knife. Now that there was no one in Arashiyama Castle who could challenge him, he went somewhere else. ”

"Aren't they the same, then?"

Langxin walked over and said with a solemn face: "The one we met was a swordsman, claiming to be the number one sword in the world, he was very murderous, and in the end he was killed by a few of us joining forces. ”

"That's the same thing. ”

Be Nian said slowly: "Although this strange man is belligerent, he is not easy to kill, every time he defeats an opponent, the opponent only needs to verbally admit that he is better than himself, and he turns away." It's still a little different from the one you met. ”

"Dao Chief, what do you think about this matter?"

For this kind of thing, Zhang Zhao actually wants to know what to think about Bei Nian, he has realized the Tao of health and the way of heaven, and it is very likely that he will know something that he does not know.

I saw that Bei Nian frowned, his face showed doubt, and he hesitated for a long time before he spoke: "In terms of yin and yang balance, everything has two sides, and when one side reaches the extreme, in order to maintain the balance, the Heavenly Dao will naturally arrange for the other side to appear. The appearance of these strange people may be a challenge to this world, the monastic system of this world has reached its peak, and there is no opponent at all, so these strange people appear to make up for the balance of this world. ”

"Can you be more detailed?"

What Bei Nian said was too general and profound, Zhang Zhao couldn't understand it for a while, and he didn't even know what connection Bei Nian said had to do with this matter.

"To put it simply, justice is too strong, and therefore stronger evil is born. Like the previous demons and night demons, these are all a challenge to justice, but the demons have joined us, and the night demons are too weak to persecute ordinary people, so this kind of powerful weirdos will appear now. ”

"What does the Dao Chief mean is that the appearance of the Night Demon is a huge challenge to ordinary people, and the appearance of the strange person is a big challenge to our cultivation realm?"

"Yes, that's right. ”

All things are relative, yin and yang are balanced, this is the foundation of Taoist thought, although the explanation of Bei Nian is too far-fetched, but this is the only truth that confirms this now.

Now that we know why, it's time to think about what to do.

"The marshal doesn't need to panic, everything is relative to this, although the strange man who came this time is strong, but from another point of view, it is also a test for us cultivators, a kind of promotion, so it is not an absolute bad thing. ”

"By the way, I brought that strange man and his weapon here, why don't you help the Taoist to see what's so special?"

Bei Nian nodded and said, "People don't need to, the weapon can be looked at." ”

Zhang Zhao took out the strange man's Xuantie sword, Bei Nian took it and looked at it, and studied it for a long, long time before he gradually came to a conclusion.

"It's actually just the most common type of dark iron, but it's very dense, far more than what we usually see, hundreds of times stronger. So I speculate that something like this should come from a higher world. ”

"The realm of all things?"

This is the first thing that Zhang Zhao and Langxin thought of, if there is a higher world, then there is only another world of all things.

This is, the old man who had just brought Zhang Zhao and them in walked in again, and said with a smile: "Marshal, city lord, the wine and food have been prepared, come over with all your friends." ”

"Yes, Marshal, Dao Chief, go to the guest hall with a few friends for dinner, and we will talk while eating. ”

Don't think about it and got up and smiled slowly: "Thank you for the kindness of the city lord, there is no need for food, I need to go back to Qingfeng Temple as soon as possible, there are still a lot of things waiting for me to deal with." ”

"Okay, since that's the case, then I won't force the Taoist to stay, and when I'm free in the future, I'll visit Qingfeng Temple in person. ”

"Master, help me send the Dao Chief!"

Regarding the matter of the other Ten Thousand Realms, Zhang Zhao didn't say much, after all, with the current realm of other people, knowing it would only increase his troubles, but what can be determined now is that people from the other Ten Thousand Realms can already come to this world in other ways, and there is no need to go through Ying Tianwu Mansion three years later.

Judging from the two people who are known, people in the other world are also good and bad, and not all of them are like that swordsman, who kills people when they see them.

"Come on, brothers, sisters, the Taoist was snubbing you just now, please don't take it to heart. ”

In the guest hall, Wang Xiong personally poured a glass of wine for Langxin and the others to compensate for it.

A few people met yesterday, and today I finally have a chance to chat.

Zhang Zhao looked at Xia Yuan for a while, remembered what Hou Jingxian said yesterday, so he asked: "Brother Xia, I heard that you have been in and out of the City Lord's Mansion a lot recently, and it seems that you want to get a half-official position, is that so?"

Xia Yuan put down the dishes and chopsticks, and said respectfully: "This is not my intention, as long as I can do good things for more people, drive the economy, and contribute to the dynasty, it doesn't matter if I am an official or not." ”

"Hmm"

Zhang Zhao nodded, and then said: "I admire Brother Xia's ability very much, but at present, the various positions are full, and I don't know which field you are good at, brother. I think the city lord of Guyun City is not bad, you can learn more about being an official by his side now. When the competition is over, I will suggest that the master restart the imperial examination, and then Brother Xia can rely on his own ability to seek his own official position. ”

"Well, that's exactly what I mean. ”

"By the way, since everyone is their own person, I won't hide it. ”

At this time, Zhang Zhao suddenly said: "Although the atmosphere in Guyun City is very positive at present, the evil spirit is even more vigorous. ”