Chapter 67: The Assassin
The Tibetan Sword Palace under the Hidden Sword Ancestral Court had offended the priest's court not long ago, and was repelled by Ji Buyun, Bingyi and Ying Qingyi took Ji Buyun, the high priest, and Nan Wan'er to kill the Tibetan Sword Palace after hearing the news, and the majestic and magnificent Tibetan Sword Palace was destroyed by Bingyi's thoughts, and Ying Qingyi forced thousands of cultivators in the Tibetan Sword Palace to kneel at their feet, threatening to abolish them all.
The Tibetan sword patriarch Lian Cang had no choice but to exchange the treasure of Zhenshan and the three swords of Fayi for the safety of his disciples.
It has only been less than a month, and the Hidden Sword Ancestral Court has sent his disciples to practice under Ji Buyun, and the style of painting has changed a little too quickly.
Lian Fei saw Nan Wan'er's suspicions, and said with a smile: "Last time, the Hidden Sword Palace offended Ji Gongzi, this is the ancestral court's lax restraint on the outer door, and the ancestor often blames himself for this. ”
This Lian Fei looks very young, but his eloquence is quite passable, and in a few words, he explained the ins and outs of the future clearly, and inadvertently, he raised Ji Buyun to a very high position.
Ji Buyun hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare, Brother Lian is willing to descend to the Praetorian Guard for training, it's an honor for the Praetorian Guard, isn't it? ”
Among the Praetorian Guard officers present, Xitu has the highest position, and Ji Buyun always keeps in mind Lord Buyun's instructions to him to keep a low profile.
Xitu smiled: "Brother Ji, our own brother, whatever is polite, whatever you say is what you say, brother listens." ”
Ji Buyun thought of Jian Eleven, his heart moved, and he said to Lian Fei: "Brother Lian, please take a seat, and the brothers will give you a few more glasses." ”
Qian Qiqi pointed to the two cultivators beside Lian Fei and said, "These two are the cultivators of the Thunder God Temple, this is Shou Zhen, this is Shou Ting, they are all the children of the Thunder God's clan. ”
Then the cultivators of the Rain God Temple, the Electric God Temple, the Sea King Palace, the Phantom Sky Island and other places were introduced to Ji Buyun one by one, and these cultivation places, some sent two disciples, and some sent four, Ji Buyun bowed to them one by one, and at the same time, the Praetorian Guard officers present introduced them to them.
These cultivators should have been specially selected from their respective cultivation places, and they were very generous and decent in dealing with people, without the indifference and arrogance of ordinary cultivators in the face of ordinary people, whether they were facing Ji Buyun or the commanders and deputy commanders, they were all polite.
Ji Buyun was particularly impressed by the female disciple sent by the Phantom Sky Island, and Qian Qiqi introduced to him that the Phantom Sky Island is a famous cultivation place in the East China Sea, and the island owner Phantom Sky Fairy is a famous god, and the cultivation is the power of space that few people in the Kunlun Domain practice, and they are proficient in illusion, and their subordinates are all female disciples.
These two female disciples, one is called Yunni, the other is called Yunshang, they introduced themselves as twin sisters, the two of them are as their name suggests, beautiful and refined, they are definitely rare beauties, as soon as the two sisters saw Ji Buyun's face, they made it clear that the island owner instructed their sisters to protect Ji Buyun closely.
There is Wanlong Island in front of him and Phantom Sky Island in the back, and they all have to protect him closely, which makes Ji Buyun embarrassed.
The Jiuxing and Jiuyin brothers of Wanlong Island, who had already stood behind him first, had unhappy expressions on their faces.
Yun Ni smiled at the two brothers and said, "This is agreed upon by your Seven Island Masters and the family teacher, if you two have any opinions, you can go and talk to the Seven Island Masters." ”
After speaking, the two stood behind Ji Buyun and unceremoniously squeezed the two cultivation dragons aside.
The steward came in and whispered to Ji Buyunyu: "Son, the banquet has been prepared." ”
Ji Buyun got up and beckoned everyone to the banquet hall, everyone was humble and I gave in, and finally pushed Xitu to walk in the front.
Ji Buyun whispered to Lian Fei: "I went to the Chaos Domain this time, and I was fortunate enough to get acquainted with a Sword God Domain cultivator, and I got a set of swordsmanship from him, and I have the opportunity to exchange ideas with Brother Lian." ”
The sword god is the founder of the Tibetan Sword Ancestral Court, and after being named a god, he left the Kunlun Domain to create the Sword God Domain, and the disciples of the Tibetan Sword Ancestral Court all bowed to this ancestor, and listened to Ji Buyun say that he wanted to communicate with himself, Lian Fei immediately understood that Ji Buyun wanted to teach this set of swordsmanship to himself.
He solemnly thanked Ji Buyun and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Master Ji, if you have something to do in the future, just ask me." ”
Ji Buyun said: "You're welcome, our brothers are commensurate." ”
Lian Fei said: "Don't dare, the ancestor of the family specially told him before he left, he must treat Gongzi Ji with the courtesy of a master and servant, how dare he disobey the order of the ancestor of the family." ”
After entering the banquet hall, the Praetorian Guard officers were humble again, and finally Ji Buyun was forcibly pushed to the top by Xitu and others, Xitu pushed Ji Buyun and said vigorously: "Brother Ji, this is the Central Plains Hall, it is your territory, you must sit in the main seat, my brother wants to sit here, I am afraid that Ji Cheng will come over and let me settle the account." ”
After Ji Buyun sat down helplessly, Nan Wan'er didn't need to be pushed by others, and sat down very consciously next to Ji Buyun's other case in the main seat.
Everyone knows that she has a noble status, and she has a special relationship with Ji Buyun, and she is afraid of her, and no one cares if she is willing to sit there.
The highlanders respect the left, and the cavalry Ling was arranged by Xitu to be the chief on the left, and he sat on the right side of the chief to accompany him, and then said to Qian Seventeen: "Commander Qi, we are all our own people today, don't stick to etiquette, beckoning everyone to sit casually." ”
Having said that, Qian Seventeen still worked hard to arrange more than 20 cultivators to suitable positions according to their cultivation and identity, interspersed with the deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard.
Although these officers of the Praetorian Guard have been in the army for a long time, it is the first time that they have drunk with so many cultivators, and some of these officers have witnessed the demeanor of Qi Qiqi and Ji Buyun fighting the seven-headed snake on the Senate Square, and they have not seen it in person, and they have heard their colleagues talk about it countless times, and recently they have been very close to the common hobby of the things in the cup, and they are very obedient to his arrangements.
The highlanders have always circulated legends about the profound skills of the priests, but no one has ever seen the priest cast a spell with his own eyes.
After the turmoil of the seven-headed snake, Qian 17 and Ji Buyun were the only two Praetorian Guard officers who had personally seen the cultivators who had cast spells, and the power of the spells was so powerful that they were amazed, and Qian 17 said that each of these new cultivators was not below him, and they were instinctively a little afraid of the cultivators.
Now looking at the manners and manners of these cultivators, they can no longer be polite to Ji Buyun, and they are all treated with official courtesy, and their fear is slightly reduced.
The two brothers of Wanlong Island and the two beauties of Phantom Sky Island regarded themselves as Ji Buyun's guards, and refused to sit down at all, so Ji Buyun had to personally persuade a few people: "Today's situation is special, if the four of you don't sit down, the others will be embarrassed to sit down, and besides, this is my treat, so you don't have to be formal." ”
After persuading for a long time, the four of them sat down.
After everyone sat down, Ji Buyun instructed the steward to pass the food and serve the wine.
Before the food came up, a steward with four guards dressed in grassland came in with eight jars of wine, and Tu Qiling smiled at Ji Buyun and signaled that she had sent these wines.
Ao Xian and Qi Qiqi couldn't wait to open the mud seals of the two jars of wine, and in an instant, the strong aroma of wine permeated out.
Situ exclaimed loudly: "Good wine, good wine, Brother Ji, today my brother is blessed by you to drink such good wine." ”
Several of the cultivators were also drinking immortals, and their eyes couldn't help but light up when they looked at the wine jar in Ao Xian and Qi Seventeen's arms.
Tuqi Ling said to Xitu: "This is the secret immortal drunk of our Tuqi royal family, generally only on major occasions will drink this wine, today I am fortunate to meet so many masters of cultivation, the little sister dedicated this wine, just in response to the name of this wine." ”
Qian Qiqi said to Tu Qiling: "Thank you princess, in order to live up to the princess's good intentions, I will definitely drink a few more glasses in a while." ”
Ao Xian smiled: "Brother Qian, it doesn't matter if you drink a few more glasses, I'm afraid that these drinks are not enough for you to drink alone." ”
As he spoke, the steward brought in eight more jars of wine with the four prairie guards.
Tu Cai Ling had seen Qi XVII fighting the seven-headed snake in the Senate Square, and knew that he was a cultivator from the East China Sea, and now he was training in the Praetorian Guard, so he obviously intended to accept him, and smiled at him: "Although Commander Qi can drink with confidence, if the wine is not enough, the little sister will let someone take it immediately." ”
Qian Qiqi smiled and said: "I'm relieved to have the princess's words, Brother Ao, you have to drink leisurely, don't come and grab my wine after you finish drinking." ”
While she was talking, the maid had already laid out four dishes in front of the people's desks and poured them wine.
Smelling the strong aroma of wine, Jiuxing sighed: "It's a pity that the Lord of the Seven Islands is not here. ”
Ying Qingyi's good wine is an open secret, and on the first day Ji Buyun got acquainted with her, he accompanied her to drink all three jars of wine.
Qian Qiqi smiled at Jiuxing and said: "The Lord of the Seven Islands is not here, Gongzi Ji is here, he is a lot, last time he accompanied the Lord of the Seven Islands to drink three jars of wine in a row, and both of them did not change their faces." ”
Jiuxing said: "The little brother has a limited amount of wine, so he doesn't dare to compare with Ji Gongzi." ”
Ji Buyun raised his glass and toasted to the cultivators: "Everyone from afar, brother has prepared a little wine to show gratitude, please, please, please." ”
After speaking, he raised his glass to signal to everyone, and everyone raised their glasses.
After Ji Buyun, Xitu and Qian 17 successively raised their glasses to everyone.
After a few glasses of wine, everyone only felt that the relationship was much closer, especially the deputy commanders of the various Praetorian Guards, who were slightly restrained, raised their glasses to toast the cultivators.
Nan Wan'er was eating svenly, and said to Ji Buyun in a low voice: "Little brother, why do people always think that Ying Qingyi has an ulterior motive for finding you two beautiful guards?"
If it was before, Ji Buyun would never have believed that Ying Qingyi could have any scheming, that stupid Saint Ying Long has always been straightforward and simple-minded, but after getting the Chaos Bead, she suddenly became much smarter.
According to Nan Wan'er, the high priest had scolded her before, and now she arranged two beautiful guards for Ji Buyun, and it was possible to disgust the high priest.
Ji Buyun didn't want to think in this direction, and said to Nan Wan'er: "Don't think about it, Wan'er, Ying Qingyi is not that kind of person." ”
Nan Wan'er pouted and said, "Little brother, don't believe it, people are women, and they know that women can do anything for the people they want." ”
Ji Buyun said: "Then what do you say?"
Nan Wan'er's eyes rolled, and a sly smile hung on the corner of her mouth and said, "There is no reliable person around the high priest's sister, so it depends on whether you are reluctant to let those two beauties go." ”
Ji Buyun said: "This idea is good, so it's decided." ”
After the toast of the Tuqi Ling, at the invitation of the Tuqi Ling, she took her to toast to the cultivators one by one.
Xitu held a glass of wine and said to Nan Wan'er with a smile: "Ninth Princess, I know you don't drink, I respect you for this glass of wine, you are free." ”
Nan Wan'er said: "Then how embarrassing, so let's let the little brother drink for others." ”
Situ smiled: "Yes, you can." ”
After Ji Buyun raised his glass and drank a glass of wine with Xitu, he said to Nan Wan'er: "I'm going down to toast the cultivator, Wan'er, you sit down first." ”
Nan Wan'er said: "No, people want to go with you." ”
Ji Buyun said: "Do you know how to drink?"
Nan Wan'er's eyes rolled and said, "People don't drink, but people can pour wine." ”
After speaking, regardless of whether Ji Buyun agreed or not, he pulled him and walked down.
The two of them first came to the cultivators of the Thunder God Temple, Shou Zhen and Shou Ting of the Thunder God Temple saw Ji Buyun coming, and quickly stood up, Nan Wan'er poured wine for the three of them, and Shou Zhen arched his hand to Nan Wan'er and said, "There is Princess Lao." ”
Nan Wan'er smiled coquettishly: "Yes, what's polite, people don't drink, I don't respect you for drinking, I'm sorry, but if you want to pour wine, you can greet people." ”
Ji Buyun raised his glass to the two of them and said, "If the two of you need anything in the Praetorian Guard, you can order me at any time, please." ”
After the three of them drank the toast, Shouzhen whispered to Ji Buyun: "Master Ji, please take a step to speak." ”
After the two of them transferred the case, Shou Zhen said: "The hall master asked me to tell Gongzi, I have been more careful recently, the Vulcan Clan has recently frequently sent people to various cultivation places in the East China Sea, and the hall master is worried that they will make moves against Gongzi behind their backs." ”
Bingyi killed dozens of lives of the Vulcan Clan at one time in order to give Ji Buyun Liwei in Fuyu Mountain, and the Vulcan Clan has not made any action afterwards, everyone thinks that the Vulcan Clan is afraid of Bingyi and suffers this dumb loss.
Ji Buyun figured out: The Vulcan Clan can't bear Bingyi's revenge, so he doesn't dare to deal with him openly, and secretly connects the various cultivation sites to find a replacement for the dead ghost, and then the Vulcan Clan can push itself clean, but the cultivation places are not stupid, there is not enough interest temptation, who will take the fire for them.
He bowed his hand to Shouzhen and said, "Thank you for your concern, this brother will remember it." ”
Shou Zhen said: "The cultivation sites in the East China Sea are not stupid, no one will offend the Ice God Dragon and Wanlong Island for the sake of the Vulcan Clan, and the hall master is also worried that they will make a move among the highlanders. ”
In the past two days, Ji Buyun has been busy with this and that, and he can't find time to care about the changes in the hearts of the highlanders, Ji Cheng has been with Lord Buyun, and what they discussed should be this matter.
He nodded at Shouzhen and said, "Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on this." ”
Shou Zhen lowered his voice to the extent that only the two of them could hear it: "The hall master arranged for me to wait, there is another meaning, if Ji Gongzi feels that someone among the highlanders is going to be unfavorable to Gongzi, and it is inconvenient for him to do it, he can explain it to our brother." ”
He also said: "Don't worry, my brotherhood will do a clean job and will not leave any trouble for Gongzi." ”
Ji Buyun's heart was shocked, Thor wanted to be the first to help him sweep away the enemy, but now he doesn't know who the enemy is, it seems that it is necessary to tell the high priest and uncle about this, he tried to hide the fluctuations in his heart, pretended to be calm and nodded: "Understood, understood." ”
After leaving the first earthquake, Ji Buyun felt that his back was soaked, and for the first time in his life, he felt that the killing was so close to him, and it was only in his own thought that depriving him of a life.
He had only killed the fat man of the Hidden Sword Palace, and that person insulted the most important high priest in his life to his face, which was unbearable as a man, and he would not regret killing it ten thousand times.
Compared with a true cultivator, Ji Buyun's cultivation time is negligible, although the speed of cultivation cannot be faster, but cultivation, after all, is not just about improving the spiritual energy level, enhancing the ability of divine consciousness or mastering one or two spells, his way of acting and thinking about problems are very different from those of real cultivators.
He simply can't be as decisive as a true cultivator, and this is closely related to the environment in which he grew up and the people he comes into contact with, and it can't be changed for a while.
In a way, the high priest is more like a practitioner than he is, and those in high positions naturally see things differently from ordinary people, including their attitude towards life.
After hurriedly saluting the other cultivators, he returned to his seat, looked at the cultivators and his fellow Praetorian Guards in the middle of the chaos, and the sentence of the first shock involuntarily came to his mind: If Ji Gongzi feels that someone among the highlanders is going to be unfavorable to Gongzi, and it is inconvenient for him to do it, he can explain it to our brother.
The meaning of the first earthquake is already very clear, no matter who is among the highlanders, as long as Ji Buyun feels threatened, he can take action to get rid of Ji Buyun.
He had a hunch that after communicating with the High Priest and Lord Buyun, he would definitely arrange for them to get rid of some people.
Thinking that he was going to deprive others of their lives with his own mouth, Ji Buyun felt an inexplicable fear, a fear that neither he nor Ying Qingyi had experienced when they were in the belly of the fierce mountain.
He felt a chill in his body, and his face turned pale involuntarily.
Nan Wan'er felt the change in his demeanor and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong, little brother." ”
Ji Buyun whispered what Shou Zhen said and what he said just now and repeated it to Nan Wan'er, and at the same time told Nan Wan'er about the fear in his heart.
Nan Wan'er sighed and said softly: "Little brother, you are too kind, this is a very ordinary thing in the cultivation world, people bet that when these cultivators came, their teachers must have had a similar explanation with them, in a sense, they are the killers sent to you by the cultivation ground, they are all assassins." ”
Ji Buyun said: "I won't allow such a thing to happen." ”
Nan Wan'er said, "What if you threaten the high priest's sister?"
Ji Buyun said: "I will protect her." ”
Nan Wan'er said: "It's easy to dodge the open gun, it's hard to defend against the dark arrow, little brother, sometimes there is no evidence and you can intuitively determine that someone is the one who is planning against us behind our back, which is also a way to solve the problem." ”
Ji Buyun said: "Then I won't do it either." ”
Nan Wan'er sneered, "Then you just watched them hurt the high priest sister?"
Ji Buyun was silent.