CHAPTER XLIV
Overnight, more than a dozen medium forces in the martial arts were suddenly baptized in blood, and the next day their forces were immediately annexed, in just a few days, the forces in the martial arts were cleansed, although the ones who were destroyed were all killer leagues or some medium gang families, and they were deeply offended and hated by people, but it was the same force behind it. The word "Soul Chasing Valley" has risen in just a few days, and the shops in the sphere of influence of the relevant alliances have changed overnight, and even the lower right corner of the sign is marked with the unique logo of "Soul Chasing Valley". It made Wulin shocked. But some people want to raise a banner to extinguish this "tumor," how to destroy it, what people kill is harmful to martial arts, and if you want to do it, you don't even have a name." In less than a month, Soul Chasing Valley has become a neutral force like Wuxinlou, with a wide range of influence, and has become a first-class force in the martial arts in one fell swoop.
What is already known in the martial arts is that there is a valley master in the Soul Chasing Valley, but the valley master has never appeared, and the valley master has eight cronies, four protectors and four elders. The valley lord never appeared. There are rumors in the martial arts, and some people are even wondering where the so-called "Soul Chasing Valley" is. However, the rise of Soul Chasing Valley is indeed real.
After more than ten years of planning, it is time to appear in front of the world. Shen Nian sat in the room and drank tea quietly, covering the tea little by little, not knowing what he was thinking.
A series of hurried footsteps came from far and near. The door was pushed open, and Shen Nian looked up with a lovely smile.
"Little witch." Mu Bai pulled over the stool and sat down.
"What's wrong?" Shen Nian put down the teacup and asked with a smile.
"When are we going to visit Mr. Li?" Mu Bai's eyes were full of anticipation.
Chu Yan walked in slowly behind him and sat directly on the side. Mu Bai ran too fast, and Chu Yan also knew what it was for, but fortunately he walked slowly behind.
"Today." It's been three days since the last time I met Yu Yin, a storyteller in the teahouse. Shen Nian stayed at home honestly, and also to make Shen Qing'an feel at ease. But Shen Feng had a hard time in the past three days, Shen Qing counted Shen Nian's naughty and going to the Qinglou in the middle of the night on Shen Feng's head, Shen Feng was disgusted for three days, and he didn't know why, if he asked, Shen Qing said, what is the why, go. Shen Feng wanted to cry without tears. Shen Nian saw that Shen Feng was in the way, and it was too late to be happy, and it was even more difficult to help Shen Feng, so he was "depressed" for three days. β
"Really. When? Do I need to prepare anything? Mu Bai began to nervously not know what to say.
Shen Nian counted the hours, "Right now." You go and change your clothes. β
Mu Bai's eyes were shining, he nodded immediately, and then pulled Chu Yan away. As soon as Chu Yan picked up the tea bowl, he was pulled away. Speechless. I really don't know whether to thank Mu Bai or not, and remember to pull himself away.
Shen Nian also got up and changed his clothes, and then told Mei Zhen to get some gifts suitable for Li Lao. I went to the study first.
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"Eldest son, the third lady is here." A little guy came up to report.
"Then the eldest son, I'll go down first." Fauber bowed.
Because Shen Qing has not yet officially held the succession meeting of the head of the family, everyone still calls him the eldest prince.
"Hmm." Shen Qing looked at the manuscript in his hand without raising his head.
"Big brother." Shen Nian stepped in. On the way, I said hello to Fauber, and Fauber responded with a smile.
"How?" Shen Qing still didn't look up and asked.
"I'm going to visit Elder Li today." Shen Nian stood in front of Shen Qing with his hands behind his back, looking happy, his body was not honest, shaking around, and he was naΓ―ve.
"Go out, go out, tell me what to do."
"Big brother." Shen Nian shouted Shen Qing like a coquettish.
Shen Qing only felt a pain in his brain. "Alas, go ahead. It's good to be honest for three days. β
"Big brother is the best, come back and buy you food." Then Shen Nian walked away lightly.
Shen Qing watched Shen Nian leave, and still felt that his head hurt.
When they came to the gate of the Shen Mansion, Mu Bai and Chu Yan were already guarding the door. A few days ago, Shen Nian taught Bai Li a set of boxing techniques, and Bai Li was practicing very hard in the past few days, so he didn't come together.
"Little witch, how do you look at me today?" Mu Bai blinked, looked at Shen Nian nervously, and waited for Shen Nian to say that it was not good to hurry back and change.
Shen Nian said "um" for a long time, making Mu Bai nervous. Shen Nian suddenly wanted Mu Chen to come out and see Mu Bai's appearance, hehe. Shen Nian smiled, not teasing Mu Bai, "Very good." "Mu Bai is wearing blue and white clothes today, and Mu Bai's face is like a crown of jade.
"Whew." Mu Bai patted his chest.
Chu Yan shook his head, Nian'er liked to tease Mu Bai. Mu Bai is a fool.
Shen Nian and Charm Ochre got into the car.
"Little witch, don't I really need to prepare any gifts?" Mu Bai still asked a little worriedly.
"No, I'm ready to prepare." Shen Nian took the gift slip from the charm ochre and looked at it. Then nodded, "Not bad." Charm Ochre secretly breathed a sigh of relief. I am proud to be appreciated by the valley owner. But there is still an indifference on the face.
Chu Yan watched the reaction of Mei Zhen from the side, a person with strong martial arts has also strengthened his perception of others a lot. So frowning slightly, why are the guards around Nian'er afraid of Nian'er.
Soon the carriage arrived in Loei. Yu Yin received the news early and waited at the door.
Charm Ochre jumped out of the carriage and lifted the curtain. Shen Nian then jumped down, "Mr. Yu, I'm still waiting for us." Mu Bai and Chu Yan also jumped down.
"Where, it's great that you're here." Yu Yin said from the bottom of his heart. Li Lao has been talking about why he hasn't come or not come every day these days, and he suddenly misses the old Li who used to skip meals and don't talk for a day for a chess game.
"This is Mu Bai, Chu Yan. You saw the teahouse last time. Shen Nian introduced.
Yu Yin arched his hand, "How can you forget such a character." β
Mu Bai had already collected his mood and suppressed his nervousness. and Chu Yan returned the salute seriously.
"A few please." Yu Yin raised his hand.
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Li Lao looked at the entrance of the courtyard for a long time, why didn't he come.
"It's coming, it's coming." The little guy trotted over and said.
After hearing this, Li Lao immediately coughed, posed, tidied up his clothes and hair, and looked at the chess game "seriously" with his head down.
When Shen Nian and the others came in, they saw this scene, and what they saw was that Li Lao was studying the chess game with great devotion.
Yu Yin knew what was going on at a glance, and winked at Shen Nian.
Then he said respectfully to Li Lao, "Sir, Miss Shen San is here to visit you."
Li Lao didn't move, when he didn't hear it.
Shen Nian smiled at Yu Yin, Yu Yin was helpless, and went down to prepare tea, and Li Lao still had to be pressed by Miss Shen San. But Mu Bai felt that Li Lao was not a contemporary Confucian, looking at this demeanor, looking at the appearance of investing in a game of chess. Mu Bai has already gone through the trilogy of wanting to see a role model, first nervous, then indifferent, and then extremely nervous. Chu Yan looked at Mu Bai's appearance, and didn't know why he missed Mu Chen a little. Obviously growing up together, how did Mu Bai go to the path of literati, obviously the master didn't teach this.
"Ahem." Shen Nian put his hands behind his back, pretending to look elsewhere, and then didn't go straight to Li Lao, just walked around. coughed twice, seeing that Li Lao still ignored himself.
Shen Nian sighed, "Alas, it seems that Elder Li is very busy today, so I have to come back another day." He said and pretended to turn around.
I heard a snort from behind.
"Stinky girl, are you trying to me off." Li Lao can't pretend anymore, stinky girl, she hasn't come to see herself for a long time, and now she still knows how to "bully" herself, and she doesn't know what it means to follow the old man.
Shen Nian turned around, walked over with a smile on his face, sat on the opposite side of the chess game, supported his chin with both hands, and said flatteringly: "Nian'er knows it's wrong." Nian'er didn't come to see you. And I brought you a gift?"
Li Lao originally turned his head to ignore her, but after hearing it, he slowly turned his head, but his eyes still looked away, "Oh? What a gift? Ordinary ones don't work. β
Shen Nian grinned and gave Charm Ochre a look. Charm Ochre stepped forward with two boxes and placed them next to the chessboard.
Shen Nian picked up a box and shook it in front of Li Lao, "Look." He said and opened.
Li Lao glanced at it casually, only to see a book that looked tattered. But the three big words "lazy review" on the book attracted Li Lao's eyes.
Li Lao's eyes widened, as if he couldn't believe it, and took out the book, "This, this, isn't this a chess game that has been lost for many years." "Li Lao knew it was genuine as soon as he flipped it over.
Shen Nian looked at Li Lao's appearance and knew that he had passed the test, and grinned.
Lazy review is not actually the name of the chess game, but it is the name of the person who set up the game, once a world-famous national player review monk, chess is invincible all over the world, and the chess games he has studied have been collected by him in a book. Because he didn't like these common names, he named the book "Lazy Retrospective", which means that there will be no turning back, and the glory of the past does not mean that the future will be undefeated.
It can be said that such a peerless and unique book is not something that can be had with money. It's like giving a martial arts cheats to a person with low martial arts, and now Li Lao feels this way.
"Nian girl, where did you get it, I haven't found it for a long time." Li Lao is like a child with sugar, very happy.
"It's just fate." Shen Nian said. In fact, Shen Nian didn't make it clear, these peerless solitary books were all found by Tianqingzi for himself, he knew that he liked chess games, so he searched everywhere, so he found them.
"Hey, Elder Li, look at this again." Shen Nian attracted Li Lao's gaze and opened the second box.
Li Lao only felt that no gift was as important as his own hand. At a glance, it was two chess boxes. It's just a rare purple jade, and each chess piece is carved round and shiny, and you can even see the streamer in the sunlight when you pick it up.
How can a person who sees chess as his life resist the temptation of a good chess piece? And if there is no suitable chess piece to set up this peerless chess game, it will inevitably feel disrespectful to the chess game, so this purple jade chess piece has won the heart of Li Lao. Just now, I was worried that I would hurt the game with ordinary chess pieces, but this time I am not afraid.
Li Lao couldn't do it happily, looking at Shen Nian as if he was looking at a cornucopia.
Shen Nian sneered. "Okay, don't get angry?"
"Don't be angry." Li Lao said with a smile while holding the chess game.
"Okay, don't be angry, then come and see my friend. But I admire you a lot. Shen Nian stood up and introduced Mu Bai and Chu Yan to Li Lao.
Mu Bai saw the end from the beginning just now, and he also understood that Li Lao was also an old child, and his tension was much less. The two of them bowed their hands, "Elder Li." β
Li Jushi looked at the two of them, and nodded secretly in his heart, the two sons will be extraordinary in the future.
"Since it's a friend of the girl, it's also my friend, come, sit. Yu Yin. "Li Lao is now happy because of the chess game and chess pieces. Even everyone is happy to see it.
Yu Yin had already prepared tea and pastries, Mu Bai and Chu Yan went in and out of the rivers and lakes in their early years, and their knowledge was extraordinary, and the master was also a master in the world. Talking to Li Lao is more like a peer.
The conversation between the four of them, instead of making people feel the gap, benefited each other a lot.
When talking, Li Lao looked at the conversation between Mu Bai and Chu Yan and nodded secretly. I feel happy that Shen Nian can make such a friend.
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Before leaving, Shen Nian handed an invitation card to Li Lao.
Li Lao opened, "Oh? Your eldest brother is going to succeed the head of the family so early?"
"Well, you must come." Shen Nian said with big eyes.
"Good. I'll definitely go. Li Lao smiled there and touched Shen Nian's head.
Shen Nian smiled and waved, got into the carriage, and left with Mu Bai and the others.
"Sir." Yu Yin stood aside and looked at Li Jushi's happy appearance, and he was also very happy in his heart.
"Today's young people are not ordinary." After Li Lao finished speaking, he went back.
Yu Yin also nodded, yes. There are indeed many beautiful people in this generation.