Chapter 20: Banquets
If a supernatural person is mixed in with mortals, it is difficult to distinguish his identity with the naked eye. But if you inject supernatural powers into your eyes, you can observe. You will find the difference between the breath of the supernatural and the mortals around you, the breath of ordinary supernatural people is like the light of fire in the darkness, and the breath of those powerful supernatural is the shining stars in the night, and the supreme one is as invisible as the sun.
"Four more appeared, and it seems that there are quite a few fish in the net this time. "In the forbidden hall of the City Lord's Mansion. Xia Mu stood in front of a light curtain and stared at the four points of light that appeared on the light curtain, revealing a look of great ambition.
"Looking at the size of the light point, it should be three Entering the Xuan Realm and one Birth Realm. City Lord Zhao behind Xia Mu stepped forward and said, then turned his head to a black-clothed young man standing behind him and asked, "I ordered you to use the prohibition to know the number of supernatural beings in the city, do you know how many new supernatural people have entered the city this month?"
"Since the Lord ordered his subordinates to observe here for more than a month, his subordinates have observed a total of seventy-two supernatural beings entering the city, including thirty-two who have entered the Xuan Realm, thirty-eight who have been reborn in the supernatural realm, and two who are suspected of being in the transcendent realm. The young man in black replied.
"This kind of chance has always been fought for by the juniors below the Xuan Realm by default, and the power of the Transcendent Realm will also come to intervene?" At this time, the four points of light on the screen gradually disappeared, and Xia Mu lost interest in the light curtain, and when he heard the report of the young man in black, he turned his head to look at City Lord Zhao curiously.
"Back to His Highness, it is a tacit understanding between sects to acquiesce to the fact that the juniors below the Xuan Realm are competing for opportunities. And those who have no sect or sect are not bound. City Lord Zhao explained to Xia Mu.
"After entering the Xuan Realm, every step forward is extremely difficult, let alone breaking through to the transcendent realm. If there is the power of the transcendent realm involved, then what is there to fight for, directly reveal your own realm, and whoever is higher will be given to whomever is good. Xia Mu was slightly frustrated and complained to City Lord Zhao.
"Your Highness has been thinking a lot, the realm is not necessarily powerful if you are high, and such an unthinkable thing as fighting the transcendent realm with the power of the Xuan has also happened. Moreover, the participants this time are not ordinary people who have entered the Xuan Realm, why don't His Highness set up a banquet to invite Toshihiko in the city, firstly, to fulfill the friendship of the landlords of the imperial court, and secondly, to get a general understanding of the strength of Toshihiko in the world. Seeing that Xia Mu was a little depressed, Lord Zhao Cheng comforted him.
"Set up a banquet, this is not bad, you should have figured out the residence of those people, send the invitation to their house, as a prince, I should do my best to be a landlord. Xia Mu's eyes lit up, and he secretly said that he had always been used to plotting behind his back, and although he was able to do it step by step, he had also lost the royal integrity. Although there are many benefits, they cannot accumulate greater prestige for themselves, but they take care of one at the expense of the other.
"By the way, what you said about entering the Xuan Killing Transcendent, is it the incident where Beihe, the Sect Master of the Painting Dao of the Imperial Capital, killed the old ghost of the Blood Slaughter ten years ago?" Xia Mu recalled what the City Lord Zhao had said, and hurriedly asked.
"Exactly, it is rumored that when Beihe's predecessors traveled the world, they passed through a village, and it happened that the blood of everyone in the village was extracted from the body by the blood slaughter to cultivate some kind of secret method. Beihe's predecessors were immediately furious, and fought with the bloody massacre, and in the end, it was Beihe's seniors who were even better, and included the bloody massacre in the painting, refining life and death. There was reverence in the eyes of the city lord of Zhao, and when he told this shocking incident, his expression was slightly in a trance, as if he still couldn't believe the truth of this matter.
"I was cultivating in the sect at the time, and I occasionally heard my brothers talk about it, and I thought it was a rumor. I didn't expect there to be such an amazing person. After listening to the story of the city lord Zhao, Xia Mu was fascinated by this Beihe, and at the same time remembered what he had learned in the sect and what he had gained in the imperial palace, his eyes regained his previous brilliance, and secretly said: If you enter the Xuan Killing Extraordinary, I may be able to do it.
Lord Zhao Cheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Xia Mu had regained his confidence, this time the plot was very dangerous, but it also gained a lot, if the person in charge of the current situation lost confidence. Then the plot will not only inevitably fail, but will also end up miserable.
"The day after tomorrow, I will have a banquet in Linjiang Pavilion, and you can send someone to send the invitation to their house, and you can deliver it, and you don't care whether they accept it or not. Xia Mu instructed the Zhao City Lord, and the Zhao City Lord agreed and retreated with the black-clothed youth.
"It's just a matter of fighting and killing extraordinary, such an amazing person, I don't know what kind of style it is. Will he come to this event? Xia Mu looked at the distant back of the city lord Zhao, with yearning in his eyes, and muttered.
At this time, in the Chen family, Chen An, who returned home after separating from Wang Yanxi, looked at the gentleman invited by his father to teach calligraphy and painting in surprise. "You... Aren't you that senior!"
"Don't be rude, this is the Mr. Calligraphy and Painting I invited for you, you come forward to meet me. A middle-aged man standing in front of Chen An scolded Chen An, Chen An's appearance was somewhat similar to the man, but he lacked a bit of perseverance and maturity on the man's face. This person is Chen An's father, Chen Qiusheng, the head of the Chen family.
"Hehe, it's okay, old man... Not... I met Ling Lang this morning, but I didn't expect to be invited to teach Ling Lang calligraphy and painting now, this is really fate, haha. The Mr. Calligraphy and Painting standing next to Chen Qiusheng was Beihe, but for some reason he was invited by the old man of the Chen family to be Mr. Chen An's Calligraphy and Painting.
"I see, it seems that the dog can be taught by Mr., and this has already been arranged. Chen Qiusheng said suddenly, then looked at Beihe, and the two glanced at each other, and they both laughed.
Chen An saw the two of them laughing inexplicably, and he didn't feel a little confused, but he was very excited when he thought of the magical painting skills he had shown this morning. The secret path is really nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it.
"In this case, the dog will please leave it to Mr., and the contemptible person still has some trivial matters to deal with, so he will retire first. Chen Qiusheng turned around and instructed a middle-aged man who looked like a housekeeper behind him, "Fusheng, you can arrange a place for Mr. later." The housekeeper agreed, and then Chen Qiusheng said a few more words to Chen An, and then walked out of the door after retreating.
"Senior, senior, do you know where my house is, so you came here to be my husband?" Chen An saw Chen Qiusheng disappear from sight, so he immediately changed his restrained appearance, and leaned in front of Beihe and asked in a low voice.
"Yes and no. Bei He pretended to reply profoundly, Chen An saw that Bei He was vague, and he was about to ask again, but was stopped by the suddenly serious Bei He.
"Now that I am your husband, you must be polite to me, not arbitrary. Beihe said to Chen An with a straight face, although Chen An didn't like those red tape, but he had a lot of respect for the professor's own husband, seeing Beihe like this, "Yes, sir, please forgive the student for being rude." Chen An also became honest and stopped asking.
"You come with me. Beihe saw Chen An bowing his head, looking respectful, and breathed a sigh of relief, secretly saying that it was good that this kid was obedient, otherwise he would not be able to expose some things when he was questioned.
Mr. Chen had invited two gentlemen for Chen An earlier, and both of them had taken leave to go home. So at this time, in Professor Chen An's room, there were only Beihe and Chen An.
After Chen An saw Bei He enter the room, he looked at the words and paintings he had written before, but as he looked at it, Bei He's face seemed to darken even more, and finally turned around and came to the window, opened the window and took a deep breath.
"Ahem, sir. Chen An's face turned red, and his voice broke the silence of the moment.
"Well, what's the matter. Beihe looked back at Chen An from the window, with a kind smile on his face. Chen An was stunned, but felt that this was a smile forcibly squeezed out by Beihe.
"I don't know what Mr. is going to teach me today. Chen An asked with anticipation in his eyes. "I'll teach you today... Huh?" Beihe sorted out his thoughts, and was about to say his own arrangement. At this moment, a golden light hovered in the air.
The object in the gold seemed to be looking for a target, turning back and forth in the air, and Beihe used a hand move to pull the golden light over. The golden light flew in front of Beihe, outlining a few lines of text in the air.
"Is there an invitation to the banquet, this Seventh Prince is also a little bold. Beihe muttered to himself. "Sir, what are you looking at, what is this. Chen An leaned his head forward and saw the words written in the air by the golden light.
Bei He stretched out his hand, and the words written by the golden light suddenly dissipated, and the golden light also revealed the object hidden inside, but it was a token, and the token flew into Beihe's hand and was taken away by Beihe.
"Okay, don't ask, sit back and I'll teach you what you're going to learn today. Bei He waved Chen An back. Although Chen An was very curious about the golden light just now, when he heard that Bei He wanted to teach him, he put aside what he had just done and happily sat down on the chair in front of his desk.
At this time, in the sky above Heian City, dozens of rays of light flew in all directions in the city. There are three colors of light, which are gold, purple, and red. These rays are imposed, but mortals are invisible.
In front of an ordinary house, a young boy about seven or eight years old grabbed the door and looked curiously at the young man who knocked on the door in front of him.
"Uncle, who are you looking for? Although he was in the affluent city of Heian, the boy's clean clothes with several patches showed that his life was not rich.
"May I ask if this is the residence of the old man Yu Qinghou. The man looked at the little boy with a smile, and the smile on his face was like a warm spring sun.
"Xian'er, who's out there. An old woman's voice came from inside the room. "Grandma, it's an uncle, he knows grandpa. The boy turned his head and shouted inside.
"Looking for your grandfather, that's... Let him in. The old woman replied, followed by a violent coughing sound from inside.
The man is Bai Lixi, and through the connections of the Gale Dart Bureau, he finally found the descendants of his master's best friend.
The little boy opened the door and invited Bai Lixi in, the yard was not big, and some utensils were simply placed inside. The door to the room opened, and a pale, frail old woman leaned against the door with her clothes draped. The little boy hurriedly stepped forward to support the old woman, "Grandma, why did you come out?" ”
"I'm fine, I'm fine, go and move a chair for my uncle and pour some water. The old woman lovingly stroked the boy's head and commanded.
"Why does this little brother know my family, he has been gone for many years. The old woman said to Bai Lixi and invited Bai Lixi into the house.
Bai Lixi thanked the old woman, walked into the house, and replied to the old woman: "On the order of the family teacher, I came to find the old man." ”
"That's... May I ask what is your master's surname? The old woman was suspicious. Bai Lixi did not answer, took out a book from her arms and handed it to the old woman, who took the book and looked at it carefully. Bai Lixi said at this time: "When I came, my master had a sentence for me to convey, saying to ask the old man, have you calculated how high the sky is and how thick the earth is. ”
When the old woman heard this, she stayed in place as if she had been immobilized, and then she came back to her senses and looked excited, and she hurriedly shouted inside: "Xian'er! Xian'er! Come out quickly!"
The boy heard the sound and ran out, and the old woman beckoned him to him, and then pressed the boy's shoulders with both hands, and asked Bai Lixi with a trembling voice: "This immortal, do you look at my grandson, can he be a cultivator?"
Bai Lixi looked at the little boy, this boy was born with red lips and white teeth, although his bones were ordinary, he was not a genius who practiced martial arts, but he had a wonderful Tao rhyme, if he was dedicated to seeking the Tao, his future achievements would be limitless.
"This son is very talented, and he can be made. Bai Lixi replied seriously. The old woman was overjoyed and said three "good" words in a row. turned to a sad look and said to Bai Lixi: "I have been sick for many years, and I can't rest assured that my poor grandson has been breathing a sigh of relief, and he doesn't dare to die, and now he has fallen." I can go with peace of mind. ”
"Grandma, I don't want to leave you, I want to stay with you all the time!" cried the boy as if he understood the old woman's words.
"Silly boy, how can anyone not die, when I die, you can follow this uncle. The old woman couldn't bear it, hugged the boy and comforted softly.
The boy didn't answer, crying and shaking his head. Bai Lixi looked at the old woman and found that the old woman was already terminally ill, even he was powerless.
Bai Lixi took out a pill from the storage ring and handed it to the old woman, saying, "I can't cure your illness, but this can save you from the torture of illness, the day you leave, I will come to pick him up,"
The old woman was overjoyed and thanked her repeatedly, and after the old woman took the pill, Bai Lixi turned around and went out.
"Hurry! The old woman urged the boy.
At this time, Bai Lixi walked to the door, saw the boy chasing after him, squatted down and touched the boy's head with a smile, and said, "You will still call me brother in the future, do you know, go back quickly." ”
The boy nodded vigorously, then turned and ran back. When he went to the door, he waved his hand heavily at Bai Lixi, and then closed the door.
At this time, a purple light flew towards Bai Lixi, and after reading the content, Bai Lixi put away the token at will and slowly walked into the distance.