On the tenth day of the first lunar month, the weather was not very good, gray, as if covered with gauze, standing in the courtyard of her own house, wearing a ferret coat, a pink girl, a little interested in pulling a laurel branch boringly writing and painting on the snow.

This is a patio in the courtyard of the Li family, which is the courtyard of Li Nanyang, the third lady of the Li family.

Through the east window, you can see that the boudoir is uniquely decorated, with a list of simple flowers quietly blooming, and the dark fragrance in the room is attacking.

A young man next to him came in style, a young man in a gorgeous costume, a touch of heroism between his eyebrows could not be concealed, and on his rather handsome face, a pair of eyes were as black as ink, with a sense of warmth, mellow temperament, and a particularly bookish atmosphere.

"Nanyang, what are you doing?" The boy is fourteen years old, but the outfall has become more and more straight, at this moment, looking at the sense of loss on his little sister's face that cannot be concealed, the young man frowned slightly, thinking of the precocious little sister, it is rare to see this sadness now.

"Second brother, are we leaving?" Li Nanyang spoke, with a hint of reluctance in his glutinous voice.

Li Guinian immediately understood his little sister's mood, and now that he understood the reason, he came to Li Nanyang and stood still, staring at the snow in the patio, Li Guinian had a smile on his face.

"Reluctance Liu Buyi?" Li Guinian said.

Li Nanyang held Gui Zhi's hand and paused, she looked up at her second brother with her head buried and said, "Do we have to go to the outside world?"

The smile on Li Guinian's side face did not decrease, he raised his hand and touched this heaven and earth, a trace of golden thread appeared in the void, and finally condensed into a rune glowing with golden light in his hand, and finally the young man raised his hand and let the rune disappear into the air.

"This world, for us, is still too small after all!" Li Guinian turned his head to look at his little sister, from the little sister's delicate face, Li Guinian saw a smooth road on the avenue.

"But I don't want to leave here!" Li Nanyang was like an awkward little girl, turning her head and continuing to write and draw on the ground with cinnamon branches.

Li Guinian touched his forehead with a headache, his little sister is good at everything, but he can't let go of that Liu Buyi, and he can't really talk about love, but this emotion, for Li Nanyang, who is destined to go far on the road of cultivation, is a blessing or a curse, even if Li Guinian, a young genius, can't see through it, let alone guess.

A cold wind rose, and many vivid straw insects swayed in the cold wind under the eaves.

Think about that kid, it's not easy to get there all the way.

Reaching out and taking out a grasshopper from the straw insects under the eaves, Li Guinian looked at the dried leaf veins on the withered leaves, and there was thought in his eyes.

"Little sister, you take these two books, go meet that kid, grandpa said, we are estimated to have a week to leave!" Li Guinian put the two books next to Li Nanyang, and then turned around and left here.

Li Nanyang turned her head to look at the two books, and she was stunned for a while before picking up the books and walking out.

Looking at Li Nanyang, who came out of the courtyard and gradually moved away, the two brothers of the Li family came out from behind the gatehouses on both sides, and the brothers who looked at each other and smiled, Li Guinian guessed his younger brother's thoughts.

"Did you hear it all?" asked Li Guinian.

"Although Liu Buyi's kid is not bad to our Li family, and his relationship with us is also quite good, if he really affects my little sister's cultivation path, I will also have a choice at that time!" Li Qingyun stared at his second brother, with a hint of determination in his eyes.

When Li Guinian heard his third brother's words, he didn't comment, "Speaking of which, it's still too early whether it will really affect the little sister! When the time comes, if we really leave this ancient land, as for whether we will come back? How many people will we meet? How many things? It is estimated that we are not in control!"

Li Qingyun heard the meaning of his second brother's words, and he continued: "Some time ago, the eldest brother wrote that the main family values you and the little sister very much, and I think that after you leave the ancient land this time, when the time comes, the cultivation will be smooth!"

Li Guinian turned his head to look at his third brother, from Li Qingyun's somewhat smiling expression, Li Guinian saw the loss in his third brother's eyes, the younger generation of the Li family, among the four children, only Li Qingyun was the most unwilling.

A person who is destined to have no hope for the scenery on the top of the mountain, naturally compared to his brothers and sisters who are all bright and blazing sun, the discomfort in his heart is not something to say!

"Third brother, don't be disappointed, the way of cultivation is actually not a road! There are martial arts and spirituality in the world, as well as mountain gods and water gods, and the red dust and luck are also considered a kind of cultivation, I have told you a lot of stories, those famous mountain gods in various states, the gods of the great rivers and waters, and the gods of Zhou Tian, but they are comparable to the three or four great cultivators on the mountain!"

"Second brother, third brother knows!" Li Qingyun nodded.

This time, the three sons of the Li family left the ancient land of heavenly sin, among which Li Guinian and Li Nanyang needed to report to the Li family's house, and Li Qingyun needed to go to a big country in the east of Cangzhou to serve as an official and a half.

Being an official in the world, of course, lacks the tranquility and freedom of a mountain cultivator, but for Li Qingyun, who likes to study people's hearts, this is not a good arrangement.

Li Qingyun, who figured out this link, turned around and left here, Li Qingyun, who was going to go out for a while, met an old man on the side of Baishi Lane in the village, with a little fat man, and at this moment the old man told him in Xinhu that he wanted to talk to him.

Li Qingyun looked at the old man, the old man in a fancy costume, he looked quite kind, and the little fat man next to him was quite playful, and he had a good impression of many things around him, but because of the old man next to him, the little fat man didn't dare to open up.

Li Qingyun did not immediately agree, but walked around Baishi Lane, until noon, as if he had walked a little enough, came to a teahouse, looked around, sat down at a table where two people sit, asked for a cup of tea, and then drank it by himself.

At the door of Liu's house, Li Nanyang stood in place, a little hesitant, Liu Buyi came back from outside, saw Li Nanyang, and immediately asked, "Fourth Miss, why are you here?"

Li Nanyang looked at Liu Buyi, who was a little long, but didn't say anything, she handed the book in her arms to Liu Buyi, "This is what the second brother asked me to give to you!"

Liu Buyi took the two books in Li Nanyang's hand and looked at them, one was called "Heaven and Earth Treasure Record" and the other was called "Gods and Ghosts", both books were quite thick, and they were obviously quite rich in content.

And Liu Buyi was about to ask Li Nanyang why Li Ergongzi gave him these two books, but Li Nanyang had already left his house, before leaving, Li Nanyang turned around and said: "Brother Yiyi, I will leave in a week, you have to come and see me off when the time comes!"

Liu Buyi looked at the request in Li Nanyang's eyes, and nodded heavily with a smiling face, Li Nanyang's smile was like a flower, like the most beautiful scenery in this cold winter.

In the teahouse, the young Li Qingyun and the old man sat opposite each other, Li Qingyun, who looked like a son-in-law, although his face was still immature, but he was old-fashioned in doing things, beckoning Xiao Er to come to good tea and vegetables, eating peanuts, and the rivers and lakes were heavy enough.

The old man looked at the young man's performance, but he was drinking tea, but he didn't care about the young man's slanted eyes and uneducated behavior, and the little fat man next to him reached out to the plate of peanuts, a little greedy.

Li Qingyun was not stingy, grabbed a handful of peanuts, put them in the little fat man's hand, and pinched the little fat man's somewhat rich face by the way.

In Li Qingyun's heart lake, the voice of the old man sounded, "The third son of the Li family, I am Cao Guozhang, the left Sima of the Great Xia Dynasty, and I specially invited you to gather here today, because I have something good to talk to you!"

Li Qingyun was stunned, but he didn't guess that the old man in front of him was actually Daxia Zuo Sima.

Regarding the Great Xia at the foot of the Heavenly Sin Ancient Land, Li Qingyun can still understand a thing or two through some news within the family, including the establishment of Great Xia.

Great Xia is an empire with supreme imperial power, and after hundreds of years of polishing, this behemoth has become more and more terrifying, dominating the southwest border of Cangzhou, with almost no rivals.

And the cultivation sects within Great Xia, with the iron-blooded implementation of the national policy Shunchang and the rebellion, now except for the small sects that are not in the climate, most of the slightly larger ones have either been demolished from the ancestral hall, or they have become vassals of Great Xia and have been incorporated into a certain organization.

In the Great Xia court, the supreme is of course the emperor, and under the throne, there are three dukes in Wen, six marshals in Wu, and of course, the princes and kings with different surnames in the emperor's relatives.

Under the three dukes, it is divided into six departments, and the largest official position of the six departments is Shangshu, and the area of Daxia is vast, so in order to facilitate management, under the six Shangshu, the post of Sima is added to facilitate the management of redundant matters throughout the empire.

Daxia Zuo Sima is already a big official position.

Li Qingyun is not very old, but at the moment, he is staring at the old man, giving a slight salute, which can be regarded as respecting the other party with the other party.

"Lord Cao is looking for me, but what's the good thing?" Li Qingyun ate peanuts, stared at the street outside, and there was a hint of nervousness in his eyes peeking around.

"The third prince doesn't have to be so nervous, don't worry, this matter is of great benefit to you!" Cao Guozhang, the left Sima of Great Xia, squinted his eyes and had a smile on his face.

"But before I talk about it, the old man wants to ask you a few questions, okay?"

Li Qingyun nodded, although he didn't know what the question that Zuo Sima was about to ask himself in this Great Xia, but Li Qingyun didn't feel worried in his heart, there was no way, as one of the four sons of the Li family, his cultivation was a mess, but this conversation and slapping the horse were quite good.

"Third son, your Li family is a family and a four-liner, and the other three are all full of immortal energy, but you are the only one with fireworks and fireworks, have you ever been disappointed in your heart?" Cao Guozhang said slowly, but between his eyebrows, he took Li Qingyun's expression in his eyes.

In Li Qingyun's eyes full of care, his pupils shrank slightly, and the cynical frivolity that often appeared on the corners of his mouth was aggravated a little.

"Haha, this Lord Cao said and laughed, don't I have a noble body? Also, I live very fast!" Li Qingyun replied casually as he drank tea.

"Very good, Third Prince, my second question is if I tell you that that kid from the Liu family will become the biggest obstacle on your little sister's cultivation path, can you believe it?"

Li Qingyun shook his head and looked at Cao Guozhang with a look of a joke, "You old man, you really love to joke, this question is really too unscored!"

Cao Guozhang didn't explain, and said the third question, "If there is a chance for you to take charge of my Great Xia Shan Shui Pavilion, are you willing?"

This question made Li Qingyun's eyebrows a little more dignified.

The Great Xia Landscape Pavilion is a secret department dedicated to managing those cultivators, and its power is quite huge.

"Third son, my family said that you are a talented man, and you don't want the pearl to be dusty, so if you want to figure it out, you can pick up the dansha in the well in your backyard and meet you next to the old well in the village in the early morning three days later!" After Cao Guozhang finished speaking, he took the fat boy and left the teahouse.

Looking at the back of the departing old man, Li Qingyun had thoughts in his eyes, eating peanuts, but he was very curious that the unmasked Daxia Zuo Xiang was a Hexu person.

In the depths of the backyard of the Li family, there is an old well, this well is called Dansha, it is said that drinking this well water often can prolong life, but in fact it is a spiritual object called Dansha that precipitates in the water.

Dansha is red, and non-special people can't see it, but when everyone in the Li family can't see it, Li Qingyun, the third child of the Li family, can see the blood-red thing in the well water.

The ancestor of the Li family once said that the water of this dansha well is condensed by the essence of red dust karma and fire, and the water of this well is comparable to the worst poison for cultivators, but for those gods of mountains and rivers, it is the greatest tonic, so for this well, the Li family has always been obscure.

Today, after Li Qingyun came back from outside, he came to the Dansha Well, which had not been here for a long time, and Li Qingyun, who was sitting at the edge of the well, stared at the well water that was tumbling like blood below, and his head was recalling the words of Master Zuo Sima of Great Xia.

Cao Guozhang took the fat boy to wander around the village, and he was not in a hurry, because the old beggar had already explained to him, and this Li Qingyun would inevitably come to him in the end, so all he had to do was wait.

Thinking of this, Cao Guozhang couldn't help but admire the Great Xia Zuo Prime Minister even more, and he remembered some of the things that the old beggar once said to him:

"Those who are human beings, who are proud and frivolous, and whose feelings are superficial, are the inferior, those who are subtle and introverted, and those who are steadfast, are medium, and those who laugh and scold impermanence are the best!"

"Wonderful! Lord Zuo Xiang is so wonderful!" Cao Guozhang suddenly couldn't help but say, startling the little fat man on the side.