"Then I'll be flattered." Cheng Lin said with a light smile, then picked up the teacup and took a sip gently.

The room was very warm, a carved window not far from the four of them was open, but it did not bring any coolness, after a short silence, Shi Shengcun folded his hands, pressed on the thin blanket of light flowers on his legs, and said:

"I haven't seen you for a few days, I should always say thank you."

"Oh? Thanks for what? Cheng Lin deliberately asked rhetorically.

Shi Shengcun smiled: "Charlie. Owen's promotion was an accident, but it was indeed predictable, compared to the change in Celicia, I really did not guess at all, after my injury was stabilized, I knew the situation at that time, and I can say that without you, we would have suffered great damage. ”

Cheng Lin waved his hand: "This is part of the agreement. ”

After a pause, he continued:

"You are willing to put such an important battle situation on me, I should do my best, Celicia is indeed an accident, but overall, the result is always good, and even, if it weren't for him, I wouldn't have had a chance to be promoted to the seventh rank so quickly."

He said this sincerely, but unfortunately, if there was knowledge under the spring of Celicia, I am afraid that he would be angry and come back to life.

Shi Shengcun said with emotion:

"In half a year, from an ordinary person, he officially reached the seven-grade realm...... Well, if you count the real combat power, I think, for you, it is not suitable to be measured by the ordinary Seven Rank Realm, I am really curious, what kind of power has created such a miracle. ”

The room was slightly quiet, Cheng Lin sighed silently, and his heart was coming.

This is also the most important topic of their meeting.

In this regard, he has already written a draft in the past few days, even if he is not reminded by Ren Yi, he will not be completely frank, but some key points must be expressed, otherwise, it is easy to cause misunderstandings, so that there will be difficulties in future cooperation.

Because of this, he made up a rhetoric seriously.

After Shi Shengcun said this, Xu Ji on the side and the secretary who had been silent and pretended to be invisible from beginning to end couldn't help but look at him curiously.

"This thing...... Speaking from the first projection half a year ago, Cheng Lin deliberately showed a gesture of reminiscence, and his tone was slow, as if he was telling a story, "At that time, there was a ...... near Ningcheng, where I was."

The room became extremely quiet, only Cheng Lin's voice sounded, and the other three listened intently, as if they were unwilling to miss a single detail.

"Woo woo woo ......"

I don't know when, a light snow drifted outside the carved window sash, and countless "white petals" danced lightly in the wind, stirring and wandering in this ancient Taoist courtyard.

Under the bare tree, Liang Jing stood quietly, and after sending Cheng Lin over, she didn't leave, just stood here and waited.

With his hands on the side of his trouser line, he looked a little serious, a little serious.

looked through the layers of snow, looking at the four people drinking tea in the window.

"Crunch...... Crunch ......"

From time to time, people came over, but they were all blocked by Liang Jing, and then those people either left, or wandered outside the vermilion gate of the Taoist temple, looking in curiously.

But no matter how well they heard, they could not hear anything.

All the sounds had long been blocked in the small house by the invisible spiritual power.

……

"That's how it happened."

Half an hour later, Cheng Lin picked up the cup, moistened his throat, and made a conclusion, and the other three people present fell into deep thought.

In his story, the existence of the "deduction system" is hidden, and it is replaced by dreams.

The starting point of the matter is still in the valley of the second projection, in the story he made up, after learning that his name appeared in the first projection, he was extremely curious, so when the second projection appeared, he secretly broke into it, and accidentally awakened in the valley.

So far, there has been nothing abnormal, until after the eight groups of Ningcheng were tested, in the few days when he went to the Ninth Spiritual Academy, he frequently encountered strange dreams.

"There is nothing in the dream, only a ball of light suspended, when I don't touch him, there is nothing abnormal, when I touch it, I will sense some scenes, and when I continue to go deeper, those broken scenes will be connected, into a strange dream, in the dream, there will be a strange world, but like most dreams, those memories are broken and messy, so that it is difficult for me to understand it too deeply."

"And when I end a dream, almost at the same time, there will be projections in the world, I don't know the number and form of projections, those projections are also very different from the era in which the dream is located, but after all, there is a great correlation, with many attempts, I also found that the era of projection is often after the dream era...... And the dream revelation has also helped me to gain more from my exploration......"

Cheng Lin said.

This is the "deduction process" after his magic change, replacing the deduction program with dreams, and hiding the plot he experienced in the deduction.

In his narration, every time he finishes a dream, he gains some strange and tiny abilities, such as elven language...... This is also the reason why he can play the role of "Black Robe", he uses the knowledge he gained from his dreams to gain the trust of the elves.

In the same way, many things can be blamed on this reason.

This is also what he came up with, a more reasonable statement, and he didn't embellish too much on the key points of the recommendation, mainly hiding the fact that he himself was the one who ascended.

Moistening his throat, Cheng Lin put the cup down again, making a "tuk" sound.

Liang Jing, who was guarding under the dead trees in the courtyard, suddenly heard the sound in the room again.

Shi Shengcun raised his slightly lowered head a little, clasped his right hand on the chair at some point, tapped it gently, and then asked seriously: "So, you said that you can take the initiative to choose the projection...... Appear? ”

"Or you could use the word 'on.'" Cheng Lin nodded.

"Really...... It's unbelievable......" Xu Ji said with emotion as if he had just woken up from a big dream, and his tone was quite admiring.

Even though he had many ideas before, he didn't guess that the inheritance of the Ascended One was like this, which could actively cause the appearance of "projection".

Although according to Cheng Lin, he has no means to intervene in it, just the information obtained is already priceless.

Especially when this information is not just in his personal hands.

If used well, this will become a key weapon for the Xia Kingdom to continue to consolidate its dominance in the cultivation world.

"I think, I understand," Shi Shengcun sighed with emotion, and then said, "Perhaps, this is the so-called fate." ”

After a pause, he asked again, "That's all?" ”

Cheng Lin thought for a while, made a hesitant look, and said: "One more point, this is some of my guesses, in those dreams, I found ...... Many of the projections are vaguely linked to the Earth. ”

"Oh?"

All three showed obvious curiosity.

Cheng Lin then nodded vaguely: "I always have a feeling that perhaps, those projections are not necessarily from other worlds, but from the future. ”

The room was quiet again, and the expressions of Shi Shengcun and the three of them became much more serious, but they did not ask in detail, because Cheng Lin's appearance seemed to show that he could not, or was not willing to reveal too much, at present.

After about half a minute, Shi Shengcun retracted his scattered thoughts, smiled at him and said, "Thank you for your honesty. ”

Cheng Lin didn't speak and continued to wait for the following.

Immediately, I saw Xu Ji take out a red-headed document and put it quietly on the table, Cheng Lin took it and read it carefully, this document is very long, but with his realm, his spiritual power scanned the past, and he had read it all in a short time.

To be precise, this is a "contract of employment".

"The position of deputy head of the first division?" Cheng Lin asked with a little surprise.

Xu Yu nodded: "Concurrently serve as the deputy minister of the special department, enjoy the ministerial allowance, and according to your previous requirements, after taking office, in addition to the agreed terms, there will be no more constraints on you, heh, in a sense, your contract is better than Liyang's, and your main responsibility is only to provide suggestions for the next exploration, you can only provide suggestions, do not participate, if you are willing to take on this responsibility, we hope that you can be fully responsible for the national department, and even the projection exploration of overseas regions." ”

Shi Shengcun added with a smile: "Within us, because Liyang is stationed in the southwest all the year round, there is a not very formal title called the town guard envoy, if you take on this task, then, I think, we have to welcome the arrival of a 'commander envoy'." ”

Seeing that Cheng Lin was silent.

Shi Shengcun said again: "In addition, I have a gift for you. ”

"Gifts?"

In Cheng Lin's puzzled eyes, Shi Shengcun raised his right hand and brushed it lightly on the table, and then, there were two more pitch-black, blood-troughing, ordinary-looking small swords on the table.

At the same time, Cheng Lin sensed that in the spirit realm, He Jian trembled.

These are two swords.

Cheng Lin took a breath lightly, and then sighed with emotion under the gaze of the three eyes: "Frankly speaking, this is really a condition that cannot be refused. ”

"So?" Shi Shengcun smiled.

Cheng Lin sighed lightly, picked up the pen on the table, and with the flip of his fingers, there was a name on the paper.

It was only at this time that Xu Ji was obviously relieved, stood up, stretched out his hand, and said seriously with some jokes:

"Welcome to join us, our ...... Commanding Envoy. ”

……

……

Everything is so logical, in the face of absolute strength, the contract given by the special department is generous enough, Cheng Lin really can't think of a reason to refuse.

After signing and chatting a few more words, Cheng Lin was about to leave, but before leaving, Shi Shengcun suddenly said mysteriously that there was an extra gift to give him, and asked him to go back and wait.

Cheng Lin asked, but was only shirked by Shi Shengcun, saying that he would know when the time came.

This made him quite helpless, thinking to himself, how could outsiders know that this extremely powerful Eight Rank Realm still had such an unobtrusive side.

And after sending Cheng Lin out of the door and confirming that he had left, Xu Ji returned to the coffee table and looked at Shi Shengcun, who was in a wheelchair and stunned:

"What do you think of his words?"

The latter did not give an answer immediately, but was distracted for about a minute before finally coming back to his senses and saying seriously:

"Half-truths."

"Oh?"

"Most of the statements in personal experience are true, but there are some details to embellish...... It's completely understandable that, as for the projection part, if my feelings are not wrong, it is generally true on the key issues, but he still hides something. ”

Shi Shengcun explained calmly, and then rubbed Cheng Lin's black "signature" on the contract with his hand, and sighed: "He still can't trust us after all." ”

Xu Ji was not surprised: "If it were me, it would probably be like this, trust is not achieved overnight, I believe that as I slowly understand and deepen in the future, it will change, as for now...... You also said that the main point is true, isn't that enough? ”

Shi Shengcunguaner: "Yes, that's enough...... Enough is enough...... Just ......"

"Just what?"

"It's nothing," Shi Shengcun skimmed over the topic lightly, and then handed over the contract to Xu Ji, said goodbye to the two, and watched Xu Ji and Secretary Zhao leave, return to the special department, and report upward.

When the two of them left, only Shi Shengcun was left to sit by the coffee table, he first used his ability to close the whole room, and then slowly, with a trembling hand, picked up an empty cup, brought it to his mouth, and then spit out a full cup of blood, and then coughed violently several times, his face was as pale as a dead man.

It took two or three minutes before he calmed down again, tightened the quilt on his knees with his slightly rugged and cold hands, shrunk as if he was afraid of the cold, sighed deeply, and whispered to himself:

"It's just...... Why am I still feeling uneasy......

……

……

In the complex of buildings on the mountainside.

Cheng Lin opened the door of his residence briskly, and he was in a good mood.

Trys's attitude was better than he expected, and the "contract" was generous in any way.

Of course, he also understood that for a cultivator of his level, such a thing as a contract was mainly symbolic, and if it was violated, there was no law to punish it.

But in the end, everything seems to have a happy ending.

"Commanding Envoy...... Finally promoted, no longer the identity of a student, too, how can there be a seven-grade student, it's not easy to say, isn't it......" muttered in his heart, Cheng Lin thought quite happily.

According to the agreement just now, in the next period of time, since the Special Department will start to stabilize the situation in the international cultivation world, he will be short of manpower, so he will temporarily stop the new deduction, and when it is stabilized, the Special Department will contact him, and then start to start.

This coincides with his plan, he has just entered the seventh grade, and it will take a while to stabilize the lower realm, and now that his identity is half clear, the sense of crisis is lifted, and he doesn't have to fight so hard.

"And...... It doesn't seem that any country has developed a seventh-level learnable ability...... Well, the pinnacle of the perception system obtained from Zhu Sha in the future is the seventh grade, and you can still learn, but you are not in a hurry, you will talk about it for two days first. ”

"After that, it's the graduation season, and after this graduation, I will enter the first division and become a ministerial-level official, and in the future, will Huang Yin also have to call me chief?"

Cheng Lin was lying on the bed, thinking a little bored, only feeling that the future was bright, and the good life he expected seemed to have arrived.

It's just that......

He frowned suddenly, and with a certain kind of dark perception of a high-ranking monk, he vaguely felt as if he had missed something, but he couldn't remember it.

The joy in my heart is always not as happy as I imagined, as if something bad is pressing on my heart, and the feeling of partiality is extremely faint, almost elusive, more like an illusion.

Shaking his head, Cheng Lin had no clue, and could only temporarily attribute this inexplicable gloomy feeling to his inertia of hiding his identity for a long time.

"Forget it, don't think about this, let's think about what Shi Shengcun said, that special gift for me, what is it? It can't be better than these two He swords, right? ”

Cheng Lin stroked the He Jian in his hand, speaking of which, this gift was really beyond his expectations, and it was enough to see the "sincerity" of the Special Affairs Department, and it really wanted to keep himself.

However, in his mind, this should not be all the He Swords that Xia Guo has mastered, these two are only a part.

"Speaking of which, according to the progress of smelting and repair, I don't know if these two swords can restore the He Sword to its integrity......

Just as he was thinking, all of a sudden, he heard footsteps outside the door, coming from far and near.

Putting He Jian into the spirit realm, Cheng Lin got up and opened the door, and then saw Song Jun.

"Something?" Cheng Lin asked.

Then I saw that my neighbor and classmate first stared at him with a complicated expression for a few seconds, then said congratulations, and then said the main topic: "It is the priest who wants me to give you a special gift." ”

"Oh? What is it? Cheng Lin's curiosity was aroused.

Song Jun showed a mysterious smile: "The gift is not in the capital. ”

As she spoke, she took out two tickets for this afternoon and handed them over:

"Well, pack up and come with me, Commander!"