Li Mengzhou was silently walking back to Chaosi Lane, still thinking about the battle in the Sword Lake.

Ouyang Shengxue and Xiao Zhinan's postures seemed to be deeply rooted in his consciousness.

He was surprised that it would be such a battle.

The final result was also unexpected.

He returned to Chaosi Lane and stepped straight into Aunt Feng's noodle restaurant.

Sitting silently in the corner.

The business in the noodle restaurant is not bad, and there are many people who eat noodles.

Although the duel between Ouyang Shengxue and Xiao Zhinan in the Sword Club is very sensational, it does not mean that the people in the entire capital will go to join in the fun, because the tickets for the Sword Club are not cheap, and there is no way to use the matter of the Jianghu competition as a performance, but the rich and noble brother is willing to treat it as a performance, and going to the Sword Club to watch it is just a leisure time entertainment like drinking and listening to music.

Even if the ticket price of the Sword Club has been reduced a lot because of this incident, ordinary people don't have the leisure to watch, and making money to make a living is the most important thing.

And I believe that soon there will be storytellers who exaggerate and embellish the duel between Ouyang Shengxue and Xiao Zhinan and make up a story to tell, even though it may deviate from the truth, but the people are just trying to have fun, who cares about that.

Li Mengzhou poured himself a cup of herbal tea, thinking back to the last swords that the senior brothers Ouyang Shengxue and Xiao Zhinan each slashed in the Sword Lake, those two swords were of course extremely powerful.

Lang Huan's sword intent is definitely more powerful than the fifth sword pneumatic mountains and rivers of the palace sword academy, but Xiao Zhinan failed to fully master this sword technique, and Ouyang Shengxue's attainment of pneumatic mountains and rivers is extraordinary, which also slightly makes up for the lack of sword skill level.

The end result was a tie and no one won or lost.

But in fact, Li Mengzhou is also very clear that the last sword competition is purely sword intent, although sword intent is the most powerful thing in sword cultivation, but sword cultivation is not only sword intent can be used, in terms of sword intent comprehension, the two are indeed equal, but if you want to consider the strength of all aspects, and it is a battle of life and death, there is a high probability that the living person will be Ouyang Shengxue.

But being able to compete to this extent is enough to show that Xiao Zhinan's overall strength is not much weaker than Ouyang Shengxue, and he is almost at the same level.

This is the battle of the Great Cultivator at the peak of the Four Realms.

And Li Mengzhou couldn't find a way to cross the threshold of the four realms, and he couldn't help but look a little annoyed.

And Qin Chengyi, the king of Lu, has also set his sights on him, if he can't make a breakthrough in the cultivation realm in the short term, if something unexpected happens, Li Mengzhou won't even have the strength to protect himself.

This is something that must be addressed.

......

Shen Qiubai, who set a gamble on the bridge, was a little embarrassed, but they were also relieved.

Bei Zangfeng and Zhong Xiyan bet that Xiao Zhinan would win.

And Shen Qiubai, Ning Haoran and Guan Muyun bet that Ouyang Shengxue would win.

The loser is to learn how to bark.

But the final result was that Ouyang Shengxue and Xiao Zhinan had a draw, which meant that everyone won and lost.

When struggling with this issue, Zhong Xiyan said with a smile: "Since we haven't won or lost, it's better to treat this gamble as if it doesn't exist." ”

Shen Qiubai and others strongly agreed.

There were no objections.

After all, no one wants to learn how to bark, although it was Shen Qiubai who made this suggestion, but he was also hot-headed for a while, and he didn't think he would lose, and now with this result, it couldn't be better.

They left separately, and Ning Haoran also joined the senior brother and the junior brothers and sisters.

Shen Jiyue was surrounding Ouyang Shengxue, chirping and talking, and Jiang Zihua pouted from time to time next to him.

"Senior brother, is Xiao Zhinan really so strong, even Senior Brother couldn't beat her?" Although it was the result of a draw, Ouyang Shengxue did not lose, but Ye Jinyu still felt a little incredible.

Ouyang Shengxue seemed to have more worries, his expression was quite complicated, and he said softly: "Miss Xiao is indeed very strong, but it doesn't mean that I can't win her, it's just that it's really a little difficult, at least in sword cultivation, she is in the top three I've encountered." ”

Ye Jinyu and Jiang Zihua are a little confused, as we all know, among the younger generation of the Sword Gate, the ones who can be used as representatives are Xu Beihan, the sword idiot of the Western Jin Dynasty, and Ouyang Shengxue, the great gentleman of the Sword Academy of the Imperial Palace, and now there is another Xiao Zhinan.

As for the girl in the Western Jin Dynasty Sword Pavilion who was born with a clear sword heart, she has not yet grown up after all.

Since Senior Brother mentioned that Xiao Zhinan was in the top three among the younger generation of sword cultivators, he naturally excluded himself, and who else would be except for Xu Beihan, a sword idiot?

Ouyang Shengxue didn't care about the looks of his junior disciples, and silently lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking.

......

In the main hall of the Royal Palace.

Medicine King Chenru waved his hand at His Majesty the Emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the queen mother's phoenix body is no longer in trouble, and the old man will resign." ”

The Medicine King Valley is also a very big industry, all the pharmacists in the world are from the Medicine King Valley, it is not just talking, although the Medicine King Valley is not a cultivation mountain gate, but there are also many great pharmacists in it who have won the Four Realms, and even the Medicine King Chenru himself is also a great monk in the threshold of the Five Realms.

The identity of the King of Medicine and the cultivation of the Five Realms make Dechenru have some right to speak in His Majesty the Emperor.

His Majesty the Emperor kept it for a while, but the medicine king Chenru walked in the world in his spare time, practiced medicine everywhere, and stayed in the capital for so long, it was time to return to the medicine king valley.

Seeing the departing figure of Medicine King Chenru, His Majesty the Emperor looked sideways at Jiang Tingyu and said, "The situation over there in the Heavenly Abandoned Wasteland is to arrange for someone to go and find out, except for Shen Qiubai, Ouyang Shengxue and Beizang Feng and the other three, what other suitable candidates are there in the heart of the head of the Jiang Academy?"

Jiang Tingyu pondered: "Instead of this, it is better to arrange a task for those young people, there are more or less people from outside the mountains in all regions of Jiang Country, and starting from the capital and going up the Tianhe River, you can just reach the wasteland." ”

"There are no powerful cultivation sects around Tianhe, and even if those scattered small sects send disciples to find people outside the mountain, I am afraid that they will not be able to achieve anything. ”

"If Shen Qiubai and his troops can divide the road and reach the wasteland along the Tianhe River, they can also deal with those monks outside the mountain on the way, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. ”

His Majesty the Emperor nodded and said, "In this case, the head of the Jiang Academy will be responsible for informing those sect disciples to make proper arrangements and leave Beijing for the wasteland." ”

......

Chaosi Lane.

Aunt Feng was busy for a while, sat in front of Li Mengzhou, and said with some doubts: "Shi Yan left the capital again, and she didn't say what she was going to do before leaving, I gave her some silver as travel expenses, thinking that she should go to a far place." ”

Li Mengzhou picked up the noodles brought by Aunt Feng, copied them a few times with chopsticks, and said with a somewhat unsightly face: "She is really welcome, Aunt Feng has taken such good care of us, and has spent a lot of silver, and I am really a little reluctant to go, in a few days, I will have silver, and I will return it to Aunt Feng when the time comes." ”

The Heavenly Council's Moon Bong was about to be distributed soon, and he had almost forgotten about it when he stayed in Sword Cliff before.

The so-called two hundred and eighty taels of silver owed to Xiao Zhinan, Li Mengzhou obviously didn't plan to pay it back, it was all made by Gu Shiyan, why did he want to pay it back?

When I think about it, I get angry, what kind of mountain and sea beasts are you eating? I actually ate 280 taels of silver in a month!

Compared with this, he goes to Aunt Feng's noodle restaurant every day to eat, although he also has Gu Shiyan's share, but it must be returned, even if he treats Aunt Feng as a relative, he can't really eat and drink for nothing.

Aunt Feng still has to take care of her husband who is sick in bed, even if the business of the noodle restaurant is not bad, and she can earn some money every month, but she has never worn new clothes, even if she doesn't pay back the money, as a junior, Li Mengzhou should also honor Aunt Feng.

Aunt Feng didn't say she wanted to refuse, just as Li Mengzhou regarded her as a relative, Aunt Feng had no children, and she also regarded Li Mengzhou as her own child, it was normal for a mother to spend money for her child, and it was natural for a child to earn money to spend on his mother.

If you say more, it will seem to be outward.

Aunt Feng just corrected the words 'return the silver' in Li Mengzhou's words.

Li Mengzhou accompanied Aunt Feng in the noodle restaurant for a while, and then returned to his small courtyard.

He originally thought about the matter of Qin Chengyi, the king of Lu, whether he could discuss it with Gu Shiyan, but Gu Shiyan left the capital without saying hello, and this matter could only be put on hold for the time being.

And when Li Mengzhou just pushed open the door of his small courtyard, footsteps sounded behind him, and a hand was on his shoulder.

When he turned around, he saw a very unfamiliar figure.

Li Mengzhou was a little confused, "Who are you?"

Cao Rushan smiled and said: "The old man is serving in the court, and his surname is Cao, and the words are like a mountain. ”

There are only a few officials surnamed Cao in the court, and there is only one named Rushan.

Although Li Mengzhou didn't pay much attention to the things in the court, after all, he had investigated because of Qin Chengyi, the king of Lu, so he knew very well who was in the court.

"Cao Rushan?Array Master Cao Rushan?!"

Jiang Guoli has more than one array master, but only one formation master, Cao Rushan's status is special, and he does not serve in the court structure, but he does belong to the court officials, even if it is such as Xu Hexian or Jiang Tingyu, they must be treated with courtesy and regarded as equals.

Many corners of the capital are blessed by Cao Rushan's formation, the purpose is to consolidate the defense of Langya City, it can be said that the existence of Cao Rushan is the first line of defense of Langya City, if you want to break the city, you can only break Cao Rushan's formation first.

Even if Cao Rushan's formation technique is not a powerful thing in front of the great cultivators in the threshold of the Five Realms, it is only because Cao Rushan's cultivation realm is limited, and there is no way to arrange a stronger formation technique, but Rao is so, the existence of the formation master is also extremely important to the dynasty.