Chapter 55 Nine Stories Upstairs in Taiqing
Zhong Xiyan was also a little unable to see through, and said hesitantly: "Although Miss Xiao's strength is obvious to all, but Mr. Bei is more comfortable, this victory is really hard to say, but I think that with Miss Xiao's age and current cultivation, it should not be Mr. Bei's opponent." β
Ning Haoran didn't speak, just silently looked at the two people standing on the opposite side of the lake.
The cultivators behind him who were shocked by the aftermath of the battle and couldn't stand up were finally able to breathe at this moment, and they looked at each other even more incomprehensibly.
But there is no doubt that they rushed from the capital to the Wanli Plain, all with the idea of fighting with that Xiao girl in Yan Kingdom, at this time, this idea has long been gone, they are just glad that they didn't say any ugly or provocative words, otherwise where would they withstand Xiao Zhinan's sword?
Xiao Zhinan, who was standing on the other side of the lake, was silent for a long time, and then waved his hand at Bei Zangfeng and said, "Thank you Mr. Bei for your advice." β
Bei Zangfeng returned the salute, still holding the book in his hand, and said: "Although I was forced to fight, I was fortunate to be able to fight with Miss Xiao." β
Xiao Zhinan glanced at him strangely and said, "Mr. North is an interesting person. β
Beizangfeng shook his head and replied, "I'm bored. β
Xiao Zhinan was silent for a moment and said, "It seems that Mr. North doesn't know how to chat. β
Beizang Feng was stunned and said, "I practice and study in the academy, and occasionally guide my junior brothers and sisters to practice, if it is a purely idle conversation, it is indeed very rare. β
Xiao Zhinan was silent for a while, and said, "Then don't talk, lest the atmosphere become awkward." β
Bei Zangfeng nodded, but he really didn't speak anymore.
Those present listened to their conversation, but they were also silent, even though the conversation was soon over, but they were still silent.
Although Zhong Xiyan was curious about who would win and who would lose, he did not forget his true purpose of appearing in the Wanli Plain, and immediately broke the somewhat strange calm and asked Xiao Zhinan: "I don't know that Miss Xiao came to my Jiang Country, but only to fight for the strong and complete the practice?"
Xiao Zhinan said: "No matter what the border between Jiang and my Yan country is, my appearance here has nothing to do with the courts of the two countries. β
She naturally knew the meaning of Zhong Xiyan's inquiry, so she also gave them a reassuring answer.
Zhong Xiyan only needed to confirm this, and continued: "Miss Xiao is willing to go to the capital with us and the others?"
Xiao Zhinan thought for a while and said, "No need. β
Zhong Xiyan didn't say anything more, waved his hand and said, "Then let's leave here for the time being, and goodbye in the capital." β
Having already fought with Bei Zangfeng, Xiao Zhinan didn't have the idea of continuing to stay here, nodded lightly, went around the lakeside to the direction of Jiang Guo's capital, and left directly.
Watching Xiao Zhinan's back disappear from view, Ning Haoran, Zhong Xiyan, Xie Chunfeng and the others all turned their heads to look at Bei Zangfeng.
"Mr. Bei, Miss Xiao's answer shouldn't be a problem, I, Jiang Guo, am hospitable, and there is no reason to drive away the guests. And even if Miss Xiao makes any trouble in the future, I Jiang Guo has someone who can solve it. But I'm curious, who won that battle just now?"
Bei Zangfeng held the book in his hand, silently turned the page, and also turned towards the direction of the capital, and his voice came with a breeze: "No one wins or loses, it's just fun." β
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The capital, Chaosi Lane.
The small courtyard was lit by yellowish candlelight, and two figures sat quietly on a wicker chair under the eaves.
Gu Shiyan wiped the sword with silk cloth, which can be described as a loser.
Li Mengzhou held a pot of wine in his hand, smashed it from time to time, looked up at the stars in the night sky, and muttered to himself: "Yue Shiting has not had any abnormal movement in the past few days, he goes up and down every day, occasionally goes to Nanjie to buy a pack of bean cakes, and he is also a beloved wife and favorite son at home. β
He was basically able to determine that Yue Shiting was not an enemy, but the list was lying quietly in the closet in the house, proving that Yue Shiting must be doing something behind his back, and it was very likely to be related to Qin Chengyi.
Gu Shiyan put the sword back into the sheath and said: "The Panlong Banquet is about to start, and the best of the young monks in Jiang Guo have begun to gather towards the capital, Yue Shiting should also pay attention to the Panlong Banquet except for the short trivial matters in the family, after all, he is the supreme ruler of the Yushitai, and he must be attended, and Xu also has no heart to pay attention to the affairs of Yanzi Town." β
Li Mengzhou thought that there should be two other possibilities, one was that Yue Shiting's eyeliner arranged in the Kui family was in those wild cultivators who died, so what happened in Swallow Town, Yue Shiting did not know yet, and the other was that he was already aware of the affairs of the Kui family in Swallow Town, but he was still calm as usual.
He silently thought about his secret observation of Yue Shiting in the past few days, this person is steady and has no temper, and even bargains in front of the small vendors, although this is the case, everyone knows that he is not really angry, but has an attitude towards bargaining, but has a hint of cuteness, so in the streets he frequents, his reputation and popularity are very good.
As for whether Yue Shiting is deliberately disguising, based on what Li Mengzhou saw and heard when he was a child, he has been in contact with any shady things, and all kinds of people have also been dealt with, whether a person is disguised or not, he can still see it, unless Yue Shiting's camouflage technology has reached the point of being supernatural and otherworldly, he can hide it from Li Mengzhou.
The Panlong Banquet is a feast for the young cultivators of Jiang Kingdom, Gu Shiyan, as a Jin person, is not qualified to participate, but if she is a bystander, no one will drive her away, but Gu Shiyan does not seem to have the intention of watching the Panlong Banquet.
Spring is getting deeper, and the day of the Panlong Banquet is getting closer and closer, and the capital is more lively than usual.
Li Mengzhou walked on the streets of the outer city, and sure enough, he found a lot of strange young cultivators, but basically none of them broke into the Four Realms, and it was normal to think about it, except for those who had demonic qualifications to reach a very high level at a young age, and the monks who cultivated in the Four Realms were generally middle-aged or elderly.
Before the weak crown, the cultivation reached the top grade of the Three Realms can be called a genius, and wandering along the way, Li Mengzhou noticed many young people who were at the peak of the Three Realms.
Before you know it, you will come to the central street near the inner city, where most of the powerful people living in the outer city live.
Yue Shiting lives in the inner city, and occasionally goes to the outer city to buy things, but the dignified imperial doctor goes out to buy things in person, which is always a very strange thing, and it can only be attributed to Yue Shiting's informality, and Li Mengzhou observes day and night, and often passes through this central street, he is really just hanging out at the moment, and has no purpose.
When passing by a large mansion, Li Mengzhou inadvertently saw a familiar figure coming out of the mansion, hesitated, and then stepped forward to say hello: "He Zhengrong, why are you here?"
It was He Zhengrong who came out of the mansion.
He, Shen Jiyue and all the other Sword Academy disciples who climbed the Sword Cliff had already found their natal sword from the Sword Cliff, and they believed that it would not be long before they could break through the realm.
He Zhengrong was carrying two swords behind him, one was the long sword he often used, and the other was something Li Mengzhou had never seen, which should be the flying sword obtained on the sword cliff.
The natal sword needs to be cultivated to a certain extent before it can be stored in the dantian qi sea, and there are many sword cultivators who have always carried the sword on their backs, it just depends on their own preferences.
When he met Li Mengzhou here, He Zhengrong was just stunned for a moment, and then said in a muffled voice: "This is my home." β
Li Mengzhou suddenly looked at the two big characters 'He Fu' engraved on the plaque of the house.
He Zhengrong is the concubine of the He family, a former famous family, which is a well-known thing in the capital, but Li Mengzhou doesn't know where He Mansion is, and he hasn't paid special attention to He Zhengrong's affairs, so he didn't react for a while.
He thought that He Zhengrong's relationship with the He family was not good, and he only returned home once because he had just been admitted to the palace, and he basically lived in the Sword Courtyard other than that, so he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Shouldn't you be practicing in the mountain gate at this hour?"
Li Mengzhou did not have the habit of discussing other people's family affairs, so he was relatively tactful.
He Zhengrong didn't care about the identity of his concubine, as long as someone didn't deliberately provoke this matter, he ignored it, and said very blandly: "A playmate from a childhood came to visit the capital and had to come back. β
Li Mengzhou groped his chin and said, "I didn't expect you to have friends." β
He Zhengrong glanced at him, not knowing whether to be angry or pretending not to hear, why can't he have friends?
But thinking of his childhood playmate, He Zhengrong's expression became a little gloomy and said, "I really don't have any friends. β
Li Mengzhou looked at him and said: "You are only fifteen years old, you should be innocent and playing with mud, why do you have so many things on your mind, and you are mostly naΓ―ve and frivolous, which seems nondescript, and of course you can't make any friends." β
He Zhengrong said embarrassedly: "I'm fifteen years old, not five years old, what kind of mud do I play with? Besides, what do I do and think, does it have anything to do with you?"
Li Mengzhou said with a smile: "Don't be so angry, but you should have the attitude that a fifteen-year-old should have." β
He Zhengrong was silent for a while, and walked forward without saying a word.
The central street is full of merchants and customers, and the shops on both sides of the avenue are even more lively, and there are a lot of pedestrians coming and going, because the capital city has welcomed many strangers, and the prosperity level has risen to another level.
Li Mengzhou stopped for a moment and followed.
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As the largest restaurant in the capital, Taiqing Lou has almost spread over most of the Jiang country, its interior decoration is extremely exquisite, the walls are hung with the ink calligraphy and paintings of celebrities, the corner seat stands the best porcelain vase, the bottle mouth is inserted with all kinds of strange flowers and plants, the fragrance is fragrant, it can be described as magnificent, quiet and elegant.
Taiqing nine-story building, the decoration of each floor is different, can climb the nine-story building, even if it is rich and noble, it is not qualified, unless the family is bankrupt, but no businessman is willing to scatter his wealth just to climb the nine-story building.
At best, Taiqing Building is just a restaurant, and the nine-story building represents the supreme status of Jiang Guo, if there is no diamond, why bother to do porcelain work.
Li Mengzhou was the first time to come to Taiqing Building, but he also knew very well how exaggerated the consumption here was, he looked at He Zhengrong with a calm face in front of him, and secretly smacked his tongue thinking about how rich this guy was?
At this time, a teenager-year-old junior came out of it, and the junior looked at Li Mengzhou and He Zhengrong's clothes, his eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "It turned out to be the upper immortal of the palace sword courtyard, how many floors do you have to go up?"
The consumption on each floor of the nine-story building is different, and the status of the guests who can go up is also different, so the cultivators are naturally different from ordinary people, even if they have no money, they are also qualified to go directly to the second floor, but if they want to go to a higher floor, they need to spend some silver.
And the disciples of the Mountain Sect with extremely prominent and powerful backgrounds like the Ligong Sword Academy and the Star Picking Mansion were able to directly climb the fifth floor, so Xiao Er only had such an inquiry after recognizing their identities.