The discussion about the crown prince came to an end, but the purity that Wu Xie was expecting did not come.

When he went to the palace for a banquet the next night, he was surprised to find that the scale of the banquet was not small, and the people who participated in the banquet were even more promising!

Among these people, there are senior masters who have been famous for decades, there are new generation powerhouses who have become famous, there are strong dragons who have come from afar, and there are also local snakes who have been operating in Changning City for generations...... All kinds of characters have gathered, and at first glance it seems to be very stylish, very imposing, and a bit of a "high-end foreign style". But Wu Xie only sighed secretly. For a country to thrive, it does need talents from all walks of life. But if the talents from all walks of life are ranked according to the degree of demand, most of the martial arts masters and immortal cultivators are in the ranks of the bottom few ranks, which is probably a little better than corrupt officials and the like.

Emperor Xiong Er knew that the situation of the country was not good, but he did not think about making great efforts, but instead pinned his hopes on these strange people, which was really unwise!

Perhaps, as Xiao Buyi said in private, more than 30 years of hard work and constant setbacks have worn away the ambition of His Majesty the Emperor and smoothed out his sharpness and edges. Now he is just a vulgar old man who can be seen everywhere.

In fact, Xiong Er is not very old, only in his early fifties. But he looked very old, with white hair, loose skin, and often a bit of dazed eyes, as if he had a bit of Alzheimer's disease.

"No wonder Lushan said that it's too late to train the princesses now, looking at the appearance of His Majesty, even if he can live for another two years, he can't be an emperor." Wu Xie sighed secretly in his heart, but his face was silent, and he didn't mean to try to help him treat.

As the emperor of a country, Xiong Er can dispatch no less resources than Wu Jie, and he has the conditions to find all kinds of elixirs. But the effect of the elixir on mortals with good luck has always been bad, for example, Lin Lushan with the addition of Wenyun, the elixir that ordinary people can eat to eliminate all kinds of diseases and get sick, he can only slightly mention the spirit when he eats it, and the difference in effect is simply maddening.

Although Xiong Er is only a mediocre lord, he is also a king who has reigned for more than 30 years, maintained the stability of the country, and shouldered a powerful fortune. With this heavenly fortune, even if it is a golden pill of creation and immortality...... Even the Qingyang Guan's secret life-sustaining pill will not have a significant effect on him.

This is a side effect of luck, and it is also the embodiment of the impartiality of heaven and earth.

If Wu Xie did not hesitate to damage his own foundation and use the pure Taoist Zhenlin to benefit him, he might be able to improve his situation temporarily, but what was the point? The crumbling Shouyuan fire above his head was no better than Lin Lu Mountain, and it was also the appearance of Shouyuan dying.

But...... It is said that anyone who has cultivated to the realm of Tongyin, as long as he condenses a little mana, he can see the fire of other people's longevity, and there are two or three monks in this banquet, have they seen something famous?

Wu Xie secretly paid attention to those Tongyou monks, but saw that these people didn't seem to care about His Majesty the Emperor, and they ate and drank by themselves, which was a bit like no one else.

Wu Xie couldn't help frowning—if they were so contemptuous of imperial power, why did they come to this banquet? Now that you're here, you should at least do a good job of semblance of politeness!

Among the cultivators, there are some who are particularly fond of paying attention to the "true nature", saying that only by fully grasping their true nature can they achieve something on the path of monasticism. This statement is very popular, and even the teachers and commanders of Qingyang View have this view. But in Wu Jie's view, it is one thing to say and another thing to do. What is a person's true temperament, I am afraid that even he himself may not be clear, how can he fully grasp it?

If you can really fully grasp your true temperament, it will probably be the realm of "clear mind" of the monk Huandan. In other words, if the realm has not yet been reached, and the cultivation is not enough, it is better not to pursue any true temperament indiscriminately.

Wu Xie felt that monks were also human beings, and before the Tao was deep enough to pursue the realm of clear mind, they should first be honest and reasonable people, so that it would be more practical.

Can the pursuit of true disposition make cultivation progress? He wasn't so sure. But he can be sure that a person who is not polite and unreasonable will probably not have much chance of living to the level where he needs to pursue his true temperament!

There are also some characters with true temperament in Qingyang View, for example, the real person who often sleeps on a random tree, is the representative of true temperament. But the real person of Pillow Stone is not an unreasonable and impolite vulgar person, he never lies down and talks to others, and he almost never speaks badly, and when he disagrees with others, he is mainly persuaded by reason, and he never uses the identity of the head to oppress people Wu Xie feels that this is the true temperament! Another example is Xingyu Zhenren, who is in charge of the kitchen and is in charge of the mouths and stomachs of everyone in the entire Qingyang Temple, he is also a person with a very true temperament, he hides in the house every day to cultivate, and throws everything in the entire kitchen to the group of magic weapon Yuan Ling. But this definitely does not mean that he is unreasonable or impolite, in fact, when the sect is ceremonial, he will always arrive in advance, dress neatly, speak politely and reasonably, and look like a good model of abiding by the law.

Compared with those high-ranking people who have achieved good results, the "true temperament" of these monks is too deliberate. Wu Xie could see that they were deliberately pretending to be so arrogant, and deliberately using this arrogant and rude attitude to elevate themselves

If this is also true temperament, then the three words true temperament are too worthless!

Except for these three Tongyou cultivators, the rest of the martial arts masters and immortal cultivators had a good attitude, maintaining their respect for His Majesty the Emperor. Although I don't know what they think in their hearts, at least they did a good job on the scene, and they were kind.

There were also a few acquaintances at the banquet, such as Shen Yi, the head of the Nanhua Sword Sect who escorted grain and grass to Nanping County for disaster relief with Wu Jie. Shen Yi is already in his sixties, but he looks only about forty on the outside, his eyes are full of vitality, and the hand holding the wine glass is stable without a trace of unnecessary shaking, which shows that his martial arts have improved compared to the beginning.

Wu Xie remembered that during the Xiong Ho Rebellion, Shen Yi was attacked by Xiang Yuntian, the veteran congenital master and leader of the Flying Shark Gang, and was seriously injured, and the Nanhua Sword Sect was almost wiped out. Although he was so injured that any rebel could kill him, the Xiong Hao Rebellion was quickly pacified by Xiong Er, who was still the prince at the time, with the help and support of Wu Jie, Xiao Buyi, Lin Lushan, Dan'er, Zhu Huai, Shi Lei and a large number of loyal soldiers and civilians, and he was able to save his life.

Ordinary people are so seriously injured, even if they don't die, they will definitely damage the foundation and affect their future entry. But Shen Yi broke and then stood up, not only did he not leave sequelae, but he comprehended between life and death, and cultivated to a higher level, and finally broke through the limit of the innate realm in the first two years, stepped into the realm of hundred refinements, and became a "land immortal" who can almost be regarded as the highest achievement of martial arts.

The Martial Dao Grandmaster is far superior to the Qi Refiners of the same level in terms of actual combat, and Shen Yi, who is in the Hundred Refining Realm, has the ability to fight head-on, but I am afraid that it is stronger than the three Tongyou Cultivators combined! Wu Xie guessed a little maliciously - the reason why these three people pretended to be arrogant was that they might have the opportunity to deliberately disgust Shen Yi by taking advantage of the opportunity to make a bad move in front of the emperor......

In addition to Shen Yi, Ning Feng, who presided over the Hun Tianjian and was a part-time national teacher, was also a master that Wu Xie was quite familiar with. However, in front of Wu Jie, Ning Feng always regarded himself as a junior, and Wu Xie was really embarrassed to talk to this "junior" who was much older than himself, so he had to nod and say hello.

Being a senior is sometimes quite embarrassing......