The torrential rain in Qianxia Mountain came and fell for thirteen days.

In these thirteen days, it also rained heavily in the Imperial City of Zhongzhou, and many things happened that were of far-reaching significance to the entire world in the future.

The Imperial Capital Branch, "Yu" is in the Yunqin representative saint, the meaning of the imperial court, and the "capital" is in the Yunqin on behalf of the inspector and the meaning of the unified investigation, such a new authority that stands outside the eight divisions and makes Lin Xi look like Jinyiwei is officially established.

Liu Xueqing, a famous minister of the Shaozhuang faction, served as the history of the imperial capital, and the official was the first product, and he was in charge of the affairs of the imperial capital.

Xu Zhenyan, the head of the prison of the Criminal Division, was transferred to the Imperial Capital Section as the chief inspector, and the official was the second grade, responsible for the search and arrest.

Jiang Rui's student, Wang Buping, a petty official of the bureaucracy, was also exceptionally promoted, appointed as an inspector and a third-grade official, and was responsible for auditing and collecting evidence.

These three people are just a microcosm of the establishment of the Imperial Capital Branch, many clear streams among the younger generation, in the torrential rain of Zhongzhou City, stepped into the Zhongzhou Imperial City for the first time at a very fast speed, quickly ascended to the huge stage of the Yunqin Empire, and began to show their strength.

In their view, this was a great victory for the civil servants, and an important victory for them under the dual oppression of the military and the corrupt forces in the court.

For them, all this came from the determination of the saint and the iron-faced support of the new head assistant Wen Xuanshu, so many Qingliu and Wenchen's opinions on Wen Xuanshu have changed greatly... They used to have a lot of opinions about Wen Xuanshu, because they felt that Wen Xuanshu was powerful and installed party members, but now the people Wen Xuanshu uses are just to do such a thing, in their opinion, Wen Xuanshu is a qualified and powerful first assistant.

Therefore, even some Wenchen and local Qingliu, who originally supported the Huang family, also had a good impression of Wen Xuanshu's ruling and began to provide some support.

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The Qianxia Mountains began to clear completely, and there were no rain clouds in the entire sky.

Huo Qing and the Yun Qin soldiers beside him looked up at the light shining in the sky, their eyes filled with countless complex emotions.

Many of them had rotted and ulcerated wounds from the summer rains, and many of them had begun to fester, because the medicine had long since run out, and many of them found that their toes had fallen off when they took off their bonded socks.

The torrential rain had left their bodies rotting, but without the torrential rain, it was difficult to hide their tracks.

However, at this moment, the expressions on the faces of these Yun Qin soldiers bathed in the sun became more determined and enthusiastic.

Because Qianxia Mountain was already behind them, they were already walking in a mulberry forest.

To be precise, they have already walked on the land of Nanling Province, which is connected to Nanling Province.

This is a place where the reckless army has not yet been able to penetrate.

Lin Xi has fulfilled his promise to them and has really taken them home.

Huo Qing and all the Yunqin soldiers beside him who were already expecting the rainstorm to stop finally ushered in the sunny weather and withdrew their eyes from the blue sky, the eyes of these Yunqin soldiers were all focused on Lin Xi and Gao Yanan at the front.

From now on, all these Yunqin soldiers will also stick to their oath and be absolutely loyal to Lin Xi.

There are many powerful people in this world, and they have always had a headache about how to recruit the dead who are absolutely loyal to them, but what they don't know is that the best way is to live and die together.

The more the front-line general is in a harsh environment, the more he can harvest his partners and subordinates who can defend him with his life, and these survival and battles in Nanling Province and Qianxia Mountain are definitely unimaginably bad even for the border troops in the Dragon and Snake Mountains before.

Lin Xi, who was walking in the front, turned his head and glanced at the verdant Qianxia Mountain behind him.

"What are you thinking?" Gao Yanan asked as he straightened his hair, shook his clothes dry with his soul power, and asked.

Lin Xi said softly: "I'm thinking that Cangyue doesn't know where in this mountain range... I wonder when we're going to be back after we've left the mountains. ”

"Don't be in a hurry. Gao Yanan understood Lin Xi's thoughts, she looked at Lin Xi gently, and said, "This time will not be too short, you also said that the meaning of life cannot be revenge." ”

"Of course. Lin Xi smiled and said, "It's just that after passing the middle level of the national warrior recently, I feel that my soul power is improving more and more slowly, and I am a little impatient and impatient... Just by your side, these impatience and impatience will quickly disappear, and I often only have beautiful scenery in my eyes. The beautiful scenery of this Qianxia Mountain, washed by this rainstorm, under the exceptionally clean blue sky, the beautiful scenery of Nanling Province is like an ink landscape painting. ”

The corners of Gao Yanan's mouth turned up slightly, and said, "Your mouth has always been very sweet, but don't always praise me, I will be proud." ”

Lin Xi smiled and said, "Then I won't praise you first, and then talk about some cultivation things." I didn't dare to mention anything about the Holy Master or even the Great Master in front of Teacher Tong and them, and I would be reprimanded for being ambitious. Even when I used to be with Teacher An, she only mentioned to me most of the time when she practiced to the national level... It is so difficult to reach the Holy Rank in this world, so that there are so few Saint Masters, and now it is just the time to say that it will not be too short... According to reason, how long does it take for a cultivator to cultivate to the level of a holy master?"

Gao Yanan's good-looking eyelashes moved slightly, and he said seriously: "There are very few books that record this time, because there are too few holy masters, and ordinary people who write books do not dare to comment on the rank of holy masters, and they dare not make judgments, but according to what my father said before, those with excellent qualifications will take about twenty years at the earliest." ”

"It's been a long time. Lin Xi smiled bitterly: "No wonder a monster like Nangong Weiyang, who has been practicing since he was a child, and whose cultivation qualifications are much stronger than ordinary cultivators, was only a short time after he arrived at the Holy Master during the Donglin Rebellion. It will take her nearly twenty years, and the average cultivator's qualifications are probably more than half worse than her, so it will take at least forty years for the less, and at least sixty or seventy years, * ten years. There is still no shortcut to soul power cultivation, and this time still can't be saved... It's no wonder that ordinary cultivators are about to die of old age when they reach the peak of the Great Power Teacher, not to mention that the vast majority of cultivators have to fight, and the possibility of dying is much greater than that of ordinary people, so there are so few cultivators at the Saint Master level, and there is only one in ten thousand. ”

Gao Yanan nodded and said: "The higher the cultivation, the greater the ability, the more unwilling to be lonely, so when it comes to the great master, it is still as easy to die as a low-level cultivator." ”

Lin Xi said quietly: "So we really can't be anxious, and we have to wait for many years with peace of mind." Especially if my qualifications are so poor, it doesn't take decades...."

Gao Yanan laughed, "Are your qualifications very poor? General, it doesn't take three years to pass the middle level of the national scholar, and your cultivation speed should be slightly faster than that of Nangong Weiyang." ”

"Even then, at least ten years is required. Lin Xi became serious and sighed softly: "It is indeed a very long time. ”

Gao Yanan also nodded seriously: "But it's okay, because I know that no matter how hard I work, this time can't be short, and if I think clearly, it will be easier to become patient and reassured." ”

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In this world, the so-called shortcut is only a corresponding way to shorten some distances, just like if you want to cross the river to visit friends in a small building on the other side of the river, you can not take the bridge far away, you can directly ferry or swim directly to the water, which can save a lot of time, but no matter what shortcuts are used, the river and the street between you and the small building are still there. Even if someone could fill in the river and shovel all the streets and alleys into a thoroughfare, leading to that small building, it would still be impossible to save all the time.

It takes a long time to become a high-level cultivator who is above many cultivators and ordinary people.

For the war and entanglement between the two huge empires, this time is destined to be short.

Di Choufei knew these truths very well, but he gradually became impatient, because he was forgotten in the corners of the empire, forgotten in time.

Dressed in black armor and a black cloak, he stood at the very edge of a cliff.

Under this cliff, there is a deep canyon like the Prajna Corridor, and you can clearly see that there are many deep caves on the cliff walls on both sides, and there are many sheep intestine paths. There were many shackled prisoners carrying their burdens and baskets, and they walked among these caves and sheep's intestines, like countless toiling ants.

Occasionally, a prisoner who was unsteady or exhausted fell from the path on the cliff face and died, only to make a slight noise to the top of the cliff.

This mountain cliff is indeed very high, but above Di Choufei's head, it is not a sky covered with lead clouds, but a dark and dreary mountain rock.

He was just in a mine in the main vein of the Dragon Snake Mountains.

Not even the faint light of the sun could enter the underworld, illuminating many passages except for the flaming torches on the cliff walls and in the mines.

A prisoner walked up a steep path in front of him, carrying a lot of black iron ore on his back.

The prisoner was an old man dressed as a Taoist priest with a broken leg and only a rough wooden staff, but he was carrying at least two hundred catties of ore on his back.

Di Choufei looked at the prisoner who came out of the deep cave from nowhere, but he should not have appeared in front of him, his brow furrowed, but he remained silent.

Since something was unusual, he just had to wait for it to happen in front of him.

"The Yunqin Empire outside is undergoing unprecedented changes. The old man with a broken leg grinned, revealing a mouthful of decayed yellow teeth, "The Yun Qin army and the Da Mang army are constantly fighting, countless people die every day, and countless more people are on the stage of Yun Qin. But all this has nothing to do with you, in the past few years, there may still be people who want to get you, but in a few years, you will be completely forgotten like us, reduced to a mortal, full of black dust. ”

Di Choufei's gaze became cold, like a star in the night, "What do you want to say?"

"Do you want to go out?" The old man with the broken leg looked at Di Choufei, and seemed to have a gentle and playful expression: "If you become the ruler of the Zhongzhou Army, let you re-enter the stage of Yunqin?"

Di Choufei's face calmed down and became expressionless, but he simply said, "What do you want me to do?"

The old man with the broken leg laughed again, laughing very happily, laughing so much that he showed all his rotten yellow teeth: "It's very simple. The old man with a broken leg nodded at the many caves behind Di Choufei, "Let's go out also and go to the Imperial City of Zhongzhou together." ”

Di Choufei did not turn around.

Because he didn't need to turn around, he knew very well that among the countless caves behind him, there were some extremely powerful weapons that were even enough to deal with the Holy Master. These weapons were enough to suppress the rebellion of all the cultivator prisoners held here. He also knew very well that the old man with a broken leg on the other side was a powerful cultivator, and he was also a heinous and unforgivable criminal, and he had no right to release this old man and some people who were the same as this old man, otherwise he would have the same crime.

But he knew full well that this was the condition.

So he just nodded expressionlessly and said, "Okay." ”