Langya Mansion, Laoshan Mountain.

Laoshan is known as the first immortal mountain on the sea, and its main peak Laoding is famous for the sword peak Qianren, strange rocks and sunrise on the sea, and the Taiqing Palace, the base camp of Qizhou Daomen, is located on the top of Laoding.

On this day, Lan Yu climbed to the top of Laoding in the early morning, accompanied by Qi Yun, the master of Qizhou Daomen.

Standing on the top of Laoding, looking at the sea in the distance outside the mountain, the sea is shrouded in a layer of light mist at this time, faintly connected with the sea of clouds hanging up and down in the sky, the sea and the sky are one color, magnificent and gorgeous, like a fairyland on earth.

Qi Yun smiled and said: "If it is spring and summer, sometimes there will be a mirage of mirage, and in March last year, there was a mirage of Biyou Island on the sea, and it was clearly visible that there were countless burial swords in Jianshan, which was really a grand spectacle." ”

Lan Yu smiled, "It seems that Lan Mou came at a bad time, and he didn't have the opportunity to see such a wonder, so he can only save it for later." ”

Just as he was talking, Autumn Leaves had already heard the news and rushed to this place from the Taiqing Palace, and after the two greeted each other, Autumn Leaves said: "If you don't go through the years, Brother Lan will be fine." ”

Lan Yu smiled: "Brother Autumn Leaf Dao, it's indeed a long time since I saw it. ”

Although Xiao Yu, Qiu Ye, and Lan Yu are regarded as the three major patriarchs who founded the Northwest, the latter two do not get along much, and the two are like two parallel lines that do not intersect with each other, one is outside the world and the other is in the world, jointly supporting Xiao Yu's Northwest kingship.

In the process of the Northwest gradually gaining momentum, Xiao Yu ascended to the pinnacle of power, Autumn Leaves gradually faded out of the Northwest system, and Lan Yu became the second person in the Northwest under Xiao Yu after a series of battles.

In the eyes of many powerful figures in the Northwest, Xiao Yu is the king, Lan Yu is the prime minister, and the others are ministers, and the prime minister is the head of the ministers.

Autumn leaves and Lan Yu walked side by side along the bluestone mountain road in the direction of Juxiantai, Qi Yun did not continue to follow, but turned around and went to Taiqing Palace.

A heavy snowfall a few days ago, so that there is a layer of snow on the mountain road, although there are disciples full-time cleaning, but the mountain road is still slippery and difficult to walk, fortunately, both of them are people who have cultivated in their bodies, but they are not afraid of falling off the cliff, all the way to the high view, but there is a bit of Jiangnan celebrity stepping on the snow to enjoy the scenery.

Halfway through the journey, Qiu Ye suddenly asked, "Why didn't Xiao Yu come to see me?" ”

Lan Yu seemed to have known that Qiu Ye would ask this question, so he said unhurriedly: "The prince has other important things to do, so he can't come, and I hope that Brother Dao will forgive me one or two." ”

Qiu Ye turned his head and looked at Lan Yu and said, "It's just that I don't know what the important thing is, so that he doesn't even have time to see his old friend?"

Lan Yu looked away at the scenery outside the mountain and said, "He is the lord, if he wants to do something, if he wants to say something, I will listen, he doesn't want to say, I can't force it." ”

Akiba nodded slightly, "In that case, you don't know the details inside." ”

Lan Yu said with a smile: "Brother Dao can go and ask the prince in person in the future." ”

The two of them didn't say much, and continued to climb the mountain, the closer they got to the top of the mountain, the more cold the mountain wind, the heavier the clouds, and the more rugged and difficult the mountain road became.

The two of them did not stop until they reached the summit of Jusendai, when the rising sun rose from the sea in the east, and the scenery of Laoshan Mountain was in full view.

The green clothes on Qiu Ye's body were hunted by the mountain wind, and the blue jade standing beside him was like iron casting, and the lines did not move.

Two people are two realms.

Lan Yu sighed and said, "Congratulations to Brother Dao for getting a glimpse of the tip of the iceberg of the Freedom Realm. “

Akiba didn't have any expression on his face, and said indifferently: "No vulgar work is sad, so naturally you can go faster on the way to cultivation." ”

Lan Yu smiled lightly: "Brother Dao's words are insincere, where there are people, there will be fights, and where there are fights, all kinds of tricks will be required, even if the Dao Gate is transcendent, it is not a peaceful place, how can there be no hard work and sadness?"

Autumn leaves were silent for a moment, and suddenly said, "You haven't thought about going any further?"

Lan Yu was slightly stunned, and then laughed at himself: "No, I am a general, not a handsome talent, I have done the master, but I may not have done the county order, everyone has their own strengths, and they can't be forced." ”

Akiba asked, "What do you say?"

Lan Yu said: "As a monarch, pay attention to lifting weights as lightly, no matter how big the matter, you can put it down and see it." Xiao Yu did a very good job, daring to let go of the people below to do it, and not to interfere too much, this is like lifting weight. As for the ministers, they pay attention to the importance of the matter, no matter how big or small, they must take into account the overall planning, no matter how small the matter, they must strive for perfection, in order to have no mistakes, which is as important as the weight. Let me do Xiao Yu's things, I can't do it, let Xiao Yu do my things, he can't do it. ”

Akiba sighed softly and didn't ask anything more.

Lan Yu said: "This time I went to the Buddha Gate, but Brother Dao is ready?"

Akiba said: "If the pastoral view wants to forcibly keep people, in the ancestral court of Buddhism, unless it is the master who descends into the world, no matter how you prepare, it is useless." If you want to have a good conversation, why prepare?"

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Xiao Yu didn't mean to avoid it, he really had something important to do, and he couldn't get away from it to see Autumn Leaves. Because at this time, he had already entered the territory of Zhili Prefecture, and he was accompanied by Xu Zhenzhi, a great master.

Xiao Yu went to Zhili Prefecture, of course, not to seek revenge against Zhao Qing, he was not so petty, but to meet a person who had to be seen, the leading figure of Confucianism, Mr. Zhang Zai of Hengqu.

Zhang Zai is also the seventh person in the world today, three places higher than Xiao Yu, but Xiao Yu has Xu Zhenzhi's help, so he will not be afraid of him.

Zhang Zai does not live in the eastern capital, but lives in a Zhuangzi in Bohai Prefecture, Zhili Prefecture, where the sea can be seen.

coincided with heavy snowfall, Xiao Yu and Xu Zhenzhi respectively walked into Zhuangzi with an oil-paper umbrella. There are less than 100 households in Zhuangzi, surrounded by simple yellow mud houses, surrounded by a large area of land that has been barren due to drought, but fortunately, there is an official salt farm not far from here, as long as they are willing to work hard, the villagers still have a way to live.

Outside the Zhuangzi by the sea, there is a village school, and there is an old scholar from other places in it. The old scholar who does not know whether he has a reputation in the village a few years ago settled in the village, and then built this village school, and taught the children to read on the flat calendar, not charging half a penny of silver, but also taking care of a meal, the reputation in the neighborhood is very loud, many people with thin savings have sent their children here, the villagers are mostly in awe of the readers, and see that the scholar does not love money, so he is more and more respectful, called the old gentleman.

However, this old gentleman is also a little eccentric, sometimes he will leave the village suddenly for a while, and then come back quietly at some point, usually when the farmers get up and go to the ground, they see the old gentleman who has disappeared for a long time reappear in the village school.

Xiao Yu and Xu Zhenzhi stopped and stopped, followed the sound of reading all the way to the front of the village school, and saw the old man sitting on the chair and listening to the children reading.

Xiao Yu's eyes fell on the old man, the old man seemed to be aware of it, opened his eyes and looked at Xiao Yu slightly, but he didn't pay attention to the two visitors in the snow, but got up from the chair and told the children to read a new paragraph.

The old man held a book behind him with one hand and a book in the other, listening intently to the sound of reading.

Xu Zhenzhi wanted to speak, but was stopped by Xiao Yu raising his hand, and the two of them stood in the snow with umbrellas like this, waiting until the children got out of school, Xiao Yu put away the paper umbrella in his hand, and arched his hand: "In Xiao Yu, I have seen Mr." ”

The old man said coldly: "The king of the northwest is here, what are you doing?"

Xiao Yu got straight to the point and said: "Xiao Yu is here to ask Mr., what do you think of Xiao's entry into the East?"

The old man who was worshiped as the Great Zheng Taishi was Zhang Zai, who was even higher than Sun Shiwu's Taifu, he didn't rush to answer Xiao Yu, his gaze crossed Xiao Yu and fell on Xu Zhenzhi's body, and the corners of his mouth slightly hooked up a touch of sarcasm, "It turns out that the only two remaining big gentlemen in Tianji Pavilion are also under the command of the Northwest King." ”

Xu Zhenzhi smiled and said, "What's the matter? Just allow the Confucian Sect to bet on Xiao Lie, and we are not allowed to help the Northwest King in the Tianji Pavilion?"

Zhang Zai didn't speak, but his gaze fell back on Xiao Yu.

On closer inspection, this was the first time he had seen this world-famous young man.

The contours of his face are exactly the same as Xiao Lie's, his eyes are a little less majestic and a little more aggressive, and when his slightly thin lips are pursed, he reveals a bit of meanness and unkindness.

With a sword at his waist, the sword intent was faintly like an iron horse, and the aura of forest came to his face.

This is the king of the Northwest who is aggressive on the battlefield!