Chapter 1: The Way Home

In spring, everything recovers, the grass grows and the warbler flies, and the earth is green.

In the capital of the Celestial Empire, the sun is like fire, and the earth is filled with spring, but gradually going north, you can still see the faint snow marks, as well as the green grass that spits out tender shoots slightly, and spring always comes very late.

After entering the northern boundary, there were far fewer pedestrians passing on the official road, and the occasional vehicles gave way with respect to a group of horse-drawn carriages passing by.

This group of carriages drove out of the capital, from east to north, all the way to such a scene, some road merchants saw this scene, but also a little slander in their hearts, and people discussed: "Whose carriage is this, such a big pomp, all the way through, there are people to give way?"

But immediately, some passers-by said with disdain: "It's stupid to do business, that's the carriage of the Bazhou Tianlu Sword Academy, don't you see, that day the road sword flag, such an obvious sign, you are blind?"

The merchant was puzzled: "What Tianlu Sword Academy, I have only heard that this year's Tianlu Academy's Nie Lin won the top of the Sword Boy Contest and Challenge, the scenery is infinite, Lao Tzu is thinking about finishing this trip and making more money for my kid to enter the school where Nie Lin is!"

When another passing merchant heard this, he said: "When a businessman does business, he must be able to listen to six ways, see all directions, and pay attention to any wind and grass, because there may be business opportunities everywhere, how can a person like you who is lonely and unheard, who only knows how to bury his head in business, can make his business bigger!"

When the businessman surnamed Zhou heard that this was indeed the case, he looked at the middle-aged man who was dressed very plainly, but with a noble face, like a wealthy businessman: "This brother, can you tell the younger brother?"

The rich merchant was also idle on the road, and when the two carriages were moving, he made himself a cup of tea and said: " Brother, do you know, this Tianlu Academy has been promoted to become a great teaching school since it won the first place in the Sword Boy Competition, but it hasn't been a few days, it's unexpected, yes, after Nie Lin won the leader of the challenge, this Tianlu Academy has not been called hot yet, this Tianlu Academy doesn't know what means it used, but it was supported by the old emperor of the empire and the seven major forces, and it was restructured into the Sword Academy, so now we have to call it the Tianlu Sword Academy!"

"What, it became the Sword Academy, isn't it a place to teach, how did it become the Sword Academy, this is comparable to a sect, how is this possible?" the businessman surnamed Zhou exclaimed.

The rich merchant took a sip of tea, looked leisurely, and said: "You know, the Nanpei Sword Academy has a history of a hundred years, but after they were restructured from the Great Education Academy to the Sword Academy, it took a few decades, but the rise of this heavenly road, from the Middle School to the Great Sect, and then to the Sword Academy, it only took less than a month, brother, think about the mystery here, if you can understand, then it will not be difficult for your business to become bigger!"

When the businessman surnamed Zhou heard this, his eyes immediately lit up, and he arched his hand and said, "This brother taught me?"

The rich merchant smiled faintly and said, " Tell my brother, when Tianlu was promoted to become a university college, my old man saw the development momentum of Tianlu, and asked me to fully sponsor the development of Tianlu, at first I didn't understand, and even opposed, but the old man was very tough that I had to invest in supporting Tianlu, I had to agree, and cooperated with Mr. Lu, but what I didn't expect was that only a few days later, Tianlu was restructured into a sword academy, which caused a sensation in the world, which shows that the old man's vision is vicious, and he has to be admired, and Tianlu has only become a sword academy now, and the initial development must require a lot of materials, which is undoubtedly a huge business opportunity, so I personally took the cadres from my family to prepare to go to Bazhou to do a big job, and at the same time let the children go to school!"

The businessman surnamed Zhou also had a fiery face when he heard this, and said with envy: "That brother Tai is developing with Tianlu, it can be said that he is an elder, if Tianlu rises at that time, I am afraid that it will have infinite benefits to Brother Tai's family, and the younger brother is really envious!"

Hearing this, the rich merchant said proudly: " It is precisely because my family invested in the Tianlu Sword Academy, so this year's enrollment quota my family was fortunate to get one, brother, don't you know, since the day of the Tianlu Reform Sword Academy, after Mr. Lu announced this year's enrollment quota, the entire empire's families and forces are crazy, for that quota, it is the students of the Lu people, that is the imperial minister, every day kneeling at the door of the road and crying, hoping to get a place for his own children, and my family can get one because of the foresight of the old man, I don't know how many people are red-eyed, you are rich and powerful, you can't get it, I heard that the first batch of places this year is very strict!”

"Ah, since the carriage just now is the team of the Tianlu Sword Academy, let's hurry up and catch up, if we can make a good relationship and leave a good impression on the other party, maybe we can get a recommended place!"

When the merchant surnamed Zhou heard this, he immediately became anxious, and immediately slapped his horse and prepared to catch up, but the rich businessman shook his head and said: "Persuade brother to forget it, haven't you noticed that there should be many people behind the convoy, and they are not all going for your thoughts, but everyone is afraid to approach, if Mr. Jianweng gets angry, this is not enough to eat and walk, you better save your worries, and with your financial resources and connections, it is estimated that you just want to tie up, it is estimated that it will be difficult!"

"Even if the family is bankrupt, I also want to get a place for my son, this is a sword academy, it can be compared to a sect, if my child can make any achievements in it, it will also be worth it!"

...... At the same time, in one of the carriages in the convoy that returned to the domineering, Nie Lin sat quietly in the carriage, his eyes slightly closed, as if he was recuperating.

And there were some books in front of the table, all of which were ancient books that Lu Zhaonan had managed to get for him from the Imperial Library, and Nie Lin had already read the contents of these ancient books in detail on his return trip.

Last time on the way here, Nie Lin studied the ancient characters of the Weiyang Empire for a period of time through Lu Zhaonan, and already had a general understanding and understanding, and this time Lu Zhaonan helped him get the ancient books, which gave him a deeper understanding of those ancient characters, and he believed that he should be able to understand the words on that scroll when he went back this time.

For the words on the ancient scroll, Nie Lin still put a lot of effort into it, and when he gradually understood those ancient words, he also had some deep understanding of the history of more than a thousand years ago.

At this time, the sword man in the carriage suddenly opened his eyes when he was recuperating, and said: "There has been more than a month on the road, I didn't expect that Lu Zhaonan would be so smooth, we haven't returned to Bazhou yet, and the news has already spread here first!"

Nie Lin also opened his eyes and said, "The successful restructuring of the Sword Academy has already caused a sensation in the world, I don't know what Mr. has planned, how will the plan of the Divine Ce Mansion unfold?"

"This matter is not in a hurry, although the phantom poison in your body has been suppressed, but before it is eradicated, you should rest and recuperate first, there is the piece of ice spirit cold jade obtained by the Tang family, as well as the ice heart pendant of Lao Liu, and the medicine that the old man found for you, the time of this attack is getting slower and slower, which shows that it is still very effective!"

Nie Lin nodded.

Although the Tang family was heartbroken, they still obediently took the Ice Spirit Cold Jade, after Nie Lin got this thing, in the past few days on the return trip, through the magical effect of the Ice Spirit Cold Jade, and the assistance of some medicines that Jian Weng found for him, the phantom poison has been suppressed, and the number of attacks is very small.

However, in order to be safe, Jian Weng still didn't dare to let Nie Lin get close to the woman, so Yang Yuxiao and Lu Xueyan just wanted to see Nie Lin along the way, and it was all difficult, for fear that his mind would be affected in some way, after all, the phantom poison also had a strong aphrodisiac component, which must be prevented.

Although the incident of the Tang family has passed, and the Tang family has paid the price of the ice spirit cold jade to calm down the matter, but in Nie Lin's heart, he still has a deep hatred for the Tang family, and he doesn't believe that the Tang family's young man used this forbidden phantom poison The Tang family's people don't know.

Obviously, the Tang family was pretending to be confused, Nie Lin was not stupid, and Jian Weng naturally did not think that the Tang family's attitude in handling this matter would make him aware of their sincerity and attitude.

It's just that along the way, although Nie Lin and Jian Weng both had a tacit understanding not to mention this matter, they always kept it in their hearts, but they still felt a little depressed.

So Nie Lin said: "Sir, the use of this forbidden phantom poison by the people of the Tang family is jointly banned on the mainland, and they must know better what is the relationship, but they still have people using it, and the impact of public opinion this time is so great, I always feel that there is something strange in this!"

Jian Weng was surprised and said, " It's not wrong that you have this kind of intuition, the Tang family uses this kind of phantom poison, if the old man guesses, they should have a purpose, but this should have little to do with you, but it has something to do with the situation in the Eastern Continent, in recent years, the development momentum of the Luo Empire is very strong, and it wants to replace the position of the Heavenly Empire in the Eastern Continent, but the Heavenly Empire tends to weaken due to the royal family, and its internal forces are constantly fighting, according to the old man, through this incident, the Eastern Continent Alliance will definitely intervene, and it is clear that it is investigating this matter on the surface, but what will be done secretly, it is unknown!"

"The first step for us to successfully complete the plan this time is also based on the threat of the urgency of the empire, the old emperor must also customize some strategies when he goes out, if he wants to go externally, he must first calm down some internal battles within the empire, so that the various forces tend to a delicate balance, and then deal with the various pressures brought by the Falling Empire and the Eastern Continent Alliance, but we don't have to pay attention to these political things!"

Nie Lin knew that political struggles were always full of darkness and conspiracy, he had never liked it, and this time he had completed the first step of the plan for the Heavenly Road, but in fact, his role was not too obvious, so Nie Lin planned to continue to cultivate and restore his strength in the next few days.

In this world, only the strong are not afraid of any fighting.

(To be continued)