Zhao Xiao looked at his mother's tombstone, and originally had a thousand words in his heart, but he couldn't say a word at the moment.

In Zhao Xiao's memory, his mother was always sick and often bedridden. Later, when he cultivated, he realized that if his cultivation was completely wasted, he would not only lose his mana.

Because cultivation is the result of regulating the body and mind and condensing the spiritual energy, cultivation is wasted, which is equivalent to ordinary people suffering from physical disabilities and terminal diseases, even if they can survive, they are doomed to be weak and not have a long lifespan.

Zhao Xiao's mother was able to give birth to him, which was extremely difficult in itself, probably because his mother used to have a high realm, even if she cultivated to the end, she could save the opportunity of mortal life.

"You know what, I hated you before." Zhao Xiao looked at the tombstone and said with a smile: "You...... After leaving, my grandfather's health deteriorated, and in the last few months, he asked me to endorse every day, and if I remembered something wrong, I was asked to copy it dozens of times, and I was not allowed to sleep until I finished copying. It was winter, and I had to look at the inkstone almost every half of a page I copied, so that the ink would freeze.

The more times like this, the more I don't understand, why on earth are you leaving? Don't you have affection for your father? Or do you yearn for glory and wealth, but you can't stand the bitter and boring days? ”

Zhao Xiao covered his face with his hands and whispered to himself: "I can't remember what you and your father look like, you ...... It's so far away from me. ”

didn't cry, Zhao Xiao just cried silently in front of the tomb. Until the sky turned dark, the servants of the Hou Mansion were worried about Zhao Xiao and stepped forward to visit.

Zhao Xiao's mind calmed down a lot, and after cleaning the tomb slightly, he left Zhong Xiushan and did not stay.

When the carriage and horse returned to the Hou Mansion, the night was already dark, and the Marquis of Anyang called Zhao Xiao to the study and talked with candles.

"Seeing that you look good, I am relieved." An Yang Hou was relieved: "Actually, Ling Tang feels very guilty about you, and feels that he has not fulfilled his responsibility of parenting, but he has not dared to look for you for fear of dragging down your cultivation. ”

Zhao Xiao sighed and said: "I have known since I was a child that my mother is weak and sickly, and I dare not expect too much. Now that I think about it, I regret that I didn't take care of it wholeheartedly. Was my mother still sick before she left? ”

An Yanghou replied: "There is not much pain, but my body is weak, I can't blow the wind, I have been cultivating in the room, and I rarely show up." ”

Zhao Xiao nodded silently, and An Yanghou took a wooden box from the side and said, "This is what she left for you." ”

Opening the wooden box, Zhao Xiao saw that there was a roll of green jade slips inside, which resembled bamboo slips, with gold threads as knots, and there was a faint condensation and circulation of clear qi, and he could see the extraordinary thing at a glance.

"What is this?" Zhao Xiao asked.

An Yanghou replied, "Xuanpu Jade Book...... Does the nephew know what Lingtang's origin is? ”

Zhao Yan said: "I remember that she is a member of the Xuanpu Hall, which is a sect of cultivating immortals with a long heritage, but it was invaded in the war, and there were also demons attacking the mountain, which made the sect decay and the people of the sect fled. ”

"That's right." An Yanghou's expression was slightly serious: "But there are hidden reasons for this, and outsiders don't know." The sect dojo of Xuanpu Hall is a spiritual immortal cave in Kunlun Continent, which has the merit of Anzhen leyline, and has always been coveted by demons and evils. The so-called guilt, during the War of the Five Kingdoms, some great demon kings and left-handed evil cultivators targeted the dojo of Xuanpu Hall. ”

Zhao Xiao's expression was solemn, and Anyang Hou continued: "At that time, Xuanpu Hall asked for help from Chongxuan Pavilion, but Liang Guoshi did not make a move, but allowed the demon cult to invade, causing Xuanpu Hall to fall into the hands of demons, and the people of the sect suffered heavy casualties. Chongxuanguan came forward afterwards, and in addition to crusading against demons and evils, he occupied the sect dojo of Xuanpu Hall, and took the magic weapon of the immortal scripture as his own. ”

Chongxuan Pavilion did this kind of thing, Zhao Huang didn't feel strange at all. Occupying the Dongfu Dojo and plundering the magic weapon of the Immortal Scripture is the consistent style of the Chongxuan Pavilion.

However, since the end of Tianxia, the troubled times have been in turmoil for a hundred years, not to mention the evil spirits, even the immortal cultivation sects have been slaughtered, and it is normal for the dojo cave to change hands, and Zhao Xiao has no heart to entangle who is right and who is wrong.

"I don't know where did Uncle Shi find this Xuanpu jade book?" Zhao Xiao asked.

Anyang Hou smiled: "Chongxuanguan is not a monolith, I have also made friends with several of them, after all, they are all in the same court, and it is always right to make more friends." ”

Zhao Xiao thought about it carefully, and also felt that what Anyang Hou said was reasonable. As far as outsiders know the Chongxuan Pavilion, there are four families with the surname of the immortal blood Yin, among which the Yongjia Liang family is undoubtedly the pillar, and Liang Tao is the first and the position of the national teacher, no one can challenge it, but this does not prevent the other three surnames from interacting with outsiders for their own interests.

"What Uncle Shi means is that you have a way to get the immortal magic weapons and elixirs collected by the Chongxuan Pavilion?" Zhao Xiao suddenly had an inspiration.

An Yanghou said with a smile: "Not necessarily, most of the treasures handed down by the Liang Immortal Ancestor are in the hands of Liang Guoshi. As for the magic weapons and pills that Chongxuan Pavilion has seized from everywhere over the years, many of them have been distributed to the other three, as a way to appease them, so as not to resent.

This Xuanpu jade album was left by Liang Guoshi to the Jiujiang Zheng family, hoping that they would study the immortal method and concentrate on serving the Chongxuan Pavilion. Unfortunately, it was difficult for the children of the Zheng family to decipher the jade book, so I asked Zhang Gong for a few easy-to-use exercise books, and after a little modification, I successfully exchanged them back for the Xuanpu jade book. ”

"Which ones?" Zhao Xiao asked.

An Yanghou recalled: "A volume of "Returning to the Void" and "Six Qi Total True Collection", as well as a complete set of "Lingkui Secret Urn". ”

"The Secret of the Spirit?" Zhao Xiao exclaimed.

An Yanghou asked: "The nephew also knows this law?" ”

"It's not just ...... know," Zhao Xiao muttered: "This method is a collection of various runes and diagrams collected by the teacher, but most of them are messy and shallow. Zheng won't be easily fooled, right? ”

Zhao Xiao's most commonly used arrows and feather steps are from "The Secret of Lingkui"; As for the "Returning to the Void" and "The Six Qi General True Collection", Zhao Xiao also read them, they are all exercises for refining qi and practicing qi, but they are not too profound.

Jiujiang Zheng's eyesight will be so bad that he can't even tell the difference between the high and low of the Gong Jue Fa book?

Anyang Hou said with a smile: "This is not difficult, I specially found a waste stone tablet, engraved the text of the gong on it, and buried it in the country manor." Then let people cast a spell to make a glorious movement, and the Zheng family was feasting nearby at that time, and it was determined that a divine object was born and could not be missed. As soon as the stele was unearthed, the Zheng family asked for it on the spot, and I used the stele to exchange for the Xuanpu jade book. ”

Zhao Huang was surprised for a while, thinking that Anyang Hou was also taking advantage of Chongxuan Pavilion, and he played the Jiujiang Zheng family from beginning to end, which was much more clever than Zhao Xiao's bluffing of Liang Shuo.

"But these three skills are not very clever, even if there are no masters in the Zheng family, they can immediately find the flaws in them if they ask Liang Guoshi for advice." Zhao Xiao said.

Anyang Hou calmly: "The Zheng family of Jiujiang is unwilling to be subordinate, but is unwilling to reveal the stele to Liang Guoshi. Even if they knew that they had been deceived afterwards, they didn't dare to speak out, otherwise how would they gain a foothold in Chongxuanguan and Dongsheng in the future?

And sometimes, even if you know that you have been deceived, you will not admit that you are ignorant and ignorant. I was in the capital, not that kind of warlock, and he slipped away after deceiving once, which made the Zheng family even more sure that the stone tablet was a treasure of the ancient immortals, but he had not yet understood it. ”

Zhao Huang was greatly taught, and even if the monk knew the magic method, he would also be confused, and because he was familiar with the matter of cultivation and magic, he was confined to the past opinion, but could not gain insight.

An Yang Hou's grasp of people's hearts and understanding of the Jiujiang Zheng clan can be described as extremely wonderful, since he can use this method to deceive the Xuanpu Jade Book, is it possible to find the true yuan lock in a similar way?

"Uncle Shi, I have one thing that I don't know whether to say or not." Zhao Xiao said.

The Marquis of Anyang seemed to have expected it: "You also want to find a certain immortal scripture from the Chongxuan Pavilion?" ”

Zhao Xiao nodded and said, "Previously, the Huaiying Pavilion had accidentally discovered an ancient cave mansion, but it was occupied by the Chongxuan Pavilion and all the treasures of the cave mansion were looted. The owner of the cave is called Bai Ergong, and he has left some immortal magic weapons, and I hope to find one of the jade magic weapons. ”

"White-fronted? I seem to have an impression. The Marquis of Anyang said: "At that time, Zhang Gong explained this matter to the lord of the country, but Liang Guoshi refused to return the cave in the name of the birth of the cave and the shaking of the leylines. ”

When Zhao Xiao heard this, he vaguely felt a little strange, from the Xuanpu Hall to the Bai's Gongdong Mansion, Liang Tao's goals seemed to be all kinds of blessed land cave mansions that gathered pure qi.

It is not surprising that immortal cultivators are looking for a blessed place to settle down, but Liang Tao's pursuit seems to be a bit excessive. Not to mention that he himself can use the Qingya Immortal Realm to breathe out clear qi, the Lung Mountain where the Chongxuan Pavilion is located is the first blessed land in the southeast of Kunlun Continent, and it seems that it is not too necessary for Liang Guoshi to occupy so many blessed land cave mansions.

An Yanghou asked again: "Why are you looking for that jade magic weapon?" ”

"The little nephew was lucky enough to sense the wisp of remnant soul left by Bai Yigong, and he has made great progress in cultivation, but the magic tricks he has obtained are incomplete, and I hope to make up for his regrets." Zhao Xiao replied.

An Yanghou pondered: "I can help you inquire, but if the thing is in the hands of the Liang family, I'm afraid I don't have much means at my disposal." ”

Zhao Xiao hurriedly got up and bowed: "The little nephew doesn't dare to ask for extravagance, even if he only has a few words, he will be greatly favored by the uncle!" ”

Anyang Hou helped Zhao Xiao's arm: "My nephew doesn't have to be like this, I am ordered to respect the grace of saving my life, and I will do my best to repay his descendants." ”

Zhao Xiao thanked him again, and Anyang Hou asked: "There is one thing I hope my nephew will tell you the truth...... Zhang Gong said about Fu Bing before, I have seen the real thing today, is this thing made by you yourself? ”

"Fu Bing is indeed made by me on a whim, and I also asked the other monks in the hall to help make it." Zhao Xiao said.

Marquis Anyang said: "I talked to General Wei Xiuwen today about the armor and weapons, and he said that the Fu soldiers are very popular with the soldiers, and the golden armor charm may be able to greatly change the situation on the battlefield." So much so that the monks who accompany the army to help may not simply be placed in the rear of the military formation in the future. ”

Zhao Xiao sighed with some emotion: "But when Xingluo County suppressed bandits, the power of the sword of the chaotic party was not at all something that my spells and magic objects could deal with. ”

An Yanghou shook his head and said: "The divine sword is not a one-handed sword, in the face of such a strong enemy, there are naturally masters like Zhang Gong and Liang Guoshi to deal with it." Moreover, there are only a few monks and magicians, except for those who are not subject to conquest and avoid wars to protect their lives, there are very few who are really worthy of appointment.

Therefore, when it comes to the battlefield, it mainly depends on the soldiers to fight, and the fortress passes also rely on ordinary soldiers to garrison. If ordinary soldiers have the help of runes and armor, they can also be bold on the battlefield. ”

"That's right." Zhao Huang asked, "What does Uncle Shi want me to do?" ”

"The nephew is a little bit thorough." The Marquis of Anyang said: "Zhang Gong has made a proposal to the lord of the country, and plans to set up a new Jinding Division to manufacture all kinds of magic objects for the imperial court, not only Fu soldiers, but also all kinds of Dansan bait and spell equipment. This Jinding Division does not matter which pavilion, it is to try its best to absorb talents from all walks of life for the use of the imperial court. ”

Zhao Xiao said: "I thought that as long as the Huaiying Pavilion was enough. ”

Anyang Hou said with a smile: "Those words just now were said by the lord of the country, as the lord of the country, naturally you can't take sides." If the Jinding Division can be successfully established, it is indeed not appropriate for only Huaiying Hall to participate. Monopolizing all interests and not sharing them with other pavilions is afraid that you will make enemies for no reason. ”

Zhao Xiao suddenly admired in his heart, and before that, he still thought that he would only rely on the Huaiying Pavilion to make a lot of money by relying on the sacrifice of the art of war. I didn't expect this kind of idea to hide a hidden crisis, and it seems that the big people above the court really can't be underestimated.

"But don't worry, at the beginning of the establishment of the Jinding Division, you will definitely have to take the lead in the Huaiying Pavilion." Anyang Hou Yan said: "I also thought about it, before the official establishment of the Yajian Bureau, you first build a group of Fu soldiers, not to ask for the number of soldiers, but to be exquisite, at least to get the approval of the lord first, and then things can be done." ”

Zhao Xiao nodded, and then asked, "But I'm afraid I don't have enough magic objects and spiritual materials in my hand." ”

"What is this place that my nephew said?" Anyang Hou laughed loudly: "This is Dongshengdu, are you still worried that there is no natural treasure here for you to use?" Tomorrow I will take you to the place where I am doing business. ”

Zhao Xiao was also confused for a while, and he thought about something: "Uncle Shi, the imperial court is so eager to set up the Jinding Division, could it be that the army is going to fight again?" ”

Anyang Hou sighed: "It's hard to say, some time ago, there was a palace change under the Emperor Xiong Kingdom, the situation is ambiguous and unpredictable, and the slightest wind and grass is likely to cause a big war." A few years ago, there were still people who hoped that the Shouyang army would last for a long time, but people of insight understood that the five countries were accumulating strength, and there were still battles. ”

Zhao Huang himself did not want to see the resumption of war, but now he gradually understood that the situation of the five countries of Kunlun Continent standing side by side relied on a fragile alliance, and everyone was on guard against each other.

"You don't have to think about it." The Marquis of Anyang said to Zhao Xiao: "In the past, Tianxia set up five directions and five capitals, in the troubled times, only Dongsheng has not been captured, if the situation is peaceful, I am afraid that there is no place in the world that can be compared with Dongshengdu." ”

"It's not that I'm afraid that the army will kill Dongshengdu." Zhao Xiao sighed, at least when Xiong Guo's soldiers approached Dongshengdu, Liang Tao personally took action to defeat the enemy.

"Are you afraid that the Chongxuan Pavilion will be bad for you?" The Marquis of Anyang said: "You have to understand that if you are only a monk of the pavilion, you will not have the power to protect yourself. Only by being in the court, making yourself a useful person, and letting the success or failure of others depend on you, can you gain a foothold and be invincible! ”