Outside the city gate, there was an endless stream of people, and from time to time there were people coming in and out, and before Xu Bai could get closer, he saw the location of the city gate, and people had begun to gather.

Originally, a place like the city gate was supposed to play a role in circulation, but at this time, the city gate seemed congested.

The onlookers came from a lively sound, which came into Xu Bai's ears from time to time, Xu Bai listened to some of them, and also walked closer, only then did he see the situation inside through the gap in the crowd.

A scholar dressed in ordinary clothes was falling to the ground at the moment, holding two worn-out books, crying incessantly, and in front of this scholar was a rich middle-aged man in silk.

When Xu Bai got closer, Xu Bai also understood the scholar's cry.

"You are too unreasonable, I worked as a part-time worker in your house, originally so that I could eat while studying."

"I worked hard for your family, but in the end I didn't even give me a salary, everyone see, this Nanhua Road is a holy place for scholars, is there a royal law?"

"You have to give me an explanation today, or don't want to leave."

The poor and depressed scholar was crying and screaming, and his legs kicked the ground from time to time, quite a feeling of breaking a jar and falling.

This scene is almost unprecedented in Nanhua Road, which is very bookish, so it has also attracted the attention of many people.

There is a way that one side of the water and soil supports one side of the people, and the people in Nanhua Road are also well-read, and most of them have read a lot of sage books, so even if they are watching the excitement, they are quite orderly.

Xu Bai also hid in the crowd and was a melon-eating crowd.

Who doesn't like to watch the excitement in this world?

The wealthy merchant, who was obviously disturbed by the crowd around him, felt that it was a bit embarrassing to stay here, so he waved his sleeves, and turned to leave, ignoring the poor scholar.

But before he could take two steps, the poor scholar struck a spirit, got up quickly, used his hands and feet together, climbed to the side of the rich merchant, hugged the rich merchant's leg, and continued to shout.

"Everyone testifies for me, he actually wants to run, is there any reason for this, if you don't pay your salary today, you won't be allowed to run."

While shouting, the scholar's eyes swept over the surrounding crowd from time to time, and this scene happened to be seen by Xu Bai.

Xu Bai frowned, he always felt that there was something wrong with this scholar, like this situation, in fact, it was not uncommon in other places.

But when he rolls in the streets, and looks at the people around him from time to time, it proves that the scholar's meaning is not here, but the surrounding crowd.

Xu Bai continued to watch.

At this time, the scholar's gaze suddenly paused, and the place where he paused turned out to be Xu Bai's direction, Xu Bai raised his eyebrows, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and finally understood what was going on.

"Heh, it turned out to be Xiang Zhuang dancing the sword, which was intended for Pei Gong." Xu Bai said secretly in his heart.

When this scholar's gaze stopped in his direction, although it quickly shifted away, Xu Bai clearly felt that this scholar's true intention should be himself.

Xu Bai plans to continue watching, at least for now, it's still quite interesting.

The rich merchant was pulled by the scholar, a little irritated, and finally pushed the scholar to the ground with a wave of his hand, and then threw down a large handful of silver coins.

"Take it, that's enough, right?"

"You guy, you work for a short time at my place, but you are often lazy, when you are lazy, although you are reading a book, you should do a line of work, right?"

"You have the money today, but don't think about this business in the future."

After all, he was a businessman, and the rich businessman didn't want to waste time here, and he didn't spend much money, so he hurriedly said a few cruel words and left directly.

The poor scholar sat on the ground, looking at the silver money on the ground, and the whole person was stunned on the spot.

He raised his head slightly and looked at Xu Bai without a trace, but saw that Xu Bai was looking at this side with melon-eating eyes, and he didn't mean to come out.

The poor scholar gritted his teeth, and after reacting, he picked up all the money on the ground, and finally left.

There were no melons to eat, and the surrounding onlookers naturally dispersed, but Xu Bai still stayed in place, looking at the direction where the poor scholar left, and disappeared in place the next moment.

After leaving the city gates, the poor scholar walked through several winding alleys, and finally came to a dilapidated house.

Let's try it soon, everyone. 】

This house is indeed dilapidated, compared to the surrounding houses, it seems to have never been repaired, if the roof is not relatively intact, it is estimated that it will leak rain.

The poor scholar opened the door and walked inside.

was about to close the door with his backhand, but the next moment, a hand suddenly jumped out, grabbed him fiercely around his neck, and pushed him against the wall.

The poor scholar immediately woke up and struggled to scream, but when he saw the owner of this hand, his eyes were obviously dull.

This sluggish mood only lasted for a moment, and it was covered up by the poor scholar, but it couldn't escape the other party's eyes at all.

"Who are you? Why trespass? Be careful when I shout, and someone from the government will arrive. ”

There was panic in his tone, as if he was really a weak person who had been caught by someone suddenly.

Xu Bai smiled and said, "Wasn't you looking for me when you were outside just now, and now that I'm here, why are you scared?" ”

"Who...... Who's looking for you? The poor scholar shuddered.

Before he finished speaking, the next moment, he heard a melodious music, which was very pleasant to his ears, but in addition to being pleasant, there was also a feeling of disturbing his thoughts.

He felt that his mind was getting confused, and in the blink of an eye, he was already in chaos.

Xu Bai let go of his hand, let the poor scholar stand in front of him, and asked slowly, "Who are you?" Why are you looking for me? What is the purpose? ”

The scholar who was under control of his soul was at a loss, but after hearing Xu Bai's question, he opened his mouth and replied: "I am an ordinary scholar in Nanhua Dao, and I am looking for you mainly to get close to you, and then kill you.

I deliberately set up this game, I wanted to test you, whether you would come to the rescue like those Jianghu people, if you can, I will befriend you, and finally assassinate you. ”

Xu Bai groaned: "Assassinate me, what did you use to assassinate?" ”

It's not that Xu Bai feels good about himself, just the powerless reader in front of him, standing there by himself, let the other party fight, and the other party will not be able to break the defense.

The poor scholar raised his hand, took it out of his pocket, and then took out a painting scroll.

The scroll curls and looks like a painting.

Xu Bai stretched out his right hand and squeezed it hard.

In the empty room, there was the sound of bones shattering.

The poor scholar let out a miserable scream, the scroll in his hand fell to the ground, and he looked at Xu Bai with a frightened face.

Xu Bai picked up the painting scroll on the ground and said in a surging voice: "Yes, you can actually deal with my divine soul control, and I don't know what method you use.

First approached with the so-called inferior method, in fact, you already knew that you couldn't get close to me, so you deliberately exposed flaws to lure me over, and then pretended to be controlled by me.

But playing the trick of the poor dagger, you are still a little tender. ”

The poor scholar laughed miserably: "It is worthy of Lord Xu, if it is really worthy of the name, I will plant it today, but this is only the first time." ”

As soon as the words fell, the poor scholar's face suddenly turned pale, and then he tilted his head and lost his breath.

"Is it really organized and disciplined, and you commit suicide without a chance?" Xu Bai shook his head and let the scroll in his hand open.

After the scroll is unfolded, a dagger is revealed at the very end, the dagger looks ordinary, but there are blood-red patterns painted on it, and these patterns look very evil in the eyes.

Xu Bai suddenly had an idea in his heart - this dagger could hurt him!

It was a deep intuition that told him that the dagger could hurt him and make him feel dangerous.

"It must have something to do with the blood-red pattern on the dagger." Xu Bai said secretly in his heart, and at the same time re-rolled the dagger into the painting scroll and handed it to the puppet next to him.

After doing all this, he swept around with his spirit, and only after finding no other anomalies did he leave the dilapidated house.

……

Qingyun Academy is the most famous academy in Nanhua Road, and there are almost all academies here.

Xu Bai came all the way, almost thirty or fifty steps, and he would come across a academy.

Whether it is majestic or small and delicate, in short, it is full of the atmosphere of readers.

Since Qingyun Academy is the most famous relationship, Xu Bai has already found it after just a little inquiry.

Looking at the very bookish building in front of him, Xu Bai stood at the door and nodded frequently.

I have to say that this building alone is very in line with the name of Qingyun Academy, elegant and gorgeous, simple but solemn.

The door was open, and since it was a college, there were no families here, and many scholars walked back and forth.

Sometimes there are people who read in, and sometimes people who read come out, each with a thick book in his hand.

Some readers looked down, some tucked under their armpits, and some walked while reading.

Xu Bai didn't see Liu Wu's figure, after all, he came over this time and didn't notify Liu Wu in advance, so no one greeted him.

But it's not a big problem, Xu Bai looked at the situation, it was estimated that he would not be blocked, thinking of this, he raised his feet and walked towards the door.

Stepping into it, there is a wave of righteousness rushing to the face, after all, this is a holy place for scholars, even if it is an ordinary person, you can feel it clearly here.

No one cared about him, no one looked this way, everyone looked at the book as if the book in their hand was more important than anything else.

But Xu Bai didn't know where the catkins were now, so he had to ask, so he found a scholar and grabbed him.

The scholar who was pulled frowned, shook his hand quite dissatisfied, and wanted to shake Xu Bai away, but Xu Bai's hand was like an iron tong, and he couldn't shake it off at all.

"Why are you so rude, this is the land of sages, why do you want to behave so rudely?"

The scholar was a little crooked on the top of his head due to the shaking of his hand, and he was very dissatisfied with Xu Bai's actions, so he couldn't help but scold

"It's rude, where is the catkins?" Although Xu Bai said that he was rude, he did not let go of his hand and asked.

"Senior Sister Liu?" When the scholar heard this, he seemed to have thought of something, and his face was full of disdain: "Another prodigal son, since my senior sister came back from the Heavenly Division, you guys have all been moved, I advise you to go back as soon as possible, don't be bored with yourself, be careful of losing your life." ”

Xu Bai grinned and said, "Why did you lose your life, catkins are dominatrix?" ”

The scholar's face changed, and he said coldly: "Senior Sister Liu is now the Si Zheng of the Heavenly Prison Division, and this time she asked for leave to come back, mainly to wait for someone, do you know who you are waiting for?" ”

"Who?" Xu Bai was quite curious.

The scholar's face became even colder: "Blood Butcher Knifeman, have you ever heard of it?" ”

In his opinion, the person in front of him is not only a disciple, but also an uninformed disciple, and he doesn't even know who Senior Sister Liu is waiting for, what kind of knowledge does he have?

But I don't know why, when he said the words Blood Butcher Knifeman, he felt his hand suddenly tighten, and the other party's strength seemed to increase, and he could feel that the other party seemed to have a disgust for him.

"What do you want to do, do you want to go wild here?" The scholar felt the pain in his hand, and couldn't help but raise his voice.

"Those who don't know are not guilty, forget it this time." Xu Baiyin said predictively: "Next time you call me this title, I hooked your tongue, remember to call me Xu Wang Ye in the future, no, call this king Xu Wang Ye." ”

He didn't forget what Father-in-law Wei told him at the beginning, that he had to call himself the king to the outside world, after all, Xu Bai was now a king with a different surname, and he couldn't lose the face of the Great Chu State.

"Lord Xu? This king? The scholar's face was full of doubts, obviously he hadn't reacted yet, and it wasn't until he reacted that he finally understood the meaning of these words.

"You're a Bloodslaughter......

His face was full of consternation, and he wanted to repeat Xu Bai's title again, but he felt that before he could finish this sentence, a cold breath came out of the vertebrae, making him swallow the last two words directly.

"Wang ...... Rajah. ”

At this time, the scholar was a little frightened: "I don't know the identity of the prince, don't blame the prince." ”

"Hmm." Xu Bai said: "Tell this king, where is the catkins?" ”

Although there were people reading books around, Xu Bai's movement on their side was not small, and naturally some people turned their eyes over, and after knowing Xu Bai's identity, many people gasped.

The scholar hurriedly pointed in a direction, indicating that it was Liu Wu's room, and Liu Wu was waiting for him in the room.

Xu Bai let go of his hand and walked in that direction, but before leaving, he turned around and said: "The so-called mighty and unyielding, I see that although you are reading, you have not read the bones of a scholar." ”

This sentence is just his quick mouth, after all, when it comes to hurting people, Xu Bai is also the best to do.

"Mighty and unyielding" The scholar looked at the direction ......where Xu Bai left, lowered his head and pondered this sentence repeatedly, as if he had obtained a treasure and left.

The scholars who were watching around looked at each other, and they all repeated this sentence.

Of course Xu Bai didn't know this, he had already followed this direction and found Liu Wu's room.

As for why it can be found with great precision, the answer is very simple, just one word.

- Incense.

Even if the good smell of sandalwood is far away, it can be smelled clearly, Xu Bai estimates that sandalwood has been burned in the room of the catkins, so it only needs to smell it to be able to smell it.

"Dongdong, Dongdong!"

He stepped forward and knocked lightly on the door, Dongdong's voice recalled.

A moment later, the sound of catkins came from the room.

"Xu Bai, wait a minute, I'll undo the mechanism in the room."

No matter how you say it, you are also a master of the third grade, of course, Liu Fu can easily tell who is standing outside the door.

Hearing these familiar words, Xu Bai instantly remembered the scene when he and Liu Wu met for the first time that day.

At that time, it was still Shengxian County, and both of them were rookies, but Liu Fu was an old rookie compared to him.

In the room of the catkins, there are various mechanisms, and all of them are on the rivers and lakes, in order to be prepared.

Unexpectedly, in Qingyun Academy, the catkins are still like this, and they have not changed at all.

Soon, the door of the room opened, and Xu Bai came back to his senses.

Liu Fu covered his face with a veil, bent down slightly, and said, "I've seen Lord Xu." ”

In his eyes, with a hint of joke, although the veil covered his face, he could see that the smile in his eyes was undiminished.

Outside the room, several scholars dressed in white happened to pass by, looking at him with curious eyes.

However, after feeling Xu Bai's gaze, they quickly dispersed again.

Xu Bai deliberately said with a straight face: "If you make fun of me like this again, I will turn around and leave." ”

How could he not hear that the catkins were making fun of him.

Liu Fu turned sideways and tilted his head: "Don't, please come in, my Lord Xu." ”

Xu Bai was quite helpless, but he still raised his feet and walked in.

As soon as he entered the room, he smelled a stronger sandalwood fragrance, and Xu Bai couldn't help but shake his head when he saw the metal container on the table, which was emitting green smoke.

"You're not afraid of the fragrance, and you have a pickled smell on yourself, oh no, you already have a pickled smell on your body."

Liu Wu turned around and closed the door, and was about to turn around, when he happened to see Xu Bai coming to the table, and at the same time saw Xu Bai picking up the book on the table and slowly opening it.

Her face changed suddenly, and she was about to take a few steps forward to snatch the book away, but Xu Bai's hand was faster.

"Yo, it seems that this is your secret, is it a diary, who writes a diary for serious people?"

Xu Bai teasingly flipped through one of the pages, and when he saw the content on it, his face suddenly froze.

"Jump!"

"Ahh

Liu Wu covered his head, with indignation in his eyes: "What are you doing!" ”

Xu Bai withdrew his hand, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "I said everything, I told you not to write these things, why do you still want to write?" ”

On that day, when they were in Shengxian County, Xu Bai and Wuhua often discussed Buddhism all night, which was actually an excuse that Xu Bai deliberately made for his liver progress bar.

As a result, the two of them were directly written in the book, and they were also written vividly.

As for what...... Indescribable.

Now this book is a sequel to the previous one.

"Give it back!" Liu Wu took advantage of Xu Bai knocking her on the head, quickly snatched it over, hugged it to her chest, and then quickly retreated.

"That's how I read."

"Does that count?" Xu Bai said in amazement.

Liu Wu nodded very seriously: "Of course, everyone has their own way, and I am about to enter the second grade now." ”

Xu Bai heard it in a fog.

"Alright, alright." Liu Wu waved his hand, diverted the topic, and at the same time hid the book behind him: "Let's not discuss this issue, Xu Bai, you come over for a long journey this time, I'll go find someone in the room and ask him to cook you a few side dishes to eat." ”

With that, the catkins ran away.

Xu Bai looked at the figure of Liu Wu running away in a hurry, and couldn't help but shake his head, but he didn't stop it, but sat on the chair, put his hand on the table to support his head, and waited patiently.

To be honest, they are indeed a little hungry, although at their level, not eating for a long time does not have much effect, but there will always be some appetite.

It's the same thing that a person doesn't eat, but he can't refuse food.

After a while, the catkins returned, and there were many dishes on the table.

Xu Bai glanced at it and said, "It's quite rich." ”

There is also a jug of wine next to it.

Liu Wu poured himself a cup and another cup for Xu Bai.

Xu Bai didn't drink, but pointed to his face.

Although he did not speak, the meaning was already obvious.

You still have a veil on your face, how can you eat and drink?

Liu Fu smiled: "You are still so curious about my appearance. ”

"I wear a veil on weekdays, but I just don't want to cause unnecessary trouble because of my appearance."

"It's just you and me today, so why don't you pick it."

As he spoke, the catkins raised their white hands, reached to their ears, and took off the veil in front of them.

A white face appeared in front of Xu Bai.

"Pretty." Xu Bai's simple two words seem very uncultured.

It's not that he doesn't have other adjectives, on the contrary, he has them.

For example, the cheeks are dyed red, and the pearls of the earrings are swaying.

Or the clouds are soaked in ink, and the phoenix hairpin is in the head and flies.

Or the spring onion jade finger is like an orchid, and the small golden lotus is like an ingot.

Or the cloud sleeves gently swing the butterfly dance, and the slender waist is slowly twisted with floating silk.

Those sentences are used to describe catkins at this moment, and there is no problem at all.

But it's far less beautiful than the word pretty.

As we all know, when a person has countless emotions, he can express them in some specific words, but when it comes to the mouth, it is still two words that can be incisively expressed.

- it!

If you can express it in two words, why use other words?

The corners of Liu Wu's mouth twitched slightly, raised the wine glass in his hand, raised his white neck, and drank it in one gulp.

Xu Bai also drank a glass of Chinese wine.

The two began to chat, and the more they chatted, the more they talked, the more interesting they became.

Chatting and chatting, the wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have five flavors.

The catkins' cheeks flushed, a reaction to the drink.

Although it is not drunk, it is extraordinarily charming.

In Xu Bai's view, beauty is like jade, and drinking wine is like putting a white veil on jade, which is even more moving.

"By the way, I almost forgot to get down to business."

"I've got something here for you to see."

One said a word, and at the same time.

Xu Bai and Liu Wu were both stunned.

"What do you have for me to see?" Liu Wu asked.

Xu Bai was not polite, what do you say first.

He beckoned to the puppet next to him, who immediately stepped forward and handed the scroll to him.

"On my way here, I was assassinated." Xu Bai slowly told him about his experience when he came.

He placed the scroll on the table and opened it, revealing the dagger inside.

The blood-red pattern on the dagger still looks demonic, like a blood-stained flower.

"This thing gives me a very dangerous feeling, and my gut tells me that it can hurt me." Xu Bai said.

Liu Wu was slightly surprised when he heard Xu Bai talk about what he had experienced.

Although he was surprised, it was not enough, after all, Xu Bai's current strength, Liu Wu thought that there was no big difficulty.

However, when she saw the dagger in front of her, she stood up with a look of consternation in her eyes.

This kind of behavior instantly aroused Xu Bai's curiosity, and it was obvious that Liu Wu knew it.

"Do you recognize this dagger, or do you recognize the pattern on this dagger?" Xu Bai asked.

Liu Fu came back to his senses, nodded with a complicated face, and then sat back in his chair.

"It's ...... Engraved by the reader. ”

"Reader?" Xu Bai touched his chin and said, "Isn't the reader a heroic?" How can you fix such a wicked thing? ”

In his opinion, the pattern on the dagger is very evil, and it is not something that a scholar with a heroic spirit can make.

Liu Fu smiled bitterly: "This thing was carved by the reader, and it contains the essence of the reader's life, and the person who carved this thing is estimated to have died of exhaustion." ”

Xu Bai frowned and said, "Tell me in detail, from beginning to end." ”

He felt that it was foggy and had no beginning or end, so he needed to understand it from beginning to end.

Liu Wu nodded slightly, didn't even drink wine, and explained the cause and effect of the matter.

Xu Bai listened quietly, and when he listened to what Liu Wu said, he gradually understood.

As we all know, scholars gain ability by reading, and the so-called ability is Haoran Qi.

But there is a characteristic of reading people, which is well known, except for Xu Bai, who does not know.

After all, Xu Bai has not been in this circle for long.

The aura of grandeur obtained by a person reading a good book is positive, and the aura of grandeur obtained by a person reading a bad book is bound to be evil.

Reading can make people wise, but it can also make people reasonable, good books and bad books are like fine wine and blended wine.

Reading good books is naturally agreed by the Great Chu State, but after reading bad books, the aura of Haoran has changed its taste, and it is naturally not called Haoran's qi.

Not only that, but it also affects the mind and makes people more evil.

These are also scholars, but they are like rats crossing the street, and everyone shouts and beats them.

And at this moment, the dagger in Xu Bai's hand, the pattern on it was carved by this kind of person.

"Wait." Xu Bai raised his hand and said, "Liu Wu, I don't know if I should say a sentence or not?" ”

Liu Wu is a smart person, of course he knows what Xu Bai is going to say, so he smiled: "You want to say, my heroic spirit is not right, right?" ”

As he spoke, the aura of Haoran, which belonged to the catkins, came out vigorously, and the aura of Haoran carried a certain weird feeling, which made people feel a trance and a little confused.

"I'm confused, too, but I'm sure it didn't affect my mind." Liu Wu explained: "The teacher once said that a book is like a knife in the butcher's hand, the butcher's heart is right, and no matter how many livestock the knife has killed, it is still right. ”

"It's a little vulgar, but when I think about it, it's like that, so I don't think I've got a problem."

Xu Bai touched his chin, he didn't know if there was a problem, but at least from the point of contact, the catkins didn't give him any abnormal feelings.

"So do you have a clue?"

Since someone wants to target him, of course Xu Bai wants to find it and give a strong counterattack.

"Nope." Liu Fu said helplessly: "They are very deeply hidden, at least they are almost extinct in Nanhua Road, I didn't expect to see them today." ”

Listening to this, there is no news, and there are no clues.

In this regard, Xu Bai doesn't care.

It's still what he thought before, there is nothing flawless in this world, it's just the number of flaws.

The more opportunities the opponent has to make a shot, the more flaws there will be.

"Let's talk about you, let me come all the way here, do you have anything to tell me?" Xu Bai changed the topic and asked.

Liu Fu shook his head: "Originally, it was the dean who asked you for something, but now that the dean has something to do, it is estimated that it will take a while to come back, or will you stay here for a while?" ”

"Dean?" Xu Bai was slightly surprised.

He didn't expect that it was the dean who wanted to find him?

Who is the dean, in Xu Bai's opinion, this is an existence on the same level as Gonggong Wei.

Just from that book, and it was a book written by the dean when he was young, I can see the progress bar in it, and this is absolutely proof.

"Hmm." Liu Fu nodded and said: "The dean didn't say anything when he left, just said that if you come, just wait for him here, he will come back soon, by the way, the dean asked me to give this to you, he said from me that you like to read books in various walks of life the most, so he brought you a travelogue he wrote in his early years." ”

Travels?

Originally, when he heard the word book, Xu Bai instantly became interested, after all, this may be related to the progress bar, but when he heard the word travelogue, his interest was a little lacking.

What is a travelogue, in layman's terms, is something that is recorded by the way when traveling.

"There shouldn't be a progress bar." Xu Bai thought in his heart.

As soon as this idea came out, he was instantly taken back, because he saw that there was a golden progress bar on the book that Liu Wu handed over.

Not only that, but the speed of this progress bar is actually very slow.

You know, his golden finger has been upgraded, and the speed of the progress bar should be very fast, but now the speed of this progress bar has slowed down, which proves that this book is a good thing.

Get rich!

Xu Bai was convinced.

He took it with an expressionless face: "Thank you Dean for me." ”

Although his face was expressionless, his heart was overjoyed, and this wave was blood-earned.

Liu Wu was used to seeing Xu Bai's jump, nodded indifferently, and chatted with Xu Bai again, this time, it was to talk about trivial matters.

The two chatted and drank, the wine bottomed out, and the dishes were almost finished.

Liu Wu got up, put the veil back on Xu Bai's sight, and prepared to arrange a room for Xu Bai.

But before she could say anything, suddenly, a loud noise appeared.

"Boom!"

The sound came from outside, and at the same time, the painting scroll in the hand of the puppet glowed red.