Yuan Ming walked quickly to the garden in the middle of the house, chose a secluded corner, took out the spirit beast bag and patted it gently.

A cloud of purple-black light instantly emerged from the bag and fell to the ground.

As soon as the light landed, it immediately manifested its true form, which was the demon vine black toad that had been sleeping for a long time, but its current appearance looked completely different from before.

Now it has completely disappeared from the toad's form, and has completely turned into a mass of intertwined purple and black vines, its outer skin is full of spikes, and there are pale red vine flowers dotted in between, which looks particularly strange.

For some reason, Yuan Ming always felt that he seemed to have seen this style of spiky claws somewhere, but he thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't remember anything.

While he pondered his recollections, the demon vines also slowly wriggled, and the staggered vines divided into five strands, each growing outward.

Soon, the two vines located below gradually condensed into legs, and stood up supporting the body of the demon vine, and the two vines on the left and right also turned into arms, but they were too slender and drooped beside them like noodles.

Unlike the other four-stranded vines, the topmost vine does not grow outward, but expands inward into a spherical shape, on which two vine flowers turn into eyes, several vines are piled up into lips and noses, branches sprout and twist into ears, and the vines fade into long hair.

Not long after, a vine man of the same height as ordinary people, but with slender limbs and a strange face, appeared in front of Yuan Ming.

Yuan Ming was a little surprised, and was busy communicating with the demon vine with his mind, but the demon vine actually waved his arm at him at this time, and at the same time, in his mind, a voice suddenly sounded.

"Master."

Yuan Ming's eyes widened and asked, "You actually awakened your spiritual wisdom?" When was this? ”

"I don't know, but I still remember what happened before."

As he spoke, the demon vine snapped his fingers, and his voice echoed in Yuan Ming's mind: "I'm in the desert...... Oh no, it was in the forest that I met the owner, and I was with a tattooed ...... No, it was the owner in the skin of a toad who got into a fight...... And ......"

Yuan Ming frowned, always feeling that he seemed to have seen the scene that the demon vine said, but when he saw that the demon vine himself was confused, he said: "Okay, I know you remember everything, no need to say it again." ”

Hearing this, the demon vine suddenly became happy, slapped his chest with his arm dance, and said, "Of course, I am the smartest!" ”

Yuan Ming didn't feel it, thought for a moment, and said: "Since you are already human, I have to give you a name, I think about it, it is better to call you 'Huazhi'." ”

"Wow, I'll be called Huazhi!" The demon vine branches immediately raised their arms high, constantly intertwining.

"What are you capable of today? Show it to me, and remember to keep it quiet. Yuan Ming commanded.

Hearing this, Hua Zhi nodded excitedly, his two arms shook, and the staggered vines on it grew wildly, and after a while, they turned into two purple-black long swords, faintly flickering with a ghostly light.

Then, Hua Zhi lowered his arm that had turned into a long sword, and quickly returned to his normal appearance, and then pinched his hands at the same time, and immediately the grass came out of the ground, staggered with each other, and formed a grass cage in the blink of an eye.

Yuan Ming recognized at a glance that this was the wooden prison technique he had learned in Biluo Cave, and he couldn't imagine that Hua Zhi had just turned into a human form, and he could actually use it.

"Master, the flower branch is amazing!" As if sensing Yuan Ming's surprise, Hua Zhi slapped his chest again, boasting to him about his ability.

"It seems that you have mastered all my spells?" Yuan Ming smiled

Smiled and asked.

Hua Zhi thought for a moment, and his mood suddenly became low: "Hua Zhi can only use wood spells. ”

Yuan Ming had already expected it in his heart, and let Hua Zhi show the ability he had mastered before, and found that the power had also risen to a higher level, the mutation of this vine had greatly exceeded his expectations, and now the environment could only study it slowly in the future.

Then, he ordered Hua Zhi to lurk under the General's Mansion first and guard the surroundings, while he returned to the room and continued to cultivate.

Early the next morning.

Yuan Ming went out early, cleaned up, and was about to let Wang Shun prepare a horse to travel, but he saw the porter come to pay a respect.

"Young master, the master called you to come over."

Yuan Ming followed the porter to the front hall in confusion, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw a young man with a handsome face dressed in a jujube brocade robe, talking to his father.

The man had a gentle smile on his face, but Yuan Zuochong sat upright, expressionless, as if he had something on his mind.

Seeing Yuan Ming's arrival, Yuan Zuochong's expression did not change, and he said flatly: "Ming'er is here, this is the eighth prince's son, and he came to the door today, saying that he was looking for you." ”

The young man got up and bowed his hand to Yuan Ming: "This son has long admired the name of Yuan Gongzi, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its reputation." ”

"The son of the world praised it." Yuan Ming returned the salute.

"Haha, Yuan Gongzi doesn't have to be humble, your "Sheng Gongzi's Journey to the South", even my father praised it after reading it, saying that you have great talent, if you enter the court as an official, you must be a pillar of the country." Shizi laughed.

"It is an honor for Yuan to be praised by the eighth prince." Yuan Ming replied noncommittally.

The prince flattered Yuan Ming a few more words, and said: "Tonight, this prince held a literary meeting in Dingyang Building, and there is a shortage of talents like Yuan Gongzi to participate, I wonder if Yuan Gongzi is willing to appreciate the light?" ”

Yuan Ming glanced up at his father, and saw that he did not object, so he said: "The prince personally invited, how could Yuan not be?" ”

Shizi laughed when he heard this, and after a few polite words, he said goodbye and left.

After he left, without waiting for Yuan Ming to ask, Yuan Zuochong explained: "Your Majesty has no heirs, and the heir after the abdication can only be chosen among several imperial uncles, and among them, this eighth prince is known as a virtuous man, if nothing else, he should be the best candidate." ”

"Then tonight's Wenhui ......," Yuan Ming hesitated.

"He invited you to participate in the cultural meeting, it should be to win people's hearts, but I have gradually withdrawn from the court, you go tonight, you don't have to worry about anything, just be an ordinary literary meeting." Yuan Zuochong said bluntly.

"The child is clear." Yuan Ming nodded.

……

That night, Dingyang Tower.

This building is located in the center of the capital, a total of five floors, the house is paved with glazed gold tiles, hanging red horn lamps below, although it has fallen into the night, it is a bright one, looking at it from afar, it is like a tall torch, dispelling the inky black night. Baidu search Soquwu.

Downstairs there was a hustle and bustle, and from time to time a carriage carved with intricate patterns stopped in front of the door, and out of it came a nobleman in a luxurious robe, who walked to the restaurant under the service of the servants. But before they entered the door, they were stopped by several guards and asked to show them an invitation before they could be released.

Such behavior naturally makes the arrogant nobles feel dissatisfied.

Whenever this happens, a kind-faced guard will come forward to explain, and the words "Eight Princes" will be mentioned inadvertently.

Most of the people who come will die down.

In the midst of the noise, a luxurious carriage, accompanied by several guards, slowly stopped in the open space in front of the building, and before the guards turned around to say goodbye, Yuan Ming had already opened the curtain and walked out by himself.

He instructed Wang Shun and the guards to find a place to wait outside the building, and then walked straight to Dingyang Tower.

In front of the restaurant, the guard standing on the left saw another person coming, and subconsciously stepped forward, but was suddenly stopped by his colleagues.

He turned his head to look at his colleagues in confusion, but saw that the colleagues who had always relied on the status of palace guards in the past to make a fortune were extremely flattering at the moment.

"It's Yuan Gongzi, please come in, please come in."

Yuan Ming didn't look at him, nodded casually, and walked into the building.

At this moment, a middle-aged man wearing a steward uniform happened to walk out of the building, and when he saw this scene, he immediately stepped forward to greet Yuan Ming.

This person is the head of the palace, and he bowed down to Yuan Ming respectfully: "Yuan Gongzi, you can count it, the prince is thinking about you." ”

As he spoke, he turned around and personally led the way for Yuan Ming.

At this scene, the guard on the left was dumbfounded, but his colleague was not surprised at all: "Hey, what are you looking at, someone is coming here again." ”

The guard on the left came back to his senses and hurriedly stopped one of the people who rushed over, but before he could speak, the man threw the invitation over in a hurry.

"Oh, invitation, don't stop it!"

The guard on the left checked the invitation blankly, and as soon as he got out of the way and let him go, the man chased after Yuan Ming. Seeing this, the guard on the left turned his head to look at his colleague: "Hey, who is that Yuan Gongzi just now......

Before he finished speaking, another person came, looking impatient.

"It was Yuan Gongzi who went in before, right? Release, I'm going to meet him for a while. ”

"Yuan Gongzi also came over today, it's a pity."

Looking at this scene, the guard on the left became more and more dazed.

Could it be that I am the only one who doesn't know Yuan Gongzi?

……

Regarding the riot episode at the door, Yuan Ming naturally didn't know about it.

At this time, he had already followed the palace housekeeper directly to the fifth floor of Dingyang Building, the place of Wenhui.

There are not many people here, but all of them are very famous people in this capital, and unlike other guests who participate in the cultural meeting, they all have many personal servants around them.

Yuan Ming, who was alone, became an outlier.

But as soon as his anomaly appeared, he attracted everyone's attention.

The Eighth Prince's Prince, who was talking to other people, was the first to discover Yuan Ming, and he said hello to the person who spoke and got up to greet him.

"Haha, Yuan Gongzi can let this son wait."

Yuan Ming arched his hand and said: "Yuan is late, and he asks the prince to forgive his sins." ”

Shizi laughed: "It's okay, it's okay, come, Yuan Gongzi has been away from Beijing for three years, presumably some people don't know each other anymore, I'll introduce you again." ”

Yuan Ming nodded politely, although he knew most of the people present, he didn't save the face of the prince.

But at this moment, suddenly a guard came up from downstairs and walked up to the prince and whispered something in his ear.

Shizi's face changed slightly: "Yuan Gongzi, I'm very sorry, I have other important matters to deal with, you are free first, and if you need to tell Steward Li." ”

After speaking, he took the guards and left the table in a hurry under the surprised eyes of many people around him.