"Senior brother, do you think I'm brainless?"

"Nope."

Ouyang Rong shook his head without squinting, and looked at the little junior sister facing him, well, he didn't care at all about the scale of the future canteen of the junior nephews.

"Such an obvious plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, I still won it."

"The more clever the trap is, the more unpretentious it is."

Xie Lingjiang was a little melancholy: "Really...... But I have read so many books, and my father often tells me to use my brain first and then my hands, but as soon as I see the enemy wounded and running away, I want to chase him, thinking that I can catch him quickly. ”

Ouyang Rong thought for a while and comforted: "It's normal, in the past, I always felt that I could kill with blood, but later I learned that this is called an illusion of life." ”

"Crossing the Tower...... Dead Hole...... What do you mean? Xie Ling Jiang was stunned for a moment, and asked tentatively: "Senior brother is also a qi practitioner?" ”

"It's not...... But it's not far off, the impulse of the head that flies away, I know. He sighed.

"Senior brother." Xie Lingjiang's nose was a little sour.

"So my sister is not brainless, but her brain is a little big... Wrong...... It's a little stupid, but if you hone and hone with your senior brother, you'll have a lot of inspiration. ”

"......" Xie Lingjiang.

"Senior brother can't comfort people, you can't comfort people." Xie Ling Jiang nodded with a face.

Ouyang Rong smiled, picked up half of the bronze beast face from the table, and looked at it, "So senior sister, do you see the appearance of this demon clearly?" ”

"No, he still has paint on his face, pretending to be a fool...... Jumped into Butterfly Creek with his injuries and fled. ”

Ouyang Rong saw the apologetic look on Xie Lingjiang's face, and said softly:

"Right now, eighty percent of them were sent by the Liu family, and there are no accomplices to respond, and the junior sister is right to rush into the water without impulse." And the little junior sister shouldn't be able to swim him, two pounds more than others.

Xie Lingjiang was still indignant, "The main thing is that I'm not good at swordsmanship, otherwise these illusory demon techniques will all be broken with one sword and hit the main body." ”

The corners of Ouyang Rong's mouth, who just wanted to comfort her, twitched, and glanced at the long sword at her waist, "Do you call this not good at swordsmanship?" ”

"Where is this, Senior Brother should be the first time to see a Qi Practitioner, right?" Xie Lingjiang shook his head, "The Dao vein I have walked is not known for its swordsmanship, it is another hidden Dao vein that can really break through ten thousand laws with one sword. ”

"Senior sister is walking in the human vein of reading?"

"Hmm. Senior brother also knows about qi practitioners? ”

"I've heard Rokuro mention it, but I don't know very well." After a pause, Ouyang Rong asked curiously: "This Qi Cultivator's Dao Pulse can be divided into high and low grades, what is the realm of Senior Sister?" ”

Although he was going home after curing the water and killing the dragon, it didn't prevent him from gossiping a little, because he always suspected that the merit pagoda in the heart lake was related to the qi practitioner......

And at the moment, it seems that a qi practitioner like the little junior sister is a bit like a master in martial arts novels, but with a different name, and the practice does not seem to be a horizontal martial arts, but a kind of thing called "qi".

And the source of this power system can also be traced back to the pre-Qin Qi practitioners who appeared in some ancient books with only a few words.

But I don't know where the source of that group of pre-Qin qi practitioners can be traced back, the ancient mythological era?

And what is the situation of the top existences in the current group of qi practitioners? Shouldn't it really be able to live forever for a long time, the first emperor thousands of years ago didn't ask for the elixir...... Well, it must be gone, if Brother Ying is still there, it is estimated that there will be no Liqian and Wei Zhou now.

"About the rivers and lakes, senior brother don't inquire about it." A certain lady of the Xie family seems to be still angry, and someone has just blinded her touch.

Ouyang Rong peeled an orange with a smile, buckled the white silk twice, and handed it over, "Senior sister is angry." ”

Xie Lingjiang snorted lightly: "Don't eat, get on fire." ”

The young county magistrate thought about it for a while, and silently pushed the pile of orange peels on the table, as well as the white silk.

This fire.

“……”

Xie Lingjiang waved his sleeves and snatched the peeled orange that his senior brother was about to take back, and glared at him angrily and funny.

"Eat the skin yourself. Peel two more for me. ”

Ouyang Rong smiled and nodded, peeled off a few more and handed them over, "Let's get down to business." ”

Xie Lingjiang turned to the right color:

"There are nine grades of qi practitioners.

"But actually...... It's six pins.

"Because the last three qualities that lead to the 'myth' have long been lost.

"This is just like the official rank of the Zhou court, the top first and second grades, such as the third division and the third duke, will not be granted real power, but only honorary titles.

"The first, second and third grades of qi practitioners are similar, in today's rivers and lakes, inside and outside the world, I have never heard of anyone reaching this realm in the past hundred years.

However, even if it is lost, the qi practitioners of the entire rivers and lakes still use the nine-grade system, which is the standard that was born with the nine-grade Zhongzheng system in the Wei and Jin dynasties.

"Among them, the ninth and eighth grades are the first grade qi practitioners, and the aura is blue; The seventh and sixth grades are medium-grade qi practitioners, and the aura is Zhu; The fifth and fourth grades are high-grade qi practitioners, and the aura is purple; And further up is the lost celestial character, which is called the Shenzhou celestial man in the ancient books. ”

Xie Lingjiang sighed.

Ouyang Rong couldn't help asking, "Does the aura still have color?" Why didn't I see you. ”

"One, I haven't reached the realm of release yet, and second, senior brother won't be angry."

He understood and asked, "What do the nine mythical veins mean?" ”

Xie Lingjiang stuffed a clove of orange flesh into his mouth, tapped his lips lightly with his green onion fingers, and said after considering the language:

"All the qi cultivation techniques in the world come from the nine mythical veins handed down from the pre-Qin period.

"Some people say that the end of the nine veins can lead to mythology, some people say that the ultimate destination of climbing the nine products is immortality, and some people say that if you are promoted to one product, you can fly to Penglai Wonderland...... But, who knows.

"The myth has long been lost, and the immortal long-sighted and Penglai Wonderland are only pursued by the group of crazy magicians and the most paranoid Taoist qi practitioners overseas.

"The nine mythical veins have been passed down to this day, and they have long been vicissitudes.

"It's better to disappear in the long river of history like the Mojia Dao vein, and the whale falls and all things are born;

"If it weren't like the Dao vein of the soldier family and the Dao vein of the Yin and Yang family, it declined in the two battles of the past thousand years and fell into the hands of the imperial power and the hidden clan;

"If it weren't for the thousand-year-old inheritance of the human vein and the Taoist vein of reading, it would still be a standing sect in the world, and it would save the world;

"Again...... They escaped into the world, each with its own mission, each with its own attachment, and each with its own ... Crazy. ”

Xie Lingjiang sighed lightly.

Ouyang Rong thought for a while, and then asked: "Then this complete inheritance of the human vein of reading belongs to our Confucianism?" ”

Xie Lingjiang shook his head: "Reading the human vein is not exclusive to Confucianism or Confucianism, and there are also a few disciples such as the Legalists and the Zongheng family who are walking this way, but the Confucianism is the most prominent in the world, standing out from the hundreds of schools of pre-Qin princes, and Emperor Wu respected Confucianism alone." But all the sons of the hundred schools are scholars. ”

Ouyang Rong wanted to ask him if he was so good at reading in his past life and in this life, why didn't the academy pass on his qi refining technique, did he not know the gold content of the Eighteen Tanhualang...... But looking at the appearance of the junior sister who didn't mention this matter, I probably understand the reason.

He thought for a moment and nodded: "What is the rank of senior sister right now?" ”

"Reading humane, eight products, gentleman." After a pause, he explained: "Moreover, the first grade qi practitioners from the Confucian sect are collectively called gentlemen, and the middle grades are sages......"

"No wonder the little junior sister has always emphasized that she is a gentleman before, she really treats people sincerely, and she didn't lie to her senior brother......"

Xie Lingjiang shook his head and whispered:

"I thought my brother knew a little bit about it...... Moreover, it is a luxury to have the title of rank, because it is all the experience of the predecessors of the Qi practitioners, and it is all inducted by the various Qi practitioner forces themselves, and they can faintly point out a path involving 'qi'.

"Only the complete inheritance of the mythical Dao lineage can have such treatment, such as the three Manifest World Sects, and on the rivers and lakes, those miscellaneous qi practitioners who do not have a stable inheritance are just directly called a few grade qi practitioners......"

"Then what was your previous nine pins?"

"Reader." She was poised.

"What about the seven pins?"

Xie Lingjiang couldn't help but glance at Senior Brother, she tilted her head slightly, as if smiling: "Why does Senior Brother know so much?" ”

Ouyang Rong coughed, pointed to the bronze beast face on the table that was broken in two, and said:

"Then this demon involves the Liu family, I have to ask just in case, and make preparations in advance. Senior sister, do you know what kind of vein this demon is, and what kind of rank is it? ”

Xie Lingjiang hesitated, and said truthfully: "It should be the Dao Vein of the Immortal Warlock, and it is also the eighth grade, but it should not be long after entering the eighth grade, and if I remember correctly, this eighth rank title ...... Immortal Warlock. ”

After a pause, she earnestly advised:

"The Warlock Pathway is a mythical lineage as old as the Scholar Humane Lineage, but they are quite ...... Evil, generally good and evil are unpredictable, they like to seek immortals overseas, are good at foreign pills, and often sell the art of immortality to the magnates of previous dynasties, which has been the case since Qin, which is also the contradiction between our Confucian qi practitioners and their predecessors.

"Moreover, when the Qin Dynasty was first established, Confucianism and Fangshi were both under the command of the First Emperor, and the Confucian scholars assisted Taishan Fengchan to implement the royal road, and this group of Fangsorcers was more excessive than the Legalists who simply fought over the road, and encouraged the First Emperor to seek immortality all the way, and later bullied the king to run away and plant blame, which led to a book-burning pit Confucianism, and it was also since then that the grievances were knotted...... Senior brother, be careful of this kind of person, and don't believe in immortality. ”

Seeing the senior brother's expression, Xie Lingjiang nodded reassuringly, and his face was slightly confused:

"It's just that these magicians are generally looking for immortals in the north and overseas, and there have always been very few activities in the south, and this demon doesn't know where the Liu family or other families found it, and they dare to come so close......"

Ouyang Rongqi asked, "Why are there fewer magicians in the south?" Lingnan Road, further south, is not also close to the sea, so you can't find immortals over there? ”

Xie Ling Jiang smiled, "Because the Tiannan River and Lake formed by Jiangnan Dao and Lingnan Dao have a mortal enemy of the Immortal Fang Warlocks. ”

Ouyang Rong reacted, "Eh, it can't be the Dao vein that can break through ten thousand laws with one sword, right?" ”

Xie Lingjiang pointed up with his index finger, "At the highest point of Tiannan Jianghu, there is a top-level hidden sect, which is the ancestral court of swordsmanship in the world, and this sect is called ...... Yunmeng Jianze.

"The sect has the Yue Nu Dao lineage, and only accepts female cultivators, and the conditions are harsh.

"And the Yunmeng Female Cultivator is the most fond of killing magicians." Xie Lingjiang smiled.

"Yunmeng Jianze...... Wait, why is it so familiar. Ouyang Rong frowned.

Xie Lingjiang finished eating the last clove of orange flesh, got up and went out, and left a sentence in addition to a table of orange peels:

"That's right, it's next door to Yun Mengze. Speaking of which, it was the rising water in their house that flooded the senior brother's county. ”

“……”

……

On the west side of Donglin Temple, a simple but neat house of three people.

In a brightly lit room with reopened windows and no longer dim.

The tall and thin man with the word "Yue" on his face is bowing his head to pack his burden.

An anxious old woman pulled him with both hands, her white hair hanging from her sideburns trembling in the air, and the words were:

"Don't go down the mountain, Ashan, don't go down the mountain, let's live a good life in the temple."

Liu Ashan Mu didn't say a word, his movements were the same as before, and he continued to pick up, only occasionally covering his mouth and coughing a few times, and his body was a little vague and swinging. There is still some weakness after being sick for a long time and being bedridden.

However, the man's movements were neat, leaving all the remaining money at home, simply taking a few changes of clothes and stuffing them into his baggage, and only taking some necessities down the mountain.

"Ah Shan, don't go down, Ah Niang beg you......"

Liu Mu held his hand with tears in her eyes, but Liu Ashan, who was on her back, shook her head.

At the door of the room, the curtain was quietly lifted, revealing a pair of large spiritual eyes. Ah Qing silently looked at the arguing mother and brother in the house.

Brother's illness has been healed for the most part, and he was able to get out of bed and walk around last night, but he just rested for one night, and this morning Brother got up to pack his things, saying that he was going down the mountain to find the county commander.

Ah Qing wanted to speak and stopped, she didn't understand Ah Niang's worries, but she also didn't understand Ah Brother's stubbornness.

However, she knew that the county commander was a good person, and Brother went to find the master, Ah Qing was actually very happy in her heart, and when she went to find Brother in the future, she would also have the opportunity to see the master.

It's just that Ah Qing is a little worried about Brother A's body, and the other ...... It seems that my mother has never been so sad as she is today, even if my brother was terminally ill before, my mother was just so dead and numb for her life......

Liu Ahan picked up the burden, turned around and knelt down at the old mother who was crying and hindering her, kowtowed three times in a row, and then went out without saying a word, touched the little head of the well-behaved sister outside the door, and turned silently to leave the yard.

Mother Liu chased after her from behind, crying:

"Ah Shan, the noble people don't care if we don't repay the favor, we can burn incense and pray for blessings for the rest of our lives, and then be cows and horses in the next life, don't go down, this favor can't be repaid............"

Liu Ashan's footsteps did not stop, he did not look back, and his voice was hoarse and dull:

"Childe let the child heal and go down the mountain to find him. Auntie, go back. ”

The old woman who was helped up by Ah Qing looked at the child's back in a daze, and muttered:

"The love of the nobles, we poor people can't repay it, the little kindness of the nobles is bigger than the sky for us, what do the poor want to pay back? The poor have only one life......"

It's just that except for Ah Qing, who looked ignorant, no one heard it, and no one would listen.

The muffled voice of the man in the distance came again:

"Ah Qing takes care of Ah Niang, Ah Brother is gone."

……