Less than 200 miles from Kyoto, there is a valley called Rakukatsu Valley, which is named because of the extremely low terrain and steep hills around it, and there is only an open place in the west, and when the sun sets, the sunlight shines along the open ground like a valley, forming a beautiful scenery of sunset.

In the dead of night, a very special group of men and horses was ushered in in the valley, which was composed of three carriages, five or six maidservants, and nearly fifty Kyoto forbidden soldiers wearing gold scale armor and wearing green swords at their waists, and they were now surrounding the three carriages, lighting bonfires, and repairing.

You must know that the forbidden army in Kyoto is the royal guard, full-time guarding the imperial capital, not only has a special identity, but also has an outstanding strength in the major armies.

It is enough to see that there is an unspeakable big man here!

But in such a team, there is an extremely unusual existence, a slender young man with a rusty long knife on his back, wearing a cloth shirt!

The young man seemed to be a little out of place with the team, and did not mix with the forbidden soldiers and maidservants, but sat alone on a slightly remote rock, silently nibbling on the white cake in his hand, and looking at the moon in the sky with a slight distraction.

The young man is none other than Lin Xiuyuan, who went north alone to go home after parting with his master Xie Xinghe!

And the reason why he is here is only because of an extremely coincidental reason!

Since the edge of the East China Sea, after separating from Xie Xinghe, Lin Xiuyuan went all the way north from the East China Sea alone, passing through thousands of mountains and rivers, and it took a full four months to arrive here.

The encounter with this team was at the foot of a remote mountain before entering the valley two days ago, when this team was besieged by nearly 100 people, and there was even a martial cultivator from the Forging Body Realm taking the lead.

Seeing that the team was suffering heavy casualties and was in danger, Lin Xiuyuan, who happened to be passing by here, came to the aid and repelled the martial artist with one punch, and then solved the fierce bandits who surrounded and killed with three punches and two kicks, perhaps seeing Lin Xiuyuan's strength, the other party tried his best to invite him to go on the road together, and even made a heavy promise.

Lin Xiuyuan didn't want to go with others, but after learning from the other party's mouth that the big man they were escorting turned out to be Princess Changyang, the younger sister of the current emperor, and he also went to Kyoto, Lin Xiuyuan changed his mind.

First, Princess Changyang is the emperor's younger sister, which means that according to the genealogy of the royal family, she is also her cousin, Lin Xiuyuan doesn't pay much attention to her identity, but she cares a lot about this family relationship. Second, the other party happened to be heading to Kyoto, and he happened to be on the same road as himself, so he didn't delay his trip.

So, there is this scene!

"Gongzi Xie, the princess asked me to ask you to go to the convoy to rest, it is cold at night, there are many people there, and there is a bonfire, which can be used for heating."

At this time, a young and beautiful maid trotted over from the convoy and invited Lin Xiuyuan, Lin Xiuyuan raised his eyes to look at her, a faint smile appeared on his face, and said softly:

"No need, I'm not afraid of the cold, and besides, I like to be alone."

Lin Xiuyuan's appearance can be regarded as delicate, but he is not the handsome kind, but his eyes are quite bright, like stars, with a faint smile, the young maid glanced at it, suddenly her little face was a little red, and she responded hesitantly, and hurriedly trotted back.

Lin Xiuyuan glanced at her back, didn't think much about it, and continued to turn his head to look at the moon in a daze, this habit was also only after Xie Xinghe left, whenever he missed his master, he would look at the moon as a thought.

As for the maidservant who called him Gongzi Xie before, it was also a fake name that he deliberately reported, I don't know why, although Lin Xiuyuan made up his mind to escort this cousin home, he didn't want to tell his identity, and even he couldn't tell why.

In the end, he defined himself as maybe he hadn't been home for too long, and his psychology was still somewhat inexplicably nervous.

When the maid returned to the convoy, she went straight to the middle of the three carriages, which were different from the other two, but were driven by two horses, and the carriage was wide and luxurious, richly decorated, and full of luxury, and was always guarded by the forbidden army.

At this moment, inside the carriage, a woman wearing a brocade robe, a phoenix-winged jade hairpin, phoenix eyes and narrow eyebrows, and a charming appearance was sitting in the carriage in the opposite position, and beside her, there were two maidservants who were gently making tea and tidying up the soft couch.

On the left side below her is an old man on crutches, dressed in a Confucian robe and cloth shoes, holding a yellowed book, squinting and reading by the candlelight in the carriage.

The carriage here is huge, even if there are four people seated, there is no sense of crampedness, and these four people are silent at the moment, the young and luxurious woman is closing her eyes and recuperating, the old man is just silently reading the book, and the two maids are also busy with their own work.

Then, the curtain of the splendid cotton cloth of the carriage was lifted, and the maid who had invited Lin Xiuyuan from before came in, and the noble woman opened her eyes, looked at the maidservant, and said softly:

"How?"

The maidservant bent down and said softly:

"Princess, Gongzi Xie refused to come over, saying that he liked to be alone."

The luxurious young woman is also the famous princess of Changyang today, known as the talent does not lose the man, the appearance is more the reputation of the country, the previous border conflict between the Western Shu and the Holy Zhou Dynasty, when the Holy Zhou and the Southern Jin Dynasty are fierce, ready to attack the whole country, for a time the west of the Holy Zhou is in an emergency, the ministers of the court are helpless, it is this young princess who went to the land of Xishu in person, met the Shu Emperor, had a sincere conversation, analyzed the pros and cons, and avoided the fight.

Of course, some people say that the Emperor of Shu at that time did not fancy the pros and cons of the two countries, but the appearance of this princess who was enough to conquer the country.

At this time, hearing what the maid said, Princess Changyang frowned slightly, but a maid beside her couldn't stand it anymore, and took the lead in speaking:

"This guy really doesn't know what to do, our princess personally opened her mouth to invite, and dared to refuse, I don't know how thick the sky is."

Princess Changyang glanced at her lightly, and the maid immediately shrunk her neck, and said in a loud voice:

"The slave knows that she is wrong, and the slave and the maid should not forget to speak."

Princess Changyang didn't say anything to her, but turned her head to look at the old man who was still reading, and said softly:

"Old Li, what do you think?"

When the old man heard this, he didn't put down the scroll, he still read it carefully, and said softly without turning his head:

"It's better not to come, but it's reassuring."

Princess Changyang's eyes moved slightly, and she said softly:

"What does Elder Li mean, this Gongzi Xie, there should be no problem."

The old man known as Li Lao finally put down the scroll, turned his head to look at Princess Changyang, and said with a smile:

"What does the princess think?"

After thinking for a while, Princess Changyang said slowly:

"If he is really deliberately arranged, he should take the opportunity to integrate into our team at this moment, I personally invited, such a good opportunity, he never intentionally came, it is indeed unreasonable, but it is not guaranteed, the other party is doing the opposite."

The old man stroked his beard, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he said slowly:

"There's no harm in the princess being too thoughtful, but I think that little doll shouldn't have been arranged by those people, old man."

Princess Changyang glanced at the old man and said softly:

"Why?"

The old man raised a hand, pointed to his eyes, and said:

"Because of the eyes, the old man had seen the little doll's eyes before, that kind of clear and pure eyes, there are not many young people now. Wu Xiu pays the most attention to the word purity, but up to now, there are few people who can really be so pure, and people with such eyes should not be those people. ”

Princess Changyang frowned slightly, and after thinking seriously for a moment, she said again:

"I believe that Elder Li's vision will not easily look at the wrong person, if this is the case, you said before that this Gongzi Xie is a veritable Forging Body Realm martial cultivator, that is a good thing for us."

The old man picked up the scroll again, continued to read, and said casually:

"For this young man, the old man is not very worried, but the previous gang of bandits, only afraid to really be vigilant, our itinerary is logically said to be extremely secret, not many people know, where did the sudden gang of bandits know, it is a problem, I am afraid, the previous was just an appetizer, used to explore the virtual reality, the main dish is still behind, fortunately, the appearance of the young man, but let the old man not expose his identity for the first time, it is an extra hole card."

Princess Changyang didn't say much, but lifted the side curtain, and through the window on the side of the body, she took a deep look at the bright and high moon disk in the sky, and her eyes fluctuated slightly.

Lin Xiuyuan, who was still sitting on the rock and looking at the moon alone, didn't know that in the previous moment, the two noble people in the carriage had an extremely important conversation around him, and the cake in his hand had been eaten, and at this moment Mochizuki was not still thinking about his master, but a real practice.

The innate true intent had already been secretly running, and the moonlight had turned into countless white and flickering spiritual qi swimming in Lin Xiuyuan's eyes, and it was extremely rich, and he sucked all these spiritual qi into his body according to the method of innate true intent, and then began to transform into innate qi, which was stored in the dantian in his body.

His forging realm has been completed, so what he has to do next is to absorb the spiritual energy into the body, and then store it in the dantian, and then open up the qi mansion, which can be regarded as stepping into the second realm of the martial cultivation realm, the qi cultivation realm.

Of course, what he has to do is not just to open up the Qi Mansion so simply, the same as the cultivation of Qi and the forging body, as the two realms at the most basic level, there are also different levels of high and low, the most common is to open up the Qi Mansion where it is, and then up, it is the Qi Palace, the Qi River, and the Qi Sea, representing the amount of true qi that has been opened up, which is described as a mansion, a palace, a river, and the four seas.

What Lin Xiuyuan has to do is to impact the highest level of qi sea, the forging body has reached the end, and the cultivation of qi naturally cannot be left behind, his goal is not to allow him to slack off, as he said to his master before, he must be the first in everything.

But just as he was silently absorbing the spiritual energy into his body, at the dark end of the valley, there was a slight sound, Lin Xiuyuan's eyes were slightly condensed, and he immediately stood up, stopped absorbing the spiritual energy, and looked at the dark distance with a wary expression.

The next moment, his eyes flickered slightly, and his figure had already left the previous rock, and he shouted at the same time:

"Someone is coming, be careful!"