Regarding Li Chengxian's idea of letting his grandson follow him, Lucius did not immediately agree, and of course did not directly oppose it.

In Lucius's view, although he has no idea of accepting students now, it does not mean that he will not accept students in the future, not to mention that mechanics must also have students, otherwise their skills may be lost.

Li Chengxian saw that Lu Xiusius's attitude was ambiguous, so he continued to knock on the side and said: "Your Highness Lu Xiusi, I know that in the West, before you want to become an official disciple, you must first follow the teacher as an apprentice, this is absolutely no problem, I can let Xuan Ji follow you and start as an apprentice." ”

Seeing that Li Chengxian had already reached this point, Lu Xiusi smiled a little helplessly, then turned his head to look at Li Xuanji and asked, "Are you really willing to be my apprentice?"

Li Xuanji probably saw the strength of Lucius, and was very eager to get such a powerful power, so he quickly nodded and said firmly: "Yes, I am willing." ”

Seeing Li Xuanji hurriedly expressing his attitude to himself, Lu Xiusi smiled and said, "Hehe, do you know what an apprentice is?"

Li Xuanji nodded at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he really didn't understand, and then shook his head again.

Lu Xius saw that Li Xuanji really didn't know, so he said bluntly: "Sue you, the apprentice is actually by my side, when I am my assistant, to put it more bluntly, you are the one who will do it, I will only hand you some basic things, you can only follow us and watch, to do some of the most basic, dirty, and tiring work." ”

Hearing Lucius say this, Li Xuanji suddenly felt a little lost, staring at Lucius dumbfounded, and didn't know what to say for a long time.

Seeing Li Xuanji's appearance, Lu Xius said very calmly: "To put it bluntly, you will become my attendant, if you can study things seriously, then I will give you a chance to become my student." ”

Li Xuanji finally understood. In fact, he needs to follow the other party in a low voice, become an attendant to serve Lucius, and only after serving well can he get a chance to be promoted.

This was really a bit unexpected to him, but Li Xuanji didn't dare to refuse directly, so he could only raise his head and look at his grandfather blankly, hoping that his grandfather could give some suitable advice, and even hoped that Li Chengxian could help him refuse.

But Lu Xius didn't give Li Chengxian a chance to speak first, but said very bluntly: "You will have a lot of time to think about it, because I will stay in the Western Regions for a while. ”

After that, he didn't wait for Li Xuanji to speak. Lucius had already walked towards the camel, and at the same time said to Li Chengxian: "Lord Wang, your camels look really good, where are we going to go next?

Li Chengxian glanced at Li Xuanji and knew that Li Xuanji must have felt a little lost in his heart after listening to Lu Xiusius's introduction.

After thinking about it, he whispered to Li Xuanji: "Xuanji, you can make your own decisions about this matter, grandpa will give you enough time to think about it, no matter what kind of decision you make." Grandpa won't blame you. ”

After that, Li Chengxian didn't say more, so he stepped forward to catch up with Lucius's pace and began to introduce Lucius to the situation in the Western Regions.

"His Highness Lucius. If you want to go to the Sand Sea, then you must first go to the city of Shana by the Sand Sea, which is the only way to the Sand Sea, and I heard that there are signs of recovery in the empire under the Sand Sea. There are already a lot of people gathered in the city of Luna, who want to try their luck in the sea of sand. ”

Listening to Li Chengxian's words, Lu Xiuston was a little surprised. Turning his head to look at Li Chengxian, he asked, "Go to the sand sea to try your luck?" Do those guys think they can dig up treasures?"

Li Chengxian said with a smile when he heard this: "Hehe, don't believe it, it is said that someone came back alive from the sand sea, entered the city full of gold, got a large amount of gold, and became a rich man in the luxury city, and now he is a household name in the Western Regions." ”

"Oh, there are really people who have benefited, so wouldn't there be many people in the Western Regions who are trying to venture into the Sand Sea?"

Li Chengxian nodded and responded: "Yes, there are many people in Xiana City now, all of whom want to enter the sand sea to explore, and Xuna City has also set up an adventure union for this purpose, giving those who have the same purpose a place to contact their companions." ”

Lucius couldn't help laughing: "Hehe, it's really 'people die for money, birds die for food', so it seems that the Western Regions are also very lively now." ”

As he spoke, Lucius then asked: "By the way, it is said that there are 36 countries in the Western Regions, large and small, I don't know which country this city belongs to?"

Li Chengxian said with a smile: "Hehe, the city of luxury does not belong to any country, it is an independent city-state, it can be said that the city is a small country, or it can be said that it is just a city by the sand and sea, no matter what you say, no country in the Western Regions can manage there." ”

Listening to Li Chengxian's answer, Lu Xius was not much surprised, because in the western land, there are more independent city-states, and many cities actually do not belong to any country, and those cities only belong to the city lords of those cities.

Lucius restrained his smile, turned over and stepped on the back of the camel, and continued to say to Li Chengxian: "In this way, the city lord of Luna City must be a very powerful guy?"

As the camel slowly got up, Lecius sat down on the camel's back after a jolting and stroked the camel's hump, thinking that the camel seemed quite interesting.

Li Chengxian also stepped on the back of the camel when he came, and as his camel also stood up, Li Chengxian drove the camel to Lucius's side, and continued to say to Lucius: "The lord of the city of Luna is very mysterious, and I have only met a few times. ”

Speaking of this, Li Chengxian lowered his voice and said: "It is said that that guy was sent by the Buddha Kingdom, and he has a very terrifying strength, and he can be regarded as a pawn of the Buddha Kingdom to explore the sand sea. ”

Hearing this, Lucius suddenly groaned: "It's a little interesting, it seems that although the Immortal Realm and the Buddha Kingdom flooded that empire with a sea of sand, they did not give up, and still wanted to explore the secrets of that empire. ”

Li Chengxian also nodded and said: "Yes, for so many years, the Buddha Kingdom has not given up the exploration of that sand sea, but the Immortal Domain has no interest in the empire under the sand sea, and there seems to be no eyeliner in the Western Regions countries, various city-states and nomadic tribes." ”

This information surprised Lucius a little, knowing that the Immortal Realm and the Buddha Kingdom were dependent on each other in the East, and at the same time, they were also competitors to each other. The Sand Sea Empire was also closed by the two sides uniting the Magic Heaven Kingdom and the three parties working together.

But now, the Buddha Kingdom is constantly sending people to investigate, trying to find some things in that ancient empire under the sea of sand, and the immortal realm will actually stand by and watch, which surprises Lucius.

Turning his head to look at Li Chengxian, but without waiting for him to speak, Li Chengxian preemptively said, "Don't think that we are not aware of the power of the Immortal Domain. So the conclusion is that in fact, this is the result of many years of investigation of the countries, city-states and tribes of the Western Regions. ”

Seeing Li Chengxian's expression was stern, his tone was very affirmative, and Lu Xius also felt that the other party might not deceive him, and the fact should be as the other party said.

This can't help but make Lucius feel even more puzzled, if you want to say that the fairy realm doesn't care about the secrets of the ancient empire under the sand sea, Lucius will never believe it, you must know that ancient empire. At the beginning, he almost established an eternal civilization, and the foundation of such an empire, I am afraid that no one would not be curious.

And what was left behind by that empire was probably even the Eternal Kingdom of God. You might want to get it too.

Therefore, the Immortal Domain will definitely not take the initiative to give up, and there is no reason to give up, so the Immortal Domain did not interfere in the Western Regions, and I am afraid that there are other secrets in it.

Merely. These secrets are still buried, waiting for someone to unearth them.

At this time, Lucius felt that he was on a trip to the Western Regions. I'm afraid it's worth it, and it should affect the situation in the entire East.

The caravan was not slow, and soon left the desolate sandy plain, out of the barren and barren sandy plain, and saw the endless prairie, the lush grass fluttering with the wind, and the waves of grass were driven by the wind, and the scene was extremely magnificent.

The scene in front of him made Lucius feel a little surprised, he didn't expect that after walking out of the desolate land before, he would actually enter such a fertile grassland.

Li Chengxian, who was next to him, saw Lu Xiusius's face full of surprise, so he smiled and said, "Hehe, are you surprised? Actually, don't be surprised, most of the places in the Western Regions are like the sand just now, they belong to barren land, but there are still places with abundant water and grass. ”

The grassland in front of you, known as the Sand Sea Oasis, is the most abundant place on the road to Xuna City, and it is also the habitat of many nomadic tribes. “

Lucius looked at the endless grassland and asked with some puzzlement: "Since there is such a place with abundant water and grass in the Western Regions, why are the countries and city-states in the Western Regions not built near this grassland?"

Without waiting for Li Chengxian to respond, Li Xuanji, who rode a camel to catch up, hurriedly replied: "Of course not, the rule of the Western Regions is that the city must not be built on the grassland, the grassland is a gift from the gods of the Western Regions to all beings, and all the creatures in the Western Regions are shared by them, and whoever wants to dominate will be punished by the gods." ”

Lucius turned his head to look at Li Xuanji, and could see that Li Xuanji was afraid of him, and it seemed that he was still hesitating.

A smile appeared on Lucius's face, and he suddenly said to Li Xuanji, "Then do you believe in those gods of the Western Regions?"

The sudden question made Li Xuanji stunned for a moment, and he didn't understand how to answer.

In other words, for Li Xuanji, he didn't know what the answer was in his heart, because he himself felt very confused.

Over the years, he has been by Li Chengxian's side, receiving Li Chengxian's civilization education from the Eastern Empire, but at the same time, because he lives in the Western Regions, he has also been exposed to different civilizations in the Western Regions.

It can be said that Li Xuanji grew up under the convergence of multiple civilizations, although he faces Li Chengxian's Eastern Civilization every day, but if he is not moved by the Western Regions Civilization at all, he must be deceiving himself, so when Lucius bluntly asked the question, Li Xuanji immediately fell into hesitation.

Li Xuanji didn't know how to answer, if he believed in those gods of the Western Regions, it would definitely be completely impossible.

But if he didn't believe in the gods of the Western Regions at all, Li Xuanji didn't dare to say it directly now, because he still had a trace of fear for those gods in the Western Regions in his heart.

Seeing Li Chengxian's hesitation, Lu Xius grinned: "Hehehe, it seems that you are afraid in your heart, so you don't dare to say what you think in your heart directly, your heart is very chaotic now, and that fear is messing with your thoughts, so that you can't get peace." ”

Lu Xiusius's words made Li Xuanji even more flustered, sitting on the back of the camel in a daze, and looking at Li Chengxian's eyes was also full of horror.

Seeing the appearance of his grandson, Li Chengxian comforted with some concern: "Xuanji, in fact, you don't have to be afraid, you don't have to be afraid, you have to remember that you are the royal family of the Eastern Tang Empire, you have royal blood flowing in your body, and the gods of the Western Regions can't move you in the slightest." ”

Listening to Li Chengxian's words, Lu Xiusi shook his head and said, "I see, I see, Lord Wang, it seems that you really don't know how to educate children." ”

Li Chengxian turned his head a little puzzled, not understanding what Lucius meant by this.

Lu Xius met Li Chengxian's gaze, pointed at Li Xuanji and said: "The fear in his heart actually comes from you, you didn't let him really see the true meaning of Eastern civilization, so he will feel lost, when a person is confused and overwhelmed, he will be afraid of the unknown." ”

Lecius's words made Li Chengxian stunned, carefully pondered Lecius's words, and thought about his usual teachings to Li Xuanji, and suddenly found that the truth seemed to be as Lucius said.

Li Chengxian has always been worried that Li Xuanji will be influenced by the civilization of the Western Regions, so he always takes Li Xuanji with him and constantly instills the civilization of the East in him, but in fact, he ignores Li Xuanji's own learning and absorption, which naturally makes Li Xuanji in a state of confusion.

Li Xuanji accepted the oriental civilization blankly, studied the oriental civilization in a blank manner, and grew up under the protection of Li Chengxian in a daze.

However, Li Xuanji, who came into contact with the gods of the Western Regions during the war, found that the gods of the Western Regions seemed to have divine powers, and he was at a loss, so he naturally had a fear of fear.

Lu Xius looked at Li Xuanji, who was full of panic, stretched out his hand and patted Li Xuanji's shoulder, and said: "There is an ancient saying in the East, which was said by the sages of the ancient civilization in the East, 'Tianxingjian, a gentleman strives for self-improvement', I will give you this sentence, I hope you can understand this sentence yourself." ”

After that, as if by magic, Lucius took out a small metal ball and handed it to Li Xuanji, who was silent: "This mechanical source core is given to you, there are some basic mechanical knowledge in it, you can take it and take a good look at it first, and see if you can accept this." ”

Li Xuanji took the metal ball, held the metal ball in the palm of his hand, lowered his head and didn't say much, and began to rely on the metal ball to accept the basic knowledge of machinery.

And Li Chengxian, who was next to him, saw Lu Xiusi handing out the ball, and saw Li Xuanji starting to study it himself, and immediately whispered to Lu Xiusi gratefully: "Lu Xius, thank you very much." ”

Lu Xius responded to Li Chengxian with a smile: "You don't have to be polite, I just don't want a young man to be intimidated by the so-called gods, and become a fearful god believer, plant a seed in him, whether he can get out or not depends on himself." (To be continued......)