Eight days later.

February 10th, evening.

Inside the dormitory.

Lu Fan and his three roommates were meditating and cultivating in bed.

There was silence all around.

Breathe, breathe.

Inhale the aura and then expel the turbidity.

The essence left behind will be turned into spiritual power and stored in the dantian.

Over time, it will form a vast sea of qi in the body, which has the power to move mountains and seas.

I don't know how long it took, Lu Fan opened his eyes with joy on his face.

Vientiane Demon Suppression has been upgraded.

The next moment, the majestic spiritual power instantly poured into his body, filling the dantian, and there was a surplus, impacting the next realm.

"Boom!"

The barrier was broken, and the capacity of the dantian was expanded several times again.

Promotion!

Four grades of cultivation!

Open the Properties panel.

Name: Lu Fan

Lifespan: 17/600

Power: 115.68

Dexterity: 38.13

Mental Power: 37.82

Physical strength: 100.74

Repair: four products

Exercises: Vientiane Demon Suppression Skill is complete

Martial arts: The Six Imperial Gods are perfect, the thousands of hammers are perfect, the gods and demons are perfect, and the Nine Turns of the Golden Body are small (3/20)

Assignable attribute points: 99.89

In the past few days, Lu Fan has refined the nine-turn golden body to Xiaocheng, increasing his strength by 3 points, his mental power by 1 point, his agility by 2 points, and his physical strength by 6 points.

Just now, after being promoted, his various attributes have increased again.

Strength is increased by 12, Physical Strength is increased by 6, Agility is increased by 4, and Mental Power is increased by 2.

Now Lu Fan's true strength is equivalent to the second-grade intermediate level, or even higher.

Even if he goes to participate in the big competition now, he is confident that he will come back with a few first places.

Not to mention three months later.

He would have been more sure then.

However, in these three months, he still can't relax.

Practice how you want.

Go on!

Lu Fan closed his eyes and re-entered the cultivation state.

……

……

It's March.

It was the first day of March.

Morning.

Lu Fan came to Li Yongtai's residence and knocked on the door.

"Come in."

"Yes."

Lu Fan pushed the door in, only to see Li Yongtai with a smile on his face, looking very happy.

"My lord, you're looking for me."

"Sit down."

Li Yongtai poured a cup of tea and placed it across from him.

"Yes."

Lu Fan and Li Yongtai sat down face to face.

"I came to you today to ask you to help me recognize someone."

As he spoke, Li Yongtai took out a picture scroll and unfolded it in front of Lu Fan, "Take a look, do you recognize him?" ”

"Oh?"

Lu Fan took a closer look and immediately felt familiar.

The painting depicts a young nobleman, graceful and luxurious, and full of energy.

But those eyes made people feel very uncomfortable.

There is a hint of coldness and ruthlessness.

"That's him!"

Lu Fan recognized this person at a glance, "That night, the son in the back mountain was him!" ”

"Good!"

Li Yongtai nodded slightly, "Sure enough, that's right!" His name is Chu Zhaonan, he is the royal family of Chu State, and Liao Qianzhong is working for him. ”

"Exactly as we suspected."

Lu Fan said: "It seems that this is the instruction of the court of the Chu State, in order to harass the borders of our Great Zhou and plunder the property by the way." ”

"Hmm."

Li Yongtai put away the scroll and put it aside casually, "However, the letter was not written by him, nor was it written by Liao Qianzhong." ”

"Oh?"

Lu Fan frowned and guessed, "Could it be our Da Zhou?" ”

"Quite possibly."

Li Yongtai thought for a while and said: "I sent someone to obtain the handwriting of Liao Qianzhong and Chu Zhaonan, and after taking it, I carefully compared it and was able to confirm that it was different from the handwriting of the letterwriter." ”

"But this letter appears again in our Great Zhou, then there are two possibilities."

"Either Chu Zhaonan and Liao Qianzhong carried this letter with them, or this letter was received in Da Zhou."

"It's very unlikely that you have a letter with you."

"So, there is a high probability that this letter will be received in Da Zhou."

After a pause, Li Yongtai continued: "In my guess, I received this letter through Liao Qianzhong and handed it over to Chu Zhaonan. ”

"That's how it should be."

Lu Fan agreed, "The reason why Chu Zhaonan killed Liao Quanzhong was not because he was worried that Liao Quanzhong would betray him, but because he was worried that Liao Quanzhong would say another person. ”

"That person is very likely to be Chu Zhaonan's internal response in the Great Zhou."

"And in a high position."

"Very important to the state of Chu."

Lu Fan analyzed: "Therefore, Chu Zhaoning is willing to kill his trusted subordinates, and he doesn't want to expose that person." ”

"That's right."

Li Yongtai nodded, "Your analysis is very reasonable. After all, Chu Zhaonan is the royal family of Chu State, even if his identity is exposed, we can't do anything about him. ”

"But the person hidden in our Great Zhou is different, if this person is exposed, he will definitely die."

"And it can involve a lot of secrets."

"The top priority is to find out this person, and it is not so urgent to clean up Chu Zhaonan."

Li Yongtai's face was a little solemn, "Liao Quanzhong is dead, Han Chuang may not know the existence of that person, maybe only Chu Zhaonan knows who that person is." ”

"But if we want to catch Chu Zhaonan, it's almost impossible. If you send someone to the state of Chu, the risk is too great, and you may not be able to succeed. ”

Lu Fan answered: "If you want to find that person, you can only start from that letter at present, which is undoubtedly difficult. ”

"yes, it's really hard."

Li Yongtai sighed: "The key is that we are afraid of startling the snake, we can't investigate it with great fanfare, we can only do it secretly." Even if he can catch Chu Zhaonan, he can't be moved, he must catch that person first, otherwise that person may take a risk and do something unfavorable to Da Zhou when he hears the news. ”

"There's always a clue."

Lu Fan thought for a while and said, "No matter how well that person hides it, there will be a day when the horse's feet will be exposed." ”

"Hmm."

Li Yongtai pondered for a moment and waved his hand, "Forget it, let's not talk about this for now, but you, are you ready?" The day after tomorrow, we will set off for the capital to participate in the big competition. It can take months to come and go. ”

"Ready."

Lu Fan replied loudly.

"Okay."

Li Yongtai was very satisfied, and nodded slightly, "This big competition depends on you and Ye Wuchen, and the others have no hope at all." How many competitions are you going to participate in? ”

"I want to be all of them."

Lu Fan did not hide his thoughts.

"Courageous!"

Li Yongtai praised and said, "That's how it should be!" After all, such an opportunity is too rare, not only the high-level in the army, but also the officials of the imperial court, as well as the heads of the family families, the heads of the sects, etc., and the big people with heads and faces will go to watch the battle. ”

"However, if you participate in all, there is still a certain risk."

"It's going to be hard to get results in every competition."

"You still have to distinguish priorities, and some games should be played."

Li Yongtai suggested: "Let's do a good job in the most sure competitions first, even if you are as strong as Yan Qing, you don't dare to say that every competition can be ranked." ”

"yes, I know."

Lu Fan knew in his heart that the most difficult point was his physical strength.

Fists, swords, marksmanship, swordsmanship, body skills, hidden weapons, archery, plus the competition of comprehensive strength, if you all participate, you may have to have several competitions a day.

It was fine at first.

In the later stage, when the opponent's strength is stronger, the daily physical exertion is a big problem.

If the consumption is too large, it may not be able to recover, which will affect the strength.

This affects the grades.

That's more than worth the loss.

Therefore, in order to ensure results, many people will choose to participate in a competition.

There are probably not many people who can do both.

There are even fewer people who participate in three events at the same time.

Like Lu Fan, who participates in all the projects, I'm afraid it's himself.

"Okay, you just have to know it."

Li Yongtai got up and said, "Go back and prepare." ”

"Yes."

Lu Fan said goodbye and left.

……

……

Two days later.

The third day of March.

Morning.

In the open space in front of the dormitory, five hundred dragon shadow guards lined up in ten neat lines.

Ten captains stood at the front of the line.

Lee Yong-tae stood face to face with everyone.

"Bringing everyone together today is for the sake of the big competition."

"The number of places is limited, and I will only take ten people to the capital this time."

Li Yongtai looked around at everyone with a majestic expression, "The person whose name I read is out of the ranks." ”

"Yes."

The crowd shouted yes.

In fact, they already knew who these ten people were.

As early as a few days ago, the captains of each team notified the candidates to participate in the big competition.

There is exactly one person in each team.

"Lu Fan, Ye Wuchen, Qin Yu, Meng Ran, Cao Ning, Song Yu, Zhou Tong, Lu Rui, Gu Xiao, Luo Xing."

"Here!"

Ten people went out together.

"Let's go!"

Li Yongtai didn't say anything more and waved his hand.

"Yes."

The ten men found their horses and turned them on.

Li Yongtai got into the carriage.

"Drive!"

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and everyone was gone.

On horseback, in addition to Lu Fan and the ten of them, there were also several of Li Yongtai's entourage.

Li Yongtai sat in the carriage himself, driving his personal guard.

Several entourages led the way in front, followed by Lu Fan and others.

The carriage was the last.

The group quickly left the barracks and sped on the official road.

From south to north, it is becoming more and more prosperous.

It didn't take long for the crowd to arrive at Lan Kwai Street.

At the end of this street is the North City Gate.

"Drive!"

Lu Fan rode a jujube red horse, wearing a dragon shadow guard uniform, a sword hanging from his waist, and a bow and arrows hanging on the horse's back.

This was the first time he had come to Langui Street in the uniform of the Dragon Shadow Guard.

There were many people along the street, as if they had learned the news in advance, and they were waiting here to send them off.

"Lu Fan!"

His name was called.

It was Xu Wei, standing in the crowd, waving at him.

Lu Fan smiled and nodded in response.

He also saw several acquaintances.

Xiaoyu, Cailian, Tang Xuanwan, Tang Rongxing, are all there.

All eyes were on him.

"It turns out that he is Lu Fan."

"Sure enough, he was heroic."

"What a young hero!"

Everyone kept admiring, and when they saw Ye Wuchen beside Lu Fan, they inevitably praised a few more words.

Then turned his gaze to Qin Yu, Meng Ran, Cao Ning, Song Yu and others behind him, and everyone felt dazzled.

Each one is heroic, not only has an extraordinary temperament, but also is full of spirit.

"Wow!"

There were even a few girls who let out bursts of exclamations.

Their eyes were full of light, and their gaze swirled back and forth over several people.

Especially Lu Fan and Ye Wuchen, they are the most attracted to them.

Under the gaze of everyone, Lu Fan and the others slowly walked out of the city.

After leaving the city, the speed was increased again.

Evening.

The group arrived at Caiyun City.

Walking on the official road, Lu Fan saw the tall city walls and open city gates from a distance.

Outside the city gates, many people gathered.

It was like a special greeting to them.

When I got closer, I could see clearly that these people were all wearing official mansions and official hats, with respectful expressions and a little expectation in their eyes.

"Phew!"

The first few attendants rode to both sides, making way for the passage in the middle.

Lu Fan and others also followed suit, lined up on both sides, and stopped their horses.

"Drive!"

Li Yongtai's carriage passed the crowd and drove to the front.

"Xiaguan Mo Nian, I've seen the Commander."

The lead official stepped forward to salute.

"I've seen the Commander!"

The people behind Mo Nian bowed and saluted together.

The curtain of the carriage was lifted, Li Yongtai got out of the carriage, and raised his hand slightly, "Ladies and gentlemen, there is no need to be polite. ”

"Yes."

Mo Nian got up and gestured to Lu Fan and the others.

Lu Fan and others returned the salute together.

"My lord, please come with me into the city."

Mo Nian looked at Li Yongtai again.

"Lead the way."

Li Yongtai waved his hand.

"Yes."

Under the leadership of Mo Nian, everyone entered Caiyun City.

Lu Fan knew who this person was, it should be Mo Zhu's father, the city lord of Caiyun City.

A group of people walked down the street.

Many people came to watch, pointing at Lu Fan and others.

"This is the Dragon Shadow Guard?"

"yes."

"That's amazing!"

"I heard that there is a man named Lu Fan?"

"It should be inside."

The people looked at Lu Fan and the others curiously, and mentioned Lu Fan's name from time to time.

They only knew Lu Fan's name.

This street is very long, and it takes a long time to come to the City Lord's Mansion.

"Your Excellency, I have prepared a banquet, and I invite you to come to the banquet."

Mo Nian came over to ask Li Yongtai's opinion.

"Then there's Lord Lawmer."

Lee Yong-tae did not refuse.

Even he is not exempt from vulgarity.

He also needs this kind of human exchange.

"Your Excellency, please."

Lu Fan and the others dismounted, accompanied by many officials, and entered the City Lord's Mansion.

"I've seen the Commander!"

A noble prince came out with a few retinues.

"This is a child's ink bamboo."

Mo Nian introduced with a smile.

"It turned out to be Ling Gongzi."

Li Yongtai praised, "Sure enough, it's a talent." ”

"Thank you, Lord for compliment!"

A few polite words.

Mo Zhu stepped forward to greet Lu Fan, "Brother Lu, meet again!" ”

"yes."

Lu Fan knew that the other party recognized him.

Although his appearance had changed, Mo Zhu had already known his identity in advance and could easily recognize him.

"I've seen you brothers."

Mozhu bowed to everyone.

"Childe is polite."

After a few pleasantries, Mo Zhu walked in front and led the way, "Everyone, please come with me." ”

He also deliberately pulled Lu Fan to walk in front and said with a smile: "Brother Lu is so bitter that he has hidden it from me." ”

"I have a mission before, please forgive me."

Lu Fan didn't like such an occasion very much, so he could only deal with it casually.

Fortunately, he has practiced all the exercises to perfection, and now he does not need to work hard to cultivate.

There is a rare leisure.

"No blame."

Mo Zhu smiled: "I'm just happy in my heart, I have the honor to be friends with Brother Lu." ”

As he spoke, Mo Zhu led everyone into a separate courtyard.

The courtyard is full of greenery and the fragrance of flowers.

There is even a small bamboo forest, in the northwest corner.

"This is where I live."

Mo Zhu pushed open the door and led everyone into the house, "I'll be the host today, and I'll invite you brothers to have a few drinks." ”

"Okay."

"Then there's Lao Mo's son."

Everyone nodded in unison.

Lu Fan was thinking, or Mo Nian would come to something, he went to accompany Li Yongtai and handed over the Dragon Shadow Guards to Mo Zhu.

This is to build a network for Mozhu.

It's also a young person, and it's easy to deal with.

It's also more comfortable with each other.

Everyone came to the hall, and a large round table had been set up in advance.

Exactly eleven chairs.

"Brothers, sit casually, we are all equals, and there are not so many rules."

Mozhu beckoned everyone to sit down.

A few maids came over to bring tea and pour water.

"Brother Lu, drink tea."

Mo Zhu deliberately sat next to Lu Fan and said with a smile: "Last time in Caiyun City, Bicui Garden, have we met?" ”

"I still can't hide it from you."

Lu Fan nodded in acknowledgement.

"I thought it was familiar, but I didn't dare to recognize it."

Mo Zhu said: "Later, when I heard the news of the destruction of the horse thief, I realized that the person I saw that day was you. ”

"I finally saw Brother Lu's true face today, and it was even more outstanding than I expected."

"It's still more intimate."

Mo Zhu opened the chatterbox.

Lu Fan listened quietly, occasionally replying.

He could feel Mozhu's sincerity and enthusiasm, which was indeed from the heart.

"Brother Lu, can I take the liberty of asking?"

Mo Zhu asked in a low voice, "I don't know what grade your current cultivation is?" ”

Many people heard his question and pricked up their ears.

"Four pins!"

Lu Fan did not hide it.

His cultivation is indeed a four-grade, but his real strength is far more than that.

Open the Properties panel.

Name: Lu Fan

Lifespan: 17/720

Power: 128.56

Dexterity: 41.93

Mental Power: 41.12

Physical strength: 125.37

Repair: four products

Exercises: Vientiane Demon Suppression Skill is complete

Martial arts: The six imperial gods are perfect, the thousands of hammers are perfect, the gods and demons are perfect, and the nine turns of the golden body are perfect

Assignable stat points: 111.39

These days, Lu Fan has trained the Nine Turns Golden Body to perfection, increasing his strength by 12 points, his agility by 3 points, his mental power by 3 points, and his physical strength by 24 points.

Coupled with more than ten days of cultivation, all of his attributes increased slightly.

Now Lu Fan's true strength is equivalent to a second-grade high-level powerhouse, or even higher.

Even if he encounters a second-grade peak master, he can be invincible.

But it is still a little worse than a strong one.

However, even if he can't beat it, he can still run.

With his current agility, few can catch up with him.

Even if you can catch up, it won't be so easy to kill him.

Because he has an extremely strong physical body, and he has a strong spiritual power.

He is not afraid of attrition.

It's really urgent, he uses a desperate style of play, even if he is a master, he has to avoid his edge.

Of course, the average person wouldn't push him to that extent.

There's no way he's going to put himself in that situation.

"No wonder."

Mo Zhu was relieved and arched his hand, "Admire, admire!" ”

Others were not surprised, but breathed a sigh of relief.

They had already guessed Lu Fan's strength, at least a fourth-grade cultivation.

Now that Lu Fan is still in the fourth grade, at least he hasn't left them too far.

Give them room to catch up.

Otherwise, they will be really restless.

Only Ye Wuchen frowned, as if he was pondering the truth of Lu Fan's words.

The maids rushed in with trays.

Dozens of dishes fill the table.

Mo Zhu picked up the wine glass, stood up, and said, "Come, I'll give you a glass first." ”

"Cheers!"

Everyone raised their glasses in response.

"Cheers!"

"Cheers!"

……

……

The next day, early in the morning.

Lu Fan and the others left Caiyun City and marched all the way to the northeast.

Everywhere I went, I was greeted by local officials.

Delicious food and drink are served.

Let Lu Fan's assignable attribute points increase quickly.

It was March 12th.

Afternoon.

The group arrived at Jinling City.

came to the post house to settle down, and Ye Wuchen changed into civilian clothes.

The brocade robe and jade belt, at first glance, is a noble son.

"Lu Fan, let's go, go to my house and sit down?"

Ye Wuchen smiled and extended an invitation to Lu Fan.

"yes, you're home."

Only then did Lu Fan remember that Ye Wuchen was from Jinling.

"But, I'm not going, am I? It will delay your reunion with your family. ”

"It's okay, don't delay."

Ye Wuchen shook his head lightly, "It's okay for me to get along with my parents for a while, but after a long time, they can't help but find fault with me, and I will talk back." ”

"If we can't say a few words, we'll get into an argument."

"That's why I ran so far to join the army in Zhennanguan."

"I can't stay at home."

"Okay, let's not talk about that."

"I'm complaining to you."

Ye Wuchen smiled and said, "Don't forget, you promised me before that you would come to my house as a guest?" You can't talk and don't count. ”

"This ......"

Lu Fan didn't expect that he casually agreed last time, and the other party actually remembered it.

Now he couldn't refuse.

Moreover, listening to Ye Wuchen's meaning, it seems that he has a very bad relationship with his parents?

An outstanding person like Ye Wuchen will be counted down by his parents.

How strict is that?

"Also, if you are in the post house at night, there will definitely be officials who will come to the banquet."

Ye Wuchen reminded: "Do you like to stay here to socialize?" ”

"Yes."

Lu Fan sighed: "However, if I go to your house, I am not prepared?" You can't go empty-handed, can you? ”

"You don't have to prepare anything."

Ye Wuchen said: "I know you don't like to socialize, and so do I." When you get to my house, I'll take you directly to where I live, and you don't have to go to see my parents. ”

"Then it's up to you."

When Lu Fan heard that he didn't need to see Ye Wuchen's parents, he had a little less concern, "Let's go and talk to the Lord Commander, right?" ”

"I've already told the adults."

Ye Wuchen was very happy when he saw Lu Fan agree, "Let's go, I'll take you to the street before it's dark." ”

"Wait until I'm dressed."

Lu Fan went to change into casual clothes and walked out of the post house with Ye Wuchen.

Neither of them was riding a horse or carrying a weapon.

Compared with Ye Wuchen, Lu Fan's dress was too ordinary.

However, even the most ordinary clothes, worn on him, did not affect his appearance and temperament in the slightest.

On the contrary, he was arrogant, and he walked with Ye Wuchen, which was not inferior.

The two walked on the street and immediately attracted the attention of many people.

Especially the girl who is just starting to fall in love, when she sees them, her eyes are shining.

A few girls even quietly followed behind the two of them, following them for a long time, and they were reluctant to leave.

Jinling City is very large and extremely prosperous.

It is more than ten times larger than Caiyun City, not to mention Zhennan Pass.

Before reaching the most prosperous area, the street is already full of people, and it is more lively than Lan Kwai Street.

There are all kinds of shops, performers, singers, flowers, jugglers, storytellers, too many.

Not to mention, pubs, restaurants, restaurants, and all kinds of places to eat.

But the most, it is still the place of hooking, green building, painting boat, and other fireworks.

The two walked through the streets and alleys, gradually moving away from the hustle and bustle and coming to a relatively secluded place.

I saw a deep mansion compound from afar.

Surrounded by mountains and rivers.

The house is surrounded by greenery and backed by green hills.

A large river enveloped the entire mansion like a jade belt.

A pair of stone lions in front of the door show the power of this family.

Jinling Ye family!

One of the super families of the Great Zhou.

Even compared with the Liu family in the capital, it is not inferior.

……

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(End of chapter)