The Murong family will hold ancestor worship activities every year, and the time is fixed from mid-spring to late spring. The ancestor worship activities are huge in scale and have many rituals, and all the direct children of the Murong family in Qingyang City must participate.

This ancestor worship activity prepared for Murong Ye alone naturally couldn't alarm the entire Murong family, so it was only a simplified version. A large part of the process has been reduced, leaving only the most important thing to go to the ancestral hall to worship the ancestral tablets, and to go to the Murong family's cemetery to worship the tombs of the ancestors of the past generations.

On the day of ancestor worship, Murong got up early and bathed and changed clothes under the costumes of Xiaoyue and Xiaoya.

Murong Ye, who was well prepared, first entered the ancestral hall of the Murong family under the guidance of a grandfather of the Murong family, kowtowed to the tablets of the ancestors of the past dynasties, and then listened to the grandfather of the division tell the history of the Murong family and the deeds of several of the most famous ancestors.

After the ancestral hall was completed, Murong Ye followed the grandfather of the branch family to the Murong family cemetery on the peak behind the palace. The area of the cemetery is very large, several times larger than the royal palace. Almost all the ancestors of the Murong family were buried here.

The guardian army of the cemetery consisted of the close guards of the deceased Murong family and their descendants.

As mentioned earlier, the personal guard and the lord to whom he allegiates will be in a relationship of life and death. All the guards regarded dying in battle to protect the Lord as the highest honor. When the general dies of illness or old age, his guards will come to guard the grave of the deceased general until death.

The descendants of the guards can choose according to their wishes, continue to guard the tomb or enter the army under the command of the Murong family to fight for the Murong family. Of course, it's okay not to join the army and do other things.

As for those guards who have died in battle, some of them will commit suicide and follow the general, and the other part will come to this cemetery to guard the tomb until they die. Because they felt indebted to the Murong family, they usually let their descendants guard the tomb for more than three generations before they could leave the cemetery and enter the army under the Murong family or do other jobs.

Not only is the cemetery guard of the Murong family like this, but the cemeteries of other families are basically like this. Therefore, the personal guard is the most loyal and respectable existence.

After learning about these situations from Wang Teng's mouth, Murong Ye bowed deeply in the direction of the guard camp outside the cemetery with great sincerity after bowing his head to the cemetery.

After the ancestor worship was over, Murong Ye returned to his courtyard and continued to read. The speed at which he went to the library to read books on the first day was a bit conspicuous, so he didn't go to the library again after that, and asked Wang Teng to send someone to borrow the book to read in his room.

The opportunity was rare, and Murong Ye decided to use it to collect books in Qingyang City for the past few days, and strive to package and include all the tens of thousands of books in the library. As for the original cultivation plan, he stopped all the cultivation items except for the Eight or Nine Xuangong.

You can cultivate at any time, but if you miss the library in Qingyang City, you don't know when you will have the opportunity to see so many books again.

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Early the next morning, when the sky was bright, Murong Ye asked the guards who were keeping watch to invite Wang Teng and Ma Yan over.

Murong Ye waited until the guards retreated, and only him, Wang Teng, and Ma Yan were left in the house, before asking, "Uncle Wang, how long will it take for you or Uncle Ma to travel back and forth to the imperial capital at the earliest?"

Wang Teng didn't ask the reason, and thought seriously for a while and said: "Back to the young master, it will take us about seven days to return to the emperor with three fast horses day and night, and it will take about half a month to stay in the imperial capital for one day to recover our strength." If you leave now, you can return in the early morning of the fifth day of the new year at the earliest. ”

Murong Ye frowned and said, "We have to leave early on the fourth day of the new year according to the agreement, and it is a little too late in time." If you can't come back before the fourth day of the new year, then you will have to set off directly from the imperial capital with the mission and join me in Taijing City. ”

According to the agreement with the eldest uncle Murong Anran, Murong did not return to the imperial capital at night, and went directly to Taijing City, where the mission must pass, to join the mission.

The White Eagle Empire is located to the west of the Eastern Empire, and there are more than a dozen small countries in the gap between the two empires. Because the Pingxi Corps was at war with several of these small nations, the mission could not set out directly to the west, but had to make a detour to the northwest to bypass the war zone. Therefore, Taijing City, northwest of the imperial capital, became a necessary place for the mission.

Qingyang City is in the northeast of the imperial capital, and from the point of view of the route, the distance from Murong Ye and the others directly to Taijing City from Qingyang City is much less than the distance from Qingyang City back to the imperial capital and then to Taijing City.

Wang Teng and Ma Yan's duty as personal guards is to guard Murong Ye closely, Murong Ye can leave in Qingyang City, but Murong Ye still needs to accompany them when he travels.

Wang Teng paused and asked tentatively, "Young Master, can I ask Mrs. Tai to arrange for someone to do this?"

Murong Ye hesitated, but still shook his head and denied: "No, this matter is top secret, not to mention Mrs. Tai, even the mother can't know about it." ”

Wang Teng and Ma Yan were both dark, they looked at each other and exchanged glances, and then Wang Teng asked, "Young Master, my subordinates dare to ask, why do you want us to return to the imperial capital?"

Murong Ye took out four sets of exercises, including Murong Xinfa, which had been copied for two nights until last night, and handed them to Wang Teng without speaking.

The full version of the Murong family's family heirloom method, the optimized ground product thunder marksmanship, at least the scaling skills and pseudo-breath tricks of the Xuan Pin.

Wang Teng took it and took a general look at the content of the four sets of exercises, and he couldn't help but be shocked. He knew that Murong Ye practiced the Murong family's family heirloom method, and he also practiced the original Thunder Marksmanship, so as soon as he analyzed it, he immediately guessed that the one marked "Murong Heart Method" must be the Murong family's family heirloom method. And, it's likely to be as modified as Thunder's marksmanship. Although he didn't know the scaling technique and the pseudo-breathing technique, he could see the preciousness of these two sets of exercises from the description of their functions.

You must know that the mental method and martial arts of the Dongzhou Continent are very common, but the special techniques between the mental method and the martial art such as the scaling gong and the pseudo-breath technique are extremely rare.

There are more than 80 sets of exercises in the exercise building, and only five of them are such special exercises, and they are all the lowest yellow products. The Exercise Building doesn't even have a place dedicated to storing this kind of special exercises, and they are all directly classified in the Heart Method.

Wang Teng glanced at Murong Ye in disbelief, took a deep breath but didn't say anything, but handed the four sets of exercises to Ma Yan in silence.

Ma Yan was very surprised to see Wang Teng's unconcealable shock, he had worked together for many years, and it was the first time he had seen his old partner so out of shape. He was very curious about what Murong Ye had taken out, and after reading it in a hurry, he finally understood the reason why Wang Teng was so shocked.

Of these four sets of exercises, Murong Ye took out only one set, and the meaning it represented was enough to shock Wang Teng and Ma Yan, not to mention four sets.

Murong Ye waited for Wang Teng and Ma Yan to digest the impact of the four sets of exercises, and then took out a letter and handed it to Wang Teng, and then said: "These four sets of exercises, together with this letter, must be handed over to Grandpa in person, this matter is very important, and I can only feel at ease if the two of you complete it." ”

Murong Ye's letter to his grandfather Murong Yun mainly wrote three points: first, he explained the origin of the four sets of exercises according to the previous statement; second, he asked his grandfather to compile the origin of the four sets of exercises on others, so that he would not be too conspicuous and make a big splash; third, he asked his grandfather if he could teach the four sets of exercises to the people of the personal guards.

Wang Teng's hand holding the letter and the four sets of exercises exerted a slight force, and then looked at Ma Yan again and exchanged glances with each other. Ma Yan seemed to know what Wang Teng wanted to say, so he nodded directly.

Wang Teng took a deep breath, bowed to Murong Ye, and said, "Young Master, there is a candidate under him who can return before the fourth year of junior high school." ”

Murong Ye's heart moved, and he thought of Liu Lao, the coachman who was cultivated by the Great Grandmaster. He had scanned Liu Lao's cultivation before, and knew that Liu Lao was the cultivation of the Great Grandmaster in the early stage. That is a powerhouse who is a big realm higher than Wang Teng and Ma Yan, after all, Wang Tengcai is in the middle stage of the Grandmaster, and Ma Yan is only in the early stage of the Grandmaster.

Through this period of understanding, Murong Ye already knew that the Great Grandmaster realm could be regarded as the top powerhouse level in the Dongzhou Continent without the Martial Saint coming out. Even in the early stage of the Great Grandmaster, he can take on the heavy responsibility of the national teacher of some small countries.

That is, among the Eastern Empire and other countries in the largest countries of the Eastern Continent, there are more martial artists in the Great Grandmaster realm.

What Murong Ye didn't know was that there were only a few hundred martial artists in the Great Grandmaster Realm of the Eastern Continent officially recorded by the Eastern Empire, and such a number could be described as rare.

Murong Ye guessed that the candidate Wang Teng was talking about was Liu Lao, and he also knew that Liu Lao must be his hidden guard, so he didn't ask Wang Teng who the so-called candidate was.

"In that case, without further ado, Uncle Wang, you can arrange it now!"

"Hmm...... Yes, young master. ”

Wang Teng paused, he originally wanted to show Murong Ye the identity of Liu Lao to gain trust, but he didn't expect Murong Ye to trust them without asking. And this matter is indeed urgent and cannot be delayed, so he had to answer and leave with Ma Yan. Moreover, he believed that even if he didn't say it, with Murong Ye's intelligence, he could guess that the candidate he said was Liu Lao.

After Wang Teng and Ma Yan left Murong Ye's courtyard, they went straight to Liu Lao's residence not far away. As soon as they entered the courtyard, they found the neatly dressed Liu Lao sitting in the room looking at them calmly.

Wang Teng gave Ma Yan a look and motioned for him to guard outside the courtyard gate, he himself entered Liu Lao's room, and asked curiously: "My lord, it's not dawn yet, why did you get up so early?"

Liu Lao was kind and smiling. "The young master urgently summoned you before dawn, there must be a big event, and I naturally can't go back to sleep without heart and lungs. ”

Wang Teng secretly praised Liu Lao's cultivation for being profound, there were two small courtyards separated from Murong Ye's residence, and Liu Lao could actually detect Murong Ye's abnormal behavior.

Wang Teng went straight into it with a single knife, took out Murong Ye's handwritten letter and four sets of exercises from his arms, wrapped them in cloth and handed them to Liu Lao, and said solemnly: "The young master has a life, this thing is top secret, and it must be presented to the prince." Ma Yan and I were too slow to return before the fourth year of junior high school, so I asked the adults to run it by themselves. ”

Liu Lao, who was smiling, suddenly became serious, solemnly took the cloth bag, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll leave immediately." ”

Wang Teng bowed deeply to Liu Lao and said, "There is Lord Lao." ”

Liu Lao regained his smiling and kind appearance, and said: "Commander Wang doesn't need to call me an old man, I am the young master's coachman, and it is within my duty to run errands for the young master." ”

After Liu Lao finished speaking, he nodded to Wang Teng, and his body moved and lost his trace. Wang Teng didn't even notice where Liu Lao left at all, and the gap between the two cultivation can be seen.

In the pro-guard team, only Wang Teng and Ma Yan knew Liu Lao's cultivation and identity.

Liu Lao was originally the most powerful general of the First Army under Murong Yun, and was even named the Marquis of Yingwu by His Majesty, although he did not have a fief. After the two brothers Murong Ying and Murong Jie died tragically in front of the Murong Mansion, Liu Lao said that he was sick and retired from the army, resigned as a general, and went to Murong Mansion to raise horses in a low-key manner. said that it was to raise horses, but in fact, it was to protect the safety of Murong Mansion.

After Murong Ye was born, he took the initiative to ask Ying to protect Murong Ye closely, so it was logical that he became Murong Ye's special coachman.

Thinking of Liu Lao's past, Wang Teng bowed again to the place where Liu Lao was standing just now.