The villagers at the entrance of the village looked at Lu De with a smile, their eyes full of envy, and there was a burst of compliments.

"Village Chief Lu, congratulations on your promotion!" said a woman in her thirties.

"Uncle Lu, my nephew will go to the town to look for you in the future!" said a young man in his twenties.

But Lu De greeted everyone with a smile and kept nodding in response.

Lu Qi looked at the simple expressions of the villagers, and a trace of respect rose from the bottom of his heart.

So he suddenly had a kind heart, and suddenly took out a large handful of spirit stones from the storage ring, and flew towards those villagers with his divine thoughts, and said loudly: "This is the reward that Mayor Lu gave you!"

The villagers looked at the spirit stones flying over, overjoyed, and after taking the spirit stones one by one, they said words of thanks.

The team left Lujia Village in a mighty way and walked towards the town, Lu Qi looked up and found that the deeper he went into the center of the town, the more prosperous it became, and the flow of people was increasing.

I saw that the pavilions were close to each other, and there were buildings such as tile houses and thatched huts on both sides of the road, and finally, Lu Qi followed the Confucian scholar into a mansion that covered an area of 100 zhang, Lu Qi looked around, although there was some desolation in this mansion, there were dozens of maids and servants inside.

Next, the official Confucian gave Lu De an explanation, and then went back alone to recover his life, and Lu De also took all the family members to find a room to live in, Lu Qi in order to ensure the safety of the family, so that everyone lived in the room next to each other, convenient for summons.

Early the next morning, several local tyrants and inferior gentry came to visit with gifts, Lu Qi glanced at these people with his divine thoughts, and found that they were all mediocre people, and the highest cultivation was only in the foundation building period, and this kind of cultivation could not pose a threat to Lu De, so Lu Qi also put his mind at ease.

After a few more days, all the influential people in the entire Pine Forest Town actually came, and Lu De seemed to like this kind of entertainment, talking with them all day long, pushing glasses and changing glasses, and he was very busy, but Lu De knew in his heart that these people only came to climb one or two in front of Lu Qi, if the Lu family did not have Lu Qi, they would not have received such a high courtesy.

Although Lu De saw it very thoroughly, he would not find it clear, because although the cultivation of these people was not very strong, if he, the mayor of the town, wanted to gain a firm foothold in Songlin Town, he would not be able to do without the support of these local tyrants and inferior gentry, so he could only have a good relationship with these people, and at the same time, in order to enhance his prestige, he also specially brought Lu Qi with him to deter these people.

And although Lu Qi hated these customs etiquette very much, in order to consolidate his father's position, he also accompanied the smiling face every day, and talked insincere words to these rich landlords, until half a month later, all the rich businessmen and tyrants had basically finished visiting, and the mayor's mansion finally returned to its former tranquility.

Lu Qi saw that his family's life was on the right track, so he told his parents that it was time for him to return to the academy, and his family was very supportive of this matter, and when he left, Lu Qi gave each of them a transmission note, so that they could be summoned when they were in danger.

Originally, Liu Yingbo wanted to follow Lu Qi to the academy, but Lu Qi found that he was impacting the critical moment of the Great Perfection of Foundation Building, in this case, Lu Qi asked him to stay and continue to cultivate, so as not to delay this great opportunity, and at the same time, in order to appease his Dao heart, Lu Qi also made a special promise to him, that is, after he stepped into the Great Perfection of Foundation Building, he would definitely help him rise to the Jindan stage, then Liu Yingbo heard this promise, and his heart was ecstatic, so he stayed in the mayor's mansion to concentrate on cultivation.

On this day, after saying goodbye to his family, Lu Qi raised his feet and flew into the sky and galloped towards the Feitian Xiuzhen Temple......

In the sky, there were only a few monks flying, and because Lu Qi was flying too fast, he actually surpassed many flying monks, and those monks just glanced at Lu Qi lightly, and then continued to fly.

At this time, the Flying Sky City has changed greatly, compared to the deserted phenomenon in the past, now it is very lively, when Lu Qi first went to the academy three years ago, there were no monks in the sky at all, but now it is completely different, he has met dozens of flying monks along the way, seeing this scene, Lu Qi secretly said to himself: "This sudden increase in monks, could it be related to the departure of the dean?"

Lu Qi finally arrived at the Feitian Xiuzhen Academy in the afternoon, he descended from the clouds, looked at the long-lost gate of the academy, and there were five big characters engraved on the top: 'Feitian Xiuzhen Academy'.

Lu Qi stopped for a moment, then raised his feet and walked to the door of the academy, and found that there were two male disciples on duty at the door, who were actually two new faces, seeing that their age was at most seventeen or eighteen years old, and their faces were still a little immature, and Lu Qi didn't know them.

The two disciples were wearing a special Dao robe of the Flying Heaven Cultivation Academy, with the word 'disciple' embroidered on it, and a gray badge on their chests, Lu Qi did not forget the division of these ranks, and at a glance, he knew that these two were outer disciples.

One of the disciples blocked Lu Qi's way, but he found that he couldn't see through Lu Qi's cultivation, so he said politely, "Please show your voucher before you can enter the academy." ”

When Lu Qi heard this, he took out the gray badge directly from the storage ring, handed it over and said, "Is this okay?"

This disciple was originally a little surprised when he saw Lu Qi's storage ring, but when he saw that Lu Qi was just an outer disciple, he immediately changed his face to an indifferent look.

The disciple said, "Yes, senior brother, please come in." ”

Lu Qi nodded, and entered the academy directly.

Lu Qi walked slowly on the road, looking at the buildings and scenery in the college, he had a feeling of returning to his homeland, and he didn't meet any acquaintances along the way, Lu Qi didn't stop, and went straight to the outer courtyard, because what he was most worried about was Xia Ying and Zhou Cong and others.

After Lu Qi passed through the Moon Gate, he entered the courtyard of the outer disciples, and found that the entire courtyard was empty, with a rather desolate taste, which was completely opposite to the bustle of the academy when he first came to the academy, a lifeless scene.

Lu Qi walked around the courtyard, but still did not meet a single outer disciple, and the top five signs on the outer door list that were placed in the center of the courtyard before were also removed and became empty, it was the afternoon at this time, although this moment belonged to the time for the disciples to rest, but it should not be so deserted, which made him have a sense of foreboding, and even his back was a little cold.

Lu Qi went straight to the room where he used to live, and found that the door was already covered with cobwebs, a mess, he pushed the door in, and suddenly there was a pungent musty smell, which was very unpleasant, and the house was full of cobwebs, and even overgrown with weeds, it is estimated that no one has come to clean it for a long time.

Lu Qi shook his head, turned around and went to Zheng Cang's room next door, knocked on his door, and said, "Senior Brother Zheng Cang, are you there?"

The voice fell for a long time, and there was no news inside, which made Lu Qi a little suspicious, so he pushed the door directly and entered, and found that the furnishings inside were extremely simple, but they were clean and tidy, where was there any trace of Zheng Cang?

Seeing this scene, Lu Qi's suspicion was even heavier, because this Zheng Cang's courage was very small, and he kept to himself, as long as this person finished his daily tasks, he would stay in the room honestly, and he would not go out half a step at all, and he was not there at this time, which showed that there was a lot of suspicion.

So, Lu Qi didn't stay too long, but went straight to Xia Ying's room, and when he got there, he found that the door was closed, but the front of the door was extremely clean, as if someone often cleaned it.

After entering, Lu Qi looked and found that there was a stone table and two stone benches placed inside, and a stone bed at the very end, but there was nothing else, but the sheets on the bed were spotless and very clean, which made Lu Qi couldn't help but praise: "Xia Ying's heart is pure, even this furnishing is so clean, just as pure and flawless as her character, this is Xia Ying in my heart." ”

Lu Qi stopped in the room for a moment, remembering a series of ambiguities that happened to Xia Ying, until later, when Xia Ying was drunk, he sent Xia Ying into the room for all kinds of things, which suddenly made Lu Qi's face show a pleasant smile, and he felt very happy.

Lu Qi said in his heart, "Where else can Xia Ying go at this time......?"

Suddenly, Lu Qi remembered Xia Ying's friend Zhang Qing, so Lu Qi went straight to Zhang Qing's room.

Since Zhang Qing's room was not separated from Xia Ying's room, on the way, Lu Qi met a disciple who was about nineteen years old, and saw that his cultivation was around the ninth layer of qi refining, so Lu Qi blocked the disciple's way and asked directly: "This disciple, do you know where Xia Ying went?"

Hearing this, the disciple looked dazed and said, "Who is Xia Ying? ”

Lu Qi said: "Do you know Zhou Cong?"

The disciple pondered for a moment, shook his head, and said, "I'm sorry Senior Brother, I'm new here, and I don't know the names you mentioned. ”

"Alright then, you go get busy. Lu Qi said helplessly.

"I have taken my leave," the disciple said, and then turned to leave, looking in a hurry.

Lu Qi had just observed the disciple's psychology with his divine thoughts, and he didn't find that this person was lying, so he let him leave here.

Lu Qi soon arrived in front of Zhang Qing's door, Lu Qi knocked on his door, and after a few breaths, a cold female voice came from inside: "Who?"

Lu Qi was overjoyed when he heard this, because this was the first acquaintance he found when he entered the academy, and the whole person hurriedly replied as if he had grasped a life-saving straw: "It's me, Lu Qi." ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a brief silence inside, and after a while, the door slowly opened, Zhang Qing poked his head out of it, looked around, and after making sure that there was no one around, he said, "Come in." ”

"Okay," Lu Qi followed Zhang Qing into the house, and as soon as he entered the door, Zhang Qing plugged in the door behind him, looking cautious.

When Lu Qi saw this scene, he raised his hand to arrange a soundproof prohibition, and after a while, a circle of white light lit up, completely isolating the entire room.