Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Ghost Lingers
Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Ghost Lingers
After more than half a month, the gathered vitality slowly began to dissipate, and the monk successfully broke through to the realm of Yudan. Through this observation, Su Aotian also had a lot of insights and consciously benefited a lot.
After returning to the small courtyard, he continued to cultivate, and after a while, Tian Wen spread the word outside the courtyard gate, saying that there was something important to discuss. Su Aotian welcomed Tian Wen into the room, and saw that Tian Wen's expression was a little solemn, with a trace of worry in his eyes.
Without waiting for Su Aotian to ask, Tian Wen took the initiative to explain the purpose of this trip. It turned out that the monk who broke through this time was none other than Feng Qingru's brother-in-law, Feng Qinghua.
Su Aotian secretly wondered if this was not a bad match, if this Feng Qinghua knew that his breakthrough actually gave Su Aotian some insights, I don't know if he would vomit blood in anger. Although Feng Qinghua has never seen this, judging from the performance of his two own families, it should not be much better.
Tian Wen came here, firstly, to express his concern for Su Aotian, and secondly, to officially send an invitation to Su Aotian on behalf of the Divine Intention Gate, hoping that he could join the Divine Meaning Gate. Now that Su Aotian has formed a bond with the Feng family, this Feng Qinghua has now broken through to Jiedan, and his status in the Guiyi Sect is already extraordinary, and the Feng family has also taken the opportunity to rise up. Su Aotian is not a person from the Divine Intention Gate, the Feng family has brought the momentum of the Divine Intention Gate to embarrass Su Aotian, and the Divine Intention Gate is not strong. If Su Aotian officially joined the Divine Intention Gate, it would be a different matter. What's more, Feng Qinghua is an elder of Guiyimen, not an elder of the Feng family, and it is not impossible for him to stand out for his family, but he can only embarrass Su Aotian in the name of the Feng family, and he can't threaten the Divine Intention Gate in the name of Guiyimen, after all, there is no conflict between the Divine Intention Gate and the Guiyi Gate, and the affairs of Su Aotian and the Feng family have nothing to do with the Guiyi Sect. Although Guiyi is a first-class force, Xuanwu City is not his own family, and some things can't be done too much. This is also the Divine Intention Gate in Su Aotian's potential, even if he offends the Feng family, he will also win him over, after all, with such an outstanding talisman, the impact on the sect is not trivial, not to mention his direct contribution to the sect, it is enough to attract advanced cultivators, and in the long run, it is enough to make the strength of the Divine Sense Gate step on a step and enter the threshold of second-rate forces, so this risk is still worth taking.
The joints in this, Su Aotian understood it after a little thought. Although this Divine Intention Sect had its own plans, it could be regarded as lending a helping hand in this case, and Su Aotian couldn't help but have some good feelings about this sect of Tian Wen. However, joining this sect, Su Aotian was not interested at all, after all, it did not help his own improvement. His current ambition is to get out of Qinglong Prefecture, and he has no interest in anything here, if people don't offend me, I won't offend people, cultivate to Yuanying in peace and stability, and leave Qinglong Prefecture, if the Feng family is endless, I have to teach him a lesson, it's a big deal, if he leaves, what can these Jiedan monks do to him?
Su Aotian thanked Tian Wen for his kindness, once again expressed his unwillingness to join the sect, and also hinted that he would leave when things were impossible, and would not cause trouble for Tian Wen's sect. Tian Wen had no choice but to go back to his life.
The news brought by Tian Wen was like a gust of wind to Su Aotian, and it was over. If it comes back again, then the soldiers will come to block it, and the water will cover it, and there is nothing polite to be polite. He continued to make talismans and cultivate, focusing on the improvement of his divine soul and cultivation, and put aside the matter of refining weapons for the time being. Time is getting more and more urgent, not to mention Yuanying, now even the late stage of foundation building has not been repaired, so we must hurry up.
Another year has passed in the blink of an eye, and the people of the Feng family have not appeared, Su Aotian has already put this matter in the back of his mind, and even the worries in Tian Wen's heart have been alleviated a little.
However, what should come is still coming after all, on this day, Tian Wen hurriedly came to the small courtyard, without passing the word, he directly pushed open the courtyard door and came in, and said in a panic: "The Feng family is here, and I want to see you by name, and there are people from the city guard who accompany me." There is a monk from the Feng family, and it should be Feng Qinghua. ”
The Feng family came as Su Aotian expected, and it didn't make a difference if they came early or didn't come late, but they didn't expect that there would be people from the city guard to follow. This city guard is one of the places in the city responsible for maintaining the order of the city rules, nominally neutral, and only under the jurisdiction of the city lord's mansion, but Su Aotian now knows that the so-called city lord's mansion is just a puppet institution elected by the major forces, ostensibly to provide a fair and stable cultivation place for these monks who have paid the city tax, but in fact, these forces have the final say behind the scenes.
Coming with such fanfare, it is already obvious that the ill-intentioned intentions are obvious, no wonder this Tian Wen is scared in his heart, and he can't even care about the number of etiquette in a hurry. Su Aotian naturally didn't bother with him, and came to the store with Tian Wen.
As soon as I entered the house, I looked up and saw that there were still a lot of people coming, the small shop hall was crowded, and there were already many monks gathered on the street outside. When the men of the city guard came out, the monks immediately realized that something was happening, and naturally good people followed.
Among these people, there are both raw and cooked people, most of them are fresh faces, and there are two acquaintances, that is, Feng Di and Feng Qingru's uncle and nephew. The two of them swept away the embarrassment of the last time, and their nostrils were almost raised to the sky. There were seven or eight people in this wave, and the stars and moons surrounded a young man, who sat in the middle, with a handsome face and a cold demeanor, and seemed to be accustomed to this kind of crowding. There are three other people next to him, one sitting and two stops, all of them are foundation building monks, wearing uniform clothes, but the color is slightly different, it seems that they are the people of the city guard.
Seeing Su Aotian come in, Feng Di's uncle and nephew's eyes suddenly became vicious, staring at Su Aotian deadly, full of resentment, and uncontrollable joy, it was a kind of release of long-cherished revenge. After Tian Wen and Su Aotian came in, they bowed their hands to the group and said, "Lord Liang, Elder Feng, this is the resident talisman master of my shop, Master Su Aotian. ”
Tian Wen deliberately mentioned Su Aotian's identity in order to attract the attention of these people, after all, talisman masters are rare, and they still have a considerable status. It's a pity that all his good intentions were in vain, these two sitting, drinking tea seriously, didn't lift their eyelids, and those who were standing showed sneers and contempt without exception.
The reaction of these people was not what Su Aotian expected, and he was not annoyed, he found a chair and sat down, and beckoned Tian Wen to take a seat, saying nothing to these people.
This action annoyed these people, and one of the city guards standing snorted coldly and said, "Presumptuous, who told you to sit down?" Su Aotian said lightly: "This is Tian Dongzhu's shop, I am the resident talisman here, I sit in my own shop, do I still need your permission?" As soon as these words came out, the city guard was stunned, and then realized that this was not the city guard, and Su Aotian was not the prisoner they wanted to interrogate, and he was choked speechless.
The monks outside were originally not a big deal to see the excitement, but now looking at Su Aotian's attitude, he didn't look like a person who was afraid of things, and he couldn't help but be a little excited.
Su Aotian's reaction was beyond the expectations of these people, there was no sincerity and fear that they should have in their impressions, nor was it like a big enemy, but it was like a business coming to the door and preparing to negotiate, which couldn't help but make them stunned.
The person who was sitting in the city guard seemed to be the person in charge, and said at this time: "Daoyou's name is Su Aotian, right, Liu Fangda, who is under the jurisdiction of the Lower City Guard, and I came to ask you something today." Not only do you sell talismans in my Xuanwu City to make a living, but you also pay the city tax according to the rules, and my Xuanwu City will naturally keep you safe. But if you are in the city, you must obey the rules of the city. Now Feng Qingru of the Feng family has complained that you are contemptuous of others, and Feng Di accuses you of gambling and cheating, how do you explain this matter?"
Only then did Su Aotian understand that this Feng Qinghua was afraid that his teacher would be unknown, so he found this city lord's mansion to buckle his hat, so that he could deal with himself next. So he said: "I know the two members of the Feng family, as for whether what they said is true, they know in their hearts, why bother the adults to ask me." Then Liu Fangda's face sank, and he said: "Presumptuous, am I asking you, or are you asking me? No matter how untruthful you are, don't you think I dare to take you to the city guard to punish you?" Su Aotian said: "If the city guard is only based on one side, and people are used to ask for guilt, then why don't you ask these Taoist friends outside first, they can be convinced?" Liu Fangda saw that Su Aotian was not afraid, and he was angry, but he was unreasonable, and it was not good to attack openly.
At this time, Feng Qinghua raised his head, looked at Su Aotian and said: "A casual cultivator, even if he is a talisman master, he is also sharp-toothed, no wonder my Feng family will suffer in your hands." Although the city rules prohibit private fighting, it does not mean that it is not a simple insult that can not be investigated. The people of my Feng family, how can you be insulted by such a lowly person, come today, and give you two ways, one is that you go to the Feng family, kowtow to make amends, and offer spirit stones, my Feng family can be magnanimous, not to blame the past, and allow you to continue to live in this shop; ”
As soon as Feng Qingru spoke, the eyes, the expression, and the tone made Su Aotian feel so familiar in an instant, and he seemed to see the arrogant and invincible faces of Zhao Yuhao, Chunyu, and Sima in front of him, as well as the arrogance of the famous sect that penetrated deep into the bone marrow, and the extreme disdain for loose cultivation. If there is any difference, it is that the faces of Zhao Yuhao and others are a hundred times disgusting, and this Feng Qingru's face is a thousand times more disgusting. Even though Su Aotian's current state of mind is already Gujing Wubo, he also hates his inexplicable sense of superiority.