After delivering the letter, Zhang Sibao did not leave, but straightened his body and stood on Miao Mingrui's side with a straight posture, as if he was also a new buddy, listening carefully to his explanation of the rules of the store to the new apprentices. It's still a stick of incense, and Miao Mingrui talks about the rules of the store for almost so long every time he talks to new apprentices and new buddies, and he breaks it from the outside to the inside, and he hopes that every disciple and buddy who steps into Xinyi can understand the meaning of Xinyi. This is from the moment he took over Xinyi Fang from Master, and he has also passed on this old rule of Master. And exactly like his master, no matter how big the matter is outside, he will talk about it all before dealing with the rest.

Waiting for the new apprentices to leave the hall, Miao Mingrui opened the letter on the desk and read it line by line, while Zhang Sibao sat quietly in the lower seat, looking at the expression on Miao Mingrui's face while drinking tea. He and Miao Mingrui have known each other since they were young, and on weekdays, this Miao Dongjia always has a modest smile on his face, and he rarely sees a happy or angry expression on his face, and even rarely sees his shameless or disdainful demeanor because of his disgust with someone or something, and he always has a natural demeanor.

Miao Mingrui finally read the letter carefully, the content of the letter was not much but two pages, but he read it three times. He handed the letter to Zhang Sibao, who was sitting down on the right-hand side, and asked him to take a look at it, then got up and walked slowly to the door of the hall. Under the eaves of the entrance hangs a birdcage made of nanmu, and inside is a large-billed parrot from the East Sea, where he leisurely plays with the birds. After a while, Zhang Sibao finished reading the letter and came to Miao Mingrui's side with the letter.

Miao Mingrui stopped what he was doing and said to Zhang Sibao: How to write in the letter, tell the customer truthfully, don't add oil and vinegar and don't lack words, and bring the details of Xiang Junhao's test record in the arena as soon as possible. I also want his opponent and the referee on duty to comment on him, I want all of them, the more detailed the better, I want to take a good look.

Zhang Sibao looked at Miao Mingrui puzzled, he knew the Miao Dong family on the other side too well. They haven't seen any big names and great exercises for so many years, even if it is the test record of the first person in the world, he is only a cursory glance, and such a fledgling kid actually makes him so interested that he actually wants to read the test record in detail?

Miao Mingrui stopped teasing the bird, and turned around and came to the back of his chair behind the screen, where the portrait of the founder of Xinyi Fang was enshrined. In the portrait, there is a young woman, only to see the woman in the painting dressed in white, with long hair and a shawl, and a gold belt on her head. Holding a sassy and heroic five-foot gun, the willow eyebrows and dark eyes reveal a heroic spirit, which makes people feel that the dawn is shining on the battlefield.

Miao Mingrui lit incense and worshipped, looked at the woman in the portrait and said to himself: Master, although I don't know where you have traveled for so many years, your descendants will definitely protect him!

On the road to Shengjing

Xiang Junhao, Mo Qingzhi, and Helan Xuanji disappeared from Chen Cheng early a month ago, and then rushed to Shengjing non-stop. Along the way, Xiang Junhao didn't ask Mo Qingzhi why he changed his plan, but just silently drove the horse in front of the car. And Helan Xuanji has also become extra diligent and studious, in Xiang Junhao's impression of knowing her for more than a year, I haven't seen her so easy to learn, holding several books of martial arts and constantly asking Mo Qingzhi for advice, and when she was resting on the side of the road, she also pulled Mo Qingzhi to compare, I have never seen her like the master who pulls her hips loosely on weekdays and is now grinding guns.

is afraid of rushing to the road with raw hands, and Xiang Junhao perfectly interprets this case. Mo Qingzhi ordered "keep moving forward" before falling asleep, and the thoughtful Xiang Junhao didn't pay attention to the fork in the road because he was distracted, and the three of them missed the official road and walked on another road, and when they found out, it was too late, and the car had been gone for most of the day. Fortunately, Mo Qingzhi also walked here many years ago, saying that this road can also reach the destination, but it takes a day to waste a day in a circle. Seeing that the sky was dark, he also drove for a whole day, Xiang Junhao stood at the front of the car and looked into the distance, and saw a village in the distance, and then consulted Xia Mo Qingzhi's opinion and then drove the car to the village, it seems that he can't get to the next town tonight, and he has to spend the night in this village.

Xiang Junhao drove to the entrance of the village, and there was a stone tablet at the entrance of the village, with three words written on it: "Sanshi Village". Looking towards the village, but at this twilight, there was no smoke rising from the village, and there were no people or animals in the village, only a few down-and-out domestic dogs dangling on the side of the road, and the whole village looked very desolate. Xiang Junhao felt bad, got out of the car and tied the horse to the trunk of a tree on the side of the road, and told Mo Qingzhi and Helan Xuanji in the car what he saw. The three of them came to the entrance of the village together to look at the defeat in the village, and Xiang Junhao and Helan Xuanji both looked at Mo Qingzhi, asking him with their eyes that this place has always been like this?

Mo Qingzhi shook his head and said, "No! Although this village is far away from the official road, because there are mines in the mountains behind this village and fertile fields in front of the village, it has always been prosperous and the village has enough food and clothing. There must be something strange about this scene today, and you two will go in with me to investigate, but be careful.

Xiang Junhao and Helan Xuanji followed closely behind Mo Qingzhi, and the three of them walked into the village like this. Xiang Junhao looked around carefully as he walked, and he found that the village seemed to be not small, and according to the rough number of houses, there were three or four hundred households, but except for those stray dogs, there was not a single figure in sight, nor a single domestic animal. However, looking at the houses in this village, they should all be inhabited, and all the necessities of life should be provided, and the villagers seem to have disappeared out of thin air. Along the way, he also found signs of destruction and damage on the exterior walls and courtyard walls of many houses, which looked like they were freshly made, and some of the walls had dried blood marks.

The three of them followed the village road all the way to the square in the center of the village, and in the center of the square there was a round stage made of stones, on which sat a young man, who was dozing with a stick. Hearing the footsteps, he opened his eyes and looked up, but found that the three people in front of him were very familiar, so he quickly rubbed his eyes and took a closer look, and after the three of his master and nephew walked in, the sunset also saw the appearance of this young man clearly.

Helan Xuanji pointed at the young man, blurted out in surprise: You, aren't you the Li Hefeng who cheated with my junior brother?

This person was the one who played against Xiang Junhao in the Plum Blossom Arena, and then pretended to lose the Li Yifeng who held the money with Mo Qing. He didn't mind Helan Xuanji's words, and after seeing the faces of the three of them clearly, he got up and jumped off the stage to the three of them, and then greeted the three of them with a big grin, and especially thanked Mo Qingzhi for giving him the silver taels. If there were outsiders present at this time, his warm greetings would make outsiders seem to think as if they had reunited with friends they hadn't seen for a long time.

Xiang Junhao pointed to the stage behind Li Yifeng, and asked puzzledly: What are you doing here?

Li Yifeng held the three-section stick in his arms that synthesized a whistle stick, and replied with a smile: People are hidden, as for what to do? Of course, it is to get rid of demons, your uncle said that cultivators must have the courage to see through life and death, and then they can subdue demons and eliminate demons to protect the safety of one party, and they must also calm their hearts and not get tired of resisting the demons.

After saying that, he looked at Mo Qingzhi on the side, and also looked at Jun Hao and Helan Xuanji. Helan Xuanji was straight-mouthed, and said to Mo Qingzhi: "Uncle Shi, it seems that you are not only with him, but also with him.

Xiang Junhao was speechless but thought to himself, Uncle Shi, you are using money to tie others up first, and then use the righteousness of a cultivator to influence him through your three-inch incorruptible tongue, master, it is really high!

Mo Qingzhi looked at the mine behind the village with a serious face, he raised his head and looked at the mountain and asked: Little brother Li Yifeng, the villagers are all hiding in the village and have not entered the mountain, right?

Li Yifeng nodded and replied: There are two particularly large underground caves under the stage and under the village ancestral hall, which are hidden there.

Mo Qingzhi looked back at Li Yifeng and said: You plan to fight these mountain demons alone?

Li Yifeng smiled bitterly and replied: Originally, there were a few Wu Lingwei stationed in the village, but they had been broken by last night's killing, and they hid in the cave with the villagers. In addition, I have sent some of them to the nearest city to ask for help, but I have not moved for a day, so I can only wait here for reinforcements.

Xiang Junhao and Helan Xuanji asked at the same time: Last night's killing?

Li Yifeng pointed to a room in the right corner of the square stage and said: There, the corpses of mountain demons are piled up behind the house, and the remains of the killed Wu Lingwei and villagers are placed in the house.

Xiang Junhao and Helan Xuanji were greatly surprised, and wanted to continue to ask, but they heard a neighing sound. Everyone looked for prestige, and it turned out that the horse tied to the carriage at the entrance of the village was running towards them along the village road, and the horse ran past them and went straight in the other direction, and everyone saw that the horse had a lot of injuries on its body, all of which were scratched by sharp claws. Mo Qingzhi drank a "protection" lightly at this time, only to see two spiritual runes fall to the ground, and the stage and the ancestral hall not far away were shrouded in two spiritual lights.

Mo Qingzhi turned his head to look at the three teenagers in front of him and said: I have cast a spell to protect the stage and the ancestral hall, even if the mountain demon finds the entrance, he can't get closer. The next thing is that the three of you will kill the demons and protect yourself with your ability, either wait for reinforcements to arrive, or you will kill all the mountain demons that are attacking or the three of you will be killed.

Helan Xuanji didn't understand and asked Mo Qingzhi and asked, "What about you, uncle?"

With a wave of his left hand, a spirit rune flew out and exploded in the air like fireworks, turning into a spiritual fire that could be used for lighting, and then scattered around the entire square, and the pitch-black square that was about to change due to the setting sun was illuminated. Then Mo Qing waved a small spiritual light cage with his right hand to protect him in the middle, and then he took out a Taishi chair from the ring and lay down on the chair leisurely.