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Chapter 756: Immortal Clan Surrenders!Huarui's Canglong Legion (ask for a monthly ticket)

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Time flies, and another half a year has passed.

In the early spring of March [-], Qianlongchang.

The capital of Dagan Kingdom belongs to Longcheng, 【Princess Huarui Mansion】.

This princess mansion was specially built by the Daqian royal family for Huarui. It started construction when she was born, and it took 30 years to complete the construction.

The Princess Mansion was built in Guilong City where every inch of land was expensive. It occupies a huge area, the architectural style is luxurious and majestic, majestic and majestic, and its specifications are even higher than many prince's mansions in Daqian.This also fully demonstrates the status of Princess Huarui in Daqian.

now.

In the Princess Mansion, the white silks under the eaves in front of the corridor representing the death of relatives and elders have not been removed, but the whole Princess Mansion has entered into a busy operation.

Not long ago, Prince Deshun, the elder of Emperor Zi'an's lineage, passed away after his lifespan was exhausted, and returned to Dragon City in plain white. All major families in the country sent people to pay homage.

Many people from the Wang family, who are in-laws, also came, the leader of which was Wang Anye who had just returned from the sanctuary, two wives from the royal family, and some younger generations who were related to the royal family.

Wang Jidie was conferred the title of "Princess Huarui", but it is not just a title.

She has outstanding talent since she was a child, and has been carefully cultivated by the Wang family and the Daqian royal family.In terms of bloodline talent alone, she is only a little bit inferior to Wang Fugui, who is a descendant of Wang's "rich" generation.

Today, Wang Jidie, who is only 15 years old, has not only stepped into the realm of supernatural powers, but also because she is extremely talented in army building and commanding troops in combat. After graduating from the Wang Clan School, she entered the Dagan military experience .

After so many years, she has been promoted all the way in the military system, and now she seems to have become the top leader of the military, responsible for building a strong army.

Princess Huarui's Mansion - in the meeting hall.

Princess Huarui had already changed out of her filial piety, only wearing a touch of plain white around her arms, and her cyan military attire made her heroic, tall and straight, with an extraordinary majesty.

Looking carefully, she still has a drowsy little green dragon wrapped around her arm.

When she was young, Princess Huarui was not a cheap lamp, and she was indispensable for all kinds of troubles.Now that so many years have passed, the willful and willful little princess has grown up long ago, shouldering the heavy responsibility of military construction, and her temperament is much more mature and stable, as if she already has the majesty of a big boss.

Under the command of the Princess Mansion, there are also a lot of talents.

After so many years of development, the talent pool of Daqian today is no longer the same concept as it was back then. The quality of these young people under the command of the Princess Mansion is no worse than that of the Suiyun Princess Mansion back then. Some elites of the Wang family's younger generation even surpassed it a little.

The elite talents from the younger generation from various families gathered together, almost filling up the huge meeting hall.

"His Royal Highness." Standing at the front of the crowd, Wu Zhixing, an elite from the royal family, bowed his hands and said, "After more than a hundred years of development, our Canglong Legion has honed into a sharp sword. Really made a difference.”

Wu Zhixing was about the same age as Wang Shouzhe.Back then when Wang Liyao tried his sword in the capital and penetrated the younger generation of Guilong City, he even fought with Wang Liyao once.At the beginning, he was only slightly inferior to Li Yao, but after more than 300 years, the gap between him and Li Yao now is incalculable.

However, although he can't compare with those top perverts of the Wang family, he can already be regarded as an elite of the younger generation of the human race when looking at the entire world of martial arts.

Wu Zhixing currently works for Princess Huarui's Mansion and serves as the head of the first regiment of the Canglong Legion.

Princess Huarui nodded slightly: "It's been a hundred years of sharpening, it's indeed the birth of our powerful Canglong Legion, and it's time to try our edge."

This statement came out.

The young people in the meeting hall suddenly became excited, all of them were full of fighting spirit, and looked like they couldn't wait to make contributions.

Many of them are sons or daughters of aristocratic families. They responded to the call to enlist in the army, naturally to strive for great fame.

Today's big work is no longer what it used to be.

While Emperor Zi'an was engaged in infrastructure construction and the development of people's livelihood, he also invested a large amount of resources in the construction of the army, especially the Canglong Army, the army directly under the command of Princess Huarui, Marshal of the Grand Army Marshal, is a gathering of elites. The soldiers are fierce and brave, and the worst logistics soldiers all have the combat power of the Lingtai Realm.

Obviously, the Canglong Legion is currently targeting the elite combat troops of the Xian Dynasty, and the configuration of Princess Huarui's Mansion is directly targeting the Suiyun Princess Mansion of the Xian Dynasty.

But that's just for now.

In Huarui's plan, the current strength of the Canglong Legion is not the limit. In the future, sooner or later, it will become a top legion that can compete with the elite legions of the Shenwu period.

To achieve this, whether it is the selection of talents, the supply of materials, or the follow-up training plan, it is the top priority.

Under the auspices of Hua Rui, a group of young elites in the Princess Mansion expressed their views and seriously discussed the next strategic deployment.

After half a day's work, the meeting ended, and most of the people dispersed to go about their own business, but Princess Huarui left behind some confidantes, who seemed to have some secrets to discuss.

The general at the door closed the door of the meeting room again knowingly.

The meeting hall soon became quiet again.

Princess Huarui waved back.

An ancient-looking old man in yellow robe suddenly appeared behind her, raised his hand and saluted: "The old dragon has seen Her Royal Highness."

After speaking, he took out a large stack of boxes from the storage ring.

This old man is none other than Wu Canglong, the spiritual beast of Dagan Township.

At the beginning, he was stuck at the peak of the tenth level for a long time, but with the increasing prosperity of the economy over the years, he has already broken through the checkpoint and promoted to the eleventh level.Now that more than a hundred years have passed, because the food is getting better and better, his strength has also improved rapidly. Although there is still a long distance from the twelfth level, it is no longer the same as before.

Di Zi'an arranged Wu Canglong beside Hua Rui, both for protection and assistance.

"Leader Zhixing." Princess Huarui took a box and handed it to Wu Zhixing, "This [Youfeng Collection] was bought for you by His Majesty using the wealth of the royal family's private treasury. It is worth two fairy spirits. Ling, you have to treat it well."

It really is a treasure!
Even Wu Zhixing, who was always in a stable mood, was so excited that his hands were shaking when he held the box: "Thank you, Your Highness Hua Rui."

He is now at the late stage of the Purple Mansion Realm. Relying on his own meritorious service, subsidies from the royal family's private property, etc., his bloodline has been promoted to the first rank of the Great Tianjiao in these years. He is only short of a treasure book, and he can have the impact of Lingxu qualified.

It can be said that this treasure book came at the right time.

"Don't thank me, this is the royal family's money." Hua Rui smiled, "Cultivate hard, and strive to become king as soon as possible."

The Daqian royal family has a lot of high-quality spiritual fields, and even developed a lot of fifth-grade and sixth-grade spiritual fields over the years.They planted various grades of [Spiritual Grain Seeds] for the Wang family, and after they were bought and sold all over the world, they also made a lot of money, and they also saved a lot of [Immortal Crystal Tickets].

This kind of royal family's private property has nothing to do with national taxes, and the money earned is naturally spent on cultivating the royal family's own talents.Wu Zhixing is at the forefront of today's big royal family no matter in terms of age, cultivation, or aptitude. Di Zi'an and Huarui also have treasure books, and this treasure book naturally falls on his head. superior.

"His Royal Highness and the royal clan's mansion, I will naturally make a special trip to pay my respects. Don't worry, Your Highness, I will definitely practice hard and will not disappoint the expectations of my elders."

Wu Zhixing held the box solemnly, and secretly made up his mind.

This tome is just in time for the rain. After inheriting the tome and being baptized by the essence of the world of the tome, his bloodline can at least reach the peerless third class!Even if there is no opportunity in the future, most of the road to the limit in the future will reach the middle stage of Lingxu Realm, which is more than enough to command an army.

His Royal Highness the Emperor handed over the book to him because he had high hopes for his future, and hoped that he could support Dagan in the future.He will definitely work hard.

"Regimental Commander of the Shihai Battle." Princess Huarui looked at another general who looked about 40 or [-] years old, and also handed over a brocade box and said, "This [Tianxuan Treasure] has pure skills, and my grandfather personally I collected it for you, and the 'estimated value' is the spirit stones of the three immortals. My grandfather said that I would subsidize you with [-] spirit stones. The rest of the spirit stones must be paid by you Monan Wang."

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness, and thank you, Fourth Grandpa!" Wang Shihai rushed to the direction of Changning Wang's to pay respects excitedly, and almost blurted out flattering words, "From the first time I saw Fourth Grandpa, I knew that Fourth Grandpa is A banished immortal descended to earth, heroic and unparalleled. The first time he saw me, he gave Zhang Zijin a red envelope, praising me that this child has a future..."

The Wang family of Monan originally asked to support Liyao together with the Wang family of Changning, so naturally they have followed Wang's footsteps closely all these years.And the Wang family did not treat them badly, and covered them with any good business. After so many years, the Monan Wang family has naturally become richer and richer, and even has two supernatural powers.

However, since they have money and resources, what the Wang family of Monan is most in short supply at present is of course the collection.

Therefore, they have been vigorously cultivating the royal family sea according to the standard of cultivating Lingxu species for these years, and now everything is ready, only the treasure book is missing.

They asked the Wang family to help search for the treasure book, even if there is only one treasure book, it can give the Monan Wang family the potential to become a first-rank family in one fell swoop, thus completing the class transition.

"All right, all right, less flattering and self-showing." Hua Rui interrupted his eloquence speechlessly, "You are now the head of the sixth battle group of Canglong, if you don't work hard, I'll take your skin off carefully. "

Among the clan, Shi Hai is of course her elder, but in the legion, Hua Rui is his absolute superior.

"I swear in the name of the Wang family's ancestors that I will follow Her Royal Highness to make contributions in this life, and only after death." Wang Shihai swore solemnly.

He was also very moved in his heart, meeting fourth grandpa was really a turning point in his life and destiny.Who would have thought that he would still have a chance to enter the Lingxu Realm in this life.

He even didn't expect that one day he would hang out with Princess Huarui, who was four generations younger than him.

Princess Huarui nodded in satisfaction, and then looked at Wang Annan, the leader of the Fourth Battle Group: "Header Annan, my grandfather also sent you a treasure book, and he will also subsidize half of it."

In the years when Wang Shouzhe took over the Wang family, the clan members of the Wang family had helped the growth of the Changning Wang family a lot. This is why Wang Shouzhe tried to give back and subsidize them.These treasure books were either found in the Jingu clan ruins this time, or they were obtained through searching and auctioning.

This can be regarded as Wang's purchasing materials in the sanctuary for the various families of Dagan.

Naturally, Wang Annan was also very excited: "I will see the Fourth Old Master later, so I must give him a good kowtow."

He was also filled with emotion, when he offended Li Yao and was beaten half to death by his father, thinking about it now, the beating was too light.

After giving Wang Annan, Princess Huarui looked at [Wang Shouyue] of the Longzuo Wang family again.

Wang Shouyue is a descendant of the Wang family in Longzuo, and he once went to the Wang family to give gifts.

With the development of Changning Wang's getting better and better, Wang's has been taking good care of Longzuo Wang's for these years, taking them along to make money, even Zhou Bo's ancestors have repeatedly benefited, Wang's She had secretly stuffed a treasure book for him long ago.

It was to thank the ancestor Zhou Bo for his kindness in fighting side by side with the Wang family regardless of the danger.

And Wang Shouyue is also very lucky, catching up with the development of the Wang family and the re-emergence of the Longzuo Wang family, the Longzuo Wang family has always regarded him as a key object and tried their best to cultivate him.

Therefore, although Wang Shouyue is inconspicuous, he has always firmly occupied the first successor echelon of the Wang family in Longzuo. As long as he has the book, he has a chance to soar into the sky.

When Princess Huarui was in charge of the army and called on young people to join the army, Wang Shouyue led a group of young elites from the family without hesitation to serve under Huarui's command.

Because of his ability and clan relationship, keeping the contract has also entered the ranks of Huarui's confidantes.

Like the other two Wang clansmen, Huarui only charged half of the price for the covenant-keeping book.

But the next few, such as Shangguan Yunque from the Shangguan family and Zhao Yuanqing from the Zhao family, all received enough money.

Especially Zhao Yuanqing, every time Princess Huarui saw him, she always felt a little complicated.Firstly, according to seniority, he is the uncle of Hua Rui's mother, so Hua Rui had to call him "uncle".

The second reason is that, it is said that this "uncle" once tried to marry her grandmother Wu Xuening when he was young, he was regarded as half of his grandfather's rival in love!

In short, the relationship is very complicated.

Fortunately, when she served as the Grand Marshal of the Great Army, she had already established a rule that in the army, she spoke with ability and strength, and all of them were commensurate with their positions.Otherwise, there are elders everywhere, and they command the army?

In addition, the Gongye family, the Qian family, and the Chen family were all assigned to Baodian, but they were not Wang's clan. The Wang family was only responsible for purchasing agents and would not subsidize them at will.

The in-laws belong to the in-laws, and the clan relatives belong to the clan relatives. It is still clear how close they are.

And with the distribution of this pile of treasures, the future of the Canglong Legion, the first legion of Daqian, is bound to be limitless.

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the same time period.

Silla Dynasty.

On the outskirts of Xiancheng, a hot spring courtyard.

This courtyard where Wang Shouzhe and the Sister of the Water Moon had a secret meeting was now temporarily assigned to Wang Shouzhe by Yao Yumei.The original stewards and attendants in the other courtyard have also been removed, and replaced by members of the Wang clan and generals.

After returning from the Realm of Destruction, Wang Shouzhe temporarily lived in this other courtyard.

now.

In the antechamber of the other courtyard, there were two people waiting anxiously.

Of these two people, one of them was an old man with white beard and hair, a childlike face with white hair, and a gentle temperament, just like an old fairy.

The other was a young woman who looked to be in her twenties.

This woman has a beautiful appearance and an excellent temperament. She is wearing a complicated light green fairy dress, and there are exquisite and gorgeous sapphire walks on her hair.

These two people are the Tianrui Jiang Clan's Haoran Xianjun and Jiang Muxian.

Looking at the young and beautiful girl beside him, Immortal Haoran sighed in his heart, and couldn't help but said again: "It's hard to wait until Mr. Shouzhe is free, and he is willing to meet us. You can't play tricks later. Temperament, you have to be more respectful. Otherwise, if you offend Mr. Shouzhe, our entire Jiang family will not be able to bear it, you know?"

"Don't worry, ancestor, Xian'er is not the kind of person who can't figure it out." Jiang Muxian nodded when he heard the words, although there was no smile on his face, but there was no resentment, "These days, Xian'er has actually figured it out." Although the Tianrui Si family promised to protect us when necessary, but with the nature of the saints, most of them will not intervene in the normal business strife between the families, and at most they will act to preside over justice when other families do too much."

"And given the current situation of our Jiang family, if we want to regain our foothold, we will definitely need the support of other families. To achieve this, marriage is the fastest and safest way."

"As far as our family is concerned, only a few strong immortals or saints are able to protect our family. And if you want to marry them, the daughter you marry must not be poor in talent, talent or appearance. Our family Among the girls here, I am afraid that there is no one more suitable than me."

"Even if there is no Young Master Shouzhe, I'm afraid it won't be long before the clan should plan to propose marriage for me~"

Jiang Muxian was born in the fairy clan, coupled with his extraordinary talent, he has enjoyed the best education in the clan since he was a child, and in the future he will go to the ancestor Lingxu. through.

She knows that now is the most difficult time for Jiang shi.She saw how the elders of the clan worked so hard to secure a chance for the family, and how they saved their limited resources for the younger generations of the family.

She knows that there are some elders in the family who actually have good qualifications. If the resources can keep up, it is entirely possible to break through the middle stage of Lingxu Realm, or even the later stage. resources to maintain cultivation.

They are exchanging their own future for the future of the juniors.

As a sheltered junior, as a beneficiary, what right do I have to blame those elders?

In the final analysis, it was because Jiang was too weak that he had to use this humble way to pray for the protection of others.

She doesn't blame her family, but only hates her lack of ability.

She came here willingly this time.

Compared with marrying into a wealthy family and living by people's faces from now on, it may not be a better choice to be a maid for Mr. Shouzhe.

It depends on the face of the person on the left and right, why not find a strong person who is more worthy of attachment?
The only question now is whether Mr. Shou Zhe is willing to accept him or not.This point, even she has no idea in her heart.

"It's hard for you to understand this." Seeing what Mu Xian said, Xianjun Haoran was also relieved for a while, and at the same time couldn't help but sighed again in his heart, "With your heart, if you stay in the family, the future You must be one of the mainstays of the clan, if there is another way, the old man would not be willing to send you out."

"However, this time may not be a good opportunity for you. You will perform well later. If you can really stay with Mr. Shouzhe, whether you are a concubine or an ordinary maid, at least the cultivation resources will not be enough. If you are lucky, there may be a better fortune, which is better than staying in the family."

While speaking, a light cough came from outside the door, reminding them that Mr. Shou Zhe had arrived.

The grandparents and grandchildren hurriedly stopped talking and got up to greet each other.

"Xianjun Haoran." Wang Shouzhe walked into the living room, with a smile that made people feel like a spring breeze on his face, "You are a senior, if there is anything, just call Shouzhe to meet you, why run all the way Come?"

Yan Tiange followed Wang Shouzhe step by step, looking like a maid with a low eyebrow and pleasing eyes.

She glanced at Jiang Muxian inadvertently, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

The Jiang family of the fairy clan might not be able to withstand it.

Xianjun Haoran hurriedly showed a flattered look: "How can this old man dare to ask the young master to meet you? You don't want to beat the old man."

Although he also knew that Mr. Shouzhe's words were just being polite, but he still felt quite useful.

It can only be said that Mr. Shouzhe really deserves to be a top son from a noble family. This family's education and conduct are different from those "frizzy" young people in the holy city.

After exchanging pleasantries, both parties sat down together.

Yan Tiange rolled up her cloud sleeves, and elegantly made tea for the guests.Seeing this, Jiang Muxian immediately got up and stepped forward to help, and put on a look of looking forward to the performance of Tiange.

Yan Tiange smiled lightly, without being pretentious, moved her body slightly to give way to her seat, and casually instructed her how to cook Wudao Xiancha, and explained some heat and key points with her in detail.

Jiang Muxian didn't dare to be slack in the slightest, he conscientiously memorized every word Yan Tiange said, carefully learned every step, and comprehended it with his heart, but he didn't make the slightest mistake.

"Sister Muxian is so savvy." Yan Tiange gave a soft compliment.

"Thanks to Sister Xianjun's careful teaching." Jiang Muxian hastily bowed her hands and shyly humbled.

They got along well on one side, and on the other side, Wang Shouzhe also chatted with Immortal Lord Haoran, resolutely not leading the topic in the direction that Immortal Haoran expected.

As time passed, the restless Xianjun Haoran finally couldn't help but directly started the conversation: "Young Master Shouzhe, what do you think of our Muxian?"

"Fairy Muxian is outstanding and intelligent. She is worthy of the blood of the Jiang family of the fairy clan." Wang Shouzhe praised, and took out a packaged and chilled fourteenth-grade crocodile meat, and gave it to Jiang Muxiandao , "When we meet for the first time, don't be disgusted with small gifts."

This large bag of crocodile meat weighed a full two thousand catties, and based on the market price, it would cost 600 million immortal crystals at the start, which together looked like six top-grade spirit stones.

"This……"

Jiang Muxian froze for a moment, did not dare to answer, and looked at his ancestor Haoran.

"This is..." Patriarch Haoran was taken aback, sensed the level of energy contained in the beast meat, and his expression changed, "I'm afraid this beast meat must be of the fourteenth rank. ? This item is expensive, and Mu Xian may not be able to accept it."

"Why can't you accept it?" Wang Shouzhe said with a casual smile, "This was just hunted not long ago, and it didn't cost any money."

"..."

Ancestor Haoran's heart trembled, and his face became more and more awed.

This is the flesh and blood of a fourteenth-order ferocious beast, and Mr. Shouzhe actually said that he was hunting lightly?

He has seen how ferocious the fourteenth-order ferocious beast is.When he entered the real fairyland at the beginning of the year, he was young and energetic, and he was once keen to explore and search for resources. As a result, he accidentally encountered a fourteenth-order void beast during an exploration of the void.

Just one tail, just one stroke of the tail, and he was seriously injured.

At that time, it was really close to death, and he almost never came back.

Such a ferocious beast is definitely not something that a true immortal like Yan Tiange can hunt in the middle stage.

If it were him, Immortal Lord Haoran encountered fourteenth-order ferocious beasts, let alone hunting them down, it is still unknown whether he would be able to escape alive again.

From this, it can be deduced that the young master's entourage is probably far more than a real fairy like Yu Tiange, maybe there are even more powerful real fairy guards hidden in the secret, or there is simply a saint protecting him in secret?

This is not impossible, but in this way, the status of Mr. Shou Zhe in the family may still be higher than his guess.

Think about this.

Ancestor Haoran hastily lowered his tone a bit: "Mr. Shouzhe, if you think Mu Xian is quite smart, you might as well stay by your side and be a servant girl."

"How did this happen?" Wang Shouzhe's face turned serious, and he sat upright, "Mu Xian is the descendant of Jiang's fairy clan. If this gets out, what will the world think of me?"

"Young master, I see that the only maid beside you is Tiange Xianjun. After all, Xianjun is a real fairy. You can't keep asking her to do the work of serving water and tea, doing laundry and cooking, right?" Zu shyly said with an old face, "Our family's Muxian is quite intelligent, if she can serve the young master, it will be a blessing she has cultivated in several lifetimes."

"This..." Wang Shouzhe looked at Yu Tiange, frowned slightly and said, "Xianjun, you are here this time, maybe there are other things? Why don't you talk about the situation first~"

Ancestor Haoran's expression darkened immediately, and he said with tears: "It's old and immoral, which offended the ancestors. Our Yunxuan child failed to be promoted by blood, and now his life and death are uncertain."

Afterwards, he explained the difficulties that the Jiang family is facing now one by one, and finally looked at Wang Shouzhe with begging eyes: "Please show mercy, my lord, and give Jiang a hand, your great kindness, I, Jiang Never forget."

"Also ask the young master to show mercy."

Jiang Muxian also bowed down to Wang Shouzhe with tears in his eyes.

"Xianjun, Muxian, please hurry up." Wang Shouzhe said with a moved face, but he looked embarrassed, "After all, the Jiang family is a fairy clan of the Tianrui Dynasty, and Shouzhe is an outsider who meddles in the affairs of the local family at will. , I'm afraid it will cause dissatisfaction with the Tianrui Sacred Emperor?"

"This..." Patriarch Haoran had a headache for a while.

Could it be that Jiang's whale fall has become inevitable?

"My lord, it would be inappropriate for you to intervene directly." Yu Tiange said while beating the drums, "However, if you give them some work, it will not only make their financial situation better, but also save you, lord. Toil. After all, you came out this time mainly for experience, and it won’t matter much if you earn a few merit points for this family.”

"This...Tiange means to let Jiang Shi act as an agent to share the livelihood of the Tianrui Dynasty for me?" Wang Shouzhe hesitated for a while, as if he had some concerns.

When the ancestor Haoran heard that there were such good things, his eyes lit up immediately, and he hurriedly said: "Mr. Shouzhe, although our Jiang family has fallen, there are many members in the family, especially the middle-class people. If you Don't worry, we are willing to attach the whole family to you and listen to your orders."

"Our Jiang family's requirements are not high, we just want to be able to recover from this wave of crisis, don't fall from the fairy clan to the mortal world! I can swear in the name of the Jiang family's ancestors that I will never betray my son. !"

"It's free for the whole family to depend on it." Wang Shouzhe waved his hand lightly, "But what Tian Ge said is somewhat reasonable. No matter what you say about the Jiang family, you are all local aborigines, and you have connections and understand customs. How about this, I am here today The business and sales of the Holy Dynasty will be handed over to the Jiang family. As long as the Jiang family takes good care of it and develops it carefully, I will guarantee that you will have no worries about Jiang's inheritance."

The ancestor Haoran was overjoyed, and the excited old man burst into tears: "Young master is righteous. This old man swears on behalf of the Jiang family that from now on, the Jiang family will only follow the lead of the young master. Mu Xian, hurry up and pay a visit to the young master. From now on, you must serve the young master carefully. There must be no disobedience!~~”

Jiang Muxian also had a look of joy: "Muxian, I greet you, Young Master."

……

　(This eleventh Lao Ao is really tired. Lao Ao is most afraid of the holidays. He can’t rest in code words, and there are too many thieves. Tomorrow and Sunday will have a day off. See you on Monday, brothers and sisters)
　
(End of this chapter)