Red Mansion: Incense and God Road, starting from the City God of Shenjing

Chapter 10: Light and Shadow, Spring and Night Talk
After thinking for a moment, he realized that it was still early, so he took out the spiritual sword given to him by Emperor Shunde during the day.

The so-called spiritualism is a general term for the treasures used by the Taoist Qigong practitioners.

The level is determined by the number of times it is refined.

The maximum number of times can be nine, which is called the Nine Refinings.

The grade of materials and the means of refining are important factors in determining the success of a magic weapon.

At this time, the Nine Refined Magic Weapon had already become a legend.

Not to mention the ninth level, even the eighth level is unknown whether it still exists.

If the material quality is not high enough, the refining method will not work.

If you continue to refine it by force, the magic weapon will only break into pieces, and everything will be in vain in the end.

Therefore, every time of refining is equivalent to a tribulation for the magic weapon.

The spiritual magic sword given by Emperor Shunde is the Six-Refined Magic Sword.

For a spiritual cultivator, this is already extremely valuable.

Jia Cong drew out his magic sword.

The sword was three feet long, pitch black, yet as thin as a cicada's wing.

On the sword blade, the words "Splitting Light" are written.

If it is used for chopping, it will definitely not be convenient.

It is just a magic weapon used by Qigong practitioners, and it has its own magical powers.

The shadows are so blurry that they seem unreal to the naked eye.

A divine power burned and poured into the sword.

There was a "buzz" sound.

The magic sword unexpectedly appeared several feet away, and Jia Cong's mind moved.

But the sword shadow split into light and actually directly split into dozens of magic swords.

It is difficult to distinguish the real from the fake.

In fact, these dozens of sword lights, switching between real and fake, are exactly the same as the real one.

"Sword shadow splits light, what a good sword!"

Jia Cong made a faint comment.

This six-refined magic sword alone can increase Jia Cong's sword skills by 30%.

This is enough to show the importance of magic weapons to Qi-cultivating practitioners.

“If there is a chance in the future, I can collect a few spiritual cultivation techniques.”

Jia Cong wore the "Spectroscopic Sword" around his waist and thought of the four maids in the yard who also needed to practice spiritual skills.

If a serious sword cultivator obtains this kind of magic sword, he can devote his blood and sweat to refining it.

In a short period of time, one can become one with the magic sword and use it as easily as using one's own arm.

However, Jia Cong's sword-cultivation method was evolved from divine power, so he had to wear it with him and imbue it with his own aura.

It's not a big deal. It just takes a little longer, but it doesn't require any effort.

Both have their pros and cons.

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Rongguofu

Yingchunyuan

"Siqi, what's going on?"

Yingchun looked at the maid Siqi who had just walked into the room.

"Girl, I've asked three times."

"Those four masters said they were following the orders of our Third Master and refused to rest."

"He even refused to drink the tea Xiuju brought to him."

Siqi had a helpless look on her face.

Since Jia Cong left Yingchun Courtyard in the morning, Wang Er was ordered to arrange four ghost soldiers to guard the door.

Wearing armor and holding a fierce weapon, he looks like a sculpture.

The servants passing by the Rongguo Mansion were all terrified when they saw this, and some even took detours.

Ghost soldiers don't need to eat or drink, and the little divine power required to appear in broad daylight is insignificant to Jia Cong.

It's almost instinctive and can be recovered in the blink of an eye.

"Girl, our Third Master is so impressive today!"

"That old woman Wang used to bully others in the girl's courtyard because she was the girl's wet nurse."

"If you don't know, you might think she's the master. Now, even Wang Zhu's family has been beaten to death by the Third Master."

"Let's see who dares to bully the young lady in the mansion from now on."

Talking about what happened during the day, Siqi's face was full of excitement.

It seems like there are endless things to say.

"And the four masters outside, I heard from the old people in the mansion that when the old master was alive, his personal soldiers were no more than this."

"Where did you find the Third Master?"

"Girl, Brother Cong is a capable man, he must have his own ways, how can we interfere with what's going on outside."

Yingchun shook her head. "Yes, the imperial edict arrived this afternoon."

"Our Third Master is now a super-class earl, and the emperor has also awarded him two imperial estates."

"I heard from Zhou Rui's wife last night that the two imperial farms owned by our Third Master have more than 2,000 acres of land combined."

"How much is that worth..."

"By the way, the Third Master said today that he would ask for a title for the girl in the future."

Siqi held her chin with both hands and fell into reverie.

"Girl, if you are interested, I will send you to Brother Cong's room."

"Maybe I can become an aunt or something in the future."

Yingchun covered her mouth and chuckled.

"Ah, girl, how can you say such things? How could the Third Master like me? I, I won't talk to you anymore."

These words made Siqi blush with embarrassment. She quickly went into the inner room holding a handkerchief and tidied the bedding.

Only Yingchun was left looking outside the house.

Thinking about the four ghost soldiers standing guard outside.

From today on, I finally truly understand the feeling of having someone to rely on.

……

In the next two days, Jia Cong of Rongguo Mansion became the subject of heated discussion among the powerful people in Shenjing.

The terrifying talent of a nine-year-old spiritual cultivator means that unless something unexpected happens.

He will definitely become a great figure in the fourth realm in the future.

What is this concept?
In the past, Taizu of Daqian ruled all nine provinces, but his own cultivation was only at the fourth level.

Still walking the path of martial arts.

He is not as good as the Xuanmen Qi-refining practitioners if he is not involved with people of the same level.

It is not just talk that one person can destroy a country.

After five years of silence, the Rongguo Mansion is once again prospering.

It is human nature to curry favor with the powerful.

He couldn’t wait for the promotion banquet at the Jia Mansion in three days.

There are eight dukes, twelve marquises, and some earls and viscounts' mansions. Even the head of the mansion cannot save face for a while.

They also sent their wives with honorable gifts to visit.

Rongqing Hall was bustling with activity.

Grandmother Jia was surrounded by many ladies and daughters of powerful and wealthy families.

All kinds of flattery are free of charge.

……

Such excitement naturally had nothing to do with Jia Cong.

How could a dignified "innate god" condescend to attend social events in Rongqing Hall?

At night, he still sits in the City God's office as usual.

During the day, he would either close his eyes and meditate quietly, or read some unofficial historical records, trying to find more information about this world.

In the past two days, I have become interested in the Four Books and Five Classics.

At the same time, I began to secretly look forward to it.

He could only look at the gifts that the servants kept bringing into the yard and nodded secretly.

After all, Grandmother Jia had experienced many ups and downs, and she knew who the generous gifts sent by various mansions were for.

He did not even take the money into the public warehouse, but sent it directly to Jia Cong's Lixiangyuan.

The maid Xiaodong'er was dazzled by the various precious silks and treasures.

From time to time, he would discover something new and run to Jia Cong, chattering and expressing his excitement.

All the maids in the courtyard knew Xiao Dong'er's position in Jia Cong's heart.

Even Yuanyang didn't dare to treat her as a maid.

Instead, he is treated as half a master.

I always take care of you in every way.

This continued until the next night.

A maidservant serving Lady Jia was led into Lixiangyuan by Yuanyang.

"Greetings, Third Master Cong."

"The old lady asked me to come and see that she wanted to invite Third Master Cong to Rongqing Hall."

Upon hearing this, Jia Cong put down the book "The Doctrine of the Mean" annotated by a great scholar from an unknown powerful family and said calmly,

"Go back and report back, and tell them I'll be there in a moment."

"Yes, slave, please leave!"

After the maid left, Jia Cong shook his head gently.

He was so impatient after just two days. I really overestimated his patience.

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(End of this chapter)