Ji Taoist

In the next few days, Yan Buji and Tian Liang seemed to have become a pair of close friends. They often get together, play chess, drink tea, or chat.

They sit in front of the window, the sun shines through the window onto the chessboard, reflecting the shadows of black and white chess pieces. Yan Buji and Tian Liang focus on the chess game, thinking about the next move. They don't talk much, but every word is a respect and appreciation for each other's wisdom.

Sometimes, they will put down the chess pieces in their hands, make a pot of hot tea, and chat about their life experiences and feelings while savoring the fragrance of tea. Yan Buji listens to Tian Liang's stories about the past and feels the vicissitudes of time; while Tian Liang sees the youthful vigor and vitality of young people in Yan Buji.

"Brother Ji, your chess skills are not bad, I think you have also studied hard, right?" Tian Liang smiled.

"I have learned it before, but I have never played against a master like Brother Tian. I am willing to admit defeat." Yan Buji smiled faintly and surrendered.

"Hahaha, drink tea."

Yan Buji took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Brother Tian, ​​you don't seem to be worried at all these days. If Fellow Daoist Hu fails, you... "

"I have tried my best. Whether it succeeds or not depends on God's will." Tian Liang sighed, but there was no tension or anxiety on his face, but he was very calm.

Yan Buji's heart moved. From his observations in the past few days, although Tian Liang was old, he was in good spirits. Moreover, he was well organized and spoke without leaking a drop of water, which was not the appearance of a dying person.

First, either he was sure that Hu Xian could refine the Deformation-Breaking Pill to help him eliminate the erosion of the deformed power;

Second, either he had a backup plan, but asking Hu Xian to refine the pill was a safeguard.

Yan Buji didn't believe that anyone could face death calmly. All living beings seek life, not death. How to choose between living a miserable life and dying a great death, Yan Buji couldn't judge everyone, but Tian Liang was definitely not the kind of person who sacrificed his life for justice!

Tian Liang was also intentionally or unintentionally probing his origins. Although he used the excuse of being from the mountains, it seemed that he had already started to investigate secretly.

But if he wanted to investigate his activities, he had to start from a year ago. It was unlikely that this guy had such a wide intelligence network.

Yan Buji was not good at comforting him, but just smiled and chatted about some things happening nearby.

"There is a small Ascension Conference in Gendao. If you want to go, you can leave in advance." Tian Liang said with a smile.

"The Ascension Conference... is it a cultivator trade fair jointly organized by the major forces in Gendao?" Yan Buji was surprised. He heard that this Ascension Conference was divided into small and large, and the small one was specifically open to cultivators below the Jindan stage.

"That's right, this Ascension Conference is not held in the mountains, but on the Xiashan grassland where mortals gather, in the imperial capital of the Gendao Dynasty. If you set out from here, it will take one or two months to travel. It happens to start in the second half of this year, so it's not too late to leave now." Tian Liang said with a smile.

Yan Buji nodded: "Is that so? Then I really want to go and take a look."

"Well, if you want to go, how about I arrange to go with a caravan of the Wang family?"

"The caravan of the Wang family... It's not impossible, but aren't you going?"

Tian Liang smiled and shook his head: "I won't go. I don't have the time to join in the fun now."

"Okay, then I'll go and take a look first." Yan Buji stood up and bowed, saying: "Thank you for the arrangement, brother."

"No problem."

Since Tian Liang has made arrangements, why not go and take a look.

Although it is not clear what Tian Liang is thinking, Yan Buji is still very interested in the Ascension Conference.

However, as long as the other party cannot see his true strength, there will always be a price to pay for misjudging himself.

Soon, Yan Buji left the market and walked to the front of the Wang family caravan under the arrangement of Tian Liang.

"Are you Ji Bu? I am Wang Wen of the Wang family."

"Friend Wang Dao, this is given by Brother Tian, ​​take a look?" Yan Buji took out the certificate given to him by Tian Liang, and Wang Wen smiled and did not take it.

"Since it was arranged by Boss Tian, ​​we naturally believe it. However, Fellow Daoist Ji is not a guest invited by our Wang family. Please do not act on your own during the journey with the caravan, and do not ask about our Wang family's affairs. Naturally, any problems on the road will be solved by our Wang family, and you don't need to do anything. If you are worried, you can leave at any time during the journey."

"No problem."

Yan Buji looked at the ten carriages of different sizes. Although he didn't know what goods were in them, he thought that since they were going to participate in the Ascension Conference, they should be some specialties.

The Wang family is also a medium-sized immortal cultivation family in the vicinity. It is not as good as the alchemy family like the Hu family, but it is said that there is a spiritual stone vein in the family!

Looking at this group of Wang family cultivators, each of them is at least in the middle stage of Qi Refining, and there are a few cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining in the middle carriage, which makes Yan Buji a little alert.

But the Wang family is not a demonic force, and Tian Liang can't instruct the Wang family to attack him, right?

I didn't provoke him... But if that's the case, facing several late Qi Refining masters, it might be difficult for Yan Buji to escape.

Let's follow the caravan first.

Yan Buji himself is not a good guy, how could he be afraid of other people's conspiracy?

Walking into a carriage, Yan Buji was stunned and saw four cultivators sitting here. Seeing him coming, they took the initiative to make room for him.

"My fellow Taoist, are you also going to the Ascension Conference?" A young cultivator smiled.

Yan Buji smiled, nodded and sat down: "Yes, I have been practicing alone for a long time and have not seen the world. This time I heard that the Ascension Conference has started, I want to go and see the world."

The young man laughed: "Haha, yes. How can we, a group of casual cultivators, have so many resources to practice? Don't we still have to work for others to earn some spiritual stones to live?"

"Work? Are you invited by the Wang family?"

"Yes, aren't you?"

"I'm not, I was arranged by Brother Tian Liang, the owner of the restaurant in the market, to go and take a look." Yan Buji smiled.

The young man was stunned and nodded: "So that's the case, then it seems that fellow Taoist has no worries about spiritual stones."

"What do you mean?"

"Like casual cultivators like us, we originally wanted to go and see the Ascension Conference, but the journey is long. It happened that the nearby families also planned to arrange a caravan to go there, so we recruited some people to protect the caravan and earn some spiritual stones at the same time, killing two birds with one stone."

Yan Buji instantly understood what he meant.

It turns out that these casual cultivators are used as cannon fodder. If they encounter any trouble on the road, they will probably be the first to face it.

Even if everything goes well, the casual cultivators can just be sent away with some spirit stones.

For the Wang family and them, the destination is the same anyway, so it is not a loss.

Yan Buji's approach is different, so there is no reason for him to take action.