Sword comes

Chen Ping'an has been in Fushui Island for nearly a ten-year period. During this period, he asked Li Yuan to help him with two things, except for the Jinlu Daochang where the water official relieved his misfortune, and to help send letters to Luoba Mountain.

Chen Pingan couldn't guess the identity of this person, his youthful face, but he looked exhausted and mentally weak, as if he had encountered a bottleneck in his practice. Chen Pingan had seen this kind of soul decaying day by day in some old monks who thought they had no hope of avenue. The mood is falling and I can't lift the weather.Li Yuan would not go ashore unless he was alarmed by the Fushui Island formation.Chen Pingan couldn't figure out more and more what Li Liu's practice in Beiju Luzhou these years was like.But there are so many Shanshuidi newspapers, but there is no record.

During these days, Chen Pingan not only worked tirelessly to refine the aura of mountains and rivers, stabilized and expanded the pattern of the two key acupoints in the Shuifu Mountain Temple, but also took a tour with his mind like a mustard seed, watching the sword as fierce as a cavalry knocking on the pass, and the 15th day of the new year. The tip of the sword wears down the Zhanlongtai, and sparks splash everywhere, just like the iron-forged sword of Master Ruan in his hometown, the room is full of brilliance.

The four seasons of Dragon Palace Cave are like spring, not extremely cold in winter, not hot in summer, and it often rains, with light rain and torrential rain. The flow, or bathing in the rain, with the small world of the human body, the door of the house is wide open, quickly absorbing the aura of water mist, or offering magic weapons on the mountain like jade pots, spring bottles, inkstone drops, etc., to intercept rainwater and not touch the ground of the island.

In my spare time, I began to read the collection of stories in which everyone died in the end. The process is different, most of them have different temperaments, the methods of death are all strange, and who dies in the end is even more varied.

At the top of the mountain at the Xianfu ruins, when the long river of time was stagnant, this book fell to the ground after the death of the big demon, and was given to Chen Pingan by Taoist Sun.

Chen Pingan found a bamboo-handled oil-paper umbrella on Fushui Island. As long as he was not practicing at that time, he would go out for a walk every time it rained, day or night, and walk along Fushui Island. The journey of dependence, walked alone with an umbrella.

The three plaques, Li Liu's chilong jade plaque engraved with "three feet of rain", have been taken off by Chen Pingan and placed in close proximity.

Li Yuan's "Jun Qing Yu Xiang", which is used to control the landscape formation, and the wooden sign "rest" for crossing the bridge of the Water Dragon School are still hanging on his waist. When walking in the rain, occasionally his steps are slightly larger, and there are subtle percussion.

In the rainy night, Chen Pingan still went out with an umbrella, counting the time, Zhu Lian's reply should be coming soon.

Chen Pingan stopped and looked into the distance between the two islands of Baijia and Cangbean. Suddenly, there was a gorgeous carriage jumping out of the lake. At that time, the bell rang like the sound of nature in the rain.Behind the carriage, there was a small group of maids in brocade clothes and a large group of people in red and purple robes, following the carriage and driving along the water.

On the carriage, there was no groom driving the steed, only the young man Li Yuan and a slender and beautiful woman stood, their hair bun like white jade buds, wearing a finely woven double-breasted jacket with small sleeves, covered with light gauze, floating in the air. If smoke.

Li Yuan, a young man, changed into a yellow shirt with a round collar, a white jade belt around his waist, and soap boots on his feet.

When this team appeared, Chen Pingan noticed a vision appeared on the two big islands of Baijia and Cangbean. The surrounding water mist filled the shore and shrouded them, and soon only their outlines could be seen, but Chen Pingan didn't care. It was determined that it was because the monks on the island activated the mountain protection formation, or that someone on the carriage side controlled the water technique, making it inconvenient for the monks on the island to peep at the scene on the lake.

The carriage headed straight towards Chen Ping'an's side, and stopped a mile away from Fushui Island without landing directly. Only Li Yuan and the woman with the high bun got out of the carriage and walked towards the island.

The woman seemed to have temporarily removed the blindfold, revealing her originally blurred face, with a pair of golden eyes, she was undoubtedly one of the local landscape gods.

Li Yuan walked up to Chen Ping'an with that woman, and Li Yuan introduced with a smile: "This is the empress of Nanxunshui Palace who is in charge of the wind and rain in the Dragon Palace Cave. Mr. Chen can call her Mrs. Shen."

Although it was raining heavily, Chen Pingan immediately put away the oil-paper umbrella and called Mrs. Shen.

The Empress of the Water Palace gave a blessing gift, "Shen Lin, an old man from Nanxun Palace, has met Mr. Chen."

After she straightened up and flicked her sleeves lightly, no rain fell on Fushui Island.

Chen Pingan got used to looking at people squarely when talking to them, and accidentally discovered the true face of this water god empress, her face was like celadon glaze, not only that, the "porcelain surface" on her face was covered with fine and dense cracks, The criss-crossing, once people look closely, it looks a little scary.Chen Ping understood a little bit, and didn't pretend that he didn't see anything. He put the oil-paper umbrella under his arm, and clasped fists with this water god empress whose golden body was already in a precarious situation.

Shen Lin seemed a little surprised, and said with a smile: "Mr. Chen doesn't have to be like this. If the face of the little god frightens you, it would be a serious crime."

Li Yuan laughed out loud, as if he thought this statement was more interesting.

It's just that Chen Pingan didn't smile, so Li Yuan had no choice but to put away his smile angrily, making himself boring. If the guys at the forefront of the ancestors of the Water Dragon Sect in the early years were still alive, there would have been laughter all around. blockbuster.

Chen Pingan held the oil-paper umbrella in one hand, and stretched out the other hand sideways.

Shen Lin glanced at Li Yuan, who quickly winked, she walked side by side with Mr. Chen, and then Li Yuan hugged the back of his head with both hands, and followed behind them slowly.

The Nanxun Water Palace is the head of many water gods in the Dragon Palace Cave, not to mention the mountain gods. In this small cave, the most statusless are those small mountain gods who seem to be imprisoned in a cage by the surrounding floods.Some heroic spirits of the Dayuan dynasty who are waiting to be conferred by the Lu family court, or famous officials and heroes whose souls linger after the death of other small countries, once they hear that they may be thrown into the cave of the Dragon Palace and can be made gods, they may even die again have it all.It's not just selfishness, fear of entering this small cave, too many restrictions, how can Shanxiang compare with Shuixiang?More importantly, after entering a small world and leaving home, as a god, how can he feed back the luck of the mountains and rivers of his country?Therefore, any heroic spirit is regarded as a kind of relegation and exile in the officialdom for the mountain god who serves as the small cave, so he would rather be the town god of the small county than the mountain god of the cave.

And Shen Lin's self-proclaimed old man of Nanxun Temple is another very chewy statement, because the Dragon Palace Dongtian with a radius of eight thousand miles and more than a thousand islands of various sizes is rich in water transportation, and it is the best in the world. Now Lord of the Water God Lake , Hebo and Hepo have a total of 32 people. Together with the main city, the twelve big islands all have mountain gods, city gods, and Wenwu temples. Compared with water gods, there are more gods.

Li Yuan looked at the "woman" not far in front, and sighed in his heart.

Fate and pity each other.

It's just that what the Water Dragon Sect can do is to rely on the year after year of Jinlu Daochang to add incense. Although it can also remedy the Nanxun Temple, which is similar to the repair of houses in the market, it is not as good as his water dragon. It is absorbing the incense and refining the essence, which is direct and effective.In the final analysis, this is the place where the cave is not as good as the blessed place. The cave is only suitable for people who practice the Tao, and they can practice in twos and threes with peace of mind. It is the natural dojo of gods.

Chen Pingan had a good conversation with Mrs. Shen.

It's a pity that Dragon Palace Dongtian is not like Chunlu Garden and Caique Mansion, where there are bound collections, which can help people understand the customs of a place.

In fact, this is the first time Chen Pingan has heard of Nanxun Water Palace.

However, the gods with the title of Water Palace usually have a lot of background.

In Shujian Lake, the Zhuchai Island near Qingxia Island, the owner of the island, Liu Chongrun, as the eldest princess of the subjugated country, had a legendary water palace in his home country, which attracted the coveted sword cultivators of the Zhuying Dynasty. The Nascent Soul Sword Cultivator of Zhu Ying's royal family is still planning to gain both money and sex.Chen Pingan has seen the mystery of the elixirs stored in the Water Palace, and the earth immortals would salivate. According to Liu Chongrun, throwing out one of the most important elixirs can cause Shujian Lake to set off a hundred-foot-high wave, vying for it. endlessly.

Before Chen Ping left Lupo Mountain, Liu Chongrun hadn't really negotiated the relocation with Zhu Lian. In fact, Chen Pingan didn't quite understand why Liu Chongrun insisted on dividing the female cultivators of Zhuchai Island into two. Send most of the patriarchs to Longquan County to practice. Now that Shujian Lake has rules, and Jiang Shangzhen’s Zhenjingzong sits in it, it is completely different from the lawless Shujian Lake before. To put it bluntly, Liu Chongrun With that little possessions, the Zhenjing sect really wouldn't be interested in money.

After moving to Longquan County, Chen Ping'an should receive the fairy money from Zhuchai Island, and there will be no less.Zhuchai Island not only mobilizes teachers and mobilizes people, but also consumes financial resources for Liu Chongrun. Chen Pingan really can't figure out how Liu Chongrun does business.

Just like Chen Pingan didn't know the relationship between Li Liu and Li Yuan, nor did he understand the connection between Shen Lin and Li Yuan, so this trip was just a polite greeting with this Nanxun Temple Water Goddess.

Since he was used to doing this on Qingxia Island in Shujian Lake, Chen Ping'an has already been very skilled at it, and he dealt with it impeccably, and his words were polite, but he would not give people the feeling of alienation and indifference. For example, he would humbly ask Fushui Island for advice with Shen Lin. Of course, Shen Lin knew the origin of the Princess Ascension Stele. Like Shuizheng Li Yuan, the two oldest gods in the Dragon Palace Cave, they knew everything about the personnel and affairs of their own land.

Li Yuan listened to the two guys who met for the first time chatting enthusiastically in front.

I think it's a little fun.

It's just fun, but also a little sad.

The high-ranking co-lord of the rivers and lakes, after countless years, managed to take a trip to this Dragon Palace Cave to escape the summer heat. What happened?He didn't even bother to take a look at Nanxunshui Palace, and didn't even bother to say a word or two to admonish Shen Lin, who had no credit but hard work.

Li Yuan could even be sure that if it wasn't for this "Mr. Chen" coming, that co-lord, even Jidu Shuizheng, who has been guarding a summer palace for countless years, she would definitely not have taken a second look.

It was heartless.

Li Yuan always felt that whether he was good or Shen Lin, he could be regarded as a god with a fairly high rank, and he was enough to ignore the worldly human feelings, but compared to that unattainable ancient god, he really seemed like a kind of infatuation in the world.

Shen Lin seemed to be quite interested in the conversation, and took the initiative to introduce the customs and customs of the Dragon Palace Cave to that Mr. Chen.

This is what Chen Pingan is most willing to hear.

This has always been the case since Chen Ping'an's first trip with Xiao Baoping and the others.

Ask the woodcutter when you go up the mountain, ask the boatman when you go down the water, and ask the local people when you enter the city and cross the town. It was all done by Chen Pingan himself. Uncle shared his worries, Chen Pingan would still be worried.

After that, I traveled around the world alone, and it was still the same.

As long as Chen Pingan feels that he can't fully understand any unfamiliar water and soil, he will feel uneasy.

This probably has a lot to do with the series of turmoil in the early years when the female ghost in the wedding dress blocked the way, the Flying Eagle Fort changed, strayed into the Lotus Blessed Land, and experienced the behind-the-scenes murder in the Ghost Valley.

Chen Pingan knew that in this matter, if his mind went to extremes and he did not make any changes, it would be a bumpy pass on the road of practice.

Chen Pingan suddenly realized this idea after meeting Li Liu.

Because after comparing Li Liushen's words and deeds here, Chen Pingan found that even if he returned to his hometown, he could sit alone in the ancestral house in Niping Lane, and he could still think about nothing. , in the Qilong Lane shop, I am also used to letting myself immerse myself in the paranoid state of "I know everything, trivial and flawless". That's why Chen Ping'an is so envious of those two immortals. The man of God watched the mountains and rivers in his palm.

Especially the sentence that Li Liu said casually, "The mood is not stable, no matter how far you go, you are still hitting the wall with ghosts", it was just a word that awakened Chen Pingan, the man in his dream.

Chen Pingan dared to say that he always knew exactly what he wanted, where he wanted to go, and what kind of person he wanted to be.

But along the way, on the road, there have been bumps and bumps, bumps and bumps, not all due to the fate of the world, and he, Chen Pingan, has many "self-inflicted blessings and misfortunes".

So Chen Pingan would sit on the roof that day, feeling that the world was vast, and he didn't know how to settle down and take the next step.

After a ten-year contract, he became a warrior in the golden body and returned to the inverted mountain.

Rebuild a longevity bridge and successfully refine five natal objects.

Become a real swordsman in your mind, and strive to become a great swordsman with great freedom at the same time.

But manpower is limited, and so is mental strength.

At the moment, Chen Ping'an, he has so many thoughts, and the details of the trade-offs are complicated. It's not just these three major things?How could it be as simple as being in debt of several thousand Grain Rain money?The things that have to be done are not limited to these personal matters?

Things are chaotic, big and small.

How should I prioritize, how should I spend my mental strength and time each day, and how should I focus on each specific matter from my own principles.

Chen Ping subconsciously stopped.

The water god empress of Nanxun Palace stopped without showing any signs.

Li Yuan has been doing nothing behind the two of them, carefully counting the light gauze robe on Shen Lin's body, which weighs at most three or four, and how many special pearls from the Dragon Palace that have been refined into tiny mustard seeds are inlaid. At this moment, he has counted more than 9000 pieces.

Shen Lin's visit this time was not Li Yuan's idea, but the brief appearance of the previous co-lord of the rivers and lakes, which made the old man of Nanxun Temple feel a little bit of telepathy, but He didn't dare to show his face without authorization, so he had to wait until the ray of induction completely dissipated, followed the clues, and found him, the Dadu Shuizheng carefully, but he didn't dare to ask directly. No matter how sympathetic Li Yuan was to this water god empress, he would not dare to reveal the secrets of such a big event.

It's just that I couldn't resist Shen Lin, so I had no choice but to use a compromise method that would not be false and favoritism, and took her around Fushui Island. Anyway, as the head of the gods in a small world, she drove around the mountains and rivers, and it was her, Shen Lin. responsibility.It's a pity that the "Mr. Chen" whom Li Yuan called Mr. Chen didn't have the "Three-foot Rain" jade plaque hanging around his waist. The young man was not very old, but he was too sophisticated, and his words were very cautious. It seemed that Shen Lin could only return without success.

Nanxun Water Palace, as the leader of the mountains and rivers in this area, actually has a somewhat unfair name, because no dynasty can intervene in the imperial conferments of all the gods and attendants of the Water Palace, and even the mountain masters of the past dynasties often do not get involved, such as the academy today. Not long after the sage Zhou Mi took office, he asked a gentleman to send ten seal scrolls to the Ancestral Hall of the Water Dragon Sect, all about the large and small gods in the Nanxun Water Hall, leaving only the blank of the name, and let the suzerain grandson make friends with Dongtian The meaning of Nanxunshui Palace among them is very simple, let Shen Lin, who is actually an extremely bloated "little imperial court", toss it on his own. Zhou Mi came to Beiju Luzhou to learn, and he is too lazy to care about these messes.

Shen Lin also quickly reciprocated, except for a few key gods who remained unchanged, and abolished many false official positions that followed the ancient etiquette system. In the end, according to the official positions in the official letters written by the sage Zhou Mi, there were more than 20 official positions in the original. There are only ten orthodox gods recognized by Confucianism left in Nanxunshui Temple, the first water god.

In the beginning, Shao Jingzhi, the leader of Nanzong, who had an irreversible relationship with Nanxunshui Palace, privately said that Mrs. Shen should not do this, and that she would miss more than a dozen gods. Anyway, the sage of the academy, Zhou Mi, has made it clear that he will not deal with Nanxunshui Palace. The operation, why bother.But when Zhou Mi made a move later, left the academy, and beat those big cultivators who uttered bad words "to the point of shit", Shao Jingzhi visited Nanxunshui Palace again and admitted that he almost killed Mrs. Shen.

Shen Lin noticed that the young man beside him was dazed and absent-minded.

She didn't think it was rude or offensive. For a cultivator, being able to relax in such a state of mind can actually be regarded as an invisible trust.

Chen Pingan quickly put away his messy thoughts and apologized: "Mrs. Shen, I'm sorry, I was just a little wandering."

Shen Lin smiled and shook his head.

However, she already had the intention of leaving, so she invited the young man to visit Nanxunshui Hall when she had time.

Chen Pingan nodded in agreement, and then felt a little helpless. Li Liu said that he was going to the main city, and then he would come back to Fu

Mizushima, as a result, she left Dragon Palace Dongtian and Water Dragon Sect directly after going there.

Asked Li Yuan, Li Yuan only said he didn't know.

Shen Lin bid farewell and left, walked to the shore, the water mist rose under his feet, and returned to the carriage in an instant, turned the horse's head, and drove away at a fast speed. The carriage, together with the accompanying maids and the civil and military masters, suddenly disappeared.

Li Yuan slowly withdrew his gaze, actually feeling a little regretful in his heart.

If this young man is a little bit smarter, or a little bit less smart, in fact, Shen Lin is not just inviting him to visit the Nanxun Water Palace, but she will definitely have a great gift, and it is absolutely impossible not to accept it. Kind, and it will be given as a matter of course and reasonable.At least one of the treasures from the Nanxun Water Hall was originally collected, a first-class water art treasure, and its rank was close to that of a half-immortal soldier.Because this gift was not actually given to this young man, but a tribute carefully prepared by a local official, to the owner of the "Three Feet of Rain" jade plaque.Once "Mr. Chen" is willing to accept it, not only will Shen Lin not feel sorry for it, but he will also be more grateful for his acceptance. As long as he shows his thoughts, even if the South Xunshui Palace is demolished in half, Shen Lin will still have something to worry about. Give each other a gift.

It's a pity that "Mr. Chen" missed a blessing in silence.

Is there any cultivator in the world who dislikes that there are not enough treasures from the Immortal Family?Just like these gods of mountains and rivers, who would dislike the essence of incense?

I think should not be.

It's even more pity that Li Yuan is not good at reminding him, otherwise he will be superfluous if he is not careful, and it will only harm Shen Lin, whose golden body is already rotten like a piece of mud and rotten wood, and let his little Shuizheng eat Can't walk around.

Chen Pingan watched the car drive away together, and stood beside him was a young man in yellow shirt and jade belt with soap boots. Chen Pingan quietly caught his eyes with his flashing and complex expression.

Li Yuan took out a secret letter and said, "Mr. Chen, this is a letter from your hometown. From sending the letter to receiving it, the Water Dragon Sect will not notice anything."

In fact, this letter is somewhat heavy-handed.

This is the relationship between mountains and rivers.

Because there is an ingenious landscape prohibition of a mountain god on the letter.

As Dadu Shuizheng, holding this letter will inevitably be a bit "hot".

Chen Pingan took the secret letter, saw the four characters on the envelope, and smiled knowingly.

The four characters are the "Master's Enlightenment".

At first glance, it was the handwriting of his great disciple of Kaishan. The handwriting followed his master, neatly, and it was obvious that he put his heart into writing.

Chen Ping put the secret letter into his sleeve first.

Li Yuan was about to leave, after all that person said that Mr. Chen wanted to practice purely here, and no one was allowed to disturb him.

The gods of Nanxun Water Palace paraded here, and after landing for a while, Li Yuan actually felt a little guilty.I just thought that this young man was walking with an umbrella, so he shouldn't belong to the category of "Qingxiu", right?

As soon as Shen Lin left, the rain on Fushui Island quickly resumed.

Chen Ping held up the umbrella, Li Yuan smiled and said, "Mr. Chen don't worry about me."

Chen Pingan hesitated to speak, and quickly dismissed some thoughts of asking.

Do you know the approximate seat height of Mrs. Shen in the Dragon Palace Cave, and what is its significance?Do you really need to pick up the end of a thread?

It seems unnecessary.

Li Yuan's senility is hard to hide. The golden body of the empress of Nanxun Water Palace is on the verge of being broken. Or if it violates some of your principles, should you take care of it?When there are many external affairs, which can be known but not known, they just want to find troubles for themselves. Is it another extreme for practitioners to completely ignore external affairs?

Chen Pingan felt that as long as he understood this fundamental thread, it would be a great cultivation of mind for him.

Thinking about it this way, Chen Pingan would actually envy those people who were extremely firm in their "heart of asking questions" from the very beginning.

If you don't care about good and evil, right and wrong, just talk about your heart.

For example, Lin Shouyi fell in love with the "Langlang Book on the Cloud" at a glance.

And that girl Zhu Lu with clear purpose and decisive actions.

There are many people who meet.

They are not procrastinating when it comes to cultivating the mind, and are good at simplifying complicated things.

Li Yuan asked: "Mr. Chen, do you seem to have some doubts?"

This is crap.

A practitioner who has no doubts or worries will never go out for a walk with an umbrella when it rains, and will stop and go, restless, and occasionally take an extra walking stick. Like writing or drawing characters on the ground.

Chen Ping said with a smile: "I'm a little impatient waiting for a reply from my hometown, but it's nothing."

Li Yuan didn't ask any more questions.

Chen Pingan and Li Yuan parted, returned to the mansion, put away the oil-paper umbrella and leaned outside the door, the heavy rain had not stopped.

Gently shake off the traces of rain on his body, enter the room and sit down.

I believe that Zhu Lian will carefully reply to the recent situation of Luopo Mountain and the situation around Longquan County in the letter.

Of course, the most important thing is to elevate the lotus root blessed land from the lower blessed land to the middle one.

In fact, as soon as Chen Pingan got this reply, he already knew the great news.

Wei Bo has already broken through.

Otherwise, Mixin would not have a mountain restriction that belongs exclusively to Piyun Mountain.

Chen Pingan did not open the secret letter immediately, but got up and left the house, walked to the eaves, and watched the rain between heaven and earth.

When it rains in the world, take shelter from the rain at home, or hide from the rain in other places, or walk with an umbrella, or you can only get wet in the rain.

Chen Pingan turned to look at the oil-paper umbrella leaning against the wall.

Maybe there is some truth, that is, the oil-paper umbrella does not need to be taken out when the weather is fine.

When it rains, take an umbrella again.

But in the market, no one knows when it will rain, so whether to carry an umbrella anytime and anywhere has become a headache choice. Carrying it on the body will somewhat increase the burden. On a sunny day, hold it in your hand and give it to others See, it's even more outrageous.

As for cultivators walking on the mountain, there is no need to hold an umbrella to shelter from the rain.

Chen Ping stretched out his hand and scratched his head, feeling a little worried.

After much deliberation, the last thought he had when he turned around and walked towards the house was that it would be fine if it was the Grain Rain money that fell in this heavy rain.

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Not long after Li Yuan went to the sea of ​​clouds, Shen Lin, the Goddess of Water, rushed over.

As long as the whereabouts of the two of them in the Dragon Palace Cave were concealed intentionally, even the two Nascent Soul cultivators of the Water Dragon Sect guarding this place would not have any clues.

Neither of the two monks in the Jade Raw Realm of the Water Dragon Sect chose to guard the root of the sect all the year round.

This is a silent salute to Li Yuan, the water god, and Shen Lin, the water god.

Sovereign Master Sun Jie will not enter this place except for the highest-standard golden inscription ashram each time, and the rest of the jade inscriptions and yellow inscriptions ashram.

Compared with Beizong, Nanzong Shao Jingzhi had a better relationship with Nanxun Shuidian, and would come to Shen Lin every few years.

Shen Lin looked complicated, "Li Yuan, can't you say something casually?"

Li Yuan just smiled and said nothing.

Even if the answer is "no", it is enough for Shen Lin to guess the correct answer.

But Li Yuan didn't say anything. From the beginning to the end, even Mr. Chen only said that he was one of the children of two old friends. If Shen Lin only needed to be called "Mr. Chen", then she would have no way to ascertain the truth.

As long as you are not sure, this old Nanxun Shuidian, if she does any unnecessary things, she is gambling her life.

Shen Lin changed his method and asked tentatively, "Shall I ask Shao Jingzhi?"

Li Yuan smiled and said, "Whatever you want."

In Shen Lin's golden eyes, strands of light flowed out of the eye sockets, and he fixed his eyes on his colleague Shui Zheng.

Li Yuan looked calm.

A Dadu Shuizheng, a goddess serving in the summer palace.

The ranks of the two gods are roughly equal, just like a big family at the foot of the mountain, a servant in charge of incense in the ancestral hall, and a servant in charge of chores in the courtyard.

maid.

No one can control anyone, and no one is an indispensable big shot.

Once Shen Lin really went to ask Shao Jingzhi, at a small scale, it would be a trivial matter smaller than sesame and mung beans, but at a high level, once that person knew about Shen Lin's actions and felt displeased, it would be to investigate that person privately The capital crime of whereabouts, then Shen Lin, who can survive for two or three hundred years with this golden body, doesn't have to worry about his golden body decaying and collapsing, just slap it casually, and it's gone.

It's not that Li Yuan doesn't want to help Shao Jingzhi get through this catastrophe, but that he doesn't dare. Why is he himself a mud bodhisattva who can't protect himself?

Promising her to go to Fushui Island, Li Yuan stuffed a few bear hearts and leopards into his golden body, and he did his best.

Shen Lin smiled wryly and said, "It is said that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, you and I have been neighbors for so many years..."

Li Yuan's face was gloomy, and he frowned and said, "Shen Lin, the Goddess of the Summer Palace, I advise you to stop in moderation!"

Shen Lin was terrified and could only salute and apologize.

Li Yuan walked away in a huff.

Shen Lin sadly left the sea of ​​clouds, returned to the lake, used the supernatural power of diverting water, and returned home.

When I arrived at the magnificent water palace at the bottom of the lake, which was as big as a royal city, I didn't go directly to her residence by the water. Every time I went in and out, I still had to pass through the gate with the plaque of "Smooth weather", and I had to go through the side door. .

That gate has never been opened, even if the Sect Master of the Water Dragon Sect pays a visit, or even the successive Patriarchs of the Yang family of the Chongxuan Department of the Dayuan Dynasty, and the Duckweed Sword Lake Sword Immortal Li Cai come to this majestic water mansion, they can still only walk through the side door.

After Shen Lin stepped through the side door, his figure disappeared in a flash, and he came to the flower garden of his own courtyard. There were all kinds of exotic flowers and plants planted in it. The world has long been extinct.

A goddess appeared and reported, "My lady, Nanzong Shao Jingzhi is coming to visit, do you see me or not?"

Shen Lin hesitated for a while, then shook his head and said, "Just say that I am in seclusion, so it is inconvenient to receive guests."

When Shen Lin rejected Shao Jingzhi.

Li Yuan wanted to be more at ease, so he used his tricks to change his face and turned into a boy in yellow clothes with an ordinary face. He appeared on the white jade steps, slowly descended the mountain, passed the city gate, and went to the restaurant on the bridge to buy wine. .

Instead of going to the fifth floor, I randomly picked a seat in the lobby on the first floor, because it is more lively.Since the two ceremonies have ended, compared to the overcrowded time when Chen Pingan was drinking, it was hard to find a table and had to be seated. There will be a lot more vacant seats at the moment. You can come and go freely, after all, they are all in the land of Jidu, but after the founding of the Water Dragon Sect, Li Yuan built the Jidu Middle Temple. Apart from guarding the cave, Li Yuan at most walked out of the cave, changing his appearance and attire every time. Walking back and forth on this long bridge, there are not many times to reach a certain end of the long bridge.

Serving public duties for hundreds of years or thousands of years, even if you have done it for 1 years, it is only a matter of duty, but if you do not abide by certain rules, even if it is only once, for a landscape god of his rank, it may be a big deal. An irreparable disaster.

Now that Shen Lin's golden body is about to collapse, there is a clue that he wants to break the rules and desperately maintain his position. Li Yuan really can't bear to watch.

In fact, after seeing that person again in this life, Li Yuan had completely given up, and there was no more chance.

Because he was finally able to be sure, whether Li Yuan was in the water, or Shen Lin in the Nanxun Water Palace, their life and death, and the collapse of the golden bodies of all the gods, that person didn't mind at all.

This is also the reason why Li Yuan didn't remind Shen Lin more. Since that person doesn't care about the Longgong Cave and the entire Jidu landscape, Shen Lin won't care if he sneaks across the Thunder Pond?

If Shen Lin made a mistake by accident and made it for her, does it mean that Li Yuan can also follow the gourd painting, repair the golden body, and extend his life?

Li Yuan actually doesn't like this terrible feeling.

That's why he thought of coming to this restaurant full of human fireworks to drink away his worries.

Li Yuan didn't know what Mr. Chen was worried about in Fushui Island. He needed to take a walk with an umbrella in the rain. Anyway, Li Yuan felt that he was the drink in the Dragon Palace Cave, and he drank it up. I can't pour out all my worries.

What's more, the gods in the world can't get drunk when they drink alcohol, whether it's market wine or fairy wine.

Li Yuan wanted to forcefully squeeze out a tear to pity himself, but he couldn't.

Then he started to drink the third watch wine, started to slap the big table with both hands, and howled dryly.

It's like a drunk young man who can't drink well.

Not far away, a drinker yelled angrily: "Little bastard, you are making noise to death, shut up quickly!"

Li Yuan wiped his face, turned his head to look aggrieved, and gently wiped the palms of both hands back and forth on the wine table, "I'm in a bad mood right now, what's wrong with howling a few times."

The man sneered and said, "It's disturbing my drinking pleasure, you kid, do you think you owe it?"

Li Yuan raised his hands and rubbed his cheeks.

I plan to take this guy to Jidu, without drinking, in exchange for drinking water, and no money.

At this moment, an old man and a young female cultivator happened to come down from upstairs, and the latter wore a jade tablet from the Patriarch of the Water Dragon Sect hanging on his waist.

The old man looked at the man and said with a smile: "Don't make noise, don't make noise, it hurts peace."

The man said angrily: "Old man, what kind of onion are you?!"

The old man smiled and said: "I'm just the one who pays the bill. I'll pay for the drinks of all the guests on the first floor today. I'll treat it as a favor for everyone and sell me Huan Yun a thin noodle."

The man was dumb for a moment, stood up and cupped his fists and said: "So it's Mr. Huan, disrespect and disrespect!"

Huan Yun clasped his fists in return, walked down the stairs, and paid the bills for all the drinkers as before, and the whole house immediately burst into applause.

Li Yuan glanced at the old man earlier, he was an old earth fairy with a loose neck of the golden core, and beside him was a young woman who had just entered the golden core, if I remember correctly, she seemed to be called Bai Bi, who was more popular with the suzerain Sun Jie. of great importance.This little girl is still lucky, so it's no wonder that Sun Jie will put all his efforts into cultivating her. Sun Jie insisted on giving the one-inch gold talisman that would enshrine the Nascent Soul as a gift to his direct disciples, even if he occupies Baibi and becomes a golden alchemist. Zongmen Dayi is still very suspected of being rich in private pockets. In the Zushitang, the two sects of the North and the South are very unhappy, especially Shao Jingzhi, who is usually not very open with Sun Jie's thimble, it is rare to say a few serious words. In other words, at that time, as the real master of the Ancestral Hall of the Water Dragon Sect, Li Yuan hid in a hanging portrait of his ancestors, secretly watching the excitement, which was quite exciting.

In fact, Sun Qingjie is a very good person in charge of the family.

Treating the two cases of the north and the south, a bowl of water is flat.

But just like this, it has become the source of another kind of injustice.

If Sun Jie had been shameless and blindly favored the disciples of the Northern Sect, there would not have been so many dirty activities.

Then, the successor of the next suzerain of the Water Dragon Sect was finalized early, and she was determined to continue the rule of emphasizing the north and despising the south. Let's see if Shao Jingzhi and the Nanzong will have a hard time, and finally have to bow their heads and accept their fate?

Too easy to talk, too fair.

This is the crux of Sun Jie's difficulty in convincing the public.

Otherwise, at the Patriarch Hall, two or three of the priests and guest ministers who were seated on the same row of seats as Nanzong Shao Jingzhi would have sat on Beizong's side.

Of course, if Sun Jie can enter the fairyland, all problems will disappear.

It's a pity that Sun Jie doesn't have this qualification and fortune.

Li Yuan is now immersed in drinking.

Huan Yun and Bai Bi didn't bother him either, they were very kind.

After leaving the restaurant, Bai Bi and Huan Yun walked to the end of the long bridge, and Bai Bi laughed softly: "Old Master, although I have entered the Golden Core Realm, I don't have much time left and my qualifications are still young, so I haven't opened up a mansion alone. The next time the old master comes to our sect, the junior will already be able to occupy a certain island in the Dragon Palace Cave, so he must treat the old master well."

Huan Yun smiled and said: "As long as Fellow Daoist Bai is sure that he can open a mansion on the Dongtian Island, you can send a letter in advance

Give it to me, and I'll come to congratulate myself. "

Bai Bi nodded with a smile, and gave the Taoist old man a slap in the face, "Thank you for your kindness."

Huan Yun was a little emotional, and returned the gift, "Practice is not easy, you and I encourage each other."

To be a Jintanke is my generation.

As long as Huan Yun is not that Nascent Soul cultivator, no matter how different his age is, he is actually a fellow Taoist of the same generation as this young Water Dragon Sect.

Bai Bi didn't try to be courteous, but just watched the old man walk down the bridge, and then left.

But the gratitude of this young Jindan Earth Immortal came from the bottom of his heart.

In fact, after she returned to the Water Dragon School, she felt a little regretful that she didn't discuss the ending with Huan Yun early, even if she was required to offer a heavy gift, Bai Bi would not hesitate at all.In case the Southern Sect takes this opportunity, the drunkard's intention is not to drink, to suppress her Bai Bi's future in the Water Dragon Sect, and to implicate the Sect Master and Master.

For example, the Wuling Pavilion, where Yexiu was born, was enshrined by the Water Dragon Sect, but in fact it was enshrined by the Northern Sect. Because of this incident, the chair in the Patriarch Hall was almost moved to the opposite side.

The master was also annoyed.

Fortunately, there is another village where the willows are dark and the flowers are bright.

Bai Bi never thought that Huan Yun would be willing to say those fair words for her on the premise that there was no deal between the two parties, not only helping her in the timely manner, but also helping her clear all suspicions on the Zongmen's side, and adding to the icing on the cake for herself. During the process of practicing at the ruins, she became a cautious, mature and prudent person. What should be said, no matter whether it is true or not, Huan Yun said it at the Patriarch of the Water Dragon Sect Patriarch Hall, and should not say it. Yes, the old man didn't mention a word.

So much so that Bai Bi was a little shocked when he heard about it from his relieved master, with an unbelievable expression on his face.

Sun Jie didn't say anything at that time, and only asked his disciple Bai Bi to cherish this hard-won good fortune on the mountain.

Afterwards, after hearing that Huan Yun was enshrined in Yunshang City, Sun Jie had to remind the inexperienced Bai Bi that if there was a chance, he could go back to Fuyu Kingdom without showing any trace, and then go to Yunshang City "by the way". Anyway, the city lord Shen Zhenze is also a Jindan Earth Immortal.

Bai Bi wrote down one by one.

So this time, Huan Yun, who has traveled in the mountains and rivers of Beiting Kingdom, is kindly invited to come to Water Dragon Sect as a guest.

After Huan Yun learned that she hadn't opened a mansion on the island, she became more particular. The old man said that he had been staying outside for a long time and needed to go back to the mountain immediately.

So there was the conversation between the two Jindan earth immortals at the bridge head.

These are the skills of being a human being and the skills of dealing with the world that neither the master nor the preacher can teach, nor will they deliberately pass on.

Standing alone at the head of the bridge, Bai Bi felt a lot.

In the past, I was always obsessed with the golden rule on the mountain: If you can’t let go of worldly affairs, you can’t be a mountain person.

Looking at it now, there are so many cultivators on the mountain, high and low, and everywhere on the mountain?Perhaps the so-called letting go of nothing is not the shortcut to laziness that doesn't care about anything and goes its own way.

Li Yuan was lying on the railing of the bridge, still more than a hundred miles away from the bridge head, but he could clearly see the back of the young Jindan female cultivator, and felt that her aptitude was actually quite good.

Li Yuan heard someone shouting loudly from behind: "Little bastard!"

Li Yuan turned his head, and the man smiled and threw a flagon, "I bought this pot of third-shift wine with my own pocket, so don't let his mother cry and howl in the restaurant from now on. I don't mind it for an old man." Knock it!"

Li Yuan hugged the flagon with a smile, bowed his head, and said loudly: "Thank you, sir, let's go slowly."

The man froze for a moment, laughed and cursed a few words, and strode away.

Li Yuan drank wine while walking, and his mood improved a bit.

Na Huanyun didn't take a ferry or swim in the wind, but walked slowly along the Jidu River.

In Nayunshang City, I once walked the road of heart-to-heart with a young man.

The other party said some seemingly empty truths.

It is said that there is some knowledge, it is a water vein, flowing slowly, helping people follow the trend and walk steadily.

It is also said that some knowledge is the root of the mountain, the world is impermanent, and the original heart is not moving at all, and it can be established.

Both are good at learning, but the difficulty of the world is that the two sides have to fight frequently, with bruised noses, bruised faces, bloody heads, and even beat themselves to death.

Huan Yun could listen to it, because in the twists and turns of the mountain treasure hunt, this old man had suffered enough from this fight.

Whether he, Huan Yun, is a good person, of course he is, not only is it recognized by others, but Huan Yun has always considered himself a good person in his heart.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone to Yunshangcheng like that, for Shen Zhenze, who had no hope of birthing a Nascent Soul, to help shout and cheer, and finally agreed to protect Xu Xingjiu and Zhao Qingwan.

Do good people make mistakes?Of course he would, first of all the treasures are in front of him, and finally the reputation he has accumulated all his life is added. In fact, Huan Yun has violated his conscience and heart, and simply wanted to kill people to seize the treasure.

Many times, it seems that just a breath of difference can create a world of difference between right and wrong, good and evil.

In the night, the sky is high and the moon is bright.

Huan Yun took a deep breath, feeling refreshed.

I just don't know if that young sword fairy, who is so open-minded, will also have that insurmountable concern?

If there is, isn't it a natural chasm?

Huan Yun can only hope that the man can build a bridge across the water and pave the road up the mountain, no worries about wind and rain.

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A secluded place near the Water Dragon Sect.

An old Taoist reached out to support the young Taoist beside him.

The young Taoist priest with the sword on his back was shaky, and then he smiled and said cheerfully: "Master, why don't I feel like throwing up at all today?"

The old Taoist said solemnly: "It must be that the cultivation base is good. If you go back to Lidi Peak, your senior brothers will definitely praise you."

The young Taoist looked skeptical, "Master, tell the truth."

Only then did the old Taoist say: "Master has a lot of friends after all. Although this journey is fast, it is still inevitable to stop and go. This time is the closest."

The young Taoist complained: "Master, you can't speak so much. No wonder those friends on the mountain, every time they see you, Master, come to the door, they are never willing to invite you to sit on the mountain. I can see it clearly. They chat with Master. When you were here, you were too polite to act like a friend, Master, if you continue to behave like this when you go down the mountain, it really won’t work."

Master Huolong nodded and said, "Master is not very good at making friends."

Zhang Shanfeng glanced at his master, but said nothing.

The old master had no choice but to nod again, "Cultivation is not very suitable."

Zhang Shanfeng smiled and said: "It's okay, the master's Taoism is not high, and the disciple is not much better."

Zhang Shanfeng shook his head and looked around, then smiled again: "Master, the Water Dragon Sect is such a big fairy family, doesn't it have any friends?"

Only here, because it is the destination of this trip, Master clearly mentioned the name, saying that his friend Chen Ping'an should be nearby recently.As for the other alpine lakes and the immortal mansion where the master and apprentice stayed, Zhang Shanfeng didn't recognize them anyway.

Daoist Huolong froze for a moment, then nodded with a smile.

So he told Sun Jie, the patriarch of the Water Dragon Sect, that he didn't need to show up, and just returned to the Patriarch Hall.

Don't talk about etiquette?

Isn't it polite enough for Pindao to stand here?

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Chen Ping entered the room and began to look through the secret letter.

In the letter, Zhu Lian first mentioned Wei Bo's breakthrough and became the first mountain god in the history of Baopingzhou to go to the five realms.

Emperor Song He of the Great Li Dynasty came to Longquan County in person. Just six ministers came to Li and Xing to congratulate Wei Bo. The "water-friendly" half-immortal soldier was given to Piyun Mountain as a icing on the cake. In this way, even if it is a mountain god, Wei Bo can more easily control the water transportation in the jurisdiction, and even suppress Dali Beiyue at will All the highest-ranking Jiangshui gods in the land, it can be seen that the new emperor Song He has not only treated Wei Bo, an old minister of the former court, with courtesy, but has taken the initiative to distribute power to Piyun Mountain. Wei Bo is equal to his own power. Together with the Dali Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment, it is in charge of the landscape power of the entire Dali Song Clan's Longxing Land.

So Zhu Lian asked Chen Pingan, the owner of the mountain, not to consider cheap sellers, because when Wei Bo broke the border, the momentum was great, and auspiciousness came out. Like crucian carp crossing the river, frantically rushing into the newly opened Longzhou, wanting to go to Piyun Mountain to burn incense and pay homage to Wei Dashan God.Not only that, the Dali Household Department also brought nearly a hundred gold and copper coins to Piyun Mountain as one of the gifts from the court.The rest of the ministries also have their own sincerity, of course, these are all approved by the young emperor's nod, so they dare to give gifts to Piyun Mountain in such an upright manner.

The young emperor was obviously a little surprised himself. He had overestimated the various ripples in the government and the people caused by Wei Bo's breaking the border, but he still underestimated the atmosphere of the government and the people and the people's joy. Countless congratulations from all over the world, the last time, it was Dali Fan Wang Song Changjing who made the great contribution to destroying the country, destroying the old suzerain Lu Dynasty who had been riding on Dali's neck and domineering, Dali Capital has this kind of people An alleyway event.Pushing it up further, it is almost the old Huangli hundreds of years ago. The Song family of Dali completely got rid of the status of a vassal state of the Lu dynasty, and finally was able to call itself a dynasty.

Zhu Lian said that Wei Bo only held the third night banquet for the gods, and it was conservatively estimated that half of the gap in Gu Yu's money could be made up.

Also.

Liu Chongrun of Zhuchai Island has already signed a mountain and water contract, and chose to settle on the back of the fish, which is relatively rich in water transport. The Zushitang still stays in Shujian Lake and has not moved, so as not to be put on small shoes by the Zhenjingzong. There are only a dozen direct descendants with the best qualifications. They will all practice on the back of the scorpion. Now Liu Chongrun has begun to hire Mohist craftsmen and mechanism engineers to build mansions on the back of the scorpion. According to the agreement, these buildings, together with the mountain itself, will leave the mountain unless the contract is renewed after 300 years. At that time, it will automatically become the private property of the mountain owner Chen Pingan.

However, Zhuchai Island has rented the gnatfish back for 300 years, and only paid a deposit of [-] Guyu money. Liu Chongrun killed his family because of the fairy money. His family business is too small and he has no savings.Counting the relocation expenses, as well as managing various relationships, and taking out [-] Guyu coins, she was almost empty of money.

As a result, Zheng Dafeng's gag made Liu Chongrun tell a secret matter related to her secular status, which was quite a surprise.

The long princess of the subjugated country is willing to secretly help Luopo Mountain, and try to get back the water palace and a sunken dragon boat together. These two things have never been found by the Zhuying Dynasty.As long as she gets two things, she, Liu Chongrun, can give away that priceless dragon boat ferry.If only one thing can be retrieved, whether it is the dragon boat or the water palace, the back of the fish and the Luopo mountain, they will all be divided equally.

Zhu Lian didn't immediately agree. After all, this would involve the local Dali Iron Cavalry, which would easily lead to disputes, so Zhu Lian asked Chen Pingan in a letter if he could do it.

As for the new governor, Wei Li, who came from the vassal Huang Tingguo, and the new city god who came from Mantou Mountain, where the three rivers converge, Zhu Lian did not miss any of these "accidents" in the officialdom of Dali Mountains and Waters in his letter.

Regarding the two water and land dojos in Shujian Lake and the Zhoutian Dajiao, Zhu Lian wrote about everything in detail, and wrote everything he could.

Even the blind man and his two apprentices took root in the Caotou shop in Qilong Lane, and the reputation was written carefully on the paper.

He also said that Lu Baixiang had recruited two new disciples, a pair of sisters and brothers named Yuan Bao and Yuan Lai. Return to Luobo Mountain, and record your name in the patriarchal genealogy of Luobo Mountain.

There are also some study experiences at the Sui Shanya Academy.

The most critical thing is still on the last piece of paper, which is about the aura of the mountains and rivers in the blessed land of lotus roots. With two large sums of Grain Rain money falling into it, several key mountain root water transportations have been greatly consolidated and nourished. Next, we need to start dealing with the emperor of Nanyuan Kingdom, and this secular emperor has already intended to abdicate and become a cultivator himself, and the new emperor's position is unstable, so naturally he needs to make more concessions.

However, Zhu Lian still hoped that Chen Pingan would come to a conclusion on the decision that really determined the general direction of this small fortune. He, Zheng Dafeng, and Wei Bo followed the rules and laid out the layout step by step.

Except for the big and small affairs related to my own mountain.

Zhu Lian also mentioned many things outside the mountains.

The Dali Dynasty promoted two cavalry chiefs, Cao Ping and Su Gaoshan, who were vying to enter the Zhuying Dynasty, to become patrol envoys newly established in the history of Dali.

It is said that this is actually the "Shangzhu Kingdom" specially set up by the late Emperor Dali for the meritorious generals. The Cao family was originally the surname of the Shangzhu Kingdom, but Su Gaoshan now has enough confidence to be on an equal footing with the Shangzhu Kingdom.It is rumored that the Dali Dynasty will eventually put down six "hunting envoy" chairs, one in the capital of Dali, one in the old dragon city, and one in the former Zhuying Dynasty. Who will sit on the other three chairs? There is no conclusion yet on where to put it, not even a guess.

Then there are many places where the country is destroyed, and the riots are raging, and the local monks wantonly assassinate the officials stationed in Dali.

Except for the cavalry of Cao Ping and Su Gaoshan who continued to go south, the last cavalry began to stop, and some of them stayed on the territory of the Zhuying Dynasty.

There are all kinds of letters, dozens of big and small messages.

Chen Pingan carefully read Zhu Lian's letter twice before picking up Pei Qian's letter. There were only two sheets of paper.

It was all her boastful words.

Copy the book seriously, no credit.

Her self-created crazy swordsmanship has made rapid progress, and it is simply the pinnacle of the pinnacle.

The relationship with Zhou Mili is very good, and now the little water monster is the right protector of the New Year's shop in Qilong Lane. She asked Master if he was promoted to Zhou Mili as the right protector of Luobashan after returning to his hometown. For 300 taels of silver, Pei Qian said that she would not just promise such a big official title to Zhou Mili, since there is a clear distinction between public and private, and no matter how good the relationship with Zhou Mili is, she will be unselfish, so it still needs to be determined by the master after returning home.

He also said that Cen Yuanji practiced boxing very seriously, as expected of the martial arts genius who was personally selected by the old cook to go up the mountain. Alas, there was a time when sister Cen was too focused on boxing and didn't pay attention to the steps. She accidentally sprained her foot. She happened to be passing by , unexpectedly failed to support Sister Cen, so she still felt a little uneasy about her conscience until now when she wrote the letter.

So if Sister Cen mentions this matter in the future, Master must never blame her, it must be Pei Qian's unintentional fault.

When Chen Pingan saw this, he knew that there was a big mystery.

I must have done something to eat chestnuts, so I set the stage for myself in the letter.

Besides, Pei Qian must not realize it herself. She wrote so many things she saw with her own eyes on Luoluo Mountain, and she didn't even mention how much money the shop in Qilong Lane earned. There are a lot of skipping classes while playing truant.

Chen Ping didn't think too much about it. Anyway, with Zhu Lian watching, there shouldn't be anything out of the ordinary.If there is, I believe Zhu Lian will directly mention it in the letter.

But when he goes back, he still needs a meal of chestnuts to fill her up.In her own letter, she didn't even mention half a sentence about her schoolwork progress, so she could count on studying hard?As far as her temper is concerned, if she gets a half-sentence compliment from the teacher in the school, can she show it off?

Pei Qian also wrote in the letter that Miss Xiuxiu was no longer at Shenxiu Mountain, and she heard that she had moved to another place to cultivate. She was a little worried about Miss Xiuxiu because she hadn't gone to the Caotou shop to buy pastries for a long time.

Pei Qian said that there came a good-looking sister named Sui Jingcheng from that mountain. Not to mention good-looking, she was also generous, and she would not blink her eyes when spending money. He didn't take the initiative to ask Sui Jingcheng to buy things for him, not even once.

At the end of the letter, Pei Qian wished Master a smooth trip, abundant wealth, happiness every day, peace and security, and an early return home.

One see here.

Chen Pingan was a little reluctant to knock her chestnut.