Longevity and Immortal Cultivation: Starting from Controlling Your Own Essence

two years later.

At the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, the third "Beauty Pageant" in Baihe City entered the preparation stage.

Two years ago, Master Zhang, the governor of the county, led the soldiers to defeat the rebellious army that attacked the city. The people all over the city cheered and smiled, and agreed to celebrate.

Therefore, under the joint advice of many aristocratic families, Mr. Zhang agreed to hold a "Beauty Pageant" as a celebration.

In Baihe City, regardless of their background, as long as they are not more than 20 years old and never married, they can sign up for the election.

The process of the beauty pageant is extremely complicated, with competitions in terms of appearance, figure, temperament, talent, etc., and the distinguished county magistrate Mr. Zhang personally acts as the referee.

According to the rules, if one enters the top ten in the beauty pageant, there will be quite generous rewards, and the top three will even get the opportunity to enter the county guard's mansion to serve Master Zhang, and thus ascend to the sky in one step.

As soon as the news came out, people all over the city participated enthusiastically. So far, two sessions have been successfully held, and it has gradually become a regular event.

And in Baihe City, preparations for the new "Beauty Pageant" are in full swing.

outside the city:

More than a dozen large ships sailed down the river, their banners waving, and the signs of belonging to the Cao Gang printed on them.

On a big ship at the front, a middle-aged man stood on the deck, feeling the wind blowing in the river, feeling hot.

"Five years..."

Zhou Changgui muttered to himself, with a hint of excitement in his eyes.

When he was thirty-six years old, he finally practiced the inner family's true teaching to perfection, and was able to hurry up and practice the outer family's kung fu before his qi and blood decayed.

After five years of painstaking practice, he became a top expert, and after gaining a firm foothold in the Cao Gang, he began to plan for revenge.

Another five years passed:

He got his revenge, and was lucky to be favored by the guild leader, and he was officially released as the rudder leader of one side.

The power of the Cao Gang is mainly concentrated in the Jiangdu main rudder and the six sub-rudders. Being one of the six rudder masters is definitely considered a high-level one, second only to the gang leader, and is on an equal footing with several Dharma protector elders.

There are tens of thousands of people in the Cao Gang, and there are endless talents, not to mention those with strong backgrounds. He can stand out from them because he has gone through countless hardships.

It stands to reason that he who has reached the pinnacle of his life at this moment should be full of ambition and high-spirited.

But for some reason, after the excitement in Zhou Changgui's heart passed, suddenly there was an indescribable sense of emptiness.

He came to the side of the boat and looked at his blurred reflection in the rushing river, which was constantly distorted and broken, and he couldn't see his original appearance.

"It's been more than thirty years since I left home."

There was a complex color in his heart:

"My father... has been dead for more than ten years."

Over the years, what supported him to go on was not ambition or ideals, but only the hatred engraved in the marrow of his bones.

But the two people he hated the most had already died one after another. The hatred that had consumed him for many years finally gradually dissipated, leaving only hollow wounds.

"……Ah."

He was silent for a while, laughed at himself, turned and returned to the cabin.

A while later, more than a dozen large ships docked at the pier of Baihe City, and a large number of gang members from the Cao Gang came to welcome them.

After exchanging greetings, everyone quickly rushed to the sub-helm of the Cao Gang, and then, under the witness of many gang members, the old helm master and Zhou Changgui completed the handover.

"Xiao Zhou."

The old rudder master's temples are already graying, and his voice also reveals a trace of old age:

"I'm old, and I'm going to go back to Jiangdu to take care of myself."

"I believe you can handle the matter of the Baihe sub-helm, but you have to be extra careful with that county guard, Mr. Zhang."

"Don't worry, Uncle Liu."

Zhou Changgui nodded and said:

"I have inquired about the situation in Baihe City a long time ago, and I have prepared a generous gift in advance, waiting to give it to that Grandmaster."

To be frank, he is extremely satisfied with Fang Fang as the helmsman of Baihe.

The Baihe sub-rudder is the place where Gang Leader Li started his family, and it is also one of the important sources of money and food. There is also a master in charge, and the security is first-class.

"That's good."

The old helmsman nodded in satisfaction, and said:

"Then I'll leave with confidence, and the Baihe sub-rudder will be handed over to you."

…………

After half an hour.

Master Zhang, who was listening to storytelling in the county guard's mansion, received a message from the housekeeper.

"The new Baihe helmsman?"

Zhang Yao raised his eyebrows, smiled and said:

"The first thing I did when I took office was to give my master a gift. It seems very sensible."

"Then make arrangements to meet him in the afternoon."

"Yes, sir."

The housekeeper withdrew respectfully.

After Zhang Yao finished listening to the storytelling, he leisurely went back to the front hall to have lunch, took a nap for a while, and got up to find someone to play chess.

They played several games in a row until another maidservant came to report that the new Baihe helmsman had arrived.

"Leave him alone for a while, don't worry."

Zhang Yao waved his hands and said casually:

"Continue, let's finish this game first."

the other side:

Zhou Changgui waited patiently in the side hall for less than half an hour, but still did not see the rightful lord appearing. He gradually became restless and guessed wildly:

"Is that master deliberately leaving me alone? Could it be that he doesn't want to see me..."

Originally, with his strength and character, facing ordinary situations, he definitely would not be so concerned about gains and losses.

But now he is facing a grand master, as long as the other party is unhappy, he has to get out of the position of helmsman immediately, which naturally makes him very disturbed.

"Hahaha……"

Fortunately, after waiting for a while, he finally heard a burst of hearty laughter.

"I'm really sorry for the long wait, I just..."

Zhang Yao's figure appeared at the entrance of the hall with a smile on his face, but before he finished speaking, he was suddenly taken aback.

"It's him?!"

He recognized Zhou Changgui the first time he saw him.

"Huh? This..."

Zhou Changgui was also stunned, only feeling that the face of this strange master was somewhat familiar.

He thought about it for a while, and finally remembered where this sense of familiarity came from, and then his expression froze, and he was completely bewildered.

"How can it be?!"

The grandmaster sitting in Baihe City turned out to be the doctor from Xinhe Street ten years ago?

That night ten years ago, he barely survived death, and his memory is so fresh that after ten years, he still has the impression of the person who saved his life.

But how is this possible?

Ten years ago, an ordinary doctor who was sitting in the hall, ten years later, turned into a martial arts master who ruled the whole city? !

This result was so impactful that it made his mind confused for a moment, and he froze in place.

"……I see."

But Zhang Yao came back to his senses, took a deep look at Zhou Changgui, and understood in his heart.

He came to Baihe City by boat at the beginning, and his identity may be kept secret for a while, but if the Cao Gang wants to find out, they will definitely be able to find out.

At least, the eight years he was a doctor in Xinhe Street, Jiangdu, was no secret to Li Xiaofeng of the Cao Gang.

But Li Xiaofeng tacitly did not expose it, but chose to keep the secret for him. In these years, no one from Jiangdu has ever bothered him.

Until today:

Li Xiaofeng should have learned about the intersection between him and Zhou Changgui back then, so he specially sent him to be the new sub-rudder master, in order to get closer to each other.

After all, back then, he had saved Zhou Changgui's life, and Zhou Changgui had repaid him, so the two of them still had a little bit of affection.

It's just that Li Xiaofeng probably couldn't think of it: there are some more secret and deep connections between Zhang Yao and Zhou Changgui.

"Mr. Zhou."

Zhang Yao showed a smile and said, "It's been a long time, it's been almost ten years?"

In this chapter, I would like to thank the readers who have voted for rewards recently. Foretell, if it is not tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, the fairy will appear, and the protagonist will go after it, and the plot of Baihe City will pass, um , there is no change today, slip...