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Chapter 97 The first covenant in troubled times!

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After Xue Daoyong reacted for a few breaths, he suddenly flicked his sleeves, and an enormous amount of internal energy rose up and turned into a roaring tiger. The tiger surrounded him, dividing the inside and the outside, so that the movements here could no longer be detected by the outside world. The old man stood up and looked at the young man who was sitting peacefully in front of him.

A few months ago, when Li Guanyi killed the fugitive.

The cloud-breaking and sky-shattering bow whistled continuously.

When the young man was killing, the White Tiger Stars rose to the middle sky. At that time, Xue Daoyong suspected that the young man in front of him had the same White Tiger fate as his ancestor, but he never took the initiative to tell Li Guanyi about this guess.

He still said that Yuwen Lie might be the leader of the White Tiger Clan.

So when Li Guanyi said that he was from the White Tiger Sect, Xue Daoyong's heart was filled with such huge ripples, because this represented that the things in the file had come true, the world was in chaos, and the Donglu Astrology School, one of the three secular sects, came into being.

Their disciples have found the young man in front of them, just like a white tiger finding its claws and fangs, sharpening their edges and overlooking the chaotic world.

It represents that the real chaotic times are about to begin.

Xue Daoyong looked at the young man in front of him and whispered: "White Tiger Sect..."

"A hero who wields weapons and handles troubled times."

"Who found you, Pojun or Yaoguang?"

After asking this question, Xue Daoyong closed his eyes and suddenly raised his hand to stop Li Guanyi's movements. He said softly, "Don't say it. I don't want to know this..."

“I’m a gambler.”

"A hopeless gambler who should have been hanged long ago."

"But even a gambler like me can live to this age and increase the Xue family's assets several times. The key is that I know when to stop and I know myself."

"Gamblers' gambling nature is endless."

"No gambler can stop. Seeing the glory of the chaotic world, all the big gamblers will fly into the flames like moths to a flame. Even if they know that the flames will burn them to ashes, they will not hesitate, just hoping that burning their own flames can truly make that flame brighter."

"This has been the case with heroes and failed rebels throughout history."

"There have never been any exceptions."

The tiger in troubled times looked at the boy sitting quietly in front of him, and a broad-minded smile appeared on his face:

"When I know more, I can't help but pile more chips on the gambling table in troubled times. If I do that, I will definitely bet the entire Xue family on it. I should stop here. No matter how turbulent the troubled times are, I only need to know one thing."

"You are the Qilin child of my Xue family."

The old man closed his eyes and said softly, "You grew up with Shuang Tao. My daughter held you in her arms when you were little. The emperor even saw you when you were young."

"After today, the Xue family will do everything in their power to make your resume true."

"Even if it's Yuwen Lie, don't even think about attacking you in the capital of Chen. The famous general of Ying State, wearing armor and holding a magic weapon, if he has thousands of troops behind him, I, an old man, am just an old man to him, but this is Jiangzhou City."

"This is a place that has been run by my Xue family for generations."

"My Xue family still has five hundred years of favors, and still has enough gold and silver to buy ten cities. I am one hundred and thirty years old, and I can still hold the top ten Xuanbing war bows in the world. I can still hunt exotic beasts fifty miles away and shoot through mountains with one arrow."

"The military strategist advocates strategic planning, which is to exchange the small for the big. If he wants to kill you, he will have to pay the highest price."

Li Guanyi was surprised and asked, "Mr. Xue, can you defeat Yuwen Lie?"

The old man replied: "Of course I am no match for him."

Then, he looked at Li Guanyi and smiled, "But I can shoot and kill Yingguo Crown Prince Jiang Gao and Yingguo Second Prince Jiang Yuan in General Yuwen's mansion before he kills me."

"A famous general of his generation always has the great wish to subdue all nations and unify the world."

"He dared you."

"I will bring disgrace upon him and cause strife in the world once again."

"I will raise a fire and burn this false peace. I will let his great wish accompany you to the underworld, and let him be nailed to the pillar of shame in history for the rest of his life."

"how?"

A smile appeared on the old man's face. He stretched out his hand, his expression calm and heroic: "All heroes in the world are gamblers and villains. Qilin'er, do you want to accompany me, the fifth-ranked general in the world, and the world to gamble together?!"

"If the bet is lost, the fifth god in the world will be ruined and the world will be in turmoil again."

"The bet won."

"Just go to the world in your eyes!"

The old man in front of him was usually just a grandfather who enjoyed playing with his grandchildren. But every time Li Guanyi needed support and support, he would show his sharp fangs and display the demeanor of a hero in troubled times, which made Li Guanyi's heart instantly at ease every time.

Li Guanyi smiled and stretched out his hand.

He clenched his fist and collided it with the old man's.

He suddenly felt that his life was secure. He didn't know why, but although the old man in front of him was not as strong as the fifth-ranked general in the world, when he said that he could save Li Guanyi's life, Li Guanyi had a strong feeling that the old man in front of him could definitely do it.

He said solemnly: "Such a great favor, Mr. Xue, I will definitely repay you one day."

Xue Daoyong shook his head and said cheerfully: "Don't worry about these false reputations, and I don't need any reward from you."

"The Xue family has wealth, fame, and military power."

"You little money-grubber, everything you eat, drink and wear comes from my Xue family. Does this old man still expect to squeeze some money out of you?"

"Besides, with the Xue family's wealth, even if their descendants do whatever they want, they won't be able to spend it all in three hundred years."

"Such a large amount of wealth is not a good thing. When I am still alive, I can still keep it under control. If I die, I am afraid that the Xue family will immediately decline to one-third of its original size."

"I have only one hope, which is that you will always remember the days in the Xue family. No matter how high or far the sky is, or how far the mountains and rivers change, or when the times are turbulent, I hope you can remember the Xue family..."

The old man stretched out his hand and said softly:
"Your first ally."

He extended his hand on behalf of the Xue family's five hundred years of family history, the Xue family's wealth and connections. Li Guanyi wiped his palms and solemnly clapped hands with the old man as an oath. Then, the young hero raised his hand and whispered:
"Li Guanyi swears here that no matter what happens in the future, no matter how the world changes."

"The Xue family is my first and last ally."

"This oath will last until the day my bloodline and descendants are severed."

He paused and said:

"Without the edge of the mountain, the sky and earth will merge."

"Winter thunder shakes, summer rain snows."

"I dare to break off with you."

This kind of poetry, which was originally used to express emotions, feels even more heavy when placed here.

The two high-fived.

This was a covenant that was recorded in the history books, just like the one when Chidi picked up the sword and won the woman from the aristocratic family. A homeless young man received the full support of the top three merchant families in the world with just a high-five.

Some people say that the then-aging Tigers saw his potential and gave him their all.

However, some people also said that Xue Daoyong was just a gambler with a gambling nature. He did not believe in the young man, but in his own vision. He believed that he would not lose. Ten days before the grand sacrifice of the State of Chen, Li Guanyi was finally able to relax and no longer had to be oppressed by Yuwen Lie.

Li Guanyi picked up the pen and wrote a letter to his aunt in Guanyi City.

He described his recent experiences and told her, "Everything is fine with me, no one is hostile to me, and I have met Zu Wenyuan, the ancestor, and Xue is also very kind to him. In about a month, he will go back to find her."

"Aunt, you have to take good care of yourself. There are delicious snacks and tea in the capital."

"I'll send some to you, Auntie, so you can try it." I wrote back and forth, but it was all trivial matters.

But it was strange that even with this, Li Guanyi wrote several pages, and at the end of the letter he wrote that when spring and summer came, the goose meat would be tender and fresh, and he would go back to eat roast goose with his aunt, so there was no need to buy half a goose this time.

Li Guanyi folded the letter, sealed it, and sent it back via a carrier pigeon.

He was supposed to prepare for the Jinwu Guard selection the next day. He was planning to practice some more, but was pulled out by Old Master Xue. The old man threw him a set of clothes and said with a headache, "Change your clothes, and watch it."

When Li Guan saw this brocade robe, he thought it was better than the one he was wearing now.

He was wearing a green robe with dark patterns embroidered on it. It felt very good and was obviously very valuable. He almost asked if he could exchange it for silver. The old man seemed to know what the boy was going to say. He glared at him and scolded him with a smile: "Shut up, don't even think about it!"

"Put it on quickly, my second daughter wants to see you."

Li Guan was stunned: "Ah?"

Xue Daoyong said:

"Didn't Shuang Tao write you a letter and ask you to write a poem for her? She likes this poem very much. The emperor has been entertaining various forces for the past few days. Now that he is free, he will hold a family banquet in his own palace. Only you, me, Changqing, and several women from the Xue family will go."

"Okay, don't say any more."

"Be quick, change your clothes, and go to the palace to attend the family banquet. This is not an opportunity that ordinary people can have."

A palace?!
Wouldn’t that be closer to Qilin?

A gleam of light flashed across Li Guan's eyes. He put on the complicated clothes, tied his hair with a jade hairpin, and even took off his sword, bow and arrow, and halberd.
He looks like a gentle young man, but when he clenched his fist, it was enough to break a stone tablet.

When Li Guan saw Xue Changqing also had such an elegant look, they couldn't help but laugh at each other.

He took a carriage to the side door of the palace and got off. Someone was already waiting outside, ready to lead the way. However, what Li Guanyi did not expect was that the person leading the way today was still the eunuch in charge of ceremonies.

"Little Captain, have you had a good rest these days?"

Li Guanyi was surprised. He had a good impression of the eunuch who had stood in front of him before. He said:

"Thank you for your concern, I ate well and slept well."

The eunuch in charge of ceremonies smiled and said, "That's good. I was worried that you, the young lieutenant, would be frightened by Yuwen Lie and feel uncomfortable." He led the way with an exquisite lantern in his hand. Li Guanyi said casually, "I didn't expect that I could enter the palace."

"Is this in accordance with etiquette?"

The eunuch in charge of ceremonies smiled and replied, "Generally speaking, it is absolutely not allowed. Not to mention the concubines in the harem, even the ordinary palace maids can only meet with their families in Datong Palace at noon for a stick of incense as a gift."

"As for the brothers and fathers of the concubines in the harem, they can only enter the palace to meet with the emperor when His Majesty allows them to do so."

"But you are a member of the Xue family, and Concubine Xue is very favored by His Majesty. In addition, when you faced Yuwen Lie a few days ago, you did not show any cowardice and promoted the prestige of our Great Chen Kingdom. The emperor was pleased and issued a special decree to allow a family banquet to be held in the palace."

"However, even if you are so kind, you can't run around."

"In the palace, there are Jinwu Guards and Imperial Guards guarding everywhere. If anyone is found to be acting suspiciously, they can be killed immediately without informing the emperor. Little Captain, don't go far, just follow me."

Li Guan nodded, and the eunuch introduced Li Guan to the scenery and rules of the palace.

Li Guanyi responded on the surface, but in his mind he was silently deducing the Four Symbols Soul Sealing Formation.

Try to sense the location of the Qilin.

This palace really occupies a large area.

Following the road and starting from the side door, it took half an hour to reach Concubine Xue's palace.

Li Guanyi silently recorded this path, and then compared it with the Qilin formation diagram in his mind, trying to figure out which part of the formation diagram he was in at the moment. Only by figuring out the direction could he confirm where the Qilin was.

Old Master Xue Daoyong had already walked in quickly to see his daughter. Xue Changqing and other direct descendants of the Xue family also went in. Li Guanyi saw that she was a beautiful woman. Although she was pregnant for several months, it did not affect her appearance at all. When she saw Li Guanyi, she smiled warmly:
"Is this the young hero who wrote that poem for me?"

"Come, let aunt see it."

She waved at Li Guan with a teasing smile on her face.

Her temperament is dignified and elegant, and you can't tell that she was so unruly when she was young, riding horses in the street with playboys and making the old man angry to death.

Li Guanyi knows his current identity.

He grinned, walked forward to give her a gift obediently, and called her aunt.

"Okay, good boy."

"You are so sensible. Look at Changqing. He never calls me like this."

This Imperial Concubine Xue seemed very satisfied with her. After a brief greeting, the family dinner began. There were not many people present. Apart from Li Guanyi, Xue Changqing and Xue Daoyong, there were only two women from the legitimate family. These two women from the legitimate family were very restrained, while Li Guanyi and Xue Changqing were much more relaxed.

Xue Changqing looked around and muttered curiously, "Strange, why didn't the tigress come?"

Li Guanyi was also curious and did not notice the eldest lady. However, when he glanced around, he found some dancers. Among them was a girl wearing a red dress with her face covered and holding a red whisk in her hand. Her temperament was particularly outstanding. After all, this was the imperial palace. Li Guanyi paid attention to etiquette and did not look at her for long. He just withdrew his gaze.

The family dinner started, and suddenly someone played the piano. The sound of the piano was clear and melodious. Xue Changqing reacted and suddenly realized:

"Mother... No, I mean."

"My sister is playing the piano."

It was indeed a royal banquet. Not only were the dishes exquisite, but there was also singing and dancing.

But it was also a family dinner, and a young lady like Xue Shuangtao also came to play the piano and perform.

Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible.

Li Guanyi picked up the dishes and deduced the Qilin Formation diagram in his mind, with most of his attention focused on it. This time entering the palace was a rare opportunity and he couldn't let it go. The sound of the piano was elegant, and a woman in palace dress was dancing to the music. The music was clear and melodious, and the woman's dance was graceful and generous. Suddenly, the sound of the piano moved.

The dancing women scattered one after another, their sleeves fluttering like clouds.

The girl who was wearing a red dress and covering her face just now stepped out to the sound of clear drum beats.

The stars are holding the moon.

But it also highlights its beauty.

The dance steps were light and graceful, stretched out and generous. Petals fell all around, fluttering in the air. Li Guanyi, holding a wine cup, saw this scene and his mind paused. He was attracted. The sound of the piano reached its climax, and the girl in red spun around, her shawl and sleeves fluttering like flowing clouds.

The beauty at this moment goes beyond ordinary appearance.

Even the women around were slightly dazed by what they saw.

Then she took light steps, as if she was spinning too fast. She spun a few steps with the momentum, her skirt slightly lifted, and stood in front of Li Guanyi.

She was surrounded by piano music, flower petals, candles and fluttering red sleeves.

It was as if all things in the world pushed her here and flooded into Li Guanyi's eyes, and the young man was stunned.

The candlelight flickered, the red sleeves fluttered and fell, and then the masked girl in red stood up.

When she stood up, she raised her hand and took off the veil covering her face.

She had beautiful eyebrows and a pair of almond-shaped eyes, which were lively and smart, and she looked at him mischievously.

It's the eldest lady.

She stood there coquettishly, smiling, looking at the slightly distracted boy in front of her, with a girl's pride and coquettishness:
"How about it?"

(End of this chapter)