I asked you to play the dungeon, but you are here to raise the BOSS?

By the backyard pond

Ah Qing sat beside Lin Xuan, holding the green bamboo stick thoughtfully, and gestured in the pond.

The eight trigrams were arranged in a row, and the hexagrams changed.

One by one, the hexagrams emerged and took shape in the pond, and then slowly dissipated.

"The eight trigrams are arranged in a row, and the images are in them; therefore, the hexagrams are in them; the rigidity and flexibility push each other, and the changes are in them; the words are connected and the names are given, and the movements are in them."

Lin Xuan looked at the gathering and dispersing hexagrams and recited the Book of Changes.

"According to Eunuch Bai and the old master, these are all very simple things, but I have to think for a long time to understand..."

Ah Qing frowned slightly: "It took me half a month to turn your Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms into swordsmanship. It will probably take another half a year to turn the Nine Yin Manual into a sword canon."

As she spoke, the girl waved the green bamboo stick casually.

The dragon roar sounded, and a green dragon shadow whistled out, hovering over the two people's heads for several circles before dispersing.

The spirit of the Gang Qi is condensed and real!

"...You have very little time left, don't feel pressured."

Lin Xuan chose his words carefully: "Eunuch Bai is not an ordinary person either, don't compare yourself to him..."

"Let me think about it again."

Ah Qing bit her lips stubbornly, stared at the surface of the pond, and gently waved the bamboo stick.

"It's open, it's open, guess how long it will take Miss Ah Qing to create another set of peerless swordsmanship this time?"

"...I bet half a month."

"I bet ten days."

"Wait a minute! What kind of swordsmanship is considered a peerless swordsmanship?"

"It counts as one that can knock you down."

"What a joke! You don't know how powerful I am!"

"How powerful can someone who can't take Miss Ah Qing's second move be?"

"That was bad luck. I'll change to a better-looking swordsmanship. If Miss Ah Qing is interested, maybe I can hold on for ten moves."

"Are you quite proud of yourself?"

"Same here."

In the pavilion ten feet away, more than a dozen top-notch masters in the martial arts world gathered.

Taoist Mu, Lu Xiaofeng, Taoist Xiao Gu, Mr. Tang and others were also among them.

While drinking and bragging, everyone looked at the girl who was thinking with her head down by the pool with awe, and their expressions were extremely complicated.

They were all masters of a school, with respected status, and they had seen sword geniuses before.

But a genius like Ah Qing was really unheard of and unseen.

He could understand the meaning of sword just by looking at it, and then he could easily show a completely different set of top sword skills...

If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would never believe that there was such a person in the world.

It was just as outrageous as the legendary sword fairy!

***

"Sir, no masters have appeared today, and some arrogant people and martial arts villains have been sent away by us."

At this time, a tall girl with phoenix eyes came to Lin Xuan and bowed.

Her name was Ma Xiuzhen, the leader of the "Four Beauties of Emei".

Dugu Yihe, the head of Emei, was originally a general of the "Golden Peng Dynasty" in the Western Regions.

When the Jinpeng Dynasty was captured by the Cossack cavalry, he, along with his relative Huo Xiu and the general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Yan Tieshan, brought all the wealth of the Jinpeng Dynasty to the Central Plains, waiting for the descendants of the dynasty to retrieve the treasures and then restore the country.

The three thought about it and felt that restoring the country was a thankless task, so they ran away decisively and gave most of the money to Huo Xiu for safekeeping.

Dugu Yihe still had a heart for martial arts. After he became rich, he did not spend all day in the clubs drinking and dreaming.

Instead, he became a disciple of Emei and practiced swordsmanship for decades.

Now, he is already the top master of the "Seven Great Sword Sects" today.

Even if his real strength is slightly weaker than Mu Dao Ren, he deserves to be the second master.

After Lin Xuan pointed out Dugu Yihe's origins, he said that he was not interested in these past events and had no intention of clearing the door.

You should still be the head of Emei. We are all family members and it is tacitly understood.

Although Dugu Yihe was arrogant and indifferent, he was still a warrior, so he returned the favor and helped to wave the flag and shout.

All the disciples of Emei also stayed in the mansion to maintain daily order.

Of course, it was also because Lin Xuan's martial arts could suppress Dugu Yihe that it went so smoothly.

"Thank you for your hard work."

Lin Xuan nodded: "It's almost time. Let your master come out and give a lesson to the people guarding outside."

After seeing Dugu Yihe, Lin Xuan knew that Huo Xiu had disappeared ten years ago and didn't know whether he was dead or alive.

In other words, the entire plot of "Golden Peng Dynasty" was not staged.

Sun Xiuqing, the wife of Ximen Chuxue in the original novel, was still standing guard outside the courtyard.

Well, Ximen Chuxue is still a single dog without a wife, and he has no worries.

No one affects his sword-drawing speed, which should be better than the original.

It may not be inferior to Ye Gucheng.

Of course, according to Ximen Chuxue's character...

Even if he married a wife, he would abandon his wife and children and practice swordsmanship wholeheartedly.

Therefore, Lin Xuan thought that it would be better for this sword god to remain single.

It would be good for everyone.

"Yes, I will go and inform the head of the sect."

Ma Xiuzhen nodded and stood up straight.

"The wife of the current Grand Tutor Hua, the first-rank imperial lady of the State of Wei, came to ask for advice."

At this moment, a deep male voice sounded and reached everyone's ears.

"???"

Ma Xiuzhen was stunned for a moment and looked at Lin Xuan.

The Emei Sect was guarding here, intercepting the people in the martial arts world who had no idea what was going on.

But suddenly, an inexplicable imperial lady came, which made her a little confused.

What's this opera?

"Since you're here, it would be nice to meet you."

Lin Xuan waved his hand: "Let your master wait a moment."

"OK……"

Ma Xiuzhen saluted again and ran away in a hurry.

"Mrs. Yipin Gaoming? It sounds like she is a high-ranking official. Are you looking for a fight with us?"

Ah Qing was also stunned for a moment, blinked, and said doubtfully.

"Mrs. Gaoming is just a title, not an official position."

"A normal Mrs. Yipin Gaoming would not come out to show off..."

"However, Mrs. Hua's words... are not very normal to begin with."

Lin Xuan stood up with a smile: "Let's go take a look."

The Grand Master is the head of the three princes and ranks first.

The wife of the Grand Master is naturally a first-grade imperial concubine.

Although the title of Grand Master is empty, it can be said that he is highly respected and favored, and he is the most respected among his colleagues.

Basically, it is not an official position for living people.

In the Ming Dynasty, except for the descendants of honorable ministers or relatives of the emperor...

Only during the founding of the People's Republic of China, Li Shanchang lived to serve as a grand master.

Then, nine days before his death, Zhang Juzheng was also granted the title of Grand Master, and he became a highly respected minister.

Logically speaking, Hua Cha, the prototype of Taishi Hua, is just a little Camilla compared to Li Shanchang and Zhang Juzheng, and is not worthy of the position of Taishi at all.

Lin Xuan guessed that Hua Cha had served as an official serving as a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.

Those who enter the Hanlin Academy to compile history can be called "Tai Shi".

The words "Shi" and "Shi" have the same pronunciation, so people spread rumors and called him "Taishi Hua".

In fact, the official positions of the two are completely different.

It is estimated that the task involves Tang Bohu and it needs to fit into the martial arts realm, so I chose the world view of "Tang Bohu Points to Qiuxiang"...

Then, he suddenly created a "Master Hua".

However, Taishi Hua probably understood that his reputation and ability were both lacking.

He acts extremely low-key and swallows his anger.

Basically, it is just a mascot similar to a distinguished person and has no impact on the structure of the court.

Yang Tinghe, Wang Qiong and others are also quite satisfied.

***

In a moment, the eight-carriage sedan was carried into the courtyard and stopped.

"Ma'am, please get off the sedan!"

A tall, burly man with a black face walked quickly to the sedan and shouted loudly.

He is the number one scholar in martial arts and his martial arts is quite impressive.

However, martial arts in the Ming Dynasty had been in a state of "budding but not developed" for a long time.

Even in the martial arts examination, he got the top spot.

In the eyes of ordinary people, he is still inferior to an ordinary literary scholar.

Well, actually it is.

After working in the Hanlin Academy for several years, Wen Jinshi often rose to the top.

Many even rise to the distinguished status of Grand Bachelor.

As for Wu Jinshi...

Take a shower and go to sleep!

If you are from a scholarly family or a great Confucian family, if a descendant takes the martial arts examination, it will be considered an unworthy descendant.

Wu Zhuangyuan could not survive because of the poor treatment.

Only then did he come to Washington with his heart and become a high-level domestic servant.

"Um."

A middle-aged woman in luxurious clothes snorted lightly and got off the sedan.

The moment the woman stepped on the ground, she suddenly shook her Xia Pei, exuding a majestic and domineering aura.

"See ma'am!"

All the maids and servants lowered their heads and knelt down, their eyes fixed on the ground, not daring to look at the woman at all.

"Why are so many people here? Chunxiang and the four of you and Wu Zhuangyuan will stay, and the rest of the people will leave. Don't make it seem like we in Washington don't know etiquette."

Mrs. Hua looked back at the dense crowd of servants, seemed a little unhappy, and said coldly.

"yes!"

A group of maids and servants had obviously been specially trained. Except for the four beautiful maids who stayed with Mrs. Hua, the others stood up and filed out.

"Amitabha, the young monk, Honest Monk, brought...Grandma Xiong and Miss Ouyang to say hello to Mr. Lin and Miss A Qing."

The honest monk lowered his eyebrows and squeezed in from the servants, clasping his hands.

Under normal circumstances, his look is quite distinct.

But now a lady named Gaoming came out of nowhere, and she brought hundreds of attendants with her. She could perform better than the old general on the stage.

The honest monk wanted to maintain his persona, and it was difficult to fly over their heads, so he could only follow the sedan step by step.

At first glance, it looked like he was doing something in there.

Not only was the honest monk unhappy, but all the maids and servants also felt extremely unlucky.

"I have admired the name of the master for a long time."

Lin Xuan glanced at the servants in the Washington Palace, then looked at the honest monk, and smiled.

"The little girl Ouyang Qing has met Mr. Lin and Miss A Qing."

Ouyang Qing had no intention of taking action at all, and was in the most relaxed mood. She said hello and stood aside to watch the fun.

"I've met you two."

Gongsun Lan coughed, bowed his waist and saluted.

"You're not old either. I feel like you're in your early thirties at most. Why do you deliberately dress up like this?"

Ah Qing was a little confused: "Could it be that you feel in your heart that you should be an old woman?"

"Miss Ah Qing is good at swordsmanship and interesting to talk about."

Gongsun Lan let out a sullen breath and hummed: "Dare I ask where I showed my flaw and you saw it?"

"I didn't see it. I felt so in my heart, so I asked."

Ah Qing said lightly: "Oh, Lin Xuan told me that many people in the world have some quirks. It doesn't matter if you like to dress up as an old woman, as long as it doesn't affect others."

Gongsun Lan: "..."

"Miss Ah Qing said it well!"

Mrs. Hua glanced sideways at Gongsun Lan with a disdainful expression: "Most of those so-called knight-errants in the world behave eccentrically, and their brains are not very good. It is not surprising that they do anything."

When Mrs. Hua was young, she liked a man named Tang.

But that person didn't like him, and finally chose his junior sister.

So much so that Mrs. Hua hated the whole family and had a great prejudice against the female heroes in the arena.

"Mrs. Gaoming's speech is indeed majestic."

Gongsun Lan had a gloomy face, glanced at Mrs. Hua, and sneered: "I just don't know if my skills are as good as my mouth."

"Want to try it?"

Mrs. Hua's eyes flashed with anger and she sneered.

"She's just an old woman, she looks like a martial arts master."

Gongsun Lan stood up straight: "What if you try?"

"Very good!"

Mrs. Hua snorted: "Wu Zhuangyuan, give me the sword!"

"yes!"

Wu Zhuangyuan pulled out the ancient Qingfeng sword from his waist and handed it over with both hands.

"The name of the sword is Longquan. It blows hair and breaks hair, and cuts iron like mud."

Mrs. Hua flicked the sword and made a sonorous sound: "If you are afraid, go back as soon as possible."

"Joke!" Gongsun Lan waved his right hand, and there was already a pair of daggers in his hand, with bright red ribbons tied on them.

"Mrs. Hua, Aunt Gongsun, wait a minute!"

Lin Xuan frowned slightly and stood between the two of them: "What's your purpose here? Are you here specially for a fight?"

He had read the original work and naturally knew that this "Grandma Xiong" was a young girl who liked to poison and kill people by roasting chestnuts with sugar.

His martial arts skills are not bad, and he is probably ranked first among Lu Xiaofeng's legendary female masters.

As long as you don't meet top masters like Mu Daoren, Ximen Chuixue, and Ye Gucheng, you should still be able to do it three times.

Mrs. Hua's martial arts is actually quite good.

In the movie, Mrs. Hua can't defeat the deadly scholar, giving people the feeling of being a weakling.

But according to the setting, the deadly scholar was the number one master in the world at that time.

Tang Bohu also defeated the opponent, and then said that the Overlord Spear returned to the top.

It’s not easy for Mrs. Hua to have a 50-50 fight with the life-killing scholar who doesn’t use a sword.

Lin Xuan couldn't tell which one was stronger for a while.

If these two great immortals had had a fight in another place...

Lin Xuan didn't bother to take care of it.

Maybe even go and watch the excitement.

But when the fight started on his territory, the nature of the matter changed.

Strictly speaking, if Gongsun Lan was beaten to death by Mrs. Hua, things would be relatively easy to handle.

But if Mrs. Hua dies...

If Mrs. Yipin Gaoming died, the problem would still be quite serious.

Even if he could get the court to deal with it, Lin Xuan would still have a lot of things to deal with.

"I came here this time to ask you for a spot to watch swordsmanship. I heard that you two have excellent martial arts skills, and I became somewhat interested."

Gongsun Lan hesitated for a moment, then pulled off the human skin mask on his face, revealing a charming face of a mature woman: "I wonder who among you can give me advice?"

Nowadays, there are many experts here, and all kinds of information are available. Gongsun Lan was not too surprised when he heard Lin Xuan mentioned his name.

Now that her identity is exposed, she no longer pretends to be an old woman.

Don't look like a clown in the eyes of others.

"After thousands of years, Gongsun's swords are still the same, and his character is still there, which is gratifying."

Lin Xuan nodded and looked at Mrs. Hua: "Is Mrs. Hua planning the same way?"

"I am also a swordsman. Ye Gucheng and Ximen Chuixue are both famous swordsmen in the world. Naturally, I also want to take a look."

"Besides, everyone is saying that although Miss Ah Qing is young, she can be called a young swordsman and a peerless figure."

Mrs. Hua smiled coldly: "Although I have been raising children with my husband for many years, I have never given up my martial arts skills, so I am happy to see you hunting. You two must not underestimate me!"

"Okay, I understand..."

Lin Xuan's face looked a little strange: "Mrs. Hua is so arrogant that I really don't dare to look down on her."

It’s hard to say what the husband is, but the godson...

In Lin Xuan's impression, there were only two young masters in Washington, one named Hua Wen and the other named Hua Wu...

They all seem to be demented.

It doesn’t matter if you were born with dementia, if Mrs. Hua taught you this...

That's really awesome.

"Young master Lin, there is no need to be so polite. What on earth do you want to say?"

"Both of you and Ah Qing are both women, and both are masters of swordsmanship... swordsmanship."

Lin Xuan smiled: "Why don't you two join forces to fight Ah Qing? If you two can win or draw with Ah Qing, I will allocate the quota."

"What a loud tone!"

A sharp light flashed in Mrs. Hua's eyes: "The two of us can work together to defeat Miss Ah Qing? If you act like this, who among so many people will be convinced?"

"Convinced, convinced!"

"Don't say I won the battle. Miss Ah Qing is very serious about her attacks. If you can block the three swords, the old man will be convinced."

"Aunt Gongsun's swordsmanship is quite powerful..."

Lu Xiaofeng thought for a while and sighed again: "But it doesn't seem to be of any use against Miss A Qing."

"City Lord Ye and Ximen Chuixue should arrive tomorrow, right? If they knew what was going on here, their faces would be extremely exciting."

"Ignore them two. Speaking of which, Mrs. Gaoming is not old either. She doesn't look like fifty."

"This isn't martial arts training. I've never heard of people getting taller as they get older."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense. Madam Gaoming's martial arts looks pretty good. Mr. Tang Da, you may not be able to beat her."

"Be bold, you can't beat her."

The viewing pavilion on the rockery was already crowded with people, and voices could be heard from afar.

Even Dugu Yihe, who had always been serious about his words, silently joined the crowd.

These days, everyone has seen too many martial arts masters.

But Mrs. Gaoming who can fight is still very rare.

"Since no one has any objections, I will join forces with this old woman to learn from Sister Ah Qing."

Gongsun Lan was secretly angry and stretched out her hand to hold the dagger tightly: "Sister Ah Qing, be careful."

She originally followed the path of an assassin, doing whatever it takes to achieve her goals, and she didn't pay much attention to the so-called swordsman's character.

Seeing that everyone did not think highly of him, Gongsun Lan simply gave up his plan of dueling and silently took advantage.

"Okay, I'll be careful."

Ah Qing nodded and waved the green bamboo stick: "No matter how hard you attack, you shouldn't be able to hurt me."

"The tone is really not small!"

Mrs. Hua took a deep breath and stared at the Longquan Sword in her hand, her momentum rising continuously.

"Amitabha! Wait, wait, wait!"

The honest monk was shocked: "Master Lin, the monk also plans to watch the game. If you give away the remaining two places, wouldn't the monk be out of luck?"

"What the master said makes sense."

Lin Xuan nodded: "Then master, you might as well practice with me for a few moves first. If master can catch the three moves, I will take master into the palace to watch the battle."

Lin Xuan didn't know if Monk Lao Shi had followed the little old man and joined the Invisible Man organization at this time.

But this guy is so talkative that he himself is not very trustworthy.

Lin Xuan naturally did not intend to bring this guy into the palace.

But there is no need to deliberately target it, just take three moves seriously.

"this……"

Seeing Lin Xuan's end, the honest monk was a little scared: "Monk is not in that hurry. Since they came first, let's wait until they finish competing."

"Okay, after they finish the competition, I will learn the master's magical skills from you."

Lin Xuan did not force anything: "Mrs. Hua and Aunt Gongsun, you can take action as soon as you are ready."

"good!"

At this moment, Mrs. Hua's momentum reached its peak, and she shouted: "Little girl, be careful!"

The brilliant sword light flashed in the air and turned into a dragon shadow, stabbing towards Ah Qing like a lightning bolt.

The sword roared like a dragon, and the aura of light flashed, dazzling the eyes.

Almost at the same time, Gongsun Lan suddenly shook the ribbon in his hand.

It comes like thunder to absorb its wrath, and it ends like the clear light of the river and sea!

The dagger pierced the air, murderous intent surged into the sky, yet it was so elegant and dreamlike!

"This is interesting."

Ah Qing's eyes lit up, he picked up the green bamboo stick and twisted it around gently.

Layers of sword intent filled the void, fixing the approaching ribbon in mid-air.

The girl's feet lifted off the ground and her body folded in the void to avoid Madam Hua's sword.

Then, the green bamboo stick was turned upside down and thrust straight down.

There was a flash of green light, and layers of sword intent descended like clouds hanging from the sky.

Gongsun Lan's sword power, which had been brewing to its limit, exploded with a flash of sword light.

The sword light filled the sky, and the colorful clouds dispersed.

In just the moment of the confrontation, the ribbon on Gongsun Lan's dagger had been torn into pieces by the sword energy and slowly floated in the air.

So beautiful.

"Keng!"

A long sound of gold and iron colliding sounded, with lingering echoes.

Ah Qing's figure appeared in front of Gongsun Lan, and with a tap of the bamboo stick, he stepped back.

The moment she stepped back, the girl rose up with sword energy and sealed the green bamboo stick, blocking Mrs. Hua's full sword strike.

Under the violent sword energy of Longquan Sword, the green sword light was inconspicuous, like a thin vine facing a giant dragon.

But the thin vine seemed to be indestructible. After entangled with the dragon, it continued to restrain and strangle it.

Longquan's sword energy continued to disintegrate and disintegrate, but the green bamboo stick remained the same, unhurriedly.

In an instant, the power of Longquan's sword was not exhausted, and the billowing sword energy was gone.

Mrs. Hua snorted softly, and her sword was forced to slow down.

Ah Qing smiled, and the green bamboo stick turned into the meaning of Tai Chi, and came continuously.

The green shadow flickered and turned into an overwhelming rod shadow, wrapping the two people inside.

Then, a "crackling" sound sounded in the air.

"you!"

Mrs. Hua's sword flew out of her hand, and she hurriedly took a few steps away. She looked at her swollen wrist with an extremely ugly face.

In an instant, her wrist was stabbed at least twenty times by Ah Qing.

Even with her martial arts skills, she couldn't hold the sword in her hand.

"You two...huh? How did you say that?"

Ah Qing was a little embarrassed, tilted his head and thought: "By the way, you two agreed."

"...Aunt Gongsun, didn't we just agree to join forces?"

Mrs. Hua had nothing to say when facing Ah Qing, so she could only let out a sullen breath and looked at Gongsun Lan coldly: "Are you going to act like a coward when you make a move?"

"Hmph! Old woman, do you think I really hold back?"

Gongsun Lan sneered and pointed at his throat.

At some point, a bright red blood mark appeared on the skin in the middle of her throat.

This was stabbed by a green bamboo stick.

"this……"

Mrs. Hua was stunned for a moment and complained: "When someone stabbed me, you didn't know how to block it?"

"How to block?"

Gongsun Lan sighed quietly and looked down at the two daggers in his hands.

The next moment, a crackling sound sounded, and countless cracks spread on the two daggers at the same time.

After three breaths, the dagger exploded with a bang, and the fragments flew everywhere, clattering to the ground.

"As expected of a young swordsman..."

Mrs. Hua sighed and closed her mouth.