I will survive with proficiency

Suixi City.

City Lord's Mansion, Dugu Mansion.

Dugu Yuan is in a good mood today. According to the news from the eyeliner, Chen Ping has returned to the mansion since the competition ended, and he has not left the mansion even half a step. He is probably recovering from his injuries.

It is said that Fairy Biyuan did not leave Tianyin for a long journey, and she was seen attending a sect meeting yesterday.

This shows that there is a high probability that Chen Ping did not sue Dugu Jijiu for using poison.

Unexpectedly, Chen Ping is still a person who does not hold grudges.

This made the Lone Ape overjoyed.

The only thing that made him unhappy today was that Dugu Jijiu's young cousin and his own niece married the old man named "Six True Monarchs" who seemed to have fallen into a low position in the competition for the head of the house.

This old man is someone whom Dugu Yuan strongly supports.

But it doesn’t matter.

The old man named 'Sanzhenjun' who gained the upper hand in the competition for the head of the family was also related to his Dugu family, and Dugu Jijiugu was married to this person.

Whoever wins the position of Patriarch, this Suixi City will maintain a close relationship with his Dugu family.

without favoring other families.

Lonely Ape returned to Dugu's mansion, opened several formations to enter the inner courtyard, pushed open the door of the quiet room, and saw Dugu Jijiu'an meditating quietly, he glanced at the woman next to him:

"Ji Jiu didn't wake up today, did he?"

"No, sir." The woman who was raised by the Dugu family whispered.

Dugu Yuan nodded, and took another look at Dugu Jijiu before leaving.

Just at this glance, I subconsciously feel that something is wrong.

The sitting posture is correct.

Just why is your head drooping?

Like falling asleep.

Dugu Yuan frowned slightly, and his divine sense came out to sense it.

Immediately shocked.

He strode forward with one stride, rushed to the front of Dugu Jijiu, and reached for Dugu Jijiu's heart vein with one hand.

Lifeless?

Dugu Yuan shuddered, and an ominous premonition struck him.

He quickly explored Dugu Jijiu's dantian again.

Heart terrified.

A sense of dizziness almost made him faint, and he staggered back a step and almost fell down.

"Who came here today?" He shouted at the woman beside him.

When the woman was yelled at by Dugu Yuan, her mind was buzzing, and she spit out a mouthful of blood uncontrollably, but she didn't dare to be sloppy at all, and quickly knelt down and said:

"Master, no, no one has been here."

Dugu Yuan grabbed the woman's hair and photographed it, his voice was deafening: "This old man will give you one last chance, who is it?"

The woman couldn't stand Yuanying's roar, she spat out a mouthful of blood again, her expression was in a daze, her face was so pale with fright, she didn't know what happened, she said hastily:

"Really, no one has been here. The servant has been awake."

Dugu Yuan's eyes were red.

At this time, he also realized that this woman is just a mortal, since the other party can kill Dugu Jijiu silently, how could this woman be aware of it?

He pushed the woman away, and knelt down beside Dugu Jijiu again, groping Dugu Jijiu's body with his hands, hoping that his perception just now was wrong.

Then there are no surprises.

died.

Desperate.

All that remains is an empty shell.

Dugu Yuan's lips trembled, his eyes were slightly closed, and then hugged Dugu Jijiu, buried his head and howled loudly.

He couldn't figure it out, how could a person who was fine an hour ago be gone?

Obviously recovering well.

This is the hope of the Dugu family.

The Dugu family looks huge, but the whole family only has three Nascent Souls.

The ancestor Yuanying was in the middle stage, but he was dying, and he hadn't stepped out of his house for nearly two hundred years.

He, Dugu Yuan, is also in the middle stage of Nascent Soul, but his cultivation has stagnated for hundreds of years. He knows his own situation best. He knows that he has no hope, and this life in the middle stage of Nascent Soul is the end.

Dugu Jijiu is different.

Dugu Jijiu is a true genius, especially after becoming the direct disciple of the head of the Yunjin Sect, he has become the hope of everyone in the family.

"It's my father's fault, my father's fault. My father thought you had the teachings of the head master, so you don't need to worry about it anymore. You went to guard the ruins for more than a hundred years, and only when you came back did you realize that you had gone astray."

"It's all the father's fault, Ku, Ku, Ku, Ku. If Wei didn't go to the ruins, why did it come to this?"

"Why do you lose your mind and soul? So much so that there is no way to rescue it. Woooooo~"

"It was obvious that an hour ago, I was thinking of trying to get revenge on Chen Ping, why did I suddenly come back, ah! ah! ah!"

revenge?

Dugu Yuan slowly raised his head, his cheeks full of tears became ferocious.

who is it?

Who did it?

I want you to die! ! ! !

It is impossible for Dugu Jijiu to die for no reason.

Someone entered this quiet room, killed Dugu Jijiu's primordial spirit silently, then did not move a single bit of this place, and then quietly retreated out.

He glanced at the shivering woman in the corner.

This woman is impossible in the first place.

Dugu Jijiu lay there defenseless and let her cut her to death.

But the problem is that this mansion is an independent mansion, and several formations are arranged on the mansion. These formations are all made by the masters of the formations. It is impossible for the Nascent Soul cultivator to break through it silently within an hour. He wiped out all the formations here, and then retreated without destroying the formations in the slightest.

This is impossible.

It simply cannot be done.

If he wanted to do this, he had to have a token, but apart from himself, only Dugu Jijiu had the token.

That woman is just a mortal, even if she stole the token of Dugu Jijiu, she couldn't move her, she couldn't get out of the mansion, and she couldn't become a person who cooperated with the monks outside.

How exactly?

Not only is there a formation here, but because of the strategic importance of Suixi City, the formations arranged on the entire city lord's mansion are quite impressive. Even the monks on the ninth floor of the Nascent Soul may not be able to break through the formations and enter here quietly.

Who is this man?

Chen Ping?

No, no, not possible.

Not to mention the news that Chen Ping has been in seclusion for a long time, even if he came to Suixi City, Chen Ping did not have the ability.

Golden core monks cannot break through the third-order formation without causing any abnormal phenomena.

Biyuan?

Biyuan has the ability to break through layers of formations in such a short period of time without making a fuss? Does not consume a trace of array rhyme.

Didn't Bi Yuan major in alchemy?

Her formation skills are not very outstanding.

Moreover, even if Bi Yuan has this ability.

But this is completely unlike Bi Yuan's previous style.

Who else?

Dugu Yuan got up and walked to the stone gate, looking out the door with deep eyes.

A thought flashed through his mind that made his scalp tingle.

"It's you!" He gritted his teeth.

Under Huashen, if the people who are most likely to have the ability to enter here quietly, then they must be the few true monarchs of the Suixi City Lord's Mansion.

This mansion is what they offer.

If they had buried some heresy methods here in advance when they built it, it was really possible to trick the formation and come in.

And only they have this opportunity.

Sanzhenjun?

Just because I, Dugu Yuan, personally support Liu Zhenjun to seize the position of Patriarch? Just hold a grudge against Ji Jiuwu'er?

Dugu Yuan clenched his fists and cracked.

"Sacrificing to Jiuwuer, my father will continue to investigate until the truth is found out."

"Being a father will not let you die in vain."

"As a father, all those who murdered you will be buried with you."

the other side.

Chen Ping followed the way he came, and quickly left Suixi City in the image of an old man.

Until he appeared in the quiet room of his mansion, he did not encounter any obstacles.

'Relaxed. '

'Now no one counts on me. '

'But the Dugu family has to guard against it. The members of this family are very insidious. Maybe they don't need evidence to kill people. Maybe they just suspect that they will attack me. '

‘However, moving to Bixian Pavilion at this moment is a bit inappropriate, and it seems to be self-evident. '

‘I will be in seclusion during this time, and I will move in a few months. '

Chen Ping got up and came to the courtyard, checked the integrity of each formation again, and returned to the inner courtyard after making sure that it was correct, so that the sisters from the Xu family could get out of the stele.

"Patriarch, have you finished Dugu Jijiu?" Xu Ruyan asked.

She had only completed the corresponding task under Chen Ping's instructions before, and then returned to the stele to follow Chen Ping, without even knowing the effect of the task.

"It's solved." Chen Ping nodded and explained:

"During this time, you should keep an eye on it. You would rather practice less and pay attention to the surrounding situation. If something is wrong, I will move immediately."

"Yeah." Both sisters nodded.

"When will Yan'er curse Dugu Yuan?" Xu Ruyan sharpened her sword.

Chen Ping thought for a while, now is not the time, he has to wait a little longer:

"Let's wait for three months. It's still the old rule to start cursing back at him at that time. At the beginning, the frequency is less, and the more it goes, the more he will not be able to walk out of his family's door in the end."

"Patriarch, don't worry, Ruyan will make him feel better when the time comes." Xu Ruyan was filled with righteous indignation.

Old thing, you dare to be unfavorable to my handsome Patriarch, I think you don't want to live anymore.

After making arrangements, Chen Ping returned to the quiet room and started practicing.

Strength is everything.

Since Dugu Jijiu is the direct disciple of the sect master, after all it has not been abolished, the Yunjin Sect will probably intervene, the degree is unknown.

But the Yunjin Sect intervened, even if they doubted the Tianyin Sect, the Tianyin Sect and Quanyang Zhenzun would support it.

Worst of all, Fairy Biyuan was on top.

In the absence of definite evidence, nothing will happen to him.

But the Dugu family is different.

How could they give up so easily after the proud son of a family died?

And the best way to deal with the Dugu family is to strengthen yourself.

Strive to turn into a baby as soon as possible.

Only by becoming a Nascent Soul cultivator and facing the Dugu family with only two mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, can I be more at ease.

Time flies.

After the last duel with Dugu Jijiu, Chen Ping realized after practicing during this period that the speed of his practice was not affected by the trauma of the duel, on the contrary, he felt a little more enlightened than before.

Does the ninth level of Jindan also have requirements for actual combat experience?

There is no such statement for the first to eighth layers of Jindan.

After more than half a year, the third pill pattern in Chen Ping's dantian was successfully formed.

It's still a perfect Dan pattern.

Over the past few months, the Xu Ruyan sisters did not find any dangerous people.

However, Chen Ping was not careless, and the undercurrents were often invisible.

He decided to move.

Move to the rich wife's house.

There are not many things that need to be moved in this mansion, and even the spiritual plants in the yard are ordinary spiritual plants that are worthless. You only need to pack the array, tables, chairs, beds, futons, etc.

The most troublesome thing is the refining furnace in the refining room, which needs to be carefully dismantled deep underground, but this is not a troublesome thing either.

Packed everything in two hours.

As for the rent, there are still more than 10 years of rent that have not been paid back, and Chen Ping is too lazy to go to the General Affairs Hall to ask for it back.

After leaving the door, Chen Ping did not go directly to the City Lord's Mansion, but went to Xu Liang's place first.

This time, he had to send a message to Xu Liang and Jia Zhongrong, who were one of the few friends he had lived in this fairy city for more than a hundred years.

It's a pity that Xu Liang is not at home and has gone out.

This is Xu Liang.

Then I went to Jia Zhongshou Dongfu, but Jia Zhongshou was at home.

"Chen Daoyou? Rare guest, come in and sit down." Jia Zhongshou opened the courtyard door and greeted him warmly.

"Retreating?" Chen Ping sized up Jia Zhongshou, and followed him into the yard.

Jia Zhong laughed and said:

"Yes, I've been in retreat for nearly ten years. The eighth floor of the Golden Core has been around for a while, and I want to hit the ninth floor of the Golden Core. If Fellow Daoist Chen didn't come, I would still be meditating in the quiet room."

Since Jia Zhongshou saw the progress of Chen Ping's cultivation base, these years, when the spirit stones were barely enough, he had spent less time connecting the refining tools and spending more time in retreat.

In the past, he rarely had the experience of retreating for nearly ten years at one time.

This is probably called 'near Zhu Zhe Chi'.

"Daoyou Chen came here for something?" Jia Zhongshou knew that if Chen Ping was okay, he would rarely leave the mansion.

Chen Ping nodded:

"Yes, this time I'm going to move, to the City Lord's Mansion. If you want to find me, Jia Daoyou and Xu Daoyou, you can go to the City Lord's Mansion Bixian Pavilion to find me."

Jia Zhongshou and Xu Liang are no longer going to hide this matter.

To be precise, it's not that I don't want to hide it.

But can't hide it.

The competition between him and Dugu Jijiu was quite noisy, and he often appeared in Bixian Pavilion. Those who are interested may have known that Fairy Biyuan's Taoist companion is 'Chen Ping', and Dugu Jijiu knew it back then.

It is even possible that not only those who are interested know about it, maybe it has already spread in private.

It's just that they covet the majesty of the City Lord's Mansion and dare not discuss it openly.

After the nine competitions with Dugu Jijiu, the nun who met on Central Avenue seemed to have noticed it.

Now people can't recognize him when he walks outside, just because he seldom shows up. Even if others know that Fairy Biyuan's dual cultivator is 'Chen Ping', they don't know who Chen Ping is?

What does it look like?

But Xu Liang and Jia Zhongshou are different.

They knew who Chen Ping was.

That is to say, Jia Zhongshou has been in seclusion during this period of time, otherwise he might have known about it by now.

At this moment, Jia Zhongshou froze slightly when he heard the words:

"Move to the City Lord's Mansion? Bixian Pavilion?"

The puzzled expression was followed by surprise:

"Could it be Fairy Biyuan who accepted you as his apprentice? So lucky?"

"No." Chen Ping smiled: "I am her Taoist companion."

"Damn, I'm so happy for you. I thought you were so lucky to be accepted as an apprentice by someone like Fairy Biyuan." Jia Zhongshou shook his head, walked into the cave with Chen Ping, and closed the door behind him.

Immediately, a scream came from inside the creakingly closed stone door:

"What?"

"What did Daoyou Chen just say?"

"Are you the Taoist partner of Fairy Biyuan?"

There was a deathly silence in the cave.

"..."

Under Chen Ping's repeated explanations, Jia Zhongshou accepted this unbelievable fact.

"So if you want to find me in the future, just go to the City Lord's Mansion." Chen Ping laughed.

Jia Zhongshou rubbed his head with one hand:

"Chen Daoyou don't talk to me first, let me take a moment and let me digest the news just now."

Chen Ping: ...

"So, you are Fairy Biyuan's real son now? Are you the master or grandfather of those disciples in Bixian Pavilion?" Jia Zhongshou still had a lingering shock in his heart.

He didn't ask Chen Ping casually why Fairy Biyuan asked him to be his Taoist partner. Everyone has their own secrets, and this secret not only involves Chen Ping, but also Fairy Biyuan, so it's naturally inconvenient to delve into it.

At least, Fairy Biyuan can take a fancy to Chen Ping, which shows that Chen Ping must have special talents.

"Ahem, you can also say that." Chen Ping laughed.

"My God, that's Fairy Biyuan! The future cultivator of transformation spirit! I finally understand why Chen Daoyou's cultivation is progressing so fast. Can't you hurry up?" Jia Zhongshou sighed.

After a pause, he was shocked again and said:

"A few years ago, I heard that Dugu Jijiu of the Yunjin Sect challenged Fairy Biyuan's Taoist companion."

"Looking at Chen Daoyou's relaxed expression, you won't win the fight, right?"

No matter what, he didn't want to believe it.

That is Nascent Soul cultivator.

It's the direct disciple of the head of the great sect.

Therefore, his eyes widened at this moment, waiting for Chen Ping's answer.

"We were lucky to win." Chen Ping said.

It's something everyone knows.

Jia Zhongshou's eyes widened.

He gasped.

The mood did not calm down for a long time.

He touched his head now and then, apparently still digesting the shock.

But after thinking about it, Chen Ping described all of this as 'coincidence' and 'lucky'. All of this seems to be summed up in the word 'lucky', but what did Jia Zhongshou not understand?

Spirit stones drop from the sky, you have to be prepared to catch them.

Thinking of Chen Ping's performance in killing demons in his magic weapon back then, and thinking of Chen Ping's dedication to practice over the years.

Looking a little deeper, it all seems to be taken for granted.

How can there be any luck?

That's all.

"..."