Martial Cultivator

Perhaps the news from the north was transmitted quickly enough, and the capital of the gods has been vigorously promoting it, so the people in Daliang Prefecture, including Changping Prefecture, are still relatively optimistic about the war in the north these days.

Although the court levied more taxes a few days ago, the majority of them were still on the rich households, and the lives of ordinary people were not affected.

From this point of view alone, the Daliang Dynasty is different from the courts of previous dynasties. The treasury of the courts of previous dynasties was empty, and they either targeted merchants or the people. But judging from the actions of the court now, whether it is merchants or the people, the court has no intention of exploiting them.

In fact, this can be regarded as a reassurance to the people. If the court is desperate at this moment, then for them, it is tantamount to telling them clearly that the building will collapse, and this dynasty of more than two hundred years will become history.

However, the people were still nervous for a while, that is, when the demons began to knock on the gates. Although not much news was passed down, the sporadic news was unfavorable to the court.

Many people wanted to go north after hearing the news. Fortunately, the local officials appeased them and temporarily gave up the idea.

But in fact, whether it was the local officials or the other people and monks who were closely following the news from the north, they were all worried. Later, the news that the northern border was defended came back, which made the officials and people feel relieved.

Although there were wars with the demons from time to time, and there had never been a demon army breaking through the northern Great Wall in the past two hundred years, this victory still made many people in many places celebrate.

There are many visitors in Qingshan Prefecture, and the customs of the people here are closer to Taoism. In addition to those traditional festivals, the people here also have some extended festivals. Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, there is a Kuqiao Festival. It is rumored that the Taoist ancestor was born in a mountain called Kuqiao. After he founded Taoism, Taoist monks set the birthday of the Taoist ancestor as a very important day in Taoism. At first, it was only within Taoism, and then it gradually spread out. In Qingshan Prefecture, the people all celebrated this Kuqiao Festival.

The dynasties of the past dynasties have always respected the long-lasting Taoism, so they dare not say anything. In the Dajin Dynasty, the court even issued a special document to set the Kuqiao Festival as an important festival along with the Mid-Autumn Festival. However, after the Daliang Dynasty, the court cancelled such things, but did not force the people not to celebrate such festivals.

Just when the news from the north reached Qingshan Prefecture, it happened to coincide with the Kuqiao Festival. In the past few years, the scale of the Kuqiao Festival had actually been small. Now that there was such news, many people thought it was the blessing of the Taoist ancestors, so this year's Kuqiao Festival was much more grand than in previous years.

Danxiao County was especially so.

Just hearing the name, it was enough to know that this county town had a deep connection with Taoism. In fact, it was indeed the case. This county town was originally the place where a Taoist master practiced. Although the Taoist master was born in the Changsheng Dao, he was quite respectful of the Taiping Dao and once wanted to leave the Changsheng Dao and join the Taiping Dao.

You should know that such a Taoist master not only has a high enough realm, but also has a high prestige in the Taoist sect. The lineage of the Longevity Dao naturally cannot allow such a thing to happen. This is not just a matter of one person leaving the Longevity Dao, but it will damage the image of the Longevity Dao. However, the other party is already a Taoist master, so ordinary means are not effective. Finally, under the mediation of the Chixin Temple, some kind of agreement was finally reached, allowing the Taoist master to find a place to concentrate on studying the Taoist methods and veins of the Taiping Dao, but not to say that he wants to quit the Longevity Dao.

So the Taoist master established this Danxiao County.

However, after the Taoist master passed away, the lineage of the Longevity Dao once wanted to destroy this county city, but after the final consultation, some of them did not reach an agreement. In the end, everyone turned a blind eye and let the secular people live in this city, and no one cared. After that, successive dynasties began to expand it, and it has the current scale.

However, since it was originally built by a Taoist master, the Taoist atmosphere here is actually very strong, from the Taoist talismans on the buildings in the city, and most of the people in the city are Taoist believers. It can be said that although the city is nominally under the jurisdiction of Daliang, in fact... I am afraid that the words of the young master of the temple are more effective here than those of the current crown prince.

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The bitter woodcutter festival lasts for three days, and there is a lantern festival on the last night. Therefore, the people in the county city had dinner early tonight and gathered in the center of the county city, and there were already bright lights over there.

Countless lanterns were hung on those tall buildings, and on dozens of streets, everyone had all kinds of paper lanterns on their heads.

"Sister Liang, who are the people painted on those paper lanterns?"

Among the crowd who came to watch the lantern festival, there were a few people who didn't fit in. They were dressed roughly the same, all in white, but at a glance, they knew that they were not ordinary women.

However, the people around were not too scared. At this point in time, people no longer kept their distance from foreign monks, but were very afraid of them.

You should know that last year alone, there were more than 20 cases of outsiders bullying the people of Daliang. Most of them were compensated and apologized by the sects. A small number of them were handled by the garrison envoys of the capital because the matter was serious. It is said that there was a small sect that was destroyed by the officials of the garrison envoys of the court because of the chaos.

Once these things were spread, they were undoubtedly a reassurance to the people. With such a court, such officials, and such a way of handling, the outsiders would not have to be afraid as long as they did not take the initiative to cause trouble.

At this moment, some people even looked at the women with unusual auras and looked at them a few more times.

Those women did not show any emotions, but even they would probably be curious about the changes in the world today.

It was really too fast.

How many years have it been?

The Daliang Dynasty was established for only more than two hundred years, and the emperor ascended the throne for only more than ten years. It has only been a few years since the young warrior became the garrison envoy.

Is the world like this?

That Senior Sister Liang didn't need to look up at the paper lantern above her head, she knew who was painted on it. The woman who had been determined to be the next mountain master of Songxi Mountain smiled and said, "Since there are traces of Taoism everywhere here, and it's the Kuqiao Festival, who is this person, do I need to say more?"

The woman who asked the question was also smart. She raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Then it must be the Taoist ancestor."

As a result, Senior Sister Liang shook her head and said with a smile, "It's the Taoist master who founded Danxiao County."

The woman was stunned, and then rolled her eyes at her senior sister, "Senior sister is starting to do bad things again."

The other women smiled knowingly when they heard this. Some of them were Senior Sister Liang's senior sisters, and some were junior sisters.

Since this Senior Sister Liang was the next mountain master of Songxi Mountain, she should have a high status in the mountain. To speak to her in such a tone, either he has a very good relationship with her, or this woman has no airs at all.

But from the perspective of the other women, it should be the latter.

Senior Sister Liang pointed at the woman's forehead and joked, "Ye Fu, you are a little smart, but when you encounter something, you should think more about whether you are smart enough. If you are like this, you may suffer a great loss in the future."

The woman named Ye Fu is surnamed Liu. She has only been on the mountain for a short time, but she is extremely talented. She is known as the best seedling in Songxi Mountain in the past hundred years. If the mountain master had not already decided on the position of the next mountain master, many people would suspect that she would be the next mountain master.

However, even so, many people in Songxi Mountain believe that Liang Jinjin, who has now been determined to be the next mountain master, will take the initiative to pass the position to her junior sister in a few years.

But it is hard to say what the people in the mountain will think at that time.

"With the guidance of my senior sister, I will learn slowly."

Liu Yefu stuck out his tongue and changed the subject, saying: "It is said that if there is still a place in Daliang Dynasty that is not under the jurisdiction of Daliang, it should be this place, but why do they seem to be happier about the victory in the north rather than the Kuqiao Festival?"

Liang Jinjin was stunned. In fact, she also paid attention to this when she entered the city. In previous years, the Kuqiao Festival only saw paper lanterns, but this year, a new thing was added, which was to release paper boats. Paper boats were released from the upper reaches of the river that runs through Danxiao City, and it was allowed to slowly flow out of the county city. This custom has always been used by the people of Daliang to pray for the safe return of those who traveled far away and for everything to be peaceful.

When they passed by the upper reaches before, they could even see those people asking some gentlemen who wrote letters to write words such as Daliang will win and the Great Wall of the North will not fall on the paper boats.

After that, along the way, they could see that these people seemed to be a bit of a cursory visit when visiting the lantern festival. Most people held paper boats in their hands and hurried to the riverside.

This kind of change is actually hard to find unless you are paying attention, but Liang Jinjin seems to find it difficult to explain.

After a moment of silence, Liang Jinjin casually said, "Maybe it was a bump."

Liu Yefu muttered to himself, "How can it be a bump? Could it be that these people who are said to be the most devout believers of Taoism have begun to be less devout?"

Liang Jinjin was about to ask Liu Yefu to be careful when he saw a familiar figure appearing in front of him not far away.

A young man, alone, in a blue robe, looked well-mannered, and could be described as handsome as jade.

However, the women were almost unmoved, and the reason was simple. They were not ordinary cultivators. Songxi Mountain was one of the Qi Refiners' sects in the north. Compared with ordinary cultivators, Qi Refiners must be more indifferent to everything in this world.

Moreover, although this young man was not bad, he was still far behind the young master of Chixin Temple.

You know, the young master of Chixin Temple has always been called a banished immortal in the cultivation world.

"Jinjin, if you had said you wanted to see the Lantern Festival earlier, wouldn't I have come with you? Luoshui Mountain has been in Danxiao County for so many years, how can it not be considered half the owner? The landlord's friendship should be fulfilled."

The young man walked towards the few people with a smile on his face.

Liang Jinjin's expression remained unchanged, and there was still no expression on his face. He just called out lightly, "Young Master Gu."

This young man's name is Gu Shaofeng, and he is the young master of Luoshui Mountain. Liang Jinjin came to Qingshan Prefecture on this trip just to negotiate a deal with Luoshui Mountain. However, during the first meeting, the two parties did not reach a consensus. However, Gu Shaofeng was very interested in Liang Jinjin and hinted to Songxi Mountain intentionally or unintentionally that if Liang Jinjin was willing to be his Taoist companion, then the deal would definitely be done.

If it were anyone else, the mountain owner of Songxi Mountain would have nodded, but when it came to Liang Jinjin, the mountain owner really didn't express his position on this.

In fact, everyone up and down Songxi Mountain knew one thing, that is, the reason why Liang Jinjin was designated as the next mountain master was because of her relationship with the young guardian envoy.

During the trip to the north many years ago, these two people met and were considered acquaintances. Liang Jinjin did a good job of hiding it from him at first, but as the reputation of the young guardian envoy grew over the years, something happened. Naturally, I couldn’t hide it.

If it were in the past, Songxi Mountain would naturally be indifferent to the people and things of the Liang Dynasty, and might even sneer at it. But now, especially the young guard envoy, he directly crushed the backbone of the Southern Qi Refiner lineage. After that, these Qi refiners in the north did not dare to think like this.

Since there is such a relationship between the two people, no one, whether the mountain owner or anyone else, knows about Liang Jinjin.

However, after so many years, the young guardian envoy still did not come to Songxi Mountain in person, which also made many people want to understand some truth.

Maybe some things that are important to some people are not worth mentioning in the eyes of some people, and they don't pay much attention to them at all.

Some people regard it as a treasure, some people regard it as a piece of trash.

Gu Shaofeng looked at Liang Jinjin and said with a smile: "Jinjin, don't keep a straight face all the time. She's so good-looking and doesn't look good if she doesn't smile too much."

Liang Jinjin shook his head and said, "Don't worry about Master Shao Shan."

Gu Shaofeng's face darkened as he encountered the woman in front of him one after another. Just when he was about to speak, Liu Yefu on the side said directly: "Fellow Daoist Gu, my senior sister is not interested in you. Why do you keep doing this here? You are a beautiful girl in the world. Why are you holding on to my senior sister for so long?"

Yanagye Uki was usually quite popular in the mountains because of his talent, and his temperament was a bit direct, so he naturally didn't take it into consideration when he spoke now.

Liang Jinjin actually likes this junior sister because she can probably see what she once was like in her.

Wasn't she such a woman a long time ago?

Gu Shaofeng, who was already a little angry, his face completely darkened after hearing this. He stared at Liu Yefu and Liang Jinjin in front of him, and slowly said, "Songxi Mountain, you don't want to do this deal?"

Liang Jinjin took a deep breath and said calmly: "If you have any needs, whether it is Master Gu Shaoshan or Master Gu, you can bring it up. As long as it is within the tolerance of Songxi Mountain, we can have a good discussion. But if Gu Shaoshan What does the Lord want to threaten for this? I'm afraid it's a miscalculation."

After saying this, Liang Jinjin was about to ask the disciples to leave, but Gu Shaofeng spoke again soon.

"Liang Jinjin, I know what you are thinking. I feel that there are rumors in the spiritual world that you have something to do with that young martial artist, so you think he will protect you? Don't you think it's funny? Who in the world doesn't know that? That martial artist likes the woman named Xie Nandu. Even if you have a relationship with him, he has been in Songxi Mountain all these years and he still remembers you? "

Although Gu Shaofeng's words were a bit harsh, they were indeed true. The two of them could be considered friends at most, and they might not even be considered friends. After Mobei, although they met again, there was no actual progress.

Liu Yefu looked at Gu Shaofeng angrily, "What does this have to do with you? You don't need to worry about my senior sister's affairs!"

Liang Jinjin didn't want to talk nonsense, so she grabbed Liu Yefu and left.

Gu Shaofeng sneered, "In the territory of Luoshui Mountain, do you think you can come and leave whenever you want?"

As Gu Shaofeng finished speaking, several auras emerged from the darkness around him. These were the monks who had followed Gu Shaofeng.

Liang Jinjin said calmly: "Gu Shaofeng, it doesn't matter if we can't negotiate a deal. If you act like this, aren't you afraid that the two sects will form a feud?!"

Gu Shaofeng sneered, "A Qi Refiner whose back was trampled on, a bullshit sect in the North, so what if I wiped you out?"

"Besides, if you fail to negotiate a deal, you assassinate the young master of the mountain in anger in Danxiao City, and he is shot to death by the young master of the mountain. Isn't it reasonable?"

When he spoke, his eyes kept moving up and down Liang Jinjin, "But before you die, I will definitely love you well."

Liang Jinjin felt the disgusting sight and did not speak. She just said in her heart: "When the fight breaks out later, I will send Ye Fu away no matter what. She is still young and should not die like this."

As soon as Liang Jinjin said this, everyone unanimously agreed almost immediately.

If there is anyone who can make Songxi Mountain take on a new look and reach a higher level in the future without even having to happen what happened today, it can only be her.

"Senior sisters, if I don't leave, it's worth it even if I die here with the senior sisters."

Yanagi Yefu also said from the bottom of his heart: "I just hate that I don't have enough cultivation to kill them all. Such scum should not live in this world. It's right for senior sister not to like him. He is not as good as that young guard." Give it a try, sir!"

Liang Jinjin felt a little helpless when she heard that her junior sister was still mentioning such things.

However, she was not allowed to say anything at this moment. She just looked at Gu Shaofeng in front of her and said as calmly as possible: "Master Gu Shaoshan, do you have to do something absolutely right? You know, there are many things that you cannot cover the sky with one hand. "

Gu Shaofeng smiled and said: "Now you know that you are scared. Do you know that in my territory of Luoshui Mountain, you should keep your head down and behave like a human being? Well, I will give you another chance. If you agree to be my Taoist companion, then what will happen today?" How about pretending that this thing never happened?”

After Gu Shaofeng said this, he kept looking at Liang Jinjin in front of him, waiting for this beauty to lower his head, but the next moment, he did not wait for Liang Jinjin to speak, but heard other voices.

"When did Danxiao City become the territory of Luoshui Mountain?"

A voice sounded somewhere.

Gu Shaofeng responded subconsciously: "How? I, Luoshui Shan, have always had the final say in this Danxiao City!"

As he spoke, Gu Shaofeng was also looking for the owner of the voice. After searching for a while, he saw a young man in black shirt sitting in front of a stall on the street.

He was holding a bowl of wontons in his hand at the moment. He put a wonton into his mouth, chewed it, and then said after swallowing: "I heard that this Danxiao City was built by a certain Taoist master. The common people believe it, and it seems that the infatuated young man who speaks here will be more effective than the current Crown Prince. Let’s not say whether this is true or not, but I have seen Yun Jianyue, and it doesn’t seem to grow up with you. so."

The man in black shirt looked at Gu Shaofeng with a smile on his face.

Gu Shaofeng glanced around and saw that there was only one person in front of him, and sneered: "How dare you say that you have met Zhenren Yun? Zhenren Yun's words are true, but after all, we are far away in Chixinguan. This Danxiao City is our Luo Shuishan, it’s what I say that matters!”

The young man in the black shirt took a sip of the soup and said with a smile: "Luoshui Mountain, I remember, you are from the lineage of the Immortality Path. Did your mountain master just step into the end of Wangyou recently? How else can you talk? So tough?"

"You're pretty well informed. I'm telling you, that's my dad. If you offend me today, you're looking for death!"

Gu Shaofeng sneered.

The young man in black shirt didn't say anything, he just looked at Gu Shaofeng and finished the last wonton in the bowl.

Then he put down the dishes.

At the end of the long street, someone strode towards me.

He was carrying something wrapped in black cloth.

Gu Shaofeng was shocked when he saw the person coming. He obviously felt a powerful aura from the tall man.

I'm afraid this person's level... won't be low.

The man came to the young man in black shirt, and the young man just raised his eyebrows.

As soon as the latter let go, the contents of the black cloth fell out.

All of a sudden, many people's expressions changed.

Because what fell out of it was a bloody human head.

The young man in black shirt stood up, stepped on the head, and asked, "Look, does it look like your father?"

Gu Shaofeng glanced at the head over there, and his expression changed instantly, because it was really the head of his father, the mountain owner of Luoshui Mountain.

His mind went blank, and at this moment, he couldn't say a word.

He couldn't understand why his almost invincible father only had such a head left at this moment.

The young man in black shirt glanced at him and said calmly: "You just said that Danxiao City's Yun Jianyue has the final say, and you also have the final say. In fact, it doesn't count."

"This place is decided by the person named Chen."

"In today's world, people named Chen have the final say. Don't you know?"

The young man in black shirt paused and said with a smile: "It just so happens that my surname is Chen."