Nightwatcher

Chu Yuanzhen's eyes lit up, he was not angry, but full of anticipation, he smiled and said, "The discussion just now was a bit boring, so just use it if you have any unique skills."

Xu Qi'an nodded, and said again: "I will only make one move, after one move, our sparring will be over."

He was preventing Chu Yuanzhen from waving his hand to fight back after receiving a knife, stabbing him into a hedgehog. When the time comes, Xu Qi'an will die at the age of twenty.

Chu Yuanzhen pondered for a while, and asked, "After using your unique skills, will you enter a period of weakness?"

Zhuangyuan Lang is really smart and has a bright mind! Xu Qi'an sighed in admiration, nodded: "Yes."

"What's the secret?"

Emperor Yuan Jing, who heard the conversation between the two, looked at Luo Yuheng beside him.

Luo Yuheng shook her head, she actually knew, but she just didn't want to waste time talking with Emperor Yuan Jing.

Her calm and breezy posture made Emperor Yuan Jing frown secretly. As the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, he has hundreds of thousands of miles of land and mountains, and dominates the life and death of his subjects.

But in front of this woman, he has become an emperor who has nothing to offer, and has no advantage at all.

Emperor Yuan Jing always wanted to practice double cultivation with the national teacher to achieve his wish of longevity, but every time he raised this idea, Luo Yuheng always ignored it or shirked it.

In front of this second-rank Taoist chief, he seemed to be a poor boy with a shallow family. This made Yuan Jingdi very discouraged.

Clang!

In the garden, Xu Qi'an took back the black gold long knife and let it return to the scabbard.

Then, he took a lunge, his knees sank slightly, and his right hand slowly pressed the handle of the knife, making a movement of drawing the knife with momentum.

His breath was steady and his emotions were settled. He seemed to be on the coast before the tsunami. His air mechanism shrank and collapsed into his body.

Chu Yuanzhen showed a solemn look, and pointed like a sword, with a light move, he summoned a branch and held it in his hand, replacing the sword with a branch.

At the same time when Qiang Xu Qi'an flicked out the black gold long knife with his thumb, he visualized a picture of a golden lion roaring in his mind, and with Shen Xiong's roaring sound, he drew out the knife.

There was a "sudden" jolt in Chu Yuanzhen's ears, like Jiao Lei exploding above his head, and then, he saw a thin line of saber energy flashing away.

At this critical moment, Zhuangyuan Lang unhurriedly handed out the branch in his hand.

boom!

The moment the branch touched the saber energy, a violent shock wave instantly swept across the entire garden. The rockery under Chu Yuanzhen's feet exploded first, followed by the pavilion behind him. The four pillars snapped, and the roof of the pavilion flew into the sky.

The calm pool water set off violent waves, and the waves exploded. Seeing that the quiet room behind him was about to be shaken, Luo Yuheng's red lips parted slightly: "Stop!"

The violent shock wave froze for an instant, and then disappeared.

In the arena, Xu Qi'an sat cross-legged, with a knife across his knee, looking sluggish.

Half of Chu Yuanzhen's sleeve was blown to pieces, revealing his muscular and powerful forearm. He slowly bent his five fingers, then let go, repeated several times to relieve the pain, and sighed:

"Excellent, amazing. If you are in the fifth-rank realm, this knife can seriously injure me."

Damn it, I hit with all my strength, just cut a lonely Xu Qian complained in his heart, raised his head, imitated Xu Erlang's expression, and said lightly:

"As expected of a strong man who can fight against Li Miaozhen, Xu is willing to bow down."

Xu Qi'an is also a very proud person, his arrogance is no worse than that of the scholars of Yunlu Academy Chu Yuanzhen smiled and nodded.

Emperor Yuan Jing glanced at the garden, and looked sideways at Luo Yuheng, the stunning female national teacher fixedly stared at Xu Qi'an.

Seeing this, Emperor Yuan Jing showed a hearty smile, "Chu Yuanzhen is indeed an outstanding disciple of Renzong. This kind of cultivation is rare. Xu Qi'an is still far behind, but he is only a silver gong after all, and he still needs to work hard."

It seemed that they praised Chu Yuanzhen and trampled on Xu Qi'an, but in fact it was just the opposite. Chu Yuanzhen's sleeve was cut off with just a silver gong.

Luo Yuheng forced a smile.

Emperor Yuan Jing suddenly became more relaxed, and said with a smile: "I still have something to do in the palace, it is inconvenient to stay for a long time, the national teacher will send me off."

Luo Yuheng made a gesture of invitation.

At this time, Xu Qi'an in the courtyard suddenly shouted: "See Your Majesty for humble posts."

Chu Yuanzhen also saluted, but didn't speak.

Emperor Yuan Jing and Luo Yuheng had no choice but to stamp their feet. The former glanced at Xu Qi'an who had been promoted to the silver gong with a majestic gaze, and nodded his head without a stern face, saying:

"Wonderful duel, Xu Qi'an, your talent is good, don't disappoint the court's cultivation of you."

Xu Qi'an answered fluently: "Thank you Your Majesty for your cultivation, I'll die after dedicating myself to a humble position."

Emperor Yuan Jing nodded in satisfaction, and walked side by side with Luo Yuheng towards the layman.

The vain verbal praise did not actually mean that Xu Qi'an looked at the backs of the two of them and curled his lips.

When the figures of the two were out of sight, Chu Yuanzhen said, "Brother Xu, wait a moment, I'll go change clothes."

After all, he turned and went to the quiet room.

A few minutes later, the door of the quiet room opened, and Chu Yuan said in a clear voice, "Brother Xu, come in for tea."

Xu Qi'an stepped on the threshold and saw Chu Yuanzhen sitting by the desk, changed into a moon-white robe, but the green shirt with broken sleeves was gone.

"Hey, brother Chu, where did you get the clothes? Where's the green one?" Xu Qi looked around pretendingly.

"I have a magic weapon for storage." Chu Yuanzhen poured him a cup of tea and explained gently.

Well, I want to say next: Wow, brother Chu is really powerful, is it the magic of heaven and earth in his sleeves! How can you be so honest in life, bah, don't give me a chance at all. More honest than Li Miaozhen! Xu Qi'an complained in his heart, and asked without changing his face: "Can you show me?"

Chu Yuanzhen shook his head: "The senior who gave me the magic weapon once explained that it should not be shown lightly to others."

Rejection is open and aboveboard.

"It's okay, it's okay." Xu Qi'an regretted.

Correspondingly, Daoist Jin Lian also told him that it was mainly to guard against the Taoist priests of Dizong. After all, Dizong is a sect that has been passed down for thousands of years. Although it split many years ago, the foundation is still very deep.

Cannot afford to be negligent.

"Brother Chu is not a student of Yunlu Academy?" Xu Qi'an asked.

"I studied at Yunlu Academy, and then went to the Imperial College." Chu Yuanzhen let out no secrets, and let out a sigh of relief: "When I was young, I was full of ambition, full of talent and wanted to sell it to the emperor's family, and I know that the students of Yunlu Academy are not accepted. After reusing it, he left the academy and studied at the Imperial College."

"Then why did you resign?"

"Because you are a scholar who is useless, learning literature can't save Dafeng, so you simply resigned, made a white coat, and traveled around the world with a sword." Chu Yuanzhen sighed.

I know a guy who felt that studying medicine could not save the country, so he ran to code and write. Xu Qi'an slapped the table and applauded: "Small and unrestrained!"

No wonder when Chu Yuanzhen saw Emperor Yuan Jing just now, he just saluted lightly and didn't say hello to him for paying attention to this detail. Now that he was connected, the one who really disappointed Chu Yuanzhen at the beginning should be this Ninth Five-Year Supreme who was obsessed with cultivating Taoism.

The two drank tea and chatted, and it was Chu Yuanzhen who was talking, telling Xu Qi'an what he had seen and heard from his many years of travelling.

"The barbarians in the north have a population of only one million, and my Dafeng has a population of tens of millions. But for thousands of years, the barbarians have always been my great concern. Do you know why?

"Because the northern barbarians are of the blood of ancient gods and demons."

"Ancient gods and demons?" Xu Qi'an was puzzled.

"It is said that when the world first opened, a group of gods and demons were born who moved mountains and filled seas, picked up stars and took moons, and then disappeared. The northern barbarians are called descendants of gods and demons. It is not for nothing. They are born with strong bodies and can carry Babies born in the tribe from time to time have atavistic phenomena, such as scales on the body, a single horn on the forehead, a giant tail of a python, and a height of 20 feet after three years of age, all of which confirm this statement.

"Based on these phenomena, the historian of Dafeng speculated that there must be an era when gods and demons were active in the period of ignorance. In that era, human beings were as weak as ants and could only survive by relying on gods and demons. This is how the northern barbarians appeared.

"And we are the human race that rose later."

No, aren't gods and demons and humans reproductively separated? Xu Qi'an raised an argument in his heart and asked, "I suspect it's a hybrid of humans and demons, not some gods and demons. After all, the northern barbarians and the northern demons are an alliance."

Regarding this question, Chu Yuanzhen pondered for a long time, and said: "About the existence of gods and demons, I have heard a saying that the Gu God sleeping in the abyss in southern Xinjiang is the gods and demons that survived the ancient times, and the only one." magic."

Gu God is an ancient god and demon? You can ask this question to No. 5. Xu Qi'an suddenly had a thought, and had an association, "So in the battle of Shanhaiguan, the northern and southern barbarians formed an alliance?"

"That's a good idea. We only know that the northern and southern barbarians have always maintained a fairly friendly relationship. It's just that there is a big feng in the middle, and they are all coveting this pancake, so they are natural allies, but it may also be the blood of gods and demons. They maintain a relatively friendly relationship."

Chu Yuanzhen excitedly said: "If the historian knows this idea, he must be very excited."

The conversation continues.

"Across the northern barbarian territory, further north is the polar region, where it is so cold that people can freeze from the inside out. But there are still traces of life. I have seen a strange race with the body of a mermaid. They Possess wisdom, but do not understand human language, can communicate by gestures.

"The majority of their populations are females. Often a male assigns multiple females and is responsible for impregnating them. Apart from mating, the males don't have to do anything else, and the hunting is left to the females."

I am extremely envious of Xu Qi and said in peace.

"But because of overwork, males often don't live for twenty years, and the offspring they give birth to are still mostly females."

So, boys should keep themselves clean, protect themselves, and not let women get greedy, Xu Qi said at ease.

"Every six months, there will be a crisis of genocide, because the males are all dead, and no one can make females pregnant. In that year, I went to the northern pole."

Xu Qi'an was shocked: "Then you successfully impregnated the female?"

"puff"

Chu Yuanzhen took a sip of tea and sprayed it on Xu Qi'an's face.

"Why do you have such a guess?" Chu Yuanzhen asked in shock while handing over the handkerchief.

"Go ahead." Xu Qi'an waved his hands, refusing to answer this question.

"That year happened to be the year when the males of their race were extinct. In order to allow the race to reproduce again, some females would transform into males and bravely shoulder the burden of reproducing the race.

"The queen of the race will take the lead in changing her gender. This is her duty. After becoming a king, the queen will accept the harem and call her daughters into her harem."

My head is full of troughs and I don't know how to vomit, what should I do? ! Xu Qi'an said with emotion: "The magic of creation is astounding."

After chatting for another quarter of an hour, Chu Yuanzhen smiled and said: "Don't just listen to me, brother Xu's name is known to everyone in the capital, and your glorious deeds must be talked about in restaurants and teahouses.

"Tell Chu about those cases."

"It's a long story." Xu Qi'an sat up straight and said:

"Then let me start with the tax bank case. At that time, my second uncle was involved in the tax bank theft case. I knew I was going to die soon and harmed others. After I learned about this, I said to my second uncle: Don't panic, second uncle. There are flaws everywhere in this case. In the eyes of my nephew, it is just a small trick. I can break through it with a stick of incense.

"But I have to admit that I was really young and frivolous at that time, and I underestimated the heroes of the world."

"Oh? What do you mean by that?" Chu Yuanzhen became interested.

"It took me two sticks of incense to solve the tax and silver case."

Xu Qi'an started from the tax and silver case, and continued to talk about the Fufei case. Chu Yuanzhen held the teacup, didn't take a sip, and listened with great concentration.

Hearing the doubts, he frowned in puzzlement, but after Xu Qi'an explained the inside story, he became enlightened again, raised his eyebrows and smiled.

"Brother Xu solves cases like a god, I admire him."

Chu Yuanzhen's heart moved, and he thought of Master Xu's cousin No. 3. Before he guessed that No. 3 had something to do with the clear air of the Sub-Sacred Hall, he thought that Taoist Priest Jin Lian took a fancy to No. 3's uniqueness, so he put The shards of the book from the ground were given to him.

Then I got to know No. 3's cousin Xu Qi'an, and thought that this son was equally astonishing and talented. On the surface, Daoist Jin Lian gave the fragments of the book from the ground to his cousin, but in fact he had the idea that brothers could take all.

Now seeing Xu Qi'an's ability and talent, this guess is even more affirmed.

"Daoist Priest Jinlian is really scheming."

At this moment, Chu Yuanzhen suddenly felt palpitations. Knowing that there was a message from the owner of the fragment, he immediately said, "I'm going to the toilet."

As soon as the words fell, Xu Qi'an who was sitting opposite said almost simultaneously: "I'm going to the toilet."

The two were silent for a while, Xu Qi'an said without changing his face: "Brother Chu, please first."

Chu Yuanzhen nodded, got up and left the quiet room. He estimated that the transmission of letters by the members of the Tiandihui would not end for a while.

It would be bad if Xu Qi'an went to the latrine first and then returned, and ran into him.

After the sound of footsteps gradually faded away, Xu Qi'an took out the small jade mirror and checked the biography.

[Five: My money was cheated, what should I do? 】

This is really expected and reasonable. The corner of Xu Qi'an's mouth twitched. Considering his status as a dead person, he didn't send a letter to inquire.

After waiting for a few seconds, I saw Chu Yuanzhen replied: [Four: What's going on, how was Yin Zi cheated? 】

[Six: Number five, where are you now, how far away are you from the capital, and how much money have you been cheated of? If there is no place to eat, check to see if there are any temples nearby and ask for alms there. 】

Xu Qi'an covered her mouth, almost laughing out loud.

Monks always ask for alms. If you go to a temple on the 5th to ask for alms, how do the monks feel?

[Two: It’s easy to say that the silver is cheated, but it’s fine for people not to be cheated. Your tribe is really, don’t worry, a little girl has come from thousands of miles to come to Dafeng? Do you know how to send elders to accompany you? 】

[One: Remember not to do anything that violates Dabong’s law. 】

[Nine: Hey, number five, if it’s not far from southern Xinjiang, you can go back. It's dark and the roads are slippery, and the rivers and lakes are complicated. 】

Everyone was worried about No. 5. Xu Qi'an touched the mirror several times with his finger, then retracted, feeling so uncomfortable, he really wanted to add a word.

PS: Please recommend and monthly pass. I haven’t voted for a long time, sir. There are still 2,000 monthly tickets to surpass the top one, please work harder, I will add more, huh.

Today is another 4D day, change first and then change.