Taiping Inn

Li Xuandu and Qin Su returned to Tianshui Pavilion. It was Qin Su's first time here. Although Qin Su had climbed a hundred-foot cliff with two swords before, this was different from a house built on a cliff. He was surprised.

However, Li Xuandu was eager to refine the "Little Purple Mansion" and had no leisure to accompany Qin Su to enjoy the scenery. He quickly came to the study, took out the "Little Purple Mansion" from the "Eighteenth Floor", and began to try to infuse it with Qi.

Because the Great Heavenly Master had erased all the marks of the predecessors on the "Little Purple Mansion", Li Xuandu's refining was very smooth. It only took about two hours to completely master the authority of the "Little Purple Mansion". In other words, he was already the city lord of the "Little Purple Mansion".

At this time, the moon was already high in the sky. Qin Su sat on a chair not far away, holding his chin with his hand, looking at the bright moon outside the window through the window. The bright moonlight shone on her, making her whole body enveloped in a layer of quiet silver-white, like a fairy in the Moon Palace, ethereal and detached from the world, as if she would be blown away by the wind at any time.

Feeling Li Xuandu's gaze, Qin Su came back to her senses, turned her head to look at Li Xuandu, smiled gently, and asked: "Have you refined it?"

Li Xuandu nodded and said: "I am already the city lord of this 'Little Purple Mansion'. Fortunately, I have been promoted to the Heavenly Man Realm. If I were still in the Return to the True Realm, I would not be able to completely refine it."

As he spoke, Li Xuandu activated the "Little Purple Mansion" and manifested a talisman in front of him. This talisman was earthy yellow in color, and it was painted with the appearance of a city.

Li Xuandu said: "This is the central Wutu City among the five cities. It is the head of the five cities, and it belongs to you, the boss."

Qin Su picked up the talisman and looked around. She found that although the talisman was manifested, it was like a real object. It was a wonder of creation and was worthy of being a semi-immortal object.

Li Xuandu also used the "Little Purple Mansion" to manifest the Eastern Jiamu City, the Western Gengjin City, the Southern Binghuo City, and the Northern Renshui City. Then he sent the four talismans out with a flying sword, and handed them to Li Feiyan, Ning Yi, Shi Wuyue, and Li Rushi, and attached a book to explain the mystery. Li Feiyan was born in the East China Sea, so he was the Eastern Jiamu City; Ning Yi was active in the northwest, and was the most murderous, so he was the Western Gengjin City; Shi Wuyue practiced a Yinhan technique, which corresponded to the Northern Xuanshui, so he was the Northern Renshui City; the remaining Li Rushi was the Southern Binghuo City, and Li Xuandu was the master of the five cities.

In the following period of time, Li Xuandu began to recover the energy consumed by refining the "Little Purple Palace" and manifesting the five talismans. It was not until dawn that he estimated that everyone had received the flying sword's message, and then he began to activate the "Little Purple Palace".

In an instant, the picture in front of Li Xuandu's eyes broke into pieces, and countless fragments flew in front of him. Behind the fragments was a bottomless darkness, and then these fragments were rearranged and combined in front of his eyes, forming a new picture.

This is a palace completely different from the Tianshui Pavilion. I don't know how high it is. Looking up, I can't see the dome. Below are layers of clouds, and the bottom is also invisible. In the middle of the palace is a seven-story platform. The height of each floor is not much different from that of an ordinary step. The diameter of the base is about seven feet, and each floor decreases. The highest floor is only the size of a square foot. There are seventeen cushions surrounding the three sides of the platform, which are staggered and scattered without a regular pattern. Together with the cushion on the top of the platform, it just corresponds to the number of eighteen floors. At the end of the platform is a huge statue of the Supreme Daoist Ancestor.

At this time, Li Xuandu was sitting on the abbot's place above the seven-story platform, with his back to the statue of the Supreme Daoist Ancestor. In other words, when people below the platform looked up at the platform, they would also look directly at the statue of the Supreme Daoist Ancestor.

Li Xuandu looked around. At this time, there was no one in the hall. He thought that this was the Seven Treasures Palace he saw, and the platform under him was the Seven Treasures Platform.

At this time, the door of the Seven Treasures Palace was closed. Li Xuandu had a slight thought, and the door opened with a bang. Then, one figure after another appeared, sitting on different cushions. Not only were their faces blurred, but their bodies were also completely blurred. Only the appearance of a figure could be barely seen, and it was impossible to tell whether it was a man or a woman.

Li Xuandu took a glance and found that there were exactly five people.

For Li Xuandu, the identities of these five people could not be hidden from him, because the positions of these five people were fixed. As long as he matched the talismans he sent, he could determine their identities.

As Li Xuandu was looking at the five people, the five people were also looking at the surroundings and Li Xuandu on the Seven Treasures Platform. To them, Li Xuandu at this moment seemed to have merged with the statue of the Supreme Taoist Ancestor, and was extremely majestic. Not to mention seeing his face clearly, even his soul felt oppressed. Finally, Shi Wuyue couldn't help but ask, "Boss, is this your new treasure?"

The five people present were all family members, and Li Xuan didn't try to be mysterious. He said directly, "This is the 'Little Purple Mansion', which was built in imitation of the real Xuandu Purple Mansion. As long as you hold the talisman I sent, you can enter this place through your mind. In this way, no matter where we are, we can gather together, saving the trouble of flying swords to send letters. This 'Little Purple Mansion' is divided into five cities and twelve floors. None of you corresponds to the master of a city. I am the master of all five cities."

Shi Wuyue said, "'Little Purple Mansion'? This name complements the shopkeeper. Then I can't call the shopkeeper the Big Purple Mansion in the future. This is more suitable."

Li Feiyan coughed lightly.

Shi Wuyue immediately fell silent.

Ning Yi asked, "Purple Mansion, you just said there are twelve floors and five cities. Who does the twelve floors correspond to?"

Li Xuandu said: "This is exactly what I want to say. You all know that in addition to Taiping Inn, I have developed a Qingping Society. For us, if there is anything in the future, it will at least be a cover. The Qingping Society corresponds to the guests of our inn, and the twelfth floor corresponds to the twelve allies of the guests. In the future, we will gather here to exchange what we have or discuss things. However, the identities of these twelve people in the world are different, and they are even hostile to each other, so they have to use the names of the song cards as code names. We will also do the same at that time, and we cannot show our real names to others."

The five people all nodded in agreement.

Li Rushi asked again: "On weekdays, we call Mr. Si the shopkeeper. This is Mr. Si's position in Taiping Inn. If he is in Qingping Society, what position should he be called?"

Li Xuandu thought about it. Although the main body of Qingping Society and Taiping Inn is the six of them, they are fundamentally different, just like one person holding two ministers, but cannot cooperate with two government offices.

So Li Xuandu said: "Qingpinghui is an alliance, there is no one higher than anyone else, so if I call him the leader, it seems that I am above everyone else, which is not appropriate. In my opinion, the key to Qingpinghui is to share what we have, so we have to rely on this 'Xiao Zifu'. I am the master of 'Xiao Zifu', but you can call me 'City Lord', indicating that I am just a local landlord, not the leader of the alliance."

Li Rushi said: "When Qingwei Sect was first established, there was a big thief on the sea, who gathered tens of thousands of people and owned thousands of ships. He traveled all over the world and was called 'Five Seas Ship Master'. Mr. Si might as well be called 'Five Cities Lord', which just corresponds to our five people and five cities."

Shi Wuyue, who was afraid that the world would not be in chaos, was the first to agree. In her opinion, Taiping Inn or Qingpinghui must be transformed into a sect in the future, so that they can survive in the world. She even thought of the name of the sect, which was called Qingping Sect, taking the "Qing" character from Qingwei Sect and the "Ping" character from Taiping Sect, so that it would not be considered as forgetting one's roots. Qingwei Sect has thirty-six halls and seventy-two islands, so Qingping Sect must have a similar structure. She thinks that the five cities and twelve towers are good. Being the lord of a city sounds much better than being a chores, and it is also impressive, so she strongly agrees that Li Xuandu should use the title of "Lord of Five Cities".

Qin Su didn't think too much, just thought that this statement was appropriate, and nodded in agreement. As for Ning Yi and Li Feiyan, they didn't care about such trivial matters, so this title was decided.

Li Xuandu thought to himself: "I have more and more titles. The leader of Taiping Sect, the shopkeeper of Taiping Inn, Qingping Le of Qingping Society, and now there is another lord of five cities. With so many identities added together, it seems difficult for anyone to guess that these people are the same person."