Night falls, the moon and stars are scarce.

Dongzhou, Jiaoyang Town.

There is a mansion here with carved railings and jade walls, and a plaque on the lintel reads "Branch of the Sword Fighting Sect" in five large characters.

As the right-hand man of the royal family, the Doujian Sect has its own branch in every state, every city, and every town. It is powerful and handles affairs for the royal family.

At this time, there was a gentle young man standing on the Bihu Bridge of the mansion. He was holding a fish food box in his left hand, and he was gently scattering the fish food into the Bihu Lake with his right hand, causing the fish to swim over one after another, very leisurely.

Suddenly, a figure came from behind. The young man noticed the movement around him, but his expression remained calm. The figure approached the young man, clasped his fists and said respectfully:

"I'm telling you, young master, that the reward for finding flowers that you ordered to be posted on the town's task board was posted back."

"It seems they know the dangers of this matter."

The young man said calmly, "Since they don't like the soft ones, let's get the hard ones. You can go down first."

"promise."

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In the past month, Shen Ming and Shen Xue often went hunting in the forest. Although they did not go deep into the forest and encountered ferocious beasts like the Overlord Python, the jackals, tigers and leopards were still enough to experience, improve their cultivation, and make money.

After a month of training, Shen Ming's cultivation level improved again, from the fifth level of body training to the seventh level. After learning about it, the senior brothers and sisters all showed admiration. The speed of Shen Ming's cultivation, I have to say, is too amazing!

Shen Ming not only has the talent for cultivation, but also endures hardships and practices diligently. Who wouldn’t envy and admire him?

It takes an ordinary person at least two years to go from the first level to the seventh level of body training, but Shen Ming only spent two months in total. It's incredible!

Obviously the higher the realm, the more difficult it is to practice and the speed of practice will slow down, but Shen Ming is beyond ordinary people's expectations, but in everyone's eyes, this is temporary, after all, body training is still very easy.

When you reach the Qi Refining Realm, you will know how difficult it is to practice, and then the power gap will widen dramatically.

This is like the college entrance examination score ranking. You get 100 points in the exam, and others get 200 points in the exam. So what, neither of them can reach the undergraduate score line.

But if you get a score of 600 and someone else gets a score of 601, the difference is huge. It's possible that someone else just stepped on the line and passed, and you can only be brushed off.

The reality is so cruel!

Unknowingly, there are still three days before the end of the month. After three days, Shen Ming and the others will return to the sect.

It was noon, the wind was gentle and the sun was bright, and the sky was blue.

Shen Ming and Shen Xue were having lunch at the inn, when suddenly a disciple hurried into the inn, sweating profusely.

"Sister, something is wrong." The disciple shouted.

"I'm fine!" Shen Xue responded loudly.

The disciple determined the location from Shen Xue's voice. In a moment, he ran to Shen Xue. Seeing that he was out of breath, Shen Xue immediately poured a cup of tea and handed it to him and asked:

"Don't worry, tell me slowly, what happened?"

After the junior brother took a sip of tea, he said anxiously:

"Senior sister, it's like this. We went to do odd jobs at the Sword Fighting Sect branch's mansion and saw a small poisonous snake sneaking into the main room. We helped the owner of the mansion kill it."

"Unexpectedly, the master of the palace said that the man he trained was extremely valuable and wanted us to compensate. They also detained our people and only asked me to come back... to report to you."

His voice gradually became smaller, his eyes filled with tears, and he lowered his head in self-reproach, like a child who had made a mistake.

"Didn't the master of the palace tell you that he cultivated a venomous snake and asked you to be careful?"

Shen Ming said doubtfully, and saw his disciple shook his head.

"If not, what if something happens? If you are bitten, who will pay for your medical expenses? It's his snake that is in trouble now, so he would be better off asking you to compensate. What's the point?" Shen Ming was filled with indignation.

"Okay, I understand, junior brother, don't blame yourself too much. Who knew that the owner of the house would raise venomous snakes? You are also kind-hearted. It's okay. Take senior sister to have a look. You can compensate whatever you want." Shen Xue comforted.

"Thank you, senior sister!" the disciple bowed in thanks.

"It's okay, just take us there now."

"Uh-huh."

Later, Shen Xue and Shen Ming followed their disciples to the mansion of the Sword Fighting Sect branch. As soon as they walked in, they felt as if they had arrived in a fairyland. The interior was extremely spacious and magnificent.

There is a rockery on the left, with overlapping rocks and carved beams and painted buildings. On the right, there is a bamboo forest, emerald green and slender, with deep and fragrant fragrance. In the center of the mansion, there is a green lake with sparkling waves and rippling blue waves. There is a bridge in the middle, one hundred meters long, which is ingenious.

Connected to the outside.

This is not an ordinary mansion, it is simply a fairyland!

There were two servants at the entrance of the mansion. One servant took Shen Ming and Shen Xue up the arch bridge and went to the lobby, where the master of the mansion was waiting, while the other servant took the junior brother to the place where the disciple was detained.

After a while, Shen Ming and the others arrived at the entrance of the lobby.

"Tell the young master that he has been brought here."

The servant bowed at the door and said, the door opened with a bang, and a "Come in" came from inside.

When Shen Ming and the others walked in, they saw a man in white sitting on a chair to the north. His face was as clear as a sculpture, with sexy lips, a high nose, and a heroic and gentle look between his brows.

The deep eyes make people feel unfathomable.

"Please step back first," the man said to the servant.

"No." The servant bowed and turned to leave.

"You two, please stop standing. Please sit down."

The man smiled and stretched out his hand to motion for them to sit on his right side, because there was hot tea there.

"Are you the master of the palace?" Shen Xue asked.

"Yes, why, doesn't this young master look like me?"

The man smiled lightly and looked calm. He picked up the tea cup on the table and tasted the brewed tea.

"I thought you were an old man, but I didn't expect you to have your own mansion at such a young age. How amazing!"

Shen Xue praised, with an envious look on her face. Her tone sounded like she was reminiscing about old times, and those who didn't know better thought she had met an old acquaintance, so natural.

"Young girl is so interesting," the man joked.

"Ahem." Shen Ming coughed twice, approached Shen Xue, and reminded in a low voice, "Sister, let's get down to business!"

Shen Xue nodded and asked seriously, "I heard that my junior brothers accidentally killed the poisonous snakes you trained, and then you detained them. Where are they now?"

"No hurry, let's talk about this young master first. My little snake is a descendant of the ancient purebred Zhuyeqing. It is rare to find it in a thousand years. Now it is beaten to death by your people. How to settle the score?" The man's eyes suddenly changed.

Sharp.

"They are also kind-hearted to help you. Who knew it was the venomous snake you raised? When they came to work, why didn't you explain to them clearly that if they were bitten by your snake, would you be responsible for the compensation?"

Shen Xue stood up excitedly and asked confidently.

However, the man replied softly, "Yes."

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Chapter completed!