"Since you like it, little friends, just take them all away!" Mr. Hengbi waved his hand.
Zhao Shu said: "Isn't this inappropriate? Besides, these magical irons are difficult to carry."
Duke Hengbi picked up one and thought about it for a moment: "It's okay! It's hard to say anything else. This thing can go in and out of the earth without any hindrance. I will take it back to Yanze City. I'll just ask the chariot and horse to drive away."
Zhao Shu waved his hand: "Since God said that those who meet will have a share, it's not easy to take away all Xiaozhao."
Lord Hengbi played around with it and divided the Lingwen Divine Iron into two piles: "Half for each person, and the extra one goes to my little friend."
Zhao Shu was originally here to witness Tiegong's ascension. How could he have expected that such a good thing would happen? Even though he was born in a palace and had seen many heavenly and earthly treasures, it was unprecedented to obtain twenty spiritual irons at once.
The value of these spiritual irons can no longer be measured by worldly gold, silver, and silk. The remains of the Immortal Family alone are enough to become the treasures of those cultivating sects in the past, and they are the objects of worship for later generations of disciples and regarded as talents.
The consumption of refining it like an earth treasure is a great blasphemy.
"You don't have to tie your hands and feet." Hengbi Gong said: "The income from this seat is more than Xiaozhao. Not to mention the Kunlun jade pedestal, the surrounding mountains and forests have also been enlightened by the immortal spirit's clear energy. If they are managed and excavated well, it will also be a blessed land in the future.
"
Zhao Shu couldn't help but nod. He used to wonder whether the Immortal family would just float away after ascending to the upper reaches of the world, leaving nothing behind. Now it seems that just the ascension itself has benefited those who witnessed it greatly.
, the place where you ascend to the real level will also be contaminated by the fresh air of fairy spirits, and maybe the surrounding vegetation and animals will channel spirits and become spirits.
"It's a pity that I don't want to stay in Xingluo County for a long time. Otherwise, I would serve as a temple priest at the Chenghuang Temple and dig a cave here. In the future, I might as well start a sect!" Hengbi Gong's words did not hide the meaning of staying.
"I can't decide the matter of temple blessing." Zhao Shu thought of Wang Juncheng resigning to avoid disaster, and the Chongxuan Hall of the City God's Temple might not be able to accommodate Zhao Shu to take the position of temple blessing.
After midnight, Hengbi Gong took Zhao Shu and a bunch of spiritual and magical irons, and once again started the method of shrinking the land, returning directly to the City God's Temple. Zhao Shu found Shi Huoguang, who also didn't like banquets, and brought the carriages and horses.
He used his mighty power to carry these heavy irons onto the carriage.
"Where did you get these things?" Shi Huoguang looked back and asked, "Could it be that they were stolen from the City God's Temple?"
"Of course not." Zhao Shu held the carriage shaft, raised his head and exhaled: "Just think of it as revenge for the Huaiying Pavilion's hard work in suppressing the bandits."
Shi Huoguang noticed that Zhao Shu blew out a ray of true energy, which formed in the air like a talisman. It floated for a few times and was sucked back by Zhao Shu.
"Have you improved your cultivation again?" Shi Huoguang asked in surprise.
Zhao Shu smiled and said, "I may encounter a strange encounter occasionally. I'll tell you about it in the future."
…
In the early morning of the next day, all the guilds gathered in the suburbs of the city. Wang Juncheng led the county officials out of the city to see him off, and Zhao Shu and other monks from the Huaiying guild also set out to return.
Luo Xixian was ordered to follow General Wei and rush directly to Dongshengdu, so naturally he would not be with Zhao Shu and others.
Zhao Shui looked at Xin Shunying saying goodbye to Luo Xixian, and wanted to step forward, but Liang Tao's first words openly revealed Zhao Shui's intention, causing the gap between the two to reappear.
What's more, Luo Xixian is now very proud, and is about to skyrocket in Dongsheng City. If he has close contact with Zhao Shu, a "sinister villain" who has tried to change his family several times, it may not be good for him.
Until Luo Xixian galloped away on horseback, Zhao Shu did not say goodbye, and the two may have parted ways.
The carriage and horses headed south without incident, and finally returned to Huaiying Pavilion safely. Zhao Shu was still unloading the goods when a waiter came up and said: "Zhao Fu, there is a guest asking to see you. He said he is here to see you. He is already at the pavilion."
I have been waiting for many days in the foreign guest house."
Zhao Shu was about to wash up and have a good rest. When he heard this, he had to ask the waiter to invite the guest.
The visitor had an ordinary appearance, a respectful expression, and looked like a servant from a wealthy family.
"The villain is the steward of the Anyang Marquis Mansion in Dongsheng Capital. Are you the Immortal Zhao Miao of the Huaiying Hall?"
"I'm right." When Zhao Shu heard about Anyang Houfu, he felt a little uneasy in his heart.
I saw the steward of the Marquis Mansion handing over a letter and saying in a low voice: "I have been ordered to come here to inform the Immortal Chief that your lady Wu passed away due to illness in late spring. Please express my condolences."
Zhao Mi's expression froze, and a surge of blood suddenly surged in his heart. He suppressed it with force, clasped the letter tightly with his fingers, and asked: "What's going on? It's so good, why did my mother suddenly die of illness?"
"Your Majesty has been ill for three years, and the medicine has failed to work. The Marquis has invited famous doctors in many ways, but nothing has been achieved," said the steward of the Hou Mansion.
Shi Huoguang was also packing things nearby. When he saw Zhao Shu's expression changing, he hesitated to speak.
"If you have anything else to say, tell me quickly!" Zhao Shu said with his eyes closed.
The steward of the Hou Mansion lowered his head and replied: "The Marquis said that your daughter has been buried in the hall, and Zhao Xianchang can go to pay homage at any time. In addition, the Marquis plans to meet Zhao Xianchang. If you don't have time right now, you can visit the Hou Mansion with this letter."
"No more?" Zhao Shu frowned.
"No more, the rest are all in the letter, I don't know about it," said the steward of the Hou Mansion.
"You... let's go." Zhao Shu waved his hand casually and turned around numbly. Shi Huoguang saw him walking slowly. Before he had taken a few steps, he suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood, rolled his eyes, and fainted and fell to the ground.
…
In a hazy state, Zhao Shu found himself sitting among a pile of books, with a volume of "The Interpretation of Bird Seal Script" in his hand. The words in it seemed to come to life, jumping up and down on the page, and a slight cough came from his ears.
"Mother?" Zhao Shu put down the book and walked obediently to the bed. There was a woman leaning on the couch and looking out the window.
"What's wrong?" The woman turned her head, but her face was blurry.
Zhao Shu didn't think it was strange, and suddenly said with interest: "Mom, do you want to go out? The sun is perfect today, neither cold nor hot. How about I help you go out to get some fresh air? You'll never get better if you're always stuck in the house."
The woman asked with a smile: "Are you just trying to be lazy? Your grandfather will have to take exams for schoolwork after he comes back. Aren't you afraid that he will slap you?"
Zhao Shu wiped his nose proudly: "It's okay, I've memorized those scriptures on how to extinguish fires and stabilize stoves."
The woman couldn't bear Zhao Shu's persuasion, so she had to be helped by him to the courtyard outside the house. She happened to see a few pots of peonies placed by the wall, but the buds were drooping, the branches were wilted, and they looked sickly. The woman looked at it slightly
sigh.
"Don't worry, mother." Zhao Shu came to the edge of the flower pot and said with a smile on his hips, "Look at my hand!"
Then he saw Zhao Miao put his fingers to his lips, recited a mantra, and drew out a wisp of subtle energy, blowing it onto the flower buds with his fingers. He saw the drooping and withered flower buds stand up and bloom slowly.
"Look, mother!" Zhao Shu said proudly: "How is it? My cultivation and magic power are not bad, right?"
The woman smiled and shook her head: "This is just a trick used by quacks to fool the people. If you show off like this, be careful and make a fool of yourself later."
Zhao Shu said with a puffy face: "If it doesn't work out, I will become a charlatan and fool those rich people!"
"Don't say this to your grandfather, otherwise it will just be a slap in the face." The woman looked at the flower buds and sighed: "Plant this flower in a pot and place it next to the wall. It will not be nourished by the sun, rain and dew for a long time.
Decline is inevitable. If you force it to bloom like this, you will probably exhaust its shallow vitality and the whole pot of flowers will wither tomorrow."
"Ah? What should we do?" Zhao Shu was surprised.
The woman said helplessly: "Nothing can be done. Ups and downs, life and death are natural phenomena in physics, and I will leave one day."
"No! Mother, don't leave!" Zhao Shu stepped forward and hugged the woman, but he missed her.
The scenery changed, but it was still hazy and dark. Zhao Shu found himself lying on the bed, unable to move, and there was a faint sound of conversation in his ears——
The old man said: "Ah Shao has been crying for several days, and I used magic to make him sleep."
"Thank you so much, father-in-law," the woman said.
"There's no need to call me that." The old man seemed to be restraining his anger: "When we meet in the future, I might even call you Madam Marquis!"
"I know that my father-in-law is annoyed with me and thinks that I have a cold-hearted nature." The woman said, "But in addition to being the daughter-in-law of the Zhao family, I am also the heir of Xuanpu Hall. Now that I know the whereabouts of the Xuanpu Jade Book, my former classmates are looking for her.
Come on, I can't be indifferent."
The old man said earnestly: "The system of Huaxu Guoguan has been established. Anyone can understand it. Now we can no longer tolerate the proliferation of sects. Why do you have to stick to the old ways? I am an old friend with Zhang Duanjing, the leader of Huaiying Guan. We are preparing to go there.
If you go together, you may be able to get a teaching position, and you can also revive the Xuanpu Hall inheritance?"
"Father, do you think the system of Guanshe is accurate and reliable?" The woman said: "This is nothing more than Chongxuan Guan using the name of the new system to carry out plunder, taking the opportunity to inherit many immortal arts, magic weapons and elixirs.
The Chongxuan Pavilion is so big, so it is destined to be unpopular with the king. The king has recently ascended the throne and is in need of strong support to check and balance the Chongxuan Pavilion. I have also been secretly recruited by Madam Zhu Zi, so please don’t worry, father-in-law."
The old man's tone became depressed: "Ziliang's soul is not far away, and Ah Shao is not yet an adult. What will Ah Shao think when you leave?"
The woman didn't answer for a long time, and the old man said angrily: "Go! You go! Don't come back! If you die someday, Ah Shao will not go to your wake!"
After Zhao Shu heard this, he kept struggling, trying to break the darkness in front of him. It seemed that as long as he woke up, he could keep his mother by his side.
The sound gradually faded away, and the feeling in the body's limbs quickly returned. Zhao Shu suddenly sat up from the bed and shouted: "Don't go!"
The shouts echoed around. With tears in his eyes, Zhao Mo looked around and found that he had returned to his dormitory for some reason, and the surroundings were dim.
"Dream?"
The door curtain moved slightly, and Zhang Duanjing walked into the room holding a candle.
"Teacher?" Zhao Shu wiped away his tears and was about to get out of bed when Zhang Duanjing raised his hand and said:
"No need, just sit down."
Zhao Shu sat on the bed and asked proactively: "I heard, teacher, that you went to Jiaohu Cave to strengthen the seal?"
"Yes, I just came back." Zhang Duanjing looked solemn: "I have heard about your mother. What are your plans?"
"I...I don't know." Zhao Shu covered his face with his hands. He suddenly realized that he could not remember his mother's face in his dream.
Zhang Duanjing found a chair and sat down, changing the subject without changing his expression: "I took your pulse when you were sleeping and found that your cultivation has improved. Later I asked Shi Huoguang and I heard that you brought a batch of heavenly materials and earthly treasures. return?"
"Those Ling Wen Shen Iron?" Zhao Shu considered it again and again, but decided to tell the teacher about his experience of encountering Tie Gong and witnessing Tie Gong's ascension.
Zhang Duanjing pondered for a long time after hearing this, and tapped the table with his fingers: "It is your destiny to see the ascension. But you said that you were going with Mr. Hengbi, which surprised me. Well, tell me about yourself first. My experiences before and after in Xingluo County."
Zhao Shu nodded in agreement. In addition to swearing to Duke Hengbi not to disclose the collapse of Qingya Wonderland, he roughly recounted to the teacher all his experiences in Xingluo County. Even including his discovery that Mr. Fang was a spy in Chiyundu, Then he used the gold-water deformation method to plot against Liang Shuo, assisted Hengbi Immortal to remove his name from the Fa Lu, and secretly instructed Liang Shuo to confer him the title of City God. He waited for everything and told the teacher without reservation.
This in-depth conversation lasted from midnight to dawn. Apart from occasionally asking for details, Zhang Duanjing did not make any praise or criticism of Zhao Mi's approach.
"Teacher, did I make a mistake again?" Zhao Shu asked nervously when he saw that Zhang Duanjing was not smiling happily.
Zhang Duanjing asked without comment, "Do you really want to go to Chongxuan Hall?"
Zhao Shu lowered his head in frustration. He didn't know how to answer. It was not appropriate to reveal the matter of Zhen Yuan Lock to others, but he had contradicted Liang Tao before and if he really went to Chongxuan Pavilion, he would definitely not end well.
"Did you meet anyone in Bai Egong's cave?"
Zhang Duanjing's sudden question frightened Zhao Shu's face. He lowered his head and did not dare to answer. Zhang Duanjing continued: "I am not unaware that you fainted inexplicably after discovering Bai'egong's cave. Later, Liang Guoshi led Chong Everyone from the Chongxuan Hall came to occupy the cave and forcibly took away everything in it. From then on, you began to inquire about how to enter the Chongxuan Hall and asked me for recommendations."
Only then did Zhao Shu realize that his behavior was so eye-catching. And with the teacher's experience and vision, he could detect that Zhao Shu had had an unexpected encounter, which was nothing short of ordinary.
"Should I explain to the teacher?" Zhao Shu asked Lingxiao quickly.
Lingxiao said: "I'm afraid it won't be easy for you to join the Chongxuan Pavilion now. You can tell Zhang Duanjing about the True Essence Lock, but don't reveal my existence."
Zhao Mi had an idea and said to Zhang Duanjing: "Teacher, when I touched a magic weapon in the cave, it seemed to contain a remnant soul of Bai Egong, so I understood his original technique. But what I got was not complete."
"So you plan to go to Chongxuan Hall to retrieve Bai Egong's Immortal Sutra magic weapon?" Zhang Duanjing asked.
"Yes." Zhao Shu secretly rejoiced, because the "Hidden Text of the Divine Tiger" taught by Lingxiao allowed him to use the white forehead as a cover. At the same time, he quickly found the bamboo basket beside the bed and rummaged through it to find the wrong gold. Tiger Talisman.
"By the way, there is also this Yinhu Token." Zhao Shu held up the tiger talisman and changed the subject: "I was also instructed by Tie Gong at the beginning, saying that I wanted to use Bai Egong's magic to perform sacrifices, but there was nothing. OK, please ask the teacher to give you some advice."
When Zhang Duanjing saw the Yinhu Ling, his expression changed slightly and he sighed: "You actually found this thing."