Everyone's eyes suddenly fell on Su Wen, and even Xiong Qiong had a look of admiration in his eyes.
They all understood the meaning of Su Wen's words, which was to deliberately expose flaws to make the people behind the scenes think that it would be easier to attack Su Wen.
With the change of Yan Jiu'an and the others taking the initiative to admit defeat, in order to seek stability, the people behind the scenes are likely to kill him as soon as they take action, leaving no chance for Su Wen to survive.
"Young man, I admire your courage."
Xiong Qiong grinned: "But courage alone is not enough, you must have strength." As he said that, he vigorously took off a black jade bracelet on his wrist. The bracelet was engraved with the flying bear of the Jingchu royal family.
"This is a life-saving artifact given to me by the late Emperor. I can lend it to you for use."
"The forbidden object 'Shenzhu'?"
Ji Fu is a person who knows the goods, and he can tell at a glance that this is a forbidden item with a number.
Xuan-06 forbidden object, a forbidden object passed down from the Jingchu royal family, is one of the relics of the first emperor of Jingchu, and is a highly defensive and offensive forbidden object.
It is said that this object can automatically trigger the defense mechanism within three breaths before the enemy attacks, transforming into a shadow of a bear, and using its thick body to help the holder withstand damage.
The most amazing thing is that no matter how strong the damage caused by the enemy is, the damage will be transferred back to the enemy.
However, the taboo object "Shenzhu" also has obvious weaknesses. After wearing it, it will be easy to be reckless, easy to get carried away, and go to extremes. It is necessary to drink a cup of bear blood every day to suppress the flaws, which is also a containment condition.
While taking out the forbidden object, Xiong Qiong also took off a leather bag decorated with many gems from his waist: "After wearing it, you can use this object normally by taking a sip of bear blood."
"Thank you, Lord Lingyi, but I also have something to protect myself."
Su Wen showed an moved look on his face, but decisively refused. This
He has the addition of Si Ming, a taboo object like the Earthly Branches that can actively absorb most of the damage, and a person wearing a robe of order. Anyone who attacks him can kill him with one strike, but the possibility is extremely low.
While talking, Su Wen took out a string of beads from his arms and gently put them on his wrist.
Although a few beads of the bead string Su Muzhe gave him had been used up, it still had powerful abilities.
But in fact, the main reason why Su Wen rejected Xiong Qiong's kindness was because he didn't want to owe such a favor.
Moreover, this favor is not small and of little use.
At this time, Su Wen was also suspicious of others, and he was a little wary of everyone. He was not familiar with Xiong Qiong, and if Xiong Qiong was the person behind the scenes, or was replaced by the person behind the scenes, and took the enemy's things to defend himself... Isn’t that suicidal?
Although this possibility is slim, many tragedies in this world are staged in this way, and Su Wen just wants to eliminate the possibility of any danger.
"Hmm...good stuff."
Xiong Qiong took a serious look at the bead string in Su Wen's hand and couldn't help but nod: "The rank is a little lower, but in terms of ability, it is much better than the 'Shenzhu', so I can rest assured. Where is it?" It was a gift from an expert, right? I remember Qian Haoran and Dong Zhizhang, but they never got this thing."
"Yes, it was given to me by Su Muzhe, the Yasheng of the Le family, when I was in Guixu. I was lucky enough to survive in Guixu, thanks to it." Su Wen answered honestly.
"Lejia Yasheng... Su Muzhe?"
Xiong Qiong and others had a look of surprise on their faces.
They have never heard of this name.
In fact, Cheng Zi is the only sub-sage who has been active in these years. Recently, there is news that a sub-sage from Confucianism has returned - it is said to be a return, but in fact it can only be regarded as the reappearance of a missing person. The senior scholar from hundreds of years ago suffered in Guixu for five hundred years, and finally appeared because of the beast tide that swept through Guixu.
But the news still gave everyone a huge shock.
Confucianism was originally a prominent school. Although it was quite marginalized in the courts of various countries, the academies in various places continued to grow, and there were more and more high-level extraordinary people. It had already formed an all-round suppression of other schools of thought.
Fortunately, hundreds of schools of thought have long been accustomed to this kind of thing. After all, when the extraordinary path first appeared, hundreds of schools of thought in heaven and earth, as one family, first drew nourishment from Confucianism, and finally formed their own schools.
It was precisely because they could not compete with Confucianism in academics that other schools turned to the secular world and used their own opinions to influence the political situation, eventually squeezing Confucianism out bit by bit.
Confucianism still dominates academic circles today, and its supernatural power is even stronger. But as long as the secular dynasties are still in the hands of the various academic sects, they will not be afraid.
Of course, if they knew that some people in Qingshan Academy had begun to think about "deposing hundreds of schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone", they probably wouldn't be so calm.
Su Wen briefly introduced Su Muzhe.
In fact, he didn't know much about Su Muzhe. He only pieced together some understanding from the few words said by Su Muzhe and others.
Su Muzhe is a high-ranking member of the Wenling Palace. He was once a powerful being of Sequence Five or even close to Sequence Six in a certain way.
However, because of Ying Tianchang, his original extraordinary power was destroyed, and he finally turned to the Lejia path, and completed his promotion on Guixu Ghost Island, becoming a sub-sage.
However, Su Wen still didn't explain something clearly, such as Su Muzhe was very fond of him and wanted to be his father.
"It turns out that he came from Wenling Palace and was promoted in Guixu... That's not surprising."
Ji Fu sighed.
The rest of the people also nodded frequently.
Several people discussed for a while and formulated several contingency plans.
Su Wen and others were only responsible for making suggestions, but it was Xia Gui who actually implemented them. He kept adjusting the world in his paintings with his brush. By the time he finished the painting, it was already an hour later!
At this time, the mural paintings in the flag pavilion also came to an end, and the eighteen courtesans performed for several hours to determine the final winner.
The oiran who received the most literary blessings came from Hua Qianxun from Jingchu, followed by Xue Hongyu from the Liang Dynasty, and the third place was Jiang Meiren from the Yan Kingdom.
The dignitaries and wealthy families present dropped more than 760,000 golden flowers for all the oirans, which is equivalent to more than 760,000 taels of gold. According to the current ratio of one tael of gold to twenty-five silver in the Three Kingdoms, Even 20 million taels of silver are enough to support the consumption of a large-scale war. In fact, the value of the materials provided by the Three Kingdoms to Guixu every year is only 15 million taels of silver, which is not as good as a flag pavilion. The mural painting event earns a lot of money.
As usual, after the victory of the Flag Pavilion Painting Wall is decided, Wanyun Tower will hold a thank you banquet. In addition to the poets who competed for poems, the main subjects of thanks are also the oirans who participated in the event, and more importantly, the distinguished guests who spent a lot of money for the event. Wealthy families are also invited. Especially distinguished guests. The purpose of spending so much money is to be able to appear in such a scene, communicate cordially with literary bigwigs, and communicate closely with courtesans who spend huge sums of money. If there is a chance, , invites you to go back together and spend a good night together. That is the pinnacle of life and a happy winner.
Wanyun Tower has held flag pavilion wall painting for many times, and is naturally very familiar with the banquet process. The competition has just ended here, and the banquet has been opened on the other side, inviting qualified guests to take their seats.
After everything was arranged, Ye Qiniang appeared in front of everyone, walked quickly in front of everyone, and invited Su Wen and his party to take a seat.
"Grandmaster Su, three grandmasters, gentlemen, please come with me..."
Ye Qiniang's attitude was respectful in front of Xu Xuanbao and others, but she was neither humble nor arrogant towards Xiong Qiong and other important ministers of the country.
Although Wanyun Tower has the name of a brothel, it has the background of extraordinary forces after all. The identity of an important official of the imperial court is nothing in front of the extraordinary organization. Even the royal family can only barely do it in the eyes of many established sects. It's just a comparison with them. After all, if a sect lasts for less than a thousand years, it's difficult to say that it is a famous sect, and the rise and fall of a dynasty is unpredictable. A dynasty that exceeds three hundred years can be considered a long-lasting state.
It's just that most extraordinary forces need to cooperate with the secular world, especially famous sects and hundreds of schools of thought. They need to complete various promotion rituals in the secular world. Being on good terms with major dynasties is beneficial to the development and expansion of their sect, so their attitude towards the court is slightly better. .
But Wanyun Tower does not need these. Therefore, Ye Qiniang's attitude towards the two groups of people is very clear.
Su Wen didn't feel that he had moved. In an instant, he noticed that the surrounding scene changed and he appeared in the banquet hall.
Xia Gui had introduced him before, so Su Wen was not surprised.
In the past few hours, Xia Gui has actually secretly modified the layout of this hall.
Although he seemed to be in the lobby, in fact, except for a few people around him, everyone else was actually outlined in different levels of space by Xia Gui using extremely magical brushwork. This is also Xia Gui's most magical ability. It is said that he can Outline three spaces in the same painting.
In the painting, people face each other and can communicate with each other, but in reality, they are in different spaces and cannot touch each other at all.
If Xia Gui can successfully advance to sequence six and become a generation of "painting saint", then the spatial level he can construct in the painting will be nine. Of course, this is only Xia Gui's side of the story. Su Wen believes that Xia Gui will not use all his power All the cards are revealed for everyone to see, which also means that Xia Gui may have more layers to construct space in the painting.
A glimpse of one spot reveals the whole leopard. It can be seen from here that the extraordinary people of the painter path are extremely powerful and should not be underestimated.
Su Wen also made a firm determination in his heart. He had to learn from the extraordinary people on the path of painter. If he could open up such an extraordinary path, he would have great achievements in the future. And as a scholar, it is expected that he should be proficient in everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Skill.
"Master Su!"
"Master Su!"
"Su Ci Zong!"
"..."
As soon as Su Wen appeared, people started cheering and even gathered around him. Fortunately, he was stopped by the waiter of Wanyun Tower.
"..."
For a moment, Su Wen was in a trance, thinking that he had appeared at the rice circle.
ps: Two updates starting tomorrow, and some more the day after tomorrow~