As a king-level figure who has retired, it is normal for Duan Tianwei to live in seclusion.
But, no matter how reclusive you are, how can you still stay in this small thatched cottage all day without even taking a step out of the yard?
Obviously it's impossible!
But why can the snow in the yard accumulate as deep as our ankles?
You know, it has basically not snowed in the past few days. Needless to say, it was cleaned up in time. Even if someone stepped on it occasionally, it would have melted in a flash of sunshine!
A bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart, so Shen Qing shouted directly: "Senior? Are you there?"
He hoped to get that old and heroic response, and even more wanted to see the door of the thatched cottage open, Duan Tianwei sitting by the stove holding the chess pieces, competing with his own chess skills.
However, none of this happened, and the thatched cottage was as silent as death.
Shen Qingmei suddenly fell directly into the courtyard and pushed open the door.
Squeak!
In the cold wind, a few wisps of snowflakes drifted into the house along the cracks in the door, blending with the thin dust on the ground and slowly turning into a small pool of stains.
It seems to reflect the desolation and emptiness here.
Shen Qing's heart twitched and she felt indescribably uncomfortable.
The stove is right in front of you, and through the iron wall that has burned out several holes, you can see that there is still ashes in the stove, but that must have been a few days ago, right? There is no longer even a trace of burning.
Only the pale ash remains, like the cool furnace wall, which seems to indicate that the owner here has long since left!
Senior Duan just left like this?
Where did he go and why didn't he tell me?
Shen Qing stood dumbly in front of the stove. Next to him was Senior Duan's favorite chessboard. The overall situation in the game was undecided, and the fighting between black and white was still there. After some hard research, Shen Qing could already see that this trend was a dragon-slaying trend. Bai Zi
It’s just a few steps away from chatting.
But just these few steps, no one has finished them, the chess players have gone somewhere unknown, and the empty thatched cottage looks even more desolate in this damn season.
"You shouldn't. If Senior Duan leaves Wanren Mountain, he will definitely tell me!"
Shen Qing muttered to himself unwillingly. In fact, in his heart, Senior Duan was kind to him, but it was more than just kindness. And his attitude towards Senior Duan was naturally not just about repaying kindness. I don't know when it started.
, he has truly regarded this old man as his master. Now that the master has left, he left without saying goodbye just like Yu Yao. One can imagine how he feels in his heart.
Shen Qing sat down lonely on the pony next to the chessboard and reached out to touch the chess cage.
A black seed was held in his hand.
"Occupy the corner first, then move to the side. There is a straw bag belly in the middle. Three lines of ground, four directions of momentum, high and low cooperate to seal the mouth..."
At this point, he suddenly choked up and couldn't speak. Although these chess moves and layouts were the most basic things, they had made great progress compared to when he didn't even understand the rules before.
He wanted to fight Senior Duan according to the chess moves, even if he was laughed at by Senior Duan in the end and said he was vulnerable, the feeling would be great.
But now, the chess piece is in hand, and there is a place to fall, but no one is there to solve it.
Where did Senior Duan go?
Because of the precedent of Yu Yao, Shen Qing's immediate reaction was that Duan Tianwei left without saying goodbye. While he felt lonely and miserable, one detail was missed all the time.
It wasn't until he was discouraged and ready to leave that he finally noticed it.
Opening the door again with a bang, Shen Qing frowned, scanning the entire thatched cottage as if he didn't want to miss any clue.
Once, twice, three times...
But in the end, nothing was gained.
call!
White breath came out of his mouth, Shen Qing sighed heavily, and left this place lonely.
...
On the way to Liu's house, Shen Qing still couldn't help but think about it, but no matter how hard he thought about it, he still couldn't grasp the origin of the strange feeling.
There is nothing we can do, we can only wait and see. After all, who can guarantee that Senior Duan will not go out for an occasional trip, and may be back in ten or eight days.
Not long after, Liu Garden was in front of him. He had been here before, so he was not surprised again by the grandeur of the garden, because he had already been surprised last time...
The Liu family is worthy of being the top force in the Ten Thousand Renmin Alliance. Their garden is so big that even if you are riding an air shuttle in mid-air, you can barely see it all at a glance!
It is roughly estimated that it covers an area of at least a hundred miles. It is not so much a garden as it is a small city. From this, we can understand how rich the Liu family is and how powerful it is!
"Master Shen is here, please come in quickly."
Arriving at the gate of the garden, the guard immediately came forward to greet him. He must have been really enthusiastic, because people at the bottom had no idea what their master was thinking.
Shen Qing returned the favor enthusiastically and immediately followed him to meet Liu Changfeng.
At this time, Liu Changfeng was in the martial arts field personally reviewing the training results of the junior students. When he saw Shen Qing coming, he smiled and invited him to watch together.
The Liu family's martial arts arena is naturally huge. To put it bluntly, the Shen family's entire garden is not much larger than the martial arts arena alone...
The prosperity of the Liu family is also amazing.
Standing on the high platform and looking around, the martial arts performance field is divided into eight areas. In each area, there are about 500 juniors performing martial arts hard. According to statistics, there are more than 4,000 people!
This is simply more than the total number of juniors from all the forces in Qinglu Dao combined.
"Nephew Shen Xian, look at this place." Liu Changfeng pointed to the first area on the left hand side of the martial arts arena, "This is a Grade A area. It is an area that can only be occupied by outstanding juniors of my Liu family. Currently, I am practicing , they are the elites of my Liu family."
Looking at what he was pointing at, his peers in the Class A area were indeed obviously different from other areas. What they were practicing was not fists and kicks, but a kind of stillness like a mountain. It must be that some kind of mental state was running. Legal skills.
"The movement of Qi is extremely calm, and the breath is extremely solid. Are these people all in the realm of heavenly light?" Shen Qing asked in surprise.
You must know that although the Class A area is a local area for Liu family elites, there are still five hundred people in it, and the aura of these people is obviously only slightly weaker than mine, which means that they may all be around the first level of Tianguang.
Not counting Liu Changfeng, Liu Hengfeng and other big figures in the town, but just the younger members of the Liu family, there are enough 500 Tianguangs?!
Shen Qing couldn't help but be surprised.
But Liu Changfeng smiled and said: "My nephew is joking. Even the sect in Wuyun Shangcheng, except for those few behemoths, generally can't find more than 500 Tianguang disciples, let alone our Liu family." Okay. These young people have just cultivated the 'Xiaoxiang Mind Method'."
Shen Qing was a little distracted, because when he heard the other party talking about Wuyun Sect, he couldn't help but think of A Ning.
My sister, due to the sect's rules, has not sent a letter to my family for several years. I don't know how she is doing in the sect now, or whether she has reached the realm of heavenly light.
Liu Changfeng next to him was still saying something, as if he was introducing their family's unique mental technique, Xiaoxiang Mental Technique. Once this technique is activated, the vitality will be thick and thin, and the momentum will be as continuous as drizzle, but it will be extremely long-lasting, so it will be given to people.
A kind of optical illusion.
Of course, it's not just an illusion. The Liu family's unique skill "Xiaoxiang Swordsmanship" ranges from the top ten thousand swordsmanship to the human-level swordsmanship of a few stars. Without the blessing of Xiaoxiang's mind, what level would it be?
It's just a few levels, but if there is the blessing of Xiaoxiang's mental method, the sword skills can be mutually beneficial to the mental method, thereby increasing one or even several levels of power.
Looking back on that day, Liu Xun's sword skills in the sky were higher than what he could bear. This was the reason.
"How about that, my nephew, are you interested in giving them some advice?" Liu Changfeng said with a smile.
Shen Qing waved his hand. Firstly, it may not be a guide. Secondly, it is not possible to make enemies when you are new here. If you meet such a good person, it will be fine. If you win, you can just give in. If you meet such a narrow-minded person, you may not be able to bear grudges.
It's too long.
"Haha, it's okay if you're not interested. Let's get down to business. If my nephew is ready, he can start working with my Liu family guards from now on."
"Them?" Shen Qing pointed to where Liu Changfeng's eyes fell and asked.
"Yes, it's them."
Liu Changfeng's eyes fell on a courtyard next to the martial arts arena. Compared with the Shen family, it was not small, but compared with the Liu Garden as a whole, it was obviously too shabby.
This shows that the status of guards in the Liu family is still quite low.
"Why, my nephew is not satisfied? Don't worry, since you have a foreign surname, I can't just let you enter the inner layer. And I also said before that I will arrange credit for you in the short term."
Shen Qing shook his head. It wasn't that he disliked anything, but he simply didn't expect the Liu family to have such an attitude towards their guards.
Just now, he saw a member of the Liu family reprimanding the guard bloody, and Liu Changfeng also saw it, but his mood was not affected at all.
Of course, being quite far apart doesn't necessarily mean he's scolding him, but judging from the way the guard nodded and bowed, he was indeed quite frightened.
"Haha, a big family is a big family. If you have enough orthodox children, you won't care much about those hired guards." Shen Qing sneered in his heart. He said this, but what he actually meant was that he looked down on the Liu family's aggressive attitude.
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The two of them didn't talk much after that. After watching the entire martial arts performance with Liu Changfeng, Shen Qing took his bedroll and went to the guard's residence.
However, it is worth mentioning that through watching martial arts performances, he basically learned information about the cultivation level of his peers in the Liu family.
There are more than 2,000 people in the main stream, all around the Dan River.
A little further up, there are more than a thousand people, and the Danhai has reached its peak.
At the top, there are nearly a hundred people, and the sky is shining twice.
The rest are the worst. The last two of the eight areas have more than a thousand people, and they haven't even entered the Dan River.
Overall, it is still very powerful, because more than a thousand Danhai and more than a hundred Tianguang are already the combined combat power of nearly a hundred Qinglu Dao level forces.
I just don't know if Liu Changfeng allowed him to watch this martial arts performance because he wanted to show off his power or to emphasize his strength and want Shen Qing and the Shen family to cling to him tightly.
Shen Qing didn't think deeply about this matter, and he didn't have time to think about it, because he had just made the mattress in the guard's residence when a sudden accident happened...