Chapter 416 The task of testing the waters of the protagonist-level younger brother
Chapter 416 The Protagonist’s Little Brother’s Water-Testing Mission
After learning about Liangyi Miyu, Jiang Beiran put the silver box into the Qiankun Ring.
Picking up the fermented incense on the table and taking a sip, Jiang Beiran looked at Lin Shiyun again and said, "How is the investigation of the Emperor Gu matter going?"
"I have sent several groups of people to Zeng Guo to investigate, and I have also mobilized all my contacts to investigate with all my strength, and..."
"You just haven't found it yet, right?" Jiang Beiran asked directly.
"Yes..." Lin Shiyun nodded.
At this time, Xiao Qi on the side said: "Brother Wang, I am good at investigation, why don't you let me try it?"
Jiang Beiran shook his head, "No, I have other things I need you to help me with."
When Xiao Qi heard this, he immediately became excited. He knew that Brother Wang would not let him come with him for no reason.
‘I wonder what mysterious place I’m going to explore again this time!’
Xiao Qi was extremely excited at the moment. The first time he met Brother Wang, he entered the Futian Cave. The second time he met Brother Wang, he discovered that he was the reincarnation of Emperor Xuan on Jinding Island.
It can be said that every time I see Brother Wang, he has great luck.
'I wonder what opportunities Brother Wang will bring me these three times.'
When Xiao Qi was extremely excited, Jiang Beiran stood up and said to Lin Shiyun: "Continue to investigate the matter of Emperor Gu, and notify me as soon as there is any news."
"okay, I get it."
Then Jiang Beiran took out another map and handed it to Xiao Qi: "I'll give you three days to prepare. Come back to Tong with me in three days."
"Yes!" Xiao Qi replied without any hesitation.
"That's it, I'll take the first step." Jiang Beiran said and walked out.
With the banging sound of the wooden door being closed, Xiao Qi waved his fist vigorously to vent his excitement.
But he quickly said to Lin Shiyun who was snickering: "Ms. Lin is laughing, I..."
"No need to say, I understand."
Lin Shiyun didn't want to have an adventure with the master.
After all, as long as the master is around, Lin Shiyun feels that any danger will be easily resolved.
It's a pity that this kind of thing is rare. All she can do is wait for the opportunity and wait for the day when the master needs her.
After leaving Shang Pinxuan, Jiang Beiran returned to his own mansion.
When he came to the courtyard and scanned the surrounding area with his mental energy, he quickly discovered Lin Yuyan's location.
After walking through the corridor, Jiang Beiran came to an aura spring in the mansion, and saw Lin Yuyan holding the "Zhenyuan Tiangang Jue" and looking at it carefully, but her willow eyebrows were always tightly frowned.
"How's your practice going?" Jiang Beiran walked up and asked.
Hearing his senior brother's voice, Lin Yuyan immediately stood up and replied: "Senior brother, please give me a few more days of grace. This technique... is a bit difficult to understand."
'Um?'
Hearing Lin Yuyan's words, Jiang Beiran was still a little surprised.
Even Qing Huan made rapid progress when practicing the "Zhenyuan Tiangang Jue" like that, which was not good at everything. There is no reason why Lin Yuyan would find it difficult to understand.
'Could it be that... I am not professional enough?'
Jiang Beiran had long known that Lin Yuyan's cultivation talent was very good, at least it was definitely much higher than that of Gu Qinghuan.
So it makes no sense that even Qing Huan can easily practice the technique but she has difficulty in understanding it.
The only reason why this happens is that "Zhen Yuan Tiangang Jue" itself is very special and can only be practiced by a specific group of people.
After all, this skill was originally found by my senior brother for him who was unable to practice it. It is normal for his sword to be a bit eccentric.
Nodding, Jiang Beiran said: "Well, there's no need to force it, just keep practicing."
Jiang Beiran has always felt that exercises are like mathematics. If you can learn it, you can learn it. If you can't learn it, you can't learn it. So he has actually decided that Lin Yuyan cannot learn this exercise, but he will try more.
It never hurts to try, but what if?
After encouraging Lin Yuyan, Jiang Beiran walked to another spiritual energy spring and took out the eight-inch, twelve-gold and twenty-nine-layer Xuankong Flying Star Disk from the Qiankun Ring.
Although I have already had the experience of setting up a self-border, this does not prevent the fact that it is still difficult to set up a self-border.
So this time he was still very careful in how he laid it out, without any carelessness.
Three days passed like this. Jiang Beiran, who had laid out the basic structure of the self-barrier, walked out of the garden and walked towards the atrium where Lin Yuyan was.
'It seems that I really can't practice it.'
Looking at Lin Yuyan's eyebrows that were still tightly knitted, Jiang Beiran knew that she still couldn't comprehend the "True Yuan Tiangang Jue".
Walking towards Lin Yuyan, just as he was about to speak, Lin Yuyan shouted first: "Brother! Please give me a few more days..."
But Jiang Beiran shook his head and said: "Don't waste time on things you are not good at. You should understand that in this case, even if you master it, you will definitely not be able to use this skill to its extreme. Let's stop here."
Although Lin Yuyan was still unwilling to give in, she still nodded when she heard that it was her senior brother's teachings.
"Yes, Yan'er understands."
Just when Jiang Beiran was about to say something, there was a sudden knock on the door.
Jiang Beiran glanced at the door and said, "Go and open the door, it's Xiao Qi."
"yes."
Lin Yuyan agreed and walked towards the gate.
Hearing a "squeak", Xiao Qi, who was standing at the gate, was about to salute, but found that it was not Brother Wang who came.
"I've seen my sister-in-law." Xiaoqi shouted in a low voice.
The word "sister-in-law" immediately made Lin Yuyan's depressed mood disappear, and she warmly welcomed her: "Long time no see, Xiaoqi."
"Sister-in-law, please come and be fine."
"Well, come in quickly, senior brother is waiting for you inside."
"Yes! Thank you sister-in-law."
Arching her hands towards Lin Yuyan, Xiao Qi followed her and walked in.
Arriving at the atrium, Jiang Beiran habitually scanned Xiao Qi with his mental power first, and then asked in surprise: "Have you been promoted to the peak of Xuan King?"
Xiao Qi never thought that his cultivation level could be hidden from Brother Wang, so he immediately handed over his hand and said: "Yes, I was just promoted yesterday."
'Is this the protagonist's aura...'
Jiang Beiran remembered that when he saw Xiao Qi on Jinding Island, he was just promoted to the ninth level of Xuan King. Now he has broken through to the peak of Xuan King and is only one step away from becoming Xuan King.
More than a year ago, he was just an ordinary person.
‘Sure enough, it’s the protagonist’s outrageous promotion speed.’
"Then it seems you should be ready."
"Brother Wang, please rest assured!"
"Okay." Jiang Beiran nodded. After thinking for a moment, he took out an ocher-colored book and handed it to Lin Yuyan: "This book is about cultivating evil spirits. See if it will be of any help to you."
Lin Yuyan almost became unsteady after hearing this.
'Senior brother is really all about me... Even if we are separated, he still cares about me so much... Who said that the relationship between husband and wife will fade over time? Senior brother's love for me has never been less!'
"Thank you so much, senior brother." Lin Yuyan stretched out her trembling hands to take the book, her face full of excitement.
"I have something to go out for. You should think about it carefully." After saying that, he looked at Xiao Qi and said, "Let's go."
"yes."
After answering, Xiao Qi first raised her hand towards Lin Yuyan, and then followed Jiang Beiran's footsteps and left the mansion.
All the way to the border of Qi State, Jiangbei blew out an auspicious cloud and took Xiao Qi to fly towards Tong State.
As usual, he made several long detours on the road, and it took Jiang Beiran three days to return to Tongguo again.
After the clouds fell, Jiang Beiran looked at Xiao Qi and said, "Have you been to Tong Country before?"
Xiao Qi shook his head: "Never."
"Okay, come with me."
After finding a teahouse and sitting in a private room, Jiang Beiran took out a set of black straight-fronted robes from the Qiankun Ring and handed it to Xiao Qi: "Put it on, and from now on don't let anyone know that you are Xiao Qi."
"As ordered." Xiao Qi cupped her hands and immediately took the straight-fronted robe and put it on.
Asking Xiao Qi to stand behind him, Jiang Beiran took out a piece of talisman paper and wrote a few lines of words, then folded it into a paper crane and let it fly.
After a while, Jiang Beiran, who had just finished drinking a pot of tea, heard a knock on the private room door.
"Enter."
With a "squeak" sound, it was Shen Tianhua who opened the door and walked in.
Stepping into the private room, Shen Tianhua turned around and closed the door before he cupped his hands towards Jiang Beiran and said, "I've seen the master."
After saluting, Shen Tianhua raised his head and looked at the man in black behind the master.
When Shen Tianhua looked at Xiao Qi's doubts, Jiang Beiran said directly: "From today on, he will help you find all the remaining pages of the ancient books, and he will also keep you safe."
When Shen Tianhua heard this, he immediately raised his hands and saluted: "Thank you, Master!"
Shen Tianhua was actually depressed for a long time. He knew that there was a newly opened tomb to explore, but he was still trapped in Shi Mansion and couldn't move. This made him extremely depressed.
Now that he heard that the master had finally found a guard for him, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Xiao Qi, who was standing next to Jiang Beiran, was confused.
He originally thought that he was going to explore the mysterious place with Brother Wang, but now it seems that is not the case.
'But since this ancient book can arouse Brother Wang's interest, it must not be ordinary.'
When Shen Tianhua stood up again, Jiang Beiran suddenly put down the tea cup in his hand and asked: "How are you thinking about the other question? Don't pretend to be stupid. You should know what I am asking you."
Of course Shen Tianhua understood what Master Jiang meant.
It's nothing more than whether to truly join his camp, or become his subordinate.
But Shen Tianhua is used to living alone after all, and so far, he only knows that Master Jiang is very mysterious and powerful, but how powerful he is is still unknown.
And Shen Tianhua, who has already suffered a lot in this matter, has no intention of recognizing a mysterious figure whom he barely understands as his elder brother so quickly.
Taking a deep breath, Shen Tianhua raised his hands and responded: "Master, please give me some time to think twice."
"Okay, you can wait until this matter is completely over before you give me an answer. Now you can go to the lobby on the first floor and wait for me."
Shen Tianhua was stunned for a moment. He thought that the next step was to get to know the man in black, but unexpectedly he was kicked out immediately.
But Shen Tianhua had no intention of saying "no". After agreeing, he opened the door and went downstairs.
After Shen Tianhua left, Jiang Beiran looked at Xiao Qi and said, "Sit down, I'll tell you about this mission."
"yes."
After Xiao Qi sat down, Jiang Beiran told him the ancient book incident from beginning to end.
"Brother Wang wants me to accompany Master Shen to snatch the fragments of ancient books from other people's hands?"
"That's right."
"I...I will try my best to complete it."
Although Xiao Qi always wanted to show his best side to Brother Wang, he did not intend to say anything beyond his ability.
Judging from Brother Wang's description just now, it seems that the owners of several other ancient book fragments all have considerable backgrounds.
Although he, a cultivator at the peak of King Xuan, has a strong voice among the younger generation, if he faces Emperor Xuan or even Xuan Zong, it is a big problem whether he can escape unscathed, let alone save Shen.
Master.
Hearing Xiao Qi's cautious answer, Jiang Beiran knew that this task was difficult for him.
And this is Jiang Beiran's purpose.
Among the many younger brothers in Jiang Beiran, the most special one is actually Xiao Qi.
Because he is the only younger brother with the fate of the protagonist.
Jiang Beiran, the two protagonists he met before, did not treat them as his younger brothers, because the system would skip the option every time he had this idea.
This made Jiang Beiran not dare to let them do things for him, but let them go free.
Otherwise, it would be unworthy of causing all the fuss.
But Xiao Qi is different. From the first time he met Xiao Qi, to all subsequent contacts, the system did not pop up any options, not even when Xiao Qi expressed his surrender.
This means that even if he accepts Xiao Qi, the protagonist's younger brother, he will not cause any trouble.
With such a younger brother, Jiang Beiran's mind naturally became more alive.
My protagonist-level brother, if you don’t make good use of this, wouldn’t it be a waste of resources?
So when Jiang Beiran officially assigned him a task for the first time, he directly assigned someone who was far beyond his own abilities.
In this way, we can test out the potential of this protagonist-level brother to the greatest extent.
The second is to see if he can unleash his amazing potential when faced with events or goals beyond his abilities.
Of course, Jiang Beiran would not try it without any safeguard measures.
Now Xiaoqi is from the Lin family and has a good relationship with the two eldest ladies. In fact, he can be regarded as a person with a background, and others dare not touch him easily.
In addition, Jiang Beiran is not a hands-off shopkeeper. Whenever Xiao Qi has a problem, he will help immediately.
While Xiao Qizai was carefully reading the information given to him by Brother Wang, Jiang Beiran suddenly asked: "Xiao Qizai, how do you think you can defeat opponents who are stronger than yourself?"
"Be clever." Xiao Qi replied without hesitation.
"Yes, I have always believed that wisdom is far more important than cultivation. It is the guarantee that can keep you invincible. So in this task, what do you think is the most important?"
Xiao Qi thought for a moment and replied: "Protect Master Shen's safety."
"Is that all?"
After hearing this, Xiao Qi thought again and replied: "Deal with those formation masters before they seek the protection of their own sect."
"This is your tactics, but before tactics, you must also have your core strategy."
"Core...strategy?" Xiao Qi blinked twice, raised his hands towards Jiang Beiran and said, "Brother Wang, please give me some advice."
"Get what you want while avoiding conflict as much as possible."