Chapter 267 – Chu Yuan Zhen: Do you need me to retreat?

The early spring season is windy and rainy.

A three-masted capsize rode the waves, the wind bulging the canvas.

After lunch, Song Tingfeng pressed his sword with one hand, stepped onto the deck, and looked out into the wind in the direction of the capital.

In more than a month’s time, the fire of war had sharpened the edges of his face, blood had sharpened his eyes, and the essence of his whole person had changed greatly.

The sound of footsteps came from behind, Song Tingfeng did not turn around, pointing to the north and said, “In there’s a decennia, we’ll reach the capital.”

Zhu Guangxiao “hmm”, and Song Tingfeng side by side looking north, he is still silent, in addition to the temperament has become more stable and thick, not much change.

Instead, the oily Sung Ting Fung is like a stripped-down version of himself.

“With the battle achievements I made in Yunzhou, it’s enough to redeem the God Refining Realm’s Viewing Diagram …….” Song Tingfeng smiled, “I plan to advance to the God Refining Realm.”

If replaced before, Zhu Guangxiao will be surprised, colleagues for many years, he knows that Song Tingfeng lack of motivation, mixed to tongluo has been satisfied, daytime street patrol, night stroll the Church Department, a small life is very comfortable.

This military service in Yunzhou, if converted into silver, would be enough for him to live in the Department of Education for a year.

“Uh-huh.”

Zhu Guangxiao nodded.

At that moment, another group of gongs who had come out to blow off some steam after dinner came on deck, heckling and giggling, with the joy and anticipation of going home in their countenances.

“Tingfeng, when we get back to the capital, let’s go to the Churchyard to drink together.” A familiar gong came over and hooked his shoulders.

Song Tingfeng didn’t seem to hear it and looked north in silence.

The gong walked away with a bored look on his face.

Song Tingfeng exhaled a mouthful of turbid air and said, ”My natural talent is not bad, stuck at the peak of qi cultivation for so many years, my foundation is solid enough, by the end of this year, it won’t be difficult to advance to the God Refining Realm.

“All this time, I’ve been thinking, if I wasn’t so lazy, if I wasn’t so useless, if I was already in the God Refining Realm when I came to Yunzhou …….”

Song Tingfeng lowered his head and said softly, “No more going to the Church Office, never again.”

Zhu Guangxiao was silent and patted him on the shoulder.

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The Chun Exam was carried out in an organized manner, and at the very beginning, Xu Ershu and Xu Qi’an were quite concerned about Xu Erlang’s state, shushing him.

What his parents did to him back then during the high school entrance exam, Xu Qi’an would now do to Xu Erlang.

But the ensuing chaos of law and order keeps Xu Pingzhi, who is a hundred of the Royal Sword Guards, and Xu Qi’an, the night watchman, busy.

Jianghu people like to be brave and ruthless, there are indeed chivalrous good man, but more of the lower nine streams of goods, decent people who mix the jianghu ah.

When you run out of money, picking on a few rich families with bad reputations and helping out the poor who can barely make ends meet on the side is already considered chivalrous banditry.

Such as Li Miaochen kind of really help the world, to help the righteous woman warrior, is really a minority.

In just four or five days, Xu Qi’an himself alone had caught several drunken brawlers from out of town, and according to his second uncle, the outer city caught beamers every night, while the inner city was peaceful.

Because there is a curfew in the inner city, the five guards of the capital on night patrol will sound their bows as a warning when they encounter someone traveling at night, and at this time, if they choose to flee, they will be shot on the spot.

And if it’s a suspicious character walking on the roof, you don’t have to sound the bow and have the power of preemption.

Those who encountered a breach of the law were usually remanded to prison to await the bail of their peers, and these petty offenses were the most troublesome.

This day, Xu Qi’an with two gongs patrol the streets, passing by a green building, suddenly heard the tiles “bang bang” sound of breaking.

Looking up, two journeymen were having a huge fight on the roof of the building.

A crowd at the bottom crowded around, pointing, or cajoling or hooting.

“Damn, these dogs, collecting the blades and still tossing them around like this.” Xu Qi’an cursed and commanded the gongs around him, “Go, get them down for me and bring them all back to the Yamen.”

There were ordinary people surrounding the place, it was not suitable to sound the gong, and the sound waves of the magic weapon would bring harm to the people around.

The two gongs leaped up and shouted, “Nuisance fights are forbidden in the inner city, follow this official to the Yamen.”

They were warning each other not to resist, the same thing as sounding the bow as a warning.

Who knows the two jianghu guest fight out of real fire, martial arts hot-headed, it doesn’t matter who you are, the government is the same as the fight.

One of the gongs narrowly avoided an insidious move of teasing yin leg, and became furious, drawing his saber with a clang and running his chi to slash down.

Although tongluo is the lowest grade of night watchman, but the cultivation of practicing qi realm is considered a good hand in the jianghu, idle jianghu guest is not a rival.

Ding!

A chakra popped out from below, hitting the blade of the gong and deflecting the slash.

The jianghu guest who escaped from death instinctively rallied all his strength and stomped on the gong’s chest, the gong who received a kick fell down from the roof of the building, and landed firmly on the ground with a beautiful backflip.

Xu Qi’an narrowed his eyes and flicked his thumb out of the long black and gold blade.

As if sensing his murderous aura, someone from under the building shouted, “Stop!”

Those were two groups of brightly dressed outsiders, young gentlemen and women with pretty postures and buoyant figures. At the same time, there were middle-aged or old men standing behind them.

It was only when they heard their masters call out to stop that the two jugglers stopped.

Xu Qi’an pressed the knife with one hand and walked over with a six-parent pace.

“This lord, I am Lu Chun of the Jingzhou Lu Family.” A young man with a handsome face and wearing a white fancy dress arched his hand and said.

Seeing Xu Qi’an come over, the eyes of several beauty queens lit up.

Xu Qi’an nodded and looked toward the other group, asking, “What about you guys?”

The one in the lead over there was a male with a feminine temperament who grunted. The old man beside him hurriedly said, “Back to Your Excellency, the Zhao Family of Jingzhou.”

The Lu family and the Zhao family is a famous big family in Jingzhou, there are both the top pillar of the family to go on the career path, there are also masters of the jianghu, black and white, both sides of the road.

In layman’s terms, it is the local squire. Of course, the Lu family and the Zhao family of this size of the big family, has already separated from the “squire” category. It is not an exaggeration to call them “the bells and whistles”.

The two families in Jingzhou is like water and fire, the official surface stabbing each other, Jianghu sword fighting, feud has a long history.

This time, when I came to the capital to watch the battle, I happened to run into each other on the street.

Both sides sneered a few times and moved to anger, but they were quite restrained, sending only two of their bred experts up to the roof to spar.

Although the street nuisance violated the law, but neither hurt innocent people, nor caused too much damage, with the power of the two families, completely capable of handling.

“Who flicked the qi just now?” Xu Qi’an swept through the crowd.

The airy, feminine male raised his chin, “It’s me.”

Xu Qi’an slowly nodded his head and looked at the two groups of people, “Alright, all of you follow this official to the office of the night watchman.”

The handsome and extraordinary male son of the Lu family frowned slightly.

“What?”

The gentry with the feminine temperament laughed coldly, “We didn’t do it in the street, you just take the two of them back to the Yamen.”

“Go when you’re told to go, and if you continue to be long-winded, believe it or not, I’ll behead you.” Xu Qi’an scolded.

Assaulting a night watchman, this charge alone is enough to make them drink a pot of water. This group of outsiders is also too arrogant.

“On what grounds? Under the feet of the Son of Heaven, even a night watchman has to abide by the law.” The airy and feminine male was not the least bit intimidated.

Clang!

The long black and gold sword was sheathed, and a thin line of dark gold flickered out.

The gentleman with the feminine temperament had not yet reacted, and seeing that he was about to be killed, a woman with a pretty face and gentle temperament on his side was the first to react, taking off the silver hairpin on her head and pointing it toward the sword energy.

Bang!

The silver hairpin exploded, and the sword qi cut the slender jade hand.

Xu Qi’an bounced up and kicked the woman away, landing with a roundhouse kick and then knocking the airy and feminine male to the ground.

This kick used the dark force, the bones did not break, but the kick hurt the other party’s internal organs.

Xu Qi’an didn’t bother to look at the airy and feminine eunuch, handing his long sword forward, he sneered, “Copper Skin and Iron Bone Realm, just the same, I’ll make sure you can’t walk out of the capital.”

The old man grimaced and looked down at his chest.

Xu Qi’an turned around and looked at the Lu family’s crowd, “Are you guys leaving or not.”

The Lu Family’s eyes fell on the old man’s chest, where a pale red seeped out.

Copper skin and iron bones …… broke the defense.

They reexamined Xu Qi’an, this silver gong was young, and to be a silver gong at this age was already unbelievable in their eyes.

Just now, that casual sword and kick had directly defeated the God Refining Realm’s Zhao Family’s eldest miss, followed by a light-hearted blade that broke the Copper Skin and Iron Bone Realm’s fleshly body defense.

This cultivation was simply terrifying, and the natural talent, even more staggering.

Worthy of the capital, any silver gong, put aside in the outside, is the level of heavenly wizards.

“By your lordship’s decision.” The handsome male didn’t dare to disobey.

……….

Escorting the two groups of people back to the yamen, Xu Qi’an found the official in charge and said: ”For these two groups of people, you tell them to pay one hundred taels of silver each, and not to release them for a single penny less.

“Of these, three hundred taels are accounted for, fifty taels you share with your fellow officers, and the two gongs who patrol the streets with me, fifty taels each, and the rest, to be delivered to me at Springfields Hall to-morrow.”

“Don’t worry, humble servant will definitely do it.” The official said busily.

Xu Qi’an nodded his head in satisfaction and turned to the stables, riding his beloved filly in the direction of the Imperial City.

The sun was high in the sky, so he planned to dabble in a lunch at Ling Bao Guan, and in the meantime, find Luo Yu Heng to ask for advice on the Heart Sword sword manual.

The Heart Sword Sword Spectrum was already introductory, and in Xu Qi’an’s opinion it was not considered difficult, and all one needed to do when performing it was to attach the spiritual energy to the sword and chop it out as if it were a qi machine.

The hard part is how to blend with the chakra roundly in one place.

This was like drawing a circle or a square with one hand was fine, but when drawing a circle with one hand and a square with the other, the brain would not be able to distribute it and would often get stuck. When the sword is discharged, one either forgets to transmit the qi or forgets to attach the spiritual power.

Now that he was a silver gong, he could freely enter and exit the Imperial City, and once he showed his waist plate, the guards guarding the city immediately released him.

When he came to Ling Bao Guan, the Taoist boy who guarded the door of the Guan went to inform him and returned in a short while.

“The head of the Dao is invited.”

Xu Qi’an nodded and followed the Taoist priest into the temple, passing through the corridors and courtyards, and met the “kind sister-in-law” Luo Yuheng in the quiet room.

In addition to her, there was also a green-shirted swordsman sitting on the futon, with a sprightly demeanor, and a strand of white hair on his forehead that showed off the man’s maturity and added to his charm.

Crap, number four is there too ……. This was Xu Qi’an’s first thought.

Crap, Luo Yuheng knows that I’m the ruler of the Earth Book Fragment ……. This was Xu Qi’an’s second thought.

“Master of the State!”

Xu Qi’an saluted without changing his face.

Then smilingly, he arched his hand toward Chu Yuanzhuan, “Scholarship Lang.”

Chu Yuanjian gave a spontaneous smile, somewhat surprised to have met Xu Qi’an here.

In theory, with Xu Qi’an’s rank, he was not qualified to enter the Spirit Treasure Temple to meet the head of the Dao.

“How did Lord Xu become acquainted with the State Master?” He asked the curiosity within him.

Luo Yu Heng was about to reply.

“Cough cough cough …….”

Xu Qi’an coughed hard and hurriedly transmitted his voice to the State Master, but it was bounced back.

Passed the message again, and it bounced back.

Pass it again, and it bounces back to my kind sister-in-law.

Luo Yu Heng’s attitude is obvious: we are not that familiar, no private chat.

The more intimate demeanor of transmitting sound is really too reluctant to be used on the State Master ……. Xu Qi’an was a bit anxious.

Chu Yuanzhuan looked at Xu Qi’an and then at the State Master and smiled, “Do you need me to step back for a moment.”

Xu Qi’an was a little embarrassed.

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PS: Change before you change