A young man wearing a white robe with a slightly dark complexion sat cross-legged on the top of a mountain stream somewhere at Ligong Mountain Gate. A large amount of spiritual energy lingered around him, and the mist condensed from the mountain stream soaked his robe.

After the New Year, Li Mengzhou became eighteen years old.

Just after the New Year, classes in Ligong Jianyuan have also started again.

The murder of Dan Tai Jing has long been left unresolved, at least it is the case on the surface.

The orphan and widowed mother also sold their property after the New Year and left the capital. It is said that they went to Yan State, where Dan Tai Wubing's mother's mother's home.

Li Mengzhou, whose life has temporarily returned to peace, appeared at Ligong Mountain Gate for a month after the New Year, every day before the rooster crowed.

He learned from the experience of being defeated by the young man who inherited the peak of artistic conception outside Jialan Temple, and tried to find an opportunity to break the realm again.

The first thing I do every day when I wake up is to make breakfast for Gu Shiyan, then hike to Ligong Mountain Gate, meditate on the top of the mountain stream for a while, finish the morning class according to the time, return to Chaosi Lane at noon to continue making lunch for Gu Shiyan, and then return to Ligong Mountain Gate, stay in the library for several hours, continue to practice on the top of the mountain stream in the evening, and return to Chaosi Lane at the hour of Hai.

It's quite boring every day.

But Li Mengzhou was very serious about doing everything. Apart from cooking for Gu Shiyan, he was still very happy at other times.

Fortunately, Gu Shiyan has not been in the small courtyard of Chaosi Lane for the past month after the New Year.

In addition to waiting for the investigation to continue after the incident of Dan Tai Jing's recession, Gu Shiyan seems to have something else to do. She has been away for nearly half a month and has not returned yet.

Li Mengzhou naturally would not worry about anything happening to Gu Shiyan. Her absence made Li Mengzhou feel much more worried, so that she would not have to cook for her every day.

The secret hidden in Gu Shiyan's heart takes time to find out.

He himself has no secret that Gu Shiyan cannot know.

Since you are temporarily living under the same roof, it is the kingly way to keep your own secrets and be at peace without conflict.

Today is the same as usual. Li Mengzhou appeared on the top of Ligong Mountain Stream before dawn.

But the difference is that a second person appeared here.

Xue Wangyou quietly looked at the young man sitting cross-legged on the mountain stream and said softly: "If the sea of ​​qi cannot be revived, the realm of inheriting the art is your limit. If you want to break into the upper realm, it will be difficult."

Li Mengzhou slowly opened his eyes and said, "In the near future, the inner courtyard competition will begin. If I cannot break into the upper realm, I may be blocked outside the inner courtyard gate, and the teacher will not be able to truly teach me how to practice."

He rubbed his eyes that were astringent due to lack of sleep and continued, "And I am too weak. Even if I am already ahead of many of my peers, this is far from enough."

Xue Wangyou said: "Cultivation must be progressive step by step. If you are too anxious, you will easily develop inner demons. The best way is to follow the rules step by step. Since you think this is not enough, what is the reason why you want to become stronger?"

Li Mengzhou thought about it very seriously. He still felt that his real thoughts could not be told to Xue Wangyou, but the reason for his strength was said to be.

"Cultivation is for living, and becoming stronger is for living better."

Xue Wangyou said quietly: "You want to die?"

Li Mengzhou replied with an ugly expression: "You are going to die."

Xue Wangyou blew his beard and glared at him, grabbed Li Mengzhou's neck and threw him down the mountain stream. He said in a lesson: "It's big or small. Before I even entered the inner courtyard, I cursed my teacher to die. If I really teach you, wouldn't I want to reduce my life?"

The sound of falling into the water reached the top of the mountain with a melodious sound.

It was accompanied by a shrill scream.

......

At that time, I left the gate of Gongshan.

The old man in the green robe reached out and pulled a young man, pointed in a certain direction, and said, "What did you see?"

The boy tried hard to open his eyes wide, and the distance he traveled was limited, but he did see a lot of things.

A luxurious carriage was parked in the valley dozens of miles away in front of him. The carriage was swaying slightly and blocking something, he could not see the scene in the carriage, but he always felt that the carriage was a scene that could not be seen by children.

He also saw the woodcutters in the mountains, busy sorting out the dry firewood and tied them together, worrying about how to carry too much dry firewood home on his back.

I also saw carriages and pedestrians entering and leaving the capital.

There is nothing worth caring about in these pictures.

The only thing that made him a little curious was the carriage shaking in the hidden place of the valley.

He felt that this might be what the old man wanted him to see.

So he replied very seriously: "A driverless carriage, there seemed to be two people in the carriage. I don't know what I was doing, and the carriage was shaking very hard."

Several black lines appeared on Xue Wangyou's forehead.

He could naturally see the carriage, and he could see it more clearly than the boy, in that carriage was a man and a woman...

His old face turned red, he quickly coughed lightly, and said in a pretentious manner: "I'm asking you to see a place eighty miles away! What are you worried about about the shaking carriage!"

The boy was naturally Li Mengzhou. After hearing Xue Wangyou's words, he said speechlessly: "Then you'll say it earlier."

"I'm letting you see it myself."

"Teacher, I think you're talking nonsense."

“…”

Xue Wangyou helped his forehead and said, "There is a small town eighty miles north of the capital, called Yingshui. It is a very small town, and it is nothing particularly surprising, but there is a person in Yingshui Town that is very famous."

"That was a wild man who appeared in Yingshui Town three years ago. He controlled Yingshui with the means of a practitioner and built a house. The silver he spent was naturally from the wealthy businessmen in Yingshui Town."

"The name of this wanderer is Pei Ruyu. He is a powerful man in Yingshui Town. People in the yamen dare not provoke him because they know a certain adult in Xuanzhengsi, and no one goes to seek trouble for him. It is difficult for the news from the yamen to be handed over to the capital."

"Your practice has reached a bottleneck. If you want to break into the state of Chengyi, you need an opponent to help you fill your energy and break the restrictions. Pei Ruyu is a good opponent."

Li Mengzhou stared at Xue Wangyou in a daze and said strangely: "The capital is not the only one in Xuanzhengsi. Can't the news from Yingshui Town be spread to the capital?"

Xue Wangyou said, "The things in the yamen are originally under the control of Xuan Zhengsi. If the news is deliberately closed, it is easy. Besides, Pei Ruyu did not do too much, and the big men in the capital are too lazy to care about it, so there is no need to get involved with Xuan Zhengsi."

Li Mengzhou asked, "Then if I go and kill Pei Ruyu, will I get into any trouble?"

Xue Wangyou smiled and said, "The relationship between Xuan Zhengsi and Pei Ruyu is still on the dark side. If it really makes everyone know about it, Xuan Zhengsi will not dare to protect Pei Ruyu. Although Xuan Zhengsi has great power, there are also Tianshuyuan who are checking and balanced. Moreover, the entire Jiang Kingdom belongs to His Majesty. No matter how brave Xuan Zhengsi is, he dare not really betray the power under His Majesty's nose."

He patted Li Mengzhou on the shoulder and said with a smile: "What's more, Pei Ruyu is a master who is the top level of Chengyi. He only takes one step to reach the peak level, and it is not something you can kill if you want to."

Li Mengzhou said unexpectedly: "Does the teacher want to kill me? Pei Ruyu in front of you may be just a small character, but the master who is close to the peak of Chengyi Concept is not something I can handle."

He couldn't help but think that the young guard beside Dan Tai Jing was a true peak master of inheriting the artistic conception. He used all his methods and only barely injured the other party. Even if Pei Ruyu's cultivation level was not as good as that of the young man, he was not an opponent he could easily defeat.

Xue Wangyou raised his eyebrows and said, "Pei Ruyu is better than you, but not much stronger. You can always escape if you can't beat it, and only he is the best suit to force out all your potential. If you want to become stronger, you must rely on your own ability to kill Pei Ruyu."

Li Mengzhou looked at Yingshui Town 80 miles away and said calmly: "I have a sword in my hand that can kill anyone in the world. But I don't want to have anything to do with Xuan Zhengsi. The teacher is sure that after I kill Pei Ruyu, Xuan Zhengsi's knife will not be placed on my neck?"

Xue Wangyou smiled and said, "There are always various problems in the world. Every age will encounter different problems. Don't worry about things that should not be entangled, and don't be curious about things that should not be curious about. When you stand at a high enough position, you will find that many problems are no longer problems, and many secrets are no longer secrets."

Li Mengzhou thought about something.

He is a disciple of Ligong Sword Academy. As the director of the Sword Academy, Xue Wangyou is also one of the people standing at the highest peak of the Jiang Kingdom cultivators. He will naturally protect his disciples.

Moreover, Tianshuyuan would not allow his own people to die for no reason.

With two big things like Xue Wangyou and Jiang Tingyu standing behind, Li Mengzhou shouldn't have been bothered with these small problems.

It's just Pei Ruyu who has something to do with Xuan Zhengsi. She is not going to slaughter the entire Xuan Zhengsi. What's the point of killing him?

Although Li Mengzhou was afraid that Pei Ruyu had a cultivation level close to the peak of Chengyi Concept, he was never afraid.

As Xue Wangyou said, you can always escape if you can't beat it.

"Although the problem of not being able to see the Qihai has been solved, the Qihai is still in a desert scene. If you want to change this situation, you either find a special magical power, or you can only stimulate potential in the actual battle of life and death and inject vitality into the Qihai."

Xue Wangyou paused and said, "You have begun to practice the "Li Jian Sutra" of my Sword Academy, but in fact, the "Li Jian Sutra" is not the sword treasure of my Sword Academy. When you really enter the inner courtyard, you may have the chance to get in touch, but the premise is that you can enter the inner courtyard. For this matter, I will not open the back door for you."

"So the practical battle of life and death is the most suitable method for you at present. Pei Ruyu is the most suitable person I have found for you."

Li Mengzhou subconsciously thought of "Silksaw Scroll". If the person made the ban on his Qihai, then the "Silksaw Scroll" he left behind might be the foundation of his own strength.

Now he does not have the ability to start "Silksaw Scroll", and actual combat may indeed be the only way to become stronger at present.

Xue Wangyou looked at the direction where Yingshui Town was and said, "With your current cultivation level, it doesn't take long to reach Yingshui even if you hike. I'll give you one night. You must come back before tomorrow's morning class, and Pei Ruyu cannot live."

"No matter what method you use, your ultimate goal is to kill Pei Ruyu. Without anyone helping you, you can't take advantage of your chances."

Xue Wangyou paused and said slowly: "Of course you can use any means to kill people, but I still hope you can defeat him head-on, otherwise the real purpose of the actual combat will be different. Although killing people is the goal, the premise can still be used to break the situation."
Chapter completed!