Small places always have more human feelings. Looking at the busy people in the streets and alleys, Li Mengzhou feels like he returns to Shuning Town in a trance.

Shuning Town, which is located in the border wasteland, is naturally not as prosperous as Yanzi Town, but there is indeed something in common between the streets and alleys, which can arouse Li Mengzhou's thoughts.

Li Mengzhou and Gu Shiyan walked into Yanzi Town with their horses, which immediately attracted a lot of gazes.

Most of the women who practice cultivation are beautiful, and those pretty girls with red lips and white teeth are not rare in small towns. However, they are very different from those of practitioners. In the eyes of ordinary people, any girl who is very beautiful should come from the big city, and there will be people with different minds. Girls or young masters who think they are beautiful must be the legendary immortals.

In fact, practitioners are everywhere, but not all ordinary people can realize that in their hearts, such characters should be very mysterious and will not notice that practitioners are around them.

Li Mengzhou knew what those strange eyes meant, but looking at himself wearing rags, he felt that this would also be one of the reasons why the residents of Yanzi Town gave a look.

Looking sideways at Gu Shiyan's wallet belonging to Wei Ni, which was hung around Gu Shiyan's waist. There were 80 taels of silver. Instead of letting Gu Shiyan clean, it would be better to buy a new dress to wear.

He followed Wei Ni's carriage from afar to Yanzi Town. Although he had time to rest in the middle, he really couldn't taste any delicious food. Li Mengzhou's greed had already become active, and he faintly smelled the fragrance of wine.

After asking Gu Shiyan's consent, the two went to buy new clothes first, which were still black and white.

Although Gu Shiyan's white dress looks very clean, she fought with Wei Jie under the rainy night sky and rushed to the road overnight, which made Gu Shiyan feel uncomfortable. Girls' homes are cleaner than boys, and even if they are just stained with a little mud, they cannot tolerate it.

Putting on her new clothes, Li Mengzhou was refreshed and completely got rid of the sloppy appearance of being recognized as a beggar. The handsome man and beautiful woman entered a tavern under completely different strange eyes.

"Boss, you can have all the signature dishes, and you'll have another pot of good wine."

"Okay, wait!"

There are many guests in the tavern, so it is naturally very lively. The hall is busy, and shuttles between tables and chairs.

In a moment, the dishes and a pot of wine were placed in front of Li Mengzhou and Gu Shiyan.

"Please use it slowly, please!"

Li Mengzhou was indeed very hungry, so he quickly poured a glass of wine, tilted his head and drank it all, and started to feast on his mouth.

Gu Shiyan was also very hungry, but she ate very elegantly and occasionally threw contemptuous eyes at Li Mengzhou.

Just as the two of them had a full meal, Wei Jie and Wei Ni had already returned home.

Yanzi Town was divided by the Wei family and the Cao family, and then the yamen belonging to the court was a three-legged tripod.

On the surface, of course, the yamen has the greatest power. Unless it is absolutely necessary, neither the Wei family nor the Cao family will take the initiative to provoke the county master. As the saying goes, the people will not fight against officials. The Wei family and the Cao family both started with merchants. Although they have a lot of money and even have wild cultivation guests to escort them, they dare not provoke court officials.

Due to certain restrictions, even if Wei Jie, the most powerful man in Yanzi Town, is still slightly inferior to the Cao family. The Cao family is rich and has many allies. Most of the merchants in Yanzi Town are under the protection of the Cao family, so it is not so easy for the Wei family to take the lead.

As the actual ruler of the Wei family, Wei Xiang is also a monk at the peak of the Three Realms. He respects Wei Jie as his father and takes him as his teacher. It can be said that Wei Xiang and his son Wei Ni are both practicing paths taught by Wei Jie. If calculated according to the rules of the mountain gate, the father and son are still brothers, but in the secular world, it is naturally impossible to calculate this way. Many secular rules are much more complicated than the world of cultivation, and they seem very indecent.

He thought that a long time had passed since that incident. Perhaps that person had forgotten the Wei family. The Wei family should not continue to keep a low profile. Wei Xiang also wanted to get rid of the control of some people in the court, and he was unwilling to be a pawn.

Unfortunately, the development of the Wei family over the past decade has been restricted. Although they have secretly trained many masters, they are still not enough to control the entire Yanzi Town. He can only place his hopes on the power of his external allies.

When Wei Jie and Wei Ni returned to Yanzi Town, Wei Xiang personally came to the door of the mansion to greet him.

Wei Jie stood in front of the carriage, and Wei Ni walked slowly down from the carriage. Six guards were standing in two rows, standing at the front and tail of the carriage, saluting respectfully at Wei Xiang.

Wei Xiang was smiling and was about to come forward to greet Wei Jie, but Wei Jie waved his hand. Although he was his adoptive father, he still bowed to Wei Xiang first and said calmly: "If you have anything, let's talk about it in the mansion."

Wei Xiang was stunned for a moment, not understanding why, but he turned around and walked towards the mansion with Wei Jie.

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Sitting in the living room, preparing tea on the table, Wei Xiang looked at Wei Jie and said, "The Cao family has been a little arrogant recently. Many businesses under the Wei family have been suppressed, and their business has plummeted. If they do not fight back, Yanzi Town will have no place for me to gain a foothold in the Wei family."

Wei Jie said: "The Cao family is not worth worrying about. It is only a matter of time to solve them. I have contacted some allies. When the time is ripe, it can help us. It is just that when we return to Yanzi Town, some changes have occurred, and that is the most important thing we have to solve at the moment."

Wei Xiang frowned and said, "What happened on the way back? I just saw that Nier's face was rosy and very abnormal. He was weak since he was a child and became lazy since he was twelve years old. He would never sit down if he could lie down. He was extremely lazy."

"Originally, there were very few people with qualifications for practicing in the Wei family. My grandfather did not have any, nor did my father. It was not until my generation that the father and son had the qualifications to enter the path of cultivation, and even Nier's qualifications were slightly better than me."

"It took me half a lifetime to barely reach the peak of the third realm. It is difficult to have another chance to move forward. However, Nier was taught by his adoptive father since childhood. Now he should be able to compete with me, but because of his lazy habit, he was depressed and paralyzed on the bed all day long and could not even get out of the second realm. This really made me feel worried."

"How can I hand over the Wei family's huge family business to his hands with confidence."

Every father has the desire to become a son, and at this moment, Wei Xiang deeply felt the helplessness of hating the iron but not the steel.

Although he had taken several concubines, he was the only one. Even if he wanted to have another one, he was unable to do so. Perhaps he would no longer have such ability. Even if Wei Ni was not good, he could only spend more time teaching and could not wait to see the Wei family demise.

Wei Jie received the kindness of Wei Xiang's father and kept it in Yanzi for most of his life. He really regarded Wei Xiang as his child and Wei Ni as his grandson. He thought that Wei Ni was still young and would always grow up. As long as he was still alive, he would definitely be able to ensure Wei Ni's completeness.

"Nier met a girl in Chunfeng Inn..."

Wei Jie told Wei Xiang in detail what happened in Chunfeng Inn. After saying that, he said solemnly: "I guess that woman has a deep background, and her cultivation is only strong but not weak. According to the woman's words, she should not be from Jiang. Although this makes my Wei family unable to use the background behind the woman, it is more conducive to control in a different direction. After all, the cultivation of the woman alone is strong enough."

Even Wei Ni could think of using Gu Shiyan's power to rule Yanzi Town. Wei Xiang naturally understood the importance of Gu Shiyan to the Wei family in an instant, but the premise was to really turn Gu Shiyan into his own person, otherwise he would take the initiative to cause disaster.

Wei Xiang said worriedly: "The adoptive father fought with that girl, but he still couldn't defeat her. If he annoyed her, wouldn't it become a big trouble?"

Wei Jie said: "When I realized that I was not the girl's opponent, I chose to avoid the edge for the time being. I could obviously sense the murderous intent on the girl, but I didn't know what accident happened, which caused the girl to not chase me."

"I think there may be some problems here. Perhaps the girl and the boys around her also came to Yanzi Town. I don't know their purpose, but I can just use this to achieve our purpose."

Wei Xiang said with a heavy expression: "I will give instructions immediately to let my subordinates pay attention to the strange girls and young people in Yanzi Town. If they really appear in Yanzi Town, the situation will be a bit complicated."

Wei Jie's strength made him very confident. Even if he was defeated by Gu Shiyan's sword, this is Yanzi Town, his territory, and he will not lose again, but Wei Xiang's mind is deeper, and he thought of some issues that he had to pay attention to.

The grudges between the two sides are not very serious hatred. Since they have stopped at Chunfeng Inn, there is naturally no need to chase Yanzi Town. Perhaps the purpose of the girl and the young man is not Wei Jie. They appeared at Chunfeng Inn, and they were probably going to Yanzi Town themselves. They just found that Wei Jie and Wei Ni were people from Yanzi Town, so they took the plan.

Based on these alone, Wei Xiang could not guess the real meaning, but the other party had a different purpose, but he had to worry about it. He was not afraid of ten thousand or even the ones. The storm in Yanzi Town gradually began, and any turbulence should be treated with caution.

Wei Jie could also think that Li Mengzhou and Gu Shiyan would not kill him, and they might have asked him to help lead the way, but he still chose to return to Yanzi Town in the rain overnight, intending to solve this problem on his own territory.

So he didn't care what purpose Li Mengzhou and Gu Shiyan had. As long as he could be sure that they were in Yanzi Town now, Wei Jie could prepare to take action.

It may even be possible to take this opportunity to completely break the situation in Yanzi Town, trample the Cao family under your feet, raise the banner of the Wei family, and get rid of the control of the court. Only by mastering absolute power can you survive in this world and no longer have to be afraid of that person's identity.

No one knows that Wei Jie always had an obsession with the practice of the mountain gate. Missing the match back then was the biggest regret in his life. Even at this age, it was impossible to enter those powerful practice of the mountain gate, but he still had this kind of fantasy.

If a wild cultivator in the fourth realm wants to enter a certain practice mountain gate, of course, there is a feasibility, but this feasibility is that those sects below the fourth realm, and sects in the fifth realm will not look down on the wild cultivator that emerged from the first half of the way, even if this wild cultivator has the strength of the fourth realm.

Because there is no great thing that enters the fifth realm of practice, before no one crosses that threshold, the way to strengthen the power of the sect is to absorb more monks from the fourth realm of cultivation.

However, there is no shortage of practitioners entering the fourth realm in the Five Realm Mountain Gate, so there is no need to waste the resources to receive wild cultivation. Of course, Wei Jie's idea cannot be in the Fourth Realm Sect, but he thought that as long as he had a strong enough background behind him, he should still be able to enter the Five Realm Sect.

Therefore, he would spare no effort to strengthen the scale of the Wei family, using it as a springboard. By the way, if Wei Ni could be brought into a certain Five Realm Mountain Gate, then the Wei family would be immortal forever. When he died, there was no need to worry about the Wei family's decline.

While Wei Xiang sent his forces to investigate the strange men and women appearing in Yanzi Town, Li Mengzhou and Gu Shiyan were also wandering on the streets of Yanzi Town after they had enough wine and meals.

In the tavern, Li Mengzhou didn't just eat and drink. He also found out the distribution of some forces in Yanzi Town without any trace, and knew that the biggest enemy of the Wei family was the Cao family.

Of course, there were also wild cultivators in the Cao family, but most of them were in the third level of cultivation, or even traveling far away from the second level. Although the number of wild cultivators in the Wei family exceeded that of the Wei family, there were no great monks who entered the fourth level.

But the Cao family is not a vegetarian, and they are not as powerful as the Wei family in terms of strength. They then go on another road and spend a lot of money to win over many wild cultivators near the circumference of Yanzi Town.

Although each one is not enough to block the gap between Wei Jie's teeth, it is better than the number of people, and there are also many wild cultivators with peak cultivation in the third realm. When there are more fragile ants to a certain number, even wild beasts that are much stronger than the size of ants will become afraid and dare not make a rash move.

"It is known that the Wei family may have some relationship with Dan Tai Jing, so the enemy of the enemy will naturally be friends. Maybe we should use a knife to kill people."

Li Mengzhou rubbed his slightly sore right arm and said softly.

Gu Shiyan said, "Will I just kill the Wei family with one sword?"

She thought that the old man she met at Chunfeng Inn, although she had strong strength, she still didn't see enough. If she wanted to find useful information from the Wei family, there was no need to be so troublesome.

Li Mengzhou said: "Murder is certainly the fastest way to solve problems, but not all problems are applicable, and they will be less interesting. What's more, I have to heal my wounds. If the Wei family is solved quickly, we will rush back to the capital again, which I can't stand." Gu Shiyan was speechless.

Li Mengzhou thought for a while and said, "If you think it's troublesome, you can go to the Wei family alone. In addition to that old man, the Wei family should also have many wild cultivators in the third realm. With my current state, it's very difficult to deal with the monks at the peak of the third realm. I won't do the death of death. When I recover some injuries, I may be able to help you, but the premise is that you haven't solved the old man during this period."

In his prime, Li Mengzhou certainly would not care about a few wild cultivators in the third level. Even a great cultivator who entered the fourth level would dare to raise his sword to cut, but even though he knew that it was difficult to deal with a peak cultivator in the third level, he would not run over foolishly.

Gu Shiyan said lightly: "My sword is very fast."

Li Mengzhou said without comment: "Give me half a day, and we will go to the Wei family in the evening."

He is also a person who hates trouble very much. He is forced to suffer injuries and hates the feeling that his life is not guaranteed, otherwise he will never be willing to cause trouble.

Gu Shiyan originally wanted to refute that in her opinion, there was no need for Li Mengzhou to be present in the Wei family. Of course, she herself was unwilling to wait, but she also remembered that there were many miscellaneous fish in the Wei family. If she was disturbed by miscellaneous fish when she was fighting with the old man, it would also affect her mood.

With Li Mengzhou present, he swept the miscellaneous fish, which was indeed a little cleaner.

So my jade lips opened gently without making any sound, and then closed gently.

Li Mengzhou didn't know what Gu Shiyan was thinking. While wandering around, he looked at the prosperous scene of Yanzi Town. He said with emotion: "The environment here is pretty good. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, which is very suitable for long-term living."

Gu Shiyan said calmly: "I still like quieter places."

Li Mengzhou said in surprise: "I thought you prefer to be lively, and the places where you eat are very lively. Since you like eating so much, you actually like to eat by yourself. Don't you think it's boring?"

Gu Shiyan glanced at him sideways and said, "Do you like being watched while eating?"

Li Mengzhou did not understand the meaning of this sentence for a while.

But looking at the stunning gazes that the pedestrians next to him accidentally cast, he suddenly realized.

Beautiful looks are indeed very pleasing to others, but those who are appreciated may not like it.

Li Mengzhou also didn't like being watched. Suddenly, he felt that he was less interested in shopping. Seeing a quiet teahouse next to him, he said, "Let's go there to have a cup of tea. We can use tea to cultivate our mood and recover my injuries."

There are stories about the storytellers in the teahouse. Although there are many listeners and many interruptions, the atmosphere is much quieter than elsewhere.

Li Mengzhou and Gu Shiyan found a corner to sit down, and a waiter served tea, and then continued to stand aside and listened to the storyteller who was in trouble that year and was talking about strange people and strange things.

Li Mengzhou had never heard of the story told by Storyteller. After only a few words, he said to Gu Shiyan indifferently: "This kind of random story sounds boring, but ordinary people like it very much. Although the story is illogical, it is mixed with many truths, which can also increase some knowledge. But for those who have not read many books, the truth is very complicated and tasteless, and those vernacular stories are more attractive."

Gu Shiyan said: "Everyone has different preferences. No matter what kind of story it is, as long as there are listeners and can make money, it is a good story for the storyteller."

Li Mengzhou took a sip of tea and said, "The tea here is good."
To be continued...