Life Hunter

When the news about Qiyuan City spread across the country, Li Qingxian began to build a new city.

As soon as the first lunar month passed, the plan for the new city was basically finalized, and the Ministry of Industry and the underworld's puppet repairmen began to build it.

In order to include the Heavenly God's Throwing Mountain Garden and the Sword Saint's Demon-Slaying Garden, another acropolis was built to the north of Qiyuan City and connected with Qiyuan City.

As the news continued to spread, more and more literary, Taoist or martial arts cultivators arrived in Qiyuan City.

Li Qingxian secretly sent people to investigate, and found that some of them were not here for the Holy Land of Cultivation at all, but for military achievements.

Because there were too many military merits in the battle of God Throwing the Mountain, in addition to being traded to big forces, in addition to Li Qingxian's own military merits, many forces in Qiyuan City also received military merits, among which the Shen Gong Sect and the Qingshan Gang were the most important.

Two camps were built on the east and west sides of Qiyuan City.

One station is stationed with the Beishan Army transferred from Qingzhou. It is not affiliated with the River Guard Army, but is a second-line army affiliated with the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion. It mainly guards the second-tier important cities, with a total of 5,000 people.

One is the newly established Qiyuan Army, a local martial arts army formed by Qiyuan City itself.

After the invasion of the demon clan, it was common for cities in the north to build their own city defense armies, but not many of them received official designations from the imperial court.

After Emperor Taining ascended the throne, there were even fewer.

The leading general of the Qiyuan Army is He Baishan, a veteran of the fourth grade. He is dazzled and deaf. He likes to nag people about his glorious achievements in the past.

The person who actually leads the Qiyuan Army is Wang Buku, who was transferred from the Tabai Army.

The Qiyuan Army is slowly recruiting soldiers at this moment, with priority given to people from Qiyuan City, and sects such as the Shen Gong Sect and Qingshan Gang.

In just three days, the Shen Gong Sect and the Qingshan Gang were half empty.

The leader of the Qingshan Gang, Wan Zhao, was about to cry, because even the deputy gang leader Gao Tianwan ran away.

While the Shen Gong Sect was sending talents to the Qiyuan Army, it also began to expand its recruitment scope and continuously enrich the number of disciples.

As for the government affairs of Qiyuan City, Li Qingxian has become the hands-off boss and left everything to his staff. He mainly focuses on building the Shen Gong Sect and the Qiyuan Army, and spends the rest of his time refining the Mingshan Mountain.

The cold wind from the north in early summer was blowing, and not much green grass could be seen, it was still bare and yellow.

Li Qingxian went out early in the morning and inspected the new city under construction. He returned to the Yamen and got off the carriage. He heard someone shouting: "Master Xiao Li, please advise my children. We came here from three hundred miles away." Yes. Mr. Xiao Li, I have met Mr. Gang Feng before..."

The yamen guard at the door was about to drive people away. Li Qingxian turned around and saw a gray-faced middle-aged woman standing bent over, wearing a tattered cotton coat, holding a child's shoulders with both hands.

The child, with a dusty face and disheveled hair, huddled in his mother's arms, his eyes averted, and his hands were picking at the holes in his sleeves.

"Wait a minute," Li Qingxian stopped the yamen servant, walked over and asked, "What's the matter with you?"

The middle-aged woman opened her mouth when she saw Li Qingxian wearing a luck official uniform, but didn't say anything for a long time.

"The master told you to just..." The guard was scolding, but Li Qingxian stretched out his hand to block him.

"Let her think slowly, don't rush." ​​Li Qingxian smiled.

The woman panicked for a while, held her son's shoulders, and said, "Xiao... Mr. Xiao Li, our family has been favored by Mr. Gang Feng. The one the whole family admires the most is Mr. Gang Feng. Our children have been growing up since they were young. I admire Mr. Gang Feng, and he said that he would be a person like Mr. Gang Feng in the future. But recently, he has grown up and has hooves on his buttocks, like a wild horse, and his heart has been lost. These days God, when he heard the news about you killing the demon clan again, he said that he wanted to be someone like Mr. Li. I just... I thought, he admires Mr. Gang Feng and you, so if you speak, he will definitely He will listen. I don’t ask for anything else. I just ask you to tell him that he should study and study every day. Regardless of whether he can become a good scholar in the future, at least he should study hard and have a head start."

"Just let me say something?"

The woman nodded vigorously and said: "Yes, just say a word. I don't ask for anything. After I say it, I will let him kowtow and take him away. I won't delay you. Just a word."

Li Qingxian looked down at the bewildered child, pondered for a moment, and said, "Okay, come back in a month."

The woman was stunned for a moment and said: "But, we have traveled for several days to get here, and you can't even say a word?"

"I'll talk about it in a month. OK?" Li Qingxian said seriously.

The woman hesitated for a moment, looked at Li Qingxian's shining official uniform, nodded slightly, and said: "Master Xiao Li said so, then I will follow suit. I will come back with the child in a month."

Li Qingxian stretched out his hand, touched the child's head, and turned back to the Yamen.

The woman hugged the child, walked a few steps, looked back at the gate, walked a few more steps, looked back, sighed, and left Kaiyuan City.

One month later, in the early morning, the woman came to the government office with her child.

The guard who scolded the woman last time took a look and hurriedly smiled and said: "You two, please come in. The lord has said that as long as you see the two of you, please go in and see him directly."

"Ah? Really?" The woman couldn't believe it, grabbed her son's wrist, and followed the guard in.

After walking around seven times and walking to the study, the doorman went in to announce the situation, walked out of the door and said: "The eldest master is inside, you two can go in."

The woman held the child's hand and found that the child's buttocks were falling downwards. Her face was unwilling, and she glared at the child fiercely. She grabbed the child's wrists with both hands and dragged him in.

After entering the door, the woman saw the young face holding a book and reading.

Li Qingxian put down the book, looked at the woman, and said with a smile, "We meet again."

The woman hurriedly bent down and saluted: "I have met Master Xiao Li."

Li Qingxian smiled and said, "You're welcome. If you have anything to do, just tell me."

The woman hesitated for a while and then said: "It happened last month. I just want you to advise this child to study and study every day and not go out shopping all the time. He will definitely listen to what you say."

Li Qingxian nodded and said, "Okay."

Then, Li Qingxian looked at the child and asked, "What's your name?"

"Dog...my name is Ma Gaoshan." The child's voice was crisp.

Li Qingxian smiled and said: "My father, Mr. Gang Feng, and I both hope that you can study and study every day, and that you can become a better Ma Gaoshan. Are you willing to do it?"

"I...I do!" Ma Gaoshan's face turned red and he clenched his fists.

Li Qingxian stood up with a smile, walked over and stroked the child's henhouse-like head.

"Thank you, Mr. Xiao Li, thank you, Mr. Xiao Li..." The woman thanked him profusely and kept bending down and bowing.

"You're welcome. As a parent officer of Qiyuan City, it's my duty to encourage students to learn and to be assistants. Come on, I'll take you out," Li Qingxian said.

Li Qingxian took the two of them and asked them about the situation at home while walking outside.

After walking out of the Yamen, Li Qingxian said goodbye to his mother and son.

The woman hesitated for a while and said, "May I ask Mr. Li, you could have said these things at that time, why did you ask us to wait a month before coming back? Is it a test for us?"