Fu Luan

Coming out of the restaurant, Le Wuyan asked the people around him: "What's the matter?"

Xu Youming said: "It's nothing, I wanted to keep alive, but he was killed."

Le Wuyan raised his eyebrows slightly, and he understood that Xu Youming probably wanted to capture him alive so that he could force him to ask why he kept pestering Yu Weiqiu, but Xie Shigu killed him first.

Le Wuyan: "Did he do it on purpose?"

Xu Youming: "I don't know."

It can't be seen that Xie Shigu was just unintentional and quick-witted, or deliberately preemptively killing people, but this matter can only stop here.

Xu Youming exposed the matter, stopped talking, and reminded Le Wuyan: "Be more careful in the future, let's go."

Le Wuyan nodded irresolutely.

The next day was the birthday banquet of Qin Lingshi, the city lord of Qin City, and the city lord's mansion was full of guests and guests.

Walking up the magnificent jade steps in front of the main hall, the majestic Osmanthus Hall goes straight into the sky, where singing and dancing are peaceful and the wine is fragrant.All the seats were filled with prominent figures from the major sects in the current cultivation world, and the gorgeous servants of the demon cultivators shuttled among them, offering delicious food and wine one after another.

Xu Youming and Le Wuyan were arranged in the front seats, facing him was Xie Shigu and his Taoist companion, and the elders and even suzerains of large sects were sitting nearby.

The sects of the same southern region, the master of Zheri Xianzhuang, the master of Ruyi sect and the master of Jingyin sect all came to support in person, even the always proud Diancang sect and Tianluo sect also sent to the sect. The status is second only to the elders of the suzerain master.

Originally, Qin Lingshi's birthday banquet shouldn't have such a big face, because Xu Youming and Xie Shigu came to support it together, the news came out in advance, and in addition to the recent turmoil in the south, whether it is someone with ulterior motives or pure For those who want to watch the excitement, they don't want to miss this show, so there is a crowd today.

Le Wuyan drank his wine, looking around, looking at the people around him.

Except for Venerable Yinyue and Duan Kun from the Ruyi Sect that I had seen before, the people from the other three sects all looked very ordinary, with different expressions, but distinct differences.In particular, it is no exaggeration to say that the atmosphere between the master of Jingyinmen and the elders of Tianluomen is tense. People from Dian Cangzong and Tianluomen are sitting together, and they are already standing in line.

Le Wuyan suddenly thought of something, approached Xu Youming and asked, "I asked you to accept Xiao Mudan as a disciple, did I cause you trouble?"

Xu Youming glanced at him: "Why did you say that?"

Le Wuyan said: "Little Peony is the adopted son of the city lord of Qincheng, you accepted him as a disciple, outsiders saw him, and wondered if there is any unclear connection between you, Mingzhi Immortal, and Qincheng. Did those people in the sect also ask you this?"

He has always been used to being heartless, and he only does things based on his preferences. Sitting here today, he finally realized that Qin Ziyu is no longer a helpless peony on Xiaoyao Mountain. He is the Lord of Qin City. He and his wife's only adopted son, with a special status, was already eye-catching. Xu Youming took him into his family, and it was indeed easy to make people doubt his motives.

Xu Youming said calmly: "I asked, don't bother."

Le Wuyan smiled and let it go, since the trouble has already been added, but he is not guilty, anyway, Xu Youming will forgive to the end.

Above the main seat, Qin Lingshi and his wife stood up, thanked everyone for coming to join them, drank three cups with them, and officially opened the birthday banquet.

Afterwards, all the guests took turns to give birthday presents. Xu Youming gave a ten thousand-year-old deep sea dragon's demon pill. The pill is round, white and translucent, and its brilliance flows. It is a rare and great supplement for a demon cultivator. Not extravagant.

Qin Lingshi showed joy, and sincerely thanked Xu Youming and Le Wuyan, Le Wuyan smiled and said: "The city lord is very polite, I wish the city lord a prosperous journey to immortality and a long life."

Xie Shigu was just as generous, and what he gave was a top-quality elixir that is rare in the snowy regions of the North.

There were two Immortal Venerables in the lead, and although the birthday gifts offered by the others were not comparable to them, they were all good things that could be bought.

When it was the turn of Jingyin Gate, the gate master stood up, and what he sent out was beyond everyone's expectations: "Today, I present this gift together with Master Duan of the Ruyi Sect,——Tongtian River Cangzhou Waters Section, I wish the Lord of Qin the birthday , and please accept the city lord."

As soon as the words fell, the entire hall was in an uproar, and the expressions of the Diancangzong and Tianluomen became extremely ugly in an instant.

There was a lot of discussion in the hall for a while, and there were all kinds of voices.

Qin Lingshi was even taken aback for a moment, while the other four city lords had different expressions, some were excited, and some looked dignified like Qin Lingfeng.

Le Wuyan clicked his tongue, and suddenly received a private voice transmission from Venerable Yinyue: "The people from Jingyinmen also came to me yesterday, and they also proposed to send a section of Tongtian River to our Zheri Xianzhuang , so that we can reciprocate and benefit each other in the future, I was indeed a little moved, but recalling what the Immortal Venerable said earlier, I finally refused."

After hearing this, Le Wuyan winked at Xu Youming, and Xu Youming said in a deep voice, "Don't meddle in your own business."

Qin Lingshi frowned slightly when he regained his composure, but he didn't express his opinion immediately. Duan Kun of Ruyi Sect also stood up and cupped his hands, and said with a smile, "I hope City Lord Qin accepts it."

This is to drive the ducks to the shelves.

This statement not only announced that Jingyinmen and Ruyizong are a close alliance of interests, but also clearly intends to bring Qincheng on board, and in the name of a birthday ceremony, in front of a large audience, the share of Tongtianhe It was sent to Qin Cheng, even if Qin Cheng wanted to refuse it, he couldn't open his mouth.

Le Wuyan asked Venerable Yinyue via voice transmission: "Since it's a birthday gift, so what if City Lord Qin accepts it? Do you have to tie a rope with those two factions?"

Venerable Yinyue explained: "Originally Dian Cangzong, Tianluomen and Jingyinmen each occupied a section of Tongtianhe, but the master of Jingyinmen was bewitched by Duan Kun, and he previously put his sect into Half of the water area was given to Ruyizong. Cangzhou happened to be sandwiched between the waters occupied by Jingyinmen and Ruyizong, and Jingyinmen had been operating for many years. You can get away with the two factions."

Le Wuyan understood that this idea was insidious enough, tied Qin Cheng, and in the future three-on-two, and then slowly eroded the sphere of influence of Dian Cangzong and Tianluomen, Jingyinmen and Ruyizong clearly fought well abacus.

The discussions in the hall continued, all waiting for Qin Lingshi to make up his mind.

The elder of Tianluomen was impatient and couldn't restrain himself immediately, he stood up and questioned the master of Jingyinmen: "What do you mean by Jingyinmen?"

The master of Jingyinmen disdainfully said: "What's the point of me offering a birthday gift to the city lord? Elder, what do you mean by suddenly getting into trouble? Do you want to make trouble at the birthday banquet without giving Qin City lord face like this?"

The other party continued to say, and was pulled to sit down by the elder of Dian Cangzong beside him.

The head of the Jingyin Sect snorted coldly, and said to Qin Lingshi again: "Please also accept the birthday gift from me, City Lord Qin."

Qin Ziyu looked at his adoptive father with some concern, and after waiting for a while, Qin Lingshi finally spoke, saying, "Qin accepts the kindness of Jingyinmen and Ruyizong, but this birthday gift is too precious, and Qin Cheng will return it after the birthday banquet." If you want to repay the gift, I'm afraid you won't be able to get a generous gift that can be repaid, and the entire Tongtian River water in the Cangzhou waters is unnecessary, Qin has the cheek to ask the two of you to ask for a Qiongyu pond's Tianhe water."

Qiongyu Pond, the largest inner city lake in Qincheng, the Tianhe water of Qiongyu Pond, if you say more, it is nothing compared to the entire Cangzhou waters, if you say less, if you really want to buy it at the market price, it will cost several million Lingshi, the point is that if Qincheng only needs a pool of water, the plans of Jingyinmen and Ruyizong will come to nothing.

This time the problem was kicked back to their side, the master of Jingyinmen's complexion changed slightly, and he wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Duan Kun, and he saw that his smile remained unchanged, and said: "Since City Master Qin is so polite, why not?" So be it."

The master of Jingyinmen was not reconciled, Duan Kun was still smiling and didn't ask anyone to continue talking.

Qin Lingshi also smiled and said, "Then I would like to thank you both for your generous gift."

This matter seems to have been revealed just like that, even the people from Tianluomen and Diancangzong looked pale, as if they breathed a sigh of relief.

Le Wuyan felt uncomfortable when he saw the expression on Duan Kun's face. He knew that this person was clearly not giving up, and he might have other ideas. He didn't want to meddle in other things, but he was worried that this person would have Qin Cheng's idea. Little Mudan was implicated, and thinking about turning around, she still had to tell Little Mudan to remind Qin Lingshi.

Afterwards, the banquet continued, and all the monks who came to celebrate the birthday gave birthday gifts, and Qin Lingshi got up again to drink three cups with everyone.

After drinking for three rounds, Qin Lingshi took advantage of everyone's high spirits to announce a big event: "There is one thing, I just took this opportunity to inform you today that a strange phenomenon occurred in Baiyang Valley, which is under the jurisdiction of Qincheng, more than a month ago. , red clouds fell from the sky, and there was a glow in the clouds covering the valley. I didn't know what happened, so I tried to send people to let the clouds look in, but there was a universe behind it. If I expected it right, it should be a legend. half fairyland."

After saying this, everyone in the hall was silent for a moment, followed by the sound of boiling.

Everyone's expressions changed, and someone asked excitedly, "Can the city lord be sure that he is in the half-immortal realm?"

Qin Lingshi nodded: "It should be certain, the gate of the realm has not yet opened, you can follow me to Baiyang Valley tomorrow to find out first."

Now the noisy discussion became even louder, and everyone rushed to ask Qin Lingshi everything about the half-immortal realm. Qin Lingshi answered them patiently, and the other four city lords beside him helped to make supplements.

Le Wuyan was also a little surprised. The so-called half-immortal realm was not an extraordinary one, but a chaotic realm in between. There were countless Taoism and heart formulas in it, which were bestowed by gods.

For millions of years, this half-immortal realm has only appeared four or five times in the mortal world, without any omens, and without a fixed orientation. Each time it appeared, it only opened the realm gate for a short period of three years, and only 3000 monks could enter it. After comprehending Taoism, these [-] monks can all be completely reborn. Needless to say, their cultivation base is advanced, but most of the monks below the high level enter it, and most of them can directly break through a big realm within three years.

This kind of opportunity is once in a lifetime!

Except for the high-ranking monks who were still reserved, the eyes of the others even showed fanaticism, and they wished they could enter the semi-immortal realm to have a look.

The eyes of the monks looking at the people in Qincheng have also completely changed. It is self-evident what the appearance of the half-immortal realm in Qincheng means.

The last time a half-immortal realm appeared in the world was 17 years ago, in the Taiyi Immortal Sect. With this opportunity, Taiyi Immortal Sect became the head of the Immortal Sect in one fell swoop, and it has stood for tens of thousands of years since then. Now this The opportunity came to Qin Cheng.

It's just a gathering place for demon cultivators,... luck is too good!

Afterwards, the nature of this birthday banquet completely changed, and the topics all revolved around the realm of half-immortals. Everyone was bloody, and the birthday banquet lasted from noon to late at night.

The sound transmission message has already been sent back to their respective sects, and the news that the semi-immortal realm has appeared in Qincheng will spread all over the world before tomorrow.

The banquet finally came to an end around midnight, and everyone was reluctant to leave for a long time.

Xie Shigu got up lazily, opened and closed the fan in his hand, and expressed everyone's aspirations in one sentence: "Qincheng is going to have great luck."

On the way back to the bamboo forest, Le Wuyan asked Qin Ziyu: "Did City Lord Qin mention to you about the semi-immortal realm?"

Qin Ziyu explained: "No, I was also called back by my uncle yesterday afternoon, and they told me about it, because they were afraid of causing all kinds of troubles, and only a few people in Qin City knew about it. I don't want to say it, I didn't tell Xianzun and his wife."

It's nothing, Le Wuyan said: "Qincheng has a chance, I'm afraid it's really going to be a great luck, Ruyizong and Jingyinmen, no matter what purpose they have, just ignore them."

"Of course I know," Qin Ziyu said worriedly, "My adoptive father must have known it well. The half-immortal realm is too attractive. Suddenly appearing in Qincheng, my adoptive father is actually mixed.

"What's there to worry about? It's clearly a happy event." Le Wuyan said disapprovingly.

Qin Ziyu nodded, he could only hope so.

They were still parting ways at the entrance of the bamboo forest. Le Wuyan and Xu Youming walked into the forest. After they were the only ones left, Le Wuyan asked the people around him: "Qin Cheng has self-knowledge and knows that he cannot swallow the half-immortal realm alone." , so I specially chose a day like today to disclose this matter to the world, but the quota is only [-], what will happen afterwards?"

"Xuanmen Grand Competition," Xu Youming said, "Although the Beiyuan Secret Realm has disappeared, the Xuanmen Grand Competition is also an opportunity to demonstrate the strength and status of each sect, and it will not be cancelled. Since there are only [-] places, it is natural Use the same method, each according to their own ability to speak."

Le Wuyan said: "Then I have to participate, how can I let go of this good opportunity."

Xu Youming nodded: "Yes."

Le Wuyan smiled, stuck it up and hugged his arm: "What if I can't win the competition and get the quota? Can the immortal help me secretly?"

After saying that, he was ready to be rejected by Xu Youming, just teasing this person on purpose, Xu Youming turned his head and stared into his smiling eyes: "Okay."

Le Wuyan: "Really?"

Xu Youming: "Really."

Le Wuyan: "..."

Doesn't it seem strange?

He patted Xu Youming's arm: "If you treat me a little better, I will forcefully forgive you."

As for what he meant by forgiveness, there was no need to explain it clearly, Xu Youming could understand it naturally.

Xu Youming's eyes moved slightly: "Yes."