The saint Ruan Qiong, who had disappeared for a long time, finally returned home. He first went to the shop on the bank of Longxu River and met his disciple Xu Xiaoqiao. Then before going to Shenxiu Mountain, the main mountain of Longquan Sword Sect, he first vassalized the two ends to the Immortal Family Mansion in Dashan to the west, but...
The unruly spirit was casually thrown out of the realm. Ruan Qiong then returned to the top of his mountain. The twelve disciples who were recruited after Dong Gu and Xu Xiaoqiao were called together by the second senior brother Dong Gu and asked them to use their swords one by one to perform martial arts.
Ruan Qiong remained expressionless and did not instruct these registered disciples on any specific sword skills. He sat on a bench. After reading, he got up and went to forge iron swords. This group of originally high-spirited registered disciples were all uneasy.
The senior sister who likes to wear blue clothes did not show up from beginning to end.
Fourth senior brother Xie Ling was present. He sighed and returned to his house to continue practicing.
As soon as Ruan Qiong showed up, people kept rushing to Longquan Sword Sect, hoping to be favored by the Immortal Family with the title of this sect.
There were young disciples who were escorted by the noble families of Dali, young men and girls who came alone, and many wild cultivators from Shanze who hoped to be worshiped by the guests on the mountain.
A mixed bag.
This made Dong Gu, Ruan Qiong's nominal disciple, a little troubled.
Dong Gu not only has to be the half-teaching master to the twelve juniors of the same sect who have not yet recorded the genealogy of the ancestral hall, but also has to take care of the affairs of the sect, not to mention the twelve people in Longquan Sword Sect.
They have been practicing for a while, and they all have a pretty good idea of ​​their aptitudes and talents, and their human nature is gradually revealed. Some people think that their talent in sword practice is not as good as others, so they are distracted by interpersonal relationships, and some people practice hard but can't achieve it.
There are those who are making slow progress in swordsmanship. There are those who are respectful and humble on the mountain, but like to consider themselves disciples of the Sword Sect when they come down. There is also the innate sword embryo whose realm is advancing rapidly and is far superior to his peers. He has privately requested Dong Gu to learn more.
Men Fengxue Temple's superior swordsmanship.
As for those Xianjia sects who built mansions in the mountains to the west, most of them visited Shenxiu Mountain. Naturally, they still need Dong Gu to come forward to deal with the relationship. This is a very energy-consuming and time-consuming thing. Senior sister Ruan Xiu will definitely not pay attention to it, and junior sister Xu Xiaoqiao
Xie Ling has a cold temperament and doesn't like socializing by nature. Naturally, Xie Ling is even less willing to smile and say nice things to others.
If Longquan Sword Sect didn't have to work hard on money matters, Dong Gu would have regretted it, and took the initiative to pray to his master Ruan Qiong for the opening of the peak, and then he would go into seclusion and practice in good faith. He must have Nascent Soul within a hundred years, this is what Dong Gu gave him
A rule he made. After all, unlike Xu Xiaoqiao, who had been one of the Fengxue Temple sword cultivators early on, Dong Gu was not a sword cultivator even though he was the founding disciple in the Longquan Sword Clan's genealogy. This was actually a very against the rules.
Ruan Qiong didn't mind, but Dong Gu felt extremely guilty about this, so Dong Gu thought of the stupidest way, if he wasn't a swordsman, he would use his realm to make up for it.
As for his junior brother Xie Ling, he has given birth to a natal flying sword, which is now being warmed up. Not only that, the ancestor of the Xie family, Xie Shi, the Tianjun of Luzhou in Beiju who showed his style of suppressing a continent by one man, has successively presented this flying sword to his younger brother Xie Ling.
A descendant of Taoye Alley, there are two treasures on the mountain. One is a relic of the Beiju Luzhou Sword Immortal that Xie Ling refined into a natal object. It is called "Taoye". It is a natal flying sword that the sword immortal left in the world after he was defeated.
, although it is not counted as Xie Ling's natal flying sword, once it is refined into a natal object, the power of the relics of the Sword Immortal can be imagined.
There is also a sword-raising gourd named "Full Moon", which is of extremely high quality.
Dong Gu knew very well that in the eyes of his junior brother Xie Ling, he was not a senior brother at all. It was not that Xie Ling relied on his family background to be arrogant and domineering. On the contrary, on Dong Gu's side, Xie Ling was not disrespectful at all to Dong Gu.
There is no slightest disdain for his status. Xie Ling can help him on weekdays and never shirks it. During the critical period of Dong Gu's cultivation after he reaches the Golden Core Realm, Xie Ling will take the initiative to teach swordsmanship on his behalf. This elder sister of Xie Ling,
You can't find any flaws.
It's just that Xie Linggengu's opportunity was too good. On the mountain, he only had Ruan Xiu in his eyes. At the bottom of the mountain, Xie Ling only had eyes for a handful of young people, including Ma Kuxuan.
When you reach the realm of Dong Gu Xie Ling, the food on the mountain no longer consists of whole grains. Most of them follow the recipes carefully compiled by hundreds of Chinese herbalists to prepare three meals a day. This actually costs a lot of money.
It's just that the Longquan Sword Sect has a large family fortune and few disciples. Ruan Qiong is also the first-class worshiper of the Dali Dynasty, and he can receive a large amount of immortal master salary from the court every year. As for Dong Gu, because he is in the Jindan realm,
In the early years, I walked through Shujian Lake again, and without doing much, I earned a lot of credit for nothing. Afterwards, I got a Taiping No Matter Plaque issued by the Ministry of Punishment, and it is still hanging at Dali Niangan Lang's place.
He has a good name, so he also has a considerable official salary.
Ruan Qiong left the sword furnace that day, cooked a table of food himself, and called Dong Gu alone.
As soon as Dong Gu looked at the popular dishes on the table, he knew that the senior sister would definitely be there.
As expected, Ruan Xiu quickly entered the room, served himself a meal, and sat next to Ruan Qiong. Dong Gu, of course, had his back to the door, sitting opposite his master Ruan Qiong.
"Eat slowly, no one will compete with you."
Ruan Qiong naturally put a chopstick of braised pork into his daughter's bowl, and then said to Dong Gu: "I heard that the original county governor Wu Yuan was transferred out of Xinzhou?"
Dong Gu immediately put down his chopsticks and said respectfully: "After Longquan County was promoted to Longzhou, this disciple of the Imperial Preceptor did not follow the steps and become the governor of Longzhou. Instead, he was transferred to the territory of the original Zhu Ying Dynasty south of Guanhu Academy.
, and continue to serve as the county governor near the foot of the Great Li Xinzhong Mountain."
Everyone guessed that Wu Yuan had high hopes from the Imperial Guard and came here to take the lead in expanding the territory. He never expected to be squeezed out by the four major surnames and ten major clans in the small town and suffered a lot of humiliation. Although he was later promoted from county magistrate to county magistrate.
However, the Imperial Master had long been dissatisfied, so Wu Yuan, who actually had no merit but hard work, was demoted to a foreign country this time.
Longquan County was promoted to Longzhou, covering a vast area, and administered four counties: Celadon, Baoxi, Sanjiang and Xianghuo.
The town still belongs to Huaihuang County.
Magistrate Yuan has now been promoted to the position of Sheriff of Celadon County. Long Kiln Supervisor Cao Duzao still has his original official position. However, the Ministry of Rites has quietly revised the official rank of the Supervisor to be equivalent to that of a county magistrate. Therefore, the two are promoted.
The young men with the surname Zhu Guo were all promoted, but one was in the public eye and the other was not famous.
The governor of Longzhou was an outsider in the officialdom of Da Li. He came from the vassal state of Huang Ting. His name was Wei Li. He was from the Han tribe. In Huang Ting State, his official rank was only a small county guard of the fourth rank. However, when he arrived in Da Li, he became a veritable official of the frontier.
This surprised the Dali Temple. Afterwards, rumors spread in the capital. It was said that the candidate was hand-picked by the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel of Dali, so there was no dispute. Such an unusual move to promote a vassal official to the position of a local minister in Dali was not in line with etiquette.
System? Anyway, His Majesty the Emperor didn't say anything, and the Ministry of Rites didn't make any fuss. Who dared to fool around and really thought that Mr. Guan was a vegetarian? There were not many Dali officials who could argue with Cui Guoshi and win.
In addition to the changes in officialdom, the three city gods in the prefecture and county have also been determined. The two city gods in the county and county are local heroes recommended by the two neighboring states. Although they have been recorded in the Dali Ministry of Rites for a long time, they are the Confucian temples, city gods and gods in various places.
They are candidates for the gods of mountains and rivers, but under normal circumstances, they are destined not to have a good position for them. This time they were inexplicably appointed as the city god under the jurisdiction of Longzhou, which is an enviable job.
As the highest-ranking first city god of Longzhou, the revelation of this city god also caused a lot of commotion in the officialdom of Dali. Many important officials in the central government were watching the joke of Yuan and Cao, the two major states of Shangzhu.
Because Zhouchenghuang was not the candidate recommended by the two major surnames, but Xiuhua, a small temple and a small land called Mantou Mountain at the intersection of the two rivers in Chongdan.
Ruan Qiong said slowly: "It may not be a bad thing for Wu Yuan to stay away from the mainland of Dali."
Dong Gu didn't know much about the inside story of Dali Temple, so he didn't dare to say anything.
However, Dong Gu still felt a little regretful about Wu Yuan's departure, because the young prefect was very good at conducting himself, and Dong Gu admired the way he dealt with the Longquan Sword Sect.
Fortunately, he served as the new county governor of Baoxi County. His name was Fu Yu. He was the first assistant officer who followed Wu Yuan to enter the small town and county government.
Only then did he discover to his surprise that this Governor Fu turned out to be the eldest son of the Fu family, a powerful family in the Great Li Dynasty.
After Fu Yu was promoted to the governor of Baoxi County, he quickly visited the Longquan Sword Sect, and Dong Gu had a pleasant conversation with him, which was considered a good thing.
Ruan Qiong said: "From now on, don't worry about the reception and delivery here on the mountain. As long as you don't turn down this kind of thing, you will be busy for the rest of your life. How can you practice? The foundation of Longquan Sword Sect is not that.
Know how to be a human being."
Ruan Qiong glanced at Dong Gu, who was a little trembling, probably because he mistakenly thought that he was not satisfied with his disciple.
Ruan Qiong rarely had a smile on his face, "I accept you as a disciple, not to ask you to do odd jobs. Cultivation matters are divided up and down the mountain. You are now considered a half-stick man. Every time you encounter a small bottleneck here at the top of the mountain, you don't have to go there."
I was wasting my time on the mountain, so I took this opportunity to go out and practice. I usually took the initiative to exchange letters with the Punishment Department of Dali. Now that the world is in chaos in Aquarius Continent, after you come down from the mountain, you might be able to bring a few disciples back. Next time, you can communicate with the Punishment Department.
We agreed to go to the Ganzhou mountain border first, and anyway, you still need to win over the relationship with Fengxue Temple."
Dong Gu felt relieved and nodded.
My heart is full of gratitude to this master.
The few words the master said were not only to relieve him of pressure, but also had profound preaching meaning. More importantly, they were a disguised way of gaining recognition from the monks of Fengxue Temple.
Ruan Qiong suddenly picked up the chopsticks and swatted away the chopsticks that his daughter was trying to reach for the last piece of braised pork, "Leave some for Dong Gu."
Ruan Xiu had already filled up an unknown number of bowls of rice.
Dong Gu didn't dare to laugh.
Ruan Qiong said to Dong Gu: "What do you think of the twelve named disciples?"
Dong Gu then described the talents and temperaments of the twelve people one by one.
Ruan Qiong looked at his daughter.
Ruan Xiugang picked up a large piece of food with chopsticks, shook it slightly, and picked up less food.
Ruan Qiong looked at the dish that was almost bottomed out and simply pushed the dish in front of her.
Ruan Xiu smiled and asked, "Dad, why don't you drink today?"
Ruan Qiong shook his head and suddenly said: "From now on, when you go to Longji Mountain to practice cultivation, just remember not to conflict with the monks of Zhenwu Mountain. And no matter what strange things happen to you, don't be surprised. Dad knows it well."
Ruan Xiu nodded.
Ruan Qiong asked some more about Da Li's current situation.
The Longquan Sword Sect possesses the most detailed landscape report of Aquarius Continent, which was personally formulated by the Dali imperial court and regularly sent to Piyun Mountain and Shenxiu Mountain in Longquan County.
Ruan Qiong said for no reason: "Actually, the disciple I wanted to recruit most back then was Liu Xianyang."
Dong Gu had heard of this man.
To be continued...