The first time I stood under this city wall was when I was a child, being carried by my master.
The second time he stood under this city wall was when he had just returned from Dayao Mountain Holy Land. At that time, his latent cultivation career had come to an end.
The third time is this time.
Time passes slowly.
Many people and things are changing.
But the city wall has not changed, and through memory, he seems to have returned to the past.
It should have been a cold city wall, but at this moment, in Xu Yishan's eyes, it was warm and could stand like this with him for a long, long time.
Originally, Xu Yishan would not come back until he reached the threshold of promotion to the heavenly level.
This is actually a tacit understanding between master and disciple.
Therefore, over the years, Xu Yishan rarely even wrote letters to his master.
In fact, if he really wants to come here, he can go directly north along the Dongshan Mountains outside the county, and then turn eastward into the Xiaoshan Mountains. The two to three thousand miles of road, even if the mountains are more difficult to travel, can definitely be reached in one day.
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And if his master wanted to go to the county town, it would be easier. Xu Yishan didn't know how fast his master could be, but he knew that when he reached the heaven level, he could "walk against the void"
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Maybe Master sets off from the state capital after breakfast and still has time to have lunch at his place?
Maybe even earlier.
But with such a "short" distance, the master and apprentice had not seen each other for more than a hundred years, and they only exchanged four letters.
These are three letters written by Xu Yishan to Master.
Master replied one.
At this moment, with slight emotion, Xu Yishan turned out to be a little timid about being close to home.
I wonder if Master's cultivation has improved, and if he has glimpsed the threshold to the second level of heaven?
I wonder if Master will be satisfied with his current situation?
It should be possible.
There is no entrance fee to enter Fucheng, but some of the smaller towns below will require some copper coins.
With a slight emotion, Xu Yishan stepped into the city.
The buildings in the city have also changed a lot, which can be considered a big change compared to a hundred years ago. Along the way, Xu Yishan has seen that more than half of the shops in his memory no longer exist and have been replaced by new ones.
However, Fucheng is in the shape of a cross, and Nanzhou Office is in the center of the cross.
After walking straight ahead along the avenue until a row of bluestones blocked the road ahead, Xu Yishan turned into a side path, then turned several times in succession and arrived in front of a courtyard gate behind the state office.
The small door of a side courtyard was closed.
Xu Yishan was about to raise his hand to knock on the door, but at this moment, the wooden door creaked open.
But Xu Yishan was stunned there.
After being stunned for a few breaths, the next moment, he bent his knees and knelt on the ground, "Master!"
Standing inside the door was also a young man, who seemed to have a certain temperament similar to Xu Yishan. Because of this, if an uninformed outsider looked at it, he would definitely think that they were a pair of brothers.
Who would have known that this pair of young men, who looked to be only about twenty years old, was a county guard and the other was a state leader.
Below the head of the country is the head of the state.
And this Lord of Nanzhou, who is sitting in Nanzhou with a heavenly body, is completely a high-ranking match.
In fact, anyone in the heavenly realm can be on an equal footing with any king in the world. At most, they are slightly inferior, but in terms of level, there is no difference between the two.
At this moment, the state leader looked at the young man kneeling on the ground in front of him, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes, but with a smile on his face he said: "Get up, get up, stand up, let me take a good look!
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After a while, in this small side courtyard, at a stone table, the master and the disciple sat opposite each other.
Xu Yishan sat very reservedly and obediently, like a few-year-old kid who is still afraid of life.
Then the person on the other side laughed and scolded him: "You brat, please sit more grandly for me. You are almost reaching the heavenly level. Who are you showing off like this? I don't appreciate your behavior as a teacher!"
"Master, I have something to report when I come back this time." Xu Yishan smiled and then said seriously.
"Even if you don't tell me, I know you have something to report." The young man opposite shook his head, "I know the talent of my disciple, it is indeed extraordinary, but your performance is not only extraordinary, it is extraordinary and becomes a saint. Could it be that you have it?"
Can the Holy Lord enlighten you?"
"Master, do you know?" Xu Yishan said blankly.
The person on the other side was even more stunned, and then said in astonishment: "What? Is there really a Holy Lord coming to Nanzhou?"
"Master, please listen to my disciple's report!" Seeing Master's reaction, Xu Yishan did not delay any more, but started to speak directly.
The story begins when a young monk named Xu Tonghui steps into Annan County.
The young man opposite had been listening quietly without interrupting Xu Yishan's narration. While listening, his expression kept changing. It was obvious that he was not at peace inside.
It can even be said that it is extremely unstable!
Because it is impossible for a heaven-level person to change his face casually and like this!
When Xu Yishan finished speaking, the other person was still silent and didn't speak for a long time.
After a long time, the other person spoke slowly: "Yishan, even if you don't come back this time, I plan to send someone to send you a letter soon to ask you to come back, because I also have news to tell you.
you."
Xu Yishan didn't ask, just looked at the teacher.
"You also know that my teacher has some relationship with the person in the imperial capital, and recently, my teacher got a piece of news."
"It was originally expected that the competition for the places in the Ascension Hall that would start about eighty years later would be gradually determined within twenty years." The young man opposite said.
Xu Yishan was greatly surprised, even shocked, "Master, why?"
"It is said that this was jointly decided by several saints. As for the specific reason, I don't know." The young man shook his head, "I originally thought that you would have no chance this time, and I wanted you to come back just to tell you.
, don’t think too much, just practice quietly and wait for the next opportunity.”
"I didn't expect that a big accident would happen here."
Xu Yishan pondered, but in fact, since he knew nothing about the upper level information, he had nothing to ask, so after a pause, he said: "Master, do you know who the saint from Annan is?"
Respect?"
Hearing this, the person on the other side glared directly, "That guy from Annan, that's your master too!"
After a pause, he continued: "Could it be that in the future, when you mention me in front of that person, you will also say 'the one from Nanzhou'?"
Xu Yishan shrank his neck and said with an apologetic smile: "How dare you, disciple! No matter it is the master or the holy master, the disciple cannot afford to offend him. Even though both of them are masters, the disciple doesn't know what to call him for a while."
"That's easy. From now on, just call me teacher or that master." The young man opposite said calmly.
"Master!" Xu Yishan said as if he was aggrieved.
"Why, as a saint, you are not worthy of calling me master?" The young man opposite glared at Xu Yishan again, "You brat don't know how big your destiny is. It was your destiny when I accepted you as a disciple.
Yes, but why didn’t I know that even the Holy Lord can look at you?”
"Of course it's because Master has a unique insight, and he saw my way at a glance.
"That's really not true!" The young man opposite shook his head:
"I accepted a member of the Xu family as a disciple because I had a close relationship with an ancestor of your Xu family. However, he failed to achieve the heavenly level, so he kicked his legs early."
"I passed by your Xu family back then, and on a whim, I had the idea of recruiting a disciple. It happened that the first thing I saw was you playing at the door, so it was you."
Xu Yishan was a little stunned when he heard this, "Master, is this the reason?"
"Isn't this reason important?" There was a smile in the young man's eyes, "I just happened to have the idea of accepting a disciple, and you just happened to let me see, what is this? This is the way of luck."
"It is both your destiny and your teacher's destiny."
After a pause, the young man opposite became serious and changed the topic:
"That one from Annan, I don't know which saint he is as a teacher."
"They exist like that, and wherever they go with their thoughts, they go wherever they go. Even if they are in Nanzhou today, it would not be surprising to suddenly go to Beizhou tomorrow."
"As for the reason why he accepted you as his disciple, neither you nor I need to make any unnecessary guesses. You just need to know that this is your destiny and destiny. Maybe in the future, my teacher will need to rely on you to pull me up."
There’s a handful.”
"Master, that little Qi Condensing Powder..." Xu Yishan said.
The young man opposite stretched out his hand to stop him from continuing, "This matter is too important, so don't tell me."
But the next moment, Xu Yishan reached out and took out a wooden box from his arms.
"Master, please rest assured. Without the instructions of the Holy Lord and Master, I will not tell you the formula of Xiao Ning Qi Powder, nor will I prepare Xiao Ning Qi Powder on my own under any circumstances."
Xu Yishan said, after a pause, he lowered his head slightly and said:
"But this small grain of Qi Condensation Powder belongs to the disciple himself, and I want to dedicate it to you."