Ri Min pursed her lips, gently nodded, and said, “Actually, I’m not very clear, it’s just that, recently, the three old ancestors of the Ri family, at the same time, came out of the gate, to receive the honourable guests from the Ministry of Military Affairs, and in the family, it caused quite a shock.”
“It wasn’t until last night, when I went to pay my respects to one of the old ancestors, that I learnt of the news that the top ten experts had come to Qingli County.”
A rather skinny Ru Dao student hurriedly asked, “Which ten experts are they, they should all be great men of great prestige, right?”
Li-Min shook her head and said, “Big shots of that level are simply not something I can come into contact with, so how could I possibly know who they are?”
All the trainees revealed a disappointed look, but it was expected of them.
After all, the experts that Ten Thousand Trillion had personally selected were all at least Half-Saints.
The old ancestor of their family was only a Half Saint. With their status, it wasn’t an easy task to see their old ancestor, let alone the top ten experts of the Ministry of Military Affairs.
Li-Min’s pair of watery eyes, dripped and hesitated before saying, “I heard a clan uncle talk about something, and I don’t know if it’s true or not.”?”Who cares if it’s true or not, you say it first.”
“Right! Even if it’s just gossip, it’s better than no news at all.”
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She pursed her rosy little mouth once again and said, “It is said that the top ten experts, all of them were selected from the Yuanfu’s military camp, and Sword Emptiness and Wind Bird are two of them.”
Hearing these two names, all of the Ru Dao students present, all of them sucked in a breath of cool air.
“Sword Empyrean Son is my idol, it is said that he has already cultivated Sword Three to the realm of great perfection. Three years ago, he fought against the Blood Dragon Hall Master and won. In the thirty-six counties of Yuanfu, there are by no means more than ten cultivators under a Saint who can defeat him.”A Confucian Dao student with a jade sword on his waist said with great excitement.
Ri Min only smiled faintly, and in her mind, a heroic figure emerged, and her clear face revealed an expression of adoration and admiration.
Although Sword Empty Son was also a great man who had shaken the Yuanfu, but, compared to that person, he was dim and lost in colour.
“Zhang Ruochen is quite a legend, to the extent that he was able to attract such mighty figures as Sword Empty Son and Wind Bird to join forces against him.”
“The title of Time and Space Successor is a legend. It is said that he is only in his twenties, about the same age as us, so I really don’t know how he is cultivating, how can he already be able to call the shots with a Half Saint?”
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Hearing the talk of the Confucian students, Zhang Ruochen still learnt quite a lot of useful information.
Since, Wan Zhaoyi was in Qingli County, he had to be more careful and cautious.
Regarding Wan Zhaoyi, Zhang Ruochen had an extremely deep impression that this person was by no means a generalist. Once he set his sights on him, even if Zhang Ruochen was in possession of a holy decree, he was afraid that it would be very difficult to escape.
When Zhang Ruochen decided to stop hiding his identity, he had, in fact, already anticipated that the road ahead would be very difficult. Every step was like treading on thin ice, and the slightest mistake would lead to the end of everything.
Those Confucian Dao students, successively left.
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze, locked onto the young girl called Li-Min, followed.
Based on the earlier conversations of the few Confucian Dao trainees, Zhang Ruochen roughly learnt a few things. For example, the Lai Family was a Half-Saint Family, and in Qingli County, it could be considered one of the most powerful forces.
It was because of this reason that five of the Ten Great Masters, who came to Qingli County, were received by the Li Family. At the same time, it could also be seen that the supreme status of the Li Family.
For Li Min to be able to be called the spiritual genius of the Li Family, her spiritual power was naturally not weak, although, she was only 16 or 17 years old, she had already reached the 30th rank.
Thus, Zhang Ruochen had only not followed her for long before she noticed.
Of course, that was also because, Zhang Ruochen didn’t deliberately restrain his aura, nor did he intend to conceal himself from her. Otherwise, with her mental strength, how could she have detected Zhang Ruochen?
Li-Min didn’t panic, but only quickened her pace.
Zhang Ruochen stared at the slender figure in front of him and secretly smiled, “Alertness is still quite strong.”
No longer continuing to follow, Zhang Ruochen’s figure flickered and appeared in front of Lai Min, blocking her path.
Ri Min was quite intelligent, knowing that she was no match for the other party and couldn’t escape at all, thus, she immediately screamed and shouted for help, as if Zhang Ruochen was molesting her.
This move of hers, although simple, was the most practical.
After all, it was now in the County City, and the screams of a young girl with a beautiful appearance were enough to draw many cultivators over. As long as someone recognised that she was the proud daughter of the Li Family, then, they would definitely come to their rescue.
Only, her screams were of no use. Those cultivators on the street seemed to not be able to hear her at all, appearing rather bizarre.
Obviously standing in the middle of the street with a stream of people, it was as if she was in another time and space, and no one was able to see her.
No.
Someone was able to see her.
“Don’t be so scared, I just have a question I want to ask you.”Zhang Ruochen said.
Ri Min tightly tugged on the scroll, her fingers turning a little white, her voice trembling, “What in the world do you …… you want to …… want?”
Although she was very smart, but, after all, she was just a young girl who had never experienced such a bizarre thing. It could be said that she was now completely screaming for help, so how could she not be afraid?
Moreover, in her perception, any man who tailed a young maiden was not a good person, either a lewd uncle or a perverted devil.
Obviously, Zhang Ruochen was now equated with a lewd uncle and a perverted devil.
Zhang Ruochen was very patient and said, “I have just said that I just want to ask you a question.”
“What did you just say?”Li-Min’s mind went blank, unable to remember anything at all, only wanting to immediately escape from the perverted demon’s control.
Zhang Ruochen furrowed his brows, really a bit curious, he hadn’t done anything excessive, so how did he scare a mental power genius girl silly?
Without further ado, Zhang Ruochen directly inquired, saying, ”Earlier, I heard you talk about how Ten Thousand Trillion Trillions had come to Yuanfu in relation to the Underworld Sword Graveyard and the Immortal Blood Race. Can you tell me what exactly is going on?”
“I didn’t say that.”
Li-Min shook her head vigorously, not admitting it at all.
Zhang Ruochen’s brows, wrinkled even deeper as he said, “Earlier, I heard your conversation with those Ruodao trainees very clearly.”
Not only did he tail her, he even eavesdropped on her.
Ri Min was even more certain that this person in front of her, must be a perverted maniac, and quite lewd, anyway …… definitely not a good person.
Ri Min revealed a pitiful look and begged, “Uncle, I really didn’t say that, you must believe me, it has nothing to do with me, it must be that you misheard me!”
“Uncle?”Zhang Ruochen said.
Originally, Zhang Ruochen had wanted to ask for some news about the Underworld Sword Graveyard from Li-Min’s mouth, but he didn’t expect that he would be treated as an unsuspecting and lewd uncle by her.
Now it seemed impossible, to ask anything of value from her mouth. Zhang Ruochen could not put his sword on Ri Min’s neck and coerce her, to have to answer his questions.
If he did that, what difference was there between him and a lewd uncle?
Zhang Ruochen dispersed the Spatial Domain and said to her, “Go away!”
Li-Min regained her freedom and immediately twirled the hem of her Confucian robe with a pair of small hands, running forwards at a fast pace, like a rabbit whose tail had been stepped on.
“There is definitely something wrong with the Lai Family, if it’s not related to the Underworld Sword Graveyard, it’s definitely related to the Immortal Blood Clan.”Zhang Ruochen stared at Lai Min’s departing figure, his eyes narrowing into a slit.
After nightfall, the county city was still bustling with traffic.
There was a rather wide river in the city, and both sides of the large river were filled with gorgeous buildings. The sounds of zither and songs and dances, accompanied by the laughter of men and women, came out from the pavilions and echoed on the water.
There was a gathering place for talented men and women, talking about poetry and songs as well as discussing some of the difficulties encountered in the cultivation of the Sacred Dao.
On the surface of the water, there was a bright spirit lamp suspended as if the sky was full of stars, illuminating the dark night sky in a rather dreamy manner.
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen stood underneath a willow on the shore, holding a purple spirit lamp in his hand.
“I hope that I can meet the receiver of the Underworld Sword Mound.”
Zhang Ruochen condensed a sword intent, gathered it into his fingertips, and struck it into the spirit lamp.
The purple spirit lamp, immediately flew out.
It was strange to say that on the surface of the river, there were thousands of spirit lamps, but only the one Zhang Ruochen released was purple.
The purple spirit lamp flew higher and higher, soon surpassing the other spirit lamps and flying above the clouds.
……
On the west side of the great river, on top of a five-storey high pavilion.
An old man with a withered figure sat on the ground, wearing a spotless Confucian robe.
Ri Min knelt in front of the old man, still having palpitations in her heart, recounting her earlier horrifying encounter, saying, “Old ancestor, you don’t know, that person is really quite obscene, not only did he secretly follow me, but he also eavesdropped on my conversations with other people, exactly like the perverted maniacs recorded in the books.”
The old man laughed and said, “Based on your description, that perverted maniacal devil, I’m afraid that he is a rather powerful character, or at least has cultivated his own domain. You are already quite lucky to be able to retreat in one piece.”
Right at this moment, the smile on the old man’s face withdrew as he sensed something and stood up, looking out into the night sky. Only to see a purple spirit lamp, flying higher and higher, soon passing through the clouds.
“There is a Sword Saint approaching, Min’er, go and receive and welcome that senior over, remember to be respectful to the senior. The six great Sword Saints are all honoured guests of our Prison Suppression Clan, they must not be offended.”The old man gave an explanation.
The old man’s identity was unusual, and in the county city, he had a great prestige, thus, he was not able to personally appear, and had to send Ri Min over to receive and welcome the Sword Saints’ honourable guests.
Ri Min was also quite excited, her little heart was beating straight, in her opinion, every Sword Saint was a legend. In her opinion, every Sword Saint is a legend. I don’t know, which Sword Saint has come to Qingli County?
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