After all the sacrifices have been made to speed pass, who is still practicing hard skills?

"Has the calamity of temperament come?"

Standing there, Jiang Che couldn't help but mutter to himself, because two full hours had passed since he sealed his own cultivation, and he thought that the calamity of temperament decline would come quickly.

But he waited there for a long time and there was still no change.

He did not have any strange ideas of destroying the world or saving the world. It seemed that he was still himself, with no changes from before he went through the tribulation.

After waiting for a long time, Jiang Che still didn't notice anything unusual. He pondered for a moment and decided to go out for a walk to see what would happen next.

Jiang Che did it as soon as he thought of it. He did it without any hesitation. He changed his clothes immediately and then straightened his robe. After experiencing the decline of his lifespan, every aspect of him seemed extraordinary.

Even though he has no cultivation, from a distance he still looks like the reincarnation of a banished immortal.

Of course, in order to better transform into a mortal, he had even changed his own appearance before, and sealed it with magic power, so that even people who were familiar with him would find it difficult to recognize him.

According to the Immortal Venerable Tianzang, when his transformation into a mortal is completed and his calamity of decline is over, his appearance will relax and return to normal, which can be regarded as an alternative reminder.

After leaving Jinyuan Temple, Jiang Che walked aimlessly towards Taishan City. He slept peacefully in the city for a night, but there was still no change in him. He shook his head and walked towards a Taoist temple outside the city.

That was the burial place of Mrs. Zhu. It had been several years since he last saw her, but her voice, appearance and smile were already clearly remembered in his mind.

This time, it is not for commemoration, but just to meet an old friend. Since we are here by chance and have nothing to do, we should sweep the grave and burn some paper.
After walking for more than ten miles, Jiang Che climbed up the mountain and passed by a Taoist temple, but he did not go in. He just walked around it. Compared with a few years ago, there was still no change here.

A moment later, Jiang Che arrived at Mrs. Zhu's grave.

The grave was overgrown with weeds, as if it had not been tended for a long time. Jiang Che thought about it and went forward to start cleaning. A quarter of an hour later, Jiang Che sat beside the tombstone, sipping the ordinary wine he bought down the mountain.

Beside me, yellow paper and green smoke rose up.

Silence, stillness.

In fact, Jiang Che was prepared to speak his mind, but when he arrived, he found that he couldn't say anything, as if he had already said everything last time.

He just sipped his tea in silence, recalling the scenes since he had traveled through time.

After a long time.

Jiang Che stood up and poured the remaining wine aside.

"Do you know my mother?"

Suddenly, without any perception, a slightly cold voice slowly sounded beside him. Jiang Che turned his head and saw Zhu Qingqing staring at him with vigilance and suspicion.

Compared to a few years ago, Zhu Qingqing's cultivation seems to be higher now, and even her temperament is different. In the outside world, she can definitely be called a fairy.

"I didn't recognize her. I just happened to pass by here and saw the overgrown weeds, so I cleaned it up and rested here for a while. I didn't expect that it was your mother. Please don't blame me, Taoist priest."

Seeing that the other party did not recognize his true identity, Jiang Che simply did not admit his identity.

Zhu Qingqing looked at it carefully for a moment and nodded slightly:
"I see. I was out practicing before, so the weeds grew. Thank you very much."

In fact, Zhu Qingqing had already arrived before, but did not show up. Instead, she was observing in secret. As a result, she did not hear any useful information. When she saw the other party was about to leave, she called out to stop him.

"It's just a small favor. I won't bother you any more. Goodbye."

Jiang Che bowed.

Looking at the figure going further and further away in front of her, Zhu Qingqing couldn't help but frowning. The more she looked, the more familiar she felt that the man looked, but she couldn't remember where she had seen him.

In the end, I had no choice but to give up.

After leaving the Taoist temple, Jiang Che headed straight towards Yanggu County. Before, in front of Madam Zhu's tomb, he thought a lot, but the more he thought, the more he recalled the previous scenes.

This made him unable to help but have an idea: should he visit all the places he had been to?
At the moment, he was in the process of transcending tribulation and had nothing to do. Now that he had a goal, he naturally would not suppress it. He just did whatever he wanted. Therefore, Jiang Che's first stop was the original Feng Camp base.

Here, he traveled to this world, and it was also here that he awakened the Heavenly Sacrifice Monument. However, compared to the past, this place had long been deserted, and only from some vague traces could one see that there had once been an army stationed here.

Jiang Che stayed at the Fengzi Camp garrison for several days before heading to Yanggu County. As the birthplace of the Great Qian Emperor, this place had already prospered a long time ago, and in terms of prosperity, it was even not inferior to some provincial capitals.

But along with the prosperity, many traces of the past had also disappeared, which made Jiang Che a little disappointed.

Go round and round.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a year has passed.

During the past six months, Jiang Che traveled all over Tai'an Prefecture and went to Yuezhou City. In Yuezhou, he witnessed many scenes in the martial arts world. At the same time, he unexpectedly made the acquaintance of a very interesting friend.

Her name was Xu Ling'er, she was nineteen years old, had good talents and beautiful appearance. She sneaked out of the house because her elders wanted to marry her to an official in Yuezhou City as a concubine.

I got to know him very cleverly during my travels.

But in the past few days, Jiang Che found that the girl beside him seemed to be a little depressed, as if she had encountered something, and there was even a hint of a desire for him to question her.

But Jiang Che always pretended not to care, and remained unmoved no matter how the other party behaved.

"Hey, don't you want to ask me what happened?" In the carriage, Xu Linger gently pushed Jiang Che and pouted, seeming a little unhappy.

Jiang Che glanced at her and said seriously:
"First of all, my name is not Hello. I have a name. Secondly, if you want to talk, I can listen. If you don't want to talk, I don't want to ask too much about your private affairs."

"It's boring. It's been several months, and you haven't told me where you came from or where you're going. You don't take me around every day." Xu Linger sighed, then held her chin with her hand and said in a low voice:

"Something happened at home."

"what's up?"

"Because I ran away from my marriage, my family was oppressed. Our business was located in the county town we just passed through. I vaguely heard that my father became ill due to being so angry.

Tell me, have I really gone too far this time?"

"Want to hear the truth or lies?"

"The truth."

"The truth is, you got the family's wealth, so you should contribute to the family, but you just walked away, causing shame to the family and offending the noble in the state capital. You are indeed guilty of a serious crime."

"Oh"

"But this is understandable. Didn't you say that the man you are going to marry is a man in his forties with many wives and concubines? He is obviously not a good person, so it is normal for him to run away."

Jiang Che changed the subject.

"Then what do you think I should do?"

"I do not know either."

Xu Linger stared at Jiang Che's profile and was silent for a few breaths:
"Brother Ji Bochang, do you like me?"

"what???"

Jiang Che was stunned on the spot.

Looking at the other person's expression, Xu Ling'er felt even more sad:

"Forget it, I'll just get married. Brother Ji, if you have nothing to do, please send me to Yuezhou City. After this, we may never see each other again."

"Have you thought about it?"

"What else can I do? My family is in this state now. If I really don't go back, our family will be finished. I'll just spend the rest of my life in hell." Xu Linger said in a low voice.

"Then let's go. We've known each other for a few months. I borrowed a lot of money from you. I'll give you a ride as travel expenses."

"it is good."

"Brother Ji, you never told me where you are from?"

"I am from Tai'an Prefecture."

"So where are you going?"

"I don't know, I'll just go wherever I want." "Then how can I find you if I want to?"

"You're getting ready to get married, but you're still planning on looking for me?"

"What if that guy dies someday? I will come find you then. If you marry me, I will marry you. If you don't, we can just be friends. I don't have many friends anyway."

"That's a good plan, girl. Let me make it clear that I won't accept other people's offers."

"Brother Ji, I see you have never practiced martial arts, do you not like it or?"

'No talent'

"Oh"

"Brother Ji, if I do that with you secretly, will we be discovered after we get married?"

"Calm down, girl. I'm not into women."

"no?"

"Okay, but I don't want to!"

“That still doesn’t work.”

After more than a month's journey, Jiang Che finally drove the carriage back to Yuezhou City with Xu Ling'er. Xu Ling'er looked at the plaque at the city gate in a daze, and was silent for a moment.

It was not until they were almost home that she pushed Jiang Che:
"Brother Ji, please go back, or my family will cause you trouble."

"Won't you treat me to a wedding drink?"

"Stop talking about it. I don't think that's a wedding wine."

"Hehehe"

"Stop laughing, and leave now. This is all my wealth. I also left you a cultivation method. You can try to cultivate it in the future. In this world, strength is everything.

If I had the power of a Grandmaster, I wouldn't have to compromise."

"It's too late. Those are your family members, right?"

Jiang Che pointed at the group of warriors rushing towards him and asked.

"Hiss, run quickly."

"Run? Where to run? Good boy, it was you who kidnapped Ling'er, I will kill you!" The furious head of the Xu family was ready to attack Jiang Che as soon as he disagreed with her.

But Xu Linger blocked him and shouted:

"Don't touch him. If you do, I'd rather kill myself than marry!"

"you"

The palm of the Xu family patriarch stopped three inches above Xu Linger's head. The cold wind messed up her hair, making her look extremely desolate.

"Dad, he didn't take me away. I wanted to leave on my own. He was just a friend I met on the way. He made a special trip to send me back. Please don't hurt him."

"You still know how to come back?!"

"Dad, I know I was wrong."

The head of the Xu family opened his mouth and wanted to scold her, but looking at his daughter's appearance, he couldn't open his mouth after all. He just sighed:
"Ling'er, Dad can't do anything about it."

"I know, so I'm back."

"It's good that you're back. That master is in our house. If you don't come back, our family will really be finished. If you go there now, there may be room for recovery.

Dad is sorry for you, but for the sake of the family, you must make sacrifices. "

"Yeah, I know." Xu Ling'er nodded.

"Little brother, go away and don't come to see her again. I will just pretend that I have never seen you." The head of the Xu family looked at Jiang Che and threw a piece of Yuan Crystal to him.

Looking at Xu Ling'er who looked gloomy, Jiang Che smiled:

"Ling'er and I are friends, can you stay and have a drink at the wedding?"

"you"

"Dad, I only have this one friend. Let's invite him to have a drink at the wedding."

Xu Linger raised her head and said.

"Then come with me, but don't think about being a hero saving a beautiful girl. The person our family offended is not an ordinary person, but a real big shot in Yuezhou City.

It is said that he has connections with the gods and even has friendships with some immortals in the Immortal City."

Father Xu warned in a deep voice.

"I see."

Jiang Che nodded with a smile.

Although he had no romantic feelings for Xu Linger, they shared similar interests, so he would naturally not refuse if he could help. Although his cultivation was restricted at the moment, he had to know that he was always followed by the Ancient Emperor Tianming.

He really wanted to see who this big shot was who forced the Xu family to sell their daughter.

This feeling of going on a secret visit and pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger also made him look forward to it. He just regarded it as a small episode on the road to becoming a mortal.

Following the head of the Xu family into the mansion, at this moment, one can clearly sense that the atmosphere in the Xu family is very depressing. Official guards can be seen everywhere at the door and inside the mansion, and the scene is very grand.

But Xu Linger's expression became increasingly gloomy, as if she had lost all her luster.

Jiang Che glanced at her and comforted her:
"Don't be afraid."

"I'm not scared, but I don't know how to explain some of it."

"Okay, stop talking too much. Ling'er, come with me. As for you..." Father Xu paused, looking at his daughter with eager eyes, and sighed:

"You can go in too, but don't say anything you shouldn't. Our Xu family can't afford to offend that master. If trouble comes, hundreds of people in the Xu family may die."

"Don't worry, I understand."

Jiang Che nodded.

then.

Father Xu led the two into the lobby, and several voices were heard among the whispers, most of which were complimenting:
"My Lord, Ling'er has returned. This time she is here to prepare for the wedding. Do you think we can get over the previous incident?"

"My Lord, you are so magnanimous. Please forgive the Xu family."

"Master Hou."

"Who do you think I am? You leave when I say so, and come when I say so. Are you kidding me? When I was in Yuezhou City, your Xu family was nothing.

Xu Linger has humiliated me so much and wants me to just brush it off. If this gets out, won’t people laugh at me?”

A rough voice sounded in the main hall, which made Jiang Che feel vaguely familiar.

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Brothers who have monthly tickets, please give me one.

It is estimated that it will be completed before the end of this month.

Thank you (End of this chapter)