Evergreen Immortal..

Chapter 276: Ting Lan, Imperial Sword
The word "Guanhai" in Guanhaijing.

According to legend, it was coined by a Confucian and Taoist master thousands of years ago, taken from the sentence "Spring river tide reaches the sea level, and the bright moon on the sea rises with the tide."

First observe the waves, then the bright moon, and finally the innate.

There are three platforms in Guanhai Realm, and each step is difficult. Just the Guanhai step has wasted countless talents.

at this time.

The Qi sea in Li Rui's body seemed to have reached a certain limit, and only a slight sound of splashing water could be heard.

The tide is rising.

The mysterious immortal energy escaped from the pores, and for a moment, the house was filled with mist, as if it were a fairyland.

Fairy birds can be vaguely seen playing in the white mist.

Finally, the Qi sea in the body seemed to have broken through some kind of barrier. Li Rui's thoughts became clear in an instant, and the barrier between him and the Qi sea completely disappeared.

Guanlan.

Lan is the result, and the essence of Guanlan is to enhance the warrior's control over the Qi sea, so that he can better control the Qi sea.

Now Li Rui has naturally entered Guanlan.

He clasped his hands together and muttered something softly.

"rise!"

All of a sudden, the long knife hanging on the wall made a slight shaking sound of hitting the wall, and then the shaking became more and more violent.

finally--

There was a sound of warehouse.

The long sword actually flew out of the scabbard by itself.

It drew an arc in the air, dancing on its own, weaving a knife net.

Imperial sword!

Li Rui couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

Flying a sword is every man's ultimate dream. Who hasn't stepped on a bamboo stick when they were young and imagined themselves as a great swordsman flying with a sword?
I watch Jiang Linxian flying a sword every day, and today I finally experienced the joy of flying a sword.

Even though it's a knife.

For a moment, Li Rui was tempted to play like a young man.

The long sword slowly flew to his feet. He stood up and took a step, and he was just above the sword.

Flying with a sword.

Li Rui stood firmly, and with a thought, he controlled the blade to move up.

It only takes a few breaths.

His head had already touched the roof beams.

"It's really done."

Li Rui's eyes lit up.

However, according to his initial estimation, he could only fly to a height of three meters at most, no higher. As for the thing mentioned in the storybook where he could fly nine thousand feet in an instant and soar into the sky, perhaps only a strong person in the realm of earthly immortals could do it.

If he flew up, he would probably fall to his death.

Li Rui controlled the long sword to fall back to the ground.

Flying with a sword is not very practical, but it is a very good method to fight the enemy at a short distance.

When Jiang Linxian was not around, he would fly his sword to kill the enemies and almost never do anything himself.

That's so cool and elegant.

Li Rui looked at the sky.

The sky was already slightly brighter.

I simply pushed the door open and walked out of the room, feeling the morning light and the cool breeze. It was time for my sleepless morning exercise again.

Completed a set of sword techniques.

Wang Zhao and Yang Yong then came out, and the three of them ate the meat porridge as usual.

Li Rui's identity changed again and again, but the thing about breakfast remained almost unchanged.

The two people in the room had hardly changed.

Among his three disciples, Liang He inherited the affairs of the Tiandi League and will most likely embark on a path into the underworld in the future. Liu Tiezhu continued to run the blacksmith shop after Tie Kuang left. Among the three, only Wang Zhao was kept by his side.

This is probably the same principle as the youngest child guarding the house.

It doesn't matter whether you are successful or not, as long as you can preserve the tradition.

Wang Zhao has followed Li Rui the longest. He is not the smartest, but he is the most loved by Li Rui because he has a pure personality and never has any impulsive thoughts.

That's fine.

Wang Zhao cleaned up the dishes while Yang Yong continued to enjoy the cool air under the big willow tree.

Li Rui dressed neatly and walked out of the courtyard.

After taking a few steps, I saw Ning Zhongtian running towards me excitedly.

"Brother, the notice for the martial arts review has arrived."

Li Rui's eyes lit up:
"Go and have a look."

But Ning Zhongtian smiled and shook a booklet in his hand.

"I had a drink with the new chief clerk a few days ago, and we became friends."

"I asked him to find someone to make a copy of the official bulletin."

The military review was sent to various states in the State of Yu along with the official reports, and then copied by the officials of each state and distributed to various prefectures and counties.

The official gazette is a treasure, especially for storytellers.

Many famous storytellers liked to have good relations with the clerks in the county government, so that they would have the opportunity to copy the accumulated official bulletins in the county government’s warehouse and then make them into stories. Therefore, official bulletins were an important source of inspiration for them.

Ning Zhongtian was able to get a copy, which saved them the trouble of joining in the fun at the county government gate and smelling the sweat.

'It's time to change this bad habit of not liking to take the back door in everything.'

Li Rui smiled and shook his head.

Then he followed Ning Zhongtian to his house.

Wait for him and Ning Zhongtian to step into the door.

Wow, a room full of familiar faces, Ge Hong, Wei Ming and Tan Hu have all gathered around the stone table in the yard, looking forward to it.

Ning Zhongtian grinned.

He didn't even need to open the booklet, as he had already memorized its contents.

"The martial arts evaluation is out, and the number one in the world is still the mayor of Donghai City. There is no change."

No one in the room was surprised at this.

Perhaps after a hundred years when Lord Gao of Donghai City comes to power, the position of number one in the world may change.

Tan Hu even urged: "Tell me quickly, who is the fifth one?"

Ning Zhongtian felt the anxious eyes of several people, and said calmly, "The second best person in the world is Xiang Jianxian from Shu. The national teacher of Yu country and the great witch of Wu country are tied for third place."

"This is the fifth one."

Stopped.

He has a bit of the temperament of a storyteller.

The hot-tempered Tan Hu couldn't sit still on the spot. Even though Ning Zhongtian was his old leader, he couldn't help but kick him a few times.

Ning Zhongtian dodged quickly and said with a smile: "The fifth one is the Barbarian God of War, Jin Guwu."

this time.

Having learned from the lesson just now, Ning Zhongtian named the top eight in one breath.

Soon, a name was heard.

"The ninth in the world is our Governor Yuan."

Yuan Dingting.

As expected, he made it into the top ten, and jumped to ninth place, surpassing the great master of the Dragon and Tiger Sect.

Gu Jianzheng of the Imperial Observatory was ranked fifteenth.

I don’t know if it was intentional.

The sixteenth after him was Marquis Dingyuan.

"I heard that the person who hosted the martial arts review this time was Gu Jianzheng. I think it was intentional."

Ning Zhongtian analyzed it seriously.

In response, Tan Hu and others nodded.

Gu Jianzheng and Dingyuan Hou were the leaders of the two parties respectively. In this martial arts evaluation, Gu Jianzheng ranked lower than Dingyuan Hou by a certain amount, which made it hard not to suspect that it was intentional.

Ning Zhongtian's eyes lit up: "This time our Lord Jiang also made it into the martial arts evaluation, 421st."

Li Rui raised his eyebrows slightly.

When Jiang Linxian first entered the realm of Earthly Immortal, he was able to suppress more than a hundred Earthly Immortal masters, which was incredible.

This is not just about him participating in the martial arts review to elevate himself. The martial arts review has existed for thousands of years without anyone questioning it because it is fair enough. It is okay to influence one or two people, but it is impossible to influence one or two hundred people. Otherwise, its reputation would have been ruined long ago.

Ning Zhongtian spoke a lot with great interest.

Then he handed the booklet to Li Rui.

Li Rui flipped it twice casually and gave it to Ge Hong and others.

My heart moved slightly.

He couldn't get into the martial arts evaluation, so just treat it as a fun thing and there was no need to spend too much thought on it. The key point was that now that the martial arts evaluation was out, Governor Yuan's title of marquis should not be far away.

It’s January again.

Heaven and Earth Alliance, Juyi Hall.

The hall was full of people. In addition to the leaders of the Tiandi Alliance, elders from the Shenbing Villa, Baizhan Gate and Daoxuan Sect were also present.

This kind of scene is rare.

An elder of a major clan is willing to give face to a local force.

"Brother Li, congratulations."

As soon as Shi Zhou sat down, he clasped his fists and congratulated Li Rui.

Li Rui smiled faintly: "Why are you so happy about what Brother Shi said?"

"The military evaluation has been finalized. Governor Yuan will soon become the Marquis of Annan. His fiefdom will be in our Yunzhou. The Anning Guard will be in a good position. Isn't this a great event?"

Li Rui's expression changed slightly.

This is the foundation of the clan. An Ningwei had just received the news that Governor Yuan was conferred the title of nobility.

Shenbing Villa had also heard the news.

But thinking about it, I felt relieved. Many people from Shenbing Villa were on duty in Annan Town, and some even served as lieutenant generals.

It's not surprising to know.

Zhou Ting and Bai Jing also smiled and said, "Brother Li is about to be promoted, let us congratulate him in advance."

If it were someone else, they wouldn't say that.

But since it was Governor Yuan who was granted the title of nobility, the status of Annan Town would definitely rise further. After all, Governor Yuan was in charge of the sixteen towns in the north and south before, so Anning Guard would certainly benefit from it.

In addition, Li Rui had previously made great contributions in defending the city and killing Madam Ling Luo.

In their view, Li Rui would definitely be promoted.

Worth making more friends.

Li Rui: "My three brothers, you are really embarrassing me."

Before everything is settled, he will not start to show off his military authority complacently.

"I asked you three to come here this time because of the matter of the monster beast."

Before, we used official status to put pressure on each other, so we asked them to go to the Municipal Trade Bureau. Now that the situation has eased, it would be inappropriate to continue to exert pressure, so we chose the Tiandi Alliance.

The matter turned from a public matter into a private one.

After all, what he wants to do is the business of the Tiandi Alliance. It is enough to use official power to pressure them once. If he pressures them too much, there will be too many gaps and it will be difficult to do business in the future.

Shi Zhou and the other two sat up straighter.

Some time ago, people from the three sects had followed the Tiandi Alliance's caravan to the Wu Kingdom.

They had already made some guesses when Li Rui invited them today.

After listening to their subordinates' description, the three of them were very excited.

The profit from the monster business is much greater than they expected. If they can make this business work, their profit in Qinghe can increase by another 60%.

All the previous business had already been arranged by the sect.

To put it bluntly, they are just there to watch the show.

But if they can open up their own trade routes and bring profits to the sect, they, the sent elders, will have made a great contribution.

The elders who can be sent out are certainly not the most core group in the sect.

If they can regain the attention of the sect master or the head of the clan, they may have the possibility of returning to the core circle.

Of course, the three of them were particularly active.

Shi Zhou: "Brother Li, you have the final say on this matter. The three of us will listen to you."

before coming.

The three of them had already agreed that they would listen to Li Rui in everything.

Now that Annan Town is powerful, the big clans behind them may not necessarily go against the prosperous Annan Town for them. Similarly, they do not want to easily offend Li Rui, the future chief of Anning Guard.

What’s more, the conditions offered by Li Rui are not bad.

If they made Li Rui unhappy and deliberately created obstacles for him during the business trip, they would definitely suffer losses given the relationship between Li Rui and the Wu Kingdom. It would be better for them to have a better attitude from the beginning and avoid more trouble.

Li Rui's mouth corners slightly raised and he nodded with satisfaction.

Finally, he looked at Huang Chui and said, "Second brother, from now on, we must communicate with you three frequently when doing business, and help each other."

"yes, Sir."

Huang Chui nodded heavily.

He was completely convinced by Li Rui's arrangement.

Before, he was puzzled as to why Li Rui took the initiative to give up his business.

Not only him, many elders and disciples in the alliance did not dare to express it, but they actually had some complaints about it in their hearts.

Because there is less money.

After Tie Kuang left, although the weapons business was not completely cut off, the profit dropped by as much as 80% due to the ability of Liu Tiezhu alone, and the monster business became the bulk of the Tiandi Alliance.

But when he heard that Li Rui was not only going to hand over half of it to an unknown big shot, but now he was also going to invite a wolf into the house and bring in people from the three major clans, he realized that Li Rui was not only going to hand over half of it to the unknown big shot, but now he was going to invite a wolf into the house.

What was damaged was the money earned by everyone in the Tiandi Alliance.

Of course some people will be unhappy.

This is human nature: we are grateful for a little bit of rice and resentful for a big bit of rice.

Li Rui certainly knew this, and he did it on purpose, and he also asked Liang He and Liu Tong to secretly write down the names of these people.

Those who are capable will continue to be reused, but it is impossible for them to climb up to become the leader and partner.

Reached the top level of Tiandi League.

Strength is important, but loyalty is equally important.

Indispensable.

Otherwise, the greater the ability, the greater the harm.

After finishing the business, Shi Zhou and the other two had no intention of leaving, but continued chatting.

If you build closer relationships through business, then your colleagues must all be close friends.

Official business is for the sect, private business is for one's own.

Shi Zhou and the other two wanted to make friends with Li Rui on purpose.

"Sir Li, I heard that Lord Yuan is going to recruit followers in Yunzhou this time. If there are any young talents, he can even take them as disciples. This is a great opportunity."

"I heard that many geniuses came here from the Central Plains."

Shi Zhou said.

This news has already spread among the majority.

Lord Yuan, the disciple of one of the top ten people in the world, is a status comparable to the first disciple of a great sect that has existed for ten thousand years.

Unlike the other top ten martial artists, Lord Yuan has been fighting all year round and is the only grandmaster without any disciples.

If only I could become Lord Yuan’s founding disciple.

What a blessing!

A disciple who is among the top ten in the world can at least be a congenital one.

Of course, there is a prerequisite, that is, you can't be too young.

It is true that warriors have a long lifespan, but generally speaking, they will not accept those who are too old as disciples. Fifty is almost the limit. Otherwise, the potential of the person is already determined, and there is no point in accepting him as a disciple. He may even have ulterior motives.

"It's a pity that we don't have much chance. However, if there are disciples with good talent under Brother Li, we can give it a try."

"In fact, it would be great if I could be a retainer."

Shi Zhou added a few more words.

Because he realized that no one in the room seemed to meet the requirements.

He coughed awkwardly.

There's no way around it. When you reach a certain age, what matters is your combat effectiveness. It's up to you that all the potential that should be revealed should be revealed.

Haven’t you seen Jiang Linxian? He was already an immortal in his early forties. Governor Yuan’s founding disciple should be of that standard, otherwise there would be no point in accepting him as an immortal.

Are you keeping a burden?

Shi Zhou smiled slightly:
"Why don't we guess whether Yunzhou can produce a Marquis disciple this time?"

(End of this chapter)