Chapter 182 Night Talk What a busy life, never a moment of rest. Ruan Xing sighed for himself twice before using the illusion technique and mask magic to create two different identities for himself. A gentle monk named Liu, and a cold monk named Chen. As for the name, I'm too lazy to come up with one. It was not until the evening that Ruan Xing entered Yunyang City under the identity of a cultivator named Chen. The family representatives in charge of various affairs in the city are ready to welcome them. When they saw Ruan Xing, who had a cold expression on her face, they did not make any trouble, but bowed respectfully and called her "Fairy Chen." Don't call me that casually. But they already knew that a few days ago, the new Fengling Yueying Sect sent a disciple in the Jindan stage and seven or eight Qi training stage disciples to clear out the monsters outside Yunyang City! This is like using a butcher knife to kill a chicken. It must be to intimidate these small families in Yunyang City! Maybe the cultivator sent to be the city lord is already in the Nascent Soul stage, but they themselves cannot see it because of their low cultivation level. If they just call him a real person casually, what if they make him angry? Therefore, respectful titles for high-level cultivators such as fairy and immortal master become particularly important at this time.
A group of young monks lowered their heads almost to the ground when facing Ruan Xing. Ruan Xing didn't intend to embarrass them. After shocking them for a while, he said, "Just call the city lord." Ruan Xing has seen many different towns in Xianyuan Continent. In her eyes, these two small towns are at best third-tier cities and are not worth the bother. "Yes, City Lord." The leading monk greeted him with a smile and invited Ruan Xing to a restaurant in the city for a banquet. The monster meat on the table was hunted by Ruan Tao two days ago. The meal was finished peacefully, and both parties were somewhat familiar with each other. They also felt reassured that Yunyang City had high-level cultivators in charge again. Ruan Xing told them with a cold face that he liked quietness and should not be disturbed unless necessary, and then moved into the city lord's mansion that had been prepared in advance. Of course, this is just the surface. In fact, after closing the door, Ruan Xing ran to Huayang City without stopping. He became the lord of Huayang City in another image. Only after everything was done did Ruan Xing return to Fengling Yueying Sect. The mayors of these two cities basically act as mascots, proving that there are high-level monks in the city and providing symbolic warnings to other monks. Over the years, except for the two incidents caused by Ruan Xing, there has been no need for the city lord to take action. Therefore, Ruan Xing didn't care whether he lived in the City Lord's Mansion or not, he would just get by with it first. It was already late in the evening. In the Fengling Yueying Sect, the disciples' cultivation was too low and they were still in mortal bodies, so most of them had already fallen asleep at this time. Ruan Xing remembered what Hu San had told her, turned around and went to Lingtian. In the large spiritual field, the few remaining seedlings are listless. It seems that this season's spiritual rice harvest will be dismal. It’s not a big problem. She doesn’t like to eat them anyway. She plans to sell things like monster meat and spiritual rice.
After looking at the spiritual field, Ruan Xing was about to leave when he suddenly heard a burst of rapid breathing. It is in the direction of the house where the disciples temporarily live. It's so late and you're still not asleep. Could it be that someone is causing the spiritual plants to die so quickly these days? Ruan Xing suddenly became alert and approached quietly, only to find that it was a young boy who was practicing swordsmanship with a wooden stick. He panted slightly and wiped the sweat from his forehead. "What are you doing?" Ruan Xing asked suddenly. The young boy was startled, and turned around to see that it was Ruan Xing. He bowed with some joy and said, "Greetings, Sect Master. I am not very talented, so I think hard work can make up for my shortcomings..." "What the hell are you doing?" Ruan Xing interrupted him, "If I'm not mistaken, you're practicing the magic technique. The magic technique is not suitable for fighting alone, nor is it suitable for swordsmanship. Magic practitioners have their own ways. Why are you practicing swordsmanship? And it's the swordsmanship of a mortal?" He was practicing swordsmanship purely with physical strength, without using spiritual power. The young man lowered his head, an embarrassed expression on his face. Suddenly he knelt on the ground and shouted, "I am stupid. Please teach me, Patriarch!" Ruan Xing was silent for a while. The expression on his face was somewhat complicated. "Are you trying to be opportunistic? You don't think I've forgotten who you are, do you, Xu Can?" Xu Can was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head even deeper and didn't say anything. A few days ago, Ruan Xing randomly picked him up as a strong man to clean up the debris in the back mountain. At that time, he reported his name, but seeing that Ruan Xing did not react at all, he thought Ruan Xing had forgotten about him. Today, after knowing that Hu San went to report to Ruan Xing and that Ruan Xing might come to inspect, he stayed near the spiritual field all day, just thinking about gaining Ruan Xing's attention and appreciation. After Ruan Xing pointed out his little thoughts, Xu Can remained silent. Ruan Xing sighed, "I even began to think that you deliberately destroyed those spiritual plants in order to see me alone. If I had determined that you were a suspect, you would not have had the opportunity to speak just now. So, don't do anything unnecessary and go back to rest." Xu Can pursed his lips for a long while, "...Yes." After Xu Can left, Ruan Xing saw a figure in white sitting on the treetop not far away. The hazy moonlight poured down from behind her, as if covering her with a thin cloak. Ruan Xing couldn't help but mutter, "What's going on? Why don't you guys sleep so late at night?" "Is there any need for me to sleep in my current physical condition?" The fairy heard her words and glanced at her. Ruan Xing smiled, "That's true. Where is the Demon Lord? I haven't seen him in the past few days." She tiptoed up to the tree branch and sat next to the fairy. The afterimages of the leaves swayed as she moved. The fairy said, "He is helping you build an underground palace. He said that he has many caves and underground palaces in his residence in the north, so he has experience." "He actually takes the initiative to work." Ruan Xingqi said. The fairy shrugged, as if she didn't want to talk about the Demon Lord any more. She asked, "You don't like that person just now?"
"Not really." Ruan Xing said, "He has decent qualifications, and he is smart and decisive, but his identity is a bit problematic. His father used to be at odds with me, and I killed him. He is an illegitimate child, and according to him, his mother was killed by his father, so I helped him avenge his mother. He wanted to join me, and I spared his life on a whim that day. I wanted to let nature take its course, but he didn't seem to think so, and used some tricks to try to get a position by my side." It's normal to have ambition, and Ruan Xing doesn't mind it, but she is a little annoyed when he uses his ambitions on her. She likes the kind of people who can get things done. Before Xu Can's ability to get things done was demonstrated, he was already anxious to get close to her. But in Xu Can's eyes, he was taking poison, studying for the exam, practicing martial arts and cultivating magic. He put in so much effort but the result was no different from other disciples. He must have felt unbalanced. "Besides, people's minds are unpredictable. Who knows what he will think in the future? I don't want to have a time bomb next to me." "You think too badly of him." The fairy disagreed, "Maybe he really just thinks you saved him from suffering and wants to work for you? He has a longing for you, so he wants to get closer to you." Ruan Xing did not comment, "Human nature is evil. I never mind speculating about others with the greatest malice." "So, is this also the reason why you don't let me go to the Xumi Realm with you? Are you afraid that I will stop you from doing something?" The fairy changed the subject. A hint of surprise flashed in Ruan Xing's eyes, "You guessed it? Why do you seem to have become a lot smarter? You were always stupid before." The fairy did not stop her from eradicating Liuyang Study because this sect had already had many bad consequences. But it’s not certain once you enter the Sumeru Realm. What if the fairy thinks those officials and nobles are innocent mortals and doesn’t let her kill them? Although the fairy's current strength cannot stop her, she still wants to use the fairy to do things, so she doesn't want to ruin the relationship. The fairy glared at her in a somewhat embarrassed and annoyed manner, and retorted: "I'm not stupid!" Then he said a little depressed: "You asked me to help you before, but now I am the only one in the whole sect who has nothing to do. You didn't arrange anything for me, so the devil laughed at me and said it was because I was too annoying. Perhaps I should thank you. Although you and I have completely different ideas, since I met you, I found that the black and white, good and evil in this world are not clearly divided... I am a puppet, and the barrier of the Xumi Realm cannot stop me. If I was determined not to let you kill those mortals, I would have run in long ago. It was the future you described to me that moved me. You said you wanted to make Xumi World a better place, and I believed you. " "Just trust me, I will definitely not lie to you." Ruan Xing said with a smile. "You don't look like someone who would do such a thing. I thought you were cold-blooded and indifferent. You didn't care about other people's lives or whether they lived well." The fairy looked at Ruan Xing, as if she got to know her all over again. Looking up at the crescent moon in the night sky, Ruan Xing said, "The past is the past, and the present is the present. In the past, I could not protect myself, so I could only take care of myself. Now... since I have to do it, I can't just do it half-heartedly. I don't expect the world to become much better. Anyway, it can't be worse than it is now." The fairy said: "Then tell me what you want me to do. I'm already on your pirate ship anyway." Seeing the fairy's serious look, Ruan Xing couldn't help but be moved. "Although what you said is very good, I still won't let you enter the Xumi Realm for the time being." Fairy: "...I know." Unexpectedly, the Xuan Ji Sect's little fighter for justice was almost led astray by her. Guilty sin. However, since Xu Can wanted to help her, she actually thought of a task that was suitable for him to do. The next day. Hu San invited the alchemist and Mr. Chen's family from the pharmacy, and they all expressed their willingness to join the sect. She had seen how hard the alchemist worked for the Foundation Building Pill in the simulation. Now that there was a bait of the Foundation Building Pill here, wouldn't the alchemist be hooked into a black carp? Moreover, Master He Dan's own martial arts were still incomplete and flawed, and he could only practice to the late stage of foundation building. Now after entering the Feng Ling Yue Ying Sect, he no longer wanted his own martial arts, and only wanted to learn the Feng Ling Yue Ying Sect's martial arts. The same goes for Old Chen's family. They are all mortals and have no skills to practice. If his humble skills in farming and tending to spiritual plants can be exchanged for a family's skills and resources, he will make a fortune.
Hu San followed Ruan Xing's instructions and included them all in the list of outer disciples. At this point Ruan Xing remembered something and hurriedly went to ask the fairy about her skills. She had previously thought that the Xuan Ji Sect had disappeared in the long river of history. But the last time she went to Canghai City, she discovered that the Xuan Ji Sect was still there. Will there be any problems if we practice the same technique in this way? The fairy then said, how could she possibly teach the original skills of the Xuan Ji Sect? Having stayed in the cave with a demon cultivator for thousands of years, she was bored to death every day and had already improved and deduced her martial arts skills thousands of times. Although she herself was only at the Spirit Transformation Stage, the technique she had deduced had already reached the Guixu Stage. She just hadn't actually put it into practice yet, so she didn't know if she could really pass the Guixu stage and ascend. Ruan Xing felt much more relieved now. Just call Xu Can and prepare to go to the Xumi Realm. Xu Can had just been hit hard by Ruan Xing last night and was feeling depressed. Today, Ruan Xing found him again and he looked at her in a daze. "Don't you want to do something for me? I have a task for you." Ruan Xing added: "If you complete it well, I will let you be the junior manager of the consulate." Being able to widen the gap with other disciples is a good thing. Xu Can immediately said happily: "Xu Can will definitely live up to the trust of the sect master." When the two arrived at the Xumi Realm, they went to find Sun Xian first. "How was today's morning meeting?" Sun Xian looked at the attentive young boy who had appeared beside Ruan Xing, paused, and said, "Not so good. The Prime Minister didn't say anything, and only the officials of the two factions were arguing. After the morning court session, I went to poison the family that quarreled the most fiercely, and that official died before noon. His Majesty didn't get angry when he found out, but only ordered Liu Shouye to solve the case." "What a trouble." Ruan Xing frowned. The purpose of using such a mortal method as poisoning is to force them to submit. They know that someone has poisoned them, but they don't know who did it, so they will doubt, mistrust and fear each other. At this time, as long as the emperor is stronger, the matter will be over. But the emperor did not seem to take the imperial teacher's words seriously, and did not really want to implement the policy. He just used this as an excuse to make the officials in the court fight with each other so that he could consolidate power and control the people's hearts. If the emperor continues to drag his feet as he did, the inner court may not be established even after the end of the Qing Dynasty. I originally wanted to use gentler means, but now it seems that this is no longer possible. "Come with me." Ruan Xing motioned Sun Xian and Xu Can to follow her. Sun Xian was confused and asked, "What?" "Forced the palace!" There were four people sitting in a luxurious carriage in front of the palace. Ruan Xing, Liu Shouye, Sun Xian who used the magic of shapeshifting to become the Prime Minister, and Xu Can who transformed into the emperor according to Liu Shouye's description. As for the real prime minister. Maybe it's already cooled down. Xu Can nervously adjusted the pearl crown on his head, and carefully clasped his hands together so as not to wrinkle the sleeves of his crown.
He had just been away from the Xumi Realm for a few days and had returned again, and his mentality had not yet changed from that of a mortal to that of a cultivator. "Master, what should I do?" Xu Can asked anxiously. "You are clever and adaptable." After hearing Ruan Xing's words, Xu Can became even more nervous. "Will this really work?" Liu Shouye was worried. "Why not?" Ruan Xing asked, "Why did emperors in ancient times value civil officials over military officials, and why were they afraid of harmony between civil officials and military officials?" Although the reasons why the Xumi Realm values culture over military affairs are slightly different, the principles are actually the same. "Now, the highest-ranking civil servant is here." Ruan Xing pointed at Sun Xian. "The highest-ranking military officer is here." He pointed at Liu Shouye. "There is also the greatest truth." Ruan Xing looked at Xu Can. "Don't think that there are only four of us. Our chances of winning are much greater than the one in the palace." Ruan Xing said confidently. Sun Xian looked at her speechlessly. Ruan Xing didn't care about luck anyway. She could just summon lightning to strike the palace and kill a few hundred people as a warning to others. The emperor and his ministers would be scared to death. Even if she said the coal was white, they would have to praise her for being right. Ruan Xing smiled but said nothing. It is not a good thing to let the mortals in the Xumi Realm fear her as if she were a god or a monster. Thanks for the monthly ticket of Feizui~ Thanks to book friend 20180226202826427 for the monthly ticket~ (End of this chapter)