Taiping Inn

Lu Shizhen understood these things, and Li Xuandu naturally understood them too.

Second Senior Brother was frustrated that he could not become the leader of the sect, so he naturally wanted to let someone close to him become the leader of the sect, so he tried his best to support Li Xuandu to take the position, just like the relatives and powerful officials in the temple supported their nephews to fight for the throne.

Let's talk about the "Five Poison Pills". It is so difficult to refine them. There was a master of Zhengyi Sect who wanted to refine the "Five Qi Pills" but failed. Li Xuandu was lucky enough to refine them, which was the result of the combined strength of the four sects of Zhengyi Sect, Cihang Sect, Xuannv Sect, and Donghua Sect. Zhang Haishi was able to gather the materials within a few years by himself, and asked Wanshou Zhenren to refine them personally. How could the connections among them be underestimated?

The Jianghu is not just about fighting and killing, but also about human relationships.

This has never been an empty talk.

If you want to dominate the world, it is enough to have a martial power of heaven and man, but if you want to make the world bow down, it is far from enough, even the realm of immortality is not enough.

So when Qin Su asked Li Xuandu if he was tired, Li Xuandu would answer that he was tired, and he was tired in his heart.

When you first enter the world, you will yearn for the freedom of the world and envy the pleasure of revenge. But when has there been a free person in this world? Who is not a bird in a cage? This world is the biggest cage.

After so many ups and downs, Li Xuandu has also thought it through. He is not as clear as Qin Su. It is false to say that the world is empty. Don't be a saint, a perfect person, a hero, a moral gentleman, or a wanderer. Take care of yourself first, then think about others. Do one point if you can, and do ten points if you can, but do your best and have a clear conscience.

While Lu Shizhen was thinking about these, Li Xuandu and Qin Su were discussing the name of the sword. Qin Su proposed several names. As a writer, all of them were full of fairy spirit. However, they were all rejected by Li Xuandu for being too feminine. After all, it was too inappropriate for a grown man to take out a sword with a fairy-like name. Qin Su refuted by saying that she would use the sword with a very masculine name "Qi Fang Wang Dao". Then Li Xuandu refuted Qin Su's rebuttal by saying that "Qi Fang Wang Dao" was just lent to Qin Su by Qin Qing.

After refutation after rebuttal, Qin Su finally refused to name the name out of spite. Since she didn't want to use the name she wanted, she shouldn't give her any advice and let Li Xuandu think about it himself. Li Xuandu naturally put the naming aside and tried to coax Miss Qin. Fortunately, Miss Qin didn't hold a grudge and accepted the coaxing. Soon, the two of them reconciled.

It was just that the two of them laughed and joked for a long time, but the name was still not decided.

When Lu Shizhen came to his senses, he happened to see this scene and couldn't help but sigh.

Things between young men and women always make these experienced old people feel a lot of emotion, either a knowing smile or a sigh.

After the matter of taking the sword came to an end, Lu Shizhen specially held a banquet to keep the guests. Naturally, the two would not offend the face of the owner of Lu Manor and stayed to attend the banquet. In fact, it was called a banquet, but there were only four people, Li Xuandu and Qin Su, plus Lu Shizhen's sister and brother.

After a round of toasts, the two said goodbye to Xianjian Villa and returned to Langya Mansion.

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In the blink of an eye, it was already April in late spring, and the hot summer was about to come.

Since his wife passed away, Li Daoxu moved to the Bajing Villa on Penglai Island. In a year, he would lock himself in the Dan room called Zhenjing Jingshe in the villa for at least eight months to practice in seclusion.

During Li Daoxu's retreat, the gate of the entire Bajing Courtyard was closed, and no one was allowed to go any further. Tiankui Hall was responsible for guarding the courtyard. Although it was called guarding, it was actually more of a deterrent.

A small boat floated in and docked at the pier of Penglai Island. At this time, there were already many people standing on the pier. They were dressed differently, but the common point was that they all had swords hanging around their waists.

Qingwei Sect pays attention to rules, and the way of wearing swords is also very particular. Ordinary disciples carry swords on their backs, and those who hang swords on their waists are managers at all levels.

The leader was a white-haired old man, who only hung a small pocket sword symbolically around his waist, which was no more than three fingers long, with a silver-threaded black sheath, and more decorative.

After the boat stopped, a group of people immediately greeted it. From a distance, the white-haired old man raised his hand: "Second Master."

The person who came by boat was the Second Master Zhang Haishi. He was still the same, dressed in black and holding a bamboo stick in his hand. This white-haired old man was not someone else, but Li Rushi, the head of Tiankui Hall.

At this time, Li Rushi no longer had the rage of the day, but was smiling. If you didn't know, you would think that he and Zhang Haishi were good friends.

After approaching, Li Rushi bowed and said, "Second Master has come to Penglai Island. I am sorry for not welcoming you. I hope you can forgive me."

They are all old foxes. They just tore their faces not long ago, and in the blink of an eye, they were like nothing happened. It was common for them to switch their faces at will. So Zhang Haishi also smiled and said, "What do you mean by not welcoming you? Master Li is squeezing me."

"Second Master, you are too polite." Li Rushi stretched out his hand and made a "please" gesture: "How dare I squeeze Second Master? After all, everyone in Qingwei Sect knows that Second Master is the first disciple. Whether it is Third Master or Fourth Master, they are all juniors. In Qingwei Sect, apart from the old sect master, Second Master should be the one."

"If I had said this in the past, it would have been fine, but now it's a bit out of place." Zhang Haishi slightly restrained the smile on his face and said, "Now the third brother is the leader of our Qingwei Sect, how can I be ranked ahead of him."

"It's not that serious. The leader can't ignore the seniority of the elders." Although Li Rushi was smiling, if you look at his eyes carefully, you will find that there is no smile in them, only coldness.

Zhang Haishi smiled again and said, "The third brother is willing to give me some face, that's because he is tolerant. I can't be ungrateful and I can't break the rules."

As they were talking, the group turned into a forest road, with lush trees on both sides and bluestone paved under their feet. In this slightly hot summer weather, the cool breeze was blowing.

At the end of this tree-lined avenue, a black-tiled and white-walled building could be vaguely seen in the green cover. That was the Eight Scenery Courtyard, named after the eight kinds of scenery around the courtyard.

Arriving at the gate of the courtyard, the four vigorous and round regular script characters "Bajing Courtyard" are clearly visible. The eight respectful regular script characters "Disciple Situ Xuance Respectfully Written" can also be clearly seen at the bottom left of the plaque.

Li Rushi and Zhang Haishi were silent. The two accompanying deacons behind them immediately stepped forward, first using their hands to use their hidden strength to slowly lift the two doors weighing hundreds of pounds, and then began to slowly move inward. The movements were not only fast, but also very light and sensitive, as if they were afraid of making a sound.

At this time, Li Rushi restrained the smile on his face, replaced it with a solemn and respectful face, and said in a deep voice: "Today is the day when the old master comes out of retreat."

Zhang Haishi leaned on the bamboo stick in his hand, looked down at the ground, and said nothing.

After the door was completely opened, Zhang Haishi raised his head and looked at the doorway.

Li Rushi said softly: "Second Master, please follow me."

Zhang Haishi nodded, followed him up the steps and walked towards the doorway. The deacons spread out in a line of geese, forming an "eight" shape around the gate.

The courtyard is very large, and it is extremely unfamiliar to many people in the Qingwei Sect. It can be said that they have only heard of it but have never met it. However, for Zhang Haishi, it is very familiar. At least thirty years ago, he often came here, whenever he wanted, and he could stay as long as he wanted. At that time, there were no guards from the Tiankui Hall. It was completely different from now, and it has become a forbidden area.

In fact, Zhang Haishi knew the location of the Zhenjing Jingshe without Li Rushi's guidance, but he still had to follow the formalities. So many rules are reflected in these seemingly useless formalities one after another.

The huge courtyard is empty, there are no servants, no maids, no guards, only two people walking through the corridors and halls, and finally came to a palace.

At this time, the door of the main hall was closed, and a plaque was hung above the door, with the words "True Realm Jingshe" written on it.

According to Taoist classics, the Taoist temple of Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun, one of the Three Pure Ones, was named "Xianyu Zhenjing", and the word "Zhenjing" was taken from this place. And these four words were written by the old sect master Li Daoxu himself.