Chapter 60: Ruan Xiuxiu’s thoughts were revealed, Xu Nian: The two of you are a perfect match.

[Officials from Wutong Mansion step into Xie Mansion, and the four treasures guarding it appear one after another! 】

[After practicing boxing for two years and reaching the Xiantian level in martial arts, and winning the title of 'Wutong Champion' for a year, you are finally granted an official title and appointed as the seventh-rank 'Black Mountain Guardian' of Dazhao! ]

[From then on, he wore a light crimson dress, embroidered with mandarin duck patterns, held a sword to kill evildoers, and wore a garrison order. He truly fought for a place in this great world.]

[Because you can't reach the first level of the second step, 'Vajra Realm', there is still a long way to go before you can normally guard the third level, 'Free and Easy Realm'. ]

[So your grandfather Xie Qiaoxuan was quite concerned about whether you would be able to hold power and practice cultivation smoothly after taking office.]

[So he ordered the Xie family's hidden slave, a great master of the Free and Easy Realm who was only loyal to him, Xie Qiaoke and Xie Bo to serve under you! ]

[At the same time, I will provide you with four carriages and horses, ten taels of real gold, ten servants, and eight maids to take care of the garrison and handle daily affairs for you. Wherever you go, you will have carriages and horses to lead the way, and you will raise the banner of the "Wutong Xie Family" to tell others that you, the garrison, also have a backer in Wutong Mansion! ]

[A large city, divided into the inner city and the outer city. The inner city has two permanent eighth-rank chief officers, the 'Military Chief' and the 'Demon Hunting Chief'. ]

[The Chief of the Military Department leads 300 soldiers and is responsible for "guarding the city". The Chief of the Demon Hunting Department leads the demon hunting patrols in the city and is responsible for slaying demons.]

[Among them, the head of the Demon Hunting Division in Black Mountain City is, as you expected, the 'do what she says' Senior Sister Yunluan, Ruan Xiuxiu.]

[The girl is in her twenties, with her ponytail tied high, a sword at her waist, and a green robe, wearing the headdress of the Demon Hunter. When she sees you and your family leaving in a carriage, heading to Black Mountain City, she jumps up without hesitation and sits on your left.]

[“My Lord, the Black Mountain Guard, I am Ruan Xiuxiu, the head of the Demon Hunting Division. I hope you will give me your guidance when we work together in the future.” The girl was very generous and smiled as she stretched out her hand in the bumpy carriage.]

[“That’s what I really want, but I dare not ask.” You gently held Ruan Xiuxiu’s soft little hand and smiled at her. ]

[The carriage of the Xie Mansion gallops along the way, heading towards the Black Mountain]

[But before leaving, you deliberately visited the Qinjian Pavilion.]

[I saw that the once precious land, the 'Bride's Blood and Red Heart Pond', had disappeared, and in its place, there were sunflowers planted all over the mountains and surrounding the 'Dragon's Tail Pond'. ]

【The famous family has fallen. 】

[Tan Tai Yao and Tan Tai Ye disappeared, leaving only the woman in the yellow dress, silently guarding this inheritance, silently waiting, not knowing when it will end.]

Qinjian Pavilion.

The whole mountain is covered with sunflowers.

Ever since the destruction of the 'Pool of Blood and Red Heart', the old Pavilion Master Shangguan Cheng died of exhaustion, and the inheritance was mostly destroyed. Now there are only a few disciples left who are willing to return to the mountain.

At that time, Song Chaixin was brought back to Wutong Mansion by Xie Qiaoxuan while in a coma.

He had no idea about what happened next with Qinjiange.

Originally, I thought that Tan Tai Yao was a master of the second-step peak "Xiao Yao Realm".

Although he lost an arm and was seriously injured in the Guhua disaster, after recuperation, he is still a top-level fighter.

If he could invite him to come out of seclusion, go to Black Mountain City together, set up a "Qinjian Martial Arts School" in the inner city, and open up a branch for Qinjian Pavilion, it would be a good thing to kill two birds with one stone.

On the one hand, under the instruction of this seventh-rank guardian, he could expand the Qinjian Pavilion and train disciples.

On the other hand, Tan Tai Yao is one of the few good friends and elders he has in this life as a half-demon.

If we can get his help, we will undoubtedly have another right-hand man.

Unfortunately, Song Chaixin thought his plan was a good one.

But I didn't know until I arrived at Qinjian Pavilion.
He had already taken up his sword and left, going to Tongye State adjacent to Aquarius State, to seek the opportunity for the third step of 'Yuan Dan'.

In the pavilion on the mountainside.

Xu Nian, dressed in plain clothes and holding tea, the current master of Qinjian Pavilion, personally entertained Song Chaixin and Ruan Xiuxiu who came from afar.

While she was brewing tea, she answered the questions raised by Song Chaixin after his arrival:

"That day the dragon was causing trouble, and you cut off a section of its tail. You fell to the ground exhausted, and then several masters from Wutong Mansion and your grandmother Shanshan came and took you away."

"Master was almost hopeless due to the successive blows and wanted to end his life. I scolded him a few times and finally persuaded him to come back. The idea of ​​'climbing' was rekindled in his heart."

"In his early years, he was praised by the big forces in Tongyezhou. They said he had a good physique and a 'sword-hearted and virtuous' heart. However, he was young and frivolous at the time and thought he could become famous in the whole state in Qinjian Pavilion. In the end, reality taught him a hard lesson."

Wow
Xu Nian picked up the tea, bent down, and poured it into the cup in front of Song Chaixin.

And when he came for the first time, he sat properly, but his eyes wandered over the sunflowers all over the mountain and the cup in front of Ruan Xiuxiu, who was quite curious.

At the same time, there is some disappointment:

"Life is full of crossroads, and every choice is destined to be completely different."

"Perhaps he followed that powerful person to Tongye Province back then, and now he is also a famous swordsman who has reached the third step."

"There, at least he won't meet Xie Wei again, nor will he encounter the various things that happened afterwards. He also won't have to slow down his cultivation because of the small family in Qinjian Pavilion."

"But since we didn't have a choice 20 years ago, maybe it's not too late to choose again now."

As he spoke, Xu Nian looked at the young man's light crimson guarding robe and the girl's green-patterned demon-hunting robe:
"Black Mountain Guard."

"I didn't expect that you would grow to this extent in such a short time."

"What a pity that the town guard had to make a wasted trip."

"Master went to Tongyezhou. Your junior fellow disciple, Tan Taiye, who entered the 'British Blood and Red Heart Pond' with you before, also went to the 'Three Hundred Vajra Temple' with the token of the 'Demon Subduing Temple', hoping to pass the Demon Subduing Ceremony, become a disciple there, and kill the dragon to avenge himself."

"I am the only one left here, guarding this piece of land. If I don't call them back, they won't even have a home."

Xu Nian nodded slightly at the red-clothed guard in front of him.

There was a hint of alienation mixed with politeness.

Just like when Song Chaixin first saw Xu Nian, the woman seemed to be wearing a mask.

In other words, she wears this mask in front of everyone.

Even the person she buried deep in her heart was the same.

"Senior Tantai has traveled a long way to Tongyezhou. Miss Xu, don't you regret going with him?"

Picking up the tea and taking a sip, Song Chaixin suddenly asked.

After hearing this, Xu Nian was stunned for a moment and couldn't help laughing:

"He went there to seek the truth, why should I follow him?"

"I have only just opened up the Huangting. Lord Zhenshou is so young, but he has already reached the Vajra Perfection. In a short time, he will surpass me."

"You know, I am of the same generation as your mother. I can't even keep up with you. Why did I travel so far?"

"Be a burden?"

Xu Nian straightened her hairpin, her eyebrows like distant mountains, and looked at the sunflowers that were beginning to take shape all over the mountain:

"Besides,"

"What identity should I take to go to Tongyezhou with him?"

“That doesn’t make sense.”

"He feels guilty about Qinjian Pavilion,"

"I will hold on to this sense of 'guilt' and keep this place for him, protecting his last memory of Aquarius State and Wutong Mansion."

"It's also very good."

I feel ashamed when I hear the word.

Song Chaixin's heart twitched.

Because of Xie Wei's incident, Tan Tai Yao joined in the fun at Xuanqing Lake and involved Qin Jiange.

He practiced in Qinjian Pavilion and took away the inheritance left by Yang Xiu of Baiyujing. Later, the Lord of Aquarius State made a promise to him for the sake of the Demon-Suppressing Great Wall and the Great Demon Lord.

The blame is being put on one thing after another.

Originally, they were all inextricably linked to him, but in the end, outsiders took all the blame and he took all the benefits.

If you say he feels guilty, he does feel a little guilty.

Now that he has become a seventh-rank garrison commander, and since he cannot invite Tan Tai Yao, it would be good to help Qin Jian Pavilion a little bit under his nose and expand the influence of Qin Jian Pavilion.

After all, Song Chaixin didn't have any bad impression of Xu Nian.

Again, he had never even seen Xie Wei, but he had only heard others mention his biological mother whose "voice and appearance were still there", but as for feelings
Maybe, but not much.

Therefore, they are not involved in the disputes and conflicts of the older generation.

Xu Nian is my fucking love rival.

It has nothing to do with him.

So Song Chaixin spoke carefully:
"Since Senior Tan Tai and Tan Tai Ye are no longer in Qin Jian Pavilion, and Miss Xu has inherited the title of Pavilion Master, it is inevitable that she will be unable to carry on alone."

"If you are willing, you can accept a disciple, or send a disciple to open a branch in Black Mountain, either a martial arts school or a school, so as to select disciples and inherit the family tradition." "When I have established a firm foothold, given the friendship between our two families, Song Chai Xin will not treat Qinjian Pavilion unfairly."

"When Senior Tan Tai comes back, I will have an explanation."

"Although I am born a half-demon, I am definitely not someone who will not repay a favor."

The major sects in the world, those at the authentic level and above, spontaneously attract many people every year to come and become disciples.

But most of the disciples would not come to me from afar.

Therefore, no matter whether they are authentic or famous families, they will open branches in major cities or even provincial capitals to observe and train disciples.

For example, the orthodox-level forces, such as the Demon-Suppressing Temple that Tan Taiye intends to join.

You are a powerful underworld force with a fourth-step leader.

They still maintained their great respect and opened the "Three Hundred Vajra Temple". From time to time, the abbot would go down the mountain to look for people with predestined ties like Tan Tai Ye's father and pass on half a fragment of the sutra to them.

After all, only a few geniuses come to you on their own initiative.

After all, the aroma of wine is also afraid of deep alleys.

Because Qinjian Pavilion lost power and the previous Pavilion Master Shangguan Cheng died,

As a result, most of the relationships with the outside world were severed.

By the time Xu Nian inherited, the original three or two branches in Wutong Mansion had long been deserted and completely swallowed up by other forces with backgrounds. This was the reality.

Others don't care whether you are miserable or not.

When people get involved in gangsterism, they only care about fists and reason.

But there are always exceptions.

When Xu Nian heard what Song Chaixin said, it seemed that he had not expected that Qinjiange had reached this point and could still get a promise from the genius who was the guardian of Black Mountain and had unlimited future.

For a moment, there was more warmth in his eyes:

"If that's the case, Xu Nian will represent Qinjian Pavilion. Thank you, Lord Guardian."

After all, she is the Pavilion Master.

If she could get a seat to "establish a sect" in a big city and have protection from the garrison, even if she sent a foundation-building disciple, she could still attract a lot of fresh blood.

It is not the case that Qinjiange has completely fallen into decline after its decline.

"It should."

"In that case, I have visited everyone I should visit, and I should go to Montenegro as soon as possible to rectify the administration and take up my post."

Song Chaixin agreed with a smile and then wanted to get up.

I didn't find the person I was looking for on this trip, but I also made a promise.

However, he didn't feel at a loss.

Xie Qiaoxuan taught him the truth.

Make friends and useful people.

How to collect?
Showing favors in the name of gratitude is the best way to win people's hearts.

Although Qinjian Pavilion has declined, it is still a famous family after all. With Xu Nian here, the inheritance has not been completely cut off, so it is not completely finished.

At this time, he came to the rescue and added a new mark to this new and famous family.

From now on, as long as Qin Jiange can survive this period of depression.

In the future, Song Chaixin's name will definitely leave a strong mark in it.

It is difficult to buy horse bones with a fortune, but it is always difficult to send charcoal in the snow.

That's all.

Upon hearing that Song Chaixin was leaving, Xu Nian did not try to keep him, but stood up and wanted to see him off.

However, at this time,
The woman glanced casually.

But he saw the girl named Ruan Xiuxiu, who was young but was the leader of the Demon Hunting Department.

After hearing what Song Chaixin said, he hurriedly withdrew his gaze, even though he obviously loved the sunflowers she planted and wanted to look at them for a while longer.

But even if there is reluctance, compared with the person who is about to leave, the brilliant scenery all over the mountain seems to be not worth mentioning.

The only thing left in the girl's eyes was the red-clothed guard. She wanted to follow him, step by step, and keep walking.

Seeing this scene,

Xu Nian couldn't help but be stunned.

this moment,
She suddenly seemed to see some of the shadows of Tan Tai Yao and herself.

So the woman remained silent.

She accompanied the two of them as they left Qinjiang Pavilion.

Ruan Xiuxiu followed the red-robed guard and was about to board the Xie family's chariot, escorted by the old servant, maid, and slaves, and galloped away.

She hadn't said much all the way, but suddenly she smiled and said:
"The young man is full of vigor and vitality, the young lady is more beautiful than peach blossoms, one is in charge of the town, and the other is in charge of the whole department."

"Even Xie Wei and Tan Tai Yao back then were far inferior to you two."

"You two are a perfect match."

Her tone was mixed with envy and a blessing that seemed to pretend to be ignorant.

But when it fell on the two people in charge, it was as if some kind of immobilization spell was cast.

The two men's expressions changed in an instant, each looking different.

The guard in red clothes was holding the carriage, preparing to enter.

But when he heard this, he paused and turned his head to look at Ruan Xiuxiu, whose face suddenly turned red, and who was stammering and unable to speak.

He looked at Xu Nian in the distance, who was smiling, nodding and waving at him, saying goodbye, and suddenly he was speechless.

Cut constantly, the rationale is still chaotic.

Is it necessary to guess what a woman is thinking?
It's just a layer of window paper that will break with a poke.

But he originally wanted to turn his heart to the bright moon, and couldn't bear to let the peach and plum blossoms in front of him feel lost, so he just pretended not to know, but you still wanted to mess up the relationship.
Sure enough, Xu Nian's gentleness on the surface was just an act for Tan Tai Yao to see.

The most authentic appearance,
That was when she beat up Tan Tai Ye.

This is an old girl with a weird mind and a bad temper!
Now, that thin layer of gauze has been torn through.

Looking at Ruan Xiuxiu who was at a loss.

Song Chaixin was in turmoil, not wanting to be laughed at for no reason out there.

So he stretched out his hand to Ruan Xiuxiu and pulled her into the car.

Then the carriage set off, with the sound of horses' hooves clattering along the way, and it sped away.

Only Xu Nian was left, thinking of the girl who was as clear as glass and whom she liked at first sight, and she couldn't help muttering:

"It's so easy to guess what a girl is thinking."

"I have been very cautious under Tan Tai Yao for more than ten years. How could I not see through your little tricks?"

"That girl likes you so much, but you don't know how to cherish her and pretend to be deaf and dumb. Humph, you are just like Tan Tai Yao at first glance."

"But I have to point it out to you."

"little girl"

"The rest is up to you to do it yourself."

"Sister can only help you so far."

Xu Nian turned back.

Looking at the sunflowers swaying in the wind all over the mountain of Qinjiange,
He put his hands behind his back, snorted and chuckled, and immersed himself in it.

The colorful sunflowers gradually obscured the goose yellow figure.

She was alone, laughing and doing nothing, looking a little lonely.

Until it goes away and disappears.

(ps: 4K5 for one chapter, and there will be two more chapters in the evening. I think the explosive update badge is pretty good.)
(In addition, the main focus of this book is the "identity line" and the "emotional line", which reflects the reality. There will be gradual twists and turns in the middle, but there will not be a plot where the characters become strangers in the end. That's all.)
(End of this chapter)