Beginning with the Five Animals Fist to Become a Saint

Chapter 256 The general trend of the world
in the courtyard.

Jiang Ning continued to practice boxing, and he could hear all the noise and conversation outside the yard.

Why is Lin Qingyi here?

And who are the two people who came with him?
Waves of doubt flashed through his mind.

Then, with his powerful five senses.

All the movements and conversations of the four people in the outer courtyard appeared vividly in his mind.

After a while.

He heard Lin Qingyi, Jiang Li and the girl who came with Lin Qingyi leave, obviously going indoors to avoid the cold.

However, the man named Ji Minghao stood in the wind and snow, waiting for his training to finish.

"Ji Minghao?"

Jiang Ning pondered secretly in his heart.

He searched his memory, but had never heard of this name.

After thinking for a moment, he put it aside and continued practicing.

Outside the hospital.

The heavy snow like goose feathers soon covered Ji Minghao's head and shoulders, and fell all over the fox fur coat he was wearing.

The biting cold wind blew over from the vast lake. Even though there was a tall courtyard wall to block the wind, it still penetrated every hole and blew into the gaps in his body.

Soon, Ji Minghao seemed to have turned into a snowman, with fine snowflakes on his eyebrows.

But he stood firm like a pine tree in the wind and snow.

suddenly.

creak-

As the sound of the courtyard gate turning was heard, the courtyard gate in front of Ji Minghao slowly opened.

The next moment, he saw Jiang Ning, who was simply wearing a white training suit, appear in his eyes.

Seeing this, Ji Minghao's shoulders shook immediately, and the snowflakes piled on his body fell down.

"I am Ji Minghao!"

Ji Minghao bowed, blinked his eyes, and the snowflakes between his brows fell down.

Seeing this, Jiang Ning also bowed and said, "I am Jiang Ning!"

Ji Minghao secretly glanced at Jiang Ning, and a strange look flashed across his mind.

Then he smiled: "I have admired Brother Jiang for a long time, and today I finally get to meet him! It's worth the trip!"

"Thank you!" Jiang Ning smiled, then bowed and said, "Brother Ji, please come in and have a chat."

Seeing this, Ji Minghao stepped over the threshold.

"I wonder where Brother Ji is from and what is his relationship with Tower Master Lin?" Jiang Ning said.

Ji Minghao said: "Master Lin is my cousin's wife. My younger sister and I came from the capital Shangque to visit her. When we arrived in Luoshui County, we heard about Brother Jiang's past deeds and admired him, so we came to visit him in person!"

"So that's it!" Jiang Ning nodded slightly.

At this moment, many of the doubts in his heart were immediately resolved.

It turns out that Lin Qingyi has already been married, and should be an important figure in the royal capital!
A tangled stream of thoughts flashed through his mind, and then he said, "So Brother Ji is a distinguished guest from the capital Shangque. I am so rude for making Brother Ji wait for me for so long in the snow!"

Upon hearing this, Ji Minghao smiled in a very carefree manner.

"Brother Jiang was just strengthening his bones. This is a very critical moment. I know it very well!"

"When I was forging my bones, my brother accidentally disturbed me, causing my mental power to go out of control and my blood and qi to surge wildly!"

"The injuries I suffered at that time kept me in bed for three days!"

"Completely recovered, and carefully recuperated for half a month!"

Hearing Ji Minghao's words, Jiang Ning's eyes shrank slightly.

Ji Minghao's words revealed a piece of news.

That person next to him is Ji Minghao, who looks to be about the same age as himself. Like himself, he has entered the sixth level of martial arts.

It is even possible that he will be ahead of me in bone strengthening progress.

Seeing Jiang Ning's surprised look, Ji Minghao smiled slightly.

"Brother Jiang, why are you looking at me like this?"

Jiang Ning said: "I was just feeling proud of my own strength, but I didn't expect that Brother Ji is already ahead of me in the martial arts. I really admire him!!"

Hearing Jiang Ning's words, Ji Minghao couldn't help but smile and shook his head.

"Brother Jiang, you don't know that your words make me feel extremely ashamed when I hear them!"

"Oh? Why is that?" Jiang Ning asked.

Ji Minghao said: "I have a very good family background. I have been living a life of luxury since I was a child. I have countless natural treasures. Even if they are ancient treasures, it is not difficult for me to get them!"

"As for the yellow and white things, they are just a number to me."

"I was initiated into the martial arts by a master!"

At this point, Ji Minghao smiled bitterly and said, "Now I can only forge jade bones!"

"Brother Jiang is in such a small place, and the resources he can obtain are extremely limited, not to mention famous teachers and martial arts techniques!"

"But he has already entered the sixth level of martial arts at the age of coming of age!"

"This kind of martial arts talent makes me feel shocked and ashamed!"

"Most of those masters who have been famous for a long time are not as good as you at this age!"

Listening to Ji Minghao's official praise of each other, Jiang Ning couldn't help but smile.

As he said, the long-established master is not as good as himself at this age.

Ji Minghao's martial arts skills are probably even better than mine.

This also indirectly shows that the long-established master was not as good as him when he was young.

Ji Minghao also showed that he was excellent enough and was a true martial arts prodigy, even more outstanding than the grandmaster when he was young.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ning's mind moved slightly.

This person can wait for you outside the yard in the snow for half an incense stick of time.

The so-called standing in the snow outside Master Cheng's door is nothing more than this.

Not to mention Ji Minghao's extraordinary identity.

This man is ambitious!
Be ambitious!
Maybe he wants to recruit me!

Jiang Ning understood it very quickly.

Then he said, "Brother Ji, it's cold, why don't you sit down and have a cup of hot tea."

Ji Minghao looked in the direction Jiang Ning pointed, and immediately saw a pavilion surrounded by green bamboos. In the pavilion, he saw steaming hot tea on the stone and jade-like table.

When he saw the pot of steaming tea, a strange look suddenly flashed in his eyes again.

If he hadn't known that Jiang Ning couldn't have made any preparations in advance, he would have suspected that his identity had been leaked and his whereabouts had been disclosed, which was why he had prepared hot tea in advance to entertain himself.

His eyes changed slightly, and Ji Minghao's expression returned to normal.

Then he smiled and said, "That's good! I just stood in the snow for a while and it's a bit cold!"

As soon as the two of them sat down, a strange look flashed in Ji Minghao's eyes again.

He touched the jade-like and stone-like table in front of him, and felt a lingering warmth that flowed into his hands.

"What kind of jade is this? It is so warm even in this snowy weather. It is even warmer than the top-grade warm jade in my palace!"

Ji Minghao looked surprised.

Jiang Ning shook his head calmly: "I don't know what kind of jade this table and bench is made of! When I bought this house, this stone table and stone bench were already here!"

Ji Minghao exclaimed: "You have found a treasure! In this cold winter with heavy snow, this stone table and stone bench can still be so warm. It must be a kind of top-grade warm jade."

"But this jade is so rare that I can't even recognize it with my knowledge."

Jiang Ning couldn't help but smile when he saw this.

Where is the best warm jade?

This stone table and stone bench were heated by the fire he controlled, and the same was true for the hot tea in front of him.

Then he picked up the teapot.

Gurgle - as the tea is poured into the cup, steam suddenly rises into the air.

At this time, after a brief conversation between the two, Jiang Ning already understood that the man in front of him was a noble from the royal capital.

Whether it was his previous statement that he was free to take any natural treasures, or his statement that one had to learn martial arts from a master, or the information about the jade in the palace revealed later.

All of these indicate that Ji Minghao's identity is not ordinary.

Not the kind that is either rich or noble, but the kind that is both rich and noble.

"It seems that Lin Qingyi is not simple either!"

A thought slowly emerged in Jiang Ning's mind.

Then he smiled in his heart. He needed the blood of a hundred spirits to enter the realm of the Grandmaster. How could Lin Qingyi be simple?
next moment.

He then gathered his slightly scattered mind.

"Brother Ji, drink some iced hot tea to drive away the cold first!" Jiang Ning said.

"Okay!" Ji Minghao nodded.

He picked up the tea in front of him and blew on it twice. The tea leaves floating on the water scattered to both sides and stuck to the wall of the cup.

As soon as he drank the scalding hot tea, he couldn't help but frown.

He had never tasted such poor quality tea in his life.

When you take a sip, it has a light earthy smell.

He then glanced at Jiang Ning again and continued to sip his tea gently.

Jiang Ning also poured himself a cup and took two sips of hot tea.

When he put down the tea in his hand, Ji Minghao also put it down.

At this moment, the tea in Ji Minghao's cup was half empty.

Seeing Jiang Ning picking up the teapot again, he quickly raised his hand to cover it.

"No need!"

"After drinking half a cup of hot tea, my whole body has been completely warmed up!" Ji Minghao then added: "I drank too much and I have to pee urgently!"

Jiang Ning couldn't help but laugh.

Suddenly I felt that Ji Minghao in front of me was somewhat interesting.

Ji Minghao had obviously received a very good upper-class education.

It's rare to hear Ji Minghao say this.

Seeing the smile on Jiang Ning's face, Ji Minghao also showed a faint smile on his face.

Then, he stretched his hand out of the pavilion and felt the snowflakes falling on his palm. Ji Minghao immediately stopped smiling.

"Brother Jiang!" he suddenly spoke.

Jiang Ning looked over.

Ji Minghao suddenly asked again: "Brother Jiang, do you know why there is so much snow this year? And why it keeps snowing?"

"Is there any explanation for this?" Jiang Ning asked.

"Yes!" Ji Minghao nodded slightly: "You probably wouldn't guess that this continuous snow is man-made!"

"Man-made?" Jiang Ning paused for a moment, as if he had realized something.

Ji Minghao glanced at Jiang Ning and said, "This year's severe drought and continuous hot weather are also man-made!"

After hearing these words, Jiang Ning suddenly had more guesses in his mind.

At the end of a dynasty, there were either natural disasters, man-made disasters, or a combination of both.

This thought flashed through his mind quickly, and then Jiang Ning asked: "There was such a severe drought in the past few months. Could such a natural phenomenon be man-made?"

"Of course you can!" Ji Minghao nodded: "Master of Daxia, you can pray for heavy rain to cover the entire county."

"There are many talented people in this world. They can secretly unite and change the celestial phenomena, causing a severe drought to spread to the three continents, leaving hundreds of millions of people with no harvest and facing an unprecedented famine! As a result, uprisings are frequent!"

It’s really exaggerated!
After hearing Ji Minghao's words, these words suddenly popped up in Jiang Ning's mind.

Reversing the celestial phenomena, causing severe drought to affect three continents.

With such abilities, the gods and immortals recorded in the books are no more than this!

Ji Minghao looked at Jiang Ning: "I wonder what Brother Jiang thinks about this?"

Jiang Ning asked, "I am a little curious. If this is really as Brother Ji said, why would those immortals and gods do this?"

"It's very simple!" Ji Minghao said, "I heard my father discuss this before. Some people think that Daxia has been established for 800 years, which is too long! It is also too harsh on the Grandmaster Family!"

"They want the Nine Provinces. The world needs a new master!"

"When natural disasters continue, people will be displaced, unable to survive, and their morale will be lost!"

"Once people's hearts are scattered, the world's eight hundred years of peace will be in jeopardy!"

"In addition, the uprisings continue, and someone is secretly fanning the flames. They want the court to relax control over private armies!"

"On the surface, if we relax the control over private armies, each mountaintop will have enough troops to suppress the bandits and put down the rebellion!"

At this point, Ji Minghao suddenly asked Jiang Ning, "What do you think about relaxing the control over private armies, Brother Jiang?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Jiang Ning immediately thought of the storybook he had seen in his previous life.

A version of Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

The turbulent times of the Three Kingdoms were ushered in by the Yellow Turban Rebellion, which brought together many heroes.

The Yellow Turbans were powerful and the central government was weak, unable to suppress the uprising, so it allowed local tyrants, generals, and officials to recruit troops.

As a result of this move, a situation of local warlords ruling their own territories gradually emerged, and the imperial court completely lost effective control over the local areas.

Recalling the memories of his previous life, Jiang Ning immediately shook his head: "Of course, the control of private armies cannot be relaxed! If the control of private armies is relaxed, it will inevitably lead to a situation where all the princes are divided. With the military power in hand, the world will be completely in chaos!"

"It's true that great minds think alike!" Ji Minghao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked delighted: "Brother Jiang is truly my confidant! I also thought so when I argued with my brother before!"

"My brother, however, feels that the chaos in the world is mainly due to constant uprisings, which need to be suppressed by the army. If the situation is certain to end, the people will not have the intention to rebel and take the action of uprising."

Jiang Ning smiled when he heard this.

"Could it be that the maternal line behind your brother is a big shot who holds military power?"

Ji Minghao immediately glanced at Jiang Ning, then nodded: "Now that I think about it, it is indeed true!"

After he finished speaking, Ji Minghao looked at Jiang Ning again: "Did you guess my identity?"

"I guess I guessed it!" Jiang Ning nodded, then stood up and bowed: "Greetings, Your Highness!"

"I am the eighth child in my family!" said Ji Minghao.

"Greetings, His Majesty the Eighth Prince!" Jiang Ning said.

Ji Minghao immediately smiled and said, "Brother Jiang, there's no need to be so formal. You and I can just call each other brothers!"

"Eighth Prince, how can this be possible!" Jiang Ning said.

Seeing this, Ji Minghao was slightly angry: "If you continue to be so distant, it means you don't consider me a friend! It is because I regard you as a friend and a brother that I treat you so frankly. I don't want this to become a rift in our friendship!"

Seeing Ji Minghao's serious face, Jiang Ning simply went along with it.

"Well, meeting Brother Ji!"

"That's right!" Ji Minghao laughed, and then asked, "Brother Jiang, do you have any wine?"

"Yes!" Jiang Ning nodded.

He raised his hand and a wine jug suddenly appeared in his hand.

"Sumeru Ring?" Ji Minghao looked at Jiang Ning with a slightly surprised expression, and his eyes quickly locked onto the ring on Jiang Ning's finger.

"It turns out that Brother Jiang is a naturally intelligent person with the potential to become an immortal. No wonder he is so talented!" Ji Minghao immediately looked amazed.

Jiang Ning smiled.

He was not surprised that Ji Minghao saw this.

As the eighth prince of Da Xia, it would be even more strange if he couldn't see it with his vision!
He also deliberately showed this.

Since the Eighth Prince of Daxia wants to make friends with him.

Then he would naturally not refuse.

One more friend means one more help and one more way.

Not to mention that he has a friend like the Prince of Daxia. Even if the friendship between them is just a casual acquaintance after today, that is enough!

It’s better than nothing!
(End of this chapter)