I'm only one year old, what the hell is the counterattack system?

Chapter 185: Return to Kyoto Prefecture! (Subscribe)

In the blink of an eye, two days passed.

Chen Yi and others passed through Nanhe Prefecture, crossed Qujiang River, and entered the territory of Kyoto Prefecture.

The scenery along the way is not much different. It should be said that except for the provincial capital, county town and villages, all uninhabited areas are beautiful with mountains and rivers.

After seeing it many times, it no longer seems strange to you.

Moreover, after experiencing attacks from a group of evil spirits and monsters, the process of rushing on the journey can only be described as monotonous.

Fortunately, along the way, because of the fragrance of the flowers, everyone laughed and had a lot of fun.

Erhua is a pure and cheerful person, and she can often make people laugh with just a simple sentence or a question.

Especially Lin Xueru and Xiao Xuanzhen.

The little girl loves to laugh, as if she treats everyone and everything with a smile.

As for Xiao Xuanzhen, she had not had much contact with Hua Youxiang, so they gradually became familiar with each other when they went down the mountain together this time.

On the contrary, in just a few days, they became good sisters who felt they had met too late.

As everyone knows, Erhua was very noisy on Jianfeng Mountain, and anyone who could become friends with her could not be a well-behaved person.

Therefore, along the way, everyone sitting in the carriage could often hear the inexplicable laughter of Xiao Xuanzhen and Hua Youxiang.

They actually hid it from everyone, secretly communicated with each other, and refused to reveal the content of the conversation.

Even when Lin Xueru asked curiously, they strictly abided by the alliance's confidentiality and did not say a word.

Only the Flower Fairy relied on her status as the eldest sister to get a few words out of Hua Youxiang.

"It's nothing, sister. It's just that Senior Sister Xiao has been telling me about what Senior Brother Chen looked like when he came down the mountain."

"What about the silent killing of a person with a sword in order to highlight his strength, and the secret trip to the brothel to save someone..."

"What's so funny about this?"

"Senior Sister Xiao said, haha... She said that Senior Brother Chen has the potential to be a thief, sneaking around and being mysterious haha..."

thief?

After the flower fairy found out, she smiled secretly, but she also pinched a handful of flowers and told her not to talk about Chen Yi like that behind his back.

Of course, she didn't tell Chen Yi the truth.

After all, the term "gentleman on the beam" is not nice to hear and has nothing to do with Chen Yi.

After entering the boundary marker of Kyoto Prefecture, there were more and more pedestrians on the official road along the way, and there were all kinds of people.

In addition to the majority of business travelers from all over the country, there were even more wanderers who came to Kyoto to watch the event.

In fact, ever since the incident in the Southern Barbarian Secret Realm, the group of martial artists who loved to join in the fun had not felt this excited for a long time.

The experience in the secret land of the Southern Barbarians has left an indelible shadow on these martial artists.

Even though many martial artists did not go for various reasons, they felt a chill down their spine just by listening to the stories of those seniors who had managed to survive.

For example, the Barbarian King shows up and kills more than half of the martial artists with one sweep of his stick, and there are tens of thousands of demons surrounding and killing them.

Some were thankful for being able to run fast and jump high, some were grateful to Chen Yi for saving their lives, but more of them were filled with fear.

Therefore, after the news about the secret land of the Southern Barbarians spread back to the Wei Dynasty, the crowd of Jianghu people who liked to admire the geniuses or senior celebrities became much more restrained.

Before going to a place to join in the fun, they will think twice to avoid the situation where they end up dying instead of enjoying the fun.

But such caution can be ignored in this "Wei Dynasty Grand Event".

joke.

Kyoto Prefecture is the seat of the supreme ruler of the Wei Dynasty and the most important place in the Wei Dynasty.

In addition to the two holy places of Kyoto Academy and Dakong Temple, it is also the location of the core senior officials of the Night Watch and Black Armor Guard.

Unless you want to die, you will not cause trouble in Kyoto Prefecture.

What's more, this grand event not only gathered the young geniuses of the entire Wei Dynasty, but also the leaders and masters of the holy places.

——No one thought that something like the secret land of the Southern Barbarians would appear in the capital of the Wei Dynasty.

However, along the way, Chen Yi discovered many monks wearing various robes heading to Kyoto Prefecture.

Among them, there are many monks who came from holy places like Dakong Temple, and their number is far beyond imagination.

"Isn't this event a competition among geniuses? Why does it look like a Buddhist ceremony?"

Wang Yongnian looked at the monks walking on the road outside the window, and counted them in his mind, and came up with the number "one hundred and forty-three".

These are only the monks who are close to them, and it is still unknown how many there are further away.

"Maybe something has changed."

Chen Yi's perception of sword intent was far greater than what Wang Yongnian saw. Roughly speaking, there were monks from nearly thirty temples along the way.

Among them were monks not only from temples within the Wei Dynasty, but also from the distant Western Buddhist countries and the Dongzhou Islands.

But the strange thing is that these people didn’t communicate with each other at all when they met, and they didn’t even say “Amitabha” to each other, as if they were strangers.

It's really weird.

However, after listening for a long time, Chen Yi did not realize their intention to rush to Kyoto Prefecture at the same time. He just thought that some of the geniuses among them wanted to participate in the "Wei Dynasty Grand Event".

"These monks look like they are looking for trouble. They all look serious and speak very little."

Du Yanqing said thoughtfully: "Brother Yi, it looks like the Buddhist sect is making a big move."

Chen Yi nodded, "That should be the case. But this is an internal matter of Buddhism and has nothing to do with us."

The prerequisite is that those monks do not get involved in the grand event, or cause trouble in the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism, or between Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.

In fact, similar things had happened in some ancient books that Chen Yi had seen.

Like the saint of Kyoto Academy mentioned earlier, and the royal relative who founded Daikon Temple.

At that time, there was a struggle between Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism because of this.

However, the significance of this Wei Dynasty event is different, and similar things should not and cannot happen during this period.

"It's a turbulent time." Du Yanqing said with emotion.

"It's already spring, how can there be autumn?" Du Yan rolled her eyes at him and said:

"Besides, there are tall people to hold up the sky even if it collapses, especially in Kyoto Prefecture. The emperor and the officials in the court are not blind, and they will not let these monks do whatever they want."

Du Yanqing was not annoyed, and only said: "I am afraid that someone will take this opportunity to cause other troubles."

"My father wrote to me earlier and said that Prime Minister Xie intended to end the dispute between the civil and military officials, and he was willing to drag the academy into it."

"How is that possible?" Du Yan shook her head and said, "Since the founding of the Wei Dynasty, the situation of 'civil officials in charge of the interior and military officials in charge of the exterior' has been set. How can it be resolved just because Prime Minister Xie said so?"

"My father said..."

Listening to their conversation, Chen Yi recalled what Xie Dong'an had told him - Zhou Guanwu had an accident at Beixiong Pass, which might also involve the "dispute between civil and military officials."

She also asked him intentionally or unintentionally about his plans to succeed the Marquis of Wu'an...

"Just in case, when I return to Kyoto Prefecture, I will find a chance to find out the purpose of these monks' visit."

"It is very necessary." Du Yan was the first to agree.

As she spoke, she took out a bamboo tube, put dozens of bamboo sticks in it and said:

"Since you have nothing to do anyway, why don't you ask for a fortune-teller?"

Chen Yi waved his hand to refuse. He kept his distance from the divination technique of the Qimen school.

It’s not that he doesn’t believe it, but he feels that this divination technique is sometimes too accurate, making him feel like he’s been stripped naked.

Just like Zhao Tianhe who appeared as a fortune teller earlier, it was really scary that one could tell his fate through his face.

Thinking of this, Chen Yixin said that when he returned to Kyoto Prefecture, he would also find time to visit "Xunwangtian".

I haven't been to Shuijing for a while, and I don't know whether the attack on the human race by the demon court mentioned by Jianchi has been successful.

However, Chen Yi’s refusal does not mean that others will also refuse.

Hua Youxiang was the first to raise her hand and eagerly asked Du Yan to tell her fortune.

"Marriage? Wealth? Longevity or something else?"

"Marriage... calculate it for my sister!"

Hua Youxiang rolled her eyes and pushed the flower fairy beside her and said, "My sister is already over 28 years old and a grown-up girl. I have to consider her."

"Two flowers!"

The flower fairy blushed and wanted to refuse under the gaze of everyone, but she didn't know how to say it.

She picked up a bamboo stick and asked Du Yan to interpret it.

"ah!"

Du Yan looked at the contents on the bamboo stick, and was amazed for a while, then shook her head and said:

"If love lasts forever, why should we be together day and night?"

"Junior sister, your marriage is both near and far away. I'm afraid you still have a long way to go."

Flower Fairy resisted the urge to look at Chen Yi and nodded silently, "Thank you, Senior Sister."

She had already had some ideas about marriage, but she also knew that it was not something that could bear fruit in a short period of time.

Even though I feel bad...

"What? You're being vague."

Hua Youxiang grumbled something, but when it was her turn, she became excited again and begged Du Yan to calculate for her.

"You, please don't make such a fuss..."

"what?"

Afterwards, even Xiao Xuanzhen and Lin Xueru went to Du Yan to have their fortune told, and even Du Yanqing and Wang Yongnian were not missed.

The hexagrams obtained were both good and bad. The worst one was "Hua Youxiang", which said that she would suffer a bloody disaster in the near future.

Chen Yi was watching them having fun, and having nothing to do, he opened the light curtain to take a look.

【Name: Chen Yi】

【Age: 46】

[Cultivation: Second-grade Divine Wandering Realm (lower part)]

[Talent: Late bloomer - the older the bone age, the faster the cultivation speed. ]

[Nine Turns Mysterious Gang Jue: Grandmaster - Based on the sword intention, with the blessing of the Azure Dragon and White Tiger divine will, the Grandmaster's method is completed with the intention of the four symbols. ]

[Kendo: Divine Power - White Tiger, Divine Lord Gong Zheng, proves the Dao through killing! ]

【Counterattack Points: 0/100】

[Your cultivation can be upgraded to the middle stage of the second-grade divine realm. (To be claimed)]

[Your cultivation can be upgraded to the upper stage of the second-grade divine realm. (To be claimed)]

[Your cultivation can be upgraded to the lower stage of the first-grade Void Realm. (To be claimed)]

After the previous battle in Nanhe Prefecture, the extra counterattack points allowed his cultivation to increase by another level, enough to be promoted to the lower stage of the Void Realm.

If this happens a few more times, perhaps his cultivation will soon be able to break through the first-grade Void Realm and reach above the Void Realm.

According to the classics he obtained from "Xun Wangtian", above the Xuji Realm is the Tianren Realm, which is the realm after breaking through the limits of the human body.

In most cases, a breakthrough can only be achieved after reaching Mount Taizhou.

But for him there seemed to be no end.

"It seems that I don't need to rush to complete the task of killing the pillar-level demon king of the Demon Court."

After all, after completing the counterattack mission, if he wants to improve his cultivation quickly, he can only wait for the next mission.

In comparison, the "Supernatural Power: So Close Yet So Far" rewarded after completing the mission is not so attractive.

……

It was almost dusk when Chen Yi and others arrived at Kyoto City.

The towering city walls cast oblique shadows, making the official road below the city dim.

The evening breeze blew past, making many travelers around feel chilly.

"We've finally arrived in Kyoto Prefecture!"

Cao Abao looked at the high wall and said with some emotion: "Fortunately, the journey was smooth. I hope all my nephews are safe and sound."

Previously, he had thought that accompanying a group of sect disciples to attend the grand event in Kyoto Prefecture would be a good job. But ever since he saw the evil spirits and demons coming to attack and kill that night, his heart tightened a little.

It's not that he is timid, but he can't bear the consequences of anything happening to his fellow disciples.

No wonder when the sect leader arranged for the accompanying elders, Sun Daofu, who had had this experience before, tried to refuse.

If it happened again, he definitely wouldn't refuse.

Gu Tiangang remained calm, ignoring the looks from the other travelers along the way, and waved his whisk with an air of immortality, saying:
"Junior brother, relax, just think of this trip down the mountain as a leisure trip."

"..."

It's easy to say, but Cao Abao has no intention of traveling around the world to relax.

If another group of evil spirits and monsters came, they would scare him to death.

At this time, the curtain on the carriage was lifted.

Hua Youxiang looked through the corner at the convoy in front of her, as well as the many martial artists dressed in different clothes and carrying weapons, and her expression became excited.

"Wow, wow, is this Kyoto Prefecture?"

“How spectacular!!”

Du Yanqing chuckled: "Junior Sister Hua, what you see now is just the city wall of Kyoto Prefecture. It will be more spectacular when you go inside."

"How long will it take?"

"No rush. After passing the inspection of the city guards, we will be able to enter Kyoto Prefecture."

Wang Yongnian also saw the scene outside and sighed, "I have been waiting for a long time and have not come back. I wonder how much the city has changed."

Du Yan curled her lips and said, "For thousands of years, the scenery in Kyoto Prefecture has rarely changed."

Du Yanqing agreed, "It shouldn't have changed much. But I heard that because of this grand event, the court specially allocated a sum of money for repairs in the city."

"is it?"

As everyone was discussing, Chen Yi looked at the city wall that was a hundred feet high, and his heart began to waver.

Fourteen years had passed since he left Kyoto Prefecture.

When he returned again, he was no longer the cautious and low-key person he was when he was a child.

Today, he is already known as the "Little Sword Immortal" throughout the world!
Lin Xueru took a look and said with a smile on her face: "Brother Yi, we are home."

Home……

Chen Yi smiled and nodded, but didn't say anything.

Xia Wanwan and Chen Taiping were not in Kyoto Prefecture. Even if he came back, Wu'an Marquis Mansion would still be like a temporary dock for him.

Although he tried hard to fit in, his childhood experiences meant that he could only trust a few people.

It’s not that he has no feelings towards other people in the Marquis’ Mansion, but he is rather indifferent to them.

Thinking of this.

Chen Yi looked at the people behind him and said, "It will take some time before the event starts. During this time, you can go shopping in Kyoto Prefecture."

"Great!"

Hua Youxiang looked impatient, and holding the flower fairy's arm, she began to talk about what she knew about Kyoto Prefecture.

Such as several famous places here, Quchi, Dakong Temple, Wangyue Tower and so on.

As for the others, they were all from Kyoto Prefecture, so the first thing they had to do was to reunite with their families.

After looking around, Chen Yi and Lin Xueru agreed to go to Duke Xing's Mansion to visit Lin Hansong and others in a few days.

After all, he and Lin Xueru had already been engaged, and it was only right for him to go there after returning to Kyoto.

"Brother Yi, I will come to find you after I meet my parents."

Although Lin Xueru didn't want to separate from Chen Yi, they had already arrived in Kyoto Prefecture and had to observe the proper etiquette.

At this time, the wanderers along the way had already recognized their carriage.

"Someone from Taixu Dao Sect?"

"Could it be the 'Little Sword Immortal' and his companions sitting inside?"

"Besides those few, are there any other geniuses coming from Taixu Dao Sect?"

"Damn it, 'Little Sword Immortal' Chen Yi, I finally saw a living genius."

"Can you please be a little more ambitious?"

"cannot……"

Not long after, when it was Chen Yi and others' turn to get off the car, they noticed the eager gazes of the people around them.

Not only the travelers along the way, but also the city guards responsible for guarding Kyoto Prefecture, did not dare to be negligent when they saw Chen Yi and others.

"I greet Lord Yingwu, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Her Royal Highness the Princess, and Master Gu..."

The city guard in charge of the inspection was only a sixth-rank officer, and his status and position were incomparable to Chen Yi and others.

After a round of salutes, except for the Flower Fairy and Hua Youxiang, all the armored city guards had sweat on their faces.

"Verify your identity as soon as possible."

Chen Yi took out his badge and showed it to him, then gave instructions lightly.

"Yes, yes... everyone, please come this way..."

It only took a few breaths for Chen Yi and others to enter the city smoothly and plan to part ways on Zhuque Street.

"My fellow disciples, I will take Flower Fairy and Hua Youxiang back to the base, you guys... go wherever you need to go!"

"..."

Facing Gu Lidao's rude expulsion, Chen Yi and the others smiled at each other. It was not difficult to see that he was not as relaxed as he seemed along the way.

Of course, the main reason why Gu Tiangang was so straightforward was because of Chen Yi.

He really didn't want to experience things like the Southern Barbarian Secret Realm and outside Nanhe Prefecture again. They were too damn scary.

The Flower Fairy nodded, looked up at Chen Yi and said, "Brother, Youxiang and I will not go out these days."

"Okay. You two should try not to go out alone. I'll take you around Kyoto Prefecture when I'm done."

Chen Yi replied with a smile, and then calmly prepared to say goodbye to Lin Xueru and the others.

At this moment, the sound of galloping horses was heard not far away.

Soon, several teams of carriages came along Zhuque Street and stopped in front of everyone. Leading the way was his second uncle Chen Taihang.

"Hahaha, nephew, do you still recognize me?"

Chen Taihang jumped off the horse, ignoring the surprise of others, hugged Chen Yi and asked with a smile.

"Second uncle."

Chen Yi looked at Chen Taihang, who looked almost the same as he remembered, and greeted him with a smile.

"Hahahaha... I'm glad my nephew hasn't forgotten his uncle."

Chen Taihang looked at him carefully and said enthusiastically: "You have grown taller and more handsome. You are a descendant of our Chen family, haha..."

"If your brother hears you saying this, he will have to scold you again."

"Your Highness, please forgive me for laughing. Haha..."

At this time, Chen Yi looked at the carriage behind him and realized that the person coming was not only Chen Taihang, but also carriages with the flags of King Zhenbei and Duke Xing.

Lady Zhu Yu of Duke Xing jumped out of the carriage and looked at Lin Xueru in the crowd. Her eyes instantly turned red:

"Ruru!"

"Mother!"

Lin Xueru didn't care about anything else and trotted over.

Zhenbei King Du Qing came in person, and as soon as he showed up, all the guards outside the city gate knelt down one after another.

"See you, my lord!"

Even those who were watching on the road knelt down, except Gu Tiangang and Cao Abao, who looked like masters who had nothing to do with the matter.

Du Yanqing and Du Yan also gathered over and knelt on the ground.

"No gift!"

Du Qing was dressed in a purple robe, had a slightly dignified look on his face, and had a long, thin beard on his chin.

Compared to that time when he was a child, Chen Yi only felt that he looked much older, but the power on him was more obvious.

Fortunately, Du Qing did not plan to stay too long. After picking up Du Yanqing and Du Yan, he just greeted them and said they were visiting his home, then got in the car and left.

Lady Zhu Yu, the wife of Duke Xing, said a few more words. The more she looked at Chen Yi, the more fond he became of him. She repeatedly asked him to come to her house and visit her.

"Your Uncle Lin has been resting at home recently. Remember to come home when you have time."

"Aunt, don't worry."

Chen Yi looked at the little girl's red eyes and secretly made a face at her, which made her laugh out loud and diluted the atmosphere of the meeting between relatives.

Afterwards, he boarded the carriage and returned to Wu'an Marquis Mansion with Chen Taihang.

Only Hua Xianzi and Hua Youxiang continued to stay in the carriage, following Gu Tiangang and Cao Abao to the Taixu Taoist Sect's residence in Kyoto Prefecture.

"Uncle, how did you know I was back today?"

"After your eldest brother came back, I had people guarding the city gates. As soon as you arrived outside the Dongsheng Gate, you were discovered by them."

"Brother is back already?"

"There was a time..."

After Chen Yi and others left, everyone was left with a look of admiration on their faces.

Comparing people, one is always inferior to another; comparing goods, one can never compare them.

Until this moment, these Jianghu people just remembered -

The rumored "Little Sword Immortal" not only has extraordinary talent in cultivation, but his status and position far exceeds that of most geniuses!
"I almost forgot that 'Little Sword Immortal' is a descendant of a Martial Marquis and may very well succeed him in the future."

"It's hard to say. With his talent, I'm afraid he will go there."

"Where is that?"

"Only those who know can know, those who don't know should not ask too much!"

However, amidst all these discussions, some inappropriate voices were heard.

"'Little Sword Immortal' Chen Yi is so arrogant because of his talent that he made a big fuss right after returning to Kyoto Prefecture. It's not decent!"

"You're right. People who don't know would think he's already the successor to the Marquis of Wu'an!"

"I'm afraid you didn't see the Prince of Zhenbei coming in person? If Chen Yi is considered to be making a big fuss, then doesn't Prince Du Yanqing know the rules even less?"

"Haha, anyway, I think the 'Little Sword Fairy' should keep a low profile and not let anyone catch him..."

……

There was no conversation along the way, and Chen Yi went straight back to Wu'an Marquis Mansion.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw that it was full of people. Not only were there his second uncle, third uncle and others from the main line, but also people from all the side branches.

Even the elderly Madam Chen had to be supported by someone to come over.

"Grandson Chen Yi meets grandma, uncles, and uncles..."

Chen Yi bowed one by one, but he felt strange in his heart. He did not expect such a big scene.

At the same time, he also discovered that apart from these people, the eldest lady Zhou Wanyi, the eldest brother Chen Yuan and the third brother Chen Fan did not show up.

"Yier, follow grandma to pay homage to our ancestors."

Old Madam Chen, leaning on a cane and looking very old, pulled his hand and motioned Chen Taihang to follow behind.

Chen Yi suppressed his weird feeling and did not refuse.

He hadn't been home for a long time, and according to the rules of the Marquis's Mansion, he should go to the ancestral temple to burn incense.

But what he didn't notice was that when they were heading towards the ancestral hall, a young man was standing on the corridor in the backyard and looking at them from afar.

"Is that my second brother Chen Yi?"

"Grandma is so biased..."

When his eldest brother Chen Yuan came back before, he didn't go to the ancestral temple to burn incense!
(End of this chapter)