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Chapter 73: A Captive's Grace (Subscription Request)
"The highest ranking is Junior Sister Xiao Xuanzhen from Taixu Peak, who is ranked tenth on the Earth Ranking."

"If you are interested, I just happened to buy two copies of the "Tianjiao List" when I returned to the mountain last time."

As he spoke, Sun Zhengqiu took the bag off his horse, pulled out two books and handed them to him.

After Chen Yi took it, he looked at it.

The cover is one gold and one silver, and it looks like it is coated with a layer of gold and silver foil, and in the middle are three bold and bold characters - Tianjiao List.

Chen Yi noticed that there were two lines of small words in the lower left corner of the cover.

In addition to the words "Heavenly Ranking" and "Earthly Ranking", it also says "Generationally talented people emerge, Xuantian is unrivaled".

Chen Yi pondered over these eight words and felt that they were quite impressive.

Then he opened the golden list of geniuses.

The paper inside was snow-white and felt more like silk than paper. It was made with a level of sophistication far superior to any book he had ever read.

Moreover, the people on the Heavenly Ranking are not listed one person per row, but one person per page.

Not only does it include the surname and name, the sect or family to which the person belongs, but also the inheritance of their cultivation techniques, level of realm, skills they are proficient in, etc.

The content is more about the person's achievements, stating what brilliant achievements were made in a certain year and month and where.

For example, Wang Situ, who ranks first on the Tianjiao List, is from the Badao Sect of Jiangnan Prefecture.

His master was Duan Zhendong, the leader of the "Southern Sword" Ba Dao Sect. He was good at dual sword techniques and at the age of twenty-one, his cultivation had reached the third-grade Tianhe realm.

During his first travels, he slaughtered 300 bandit chiefs alone at Tianmen Mountain and earned the name "Double-Knife Butcher".

The following year, he killed a fourth-grade demon that had been entrenched in Beiqi Mountain for many years.

In the third year, he challenged the famous martial arts master "Fast Knife" Zhongsun Shaojiang and defeated him. From then on, he became famous in the eight southern prefectures.

The most recent record was last year, which was the 38th year of Yonghe.

As soon as Wang Situ’s cultivation reached the Tianhe realm, he challenged Yan Nanfei, who was previously ranked first on the Tianbang and currently ranked second on the Tianbang.

The two fought fiercely for two days. In the end, Wang Situ perfected his sword skills in the battle and won with one move, ranking first on the Heavenly Ranking.

The second place winner, Yan Nanfei, was also extremely talented. He learned from the fifth-ranked Taoist master, Shi Yanshan, and practiced the Pure Yang Heart Sutra.

He is one year younger than Wang Situ, but his cultivation has already reached the third-grade Tianhe realm.

If it weren't for the fact that his practice techniques and artistic conception were slightly lacking, it would be hard to say who would have won or lost the battle.

After flipping through more than ten pages, Chen Yi finally found Senior Sister Zhan Hongxiu.

Ranked 14th on the Tianbang Ranking, he has reached the fourth level of Lingqiao Realm, and is a disciple of Li Qingzhou, the head of Jianfeng Mountain of Taixu Taoist Sect. He has just achieved great success in the way of swordsmanship, but his sword intent is not yet complete.

"The content recorded here is quite accurate."

Chen Yi muttered to himself and continued to read the major things that Zhan Hongxiu had done in her journey through the world.

At the age of fifteen, he made some progress in swordsmanship and went out into the martial arts world. He killed a fifth-grade Baodan-level snake in the shallows with his sword.

At the age of sixteen, he went south to Jiangnan Prefecture and wiped out thousands of bandits, several of whom were well-known masters in the world.

At the age of 20, he traveled west and encountered a demon monk in the third-grade Tianhe realm in the Western Land. With the cultivation level of having just entered the fourth-grade Lingqiao realm, Zhan Hongxiu killed him with his sword.

At the age of 23, when his swordsmanship had reached its peak, he challenged Ye Lin of Yuhua Sect and won with three sword strikes...

Until the very end, there was still a comment on the Heavenly List evaluating Zhan Hongxiu.

"The road to heaven is difficult, red sleeves dominate the sword, who says women are inferior to men?"

Well, it seems that there are indeed few female heroes among the ones ranked before the eldest sister.

The only one is a nun from the Hengshan School. She has very few battle records and rarely moves around in the martial arts world.

Chen Yi flipped through dozens of pages and saw the name of his second senior brother Lu Cheng at the end of the Heavenly Ranking. He was just twenty years old and had mastered the art of swordsmanship.

After that, he started to look at the Earth Ranking.

The above content is not much different from the Heavenly Ranking, but most of them refer to their talents, teachers, and gifted rankings.

There is no battle record as a reference, so the information is quite untrue.

Especially Xiao Xuanzhen, who was ranked tenth. It was written on her name that she was the daughter of the leader of Taixu Taoist Sect, had practiced the Eight Methods of Taixu, and was extremely talented.

Even so, "Tianjiaobang" gave her the comment of "having the potential to be a master, with a promising future".

I wonder if the person who compiled the "Tianjiao List" would cry out of regret if he knew about Xiao Xuanzhen's unique hobby.

In addition to Xiao Xuanzhen, several people from Taixu Taoist Sect also made the list.

There are two people from Jianfeng Mountain. One is the fourth senior brother Xie Changle, who ranks fifty-sixth, and the other is senior sister Ning Xue, who ranks seventy-fourth.

The rankings of both of them are not high, at least much lower than Xiao Xuanzhen, who is slightly weaker than them.

There were also two other disciples from Taixu Peak whose situations were the same as Ning Xue and the others.

It is not difficult to see from here that what the "Heavenly Pride Ranking and Earthly Ranking" values ​​is the potential for advancement to the first-grade virtual realm, rather than the current cultivation, techniques, and combat performance.

Compared with the "Tianjiaobang·Tianbang" which is so confident, it is far inferior.

It is worth mentioning that after searching through the entire list, Chen Yi did not find his own name on it.

He couldn't help but secretly curl his lips.

It seems that the compiler can only determine the order of arrangement based on his status and military achievements.

It is not difficult to guess that there must be many people with extraordinary talents who have not been included in the "Heavenly Pride List and Earthly Pride List".

For example, the flower fairy who possesses the talent of "Dan Qi like clouds" did not appear on it.

After reading it, Chen Yi returned it to Sun Zhengqiu.

"Isn't this "Tianjiao List" expensive?"

"Ten dollars is indeed not cheap." Sun Zhengqiu said with a wry smile, "But it is a rare new thing in the martial arts world recently."

“Not only are there many buyers, but there are also many people who challenge those on the list.”

"Especially the top few on the Heavenly Ranking. It is said that over a hundred people have challenged them in the past year."

Chen Yi raised his eyebrows, "So many?"

If that's the case, then he doesn't really want to be on the "Tianjiao List".

Otherwise, those endless challengers alone would not be enough to make him upset.

But thinking of this, Chen Yi's heart moved.

"Why have I never seen anyone challenge Senior Sister Zhan on the mountain?"

"It should be the sect's intimidation," Sun Zhengqiu thought for a moment and replied, "If Senior Sister Zhan doesn't leave the mountain gate, I'm afraid that ordinary people won't dare to come."

"It is more likely that he was stopped outside the mountain by the disciples of the Martial Arts Hall."

Chen Yi nodded, "That's true."

At this time, Zhan Hongxiu came running over with more than ten wine jars, and shouted excitedly:

"Junior brother, come quickly, let me borrow your Sumeru bag."

Chen Yi glanced at her, then looked at the "Tianjiao List" in Sun Zhengqiu's hand, with a strange look in his eyes.

I thought that it would be better not to watch this damn "Ten Prodigies List", as it is not as enjoyable as "Ten Taoist Fairies" at all.

Especially the comments given above, I don’t say they are nonsense, but they were definitely written with my eyes closed.

"Junior brother?" Zhan Hongxiu saw that he didn't move for a long time, and reminded him suspiciously: "Sumeru bag."

Chen Yi closed his eyes, put the wine jar in her hand into the Sumeru bag, turned around, mounted his tall horse, and left the inn first.

Throw a word far away.

"Big sister, in order to avoid affecting your schedule, I will keep these drinks for you for the time being."

"What do you mean?" Zhan Hongxiu looked confused. Sun Zhengqiu thought for a moment and quickly rode his horse to chase Chen Yi.

Only the young marquis dares to say and do this. The rest of the people should not get involved, so as not to be affected by Senior Sister Zhan's "anger".

When she saw them leave first, Zhan Hongxiu still didn't react.

She was just depositing the wine temporarily. There's no need for me to remind you of this, right?
"Sister Zhan, Junior Brother Chen must mean that you cannot drink alcohol before arriving at Jiangnan Prefecture."

Zhan Hongxiu was shocked, "What?!"

She had finally bought the fine wine on credit from the inn. Wouldn't it be fatal if she didn't drink a few sips on the way?

"Brother, slow down, let's discuss this..."

The remaining two disciples, Miao Zezhong, a physical cultivator from Linxun Mountain, and Cheng Yunfei from Danfeng Mountain, looked at each other and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

The three in front ran away, and the food brought out from the inn fell on the two of them to be responsible for.

"Junior Brother Miao, do you think that Senior Sister Zhan's attitude towards Junior Brother Chen Yi is unusual?"

"Have it?"

Miao Zezhong hung the bag on the horse's back, climbed on the horse and said, "But Junior Brother Chen is too young, so I'm afraid we will have to split our attention to take care of him during this mission."

Cheng Yunfei nodded thoughtfully.

She had heard of the name Chen Yi. After all, she was in Danfeng Mountain and paid much attention to the two sisters who had excellent aptitude in alchemy.

It seemed that they had a very good relationship with Chen Yi and often went to Jianfeng Mountain.

She had even heard people say that the flower fairy would specially make some pills for Chen Yi.

I don't know if it's true or not...

……

Jiangnan Prefecture has been a place of outstanding people and beautiful scenery since ancient times.

The "Records of the Wei Dynasty" recorded the deeds of the first emperor who founded the Wei Dynasty and went to Jiangnan Prefecture three times.

During one of his visits to Linguang Lake, he praised it as “among all the lakes in the world, there is no other lake that can compare to it”.

There are countless outstanding people, no matter in the court or in the underworld.

In front of them were the great general of the Wei Dynasty, Ji Wu Gou, the right prime minister Feng Hanlin, the "Jiangnan hero" Su Baimo, the "magic gun" Yuan Lang and others.

Later, there were Tang Xun, the third place winner in the imperial examination, Li Changhe, the silver flag winner of the Night Watch Division, and Wang Situ, the "Double-Knife Butcher" mentioned earlier, who were also from Jiangnan Prefecture.

For three consecutive days, Chen Yi and his four companions rode at full speed, all the way from Jizhou Prefecture to Jiangnan Prefecture, and only then did they slow down.

"Senior Sister, which one of you from Jiangnan Prefecture came to our Taixu Dao Sect for this mission?"

"It's someone from the Night Watch. I heard from Master Cao that a spy from the Night Watch accidentally heard that an evil demon was planning to attack the formation of Jiangnan Mansion."

Zhan Hongxiu rode on her horse, looking out at the Jiangnan mansion surrounded by water and green mountains, and said:

"The formation that the left prime minister had arranged earlier was the famous Taoist blessing formation, which has the power of 'good weather and good harvests'."

"Originally, it could only protect one county at most, but with the evil spirit on the corpse of Hanba, it can now protect the entire Jiangnan Prefecture."

"As a result, the people of Jiangnan Prefecture have been able to live comfortably for the past three years. Not only have they made up for the losses caused by the drought, but they have also left a surplus."

At this point, Zhan Hongxiu paused, looked at Sun Zhengqiu on the other side and asked, "Junior Brother Sun, I heard that you came to Jiangnan Prefecture last time?"

"Sister," Sun Zhengqiu nodded and said, "I did stay here for a while half a year ago when I was carrying out a sect mission."

"The truth is just as Senior Sister said. After being taken over by the Left Prime Minister, the Jiangnan Mansion is even better than before. However..."

Sun Zhengqiu hesitated and said, "There are also some evil demons hiding here, secretly doing many things that anger the gods and the people."

"Oh? Junior brother, what are you referring to?" Cheng Yunfei asked, "Can you tell me more about it?"

Sun Zhengqiu glanced at Chen Yi, and seeing that he had no objection, he continued his story.

"Needless to say, Jiangnan Prefecture's officials, whether it's the prefect of Jiangnan Prefecture, the Night Watch, or the Provincial Administration, are all quite obedient to the imperial decree."

"In Jianghu, we have the 'Jiangnan Hero' Su Baimo and the leader of Tyrant Blade Sect Duan Zhendong, who are enough to hold the fort."

"But Junior Brother has learned that some evil sects have had masters appear in Jiangnan Prefecture recently."

"For example, Fengshan of the Shenxing Sect, Zhang Tianxing, the elder of the Wan Gu Sect, Wen Renying, the demon girl of the Baishen Sect, and others, all have rumors of appearing in Jiangnan Prefecture."

Hearing this, Chen Yi's heart moved. Fengshan, a crazy old man?

This name left a deep impression on him.

You should know that this was the person who kidnapped him in Kyoto Prefecture.

It was also thanks to him that he was able to discover Jingye Hou Zhou Tiance who was hiding in the dark and attacking him.

I didn't expect to run into him in Jiangnan Prefecture when I went down the mountain to travel.

However, Chen Yi did not show any expression.

At that time, the crazy old man's strength had already reached the fourth level of spiritual realm. I think after four years, his strength has improved further.

If I really encounter him, I have to plan carefully so that I can thank him for his "kindness in saving me"!
"Let's go, we'll talk when we get there."

Upon hearing this, Zhan Hongxiu did not wait to stop and rode her horse towards Jiangnan Prefecture first, and the others followed.

However, Chen Yi deliberately stayed at the end, and Sun Zhengqiu understood and followed him.

"You didn't say anything before. Is there a 'Hidden Dragon' seed in Jiangnan Mansion or are there other members?"

"Your Excellency's guess is correct," Sun Zhengqiu replied in a voice transmission, "According to what I know, there are four 'Hidden Dragon Seeds' who have gone to Ba Dao Sect."

"According to the results of the Taoist's observation at that time, their talents in swordsmanship are not weak, and there is a high probability that they have been practicing martial arts there."

Ba Dao Sect, four “Hidden Dragon Seeds”.

Chen Yi opened his mouth slightly and asked in a low voice, "Anything else? You should have discovered something the last time you went to Jiangnan Prefecture, otherwise you wouldn't have paid so much attention to the things here after returning to the mountain."

"I can't hide it from you, sir," Sun Zhengqiu said calmly, "When I came here earlier, I heard a rumor."

"It is said that the 'Jiangnan Hero' Su Baimo and the leader of the Tyrant Sword Sect have scheduled a battle on Linguang Lake. I wanted to go and watch the battle."

Make an appointment...

Chen Yi nodded slightly, feeling a little curious about the fight between these martial arts masters.

However, he was more focused on the mission and the crazy old man.

"Since you can receive news from Jiangnan Prefecture while you are on the mountain, you must have a reliable channel. Then do something for me."

"Please speak, sir." Sun Zhengqiu was shocked.

Since he followed the young marquis, he has only completed two tasks in total.

The first was to investigate what Jingye Hou Zhou Tiance did after he was injured, and the second was to send a letter home.

These two things were said to be tasks, but in his eyes, they could not demonstrate his abilities.

His inability to demonstrate his abilities meant that he would be of little use to the young marquis, and there was no guarantee that he would not be abandoned in the future.

"Keep an eye on the crazy old man for me. I want to know when and where he will appear!"

"Feng Chan?"

"Well, report to me when you find it."

After saying that, Chen Yi whipped his horse and galloped away.

It would have been fine if he hadn't met him before in Taixu Taoist Sect, but now that he had run into him in Jiangnan Prefecture, there was no way he would let the crazy old man go.

Even if not for himself, he must make the crazy old man pay the price for Lin Xueru!

　Thanks to shuizhihan1988 for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)