One Qi Chaoyang

Chapter 233 Chapter 233: Proud

The next day, the sky was gloomy.

There was a drizzle, falling on the tiles, and then gathering in the gutters and flowing down, forming lines and falling to the ground.

Raindrops continued to condense on the grass, flowers, and leaves, dripping again and again. Each time they dripped, the grass and leaves undulated, as if responding to the words from heaven through the falling rain.

Zhao Fuyun borrowed a yellow oilcloth umbrella from the inn, walked down the steps of the inn and into the wet street.

Every place has its own customs. The streets here are relatively small and narrow, only big enough for a sedan to pass through. The houses on both sides are made of red bricks and green tiles. There are pedestrians holding umbrellas on the street, shops on both sides selling various breakfasts, white smoke coming out of them, and people sitting there.

The local dialect can be clearly heard as they eat and occasionally stop eating to chat.

It seemed that the pace was not fast, but beneath this seemingly peaceful and comfortable atmosphere, there was danger lurking. Perhaps this danger was only for outsiders. He could feel that Huaihe County was a closed place.

He was walking on the street in the drizzle, and people kept looking at him. He could see scrutiny in their eyes.

But as he walked among the many umbrellas, his figure slowly disappeared from everyone's sight, as if there had never been such a person, as if he disappeared among the umbrellas on the street and disappeared in the rain.

He came to a spice shop with a bell hanging on the door.

Saw a person.

A woman in colorful clothes was sitting in the innermost part, crocheting a sachet in her hands. She was none other than Jin Ling, also known as Jin Surong by Ma Sanhu.

She didn't feel anyone entering her shop, but she felt someone watching her. She looked up, and then her eyes suddenly changed, becoming extremely sharp. She also clenched the needle in her hand. Zhao Fuyun was sure that this needle would be very scary when it was used.

At the same time, her eyes became extremely sharp, as if they had a sharp edge, as she looked at the void where Zhao Fuyun was standing.

Zhao Fuyun's method of invisibility was based on the concept of "harmony in the world". He just stood there, looking at the woman, which aroused her vigilance, so the woman's eyes also fell on him.

Zhao Fuyun couldn't help but sigh. For other foundation-building cultivators, it would be difficult for them to detect him even if he looked at them, but Jin Ling could. Although Jin Ling was still in the foundation-building stage, he was different from ordinary foundation-building cultivators.

"I wonder which friend is visiting our shop." Jin Ling asked coldly, holding the silver needle in her hand. Zhao Fuyun felt the sharpness and a strong murderous intent from the silver needle.

Zhao Fuyun thought of how smooth she was in the mountains, but now he felt that her other side was so sharp.

From this we can see that many people have two sides. In different environments, when they meet different people, they have different faces. No one can treat everyone in the world with the same face and attitude.

Zhao Fuyun's figure was quickly outlined in the void. Jin Ling only felt that his eyes were slightly dark, and a person appeared, blocking the light in the room.

When Jin Ling saw clearly that it was Zhao Fuyun, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

But he did not call Zhao Fuyun by his name, nor did he address him as "Junior Brother". Surprise turned into question in his eyes.

Zhao Fuyun said, "Senior Sister Jin Ling, Senior Brother Ma asked me to pick you up."

"You have already reached the Purple Palace?" Jin Ling asked somewhat unwillingly.

"I was lucky enough to be able to open a government office." Zhao Fuyun said.

"Opening a government is opening a government. There is no such thing as luck. However, I am almost there. After this punishment is over, my wish will be fulfilled, and I can open a government."

Zhao Fuyun knew what she meant.

Many times, when we practice cultivation, because magical power is formed by the fusion of one's own thoughts and vital energy, but if we want to achieve perfection, there will be no progress. But how can the mind achieve no progress? After all, there is a saying that the mind is endless.

So everyone sets a symbol of perfection for their own hearts, just like saying, my goal at this stage is to climb that mountain.

Everyone has something they want to do in their hearts, so they will set such a goal and ambition. When it is achieved, it means they have "achieved their goal" and thus feel "satisfied".

Perhaps her ambition at this stage was to punish the enemies who offended the disciples of Tiandu Mountain. After accomplishing these, she would have fulfilled her ambition and achieved her goal.

Every cultivator has a different way of achieving perfection in their magical powers, but overall, they are all similar. "Congratulations, Senior Sister. The day of opening your residence is just around the corner." Zhao Fuyun said.

Jin Ling didn't know whether the junior brother in front of her was mocking her or was sincere. She established her foundation earlier than Zhao Fuyun, but opened her mansion later. However, her age was definitely not old and it was just the right time.

She sighed and said, "This time, Junior Brother Zhao, you will have to take care of me again."

"It is my duty." Zhao Fuyun said. He actually wanted to know who Jin Ling was going to kill and what her plan was, but he held back and didn't ask. This was Jin Ling's wish, so that she could accomplish her goal and thus feel proud of herself.

"Since you are here, Junior Brother, I will deliver this batch of black karma incense for offering sacrifices to him tonight. You just need to meet me outside the He Mansion."

Naturally, she would wait for the person who would pick her up to arrive for this batch of black incense, but as for when to deliver it, since Zhao Fuyun had arrived, she decided to deliver it tonight.

"Okay." Zhao Fuyun answered, turned around and left.

Although he didn't know where the He Mansion was, there was still a day left for him to find out.

At noon, Huang Ying came back. Her steps were hurried and she hurried into the golden incense shop.

"Senior Sister, someone died in the auction house." Huang Ying said excitedly.

She knew very well that this auction house belonged to the three major families in Huaihe County, but the He family was the main one.

The He family would gather people from the three families and transform themselves into thieves. Of course, they would also collect stolen supplies from other bandits.

"Who died?" Jin Ling asked with some surprise, because she knew that if it was just an ordinary person's death, Huang Ying would not rush to report to her.

"The treasure appraisers are Xiong Pu and He Ming." Huang Ying said.

"They were He Tianhua's right-hand men, how did they die?" Jin Ling asked in surprise.

"I don't know. I heard that he was burned to death in the room. His body was burned black and his flesh and blood dried up." Huang Ying said.

Jin Ling was silent. She knew that Zhao Fuyun's method of cultivation seemed to be related to fire magic. When he was practicing in Jiguanling, the sun's rays covered the entire Jiguanling mountain range.

Moreover, she also heard that Zhao Fuyun had refined a lamp-shaped magical weapon.

Now Zhao Fuyun appears here. He went there to identify the talisman yesterday. Those two people were burned to death last night.

Jin Ling couldn't help but take a deep breath. These made her have some associations.

"After he entered the Purple Mansion, he became so powerful?"

This made her feel a little dissatisfied and surprised.

"I'm going to take action tonight, and then leave here to start my own government." Jin Ling said.

"Today? So urgent? Have you made a plan, senior sister?" Huang Ying said.

"We have had a plan for a long time, but many things cannot be planned. Sometimes, we still need courage. It's like when we set up a government office. How can we have perfect preparations?" Jin Ling said.

At this moment, Huang Ying saw a sharp spirit from her senior sister. This sharp spirit was so consistent with her own practice method. She felt that her senior sister at this moment was no longer contradictory. She understood that her senior sister had completed the unity of body, mind and will, and could open her own house.

But she couldn't help but think in her heart: "When will I be able to be satisfied and reach the state where I can open a government office?"

She once told Zhao Fuyun that she only wanted to reach the Purple Palace, then open up a cave and recruit three or two disciples to practice in silence.

Some people can quickly reach the state of opening up the Purple Palace and make the breath in their chest complete, but some people find it difficult to do so in their entire life.

(End of this chapter)