A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 487 Leaving the Tower
Wu Shidao was in the room, flipping through the summary of yesterday's affairs submitted by the Internal History Department. This was his daily routine. If he encountered important matters and felt that there was something he needed to report to Zhu He, he would report it to Zhu He in a timely manner.

He finished reading several pages of densely packed summaries, then put them aside and sipped his tea expressionlessly. They were just trivial matters, nothing important.

Wu Shidao stood up and prepared to go to the secret room to practice. He just opened the door when he saw Wang Yue hurried over. When he saw him open the door and stand there, Wang Yue looked at him strangely, and immediately leaned over and asked, "Brother Wu, have you heard?"

"What did you hear?" Wu Shidao was confused. He didn't know what Wang Yue was going to say, but looking at Wang Yue's sneaky look, it seemed that there was something wrong.

Wang Yue said: "Duan Rong is spinning!"

"Knot swirl!" Wu Shidao's face suddenly changed, and then his eyes moved, and he smiled faintly: "What nonsense are you talking about? Didn't we just meet Junior Brother Duan last night? How can there be a knot?"

“It’s true!” Wang Yue said, “It’s spread all over the place. Junior Brother Duan has been spinning in the Elders’ Council, stirring up the tides of heaven and earth’s vitality, alarming everyone in the Elders’ Council…”

"It triggered the tide of heaven and earth's vital energy!?"

The more Wu Shidao listened, the more ridiculous it seemed to him. He had never heard that a vortex could cause the tides of the vital energy of heaven and earth. But looking at Wang Yue's expression, it seemed to make sense and did not seem like he was lying.

Wang Yue saw Wu Shidao looking at him with doubtful eyes, obviously not quite believing it, so he said anxiously, "It's true. I heard it from a servant in the Elders' Council myself, and now it's being spread throughout the sect."

Wu Shidao's eyes narrowed, and he said, "Why bother with the rumors outside! But since they are spreading, why don't we go ask Junior Brother Duan, and then we'll know the truth, right?"

Wang Yue said: "I came to you to ask Junior Brother Duan together."

"Let's go then!"

Wu Shidao and Wang Yue went to Duan Rong's room together. When they arrived at Duan Rong's room in the pavilion, they saw that the door was locked, and Duan Rong was obviously not there.

Wu Shidao said, "Junior Brother Duan is not here, come back later."

Wang Yue touched the lock of the door and sighed, "I remember when Junior Brother Duan first came, the door was not locked."

Wu Shidao said, "We just arrived, and now is now. Let's go back first."

The two turned around and prepared to go back. After taking two steps, they saw Duan Rong slowly turning from the corridor. As soon as Duan Rong turned, he saw Wu Shidao and Wang Yue. As soon as they saw him, they stopped and stood there.

Duan Rong walked over and said with a smile, "Senior Brother Wu, Senior Brother Wang, are you looking for me?"

Wu Shidao smiled and said, "Junior brother, we heard rumors outside that you have already formed a vortex, and that you formed a vortex in the Elders' Hall, and that you have also triggered some kind of tide of heaven and earth vitality. I think this is too outrageous and is obviously a rumor, so I came here to ask you. If it is really a rumor, you can ask the people from the Internal History Department to investigate. Who is spreading the rumor? You, junior brother, are bringing shame to our Yunfu Peak!?"

After Wu Shidao finished speaking, he looked at Duan Rong with a smile, waiting for his answer.

Wang Yue also stood beside Wu Shidao, looking at Duan Rong expectantly. In fact, he didn't know whether those rumors outside were true or not.

Duan Rong looked at the two people's eyes, touched his nose, smiled awkwardly, and said: "Yes, yes."

Wu Shidao and Wang Yue were still staring at Duan Rong in confusion. They didn't know what these "um" and "is" meant. Was it true or not?

Duan Rong said: "It's not a rumor!"

"Not a rumor?!"

Wu Shidao looked at Duan Rong in astonishment, his whole body shivering, and he asked in a somewhat inappropriate tone: "Junior Brother Duan, are you saying that you have advanced to the Cyclone Realm!?"

Duan Rong nodded and said, "Yes."

"In the Elders' House?"

"Yes."

"It also triggered the vitality tide?"

"Yes."

Wu Shidao asked three questions in a row, and Duan Rong answered them all in the same way. Wu Shidao himself did not notice that his voice was getting louder and louder, and when he asked the third question, he could not help but tremble.

Wang Yue, standing next to Wu Shidao, was so surprised that he was speechless.

At this moment he stared at Duan Rong in a daze. He knew that he was the last one in Yunfu Peak and a drag. But compared with Duan Rong, Wu Shidao, Fan Hongjiao and others, whom he had always looked up to, were also drags.

He often heard the word "evil spirit", but looking at Duan Rong in front of him, he finally understood what an evil spirit was. You can only know this thing after you have seen it!
Especially seeing that even Wu Shidao, who was always deep and calm, had lost his composure like this, he knew that at this moment, Wu Shidao was even more shocked than him. Duan Rong's three yes's were obviously a great stimulus to Wu Shidao!

Duan Rong stood there, looking at Wu Shidao and Wang Yue in front of him with a faint smile. Both of them stood there as if petrified, unable to utter a word for a long time.

At this time, a servant from the Internal History Department came over from the corridor. He walked to Duan Rong's door, glanced at the lock on the door, and was about to leave, but he suddenly saw Duan Rong standing opposite them through the gap between Wu Shidao and Wang Yue who were standing not far away.

The servant hesitated for a moment, then stood in front of Duan Rong's door, as if waiting for him.

Duan Rong stood there, watching the servant's actions, his eyes moved, and he asked, "Are you looking for me?"

When the servant saw Duan Rong talking to him, he immediately bowed and said respectfully, "Yes, Master Duan! I am here to report that someone outside is looking for you!"

"Looking for me!? Who's looking for me?" Duan Rong's eyes moved, and his mind was full of thoughts. Now is a turbulent time, and who knows what kind of trouble will come.

"That person...is called...Ximen Kankan." The servant seemed to think for a moment before saying this somewhat tongue-twisting name.

"Is it Kankan!?" Duan Rong's eyes suddenly lit up.

Kankan is out!? Half a year has passed, and it seems that Kankan has come out of Tallinn.

Duan Rong immediately looked at the servant and asked, "Where is he?"

The servant replied, "He is waiting outside the pavilion. Sir Duan, he has come here three times before you returned to the peak."

Duan Rong was about to rush out of the pavilion, but he suddenly stopped and stared at Wu Shidao and Wang Yue, clasping his fists and saying, "Senior brothers, I have some personal matters to take care of. I'll talk to you later."

After Duan Rong finished speaking, he rushed towards the stairs at the other end of the corridor.

After hearing this, Wang Yue came back to his senses and responded.

Wu Shidao, however, acted as if he hadn't heard anything and continued to stand there with a dull look in his eyes.

Because he didn't understand. Before Duan Rong went to Shenyun Mansion, he had just achieved the fourth level of Yuanqi Realm.

All in all, how long has it been?!
It took him more than a year to go from the fourth level of Yuan Qi Realm to the great perfection of Yuan Qi Realm. Moreover, with such progress, his master praised him for his diligence.

However, in such a short period of time, Duan Rong not only achieved the Great Perfection of Yuan Qi Realm, but even formed a cyclone and advanced to the Qi Cyclone Realm! ?
What the hell is this! ?

Advance to the Cyclone Realm?! Doesn’t it take several months just to prepare for the cyclone?

how come?
I just came back yesterday, and I was still in the Yuanqi realm last night, but today I suddenly changed and advanced to the Qixi realm! ? How could this be possible?
He is also in the cyclone realm, he knows what cyclone formation is? How fatal and cautious is that? !

Why does Duan Rong act like he's joking?
It's already a swirl in the Elders' Council! ?

Didn't he go to the Council of Elders to present the case? Why did he end up in a mess there?
And it also triggered the tide of heaven and earth's vital energy? !
What is going on? None of this information makes sense!

How could a vortex cause the tide of heaven and earth's vital energy? It's not like he had never formed a vortex himself, right?
However, Duan Rong admitted it himself just now, and Wang Yue also said that he heard it with his own ears from the servant of the Council of Elders, which means that these are all true!
Wu Shidao's astonishment at this moment was a kind of astonishment that his cognition was completely shattered. He turned his head and wanted to take a look at Duan Rong, but at this time Duan Rong had already jumped down the stairs and his figure was no longer in the corridor.

Wu Shidao looked at the empty corridor, and a strong sense of unreality surged in his heart...

Duan Rong jumped out of the pavilion and saw a person standing on the open space not far outside the pavilion.

His originally hurried body suddenly paused, because he was very sure that the man was definitely not Ximen Kankan.

At this time, the man was seen pacing back and forth, obviously anxious, but he was thin and tall. At first glance, he was at least a head taller than the shorty Ximen Kankan. How could he be Ximen Kankan?

Duan Rong was wondering why this person pretended to be Ximen Kankan to come see him?

At this moment, the man turned and looked at Duan Rong.

At that moment, Duan Rong's heart suddenly moved. Although that thin face was completely different from Kan Kan's chubby round face, those eyebrows and eyes were Kan Kan's.

"Duan Rong!"

The man turned around and saw Duan Rong. He shouted and ran over immediately.

"Kankan?" Duan Rong stared blankly at the man grabbing him and calling his name. It took him a long time to react. He touched Ximen Kankan's face, looked him up and down, and asked, "Kankan, what's wrong with you?"

Ximen Kankan looked at Duan Rong and immediately knew what he was asking. He chuckled and said, "How is it? Have I become more handsome? Are you shocked? To be honest, I didn't expect that I could become so handsome. If Shuangshuang wasn't dead, wouldn't she bow down at my feet when she saw me like this?"

Duan Rong was amused when he saw Ximen Kankan still speaking in the same unremarkable manner. Only then did he completely believe that the person in front of him was Ximen Kankan.

Duan Rong looked at Ximen Kankan with some heartache. Although Ximen Kankan looked like a scoundrel at the moment, it had only been less than a year since he went from a fat, short man to this thin man. One could imagine how much suffering he had gone through in Tallinn.

Duan Rong said: "Kankan, you have suffered."

Ximen Kankan was originally still laughing there with a smug look on his face, but now he saw Duan Rong looking at him with eyes full of heartache, and Duan Rong's words, "You've suffered", made Ximen Kankan's defense break down at once.

His strange smile froze on his face, and his eyebrows drooped instantly. Thinking of the suffering he had endured in Tallinn over the past six months, tears suddenly welled up in his eyes, and he hugged Duan Rong and burst into tears.

After all, Ximen Kankan was brought up in a spoiled environment. Although his father Ximen Yong often forced him to practice, he was very talented and had never suffered any hardship in his practice. Ximen Yong also took good care of him in other aspects.

Therefore, during the past six months in Tallinn, he not only lost a lot of skin and became extremely thin, but it was also a great test for his character.

Ximen Kankan cried more and more sadly, and mumbled as he cried. Duan Rong couldn't hear what he said clearly. He only heard a few unclear syllables in his intermittent crying.

"Tower...bitter...eat..."

Duan Rong couldn't help laughing when he saw Ximen Kankan crying funny. He patted his back and comforted him. Ximen Kankan's crying gradually weakened, but his eyes were still tearful.

Duan Rong was comforting Ximen Kankan when he suddenly saw a figure in the misty mountains in the distance. The figure had a swaying skirt and long hair, and was walking on the mist...

The figure was extremely fast and in the blink of an eye, it was already in front of Duan Rong. The person was actually Fan Hongjiao!
Fan Hongjiao was wearing a purple dress, and her hair and skirt were covered with dew and grass debris.

Duan Rong's eyes moved, and he remembered that Wu Shidao had said in his room yesterday that Fan Hongjiao had not been on Yunfu Peak in the past few days. It was obvious that he had gone somewhere to carry out a mission.

Fan Hongjiao didn't know how far she had traveled, and her fair face was full of fatigue.

She walked slowly to Duan Rong and Ximen Kankan. She looked at the scene in front of her with a puzzled look. She saw Duan Rong hugging a man, and the man was in his arms, shaking his shoulders and sobbing quietly...

Fan Hongjiao looked at Duan Rong strangely and asked, "What are you doing?"

Ximen Kankan heard a woman's voice behind him, so he turned around and saw Fan Hongjiao. Although his eyes were filled with tears, he still caught a glimpse of Fan Hongjiao's proud chest.

Ximen Kankan sobbed, squeezed back tears, and stared at that place intently.

Ximen Kankan had lost weight at this time, and he still looked quite handsome.

Fan Hongjiao smiled, looked at Duan Rong, and asked, "Where did you get such a handsome young man?"

Duan Rong smiled and said, "He's a good friend from my hometown, just released from Tallinn."

Fan Hongjiao uttered an "oh" and glanced at Ximen Kankan with pity, then asked Duan Rong, "Is Master in the pavilion?"

Duan Rong's eyes moved. It was obvious that Fan Hongjiao was going to report to Zhu He, so he said, "He was in the room just now. I don't know where he is now."

Duan Rong had just come out of Zhu He's room and met Wu Shidao and Wang Yue in the corridor, but the old man Zhu He was elusive, so he was not sure whether he was still there at this moment.

Upon hearing this, Fan Hongjiao smiled, patted Duan Rong, and said, "Come back and play with me!" After that, she slipped into the pavilion in a charming manner.

Duan Rong shrank his neck and saw a flash of purple shadow. Fan Hongjiao had disappeared at the stairs. Duan Rong let out a long sigh and turned his head. He saw Ximen Kankan staring at the place where Fan Hongjiao disappeared.

Ximen Kankan noticed that Duan Rong was looking at him, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed, so he pretended to sniff and asked, "Who was that just now?"

Duan Rong said: "My senior sister, Fan Hongjiao."

Ximen Kankan said "oh" seemingly casually, but he had already remembered the name firmly in his heart.

Seeing that Ximen Kankan had calmed down after crying for a while, Duan Rong took him to his own room in the pavilion.

(End of this chapter)