My blind date failed, so I had to ascend the throne and become emperor.

Chapter 117 Jiang Xia: I can help you
late at night.

The bustling and bustling scene that had been noisy all day gradually became quiet.

The fifth floor of the hotel.

Inside the king-size bed suite.

Jiang Xia, wearing only a bath towel, walked out of the bathroom with wet hair. Her shoulders and collarbone were fair and smooth, and her cheeks were rosy, looking like bright red wine. "Zhou Ping, I, I'm done, you go ahead."

Zhou Ping, who was leaning against the window admiring the night view, nodded and walked into the bathroom.

Jiang Xia breathed a sigh of relief.

But soon, she heard intermittent lewd sounds coming from next door, which made her face flush again. As an outstanding student of spiritual practice in the Taoist temple, she was not unfamiliar with matters between men and women. After all, it was the information age, and there were many channels to obtain information about such things. However, she had never truly experienced it, and had been single for many years.

Their first kiss was when Zhou Ping kissed her last time.

Therefore, when faced with such sounds, one will still feel shy and look unnatural.

"call."

"Luckily he's not here."

Jiang Xia patted the white waves on his chest, and then quickly said in annoyance, "These guys are only obsessed with beauty. No wonder their cultivation is so mediocre."

She quickly dried herself with a towel.

When Zhou Ping came out of the bathroom, Jiang Xia had already changed his clothes and was sitting on the edge of the bed, browsing his phone.

"Let's go around Mount Li tomorrow and see if we can find any clues."

"Ok."

Seeing Jiang Xia raise his eyes.

As Zhou Ping waved his hand, several palm-sized formation flags suddenly disappeared in the corner of the room. Suddenly, a burst of spiritual energy raged, covering the entire room.

Do it all.

He then sat down cross-legged and started practicing.

As the spiritual energy gathered into a vortex and poured into the nine orifices, his heart gradually calmed down.

Jiang Xia was not unfamiliar with this scene. She had long known that Zhou Ping had excellent spiritual root talent. Not only did he have the bonus of the Nine Apertures, but he could also condense spiritual energy vortexes in ordinary spiritual environments. This was definitely a top-notch spiritual root.

While Zhou Ping is absorbed in cultivation.

She couldn't help but look at Zhou Ping carefully. His masculine and handsome face and tight and powerful muscles seemed to be full of explosive power. Thinking of the sounds she heard in the Magic City and Zhou Ping's heavy breathing, her face gradually turned red.

If such a heavy force...if it were me, could I bear it...

bah bah.

What am I thinking!
Jiang Xia's face flushed red as she bit her lower lip. The more she watched, the more fascinated she became. The images in her mind became clearer and her body couldn't help but twist. She forced herself to calm down and quickly adjusted her breathing.

More than half an hour passed.

Zhou Ping finished his practice and looked at Jiang Xia. "Thank you for the Dharma Protector. You came to practice, and I will protect you."

Jiang Xia nodded.

After a while, he entered the state of meditation.

Zhou Ping didn't have too many thoughts. Although he was full of blood and energy, he was with Jiang Xia often. He had been on the space ship for more than 20 days before, so he was somewhat immune. Besides, the senior in Jiang Xia's sea of ​​consciousness was in a deep sleep, so he didn't dare to blaspheme him casually.

Walk to the window.

Looking at the bright lights and feasting not far away.

His brows were locked together.

The perfect foundation-building method of "The Sutra of Fire" also requires finding an excellent place of earth fire. Otherwise, it will be difficult to refine the huge spiritual energy in the body. According to the True Spirit, most of the magma volcanic environments on the earth are just the most ordinary earth vein fire.

Good-grade earth fire is basically found in places with special earth vein environments, preferably with spiritual veins.

The so-called spiritual vein.

It is the perfect place for spiritual energy to gather.

Scientifically speaking, it is a place with rich dark matter and dark energy.

in ancient times.

Such places often have prosperous dragon veins, and most emperors will settle here.

Therefore.

Zhou Pingcai decided to come to Qinling Mountains first.

All the dragon veins in the world come from Kunlun, but there are no strange phenomena on Kunlun's side. The Qinling Mountains is one of the dragon veins, belonging to the middle dragon. This place has been the ancient capital of more than a dozen dynasties, and countless emperors are buried in the Qinling Mountains. If you want to find excellent grade of earth fire, then the Qinling Mountains is a very good place.

……

The next day.

early morning.

The air in ancient Chang'an was still cold at the end of February.

The twelfth floor of the hotel.

Inside the restaurant.

Many people had arrived by seven o'clock.

Zhou Ping and Jiang Xia were also among them. Both of them had very strong spiritual energy, which could conceal their own psychic aura very well. They looked like they had crossed the threshold of Qi training.

And glanced away.

Sixty percent of those eating breakfast were quasi-cultivators, their skin still rough like that of ordinary people, and it was obvious that they had just recently cultivated their spiritual roots. The rest were cultivators, and there were even three or four men and women with strong auras.

In fact, the strength of a practitioner can be judged by the fineness of the skin color.

Basically, as long as you reach the level of a cultivator, that is, more than 3,000 spiritual powers, your skin will be very tight, delicate, and rich in color, just like you have applied makeup.

Therefore, when Zhou Pingjiang Xia was looking at these three or four men and women, the other party was also looking at them.

There was curiosity and a bit of fear in his eyes.

It has been a while since the Lantern Festival, and it is not the peak tourist season, but so many practitioners have gathered in this hotel, obviously coming for the Qinling Mountains glow.

After dinner.

Zhou Ping and Jiangxia came to Mount Li again.

Then it turned around nearby.

Unfortunately, there was still no gain.

Not even a trace of formation fluctuation was sensed.

"Director Wang and his team, as well as domestic experts, have been here for over ten days and haven't found any clues. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to find them either."

Jiang Xia said with a frown.

Zhou Ping's spiritual energy of more than 30,000 was enough to detect the entire Mount Li in more than half an hour, but he did not find anything special.

"Do you think that the glow is man-made?"

Jiang Xia said.

Zhou Ping waved his hand, "Don't doubt it, the rosy glow must have been emitted by the aura within the formation. Now that we can't find it, it must be because this formation is very powerful and special."

Jiang Xia hesitated and said, "But we've been searching for half a day and haven't found any clues. I checked last night, and the glow on this side of Mount Li only appeared once. Do you think someone has already opened the formation?"

Zhou Ping was stunned. "You mean, someone opened the formation, which caused the strange phenomenon on Mount Li."

"Correct."

Jiang Xia nodded and continued, "This is very normal. Wasn't it the same when we were in Qingcheng? When the formation was opened, rosy clouds filled the sky, attracting many practitioners to enter. But if the formation was really opened, why was there no movement other than the rosy clouds?"

"Once this ancient formation is opened, it will definitely be impossible to conceal it."

Zhou Ping's eyes lit up. "Jiang Xia, your analysis is correct. The opening of the ancient formation could never be concealed. That means the formation hasn't been opened yet. The reason why the rosy glow appeared that day was because someone triggered or activated the outer restrictions of the formation."

"This formation is likely to have some special conditions, just like the Blood Gate Formation in Qingcheng. So if we continue searching here, we're sure we won't find it. We have to find the person or event that caused the glow that day."

"Let's go find Team Yellow."

The two quickly arrived at the special department's emergency response team.

When asked about Xia Guang's special circumstances that day, Team Huang said helplessly, "You are speculating that Xia Guang is related to a certain event or person, right? In fact, Director Wang and his team also speculated so and even reviewed all the footage entering and leaving the Lishan Tourist Area."

"I have a backup here. If you want to see it, go ahead."

Finally, he reminded, "Captain Zhou, many people are actually interested in the strange phenomena in Mount Li, including our emergency team. It's just that it's difficult to find the antiquities excavation team, you know." Zhou Ping nodded, "I know, I heard that Director Lei is here too."

Captain Huang whispered, "He has a problem with you. You should be careful. The main personnel of the antiquities excavation team have been in Gu Chang'an all the time, and there are reportedly some progress. However, Director Lei is blocking the news, so it's useless for anyone to find him."

Zhou Ping's heart moved, "Captain Huang, thank you."

Captain Huang patted Zhou Ping on the shoulder and grinned, "Don't be polite, we're all from the Special Branch. To be honest, I've disliked those people for a long time."

After saying that, he left.

Jiang Xia looked at Captain Huang's back and couldn't help but ask, "Captain Huang, do you mean that the antiquities excavation team has some clues?"

Zhou Ping nodded, but he didn't think that Captain Huang told him the news just because they were both in the special department. It seemed that the other party had some purpose.

The two watched the video.

Indeed not found.

After leaving the special department.

He expressed his guess.

Jiang Xia frowned, "Captain Huang, do you think he wants you to go find Lei Jiming and get some clues?"

"This should be the most direct purpose, but I always feel that Captain Huang has other purposes. Regardless, we will go to the antiquities excavation team later."

Hearing Zhou Ping's words.

Jiang Xia exclaimed, hesitantly saying, "Zhou Ping, don't you have a conflict with Lei Jiming? If we go over there, he won't tell us such an important clue, right?"

"The conflict was over public affairs, not personal matters."

"Ok."

The antiquities excavation team has a branch in ancient Chang'an, which is not far from the Special Department and can be reached in more than 20 minutes by car.

This was originally an archaeological office.

Later it was transformed into an important branch of the antiquities excavation team.

There were actually soldiers armed with guns guarding the door.

Take out your ID.

The soldiers immediately reported.

soon.

Zhou Ping met his acquaintance Qin Yu in Qingcheng.

Qin Yu was also surprised. "Captain Zhou, Jiang Xia, why are you here?"

As if she had thought of something, she smiled and said, "It's because of the sunset glow a few days ago."

"Correct."

"Please come in quickly."

Come to the reception room.

Qin Yu personally poured a cup of hot water for the two of them. "The sunset glow on Mount Li has caused quite a stir. The number of tourists visiting Mount Li has been increasing recently, but the area around it is still closed, so those people can only go to other attractions."

"A few days ago, the director of the Special Section and experts and professors from the national and Taoist academy came here."

Jiang Xia smiled and said, "Sister Qin Yu, your antiquities excavation team has been working on this, so there should be some progress."

Qin Yu glanced at Jiang Xia and said, "This... To be honest, I don't know the specific information. As you know, when I was in Qingcheng, I was not responsible for the excavation. After returning to Mount Li, I only did some clerical work."

Listen to this.

Zhou Ping asked, "Where is Director Lei?"

Qin Yu hesitated for a moment and said, "Director Lei is rarely in the office. As for where he went, I don't know."

After a while.

Zhou Ping and Jiang Xia walked out of the antiquities excavation team's office building.

Found a restaurant.

When the two of them were eating.

Jiang Xia said, "Sister Qin Yu should know something, but she seems to be hiding something."

Zhou Ping said casually, "That's normal. After all, she's an internal staff member of the team. Even if Lei Jiming's actions are secretive, I'm afraid they can't be covered up. But Qin Yu won't tell us. Their relationship isn't that close yet."

"Then what to do."

"Wait."

"Since a rosy glow has appeared on Mount Li, the formation must be nearby. Let's wait here."

that's it.

Three consecutive days.

The two of them strolled around Mount Li in the morning and went to the antiquities excavation team in the afternoon, but they still didn't find anything and didn't even see Lei Jiming.

Zhou Ping knew that Qin Yu must have told Lei Jiming about her arrival, but Lei Jiming did not return to the office building, obviously not intending to show up.

early morning.

The restaurant on the 12th floor of the hotel.

There are many people.

Most of them are familiar faces.

Those three or four practitioners have been having breakfast here every day these days.

Treated as a practitioner.

There was absolutely no need to have breakfast in the hotel. Maybe they were just like Zhou Ping and Jiang Xia, seeking convenience, but they might also be trying to get some information.

After all, it’s breakfast time.

The number of prospective practitioners and practitioners coming to the restaurant is the largest.

Everyone has almost the same goal.

"Tsk, tsk."

"I've been here for almost half a month, and finally found a good place last night."

"What a great place."

"Of course it's our man's paradise, a place called Jing'ansi."

"Why does it sound like a nunnery? Could this be role-playing?"

"Hehe, that would be more fun. Besides, I heard that they are not just ordinary people, there are even cultivators among them."

"Is it true? Are there people who have crossed the threshold of Qi training?"

"Of course, but the price is very high."

Zhou Ping was peeling eggs and listening to the whispers around him. He naturally couldn't hear some important news, but he could know what these prospective practitioners had encountered and what they had done.

And through these people.

He learned that many organizations and forces had recently come to the vicinity of Mount Li, including members of evil cults, foreign forces, and so on.

At night.

Zhou Ping said, "Miss Jiang, please stay in the hotel. I'm going to go out for a walk."

"You're not going to go to that quiet temple to think, are you?"

Jiang Xia stared at Zhou Ping. Seeing that he didn't say anything, he couldn't help but snort, "You men are really animals who think with your lower body, and you are no exception."

Zhou Ping's mouth twitched. "I'm a normal man, a normal man who has perfected his Qi training. Moreover, I often stay with a beauty like you. How can I not have some needs?"

Jiang Xia's face flushed immediately, and she whispered, "You, you...if you really can't hold it back, I, I can help you."

The sound became lower and lower, until it was even lower than the sound of a mosquito or fly.

After saying this, her cheeks turned red like ripe apples.

Looking at Jiang Xia who lowered his head and was about to step into the waves in front of his chest.

Zhou Ping wanted to rush over, but he suppressed the thought, "I'm not going there to find someone to solve my problem, but to get some business done."

(End of this chapter)