"The Nine Tripods were lost in the Zhou Dynasty, and various dynasties fought for them. Throughout the history of Qing Dynasty, these tripod battles since the pre-Qin Dynasty, the tripod that once held the country safe and the people turned into a tripod sword that was specially designed to kill. How many heroes and heroes fought over it, but in the end it was nothing but a futile battle. , it fits exactly what you said that day, "The fate is colorful, and the sky is like fog."

"Until the mad emperor frantically forged a sword to commit suicide, and the Qian Dynasty followed, Emperor Taizong Wen overcame all obstacles and pacified the world. He established an ancestral rule that the descendants of the Li Qian royal family were not allowed to forge tripod swords or search for nine tripods. He also said that the people are like water and the emperor is like water. A boat can carry it or overturn it... Facts have proved that as long as the king is virtuous, spreads his royal principles, wins the hearts and minds of the people with benevolence and righteousness, and the people's minds are settled, he can also unify China without the need for Jiuding to add glory."

Ouyang Rong nodded: "It makes sense. The Bronze Age of Jiuding must pass, just like the ancient mythical age before that. The times are moving forward, and no one can stop it. Jiuding is just a symbol. Trying to conquer the world with the tripod is nothing different. Yu Kezhou seeks a sword. The real Jiuding should be the people's hearts."

After a pause, he asked again: "Since the mythical power was sealed in the Nine Cauldrons by Dayu, what happened to the mythical creatures and mythological channels later on."

Xie Lingjiang's expression became serious:

"Big brother, you have a good question. Mythical creatures are relics from ancient times, and the Qi refining technique of mythical Dao lineage first emerged from the group of Qi practitioners in the Pre-Qin Dynasty. It happened to be during the period when Zhou Shou Tibetan moved south and Jiuding was lost, and at the same time, Shou Zang Some of the classics and knowledge monopolized by the royal family were scattered among the people, which promoted the rise of various schools of thought.

"These mythical powers, including the Qi Refining Technique, my ancestors of the Xie family speculated that they probably came from the real Jiuding. They were leaked from it. Even the casting formula of the Cauldron Sword was the source of myths and disasters. .”

"Do they all come from Jiuding..."

Ouyang Rong muttered to himself for a while and then asked:

"Previously in Dragon City, I saw that Lady Yunmeng was riding a big three-legged, four-eyed, snow-white bird. She was psychic and intelligent, and she seemed to be called an insect lady... Is this a ghost or a mythical creature?"

Xie Lingjiang frowned and thought: "It seems to be a kind of strange bird recorded in the folklore of Wuyue. The Nine Hundred Miles Yunmeng Daze still maintains the style of the Daze in the pre-Qin period, and still inhabits many strange species. This bird should It's not a mythical creature, because mythical creatures cannot be tamed by ordinary people, not even a candle in the snow.

"And they may be rarer than the Divine Beings of China...but there is indeed a mythical creature in Yunmeng Jianze, and most people on the mountain have heard of it."

"What mythical creature?"

"A white ape carrying a sword."

Ouyang Rong raised his eyebrows.

Xie Lingjiang lowered her eyelashes:

"This white ape has a deep connection with the Yue Nu Taoist lineage, but it has no affiliation with the Nujun Palace. It is more like symbiosis. It is only close to the Yue Chuzi with mythical spirituality. The Yue Chuzi in all generations has been found by the white ape.

, it is a tradition that Yue girls will follow the white ape on certain days, travel thousands of miles, and finally return with their young Yue son..."

The conversation quietly stopped. Ouyang Rong wanted to ask again, but Xie Lingjiang turned around and said:

"Lu Ya said that finding spiritual ink requires good fortune. If the material really comes from mythical creatures, it won't be like this. Most mythical creatures are unique. If they are unique, they must have been monopolized by the current Sanqing Dynasty, so senior brother, don't worry

, there is a high probability that it is a special spirit and ghost, so it requires good luck."

"This is the best." Ouyang Rong sighed, the threshold for practicing this unique skill of the Three Purities is really high.

Soon, Xie Lingjiang's newly learned dish, Chunlan Qiuju, was finally ready and put on the plate.

The two of them left the kitchen and went to the yard to eat. Ouyang Rong seemed to be in high spirits and picked up chrysanthemum wine to signal to Xie Lingjiang.

Xie Lingjiang suddenly touched the body of the pot with the back of his hand and rolled his eyes at him angrily:

"It's hard to drink cold drinks in the depths of autumn. I'll have a bad stomach when I get old. Please warm the wine. Senior brother will wait." She grabbed the chrysanthemum wine, took it back to the kitchen, and warmed it up again.

"Okay, junior sister is interested." Ouyang Rong felt warm in his heart, nodded, and muttered for no reason: "It's cold, and your legs will get cold easily when you get older."

Xie Lingjiang didn't hear it. After a while, she returned with two pots of warm wine. Ouyang Rong had already finished the plate of "Chunlan Qiuju" in one gulp. The plate was bare. The so-called Chunlan Qiuju was of course not real.

It is made of orchids and chrysanthemums, but uses three kinds of autumn fruits, pomegranate, snow pear, and orange, mixed with secret juice.

Ouyang Rong's starving appearance made Xie Lingjiang laugh.

"full?"

"good."

"What do you mean okay? Do you want to do more?"

"It's okay, but I'm about 70% full. If I don't eat, I have to keep my stomach empty."

"What are you doing with your stomach? You are in such a hurry to eat, and you don't do anything in the afternoon."

"Let's drink. Let's sit down and have a drink together later." He made arrangements.

"If I don't drink, I won't drink with you."

Ouyang Rong nodded: "I can help you draw your eyebrows and make up first."

Xie Lingjiang looked at him and said, "If you show your courtesy for nothing, you are either committing adultery or stealing."

"It's your first time to draw eyebrows on a woman, so don't forget about it."

"Wait, let's go." After a while, the duplicitous Xie Lingjiang took Ouyang Rong to a boudoir and took out the eyebrow thrush tools.

"No, senior brother, where do you want to take the eyebrow pencil?"

"I see there is a hot spring in the east corner of the courtyard. It just so happens that you can go and take a foot bath. I will do some eyebrow painting for you, and then we can have some wine."

"Why are you going to soak your feet in such a good way?" Xie Lingjiang was confused.

Ouyang Rong asked back: "Is it your bath water, or is it a drinking spring?"

"No, that spring is quite clean. It is only used to water the flowers on weekdays."

"Then let's water the flowers too."

"Water the flowers?"

"How can little junior sister guard against me as well as against thieves?"

"Aren't you a thief?" she whispered.

"He is also a righteous thief. He will tell you directly what he wants to do... Besides, if he really wants to do something bad, why didn't he do it in the kitchen just now? It wasn't all a chance."

"It makes some sense, although not much."

"Forget it if you don't want to go. I'll go soak my feet and drink by myself..."

"No, okay, I'll go, you wait first, if you want to drink, you need a cup..."

"If the cup is not satisfying, you don't have to bring it to me." Ouyang Rong took the lead and walked towards the hot spring in the southeast corner of the courtyard.

When Xie Lingjiang saw his upright back, he didn't think much. He followed him to the spring, took off his wooden clogs and socks, and sat on the stone bricks by the water. He stood on tiptoe with his white and tender feet and tested the water temperature with his toes.

After a while, he breathed a sigh of relief and began to wash his feet in the hot spring water.

Ouyang Rong walked to her side, sat cross-legged on the ground without being dirty, turned his side to her, picked up an eyebrow pencil, and drew her eyebrows.

Xie Lingjiang held a bronze mirror in her hand and quietly looked at the plain face in the mirror without any makeup, as well as the face with his eyebrows drawn attentively. Her eyes were sweet.

The two started chatting.

"Why are you suddenly posting books today?" Ouyang Rong asked casually.

"Last time I saw Qi from Senior Senior Brother, my state of mind was somewhat loosened. I wanted to break through in one breath, so I started to re-read the books I had read before. Those who read books must start by reading books."

"That makes sense. Have you gained anything?"

"There is no progress. If there is any gain, there is. It is precisely because there is no progress in reading old books that I realize something."

"What?"

"The next level is called a sage. What is a sage? I have both talent and virtue. What do you think I lack, senior brother?"

"My little junior sister is not lacking in virtue, but what she is lacking...is talent?"

"To be precise, it's literary aura. My father also mentioned that I'm suitable for treating classics, but I don't have enough talent for poetry. My senior brother clearly inspired me that day in Maple Grove, and I also saw that aura, but it's hard to break. The problem is probably

Come out here."

"How elegant are you? No wonder I just saw the basket of red leaves on your table and you are still looking at it."

"Although it is an old poem, after reading it, I really feel it more. It really lacks literary style."

Looking at the little junior sister who frowned slightly, Ouyang Rong suddenly asked:

"Wenqi means writing poems?"

"Well, almost."

Ouyang Rong's eyes moved, but Xie Lingjiang held his hand, sighed and said: "The literary spirit of a single family is not good. A person who reads books must read a lot of books and not be restricted to one family. Senior brother has helped me so much, but I haven't made a breakthrough yet. Except

Stupid, it’s also because the help of one person’s human spirit is limited.”

"I see..." Ouyang Rong nodded. He actually wanted to test whether he had memorized many poems from hundreds of schools of thought in his past life, and whether they were of different styles.

After a while, Ouyang Rong finished painting his eyebrows. Xie Lingjiang sat on the bank of the pool, hugged his knees and lowered his head, using the water at his feet as a mirror to look at it. His mouth seemed to be tasting honey, and he turned his head with a sweet smile and said in an emotional tone: "How can Senior Brother be so cool?"

Patience, how can a normal grown-up man have the humility to do this? You, you know how to coax me... If you want to have a drink, I will pour it for you and you can rest."

Ouyang Rong smiled and said nothing, taking a look at the smiling beauty's new eyebrow makeup.

Xie Lingjiang is not yet 20 years old. Her skin is already tender and hydrated, and her face is absolutely beautiful. Now that she has applied a little powder, her face is like a peach blossom and her face is as beautiful as jade.

Xie Lingjiang supported his chin with one hand and poured wine from a pot with the other hand: "I put flowers in the vase today because I have made several appointments with sister Guo'er to appreciate chrysanthemums, and I need to take them there. Those elegant gatherings must be the cultural atmosphere of Xunyang City.

The most prosperous place, go and have a look."

"How about recommending someone to you, who might help you build up your literary reputation."

"Who?" Xie Lingjiang reacted: "Rong Zhen?"

"No." Ouyang Rong was surprised, "It's Yuan Huaimin. I always feel that this old boy has something special. It's strange. How did you guess Rong Zhen?"

"The Yin Yang Family Qi Practitioner can see a lot more Qi than ordinary Qi Practitioners. I thought you wanted to ask her to help you see where the Qi is in Xunyang City."

"The Yin Yang family's Wangqi is so powerful? Can it even be seen as Wenqi?" His expression changed slightly.
To be continued...