"You are really..." Gu Liang took a deep breath and held on to his self-restraint, "You are a talented master."

"Senior Gu Liang is so complimentary. Junior just has a wider range of hobbies."

"Hehe, hehe." Gu Liangqian smiled on his face, but in his heart he felt that Jiang Beiran's words had broken two unprecedented precedents for him.

First, no one had ever dared to pretend to be so powerful in front of him, and second, it was the first time he heard such bullshit that he had to believe.

"But that's about it? Why don't you go to heaven?"

The Sixteen Arts of Taoism. Ordinary practitioners would probably have a hard time distinguishing the sixteen arts clearly, but the one in front of me is so good that they talk nonsense. Well, it’s not nonsense. They do have this ability.

After calming down the shock and the urge to hit someone in his heart, Gu Liangqian asked with a smile: "I wonder if Master Jiang's sentence is almost the same, but how different is it?"

"This... to be honest with what senior Gu Liang said, this junior actually doesn't know it either."

Although Gu Liangqian had a premonition that if he continued to ask, Jiang Beiran would definitely trick him again, but there was no way, curiosity had already taken over his brain, and it was impossible not to ask.

"Master Jiang is joking, how could you not know the difference?"

[Option 1: "I believe that senior Gu Liang has also noticed that this junior has not participated in any Xuanyihui grade examinations, so I am not very clear about what level each grade represents.", Completion reward: White Deer.

Lingtu (low-grade prefecture level)]

[Option 2: "It's true that the Xuan Art masters here are too good, and it's hard for the juniors to compare." Completion reward: random basic skill point +1]

'Good guy...'

Looking at option two, Jiang Beiran couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. This character is really becoming more and more sophisticated.

Choosing the second choice, Jiang Beiran sighed, shook his head and said, "It's true that your Xuan Art Master is too good, and it's hard for the juniors to make comparisons."

After hearing this, Gu Liangqian was stunned and asked, "What does the word "cai" mean... I don't know what it means?"

"Oh, it means weak." Jiang Beiran replied.

"..."

After hearing this answer, Gu Liangqian fell silent. He felt that he should be angry, but he was a little unable to refute, so he paused for a while.

In addition, while he was struggling with what attitude to adopt, Gu Liangqian became more and more curious about Jiang Beiran's background.

He had already heard the obvious overtones in Jiang Beiran's words. At a small guess, he was mocking Tong State for not having any Xuanyi talents, but at a larger guess, he was mocking them for not having any powerful Xuanyi talents among humans.

ah.

Once this idea came up, Gu Liangqian's original guess became more certain.

That is because Jiang Beiran was probably not a native of Xuanlong Mainland, so everything he did was so subversive.

If it were normal times, if he encountered such an unidentified existence, Gu Liangqian would definitely control him immediately and then get to the bottom of it.

Because in the Six Kingdoms, visitors from other worlds are not uncommon. Their practitioners can go to other worlds through the secret realm, and creatures from other worlds can naturally come to Xuanlong Continent through the secret realm.

In peacetime, everyone turns a blind eye to the "crossing over" between the two worlds, because each side wants to search for information in the other's world and gain some benefits along the way, which neither side wants to do.

Too awesome.

Gu Liangqian has also met some visitors from other worlds and had many conversations with them, but he has never been able to make heart-to-heart conversations. After all, whether the two sides are enemies or friends in the end will probably remain unknown for a long time.

But the timing of Jiang Beiran's emergence is so special. It can definitely be said to be the one that helped the building to collapse and turned the tide from its collapse.

In an instant, where Jiang Beiran came from and why he came became less important.

His series of actions represent that he is indeed on the side of mankind, and he and others will still need to rely on his help in the next period of time.

'What does it mean that he suddenly revealed to me...?'

Ever since Jiang Beiran showed off his miraculous mystical skills, everyone in Yuan City began to have different opinions and speculate on his true identity.

Among them, the mainstream ones naturally come from the Five Monsters and Three Heavens.

Gu Liangqian agreed with this statement at the beginning, but as Jiang Beiran's abilities became more and more beyond his understanding, he gradually rejected this speculation.

Because even people born from the Five Monsters and Three Heavens are definitely not that powerful.

It's just that Jiang Beiran was too mysterious in both words and actions, and Gu Liangqian couldn't find the direction to guess.

And just today, Master Jiang seemed to finally be planning to show off his cards to him. Instead of showing off all the mysterious arts in a hidden way, he would just throw all the cards on the surface and say something.

"No more pretending, I'm showing my cards right, I can do anything."

These words had a huge impact on Gu Liangqian. Coupled with Jiang Beiran's intriguing words "This is your side", Gu Liangqian didn't believe it if Jiang Beiran didn't imply anything.

But the question now is, what exactly is this Master Jiang... hinting at.

Looking at Gu Liangqian, whose expression was constantly changing in front of him, Jiang Beiran realized that the force of his words just now seemed to be really strong, and he directly said that a Xuan Sage was confused. At this moment, he didn't know what kind of deep thinking he was immersed in.

But since it is the "safe word" in the system options, no matter how long Gu Liangqian thinks about it or how complicated it is, it will definitely be good for him in the end.

"Master Jiang." At this time, Gu Liangqian suddenly spoke.

"Senior Gu Liang, please speak."

"I have made you my friend. From now on, your affairs are my business and our Tong country's business."

'Um?'

Gu Liangqian's extremely jumping words immediately confused Jiang Beiran.

'Who wants to be friends with you?'

However, he was astonished that Jiang Beiran was not willing to reject the overtures of a Xuan Sheng without a prompt from the system.

At the same time, following the sentence just prompted by the system, Jiang Beiran gradually figured out why Gu Liangqian said such a sudden sentence.

So Jiang Beiran straightened his clothes, bowed his hands towards Gu Liangqian and said, "Thank you so much, senior Gu Liang. This junior really needs a friend like you."

"Hahaha." Gu Liangqian laughed after hearing this, "I also need a friend like you."

After Gu Liangqian analyzed it for a while, he finally came to a conclusion.

That is, after getting along with each other for this period of time, Jiang Beiran has developed trust in him.

Judging from his previous obscurity, he originally did not intend to be exposed to the public, but because of this miasma incident, he had to stand up again.

Then after the miasma incident is resolved, his situation will become a little more troublesome.

There are a lot of people eyeing him now, and there will definitely be more people eyeing him later.

So Jiang Beiran's showdown with him at this moment actually meant that he had already considered his retreat and allowed himself to protect him.

It can be said that he acted very carefully.

After understanding Jiang Beiran's intention, Gu Liangqian stopped beating around the bush and stated straightforwardly that he could represent Tong Guo. He also expressed that he and Tong Guo would support him in the future.

[Optional mission completed, reward: Yin altar +1]

Although the process was somewhat unexpected by Jiang Beiran, the result should be considered good.

Before today, Jiang Beiran had indeed been thinking about the troubles after the miasma ended. Although Jiang Beiran believed that Tong State would not kill the donkey, a series of investigations were inevitable and would be more or less troublesome.

Now that Gu Liangqian has officially stated his position, there should be no problems with credibility. After all, it is certified by the system.

In this way, as long as you make a request, it is possible for your "legend" to be circulated only in the top circles of Tong State.

After another round of mutual compliments, Jiang Beiran suddenly raised his hands and said, "Senior Gu Liang, actually, I have something to ask you for help when I leave you alone."

"Bei Ran is out. If you need any help, just ask."

"Then please wait a moment, Senior Gu Liang. I will come back as soon as I leave." After Jiang Beiran finished speaking, he looked at Shi Fenglan and said, "Master Shi, please entertain Senior Gu Liang for me."

"Okay." Shi Fenglan agreed immediately.

When Jiang Beiran went to the second floor, Shi Fenglan walked up to Gu Liangqian with a plate of snacks, put it down and said, "You can eat."

Looking at the exquisitely presented pumpkin cake on the plate, Gu Liangqian, who usually doesn't like sweets, couldn't help but reach out and take a piece, put it in front of his eyes and studied it for a while before taking a bite.

"Hmm...the filling is sweet and soft, the skin is crispy and not greasy in the mouth, it's delicious."

Nodding with satisfaction, Gu Liangqian looked at Shi Fenglan and asked, "Did you do this?"

Shi Fenglan immediately shook her head and pointed to the stairs.

Taking another bite of pumpkin cake, Gu Liangqian nodded, "Master Jiang... you can even do such a good job in eating."

"Yeah." Shi Fenglan nodded repeatedly, then ran to the yard and brought two plates of snacks over.

"It's delicious." Shi Fenglan said and placed two plates of dim sum in front of Gu Liangqian.

"Hahahaha." Seeing Shi Fenglan's eyes fixed on the snacks, Gu Liangqian picked up a piece of kidney bean roll and handed it to her: "Here, you can eat too."

Shi Fenglan was not polite, took the snack and took a bite, with a satisfied smile on her face.

"How did you and Master Jiang... meet?" Gu Liangqian suddenly asked after picking up a piece of kidney bean roll and putting it in his mouth.

"Well..." Faced with such a question, Shi Fenglan really didn't know how to answer it in two words. After searching for a long time, she looked at Gu Liangqian and said with a bright smile: "Hehe."

"..."

Gu Liangqian was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but glance at the stairs where Jiang Beiran disappeared just now.

'Master Jiang is really so different in every aspect. I just don't know if any of my great-great-grandchildren are so... honest.'

…
To be continued...