Chapter 83 The Secret Hidden in Chunhua's Pen (8000)

Everyone looked at Wuhua, waiting for Wuhua's next words.

Wuhua organized his words, and after a while, he slowly spoke.

"My master once met her. The sea is boundless, and there is nothing without form. This summarizes this person's life. Among the brilliant people of that era, she is also the top person. The female master of Yumian Temple."

After this sentence, the scene fell into silence.

This sentence is like a stone thrown into the sea, which set off a wave.

Xu Bai frowned, thinking of what Yang Chang said before, and connected it.

Yang Chang said that the female master at that time was on the verge of losing control, but she didn't want to hurt anyone's life, so she disappeared directly.

Now she appeared inexplicably and became so crazy again. Could it be because of the Infinite Dao Sutra?

After thinking about it, Xu Bai could only come to this conclusion.

As for the reason for the appearance, it may be related to this tree.

After all, the giant trees that merged together have a lot of weirdness in themselves, and these weirdnesses were all practicing the Infinite Dao Sutra before they died.

After merging together, perhaps the female master will be attracted here.

"Are we leaving?" Liu Xu asked with a look of fear in her eyes.

The female master back then was a genius of that era. To put it bluntly, Liu Xu was worried that the crazy female master would suddenly return and no one could stop her.

After all, if the genius of that era had lived to this day without any trouble and had not forgotten what they had learned, unless the older generation, such as the elders of Qingyun Academy, took action, they would not be able to check and balance them at all.

Xu Bai touched his chin and said, "I think it's feasible."

The female master has no hostility now, but it doesn't mean that she won't have any in the future.

Moreover, things are unpredictable, and something unpredictable might happen in the next second.

What's the point of staying here?

Believe in your intuition, and there will be no accidents?

Intuition is sometimes deceptive.

Xu Bai certainly wanted to leave, and even wanted to go far away.

"What a pity." He said silently.

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

"What else do you want to happen..." The old postmaster was shocked.

He now understood that the backbone of the other two was actually the man holding the ghost-head knife in front of him.

One was a disciple of the Vajra Temple, and the other was a scholar in the academy. They were both arrogant and would listen to the decisions of the Jianghu people.

This was too unbelievable. The old postmaster felt that he was shocked again.

"Alas... What a pity." Xu Bai still sighed.

It was indeed a pity that no clues were found, and no progress bar was obtained.

He thought that after this matter was settled, he would hurry up to finish the Chunhua Pen first, and then collect new progress bars.

Laziness is something that can't be started. If you want to survive in this world, you still have to be diligent.

Thinking of this, Xu Bai was ready to retract his gaze and return to Sheng County.

But the next moment, he stopped again and was slightly stunned.

When he retracted his gaze just now, he just subconsciously glanced at the tree that was broken in the middle. Unexpectedly, just this one glance would reveal something unusual.

On the broken tree root, there was a golden progress bar floating on the handprint that the female master had pressed just now, which was extremely eye-catching.

He didn't notice it just now, but now it appeared inexplicably.

Xu Bai guessed whether this was related to the palm of the female master just now.

Thinking about it this way, it became more and more likely.

This was an unexpected surprise, and the biggest surprise.

Nothing is more important than the progress bar.

"This is a big ticket, I have to work hard." Xu Bai thought.

He was still worried just now, but now it's delivered to his door, isn't it?

It takes no effort to find it after searching everywhere.

And just looking at the reason why this progress bar appeared, it feels that things are not so simple. The things inside are likely to be very good.

After all, this was left by the female master.

Who is the female master?

She created the Wuliang Dao Sutra and integrated thousands of skills into one.

In one word, fierce.

Although he failed in the end and even became crazy, his talent and courage are the best anywhere.

This progress bar is absolutely great!

Thinking of this, Xu Bai began to be greedy again.

"Alas, occupational disease, there is really no way to deal with it." Xu Bai rubbed his hands and said excitedly in his heart.

"Xu Bai, what are you thinking about? Let's go quickly." Liu Xu saw that Xu Bai had been in a daze and reminded him.

Xu Bai came back to his senses and said, "Then let's go back to Sheng County first."

I was so absorbed in thinking about something just now that I didn't notice the situation here.

There was nothing I could do about it, because the progress bar was so delicious.

But Xu Bai knew that it was not reasonable to say that he wanted to stay here at this time, so he went back to Sheng County first.

He still had the Spring Flower Pen to work with.

Go back and rest for a while before making other plans.

The few people did not stay any longer. Before leaving, Xu Bai specifically asked the old postmaster what to do with the tree.

The old postmaster looked at the broken tree and fell into deep thought. After a long time, he gave Xu Bai an answer.

"Put it here first. Wait for the court to come down and take a look, and then make other plans."

The old postmaster will retire in a month or so. Now that this has happened, he can't get rid of it. As for the giant tree, he must wait for the court to come down.

At this time, the sky was still dark, and the three did not stay here overnight. They took advantage of the night to rush to Sheng County.

...

After returning to Sheng County, Xu Bai originally planned to go back to the escort agency first, but Liu Xu and Wuhua seemed to have something to do, so they did not let him go back, but rushed back to Liu Mansion together.

After returning, Liu Xu did not go to his room, but followed him into the house where he lived before.

As soon as he entered the house, the atmosphere became a little strange.

Here, Xu Bai had just sat down, and before his butt was warm, he heard Liu Xu speak.

"This time the promotion to a county is over. I will go back to the academy in a while. My vacation has already exceeded. It's time to go back." Liu Xu leaned against the door frame with his arms folded.

"I am leaving too." Wuhua folded his hands.

One of them is a scholar from Qingyun Academy, and the other is a clerk of Jiantian Division and a disciple of Vajra Temple. They stayed here to complete the task.

Liu Xu didn't have much vacation time, so he couldn't stay for long.

Xu Bai touched his chin and said, "You asked me and you to go back to Liu Mansion just to say this?"

Liu Xu shook his head and looked at Wuhua.

The two of them stared at each other, and no one spoke.

In fact, after the three of them experienced the Jisheng Sect, they also experienced life and death.

According to Wuhua's guess about Xu Bai, Xu Bai is not a person who is content with the status quo. On the contrary, if he is given more time, he will definitely be able to make a big splash.

"Just tell me what you have to say. Why are you so secretive?" Xu Bai frowned when he saw the three of them like this.

"Alas." Wuhua sighed, opened his clasped hands, and said, "Let me speak. What are your plans for the future?"

"I don't have any plans now. By the way, Liu Xu, if you are not in a hurry, don't go back for a few days. Wait for me to study the Chunhua pen and return it to you." Xu Bai said ambiguously.

Liu Xu shook her head, indicating that she would leave in a few days, and it didn't matter whether the Chunhua pen was returned or not.

"It's like this. A long time ago, I had a conversation with Mr. Liu about your future." Wuhua said slowly.

Xu Bai touched his chin, did not interrupt, and motioned him to continue.

He knew that there must be something wrong when he was asked to return to Liu Mansion for no reason, and now Wuhua was making it clear.

Asked him what he wanted to do in the future, and said that they had communicated before.

Could it be that he wanted to introduce him to some work?

Facts have proved that Xu Bai's guess was not wrong.

"Donor, what do you think of Jiantiansi?" Wuhua asked tentatively.

He was interrupted by Xu Bai halfway through his words.

"Stop, don't mention this matter anymore, I have no interest in Jiantiansi." Xu Bai spoke decisively, blocking all the words Wuhua wanted to say next.

Are you kidding?

Wuhua meant that he wanted him to go to Jiantiansi.

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

He would not go to Jiantiansi.

The reason is very simple, just two words.

- Danger.

For ordinary people in the martial arts world, working in Jiantiansi may be an opportunity to get promoted and make money, but there are deep ways in it.

Let's not talk about other things for the time being, anything like officialdom can be ignored, but danger cannot be ignored.

Just the factor of danger alone, Xu Bai gave up this idea.

These days, safety is the most important thing.

Maybe there is no absolute safety, but there is relative safety.

Soon, he switched to another topic.

"Actually, I'm not completely without a place to go." Xu Bai said.

Originally, Wuhua felt that there was no hope after hearing Xu Bai's answer. Now, after hearing Xu Bai's turn, he immediately became energetic.

Even Liu Xu, who was next to him, pricked up his ears to listen to what Xu Bai's plan was.

In fact, Liu Xu also suggested that Xu Bai join the Tianjian Division.

Neither of them had bad intentions, but they just felt that Xu Bai should not be in a small county town, but should have a bigger stage.

Diving will trap the dragon.

After experiencing several incidents, they have already figured out that Xu Bai is definitely not a simple person, and he will definitely trap the dragon and ascend to heaven in the future.

If he really keeps being promoted to a county, wouldn't that be a waste of talent?

Only a truly big world can allow Xu Bai's potential to be brought into play and allow him to truly show his strength.

But unfortunately, the result they got was the opposite.

Or rather, it was not the opposite. Xu Bai's answer was not unexpected to them. After all, they also knew that Xu Bai would sometimes do things beyond ordinary people.

But now, they heard Xu Bai himself say that he had other plans, and they were also very curious about what Xu Bai's plan was.

"I think that Yinyi is good." Xu Bai said slowly.

This sentence made Wuhua and Liuxu stunned.

They looked at each other, not believing their ears.

Yinyi?

Did they hear it right?

Did they really say the word Yinyi just now?

"Donor, there is something that I don't know whether I should say or not." Wuhua looked embarrassed.

Liuxu glared at Wuhua: "What should I say or not? We have all experienced life and death, and many things need to be made clear. If you don't say it, I will say it."

Wuhua sighed and remained silent.

"Xu Bai, there is a saying in the martial arts world that has been circulating, which is about Yinyi." Liu Xu changed the subject and said, "Once you enter Yinyi, it is as deep as the sea, and you can see the end at a glance."

After saying this, she was still quietly looking at Xu Bai's expression, but Xu Bai's expression did not change at all.

Yinyi is also an official appointed by the court, this is beyond doubt.

But it is also the most difficult official position to transfer.

Many people have worked in Yinyi for a lifetime and have never made any progress in their lives.

Until the end, they were also a small post chief.

Therefore, unless it is absolutely necessary, people in the martial arts world are unwilling to do this business. After all, they have fallen behind in official positions.

Xu Bai smiled and said, "So I want to ask you, if you really go to Yinyi, do you have to stay there for the rest of your life and can't leave every day?"

Liu Xu shook his head: "That's not the case. There should be two postmasters, divided into the chief and the deputy. The deputy is arranged by the chief and takes turns on duty, but Shengxian is an accident."

Wuhua added: "If there are not two, all the salaries will be received by the postmaster alone. Shengxian is a remote little place. I guess the old postmaster wants to receive more salary, after all, he is about to retire."

"Two people take turns on duty..." Xu Bai's eyes lit up when he heard this.

Very good, there is room for operation here.

In fact, he has been thinking about his future plans.

Yinyi opened a new way for him.

Don't forget that the people staying in Yinyi are all people from the underworld.

If the postman conducts transactions in it, he must bring goods. If he can get the progress bar from the goods, it will be a sure profit.

I didn't find it last time, but it doesn't mean I won't find it next time.

The most important thing is that it is not just the post station people, but also the people from the rivers and lakes who come and go, and even the Jiantian Division.

The people who come and go will also bring things. After a while, isn't this a profit?

And I just heard that as long as there are two people, they can take turns on duty, and it won't delay him from going to other places to find progress bars.

The most important thing is that it is relatively safe.

As for finding a person, it is actually very simple.

These days, the least lacking thing is people.

The choice is not about lofty, but about suitability.

Going to the Jiantian Division is not suitable for progress bars, but Yinyi is more suitable.

"Are you really going to Yinyi?" Liu Xu widened his eyes, full of surprise.

"How can I become the post station chief?" Xu Bai asked.

"The post station chief of Sheng County will be retired in a month or so. At that time, I can ask the teacher to recommend him." Liu Xu thought about it and said.

"The monk can also help." Wuhua followed.

The position of the post station chief can be completely recommended, and not many people from the rivers and lakes want to be this official.

"Thank you very much." Xu Bai was even more modest.

"You should be more arrogant. I'm not used to you being like this." Liu Xu waved his hand quickly.

Wuhua also looked as if he had seen a ghost.

Modest?

They had never seen Xu Bai modest before.

"Nothing, I'll leave first." Xu Bai stood up and prepared to say goodbye.

It was already late, he had to go back and rest, and then find time to finish the Spring Flower Pen as soon as possible.

Liu Xu and Wuhua didn't stay for long, watching Xu Bai leave.

...

After Xu Bai left, the room fell into silence.

"Donor, why don't you persuade him?" Wuhua asked.

"Do you think I don't want to persuade him? But will it work?" Liu Xu said speechlessly.

Wuhua thought about it, and it seemed to be true.

With Xu Bai's temper, this matter really can't be persuaded.

"In short, I believe he has his own plans." Liu Xu walked to the door and said, "He is definitely not a flash in the pan." Wuhua thought about it carefully and agreed with Liu Xu's point of view. "Let's go." Liu Xu turned around and left without looking back. In a blink of an eye, Liu Xu disappeared into the darkness. After Liu Xu left, Wuhua took out the wooden fish and tapped it gently. This time, the wooden fish sounded very chaotic, not because of Xu Bai, but because of himself.

This mission made him feel confused.

The troubles of the world became more and more serious. Just as Yang Chang said at that time, his heart was completely confused.

"After I go back, I need to ask my master, otherwise my Buddhist heart will completely collapse." Wuhua said in his heart.

On the other side, Liu Xu returned to the room and locked the door.

She took out a book from the bookcase with the words "The Righteous Way" written on it.

After flipping through it countless times, Liu Xu felt irritable and flipped more and more frequently.

But the more frequently she flipped, the more irritable she became. She simply put the book down, got up and opened the window.

Outside the window, the night was as dark as ink.

Liu Xu thought of what Yang Chang said before about the Ninth Princess, and she couldn't sleep anymore.

...

The next day.

Fulong Escort Agency.

Morning is the best time to exercise. Scattered escorts came in from outside and began to practice their moves in the yard.

Liu Er also practiced with him, but he has been uneasy recently.

It has been more than ten days since Xu Bai disappeared. He has been in charge of the escort agency for the past ten days.

It is true that although their escort agency has lost its reputation due to the last escort incident, they still accept a few escort trips.

After all, there is only Fulong Escort Agency in Sheng County.

With these escort trips, the escorts are interested. In recent times, business has been slowly recovering, and they have become more confident.

After all, everything they do is for themselves, not just a salary as before.

Working for yourself and working for others are two completely different things.

Therefore, the escorts are working harder and harder.

But in Liu Er's heart, he is always worried about one thing, that is, why Xu Bai has not come back yet?

To be honest, there is still a lot of fear of Xu Bai in the hearts of all escorts.

But in addition to fear, there is more joy of finding a backer.

That's right, it is a backer. In this day and age, if there is a really powerful backer, it is normal for them to hug their thighs.

"Brother Liu, what are you still thinking about?" One of the escorts saw that Liu Er was in a daze and asked subconsciously.

Liu Er came back to his senses and shook his head, saying, "Nothing, I just don't know why Master Xu hasn't come back yet."

After hearing what Liu Er said, the escort scratched his head vigorously, showing a puzzled look.

"Brother Liu, hasn't Master Xu come back? I was the first one to come this morning, and then I saw the escort walking in the yard, and I went up to say hello."

Liu Er was slightly stunned when he heard this.

What?

Back?

When did he come back?

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"I thought you knew, and it doesn't matter. I went up to ask. If the escort needs anything, I will help." The escort showed a very innocent look.

Liu Er sneered. He had already seen what kind of reputation this guy had, and he saw it very clearly.

In this day and age, you have to hug thighs early. If you are late, you can only be at the end of the line. This guy met the escort master in the morning, but didn't tell him. There must be something fishy going on.

"Hehe."

Liu Er saw through it, but he didn't say it. He turned and walked towards the backyard. When he was close to the backyard, he stopped again and shouted to the backyard.

"Escort master, is there anything I need to do?"

As Liu Er finished speaking, the escort masters who were training also stopped, and then they all understood that the escort master had returned.

They showed joy on their faces, but did not put down the tools in their hands, and hurried to continue training.

Our escort master doesn't like lazy people, so you have to be more diligent.

The backyard was quiet, and just when Liu Er thought there would be no more sound, Xu Bai's voice came out.

"Come in, I just have something to find you."

Just such a simple sentence, but it made Liu Er embarrassed. He looked at the boundary between the backyard and the front yard, and a tangled expression appeared on his face.

As we all know, there is a locust tree in the backyard, and that locust tree is particularly strange, which will bring unimaginable situations to people.

The escorts did not dare to go in, but now the escort master asked him to go in. At this time, Liu Er felt a little scared.

He tried his best to control his inner thoughts, and finally gritted his teeth and walked in.

Go in! Must go in!

The escort master has spoken, if he does not go in, it will cause displeasure in his heart.

Besides, what the escort did just now has aroused Liu Er's vigilance. These days, even hugging thighs has people scrambling to hug. If Liu Er does not show a little extraordinary strength, won't he be eliminated?

Fight!

Since the escort master said to go in, then go in and take a look.

As Liu Er raised his foot and stepped into the backyard, he gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, as if he would be attacked by a storm next.

But after waiting for a while, the imagined situation did not happen. He looked around and found that he was unscathed.

"Nothing!"

Liu Er was overjoyed, but he didn't dare to forget that Xu Bai had asked him to come in. He suppressed his joy and walked towards Xu Bai's room.

After reaching the door, Liu Er raised his hand, knocked on the door gently, and shouted in a slightly low voice.

"Master Escort, is there anything?"

"Come in and talk."

Xu Bai's voice came again in the room.

Liu Er no longer hesitated, and carefully pushed the door in. After entering, he turned around and closed the door, and then looked at the situation in the room.

The terrifying master escort was sitting on a stool at this moment, with his hands on the table, drinking tea and playing with an ancient-looking brush.

"Master Escort." Liu Er didn't know how to start. After shouting, he stood there, holding his head high and his chest out, while keeping his eyes as low as possible.

The master escort would tell him if he needed him to do something, and he wouldn't ask if he didn't need him to do something. He shouldn't get involved too much in some things.

If he asked too much, it would be easy to get into trouble.

Liu Er knew this very well and didn't dare to cross the line.

Xu Bai put down the teacup in his hand, looked away from Chunhuabi, and looked at Liu Er with interest.

Liu Er looked at his nose and his heart, concentrating and not saying a word.

"I remember you were all afraid to enter this backyard. You are very courageous. Why do you dare to come in?" Xu Bai said indifferently.

Liu Er answered quickly: "Because I know that the escort master has something to ask me. As long as I am needed, I will go all out and will never hesitate."

This sentence was said loudly and firmly, but it was all flattery.

It even had a bit of flattery.

The so-called highest level of flattery is to flatter the person being flattered and make him feel comfortable and not embarrassed.

Liu Er thought he could do it.

"You dare to come in, you are really courageous. The reason why I called you alone is also for this reason. Congratulations, you passed my test." Xu Bai changed a new teacup, poured a cup, and asked Liu Er to sit next to him.

Liu Er hurried over, carefully picked up the teacup, and took a sip.

During the whole process, he didn't even dare to make big moves.

"I know you. Your parents died early and you have no family. You grew up in hardship. Finally, you learned a few tricks from the master of the martial arts school and became a bodyguard." Xu Bai said slowly: "By the way, all these news were told to me by the first person who met me this morning."

The so-called first person was naturally the bodyguard who talked to Liu Er at the beginning.

Liu Er gritted his teeth and sighed secretly. That guy had too many conspiracies and tricks. He looked honest, but he didn't expect to reveal all his secrets.

But it doesn't matter.

These things are not secrets, and it doesn't matter if they are known.

"It's normal for the escort master to know." Liu Er said.

Xu Bai turned the teacup in his hand and suddenly said: "Do you want to stand out? In other words, do you want to be a martial artist and a real official?"

This sentence came too abruptly. Liu Er didn't react for a while. When he reacted, his face showed shock.

Then, he made a move.

"Pah!"

Liu Er knelt on the ground, and said in an excited tone that was difficult to conceal: "Master, you... want to cultivate me?"

He was a very smart man, and he had already heard the meaning from Xu Bai's words.

"Almost." Xu Bai said: "But not now, I just remind you, do you agree or not."

Liu Er nodded vigorously: "Agree! From now on, my life belongs to the master, and the master can take it away at any time!"

He was excited!

Everyone wants to become a warrior, and everyone wants to enter a class. This is what ordinary people like them dream of.

Now there is a chance, and it is a great opportunity, of course he will not refuse.

"Okay, then you go down, and I will talk to you when I am mature here." Xu Bai waved his hand and let Liu Er go down.

Liu Er didn't say much, and after saying goodbye quickly, he left directly.

Xu Bai stretched and turned his attention to the spring flower pen in his hand.

"I don't know how many days Liu Xu mentioned, anyway, I'll hurry up and finish the Chunhua pen first." Xu Bai thought to himself.

If he finishes the progress bar of this pen as soon as possible, he can return it as soon as possible. He can also finish one thing. After this thing is finished, he can concentrate on the progress bar of the broken tree.

"Begin." Xu Bai rubbed his forehead and continued to stare at it attentively.

...

Beijing.

In a luxurious room, a woman in her thirties was lying on a soft couch, looking at the secret letter that was sent to her in an urgent manner.

Although the woman was nearly thirty years old, she had a mature charm that a girl did not have. Just lying there, the lines on her waist could outline all kinds of styles.

Two young maids stood beside them, with exquisite silver thorns on their waists.

If you look closely, you will find that the two maids have different temperaments. They have calluses on their hands and the light in their eyes is restrained. They are both masters.

The woman read the secret letter carefully, then threw it on the ground bored and yawned.

One of the maids walked up, picked it up carefully, and went back without saying a word.

"My older brothers are really considerate. They sent letters faster than me. It's a pity that they thought they could arouse my anger, but it was useless." The woman waved her hand boredly: "Qingxue."

One of the maids came out, and the silver thorn on her waist reflected the light.

"Go and check it out, mainly to check the matter of that Jianghu man." The woman ordered.

"Do you need to deal with it?" The maid Qingxue asked.

"No, these days, it's better to have one more friend than one more enemy. No matter how strong he is, he should not be underestimated. If you can be a friend, then be a friend." The woman continued: "Just go to investigate, don't offend him."

"Yes!" Qingxue said, turned around and left.

Another maid asked: "But Chunyu Pavilion..."

Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by the woman.

"How can a branch of Chunyu Pavilion in a remote small county compare to a genius, and a person that the genius disciples of Vajra Temple and the Academy are willing to make friends with? Learn more in the future, you still have a long way to go."

The maid hurriedly bowed: "Yes, Princess Nine!"

On the soft couch, the smile on Princess Nine's face became more and more intense.

...

Time keeps passing.

Life goes on as usual. For the common people, they don't know the important things that happened a few days ago.

It is precisely because of this that they live as usual without being affected at all.

The rivers and lakes have their own romance, and the people have their own daily lives. Everything goes its own way.

In the past few days, except for a trip to Yinyi, Xu Bai has been working on the Chunhua pen.

When he went to Yinyi, he went to see the broken tree specifically. Unexpectedly, the broken tree was still there, and according to the old postmaster, the court had sent someone down to check it out, and then allocated a batch of funds for him to rebuild it.

As for the tree, the old postmaster did not touch it. The court official said that there was no big problem and checked it carefully. If he wanted to tear it down, he could do it himself.

But the old postmaster was about to retire and did not want to cause trouble, so he simply left the broken tree. After all, if he found something unexpected during the demolition process, he would really lose a lot.

As for construction, it can be done around.

This saved Xu Bai a lot of trouble, so Xu Bai stayed in Sheng County peacefully these days and continued to improve the progress bar.

Today is an important day, because the progress bar was finally filled up by him.

Looking at the golden progress bar in front of him, Xu Bai smiled.

Light blue smoke appeared.