Astral Apostle Chapter 173: Play hard to get

A tributary of the Chunshan River flows into Ningtian Mansion, surrounded by a jade belt, called the Yulin River, and it is a well-known prosperous place in the world.

The sky will be late, the red clouds will fade, and the moon will rise to the west building.

On the banks of the Yulin River, there are continuous painting boats, row upon row of Zhulou buildings, gold plaques, and colorful lanterns. The red sleeves are fluttering, singing and dancing, pedestrians are like weaving, wearing jade and beads, showing elegance.

Oiran and famous prostitutes compete for beauty, and princes and grandchildren shake their fans.

Heaven and earth.

At first glance, it looks like a prosperous and peaceful world.

Cuiyulou is a very famous restaurant on the bank of Yulin River.

At this moment, in the private room upstairs, the magistrate of Ningtian, celebrities in the literary world, and the children of aristocratic families gathered for a banquet. They were either powerful or famous, and they exchanged cups, enjoying the magnificent scenery, and talking and laughing happily , having fun.

When such a group of people gather together, the topics they talk about are not limited to romance, but from time to time they turn to important national affairs and court anecdotes.

"...The Holy Majesty revisited the matter of moving the capital not long ago. The capital is in the north, the place where Taizu ascended the throne, but the wind and sand are harsh and harsh, and he cannot live there for long. Persuasion... Hmph, some admonishers who claim to be clean and honest dare to say anything, and someone even reprimanded the Holy One for greed for enjoyment, is this possible?"

"The matter of moving the capital is a big matter. Even Prime Minister Qin and Prime Minister Lu disagree. I think it is difficult to accomplish. However, the Holy Majesty has always loved the style of Ningtian Mansion, and he will come here every autumn or spring. I have been living there for two or three months, and the spring did not come today, so the Holy One will probably come again in autumn.”

"The Holy Majesty has been doing a lot of construction work in recent years, and he wants to build ninety-nine and eighty-one holy pagodas, seventy-seven and forty-nine sky-watching towers, thirty-six panlongtais, seventy-two purple jade palaces, ten Eight imperial altars, and three eternal cities, so that the merits can be determined, the destiny will be manifested, and the fragrance will last forever... It is only half built now, and I don’t know when it will be completed. The Holy One intends to move the capital to the south, I think It's also for this."

Everyone talks non-stop.

At this time, Zhao Xing'an, the prefect of Ningtian, coughed, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Don't talk about saints, I won't talk about these things today, it's better to talk about poems, songs and anecdotes."

At this point, everyone stopped talking about the important affairs of the court, and only picked up interesting things to chat.

Suddenly, a child from a family dressed as a young master chuckled and said:

"I heard from my subordinates that an anecdote spread in the market of Ningtianfu today. It is said that during the daytime, a strange person used the tricks of the immortal family in Ximendu to walk across the river in full view. Walking on the ground, I don’t know if it’s true or not.”

When everyone heard the words, they were suddenly curious and asked why.

The son of this family waved his fan and said with a smile: "I don't know the specifics. Many people swear they saw it with their own eyes, and this person has already entered the city, but I have never seen it before."

"Then where is this person now, and what's his name?" Someone asked curiously.

"According to this, this person was respected by the Ye family, Ye Shunzhong, as a guest of honor, and lived in the Ye family's mansion. The servants of the Ye family spread the name of this person, and it seems that he is a Taoist, called Lingfengzi, who knows some magical powers, and he is a god. Down to earth."

Everyone was amazed.

Zhao Xing'an smiled casually, and said indifferently: "According to my opinion, most of the fools in the market are ignorant and spread rumors. How can there be such supernatural means in the world? This Lingfengzi probably used He used tricks to deceive the public, to be a sensationalist, to go out of his way, to bluff and deceive."

"Master Zhifu is."

Everyone in the room cheered and echoed one after another, and they didn't quite believe this story in their hearts.

After all, hearing is deception.

Someone joked: "Then Ye Shunzhong is usually quite shrewd, why was he fooled this time? I would like to meet Lingfengzi and see what methods he used to make Ye Shunzhong obsessed."

Zhao Xing'an nodded and said with a smile: "This matter is simple. I will tell Ye Shunzhong to bring this Taoist to the banquet. Then I will wait and see how this Lingfengzi pretends. It will be interesting. However, the grandfather of the Ye family fell ill recently. , it’s not easy to call him, wait until your free time.”

"Haha, that must be very interesting."

Everyone laughed and was quite interested.

As Ning Tian Daofu, the Ye family is also a member of their circle. Now that they see the "insiders" being cheated by others, everyone wants to join in the fun and watch a joke.

At the same time, everyone was quite curious as to what kind of strange person this Lingfengzi was. Let them lose face, this end will not be too good.

…

On the other side, by the Yulin River in Ningtian Mansion, an old man and a young man in Taoist robes were sitting in a street shop drinking rice soup.

The old man has white hair and a childlike face, with a fairy demeanor, and looks good. The young man was fourteen or fifteen years old, like a follower of a Taoist boy, with two little shackles tied up. The Taoist robes of both of them were washed white, and some places were patched.

The two of them are busy with travel and dust, and they just entered the city today.

One old and one young buried their heads in eating the rice soup, while several guests at the next table were chatting excitedly about Zhou Jing's deeds.

The young man pricked up his ears and listened for a while, then raised his eyes to look at the old Taoist, lowered his voice and asked curiously: "Master, is the supernatural power of this Lingfengzi walking across the river real?"

The old Taoist didn't raise his head, and said casually: "Of course it's a lie. Your master and I have practiced Taoism for sixty years, and I have never seen this kind of magic."

The young man was a little annoyed: "No, master, it wasn't when you taught me, can our patriarch of the Qingling sect exorcise evil spirits, catch ghosts, spread beans into soldiers, and call wind and rain?"

The old Taoist rolled his eyes: "I've never met the patriarch, what's written about me in the book, anyway, I don't believe it."

The young man was speechless, and said depressedly: "Master, I feel that I was fooled by you when I promised to practice Taoism with you."

"Be bold and remove the feeling."

The old Taoist didn't want to talk to his apprentice, so he just buried his head in eating the soup, and soon the bowl was empty.

The young man moved his **** left and right, held back for a while, and couldn't sit still, so he asked in a low voice:

"Master, is it possible for you that I can practice the magical power of this Lingfengzi after I have practiced the techniques of our sect?"

"If you can practice it well, it would be better for you to be a patriarch."

The old man curled his lips, then pointed to the rice soup in front of the young man, and asked, "Are you still eating?"

"Oh, Master, I still want to eat."

"Since you don't eat, don't waste it."

The veteran poured half of the apprentice's rice soup into his own bowl, and began to eat again.

The corner of the boy's mouth twitched as he touched the shriveled money bag, bleeding from his heart.

He could only comfort himself in his heart, there are many rich people in Ningtian Mansion, they can always find business, and his master is good at doing trivial things, he can make people leave peacefully, and he will never cheat on corpses.

After eating the rice soup, Lao Dao carefully removed the rice grains from his beard, put them into his mouth one by one, and urged:

"Hurry up, leave after eating, I used the Qi tracing technique all the way, only to find out that the monster came to Ningtian Mansion, we have to find his trace before the breath dissipates, lest he make any trouble. "

Hearing this, the boy couldn't help muttering:

"We have been chasing him for more than half a year. If we have this time, we might as well find some business to open up. We have spent almost all of our expenses. I heard that the rich businessman in the city, the grandfather of the Ye family, fell ill, and he is probably going to die soon... ... I wonder if it would be a bit too much for us to recommend ourselves to do things in advance?"

"...You want to fight, why bother others, I will satisfy you with my own hands."

The old Taoist looked disgusted, he only felt that this apprentice was lacking in heart.

The two of them finished their meal, paid the bill, and then got up to leave. The old and the young merged into the crowd.

…

The first night in Ningtian Mansion, Zhou Jing spent at Ye's house.

The steward of the Ye family arranged everything, and no one came to disturb him.

Because of the improvement of aptitude, the bottleneck of wizards was loosened. Zhou Jing practiced witchcraft all night and never went out.

It takes time for his deeds to ferment, so he decided to wait patiently for a while before acting according to the situation.

At noon on the second day, the manager of the Ye family suddenly came to deliver a message, and Ye Shunzhong set up a banquet to welcome him grandly.

Zhou Jing has nothing to do, so Shi Shiran goes to the banquet.

Soon, Zhou Jing arrived at the main hall, where several tables had already been set up, and it was a big banquet.

Not only Ye Shunzhong, Ye Yingguang and other relatives of the big house, but also other families are here. It can be seen that Ye Shunzhong wants to introduce the whole family to him.

Ye Shunzhong sat at the main table, quickly got up to greet him, and enthusiastically said: "Master Lingfeng, I have been waiting for a long time, please take a seat."

Because the current marketing image is a mysterious expert with high abilities and aloof nature, Zhou Jing didn't treat him politely, and sat directly at the main table, acting as if he should.

He glanced around and found that except for Ye Shunzhong and others, the expressions of the other Ye family members present were relatively indifferent. At most, they bowed their hands casually and saluted casually.

There are even some young people with malicious faces, exchanging glances silently as if they are planning something.

Zhou Jing squinted his eyes, not surprising, these people are wealthy businessmen, they are famous in the local area, no one would dare to stand in front of them.

As for a guy of unknown origin who is suspected of being a charlatan, he borrowed their house and dared to show his posture. He didn't have a banquet when he didn't arrive. These Ye family members would naturally feel that they should show face.

Zhou Jing didn't take it seriously, this was exactly what he wanted, to make his image of a "superior" deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

It would be even better if someone made things difficult for you. You don't need to take the initiative, you can justifiably reveal your hand and increase the credibility of your own image.

When everyone is here, the banquet will start soon. Ye Shunzhong was on the sidelines, introducing the members of the family to Zhou Jing. Zhou Jing nodded casually and listened casually. This behavior made many members of the Ye family feel unhappy.

Except for Ye Shunzhong and Ye Yingguang who were full of enthusiasm during the dinner, the rest of the Ye family almost ignored Zhou Jing, and they didn't even want to talk at the dinner table, the atmosphere seemed quite delicate.

After eating like this for a while, Ye Heng suddenly got up with his wine glass and said loudly:

"Daoist Lingfengzi, I would like to offer you a glass of wine."

The voice fell, and the field was silent.

The eyes of many Ye family members present were immediately attracted to him, and they were amazed.

Many children and nephews looked happy and excited, secretly thinking that Ye Heng had finally launched a attack.

Zhou Jing frowned, looked at him, recalled Ye Shunzhong's introduction just now, and asked, "Are you Ye Heng?"

Ye Heng nodded, with a smug smile on his face, he said loudly: "That's right, I'm not only a disciple of the Ye family, but also a disciple of Wushan School... I don't know if you know my Wushan School?"

He is pointing out his background, implying that he is a martial artist.

Ordinary swindlers would not dare to provoke the famous sects. Ye Heng decided that Zhou Jing was a swindler who ran the world, and wanted to frighten Zhou Jing and make him retreat.

However, Zhou Jing didn't know what Wushan faction was at all, and even if he knew, he wouldn't do anything.

"So he's from Jiang Hu." Zhou Jing nodded without changing his expression. Valley milling

Seeing that Zhou Jing didn't respond, Ye Heng snorted inwardly, but didn't show it on his face, smiled and continued:

"I heard that the Taoist master is a master of Taoism. He possesses supernatural powers and profound spells. He can tread water without falling. I have practiced martial arts for many years. I never knew that there are such methods in the world. It is really an eye-opener. I only feel that the past two years I have lived in vain for more than ten years, and I feel admiration in my heart, so I want to toast a glass of wine to the Taoist priest, I don't know if the Taoist priest would like to reward him?"

"Good."

Zhou Jing responded casually, feeling that the person's words were stinging, as if the person who came was not kind, and suddenly he had a calculation in his heart, so he simply sat and watched the other party's actions.

Hearing this, Ye Heng smiled and walked up with a wine glass.

Zhou Jing raised his wine glass and touched it.

However, at the moment of clinking glasses, a strange force came, sticking to his cup, holding back the force without vomit.

Zhou Jing noticed the abnormality all at once, and seeing Ye Heng's smiling expression, he immediately knew that the other party's internal strength was probably trying to test him or make him look ugly.

With a thought in his heart, he didn't use his physical fitness to break the trick, he simply followed the plan, pretended not to know, and let Ye Heng do what he did.

On the other side, Ye Heng exercised his inner strength silently, without feeling the feedback of Zhou Jing's strength, he felt like an ordinary person, and he felt affirmed immediately.

'This man is not only a charlatan, but he doesn't even know martial arts...'

At this time, he is not considered to be an attack, but just to test whether Zhou Jing has martial arts.

If this charlatan knows martial arts, it will not be so easy to expose his "supernatural powers". He has prepared several plans.

But since this person doesn't know martial arts, there is no need to bother, Ye Heng simply turned the temptation into making things difficult, and his luck was shocked.

Crack!

The wine glass in Zhou Jing's hand suddenly shattered.

The wine in it, under the strong pull, poured directly on Zhou Jing.

If you get wet all over your head and face, embarrassing and embarrassing, then this person's deliberate "superior" posture will be broken.

Ye Heng had a flash of thought, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he was ready to watch Zhou Jing's trick in his spare time.

However, the next moment, his eyeballs almost popped out of their sockets.

Hoo!

I saw that Zhou Jing didn't move, a whirlwind was born out of thin air, unexpectedly rolled up the drink in front of him, and hovered in mid-air, like a vortex.

Immediately afterwards, he opened his mouth and took a sip, and the wine turned into a water arrow, which swooped down and flew into his mouth.

At this time, Zhou Jing wiped his mouth reservedly, with a meaningful tone:

"Little brother, your toast is quite strong."

There was a moment of silence in the arena.

Where am I? who I am? what do i see !

There was no concealment in the scene just now, and the people present saw it clearly, and their jaws almost dropped in shock.

Ye Heng was even more stunned on the spot, with an expression of disbelief, almost doubting his life.

He is the closest and sees the most clearly, but he can't see any way at all,

A gust of wind was generated out of thin air, and the drink was swept away.

Ye Heng has practiced martial arts for many years, and it's not like he hasn't met a master of the rivers and lakes. He knows that this kind of thing is absolutely impossible with internal strength.

Could it be that it is not a trick of the rivers and lakes, but a real supernatural power? !

This is impossible!

Ye Heng's throat twitched, and he was in a state of confusion for a moment. He held his wine glass and froze in place, not knowing how to respond, his legs were a little weak.

At this moment, Ye Shunzhong came to his senses and became furious, pointing at Ye Heng and yelling:

"Presumptuous! What are you going to do! I..."

Zhou Jing raised his hand suddenly, stopped Ye Shunzhong, stared at Ye Heng with a blank expression on purpose, until his forehead was sweating, and then said lightly:

"Little brother toasted me with a glass of wine, I'll pay you back too."

"What, what?"

Ye Heng didn't react.

Hoo!

The next moment, his body suddenly floated involuntarily, was swept up by a gust of wind, and flew straight out of the main hall.

Zhou Jing also stood up and followed out.

The people of the Ye family who were present turned pale with fright, and hurriedly chased after them.

As soon as they arrived in the courtyard, everyone saw Ye Heng rolling in mid-air, unable to land on the ground by gusts of wind, kept going up and down, being played back and forth.

"Daoist! Daoist, I know I was wrong!"

Ye Heng was so frightened that he lost his mind and screamed in terror. He wanted to struggle but he had nowhere to use his strength, so he could only flop around helplessly.

Zhou Jing pretended not to hear, the old **** said:

"My supernatural powers can control Thunder God, Lightning Mother, Cloud Soldiers and Wind Generals. It is mysterious and unreasonable. Since you admire my supernatural powers, you should take a good look at them."

Actually, Bill knows how to deal with thunder and lightning, so he can only control the wind.

But bragging, of course, has to be blown up, and the hype is so extravagant that people can't be sure about his real background.

"Prince Dao, forgive me! I'm convinced, I'm really convinced!"

Ye Heng didn't know that Zhou Jing was punishing him, so he cried out in a hurry, panicking.

Seeing this, Zhou Jing withdrew his mana.

Ye Heng fell to the courtyard with a thud, still in shock, stroking his chest, feeling that his heart was about to jump out of his chest.

Zhou Jing didn't wait for everyone to speak, he spoke first, and said lightly:

"I think your thoughts are not bad, just a little punishment, but I see that you don't welcome me very much, and the poor don't make things difficult for others, so I will leave."

After that, Zhou Jing walked away without any hesitation.

At this moment, the members of the Ye family who were present at the scene finally recovered from the shock, their faces turned pale with fright, and they all went forward to persuade them to stay, and hurriedly smoothed things over.

"Where is the Daoist Lingfengzi? If the Daoist is willing to live in, our Ye family is full of brilliance, how can we not welcome it?!"

"It's just some juniors messing around, so don't take it to heart."

"Ye Heng! Get over here and kowtow to the Taoist priest to admit your mistake!"

Many Ye family relatives rushed to speak, they couldn't be more enthusiastic, and they were completely different from the previous indifferent appearance.

After witnessing Zhou Jing's mysterious methods with their own eyes, everyone knew that they were completely wrong-Ye Shunzhong was right, this man is really a tall man, and he is the kind that is as tall as heaven!

How can such a strange person be let go at will?

Many members of the Ye family deeply regretted their bad attitude just now, and neglected the superiors, and now they can't care about the front and back, how low and low their posture can be, and smile like blooming chrysanthemums , Do everything possible to retain Zhou Jing.

They have all lived in their home, and they have formed a good relationship. If such an expert runs away in anger, it will be a loss to grandma's house!

Ye Shunzhong was annoyed at his family's unnecessary actions, which almost ruined his efforts, so he hurriedly followed him, persuading him:

"Don't be angry, the Taoist priest, they don't know the master's ability, so they have doubts, I will apologize to the Taoist priest on their behalf, and hope that the Taoist priest will let me do my best as a landlord for the sake of my dedication. "

Hearing the words, Zhou Jing stopped, took a look at the attitude of trying to get him, and nodded pretendingly:

"Forget it, you and I are destined, for your sake, I don't care about it."

"The Daoist priest is high-spirited, I am ashamed!"

Everyone was overjoyed and hurriedly sent a series of good words to welcome Zhou Jing back to the banquet and start the banquet again.

This time, the atmosphere became extremely lively, and everyone took turns to toast Zhou Jing, in awe and fear.

At this time, no one felt that Zhou Jing's cold attitude was inappropriate anymore, they only thought that a high-ranking person should have this kind of disposition, and they were flattered to have a word with Zhou Jing during the toast, and their faces were flushed with excitement.

Ye Heng served the wine again, shivering, and said embarrassingly:

"Daoist Ling, Lingfengzi, I don't know real people face to face, and I thought of playing tricks, and offended the Taoist priest. I really have no eyes, I don't know the heights of heaven and earth, and I hope the Taoist priest will forgive me."

Zhou Jing waved his hand and said with a light smile:

"It's okay~IndoMTL.com~I don't care about it anymore, but your inner strength is quite hot, which is not bad."

Hearing this, Ye Heng was shocked.

Sure enough, how could such an expert not understand martial arts? People have discovered his tricks a long time ago, and it is impossible to hide it from him!

Ye Heng felt more and more awed.

Zhou Jing dealt with the enthusiastic Ye family members, seemingly casually, but nodded secretly in his heart.

He had already planned to show off in front of the entire Ye family, suppress the Ye family, and turn this wealthy businessman from a skeptic into a supporter.

It will be easier to follow up.

Zhou Jing's eyes flickered.

'This springboard is now set up. ’

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