Is that the schoolteacher?
After the Slight Spring Equinox, Xie An's senses were further enhanced, and his eyesight had reached a rather abnormal level.
Even so, Xie An only suspected, but was not sure.
Although the appearances were somewhat similar, the temperament of this woman and the schoolteacher were completely different.
Even Xie An's senses could not detect any clues.
In order to avoid being impolite, Xie An smiled faintly, "So you are Yu He's elder sister, please come in."
Xie An wasn't stupid... how could there be sisters with such different temperaments and appearances?
Based on the principle of not asking Yu He to do anything if he could avoid it, so as not to cause discomfort to her elder sister, it was also a kind of respect for people.
He personally made tea and personally busied himself in the kitchen.
"Master, how can I let you do it? I'll do it myself."
"It's okay, you can go and talk with your elder sister."
Xie An showed that he was very understanding.
The main reason was that this "elder sister" gave Xie An a very special feeling.
Since this woman entered the house, she had been taciturn, but her clear eyes were wandering around, as if she was looking at Xie An's residence.
She couldn't be called aloof, just light and indifferent, gentle and refined.
"No need to bother, I'm just passing by, I'll leave after drinking a cup of tea."
Then, this woman really drank a cup of tea, then got up to say goodbye, and thanked Xie An for taking care of Yu He, but before she left, she glanced at the kitchen.
"Yu He, serve your master well."
Whoosh.
She opened the oiled paper umbrella, stepped on cloud-patterned boots, and stepped into the snow, breaking through the wind and snow.
She came quickly and left quickly.
Xie An was a little embarrassed, "I couldn't even keep your elder sister for a meal..."
Yu He smiled indifferently, "Master doesn't need to mind, Miss is used to being idle and has always been independent. I'll cook for Master."
Since Yu He had spoken, Xie An naturally didn't say much.
He had invited her elder sister to dinner, but she had refused.
He couldn't blame anyone.
Xie An ate Yu He's first dinner back very carefully.
After that, Xie An's life returned to peace.
Although he became a Hall Master, in theory, he should be more tired.
But because Xie An's subordinates were capable, it saved Xie An a lot of time.
Chen Qing, Zhang Lin, and Lin Yun, the three incense masters, each showed their strengths in different positions, and they all supported Xie An, without any internal friction.
The atmosphere of the entire hall was completely new, and the mental outlook was very good.
As for Liang Zhi, because he was an accountant, and the accounts of the black market were very large, he couldn't get away, but he also became a Grand Deacon of the Blood Ridge Black Market.
It was also a great promotion.
Wang Xiang, on the other hand, was doing well at the dock and vaguely had the ability to become an incense master.
Xie An knew all of this like the back of his hand.
With a group of capable generals, it was easy to be a Hall Master.
Xie An spent most of his time practicing.
Life was no different from usual.
Although he was not short of money, had good treatment, and had power, Xie An was not so excited or cocky at his age.
Xie An didn't spend much, and rarely went out for any inspection activities, and even didn't do much lecturing.
Instead, he let Yu He do many things for him.
Gradually, everyone in the entire hall knew Yu He, and also regarded Yu He as Xie An's mouthpiece, the person in charge.
Even Chen Qing was respectful when he saw Yu He.
In this way, Xie An was even more relaxed. He could simply be a hands-off shopkeeper.
But Xie An also knew that having a sword and not using it were two completely different worlds from not having a sword.
Just like Xie An at this moment, he had power, but he didn't like to show off.
If he didn't have power, Xie An knew... he would not be able to live such a stable and comfortable life at all.
After deeply understanding this point, Xie An cherished the opportunity even more and practiced diligently.
Unknowingly, another year and three months passed.
Xie An had been in this world for a full thirty-four years.
It was also the fourth year of joining the Tiger Wolf Gate.
A lot of things happened in the past year.
Wang Xiang stepped into the Refined Flesh Realm with extraordinary efforts.
In addition, he managed Water Lantern Town very well, so Xie An made him an incense master.
And Xie An also removed the "acting" from the Acting Hall Master because he had done a good job in managing the hall.
He firmly established himself as the Hall Master of White Feather Hall.
Li Shaoyun also left the Blood Ridge Black Market and went to Nanyang Prefecture City to participate in the provincial examination.
The Wu Ancestral Hall was built early, and the Xie Clan was added.
Every year during the Qingming Festival, Xie An had to follow Li Hongming and Chen Lei, leading thousands of villagers to the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors...
There were many such things, which meant that Xie An's life and status were getting higher and higher.
However, Xie An was most concerned about the corpse people.
Without the aura of immortality, the Longevity Destiny had not been improved for a long time, which led to the slow progress of the Bright Jade Skill.
The third day of March.
Drizzling rain.
Xie An sat in the room as usual, regulating the Fetal Breath Skill.
[Fetal Breath Skill: Divine Light Appears (980/1000)]
"There are only twenty points left. I feel that the difficulty of the last part is very great. Only when it is completely perfect can I see the bright moon..."
After several days of continuous hard work, there was still no improvement, so Xie An had to give up.
It took nearly four years to work the Fetal Breath Skill to the point of being close to perfection, which was already very abnormal.
Xie An was content.
After gathering his thoughts, Xie An picked up the broadsword and went to the yard to practice Heavy Mountain Saber.
As bursts of saber wind exploded, there was a faint tendency to tear the air.
The two lush camphor trees in the yard were shaking non-stop.
Every step Xie An took on the ground caused the ground to tremble slightly.
After more than two years of hard work, Xie An's Heavy Mountain Saber had already stepped into the fifth level.
Pressing the saber, nurturing the saber, drawing the saber, heavy mountain... one layer of mountains and rivers, one layer of barriers, the water is wide and the sky is high, the saber becomes self-made.
Heavy Mountain is divided into nine levels.
Meng Hu used the foundation of thirty years of health cultivation, and then spent eight years to achieve great success.
Xie An practiced to the fifth level in more than two years.
Although his talent was not outstanding, Xie An worked hard, persistently hard... few people could do this.
As the Fetal Breath Skill approached its full value, Xie An's potential was gradually released.
The fifth level of Heavy Mountain Saber was already quite abnormal.
What's more, after Xie An hibernated for a year and three months, his martial arts realm also went from the Five Viscera Realm to the astonishing Blood Rushing Realm Great Accomplishment, leaving only the last step to temper his inner strength and become an Inner Strength Martial Master.
Compared to Xie An's progress in power, status, and reputation in the past year, the progress in martial arts and health cultivation was the most exaggerated.
It was simply shocking.
You must know that there were only a handful of martial masters in the entire Tiger Wolf Gate.
Among the seven halls, White Feather Hall was at the bottom.
A Hall Master at the bottom could work his martial arts cultivation to the level of being close to a martial master... how many people wouldn't dare to think about it.
After practicing the Heavy Injury Saber, Xie An stopped panting.
"Heavy Mountain Saber is indeed the top martial art in Qingwu County. Even if I have such strong strength and physical fitness, I will feel exhausted after an hour of full-strength burst."
Even if others cultivated the Heavy Mountain Saber, they would be exhausted after a few random slashes.
Xie An could practice for an hour...
It was simply abnormal.
Huff!
After taking a few deep breaths in a row, Xie An sat down again and circulated the Bright Jade Skill.
The hot air staying in the Purple Palace was already as big as a baby's fist, radiating throughout the body, nourishing the tired muscles.
In just a quarter of an hour, Xie An was full of energy again.
There was no feeling of fatigue or exhaustion.
Xie An felt that this was probably a great benefit of the Bright Jade Skill.
Fast recovery.
If it was a normal Blood Rushing Realm expert, it would take a day to recover completely after being exhausted, unless they took some recovery pills to shorten the time.
It was like an ordinary athlete running a marathon, it would take a day or two to fully recover.
Muscles and bones need enough time to relax and recover.
But after the Bright Jade Skill entered the third solar term, it was fully resurrected in a quarter of an hour.
It was really abnormal.
Xie An immediately opened the panel.
[Bright Jade Skill: Awakening of Insects 15/100]
Two months ago, Xie An filled the second solar term, Rain Water, and his body went through another process of washing away impurities, and his physical body went a step further.
And the improved physical body could in turn bless the progress of martial arts.
A good cycle had been formed.
Everything was developing in a good direction, but Xie An also had worries.
"The twenty-four solar terms, the progress of the later ones is slower and slower. Slight Spring and Rain Water, one took less than a year, and one took more than a year. And the Awakening of Insects... it is estimated to take a year and a half.
According to this progress, it will take... fifty or sixty years? to achieve great success in the Bright Jade Skill."
Xie An glanced at the remaining 48 years.
The speed of improving the Remaining Years was also very slow, but he was not worried.
As the Bright Jade Skill improved, the Remaining Years were also increasing.
It was not to the point that he would not be able to practice it to completion before he died.
But fifty or sixty years...
It was an exaggerated timespan that even Xie An, past the age of fifty, felt a chill run down his spine just thinking about it.
By that time, even if he succeeded in cultivating… everyone around him would probably be dead.
Whether it was his two beloved disciples, or Yu He, or Lin Yun, Zhang Lin, Wang Xiang, and the others… even Little Red Sugar would be an old woman.
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Thinking of such a scene, Xie An couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness.
“No, I have to find the Undying Qi. Find the corpses of Mount Yin… As long as I increase the fusion degree of the Longevity physique, the progress of the Bright Jade Skill will accelerate.”
Xie An wasn't someone obsessed with things, but the matter of increasing progress stimulated him, creating a sense of urgency.
Xie An didn't want to live alone in this world.
It would be too uncomfortable.
With Xie An's current strength, he could kill a bronze corpse with a single punch. The more, the better… but in the past year, no bronze corpses had appeared in the vicinity. Not even green wood black corpses had appeared.
It seemed that the Corpse Refining Hall of Mount Da Yin had retracted the claws it had just revealed.
This made Xie An a little puzzled.
“Right, there's also that Immortal Treasure…”
Xie An suddenly thought of the Immortal Treasure and immediately went to the kitchen, moved the pile of firewood, pried open a bluestone brick from the ground, and took out a cloth bag from inside. Opening the burlap bag revealed a red square box.
Since Yu He now acted as a near-Deputy Hall Master, helping Xie An with many affairs outside, she couldn't always be by Xie An's side, which gave Xie An a lot of time to be alone.
Xie An felt that this distance between master and servant was very appropriate.
“I've long heard that you need to cultivate the Bright Jade Skill to open the lock of this box. Now that I've cultivated two solar terms, perhaps I can try?”
To be on the safe side, Xie An took out an iron rod from his pocket.
It was the size of a little finger and three inches long.
This wasn't an ordinary iron rod, but one that Xie An had found an old blacksmith master to spend a lot of money to make from a piece of Mysterious Iron that his Third Brother had sent, and then forged into this shape.
Previously, the keyhole of this box could break wooden blocks, and it could also break ordinary iron blocks… so let's try Mysterious Iron.
Heavenly Mysterious Iron, that's hard enough, right?
However, after Xie An inserted it, he only heard a "crack" sound.
The Mysterious Iron broke.
Hiss!
Xie An felt a burst of disappointment.
Xie An couldn't even cut this piece of Mysterious Iron with his Fivefold Heavy Mountain Blade. It was easily broken by this keyhole…
Does it really require the complete mastery of the Bright Jade Skill?
Stick a finger in?
Helpless, Xie An had to put the Immortal Treasure box back in its place, and at the same time took out a small jar filled with water from beside it, and drank the water to vent his anger.
Just then—
Knock knock knock.
A rapid knock on the door rang out.
Xie An went to open the door and found that it was Yu He.
“Master, come with me quickly, something happened.”
Xie An followed Yu He to the medicine mixing room and saw Chen Qing lying on a stretcher covered in blood and pustules, blood constantly flowing from the corners of his mouth, his injuries were very serious.
Seeing Xie An, Chen Qing struggled to raise his hand and tightly grasped Xie An's hand, “Hall Master Xie, quickly, go to the cavalry camp. Something happened there.”
Just as Xie An was about to ask the reason, Chen Qing pointed to a young man beside him, “This is my trained deputy, A Qi. A Copper Skin Realm martial artist. He knows what happened.”
Perhaps knowing that Chen Qing had difficulty speaking, A Qi said with red eyes: “Hall Master Xie, the cavalry camp has been stationed in Gu Po Village at the foot of Mount Da Yin. They often patrol near the foot of the mountain, and occasionally send people into the mountain to patrol. It's to defend against the demons of Mount Da Yin from running down.
Before, Branch Leader Chen trained the soldiers well, and everyone patrolled cautiously, and there were no mistakes. But just three days ago, horses began to be eaten inexplicably, turning into mummified corpses. Knights also went missing.
Branch Leader Chen comforted everyone and went out to patrol and keep watch himself.
Just this morning, at dawn, they suddenly encountered two monsters that rushed into the cavalry camp, killing more than a dozen of our brothers. Branch Leader Chen desperately protected the brothers and helped them hide and escape, saving a group of brothers. They are all hiding in the cellar of the cavalry camp… constantly facing the danger of being pounced on and sucked dry by monsters…”
Chen Qing suddenly turned over and knelt on the ground, pleading, “Hall Master Xie, those dozens of brothers were all trained by Chen Qing himself. Qing wanted to train them into the elite of our hall, but I didn't want them to suffer such misfortune. This is the core force of the cavalry camp, and also the vanguard of our hall in defending against the bandits of Mount Da Yin. Please Hall Master have mercy and find a way to rescue them.”
Bang.
Chen Qing kowtowed on the ground, “I know this is very dangerous, but Qing has done his best. Please Hall Master find a way to rescue them, don't let them sacrifice in vain.”
Corpses… have appeared again!?
Xie An's first emotion… ecstasy!
Then, he was moved by Chen Qing's actions, “Branch Leader Chen, don't worry, I am not Fang Baiyu. Although I act cautiously, I will never allow my subordinates to be bullied by monsters at will. Moreover, Branch Leader Chen has worked hard for my hall in training cavalry for the past year, and his contributions are great, how can Xie let everyone feel disheartened. You should heal your wounds well.
A Qi, lead the way!”
A Qi was overjoyed to hear this, “I'll go get people now.”
Xie An stopped him: “No need, the monsters are ferocious and tyrannical, ordinary disciples are no match, going there will not only disturb the monsters, but also increase casualties. Just Yu He and I will go.
You wait for me at the door, I'll go get weapons and leave.”
A Qi burst into tears of excitement, “Yes.”
Chen Qing thanked him hoarsely, “Hall Master is righteous!”
…
Among the six towns, the closest to Mount Da Yin is Gu Po Village.
A village that lives by collecting herbs and hunting.
The folk customs are simple and sturdy.
The White Feather Hall's cavalry camp is stationed here all year round. There is only one task - to defend against the bandits of Mount Da Yin.
This was the original intention of the Tiger Wolf Sect in establishing the White Feather Hall, and also the agreement reached with the government.
After all, the government and the garrison had repeatedly sent troops to encircle and suppress them, but they all failed and suffered heavy losses. They had no choice but to rely on the Tiger Wolf Sect, this Jianghu sect.
When Fang Baiyu was here before, the cavalry camp was very idle. This made the villagers very unhappy, and the relationship with the villagers was not good. Since Chen Qing took office, the situation has greatly improved and has been greatly recognized by the villagers.
The closest to the foot of Mount Da Yin is the cavalry camp, which is a horse farm, some scattered buildings, and a martial arts field, etc.
Although it is afternoon now, there was a heavy rain, and dark clouds covered the sky, gloomy, almost like night.
The camp was full of corpses, bloodstains, and horses and White Feather Hall disciples who had been sucked into mummified corpses.
More than fifty people were gathered in the cellar of the storage room.
There were men, old people, and children.
Many were seriously injured and bleeding, and some children were crying, and their mothers were tightly covering their mouths, for fear of making a sound and attracting the attention of the monsters outside.
Because the disciples who trained soldiers lived here all year round, their wives and children would also come here to live for a while when they came to visit. After all, nothing had happened for a long time, and everyone didn't think there would be any danger.
Unexpectedly…
“Team Leader Chen, the monsters are outside and have not left. They have a keen sense of smell and will find this place sooner or later. This is not a solution.”
“Yes, Team Leader Chen, Branch Leader Chen is seriously injured in order to protect us. He said he went to the hall for help… With Branch Leader Chen's injuries, it is still a question whether he can reach the hall.”
Just then, footsteps came from outside the cellar, and the monsters' "jiejie" sound.
Everyone felt their hair stand on end when they heard the sound, and their bodies shrank together.
Someone said.
“Team Leader Chen… they are getting closer and closer!”
“Team Leader Chen, I don't want to die. I still have a wife and children, they are next to me…”
Some were crying, some were trembling.
Team Leader Chen glanced at the cellar illuminated by torches, especially when he saw many women and children, and finally gritted his teeth and said: “Men take knives and protect the women and children behind them. If death is inevitable, then… be sure to let the women and children die last!”
After speaking, Team Leader Chen drew his sword out of its sheath, his bloodshot eyes glared at the door of the cellar in front of him.
The men behind him were infected and also showed fierce expressions, drew their swords out of their sheaths, and protected the old men, women, and children behind them.
Just then—
Crack!
A withered, bronze-colored arm suddenly shattered the door, punching out a large hole, followed by a hideous monster's head, revealing green eyes and cold fangs.
“I see you, jiejie…”
