Chapter 72: Tanhua
For the next three days, Cao Jinxing was too lazy to move and just practiced in the inn. It had been more than half a month since his last breakthrough after eating the jade peaches, and he was about to break through to the fifth level of the innate realm.
Fourteen stayed with him in the room obediently, occasionally practicing Kundalini meditation.
One person, one cat, one room, made Cao Jinxing feel like he was going back to the past and being a otaku.
At noon that day, he was making himself an iced drink in his room when he suddenly heard Lu Jiaming and his gang yelling outside the door:
"Congratulations, sir! Congratulations, sir!"
The four of them swarmed into the room and said happily, "The Emperor has personally bestowed upon you the Feiyu Suit. You have been promoted to the Thirteenth Imperial Guardian!"
oh?
Cao Jinxing looked up.
Lu Jiaming handed over a piece of paper with great joy: "The commander has already announced this matter to the entire Zhenfu Division, and it has spread everywhere! Congratulations, sir!"
Cao Jinxing took the note and saw that it was a carrier pigeon message from Lu Jiaming's good friend.
I guess he asked me to write to him if there were any changes in the capital.
The letter mentioned that the Emperor personally bestowed the Feiyu uniform on him, and the commander ordered all Cao Jingxing to be promoted to the Thirteen Guardians, and he was just waiting to return to Beijing to receive his reward!
The Thirteen Protectors is just a fictitious title, but the honor is real.
From now on, the Yan family will have to think twice before making any move on him.
Gu Yanzhu smiled and said, "A 20-year-old Thirteenth Protector is unprecedented. You have won the Emperor's favor and have a promising future! Congratulations!"
Sun Lang and Su Yunsheng were also very happy for him.
“Good.”
Cao Jinxing said, "In that case, I will treat you to a good meal at noon today. Which restaurant in Tongren Prefecture is the best?"
"I know I know!"
Lu Jiaming quickly said: "Mingquan Pavilion is the best. I had a meal there yesterday. It was really..."
Before he finished speaking, the other three laughed: "Are you going to eat or see women?"
Seeing that Cao Jinxing didn't understand, Su Yunsheng explained that this restaurant was opened by the Miao people, and the plum wine in the restaurant was brewed with Mingquan water. It was sweet and delicious, and it was a unique dish.
What is even more eye-catching is that all the Miao girls serving in the restaurant are carefully selected and have outstanding looks.
Many people choose this store for other reasons, but to see the beautiful Miao women.
Cao Jinxing didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Okay, then this one."
"good!"
Lu Jiaming cheered loudly .
The group of five went straight to the restaurant.
Mingquan Pavilion is very nicely decorated, spacious and airy. It has three floors in total. The five of us chose a private room on the third floor, ordered a table full of dishes and had a great meal.
While they were drinking and chatting, Cao Jinxing suddenly heard some gangsters talking in the next box.
"Langya Pavilion has made a big move this time! The list they created has caused an uproar in the entire martial arts world!"
"That's right. They are even openly selling all kinds of information, claiming that as long as you have enough money, you can get any answer! I really don't know where their confidence comes from."
"I heard that a busybody spent three thousand taels of silver to buy an ownerless secret place. He originally wanted to ruin the reputation of the place, but it turned out that the place on the map was really a secret place, and it was also rich in sixth-grade spiritual flowers. Now the place is being snatched up like crazy!"
"That's great! Langya Pavilion and Langya List have become world-famous overnight!"
"???"
Cao Jinxing held the wine glass for a long time without coming back to his senses.
What the hell???
Langya Pavilion? Langya List?
Cao Jinxing was completely stunned.
What the hell is this game?
Although he understands that games must have various rankings to satisfy players' vanity and stimulate RMB players to spend money, is there really no one to care about this kind of behavior of blatantly riding on the popularity?
The dog planner is lawless!
Lu Jiaming has always been well-informed, but he was a little confused when he heard this. His spies were all in the capital, and it took time for them to communicate with each other. He did not understand the importance of this matter and just thought it was an exaggeration.
But Cao Jinxing knew that since the game was trying to capitalize on the popularity of the game, it must be worthy of its name. This Langya Pavilion most likely had real skills!
Lu Jiaming noticed Cao Jinxing's expression and guessed that he was interested in this thing. He smiled and said, "Please wait a moment, sir. I will go and ask."
He got up and went to the cubicle.
Lu Jiaming was born into a wealthy family, received elite education since childhood, and had no shortage of money and skills. After a short while, he got the information about that gang of gangsters and walked back with a serious face.
The other three were stunned.
Gu Yanzhu asked: "What's wrong? What's that expression?"
"Something big has happened!"
Lu Jiaming closed the door of the box, returned to his seat, and took out a book with the three big characters "Langya Bang" written on it.
This book is obviously newly printed and still has the smell of ink.
“Look!”
Lu Jiaming said: "This is a booklet that was uniformly printed and distributed by bookstores in all major prefectures this morning. It was led by an organization called 'Langya Pavilion'. It lists all the celebrities in the world! Including the top ten masters in the world, the top ten gangs in the world, the top ten richest people in the world, the top ten beauties in the world, the top ten geniuses in the world, etc...."
When he said the last one, he looked at Cao Jinxing.
The corner of Cao Jinxing's mouth twitched.
I suddenly had a bad feeling.
"It's just to attract attention."
Gu Yanzhu obviously didn't believe it, and took a sip of wine and said, "It's probably another swindler."
“No, no, no!”
Lu Jiaming shook his head repeatedly: "At first I also thought it was just a name, but look at the information inside!"
He turned a page.
When a few people came over to take a look, they were stunned on the spot, their eyes widened, and they turned back at the same time, because the name on it was Cao Jinxing!
"this!"
"The adults are also on the list?"
"Then this Langya Pavilion is still quite capable."
The interest of several people was suddenly piqued.
"Hurry up!"
"Don't push, don't push!"
"Yunsheng, you read it!"
Lu Jiaming simply gave the book to Su Yunsheng.
Su Yunsheng took it, coughed, and read out, "The third place winner of the Tianjiao list is Cao Jinxing. He is twenty years old, and holds the position of deputy captain of the Northern Pacification Department, and is ranked last among the Thirteen Guardians... Hmm?"
Su Yunsheng was stunned.
Gu Yanzhu and Sun Lang were also shocked.
Lu Jiaming said proudly: "How is it?"
"You're quite good at it!"
Gu Yanzhu was surprised: "This book can't have been finalized . We just got the news, and they've already printed it! Quick, keep reading!"
Su Yunsheng continued to read: "… Three years ago, he inherited his father's seventh-rank Jinyiwei general flag post. Until two months ago, he sneaked into the Crouching Tiger Gang in Crouching Tiger Mountain with the fifth-level acquired realm cultivation. He was promoted to three realms in half a day, assassinated three peak acquired realm bandit leaders, and was promoted to a centurion. Later, he took the thousand-year-old fire turtle and obtained the famous sword [Xuepo] at the Taiyi Gate of Xuanwu Mountain. He used it to kill the ninth of the twelve zodiac animals in the Opera House and was promoted to a deputy centurion… He then obtained a rare treasure and broke through to the fourth-level innate realm. He entered the Miao border to quell the rebellion and cooperated with the Sky Spider Envoy of the Five Poison Sect to kill the left protector Wu Mengshan. He was rewarded for his merits and was selected as one of the Thirteen Guardians… He is a master of swords, swords and palms. He suddenly realized and was reborn. His talent is rare in the world. Because his realm is slightly lower, he was specially selected as the third place…"
Oh shit!
After hearing this, the expressions of the other three people became more and more solemn.
No wonder Lu Jiaming had that expression. The information provided by Langya Pavilion was so detailed, the power behind it must be terrifying!
Who are they?
How can there be such a strong energy?
"Do you still think they are grandstanding this time?"
Lu Jiaming said seriously: "They can record the adults' information in such detail, and I think the other people on the list will not falsify it. Then how important is this list... I don't need to say more!"
The most important thing in ranking is the character information.
Only when the data is correct can the ranking be authoritative.
The more detailed the information of Langya Pavilion is, the more it shows that they have indeed carefully selected and compared it in many ways, so the value of it will certainly increase!
Fame and fortune are the foundation of the struggle of people in the underworld.
Once you enter this list, you will immediately transform from a carp into a dragon and become famous throughout the world. How many people can resist such temptation?
Lu Jiaming said: "In addition, they also sell all kinds of information. No matter what you want to know, as long as you bring enough silver into Langya Pavilion, you can get a satisfactory answer. Now that they have established their reputation with this list, I guess few people will doubt their words anymore ..."
Gu Yanzhu was deeply shocked: "The stagnant world is suddenly boiling... Where did this group of people come from? What is their purpose?"
Lu Jiaming shook his head: "I'm not sure yet. I only know that their rise is inevitable! All the major sects have sent people to Mount Langya. This organization is very powerful!"
"never mind."
Cao Jinxing, who had been listening, said, "Don't worry about them. The more serious the problem, the higher the price. If there is an answer that can really shake up the world, I guess few people can afford it."
That is also true...
The other four people's expressions softened a bit.
"but……"
Cao Jinxing looked at the list and sighed deeply: "This group of people are really good at causing trouble! This way, there will probably be more people who don't like me... Damn it!"
