"My name is Li Shiming. I came to Zhongdu to participate in the Spring Examination and to prepare to participate in the Ascension Conference next year!" Li Shiming did not dare to make any unusual movements. He honestly reported his identity and the purpose of coming to Zhongdu.
"Where did you get all this skill from? Why do you linger around the imperial city?" Gu Jia asked in disbelief when he heard that he was here to participate in the Ascension Conference and was also going to take part in the Spring Examination.
"I found a book in the back garden of the Nanling Prefecture government office, and I practiced according to the methods in the book. I came to the imperial city just to see it for myself!" Li Shiming replied with a 90% truth and a 10% lie.
"Nonsense, without the spiritual environment you can't even get started, how can you reach the second level of Qi Refining?" Gu Jia's face darkened, a pressure fell on him, and he shouted in a deep voice.
Li Shiming felt his whole body become heavy, and he couldn't help but lower his body, almost lying down in the carriage.
"Two months ago, two immortals came to Nanling Prefecture to investigate a case, and then left inexplicably. At that time, the two immortals lived in the government office. After the two immortals left, I found some spirit stones in the room. I used the spirit stones to cultivate an aura vortex." Li Shiming explained hurriedly.
Gu Jia was stationed in Daxia, so he naturally knew that there were cultivators in Nanling Prefecture asking for help.
By comparing the before and after, you will know that what Li Shiming said is generally true.
"How did you know the name Lingshi?" Gu Jia's eyes flashed, and he found the loophole in Li Shiming's words and asked.
"I met Monk Fan Yiyang from the Tianhai Sect, and he told me a lot about the world of immortal cultivation!" Li Shiming replied.
"You also know Fan Yiyang!" Gu Jia said in amazement, then he retracted his pressure and said with a smile: "I will investigate your matter, but you don't have to worry, as long as you are not lying, it will be good for you to participate in the Ascension Conference!"
"Thank you for showing mercy!" Li Shiming breathed a sigh of relief, straightened up and bowed.
"Didn't Fan Yiyang tell you that monks cannot approach the palace casually?" Gu Jia waved his hand to stop his salute and asked.
Li Shiming couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head. He didn't tell Fan Yiyang that he was coming to the palace, so how could Fan Yiyang think of saying these things.
He also understood why he was stopped by the powerful monk Gu Jia. It turned out that he had come to him on his own.
"Do you have a grudge against Prince Shun?" Gu Jia suddenly asked.
"This..." Li Shiming didn't know how to answer this question for a moment. He didn't dare to lie to Gu Jia.
"What's there to be ashamed of? He's just a prince in the secular world!" Gu Jia said with a big laugh.
From his words, Li Shiming heard his disdain for the secular royal family.
But Li Shiming couldn’t understand, since they looked down on the secular royal family, why did they still stationed here?
"Last night I was assassinated by an assassin sent by Prince Shun's mansion!" Li Shiming knew Gu Jia's attitude and answered without hiding it.
"Haha!" Gu Jia laughed again, as if he had heard something funny.
Yes, it sounded ridiculous to Gu Jia. It was an extremely ridiculous thing for the secular Prince Shun to send an assassin to assassinate a cultivator, even if the cultivator was only at the second level of Qi Refining.
The ridiculous one is naturally Prince Shun. In Gu Jia's opinion, if Prince Shun knew that the target of assassination was a monk, he probably wouldn't even be able to sleep well.
"You can't do anything near the palace. Also, if you have other means, try not to use spiritual power. Even if something happens, it won't be my responsibility!" Gu Jia said indifferently after laughing.
Li Shiming was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect Gu Jia to help him.
"Thank you, senior!" he bowed in thanks.
"Don't call me senior. We are both in the Qi Refining Stage. You can call me Taoist Brother, and when you join the Tianhai Sect in the future you have to call me Senior Brother!" Gu Jia waved his hand and said.
He was old and experienced, and he could tell that most of what Li Shiming said was true, and it would be easy to investigate.
As long as Li Shiming had a clean background, and he had reached the second level of Qi Refining after practicing alone for more than two months, it would not be a problem for him to join the Tianhai Sect.
On this point, Gu Jia and Fan Yi Yang have the same opinion.
The monks who can be arranged to come to the secular world are either monks with extremely poor talents like Fan Yiyang, or semi-retired monks like Gu Jia, who have no room for improvement in this life.
The mission of garrisoning in the secular world is not dangerous, and one can obtain rewards and offerings from the royal family.
These monks all have one characteristic, which is that they hope to make friends with talented people and even invest in them.
Monks will always be considerate of old friendships, whether this consideration is for the sake of showing off to others or to stabilize their own spiritual resolve. After a monk has achieved success in his practice, he will express his gratitude to the monks who have helped him.
"Thank you for your guidance, Brother Dao!" Li Shiming changed his address.
"My friend, please go back first. We will contact each other in a few days!" Gu Jia said as he waved to Mo Yan.
Then his figure disappeared inexplicably, and there was no one in front of the carriage.
Li Shiming was secretly shocked. He had been watching but didn't see how Gu Jia left.
If a conflict occurred, he probably wouldn't even know how he died.
Somewhat helplessly, he put his consciousness into the computer room, where there were five 'white phosphorus bombs' and five 'thermite bombs' in a box, but he couldn't even move them.
Even if the 'white phosphorus bomb' and 'thermite bomb' were taken out, they could not be thrown out and would perish together.
He was not even sure of dying together. Gu Jia's speed was too fast, so fast that he could not see clearly. In this situation, the chance of hitting Gu Jia was too low.
"Master, someone is blocking the road!" Mo Yan woke up, still a little unclear in mind, and said to himself.
"Hey, where are the people?" He exclaimed as he soon discovered that there was no one in front of him.
"Don't shout, go back!" Li Shiming ordered in a deep voice without explaining to him.
Mo Yan drove the carriage, looking back at the place he had just been at from time to time. His mind was very confused. It seemed that what happened before had happened, but it also seemed as if nothing had happened.
Li Shiming sat in the carriage, thinking about Gu Jia's matter.
Unlike Fan Yiyang, Fan Yiyang was just an accidental encounter on the road, and it is unknown how long it will take for us to meet again.
Gu Jia, on the other hand, is stationed in Zhongdu permanently, and the most important thing is that he is also connected with the Ascension Conference.
Just because it is related to the Ascension Conference, Li Shiming must have a good relationship with Gu Jia.
The only thing he could offer, besides the spiritual rice, was the spiritual tea.
He didn't really want to take out the spiritual rice, because if Gu Jia investigated his past, he would know that he was unable to grow spiritual rice.
The one hundred kilograms sold to Fan Yiyang could be explained as an accidental gain, but it was difficult to explain the other large amounts of spiritual rice.
Although the spiritual tea is fake, it is the best thing he can come up with with his status.