Dao Fruit

Among the officials of Da Rui, Qiu Yan had been to Ma Yang's home, and had also visited Wang Fu's mansion during his six-month tenure as a Hanlin scholar. Now, he has come to Yan Dongting's mansion.

Compared with the previous two, Yan's mansion is more magnificent. Although it looks simple from a distance, it can also feel imposing. After entering the door, passing through the open space, passing through the garden, and finally entering the main hall, as soon as he sat on the chair, a maid came with cups and fruit plates, put them aside, and then waited on the side.

"Mr. Qiu's coming here really makes my humble mansion glorious, but my father just came back from the palace, and his body is a little tired and a little uncomfortable. He needs to let the doctor take care of him, so he has to let the scholar wait for a while, and I am here to apologize."

Not long after, Yan Dongting's third son Yan Junqing came over, greeted Qiu Yan, and talked.

Qiu Yan shook his head and said, "No, old Prime Minister Yan is both an elder and an old minister. What's the big deal if I wait a little longer?" He remembered the way he saw him in the imperial study and didn't find it strange.

Then, Yan Junqing chatted with him from time to time. The topic was mainly the war in the north, but he didn't know the war situation and talked about rumors. It can be seen that although Yan Dongting was a prime minister and knew about military and national affairs, he didn't leak it to people around him.

Li Kun also cared about this. When Qiu Yan left the imperial study, he deliberately told Qiu Yan not to leak the content of the discussion.

This actually showed the emperor's trust in him. Similar words must have been explained to several prime ministers long ago.

On the other hand, the content of the conversation cannot be leaked, but the topics that can be discussed, such as counterattacks and pursuits, can be revealed. On the one hand, it is confusing, and on the other hand, it can calm the people in the court.

So. When talking with Yan Juntao, Qiu Yan revealed some real and fake information intentionally or unintentionally. He noticed that although Yan Junqing acted casually, every time he heard a piece of news, there was a subtle gleam in his eyes, which showed that he was deliberately memorizing.

Qiu Yan didn't take these to heart. He was still thinking about the words that Yan Dongting asked the steward to bring to him. It was this sentence that made him decide to come and visit.

"When the supernatural power is exhausted, it should be cut off... The meaning of this sentence is quite close to what I am thinking about, but I still have some thoughts that I haven't sorted out, and some details are not sure. Yan Dongting can say these, which proves that he is not a simple old minister. Maybe he saw something. Well, I heard that he was weak and sick before, could it be..."

Thinking here. Talking there, after a cup of tea, a blue-clothed servant came over and saluted the two first. Then he whispered in Yan Junqing's ear.

After that, Yan Junqing apologized to Qiu Yan again, and then said: "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. My father is waiting for you in the backyard. Please follow me." As soon as he finished speaking, he stood up and made a gesture of invitation.

"Thank you, Brother Yan." Qiu Yan nodded and followed him.

The two walked out of the lobby one after the other, entered the backyard, turned a few corners, and came to a quiet courtyard.

The Yan Mansion occupies a large area, and the interior layout is also unique, taking into account both beauty and practicality, but courtyards like this are rare - after all, the inner city is close to the imperial city, attracting the attention of the world, and every inch of land is worth a lot of money. Even if there is that money, it may not be possible to build such a complicated building to prevent unnecessary trouble.

When he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, Yan Junqing stopped and bowed, saying: "You can only go by yourself." In such a family, the elders have rules when meeting guests, and Qiu Yan has experienced this in more than one family.

"I will ask you for advice again if I have the chance in the future." After a few polite words, Yan Junqing left. Qiu Yan said nothing more and said goodbye to him before stepping into the courtyard.

The courtyard was very quiet, with irregular stone slabs on the ground and a low building in the distance.

"Do all the elderly family elders like to arrange such a separate courtyard in the mansion?" After entering, Qiu Yan had such a thought in his mind, and remembered the experience of meeting the ancestor of the Chen family in the Chen Mansion.

"However, the ancestor of the Chen family has deep cultivation and unpredictable origins. As soon as we met, he gave people a sense of profoundness. As for the old prime minister Yan, I have seen him. He looks old and weak. I wonder if there is any mystery in him."

He was thinking, and suddenly his heart was shocked, and the hair on his body suddenly exploded, and his muscles, bones and skin membranes tightened instantly!

Boom!

The next moment, a great momentum descended upon him, and it was so fierce that Qiu Yan, who had entered the fourth realm of life cultivation, still found it difficult to bear it. As his body trembled, he channeled the force that fell on him through his limbs and into his feet.

Crack!

The stone slabs on the ground made a shattering sound and shattered. Several pieces at his feet instantly shattered and turned into powder!

At this time, the door of the low building popped open with a "pop" sound, and a voice came out from it——

"Good! You have a good foundation and realm for life cultivation. No wonder you can make such a big name. Even if you don't go into the officialdom of literature and Taoism, you can become a giant by just practicing transcendence! Come in..."

"Oh?" Qiu Yan's heart moved, and he recognized that it was Yan Dongting's voice, but compared with the time in the imperial study, this voice was no longer sickly and low, but rather a bit loud and full of energy!

"Sure enough, there is something strange!"

This thought flashed through his mind, and Qiu Yan's mind turned, and his heart fire suddenly rippled. Deep in the flames, his heart monkey beat his chest and roared, bursting out a manic and chaotic thought, and a little human flame derived from the humanistic way of God was integrated into it. Finally, there was a little time and space perception flowing out from the bottom of his heart.

The next moment, an invisible air wave burst out from Qiu Yan, and waves of distorted artistic conception burst out under his feet, restoring and condensing the broken stone slab!

On the other side, the invisible air wave was like a violent storm, sweeping away the tyrannical pressure that filled the surroundings. Although it was not completely destroyed, it could no longer shake Qiu Yan's body and mind.

"Huh?" A voice with unexpected meaning came from the room, and then Yan Dongting said, "Okay, I am indeed a little rude. Please ask Qiu Xueshi to come in. For some reasons, I can't go out to greet you." The tone of the words has changed significantly.

The previous sentence had a bit of a sense of taking advantage of one's seniority and testing the younger generation, but now that he spoke again, there was more of an equal meaning, and it was obvious that Qiu Yan's position had been placed on an equal level with himself.

"Then Qiu will obey your orders." Qiu Yan nodded, and then took a step and walked towards the house.

After he left, the stone slabs he stepped on were revealed in their entirety. These stone slabs that had turned into powder actually restored their outlines again, but the surface was covered with cracks, and there were signs of loosening and breaking when the wind blew -

This means that the power to restore them is not strong enough and is still very weak.

On the other side, after approaching the low building, Qiu Yan's sight fell on the door. The view inside the door was very dark, and he could not see the things inside clearly.

"Hmm? Can't see clearly?"

Then, Qiu Yan felt a little strange. With his cultivation level, his body had already undergone several transformations and was almost beyond the level of human body. In this process, his eyes and various structures in his eyes had naturally undergone transformation and strengthening. Not to mention the weak light, even in a dark place, his eyes as a sensory organ can still be useful, so the current situation of looking inward but being unclear represents quite intriguing information.

However, thinking about these in his mind, Qiu Yan's movements did not stop at all, and he stepped over the threshold and entered the house.

The next moment, he seemed to come to another space, passing through a layer of membrane, the scene was instantly clear, and there was another surging hot breath. Compared with the outside, the temperature inside the house was much higher. If an adult strong man came into the house, he would be baked by the heat and sweat profusely, and quickly dehydrated.

But for Qiu Yan, it was not just the water, but also the true qi and vital energy in the body, which had a tendency to be roasted and seep out of the pores.

However, Qiu Yan had a thought, locked the pores, suppressed all the things that were about to move, and looked forward, and saw Yan Dongting, who was still sickly, sitting on a chair, with one hand on the table beside him, looking at Qiu Yan.

However, Qiu Yan's eyes only stayed on him for a breath, and then moved to an object in front of him, which was a baby suspended in the air, translucent, sinking and sinking in the purple mist-

Nascent Soul!

This is something that can only be condensed after the cultivation of the life path enters the fourth realm. Even Qiu Yan has not yet achieved it. He only sees the prototype, which is the crystallization of skill, mind, and luck!

The Nascent Soul can leave the body, but not many cultivators will easily release it.

Qiu Yan's eyes focused, and he found a familiar taste on the Nascent Soul. The charm between his eyebrows vaguely resembled Yan Dongting!

"Could it be..."

A thought came to Qiu Yan's mind.

"I think Scholar Qiu should have guessed it," Yan Dongting's voice came out again, but it was not from the sick body, but from the Nascent Soul in the mist, "Yes, this Nascent Soul is the crystallization of my cultivation, condensing most of my luck, but because of the shackles of the mortal world, it is locked in this room and cannot go out."

"This room?" After hearing this, Qiu Yan had time to look around carefully. He looked around, but what he saw was quite simple. He couldn't even find ordinary living utensils. It was surrounded by airtight. Except for a door, there was no window at all. The light was weak. He was outside just now and couldn't even see the scene inside. He had to walk in to see it clearly.

Yan Dongting added: "This room is my furnace, carrying my cultivation, so as not to destroy my career and humanity. I think Mr. Qiu should have similar thoughts now." (To be continued. Please search for Piaotian Literature, the novels are better and updated faster!

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