Three days later, on the night, in the imperial garden of the palace.
After Hong Zhan handled government affairs, he sat in the pavilion and drank fine wine, thinking about the experience during this time, and sighed for a while.
"Why are you drinking alone?" A gentle female voice came.
Hong Zhan turned his head, but saw Zhou Jingxuan slowly walking forward, sat down unceremoniously, and poured himself a glass of wine.
Hong Zhan smiled and said: "I was thinking about how to invite you."
"So, am I here early?" Zhou Jingxuan smiled.
"It's just right, try the specialty distilled spirit from my hometown." Hong Zhan smiled.
Zhou Jingxuan took a sip of wine and commented for a while, and the two looked at each other and smiled.
"I heard that you have never been married? The emperor's three palaces, six courtyards and seventy-two concubines, why don't you have one?" Zhou Jingxuan said curiously.
"I opened the Daqing Dynasty at the beginning, just for immortality, time is limited, I want to practice, I want to govern the country, I want to seek immortality, I don't have extra time to deal with children's love, after all, I don't like emotionless communication, so I didn't marry a wife, of course, the most important thing is that I have too high a vision." Hong Zhan explained.
"How tall can it be?" Zhou Jingxuan said curiously.
"At least you need to be as tall as Fairy Zhou." Hong Zhan smiled.
"Go, don't talk nonsense." Zhou Jingxuan's face turned red, and she was happy in her heart, but the next moment, she seemed to think of something, and said with a wry smile: "At the previous wedding, we were just helping senior Zique'er, don't think too much."
Hong Zhan saw Zhou Jingxuan's mood, he nodded, and then said curiously: "Is my continent really smaller than the Heavenly Continent?"
Zhou Jingxuan thought for a while and said: "Your continent is more than ten times the size of Ten Thousand Demons Island, but for the entire Heavenly Continent, it is just an inconspicuous island, and the Heavenly Continent is too big."
"No wonder Lone Star and the others call this nameless continent, it turns out to be so inconspicuous that it doesn't even deserve a name." Hong Zhan frowned.
"No name, you can name one, now this giant island is all from the Great Qing Dynasty, or is it called Qingdao?" Zhou Jingxuan smiled.
"Qingdao?" Hong Zhan's expression was strange for a while. Then he shook his head and said: "Let's call it Qingshi Island, where Daqing began."
"Qingshi Island? Do you want to expand the territory of the Daqing Dynasty to the outside world?" Zhou Jingxuan's eyes lit up.
Hong Zhan took a sip of wine, nodded and said: "I am still too weak, the Daqing Dynasty is too weak, sometimes, the identity gap is too big, you can't get the blessings of others, on the contrary, you will get too much embarrassment, not only for me, but also for you."
Zhou Jingxuan's expression froze, knowing that Hong Zhan meant something, she smiled bitterly: "Don't blame my third uncle, he is just ......."
"I know that Zhou Wuyou is for my own good, but I also saw some signs. So, I am also restraining myself." Hong Zhan said gently.
"You ......" Zhou Jingxuan bit her lip and frowned.
She thought she was the only one restraining herself, but it turned out that Hong Zhan was the same.
"Don't worry, one day, I will become stronger. I can do everything I want to do then." Hong Zhan smiled and raised his glass.
"I believe you can do it." Zhou Jingxuan said with a gentle and firm expression, and then she said worriedly: "Even if you practice next, I'm afraid it will be difficult."
"You don't have to worry, there is a practice technique of the Netherworld Holy Body in the True Sea Realm in the Yin Tianzi Seal, called "Beiming True Water Technique"." Hong Zhan said.
"Really?" Zhou Jingxuan's eyes lit up.
Hong Zhan nodded and said, "The Netherworld Holy Body needs yellow spring water as a guide to break through to the True Sea Realm, and every layer in the future will need a kind of true water as a guide, until it cultivates the Northern Ming True Water, its power will also be extremely strong."
"Fresh water?" Zhou Jingxuan said thoughtfully.
"Don't worry, I'll find it myself." Hong Zhan smiled.
Zhou Jingxuan shook her head and said: "No, there is a pool of Purple Flame True Water in the Pingnan Sect, which was prepared for me by the third uncle before, right at my residence, I now have a Zhen Ding, and I no longer need that Purple Flame True Water to help me practice, otherwise, I will break through for you."
Hong Zhan was stunned, he was still thinking about going to the Heavenly Continent to seek true water as soon as possible these days, but it was actually right in front of him?
"It's okay." Hong Zhan was not polite and nodded.
Seeing that Hong Zhan accepted it so readily, Zhou Jingxuan was extremely happy, and she said: "Also, my third uncle and I are going back to the family to investigate the cause of my father's death, and we can't take you with us. If you go to the Heavenly Continent alone, you will be retaliated against by the Pingnan Sect, Tianlong Temple, and the Great Red Emperor Dynasty, otherwise, I will help you get a new identity."
"New identity?" Hong Zhan was puzzled.
Zhou Jingxuan nodded and said: "If my third uncle and I go to the Pingnan Sect to talk, we should be able to give you the identity of the elder of the Pingnan Sect, so that the disciples of the Pingnan Sect will not dare to retaliate against you.
Hong Zhan thought for a while, nodded and said: "Okay, tell me about the situation of Pingnan Sect."
Not to mention emotional entanglements, he and Zhou Jingxuan are also friends of life and death, and he is not hypocritical in accepting this favor.
"My family started with my ancestor Zhou Youtian, and back then, the entire Heavenly Continent belonged to my Zhou family." Zhou Jingxuan said.
"Oh?" Although Hong Zhan was mentally prepared, he still felt shocked.
"After the ascension of the ancestor Zhou Youtian, my family slowly declined, gradually losing control of the entire Cangtian Continent, until three thousand years ago, the family decided to send some family children to various places in the Cangtian Continent to establish sects, on the one hand, to collect information from the world, and on the other hand, to wait for the opportunity to help the family regain control of the Cangtian Continent." Zhou Jingxuan said.
"Pingnan Sect is one of the sects?" Hong Zhan said curiously.
Zhou Jingxuan nodded and said: "Pingnan Sect, which means to quell the chaos in the south. Unfortunately, the family's wishes gradually failed, the family was declining more and more, and it couldn't take care of the various sects at all, and the Pingnan Sect was slowly declining."
"It's been three thousand years, I'm afraid Pingnan Sect is no longer what it used to be, right?" Hong Zhan analyzed.
"You are right, three thousand years, although the family continues to transfuse blood to the Pingnan Sect and send family children, the Pingnan Sect also recruits disciples locally, and gradually forms two factions, one is the Zhou family faction and the other is the local faction." Zhou Jingxuan said.
"Which faction did Elder Xuan Gu belong to who chased us before?" Hong Zhan asked.
"He is a member of the Zhou family faction, he should have been instructed by someone from the Zhou family to let me die here." Zhou Jingxuan said.
"The competition within the Zhou family is very fierce!" Hong Zhan said worriedly.
"You don't have to worry about me, they don't dare to assassinate me blatantly, and now that my third uncle is helping me, he will help me find a lot of people who support me, and I will not be in danger." Zhou Jingxuan said.
Hong Zhan was silent for a while, he was still very worried about Zhou Jingxuan's future, but he could analyze the horror of the Zhou family's forces, and his current strength could not help at all. If you forcibly follow it, it will stimulate the Zhou family and make Zhou Jingxuan more dangerous.
"You must be careful when you go here, I will help you when I become stronger." Hong Zhan said seriously.
"Hmm!" Zhou Jingxuan smiled and raised her glass.
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More than ten days later, a streamer quickly shuttled over the sea.
Wrapped in the streamer was a small boat with dozens of Daqing officials crowded on it. At the bow of the ship stood Hong Zhan, Zhou Jingxuan and Zhou Wuyou. The green hair on Zhou Wuyou's body has disappeared and he has regained his original appearance.
Zhou Wuyou looked at Hong Zhan with a dark face and said: "Take so many people to the Heavenly Continent? Are you going to tire me to death?"
Hong Zhan smiled and said: "Sect Master Zhou, don't blame me, with your ability, you will definitely not take this weight seriously."
Zhou Jingxuan immediately said: "Third uncle, if you are tired, let me fly with the boat."
Zhou Wuyou said angrily: "Just get used to him, hum!"
Although he felt uncomfortable, he didn't shout tired after all, and continued to wrap the boat with mana and fly fast.
After a while, they saw a continent with a large number of fishing boats on the mainland sea, and a few monks flying with swords.
Zhou Jingxuan asked Xiang Hongzhan: "The front is the Yunzhou you mentioned, do you really want to put your subordinates here?"
Hong Zhan nodded and said: "Just put it here, I will come to them later."
"Okay!" Zhou Jingxuan nodded, turned to Zhou Wuyou and said: "Third uncle, find a safe place to land."
"Hmph!" Zhou Wuyou snorted coldly and urged the boat to fly into a hidden mountain forest.
When the boat landed, Hong Zhan said to his subordinates: "I have already explained to you what needs to be explained, and next, you take root first and wait for me to come to you."
"Yes!" The officials of the big green responded.
Hong Zhan turned his head to look at Zhou Wuyou and said, "Okay, let's go now."
Zhou Wuyou flicked his big sleeves, rolled up Hong Zhan and Zhou Jingxuan and soared into the sky, the three of them broke through the clouds and fog, like a meteor shooting straight into the distance, and flew for a while, Zhou Wuyou's figure stopped, and with a bang, a large amount of wind was rolled up.
In front of him was a mountain and forest area, filled with countless white mist, and the strong wind raised the fog nearby, but the fog did not dissipate, as if it had been stimulated by some kind of stimulation, and suddenly increased a lot.
"Who is it? Dare to lift my Pingnan Sect formation?"
In the valley not far away, several cold and arrogant Pingnan Sect disciples flew out, but when they flew closer, their expressions changed.
"Sect, Sect Master?" One exclaimed.
Everyone's faces changed wildly, wasn't Zhou Wuyou dead? Why are you back? The sect has already elected a new sect master, what should we do now?
Zhou Wuyou ignored the group of people, he led the two of them into a valley entrance below, where the mountain gate of the Pingnan Sect was located.
On the way, he met many Pingnan Sect disciples, and those people were all as if they were living in hell, they were startled, and then they saluted one after another.
Shout! The three of them flew into the inside of the mountain gate, and the aura here was extremely strong, seemingly more intense than Ten Thousand Demon Island.
"Third uncle, I'll take Hong Zhan to the Purple Flame True Pool first, and go find the sect master yourself." Zhou Jingxuan said.
Zhou Wuyou nodded and said: "When I call you, you will come over."
"Okay!" Zhou Jingxuan said.
Then, Zhou Wuyou put down the two of them and flew alone into the depths of the sect.
Zhou Jingxuan swept the flood with mana and flew in the other direction.