Wandering

Chapter 52

When Feng Junzi was speaking, the stone marrow in the air had almost been refined, and it became a completely transparent liquefied state, suspended there like a large drop of water.Feng Junzi let go of my left hand, grabbed my right hand with his own left hand, pointed his right hand to the air, and asked me: "Shi Ye, do you know what Nanming Lihuo is?"

"I don't know, I haven't heard of it. Wait, it seems that it was mentioned in "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman". Isn't that a fiction of literati?"

Feng Junzi smiled: "This is indeed a fiction of modern literati, but as a cultivator, can't we turn fiction into reality? Actually, I didn't know what Nanming Lihuo was before, but after learning the true fire of Samadhi, I became Created a refining spell by myself, and simply named it Nanming Lihuo. Do you know the meaning of the four words Nanming Lihuo?"

"I don't know, I don't know the owner of Huanzhu, you created it yourself or told me yourself."

Feng Junzi: "In the "Book of Changes", Fuxi made the innate gossip, the stem is in the south and Kun is in the north, King Wen made the postnatal gossip, and the distance is in the south and the hurdle is in the north. Nanming Lihuo refers to the creation of all things in the world. Samadhi In the real fire, the mind comes from the true temperament that is innately manifested, while the Nanming Lihuo stimulates the ingenuity of all things, and the different properties of the materials, so that the utensils have their unique magical functions."

Feng Junzi pointed to the stone marrow and said this, and the stone marrow was also changing when he spoke.I saw that the color of the stone pulp was fading, from dark emerald green to bright green, and then from bright green to light green.While the color faded, the body shape also shrunk, as if the group of liquid droplets was continuously evaporating and shrinking, changing from the size of an egg to the size of a walnut.I was fascinated by watching, when Feng Junzi asked me again: "Nanming Lihuo, have you learned it yet?"

This time is very strange, I have almost no sense, unlike when he cast the Samadhi real fire just now, I can know what he is doing at the same time.I shook my head: "No."

Feng Junzi: "It's normal if you don't realize it. Because it's not your mind that is refining the stone marrow at this time. Let me tell you, the second step of this refining tool is to process it after the material is pure and can be formed, but This is not casual processing. Refining tools not only need to use pure mind to refine materials, but also use your spiritual consciousness to understand this thing, understand its natural attributes, and changes after it is formed. You have to use gods and tools Communication. Only in this way can it become a magical tool that is in harmony with the body and mind, and you can use it freely and make it a part of you. Although the refining tool needs special materials, everyone can use the same material to refine The use of the magic weapon that comes out is different. Do you feel it now, let it become a part of your body, although it is suspended outside your body, you can control this thing like controlling your own hands and feet"

When Feng Junzi said this, I really realized it.But this kind of experience is hard to put into words, let’s describe it this way—you imagine that you have grown three hands, which of course does not mean a thief, but that you still have one hand that is not connected to your body.But it is yours, it has feelings, and it is under your control.In fact, this is already the mental method of Yuqi, which is obviously different from the Yuwu I have learned before.In the realm of imperial objects, I am me, and the stone is still a stone, but in the realm of imperial weapons, I and the magic weapon are one.Not everything can be used as a magic weapon, it must be refined through the human mind.

Gentleman Feng saw that I had realized something, and said again: "Actually, this kind of unity of mind and matter cannot be understood by practitioners. Ordinary people can do it too. Have you seen it?"

"Ordinary people? Let me think about it... There is a man in our village named Shi Gan who likes to grow flowers. He grows a pot of sweet-scented osmanthus, and he wants to sleep with it every day. According to him, he can feel the flowers blooming and falling. Everyone in the village Joke that he is a nympho..."

Feng Junzi laughed again: "That's right, that's what I meant—oh no! It's done!"

When Feng Junzi was talking to me, he didn't pay much attention to the chalcedony in the sky. When he looked again, the droplet of the chalcedony had become very small, and the green color had almost faded, turning into a kind of bluish white.Looking at Feng Junzi again, he looked very regretful.As soon as he stretched out his hand, he stretched out his ring finger like an orchid finger.The small drop of stone pulp slowly fell from the air, passed through the fingertips, and the stone pulp stayed at the root of his ring finger.At this time, Junzi Feng let go of my hand, and the stone marrow stopped rolling, and wrapped around his ring finger in a thin circle, forming a ring shape.

Feng Junzi took the stone marrow off his hand and put it in the palm of his hand, which was a ring.He looked at the ring with a bitter expression on his face, as if he was about to cry.I asked him: "Junzi Feng, what's wrong with you? Is there something wrong with the stone marrow? You made it into a ring?"

Feng Junzi: "It's a pity that this piece of stone marrow is so precious. There is nowhere to find it. I finally got a piece, but I wasted it by refining. It's all because I was careless just now, and I was only talking to you..."

"What's the matter? Isn't this very good, I think this ring is similar to the one sold in the mall."

Feng Junzi: "We are refining magical tools, not processing jewelry. If we really want to process jewelry, such a large piece of raw jade is worth a lot of money! But now, you can see for yourself, hold it to the light and look at it."

I took this ring and looked at the light among the vines outside the bridge hole. It was a bluish-white translucent ring. If you look carefully, the bluish-white texture is covered with countless small spider web-like patterns. It is indeed much worse than the original piece of exquisitely carved emerald jade.I didn't see any way to come, so I returned it to Feng Junzi, and asked, "How did it become useless? Can it still be used now?"

Feng Junzi took this ring and played with it in his hand, tried it with ten fingers in both hands, and said to me when he was almost done playing: "Such a good material, how can the supernatural powers of you and me be useless?" ? It's just that this thing is useless to you and me."

"How? What's the use of it?"

Feng Junzi: "I use the pure innate mind to refine it, so that foreign demons can't invade it. Then I process it according to the attributes of this chalcedony itself, so that it has its own magical effect. Don't forget that this is a A piece of dioplow stone pith, the essence of jadeite jade, it can lock the spiritual energy in the mountains and rivers.... This ring has two sides, the inner and outer sides. The outer ring can prevent all the evil things in the world from approaching. ;The ring inside can lock the spirit of the wearer's whole body, so that the spiritual energy and soul will not leak out. This is the use of this ring, but it is useless to you and me."

"It's amazing, why is it useless to you and me?"

Feng Junzi: "I haven't told you before, in fact, your alchemy cultivation base is not low at present, and you are only one step away from the golden alchemy. Besides, your Yinshen cultivation has long been proficient, and you also have the excellent golden dragon lock jade pillar. Body, there is no need to use this ring. Have you forgotten, that night in the mountain temple, there were thousands of lonely souls and wild ghosts, and you sat alone at the gate of the temple to block them all. You are much more useful than this ring ... As for me, this thing is even more dispensable."

"Then who can use it? Don't waste good things." Feng Junzi said that it was useless for me to hold it, and it was useless for him to hold it himself. I couldn't help thinking of other ideas.There are many people around me, what about them?Or what about them?
"Who can use it?" Feng Junzi looked at the ring and suddenly smiled.The smile came suddenly, just now he was frowning, but suddenly he smiled brightly again, and he said with a smile: "So that's it! It's really unintentional! I'm a fucking genius!"

"What's the matter? What happened unintentionally?"

Feng Junzi: "Liu is the willow of the Liu family. Whether it is Teacher Liu Feier or your sister Liu Yiyi, they all need this ring. Have you paid attention to Teacher Liu? She looks very haggard recently, and this ring is worn on ordinary people. There is a magical function in the human hand, which is to calm the mind and not be infected with wind evils, and not even have nightmares when sleeping. There is also Liu Yiyi. It is also difficult to condense the body, but with this ring, there will be no problem. Although she can't have a real human body yet, all actions should feel the same as an ordinary person's body!"

I listened to it from the sidelines and thought about it, this is really a reincarnation of heaven and earth!This stone marrow was originally stolen from Liu's house by Feng Junzi, whether it was given to Teacher Liu or Liu Yiyi, it was considered to be returned to the original owner.I asked: "Junzi Feng, who are you going to give it to? Teacher Liu or Yiyi?"

Feng Junzi looked at me: "Don't ask me this question, I'm going to give it to you! As for whether you want to give it to your sweetheart Mrs. Liu or that cute little sister Liu Yiyi, that's your business, I won't cause this trouble , and you don’t need to think about it.... But you have to pay attention, what is a ring? It’s something like a ring. What does it mean when a man gives a ring to a woman? Hehe, you can figure it out yourself!”

With a wave of his hand, he threw the ring over, and I quickly caught it.I was very happy at first, but after listening to Feng Junzi's words, I have a problem in my heart again, who is it for?Logically speaking, I should give it to Liu Yiyi, because it is obviously more useful to her, but Junzi Feng said something about the meaning of the ring, which is really difficult.After thinking about it, give it to Yiyi.There is no other reason, Yiyi needs it more, and she will definitely wear it when I give it to her. As for Teacher Liu, I have no excuse to give her such an inexplicable thing, and she may not be able to wear it if I give it to her. indefinite.

Seeing me put away the ring, Junzi Feng asked again: "All magical instruments have names, what should this ring be called?"

"Spirit-locking ring, how about it?"

Feng Junzi nodded: "Okay, it's called the Locking Ring. I have taught you the general process of refining weapons. In fact, the methods of refining weapons are different in different sects. You can slowly explore it by yourself in the future. I have no doubts about this. I'm not too proficient, I'm not afraid of your jokes, today is the first time I have ever made a weapon in my life, and I made a defective product without thinking....The purpose of my teaching you how to use a weapon is to let you learn how to use it in the process. Qi, do you know the mind of the imperial weapon?"

To be honest, Mr. Feng's demonstration of the "artifact refining" process in front of me was just so-so. I don't dare to say that I have learned the way of refining weapons since then, but I did understand the mentality of "Imperial Artifacts".Hearing this, I nodded and said: "Yes, I realized the realm of the imperial weapon when you refined the spirit-locking ring."

Feng Junzi: "Very good, now give me the Qingming Mirror."

I took the Qingming Mirror out of my pocket, Junzi Feng took it, and played with it in his hand.I kept looking at his hands, wondering if he would use his supernatural powers again?However, this time he never reached out to grab me, but looked at Qing Mingjing and said, "Qing Ming Jing is one of the three treasures of Zhengyi. It wasn't passed on to us by someone, but you picked it up, and I don't know what magical effect it has."

"Didn't you use it?"

Feng Junzi: "That's what I sensed by myself with the mind of the imperial weapon, and you can do it too. It's a pity that this weapon is disabled and is no longer what it is. Maybe many spells can't be cast, otherwise give me time, and I can't do it." I can figure it out."

I suddenly thought of a question, so I interrupted him and asked, "Gentleman Feng, wait a minute, you said it was a broken Qingming mirror, but Zezhong Zeren from the Zhengyi School said no, why can't they recognize it? Are you mistaken?"

Feng Junzi: "I'm not mistaken, this is the Qingming Mirror! It's normal for them not to recognize it, because they don't dare to think that the Zhengyi Triple Treasure will be made like this, and it is completely different from the records of the artifacts of Zhengyimen. If The Master Shouzheng, the head of the Zhengyi Sect, might recognize Qing Mingjing if he is here, but he would not be able to recognize him if he was replaced by Hechen and Xi. Wouldn't it be better for you?"

Feng Junzi is right, it is indeed better this way.Now everyone in the practice world knows what happened in Qi Yun Guan, and knows that my real Shi Xiaoren's magic weapon is a dilapidated ancient mirror.As long as no one says that this is the Qingming Mirror, I can openly take it out and carry it with me, so that Daoist Shouzheng can't see it.Thinking of this, I asked Feng Junzi again: "Then can it be repaired?"

Feng Junzi: "Repair can also be repaired, but it's best not to do it. Don't think that it only took me a moment to make this ring just now. If it is seen by outsiders, it is simply nonsense and a waste of things. Do you think that refining a ring Is it that simple to make a magic weapon? The senior who made Ziyingyi spent 30 years! For a treasure like the Qingming Mirror, refining is not an ordinary skill, and it is even more difficult to repair. You should make do with it! "

"Then what's the use of it now? I've seen you do a lot with it."

Feng Junzi: "Now this Qingming mirror has at least three magical uses. The first one is to capture and refine all the yin things in the world. After all, this is a Taoist thing. It is very convenient to catch a little ghost or something. The first time I used it was to put Liu Yiyi's yin spirit into the mirror."

"Catch ghosts! Why catch ghosts if you have nothing to do? Ghosts didn't offend me!"

Feng Junzi: "What's the hurry, I haven't finished talking yet, who wants you to catch ghosts for fun! If you have high mana, you can also use the Qingming Mirror to collect people's three souls and seven souls. Even if you can't, you can still hurt people's souls , This is powerful! But when you use it, you must pay attention to it. If you encounter someone with advanced cultivation, whether it is a human or a ghost, it may not be effective. Another thing you must pay attention to is that this kind of magic is harmful to the world. You must not Using the Qingming Mirror for no reason, as for the three major precepts of practitioners in the world, I don’t need to say more.”

"I see. I'm not a person who makes trouble out of nothing. What about the second use?"

Feng Junzi: "The Qingming mirror is a mirror, which has the magical function of absorption and reflection. It can absorb and hurt the spirit itself, so when encountering all the spells that hurt the gods in the world, it can be blocked or even reflected by the Qingming mirror. This is why you used the Qingming mirror to reflect the red light of Zhenling Baoyin in Zezhong in Qiyun Temple. It is also considered that the boy is unlucky, his cultivation is inferior to yours, so you injured him. Therefore, the Qingming mirror This use is mainly for self-defense."

"Understood, I can do it without you teaching me, what about the third one?"

Feng Junzi: "The third kind of use is the most wonderful. It can be used to create various real scenes and illusions. Do you still remember your lust and heavenly robbery? The Qingming Mirror became the * in "Dream of Red Mansions" in my hand, then It’s an illusion. If it’s a real scene, you’ve learned the magic of the round light mirror. Shang Yunfei used a piece of white paper to cast the round light mirror in front of you. You can use the Qingming mirror as the white paper, and the round light mirror’s spell will be easier Many. But this kind of magical effect is still relatively reluctant for you, and you can't use it casually now."

"why?"

Feng Junzi: "If you want to see the real scene in the Qingming mirror, that's fine. The most fearful thing is to create an illusion. Think about it, if someone creates an illusion like lust and robbery and lures others in to mess around, how can it be?" Come on! Also, casting this kind of illusion spell is not casual, it needs to be cultivated to a certain level, and at the same time, it must be based on each person's fate. Don't worry now, there is a level of delusion in the three dreams of the world. Similar to Qingming Illusion, I will teach you after your golden core is completed, and you will be able to cast this spell in the future.... Be careful, you can’t cast this spell on yourself, you must remember it.”

What Feng Junzi said makes sense, although no one in the world would be stupid enough to cast spells on himself, but the Qingmingjing illusion is not necessarily the case.For example, if a person likes a woman but cannot get it in reality, he may cast an illusion on himself to make friends with this woman in the illusion. In this way, the consequences may be quite serious.

After Feng Junzi finished explaining the magical effect of Qingming Mirror, he didn't demonstrate it to me, but asked me to study it by myself in the future.He also told me that the three magical functions of the Qingming Mirror are integrated. For example, I can accept the Yin God of a person and give him an illusion at the same time. If he cannot break through the illusion, he will be trapped in the Qingming Mirror.I was both happy and a little disappointed when I took back the Qingming Mirror. I was happy that I could finally use the Qingming Mirror today, but disappointed that the Qingming Mirror seemed unable to cast active attack spells.However, the magic weapon in the world is used for self-cultivation and self-defense, and its purpose is not entirely to fight with others. This Qingming Mirror is already considered a treasure.

After talking about the usefulness of the Qingming Mirror, it was almost time for the afternoon class. The two of us were so busy that we didn't even eat lunch at noon, so we got up and prepared to go back.Feng Junzi remembered something again, took out a very beautiful thing from his pocket and handed it to me: "Shi Ye, take this."

Feng Junzi's pocket is like a treasure bag, and he can always take out strange things.This time he gave me a glass bottle in the shape of a flat gourd, with beauties in palace costumes painted on one side and flowers and birds painted with fine brushwork on the other.The painting is very exquisite, it is not painted on the outer wall, but actually drawn inside the bottle.This thing is very small, only the size of the palm of your hand.

"What is this?"

Feng Junzi: "This is a snuff bottle from the Qianlong period, and it is considered an antique. But the snuff inside is newly produced this year, and it is an authentic German product."

"Where did you come from? What are you doing for me? I don't even smoke cigarettes, let alone snuff!"

Feng Junzi: "Don't worry about where it came from. It's not for you. It's for you to find a way to give it to someone. ... It's not someone else, but our classmate Yang Xiaokang."

"Give it to Yang Xiaokang? Why don't you give it to him yourself?"

Feng Junzi: "I'm here to help you. Don't ask, just do as I say. Don't tell Yang Xiaokang that I did it on purpose. Just say that this thing was left by the old man in your village. He likes these things the most. Talk to him No harm to you, my friend!"

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Yang Xiaokang is a classmate in our class. He is more than one year younger than me. He has always been quiet in class and doesn't have much contact with others, but he is quite special.What makes him special is not that there is anything special about this person, but the teacher's attitude towards him.In middle school, every student will be criticized more or less, but no teacher has ever said a word to him, even the occasional teacher who is late and leaves early turns a blind eye to this treatment, only our class He Jun and Yang Xiaokang can enjoy it.It's not surprising that He Jun is the son of Principal He, but I don't know where Yang Xiaokang came from?
But no matter in terms of dress or speech, Yang Xiaokang feels much stronger than He Jun. Maybe this is called temperament?He has a confidence and maturity beyond his peers.Mr. Feng asked me to find a way to give that snuff bottle to Yang Xiaokang, but I couldn't figure it out.Although this thing is not particularly precious, it is worth a lot of money. Why should I give it to him?He is not a girl.

Giving the snuff bottle to Yang Xiaokang was much easier than I imagined.After school in the afternoon of the second day, the students would queue up to go to the bathroom as usual, and then go home after school or go to the cafeteria for dinner.Coming out of the men's room, he happened to be with Yang Xiaokang.I played tricks, took out the snuff bottle, opened the lid, and took a sniff in front of my nose, just in his line of sight, Yang Xiaokang's eyes lit up immediately.

"Shi Ye, Shi Ye, wait for me, what are you holding in your hand?" Without me needing to greet him, he took the initiative to push his bicycle and walked a few steps to catch up with me.

I stopped by pretending to be surprised, and held the snuff bottle in my hand: "This is a snuff bottle, you know it too?"

Yang Xiaokang: "Show me if it's okay... Of course I know things from the Qing Dynasty, from the Qianjia era. The inner painting is very good... and snuff? Where did it come from?"

"It was given to me by an old Chinese doctor in our village. It was left by his ancestors. He gave it to me to play with. He also made the snuff. The old man told me that when I have a cold and sneeze, I can breathe a little to clear my senses."

Yang Xiaokang asked enviously, "Why did he give it to you?"

"When I was on vacation, I often helped him go up the mountain to collect medicine."

Yang Xiaokang: "Let me try it?"

"Just try it, why are you polite?"

Yang Xiaokang poured a little brown powder from the snuff bottle into the palm of his hand, then dabbed some on his upper lip with his finger, took a deep breath, opened his mouth and sneezed with a very comfortable expression.I saw this kind of action on TV. I didn't know what it meant, but now I realized that it was snuffing.After Yang Xiaokang tried it, he couldn't put it down holding the snuff bottle, and he couldn't put it down.He was very embarrassed and asked me: "Shi Ye, how much do you think this snuff bottle is worth?"

According to what he said, he likes it very much and wants to buy it from me, but it's hard to say it directly, so let me say a price first.I simply said: "Do you like it? If you like it, I will give it to you. Anyway, I don't smoke snuff."

Yang Xiaokang: "How embarrassing, this thing sells for one or two thousand yuan in the market. How about it, when I save enough 2000 yuan, I will give you the money, okay?"

He wants to give me money?The opening cost was 2000 yuan, which was undoubtedly an astronomical figure for the middle school students at that time.Anyway, it's Junzi Feng's stuff, so I'll just be a good person to the end: "We're all classmates, talk about money for this little bottle, take it if you like it, and I won't give it to you if you want it."

Yang Xiaokang: "Okay, you are loyal enough, I want it. I don't want to take yours for nothing, just tell me what you like, and I will help you get it. As long as there is something in Wucheng, I will definitely get it."

I shook my hand: "Then there's no need, I don't need anything."

Yang Xiaokang was even more embarrassed: "Okay, I have made you a friend. Tomorrow is a holiday on November [-]. I will treat you to the best restaurant in Wucheng... I know where you are, is that noodle restaurant? I'll see you tomorrow morning."

Without waiting for my refusal, Yang Xiaokang left on a mountain bike with a snuff bottle in his pocket, as if he was afraid of my remorse.I looked at his back with doubts in my heart.I don't understand why Feng Junzi wants me to do this?Could it be that besides Feng Junzi and Shang Yunfei in our class, is this Yang Xiaokang also a hidden expert?Why didn't I see it at all?This Yang Xiaokang, from the looks of his clothes, is very decent, and the things he uses are all high-end goods. He should be a son of a rich family, but his demeanor is more stable and not frivolous.Who is he?Hey, I usually don't care about my classmates too much!
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The [-]th holiday came, and there was no such thing as a Golden Week at that time.The time is just in time for the weekend, our school has a four-day holiday, and the third and senior high school graduating classes have a one-and-a-half-day holiday.During holidays, I usually stay and help out in Sister Ziying's noodle shop.This morning I went to the market early to buy flour. I could do this kind of work alone, but Axiu had to follow. She seemed to be very curious about everything in the market.Not long after I bought the flour, Yang Xiaokang came to see me.

He put the mountain bike at the door of the store, and went in and shouted: "Shi Ye, you are indeed here, let's go, I invite you to dinner at noon today, and go to Tianxiang Restaurant."

Tianxiang Restaurant?Isn't this the place where Zhang Zhi invited us to dinner last time?The best restaurant in Wucheng, Yang Xiaokang actually wants to invite me there.After Yang Xiaokang greeted me, he saw Axiu again and greeted him: "Shi Zhixiu, are you here too? It's just right, let's all go together."

Unexpectedly, Axiu turned her mouth away: "What is there to do in that crappy place of Tianxiang Restaurant? The food there is not as good as Ziying's. If you want to eat, you can eat here."

People who don't know will think that Axiu is talking nonsense, or trying to get business for the noodle shop, but I know she is telling the truth.The last time I ate a table of dishes at Tianxiang Restaurant, I can't say that the dishes are not good, but I don't remember the other dishes except for the jade ball wrapped in gold.In comparison, the meals cooked by sister Ziying are more delicious.

Sister Ziying also heard the voices outside, and came out to say hello: "Xiaoye, Axiu, is your classmate here? Take a seat quickly. Axiu always talks to her own restaurant. Chef, but I still know how to cook a few side dishes... Ishino, you want to entertain your classmates, so here you go, I will cook some special dishes for you at noon..."

Yang Xiaokang was about to speak when five or six young people in their twenties suddenly walked into the noodle shop.These people dress up in strange shapes and behave in a sloppy manner.After entering the noodle restaurant, he didn't say hello. He knocked on the table of the noodle restaurant with the short stick in his hand, and shouted to the guests who were eating: "Let's go, let's go quickly, there is no need to pay the bill, we have settled the bill, here is today." Someone booked the venue, and if you walk slowly, you will be splashed with blood, so don't blame us for not saying hello."

It was clear at a glance that these gangsters were here to cause trouble. The customers in the noodle shop obviously didn't want to cause trouble, and they all put down their chopsticks and left.Seeing this group of people making trouble and driving away the guests, Axiu frowned and wanted to go up to reason, but Sister Ziying held her back and made a gesture to tell her not to speak.I could see clearly that this group of people was the same group who molested Axiu at the entrance of the noodle shop last time, and this time they brought their guys to settle accounts.

To be honest, I'm not scared at all, just disgusted!Why is this kind of person endless?Of the four people in the noodle restaurant, except for Yang Xiaokang, who I don't know about, who would be afraid of them?What is the difference between provoking this place and courting death?However, what's annoying is that we can't do anything to them in broad daylight in this busy city. We can't take out the Qingming mirror and collect the three souls and seven souls, right?
Sister Ziying grabbed Axiu and was about to go forward to speak, when Yang Xiaokang turned around, faced the group of people, and said calmly: "Why are you guys making trouble here? Get out!"

I was stunned when I said this, because Yang Xiaokang knew these people, and he was not afraid of these hooligans with knives and sticks at all.I heard Junzi Feng say that they are not ordinary hooligans, but sons or relatives of Wucheng officials.What's strange is that when those people saw Yang Xiaokang, their faces changed. They no longer had a fierce look, but changed to a kind face: "Brother Yang, why are you here?"

(End of this chapter)