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Chapter 281 White lotus grows in the Western Regions, students go to the south of the Yangtze River, pick faces and meet each other to throw embroidered balls
Li Guanyi and the person in charge of the Changfeng Tower in Zhongshan came down together. They walked slowly side by side to the academy. Recently, the students in the academy were all preparing for their own future, and the academy became more lively than before.

Some people say that the current situation has lost the peace and tranquility of the past.

However, some people also said that the world was in such chaos and the people were suffering. If the academy remained as free as before, it would be called a restless place.

In troubled times, whether to enter the world or live in seclusion is each person's choice. There is no right or wrong. Those who enter the world are not necessarily superior, and those who live in seclusion are not necessarily cowardly.

But if you are hiding here and enjoying the peace and comfort, but you still act condescendingly and say that the people in troubled times are pitiful and miserable, and that students should be here, you should be knocked to the ground with a stick.

This is what the fat monk who had confronted the Living Buddha said during the debate.

That was what happened when the farmers entered the south of the Yangtze River.

The monk asked the Living Buddha whether the loss to the farmers was too great.

At that time, the Living Buddha asked him to let go, but the brat relied on his magical power of being impervious to water and fire and refused to put down the cup in his hand under the boiling water. He was scolded by the old Living Buddha. At this time, many Buddhist disciples were unwilling to enter the world, thinking that monks should not be involved in these worldly things.

So the monk, who was in great physical condition, picked up a stick and cursed the bald donkey for a long time.

The old Living Buddha looked at this lay disciple and asked, "Have you let it go?"

The monk touched his bald head and replied:
"I still don't know what it means to let go."

The old Living Buddha brought boiling water to make tea, and asked the disciple to hold a teacup and pour the tea into it. The tea was boiling and soon overflowed, but the monk's palm remained motionless. The old monk asked, "Why don't you put it down?"

The monk replied: "I don't want to."

The old monk said, "Letting go brings peace."

The monk said, "If you don't let go, you are sentient beings."

The simple-minded monk grinned, drank the boiling tea in one gulp, and said, "I understand the palace master's advice, but I don't want to stay in the academy like those monks and Taoists who like to debate scriptures and doctrines."

“The disciple knows he should let go, but he doesn’t.”

"Knowing that I should let go but not letting go, I am in a state of wanting but not wanting. How subtle it is! Who says I don't know the Dharma?"

The old Living Buddha looked at the honest monk with a gentle and compassionate gaze and said:

"What level has Thirteen Horizons reached?"

The monk patted his chest vigorously and said proudly: "The highest level."

"All the internal organs are no longer afraid of water or fire."

"No wonder you dare to drink this tea."

The old monk sneered, touched the monk's head with his hand, and said:

"In that case, I grant you the Dharma name [Thirteen]."

"Take a copper staff wrapped in water and fire weapons and a black monk's robe. Go down here. After you go down the mountain, you can go to the northern region. I also have a pure temple outside this academy. In that Buddhist land, I have a junior brother named [Wu Yin]."

"About ten years ago, Monk Wuyin picked up a burly man at the foot of the mountain. He was good at using a heavy stick and his battle robe was stained with blood. He was Yan Xuanji, a fierce general under the command of Duke Taiping. My junior brother took pity on him and took him back."

"He also asked the Taoist master Zi Yang to protect his innate energy. He was saved from the brink of death and given the Dharma name [Zhi Ge]. He practiced the eighty difficulties of Buddhism, but failed the last one in the palace of the State of Chen."

"But this time, he is outside the Northern Territory Pass, and has joined Yue Pengwu as a general of the Duke of Taiping."

"This time when you go down the mountain, just go and join him."

After hearing this old story, the monk with the Buddhist name Thirteen agreed.

He turned around and left the academy.

He paused, then clasped his hands together and asked the Living Buddha of the Central Earth a question: "Palace Master, I have another question. Will killing lead to no positive results?"

The old monk replied: "What kind of positive result do you want?"

The monk thought for a long time and replied, "I don't know."

"After I have gone through it once and come back to you, I should be able to answer this question." After saying that, he picked up the water and fire stick and went down immediately. When he went out, he met Qin Wuhou and a masked girl.

This monk has a muscular body and a clear Buddhist heart. He has the ability of the Buddhist third eye, which is actually between magic and martial arts, similar to the Yin-Yang School's Qi-reading technique. He immediately saw something and said:
"Congratulations, Qin Wuhou."

Li Guanyi: "This master..."

The monk smiled and said, "I am the Thirteenth Monk. Seeing the happy look on Qin Wuhou's face, I think I will be able to meet my old friend again soon. This is a cause for celebration. I am also leaving this shitty place, which is also a cause for celebration. This is a cause for celebration!"

He was overjoyed and left with a smile.

However, after he left, he had planned to follow the instructions of the old living Buddha in the Central Plains and go to the Northern Region to look for his uncle Yan Xuanji. However, after walking for a few days, he saw a group of bandits on the roadside robbing people's property and were very vicious.

They were about to take out knives to kill people, and there were already several dead bodies lying on the road.

The bandit shouted:

"I am a disciple of the Motian Sect and I have martial arts skills. If you give me all your money and give me your daughter to be my daughter-in-law to calm my anger, I will let you go. Otherwise, I will chop you into minced meat and sell it to the restaurant under the willow tree to make buns."

The great monk immediately took out his fire and water stick and beat the bandits unconscious. He then distributed the property to everyone, pondered for a long time, burned the visiting card written by the old monk himself, and said to himself:

"I will go there under the name of the old palace master. I have a fellow disciple relationship with Master Uncle Yan Xuanji, so they will definitely let me be a junior general."

"It's so boring just to fight with the military strategists under other warlords and generals."

"The world-famous Yue Family Army does not lack a brave man like me, but the people in Jianghu lack a monk who can help them vent their anger."

"Killing people will not bring good results."

The big monk saw that the murderous thief had woken up again, so he grabbed the water and fire stick and hit the thief's head with one blow. It looked like he had opened a tie-dye shop. The monk got angry and went to the steamed bun shop under the big tree at the intersection according to the time.

After confirming the human meat buns, he lost his temper and killed everyone on the bun shop. Even the big yellow dog that had eaten the human bones was beaten into a pool of meat paste. Finally, he set fire to the whole place, burning it to ashes.

The fire is burning, paying homage to all the Buddhas.

He raised one hand in front of him and said, "You won't get the right result this way!"

"If there is a Buddha at Lingshan, then there is no shortage of monks like me. The world does not need living Buddhas sitting on lotus pedestals. What is needed is the Vidyaraja who holds water and fire in his hands. I won't go to that Uncle Master Yan Xuanji."

"I heard that the Demon Sect is thriving and wreaking havoc in the Western Regions."

"I should be a traveler, measure the world with two steps, and then go back to the academy to ask the Living Buddha master."

"What is the right result?"

………………

However, they didn't know where the stick monk who called himself Thirteen had gone. Li Guanyi and the owner of Changfeng Tower went to pay a visit to the old Living Buddha. The old Living Buddha glanced at the girl and noticed the white tiger pearl, but he didn't say much, just treated them to a cup of tea.

He said: "The students want to change, but they are just Buddhist disciples, not Confucianists after all, and are not good at military and political affairs. If they go to the academy, they will lack the concentration and instead become malicious, which will lead the army to believe in Buddhism, and then there will be no need to fight for the world."

"It has ruined the morale of the army. However, the boy just now was not a Buddhist, but he seemed to be a general in the army. If the opportunity arises someday, Master Yao can meet him."

When Li Guan said goodbye to the old monk and walked with the girl, some doubts arose in his heart. When he was in Changfeng Tower and talked with the girl about the world situation and intelligence, he had an indescribable sense of familiarity.

This sense of familiarity was created after living together and practicing martial arts.

And I always feel that it is a one-sided concern.

This seems to be a habit that only older sisters have, and the intelligence system...

And the familiarity with Li Guanyi.

Could it be...

Li Guanyi's heart moved slightly, and an idea emerged in his mind. He slowed down his pace a little and looked at the girl from behind. She was wearing a green dress and a black skirt. She looked solemn but not too rigid. There was a tassel jade pendant hanging around her waist and a bead on her wrist.

Well, she is taller than the eldest lady.

Compared to this look, the eldest lady at that time was thinner and more like a young girl. However, the owner of Changfeng Tower in Zhongzhou was different. She had a slender waist but was not too skinny. She looked more like a girl.

Li Guanyi stretched out his hand and tapped his forehead.

Is she the eldest lady?
Over a year had passed, and the eldest lady was half a year older than Li Guanyi. If she were the eldest lady now, she would be seventeen years old. She was no longer the same as when they first met. Li Guanyi pressed his eyebrows and became a little suspicious.

The young girl's voice was clear and gentle: "My dear guest, are you planning to come to this academy and discuss this with the palace masters?"

Li Guan remained calm and said, "Of course not."

The girl asked, "So, what is the guest going to do?"

Li Guanyi said, "It's nothing to say, just prepare some food and change clothes. After all, if I send any gifts, the Xue family is the richest in the world, comparable to the ghost market, I can't afford anything."

The girl nodded and said teasingly:

"Even I understand how poor you are."

Li Guanyi was speechless and walked forward again. The two of them walked past the academy casually. There were many students coming and going in the academy, and some of them could not take anything with them, so they simply set up stalls to sell their things. Some people sold groceries, and naturally there were also smart people who came here to sell various snacks.

It's just like a temple fair.

The two walked side by side and bought some things. Li Guanyi carried them himself. Often, Li Guanyi would just suggest that the young lady might like this thing, and then the young girl would think about it seriously, occasionally nodding, occasionally shaking her head, and sometimes saying helplessly that she would never like it.

The girl thought for a moment and said, "But, the prince said he would go to the Western Regions later."

"Changfeng Tower did try to go to the Western Regions, but the situation there is very complicated. The grievances and hatreds between different ethnic groups are almost more exciting than the stories in the novels, just like a ball of rolled-up thread. Under such circumstances, each ethnic group in the Western Regions has its own way of getting intelligence."

"Add to that the Demon Sect. Not only are the people there powerful in martial arts, they are also cruel and ruthless. They buy children from troubled times and instill some twisted thinking in them. They make them practice a method that allows them to progress quickly, and then teach them secret methods."

"Use this secret method to attack him, and the internal energy will flow backwards, causing him to explode immediately."

Li Guanyi recalled that Brother Yue and Yan Xuanji had said that this demon sect was terrifying. The girl over there picked up a golden hairpin, looked at it, put it down again, and said, "They have infiltrated the Western Regions very deeply, and it is difficult for Changfeng Tower to get involved."

“We tried, and it cost us a lot.”

Li Guanyi said: "Can you talk about this here?"

The girl smiled slightly and said, "We were just talking about the Western Regions."

But she still put down the hairpin, and walked with Li Guanyi to a place with fewer people, saying: "However, the Demon Sect is just the name we Central Plains people call it. They have many names, such as the [Hunyuan Sect], the [Fenxiang Sect], and the [Dangxiang Sect] and [Cha Sect]."

"At the lower levels, it's the [village covenant holders], and in the towns it's the [official clerks holders], and they address each other differently, some call each other teacher and disciple, and some call each other shopkeeper and incense master." "From the upper, middle and lower levels, the influence on the Western Regions is huge."

"I need to go to Kunlun Mountain to practice martial arts, so I went to the Western Regions to explore."

"My martial arts skills were not as good as they are now. Changfeng Tower rescued a group of children. We taught them martial arts and writing as we did in the past. We asked them to stay if they were willing, and to leave if they were not."

"One of the children was very quiet and silent, but in the end he killed all the children of his age, and then held a dagger to kill me. After I fought him off, he said that he and the people of the Central Plains were irreconcilable, and said [Vacuum hometown, silent mother], and then he revealed his bloodline."

"I was unprepared that time and nearly died."

"The teacher saved my life."

"I just realized how terrifying the Demon Cult is."

"It is because there are too many names, such as Jinchan, Wuwei, Hongyang, and Dacheng, that we call them the Demon Sect and call them all as a whole. However, their main altar is called the [Scented White Lotus Sect]."

"I heard that more than ten years ago, the leader of that generation wanted to use the supreme method to make the ancient Buddha, the Mother of Void, who is said to be immortal, appear in the world. He even held a grand ceremony with more than ten thousand people participating."

"Even the Tuyuhun Kingdom at that time participated in it, because that leader seemed to be their national teacher."

"But later, I heard that something happened. Most of the people who participated in the grand ceremony that day were not seen by anyone. Some of them were still alive, but they were just crazy and seemed to have seen incredible things."

"All we know is that they bowed their heads and worshipped in the desert, and finally turned into mummies in the wind and sand. As for those with great martial arts skills, no one knows why they died. There was a fisherman who believed in the Demon Sect and caught a coffin while fishing in the South China Sea."

"There are swollen people in the coffins. The tokens on their bodies are all high-ranking members of the Demon Sect. But I don't know why they died in the South China Sea tens of thousands of miles away. It's just that about seven years ago, the tens of thousands of people who participated in this grand ceremony have all died."

"Later, we learned from intelligence that many of Tuyuhun's elite generals were followers of the White Lotus Sect, and these brave generals were killed inexplicably. This was one of the reasons why Yuwen Lie was able to destroy Tuyuhun so quickly."

"I heard that even the Tuyuhun king from more than ten years ago was found dead."

"There are many explanations for the death of the brave Tuyuhun King, all of which are very plausible. However, according to the information we have gathered, it seems that he was killed by a martial artist."

"When he died, he was cut more than 13,000 times with a meat-cutting knife used in grand ceremonies, and then hung upside down in a high place, and bled to death. Because of his sudden death, Tuyuhun fell into civil strife, and after more than ten years, it completely declined."

"This is why Tuyuhun is not as good as the great country in the Central Plains."

Li Guanyi learned some of the past events from the owner of Changfeng Tower.

But he didn't know Yaoguang's past, so he hadn't connected them yet.

The masked girl exhaled and said, "So, the young lady asked me to apologize to you. As for the affairs of the Western Region, it may not be so easy for Changfeng Tower to enter. The history and foundation of the Demon Sect are too long..."

Li Guanyi thought of Wen He and Wen Lingjun's words.

The intelligence organization needs to eliminate the forces that originally controlled this part of the energy before it can gain a foothold. However, they themselves have never discovered the open and covert struggles and painstaking efforts involved.

Needless to say, it takes a lot of effort to establish an organization like Changfeng Tower in a place like the Eighteen Prefectures of Jiangnan, where the situation of family struggles is complicated, and in a place like Zhongzhou, where royal families and powerful families even collect city gate taxes.

Li Guanyi said softly: "Thank you very much, Miss."

The girl raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Then, Qin Wuhou."

"I will accept your thanks on behalf of the young lady."

The young man picked up the hairpin and said, "Do you think the young lady will like this hairpin?"

The girl under the mask thought about it and thought about meeting the little guy on the road.

So he smiled and replied:
"She might prefer that you carve a wooden hairpin for her yourself."

Li Guanyi stared at the girl over there, but because of the mask, or perhaps because of the experience over the past year, she had gained confidence and was not timid at all. She just said, "Sir, is there anything on my mask?"

Li Guanyi was about to speak when he heard a voice:
"Ah, Qin Wuhou is indeed here!"

"Those people didn't talk nonsense this time!"

Li Guanyi looked in the direction of the sound and saw many students running towards him. The person leading them was none other than Mao Yue whom he had met a few days ago. He was the student who wanted to go to Jiangnan because of Master Wang Tong's reputation.

Li Guanyi rejected them that day, but they were not angry but happy instead.

He felt that this was the kind of person he could trust, so he was still willing to go to Jiangnan. But now he was in trouble again. The world was in turmoil, and the distance from here to the Eighteen Prefectures of Jiangnan was extremely long, and the journey was not safe. Mao Yue's face turned red, and he said:

"May I ask, sir, if you can give us some money for our journey?"

He hesitated for a moment, and said, "In addition, there is another group of students who do not want to join any faction, but they heard what the Lord said that day, that is, 'students enter the world', so they are willing to run private schools in various places."

"But running a private school is not a small amount of money..."

Li Guanyi felt a stomachache.

He has money, but he cannot move this gold and silver now, and the Qilin Army cannot escort these people. Just as he was thinking about how to solve it, the girl suddenly reached out and gently pressed Li Guanyi's arm, and said in a voice transmission method:

"Sir, you may as well agree to it."

"The Xue family has chambers of commerce along the way. Students who are willing to open private schools in Jiangnan can drink tea and rest at the Xue family's chambers of commerce along the way. They can use them as post stations and be given travel expenses, so they can continue their journey with the Xue family's chambers of commerce."

She stood behind Li Guanyi, her eyes slightly curved, and said in a voice transmission:

"Just what you say, sir."

She lowered her eyes and smiled, saying:
"Use this opportunity to build up your own reputation, but don't let me take advantage of you."

Li Guanyi thanked him secretly, and then said, "You can walk slowly."

"I have already negotiated with the Xue Family Chamber of Commerce. As long as you are willing to go to Jiangnan, even if you don't join my Qilin Army, but just want to teach the people in a private school, it will be a good thing. You can stay at the Xue Family Chamber of Commerce and go with the Xue Family Chamber of Commerce."

"In addition, there is also a lot of money to give."

Mao Yue was overjoyed, and he kept bowing, saying, "So that's how it is!"

"It turns out that the Lord has already prepared for us!"

"Your Excellency has made a brilliant plan, and we have nothing to worry about!"

So many students left, and Mao Yue said to others: "It will take more than a short time to discuss such a big matter with the Xue family. I'm afraid that you will be ready after the discussion that day..."

Mao Yue paused and said, "No, it was before this!"

"I understand!"

"I understand what Qin Wuhou is thinking!"

His eyes lit up and he said loudly:

"Your Excellency has already made preparations for all the students to go to Jiangnan. Even if you have made preparations, you did not publicize it as much as the Chen and Ying countries did to attract all the fellow practitioners. Instead, you waited until we asked before you told us."

"This is not wanting to attract with benefits, nor wanting to force with power!"

"Qin Wuhou, what a gentleman you are!"

Because of the girl's perfect proposal, the reputation of Qin Wu Hou Li Guanyi unconsciously shifted in another direction. Li Guanyi watched the students leave happily and looked sideways at the girl over there.

"Being able to directly decide the behavior of the Xue family with just one word, this kind of authority..."

Li Guanyi's suspicion has reached 80%.

The girl poked her finger at the mask and smiled, "What else are you going to do?"

Li Guanyi said: "It's nothing, I know how to welcome you, young lady."

The girl nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Well, it's getting late, and I should go to Changfeng Tower. I hope you can meet the young lady tonight."

Li Guanyi said: "I'll see you off."

The two walked side by side, chatting about unimportant things. But when they passed by the main road, Li Guanyi caught a glimpse of the embroidery building over there, and his scalp tingled slightly. Before, Li Guanyi was "forced" by Wen He to get closer to the aristocratic family.

The person on the building was the eldest daughter of a noble family, and she was throwing a bouquet.

It is a tradition to select a son-in-law from the list. The students are about to leave Zhongzhou, so naturally these noble families have to seize the time and win over more of them. The young lady was throwing the bouquet and feeling worried, but when she caught a glimpse of the young prince in a scarlet battle robe, her eyes lit up.

Then, with one part surprise, three parts shyness, and six parts determination of getting a good deal, although she had never spoken to this prince, she knew that if she married him, she would be the prince's wife!

Some people enjoy endless wealth and splendor.

Endless gold and silver, endless respect!
Just throw the hydrangea at Li Guanyi!
Li Guanyi blocked it with his internal energy, but at the same time, the masked girl pulled her hand, and an invisible airflow directly pulled the hydrangea, which deflected and fell into the girl's hand without hitting Li Guanyi.

She was faster than Li Guanyi.

Li Guanyi narrowed his eyes slightly.

The secret magical skill of the royal family of Chen State: Six Voids and Four Combinations.

The eldest lady is learning martial arts with Aunt Chen Qingyan.

Suspicion

Ninety-eight percent of ninety-eight percent.

Li Guanyi suddenly stretched out his hand, clasped his fingers together, and flicked his fingers. A stream of energy shot out. Everyone was shocked. The hydrangea of ​​the beautiful lady from a noble family fell into the hands of a masked man, but they saw that the mask on the masked man's face suddenly cracked.

Then, a face that was a hundred times more beautiful than that of the young lady from aristocratic family was revealed. The mask shattered and scattered like powder. On the road, the sounds of people talking, whispering, and exclamations became the background.

Time passed slowly, the mask fell off, and Li Guanyi saw the flying eyebrows, the high nose, the smiling lips, and the girl's iconic clear almond eyes. Time seemed to have stopped, allowing the wind to blow away the gaps in time.

When everyone around was amazed.

The girl suddenly smiled brightly.

Use both hands.

She just threw the marriage proposal ball into the young man's arms!
The young man did not avoid her, and the girl laughed out loud, her eyes bright:
"Hey, it's been over a year."

"My guest, Mr.

"Why are you still so dumb?"

(End of this chapter)