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Chapter 390: Breakthrough, Divine Power, the Army Arrives! (Seeking monthly tickets)
Zhongzhou, in the academy——

The academy, which used to be bustling with students, is now extremely deserted. With wars raging everywhere in the world, the academy is quite deserted. Gongyang Suwang is holding a chess piece and playing chess casually, but the person playing against him is Old Qilin.

The old Qilin had no hands, but he used his claws to pick up a chess piece and dropped it.

King Gongyang Su sighed and said, "What a heavy snow."

"There are wars everywhere in the world. I'm afraid it has happened more than once. The situation of senior students beating juniors has happened more than once. Alas, when the war really broke out last year, the Night Cavalry ran to the Turks and joined forces, and it was already very competitive."

"Now, Ying State occupies the Central Plains and the North, and at the same time uses Xiyi City as a sword to penetrate into the Western Regions. Now the Wolf King is attacking Xiyi City, and the Emperor Chen is on the northern edge of Chen, joining forces with the Turkic Khan to attack Ying State... Jiang Su, Jiang Su, what will you choose?"

"If we are not careful, the border will be damaged and Xiyi City will be taken away."

"The mighty Ying State will have its hand cut off from penetrating into the Western Regions. Although it is not hopeless, it will suffer a heavy loss of vitality."

“I don’t know into whose hands that area will fall.”

"If it is in the hands of Ying, then nothing will change. If it is in the hands of Chen, then Chen is more powerful. If the Turkic Khan still helps Chen, then the three bites from above, below and west will severely damage Ying."

"And if it were in Li Guanyi's hands..."

King Gongyang Su was silent, holding the chess piece, and sighed:
"If that happens, then the trend will really be established!"

"I'm afraid that by then, the title will no longer be Qin Wu [Marquis]."

The old Qilin said: "It may not be Li Guanyi."

"Don't celebrate before you succeed. It's unlucky."

King Gongyang Su laughed loudly: "Auspicious as you are, are you so particular?"

"Okay, okay, I won't tell you. I won't tell you."

"But, come to think of it, it could be someone else."

Old Qilin was suspicious and asked, "Who?"

King Gongyang Su said with absolute certainty, "Heavenly Khan!"

"He is also young, ranked seventh on the Godly Generals List, and has a large army under his command, commanding thirty-six divisions. His hidden power in the Western Regions is extremely powerful."

"Stronger than Li Guanyi."

"If Tian Khan occupies this area and gains the greatest benefit in this chaotic war, then he will be able to look to the Central Plains from the Western Regions and have a chance to take off."

The old Qilin did not answer.

King Gongyang Su held up the chess piece, sighed, and said:
"No one can predict the general trend of the world."

He seemed to sense something, looked at the old Qilin, and said, "The energy in your body... there are many Qilins that can sense it. Is it that apart from you, the Fire Qilin has changed?"

The old Qilin remained calm and said, "The children are just fooling around, they have achieved something."

"Keep playing chess, play chess."

"It's not worth talking about."

Gongyang Su Wang looked at the old senior and laughed loudly: "Your Qilin whiskers are curled up. Why do you and I have to do this? Tell me, what changes have you made to your junior?"

Old Qilin still refused to say.

Saying that things haven't been accomplished yet starts to celebrate.

Ominous.

It's really unlucky!
Gongyang Su Wang said: "How strange! Senior, you are so tight-lipped. It seems that this change is unusual. What good fruit did you feed Him that has such a great effect?"

The old Qilin said: "Actually there is no good fruit."

"Divine beasts are born and raised by nature, and have their own laws. They are born with spirits like gods, but they are too empty. I just did to that child everything that the teacher did to me back then."

Qilin said softly: "What about this fruit or that fruit? I just taught him with words and gave him a [heart]."

"If one's mind is focused on this, then the spirit of all things can emit light in all directions."

“Don’t look outside for anything.”

"You can also transcend the [beast] and move towards the [God]."

"This mind is bright, what else is there to say?"

“This is the greatest good fruit.”

"As for why I have to tell him so many things, the Master once said that when you first start learning, you don't quite understand all the teachings and knowledge, and you just find them tedious and boring."

“But sometimes one day, after traveling around the world and looking back, those things suddenly become clear to me.”

“The so-called enlightenment and transformation are happening right now.”

“He should understand.”

King Gongyang Su asked: "What do you mean by understand?"

Old Qilin made his move, decisively:
“Do it!”

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The people living around the Flaming Mountain in the Western Regions suddenly felt the earth tremble. When they came out, they saw that the sky had suddenly become dark. In the distance, thick smoke suddenly emerged from the deep mountains that were said to have suppressed the evil dragon.

Black smoke surged toward the sky.

The ground trembled slightly.

It's so scary!

It was only because the mountain was dangerous that there was no gathering place within a hundred miles nearby, otherwise someone would have been in danger. Even so, the scene of the black cloud rising into the sky attracted the attention of countless people.

In particular, among the countless thick smoke rising into the sky, there was a faint golden-red flame bursting like thunder, mixed with purple light, magnificent and beyond description.

In the Flaming Mountain.

The Qilin's roar shook all around.

The terrifying golden flame outside that was enough to melt gold and iron was like returning home to Qilin. It was not that he could completely ignore this level of flames, but at this moment, the spirit pearl in his body emitted layer upon layer of green waves, and the two forces collided with each other.

The Fire Qilin actually felt a comfortable feeling.

He almost drifted off to sleep.

However, through the teachings of the old Qilin, he knew that this was the most critical moment, so he mobilized his own vitality, breathing in and out, to circulate the Qilin fire element and suppress the water element, but the water and fire could not flow in harmony.

He tried many times, but always failed. Instead, it caused the water element and the fire element to surge, causing the vital energy to escape, stirring up the magma of the Flame Mountain, causing it to collide continuously and turn into whirlpools of various sizes.

Pop the bubbles one by one.

Even the Fire Qilin became a little anxious.

He knew that if he continued like this, the tearing force generated by the collision between the water element and the fire element would cause him serious injuries.

In the end, it will either perish and transform into a Fire Kirin egg, waiting here for hundreds of years, losing its memory and reincarnating again, or the water element will dissipate from all parts of the body, causing severe damage to its vitality, and it will crawl back.

No, that's too embarrassing!

At this time, the Fire Qilin landed inside the Flame Mountain, with all four feet on the ground.

An extremely pure aura of earth surged up.

The Fire Qilin thought about what the Ancient Red Dragon said.

Use the energy of Wu Earth to harmonize water and fire in Kan and Li and reverse Yin and Yang.

In an instant, he understood what he should do. However, as soon as he tried, he felt water and fire surrounding his body. The collision of water and fire produced whirlpool-like tearing forces, which made the Fire Kirin feel like he was wearing chains and unable to move.

This feeling was enough to make the other divine beasts panic.

But it made Huo Qilin feel extremely familiar.

This was the case during the more than ten years in the Chen Palace.

Hou Zhongyu locked Him up in Qilin Palace with chains. The old sorcerer walked back and forth, muttering something about stone marrow, alchemy, yin and yang, and harmony. They were all very worrying things, but they could be heard clearly at this moment.

Surprisingly, it completely fits the current situation!

The Fire Qilin subconsciously followed Hou Zhongyu's so-called method.

Temper yin and yang and step on water and fire.

Reverse the five elements to make Wu Earth.

In an instant, the fire power of the entire Flame Mountain collapsed and compressed inward, colliding with the majestic water element representing the Four Spirits of Water, but it was harmonized by the Earth Energy, rotating and changing without exploding.

It is like taking the heaven and earth as a furnace and the Qilin as the elixir, and refining your own aura.

Kirin is overjoyed——

Good Hou Zhongyu!

So he concentrated his mind on circulating the fire element, harmonizing Kan and Li, and changing Yin and Yang.

Gradually, the soul became vast and empty, as if overlooking its own body, as if using the belly of the volcano as an egg, and relying on the mysterious changes of heaven and earth to give birth to itself again.

I don’t know how much time has passed.

Qilin suddenly woke up.

Miraculously, the water and fire energy that should have dissipated around him actually gathered around him in an incredibly miraculous way, and did not completely disappear due to the mistakes in previous attempts.

The Qilin opened its mouth and inhaled, and the energy of water and fire, as well as the rotation of yin and yang, returned to its body.

It will make up for the emptiness in the body that has just been broken through.

It even turned into scales and patterns on the body.

Make Him look more beautiful.

After this sudden change, the Flaming Mountain's fire element dissipated outside, and the volcano erupted with a rumbling sound. Golden-red magma surged in all directions and hit down. The people saw this scene from afar and were so shocked that their faces turned pale.

It’s just that the area around the Flaming Mountain is extremely hot.

In the summer, it is like a steamer that will steam people dry and make them into baked naan. Now the volcano is erupting and magma is flowing out. I don’t know if it will have an impact on the surrounding environment. Some elderly people have already begun to worry about their future years.

Do we have to continue to move out?
At this moment, there was a roar like a dragon or a tiger, and streams of auspicious aura emanated from the black cloud column rising into the sky. A strange beast with auspicious colors stepped out, holding its head high and shouting.

So the flaming magma that was already churning out and flowing out stopped.

The golden and red flames on the ground rolled and surged.

The sky was filled with auspicious air and brilliant rays of light.

The people were stunned and could not help but praise.

Thus, a new auspicious legend of the Western Regions was born.

Qilin stepped into the air, feeling that he had never felt so happy before. He galloped freely in the sky and stepped into the clouds. He no longer needed to step on fire to generate strength to fly in the air as before.

He didn’t know how far he had run in one breath, he just felt good after venting, then he came down and looked at his reflection by the river.

At this moment, His overall color has changed from the red fire at the beginning to a much mellower color. When His power explodes, the edges of His scales will emit a pale blue light, and He can control water clouds, fire, and earth.

The flow of water and fire can transform into auspicious air and auspicious clouds.

The Fire Kirin turned around and looked at his own appearance, feeling very proud.

Wow, I’m so handsome!
The one who was so miserable in my previous life and had his stomach exploded after eating was definitely not me!

The me of the past is not the me of the present

When I return to the secret realm of the ancient red dragon, I will definitely go to the place where He left traces and write another answer.

The previous message was -

[Tastes great, cool and refreshing]

[My descendants must try it]!
Then I will give Him another one——

What should I supplement?
Qilin thought for a while, and suddenly an idea came to him.

[Ah, indeed]!
"Just like that!"

Qilin looked at his own reflection in the water happily. The young man's mind was aroused and he kept admiring it. However, when he was looking at his own reflection, he suddenly found something wrong. He saw a shadow reflected next to him. He was wearing a simple Taoist robe, with silver hair like frost on his temples, and a light temperament.

Qilin turned his head suddenly and saw the silver-haired Taoist priest appeared in front of him. He was frightened and trembled before he recognized that this person was one of the four legends he had met two years ago, the Taoist master who was known to have the most comprehensive means and whose Taoism could reach the sky.

Qilin watched the yin and yang rotation in Dao Zong's sleeves, and suddenly he realized why the water and fire energy that should have been wasted when he broke through just now actually gathered into the shape of a yin and yang fish and wandered around him without dispersing.

Qilin turned around and wanted to find Li Guanyi, but then he realized that he had run out alone. He hesitated for a moment and said politely:
"Did Dao Zong... uh, Senior, help me?"

He didn't quite know what to call him.

In terms of cultivation, even if I have made a breakthrough now, the silver-haired Taoist priest in front of me can still knock me to the ground with one hand. But if we talk about age, I am older than this Taoist priest anyway.

The silver-haired Taoist replied in a calm but gentle voice, "It's rare to have a divine creature that can break through the barrier. I can't bear to see you waste too much energy, so I'll help you."

"Where's Li Guanyi?"

Qilin was slightly startled, then overjoyed, and said, "Senior Dao Zong is here to look for Guan Yi?!"

Martial arts legend, Taoist Xuanmen.

Such an unrivaled strong man appeared in the Western Regions, and he specifically asked for Li Guanyi's help. Could it be that he came to help in person? Qilin was so happy that he didn't care about the entanglement of addressing him, and directly called him "Senior Dao Zong" very smoothly and fluently.

The silver-haired Taoist said, "I guess so."

"At the invitation of an old friend, while traveling around the world, I came here to look for him by fate."

Qilin didn't pay attention to the meaning of this sentence, but just took Dao Zong all the way back to Anxi City. Li Guanyi was worried because Fire Qilin had been missing for seven or eight days. Seeing Fire Qilin return, he was overjoyed. He stretched out his hand to grab Qilin's horn, lifted Him up, and said angrily:

"You said you were going out to play? You were going out for such a long time in one go?"

"I thought you had found some place full of delicious fruits and were enjoying them so much that you didn't want to leave."

Huo Qilin said: "I am so happy that I don't miss Shu. Where is Shu?"

Li Guan glared at him and said, "It doesn't matter. Where have you been?"

The Fire Kirin was very proud: "I found the most amazing fruit and swallowed it in one gulp. That was something I couldn't eat in my previous life!"

Li Guan was stunned, and then he noticed the changes in the Fire Kirin.

The dryness and fiery energy on the Qilin had completely dissipated, and was replaced by a diluted and peaceful energy. The rotation of yin and yang was unpredictable, and there was also the energy of earth.

Li Guanyi understood and brought the Fire Kirin, who had transformed into a big cat, over to him, his eyes widening as he said, "What the hell?! Did you eat the [Four Seas Hidden Spirit Pearl]?"

"Are you alright?"

"You weren't in danger? You didn't get any internal injuries, did you?"

Li Guanyi was worried, so he rubbed the cat's head that Qilin transformed into, and searched over and over again, but found that there was nothing wrong. Not only that, Qilin was now treading on water and fire, and his strength had firmly broken through the peak of the seventh level.

As a Qilin approaching adulthood.

It has reached the level of the eighth heaven.

He worked hard to find the old Qilin in the academy and get back at him. It would be just around the corner. The Fire Qilin was very proud and boasted, "Humph! Who am I? I am just a [Four Seas Hidden Spirit Pearl]. I am not the same person I was in my previous life."

"Crack, boom, it swallowed Him!"

"That's easier than eating a ripe sand apple!"

"Crack!"

Li Guanyi was puzzled: "How do you know the method of Wu Tu Qilin's transformation?"

Fire Kirin rolled his eyes wildly and replied:

"Hou Zhongyu was developed on me!"

"How could I not understand?"

"Although he deserves to die, he has been refining me as a pill for such a long time. I will remember it no matter what. What's more, I am very talented. Hehe, I have already learned the transformation technique of Wu Tu Xiang Rui Qilin."

"Don't mention this, come here, we have guests!"

The Fire Kirin tumbled to the ground, with clouds under its feet, and landed steadily.

Then he took Li Guanyi out. When Li Guanyi walked out, he happened to see the silver-haired Taoist standing with his hands behind his back, looking independent and aloof. When Li Guanyi walked out, the Taoist happened to look back with a calm expression.

Li Guanyi saw him with his naked eyes, but with his powerful soul he could not sense Dao Zong's existence at all.

It was as if Dao Zong had merged with this world.

The legendary martial arts paths of the Sword Maniac, the Formation Master, and the God of War are all different and manifest themselves in different ways.

Li Guanyi took two steps forward and performed the ritual of a teacher.

Dao Zong calmly stepped aside to avoid the blow, stared at Li Guanyi, and said:

"Eighth Heaven, very good..."

"When two eighth-level heavens join forces, they can be said to have the power of the ninth-level heaven."

"If we cooperate with the army, even if we cannot resist Jiang Su's army, we will not be powerless to fight back. In this way, we are qualified to stand firm in the world."

Li Guanyi said respectfully: "It is all due to the teachings of the seniors. Otherwise, Qilin and I would not be able to join forces and be as one."

"Since you are here, please let me show my hospitality as a host."

Dao Zong just shook his head and said, "No need. I was just invited by an old friend to come and talk to you if I meet you while traveling around the world."

"After that, I left."

"The Western Region is so vast, and the world is so competitive, it's not the place for me to be."

Li Guanyi said politely: "Junior is listening carefully."

The silver-haired Taoist looked at the young general in front of him, his tone calm and he said:

"Wang Tong is dead."

! ! ! !
Li Guanyi's body froze.

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Master Wang Tong died of illness in the winter of the eleventh year of the Tianqi reign.

He was buried in the twelfth year of Tianqi.

It was exactly one year ago that Li Guanyi came to the Western Regions with high spirits.

Dao Zong finally drank a pot of tea with Li Guanyi. The silver-haired Dao Zong handed Wang Tong's last letter to Li Guanyi. Li Guanyi took the letter and read it quietly. Even at the last moment, the Master's words were still simple and strong.

He said that they were a master and a disciple, and they had an acquaintance. Li Guanyi was too sentimental about their old friendship, and knowing that he had died, he would definitely go to Zhongzhou City to carry his coffin and observe mourning.

"Zhongzhou Academy is like a whirlpool. You finally got out, you shouldn't come back."

"If you die, then die. It doesn't matter whether you know or not."

"After all the fighting and wailing, can we really rest in peace if we die?"

"I'm afraid I'm just worried about whether this will affect my future generations."

"The friendship between gentlemen is as pure as water, and so should the master and the disciple. It may be your good fortune that Wang Tong taught you knowledge, but it is also my good fortune that I can meet you. In winter, heavy snow falls all over the world. I wonder if the people of the world can keep themselves warm without clothes."

"Look at the one thing, walk on, and don't think."

Li Guanyi looked at the simple and plain letter.

It seems that I can still see that gentle teacher.

He couldn't come back to his senses for a long time. He couldn't believe that the Confucian master who was only in his thirties and had a high level of Qi cultivation had passed away like this. He looked at Dao Zong in front of him, and Dao Zong said, "He appointed me here, knowing that you would set foot here."

"If you are in a life-or-death crisis, ask me to help you once."

"The world is in turmoil now. I can take you away from here and make you a hermit. You can inherit my legacy."

Li Guanyi closed his eyes and said, "I cannot obey your command."

"The way to leave the world is not my way."

Dao Zong was not surprised and asked, "Really?"

"Then I will take my leave now."

"Jiang Su is my good friend. He is very good at martial arts and has strong skills. He is unrivaled in battle. You have to be careful."

The Silver Haired Taoist is not one who follows the worldly path. He looks at the world with compassion and acts fairly. He does not favor one side due to personal motives or feelings, which would make him seem heartless.

Li Guanyi said: "Senior."

Dao Zong stopped and looked back: "Hmm?"

Li Guanyi said: "What did the Master say when he passed away?"

The handsome and cold Dao Zong looked at Li Guanyi who was wearing a scarlet Qilin robe. Today, the spring snow was falling sporadically. In fact, it was not falling snow, but there was snow on the shady side of the mountain in the northwest that did not melt. When the spring wind blew, the snow was scattered by the wind.

It just reminded him of the time when it was snowing heavily in the Zhongzhou Academy. The young scholar was sitting on the bed, staring outside in a trance. When his relatives and friends asked if he should call his disciples back, Wang Tong just looked outside and smiled:
"No."

"They are now traveling the world, full of vigor and ambition, intending to change the world. Don't let the death of a corrupt scholar like me tire them out. After I die, just bury me simply. When you return, don't look for them."

"Don't expect to live a so-called rich life relying on my disciples."

"Such wealth and honor cannot last long. Your virtue is unworthy of your position and will only bring disaster to you. Your generation may be able to continue to be rich and honorable by relying on my kindness, but the next generation will definitely suffer a devastating disaster."

"Just farm and study."

Friends and relatives and younger generations all agree.

Wang Tong sighed: "Who doesn't die?"

"Don't be a burden to your parents when you come."

"When you leave, just don't cause trouble to others, that's good enough."

At that time, the silver-haired Dao Zong watched another hero of the younger generation pass away. At this moment, facing Li Guanyi's question, Dao Zong simply replied: "...No."

Li Guanyi: "...Really?"

Dao Zong rolled up his sleeves, placed something on the table, and said calmly:

"Since you are unwilling to follow me into the world, I will give this thing to you."

"I have returned Wang Tong's trust."

"Even if the cause and effect between you and me are settled, if you rule the world one day, I will look down from Mount Kunlun and see your world full of worldly affairs."

Li Guanyi was in a trance for a long time. When he came to his senses, he saw that the silver-haired Taoist had gone far away, as vague as a shadow in the mortal world, and disappeared. There were two volumes of files on the table, one of which was Wang Tong's "Collected Works of Wen Zhongzi".

On the other scroll, there are a few large, neutral and peaceful characters.

"The Imperial Book of Statecraft"!
The lifelong learning of the martial arts legend sect.

It contains infinite wonderful principles, so mysterious that it cannot be expressed in words.

It was also the help that Master Wang Tong got in return for his favor.

Li Guanyi's expression changed dramatically. He pursed his lips, swallowed the sorrow and pain, bowed towards Zhongzhou, and did not get up for a long time.

The situation is changing, and things are surging. Li Guanyi's own martial arts have become a system, and he has gradually begun to create his own martial arts books. For Li Guanyi at this moment, the magical skills of the level of "Huangji Jingshi Shu" are no longer just so-called moves or magical skills.

Instead, you should ponder and comprehend the profound principles of martial arts hidden within.

In particular, Qilin knows more than just the fire energy.

Instead, there are three types of qi: fire element, water element, and earth element.

The cooperation between Li Guanyi and Qilin is more than just [Huo Tian Da You].

Instead, there are more changes, more choices, changing moves, and more magical uses. The situation everywhere in the world is becoming more and more tense. On this day, it was tense to the extreme, and finally a change came.

Reinforcements from the Ying State arrived in Xiyi City.

No one has seen the commander yet.

However, the battle flags raised by this army were fierce, with an ink-colored background and a roaring tiger outlined in white.

Yuwen Lie!
(End of this chapter)