Travel through the heavens

With a cold light flashing in his narrowed eyes, Chu Lushan watched Zhao Xun lead the Qingzhou cavalry away. He turned to Xu Fengnian and put on a harmless face that was as bright and vulgar as cow dung flowers: "Your Highness is still kind. If it were me, I would just kill this kind of bastard."

Xu Fengnian glanced at him and asked, "Why are you here?"

"My godfather asked me to come."

"Xu Xiao?" Xu Fengnian was startled: "Isn't he in the capital?"

Chu Lushan replied, "My foster father said that a hawk had delivered a sword tassel, so I led my cavalry to Qingzhou to look for the prince."

Xu Fengnian frowned: "Where did this harrier hawk come from?"

"I don't know either." Chu Lushan shook his big head and said with relief: "Anyway, I saw the harrier coming that day, so I set off. Fortunately, I caught up with it and didn't let the prince suffer any injustice..."

Xu Fengnian interrupted, "Wait a minute, why did he ask you to come to Qingzhou?"

"He didn't say anything, he just told me to listen to the prince's orders." Chu Lushan chuckled and said flatteringly, "How about I follow the prince to Wudi City?"

Xu Fengnian glared: "Nonsense!"

Chu Lushan immediately asked, "What do you think I should do?"

Xu Fengnian said expressionlessly: "Go back to Beiliang. There is nothing for you to do here for the time being."

"Ah? I came all the way here, and you want me to go back?" Chu Lushan looked aggrieved, acting like a shy young lady: "How about you let them go back and I stay here alone?"

Xu Fengnian rolled his eyes: "You are a third-rank official. Going to Qingzhou is already your limit. If you continue to follow me, what will the capital think?"

Chu Lushan put on a smiling face and said nonchalantly: "Then I will resign."

Xu Fengnian laughed and scolded, "Nonsense, get out of here right now."

"Prince, is Lu Qiu'er coming back soon?" Chu Lushan asked with embarrassment and reluctance on his face. Seeing Xu Fengnian respond with an indifferent "hmm", he walked towards his mount, looking back every few steps.

Xu Fengnian rolled his eyes and suddenly shouted, "Wait, now that I think about it, I really do have something for you to do."

When Chu Lushan heard this, he immediately trotted back in excitement.

Xu Fengnian brought him to the carriage that Pei Nanwei was riding in and lifted the curtain.

Chu Lushan smiled playfully, looking at Princess Pei as if she were a lamb to be slaughtered, and said with a smile: "This is Princess Jing'an, she is quite pretty."

Xu Fengnian said: "Take her back to Beiliang."

Pei Nanwei had heard of Chu Lushan's bad reputation, and felt a chill run down his spine when he heard this. He immediately refused and said, "It would be better to kill me than to hand me over to Chu Lushan."

Xu Fengnian pointed at Chu Lushan and laughed, "Look at your reputation."

Chu Lushan was not annoyed. He had naturally regarded Pei Nanwei as the legitimate concubine of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. He patted his chest and assured, "Don't worry, Princess. Although I, Chu Lushan, have done all kinds of dirty things, there is only one thing I will never touch. I will never touch anyone that the Crown Prince has told me to do."

Xu Fengnian warned again: "Her status is special, she cannot stay in the mansion."

Chu Lushan's eyes rolled and he immediately came up with an idea: "Why don't I find a yard and hide her in Yanzhi County."

Xu Fengnian thought for a moment and nodded: "That's fine, but it has to be kept secret."

Chu Lushan chuckled and said, "Lu Qiu'er understands, don't tell anyone, just keep it well and wait for the prince to come back and enjoy it slowly."

Xu Fengnian said angrily: "What do you mean I should enjoy it slowly? This person is my aunt in terms of seniority."

"That's why I have to keep it a secret." Chu Lushan said in a tone that said I understand.

"Stop talking nonsense and just keep an eye on him." Xu Fengnian lowered the curtain and started to chase him away: "Okay, hurry up and leave."

"As ordered."

After Chu Lushan led a group of brave guards as fierce as tigers, leopards, jackals and wolves to escort Princess Jing'an Pei Nanwei away, Fang Muye and his party also set out on their journey again.

At dusk, everyone stopped at a place with beautiful mountains and rivers, and would spend the night in the wilderness.

The Feng Camp soon built two large bonfires. Fang Muye, Xu Fengnian, Li Chungang, and Qingniao, the followers with unusual identities, occupied one bonfire, while the Feng Camp surrounded the other one. The two bonfires were quite far apart, and they were very observant in order to avoid suspicion.

By the time everyone had finished their meal, night had fallen and the moon was dim.

Fang Muye stood up, nodded to Xu Fengnian who had been waiting eagerly, and walked to the grass at the top of the hillside.

Xu Fengnian, who followed, asked, "Wen Hua, what do you need me to do?"

Fang Muye said softly: "Find a place to sit cross-legged, and then, bear with it."

"Bear with it?" Although Xu Fengnian was puzzled, he still sat down cross-legged as he was told.

Fang Muye came in front of him, stretched out his hand and flicked his finger at Xu Fengnian's forehead.

This finger is called the Heaven-Strike Bell. With one flick of the finger, the Dahuangting mark suddenly appeared between Xu Fengnian's eyebrows.

After pausing for a moment, Fang Muye took a step forward and tapped Xu Fengnian's occipital, jiaji, coccyx and other acupoints with his fingers.

In a short moment, Fang Muye snapped his fingers no less than three hundred times, and the mark between Xu Fengnian's eyebrows became brighter and darker, appearing and disappearing, and finally stabilized.

"Concentrate your luck and breathe." Fang Muye reminded him, then drew out his wooden sword and slapped it on Xu Fengnian's head with a "pa".

At this moment, it was as if a switch was turned on. Xu Fengnian suddenly felt like a steamed shrimp, his whole body hot and red. He almost screamed, but when he remembered Fang Muye's instructions, he clenched his teeth and took a deep breath.

His body began to tremble, and sounds like soybeans popping continued to be heard.

Fang Muye didn't care and just slapped Xu Fengnian rhythmically.

Just like the time from the Waking of Insects to the sound of spring thunder when all things wake up, most of Xu Fengnian's acupoints opened up, wisps of golden energy floated out and lingered around his body. He closed his eyes and kept breathing in and out, guiding the Qi like a river. The vast true Qi roared and merged into the Qi Sea, while he silently recited the Dahuangting formula: "Qi returns to the elixir and forms the Kan and Li in the pot. Yin and Yang are born again and again, and the universal sound of thunder. The wonderful principles are played out in the hexagrams, who says that he cannot live forever? Baihong rides on a dragon and goes straight up to the Daluo Heaven..."

The elixir is produced in the void and goes into the heavy furnace after nine turns.

A golden mark on Xu Fengnian's forehead shone brightly. An hour later, he finally understood the essence of the Great Huangting where the purple energy came from the east and never left. The Six Great Huangting rose straight up to the fourth level.

He opened his eyes, exhaled a long breath, and said with a smile: "In the past, it was the bait of the gods, but now it's my turn to taste it."

Fang Muye glanced at him and sneered, "Stop showing off. You stink like you fell into a pile of dog shit. Go wash yourself."

At this time, Xu Fengnian's clothes were soaked with sweat and covered with black dirt, all of which stuck to his body. He sniffed the odor on his body and found it pungent and unpleasant. However, although his body was dirty, the impurities in his body were gone and he felt extremely comfortable.

Now, sixty-eight out of his one hundred and eight acupoints are open. The energy in his body is as endless as the sea and rivers. He has mastered it all, and it is wonderful beyond words. Compared to before, he has been reborn.

He looked around and asked the light cavalrymen of the Fengzi Camp who were on night patrol, "Is there any stream or mountain spring nearby?"