The Great Wei Music Bureau

Last time, we talked about Li Yi, Tao Zhongwen, and Lu Shu trying to lure out Liu Hong. So will his plan succeed? Let's wait and see.

The next day, the three Mohist spies were released back to the Exiled Immortal Tower as planned. Li Yi rehearsed as usual. Li Yi instantly regained the familiar feeling when he got the guitar. He rehearsed with extra care and enthusiasm. After the rehearsal, he came to the construction site of the stage and took a closer look. At this time, the stage had been mostly built, with only the lamp poles, nets for hanging lights and a large curtain left. Li Yi mainly went to check for safety hazards.

For the next five days, Li Yi repeated this schedule in order to lure Liu Hong into the trap. However, ten days passed without any movement. Just when everyone, including Li Yi, began to relax, Tao Zhongwen got the news that one of the Mohist spies who had been released, a guard named Li Kang, had disappeared for more than an hour today, and had been secretly watching Li Yi since returning to the Exiled Immortal Tower.

Tao Zhongwen, who heard the news, smiled and said, "The fish has finally taken the bait."

Lu Shu was more cautious and said, "It hasn't taken the bait yet, Tao Laogui, don't be too happy too soon."

"It doesn't matter. As long as we make sure he hasn't left Shangjing City, it will be easy. I have already blocked all his ways out of Shangjing. Unless he uses the power of words or other magic, he can't escape!"

Lu Shu asked, "Have the city gate guards and post stations been arranged?"

Tao Zhongwen said with a smile: "Using Xiu Yuan as bait, I can't be careless. If I can't capture Liu Hong alive, I will have failed!"

Lu Shu asked, "Do you want him to take over your job?"

Tao Zhongwen nodded and said, "Yes, I only have another twenty years to live. It's time to train a successor. The cultural heritage of the Wei Dynasty also lies with this kid, so we can't be careless."

Lu Shu smiled and said, "Looking at his personality, I'm afraid he won't be willing to take over your job."

Tao Zhongwen sneered, "I have my own plans for this matter, and it's not up to him! Humph!"

Back to Li Yi, Li Kang disappeared for an hour again. On the same day, the stage was built, and Li Yi announced that the rehearsal would begin in the evening. At this time, there were still three days before the official performance. The first rehearsal that night was not smooth, and there were many small problems, such as the placement of instruments and the stage walking. Some dancers were not even used to the new stage. Of course, this was all normal. The purpose of the rehearsal was to let the problems surface.

The next day, Li Yi organized everyone to rehearse on the spot all day, going through each question one by one. After a hard day, Li Yi was exhausted. That night, Li Yi did not lead everyone to rehearse, but instead hosted a banquet in the rooftop hall on the third floor of the Exiled Immortal Building to treat everyone to a good meal. More than 20 people, regardless of gender, age, or status, were all together, drinking and eating as much as they could. At the banquet, Li Yi even took out his guitar and played and sang Wang Feng's "Life in Bloom".

After the song, Li Yi toasted everyone and said, "As everyone knows, the concert will officially start the day after tomorrow. I invite everyone to this dinner in advance, firstly to celebrate the success in advance, and secondly to thank you all for your hard work over the past month. After eating and drinking well tonight, go back and have a good rest. Tomorrow night we will have the last rehearsal. Everyone here may want to have a stage to show themselves, so the day after tomorrow is the day for everyone to show themselves to the fullest. This concert not only belongs to me, but also to everyone. I hope everyone can show their talents and enthusiasm and make this day the most extraordinary day in their lives!" Then he drank it all in one gulp...

After the banquet, Li Yi and Shi Yu came to the stage. Shi Yu held Li Yi's arm. She knew that Li Yi did all this mainly for her. In the center of the stage, the two looked towards the Exiled Immortal Tower together, feeling the warm breeze from the lake. The stage under their feet was also shaking slightly. Li Yi asked, "After leaving the Exiled Immortal Tower, I'm afraid there will be no such life of having clothes and food provided for you. You can't be a young lady anymore. Are you willing?"

Shi Yu sighed, "I'm no longer a young lady. I wasn't one before I met you, and I'm even less one after I met you."

"What has become of you since you met me?"

Shi Yu leaned her head on Li Yi's shoulder and smiled, "I have become a fool obsessed with you. Sometimes I feel happy just looking at you. Sometimes I want to be closer to you even though you are right beside me. Sometimes I want to turn you into a jade pendant and carry it with me so that I can see you and touch you at any time. Do you think this is a disease?"

Li Yi put his arm around Shiyu's waist and said with a smile: "Don't be obsessed with me, I'm just a legend!"

Suddenly a voice sounded from below the stage, "What a loving couple!"

Li Yi suddenly became alert and used his Vajra Skill to protect Shi Yu behind him, then asked: "Who are you? Why are you sneaking around and dare not come out to see me?" As soon as he finished speaking, a bronze-armored man jumped out from under the stage, stretched out his arms and shot out countless steel needles. Li Yi blocked them all with his Golden Bell Cover, and then four black crossbow arrows were shot from the four corners of the stage. With a bang, the Golden Bell Cover exploded, and a wave was stirred up on the lake, spreading out with Li Yi as the center.

Just as the waves rocked the boats, a circle of black lines was torn off, and then six black umbrellas shot out from the gaps in the boats at the bottom of the stage, piercing through the stage and opening in midair. At the moment the umbrellas opened, countless flying needles shot out from the ribs again. It can be said that it was a full-load attack with no dead angles. But that was not the end. The bronze armored man's visor opened, and black liquid spurted out of it. It seemed to be highly corrosive. The two had no way to avoid it. Li Yi protected Shiyu and shouted, "Master Lu, why don't you take action?"

"Mohist mechanical technique - black coffin." A pitch-black steel box appeared and covered Li Yi and Shi Yu. Then there was the sound of steel needles hitting steel plates. The black liquid had no effect on the iron box and flowed onto the wooden stage, making a hissing sound.

"So it's Lord Lu who is protecting you, no wonder you are so fearless. But Lord Lu, you are not good at fighting, and I know your mechanical skills very well. I'm afraid you can't protect him!" The bronze-armored man turned the mechanism on his arms, and sprayed two pillars of fire to burn the iron box where Li Yi and Shi Yu were.

Lu Shu stood on the shore and laughed, "We are on the lake! Get some water to put out the fire." The Confucian words and deeds reappeared. Two water columns rose from the lake and collided directly with the fire column sprayed by the bronze-armored man. As a result, not only did they fail to put out the fire, but they added fuel to the fire. The flames burned even more vigorously! Lu Shu was stunned and said quickly, "Li Yi and Shi Yu are behind me."

Li Yi and Shi Yu were instantly transferred behind Lu Shu. The iron box was burning red and was about to set the entire stage on fire. Lu Shu shouted, "Disperse!" The iron box disappeared. The bronze armored man turned around and was about to spit fire again. Lu Shu said, "The armored man on the stage is in my steel furnace!" As soon as he finished speaking, the armored man disappeared. An explosion occurred somewhere on the outskirts of Shangjing City. With a bang, the sound of the explosion quickly spread throughout Shangjing City.

Lu Shu was shocked and asked, "What was that fire just now? It's not afraid of water. What's the matter with the explosion?"

Li Yi said with sweat all over his body: "I'm afraid he just wanted to kill me with the explosion just now."

"You guessed right. It's a pity that my best bronze-armored man didn't play his best role. Tao Zhongwen should have taken action, so that you would have a chance of winning. It's a pity that he is still in the palace."

Lu Shu smiled and said, "It won't take Mr. Tao's help to deal with you."

"Lord Lu, you really underestimated me! Your mechanical skills are good, but I have improved them all, such as the fire just now!"

As they were talking, a single boat came out from the fleet, with four crossbows mounted on it. In just a moment, all four crossbows fired at the same time. Lu Shu shouted, "Mohist mechanical art, shield formation." Three rows of black shields blocked the three people, but they did not hear the sound of crossbow arrows hitting the shields. Li Yi looked around and saw a crossbow arrow stuck in the ground under his feet, with a piece of paper just burning on the handle. While the three were still wondering how the crossbow arrow shot here, Li Yi disappeared.

Shiyu exclaimed, "Li Lang! Li Lang! Lord Lu, Li Lang is gone!"

Lu Shu protected Shiyu with an embarrassed look on his face. When there was no more movement around him, he smiled and said, "Miss Shiyu, don't worry. Everything is as planned."

Shiyu was confused. Lu Shu looked at the damaged stage, shook his head and said, "I didn't expect Liu Hong would really do it himself." Then he gathered his righteous energy and said, "Repair it!" The dark purple righteous energy emanating from Lu Shu turned into purple mist, covering the damaged stage. After about an incense stick of time, the purple mist dissipated and the stage was restored to its original state.

Shi Yu asked, "Lord Lu, why do you need to spend so much of your righteous energy to repair this stage? You can just ask the craftsmen to do it. It will only take two or three days to fix it."

Lu Shu laughed and said, "Wouldn't that mean I'd miss Xiu Yuan's singing party? I don't want to owe him this debt. Li Yi is a man who remembers sorrows! Hahaha!" Shi Yu smiled softly with her hands covering her mouth when she heard this...

The scene switched to Li Yi. He was now in the woods, surrounded by darkness. Not far away, he could see a man dressed in a black robe, about thirty years old, looking at him with a smile on his face. Li Yi stood still and saluted, "I guess this is the nephew of the King of Shouyang of Southern Liang, Liu Hong, Brother Liu."

Liu Hong returned the greeting and said, "Mr. Li is indeed smart, but since you knew I would attack you, why did you still let me capture you and bring you here? By the way, you'd better not move now. This forest is full of traps. This was originally my hiding place. I made some minor changes and made it your cemetery. It's also a kind of recognition."

Li Yi asked in confusion: "Agree? I don't know why Brother Liu thinks so highly of me that he is willing to take such a big risk to kill me."

Liu Hong said with a smile, "Li Yi, Li Yi, stop pretending. I know how strong you are. You are the best at practicing both Confucianism and Buddhism. Not only have you mastered the Buddhist Vajra Magic Skill, but you have also eaten Luo Han Guo. With your current strength, even a fourth-rank warrior would not be able to defeat you." Li Yi was shocked. Why did he even know about Luo Han Guo? Could it be that he had a hidden agent in the Vajra Temple?

Liu Hong smiled and said, "No need to guess. You can't imagine that there is no hidden player of mine in the Buddhist sect. If I can't kill you today, your talent and fighting power will be a threat to Daliang, so you must die today!"

Li Yi waved his hands and said, "Wait! Brother Liu, if I switch to Southern Liang, will there be room for maneuver?"

Liu Hong laughed and said, "Li Yi, are you delaying time? Are you waiting for someone to rescue you? Forget about it. I brought you here using the teleportation pages that can make your words come true. No one can know you are here. Prepare to die!" He formed a seal with his hands, and suddenly the Bagua formation lit up under Li Yi's feet. Then the ground collapsed, and a huge pit with a square area of ​​ten feet and a depth of several feet was formed in an instant. Li Yi fell into it.

Next, Liu Hong changed his seals, and the ground closed. In the deep pit underground, several flames burst out. As the ground above his head closed, a relatively small space was formed. As the earth shook, the originally closed ground arched out a large mound of earth, just like a large grave mound!

Liu Hong smiled and turned around, just as he was about to leave, the tomb exploded, and a purple-gold monster with six arms and five feet tall jumped out. It was Li Yi's purple-gold Acala Dharmakaya. Liu Hong jumped back at the moment the ground exploded, and then waved his hand. Countless steel needles shot at Li Yi's Dharmakaya like raindrops, but the result was indeed as ineffective as raindrops. Liu Hong formed a seal again and chanted: "Samadhi True Fire!"

A pillar of fire shot out from his mouth and rushed straight to the face of the Dharma Image. An arm behind the Purple Gold Acala stretched out its palm, and a pillar of fire shot out from its palm. This was the Red Lotus Karma Fire of Buddhism. The two pillars of fire collided and then exploded, razing the entire forest to the ground! All the mechanisms set up by Liu Hong were naturally destroyed, and he himself was blown away by the air wave generated by the explosion. Fortunately, he was a fifth-grade martial arts master, and he quickly removed the impact and stood firm.

Looking at the ashes around him, he looked at Li Yi's Dharma image and said, "Is this the power of the Vajra Divine Art? Li Yi, have you been hiding your abilities? You dared to hold back when sparring with Dugu Long!"