Chapter 177: Helping others with your own efforts is the highest virtue

At night, Qilin Pavilion.

After listening to Hu Wenlang's report, Zhou Tieyi had no dissatisfaction with Hu Wenlang's handling of the matter.

Since he had decided to deal with the novelist in a dandy way, there was no need for Hu Wenlang to intervene, and he could also try out his martial arts skills.

While I was thinking this, a message came from the Taixu mask. It was from that kid Li Guanjun.

Zhou Tieyi thought about it and decided that in order to make the ink stone case a coincidence, some details needed to be taken care of. It happened that his father's funeral was taking place in the next few days, and it was estimated that the most powerful people he knew would be there. He could also take advantage of the situation to take care of some details to make everything look seamless.

Because he had already located Li Jianhu's dream, Zhou Tieyi, relying on the connection and the authority of [Mirage], did not need to go to the Taixu Illusion Realm first, and he descended directly into Li Jianhu's dream.

"Boy, what do you want from me again?"

Zhou Tieyi deliberately made his voice sound impatient.

Li Jianhu heard the familiar voice of Mr. Panda. Although the voice was a bit impatient, it still made him feel much better.

Although the old gentleman kept asking me to swear an oath to repay the favor I owed him today.

But Li Jianhu knew clearly that the old man was really good to him.

Otherwise, who would ask for an oath from a poor young boy for no reason?

"Mr. Panda, my father's funeral only took three days. I'm here to ask for your advice."

Only three days? So short?

Whether in his previous life or in this life, a three-day funeral sounded a bit short to Zhou Tieyi, so he was surprised.

However, no matter how surprised he was, Zhou Tieyi could still understand it.

Zhou Tieyi smiled and said, "So you are in such a hurry to find me, are you trying to get the money back as soon as possible?"

Li Jianhu nodded vigorously, "I dare not hide it from you, old sir. I heard from my mother that the eighth level of martial arts requires a strong will to make a breakthrough. I have always felt a lump in my heart if I don't ask for my father's money back."

Zhou Tieyi knew that this was the burial money for the man's father, so he did not continue to tease Li Jianhu about it. Instead, he said seriously, "Boy, let me first say that although my method is effective, it is not too risky. It's not too late for you to regret it now."

Li Jianhu thought about it seriously, as if he was making a vow, and asked first, "Will this endanger my family?"

"will not."

Zhou Tieyi said affirmatively.

As long as this kid follows his own way, someone will protect his family even if he doesn't have to take action himself.

"Please teach me, old man."

Zhou Tieyi smiled and said, "It's still the same as before. You have to promise me three things in the future."

These three things plus the two owed [Arhat Golden Bodies] make a total of five things.

If this kid really achieves something, I will definitely make a fortune.

"It's natural."

Li Jianhu answered affirmatively.

Zhou Tieyi said, "Boy, first recall the appearance of the important people who came to your funeral."

Li Jianhu did not dare to delay and immediately recalled seriously. After a while, more than a dozen people appeared in the blank dream. These people were all men, young and old, wearing different clothes.

Zhou Tieyi first asked about everyone's identity, and immediately screened out five of them. He also found out that the boy's real name was Li Jianhu.

Then he asked these five people in detail about their personalities and their attitudes towards Li Jianhu, and soon locked on one person.

Li Jianhu's mentor, the genius Mo Tianheng who was demoted from Shantong Prefecture to this small town!

Zhou Tieyi asked Mo Tianheng in detail about his daily life.

When he heard that Mo Tianheng was willing to buy "World Affairs" as a reward for the young people in the small town to practice martial arts, he became more and more certain that Mo Tianheng could help him complete all the "coincidences".

Even if the path of martial arts is cut off, some people's spirits are still there, so they won't blame others, but will help others build the bridge that they failed to cross before.

Although you yourself have not crossed the river, but are able to help others cross it, this is the highest virtue.

Well, since you can build bridges for others, I will borrow the hand of Li Guanjun to build a bridge for you. It depends on whether you can cross it.

"Go find your teacher first, and tell him about your father's funeral money during a break in your practice."

"Does the old man want to involve the teacher?"

Li Jianhu reacted immediately.

Then he felt very conflicted. Teacher Mo treated him very well on weekdays and was even willing to lend him five taels of silver to buy medicine.

When I took revenge before, I just wanted to avoid involving my family and didn’t think too much about it.

Now that I heard that the teacher might be involved, I immediately wanted to refuse.

Zhou Tieyi naturally saw through Li Jianhu's thoughts and snorted coldly, "Don't worry, if he is really as good as you say, you will get some opportunities this time."

Zhou Tieyi continued, "When you talk to your teacher, remember to emphasize that the Huwei General's Mansion is behind the Wu family, and then remember to ask from the bottom of your heart, 'Teacher, is there no one in this world who can control General Huwei? Let the Wu family use the name of General Huwei to do evil? Let Zhou Tieyi be this 'unparalleled jester'!"

"If your teacher's answer is the emperor, then you should ask, 'The emperor is thousands of miles away from us. Apart from the emperor, does anyone else care?' You should continue to ask about other matters such as government affairs... until your teacher answers 'Confucianism', you can end the conversation."

"For the next nine days, you should first work hard to cultivate your [Arhat Golden Body]..."

Although Mr. "Panda" asked me to practice [Arhat Golden Body] last time, at that time, I thought it was just words of comfort to myself. After all, my mother also advised me to practice martial arts diligently.

Today, Mr. Panda is willing to tell the details of the matter, and Li Jianhu will certainly not miss a single detail.

"Old sir, even if I had nine days, I still couldn't break through my [Arhat Golden Body]. Do you have a solution?"

He really never misses the opportunity to make money.

You are a man who is going to do great things.

Zhou Tieyi commented in his heart.

However, even if he had a way, he would not help Li Jianhu break through the first level of [Arhat Golden Body].

As long as [Arhat Golden Body] does not break through the first level, it will not show any special features. The medicinal herbs used are all ordinary ones, so it is the same as ordinary body-building exercises. At most, it can make one's own Qi and blood appear more vigorous, and no other clues can be seen.

After all, it is hard to explain how the son of a ninth-rank mine owner could suddenly obtain a skill of the level of [Arhat Golden Body].

"After breaking through the first level of [Arhat Golden Body], do you want to explain the matter of the Grand Illusionary Realm to the government and explain that you are involved with the evil spirit?"

Zhou Tieyi's words made Li Jianhu fall into the cold cellar.

He came to his senses and realized that he needed to be careful at all times and must not reveal anything about the old man and the Illusionary World!
After giving the fifteen-year-old boy some advice, Zhou Tieyi continued, "That's why you can't break through the first level. The reason I asked you to practice more is to make you more resilient and not be killed by the Wu family in the first wave of conflict!"

"After nine days, when you have a solid foundation, put on your current mourning clothes and go to the Wu family in town to ask for the money."

Even though he was only a fifteen-year-old boy, Li Jianhu understood what Zhou Tieyi meant.

If I go to the Wu family to collect debts in this way, I will definitely be beaten up by the Wu family’s servants, some of whom may even be warriors!
"Remember not to fight back. Just take the beating and don't die. Even if someone breaks your legs, someone will reattach them for you. If you can get through this, you'll be halfway to success."

As long as Li Jianhu does not fight back and protects his vital parts, the Wu family's thugs will most likely not beat him to death on the spot if they have a little humanity.

After all, it would be too unpleasant to hear about this matter if it got out, it's not worth it.

Even in his dream, Li Jianhu clenched his fists tightly, then he nodded vigorously to indicate that he understood.

"Then I will go to the Lulin Academy in Shantong Mansion to look for Confucian scholars?"

There is no Confucian figure in their small town.

Through Mr. Panda, Li Jianhu roughly understood that if he wanted to deal with the Wu family, which was backed by General Huwei, he needed to find a true Confucian figure.

The only one he had heard of was the Lulin Academy in Shantong Prefecture.

Zhou Tieyi sneered, "If you want to die, just say so."

"what?"

"Go find your teacher Mo Tianheng first! Remember to bring your mother and your brother with you, and don't change your torn mourning clothes."

When Li Jianhu asked for a debt, the Wu family would think that the child was "ignorant" and would not take it seriously, but Li Jianhu dared to go directly to the Confucian family to complain. This could definitely not be hidden from the Wu family, who had considerable power in Xiaoshi Town!
If Li Jianhu walks out of the town and into the wilderness, he will surely be killed!

That's why he needs Mo Tianheng's support. This is also a test for Mo Tianheng. If he passes it, he will help him build a bridge and send him across.

Li Jianhu took note of these words carefully. When he didn't understand something, he asked several times. After making sure that he had remembered all the details and guidance, he solemnly vowed not to tell anyone else about what happened today.

Zhou Tieyi took the opportunity to use the [Nightmare] method to wrap the oath around the Taixu mask, so as to prevent others from using secret techniques to detect it.

If the Taixu Mask did not have the ability to hide, the Taixu Illusionary Realm would have been destroyed long ago.

time flies.

On April 23, the heat gradually became heavier.

During these nine days, Zhou Tieyi did not go anywhere and just stayed in the mansion to practice.

Everything that needs to be done has been done, and now we just have to wait for changes to take place.

Inside the Zhou Mansion's training ground, each of the personal guards practiced the [Tiger Roar Fist], and their powerful Qi and blood transformed into auspicious clouds, protecting the two-meter-tall martial arts giant in the middle.

The blood and energy cloud gathered by Zhou Tieyi expanded another acre, from three acres to four acres.

The expansion of Qingyun mainly comes from the successful "soul planting" of the fifty guards in the past two days.

Each unique dragon son takes shape with the help of blood and energy, belonging to the five elements and landing on the auspicious cloud of blood and energy.

For Zhou Tieyi, the most direct feedback was the twelve dragon seals on the statue of the Red Emperor.

The reason why he was able to quickly condense the twelve dragon seals of the Green Emperor's image was because he made use of the power of Confucianism.

Even though he didn't have any help from his peers this time, he still had the Railway Chamber of Commerce and the endless luck brought by the Tianjing News, which made his momentum even more obvious. In addition, his personal guards made a breakthrough, which gave him some feedback on his [Martial Arts].

In just ten days, the Red Emperor statue above Zhou Tieyi's Dantian Qi Sea had already condensed nine dragon seals, and the remaining three dragon seals were also condensed within these few days.

In addition to the gains from comprehending the Dragon Chapter, he had gradually mastered the balance of the chessboard with the help of Tao Li Miao and his mother nine times of sorting out. Now, even if the chessboard was not with his mother, as long as he did not use it to fight, he could barely maintain the balance and gradually control the power of thunder and righteousness.

My brother has also extracted the national destiny and the Qi of the Five Emperors from the prince's jade pendant, and prepared the auxiliary materials, waiting to start forging five Five Emperors chess pieces.

Because this forging is also a breakthrough for his brother, Zhou Tieyi plans to arrange it in the next few days, before the gambling match with Shenxiu.

In addition to the bet with Shenxiu, there was one more thing that needed to be done, which was the distribution of the newspaper.

I have already prepared all the contents of the first edition. The only thing missing now is the novelist part.

Thinking of this, Zhou Tieyi became even more angry.

He understood that this was the influence of martial arts itself.

Martial arts are aggressive, and even if he has the Green Emperor statue to suppress his mind, he cannot avoid this.

What's more, he was condensing the Red Emperor statue at a critical moment, and the Red Emperor statue had a greater impact on his emotions.

At this time, there are naturally two choices, one is to restrain, and the other is to vent.

As long as both methods are used in moderation, they can effectively relieve emotions and are both good methods. There is no absolute distinction between good and bad.

"Put away your fist!"

Following Zhou Tieyi's low shout, Ah Da and other personal guards moved in unison. The gathered blood and auspicious clouds were like young swallows returning to their nests, bringing with them the ancestral Qi of heaven and earth, and feeding it back to the personal guards.

"Arrange the troops on the spot!"

After hearing Zhou Tieyi's order, the guards probably guessed that something big was going to happen. In the past, after practicing martial arts in the morning, Zhou Tieyi would directly order them to disband, or let A Da, the chief of the guards, continue training, instead of reorganizing the troops on the spot.

To reorganize the troops on the spot means taking action and not being lazy.

The guards looked excited and shouted, "As you command."

Zhou Tieyi smiled and went to Wu Qian first. "Write a few letters of appointment in my name. Only sign my name on the documents. Don't sign the time or the place. Take them to Tianjing Guard and ask Zhao Guanshan to sign them directly."

It is quite common for practitioners to test each other in Tianjing, but everyone knows how to keep a safe distance and not harm ordinary people or public facilities, so the people will not report it and the officials will not investigate it.

For example, when Shenxiu tried for the first time, it was just one move, and it was hard to determine whether it was a competition or simply tearing up a painting.

However, apart from tests, real competitions and even life-and-death fights among practitioners are common occurrences. Since Daxia tolerates the system of retainers, it is natural that it cannot avoid customizing a system to manage gambling and fighting among practitioners, especially in Tianjing, a place of great virtue.

Generally speaking, on a special gambling arena like Linshuixuan, even if a cultivator gets his dog's brains beaten out, it is considered a private matter, and the Daxia government will not interfere, because it will not affect the lives of ordinary people.

But apart from the fixed gambling arenas, other practitioners who want to compete need to apply to the Tianjing Guards first. After approval, the Tianjing Guards will block the area to prevent accidental injuries to civilians. The gambling match agreed upon by his brother and Shenxiu belongs to this category.

The reason why there are gambling fights other than the gambling fighting platform is that it involves middle-level practitioners, because middle-level practitioners need to seize the right time, place, and people.

Of course, for most of the mid-level practitioners, it is simply impossible for them to get the Tianjing Guards to sign and agree to your choice of the location for the gambling fight.

The third situation is the situation when Che Wenyuan stopped him. Because he did not report to the Tianjing Guards, even if it was according to the rules of the underworld, it was considered as private action in public, which damaged the surrounding streets. This was the fault of the Tianjing Guards and Che Wenyuan.

If we look into it carefully, it is a serious crime.

It's just that Che Wenyuan died that day and no ordinary people were hurt. In addition, Confucianism paid a price, so the Emperor of Daxia did not continue the investigation. However, he did dismiss Leng Zizheng, a third-rank officer of Tianjing Guard.

Now, my every word and action is being watched by Confucianists, so even if I want to touch the novelist, I have to do everything legally.

At the same time, by handing his own document of challenge to Zhao Guanshan, he could also help His Majesty test Zhao Guanshan's character and see how much he sided with His Majesty and the Queen Mother, and how much he sided with Confucianism.

It is not easy to be a guard officer in the capital.

"Yes."

Wu Qian bowed and said.

Zhou Tieyi thought for a moment, then instructed, "Oh, right, get Shen Tuyuan here, and have him find a few military dandies who are friendly with me, including Yuchi Jing from the Right General's Mansion."

If one wants to suppress all the novelists in Tianjing who dare to follow Confucianism wholeheartedly, a few days will definitely not be enough for one person alone. At this time, the role of the military heroes and playboys will be highlighted.

As long as I take the lead and tell them how to show off their power in Tianjing without getting into trouble, they will start to cause trouble and take credit for it. This can be regarded as making good use of waste.

After the Si hour, the officials in the yamen stopped their work and started chatting and laughing as they prepared for lunch.

Zhao Guanshan was wearing a bright red official uniform with animal patterns on it, and even though it was already past the hour of Si, he was still working at his desk.

Even with the dual support of Confucianism and the Queen Mother, he is now walking on thin ice.

Leng Zizheng's dismissal meant that a large number of officials related to Leng Zizheng needed to be dismissed. This was not a simple matter, especially as it involved a game between Confucianism and the emperor.

So Zhao Guanshan needs to think for a long time about many things.

Suddenly, he looked up and saw his adjutant hurriedly walking in.

Zhao Guanshan asked calmly, "What's the matter?"

Adjutant Zhuang Zhongxuan whispered, "Wu Qian, a retainer of the Zhou residence, has brought a letter from Zhou Tieyi to ask for an audience."

Zhou Tieyi had been quiet for a few days, but before everyone could really breathe a sigh of relief, today the disaster fell on the head of his Tianjing Guard.

Zhao Guanshan said, "Let him in."

A moment later, Wu Qian came to Zhao Guanshan's desk and bowed respectfully, "Greetings, Zhao Jingwei."

Jingwei is a job title, referring to the duties of Zhao Guanshan, the chief of Tianjingwei.

After the incident with Dong Xiu De, Wu Qian gained some knowledge and realized that etiquette cannot be abolished until he reaches the third rank.

Zhao Guanshan nodded slightly, "Why do you want to see me?"

Wu Qian didn't waste any words and handed over the written document.

Zhao Guanshan picked up the document and started to read it. The document was very simple. This kind of document requesting a fight should not even be on his desk, but now that it was on his desk, it became a difficult problem.

Should he sign the agreement on behalf of the Queen Mother, or fight back on behalf of Confucianism, or even leave it alone...

This is an attitude.

The Queen Mother, Confucianism, Zhou Tieyi, and the Emperor all want to see this attitude.

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(End of this chapter)