Chapter 179 The war begins
Tai'an Garden means peace and prosperity for the country and the people.

It is also one of the main bases of the "loyalty" faction of novelists.

Qiao Yongen had made great progress in his practice and took over the banner of the "Loyalty" school. His master then handed Tai'an Garden over to Qiao Yongen to manage.

Three six-storey storytelling pavilions are arranged in a triangle shape, with a huge theater pavilion in the middle.

The entire Tai'an Garden can accommodate dozens of novelists on stage at the same time and attract thousands of people to listen to books at the same time. For novelists, it is like a place where no mistakes can be made.

When Zhou Tieyi left the palace with fifty personal guards, the first people to inquire about the news were naturally the Confucians.

It was just that Zhao Guanshan was pretending to be asleep, so the Confucianists were naturally slow to react.

When Zhou Tieyi and his personal guards entered Suzaku City, everyone realized that Zhou Tieyi might be preparing to take action against the novelist.

"It's tolerable, but it's unbearable!"

Qiao Yongen said hatefully.

He and Hu Wenlang almost got into a fight a few days ago, but in the end he resisted the urge to do so under the mediation of Elder Shan.

On the one hand, they were wary of Hu Wenlang's strength, and on the other hand, they were afraid of Tianjing's uniqueness.

Tianjing is a place of all virtues.

Very different from other places.

The fights between the monks here often involve complicated political struggles, so the monks in Tianjing are extremely restrained and will never take action if they can avoid it.

Because once things develop to an irreversible point, no one will be able to withstand the wrath of the emperor in Tianjing who is as bright as the sun and the moon in the sky.

But I didn't expect that even though I was tolerant for the time being, Zhou Tieyi would not let me go. This is what is tolerable and what is intolerable!
However, after getting angry, Qiao Yongen looked at Wang Qixing, the son of the Minister of the Elephant Department, who was sitting next to him and reporting the news, with concern.

A person's name, the shadow of a tree.

On Yujing Mountain, Zhou Tieyi used a spring thunder talisman to break Che Wenyuan's chess strategy. Although he was helped by good luck, it was still truly horrifying.

No matter how confident Qiao Yongen was, he would not dare to compare himself with Che Wenyuan.

Thinking of this, Qiao Yongen couldn't help but look up at the sky.

The sun is scorching, shining all around, and the sky is clear.

The day doesn't look like it will change color.

Seeing Qiao Yongen looking at the sky, Wang Qixing naturally understood his concerns and said, "Brother Qiao, the sky will not change color."

He said it with absolute certainty.

On the one hand, as the son of the Minister of the Ministry of Elephants, he still has the most basic ability to detect normal changes in celestial phenomena.

On the other hand, the last time the emperor wanted to use Zhou Tieyi as a pawn to resolve the war of chariots and horses with Confucianism, so he helped Zhou Tieyi change the celestial phenomena.

But it is impossible for His Majesty to change the celestial phenomena for Zhou Tieyi at any time.

Besides, he has already started practicing Taoism. Even if His Majesty wants to change the celestial phenomena in Tianjing, it probably won't be that easy.

After hearing Wang Qixing's affirmative answer, Qiao Yongen calmed down a lot.

"Brother Wang, how has Simin Mansion arranged today's matter?"

Wang Qixing thought for a moment and said, "When an enemy comes, we will fight him. When water comes, we will block it with earth. From what I have seen Zhou Tieyi does, although it is always unexpected, he always tries to seize the reputation of being righteous, so he can have a legitimate reason to do so."

"Moreover, there is no celestial response. Even if he still has the Spring Thunder Talisman, can he exert one tenth of its power? In other words, he may not have a second Spring Thunder Talisman at all for the time being."

A top-grade talisman that could threaten a third-grade talisman was definitely not a piece of cake.

Although everyone is still guessing how Zhou Tieyi drew the Spring Thunder Talisman.

But he will definitely have to pay a heavy price.

Therefore, Wang Qixing speculated that Zhou Tieyi most likely did not have the second Spring Thunder Talisman on him now.

Even if there was, it was Qiao Yongen who received the Spring Thunder Talisman, so he naturally needed to say some comforting words to give Qiao Yongen courage. After all, it was not him who received the Spring Thunder Talisman.

Just as the two were talking, a manager came in hurriedly and said, "Zhou Tieyi's motorcade has arrived at the door."

Qiao Yongen's face was as gloomy as water.

At this point, he has no way to avoid it.

A monk who can run away cannot run away from the temple.

Tai'an Garden is one of the foundations of his enlightenment, so it is impossible for him to give it up easily.

A loud neighing sound of a horse penetrated the entire gate of Tai'an Garden.

It is now leisure time in the afternoon, and one of the leisure activities for the young and old in Suzaku City is to come to Tai'an Garden to listen to stories.

Among the crowd, someone quickly recognized the origins of the carriage and the fifty guards.

"Isn't this the personal guard of the Zhou Mansion?"

"Yes."

One person answered the question of the person next to him affirmatively, and people of Tianjing, young and old, could all chat about the current situation in the court. It seemed like it was a talent of the people here.

In the past two months, the person who stirred up the political situation in Tianjing was none other than Zhou Tieyi, which naturally made ordinary people pay more attention to the movements of the Zhou family.

"It seems that Tai'an Yuan has offended this Zhou family dragon."

A spectator said jokingly.

Zhou Tieyi has several titles, from the red-light district dog at the beginning, to the chief flag of the God-Slaying Division, and then to the "peerless jester" in "The World's Affairs".

The term "dog of red-light district" has become a thing of the past. Even Zhou Tieyi's political enemies will not use this title to refer to Zhou Tieyi now, otherwise they would be admitting that they are not even as good as the dog of red-light district.

The Chief Flag Officer of the God-Slaying Division is the official title of the position, and ordinary people would not call him that.

The peerless jester is a title that is 'famous throughout the world'. Generally speaking, the common people are accustomed to using the title "World Affairs" to refer to the geniuses on the Hidden Dragon List.

For example, 'the blue-robed scholar' and 'the wise monk'.

But anyone with a little common sense knows that "Peerless Jester" is a derogatory term. It's okay to say it on a normal day, but if you say it directly in front of others now, if Zhou Tieyi hears it, wouldn't it cause big trouble?

That's why this spectator called it "Jiaolong", a name that has nothing special about it but is definitely not wrong.

While the crowd was discussing, Zhou Tieyi got off the carriage, picked up the spear on the crossbar, clasped his fists and saluted to the people around him, and said loudly, "I am here today to ask the novelist for an explanation. If you want to watch a good show, please stand further away to avoid being injured by mistake."

As soon as he finished speaking, the guards behind him blocked the gate of Tai'an Garden, forming an open space of hundreds of feet.

Everyone probably guessed that Zhou Tieyi would do it himself, out of human curiosity, and because Zhou Tieyi had said so beforehand, they could just watch the show.

So everyone stepped back for a distance, and at the same time stretched their necks, wanting to see what this show was all about.

Zhou Tieyi blocked the main entrance, and Qiao Yongen and Wang Qixing also came out. When they saw Zhou Tieyi holding a gun in his hand, they knew he was up to no good, so they stopped ten feet away to give them time to react.

Wang Qixing bowed and said, "Brother Zhou, Tai'an Garden is a place for the people to relax. Now you are blocking the gate and driving the people away. What is your intention?"

Wang Qixing first put the blame on Zhou Tieyi for driving the people away.

Zhou Tieyi looked at Wang Qixing. He had met Wang Qixing several times in his previous life. He recognized that he was the son of Wang Jizhen, the Minister of the Ministry of Elephants.

Unlike the Sima family which had no roots, the Wang family was not only the direct descendant of the Confucian school of prophecies and divination, but was also a large family in Longnan, with several third-rank officials in the family.

Zhou Tieyi took out a document of appointment for a fight from his arms, on which the time and place were already written, which was today's Tai'an Garden.

"I have already applied to the Tianjing Guards for a fight agreement, so I ordered the guards to separate the civilians."

Zhou Tieyi's voice was clear as he explained this to the people around him who were just watching the show.

Many people nodded secretly, this was done properly. Wang Qixing was about to speak, but suddenly a stream of energy locked onto him, carrying the power of dreams, and began to isolate reality. In a trance, Wang Qixing felt as if the scenery was disordered.

Wang Qixing was entangled in the dream, and Qiao Yongen naturally noticed it, but he still restrained himself from taking action directly. If he took action now, he would fall into Zhou Tieyi's calculations.

"Why should I agree?"

Qiao Yongen said sternly.

He was still worried about the possible Spring Thunder Talisman of Zhou Tieyi. Even if there was no help from the right time, the power of the Spring Thunder Talisman could be less than one tenth, but no one was willing to take on the power of thunder for nothing.

"Because you, a novelist, called me a peerless jester in Tian Xia Shi, and because when Che Wenyuan stopped me, he did not get my consent!"

The people around showed a look of realization.

Most people already know what happened that stormy night through "World Affairs".

Moreover, this was promoted by Confucianists and novelists.

After all, "The Peerless Jester" is an insult. Since you dare to insult it, you naturally shouldn't blame others for causing trouble.

Moreover, you used the rules of underworld to stop other people's vehicles, and now others are causing trouble for you by using the rules of underworld.

This reason is naturally reasonable, at least it makes sense from the simple point of view of ordinary people.

It's not possible that only you Confucians and novelists are allowed to cause trouble to others, but not allow others to cause trouble to you.

"You are the one who called yourself the peerless jester..."

Qiao Yongen still wanted to quibble.

Zhou Tieyi laughed, "I clearly said that I am the peerless poet and the jester of all time, but you guys don't say good things about me, but only bad things, right? Besides, I, Zhou Tieyi, can scold myself, but who are you? How dare you insult me!"

Zhou Tieyi stopped talking nonsense and pointed the spear in his hand straight forward like a sharp arrow. The terrifying power and speed broke through the surrounding air, forming a translucent air wave.

No matter how many reasons Qiao Yongen has, only the winner will have the chance to continue speaking and have the ability to argue on these trivial issues!
Qiao Yongen's mind was tense and focused on Zhou Tieyi. The moment Zhou Tieyi made a move, Qiao Yongen also made his move without hesitation.

I was afraid of Zhou Tieyi's Spring Thunder Talisman, so I didn't want to take action.

But now that he had been forced into a corner, Qiao Yongen knew that he had no room to retreat.

Even a rabbit will bite when it is angry, let alone a fifth-level cultivator.

A pure white light bloomed above Qiao Yongen's head, spreading around at the speed of light, forming a cloud platform. This pure white light was different from the real skylight and appeared illusory and charming.

At the moment the light expanded, a long spear also shot out from the light and headed towards the dragon-patterned wooden steel spear.

Compared to the dragon-patterned wooden steel spear with a gun body as azure as the sky, this spear was wrapped in an illusory light, within which was the vast night sky and the silent cold stars.

These two things were each manifested through two dragon seals. The four dragon seals were connected to each other, forming a starry night sky, like a huge curtain, trying to wrap up the dragon-patterned wooden steel gun and Zhou Tieyi.

The combat skill of the great military general Xue Ren [Thousand Falling Stars]!
If it is a complete [Thousand Stars Falling Name], it is naturally impossible to evolve combat skills with only four dragon seals.

But Qiao Yongen's own strength is limited, and he can only evolve four of them now.

The darkness formed by the night sky continuously absorbed and consumed the power of Zhou Tieyi's spear. The seven illusory and silent cold stars became extremely real and sharp. Accompanied by the 'Seven Killing Stars', the spear tip was almost split into seven parts and pierced directly into seven vital points on Zhou Tieyi's body, including the center of his eyebrows, eyes, and heart.

The majestic martial arts true body appeared behind Zhou Tieyi. The eight-foot-tall blood-red giant stretched out his hand, and his broad palm covered down, turning into a mountain range, covering the seven extremely sharp cold stars.

[Buddha Kingdom in the Palm] was originally a complete first-grade Buddhist Dharma. Even if Xue Ren were alive, his fighting skill [Thousand Stars Falling] was one grade lower than [Buddha Kingdom in the Palm].

Although Zhou Tieyi was unable to fully unleash the power of [Buddha Kingdom in the Palm], he had found another way and evolved [Buddha Kingdom in the Palm] with the five elements, transforming it into [Five Finger Mountain].

In the Five Finger Mountain, the Qiankun Seal is hidden inside, suppressing the power of the earth veins. Eleven dragon seals are looming, blessing the entire [Five Finger Mountain], making [Five Finger Mountain] more powerful.

Generally speaking, the more dragon seals that condense a combat skill, the more powerful the combat skill itself will be.

Qiao Yongen felt the resistance coming from [Thousand Stars Falling] and his expression changed drastically.

Even without using the Spring Thunder Talisman, the combat power Zhou Tieyi displayed now was no less than that of a fifth-grade martial artist.

More light bloomed from Qiao Yongen's cloud platform, and behind the spear appeared a young general with thick eyebrows, big eyes, regular features, and wearing silver armor.

With this look, you can't tell at first glance that he's a bad guy.

Not many people in this world have seen the real Xue Ren's appearance, and his current appearance is evolved from the novel and best fits the readers and listeners' imagination of Xue Ren's appearance.

When the complete "Xue Ren" appeared, a vast and righteous aura was added to [Thousand Stars Falling]. The righteous aura was extremely hot, pure and fierce, carrying a long spear like a drill, trying to pierce the palm of the martial arts true body.

A streak of ink also flew out and surrounded Qiao Yongen, forming a three-meter-long ribbon that appeared particularly real in the illusory white light.

This mark of ink came from the treasure 'Hu Inkstone' that Hu Wenlang specifically reminded him of.

After the ink mark appeared, it flew up and expanded in the air, from the initial three meters to six meters, and then nine meters. It was like a circle of ink ripples, covering all the original colors of the world and turning them into a deep ink lake.

However, before the Ink Lake could continue to expand, terrifying blood energy gathered from all directions, ignited in the air, and turned into a red flame.

The ninth son of the dragon, Suanni, has the innate talent [Heart Fire]!
Such changes happened one after another within a few breaths.

When the onlookers around reacted, they noticed that the blood and energy of the Zhou palace guards surrounding the battlefield were surging towards the center like a tide, as if they were attracted by the martial arts true body in the center.

When the blood encountered the expanding ink mark, it instantly turned into red flames. The flames were so blazing that they were no less dazzling even under the sun. It made people feel extremely hot and they couldn't help but take a step back.

After observing the connection between Zhou Tieyi and more than fifty personal guards, many practitioners present could not believe what they saw and wondered if they had been dragged into the novelist's dream without realizing it.

Of course they knew the military formations of the military strategists, but they had never heard of an eighth-grade cultivator being able to learn them and mobilize the strength of more than fifty personal guards.

However, when considering the unprecedented martial arts true body that appeared behind Zhou Tieyi, everything makes sense.

Capable of what others cannot.

This was Mei Qingchen’s original evaluation of Zhou Tieyi.

On the battlefield, the [Heart Fire] was ignited, forming a surging sea of ​​fire, which could not only melt gold and iron, but also had the ability to burn evil spirits.

There are many types of evil spirits, and their common characteristic is that they pollute the spiritual light of the mind.

The ink from "Hu Yan" can pollute others, which is a kind of evil spirit!
The Ink Lake met its nemesis. Not only was it unable to continue expanding and pollute Zhou Tieyi's true body, but after colliding with the sea of ​​fire in his heart, the thick ink quickly boiled, bubbling, and then evaporated within a breath or two, causing the entire Ink Lake to shrink back.

The attributes of all things are mutually reinforcing and counteracting.

[Heart Fire] originally restrains the ink produced by the Hu Inkstone.

However, the secret treasure of Hu Yan was no match for the combined strength of more than fifty martial arts practitioners who had cultivated their spirits with the essence of dragon veins and blood, so the outcome was naturally quickly decided.

At this time, Wang Qixing, who was trapped by Hu Wenlang's dream method, temporarily broke free, retreated quickly, and looked at Hu Wenlang with fear.

The fierce confrontation between him and Hu Wenlang in the dream just now almost made him lose himself.

Although he was free from the constraints of the dream, he also realized that he was restricted by Hu Wenlang. He had no energy left to help Qiao Yongen. If he took action again, he would probably only get himself into trouble.

When Wang Qixing saw Zhou Tieyi using the military formation and mobilizing the blood and energy of his personal guards to form a sea of ​​fire and burn away the Ink Lake, he even sentenced Qiao Yongen to death in this battle.

Although Qiao Yongen may still have some tricks up his sleeve, the decline has already become apparent. All that remains to be seen is whether he can escape unscathed.

Sure enough, when the ink lake receded, the guards' gathered energy and blood flowed into the martial arts body, turning the originally eight feet tall body into a complete form of two feet tall.

The guards brought not only pure blood and energy, but also the talents representing the five elements, which were integrated into the martial arts body, making the Five Finger Mountain swung by the martial arts body more repetitive, round and smooth, with five colors gathering and transforming into a world, completely covering the seven cold stars and the reunited white righteous energy.

When the Five Finger Mountain crushed Han Xing, Zhou Tieyi's dragon-patterned wooden steel spear also broke through the night shackles formed by [Thousand Stars Falling]. The four dragon seals, along with 'Xue Ren', shattered their forms and turned into an illusory light, which could no longer stop the advance of the spear tip.

The moment the dragon-patterned wooden steel spear pierced Qiao Yongen's body, his real body stood quietly not far away, looking at Zhou Tieyi with cold eyes.

If you want to pull a strong enemy into a dream, you must first shake his mind.

His method of faking death and entering a dream always works!

(End of this chapter)