Chapter 255 Respect Luo Yi first and then others

In the darkness of night, this place was not a place to talk for a long time. Although he was puzzled about the origins of the five newcomers, they came to help after all. Given Cui Yu's character, it was impossible for him to abandon them and wait for others' revenge.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Everyone, the people chasing us are the retainers of Prince Ning's Mansion. We need to seek refuge in the Lakeside Academy first. Would you like to go with us?"

Even if these people have problems, as long as they arrive at the Huxin Academy, they will not be able to cause any trouble.

When the five heard the name of King Ning, their expressions changed naturally. Finally, the leader sighed and said, "So they are King Ning's men... No wonder they dared to kill us in the city... The five of us... Well, we can only follow the young master to the Lake Heart Academy for refuge, and then find a way to escape from Nanluozhou."

Academies are all located in secluded and quiet places, built against mountains and by lakes. Although they are far away from towns, they are not too far away. The Lakeside Academy is close to Tangzhou Prefecture.

Cui Yu reported his identity and took out the token. Even though it was a late night visit, he was immediately received in.

Once in a safe environment, everyone had the time and energy to review today's events.

Cui Yu first instructed the people in the academy, "These five knights have been tired today, please take them to the guest room to rest, and we will discuss the itinerary together tomorrow."

Cui Yu was so wary of the five people, but the leader of the five people remained expressionless. Anyway, their mission was only to ensure the safety of Cui Yu and others for five days. Although they were curious about many things, they were not naive enough to gain Cui Yu's trust immediately after their arrival.

After the five people left, Shi Yutong pointed at herself and asked, "Should I leave?"

Cui Yu sighed, "Miss Shi, you don't need to, we are already in the game."

After saying that, he looked at Li Jianhu first, "Can I take a look at the flying sword you just condensed?"

Li Jianhu looked at Mo Tianheng. After all, this was the method of cultivation passed down by his teacher.

Mo Tianheng nodded slightly.

Li Jianhu's mind moved, and a blazing white sword light left his body and turned into a three-inch small sword, surrounding his body.

In order to let Cui Yu see clearly, Li Jianhu stopped the sword light, and the small sword hovered in front of him, presenting the form of a bunch of sword energy.

Cui Yu and Mo Tianheng stepped forward. Even though the nature of the small sword was clearly revealed, the two of them still observed it carefully to confirm it. After a while, Cui Yu sighed, "It is indeed righteous."

Righteous and upright?

Shi Yutong opened her eyes wide, and blurted out, "Isn't this noble and upright spirit something that can only be cultivated by the sixth rank of Confucianism?"

Then she looked at Li Jianhu and said, "Young man, you are really good at hiding it."

Cui Yu looked at Mo Tianheng and hesitated for a moment, "Is his way of cultivation correct?"

After walking for so long, he knew that Master Mo Tianheng and his disciple had cultivated a unique sword art. Even when Mo Tianheng was teaching Li Jianhu how to practice, he did not hide anything from Cui Yu except for the key secrets. After all, the three of them could not be separated too much.

"I do not know either."

Mo Tianheng looked at Li Jianhu half puzzled and half pleased, and told him the essence of part of his secret method, "The [Three Truths Sword of the Way] that I taught, the ninth, eighth, and seventh grades condense the three swords of essence, energy, and spirit respectively."

After watching Mo Tianheng's battle today, Cui Yu naturally understood what the three swords of spirit, energy and essence were. Suddenly, he realized a problem.

"The eighth rank is a Qi sword? Gang Qi?"

Mo Tianheng nodded, "I switched to this method because I had no choice. I was already at the sixth level of martial arts and had absorbed the Tianqing Zhengshuo Gangqi. So even though my Dantian was broken, I still retained a portion of the Gangqi, so it was not a big deal to condense the eighth-level Qi sword... I originally thought... but I didn't expect that he had the opportunity and actually comprehended the Haoran Zhengqi."

Mo Tianheng looked at Li Jianhu, "How did you comprehend the righteousness at that time?"

Li Jianhu's eyes were blurred. He recalled the state at that time and answered truthfully according to the instructions of Mr. Panda, "At that time, I was in a life-and-death situation. I was blessed by Mr. Cui's righteousness and prepared to fight back. Then I entered a wonderful state, just like a dream. I only felt that I was compatible with the righteousness. During this period of time, I also figured out the principles taught by Mr. Cui. When I came to my senses, I felt the righteousness in my heart flourishing. According to the method taught by the teacher, I condensed the second sword of energy."

Epiphany.

Everyone understood the situation described by Li Jianhu.

But epiphany itself is something that is difficult to prove, and at the same time, every epiphany of every person is unique and unrepeatable.

Shi Yutong understood half of what was said. She pointed at Mo Tianheng who was still in deep thought and said, "You actually taught your apprentice a cultivation method that has not been fully deduced yet?"

Then Shi Yutong's finger fell on Li Jianhu, "And this silly boy actually dared to practice, and he completed the second step by himself beyond your expectation."

The advantage of an imperfect Taoist tradition is that it is ever-changing and has countless possibilities for the future, but the disadvantage is that it will be shattered to pieces if there is even the slightest mistake.

Perhaps there are one or two thousand different variations on the road ahead, but there may be only one or two that can be cultivated to the upper three levels, and the rest are dead ends, it just depends on at which stage you die.

"But he is only at the eighth level, so he shouldn't be able to comprehend the power of the sixth level..."

Shi Yutong still used her own "common sense" to judge. If the path deduced by Mo Tianheng was really so powerful, she really couldn't imagine how many people would practice swordsmanship in the future.

“No, righteousness is not a sixth-grade power.” Cui Yu interrupted.

Shi Yutong, Mo Tianheng, and Li Jianhu all looked at Cui Yu curiously. After all, this was the foundation and secret of Confucian practice. They had never heard of it before. But since Cui Yu, as a top student of Lulin Academy, dared to say so, there must be a reason for Cui Yu.

Cui Yu thought for a moment and explained vaguely, "Mencius said, 'I am good at nurturing my noble spirit. The noble spirit exists in the human heart and is within everyone's reach."

Shi Yutong originally thought Cui Yu would reveal some secrets, but he ended up saying something that Confucianists have said so many times, so she muttered, "If you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me."

Cui Yu shook his head and did not explain the matter of Haoran Zhengqi any further.

He looked at Li Jianhu and said, "Your understanding of the righteousness may be due to a third possibility, in addition to your intelligence and coincidence."

Li Jianhu was nervous, "What's the possibility?"

Cui Yu stared into Li Jianhu's eyes and said seriously, "You have a destiny. When you decided to go to the capital to file a complaint, your great fortune was already activated."

He looked at Mo Tianheng, then at Li Jianhu, and then thought of himself. Putting all these coincidences together, he really couldn't think of a better explanation except that Li Jianhu was blessed with good fortune.

It couldn't be that some Confucian master was impressed by Li Jianhu's talent and instilled the Taoist tradition in him remotely, right?
If this is true, the teacher should have informed me.

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In the chessboard space, Zhou Tieyi watched today's scene with a smile, and wrote the second chapter by the way. "Sword Opens the Sky Gate" turned into a sword light surrounding itself. He got as many benefits as Li Jianhu got.

As for whether Cui Yu would think of himself through Li Jianhu, Zhou Tieyi was not worried at all. You Confucians have finally found a 'son of destiny', who has added a new tradition to Confucianism. That is a sign of your Confucian fortunes and the coming of a saint. Haven't you always been preaching this?
How can you doubt yourself!

You should know that the great and upright energy is the accumulation of human beliefs. Only by amplifying the joy, anger, sorrow and happiness of the human heart to the extreme, and then combining it with Confucian methods or Taoism, can one comprehend the great and upright energy.

The timing of Li Jianhu's enlightenment just embodies the characteristics of his righteousness.

Cui Yu taught Li Jianhu some Confucian principles and blessed him with great righteousness. Between life and death, Li Jianhu saw through the great terror and comprehended some of the great righteousness. He combined his own sword tradition with countless possibilities and walked out of a new path. If you ask the great Confucian to analyze it, the same logic will apply.

Or at most they would add another guess, that is, a great Confucian scholar who was not even known to the Confucians themselves suddenly took a fancy to Li Jianhu and passed down his teachings from afar...

Anyway, it is impossible to guess that I, the scourge appointed by Confucianism, am the one. Otherwise, wouldn't it mean that your righteous spirit is arbitrarily controlled and driven by a 'treacherous villain' like me? This is against the original intention of your Confucianism.

“Some truths, if repeated a thousand or ten thousand times, will end up being believed by the person themselves. So if you want to deceive others, it’s best to deceive yourself first.”

Zhou Tieyi sighed and said, "As long as I can grasp the flaws in these principles, I may be able to deceive the upper third-grade practitioners and make the fake look real..."

After truly manipulating Li Jianhu, Zhou Tieyi suddenly gained a deeper understanding of the novelist's doctrine.

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The second day of June.

It is a good time to hurry on your journey, as the huge furnace in the sky has not yet scorched the earth.

At the dock of Xuanwu City near the Luo River, a group of young men in brocade clothes walked off the boat, chatting and laughing. The middle-aged centurion of the God-Slaying Division, who was in the lead, reminded them, "In the past, I was confident that I could protect you in the local area, but now that you have come to Tianjing, you should all be more cautious and don't provoke the wrong people! Tianjing is full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and I am just a small centurion. In the eyes of the real big shots, I am like an ant."

One of the young men laughed and said, "Uncle Qing, you have said this several times. Do you become so long-winded when you get old? When you led us to kill the fifth-grade evil spirit, you were not so cautious."

The captain of the God-Slaying Division, who was called Uncle Qing, shook his head slightly, "You don't understand..."

At this time, a young man smiled and said, "Even if you want to understand it, you have to go eat first."

Uncle Qing thought for a moment and nodded, "There is a Wanglaiju restaurant at this pier. I was there five years ago and the food was good."

As a captain of the God-Slaying Division, the restaurant that Uncle Qing led everyone to was naturally not ordinary. It was usually used to entertain wealthy businessmen.

As soon as I walked into Wanglaiju, a waiter came forward with an apologetic look and said respectfully, "I'm sorry, Wanglaiju is reserved by Mr. Qiu today..."

Uncle Qing thought about it and thought this was normal, so he prepared to take everyone to another store. However, before he turned around, a wealthy young man ran out in a hurry and slapped the waiter, "If you want to die, don't drag me with you!"

Then, this rich young man actually slapped himself in front of Uncle Qing and said with a smile, "I didn't know that the masters of the God-Slaying Department were going to have a meal today. I am really guilty. I am guilty. Please treat me, please treat me. Today's meal and drink will all be charged to me. I am here to make amends to you masters."

What a turn of events! Everyone in the God-Slaying Division looked at this ridiculous scene in astonishment.

Didn’t Uncle Qing just say that he is an ant?
You are really good at hiding things on a daily basis!

Just a name made the other party apologize without any hesitation.

Uncle Qing was also confused and pointed at himself, "Do you know me?"

The other party didn't provoke me, why should I apologize?

Master Qiu smiled and said, "You are joking, sir. Although I don't know you sirs, how can I not recognize the clothes you are wearing? Sirs from the God-Slaying Division, please come in."

(End of this chapter)