Chapter 33 Chang'an II

As soon as the group entered Fang Xuan, Gao Lishi got up to meet him, and smiled at Yunfeng: "Seeing these many immortals today, it seems that our family can also be contaminated with a little immortal energy, prolong life, and benefit life." ”

Yun Feng returned the salute and smiled: "Gonggong Gao is the pillar of the imperial court, and there are many opportunities. We are outsiders, and the good ones are just some alchemy and self-cultivation paths, which do not enter the eyes of the father-in-law. ”

Hearing the word alchemy, Gao Lishi's eyelids twitched slightly. Such subtle changes naturally couldn't escape Ji Ruochen's eyes, but to his surprise, Gao Lishi smiled at him next: "This little immortal has an extraordinary bearing, and he will definitely be a big man who will move the world in the future." Although our family is a wasted person, fortunately there is still some eyesight. ”

Ji Ruochen didn't expect this Gao Lishi's eyesight to be so powerful, and he could see at a glance that the overall situation of the trip to Chang'an was presided over by Yunfeng Daoist and himself. It is important to know that although Li An had already repaired the secret book to Gao Lishi, he did not explain the identities of the two. In fact, Li An didn't know who was presiding over Dezong's fight. It stands to reason that Colliers' eyesight is so powerful that he will never leak his thoughts on his face. How can you hear the word alchemy, and you will lose your temper? Ji Ruochen pondered carefully for a moment in his heart, and finally understood that Gao Lishi was really hinting at what he needed.

Ji Ruochen smiled slightly, since this is the case, then everything will be easy.

After the group sat down, Yunfeng and Gao Lishi complimented each other a few more words, and then turned to the topic. Ji Ruochen had one hand, two more sandalwood boxes in his palm, came to Gao Lishi, and said: "Gao Gonggong, my sect is located outside the Hua, I didn't prepare anything good for this time in Beijing, only a few dragon and tiger pills are dedicated to the Ming Emperor, the function is to harmonize yin and yang, be lean qi, and prolong life." There is another thousand-year-old tortoise shell intermittent pill, but it is reserved for Gonggong Gao. The functional service has been attached to the paper, and the father-in-law can take a look at it later. ”

Gao Lishi's eyebrows were raised again, he smiled, and hurriedly got up and took the two sandalwood boxes, and was just about to put them on the chair, Ji Ruochen said again: "Gao Gonggong, although the accumulation of my sect is not abundant, but these few pills are still two or three points stronger than the pills refined by the True Martial Arts." ”

As soon as Ji Ruochen said this, Gao Lishi's cheeks jumped a few times, and he hurriedly picked up the wooden box containing the thousand-year-old tortoiseshell intermittent pill and carefully put it in his arms. When he sat back in his chair, Colliers' attitude towards the Taos was very different.

Yun Feng saw that the time had come, and said that he wanted to fight with the true martial arts in front of the palace, so that the Ming Emperor could identify who was the demon dao.

"How to fight in front of the palace?" Gao Lishi said softly: "This thing sounds interesting, but I don't know what kind of fighting method it is?"

This section of the cloud wind has already been confident, the current Taoist view of a leaf is enough to know the autumn, if the real people in the sect to fight with Sun Guo, one is really not a martial one, and the other is that the Taoist method used is too powerful, and the spread is too wide, if it is shocked by the Ming Emperor, it will not be beautiful. It is to fight with the three skills of the true martial arts and the three skills, magic weapons, Taoism, and the disciples of the younger generation on both sides of the palace to fight the method. If so, it is enough for Emperor Ming to understand who is the authentic sect of the two sides.

Gao Lishi thought for a moment, and felt that this method was feasible, so he nodded and said: "The matter of fighting in front of the palace must have arrived in King Shou's recital, and our family will see that the time is right, and we will say a few words for the gods in front of the Ming Emperor." Now all the immortals go to rest and wait for the news from our family. ”

A day later, the Ming Emperor dressed in civilian clothes and held a banquet in Jingyang Palace, more than ten people in the banquet were all cronies and important ministers of the court, and the national teacher Sun Guo, Xiangguo Yang Guozhong, and the prince Li Heng were all present.

"Fighting in front of the palace?" Sun Guo's face sank like water, and he arched his hand to Emperor Ming: "The Great Dao exists before heaven and earth, how can it be a child's play? What if this group of demons took the opportunity to approach and intended to assassinate?"

Emperor Ming was quite excited when he heard this, but Sun Guo, as a national teacher of the dynasty, was highly respected, and it was not good to refute his face in person, so he groaned in a deep voice: "The national teacher said very much. It's just that I think that the fetish is very important, and it should not be dealt with lightly. In the past few days, someone has written to me, saying that the Daode Sect is a great sect of today's Taoist leaders, and the cigarettes have been passed down for more than 3,000 years, and I don't know if it is true. ”

Sun Guo's face was cloudy, if he said that the Daodaozong was just an ordinary sect, he couldn't do such a thing as lying to his face. And the real people of the Daode Sect did not come forward, only compared the three methods of Taoism, magic weapons and young disciples, and they attacked the long with a short attack, and the true martial arts concept was not without a chance. What's more, Sun Guo has traveled a lot and has many Taoist friends, so he doesn't worry that no one is willing to help.

Sun Guo knew that Emperor Ming liked to be lively, and he figured out what Emperor Ming meant, so he should have wanted to see this battle in front of the palace, and it would be timid. He pondered for a long time, and then said: "Your Majesty, everything Poor Dao has done is for the sake of long-term peace and stability in our dynasty. That Daodaozong is indeed powerful, but they are obviously ill-intentioned when they snatch the artifact. But since they came to Chang'an, there was no reason for the poor road to retreat. Since they want to fight, then after three days, my True Martial Arts will be a member of the Daode Sect!"

Such a result was expected by the world, and it was also expected by the Daode Sect.

Dao Daozong came prepared this time, so that there was no need to prepare anything special during these three days. Ji Ruochen was idle in the post house, and suddenly remembered Li Bai he saw on the day he entered Chang'an, so he inquired about Li Hanlin's residence and came to visit.

The Hanlin Mansion where Li Bai lives is just a small courtyard with three entrances before and after, and the "Li Hanlin Mansion" written in black lacquer on the courtyard gate tower is upright, but it is difficult to hide the shabby atmosphere in the end.

It was an old family member who opened the door for Ji Ruochen, and when he saw the two wolf-like guards escorting Ji Ruochen, he was very frightened and opened the courtyard door tremblingly.

When Ji Ruochen stepped into the middle hall, Li Taibai, who moved the world with his poetry and self-proclaimed 'Immortal', was lying on the table of the Eight Immortals, snoring loudly. Looking at the five or six empty jars in front of him, it was clear that he had gone to be a wine fairy again.

Ji Ruochen smiled, shook his head, and just took two steps forward, a loud shout suddenly sounded in his ears: "What a madman, full of murder, dare to break into my immortal mansion!"

This shout was like a bell, and it couldn't stop roaring in Ji Ruochen's ears, and he couldn't hear any sound for a while. The Venus in front of Ji Ruochen's eyes was chaotic, and there was another whirlwind of the sky, and the true yuan around his body shook, and he was almost about to faint. In the midst of the chaos, he suddenly felt a wisp of sharp qi like a needle rushing towards his face, and there was a faint flash of blue light. Ji Ruochen has experienced many things in life and death, and knows that most of them are a sharp sword that has pierced in front of him. Seeing that he couldn't dodge, in a hurry, Ji Ruochen picked up the true yuan, his tongue bloomed with spring thunder, and he screamed, and a ball of green gas erupted from his mouth, colliding with the green steel sword that stabbed at him!

There was a soft buzz, and all the bowls and pots in the living room were shattered into thousands of pieces, and the two guards at the door snorted, their faces were like gold paper, and they fell straight back.

Then a storm broke out in the hall!

Ji Ruochen took a few steps back one after another, slammed into the hall pillar, and a trace of blood had overflowed from the corner of his mouth. He was dressed in rags, and his robe was so tattered that it was not in shape.

The middle hall was in a mess, and Li Taibai, who was standing in the middle of the broken porcelain and rotten wood, was unscathed, and there was not a single tear in his shirt. He was no longer the drunken man, and he was staring at the green steel sword in his hand with only half of it left, and his face was surprised.

Ji Ruochen had a right hand, and there was already an extra Tianxin Zheng Talisman in the palm of his hand, and his expression was quite nervous. Li Baidao is unexpectedly profound, and with this entry-level Heavenly Heart Match, it can only have a slight blocking effect at most. However, Ji Ruochen's left hand behind his back did not move, and there was already a small golden bell in his palm. With a light touch of his tail finger, a clear sound that ordinary cultivators couldn't hear at all could spread far away, summoning the support from within the sect to rush over. This is Ji Ruochen's real aftermath, whether it is the Tianxin Zhengfu or the nervous look on his face, it is used to paralyze Li Bai.

After experiencing the baptism of the Luoyang Tribulation, no matter what kind of enemy Ji Ruochen faced at this time, his heart could be like a frozen lake, frozen without waves.

Who knew that Li Bai suddenly threw half of the green steel sword on the ground, and smiled at Ji Ruochen: "You don't have to pretend to be scared, I'm just joking." Come on, come on, you and I will go to the study and do a few more jars!"

Li Bai couldn't help Ji Ruochen to say, grabbed his wrist and dragged him into the study. Li Bai's study is unique, in addition to the four treasures of the study, it is a wine jar that is piled up everywhere.

Li Taibai waved his hand to summon a jar of old wine, moved his palm like a knife, cut off the mouth of the altar, pointed to the desk again, conjured two sea bowls out of thin air, poured them full of wine, and pulled Ji Ruochen to drink.

Ji Ruochen was shocked in his heart, from the time Li Bai grabbed his wrist until now, he actually didn't have any room for resistance, and he couldn't even dodge and dodge. When Li Bai was changing bowls and pouring wine at the table, he could only watch blankly, only feeling that there seemed to be countless invisible sharp needles around him, and he might be stabbed if he moved slightly, so he naturally didn't dare to move a little. When the wine bowl was started, Ji Ruochen also followed Li Bai's example and drank it all in one gulp. It wasn't until the liquor was in his throat that he suddenly realized why he had to obey this Li Taibai in everything, and he had no intention of resisting?

Before Ji Ruochen could figure this out, he had another bowl of wine in his hand, so he tilted his head and dried up. The two of them went back and forth for more than ten bowls of wine, all of which meant to be scented. Among them, Ji Ruochen only felt that he was like a marionette, and all his actions were involuntary. But if you think about it carefully, it is not right to say that he is completely involuntary, all his movements are based on his instinctive intuition of danger, but he just completed the actions that Li Taibai wanted him to complete. If a person sees a steel knife slashing on the ground, his first reaction is to jump high.

As soon as he thought of this, Ji Ruochen was determined at the moment, and all the joys, sorrows, fears and worries were driven out in an instant, just like a pool of stagnant water, eternal and unwavering. He was determined, and immediately his whole body shook, and the hand that was raising the bowl to his lips stopped in the air, and the sea bowl tilted, and a bowl of wine was poured on the placket.

Li Bai was already eight points drunk, and when he saw that Ji Ruochen was able to stop the bowl and not drink, he couldn't help but praise: "Okay! At a young age, he has such a cultivation in Taoism and mind, and the Daode Sect really deserves to be the head of the righteous path!"

Ji Ruochen only smiled bitterly and wiped the wine stains on his front. If we talk about the number of years of cultivation, the progress of other paths is indeed a divine speed, and it can be described as a heavenly material. But that's not because he is talented, but because he has the immortal recipe of dissociation, he can take the aura outside his body as a reason for his use. As for the mind, Li Bai was not wrong. For Ji Ruochen, who has been struggling on the line of life and death since he was sensible, he has long been more than just a realm where his heart is as strong as iron, but a vague glimpse of the realm of unintentionality.

Li Bai stretched out his hand and pointed, and there were two more chairs in the room, beckoning Ji Ruochen to sit down, and said, "You and I can conspire here today to get drunk, and it can be regarded as fate." The Daode Sect has always been transcendent from the world, so why did it have to fight with the True Martial Artists in front of the palace this time? Wouldn't such a child's play make the cultivators of the world laugh at it?"

Ji Ruochen thought for a moment before he said, "Dare to ask what sect you come from?"

Li Bai didn't expect him to ask such an inconsequential sentence, and immediately said: "I am idle clouds and wild cranes, I have no door or sect, I just grope for cultivation by myself." ”

Ji Ruochen nodded and asked rhetorically, "I see." So with Lord Li doing this, why do you want to get a career in the imperial court so much?"

Li Bai's face was grim and said, "Where do you see it?"

Ji Ruochen said loudly: "Look up to the sky and laugh and go out, how can my generation be a Penghao person." ”

Li Bai was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said, "I didn't expect you to be a caring person." In fact, I want to seek a career in this dynasty, not for glory and wealth, but for the sake of the common people in the world. No matter how strong I am in Taoism, I can travel around the world, and I can only save hundreds of people. If it is the same as in one dynasty, then Keze will be the people of the world, which is more important, isn't it clear at a glance?"

Ji Ruochen was in awe, and said, "Master Li is so deeply involved in mundane affairs, isn't he afraid of mistaking his cultivation and ascending?"

Li Bai said with a smile: "Feather Soaring, in the final analysis, isn't it just selfishness?"

"But......" Ji Ruochen hesitated for a moment, and Fang asked, "It seems that Lord Li is quite unambitious in the court!"

Li Bai was silent for a moment, sighed, and said, "Xiao Xiao is the way, Xiao Xiao is the way...... Don't talk about it, come on, drink!"

The two drank for a while, and Li Bai fell on the desk and fell asleep. Ji Ruochen walked out of the study on his own, called the two guards who were still as pale as the earth, and went back to the post house.

On the way back to the museum, Ji Ruochen's eyes were lowered, as if he was in a state of mind, but his mind couldn't calm down. Until now, he didn't know why he wanted to see Li Bai, let alone what Dezong did when he intervened in the temple dispute. Do real people really want to be in the world?

When it was late at night, the lights in the True Martial Arts Temple were still bright, and the disciples came and went in a hurry, busy endlessly. Everyone in the audience held their breath and condensed, and a scene of mountain rain was about to come and the wind was full of buildings. Although these disciples have been in the imperial capital for a long time, they are also cultivators after all, so how could they not know what kind of sect the Dezong is? Seeing that they are about to fight with the Daode Sect in front of the palace, it is a matter of luck for their own sect, and how can they not be nervous.

In the main hall, Sun Guozhen was dressed in an apricot yellow robe, and he had just worshiped Sanqing and sacrificed to the ancestor before he slowly got up. A close disciple next to him handed over the Seven Treasures Green Ruyi, Sun Guo took it in his hand, turned around and walked outside the hall.

When he was about to leave the hall, the disciple couldn't help but ask, "Master, the Daode Sect is powerful, and we are both righteous paths, so why do we have to be enemies of them?"

Sun Guo snorted, glanced at the disciple, his eyes were extremely stern, and said coldly: "What, are you afraid?" The disciple's face changed when he heard this, and he said in a deep voice: "Master, the disciple has no two hearts! The day after tomorrow, the disciple is willing to take the lead in the battle with the Daode Sect, and there is no return!"

Sun Guo obviously loved this disciple very much, his face slowly softened, and said: "This move for the teacher is not for the selfishness of my true martial arts view, but for the continuation of the fortune of this dynasty, and the world will not be chaotic." My way is not lonely, then no matter how strong the Daode Sect is, why should I be afraid of it as a teacher?"