There were only three dishes on the table; the fourth dish hadn't been served yet.

Zhang Xianzong felt that he might never be able to eat this fourth dish again in his life.

Under the might of Heaven, no matter what kind of immortals or martial arts legends they are, they are no different from ants.

If he hadn't already run away, Zhang Xianzong would have turned around and left right now, never to return to this village in his lifetime.

The moment Li Chang'an appeared, he seemed to see his great-grandmother waving at him.

Behind his great-grandmother, the Black and White Impermanence were nodding to him, as if welcoming him.

Zhang Xianzong's mind began to uncontrollably recall the scenes of his life over the past four hundred years, flashing through his mind like a fleeting glance.

He could feel a blood-red character for "death" flashing continuously above his head.

Hearing the system's alarm, Li Chang'an waved behind him and ordered, "Xiong Er, take the others and leave this place."

Xiong Er scratched his head, wondering what the village chief was up to, but he still obeyed and guided the villagers to leave.

Seeing Zhang Xianzong standing there in a daze, he couldn't help but remind him, "The village chief told us to leave, don't just stand there like an idiot, hurry up and go."

Li Chang'an held his head and said helplessly, "He wants to stay."

"oh!"

Although Xiong Er was simple-minded, he was obedient and led the others away.

After everyone else left, Zhang Xianzong took a deep breath and knelt down without hesitation.

"Zhang Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty pays respects to the Immortal!"

"There were too many people just now, I'm sorry, please forgive me, Immortal."

Li Chang'an looked at the kneeling youth and said, "The Confucian sage Zhang Xianzong is indeed worthy of his reputation."

This was the first time in his life that he had met someone who could trigger an early warning from the system.

This made him feel that the man in front of him was a little dangerous.

When Zhang Xianzong heard him speak, he felt a slight sense of danger and quickly said, "I dare not call myself a saint, please just call me Little Zhang, Immortal."

"I can't accept this!"

Li Chang'an casually picked up a chair, sat down, lowered his head to look at the Confucian sage in front of him, and asked.

"I'm curious, why are you so afraid of me?"

"Even though you are one of the most outstanding people in this world, you are more afraid of me than ordinary people."

Zhang Xianzong gave a bitter laugh, looked at the thunder in the sky, and said, "Because we are looking at different things."

"A peerless master can only see the threshold of your skill."

"In the eyes of ordinary people, you're just a little better looking and cleaner."

"In the eyes of a master, seeing you is like seeing a mountain, unattainable."

"Only in the eyes of us, those who can see through the secrets of heaven, do we see you as a mayfly seeing the starry sky, a grain of millet viewing the vast ocean."

Li Chang'an looked at him, thought for a while, and seemed to understand why he had come into this world.

"Then you don't have to avoid me like this."

Hearing this, Zhang Xianzong shook his head helplessly: "We have no choice but to run. Heaven won't care about anything else."

"In God's eyes, our biggest mistake is having the ability to threaten you."

"Even the smallest amount is absolutely unacceptable."

Li Chang'an paused for a moment, and after a long while, he looked up at the sky and asked, "So what do we do now? We can't just stay like this forever."

Zhang Xianzong looked at this immortal disciple and gritted his teeth: "If the immortal doesn't mind, I am willing to follow you and serve you faithfully."

The longer Zhang Xianzong lived, the more reluctant he became to leave this wonderful world.

He was unwilling to become a clay idol, sacrificing his life for the Ming Dynasty.

There are still many things in this world that he hasn't figured out yet, how could he possibly die like this?

As Zhang Xianzong finished speaking, several bolts of lightning struck around him before slowly dissipating.

The imperial armor on Li Chang'an's body automatically transformed into a belt and returned to his backpack.

Zhang Xianzong slumped to the ground, looked at his great-grandmother with some disappointment and shook his head, then disappeared into the world with the Black and White Impermanence.

Indeed, Confucius's descendants were right: if you can't beat them, join them. This saying makes sense.

Li Chang'an helped him up and asked, "I've always been curious, shouldn't the Confucian sage have the surname Kong? Why is he surnamed Zhang?"

Zhang Xianzong scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly: "When I became a terrestrial immortal, I felt that the Kong family and their group were going too far by helping foreign races harm their own people."

"I'll just wipe out the entire Kong family."

Li Chang'an: ...

What a filial son and virtuous grandson you are!

"What's the situation with the Heaven and Earth Society?"

Upon hearing the words "Heaven and Earth Society," Zhang Xianzong sighed and began to explain: "It's not my fault. The main reason I broke with the Heaven and Earth Society and turned to help the Zhou family's founding ancestor was because they were too pretentious."

"The boy who slays the dragon will eventually become the dragon himself."

"When the Liao people enslaved the Han people, they would at least give them a way to live. But the Heaven and Earth Society's tenet is absolute good. Anything that is not absolute good is absolute evil and must be severely punished."

"But how can absolute good be achieved?"

"A gentleman judges by his actions, not his intentions; if one judges by his intentions, there is no gentleman."

"Although I don't endorse some of the Confucian ideas, this statement still makes a lot of sense."

Perhaps because it had been too long since he had openly discussed things with others, Zhang Xianzong started talking and couldn't stop.

"According to the Heaven and Earth Society's idea, everyone in the world must act in accordance with the law. Violating the law means beheading, death penalty, and the most serious punishment is the extermination of nine generations of one's family."

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