Chapter 154 Investigation Team

154 Investigation Team

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When he got up from the ground, his body was covered in blood. Seeing that the two men in black and white were completely shrouded in a halo, Xiang Jiannan gritted his teeth and just wanted revenge.

This is the first time I've been beaten like this in all the time I've been in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Man in white opposite me, I, Xiang Jiannan, will never forgive you. You're so cruel!

At this moment, I only felt pain in my body from time to time, and I didn't dare to tidy up my Taoist robe for fear of pulling the wound.

It hurts so much.

I don't know how it got to this point. From the time the two men, black and white, entered the temple to the appearance of the master, Ping'an Temple naturally became a battlefield.

The worst thing is that I haven’t run away yet.

“The sage said: If the heart is not obedient, it must be whipped.”

When Gao Yu'an was holding the willow branch in his hand and looking at Xiang Jiannan, the man in white opposite him spoke.

The sound in the halo spread out like thunder, and Xiang Jiannan, who was filled with resentment, actually had some insights after hearing it.

Although I didn't understand what he meant, I always felt that it was right. The anger in my heart was now flying away little by little with the words of the man in white.

"You corrupt scholar, how dare you preach in front of this old Taoist?"

Seeing his disciple's expression suddenly change because of the white-clothed man's words, the willow branches in his hands crackled, and the sound Gao Yuan made was like dry wood encountering a raging fire for the first time.

The news that reached Xiang Jiannan's ears cheered him up and woke him up. Then he realized that he seemed to have been tricked.

There was something wrong with the voice of the man in white. Whenever I heard it, I would have an indescribable feeling.

The method of preaching?

The method used by the man in white? It's so powerful that it's outrageous!

Even though he had just been whipped by the man in white not long ago, he felt a little guilty after hearing his words. Fortunately, his master noticed it in time and pulled him back from his trance with a loud shout.

Auditory hallucination?

"Higher than An"

"Come here, Taoist priest."

Gao Yuan interrupted what he was about to say. He saw the old Taoist grab the willow branch with his right hand and pull it hard. Xiang Jiannan wanted to move but it was too late.

He saw the man in white paused when his master pulled him, but he did not come to them.

At the critical moment, the man in black came to his aid and clapped his hand to the side, seeming to grab the right shoulder of the man in white.

"The sage said:."

"That's nonsense. I'll come find you."

They were in a stalemate but did not intend to stop, pulling the willow branch tightly, and the man in white sounded like he was going to continue speaking.

This action completely annoyed the old Taoist priest. His Taoist robe suddenly bulged up, and when he stood up, he left behind a few green leaves that he had pulled off the willow branches.

"When will you stop preaching?"

He rushed in front of the black and white men in an instant, and the strong wind he brought made Xiang Jiannan unable to stand steadily for a moment. Gao Yuan had already stretched out his finger while speaking.

He pointed a finger at the man in white's face with one hand, his voice full of teasing.

At the same time, a virtual image appeared behind him, and Xiang Jiannan couldn't help but stagger.

An extremely familiar Bagua slowly turned a few times, and several golden lights shot into the master's body.

As the golden light entered the old Taoist priest's body, his figure suddenly grew several times larger, completely blocking the two men in black and white, leaving only an admirable back view.

After that, countless points of light exploded, and the entire area was bright and dazzling, and all the objects in the yard wanted to retreat.

Master! It's not over yet? When the light faded and he looked across again, Xiang Jiannan found that the two men in black and white were still staring at the master. The original willow branches were now all wrapped around the old Taoist priest, and new leaves seemed to be constantly emerging from them.

It just grows out and then falls off immediately, over and over again.

"Can your saint compare to the Taoist master in my heart?"

Not knowing why the master suddenly said such a thing, Xiang Jiannan, who was standing behind him and only dared to move forward slightly, felt that the battle had already been decided.

He saw that the man in black had lost all his aura and was standing aside like a helpless child.

There was no longer the fierceness that he had before, and when their eyes met, there was only dullness in their eyes.

"Master Gao, what you said is inappropriate. Saint, how can you compare them?"

The falling green leaves seemed to have taken away all the persistence. Hearing the white-clothed man's voice getting lower and lower, Xiang Jiannan just felt that he was begging for mercy.

Although the willow twigs were still wrapped around the master, they seemed to have no effect.

They must have both seen the Bagua pattern just now. From a visual point of view, the effect is amazing.

"We two came from the capital to investigate the personal life of County Magistrate Lin."

Just as he was wondering how the situation would end, he suddenly heard the man in white say something, and Xiang Jiannan saw his master move.

After a few breaths, the old Taoist priest suddenly turned around and faced him, his face full of smiles.

His body trembled, and the willow branches that were originally wrapped around his body fell off one by one. He turned his head to look at the two men behind him, showing his usual gentleness: "Since you are here to investigate, why didn't you tell me earlier? I, the old Taoist priest, am not very familiar with that County Magistrate Lin..."

"I heard that County Magistrate Lin is a good man!"

The dispute stopped and they stood up to welcome the two men in black and white to the incense hall. Seeing that the master had already started to hug the man in white, Xiang Jiannan could only sigh that things in the world are unpredictable.

Everything has a turning point, and for the master, that's just a matter of changing his face.

If the old Taoist had done this earlier, there wouldn't be so much trouble. Now I can only force myself to go to the backyard first. As soon as I finished, the pain started again.

Fortunately, the master still felt sorry for him. After bringing Black and White to the incense hall, he immediately rushed over to see him.

"What a heavy hand."

He entered the room and took off his Taoist robe with great pain. With the help of his master, he carefully examined his body. The more Xiang Jiannan looked, the more he felt the pain in his heart.

I knew before that the man's body must be torn into pieces just through his Taoist robe, but after seeing the real situation, I could only curse the man in white's ancestors for eighteen generations in my heart.

I almost died of pain when I was taking off my clothes just now. Because of the blood clotting, the Taoist robe at the wound was stuck to my body.

Several layers of clothes were all torn to pieces.

When entering the backyard, Lin Zhen's close female friends screamed in shock. Now it seems that those good sisters screamed a little too early.

"Is there any quick treatment?"

Thinking of his master's skills, and after seeing his god-like attack just now, Xiang Jiannan now has great confidence in the old Taoist priest.

There is no need to doubt that healing wounds quickly is not a difficult task for the master.

I have wanted to see the Taoist practice of dead trees coming back to life for a long time, and today is my chance.

"Yes, there is some medicine for wounds in the master's room."

He glanced at the wounds on his disciple's body and smacked his lips repeatedly. As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Yuan wanted to get up to get medicine, but he was stopped by the little Taoist priest. The look he gave him was full of resentment.

Will the golden wound medicine be effective on my wounds? Even if it is effective, it will definitely not meet my requirements.

What Xiang Jiannan wants is speed.

"Don't we Taoists have a saying that dead trees will come back to life in spring?"

Feeling that he had not explained himself clearly, thinking that it was all thanks to you that he was in this state now, Xiang Jiannan looked at the old Taoist priest with confidence: "If it weren't for Master's words, I wouldn't have to suffer like this. Since there is a faster treatment method, why are you unwilling to give it to me?"

"A dead tree comes back to life? Indeed..."

"If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten about your teacher..."

As if he suddenly remembered something after being reminded by his disciple, he stood still and did not move. Gao Yuan then said, "That man in white is not an ordinary person. Your fight with him was actually intentional by the master."

"What do you mean?"

He didn't expect that the master would actually confess on his own initiative. He looked at the old Taoist priest with a puzzled look. Xiang Jiannan naturally knew that the man in white was not an ordinary person.

What does it have to do with being beaten up? Taking advantage of the beating, she clung to the man in white? Playing the victim?

Whoever agrees with this kind of crazy idea will make me angry.

"Because they are from the capital, I, your teacher, did not expect you to be so unbearable at that time."

"I don't even dare to fight you. You are the one running the happiest in the whole field. As the sage said: The master leads you to the door, and you can practice..."

"Get out of here!"

He originally thought that the master would give some extraordinary reason, but when he saw the old Taoist priest's look of disdain, Xiang Jiannan could no longer suppress the anger in his heart.

You still have the mood to mock me even though I'm in such a state. Don't you know that the man in white is not on the same level as your disciple? Old Taoist priest, you should speak with conscience. You can do it and you can't do it. These are what you often say to your disciple. Are you forcing me to turn against you? In front of your disciple, the man in white cannot do it, at least not for now.

"Don't be angry, disciple."

Seeing Xiang Jiannan pretending to let him go, Gao Yuan immediately smiled and explained:

"That man in white is a Confucian scholar, and he came from the capital. He must be very arrogant."

"So, what does this have to do with letting his disciple get beaten by him?"

I just think that the Confucian scholar that the master mentioned should be someone like Chen Jingxuan. Excluding Prefect Sun, it was the first time that Xiang Jiannan met such a great scholar.

The Confucian scholars of the Zhou Dynasty were not weak, otherwise they would not have been able to gain a seat in the court.

Facing those military generals all day long, you won't be able to gain much advantage just by talking.

"Master wants to use your body to suppress the arrogance in his heart."

"Otherwise, County Magistrate Lin will have a hard time getting through this."

"You knew this all along?"

Still not understanding what the master was talking about had to do with himself, seeing that the old Taoist priest was telling the truth, Xiang Jiannan continued to ask: "What kind of system did the man in white practice?"

"His cultivation is so strong that when I fight him, I have no way to resist and can only passively take the beating."

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"A Confucian scholar must be a descendant of a civil official."

"The method used by the man in white is actually the power of the Sage Wen."

"The method of whipping has the inherent property of taming."

"My disciple, your cultivation level is far behind his. When we fight, you naturally dare not have the intention of disobeying him."

The power of a literary sage? There were so many scholars in the Zhou Dynasty, but this kind of power seemed to be rarely heard of.

Xiang Jiannan only knew a little about the so-called power of the Sage of Literature and had never asked his master about it. Only today did he realize that he had suffered a loss.

For example, the man in white had strange moves. I had previously thought that he was cultivating the Wuzong sect just like the man in black.

Most of the people who could use the power of literary saints in the Zhou Dynasty were in higher academies and the court. To put it bluntly, the two were actually interdependent.

The court protects the academies, and the academies supply talents to the court. However, it is difficult to enter those higher academies.

The literati of this dynasty could not gain power by simply reading poetry and books. Only by being accepted into higher academies could they be exposed to the cultivation system of literary saints.

He was born into a scholar family and was then selected by the academy. As for how he started his scholar cultivation system, it is not known yet.

I think it is similar to all cultivation systems. First you get started, and then you improve your level step by step.

"Then Chen Jingxuan should be able to use the power of the Sage Wen, right?"

At this moment, he suddenly thought of Chen Jingxuan, whom he hadn't seen for a long time. Thinking that this brother was definitely qualified, Xiang Jiannan looked at his master and asked.

But the old Taoist priest shook his head, saying that he couldn't tell for sure:

"How can I know about the affairs of Confucian scholars? Maybe it will be after the Spring Examination is over."

"If he can pass the imperial examination, Chen Jingxuan will surely be favored by those higher academies."

They will recruit others after they graduate from high school, so there must not be many people in this higher education college.

Xiang Jiannan felt that the so-called literary sage's cultivation system was too complicated. When he saw the wounds on his body again, he realized that he had forgotten the important matter.

No matter how much I don't understand, I took the beating. Master, please use your power of reviving the dead tree. I, your disciple, just feel cold now.

I heard that the dead tree that comes back to life is very powerful and can heal injuries like a piece of cake.

"I think so."

"I can't take it anymore. It hurts so much. Master, can you please hurry up? I can't put on my clothes."

As a green plant appeared in the master's hand and a faint halo bloomed, Xiang Jiannan finally saw the legendary method of bringing spring back to life for dead trees.

This is the most representative skill in the sixth level realm, but it is actually different from what you imagine.

The dead wood comes back to life in spring, and the plants in front of me look full of vitality. Although it is only a small piece, in my eyes, it shows infinite vitality.

"Put your hand here."

Holding the green plant in his hand, he motioned Xiang Jiannan to come closer. Gao Yuan spoke carefully when he spoke.

It looked like he was afraid of damaging the small green plant in his hand, so he took great care of it, and all of it was revealed before our eyes.

It has been many years since the old Taoist priest used the technique of reviving the dead tree. When he used it again, he was still as cautious as before.

"yes."

He placed his palm next to the green plant as instructed, only to feel a sudden burning sensation in his fingers. In a hurry, Xiang Jiannan wanted to retract his hand, but he saw that the green plant floating in his master's palm gradually turned withered and yellow. Not long after, a green light quickly penetrated into his body.

As all the green was sucked away by itself, the dull green plants fell into the master's palm with a plop.

Then came the pain of his flesh being torn again. Seeing some of the wounds on his body oozing blood again, Xiang Jiannan couldn't help but get anxious, but he saw his master raising his hand to signal him not to move. He gritted his teeth and endured it for a while, and the pain in his body slowly disappeared.

Then I saw the exposed skin and flesh healing rapidly, the blood scabs falling off, and the cracked wounds quickly becoming smooth. At a speed visible to the naked eye, it returned to its original state in a short while.

“Is this the rebirth of a dead tree?”

His voice trembled as he spoke. Seeing such a magical scene for the first time, Xiang Jiannan looked up at his master.

I only saw the old Taoist priest nodded, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't speak.

…

After leaving the backyard, his body no longer felt any pain. After watching his master enter the incense hall, Xiang Jiannan turned around and walked out of the temple.

From a distance, one could see Wang Yihang and others constantly sticking their heads out of the door, and from time to time one could see Pei Dafa.

The mayor should have gone back to call people, and I don’t know if they saw the previous fight.

"Little Taoist priest, have those two left?"

After Xiang Jiannan walked out of the temple gate, he immediately reached out to pull him forward. While speaking, he kept looking inside the Taoist temple. Pei Dafa was extremely alert.

Xiang Jiannan just wanted to laugh when he saw this, and he just shook his head at the group of people.

I can't see the two men from my current position. My master has already gone in.

"Is the old Taoist priest okay? I seemed to see him enter the incense hall just now."

This sentence made Xiang Jiannan not know how to respond. He thought that it was not common for the master to enter the incense hall. Xiang Jiannan suddenly became nervous when he saw the expressions of the people in front of him.

He seemed a little scared, with a trembling expression.

"Okay, what's wrong with you guys?"

Seeing that everyone's expressions were unnatural, Xiang Jiannan looked at them curiously and asked.

Why are they all so shocked because of what Pei Dafa said? There's nothing wrong with it, right?

Can you not be so startled?

"The mayor said he saw the Black and White Impermanence coming to your temple. I'm afraid they are here to take the old Taoist priest away."

When no one said anything, Wang Yixing glanced at Xiang Jiannan and finally mustered up the courage to speak.

They had been outside the temple for quite a while. They had heard slight noises coming from inside, and when they mustered up the courage to look, they could see no one in the entire courtyard.

Until Xiang Jiannan came over from a distance.

"Black and White Impermanence? How long have you been here?"

He felt that Pei Dafa's description was quite apt. Thinking of the ferocious looks of the two men, Xiang Jiannan did not immediately explain for them.

Although we shouldn't judge a book by its cover, the two men, one black and one white, did look terrifying.

It was not wrong for Pei Dafa to call them Black and White Impermanence. There had been rumors in the town these days that a great disaster was about to happen to the master, and the name of them Black and White Impermanence was just right.

"It's been a while, and the mayor hasn't dared to go in."

As he spoke, Wang Yihang turned his head to look at Pei Dafa, and he seemed a little dissatisfied with his actions.

But Mayor Pei raised his hand as if to slap Wang Yihang for talking too much:

"Bullshit, why shouldn't I dare to go in? I'm just afraid of delaying the old Taoist priest's business!"

After saying that, he looked at Xiang Jiannan and smiled, as if he wanted to get the real information from him: "Is there really nothing wrong, old Taoist priest? Young Taoist priest, please don't lie to us."

"Oh, it's hard to put it into words."

Seeing Pei Dafa's gossipy expression again, Xiang Jiannan suddenly wanted to tease everyone. He pretended to sigh and then said sadly: "Master was still thinking about you when he left. He said he would pick a few people to take away with him later."

"Didn't you see him enter the incense hall just now? The old Taoist priest wanted to discuss it with the Black and White Impermanence to see if it would work. I guess there will be a result soon."

These few words made everyone look shocked. They stared at the Taoist temple in a daze, and suddenly they all ran away in a swarm.

The old Taoist priest came out of the incense hall. Mayor Pei was right. Behind him were the Black and White Impermanence.

They are coming towards them now. If they don't run now, it will be too late. Go back and inform your family.

(End of this chapter)