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Chapter 92: The Great Imperial Array

The blind old Taoist fortune teller didn't realize that there were two people in front of him. He laughed and said:
"Sir, this is a very good and auspicious fate. Good luck."

The young man, who looked very energetic and born rich, said with a smile: "But, old Taoist priest, there are two people in front of your table. I wonder whose fate you calculated?"

The old Taoist priest was embarrassed for a moment and asked, "Ah? Two people?"

The blind old man was at a loss: "This, this..."

The young man laughed and said, "However, your judgment is very interesting. Divination is just to ask for good luck. Is our fate really predetermined?"

"If you really believe in this destiny, you will be controlled by this hexagram."

She took out a silver coin from her sleeve and placed it on the table. The old Taoist priest felt the silver and was overjoyed. He thanked her repeatedly and said some auspicious words.

The young man turned around slowly and looked at Li Guanyi.

His eyebrows are handsome and sharp, with a vermilion vertical mark between his eyebrows. His face is as white as jade, but he is unrestrained.

He extended his hand and said with a smile, "My dear brother, do you have some free time? It's springtime, why don't we enjoy the scenery together?"

When Li Guan saw the bird, he was extremely handsome and the blue phoenix seemed to be singing with the same voice as the phoenix.

After thinking for a while, he replied:
"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey."

The young man with a pair of phoenix eyes smiled and said cheerfully, "Okay, please."

He and Li Guanyi went to a pavilion in the Taoist temple, which was on a high place, so one could get a glimpse of the spring scenery of the temple. There were many Taoists and pharmacists boiling medicine in the temple. Li Guanyi asked the Taoist priest, and he said that during this period of time, the emperor was going to build a music market in the east of the city, and also built a temporary palace in the east.

Two hundred thousand civilians were recruited.

Many people were injured and had no money to buy medicine, so the Taoists went to pick some herbs to treat them.

Li Zhaowen smiled and said, "I am from the State of Chen, the second child in my family. You can just call me Erlang. May I know your surname?"

Li Guanyi said: "My last name is Li."

The young man did not continue to ask the name, after all, they were strangers.

The pretty girl who followed him had brought tea and snacks. There was a small clay stove next to the stone table. She lit a fire to boil water and make tea. Her brows were gentle and generous. When Li Guanyi was drinking the tea, he was slightly startled. The look in his eyes when he looked at the young man in front of him changed slightly, and the bronze tripod on his chest whistled slightly.

Jade liquid actually began to accumulate!
The realm of the young man in front of him is higher than his.

But the speed of accumulating jade liquid is not fast.

I'm afraid he is not as good as contemporary heroes like Yue Qianfeng and Xue Daoyong.

But looking at his age, he is about the same as Li Guanyi, yet he has such high level of cultivation. Thinking about the Tiele youth he just met, Li Guanyi couldn't help but sigh in his heart, there are so many heroes in the world!

I just don’t know what improvements the accumulation of jade liquid will bring?
If I could break through to the second level.

is the best.

However, before breaking through the second level, it would be best to let the Four Symbols Dharmakaya rotate as desired and completely [Hunyuan Wuji]. Li Guanyi suddenly thought, if all the heroes in the world gathered here, wouldn’t there be many beings with Dharmakaya?
Even if this bronze tripod is very picky about food now.

Among so many beings that possess Dharma images, there must be a few that can absorb the jade liquid and imprint the Dharma images, right?

Li Guanyi suddenly felt that the Chen State Grand Sacrifice, which was originally like a whirlpool, suddenly emitted a light like opening a treasure chest. All those heroes from all walks of life and heroes of the world suddenly emitted an attractive golden light, golden and brilliant.

Dangers and opportunities coexist.

He sighed in his heart.

Li Guanyi and the young man who called himself Chen State Zhou Jun Erlang got along very well and had a great conversation. At first, they were just talking about the Chen State Festival and the spring scenery. However, after chatting for a while, the young man suddenly changed the subject, holding a folding fan in his hand, looking outside, and sighed:
"Now that Tuyuhun has been destroyed, the State of Chen is holding a grand sacrifice, and all the heroes and nobles in the world are coming here."

"There will be great competition and negotiation between Ying and Chen, and even with the Turks, to divide the world. However, although I am also from Jiangnan, I have never been to Jiangzhou City before. Today, I came here and realized that Chen is prosperous and Jiangnan is prosperous. It is well-deserved, and the civil officials and celebrities are unrivaled in the world."

"It is indeed a great country in the world!"

"The tiger sits in the east of the Yangtze River, and looks out over the world!"

Changsun Wugou listened to the girl talking nonsense, but she was serious and couldn't help but smile.

Li Zhaowen sighed from the bottom of his heart, and then asked with a smile:

"Brother, what do you think of my Dachen in the future world?"

"Ying State is rude and barbaric, and the Turks are rude. Chen State occupies the south of the Yangtze River and is prosperous in culture. Now it has expanded its territory by more than 300 miles. The emperor is called the sage and the emperor, and he is also a wise ruler."

The State of Chen did not restrict the people's speech, and there was no history of people being punished for their speech.

Li Guanyi looked at the young man.

This style of turning to the general situation of the world in just a few words made him feel inexplicably familiar. He thought about it and replied, "It cannot be said."

Li Zhaowen said, "Today it's just you and me, chatting with each other."

Li Guanyi thought for a moment, tilted his head back and drank a sip of tea before answering:
"When Erlang came to Jiangzhou City, did you see the post stations along the way, the common people on the road, and the Buddhist and Taoist singing girls? He wanted the people from the counties within 500 miles to come and offer food, and he sent 200,000 civilians to build a temporary palace. Such a king is too far away from the people."

He recited a passage from Mencius, saying: "If the ruler treats his subjects as his own hands and feet, then the subjects will treat the ruler as their own heart and soul; if the ruler treats his subjects as dogs and horses, then the subjects will treat the ruler as their fellow countrymen; if the ruler treats his subjects as dirt, then the subjects will treat the ruler as their enemy. Now that the ruler treats people as dogs and horses, how will the people of Chen view him?"

Li Erlang muttered this sentence, and subconsciously sat up straight, and then said seriously:
"If the ruler treats his subjects like dogs and horses, then the subjects will treat the ruler like fellow countrymen. Good, good."

"Brother, your words are enough to make me drink three cups of wine. Unfortunately, there is only tea and no wine here."

"But, what should we do?"

Li Guanyi complained in his heart that he himself did not understand the relationship between a ruler and his subjects.

After searching through all the ink in my stomach, I found the most versatile and appropriate answer and said:
"The people are like water; the ruler is like a boat."

“Water can carry a boat.”

“It can also capsize a boat.”

Li Zhaowen's eyes lit up, and she clapped her hands and smiled, "Good, good!" She felt that the young man in front of her got along very well with her. She had only a vague idea in her mind that had not yet been conceived, but was actually revealed by him in one sentence. She was even more delighted, and she pulled Li Guanyi aside to talk about everything under the sun. The more they talked, the more they got along.

Sometimes I feel that Li Guanyi seems to have never read any classics.

But more often than not, he has a sharp vision and a mind like an antelope hanging on a horn, which is untraceable but has its own logic. One cannot help but applaud and admire him. The two of them talked for more than an hour and still felt unsatisfied.

Until a young Taoist priest came hurriedly over, found Li Guanyi, and said that Zu Wenyuan was free.

Li Zhaowen invited Li Guanyi to sit in the temple for a while. He stood up to see him off. Seeing that Li Guanyi was wearing simple clothes, he suddenly smiled, stretched out his hand and held the young man over there. Li Guanyi paused and felt the warm and delicate contact of his palm. The young man smiled and pulled Li Guanyi over.

With his other hand, he pulled the jade pendant from his waist and put it in Li Guanyi's palm, letting Li Guanyi close his hand and hold the precious jade. Li Zhaowen said with a smile on his face:

"A gentleman is like jade."

"Brother, you are a rare talent, but you have never worn a precious jade. We hit it off right away. This jade is pretty good, so I'll give it to you as a gift!"

When Li Guan saw the jade, it was crystal clear and obviously worth a lot, so he declined, saying, "It's too expensive." Li Zhaowen just said, "Since ancient times, famous swords have been heroes, and jade is a gentleman. Since I've met a gentleman, how can I not be happy? Giving this precious jade to you is a blessing for it, so there's no need to say anything more."

She took Li Guanyi's hand, put the jade pendant away, and held the boy's hand tightly.

High spirits.

"You and I will meet again someday."

"At that time, we must talk all night and not go home until we are drunk."

When Li Zhaowen withdrew his hand, Li Guanyi actually had an illusion.

The young man in front of him had palms that were even warmer than the fine jade in his hand. It was as if compared with the delicacy of his palms, this piece of jade seemed like a piece of stubborn stone.

Li Guan felt a chill in his heart when he saw the young man in front of him, whose fair skin was as white as jade, whose black hair was slightly raised at the temples, and whose almond-shaped eyes were full of spirit.

Kick this inexplicable thought away.

With a calm expression, he replied, "Then, see you someday." Li Zhaowen paused. After all, he was still a young man and wanted to show his identity. He smiled and said,

"Brother, don't you want to ask me what my name is?"

Li Guanyi guessed that the young man in front of him had an extraordinary background, but he refused to respond.

He just tossed the jade pendant and said with a smile:
"We are both from the same world, why do we need to know each other when we meet?"

"Erlang, you are obsessed."

Li Zhaowen was stunned and became even more delighted with the young man in front of him.

He laughed loudly and said:

"Brother, you are a wonderful man!"

"Okay, next time we meet, you must tell me what your name is!"

She turned around gracefully, waved her hand, and laughed loudly:
"Today I present to you a pair of precious jade pendants!"

"One day, your name as a gentleman will enter my ears!"

The carefree and generous manner of these two sentences made people feel very good. Li Guanyi bowed and walked away with the young Taoist priest. The young Taoist priest looked at the jade pendant in the young man's hand and couldn't help saying, "Such a precious jade, among the pilgrims who come to our Taoist temple to burn incense, few can wear it."

Li Guan smiled and said, "It seems that my mouth is still worth some money."

The Taoist looked at him, thought for a moment, and said:
"Master said that the words of scholars and the swords of warriors are the fire of troubled times."

"Sir, you have both."

After Li Guanyi left, Changsun Wugou said, "That jade pendant was given to you personally by His Majesty the Great Emperor of Zhongzhou when you were three years old. Erlang, did you just give it to him?"

Li Zhaowen pretended to be dumb and said, "Ah? Is that the one? I forgot."

Seeing Changsun Wugou looking at him angrily, he smiled and said:
"What is a precious jade? It's just a dead object!"

"If I could get such a great talent, I would be willing to give him an entire white jade wall. He is truly a rare genius." The girl turned around and drank several cups of tea before she calmed down. She raised the cup and said eagerly, "Such a great talent, I will have to ask people about him when I go back."

"If she is from a good family, she would be given a huge fortune."

"If it doesn't work, even kidnapping is fine!"

"I'm going to kidnap him and take him to Longxi!"

"I'll give him whatever he wants!"

Zhangsun Wugou laughed, poured her some tea, and said:
"Aren't you going to meet Li Guanyi from the Xue family?"

"Ji Lang changed his mind so quickly?"

Li Zhaowen raised his eyebrows and said, "That brother Li wants to see you, and this brother Li wants to see you too."

"The Purple Star in the sky has both Zuo Fu and You Bi."

"There are so many talented people in the world, can't they all be under my command?!"

"What's the point?"

She smiled and said, "Besides, what I just said about the prosperity of Jiangnan culture is not false. There is Li Guanyi from Jiangzhou of the Xue family, and this brother. To have these two people is already a great achievement of Jiangnan culture. It can be seen that the State of Chen has good fortune."

"It's just a pity that we have this person but we can't know him and use him."

The girl looked at the cup in her hand, threw it on the table, and said:

"The king of Chen is nothing but dry bones in a tomb."

………………

Li Guanyi was led through layer upon layer of pine and cypress trees and met Zu Wenyuan in the Taoist temple. The old man was still elegant, but seemed a little more tired. It was obvious that deducing the formation of the grand sacrifice was also a great pressure for the old man.

But when he saw Li Guanyi coming, Zu Wenyuan still perked up and asked him to sit down.

Then he personally poured him a cup of tea and said with a smile: "I heard that the Xue family's carriage arrived today, so I guessed that you would be here soon. I originally thought that there would be nothing to do today, but someone from the palace just came, so I had no choice but to waste a lot of time."

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time."

Li Guanyi suddenly realized that it seemed that the old man couldn't get out just now not because of the formation of the grand sacrifice.

But for other reasons.

It’s just that this reason cannot be told to the young Taoist priest, so the Taoist priest told Li Guanyi about the diagram of the great sacrificial formation.

The old man chatted with him for a while, talking about the Xue family, the grand sacrifice, and the many visitors. Finally, he looked at Li Guanyi and said with a smile: "Guanyi, since you have come here, I think you are willing to learn the arithmetic and practice the "Huangji Jingshi Shu" with me."

Li Guanyi knew that this was the right time and said, "Yes."

The young man had already thought it through when he came. He put down his teacup, stood up and was about to bow down and become his disciple, but Zu Wenyuan reached out his hand to support him, saying with a smile: "How come you are so quick, kid?"

"Although I wanted to accept you, I was still looking forward to it before I even met you."

"But after seeing you, I changed my mind."

The old man looked at the young man in front of him, sighed, and then said softly:
"People like you have not yet resolved their worldly ties. The worldly affairs are too heavy for you to become a monk."

"But, don't show that expression. Since I asked you to come, I will naturally teach you the "Imperial Supreme Book of Scripture". Although this is not a unique skill of the masters of the martial arts world, it can calculate many changes... If you can learn it, you can easily master all the martial arts in the world."

"Not being too rigid about the changes in moves can also help you solve your Kung Fu."

"Of course, it takes a lot of time to learn it."

"Come here for an hour every day, and I will teach you slowly. Today I will teach you the basics first..."

The old man took Li Guanyi to the quiet room. Li Guanyi saw the scroll on the table. There were complicated numbers and tracks on it. It was so dense that his scalp tingled at a glance. He subconsciously asked, "What is this..."

Zu Wenyuan answered casually: "Well, this is why I couldn't go to see you when you came just now. It was because the Qilin suddenly rioted today, and the people in the palace came to find me. I had no choice but to compile a formation for them."

! ! ! ! !

Li Guanyi was emotional and asked:
"The Qilin Palace's formation...was compiled by you?"

Zu Wenyuan shook his head and said, "Of course not. That is the method of the Yin-Yang and Five Elements School. However, since it is a formation, it cannot escape the deduction of the arithmetic. Those people know that I am here, so why would they not come and make a fuss?"

"I have no choice but to help change the formation."

"What you saw was the Qilin Palace's formation diagram."

Li Guanyi paused and stared at the scroll. The formation diagram that was so close to him seemed to be shining.

Qilin Palace.

Formation diagram!

The old man looked at him and asked, "Are you interested in seeing the battle diagram?"

Li Guanyi nodded, and the old man smiled and said, "Okay." He casually pushed the rolled up scroll, and the scroll spread outward. An extremely complicated and densely packed array diagram appeared in front of Li Guanyi. In the center was a Qilin, and around it were countless complicated characters, like chains.

The old man sat cross-legged, pointed at the formation diagram, and said:

“Since ancient times, those who know are not as good as those who like it.”

“Those who like it are not as good as those who enjoy it.”

"Since you are interested in this Qilin Formation Diagram, today, I will use this Four Symbols Formation Diagram as an example to teach you the contents of the [Imperial Supreme Sutra]."

"how?!"

(End of this chapter)