I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 116 Bitter Lotus
Not far away from Shangjing, the capital of Northern Qi, there is a desolate mountain as red as topaz, called Xishan.

Xishan is famous for its rich fox furs.

When Li Chengzong and his party arrived at the foot of the West Mountain, they met a group of hunters who had just come out of the mountain.

Perhaps because he saw that they were rich, the hunter stopped the carriage and asked if they wanted fox skins.

Then I saw the hunter holding a cage in his hand, with a little fox in the cage.

The little fox was snow-white all over, with two bright black eyes. It curled up uneasily in the hunter's cage, shivering.

Looking at the little fox, Si Lili couldn't help but think of her situation back then. She felt pity and bought the fox skin from the hunter and also bought the little fox.

It is worth mentioning that Li Jingxiu liked the little fox very much. He kept staring at it and even wanted to hug it. On the contrary, Li Jingyue had no interest in this cute little animal.

Buying the fox was just a small episode and did not affect their progress. They bypassed the West Mountain and continued to head north.

After walking for a few hours, you will see a green and secluded mountain. The mountain is not very tall, but the trees on the mountain are densely packed, making it look particularly primitive and quiet, with layers of light and dark green mixed together, which is very beautiful.

Just like the status of Jianlu in the hearts of swordsmen all over the world, this green mountain is also an inviolable and supreme holy place for practice in the eyes of the people of Northern Qi and the ascetics traveling around the world.

Because this green mountain is the location of the Tianyi Sect of Northern Qi, and it is the place where the national teacher Ku He practiced.

Li Chengzong and his men hurried but still could not reach Qingshan before dark. They had to rest there for a night and only arrived at Qingshan the next morning.

Walking along the rugged mountain road into the quiet valley, you can vaguely see the place where thousands of pines gather.

There are tens of thousands of pine trees, and each has pine needles in different shapes. Some pine needles are soft, floating like hair, some pine needles are angry, hard and piercing the sky, and some pine needles are like cylinders, which are particularly interesting.

It was early morning, and morning dew covered the vegetation in the mountains. Most of the dew moistened the pine needles and then slid to the ground. Only those pine trees with dense pine needles would store puddles of crystal dew in their branches and leaves, shining in the morning light, as clear as gems.

Looking into the mountains along the faint light of dew, you can see the architectural complex of Tianyi Gate. These buildings uphold the traditional aesthetics of the Wei and Northern Qi dynasties, with blue and black as the main colors.

Black represents solemnity and killing, while green represents closeness to nature. They stand naturally between heaven and earth, with power hidden in their purity and beauty.

Although the Tianyi Dao sect did not recruit as many disciples as the Jianlu in Dongyi City, Ku He's practice here naturally attracted countless pilgrims to come and worship him. Even if Ku He accepted fewer disciples, he would always accept adult disciples like Lang Tao. Over the past few decades, there were quite a few people in the sect. Now, there were more than a hundred people practicing martial arts and studying in the mountains. In addition to practicing the Tianyi Dao mental method, they also talked about the scriptures and justice, and basically used the tutorials revised by Zhuang Mohan himself.

It was a coincidence that when Li Chengzong and his companions arrived, they happened to meet these people studying the righteousness of the scriptures. Otherwise, they might have been scolded and had to deal with a few troublemakers before they could see Ku He. After all, Nanqing and Beiqi were old enemies. Although the relationship had eased somewhat recently, the emotions rooted in people's hearts were always difficult to eliminate.

After walking a distance into the valley, we saw the waterfall and a middle-aged man came over carrying a medicine basket.

"My name is Mu Peng, nice to meet the Third Prince."

I have to say that the names Ku He gave to his disciples are quite interesting. Wolf Peach, Wood Peng, White Ginseng, and Begonia are all names of plants.

Li Chengzong nodded, clasped his fists and said, "Thank you."

"Please follow me, Third Prince."

Following Mu Peng, we came to a small pastoral courtyard, which was built by Haitang Duoduo before leaving the mountains.

All the vegetables grown in the garden, except for those that Haitang Duoduo usually consumed, were sent to the school. To this day, many Tianyi disciples are proud to have eaten the vegetables grown by Haitang Duoduo herself.

To the Tianyi disciples who were younger than Haitang, Haitang was like a fairy. Unfortunately, this fairy was sent to Jiangnan to stay with Fan Xian, which made the Tianyi students very jealous and angry.

After settling his wife, children and servants in Haitang Duoduo's former residence, Li Chengzong followed Mu Peng to the waterfall alone.

Ku He is an elderly man, but he does not look old. His temperament is calm and relaxed, and he looks just like a high monk.

In front of him, there was a book, which was the martial arts secret book that Li Chengzong gave to Zhan Doudou.

Li Chengzong was not surprised by this and smiled, "Senior, what do you think of the technique I created and the technique Ye Qingmei brought?" "I can't say which one is better, but the technique you created is very special. It is completely different from the Tianyi Dao Mental Technique I practice, and even different from the normal method of running true qi. As for the control of true qi, this technique is the most exquisite I have ever seen."

Ku He looked at Li Chengzong with shock in his eyes, even more shocked than when he knew that Li Chengzong was a grandmaster.

Among the four great masters in the world, only Ye Liuyun did not learn the secret book of the temple. Now there is another one, Li Chengzong, who is less than twenty years old, with unfathomable strength and a grandmaster who has achieved success with his own skills.

It was so stunning and beautiful. In his opinion, only one person's grace could be compared with Li Chengzong.

Ku He couldn't help but sigh: "It's true that heroes emerge from youth, it's amazing!"

"Thank you for your compliment, senior." Li Chengzong said modestly.

Ku He shook his head and said seriously, "Besides Ye Liuyun, I only know of you who has created your own martial arts and achieved the status of a grandmaster. And you are much younger and more powerful than Ye Liuyun. At least Ye Liuyun is no match for Si Gu Jian. You are definitely a unique martial arts genius in the world."

"Senior, you praised me so much that I don't know what to say."

Ku He smiled, sighed, and said with some disappointment: "It seems that old man Si Gu Jian guessed wrong. You and the young lady have nothing to do with each other."

"So Si Gu Jian thinks that my becoming a Grandmaster is related to Ye Qingmei?"

Ku He nodded and said nothing.

"Fan Xian is Ye Qingmei's son. Si Gu Jian and you know that, so why do you think I'm related to Ye Qingmei?"

"Maybe he thinks your mother and the young lady are good friends."

Ku He sighed. Knowing that Li Chengzong had nothing to do with Ye Qingmei, he lost interest in the conversation and directly asked Li Chengzong about his purpose.

"The Third Prince came here to fight me?"

Li Chengzong shook his head. "I just want to meet you and Ye Liuyun, two great masters. I happened to be passing by your secluded place, so I came to see you."

"Is it just as simple as meeting?"

Ku He didn't believe it. If he really just wanted to meet the Third Prince of Qing, he wouldn't have seriously injured Si Gu Jian.

In fact, Li Chengzong did want to seriously injure Ku He to pave the way for Emperor Qing.

It’s a pity that Emperor Qing was unwilling to leave, and he was too lazy to be the bad guy.

"Perhaps you don't believe me, but I am really only here to see you. As for fighting Si Gu Jian, I am also a swordsman after all, so naturally I have to fight him."

That makes sense.

Ku He suddenly realized and took the initiative to challenge him, saying, "Since the Third Prince is here, why not have a fight with him? Let me see the gap between an old guy like me and the Third Prince."

"Not interested in."

After Li Chengzong finished speaking, he flew out of the waterfall and took his wife and children to stroll around Qingshan. Without even saying hello, he left Qingshan.

Everyone in Kuhe was stunned.

Especially after knowing that Li Chengzong left without saying goodbye, I was even more confused.

It’s just that Li Chengzong was unwilling to fight with him, so he couldn’t force him, and it was even more impossible for him to chase Li Chengzong back.

(End of this chapter)