I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 256 Acting on Your Heart
The desert is solitary and straight, and the long river falls into the sun.

The boundless desert is vast and lofty, magnificent and majestic.

As the red sun sets in the west, the end of the horizon is deep red, majestic yet desolate.

A group of people and horses were galloping wildly, each of them wrapped in a black cloak with a hood, and the purple mares under their crotch were rolling up yellow sand.

Not far away, on a sand dune, Mo Qixuan, dressed in white, stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the troops heading towards Khotan.

He had no intention of moving, just standing there quietly, as if waiting for something.

The Golden Crow sinks to the west and the Jade Rabbit rises to the east.

The sound of footsteps on gravel suddenly came from far away.

Mo Qixuan did not look back, but raised his head to look at the bright moon in the sky, which looked quite celestial.

"Brother Mo, I haven't seen you for many years. You are even more charming than before."

Hearing the hearty laughter coming from beside him, Mo Qixuan turned his head slightly and a faint smile appeared on his face, just like meeting old friends after a long separation.

"I am flattered that the Spear Immortal has come in person. Is Snow Moon City trying to stop me from Heaven Outer Heaven again?"

Sikong Changfeng smiled and waved his hands: "Brother Mo, please don't misunderstand me. You may not believe it, but I came here to find my daughter."

Sikong Changfeng sighed as he spoke: "Alas, Brother Mo, you don't know, my daughter has been naughty since she was young, and she is not easy to take care of. As she grows up, she is getting harder and harder to manage."

Mo Qixuan inexplicably thought of someone and suddenly felt a sense of empathy.

One of the two men stood on the sand dune, and the other stood in the shadow, each venting his own grievances.

Sikong Changfeng complained that his daughter was worrying, while Mo Qixuan complained that his nephew Wuxin not only ran away when they met, but also treated him cruelly.

The two great masters of the Free and Easy Heaven Realm were now like ordinary worried old fathers, and for a moment they became close friends.

After a long time, they both stopped talking and looked up at the bright moon in the sky.

Mo Qixuan sighed, "Tianwai Tian has always been in turmoil. I'm afraid it will get even more chaotic once the Second Young Master leaves. We just want to welcome the Young Master back to the sect and rectify Tianwai Tian. But you Beili seem to be thinking too much?"

Sikong Changfeng was silent for a while, and then he also sighed.

"No matter what, the agreement to lock the mountains and rivers was made by my senior brother. Now that the agreed date is approaching, we in Xueyue City will respectfully send Ye Anshi back to the sect."

Mo Qixuan sneered: "Back then, you, your senior brother Baili Dongjun, Lone Sword Immortal Luo Qingyang, and my clan leader were just... that's all, they were all trivial matters.

But thank you anyway, your words are enough for today."

-

The moonlight is cold, as if filled with endless sorrow.

The eldest senior brother of Wushuang City had a worried look on his face. Junior brother Wushuang could fly with a sword and do whatever he wanted, but he just happened to be sick of horses and carriages.

It has been quite a tiring journey.

At this time, he was lying on the horse's back and vomiting violently, looking like he had lost half his life.

"Big Brother, another thirty miles ahead is Khotan."

"okay, I get it."

Lu Yuzhai nodded, glanced at Wushuang, and ordered: "It's getting late, let's set up camp and rest here first, and get some energy. This mission can only be successful, not failure."

"Yes."

Lu Yuzhai rode his horse to Wushuang, helped him off the horse, and patted him on the back.

"Junior brother, things are getting critical right now, I have a few words to tell you."

Wushuang vomited and looked up at him blankly with empty eyes.

"Who are you?"

"I!"

Lu Yuzhai was so angry that he trembled and raised his hand as if to chop down, but in the end he let it go lightly and rubbed Wushuang's head.

Wushuang regained some consciousness and laughed dryly: "Hey, Senior Brother, why are you here?"

Why am I here?
Lu Yuzhai took a deep breath and kept telling himself that this was his dear junior brother, the future of Wushuang City...

Wushuang finally recovered and scratched his head: "Big Brother, I remember you said you wanted to tell me something, what do you want to tell me?"

Seeing that this bastard was finally able to communicate normally, Lu Yuzhai smiled helplessly and said seriously:
"We will reach Khotan tomorrow, and there will be a tough battle there, so you must be careful.

Last time at San Gu Cheng Mei Ren Zhuang, we failed in our mission. Although the master didn’t say anything, those old masters were very dissatisfied.

So this time, you must not hold back, understand?"

Wushuang nodded: "Brother, don't worry, but why did you tell me such an important thing only now?"

Lu Yuzhai's eyebrows jumped: "I told you these words the day before yesterday and yesterday."

"what?"

Wushuang smiled awkwardly: "Brother, don't worry, I will definitely not forget this time."

Lu Yuzhai's face darkened: "You said the same thing the day before yesterday and yesterday."

Wushuang laughed dryly without saying anything.

Lu Yuzhai sighed heavily in his heart. Does the century-old foundation of my Wushuang City really have to rely on such an idiot?

-

Xueyue City, on the top of Cangshan Mountain.

This place is where the Snow Moon Sword Immortal Li Hanyi is in seclusion.

The peak is thousands of feet high, it is extremely cold up there and seldom visited by people.

Therefore, people who can come here are not ordinary people.

Baili Dongjun is certainly not an ordinary person, he is a wine immortal, the Grand Lord of Xueyue City, and has reached the realm of mystery. He can go anywhere in the world.

What's more, this is our own territory.

A lonely pavilion. When Baili Dongjun came before, the pavilion was just a pavilion, as lonely as Li Hanyi's personality.

But now it is very different, there is an extra tree outside the pavilion.

A peach tree full of blossoms.

You know, it's the coldest time of the year now, so it's normal for wintersweet flowers to bloom, but the peach blossoms that bloom in March are so gorgeous that they're really surprising.

Baili Dongjun sat in the pavilion, took a look and marveled.

"I didn't expect that even a thousand-year-old iron tree would bloom. I thought Second Junior Brother would only be Second Junior Brother in this life, but who would have thought that Second Junior Brother's heart was full of peach blossoms."

"Humph!"

A cold snort came from behind, mixed with frosty sword energy.

Baili Dongjun laughed and flicked the cork of the wine gourd at hand. It popped open and the rich aroma of wine wafted out.

The wine party turned into a flying swallow and barely blocked Li Hanyi's angry sword.

"I didn't expect that Second Junior Brother would gain so much from this retreat. It seems that you have already touched the threshold of spiritual travel. This is truly cause for celebration!"

Li Hanyi was wearing that ugly mask, and the Iron Horse Ice River in his hand was emitting bursts of coldness, but the sword had been sheathed.

“It’s just touching the threshold.”

During this retreat, she broke through from the Great Free and Easy Realm to the Half-Step Divine Wandering Realm, but she didn't have much confidence that she could step into that door.

Just like a master at the peak of freedom, although he has touched the threshold of the free and easy realm, he may never be able to enter the realm of freedom in his entire life.

Baili Dongjun seemed to see through her thoughts and smiled indifferently, "It's only a matter of time. But at your current stage, practice alone is not enough, you also need chance." Li Hanyi nodded, and looked at the peach blossoms that exuded a faint fragrance with her hands behind her back, and a faint joy rose in her heart.

"The elusive Lord of Snow Moon City, you are not coming here today to test my realm, right? Has Tang Lian arrived at the Nine Dragon Temple?"

Baili Dongjun smiled and shook his head: "I'm here, but I'm empty-handed."

"Tang Lian failed?"

"Well, because an old friend showed up."

"White-haired fairy?"

Baili Dongjun nodded and took a sip of wine.

Although Tang Lian's kung fu is considered to be the best among the younger generation, he is still a child in front of a famous figure like the White-haired Immortal.

"So, that monk has been taken away by Tianwaitian? If that's the case, you shouldn't come here to chat with me."

"No, Chu Zhao took action, but he didn't seem to care about the matter. The monk took away two of Tang Lian's companions and disappeared. But I guess he should have gone to the Great Brahma Sound Temple in Khotan. His father's former best friend Wang Rensun is there. It is also the hometown of his master, Zen Master Wangyou."

"Didn't you only send Tang Lian? How come there are two companions?"

"Tang Lian's letter said that one of them is a disciple of the Lei family. He was supposed to go to Xueyue City to become a disciple." Baili Dongjun smiled, and his casual look became more serious. He said meaningfully: "As for the other one, according to Tang Lian, he is not a Jianghu person and does not know martial arts. He is an innkeeper. Because the disciple of the Lei family owed him a sum of money, he followed him all the way. His surname is Xiao, and he calls Chu Zhao Uncle."

"King Yongan?!"

Li Hanyi was shocked: "He is coming for our Xueyue City?"

Baili Dongjun shook his head: "I don't know, but when Changfeng left the city, he said that Ji Ruofeng had sent him a letter asking him to accept him as his disciple."

"He is Uncle Chu's nephew, does he still need to join our Xueyue City?"

"Who knows what Chu Zhao is thinking?" Baili Dongjun shook his head and smiled: "By the way, when you were in seclusion, he came to Xueyue City. His second son is getting married on the 18th day of the first lunar month. Here is the invitation."

Baili Dongjun said as he took out an invitation and placed it on the stone table.

Li Hanyi put away the invitation and asked, "Any other news?"

"Yes, the Wushuang Sword Box of Wushuang City has been unveiled, and its owner is a young man named Wushuang."

"It seems that Wushuang City has produced a genius, but it's a pity that those old guys in Wushuang City... can't do it!" Li Hanyi's tone was full of disdain for Wushuang City.

Baili Dongjun did not comment, and said: "Besides that, there is another bad news. The one in the palace can't sit still anymore. The second most skilled of the five major prisons, Eunuch Jinxian, the chief of the incense prison, quietly left the imperial capital a month ago and went straight to Khotan."

"Shen Jingzhou has also gone. It seems that the person in the palace still doesn't trust us."

Baili Dongjun smiled faintly: "The one in the palace has never believed us, but it doesn't matter whether he believes us or not.

The agreement to lock the mountains and rivers was initiated by us. Now that the twelve-year period is almost up, it is time for us in Xueyue City to send the child back.

Twelve years ago, the Demon Cult marched eastward, and we in Xueyue City were not afraid. Twelve years later, a seventeen-year-old child returned to the sect, and Xueyue City is even less afraid.

Let the younger generation solve their own problems. If they can't be solved, then it's our turn as old men to take action. Chu Zhao probably thought the same, so he ignored the little monk.

I have sent a message to Tang Lian, and she should have received it by now."

Li Hanyi hummed, and asked with some doubt: "I remember that little fellow Yue Kang was in charge of the Heaven Beyond Heaven. Why did the White-haired Immortal want to welcome the little monk back to the sect? He couldn't be trying to compete with Yue Kang for power, right?"

"I heard that Chu Zhao has asked his son to step down as the leader."

"Why?"

"You'll have to ask Chu Zhao about this."

Li Hanyi nodded: "Is that the disciple of the Lei family?"

"Yes, I heard that Chu Zhao taught him a martial art, but for some reason he didn't accept him as his disciple. Instead, he came to Xueyue City and accepted the two girls Qianluo and Ruoyi as his disciples."

Speaking of Ye Ruoyi, Baili Dongjun couldn't help laughing and joked, "Come to think of it, his third son and that girl Ruoyi will probably be getting married soon, and the wedding will be held on Wangcheng Mountain. You can go together and save some money."

Li Hanyi was embarrassed and annoyed, and drew his sword.

In an instant, the entire Cangshan Mountain was covered with ice.

Baili Dongjun fled in a panic, and laughed as he ran: "Don't be angry, I agree to this marriage."

"Bai Li Dong Jun! Go to hell!"

-

Biluo City, Jiulong Temple.

Tang Lian and his group of four have already met with the masters of Jiulong Temple.

Zen Master Dajue did not blame them for failing the mission, but instead comforted them.

"Thank you for your hard work along the way. I already know roughly what happened. It's not your fault."

"Thank you for your understanding, Master."

Dajue chanted the Buddha's name softly: "You have been exhausted from the journey, so take a good rest tonight. Tomorrow we will go to Khotan.

I have received news that my nephew Wuxin has gone to Khotan, so I will go there in person to settle a cause and effect."

Tang Lian was slightly startled, because he felt that when Zen Master Dajue said the last sentence, there was a hint of murderous intent in his tone.

However, the murderous intent was so weak and disappeared so quickly that Tang Lian even thought she was hallucinating.

Tang Lian responded respectfully, but for some reason, she felt a little uneasy in her heart.

There were so many unexpected things that happened during this mission.

I hope I can get through this time safely.

Tang Lian sighed silently and was about to follow Wu Chan to the Zen room to rest.

Just then, a carrier pigeon flapped its wings and flew over.

Tang Lian recognized the carrier pigeon; it was the carrier pigeon from their Snow Moon City. She immediately jumped up and grabbed it.

Tian Nurui stepped forward gracefully, rested her head on his shoulder naturally, and asked, "What is this?"

Tang Lian only felt the breath of orchid in her ears, her body suddenly stiffened, and her face turned red to her ears.

"Ahem, yes, it was a message from Master. I wrote a letter reporting back to Xueyue City about what I saw and heard along the way. I guess Master has made some arrangements."

Tian Nurui nodded: "Open it and take a look."

Tang Lian took a look as she was told, and then she seemed petrified.

Wu Chan stood aside, bowed his head and asked, "What's written in the letter?"

"Master only wrote four words." Tang Lian looked up at the moon, a little distracted.

Wu Chan was stunned for a moment, then called out the Buddha's name: "Amitabha."

"It's not these four words." Tang Lian shook his head.

Wu Chan smiled and said, "Brother Tang, I am just chanting the Buddha's name."

Tang Lian came back to her senses and couldn't help but laugh: "I was distracted, but I couldn't understand the four words written by Master, 'Act according to the heart', what does 'Act according to the heart' mean?

Master Wuchan, do you Buddhists have any explanation for this?"

Wuchan pondered for a moment and replied: "The Buddha said: follow your heart, follow your nature, and follow fate."

Because he had been doing things according to instructions since he was a child, Tang Lian was still confused, but he didn't get too entangled.

"By the way, Master Wuchan, I've never asked you, what kind of person is Wuxin?"

Wu Chan seemed to be lost in memories, and his voice sounded a little vague.

"I left Hanshui Temple with Master Dajue very early, so I don't know much about Junior Brother Wuxin, but there is one thing from my childhood that I still remember vividly..."

(End of this chapter)