I began to understand the myriad things by chopping wood

The further away from the Central Plains, the worse the situation becomes.

The territory of the Dali Dynasty was vast, stretching over ten thousand miles from east to west and from north to south.

If there were no extraordinary power in this world, such a large feudal empire would definitely not be able to be maintained.

But even so, during the heyday, the farther away from the central government, the more chaotic it became, and the weaker the control of the court. For example, Yunzhou in the northwest border was a place where the people were fierce and bandits abounded.

And now, there are even more strong men everywhere. Ordinary people have to travel in groups even on official roads, and dare not walk at night.

Before reaching Yunzhou, Xie Yuan saw many villages with almost all the houses deserted, and he dealt with many bandits and bullies, which delayed him for some time.

Standing in a village, after killing the bully who was bullying women in broad daylight, Xie Yuan frowned, looking at the field that had grown weeds, and thought:

"Once there is chaos, it will be impossible to farm, not to mention the strange weather this year. By next year, even if there is good weather, I'm afraid there will be a famine that is rare in history... By then, it will be a real disaster for these ordinary people."

This year's situation is just a preview. Next year and the year after will be the most difficult hurdles for the people.

Xie Yuan seemed to have seen the records in history books about "a year of great famine, people eating each other". His brows were tightly furrowed, yet he felt powerless.

This is not something he can change. Even if he improves his strength and becomes a grandmaster, he probably cannot change the overall situation for the people of this world.

Unless you put a knife to the emperor's head and force him to stop focusing on dealing with the aristocratic families and open his eyes to look at the world.

Or it is to collect the Heavenly Book as soon as possible, understand the Way of Heaven, end the catastrophe, invite back the Grand Master to guard the situation, maintain the balance, and then sweep away this doomsday atmosphere, so that everyone from warriors to ordinary people will become so restless.

Xie Yuan turned his head to look west, and could already vaguely see the towering sword peak that was as straight as the blue sky.

He could not ignore the injustice he saw, so he delayed for some time;
But the situation was not to the point where the whole place was on fire, so even if there was any more delay, he would have reached the border of Yunzhou at his speed.

"Go to Beidu Mountain first. If there is nothing there... then go to Yun Mountain."

Xie Yuan nodded slightly and was about to take a step when he suddenly felt his mind move and he felt like he was being spied on.

He raised an eyebrow.

Who is looking for me?

Xie Yuan looked towards the east and, with his best eyesight, he could faintly see four black spots approaching at a very fast speed.

The leader was an old Taoist priest, and the other three... Xie Yuan narrowed his eyes and saw a master escort leader he had seen at the gate of Huwei Escort Agency in Zhending Prefecture.

The four Taoist priests of Dongming walked quickly without stopping for a moment, and caught up with Xie Yuan along the way to the village where he saw the injustice.

As they were about to reach the border of Yunzhou, the four of them were looking around when they saw a village in the distance. It seemed to be in a state of chaos, as if it had just been robbed.

"Will Xie Yuan come there again?"

Sun Yidao muttered to himself, but heard the Taoist Dongming's voice, which was low and full of suppressed joy:
"Found it. He's standing in the village!"

The other three were all shocked and looked hard, only then did they see a figure in the center of the village, who seemed to be looking at them.

When they got closer, the three finally discovered that it was Xie Yuan!

Sun Yidao burst into laughter:

"Finally found him! This guy is so hypocritical, thinking he is a bodhisattva who can save people from suffering. Well, that's not the case. We still can't find him!"

The four of them suddenly accelerated, like four rainbow lights, and in the blink of an eye they reached the sky above the village from the horizon.

They looked down at Xie Yuan. Taoist Dongming waved his whisk and placed it on his arm:

"Wulian Tianzun! Thank you, fellow Daoist. I have heard of your name for a long time and today I finally get to see you in person."

Xie Yuan looked at him and said calmly:
"who are you?"

Taoist Dongming narrowed his eyes on his old face, and then smiled:

"I am Dongming of Ziqing Temple in Cangyuan Mountain, Jizhou. Haha, I haven't appeared in the world for a long time, so I'm afraid that Brother Xie has never heard of me. After all, when I became famous, Brother Xie was probably still in his mother's cradle, learning to speak."

Xie Yuan glanced at him, then looked at the other three. Yu Ping was the first to clasp his fists:

"I am Yu Ping, a teacher at Jizhou Yunlu Academy, and these two are Sun Yidao and Chen Hongmei, the head escorts of Huwei Escort Agency in Zhending Prefecture, Jizhou."

"Xie Yuan! You killed the head of my Huwei Escort Agency and caused the deaths of 437 people in my agency. I have been chasing you for so long, and finally found you!"

Sun Yidao held the hilt of the sword with one hand, pointed at Xie Yuan with the other, his cheeks flushed, and shouted loudly.

Xie Yuan glanced at him and didn't respond at all. Instead, he looked at Dong Ming:

"Are you here to steal the Black Book?"

Taoist Dongming's face was slightly tense, and then he smiled faintly:

"Xie Yuan, since ancient times, treasures have belonged to those with virtue. You have slaughtered innocent people, tortured loyal people, and repeatedly committed bloody cases in Jizhou. You are immoral and unrighteous, and you are not worthy of holding such a treasure as the Black Heavenly Book! Hand over the treasure obediently and surrender, and I may consider sparing your life, but only abolishing your Taoism. Otherwise...

"As a cultivator in Jizhou, I will seek justice for the thousands of dead souls and send you to reincarnation."

"Senior Dongming, your idea is brilliant! Kill Xie Yuan and avenge the innocent escorts of our Huwei Escort Agency!"

Sun Yidao drew out his sword with a clang, and together with Chen Hongmei, he pointed directly at Xie Yuan.

Yu Ping frowned, held the Gentleman Sword in his hand, and said in a deep voice:

"Thank you, Grandmaster. The Black Book is an ominous thing that has always caused many disasters. Why don't you give it to Senior Dongming? By giving up the source of this dispute, you can also pray for peace. As for the murder you committed... let the Purple Ribbon Divine Constable of Chunyu Tower decide it! There are many people chasing after us, far more than just the four of us."

Xie Yuan glanced at the four people, and finally turned his gaze back to Taoist Dongming.

He had no explanation.

The innocent are innocent. He has left a clone controlled by Wu Daoji at the dock of Zhending Prefecture. If anyone is interested, he will know that he is wronged. And if he still insists that he is the murderer, then there is no point in saying more.

Taoist Dongming saw Xie Yuan staring at him. Although he had no aura, he felt an inexplicable strange feeling.

It's strange. Xie Yuan doesn't have much aura and his skills are obviously far inferior to mine. Why does he feel like something is wrong?

Although he was puzzled, the experienced man still took a deep breath and prepared himself before speaking in a loud voice:
"Xie Yuan, surrender quickly and don't ask for trouble! If I really want to take action..."

Taoist Dongming's face suddenly turned gloomy, and he said in a gloomy tone:
"Then I will teach you my insightful methods. When the time comes, you will be unable to die even if you wish for it."

Taoist Dongming is both good and evil, and has never been a righteous master. As a Taoist practitioner, he has many ways to torture his enemies, and he has no taboos.

"Did you hear what Senior Dongming said? Hand over the Black Book! Surrender!"

Sun Yidao shouted.

"Senior Dongming, please help and kill this evil villain!"

Chen Hongmei bowed.

"Want to steal the Black Book..."

Xie Yuan whispered something, waved his hand, and five magic weapons suddenly appeared around him.

A black and white lotus sitting on a Bagua plate, a glowing crystal with strange runes in its transparent form that seemed real and illusory, a dead branch twisted like a black mark, an ancient and elegant bronze candlestick, and a large tripod engraved with various patterns.

The five magic weapons slowly rotated around Xie Yuan, instantly making the four of them hold their breath.

But in the instant they lost their consciousness, they heard Xie Yuan's cold voice:

"How dare you do that with just this little ability?"

The four of them suddenly woke up and found that Xie Yuan had taken out a huge axe from somewhere and raised it up.

Dong Ming's eyes focused, and he swung his whisk. The whisk tail grew longer in the wind and immediately wrapped around Xie Yuan.

It was no problem to wrap Xie Yuan like a dumpling. Taoist Dongming snorted coldly, murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and shouted:

"die!"

The dust tail wrapped Xie Yuan into a white cocoon and suddenly tightened.

The layers of dust tails have taken shape, and the huge force squeezing inwards can directly crush even the mysterious soldiers.

It really is just a name...

Taoist Dongming saw that the whisk had been completely tightened, and he didn't even feel any resistance from it, so he couldn't help but think lightly. But the next moment he realized that something was wrong. Not only was there no resistance from the whisk, but not even a trace of blood seeped out.

It was like it was empty inside and all he saw was an illusion.

Taoist Dongming was startled and looked up, only to find that Xie Yuan had stood at a higher altitude than them without them knowing when, as if he had always been there.

He was holding a huge axe at this moment, and behind him was the shadow of a huge axe as tall as a mountain, which had already solidified.

The golden axe shadow shone brightly and was so solid that it didn’t seem like an illusion. It was like the axe of a real giant god falling to the earth.

This axe can directly break through mountains.

Taoist Dongming had no doubt at all.

Xie Yuan had already accumulated all his strength. He looked down at Taoist Dongming coldly and chopped down with his axe!
Watching the huge axe falling down slowly but actually quickly, Taoist Dongming felt his hair stand on end, even his hair bun exploded, and his black hair fluttered wildly!
"No! Wait a minute—"

He didn't expect that Xie Yuan was well prepared, nor did he expect that Xie Yuan could launch such a terrible attack, so terrible that he didn't know how to resist it at all.

Taoist Dongming subconsciously raised his whisk, and the energy in his body burst out, with a brilliant light shining on his body. It was obvious that he had pushed all kinds of skills, secret techniques and magic weapons to the extreme.

But it was all in vain.

Xie Yuan's force to split Huashan was unstoppable, and the axe blade like a giant axe of the gods fell on the head of Taoist Dongming and pressed him directly into the ground.

Rumbling--

A huge tremor sounded, and a bottomless crack appeared in front of the village, and the ground cracked.

Even though they did not directly bear the blow, Yu Ping and the other two were thrown far away by the energy, their faces turned pale and they were all injured.

They subconsciously looked towards the crack in the ground, and through the billowing smoke and dust, they vaguely saw a broken body in a Taoist robe, without any sound at all.

The three men's faces turned even paler.

An axe.

Dongming died and three people were injured.

They looked at Xie Yuan, but saw that he was full of energy and obviously had not yet used his true strength.

The three of them couldn't help but reveal expressions of shock that they couldn't hide, and their throats felt extremely dry.

What exactly is Xie Yuan's strength?
They didn't even understand what was happening. It was clear that the Taoist Master Dongming's whisk had entangled him, so how did he escape, go to heaven, and then use this earth-shattering axe in an instant?
Taoist Dongming didn't see through Xie Yuan's magic at first. The three of them were not strong enough, so naturally they didn't understand it now and thought everything was real. Little did they know that they had just arrived at the village and had already fallen into Xie Yuan's magic.

Although Dongming reacted later, it was too late. Xie Yuan attacked without mercy, and he fell behind by one step, so he didn't even have a chance to escape under the fatal blow of Li Pi Hua Shan.

Xie Yuan relied on his extremely strong spiritual awareness and used the Heavenly Illusion Technique and the Power to Split Huashan Mountain, showing great courtesy to Taoist Dongming who was once on the Flying Dragon List.

The three of them didn't know the trick and just thought that Xie Yuan was not afraid of Taoist Dongming's methods at all, and he killed him with a single axe in the blink of an eye. They all felt that Xie Yuan was unfathomable and trembled all over.

Taoist Dongming was once a powerful figure on the Flying Dragon List. After years of seclusion and hard training, he now has the strength to be on the list.

However, in front of Xie Yuan, he couldn't take a single move.

So...what exactly is his strength?
Could it be that he is a great master?
But the grandmaster has disappeared and traveled far away... Could it be that he is such a genius that he could have made a breakthrough long ago, but he had already anticipated the current situation and waited until now to make a breakthrough?
The three of them were confused, but they saw that Xie Yuan had already moved his gaze over and the axe in his hand turned into a spear.

They were startled instantly, and Sun Yidao's voice was hoarse and terrified:
"Wait...wait a minute!"

Xie Yuan looked at him and asked:

"How did you catch me?"

Sun Yidao hurriedly said:
"It was predicted by Dongming before...Dongming."

Xie Yuan frowned slightly.

I don’t think this guy is that powerful. It’s unlikely that I can find him since he has perfected the Sky Hidden Technique.

He was a little puzzled. Sun Yidao saw his doubts and felt a tingling sensation on his back. He quickly said:
"And you pretended to be kind along the way... You helped the weak and fought against the strong, leaving traces behind! We came here to track you down... Yes, and you taught a young man martial arts, and he also showed us the way."

Xie Yuan frowned even more. The Central Plains was so vast, and the villages he had helped were not one after another. How could it be so easy for him to find them all?

He couldn't quite figure it out and could only attribute it to their good luck.

However, Sun Yidao's words caught his attention. He stared at the cowardly escort leader and asked coldly:

"Have you seen that boy? Did he reveal my whereabouts?"

"Yes Yes!"

Sun Yidao was startled by the stare and said in a trembling voice:
"This is all Dongming's plan. It has nothing to do with us!"

The head of the escort agency, who was used to seeing life and death, would not be so afraid of death. However, the method Xie Yuan used to kill Dong Ming was so shocking that Sun Yidao trembled all over.

How could anyone below the Grand Master be able to wield such a divine giant axe?
Xie Yuan's voice turned cold:

"That boy is stubborn and doesn't seem like someone who would betray me. Even if he told me where I was, I'm afraid you guys would have resorted to some trickery. Is that right or not?"

"No no!"

Sun Yidao quickly denied it.

"Yes, he kicked the boy and almost killed him..."

Suddenly a voice came from the side, it was Chen Hongmei's sharp voice.

Sun Yidao was horrified, his eyes widened:
"Chen Hongmei! How did I offend you? Damn! I once blocked a knife for you, gave you a Xuanbing, and saved your life!"

"But I am telling the truth."

Chen Hongmei subconsciously moved away from Sun Yidao and looked at Xie Yuan with blinking eyes:

"Master Xie, you really have a unique vision! The young man you value is so loyal that he not only refused to reveal your whereabouts, but also drew his sword against Sun Yidao. Sun Yidao wanted to kill everyone, but fortunately I stopped him..."

"You bitch, you stinky dog ​​fart! You stinky bitch, you rotten crotch..."

Sun Yidao was furious, but before he could finish his curse, Xie Yuan interrupted him with a palm strike from mid-air, causing several teeth to fall out.

Xie Yuan looked at Chen Hongmei, but suddenly turned to Yu Ping, who had been silent, and asked:

"Is what she said true?"

Yu Ping remained silent until Xie Yuan raised his eyebrows and asked again, then he answered:
"The front is real."

Xie Yuan narrowed his eyes, and then heard Chen Hongmei quickly add:
"Mr. Yu and I stopped him together. Mr. Yu also gave him a pill to save the boy's life."

Seeing that the three people each insisted on their own opinions, Xie Yuan was too lazy to interrogate them. Suddenly, holding the Dream Crystal, his eyes became clear and emitted circles of light.

The three of them suddenly fell into a trance, as if time had gone back, forgetting everything and returning to Bishui Village. Xie Yuan stood aside, looking at them, with his hands behind his back, and said coldly:

"Hurry up...we still have to chase Xie Yuan."

The three were a little confused, but they didn't feel anything was wrong.

Looking at Zhao Sanyi in front of him, Sun Yidao was filled with murderous intent:
"Let me kill him."

Yu Ping frowned:

"No, don't hurt innocent people."

He confronted the two escort leaders and then replayed the scene.

After the two men escaped, Yu Ping looked at Zhao Sanyi standing in front of him, subconsciously took out a pill, and felt something strange.

He scratched his head and handed over the pills:

"You were kicked...Take this pill to save your life. Stay away from disputes in the future and find a place to farm - or practice martial arts."

Before Yu Ping left, he looked back and said strangely:

"He was able to stand after being kicked. He is quite strong." (End of this chapter)