The author of the book "The Book of the Dead"

Chapter 86: Armed with swords and spears, they are as fierce as tigers.

The world is fickle, people are easily separated, the rain brings dusk and flowers fall easily.

Zhu Yingtai was still sad.

"Now that our children have grown up, we will have more free time. Do you still remember our agreement to travel around the world?" Liang Yue patted his wife's shoulder.

"Are you going to the North too?"

"Of course, I haven't been to the North either."

In the north are the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the Seal of the Heavenly Master, and the birthplaces of various myths. If you don’t explore them, you’ll be missing out on this life in vain.

"Go back, everyone."

Liang Yue turned around and went back, walked to a big tree in the mansion, and dug out a jade box.

"what is this?"

"My daughter hid it before and said it was a gift for us."

When he opened the box, he found a white jade fan and a comb inside.

The white jade fan was naturally a gift from Liang Yue. It was beautifully crafted and exquisitely carved. One could tell at a glance that it was made by a master.

There are two butterflies on the fan, and a line of words is written below: May we live long and share the beauty of the moon together even though we are thousands miles apart.

Zhu Yingtai put away the comb solemnly. After Liang Yue's persuasion, her mood improved a lot.

In the future, Heyun will have his own children, and so will Jingming. We can see children running around again.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yingtai looked at her son and said, "Jingming!"

"Mom, what's wrong?"

"Give birth to ten children in the future."

"Ah?" Liang Jingming's face turned bitter. Looking at his mother's aggressive gaze, he could only nod and agree.

"Dad, where is the gift my sister gave me?" Liang Jingming's eyes were full of anticipation.

Liang Yue searched high and low but couldn't find anything that He Yun left for the boy, so he simply stuffed the box into his son's arms.

"This is it."

After saying this, he went back hand in hand with Zhu Yingtai, leaving Liang Jingming alone with his hair disheveled in the wind.

"Woof woof!!"

Xiaotian followed his master with a hint of mockery in his eyes and wagging his tail.

"Hey……"

Liang Jingming returned to the pool. The shell of the basalt was covered with moss and was motionless, as if dead.

It was getting dark and a cool breeze was blowing.

The leaves of the phoenix tree have fallen, and all that is left of the hustle and bustle is a pile of cold leftovers on the ground.

The moonlight is like water, making the lake sparkle.

On the top of a paulownia tree, Xie Xuan was holding a wine pot, drinking alone.

The only disciple had finished his apprenticeship, and he was all alone. Even the noisy Golden Crow next to him looked much more pleasing to the eye.

At this moment, he caught a glimpse of a person out of the corner of his eye. That person was Liang Yue, who was looking at the fan under the moonlight.

Xie Xuan jumped down from the tree. Before he could get close, Liang Yue suddenly looked up, put away his fan, and said:

"Let's have a sword fight."

hum!
As soon as he finished speaking, the sword was unsheathed, and the sword light was as bright as water.

"it is good!"

Xie Xuan drew out the flute sword from his waist and started fighting with Liang Yue.

The two men countered each other's moves and neither could do anything to the other.

At this moment, Liang Yue closed his eyes, and his whole body exuded a mysterious aura.

hum!
The sword hummed and the sword body flashed with cold light, as if it had life.

The next moment, Xie Xuan's sword move was broken, and the sharp sword blade brushed past his neck. Before it touched the stone pillar, a deep scratch of about an inch had already appeared on the pillar.

"Is this the sword intention?" Xie Xuan looked horrified.

"Haha, that's right, this is the Wandering Dragon Sword Intention."

The combination of will and inner strength finally reaches the state of applying inner strength externally.

Liang Yue put away his sword. At this moment, the internal force of the Pure Yang Gong was circulating in the body. The quality of the internal force was improving and it could even flow out of the body to bless objects.

Internal force is like other internal forces, and it displays some properties according to different moves and techniques.

In the future, Vajra Kung Fu may become truly indestructible, and Iron Sand Palm may be able to break gold and iron.

The way of inner strength has entered a new era.

Of course, the most important thing is to improve the quality of internal strength, which can significantly delay aging.

At least he is not like Liu An, who is at the end of his rope in his fifties. He can rely on his internal energy to protect himself and live forever in his later years.

"It really has sword intent..." Xie Xuan muttered to himself as he looked at the sword in his hand.

Liang Yue described the general method and said, "What you get occasionally may not necessarily lead to success. You should try it first."

It’s not that I’m hiding it from myself. My understanding of the Great Circulation was thanks to my spiritual thoughts and true energy.

Maybe with some improvements, it can be used by ordinary people.

In fact, the combat power has not increased much. The newly released sword intent will not hurt people from a distance. At most, it can attach to the sword body and be three inches away from the body.

All in all, it is not a little bit inferior to true Qi.

"Alas, we still need the wisdom of all living beings."

After Liang Yue and Xie Xuan finished exchanging experiences, they walked into the dark and activated the ghost fairy’s method of guarding the house.

Whoosh!
The next moment, the Penglai secret room appeared.

The sudden appearance of the figure almost scared Sima Daozi.

Liang Yue who came down did not say anything, but just practiced his boxing skills.

His body was flying, and with the blessing of the great circulation of internal force, he looked like a ghost.

boom!
He threw a punch, and the wind from his fist broke the chair leg.

"This……"

Sima Daozi was extremely surprised.

Is this the new method developed by Liang Yue?

"How is this going?"

"It's just a small path." Liang Yue shook his head.

The sword and fist skills are considered simple, but even so it took several years to study. Other skills can only be studied when there is leisure, or passed on to future generations.

"Internal strength still cannot be separated from "common sense"..."

It is not like a spell that has incredible power, such as the ghost fairy guarding the house that appears everywhere and senses the house. No master of internal skills can do this.

In the following days, Liang Yue studied the Great Circulation Internal Power while sorting out various immortal materials and clues, but he was not in a hurry to explore.

When you have reached the point where all your skills have become obsolete, there is no rush to learn more magic. You can explore later when you travel around the world.

All he did was just an effort to achieve corpse transformation.

Reincarnation after death, sublimation of the mortal world.

The end of the year.

New Year's Day.

Both sides of the long and narrow dining table were filled with old people and young people.

Liang Yue and Zhu Yingtai sat at the main seats. The maids served food to everyone. On both sides were the oldest Zhang Wenzhi, Yue's husband and wife, Jie Kong, Xie Xuan, Bao Qian; the younger generation included Bao Qian's son Bao Qizhi, Xiao Ming's son Xiao Zezhi, Xie Lingyun, Liang Jingming, the Tanlong brothers... and others who changed their surnames.

There are rich dishes on the table, including Tusu wine, stewed pork elbow, braised pork, chicken, duck and goose, pickled vegetables, and eight-treasure soup...

Liang Yue couldn't help but sigh when he saw this. The Liang family was small in the past, but now it has become a large family with thousands of followers.

"Come on, father-in-law, mother-in-law, Mr. Zhang... have a drink!"

With the sound of firecrackers a year old, the spring breeze sent warmth to Tusu.

The next morning.

Zhang Wenzhi was doing morning exercises as usual, his hair was grey and his body was old.

Liang Yue found him and said, "Senior, the children have grown up and you don't need to be their instructor anymore."

Zhang Wenzhi wiped the sweat off his face and declined politely, "I am alone and have no descendants. I just want to watch the children grow up."

"Alright."

Liang Yue stopped persuading him and found his son Jingming who was meditating.

"Jingming, from now on you will follow Uncle Bao and learn how to handle the affairs of the manor."

"Dad? What about you?"

"Me?" Liang Yue patted his son's shoulder. "I'm an old man in my forties. Naturally, I'll quit my job and travel around happily."

"Yes." Liang Jingming was not good at speaking, and after holding it in for a long time, he finally agreed.

Zhu Yingtai said angrily: "Shanbo, Jingming is only fifteen this year..."

"It doesn't matter. Some people have children at the age of fifteen." Liang Yue shook his head and laughed.

A month later, Liang Yue claimed to be "ill" and gradually retired.

Time leaves faint wrinkles at the corners of the eyes.

Only Sima Daozi knew that this man was so strong that it was terrifying.

Liang Yue usually recited poems and composed couplets with famous scholars in Qingshan Garden, and drank wine by the winding stream; or he would go to Jiekong Wuming Temple with his wife to watch the sunset.

……

Outside Jiankang City.

The flags were like clouds and the army was gathering. Liu Yu, 51 years old at the time, was still as handsome and energetic as ever.

The 100,000-strong army was filled with murderous aura.

The handsome young man in front of him was the eldest son Liu Yifeng.

"Yi Fu, your father will lead the army to the north, and Jiankang will be handed over to you."

"Don't worry, father. There will be no chaos in the rear."

Liu Yifeng said with a firm expression.

"That's good, let's go!!"

At one command, the army set out.

An army of 100,000 men marched straight to Xuzhou, vowing to recapture the old territory of the Northern Expedition, then attack Yanzhou in Shandong, and wipe out Murong Chao of the Yan State.

Twenty years later, someone reunited the Jin Dynasty and mobilized the entire country to launch a northern expedition.

This was the strategy of the aide Liu Muzhi, "fighting chaos with chaos". The Jin Dynasty was unstable, with many factions standing side by side. It was better to fight chaos with chaos and consume the power of various factions in the Northern Expedition.

"I, Liu Yu, Liu Deyu, will be the ruler who will put an end to the chaos and bring prosperity to the country!"

Riding on the reddish-brown horse, Liu Yu looked out at the mountains and rivers of the south, the rising sun in the east, and the green mountains like the sea.

The Han Dynasty never perished.

"Yi Fu, Yi Zhen, Yi Long, second brother, third brother... I will build a peaceful country for you all."

……

On the hillside of Kuaiji Mountain, there are steep cliffs. A winding mountain road leads up the mountain, and on the mountain there are magnificent palaces and temples.

On the edge of the cliff stands the Donglai Pavilion for watching the sunset. Liang Yue and Zhu Yingtai are like a fairy couple, watching the amazing sunrise.

Xu Jingming was followed by three disciples.

"Hurry up and pay your respects to Marquis Changle. Marquis Changle is Ge Hong's junior fellow apprentice and also my teacher."

"Greetings to Marquis Changle!"

The three disciples knelt down in respect.

"No need to be so polite. You are just a mentor who teaches you. You are just preaching on other people's behalf." Liang Yue waved his hand indifferently.

"You must follow the etiquette." Xu Jingming refused firmly. After performing the etiquette, he sent his disciple away.

"Jingming Dao has developed quite well. Jingming, you have done a great job." Liang Yue praised.

The Jingming Dao is now also a major sect that influences the Three Wu regions.

"Thanks to the owner of the dock..."

Before he could finish his words, a carrier pigeon flew over from afar.

It turned out to be a letter from Liu Yifeng of Jiankang and his daughter, in which he elaborated on the Northern Expedition.

"We are armed with swords and spears, and we are as fierce as tigers. We have finally come to this point."

Liang Yue stood up, turned to his wife and said:

"Yingtai, come down the mountain."

"Where?"

"Go home, and then I might go on a long trip."

"Then come back early."

A few months later, good news came from the front line. The Northern Expedition Army conquered the Central Plains and took over Henan, and then attacked Murong Chao of Yan State in Yan, Xu and Qing states.

The army was invincible wherever it went.

The Northern Expedition Army had been preparing for several years and was full of momentum.

"We won't go back. We will annihilate the Xianbei Yan Kingdom in one fell swoop!" Liu Yu pointed his spear forward.

"Yes!"

The army continued to advance, dividing its troops into several routes and fighting against many barbarians.

A small village in Dongyang County, Jiyin County, Yanzhou.

The village houses are dilapidated, there are starving people on the streets, and the living people are numb, like walking corpses.

With wars raging everywhere and barbarians rampant, people's livelihood in this place had long been in decline, and those who could escape had already gone south to become refugees.

Several bodies were found lying in a private house.

Most of the corpses were dressed in fur, with long faces, thin lips and high noses, which was the common appearance of the Xianbei barbarians.

At this time, the corpse died with its eyes open and its stomach was ripped open.

Standing in front of the corpse were Liang Yue and Xie Lingyun.

Liang Yue had been "fascinated" by the north for a long time, and for the purpose of experiment, he secretly followed the Northern Expedition Army to explore.

Afterwards, they found a few solitary barbarians, killed them and studied them; during this study, they discovered that there were indeed differences.

"The barbarians are violent, ignorant, and eat raw meat and drink blood. Perhaps they have the blood of ancient demons in their bodies, so their numbers are few, but there are many experts."

The Shang and Zhou dynasties called them Quanrong, Guifang, Xianyun...most of them were named after animals.

Liang Yue proposed an idea.

They have strange looks, are they essentially the descendants of ancient demons?
After all, the spiritual energy was annihilated thousands of years ago. Although the demon blood could not give them magical powers, it brought a huge amount of blood. Or maybe the blood they drank when they practiced internal energy had a special effect.

(End of this chapter)