The road is vague

Chapter 173 Qu Zhen's War of Words
Afternoon application time.

Li Mo was in the Dharma Protector Hall, waiting for Lu Cuicui to finish her duty.

Ordinary disciples of the Dharma Guardian Hall need to undergo special training every day, which is not limited to cultivation, but also includes the deployment of troops and formations.

The disciples of the Dharma Guardian Hall can be said to be the sect’s army.

At this time.

A female cultivator came over. When she noticed Li Mo, she looked at him with anger in her eyes. It could be said that she came with bad intentions.

This person was none other than Lu Cuicui's mother.

"You are Li Mo, the deputy captain of the Special Service Hall, right?"

Without waiting for Li Mo to answer, Lu Cuicui's mother snorted coldly.

"You are so shameless! I am from the Qu family of Shangfeng Commandery, the wife of Lü Xin of the Lü family of Zhanghe, and the mother of Lü Shun and Lü Cuicui. Since I have already rejected you on behalf of Cuicui, why are you so shameless? You keep fawning on me and my daughter. Do you think that as long as you can impress Cuicui, you can marry someone from a noble family like us?"

After hearing this, Li Mo's face suddenly turned cold.

"Friend Qu is overthinking."

Li Mo responded coldly.

As a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building, Qu Zhen is already eighty-six years old this year, but his essence has not been lost and he does not look old.

For the vast majority of cultivators, they will only consider having children when there is no hope of achieving the great path.

This can be seen.

Lu Xin and Qu Zhen were once considered a model of love, which is why they gave birth to Lu Shun and Lu Cuicui, brother and sister, during their practice of Taoism.

"You say I'm shameless and deceived Lu Cuicui just to get close to the Lu family's aristocratic background. You are really short-sighted and you are just sitting in a well and looking at the world from a narrow perspective. You are making a fool of yourself!"

"What did you say?"

Qu Zhen was furious.

Li Mo saw this and disagreed.

"The so-called status of a disciple from an aristocratic family is nothing but honey to them, an empty title. For those of us who practice cultivation and seek the truth, our cultivation realm is our top priority. The so-called aristocratic families cycle through generations every few hundred years, and in my eyes, they are not worth mentioning."

"Hahahaha!"

Qu Zhen laughed out loud.

"You are just a small cultivator in the early stage of foundation building, yet you dare to comment on the rise and fall of aristocratic families here. It is really ridiculous."

Li Mo looked sarcastic and looked down on others with arrogance.

"Your Excellency said I was ridiculous. But because of your personal vendetta, you caused the Lu family to lose several foundation-building cultivators and were criticized by the Lu family. This is not enough. Your late husband's two children also suffered a lot of criticism during their growth because of your shameless remarks. Although you are a mother, you are nothing but a beast in human clothing. Although you are a wife, you are nothing but a short-sighted person. Although you are from an aristocratic family, you are nothing but a dog relying on the power of others. Now you dare to bark at the sun in front of me and say some remarks that are based on the view of the world from a narrow perspective. It is really ridiculous!"

"you……"

"shut up!"

Li Mo rebuked coldly.

"The Daqian Dynasty and the State of Lu have been at war for a hundred years. Although their ideologies differ, they ultimately serve the same long-term goal for the Central Plains. It aims to free the people of the world from the devastation of years of war, educate and save more ignorant people, and allow them to share in each other's prosperity. Yet, you are only acting out of self-serving desire and making unreasonable trouble. How can you be worthy of your late husband's spirit in heaven?"

Qu Zhen was furious.

"I……"

"Shut up!"

Li Mo is arrogant and fearless.

"A chaste person is one who has firm moral integrity, loyal and devoted, holy and sincere, and upright. You have lived up to the name your parents gave you. Listen carefully today. Lu Cuicui and I are in a relationship of mutual consent and mutual affection. People like you who have let down your daughter, your deceased husband, and your parents, and who are vain, should hide your head here, live a simple life, and wait for my future. If you dare to talk nonsense in front of me again, I will ask the two acting masters to uphold justice and expose your ugly face to the public in the Qingming Hall. You will do your best to deal with it!"

Qu Zhen was so angry that her whole body was shaking, but she couldn't say a word. She just felt that the man in front of her looked elegant and gentle, but in fact he was furious and really hateful.

Someone came over after hearing the noise. Qu Zhen stomped his feet and left with a glare.

Li Mo snorted coldly and turned away.

After a while.

Two disciples of the Dharma Protector Hall walked out from behind the rockery, all of them looked stunned and looked at Li Mo's back with fear.

"Who on earth is that uncle-master? He's so terrifying."

"Who knows? But it's best for us to keep this matter to ourselves. You don't want to be scolded by this uncle one day, do you?"

The two of them suddenly felt a chill.

"Forget it. If I were to be reprimanded in person by this uncle, I would definitely lose my Dao heart."

After the two looked at each other, they even felt that this rockery, which was originally used for lazing around, was full of danger. They shrank their necks and left quickly.

……

Day two.

Li Mo went to Cuixia Peak to visit the Earthly Branch Fairies Wang Xiyue and Wang Zhu. However, there was only Wang Zhu on Cuixia Peak.

"Li Mo?"

Wang Zhu, who was studying the formation diagram alone on Cuixia Peak, stood up excitedly.

"Wang Zhu, long time no see, where is Aunt Wang?"

"Master, along with Master Xiang, the Taoist Master Tianji of Qianzhu Peak, went to Yuancheng to attend the Daqian Dynasty Formation Masters Exchange Meeting. I heard it's held every ten years and is a grand gathering for rune formation masters."

"Master Qianji, isn't that Lu Tong's master, the formation master that the aristocratic family disciples have recruited?"

Li Mo was slightly surprised when he heard this.

"How many formation masters are there in our sect?"

"Hmm... I heard from Master that there seemed to be three before, but Master Ma passed away two years ago. Currently, there are only two left, Master and Master Uncle Shixiang from Qianzhu Peak."

Wang Zhu said this and waved Li Mo to come forward.

"You've come just in time. Come and help me take a look. Master said I can only go down the mountain to play after I have mastered this formation diagram. Please help me."

Li Mo heard this and walked over.

"Five Concealment and Five Hiding Formation."

This turned out to be a hidden formation diagram.

After Li Mo found the center palace, he counted with his fingers briefly and quickly deduced twenty-five variations. He also memorized the rules of the array base and array eye of the array diagram. The whole process took only a cup of tea, and he nodded thoughtfully.

"What do you have questions about?"

"Here, here, and here."

Wang Zhu pointed out three places.

"Master told me to push and cover the changes of the Zhoutian, so that I can enter the Tao through the formation. I..." "Enter the Tao through the formation?"

Li Mo frowned, then shook his head vigorously to dispel his wild thoughts.

For other formation masters, they can enter the Tao by constantly prying into the secrets of heaven, but for Li Mo, this is a curse.

He is like an insect in the forest, having to hide carefully in the shadows so as not to be discovered by the birds in the sky. Any attempt to peek into the sky may bring about bad luck.

"I'm so sorry, I'm afraid I can't help you."

"what?"

Wang Zhu was a little disappointed, but he was not discouraged.

"All right……"

After chatting with Wang Zhu for a while, Li Mo left Cuixia Peak and returned to the cave. He began to concentrate on studying the art of refining weapons and alchemy, quietly waiting for the sunset moon to pass.

a few days later.

Lu Shun and Lu Cuicui came to Li Mo's cave together.

"Li Mo, what happened between you and my mother?"

Lu Cuicui was a little nervous.

"My mother hasn't eaten or drunk anything for several days and has been crying every day. When we asked her, she told us to ask her, 'What's wrong?'"

Li Mo sighed when he heard this.

He explained the whole story, and Lv Shun and Lv Cuicui were stunned when they heard it.

"Hey."

Lu Shun also sighed deeply, his face painful.

"This matter is not your fault. It's my fault that I can't avenge my father and relieve my mother's worries..."

The three of them talked for a long time in Li Mo's temporary cave before saying goodbye with different expressions.

A few more days passed.

A sound transmission note suddenly appeared outside Li Mo's cave.

Li Mo, who had noticed something, put the matter at hand to a halt and waved to take the sound transmission note.

"General Li, I'm at your sect's Sacred Tree Square. Where are you?"

It turned out to be Zhu Wei coming over!

Li Mo's face immediately showed joy. He left the cave and came to the Sacred Tree Square on the main peak.

"Zhu Wei!"

"General Li!"

After the two met, they stood together.

Zhu Wei had naturally heard about what happened in Bai'an City. He couldn't help but feel a sense of fear at the military headquarters in Anbei County.

In a short period of time, several foundation-building cultivators died one after another in Bai'an City.

If he had returned to Bai'an City with Li Mo, or if he had not recorded his confession at the military headquarters and followed Jiang Feiyan back to Bai'an City, he would most likely have died in the line of duty by now.

"But fortunately, Bai'an County has completely eradicated this secret organization and restored peace and order. From now on, we can rest assured."

"Yes!"

Zhu Wei breathed a sigh of relief and revealed a rare smile.

In this respect, he and Li Mo felt the same, both were happy to have their friend avenged.

"By the way, I heard that the Muzhou Town Support Commissioner and the two Thousand Household Masters are planning to take this opportunity to vigorously develop the Tianming Division of Bai'an County. They will establish a permanent position of one Chief Banner and two Deputy Chief Banners. I have already applied to the Tianming Division for an on-the-spot promotion, and the Town Support Commissioner and the two Thousand Household Masters have agreed."

“This…this is really great!”

Li Mo's eyes lit up.

This way.

Wouldn't the Destiny Department of Bai'an County be formed by him, Jiang Feiyan, and Zhu Wei in the future?

However, Zhu Wei quickly revealed another piece of news.

"But General Li, if my predictions are correct, you and General Jiang will both be promoted one level higher in the Tianming Division. You will take over as the General of the Tianming Division in Bai'an County, and General Jiang will be promoted to a centurion in Anbei County."

Li Mo opened his mouth when he heard this.

Considering that Zhu Wei got the information from the pacification envoy, he immediately sighed.

"fair enough."

No matter what, at least Jiang Feiyan is still his immediate superior, and Zhu Wei will be his partner, but he will just be transferred in as a subordinate of the deputy general manager.

of course.

The flag-raising positions below will definitely be expanded.

Since there are three permanent general flags, the number of small flags under them should be at least seven.

"Come, come, come, let's go to my cave and drink two cups of spiritual tea first. Now I finally have some free time, so I can have a good rest for a few days. In fact, I have always hoped to make some achievements in the way of talismans, but unfortunately I still can't find the key points and it's difficult to get started. I hope Brother Zhu will be generous with his guidance."

What the Daqian Kingdom calls the Way of the Most Intelligent Creatures can also be called the Way of Man.

Humans are best at using various tools, developing their own advantages, avoiding their own disadvantages, and winning with wisdom.

This way.

How to develop one's own advantages and avoid one's own disadvantages is the problem that the disciples of various sects in the Daqian Kingdom have to face.

As a disciple of Lingmu Sect, Li Mo would study every tool that might be useful as much as possible, because every time he studied a skill, new changes would appear in his dream. So, out of instinct, he would study every tool that might be useful as much as possible.

Zhu Wei smiled softly when he heard this.

"The methods of our Tianfu Sect are vastly different from those of your Lingmu Sect. However, some basic common sense is still the same. However, the way of talismans is not as easy as outsiders think. It requires a lot of effort. Are you sure you really want to learn it?"

"It never hurts to get to know them first!"

At Li Mo's invitation, Zhu Wei followed Li Mo to his private cave in the back mountain.

As Li Mo's compatibility with Piaomiao Dreamland continued to deepen, he had a vague feeling that Piaomiao Dreamland needed to be integrated into the next step through talismans, seal characters, or external incarnations.

It seems that just a little more fusion is needed to break through a certain critical value.

But the more critical the moment, the more cautious he needs to be.

(End of this chapter)