Xiuxian, I can travel to another world

Chapter 285 Spiritual Wisdom

Cleverness and wisdom are not the same thing.

Both "Tiancong" and "Linghui" have specific meanings.

Intelligent people learn things quickly and master them in no time; they can quickly get the hang of even the most complex things.

That's how the Heavenly Will Technique works.

Having mastered the Heavenly Will Technique, one would have access to almost all the martial arts techniques in the world.

Even if it's a secret technique from another sect, once someone like this has seen it, they can restore and perform it.

The Heavenly Will Sword Technique is extremely complex and mysterious, with tens of thousands of moves and power techniques that can drive ordinary people to despair. Only a martial saint who has opened the Heavenly Soul can master this kind of complex and unique skill.

Not only that.

The Heavenly Will Sect has collected numerous martial arts traditions from all over the world and the martial arts world, in a number comparable to those in the imperial palace.

Each successive leader of the Heavenly Will Sect was able to extract its essence, integrate it, and comprehend its own unique skills.

They can even change their identity and roam the martial arts world as unconventional martial arts geniuses, without attracting the attention of others.

Such as:
Ouyang Chengxuan once disguised himself as the head of the Liu family in Western Shu and made a great name for himself by using the Ten Thousand Swords Chaotic Heart Technique.

Therefore, connecting with the Heavenly Soul will greatly enhance memory, comprehension, learning ability, and so on...

Linghui, on the other hand, is even more special.

There is a kind of skill in the world that seems ordinary, but contains profound mysteries. Only those with innate wisdom and insight can see through the disguise and reach the core.

Especially the Buddhist tradition.

It emphasizes the concept of 'enlightenment'.

The techniques are hidden in calligraphy, paintings, Buddhist scriptures, and classic texts, and can only be mastered by those with profound wisdom.

Spiritual wisdom and soul.

It refers to comprehension.

The previous owner of the Tathagata Heart Mantra was a lowly sweeping monk at Dabeisi Temple. He was over fifty years old and looked withered, and had never practiced martial arts.

After obtaining the Buddha's mantra, all the Buddhist scriptures he had studied over the decades were transformed into his own spiritual power, and he entered the divine realm in a single day.

Seven days to attain Vajra.

One year later, Mount Sumeru was achieved.

His Tathagata Palm technique is incredibly powerful; if he hadn't been unwilling to compete in the martial arts world, he would have been famous throughout the land long ago.

pity.

Since the passing of that sweeping monk, no monk at Dabeisi Temple has been able to learn the Buddha's mantra.

The legacy that remains is also incomplete.

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February.

The third prince, under the banner of "purging the court of corrupt officials and punishing the wicked woman," led an army of hundreds of thousands to besiege the capital.

Duke Qi Wanyan, the Assistant Duke, led his troops into battle.

March.

Hundreds of thousands of troops clashed on the battlefield.

Duke Qi Wanyan, unable to withstand the attack, had no choice but to retreat to the capital and rely on the towering city walls for a desperate defense.

April.

The two sides clashed again.

May.

Marquis Zhenyuan, Marquis Jinghai, Marquis Zhengxi... all the feudal lords received the imperial decree to attack the Third Prince.

The same month.

More than a dozen martial arts masters infiltrated the Third Prince's camp to assassinate him. Although they failed, they severely injured the Third Prince.

……

October.

The third prince was beheaded.

The various warlords led their armies in retreat.

The chaos in the Great Qi Dynasty has finally come to an end.

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Shenjing.

In the palace.

The seven-year-old Emperor Qi Wenlin of the Great Qi Dynasty, dressed in a cassock, lay on the ground teasing a few ants.

"His Majesty!"

The old man jogged closer and whispered:

"The Duke of Fuguo wishes to see you."

He practically watched the nineteenth prince, Qi Wenlin, grow up, so how could he not have feelings for him?

His face showed reluctance at the thought of what was about to happen.

His Majesty is truly just an ignorant child!
"Oh!"

Qi Wenlin clapped his hands, ignoring the mud on his body, and skipped and hopped toward the main hall.

The main hall was empty.

There was no Duke Qi Wanyan.

A handsome man clad in gleaming silver armor and with a sword at his waist stood in the center of the arena, looking down.

Looking at the hopping and skipping Qi Wenlin, the man's face showed displeasure:
"Your Majesty, as the Son of Heaven, how can you be so disrespectful?"

"It's General Liu!" Qi Wenlin looked up, pursing his lips.

"I never wanted to be the emperor in the first place. If Seventh Sister wants to be the emperor, I'll just give it to her."

"Anyway, Seventh Sister makes all the decisions regarding imperial decrees."

"Your Majesty, please be careful with your words." Liu Shao lowered his brows.
"You can't say that."

"What's there to hide?" Qi Wenlin tilted his head.
"I'm so young, I don't understand anything, I can't even figure out eating, drinking and relieving myself, how could I possibly handle the important affairs of the world?"

"Seventh Sister is more suitable to be the emperor."

"..." Liu Shao's eyes flickered, and a smile appeared on his face:
"Does Your Majesty really think so?"

"Yes!" Qi Wenlin nodded emphatically.

"That's what I've always thought."

"Alright then." Liu Shao thought for a moment, then pointed to the table behind him:
"Your Majesty might as well write an edict to abdicate in favor of the Duke of Fuguo. As the Son of Heaven, who could disobey you?"

"Great!" Qi Wenlin's eyes lit up. He went to the table, grabbed a brush, and wrote in a crooked, uneven manner:

"I've wanted to write this for a long time, but my seventh sister wouldn't let me. General Liu is so kind; he specially prepared a draft for me."

"Should I just copy it exactly as it's written here?"

However, there was a written imperial edict on the table, the contents of which were precisely the order to abdicate and yield the throne to a worthy successor.

even.

Even the imperial seal has been put into use.

Liu Shao smiled, stepped closer, watched Qi Wenlin finish writing the imperial edict, took it, and shook it.

"it is good!"

"well done!"

His voice couldn't hide his excitement.

"General Liu." Qi Wenlin looked up, his little face filled with curiosity as he asked:
"I heard you're going to marry Seventh Sister?"

"Hmm?" Liu Shao's expression changed slightly:
"Who told Your Majesty this?"

"I forgot," Qi Wenlin shook his head and said.

"Although Seventh Sister is a very good person, she can be quite strict at times. I don't think she's a good fit for General Liu."

A hint of disdain flashed across Liu Shao's face, but he didn't say anything more, simply putting the imperial edict away slowly.

"His Majesty……"

"No!"

"You should now be addressed as the Nineteenth Prince."

He looked down, his face cold.

"As the emperor, the Son of Heaven, you have neglected state affairs for a year, incurring the wrath of Heaven and the resentment of the people."

“You, Yu Si, have disregarded palace rules, indulged in reckless play, and shown no majesty as emperor, causing chaos within the inner palace.”

"You, my lord, are ignorant of state affairs, which allowed the Third Prince to rebel, causing turmoil throughout the land and the deaths of countless people!"

"Nineteenth Prince, do you know your crime?"

Ok?
Qi Wenlin was taken aback. Under the pressure of the other party's seemingly tangible killing intent, he suddenly took several steps back.

"General Liu... what are you doing?"

"General Liu!"

The old man's expression changed drastically:
"His Majesty has already issued the decree for the abdication of the throne to a more worthy successor, and the Duke of Fu has also promised not to pursue the matter. What are you going to do?" "Foolish!" Liu Shao's face darkened.
"Even a centipede with a hundred legs will not fall down after it dies; if you strike a snake and don't kill it, you will suffer the consequences. Wan Yan was ultimately too soft-hearted."

"But I cannot help but think of her. As long as the nineteenth prince lives, the throne will be difficult to secure."

"No!" The noble eunuch stretched out his hands to block Qi Wenlin, releasing the aura of a Divine Martial Saint:
"His Majesty has just issued an edict to abdicate in favor of a worthy successor, and you kill someone? Aren't you afraid of chilling the hearts of the people and the officials in the court?"

"Hmph!" Liu Shao's eyes widened:
"Whatever the consequences of this matter, and whatever the public opinion, I, Liu, will bear alone. I will absolutely not implicate the Duke of Fu!"

"You..." The old man was about to speak.

"Somebody come!"

Liu Shao shouted, and the guards outside the hall immediately rushed over and surrounded Eunuch Gui and Qi Wenlin.

"General Liu, are you going to kill me?"

Qi Wenlin's eyes widened, his face showing surprise:

"Does Seventh Sister know you did this?"

"If you kill me, will Seventh Sister really be happy?"

Ok?
Liu Shao, who was about to wave his hand to give the order, paused upon hearing this, his face showing hesitation, his eyes shifting back and forth.

“And…” Qi Wenlin pouted, his face full of childlike innocence:
"Although I don't know much, if you ask them to kill the emperor who hasn't abdicated yet, how can they survive afterward?"

"General Liu might not survive either."

The words fell.

All the guards in the room looked at each other in dismay, their eyes filled with fear.

They were indeed Liu Shao's confidants and were willing to die for him, but killing the emperor was a serious matter. The death of one person was unacceptable; it would certainly lead to the extermination of nine generations of their family. This consequence had to be considered.

“Hmm…” Liu Shao’s eyes flickered as he looked at the bewildered Qi Wenlin with a strange expression:

“You were born slow-witted, only walking at three and speaking at five, yet you now possess such inner wisdom.”

"in this way……"

"You'll be even more unforgivable!"

"General," one of the men in the arena said in a low voice.
"Shouldn't we consult the Duke of Fu first?"

Kill the emperor.

This is no small matter.

Moreover, as Liu Shao's confidants, they were well aware that this matter had not been approved by Qi Wanyan.

of course,

It's also possible that Qi Wanyan wanted to do this but couldn't say it aloud, leaving it to her subordinates to understand.

"Ah……"

Liu Shao's eyes flickered, and he suddenly turned around and went to the table. With a wave of his hand, he wrote two large characters on the paper.

He then tore the paper in half, crumpled it into two balls, and threw them at Qi Wenlin's feet, speaking coldly:
"Nineteenth Prince, don't blame me for not giving you a chance."

"Each of these two pieces of paper has a word written on it: life or death. You choose one. If you choose life, I will spare your life."

"If it's death..."

His voice turned cold:
"If this is fate, then don't blame me for being ruthless!"

There was silence.

Everyone looked down at the crumpled paper.

The paper ball was small, but because it was made of high-quality Xuan paper, the ink on the back was not visible.

Once the paper was crumpled up, no one knew which one said "life" and which one said "death."

The odds of choosing one of the two options seem high, but in reality, they are not.

After all, it was a matter of life and death.

"His Majesty."

The old man's eyes darted around in panic:
"This……"

"It's nothing." Qi Wenlin grinned.
"General Liu is a descendant of the Liu family who protected the country, and I believe he will keep his word."

"I choose..."

"this!"

He stepped forward, grabbed one of the wads of paper, and stuffed it into his mouth without opening it.

"what are you doing?"

"shut up!"

Liu Shao's expression changed drastically. He flashed forward and closed in, but the paper mixed with glutinous rice flour melted in his mouth. By the time he made his move, Qi Wenlin had already swallowed most of the paper, and the writing on it was already blurred.

"General Liu."

Qi Wenlin wiped his mouth with his mud-covered hands and laughed:
"Since one is life and the other is death, we'll soon know which one I chose after seeing whether the remaining one is life or death."

“That’s right!” The old eunuch’s eyes lit up, and he hurriedly picked up the crumpled paper from the ground. The word ‘death’ was written on it.

"Ha ha……"

It's the word 'death'!

"His Majesty has chosen life!"

"It is the will of Heaven, and Heaven has allowed His Majesty to live. General Liu, what do you have to say now?"

Liu Shao's face turned ashen.

He wrote two 'death' characters on the paper, but not a single 'life' character. No matter what Qi Wenlin chose, he was doomed to die.

Never thought...

Looking around the field, the guards exchanged bewildered glances, their eyes filled with fear, having lost all will to fight.

Even if he were to give the order to take action now, I doubt anyone would listen.

After all, that's fate!

'Qi Wenlin isn't stupid!'

On the contrary, this child possesses a maturity far beyond his years, and given time, he will undoubtedly become a major threat. Letting him go now is tantamount to releasing a tiger back into the mountains.

A thought flashed through Liu Shao's mind, and a strong killing intent gleamed in his eyes.

Even if it means bearing the brunt of the world's condemnation, even if it means being punished by Wan Yan, we cannot let him go!

The long sword at his waist trembled slightly; he was about to deliver the fatal blow.

"Infinite Heavenly Lord!"

Just then, a voice, seemingly drifting from the sky, appeared in the hall and reached everyone's ears.

"I am Ziju Daoren of Baiyun Temple. Entrusted by the Duke of Fuguo, I have taken the former emperor Qi Wenlin as my disciple."

"Qi Wenlin, would you be willing to follow me and become a Taoist monk?"

"Become a Taoist priest?" Qi Wenlin blinked and turned to look at the figure descending from the sky behind him:
"But I want to be a monk."

"Haha..." Zhu Ju laughed loudly:
"Buddhism and Taoism are one family. Taoists can read Buddhist scriptures, and monks can cultivate the Tao. Everything is up to you."

"Alright then." Qi Wenlin nodded.

"Shall I go with you now? Can you come with me to Baiyun Temple, sir?"

"Let's go now," Zhu Ju said.

"You can come along."

"General Liu, please allow us to pass."

Liu Shao's face turned ashen, his hands clenching and unclenching intermittently, but in the end he was unable to forcefully make a move in front of the world's number one expert.

"Step aside!"

"Wow..."

The imperial guards, unable to withstand the invisible pressure, scattered one after another.

Zhu Ju waved his sleeve, and a gentle breeze swept up Qi Wenlin and Eunuch Gui, who were walking over. The three of them rode the breeze and flew into the sky.

While suspended in mid-air, he looked down and asked:
Where is the Buddha's mantra?

"Master wants to learn the Buddha's mantra?" Qi Wenlin blinked.

"However, this technique cannot be explained."

No one knows.

This seven-year-old child is actually the inheritor of the Buddha's mantra.

"It doesn't matter."

Zhu Ju smiled calmly:
"If you practice by my side a few times, I will know. I will exchange the Buddha's mantra for your lifelong peace."

"Is it possible?"

"Great!" Qi Wenlin's eyes lit up:
"Seventh Sister has also become a disciple of the Taoist priest, so we are now fellow disciples. She definitely won't lay a hand on me in the future."

Zhu Ju smiled but said nothing.

As long as he can obtain the Tathagata Heart Mantra, he will protect Qi Wenlin completely. Even the new Empress of Great Qi will not be able to take him away from him.

in this way.

The Seven Souls Method has been completed!

(End of this chapter)