The Great Seminary

Chapter 353 Three Cunning Rabbit Cave
With so-called "dragon seed" cavalry accompanying him, and having brazenly introduced himself, it's almost certainly Zhen Ciyun herself.

However, Cao Zhengbing came from a humble family in the underground world and was unaware of the illustrious reputation of the Hualong Riders of the great human nation. He mistook them for Daoist soldiers led by the daughter of a powerful sect.

Of course, the two are actually quite similar in nature.

After all, anyone who travels with armored cavalry must have a very substantial "family fortune".

Zhang Gui understood this principle and instructed Cao Zhengbing:
"If that's the case, it must be my friend who's visiting. Go and invite her over."

"Yes." The butler bowed his head and hurried back, secretly thinking to himself:

The manor lord was not handsome.

The ladies who frequented the place were all beautiful and from wealthy families, which was quite unusual.

In the side hall, Sun Chonghe watched Cao Zhengbing run out. Thinking that he would soon see his best friend, he felt a mix of emotions.

Get up and sit down, then suddenly ask:

"Longhu, have you been in contact with Ciyun all along?"

"It wasn't continuous, but it never stopped either," Zhang Gui said carefully.
"To be honest, Ms. Chonghe, because of the change in the stance of the elders in your family, you have developed a considerable estrangement from your former close friends, both openly and secretly."

So after we met in the underground world, I never brought up the past.

And you've kept it a secret..."

“In times of great strife, the elders in a family each serve their own masters.”

They even forced me to come to the Northern Sect of the Three Holy Swords and instructed me to settle down here.

The past is like yesterday, dead; the present is like today, born.

Sun Chonghe interrupted Zhang Gui with tears in his eyes.
"It made me feel extremely depressed at the time, and I really couldn't continue to contact Shijing and Ciyun."

All I could do was grit my teeth and sever all ties with the past, like cutting off a tangled mess with a swift knife…

"What a 'swift and decisive' approach! Sun Chonghe, you have a truly ruthless heart!"

As they were talking, Zhen Shijing walked in, dangling small pearls, clearly having been listening outside for quite some time.

Upon seeing him, Sun Chonghe could no longer contain himself and ran over to embrace him, bursting into tears:

"It's my fault, Shijing, it's my fault. I... I thought I would never see you again in this lifetime!"

Waaah, it's my fault, but by the time I regretted it, I couldn't contact you anymore…

When she got emotional, she cried along with Zhen Shijing, and Zhang Gui and Wu Quezi instantly became outsiders.

It's hard to say, and it's hard to advise.

They could only stare at each other, waiting for the two to finally release their pent-up emotions.

Just like that, I don’t know how long it took.

Zhen Shijing and Sun Chongque finally stopped crying, but then started whispering to each other.

They had clearly started exchanging stories about what they had experienced during the period when they were out of contact.

This chatter continued until sunset, when the lamps and candles were lit in the manor, and only then did they finally stop.

After calming himself down, Sun Chonghe first introduced Zhen Ciyun to his best friend, Wu Quezi, the sect leader, whom he had made after officially joining the 'Three Holy Swords Northern Sect'.

Then he explained Zhen Shijing's background to Wu Quezi.

Both of them were daughters of prominent families, and with Sun Chonghe involved in their schemes, they seemed to treat each other politely and get along well.

But Zhang Gui watched coldly from the sidelines, vaguely feeling that Wu Quezi, the "local resident," seemed to look down on Zhen Shijing, the "impoverished exile."

But this is normal.

As the old saying goes, "A person is worth three times more when they leave their homeland." Moreover, the Zhen family of Jinling Flower Fish, a family with a long-standing tradition in the "human world," has now lost its foundation. Like a giant tree with severed roots, no matter how lush and leafy it may appear, it will gradually turn into rotten wood.

Unexpectedly, after a few polite words, Zhen Shijing suddenly revealed a new side of herself.

"...The family abandoned its business in the human world, which greatly damaged its vitality, but it gained a great opportunity because the whole family migrated to the underground world."

He became a protector of the heretical sects re-established at 'Lingshan', and one of the Dragon Guardians among the 'Eight Legions of Heaven and Dragons'.

It can be said that misfortune and fortune are intertwined, and that misfortune has turned into a blessing in disguise…

Although Buddhism, being a religious organization, is inherently divided in its ideology, internal strife has led to chaos and disorder.

But it is still the third largest power in Dongsheng Continent, apart from Xia Que under the Great Qi Emperor and Kunlun where the Queen Mother of the West recuperates!
Among them, those who practice Mahayana Buddhism worship Vulture Peak, the present Buddha Shakyamuni, and those who worship the Western Paradise, the other form of Shakyamuni, the Great Tathagata.

These are the two most prominent schools of Buddhism today.

In addition, they practice 'Theravada Buddhism' and worship the 'original monastic community' of the 'past Buddha' Dipankara Buddha, also known as the Old Buddha Dipankara.

And to practice the 'New Vehicle of Mahayana Buddhism' and worship the 'Void Homeland' of Maitreya Buddha, the 'Future Buddha'.

These can be called the other two "manifest schools" of Buddhism, one in darkness and one in light, and they are famous throughout the world.

While the terms "re-establishment" and "outsiders" may seem superficial, the Buddhist sects' newly established protectors are certainly not the old, powerful core.

However, the added weight of 'Lingshan' and the 'Dharma Protectors' are equivalent to the Buddhist martial force, and 'the masses' are a synonym for a large number of people.

No one is going to be impolite...

"Although I am ignorant and have not heard of the important news that Lingshan has re-established the 'Dharma Protectors'."

But since the name is 'Tian Long Ba Bu' (Eight Legions of Heaven and Dragons), it must be led by the 'Tian' and 'Long' factions.

In this way, the nobles will inevitably become more illustrious in the future than they were in the 'mortal world'.

I'll start with tea instead of wine to wish you a prosperous future.

This explanation shows that although Wu Quezi didn't explicitly try to curry favor, her attitude became more equal and genuine, and even her smile became more lively.

Zhang Gui, standing to the side, turned his head and said:
"It's unbelievable! The Zhen family of Jinling Flower Fish and August Roll Buns are running towards the underground world."

In September, he became a protector of some heretical sect on Mount Ling, one of the "Eight Legions of Devas and Asuras".

It was clearly premeditated.

“Brother Gui, you’ve only been in power for five or six years, and you’re already thinking about having multiple burrows.”

"Our Zhen family of Jinling Flower Fish has prospered for a thousand years. Can't we operate in both the human world and the underworld?"

Zhen Shijing said with a grin, then a hint of fear flashed in her eyes.
"Moreover, that so-called Emperor Naruhito, the son of the human world, who is called the Empress Amaterasu, is simply a devil!"

When her daughter, Princess Yingri Mingyuezhi, led troops to seize the throne as the principal wife of Prince Zhen, most of the prominent families of the Ming and Song dynasties remained inactive.

Otherwise, the Japanese army could not have so easily seized the strategic advantage, yet... yet... yet..."

As she spoke, she stammered and couldn't continue.

Seeing this, Zhang Gui got up, grabbed a piece of fruit, and stuffed it into Zhen Shijing's mouth.

"Eat something sweet to relax, and don't think about anything else."

I have seen that Mingren Rongyue in person.

He was indeed a madman who would stop at nothing to achieve success, risk his life, and act on his own selfish desires.

When you go with the flow, your momentum will be unstoppable!

Now I'm just waiting to see if she'll have a passionate encounter with His Majesty Tian Shengtian of the Yuanshan Empire!

(End of this chapter)