Zhu Tian: A journey of spiritual practice starting from Joy of Life

Chapter 266 Descending the Mountain and Leaving the Sect, the Great Marshland, Twenty-Four
Chisongzi listened to Leng Feibai's words and a hint of helplessness flashed across his face. He took out a bag of gold coins from his pocket and stuffed it into Leng Feibai's hand.

The world is not yet unified, and each country has its own currency.

Especially because of the Qin currency, which was constantly being attacked by other states, the Qin currency had very low value in other countries, and some small border states even refused to accept the Qin currency.

At this point, hard currency like gold becomes more valuable.

Looking at the gold coins in front of him, Leng Feibai did not refuse and accepted them generously.

"I'll be coming down the mountain in three days. See you then during the Snowfall Battle!"

After Leng Feibai finished speaking, he quickly thought of something and casually asked, "Senior brother, how many times have you participated in the Snowfall Competition?"

"I, your brother, have already taken charge of the three rounds of snow clearing!"

Chisongzi stroked his beard and said confidently, "If nothing unexpected happens, I should be in charge of Xueji again next time!"

Upon hearing this, Leng Feibai's body trembled slightly, and a glint of light flashed in his eyes.

If he remembered correctly, Chisongzi lost the Snow Clearing contest this time, giving the Snow Clearing to Xiaoyaozi.

He passed away the following year.

Furthermore, in the later storyline of "Covering the Sun," Xiaoyaozi gave people a strange feeling, leading some people to conclude that the so-called Xiaoyaozi was actually Yanri.

Leng Feibai had some doubts about this, after all, he had met Xiaoyaozi several times in the past year.

Although that guy isn't exactly a flawless person, he's still a normal human being, and it remains to be seen whether he'll do anything to collude with the Luo Wang organization.

"Brother!"

After taking a few breaths to think, Leng Feibai couldn't help but ask, "Is Xueji really that important? Do we really have to hold a competition to compete for her?"

"Why do you ask that, junior brother?"

Chisongzi said solemnly, "Xueji is the sword left behind by our Taoist patriarch, and we should naturally hold it in reverence. Moreover, the Human Sect's understanding of the Tao is..."

"Is it a mistake?"

Leng Feibai shook his head helplessly and said, "Even if the Celestial and Human Sects have different philosophies, they are both from the same lineage of Taoism. If we fight amongst ourselves like this, wouldn't we just be making a fool of ourselves in front of the other sects?"

"Junior brother, you haven't been practicing for long, so naturally you don't understand!"

Chisongzi declared righteously, "The Human Sect's reckless interference in world affairs is clearly inviting trouble. How can we easily hand Xueji over to them!"

Seeing this, Leng Feibai didn't say anything more.

It now seems that the ideological conflict between the Heavenly and Human sects is much more serious than the sword energy conflict in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.

It's simply impossible for me to persuade them with just a few words.

After giving a long lecture, Chishongzi turned and walked out.

Leng Feibai rubbed his ears, thus restoring his hearing, which had been temporarily sealed by the Double-Handed Technique.

"Senior brother's mouth!"

After Leng Feibai finished speaking, he placed the bag of gold coins that Chisongzi had given him on the table, picked up his bundle, and prepared to leave his courtyard.

But just then, Bei Mingzi's voice rang in Leng Feibai's ear.

"Qingyang, come here to your master!"

After hearing this, Leng Feibai had no choice but to put down the package and walked a few steps to the outside of Bei Mingzi's bamboo house.

"master!"

Leng Feibai bowed slightly and said calmly, "Is there anything else you want to tell your disciple?"

"I just overheard what you and Chishongzi were saying!"

Bei Mingzi calmly asked, "In your eyes, what is Xue Ji?"

"sword!"

Leng Feibai maintained his emotionless tone, "Not only Xueji, but even Tianwen, the top sword on the sword ranking list, is just a slightly sharper sword in my eyes."

"Do you know that Xueji was the patriarch's sword!"

"But the patriarch would not want the disciples and followers of Taoism to turn against each other and cause rivers of blood over the sword he left behind!"

Upon hearing this, Bei Mingzi's originally peaceful heart trembled slightly.

"Farewell, disciple!"

After Leng Feibai finished speaking, he turned around and disappeared from the spot.

"What a strange little kid!"

Bei Mingzi's lips curled up slightly. "But what he said does make some sense!"

Meanwhile, at the foot of Mount Taiyi, Leng Feibai stood still, carrying his bundle, looking up at the sky.

"It's getting late!"

Leng Feibai muttered a few words to himself, and then disappeared from the spot in the blink of an eye.

Inside the twelve-story building, Leng Feibai quietly soaked in the hot spring, enjoying a rare moment of leisure.

"Daze Mountain and Xiaoshengxian Village are both located in the State of Qi!"

Leng Feibai opened his eyes and said, "First, let's go to Sanghai City and enjoy a meal of shark fin soup with bear paw. Then we'll go to Daze Mountain and test the power of Earthly Twenty-Four. After that, we'll go back to the Twelve-Story Tower and seclude ourselves for two years to while away the morning light."

After saying that, Leng Feibai closed his eyes and quietly soaked in the hot spring.

Ten days later, in Sanghai City, Qilu, at Haiyue Xiaozhu.

A handsome young man dressed in brocade robes, holding a folding fan in his hand, walked straight in.

The person who arrived was Leng Feibai, but he had a completely new face.

After all, most of the people in the Heavenly Sect are vegetarians, and they only have the opportunity to eat meat two or three times a month.

As soon as you enter, the waiter immediately greets you with a smile and says, "Sir, how many of you are there?"

"Just me!"

Leng Feibai took out three gold coins and handed them to the waiter, saying, "Give me a private room, and another dish of shark fin soup with bear paw."

Although Leng Feibai did not bring the gold coins given to him by Chisongzi, he still owned a gold mine, so refining a few hundred gold coins of similar shape and quality was not a difficult task.

The waiter's eyes gleamed as he looked at the gold coins offered by Leng Feibai. He smiled and led Leng Feibai to a pavilion with a nice sea view.

An hour later, the waiter came in carrying a huge brass basin.

"Sir, the food is here!"

The waiter put the basin down and lifted the lid.

A bear paw, entirely crimson in color and bound with shark fins, appeared in Leng Feibai's eyes.

Leng Feibai took a deep breath, and a rich fragrance immediately filled his nose.

"One is the top of the eight delicacies of the mountains, and the other is also a top-quality product."

Guided by the aroma, Leng Feibai's mouth watered, and he picked up a piece of bear paw with his chopsticks and ate it.

After enjoying a delicious meal, Leng Feibai paid the bill and left Haiyue Xiaozhu with great satisfaction.

At that moment, Leng Feibai's gaze turned to another direction in Sanghai City.

“Little Sage Village!” Leng Feibai murmured to himself. At this moment, he also recalled another side story in Qin's Moon, the Seven Constellations of the Azure Dragon. If he remembered correctly, Li Si’s plot to seize the library of Little Sage Village was for the legendary Seven Constellations of the Azure Dragon.

However, when Leng Feibai was in Yan, he had inquired about the so-called Seven Mansions of the Azure Dragon from Ji Yan.

However, Ji Yan said that he did not know either. After leaving Yan, his clones also infiltrated the Yan capital to search for the so-called Seven Constellation Treasure Box, but they did not find the box.

"When Qin attacked Han and Zhao, I had my clone carry a spatial artifact to take away all the books and history books in the royal palaces of the two kingdoms, but I still couldn't find the boxes from those two countries!"

Leng Feibai muttered to himself, "Forget it, I'll send a few clones to sneak into the library of Little Sage Manor later. Whether I find books about the Seven Constellations of the Azure Dragon or not, it doesn't matter. Anyway, I can leave after the Mirage sinks. Whether that piece of junk can help someone unify the world is none of my business."

Having made up his mind, Leng Feibai turned and left Sanghai City, leaving behind three clones and two storage artifacts, before flying straight towards the northeast of Sanghai City.

Daze Mountain is located in the northeast of the Qilu region. If the plot progresses as expected, this should be the place where Chen Sheng and Wu Kuang started their uprising.

However, the Dazexiang in the historical Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprising was in Anhui Province, not here.

Leng Feibai traveled swiftly and soon arrived near Daze Mountain, and around the mountain range.

Teams of disciples dressed in peasant attire, carrying torches and weapons, patrolled the mountains and forests to prevent anyone from disturbing the six elders of the peasant family who were living in seclusion in the tomb of Emperor Yan.

Leng Feibai gazed at the mountains in the distance, a look of curiosity flashing in his eyes.

The six elders of the Farmer's Clan are said to have relied on the Farmer's Clan's largest stronghold, Ze Twenty-Four, to hunt down and kill Bai Qi, the fearsome butcher of a million men, during the reign of King Zhaoxiang of Qin.

Leng Feibai remembers it clearly: when this scene appeared in the show, the Qin's Moon forum almost exploded.

What kind of peasant family took advantage of Bai Qi's vulnerability and bullied him after he drank poisoned wine?

Comments such as "farmers are shameless" and "bullying the weak with numbers" are constantly emerging.

Of course, the most offensive thing to say is that even Chen Sheng and Wu Kuang were able to get through, so how could they possibly hunt down Bai Qi?

Leng Feibai only glanced at these comments back then. As for whether Earthly Rule Twenty-Four was strong or weak, he would only know after trying it.

Thinking of this, Leng Feibai raised his hand and drew an invisibility talisman, which he then implanted into his body. In the next moment, he transformed into light and flew into the depths of Daze Mountain.

A moment later, a statue with bull horns on a human head came into Leng Feibai's view.

If I'm not mistaken, this should be the ancestor worshipped by farmers, Emperor Yan Shennong.

Below the statue, a cave about three meters high came into Leng Feibai's view.

"That should be it!"

As Leng Feibai finished speaking, he took to the air and flew into the cave.

Traveling swiftly, Leng Feibai soon reached the end of the cave, where a small statue of Shennong came into view.

"This is it!"

Upon seeing the statue, Leng Feibai stood on the open ground deep inside the cave, revealing his figure.

"This junior requests an audience with the six elders of the Farmer's Clan!"

As the voice faded, six streams of internal energy that had been dormant in the cave erupted, one of which rushed towards Leng Feibai's location.

"Um"

Leng Feibai did not dodge, letting the man's palms strike him.

"boom"

With a loud bang, a powerful burst of true energy struck Leng Feibai, but in an instant, it vanished without a trace, like a mud ox sinking into the sea.

Seeing this, the old man withdrew and retreated, while five more old men flew out and landed on the surrounding open ground.

Leng Feibai cupped his hands and said, "This junior greets the six seniors."

At the same time, an old voice rang out, echoing throughout the entire cave.

"Where did this brat come from, daring to trespass on the tombs of the Six Sages of the Farming Family!"

As soon as he finished speaking, flames rose in the cave, illuminating the surroundings and the figures of the six elders of the farm.

Leng Feibai's eyes quickly swept over the six elders of the Farmer's Clan: Li Shi from Lieshan Hall, Bing Zhu from Chiyou Hall, Yu Tu from Gonggong Hall, Xian Zong from Siyue Hall, Yao Wang from Shennong Hall, and Gu Shen from Kuiwei Hall.

These six people correspond to the six great feats of Shennong, the Yan Emperor.

"A nobody, not worth mentioning!"

Leng Feibai cupped his hands and said, "I have come here only to learn from the six seniors who were able to kill Lord Wu'an, the Twenty-Four of Earthly Swamp!"

Upon hearing this, the six elders were all startled and exchanged bewildered glances.

The next moment, Elder Li couldn't help but say, "Boy, are you here to die?"

"Life is too boring, so I have to take risks to find some excitement."

Leng Feibai waved his hand, and a sword box taller than a person appeared beside him. "I humbly request the guidance of the six seniors!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Leng Feibai slapped the sword box, and the box opened wide, revealing thirteen swords of various shapes and sizes inside.

This sword case is none other than the Peerless Sword Case from the novel "The Ballad of the Young Swordsman".

A flash of sword light appeared as twelve precious swords, excluding the famous Vermilion Bird, flew out simultaneously and circled around Leng Feibai.

Seeing Leng Feibai's actions, the six elders stopped trying to dissuade him. Apart from Xuanzong and Lishi, the other four elders formed a thick vortex of true energy around Leng Feibai, surrounding him.

As soon as the vortex of true energy was released, sand and stones flew everywhere inside the cave.

Leng Feibai felt a slight stinging pain in his eardrums, and a pressure rushed towards him.

The next moment, the four elders attacked simultaneously, unleashing four colors of true energy—green, red, yellow, and blue—that flew out and disappeared into the vortex.

Seeing this, Leng Feibai adopted a defensive strategy, using his sword to resist the sword energy while simultaneously using the Yin-Yang Great Shift technique to remove the surrounding true energy suppression.

Seeing this, the four elders changed their hands rapidly, their true energy swirling up the fallen leaves in the cave and transforming them into a three-zhang-long giant sword of four colors, which slashed towards Leng Feibai.

Upon seeing this, Leng Feibai mobilized the twelve flying swords to gather together, and in an instant, they were enveloped in five-colored true energy, transforming into a giant sword of the same size.

The two swords were used simultaneously, facing each other in mid-air. Each clash greatly depleted the true energy of the five attackers.

"We shouldn't waste time on the beginner version!"

With this in mind, Leng Feibai multitasked, maintaining the Yin-Yang Great Shift and the giant sword while simultaneously lifting one foot and stomping heavily on the ground.

The ground trembled instantly, and three earthen dragons, yellowish-brown in color, surged out from the ground and coiled around the four-colored giant sword.

Covering the Sky Divine Dragon
The earth dragon coiled around him, and the giant sword formed from the energy of the four seasons was immediately affected.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the giant sword that Leng Feibai had conjured struck the blade of the four-colored giant sword directly in an instant.

Under the heavy blow, the four-colored giant swords shattered and disintegrated on the spot.

Seeing this, the four elders also stopped fighting at the same time, allowing Leng Feibai to recall the twelve flying swords back to his side.

Elder Li Shi laughed, "Using brute force to resist is indeed one way to solve the problem. It seems you can experience the true power of the Twenty-Four Earthly Branches!"

Leng Feibai replied with a smile, "This junior guessed correctly. Senior Li Shi and Senior Xuan Zong did not make a move just now, which means that the Twenty-Four Earthly Swamps were not complete!"

"Kid, have you thought this through?"

Elder Bingzhu said solemnly, "The true Twenty-Four Earthly Trigrams cannot be broken by brute force alone!"

Upon hearing this, Leng Feibai's lips curled up slightly, and he then put the twelve flying swords back into the sword box, saying, "While the seniors can stay behind, they have overlooked the fact that the juniors can also preserve their strength!"

After speaking, Leng Feibai retrieved the Peerless Sword Box, and six Yuan Chen Pearls, which were mainly for defense and recovery, flew out at the same time, transforming into armor to protect his body.

(End of this chapter)