The Ten Shadow Sorcerers of the Nara Clan

While Lin Yun was thinking, he also kept his eyes on the battlefield. He could clearly sense that there were large cracks in Li Mubai's Mountain and River Sword Intent, revealing many flaws.

However, Nangong Wanyu's icy sword intent was still as sharp and cold as ever, chilling to the bone.

"Interesting, does this guy have no flaws?"

Lin Yun pinched his chin, his eyes slightly focused, and quietly used some spiritual sword power.

Suddenly, Shenglongtai appeared in his eyes with many scenes that outsiders could not see. Li Mubai's mountains and rivers were already in tatters, with wars everywhere, and he could only barely maintain it.

The sword lights scattered around Nangong Wanyu were like pieces of exquisite icy jade, pure white and flawless, emitting fiery light and extremely dazzling.

Click!

There was a sound of jade breaking, and the beautiful jades exploded one by one, and Nangong Wanyu's sword power suddenly soared. On the Shenglong Terrace, outsiders saw a stunning sword light that could not be described in words. The moment the sword light appeared, everything in the world was eclipsed.

The viewers forgot to even exclaim, they were completely immersed in it.

Pfft!

When he woke up, Li Mubai retreated madly, with fear in his eyes. He reached out and touched his neck, and there was a faint bloodstain on his neck, which was a little cold, making his whole body terribly cold and trembling.

Although it was a sparring match, the last sword could kill him with just a little force.

The winner was decided on the stage, and blood was flowing from the corners of Lin Yun's eyes below the stage.

His eyes were injured.

"Lin Yun, what's wrong with your eyes?" Protector Mei and others exclaimed in shock, their faces changed drastically. How could the eyes be injured at such a critical moment?

Chapter 18: The Attack of the Chunin from the Hidden Oton Village

The downpour continued for another four days, and lasted for eleven days without stopping.

Fortunately, after Master Wuyan led the crowd to help harvest the crops outside the city, most of the crops were saved, preventing the farmers' whole year's hard work from going to waste.

Therefore, Yan Xi's reputation of inviting monks and servants from Ping'an Temple to rescue the hard-working farmers has quietly spread in the countryside.

For several days in a row, Yan Xi was listening to the report from the sluice gate waterway at the Crescent Pond. Xieyang City could not withstand the heavy rain for several days, and water began to accumulate in the low-lying areas.

Yan Xi had no choice but to send Mo Shao's team to visit Cao Tongzhi to assist with water conservancy matters to prevent the city from suffering from floods.

At this point, everyone was shaken. Could it be that Yan Xi had predicted the flood a year ago?

After Ye Xiu settled all the carp recently, he also came to the Crescent Pond. He knew in his heart that the rain would not stop. Not only would the carp in his yard not be spared, but the entire Xieyang City would also be submerged.

"Miss, the Blue River has burst its banks. Fortunately, the young master responded immediately and noticed something after closing the sluice gates. He used the Bat Order to find people to evacuate the villages in the low-lying areas to the nearby mountains. Only the crops were damaged."

Lixia followed Pei Yan all the way out of worry. She was pleased with his response this time as the young master had been with Yan Xi for some time. Seeing that Pei Yan was safe and sound and had handled the situation well, she hurried back to the house to report.

"The water level in our farthest village has reached 70%. Is the rain still going to continue?" Mo Shao was shocked after hearing the report from his men.

Currently, except for Xieyang City, which has not shown any signs of flooding, the rest of the nearby cities, large and small, which have been flooded by the rain, are all knee-deep in water. Seeing this heavy rain, Mo Shao felt that the channel had been dug too shallow.

Yan Xi stretched out her hand to feel the chill of the icy raindrops falling on her palm, and looked back helplessly at the people present.

"It will take at least four days at this rate of rain."

It’s the eleventh day!

She could save thousands of lives in Guiwu Mountain, but she was out of reach in other places.

The modern respect for life made her heart ache.

"Is the food that the villages prepared recently all right?"

The disaster will soon be over, but the post-disaster reconstruction will be the real challenge.

"According to the young lady's instructions, the barn has been raised by one floor and inspected daily." Ye Xiu replied respectfully.

“In the next few days, disaster victims will gradually pour into Xieyang City. Ping’an Temple is now well-known and will surely be besieged by disaster victims. Before confirming the safety of the mountain, we must continue to close the mountain.

All the grain that should be paid as taxes in the village will be used for disaster relief. The six villages will allocate people to distribute porridge. We will stop as many disaster victims as possible and don’t disturb the people in the city.”

"Then what about our taxes? What about the taxes for a population of a thousand?" Ye Xiu was surprised by Yan Xi's plan.

Yan Xi smiled reassuringly. "Uncle Ye, natural disasters exempt taxes, and I sent hundreds of thousands of silver to the palace. Why? The Queen Mother and the Emperor are not fools."

Yan Xi’s thoughts are quite deep!

Everyone thought back to the foreshadowing she had laid out over the past year, and each one of them was useful.

First, they gave people wages by exempting them from farming so that they could buy grain and store it, then they dug canals and built a library to attract noble families from all over the world, then they built the Gentleman's Smile to make a fortune, then they built the Ping'an Temple to create a miracle, and now they divert water to store it underground to avoid floods, and then they open the granaries to release grain to save the victims. All of this was arranged by a six-year-old child?

Ye Xiusi and

The child who studied geography with her for several nights a year ago, had she already planned everything out at that time?

Yan Xi tilted her head to look at Li Cheng who was called down the mountain from the study and asked with a smile: "Guess what I want Brother Cheng to do today?"

Li Cheng smiled dotingly in response. "I'll do whatever A-niang asks me to do!"

I've already stepped in here, do I still need to think?

However, he still could not understand why Yan Xi, who was only seven years old, could make his grandmother burst into tears and say that they were old acquaintances who had known each other for a lifetime.

"It seems that Brother Cheng has become bolder after being scolded by Brother Qi." Yan Xi took out a carnation jade key that was intricately carved like a flower from her sleeve pocket and handed it to Li Cheng.

"The old master said that when you think Brother Cheng can enter the Floating Stone Formation, let me give you the key. I think we should pass the Floating Stone Formation today! We will need a lot of people to help us next. The Li family's secret guards have rested for too long, so it's time to move around."

Li Cheng took the key and twitched his lips. It's so easy to say! Even his grandfather only got halfway through!

Although grandpa has explained the previous levels one by one, there is still half to go!

Does Yan Xi's tone mean that she doesn't need to come back?

"Aunt said you can do it!" Yan Xi added fuel to the fire.

"Yes! Master Cheng has made a lot of progress in both his mental and physical skills recently. He can do it." Li Qiu also added fuel to the fire.

"Whether the disaster relief can go smoothly depends on the Li family. With the title of Prince Cheng and the Li family, when disaster relief is provided, the relief that is supposed to come will come, and the relief that is not supposed to come will not come."

What an artistic way of saying this! What will come? What won’t come?

They all have official titles, so there’s no need for her to explain!

Pumice Hall

Li Cheng desperately dragged Yan Xi to stand outside the door of Fushitang.

The Li family ancestral hall has stood at the foot of Fu Yue Mountain in the west of Xieyang City for nearly five hundred years. Like Guiwu Mountain, this Fu Yue Mountain is also a rocky mountain with nothing special in appearance. Li Cheng took out the carnation key, dismissed the guard, and pulled Yan Xi into the Fushitang.

As soon as they entered the inner room, they were both shocked by the pumice stone in front of them.

The bronze mirrors on both sides of the door reflect the light into the pumice stone, and through refraction, the huge mountain is illuminated in an instant. The pumice stone is engraved with the marks of the sixty-four hexagrams of the Book of Changes. There are exactly sixty-four eight-colored fragrant bamboo stone pumice stones that can be embraced by an adult, emitting eight-colored strange colors and floating in the entire Pumice Stone Hall.

The only places where one can stand in the entire hollowed-out mountain are the place where one is currently standing and the six-meter-high semicircular platform opposite. It is obvious that one needs to understand the meaning of the Floating Stone hexagram before one can climb up. She only has a superficial understanding of the Book of Changes, and she doesn't have time to help Li Cheng catch up!

"I said this wouldn't be easy. Look at this scene." Li Cheng held the jade key tightly in his hand and didn't dare to let go. His grandfather said that once the jade was let go, it would fly to Qian Gua and start fighting.

My grandfather was a scholar who practiced martial arts diligently. He tried his best to help the Li family get the Fushi Order all his life but never succeeded. Can he do it?

Seeing this, Yan Xi took a deep breath, patted Li Cheng on the back and said, "Now that everyone is here, why don't you give it a try? Your aunt said you can do it!" Yan Xi pointed at the eight-colored fragrant bamboo stone floating on the high platform, "If you get it, you will be the youngest patriarch in the history of the Li family. I believe your mother will also be pleased."

Was this for her to appeal to his emotions? Yan Xi looked at the young boy holding the jade key tightly. Perhaps this burden was too heavy for him!

She held Li Cheng's hand and released the jade key towards the pumice stone formation.

The jade key slowly rose up as if being summoned, and under the illumination of the pumice stone, it also emitted a white jade glow, floating slowly in front of Li Cheng's forehead. After Li Cheng's whole body was slowly enveloped by the white jade light, his feet gradually lifted off into the air and moved towards the direction of the Qian hexagram.

A burst of light and shadow emerged from the Qian position. The light and shadow dressed in white straight clothes and raised a long sword to salute. A light and shadow sword also appeared in Li Cheng's hand. He also followed suit and used courtesy before force. He was completely different from the hesitant look just now.

Suddenly, the light and shadow quickly changed positions on the floating stone. The sword moves were sharp and the wind was loud. Li Cheng used the floating stone to tap back and forth to respond to the attack of the light and shadow. The Li family's swordsmanship emphasizes quick, simple and crisp moves. The hilt of the sword can be used for short attacks, and the sword body can exert internal force to rebound the enemy's sword body to defend against the enemy.

Li Cheng noticed that the more he stepped on, the faster and more varied the moves of the light and shadow became. The moves were fierce, and the sword light scattered everywhere. When he stepped on the sixth floating stone, the light and shadow became two and attacked him together, and the light and shadow swords in his hands also became two weapons to defend against the enemy.

After being attacked by the light and shadow for dozens of moves, Li Chengxun found the Qian Gua floating stone, and the two light and shadow swords entered the dry ground silently. Then he did a somersault and landed back to the dry position. He did another somersault with his toes and applied internal force. He kicked the swords, bent his body and knelt on one knee. The two swords flew straight towards the two light and shadows that were attacking him. The light and shadows were unable to dodge and the swords hit their waists and abdomens, and the shadows shattered and disappeared.

Yan Xi had never known that Li Cheng's swordsmanship was so amazing. However, these signs did not give Li Cheng a chance to rest. After the light and shadow disappeared, five light and shadows appeared to attack. She was so nervous that she broke into cold sweats. She didn't even know where to start to shout "be careful".

The white-clothed shadows moved quickly and fiercely. As they countered each other's moves, Li Cheng's sleeves fluttered as he raised his sword to seek the wind and lift up the shadow sword. The flying sword disappeared into the mountain and dissipated with the shadows. The shadow sword reappeared immediately after leaving his hand. Li Cheng responded appropriately and had dealt with the fourth group of shadows. Yan Xi, who was dazzled by the scene, wanted to ask what was going on. But the situation did not allow her to ask.

There was one more person in white in the fifth tier of light and shadow. Even if Li Cheng returned to Qian Gua, there would still be one more person this time. In an instant, Li Cheng fell from the highest Qian Gua to the Wuwang Gua in front of Yan Xi.

"Be calm and follow the will of heaven, and you will be free from misfortune and disaster."

Upon hearing this, Li Cheng immediately put away his sword and held his breath. When the white-clothed light and shadow chased after him, they actually turned to chase Yan Xi. Li Cheng flew away but could not, and could only pass through the empty light and shadow. Seven light and shadow swords hit Yan Xi's chest directly. Yan Xi had no way to retreat and could only close her eyes and prepare to receive the gift.

"A'niang!" Li Cheng shouted anxiously, hating that he could not catch up.

Suddenly, a young man in a white robe with a crescent shape and holding a red sandalwood fan came flying over. The fan circled back and forth, dispelling the sword shadows that were chasing him, and also pushed Li Cheng back to the Wuwang hexagram, so that he would not have to start over at the Li hexagram.

"Go!" Cheng Yun took back the bone fan, protected Yan Xi behind him, and said in a cold and calm tone, "Don't worry."

Li Cheng nodded gratefully, and with a turn of his hand the two swords returned to his hands. The seven light shadows that had just disappeared also returned to the field. Li Cheng took a deep breath and returned to the Qian Gua, but after several exchanges, the light shadows were destroyed and immediately reappeared.

At this time he realized that this was the 37th hexagram, Family, which his grandfather had not passed away.

"Only when we maintain domestic stability can we resist foreign aggression." Cheng Yun's cold voice came again in the sword shadow, but this time the sword shadow did not pursue.

Li Cheng put the two swords behind his back with his left hand, took a deep breath, flew up, and controlled the sword fingers with his internal force. After turning around and taking back the seven light and shadow swords, he fell back on the Qian Gua again.

"Why are you here?" Yan Xi poked her head out from behind Cheng Yun.

Shouldn't this man be locked up in the study by the old tutor?

Cheng Yun raised a faint smile, looking seductive under the light and shadow of Fushitang, and did not answer Yan Xi's question.

"Do you know that for a non-Li family member to be wounded by a sword is equivalent to a sharp blade piercing the body?"

Yan Xi: “…”

Li Ying! Your grandson is cheating me again! ! ! !

Chapter 19 Do You Want to Live?

Li Xing clasped his hands behind his head with satisfaction and jumped down from the ring. It was really funny to see Qing'ai jumping up and down in anger but helpless.

It can be seen that Qing'ai did practice more after being defeated by him, and his lower body has become much more stable. At least he will no longer give Li Xing the chance to trip him to the ground.

But in the end, Li Xing was slightly better, because giving your all in the ring is the greatest respect for your opponent.

On this point, Li Xing and Qing'ai reached a rare consensus.

Although Qing'ai's eyes were a little red after the war, she was finally convinced and promised to keep her word and not bother Li Xing again within ten years.