Edict of Peace 141
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Chapter 141: The Martial Arts Competition Begins, the Phoenix’s Gift
Rain poured down, and the silver-haired girl, Anjing, stood quietly under the moonlight. Li Guanyi quickly walked over, stretched out his hand to take the umbrella from her, and smiled, “How did you get here?”
“Was it the star signs that directed you to come to me?”
Anjing gazed at him, her voice calm and serene as she replied, “There are no stars today.”
Li Guanyi raised his head, looking at the only moon in the sky.
She took a step forward, hiding under the umbrella.
“It’s just that I haven’t seen you for a long time, so I came to wait for you.”
“I was looking for you.”
“There’s no other reason.”
Li Guanyi chuckled, supporting the umbrella with one hand as he walked with Anjing. The rain dripped from the umbrella, creating ripples on the bluestone ground, like blooming flowers. The two of them walked quietly, without any other noise.
As they walked, Anjing’s hair strands brushed against Li Guanyi’s shoulder.
Their hands touched occasionally.
The sleeve and skin contact were delicate.
They walked to a corner, and the silver-haired girl turned around, pointing to a stone, her eyes shimmering brighter than usual. She pointed again, her face seemingly expressionless, but Li Guanyi could sense a kind of pride and arrogance.
“You’re saying that from here, we can jump over the wall and enter, is that the best place?”
Li Guanyi was amused, then stretched out his hand.
Anjing grasped his small arm.
Li Guanyi’s body suddenly shot up, his feet treading on the wall, his left hand supporting the umbrella, his body seemingly suspended in mid-air for an instant, his aura expanding, and the surrounding rainwater was shaken off. He was like a leopard, swift and agile, as he jumped onto the wall and brought Anjing with him.
Li Guanyi quickly walked into the house, walking in the rain for a while alone. Although the rain poured down, it was not urgent. But after a long time, his clothes were still damp, so he changed into new ones. Anjing wanted to leave, but Li Guanyi pulled her back, forcing her to stay in the guest room in the courtyard. Li Guanyi practiced his breathing, and his hands stretched out, feeling the flow of aura. These things, how should they be used?
Li Guanyi’s nine apertures were not open, only his brow aperture was open.
This aura couldn’t be transformed into power, but the purple gas was still of some use, bringing trouble instead. According to the Chen Emperor’s temperament, he would definitely believe in the saying “martial artists are inferior to Daoist practitioners.” There must be someone beside him who was an aura-reading practitioner.
Old Master Chen had known that bearing the surname Chen and having purple gas was not a good thing.
Li Guanyi pondered, trying to put this thing into the Bronze Tripod.
The Bronze Tripod was accommodating, taking in everything.
Li Guanyi supported his chin, thinking about what to do next.
The Qilin must be offered sacrifices when the time comes.
Si Wei, the old master, was nowhere to be found.
At this moment, he needed to master martial arts, and then leave Jiangzhou City, leaving the Chen Kingdom.
Then, he had to find out about the 24 generals who wandered around the jianghu, where they went. These were things that needed to be done, but they were not urgent matters.
Li Guanyi thought to himself, what was most important right now was to take back part of his parents’ revenge.
He wanted to resolve the matter of Chen Yuanyun taking away his Bronze Tripod’s accessories.
Li Guanyi’s hand touched the Bronze Tripod, feeling its ancient, mysterious engravings.
There was a divine engravings on it, capable of displaying the power of the Law Physique.
He didn’t know what the true form of this tripod was.
Li Guanyi had a premonition that when the tripod and the plate assembled, he would know the origin of this tripod, at least part of it.
The Bronze Tripod was incomplete, yet it had such mysterious power. What would it be like if it were restored?
What did the plate mean to the tripod?
Li Guanyi was very curious.
He heard Old Master Chen say that the plate had a dragon and cloud engravings, like the stories of the Water and Dragon.
Li Guanyi was deep in thought.
“Is it to say…”
At this moment, the Bronze Tripod suddenly trembled, and the White Tiger Law Physique appeared beside him, its eyes shining like gold, carrying a divine aura, calmly lying down beside Li Guanyi, rubbing against him, and gazing at him with a craving expression.
Li Guanyi felt the White Tiger Law Physique’s craving, looking at the tiger, he thought for a moment, then stretched out his hand, and the blue aura appeared in his hand.
Li Guanyi tentatively looked at the White Tiger Law Physique, saying, “Do you want to eat?”
The White Tiger nodded vigorously.
The young man laughed, saying, “Then, let’s roll over.”
The White Tiger Law Physique obediently turned over, revealing its belly, and the young man burst into laughter, rubbing the White Tiger’s belly, seemingly able to sense the existence of the Law Physique, unlike Si Wei, who could carry the Old Master on his back.
Li Guanyi suspected that Si Wei’s battle power had been on the Old Master’s back for three hundred years.
Li Guanyi pounced on the White Tiger, feeling the large, enveloping sensation, like being surrounded by fur. He rubbed it vigorously, then grabbed a ball of blue aura and threw it to the White Tiger, which swallowed it in one bite.
Previously, it had eaten part of the Falcon Law Physique.
Now it had eaten the blue aura again.
Li Guanyi felt the White Tiger Law Physique’s aura rising, its spirit revived, seemingly gaining a year’s worth of nourishment.
The next day, when Old Master Chen approached, he looked like he had seen a ghost.
“Where did your aura go?”
The young man blinked, saying, “I fed it to the cat.”
Old Master Chen stared, then asked, “Is the cat pleasant to touch?”
Li Guanyi replied seriously, “The hand feeling is pretty good.”
Old Master Chen was envious, saying, “Let me touch it next time,” and handed Li Guanyi a scroll, saying, “This is the Purple Gas Scroll of the former Liang Dynasty. I got it after the extermination of the Former Dynasty.”
“It’s a Daoist manual that can conceal the purple gas.”
Li Guanyi said, “Old Master, you don’t care about the purple gas?”
Old Master Chen said, “I do care. If I had this, I could also practice martial arts. However, except for this, there’s nothing else.”
The old man scratched his head, saying, “You look at the Former Liang Dynasty. Didn’t they have any aura? They calculated everything, but still failed.”
“It’s like my ancestor, the Chen Emperor. Someone calculated his fate, saying it was auspicious. However, a Yin-Yang master said, ‘Good fortune depends on man, not land.'”
“‘If your place is not auspicious, you won’t become the Son of Heaven; if your place is not unlucky, your brothers won’t die in battle.'”
The old man told the story, seemingly reminiscing about the past.
Old Master Chen looked at Li Guanyi, interested in the “Golden Bones and Jade Muscles” and “Internal Strength and External Refinement” combined with Li Guanyi’s physique, which was like those literati who loved to ponder the varieties of plum blossoms.
The focus was still on the martial arts competition.
Today, Chen Yuanyun came, and the old man saw the sixth-ranked Master of the Sect.
Or, it was not just the sixth-ranked Master of the Sect, but the countless people gathered at the palace gate.
The Golden Guard, the Night Patrol, the Cavalry, and even the armored soldiers of the Western Regions, the personal guards of the Ying Country, were all here.
Night Patrol and Zhou Liuyun called out to Li Guanyi, who turned to see that Old Master Chen had already disappeared.
Master of the Sect’s face twitched.
He looked at the old man walking towards him.
He was ranked sixth among the jianghu masters.
The two of them could fight, and Old Master Chen could use only one weapon.
However, this old man had a fervent martial heart, and Master of the Sect recognized it, although he was proud and disliked the old man’s troublesome nature.
The two of them fought with a few words, their auras clashing.
Li Guanyi walked to Night Patrol’s side, seeing the list on the wall.
There was a martial arts competition.
Weekend Camp’s Zhou Liuyun grasped his fist, excitedly saying, “It’s finally starting…”
Night Patrol said, “The martial arts competition will make us famous throughout the land.”
“It’s only this time that the Chen Emperor hasn’t sent anyone.”
“Perhaps something happened at the Imperial Academy, and the Chen Emperor didn’t have the energy to send anyone.”
“But this is a big event, and the Chen Emperor’s authority will be weakened if he doesn’t send anyone.”
Several young men discussed heatedly.
The key point was still the martial arts competition.
The young men all hoped to make a name for themselves, to become famous throughout the land, especially this time, as the Chen Emperor’s reward was extremely generous, offering a county magistrate’s position that could be passed down to their descendants, along with 300 households of land.
This thing made Night Patrol and Zhou Liuyun envious.
But after being envious, Zhou Liuyun retracted his gaze, and Li Guanyi saw the scene unfold.
At this moment, a loud laughter echoed, “Is the Jiangnan Emperor’s courage truly that great?”
“A county magistrate position, who knows how it compares to the military merits of the Central Plains?”
The person who spoke was a young man with an extraordinary aura, walking towards them, his eyes locked onto Li Guanyi.
Night Patrol frowned, saying, “It’s the descendant of the Universe Sect, Yu Wen Lie.”
He glanced around, his eyes fixed on Li Guanyi.
Yu Wen Lie sneered, “You’re the one who dared to challenge my uncle’s carriage?”
“You, a mere Guard, dared to disrespect the God of War on the battlefield?”
He laughed, taking a step closer, his aura growing stronger with each step, like a fierce tiger.
Li Guanyi moved his gaze away, looking at Chen Yuanyun in the guard’s uniforms, who was also looking at him, his aura suppressed, but it was stronger than before.
The Qilin’s longing for the treasure on Chen Yuanyun’s body grew.
The Qilin called out.
Chen Yuanyun’s gaze moved away, but the resentment in his heart was still growing.
He thought of the humiliation he had suffered, the anger rising in his heart like a surging fire.
Li Guanyi and others walked away, and Chen Yuanyun’s killing intent was almost unbearable.
Zhou Liuyun turned back, patting his face, and bursting into laughter.
Chen Yuanyun’s killing intent was already sufficient.
Li Guanyi returned to the Xue residence, where a guest had been waiting for a long time, Li Zhao Wen, who turned to face him, saying, “Li brother, you’re too busy, making me wait.”
She tossed something to Li Guanyi, smiling, “Good luck.”
“It’s yours.”
(The chapter ends)
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