Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 293 - 248: Who Rules the Ups and Downs (Added by Reality Skewed Gamer, Weirdo in September!)_1

Chapter 293: Chapter 248: Who Rules the Ups and Downs (Added by Reality Skewed Gamer, Weirdo in September!)_1

Inside the Forbidden City, Yu Jianji, who had ascended to the top of the Hongwu Gate, was standing on the wall, looking faraway towards the direction of Yuhuatai, where one large and six small, seven void black knives were hovering, and the vortex cloud that had covered half of the Nanjing City.

In his eyes, there was only a sense of bewilderment: "Mr. Fulong, you were clearly here for Li Zhetian, so why are you standing by this time?"

"I’m not here for him, but for your safety, Your Highness."

Helian Fulong clasped his hands behind his back, and his captivation was cold: "Unless I’m certain I can inflict heavy damage or kill the Knife Demon, it’s pointless to attack rashly. That would only attract Li Zhetian’s attention to you, Your Highness, which would result in triggering a hornet’s nest."

Yu Jianji frowned: "But this man has shown hostility towards The Court several times. During the chaos caused by Lin Ziyang, he appeared in front of Earl Chengyi’s mansion."

"This Knife Demon is indeed a public enemy and a great threat to The Court." Helian Fulong nodded: "But according to the current investigation results of the Liudao Division, there is no high probability of him being directly involved in the rebellion of the remnants of Jianling. His action of impeding the Earl Chengyi that day was related more to personal disputes from the past.

Before we deal with the remnants of Jianling, you and I don’t need to provoke this formidable enemy rashly. What Your Highness needs to focus right now is to pay respect to the Xiao Mausoleum, then return to the capital to receive your title of Crown Prince, rather than wasting time and taking on more risks for other insignificant matters."

Yu Jianji’s brows tightened, his voice gloomy: "Is there really no way? As long as we can scare away Li Zhetian, the importance of the Heart Asking Bell, the protector of Neo-Confucianism, cannot be ignored. Ever since Li Zhetian destroyed it, a large number of pseudo-confucianists have filled The Court in the past twenty years."

I can’t get injured now."

Helian Fulong avoided Yu Jianji’s expectant gaze: "The status of Crown Prince has been determined a few months ago. Although Your Majesty has obtained Shaobao Yu’s approval, several members inside the cabinet still support the Crown Prince and the True Emperor. Particularly, Mr. Shang, the distinguished government official has strong Great Rectitude and although he may be not as knowledgeable as Shaobao Yu, his influence in Confucianism surpasses him. Furthermore, Empress Sun, the mother of the True Emperor, also carries a profound foundation within The Court and the palace."

Yu Jianji was still reluctant: "I can hand over the control of tens of thousands of troops from Nanjing’s royal camp to Mr. Fulong."

Helian Fulong shook his head: "Suppress others with the strength of great armies? Li Zhetian is arrogant and rebellious, he does not care about Court’s authority. Over the last decade, he has committed countless murders and has been invincible, never losing a battle, which has accumulated a terrifying shi of the sword, capable of confronting armies.

Hence, this Nanjing royal camp cannot help me much, it is rather a burden. To kill him, unless someone can break his invincible myth. But among those in the world, apart from Shaobao Yu——"

At this moment, Helian Fulong’s voice suddenly stopped. He was looking at the distant direction with a hint of surprise and astonishment, where there was a golden qi pillar piercing through the dark clouds and wedged between heaven and earth.

What is this? Does Quan Dingtian really have such capability? No, it’s not him!"

Before Yu Jianji could respond, Helian Fulong had already flown into the sky, like a strong dragon soaring up, and darted towards the direction of Yuhuatai."

Mr. Fulong didn’t agree to make a move right?" Princess Changle, who had been standing nearby and listening, was somewhat confused as she watched Helian Fulong’s figure disappear in the distance.

Yu Jianji was staring at the pure golden qi pillar that had almost shattered the moon-covering dark cloud and obliterated the dark swords, shaking the stars and straddling the world. His eyes were filled with astonishment and excitement: "This is someone in the Guozi Bureau, who has broken... No, I can’t say that yet, but at the very least, someone is resisting Li Zhetian’s invincible shi of the sword. Come here! I need you to quickly go to Yuhuatai and investigate the situation there, find out who it is. I want to know, who exactly made the move? Which Daru is it?"

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At Yuhuatai, the outer academic yard of the Guozi Bureau, when Li Xuan flipped out his Wenshan Seal and it fell from above to directly collide with Li Zhetian’s swordlight and Yi of the sword. The Wenxin House below them collapsed under the tremendous energy of their combined fray.

However, what shocked all the students of the Guozi Bureau in the Ming law hall at that very moment was the ’Wenshan Seal’ itself.

"Is that the Wenshan Seal?"

"It’s Master Yu’s legacy, but hasn’t this sacred artifact been in the possession of Mr. Hufa all these generations?"

"No! You should have heard, right? The one who broke into Wenxin House that day was a slay demons from the Liudao Division?"

"He is the current impartial arbitrator of the Orthodox Doctrine? Respect!"

Wang Jing and Long Rui couldn’t help but exchange glances, their hearts rolling like a turbulent sea. The two have always had high esteem for the one who repaired the Heart Asking Bell.

They never expected that this Mr. Hufa would turn out to be Li Xuan.

The leader of Jiangzuo, Zhen Huandou, revealed a relieved expression, thinking that it was no wonder that this Duwei Li was so extraordinarily talented.

His two juniors, stunned at first, then glared angrily at Wang Jing and Long Rui on the other side.

These two had actually brought in the current Hufa of Neo-Confucianism to assist them, how despicable and outrageous!

Master Jingyuan Kong Xiu, who was in the hall, widened his eyes in disbelief: "This young man, he’s this generation’s Hufa of Neo-Confucianism, the impartial arbitrator of the Orthodox Doctrine? A warrior of the Liudao Division? Isn’t this, isn’t this a joke?"

The two Siyes, Tong and Lin, both coldly glanced at him before ignoring him completely.

Master Yade, Fang Ming, had a clear look in his eyes as he looked at Li Xuan suspended in mid-air.

"Respect your body and keep speech prudent! With the talent and virtue of Duwei Li, why can’t he be a Hufa of Neo-Confucianism? Ten timeless masterpieces with the theme of aspiration in a single night, could you and I do it? Regrettably, among the ten talents in the world, I am afraid this man alone possesses eight parts."

Siye Tong sneered: "Just from today’s act of Duwei Li, with his frail body resisting the Knife Demon, protecting the face and sacred artifact of Neo-Confucianism, every Confucianist in the world should respect him three times more!"

Kong Xiu had already become silent; in fact, he knew what he had said was inappropriate.

"Let’s talk less about it." Lin Siye, whose face was flushed red, interrupted, "Li Zhetian’s invincible shi of the sword is fading, and we should all do our best to help Mr. Hufa break his shi of the sword. Those insignificant things can be discussed later!"

At that moment, above the ruins of Wenxin House, Li Zhetian was doing his utmost. His long knife struck thousands of times in an instant, carrying the force of the void, dark lightning, and repeatedly hitting the Wenshan Seal and around Li Xuan.

He made the Wenshan Seal that hung in the air reluctant to fall for a long time, and caused the air outside Li Xuan’s body to constantly explode with gusts of wind waves, swordlight, and sparks.

"Die!"

Li Zhetian’s Divine Consciousness, too, condensed into a knife, striking wildly and stirring within the sea of consciousness in Li Xuan’s mind! In the shortest time possible, he tried to shatter Li Xuan’s primordial spirit, which still belonged to the mortal realm, into fragments.

Li Xuan ignored Li Zhetian’s swordsmanship altogether. He poured all his strength into the ’Wen Shan seal’ and guided out the power left by Master Yu and others to protect the path, making the word ’理’ under the Wen Shan seal more and more solid, more and more profound.

If it comes to martial law swordsmanship, skill application, Li Zhetian bested him a thousand times!

But Li Xuan believed, the protective power of Sub-Sage Master Yu, the power left behind by nine heavenly level Hufa and eighteen half-heavenly level Daru of the generations of Neo-Confucianism, and the current five Daru, five thousand students of Guozi Bureau with enthusiastic ambitions, and this Guozi Bureau that gathered the literary Qi of south Zhili and the aspirations of the literates in Jiangnan, can withstand this Knife Demon!

The Divine Consciousness and will that Li Zhetian hacked into his primordial spirit had the red-clothed to help him resist.

The blade glow of nothingness from the Knife Demon was defended by the scrolls of "The Song of Integrity" and "Lime Chant" along with others like Quan Dingtian.

At this moment, all Li Xuan needed to do was, in the capacity of Hufa of Neo-Confucianism, guide these powers to the maximum extent, combine them together, and crush Li Zhetian’s swordsmanship, Yi of the sword, and blade glow!

"What are you up to?"

Suxin looked at Li Xuan somewhat surprised: "You’re really smart to ride the wave and act accordingly."

She discovered that Li Xuan was not only suppressing Li Zhetian!

While resisting the Knife Demon, he was using the pressure from Li Zhetian’s intense will and the power of the thousands of Confucianists to forcefully inscribe the ten poems of ambition he had just chanted into his primordial spirit.

It should be known that there are no bones and flesh in a person’s soul. And the practice of Confucianism over the generations is to fill the primordial spirit with the scriptures left by the saints, which contain the ultimate truth, as bones and flesh.

Therefore, the Soul Power of the Confucian cultivators over the generations is extraordinarily strong and firm, even without the aid of spells and martial law, they can possess earth-shaking Shenwei.

However, to inscribe the scriptures into the soul, one needs to read the scriptures every day and understand the profound meaning of the saints’ words.

At this time, Li Xuan was using the opportunity to inscribe these ten poems, whose literary spirit was soaring and even stirring up the power of heaven and earth, into his own soul, saving years of hard work.

This guy’s Life Element was rapidly depleting during the use of the Wen Shan seal, and his injuries were continually worsening under the bombardment of Li Zhetian’s knife force, but his soul was continuously growing stronger, its Hao Qi supported by a framework, not just pure.

The Hao Qi of Li Xuan, which was several times stronger, also drew out more protective force from the Wen Shan seal and the Heart Asking Bell.

After a moment of deadlock in mid-air, Li Xuan had surprisingly inscribed the word ’理’ into the depths of his own primordial spirit by riding the wave.

He did not entirely follow Master Yu’s path. This ’理’ is not only the ’理’ of reasoning, the ’理’ of natural law, the ’理’ of matters, the ’理’ of truth, and the ’理’ of principle, but also the unique understanding of Li Xuan about the world, life, morality, and so on.

"If I, Li Xuan, can achieve enlightenment in the future,"

Li Xuan looked into the eyes of Li Zhetian, which were filled with fierce intent, his gaze was sharp, and he did not yield, "The battle between you, the Knife Demon, and me today is immensely beneficial to me!"

At that moment, Li Zhetian couldn’t help but cough up blood.

His injuries weren’t severe; just a breath could restore him, but it was a very bad signal.

The power drawn out by Li Xuan had exceeded his limit.

And at this moment, Li Zhetian had already sensed the readiness of countless powerful people throughout Nanjing City. Even outside this Yuhuatai, several masters were lurking, waiting.

He took one last look at Li Xuan, hatred, resentment in his eyes, but also a hint of admiration.

Then he withdrew from the Guozi Bureau without hesitation, knowing that this retreat meant the end of his twelve-year invincibility myth.

"Unbelievable, even you, Li Zhetian, have come to this day, becoming a stepping stone for others to climb the path?"

At that moment, an icy cold spear pierced through the void, its momentum like a dragon, piercing into Li Zhetian’s body.

The latter had anticipated this, and under the pressure of Li Xuan’s ’Wen Shan seal,’ he calmly shifted his body to avoid all vital parts.

——Even for heavenly level beings, the heart and brain areas are those that should not be harmed if possible.

At this moment, another hand, covered in black Qi and destructive power, struck out.

Juemie Palm! Qiu Qianqiu?

Li Zhetian sneered, he muster up his strength to block with his left hand, and then all the flesh and blood on his left forearm scattered and fell apart under the impact of the Juemie force.

Now, a halberd imbued with the power of ice and thunder blasted down from the void, inflicting an astonishing wound on his left shoulder.

——This is the Ice-Thunder Halberd wielder Jiang Yunqi!

And following them were two False Heavenly Position beings, not inferior to those of the Fourth Gate.

But Li Zhetian didn’t care, in his eyes, there was only Li Xuan.

The latter was wielding immeasurable Hao Qi, lightning and thunder, yin chill and ice death, slashing at him with a knife.

"Let the vast earth answer, who rules rise and fall!"