Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 684 - 564 - We Have Many Friends_1

Chapter 684: Chapter 564 - We Have Many Friends_1

After leaving the Duchenghuang Temple, Li Xuan hurried back to his own Guanjun Marquis Mansion.

Upon returning to the mansion, Li Xuan immediately chose to embark on a closed-door cultivation.

’Loyal-hearted’ was without a doubt a treasure comparable to a divine treasure’s prototype. Zhonglie Duke Wen had injected his ’Rule of Extreme Heaven’ and most of his Haoqi cultivation into the Huntian Zhenyuan Cauldron; the remaining portion was integrated into many of Li Xuan’s magical instruments and Immortal Artifacts.

Next, there were portions of blood and essence left by Zhonglie Duke Wen when he was alive.

This was the accumulation of his life’s essence and was extremely pure.

Zhonglie Duke Wen further refined it, extracting purity from purity, and integrated it into Li Xuan’s body.

On one hand, this can aid his Haoqi cultivation, and on the other hand, it can promote the growth of Li Xuan’s ’Seven Orifices Exquisite Heart’.

The effect of this essence of blood and Qi is comparable to a medium-grade Immortal Pill.

As a result, Li Xuan felt his internal organs, limbs, and bones surging with Yuan Qi, to the point of discomfort.

The moment Li Xuan sat still in his mansion, his Haoqi cultivation had already broken through to the ninth house level.

Following closely, his Martial Law also progressed as his understanding of the true meaning of Martial Law had long surpassed his own level.

Now that his body was full of vitality, it was only natural for his cultivation to advance to the next level.

Just as Li Xuan’s Haoqi and Martial Law both crossed over to the eighth house level, his overall cultivation was still rapidly ascending.

In particular, Li Xuan’s Haoqi reached the peak of the ninth house level and was on the verge of the tenth house level in just a moment’s time.

In Li Xuan’s view, the ’Haoqi’ of Confucianism is essentially human spiritual power.

And spiritual power originates from the human body, the stronger one’s vitality, the stronger one’s spiritual power.

Therefore, Li Xuan, who cultivates both Confucianism and Martial Law, progresses much faster in this aspect than ordinary Confucianists.

The past great Confucianists who dominated the era were mostly practicing Dual Cultivation of Confucianism and Martial Law.

Following the improvement in Haoqi, the Zhenyuan within Li Xuan’s body was also surging tumultuously, reaching the edge of a breakthrough.

Next, he only needs a single thought to push open the Fourth Gate ’Heaven Gate’ and enter the tenth house level.

Li Xuan’s Fourth Gate was not the same as ordinary people.

If he took this step, with the aid of the two Immortal Artifacts in his hand, he would be capable of contending with a true heavenly level.

But after hesitating for a moment, Li Xuan eventually decided against taking this step.

Although the power of the heavenly level was a great temptation, Li Xuan attributed his current success not to force, but to wisdom and friends.

Even if he encounters a powerful enemy in the future, wouldn’t he still have the ’Yin-Yang Divine Saber’?

If the Yin-Yang Divine Saber fails, Lv Qiluo could still help him out.

If Lv Qiluo cannot make it, he could ask Jiang Hanyun to support him.

If Jiang Hanyun is also unable to help, he can find her father--

If Jiang Hanyun’s father is not up to it, then Ao Shuying’s father can also be considered.

--Such is the benefit of having many friends!

In short, he had plenty of options. There was no urgent need for combat power.

His small externally achieved heavenly level, in reality, had little impact.

The key was that his ’Seven Orifices Exquisite Heart’ had not been formed yet. According to Zhonglie Duke Wen’s instructions, after forming the ’Seven Orifices Exquisite Heart’, stepping into the Fourth Gate would bring great benefits.

As for Martial Law, it’s because his Golden Body still had some flaws, and hadn’t yet been perfected.

Moreover, if he really reaches a desperate situation in the future, he can also break through on the spot.

As such, Li Xuan retracted back his vibrant energy, pouring it back into his limbs and bones, lungs, and marrow.

When the Qi in his body gradually settled, Li Xuan abruptly opened his eyes, drew his sword, and slashed forward.

The slash seemed to cut through the void, as fast as light and electricity, faintly revealing a bit of the style of the ’Tianji Dihe Yin-Yang Knife’.

A look of satisfaction appeared in Li Xuan’s eyes.

He judged that his ’Light Thunder Knife Intent’ for this slash had definitely reached the level of the Spirit Realm of the Sixth Stage of Martial Law, and it was at the peak of the Spirit Realm.

Going further would be the Fifth Realm ’Hun level’, on the same level as Li Zhetian.

Immediately afterwards, Li Xuan struck with a second slash. The trajectory of the blade’s light was exactly the same as before, with no variance.

Only the thunderous rapid light wrapped around the body of the knife had transformed into a pure Liuli colour.

This was Li Xuan incorporating his Liuli Hao Qi into his knife intent, and also attempting to add a bit of the ’Void’ from the Rule of Extreme Heaven to the blade.

But after this slash, Li Xuan furrowed his brows.

The power of this slash was very good. A sub-heavenly level individual meeting it head-on might not be able to hold up.

The problem was that Li Xuan’s slash had too many flaws, with several forces acting discordantly. The opponent didn’t need to resist directly; they could dissolve it with skill.

Therefore, his cultivation direction for the next several months was set - to continue refining the Golden Body, to delve into light, thunder, ice, fire, and other swordsmanship, and to practice the application of Liuli Hao Qi and the Rule of Extreme Heaven.

It was during this time of his deep immersion in the practice of knifemanship, to the point of almost being incapable of extricating himself, that Li Xuan suddenly felt something in his heart.

Li Xuan immediately turned his gaze inward, towards the depths of his primordial spirit.

—He ’saw’ a flower in the core of his divine consciousness that was withering.

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In the following dozen or so days, Li Xuan spent his time in various ’scholarly meetings’ in Capital City.

All kinds of local guilds and scholar communities sent out invitations, inviting Li Xuan to feasts and even to lecture.

The impact of "The Original Tao" on Confucianists worldwide far exceeded Li Xuan’s expectations.

The fact that Li Xuan suppressed the White Lotus using his Confucian cultivation made other scholars proud to be associated with him.

Li Xuan dislikes such occasions the most but couldn’t refuse to attend. These guilds and communities gather students from all over the world and represent the tens of thousands of Jin Dynasty scholars and students of the Guozi Bureau.

As the protector of Neo-Confucianism, if he wishes to embed his will, authority, and influence deeply within society, he can only rely on these people.

This was also a deep network of connections that greatly benefited him.

Actually going to the feasts was easy, only involving eating, drinking, playing and enjoying the beauty of life.

It’s worth mentioning that among the phrase ’beauty of life’, only the word ’flower’ was missing.

The scholars in the Capital City knew he had many heavenly level friends, so they dared not take him into a brothel.

Even when they drank, they didn’t dare to call anyone to accompany them for drinks. It was just a group of old men drinking and chatting.

What was troublesome was lecturing, which was really a bit difficult for Li Xuan.

However, after reluctantly conducting three lectures, Li Xuan suddenly had an epiphany.

He thought it was nothing more than ’deception’, speaking some grand truths, then presenting some chicken soup for the soul, and fabricating some nonexistent anecdotes to substantiate his principles.

By the third lecture, Li Xuan simply wrote out modern "Logic", had Dugu Biluo and Yue Qianqian translate it into classical Chinese together, renamed it "Explore and Rectify Thing".

Li Xuan began to vigorously promote this text in the next day’s lecture, linking "Logic" with Neo-Confucianism’s ’Recognize and Understand Things’.

In the world he came from, the great Confucian scholar Wang Yangming explored for seven days and seven nights at bamboo in his youth, hoping to explore the ’principle of bamboo’.

As a result, he nearly didn’t find the principle but almost lost his life, he nearly died young.

Li Xuan thought this was because of a lack of "Logic". Without the right ’tool’, how could one explore and understand things?

The result was that the moment he spoke the original text of "Logic", the Warning Bell in the Wen Temple of Capital rang eight times consecutively.

This is almost a sage level principle. In the past, when Master Yu wrote "Collection and Annotation of the Four Books", there were also eight bell rings.

It was said that the eighth bell ring was very slight and very reluctant.

On the next day, when he was about to start his next lecture, the surroundings were packed with people. The walkways outside the classroom, even the muddy ground outside, were all crowded with people.

Thousands of students gathered here just to hear the great teachings of the newly emerged Confucian scholar.

Also, countless people were copying the paper "Explore and Rectify Things", and for a while, paper was expensive in the city. Any paper that could hold the true meaning of "Explore and Rectify Things" was sold at sky-high prices.

Li Xuan eventually had to ask the Liudao Division to bring a few blank steles taken from Wuyi Mountain. He personally engraved "Explore and Rectify Things" and "The Original Tao" on them for people to trace and copy.

Originally, his lectures were only scheduled for the morning, but he had to utilize the afternoon time too.

After several days of lecturing, Li Xuan felt that this was wrong.

I’m cultivating the second mind to manage time. And the ultimate goal of managing time isn’t to be used on you males.

But even though Li Xuan complained, he continued to give lectures every day, using most of his time for that.

He believes that if there is any power that can overturn the ’heavenly mandate’ six hundred years later, it could only be these Confucian students who listen to his lectures, it could only be the knowledge he disseminated.

Li Xuan actually took some pleasure in this, he thought the feeling of nurturing talents like a spring rain was pretty good.

The key is that during the process of giving his lectures, Li Xuan found that his ’Seven Orifices Exquisite Heart’ was growing rapidly.

It seemed the more his knowledge spread, and the more people who believed in his knowledge, the faster the Seven Orifices Exquisite Heart was condensed.

In addition, Li Xuan felt that his ’Wen Shan Seal’ was getting heavier. The feeling in his hand was heavy, as if it contained a mountain.

The spirit inside was also becoming more and more active.

It not only had its own consciousness, but it could also communicate with Li Xuan in a simple way.

Li Xuan estimated that its spiritual wisdom could be about equal to a three-year-old child.

This was not just because it just plundered the power of the ’Book of Jinque’ copy, but perhaps his lectures were the main reason.

Li Xuan found that after each of his lectures, the consciousness of the Wen Shan Seal Artifact Spirit would become clearer by a few degrees.

Especially when he talked about his "The Original Tao", and his "Recognize and Understand Things", Wen Shan Seal Artifact Spirit was particularly excited.

And the more people who listened to his lectures, the more weight Wen Shan Seal would correspondingly increase.

Upon discovering this, Li Xuan became even more conscientious and tirelessly circulated among the various universities.

However, during this time, Li Xuan did not just attend banquets and give lectures. On the ninth day, during a banquet, a visitor from Jinque Palace finally arrived.