Even if he was invincible below the Knowing Destiny State, he was still invincible below the Knowing Destiny State. It was a simple and even a little repetitive. But if one were to think about it carefully, there would be many other meanings. That kind of meaning was the strong confidence hidden under the calmness and indifference. Because only Grand Cultivators who had entered the Knowing Destiny State were qualified to speak like this.
There were countless people in the world who pursued Taoism, but very few could embark on the path of cultivation. Those who could finally enter the Knowing Destiny State were as few as the morning stars. Those few powerhouses either hid in the depths of the Mountain Gate of various sects or sat quietly at the top of the imperial court. They rarely appeared in front of the world. But today, such a person had appeared in the Chang 'an Local Government.
Zhuge Wuren looked at the young fat man in front of him with a very strange expression. He was a little excited, a little scared, and a little confused. As the highest official of the Imperial Center Administration, he often visited the Nation Master and Master Huang Yang. He should be the person in the secular world who had seen the most Grand Cultivators in the Knowing Destiny State. However, he was still very shocked at this time because he could not imagine how someone could enter the Knowing Destiny State at such a young age!
Even Prince Long Qing, who was the most valued by Haotian Taoism, and Wang Jinglue, who was placed high hopes on by the Tang court, was only considered to have a high chance of entering the Knowing Destiny State. But this young fat man in front of him had easily crossed the threshold and sent Wang Jinglue flying into the wall from a distance!
After a while, Zhuge Wuren finally came to his senses. There was only one place in the world where such an incredible cultivation thing could happen, and that was the Academy in the south of Chang 'an City. Considering Ning Que's identity as a student of the Second floor of the Academy, the origin of the young fat man was obvious. He asked in a slightly hoarse voice, "May I ask which teacher you are?"
After all, the official had overestimated the Academy, so he asked what the young fat man's ranking was. In fact, among all the young cultivators in the current generation, only this young fat man had entered the Knowing Destiny State a few years ago, whether it was the back of the mountain of the Academy, the Zhishou Abbey, or the Xuankong Temple.
Of course, he was Chen Pipi.
Chen Pipi looked at Wang Jinglue, who was struggling to stand up at the foot of the wall. Thinking of the things he had heard in the past, he couldn't help but shake his head and say, "It's natural for a cultivator to be proud and confident, but pride and confidence is not arrogance. I heard that you used to be fat, but now it seems that you don't even have this advantage."
After saying this, he moved the thick bedding over his shoulder and was about to leave with Sangsang. He did not expect Wang Jinglue's voice to ring out behind him again. "If you fight for months without sleep, you will also lose weight."
Wang Jinglue wiped the blood from the corner of his lips and looked at his back as he continued, "The Academy is not allowed to interfere in court affairs. I didn't expect the Second Floor to send Mr. Twelve to kidnap him today."
After hearing his words, Zhuge Wuren realized that this fat young man was Mr. Twelve from the back of the mountain of the Academy. He had asked Chen Pipi before, but Chen Pipi could not be bothered with him. The official's old face could not help but feel a little painful. He suppressed the shock in his heart and said coldly, "Mr. Twelve, don't you need to give me an explanation?"
Chen Pipi looked at him expressionlessly and said, "You bully little girls. Do you think you deserve an explanation from me?"
Wang Jinglue took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and covered his lips that kept coughing up blood. He coughed and said, "It seems that the Academy really values its own interests more than the world. Are you not even willing to let the imperial court interrogate a little maidservant?"
Chen Pipi looked at the three of them and said with disgust, "I hate talking about court affairs and the world. You guys are always thinking about the dragon throne in the palace. Some people want to use this matter to test Youngest Brother's reaction, and some people even don't want Youngest Brother to be the Nation Master. What qualifications do people like you have to represent the world?"
"Who wants to be the Nation Master? Who cares who sits on the dragon throne? You people are at a different state from the Academy, and you see a different world. Don't play these boring tricks. You always learn from those rural women and think about whether the Empress dips her green onion pancakes in sauce. It will only make people laugh. "
Chen Pipi didn't use any heavy words in his speech. He simply described the insurmountable gap between them, which naturally revealed an unquestionable sense of superiority and condescension.
Lord Zhuge was trembling with anger. He Mingchi thought silently with a bitter and complicated smile on his lips. Only Wang Jinglue looked at him thoughtfully and seemed to think of something else because of his words.
Chen Pipi looked at the three of them and thought that Youngest Brother was not in Chang 'an now. Otherwise, if he knew that someone in the imperial court dared to bully the little maidservant that he treasured more than money, who knew what kind of tragedy would happen.
Immediately after that, he recalled Second Senior Brother's solemn expression in the back mountain, and he couldn't help but shudder with lingering fear. He thought to himself that if he really let Sangsang suffer any harm today, he would probably be smashed to death by his Senior Brother with his hat.
Since Second Brother was here, not to mention the Imperial Center Administration, the Southern Gate Temple, the number one military man of the Tang Empire, Xu Shi, even His Majesty and Her Majesty could not stop Chen Pipi from taking Sangsang away.
Chen Pipi carried the quilt and Sangsang and left the heavily guarded Chang 'an Local Government, trembling with every step. Before leaving, he said, "This is not over. We will talk about it when Ning Que comes back."
Lord Zhuge looked slightly serious. He Mingchi sighed softly. Wang Jinglue laughed at himself and left.
An hour later, the picture of the rising sun on the background wall of the Chang 'an Local Government cracked open for no reason. The red sun and the blue ocean were separated into two different worlds, which made the crowd cry out in surprise.
Perhaps it was because it sensed the danger hidden in those words.
Perhaps it was just a warning from a fat student on the Second floor of the Academy to the Tang Empire.
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In the Mansion of the Defender-general of the State.
Xu Shi indifferently looked at the winter plum blossoms outside the window. His white hair was combed neatly and the wrinkles on his face seemed to be arranged in a battle array. The coughing sounds behind him did not affect him at all.
As the most outstanding general of the Tang Empire, he had enough confidence to face many things. However, when he really did that, he found that things did not develop as he had imagined.
"Because Mr. Twelve of the Academy intervened, I could not keep the maidservant. How did Wei Guangming hide in Chang 'an for such a long time? What is the real relationship between him and the maidservant? I still have no clue. As for the responsibility of the Imperial Center Administration and the Southern Gate Temple for the death of Master Yan Se, it is not clear."
Wang Jinglue looked at the mottled blood stains on the handkerchief and could not help but frown.
Xu Shi looked back at him and said, "You will cough blood for half a month."
Wang Jinglue put the handkerchief into his sleeve and calmly replied, "It seems that it is worth coughing blood for half a year to see the legendary Natural Stream Magical Finger of Zhishou Abbey and feel the no-boundary spirit of the Academy."
Hearing this answer, Xu Shi was somewhat satisfied and slowly nodded.
Wang Jinglue looked at the old general by the window and smiled slightly.
Nominally, he was a disciple of the Dragon Tiger Mountain, but in fact, he was a rogue cultivator. The so-called breakthrough in cultivation all depended on self-understanding. The reason why he knew the Academy's no-boundary spirit and the Natural Stream Magical Finger of the Unknown Place was all from Xu Shi.
In the past two years, His Majesty had ordered him to follow the old general to fight in the Southern Frontier of the Tang Empire. Although the old general was gloomy and stubborn, he had carefully taught and cultivated him. After a long time together, he had developed a kind of respect and love for the old man, who was like a teacher or a father.
"The Unknown Place like the back of the mountain of the Academy is too powerful." After a moment of silence, Wang Jinglue decided to confess his true thoughts to the general. "If they have no intention of interfering in the court affairs, I think we should not challenge them."
Hearing this, the wrinkles on Xu Shi's face deepened. He said, "Who is the most powerful person in the world? It is not His Majesty or the prime minister, but a cultivator. I am also a cultivator, and I have seen the Headmaster once. I have spent decades in the army, and I know the power of the Academy better than anyone else. But first and foremost, I am a soldier of the Tang Empire, so I have to be vigilant against those powerful cultivators and the Academy. If I am not vigilant, it will be a dereliction of duty as a soldier. "
Wang Jinglue said in a low voice, "If you want to use this matter to see if the Academy still respects the law of the Tang Empire, I don't think it is appropriate. Because it is difficult to link the little maidservant with harboring a fugitive based on the existing evidence."
"I do want to see the attitude of the Academy."
Xu Shi turned around and looked at the thin sky outside the window. He said in a slightly cold voice, "But I want to know more. Why did the Academy do nothing when Wei Guangming stayed in Chang 'an for such a long time? What is the relationship between the little maidservant and Wei Guangming? What does this matter have to do with him? "
Wang Jinglue frowned slightly and shook his head. He said, "This kind of vigilance … seems very unreasonable."
Xu Shi said, "As a Tang, no one is willing to provoke the Academy. But this time, so many people want to do something at the same time. First, it is because the maidservant is of a lowly status. Even if they do something to her, it will not affect the foundation of the Academy. She is the best target. Second, the civil and military officials in the imperial court and even some nobles in the palace have begun to be vigilant against the Academy, just like me."
Wang Jinglue still could not understand why this vigilance against the Academy came from.
Xu Shi said, "Why are so many people in the imperial court wary of the Academy? Because this world is made up of the supermundane world and the secular world. Everything in the secular world has always been controlled by the supermundane world. The emperor of the Yuelun Kingdom must be appointed by the Elder of the White Tower Temple. The emperors of other countries in the world must be approved by the West-Hill Divine Palace. Therefore, the Taoist hierarch and the Three Gods on Peach Mountain are the real masters of this world. Behind them are the Unknown Places of Buddhism and Taoism. If they can communicate with each other, they will be sages … If they can communicate with each other, they will need to enter the secular world. But why does the Academy have to enter the secular world? "
Wang Jinglue finally understood. In this cold winter, his back was instantly soaked with sweat. Since they were all in the human world, there was no such thing as "outside the human world". Except for the Tang Empire, the rest of the world had been controlled by cultivators. If the Academy also wanted to interfere in the human world like the West-Hill Divine Palace, who could stop them?
"The Academy cannot interfere with the imperial court. This is an iron law set by the Headmaster." He seemed to suppress the uneasiness in his heart and said in a hoarse voice, "If the Academy really wanted to act like the West-Hill Divine Palace, it would have done so over the years."
Xu Shi looked at the dim sun outside the clouds. His eyes shone with a dim light. He said slowly, "I have never doubted the Headmaster of the Academy. But you have to know that no matter how great a man is, he will die of old age one day. Once the Headmaster leaves this world, what if the people in the back of the mountain of the Academy are not willing to be left out? If they start to interfere with the imperial court, the imperial power will fall and the country will no longer be a country. Will the Tang Empire still be the Tang Empire today? "
"Now that we have confirmed that Ning Que is the one who entered the secular world from the Academy, the Academy would not have agreed to let him go to the frontier fortress and the Wilderness. I have seen his resume in the Military Ministry. I have to admit that he is an excellent soldier. But the more he is, the more I am vigilant. Because an excellent soldier must be cold-blooded and ruthless. He must also have ambition. Whether it is for military achievements or territory, that kind of ambition is like a wildfire that cannot be extinguished. "
Xu Shi said in a low voice, "The Tang Empire has been strong for thousands of years because we are not like those poor worms crawling at the feet of the Divine Hall. We are always in awe of the people outside the secular world. We have always been vigilant and never surrendered."
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