Chapter 184 – Blood Light

Chapter 184 – Blood Light

What does Confucianism have to do with me, I am just a night watchman in Confucian garb Xu Qi an laughed to himself, set his face straight, and stared at the surface of the jade mirror.

In a few moments, words appeared on the surface of the mirror, and No. 4’s message came: “I once traveled to the Western Regions, where people are generally illiterate and backward, not to mention not knowing what “etiquette” is. However, the locals are quite hospitable. They warmly entertained me in the image of a swordsman, but when I told the locals about my identity as a “scholar”, their attitude towards me changed drastically.

[Verbal abuse, threats, and expulsion forced me to leave the area, and in my subsequent travels I never again revealed myself as a reader.]

Was this what was called, the wrath of the scum against the bully? Xu Qi’an didn’t comment and continued to wait for the next passage of the transmission.

[4: I thought that the Western Regions simply hated readers, but then I realized that they didn’t hate readers, they hated Confucianism, orthodox Confucianism. This made me think of an account I used to read in a history book, well, after that period of history five hundred years ago, the Buddhist sect used to be quite prosperous in Dafeng, preaching all over the place.

[The good times didn’t last long, and in less than a hundred years, the imperial court began to exterminate Buddhism, and the one who pushed for the extermination was none other than the chief minister at the time. And he had another identity, the head of the Yunlu Academy.]

In the past, almost all the readers were from Yunlu Academy, the Confucian orthodoxy appeared to be cut off two hundred years ago . Xu Qi’an keyed in the message: [Just this?

At that time, the Dafeng was the territory of Confucianism, and when the Buddhist sect wanted to preach in the Central Plains, it was perfectly reasonable for Confucianism to intervene. By the same token, it is just as reasonable for the Western Region to abhor readers.

This melon is not much fun to eat.

[IV: Hey, Three, you’ve been slacking off a bit lately.]

Xu Qi’an: “???”

Shall I gnaw on my finger and perform “The Brain is Shaking” for you?

[4: Or do you mean that you don’t have time to read history because you’re preparing for the Chunsun Exam? Well, I will say that the chief minister of that year, when the Buddha was exterminated, said something like this: if the Buddha is not exterminated, all the world is Buddha; with my life, I will break the path of the Buddha.

[To this day, I still don’t understand the true meaning of this statement.]

If Buddha is not destroyed, all the world will be Buddha. With my life, I’ll break the path of Buddha. What does this mean? Xu Qi’an was confused.

[V: Maybe just a pep talk.]

Number five asked a good question! Xu Qi’an smiled.

[I: No, the three Confucian qualities are the realm of establishing life. With my life . It is by no means a joke. No. 4’s words reminded me of more details, that the first minister’s name is Du Zhongshu, after the destruction of the Buddha, he stepped into the third grade of the life-establishing realm. In other words, his “life-establishment” is the destruction of the Buddha.]

After destroying the Buddha, he stepped into the Third Grade Life Establishment Realm? Xu Qi’an recalled the information that Grand Confucian Zhang Shen had mentioned to him by chance, that the Confucian Lifelong Realm was a process of “searching for a purpose in life”, hence the name Lifelong.

It is interesting to note that “Rissho” must be a positive goal, and it is indeed a positive goal to enter the realm of Rissho after the elimination of the Buddha.

Xu Qi’an thought in his heart and transmitted the message, [The Lifelong Realm is similar to the Buddhist Sect making a grand wish to step into the Lifelong Realm by destroying the Buddhas, which means that destroying the Buddhas is the right thing to do.]

With the endorsement of Number Three, a Confucian scholar, the crowd realized that something was wrong. If the Buddha Sect is not destroyed, all the world will be Buddha This might not be a joke.

There’s more to it than a “turf war”.

No one spoke for a long time, seemingly pondering the truth lurking behind the matter, and after ten minutes or so, Number Two said:

[Number 3, how many masters are in the governor’s team going to Yunzhou this time?]

[III: There is only one gong in the open, but not known in the dark.]

Good use of the word “only” . Number Two mentally spat.

However, anyone who has understood the government office of the night watchman, knows that the golden gong is the fourth grade of martial artists, the fourth grade of martial artists in the battlefield, each one is a top master with one block of a thousand.

In the realm of mortals, the fourth grade with the cohesion of “intent” is the pinnacle.

Further up was the Third Grade, which possessed the ability to regenerate severed limbs and had long since ceased to be mortal.

Even if my team, plus myself, were to take on a Fourth Grade Golden Gong, I’m afraid we would only end up in the same place.

Number Two sighed.

After a long time without words and confirming that the unqualified groupies had all gone offline, Xu Qi’an then collected the small mirror, left the room, and stood at the edge of the deck, facing the big river, dumping the burden of his bladder.

Fasten your belt and go back to your room.

The next day, at dawn, Xu Qi’an woke up and looked around to see his two colleagues moving their qi, exhaling and practicing qi.

Everyone is working so hard, so full of energy every day. Xu Qi’an sat up and stretched.

Essence, Qi, and Spirit were one, and when Qi filled the upper, middle, and lower three dantians, spiritual power would skyrocket, and at this time, it meant that one could visualize and prepare to break through the Refined Spirit realm.

Xu Qi’an’s qi had long since filled the dantian to the point of overflowing, and with the incessant day-to-day visualization, his spiritual power was increasing with each passing day, just one opportunity away from stepping into the God Refining Realm.

How this opportunity came to be, Xu Qi’an didn’t know yet, and Wei Yuan didn’t tell him either, because Father Wei didn’t know that Xu Qi’an’s cultivation had refined so rapidly.

The little gong that he had always thought he valued was still at the stage of carrying chi.

Noticing Xu Qi’an waking up, Zhu Guangxiao and Song Tingfeng stopped exhaling as the former said:

“When the trip to Yunzhou is over and the government office has issued a bounty, I’ll be able to save up enough silver to get a wife.”

Zhu Guangxiao has a childhood friend’s sister, well, not a real sister, but a neighborhood sister. The two people are very affectionate, Wang Baji see green beans, very eye to eye.

But the sister’s father wants Zhu Guangxiao to take a hundred taels of silver for the bride price, or else there is no door.

Zhu Guangxiao monthly salary of five taels, plus some gray income, a year roughly can earn more than eighty taels, but he also have to socialize, daily expenses, but also to go to the green house . He can only save more than thirty taels a year.

It was already not easy, after all, going to a green house to consume belongs to the immediate need, ordinary people still have the need, let alone the blood and vigor of the martial artists.

I’ve never seen a thousand or eight hundred people like you on TV in my past life. Don t you damn well plant the flag ah, like you, I have not seen a thousand in my past life on TV, but I have also seen eight hundred Xu Qi An rolled his eyes.

“Congratulations, Guangxiao on your early marriage.” After Song Tingfeng finished speaking, he glanced at Xu Qi’an’s waist and saw a beautiful purple scented capsule embroidered with white lotus flowers, saying, “Ning Yan, is this from Fu Xiang?”

“No!” Xu Qi’an allowed him to pick the scented pouch.

“Your brat wouldn’t have a fiancée too, would you?” Song Tingfeng slightly widened his squinty eyes and said sourly.

“No.” Xu Qi’an snatched back the scent bag and lay down again, the purple scent bag hanging from the tip of his nose, humming a tune softly, “She’s just my younger sister, and my younger sister said that the color purple is very charming.”    ”Why doesn’t Ning Yan take a wife?” Zhu Guangxiao expresses doubt.

In his opinion, Xu Qi’an was not only highly appreciated by Duke Wei, but had also been rewarded by His Majesty with 1,000 taels of gold, and had a bright future in money.

It is of age to marry and have children itself.

“He’s a prodigal son like me.” Song Tingfeng commented.

“Scram, we’re different.” Xu Qi’an lay on the bed, his hands resting on the back of his head, and sighed, “Adapt for a while longer.”

It had only been three months since he had come to Dafeng, and he had not yet been able to settle down and fully adapt. That’s why he’s been hanging out at the Church, hanging out at the warmth of the floating incense, but he’s not psychologically prepared to start a family.

Zhu Guangxiao nodded slightly and suggested, “It depends on what you want from your future wife.”

“Requirements,” Xu Qi’an mused, “Big waves and long hair.”

“This is a strange request of yours.” Song Tingfeng frowned.

Xu Qi’an glanced at him, “That’s three requests.”

After washing up, Xu Qi’an ate her breakfast and knocked on the door of Jiang Luchong’s room.

“What is it?” Jiang Ruizhong sat at the table, looking at a map of Yunzhou, his pair of sharp gazes that looked like eagle’s eyes gave a great sense of oppression.

“I’d like to ask Jiang Jinluo about cultivation.” Xu Qi’an picked up a piece of pastry and stuffed it into his mouth, “How do I advance to the God Refining Realm?”

Regarding this, Xu Qi’an’s previous understanding was that it was gradual and natural.

When accumulated to the appropriate level, one could naturally advance to the God Refining Realm.

However, from Chu Caiwei’s requirements for promotion to Alchemist, he was inspired to review the Wu Fu system and discovered that there was also a requirement for promotion from the Essence Refining Realm to the Qi Practicing Realm: the body must not be broken!

Jiang Luzhong laughed, “It’s very simple, when your spiritual power is strong to a certain degree and your eyebrows will swell and hurt, that’s when you advance to the God Refining Realm. As for the method of promotion, well, not sleeping for a decade.”

What? Are you serious about not sleeping for 10 days? Won’t you die suddenly?

Seeing Xu Qi’an’s bewildered face, Jiang Lizhong explained, “You heard correctly, if you don’t sleep for a decade and get through it, you will be able to advance to the God Refining Realm, if you can’t get through it, you will be in a coma if it’s light, or you will die of divine failure if it’s heavy. Martial artist system, every grade is a life and death test.”

“. Why do you have to stay awake for a decade?” Xu Qi’an was puzzled.

“When you were in the Essence Refining Realm, you must have experienced the limits of your physical body from time to time. Every time you break through the limit, your physical strength grows. Then do you know the limits of the Yuan Shen?”

Xu Qi’an shook his head.

“The best way to break through the Yuan Shen limit is to stay awake, one decade is just a general standard, everyone’s limit is different. In the future, when you try to advance to the God Refining Realm, you’ll have a first-hand experience.”

“Won’t the body be overwhelmed?”

“That’s why refining essence and practicing qi are also laying the foundation for God Refining, including your weekday contemplations to condense the strength of your Yuan Shen. The same is increasing the chances of advancing to God Refining.” Speaking of this, Jiang Ruizhong said smilingly:

“You’re still early, on the path of martial arts, the most important thing is the will to trek through the mountains, you can’t be overly ambitious.”

“Jiang Jinluo has a point.” Xu Qi’an nodded approvingly, “I’m already at the peak of qi practicing.”

Ginger Ruizhong: “????”

He stared at Xu Qi’an with an incredulous gaze for a few seconds and said unhappily, “Don’t be ridiculous, I remember when you joined the night watchman, you were still at the Refined Essence realm, which someone who practiced peak qi in less than three months can’t be true, right?”

Xu Qi’an shrugged, “If not, why am I asking you this. Well, I’ll take my leave first.”

Xu Qi’an left Jiang Ruizhong’s room, leaving Lord Jin Gong sitting alone at the table, muttering, ”This doesn’t make sense, this doesn’t make sense!

“Wei Gong, does he know?”

Six days had passed, and Xu Qi’an’s feeling of sailing on a boat for the first time in his life was: kam!

On the deck, Song Tingfeng looked listlessly out over the river, watching the passing canal boats, and said, “We will arrive at Yuzhou tomorrow, and Jiang Jinluo promised us a day’s rest, so I’m going to vomit from eating fish.”

“Yuzhou is rich in iron ore and is notoriously rich, with outstanding people. I’m sure the beauties of the Churchyard are also watery.” A gong echoed.

Xu Qi’an didn’t care if the beauty of the Churchwardens was watery or not, he only wanted to get off the ship early and go for a good meal.

In the mid-winter season, fruits and vegetables were already in short supply, not to mention floating on water. During this period of time, he ate fish all the time, so much so that he now fell down on his stomach at the sight of fish and almost suffered from anorexia.

At that moment, Xu Qi’an, who was lying on the edge of the parapet, unintentionally caught a glimpse of an oncoming official ship.

There were a few soap-clothed mandarins on the deck, who likewise noticed the official ship that Xu Qi’an was on, and after seeing a few gongs on the deck wearing the uniforms of the night watchmen, the mandarins visibly panicked for a moment, and made a subconscious backward movement.

Then quickly steadied himself, remaining as he was, but without another glance this way.

The subconscious panic at the sight of us is a sign of weakness. Though he remedied the situation and acted calmly, the way he didn’t look away emphasized his weakness. Is he naturally afraid of the night watchman?

The old detective Xu Qi’an thought suspiciously in his heart.

The reaction of the officials on the opposite side of the official ship was simply the most classic reaction of the heart when he studied psychology.

Just to be on the safe side, confirm.

Xu Qi’an reached into his pocket, lightly clasped the back of the jade mirror, took out the Confucian Academy’s “magic book”, and tore out the page that recorded the qi lookout technique.

Now the most “magic book” is the qi lookout technique, that day escorted the Jingwuwei hundred Zhou Chixiong into the capital, Xu Qi’an shamelessly asked Zhang Shen to ask for spells to replenish the increasingly depleted magic book.

Chu Caiwei was also present at the time to become a major skill transfer.

As for why they are all lookouts, because the technique is simple and easy to record.

“Snort.”

As the pages of the book burned, clear light erupted from the bottom of Xu Qi’an’s eyes as he looked out at the official ship in front of him.

He saw a bright red, viscous glow of blood.

In the definition of qigong, a murderer will be tainted with blood for a period of time after killing someone.