Chapter 522: The Wind and the Clouds

A small, delicate fox with a pocket-sized version of a small purse around her neck.

Speaks human? Fox Demon …….. Knowing my true identity ……… Xu Qi An almost gave it a set of “Dawei Tianlong” palm, his eyes looked out the window, said:

“Come in and talk.”

The little fox let out a “hee hee” and with a stomp of its four short legs, it leapt from the window edge into the house.

Xu Qi’an’s gaze chased after this little fox demon, watching it stride its elegant limbs, walk to the table, make a vigorous leap, fail to leap onto the tabletop, and hit its little belly on the edge of the table.

“Ouch!”

It yelped in pain and stomped its hind limbs about, finally climbing onto the table and squatting down, its ebony eyes flashing with curiosity and excitement as it observed Xu Qi’an.

It s too appetizing ……… Xu Qi an muttered in his heart.

“It was the Queen who sent me to de.”

The little fox made silvery girlie noises.

Sure enough! Xu Qi’an secretly said in his heart that the fox demon, and knowing his identity, was mostly a demon of the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom, and thus just now resisted the impulse to destroy the demon.

“So?”

He stood on the tabletop, overlooking the fluffy, cute little fox.

“You sneak in here without fear of being discovered?”

The little fox said, “Speed and sneaking are my areas of expertise, otherwise why would the Queen send me here? Sister Nightime said that Xu Yinluo is as sharp as a tack and can see things clearly, so why can’t you even figure out such a simple truth?”

“Because reasoning requires more than enough clues, and knowledge of things. For example, if I don’t know you, I have no way to tell if you’re a reckless little fox demon. Another example is that you’re not very old, so I would suspect that you’re not very capable and not careful enough.”

Xu Qi’an said casually.

The little fox came to a realization, her black pearl eyes sparkling as she lifted her grip to pat the tabletop, chirping:

“So that’s how it is, worthy of being Xu Yinluo, what a sensible and well-organized way to put it.”

“Who is this Sister Nocturne you speak of, and does she know me?”

Xu Qi’an sat down at the table and poured himself a pot of tea.

“Come on, come on, give someone else a drink too.”

The little fox tapped the table, urging.

In the slight sound of water, Xu Qi’an poured her a full cup, and the little fox came up with her pink nose, sticking out her little tongue, licking and licking and licking.

“You can’t morph?”

Xu Qi’an was surprised.

“Not yet.” The little fox chirped.

I was wrong, you are not a dish, you are a dish stingy, what did the princess of ten thousand demons send you over ………. Xu Qi An spat in his heart.

After taking a few sips, the little fox said, “Sister Night Ji is my third sister, her skills are so powerful, she was born three hundred and seventy-six years before me.”

So who the hell is your nighttime sister.

“She used to work in the capital and just came back not long ago, and told me many stories about you. Xu Yinluo is really great~”

Floating, floating fragrance …….. Xu Qi’an’s face stagnated, unable to tell whether he was delighted or disappointed or annoyed inside, his mood was very complicated.

Joy is once again to get the news of the old lover, disappointment is the two sides to meet a distant future, annoyed because of the dang Dafeng beat the night watchman, hard to be turned into a Dafeng dry corpse people by her.

She is Fu Xiang s sister ah, the original Fu Xiang real name is night Ji …….. Xu Qi An’s face turned slightly softer as he asked:

“What did your Maiden ask me to do?”

“Come to report da.”

The little fox said happily.

You should report it …….. After waiting for a while, Xu Qi An saw that she still didn’t say anything and looked at herself with a longing face.

So he could only emphasize, “Reporting?”

“The Queen has asked me to come and talk to you about the situation in the Buddhist Sect.”

As she spoke, the little fox’s eyes flicked towards the table, she was looking at the cinnamon cake and had glanced at it several times with her afterglow.

“Eat if you want.” Xu Qi’an sighed.

With a cheerful chirp, the little fox clutched a piece of cinnamon cake and nibbled on it.

Rookie, **, very reserved, has a reserved air, feels that a punch will cry for a long time a little fox ……… Xu Qi An made a judgment in his heart.

Patiently waiting for her to finish eating, Xu Qi’an asked, “Want some more?”

“Yeah, yeah, thanks Xu Yinluo.”

“……. Let’s finish what the Queen asked you to convey first.”

Gluttony! Xu Qi’an added another label in her heart, but it wasn’t surprising that children were all gluttons.

The little fox fondly withdrew her gaze and sat down in a good crouch, saying:

“Starting from the highest to the lowest, the most powerful in the Buddhist Sect are the supreme Buddhas, followed by the four great Bodhisattvas, and there are four contemporary Bodhisattvas, namely, Garosu Bodhisattva, who is in control of the “Dharmas of Vajra and the Dharmas of the King of Motion”; Guangxian Bodhisattva, who is in control of the “Dharmas of the Great Wheel of Reincarnation, the Dharmas of the Great Mercy The four contemporary Bodhisattvas are Garosu Bodhisattva, who controls the “Dharma of the Great Wheel of Rebirth and the Dharma of Great Compassion”; Guangxian Bodhisattva, who controls the “Dharma of Great Wisdom and the Dharma of the Medicine Master”; and Luru Bodhisattva, who controls the “Dharma of the Practitioner and the Dharma of Colorless Glaze”.”

“There have been nine Bodhisattvas in the history of Buddhism, seven five hundred years ago, five after the Koshi Swing, and one beheaded by the Primordial Supervisor at the time of the usurpation of the throne by Emperor Wuzong, and now there are only four left.”

“Then there are the Nine Great Lohan, of which only two survive: the Sudra fruit position of Duo Sentiment, and the Arahant Duo Error. The Empress said that after the fruit positions have coalesced, they cannot be changed. Therefore over the long period of time, many Lohan chose to reincarnate and reborn to retake the Buddhist path.”

“However, Lohan has the dusk of dwelling in the womb, and Bodhisattvas have the fascination of separating from the netherworld, and most Lohan are annihilated in the cycle of reincarnation. There were eighteen Lohans in the history of Buddhism, and these Lohans, part of them reincarnated and went on to reincarnation, and part of them died in the Azi Swinging Demon.”

“Lastly, there are the Dharma Protector Vajra, of which there are still only two in existence, the Vajra of Difficulty and the Vajra of Mortality. How many vajra there were at the peak of the Buddhist Sect, the Empress has not counted. The Empress said that during the Azi Demon Swing, the Third Grade Vajra was just cannon fodder.”

Xu Qi’an’s mouth was open so wide that it could be stuffed into an egg, and his entire body was like a statue, frozen.

At its peak, nine Bodhisattvas, eighteen Lohans, and a number of Dharma Protector Vajra …….. This is simply outrageous ………

No, you can’t think like that, it’s just that it has appeared in history, it’s accumulated over time. That the Central Plains down through the dynasties, the number of three products two products one product masters, is also very considerable ……..

But, but four surviving Bodhisattvas two Lohans and two Vajrapani, which is outrageous ………

However, if Dafeng had not experienced the scourge of Emperor Yuan Jing and Xu Pingfeng’s extraction of qi, there would definitely be more than just a third rank for the King of Zhenbei, at least Duke Wei would be the top second rank, and of course there would be other masters born as well.

On the contrary, after the Battle of Shanhaiguan, the Buddhist Sect was literally on fire and strong to a terrifying degree.

Little Fox continued, “The one who led the team to Three Flowers Monastery this time was the Vajra of Duo Difficulty, accompanied by two Fourth Grade, with the dharma names Pure Heart and Pure Edge. Pure Heart is a Zen master and Pure Edge is a martial arts monk. You should mainly pay attention to these two.”

“By the way ……..”

She sat in a crouch and poked a paw into the small leather pouch hanging around her neck, “The Mother told me to give you this.”

She grabbed a bracelet in her paw, which had six rusty brass bells hanging from it in a very dated fashion.

“A bracelet?”

The little fox corrected, “Mistress said it was an anklet.”

Xu Qi’an took the anklet and asked, “What is your name?”

The little fox said, “Guess what.”

“Guess not.”

“Hmph, that’s useless, here’s a hint, I have the opposite name of Sister Nocturne.”

“Chicken of the day?”

“Yes, it’s Shirahime!”

The little fox lifted his front paw and slapped the tabletop a little harder to show that he was angry.

“One last thing, the Empress said that she hoped you would keep your promise to search for the remnants of Grandmaster Shenshu’s body, and to that end, she sent me to spy on you. Tell you oh, I’m very fast, I can travel several thousand miles a day. And being good at sneaking, I’m very useful.”

The little fox stood up humanly, pinching herself in triumph.

“A few thousand miles a day ……..”

Xu Qi’an’s eyes lit up as he asked, “Then can you pack people?”

The little fox froze, looked at his small body, then looked at Xu Qi’an’s large body, hesitantly said, “But, can it …….”

Xu Qi’an happily carried the little fox down, placed it on the ground, and sat on his butt.

The little fox was confused.

………..

“Hey hey, don’t cry, you’re the one who said it was okay.”

Xu Qi’an sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the fluffy fox lying on the pillow, wailing and crying in defense.

Bean-sized teardrops rolled out of the little fox’s eyes, “I’m going to go back and tell Niangniang that you bullied me, oing oing ……. My back hurts, oing oing, hiccup …….”

She hadn’t been bullied in her entire life.

Xu Qi’an coaxing woman is very good at coaxing fox …….. He is also quite good at coaxing and cheating to fool the past, the little fox tears to forgive him.

Sure enough, a punch can be coaxed for a long time. Xu Qi’an blew out the candle and said, “So, sleep?”

The little fox climbed up, and in the darkness, looked at him warily, “No, Sister Nightime said you’re horny, I can’t sleep with you.”

Xu Qi’an glanced at the tiny fox body and silently covered her face.

Not so much not so much ………

…………

In Wen Ren Qian Rou’s boudoir, the Heavenly Sect’s Saint Son twirled his wine glass and stood by the window, saying:

“Elder Xu and Madam didn’t stay in the same room?”

Wen Ren Qian Rou combed her hair in the mirror, smiled lightly and let out a “hmm”.

She was wearing a white lining, her hips were round and her waist was thin and her breasts were full, and she was an extremely colorful woman from her looks to her body.

The good end of the separate rooms for what …….. He muttered in his heart and added, “Rou’er, remember to be more respectful in front of that Xu Qian.”

“I’ve already treated him like a benefactor.”

Wenren Qianrou expressed her aggravation.

“No, that’s not what I mean.” Li Ling Su paused for a few seconds and lowered her voice, “Xu Qian is an old monster, one that has lived for hundreds of years.”

“Third grade?”

Wenren Qianrou’s heart fluttered.

Li Lingsu shook his head and lost his smile:

“Before, I thought so too, but yesterday at the Temple of the Three Flowers, a little thing changed my mind. Well, he gave me a brocade pouch full of artillery and chariots and crossbows, enough to arm a battalion of troops. Your Leizhou Chamber of Commerce racked their brains and spent countless amounts of money to exchange some military crossbows and cannons from the government.

“But to him, they’re just insignificant trinkets.”

Wenren Qianru was incredulous: ”He’s from the imperial court? The third grade experts of the imperial court, in front of them there was the Zhenbei King, and after them there was Xu Qi’an. In addition to that are the warlocks of the Si Tian Supervisor. Who is this Xu Qian?”

The Heavenly Sect Saint Son shook his head, “He shouldn’t be from the imperial court, according to him, the artillery and carriage crossbows are gadgets that he won in a game with the Supervisor Zheng. Heh, this kind of character, there’s no need to lie to me, right?”

Won when playing against Supervisor Zheng …….. Wenren Qianrou breathed heavily.

The Heavenly Sect Saint Son’s afterglow glanced at his little love interest, and seeing that she was in deep shock, he immediately said, “Ah, my cultivation is sealed, I should break the seal early, Zoey, I’ll go back to my room to cultivate first.”

Wen Ren Qian Rou snapped back to her senses, her willow eyebrows rose, grabbed the cloak on the table, and shook her hand to throw it off.

The long cloak was like a whip, wrapping around Li Ling Su’s neck and dragging him back.

“Li Lang, you’ve been in Leizhou for two days, but you don’t touch me, is it that you’ve already gotten tired of the old? Or, do you have someone else in mind?”

“No no.”

“Hmph, I don’t believe it.”

“No really, mine will always belong to Zoe.”

“That depends on what you do tonight.”

………..

The next day, early morning.

Xu Qi’an held the little white fox and brought the crown princess to the inner hall, where he saw Li Lingsu sitting alone in the hall enjoying breakfast.

“It’s as if you’ve pined away a lot in one night.”

Xu Qi’an swept a glance at the desktop, there was no problem with breakfast, white porridge, steamed buns, and delicate small dishes.

He huffed and rushed to uncover the tea cover before Li Ling Su could react.

In a teacup, steeped with goji berries.

Pfft ……… Xu Qi’an almost laughed out loud.

“Ugh, my damn charm.”

Li Lingsu let out a sigh of emotion and said, “Senior, when are we going to leave for the Three Flowers Temple?”

“There’s no rush, someone else should come to the door in the next few days. You continue to disguise Li Miaozhen and spread the news. By the way, yesterday you revealed a break.”

“What’s broken?”

Xu Qi’an placed three steamed buns in front of him, one of which was torn into even halves and placed with the other two.

Then, he pointed at the steamed buns, and then pointed at Li Ling Su’s chest.

What he means is that the size of the buns I used yesterday was not right, it should be one and a half buns on each side ……… Li Lingsu froze for a moment and comprehended Xu Qian s meaning.

“I see.”

Li Lingsu lowered her head to drink congee and said, “Remember to keep this matter a secret, if my senior sister finds out, she will kill me.”

As he drank, he looked at the buns and always felt that something was wrong.

He was just about to think deeper when his attention was suddenly attracted by the little white fox, and he said in surprise, “Where did the little fox come from?”

“A late friend’s sister.”

Xu Qi’an said.

Late friend’s sister …….. Li Lingsu scrutinized him, as if she had thought of something, and tried, “Fox demon?”

“Uh-huh!”

The little white fox nodded to herself and said crisply, “Yes da.”

“It talks?”

Mu Nanjian on the side was taken aback, which came to be interested, reached out to hug the little white fox, and then shrunk back, carefully said, “Will it bite.”

“It will be, I’m super mean. Don’t you touch me.”

The little white fox waved his paw a little, threateningly.

She wasn’t a domesticated pet, only domesticated pets liked to be touched, real beasts were taboo to be touched.

At this time, the housekeeper of the Wenren residence hurriedly came in, his tone slightly urgent, and said:

“Daoist Li, the Lord Commander of the Capital is here, requesting to see you.”

Leizhou Commander, the entire Leizhou, one of the three people with the greatest power.

Li Lingsu’s face did not change, and he said, “Please ask him to go to the lobby, and tell him that I will go over immediately.”

He and Xu Qi’an exchanged glances and laughed, “Here it comes.”

The jianghu people are just a speck, within a state, there are only a handful of fourth-ranked experts in the jianghu, how much of a threat can they pose to the Three Flowers Monastery?

What they’re really fishing for is the military’s fourth-ranked experts.

And this Leizhou Capital Commander is one of the top figures.

………..

A quarter of an hour later, Leizhou Capital Commander Yuan Yi, met the rumored Flying Swallow Lady.

This renowned Heavenly Sect’s Holy Maiden was indeed a rare beauty, with a heroic spirit and delicate features, seemingly suffering from a minor injury, her pretty face was slightly white, and her neck was wrapped in gauze.

The dark-skinned and stout Yuan Yi nodded and said, “Daoist Li’s reputation for chivalry has spread far and wide, and it’s Yuan’s honor to meet him today.”

Leizhou is close to the western region, and has 100,000 troops, everywhere is a military town, the local capital commanders, no matter the position or war power, are one rank higher than the states.

“Li Miaozhen said bluntly, “Lord Commander, are you here for the special treasure of the Three Flowers Temple?”

Yuan Yi did not nod his head and held his teacup as he leisurely said, “Why did Daoist Li conclude that that treasure could help the Fourth Grade break through to Transcendence.”

He didn’t really believe the Leizhou rumors, but considering Li Miaozhen’s reputation and his own thirst for the Third Grade, he came with the attitude that he would rather believe it than not.

Li Miaozhen laughed, “Your Excellency has misunderstood, breaking through Transcendence is only the most insignificant effect of that treasure.”

“Is this statement solvable?” Yuan Yi asked.

“Does Your Excellency know the beginning and end of the Chuzhou Massacre?”

“The fact that the Zhenbei King slaughtered the city to refine the blood pills has long been known throughout the world.”

“That would be a good explanation, the Floating Pagoda suppresses the masters who were captured in the Battle of Shanhaiguan back then, all of them above the third rank, including the former lord of Jingshan City, Nalan Tianlu, a second rank rainmaker.”

“……. What does Daoist Li mean?”

“Nowadays, those supreme experts have all been refined into blood pills and soul pills. That’s why the Three Flowers Temple has closed its doors and prohibited anyone from entering the Floating Pagoda.”

Yuan Yi narrowed his eyes and did not speak for a long time.

………….

The next day, the news that Yuan Yi had visited the Wenren Mansion and poked around for information about the exotic treasures was spread by the Leizhou Chamber of Commerce.

This further caused a stir and irritated the forces that were watching.

Leizhou Double Dagger Sect.

Sect Master Tang Yuanwu sat in the hall, a long and a short sword, quietly erected on his left and right hands.

Double Sword Sect is standing in Leizhou for many years of Jianghu big power, successive masters are four, wherever they go are respected, the beginning of the year of the contest of the celestial, Tang Yuanwu had taken disciples to the capital to participate in the “event”.

The disciple Liu Yun, relying on her beauty and strength, became famous in the capital, ranking among the Four Great Beauties alongside Rong Rong and others in the Ten Thousand Flowers Building.

Regarding the Three Flowers Temple’s “special treasure”, the opinions of the elders of the Twin Blades Sect were different, some thought that the Buddhist Sect was not to be messed with, and suggested that they should wait and see. Some thought it was a great opportunity for the Sect Master, and also a great opportunity for the Twin Blades Sect.

As a jianghu man, chasing after a chance, you shouldn’t be timid.

He looked around at the elders and disciples below and spoke in a deep voice:

“There is no need to argue, this matter, whether true or false, is worth exploring. Although the buddhist sect is strong, but Leizhou Jianghu people are many, military town, masters, may not be unable to wrestle with the buddhist sect.

“Yun’er, you lead thirty of the clan’s best warriors and travel with me to the Three Flowers Temple tomorrow.”

The valiant Liu Yun, carrying her twin swords, stepped out and cupped her fists, “Yes, Sect Master.”

……….

Some military town.

A horse rushed out of the camp, chasing a group of soldiers behind it.

Riding in the dust was a young man clad in armor, with a steed with pitch-black fur at his hip.

Behind him, the chasing soldiers shouted, “Lord Zhenfu, it is a great offense to leave the camp in private. Quickly go back with us and apologize to the Lord Commander.”

The youth in armor laughed out loud:

If I can’t snatch it, the big deal is to be dismissed, I’m a fourth-grade martial artist, I can make a living wherever I am.”

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