Big Moon Ballad

Chapter 895
Zhao Guang's words startled everyone, but Ying Baoyue looked at him speechlessly, "Is it because your Imperial Prayer Province of Soochow is on the mountain?"

"Yes," Zhao Guang opened his eyes wide in surprise, "How do you know?"

Unlike other countries, Soochow's Imperial Prayer Province is not in the palace, but outside the palace.Although Soochow is not as mountainous as Southern Chu, it is a land of mountains and seas after all. Soochow's palace is built in a place with mountains and seas, and the Imperial Prayer Province is built on another mountain next to the palace.

The Imperial Prayer Provinces of Southern Chu and Eastern Wu had multiple functions, with a large number of people and a large area. The reason why Southern Chu was able to be built in the palace was because Jixia Academy undertook part of the functions of the Imperial Prayer Province.And the reason why Soochow Imperial Prayer Province is on another mountain is because that mountain has Hanshan Academy, the highest institution of Soochow, and Lingyin Temple, where Dongwu Guoshi Dongfang Yi was born, is also opposite this mountain.

That mountain is called Hanshan, and it is the gathering place of the Eastern Wu practice forces.

"It turns out that Mr. Zhaohua went to the Imperial Prayer Province." Ji Ange on the side breathed a sigh of relief, staring at Zhao Guang who dared to make any jokes, "Then why do you say that he is a monk?"

"After all, Hanshan, it sounds miserable." Zhao Guang shrugged, looking at the warm lights around him, he felt that the man was looking for guilt by himself.

Although both of them had ill-fated fates, Zhao Guang always felt that he had to enjoy life to the fullest, and if he didn't look at the rich and warm lantern festivals, the man would just run to the mountains and stay there.

"I want him to come with us, but he said he wants to help his adoptive father, so he refuses to come." Zhao Guang said helplessly.

"That's Mr. Zhaohua's filial piety," Ji Jiashu said, "I heard that this is the middle-level ceremony with the largest number of participants in the past 20 years, and the Soochow National Teacher must be very busy."

"That's what I said," Zhao Guang said with a wry smile, "but our master of the state probably doesn't want him to go up the mountain to help today."

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Zhao Guang's words were indeed correct.

"Ji'er, didn't I tell you to come back tomorrow?"

It is indeed very cold on the cold mountain, except for practitioners, few people can bear such cold.

It is also an autumn night, and the city of Ruyang is full of lights, lively like spring, and the flow of people is like weaving.

And at the northern end of Ruyang City, on the Hanshan Mountain at the west foot of Longshouyuan where the Soochow Palace is located, there is a distant Hanshan Road, settling on the cold stream, where there are often birds chirping, and there is no one in silence.

At the gate of Hanshan Academy, the largest academy in Soochow, an old man in Tsing Yi stood quietly, holding a lantern and looking helplessly at his adopted son who stood silently on the mountain road.

"But foster father, didn't you say that the preparations will start tonight?" Li Ji looked up, his black eyes fixed on the white-haired old man, "This time the middle-level ceremony is a big deal, and I will help."

"I want you to help, but not today." Dongfang Yi stood on the mountain and looked at the bustling lights in Ruyang City in the distance, with a helpless expression. "Isn't it just the [-]th Lantern Festival tonight? You are a young man If you don't want to look at the lights, why do you want to go up the mountain to accompany me, an old man?"

If the parents of ordinary people had such a son who never married in his twenties, they would have kicked him out to find a marriage.

But fortunately, Dongfang Yi was born as a monk after all, and he could still see the man in the palace who was in his thirties and never married every day. He didn't want to force this kind of thing. Looking at Li Ji standing on the mountain road, he squinted his eyes, " What happened to your realm?"

"I asked someone to seal the acupuncture point for my golden needle, and I just wanted to see my adoptive father," Li Ji said.

"Okay," Dongfang Yi sighed, "you can come in."

Li Ji walked into the mountain gate of Hanshan Academy with Dongfang Yi, looked at the long sacrificial path that had been half-arranged in front of him, his eyes moved slightly, "Is the Dachaohui going to enter from here?"

"That's right," Dongfang Yi nodded, "From the stone steps of Hanshan Academy, it leads to the Royal Prayer Province at the top."

Soochow’s Imperial Prayer Province was built after Hanshan Academy. Although Hanshan Academy is not as famous as Jixia Academy on the mainland, it has its own bitter and stern character. The most famous one is the one hundred and eighth grade behind the mountain gate. steps.

Soochow kings of all dynasties often offered sacrifices to heaven here.

One hundred and eight steps are nothing to a practitioner, but the stone steps of Hanshan Academy require that every practitioner is not allowed to use his true energy, but to use his own feet to climb up one level at a time. The exploration of heaven.

"The altar is just half set up, you come up with me," Dongfang Yi glanced at the adoptive son behind him, and climbed up the stone steps with a lantern.

Li Ji took a deep breath of the cold wind and followed behind.

There was no one on the mountain road, and he climbed many stone steps when he went up the mountain, but the stone steps of Hanshan Academy were different from the steps up the mountain.

These [-] steps are also known as the Heavenly Ladder of Soochow.

The bitter mountain wind blew from the side, chilling the bronze mask and stinging people's cheeks. On the long stone steps, Li Ji walked up step by step, and there were only the two of them on the narrow mountain path.

Standing alone, Yu Yu walks alone.

"Is it cold?" Dongfang Yi's voice came from the front, and Li Ji shook his head.

This is not the grand court meeting five days later, he can still use his true energy at this time, and even if he doesn't use his true energy, the practitioner's physique is stronger than that of ordinary people, and he doesn't feel tired.

When he was blown by the mountain wind, he felt the turbid air in his body shake, and his heart opened up.

This is the wind he is familiar with, the mountain he is familiar with, like the fog in the cloud forest, it is a part of his body.

Climbing to the top of the mountain, with clear eyebrows and eyes, it seems that this world belongs to him, and he just wants to make people raise their arms and shout.

"Your heart has finally calmed down." Dongfang Yi, who was walking in front, stopped and turned to look at him. "It's rare to see you like this. This time you come back, it's different from before."

Li Ji's eyes paused and he said, "It's because I'm not good at cultivation."

"There's nothing wrong with this. You don't want to cut off all emotions and desires." Dongfang Yi put down the lantern, and while cleaning up the sacrifices on the altar, she looked back at the stubborn adopted son speechlessly.

The reason why his adoptive son can cultivate to such a level is precisely because of his pure mind, he will do his best when he finds a certain goal, and he has no distracting thoughts except for a certain obsession, so why is Li Ji's heart chaotic? Dongfang Yi In the past, there was no need to guess.

But this time the old man always felt that something was wrong.

"That day at the gate of the city, are you outside the city?" Dongfang Yi asked.

Li Ji nodded, "I met an old opponent. I was afraid that it would affect people in the city, so I tried my best to drag him to fight outside the city."

"Is that so?" There was nothing wrong with this statement, Dongfang Yi looked at Li Ji's eyes behind the mask and sighed, "Didn't you tell me to see the sealing point, show your back and let me have a look."

Li Ji did as he was told. The old man showed a trace of worry in his eyes while he was undressing. He refused to seal his acupoints before. Dongfang Yi wanted him to retreat in spite of the difficulties, but he didn't expect that someone who had eaten a bear's heart and a leopard would dare to seal Tianjie's acupoints .

Dongfang Yi regretted not agreeing to help him at the beginning, after all, it was better than Li Ji going out to find messy people.But when he saw Li Ji's back clearly, the old man was startled suddenly.

(End of this chapter)