Fahai travels through Tang Sanzang

He was born into a royal family.

Li Mao's starting point in life can be said to be beyond the reach of ordinary people.

As far as the mortal world is concerned, the only ones with better backgrounds than Li Mao are the princes in the palace. But then again, when those princes face the great position that is only one step away from them, don't they? What kind of alienation will arise?

Not to mention having such thoughts, even many princes who have no such intention often fall into that vortex involuntarily due to the influence of the times and reality.

From this aspect, the princes seem to be inferior to princes like Li Mao.

Nowadays, everyone in the world knows about seeking immortality and visiting Taoism. After all, who doesn’t want to live forever?

On the contrary, it is difficult for the Li royal family like them to make achievements in the path of cultivation due to the restrictions of Ziwei's imperial energy.

However, nothing is absolute. During the Han Dynasty, there was Liu An, the king of Huainan who had become an immortal. There are now Li Chengqian, the former prince of this dynasty, and Li Tai, the king of Wei. Both of them also worshiped famous teachers respectively. Although they have not become immortals now, they are undoubtedly successful. I embarked on the path of spiritual cultivation.

The difference between the two sides is that the former ascended to immortality with the status of the Han royal family, while the latter two used secret methods to clear the purple imperial energy from their bodies, so that they could practice smoothly.

Although the blood of the Li family in them has not changed, if they lose the Ziwei Imperial Qi, they will naturally lose the qualification to become the emperor.

The situation of the two of them actually provided a good idea for the subsequent emperors, that is, the princes who were qualified to seize the throne, but were not selected by the emperor to be crown princes, could clean up the Ziwei Emperor in their bodies. Qi, step into the path of spiritual practice as compensation.

In this way, it can also avoid unnecessary suspicion after the prince ascends the throne.

But then, Li Shimin thought that this method was not very appropriate. In the face of becoming an emperor and becoming an immortal, it is not necessarily which one is more tempting. In the end, all the capable princes recommended this supreme position. All of them were sent to cultivate immortality and gain immortality, but the one who finally ascended the throne was the most incompetent one.

In the long run, it will shake the country's foundation and will undoubtedly be a disaster.

Fortunately, it is not that easy to clear away the Ziwei Imperial Qi. Not to mention the princes, even a prince like Li Mao would have a hard time doing this without some special luck.

After all, Li Mao spent a lot of time looking for resources in order to practice cultivation, and even used his father Li Yuanli's connections. Unfortunately, he still found nothing in the end.

Compared to Li Mao, Li Yuanli is very open-minded. Instead of worrying about things that have nothing to do with them, it is better to exercise the power of his human blood. Even if he cannot live forever, he can gain another twenty or thirty years. Lifespan is also a very good thing. If you are lucky, if you break through the limits of your own bloodline, it is not impossible to live a life of two to three hundred years.

After all, they are not as demanding as the Emperor when it comes to breaking through the power of human blood, and they don't have to endure the Emperor's death.

However, both of these are not easy things for the Li royal family to accomplish.

The reason why Li Mao thought that Zhang Guolao was a charlatan was actually because he was too disappointed with the "ethical masters" he had found before. After all, there was a precedent. A prince like Li Mao was certainly pretentious for him to examine. His own reasons were, of course, numerous difficulties. Therefore, he attributed the problem to these practitioners. It was because they were incompetent and not really experts, so they could not clear away the Ziwei Emperor Qi from their bodies so that they could practice. And attain the Tao and become an immortal.

If he had to talk about it from this aspect, Zhang Guolao could only admit that he was a charlatan with no morals. After all, even he had no way to remove all the purple aura from Li Mao.

Oh. It can’t be said that there are no tricks. After all, he can be sent to reincarnation. Based on what he has done in this life, he will definitely have nothing to do with the royal family in the next life. Of course, there is no need to do it just for the purple aura in his body. Too bad. But whether he will be reincarnated as an adult or not depends entirely on his own destiny.

Zhang Guolao's temperament has always been gentle and easy-going. Although Li Mao is not polite, in Zhang Guolao's eyes, he is just a child and naturally he will not be as knowledgeable as him.

Li Mao saw that Zhang Guolao was just smiling and was not irritated by his tone. Instead, he was more interested in Zhang Guolao and said curiously: "The old Taoist priest seems to be a little unusual."

"Oh?" Zhang Guolao also said doubtfully, and asked with a smile: "Why did the prince say this?"

"Because you're not angry."

"Old Taoist is a monk, this is cultivation." Zhang Guolao said matter-of-factly.

"No, no, no." Li Mao waved his hands repeatedly, "A Taoist priest once said that it was precisely because he had a bad temper that he had to practice restraint. But he often couldn't restrain himself. At that time, I also called him a charlatan. As a result, he beat me up."

"Interesting." Regarding such a result, Zhang Guolao said that he was not surprised at all.

On the contrary, it was Xu Jingzong. He had only been exposed to the Tao of cultivation for a short time and was a little unclear. Then he heard Li Mao continue to say, "The Taoist leader said that a person who cultivates Taoism can only understand one thought. I angered him, and he If he doesn't vent his anger by beating me, it will make his thoughts unclear, which will harm his practice."

Xu Jingzong:! ! ! ?

When he first heard such remarks, Xu Jingzong thought that what Li Mao met was a fake Taoist priest and a real liar. But then he thought about it a little and found that the vast majority of Taoists are actually very individual beings.

Especially compared with the stereotyped Buddhist monks and Taoist monks in the past, it can be said that they are all different.

"and after?"

"I led people to chase him for three days." Li Mao's expression suddenly became gloomy, "Because my thoughts are not clear-cut, and of course it will hinder my practice."

"I have to say, he does have a lot of backbone." Li Mao stared at Zhang Guolao and said word by word: "Even before he died, he never let go and admitted his mistake to me."

"Infinite Taoist Lord."

Zhang Guolao clasped his hands together.

Since Li Mao has this idea of ​​practicing, he will of course recruit some strange people in the mansion. The hot-tempered Taoist priest in the mansion probably has limited Taoism and is not an opponent of the palace, or else he has been plotted against.

"Think of it, even if he is a Taoist, he is still a wild Taoist who has no master. He is just a bit loud. He is just beating me, a mortal, to show off his power. He is vulnerable to a real master."

"Or..." Li Mao paused, "He is simply a fake Taoist who does tricks. Of course, a real scholar will not lose his mind because of my king's joke."

"But His Highness shouldn't kill him." Zhang Guolao still had some opinions on this matter.

"Hahaha." Li Mao said coldly: "He attacked the emperor in the street. This was contempt for the imperial power of the Tang Dynasty and regarded the majesty of the Tang Dynasty as nothing. If he didn't kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, wouldn't everyone follow suit in the future?"

"Or are they people like Jianghu or cultivators, they only need to keep a low profile in Chang'an City, and they will be arrogant when they leave Chang'an?"

Based on Li Mao's narrative alone, the person in question was really the hot-tempered Taoist Priest. After all, they just said that you were a magician. You beat up the prince because you didn't have a clear idea. This is Where can I put the face of the majestic Tang Dynasty emperor?

"If he could be as calm and calm as the old Taoist priest, how could he be killed?" Li Mao looked Zhang Guolao up and down and asked curiously, "Taoist priest, what would you do if it were you? Woolen cloth?"

"Me." Zhang Guolao thought for a while, "Ignorant people generally don't want to fight with others. If you have to fight, solve the problem from the root."

"At the root?" Xu Jingzong on the side was stunned again. He didn't seem to realize the profound meaning of Zhang Guolao's words. Of course, he might not believe that such words came from Zhang Guolao's mouth.

After all, people are in the world. Sometimes, there are many troubles that cannot be avoided if you want to. And when trouble comes, you have to deal with it.

So the question is, if Zhang Guolao can survive to this day, why haven't we heard of any enemies that he has?

The answer, of course, is that all his enemies are dead and he is the only one who is still alive.

Not entirely, there is still a bat ancestor who is eager to try, and Zhang Guolao also wants to eliminate this hidden danger at its source as always.

"Hahahaha——" Li Mao laughed when he heard this, "It's a good thing that the person he met that day was not the old Taoist priest, and the old Taoist priest didn't get angry because of it today, otherwise Xiao Wang's life might not have been saved."

"There, there." Zhang Guolao waved his hands repeatedly, "Your Highness is a royal relative. If I take action against Your Highness, I will be tainted by the great cause and effect. You can't mess with me, you can't mess with me."

"May I ask where the old Taoist practices?"

Perhaps because he saw that Zhang Guolao was indeed extraordinary, Li Mao had already given up his thoughts, but now he became active again and began to inquire about Zhang Guolao's background.

"He is just a savage in the mountains. He has no fixed abode and wanders around the world. Thanks to His Majesty's favor, he has now settled in the Tang Academy to preach and solve doubts for the students in the academy."

"oops!"

Li Mao's expression changed immediately when he heard that this old Taoist priest was from the Tang Dynasty Academy. After all, he belonged to the Li family. His father, Li Yuanli, was still serving as a disciple in Chang'an, ranking among the three princes of the imperial court. Of course, we know what caliber the lecturers who can hold classes in the Tang Academy are.

"Xiao Wang is ignorant of Taishan, and he has obviously neglected his teacher." Although Li Mao has a bad personality on weekdays, when it really concerns his own future and interests, he can also be a good student who respects his teachers.

Otherwise, it can only be regarded as the skin of a melon and cannot be put on the table.

Regarding Li Mao's sudden change, Zhang Guolao was more or less unprepared this time. However, when he and Li Mao looked at each other, Zhang Guolao also keenly discovered that the other party was just showing off. It's hard to say how sincere he is.

"Humanity is so bad."

The old Liangshan demon who was hiding in the dark couldn't help but say, "This is one of the reasons why I don't want to deal with the human race. Everyone in the world says that the demon race is cunning, but it is far more cunning than the human race."

To this, Bai Ze on the side was unable to refute.

Many times, humans even disguise some cunning behaviors as "intelligence", and take pride in it.

But what needs to be admitted is that there are also many monsters in the human race, as well as spirits that the tribes in the three realms will never learn or realize.

One is dedication and the other is sacrifice.

In fact, foreigners will regard these two spirits as stupid behaviors. This is the fundamental difference between the two cultures.

Li Mao's repeated behavior, in Zhang Guolao's eyes, is just the basic operations of a normal person. Most people are not as smooth as him because of their appearance.

Zhang Guolao had no intention of teaching him how to practice Taoism, so of course he did not accept this gift. Before Li Mao bowed, Zhang Guolao had already ducked away, leaving Li Mao's gift empty.

Li Mao paused and raised his eyebrows slightly. Obviously, he did not expect that this old Taoist priest who seemed to be easy to talk to would reject him in this way. He was not discouraged. He straightened up and looked at Zhang Guolao. Asked: "What does the Taoist mean by this?"

"Why do you ask, Your Highness, knowingly?"

Zhang Guolao is not uncommon for such a delusional prince like Li Mao. If he cannot give the other party a clear signal of rejection, the other party will be like a bullshit plaster. Once entangled, don't let go easily. "Not to mention the old Taoist, in the entire Tang Dynasty, there are only a few people who have the ability to remove the Purple Emperor Qi from His Highness and allow His Highness to embark on the path of cultivation, such as Li Chunfeng, Taoist Priest Yuan Tiangang, Yun Zhong of Zhongnan Mountain Although Zi or the Tripitaka Saint Buddha and Taoist priest of Daci'en Temple are conceited and have some moral deeds, they are helpless when faced with Ziwei Emperor Qi."

"So of course the old Taoist cannot bear this gift."

As for Zhang Guolao, the practitioners Li Mao had also mentioned to him, but which of these people could he invite?

Some people also suggested that he leave the Tang Dynasty and try his luck in Xizhou or Dongzhou. After all, the cultivation environment of these two continents is still better than that of Nanzhou, which has just started.

But Li Mao obviously doesn't want to leave the comfort zone of Datang. Who knows what kind of dangers there will be in Xizhou and Dongzhou. If something happens, there won't even be anyone to save him. He can even die outside. No one knows.

This is also one of the reasons why his temper is becoming more and more unstable.

Seeing that Zhang Guolao and Xu Jingzong were entangled by Li Mao, Fahai used his spiritual consciousness to enter Shouchun City, wanting to see what the people in Shouchun City thought of Li Mao.

The results were as expected.

Li Mao's reputation in Shouchun can be said to be extremely bad. The last person with such a bad reputation in Shouchun seemed to be "Yuan Shu".

Fahai didn't even bother to collect it, but two of the three sentences in the casual chats of the people were scolding Li Mao. Some people even heard someone say, Emperor Zhenguan was so wise and powerful, how could he have such descendants?

At this time, someone explained, "Li Mao is the nephew of the Supreme Emperor, and his father is the younger brother of the Supreme Emperor. King Xu and Li Yuanli are not the flesh and blood of the Supreme Emperor. Don't put such a shit basin on the Supreme Emperor."

"But King Xu Li Yuanli is also a rare virtuous king. How could a Situ in the current dynasty give birth to such a beastly son?"

"I don't know about this, but I heard that His Highness King Xu was in office for a long time and was often away from home."

"hiss--"

By saying this, everyone will not be sleepy.

Then everyone excitedly chatted about related "gossip", which basically revolved around whether Li Mao was Li Yuanli's biological son.

Someone raised a question: "Isn't there so much Ziwei Qi that can be distinguished nowadays? If King Huainan is not the son of King Xu, how can he have Ziwei Qi in his body? The court will not make him a county king, right?"

I have to say that this person's perspective is really tricky, and he seems to be able to solve the problem accurately, making everyone's discussion just now empty talk.

But obviously there are experts here. Based on what the other party said, he made another guess, "What if that person is also from the Li family?"

"This"

Undoubtedly, this word opened up a new world and reawakened everyone's energy. The scene became lively again, and there was a happy atmosphere everywhere.

What can they do?

After all, the sky is high and the emperor is far away here. If it were in Chang'an City, the royal relatives and nobles would not dare to act recklessly at the feet of the emperor, but locally, the princes of the Tang Dynasty often had considerable real power.

Whether it is in charge of military power or in the meridian state capital, it is a common occurrence.

In fact, this situation occurred because of the existence of Li Shimin, who was able to subdue these Li royal family members. Otherwise, ordinary emperors would not dare to let them all go.

After all, it seems that it is nothing new for princes and kings to unite in rebellion in all dynasties, especially in the period after the founding of the country, it was most likely to trigger.

There is even a conjecture that if King Li Shimin of Qin had not made a bold move at Xuanwu Gate, but had really waited for Prince Li Jiancheng to succeed to the throne, then I am afraid that the Tang Dynasty would not be able to escape this law.

But in fact, it is similar to the Xuanwumen incident. In fact, from another perspective, it can be regarded as Li Shimin launching a rebellion, but he successfully killed his eldest brother Li Jiancheng, forced his father to abdicate, and passed the throne to himself.

He became the victor who wrote history.

If it were the other way around, the history books would probably record this, "On the fourth day of the sixth lunar month in the ninth year of Wude, Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty, King Li Shimin of Qin launched a rebellion at the Xuanwu Gate of the North Gate of Taiji Palace in an attempt to intercept and kill the crown prince Li Jiancheng. However, the incident was leaked and failed. kill."

In this way, the princes and kings can be regarded as rebelling.

There may be another parallel world with such a development process, but in this world, such a situation does not exist.

The people in Shouchun City obviously have no way to deal with Huainan King Li Mao, but their lives have indeed been much better in the past few years. It is not as difficult as in the past, otherwise they would not dare to arrange Li Mao's life experience in broad daylight. Come to vent your boredom.

If it had been in the past, if Li Mao's thugs had listened, the outcome would have been extremely miserable.

The reason why Li Mao has restrained himself recently is of course because Li Shimin has just dealt with a group of princes and kings who are disobedient and do evil in the local area. They can even kill their own brothers and brothers. Of course, these princes will not believe in themselves. If you commit a crime, you can survive in the hands of Li Shimin.

Can we kiss a brother who has the same mother?

This is one of the reasons why Li Mao is hiding in Bagong Mountain. He is afraid that he can't help but attack the common people, so he will be hidden by guards or bad people who don't know where he is hiding, waiting to catch his sore feet. If he catches it, his father will be able to chop him down by then without the Emperor having to take action.

But he didn't expect that when he came to Bagong Mountain, he would have a chance to meet such a Taoist master as Zhang Guolao.

But what's even more surprising is that the other party seems to have no intention of getting involved in his affairs.

Faced with such a situation, Li Mao was certainly not happy. If he was not happy, he would naturally vent his incomprehensible thoughts.

But now he doesn't know Zhang Guolao's strength, and the strange people he recruited are not around, so Li Mao doesn't take action rashly. However, even if his team is here, Li Mao is unlikely to ask for help. Zhang Guolao took action. After all, the opponent was from the Tang Dynasty Academy. Once something happened on his own territory, the imperial court would not let it go.

He couldn't escape at all.

However, although you can't attack the opponent directly, you can still make them sick.

Just like now, Li Mao is standing in front of the ruined temple of Huainan King Liu An, and his intention is obvious.

Although I don't know what Zhang Guolao and Xu Jingzong are doing here, it is not difficult to guess that the Temple of Liu An, King of Huainan, is their destination.

As the saying goes, a gentleman's revenge is never too late after ten years, but a villain's revenge is from morning to night. This saying is most suitable for Li Mao.

If you dare to reject me, I will trip you up. It was Zhang Guolao who inspired him. He is still a member of the Li family, not to mention Zhang Guolao is also a lecturer at Tang Academy, so he would not dare to confront you no matter what. I did it myself.

Now Li Mao is like a piece of meat in front of Zhang Guolao. Now he is acting like a swindler, but Zhang Guolao really has nothing to do.

"Oh yeah yeah-"

Li Mao saw Xu Jingzong's somewhat impatient expression and said proudly, "Could it be that there really is some treasure hidden in the temple of Huainan King Liu An?"

"Someone is coming——!"

Li Mao shouted.

Not long after, I heard rustling in the mountains, and then many Jianghu people and monks appeared next to Li Mao. After all, he was the King of Huainan, and he had a lot of real power and resources in his hands. Worried about recruiting people from the world of martial arts, some casual cultivators with little training are actually often willing to accept the solicitations of these generous princes.

Even in many cases, although the princes themselves do not have the ability to practice, there will often be some talented servants in the mansion. Some old Taoists who are about to die will also find a successor at this time to pass on their own cultivation. Go down and look for it, and you will find it in the royal palaces everywhere.

The reason why such a phenomenon occurs is because the palace is actually a place where local luck gathers, so it is naturally easier for some geniuses to emerge.

It's like when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty went to his sister's mansion, Princess Pingyang, and brought back a Wei Zifu, who was accompanied by two great talents, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing.

You know, the backgrounds of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing are not good.

Wei Qing was a shepherd boy since he was a child. When he became an adult, he worked as a riding slave in the palace of Princess Pingyang. Later, his sister Wei Zifu was selected to enter the palace by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. He was also brought into the palace together, and was favored by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. He was reused and promoted along the way. . Later, when resisting the invasion of the Huns, three of the four Han armies suffered defeats. They returned with a great victory in the Battle of Longcheng and were granted the title of Marquis of Guan Nei.

He became famous in one battle, and then won repeated battles against the Huns. Finally, he and his nephew Huo Qubing swept across Mobei.

Now Wei Qing's incense divine body has been revived in the Martial Temple. However, Huo Qubing is still glowing in the chaos and has not received any response. But Wei Qing does not know about this, so he only sees Huo Qubing's shrine but not Huo Qubing's statue. His divine body was thankfully worried.

But later he discovered that not only Huo Qubing, but also the incense and fire divine bodies of many ancestors since the pre-Qin Dynasty had not been condensed, which proved that this matter was by no means simple, and there must be some unknown secret behind it.

The incense and divine body in the martial temple can only be condensed by the dead. In other words, are they not dead yet?

Regarding his nephew, Wei Qingke had always regarded him as his own son. It was a pity that he was jealous of talents and died young. When Huo Qubing passed away, even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was extremely sad.

Huo Qubing was the illegitimate son of Wei Shao'er, a female slave in the Pingyang Marquis Mansion, and Huo Zhongru, a small official in Pingyang County. However, because Huo Zhongru later lost contact with Wei Shao'er, Huo Qubing never knew who his father was. He did not recognize his father until he became a hussar general. .

But Huo Qubing is different from Wei Qing. He has not suffered too much.

Because not long after he was born, Wei Zifu was blessed by Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Wei Zifu's family was very lucky.

Therefore, Huo Qubing became a relative. After he grew up, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty even made him his close minister and servant, and he always stayed with him to teach him.

Seeing that Li Mao not only refused to get out of the way, but also summoned the disciples, intending to completely block them from the Huainan King's Temple, Xu Jingzong was a little anxious. After all, whether he could obtain the inheritance left by Huainan King Liu An was related to his own future. If Li Mao's interference in his cultivation path was really disrupted, it would be really hard for him to accept.

But Li Mao's bad nature was completely exposed in front of them without concealment at this moment, "I am the King of Huainan, and this Bagong Mountain is also within the scope of my fiefdom. Now I want to repair it." It's an ancient building from the Han Dynasty. If you two want to offer incense, you should wait until the Huainan King's Temple is restored."

"Infinite Taoist Lord."

Zhang Guolao said the Taoist slogan helplessly. If it weren't for Li Mao's identity, Zhang Guolao would have thrown a fly whisk in his face to let him know what would happen if he angered the Taoist master. as a result of.

But now Li Mao was using his status to let Zhang Guolao and Xu Jingzong see what the consequences would be if they didn't cooperate with him, the prince of the Tang Dynasty. (End of chapter)