The national teacher does not practice

Time in the Exiled Land is blurry. Except for the traces left by the wind as it blows across the earth, which can represent the passage of time, it is difficult to understand the changes in time.

More than two months have passed since Ji Ping'an killed the old king. According to the outside world, more than half a year has passed.

This day.

At the mouth of the canyon, a blind old Taoist sitting cross-legged on a big stone meditating suddenly woke up from his meditation. In the bronze lamp beside him, purple flames danced.

I saw the thick barrier opening like water, and two figures, a man and a woman, walked out hand in hand.

"See the National Preceptor and the National Mother." The blind old Taoist said.

He didn't know Liuli's identity, so he called her that. Before the two could answer, Yin Qinhui reported: "No outsiders have arrived in recent days."

Ji Ping'an said "yes" and said, "We are ready to leave. Do you want to leave?"

leave?

The old Taoist was stunned, so today is not just about going out for observation. These two great masters are leaving?

Ji Ping'an's appearance did not change much from before, but his aura was thicker and simpler.

If two or three months ago, he still had some edge in him, now, he has returned to his original nature, and now he really looks like an ordinary person.

He smiled: "There is no time in the mountains, and more than half a year has passed since the outside world. The situation in Kyushu is unpredictable, and it is time to get out of the mountains. If you leave, I can take you out."

The old Taoist was so excited that he nodded fiercely: "Thank you so much, Imperial Master! Thank you so much, Imperial Master! After leaving the trail, you must keep your mouth shut and not reveal a single word about what happened here!"

"Okay." Ji Ping'an smiled. Since he dared to let him go, he was not afraid of leaking it.

Although it was wonderful to be immersed in practice, he couldn't rest assured that the outside world was turbulent.

What's more, the Barbarian Kingdom sent people to investigate a few days ago and silenced him. The changes here cannot be kept secret for long.

"It's time to come back."

……

The departure of the three people did not disturb anyone in Ning Ancient City.

Ji Ping'an just raised his hand and waved out a starlight, and appeared in the cold and windy snowfield.

After taking another step, he had already reached the edge of the Exiled Land. The speed was terrifying and staggering.

The old Taoist priest was thrown away by him casually, and he was thrown far away. He would have to walk the rest of the way by himself. He gave him a ride, which was regarded as a reward for his time as a gatekeeper.

Liuli stood beside him, her black hair like a waterfall, her holy and gentle face looking behind her, hesitantly said: "Is it true that your senior brother won't come out?"

Ji Ping'an smiled: "Senior brother is not far away from Shen Zang. Let him continue to meditate quietly here. If he can advance, his natural life span will be worry-free. With this barrier, even if someone comes, they can't attack it, let alone With Huang Ying accompanying him, he is not alone."

Master Xingzhi did not choose to come out with him, and Ji Pingan respected his senior brother's choice.

Liuli said "Yes" obediently, raised her head, and stared at him with translucent eyes: "Then where should we go next?"

Ji Ping'an thought for a while. He had tested it and found that the stone gate in the mysterious space seemed to be one-way.

In other words, it is now impossible to return to Leizhou through the Shimen.

Considering that Beiguanzhou is adjacent to Zhongzhou, and some of the revelations I got after my promotion...

He smiled and said: "Let's go to Shendu. On the way, we can learn about the current situation and let you see what my Qintian Prison is like."

Go to his home? Liuli was a little excited and hummed slightly. It all depended on his decision-making attitude, and Liuli had never been to the divine capital.

"But before that, we still have to disguise ourselves, change our appearance, and quietly enter the village without shooting."

Ji Ping'an said, "For example, you should wear a pair of shoes, otherwise your features will be too obvious."

Liuli puffed up her cheeks, lowered her head and bowed slightly, looking at her white and tender feet, thinking that others would not let them see her.

……

After changing their disguises, the two set off and passed through the barbarian territory without any danger or alarm to anyone.

Then he crossed the border of the Great Zhou Dynasty and entered the border of Beiguan Prefecture.

Continuing to the south is Shendu City.

Along the way, Ji Ping'an's speed was neither fast nor slow, and he would occasionally stop to admire the scenery. The two of them were like tourists, with a sense of relaxation all over their bodies.

When we entered the snowfield, it was still deep winter, but now it was already midsummer.

The vegetation along the way is lush and green, and the mountains, rivers and rivers are green.

The sky is blue and the sun is high, making people feel brighter involuntarily.

In this way, we finally stopped in a small town north of Shendu City at the junction of Beiguanzhou and Zhongzhou.

Because of its geographical hub, it connects the entrances of the two state capitals, so there are many pedestrians, and merchants and merchants from all walks of life gather in the city.

The two people who were disguised looked like a Taoist couple from the outside.

Ji Ping'an changed his face and body, Liuli also used magic to cover up his features, and changed his appearance to Kun Dao.

Because Beiguanzhou is sandwiched between the demon tribe, the barbarian tribe, and the human tribe, and there are many forest beasts, many practitioners in the Central Plains like to enter the experience.

Taoist couples like these two are not unusual.

"It's been so long, and I still don't know what has become of the city of God. These mortals don't know much. To find out the information, it's best to ask a monk. I did a divination before I came out. Today is a good day, and I should be able to get my wish."

Ji Ping'an thought clearly, and he took Liuli with him to the "Car and Horse Station" in the south of the town.

There are motorcades going back and forth between Shendu City and Beiguanzhou here all day long. Many of the monks traveling there will spend some money to follow the motorcade to Shendu. Over time, it has become a custom.

Ji Ping'an went to the steward, threw a piece of silver over, and roughly mentioned that he was a spiritual practitioner. Since he didn't want to ride with ordinary people, he asked if there were any fellow travelers who could ride with him.

The steward is well-informed and is not as fussy as ordinary mortals. He smiled and said:

"You two are really lucky. There is a convoy leaving here, and there are still some empty seats."

After a pause, he added mysteriously: "There are Qintian Supervisor Star Officers who have returned from the north for training in the car. It depends on whether you two are happy or not."

Star official?

Liuli Bodhisattva turned to look at him, his eyes full of exploration. Does your heart say that this is the good day for your divination?

Pretty accurate.

Ji Ping'an was also slightly surprised.

Astrology is not that exaggerated. He only predicted that it would go well, but he did not expect such a coincidence.

He readily agreed, and the steward personally led the two of them to the leaving motorcade and put them into a particularly spacious carriage.

However, Ji Pingping opened the curtain and was slightly startled when he saw clearly the boys and girls wearing different colors and star official robes from different departments in the carriage.

Because he didn't expect that the people inside were quite familiar.

"Hitch?"

Sitting outside the car, Shi Jilun, who was slightly fat and had very shrewd eyes, looked at the two people outside the car in surprise.

Opposite him, the prince Xue Hongjian, who was no longer wearing "brocade clothes" but dressed as a star official like everyone else, smiled and held his hands in a generous manner:

"We are the experienced star officers of Qin Tianjian. I wonder where these two fellow Taoists learned from us?"

The other boys and girls in the car also looked curiously, and everyone looked a little tired.

These people were clearly the same "classmates" when Ji Ping'an entered Qintian Prison.

Later, after we were separated, Ji Ping'an had more contact with the teenagers in Tianbang, and gradually reduced his contact with these "classmates".

Later, as he moved higher, the two sides were no longer in the same world.

As a result of fate, we met again here, but the other party obviously failed to recognize Ji Pingan and Liuli.

"Junior sister and I are disciples of the Taoist sect." Ji Ping'an felt an inexplicable feeling of intimacy toward his juniors and said in an easy-going manner.

At the same time, he raised his hand, and pure Taoist aura was released from his palm, accompanied by a small flying sword condensed with spiritual essence coiled around his fingertips.

At this time, the young star officers put away some of their arrogance and showed expressions of surprise and respect.

Just this move showed that the Taoist priest in front of him had reached at least seven levels of cultivation.

"It turns out to be a senior brother and senior sister from the Taoist sect."

The star officials all handed over their hands, no doubt that he was there.

Ji Ping'an was not worried about being exposed. There were three thousand disciples of the Taoist sect scattered all over the place, which was a huge number. After greetings, the teenagers warmly invited the two of them into the carriage and sat down in the empty seats.

At the same time, the convoy also started slowly, heading towards Shendu City.

Ji Ping'an chatted with an easy-going manner, and learned through the exchange that each of these juniors had now reached Pojiu, and according to the rules, they were sent to Beiguanzhou for training.

"Shouldn't there be a team leader for training?" Ji Ping'an asked with a smile.

Xue Hongjian was still as gentle as jade and had the courtesy of a child from a big family. Hearing this, he smiled and said:

"This training was originally led by Jian Zhuang and Jian Sili from our Jinyuan. They were indeed here before, but after entering Beiguanzhou and entering the country, it was much safer. Let's go first and rush Let’s go back to the capital city ahead of us.”

Jianzhuang...has he already become "Si Li"?

Ji Ping'an thought of that honest and tenacious young man, and remembered that Jian Zhuang had been his "teacher" back then. It was interesting to think about it.

"Jianzhuang, I know him. Has he reached Pojiu Perfection now?" Ji Ping'an asked casually.

Shi Jilun smiled and said: "Our Jian Sili is already a well-sitting monk."

Is that little guy sitting in a well? Ji Ping'an said in surprise: "Then Luo Huaizhu, Wang Xian and the others..."

Shi Jilun said proudly:

"Naturally, they have all fallen into the well. Since the black sun phenomenon last year, the spiritual power of Kyushu...especially the Central Plains region has increased rapidly, reaching an unprecedented level, and all practitioners have advanced at an alarmingly fast rate.

As for the bottleneck that should have stuck the monks, it has become much easier with the guidance of so many seniors who have returned from rebirth. But in this way, it is the seniors who are really fast in cultivation, followed by the geniuses of this era..."

As he said this, the fat and shrewd young man said strangely:

"These should be common sense. This senior brother seems to know our senior brothers and sisters in Qintian Prison very well."

Sure enough, there was a blowout... Ji Ping'an was surprised, but also felt it was reasonable.

Just like his crazy upgrading in the polar regions during this period, with the changes in the general environment, the entire Kyushu has ushered in the most suitable era for cultivation in history.

"I did have a chance encounter with them," Ji Ping'an said with a smile, "But in the past six months, my junior sister and I have been practicing in the dense forests of the northwest, and we haven't met many of our colleagues on the way back."

No wonder...the teenagers suddenly realized.

There is little news these days, and it is normal for monks to stay in the deep mountains and old forests, unaware of the changes in the outside world.

A female star official said:

"It's been half a year. That's really a long time. Wasn't it the time when we were promoted to prison? In the past years, if you didn't come out for half a year, it would have no impact. But it's different now. In the past two years, the changes have been too fast, especially now The situation in Kyushu changes almost every day. We have been practicing outside for two months, and we don’t even know what it will look like outside."

Ji Ping'an heard the girl's sigh, and he took the opportunity to ask:

"Then tell me what changes have occurred from the beginning of the year to now?"

"That's a lot," a group of teenagers and girls chattered. None of this involves secrets, so there is no burden in popularizing science:

"Our imperial eunuch Li Jianhou has entered the realm of observing the sky."

"There is an extra divine treasure over there in Buddhism..."

"A lot of things happened in the Ministry of War of the Great Zhou Dynasty..."

"It's mainly Yuhang, Yuhang is the key..."

Along with their chattering science popularization, Ji Ping'an finally made up for the changes in the situation in Kyushu during the more than half a year since he left.

There are many details and many events, but in simple terms, it is generally similar to what he expected.

After the death of the "Grand Master of the Zhou Dynasty", a group of strong men blocked the entrance of Dajue Temple and bombarded them wildly for a period of time, but they were never able to break through.

Afterwards, the Zhou Dynasty court became "furious", and Emperor Yuan Qing declared war in a high-profile manner, and began to change the direction of war with the Southern Tang Dynasty. In an instant, Lanzhou became the main battlefield.

Strong men from all walks of life gathered to confront Buddhism in Lanzhou. As the largest local sect, the Beast Control Sect was forced to participate in the war. Qi Hongmian, Jian Zheng, and Xin Yaoguang's three divine Tibetans went south.

A huge fight was launched, and the Buddhist sect could no longer hold on.

But I didn't expect that the "Arhat Hall", which was originally stuck at the peak of the Heaven-Observing Realm, was promoted to the first place. Relying on "Mahayana Buddhism", it broke through the confinement of only one divine treasure in the same generation of Buddhism and stepped into the realm of divine treasure.

He also became the second powerful person in the same realm as the "Lord Buddha" during the same period in the history of Buddhism.

At the same time, Buddhism revealed its true meaning, and monks and soldiers from 180 temples in the southern country came out to fight for the whole country.

The imperial court of the Zhou Dynasty was originally unwilling to use all its strength. The slogans were shouted loudly, but the military input was not sufficient.

In addition, the five major sects also have a check and balance relationship with each other and cannot be unified. Facing the iron-barrel-like Southern Tang Buddhism, the two sides were in a stalemate for a while, and gradually became a stable confrontation.

The demon country, which had been severely weakened before, took the opportunity to develop and secretly stir up trouble on the side, making it impossible for the two countries to give it a go.

As a result, the three parties took Lanzhou as the central battlefield and were in a stalemate with each other. Basically, there were "constant small fights" and "no big war."

It continues to this day and is still in a wartime state.

Ji Ping'an also learned that the "old friends" he was familiar with were also riding on the surge in spiritual power and their power soared.

Of course, after all, it has only been more than half a year. Although those reborn people have no cultivation bottleneck, people such as Wei Huayang, Zhang Sengyao and others have still not recovered to their peak.

It is known that Wei Huayang has restored the realm of observing the sky, but Zhang Sengyao is unknown and rarely takes action.

Xu Yuanyun's strength is difficult to evaluate because he is limited by his pet beast.

As for the original strong men such as Master Chen of the academy and the master of Mo Pavilion, although the spiritual elements of heaven and earth are extremely abundant, the problem they face is that they cannot break through the bottleneck of cultivation in a short time.

So I haven’t heard of anyone who has been promoted to Shenzang.

But due to this change in the environment, the two original "half-step divine treasures" have become stronger.

inside the carriage.

Ji Ping'an and Liuli were quite surprised when they heard these changes.

They were all surprised that the first seat of the Buddhist Arhat Hall could be promoted.

After all, when he kidnapped Mu Jiuyao, Ji Ping'an had fought against him and could clearly feel that although he was very strong, he was still far behind Shenzang, perhaps even worse than Master Chen.

"You beat him back to Dajue Temple at that time, and he was seriously injured. Is it a blessing in disguise?" Liuli said.

Ji Ping'an's voice message replied: "I suspect that it is related to some of the power left by the Buddha. The Lord Buddha may have obtained some inheritance when he found the realm of Kongming Bodhisattva. Perhaps, this is also the reason why he dared to risk killing me at that time, because He has the confidence to withstand subsequent retaliation."

Liuli nodded, agreeing with this view.

Naturally, the other teenagers didn't know about the secret communication between the two.

As for what Ji Pingan was more concerned about, such as the situation of Xue Ji and Mu Jiu Yao, these people didn't know.

Xue Hongjian said: "After Lanzhou became the main battlefield, Jian Zheng has been leading many of our reborn seniors to stay in Yuhang. We originally wanted to join the war, but our cultivation is not enough. But after returning from experience this time, we may have a chance to go there. .”

Ji Ping'an nodded and asked, "But as far as I know, your training time shouldn't be so short."

Shi Jilun glanced at him and said:

"Originally, it should have been longer, but because the second summit was going to be held in the Divine Capital City recently, powerful people from all major forces gathered together, and there might be some arrangements for the war, so we went back early. This is not Whatever the secret is, it has probably spread throughout the city of God, and Jian Sili went back first because of this matter."

After a pause, he smiled and said:

"After all, we are holding a summit in the capital of the gods. We, Qin Tian Jian, are finally half-masters. Of course, it is still the abbot of the state religion. I thought that senior brothers you also came back after getting the news."

Second summit?

Ji Ping'an was surprised and suddenly looked at Liuli and smiled at each other.

I was originally thinking about how to contact all parties this time around, but unexpectedly, I had an opportunity.

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Thank you Huanger for your support~(End of this chapter)