I want to embrace the moon for nine days

"Who are you? With such profound cultivation, you would be well-known in the martial arts world. Why are you dressed like this and pretending to be my second son?"

The guard just asked.

The man who came out of the woods raised his head suddenly with his eyelids drooping and rising.

Hundreds of large trees in the area made crackling sounds, and the air in the forest was penetrated by an invisible force. Within a certain range, all dust and fallen leaves were destroyed.

It formed an extremely transparent and bright channel, and crashed straight into Li Shimin.

The guard was startled, but fortunately he had been on guard for a long time and had his strength ready to go. He waved his right hand, bending his index and ring fingers and straightening the other three fingers.

The thumb, middle finger and little finger form a horn, as if something is pinched between the three fingers.

Pure turquoise light emerged from his hand and with a loud bang, it collided with the invisible force.

Li Shimin's guard was called Duan Zhixuan. His grandfather had been a county magistrate and his father was the assistant secretary of the Taiyuan Li family. He was just an assistant clerk in charge of documents, but because he was close to Li Yuan, others looked up to him.

After Duan Zhixuan learned martial arts and improved to some extent, Li Yuan learned about it and arranged him to be a bodyguard by Li Shimin's side.

In fact, this is the Li family's villa. Li Shimin lives at home and has no grudges against people outside. Having an extra guard is just the custom of the aristocratic family and a way to show off one's status.

It was also because Li Shimin had not been close to Li Yuan since childhood, otherwise he would have at least a dozen guards accompanying him.

I'm afraid no one thought that Duan Zhixuan would really have to take on the responsibility of a bodyguard today.

After the two forces collided, they each dissipated, and transparent light waves mixed with green cold air droplets flew randomly in all directions.

The intruder showed a somewhat surprised look and said, "Xiao Duan, your martial arts are not bad, but it's a pity that you have to accompany this person out today. You must die here, at the hands of the assassin."

"After you are killed by an assassin's sneak attack, I will kill the assassin and turn his body into a pile of dry bones. This will be considered as revenge for you. Although your father will be sad, he will also be compensated."

Duan Zhixuan felt something was wrong: "What on earth are you talking about?"

The intruder's voice was exactly the same as Li Shimin's, but this didn't seem surprising.

"Don't you understand? I, Li Shimin."

The intruder pointed at himself and said, "I stay at home and do nothing. In fact, I am keeping a low profile. Since I was a child, I have been noticed by the Mahayapa Sect Master of the Ji Le Sect. I would secretly practice martial arts with him every night."

"It's just that I didn't have the desire to win, so I kept it hidden. I don't know where the news got out this time, but my master's former enemy found out that he still had a disciple like me, and came to assassinate him. In the end, you sacrificed yourself to protect me, which made me sad. From then on, I changed my mindset and was willing to show my martial arts skills and become Li Yuan's most outstanding son."

The intruder's voice is deep and gives people the illusion that it is full of emotion.

But when he said these words, it felt like he was just reading some unfamiliar sentences from a book.

"You want to pretend to be the Second Young Master. Is this the ending you arranged for us? Was it Maha Ye who ordered this?!"

Duan Zhixuan had already reacted, with a look of fear in his eyes, and he looked around.

The intruder said calmly: "Don't look, the master didn't come. He said that after the Buddhist sect gave in, I can do it alone..."

"Second Young Master, hurry up!"

Duan Zhixuan didn't wait for the other party to finish speaking and attacked again. The green sword light was condensed and very thin, like strands of hair, flying all over the sky, and a hissing sound was heard in the air, which was extremely sharp.

Then his gesture changed, with only the index finger and ring finger of his right hand stretched out, which was exactly the opposite of the previous gesture. The four fingers of his left hand were bent, with only the little finger stretched out, and both hands stabbed forward at the same time.

The air exploded with a loud bang, and red pillars of fire spiraled forward like three dragons, following the green sword light and bombarding the intruder together.

He practiced sword-energy kung fu. From the thumb to the little finger of his right hand, there are five meridians corresponding to the Taiyin meridian of hand, the Yangming meridian, the Jueyin meridian, the Shaoyang meridian, and the Shaoyin meridian. The little finger of his left hand corresponds to the Small Intestine meridian of hand.

These six meridians are divided into three yin and three yang. Normally, they store sword energy, harmonize yin and yang, and cultivate health and spirit. When fighting against the enemy, the sword energy of each meridian has its own characteristics, with many changes and unpredictable.

If you activate the three Yin meridians at the same time, you can use the "Three Yin Demon-Slaying Sword".

By operating the three Yang meridians at the same time, you can perform the "Three Yang One Qi Sword".

This is Duan Zhixuan's most proud secret skill, which he accidentally discovered from the books that the Second Young Master read after he was assigned to be his bodyguard.

Therefore, he treasured it very much. Usually, he only used the sword energy of one finger in front of outsiders. Today was the first time that he used all his hidden skills.

The intruder was not in a hurry. Facing the green sword energy that filled the sky, lightning suddenly flashed on his body, and his afterimages were everywhere.

The real body was just right and dodged all the sword energy.

No matter how sharp the green sword thread was, it could only pass through his afterimage.

When the three majestic flaming sword pillars pressed down, all the afterimages collapsed and turned into balls of lightning and thunder, which spun in the air and formed a shining vortex, engulfing all the flames.

The collision of thunder and fire did not make any sound, and the fire was extinguished with thunder. The speed of the lightning was so fast that it directly extinguished the fire.

The Six Divine Secrets of Bliss, Thunder God Speed!

The authentic martial arts of Jile are called "Six Magical Secrets of Jile". In fact, more than 80% of the mysteries in this martial arts are adapted from the Buddhist "Tathagata Palm".

Back then, the leader of the Brahma sect was able to steal the Buddha's weapons, which shows that they also know what good things are.

Originally, they even planned to collectively switch to practicing Buddhist martial arts, merely changing the name of the martial arts on the surface, but they thought that if their state of mind was not right, they might not be able to unleash their full power.

In addition, they had to retain some authentic elements so that others would know that they were Brahmaists, so they took some pains to mix some Brahma techniques in it.

After the intruder destroyed Duan Zhixuan's sword energy, he stretched out his palm forward and twisted it slightly.

The lightning vortex in the air seemed to be injected with a huge source of power, and instantly accelerated by more than twice.

The sounds from the entire mountain were swallowed up by this vortex of thunder and lightning, and everything was silent.

A strange suction force was operating in this silent world, and it seemed as if layers of black lines appeared on the trees and horses, with all the ends of the lines taut and being pulled towards the vortex.

After Duan Zhixuan made his move, he grabbed Li Shimin's shoulder and was ready to take him away.

Unexpectedly, when this suction force came, he felt that his body, strength, and mind were all out of control, and he was about to fly out of his body.

"Old Duan, you'll easily become a target if you stand here."

Li Shimin was still sitting on his horse. He suddenly reached out and pushed Duan Zhixuan in the chest.

Duan Zhixuan was so shocked that he lost his balance and fell backwards, staring blankly at Li Shimin's profile.

Suddenly, something flew from the distant sky behind Li Shimin and passed by his ear.

It just happened to fly past Duan Zhixuan.

Duan Zhixuan only felt that he saw a flash of light and had not yet reacted.

The lightning vortex suddenly collapsed and the strong light disappeared.

The intruder's face changed, and in a flash, he clasped his hands together and grabbed the thing flying from afar.

Layer upon layer of electric light bombarded the thing continuously, finally slowing down its momentum slightly and revealing its true appearance.

It was just a feather arrow, with a white feather tail, a black shaft, and a black iron tip.

Duan Zhixuan fell to the ground and turned his head to look at the feather arrow. It looked so familiar that an absurd look appeared on his face and he swallowed dryly.

"I told you to let these arrows fly for a while."

Li Shimin became happy, put his hands on the awning, and looked at the arrow in front of him, "Look, it really flew back."

The sun was about to set at this time.

Li Shimin's arrow was shot towards the direction of sunset, but flew back from the direction of sunrise.

The arrow shot straight from the mountains, flew through the clouds, and reached a suitable trajectory, then began to fly around the entire earth.

One arrow crosses the mountains and the sea, one arrow crosses the day and night, and one arrow sweeps across the clear sky and the starry sky.

It flew back with one arrow, absorbing all the star power.

Although the intruder blocked the arrow, he felt the arrow still slowly rushing forward.

The arrow shaft rubbed in his palm a little bit, and the star power and lightning collided, flickering and emitting light like a large group of fireflies, which was very beautiful.

The more beautiful the scene, the more terrifying the threat it poses.

The intruder growled, his clothes shredded, muscles bulged from his neck, leading to the bulge of muscles all over his body. Lightning flashed as his muscles jumped, like streams gathering into rivers, like a snake turning into a dragon, surging towards his arms.

Li Shimin was startled and shook his head and said, "Although the clothes and face are the same, how can my muscles be so big?"

"Although your muscles are strong, they are just dead strength, so they are not of much use."

Just as he finished speaking, another arrow flew from the eastern sky.

Because the intruder had his back to the setting sun, his shadow fell on the ground in front of him, and the second arrow was nailed into his shadow.

hum! ! !
The intruder's trembling muscles and flickering electric lights suddenly stopped.

The first arrow thus broke through his blockade, but the tip of the arrow only hit his heart and did not actually penetrate.

Duan Zhixuan couldn't understand and couldn't help asking, "What's going on?"

"A person's shadow is also a projection of his own essence. A cultivator must control every bit of his essence. In ancient times, this is called standing upright without a shadow. In fact, once you have truly reached this level, even if you release your shadow, it will be completely under your control and will not be used by others."

Li Shimin pointed at the intruder and said, "But he failed to do this. His shadow was out of his control, and his spirit was exposed without him knowing it."

"That's why I say that he is practicing dead strength, which is useless. If these exposed vital energies fall into the hands of an expert, they can directly freeze his spiritual light."

Duan Zhixuan blinked his clear eyes and laughed dryly, "Second Young Master, is it true that every night, some peerless master comes to secretly teach you how to practice?"

"Someone did teach me to read when I was little, but later on, I learned all these things from reading books."

Li Shimin said indifferently, "The Li family claims to be the descendants of Laozi Li Er, and they do have a lot of books from the Zhou Dynasty, which lead directly to the two major immortal sects of Guangcheng and Kunlun. If you trace the origin a little deeper, it is derived from the Hetu Luoshu, which contains a deep knowledge of cultivation."

"I saw that your sword skills were rather loose, so I picked out two books for you. Didn't you also learn the secrets of martial arts from them?"

Duan Zhixuan was speechless for a while.

He thought he had seen those two books by chance.

Later, he also looked through other books in his collection, but did not find any inspiring martial arts ideas in those books, so he did not think about the value of those books themselves. He just thought that he was lucky and was inspired by some ordinary sentences.

Duan Zhixuan couldn't help but ask, "When did the Second Young Master begin to comprehend the profound martial arts? Why do I see that Duke Tang and the others don't seem to know anything about it?"

"I don't remember it either. I was so engrossed in reading during those years that I forgot my age. I only remember that the peaches on the hill behind me were in full bloom one after another."

Li Shimin stroked his chin and thought for a while, "It seems that after I ate seven batches of peaches, I determined my future practice method and then I got out of that state."

"I heard people say that I was already fifteen at that time, which means that I started to understand cultivation at the age of eight." Eight years old?!
Duan Zhixuan thought about what he was doing when he was eight years old and decided not to compare.

He calmed himself down. The Second Young Master's cultivation was unfathomable. This was also a good thing. He had such a good relationship with the Second Young Master. Wouldn't this mean he had a great backer?

Thinking of this, he felt that the world suddenly became wider, and all his worries and doubts disappeared. He turned to look at the intruder and asked, "What should we do with this killer? Should we tell Duke Tang and the others?"

"This is no ordinary killer."

Li Shimin jumped off his horse and walked over slowly. "I think this person's origin is the same as mine. If I am Li Lao Er, then he should also be Li Er Lang."

“But our fate may be earlier than that of the Li family.”

Li Shimin put his hand on the forehead of the motionless intruder, breathing evenly, as if he was feeling something.

After a long time, he withdrew his hand and grabbed the hair at his temples with his fingers, looking a little embarrassed.

"As expected, you and I are closer than twin brothers. We are almost two sides of the same coin. I never thought that my other side had been living outside for so long and suffered so much, but I only found out about it today."

Duan Zhixuan got up and opened his mouth to ask something again, but he felt that he seemed to have asked too many questions today, so he held it back.

Li Shimin saw his confusion and took the initiative to ask: "Do you know the Five Elements Mountain?"

"Of course I know."

Duan Zhixuan caught something he knew, "Folk legend has it that when Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, in order to realize the ideals of a Confucian saint, he worshipped the ancient system to the point of madness, completely ignoring the real situation of the world, and thus acted perversely, the people were living in misery, demons emerged one after another, and the gods were furious and sent down the Five Elements Mountain to crush him to death."

“But in the official history, the Five Elements Mountain was not sent down by the gods. Instead, it was formed by the masters of the Shuiyuedongtian lineage, who united with the masters of the world and took out the Five Spirit Beads passed down by the goddess Nuwa to suppress the demons and evolve into a mountain range.”

Li Shimin nodded: "It was a long process for the five spirit beads to wipe out the demons. The spirit beads were originally the essence of the five spirits and were full of spirituality. After being tempered by internal and external pressures, by the time the demons were completely wiped out, the five spirit beads had already merged into one and formed a consciousness."

"Twenty years ago, the Li family of Taiyuan encountered an enemy on the road and took refuge in the Five Elements Mountain. Madam Li went up the mountain to worship the goddess Nuwa."

"The Wulingzhu's naive consciousness developed a desire to get close to Madam Li because of this action, so it was reincarnated. Not long after, Madam Li became pregnant."

Duan Zhixuan was stunned: "You, you, you are the Five Spirit Pearl?!"

Li Shimin continued to talk to himself: "Because it is the reincarnation of the Five Spiritual Pearls, it is different from the normal pregnancy process. Li Yuan calculated the time and felt that he was not involved during that period of time. He always suspected that the child was not his."

"He didn't want to question his wife, and he checked her bloodline, which was indeed correct, but he still had some concerns, so he wasn't close to the child since he was young."

"I never cared about this kind of thing. The Li family didn't have books to play with. When I was a kid, they thought I could be naughty at that age, but I was reading. When I finished reading and was ready to have fun, they thought I should be dignified at my age."

"I was too lazy to pay attention to them, so I didn't carefully trace the events before and after my birth. I just found out that when the Five Spiritual Pearls were reincarnated, they had second thoughts."

Li Shimin sighed and looked at the intruder.

"Lingzhu is not a human. When it was reincarnated, one of its thoughts was that since it was reincarnated, it should enter the mortal world, so it wanted to come out immediately after reincarnation. However, this was not in line with the laws of nature, so it did not succeed. Another thought was to just go with the flow and let things happen naturally."

"The difference between these two thoughts caused Lingzhu to reincarnate into two people."

"Because of his impatience and recklessness, the former seemed to be born with some congenital deficiency and was likely to die young."

"The latter seemed to have a richer scent, so it was stolen by a thief monk who sneaked into the Li family at that time."

"Although the thief monk didn't know about the Five Spiritual Pearls, he was good at observing the fortunes. He wanted to use the true emperor to restrain Yang Guang and glorify the sect. He taught the stolen child very strictly since he was young, and when the time was right, he would let the stolen child come back to kill his brothers and completely complete his fortune."

When Li Shimin said this, he suddenly reached out and pulled out the arrow that was nailed to the shadow.

The intruder immediately took a big step back, his eyes extremely alert.

"Li Erlang, you have only just cultivated your own spiritual light. Although you have great potential, you are still far from being able to escape from me."

Li Shimin tapped his palm with the arrow feathers and said gently, "After hearing the whole story, don't you have any other thoughts about your master?"

Li Erlang, whose muscles swelled, thought for a moment and said, "As a teacher and a father, how can you easily judge right from wrong?"

"Hahahaha!"

Li Shimin laughed. "In order to make it easier for you to disguise yourself in the future, he built a house underground that is exactly the same as the Li Mansion. He filled the house with puppets, all of which were carved according to the appearance of the people in the Li Mansion."

"When you were just weaned, you began to live in this mansion with only puppets. If there were personnel changes in the Li Mansion or if there were ups and downs, the puppets would change their identities and faces, changing them into smiling or crying faces."

"When Mahaye came to you, he only wanted you to practice martial arts and study. To you, he is actually no different from a puppet who knows how to teach."

"Day after day, year after year, if a child grows up in such an environment, he will either go crazy or become stupid, or he will have some other problems."

"But you look so normal now, don't you think it's subtle?"

Li Erlang was unmoved: "God has given great responsibilities to people of this caliber. I have extraordinary talents, so Master will use extraordinary methods to train me."

"I think you have been cursed by Brahma."

Li Shimin shook his head. "You are like the shadow of Mahaye now. If he is ambitious, you will also be ambitious. If he is stable, you will also be stable. If he wants to plot, you will also be cunning."

"If he really sees things clearly one day and becomes kinder, you will probably be as kind as a fool and show kindness to him indiscriminately."

"His consciousness is not interconnected with yours, but his mentality will be magnified in you. Unless one day you fall into the devil's way, from the perspective of a madman, you will no longer be so easily controlled by him."

Duan Zhixuan was horrified: "There are such methods in the world. If it is to tamper with consciousness, it is easy to say, but consciousness is not connected, it only affects the mentality. How can we guard against it?"

"Brahma was once the overlord of India and fought with the Buddha. Of course, they have some tricks."

Li Shimin said, "But this Mahaye is also proficient in Buddhism. He is now known as the best master in the world. He is not an ordinary person. If he can make great progress in his character and cultivation, perhaps this master and disciple will have a good ending in the future."

He looked at Li Erlang, "Are you willing to endure all of this for the ending your master might create for you?"

Li Erlang refused to answer.

"So stubborn?"

Li Shimin sighed deeply, "I came out to have fun, and you jumped out to kill us. This is a typical murderer's behavior. It's not unfair to kill you. If you weren't my brother, I would have killed you long ago."

He hit Li Erlang's forehead with the arrow in his hand, making a clanging sound.

"Tell me now, you are enlightened! Speak!"

Li Erlang just stared at him.

Duan Zhixuan hesitated to speak. Mahaye had spent twenty years training this disciple. Even if he wanted to enlighten him, it would not be such a simple thing that could be achieved in just a few words or in a moment.

"You obviously can't knock him like this."

A hammer was handed over, and the little girl's soft voice said, "Let me hit it, there will definitely be changes."

Duan Zhixuan looked at the person next to him numbly.

Well, Li Shimin went out hunting today and brought two people with him, but he had completely forgotten about the existence of another person.

Even now...

Duan Zhixuan looked at the little girl riding on the horse with a look of unfamiliarity in his eyes.

She looked to be only sixteen or seventeen years old, with brown hair tied into a bun, a pretty face, and a string of candied haws in her mouth. She was wearing strange clothes, two pieces of clothing on her upper body, white inside and blue outside, with cuffs only reaching her elbows. She wore a brown leather belt and a pair of trousers.

Duan Zhixuan said calmly: "Second Young Master, who is this?"

"This fell into our house last night."

Li Shimin said, "She seemed a little shy and didn't want others to see her, so your impression of her is a little vague."

"But as soon as I saw her, I felt a sense of familiarity."

Li Shimin thought, "Since I have a brother, could this be my long-lost sister?"

The girl held a candied haws in one hand and a hammer in the other, frowning, "My name is Bodhisattva Man, not Li."

Li Shimin laughed: "Bodhisattva Man, it sounds like a fake name."

"No!"

The girl said seriously, "I was born with this name. Our names are to commemorate history."

She moved the hammer impatiently, "Are you going to hit this guy or not?"

Li Shimin looked at the iron hammer, his eyelids twitched nervously, and he quickly inserted the arrow into Li Erlang's head.

Before Li Erlang could react, he felt the arrow in his heart piercing through him. Although he did not feel any pain from the two arrows entering his body, his body suddenly shrank.

Li Shimin grabbed him, looked around, and stuffed the needle into his ears.

"what!"

Li Shimin pressed his earlobe and said with a smile, "You don't have to do anything. His small body can't handle it. I will teach him slowly."

Bodhisattva Man's hammer was still raised in the air, a little hesitant.

The main reason is that she is feeling quite noisy inside.

"Ouch!"

Shu Dao Nan shouted, "This Li Shimin actually has this kind of background. The Five Spiritual Pearls are somewhat related to me, so you must feel close to this warrior when you see him."

"But the Five Spiritual Pearls are more connected to Brother Su. When Brother Su meets Li Shimin, he should be able to win Li Shimin over. Finally, he won't have to bear the title of Demon Lord and become the enemy of the world."

Shui Longyin said cautiously: "Xiao Man, do you feel uncomfortable outside? Do you want me to go out instead?"

"do not want!"

Bodhisattva Man refused decisively in his heart and said, "You are too noisy, can you be quiet?"

Shui Longyin quickly agreed, and whispered, "But Xiaoman, don't hit anyone casually. We should keep a low profile recently, at least until we meet up with Su Hanshan, although we don't know where Su Hanshan is yet..."

click!
Bodhisattva Man bit a candied haws and asked Li Shimin: "This mountain is boring, is there any fun place?"

Li Shimin thought for a moment and said, "Now that you mention it, I've tried everything here and it's not that interesting."

"I heard Luoyang ringing the bell before, so something big must have happened there. And judging from Mahaye's movements, Buddhism must have made some concessions to him. Luoyang is the stronghold of Buddhism, so Mahaye might go there as well."

Li Shimin touched his earlobe again and snorted, "I have to think of a way to settle accounts with him."

Bodhisattva Man nodded: "Then let's go to Luoyang."

(End of this chapter)