The Flourishing Tang Dynasty: Beginning with Marrying Yang Yuhuan

Chapter 111 The Fairy in the Painting Reveals Her True Form, King Ning Rises and Resurrects

"Thank you for your praise, Master." Li Ying said modestly.

Huai Wu said, "Monks do not tell lies. Master once said, it is not the wind that moves, nor the flag that moves, but the heart of the benevolent. Cultivation is in the heart, and Your Highness has obviously realized the true heart. If I had known that Your Highness had such a predestined relationship with Buddha, I would not have hesitated for a moment to teach the Tiantong Sect."

"This..." Li Ying just said it casually, but he didn't expect Huai Wu to praise him so much. He smiled awkwardly and said to Yang Yuhuan: "You are really good at testing me."

Yang Yuhuan smiled and said, "Master Huaiwu has said so. If you only know a little bit, then I am just a blank sheet of paper... No, not even a blank sheet of paper."

Li Heng and Yang Yuhuan were chatting and laughing while strolling in the temple. Not long after, Cen Shen went to bring Huang Jie over.

Huang Jie bowed when he saw Li Heng and said, "I pay my respects to His Royal Highness Prince Shou."

Li Heng looked at Huang Jie and said with a half-smile, "I thought you only worshipped the Heavenly King of the Tiantong Sect."

Huang Jie was startled and said, "King Ning is really the reincarnation of the son of the God Ning. He is invulnerable to swords and spears, water and fire, and has countless magic weapons. Your Highness is ill. If you sincerely pray to King Ning for medicine, the medicine will definitely cure the disease."

"An indestructible body and a magic weapon?" Li Ying frowned. "Have you seen it?"

"I have seen it." Huang Jie nodded confidently, "I have seen it more than once. Not only I have seen it, but many believers have also seen it. If Your Highness does not believe it, there will be a ritual in Tiantong Sect today. Please go and see it."

"Oh?" Li Heng was curious and said, "It seems that my disease can be cured. I will go to pay a visit today."

Then he turned to ask Yang Yuhuan and Zhang Mujin, "Do you want to go and see the fun together?"

"Okay." Yang Yuhuan and Zhang Mujin agreed.

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Dusk.

Li Ying brought his men to Tiantong Temple.

This Tiantong Temple is larger than many Buddhist temples in Qiuci, and has a large number of believers and is very popular.

The main deity worshipped in the temple is the Ningshen believed in by the Tibetans, followed by the so-called Ning Tianwang.

Youzheng.

All that could be heard was the sound of pipa, guzheng and orchestra, and then a middle-aged man in his thirties, wearing a robe, walked up to the altar from behind the scenes to the sound of music.

This person is the so-called Ning Tianwang.

Behind King Ning, there were twelve guardians and four women with fluttering sleeves.

The four women carried flower baskets and sprinkled flowers on King Ning as they walked.

When everyone saw King Ning appear, they all kowtowed, even some of the soldiers brought by Li Heng followed suit.

Only Li Heng, Yang Yuhuan, Zhang Mujin, Li Siye, Cen Shen and Huai Wu remained unmoved. They sat in the middle, looking particularly awkward.

King Ning accepted the three kowtows and nine bows from the others with a solemn expression, then waved his hand, and two more people walked up to the altar holding a scroll painting, and then respectfully hung the painting on the golden pillar of the altar.

Li Ying took a look at the painting and saw a fairy-like woman in it.

Li Ying asked Huang Jie who was standing beside him, "What is he going to do?"

Huang Jie said: "Your Highness, King Ning wants to invite the fairy."

"Oh?" Li Heng became interested and looked at it carefully.

"Vestments please."

King Ning spoke slowly, and two women presented him with a large white feather robe.

King Ning Tian took the white feather robe and covered the portrait with it, muttering something. After a while, King Ning Tian solemnly took off the white feather robe.

Then, the woman in the painting magically disappeared.

King Ning shook the white feather robe, and the woman in the painting appeared out of thin air behind the white feather robe.

This operation of inviting the "fairy in the painting" was quite shocking not only to the common people who were still living in the feudal and superstitious era, but also to Li Ying, a progressive young man who had accepted new ideas.

Fortunately, Li Ying had seen David Copperfield's magic before traveling through time. He had seen how David "walked through the Great Wall" and "made the train disappear", otherwise he would probably have believed it.

When the others saw the "fairy in the painting" appear, they all bowed down and shouted, "Meet the fairy!"

Li Ying asked Li Siye and Cen Shen, who were standing by, "Do you two generals understand the principle behind this?"

"Principle?" Li Siye was still in shock and exclaimed, "Your Highness, this is probably true!"

Cen Shen frowned and thought, "There is no flaw at all. I can't see any flaw at all."

As Li Heng and the others were talking, they saw two more people carrying a bronze mirror from the altar and placing it on the table.

The "fairy in the painting" walked to the bronze mirror, knocked on it, then took out a hollow handkerchief from her arms and placed it in the middle of the bronze mirror.

The "Fairy in the Painting" chanted a spell again, passed her hand through the hollow handkerchief, and then slowly took out an extremely hard sword from the bronze mirror.

The "Fairy in the Painting" placed the sword upside down in the center of the altar, and then the four guardians lifted King Ning up and placed him on the tip of the sword.

King Ning's huge body was balanced on the tip of the sword with only a fulcrum at his waist.

As King Ning Tian chanted the spell, his body began to spin on the tip of the sword.

After rotating three times, a gong sounded.

With a "bang", King Ning's body sank, and the long sword supporting him at his waist suddenly pierced through his body.

Everyone was shocked when they saw this.

But the "fairy in the painting" had a calm expression. She covered King Ning's body with a white feather robe, had someone lift the king down from the sword, put him on the table, and chanted a spell.

The "Fairy in the Painting" chanted a spell for a while, and King Ning's body floated up. After a moment, King Ning's body fell on the table.

King Ning, who had fallen on the table, suddenly trembled, then sat up, slowly got down to the ground, and bowed to the "Fairy in the Painting".

When everyone saw King Ning come back to life, they all cheered.

The "fairy in the painting" nodded and smiled, put on a white feather robe, walked slowly to the painting, turned around and waved to everyone with a smile.

Then she turned her head, and her body slowly floated up. When she floated in front of the picture, her white feathers suddenly slipped off.

The "fairy in the painting" disappeared and returned to the painting.

Everyone knelt and shouted together.

King Ning looked around at the crowd and saw that Li Heng and his companions were unmoved. He came up to Li Heng and asked in a deep voice, "Why don't you guys bow?"

After hearing this, Li Siye and others looked at Li Heng.

Li Siye had now completely believed. The only reason he did not worship was because Li Heng did not do so. He could not be "pious" before Li Heng.

Huang Jie, who was standing by, quickly knelt down and stepped forward to smooth things over. He said to Ning Tianwang, "Tianwang, this is His Royal Highness Shouwang, who is of noble status. Please don't blame me."

"Your Highness Prince Shou?" Heavenly King Ning stared at Li Heng, "Since this is the case, I will beg you to forgive me and ask God Ning not to punish you."

Li Heng had been thinking about the strangeness of the matter. When he heard the king's words, he came to his senses, stood up and applauded, and said with a smile: "You are also a talent. You are proficient in mechanical engineering and know how to use light and shadow and layout to create visual illusions. If you don't use these skills to cheat people, but serve the country, you will definitely make great achievements."

(End of this chapter)