Chapter 134 Kill him
The dirt road of the official road was filled with the grassy smell of cow dung. There was an endless stream of woodcutters carrying dry firewood into the city, and a constant stream of ox carts selling charcoal.

Wang Daosheng said to Chen Ji and others, "Let's all get in the car, Chen Ji. You worked for others when distributing porridge just now, which can be regarded as a disguised punishment. You don't have to walk anymore."

Chen Ji didn't ask much, just said thank you and found an empty seat on the cart and sat down.

Zhang Xia climbed onto his horse and rode Zaozao along the ox cart. He asked curiously, "Sir, my father always says that you are a heretic. Why is that?"

Wang Daosheng was sitting in the carriage and asked casually, "The Analects says that a gentleman is not an instrument. What does this mean?"

Chen Wenzong thought for a moment: "Zhu Zi commented: tools are suitable for their own use and cannot be used together. A virtuous person has all the skills, so he can use them in all ways, not just one skill or one art. Zhu Zi said that the meaning of the great sage teacher is that a ruler does not have to specialize in a certain skill, but must be a generalist."

Wang Daosheng said calmly: "But I think Zhu Xi is wrong. The Great Sage once commented on Guan Zhong's 'small vessel', which means he was narrow-minded. So I think what the Great Sage said about 'a gentleman is not a vessel' means that a gentleman should have the world in his mind and be open to all rivers."

Chen Wenzong opened his mouth, thinking about how to refute.

Zhang Xia said while riding on his horse: "It seems that both of them make sense, but I like your statement more. I think a gentleman may not know astronomy or geography, but he must have tolerance!"

Wang Daosheng smiled and said, "The so-called heresy is just that my understanding of the ancient sages is different from theirs. What I want to teach you is not to make you accept my ideas completely, but to let you see the world for yourself and have your own ideas."

Prince Jing sat in front of the ox cart and laughed loudly without looking back: "This is the meaning of traveling thousands of miles. The civil officials of my Ning Dynasty now like to discuss behind closed doors. They just want to find evidence to support themselves from the words of the ancient sages."

Chen Wenzong said solemnly: "Your Majesty, please be careful with your words."

Prince Jing laughed: "You look a lot like your father!"

At this moment, Zhang Xia suddenly changed the subject: "Chen Ji, what do you think it means that a gentleman should not be a tool... Chen Ji?!"

She waited a long time for Chen Ji to answer, and when she turned around, she saw Chen Ji sitting in the ox cart with his head down, and she didn't know when he had fallen asleep.

Zhang Xia raised his eyebrows: "Chen Ji, the teacher is teaching, why are you sleeping?"

Bai Li hurriedly stopped him: "Why are you shouting? He must be so tired because he didn't sleep all night last night. Let him sleep a little longer!"

Zhang Xia curled her lips and sneered silently: "Let~him~sleep~longer~"

Baili rolled his eyes: "I won't bother with you!"

Chen Wenzong bowed to Wang Daosheng and said, "Please forgive me, sir. My third brother is still young and has not been to school in these years, so he doesn't know the rules. I will wake him up now."

However, Wang Daosheng raised his hand to stop him: "It's okay, let him sleep for a while. I didn't intend to teach him. I just said a few words because Zhang Xia asked."

The prince's face was distorted: "Sir, you don't treat me like this!"

Prince Jing laughed cheerfully and said, "This is a request I specifically made to Mr. Wang. I have no control over other people. You must discipline them strictly, to prevent some people from thinking that they can do whatever they want after they come of age!"

Baili: "That's right!"

Prince: “…”

Chen Wenzong stared at Prince Jing, Bai Li and the Crown Prince in the car. It turned out that a father did not have to always have a stern face in front of his children, and children did not have to always be respectful in front of their father.

He looked at Chen Ji silently and thought, maybe this is why Chen Ji decided not to go back to the Chen Mansion?
……

……

In a dream.

The black sea of ​​clouds was calm and waveless.

Chen Ji floated down from the long-lost black sea of ​​clouds and landed on the top of the mountain with black clouds.

The white sea of ​​clouds outside the green mountains is dense.

It is like a huge blanket rolled up on the mountainside, flowing violently.

Xuanyuan was sitting cross-legged on a huge rock, wearing a black royal robe. He looked at the sea of ​​clouds silently, but it seemed as if he was not looking at the sea of ​​clouds. No one knew what he was thinking.

Chen Ji coughed to remind him, and Xuanyuan slowly stood up, leaning on the royal flag, and turned around to look at Chen Ji: "You are slacking off."

Chen Ji shook his head: "No."

Xuanyuan sneered: "You come here less and less often nowadays, don't you want to take the Whale away?"

As he spoke, the long sword appeared in front of Chen Ji from the void.

The long blade is like a narrow crescent moon, cool but domineering.

Chen Ji held the hilt of the knife horizontally in front of him with his right hand, and gently stroked the blade with his left hand: "Of course I want to take it away, but things have been happening one after another recently, and I have less chance to sleep. But next time, I should have more time."

Xuanyuan waved his hand in the distance: "Feng Huai, kill him!"

"Wait a minute," Chen Ji said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "I came here today because I have a lot of things to ask you."

Xuanyuan raised his chin slightly: "What do you want to ask?"

Chen Ji asked curiously, "I recently learned a way to cultivate. I can generate a wisp of purple sword energy in my meridians by just reciting the text over and over again. But every time the purple sword energy is cut off by the sword before it can condense. Why is that?"

Xuanyuan sat cross-legged on a huge rock and said with a haughty look: "Since you have learned my sword style, why do you still practice other sword styles? It's unnecessary."

Chen Ji hurriedly explained: "Isn't this just a free way to practice cultivation? I'm just sitting around doing nothing anyway."

Xuanyuan asked: "Since you have learned the sword art from others, why are you asking me?"

Chen Ji thought for a moment and said, "You should be the most powerful swordsman in the world. If I have any questions about swordsmanship, of course I have to ask you."

Xuanyuan was silent for a while: "How can you say this so easily and naturally?"

Chen Ji said sincerely: "Tell the truth."

Xuanyuan was silent for a few seconds: "What did you just ask?" Chen Ji said: "Why were other sword energies cut off by the sword species?"

Xuanyuan sneered: "The sword is the king of all weapons. Have you ever seen a country with two kings? When the two kings meet, the winner will be the king and the loser will be the bandit. The strong will stay and the weak will dissipate. Did you ask before that the invisible sword is easy to break, how can the sword be made tangible?"

"Yes." Chen Ji was about to ask this question before, which led to his severe beating by the giant halberd warrior and Feng Huai. Until now, Xuanyuan has not answered this question.

Xuanyuan said calmly: "Seize the sword."

"Seize the sword?"

Xuanyuan said: "The sword path is born to step on other sword paths to ascend to the throne. If you want the sword path to be tangible, you must seize the opponent's sword again and again to cultivate your own sword."

"How about it?"

"You'll know once you take it."

When Chen Ji heard this, he immediately gave up the idea of ​​practicing Zhayun. The sword species and Zhayun could definitely not coexist.

However, Zhayun is a cultivation method from the forty-ninth heaven after all, and it would be a pity to waste it in one's hands.

At this time, Xuanyuan glanced at him sideways: "The way of cultivation requires one to be focused and courageous. Only the weak need to learn those fancy things. Feng Huai will chop him up and teach him a lesson."

"Wait a minute," Chen Ji said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. He raised his hand to Feng Huai, stopping him in his tracks. "Don't rush into the fight. I have a lot of questions... By the way, have you really never heard of the Forty-Nine Heavens?"

Xuanyuan looked indifferent: "Can I still lie to you?"

Chen Ji was puzzled: "But I have confirmed the existence of the Forty-Nine Heavens. They say that there are many gods living there, and some people will be reincarnated into the human world... How come you don't know?"

Xuanyuan became interested: "There are many gods living here? Who are they?"

Chen Ji recalled the gods he had heard from the prince: "Twenty-eight constellations, Emperor Wenchang, Five Star Gods, Six Star Gods of the Southern Dipper, Buddha Dipankara..."

Xuanyuan hesitated: "Who are these?"

Chen Ji also hesitated: "You haven't heard of any of them?"

Xuanyuan frowned: "No."

Chen Ji asked again: "Have you ever heard of Mount Taiji, Mount Wuji, Mount Yujing, Mount Xumi, and the city of Kushinagar?"

Xuanyuan shook his head: "I haven't heard of it."

"What places were there in the world you once lived in?"

"Qingqiu, Guixu, Qiwu Mountain, Wangqiu Mountain, Yuyuan, Lutai, Kunlun Mountain..."

This really confused Chen Ji. What kind of existence is this forty-nine heavens? Even a great figure like Xuanyuan had never heard of it?
It is known that Xuanyuan was an ancient figure from 16,000 years ago. Even if his level of cultivation is not as high as the gods in the forty-nine heavens, it is definitely not lower than those gods.

Does a place where even such a person has never been heard of really exist?
Chen Ji looked out into the distance at this dream of green mountains...

and many more.

Could it be that the Forty-Nine Heavens were places that appeared after Xuanyuan was sealed in this world? That's why Xuanyuan had never heard of them.

At a certain moment, Chen Ji even felt that the birth of the Forty-Ninth Heaven was related to the sealing of Xuanyuan.

He looked up at Xuanyuan: "Why were you trapped here back then?"

Xuanyuan looked down at him with a deep gaze: "Feng Huai, chop him down."

This time Feng Huai did not hesitate and swung his sword.

"If you don't want to talk, then don't talk. Why are you going to chop me?!" Chen Ji raised the whale knife to block, and sparks flew everywhere, like fireworks at midnight, brilliant and dazzling.

Feng Huai's sword was extremely powerful, but he could not find Chen Ji's flaw after hundreds of rounds of attacks. In order to die less often, Chen Ji had taken his defense to the extreme.

Xuanyuan saw this and said sarcastically: "You only know how to defend? You can't get your sword back if you only know how to defend."

Chen Ji did not answer.

But then I heard Xuanyuan calling out in a loud voice: "Fenglie, you come and kill him too."

Chen Ji was startled, turned around and saw a burly axe warrior coming out of the army formation at the foot of the mountain, and said in a muffled voice: "As you command."

After saying that, Feng Lie strode towards Qingshan with a huge axe in his hand. As he ran, the earth was like a drum.

Chen Ji said anxiously: "Two against one is not fair, I suspect you want to take this opportunity to take revenge!"

Xuanyuan sneered: "You are allowed to run this time."

Chen Ji turned around and ran towards the rugged mountain road to avoid being surrounded and killed by Feng Huai and Feng Lie on the top of the mountain.

However, just before going down the mountain, he suddenly turned around, with his knife turning with him, and forced Feng Huai to retreat.

Taking advantage of this gap, he looked at Xuanyuan from afar and asked loudly: "What would happen if the fire in my body was all ignited and burned to white?"

Xuanyuan's fingers suddenly clenched the royal flag, but he did not answer.

Seeing Feng Lie getting closer and closer, and Feng Huai coming with a knife, Chen Ji asked anxiously, "What will happen?"

Xuanyuan said meaningfully: "Immortality."

Chen Ji got the answer, and once again blocked Feng Huaipu's knife, then turned around and fled towards the rugged mountain road.

(End of this chapter)