The light of the sword is like the moon reflecting on Kyushu

Chapter 2090 The incomparably cold and beautiful woman actually said such a thing!
On the roof of the "Snow Peak Pearl" inn, Feng Jiuxiao and Bai Lian stood side by side.

Both were dressed in white; one was an elegant and otherworldly young man, and the other was a dignified and solemn middle-aged monk.

The white lotus's white robes fluttered even without wind.

"Young master, there is one man named Ruben in Jishi Military City, who commands three thousand cavalrymen and is stationed in the city. There is also one man named Dongdai, who commands a thousand cavalrymen and usually patrols a hundred miles outside the city!"

Feng Jiuxiao said, "So, there are only three thousand cavalrymen in the city?"

Bai Lian shook her head, "No, there are still three thousand evil spirit soldiers!"

"A demon soldier? What kind of demon is that?"

"They were all from Tibetan noble families, and were sentenced to serve in the army for violating various laws! Their faces were tattooed with blood-red swastikas, making them easy to identify!"

Pang Shiwu scoffed, "Nobles? Spoiled brats, their combat power must be quite pathetic!"

“Young Master Pang, you are mistaken. Although they are of noble birth and may be somewhat arrogant, and their combat strength is naturally average compared to yours and mine, but—” Bai Lian drew out her words, seemingly wanting to keep him in suspense, but after glancing at Feng Jiuxiao, she didn’t dare to. She continued, “They are born with pride and have a ruthless streak. When they really fight, they are not to be underestimated, especially since they have unique killing techniques!”

"What ultimate killing move?"

"Take your medicine right before the battle!"

"Taking medicine at the last minute?"

"That's right! Before they charge into battle, they eat something called Mad Demon Pills. It's said that they're mixed with barley wine, which makes them as fierce as tigers in battle, and most importantly, they're impervious to pain!"

Pang Shiwu said, "They were all listless before, but suddenly they were full of energy and vigor, is that what you mean?"

Bai Lian thought for a moment and nodded, "That's more or less the idea!"

Pang Shiwu scoffed, "I thought it was some kind of magic pill, but it's just alcohol that emboldens cowards! The barley wine inside can make people drunk, and then they go crazy, I know that!" He used to get drunk all the time. Before he was drunk, he belonged to Hengyang; after he was drunk, Hengyang belonged to him!

Feng Jiuxiao sighed and said, "This is a farewell drink, a parting drink! Although it is tragic, it is indeed effective for marching and fighting! I remember that Brother Qi once said that there was a martial arts master who created a style of drunken boxing. He had to drink a few mouthfuls of wine before each punch!"

Pang Shiwu laughed and said, "Isn't this just a sure thing that alcohol emboldens cowards?"

Bai Lian said, "Although he drinks to bolster his courage, what he really values ​​is that state of being half-drunk!"

Feng Jiuxiao said, "That's right!"

Pang Shiwu was taken aback. "Status? Why?"

Bai Lian said, "My form is drunk, but my mind is not!"

Pang Shiwu frowned and said, "What do you mean? Are you starting to imitate my older brother? You're talking nonsense now?"

Bai Lian smiled, her face kind and gentle, much like a virtuous monk. "Hehe, the so-called 'drunken in appearance but not in mind' means, as the name suggests, that one appears drunk on the surface, but is actually not drunk. From the enemy's perspective, a drunkard, staggering and stumbling, poses no threat at all! This will make the enemy lower their guard and become complacent!"

Pang Shiwu asked, "What about from your own perspective?"

Bai Lian laughed, "Of course, it's about observing the scenery from across the river! Swaying back and forth makes the other side think there's an opportunity, but in reality, you're just watching their every move like a spectator. Then, you strike when the chance is right, delivering a fatal blow!"

Pang Shiwu said, "Can't you practice drunken boxing without drinking?"

Bai Lian said, "No! Drunken Fist requires imitating the staggering posture of a drunkard. Without drinking, no matter how much you pretend to be drunk, you won't look like a drunkard! Take this humble monk for example, if I don't drink, I can't pretend to be drunk at all, and it's easy for people to see through me at a glance!"

"So the more you drink, the stronger you become, right?"

"That's not necessarily true!" Bai Lian immediately raised her eyebrows. "It depends on each person's constitution! Generally speaking, when practicing drunken boxing, a little alcohol is fine, but you absolutely cannot drink too much! Because a small amount of alcohol can induce a state of mild excitement, which can both confuse the enemy by feigning drunkenness and reduce the pain of being hit! Because when a person is slightly drunk, their pain perception is very dull!"

"I totally agree! My older brother and I once got drunk, and when we sobered up the next day, we found ourselves covered in bruises and in excruciating pain. When we asked around, we found out that we had gotten into a fight the night before. We were being beaten by so many people, but we didn't feel any pain at all. We just felt like we had boundless energy. If we got punched, we'd punch back twice; if we got kicked, we'd kick back three times. We weren't afraid of pain or death. We felt like unparalleled heroes! Ah, I really miss those days!"

Bai Lian laughed and said, "No wonder some people cause trouble when they drink. It turns out that they become incredibly audacious after drinking!"

Pang Shiwu chuckled, "That's because he drank too much! Right, I understand now, you can't drink too much when you're practicing drunken boxing! Drinking just the right amount won't affect your moves, but if you drink too much and become completely confused, what's the point of fighting? Wouldn't you just be throwing your life away?"

Bai Lian gave a thumbs up, "Exactly! Young Master Pang is insightful!"

Pang Shiwu chuckled, "You flatter me!"

Feng Jiuxiao said, "There must be other drugs in their Mad Demon Pill! How big can a pill be, and how much barley wine can it hold? Barley wine isn't very strong; you won't feel anything unless you drink three or five bowls!"

Bai Lian said, "That's right, there must be other medicines. We still haven't cracked the secret formula!" After saying that, he suddenly froze, as if he had just realized that he had let something slip!
Feng Jiuxiao, however, remained calm: "You've already started researching the Mad Demon Pill?"

Bai Lian forced a dry laugh and said, "Yes." She couldn't deny it!

However, he was not worried. Feng Jiuxiao and Pang Shiwu would not betray him. Moreover, Feng Jiuxiao would definitely not care about such a thing. How could a little Mad Demon Pill catch his eye?
Pang Shiwu asked, "Brother, there are dark clouds in the sky. Will we still be able to see the sunrise?"

Feng Jiuxiao said, "When the sun comes out, the dark clouds will disappear, right?"

Pang Shiwu said, "Brother, did you learn this chili pepper technique from you? It's so subtle and deadly!"

How did I choke you?

"No, no!"

Several more figures appeared on the roof ridge. Yuan Zishan, supporting Chili by the waist, leaped up together, while Chang Zijin leaped up on her own. Big Wolf, afraid of damaging the glazed tiles on the roof ridge, actually climbed up slowly using the side ladder.

Wang Sheng, Duanmu Yan, and Xiong Mengyan walked over from the other side.

Feng Jiuxiao said, "Now that you've all come over, the roof is going to collapse!"

Everyone immediately stopped and scattered across the rooftop.

Chili said, "I heard you guys chattering away on the roof this early in the morning, waking people up. Don't you have any sense of public decency?!"

Feng Jiuxiao said, "It's getting late. If it weren't for the overcast sky, it should be broad daylight by now!"

Chili pouted and said, "It's already broad daylight? The sun hasn't even risen above the horizon yet!"

Feng Jiuxiao laughed and said, "No, it's already risen. If we were standing on the east coast, the sun would have been three zhang high by now! Because we're so far from the East Sea, the distance is large enough that the time it takes to rise is noticeably longer!"

Yuan Zishan said, "I suddenly remembered a sentence."

Feng Jiuxiao asked, "What did you say?"

Yuan Zishan said, "Trade space for time!"

Warriors fight for a moment, sages seize the hour!
Feng Jiuxiao asked, "Why did you think of that?"

Yuan Zishan said, "When you mentioned the sea, sunrise, and time-lapse, it suddenly occurred to me that I seem to have grasped the key to a breakthrough!"

Feng Jiuxiao was pleasantly surprised, "Really?"

Yuan Zishan said, "Of course it's true!"

"What did you realize?"

"Your 'shrinking the earth to an inch' technique is actually just trading space for time!"

"Indeed! Though the distance is far, it arrives in an instant, making it impossible to defend against!"

Wang Sheng and Duanmu Yan exchanged a glance, both secretly astonished!
Are Feng Jiuxiao and Yuan Zishan always this open and honest? They don't hide anything from outsiders at all? This involves the secrets of martial arts!

This only proves one thing: these two are overconfident! They don't respect anyone in the world at all! Regardless of the truth, that's at least what Wang Sheng thinks! Although he's somewhat heartbroken, he won't lose his composure because of this!
Yuan Zishan said, "I once read a piece called 'The Theory of the Three Tribulations Array: The Volume on Time and Space,' but I was too young then to understand its mysteries. Now, I suddenly have an insight into it." Feng Jiuxiao said, "Tell me about it, I'd like to learn from it. Who wrote this?"

Yuan Zishan said, "It is said to have been written by Li Chunfeng. I have observed the movement of stars for forty years and only now do I know that space can be split into three to exchange for time!"

Feng Jiuxiao lowered his gaze and fell into deep thought!
Can space be split into three?

Yuan Zishan said, "The three realms are the Mustard Seed Realm, the Gap Realm, and the Mimicry Realm."

Feng Jiuxiao narrowed his eyes to slits. "Mustard seed? Buddhist cultivation technique?"

"Indeed! The Mustard Seed Realm from the Buddhist Kingdom of India is called Alaya-shattered Dust in India. According to the book, the technique is: Qi flows through the gushing spring, shaking the earth's veins, causing ten feet of soil and stone to collapse like millet!"

"And what about the Realm of Folding Rifts? Where does it originate?"

"The 'Folding Realm' originates from Persia, where it is called the 'Mittal Fold'! It allows one to move ten steps while actually feeling a hundred feet away, which is similar to your 'Shrinking the Earth to an Inch' technique!"

Feng Jiuxiao said, "It really is! What about the Mimicry Realm?"

Yuan Zishan said, "The realm of mimicry, also known as Zhuangzi's dream of a butterfly!"

Feng Jiuxiao said, "Zhuang Zhou's dream of a butterfly? Taoist cultivation techniques?"

Yuan Zishan said, "I guess so. Zhuangzi is a representative figure of Taoism. It is said that this realm can be used to set up illusion arrays, scatter glass dust with a wave of the sleeve, and create a void corridor by refracting sunlight. But it has a time limit of nine breaths."

"The illusion array disappeared after nine breaths?"

"That's what the book says, but whether it will disappear or not, I'm not sure!"

"The three realms of the Void Rift I just mentioned—ten feet of earth and stone collapsing into the size of a millet grain, which can be called the Mustard Seed Collapse; moving ten steps actually covering a hundred feet, which can be called the Gap Step; and the refraction of sunlight creating a void corridor, which can be called drawing a prison on the ground, or simply the Mimicry Prison. These three realms linked together can be called the Three Tribulations Array!"

"Your summary is very accurate."

Wang Sheng and Duanmu Yan exchanged a glance, both secretly horrified!
Feng Jiuxiao actually understood so much after listening to it only once, giving the impression that he had mastered this supernatural skill and seemed ready to practice it on the spot!
That's terrifying, that's monstrous!
Yuan Zishan asked, "If the enemy is far stronger than me, how should I deal with it?"

Feng Jiuxiao said, "As the saying goes, brute force can overcome any skill. Since the enemy is far stronger than you, you have no choice but to retreat!"

Yuan Zishan's eyes flickered: "What if I don't want to back out, or what if they don't give me the chance to back out?"

Feng Jiuxiao was taken aback. "There's no way to avoid it; we have no choice but to fight to the death?"

Yuan Zishan said, "That's right!"

Feng Jiuxiao said, "Then... let's shorten the gap between us and the enemy! Either make the enemy lose their power, or let our own power increase dramatically!"

Yuan Zishan thought to herself: I can increase my power exponentially!

How to drastically reduce the enemy's strength?

"For a strong person, sneak attacks and drugging are definitely not an option, and you wouldn't stoop to those methods anyway. So there's only one left: hypnosis!"

"Hypnosis?"

"Fake practitioners like to call it bewitching or soul-stealing; calling it hypnosis isn't accurate, it should be called mind control! As long as you control the opponent's mind and will, you can turn defeat into victory!"

"Your isolated little world is unmatched, but I haven't even scratched the surface yet!"

"You're just not at peace!"

"Me? Not calm? You mean I'm petty?"

"Hey, don't hit me! I'm not saying you're petty! The peace of mind I'm talking about is different from what ordinary people mean by peace of mind. I think about things all day long, but I'm still at peace."

"Is chili pepper calm?"

"Her mind is far from at peace."

Chili was getting impatient. "You mean I'm always overthinking things?"

Feng Jiuxiao said, "No! You're so simple-minded, how could you possibly overthink things?"

Chili pouted and said, "Then you're saying I'm not at peace!"

Feng Jiuxiao said, "I've already said, this kind of tranquility is not the same as that kind of tranquility! If you hear others talking next to you at night, can you... fall asleep?"

Chili frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "That depends on who it is. If it's Miss talking next to me, it'll sound like a lullaby to me, and I'll fall asleep."

"What if it were someone else?"

"It's like listening to flies buzzing around; it keeps me awake."

"Look at me, I can't sleep no matter who talks to me!"

"what?"

"I told you I can't sleep! So, tell me, am I at peace or not?"

"This..." Chili was a little unsure.

Yuan Zishan said, "Stop talking about these irrelevant things. I want to know how I can achieve the kind of mental tranquility you mentioned!"

Feng Jiuxiao suddenly leaned close to Yuan Zishan's ear and whispered a few words.

Yuan Zishan's expression was serious at first, but then it suddenly became a bit strange!
Feng Jiuxiao took a step back and smiled, "Do you understand?"

Yuan Zishan snorted, "If you don't like it, you'll be sorry!"

Chili asked, "Miss, what did he say?"

Feng Jiuxiao said, "Why are you asking so many questions, you little kid?"

Chili glared and snorted!
Yuan Zishan said, "Alright, Chili, I'll tell you later. Now we should prepare to fight the enemy."

Feng Jiuxiao said, "I have a feeling that this time the Great Maitreya Sect will not only send some Tantric experts to compete for the child. Holy Venerable, you may mobilize the military forces in Jishi City to besiege us."

Yuan Zishan frowned and said, "Why would such a big fuss happen?"

Feng Jiuxiao said, "I have a feeling that the Holy Venerable already knows that I entered the Tibetan territory, and his intelligence network has probably reported to him the news of Prince Jiacuo's death in battle and the destruction of Xiaozhao Temple. He must be wondering whether these two events are related to me. With his personality, he would rather kill a thousand innocent people than let one guilty person go free!"

"Nobody here knows you. They'll probably only tell you that Bai Lian came to Xiaozhao Temple."

"However, he also knows that Bai Lian alone cannot eliminate the entire Xiaozhao Temple, so he must deduce that there are experts around Bai Lian! In order to be absolutely sure, he will not rashly let his subordinates take risks! Therefore, the three thousand cavalry and three thousand evil ghost soldiers in the city are his weapons to wear us down!"

"He wants to gamble with six thousand lives?"

"That's right! He won the bet, he kidnapped the children! He lost the bet, he only lost six thousand lives of the Tibetan Dynasty! His Great Maitreya Sect suffered no loss!"

"Then we can't let him have his way! We won't fight the soldiers, we'll just wait for those monks to take the bait!"

"But military orders are absolute; how can you prevent those soldiers from going into battle?"

Yuan Zishan said, "That's easy. You and Pang Shiwu use your old tricks of petty theft and thievery to poison the Tibetan army camp, so that those soldiers get diarrhea and can't leave the camp!"

Everyone froze!
These are the words of a woman with unparalleled cold beauty?
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