fifth form

Chapter 1923 This is what happened
"Anyway, that's what happened!"

Zhang Xuezhou’s cultivation level is far inferior to that of the Empress Dowager, but his level of yang soul is really not bad.

With the help of the opportunity brought by His Majesty Zhu Jiuyin, Zhang Xuezhou was able to restrain his poor cultivation while also gaining the help of top cultivators to condense his yang spirit.

After his yang soul took shape, it was as real as a physical body, and even had the same touch as a flesh body. This was far inferior to the phantom of Zhang Xuezhou's yang soul incarnation in reality.

Because of this, Zhang Xuezhou's ability in Yangpo is extremely high. In the past, he even directly suppressed Shen Peigong and almost frightened the old man beyond words.

The unique Yang Soul shapeshifting technique, coupled with His Majesty's condensed Yang Soul Dharma Body, may make Zhang Xuezhou inferior to the Grand Empress Dowager in terms of Yang Soul, but he is not so unable to detect the Grand Empress Dowager's Yang Soul touring Zhang's house.

After some verbal pressure on Li Shaojun, the Empress Dowager left with satisfaction.

Li Shaojun narrated in a low voice everything that happened in Anle Palace.

As Zhang Xuezhou said, Li Shaojun indeed became a guest of honor in Anle Palace.

Perhaps it was because his luck was declining, or maybe it was because he had been suffering from a serious illness for a long time, or maybe it was because the Empress Dowager was too old, Li Shaojun managed to get by with the Empress Dowager by relying on his coping style and cleverness.

There were some things that Li Shaojun was too embarrassed to talk about in detail, but Li Shaojun completed the task very well. Even though he got the medicinal materials for the second stage of the Changsheng Jue that Zhang Xuezhou asked for, Li Shaojun could not take them back, but had to take them in Anle Palace.

At the same time, he began to enter the eyes of some high-ranking officials who visited the Empress Dowager. As long as he was in good health, he would most likely be invited as a guest by these officials.

"Congratulations!" Zhang Xuezhou, who failed to get the medicinal materials, clasped his fists dejectedly.

"From now on, we will follow you and enjoy the good life!"

They had one face in front of the Empress Dowager, and when she left, Zhang Xuezhou and Rong Tianding had another face.

This change made Li Shaojun feel extremely comfortable.

He suffered in Anle Palace for several days, and soon he enjoyed the pleasure of being a superior person. At least his foul-mouthed cousins ​​Zhang Xuezhou and Rong Tianding began to beg him.

If things had not been settled yet and if the help of Zhang Xuezhou and others had not been needed, Li Shaojun's tail might really have been lifted to the sky.

He thought about it for a while and then asked Zhang Xuezhou for advice in a low voice.

"Is there anything else I should pay attention to?" Li Shaojun asked.

"You're doing great, keep it up!" Zhang Xuezhou said with a cheering gesture.

"You have entered the confused heart of an empty-nest elderly person. You will have a great future. Congratulations," Rong Tianding congratulated.

At this time, Li Shaojun was a bit like a salesman selling health products to the elderly. After going through all kinds of difficulties, he finally pried open the suspicious and sensitive heart of the Empress Dowager.

After doing so many things, as long as Li Shaojun pays attention to his words and deeds, he will have almost no obstacles in passing the tests of the new emperor and the Empress Dowager.

"In the future, give some of your ancestral treasures as a reward to His Majesty and the Empress Dowager, and your position will be secure," said Zhang Xuezhou.

"I even took the last two treasures from my ancestors!" Li Shaojun muttered.

"Who would believe you?" Zhang Xuezhou complained and added, "Although the Empress Dowager has suffered a disaster, she is also a top-level cultivator who is particularly good at many Taoist things. You don't even have supernatural powers at the moment, so you can communicate with her about the Taoist scriptures that you don't understand. You will benefit from it while killing time!"

"I am really afraid that this kind of communication will lead to bad things. After all, my cultivation is limited and I can't withstand deep digging," Li Shaojun said hesitantly.

"Tsk, your cultivation is limited, but your ancestors' cultivation is not limited!"

Zhang Xuezhou spat at Li Shaojun.

He just didn't believe that Li Shaojun would just sit in Anle Palace for five days.

If he was only gone for a short while, Li Shaojun would come back after a few polite remarks. However, as long as the visit lasted for several consecutive days, Li Shaojun would inevitably be subjected to various secret tests.

In this situation, using some unknown and difficult-to-understand Taoist scriptures became Li Shaojun's weapon to deal with the situation.

As long as the Empress Dowager is made to look tired, Li Shaojun will be able to leave the palace normally.

"You can talk to the Empress Dowager about the Taoist scripture, especially the part about 'The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao...'"

"Shut up, how do you know this? I don't think I've ever told you this."

"You've said it more than a dozen times, and I've memorized it all!"

"That's impossible. I can't possibly tell you about the supreme Taoist heritage!"

"Then shall I recite it?"

"I want to kill people now to silence them!"

Li Shaojun was about to reach out to strangle Zhang Xuezhou, but then Zhang Xuezhou reached out and pushed him down on the bed. He sat there in a daze for a while.

The feeling of revealing one's past was terrible. When Li Shaojun thought about it, he could only think of this terrible ending caused by the illusion encountered by everyone on their way to the Mo family mechanical city. There was no other possibility.

"You should discuss this with the Empress Dowager," Zhang Xuezhou said, "This is simply the most shabby scripture I have ever seen. Why do you Taoists write something so profound?"

"You don't understand, right?" Li Shaojun's face revived and he said with a slight smile. "I still don't understand!"

“It’s good that you don’t understand!”

"If you don't understand and explain it to me, I will spread it around, and sooner or later someone will understand and tell me!"

"Strangle you!"

"How dare you hit me!"

Li Shaojun pretended to cry for a long time in Anle Palace, but he really cried after returning to Zhang's house.

He discussed a lot with Zhang Xuezhou and others, and it was fine to bring out what could be discussed, but Li Shaojun did not expect that things that he could not discuss would also be brought out, which even broke the taboo he observed.

"Yes, I was swept by a mirror on that reef island, and the old man who taught me the Taoist scriptures was beaten to death. I have no chance of retaliation!"

After some tugging and pulling, Li Shaojun was hit on the head twice before he finally calmed down.

Li Shaojun's punch was a real one, and Zhang Xuezhou's return punch was a serious one.

Rong Tianding looked at the two of them and felt that Zhang Xuezhou and Li Shaojun really did not have the demeanor of a great cultivator. Their level of cultivation was still no different from farmers fighting for water for irrigation.

This was a private matter between Zhang Xuezhou and Li Shaojun. Neither of them used force, and Rong Tianding did not take sides.

It was not until Li Shaojun lost the fight and lay there groaning that Rong Tianding asked.

"This grandson deserves a beating. He still doesn't believe me when I spread the story everywhere. Cousin, listen carefully. I will tell him the whole story. The Tao can be told..."

"Don't read it!"

Zhang Xuezhou began to recite, and Li Shaojun made a few gestures and looked at various parts of his body.

When Zhang Xuezhou finished reciting, he let out a deep breath.

"What's the matter? You can't stand listening to this anymore? Do you want me to read it again?" Zhang Xuezhou said.

"Now you can listen. Don't you know that I found a weird thing in an ancient book? That thing possessed me, and..."

"Who am I with?"

"You don't know that I used to..."

Li Shaojun had just taken advantage of Zhang Xuezhou before he could say a few words, but was subsequently exposed by Zhang Xuezhou and beaten again. Only then did he behave himself and claim to be a Taoist priest worthy of his status.

What he experienced was not particularly bizarre.

There are painting monsters and book monsters. Or maybe the residual souls of some great practitioners influenced Li Shaojun, allowing him to gain some wonderful fate and making Li Shaojun insist over the years that he is an orthodox Taoist descendant. In fact, he had no special relationship with orthodox Taoism in the past.

"Don't you find this kind of thing magical?" Li Shaojun said.

"What's so magical about this?" Rong Tianding pouted and said, "We have seen painted monsters before. From the front, they look like immortals, but from the side, they are flat, just like paper figures!"

"Painted demon, have you ever seen something as outrageous as that?" Li Shaojun asked curiously, "Show it to me now!"

“It’s gone.” Zhang Xuezhou waved his hand and said, “Last time when we were delivering Wei Shaoer’s baby, the painting monster went into Wei Shaoer’s stomach and then disappeared. Only a scroll was left!”

"You're being a little off the mark. Explain it to me so I can learn more!"

"That's a very troublesome thing to talk about!"

Li Shaojun's communication in Anle Palace was extremely successful. Before Zhang Xuezhou could ask for help, the Empress Dowager was already preparing to investigate the gourd case of that year.

This happened by chance, but it was not easy to get Li Shaojun to intervene in the gourd case.

Zhang Xuezhou did not directly ask Li Shaojun to help Yishuo, so as to avoid the other party making conditions back and forth. Instead, he went around in circles with Li Shaojun, preparing to find out the situation and then choose the right opportunity to speak.

But the topic they were discussing quickly went off the track, and Zhang Xuezhou failed to control the situation even though he tried hard.

"If the woman we saw in Pingyang Marquis's mansion was Wei Shaoer, and the child was Wei Shaoer's child, I'm afraid that the painting demon also possessed the child's body, causing Gongsun Gui to suffer such a disaster!"

After hearing this, Li Shaojun also enthusiastically put forward his own judgment, which was far from his previous judgment that the child had a valuable self-defense treasure on him.

"But what we encountered at that time was the Confucian secret technique that helped us. The painting monster doesn't have this ability!"

Zhang Xuezhou was a little hesitant. After all, Wei Shaoer had encountered many problems when giving birth to Huo Qubing.

Even now, Wei Shaoer's fertility issue has not been resolved and the pain is still there.

Zhang Xuezhou even felt that the painted monster was still in Wei Shaoer's stomach.

Li Shaojun's judgment allowed him to shift the target of his suspicion for the first time.