The national teacher does not practice

"How's it going outside?"

In the room, the old prisoner with white hair and white robes raised his head, looked at Xu Xiurong, and asked softly.

While asking, he looked through the wooden door and looked outside the house - today was New Year's Eve, and it should have been a lively and joyful night.

But at this moment, the entire academy was in dead silence, the lights were dim, and the dinner that had been prepared had to be cancelled.

When the Imperial Master died, no one was in the mood, and no one dared to celebrate at this time.

Xu Xiurong forced out a smile:
  "Huaizhu and the others are hiding in the room. Xue Ji's problem is not big, but she was suddenly stimulated. Now she has arranged for someone to take care of her... In general, it is better than expected. At least she is not naive enough to go out and do something irrational. thing."

Jian Zheng sighed and said:

"After going through so many things, it's time to grow."

Xu Xiurong said:
  "It was also those flying swords that expressed their attitude and relieved their emotions."

Jian Zheng pursed his lips and said with some surprise:

"I didn't expect Daomen to be able to do this."

During the day, Wei Huayang's nine flying swords almost passed over Yuhang City with great force.

Jian Zheng also heard the news and went over to investigate the situation.

He also witnessed with his own eyes that the Dajue Temple opened the formation barrier and that the house collapsed after being bombarded by nine flying swords. Xu Yuanyun was watching eagerly next to him.

Jian Zheng took the opportunity to take action several times. To describe it simply, three powerful men in the Shenzang Realm blocked the opponent's spring and fired a blast.

During this period, several sky-watching monks wanted to take action, but they were all suppressed by the Lord Buddha. Thousands of monks remained in the Dajue Temple, chanting Buddhist sutras and raising their hands to the sky to support the barrier.

After enduring the bombing for several hours, a large number of monks were seriously injured and vomited blood and fainted, before the three of them retreated bitterly.

Just as Ji Ping'an expected, Buddhism will pay a price, but it will not be destroyed, and its foundation is still very strong.

Once the Buddhist sect is really in a hurry, there is no pressure to take away one Shenzang, and it is very possible to take away two.

Sects that lose their top combat power will also be taken advantage of by other forces. This price is unbearable for all parties.

Therefore, it will definitely turn into a long-term war.

Wei Huayang's angry behavior can be explained by his position on this matter as the state religion of the Great Zhou Dynasty, at least to the outside world.

As for Wei Huayang's excessive anger, will it cause some people to speculate and lead to the exposure of Li Yang's vest...

All we can say is that it’s not there yet, but the seeds of doubt have been sown.

But having said that, now that the Imperial Master is dead, it is no longer important to investigate the relationship between Huayang and Ji Ping'an.

In contrast, Xu Xiurong was concerned about whether there was any hope of "resurrection" for the Imperial Master.

"Brother, have you deduced anything?" Xu Xiurong asked with great expectations.

At noon, Jian Zheng repeatedly went into history to explore for a long time. When he came back, he saw nine flying swords flying across the sky. He ran to the Southern Tang Dynasty and returned at night.

Jian Zheng pondered for a moment and said:
  "There are no clear clues, but I do suspect that Master has some backup plans."

Then, he explained what happened in history when he was "watched" by Ji Ping'an:

"At the time, I thought it was a coincidence. After all, I blocked the sun. But later, when I tried to continue observing, I found that that period of history had been erased."

"Erase?" Xu Xiurong was stunned.

Jian Zheng said "en" and said seriously:

"It's like a storybook, the text records a person's past, but when I want to turn a certain page and read a certain paragraph clearly, I find that part of the text has been obliterated."

This explanation was clear and easy to understand. Xu Xiurong was surprised and said:
  "Why? Is it because of the influence of the black sun and celestial phenomena?"

Jian Zheng was silent for a moment and explained:

"At the beginning, I also speculated like this, so I continued to go deeper into history. From that day on, I tried to spy on Master's past in this year..."

"Wait..." Xu Xiurong's face changed slightly:

"You didn't see what you shouldn't have seen..."

She suddenly felt a little guilty, worried that Jian Zheng would witness her interaction with the Imperial Master... Although on the surface, it looked like nothing... But the Xingguan's ability was unparalleled...

What if the supervisor saw her talking with the imperial master in history, and then on a whim, he stared at her past...

Why does Ji Ping'an know so many secrets? Not only because of his high status, but also because of the disgusting voyeuristic ability of the Star Official in the Divine Treasure Realm.

You can enter history and see all the secrets of a person from childhood to adulthood.

"..." The old supervisor looked at her deeply, his eyes a little strange, and then he shook his head and said:
  "How could I deliberately pry into Master's privacy? What I didn't expect is that Master's past this year is full of traces of being smeared, as if someone guessed that I would come to pry, so before that, I would Some secrets were deleted.”

Can this be done?
  Xu Xiurong was stunned. Although she was also a star observer, she did not have such unpredictable abilities.

"But besides Star Officer, who else can delete the past recorded in Starlight?"

She frowned, "Other inheritances can't do this."

Jian Zheng glanced at her and said:

"There are two possibilities, either it is the work of some more powerful existence, such as the saint and the Red Dust Immortal who only exist in legends... The rebirth of strong men has happened, so I would not be surprised if the Red Dust Immortal actually comes;
  Or, a star official who is stronger than me will look back on history in the future and interfere with me in some way.

Star officers enter history, but cannot change history. They are not part of history. Therefore, theoretically, if two star officers access the same period of history at the same time, there may be a possibility of mutual interference...

Master once mentioned it in the past, but I haven't reached that level yet. "

It's a bit messy...Xu Xiurong felt that his forehead was swollen:

"A stronger star officer in the future? You mean..."

The prison officer stared at her and said:

"It may be me in the future, or it may be..."

"Master?" Xu Xiurong understood, and her eyes lit up:
  "If the master had not died, with his ability, he would have returned to his peak sooner or later, and he absolutely does not want his life to be seen by other star officials... so it is reasonable to smear it."

If Ji Pingan is here, be sure to give her a thumbs up.

This logic sounds complicated, but there is actually a similar theory that is widely known, namely:

If we still haven't discovered humans from the future today, it means that humans have not invented a "time machine" until their demise...

Therefore, if the privacy of the Imperial Master has not been smeared, it means that the Imperial Master may have completely lost his temper. After all, a dead person cannot delete his or her browser history...

If he had not died, even if he had to carry Tianyuan on his back and drag the original imperial city with one hand, he would definitely crawl back and shout long live harmony...

Jian Zheng nodded and finally smiled:
  "This is also the reason why I suspect that Master has a back-up plan."

All this was just inference, but the two of them were still happy about it, and the deep sadness was greatly relieved.

Xu Xiurong also became excited:

"Then what should we do next?"

Jian Zheng thought for a moment and said:
  "First of all, absolutely do not disclose this matter to anyone. If the inference that the master deliberately faked his death and obliterated key information is true, it means that this involves some of his arrangements. Secondly, we only need to treat him as Die and then do what we have to do so that no one else becomes suspicious.”

Xu Xiurong nodded vigorously: "I will listen to you."

She didn't want to break this illusion, even if it was false, she didn't care.

At this time, she finally noticed the map on the table and said curiously:

"What are you looking at?"

Jian Zheng said "Oh" and said:

"Beiguanzhou is the territory of the barbarians. I conducted an astrology on the upcoming changes in the situation in Kyushu and got two pieces of information. First, the spiritual elements of heaven and earth will continue to grow, reaching a level rarely seen in the past. You should have sensed this. ."

Xu Xiurong nodded:
  "Since the Black Sun, the spiritual element of heaven and earth has continued to grow, becoming more and more concentrated. The current concentration has almost caught up with the time when the human and demon clans were fighting."

Jian Zheng nodded and continued:
  "The second article is that the old king of the demon country went to the barbarians for an unknown purpose." "The king who has been in seclusion for many years and ascended the throne at the same time as Zhenren Liyang? He is not dead yet..." Xu Xiurong was stunned for a moment.

The lifespan of demons is much longer than that of humans.

The "old king" in her words was the "husband" that Mu Jiuyao almost married in the past. He was also the one who killed Li Yang in the battle at Jieshan.

After the war ended, the old monarch shouldered the blame for the failure of the war and abdicated in favor of someone more worthy.

Because the foundation was damaged in the war, his realm fell, and he gradually retreated into seclusion. He has not been seen for a long time.

"Well, I guess this sudden appearance is for the purpose of forming an alliance? After all, the monster tribe is facing the pressure from us and urgently needs help. This old monster had some friendship with the barbarian tribe back then."

Jian Zheng shook his head and said indifferently:

"But today's barbarians are no longer what they used to be. There are no strong men anymore. We don't need to pay attention to them. Let's leave it to the court to deal with them. Just let them bite dogs."

Beiguanzhou is adjacent to the divine capital, and the imperial court is heavily guarded there.

The death of the Imperial Master this time, even if Xu Xiurong and three others arrived at that time, it would not have much impact.

But the feud that the imperial court deliberately blocked was finally settled.

It's just that we need to deal with Buddhism at the moment, and it's not suitable to completely break the table with the court, but Jian Zheng didn't have any idea of ​​reminding Emperor Yuan Qing.

Xu Xiurong also nodded and quickly put the matter behind him.

The barbarians were too far away from the Central Plains. They were a group of barbarians outside the customs that even the people of the Divine Capital City didn't pay attention to. She didn't even bother to look over there.

……

……

"Exiled Land?!"

In the cave where the wind and snow howled, the fire lit up. The warm flames dispelled the cold and illuminated the faces of Ji Ping'an and Liuli.

Liuli's focus was entirely on her location.

She was in the southernmost part of Kyushu before, but in the blink of an eye, she was in the northernmost part.

"Yeah, don't glare at me, I'm surprised too." Ji Ping'an was equally helpless.

Before entering the stone gate, he imagined countless possibilities, but he never thought that he would step out and end up in this ghost place.

Beiguanzhou is actually divided into two parts: north and south.

The southern half belonged to the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty. When he returned to Qintian Prison, the yin-yang born Shi Jilun he met had his home in Beiguan Prefecture.

The greater half of the north is the territory of the barbarians.

According to barbarian legends, they are a group born from a mixture of humans and demons in ancient times, with well-developed limbs and simple minds.

It has been living in a bitter cold land, and there has been no glorious period in history.

However, during the historical period of the war between humans and demons, the destruction of Daqian, and the establishment of Dazhou, this group of Kuhaha took the opportunity to develop.

Allied with the demon clan and went south to eat a wave of Daqian's "corpse".

He briefly dominated the entire Beiguan Prefecture and became wealthy for a while.

As a result, his ambitions grew, and he continued to go south, hoping to live in the Central Plains. However, at this time, the Great Zhou Dynasty was rising, and he was beaten back by the fierce God Emperor and the Imperial Master.

After the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, in order to avoid further trouble in the north, the Imperial Master made a special trip to the barbarian territories to "take care of" them while traveling around the "countries".

During this period, killings were inevitable, because the barbarians did not have any top strong people to back them up, so the national master was more liberal and completely crippled them.

Even hundreds of years have passed and it has not recovered...

The entire ethnic group is also huddled in this place. To the south is the border army of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and to the north is a snow-covered wasteland.

The end of the wasteland is the northernmost edge of Kyushu, namely:
  "Polar".

The snowfield from the pole to the back of the barbarians was called the "Land of Exile."

It can be understood as the back garden of the barbarians.

The reason why it is called "the place of exile" is because the barbarians have a tradition.

Perhaps because the population is too thin, members of the barbarian tribe who commit crimes are often not killed, but are expelled from the tribe and driven to the snowy fields in the north to fend for themselves...

Over time, this place became known as the "Place of Exile", and those sinners also built a small city around the "Pole".

In addition, this place of exile has two special features.

One is that the spiritual elements of heaven and earth here are extremely thin, and the difficulty of cultivation is several degrees higher than in the Central Plains.

The other is that the speed of time here is different from that of the outside world. In short, the closer to the "pole", the faster the speed of time.

For example, if you stay in the polar regions for a month, two or three months may have passed by the outside world.

It's very pit...

Ji Ping'an came here to investigate before, but he didn't get much, so he didn't bother to come here later.

"So, the secret of the stars' return lies in the place of exile?" Liuli couldn't believe it.

Ji Ping'an played with the bonfire with wooden sticks, nodded seriously and said:

"I suspect it has something to do with the polar regions. Although I didn't detect anything back then, I have indeed not been back since the stars returned. Maybe some changes have occurred here."

Liuli nodded, hugged her knees, slowly moved closer to the bonfire, and said:

"Then we have to continue heading north. However, the spiritual element here is too thin, and we are all injured. I'm afraid it will take a while before we can move."

Ji Pingan said:
  "You don't have to wait too long...don't forget, I am a star officer."

Liuli's eyes widened in confusion, and she saw Ji Ping'an smiling and saying:
  "Star officials absorb spiritual elements from starlight, which is slightly different from other ways. Although there is little spiritual element in the air here, the starlight is very grand."

He blinked. In this place where other methods are restrained, it is the Star Officer's biggest home ground.

"Come and help me barbecue. When you're full, I'll take you on your way."

Ji Pingan urged, then paused and looked at her:

"Do you eat meat?"

Liuli looked at him blankly, just like back then, two people were making a living in the ice and snow, as if history was repeating itself.

However, this time, she decisively picked up the beast's body, threw it on the fire, roasted it seriously, and whispered:

"What about food?"

……

South of the cave, on the edge of the rolling storm, the wind and snow suddenly disappeared here. This is the boundary between the barbarian territory and the place of exile.

At this moment, a group of barbarian soldiers were patrolling past here.

They wore thick leather armor, were taller than humans, had short horns on their heads, and had lush body hair, and each carried an iron axe.

Among them, a barbarian soldier captain nearly two meters tall climbed up the stone and looked into the distance, guarding against the beasts hidden in the wind and snow that occasionally ran out.

Suddenly, he saw a bright fire suddenly light up in the place of exile where the wind and snow howled.

This...this...the "captain"'s pupils suddenly dilated, his heart beat like a drum, as if he had seen something incredible.

……

ps: I know this chapter is very "watery", and the plot doesn't seem to advance much, but there is indeed a lot of information that needs to be explained, and some of it has been compressed and deleted. Woo hoo, the plot will definitely start to advance tomorrow.

Thanks to Maple Leaf Broken Core for the [-]-coin reward, and Bai Gao and Oudi’s dad for the [-]-coin reward for their support! (End of chapter)