With magical powers, I can quietly meditate on sutras for hundreds of years and become an immortal.

Chapter 38
  The night is dark and the bright moon is high.

After deeply appreciating Yang's flute skills, I feel that this is all.

He rejected Murong Tao's invitation, patting his chest and saying that he would pay for all the expenses tonight.

Li Zhen walked out of Ningxiang Building surrounded by Yingying and Yanyan.

As soon as the evening breeze blew under the night, the whole person's mind suddenly became clearer.

He grabbed his body with his hands, and invisible energy flowed.

The fragrance of the powder condenses into a small ball, and you flick it easily.

He straightened his clothes and left leisurely.

It's just the direction he walked.

It doesn't seem to be the direction back to Xianming Mountain.

Under the night, the Imperial City looked like a giant beast that couldn't breathe, entrenched in the capital.

Under the towering city wall, Li Zhen suddenly had some such illusions.

But it was quickly banished from his mind.

The use of Shadow Chasing Wind is like a shadow in the dark night.

In the blink of an eye, he crossed the three-foot high wall.

Standing on the city wall, which is spacious enough for a horse-drawn carriage, he glanced at the flickering firelight in the distance.

Li Zhen set off again and groped towards the palace.

Two quarters later.

He stood in the middle of an ordinary courtyard.

His eyes swept across, and a look of confusion flashed across his face.

"The source of the obscure martial arts will during the day should be here."

"only."

While he was wondering, an old voice came from behind him.

"My little friend, it's not Taoist style to show up uninvited."

Slightly surprised, he turned around calmly and said calmly:
  "Old senior, it's not a gentleman's style to spy on someone for no reason!"

At the same time, he looked at the figure that appeared behind him at some point.

No need to think too much, a man who can appear in the palace at night.

In addition to the emperor, it must be a eunuch.

And the person in front of me is still an old eunuch who is no longer in his prime.

He has chicken skin and white hair, and his body is dry and thin.

The loose robe was a bit loose and nondescript on him.

But Li Zhen did not underestimate him because of this.

Because he was the innate who was secretly frightening him during the day.

Without doing anything to cause misunderstanding, Li Zhen expressed his intention directly:
  "Xiaodao has no ill intentions, I just want to ask senior a question."

"Oh."

The voice was uneven and the old eunuch didn't believe him.

Li Zhen didn't take it seriously and said to himself:

"I just want to ask, senior, who has been in the palace for a long time, has he ever known about Eunuch Yu?"

"Eunuch Yu?"

He repeated it in a low voice, his eyes turning slightly cloudy.

"You mean Xiao Yuzi, right?"

"Remember, remember, when he entered the palace, the Za family gave him a cleansing body."

"Why, you came here today because you wanted to"

"Senior misunderstood."

Li Zhen made a bow and looked directly at him:
  "Xiaodao just wants to ask about the palace fire in the twenty-seventh year of Kaiyuan."

"Who on earth injured Eunuch Yu?"

Yes, this is the real reason why he left and came back today.

Although Eunuch Yu is gone.

Moreover, even if Eunuch Yu is reincarnated, he will definitely be very satisfied with the ending.

But who was injured?

This question has been lingering in his mind for a long time and has not been forgotten for a long time.

"The twenty-seventh year of Kaiyuan"

The old eunuch's tone was somewhat emotional.

"Seven years have passed, so that's a lot of time!"

"The Miscellaneous Family remembers that it was Tuoba Han, the great master of the unripe wolf cub of the East Turks, who together with the Goryeo Sword Master and the Western Region Sword Demon planned to assassinate His Majesty."

"The eldest princess was stopped by Tuoba Han, and the Za family was struggling to support the two innates alone."

"Xiao Yuzi suddenly appeared and lured the Goryeo Sword Master away. By the time the Za family turned around, there was no trace of them."

He shook his head, seemingly filled with regret.

"It's a pity. If the Za family had known in advance that Xiao Yuzi had also achieved innateness, they would never have been like this."

"Oh, it's too late to talk about this now, it's too late."

"Young man, the palace is not the place you should be. Just pretend you didn't see me tonight and leave as soon as possible."

From beginning to end, the old eunuch never mentioned his own name.     Just after all is said and done.

He waved his hand half-heartedly, and left slowly holding a palace lantern stained by time and weather.

Li Zhen was left with a somewhat small and desolate figure from behind.

Under the night shadow, he stood at the highest point of Huangji Palace.

Stand against the wind and look to the east.

"Goryeo Sword Master."

"A place that sounds disgusting!"

With such a murmur, Li Zhen's figure fell into the shadows.
  Disappear.

After the New Year, Dazhou came to Tianbao for eight years.

"Woooooo."

"Taoist Master, of course, I can't bear to leave you."

In front of Chuixiang Tower.

All things that are about to leave are wiping tears at Li Zhen and Ziran.

"If you don't want to leave, then stay."

Sitting on a recliner with a book covering his face.

Li Zhen, who was taking a nap in the sun, said something coldly.

Suddenly, the atmosphere became awkward.

All things can neither stay nor leave.

He had no choice but to turn his eyes for help to the old god beside him, Zi Ziran.

Naturally, he glared a little angrily, but still helped him out.

"Just go, don't cry like a little girl."

"Remember, send a letter back every once in a while. Don't let the Taoist Priest and I worry about you."

"Uh-huh!"

He nodded heavily.

The seven years he spent in Chuixiang Tower were excluding the time spent practicing martial arts.

There wasn't a moment when he didn't want to leave.

But when it was time to leave, I found that I was a little reluctant to leave.

But now, he couldn't leave even if he didn't want to.

If the emperor says something, how can he have any room to regret it?

Everything is gone.

Together with Taoist Tian, ​​he left the capital.

Li Zhen didn't know what would greet him.

But obviously, the outside world is not as beautiful as he thought.

However, everyone has their own ambitions, and he can only respect the choices of everyone around him.

As before.

Not long after, before the spring flowers bloomed.

Another news came from the palace that Manager Wang had been released.

People are fine, everything else is gone.

It is said that when his house in the capital was raided, hundreds of thousands of taels of cash alone were found in the cellar.

The rest of the jewelry, antiques, land deeds and the like are not included.

The emperor who originally planned to keep him in the palace changed his mind on the spot.

Manager Wang was given the title of inspector and asked to go down below to supervise the inability of the states to collect medicinal materials.

If it's done well, there's still a chance to win back the emperor's heart.

If you don't do it well, you'll end up with your head on the ground.

When Manager Wang left, he asked to see Li Zhen, but he didn't agree.

Later, Eunuch Chen personally sent some things over, but he didn't accept them.

Seeing how resolute he looked, he let it go.

Time passed like this day by day.

Li Zhen read the Taoist Scriptures as usual, transforming his own energy.

Until, this autumn.

"Director, the weather seems to be getting colder this year than in previous years."

"The sunflowers in the fields are frozen, so this year's harvest may not be good."

Li Zhen put down the book, looked at his natural temperament, which became more and more like his own, and smiled:
  "It's okay, just have less. I haven't finished the leftovers from last year."

"It would be a pity if they were all sent to be pressed for oil."

"Oh."

She curled her lips and said nothing more.

But, is there really nothing?

Li Zhen cast his sight further north than the capital, as if feeling something.

(End of this chapter)