The Ming Dynasty took an unconventional approach

Pan Yun brought Xue Shao into the academy.

Most of the students who participated in the anti-bandit operation have returned. Except for a few of them, all the students from the lower grades have returned. Only some students from the higher grades are still gaining experience outside.

Jiangnan was in turmoil, and most of them were out doing disaster relief.

After the trip to Japan, Pan Yun's reputation in the academy grew even greater. When she led Xue Shao through the academy, the classmates all turned their heads to look at her with shining eyes.

Even the knowledgeable Xue Shao felt a little uncomfortable being looked at, and asked: "Why do they look at you like that?"

Pan Yun: "They want to read my face, tell fortunes for me, and practice with me. Don't bother with them. They only dare to think about it in their hearts and dare not come to me."

Xue Shao: "Your image in the academy is so fierce?"

Pan Yun refused to admit it: "It's okay, I'm an upright and kind person, you see, I'm just being a good person, bringing you in to meet your relatives, right?"

Xue Shao paused and turned to look at her: "I came to see you."

Pan Jun raised his eyebrows.

Xue Shao: "Thank you for what you did for me."

Pan Yun: "It's not just for you. Spreading the news about Yinshan will also be beneficial to Haijin."

Xue Shao: "Because of this, His Majesty is very angry, and the court's evaluation of you is mixed. Originally, the suppression of Japanese bandits and the silver mine were two great achievements for you, but after the news was widely publicized, they..."

Xue Shao paused and said nothing.

Pan Yun: "I know. They think I'm a troublemaker. I act on my own, have no sense of the overall situation, and don't take His Majesty and the court seriously. Didn't they scold me a lot?"

Xue Shao smiled and said, "Censor Pan has been sent to inspect Datong Prefecture."

Pan Jun's smile froze and he sighed, "I expected it."

Her response to this was: "As long as I don't die and don't lose my freedom, it's fine. I'm already a monk, and my family ties are severed. I'll have to make my own decisions in the future."

Xue Shao's eyes dropped and looked at her clenched fist.

Pan Yun loosened her fingers and grinned at him.

Xue Shao smiled and said, "Let's go. I'll trouble Master Pan to lead the way for me."

Pan Yun took him to find Xue Taixu: "By the way, why did you come to see me?"

Xue Shao: "I was going to Quanzhou, but halfway through I remembered that you had three ships. At this time, ships are very popular, especially for the rebels, so I came to remind you."

He glanced at it and said with a smile: "But you forgot that the Longhu Mountain Academy is not an ordinary place. Unless a large army comes to attack, it will be difficult for a few scoundrels to invade."

"There's not enough for my classmates to practice with." Pan Yun raised his chin and said, "We're there."

Xue Shao followed her gaze and saw Xue Taixu standing by the door with his hands clasped.

Xue Taixu smiled kindly and smiled at them.

Xue Shao stepped forward and saluted.

Xue Taixu: "When I woke up this morning, two teacups broke, and I knew that there would be trouble today. I kept waiting, but I didn't expect that I would get a surprise instead of trouble."

Xue Shao: ...

Pan Yun chuckled: "Master Xue, maybe he is the trouble."

Xue Taixu shook his head with a serious face: "I am not like you, my junior. Even if there is trouble for me, I am happy to accept it."

Pan Yun turned around and said to Xue Shao, "Master Xue really loves you deeply. Remember to mention more things that will embarrass him. If you miss this opportunity, you may never have this chance again."

Xue Shao smiled and cupped his hands, saying, "I do have something to trouble you, uncle."

Xue Taixu stepped aside and invited him in. Pan Yun did not follow him in, but invited him to have dinner together.

Unexpectedly, Xue Shao disappeared in the afternoon.

Xue Taixu pointed to the mountain path behind him: "He is up there."

Pan Jun looked puzzled: "Why is he going there?"

"Enlightenment," Xue Taixu smiled and stroked his beard, "I haven't told you yet, have I? Although I broke two teacups this morning, three magpies stood in a row outside my window and sang. The two teacups that fell to the ground were not broken. I have tried for many years, but I have never been able to persuade him to practice Taoism. Unexpectedly, this time, I don't need to persuade him, he figured it out on his own."

Pan Jun rolled his eyes and said, "I want to go too."

Xue Taixu: "Aren't you going on a long journey?"

Pan Yun: "It will take time for the Wulin League to come here. We will leave after we meet at Tianshi Mansion. We are scheduled to leave in two days."

Pan Yun was negotiating with the Tianshi Mansion and had just taken out several secret books from the academy. With her self-study ability, she really didn't need to study in class anymore, so it was useless to keep them at this time.

Xue Taixu thought about it and nodded: "Okay, go up the mountain."

But not everyone can reach the top of the mountain. Xue Shao was able to go there because Xue Taixu used his own recommendation quota.

The quota has been used up, and Pan Yun has another way to get in.

Xue Taixu dragged her to the Criminal Law Hall and said to Lin Jingle, "She insulted me, so I'll punish her by confining her to the mountain for two days."

Pan Jun said with a look of "I was wrong" on his face: "The students are willing to be punished."

Lin Jingle looked at them in confusion: "What did she scold you for? Did she ask you to punish her by sending her up the mountain?"

Xue Taixu: "I don't want to say these unpleasant words, nor do I want to hear them again."

Pan Jun: “I was wrong.”

Lin Jingle reacted instantly, took a deep breath, and looked back and forth at the two of them in silence.

Xue Taixu said righteously, "It's not serious. Just let her go up the mountain and face the wall for two days. Lock her up in any cave."

Lin Jingle sneered: "Wouldn't it be best to send it to the open cave on the top of the mountain?"

Xue Taixu nodded: "I'll be less angry after being locked up there for two days."

Lin Jingle looked at him steadily for a while, lowered his head, wrote a warrant, stamped it and handed it to Pan Yun.

Pan Jun took it happily.

Lin Jingle then said quietly, "You have been punished to be put in solitary confinement on the mountain. You should know that a certain number of points will be deducted for each confinement. Be careful that your total score for the year-end exam may not be enough."

Pan Yun paused as he was about to fold the order, then said nonchalantly, "I know, as long as I can pass it, that's fine."

Last year she made such a big mistake but she was still able to go to school safely, let alone such a small mistake this year?

Lin Jingle snorted and waved his hand to let the two leave.

Of course, the "guilty" Pan Yun was escorted up the mountain by two senior sisters from the Criminal Law Hall.

Xue Taixu escorted the people to the foot of the mountain and said with a smile: "In Longhu Mountain, if you don't go into the public cave on the top of the mountain once, your student life will not be perfect. The mistake you made last time was too big, so you were directly locked up in the cave below. This time you go to the top of the mountain and take a good look. Although the public cave is not as good as the one below, there are many things inside, which are very useful."

Pan Yun went up the mountain with great anticipation.

Cheng Lingzi was eating a steamed bun on the top of the mountain. When he saw Pan Yun coming up the mountain, he raised his eyebrows and stood up while eating his bun: "What trouble have you caused again?"

Cheng Lingzi was very curious: "Aren't you a great contributor to the Tianshi Mansion and the court recently? A celebrity in the academy?" Pan Yun: "Brother, you are in the cliff of remorse, but you know everything about what is happening down the mountain."

Cheng Lingzi: "It's so noisy and noisy down there, it's hard not to know."

Cheng Lingzi took the warrant from the Criminal Law Hall and looked at it with disgust: "Insults? Two days of confinement? Since when did Hall Master Lin, who has always been impartial, show favoritism?"

Pan Yun: "Don't make blind guesses. This is a very fair verdict."

Cheng Lingzi snorted and pointed at the ground below, saying, "There is the first cave at the top of the mountain. You can just turn over and get in. Go in by yourself."

Pan Yun: "You can't use your energy here, aren't you afraid that I might fall down?"

"That was your life too. You were able to dig out of the hole even though there was only a layer of soil between us. If you don't deserve to die, who should?"

Cheng Lingzi urged her to get down the cave quickly, and said, "Don't touch anything in there. There are other people in the cave besides you. Stay five steps away from them. Otherwise, if you get hurt by mistake, I won't care."

Pan Yun agreed immediately, leaned over to look down, then squatted down to support himself against the edge of the cliff, turned over and jumped in.

As soon as he entered, Pan Yun noticed something different.

There is wind in this cave, and it is very windy.

Unlike the single room she had lived in before, it was pitch dark inside and she couldn’t see the bottom.

She looked outside and saw that the entrance was not big. It was the same size as the hole below, but just staggered.

Pan Jun took out a torch from the spiritual space, lit it and went in. She found that it was really deep inside. As she walked, she found a light in front of her. She turned a corner and saw a cave entrance.

She walked forward, looked down, and realized that there were many holes on this floor, but they were connected from the inside.

After figuring it out, she held up the torch and looked at the cave carefully.

She came to Siguo Cliff because Xue Taixu asked Xue Shao to come here to gain enlightenment;

He asked him to come, which meant that there was something in the Cliff of Repentance that could help him attain enlightenment.

Second, she wanted to explore the underlying things that she had vaguely glimpsed at the beginning.

During this negotiation with the Tianshi Mansion, she realized that the Tianshi Mansion was very interesting and its internal affairs were no simpler than those of the royal family.

Pan Yun walked in holding a torch and saw some carvings on the wall.

She walked forward with a torch in her hand and could barely make out the words on the wall. "I really want to eat chicken legs... What nonsense! You spent so much effort to carve words on the wall. Can't you carve something useful?"

Pan Jun held up the torch and looked down: "I curse Zheng Yaojie for failing in his quest for the truth..."

"Qiyou breaks through to the first marquis..."

"I hope that Senior Sister will accept my proposal..."

Pan Yun walked faster and faster. He first saw a person sitting cross-legged on the ground facing the wall, and then he noticed that the things on the wall had changed.

"The secret method of prayer in the inner hall of the Taiyi Fire Palace..." Pan Jun paused slightly, then walked around the fellow disciples on the ground. She knew this because her eldest brother had taught her. Moreover, it was also included in the Taoist secret method given to her by the Tianshi Palace this time.

It seemed that there were many people who were punished to come to the wall of the big cave. On the way inside, Pan Yun met four people, including a senior brother and a senior sister, but Xue Shao was not there.

Moreover, the inner cave is interconnected. After walking a few steps, you will see a fork in the road, and after the fork there is another fork in the road, and occasionally you will see a big hole.

Pan Yun simply went with her own feelings.

She didn't know how long she had been walking, she was getting further and further away, there was no one around her, and the space was getting smaller and smaller. The stone walls on both sides were very close, only enough space for one person to pass, and that person couldn't be too fat.

The torch in his hand flickered, which meant that the oxygen was also decreasing.

Pan Jun paused slightly, but decided to continue walking down based on his feeling.

Pan Xiaohei popped his head out from her collar at some point, staring ahead with sharp eyes.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, Pan Yun saw a light ahead.

She followed the light and the view ahead suddenly became clear.

She lowered her head and walked out of the path, and in front of her was a large circular space.

Pan Jun took a quick look and saw that the diameter was about fifty meters.

The mountain walls on both sides are very high, and there are lamp posts, and the oil lamps on them are all lit at this time.

Xue Shao had his back to her and was looking up at something. As soon as she raised her foot, an echo sounded in the cave, and he turned his head to look over.

When he saw the person clearly, the indifference in his eyes faded away, and he looked surprised: "Why are you here?"

Pan Yun didn't answer him, but walked forward with a torch in hand: "What are you looking at?"

"Some secrets." Xue Shao pointed at the wall and said, "It seems to be the secret of Tianshi Mansion that you don't know."

Hearing this, Pan Yun walked forward to take a look curiously.

There is a mural on the wall. The person who carved it tried very hard, so it looks a little sloppy, but you can still see it if you look closely.

Xue Shao led her to the other end: "Start from here."

Pan Jun looked up.

A hungry baby was born and was held in someone's arms. Strangely, above their heads there was a person sitting cross-legged, glowing all over.

Pan Jun scratched his head, not understanding, and continued reading. Then there were children, teenagers, and adults. It should be the baby who had grown up. There were also gestures of making hand gestures and casting spells, which meant that he was learning Taoism and had made some achievements, because the Taoist robe he was wearing was a robe of the sun, moon, and stars.

In the next painting, two babies appeared. A man in Taoist robes was performing a ritual around the two children, and his hand gestures were a little strange.

Pan Jun moved closer to take a look, and when he saw clearly the hand gestures he was making, he raised his eyebrows, looked back at Xue Shao, and then continued reading.

Then, the two babies grew up at the same time, one was learning Taoism in front, and the other lagged behind him for a distance. They were also practicing the Taoism, but the difference could be seen.

The distance between the two boys grew farther and farther, until one day, a monster appeared, opened its big mouth and swallowed the first boy.

Pan Yun: "...What kind of mess is this?"

Xue Shao: "Isn't it obvious? Rumor has it that Master Zhang is the reincarnation of Master Chongyang, so he has extremely high talent. And this is your Taoist method of changing fate. The people who painted the murals believe that Master Zhang changed the fate of the two children, so this boy is far ahead, while the child whose fate was changed has always been behind. But the way of heaven is orderly and retribution is inevitable. In the end, the person with super talent and changed fate encountered a monster... Don't you think this story sounds familiar?"

Pan Yun stroked his chin and said, "You've heard a lot. Few outsiders can perceive the struggles within the Tianshi Mansion."

Xue Shao said: "The Tianshi Mansion has been around for more than 1,300 years since the Eastern Han Dynasty. With Kong in the north and Zhang in the south, the Tianshi Mansion has accumulated countless wealth. Especially the emperor of this dynasty favors the Zhang family and has granted the Tianshi Mansion the title of nobility and ordered the Tianshi Mansion to govern the Taoists of the world. With such great power and influence, how could there not be conflicts?"

"The year Zhang Liuzhen was seriously injured, my great uncle came home and wanted to take me to Longhu Mountain to practice. Although he didn't say it explicitly, I knew that he wanted me to protect Zhang Liuzhen."

Pan Jun raised his eyebrows.

Xue Shao: "I have no intention of getting involved in their fight. My uncle also thinks that life is free and we should not make ourselves uncomfortable, so he strongly opposed me going up the mountain to practice Taoism."

He looked at Pan Jun dimly: "What about you? Are you making yourself uncomfortable?"

"I'm different from you. Ever since I was taken away by Xuan Miao, I have naturally stood with him." Pan Jun raised his head and looked directly at him: "This time, we are in deep cooperation."

Xue Shao sighed, "I guessed it. The Tianshi Mansion treated you too well. You have been fighting for so long, even His Majesty is angry, and it didn't affect you. It seems that Master Zhang has made a lot of efforts." (End of this chapter)