Traveling the Heavens in Thunderbolt

Chapter 1097: The Decision Between Heaven and Man
Li Yang wanted to issue an imperial edict to cause chaos in Liang. Xu Fengnian, who was well prepared, personally led people to intercept the imperial edict at the border between Bei Liang and Li Yang.

As a result, he encountered Gao Shulu, the Forget-Your-Sorrow Goddess who was escorted along with the imperial edict.

Gao Shulu easily broke free from the talisman that had bound her for hundreds of years and fought with Xu Fengnian.

Before the battle of Liangmang, Xu Fengnian had already entered the celestial realm.

After many battles, he wandered between life and death.

With a Dahuangting (Great Yellow Palace) on his body and one thousand and eighty lotus flowers on it, he circulated over and over again, achieving eternal life and breaking through the immortal realm on land.

During the battle, Xu Fengnian used his sword Chunhu and successively unleashed Li Chungang's Two Sleeves of Green Snakes, Sword Qi Rolling Dragon Wall, Gu Jiantang's Square Inch Thunder, Han Diaosi's Red Snake and Red Silk, Deng Tai'a's Flying Sword, Qi Lianhua's Snow Knife, and Ao Xiao Hongchen's Hong Chen Ran Ran.

Still, Gao Shulu was helpless and was easily taken over one by one.

Finally, Gao Shulu displayed his extraordinary power, raining swords turned into curtains and sword energy turned into tornadoes.

Xu Fengnian waved his hand lightly, shattering the aura of heaven and man, and even smashing the rain sword into pieces.

Then with the sound of sword coming, Xu Fengnian turned rain into swords, and thousands of swords became talismans.

The mountain is sealed.

Four hundred years ago, a talisman was used to open the mountain, and four hundred years later, another talisman was used to close the mountain.

This talisman comes from Li Chungang's two swords and two wishes, from Deng Tai'a riding a donkey upside down to see the mountains and rivers, from Luoyang making swords with rain water, from Master Liu Hao's thunder pool, from Han Shengxuan's unparalleled finger mystery, from Song Nianqing's earthly immortal sword before his death, from Xuanyuan Jingcheng's calmness in going to death, from Cao Changqing's watching the ceremony in Tai'an City, from Jiang Ni's flying sword straight through the eighteen gates, from Wang Xianzhi's willingness to stay at the second place on the martial arts list for a decade, from Jianzi Xianji's fishing in Youyan Lake, from Yiyeshu's invincibility, from Aoxiao Hongchen's sword to destroy all enemies, and so on.

It came from all the romantic things Xu Fengnian had encountered in his life, his sword practice and self-cultivation, the Great Emperor Zhenwu whom he had invited down from the Spring God Lake, and when he entered the immortal realm on land and was in a trance, he saw her who had lived for four hundred years, and the talisman of "himself".

Gao Shulu remained calm and fought with all his might.

Just as the two were in a stalemate, a red light broke through the ground and entered Xu Fengnian's body.

Xu Fengnian's martial energy burst out instantly, his crown shattered, and the talisman became more powerful.

The situation was reversed, the world was in chaos, and the tall trees were no longer in good shape.

With one talisman, life and death were decided. Xu Fengnian came and sat down next to Gao Shulu.

"You are different." Gao Shulu did not look angry at all. Instead, he looked happy and looked down at the world leisurely.

"It's just about getting back the part that belongs to me." Xu Fengnian's black hair fluttered in the wind. Same face, but completely different temperament.

"Gao Shulu, four hundred years ago, you were a prince of the Dafeng Dynasty who was about to ascend the throne. You were only interested in becoming an immortal and didn't want to be an emperor for a hundred years. So you went to Wudang Mountain, the ancestral home of Taoism, to ask a question: what does the word immortal mean? At that time, Lu Zu was reincarnated and had not yet awakened, so no one could answer it. You went to Longhu Mountain, but no one could answer it either, or they only gave you a half-answer. It was not until that person came into being that he helped you give the answer. The word immortal has two answers. I'm asking you now, have you ever regretted your choice?"

"Why should I worry about the world's divisions and reunions?" Gao Shulu called himself a worry-forgetting celestial being, so how could he be bothered by the mundane world? "The world of martial arts four hundred years later will be much more interesting, but it's a pity that the spirit that has supported me for four hundred years has finally come to an end. The only thing I regret is that four hundred years ago, the Dafeng Dynasty almost unified the world, but the northern barbarians broke into the capital."

Xu Fengnian snapped his fingers and untied the mountain-sealing talisman.

Gao Shulu stood up, and his figure disappeared between heaven and earth. I came without worries, and I leave without worries. I know life and death, and I am not afraid of death, so why should I be afraid of death? I have achieved immortality, and I do not crave immortality, so why should I be tempted by immortality?

Just after the dew on Gao Shulu dissipated, thunder rumbled in the sky, purple clouds formed, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and there was a hint of a great catastrophe approaching.

The Heavenly Gate appears faintly in the clouds and mist, the five seals cycle back and forth, and the Heavenly Gate is difficult to open.

Xu Fengnian looked up at the sky, his mouth sneered, and he said in a low voice: "Heavenly beings in the sky, are you still not giving up?"

"Well, I don't mind defeating you again."

Behind him, there was a giant snow-white dragon several thousand feet long, formed by the condensation of good fortune. It had nine claws on its body, opened its mouth wide enough to swallow a mountain, and roared towards the sky.

The roar reached the sky, followed by an imperceptible sound of shattering.

A tiny crack appeared in the formation formed by the five seals above the Heavenly Gate.

Then, heaven and earth fell silent.

Xu Fengnian did not leave immediately, but spent some time with Zhao Kusi, the old eunuch who followed the imperial edict and escorted Gao Shulu.

Xu Fengnian said respectfully: "I would like to thank Mr. Zhao on behalf of Beiliang. The Xu family owes Zhao Changling too much. The old man has made great contributions to Beiliang this time, and he is also an old friend of Zhao Yang in Beiliang. Although Beiliang is not as prosperous as Tai'an, it can also allow the old man to rest in his later years."

The Zhao Changling mentioned by Xu Fengnian was the chief strategist of Beiliang before Li Yishan. He was good at open strategies and a strategist in the Spring and Autumn Period. He was praised as the best in Jiangzuo and a well-deserved talent to assist the king. He was the eldest grandson of the Zhao family of Luting, Da Chu, one of the top ten powerful families in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Because her elder sister was sacrificed in the competition for favor in the palace and was defeated, she was killed by the Western Shu emperor who kept her in the dark with a cup of poisoned wine and died tragically in the Western Shu palace.

However, the family turned a blind eye, saying that "it was all their own fault". After learning the truth, the Emperor of Western Shu not only did not repent, but humiliated Zhao Changling in every way. Zhao Changling was filled with grief and indignation, and resolutely abandoned his family business and led 600 servants to join the Xu family army, which was not yet famous at that time. It was precisely because of Zhao Changling's move that Xu Xiao was able to stand out among the high-ranking officials and generals in Liyang.

After destroying Western Chu, he proposed the idea of ​​proclaiming himself emperor and supported Xu Xiao to declare himself emperor, dividing the river with Li Yang, and then fighting a battle similar to the "Battle of Xileibi" to determine the throne. He was the head of the Fulong faction of Xu's army, and confronted Li Yishan and others who were ridiculed as the "Anti-Dragon Faction".

After listening to Wu Su's suggestion, Xu Xiao refused to divide the country by the river.

A series of Beiliang elites, including Yan Wenluan, were banished to the "cold palace" by Xu Xiao. Many people felt disheartened and left quietly on the day Xu Xiao was crowned king. Among them were Xu Pu and Wu Qi, who were known as the "Twin Pillars of Beiliang". After this turmoil, they became strangers to Li Yishan, with whom they had a good relationship before. They died of illness when they were only ten miles away from the Western Shu Imperial Palace, and were unable to personally avenge the Western Shu royal family for the murder and humiliation of their relatives in the past.

There was once a chess piece named "Zhao Siku" placed in the imperial palace, but later the chess game was taken over by Li Yishan.

Zhao Changling has always supported Chen Zhibao taking over Beiliang in the future, believing that this would be better than Xu Fengnian.

This idea also influenced his disciples. Xu Xiao's two adopted sons, Ye Xizhen and Yao Jian, supported Chen Zhibao.

In the situation at Tiemen Pass, Xu Xiao gave poisoned wine to the two men and killed them.

Zhao Siku shook his head and said, "How can a eunuch like me who is despised by everyone be worthy of the title of Sir? Your Majesty is like this, do you still want me to work for you? This is not enough."

(End of this chapter)