On the Avenue.

Chapter 252 Thousands of Lights
The banquet hall of the Wan Mansion was still filled with lights, wine, and laughter.

The end of the year is approaching, and the medicine messengers from the thirteen families have all arrived, including Li Xiaoguang from the Li family, Xia Jie from the Xia family, Yan Yi from the Yan family, Zhang Shouyi from the Zhang family, Yang Luohua from the Yang family, Gao Jian from the Gao family, Xu Fangzhi from the Xu family, Jiang Tu from the Jiang family, Fei Youying from the Fei family, Zhai Baobao from the Zhai family, Cui Zhi from the Cui family, Ma Dingguo from the Ma family, and Gu Xiaochuan from the Gu family.

Everyone was toasting and talking, laughing and chatting, with smiles on their faces, but if you looked closely, you could see that they were a little absent-minded, with the corner of their eyes always glancing to the side from time to time, as if they were waiting for something.

The medicine masters of the thirteen families are unknown among the major families and are all inconspicuous figures.

For example, Li Xiaoguang was ranked thirteenth in the clan leader's lineage, with twelve older brothers and sisters. All the chances to show up were snatched away by his brothers and sisters, leaving him no chance to become famous.

He stays at home most of the time and rarely goes out. Apart from the disciples within the sect, who else would recognize him?

But he holds real power within the sect, is valued by the sect, and is the focus of training!

He is by no means a weakling. Although he is very young, only thirty-six or thirty-seven years old, he has already reached the perfect level of God's Descent Realm and has reached the level where he can be sent abroad and become a senior official in a local area.

If it were a master from a branch family, he would have been sent out long ago, but he stayed in the ancestral home in Quanzhou to handle some secret matters for the family.

Getting medicine at the end of the year is one of them.

Most of the others also have the same level of cultivation as Li Xiaoguang. They hold real power within the family, seldom go out, have few friends with other surnames, and their whereabouts are secretive, so few people in the outside world recognize them.

They are not very old, but their cultivation is extremely powerful and they have unique skills.

The thirteen medicine masters have already known about the Red Horse Bandits. They have killed so-called corrupt officials, robbed the rich and helped the poor. They also know that there are two Red Horse Bandits. They are afraid that the Red Horse Bandits will come to kill people tonight.

"The so-called chivalrous man who breaks the law with force is just outrageous."

Yan Yi played with his wine glass and said with a smile, "A country has its own laws, and a family has its own rules. Even if there are corrupt officials in Qingzhou, they will be dealt with according to the laws of the country. If everyone gets a little wronged and rushes into the government office with a knife at any time, wouldn't the world be in chaos? Therefore, the Red Horse Bandit should be executed."

Gu Xiaochuan held the beauty in his arms, put one hand into her chest, and said solemnly: "The Red Horse Bandit robbed the rich merchants of their wealth and used these treasures to buy people's hearts. This is a great traitor! This person has the intention of rebellion and must be eliminated!"

Yang Luohua drank and said, "Most of the country folk have never been to school and are very stupid. They were bribed with a few dozen taels of silver and praised the Red Horse Bandits. They are really stupid people and should all be beheaded!"

She looked at Xu Fangzhi: "Will you be bribed by a few dozen taels of silver?"

Then he looked at Jiang Tu: "Or will you be bribed by a few dozen taels of silver?"

Then he looked at Ma Dingguo: "Or were you bribed with dozens of taels of silver?"

Everyone smiled and shook their heads, saying, "A few dozen taels of silver? Even if it's tens of thousands of taels of silver, you can't buy me off! We scholars know shame and honor. We can't be corrupted by wealth and we can't be moved by poverty!"

Having said that, Gu Xiaochuan hurriedly pulled his hands out of the beauty's arms.

"The birds outside are singing so loudly tonight." His face flushed slightly as he changed the subject.

Everyone heard the clear chirping of birds coming from outside, like the calls of orioles, and there were quite a lot of them.

"Strange, where did this oriole come from so late at night?"

No one took it seriously. They talked and drank, waiting for midnight.

Wan Shide accompanied them and was busy running around behind everyone. He was over sixty years old, but he looked like a middle-aged man in his forties. He held a wine jug in his hand, and whenever someone's glass was empty, he would immediately run over and pour wine for that person.

Although he is over sixty years old, he is in better health than many young people. Just last night, the tenant farmer Sanzhuzi got married and sent his wife to his room and asked him to take her virginity.

This is the custom in Qingzhou. When tenants get married, they have to send the bride to the master's bed to have the master consecrate her.

This is the master's blessing to the tenant. The tenant came to take his wife home the next morning and was grateful. If one or two generations cannot tame the dog, then five or six generations will do. There will always be a time when the dog can be tamed.

However, Wan Shide felt that he was indeed getting old, and his waist was a little sore after all the work last night.

After all, I'm not young anymore.

He thought to himself. From now on, this kind of thing will be done by his eldest son, that bastard Wan Gaode, and he can only enjoy it occasionally.

He did not take the elixir he had grown.

Wanshide knows the rules.

These spiritual medicines were not the property of the Wan family, the Wan family only helped to take care of the planting. If you touch something that does not belong to you, you can easily lose your life.

His grandfather lost his mind in his later years and secretly tasted the residue of a magical medicine. Not long after, he lost his head while lying in bed. Later, he was buried without his head and could not be placed in the ancestral tomb.

He has been well-behaved over the years, and the Wan family has become more and more prosperous.

He looks down on his grandfather. If you are a dog, you should have the awareness of being a dog. What’s the point of living a few more years?
It’s better to enjoy yourself now.

The Wan family did not expect to become a big family like the Thirteen Families, so it was better for them to take advantage of the protection of the Thirteen Families to seek some benefits for themselves and their descendants.

For example, if you open a porridge stall and give out rice porridge and steamed buns every day, which saves countless lives, these people will be grateful and will burn incense and kowtow to the ancestors of the Wan family. Over time, won't the ancestors of the Wan family be able to condense into a divine appearance?

Having gods protecting thousands of families, isn’t that better than practicing hard on your own?

Moreover, when Wanshide was still alive, some people built a shrine for him and worshipped him as a living Buddha, with incense burning every day. When he died, I'm afraid he would be able to condense into a divine image immediately!

Isn't this much better than the fighting and killing among the Red Horse Bandits?
Isn't it much better than going through so much trouble to grow elixirs to extend your lifespan by two or three years?

And since he was doing good deeds, he slept more soundly than anyone else.

When Wan Shide saw that Zhai Baobao's wine glass was empty, he hurriedly trotted over, smiling, bowed and filled Zhai Baobao's glass.

This kind of thing could actually be left to the servants, but Wan Shide felt that only by doing it himself could he appear happy to be a dog for the Thirteenth Family. If the master was happy, he, as a dog, would receive more rewards.

He had just straightened up when suddenly a sword light like a green dragon came from behind him.

Wan Shide has been practicing for these years, although he is lazy, but he has a good foundation. He has many tenants under him, so it is convenient for him to obtain the divine fetus. The divine fetus is a first-grade divine fetus with an excellent foundation, and he has also cultivated to the state of transformation.

He sensed the danger, his soul flew out, and he used his magic weapon.

His magic weapon is called the Golden Pagoda, which is divided into three layers. The first layer is called the Pure Land, which was painted by a high monk in the Return to Void Realm from the Shuiyue Realm. The second layer is the Sutra Pagoda, which is inscribed with the Diamond Sutra. It was written by the disciple of the master in the Return to Void Realm and was recited and refined for a thousand days.

The third floor is hung with various treasures that the Wan family has collected over the years, including glass lamps, chalcedony horses, swords, ancient skulls, etc. After being sacrificed and refined, they become incredibly powerful.

He had just raised the golden pagoda when he heard a dragon's roar in his ears and his soul was cut in two!

The green knife light fell, and the banner of Wanshideren was shattered!
None of the spiritual realm, nor the sacrifices drawn by the great monks in the water and moon realm, nor the merits of the Buddhas in thousands of families, could save him.

The knife fell and blood and flesh flew everywhere!
"coming!"

At the banquet, all the masters from the thirteen families shouted and urged their magic power, and the force field of their souls exploded. The force fields of the thirteen masters overlapped, and the beauties around them could not bear such pressure. They exploded one by one and turned into balls of blood mist, which then evaporated!
The force field of Li Xiaoguang's soul in the divine realm has already possessed a bit of the power of a Taoist temple.

Only when one reaches the realm of refining emptiness can one build a Taoist temple and contain the power of the Great Dao.

However, the martial arts that Li Xiaoguang practiced was the "Chengtian Qingyun Jue" which was a secret of the Li family's patriarch and was the most advanced martial arts in the "Yian Tang Collection". Li Xiaoguang could not pass this martial arts on to the next generation and could only practice it himself.

Once the next generation sect leader is determined, the new sect leader's lineage can begin practicing.

The Chengtian Qingyun Jue allowed him to cultivate the rudiments of a Taoist temple while he was in the divine realm, which shows how extraordinary this skill is.

He was facing the door sideways, and when he turned around, he saw the Red Horse Thief riding a horse with hellfire under his feet. The horse had a horse head and body, dragon feet, and strong and powerful limbs covered with blue and red scales. His body was as red as blood and looked extremely ferocious.

A young man on horseback had his eyes closed, holding a Green Dragon Crescent Blade in his hand, and the blade was shining like a sword, chopping towards him!

"Azure!"

Li Xiaoguang was shocked and angry. He thought the person coming must be another Red Horse Bandit, but he didn't expect that the person was Li Tianqing!
The blade flashed too fast, and it could overwhelm the city with one blow. The green light was like green fire, splitting the banquet hall and cutting through the spiritual force fields of the thirteen great masters!
The thirteen overlapping spirit force fields were comparable to or even superior to the dojo of a strong man in the realm of refining emptiness. If spells were inserted into them, they would be immediately crushed by the power of the avenue, and magic weapons would also be dissolved!
However, when the sword encountered the friction of the thirteen-layer spiritual force field, its power became increasingly stronger. It became stronger when it encountered a stronger force, and it actually split the force field with one sword and reached Li Xiaoguang's head!

"Kill me first?!"

Li Xiaoguang was furious and dodged sideways. His magic was completed. At this moment, the Green Dragon Crescent Blade that had missed the target suddenly stopped and the blade light made a half circle, as easy as cleaning an ear.

Li Xiaoguang's head flew up.

The moves are simple.

It couldn't be simpler.

But it works.

Chopping out a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand times in one breath will not be as effective as chopping out with all your strength.

This knife directly cut Li Xiaoguang into two pieces!
His head was flying in the air, still a little confused: "Who killed me, Li Tianqing or the Red Horse Bandit?"

Li Tianqing killed Li Xiaoguang with a chop, rode his horse into the Yuanshen force field, swung his sword around, and everyone flew out in all directions to avoid the sword light, forming a pincer attack.

The horses kept running through the palaces.

The crowd was also running in the air, still forming a siege.

At this moment, Li Tianqing didn't know whether he was dreaming or awake.

He saw "himself" galloping on his horse, chopping Wan Shide with a sword, and beheading his thirteenth uncle Li Xiaoguang. He saw the other twelve medicine masters leaping out backwards, they stepped on the void, and offered up their souls and treasures.

Their different reactions, the different skills they activated, and the different spells they mobilized were all clearly reflected in his mind.

In Wan's mansion, the birds were like his eyes, observing the battle from every angle.

These birds were the ones he transformed into by blowing up leaves yesterday. This was the transformation technique from the Wanli Flying Sword Technique passed down by Han Shan Sanren.

At that time, the gathering of individual people had already begun. He did not spend as much time on this kind of magic as Chen Shi, and his magic was not as wonderful as Chen Shi's. He could not control many birds, but these birds could become his field of vision.

Now, he seemed to be in a dream. Although he did not open his eyes, he could see his surroundings clearly through these birds.

Moreover, it seemed that Emperor Guan was also sharing the vision of these birds.

Jiang Tu came from behind him and sacrificed his sword. The Jiang family's swordsmanship is known as the Taoist sword. The sword light is swift, the sword energy is powerful, and when the force field is reached, the sword light will come, and no one can stop it!
He attacked from behind again, and a cold light had already reached behind Li Tianqing's head.

Guandi dragged his sword, turned his horse around, and cut Jiang Tu, his sword, and his soul force field in two, so neatly that even if you measured it with a ruler, it wouldn't be so accurate!
Everyone was chilled.

But Fei Youying, Zhai Baobao, Xia Jie, Yan Yi and others took the opportunity to surround him from all sides, intending to kill him and his horse together!

Guandijun turned his head and opened his eyes.

Fei Youying met the gaze and felt fire coming towards her. There was a sea of ​​fire and swords all around her. A god standing in the sea of ​​fire opened his eyes and slashed down with a sword.

Fei Youying screamed, and she, who should have killed the man at that moment, suddenly froze in place.

Guandi rode his horse and jumped over her.

Fei Youying appeared unharmed, her spirit and soul were still there, and her body could still breathe, but her consciousness had been cut off by the sword energy emitted by Guandijun when he opened his eyes.

The red horse was extremely fast and caught up with Zhang Shouyi. The sword flashed, and Zhang Shouyi activated the Zhang family's escape technique, turning into a ray of fire and was about to escape. The fire was cut off, and Zhang Shouyi's upper body flew hundreds of miles out of Qingzhou City and flew out in a mountain fire hundreds of miles away.

His lower body remained in Wan Mansion, still running in the flames, and only stopped when it crashed into a rockery.

Guandi held a knife, and the red horse trampled on Gu Xiaochuan's spiritual force field. Gu Xiaochuan activated the true body of Gu Jiuhe. This true body was passed down by Gu Jiuhe, the ancestor of the Gu family. It was a fusion of the Taoist true body, Taoist body, Buddhist golden body, and Tai Chi true qi, and it was smelted to form the true body of a great Confucian scholar. After activating it, it was indestructible!

The sword flashed and Guandi flew away on his horse, dragging the sword with him.

Gu Xiaochuan fell to his knees, and his head rolled off his neck.

Gu Jiajiu and his real body were unable to take the blow.

The emperor chopped Gao Jian off at Caixiu Garden in Wan Mansion, beheaded Zhai Baobao at Wanjuan Hall, trampled Yang Luohua to death on horseback at Juansong Tower, chopped Ma Dingguo to death at Xiuchun Hall, and caught up with Xu Fangzhi and Yan Yi at Shuanma Hall. With two swings of the sword, the two men were completely shattered.

Xia Jie took the opportunity to rush out of Wan Mansion, soared into the air, and flew out of the city. After flying for hundreds of miles, he heard the sound of horse hooves behind him. He turned around and saw a blazing fire in the sky, and a man and a horse were slashing down with swords.

A blade light like a green dragon flew over, and Xia Jie's soul and body were separated.

The emperor reined in his horse and stood in the air.

Below is Qingzhou.

The sound of horses neighing in the air.

Countless gold, silver and treasures in the Wan family’s treasury flew up, followed the God of Wealth, and flew away with the Red Hare.

The hour of midnight has passed and the New Year is one day closer.

In the dark night of Qingzhou, every household lit up their lights because the Red Horse Bandits came to distribute money again.

That night in Qingzhou, it was not just the Wan family that lit up the lights, but the lights of thousands of households were like stars.

(End of this chapter)