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Chapter 165: Carry the banner for the young master!!!

Li Guanyi turned around and looked at the monk. Monk Zhige looked at the file with a calm gaze. He took it and flipped through the words. His eyes were as calm as a lake, and there would be no ripples again.

Li Guanyi's expression remained unchanged, he just smiled and said:
"I'm just very interested in the secret history of the past."

"Is the Master interested too?"

The monk looked at the scroll, stroked it gently, hummed, and said in a calm tone: "My Buddhist name is Zhi Ge. Before I became a monk, I was a general under the command of Lord Taiping. I experienced life and death and killed many people. Later, Lord Taiping died, and I fell into the obstruction of knowledge and became as crazy as a demon."

"The world is in such chaos, I once thought that a hero should rule the world with force."

"When I was young, I challenged other people everywhere and made a name for myself in the martial arts world. But later, I met Lord Taiping and served under him. I carried the banner in the disputes of the world. At that time, I still felt that even though the world was like this, there were always different people who knew that there was justice in the world."

"Later... after this incident, I felt that good people like Lord Taiping were not rewarded, and the world was in chaos, so everyone was killed. So I fought and killed my way out, and became possessed. My master subdued me and watched over me for three months before I was able to suppress my vicious nature."

“Only then can one attain great enlightenment and return to Buddhism.”

"Looking back at this scroll now, all the past events seem like passing clouds, and they were already ten years ago... There has never been a day when the world has not changed, and I cannot express my regrets."

Monk Zhige held his palm on the scroll with a serene look on his face. Before he left the mountain, the old abbot looked at his disciple for a long time. Finally, he just sighed gently and gave him a very thick green bamboo. The old abbot said that he had been practicing the Buddhist mind-set, not killing or lying, for ten years.

After going through eighty tribulations, the final tribulation of the heart remains.

"Going down the mountain this time to rescue Yue Pengwu will be your last calamity."

The old monk said softly: "If you cross over, you can come back and be my last disciple, but if you don't cross over..."

'Then you are no longer my disciple, and I am no longer your master.'

Zhi Ge picked up the scroll and was about to put it down, but was slightly startled.

He felt that there was something else mixed in when Li Guanyi handed him the book.

It was a tiger talisman, and the patterns on it were exactly the same as Yue Qianfeng's. A sharp light flashed in the monk Zhige's eyes, but there was no strange expression on his face. He just stared calmly at the young man in front of him.

Yue Qianfeng's personality is rough but careful. Zhi Ge believes that he will not hand over the tiger talisman to someone he does not trust.

Monk Zhi Ge's heart was slightly moved, and he said in a gentle tone: "Since you like to read these historical files, there are still many files here. Today, we capture you as our hostage, so that you can see more of the secrets of the Chen Kingdom and know that we are here, which is what a real man should do."

He knocked on Li Guanyi's hand.

Then he walked towards the files.

Monk Zhige is famous in the martial arts world. He is a disciple of a Buddhist master and was once a top-notch general. Everyone respects him, and for a moment, they don't think much about it. Monk Zhige takes him to a blind spot, turns around, and his lips open and close, but a voice rings in Li Guanyi's heart.

'Who are you and why do you have Yue Qianfeng's tiger talisman?'

He is Yue Qianfeng’s good brother.

Li Guanyi wanted to say this, but he could not trust anyone other than Zhige. If he said this, once it was discovered by other spies besides the Sword Immortal of Luzhou, it would be an extraordinary opportunity and he would have to take extraordinary measures.

This identity is not enough. It can gain trust, but not complete trust.

At this moment, there is a tight net laid by Tan Tai Xian Ming and Chen Huang Chen Ding Ye outside, and there are spies and insiders around. He must gain the absolute trust of the famous general in front of him. The young man looked at him and felt like he was standing on a chessboard. Every step must be decisive once it is taken.

There's no turning back.

All heroes in the world are gamblers.

Zhi Ge looked at the young man in front of him and raised his right hand, then his battle robe fell down to cover it.

With one hand, he contained internal energy and wrote a special pattern in the air.

It looked like a large banner with traces of swords colliding on it. It turned into a flying bird, and the flames spread out, reflecting in the eyes of Monk Zhi Ge, turning into a stream of light. Monk Zhi Ge's body froze, and he didn't know where he was in a trance. It seemed that he could see the man in front of him, still smiling, looking at him:

"There is a secret code for communication between spies. The so-called secret code is known only to you."

"Hahaha, remember, the name of this pattern is——"

"The great banner will never be extinguished, the torch will be passed on, grand and magnificent, I will share the same robe with you..."

The voices intertwined, and the air was squeezed out of Monk Zhige's throat. He recited the voice almost instinctively, as if he was with the great commander in his memory. Li Guanyi's internal energy floated in the air and slowly dispersed. Monk Zhige's body was stiff for a long time, and his palms trembled slightly.

He slowly raised himself up and took a deep breath.

Finally, he could no longer control himself and grabbed Li Guanyi's wrist. The huge sound shook and knocked down the surrounding books. The internal energy that rose up was as terrifying as the roar of a giant beast, which alarmed the others. The Luzhou Sword Immortal who was holding the sword turned his head, and the other warriors said anxiously:

"Master, what's wrong!?"

"Grandmaster!"

At this moment, they were tense, like a frightened bird. They raised their swords to look, but saw that Master Zhi Ge had tightly grasped the arm of the young military officer, his eyes were red and he seemed angry. When he turned around after hearing what he said, he actually scared several warriors in front of him so much that they stopped.

Fierce, domineering, arrogant and willful!

Just like a sleeping tiger waking up again, it began to roar wildly.

The tragic atmosphere of the battlefield almost instantly broke through the Buddhist energy. The faces of the warriors in front turned pale, and they seemed to hear the sound of horse hooves in a trance. This was clearly the imperial palace, but it seemed to have turned into a battlefield in an instant.

The large Buddhist beads on Monk Zhige's neck kept shaking, and the golden light changed.

The sword spirit of Luzhou Sword Immortal flowed, and the sword finger directly pressed against the monk's back, and he shouted coldly:

"Master Zhi Ge!"

This move was made by Jianxin.

Monk Zhi Ge regained his composure. His eyes were red as he looked at the young man in front of him. The young man was calm. He reached out his hand, pressed down Monk Zhi Ge's palm, smiled, and said word by word: "Don't forget, Master, don't forget, I am a member of the Xue family."

"I'm Li Guanyi."

"Although the last name is [Li]."

"But there is Mr. Xue behind him."

Monk Zhige's body trembled and he slowly withdrew his hand. Everyone thought that it was this young nobleman who had quarreled with Monk Zhige that made the master with a deep Buddhist heart so excited, so they hurriedly separated the two to prevent the master from breaking his vow of killing.

Monk Zhige clenched his hands tightly, his eyes red as he looked at the young man's back.

It seems like I see the young man laughing back then.

He held the Buddhist beads on his neck tightly. The golden Buddha light on the beads flowed and turned into scriptures, but finally dimmed slowly and disappeared into the calm, like a sigh, and the fire in Monk Zhige's eyes slowly burned again...

"Master, I will stop fighting."

"It's against the master's teachings."

boom! ! !
There was a loud roar, and the whole hall was shaking. Monk Zhi Ge held the bamboo pole with one hand and pushed it towards the ground, and he managed to hold up the unstable hall. Suddenly, a gangster shouted in panic, "Someone is crashing outside, damn it!"

"The Mohist giant catapult, how could there be such a thing here!"

Li Guanyi saw through the gap that the huge Mohist mechanism was in operation. The whole mechanism exuded a kind of internal energy. The obsidian was thrown into the air, and then a violent flame broke out directly in the air. It fell heavily and formed a huge deep pit!

This thing is basically a meteorite maker!

Are all things from the Mohist school so outrageous?

This level of heavy siege weapons could not be placed in the imperial palace. It must have been prepared long ago, waiting for many warriors to arrive. Before the grand ceremony, they actually used weapons, while Yuwen Lie, Xue Lao, Ji Yanzhong and others were received by the emperor in another palace.

This was prepared early in the morning.

The goal is to use the imperial palace as a price to directly wipe out these martial artists.

Such cold tactics and indescribable courage, is it Chen Huang or Tan Tai?

"This place is unstoppable. Warriors can avoid this level of Mohist organs, but destroying the city walls is more effective than sword energy. The attic blocking the front will be dismantled. Master, we have to find a way to retreat!"

Monk Zhi Ge asked: "Where is the map?"

Everyone handed over the map, Zhi Ge glanced over and said, "We must retreat--"

One person said, "There is a secret passage here. My ancestors once went to the palace and stole the imperial items. We can go around to the back garden. The terrain there is open, but it is very dim and there is little light. Follow me!"

When everyone nodded in agreement, the Luzhou Sword Immortal said, "The Imperial Garden may not be safe."

"Why not, just leave from here."

She stretched out her finger and pointed to a somewhat dangerous exit. The warrior was shocked and said, "Sword Immortal, if we go out here, we will be surrounded by the imperial guards. If we go in, I'm afraid we will be trapped. Your sword energy is high and you have the bearing of a master in the martial arts world, but we can't do that."

Everyone started arguing. Li Guan stepped on the formation and deduced the direction of life through the traces of the [Four Symbols Sealing Soul Formation] in the distance. It was indeed in the direction pointed by the Luzhou Sword Immortal, but the Luzhou Sword Immortal was the one who injured Brother Yue.

Monk Zhi Ge grabbed Li Guanyi and said directly:

"This person is a hostage, and I have to take him with me."

"Everyone, there's no time to think about it, let's go!"

"Okay!" Many warriors first ran towards the direction pointed by the Luzhou Sword Immortal, but found that the place had been blocked. The rocks had fallen down and it was so solid that it had turned into a dead end. Li Guanyi's eyes sank slightly, realizing that the one who set up this trap must be Tan Tai Xian Ming.

Unlike the story in the novel, Tan Tai Xianming's strategy was cruel and direct.

He will not leave anyone any chance of survival and will block all the ways to survive, leaving only one last way. Everyone knows there will be an ambush on this way, but if they don't rush out, they will die. This is the so-called being surrounded on three sides and missing one.

"That person is the traitor!"

"But, the Luzhou Sword Immortal actually refused to cooperate with him..."

"The Luzhou Sword Immortal cooperated with Xiao Wuliang before and only injured Brother Yue. Could it be that the Sword Immortal himself was planning to be a spy within a spy? But, did Tan Tai Xianming even calculate this?"

Li Guanyi felt that the old man's ghost was still lingering.

I think the old man also felt this way.

His mind raced as he warned, "Be careful, there may be an ambush outside."

The warrior who spoke was slightly startled, then he shouted loudly, cursing: "What do you know? That is the road left by my ancestors!"

"You are just a hostage we captured, a slave. How dare you say such nonsense!"

"You deserve a beating! Slap your face!"

While cursing, he raised his hand and slapped Li Guanyi's mouth with the scimitar in his hand with great force, as if he wanted to knock out Li Guanyi's teeth. Before Li Guanyi was captured, he had the Frost Halberd with him, and he flicked it with his hand, blocking the move of the warrior of the third level.

The frost halberd was filled with chilling cold, pressing down the sword.

Monk Zhige stretched out his hand and pressed down both weapons.

Li Guanyi glanced around and saw everyone's fearful and hostile gazes. He suddenly sneered and said, "Me?"

He directly refuted and said angrily:

"I am a man from the founding county, from the fifth rank!"

"Me! A royal relative, wearing a scarlet robe!"

"Prince Tan Tai asked you to sneak in so that you could act as an insider and lead them out, but I don't intend to go out with you to die. Why, because I am from the Xue family and I don't get along with the prince's family, does the prime minister intend to kill me too?"

A look of panic appeared on the man's face, and he immediately drew his sword in anger and said:

"You, what did you say?!"

"You slandered me!"

Li Guanyi sneered, flicked his shirt hem, and said calmly:
"I'm wearing a scarlet robe."

"Royal relatives!"

"Who the hell are you?"

"Do I need to frame you?"

Since everyone has prejudices and hostility towards him, he might as well use the influence of their old friend and take advantage of the situation. Things have come to this point, and Li Guanyi can only do his best to kill one guy first, so that these warriors will be more prepared and reduce casualties.

Monk Zhi Ge and Luzhou Sword Immortal took action and suppressed the man, but there was a constant roar outside. If the palace collapsed, everyone would be crushed, and those waiting here would also be surrounded and killed. For a while, everyone started quarreling and arguing. This was the drawback of martial artists in the martial arts world.

Monk Zhi Ge held Li Guanyi beside him and said to these martial artists:

"Now that things have come to this, I'm afraid we've all fallen into a trap."

"But you and I, brothers, came here today without caring about life or death. If we stay here, we will die. If we rush out, we still have a chance to survive. In this situation, even if we know there is an insider, it will be useless. If there is an insider, we should be able to see it."

"Tan Tai Xian Ming has already given up on you. If that's the case, why don't you rush out with us?"

"Find a way to survive."

The monk closed his eyes and said:
"I, a poor monk, will personally charge into the battle for you."

Everyone suddenly fell silent, and then saw him stretch out his hand, grasp the bamboo pole, and with a flick of his wrist, he inserted the pole into the rows of files. Even the files in the palace used to store taboo files would be covered with fine silk to prevent dust.

The bamboo pole was rolled up and the silk was rolled up, and then Monk Zhige held it in one hand.

The flying silk looks like a huge banner!
Zhi Ge lowered his eyes, turned to look at Li Guanyi, and spoke softly.

The voice rose in the young man's heart.

"Little Lord."

"This time, I will still carry the banner."

"I will fight a bloody battle for you."

The monk rushed forward holding the bamboo pole banner which looked quite important. He used his shoulder to knock open the door of the secret passage and then threw the traitor out. In just a moment, he was shot through by countless arrows. The opponents shot rockets.

There was already a formation here, and spiritual objects were prepared. In an instant, flames burned, blocking this way out. One of the generals laughed: "Hahahaha, what a fool!"

"I have been waiting here for a long time on the orders of Prime Minister Tan Tai!"

"Come on, shoot the arrows!!!"

They shot arrows in an instant. The fire was raging and terrifying, turning into purple. The high temperature caused the earth to begin to crystallize into glass. Rounds of arrows flew in. They were all armor-piercing and qi-breaking arrows, specially designed to deal with martial artists. The moment they fell, they would actually explode into a ball of fire.

After several rounds of bombardment with fiery arrows, just when they thought there would be absolutely no problem.

Wow! ! !

A green bamboo stretched out, and then the inky silk danced wildly in the flames.

Like a 'big banner'!
Then it swept suddenly and flames burst out. One of the generals was shocked and angry, cursing the bandits, and rushed forward on his horse, but was hit hard by the green bamboo.

Both the man and the horse were smashed into the ground!
The skull burst and blood splattered!
Horrible!

At this moment, Monk Zhige, who had broken his ten-year stipulation of not killing, held the green bamboo and seemed to feel his own heart beating. He used too much force and even his armor was broken and the green bamboo shattered. However, there was a kind of faint light under the green bamboo.

That was a long stick made of mixed gold and black iron!
It was his weapon back then. Now, when he broke his vow of killing, it reappeared in the world. Zhi Ge was stunned. He thought of the words his teacher said when he went down the mountain, and his teacher's gentle gaze. What trapped you was never the Dharma.

If you don't come back, you are no longer my disciple...

It's no longer about stopping the war.

Zhi Ge suddenly opened his mouth, looking sad and painful, then suddenly he laughed and turned his wrist!
All the green bamboos were broken into pieces.

The mysterious soldiers reappeared in the world, and with a sudden sweep, the flames dissipated, and the big banners flew arrogantly. The monk stepped forward, his eyes wide open, and with just a few strikes, the captains were all torn apart by blood and flesh, and died tragically. The bloodstained monk was like Shura reappearing in the world, blocking the young man and laughing loudly:

"Under the command of Duke Taiping, Yan Xuanji!"

"Enter the formation!"

The other generals were shocked and angry when they heard this. The chief general who remained here turned pale and said, "Shoot, shoot, use crossbows and anything else, shoot, shoot them to death!!!"

"Shoot! Don't mention the price!"

"Shoot him to death!"

Then all the arrows were drawn, and in an instant there was a loud sound of bowstrings breaking through the air.

Dense array of arrows flew into the sky, emitting an extremely rich energy. These were all specially crafted arrows, specifically targeting martial arts masters and military generals. Especially since Yan Xuanji was only wearing monk's clothes, it was impossible for him to remain unharmed. He immediately protected Li Guanyi behind him and used his body to block the thousands of arrows.

Yan Xuanji didn't know what kind of emotion he was feeling, he smiled and sighed:
"Young Master, if you are involved with the Commander, you will be doomed to death."

"I will carve out a path for you, and then live well."

Li Guanyi's right hand was slightly lowered, holding the Frost Halberd, and the divine weapon Tiger Roaring to the Sky was roaring in the bronze tripod. Just as the arrow fell, Li Guanyi saw the leaves of the trees suddenly covered with frost.

Aunt Qingyan? !
Li Guan was stunned, and then the cold air dissipated because a blazing fire rose.

The high temperature caused the airflow to expand rapidly, turning into a swirling gale, and as a result, thousands of arrows all missed their target, and then spun in the wind again. Suddenly, a spark of fire lit up, and all the arrows were ignited. The fire was blazing because of the reckless attack by the fire arrows just now. The fire in this area was intense.

The flames gathered together and all flew into the air, illuminating the night.

It turned into scales, dragon claws, dragon horns, and the sound of dragon roars resounded through the night!
An enormous red dragon was hovering above the palace complex. The soldiers holding bows raised their heads and saw an enormous dragon roaring at them. The sky was golden and red, as if it was a mythical battle. The will to fight disappeared in an instant, leaving only fear.

boom! ! !
The red dragons gathered and rose into the sky. A rough man wearing armor and holding a spear appeared here in the most fearless manner.

No. 34 on the God General List, Yue Qianfeng!
He pointed his halberd forward and laughed loudly: "Chen Dingye!!!"

He addressed the emperor by his first name.

Then he raised his eyebrows and cursed:

“Come out and die!!!”

(End of this chapter)