Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 389: Riding the Wind and Breaking the Waves
Yang Yi observed everyone and then chose an empty thatched hut to move into.

The thatched hut is simple and the daily necessities inside are also very ordinary.

Yang Yi found a small wooden stool and sat down, then fell into deep thought.

"There really is no such thing as a free lunch in this world..."

Yang Yi muttered to himself. He had some guesses before coming here. He felt that the establishment of this academy would not be ordinary. It was probably to recruit some geniuses for the court.

Considering that this was a rare opportunity, Yang Yi decided to come here after careful consideration.

So, what a huge test! He was actually asked to offer suggestions on regulating merchants and increasing commercial taxes.

However, now that things have come to this, it seems unlikely that he will be able to withdraw directly.

Although when I signed the contract, I didn't say there would be anything wrong with withdrawing voluntarily.

But after all, it was an institution of learning established under the leadership of the eldest princess, so he didn't have the confidence to come and go as he pleased.

"I'm going all out..."

Yang Yi slapped his thigh and made up his mind.

Yang Yi prides himself on being a genius in business, and no businessmen in Tai'an City are better than him.

Although some businessmen are richer than him, Yang Yi knows that those people compete with each other for their background rather than their business methods.

Yang Yi felt that if he had a strong enough background, he would have become the richest man in Tai'an City long ago.

After all, he is just a small businessman now. Even if he has some money, he is not looked down upon by the princes and nobles and has no status.

This time, he has the best chance to move up, and he may never have such an opportunity again in the future.

“There is no business without risks.”

Yang Yi couldn't help but sigh. He looked at the book in his hand with a twinkling look in his eyes. "I didn't expect that there are still masters of business in Tai'an City. I must try to see them."

After reading this book, Yang Yi found that he was still too young and had a lot of room to grow.

……

At night, in Yunmengze, a large ship was quietly parked on the water.

Lu Zheng stood on the deck, looking up at the starry sky, his eyes twinkling.

Ever since Lu Zheng learned a pupil technique in Yunmeng Sect, he felt that he could see the world more clearly and could see things that ordinary cultivators could not see.

Qing Wan was also watching the stars, but couldn't figure out what was going on.

There was a slight sound of footsteps.

Mu Bing came close to the two of them and said quietly, "Master Lu, do you also know the art of observing the stars and observing the qi?"

Hearing this, Lu Zheng smiled and said, "I'm just learning. I don't have any experience yet. I'm just watching for fun."

Lu Zheng did learn some knowledge about qi-reading, but to reach the level of Taoist Master Yun Xiao, he still had to accumulate enough experience.

As for the likes of Grandmaster Xu Shou and Yun Fuyao, who could calculate things thousands of miles away with the count of their fingers and conceal the secrets of heaven with a wave of their hands, he did not expect that he could reach that level.

"Is that so?" Mu Bing smiled faintly. "I heard that those who can read qi are very talented in this area. Not everyone can learn it."

Lu Zhengdao: "Maybe. I learned by myself without a teacher, so I didn't really think about how to become a master."

Suddenly, the whole ship shook slightly.

It was late at night, and the breeze was blowing gently, rippling the water, but such wind and waves could not shake the large ship.

Mu Bing noticed the unnatural shaking and her eyes couldn't help but change.

Then, the ship began to shake more violently, but not too obviously.

Mu Bing quickly glanced at the water surface and used his spiritual sense to investigate. He sensed the unusual movement of the water, "It's an undercurrent!"

She disappeared in a flash, went straight to gather people, and then activated the formation of the ship.

Qing Wan grabbed the railing and looked down at the water below with curiosity in her eyes.

She had heard about some of Yunmengze's deeds before.

Sometimes, some waters will form turbulent currents, some of which can even swallow people or boats in an instant.

Lu Zheng looked towards the water, his eyes flashing with intelligence. He could clearly see water currents flowing at different speeds in the water, mixed with chaotic fluctuations of spiritual energy.

It is the turbulence caused by the disorder of spiritual energy in the water. Ordinary strong winds and waves cannot shake such a ship.

Soon, a screen was raised on the ship, and some aquatic creatures cast spells to stabilize the ship and resist turbulence.

An extremely faint sound came from underwater, causing the heavy anchor to break away from the ship.

The entire ship suddenly shook violently and began to move along the turbulent current.

Mu Bing quickly ordered people to lower the spare anchor.

However, even the huge anchor connected by a strong iron chain was washed away by the special water current and was of little use.

The entire ship was still shaking, drifting along with the current, and had no control over the direction.

Suddenly, several whirlpools formed in the water ahead.

The whirlpool grew bigger and bigger, sucking in everything in the water around it, and no one knew where it was sucking it to.

Some aquatic creatures saw the whirlpool in the distance and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

They had seen whirlpools like that before. If they were unlucky, even a ship a hundred feet long would be swallowed up by it and broken into countless pieces.

Mu Bing's face darkened. With their strength, they couldn't destroy those dangerous whirlpools, so they could only find ways to avoid them.

Mu Bing hurriedly gave orders and steered the ship to escape the turbulence and avoid the whirlpool.

And this surging turbulence flows precisely towards the center of the vortex.

It was a calm night, but the ship was bobbing unsteadily in the water, seemingly out of control. Seeing this, Lu Zheng didn't think much of it. He took a step and flew out of the ship, heading straight for the whirlpools.

But after a while, Lu Zheng flew over a water whirlpool.

The vortex that was seen at first was less than ten feet in diameter, but in just a short period of time, the vortex had reached thirty feet in diameter and was showing a tendency to continue expanding.

Even standing in the air, Lu Zheng could vaguely feel a powerful suction coming from the center of the deep vortex.

He couldn't help but extend his spiritual sense and check the situation with his eyes.

Originally thought to be a tornado vortex in the water, Lu Zheng soon discovered that there was a slight spatial fluctuation in the depths of the vortex, and many things sucked into the vortex disappeared out of thin air.

Lu Zheng murmured, "Is this considered an abnormal spatial fluctuation?"

Unfortunately, Lu Zheng didn't understand the reason for this situation and didn't know how to deal with it.

He thought about it, raised his hand, and a bolt of lightning struck the center of the vortex, trying to destroy the location of the space fluctuations, so as to make the vortex disappear.

However, when the lightning struck, the huge vortex did not react at all, and its momentum remained undiminished, slowly expanding the range of absorption.

Lu Zheng threw out another Wenbao and threw it into the center of the vortex.

Before Wen Bao could be stimulated by the chaotic spiritual energy around him, he suddenly disappeared into the vortex.

Lu Zheng tried to sense Wen Bao's location, but found that he couldn't sense it at all.

"It seems that it was sucked into another dimension and is no longer in this area..."

Lu Zheng's mind was turning. The situation was unclear, and he didn't want to rush into the vortex to investigate.

He glanced to the side and saw that the large ship of the water tribe was getting closer and closer to the waters.

If he were alone, Lu Zheng could still take the time to slowly study these whirlpools.

However, seeing that the aquatic tribe's ship was about to capsize, he naturally could not sit idly by.

He blasted several powerful bursts of righteous energy towards the whirlpool, but when he saw that it was fruitless, he flew directly back to the ship.

Many aquatic creatures on the boat were already showing panic expressions, and even Mu Bing had a serious expression, and was considering whether to abandon the boat.

The entire ship was loaded with a lot of cargo and so many people.

In such turbulence, even abandoning the ship may not save everyone.

Seeing Lu Zheng coming back, Mu Bing couldn't help but look at Lu Zheng, wanting to say something but stopping herself, with expectation in her eyes.

She felt that with Lu Zheng's strength, he might be able to help them escape from danger.

Lu Zheng noticed some people's gazes and said calmly, "Drive the boat well. I'll help you. Whether we can escape from here depends on our luck."

Lu Zheng is only at the fourth realm, and he is not strong enough to take such a large ship directly out of this area of water. As for whether he can help these aquatic creatures escape, he is not absolutely sure.

Seeing Lu Zheng's calm demeanor, Mu Bing felt reassured and said quickly, "Please help me, Master Lu. I will definitely give you a generous gift later!"

Lu Zheng said no more and directly released the righteous energy to the bottom of the boat, trying to use the righteous energy to block the impact of the turbulent flow.

The boat was too big, and he couldn't lift it with his righteous spirit, so he could only give it a try.

Then Lu Zheng made the strange water phenomenon stick to the bottom of the ship.

In just a blink of an eye, the ship became much more stable.

Mu Bing quickly organized people to cooperate with Lu Zheng's actions, and also cast a spell to control the direction of the ship's movement.

However, the ship continued to bump and slowly approach a huge whirlpool.

"not enough……"

Lu Zheng murmured softly, he took a deep breath, took out the Donghu pen and wrote in the air.

The road is difficult, the road is difficult, there are many divergent roads, where are you today?
There will be times when the wind and waves break, and the sails will be hung upright.

But one after another, large, bright characters appeared, full of colorful energy, exuding a majestic and courageous aura.

Then, the words turned into a colorful light and sank into the entire ship.

The entire ship became lighter, and its speed in the water suddenly increased a lot and became more stable.

Lu Zheng raised his hand again and took out the "Hundred Character Classic", pointing at one of the characters.

"The wind is coming!"

Lu Zheng let out a low shout, and the righteous energy in his body surged towards the "Hundred Character Classic".

"Hundred Character Classic" is full of brilliance, and each character shines with golden light.

Amidst the flashing light, a strong wind suddenly blew, inflating the huge sails on the ship.

Seeing this, everyone on the boat was shocked and gained more confidence. They hurriedly helped to steer the ship, sailing through the waves.

Although they were approaching a huge whirlpool, the crowd did not feel any danger.

Lu Zheng continued to release his righteous energy, trying his best to prevent the ship from being affected by the power of the whirlpool.

The big ship finally avoided the whirlpool without any danger and left the turbulent waters.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when the ship docked safely.

Some people collapsed on the deck due to exhaustion, while others still had the energy to cheer excitedly.

After having a trip to the gates of hell, these aquatic creatures were very grateful, and their eyes towards Lu Zheng became more friendly.

Lu Zheng slowly landed on the deck. Most of his righteous energy had been consumed and he needed to rest for a while.

You do righteous things regardless of race, possessing the virtues of a sage. Your Aura +500!

(End of this chapter)