Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 408: Crossing the River with a Paddle and Strike the Bandits

The old merman took Lu Zheng's booklet and handed him a book, saying mysteriously, "I heard that your Confucian school recently published a remarkable classic of poetry, but it has been banned. I bought it on the black market in Chu State. You probably haven't read it... Read it privately and don't spread it around."

Lu Zheng blinked, looked at the collection of poems handed to him by the old man, took it with both hands, and said, "Thank you, senior."

This was clearly the poetry classic he had compiled, but it was a thin volume and the content was obviously incomplete.

The fact that the old man was able to buy it on the black market in Chu State shows that the book was circulating.

It really became a banned book... Lu Zheng thought to himself that since this book was listed as a banned book, it seemed that some people were still afraid and had something to hide.

Lu Zheng put the books away calmly.

Afterwards, everyone held a banquet in the Mirage Clan's palace to celebrate the alliance.

It was a lively banquet and both the guests and the hosts had a great time.

During this time, we also talked about a lot of things.

Some people also asked about the relationship between Lu Zheng and the literary saint of Anguo.

Lu Zheng only said that it had nothing to do with the semi-saint, but he didn't know whether these people believed it or not.

After the banquet, everyone said goodbye and went about their own business.

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Time passed quickly, and Lu Zheng and Qing Wan had already been on Star Island for a month.

These days I've been basically helping to manage the Mirage Clan, and I've been busy day and night.

Of course, their work was not in vain. Great changes have taken place in the entire Mirage Clan, and everything is moving in a good direction.

Lu Zheng found Shen Yu, took out some plans he had written, and said, "After I left, there are some things you can refer to but didn't do. I hope you, the Shen Clan, get what you want."

Upon hearing this, Shen Yu couldn't help but say, "I really have to leave. You're busy and haven't written the exercises for me yet..."

Time passed in the blink of an eye, and Shenyu was a little dazed and wanted to keep Lu Zheng for a while longer.

Lu Zheng smiled and said, "I will do my best to fulfill my promise. I plan to find a place on the island to retreat. You should take care of the affairs of the Mirage Clan yourselves."

As he spoke, Lu Zheng returned the shell token to Shen Yu.

Shen Yu heard Lu Zheng say, "You want to go into seclusion? Then do you want me to prepare a place for you? The island is full of demonic energy, I'm afraid you won't be able to find a suitable place."

Lu Zhengdao: "Don't bother. I'll come find you later."

"Okay." Shenyu nodded, "Just tell me if you need anything."

Lu Zheng didn't say much and left the demon city with Qing Wan.

When they arrived at a remote place on the island, the two entered into a small world.

Lu Zhengdao said, "Let's take some time to calm down and accumulate the experience we've gained over the past few days. We can't waste our time."

"Yeah." Qing Wan nodded heavily.

Because of the affairs of the Mirage Clan, they have been busy lately and have rarely done their own things.

Of course, such efforts are rewarded, and they have learned a lot through practice.

Qing Wan said, "I think we can stay a little longer. They still can't accept some of the suggestions we put forward. We need to educate them more..."

Lu Zhengdao said, "You can't expect them to truly be equal and fair. Strict hierarchy is ingrained in them, and it can't be changed in a short period of time. But the seeds have been planted, and we can wait for them to sprout."

"Okay." Qingwan nodded slightly.

Lu Zheng said slowly, "They are willing to listen to our suggestions, which means that what we say has some weight, but if they don't completely follow our suggestions, it proves that we ourselves are not weighty enough..."

"If we were just ordinary people, without the identities they imagine, they wouldn't necessarily listen to our advice, even if it was the best."

"So that's about enough... Let me show you something."

As soon as Lu Zheng had a thought, a piece of green jade flew out from the Haoran Wen Palace.

Qing Wan saw the small green jade and asked curiously, "What is this? It doesn't look like anything special."

Lu Zheng smiled slightly and took out the silk book sealed in the green jade space.

Once the silk book sealed in the white jade was taken out, without the suppression of the green jade space, the Taoist rhyme and saintly aura in it became more obvious.

Feeling an extremely powerful aura fluctuation, Qing Wan couldn't help but step back repeatedly.

Qing Wan looked at the white jade with colorful light in surprise, "What kind of treasure is this?"

Lu Zhengxiu possessed pure righteousness, even holding the sealed silk book and saying, "A chapter from Mencius, the original work written by the sage."

Qing Wan's mouth opened wide in surprise, "Where did you get that?"

Lu Zhengdao: "It's a long story..."

Lu Zheng briefly recounted the incident.

Qing Wan was amazed when she heard this, and looked at the silk book with sparkling eyes, "It's sealed, are you going to take it out?"

Lu Zheng looked at the white jade in his hand and said, "One page of silk book, there shouldn't be any problem."

Lu Zheng could clearly see the intricate patterns carved on the white jade, as well as some extremely tiny cracks, indicating that after so many years, the white jade could no longer completely seal the silk book, causing some of the aura within it to be released.

Now that he is in his own little world, taking out this page of silk book should not be noticed by outsiders.

Seeing Lu Zheng about to remove the seal, Qing Wan quickly stepped back and said, "Then you can take it."

Lu Zheng lightly tapped the crack on the white jade with his finger, and poured his own righteous energy into it.

The next moment, the silk book shone brightly, and the white jade instantly turned into dust. A rich, colorful aura enveloped Lu Zheng. A powerful aura of a saint emanated from him.

At the same time, the Haoran Wen Palace vibrated, and the page of silk book turned into a colorful light, flew into the Wen Palace, and then hovered in a place in the Wen Palace, with the aura of Taoism flowing.

Lu Zheng was hit by the saint's aura, but instead of feeling uncomfortable, he felt nourished.

He didn't have time to feel it carefully, so he went to the Wen Palace to check again and found that there was nothing unusual about the silk book there, and the aura was much more restrained than before.

Lu Zheng looked around again. He thought Meng Shengyi would come, but it seemed that he was overthinking it.

Qing Wan stood outside the palace gate, stretching her little head to look inside, her eyes rolling, "Are you okay?"

Lu Zhengdao: "It's okay, practice well."

Lu Zheng sat down cross-legged and began to comprehend his practice.

Seeing this, Qing Wan also chose a suitable position so that she could feel the invisible aura emitted by the silk book and take this opportunity to practice.

Soon, a majestic literary aura emanated from both of them.

Lu Zheng sat there, reciting the classic chapters on the silk book in a low voice to deepen his understanding.

Qingwan was also reciting scriptures there.

The aura of a sage contained in the silk book influenced the two of them invisibly. They each gained new insights, and their literary aura was gradually improving.

Not long after, Lu Zheng broke through to the late fourth realm, his literary energy reached seventy feet and continued to increase.

Within the Wen Palace, a righteous spirit surged, two rays of light shone, and two cultural relics gradually took shape.

Or be a paddle to cross the river, generously swallowing the Hu and Jie.

Or it may be used to hit the enemy with a staff, causing the head to break when it is erected upright.

For a moment, all the cultural relics in the Wen Palace responded and shone brightly. The righteous energy rushed out of the Wen Palace, reaching the top of the small world, and then merged into the world.

The entire small world was changing subtly, the sun, moon, and stars were moving, and the mountains, rivers, and earth were becoming more stable.

After some time, Lu Zheng and Qing Wan came out of their cultivation state, and both benefited greatly.

Qing Wan, in particular, not only reached the third level of Confucianism and Taoism, but her literary aura also transformed into a righteous spirit.

Moreover, there is still demonic energy in Qing Wan's body, but it is different from the aura of ordinary demons. It is pure demonic spirit energy, which does not conflict with the righteous energy at all.

A balance comes from the self-balancing of multiple forces.

Unlike some practitioners who cultivate the power of the five elements too much, they find it difficult to control multiple powers and end up suffering losses themselves.

It has to be said that Lu Zheng thinks Qing Wan is also a very special person.

Being able to become a Confucian cultivator of the third realm in such a short time is probably one of the best among the human race.

Moreover, Qingwan now has a righteous spirit, which is rare in the world.

But speaking of it, Lu Zheng inherited a part of Meng Sheng's legacy, so Qing Wan can be considered to have inherited half of it, right?

Otherwise, it would be impossible to cultivate such a righteous spirit without the approval of Confucianism and Taoism.

"Ahaha, I've become a juren!"

Qing Wan noticed the changes in herself and couldn't help but feel happy. She smiled from ear to ear and her big eyes narrowed into crescents.

Lu Zheng turned to look at the two new artifacts that appeared, and took them one by one in his hands to examine them.

Even if these two artifacts were taken outside, no one would think they were artifacts unless they looked carefully.

Especially the big oar, no one would have thought that an oar could become a literary tool.

But this oar does indeed contain great righteousness and a heroic spirit of resisting foreign invaders to the death.

Every cultural artifact embodies the righteous and righteous spirit of our predecessors.

It is the majestic spirit that will last forever!

Qing Wan looked at the cultural relics in the palace and felt extremely envious.

With all these artifacts, classics, and strange phenomena appearing at the same time, Lu Zheng might be able to instantly kill even a fifth-level expert...

Qing Wan pondered in her heart and felt that it was time for her to get one or two cultural relics.

She is now proficient in Confucianism and Taoism, and has the energy to cultivate her own literary works.

Qing Wan couldn't help but ask, "Lu Zheng, what kind of writing instrument do you think I should get?"

Hearing this, Lu Zheng looked at Qing Wan, thought for a moment and said, "Just make whatever you like."

Literary utensils are not necessarily limited to those used by most literati, and can be made according to one's own preferences.

They had seen some strange and bizarre cultural relics in the Yunmeng Sect's exchange hall before.

There is a tea pet, a three-legged toad made of jade. It doesn't look special, but it can become the size of a house and can devour demons and ghosts.

There's even a paper umbrella artifact, and it has no special offensive or defensive abilities, it's just a nice-looking umbrella.

In comparison, the styles of these cultural relics in Lu Zhengwen's palace are nothing special, just rare.

Qingwan frowned and thought, but couldn't think of her favorite object for a moment.

Seeing Qing Wan couldn't think of anything, Lu Zheng smiled and said, "Think about it slowly in the future. There's plenty of time anyway. Don't worry about it for now. Maybe you'll make up your mind someday."

(End of this chapter)