Mang Shusheng's Ink Painting Practice

Chapter 195 Another Imperial Edict

"The imperial edict has arrived!"

No one expected that the eunuch from Liao Palace would come with the imperial edict and wait there seriously for everyone to receive it.

However, this eunuch was also very flexible. Seeing that all the cultivators in the room were not impressed by him, he said very obediently, "Your Majesty has long known that you are all outsiders, so you are exempted from kneeling to listen to your decree."

Then he opened the bright yellow imperial edict without hesitation and read out its contents aloud.

Ignoring the self-aggrandizement between the lines, the content can be summarized as follows: the Liao Dynasty court is willing to enthrone Wanshoumen Ji Weng as the leader of the Pure Yang Sect and honor him as the national teacher...

"Damn it! This is outrageous! This old man from Liao country is just wishful thinking!"

Inside Zhao Yifu's sleeve, his pen pal in Qianlihua was complaining madly.

Obviously, the fact that the Emperor of Liao sent someone to announce the decree irritated Ying Cong and made him extremely angry.

"Little Taoist priest, please send someone over here, and I will write an imperial edict for you, appointing you as the leader!"

Zhao Yifu's eyes moved when he heard this, and he thought that this might also be a way to deal with it.

Then he rolled his eyes and replied, "Wait, don't write about me. I still have to be your official. If you let me become the leader, won't I be able to work for you?"

Ying Cong replied: "That makes sense!"

He was stunned for a moment.

Then he asked, "What should I do? I will appoint your family's head as the leader and the national teacher?"

Zhao Yifu was delighted when he heard this. If Sect Leader Qiu Yuzi was enthroned as the leader, what difference would that make for the Great Xu court compared to exiling him to the border?
Although this is a good idea, Zhao Yifu feels that at this stage the leader still needs to be in control of the overall situation in the court and cannot be exiled at will.

So he said, "No, I'm not very close to the headmaster, so why not choose my master instead."

He chose to push his 'master' out without hesitation.

Ying Cong said, "Liang Fengzi? Yes, I remember the palace also had two of his paintings in its collection... To be honest, some of them are a bit too weird, I really can't appreciate them."

He complained, then said, "Alright, the imperial edict is ready. Send someone to get it... Hurry up, I don't want them to be so arrogant anymore."

Zhao Yifu's attention returned to the outside at this time. The eunuch was still reading the imperial edict of Emperor Liao... It was really useless.

And the onlooker Liang Zhongzhi was listening intently... I don't know who was asked to write the imperial edict of Emperor Liao. Although it was full of praises and self-congratulations, the writing was really good.

He had no idea that a flying cauldron had already fallen on his head...

"Master, I need your help with something."

Suddenly, Liang Zhongzhi heard the voice of his beloved disciple.

His mind responded: "You say."

Zhao Yifu said, "In order to respond to this imperial edict, I found a way to contact the emperor of our Great Xu and he also wrote an imperial edict."

"But now we are thousands of miles away, and I need Master to help me retrieve it."

Liang Zhongzhi understood what was going on as soon as he heard it. What could be more suitable for "selling goods" than the Yin God in the Shaoyang state?
Yes, that is the Yang Shen.

The Yin and Yang gods in the Shaoyang state are actually faster than those land gods.

Of course, Zhao Yifu couldn't let Qiu Yuzi go to the palace to get the imperial edict, as he was afraid of revealing Qiu Yuzi's identity.

And he couldn't go by himself, because this imperial edict was not written for him, and he was afraid that his Yin spirit would be dispersed by the fate of humanity.

Since the imperial edict says Liang Zhongzhi, let him get it himself.

Liang Zhongzhi didn't say anything and prepared to run errands for his beloved apprentice.

His brows lit up, and his Yin Spirit flew out with a whoosh.

Not long after, before even the imperial edict of Daliao was finished being read, his Yin Spirit came back with a whoosh.

When he came back, he already had a bright yellow scroll in his hand.

His expression was somewhat baffling.

The look in his eyes when he looked at Zhao Yi Fu afterwards... To be honest, it was only then that Zhao Yi Fu realized that the 'look of wanting to stab someone' could not be concealed.

Liang Zhongzhi is also a Yin spirit in the Shaoyang state. How could he not know that this was an imperial edict given to him?

He really didn't expect that his beloved disciple would actually push him into the fire pit... Wasn't it agreed that the disciple would bear the consequences of the pit himself?

Liang Zhongzhi felt tired. A good apprentice actually learned to pass the blame on to him.

But what could he do at this time? The imperial edict had been brought to him.

At this time, the eunuch finally read the imperial edict to the end.

"...I decree that the virtuous Master Ji Weng of Difei Mountain be appointed the leader of the Pure Yang Sect. He may enter the court as the Second Imperial Master. I decree this!"

After all this time, he is still just a "second-in-command of the state".

Zhao Yifu smiled, and then everyone looked at Zeon, waiting for his response.

Zeon's face turned pale red, as if he had encountered something very difficult at this time.

This really made it difficult for him, as the time had been calculated.

If he could accomplish his goals one thing at a time and make them a reality, then the Liao court's announcement of the decree would be a natural outcome.

This decree became the icing on the cake and became an annotation of his position as the leader of the Chunyang Sect.

But the timing is not right now. It seems that Zeon has exhausted all its means and will finally have to surrender to the imperial court to turn the situation around.

In fact, practitioners are most taboo about this.

As for saying that the Liao Dynasty court was not the orthodox one in the Central Plains?
It doesn’t matter. Isn’t Liao State also learning the Central Plains culture? Originally, the Liao Hu people also migrated out of the Central Plains, and now they have just returned.

See, this is reality.

As long as your fist is big enough, there is nothing in the world that cannot be explained.

As for now, unfortunately, at least Zhao Yifu doesn’t think Liaoguo’s fist is big.

He even connected his soul to the people on his side and said, "Let's not disturb our master's thoughts."

This action, this expression, is a little cunning.

It is obvious that Zeon is caught in a dilemma because it has not done things fully.

If he accepted this imperial edict, his reputation within the Chunyang Sect would plummet.

At least now he can still rely on his seniority to bully others, but that may not be the case after he receives the order.

But if I don’t accept it... well, I will really offend the Liao Dynasty court, and it will be a terrible offense.

It would be fine if other sects of the Chunyang Sect offended the Liao Dynasty court, but their Wanshou Sect was established in the territory of Liao Dynasty. If they offended it, would they have any good consequences?

With the situation blocked from both ends, the old man who has lived for eight hundred years is worthy of being an old man. Zeon directly found the optimal solution.

He stood up and walked towards the eunuch who delivered the order with a smile, as if he wanted to accept the order, but in fact he could also be declining it with a smile.

But no one could see his next move, because his legs suddenly went weak and he fell to the ground with a thud.

Then he became breathless...

Good guy, really good guy!
This move made everyone's scalp tingle.

The disciples of Wanshou Sect hurried up to check the situation.

Suddenly, someone said sadly, "Master, it's over!"

Everyone feels unconvinced, so this is going to fail?

We are all practitioners. To see if it is really impossible, we just need to see whether the soul has escaped.

Then, Zeon's soul really floated out...

This old man is so cruel!

Everyone knew that he did it on purpose, but when his soul floated out, no one could say anything.

After all, he is a senior who is over 800 years old...

And this does seem to be the optimal solution.

Of course, no one in the Chunyang Sect could say anything about him anymore, and the pressure from the Liao Dynasty court was also relieved.

Because the imperial edict was given to him, how could he receive it when he was dead?

But don't think that he is willing to die like this. This old man always says that his life span is about to end, but he can still survive for another lifetime.

It is almost certain that Zeon must have a backup plan. This can be considered a fake death at most and cannot be a real death.

This is true under normal circumstances, but the problem is... at this moment, Zhao Yifu received a brand new decree from Heaven through the Netherworld Messenger Order.

[Those who gather great fortune and cultivate longevity will immediately return to the underworld after death.]

This is just one sentence. When you reach the underworld, there are many more detailed rules.

For example, the higher the luck of the deceased person taken away by the ghost, the longer his life span was, and the corresponding yin merit he could obtain.

Zhao Yifu's brows twitched, and he looked at the soul of his 'ancestor master' with envy.

If this is sent underground, wouldn't it be possible to immediately gain a lot of merit?
But then he shook his head and decided not to bother Zeon. If he jumped out and took away Zeon's soul at this time, it would be a joke.

However, when he was about to let Zeon go and let the old man have a 'peaceful end', he was shocked to notice that a tiny portal to the underworld had opened on the ground beneath the old man's body!
A trace of powerful underworld power leaked out from this portal. If he was not also a ghost messenger from the underworld, he would probably not be able to detect it.

At this moment, Zeon's soul, which was originally lingering above his body and still had a slight connection with it, seemed to be pulled by a huge force and suddenly "returned" to his body.

But Zhao Yi Fu knew that it was not a return to the physical body, but an entry into the dark passage under the physical body.

This old man's soul has been captured.

This clean and efficient method, this decisive action, it is obvious that he is an expert in capturing souls.

Zhao Yifu slowly recalled who had made the move... If he guessed correctly, it must have been the Horse-Faced One who had made the move.

Black and White Impermanence are the Yin Shuai who command all the ghost officials, but the most powerful among them is Ox-Head and Horse-Face.

In fact, the original position of Niu Tou and Ma Mian was similar to that of Hei Bai Wu Chang or even slightly higher, but unfortunately they made a mistake and were punished and stripped of their priesthood, and could only be the "strongest ghost messenger".

Presumably, they really want to accumulate merits and return to the throne of God, so they will never let go of the "fat meat" like Zeon.

Zhao Yifu even suspected that these two "strongest ghost messengers" would break into the Liao Kingdom's imperial mausoleum and take away all the Liao Kingdom's former emperors...

To be honest, it was taboo for Horse-Faced Monster to snatch Zeon's soul in front of Zhao Yifu, after all, it was considered "stealing a head".

But Zhao Yifu would say: Good job!

If he were asked to do it himself, he would really be reluctant to do it.

Not like now...

Zeon died completely, even his soul disappeared.

Now the Wanshou Sect disciples could no longer hold back and started to get excited.

"What's going on? Where's the master's soul? Isn't the master's soul still able to accept offerings and continue to bless us?"

No one discovered how Zeon's soul disappeared.

At this time, the small circle of several people's spiritual thoughts began to communicate.

Lian Guang Sect Master: "What happened just now? I felt a chill for a moment. Something must have happened."
Qiu Yuzi said, "I feel the same way, but before that, I sensed that the world seemed to have changed a little bit."

As expected of a powerful Yangshen, he is very perceptive about the changes in the world.

Sect Master Xuanfeng said, "I seem to have seen the gates of hell... Could it be the underworld coming to 'take someone away'?"

Liang Zhongzhi said directly: "Let me explain a little bit. He has some connections in the underworld."

Zhao Yifu could only explain, "The rules of the underworld have changed. People like us who cultivate immortality, as well as those with great fortune like kings, princes, generals, and ministers, cannot remain in the world after death through sacrifices."

"They had already gathered the good fortune of humanity and enjoyed wealth and glory while they were alive. Naturally, after death, they could only be reincarnated early and could no longer enjoy the sacrifices of their descendants."

Everyone seemed to understand after hearing this, and then said, "It should be so."

Indeed, compared to the natural way of birth, aging, sickness and death, practicing longevity is going against the trend.

Of course, there was another reason why they acted so calm. After all, Zhao Yifu seemed to have a good relationship with the underworld...

Only then did Zhao Yifu say to Liang Zhongzhi, "Master, it's your turn to clean up the mess. Those seven weirdos are still hanging around. We need to get rid of them quickly."

Liang Zhongzhi sighed deeply: "You are forcing your master to work hard."

Qiu Yuzi laughed upon hearing this and said, "Liang Fengzi, you've lived a comfortable life under the protection of the sect over the years. How about you taking on some of the burden for me now?"

The leader of the Lianguang Sect asked doubtfully, "What are you talking about? What does this have to do with Junior-Martial Brother Liang Fengzi?"

Qiu Yuzi said with a smile, "It's all because of that little monkey Fu Yinzi. He disliked the trouble of being the leader, so he wrote his master's name on the imperial edict of the Great Xu Emperor."

The leader of the Lian Guang Sect was astonished: "Wait, are you saying that we also have a copy of the imperial edict from the south?"

Liang Zhongzhi said with a smile, "That's right."

"You bastard."

At this moment, Liang Zhongzhi wanted to curse and stab Zhao Yifu, and his eyes showed his desire to rub Zhao Yifu back and forth without any concealment.

Seeing this, Zhao Yifu quickly said something that made everyone choke: "Master, I don't want to do this either, but at this rate, I might even be sent to heaven to serve the master in a few years. I'll have to take care of this world again, Master."

"Will it be possible for me, as the disciple, to pass on the position of leader to the master?"

Wow, this makes me want to complain but I have no place to complain.

Given Zhao Yifu's talent, this is indeed the case.

This is how things are. The strongest leader and the most talented disciple of Danqing Sect are both facing the problem of ascending to heaven soon, so Liang Zhongzhi, who is neither in the middle nor out, can only be the leader of Chunyang Sect.

This sudden change really stunned the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict. He never expected that such a thing would happen.

He said in astonishment: "This...this imperial edict, at least someone should come to receive it!"

This is what he cares about most. Otherwise, if he fails to hand over the imperial edict, he will definitely be in trouble when he returns to the palace.

But at this moment, Liang Zhongzhi, who had been standing by, took action.

He suddenly laughed out loud, and his figure flashed with a series of phantoms. He unexpectedly snatched the imperial edict from the eunuch in front of so many soldiers and the seven evil masters when the eunuch was completely unprepared.

He laughed out loud, "If you feel like you have nowhere to put it, why not use it as toilet paper for me? This yellow paper is soft and thick, it must be very comfortable to wipe with...hahahaha."

Crazy Liang is here.

Zhao Yifu was horrified. Could it be that he had driven his master crazy?

If this is true, it would be a sin.

Zhao Yifu opened his eyes wide and tried his best to look innocent.

Then Qiu Yuzi said, "This guy has finally revealed his true nature."

The implication is that Liang Zhongzhi with such a wild attitude is the real Liang Fengzi, or Liang the Crazy!

Liang Zhongzhi's direct action of snatching the imperial edict really stunned the other cultivators present.

Because the imperial edict is blessed with the power of humanity, ordinary practitioners cannot touch it at all, otherwise their own true energy will be destroyed.

But Liang Zhongzhi is not afraid, which means he has the power to fight against it!
There was no way, because Liang Zhongzhi had the imperial edict of the Southern Dynasty Xu on him.

Everyone was amazed and impressed when they saw this, and couldn't understand why there were so many talented people in the Danqing Sect.

The leader is the Yang God who is at the top of the world. Zhao Yifu has just come to the fore and shown the favor of the ancestor, and now there is a crazy Liang who can fight against the power of humanity!

In other words, this small Danqing Sect actually has three people who are qualified to be the leader!
If we must rank them, Qiu Yuzi, who has "only cultivation", is at a disadvantage, while Zhao Yifu, who is favored by the ancestor and has good cultivation, is the best candidate, and Liang Zhongzhi, who can fight against the destiny of the northern humanity, follows closely behind.

Wow, the battle for the leader position of Chunyang Sect is so fierce. I thought it would be Wanshou Sect challenging the other six sects, but it turned out to be the three giants within Danqing Sect competing against each other!
Liang Zhongzhi seized the imperial edict, and the seven evil cultivators were not happy about it.

Many of them were still waiting for others to take action, but the most rough and rude Commander Niu had already taken the initiative.

The wild bull rushed towards the middle of the beam with rumbling steps, stretched out its arms which were thicker than an ordinary man's waist and slapped the middle of the beam.

However, Liang Zhongzhi didn't even look, and didn't even move his feet. A frosty slide appeared under his feet and carried him rapidly to the side.

At the same time, the wild bull rushed to where Liang Zhongzhi was originally standing, and an ice lotus suddenly exploded under his feet, locking his body in solid ice.

Of course, this blockade was only for a moment, and soon Commander Niu used all his muscles to break free from the ice.

All of a sudden, ice chips flew all over the field, and Liang Zhongzhi was already far away.

What's even more amazing is that from the beginning to the end of the beam, it looks like it is strolling leisurely in the garden, which is so elegant.

Whether it was the exploding ice lotus or the ice chips raised when Commander Niu broke free from the ice, they all gave the place a dreamy feeling.

"Beautiful!"

The second generation of the Chivalrous Alliance were amazed.

They didn't think Liang Zhongzhi was that powerful in his fight against the destiny of humanity in the north. They just thought that this man was worthy of being the master of their leader, and he was simply gorgeous!

　I've been so busy these past two days that I can only write 5,000 to 6,000 words a day at most. Otherwise, I would like to write more chapters of 8,000 words.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)