The more you believe me, the more real it becomes.

Chapter 154 What kind of trick is this monkey?
That night, Liu cried out incessantly.

Many clever ones had already packed their valuables and fled overnight.

As a result, the already crumbling Liu family found it even more difficult to cope.

Outside the Liu family's ancestral land, an old man and a young man looked helplessly at the withered old willow tree in front of them.

After a long pause, the older man turned to a boy of about eleven or twelve years old beside him and said:
"Senior brother, it seems the Liu family is truly finished. Let's retreat! If we stay any longer, we won't be able to borrow the Liu family's literary fortune."

At this point, the old man said with a complicated expression:
"That must be because this bottomless pit is sucking away our luck! Even I, Junior Brother, feel like I've already had a lot of it sucked away!"

They had originally set their sights on the Liu family's six-hundred-year literary fortune. They planned to borrow one or two hundred years of it to deal with the situation first.

Therefore, they directly seized the other party's annual salary, intending to break their luck and make it easier to carry out their plan.

But little did they know, the ship had just sunk, and they hadn't even had a chance to do anything about it.

Well, the Liu family's six hundred years of literary fortune has inexplicably vanished!
Not only did they end up with nothing, but their previous schemes also caused the Liu family to drain their luck.

What kind of situation is this?!
The eleven or twelve-year-old boy did not answer, but just stared at the old man in front of him with a furrowed brow.

After a while, he changed his hand into a claw and tore off a piece of bark.

He immediately bit his fingertip and drew a complex talisman on it.

Just as he was about to chant incantations and divine the future, he saw the bark crumble instantly as soon as a few lines appeared.

"Senior brother, did you figure it out?"

The old man looked on in bewilderment, while the young man shook his head repeatedly, saying:

"I...I think I saw a dragon?"

"Dragon? Is it that hero emperor from Lao Senzi who has made a move against the Liu family?" The old man looked towards the capital.

"It doesn't look like it." The boy shook his head repeatedly.

"what is that?"

The old man immediately became interested. Although everyone on the mountain was busy taking advantage of the situation, it was still quite astonishing to wipe out a powerful clan in one fell swoop.

This is because it requires not only great magical power, but also the burden of great karmic consequences.

After all, with the arrival of a great era, Liu, as a person of this time, will surely rise to prominence and be blessed with great fortune.

They have been carefully maneuvering until now in order to avoid future consequences as much as possible.

After pondering for a long time, the boy's expression slowly changed.

Then he grabbed the old man and said:
"Oh no! Quick, let's get out of here! We can't stay any longer!"

"Huh? Senior brother, what do you mean by this?"

The two ran like the wind, disappearing into the mountains and fields. The breathless boy finally let go of his mother and leaned against an old tree, panting heavily.

"Senior brother, you're still young, you can handle it, but I... my body can't take it! So, so, what's wrong?"

The boy didn't answer, he just waved his hands repeatedly and was panting.

Once he had finally calmed down, he looked in the direction of the Liu family ancestral land with lingering fear and said:
"I recalled it again and again, and I am certain that what I saw was a real dragon. But in the current situation, what real dragon would be willing to defy the laws of heaven and come out to devour the Liu family's fortune?"

"And that so-called emperor certainly doesn't have that ability. So there can only be one possibility!"

"what?"

The old man asked curiously.

The boy said decisively:
"There must be a master who has taken the great path to punish the Liu family!"

Upon hearing this, the old man's eyes instantly shifted from curiosity to shock.

"Senior brother, it's not that I don't believe you, but... can someone like Liu really afford to offend such a powerful figure?"

Everyone is closely connected to the Great Dao, but very few can truly be described as carrying it on their shoulders.
The boy shook his head:

"I don't know how they got involved, but that's definitely how it happened! Only by punishing them according to the Great Dao can the fate of an entire clan be extinguished silently." The old man didn't press further, but glanced at the Liu clan's ancestral land with lingering fear and said:

"So, the fact that we didn't have time to make a move is actually a stroke of luck amidst misfortune!"

If they had succeeded back then, they would probably have been crushed by the Great Dao.

"Let's go back and report to our master. This is not our fault. It's just that Liu Shi is courting death."
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On the mountain path, a handsome schoolteacher strolled leisurely with his hands behind his back.

Behind him was a little boy carrying a book box.

The road was long and winding, and the little boy was panting heavily, sweating profusely.

The schoolteacher, however, remained calm and unmoved.

Finally, the boy couldn't help but say, "Sir, why don't we take a break?"

Unexpectedly, the man shook his head repeatedly and said:

"Hey, you're my first disciple, and a natural scholar at that. You can't start complaining about how hard it is now that you've just begun your studies abroad!"

As he spoke, he tapped the child's head with his other hand and said:
"You must understand that you are destined to become a virtuous person. You absolutely cannot continue like this!"

The child immediately looked miserable and said:

"But sir, I'm so tired!"

This left the man feeling utterly helpless, and he said:
"In the past, countless people would have wanted to follow me even for a few steps but never had the chance. You, on the other hand, are able to travel and study with me, yet you keep complaining. You, you really don't know how lucky you are!"

The child retorted while crying:

"They are them, and I am me. How can we generalize?"

The man had no choice but to nod.
"Alright, alright, what can I do? I'm a good gentleman. Let's walk a little further and then..."

Before he could finish speaking, the man frowned.

He then stepped in front of the child. The child immediately reacted, grabbing his sleeve tightly and saying:
"Sir, is something wrong?"

The man said with a very complicated expression:
"Something did happen, but I don't quite understand it."

As soon as he finished speaking, the boy saw a number of monkeys appear on the road ahead.

"monkey?!"

Just then, they exclaimed in surprise, and saw an old monkey walking upright, carrying a tattered sack on its back, with a number of children following behind it.

"Sir, could it be that a monster has kidnapped these children? You claim to be a gentleman, shouldn't you step forward to rescue them?"

The man shook his head and then nodded, saying:

"Logically it should be, but I don't think so. Never mind. Let's go ask!"

Having said that, he took the boy and walked away.

He was composed and dignified.

Upon seeing this person, the monkeys in front all started chattering.

The old monkey, not daring to delay, quickly stepped forward to pay his respects.
"Sir, this old monkey greets you!"

Although he was a beast, the man showed no disdain. Instead, he straightened his clothes with a serious expression and returned the greeting with a cupped hand.

His actions and demeanor were flawless.

At the same time, they also heard the person say earnestly:
"Lian'er, you must remember this: we Confucianists believe that our heads may be severed, but our rites must not be broken! We may die, but our rules must not be disregarded!"

The child, as if waking from a dream, followed Zheng Guan and bowed.

This made the old monkey increasingly uneasy; he didn't seem like an easy-going master.
The schoolteacher, looking at the old monkey's back, muttered to himself.

What kind of creature is this monkey? How did it manage to come out carrying the imperial edict?

(End of this chapter)