Chapter 595: Nighttime Fiery Clouds
Li Xuan spotted the secret guards of Prince Zheng's mansion hiding in the woods at a glance.
The secret guards were still wearing the special light-absorbing black cloth, sitting in the shadows, almost blending into the darkness.
It was Li Xuan, otherwise how could ordinary people detect such a concealed method.
Originally he was just guessing, but now it seems that the suspicion of Prince Zheng has been confirmed.
This matter is probably another good thing done by Prince Zheng.
"This old bastard is really making trouble outside the capital."
The dignified Fuhu Temple was forced to be isolated by Prince Zheng, and even left incense in Ci'en Temple to prevent accidents.
But Li Xuan couldn't figure out what deep hatred Prince Zheng had with Fuhu Temple that forced them to this extent.
Li Xuan shook his head and didn't think about it anymore. Anyway, when he brought Monk Chengche back to the capital, the truth should be revealed.
He waited for a while, and when Monk Chengche and others walked away, he immediately took action and directly used the ghost cry to knock the secret guard unconscious.
Li Xuan came to check and confirmed that the secret guard was not killed by the shock. Then he removed his limbs and jaw, and tried to make him lose his ability to move as much as possible, so as to avoid any trouble after waking up early.
Then he directly used the light-absorbing black cloth on the secret guard to pack him up and hung him on the tree, and did not forget to leave a mark of the Ministry of Internal Affairs under the tree.
"It seems that I have to get some drugs from the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the future."
Li Xuan remembered that the last time he caught the secret guards of Zheng Wangfu, Xu Lang and his men gave the captured secret guards drugs, and then escorted them back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs safely.
Li Xuan did not have these things on him, and he felt inconvenient when he needed them now.
"No, I have to get some of the regular equipment of the flower-clothed eunuchs. Maybe they will be useful in the future."
In the past, he only focused on stuffing some survival supplies into the Emperor Hong bone ring, and food and water accounted for the majority.
After all, he was always thinking about running away every day, and leaving the palace with two girls was a dangerous place.
The current Jingyang Palace is no longer the same as before. The three little ones are also heavily bound by interests with Emperor Yongyuan. There is no need to run away, and they even have to stay together to guard the Daxing ancestral property of one acre and three points of land.
Li Xuan dealt with the secret guard and hurriedly caught up with Monk Chengche and his group.
Along the way, Li Xuan encountered several secret guards who were following him. He did the same as before and hung them one by one on the nearby trees, waiting to collect them later.
These secret guards did not follow Monk Chengche in front, but stayed in one place and monitored the surroundings.
It seems that the secret guards should have divided the areas they monitored. As for why, I am afraid Li Xuan will find out in a short time.
Because as he continued to move forward, Li Xuan found that the secret guards appeared more and more frequently.
After a while, Li Xuan had hung the tenth secret guard on the tree.
King Zheng dispatched so many secret guards, and Li Xuan couldn't help but worry about Monk Chengche and his group in front.
Since the other party dared to act, it means that after finding out the strength of Monk Chengche and his men, they are still confident of taking them down.
Monk Chengche's Tao is not weak, Li Xuan has seen it before.
If King Zheng wants to take down Monk Chengche steadily, he must at least send out a combination of equally powerful people like Shang Zongguan and Zhao Feng.
Li Xuan guessed that it is very likely that they are second-grade strong men who can display the Tao realm.
He couldn't help but look back at the way he came, but still couldn't find the trace of the flowery eunuch.
"Shang Zongguan is a little slow..."
Li Xuan couldn't help but feel a little worried.
Shang Zongguan said that after making arrangements, he would immediately follow him.
But now it seems that half a day has passed, but Li Xuan still hasn't waited for the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to meet him.
Monk Chengche and his men are not walking fast, but if they keep walking like this, it will take more time for the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to catch up.
Li Xuan is afraid that they can't catch up, and in the end he can only watch Monk Chengche get into trouble in front of him.
Although Li Xuan has made some breakthroughs recently, he still doesn't have much to do when facing the upper third-grade Dao.
Not to mention the second-grade Dao realm. If he is trapped, it is still unclear whether he can get out.
But things have come to this point, and it is not right for Li Xuan to retreat.
Moreover, he has seen the Fuhu Temple's skills, and now he owes Fuhu Temple a favor.
"Meow, I haven't understood this skill yet, you can't be destroyed!"
Li Xuan gritted his teeth and continued to follow.
Not long after, Li Xuan found the dark guards again, but this time he did not choose to subdue them.
This is a team of dark guards, a total of ten people, hiding around Monk Chengche and others, monitoring them from a distance.
This team of dark guards is different from the ones in front. They are conducting tailing surveillance.
The sudden change in the way the dark guards monitor gave Li Xuan some bad premonitions.
It got dark very early today.
Although the days are short and the nights are long in the cold winter, Li Xuan felt that Monk Chengche and his disciples had not traveled much in the afternoon.
But it was already dark, and Monk Chengche did not plan to take his disciples on a night journey.
The capital and Jiangnan Road were far apart, and they could not reach the distance by traveling for a few more days at night.
But now there was no village in front and no shop behind, so they could only sleep in the wild for one night.
This was also a common thing for people who traveled around the world.
In such a winter, sleeping in the wild is deadly for ordinary people, but it is just a little uncomfortable for warriors.
And with the presence of Monk Chengche, a third-grade master, it is not necessary to let everyone sleep in the snow.
Monk Chengche led his disciples into the woods beside the road and found a flat land with open terrain.
Then Monk Chengche led his disciples to recite a scripture in the woods, and then they actually started to build a rough cabin.
The thick tree trunk was cut off by Monk Chengche with a wave of his hand.
Then the disciples of Fuhu Temple came forward and smoothed the tree trunks with their iron hands, polishing them smooth and flat.
Then these polished tree trunks will leave some grooves that can be tightly embedded in each other, and then they will be spliced together like building blocks.
It took a short while to build it. The efficiency was so high that it was obviously not the first time to do this.
"Fuhu Temple also does civil engineering part-time, right?"
"They even know how to use mortise and tenon structures, which is quite professional."
After the cabin was built, Monk Chengche took his disciples inside to rest.
After the fire was lit in the house, it soon became warm.
Several disciples of Fuhu Temple who still had energy continued to open windows on the wall, decorate the entrance, and hang blank wooden plaques.
It seemed that they were actually enjoying it.
Monk Chengche did not scold them for their behavior. He also sat at the door, holding a piece of remaining large wood in his hand, using a chisel that he found from nowhere to rub off the sawdust bit by bit and start carving.
Li Xuan knew the tools in Monk Chengche's hand because Princess Ankang had come into contact with a lot of carpentry tools when she carved a wooden statue for Concubine Xiao.
He never thought that Monk Chengche actually carried this thing with him.
Monk Chengche, who was rubbing the wood, seemed calmer than ever.
The piece of wood also gradually took on some shape with Monk Chengche's efforts.
Monk Chengche was carving a human figure, but the figure was a little big, about the same height as an ordinary person.
That is, Monk Chengche was already burly, so he could hold such a big piece of wood in his arms and carve it.
Li Xuan secretly looked at Monk Chengche, and then looked at the Fuhu Temple disciples who were decorating the cabin. He was thoughtful for a moment and understood something.
"Fuhu Temple is not unaware of the problems of its own martial arts."
"It just chose this way to comfort itself."
At this moment, Li Xuan seemed to understand the difficulties of Fuhu Temple.
It is not good not to practice the martial arts. The people around and the peace of Jiangnan Road need them to protect, and those bandits who were once eradicated by them will definitely come to seek revenge if they know that Fuhu Temple is not as good as before.
They also know the problems in the martial arts, but they have to continue practicing.
But as the cultivation level improves, the temperament becomes more and more violent.
It's okay when there are evil people to punish, but what about on weekdays?
The wood carvings of the house in front of him seemed to be an answer that Fuhu Temple had found.
If he didn't adjust his mentality in this way, I'm afraid the monks of Fuhu Temple would be several times more disgusting than when Li Xuan first saw them.
Li Xuan sighed, not knowing what to say.
"The monks of Fuhu Temple are really stubborn."
At this time, the Fuhu Temple disciple who had hung up the plaque said to Monk Chengche:
"Uncle, I have finished the plaque, please help me carry the words, I can't reach it."
"Stupid, then can't you write the words before hanging it up?" Monk Chengche was interrupted from carving and couldn't help scolding.
The scolded disciple touched his head and smiled shyly, and didn't take it to heart.
Monk Chengche put down the half-carved wood in his hand unhappily, then stood up and stretched out his hand to the plaque above his head.
A golden shadow immediately appeared on his arm, turning into a big hand.
The Fuhu Temple disciples on the side immediately watched this scene with shining eyes, wishing they could hug the golden shadow and kiss it twice.
The other disciples who were resting in the house also noticed this scene and rushed to the door.
"Master uncle uses the Acala body!"
The Fuhu Temple disciples seemed to be looking forward to this scene, and gathered in front of the door to watch Monk Chengche write the inscription on the plaque.
[Tudi Temple]
Monk Chengche wrote these three words on the plaque stroke by stroke.
Although the words are not very beautiful, they are neat and tidy.
Li Xuan couldn't help but feel a little surprised when he saw it. He originally thought that Monk Chengche would write that the house was built by Fuhu Temple, but he just wrote the three words "Tudi Temple".
Looking at the wood that Monk Chengche had just carved, he really looked like a kind old man.
When Monk Chengche finished writing the words on the plaque, the disciples of Fuhu Temple immediately cheered:
"Good, Master, you are so good!"
"The physical ability of Acala is controlled as if it were a wave of the arm, I am afraid that even the abbot is not as good as him!"
"You are worthy of being the first Acala of Fuhu Temple!"
The disciples of Fuhu Temple were very respectful.
They all practiced the angry Vajra body, and if they have achieved success in the future, they will practice the Acala body.
On weekdays, they would find ways to find their masters to show them the Acala body.
Now that Monk Chengche has satisfied them, he naturally has to praise them well, so that he can continue to fool them in the future.
"Get out, get out!"
When Monk Chengche heard that these rascals were talking without restraint, he waved his big hand and cursed.
"I don't think you guys are tired yet. If you are not tired, go out and practice until you are tired and want to sleep!"
Hearing this, the Fuhu Temple disciples immediately scattered like birds and beasts, yawning and walking into the house, lying on the ground and falling asleep.
"These bastards."
Monk Chengche cursed, smiled and sat back at the door, and continued to carve his own land god.
When the land god is worshipped later, the land temple will be completed.
In the future, it will be convenient for travelers to come in and rest for a while, which can be regarded as a good deed.
Li Xuan lay on a branch facing the land temple, looking at the dark guards who had ambushed around.
He couldn't help but look in the direction of the capital, feeling a little strange.
"Today is too slow."
Li Xuan estimated that King Zheng's people might take action soon.
But it would definitely not be these dark guards who would take action. The dark guards would at most be responsible for guarding the surroundings and temporarily clearing out irrelevant people.
As for the real person who was going to take action, Li Xuan had not sensed it yet.
"I hope I can make it in time."
As soon as Li Xuan thought of this, his body suddenly tensed up and his hair stood on end.
He looked up at the sky and immediately realized that something was wrong.
The five elements of heaven and earth were changing rapidly, and a large amount of pure fire attribute power was constantly transforming and forming, almost filling this world.
"Oh no!"
How could Li Xuan, who had seen such a scene once, not know that someone had activated the Dao Realm.
Li Xuan was about to escape from this place, but found that he had been covered by the range of the Dao Realm.
"My, this coverage!?"
Li Xuan realized that something was wrong and immediately transformed his own attribute into fire and merged into this Dao Realm.
At this moment, a faint flame suddenly lit up in the dark night sky and gradually brightened.
Unknowingly, a large fire cloud formed above their heads.
The red glow inside the fire cloud appeared and disappeared from time to time, as if it had life.
Monk Chengche looked up at the sky calmly, sighed helplessly, and put down the unfinished land god in his hand.
He put the land god in the temple and stepped onto the open space.
The next moment, the sky above was suddenly illuminated, and a rain of fire poured down from the fire clouds, targeting the open space where Monk Chengche was standing and the newly built land temple behind him.
The fire rain was made up of huge meteors, with a terrifying power that made people feel terrified.
But Monk Chengche's eyes were determined, and he immediately transformed into a huge Vajra phantom, vowing to stop the fire rain.
"Evil demons, don't die yet!"
Monk Chengche opened his right palm, aimed at the fire rain falling from the sky, and hid his left hand at his waist to accumulate power.
His Vajra phantom also made the same move.
"Seven Kills..."
But before Monk Chengche could make a move, the fire clouds in the sky suddenly emitted a dazzling red light.
The Vajra phantom was illuminated by the red light, and it made a sharp sound, and white smoke continued to emerge.
Then, Li Xuan saw that the Vajra phantom transformed by Monk Chengche actually began to melt little by little.
"Attributes are restrained!?"