The official dirt road is filled with the grassy smell of cow dung, there is an endless stream of woodcutters carrying dry firewood into the city, and there is a constant flow of bullock carts selling charcoal.

Wang Daosheng said to Chen Ji and others: "Get in the car, Chen Ji. You did the work for others when we were serving porridge, so you were punished in disguise. You don't have to walk anymore."

Chen Ji didn't ask any more questions, he just said thank you and found an empty seat on the cart to sit down.

Zhang Xia got on his horse and rode Zaozao beside the oxcart. He asked curiously: "Sir, my father often says that you are deviant. Why is this?"

Wang Daosheng was sitting in the car and asked casually: "The Analects of Confucius says that a gentleman has no weapons. How do you explain this?"

Chen Wenzong thought for a moment: "Zhu Zi commented: Each implement is suitable for its own use and cannot be used in conjunction with each other. A virtuous person has all the physical objects, so he uses all of them carefully. It is not just one talent or one skill. Zhu Zi said, the most sage

The meaning of "teacher" is that politicians do not need to specialize in a certain skill, but must be a generalist."

Wang Daosheng said calmly: "But I think Zhu Xi is wrong. The most sage teacher once commented that Guan Zhong's weapons are small, which means he has a small measure and a small mind. So I think that what the sages said is that a gentleman has no weapons.

'It means that a gentleman should have the world in mind and be open to all rivers."

Chen Wenzong opened his mouth, thinking about how to refute.

Zhang Xia rode on the horse and said: "It all seems to make sense, but I like your husband's statement better. I think a gentleman does not need to know astronomy or geography, but he must be measured!"

Wang Daosheng smiled and said: "The so-called deviance is just that my understanding of the sages is different from theirs. What I want to teach you is not to let you completely accept my ideas, but to let you see the world by yourself and have your own

idea."

Prince Jing sat in front of the bullock cart and laughed loudly without looking back: "This is the meaning of traveling thousands of miles. I, the civil servants of the Ning Dynasty now like to talk behind closed doors, discuss the past and present, and they just want to learn from the sages.

It’s just that you find evidence to support yourself in the words.”

Chen Wenzong said solemnly: "My lord, be careful what you say."

Prince Jing laughed: "You look very much like your father!"

At this time, Zhang Xia suddenly changed the topic: "Chen Ji, why do you think a gentleman is incompetent...Chen Ji?!"

She couldn't wait for Chen Ji's answer. When she turned around, she saw Chen Ji sitting in the bullock cart with his head down, and he had fallen asleep at some point.

Zhang Xia raised his eyebrows: "Chen Ji, sir is giving a lecture, why are you sleeping!"

Bai Li hurriedly stopped him: "What are you shouting? He must have been so tired after not sleeping all night last night. Let him sleep more!"

Zhang Xia curled her lips and sneered silently: "Let him sleep more for a while."

Bai Li rolled his eyes: "I'm not the same as you!"

Chen Wenzong cupped his hands to Wang Daosheng and said: "Sir, please forgive me, my third brother is still young and has never been to school in recent years, so he doesn't understand the rules. I will wake him up right now."

However, Wang Daosheng raised his hand to stop him: "It's okay, let him sleep for a while. I have no intention of teaching, but Zhang Xia asked, so I said a few words casually."

The prince's face was distorted: "Sir, you are not like this to me!"

Prince Jing laughed happily and said: "This is a request I made specifically to Mr. Wang. I can't control other people. You must strictly discipline them to prevent some people from thinking that they can do whatever they want after they reach the crown!"

Bai Li: "That's right!"

Prince: "..."

Chen Wenzong stared blankly at the three people in the car, Prince Jing, Bai Li, and the Crown Prince. It turned out that a father does not always have to keep a straight face when in front of his children, and children do not always have to be respectful when in front of their father.

He looked at Chen Ji silently, thinking, maybe that's why Chen Ji decided not to return to the Chen Mansion?

…

…

In a dream.

The sea of ​​black clouds is calm and waveless.

The old traces drifted down from the long-lost black sea of ​​clouds, and landed on the top of the mountain with the black clouds.

The sea of ​​white clouds outside is dense.

It's like a huge blanket rolled up on the mountainside, flowing turbulently.

Xuanyuan was wearing a black royal robe and sitting cross-legged on the boulder. He silently looked at the sea of ​​clouds, as if they were not the sea of ​​clouds. He didn't know what he was thinking.

Chen Ji coughed to remind him, and Xuanyuan slowly stood up, holding the royal flag in his hand, and turned around to look down at Chen Ji: "You're slacking off."

Chen Ji shook his head: "No."

Xuanyuan sneered: "Now that you come here less and less, don't you want to take the 'whale' away?"

As he spoke, the long knife appeared in the void in front of Chen Ji.

The long blade is like a long and narrow crescent moon, cool and domineering.

Chen Ji held the handle of the knife in front of him with his right hand, and gently stroked it with his left hand: "Of course I want to take it away, but things have been happening one after another recently, and I have less chance to sleep. But next, time should

There will be more.”

Xuanyuan waved towards the distance: "Feng Huai, chop him down!"

"Wait a minute," Chen Ji didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I came today because I have a lot of things I want to ask you."

Xuanyuan raised his chin slightly: "What do you want to ask?"

Chen Ji asked curiously: "I have recently acquired a cultivation path. Just by reciting the article over and over again, I can create a wisp of purple sword energy in my meridians. But every time the purple sword energy is not condensed, it is cut off by the sword seed. Why is this?"

"

Xuanyuan sat cross-legged on the boulder and said with an arrogant expression: "Since you have learned my sword style, why do you practice other sword skills? It is unnecessary."

Chen Ji hurriedly explained: "Isn't this just a way to practice? If you are idle, you will be idle."

Xuanyuan asked: "Since you have learned other people's sword skills, why do you come to ask me?"

Chen Ji thought for a while and said: "You should be the most powerful person in the world in swordsmanship. If I have questions about swordsmanship, of course I have to ask you."

Xuanyuan was dumbfounded for a long time: "Why do you say this so easily and naturally when you say this now?"

Chen Ji said sincerely: "Tell the truth."

Xuanyuan was silent for a few seconds: "What did you just ask?"

Chen Ji said: "Why are other sword energies cut off by sword species?"

Xuanyuan sneered: "The sword is the king of hundreds of soldiers. Have you ever seen two kings in a country? When two kings meet, they will naturally become kings and losers. The strong one will stay, and the weak one will disappear. Did you ask before that invisible swords are fragile?

,How can we make the sword seed tangible?"

"Yes." Chen Ji wanted to ask this question before, so he was severely beaten by the Halberd Warriors and Feng Huai. Until now, Xuanyuan has not answered this question.

Xuanyuan said calmly: "Seize the sword."

"Seize the sword?"

Xuanyuan said: "If you are born with a sword, you have to step on other swords to ascend the throne. If you want the sword to be tangible, you must seize the opponent's sword again and again and raise your own sword."

"How about it?"

"You will know after you take it once."

When Chen Ji heard this, he immediately stopped thinking about practicing Zheyun. Sword species and Zheyun would definitely not be able to coexist.

However, Zheyun is also a cultivation path from the forty-nine heavens, so it would be a pity to waste it in his own hands.

At this time, Xuanyuan looked at him sideways: "The way of cultivation requires concentration, bravery and diligence. Only the weak need to learn those fancy things. I will kill him with Huai and give him a long memory."

"Wait a minute, wait a minute," Chen Ji raised his hand to Feng Huai, dumbfounded, and stopped him: "Don't rush to fight, I have a lot of doubts... By the way, you have never heard of it.

Forty-nine heavens?”

Xuanyuan looked indifferent: "Can I still lie to you?"

Chen Ji was confused: "But I have confirmed the existence of the forty-nine heavens. They say that there are many gods living there, and there are people who will be reincarnated and come to earth...how could you not know?"

Xuanyuan became interested: "There are many gods living there? Who are they?"

Chen Ji recalled the gods he had heard from the prince: "Twenty-eight stars, Emperor Wenchang, Lord of the Five Dou Stars, Lord of the Six Stars of the South Dou, Burning Lamp Buddha..."

Xuanyuan hesitated: "Who are these?"

Chen Ji also hesitated: "Have you never heard of any of them?"

Xuanyuan frowned: "No."

Chen Ji asked again: "Have you ever heard of Taiji Mountain, Wuji Mountain, Yujing Mountain, Sumeru Mountain, and the city of Kushi?"

Xuanyuan shook his head: "I haven't heard of it."

"What places in the world did you live in?"

"Qingqiu, Guixu, Qiwu Mountain, Wangqiu Mountain, Yuyuan, Lutai, Kunlun Mountain..."

This confuses Chen Jizheng. What kind of existence are these forty-nine heavens that even such a majestic figure as Xuanyuan has never heard of?

It is known that Xuanyuan is an ancient figure from 16,000 years ago. Even if his cultivation level is not as high as the gods of the forty-nine heavens, he will never be lower than those gods.

Does a place where such a person has never heard of actually exist?

Chen Ji looked at this dream in the distance...

etc.
To be continued...