The master comes down the mountain: I don’t want to be a son-in-law

Lee Jae-sung took the special plane back home that night.

Xu Tong felt a little dissatisfied. According to his wishes, Li Zaixing should be beaten to at least half to death before he was released. However, as the boss of a large family and a qualified businessman, he can still weigh the basic interests.

Li Muchen did not participate in the whole matter, and did not even ask. The whole process was discussed by Xu Tong, Lang Yuwen, and Hou Qigui.

If you beat up or even kill the young master of the Song Dynasty Group, you will only get a sigh of relief at most. What can you get in exchange? It's better to hold him, support him fully, and let him become a puppet. The technology and market held by Xi Song are very valuable to Xu Tong and the Jingli Group, which is currently developing rapidly.

"With Li Zaixing as a chess piece, I am confident that the Jingli Group will surpass Xi Song and Guoguo within five years." Lang Yuwen said at the celebration banquet at Li Zhai afterwards.

Xu Tong chuckled and said: "Mr. Lang is really a genius. If this were placed in ancient times, you would be Zhang Liang and Han Xin!"

Lang Yuwen waved his hand and said: "Master Xu, thank you for your praise. How can I compare to Zhang Liang and Han Xin? But Butler Hou, who is as talented as Xiao He, is the real virtuous assistant beside Mr. Li!"

Hou Qigui laughed and said, "Mr. Lang is virtuous and virtuous, and Master Xu is also the most talented person in Jiangdong. I'll forget it. I'm just a Panjiayuan who sells old goods. If Mr. Li hadn't valued me and supported me, how could I be where I am today?"

"Steward Hou, you are too humble. Excessive humility is pride!" Xu Tong said.

Hou Qigui smiled and said: "It's not humility, it's self-knowledge. But I don't belittle myself. Compared with the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty, I'm afraid none of us are a little behind, but when it comes to Liu Bang, our Mr. Li may be even better."

His words made both Xu Tong and Lang Yuwen slightly stunned.

Liu Bang replaced the powerful Qin Dynasty and established a century-old foundation in the Western Han Dynasty.

"You mean Mr. Li..." Xu Tong was a little unsure, "Aspires to the world?"

Hou Qigui shook his head: "It's not that the ambition is for the world, but in my opinion..." He stretched out a finger and pointed upward, "The ambition is for the sky!"

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When they were designing Li Zaixing in Yanbeiyuan and planning a plan to kill Song Dynasty, Li Muchen was alone in the Li family's old house in the capital.

After this trip to Edo, especially the sword duel with Mitarashi Kenkaku, he gained a deeper understanding of his Tao and a higher realm.

Let go of your obsessions and seek the true meaning of Tao in a world without thoughts.

He seemed to see the dance of the black demonic shadow rising with the Xuan Ming sword energy and another meaning of the distant ancient spell that resounded in his mind.

Why is Xuanming Sword black? Why is the dancing shadow black?

Because the universe is originally black!

The sky is full of stars, giving us the illusion of light, but in fact they are far, far away. The universe is not made of stars, but of the vast distances between them.

This is the "nothing" mentioned in the "Tao Jing" and the "empty" mentioned in the Buddhist scriptures.

An empty world is dark.

Darkness is not scary. What is scary is that we have stood in the "light" of heaven for too long and cannot adapt to the darkness at all.

What Li Muchen heard was no longer just the obsession of "killing, killing, killing", but more of compassion for the common people amid the turmoil of inner demons. And in the midst of compassion, one seems to vaguely see the brilliance beyond the chaos of the universe.

That is real light, a light that does not require eyes to see but can shine into the soul.

Now, his innate soul is still in a sealed state, but he has opened up another path, a path that is different from the cultivation of Heavenly Dao, and is even a rebellious path in the eyes of those who maintain Heavenly Dao.

Originally, through this path, through the improvement of realm, one could in turn break through the innate seal of senior brother. In that case, his triple thunder tribulation will be more consolidated, and after breaking through the seal, the senior brother will probably not say anything else, because the breakthrough is fate.

But he doesn't want to break through now.

Since we don’t even need the sky, it doesn’t matter whether we are innate or not.

Next, he will walk alone on this lonely road.

He knew that no one understood him except the sword in his hand and the distant spells in his mind.

The past era of being taught by a master and loved by brothers and sisters has passed.

Only the ordinary can have true love, and the great journey is always lonely.

But he believed that the real light would come. By then, everyone will understand him.

Heavenly calamity will not come in the short term, because he has chosen a non-Heavenly way, and Heavenly Way will naturally no longer control his practice.

If it comes, it means that the time has come when God will not tolerate it, and it will be a disaster of destruction.

But he was not afraid, and even vaguely looked forward to that day coming.

Those who seek the true way dare to fight against heaven!

……

Seven days later, Li Muchen conducted his second missionary mission after Wutongju in Hecheng at Lizhai in the capital.

Again, this time he called everyone around him.

And because some of the content of Hecheng's lecture has been circulated, it has had a moderate impact within a certain range.

Part of this influence is based on the content of what he said, which has an enlightening effect on some people with high understanding; the other part is of course based on his past personal influence, which makes people look forward to what he will say.

This class in Beijing was packed with guests.

Not only Hou Qigui, Li Axi, Wang Tieshou, Kuai Daorong, Huang Dashan, Bai Jingjing, Yin Ying, Wu Yuqi and other people from the Li family, but also Wang Chongxian and Jin Sanmu from Baiyunguan, Duan Furong, Dai Ting, Xiao from Gemen, Xiao Sheng and Xiao Minghe from the family, as well as some practitioners and warriors in the capital who heard the news, also came.

When listening to Li Muchen's words that "the Tao is not Heaven", one can imagine the shock of these people, especially the innate masters like Wang Chongxian who have survived the thunder tribulation.

Wang Chongxian even trembled all over and felt fear in his heart. For a while, he even wanted to stand up and accuse Li Muchen, what you preach is not the right way, but a crooked way!

But there seemed to be another voice in his heart: Let's listen again and see what he can say.

However, the more he listened, the more fear in his heart worsened, and the less he dared to stand up and accuse.

The next day, Master Rong summoned the Rongmen brothers who were cooks in the capital and held a banquet with all dishes from the north and the south at Li's house, recreating the rich banquet at Li's house twenty years ago.

This sermon did not cause any commotion, but Li Muchen's reputation became more prominent. From the past "Master Li" and "Master Li", some people began to call him "Master Li", "Master Li", and some even called him "Master Li". Simply call him "Saint" first.

Li Muchen didn't care about these names and had no plans to establish a religion for himself.

Today, his mentality has become surprisingly peaceful, as if nothing is urgent anymore, even going to Huangze and Huangquan Jiuyou is not so urgent.

When admirers came to ask for advice or discuss with him, Li Muchen was not shy about his words and skills. Whether they were ordinary people or advanced Buddhists, he treated them with courtesy and sincerity, and patiently explained without losing humility.

This change in mentality surprised even him.

But if the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop, there will always be storms.

Since that day when Li Zhai preached, Wang Chongxian never came again. News came from the Bai family that a notice had been issued within Baiyunguan, and the disciples of Baiyunguan were not allowed to have any contact with the Li family, let alone listen to Li Muchen's preaching.