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

Li Muchen immediately went into seclusion after returning to Hecheng.

He himself did not know how long this retreat would take, because the profound Taoism contained in the two volumes of "Huang Ting" required time to be absorbed and digested.

This Tao is very ancient and consistent with the Tao he understood.

But his two awakened bloodlines were restraining and oppressing each other. This kind of internal friction will seriously consume his energy and spirit, making it difficult for his strength to match the improvement of his realm.

He must reconcile them in a higher realm and let them blend together naturally and harmoniously.

Demon and Tao are originally one. As the "Tao Te Ching" says, "Both have the same origin but different names. They are both called mysteries, and mysteries are mysteries, and they are the door to all mysteries."

In the interior and exterior scenes of Huangting, he saw that the Xuan character on the Huangting Sutra had transformed from a character into a painting, looking like an intertwined thread.

The evolution of characters has long made people forget the original meaning of characters. The so-called xuan means entanglement and entanglement - between yin and yang, between the five elements, between Tao and demons, and between all things. This kind of entanglement, mutual growth and mutual restraint. Relationship is the original appearance of the great road and the basis for the evolution of all living beings.

Mysterious and mystical, the door to all wonders.

This door has been opened to him.

Before retreating, Li Muchen called everyone in Hecheng, preached again, and then explained some things before entering the retreat safely.

This retreat lasted for three years.

Three years, whether it is long or short, the world seems to be in turmoil and a lot of things have happened, but when it comes to ordinary people, nothing seems to have happened.

For mortals, the meaning of life is life. Everything that is divorced from life, whether it is rockets flying into the sky or aircraft carrier battles, is illusory.

Not to mention those things in the extraordinary world, the turmoil of demonic energy outside the territory, the opening of secret realms in various places, and many old monsters who have been in seclusion for hundreds or even thousands of years are coming out...

These surging undercurrents can only be felt by those who are inside.

Jingli Group is prospering and its influence is growing. It has become a leader in the industry in many fields. Especially in chip research and development, it achieved overtaking in a corner, coming from behind and surpassing the Song Song Group in South Korea. It has also performed well in fields such as artificial intelligence and new energy, and its development momentum has given North American companies a sense of crisis.

In fact, in the past three years, due to the influence of Li Muchen's preaching, Taoist sects have stopped communicating with the Li family. Especially after Baiyun Temple, Tianshi Mansion, Wanfu Palace and the Li family, which had a good relationship with each other, severed contact, all the major wealthy families have also smelled it. The taste started to keep a certain distance from the Li family intentionally or unintentionally.

Fortunately, Li Muchen had laid a sufficient foundation before. Although it only took less than two years from the time he came down the mountain to complete the retreat, his reputation was enough to intimidate the world's wealthy families.

As long as he is alive, no one will dare to be an enemy of the Li family.

In addition to the unstoppable power of the Jingli Group, the Li family in Jingcheng is also becoming more and more prosperous under the management of Hou Qigui.

From the original Li family's old house, to later Yanbei Garden, to manors, racecourses and flower fields all over the suburbs of Beijing, as well as the antiques and jewelry industry that Hou Qigui is best at, the Li family's industries are all over the capital.

These industries complement the development of Jingli Group, do not interfere with each other, and complement each other.

People say that Lang Yuwen and Hou Qigui are Li Muchen's two wings. These two people do not practice martial arts or Taoism, but they have become the most important helmsmen of the Li family ship.

But Hou Qigui is not proud of this, because he knows very well that he is just relying on a big tree, and this big tree will one day break through the sky.

Of course, in addition to Hou Qigui and Lang Yuwen, many people around Li Muchen are also growing.

For example, Ma Shan is now in charge of Xinyinsha Entertainment City and is known as "Master Ma". As the godson of Haojiang gambling king He Jiachang, there are rumors throughout Haojiang that he will be the true successor of the gambling king, so people will also call him "Ma Wang" and "Ma Wang Ye" behind his back.

Ma Shan doesn't like these two titles because he knows very well that although he has grown bigger in the three years he has been in Haojiang, his foundation is not solid.

"Lord Ma" is not a good nickname.

Mashan could feel that behind these three words, there was rejection of him as a "foreigner", as well as fear and jealousy of his force and status.

Three years ago, he would not have cared. But now, sitting in this position, he deeply realized what it means to feel cold at a high place.

He knew that in this city where gambling was the industry, if he made one wrong move, he would lose everything.

Mashan returns to Hecheng every year to celebrate the New Year and eat New Year’s Eve dinner with Ding Xiang.

This was what Li Muchen had confessed before going into seclusion.

After all, the three orphans are their relatives.

Li Muchen went into seclusion, and he was the only one who accompanied Ding Xiang, and this year was like a new year.

In this way, Ding Xiang successfully completed her studies at Nanjiang University.

Her grades were excellent, and she could have been accepted into postgraduate studies first, but she gave up.

Ever since she experienced the secret realm of Qiantang and learned the Compass Sutra, Ding Xiang is no longer the same Ding Xiang.

She gradually understood Li Muchen's way, and often saw fate in the time and space of the six virtual worlds.

Studying is meaningless to her. Completing her bachelor's degree in Western New Year is just to fulfill her long-cherished wish and to give an explanation to her dead parents.

As a "parent", Ma Shan came back to attend her graduation ceremony.

It's a pity that Li Muchen is still in retreat. Otherwise, the three of them could have taken a photo together at her graduation ceremony, and the family would have been complete.

Just when Ma Shan was sitting in the auditorium of Nanjiang University, watching Ding Xiang in her bachelor's uniform receiving her degree certificate on the stage with a bright smile on her face, something big happened in Haojiang——

Haojiang gambling king He Jiachang passed away.

This thing was like a depth charge thrown into the Hao River.

The gambling king has influenced Haojiang for half a century. Even in his twilight years, he still firmly controls the situation in Haojiang.

No matter whether Edson, who was supported by the Las Vegas consortium and the Sun Saint Church, or Jiang Longhui, the head coach of Nanyang Hongmen, could not shake his status in Haojiang.

After He Jiachang died, the people of Haojiang suddenly felt a sense of emptiness that they had lost their support, and the various forces that were eyeing Haojiang began to make moves.

No one knows where Haojiang will go in the future.

At this time, people will hope that a strong man will step forward, take over the rudder from the gambling king, and continue to let this gambling ship sail smoothly on the gambling sea of ​​Haojiang and the world.

There are only a handful of people who can succeed the gambling king class, and they are just a few powerful figures from the He family, such as the gambling king's daughter He Qinglian, who is also the current head of the He family, and the gambling king's son He Chengjun, who is not as powerful as He Qinglian, but After all, he is a man, so he naturally has advantages over women in this industry.

Then there’s Mashan.

As the godson of He Jiachang and the helmsman of Xin Yinsha, with the backing of Jingli Group, Nanyang Xuanjiangmen, and the support of Hongmen, he is at the peak of his power and his voice is extremely high.

But on the day the gambling king passed away, rumors spread out somewhere that the gambling king He Jiachang was angry to death because Ma Shan had killed the donkey and took the position of the boss of Xin Yinsha. Taking He Jiachang into consideration, he not only robbed the He family's market, but also misappropriated a lot of the He family's property.

At this time, Ma Shan was still in Qiantang.

By the time he learned the news and went back to express his condolences, the rumors had further fermented.

The whole people in Haojiang were very sad and angry, saying that the old man was breathing his last breath, and Ma Shan refused to stay with him to fulfill his filial piety, and even went to Qiantang.

Some people even pointed out that Ma Shan went to Qiantang to attend the graduation ceremony of a woman, and that woman was probably his mistress in the mainland.