Shangxian Academy, the former master Ping Shang has long passed away, and the current person in charge of the entire academy is a young man around 30 years old.
The new teacher was named Tang Li, a student of Ping Shang. His fame far surpassed that of the previous teacher Ping Shang. He was summoned by the King of Gao State to the palace to serve as the enlightenment teacher of a group of princes and princesses.
He even debated with the great sage Tongzhu who came from Pan State on the topic of good and evil of human nature, a topic that had been passed down since the Xundu Academy period. Tongzhu was convinced and the accompanying Prince Chao of Pan State invited him to serve as an official in Pan State, but Tang Li refused.
Under his leadership, the number of disciples at Shangxian Academy began to gradually increase. Many children of aristocratic families who were unable to practice cultivation came to study at Shangxian Academy.
The Shangxian Academy of the Gao Kingdom has also become increasingly prosperous. The number of disciples has increased from a dozen in the past to dozens, and now to hundreds, and they are all talented. If they were sent to other places, they would be able to govern the place prosperously.
The sound of a carriage was heard outside the academy, and after a horse neighed, it stopped at the gate of the academy.
Tang Li, who was teaching, put down the book in his hand and said directly: "Everyone, read this Wu Ya Meng Hui chapter several times. The important thing is not to memorize it, but to understand its meaning. I will test this paper tomorrow."
Tang Li immediately came to the study room behind the academy, and saw an anxious young man pacing back and forth in the study room. He was wearing casual clothes and had a wisp of beard on his mouth. He looked a bit calm and had an official air about him. He must have been an official for many years and had governed an area to have such an aura.
The young man was Fuhou. Back then, Ping Shang, the teacher of the academy, accepted him, Tang Li and Gai Cang as his students. Tang Li became the new teacher of the academy. Gai Cang and Fuhou were taught the method of cultivation. After coming of age, Gai Cang went out to travel far away to practice and travel around the world, while Fuhou stayed in Gaoguo and became an official of Gaoguo. Now he is a doctor.
When Fu Hou saw Tang Li coming in, he immediately closed the door, looked outside, and closed the window. Then he spoke loudly in the study: "I heard that the king's health is getting worse. Now even the eunuchs can't see him. There must be a big problem."
"My lord, you have been sent to guard the south. As the heir of a country, you cannot return home at this time. The Gao Kingdom will surely be in chaos!"
"Tang Li, help me think of a solution. What should we do? If the Gao Kingdom falls into chaos, I'm afraid the tragic scene we experienced when we were young will happen again."
Tang Li stood under the portraits of several saints and said, "Why don't you go find Gai Cang? With his talent and aptitude, he has entered the second level of cultivation in just twenty years. I'm afraid he will be able to form a pill before he's forty. Such talent has never been heard of since ancient times."
"Compared to me, he is the one that the young master wants to win over more."
Fuhou smiled bitterly and said, "I have been looking for him for many days. I heard that he built a hut in Changyue Mountain to practice, so I led people to travel thousands of miles to Changyue Mountain to find him. Who knew that he would directly kick me out and said..."
Tang Li seemed to already know what Gai Cang was going to say, but he still asked with a hint of teasing: "What?"
Fuhou looked embarrassed: "Say I am a vulgar person, don't bother him with such vulgar things!"
Tang Li laughed loudly: "Gai Cang is Gai Cang. If not, it is probably impossible for him to have such cultivation at this age just because of his talent."
Fuhou suddenly asked, "Tang Li, I know that the teacher has always valued you since you were young. He said that you will surely be able to promote the culture and the academy in the future. Before he passed away, he chose you to be the teacher of Shangxian Academy."
"I heard that a hundred years ago, Feng Sheng once said that a saint would appear a hundred years later!"
Tang Li turned around, his eyes becoming colder: "Fuhou, what do you want to say?"
Fu Hou gritted his teeth and said, "Tang Li, I really can't bear to see Gaoguo fall into trouble again and fall into the hands of a ruthless person like E Hong."
"Is the Jade Slip of Teaching in your hand?"
Tang Li looked at Fu Hou seriously: "You want me to come out and assist that young master Ji Gu?"
Fuhou nodded: "That's right!"
Tang Li sneered: "That young master Ji Gu has plans but no decision-making, is timid and cowardly, and will never accomplish anything great!"
"Twenty years ago, he could have easily used the power of the royal office to expel E Hong from the court, or even killed him, on the grounds that E Hong had been defeated. However, he was afraid that without E Hong, the army of Shao would be overwhelmed, so he acquiesced to E Hong's plan to bring in a large army of northern barbarians. This made E Hong unstoppable, and the barbarians became too powerful to be eliminated."
"Ten years ago, E Hong failed to break through the fourth level. Although he did not die, he was seriously injured and difficult to recover. If they could gather their strength to kill E Hong, he would hesitate and say that he was unwilling to do so."
"The siege five years ago was originally his last chance. If he had separated himself from the prison and dragged it out, he could have taken his time to make plans. But he missed the opportunity."
Tang Li looked at Fu Hou deeply: "What can this person do?"
"That evil swan is a fierce tiger, swallowing up the Gao Kingdom with its might. But our young master is just a mountain pheasant. He seems to be high above, but he can only flap his wings a few times. There is no way he can turn into a phoenix that soars into the sky."
Fuhou's face changed drastically, as if he had just woken up from a beautiful dream he had been looking forward to for ten years, but his face became even worse: "So, did you see that evil Hong more?"
Tang Li shook his head: "That evil Hong is a man-eating tiger, tyrannical and domineering, forgetting his principles when he sees profit."
"We have these two people in Gao Country. One is willing to do great things but cherishes his life, while the other forgets his life for the sake of small gains. How can such people unify the world? It is a blessing from heaven that we can keep Gao Country intact!"
"And now, in this era of great strife, the Gao, Pan, Shao, Zheng, Li, and Min countries have destroyed and annexed many nearby countries, large and small. The Bai country was also destroyed by the Pan country a few years ago. The Zheng country is like a candle in the wind and may be destroyed by the Pan country at any time."
"Shao State has attacked Min State several times. Min State has lost more than 20 cities and most of its territory. Gao State is being attacked by Pan State and Shao State, and its strength is declining day by day. Sima Ehong is fighting with the royal family with his army, and the barbarians are causing chaos."
Tang Li said to Fu Hou, "Tell me, how can Gao State survive? How can it survive?"
Tang Li did not wait for Fu Hou's reply: "I am going to leave Gao State and move the Shangxian Academy to Pan State, returning to the old site of my academy, the former capital of the Dahuan Kingdom."
Fuhou was distraught and walked out of the door, not knowing what to do.
After walking to the door, he said, "That Evil Hong may not be able to wait. After he failed to break through the fourth level, although he did not die, he will never have the opportunity to peek into the realm of immortality again."
"Ehong firmly believes that the person who unifies the world will be able to become a god after death and attain the position of emperor, just like the former Emperor Longqiu of Dahuan. It won't be long before he takes action."
A few months later, King Gao died of illness, and the throne was passed to his youngest son. The Prime Minister disliked Hong Zuo, so the new king issued an edict, ordering Prince Ji Gu, who was guarding the southern region, to return to the capital Gaoyang. However, before the edict from Gaoyang arrived, Prince Ji Gu fled to the State of Shao.
E Hong personally chased to the edge of Changdi, wanting to kill Prince Ji Gu, who was fleeing across the river, in Changdi.
But it happened that Master Tang Li passed by here and was about to pass through Changdi and enter the Budi of Pan State.
Master Tang Li held the jade slip in his hand and roared in the carriage. A white light shot up into the sky and a vague figure of a saint emerged from the white light, suppressing the heaven and earth like a giant statue.
The righteous spirit was like the sun that shook the world. With just a roar, it seriously injured the evil Hong, who was at the peak of the third level and swept through the clouds like a demon.
The evil Hong fled in panic, and Master Tang Li became famous throughout the world. Everyone knew him, and a great monk emerged from the academy.
Everyone thought of the words left by Feng Sheng a hundred years ago. Everyone called Tang Li the fifth saint of the academy and the saints of the past.
Tang Li rebuilt the Shangxian Academy on the site of the former Bu, and students from all over the world flocked to gather there.
A village was rebuilt on the site of the deserted Bucheng. The century-old weeds were then populated again until the village had streets and turned into a city.
Anyone who enrolls into Shangxian Academy has the possibility of becoming a direct disciple of Master Tang Li, and every direct disciple can receive the true inheritance of the academy.
"I have been nurturing my noble spirit for more than twenty years. It bursts forth in one day and surges between heaven and earth!"
This sentence spoken by Master Tang Li in the Imperial Academy spread throughout the world, and everyone knew that the Imperial Academy had its own tradition of spiritual practice, cultivating the great spirit to cultivate oneself.
What's even more magical about this great energy is that it does not require spiritual roots or the qualifications to practice cultivation. Even ordinary people can practice it.
As long as you can read the scriptures of the saints carefully and be full of knowledge, you can use the greatest, strongest and most masculine energy in the world to kill the evil spirits and monsters in people's hearts and suppress demons and monsters.
The more familiar one is with the scriptures and the more one understands the teachings of the sages, the stronger one can cultivate this great energy. One can even be like Master Tang Li, who could repel a world-famous general like E Hong with a single rebuke, and could drive away demons with just a word from the scriptures of a sage.
After this news spread, it shocked the world. The younger generations of the royal families, noble families, and officials who were unable to practice cultivation all rushed to that place regardless of everything, wanting to be admitted to the Shangxian Academy.
Read the scriptures of sages and cultivate a righteous spirit.
The academy regained its former glory, even surpassing it before. With thousands of disciples, in just two or three years, Bucheng was transformed into a large city with a population of tens of thousands. Its prosperity reminded people of the Great Huan Dynasty of the past.
Some powerful people had traveled from various places to visit Master Tang Li, only to find out that Master Tang Li had a copy of the jade slips for preaching, while the real scroll was left in the underworld. However, the copy alone had such tremendous power that several powerful people were amazed.
This preaching jade slip fell into the underworld, and there was an extremely powerful existence behind it, so no one was interested in it anymore. Instead, more people focused on the incense artifact in the ruins of the Ten Thousand Mountains that had not been found yet.
At this time, Gaoguo Ehong also deposed the young ruler of Gaoguo, ascended the throne of Gaoguo himself, changed the country's name to Hong, and became king.
The State of Shao accepted Prince Ji Gu of the State of Gao, attempting to help him restore his country and thereby control the State of Gao. E Hong was afraid of the strength of the State of Shao and Prince Ji Gu's influence in Gao, so he defected to the State of Pan and formed an alliance with it.
The situation in the entire Dongzhou human territory is becoming increasingly intense.