The sunlight shone through the window again, illuminating the room.
Lu Liangsheng covered his forehead and looked at his master who had an expression of "How can you touch me?". This demon star energy split into two parts should not be as fierce as before for the time being. It may be suppressed by the noble energy, but the master...
Thinking about this, the scholar told everyone in the room what Ji Xin had told him in the City God Temple. "Master, I can't find a way to destroy the demon star for now, so I wanted to seal it in my body and suppress it with my noble spirit. As a result..."
"snort… "
The Toad Taoist came back to his feet, hugged his webbed feet and straightened his face: "Master is so powerful, how can I be defeated by such evil spirit? Liangsheng, don't worry, I will take care of this half."
Lu Liangsheng sighed. This was the only way for now. He turned around, took the Yuelong Sword and put it back into the sheath on the bookshelf. He dusted off a few books that had fallen on the ground and put them on the desk. Qi You and the Taoist looked at each other. The latter relaxed his shoulders and went out, while the woman went over to help clean up the house.
The toad climbed onto the desk, walked towards the spot of light cast by the window lattice, lay down to bask in the sun on the seven-star bumps on its back, looked at the apprentice who was busy cleaning up the room, and slowly closed his eyes.
I actually snatched things from my apprentice... How embarrassing.
…But this monster is of great benefit to me. If I can repair the monster pill, I won’t have to owe that old dog a favor.
In the pleasant sunshine, thinking about the past, he opened his mouth and yawned listlessly. Hazily, memories of the past emerged in his dreams. Purple clouds were hanging in the sky, overlooking the ascetics who were like ants below. The corners of his mouth could not help but bend back and pulled to the back of his head.
"Old demon, what is the little toad laughing at?"
After folding the bedding, Qiyou sat down on the edge of the bed, looking at the toad lying there with his mouth smiling till its back reached. The woman tilted her head, quite curious about what he dreamed about.
“Maybe I dreamed about something delicious.”
When Lu Liangsheng was sorting through several books and came across the book that his mentor Uncle Hua had left for him to study, he couldn't help but think of the Cui family into which his mentor was born. He wondered how they were doing after so much time had passed.
Thinking of this, the scholar smiled. Qiyou opened his eyes wide, leaned over from the edge of the bed and looked at him carefully: "Old demon, are you dreaming too?"
"Well... I'm still daydreaming."
Lu Liangsheng reached out and touched her head, took the "Benxue" and turned to walk out of the room. He went outside, waved his sleeves lightly, and a table and a chair in the living room followed the scholar out and landed steadily under a big tree nearby. The old donkey crawling in the shade of the tree shook its long ears, and seeing that it was the owner coming with a book, it immediately swept its tail, lowered its head back to the ground, closed its eyes and continued to doze off.
The Taoist priest leaned against the door frame, eating fried beans with a "crunch" sound, shook his head, went back to the living room, made a cup of tea, handed it to Lu Liangsheng, then leaned on the table with his chin propped up, watching the scholar flipping through the book.
"Do you really rely on your scholarly aura to suppress the demon star?"
"There is no best way at the moment, we can only give it a try."
"That's up to you. If you can't hold on any longer, remember to tell me."
The Taoist didn't bother him. He stood up, put his hands on the back of his head and walked outside. "I'm going out for a walk. You can take your time to look around."
Lu Liangsheng raised his head, watched the Taoist turn and go down the stone steps, shook his head, reached out to take the brewed tea beside him, took a sip, and read the words he had read countless times before.
"The integrity of one's conduct and one's words are in the heart. To accumulate anger and take it out on others is to have an unrighteous heart... If one's mind is not there, one will see without seeing, hear without hearing, and eat without tasting. This is called cultivating oneself by having a righteous heart..."
The steam from the tea rises as the wind blows through the woods, casting shadows on the trees that sway slightly. Amid the clear sounds of reading, there is the rustling sound of branches.
A bird flying across the sky landed on a branch, chirping crisply. It looked at the figure holding a book below, as if it saw a faint golden light shrouding it. It flew down from the branch fearlessly and landed on the table. The shade of the tree swayed with spots of light. The bird stood quietly on the table, closed its eyes, and listened quietly to the scholar's clear voice.
Immersed in the sea of books, Lu Liangsheng felt the majestic energy enveloping his whole body, suppressing the evil spirit in his body in a gentle way.
"It really works..."
Hmm? Lu Liangsheng suddenly frowned, and the clear sound of reading stopped. The bird that was quietly listening over there came to its senses, flapped its wings and flew away from here and returned to the tree.
The scholar in the shade of the tree frowned and spread out his palms. His Nascent Soul stage actually began to loosen at this moment.
"The demon star... can not only enhance the cultivation of demons... but also enhance the cultivation of people who practice Taoism?"
Although the evil spirit of the demon star was suppressed, he could clearly feel that after the other party became silent, it kept trying to extend it in order to pry open his cultivation. As time went on, Lu Liangsheng would not even need to practice personally, and he would probably be able to successfully enter the next realm.
No wonder Chen Fu’s Taoism became so terrifying after he was possessed that day. Putting aside the evil aura of the demon star, he is truly a rare treasure for those who practice Taoism.
'… Unfortunately, this kind of thing will only make people sink deeper and deeper until it is difficult to extricate themselves.'
As he was thinking about it, the evil spirit that had been dormant surged up like a flood breaking through a dam. Lu Liangsheng's eyes instantly turned red, and he hurriedly used his magic power to touch his forehead to suppress the evil spirit a little. He picked up the book and continued to read, drawing out the righteous spirit, and then suppressed it again.
"No... If we stay in Chang'an and suddenly lose control, we will definitely get into trouble..."
Lu Liangsheng steadied his breath and recited the sages' words faster and faster. The table top where his hands were resting was shaking 'clang clang'. At a certain moment, the whole table made a loud 'bang' and exploded into pieces, with wood chips and debris flying everywhere.
"… Go back to Qixia Mountain… Use the spirit gathering formation to suppress this evil star, and maybe we can reach the next great realm."
The autumn wind blew, and the drooping branches swayed gently. The old donkey opened his eyes in confusion, yawned out of boredom, and looked at his master sitting on a chair not far away, with his hands hanging and the table broken into pieces on the ground.
The old donkey shook his ears and suddenly turned his gaze to the direction in which he looked. A figure in armor and carrying a sword came up from the mountain gate below. When he saw the scholar sitting under the shade of the tree, he raised his hands.
"Li Yuan pays homage to the Imperial Master."
"No need to be polite, just stand up and talk." Lu Liangsheng waved his hand a little tiredly, "Shude, come here, what's the matter?"
The man in armor and carrying a sword over there was Li Yuan. He glanced at the broken wood on the ground, swallowed, lowered his eyes, and quickly answered.
"Your Excellency, it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who asked me to inform you that tomorrow morning at 5 a.m. will be the day of the coronation ceremony."
Coronation ceremony
Lu Liangsheng was stunned for a moment, then calculated the time carefully. It was exactly tomorrow. He nodded immediately, stood up and helped Li Yuan straighten up.
"Go back and report to the Crown Prince that Lu Liangsheng will definitely come to watch the ceremony tomorrow."