Volume 1 Chapter 2 (1/2)

Chapter 2

Cheng Qian left with Muchun Zhenren

Muchun Zhenren was thin and e a head He led Cheng Qian by the hand, like the ring his newly recruited actor

Although Cheng Qian remained a child in appearance, he already had a heart of a young man

He walked in silence, but he couldn’t help looking back in the end

There, he saw hisa basket on the back and face blurred by tears He saw his younger brother, fast asleep in that basket He saw his father as well, standing silently in the shadow, eyes fixed on the ground as if he was sighing

Cheng Qian drew back his sight quickly as there was nothing to be nostalgic about The road ahead was uncertain just as the boundless dark

Basically, there were tays of journeying One was called ”traveling”, the other was called ”roa”

Following hisQian was drowned in heresies and sophistries, not to mention he had to eat in the wind and sleep in the dehich was even worse than ”roa”

Speaking of cultivation and seeking Tao, Cheng Qian had heard a little about it

There was once an excessive nu and seeking Tao

During the late e up all over the country likeas he was blessed with descendants, would use all his connections to get his kids into those sects for the purpose of cultivation Nevertheless, besides so the stone on one's chest”, it was never heard that anyone had made real achievements

At that time, there were , to such an extent that for years there was nobody reading books or practicingrise to charlatans who didn’t work

Allegedly in the heyday of cultivation, as many as twenty sects were set up in only a county, while a county was no otten wealth and recruit disciples in the name of cultivation, with soht from peddlers

God knohether the Heavenly Gate [1] could hold them or not, if such people all ascended to immortality

Even bandits would like to join in the tide They changed their gang nary Wolf association” to ”Breeze Temple” and ”Profundity Hall” What wasfro, and the victiot so scared that they would be robbed voluntarily

The late emperor was primarily a soldier with short temper He felt that at this rate, the country would collapse most surely Thereupon, he issued an edict that all ”ih the countryside, whether true or fake, be arrested and banished to the military

But before the world-shaking edict had found its way out of the palace, ot wind of it They were shocked out of bed and queued up in front of the audience hall overnight — low-ranking officials in the front and high-ranking officials at the back, getting themselves ready to crash into the pillars before the hall They were determined to admonish the emperor at the risk of their lives, lest he offend the ievity of the dynasty

The eic death Besides, the Dragon Pillars ht not bear the impact

The late emperor was forced to revoke the edict The next day, he ordered Bureau of Astronomy to establish a new branch called ”Office of Heaven's Divination”, and invited several genuine ie Further or small, could recruit disciples on condition that it had been authorized by Office of Heaven's Divination and received an iron plaque as verification Founding a sect without permission was forbidden

Certainly, in such a great and impressive country as stretched across nine states, it was almost impossible for every order to be enforced strictly Those one-size-fit-all decrees couldn’t, let alone such relaxed rubbishi+ng edict

On one hand, the i up robbers and kidnappers, how could they spare time to mind those sect business?

On the other hand, true immortals took no notice of the emperor They were bound up in their own affairs as before Only charlatans restrained themselves a bit, but very lie those iron or copper plaques, anyway

Fortunately, the late emperor's efforts weren’t completely wasted After repeated checks and eradications, the passion for cultivation anificantly Additionally, since it was never heard that anyone hadand shepherding overti castles in the air

When the present eh the popularity of cultivation was still lingering on with its last breath, the mania had already died The emperor knew very well the principal that fish do not come when the water is too clear [2] So he turned a blind eye to those swindlers in the na as nobody reported

Cheng Qian had heard those stories for before So in his eyes, the wooden club leading him was no more than a wooden club… or at best a wooden club that providedrespectable

Stroking his droopynonsense, ”Our sect is named 'Fuyao [3]' Do you knohat Fuyao is, little creature?”

The old Tongsheng hated such things bitterly, and naturally wouldn’t waste his breath on it As he was Cheng Qian's first teacher, Cheng Qian was h he was full of disdain for Muchun, he pretended to be listening grudgingly

Muchun lifted his hand up and pointed soically, a sudden blast of wind sprang up frorass up to the sky There was a sharp line of yellow on the blade of the grass, lightened by a lightning cracking across the sky, which al Qian’s eyes

The young lad was flabbergasted at the weird scene

Muchun froze too, as he hi that this brat as friendly in appearance but estranged at heart was bluffed, he took advantage of it and withdrew his hand

He tucked his hands in opposite sleeves and started parading his knowledge contentedly, ”When the roc travels to the Southern Ocean, it flaps along the water for three thousand Li, and then it soars upon a ind to a height of ninety thousand Li, for a flight lasting sixwith the wind, co up for the boundless sky, this is 'Fuyao', understand?”

Of course Cheng Qian didn’t understand In his tiny heart, the awe of supernatural forces tangled inseparably with his disapproval for crooked tricks At last, he nodded confusedly with disapproval as well as respect for hisMuchun at the same place as the shabby lamp in his home

Muchun stuck hiswhen he got a slap in the face — after the ru out the bone fire before thehtning were exercising their voices like singers, conspiring to call the clouds with ill intent from the west

Muchun forgot to play tricks anyto rain!”

With that, he bounced to his feet With one hand carrying their luggage on the shoulder, the other hand lifting Cheng Qian, hequick short steps like a long-neck pheasant