Chapter 243 Entering Buddhism
On the second day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xiao Yan, along with Ji Ruxue, Miao Chengtian and others, spent half a day relaxing at a manor outside the city. He also took Wang Yanzhang and other generals to play a few games of football, and made them familiar with the rules so that after returning to the camp, they could use them to kill time in their spare time.

Football is indeed a good activity to strengthen the body. After the Guide Army entered Beijing, there would be no war to mobilize them for at least a year and a half. Usually, apart from daily skill training, a small drill every ten days, and a large drill every half a month, they just work in shifts in the camp, which can easily wear out their temper.

Yan'er had been fighting in the border areas for more than a year. As soon as he entered the capital, not only did he no longer hear the sounds of war, but he could also see the prosperity and peace of Bianjing City everywhere during the half-month holiday. It was natural for him to become lazy, which is the so-called falling into the land of gentleness imperceptibly.

The emergence of football can more or less make up for this shortcoming.

After all, compared to football, Cuju is more entertaining and has more rules and regulations. Compared to many military fights, it is more like a trick played by rich young men to attract young ladies to watch, and in fact it really attracts the attention of young ladies.

But football is different. Not only is it highly competitive, it is also filled with violence, collisions, skills, and confrontations among men. It is a game that can inspire men's blood outside of the battlefield, and is of course more suitable for soldiers who think they are awesome to vent their energy.

Therefore, Xiao Yan asked Li Mang and others to lead Wang Yanzhang, Yu Zhong and other generals to kick the ball for the whole morning, and they stopped only after they had kicked several balls to pieces. Then he asked the farmhands to kill chickens and sheep, and after entertaining guests in the manor, he personally used his internal force to heal Wanyan Agunai's wounds, and gave a beating to Yeluohe and other tribes, and then let everyone return to the city in batches.

As for Xiao Yan himself, he of course took Ji Ruxue back as low-key as possible and did not let anyone know that he had spent the night outside the city last night.

Sure enough, not long after he returned to the city, the palace sent a messenger to say that the Marquis of Guanjun had to leave the palace banquet last night due to a relapse of his old injury. Zhu Wen took medicine during the banquet and did not know about it until later. Today, he specially sent someone to comfort Xiao Yan and issued an imperial decree to grant him five days off so that Xiao Yan could recuperate, etc.

Naturally, Xiao Yan was able to steal half a day to relax, and since he had nothing else to do, he just taught his young lady martial arts at home.

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Hiss, hiss—

Several hidden weapons flew past his ears at high speed. Lu Linxuan was unable to dodge in time. As Li Xingyun beside him tried to pull him back, he staggered awkwardly to avoid several sharp spikes. However, he was already out of breath and unable to walk anymore.

"Junior sister!"

Li Xingyun was in front with a knife in his hand. He turned around and hurried back. He saw the Black and White Impermanence chasing him on horseback from afar. He immediately blocked several spiritual spikes that were swept away by the White Impermanence's sleeves without saying a word, and shouted in a deep voice: "You go first, I will stop them!"

"Brother, I really can't run anymore."

Lu Linxuan shook his head, his face flushed, his lips somewhat pale, and he was sweating profusely. He gritted his teeth and managed to speak: "Go quickly, don't delay here for me... Whether you can save Master depends on you, Senior Brother..."

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Li Xingyun suddenly became angry, his face tense, and he kept scanning the dozens of riders chasing him with his knife, with anxiety flashing in his eyes.

He and Lu Linxuan fled from Jianlu to the back mountain of Qingcheng Mountain in the evening of the previous day. They wanted to rely on their understanding of the terrain to get rid of the pursuit of Xuanming Sect, and in fact they did achieve this effect. However, they did not expect that the bitch Bai Wuchang, seeing that she failed to find anyone, actually came up with the dirty trick of setting fire to the mountain.

At that time, the sky was filled with smoke, and the two had no choice but to risk going down the mountain. However, they were soon discovered by the Xuanming Sect ghosts stationed at the foot of the mountain and inside and outside Yuzhou City. Once the news was released, it immediately attracted pursuers from all directions. The Black and White Impermanence also quickly caught up, forcing Li Xingyun to take Lu Linxuan and flee north in embarrassment.

They had been running all the way to this point, running all day and all night, without even taking a break. They had lost track of time and territory, and could only keep moving forward. What was particularly frustrating was that all the roads they had passed had been blocked long ago, and it seemed that the land was full of Xuanming Sect members. Li Xingyun had no choice but to hold his breath and run wildly with Lu Linxuan.

By now, the two of them, who had not eaten for a day and a night, and even had no water, were naturally a little exhausted. Li Xingyun was fine, but Lu Linxuan really couldn't hold on any longer, so he naturally couldn't escape anymore.

But even so, could Li Xingyun abandon his childhood sweetheart and run away alone? !

With this thought in mind, Li Xingyun shouted in a deep voice, dodged several hidden weapons with a leap forward, and instead of retreating, he advanced and walked quickly in the direction where the Black and White Impermanence were chasing him.

The road behind was dusty. The Black and White Impermanence who were chasing on horseback had already realized how powerful Li Xingyun was in the past two days. They dared not be careless and hurriedly ordered the ghost soldiers on both sides to meet him.

The ghost soldiers from the Yuzhou branch were no match for the two Meng Po confidants who had descended from the sky, so they could only ride their horses forward and attack with their swords drawn without saying a word.

Li Xingyun remained calm and just kept moving forward.

He didn't look fast, but his leaps up and down showed extraordinary agility. Although his movements seemed normal, in just a few steps he had already appeared in front of several ghost soldiers who had just sped up their horses. He did not dodge or avoid, and let them attack him with their long swords.

However, just as those ghost soldiers swung their swords, he had already stepped forward, and the long swords in his hands instantly cut through the air. The moment it touched them, the blade glowed with golden light, and with a sharp collision sound, the long swords of those ghost soldiers bent into arcs in an instant, and then broke into pieces in front of everyone's horrified eyes.

"what!"

Without waiting for these people to react, as several riders rushed forward by inertia, Li Xingyun roared loudly, as if releasing the depression that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time. He raised his arm, and a bright sword light mixed with dazzling golden light appeared out of nowhere, and went straight towards the few people.

At this moment, Lu Linxuan behind him finally saw Li Xingyun's full-strength attack, but his eyes were stunned and he stood there in a daze.

The flash of a knife appeared inadvertently, and several ghost soldiers fell to the ground from their horses, dying silently. Looking closely, they saw a pool of thick blood oozing from the throats of these people, as if their throats were cut off by a single knife.

Several horses were also frightened by the knife. They all neighed and were about to gallop away.

There was no way Li Xingyun would let these mounts escape. With a dim golden light in his eyes, he made a prompt decision, grabbed a rein with one hand, followed the frightened horses for a few steps, and jumped up.

"I knew this guy was going to steal the horse."

Bai Wuchang snorted and laughed, then waved his sleeves and stood up. A few flashes of cold light suddenly shot out from his sleeves.

Hei Wuchang, who was riding a horse beside her, also swung out the spiritual sharp spear in his sleeve in tacit understanding. The two coordinated and several cold lights flew towards the mount under Li Xingyun's crotch.

Li Xingyun was prepared and quickly turned around and swung his sword to block, but the Black and White Impermanence attacked in unison, and he was unable to release his internal force to the point where he could block hidden weapons within a half-meter range with one sword. After quickly blocking several spiritual spears, he was still hit in the buttocks by one of them.

If it was just an ordinary hidden weapon, the mount would probably just neigh loudly.

But the sharp sword hit the horse's buttocks, and a dark poison immediately began to spread in all directions from the wound and the surrounding area. The horse's speed also suddenly slowed down, as if all its strength was drained away. After a moment, it began to breathe heavily, as if it was about to collapse due to exhaustion of its limbs.

"Junior sister, there is another horse, stop it, you go first!"

Li Xingyun became more and more furious, knowing that the Black and White Impermanence had been lagging behind and refusing to take action, just to consume his energy and delay his escape. If he didn't deal with these two people, neither he nor Lu Linxuan would be able to escape.

Without giving it much thought, driven solely by passion, Li Xingyun abandoned his horse and jumped off. He put his feet on the horse's back and leaped over the heads of the two ghosts in front of him. He then leaped forward and rushed towards the Black and White Impermanence behind him with swords in hand.

Seeing his figure flying high up, Bai Wuchang was shocked and wanted to use the same trick again, but Hei Wuchang knew it was too late, so he simply pushed Bai Wuchang's shoulder, and at the same time, he exerted his strength and raised his breath, suddenly pulled out a short sword from the side of the saddle, and stabbed it straight towards Li Xingyun.

Li Xingyun's face was still tense, but he just shook his clothes and sleeves, and the long sword in his hand probed and rolled on the short sword as fast as lightning, and actually swung the sword's force back, like an immortal pointing the way, and stabbed sharply at Hei Wuchang's face.

"Big brother!"

Seeing this, Bai Wuchang felt her scalp tingling. As her body became unstable, she subconsciously raised her sleeves. The long and wide white sleeves came out quickly, mixed with all her internal strength, and she tried her best to hit the spine of the returning short sword.

With a "rip", the dagger pierced through the white sleeves, but the attack slowed down immediately.

Hei Wuchang did not dare to delay. In a flash, he stretched out his right hand from his sleeve, grasped the blade of the dagger, and then turned it around, and finally grasped the hilt of the dagger that originally belonged to him.

However, in just a moment, Li Xingyun burst into laughter, and his body in the air just slightly tilted, lowered his shoulders and elbows, and the long sword in his hand instantly slashed from bottom to top, directly slashing Bai Wuchang's cheek.

At that moment, Bai Wuchang was of course unable to dodge, but his pupils shrank sharply and he was so frightened that he lost his voice. His only thought was to save his face at all costs.

As a result, she felt a chill down her spine, and could only hastily draw out the dagger next to the saddle, and rush to block.

With a clang, the dagger was easily knocked away. Li Xingyun continued to slash the knife in his hand upwards, and then cut Bai Wuchang's cheek as he tried to dodge. In an instant, blood splattered, and the flesh and blood were blurred, and the tip of the knife was covered in blood!
“Xuan Ling!!”

Hei Wuchang felt his head go blank, and he stared blankly at Bai Wuchang being chopped by the knife and sent flying backwards. He rolled awkwardly on the ground, but he did not faint immediately.

But immediately, Bai Wuchang, who seemed to have just reacted, stood up and suddenly spread out his hands to hold his face. After a moment of daze, he finally screamed in horror in severe pain and with blood all over his vision.

"My, my face! My face!!" "Ah! You little bastard!"

Seeing this scene, Hei Wuchang's eyes turned red in an instant. He let out a loud roar and suddenly abandoned his horse. Then he grabbed the two stupid ghosts standing beside him with both hands and placed his palms on their heads. Then, a faint light flashed in his palms, and in just a moment, the two men turned into mummies, without even having time to howl.

Li Xingyun, who had just been feeling proud, had his eyelids twitched. He could see that this guy was practicing evil skills, so he certainly would not let him do what he wanted. He swung his knife and hit a ghost soldier in the heart, and then just tapped Bai Wuchang's horse's back before flying towards Hei Wuchang.

"Come!"

Unexpectedly, a dark light flashed in Hei Wuchang's eyes. He was not afraid but happy. He threw the two mummies away, then strode forward, flicked his sleeves and spit out his palms, which sounded like ghosts howling and wolves howling, and the aura of death was overwhelming.

Li Xingyun immediately became alert, with golden light shining between his palms. With a "whoosh" he raised his palms in mid-air and landed right on Hei Wuchang's palms.

"boom……"

It was almost natural that Hei Wuchang was severely injured in an instant. His arms were broken by the blow. He suddenly vomited blood and fell over. His hands fell limply to the ground, covered in blood, and it was a horrible sight.

On the other hand, Li Xingyun just swayed and fell back to the ground easily without any impact at all.

"Big brother!"

Hearing the dull sound, Bai Wuchang, who was crying heartbreakingly in the distance, couldn't help but panic and hurriedly crawled over.

As for the dozens of ghost soldiers on the left and right, when they saw that things were not going well, they would of course flee immediately.

"This little bastard..."

Unexpectedly, Hei Wuchang opened his bloody mouth and laughed, even though his chest hurt from laughing: "You little bastard, do you really think you can defeat my brother and me?"

Li Xingyun was about to pick up the knife, but was stunned when he heard this, with confusion in his eyes.

At this time, Lu Linxuan, who was struggling to repel the siege of several ghost soldiers in the distance, was still unaware of the situation. Seeing this, he was overjoyed: "Brother, good job! Kill these two people to avenge my father and Li Huan!"

"revenge?"

However, at this moment, Bai Wuchang, with disheveled hair and half of his face charming and the other half ferocious, actually laughed out loud, and then held up Hei Wuchang's body, pointed at Li Xingyun and said with a sharp smile: "You were hit by my eldest brother's Thousand Corpses and Ten Thousand Poison Palm, and you can still survive?"

After this sharp laugh, not only Lu Linxuan changed color, but also the ghosts who were trying to escape on both sides were suddenly stunned, and then surrounded him again.

After hearing this, Li Xingyun raised his hand and saw a black spot on his palm, which was slowly spreading and gradually extending to the back of his hand.

It's corpse poison.

He couldn't help but be stunned, and then he caught a glimpse of Lu Linxuan running hurriedly in the distance, and then glanced at the ghosts approaching from both sides with his peripheral vision, but he picked up the blood-stained long sword as if no one was around, and then laughed disdainfully.

"What do you think I am? I can't be made to live or die by what you say. It's just a corpse poison. I have been studying medicine for nearly seven years. Am I still afraid of corpse poison?"

After saying that, he actually strode forward with his knife in hand in front of the stunned looks of the Black and White Impermanence, and shouted at the same time: "Junior sister, cover your eyes."

Lu Linxuan was also stunned, but of course he didn't cover his eyes. He just stared at Li Xingyun who suddenly raised his knife.

"Do you know that within twelve hours..."

Bai Wuchang's pupils contracted violently and he tried to speak sharply.

"puff."

However, as soon as the knife was cut, blood appeared on her throat and gushed out, unable to be stopped.

Next to him, Hei Wuchang didn't even have time to say a word before his throat was slashed by a knife and he died instantly.

Everyone present was stunned, and then all the ghosts made noises of panic. They no longer believed in the bullshit Thousand Corpses and Ten Thousand Poison Palm, and they immediately dispersed.

Also in the distant bushes, the thief saint Wen Tao, who had been following them, was surprised for a moment, then his eyes turned and he left quietly.

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"Brother...you, you really killed them..."

Lu Linxuan finally came to his senses, then covered his mouth, walked closer in disbelief, and looked at the two corpses on the ground that were like mud.

"Ah."

Li Xingyun nodded slowly, his eyes fixed on the corpses of the Black and White Impermanence, without saying a word. There was a look of reminiscence on his face, as if he was remembering the palace slave Li Huan who died for him.

But after a moment, he simply pulled Lu Linxuan's sleeve and turned around.

"Let's go."

At this moment, Lu Linxuan still felt incredible and covered his mouth, as if he still couldn't believe that he had avenged himself. But then he couldn't help asking, "Brother, how can you be so powerful..."

But with a thud, Li Xingyun, who was walking in front of him, suddenly felt his legs go weak and fell to the ground.

Lu Linxuan was still trying to decide what to say, but upon hearing this, he quickly hugged Li Xingyun and said in panic, "Senior Brother, Senior Brother..."

"Don't, don't touch me, it's poisonous..." Li Xingyun tried his best to push her away, but he didn't know if the corpse poison would be contagious. Then he pointed to a few ownerless mounts in the distance with a pale face and said, "Take the horses, go, go to Caozhou..."

Lu Linxuan was not listening to any of this. She just thought that the corpse poison could be cured. Upon hearing this, she quickly spread out Li Xingyun's palm to look. After seeing the two pools of black that had spread to the entire palm, tears immediately seeped out of her eyes uncontrollably: "Don't talk, don't talk. How can I cure this corpse poison?!!"

Li Xingyun shook his head, his consciousness was blurred.

In the sky, crows circled, making hoarse cries, and then circled over the two men's heads.

Lu Linxuan was already in a panic. She was only fifteen years old and had just started out in society. How could she know what to do next? She could only turn pale and cry uncontrollably. Just watching Li Xingyun's slow and uncomfortable breathing, her mind went blank and she didn't know what to do.

"Amitabha."

An ethereal voice came leisurely.

With one cry, the crows in the sky began to cry in panic, and then immediately flapped their wings and flew away.

Lu Linxuan wiped his tears and looked up blankly.

In the sight, a figure holding a staff slowly walked towards him.

He was wearing a cassock and had a handsome appearance, yet he still had the Buddhist nature. He was actually a young monk whose exact age could not be determined.

The monk slowly stopped, but put his hands together and smiled at Li Xingyun who was trying hard to open his eyes.

"Donor Li, have you entered Buddhism?"

(End of this chapter)