Chapter 5: See you, Governor of Yuzhou!

Ji Ruxue stared at the young man in front of her with her big eyes. She wanted to speak but couldn't make a sound because of the acupuncture points. She wanted to use her internal force to break through the blocked acupuncture points, but her cultivation was not enough. "Senior brother, how about this? This thing..." Lu Linxuan glanced at Ji Ruxue. This girl was simple-minded and he even felt a little pity for the girl in front of him.

Li Xingyun tossed the Fire Ganoderma in his hand, looked at Lu Linxuan and said, "We met her by chance, saving her life is already the most we can do. Besides, I took this Fire Ganoderma from the Xuanming Sect, what does it have to do with her?" After saying this, Li Xingyun stretched out his hand to pinch Ji Ruxue's chin and looked up at her eyes and said, "You seem very unconvinced? The Fire Ganoderma is naturally cultivated by those who are capable. Is your name written on it?"

Lu Linxuan thought for a moment and nodded immediately, saying, "Brother, what you said makes sense, but brother..." Lu Linxuan touched his chin and looked at Li Xingyun with some amusement and said, "How could you bear to treat such a delicate beauty like this?" Lu Linxuan remembered that his brother, this big pervert, was willing to do anything to make him happy.

Li Xingyun glanced at Lu Linxuan. Although Ji Ruxue, a hot and beautiful woman, was his official match in the original world, he didn't need to lick her. Fate was a matter of fate. Just let it go. "Why should I be reluctant? She's not my wife. Let's go to Yuzhou City first. Since Xuanming Sect has sent people to look for the Fire Ganoderma, it's impossible for them to send only so many people."

Seeing Li Xingyun's look, Lu Linxuan asked in surprise, "Brother, what do you want to do?"

"You will know soon." Li Xingyun smiled. Lu Linxuan snorted and said, "Still keeping it a secret. What about this woman? What should we do?"

"After a quarter of an hour, her acupuncture points will be unblocked naturally. Don't worry about her." Li Xingyun put away the wooden sword and began to clean up the battlefield. He found more than twenty taels of silver and a dagger from the followers of the Xuanming Sect. He put the dagger on his waist and said to Lu Linxuan, "Their horses should still be outside the woods. It's a good opportunity to use them."

“Brother, you really are… good at living.” Lu Linxuan was walking in the martial arts world for the first time and saw Li Xingyun doing this. He immediately felt that his eyes had been opened. “If you kill someone and don’t touch the body, what kind of martial arts world are you still in?” Li Xingyun laughed, and then he and Lu Linxuan disappeared from Ji Ruxue’s sight. Ji Ruxue could not move and could only stare at the two of them as they left…

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Lu Linxuan pulled the reins and turned to look at Li Xingyun, saying, "Brother, the Xuanming Sect is very powerful. Aren't the two of us a little outnumbered?"

Li Xingyun looked towards the direction of Yuzhou City and said, "The Xuanming Sect has the support of the entire Daliang. It is a huge force with 100,000 followers. It is naturally impossible for you and I to defeat it alone, so we are going to find helpers. After Zhu Wen proclaimed himself emperor, the four quarters were dissatisfied. The governor of Longyou, Li Maozhen, the Prince of Qi, the governor of Hedong, Li Keyong, the Prince of Jin, and Wang Jian, the governor of Xichuan, all confronted Daliang. The Yuzhou City where we are now is the territory of the Prince of Shu."

"Brother, do you mean to ask the local garrison for help?" Lu Linxuan was not stupid and quickly understood the meaning of Li Xingyun's words, but she immediately frowned and said, "But brother, why would the Yuzhou garrison help us?"

Li Xingyun smiled slightly and said, "Junior sister, do you know why the Xuanming Sect is looking for this thousand-year-old Fire Ganoderma?"

"Isn't it just Ganoderma? If it's a thousand-year-old Ganoderma, it should be very valuable, right?" Lu Linxuan didn't know much about pharmacology, so Li Xingyun patiently explained, "The thousand-year-old fire Ganoderma grows underground. It grows in the shade but produces yang energy. It is nourished by the yin and yang of heaven and earth. A thousand-year-old Ganoderma can heal wounds, remove toxins, increase cultivation, and even extend life by ten years. The King of Shu was already over sixty when he became king. For an old and powerful ruler, how much is this treasure that prolongs life worth, Junior Sister?"

Lu Linxuan's eyes lit up, and he said, "So Senior Brother is seeking support from the Yuzhou City garrison on the pretext of offering treasures?"

"Yes, but not entirely." Li Xingyun narrowed his eyes, looked at the gate of Yuzhou in front of him, and whispered: "What I want to know more is, how much ambition is left for a border governor who is frustrated and suspected and excluded by his lord?" Li Xingyun once studied the history of the late Tang Dynasty a little because of the Bad Man. If he remembered correctly, the governor of Yuzhou, whose original name was Xu Cun, was a brave and resourceful general. Later, because he was suspected by the previous lord and surrendered to the Shu Kingdom, he was adopted as an adopted son by the Shu King Wang Jian and changed his name to Wang Zongbo. He is now the governor of Yuzhou.

Since ancient times, it has been difficult for surrendered generals to have a good end. In order to survive, Wang Zongbo has been walking on thin ice, being extremely cautious, leading the troops in battle, but claiming illness to avoid rewards. As a result, this man has been on the battlefield for ten years, and now he is still a small governor of Yuzhou.

Half an hour later, Li Xingyun and Lu Linxuan walked out of the pharmacy and arrived outside the Yuzhou Governor's Mansion.

Governor's Mansion.

"Report, sir, a man and a woman came to offer treasures, and they want to see you." A soldier came to an open sandy area and reported with a fist. He saw a middle-aged man in his thirties in casual clothes, playing with a ball on one foot on the sand. "Oh? Offering treasures? Let them in." Wang Zongbo touched the short beard on his chin with interest and said, "Interesting, these two people must have something to ask of me, haha, but people who ask of me should not be considered important people."

Thinking of this, Wang Zongbo's mind became much calmer. In such troubled times, he had struggled to become a governor. Not to mention the hardships involved, the way to survive was to stay out of other people's business.

"Greetings, Governor." Li Xingyun clasped his fists, but saw the middle-aged man in front of him juggling the ball without turning his head, and asked, "What are you doing here?"

"Offer treasures, borrow troops." Li Xingyun's words had just fallen when Wang Zongbo's expression changed. He turned his head to look at Li Xingyun and said coldly, "Offer treasures, borrow troops? Without the Shu King's military token, who dares to mobilize troops? Do you want to kill me? Now, go back to where you came from immediately!"

Lu Linxuan frowned. This person changed his expression so quickly. However, Li Xingyun at the side spoke slowly as if he had expected this, "My Lord, do you know that the people from Xuanming Sect, Huanyinfang, and Tongwenguan have been stirring up trouble in your jurisdiction these days?"

Wang Zongbo said with disdain: "They are just a few underworld forces. They are nothing but ants in front of the army. As long as they don't cause trouble in Yuzhou City, why should I care about them?"

Li Xingyun narrowed his eyes slightly. He remembered clearly that in the original drama, even if the five Yama Kings wanted to kill Li Xingyun, they met outside the city and did not dare to cause trouble in the city. After all, Yuzhou was not the territory of Daliang. In front of the army, no matter whether you are a great star or a great celestial being, no matter how high your martial arts skills are, you cannot withstand thousands of troops.

"Your Excellency, do you know what they are looking for? This thousand-year-old fire ganoderma lucidum can heal wounds, remove poisons, and extend life by ten years. If you present this to the King of Shu, you won't have to walk on thin ice in Shu in the future. After all, you are a surrendered general!"

Before Li Xingyun finished speaking, Wang Zongbo's expression changed. He finally began to look the person in front of him in the face. "Who are you?"

(End of this chapter)