Guarding the border: I am sanctified in the flesh

Chapter 152 Sealing the Frontier and Cracking the Earth

Not long after, hearty laughter came from the yard.

Zhiqing pushed open the door, and stretched out her hand to signal, "My lords, please."

Gao Wancheng and Xiao Guizi entered the living room, smiled and bowed to Lu Fan.

"General Lu, congratulations."

Lu Fan and Ye Wuchen got up to greet each other, "Master Gao, Eunuch Gui, please sit down, both of you."

"Not urgent."

Gao Wancheng waved his hand, "We were ordered by the emperor to bring General Lu the emperor's will. Eunuch Gui please."

"Ah."

Xiao Guizi nodded, unfolded the imperial decree, and read aloud: "Commander of the three armies, Lu Fan, is brave, commanding well, and has made great achievements for our Great Zhou."

"Specially grant Lu Fan the title of Zhennan King, with a reward of 10 taels. The fifty cities of the original Chu Kingdom belong to the Zhennan King, and become the fief under the Zhennan King's jurisdiction."

"And add the title of God of War, and receive 120 million military exploits."

"Specially bestow a copy of the heaven-level exercises."

After reading, Xiao Guizi closed the imperial edict and handed it to Lu Fan respectfully, "My lord, please accept the edict."

"The minister accepts the order."

Lu Fan took over the imperial decree and was very satisfied.

With the Heaven Rank Kungfu, there are also 200 million military exploits.

Imagine that he can have three heavenly exercises at once.

It seems that the emperor also calculated his military exploits, and specially collected 200 million military exploits for him.

I have to say, this thought is meticulous enough.

As for conferring kings and lands, Lu Fan didn't care much.

The title of God of War is even more dispensable.

Moreover, Zhennan King is not so easy to be.

After all, those fifty cities were all subordinate cities of the original Chu State.

Even if Da Zhou takes over, it may not be able to win the hearts of the people there.

It's better to seal it to Lu Fan and let him clean up these places.

In the future, with Lu Fan there as a buffer, there will be no way for Chu to stir up troubles.

It can be said to serve multiple purposes.

The most important thing is that with Lu Fan sitting in the south, no matter if it is the Shu Kingdom or the Yue Kingdom, they have to be honest.

The situation in the entire South will be extremely stable.

Li Tianrun only needs to win over Lu Fan.

"My lord, congratulations."

Gao Wancheng cupped his hands again and congratulated Lu Fan, "You are the first king with a different surname in my Great Zhou Dynasty. Such an honor is really rare."

"My lord, you are welcome."

After the two exchanged a few words of greeting, Gao Wancheng took out a book of exercises and handed it to Lu Fan, "This is a heaven-level exercise, please keep it, my lord."

"it is good."

Lu Fan took the exercise and took a look, only to see three big characters written on it: Tianxin Jue!

It's really a heavenly skill!
With it, Lu Fan will raise the upper limit again.

Not to mention the Transcendent Realm, he can reach even higher realms.

"Master Gao, Eunuch Gui, please sit down, both of you."

Lu Fan greeted the two with a smile.

"No."

Gao Wancheng waved his hand, "We have to go back and report to the emperor, so we won't disturb the prince."

"Farewell."

Xiao Guizi cupped his hands to Lu Fan, "My lord, please wait. The emperor specifically asked me to tell my lord not to leave Beijing in a hurry. After a while, I will discuss with my lord when I finish my work."

"it is good."

Lu Fan nodded and watched the two of them leave. Then he returned to the room with the exercises and couldn't wait to practice.

……

……

After lunch, Lu Fan left Lu Mansion and went straight to the palace.

He wants to exchange for two Heaven Rank Martial Skills.

When he came to the gate of the palace, the guards guarding the gate recognized him and repeatedly bowed his hands at him, "General Lu, congratulations."

After greeting the guards, Lu Fan entered the palace and soon came to the Library Pavilion.

Li Ruoqiu was reading a book in the lobby, when she heard the voice, she raised her head and quickly stood up, with joy in her eyes, "You're here."

"Ah."

Lu Fan smiled and said, "I want to exchange for two Heaven-rank Martial Skills, and return the Xuanbing Spear Technique by the way."

"Come with me."

Li Ruoqiu turned around and walked in front, and the two quickly arrived at the No.12 floor of Zangshu Pavilion.

This is the top floor of Zangshu Pavilion.

"Master."

Li Ruoqiu called out, "Lu Fan is here."

"Please come in."

"it is good."

Under Li Ruoqiu's guidance, Lu Fan entered a room, and saw an old man sitting inside, it was Li Yunting.

Only then did he know that Li Yunting had been guarding the Zangshu Pavilion all along.

It seems that the boys and girls below are all Li Yunting's apprentices.

"Lu Fan, come and sit down."

Li Yunting got up and waved to Lu Fan with a smile, "I knew you were coming today, so I specially made a pot of tea for you, and I have already prepared the things you want."

"Senior is worried."

Lu Fan was not polite and came to sit down opposite Li Yunting.

Li Yunting personally poured a cup of tea for Lu Fan, then glanced at Li Ruoqiu, "Sit down too."

"Thank you, Master."

Li Ruoqiu happily sat down.

"This is the "Mysterious Ice Spear Technique", I have come here to return it."

While talking, Lu Fan took out a book of exercises and handed it to Li Yunting, "By the way, I can exchange for two books of heaven-level martial arts."

"it is good."

Li Yunting took the exercise, put it away casually, and said with a smile: "My Great Zhou royal family only has four books of heaven-level exercises in total, and now you have to learn them all."

"Oh?"

Lu Fan was a little surprised. He originally thought that he would have at least five or six books of heavenly exercises, but it seemed that he was thinking too much.

"This is "Flying to the Sky and Escaping the Earth", and this is "Splitting the Sky Saber Technique"."

Li Yunting has two more books of exercises in his hand, "One is the body method, the other is the sword method. They were originally the secrets of my royal family. No outsider has ever had the opportunity to practice."

"But you have made too much contribution this time. It is the emperor who resisted all opinions and gave you these few books of heavenly exercises."

"It can be seen that the emperor has great love for you."

Li Yunting sighed: "You must not disappoint the emperor's trust in you."

"Ah."

Lu Fan nodded, he understood what Li Yunting meant.

However, he has no dissent, and he has no ambitions for the throne.

He just wants to continuously improve his strength and enter a higher realm.

The so-called throne and dynasty are nothing more than mundane things, and they don't attract him at all.

When his strength goes further, he will try to get out of Dazhou and go to those legendary places.

To find higher-level exercises and martial arts.

There are also all kinds of cultivation resources.

These are all things that Da Zhou never had.

"You'd better read these exercises before you leave Beijing, keep them in your heart, and return them together when the time comes."

Li Yunting said: "After all, these exercises are too scarce, Ruoqiu and the others have to start getting in touch with them and practice them slowly."

"OK, no problem."

Lu Fan readily agreed, and he didn't want to carry the exercises with him all day.

"Come on, have some tea."

"it is good."

Lu Fan picked up the teacup and slowly sipped the tea.

The tea is very light, but has a lingering fragrance.

The longer the time, the more memorable it is.

After drinking a lot of tea, he can gradually taste the taste.

Just like life.

The more people you meet, the easier it is to tell if a person is good or bad.

Of course, some people hide very deeply, and it is impossible to distinguish them without close contact for a long time.

Li Yunting in front of him is undoubtedly one of them.

"Lu Fan, I've actually been paying attention to you."

Li Yunting took a sip of tea and said, "I've noticed you since the first time you came to Cangshu Pavilion, and you just entered the first rank at that time, right?"

"In less than two years, your strength has surpassed mine and reached the Ninth Heaven Realm."

"It can be said that I watched you grow up."

"But I still can't figure it out."

Speaking of this, Li Yunting shook his head lightly, "Is there no bottleneck in your cultivation?"

"Maybe, I don't know either."

Lu Fan couldn't explain this matter, so he could only deal with it casually.

"You are truly a genius."

Li Yunting sighed: "I have never seen a genius like you, and I have never even heard of it. Someone like you can advance to the Ninth Heaven Realm in just two years."

"Yes."

Li Ruoqiu on the side answered, "It's ridiculous that I thought I was better than Lu Fan."

"How long have you practiced at that time?"

Li Yunting shook his head gently, "How long has Lu Fan been practicing? It's only been one year, right? Even now, it's only been less than three years, can it be compared?"

"I started practicing martial arts at the age of six, and it has been more than ten years."

Li Ruoqiu's expression darkened, "Besides, I'm still guarding the Library Pavilion, guarding countless martial arts and martial arts every day, so it stands to reason that I should enter the realm faster."

"Stop talking about you."

Li Yunting laughed at himself, "I have lived for hundreds of years, and my realm has always stayed at the eighth innate realm, and I can't make any progress. Compared with Lu Fan, we are just mediocre."

"Senior, don't say that."

Lu Fan said modestly, "I can't bear it."

"Seriously, how on earth did you do it?"

Li Yunting cupped his hands suddenly, "I sincerely ask you for advice!"

"what?"

Only then did Lu Fan understand Li Yunting's intentions, and he stretched out his hand to stop the other party, "Senior, you can't do it. How dare I show off in front of my senior with my rudimentary skills?"

"You don't have to be humble, and you don't have to call me senior."

Li Yunting said sternly: "There is no distinction in the order of learning, and it has nothing to do with seniority, seniority or youth, the one who has mastered is the teacher!"

"Your current realm is far beyond mine, and I should ask you for advice."

While speaking, Li Yunting slightly bowed his head to Lu Fan, "I hope Mr. Lu will not hesitate to teach you."

"I practice according to martial arts and martial arts, and it will happen naturally."

Of course, Lu Fan has his own understanding of kung fu and martial arts, but he can't teach others for no reason, so he can only perfunctoryly say: "As for the realm of cultivation, I am definitely not as good as my predecessors."

"Okay, since you don't want to say it, I can't force it."

Li Yunting was slightly disappointed, "I can only ask Mr. Lu for advice later."

"Seniors are polite."

Lu Fan picked up the two exercises, got up and said goodbye, "I'm in a hurry to go back to practice, so I won't disturb senior."

"it is good."

Li Yunting and Li Ruoqiu got up and saw them off.

After leaving Zangshu Pavilion, Lu Fan left the palace and returned to Lu Mansion as quickly as possible.

Let's start with the agility first.

Lu Fan quickly made up his mind, took out the "Flying to the Heavens and Escaping the Earth" movement method, and read it carefully from the beginning.

If you can practice this set of body skills to the extreme, not only can you increase your agility, you can even fly into the sky and escape from the ground.

It is equivalent to Lu Fan having another means of saving his life.

In the future, even if he encounters a danger that is difficult to deal with, he can escape by flying into the sky or escaping from the ground.

Practice!
Lu Fan came to the yard and practiced agility.

……

……

The next morning.

Lu Fan practiced sword skills in the yard.

Heaven Splitting Saber Technique!
If you practice this set of saber techniques to the extreme, you can cut even the sky!

Lu Fan is practicing Tianxin Jue, Flying Heaven and Earth Movement Technique, Sky Splitting Sword Technique, and Daojing at the same time.

Naturally, it is impossible to enter the country as quickly as before.

But the most time-saving.

At the beginning, Lu Fan's strength improvement will not be too obvious, but as time goes by, his strength will improve faster.

When he has practiced the two heaven-level martial arts to perfection at the same time, his strength will definitely skyrocket.

At that time, even if his cultivation could not reach extraordinary, his true strength would definitely be achieved.

continue!

Lu Fan held the Kunwu Saber, facing the void, and slashed out continuously.

"call!"

The strong wind of the knife rushed straight into the sky, cutting the white cloud above Lu Fan's head in two.

He continued to swing the knife.

The white cloud was cut into countless fragments, and gradually gathered together again.

Then it was chopped into pieces by him, and then reassembled.

Repeatedly.

Unexpectedly, inadvertently, he found a good practice method.

After only practicing for a while, the effect is obvious.

"Hoohoo!"

Lu Fan kept swinging his knife without feeling tired at all.

After a long time, footsteps sounded.

Zhiqing hurried over, "My lord, Prime Minister Liu is here."

"Come in quickly."

Lu Fan put away the knife and looked towards the gate of the courtyard.

"Yes."

Zhiqing trotted away.

After a while, she guided Liu Zeming into the courtyard.

"My lord, congratulations."

Liu Zeming approached with a smile, and cupped his fists at Lu Fan, "I brought a little gift, it's not a respect."

While talking, he yelled, "Come on."

"Yes."

The servants filed in carrying the boxes.

There are more than a dozen large boxes, which look extremely heavy.

"Liu Xiang is too polite."

Lu Fan smiled and said, "I'd like to trouble you to go there yourself."

"They're all vulgar things, as long as you don't dislike them."

Liu Zeming smiled and said, "I came here not only to congratulate you, but also to follow orders."

"My old man invited you over and wanted to talk to you."

"It's not convenient for him to come by himself, so he sent me to invite you."

Speaking of this, Liu Zeming cupped his hands and said, "My lord, please don't refuse."

"of course not."

Lu Fan happened to have something to ask Liu Qingyang, he looked back at Zhiqing, and handed out the Kunwu knife, "You go and arrange for someone to accept the gift."

"Yes, son."

Zhiqing took the Kunwu knife and trotted away.

"Liu Xiang, let's go."

"My lord please."

Lu Fan and Liu Zeming left the Lu Mansion, got into the carriage, and came all the way to the Liu Mansion.

A group of people were waiting outside the door to welcome Lu Fan.

Liu Zhi, Liu Mei, Liu Xiaoyue, He Zifeng, etc., besides the young people of the Liu family, there are also several elders.

After exchanging pleasantries, Lu Fan was surrounded by everyone and entered Liu's residence.

Accompanied by Liu Zeming, Lu Fan walked through several courtyards and came to a lake, where there were several thatched huts, which looked rather simple.

The two entered one of the thatched huts, Liu Qingyang was sitting on the futon with his eyes closed.

Hearing the voice, Liu Qingyang opened his eyes, saw Lu Fan, and smiled, "Come, come and sit."

"it is good."

Lu Fan sat down on the futon beside Liu Qingyang as he said.

"Ze Ming, you go outside and wait."

Liu Qingyang waved his hand, "I have a few words with Lu Fan."

"Yes."

Liu Zeming bowed and left, leaving only Lu Fan and Liu Qingyang in the room.

"Lu Fan, I failed to keep Taoist Xuanji that day and let him run away."

Liu Qingyang apologized slightly, and sighed: "I overestimated myself, I thought I could keep him."

"Senior, there is no need to blame yourself, there is nothing you can do about it."

Lu Fan said: "Based on the situation at the time, I could only choose to go to the city for rescue. As for Taoist Xuanji, just run away. If you really want to trouble him in the future, go to Wei Guo to find him."

Having said that, it is inevitable that Lu Fan will have a murmur in his heart.

After all, Liu Qingyang is well-known, and his strength is at least not weaker than Taoist Xuanji. It is said that Liu Qingyang will have the upper hand in the battle between the two.

Taoist Xuanji wanted to escape, but it might not be so easy.

Liu Qingyang would at least cling to this person and wait for Lu Fan to come to his rescue.

But in fact, not long after Lu Fan left, Taoist Xuanji ran away.

Could it be that Liu Qingyang let Xuanji go on purpose?
why?
Did he deliberately leave a powerful enemy for Da Zhou?

It's really possible.

Without Taoist Xuanji, Wei Guo would have nothing to fear.

If the Great Zhou royal family had no foreign enemies, would they think of ways to deal with their own people?

With Liu Qingyang's strength, he should not be afraid of the Great Zhou royal family.

However, since the Li family has been in charge of the Great Zhou for thousands of years, there must be an unknown trump card.

Maybe even Liu Qingyang would be worried about that trump card.

What exactly is it?Is there any threat to him?

Lu Fan also felt more vigilant.

"Yes, with your talent, you will be able to surpass me in a few years and become the number one master of the Great Zhou."

Liu Qingyang smiled and said: "When the time comes, Xuanji won't let you decide?"

"Senior has been awarded."

Lu Fan said modestly, "I'm still far behind."

"You don't have to be humble."

Liu Qingyang waved his hand, "Based on your talent, coupled with the newly acquired heavenly skills, maybe you really have the possibility to make a breakthrough within a few years, surpass me, and be promoted to an extraordinary powerhouse."

"But there is one thing I want to remind you."

"It's too cold at the heights!"

"A tree that is beautiful in the forest will be destroyed by the wind."

"Although your strength is strong, your foundation is still shallow after all, especially since you came from a poor background and you don't have a strong family behind you to support you."

"Even if you encounter disasters in the future, no one will stand up for you."

Speaking of this, Liu Qingyang sighed softly, "So, you look beautiful now, but in fact, if you are not careful, you will fall into the endless abyss."

"Oh?"

Lu Fan heard the meaning of the other party's words and wanted to remind him.

"Senior, can you explain in detail?"

"There are some things that you should be able to guess without saying anything."

Liu Qingyang shook his head, "Not to mention, you should have heard of Wei He from decades ago, how did he die? Have you ever thought about it?"

"Wei He?"

Lu Fan remembered that he had heard Ye Wuchen mention it.

"Now your prestige is stronger than that of Wei He back then."

Liu Qingyang reminded: "Even Wei He cannot be tolerated, let alone you?"

"Senior means to say..."

Lu Fan understood, but he didn't say it out loud.

After all, this matter is too important, and it is only speculation.

According to Liu Qingyang, it seems that Wei He was killed by the royal family of Great Zhou?
Then wouldn't he be spared?

But, would Li Tianrun really do this?
"I didn't say anything."

Liu Qingyang sighed: "After all, some things are just my guesses, and there is no way to confirm them. I came to you today to remind you to be careful."

"Thank you senior for reminding me."

Lu Fan thought for a while and asked, "Senior, do you have a solution?"

"You've actually done enough."

Liu Qingyang said: "Be modest, keep a low profile, don't fight for credit, don't grab credit, and don't have too much desire for power. If this doesn't reassure some people, then there is no good way."

"My advice is, go with the flow."

"Don't be too deliberate, it will arouse suspicion."

"Do whatever you want, but be prepared."

"Leave a way out for yourself."

Speaking of this, Liu Qingyang glanced at Lu Fan, and said with deep meaning: "What should come will always come, and you can't hide if you want to hide, and I'm afraid it's even more useless."

"Ah."

Lu Fan nodded, he was not very worried.

After all, he has confidence in his own strength, coupled with his strong physical body, no matter who wants to deal with him, it will not be so easy.

"By the way, senior, do you know how Wei He disappeared back then?"

"I checked it secretly, but I couldn't find anything."

Liu Qingyang said: "It's as if he disappeared out of thin air, without leaving even a trace."

"What was Wei He's cultivation back then?"

Lu Fan was a little curious.

"His strength back then should be around the Nine Innate Realms."

Liu Qingyang's thoughts returned to the past, "But like you, he also has a powerful physical body, so he can be invincible on the battlefield. No one is his opponent."

"Oh?"

Lu Fan was very surprised, thinking that this is not the same as his current strength?
He asked in confusion: "Since Wei He is so strong, how could he disappear out of thin air?"

"That's what makes people wonder."

Liu Qingyang shook his head lightly, "At that time, Da Zhou was the most powerful. Except for him, he was only at the Eighth Innate Realm. No one in the other countries could threaten him, but he just disappeared strangely."

"Could he have left on his own initiative?"

Lu Fan thought of himself again, and he might leave in the future.

"impossible."

Liu Qingyang was extremely determined, "Even if he wants to leave, he will always tell the people around him and bring his usual things. But in fact, he didn't take anything with him, and no one knew he was leaving."

"That's weird."

Lu Fan pointed to the top, "Could it be that there are still unknown powerhouses? Hiding behind them?"

"I've been thinking about this. Will Da Zhou really have superpowers?"

Liu Qingyang said: "Originally, I wanted to go through this battle and observe, but I didn't expect that that person didn't show up until the last critical moment."

"If it wasn't for your timely rescue, I'm afraid Da Zhou would have died."

"So, I'm starting to doubt my own thinking now."

"Perhaps there are no extraordinary powerhouses in Dazhou."

"Wei He's disappearance is just a coincidence."

After a short pause, Liu Qingyang continued: "But no matter what, it's always better to be careful."

"I see."

Only now did Lu Fan know why Liu Qingyang refused to make a move, and why he let Taoist Xuanji go.

He just wanted to find out who made Wei He disappear.

It's a pity that things backfired. The appearance of Lu Fan made Liu Qingyang's idea come to nothing.

However, given the situation at the time, if there really was an extraordinary powerhouse, it was time to make a move.

Otherwise, Da Zhou may be in danger of subjugation.

"Okay, I have nothing else to do with you, you go."

Liu Qingyang said: "Don't tell anyone about our conversation today, as long as you know me."

"it is good."

Lu Fan bid farewell and left.

He walked out of the hut, only to see Liu Zeming still waiting in the distance.

"My lord, I have arranged for someone to prepare a family banquet."

Liu Zeming greeted him with a smile, "Please come to the banquet with me, I just have something to tell you."

(End of this chapter)