Chapter 1253

Mount Zhongnan, Emperor's Stepping Peak.

This place was the location of the Cihang Jingzhai, a holy land of Buddhism. The Cihang Jingzhai was a sect consisting entirely of women, and the sect's unique skill was the "Cihang Sword Canon", one of the Four Great Strange Books. Throughout the generations, the successors of the Cihang Jingzhai had entered the world, all taking the salvation of all living beings as their own responsibility.

Regarding scale, the scale of the Cihang Jingzhai was actually smaller than the Jingnian Zen Temple located in the southern suburbs of Luoyang. After all, the many buildings of the Cihang Jingzhai were on the mountain peak, and the land area was not large, but the layout of the entire Zen temple complex was extremely exquisite, scattered in an orderly fashion, and faintly contained Feng Shui arrays.

Because Buddhism had been extremely prosperous in recent years, the various buildings of the Cihang Jingzhai were well-maintained. Even the destruction of Buddhism during the Wu Zhou period had not affected the Cihang Jingzhai. On the contrary, the Wu Zhou was later usurped by Yang Jian, who was supported by the Cihang Jingzhai. Since then, Buddhism had become even more prosperous. Unfortunately, Yang Guang was unprincipled and not as easy to utilize as Yang Jian, so the Cihang Jingzhai could only choose another successor.

Using the He's Jade to select an emperor in Luoyang was a plan that the Cihang Jingzhai had already plotted.

To carry out this matter, they had hidden the He's Jade they had found in the Jingnian Zen Temple in Luoyang a long time ago, and had not even handed the He's Jade to Yang Jian or Yang Guang.

It was a pity that the plan was good. 600

A sudden change caused Buddhism to tremble, and the entire White Path to tremble because of it.

Liaokong... was dead!

The Jingnian Zen Temple had lost an unknown number of martial monks.

When the news spread, the contemporary Saintess of the Cihang Jingzhai, Shi Feixuan, had no heart to continue staying in Luoyang, but hurriedly rushed toward Chang'an, and finally arrived at Mount Zhongnan, Emperor's Stepping Peak, near Chang'an.

Deep within the white clouds, with Sanskrit sounds lingering, in the central Zen room of the Cihang Jingzhai, which was like a peaceful and auspicious heavenly kingdom, a beautiful woman dressed in white, as if she did not tread upon the mortal world, was meditating.

The sound of knocking on the door rang out.

The beautiful woman spoke softly, responding with a voice like heavenly music: "Is that Feixuan? Come in!"

The door was pushed open, and an equally ethereal and peerless beauty stepped inside. It was the contemporary successor of the Cihang Jingzhai, Shi Feixuan.

"Master!"

Shi Feixuan looked at the beautiful woman before her, speaking softly, her words trailing off.

On the jade face of Fan Qinghui, not a trace of the passage of time could be seen; she looked just like a sister to Shi Feixuan. A trace of sorrow appeared on her face, "I have already learned of the matter regarding Senior Brother Liaokong (aiee). Senior Brother died for the sake of defending the Dao, and I am also extremely heartbroken."

"However, no matter how prosperous the demonic path's aura is, we cannot yield because of this. At this moment, we should first clarify who the person who killed Senior Brother Liaokong is, and then find a way to retrieve the He's Jade."

When speaking of this, a trace of indifference appeared on Fan Qinghui's face, and her words contained deep killing intent.

Even though the Cihang Jingzhai was transcendent, upon learning the news of Liaokong's death, Fan Qinghui still felt anger.

The other party had swaggered into the Jingnian Zen Temple, seized the He's Jade, and then killed Liaokong in public. This was clearly an attitude of not taking the White Path or Buddhism seriously.

Even though the other party had killed Senior Brother Liaokong and displayed extremely powerful strength, Fan Qinghui did not feel the slightest bit of fear.

In a one-on-one fight, perhaps she was not the other party's opponent, but Buddhism, if nothing else, had many experts.

Not to mention, they still had a fighter, the Wanderer Ning Daoqi.

Of course, before avenging Liaokong, the first thing was to clarify the identity of the person who killed Liaokong.

"According to those senior brothers at the Jingnian Zen Temple, they had never seen the person who killed the Zen Master Liaokong before, and the methods the other party displayed were extremely strange. The disciple guesses that the other party is very likely a person from the Demonic Sect."

"A person from the Demonic Sect?"

Fan Qinghui whispered to herself.

"Ever since the Evil King Shi Zhixuan went into seclusion because of your Uncle Bi Xiuxin, the Demonic Sect has been led by the Sect Master of the Yin Kui Sect, the Demonic Empress Zhu Yuyan. Beneath her are many experts such as the Demonic Marshal Zhao Deyan, the Demonic Hidden Bian Bufu, and the Heavenly Lord Xi Ying... The Demonic Sect's aura cannot be said to be anything but arrogant. Now, with a Demonic Sect expert suddenly jumping out, the task of eliminating demons and defending the Dao is truly a long and arduous road!"

Fan Qinghui sighed.

She did not deny Shi Feixuan's guess. The Cihang Jingzhai had fought with the Demonic Sect for many years and was very clear about the Demonic Sect's foundation.

The Demonic Sect had two sects and six paths, and it was unknown how many experts were hidden within.

At the very least, she knew of one former Demonic Sect expert.

The Evil Emperor Xiang Yutian!

This person had a very high status in the Demonic Sect and was once mentioned in the same breath as the Wanderer Ning Daoqi. The two were one righteous and one evil. According to Ning Daoqi, Xiang Yutian was a person from two hundred years ago who had lived to the present day by a stroke of luck. This person was a generation of Evil Emperor of the Demonic Sect, but he did not have the appearance of a person from the Demonic Sect. Ning Daoqi held this person in high regard and never viewed him as an evil person. According to Ning Daoqi, this person had not committed a single evil act.

Fan Qinghui had not met Xiang Yutian, but she believed Ning Daoqi.

Since the Demonic Sect had the Evil Emperor Xiang Yutian in addition to the Evil King, the Demonic Empress, and others, it was not strange for another Grandmaster-level expert to jump out.

But this person did not seem to be a deserved demon or an evil person like Xiang Yutian.

Because she did not know the whereabouts of that person, Fan Qinghui could only instruct her disciple, Shi Feixuan, to find a way to locate that person. Only by finding that person's whereabouts would there be a chance to avenge Senior Brother Liaokong.

One year to form a town, two years to form a city. Hence the name Chengdu.

Chengdu was a city built by King Huiwen of Qin after the State of Qin destroyed the State of Shu, following the suggestion of Zhang Yi.

Looking at the construction of cities throughout the ages, some relied on the danger of mountains, others occupied the convenience of water. Only Chengdu had neither dangers to rely on nor the convenience of boats. Moreover, the city site was in a low-lying area of the plain, humid and rainy, with many swamps nearby, relying solely on human effort to improve it.

To build the city, the people of Shu had dug a large amount of soil in the surroundings. The places where soil was taken formed large ponds, the famous ones being the Willow Pond in the west of the city, the Ceiling Pond in the northwest, the Ink-Washing Pond and the Ten Thousand Year Pond in the north of the city, and the Thousand Year Pond in the east of the city. These could irrigate fertile fields, raise fish for food, and serve as natural barriers on the east, west, and north sides during wartime. Coupled with the Dujiangyan Irrigation System built by Li Bing, the Governor of Shu during the reign of King Zhaowang of Qin, it formed a unique water conservancy system, solving the three major problems of waterlogging, irrigation, and shipping on the Chengdu Plain in one fell swoop.

The city of Chengdu itself had a circumference of twelve li, with walls seven zhang high, divided into the Great City and the Small City. The Great City was in the east, seven li wide; the Small City was in the west, less than five li.

At the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, Chengdu was the General Administration Office of Yizhou, and was soon changed to Shu Commandery.

The Great City was the location of the commandery government and where the people gathered, the center of politics. The Small City was mainly a commercial area, the most famous being the South Market, where all kinds of crafts, wealthy merchants, and peddlers operated and lived.

After obtaining the Longevity Art in Yangzhou, Su Xuan traveled around and headed toward the land of Shu.

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