Chapter 321

A lecture on the Dao, from beginning to end, lasted for a very long time.

Su Xuan explained the Yin-Yang and Five Elements in their entirety. Although he omitted the Eastern Sovereign and the Moon Goddess and did not lecture to them, there was no need to; after all, these two had previously paid a price to receive private instruction from Su Xuan.

"Today's lecture ends here. After you return, contemplate well what you have gained today!"

After finishing the lecture, Su Xuan said this to the crowd. He did not mention when the next lecture would be; perhaps there would not be another one, but the members of the Yin-Yang School did not care about this.

The amount they had gained from today's lecture exceeded their imagination.

At the same time, they could not help but marvel at the erudition and talent of their Sect Master, Lord Master Xuantian.

They had originally thought the Sect Master was merely powerful, but since he was not originally from the Yin-Yang School and had joined halfway through, they assumed he was not very proficient in the school's arts. As it turned out, they discovered they were wrong.

Lord Master Xuantian was simply proficient in everything regarding the Dao of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements.

Su Xuan's figure suddenly flew away from the high platform, and this lecture came to an end.

However, this high platform was not dismantled by the people of the Yin-Yang School.

Within the Daoist Mount Taiyi, there was a Guanmiao Platform, which was the lecture platform where the Daoist Ancestor Lao Dan once lectured to the First True Person Yin Xi. After the Daoist school flourished, it was renamed Guanmiao Platform. Since the Daoist school split into Heaven and Man, every five years, the two sects would hold a competition there to determine the ownership of the famous Daoist sword, Xueji, and to prove which was the orthodox Daoist sect.

Today, Lord Master Xuantian lectured to them here, so this lecture platform must be well preserved. In case the Yin-Yang School ever flourishes to its peak, this place could also serve as a legendary site known to future generations.

After finishing the lecture for the many Yin-Yang School disciples, Su Xuan also returned to his own palace to cultivate.

Although he was mastering more and more Earthly Fiend Daoist arts and it would not be long before he fully mastered the seventy-two Earthly Fiend arts, to be honest, the seventy-two Earthly Fiend arts were merely minor paths. If one truly wanted to speak of great divine abilities, it had to be the thirty-six Heavenly Dipper methods.

Among the one hundred and eight stars that appeared in his mind, not a single one of the thirty-six large stars belonging to the thirty-six Heavenly Dipper methods had been lit up. He did not know what conditions needed to be met to light up the thirty-six Heavenly Dipper methods, or when he could truly begin learning the Heavenly Dipper Daoist arts.

Earthly Fiend Daoist arts and Heavenly Dipper Daoist arts—one was an art, the other a method—were like the branches and the roots of a tree; there was an essential difference between the two.

Not long after Su Xuan began cultivating, another person came to see him.

"Greetings, Lord Master Xuantian!"

The visitor bowed slightly and performed a respectful salute toward Su Xuan.

Looking at the visitor, Su Xuan appeared somewhat surprised.

This was because the person was Nong Yu.

In the original story, Nong Yu was also a rather tragic woman who died while attempting to assassinate Ji Wuye. Her heart was like a free bird, but her body was like a cage. Due to various reasons, her free heart was always restricted. Perhaps only at the moment death arrived did she truly gain freedom, without so many attachments.

Because of the original story, Su Xuan's impression of her was quite good.

It was a pity that even though he had stayed in the State of Han for a long time, he had never had any interaction with Nong Yu. Comparatively, he had had more interaction with her mother, Lady Hu.

This so-called "more" meant that when investigating the Liu Yi case, Su Xuan had visited Liu Yi's residence twice and spoken a few words with Lady Hu.

As for Nong Yu, his only interaction with her while in the State of Han was seeing her a few times when he went to Zilan Xuan; he had not even spoken a single word to her. Later, when Su Xuan persuaded Zinu to bring the people of Zilan Xuan to join the Yin-Yang School, although Nong Yu followed Zinu to the Yin-Yang School, she usually kept to herself. Furthermore, Su Xuan rarely stayed in the Yin-Yang School, so they had not had much interaction.

"Is there something you need, Nong Yu?"

Su Xuan looked at Nong Yu and asked softly.

Nong Yu lowered her head and said softly, "I heard that earlier, the Qin Guo attacked Zhao and occupied many cities. Master Kuang Xiu happened to be in those places, and subsequently fell into the hands of the Qin Guo and was taken to Xianyang..."

Regarding Su Xuan's lecture, although she marveled at Su Xuan's erudition, to be honest, it did not mean much to Nong Yu.

Because she did not understand Yin-Yang arts, these things were completely useless to her.

Sister Zinu, however, seemed to have benefited greatly; after Su Xuan finished his lecture, she immediately went into seclusion.

Before going into seclusion, Zinu seemed to notice that Nong Yu had gained nothing and, worried she would be bored, told her something about Kuang Xiu.

Kuang Xiu was a famous musician of the State of Zhao and was quite renowned throughout the world. Nong Yu was proficient in music and skilled at playing the zither, so she had long admired this musician from Zhao.

But because Kuang Xiu's status was significant, after falling into the hands of the Qin Guo, he was sent to the Xianyang Palace to play music for the Qin Wang. Even if she knew Kuang Xiu was in the Qin Guo, it would be very difficult for her to see him.

Sister Zinu then gave her a suggestion: to go and ask Su Xuan for help.

Honestly, being neither kin nor friend, Nong Yu did not want to ask Su Xuan, and Su Xuan might not necessarily agree to her request.

But as Sister Zinu and the others began their seclusion one after another, she found herself with nothing to do, and the thought arose again. Thus, she plucked up her courage and came to Su Xuan.

"Kuang Xiu?"

Hearing Nong Yu's words, Su Xuan remembered this person.

He was a famous musician of the State of Zhao. In the original story, because he assisted Fan Yuqi in his defection, he offended the Qin Wang and was sentenced to death. Before he died, he entrusted Jing Ke to deliver the "High Mountains and Flowing Water" musical score to Gao Jianli. To see Kuang Xiu one last time, Gao Jianli went with Jing Ke to storm the execution ground. On the execution ground, they played "High Mountains and Flowing Water" together with Kuang Xiu. That event was also the beginning of the friendship between Jing Ke and Gao Jianli.

However, at present, because Su Xuan had pointed out early on that Fan Yuqi was problematic, and Ying Zheng was angry at Fan Yuqi because of the Cheng Jiao affair, Fan Yuqi had fled the Qin Guo long ago, so Kuang Xiu was no longer involved.

To some extent, he should actually thank Su Xuan.

Because of Su Xuan, he was no longer associated with Fan Yuqi, and thus escaped disaster and avoided death!

"I can take you to see him!"

Since Nong Yu brought up Kuang Xiu, Su Xuan did not mind taking her to see him.