Chapter Twenty: Outing

  A moment later, Chen Hu left the city master's mansion. He walked out of the city master's mansion gate and turned back to see a tall building standing in the darkness, revealing a sense of solemnity and loneliness.

  *sigh*...

  Chen Hu shook his head and sighed lightly, then took a step forward into the darkness.

  In the Scripture Pavilion, Yang Yuxi was still leaning against the door, sitting. He took out "Sun and Moon Seal" from his bosom, gently tracing the texture on the bamboo slips.

  "Really, I want to go out and take a walk in the outside world."

  He lifted his head and saw through the window the twinkling stars outside, occasionally a star shone brighter than the others, illuminating a small patch of sky.

  Human nature always has an aspect of escapism, and Yang Yu Xi is no exception. Not wanting to see Lan Yu Yan and Nan Gong Zang Jie, the thought of leaving becomes increasingly stronger.

  "But now I'm too weak, going out would be very dangerous."

  Yang Yu Xi wanted to go out, but he wasn't stupid. He knew the outside world was very dangerous and his own strength was far from enough to resist all of this.

  "Never mind, let's practice this 'Sun and Moon Seal' first."

  Yang Yu Xi shook her head, rubbed her eyes and opened this book "Sun Moon Seal".

  "Heaven has its laws, the sun and moon are above, the sun and moon transform into divine seals, heaven and earth follow my will."

  "Wow, the opening of 'Day and Night Imprint' is really exaggerated! It's just a low-level martial arts move, but it sounds so powerful, deceiving readers! Luckily I'm smart and won't be deceived by you!" Yang Yu Xi said as she muttered to herself, unknowingly becoming more and more nagging.

  But anyway, he finally started cultivating, and his entire body emitted a faint golden light that grew brighter and brighter, illuminating the first floor of the Scripture Pavilion in no time.

  Two hours later, Yang Yu Xi opened the door of Cang Jing Pavilion. The moment he opened the door, golden light filled this piece of heaven and earth, then converged into his body. He looked radiant all over.

  Yang Yu Xi smiled slightly, gazed at the starry sky for a moment, and as the evening breeze caressed his face, he closed his eyes quietly to savor everything.

  But just then, a very discordant "gurgling" sound came out, he opened his eyes, rubbed his stomach, and greedily licked his tongue, and ran away quickly, "Go find something to eat!"

  A faint golden light came from his receding back, gently hitting the door of the Scripture Pavilion, "creak" sounded, and the door closed.

  A moment later, Yang Yuxi appeared on the training ground, with a hint of bread crumbs still left at the corner of his mouth.

  Yang Yu Xi casually wiped his lips and went all out with the "Sun Moon Seal", instantly, countless golden lights rushed towards him like raindrops.

  He concentrated his attention, and with both hands in front of his chest, he formed a very strange seal. As soon as the seal was formed, the sky's light rain trembled slightly, then converged into his palms like crazy.

  At this time, sweat had already slid down from Yang Yuxi's forehead. Using martial arts for the first time was still a bit too difficult for him.

  However, he did not give up. Although his hands shook violently and his whole body trembled, the golden light finally grew stronger.

  Golden light illuminated the entire training ground, and it also startled some people.

  Yang San forgot looked in the direction of the training ground, his face expressionless.

  Outside the Scripture Pavilion, Yang Lin, who had just finished tidying up and inspecting, also looked in the direction of the training ground, revealing a relieved expression.

  In the room, Rujiaosheng and Niehan temporarily stopped their hands on the chessboard and walked to the window to look towards the training ground.

  Golden light was still in a thriving trend, gradually spreading over the training ground.

  "Not enough!"

  Yang Yu Xi secretly let out a loud roar in his heart, he knew that with his current level of skill, it might be possible to defeat Nan Gong Cang Jie who was at the intermediate level of Ling Qi, but if he wanted to defeat Nan Gong Cang Jie who had broken through and entered the advanced level of Ling Qi, it was simply impossible.

  The golden light suddenly shook violently, Yang Yu Xi muttered that it was bad, and then could only stare blankly as the ball of golden light exploded in his arms.

  "Boom"

  Yang Yuxi's figure flashed out from the center of the explosion, his chest clothes were all blown to pieces, revealing a tender chest. The injury he suffered in the wilderness last time seemed to have healed, but this time new wounds were added.

  He rolled over in mid-air a few times before steadying himself, landing firmly on the ground. He looked down at his disheveled appearance and couldn't help but laugh bitterly.

  "Are you too eager for success?"

  Yang Yu Xi's eyes flashed with a hint of determination, and he once again clasped his hands together in a seal, re-gathering the Great Sun.

  "Boom"

  "Boom"

  ……

  After several failures, Yang Yuxi's clothes were all blown to pieces and scattered on the ground, and he himself was also covered in scars on his arms.

  But he seemed to be completely indifferent to all this, sitting on a chair by the side of the training ground in deep thought.

  "What's wrong? We should still have some attacking power!"

  He suddenly stood up cleverly, snapped his fingers: "Right, I can go and take a look at the experience of practicing 'Day Moon Seal'. Hmm, let's go!"

  Yang Yu Xi re-emerged in the Zang Jing Pavilion, holding a book of insights and plopping down on the ground to read.

  "Ah ha ha!" He suddenly jumped up excitedly as he watched, "So it can be done this way! This is very helpful for me right now!"

  Then he threw away the notes, broke through the door and rushed to the training ground again. However, halfway through, he suddenly turned back, picked up the notes and put them in his pocket, closed the door and rushed to the training ground once more.

  This time, Yang Yu Xi surprisingly changed his cultivation method. He no longer focused on successfully cultivating the Mahavairocana Buddha Seal because his cultivation was not enough, but instead merged that golden light into his entire body, increasing his physical strength and attacking power!

  In this way, the difficulty of cultivation temporarily decreased a bit. He spent an hour and finally successfully merged the absorbed golden light into his body, but it was only the simplest four limbs.

  "Alright, let's go!"

  Yang Yu Xi adopted a horse stance, with golden light flashing on his four limbs. He charged towards the stone pile used for training.

  "Hah!"

  He pointed his fingers like a sword, and with a heavy thrust, he pierced a stone block. As he bent and turned his two fingers, the entire stone shattered with a loud crash, sending countless fragments flying in all directions.

  Yang Yu Xi's footsteps didn't stop, changing his fingers to palms, slanting and chopping towards a stone pier, golden light surging on the palm of his hand.

  Bang!

  A stone pillar as thick as a person's thigh was actually cut off by him.

  "Whoosh!"

  While his palm cut through the stone pedestal, Yang Yu Xi stood on one foot, with the other foot full of power flying out to kick and hit another stone pedestal.

  "Boom!"

  Another cracking sound, smoke and dust rose, and a faint golden light appeared from within.

  "Hmm..."

  Yang Yu Xi completed this series of movements, standing in the middle of the court, her breathing rapid.

  "Slap slap"

  A sudden burst of applause came from behind Yang Yu Xi.

  Yang Yu Xi turned around and saw Yang Lin standing not far away with a smile, he was extremely satisfied with Yang Yu Xi's performance just now.

  Yang Lin smiled and beckoned, Yang Yu Xi put away the golden light and ran over: "Grandpa, is there something you want me for?"

  Yang Lin smiled and said: "If you say so, then we can't just find Yu Xi to chat with for no reason!"

  Unexpectedly, Yang Yu Xi said very seriously: "Cannot, because I am busy cultivating."

  Yang Lin was taken aback for a moment, then saw the cunning in Yang Yu Xi's eyes and laughed scoldingly: "You rascal, you're even putting on airs with your grandfather!"

  "Haha......" Yang Yu Xi made a silly face, and if he didn't think about what happened during the day on purpose, it was nothing. He said, "Just kidding! Grandpa, do you think my performance just now was cool?!"

  "He's so handsome, he'll definitely captivate Little Yan!"

  Upon hearing the three words "Xiao Yan Er", Yang Yu Xi suddenly became dispirited, he said in a low voice: "Grandfather, don't mention her again from now on, I don't want to hear her name."

  "Huh?" Yang Lin was somewhat surprised, wanting to see some fluctuations on Yang Yu Xi's face, but unfortunately his expression was calm and terrifying. He seemed to have understood something, patted Yang Yu Xi's shoulder and said, "Then let's not mention her."

  "Uh-huh!" Yang Yu Xi nodded and waved his hands, feeling the power within his body.

  "But... I did come to find you for something today..." Yang Lin smiled again.

  "See, I told you, what's up, I'm listening." Yang Yu Xi said exaggeratedly.

  Yang Lin glanced at him and said in a bad tone: "Tomorrow I will go to Haicheng nearby, and I will stay there for a few days. Do you want to come with me?"

  At the thought of not having to see Lan Yu and Nan Gong Zuo Jue, Yang Yu Xi naturally agreed, and then he was ordered by Yang Lin to return to his room to rest.

  The next morning, a team of horse-drawn carriages departed from the City Lord's Mansion, leaving Yushi City in the morning mist.

  The Great Zhou Dynasty was divided into nine states, each with many cities of varying sizes, which were categorized into four levels. The smaller cities had to pay a fixed tribute to the larger cities every month, which would then be passed up the hierarchy and eventually enter the imperial palace.

  In the evening city, every month is led by Yang Lin to pay tribute, this time is no exception. Nie Han and Ru Qiu Sheng also followed, although Ru Qiu Sheng's injury has not fully recovered, but it's almost there.

  Yang Yuxi sat in the horse carriage, his short stature unable to reach the horse's belly, he could only tightly grasp the reins and wildly kick his legs.

  Even so, the joy of traveling and the fresh air in the morning still made him excited, he was very restless on horseback, looking around left and right, making everyone worry that he would fall off at any moment.

  "Third Master, calm down." Yang Lin sat on the horse in front, turned his head and smiled at Yang Yu Xi.

  "How can I calm down? It's rare for me to come out on a trip, and I'm even riding my own horse. I'm so excited that I don't have time to calm down!"

  "Be careful then, don't fall off." Yang Lin shook his head, only able to say this.

  "Got it, got it!" Yang Yu Xi replied casually.

  The mountain roads were rugged and prone to banditry. Although the Zhou Dynasty was powerful, it was impossible to eradicate all the bandits.

  So after entering the mountain, everyone's nerves were tense, and Yang Yuxi also became much more well-behaved, carefully observing his surroundings.

  "Crack!"

  Yang Yu Xi suddenly felt a jolt and missed his grip, falling directly off the horse's back. Only after falling did he realize that it was just the horse stepping on and breaking a branch.

  Everyone's mood relaxed slightly, Yang Yuxi's face turned red, feeling that it was really too embarrassing, and hurriedly wanted to climb onto the horseback.

  Just halfway up, Yang Lin suddenly shouted at Yang Yu Xi: "Dismount!" Then he pressed down with his big hand, and Yang Yu Xi was pushed back down the horse by an invisible force before she could even get on.

  "Oh my..."

  "Hmph..."

  Yang Yu Xi hadn't finished calling out when Ma Cang's voice came, then Yang Yu Xi saw that the horse he was riding had fallen to the ground with its belly facing upwards, an arrow stuck in its abdomen, and fresh blood gushing out.