The moonlight was briefly obscured by dark clouds.

Ning Yayun flicked her left hand seemingly casually.

Chang Sheng's body swayed slightly, like a willow in the wind.

The dense energy passed by his side and fell into the mud behind him, making a sound like rain hitting plantains.

Chang Sheng smiled and stretched out his hand to grab it, "We have been away for a long time, don't you miss the Imperial College?"

Ning Yayun frowned and flicked her right hand.

puff!

When Ponytail and Chang Sheng's hands touched, the ponytail hair exploded violently.

Ning Yayun moved forward, grabbing Chang Sheng's wrist with her left hand and exerting force.

"Living in Chang'an is not easy!"

"Really?" Chang Sheng shook his backhand and felt full of energy.

Boom!

Ning Yayun's hand loosened and her tail swept violently.

"certainly!"

Chang Sheng raised his hand and slapped it hard.

With a muffled sound, all the horse's tail hairs on the tail of the deer detached from the handle and flew past with a whistling sound.

Chang Sheng waved his right hand continuously and kept retreating.

Duh duh duh!

Those horse tail hairs stuck into the ground, like sharp arrows.

Ning Yayun stopped, holding the wooden handle of the tail in her right hand, her aura calm.

"Want to give it a full blow?"

Chang Sheng stopped, shook his head and said, "I invited you here because I have something to say."

"Do you need to move around before talking?" Ning Yayun said.

Chang Sheng looked at him with his hands behind his back, "Back then, Jianyun Temple was just an ordinary Fangwai sect. At that time, Xuanxue was in charge of the Imperial Academy and was very powerful. At that time, I often thought about how to make Jianyun Temple have some appearance."

At that time, there were only a dozen or so kittens in Jianyun Temple.

"So you started to set up camp." Ning Yayun glanced at the city on the right, where dozens of people were standing there talking in low voices.

Chang Sheng smiled, his gray eyebrows twitching a few times, "When I saw this for the first time, I just took one look and knew it was not an object in the pond."

"Golden scales?"

"That's right. When I saw the present, I knew that the opportunity for the rise of Jianyunguan had come. Later, His Majesty indeed counterattacked all the way and achieved the throne. And I, Jianyunguan, became a leader outside the country."

Chang Sheng shook his head and said, "You are so arrogant that you refuse to come to the imperial court every year because you are sick.

The emperor can endure it, but if it becomes unbearable, he will naturally take action.

However, His Majesty was merciful and only took back the Imperial College.

Who would have thought that you would take them to Northern Xinjiang? Did you know that I had already sent a message to Fangwai in the south at that time, at least, I would give you a place to rest and recuperate in Xuanxue."

"Actually, you made a mistake."

"Oh! I would like to hear the details!"

"The ambition of metaphysics has never been in glory and wealth. For us, having a place to live, if we can provide for it, is fine, and if we don't have it, we don't have to worry about it.

The disciples are a little lazy, but they can still support themselves by picking up a hoe.

Metaphysics focuses on the heart, not desires."

Ning Yayun shook her head slightly, "You want to ask me, but are you still interested in competing with your Jianyun Temple?"

Chang Sheng was noncommittal.

"Metaphysics has been passed down for many years. Who do you want to compete with? It's not that you can't, but you don't like it! You follow your path of glory and wealth, and I follow my path of quietness and inaction. Each gets what he deserves."

Chang Sheng squinted his eyes, "I just want to ask, are you okay if you come back?"

"The emperor asked, right?" Ning Yayun said with a smile.

Chang Sheng is silent.

"You and he attacked me twice, trying to weaken Zitai's wings. What are you afraid of?

Metaphysics seems to be useless, but my disciples' cultivation is quite good.

To be honest, Zitai also said that if I don’t follow him when he comes to Chang’an this time, he will definitely not come.”

"That is a traitor, and he will inevitably die sooner or later. Is it worth it for Xuanxue to be buried with him?" Chang Sheng asked calmly.

"You said he was a traitor, so let me ask you, what is the legacy of the founder of Jianyunguan?"

Chang Sheng said: "Practice with concentration and aim straight at the great road."

"Cong Long, for the emperor. Kill and acquire countless fields and people. Are you concentrating on cultivation? Murder and arson, where is the path?" Ning Yayun pointed at him and shook her head, "I don't care about political affairs, but I also know that the people's livelihood in the world is in decline.

So, it has something to do with land annexation. You took Jianyunguan to plunder the land and people, causing the country to decline. Is this your way?"

"Do you know what the world is?" Chang Sheng asked.

"The world belongs to everyone!"

"Hahahaha!" Chang Sheng laughed loudly. He stopped laughing later and said contemptuously: "Absurd and ignorant! Our cultivation is directed towards the great road, and under the great road, everyone is just an ant.

The sage is indifferent and does not care about ants.

The only thing we can do is to make vigorous progress; as for the ants in the world, they are just steps to advance."

Ning Yayun was silent for a long time.

"What did you remind me of? Emperors. Emperors are like this. They regard all the people in the world as ants, as their own tools to wield power.

Then there are the gods. The gods disdain the world of mortals and tall people, so they regard human beings as ants.

You call yourself a god and an eternal saint, are you worthy?"

Chang Sheng squinted his eyes, and a sharp look flashed in his eyes, which quickly subsided.

"I'm asking you one last time, come back!"

Ning Yayun did not hesitate and shook her head. "Tell the emperor that Northern Xinjiang is very good!"

There was a touch of relief in Chang Sheng's eyes, "Rebellion will not end well. I hope you will not regret it."

"Your way is ruthless, my way is ruthless or ruthless.

Those people work at sunrise and return at sunset.

I also thought they were ignorant back then.

Why do I think they are ignorant? It's just because they don't know many principles and their words and deeds are dull.

But then I met a lot of smart people. Logically speaking, smart people would be happier! But on the contrary, smart people are suffering from desire, while those people who I think are stupid live with relish."

"What exactly do you want to say?" Chang Sheng sneered.

"I want to say that whoever stands on the side of the people will stand with metaphysics!"

Ning Yayun pointed at Chang Sheng, "You can't do it!"

He pointed in the direction of the imperial city again, "He can't do it either!"

"Then who do you think this person is?"

"Yang Xuan!"

"Stupid, I won't intercede for you when the army arrives!"

Chang Sheng slowly retreated, and in the dark place in the distance, there were many shadows of people.

Ning Yayun couldn't help but smile when she saw that he was cautious.

Then sigh.

He said softly: "Everyone thinks that Zitai is a traitor, but in my eyes, he is a dragon with horns on his head! And, it is gradually transforming... a dragon!"

…

Chang Sheng met with his people, and someone asked: "Master, has Ning Yayun agreed?"

Chang Sheng shook his head: "He knows that when he comes to Chang'an, I will not show mercy this time and will definitely suppress him with all his strength. Therefore, even though he knows that Yang Xuan's days are not long, he still bites the bullet and stays in Northern Xinjiang."

"Master, you met Yang Xuan today. How do you feel about it?"

Chang Sheng saw several horses galloping towards the imperial city and said: "This man is full of energy, which makes my eyes feel like needles piercing them."

"I dare to ask the real person, does Yang Xuan have some background?" the man asked carefully.

Chang Sheng squinted his eyes and said casually: "No, it's just grass and smoke at most!"
To be continued...