Chapter 71: Proving Your Innocence
"Good gun!" Li Anran couldn't help but admire.
Although he had not come into contact with many magical weapons, he had seen quite a few of them in the lives of prisoners, especially the King of Ape and the King of Monkey.
The Bull Demon King's iron rod, the Monkey King's golden cudgel, the Dragon Demon King's double-headed dragon spear, the Monkey King's tiger-headed golden cudgel...
The biggest feature of these magical weapons is that they are human!
If you only use them as weapons, there is no problem, but you will never be able to realize their greatest potential.
Only by constantly blending your own breath with its, and feeling its joy, anger, sorrow and happiness, can you truly achieve a mutual understanding and be able to control it as easily as with your own arm.
The spear in front of him began to hum softly and glow as soon as it fell into his hand, as if it knew that he would be its future master and was expressing joy and happiness!
Such spirituality is no less than that of the Monkey King’s tiger-headed golden stick!
In comparison, Boss Kang's double-edged axe and the green-haired lion monster's large sword are a little inferior. At most, they can only be regarded as sharp weapons, not magic weapons!
Buzz!
Li Anran picked up the spear and shook it lightly, and then he saw silver rays blooming like fireworks.
He could no longer contain his excitement and leapt onto the open ground, stabbing and entangled with a bright silver spear, which flashed with a cold light and shot out like a dragon.
Yang Jian saw it all, his expression remained calm, but he was secretly shaking his head in his heart.
Li Anran's shooting skills seem fierce and sharp, but in fact they are stiff and rigid, and the traces of imitation and copying are too obvious.
He could tell at a glance that Li Anran was learning from King Yuxiong, but he only learned King Yuxiong's moves. He failed to learn the essence of them, let alone integrate them and apply them to his own use.
After Li Anran put away his gun, Yang Jian asked, "Brother Li, how is this weapon? Is it still handy?"
"It couldn't be better! Thank you very much, Second Master!" Li Anran couldn't let it go and kept thanking him.
"It's just a small favor, it's nothing!"
Yang Jian waved his hand and said tactfully, "Brother Li, martial arts should not be practiced behind closed doors. There is not much going on in the prison recently. I will ask Boss Kang and the others to come and practice with you. After some time, when I have some free time, we can practice martial arts together."
When Li Anran heard what Yang Jian said, he roughly guessed that he had really made a fool of himself just now, and nodded repeatedly in agreement: "That couldn't be better!"
What he lacks most are, first, targeted guidance and second, practical experience.
Although the martial arts of the Meishan brothers are not as good as Yang Jian's, they are still much better than him, especially in practical experience, and they are more than capable of guiding him.
Not long after Yang Jian left, Boss Kang came to the Tianlao and began to teach Li Anran martial arts.
For more than half a month after that, the Meishan brothers basically came to Tianlao one by one every day to challenge Li Anran to a duel and exchange skills.
To be more precise, it is to help Li Anran with his moves!
The effect is very significant.
In just over half a month, Li Anran's martial arts improved by leaps and bounds.
Looking back, Li Anran felt ashamed of the spear skills he had practiced in front of Yang Jian.
To say that he is showing off his skills in front of an expert is a bit of a compliment to him. At most, he can be considered a child dancing with a stick.
It is worth mentioning that because he had previously saved Boss Kang at Huashan Villa, Li Laosi's attitude towards him has also improved a lot.
Although they were not very close, they were not as cold and smiling as before .
During his spare time from martial arts competitions, Li Anran also heard a lot of inside information from the Meishan brothers.
For example, the matter of Emperor Donghua.
It was rumored that Emperor Donghua and Fairy Peony had secretly fallen in love with each other, violated the rules of heaven, and were sent down to the mortal world to be reincarnated and cultivate again.
But that is not the case.
Or rather, that's not entirely true.
That day, Yang Jian brought the Three Holy Mothers back to Heaven and reported to the Jade Emperor the attack on Huashan Villa by the golden-winged Roc, the yellow-tusked old elephant, and the green-haired lion monster.
The Jade Emperor was verbally furious and appeased the Three Holy Mothers, but he did not take any other substantive action.
Manjushri Bodhisattva apologized for his crime, and finally brought the green-haired lion monster back to Yunxiao Cave in Wulong Mountain in exchange for some compensation to Three Holy Mothers, Nezha, Boss Kang, and Li Anran.
This is how Li Anran's Qingjing Bamboo came about.
After that, Yang Jian began to investigate the matter of Emperor Donghua and Peony Fairy, and soon got the result.
The cause of the whole incident started a hundred years ago when a monkey caused a disturbance at the Peach Banquet and accidentally dropped three peaches into the mortal world.
The Peony Fairy went to retrieve the peaches on the order of the Queen Mother, but she was bullied by an evil dragon on the way. She was rescued by the heroic Emperor Donghua who happened to be passing by.
This was the first time the two had come into contact.
Afterwards, the monkey made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace, and the Jade Emperor urgently summoned all the immortals back to heaven. However, Emperor Donghua was delayed because of the evil dragon incident, so he could only go to the Lingxiao Palace to apologize.
After knowing this, Fairy Peony said that it was all her fault and was willing to be punished on behalf of Emperor Donghua.
However, Emperor Donghua won the forgiveness of the Jade Emperor and the immortals with his words "I am willing to serve the people without any regrets".
It was at this time that the Peony Fairy began to feel worldly desires.
All these things have causes, consequences, reasons and evidence, and the Peony Fairy herself admitted her guilt.
However, she disagreed with the claim that Emperor Donghua had fallen in love with her. She only said that Emperor Donghua was devoted to Taoism and cared about the people of the world, and had never fallen in love with her.
Yang Jian also failed to find any evidence that Emperor Donghua had any worldly desires.
Logically speaking, things should have ended here.
It was nothing more than that the Peony Fairy fell in love with the worldly God and her secret crush on Emperor Donghua was fruitless.
Finally, the most ridiculous and absurd part came.
The Heavenly Court had no evidence that Emperor Donghua had any worldly desires, but Emperor Donghua also had no way to prove that he did not have any worldly desires.
Therefore, the Queen Mother asked Emperor Donghua to personally extract the fairy bone of Peony Fairy and send her down to the mortal world to prove her determination to pursue the Tao and to uphold the majesty of the Heavenly Law.
Emperor Donghua couldn't bear to do it, but he couldn't prove his innocence, so he chose to reincarnate with the Peony Fairy to go through the tribulations and cultivate again.
If he remains devoted to the Tao and is not moved by emotions during this process of going through tribulations and rebuilding himself, then it means that he is innocent.
Otherwise, the crime will be more serious.
Unexpectedly, the story was passed around and became a tragic love story of Emperor Donghua and Fairy Peony who fell in love and were willing to reincarnate together.
"??? What does Emperor Donghua think? Did the Jade Emperor agree?"
Li Anran was stunned.
I never thought that "Sixth Son ate a few bowls of noodles" could actually happen in the Heavenly Palace and happen to Emperor Donghua!
"I agree. Emperor Donghua has a strong character and would rather die than yield. Since he said so in front of all the immortals, he will definitely do it."
"However, because Emperor Donghua still has some unfinished business, the Jade Emperor will first send Fairy Peony into reincarnation to suffer for nine lifetimes."
"When she reaches her tenth life, Emperor Donghua will reincarnate and experience the tribulation of love with her to prove his determination to pursue the Tao."
Boss Kang was also filled with sighs.
Emperor Donghua had a very high status in the Heavenly Palace, but just because of such a small thing - in Boss Kang's opinion, having worldly desires was just a small matter - he was sent down to the mortal world to reincarnate.
Even if one is able to overcome the tribulation and cultivate again to return to heaven in the future, after experiencing reincarnation, one's cultivation will be greatly reduced, and it will be difficult to return to one's original status and position.
And if something unexpected happens to Emperor Donghua during the course of his trials, for example, if he really falls in love with the Peony Fairy, then it will be a question whether he can become an immortal!
"Brother Li, the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother are very sensitive about the gods having mortal desires, and would rather kill the wrong person than let him go! You must not learn from Emperor Donghua and do such a stupid thing!"
Boss Kang first gave Li Anran a serious warning, hesitated for a moment, and then whispered, "What if, I mean what if, you really have worldly desires one day . You must tell me, and I will help you think of a way, and maybe you can get away with it."
"Brother Kang, you're really worrying too much! This kind of thing will never happen to me!"
Li Anran was very sure that when he was tempted by worldly desires one day, even the Jade Emperor in Heaven would be helpless against him.
There is no way he will end up having to reincarnate and start over!
Li Anran was also muttering secretly in his heart.
If the Three Holy Mothers in the original time and space had trusted Yang Jian a little more and told Yang Jian about her and Liu Yanchang, would Yang Jian help her hide the past?
It has only been a few decades, and the Three Holy Mothers are not an important deity. With Yang Jian's identity, status, means and power, it should be easy to hide it from the Heavenly Court!
But, think about it.
This is not a question of trust or not!
Considering how much Yang Jian doted on San Sheng Mun, it was very likely that he helped San Sheng Mun conceal the truth, but before that, he must have cut Liu Yanchang into pieces!
