Myriad Paths

Li Qi used a lie to suppress all the five ranks of the army.

Others don't know how to refute, after all, they have never been exposed to the third level, and the power of the third level is something these people have never seen before and cannot understand.

All their knowledge can only support their understanding: "It is so mysterious that it should be the third level. Anyway, the fifth level will definitely not be able to simulate it."

It was this kind of half-knowledge that allowed these fifth-grade people to be fooled by Li Qi. They could only bow their heads in front of the power of third-grade people and finally give in.

Because Li Qi seemed very confident and they had no way to refute, they had no choice but to admit it.

So, Li Qi left everyone and quickly shuttled forward.

There is no need to support an army, and the speed of advancing alone is indeed much faster. Maybe... maybe I can really get there alone.

At this time, the Balancer, the son of destiny shared by the two sixth-grade worlds, the fifth-grade created by the combination of yin and yang, raised his eyes and looked in the direction of Li Qi.

All the fifth-grade people present seemed to have been deceived, and it seemed that he was the only one who noticed it.

The conductor is lying.

Li Qi had no way to prove or find evidence to support his actions, so he simply chose to lie and deceive everyone, just to make others make way for him. That third-level statement was false.

The Balancer discovered this, but he did not expose it. Instead, like the other fifth-grade people, he was 'cheated' and let Li Qi go out.

He looked around and saw the worried looks of others, and he also looked worried with his brows furrowed.

However, he also knew in his heart that some of these fifth grades must be the same as himself, right?

They all knew that Li Qi was lying, but they all took the initiative to be deceived.

why?

I don’t know, maybe everyone understands it?

The conductor himself knows that, right? After all, he took a look at himself before leaving.

After the Balancer looked around, he began to concentrate on his way.

There is no use thinking about this, they have other things to do.

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On the other side, while Li Qi was on his way alone, Liu Junyi was in retreat.

That's right, there was nothing wrong with Li Qi's guess.

Six months ago, Liu Junyi decentralized all powers and let the staff make decisions, while he himself began to practice in seclusion and strive to break through the fifth level.

However, the progress was not smooth.

Logically speaking, it should be a natural thing for him to break through, but if the timing is wrong, it may affect his future path.

But now, I can't control that much.

However, at this moment, I feel more and more confused.

The more intense the war outside was, the more confused his mind became. Once his mind was confused, his cultivation became scattered and breakthroughs became unsustainable. He had to put a lot of thought into concentrating his mind.

Especially one day ago, Wu Dao suddenly launched an attack.

Although Liu Junyi was in seclusion, he was also paying attention to the situation outside and reacting at any time and anywhere. Therefore, he was aware of Li Qi's intentions as soon as he lost on the front line, and he even vaguely guessed it at that time.

Li Qi is in the fifth grade.

So Liu Junyi made a bold decision.

He continued to shrink the defense line, and then sent all combat forces to the front line.

At this time, there was only Liu Junyi in Gansong City, and all the combat forces had gone to the front line.

He was practicing alone in this empty lair, and all of this was based on his orders.

The staff strongly disagreed at the time, but Liu Junyi, in the name of General Youwuwei, shocked the staff and forced them to make concessions so that he could stay in the city alone.

Li Qi is exactly the same.

In this case, there will be two endings.

First, Li Qi was unwilling to come alone. According to Liu Junyi's calculations, it was absolutely impossible for Wu Dao to be able to hold on. He had sent out all the garrison forces of Gansong City.

Wu Dao's large-scale attack could not last long on the war fortress. Li Qihui would have died outside before arriving. This was absolute and unmistakable.

Sending all of Gan Song's garrison force over was a risky move, and the effect was very good. With Gan Song's local garrison force, the witchcraft on the front line could hold on for at most two days, and then they had to retreat, otherwise there would be worries about civil strife.

If we don't do this and continue to let these elites stay in Gansong, the front line outside will easily be unable to be defended.

If the front line cannot be defended, Gan Song will be in more danger. It is better for everyone to go to the front line to hold back the army, forcing Li Qi to go deep alone to confront him.

If Li Qi chooses to go deep, Li Qi's speed from leaving the front line will definitely not be enough. All the garrison forces in Gansong City are very terrifying. As long as the space distance is exchanged for time, Li Qi will not be able to participate in the battle while leaving the battlefield. Victory is a sure thing.

This is the first consideration.

The second one is that Li Qi is willing to leave the army alone and rush towards Liu Junyi alone. As long as Li Qi can realize that the speed of the army is definitely not enough, with Li Qi's character, he will definitely come alone.

After forcing Li Qi to move forward alone, at this time, it was Liu Junyi who started to force himself.

When Li Qi arrives, if Liu Junyi cannot break through the fifth level and is strong enough to fight against Li Qi, then he will lose.

Liu Junyi knew this was risky, but...

If you take risks, take risks. After half a year of retreat, he himself knew that even if he allowed himself to concentrate on retreat, he would not be able to succeed in promotion.

A gentleman is worried, he can't put down external things and retreat alone.

So, it’s better to be like this.

Let's have a duel.

There is no longer a winner in the battlefield outside, and now the victory falls dramatically on the shoulders of two people.

Li Qi, who was alone and aggressive, and Liu Junyi, who pushed himself to the cliff.

A duel between two people can actually determine the outcome of the entire war zone.

This is really...

What a coincidence.

The operations of both sides are basically evenly matched, and the forces controlled by both sides are almost equal. To be honest, the combat power of Humanity and Witchcraft in this war zone is basically the same.

No one made a mistake, and both parties' operations were to the extreme. You came and I went back and forth, and even the conspiracy was not used.

For them, conspiracy is meaningless, and it is impossible to win by surprise. They can only conspire and defeat the opponent with strategic planning.

Therefore, after a series of scheming confrontations, the result was...a draw.

In the case of a tie, the last bit of weight can only be given by the commanders of both sides.

That is Liu Junyi and Li Qi.

Liu Junyi, who could defeat three Li Qi in the past, is now at level six, while Li Qi is at level five.

Therefore, what Liu Junyi faces now is a very extreme choice.

In the short time it took Li Qi to arrive, he was promoted to the fifth rank.

Or... if Li Qi meets him, he will be shot to death.

Liu Junyi absolutely believed that Li Qi would never waste a word with him. In the current moment of justice, reminiscing about the past was just condoning his rivals. The first thing he did when he arrived was to kill Liu Junyi and then tear Gan Song apart.

Liu Junyi and Li Qi knew each other very well about these things.

All the calculations have been exhausted, and the available strategies have been tried. All that is left is the most primitive and least technical hand-to-hand combat.

Who would have thought that in the end of the battle between the two armies, the two commanders would personally go into battle and box with their arms to decide the outcome?

It's funny, but...

Liu Junyi also realized that maybe this could be considered an opportunity?

right?

Thinking this way, his irritable heart calmed down.

"The righteousness of a gentleman is that he cannot avoid difficult things and cannot follow easy things. Only righteousness lies in it. He works every day, reflects on himself in the evening, and dies, which can be said to be keeping his career."

Liu Junyi whispered the words of sages.

It is only for the sake of righteousness that if you die, you can also be said to be keeping your career.

Isn’t this what we are talking about now?

But, are you a little timid?

In the past six months, although he had said the words "Wait for me at the fifth level" and actively put all the pressure on his shoulders, this made other humane warriors choose to believe in him.

And they believed it without hesitation, so these people went to die one after another just to buy time for Liu Junyi to break through.

But does Liu Junyi believe it himself?

Even if he is a genius, even if he is better than most people, even if others firmly believe that he can break through to the fifth level...

However, he actually still hesitated.

Fifth grade, is it that simple?

His Taoist heart was shaken. Faced with the pressure that came like a mountain and sea, faced with the reality that 'if you don't break through to the fifth level, you will lose', faced with the humanitarian sergeants who went to die one after another to buy him time to break through, Liu Junyi himself was disturbed.

Although it seems that 'meditation' is very simple, but...how many people can calm down in the face of this situation?

Liu Junyi's Taoist heart is actually very firm, but now... when the breakthrough or not is directly linked to the victory of the Vanguard Battle, even he feels even more pressure.

"I'm still too incompetent." Liu Junyi sighed.

If a husband talks about Tao without fulfilling his nature, it is like not carving jade but wanting to make it into a tool.

He himself has not grasped his own nature, so how can he talk about the Tao?

If you don't carve jade but want to make it into a tool, it's just wishful thinking.

So, come to jade.

Let Li Qi come over in person to fight for the vanguard and carve jade for Liu Junyi himself.

If you think about it...

Then break it.

Thinking like this, Liu Junyi's heart miraculously calmed down.

In front of 'Yu Sui', he seemed to be able to really calm down.

In Liu Junyi's mind, what Liu Donghe said to him when he first chose Confucianism came to mind.

"Jun Yi, if you want to follow the path of a gentleman, do you know what a gentleman is? Even a great scholar would not dare to say that he is a gentleman."

Liu Junyi didn't know what this meant at the time, but he just said: "If a gentleman can help the world and bring harmony to the world, then I will definitely become a gentleman."

Because of this answer, Liu Donghe laughed loudly, and then began to train Liu Junyi according to the standards of a gentleman.

This is bitter, not ordinary bitter.

A gentleman takes the people of heaven and earth as his duty, takes poetry, books, rituals, music, and the Spring and Autumn Period as his own lineage, takes the fate of the poor as his own concern, and takes his pleasure in supporting the world, teaching, and tempering change.

Don’t begrudge what you have, so that you can be like those who do good;

Don't make any distinctions, let those who discuss my ways and help my disciples be afraid of them;

Don't raise your doubts, let those who have proof from ancient times and gain the heart be the first to do so;

Don't underestimate your success, let the countries in the world go nowhere and do not deserve it.

Therefore, a gentleman is perseverant and perseverant, kind and profound, wise and observant, trustworthy and sincere.

What it pursues is wisdom, benevolence, courage and art.

To manage the world and the country is in the gathering of brothers Mibo Liu, and to make up for the shortcomings of the people in the world, in the autumn of the ear and the heart.

How difficult is this? How demanding are the requirements?

The wisdom we seek is to break through the past and present, and understand the wisdom of heaven and man;

The benevolence we seek is to protect the people and things, and to be equal to the benevolence of covering everything;

The courage we seek is to eliminate disasters and humiliate the courage;

The art we seek is to correct the system and carefully evaluate the art of etiquette.

Now, he seems to understand.

There is a country only when people exist, there are people only when teachers exist, there are teachers only when the Tao exists, and there is Tao only when nature exists.

Humanity is what teachers teach and then maintain, and what is needed to teach is human nature.

The mandate of heaven is human nature, following nature is the road, and cultivating Tao is the teacher.

Therefore, a gentleman cannot be ignorant of the "Tao" and cannot be incomplete in "nature".

Only the most sincere person in the world can complete his nature. If he can complete his nature, he can complete the nature of man; if he can complete the nature of man, he can complete the nature of things; if he can complete the nature of things, he can praise the transformation and nurturing of heaven and earth; if he can praise the transformation and nurturing of heaven and earth, he can be compared with heaven and earth.

To do so is called "knowing" and "fulfilling one's nature".

He failed to "fulfill one's nature", so he was troubled by all kinds of impetuous emotions, which in turn affected his own progress and caused the bottleneck he had overcome to reappear.

Now, as Li Qi got closer and closer, he finally regained the calm mentality he had when he was studying in the Imperial College in the past.

Liu Junyi's foundation of Taoism is his Tao heart.

When the heart is settled, the foundation of Taoism is settled.

He was named as a human being, served as a commander, and was responsible for winning the battle of the vanguard.

If the person who received the order goes forward, he will not be afraid of the enemy's elbows, and the people will not be afraid of slander.

If the enemy is not afraid of the elbows, then the wisdom and judgment are enough to make decisions.

If the people are not afraid of slander, then the root of the matter will be exhausted.

So, all the roots are obtained.

Yes, that's the key point.

He is a human being, and what he seeks is naturally "harmony among people".

What is harmony among people?

Everyone is of one mind, a thousand miles away in one room, ten thousand miles away in one hall, the same atmosphere inside and outside, the same spirit from top to bottom, this is ‘harmony among people’.

However, when everyone believed in him without a doubt and took the initiative to buy time for him to die, he was complaining about himself and worried that he could not do it...

The upper and lower can not be of one mind, so the harmony among people is broken, and naturally nothing can be accomplished.

Realizing this, as Li Qi's position got closer and closer, and the speed got faster and faster, Liu Junyi became more and more calm, and even closed his eyes.

Feel it.

Although he closed his eyes, his eyes and his strength spread out,

The heaven is vigorous, and the gentleman is self-reliant.

Vigorous and unremitting, it is the destiny of heaven, self-improvement is achieved, and virtue is the work of a gentleman...

No, this sentence is wrong.

Vigorous and unremitting, it is the destiny of heaven?

Vigorous and unremitting, it is the destiny of man!

Liu Junyi opened his eyes and stood up suddenly.

Now, facing difficulties, the great righteousness of defending the land lies in his body.

The greater the difficulty, the more righteousness will be raised.

A gentleman should always keep his integrity, integrity and land!

The confusion in his heart was immediately eliminated, and his heart of Tao was clear.

Although now is not the best time to break through, and after the breakthrough, it is not the best state, and it will also affect his future path, causing him to not be "perfect" all the time.

But it doesn't matter--

The fifth grade is achieved.

It was also at this moment that Li Qi, with the force of thunder and lightning, slammed into Gansong City.

Li Qi arrived.

At the moment Li Qi arrived, he suddenly landed outside Gansong City. At the moment he was trying to demolish the city wall, Liu Junyi also broke through.

The two people's auras exchanged, and they both realized each other's existence in an instant.

It's really... coincidence.