Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2: Crossover
Chapter 3: Bandits
Chapter 4: Forest
Chapter 5: Emotions
Chapter 6: To Protect
Chapter 7: Peach Blossom Origins
Chapter 8: Wisdom
Chapter 9: Legacy
Chapter 10: Theft
Chapter 11: To Protect
Chapter 12: Capital
Chapter 13: Banquet
Chapter 14: Spiritual Roots
Chapter 15: Examinations
Chapter 16: Quality
Chapter 17: Wretched
Chapter 18: Silver Dragon Temple
Chapter 19: I Surrender
Chapter 20: Three Questions
Chapter 21: Elementary Scholar
Chapter 22: Patrol Officer
Chapter 23: Sacrifice
Chapter 24: Farewell
Chapter 25: Idol
Chapter 26: Banknotes
Chapter 27: Plan
Chapter 28: Kill Them
Chapter 29: Legacy
Chapter 30: Maiden
Chapter 31: Tang Zhen
Chapter 32: Invitation
Chapter 33: Decay
Chapter 34: Chen Yuan
Chapter 35: Han Lin
Chapter 36: Heaven’S Assistance
Chapter 37: Event On The Boat
Chapter 38: A Disgrace To The Educated
Chapter 39: Revoking A Title
Chapter 40: Sailor
Chapter 41: Into The Water
Chapter 42: Solving The Case
Chapter 43: Mistress Cloud
Chapter 44: Crystal Gaze
Chapter 45: Autopsy
Chapter 46: Into The Examination Halls
Chapter 47: Examination
Chapter 48: Night Ship
Chapter 49: Murder
Chapter 50: Judge
Chapter 51: Suspicion
Chapter 52: First Place
Chapter 53: Check Again
Chapter 54: Realization
Chapter 55: Ancestral Temple
Chapter 56: Spiritual Roots
Chapter 57: Night Attack
Chapter 58: Puppet
Chapter 59: Killing An Official
Chapter 60: Today Shall Be The Day You Die
Chapter 61: Counterattack
Chapter 62: Will You Do It
Chapter 63: The Case Of The Coffin Bearers
Chapter 64: Decision
Chapter 65: Broken Tail
Chapter 66: Respects To Teacher
Chapter 67: Payment
Chapter 68: Entering The Sect
Chapter 69: Retrieve
Chapter 70: Rise Above
Chapter 71: Confer A Title
Chapter 72: Samurai Warrior
Chapter 73: Let’S Drink Up
Chapter 74: The Great Learning
Chapter 75: Pirates
Chapter 76: First Book
Chapter 77: Revenge
Chapter 78: Seven Cups And Seven Steps
Chapter 79: Attack
Chapter 80: A Little Higher
Chapter 81: Rejection
Chapter 82: Exterminating The Pirates
Chapter 83: Imperial Edict
Chapter 84: Send The Memorandum
Chapter 85: Unfilial And Unfair
Chapter 86: Turning Misfortune To Fortune
Chapter 87: Relay Station
Chapter 88: Murder
Chapter 89: Desire
Chapter 90: Six Riders
Chapter 91: Dao Amulet
Chapter 92: Fire On Mountain Deity Temple
Chapter 93: Ji Ai Guo
Chapter 94: A Chance Encounter
Chapter 95: To The Capital
Chapter 96: An Idea
Chapter 97: Hidden Gold
Chapter 98: Gold Is Too Heavy
Chapter 99: Dance Of The Dragon And Fish
Chapter 100: Turn Back In Sadness
Chapter 101: Exchange
Chapter 102: Lovesick
Chapter 103: In A Trance
Chapter 104: The Emperor’S Melody
Chapter 105: Audience
Chapter 106: Heavenly Disposition
Chapter 107: Completion
Chapter 108: Leaving A Memory
Chapter 109: Receiving The Edict
Chapter 110: Sword Fight
Chapter 111: Query In The Night
Chapter 112: Reason
Chapter 113: Divination
Chapter 114: Metal Anchor
Chapter 115: Justice Is Served
Chapter 116: Fairy On The Magpie Bridge
Chapter 117: News
Chapter 118: The Tiger And The Lion Converges
Chapter 119: Avoid The Rain
Chapter 120: Southern Kingdom
Chapter 121: Young Chieftain
Chapter 122: Fisherman
Chapter 123: The Tomb
Chapter 124: Evil Survivors
Chapter 125: Attacking The City
Chapter 126: Controlling Snakes
Chapter 127: Interrogation
Chapter 128: Black Wolf
Chapter 129: Young Master Xie
Chapter 130: Burning The Stronghold
Chapter 131: Assassin
Chapter 132: Urgent Return
Chapter 133: Feelings
Chapter 134: Dragon Tiger Temple
Chapter 135: Shen Wan Lin
Chapter 136: Marriage Upheaval
Chapter 137: Obstruction
Chapter 138: Upholding The Laws Of The Household
Chapter 139: It Doesn’T Matter
Chapter 140: If Only We Met Once In This Life
Chapter 141: Alliance
Chapter 142: Mission Incomplete
Chapter 143: Suspecting Your Neighbor Of Stealing
Chapter 144: Absurdity
Chapter 145: Competition
Chapter 146: Refusal
Chapter 147: Collaboration
Chapter 148: Harmonizing Flute Lullabies
Chapter 149: Forever Gone Are The Old Times
Chapter 150: Retrieving The Pill
Chapter 151: Be Good And Accept Death
Chapter 152: Exposure
Chapter 153: Emergency
Chapter 154: Poison Gas
Chapter 155: Secret Basement
Chapter 156: Breaking Through The Gates Of Heaven
Chapter 157: Kill Them All
Chapter 158: Core Disciple
Chapter 159: Offended
Chapter 160: A Glimmer Of Hope
Chapter 161: Surprise
Chapter 162: Bestowing A Title
Chapter 163: Explosion
Chapter 164: Official
Chapter 165: Network
Chapter 166: Arrest
Chapter 167: Retribution
Chapter 168: Insignia
Chapter 169: The Chase
Chapter 170: Return To The City
Chapter 171: Prestige
Chapter 172: Enchantments
Chapter 173: Kill A Man, Leave A Poem
Chapter 174: Major Incident
Chapter 175: Meeting
Chapter 176: Sin
Chapter 177: A Full Account
Chapter 178: Cracks
Chapter 179: I Won’T Meet
Chapter 180: Peace And Prosperity
Chapter 181: Untitled
Chapter 182: A Truthful Misrepresentation
Chapter 183: Do Some Good
Chapter 184: Obtaining An Imperial Tile
Chapter 185: Leaving The Prince’S Mansion
Chapter 186: Virtuous
Chapter 187: Punished Only Because You’Re Capable
Chapter 188: Spy
Chapter 189: Fate Lantern
Chapter 190: Jade Pendant
Chapter 191: Floating Sphere
Chapter 192: Jian An
Chapter 193: Words From The Heart
Chapter 194: Counter Attack
Chapter 195: Cursed
Chapter 196: All Of You, Die!
Chapter 197: Breaking Through Paradise
Chapter 198: Rushing In
Chapter 199: Assistance
Chapter 200: It Doesn'T Matter
Chapter 201: You’Ve Grown Up
Chapter 202: Battle Conclusion
Chapter 203: Overwhelmed
Chapter 204: Position
Chapter 205: Alliance
Chapter 206: County Magistrate
Chapter 207: Hesitation
Chapter 208: Refusal To Meet
Chapter 209: Eyes And Mouth Wide Open
Chapter 210: Asking For Help For A Title
Chapter 211: Ignorance
Chapter 212: The Plan
Chapter 213: Zhao Kuo
Chapter 214: Executed
Chapter 215: Increase In Morale
Chapter 216: Sentry Island
Chapter 217: Breaking The Enemy
Chapter 218: The Day Of The Counterattack
Chapter 219: To Retrieve
Chapter 220: Attacking The Stronghold
Chapter 221: Stability
Chapter 222: Ashore
Chapter 223: Attack
Chapter 224: Defeat
Chapter 225: Urgent Report
Chapter 226: Persuasion
Chapter 227: Invitation
Chapter 228: Cleanly
Chapter 229: Becoming A Dao Master
Chapter 230: To The Capital City
Chapter 231: Recruiting
Chapter 232: Affair
Chapter 233: A Bag Of Pills
Chapter 234: Virtue Of The Crown Prince
Chapter 235: Divergence
Chapter 236: Ambush
Chapter 237: Snow People
Chapter 238: Luring The Snake Out Of A Cave
Chapter 239: Love Never Lasts
Chapter 240: Shameless
Chapter 241: Assassins On Sky Road
Chapter 242: Resolution
Chapter 243: Observation
Chapter 244: Demotion
Chapter 245: Shocking News
Chapter 246: Farewell
Chapter 247: An Audience
Chapter 248: Advisor
Chapter 249: Business
Chapter 250: Suspicion
Chapter 251: Golden Cats
Chapter 252: Killing Officials
Chapter 253: River Deity’S Daoist Field
Chapter 254: Long Arms Of Justice
Chapter 255: Ironclad Case
Chapter 256: Removing The Official Hat
Chapter 257: Rebuilding
Chapter 258: Execution
Chapter 259: Stale Fish
Chapter 260: Records
Chapter 261: Reinstatement
Chapter 262: Wei Family Village
Chapter 263: Map Of The Dragon Veins
Chapter 264: Deep Wisdom
Chapter 265: Wedding
Categories Genre: Action, Adventure, All, Historical, Martial Arts, Ongoing, Romance, Supernatural, Xianxia Status: Ongoing Alternative names: Dao Tian Xian Tu, Path to Immortality: Marauding the Heavens, 盗天仙途, ______
Total Chapters in book: 265
Estimated words: 772462 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 3862(@200wpm)___ 3090(@250wpm)___ 2575(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 772462 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 3862(@200wpm)___ 3090(@250wpm)___ 2575(@300wpm)
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Chapter 118: The Tiger and the Lion Converges
Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation
It soon became May, the period of heavy rain lasted for more than ten days as it finally gave way to a clear and sunny day. Towards the northern area of the city was a pier. It was bustling with usual morning activities. A man walked over.
This man wore a rough tunic robe, and had a pair of gloomy looking eyes. He looked much poorer than the average man.
As he walked along the busy stretch of roads, he noticed that there were tailor shops, fabric shops, seafood eateries, soup eateries, medicine shops and even jewelry shops. There was an endless stream of horse and ox carriages, with many people walking hurriedly to their destination.
This man followed the busy crowd as he walked up the bridge. After several steps, he paused and mumbled to himself, "When I left, teacher had warned me that the huge directional change in heaven’s will was hard to fathom. However, if I start from the place where it all started, I would be able to find the person who caused everything to change."
"With such a shift in the will of heaven, there must be a sign or an omen, albeit it being very subtle. In Ying Prefecture, the people who are capable of effecting such a change would only be Ji Bei Hou or Free Cloud Sect. As for the Governor, I’ve picked up some news along the way. He’s opened up sea trade and was starting to regulate the boat companies who were able to trade within the ports. As such, he’s managed to earn a substantial amount of money from this as well. However, this man was still a whole subject of the Imperial Court, and not much about his fortunes had changed."
"Ji Bei Hou dismantled his troops and agreed to give up his authority. How then could he be the one who started this momentous shift? I have to take a look at him to ascertain his role in all of this."
"The other party who underwent a huge change in directions would be Free Cloud Sect. Ever since obtaining the title of True Sovereign, their authority and might increased substantially. Following this lead, I managed to trace it down to Pei Zi Yun. According to teacher’s calculations, the people who would play a lead role in this generation would be the three Ye’s and two Guo’s and not this person. I need to take a look at him as well."
This man walked slowly as he remained deep in thought. All of a sudden, another thought came into his mind as he abruptly stopped walking. With some hesitation, he recalled that there was another change within Ying Prefecture, 'No, I’ve missed out Holy Jail Sect.'
'According to teacher’s calculations, Holy Jail Sect and Ji Bei Hou should be the parties holding the leading role in Ying Prefecture, and would continue to do so for many years. However, according to Young Master’s reports, Holy Jail Sect’s movements has been quiet and not anything like teacher’s calculations.'
This man did not particularly pay attention to his surroundings. He then noticed that he was standing before a mansion. He looked at it before walking up to it and started knocking on the door. A servant opened it. When the servant noticed that it was a stranger, he asked coldly, "Who are you, why have you knocked on our door?"
When this man heard the servants words, he was not upset. Instead, he smiled and replied, "I am a relative of your house’s master. My surname is Shi. I’ve followed orders from my master to call upon your master. This is the letter from my master."
The man surnamed Shi then handed the letter over.
The servant retrieved the letter suspiciously and took it within the yard. After some time, a rough and coarse voice could be heard from behind, "Nephew Shi, you’ve finally arrived. Come on in."
A fat man welcomed the man surnamed Shi, his eyes sparkling.
The fat man walked in and as though he suddenly remembered something, before instructing the servant, "Ah Feng, this is my nephew Shi and is a relative of mine. In future when you see him, do not obstruct him. Take him straight to me, do you understand?"
The servant looked up at the visitor before replying, "Yes, master."
"Nephew Shi, please enter!" The fat man then led the man surnamed Shi within the house. He followed closely behind without speaking. Soon, they reached the main hall, which was richly ornamented. The fat man then took a seat before shouting, "Prepare some tea for our guest!"
He carried a commanding tone. The man laughed, "Master Li, there’s no need for tea. It’s just that I have some matters I would need you to make arrangements for."
"Young Master Shi Mu Zhong, please speak up." The fat man said in a hushed voice.
"I’ve always heard about how Ying Prefecture’s Ji Bei Hou conducts himself in a fearsome and awe inspiring manner. I wish to glance upon him from far, to see if that’s the case. Can you arrange that for me?"
"And also Ying Prefecture’s Top Scorer Pei Zi Yun. I wish to see him as well, after hearing so many brilliant stories about him."
After hearing Shi Mu Zhong’s request, master Li hesitated, "Young Master Shi, years ago, the old man read my fortunes and said that I would live a life of luxury and riches. He then taught me how I should go about obtaining my fortunes. I would not have been where I am today without him. But are you sure you just want to see them from afar, and not do something else?"
Master Li was somewhat hesitant in his words, as he looked at Shi Mu Zhong with worry. He was afraid that he had intentions to do something bad. Should that happen, they would be in trouble.
"Of course, do not worry. In fact, you can arrange for someone to accompany me, and we can watch them together from afar. If I do anything foolish or errant, you can tell your men to take me down." Shi Mu Zhong laughed. As much as he was upset that master Li was worried about something like this, he could understand as well.
Although his master had helped him out, and changed his fate for the better, this man was still not a puppet and had his own self interests. Shi Mu Zhong guessed that if he were to really do anything to threaten the life of Ji Bei Hou, he would instruct his men to take him down or to report to the officials about the matter right away.
"Ai ya, Young Master Shi, what are you speaking about. The old man showed favor and grace to me. Even if you did have the intention to harm this person, I would not report the incident or act on it." Master Li forced a smile after hearing Shi Mu Zhong’s doubts and sighed. Although Shi Mu Zhong’s master did show grace to him, he was extremely strange and scary.
"Can I also trouble master Li to arrange for me to stay here for the next few days?" Shi Mu Zhong smiled as he spoke. A servant then came in to serve some tea. Master Li fiercely ordered her, "Xiao Cui, call the butler over here for me. I have instructions for him."
"Yes, master." Xiao Cui then hurriedly walked out. Before long, a skinny and lanky butler walked in before bowing and paying his respects, "Master."
"So butler Han is here. My nephew is here to visit us for two days. Arrange a room for him. Also, he’s never seen an official of the Imperial Court. Find out when Ji Bei Hou would be on the move, my nephew wishes to see him from afar. Then when he returns to his village, he can boast to his village friends that he’s seen an official from the court."
"Yes, master!" The butler then retreated.
Early in the morning of the next day, the sun had yet to rise when an ox-cart was outside ready. A pair of servants followed closely behind this man as they walked towards the carriage.
Before long, they arrived before the government office. The butler then led Shi Mu Zhong into a restaurant just across the government office. It looked rather new, as if it had just been refurbished. It was three stories high. He then said, "Master, we had originally planned to go to Fu Mansion, where you could see Pei Zi Yun. However, he’s already left for his village. Since we’ve missed him, we arranged for you to see Ji Bei Hou instead. According to his daily routines, he will arrive around this time at the government office to report for work. From here, you can glimpse upon the fierceness of this man."
The butler spoke as they walked into the restaurant, "Master has booked up the entire restaurant for the day, please take your time to look. The meals will also be prepared for whenever you wish to consume them."
They then climbed up the stairs to the third floor. Shi Mu Zhong then opened a window and looked at the streets below. Large raindrops were being blown in a diagonal fashion by the strong wind. The waiter had served up some porridge, bread sticks, tea, peanuts and some wine. When the butler saw that everything was as planned, he then sent some servants to guard the door to make sure nobody intruded on him.
Shi Mu Zhong then whispered, "At least this master Li is very thorough with his dealings."
Shi Mu Zhong understood this as well. Although master Li had received guidance and pointers from Shi Mu Zhong’s master to earn big wealth and a fortune for himself, he had to learn to handle his affairs by himself from then on. If not, he could lose his fortune easily and even be killed for it.
That year, his master had given pointers and guidance to more than a hundred people, telling them how to change their fortunes. Of these, only thirty people managed to strike it rich.
He then sat comfortably in his seat and had some tea, while he ate peanuts. He could then see some movement from a distance away. Two rows of soldiers were marching, and a horse-cart was following closely behind the soldiers.
Although there weren’t many soldiers, they had a fearsome and intimidating aura. They clearly looked like they were war hardened veterans.
Shi Mu Zhong inched closer to the window. His gloomy eyes started to radiated a white light that circled within his pupils. His hazy and clouded eyes started to become clear and sharp.
Instantly, the horse-cart he had been looking upon now took the shape of something else. Slightly further up was the Governor’s office, and it was surrounded by visible Imperial Qi.
A man stepped off the ox-cart, and Shi Mu Zhong saw a tiger getting off the ox-cart. This tiger didn’t look one bit dejected and was full of confidence. The tiger was surrounded by an impressive and formidable aura. When Shi Mu Zhong looked closer, he realized that steam was being emitted from this tiger.
'That’s not right. The tiger’s natural element is the wind, whereas cloud and steam belongs to the dragon. And yet the tiger I’m looking at is emitting steam. There must be something else I’m not seeing. I have my master’s powers, and should be able to see anything under the heaven. And yet I’m seeing a very obscure view. In order for me to remove this veil, I would need the powers of our Patriarchs.' Shi Mu Zhong thought to himself before retrieving a black jade stone. On the black stone was the symbol of an anchor. Using his thumbs, he pressed down hard on the flat piece of jade as it broke into two. A surge of black energy was released from the jade and circled around him before shooting straight into his eyes. All the concealment that prevented him from seeing disappeared at once.
'The tiger has a red and yellow aura circling around it, as a wisp of Imperial Qi rested on the tiger’s body. A gust of wind surrounded Ji Bei Hou. The tiger and the dragon fused.'
(TN : Imperial Qi is represented by a dragon, and thus might be referred to as Dragon Qi in the future.)
"Rawr!" The tiger roared out with the voice of the dragon. Ji Bei Hou looked around after getting off the horse-cart, looking visibly uneasy. He turned around to look at his surroundings but could not find anything.
"Ah!" Shi Mu Zhong cried out, as blood rolled down from his eyes. He extended a hand, using his sleeves to wipe the blood away from his eyes. He then turned around and shouted, "Let’s go back, Ji Bei Hou’s demeanor is really extraordinary."
"This, Master Shi, what happened just now?" The servant entered the room and felt something was amiss.
"Oh, I accidentally knocked in a wall, and screamed out in pain." Shi Mu Zhong smiled, "Tell your master that I’m going to a monastery outside the city."
This man then hailed an ox-cart outside of the restaurant and left. When he finally arrived at the monastery, a Daoist man looked at him, before observing his surroundings. He then led Shi Mu Zhong into a room, "Master Shi, your room is ready."
"Good." Shi Mu Zhong laughed and replied, before following the Daoist man in.
At this point the night was getting late. Xie Cheng Dong was cultivating in one of the monasteries in Black Altar Sect. The entire room thus had a unique aura as a result of his cultivation.
All of a sudden, Xie Cheng Dong felt his Enchanted Talisman vibrate. He then retrieved it. The only person who could reach him on this Talisman was the blind Daoist or his disciple. Feeling surprised, he paused his cultivation and touched the surface of the Talisman. It then revealed the shadow of Shi Mu Zhong, who bowed before him.
"Young Master, I’ve only managed to get a look at Ji Bei Hou. Pei Zi Yun had returned to the village and I was unable to reach him. However, I’ve made some discoveries. The deviation of heaven’s will started from within Ying Prefecture, I am sure of this now."
"Oh? There’s really a deviation in heaven’s will? What changes were there. Tell me about it." Xie Cheng Dong said, his eyes were extremely focused as he looked at Shi Mu Zhong.
"Young Master, Ji Bei Hou was represented by a tiger, and had the wind on his back. This was very normal. Most military generals have the exact same outlook. Thankfully I already anticipated something different, and I took a closer look. I realized that he had a wisp of Imperial Qi on him as well, the Qi of a dragon."
"This man’s Imperial Qi was a thin strand and as fine as hair, and it was very frail and weak. This is extremely unusual, but I am certain it was Imperial Qi." Shi Mu Zhong reported, but did not mention the fact that he had to activate the energy of his Patriarch to obtain this information.
"What?" Xie Cheng Dong inhaled cold hair, "Only because of the chaos of the previous dynasty, was the Imperial Qi scattered. Ever since the establishment of the new dynasty, all the Imperial Qi converged together to form the True Dragon. The hundreds of prominent officials only have Official Qi on them. Even if they had auspicious energies, they would mainly take the form of tigers, lions, panthers. How could he have Imperial Qi on him? This is bad."
"Yes, Young Master. In future…." She Mu Zhong swallowed before continuing, "It would be hard to imagine. Besides, this alone showed that there was a difference in heaven’s will as Ji Bei Hou’s should not look like this. I’m afraid.."
"What are you afraid of?" Xie Cheng Dong pursued, as if somewhat anxious.
"I’m afraid that the this is a retaliation of heaven. That is truly scary." Shi Mu Zhong paused before continuing, "Heaven’s will should not be interfered with. Ever since the last incident, master and I have been unable to see the three Ye’s and two Guo’s anymore. It’s as if we were intentionally blocked from looking at them."
"And based on today’s events, it’s not that we are being prevented from seeing. I’m afraid that there’s been a retaliation as well, and thus the will of heaven’s changed to counter whatever we’ve seen."
Total Chapters in book: 265
Estimated words: 772462 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 3862(@200wpm)___ 3090(@250wpm)___ 2575(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 772462 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 3862(@200wpm)___ 3090(@250wpm)___ 2575(@300wpm)
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