I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, So I’ll Max Out My Defense

870  Chapter 871: Confucian Path's Greatest Sage, Beichen Feng

A few cultivators from the Enforcement Team looked at each other, wide-eyed and at a loss.

The chief culprit had been found, far in the distance yet near at hand, but they dared not act rashly, for the images in the Qiankun Mirror were too horrifying. Under the fiery blaze of the Supreme Emperor of the Great Flame Dynasty, he remained unscathed, and with a single sword stroke, he had subdued more than a hundred thousand cultivators. Such a cultivation level was beyond their reach.

"Sect Master Li, were those missing cultivators taken away by you?"

The female cultivator with a mature demeanor asked somewhat nervously.

"Indeed," Li Xiaobai nodded in response.

"May I ask why the Sect Master would do such a thing?"

"It is naturally for the peace of the world. Resources are the fuel of war, and cultivators are the executors of war. This mission was to save people, thus I took away all the cultivators. Without cultivators, naturally, no one will get hurt, and without resources, naturally, they cannot fight."

"Many people misunderstand me, yet no one can see through my disguise and enter my heart."

Li Xiaobai, with his hands behind his back, looked up and sighed deeply.

The crowd was suddenly speechless. You're the boss, you're awesome, whatever you say goes.

"May I know if my assessment has passed?"

Li Xiaobai asked.

"With such a heroic act from Sect Master Li, it is naturally meant to pass. May I know where those captured cultivators are now? Can they be released since the assessment is over, allowing them to return to their respective sects and powers?"

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"With such a heroic act from Sect Master Li, it is naturally meant to pass. May I know where those captured cultivators are now? Can they be released since the assessment is over, allowing them to return to their respective sects and powers?"

The mature female cultivator asked cautiously.

"That is not possible," Li Xiaobai shook his head.

"Why is that?"

Li Xiaobai waved his hand, his righteous aura pronounced, "Because the peace of this world is not yet sufficient!"

"I, Li Xiaobai, have a dream, which is to see the entire Eastern Continent at peace, without any further strife or disputes!"

The crowd: ...

The mature female cultivator wanted to say something more but was stopped by the leading cultivator of the team.

"Sect Master Li's righteousness is admirable. After verification, I believe that Sect Master Li's achievements fully qualify him to become an official member of the Enforcement Team. Please follow us to the main hall of the division for the registration of your Enforcement Team identity,"

the leading cultivator said respectfully. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"As for the others, since they have not passed the assessment, they are just ordinary cultivators carrying a sin value. Come with us, we'll take them away for detention!"

Suddenly, the cultivators of the Enforcement Team made their move, suppressing the dozen or so cultivators who were still dazed atop the mountain. They had already found these unsuitable characters displeasing to the eye, and now it was a good time to take them back to boost their performance.

"This..."

"Mercy, sir, we are all cultivators who came to participate in the assessment, you can't treat us like this!"

The crowd's faces turned pale with shock as the group of Enforcement Team cultivators unexpectedly struck them without ethics.

"The assessment has already concluded, and now with tens of thousands of sin values hanging over your heads in front of us Enforcement Team cultivators, there is an undeniable reason to capture you. Take them down!"

The leading cultivator said coldly, waving his hand to tie up several people securely and then looking respectfully at Li Xiaobai:

"Please, Sect Master Li, follow us to the main hall to complete the formalities."

"Lead the way."

Li Xiaobai nodded, his expression filled with admiration. It seemed that the Enforcement Team's cultivators also tied people up without much discussion; he really had come to the right place.

"Sect Master Li, please!"

The members of the group heaved a sigh of relief, willing to go to the main hall was easier to handle. The deeds of this fellow were too shocking and extraordinary, and since they couldn't contain him and didn't know how to deal with him, they simply took him to the main branch hall to let the Helmsman decide.

The leading cultivator sketched a formation pattern on the mountaintop, and a passage appeared out of thin air in the void, slowly opening. The branch was set up in this small world.

Li Xiaobai followed them in, and the world suddenly changed color; the mountains were high, the waters long, birds sang, and flowers scented the air. Both sides of the path were lined with low thatched cottages, and one could faintly hear sonorous reading voices emanating from them, exuding a strong scholarly aura.

"I thought that the area where the Enforcement Team's branch was stationed would be a place filled with fierce energy. I never expected it to be a haven hidden from the world—truly, appearances can be deceiving."

Li Xiaobai looked around the environment and couldn't help but lament.

"The Helmsman is a scholar who has learned the classics of Confucianism and cultivates a mighty righteousness. This landscape has been influenced by him, and over the years, it has also gained spirituality."

"Sect Master Li, if you are free on regular days, you could also come here for tea and poetry, enjoying a unique sense of leisure and elegance."

The leading Enforcement Team cultivator laughed, clearly very proud of their Helmsman's approach.

"May I know the family name and given name of this Helmsman? What realm and cultivation level is he at?"

Li Xiaobai continued to inquire.

"Our Helmsman is a Confucianism Master, Beichen Feng. Although he rarely shows himself, the outside world rumors that he has already entered the Saint Realm; otherwise, how could he hold the position of Helmsman in the Eastern Continent, deterring all rivals?"

The woman cultivator with a mature demeanor laughed, her eyes filled with pride. Being a subordinate of a Saint Realm powerhouse, she felt a strong sense of superiority.

"Ah Shui!"

"Be cautious and prudent. The strength and cultivation of the Helmsman are not something that we can speculate about casually,"

The leading Enforcement Team cultivator suddenly rebuked, silencing the group.

But Li Xiaobai etched the woman's words deeply into his heart; he heard three words, a familiar name, Beichen Feng!

This was the legendary figure spoken of in the tales of the Immortal Spirit Continent, Beichen Feng, the ultimate saint of Confucianism, a disciple of Great Immortal Zhenyuan. He debated with monks from the Buddhist Sect in the Western Desert, and within just three days, he had turned the vast expanse into barren land!

Ever since he stepped into the Cultivation World, he had heard this legendary name. Great Immortal Zhenyuan defied conventional Confucian doctrines and established his own school a thousand years ago, ascending to the Upper Realm, with Beichen Feng, his proud disciple, also proving his way through Confucianism to ascend within Central Origin Realm.

To think that the Helmsman of the Eastern Continent's Enforcement Team would actually be this person, the Confucianism Master Beichen Feng. Today, he might indeed be able to admire the manner of a master from a thousand years ago.

After a short while.

Li Xiaobai and the others arrived at a thatched cottage, with a couplet posted on either side.

"In the troubled autumn, clouds have no fixed place, hard to capture in one stroke!"

"Act honorably and stand distant, live unrestrainedly and wildly, for eternity revered!"

The calligraphy was vigorous and forceful, filled with deep meaning. Just one glance was enough to draw one into the depths of the ink, and the world seemed to lose its color, leaving only a white-robed youth holding a brush and scrolls, walking alone on a desolate path.

Li Xiaobai blinked, extracting himself from the artistic conception of the ink, and upon looking again, the writing was just writing.

The words were good, the sentences fine, but they somehow seemed a bit petty compared to the grandeur of the Confucianism Master. A scholar's heart should embrace the world, his aspirations as high as the heavens. These words, even encompassing the universe and breaking from convention, did not feel abrupt. Yet, this couplet merely portrayed his own desolate narrative, seemingly conveying something to the world.

Seeing this, the people by his side assumed Li Xiaobai was astounded by the writing and laughed, "Sect Master Li, this is our Helmsman's calligraphy. Any cultivator who sees it for the first time is drawn into its conception. It is said this was written by the Helmsman in his early years when he defied norms and cultivated alone."

Li Xiaobai nodded, "Good words, good phrases, good sentences!"