Zhang Kanwen's seal was different from my black and white seal. It wasn't the pure white seal of a normal heavenly master either. Instead, it was mixed with countless tiny golden threads.
These golden threads were obviously the power of Heavenly Punishment!
At the bottom of the seal, there were four large words that were also formed by golden threads.
"Righteous Spirit!"
Looking at the four ancient characters, I felt a wave of righteous energy hitting my face. The small seal in front of me seemed to have the phantom of a towering mountain wrapped around it.
Along with the appearance of the seal, there was a faint sound of chanting.
"There is righteousness in heaven and earth, and it gives form to chaos.
Below were rivers and mountains, and above were the sun and stars.
To the people, it is called vast and boundless, filling up the heavens.
The road to the Emperor is a barbarian, containing and spitting out the Ming court.
At the end of time, I will see, one by one, I will write down my painting … "
In a trance, I seemed to see a figure with an indomitable spirit. He was wearing a moon-white robe, and he was thin and tall.
On his bony hands, there was a prosperous world. Behind his proud and straight back, there was a world of iron horses and golden spears.
He stood at the edge of the horizon, looking in this direction from afar. After singing that awe-inspiring song, the corners of his lips curled up, as if he was somewhat gratified. He turned around and disappeared into the boundless world.
I didn't know if that phantom was real or not, but I knew that it was Wen Xiang, the ancestor of Zhang Kanwen's Wen Shan lineage.
The Prime Minister's original name was Wen Tianxiang. His courtesy name was Song Rui, and his courtesy name was Lushan.
Wenshan.
He was from Jizhou, Jiangxi. He was a statesman, litterateur, patriotic poet, and a famous minister who resisted the Yuan Dynasty.
In the fourth year of Baoyou, he ranked first in the Jinshi.
In the first year of the Qing Dynasty, he was conferred the title of Chengshi Minister and signed the title of Jiedushi of the Ninghai Navy.
In the fourth month of the sixth year of the reign of Xianchun, he was appointed as the Supervisor of Ordnance and Minister of the Imperial Academy. Because he drafted an imperial edict that ridiculed the powerful Prime Minister Jia Yi, he was dismissed from his post.
In the first year of Deyou's reign, the Yuan army moved eastward along the Yangtze River. Wen Tianxiang used his family's wealth to recruit fifty thousand soldiers to defend Lin 'an.
He was appointed to Zhejiang West and Jiangdong as well as Pingjiang Prefecture.
They sent troops to help Changzhou, but because Huai General Zhang Quan did not come to their rescue, they were defeated and had to retreat to Yuhang.
Soon after he was appointed as the Right Prime Minister, who was also the Shu Mi Envoy, he received an order to go to the Yuan army to negotiate peace. Because he denounced the Yuan Prime Minister, Bo Yan, he was detained and escorted to the north.
In the fifth month, in Fuzhou, together with Zhang Shijie, Assistant Minister of Rites Lu Xiufu, Right Prime Minister Chen Yizhong and the others supported the Prince of Yi, Zhao Gong, as the new emperor. They planned to take the sea route north to Jiangzhe, but Chen Yizhong stopped them. Thereupon they went to the southern Jianzhou to gather troops to resist the Yuan.
In the fifth month of the second year of Jingyan, he attacked Jiangxi again, but because he was alone, he was forced to retreat to Guangdong.
In the twelfth month of the first year of Xiangxing, he was captured at Wupo Mountain.
The following year, Zhang Hongfan, the marshal of the Mongolian and Han armies of the Yuan dynasty, escorted Zhang Shijie to Xiao Mountain and ordered him to surrender.
Wen Tianxiang refused and wrote the poem "Crossing the Ocean" to show his determination.
Later, he was sent to the capital of the Yuan Dynasty. Khubilai personally persuaded him to surrender and gave him the position of Prime Minister of the Hall of Governmental Affairs.
Wen Tianxiang was righteous and would rather die than submit.
On the ninth day of the twelfth month in the nineteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty, he died as a martyr in Dadu.
The "Song of Righteousness", "Crossing Zero Ding Yang" and other works that Wen Xiang left behind in his life, vividly displayed his integrity and pride.
This integrity and pride was the soul inheritance of Mount Wen's lineage.
Except for Zhang Kanwen's uncle, Zhang Bingcheng, the disciples of Mount Wen's lineage were all loyal and righteous people.
Especially Zhang Kanwen, he was completely worthy of the Righteous Spirit Seal.
After a long time, the Heavenly Master seal with golden threads was absorbed into Zhang Kanwen's body. Then, he slowly opened his eyes. When he saw me, his eyes seemed to be in a daze.
I cupped my hands and smiled at him, congratulating him. "Congratulations, Brother Zhang. You've gained a blessing in disguise. You've successfully condensed the seal and become a Heavenly Master!"
"Heavenly Master …" Zhang Kanwen reacted and lowered his head to look at his hands. His eyes were filled with an indescribable and complicated emotion.
I didn't say anything and just quietly looked at him. After a long time, his mind calmed down. He turned around and cupped his hands at me. "Today, when I faced the Heavenly Punishment, I thought I would die. I didn't expect that I'd gain a blessing in disguise and become a Heavenly Master … Zhou Yi, thank you for protecting me."
I was also very happy. I hurriedly waved my hands. "Brother Zhang, what are you talking about? I should be the one thanking you for helping me fight against the Heavenly Punishment.
Everything has a cause and effect. Brother Zhang, you've become a Heavenly Master because you helped yourself. "
Zhang Kanwen was in a good mood. He laughed and didn't argue with me. "All right. I won't thank you for today's matter, but don't blame me for destroying your room."
After he said that, we looked at each other, then at the big hole in the wall. We laughed at the same time.
Seeing that Zhang Kanwen's condition had recovered, Xie and Liu came in and congratulated Zhang Kanwen. The envy in their eyes was extremely thick.
The fat man's room had first experienced the heavenly punishment and was burned into a complete mess. Then, when Zhang Kanwen had made his breakthrough, he had experienced the true essence storm. Even the walls and roof had been torn apart. It was impossible for anyone to stay here tonight.
I asked Xie and Liu to help me carry the fatty to my room and let him rest on my bed.
As for the damage to the fatty's room, Xie and Liu would arrange for people to repair it later.
I was used to wandering outside. Although I treated this small shop as my home, I was very unfamiliar with Shenzhen. I had to rely on Xie and Liu to take care of most of the things.
After settling the fatty down, it was around 5 or 6 AM. I saw that the sky was getting brighter, so I didn't want to rest. I asked Wang Kun and his wife to prepare two dishes in the kitchen and brought two bottles of white wine. Then, I drank with Zhang Kanwen in the room.
Zhang Kanwen and I had known each other for many years, but this was the first time we drank together.
Zhang Kanwen had broken through to the Heavenly Master Realm. We were both happy, so we didn't use True Essence to dispel the alcohol. After a few cups, we got drunk.
After getting drunk, we started to talk more. We talked about how we met and got to know each other. We talked about Zhang Kanwen's teacher, Grandpa Zhao, and my close friend, Zhang Kanwen's younger brother, Zhang Wenfei.
Zhang Kanwen couldn't hold it in any longer. A burly man with a full beard burst into tears in front of me.
While crying, he stood up and knelt in the direction of the north. He called out, "Teacher!
Junior Brother!
Today, I became a Heavenly Master!
Our Mount Wen lineage hasn't perished. Mount Wen lineage still exists! "
As he cried, I also felt sad.
If I had gone to Mount Mei earlier, I might have been able to save Zhang Wenfei and Grandpa Zhao Dingwu.
If that had happened, Mount Wen lineage wouldn't have been so sparsely populated.
However, how difficult it was to prosper the country, and how worried it was to awaken the sage.
Without the collapse of the great building at the end of the Song Dynasty, there would have been no Prime Minister Wen's white robe to save the country. Without the tragic experience of Mount Wen lineage, there would have been no Zhang Kanwen who carried the four words' righteous' today.
Therefore, while I felt sad for Zhang Wenfei and Grandpa Zhao, I was even happier for Zhang Kanwen and Mount Wen lineage.
Back then, I had promised Grandpa Zhao that I would protect the legacy of Mount Wen lineage.
Now that Zhang Kanwen had become a Heavenly Master, I could finally answer to Grandpa Zhao.
Moreover, after Zhang Kanwen had become a Heavenly Master, he could share more of Little Wang Li's burden for me, so that I wouldn't be tied down here.
Little Wang Li was Zhang Kanwen's disciple and also the successor of the Prime Minister lineage.
In the future, after the evil in his body was expelled, Little Wang Li's soul would be far stronger than ordinary people due to the many years of torture. His cultivation talent would also be much stronger.
With Zhang Kanwen, who had become a Heavenly Master, and Little Wang Li, who had infinite talent, the prosperity of Mount Wen lineage wouldn't be far away.
Grandpa Zhao's wish had finally come true.
With emotions in my heart, Zhang Kanwen and I drank until dawn. In the end, we both got drunk and fell asleep on the sofa.
Xie Chenghua was very efficient. The next day, when I had just woken up, a team of workers had already arrived. They were waiting for us to wake up so that they could repair the damage in the shop.
The damage last night was mainly concentrated in my and the fatty's room. Although the damage wasn't big, it would take one or two days to completely repair it.
Since there weren't any extra rooms in the shop, we had to move the fatty to the bed in Zhang Kanwen's room.
In the next few days, Zhang Kanwen and I could only stay here.