24: Common people's pen! Treat my little brother Xinghe as a small life!

Li Shengyuan felt a warmth in his heart, but he asked doubtfully, "Grandpa, you knew I was going to the Northern Border Three Prefectures?"

"His Majesty already consulted me, and I don't object to you going. You just returned from the Imperial Palace, so it must be for this matter!"

Li Shengyuan nodded in realization upon hearing this. "So that's how it is."

If Grandpa didn't want him to go, his senior sister probably wouldn't have brought it up tonight...

Chief Assistant Grandpa said with deep eyes, "Shengyuan, although you are His Majesty's junior brother, it's best not to get too involved in royal affairs."

"Even if you find out that the Prince of Yan truly harbors ill intentions, you only need to send back the message, and His Majesty will decide. You must not act on your own!"

Li Shengyuan stared blankly at Chief Assistant Grandpa. Was he afraid that he would get involved in the royal family's disputes?

There were too many interest groups intertwined behind the Prince of Yan. If he were to move him, and couldn't uproot them completely, he would inevitably suffer retaliation from other nobles.

Although the Chief Assistant Li family was powerful, the entire court was not solely run by them.

However, Li Shengyuan did not have much fear of these things. In this world, the power of mortals was not as limited as on Blue Star; here, strength was ultimately supreme!

Nevertheless, Li Shengyuan nodded, deeply accepting the lesson, "I understand, Grandpa."

Grandpa Li Cangsheng's slightly wrinkled face revealed a satisfied smile, and then he took out a writing brush from his sleeve and handed it to Li Shengyuan.

Looking at the writing brush, Li Shengyuan's eyes gradually widened. "Grandpa, this is... your Cangsheng Brush, your Natal Artifact when you achieved the Third Rank of Establishing Fate?!"

Li Cangsheng nodded and said, "That's right. The Northern Border trip is dangerous. Take this brush with you. If you encounter danger, you can take it out for self-defense. With this item and your strength, even a Third Rank will not be your opponent!"

Li Shengyuan's eyes lit up as he took the Cangsheng Brush from Chief Assistant Grandpa. This gift was too precious!

For a Confucian cultivator to break through to the Third Rank, he must fulfill the Heavenly Dao oath he made. The grander the oath, the harder it is to complete and the harder to break through, but after breaking through, the stronger his power will be!

At that time, Li Cangsheng's Heavenly Dao oath was to plead for the common people, vowing to save them from suffering!

Such an oath was very difficult to fulfill. At that time, the borders of Great Qian often suffered from the Northern Barbarians tribes and the Western Demon Nation's chaos, and the border people lived in extreme misery!

But Li Cangsheng did it!

Under Li Cangsheng's assistance and governance, the harassment on the borders of Great Qian was greatly reduced, and the people's lives became increasingly happier. Apart from the few persecutions by the Demonic Cult and Demon Barbarians, there were no more famines or situations of people exchanging children to eat.

It could be said that the better the people of Great Qian lived, the stronger Li Cangsheng's power could become!

And his Natal Artifact, the Cangsheng Brush, although initially a top-tier artifact, after Grandpa established his fate, all kinds of memorials were reviewed by the Cangsheng Brush and then distributed layer by layer!

If a reviewed memorial benefited the people, Li Cangsheng would receive feedback from the Heavenly Dao, and the Cangsheng Brush would also receive a gift.

Over the past decade or so, the Cangsheng Brush had long ceased to be an ordinary artifact.

Instead, it had become a supreme treasure that carried the hearts of the people of Great Qian!

A casual stroke could rival the strike of a top-tier expert!

Li Shengyuan still remembered that every time his second uncle returned to the capital, he wanted to borrow the Cangsheng Brush from Grandpa.

But only when there was progress in governing the prefecture would Grandpa let his second uncle have a taste.

If his second uncle knew that Grandpa was lending him the Cangsheng Brush for a long time, and even taking it out of the capital to the distant Northern Border Three Prefectures, he would probably die of envy!

Thinking of this, Li Shengyuan couldn't help but grin.

He said to Grandpa Li Cangsheng with a serious expression, "Grandpa, don't worry. On this trip to the Northern Border, I will never let the Cangsheng Brush be buried!"

"If that Prince of Yan truly colludes with the Demonic Cult and the Demon Barbarians to persecute our Great Qian's Northern Border people, then your grandson will definitely use this Cangsheng Brush to wipe out evil and restore peace to the people!"

As soon as these words fell, Li Shengyuan felt the Cangsheng Brush in his hand tremble slightly, and his connection with it became even closer.

It sensed that these were Li Shengyuan's true feelings!

Li Cangsheng also noticed the change in his old friend, a look of surprise appeared on his face, and then he smiled and patted Li Shengyuan's shoulder, saying,

"Be careful on your journey!"

Then he looked at the Cangsheng Brush in Li Shengyuan's hand and whispered,

"Old friend, I'm entrusting my grandson to your care..."

The Cangsheng Brush trembled slightly, as if replying to Li Cangsheng, 'Rest assured!'

"Grandpa, I'll go back and prepare first." Li Shengyuan, holding the Cangsheng Brush, stood up to bid farewell.

"Mm, go. Go back and get some good rest."

Li Cangsheng watched Li Shengyuan's departing back with deep eyes, then looked up at the sky, lost in thought...

On the way back, Li Shengyuan kept playing with the Cangsheng Brush in his hand.

The brush had a spirit. Seeing Li Shengyuan kneading and pinching it, and even pulling open the wolf hair to look, the brush body immediately trembled in protest!

Li Shengyuan awkwardly coughed, "Sorry, Sir Brush, I've never seen such a powerful treasure before, so I'm a bit curious. Please don't be offended if I've been rude."

Only then did the Cangsheng Brush stop protesting.

Li Shengyuan walked along, stroking his chin in thought.

"Second Uncle said that this brush doesn't need ink; it can use all things in heaven and earth as paper, and when the brush falls, it becomes spiritual... I wonder what the effect is."

However, the more extraordinary the things depicted by the Cangsheng Brush, the stronger the backlash suffered by the wielder.

To prevent not knowing how to use it in an emergency, Li Shengyuan decided to try it out first.

After thinking for a moment, Li Shengyuan raised the brush and wrote the character " hidden" (yin, meaning 'hide') on himself.

"I don't feel any change. Am I invisible or not?" Li Shengyuan scratched his head in confusion.

Then he decided to find someone to test it on.

Li Shengyuan originally wanted to try it on the street outside, but he saw his younger brother, Li Xinghe, swaying back from outside.

"Oh, you, Li Xinghe, instead of doing your homework at home, you've been messing around outside for so long before coming back! Let's see how I, your elder brother, will deal with you!" Li Shengyuan's eyes narrowed, a dangerous glint appearing in them.

Then he thought of a good idea, and a mischievous smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Li Shengyuan's figure flashed, and he appeared in front of his younger brother, Li Xinghe, wanting to first test if the Cangsheng Brush had made him invisible.

Li Xinghe, tired from playing outside, rubbed his eyes sleepily and yawned, swaying towards his own courtyard.

But he suddenly clutched his head and stumbled back a few steps, letting out a cry of pain.

"What's going on? Am I seeing things? There's clearly nothing in front of me?!"

Li Xinghe clutched his forehead, carefully examining the front, his small face full of confusion.

Finally, he thought he was just tired from playing and was having illusions.

After shaking his head, Li Xinghe walked a little to the side.

Duang!

"Ow..."

This time, Li Xinghe was directly knocked to the ground, letting out a cry of pain.

Li Xinghe's eyes widened as he looked ahead. He finally knew that something was truly wrong!

Was he possessed by a ghost?!

Soon, the story his elder brother told him flashed through his mind.

Ghostly wall!

Li Xinghe's small face immediately turned pale with fright. He trembled as he stood up from the ground, his legs weak, backing away, wanting to shout for help, but he couldn't make a sound.

When he looked up, he saw a figure in white, with disheveled hair and a pale face, floating towards him...

Li Xinghe immediately froze.

Isn't this exactly the ghost his elder brother described?!

Li Xinghe, who had just stood up, collapsed to the ground again, finally letting out a terrified scream.

"Ghost... a ghost!"

"Wuwuwu... Big brother, help! There's a ghost!"