Each time these great scholars arrived, they would go to the courtyard where the extraordinary man lived, and each time they would argue until they were red in the face, and in the end, the great scholars would often leave in a huff.
This situation continued for a while, and after almost all the famous scholars in Nanjing had visited him, it gradually stopped.
To the servants' surprise, after the great Confucian scholars stopped coming, young scholars began to visit, one after another, and many could be seen outside the Shen residence every day.
These young scholars annoyed the eccentric man to no end. Once, two of the young scholars lost and wanted to throw a tantrum, so they threw him out of the small courtyard, which improved the situation a bit.
Besides these, the servants discovered that since the eccentric man moved into the Shen residence, all the petty thugs in the nearby city of Jinling had disappeared, and the local gangs in Jinling had all withdrawn from the vicinity, which was also strange.
Not only that, but it seems that my young lady quite likes this eccentric person.
Miss Shen often went to the courtyard where the eccentric man lived, whether she had something to do or not. However, this eccentric man seemed to always avoid Miss Shen. Whenever Miss Shen went there, he would disappear.
Besides the young lady, Pan'er, the most famous courtesan on the Qinhuai River, also frequently visited the Shen residence.
Every time I came to the Shen residence, I went to the courtyard where Li Boyang lived.
Compared to her own young lady, this girl Pan'er always seems to meet extraordinary people, and each time she manages to chat with them in the courtyard for an hour before leaving satisfied.
This situation made the servants of the Shen family somewhat indignant. What was wrong with their young lady? Was she really inferior to a courtesan?
Li Boyang was naturally unaware of his image in the eyes of his servants.
After settling into the Shen residence, he devoted himself to cultivation every day.
Morning exercise is a form of spiritual practice.
Reading is also a form of self-cultivation.
Having learned the key to the "Lustful Tribulation," Li Boyang naturally wouldn't ignore it.
He adopted the Confucian approach, examining himself three times a day, reflecting on his own gains and losses. As he did this day after day, he became more and more refined and cultured.
The scholar who came under the guise of a guard to seek advice was none other than Liu Bowen. Before leaving, he had told Liu Bowen that if he had any questions, he could come and consult with him.
The reason why the great Confucian scholar in Jinling City came to discuss literature with him was due to Dean Fang Yuan of Songyang Academy.
After settling things at the Shen residence, Li Boyang made a special trip to Dengfeng to explain to Dean Fang Yuan that he could not stay at Songyang Academy and that he would be settling in Jinling in the future.
To Li Boyang's surprise, Fang Yuan actually wrote a letter to his friend in Jinling. The letter said that his close friend, who was much older than him, had settled in Jinling. He was very learned and asked Li Boyang to take care of him when he arrived.
To become Fang Yuan's good friend, he must have been a learned scholar. Upon receiving his old friend's letter, he naturally went to see Li Boyang. However, during their conversation, the two clashed over their views on the state of the world, and the other party lost the argument. In anger, he turned and left.
Although Fang Yuan's friend had a dispute with Li Boyang and even lost to him, he recognized Li Boyang's scholarship and thus spread his fame.
Fang Yuan's friend was clearly a highly respected scholar in the literary world of Jinling. With such publicity, Li Boyang's literary reputation naturally spread throughout Jinling, and scholars came to visit him one after another to discuss matters.
These people were all highly respected in Jinling, and Li Boyang couldn't refuse them, so he received them all. As for those young scholars, they were just weaklings who wanted to climb the social ladder by stepping on his reputation. After dealing with two groups of them, they naturally behaved themselves.
As for the withdrawal of gangs near the Shen residence and the disappearance of petty thugs, this was naturally Shen Wansan's doing.
After Li Boyang became a retainer of the Shen family, Shen Wansan naturally did not keep it a secret, but instead publicized it extensively, wishing everyone knew that the butcher Li Boyang had become their family's retainer.
Li Boyang lived peacefully in the Shen family for a year.
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Chapter 129 News about Zhang Junbao
This day.
Shen Rong received three ancient books from a servant and excitedly ran to Li Boyang's courtyard.
These aren't book titles; there are three ancient books. One is titled "Entangling Silk Capturing Technique," another "Primordial Mind Method," and the third "Acupoint Striking and Meridian Interception."
All three are martial arts manuals, but they are all widely circulated in the martial arts world.
Over the course of the year, Shen Rong realized that her master didn't care much about other things, but was extremely passionate about martial arts, all of which he had bought at great expense.
After Shen Rong unintentionally gave the master a martial arts manual for the first time, the master seemed very happy and chatted with her for a long time. Shen Rong then took notice of the martial arts manual.
These three books were her recent work. She thought she would give them to her husband later, and he would definitely chat with her. Shen Rong was very happy and kept smiling as she ran.
At that moment, a carriage arrived outside the Shen residence.
With her zither in hand and supported by her maid, Miss Pan'er stepped out of the carriage and, after greeting the gatekeeper, went directly into the Shen residence.
When the servants saw that it was Miss Pan'er, they didn't even think of stopping her. They were used to it. Miss Pan'er had been a frequent visitor to the Shen residence all year.
In the small courtyard of the Shen residence.
Li Boyang sat cross-legged on the bed, his expression somewhat solemn.
If someone were to touch his skin at this moment, they would find that his skin is unusually cold, giving off a chilling and icy feeling.
"Nine is the extreme of numbers; when yin reaches its peak, disaster strikes."
"I didn't expect the signs of the calamity of extreme Yin to appear so quickly."
His whole body was cold and lifeless, just like a corpse. This was a consequence of not having addressed the extreme yin disaster in the general principles.
This symptom actually appeared faintly when Li Boyang broke through to the Qi Refining Mist stage. As the days went by, the Nine Yin True Qi he cultivated from the Nine Yin Manual increased, and now this symptom became more and more obvious.
Over the past year, he has also asked Shen Wansan to help him find someone who speaks Sanskrit, but unfortunately, he has not found one yet.
"Sir, Rong'er has brought you something nice."