Sword of Coming

There is heaven outside the sky, and there are people outside the world.

Building fallen plum blossoms is like piles of snow.

When Gao Jun heard this, she didn't think the other party was being alarmist and deliberately deceiving her, so she could only sigh quietly.

She has been practicing immortal arts over the years, and she has been diligent and diligent. She never thought that she would only have a 10% chance of winning against this banished immortal who had returned to the blessed land.

Since the other party dares to come to the Hushan Sect alone, he must have someone to rely on, either he is strong enough, or there is a helping hand hidden in the dark. What's more, during the siege and suppression by all parties in the capital of Nanyuan Kingdom, this young man's appearance Sword Immortal was trapped in a tight siege, but finally stood out, climbed to the top of the city to kill Ding Ying, and took control of the capital, making Patriarch Yu afraid to step into the capital. After this battle, he became famous all over the world.

Gao Jun ordered from his heart: "Withdraw the formation."

Before his ascension, Patriarch Yu left a hand-drawn Immortal Formation diagram for the Hushan Sect. However, Patriarch Yu clearly told Lord Gao that this mountain-protecting formation can only be a fantasy for the time being, and he must wait for the weather to change. Only when there is a vision of manna falling from heaven can it be put into practice. Gao Jun, who always respects his teachers and respects his principles, strictly abides by the law. After that, he went into seclusion and came out again. He then went out alone, traveled for several years, visited all the five mountains in the world, and went to the mountains alone to visit immortals, hoping to find someone with the same path. At the same time, combined with the formation left by Yu Zhenyi Picture, climb the five mountains in the world and the small world. On the middle mountain, Gaojun climbed all the way up. It was steep and pathless. The ridge of the world appeared in the clouds. Only then did he realize that this mountain was the first. On the top of the mountain, which seemed to be hanging alone in the sea of ​​clouds, Gaojun actually discovered A relic of an immortal practicing in a thatched cottage can only be regarded as a relic, not a historical relic, because many of the utensils in the thatched cottage are exquisite. However, it was not long ago that there were residual pines and cypresses in the brazier. Gao Jun can fully imagine the burning of a senior "immortal". In Bai Yin's Taoist Chapter, in the Beiyue Mountains, the mountain flowers are extraordinary. During the scorching summer outside, the mountains are still covered with snow. Gaojun was watching the sky at night. At dawn, he saw a feathered guest riding a white deer, who claimed to be this person. The mountain spirit looked arrogant and regarded Gao Jun as "a native of the lower country". However, the other party probably saw that Gao Jun had a lot of Taoism. Although he didn't like her for breaking into the mountain gate without permission, he didn't say anything bad to her. He just reminded Gao Jun. When you are in this mountain, you cannot rely on your strength to grab things and treasures. When the weather is clear, you can see the sea on the top of Dongyue Mountain. Purple clouds grow in the stone, and the sea glows with red sun. Suddenly there is thunder and lightning, strong wind and rain, and the day is as dark as night. I personally see a mischief leaping into the sky from a deep pool on the mountainside. The poisonous dragon, Qingming Jingqi, majestic earth veins, with a body up to a hundred feet long, winding up the mountain, crushing countless rocks, in the blink of an eye, the poisonous dragon wandering around the peak, then directly created a snake in the mountain. On the brand new stone path, a tall crowned man with light golden eyes, holding a white jade seal with ancient characters like bird seals, not only successfully prevented the poisonous dragon from climbing to the top, but also smashed the seal, which was suddenly as big as a mountain peak, on the poisonous dragon's forehead. After knocking it down into the Longtan, a Taoist formula for interrogating Qu Niuya emerged from the water. Thousands of golden words were like an immortal array of decrees, which suppressed the golden-armored god at the bottom of the pool, holding the seal in his hand and mouthing the Tianxian. , forcing it to hide in a deep pool for three hundred years before it can see the light of day again. In Xiyue, where the peaks are as dangerous as the crown and the murderous aura is sharp, Gao Jun saw a young-looking scribe, full of Taoist aura. He kindly invited Gao Jun, who was wearing an apricot-yellow Taoist robe, to visit the cave. Gao Jun looked calm, but With his hands twisted in his sleeves, he twisted the talisman and followed the young scribe. He saw a majestic mansion, standing among the red and yellow clouds, like an imperial palace built in the sky. The old concierge seemed like a wild spirit. The red doors were opened, and there were crowds of palace maids. None of them are living people. When walking among them, the breeze blows on their faces, carrying the fragrance of orchids. The scribes laughed and said that this is a fumigating wind. It is rare in the world and unique to our mountain. It can enter the seven orifices of the human face to benefit the cultivation of Taoism, and it can also be used by ordinary women. To nourish the face, a picture of a goddess was hung in the main hall. Immediately, a maid took out an incense stick. The scribe first twisted three sticks of incense for Gao Jun, saying that the incense in the world is divided into mountains and rivers. Then he took Gao Jun to burn incense and pray to Lingyue, and paid tribute. Shangxuan, after everyone sat down, the scribe asked Gao Jun if he was married and if he was willing to form a Taoist couple...

After visiting the world's famous mountains and rivers, Gao Jun finally perfected the immortal picture left by Patriarch Yu, set up the formation hub, and followed the instructions in the Refining Objects chapter of the Book of Methods, Gao Jun carefully selected a few items that could naturally absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The treasures are closely connected with the mountain roots and water veins of the Hushan Sect, mainly the fairy sword left by Patriarch Yu, and finally create a mountain-protecting formation with both offense and defense.

If Yu Zhenyi is the first person to attain Taoism, but he is just trying to be alone after all, then Gao Jun is the true founder of the Hushan sect. He built formations with his own hands, taught Taoist scripts and immortal techniques, and guided the disciples in their practice. He not only preached Taoism but also To protect the road, it will spread its branches and leaves. Before Chen Ping'an showed up, he had done some rough exploration of the landscape. It can be seen that after the Hushan Sect has been properly managed over the years, if Gao Jun can one day achieve the Nascent Soul Realm and secure his position as the number one person in the world, he will be able to find If a suitable successor can form the golden elixir again, then in the next three to five hundred years, the disciples in the sect will gather talents, and people will practice martial arts and cultivate the true spirit. Without delay, the throne of the number one immortal palace on the Hushan Sect will be extremely difficult to shake.

Gao Jun asked: "Can you ask me again about Chen Jianxian's Taoist experience on the mountain?"

Chen Ping'an smiled and shook his head, and said euphemistically: "A guest in the mountains does not say longevity."

Gao Jun asked again: "In this vast world, are there many people who have attained the Taoist realm like Chen Jianxian?"

Chen Ping'an could only nod his head and said: "A lot. But we can't even talk about 'tongxuan' and 'detao'."

There are indeed many Qi practitioners in the Nascent Soul Realm.

Gao Jun inevitably looked a little sad and looked up at the sky, "It is so difficult to practice in the mountains. After all, you are just a frog at the bottom of a well."

If you don’t know the magnificent scenery outside and the high wind in the sky, that’s it. It just so happened that Gao Jun, a mountaintop qigong practitioner who understood the affairs of people outside the world, was worried and did not dare to slack off at all.

Over the years, Gao Jun has always had the worst assumption. One day, a foreigner like Chen Ping'an, who was relegated to immortals, would be jealous of the natural treasures of this blessed land, gather together for profit, and visit together, like rain falling on the earth. How do you resist foreign enemies? But to ask her to secretly plan now, join forces, prepare for rainy days with Qi practitioners and grand masters from various countries, and then form an alliance with the gods of mountains and rivers, it really makes Gao Jun feel that it is beyond her power, and she is afraid that she will not be able to stop him. One or two groups of immortals were banished, and then Chen Ping'an and other immortals also joined forces. Wouldn't the entire human world be devastated? Immortals fight each other to show off their magical powers, but it is no better than the fights between masters in history. At most, it affects a city. Once the number of Qi practitioners is more than one, they completely let go of their hands and feet, and use endless offensive magic weapons to attack enemies within a hundred miles. It's all a massacre of bones.

So Gao Jun had a bold idea deep in his heart.

She gradually understood what Ding Ying had done. Of course, she didn't approve it, but she understood it.

Gao Jun wants to meet the "God" who is in charge of the operation of the road behind the scenes. The sun and moon are the dojo, and the mountains and rivers are the courtyard.

Gao Jun wanted to ask the other party personally whether he could protect this world and how to prevent it from becoming a training ground for those foreigners who banished immortals.

Chen Ping'an said: "Master Gao doesn't need to underestimate himself. All the Taoist cultivators in history who were able to break the bottleneck constraints of the blessed land, almost without exception, are still well-deserved geniuses on the mountain when they reach Haoran World."

The criminal officer Hao Su is the best proof.

He only talks about his own Luolu Mountain, the four people in the scroll, plus Master Zhong, who have been away from the blessed land for thirty years. Among them, Zhu Lian has reached the peak of Wufu Mountain, and Sui Youyou is also a Nascent Soul sword cultivator.

Gao Jun asked tentatively: "Chen Jianxian, can I take you for a walk?"

Chen Pingan smiled and nodded: "Thank you."

The lake is beautiful, with thousands of lotus flowers, the breeze is gentle to the water, the peach and willow trees on both sides are blooming, and the mountain scenery can be seen in the mirror.

The two sides walked onto a long bridge across the lake. Gao Jun couldn't help but ask: "May I ask Chen Jianxian, how is Patriarch Yu now and where is he?"

Having said this, Gao Jun laughed to himself, as if he had been asking this and that since meeting Chen Jianxian.

After Patriarch Yu left, many major events still happened in this world, such as the emergence of a strange man, the new leader of the Demon Cult, Lu Tai, who easily gathered the remaining old troops left by Ding Ying, but had no intention of plotting anything more. Instead, he focused his attention on the Hushan Sect. After Patriarch Yu became a land god, he had three retreats. On two of them, Lu Tai seized the opportunity to break through the mountain gate and forcibly interrupted the retreat. Two life-and-death fights failed. To determine the winner, Patriarch Yu was delayed for many years, unable to

The two sides fought in vain, and the warriors in the world who were watching the battle from afar on the earth truly understood what it meant to fight with the immortals on the mountain, which could make the sun and moon eclipse, and make the mountains and rivers shake.

After this demon giant disappeared for no reason, Lu Tai taught a young genius who did not practice immortal magic but had excellent swordsmanship. He also liked to fight against the Hushan Sect.

This unknown young man had practiced swordsmanship in the mountains for several years, and he already had mastery of swordsmanship. When this man came down from the mountain, Patriarch Yu had just emerged and ascended. The first battle of the fledgling young swordsman was against the Swordsman Hushan Sect alone. The person who took the sword was none other than the current headmaster Gao Jun. She narrowly beat her opponent by half, and the two sides agreed to compete again ten years later. But when the ten-year deadline expired, the young swordsman broke the appointment and there was no news. Gao Jun later visited the immortal with the intention of looking for this person.

Chen Ping'an said: "He is already in another world, and his realm has reached a further level."

Gao Jun was relieved, and a huge stone fell to his heart. Because Lu Tai, the leader of the Demon Cult with ulterior motives and treacherous behavior, once sneaked into the Hushan Sect. After finding Mr. Gao, he told a very heartbreaking metaphor, saying that the first person here would be at the bottom after ranking among the Immortal Class. , so regardless of how majestic your Patriarch Yu is here, in heaven, he is just a little boy cleaning the courtyard in the Xianjun Palace. Even if he is unlucky, he can only be a manure picker watering the vegetable garden, so you should quickly advise him. I advise Yu Zhenyi to be a chicken head rather than a phoenix tail.

"Yu Zhenyi has a great origin. He has the prophecy of 'living in the human world for thousands of years and always looking like a child.' The person who said this prophecy is... Anyway, Taoism and Dharma are too high."

Chen Ping'an said: "Master Gao will leave this place in the future and travel far away. There will be a chance to reunite with your ancestor Yu."

In Chen Ping'an's view, only focusing on merit is completely different from the world's view of the Hushan Sect. Yu Zhenyi and Gao Jun, one is the founder of the Hushan Sect, and the other can actually be called the leader of the Zhongxing Sect who reversed the decline. , if Gao Jun hadn't inherited Yu Zhenyi's mantle and suddenly became the number one person in the world in Lotus Root Blessed Land, then the Hushan Sect would have been slow step by step, step by step, and eventually lost the advantage of being the first mover, and was defeated by Wei Liang of the Nanyuan Kingdom. The soldier was left behind.

Because the "face" created by Zhu Lian obviously carries the true meaning of the talisman, Chen Ping'an is also curious now. Since Zhu Lian has clearly touched the threshold of practicing immortal magic, why did he only try it briefly? The spiritual energy of heaven and earth is still thin, but the more so, the higher the threshold for cultivating to become an immortal. Once someone takes the lead in practicing Taoism, such as walking on a single-plank bridge, it will be easier to occupy all the time in heaven alone.

Of course, Gao Jun is more willing to believe Chen Jianxian and Lu Tai who deliberately use words to confuse people's minds when talking about extraterrestrial affairs. They are extremely abominable!

Chen Ping'an said slowly: "On the journey of cultivating Taoism, you are breaking through layers of obstacles and climbing high, and you are also cultivating your mind and nature. Both of them are indispensable. The flying birds are narrow and green, and they will reach the top of the mountain. When there is no road in the mountain, I am the peak, or the water. When you are poor, you can watch the clouds rising. If the Zen barrier is broken, you will hear thunder on the ground."

Gao Jun thought about it carefully, nodded and said: "Chen Jianxian's words are exquisite, like the words of gods and men in the clouds."

Chen Pingan laughed dumbly.

Gao Jun considers himself not a person who is proficient in general affairs and worldly. The reason why he can serve as the head of the Hushan Sect is not only because Patriarch Yu issued a decree and secretly helped her remove all obstacles, but also because she is indeed born to practice immortality. Techniques are the fastest to break through the realm. For Gao Jun, it was like a heavenly gate suddenly appeared in the world. In the past, if you wanted to become a master who looked down upon the princes, you could only practice martial arts and become a martial arts master. As a result, a gate suddenly appeared in the world. There is a path to follow. In the past, the land-resident real people, gods and monsters in the books about gods, demons, and monsters in the world are no longer distant and ethereal existences, but have become things around us that are within reach.

She is the most lucky person of the Hushan School.

Otherwise, when she followed her ancestor to the capital of Nanyuan, Yu Zhenyi had concluded that if she, Gao Jun, only followed the path of martial arts in this life, she would at most become a martial arts master like the national master Zhong Qiu and the queen Zhu Shuzhen.

Gao Jun looked a little guilty, "Chen Jianxian told me everything he knew and answered all questions. Gao Jun would like to express my heartfelt thanks."

Chen Ping'an joked: "Master Gao just asks questions. I will never get bored. I have always been said to have the habit of being a good teacher and my temperament is hard to change."

Sure enough, Lord Gao was no longer polite and continued to ask: "Previously Chen Jianxian said that the realms are climbed step by step, and practice is like climbing up the stairs. So, do we who are cultivators have specific divisions and names for realms?"

Chen Ping'an nodded and said: "The fifth realm in the middle, the cave, means that the human body is connected with the outside world, like building a bridge, opening the door of the house, and beginning to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The word "viewing the sea" is taken from "I climb the tower to view all the rivers, and when I enter the sea, I fall into my arms" ', Climb a high building to look at the sea, and know how big the world is. People who practice Taoism, after having a certain number of caves, continue to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, retain it, feed back the body, warm and nourish the soul, like an endless stream, constantly expanding the river bed and waterways, expanding the meridians , just like laying an official road for post roads. At the Dragon Gate, the spiritual energy scattered by the Qi practitioners in the Qi Mansion seems to condense into a water dragon, going upstream like water. Whether it can finally jump over the Dragon Gate in one fell swoop is a huge threshold and becomes , you can find an 'alchemy room', in the middle of Xuanzhi Youxuan, there is a cave in the sky, so there is a saying on the mountain that 'only when you form a golden alchemy guest can you be our generation'. If you can't get through, the spiritual energy will flow against the barrier three times and fail, resulting in Dantian Qi If the sea dries up completely, it is very likely that he will fall for life and end up in the cave realm. But the Qi practitioner condenses a golden elixir, and the elixir can be divided into several grades, just like the secular imperial examination, and there is a clear distinction between superior and inferior. A golden elixir condenses The degree of condensation of the elixir, the size of an alchemy room, and whether the elixir condensation can evoke the resonance of heaven and earth, all have their own considerations. The great road is impermanent, and God's will is unpredictable. Can he be called a true monastic genius? Can he take it seriously? It can be regarded as a unique blessing. After this, it is the Nascent Soul, which can travel far away from the body of the Yin God, supplemented by the Yang God's body to sit in the small world. As the book says, the great master calmly controls the wind and travels freely. Between heaven and earth.”

"Generally speaking, Jindan and Nascent Soul are collectively referred to as Earth Immortals. Qi practitioners can travel alone across the mountains and rivers of the vast world. Even if they establish a sect and serve as the founder, there will still be no problem."

"I speculate that you, Patriarch Yu, was originally a first-grade elixir, and the rank of Gao Sect's golden elixir is roughly second-grade, which is quite impressive. Even in the vast world, having a second-grade golden elixir is something that many earthly immortals dream of but cannot achieve. It’s fate.”

It is simple to say and easy to understand.

Seemingly chatting, Chen Ping'an just talked about some "common sense" of Taoism that is not very profound and obscure in the world. Maybe even the earthly immortals in Yunxia Mountain can tell it casually.

But for Gao Jun, who now needs to experience and understand all things on his own, these are the first-class words of wisdom. These words have the power to turn the clouds and reveal the sun. They are no less precious than the Taoism left by Patriarch Yu. Book.

Chen Ping'an was just chatting, and said some unintentional remarks to Gao Jun that had nothing to do with the trade-off between interests. In the final analysis, he just regarded her as a fellow Taoist on the road of spiritual practice in the future, and said a few ordinary words with a normal heart.

As a result, when the words were finished, Chen Ping'an felt a slight movement in his heart. He couldn't help but look around. In the dark, there seemed to be some kind of wonderful connection between heaven and man, as if he had received a piece of this world. kind of appreciation and recognition...

I felt relieved and no longer had the sluggish feeling I had when I was walking in the Hushan School.

At this moment, Chen Ping'an felt more deeply about a certain sentence of the old monk, the abbot of Nanyuan Guoxinxiang Temple, and a certain truth when he watched the night trial of the City God's Temple.

At the same time, Zhu Lian's guess was also verified. It is very possible that this blessed land of lotus roots really has the prototype of "Little God", and it is just waiting to "enlighten" and then "refine its shape". In fact, the previous blessed land of cultural fortune The appearance of a manifested woman and then being discovered by Changsheng can be regarded as a sign of some kind of natural outcome. Today, Chen Ping'an returned to the blessed land after many years, and soon gained a certain degree of resonance from heaven and earth. Is it possible that the old cook's mouth really opened his mouth?

However, Gao Jun was unable to notice this vision of heaven and earth. She was just immersed in it and asked curiously: "What kind of realm is above the middle five realms and the earthly immortals?"

"The first of the five upper realms is called Yupu."

"Pure jade? Does it mean to return to nature and be flawless?"

Chen Ping'an smiled and nodded, "Returning to one's true nature means that one will never be disgraced for the rest of his life. It is like building a body without stains, erecting a tower without leaks, and being able to avoid being stained by the world of mortals. When a Taoist reaches this level, even if the frog at the bottom of the well jumps to the mouth of the well, even if he is still far away from the sky, Far away, but you can see the world and the world in a way that is closer to the whole picture and the truth.”

In the history of Ouhua Blessed Land, Yu Zhenyi was the first to establish Taoism, so naturally there was no specific realm division.

Even Yu Zhenyi made many cautious attempts on the matter of the Yin Shen traveling far away from the body. He was extremely cautious and did not leave a single word of written record in the Hushan Sect. He only taught it to Gao Jun personally and secretly.

Therefore, Gao Jun still dares not to travel far away easily. He only dares to choose auspicious days with clear skies, and in the middle of the night when the moon is white and clear, he only tries to "leave the body" in places thousands of miles around the Hushan Sect. .

In the life-and-death battle between the green-shirted swordsman next to him and Ding Ying, Ding Ying, who monopolized the martial arts of heaven and earth, used some secret method to escape from the body and transformed into a towering Dharma statue as high as Mount Guniu. , Gao Jun still has lingering fears and fascination when thinking about it. Unfortunately, she was not practicing at the time, and laymen could only watch the fun. Otherwise, it would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to observe Taoism, with endless benefits.

After crossing the bridge and coming to the other side of the lake, there is a low mountain not far away, on which is built the Hushan Sect Patriarch Hall, which currently only enshrines one of the Patriarchs.

It only came into being after Yu Zhenyi's "ascension". Its shape is based on certain secret records, and it is completely different from the specifications of the Jianghu Sect's Ancestral Hall.

Gao Jun suddenly asked a question about "literary Yu" and "actual Yu". This is an extremely critical meaning of Confucian Taoism. Chen Ping'an smiled knowingly, knowing that Gao Jun's question had a lot of meaning, but he still knew everything and said it all. At the same time, he had some new understanding of Gao Jun. It seems that she has lived in the mountains and devoted herself to practicing Taoism in these years, and has seen a lot. Book. To say that Chen Pingan was asked to create new ideas and express new opinions based on the knowledge of previous sages, Chen Pingan had no confidence at all. But to say that he just copied the insights from the book and roughly sorted them out, relying on Chen Pingan's reading memory and organizing experience, then let alone Gao Jun, even with the Confucian Temple, the Academy, and the Academy Chief, he could talk for a long time without being stage frightened.

Gao Jun's question is not just for the Hushan Sect, but for all Taoists in the world. It is a hurdle that is destined to be unavoidable.

The Hushan Sect now has more than ten qi practitioners, but except for Gao Jun's two elders from her sect, who have reached the middle fifth realm, the rest are still in the lower fifth realm.

The Hushan sect has always been famous for its strict hierarchy and complicated sect rules. Therefore, when they saw the leader Gao Jun walking with a man in green shirt with an unfamiliar face, although they all felt turbulent in their hearts, they still did not dare to reveal it. Not showing the slightest hint of strangeness, he stopped far away, silently saluted, and then left quickly.

When there is a world where sentient beings can climb mountains and practice spiritual practice, many unimaginable supernatural beings will appear out of thin air, and there will be real ghosts and ghosts on different roads outside of books, especially the difference between immortals and mortals on the mountain and down the mountain. It is even more visible to the naked eye. The Hushan Sect is now the well-deserved No. 1 sect in the world, or it can be said to be the Immortal Mansion on the Mountain.

Gaojun, the head of the sect, has practiced immortal magic and has attained enlightenment, so she is very good at looking beautiful. Over the past twenty years, her appearance has hardly aged at all. Instead, it is like being tempered by golden sand or carved by raw jade, and her skin and muscles are constantly improving. After removing impurities and flaws, the body of an earthly immortal has become like "golden branches and jade leaves". Just like Yu Zhenyi back then, who worked together with Zhong Qiu to kill a banished immortal. After obtaining the immortal sword and an immortal book, his appearance changed from a white-haired old man to a middle-aged, young and strong man, and then to a young man. When he finally came out of seclusion, Appearing in Nanyuan Kingdom, Yu Zhenyi has the appearance of a child who wields a sword and rides the wind.

Harmony between man and nature, rejuvenation.

This kind of thing is indeed a luxury for those who practice martial arts.

When a Qi practitioner appears in a world where everyone originally has a certain life span, the appearance of the world and the inner temperament will undergo earth-shaking changes.

The most fundamental thing is that there is still a hidden "orthodox" dispute, which involves the text and reality that Gao Jun wants to know, and it also involves whether the Hushan School can be justified.

The sea of ​​books is vast and boundless. The knowledge of the Three Teachings, plus hundreds of schools of thought, amount to more than thousands of classics.

Chen Pingan spoke eloquently, and Gao Jun listened carefully.

There is a simple pavilion on the mountain road with the word "Song Lai" on the plaque. The ancient trees surrounding the pavilion are all hugging each other. The shade of the trees is lush and green, and the shadows are swaying in the wind. The pavilion looks like it is in the autumn water.

There is a gurgling stream next to it, with clear water lingering. There is an old pine tree standing with its back bent. The branches and leaves on the top of the tree are particularly lush. The green leaves have fallen like a small green building. The sound of water can be heard above and below the pine leaves, like the sound of nature.

Pedestrians who are hiking can take a short rest here and look at the distant lake scenery. They have a broad field of vision, feel relaxed and happy, and have a bright vision.

Gao Jun invited Chen Pingan to stop here and enjoy the scenery.

The group of "relegated immortals" including Chen Ping'an, Zhou Fei from Chunchao Palace, Lu Fang from Bird's Eye View Peak, Ranger Feng Qingbai, Jingxinzhai Tong Qingqing, and Fan Wan'er, to be precise, these two were actually Taiping. Shanhuangting.

Logically speaking, aside from Chen Ping'an's accidental entry into the blessed land, people like Lu Fang and Huang Ting should have been in this world like a fish in water, but instead they were in a sluggish situation. Their speed of breaking through the world may not even be as good as that of Haoran Tianxia. , at least he failed to win against locals like Ding Ying and Yu Zhenyi. This is probably because of God's will.

"God" is always not very fond of immigrants who seem to have an innate advantage. Maybe this is also a kind of "human nature"?

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On the border between the Northern Jin Kingdom and the Songlai Kingdom, there is an ancient city that has always been a land of fish and rice. There is a water gate named Fengmen in the south of the city. There are many ponds outside the city with reeds and lotus flowers. Therefore, wild rice, wild rice, water chestnuts, etc. are in season. Many delicacies enter the city through this gate. The ladies and nobles in the city come out of the city for spring outings or when the lotus flowers are in full bloom. They gather in the waters around the lotus pond by boat. All kinds of painted boats and small boats are sold out, and the high-rise boats are called Jinghua Boats. It is a weft, densely covered on the water, and shuttles come and go. The women on the boat are all exquisitely made up, vying for beauty. The disciples of You Ye spend a lot of money to organize boat banquets. There are also literati gatherings on both sides of the strait. The middle-class families cannot afford to hire painted boats to travel around the lake and walk horses on the shore. Exploring flowers is also a pleasing thing for the eyes, so there are often poor teenagers and children who make a living during this season by picking up the embroidered shoes left by beauties in the water or on the shore.

Only half a mile away from the lotus pond, there is a village pulp mill, where snow-white pulp is drying in the grain drying field. There is a temporary fish market selling fish, shrimps, turtles, crabs and other parallel imports by the river, and there is a scene of boats gathering in the lake. In comparison, this place seemed extremely secluded and shabby, but there happened to be a man and a woman who were incompatible with such a scene. They attracted frequent glances from the brewery masters along the way. There was a rickety old man in a green shirt and long coat, leading a horse. Okay, this is not too surprising. What is surprising is that sitting on the horse is a charming woman who looks like she stepped out of a painting.

She wears a bright red silk gown with full sleeves, a jasper belt around the waist, and a brocade skirt with flowers underneath, with clouds and phoenixes embroidered on the skirt and waistband.

The woman is wearing a pair of dark blue plain satin shoes, and with the bumps and ups and downs of the horse's back, a section of white silk stockings is occasionally exposed.

With such makeup and color matching, it's easy to be overwhelmed, but she looks good in it.

Under a tree, there was a burly young man resting cross-legged and looking at the old man leading the horse who looked like a servant.

The person who never wore the famous "Master Refiner" on his waist was probably not the Tang Tieyi who usurped the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.

The old man asked with a smile: "You must be Zhong Qian, make it easy for us to find you."

Zhong Qian said helplessly: "You came to me specifically? What did your majesty think? Didn't I make it clear that someone sent you a message? I will neither be enmity with the Northern Jin Dynasty nor will I seek refuge with the Songlai Kingdom."

He was so haunted that he chased him all the way to the border between the Northern Jin Kingdom and the Songlai Kingdom.

The old man had a stooped figure, loosened the reins of the horse, put his hands behind his back, and said with a smile: "Tang Tieyi is nothing but a green onion, please don't touch me."

Zhong Qian laughed and said, "The old guy's tone is quite serious. In the Northern Jin Kingdom, you dare to say that to His Majesty the Emperor."

Tang Tieyi, the former Longwu General, visited Nanyuan Kingdom. After returning home, the Emperor of the Northern Jin Dynasty quickly abdicated to Tang Tieyi, who suddenly changed his identity and sat on the Dragon Throne. It is said that there are some twists and turns in the story, because that year In the capital of Nanyuan Kingdom, Tang Tieyi wanted to betray the Northern Jin Dynasty, but the old emperor Wei Liang abdicated, Wei Yan ascended the throne, and the princess Wei Zhen did not want to marry Tang Tieyi. In short, it was over there in Nanyuan Kingdom After getting frustrated, Tang Tieyi returned to the Northern Jin Kingdom. He raised an army at the border and marched northward, leading an army to the capital. The Northern Jin Kingdom changed its dynasty and surname.

Zhong Qian asked: "Is it a human, a ghost, a god or an immortal?"

Nowadays, the world is weird, and all kinds of strange people and strange things are popping up all at once. It seems that the turning point was the battle between ten people. Within a few years, all the strange sayings in the book became true. Over the years, this man has been traveling alone across the country, and he has encountered a lot of weird things. To be precise, they are weird but not ancient.

The woman was always sitting on the horse, squinting and smiling.

Zhong Qian couldn't stand this the most, and sneered: "Fox."

Peixiang covered her mouth and smiled.

It was the Lord of the Fox Kingdom and Zhu Lian who came to see Zhong Qian.

Zhu Lian said: "Young people should not be so angry. As someone who has experienced this, I will give you two pieces of advice: I would rather mess with men than women, and I would rather mess with busy people than idle people."

Zhong Qian said angrily: "Stop beating around the bush and tell me, who are you? What do you want from me?"

When it comes to fighting against each other, he is really not afraid of Tang Tieyi now. Including the arm saint Cheng Yuanshan, these old antiques who have been famous in the world for a long time, and the knife sharpener Liu Zong, disappear, disappear, retire, and fight every sixty years. In the battle between ten people in the world, these old guys who belong to the previous generation of Jianghu seem to be of no help. Once Ding Ying died, all the limelight in the entire world was taken away by Yu Zhenyi and Lu Tai. When the black and white two One of them was said to have ascended, and the other disappeared without a trace. The rivers and lakes became leaderless. Instead, a large number of people who knew magic appeared, as well as more inexplicable mountain gods, narcissus, and sneaky spirits. .

Just like the horse-riding woman in front of me, she looks like a pervert. How can a secular woman look so good-looking?

The old man smiled and said: "When you go out, treat others with sincerity. First, sign up for your number. My name is Zhu Lian. As for the sister on the horse, her name is Peixiang. You just said she was a vixen. Just treat her as your kid who can talk and praise her. It looks good."

Zhong Qian frowned and said, "Which Zhu Lian?"

Zhu Lian smiled and said: "The one you think is the most impossible."

The burly man crossed his arms across his chest, turned his head and spat a mouthful of phlegm on the ground, and sneered, "If you were Zhu Lian, I would be Ding Ying."

The only similarity between the bad old man in front of him and Zhu Lian is that he is accompanied by a beautiful woman. Her beauty is probably what the book said is the most beautiful thing in the world.

Of course Zhu Lian knew why Tang Tieyi, as well as the old people in the world who admired Lou Zhou Shuzhen and Cheng Yuanshan, were still unable to break through in the world before the martial arts surged in the blessed land, just because "the mountains and rivers lost their color" and became a white drawing. , except for a few exceptions, all sentient beings in the blessed land were reduced to the end of incomplete souls, but the people in the game were completely unaware of this. In addition, Tang Tieyi actually secretly turned to practice martial arts, but he had a good foundation in martial arts, and the higher the realm, On the contrary, it becomes a burden. It is not as easy as the Hushan Sect Gao Jun to steer a small boat. Otherwise, the first Golden Body Realm martial artist in the blessed land will not be able to turn to the junior Zhong Qian in front of him.

Zhong Qian waved her hand, "Don't ask for trouble. It's not worth it to risk your life just for a reward."

Those who dare to say that he can definitely defeat him, including Gao Jun, the leader of the Hushan Sect, in the entire world, can at most have one hand.

If you can fight with him and decide the outcome, then just add another hand.

The old guy in front of him, whose steps and breathing were ordinary, was a well-hidden martial arts master. No matter how many times Zhong Qian looked at the old man, he was still definitely not among the ten.

As a result, Zhong Qian saw that the old man was still eager to try. He slowly moved forward, moved carefully, rubbed his hands and said: "We who practice martial arts pay attention to a strong character. We will admit defeat without fighting. How do we know the outcome? It's too unfair." Like words."

First moving, then standing still, the thin old man put one hand behind his back and held his palm with the other, smiling and saying: "Come on, come on, let me see the weight of the fists and feet of the greatest master in the Northern Jin Dynasty."

Zhong Qian said helplessly: "Can I call you "senpai" and go back quickly? I'm a long time old, so why bother wading in this muddy water? Don't think that I have a good temper just because I can push myself to the limit. Why don't I give you a young man too? My advice is, when you get older, you have to obey your old age.”

I never thought that the old guy swore and said: "Don't worry, I am a master of both internal and external boxing. I have strong muscles and bones, and I am very lively. To be honest, even if you think I am thin, I am actually no worse than you young people." Half a minute, a big cake is baked on your butt, and I guarantee that your mouth will be hot in a short time. If you don’t believe it, go back and borrow a stove from the farmer..."

Peixiang smiled brightly when he heard this. Could it be possible that the old chef had such a career in the world when he was young?

Zhong Qian really couldn't listen anymore, so she immediately stood up, made a fist with one hand, and lightly knocked on her chest, "Come on, punch this way. If I take half a step back, I lose. If I don't move, you will Hurry up and get out of here with this vixen, as far away as you can."

Zhu Lian complained: "There is no such thing as Wenquan, it is against the rules of the world."

Zhong Qian twitched the corner of her mouth, "Then you just stand there and let me punch you?"

Zhu Lian said seriously: "Then I'll do it."

Just when Zhong Qian was about to speak, her eyes blurred and she was punched.

The man fainted on the spot and collapsed to the ground.

Peixiang rolled his eyes at Zhu Lian.

Is it fun for you, a mountain master, to play with a seventh-level warrior like this?

Zhu Lian squatted next to Zhong Qian who was almost foaming at the mouth.

Peixiang smiled and asked, "What do you think?"

Zhu Lian replied: "Simple and honest."

Peixiang was speechless. You could just call him stupid.

Zhu Lian smiled and said: "This kid is not very murderous, and he is even a little soft-tempered. Only when he is forced to jump over the wall will he risk his life. In the future, he will have to add more murderous intent, so he needs a good knife, and he can also practice swordsmanship together. With good materials, the Cao family swordsmanship suits him very well.”

After a while, Zhong Qian opened her eyes drowsily, as if she had been slapped awake. She was still a little dizzy, her vision was blurred, and she could vaguely see the old man's face.

Zhu Lian smiled and said, "Are you awake?"

Just when Zhong Qian was about to take a breath of pure energy, the old man squatting aside put his fingers together and tapped several acupuncture points several times. Zhong Qian was instantly unable to move.

Zhong Qian's eyes widened and bloodshot eyes appeared, which was a sign of trying to reverse the true energy, but the result was still in vain.

The old man put his hands on his sleeves and joked: "After all, I am young and have little experience in the world."

Peixiang turned his head and looked somewhere with a playful smile.

A ride came, a young woman with a heroic appearance, a sword on her back and a bow, angrily shouted: "What are you going to do to Brother Zhong?!"

She huddled one hand in her sleeve, twisting between her fingers a fairy talisman purchased with a lot of money.

Zhu Lian turned around and smiled: "What can I, a bad old man, do to you, Brother Zhong? As for the lady beside me, even if she did something, it doesn't matter."

Peixiang said charmingly: "Nonsense, what kind of lady is she? She is still a young lady waiting to be married."

The young woman said in embarrassment: "You have no shame, you are a coquettish fox!"

The thin old man and the beautiful woman looked like they were not serious people.

Zhu Lian stood up and said with a smile: "Little girl, don't waste that talisman in your sleeve. It's definitely not cheap. It's better to keep it. I believe it will only become more valuable in the future. It can also be used as a magic charm." A family heirloom belonging to the Demon Slayer. If I'm not mistaken, my surname is Song, right? Your ancestral home is the old Duanzhou of the previous dynasty?"

The woman frowned, Duanzhou was a term from the previous dynasty. And she did come from this place and had been here for generations, so after switching to the Northern Jin Dynasty, although her family had gone downhill, she was still considered a high-ranking official in the county.

Zhu Lian narrowed his eyes and smiled: "There is indeed a bit of a resemblance."

I vaguely remember that there once was a strange woman in the Song family who was a famous inkstone maker. She was once called to the court to cut and mend inkstones.

He takes the matter of making inkstones very seriously, and it often takes him several years to make an inkstone, and he has cut half a hundred streams in Duanzhou. I can’t remember the woman’s appearance for a long time. After all, I’ve only seen her once from a distance. She was carving an inkstone under the lamp, and her expression was focused and moving.

For Zhu Lian, whether a woman can be called a national beauty has never been about her appearance, face and figure, but her demeanor.

Returning to his old place this time, Zhu Lian began to think about the water shield perch. When an old man returns home, this is probably the case, and he needs to think about it step by step.

The hometown and the beauty are both attractive, but they are not as good as wine. As time goes by, the memory becomes blurred, just like adding water to the wine.

Zhu Lian waved his sleeves, and Zhong Qian felt as if a talisman had been removed from his body. The man didn't get up at all. He had no intention of winning at all, and was destined to be unbeatable. Apart from not following the moral principles of the world, the old guy was actually very powerful with his fists and kicks. Otherwise, even if he stood still, the two martial arts masters from the Northern Jin Dynasty would never be able to punch him so hard that he fainted and became unconscious on the spot. Moreover, Zhong Qian also used this action to remind the blind woman who only likes her. Even if you admit defeat, you should not act impulsively.

Zhong Qian said: "This senior martial artist calls himself Zhu Lian."

The young woman was stunned for a moment, and then sneered: "If you don't find a good excuse for pretending to be a ghost, Zhu Lian would have been killed by Ding Ying a long time ago."

What's more, this old man is so shameless and doesn't look in the mirror to see his own moral appearance. How dare he say that he is Zhu Lian?

To put it another way, if the old thief is really Zhu Lian, that talisman will come in handy!

There are elders in the family, but she never married and died alone. She was buried with only a beloved inkstone and a portrait of someone carved on her back, with expressive features and lifelike features.

Next to the portrait is an inscription that seems to be engraved on the heart: I had known that it would be so troubling to people's hearts.

The young woman suddenly smiled and asked tentatively: "Senior, are you really Zhu Lian?"

After all, the world today is weird, with gods, monsters and ghosts emerging one after another, and there are many heroic spirits in mountains and rivers nowadays. It must be that Zhu Lian's resurrection from the dead is not completely impossible.

Zhu Lian said resolutely: "How is it possible? Of course not! I have an sworn hatred with that old murderer. If the bitch comes back to life and I see him again, I will definitely make him fly away..."

His appearance is old, his language is vulgar, and especially his eyes that are looking at him randomly. It turns out that he is a disrespectful and dirty person. He is eating from the bowl and thinking about the contents of the pot.

This made the young woman sure that it was definitely not Zhu Lian. Indeed, how could it be possible? How could Zhu Lian care so much about the beauty of women in the world? What's more, even if Zhu Lian had not died at the hands of Ding Ying, it was just a rumor in the world. So even if this person has lived in the world for a long time, has a long life like Yu Zhenyi, and far surpasses the secular martial arts master, when Zhu Lian is old and has white hair, no matter how old the old man is, he is still the one who taught countless beauties to sigh with emotion: " Between heaven and earth, there is Zhu Lian called "Zhu Lang".

I don’t know which sad person said this about the world of the past.

Of the ten women, nine hated Zhu Lian, and one hated him because she had never seen him.

It is rumored that there are two female ghosts with profound spiritual knowledge who like to wander around the world, plus a number of female ghosts who are made of gold and stand in temples. They are still thinking about someone for a long time, from birth to death, and then from death to death. Throughout life, they have never let go of the same person.

This young woman surnamed Song just found it incredible. She couldn't imagine how there could be such an infatuated and stupid woman. She was just a man, right?

After that, the two women continued to ride horses, Zhu Lian led the horse slowly, and Zhong Qian also walked. The old man said they were looking for a place to drink and talk about business at the wine table.

Zhong Qian hesitated for a long time, but couldn't help but ask: "Old senior, if you don't tell secret words, are you really not Zhu Lian?"

Zhu Lian raised his hand, patted his cheek, and said with a smile, "What do you think?"

Zhong Qian said dullly: "Then why did the senior call himself Zhu Lian just now?"

Zhu Lian said: "To be honest, when I was young, I was also a handsome young man who was crossed the threshold by suitors. Pretty girls from all over the country, no matter whether they were waiting to be married or married, were all very admired. , I guess the old thief will be ashamed when he sees me."

Peixiang made a pun and joked: "Hey, what my husband said is interesting. Look in the mirror. Quickly look in the mirror."

At the same time, he did not forget to take advantage of Zhu Lian.

The young woman named Song glanced at Peixiang, who was ashamed of herself, and then at Zhu Lian, speechless for a moment.

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In the Hushan School of Songlai Country, the host and guest are in the pavilion.

Chen Ping'an said: "To take an extreme example, when a small group of Qi practitioners can attack a city on their own and destroy a city in an instant with just a few movements, do you think such a thing is reasonable for a world? "

Gao Jun said: "If the sun does not grow, the yin does not grow. There will always be mutual complementation and overpowering of each other. For example, when I traveled far away to visit immortals, I saw many strange and bizarre phenomena. So now I am different from those who are temporarily not famous. The gods of the five mountains and the immortals in the mountains will be afraid of each other and restrain each other. To say the least, they can't restrain me. Isn't there Chen Jianxian, an 'extraordinary master' from the kingdom of heaven and the immortal world, who can bring order to things?"

Chen Pingan asked back: "Then who will restrain us? Will we be self-disciplined by the benevolence, righteousness and morality in our hearts?"

Gao Jun seemed not to be answering the question, so he responded with a rhetorical question, "Chen Jianxian, have you ever met the master behind this blessed place?"

Chen Pingan nodded and said: "I have seen him. He is a great monk in the Fourteenth Realm. He is a Taoist priest with the Taoist name 'Bixiao Cave Master', so the whole blessed land actually has another name, called 'Guan Tao Temple'." Above the plain is the Immortal, and the Immortal ascends to the Ascension Realm. The level higher than Ascension is the Fourteenth Realm. This is an extremely rare thing. Generally, the sects that sit in the Cave Heaven Paradise are at most Ascension Realm monks. These people behind the scenes , everyone has their own desires, some are to obtain the treasures of heaven and earth, and carefully select the Taoist embryos included in the genealogy, some are just for a Taoist viewing, and some immortal mansions are not managed well, but they are dragged down by the blessed land, putting the cart before the horse, resulting in the depletion of the treasury. , failed to recover, and ultimately had no choice but to sell the blessed land and pass it on to others.”

Gao Jun nodded, took a deep breath, and said straight to the point: "Chen Jianxian, you can tell us the purpose of your visit to the Hushan Sect this time."

It is impossible for the other party to reveal these priceless secrets to him without any reason.

Furthermore, this Chen Ping'an has no close relationship with the Hushan Sect. To put it bluntly, because of the relationship with Patriarch Yu, the two parties still have an old score to settle.

Gao Jun's thoughts are humane, but they are only half right.

Luo Po Mountain, or Chen Pingan, treats the entire Lotus Root Blessed Land, as well as the Hushan Sect as a part of the Blessed Land, and by extension Gao Jun, in fact, they are not too utilitarian. It cannot be said that there is no selfishness at all, but compared to ordinary people who own the Blessed Land The sect's power can indeed be regarded as a very conscientious "landlord" or "owner", and it is more about giving than taking away.

Chen Ping'an said: "Before I answer this question, Master Gao, I need to tell you three things. First, this great monk in the Fourteenth Realm has abandoned the Blessed Land. Second, the Lotus Root Blessed Land has now been renamed the Lotus Root Blessed Land and is no longer in Tong. Yezhou, but Aquarius Island in the north, which is placed on the top of my mountain, named Luopo Mountain. Thirdly, the former Lotus Flower Blessed Land, according to the division of Haoran World, is an inferior blessed land, plus Bixiao Cave Because of the Lord's contemplation, there were no Qi practitioners. After I obtained 'this' blessed land, I was promoted to a higher rank."

Among them, the treasures of heaven, material, and earth that were born in accordance with the weather have been recorded one by one by Zhang Mingsheng. According to the established strategy, Luolu Mountain will not all be "harvested" like the autumn harvest of the fields, and most of them will be left to the blessed land. It circulates on its own. Different opportunities for cultivation and treasures on the mountain fall into different families. Who can take it? Depending on their strength and luck, Luolu Mountain only selects a small part, and the ins and outs of each account will be clear to Jise Peak. It is recorded that if the owner of the mountain, Chen Ping'an, looks through the records and feels that something was taken inappropriately and has an incorrect origin, he still needs to quietly return it to the blessed land.

In addition to the abundant spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the martial arts fortune of Blessed Land is also quite good. This is of course due to the "strongest" breakthroughs made by Pei Qian, the founding disciple of Chen Ping'an.

Gao Jun couldn't accept the truth for a moment. The Chen Jianxian next to him was actually the owner of the entire blessed land? !

Luo Luo Shan? Lost in despair? Are all the immortal mansions in the world so randomly named?

"In the battle between ten people back then, those who finally won on the top of the city had their own chance. Some people, including the knife sharpener Liu Zong, chose to leave the Blessed Land, while others chose to stay in exchange for a chance at the Immortal Family. For example, Master Zhong, the national master of Nanyuan Kingdom, obtained a map of the true shapes of the Five Mountains. Your Patriarch Yu was very attached to this object and regarded it as a must-win. However, Zhongqiu acted carefully, and there was Lu Tai from it. Because of my obstruction and unreasonable moves on the chessboard, this fairy picture failed to become the treasure of your Hushan Sect."

Gao Jun looked embarrassed when he heard this.

"The Five Sacred Mountains were refined and integrated with the heaven and earth. Therefore, the latest Five Sacred Mountains in the Blessed Land were not included in the scope of the four kingdoms' monarchs. Later, various visions of the heaven and earth, and the spiritual energy rising steadily, are the external manifestations of the improvement of the rank of the Blessed Land. A blessed place, everywhere should be fulfilled. Opportunities for life are springing up like mushrooms after a spring rain. In addition to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which is the foundation of a Qi practitioner, martial arts have also skyrocketed. Therefore, today's martial arts warriors in the world have entered the third realm of Qi refining from the third realm of body refining, and their physical toughness is also very high. There has been some kind of potential change, like a fish in water. It used to be a shallow pond, but it has been replaced by a big lake. Pure martial arts practice by martial artists is like a carp jumping over the dragon's gate to trace the origins."

Having said this, Chen Pingan pointed to the lake and then to the stream, "Going upstream, martial arts gradually become more intense like this stream. There is a sound of rocks hitting the water, and the effect of tempering the body becomes more and more obvious. There are very few common people. One can realize that the creation of heaven and earth is only in silence.”

Gao Jun asked the most critical question, "Chen Jianxian returned to the blessed land this time to recruit me, let me change the family tree and the family genealogy, and join you... Luopo Mountain?"

Chen Ping'an said bluntly: "If Master Gao is willing to serve as a registered worshipper or a guest, it would be best to do so, but it's just that forceful melons are not sweet. Master Gao may not be willing to live under someone else's side. Moreover, with Master Gao's current dual status, It may not be suitable to join our Luolu Mountain Genealogy. When I came to Blessed Land this time, I actually had an initial idea of ​​whether it would be good or bad and I had to take it one step at a time. However, I had to have a chat with Master Gao first before I could decide to implement it. No, if you take the wrong step in deciding the direction, the consequences will be disastrous. If you make too many mistakes, it will not be a good thing for Luolu Mountain and Lotus Root Blessed Land."

Yu Zhenyi was able to ascend to the Nascent Soul Realm in a middle-rank Lotus Root Blessed Land and soar away from this world, but this does not mean that after reaching the upper-level rank in the Lotus Root Blessed Land, the more talented Gaojun will definitely be able to Following behind, according to the calculations on paper, you can take advantage of the trend to move up a level, break the bottleneck of Heavenly Dao, and reach Yupu.

The fundamental reason is that there is a big gap in the cultivation qualifications between the two parties.

Gao Jun just got the first move and was favored by this side of Heaven. However, in order to practice Taoism in the mountains, in addition to innate qualifications and basic skills, good luck and good luck are equally important.

Therefore, whether Gao Jun will become the first Jade Purity monk in the history of Lotus Root Blessed Land in the future can only be said to be between 50 and 50 years.

At least after this meeting, Chen Ping'an was quite optimistic about Gao Jun, who had a calm temperament and almost no violence. The only problem is that Gao Jun currently does not have a lofty ambition that he believes must be achieved. It can also be said to be some kind of ambition that is different from ordinary people, or even different from the entire world of monks. This may be the reason why Gao Jun and Picture Scroll Four The biggest difference lies in these people who are the best in the world in history.

It's just that this kind of thinking cannot be encouraged by others. It can only be a coincidence of Gao Jun's own path, between doubt and no doubt, between addition and subtraction of thoughts.

Gao Jun was silent for a long time, then he forced his heart to move, and asked: "How many golden elixir monks like me are there in Chen Jianxian's Luolu Mountain?"

"Excluding the lower sect, and leaving aside the guest ministers from Luolu Mountain, there is only one Jindan Earth Immortal."

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "There are more Nascent Soul cultivators, and there are more Upper Five Realms. Among them, there are registered and unnamed ones in the Ascension Realm. There are currently three in Luolu Mountain."

Such frankness suddenly made Gao Jun, who was not good at speaking, become even more silent.

An Aquarius Continent and a Luo Luo Mountain are like this, so in such a vast world, wouldn't it be possible to see the Ascension Realm everywhere? !

Chen Ping'an hesitated for a moment, and the mountain master who always "falls into three realms before going out in the world to respect him" rarely saw Wang Po selling melons and boasting, "Master Gao, please don't get me wrong, mountains like Luolu Mountain are rare."

Gao Jun smiled bitterly and changed the subject, "I wonder what Chen Jianxian's so-called idea is?"

Chen Pingan said: "I plan to conclude a contract. In addition to Master Gao and Wei Liang of Nanyuan Kingdom, there are also the gods of the Five Mountains, several righteous gods of the river, the monarchs of the four countries, plus Zhong Qian, and several warriors of the Six Realms. It is equivalent to a Taoist monk, a pure martial artist, a god of mountains and rivers, an emperor under the mountain, and we, Luopo Mountain, have jointly entered into a relatively loose and rough contract. One of the only things mentioned is to help various countries establish Qintian Prison and cultivate spiritual warriors. , used to restrain the behavior of the monks and martial arts masters on the mountain. The original intention is to clarify some of our true thoughts on Luoluo Mountain with you forces."

Gao Jun was doubtful in his heart and said doubtfully: "Chen Jianxian, you Luopo Mountain have the strength and confidence to raise the rank of Blessed Land to the highest level, and it is easy to take life and death. Why bother with self-restraint?"

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "As the only golden elixir in the blessed land for the time being, Master Gao can easily take over the Hushan Sect, life and death. So what will be the result? Don't you need any rules? Gao Jun's selfishness and personal ideas alone can maintain the entire situation." The life and death honor and disgrace of the sixteen Qi practitioners of the Hushan Sect and hundreds of people?"

Gao Jun suddenly felt horrified. When did the Hushan Sect have sixteen Qi practitioners? Why not fourteen? !

But the next sentence made Gao Jun feel the chill of Chen Jianxian for the first time.

"At the same time, let's speak clearly as soon as possible, so that no one will die in the future complaining about not being taught."

Gao Jun looked solemn and solemn, and asked in a deep voice: "What will happen if I insist not to participate in this matter?"

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "You can rest assured that nothing will happen to Master Gao and the Hushan Sect. In the future, as long as we ensure that the well water does not interfere with the river water, you and I can continue to live in peace and harmony."

After walking out of the pavilion, Gao Jun said that she would like to offer incense in the Ancestral Hall before making a decision on whether she wanted to be one of the initiators of the contract.

Chen Ping'an was waiting for her to return from offering incense at the pavilion. He turned to look at the woman's back and said with a smile, "There is no Gao Jun in Gao Jun's heart. How can we expect that Hushan Sect will have Gao Jun in his eyes?"

Gao Jun paused in his steps and continued to move forward without turning his head or saying a word.

Except for the pavilion on the mountainside and the Patriarch's Hall on the top of the mountain, there are no redundant buildings. The mountain stream in front flows into the lake, and the back of the mountain is just vast.

Gao Jun walked into the silent Patriarch's Hall. There was an old man who was in charge of the lights in the hall. He kept the lights on day and night, making the originally slightly dark hall appear extremely bright. In addition, he waited until Gao Jun entered the hall before closing the door. , there were visions, sword energy, thunder and lightning filled the room, and dragons and cloud patterns wrapped around the beams and pillars.

A crystal clear long sword suddenly flew over, slowly flying around Gao Jun, like a bird clinging to a human, very intimate.

Gao Jun gently pushed the long sword away, offered three sticks of incense, put it into the brass incense burner on the altar, then knelt on the futon and kowtowed to the hanging portrait of the founder. After she got up, she closed her eyes to rest.

Opening his eyes and looking at the portrait of the founder, Gao Jun made a decision in his heart.

In fact, there was a lot of controversy among the Hushan School about the hanging of the portrait of Patriarch Yu in the Patriarch Hall.

Just because there are different opinions on how Patriarch Yu should look in the portrait, some say he has an old appearance that is more majestic, while others say he has a young appearance that is both elegant and worldly. , and it is said that the appearance of a child wielding a sword after drawing the Tao is the most fairy-like... The quarrel at that time made Gao Jun upset. The key is that the three different opinions represent the three hills of the Hushan Sect.

So in the past years when Gao Jun was in charge of the Hushan Sect, whenever she encountered a difficult situation, she would always ask herself the same question: what would she do if Patriarch Yu was present.

Chen Ping'an was sitting in the pavilion, watching several people fishing with poles by the lake, whispering, and occasionally looking up at the direction of the hill, probably guessing his identity and relationship with Master Gao.

With gentle steps, Gao Jun returned to Song Laiting.

After she sat down, she said: "The last question is, how do Chen Jianxian and Luo Luo Shan view this world that is like their own courtyard."

The implication of Gao Jun's words is, of course, whether Luopo Mountain will rename this world as Lotus Root Blessed Land for its own benefit.

"Everyone goes out to look at the flowers, and there are many fishermen by the river."

Chen Pingan said with a smile: "If a fisherman is a businessman and fishes to satisfy his hunger, he will naturally eat as many as he catches and dry them in the sun if he can't finish them. Otherwise, he will keep them in a water tank at home. If the family is richer, , there is a pond, just put the fish in it, and the rivers and streams are thin and the family heritage is thick. This is like the situation of the Hushan Sect. In the future, it will compete with other immortal forces in Songlai Kingdom for those suitable for cultivation. The Taoist species of the Immortal Family and releasing fish in this lake are nothing more than feeding them with the Immortal Family's magic techniques and imparting Taoist secrets. But to me, since the whole world belongs to Luopo Mountain, where are the fish? , what’s the difference? As for whether I will favor the sect and belittle the world, that’s why we have to conclude a contract. People who practice Taoism should be careful about drinking poison to quench their thirst. The gate of Xianfu Mountain should worry about the accumulation of firewood. The technique of immediate results. , is not the way to live forever. There are high and low techniques, but certain principles are regardless of the size. The principles that were common in the Lotus Flower Blessed Land in the past are the same principles that are applicable to the Haoran world."

Chen Pingan finally added, "I didn't come up with this metaphor. It was a person named Lu Chen who first proposed it."

If Gao Jun had some realization, he said to himself: "The fundamental reason is that things are divided into yang and yin, and they all need someone to act on behalf of heaven. Patriarch Yu once told me about obedience and disobedience. Maybe it was because I was not mature enough at that time. Patriarch Yu didn't say that It is too far-reaching. It only mentions that people who practice Buddhism have attained immortality and want to live as long as heaven and earth. Their purpose is to go against the will, so they are always rejected by the way of heaven. Now I feel that one should go against the law first and then go along, reversing the yin and yang. In the end, different paths will lead to the same goal, and the world will be prosperous. We are cultivators. Only when cultivators attain the Tao and then feed back to heaven and earth, and the cycle repeats, can we call it the ultimate in cultivation."

Chen Ping'an nodded. Sure enough, he could become the best in the world. It was not without origin and reason that Gao Jun was favored by the mysterious "will of heaven".

Gao Jun's state at this time is in a rare state where he seems to be "without a master and his mind is absent-minded", but in fact he is "in harmony with the Tao".

Before Patriarch Yu left seclusion for the last time and was about to travel far away, Gao Jun once asked what it means for a person who practices Taoism to have attained the Tao.

Yu Zhenyi used the sword technique to control the sword and flew away through the air. The light of the sword rose into the sky and cut through the sea of ​​clouds above the Hushan Sect.

Opening his palm again, Yu Zhenyi asked her to hold her breath and look at it carefully. She saw that the lines on her palm were like mountains, and the mist rose in the mountains, transforming into a picture of a city thousands of miles away.

People and mountains are united, and the great road points to it, and the immortal mountain is cut off by thousands of feet. Billions of living beings, mountains and rivers are as picturesque as they can be seen in the palm of your hand.

Chen Pingan didn't want to disturb Gao Jun's state of forgetfulness. When she came to her senses, she smiled and asked, "Master Gao, is he from a scholarly family?"

Gao Jun didn't know why the other party asked this question, so he looked a little self-deprecating, shook his head and smiled: "I don't come from a good background. I went to the mountains to practice martial arts very early, and I don't read much. Although the Hushan School has a rich collection of books, it is the best among the four countries. But I have not liked reading since I was a child, and the books I have read in my life, including intensive reading and extensive reading, including boxing manuals, are probably less than a hundred."

Compared with the green-shirted swordsman in front of him, Gao Jun only felt that his cultivation, knowledge, mind, and bearing were worthy of the titles of Grandmaster and Swordsman.

A leaf knows autumn, so it can be seen that the vast world is really awe-inspiring and frustrating at the same time.

Could it be that Lu Tai's ridicule was not all lies? It’s just that hearing is false and seeing is believing. If you have the opportunity, you should really leave the bottom of the well, go out and see, and see the heaven and earth at the mouth of the well.

Then Gao Jun didn't know why, but he noticed that the other party's face was a bit resentful. He held it in for a long time before he finally said, "Master Gao is savvy in reading. It's rare. It's rare."

Gao Jun hesitated for a moment and said, "Chen Jianxian just said that our Hushan Sect has sixteen Qi practitioners, but as far as I know, there seem to be only fourteen of them practicing at the moment."

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "It's okay to say it bluntly, because these two Qi practitioners have no sinister intentions towards your Hushan Sect. They just regard this place as an excellent dojo. They must also have the intention of supporting the dragon, so Gao Gao The leader can continue to pretend not to know, as long as he knows it well. One of them is now staying with the Arm Saint Cheng Yuanshan. His real name is Huan Yin, and the other one, whose real name is Huang Shang, has long been a Taoist talisman monk. Both of them are They are the outsiders from Tongyezhou who followed Lu Tai into the blessed land. The reason why I am not unfamiliar with them and can recognize them at a glance is because I have dealt with them before, and they will remain anonymous here. I guess it is because Lu Tai spends his time. It’s such a boring move, Master Gao doesn’t need to think too much about it.”

Speech is a bridge for communication between people. There are many different paths in the world, and they also come from speech.

Thinking back to the time when Huang Shang, a young Taoist priest, was at the Flying Eagle Fort, what impressed Chen Pingan the most was the copper coin sword with "Three Tong Bao and Nine Stacks of Seal Script".

Gao Jun's expression changed slightly, because Patriarch Yu once left a tips bag, telling her that after forming the elixir in the future, if she could go one step further, she could accept the two of them as direct disciples, but Patriarch Yu did not mention any more details, and this The names of the two happened to be "Huang Shang" and "Huan Yin", but Gao Jun searched the Hushan Sect's archives and could not find any records of the two of them. She mistakenly thought it was an immortal prophecy by Patriarch Yu who had not predicted the future. I think both parties have already been in the Hushan sect.

As for the existence of the Arm Saint Cheng Yuanshan, Gao Jun is very clear about it. When Patriarch Yu left the Nanyuan Kingdom, Cheng Yuanshan returned to the Hushan Sect with him. However, this martial arts master has disguised himself as a pseudonym in these years, and now he serves as this master in the Hushan Sect. The person who lights the lamps and adds incense in the Patriarch's Hall in the mountains. As for what agreement Patriarch Yu made with Cheng Yuanshan back then and why Cheng Yuanshan was willing to remain anonymous, Gao Jun never asked. Some things, as Chen Ping'an said, he only knew roughly in his mind.

Gao Jun asked: "What is the relationship between Lu Tai and Chen Jianxian?"

Chen Pingan said: "Meeting by chance is an irreversible acquaintance. It is a close friend who has not been reunited for many years."

Going down the mountain together, Chen Ping'an asked: "Does Master Gao know about a martial artist from the Northern Jin Dynasty named Zhong Qian?"

"I've only heard of it, but I haven't seen it yet."

That Zhong Qian is a weak-looking... burly man. I heard that he is always timid when talking to others.

However, according to the secret intelligence of the Hushan Sect, this person has a completely different face when he becomes ruthless.

Gao Jun asked: "Chen Jianxian, can I follow you to Luolu Mountain?"

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "Courtesy reciprocates, as it should be. But I have to go to the capital of Nanyuan Kingdom first. In two hours, Master Gao can ride the wind to the heights of the sea of ​​clouds, and I will go to meet you."

The capital of Nanyuan Kingdom has the purity of Xinxiang Temple and the bustle of Zhuangyuan Lane.

There was once a student who went to Beijing to take the exam, but returned home sadly.

In the past, I followed Old Man Yao to the top of the highest mountain in his hometown and stayed overnight on the top of the mountain. In the early morning, the young kiln worker climbed up and looked into the distance, and saw the spectacular sunrise for the first time.

Later, I mistakenly entered the Lotus Root Blessed Land, and in the Xinxiang Temple, in the dark dusk, I suddenly heard the sound of bells and drums, melodious and ethereal. As if in an instant, my heart calmed down.

There is a method in the world that can relieve all kinds of sorrows, calm the infinite mind, and make the lotus bloom with concentration.

When the two of them reached the foot of the mountain, Chen Ping'an said goodbye, and his figure turned into sword light and disappeared in an instant.

Gao Jun, who had seen many strange things, was still caught off guard and stunned, but soon he was relieved, with the grace of a swordsman.

In the dusk, the mountains are about to burn with green flowers. Dozens of brilliant sword lights gather together, and a man in a green shirt appears on the top of the mountain. Standing alone in the spring breeze and setting sun, he can gaze into the distance for a long time.

When the sun sets and the moon rises, in the dark room of heaven and earth, it is like an immortal suddenly taking out his bag and releasing a lamp. The moonlight is like water, and the sky is white.