Guan Liyuan didn't expect that Tang Kun would be so confident in Xuejian that he would really let her out...

Later, Guan Liyuan guessed that Tang Kun's purge was probably not over yet, so he took the opportunity to keep Xuejian away from the Tang Sect for a while.

Along the way, Xu Changqing also explained some common sense about climbing the ladder to the heaven to Guan Liyuan and Jingtian. It can be said that the process of climbing the ladder to the heaven is both a test and a benefit!

This "test" can be understood in a narrow sense as "crossing the calamity"...

There are four major calamities, and the last three are divided into nine, three, and five, seventeen small calamities respectively. Every time you cross a calamity, you can get the infusion of the original spiritual energy, and there will be a similar effect of enlightenment in the understanding of the exercises.

And Guan Liyuan's current strength is no problem to cross the first few calamities, but he is still a "white body" and can start from the beginning to cross the calamity. Every time is a rare opportunity.

It's like after you have reached level 60, you find that there is a big gift pack every 10 levels that you haven't received. You can improve a lot if you receive them all!

For example, the first calamity is to walk along the steps of the Heavenly Road, one step at a time, to the rooftop. Of course, the gravity on the Heavenly Road is extremely strong, and usually some skills are needed to get up, but... with Guan Liyuan's body, it is absolutely no problem to rush up directly.

Being able to stand on the rooftop is considered to have stepped into the threshold of "cultivation", and is not considered an "ordinary person".

And this is just an "appetizer", in fact, it is not a calamity, because even if you are not strong enough, you can get down halfway, and it is not as dangerous as the "three disasters" later.

The three disasters are the real "calamity". The "three disasters" here are naturally not Kaido's three subordinates, but the wind disaster, fire, and lightning disaster that the Taoists often say "If you don't study the great way, it's hard to escape the three disasters".

There are nine wind disasters. After the baptism of the nine layers of Gangfeng, the cultivator can be considered to have a glimpse of the way. Generally, the big sects with a good reputation are disciples of the third or sixth layers of Gangfeng realm, who can go out to travel.

Although wind disasters are dangerous, they are safer than the latter two. As long as you are not too stubborn and insist on doing it, you will basically not die, and at most your Qi will be seriously damaged... Each level you pass can cleanse your body and mind.

There are three types of fires. "Qi fire" comes from the outside, and if you are not careful, your limbs will be destroyed; "Jing fire" comes from the inside, from the internal organs, and if it is difficult to resist, your internal organs will be turned into charcoal; "Shen fire" comes from the heart, and if the heart fire rises, your mind will die...

If you can reach this level, even if you can only resist the Qi fire disaster, you can be regarded as a small master in the human world. You can be a small elder in a large sect, and a big elder in a small sect. If you are a casual cultivator... it is not impossible to establish a sect. If you pass

all three fires, you can form the three flowers on the top of your head. The Shushan Sect has been passed down for 500 years and has experienced more than 20 masters, many of whom only have three flowers gathered on the top of their heads.

It is said that it is because of the initial disaster of thunder disasters, which is very unfriendly to the schools that use flying swords and other tools to resist.

Therefore, there are no semi-immortals in Shushan who are at the first level of thunder disaster. They must either be at the level of three flowers or break through to the second or third level of thunder disaster in one go.

Of course, realm is not equal to combat effectiveness. For example, most of the Danding Sect are civilized people. For example, it is normal for a Shushan sword cultivator to fight a semi-immortal just after forming the three flowers on the top of his head.

In the "crossing the tribulation" of the Xianjian world, there is no such saying as "hard-on is the kingly way" or "relying on external forces is not the right way". On the contrary, many Taoist sects dislike the Shushan sect's hard-on resistance to the tribulation. In fact, each sect has its own way to cross the tribulation, such as the Jishan Sect using merits to eliminate the tribulation, the Danding Sect taking drugs... The more extreme Bingjie Sect even directly gives up the physical body to cross the tribulation before the heart fire tribulation.

Therefore, there is no direct relationship between realm and combat effectiveness. Not everyone regards "fighting" as the primary productive force,

just like most people maintain a balanced nutrition and good health for better work and life, not for fighting with others... Of course, people with better physiques will definitely have an advantage in fighting compared to those with malnutrition.

It is the same in the God Clan... Fei Peng is good at fighting, so although he is not considered a high-ranking member of the God Clan, and not even a God Emperor, he is able to take on the important task of resisting the demon world.

After that, there are five levels of thunder disasters. Basically, if you can't get through them once, you will be reduced to ashes... Xu Changqing is not very clear about the specific situation.

Now, as the direct disciple of the former head, Xu Changqing has only survived the fire disaster, and is still one step away from the three flowers gathering at the top of the head.

Only after surviving at least one thunder disaster can one be considered a semi-immortal, and to survive the fifth thunder disaster, the realm of "harmony between man and nature" is the lower limit.

Moreover, the fifth thunder disaster is often not necessary, because after reaching the state of harmony between man and nature, you can wait for the command of the God Realm.

Now, all the five elders of Shushan are semi-immortals. People who don't know really think that Shushan has ushered in another peak after the Taiqing era. From the current point of view, it is indeed the case.

However, Guan Liyuan knew that the five elders of Shushan actually took a "shortcut" and practiced forbidden techniques to expel their own evil thoughts, so they made rapid progress in their realm. Now the troubles have appeared... This is the origin of the Evil Sword Immortal.

Guan Liyuan didn't know how many tribulations he could pass now, but he thought that the first few tribulations would be no problem. How far he could go... He would know after dying a few times!

From Sichuan and Shu all the way east to the sea, this distance is definitely not close, almost spanning the entire territory of the Song Dynasty.

Moreover, Guan Liyuan also found that the area of ​​this world is much larger than the earth he is more familiar with, and the background of the times is also different...

For example, in the north of the Song Dynasty, there is not only the Liao Dynasty, but also the Shiwei tribe, which should have been annexed by the Liao Dynasty at this time in the history of the earth, not only still exists, but also has established a country, and can even fight back and forth with the Song Dynasty.

The Dali Kingdom in the southwest does not exist at all now. The Dali area is still in a stage of mutual hatred and confrontation between the black Miao and the white Miao, and the historical process is much slower.

Xu Changqing also told Guan Liyuan that according to the rules of the current world of immortal cultivation, unless there are demons causing trouble or something terrible has happened, ordinary cultivators will not interfere with the secular world.

Although each dynasty may have immortal cultivators who rely on the dynasty's luck to cultivate, most of them are not very successful and the number is very limited. Moreover... the immortal cultivators of each sect will not regard themselves as people of a certain dynasty.

Moreover, this is not a planetary structure, there is only the Shenzhou Continent, which ends at Guixu after going out to sea. In terms of race, all countries are human races, which are derived from the ancient human race countries. Now some living habits, civilization and culture are different. The cultivation world inherited from the ancient Qigong masters does not have the idea of ​​respecting the king and expelling the barbarians. For example, before

the integration of the various sects of Shushan, Kunlun Mountain, as the largest small immortal world in the human world, is now in the territory of Tubo...

It is impossible for Shushan to fight with the seven sects of Kunlun just because the Song Kingdom and Tubo Kingdom went to war.

Before the catastrophe happened in the human world, the existence of the cultivation world was very low among the people. After Emperor Wu of Liang was defeated in Shushan, the secular dynasties kept a distance from the cultivation world for nearly 500 years.

"Brother Xu, it is said that there is a sword-flying technique in Shushan, which can fly to the North Sea in the morning and Cangwu in the evening..." Guan Liyuan couldn't help asking Xu Changqing while he was on his way.

"There is indeed a sword-controlling technique, which is much faster than the Five Spirits Escape Technique in terms of escape techniques, but ordinary sword-controlling is difficult to sustain and is not suitable for long-distance travel, unless... you have survived the entire wind disaster and left a sword mark somewhere in advance, then you can enter the Gangfeng layer at any time and return to where the sword mark is." Xu Changqing explained.

The Gangfeng layer is not only high in the sky, but also the edge of the human world. The concept of space is also different from that in the interface...

If you enter the Gangfeng layer to control the sword, it can indeed be called "in the morning at the North Sea and in the evening at Cangwu", but the sword mark is difficult to preserve. The sword mark that is casually placed will not last long. A special sword-falling stone is needed to preserve the sword mark for a long time.

Although Penglai has a sword-falling stone, Xu Changqing is not a disciple of Penglai, so naturally there is no sword mark of his on it. Moreover, Guan Liyuan, Xuejian, and Jingtian have not survived the wind disaster, so Xu Changqing cannot take them into the Gangfeng layer together...