Chapter 181 Ask me to help you practice, break through the feathers and enter Nirvana to become the Supreme? Be his protector
With the end of the Feixian Island incident, a lot of related news also spread to various areas, causing all kinds of discussions.
Although the demonic disaster has subsided this time, how many demons will emerge next time when the seal of the Demon Abyss is broken?
You must know that those who are wreaking havoc everywhere this time are just monsters that have been eroded by evil spirits, and they are nothing compared to the real demons.
Not to mention the demons that are powerful enough to threaten the saints. Once the demons are born, no one knows what kind of disaster or catastrophe will befall the world.
All the major lands except Zhongtian Province are also worried, because if the demonic disaster breaks out completely, it will sweep across the entire Jiuzhou land, and no one will be spared.
Saint Li Ran played an indispensable role in quelling the demonic disaster this time. Without his arrival, Feixian Island would probably have been completely lost.
Who could have thought that the Helian family, one of the three guardian families, would actually cooperate with the demons.
Subsequently, various voices of praise and admiration were heard from all over the place, and even the Taiyi Sect, the leader of the immortal sects, saw its reputation soar.
During this process, Jiang Lan, the son of the Prime Minister's Mansion, also became famous for his various performances in dealing with this demonic disaster, and many common people and independent cultivators were grateful to him.
In order to rescue his two followers, he risked his life and was captured by the barbarians. Even in this critical moment, he still ordered the prime minister's followers and the four princes to take the lead in rescuing ordinary people.
At the hands of the barbarians, he suffered torture, but he would rather die than surrender, and never disgraced the integrity of Da Xia. In the end, he persisted until Saint Li Ran came in person and solved the problem of the demon god, and then he rescued him safely from the barbarians.
Originally, according to rumors, Jiang Lan was just a dissolute second-generation rich man who indulged in sensual pleasures and bullied men and women. However, as the news of his actions during the disaster on Feixian Island spread, many people changed their prejudices against him and began to admire his integrity and overall perspective, and began to respect him.
He is worthy of being the son of the Prime Minister, and he has never disgraced the name of the Phoenix Lord of Great Xia.
The ordinary people on Feixian Island would not lie about this. If they had not experienced it themselves, how could they be grateful to it?
The capital of the Great Xia Empire, the major county towns, and the major immortal sects and families were all discussing the news.
Inside the Tantai family's territory, in a quiet courtyard filled with white mist.
Tan Tai Qing was wearing a light blue palace dress with tiny cherry blossom petals embroidered on the hem.
Her black hair was casually tied up, and a jade hairpin with thin silver beaded tassels was pinned diagonally on her head. Her face was lightly made up, and her face was flawless, delicate and attractive.
She held a bowl of medicine in her hand and pushed open the back door of the courtyard. She then walked through several pavilions and corridors and walked to one of the side rooms. She did not knock on the door but pushed it open and walked in.
There is curling green smoke from the incense burner, which has the effect of calming the mind and the smell is very pleasant.
On the wooden couch near the window, there was a mat. Jiang Lan was wrapped in a thin quilt with his hair untied. His handsome face looked a little weak, as if he was sitting in meditation. His inky long hair fell naturally, and each strand was crystal clear against the moon-white lingerie.
In Tan Tai Qing's eyes, Jiang Lan, who was quiet and speechless at this moment, had a kind of aloofness and coldness that emanated from the books. He had an otherworldly aura and did not seem like an ordinary person. Instead, he looked like a banished immortal.
Jiang Lan noticed her arrival and motioned for her to put down the medicine.
"Are you really hurt?" Tan Tai Qing took off her embroidered shoes, gathered her skirt, and sat down sideways opposite him.
Jiang Lan glanced at her and said, "I'm not an immortal. Isn't it normal to get hurt?"
Tan Tai Qing felt that his breath was indeed a little weak. When Saint Li Ran brought Jiang Lan back, he still had a strong smell of blood on his body.
The whole person looks like he has suffered a serious injury.
But from what she knew about Jiang Lan, he didn't look like someone who would be tortured by the barbarians.
He has many means, great strength, and a cunning mind. He even knows that Helian Wen will be possessed by the will of the devil. How could he not have a way to deal with that group of barbarians?
She thought about it and felt that Jiang Lan must have been doing something else during this time.
But she couldn't figure out what it was.
"You must have gotten some benefits..." Tan Tai Qing narrowed his eyes and said firmly.
Jiang Lan laughed a little and said, "I was tortured by the barbarians for a few days in vain. If this is what you call a benefit, then you can go and try it."
Tan Taiqing propped up her hands on the cushion and leaned closer to Jiang Lan. Her orchid-like breath almost blew onto Jiang Lan's face. She said softly, "You bastard, don't you want me to be your woman? You don't even have this little trust in me. You're hiding these things from me. How can I agree to your promise?"
“Hmm…”
However, before she could finish her words, Jiang Lan held her face and blocked her words.
Tan Tai Qing's beautiful eyes immediately widened with anger in them. She clenched her fists and was about to break free, but Jiang Lan grabbed her wrist with his other hand.
The whole person seemed to be trapped in the spot, unable to move, and could only let others do whatever they wanted.
After a moment, Jiang Lan slowly let her go, took out a clean handkerchief and wiped his mouth.
Tan Tai Qing stared at him and said angrily, "You are not injured after all, you bastard, you liar, you are so shameless, you even lied to me..."
Which seriously injured person would be as energetic as him? Moreover, she felt that Jiang Lan was much stronger than before, and even gave her a feeling of facing an unfathomable person like her grandfather.
Could it be that he has become an Eighth Realm Great Power? Tan Tai Qing couldn't believe it for a moment, then shook his head. He could only think that Jiang Lan had gained some great fortune, and his strength had improved by leaps and bounds.
She might not be able to defeat him in her lifetime.
"Do you think you can provoke me just because I'm injured?" Jiang Lan smiled.
Tan Tai Qing sat back, his face suddenly uncertain, as if he was annoyed because he knew Jiang Lan's current strength, and felt powerless because his desire for revenge was far away.
After a moment, she looked at Jiang Lan again, reached out to pull him up, and then walked towards the bed.
"What?" Jiang Lan raised his eyebrows and slapped her hand away.
"Accompany me in practicing..." Tan Tai Qing's voice was a little dull and sounded muffled.
"I'm seriously injured and haven't recovered yet. I'm afraid I can't do it." Jiang Lan refused.
"You didn't..."
Tan Tai Qing was immediately furious, but then he calmed down again after looking at Jiang Lan's interested expression.
"If you ask me for help, I might be able to help you break through the bottleneck, allowing you to condense your Dharma body and advance to the seventh realm." Jiang Lan said with a smile.
"You want me to beg you? Forget it." Tan Tai Qing sneered, turned around, put on her embroidered shoes and was about to leave.
Jiang Lan still looked at her with a smile, indifferent and unmoved.
After taking a few steps, Tan Tai Qing seemed to grit his teeth, then stopped, turned around and walked back, saying softly, "Jiang Lang, I beg you..."
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At the same time, in the ancestral home of the Gongsun family, the meeting hall was hung with white silk and many coffins were placed horizontally.
Many members of the tribe were dressed in mourning, their faces filled with grief, kneeling here.
In this demonic disaster, the family that suffered the heaviest losses was undoubtedly the Gongsun family. During the two days when the Helian family occupied the small world, many members of the family saw that they could not hold on any longer, so they rushed out without hesitation. As a result, they were undoubtedly killed tragically at the hands of the two ancestors of the Helian family. Even their bodies could not be found, and in the end, only a few pieces of tattered clothes could be found.
The old ancestor Gongsun Long, who was at the end of his energy, burned up his last bit of blood and energy, rushed out, and bought some time for the family.
In order to resist the invasion of the Helian family, the Gongsun family's years of accumulated strength were also consumed. When the formation of the small world was activated, if there was no ancestor-level figure to activate it, the spirit stones consumed would be sky-high in price every moment.
You must know that what they are resisting is the invasion of the saint family. Under one attack, those ancient Taoist sects that have been passed down for thousands of years will not be able to withstand it, and even the mountain gate will be reduced to ashes.
"Next, the Tantai family should move away from Feixian Island under the protection of Li Sheng. There will be a saint to protect and guide them, so there shouldn't be any accidents on this trip."
"But what should our Gongsun family do next?"
The current patriarch of the Gongsun family looked at the ancestor Gongsun Ziwei in the hall with a sad face.
They didn't know what kind of deal was reached between the Tan Tai family and Li Sheng, but the cost of getting a saint to help would definitely be huge.
When the Helian family attacked, Li Sheng helped them once, repelled the Helian family, and killed the two ancestors Helian Rujian and Helian Yuansheng.
At this moment, it is impossible for them to flatter Li Sheng and ask him to help them migrate away from Feixian Island? This is not an easy task.
Gongsun Ziwei remained silent and did not speak.
Several other elders looked at each other with worry, and said, "After experiencing the demonic disaster, the strength of the Gongsun family has been exposed to the eyes of the major immortal sects and holy lands. There will surely be many forces that covet the Gongsun family..."
"The Helian family has fallen, but there are countless families that want to become another Helian family. Over the years, those families that have never produced a saint but want to become a saint family have dreamed of cannibalizing us and occupying our little world."
"If only the Ziwei Patriarch is in charge, he is too weak to stop those wolves with red eyes."
This is exactly what the clan members are worried about. After experiencing this demonic disaster, everyone knows that the Gongsun family is a toothless tiger. Who wouldn't be jealous of the foundation of a saintly family? "We can only think of a way to see if we can cede enough interests and ask for protection from Li Sheng."
Finally, all the elders' eyes fell on Gongsun Ziwei. Now she was the only one in the clan who was qualified to talk to a saint.
"I will go to the Tantai family in person."
Gongsun Ziwei was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly and agreed.
In the Tantai family, the three ancestors and many elders gathered in the main hall.
All the tribesmen outside have been waiting for a long time, and everyone has a solemn look on their face, preparing for the next migration of the small world.
Li Ran stood quietly in the hall with his hands behind his back. Although there was no mysterious fluctuation on his body, and he even looked like an ordinary old man, the place where he was seemed to be the center of heaven and earth.
"We have found a suitable location on an unnamed island adjacent to the North Sea of Zhongtianzhou. What we need to do next is to open up a space-time channel for the small world to jump through and finally land safely. Then we can take root there and reproduce." An old ancestor of the Tantai family said respectfully with his hands bowed.
Feixian Island is located off the coast south of Nanmozhou, more than ten thousand miles away from Zhongtianzhou.
The location they chose was on the other side of the North Sea. They needed to cross Zhongtian Province and go to Beihai Province, a distance of over billions of miles.
This is no longer something that can be done by human power. If one wants to lead the entire clan to migrate to a small world, a saint must personally escort them to arrive safely.
"This is the contract of our clan. Please review it, Saint."
Another ancestor of the Tan Tai family handed over with both hands a silk contract that was gleaming with precious light and full of bright brilliance, and had the family seal of the Tan Tai family on it.
Li Ran just glanced at it and didn't take it.
The Tantai family is very clear-headed and understands that the achievements and glory of their ancestors are all fake. In front of a saint, they have to offer sufficient benefits.
For example, the Helian family should not have ended up in such a miserable situation of being enslaved, and even their small world was occupied, but who made them be remembered by the saint? The so-called proxy management is a joke. The life and death of the Helian family is in the hands of Li Ran. When the slave contract is over, will he return all the heritage and treasures? Fantastic.
Therefore, everyone in the Tan Tai family unanimously expressed that they would follow the lead of the Li family in the future. In order to unite people with the same interests, they were even willing to marry Tan Tai Qing, who had the potential to be a saint, to Jiang Lan as a concubine.
Of course, neither Jiang Lan nor Li Ran expressed their views on this matter.
"Once the matter of Feixian Island is resolved, I will take action to help the Tan Tai family relocate." Li Ran said calmly.
These words made everyone in the Tan Tai family breathe a sigh of relief. They felt relieved and finally at ease.
At this time, someone suddenly came to report from outside the palace, "Your Majesty, outside the clan land, the ancestor of the Gongsun family, Gongsun Ziwei, is here to pay his respects."
"Gongsun Ziwei?"
The three ancestors of the Tantai family were all startled, then looked at each other and became cautious.
Originally in their eyes, Gongsun Ziwei was just a rising star, but this woman had great destiny, and she came from behind to surpass them. Her cultivation strength was not inferior to theirs at all, and she even had the hope of becoming a saint in the future.
Li Ran was not surprised at all, and nodded, "Let her in."
"By the way, go call Jiang Lan over."
Soon, a figure in a lavender floor-length dress appeared in the main hall of the Tantai family. She had a veil on her face, her eyes were as clear as autumn water, and her black hair fell like a waterfall to her waist.
Her eyes were as bright and dazzling as stars, her skin was as white and delicate as snow, her slender hands were folded and placed flat on her waist, she was like an orchid in a valley, fresh and unworldly, yet with an aura of supremacy, indescribably precious.
"Junior, Gongsun Ziwei, greets Senior Li Sheng."
"Greetings to all the fellow Taoists from the Tantai family."
Gongsun Ziwei bowed and said.
Li Ran seemed to be sizing her up, thinking about something in his deep eyes, and then nodded slightly and said, "As expected of you who has inherited the Ziwei Taijiao, your Ziwei destiny is invaluable. It's a pity that you were not born into an imperial family, otherwise you would have been an unparalleled empress, ruling the world and having everyone bowing down to you."
Even the current Queen of Great Xia, Xia Junxi, has never received such praise from him.
"Thank you for the compliment, senior."
Gongsun Ziwei had a calm expression, neither humble nor arrogant. Although she had the aura of a supreme being around her, she was like water, kind and tolerant, generous and gentle.
“Grandpa…”
At this time, Jiang Lan also came to the hall, and behind him came Tan Tai Qing, with a ruddy face and lowered head. Then she landed behind a group of elders and stood quietly.
"You've come just in time."
Li Ran looked at Jiang Lan, and a smile appeared on his face, which had been silent and indifferent until now.
Jiang Lan looked at the woman in purple skirt in the hall and understood what was going on. In the original plot, the first woman to become a saint in the future was not Emperor Xia, but Gongsun Ziwei in front of him.
The destiny she inherited came from Emperor Ziwei and was inherited from the Ziwei Emperor Star. It was a fate that was on par with that of the Lord of the Stars.
The Lord of the Stars is actually just the Lord of the seven stars of the Big Dipper. If we talk about fate, only when the seven stars are complete and united can they be compared with him.
Compared with Xiao Teng, Gongsun Ziwei's current cultivation level is so powerful that only her father Ge Qixing is qualified to compete with her.
"I already know your intention. Even if the Gongsun family moves away from Feixian Island, they will still face a situation where they will be surrounded by wolves."
"The world is changing, luck is rising, dragons and snakes are rising from the land, you will surely become a saint in the future. In consideration of this good karma, I can protect your Gongsun family for a period of time."
"But I have a request." Li Ran looked at Gongsun Ziwei with a calm tone.
Gongsun Ziwei didn't expect things to go so smoothly. She was slightly startled, and then said softly, "Senior Li Sheng, if you have any request, please tell me directly. If Ziwei can do it, I will definitely agree."
Li Ran said, "My grandson Jiang Lan will fight for the destiny in the future, break through the feathered transformation, enter the nirvana path, become the supreme being, and surpass me. During this period, you need to protect him and keep him safe."
"As a reward for your karma, I will protect your Gongsun family until you become a saint."
Gongsun Ziwei was stunned.
The members of the Tantai family in the hall were all stunned. No one expected Li Ran to say this. Was he asking Gongsun Ziwei to be Jiang Lan's protector? An ancestor of a saintly family, protecting him? Such a grand gesture was truly unprecedented.
Li Sheng was so optimistic about Jiang Lan that he believed that he would definitely surpass him in the future, and even break through the Immortal Transformation, enter Nirvana, and become a supreme being? Everyone here was from a saintly family, so their vision was naturally not comparable to that of an ordinary immortal sect.
The ninth realm is the Yuhua realm. Once one enters this realm, one will become a saint and completely detached from the mortal body. The cultivators in this realm are also called saints by the world.
For example, their ancestors were cultivators in the Yuhua realm.
But saint is just the title of the early stage of Yuhua realm. When one enters the middle stage of Yuhua realm, he is the king among saints and is called the Saint King.
As for going one step further, that is the great sage who is the most wise and knows everything in the eyes of the world.
The Ten Realms, the Nirvana Realm, there are almost no such people, and if there are such people, they only exist in legends.
When one enters the state of Nirvana, he can be called the Supreme.
In the main hall of the Tan Tai family, there was complete silence for a long while. People like Tan Tai Qing were also shocked. She stared at Jiang Lan with her beautiful eyes, as if many thoughts were churning in her mind.
At such a young age, he already gave her the oppressive feeling of facing a powerful being in the eighth realm. Perhaps in the future he could really break through the realm of Nirvana and become the Supreme Being.
I am a female saint and he is the supreme being, so it is not impossible for me to become his woman...
"It seems that Senior Li Sheng has full confidence in him."
Gongsun Ziwei also came back to her senses at this time and looked at Jiang Lan with a complicated look.
"Grandpa?" Jiang Lan seemed surprised as well.
But his heart was calm, without even a ripple.
Not to mention being just the Supreme, in the future he will become the Emperor of Heaven who rules over all the heavens and all the immortals as Huangfu Hao said.
What does this mean to the Supreme? This road is still long.
He was actually not surprised at all about his grandfather Li Ran's decision, because this was something he had mentioned to Li Ran before.
On the one hand, she is the protector of the way, but on the other hand, it is Gongsun Ziwei's luck and destiny, which are more important to him.
"This is how my life will be. I have exhausted all the opportunities and luck, but I have only come this far."
"But I see hope in my grandson." Li Ran's face returned to its indifferent expression and he said nothing more.
Gongsun Ziwei nodded her head and said, "Junior agrees to your promise, Senior."
At her level, every word and action involves cause and effect, especially when one promises a saint. Even if one does not swear an oath to heaven, it will still have a great binding force.
As the name suggests, the protector of the Tao is the person who protects the Tao.
Generally speaking, the younger generation of saintly families, such as young geniuses like Helian Wen and Tan Tai Qing, will have protectors arranged by their families to prevent them from being assassinated by enemies before they grow up.
For example, if there is a fight between peers, as a protector, I will not intervene due to the rules.
However, on Feixian Island, the three great saintly families act as overlords, intimidating all directions, and the younger generation does not need any protectors.
Gongsun Ziwei obtained Ziwei's destiny, so she could naturally foresee great changes in the world and the abundance of opportunities. For the younger generation, this was naturally a golden age and a time of great contention, and clashes and fights were inevitable.
Inside the hall, the people of the Tan Tai family gradually recovered their composure, but the expressions on most of them were complicated.
As Tan Tai Qing's grandfather, Tan Tai Xu was secretly excited.
It seems that letting Qing'er and Jiang Lan get closer is an extremely correct choice. In today's world, I don't know if there are other hidden saints, but Li Sheng is definitely an invincible existence.
He thinks highly of Jiang Lan. As long as Tan Tai Qing can maintain a good relationship with Jiang Lan, he, as the grandfather, will be able to reap many benefits in the future.
If Jiang Lan really becomes the Supreme in the future and Qing'er becomes pregnant with his child, the Tantai family may be able to surpass the glory of their ancestor because of this nepotism.
The next day, outside the small world of the Tan Tai family, the void rumbled and trembled. In front of countless cultivators and creatures on Feixian Island, a misty passage opened up, and endless strong winds surged, and it seemed that layers of time and space were opening up in it.
A small world with bright and dazzling light, wrapped and shrouded in vast chaotic energy, just rose into the air, flew into it, and soon disappeared.
With the protection and help of Li Ran, the Tantai family moved out of Feixian Island with their accumulated wealth and headed for the North Sea.
The entire Feixian Island was also in an uproar.
With the Tan Tai family taking the lead, the other major families followed suit and began to contact the officials sent by the Great Xia Dynasty in preparation for relocation.
Not long after the Tan Tai family moved away, another saintly family, the Gongsun family, also moved away. Also with the help of saint Li Ran, the entire family and their small world moved to a group of mountains in Zhongtianzhou, intending to settle down and live in seclusion there.
After the matter was settled, Jiang Lan did not return to the Prime Minister's Mansion, but asked Kong Xuan, Ao Yin and other followers and servants to go back first.
He followed his grandfather Li Ran to Taiyi Gate. Before returning to the Prime Minister's Mansion, he had one important matter to settle.
His father Jiang Lintian had mentioned this to him before, but Jiang Lan did not care because, in his opinion, the position of the Holy Son of Taiyi Sect was a sure thing and there wouldn't be any accidents.
Right now, I just want to go back for a formality and see Li Mengning by the way.
(End of this chapter)
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