Chapter 616: Overcoming the Tribulation

"Mingxia, are you willing to practice with me?" Gao Xian asked seriously.

Ten years later, he still hadn't figured out Shui Mingxia's past life. Or maybe, this matter had nothing to do with Yun Qiushui at all, it was just a joke by Bai Yujing.

In any case, after watching the little girl grow into a heroic young woman over the past ten years, Gao Xian has developed quite a bit of affection for this disciple.

What he has learned should also be passed down. Shui Mingxia and Qingfeng Sword Scripture are very compatible. Especially his extraordinary character, which is particularly rare.

Bones can be improved through spiritual objects, elixirs and other auxiliary means, but character is mostly innate and a little acquired. In his opinion, for top cultivators, character is the most important.

No matter what, Gao Xian was willing to take Shui Mingxia back to Xuanming Sect. As for the Shui family, they could all be handed over to Yongqing.

Yongqing is in charge of this matter and has rich experience. There are hundreds of people in the Shui family, so they can be accommodated anywhere. Although the world is changing and the nine continents will be in chaos, that will happen hundreds or thousands of years later and will have nothing to do with the Shui family.

Shui Mingxia was naturally very willing to do so. She had always wanted to practice with her teacher, but her teacher never said anything, so she could only keep it in her heart.

"Teacher, I will follow you forever."

Shui Mingxia was so excited that her eyes were filled with tears. She knelt down and kowtowed three times to Gao Xian.

"Good boy."

Gao Xian smiled and helped Shui Mingxia up. He said to Yongzhen, "Take Mingxia and her family back first. I'll stay here to deal with the aftermath..."

Killing an emperor is a big deal. We can't just destroy the Wei Kingdom and then ignore it.

On the other hand, if he killed the emperor, he would inevitably bring about the evil spirit calamity. Returning to Xuanming Sect would not be able to avoid the evil spirit calamity, but would bring about greater troubles due to the strong spiritual energy.

The spiritual energy in the mortal world is scarce, and no matter how powerful the demonic calamity is, there is a limit.

After wandering in the mortal world for ten years, Gao Xian also wanted to try out what a powerful demon calamity was like. For him, this was actually a form of cultivation.

During these ten years, although his cultivation had not improved, he had made considerable progress in his reading of the Great Five Elements Hunyuan Sutra.

The less spiritual energy there is, the higher the efficiency of the secret method is required. Just like a poor person will inevitably spend money carefully, this is not a talent, but an ability that must be mastered under the pressure of the environment.

Except for Pegasus, the places where Gao Xian lived were full of spiritual energy. In addition, his cultivation progressed by leaps and bounds, and within three hundred years, he had reached the late Nascent Soul stage.

Being able to achieve the Nascent Soul stage at the age of five or six hundred is already an extremely powerful cultivator. Gao Xian's cultivation progress was too fast, and he did not have the deep foundation of Yue Shenxiu and Tai Ning. His cultivation was almost entirely dependent on external forces, so he was ultimately less solid than Tai Ning and Yue Shenxiu.

Ten years of training in the mortal world had worn away many of his impetuousness and many of his tiny burrs. In the filthy mortal world, he became even clearer and purer.

Gao Xian felt that this might be the real reason why Bai Yujing asked him to come to the mortal world. He could see that Bai Yujing had high expectations of him, which was why she was willing to help him so generously.

No matter what Bai Yujing thought, he had gained a lot in the ten years on earth.

Gao Xian used a magic talisman to split the void and pulled Yongqing directly from thousands of miles away. This person was also a nominal state teacher and had some weight in the Wei court.

In fact, with a mature state system like Wei, even if no one stepped forward, a new emperor would be elected soon. Having Yongqing would reduce all kinds of troubles and chaos.

As for who will be the emperor, Gao Xian doesn't really care. A wise and powerful emperor may become foolish in his later years, like Li Longji.

A mediocre emperor was able to maintain stability in the country for decades. No one could tell the pros and cons of this.

Gao Xian handed everything over to Yongqing, and he lived in the emperor's study, which is generally called the Imperial Study, but its official name is actually Yulu Palace.

The emperor and Huang Yuan died here, and the resentment left by the two men dissipated instantly. However, the two were closely related to the fate of the country, and their deaths were not ordinary.

It is said that national destiny is somewhat illusory, but in fact it can be seen as the gathering of the wishes of hundreds of millions of people from generation to generation. Any emperor of the Wei Kingdom, no matter what kind of person he is, he inherited the imperial power, became the supreme ruler of the Wei Kingdom, and received the blessing of the wishes of hundreds of millions of people.

If he killed the emperor with one move, these wishes would be transformed into chaotic, mixed, foul and resentful energy that would fall on him. Unless he became the emperor and used the thousand-year-old imperial power to condense into great authority, he could easily resolve these.

Killing the emperor came first, and then attracting the evil spirits and demons. One is the cause, and the other is the result. The cause-effect relationship is clear, and there is no unspeakable mystery.

Yongqing was quite capable and quickly gathered several important ministers to select a suitable candidate among the princes. In other words, several forces reached a consensus and sent this prince to the throne.

The ascension of a new emperor to the throne naturally entails grand celebrations.

In an empire that has been passed down for thousands of years, the various etiquette rules are extremely complicated. The etiquette of the nobility is actually a class symbol, which clearly distinguishes them from ordinary people.

Those who understand the etiquette of the nobility are insiders, and those who do not are outsiders. Secondly, the etiquette of the nobility is also to show one's status. Just like the complicated etiquette of the emperor's enthronement, it is also to give the imperial power sacredness and solemnity.

Gao Xian watched from the sidelines and gained a lot of knowledge.

The new emperor's ascension to the throne actually had nothing to do with him, but it restored order to the chaotic court and resolved a large part of the foul resentment left by the previous emperor.

However, at least 60% of the foul air and resentment fell on him, like a thorn in the flesh, like a shadow clinging to his body, sticking heavily to him.

Gao Xian could faintly see a black aura on his body when he used the Flower Mirror to observe himself.

No matter how profound his Five Elements Hunyuan Sutra was, no matter how the Qinghua Divine Light could drive away evil and avoid pollution, and no matter how the Chunyang Divine Spear could cleanse evil spirits and foul air, he could not get rid of the black air on his body.

Please...collect 6...9...books...!

As he breathed in and out, the foul air continued to blend with his body and soul.

Gao Xian was not surprised by this. The higher the level of cultivation, the less willing the cultivators were to enter the mortal world. This was the reason. If there were no such restrictions, the mortal world would have become something unknown.

You should know that a single blow from a god can turn a vast area of ​​land into dust. A normal god-level Taoist master certainly wouldn't mess around, but what about the demon cultivators? What about the powerful monsters? The foul air from the human heart and the ghost den is a barrier to the mortal world, and the sea of ​​suffering in the mortal world is also a good place for mortals.

Gao Xian waited until the emperor ascended the throne and order was restored in the capital. Then he said goodbye to Yongqing and left the capital.

No one knows what will happen when the foul air turns into a demon. Gao Xian doesn't want to hurt innocent people by mistake, so he needs to find a quiet place to survive the disaster.

Gao Xian had been to many places during his ten years of traveling with Shui Mingxia. He remembered that there was a Baishi Island deep in Pingyang Lake. The miasma was thick here and there were many monsters in the water, so there was no one living on Baishi Island.

The island is full of white stones of various shapes and colors. In fact, this stone is extremely poisonous, so there is no grass or life here.

Gao Xian was deeply impressed by this place at that time, and now that he thought about it, this place was just right for overcoming the tribulation. He locked onto the location of the island with a single thought, and the next moment, he was already on the island.

The spiritual energy in the mortal world is scarce, and the magic power of the sage is only one tenth of what it could be. With the help of powerful magic tools, it is not difficult to perform a simple void transfer.

The ground is covered with white stones like snow, the lake in the distance is blue, and the scenery on the island is pleasant under the bright sunshine of May.

Gao Xian was in a good mood, so he built a large stone chair with white stones. He sat lazily on the stone chair every day, waiting for the devil's calamity to come.

As the weather got hotter, the foul air that had been entangled with Gao Xian disappeared. Gao Xian knew that the foul air had completely invaded his body and soul, and he didn't know when it would cause the external demon to erupt completely.

On this day, Gao Xian was silently practicing a secret technique when the clear sky suddenly became covered with dark clouds. Flashes of lightning flashed and moved through the clouds like electric snakes.

The enormous force of thunder and lightning that gathered between heaven and earth made Gao Xian feel uneasy.

Gao Xian looked up at the sky with a serious expression. It was actually a thunder tribulation. This was the first step for a powerful spirit to achieve the Pure Yang path.

Is it necessary to make such a big deal just to kill an emperor?

(End of this chapter)