Chapter 145 Today’s Qi Ling (Combined Chapter)
Master Jiang nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Jin, don't worry. Since I did this in front of you, I won't let him make any mistakes.
There is no telling how the future will unfold, so it might not be a bad thing to let him have some quiet time."
These words seemed to be telling him something clearly, and Jin Yuan could only hold back his dissatisfaction. After all, being suppressed for a hundred years was not just about being locked up in one place for a hundred years without being able to go out, but also about having to bear the heavy weight of Wu Earth all the time. When his child was born a hundred years later, it would probably take hundreds of years for the dust of Wu Earth to be removed. This delay was probably nearly a thousand years.
"What the Immortal said is true. I dare not go against the will of the masters of the Heavenly Palace."
Seeing that he accepted the result, Jiang Zhenren waved his whisk, turned around and said, "I still need to go to Kehai, so please do as you please, fellow Taoists.
After this separation, when we meet again, you two will come to watch the ceremony."
After saying this, Master Jiang stepped on auspicious clouds and left, and the rosy clouds in the sky also followed him. The sun's shadow fell into the sea, and the rosy clouds were so bright that they could no longer be seen.
After seeing him leave, Xuan Wan couldn't help but sigh: "The mission granted by the Heavenly Palace is indeed very important. Master Jiang originally has all seven lives. If we see him again after decades, I'm afraid we will have to call him Master!"
Jin Yuan snorted coldly, not daring to say anything about whether Master Jiang could succeed or not. He glanced at her coldly and left, disappearing into the sky.
Xuan Wan did not bother to argue with him. She stretched out her hand and took out a precious pearl, which floated down to the sea surface. Suddenly, the turbulent sea surface was calmed down. The strange phenomena in the Wanzhu Sea caused by Jindan's attack subsided one after another. Although Xiaoyuan Island was swallowed by the waves, a mountain of rosy clouds appeared in the sea.
The cultivators of the human race on the sea who were truly cultivated and felt something, all bowed respectfully to this golden elixir in the sea to express their gratitude, and were grateful for his kindness in caring for all living beings.
Xuan Wan took back the orb, and used her divine sense to sense the remaining aura reflected in the orb, thinking to herself, "They are afraid of the sword master who created the Dao ten thousand years ago, so it is impossible for the younger generation who has cultivated the divine power of the sword to be protected.
Since the Lei family has taken action, they can probably keep their lives for the sake of the Taixuan Immortal Sect. As for the younger generation of Guishui, he was lost in the outer sea, but he was saved. He will not be mixed into the great trend of the world and become a speck of dust blown by the wind.
It seems that after a thousand years of silence, a new True Lord may finally be born. However, it is in such a remote place, not in the Twelve Immortal Sects, not in the Nine Continents, and the Heavenly Palace is likely to establish a new Tenth Continent.
Now that the Ten Continents have been established, I'm afraid that the old affairs of the Tianqi Immortal Sect, which have been shelved for thousands of years, will be brought up again by the adults. Whether the Tianqi Immortal Sect is restored or destroyed, there must be a result in the end.
I have repaid the kindness of the Lord Zhenjun. No matter how the situation changes, it should not fall on me again."
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Outer sea, Wushan.
In this huge mountain range facing the sea, clouds and mists linger like a veil, and peaks loom like floating fairy islands. Spiritual springs gush out from the mountain walls, converge into streams, and flow down. Wherever they pass, there are fresh grasses, clusters of spiritual plants, and flickering glimmers, all of which contain abundant spiritual energy from heaven and earth.
There are ancient Taoist temples scattered among the mountains, with runes flowing on the eaves and brackets, protecting a place of quiet cultivation. Taoist children and immortals come and go, sweeping the yard or sitting on the futon with their eyes closed to practice Qi. Sometimes, there are cranes crying and flapping their wings to fly high, their feathers as white as snow, crossing the blue sky.
There was a glimmer of crystal dew on the branches and leaves in the mountains, and a little bit of dew gathered in an unmanned place and turned into a human shape. Li Xuanyue carefully looked at the Wushan area. The Lei family's lineage was older than the Qiling Sect and was the original inhabitants of Nanjue Island.
Later, due to the fighting among the real masters, the Linglong Sect occupied the inner island. The Lei family had already prepared and moved their clan to the outer sea, thus avoiding a disaster. As a result, they were able to survive and continue their inheritance to this day.
However, the age of this immortal from the Lei family is so great that it is impossible to verify. Even the records of the ancestors of the Qi Ling Sect are vague about this immortal and no one knows his details.
The Lei family has lived in the Wushan Mountains for a long time. They have an ancient Taoist tradition and a strong sense of ancient cultivation. They have always emphasized the separation of immortals and mortals, which is very different from the Dugu family's mixed residence of immortals and mortals.
Li Xuanyue thought about what she knew about the Lei family in her mind, but still got nothing. During the disaster on Xiaoyuan Island, a Lei Peng appeared at the last moment and took Li Xuanming away, allowing him to escape and giving Li Xuanyue a chance to escape.
Now, half a year has passed since that day, and the disturbance regarding Xiaoyuan Island has calmed down a lot since it swept across various major markets. She took the opportunity to escape all the way to Wushan.
There are wanted posters for her everywhere in Zhenhai City, Shangxuanhai and the Dugu clan. Now there is no place for her to stay in the outer sea.
Let’s not talk about whether the secret passage leading to the inner sea can be passed through. Even if it can be passed through, it is likely that someone from the Dugu family is guarding it.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel powerless. Even though she had been practicing and comprehending the Dao for nearly a hundred years since she came to the outer sea, she was only at the fourth level of cultivation now.
She had neither dazzling sword skills nor any precious Taoist tradition. Even though she had some talent and the three of them had supported each other along the way, she was only at the fourth level now.
Even the subsequent exercises are a big problem. If she creates her own exercises, the practice will only be slower. Moreover, she has nothing now, and she needs to obtain the spiritual objects needed for practice by herself. She also has to hide in the difficult outer sea. I am afraid that in the remaining three or four hundred years of her life, she can only barely practice to the eighth level.
This is all while going smoothly, and it requires all kinds of hardships to achieve. If something unexpected happens and damages the foundation of one's Taoism, I'm afraid one will stay where one is for the rest of one's life.
After experiencing such a great catastrophe, she understood many things. Nothing in the world can be relied upon. If you want to protect the people you want to protect and want to survive, you must rely on yourself. You must get rid of the fate of being like an ant and become a true person who controls your own destiny!
Although true cultivation is the state that countless cultivators desire but cannot obtain, the true cultivators in the world are no more than ants in the world. They never have any right to speak in the great events of heaven and earth and can only be manipulated by those in higher positions.
Not only was Li Xuanyue's heart not crushed by this disaster, but it was like a stone falling into a deep pool, causing waves as soon as it fell.
She took out the Qi Ling, but received no response when she tried to sense her true energy, and she couldn't even detect the direction.
Looking at the gloomy Qi Ling, Li Xuanyue was in doubt. Although Wushan was huge, Qi Ling would not be completely insensitive. Unless Li Xuanming was not in Wushan and was too far away to sense it.
"If not at Lei's house, then where would it be?"
She found a secret place, sat by the stream, and used her mind to sense the magical powers in the spirit platform. A black Gui snake crawled into the green and black pool, and the Gui water rippled, and a mysterious light appeared in the green waves.
"Girl, what do you want from me?"
The Xuan Gui snake poked its head out of the pond and actually made a Gui Yin sound.
"Senior, my younger brother was captured by Lei Peng. I don't know whether it is a blessing or a disaster. But please tell me." Li Xuanyue asked respectfully.
"Oh? Lei Peng?" Guiyin's voice seemed a little vague, and his snake pupils emitted a faint light. "The Lei family saved your brother. Their lineage can be traced back to the Taixuan Immortal Sect, which is under the control of Master Shaoyang and Master Shaoyin.
If it was Shaoyin, we would still need to worry about it, but Shaoyang acted uprightly and had some connection with Xuanchu Dao back then, so at worst he wouldn't lose his life. He was probably taken back to the land of the Immortal Sect, so you can rest assured."
Hearing this, Li Xuanyue breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you for telling me, Senior!"
"It's just some secret rumors, it doesn't matter. But what are your plans for the future?" Gui Yin reminded: "To be honest, Qi Lingmen is not a good place to go. Now that you have finally escaped, it would be better for you to hide your identity in the open sea and live a peaceful life."
"Senior, I want to ascend the throne!" Li Xuanyue blurted out firmly.
"Oh? Haha, do you know how difficult it is to ascend to the throne? There may not be one among thousands of ordinary true cultivators, not to mention that you have entered the Qi Ling Sect, and your destiny is one point short. It can be said that you have no chance at all." Gui Yin told the truth without any concealment.
"Not even a chance?" Li Xuanyue said in a deep voice, "Then may I ask, Senior, how can there be even a single chance?"
"You have no destiny, no luck, and no self-nature, so it is impossible for you to ascend to the throne. Even if I can ask for mercy from the adults for you, I am afraid you can't even achieve the status of a person, and it will be difficult to achieve it in your lifetime." Guiyin shook his head and continued to hit her.
Hearing this, Li Xuanyue's face turned pale, and his heart was shaken. He said unwillingly: "So that's how it is. But there are millions of ants in the world. Don't we have even a slight chance to turn things around?"
Seeing her so sad, Gui Yin smiled curiously and said, "Ordinary true cultivators would never have the desire to ascend to the throne, because they all know that they don't have the opportunity.
Why do you insist on asking for this opportunity?"
"I... I just don't want to be an ant that can only bow its head. I don't want to see Senior Brother Cui die in front of me again. I want to protect my closest relatives and friends. I want to ask for a share of my life." Li Xuanyue said in a trance.
"In fact, it is not completely impossible, but the hope is slim. The universe is mysterious, fate is unpredictable, and even ants have a chance to ascend to heaven." Gui Yin sighed, "If you are not afraid of the disgust of heaven and earth, I can teach you a method."
"But please teach me, senior!"
Li Xuanyue's soul manifested itself on the spiritual platform and he knelt on the ground without hesitation.
"The one who ascends the throne controls his own life. When the position comes, his life and nature will be born. If you want to seek the position, you must complete your life, luck, and nature before you can make the nine transformations to lead the position.
As for the meaning of the adults above you, that is another matter.
Nature is one's own nature, and seeking a perfect self-nature is the easiest of the three to complete. If you have this heart to seek the Tao, and the Xuangui Pool's magical power already has the ability to perfect your own nature, as long as you can complete the Tao and create your own practice, you will naturally be able to perfect your own nature when you reach the ninth level.
Luck is the most difficult and precious thing to obtain. It depends on the cooperation of heaven, earth and man. Those with good luck can turn death into life and turn misfortune into good fortune. Maybe after you achieve the seventh level of cultivation, you will get luck in a dozen years, or maybe it will take hundreds of years, or you may never have luck.
You can look for it in the various secret caves at the junction of Shangxuanhai and Lihai. Those places are the easiest places to get good luck.
Luck is hard to come by, but destiny is something you are born with. But you... as a disciple of Qi Ling, you are even less destined than ordinary people due to the influence of the Taoist tradition, and ordinary methods are simply powerless.
But I have a forbidden method for offering sacrifice to spirits and taking lives. If you can master it, you can complete your destiny. When your destiny is complete and your luck is up, maybe one day when your luck arrives, you will have the opportunity to ascend to the throne!"
Hearing this, Li Xuanyue was overjoyed, then reacted and asked, "Senior, what do you need me to do?"
How secret is the opportunity to ascend to the throne and become a god? Think about the old dragon of Kehai who served the royal family of Kehai for a thousand years as a slave just to ascend to the throne. How can it be given away for free?
Unexpectedly, the black snake let out a creepy laugh, "Haha, if you practice this forbidden method, you are doing things for me, and even more so for the adults."
After saying this, the snake's pupils showed blue and black colors, causing ripples in the water of the Xuangui Pond. It flew over and actually drilled into Li Xuanyue's soul.
Li Xuanyue felt as if her soul was torn into pieces, as if it was cut by thousands of sharp blades penetrating deep into her soul. The pain made her almost despair. After a full quarter of an hour, the severe pain in her soul gradually dissipated.
She looked at her own soul almost paralyzed, but suddenly found that faint scales of black on top and blue on the bottom appeared on the body of her soul.
At the same time, a forbidden secret technique emerged in his mind.
After she read it through her mind, her face turned pale. This method of sacrificing spirits and taking lives was, after all, a secret technique that was almost evil and magical. Its purpose was to take the lives of others in order to replenish one's own life!
Once she practices this technique, she will no longer be a human. Although she is not bound by the physical body when she reaches the realm of true cultivation, there are still differences between humans and demons in essence.
This secret method requires one to use oneself as a pool and slaughter living beings to fill one's own blood pool. One needs to endure the infinite resentment and hatred of the people one kills and refine and integrate them into one.
He also needs to build an altar on his own blood pool, sacrifice his soul which is filled with endless resentment, offer it to Guishui, and ask for life.
This technique is not only extremely bloody, but also when practiced to the ultimate level, the souls of all grievances will replenish one's life. However, one must endure the constant intrusion of resentment on the mind, and if one is not careful one will lose control and turn into a bloodthirsty monster.
If successful, he will be transformed into the body of a Xuan Gui snake. Not only will his life be fulfilled, but he may also be appreciated by Gui Shui and allowed to ascend the throne.
Li Xuanyue opened her eyes silently. She did not think about the terrible consequences, because once she obtained this forbidden technique, there would be no possibility of regret.
She would not regret it, and she would not give up this only chance to change her fate!
In the less than three hundred years that she has been practicing Taoism, she has always appeared to be a calm and quiet woman on the surface, but in fact she is very strong and resilient. She can go out to sea and fight monsters day and night for more than ten years, and she can also sit quietly in a pavilion and read books and teach for decades.
She and her brother had supported Wai Hai together with Senior Brother Cui for nearly a hundred years, and their relationship had long been stronger than gold. Senior Brother Cui died in front of her that day, and she even felt powerless as if staying for a moment longer would be a burden. She also felt suffocated when her brother was forced into a desperate situation. In the eyes of those big men above the sky, killing her was easier than crushing an ant.
Compared to these, what is there to be afraid of when practicing forbidden techniques?
Li Xuanyue stopped outside Wushan Mountain. She looked at the human land in the distance, the palaces, towers, and bustling people. She turned around silently, with only a cold feeling in her heart.
She would never forget the disaster on Xiaoyuan Island. Perhaps from the moment they came to the Dugu family, they were treated as abandoned pawns by this immortal. Or perhaps she, Dugu Yunzhi, had already forgotten the Weiyang Spirit Oath and her former master.
Perhaps in the hearts of other people, there is an ordinary true cultivator's fear of the high and mighty True Person, and they dare not hate or think about it, but her heart is Xuan Gui Chi, she dares to think, dares to hate, and must remember it in her heart.
Since this immortal has forgotten the Weiyang Ling oath he promised to his ancestors, then as a descendant of Tianqi and a disciple of Qi Ling, she, Li Xuanyue, will make this immortal remember it!
A lone woman with long hair, vertical pupils and green clothes stepped into the Lihai area where demons and evil spirits gathered.
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In Xuanyuan Realm, the autumn wind is bleak and the earth is withered and yellow.
A sharp golden sword shadow appeared above the sky, resounding through the sky of the Xuanyuan World, and finally turned into golden light that sprinkled on the earth and sank into the soil and rocks.
Deep in the palace, beside the Sima Shi, Li Yuan slowly closed his eyes and sighed. Above the Shi, a scene far out in the open sea emerged. It was the scene where Cui Huaiqiu died.
The three words "Cui Huaiqiu" that had just appeared on the stone tablet also turned into light and shadow and disappeared.
After Li Yuan's control over the Xuanyuan World has gradually deepened over the years, many mysterious uses have gradually emerged. The Siming Heavenly Stone can sense the names of disciples who have the opportunity to ascend to the throne. Not only can it command their names, but it can also observe their lives and deaths, breakthroughs in cultivation, and other changes in their fate.
He stood quietly in the yard, the autumn wind blowing yellow leaves all over the sky and landing next to Li Yuan's clothes.
He still remembered the night when he was in the Qi Refining Realm, under the moon, when he first met Cui Huaiqiu, and his heroic spirit, waving his sword and dancing with the moon leaves. He has practiced Taoism for more than three hundred years, and most of his old friends are no longer around, and today another one has passed away.
Li Yuan walked slowly into the shrine and personally wrote the five words "Spirit of Cui Huaiqiu" on the spirit tablet with a gold seal and jade pen. Then he stretched out his hand and summoned a ray of golden autumn air from the sky to fall on the spirit tablet. He placed it to the left of "Zhang Qi's" spirit tablet, then personally lit the incense and lit a candle in front of the spirit tablet.
When this faint candlelight lit up, one of the only five remaining ancient lamps in the secret hall of Qi Lingmen suddenly went out.
When the light went out, it alarmed the array spirit guarding it. He was frightened and quickly called Chen Guan through Qi Ling.
Soon, the ban on the secret hall was opened, and Chen Guan rushed into the hall. He saw an ancient lamp that had just been extinguished next to the four soul lamps that were still burning.
He was startled and said in a sad voice, "Brother Cui!"
The formation spirit didn't say much, just quietly watched the man in front of him, who was becoming more and more powerful, immersed in sorrow, silently, lonely and sad.
"Master, please accept my condolences."
"I know." Chen Guan replied in a slightly hoarse voice, "There must be changes in the outer sea, otherwise Senior Brother Cui's current cultivation is very likely to have reached the seventh level. His talent in swordsmanship is extremely high, and it is definitely not something that an ordinary upper-level true cultivator can plot to kill him!
It must be the Golden Core that made the move, and if Senior Brother Cui died even with the Dugu Family watching over him, it must be the Golden Core of the Sea Clan, or maybe...
Linglong Sect has discovered something and is about to take action."
The formation spirit asked anxiously: "Master, are you saying..."
"Master Shangzong...is back!"
Chen Guan suppressed the pain in his heart, and thought quickly: "The situation in the world and Nanjue Island is about to change!"
He had no time to grieve over the passing of his old friends, so he turned around, activated the forbidden technique, and walked out of the ancestral hall.
As he stepped out of the ancestral hall, Chen Guan paused, turned around, and bowed to the spirit tablets that were filled with spirit tablets and candles that had been lit for more than 4,000 years. He said:
"The ancestors of the Qi Ling Sect are above me. I beg you to protect the Qi Ling sect today and help them survive this catastrophe that has not happened in more than four thousand years!"
After saying this, he no longer hesitated, turned around and walked out of the ancestral hall. With a flick of his sleeves, the two heavy ancient doors slowly closed behind Chen Guan, bringing a gust of wind in the corner, causing the rows of candles in front of the spirit tablet to sway.
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“Dang~”
“Dang~”
“Dang~”
The sound of the golden bell spread throughout the Qi Ling Sect. All the disciples from the six peaks stopped what they were doing, raised their heads and listened to the sound of the golden bell.
"The bell is shaking forty-nine times, either death or death!"
After the bell stopped ringing, the disciples in the mountains stood up and hurried to Fuso Square.
The sky was filled with long rainbows of light that lit up like stars twinkling across the sky. From afar, a spectacular scene like the return of thousands of stars appeared above the Qi Ling Gate.
All the disciples landed in front of the vast Fusang Square and walked to their respective positions on foot. They lined up in each peak in the order of outer disciples, inner disciples, and steward disciples from back to front.
After half an hour, Fusang Square was already filled with a crowd of disciples, all standing solemnly facing the huge Fusang sacred tree. More than 5,000 people stood respectfully and neatly under the sacred tree, and the scene was extremely spectacular.
“Dang~”
The jade bell on the square rang, and seven rays of brilliant light passed through the sky, passed over the heads of the disciples and fell onto the high platform in front of the Fusang sacred tree. Each of them had an extraordinary bearing, possessed magical powers, and had a heavy aura of oppression.
All the disciples bowed respectfully in unison: "Greetings to the Master! Greetings to the elders!"
Among the seven people, Chen Guan, who was standing in the middle, was wearing a Huajin Taoist robe, looking majestic and solemn, with the six elders standing behind him.
The huge sound of worship resounded through the sky, shaking people's hearts and filling them with pride.
Chen Guan slowly raised his hand, transmitted his true energy, and said in a clear voice: "Everyone, stand up."
Everyone stood up straight, looking up at the figures on the nine-foot high platform with respect.
This is because the seven people on the high platform are the seven top pillars of the Qi Ling Sect, which is now ranked among the top sects, and they are seven true cultivators who have established their foundation!
During this nearly sixty years, several disciples of the Qi Ling Sect have achieved breakthroughs in true cultivation, and their reputation has continued to grow. The sect has also been constantly recruiting more and more disciples, and the number of caravans traveling to and from various foreign markets has increased. The disciples have become more confident as they travel around.
In the southern part of Nanjue Island, everyone knew that the Qi Ling Sect was truly prosperous now. The immortal cultivation circles in several major towns were all saying that the Xiang family in the West and Qi in the East were referring to the Xiang family occupying the West Guangyuan Mountains and the Qi Ling Sect in the East Guangyuan area.
Standing on the high platform, Lu Fei overlooked the entire Qi Ling Sect, which seemed to be a scene of prosperity and rise. He couldn't help but feel that the sect's current status was inseparable from the Sect Master's good management of the mountains and his wholehearted dedication to the Qi Ling Sect.
Over the past few decades, in addition to him and his junior brother Wang Lingyun, three more disciples have achieved breakthroughs in their cultivation. All of this was inseparable from the sect master's dedicated training, which led to the current grand scene.
(End of this chapter)
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