[Xianjian + Ancient Sword Colleague] Being a master is also a kind of practice

The light and thin sunlight slanted down from the lofty dome like a cover, as if it wanted to blend into this piece of wild grass green that overflowed people's heads. The waves are undulating, and the eyes are looking forward, and the end of the field of vision is always filled with boundless greenery.

Once upon a time, here was a towering and precipitous mountain, with dense trees and lush grass, and the Taiyi Immortal Path winding along it, bringing countless men and women who seek immortality and Taoism. The halls and pavilions are magnificent, and the disciples who shuttle back and forth are also full of vigor and immortality.Now the former scenery of the famous family has disappeared, leaving only a huge deep pit in the deep mountain, and you can still vaguely glimpse the tragic situation when the mountain collapsed hundreds of years ago.However, as time went by, the pit was already full of weeds, and even the trace of the scene was gradually covered up, leaving only barrenness.

The sun and the moon change, and the mountains and rivers change. Naturally, this is the case, let alone human affairs?

The soft stems and leaves of wild grass brushed against Shen Bailing's fluttering sleeves in the wind. Standing in this boundless wilderness, he couldn't help being slightly lost in thought.What exactly does a monk seek in his life?There is nothing more than a long life and a long life, but even with a long life, people's desires are endless, so there will be the long-cherished wish of the Qionghua School for thousands of years, and there will be love-hate entanglements that run through three generations of disciples. In the end, those old friends from back then turned into nothing but a pile of loess, only this deep pit still recorded the fall of that sect.

After a long time, an inaudible sigh disappeared in the wind.Among the swaying green shadows of the weeds, his receding back was gradually blurred.

The Qionghua Sect once left an ancient saying that all disciples of the Sect must not use the Immortal Sword when they cross the mountain gate, no matter where they go to the Sect, they must go on foot.When the Qionghua School was at its peak, even if he sent his disciples to pass through Baoshan, they would go down to the ground to show respect.Now the exact location of the mountain gate is no longer known, but after walking into the deep pit, Shen Bailing still consciously put away the fairy sword, pushed aside the long grass according to his memory, and tried his best to identify a path leading to the forbidden area.

The wild grass was desolate, with shades of green in all directions. Shen Bailing walked for an unknown amount of time, and finally caught a glimpse of a moss-covered stone white behind a clump of wormwood. There was a huge boulder lying on it, although half of it was broken, but the hilt and grid were still there, just like a stone sword.

Shen Bailing was overjoyed, hurriedly walked around the stone sword and took a few quick steps, walked out of the long grass behind the stone sword, and suddenly saw nothing.I saw a large open space behind the bushes, and the ground was filled with huge stone swords scattered all over the place, all of which were no different from the one I saw before.The wild wind howled, shuttling through this huge sword forest, as if it brought up the whispers of the heroic spirits who hung their swords here many years ago.Shen Bailing opened his eyes wide and listened quietly for a long time. He looked over the stone sword and looked towards the north corner. Sure enough, he could see the towering mountain wall in the distance, which was stretched together with the continuous mountain.It turned out that he had walked out of the deep pit unknowingly and came to the back mountain.

The sword forest has arrived, and the forbidden area is naturally not far away.Thinking about it, Shen Bailing became a little more eager, and couldn't help but take a step forward.

Before this step was taken, Shen Bailing already sensed something was wrong, and couldn't help but let out a little gasp.I saw that in the sword forest that seemed to be a dead place just now, a seemingly invisible sword energy suddenly appeared.Shen Bailing probed a little, only to feel that this sword energy seemed weak, but in fact it complemented the entire formation under the entire sword forest. If it invaded wantonly, it might be hard to please.

This sword forest was originally created by the ancestors of the Qionghua Sect, and the previous masters planted rune spirits, so its power cannot be underestimated.It's just that hundreds of years have passed, and the spirit of the talisman has already dissipated with the talisman paper turning into dust. Shen Bailing only thought that these stones were nothing more than physical objects and had no other use. Unexpectedly, they were still menacing, and their power seemed to remain the same as before.The more he thought about it, the more strange he became. It stands to reason that the sword forest is connected with the spiritual energy in the mountain. The mountain has already collapsed, and the spiritual energy has dissipated.Unless someone later set up a large spirit-gathering formation here to connect the spiritual energy of the four directions with the sword formation, the sword forest can still defend against foreign enemies and guard the forbidden area.

... guarding the forbidden area?

Shen Bailing's mind suddenly flashed, and he thought to himself: Could it be that someone came here before me and tried every means to restore the sword forest?Although the sword forest is powerful, it cannot be moved. The only benefit of his move is to preserve the superior spells left by the Qionghua faction in the forbidden area... Not only does this person have no malice towards me, the Qionghua faction, but he has great interests. Ah!The person who can do such a thing... Could it be Ziying?He... is he still alive?

Thinking of this, Shen Bailing looked at the forbidden area with even more eager eyes, as if as soon as the door opened, his best friend would appear later.He couldn't help exercising his skills and said loudly: "Shen Bailing is here, and I'm here to visit the treasure land. Can the owner come out and see him?"

However, after a while, only a faint echo could be heard, but there was no other strange phenomenon under the mountain wall.

Shen Bailing waited for a while, feeling a little disappointed in his heart, thinking: Isn't it Ziying?No, no, it can only be him, there will be no one else but him who knows this and is willing to make such a thought.But if it's Ziying, why doesn't he want to meet?Could it be... 400 years have passed, has he already...

While hesitating, a strong sword intent suddenly burst out in the sword forest. Shen Bailing was startled, and suddenly realized that the sword intent was different from the sword forest's aura, and he was very familiar with it. connected.

spring water!It's the Spring Water Sword!

Shen Bailing felt excited, and couldn't help showing an overjoyed expression on his face.Since he was young, he was bestowed with this sword by his master Taiqing Daoist. For decades, no matter what great events he has experienced, even after leaving Qionghua, Chunshui has always been with him. But they couldn't come with his soul. It has been 400 years since people and swords separated each other, and now they can meet each other, Shen Bailing couldn't help being overjoyed.

The sword cultivation method taught by the Qionghua School is to raise the sword with people, and the mind and sword will be one. Therefore, the fairy sword equipped by Qionghua disciples is very important. From the time of choosing the sword, it must be carefully selected. If the material of the fairy sword is extremely It's good, and the sword energy is in agreement with people, so it will get twice the result with half the effort in cultivation. If you do it in the opposite way, people will be misled by the sword, and the sword will be misled by others.The Chunshui sword that Shen Bailing obtained was personally selected by Tai Qingkai from the Five Spirits Sword Pavilion. He has been practicing with him for many years, imbued with his breath deeply, and merged with his blood, mind and spirit long ago. Compared with his relatives, he is afraid It needs to be a little more intimate, so Shen Bailing noticed the sword intent as soon as it came out, and as soon as that sword intent touched the true power emitted by Shen Bailing, there was a surge, and then there was a loud bang in the forbidden area, that The sword intent became more and more intense, as if Chunshui also realized that the master had arrived and was overjoyed.

Shen Bailing has long felt that the sword in hand is very inappropriate, and has secretly wondered whether Chunshui is still in the world many times, but he knows that even his past body has been destroyed by lightning, and the fairy sword connected to his mind may not be able to escape. Not to mention being entangled in all kinds of things, it is difficult to have leisure, so even though I thought about finding the spring water, I never set out.But he never expected that he would meet Chunshui again here, but after being pleasantly surprised, he suddenly realized that if Murong Ziying really took care of this place, it seemed reasonable for his sword to be buried by an old friend.

Now that spring water is close at hand, you can't miss it anyway.It's just that the spiritual light Zaoyu who opened the gate of the forbidden area is not on him, and the sword energy is constantly lingering in the sword forest. It seems that if you want to get the Spring Water Sword, you have to force your way.Shen Bailing thought of offending in secret, put up two fingers to pinch the hand formula, and recited the incantation in a low voice.

As if aware of Shen Bailing's intentions, the sword energy in the sword forest became stronger and stronger, as if the enemy was stronger and stronger.Shen Bailing forcibly broke through several times, but was blocked back.In desperation, he took a deep look into the depths of the forbidden area, let out a breath slowly, and closed his eyes.

Not long after, a pleasant golden sound could be heard from the depths of the forbidden area, the sound became louder and clearer, and suddenly a sword intent shot straight into the sky, majestic.In an instant, with the forbidden area as the center, a burst of blue light and a strong wind caused ripples in all directions.Shen Bailing's clothes and sleeves were facing the wind, like two huge wings that could not stop swinging, the sound of hunting in his ears was not in his heart, at this moment all his mind and strength were poured into the fairy sword separated by a wall.

A burst of blue light suddenly lit up from the soles of his feet, and it became more and more intense, gradually submerging his body.There was a strong wind between heaven and earth, and dark clouds piled up in the sky, gradually covering up the sun.Suddenly, a blue light flickered above the clearing, and a huge long sword gradually appeared out of nowhere in the brilliance.

Shen Bailing didn't see any of these, he closed his eyes tightly, his mind was clear, his lips moved and he finished reciting the last few incantations, and suddenly shouted: "Break!"

As he shouted, the long sword turned into a blue light and flew straight into the clouds, and the air on the ground seemed to freeze immediately, until a moment later, the blue light rushed down from the clouds again, and the air waves rolled In the middle, a sword was inserted into the middle of the sword forest.

There was a loud bang, and a layer of purple light suddenly lit up above the sword forest, like a huge translucent dome, covering the entire sword forest and the forbidden area below, and also firmly blocked the giant sword from the outside.

In an instant, the purple light and the blue light intertwined and shot, and the loud noise exploded like thunder. The air waves, the soil and grass stems on the ground flew around, and the dust and smoke gradually drowned everything.In the sky, only the blue light of the giant sword and the purple light of the mask were extremely clear, penetrating in all directions. I don't know how long it took, I saw that the giant sword became smaller every time it was lit, and the mask gradually dimmed. Shen Bailing in the sword forest had unknowingly dripping blood from his lips.

Finally, only a very crisp crackling sound was heard, a crack suddenly appeared on the mask, and then the crackling sounded again and again. In the blink of an eye, the crack had changed from one to two, and from two to four, it covered the entire mask like a spider web in the blink of an eye. .At this time, the giant sword was so faint that it almost melted into the air. There was a last flash of blue light, and after a loud noise, the giant sword turned into countless light spots and dissipated, and the mask also exploded into countless fragments of light.

Shen Bailing was overturned to the ground by the great danger brought about, and tried his best to hold a stone sword to stand upright, and another bloody smell rose from his throat.He coughed a few times, and slowly wiped away the blood stains on his lips, with a trace of apology and joy in his eyes.The guilt is to forcibly break the sword array set up by the old man, but the joy is to reunite with the fairy sword that he has not seen for many years.

When the dust and smoke cleared in front of him, Shen Bailing was about to walk towards the forbidden area, but at this moment, he suddenly heard a very pleasant voice behind him with a half-smile and said: "Where did the monkey come from, how dare to trespass on my master's house?" former residence?"

Shen Bailing paused and turned around.Not far behind, on the edge of the sword forest, a beautiful woman appeared unexpectedly at some point. The woman was only in her twenties. She was dressed in a scarlet red dress with wide sleeves and long swings. She had a graceful posture and a dark cloud. Her long hair is loosely tied behind her head, revealing a smooth forehead and pointed chin. Her skin is as white as jade, her eyes are as bright as cold stars, and her long eyebrows fly obliquely into her temples, looking like she is looking forward to the sky. The eyebrows are decorated with cinnabar The red marks are even more charming, and the vermilion lips are slightly raised, like a smile or a mockery, really charming and beautiful.It's just that the pair of mandarin duck daggers in his hands added another three points of murderousness to this very beautiful appearance.

Although Shen Bailing admired the beauty of the red-clothed woman, she was a little more wary in her heart.This woman appeared quietly, like a ghost, and she was by no means an ordinary person, but the strange thing was that not only did she not have a trace of evil, nor did she have a trace of a stranger, but she had an awe-inspiring sword intent, which was different from this sword forest. There are some similarities.

He was wondering secretly, when the woman in red asked again with a smile: "Where the hell are you? Hurry up and report your name. My sister sees that you are a handsome monkey, but why did you put my master in the formation?" Can't break it, what bad idea do you have?" Although her tone was relaxed and reckless, the two swords in her hands gradually lifted up, and the tip of the sword faintly pointed at Shen Bailing's vital points.

Shen Bailing didn't dare to underestimate this woman more and more, and hurriedly cupped her hands and said: "Shen Bailing, breaking into this place was not out of malice, but out of necessity, please forgive me, miss."

"You monkey is very good at defending." The woman in red stared at him with slanted eyes for a long time, and the smile on her lips deepened, "Since there is no malice, why do you come here? This sword forest is hidden in the mountains, and there are few people. , you have no choice but to find this place, which is rare."

Shen Bailing was dumbfounded for a moment, and could only say: "I didn't find this place by accident, here... this used to be the former site of my teacher's school, and this forbidden place is also of great significance to me."

Hearing this, the red-clothed woman withdrew her smile slightly, and looked at him intently for a long time, and saw that his expression was sincere, and the two swords in her hands were finally lowered slightly, but she said in her mouth, "Oh? The former residence of my master is right. You are of great significance? Why, is this also your former residence? But my master has practiced Taoism for many years, and I have never heard that he has any Taoist companions?"

Shen Bailing felt a little embarrassed. He had seen many women before, some were gentle and elegant, some were lively and smart, but such a wanton woman who made fun of her was really rare, and she had never been teased before. After a long silence, she said: "I have a The matter is unknown, the girl said this is your master's former residence, so your master once practiced in our Qionghua sect?" After a pause, he asked again, "Is his... surname Murong?"

The woman in red froze for a moment, shook her head and smiled, "I don't know about that. The master has been a monk for many years, and no one knows the name of the secular family. If you just make up a name, how can I know the authenticity?"

Shen Bailing became more and more puzzled. Ever since he heard the woman keep saying that the forbidden place was the former residence of the master, he vaguely felt that the so-called master might have some connection with him. Otherwise, why would he guard the Qionghua forbidden place and keep his sword carefully? ?But although the woman in red was no longer hostile to him, she still refused to reveal any information about her master. He pondered for a moment, and then suddenly said: "Girl, does your master have a good appearance? He is cold outside and hot inside, and even more... People who love swords?"

The woman in red was stunned, and blurted out: "How do you know?"