Sword of Coming

In the wild world, the blue sky is as clear as water, like the green glaze of porcelain, which is about to drip onto the earth at the next moment.

Pei Min asked: "Can we really fight against Jiang She?"

Zou Zi nodded and said: "The movement is huge and the impact is far-reaching."

Pei Min was amazed, "It's a pity that I can't watch the battle from the sidelines."

Zou Zi said: "Even if you can watch, it's best not to get involved."

Pei Min said: "Why?"

Zou Zi said: "Zheng Juzhong is present."

Pei Min remained silent.

Zou Zi said from the bottom of his heart for no reason: "Friend Bixiao said it well. If he lets Gu Can go, he won't let himself go. If he doesn't let Ma Kuxuan go, he will let himself go."

Pei Min asked doubtfully: "When did you meet the Master of Bixiao Cave?"

He followed Zou Zi to leave Tongyezhou and travel to various states in the lower reaches of the Qingming world. They did not go to the bright moon. During this period, even though they knew clearly that the master of Bixiao Cave and the demon swordsman named Xizhu were in the same place. Staying at Yao Qing's territory, they also deliberately took a detour. In Pei Min's view, Zou Zi is not too troublesome, and Bixiao Cave Master doesn't get in the way. But once Zou Zi decides that it is a problem, or Bixiao Cave Master obstructs his way, it will not be a trivial matter. Pei Min is familiar with Lao Huangli and knows that there are two or three Taoists, even if they are extremely old and powerful, they still have to hide from the master of Bixiao Cave and dare not meet him. They have been hiding for thousands of years. There is no way. , offended the master of Bixiao Cave, who once used the old Taoist name "Caizhou Taoist" and later built a Taoist temple in Haoran, and he would not let anyone go.

In the past ten thousand years, the only one who could make the Master of Bixiao Cave less arrogant was Dao Ancestor.

Zou Zi explained: "My Taoist friend Bixiao was a guest at Luo Po Mountain. He mentioned 'Zou Zi' intentionally in his words. Of course he was talking to me."

Pei Min was even more confused and asked tentatively: "Since it was done on purpose, what did the master of Bixiao Cave want? As a guest visiting the mountain at that time, how many words did he want to excuse the master of the mountain?"

The Master of Bixiao Cave has a high vision and a weird temper. His monastic career has lasted for 20,000 years. His Taoist age and seniority are beyond imagination. He rarely favors a young junior, but Pei Min knows very well that the man who once carried a handful of Chen Qingdu's sword "Chang Qi" and the young mountain master who strayed into the depths of the lotus flower were indeed caught by the Dharma.

According to Zou Zi, this is because the heart and behavior of the straw-shoe boy are in line with the temperament of fellow Taoist Bixiao. He is willing to take care of the trivial matters of the world, manages them well, and does not look back when he encounters a wall. Even Liu refused to "repent". A man weighing a hundred kilograms had to carry a two hundred kilograms burden, and he still had fun in the misery. He staggered while carrying the load, grinning and looking at the tomorrow ahead.

Zou Zi was also unsure of that fellow Taoist’s true intentions. He shook his head and said, “I don’t know yet, the context is not obvious. But when I was about to return to Mingyue Dojo, fellow Taoist Bixiao came and said to me with a smile, ‘Don’t do it for yourself. , damned to death.'"

This is an ancient Taoist saying with great meaning. Taoist priests are not true enough to themselves and deceive themselves and others, which is not tolerated by heaven and earth. After all, there is no way to escape the fate of being turned into ashes. It's just an old saying that gets passed around, but later it changes its meaning and turns into bad rice.

Pei Min's expression changed slightly. Zou Zi talked about the sky and the Lu family. Each person and one surname accounted for half of the Yin Yang family, but the master of Bixiao Cave wanted to say "Heaven will destroy the earth"... To others like Pei Min, he always felt that there was a murderous aura. Coming at you.

Even if his swordsmanship is as high as that of Pei Min, when he mentioned the old temple master in casual conversation, he would still address him as Bixiao Cave Master, and he would not dare to follow Zou Zi and address him as a Taoist friend.

As if he was afraid of being upset, the old Taoist priest appeared out of thin air and said to him, "Pei Min, are you familiar with me, this poor Taoist?"

Rumor has it that at the beginning of the Qingming world, when the world was chaotic and the world was created, the master of Bixiao Cave, Lingran Yufeng, who had great merit in the entire human world, came here to overlook the mountains and rivers, picked a piece of land that was more pleasing to the eye, and roughly drew a circle with a whisk. Without consulting the Taoist ancestors who built Bai Yujing, they set aside Caizhou as a Taoist temple.

As a result, a dispute arose with a Taoist priest on the top of the mountain who first came to Caizhou to open a cave. The latter was able to accumulate military exploits and survive in the battle of ascending to the sky, and he was not a good person to get along with. After leaving the cave, he showed his true body and dharma, and sacrificed a group of well-refined treasures, so he wanted to compete with that bull-nosed one. Next, the Taoist law has seen the true seal, and the end result is that it is naturally defeated in a fight, so it has to show weakness and beg for mercy. The master of Bixiao Cave refuses to give up, and wants to take the great monk as a gatekeeper for the dojo...

The monk is a hero who has experienced hundreds of battles and is famous. He is unwilling to suffer such humiliation. He has no choice but to use the escape method. He abandons the cave and is forced to leave Caizhou to avoid its sharp edges and seek a cave in ancient Pizhou. He asked for the protection of a Taoist friend, so the Master of Bixiao Cave followed behind him in no hurry. The Taoist friend who occupied the area as king and set up his own flag was also considered to be loyal. Although he hesitated and thought about it over and over, he still opened the door. There are two steles at the entrance of the cave that are inscribed with "Golden Well" and "No Sound". It is forbidden for monks to enter, but it is absolutely forbidden. You should not be tempted to complain to the fellow Taoist who is in trouble, you provoke that stubborn temper. What are you doing with your stinky nose? This was good, and the master of Bixiao Cave listened to it. As a result, the two Taoist friends shared the blessings and hardships, and became companions on the escape road.

It is said that the righteous Taoist friend Bo Yuntian was hiding everywhere. Although he was not caught by the master of Bixiao Cave, he failed to successfully overcome the tribulation and failed to achieve harmony on the way of practice. He was reincarnated and then wandered around the mountains and the world. , the final destination was still the Donghaiguan Taoist Temple, and he became a Taoist boy who made alchemy.

Pei Min smiled and said: "In Wang Zhu's Donghaihaijun Mansion, the two of them didn't fight. Is it because they both have the surname Chen?"

Zou Zi explained: "Both parties have similar life experiences. When they were young, they were in similar situations. They were extremely bleak, so Chen Qingliu tolerated it as long as he could. If someone else dared to stand in the way, with his usual temper, he would have drawn his sword long ago."

Pei Min said: "I have to admit that Chen Pingan's elder relationship is indeed good."

Zou Zi said: "At that time, Chen Qingliu actually wanted to take advantage of the situation and help Chen Ping'an walk to a more stable fork in the road. It is said to be a fork in the road, but compared to the latter's established road, it is still a main road. But Chen Ping'an It is destined to be impossible to accept this kindness.”

Pei Min asked: "How?"

Zou Zi said: "For example, if you choose to be hacked to death by Chen Qingliu's swords and turn into a ghost, you have enough reasons to ignore the general trend of the world and just lie dormant, cultivate your mind and nature, and just take care of the housework in Luolu Mountain. After practicing Taoism in seclusion for hundreds of years, with Chen Ping'an's mind, it is not difficult to find a sword path that is closer to 'pure', and climb to the top step by step. When one day the realm is high enough, he can then trouble Bai Yujing. "

Pei Min thought for a while and agreed: "Becoming a ghost is not a small price to pay, but it is a safe shortcut to not have to worry about external affairs and be able to refine swords in the mountains, concentrate on cultivating Taoism, and pursue purity as much as possible."

Zou Zi said: "You still underestimated Chen Ping'an's spirit."

Pei Min smiled and said: "How angry do you have to be to be underestimated by me and fellow Taoist Qingzhu?"

Zou Zi said: "Where the heart is, there is the word 'struggle'."

Pei Min said: "In the past, I didn't dare to have anything, but now I dare to fight for anything. It's really an earth-shaking change in my mentality."

Zou Zi said: "That's not necessarily the case. The mind has not gone to extremes, but has escaped from the trap and returned to a 'comfortable' state. When Chen Ping'an was a boy, he had a fierce fight over the corridor bridge. At that time, Qi Jingchun told him not to stop. Take a few steps forward. It seems to be encouragement, but in fact it is Chen Ping'an's true intention. Without this background as support, I am afraid that the supreme being will not even look at Chen Ping'an."

Pei Min suddenly laughed and said, "People who have stolen watermelons and eaten them are different."

Zou Zi nodded and said: "Correct his position, put his heart at ease, and calm his mind."

Pei Min raised his chin and said, "Here we come."

Lu Tai held a bamboo trekking pole and chopped wild flowers along the way. He slowly walked towards the preaching mentors of the two people on the mountain. When he met his mentor, his opening words were a very disrespectful statement of accountability, "Why do you insist on doing this?" Targeting Chen Ping’an?”

Pei Min, a tall and thin old man who is one of the top three masters of Haoran and a master of swordsmanship, said: "Did you get the order wrong?"

In the Daquan Dynasty of Tongyezhou, there was a question of swordsmanship in the rain at Tiangong Temple outside the city. Pei Min, who had been pretending to be Gao Guogong's butler for decades, had murderous intent, but there was no murderous intention in his heart. It was more like a swordplay. Of course, if the young Yinguan couldn't catch it at all, he would be a dead man. For this reason, the people from "Going to the Sea to Visit the Immortals" looked for him again. Ning Yao left the colorful world with his sword and came to Haoran World, and also looked for him. As for Cui Dongshan and Jiang Shangzhen, they have been secretly looking for him these years. whereabouts.

However, Pei Min accompanied Zou Zi on a secret trip to Qingming World. The latest ten people and candidates were created by Zou Zi.

Therefore, it is said that Zou Zi lives without a fixed abode and walks around the world "without leaving the ground", which is not only aimed at the sword master Chen Ping'an, but also at Bai Yujing Taoist Yu Dou, and by the way, it is also aimed at the head of the Lu family in China.

In short, whether Lu Shen, who has already reached the Ascension Realm, can join the Tao, and when he can reach the Fourteenth Realm, all depends on Zou Zi's wishes.

Lu Tai said with a playful smile: "I used to hide from you, but now I hide from Ning Yao. Second master, you are promising."

Pei Min smiled and said: "Good apprentice. You are afraid of heights."

It can be seen that the relationship between master and apprentice is not bad.

When Lu Chen found Lu Tai, he talked about Liu Cai and Liu Cai by the way, and mentioned Zou Zi as if to catch up.

Lu Tai did not dare to hide the matter and said from the bottom of his heart: "Master, Lu Xiaosan'er came to me earlier. He has always been carefree, and it is rare for him to say something serious."

Zou Zi didn't need to deduce the content of the conversation between the two parties, he could guess a rough idea, and asked: "I asked you to help me pass a sentence. Shouldn't I ask him about you?"

Lu Tai nodded, that's pretty much what he meant.

Zou Zi smiled and said: "The best is to rebel against yourself, and the second is to seek help from others. Master Lu is not so narrow-minded. He is deliberately keeping a straight face to scare you."

Generally speaking, if you want to attain enlightenment and live forever, you will have too much time to take care of yourself. You will have no time to relax and care about the world around you. You will not dare to be distracted casually.

Of course, Lu Chen is not an ordinary person, but more like that ancient person who seeks immortality and explores life and death. Life is temporary, death is temporary.

That's why Gao Gu of Difei Mountain admired Lu Chen so much. In his last sermon, he said that if anyone could learn Lu Chen's 70-80% essence of life and death, his or her monastic career would be free of life and death.

Not only the Taoist priest Gao Gu, but also the old scholars of the literary sage, all would have their own sincere admiration for Lu Chen's knowledge.

Lu Tai looked at the two people behind him and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, they were just following the same thing.

The young man is tall and muscular, wearing coarse linen clothes, carrying a sword and walking slowly, with two simple gourds hanging on his waist.

Next to him was a young woman with a cold face, wearing colorful clothes and extremely gorgeous beauty. The only drawback is that the woman's appearance is too plain, and the dazzling robe seems to be a pity for being unkind to others.

Liu Cai, a swordsman, is in the Yupu realm.

The female cultivator is in Liucai state.

Finally seeing these two "selves", Lu Tai, as the "rightful master", had a complicated expression.

There is a yang **** outside the body, and a yin **** traveling far away from the body.

Lu Tai looked at them, and they looked at Lu Tai.

Liucai smiled and said, "We don't look at you with resentment or hatred, so why do you look at us like thieves?"

Liu Cai said: "It's easy to understand. Without saying a word, he beat him up and covered up his guilty conscience."

Lu Tai returned to normal and said with a smile, "You two are just sitting here talking about drama."

It can be said that Liu Cai is extremely talented and blessed. He is truly a first-class figure who emerged at the right time.

The first time his name was known to the world, he was included in several lists of the top ten young people in the world.

There is destined to be a sword battle with the young hermit official who was recently hailed as "the most famous in the past thirty years".

The sword cultivator's ancestry, teacher training, and resume are all blank.

It is only said that Bai Ye's fairy sword "Tai Bai" was divided into four parts after the battle of Fuyao Island, and each one recognized its master according to their fate. Chen Ping'an obtained the most lethal sword tip and used it to refine the Night Sword. Liu Cai got the part of the sword that contained the most sword energy.

To use Cui Dongshan’s saying, he became famous without doing anything. How could there be such cheap and good things in the world?

Liu Cai's "ancestral home" is the blessed green land controlled by the Liu family in Aizhou.

The Tianjing Blessed Land where the female cultivator Liucai was born is also the private property of the Liu family.

Green Shade Blessed Land is the one with the largest number of people among the seventy-two Blessed Lands. It is a lower-class Blessed Land with as many as 90 million people. However, with as much money as Liu Jubao, it has deliberately not improved the rank of the Blessed Land. Therefore, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is thin. If you want to practice Taoism and become an immortal, it is almost just talk in books. As long as someone accidentally walks onto the path of cultivation and is able to advance all the way to the cave realm, he will be taken away from the blessed land of green shade. It stands to reason that a blessed land with such a large number of local people can be "realized" and create a cornucopia of wealth. It is said that the Liu family, which has two magicians, has convinced Liu Jubao not to do this very early. make money.

On the other hand, in the Tianjing Blessed Land, Liu Jubao spent money all the way and was promoted from a lower-class blessed land to a high-class one. To this day, every year at the beginning of spring, the Liu family still maintains a tradition, which is to let the younger generation of Liu women stand in the sky and throw varying amounts of snow money into the world. It is said that the smallest amount is tens of thousands. The goddess scatters flowers, as beautiful as a mural.

Liu Cai was brought out of the Green Shade Blessed Land by Zou Zi himself, but it was Yuan Bai, the sword repairman of the old Zhu Ying Dynasty who traveled alone in Aaizhou, who took her away from the Tianjing Blessed Land.

Probably Lu Tai felt that there was nothing to talk about with them, so he went to catch up with the two preachers again.

Liucai asked: "How many natal flying swords does Mr. Pei own?"

Liu Cai said: "Four. I have only seen three of them so far."

Liu Caiben just asked casually, but he still had more curious questions to ask, "Do you like making money so much? You are not short of money either."

It's true that people with different fates have different fates. There seems to be nothing surprising about Liucai. However, Liu Cai owns two sword-raising gourds made by Taozu. He uses the "mind" gourd to warm his natal flying sword "Bi Luo" and uses "immediately". "Wen Yang Feijian "White Horse".

Liu Cai said: "It's just that we are not short of money now, and I was afraid of poverty before. Now that I am learning the sword smoothly and have two gourds, there is no need to spend all day refining the sword. I have to find something to do. If you want to read a book, just do it." Spend money on it.”

Without family background or imperial examination success, those with scholarly family backgrounds and local gentry's libraries will have a higher threshold. Occasionally, someone is willing to open the door, and you have to look at the person's face when entering to copy books. It's easy to say that he is not allowed to light a lamp. The servants look at him as if he is on guard against thieves. Yes, every time a book is returned, the servant will stare hard at the fingernails of his hands.

Liu Cai asked: "You were in Zhengyang Mountain at that time and witnessed the sword questioning with your own eyes. How did you feel?"

Liucai pouted, with a nonchalant look on his face, "It's not you. I'm in the Liujin realm. I'm lowly and can't see the truth."

In the previous scene of the sword-asking Zhengyang Mountain, Chen Pingan and Liu Xianyang met at the Guoyunlou Inn. He seemed extremely cautious.

Facts have proved that Chen Ping'an is not unfounded and is not suspicious. There is a real ghost.

At that time, not only Ma Kuxuan and Yu Shiwu were waiting for the opportunity, but Zou Zi was also watching.

The mantis catches the cicada, the oriole behind, and the slingshot below.

Therefore, Chen Ping'an suddenly stopped outside the threshold of the Yixian Peak Ancestral Hall in Zhengyang Mountain. He looked at the beautiful female cultivators from Huamufang and talked to "them" to himself, as if they had a discussion. Zou Zi is not as good as him. Hold off on asking about the sword? After that, Chen Pingan crossed the threshold and got down to business. Zou Zi obviously agreed to this agreement and "taken back" Liu Cai, who was working as a maid for Jian Xiu Yuan Bai at Duixue Peak.

At that time, the peaks of Zhengyang Mountain were in chaos. Even a talented swordsman like Wu Tijing left the genealogy and rebelled against the sect. There was no spare power to save anything, let alone an unknown woman practicing Qi on Xuefeng. scholar.

Liucai asked: "How do you feel about being your enemy? Are you nervous?"

"Of course I will be nervous, but it won't hinder Wenjian."

Liu Cai stayed in Tongyezhou for several years and said: "By digging a large road, countless lives can be saved. To say that the merits are immeasurable is not excessive."

"The key is that this move can make the stagnant Tongyezhou, people and money on the mountain and down the mountain move. With this movement, Tongyezhou will have unlimited vitality."

"It's an honor to be able to ask about swordsmanship with such a person."

Liucai smiled and said: "As expected, I like reading, and my words are nice. I should go to an academy and become a master."

Liu Cai smiled and said, "I think so."

Liucai raised her chin high towards the sky, "You were targeted by that guy and found the Taoist temple in the mountain for him. If you were a few days late in going down the mountain, you might have been caught. Aren't you afraid?" (Note 1)

It turns out that under Zhou Mi's instruction, Qiangyue landed in Tongyezhou for two purposes, one of which was to find Liu Cai.

If she can find Liu Cai, Zhou Mi can naturally find Zou Zi.

As for finding it, what is Zhou Mi's plan? Maybe he wants to be honest with Zou Zi to see if there is any chance of cooperation. Why talk on earth, why not go up to the sky to see the earth and unify the Five Elements Yin and Yang family? Or maybe one of them just ate it without reaching agreement? Maybe just take a walk, compare notes, and talk about the world?

Zhou Mi once took his first disciple Shou Chen to visit an inconspicuous Taoist temple in Tongyezhou. The owner of the temple was a Taoist priest who was in the sea-viewing realm. In those troubled times, the few apprentices and the resident Taoist priests were allowed to stay in the mountains and practice hard. The old Taoist priest used an excuse to travel around the world and went out alone to slay demons and eliminate demons, hoping to do his best to help the world see the light of day again. In the blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed, and the flowers in the mountain have bloomed and fallen several times. The temple is as clean and elegant as ever, and the Taoist priests in the temple are still waiting for the master or the old Taoist priest who is the ancestor to return to the mountain and go home.

Zhou Mi used a calculation method on the little Taoist boy and picked up some threads. Liu Cai is just a local native, not a Taoist priest. The little Taoist boy at the gate only knew that the country bumpkin nicknamed Liu Mutou was related to the big pilgrims in the temple, so he could often do business with the Taoist temple, selling mountain goods in exchange for some copper coins and broken silver.

Liu Cai shook his head, "The soldiers will come to block the water and the earth. If you can't stop it, you will die. Besides, if he is found, the result will be good or bad... It seems that it is something that cannot be verified. In short, it is useless to think too much."

Liucai clicked her tongue and said, "You are quite open-minded."

Liu Cai said calmly: "A living person cannot be suffocated to death by peeing."

With a playful look on her face, she said: "I have an illusion that you are very similar to Chen Ping'an. You are a money-lover, good at studying, willing to endure hardships, and have a good mentality. You are young and have many opportunities, but you can hold them all in your hands."

Liu Cai laughed dumbly, "You said it yourself was an illusion."

Liucai thought to himself and said: "That's right, it's not all the enemy and us, it has to be some kind of upright gentleman and the evil guy competing over there. It's common for bad people to kill bad people and good people to kill good people."

Liu Cai said: "I really couldn't survive back then. If it weren't for Mr. Zou, I don't know where I would have been reincarnated in this life."

Liucai smiled and said: "The book says this is called a dead soldier."

Liu Cai said: "This is also fate. Everyone has to collect debts and repay debts throughout his life. Everyone needs to pay both debts."

Liucai's voice was soft and waxy, as if she had a local accent, and she said a common saying, "Nu Nu also feels that he has some, and his life is not as low as his life."

Liu Cai did not agree with this statement, and shook his head and said: "Everyone has his own destiny, and the pursuit is the same. Either seek wealth in danger, or find a way to survive in death."

Liucai murmured: "Oh fate."

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That young Taoist priest named Lu Chen just started walking, and then another guest followed him? What's going on? Do you really think this is a temple fair?

The monk suddenly opened his eyes, and saw ripples in the distance. He could vaguely see a tall, vague figure gradually approaching, with a strict treasure appearance and perfect Taoist skills. The monk's Taoist heart was shaking violently. He was really afraid that something might happen. Could it be that Lu Chen had leaked his whereabouts? The world of Qingming is really in decline. In order to please the master of Bixiao Cave in Luobaotan, he will do any dirty deeds! Isn't it just a freshly released fifteen realms? What are you afraid of? No matter how high the Taoism is, can it be higher than the Taoist ancestors?

Seeing the enemy again who wanted to skin him, eat his flesh and drink his blood, the monk's expression was uncertain, and he did not dare to say anything.

The old Taoist priests were already tall, and the fact that one was standing and the other was sitting made it even more obvious that the latter was small in stature and of low moral character.

The monk simply closed his eyes.

The old Taoist priest was not in a hurry to speak. He patiently looked at the acquaintance who seemed to have some misunderstandings with each other. The old Taoist priest was silent for a moment and said with a smile: "Hey, isn't this... some Taoist friend? I'm sorry, it's really... It’s been too long, and I haven’t interacted with fellow Taoists for so long that I accidentally forgot about it.”

The monk gritted his teeth and said nothing, determined to pretend to be an idiot.

The old Taoist priest nodded to himself and said in approval: "It is true that a skilled person is brave and will not be intimidated by anyone when he goes out to meet anyone. Compared with the past, a certain Taoist friend still has the same courage. Although his speaking power is a bit weaker, his concentration has not increased. few."

The monk who had even "accidentally" forgotten his Taoist name by the Master of Bixiao Cave opened his eyes wide and stopped pretending. His eyes suddenly turned red with grief and anger, and he said angrily: "Isn't it just that you complained a few times at the beginning that you were climbing? Tian Yi chooses to stand by and watch, greedy for life and afraid of death. Isn't he not heroic enough? How much hatred and hatred can he be so aggressive, seize my cave, cut off my incense, miss my path, and kill me? "

The old Taoist priest smiled and said nothing.

In the eyes of acquaintances, it's just that it's a bit perceptive.

Probably because he was afraid that he would turn into anger, the monk stood up without the slightest hint of flinching. A futon made of calamity ashes blew away in the wind. The monk standing in the ashes had a youthful appearance that could be seen with the naked eye. The speed, all of a sudden, became old, and he ignored the terrible signs that the Taoist power was dissipating like a flood. He had accumulated resentment and grievances for countless years, and he couldn't express his grievances. He pointed at the nose of the tall old Taoist priest and started to curse. Get up, "Smelly cow nose, the Tao Master has to live here and live an ignoble life, how many thousand years has it been?! Okay, okay, I have chased you here, the Tao Master just accepts the defeat, come on, come on, slap me if you can." Kill Dao Master and it will be over!"

Don't dare to fight back anymore, just sacrifice your magic weapon and have a discussion of Taoism.

The old Taoist priest sighed, "Idiot."

The monk looked around. There was nothing on the futon. Once the ashes of the calamity were scattered, the idea of ​​seeking death was completely lost. The only way out was a dead end. The monk was heartbroken, with tears on his face, "It's over, it's all over."

The old Taoist priest's eyes were filled with pity, "You have gone astray without realizing it, and you have wasted your energy and secretly rejoiced. In the end, you have failed to draw water from a bamboo basket. How can you cultivate the Tao?"

The monk was cruel and continued to curse, breaking the jar and smashing it. Since he was found by this stinky nose, he was going to die anyway, so he had to find some happiness to make it worth it.

The old Taoist priest shook his head, with a somewhat sad and angry look on his misfortune, "Back then I saw that you had misled me, and you were greedy for heaven's merits. It's not easy to think that you still have some nature. It's your turn to have a relationship with a poor Taoist. A fairy tale in the mountains was supposed to be a good reunion. I didn’t want you to rot, so I deliberately pulled you out of the furnace of burning oil to help you find a chance to survive. But you are stupid and ignorant. Tianji, after so many years, still can't understand it. I can only sit still and be obsessed with it. How can the puppet in the shrine, which has obviously changed its course and lost its time and place, be called the true Tao and nature, governed by inaction? "

When the monk heard this, his face was dull.

The old Taoist priest shook his head, turned around and left, leaving behind a final sentence, "To mend a lost cause, it will be empty. If you mislead others and yourself, you will let yourself down."

The monk was not stupid after all, he hurriedly caught up and said, "Master Bixiao Cave, save me!"

The old Taoist priest didn't turn his head and sneered, "Aren't you a hero now? Don't you call yourself a Taoist master now?"

The monk looked ashamed.

The old Taoist priest didn't bother to talk nonsense with him and said: "The newly opened cave by Pindao is now in the bright moonlight. If you don't feel embarrassed, go there and be the caretaker of the mountain gate, the warehouse, and the identity of a guest." If you don't want to, it's reasonable and I won't force it. With the little Taoism you have left, it's a bit far-fetched to fight with others. But when it comes to Qing Ming Tianxia, ​​you can choose the Taoist sect at will. , what’s the difficulty in being a guest of honor and hanging a portrait on the wall.”

The monk immediately said: "I would like to practice Taoism with Senior Bixiao."

The old Taoist priest said: "Lengmiaozi has little incense, and the food is plain. I am afraid that fellow Taoists will condescend to it."

The monk hurriedly said some polite words, then remembered something and said cautiously: "Congratulations to the cave master for reaching the fifteenth realm."

The old temple master raised his eyebrows slightly and chuckled, "That's easy to say."

Walking together in this place, no matter how talented the poets and writers are, they cannot describe the desolation and desolation of this place.

According to legend, the Taoist ancestor traveled far and wide, traveling far and wide. He saw many things that were very strange and mysterious, unimaginable, indescribable and indescribable.

Daozu once revealed the secret to the master of Bixiao Cave. It turns out that my hometown is a plateau, located in the ancestral land of dragon veins in the world, and is the origin of thousands of small worlds in the sky.

The ancestral land is called Kunlun.

What the Buddha and Lu Chen saw back then was one of the Small Thousand Worlds.

The old temple master asked casually: "Gu He, how many reincarnations have you experienced?"

The monk who once used the Taoist name "Gu He" answered honestly: "I have worked hard to uphold a little bit of true spiritual integrity and rearrange my body and soul. I have been disbanded and reshaped thirty-six times. The hardships here are indescribable."

The old patron showed a rare expression of appreciation and nodded: "This move is valuable because every time you reincarnate, the memory, aura and soul are almost not lost. It truly creates a small world with endless cycles, and it is also a new path. I'm going to introduce you to a fellow Taoist."

Gu He quickly saluted and thanked him.

Following the clues of Lu Chen and Chen Ping'an as two important tributaries, we found the main stream of the fourteen realms in the future. The old Taoist priest stopped and saw something new.

The old temple leader used his magical powers a little, and saw a Dharma form appearing behind the monk. He saw only bones without flesh and blood, but they were not real bones. Instead, the Tao Qi all over his body was as condensed as jade, with the Dharma form dripping with golden light, and several main Qi meridians. They are all in the posture of waterfalls flowing backward. In the world, golden branches and jade leaves are used to describe the Taoist body of a person seeking immortality. It is right before our eyes, almost flawless. The reason why it is "almost" is naturally because the old viewer has a very high vision and has seen a truly flawless Taoist body.

In that seaside city in the human world, if a river flows into the sea, the tide will often flow in. The same is true for a mysterious and mysterious long river of time.

The old temple master reminded the newly recruited mountain guardians around him with his heartfelt voice, "Gu He, just pretend to be deaf and dumb from now on. Remember, don't make extra trouble and throw yourself into a trap."

Huang Zhen stood up, bowed his head, and said respectfully: "Junior Huang Zhen, Taoist name is Dachao, Haoran Baopingzhou Lizhu Cave Tianren clan. I have met Taoist Bixiao, and I have met Taoist Weichen."

The old spectator nodded. Since we are meeting "on the Tao", it is quite appropriate to call us "fellow Taoist" when we meet.

Gu He asked in his heart: "Master of the Cave, I have never met him face to face. How does this guy know the Taoist name that I have given up for many years? Is he the reincarnation of an old friend?"

The old temple master gave a rough explanation: "This boy has supernatural powers and can tell the future."

Gu He didn't take it seriously. He was just a so-called prophet who peeked into the heavens. What kind of skills and true methods were he? In ancient times, Taoist priests of this generation had the most difficult fortunes. No wonder they came here to escape. Otherwise, if the heart of heaven is slightly moved, a catastrophe will come and they will turn into a ball of ashes. However, Bixiao Cave Master's reminder could not be ignored, so Gu He made up his mind to just pretend to be deaf and dumb.

The old spectator smiled and said: "Huang Zhen, since several attempts to kill Chen Ping'an failed, and the effect of preventing him from climbing up the road was extremely limited, he turned to make a desperate gamble and made a big gamble. Unfortunately, he failed to intercept and kill Lu Chen. Don’t you dare to move away and escape?”

"Master Lu has a broad heart and will probably not argue with you. As for Chen Pingan's temper of holding grudges since he was a child, you don't know. If you insist on waiting for him to come to your door, are you going to learn from Zhengyang Mountain or horse racing?" Ku Xuan?”

"Why, it was written in the 'book' that Pindao was destined to die not long ago, but there was still a clear sentence that recorded that this fellow Taoist next to Pindao would return to Daoshan on a certain day in a certain year, month and day, and was destined not to live a long life. You can’t prove immortality, so you squat on the side of the road in advance, waiting for opportunities, waiting for opportunities?”

As expected, an expert will know if there is one as soon as he takes action.

Huang Zhen sighed after hearing this: "Fellow Taoist Bixiao is indeed a scholar of heaven and man, and is one of the true seers of the Tao throughout the ages."

The old spectator waved his hand, refusing to accept such flattery, "Boy, since I have glimpsed some secrets, I am lucky enough to be able to control the descendant of the Yin-Yang fish. To use an inappropriate analogy, I can use it between two knots. Being able to move around without hindrance can be said to have the upper hand. Having the authority to decide the direction of thousands of roads without authorization is a great freedom that ordinary people would find unimaginable. Normally, one should cherish blessings and even more cherish one's life. That’s right, you’re not an ordinary person. If you follow the rules, you won’t get here.”

Huang Zhen said nothing.

The speaker was intentional, and the listener was even more intentional. Gu He's Taoist heart moved slightly, as if he had some realization. After thinking for a moment, he reached out his sleeve and used Taoism to reveal a writing brush. He held the pen barrel in one hand and pressed the tip of the finger with the other. At one point, you can see the group of hairs bending together with different arcs. If the tip of the hairs is regarded as the end point of one person and one thing, a certain node, then all the slender brush hairs are roads with fixed ends, no matter how winding, far or near Regardless of whether the "road" is rugged or flat... After shaking his head, Gu He still felt that there were some shortcomings and could not withstand more scrutiny, so he gave up. It was really too much effort and futile fantasy.

It's better to go and guard the gate of Taoist Bixiao's dojo. Serving as a mountain protector for a fifteenth-level monk, his face is bright, but he is shabby.

Gu He just silently wrote down the name "Chen Pingan".

A person who was said to be vindictive by the Master of Bixiao Cave?

Could it be that when this guy was in a bad mood, he went out to travel to relax, and whoever met him on the road ended up half-dead just by looking at him one more time?

As for what Bixiao Cave Master said about the "yin and yang fish", does it seem to be a real thing? It was indeed the first time Gu He heard about it, so he silently paid attention to it.

Huang Zhen asked a key question straightforwardly: "Does fellow Taoist Bixiao want to stand up for Chen Ping'an and protect him?"

The old temple master smiled and said: "Chen Ping'an and I are neither relatives nor friends, nor are we masters and disciples. Why go to such trouble to forcibly break the Taoist lineage of this great temple, and just sit back and watch Taoism with cold eyes?"

Huang Zhen nodded and said, "You can trust fellow Taoist Bixiao."

Gu He on the side was a bit slanderous. Can he really trust fellow Taoist Bixiao? It’s because he can’t beat the Master of Bixiao Cave, right?

The old spectator was no stranger to Huaihuang County in Lizhu Cave. He shook his sleeves, raised his palms, and began to count with his fingers and make some deductions. Between the knuckles of the old Taoist priest's four fingers, the characters of ten heavenly stems appeared. The ten characters were arranged in a circle, just like the layout of a copper coin with a round sky and a square place. It was unusual. The old Taoist priest pressed it with his thumb first. For the word "Gui", go backwards to the word "A", and then start with the word "A" and go forward...

It's ridiculous to say that the dispute between Huang Zhen and Chen Ping'an traces back to its origins, but it was just a debt of 100 taels of silver. The most interesting thing is that neither party was present.

The Huang Zhen family's house is not far from Mu Ping Lane, and there is a well next to it. However, compared to the iron lock well that is overcrowded every morning, it is inconspicuous. It belongs to the private wells of several nearby families. The well is small, shallow, and easy to use. Get water. There is also a vegetable garden there, an alley even narrower than Mud Bottle Alley, which is often icy and slippery in winter.

Chen Ping'an once took Chen Lingjun through the narrow alley and passed the vegetable garden. Things were different and people were different.

Huang Zhen seemed to be feeling something, and said to himself: "When I was young, my heart was as high as the sky, and I always felt that fame, fame, and wealth were within my reach. When I was young, I ran into obstacles everywhere, but I still didn't believe in fate. I believed that all the hardships now are the steps to advance in the next year. In the prime of life, The will is depressed, and I realize a truth. The short and deep water is the life and the ancestral shade. The water I drink, whether it is wealth or longevity, is just a flower in a dream, and the moon in the well is willing to accept my fate. I suddenly look back. You will feel that the small well in your hometown is a peaceful life. Unexpectedly, at this moment, things turn around, I enter the mountains, learn the Tao, and start the journey of refining qi, and I know that there is a different world. "

Huang Zhen was a few years younger than Chen Pingan. He had known Chen Pingan when he was young, but the two parties had never spoken. After all, except for Fulu Street and Taoye Lane, almost all the old, young, women and children in the rest of the town were There is no one who doesn’t know Chen Pingan. Huang Zhen's family has an average financial background, but he has no problem studying.

In the morning and evening at school or after class, I met Chen Ping'an by chance, who was wandering around with nothing to do every day, like black coal, and we just went our separate ways.

Invariably, they will all give way. General actions, two states of mind.

One is that the elders in the family and the women in the neighborhood usually talk about it too much, and they are afraid of being brought into bad luck. One is that he is afraid of causing trouble to others and being unpopular.

At that time, a dark and shy orphan and a delicate and fair-skinned boy probably didn't know what the future was or what the future was.

Maybe the so-called tomorrow is the day to continue reading and literacy, or maybe tomorrow is the day to continue the empty rice vat.

At that time, if Chen Ping'an met Huang Zhen's mother on the road, he would call her second aunt. Even if the woman felt awkward, she would still nod and smile.

As for when the woman was with Ruan Xiu later, she said that Chen Ping'an often came to the house to have rice when he was a child. He would not give the fish in the bowl to his son and put it into Chen Ping'an's bowl. Naturally, this was not true. Just because earlier, Chen Ping'an's father was good at kiln and porcelain making, and the man in the neighborhood would teach him if he asked. Therefore, the relationship between the two families in the early years was indeed not bad, and they would at least visit each other from time to time.

Later, when the weather changed, Huang Zhen quickly moved to Zhoucheng with his elders, where the family purchased land, houses, and shops, and lived a good life with plenty of money.

The old temple owner said slowly: "In the courtyard of the backyard of Yang's medicine shop, there is a stick of incense like you. The incense was not low at that time, and it was ranked very high. But it turned out that it was very difficult to die, and it provoked Ruan Xiu, who was disgusted by her. You It’s like taking one foot off the gambling table. After that, your luck will be weak.”

Huang Zhen remained silent.

How could he, a big kid, know such secrets back then? After that, I tried to change the results again and again with the help of the tide of the long river of time, but ultimately failed.

Either he couldn't stop Chen Ping'an, or he finally stopped him but couldn't achieve his goals. There was no way to have both.

The old temple master said: "A woman asks for a hundred taels of silver on the street, but she can actually give her a price in return, fifty taels? Is thirty taels enough?"

Huang Zhen looked as usual, "I will be satisfied if I can get ten taels of silver."

Later, when his family fell into decline, the young Huang Zhen began to blame everyone. Later, there were always assumptions and what-ifs. If he had been a few years older, he would have been in the same year as Lin Shouyi and Dong Shuijing, the year when the town changed. , will he follow Chen Ping'an and the others to study at Sui Cliff Academy, and naturally become Qi Jingchun's direct disciple and one of the successors of Literary Saint? If you are traveling far away for the first time and become disgraced, when you first return home, are you willing to go to Luopo Mountain and take the initiative to find the already successful Chen Ping'an to relieve your worries? Can I just stay there and practice?

After going through ups and downs, seeking immortality and cultivating Taoism, Huang Zhen gradually made his way to the top of the mountain, and finally learned the truth, which was inevitably heartbreaking. Before going up the mountain, I had no ambitions. I was wandering in a foreign land with no one to rely on. On the way, he always remembered a certain scene clearly, which made Huang Zhen sleepless. Every time he thought about it, he would feel heartbroken. The so-called unforgettable scene was nothing more than that. After the weather changed, before moving, there was a lot of commotion. A large group of women went to Yang's shop to cause trouble. The old man Yang in the backyard once glanced at Huang Zhen coldly and said something strange with a strange look. Huang Zhen said something strange back then. Zhen was confused, but he remembered every word.

"It's a pity that the one hundred taels of silver given to your mother has abruptly cut off the road to immortality. In the future, when you can't gain a foothold in the mountains in the west and are displaced from your hometown, think more about what I said today." (Note) 2)

The old temple master said: "The biggest drawback in life is dissatisfaction with what you already have, and resentment that you still don't have it."

Huang Zhen said: "The fourteenth realm of Hedao, a single-plank bridge, is there a way back?"

Gu He hated hearing about "He Dao" and "Fourteen Realms".

Huang Zhen laughed it off.

The old viewer said: "The small town of Lizhu Cave, a small place, is much better than the Wuling boys from the Qingshen Dynasty and the sword fairy embryos of the same age and in the same place in the wilderness."

Chen Ping'an from Mu Bottle Lane, and Zhu from the next door neighbor, the True Dragon King. Huangzhen, a city with a great tide.

It's just a pity that Xinghua Lane Ma Kuxuan, otherwise there would have been one more Fourteenth Realm person in the world.

There are three alleys in the town, a palm-sized area. Why, the Fourteenth Realm is so worthless, you can just gather a table and play mahjong.

At the top of the mountain, all the monks who knew the inside story were either regretful or unexpected that Qi Jingchun suffered the catastrophe and died. I understand that it was the duty of a scholar. Those who don’t understand say it’s a woman’s kindness. The philistines said that Qi Jingchun had made a huge loss in this transaction. In fact, it's not that troublesome. You only need to look hundreds or more than a thousand years in the future, and then just calculate the accounts on paper to know whether Qi Jingchun's actions made a profit or a loss.

The old temple owner asked: "What is the cost of getting to this point?"

Huang Zhen shook his head and said, "Don't teach to outsiders."

The old temple master asked: "Sword cultivator?"

Huang Zhen looked calm and nodded.

The old temple master asked again: "Pure?"

Huang Zhen still nodded, looking a little proud.

The old temple master nodded and said: "With the word 'pure', you can be proud of yourself. You really have the capital to be equal to anyone you meet."

Gu He suddenly understood, no wonder the boy dared to be so supportive of the master of Bixiao Cave. He turned out to be an extremely rare pure sword cultivator of the Fourteenth Realm.

Huang Zhen suddenly became bright and energetic, "I have loved reading biographies of knight-errant assassins all my life, and I love a five-character quatrain the most."

Gu He knew clearly in his heart that this man was sneaky in his behavior, and he was indeed someone who liked to read biographies of assassins.

However, Gu He became more and more determined in an idea. The guy named Chen Ping'an was definitely not easy to mess with. The reason couldn't be simpler. If he was a good guy, how could he possibly provoke someone in the Fourteenth Realm like Huang Zhen?

No matter what, if I see that guy in the future, I will definitely take a detour.

Perhaps it was because he had been sitting here for so many years and had not chatted with anyone for too long. Huang Zhen was particularly eloquent today, saying, "The person who composed the poem was a contemporary of the Confucian Temple's Deputy Master Han. In the imperial examination articles, there is a cicada about the disease." In the middle of the winter, I wrote the sentence "The oriole and the crow all want to harm the cicada." I dared to write this, and of course I failed. Then there was this quatrain, which was the first time I saw it. , I feel sad when I look through this person's collection of poems. At first glance, the poems are full of lonely people on cold grass, ruined halls and broken posthouses, emaciated horses and autumn fireflies, and cold moon and dead trees. It makes people feel like they are seeing a person outside the book. The emaciated scribe with a bitter look on his face, hungry and full of untimely complaints, just watched it a few more times, and the aftertaste was gone. It turns out that there is really someone who can transport the strange, lonely, grotesque and many other images one by one into the ordinary. The situation is like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea.”

The old observer smiled knowingly, "It's okay for scholars to complain a few times. If you dare to write like this in an imperial examination article, you are very capable. He is an honest person with a temper. It's amazing if he can become a high official."

Huang Zhen murmured to himself, "The name of the poem is "The Swordsman", and it is also titled "The Story of the Sword"."

After ten years of sharpening a sword, the frost blade has never been tested. Today I am showing you to you, who has any injustice?

How many "ten years" has he been practicing sword making in Huangzhen?

Been waiting for many years.

Finally, the opportunity came for Chen Ping'an to fight with Jiang She.

You, Chen Pingan, dare to take the sword?

——

There are only a handful of those who are serving prison terms in the Merit Forest of the Zhongtu Confucian Temple and can open up a secret place in the mountains and rivers and be held in solitary confinement with such high treatment.

There are only a few visitors on Liu Cha's side, less than a handful of visitors.

That day, I walked into an old man in a green shirt and long coat. He put his hands behind his back and saw Liu Cha squatting by the river fishing. He stood aside as if waiting for Liu Cha's catch.

Liu Cha just repeatedly lifted the rod to scatter the bait, rubbed the bait and threw the rod again, just pretending that the visitor beside him did not exist.

The old man seemed to be patient and asked directly, "Anyway, we rely on eating the big demon to increase our strength. No one is eating. Since Zhou Mi has the ability to be picky, why don't he just eat you too?"

The visitor was Chen Qingliu, who was wandering around to relax. He had previously traveled to the wild world, and this time he had just returned from the Buddhist Kingdom in the West. He planned to visit the Qingming world again in the near future.

Of course Liu Cha recognized the other party's identity and said, "Eat me."

Of course Zhou Mi is very good at fighting, but if he really beats a pure swordsman in the Fourteenth Realm, there is no question whether his power will increase or his ability will decrease.

Chen Qingliu nodded and said, "Even if I forcefully eat you, it will probably be difficult for Zhou Mi to digest it in a short period of time, and he will easily suffer from diarrhea."

After all, Liu Cha had a complete swordsmanship back then.

Liu Cha was probably so disgusted by Chen Qingliu's statement that he had no intention of speaking anymore.

Chen Qingliu said: "Once Li Sheng seizes the opportunity and finds out where the loopholes in Zhou Mi's Dao are, then the two sides will fight. As long as they fight, it will be earth-shaking. As long as they can be sure to kill Zhou Mi, with Li Sheng's temper, no matter what the sacrifice, No matter what the cost, they would definitely take action. Cui Chan and Qi Jingchun had teamed up to test Zhou Mi, and they may not have helped Li Sheng examine the quality of Tongyezhou's avenue at that time. Judging from the results, Zhou Mi did not give them this opportunity. "

Liu Cha was not interested in these.

Choosing carefully who to eat back then was also a skill.

Liu Cha casually said: "Yangzhi Fei Fei and his ilk are needed for their work on the battlefield, and their retention is of great use. They each have a prototype of a great road at their feet. At that time, Tuoyue Mountain thought that it occupied at least half of the The Haoran world is still confident. It depends on this group of great demons of the throne who are expected to unite in Haoran to erode and weaken the rules of the sage bit by bit. We must use this kind of conspiracy to win the right time, place and people. You Haoran are the main ones. If you eat them early, the gain will not be worth the loss. Whether it is an official or a sect, knowledge only depends on whether there are available people at hand. Even if it is a cook, it does not matter. Also need ingredients and condiments?”

It is true that the great demon of the throne like Liu Cha has extremely high combat power, but he also has a bad temper. The biggest shortcoming is that he is unruly and difficult to mobilize in the wild Jiazi tent. As long as Liu Cha wants to stay out of the battlefield, his status is as high as Zhou Mi It's going to give you a bit of a headache. For example, when Fuyaozhou intercepted and killed Bai Ye, it was left to Liu Cha to make the final decision. At that time, Zhou Mi had to move out of Tuoyue Mountain to convince Liu Cha.

Chen Qingliu asked: "But what about sleeping? Why don't you talk?"

Liu Cha shook his head, "I'm not sure. Maybe I have a secret agreement with the Great Ancestor of Tuoyue Mountain."

Chen Qingliu asked: "Are you afraid of offending Bai Ze, who has been hiding behind closed doors, so you choose to go out and stand on the side of the Confucian Temple? In a fit of anger, you go straight to the hinterland of the wilderness and have a head-on confrontation with Zhou Mi?"

Liu Cha still shook his head, "I've never quite understood Master Bai's thoughts."

Chen Qingliu sneered: "What's going on now, and you still call me Mr. Bai?"

Liu Cha was too lazy to talk nonsense.

Chen Qingliu suddenly laughed and said: "A pure sword cultivator of the Fourteenth Realm, the battlefield is not in the academy, but he was defeated by an Ascension Realm. He is worthy of Liu Cha, a real Liu Cha."

Liu Cha said nothing with a dark face.

Previously, a guy who was worse than a dog had already introduced the word "Liu Cha" in detail. Now he is very popular in the world, saying that he is so envious and should teach him...

As for the other person who was almost virtuous, he didn't make any fuss about the topic, but he walked over and threw a stone into the water.

Chen Qingliu sighed: "It is a pity that Chen Chun'an, a pure scholar, is a role model for others and a model for the world."

He is indeed a rare scholar who reminds Chen Qingliu of an old friend from his hometown.

Chen Qingliu squinted at the empty fish basket and asked, "Do you really know how to fish?"

Liu Cha said calmly: "On the mountain, there are many magic weapons for mediocre people. This is called a master using a pole and a low hand setting up a street stall."

Chen Qingliu said with a smile: "Liu Cha."

Liu Cha said: "Don't come here again."

Chen Qingliu said: "I will definitely not have time in the near future. I have to visit Qingming World."

Liu Cha frowned and asked, "I have heard from friends about your many deeds. It seems that you and Lu Chen are old acquaintances?"

Chen Qingliu nodded and gave the answer, "I want to say goodbye to this friend with whom I have a normal relationship."

——

The reunited moon in the sky takes care of countless separated people in the world.

Ever since there was a new bright moon that migrated from the wilderness, many officials, literati and poets in the world have become more interested in the elegant act of walking around the moon at night.

When I look up, I see the bright and white jade plates reflecting each other, which is really a blessing to my eyes.

If young hidden officials were mentioned before, they were mostly well-informed mountaintop Taoist officials. Because of Feishengcheng, Ning Yao, or Cao Ci in the colorful world, Chen Ping'an was mentioned incidentally.

So now we gradually know the inside story of Mingyue's relocation. It was Chen Ping'an who took the lead in the two feats of opening the mountain and moving the moon. Therefore, now this young hermit official's reputation among Taoist officials in Qingming World is quite good. .

Especially the landscape spirits who worship the sun and the moon are very grateful for this. It is said that in some simple dojos and caves in secluded places in the countryside, the monsters who have successfully refined their bodies even have memorial tablets in their temples. They sincerely worship them every day Offer incense. The problem is that they only know the title of Yin Guan from hearsay. There is no way to ask what the name of this swordsman is, so they have to temporarily replace it with "Yin Guan".

In addition, although the process of refining the essence of the sun and moon by the Taoist officials of each channel has always been different from the internal and external, it is not impossible to refine the sun or the moon separately from the outside, but it is easy to go astray, so it is best to focus on the harmony of yin and yang. Therefore, an extra bright moon has some additional benefits.

In the bright moon hanging high in the sky, there was a lean Taoist priest in a cotton robe, who habitually put his hands in his sleeves, crouched, squatting outside the door, and asked from the other side of the room: "Brother Jinjing, Master." Who do you want to go out on the spur of the moment, to discuss matters with?”

The young Taoist boy, carrying a huge gourd on his back, sat on the bench and had to keep an eye on the heat of the alchemy furnace. If he missed the time, the quality of the elixir would be ruined, and he would be unable to eat it. "Junior Brother Yuan Lu, Master only said that he wanted to go on a long trip, but now we have a lack of a guard boy to greet him and see him off, which is not a good idea. "

Wang Yuanlu muttered, "Poverty is important."

Seeing that the tender-faced senior brother looked unhappy, Wang Yuanlu, who was as thin as a bamboo pole, had to change his words and said: "Senior brother Jinjing, it is rare to see someone as respectful as you are. No wonder Master will take you wherever he wants to go. Where."

The young Taoist boy nodded, "Junior Brother Yuan Lu, even though you have now entered the Taoist Order and have the title of personal successor, I think that Master will be closer to me in his heart."

Wang Yuanlu hummed, "That's inevitable. Master misses the past."

If the old Taoist priest was present, Wang Yuanlu and Xun Lanling, whose Taoist name was Jinjing, would not address each other as fellow disciples. There was no other way. The old Taoist priest only recognized Wang Yuanlu, who was from the lineage of rice thieves, as his direct descendant. Xun Lanling had always been a fire boy who took care of the alchemy furnace. He was happy to take advantage of the old temple master's absence at Wang Yuanlu's side. Take advantage of words.

There was a young Taoist priest wearing a lotus crown on his head. He walked in the wind, making noises and sipping a pot of tea to quench his thirst.

The Taoist boy was not afraid of the "same generation" Headmaster Bai Yu Jingsan. He said angrily: "Lu San'er, are you here to beat the autumn wind again?"

Since Lu Chen wants to call his master Uncle Bixiao, aren't they the same generation? Besides, here, I am half the host and Lu Chen, as the guest, dares to do whatever he wants?

Headmaster Lu nodded and murmured, "Your Majesty is here, and the flowers are shining brightly. Come and make a tooth sacrifice here. Go, and we'll serve you with good wine and good meat."

The Taoist boy was furious and just about to curse, he saw Lu Chen twisting his toes and turning around to leave.

However, the old patron put his hand on his shoulder and said, "You just came and left, why don't you chat for a few words?"

When Gu He saw the young Taoist boy, he was stunned for a moment, then became very sad, and said in a trembling voice: "Fellow Taoist Jinjing."

The old temple master looked calm, Wang Yuanlu was confused, and the Taoist boy was confused, "Do we know each other?"

Lu Chen looked at the Taoist friend he met again and asked in a low voice: "Have you congratulated my poor Taoist uncle Bixiao?"

Gu He nodded.

Lu Chen gave a thumbs up, "If you follow the path, then you will be able to practice here. It will be safe."

The Taoist boy asked doubtfully: "What congratulations are you saying?"

Lu Chen said: "This fellow Taoist congratulates Master Bixiao for his promotion to the fifteenth realm."

The Taoist boy was confused. What the hell?

Wang Yuanlu gasped, put his hands in his sleeves, and couldn't help but shrink his neck.

Lu Chen changed the subject and said with a smile: "Friend Weichen, how do you feel about seeing the light of day again?"

Although Gu He knew something was wrong, he still managed to keep his composure and said: "On the road to immortality, we cannot bear to look back. Old friends will fade away like floating dust."

The old spectator glanced at Lu Chen's Taoist heart.

Taoist priests really want to clarify the world.

Why?

Lu Chen shook his two large sleeves and asked with a smile: "The fake fifteenth with a slight difference, does it count as the fifteenth state?"

The Taoist boy shook his head, "It still doesn't count."

Wang Yuanlu said: "Of course it counts."

Lu Chen smiled and stretched out his hand to hold down the Taoist boy's head, immobilizing him.

The Taoist boy failed to break off Lu Chen's claws and asked strangely: "Lu Chen, what are you doing?"

Lu Chen looked serious and said, "I have to do two things."

The Taoist boy asked: "Who should I fight with?"

Lu Chen looked shocked and said: "What kind of brain do you have, you can guess all this?"

The Taoist boy struck the back of Lu Chen's hand with lightning speed.

Lu Chen immediately retracted his hand, and there was a dull sound. The Taoist punched his head so hard that his eyes glowed with gold.

Lu Chen rubbed the young Taoist boy's head and said with a joking smile: "You are really willing to do something harsh. Are you enlightened?"

The old temple leader waved his hand to signal them to stop messing around, and took Lu Chen for a walk towards the door of the Taoist temple.

Always fulfill the duties of Headmaster Bai Yujing.

In order to prevent Qingming's world from becoming chaotic and uncontrollable, help senior brother Yu Dou solve his worries.

We must be the first to arrive quickly, clear a path for senior brother Kou Ming, who does not know exactly when to return home, and eliminate hidden dangers.

"Bai Yujing and Lu Chen bid farewell to their uncle."

Lu Chen stopped, bowed his head politely, and said in two words, "Taoist Lu Chen bids farewell to fellow Taoist Bixiao."

The Taoist boy who saw this scene from a distance became increasingly puzzled. Is the sun coming out in the west? Does Lu Chen know etiquette?

The old temple master hesitated to speak, but finally nodded and asked in his heart: "Where is Luo Shan Zhu Lian, don't you care about him?"

Lu Chen said with a smile: "If you are born, you will die, and if you die, you will live again. Why do you care about the status of host and guest? In this world, first come, then arrive, we are all returning guests."

To accomplish this, Lu Chen must be the first to reach the pseudo-fifteenth realm in the new world after the founders of the three religions dispersed.

After all, one needs to counteract a false fifteen with a false fifteen.

In the world of Qingming, above the earth, on the boundary of old Caizhou, the alien demon wandering around looked like a formidable enemy. It suddenly raised its head and looked at the bright moon. For the first time, it felt great fear. It started to run away without hesitation.

The Taoist priest went to the human world under the bright moon.

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In this wild and foreign land, with the road barely visible beneath his feet, Liucai asked, "Have you met many strange people and strangers while following Mr. Zou?"

Liu Cai nodded and said, "I've seen a lot of them, and the one who impressed me the most was a scholar who couldn't tell the difference between his level and his level."

Liucai asked curiously: "This person fought with Mr. Zou? How was the outcome?"

Liu Cai shook his head.

Li Xisheng once found Zou Zi in an ordinary market. At that time, Liu Cai was wandering around the world with Zou Zi.

I am looking for Zou Zi because of my sister Li Baoping.

After that, Li Baoping no longer had to wear red clothes. What Zou Zi did back then was a kind of protection for Li Baoping.

On the other hand, Cui Chan and Dali had plotted against Li Xisheng. However, Cui Chan's plan was an upright conspiracy.

Since you, the great master of Bai Yujing, Kou Ming, want to use one Qi to transform the three pure things, you have the roots of the three religions, so as to try to integrate the three religions. So in the history of Haoran, there have been many divisions and mergers of etiquette and metaphysics, which involve the reconciliation of religion and nature, the conflict between group rules and self-consciousness, and a series of arguments about the love and ruthlessness of the saints... You Li Xisheng As a disciple of Confucianism, I can never bypass the two words of "propriety" of a family and "love" of relatives. Whether to give up or establish, abandon or forget, it doesn't matter who you lie to, you can never lie to your own true heart. , don’t even think about getting away with it.

A gentleman can deceive others.

Tit for tat.

Pei Min asked: "Has Chen Pingan noticed something?"

Zou Zi said: "Absolutely."

Pei Min looked strange and turned to look at his old friend.

Zou Zi smiled and said: "Why should bystanders be so anxious to know the truth?"

Chen Ping'an has been looking for clues about swordsman Liu Cai over the years, but he never expected that this guy was in Panshui County. He made money by helping people copy the Xiping Stone Scripture, so he rented a bookstore and made a living selling books. I usually go fishing in Yuanyangzhu when I have free time. Therefore, the last time Chen Pingan attended the meeting at the Zhongtu Confucian Temple, he was actually very close to Liu Cai.

Chen Ping'an had long suspected that the last piece of natal porcelain fell into the hands of Tian Wan or Zou Zi.

Now it can be confirmed that Tian Wan did not hide the porcelain pieces secretly. Since Zou Zi is determined to use his sword to practice Liu Cai's method of defeating him, targeting himself at every turn and putting himself in his shoes. Chen Pingan can deduce one thing simply by assuming that he is Zou Zi. Not only was the piece in Zou Zi's hands, it was also refined by Zou Zi and used as a weapon to win or lose.

Therefore, Chen Ping'an must try to find Zou Zi and Liu Cai before the sword cultivator sees Lu Tai and Yang Shen returns to his position like "integrating the Tao".

It is better to hurt the foundation of Lutai's road than to be close friends in the past and have to fight each other and fight to the death.

Even if he takes the lead, the chance is definitely slim, but he can't just do nothing and let Zou Zi steadily lay out a new situation.

Liu Xianyang taught Chen Pingan the swordsmanship. Several monks from the wild demon clan, including Tongyezhou Qingyang, were careful enough to chat without even mentioning the name "Chen Pingan", but they still kept talking.

Before Liucai followed Jianxiu Yuanbai into Zhengyang Mountain and settled on Xuefeng, she must have used a blindfold to cover up her true appearance. The effectiveness of Chen Pingan's swordsmanship has been greatly reduced, but it cannot be said that there is no chance. It is a pity that Youren is sleepy.

It turns out that real people have no dreams.

Unless Chen Pingan is boasting, how many of the opponents he has encountered in this life are fuel-efficient? I really am not afraid of encountering so-called powerful enemies. After all, I have seen some things in the world.

Just be afraid, this is an unavoidable and inescapable question of swordsmanship, Zou Zi's carefully planned plan does not have to be about swordsmanship. Just keep it in mind.

For example, Chen Ping'an has passed the big pass of ascension, and if he wants to take another step forward, try to combine the Tao, and reach the fourteenth realm of mystery and mystery, he must retrieve all the pieces of his natal porcelain and complete his soul without any flaws.

Are you afraid that "Sword Cultivator Liu Cai" is not only Lu Tai's Yang God body, but also refined and shaped by Chen Ping'an's piece of porcelain, and has already merged with his soul? !

Killing Liu Cai is equivalent to killing Lu Tai. Should he kill him or not?

If Lu Tai did not want Chen Pingan to be in trouble and chose to give way, then Lu Tai would have to retreat on his own.

But the question is, by doing this, did Lu Tai really help Chen Ping'an?

When it comes to harmony, we must first find an unprecedented avenue, and it is said that there is also a hurdle to pass. The easy ones are very easy, and the sad ones are extremely sad.

For another example, Zou Zi has more arrangements. Killing only one person can benefit the world. Will you, Chen Pingan, kill him?

On the way to study in the past, the young man wore straw sandals, gritted his teeth, and pursued perfection with all his heart.

In the same life encounters, there are many people who get by, make mistakes, and break things. There are so many of them.

He feels that there are too many wrong things in this world, and someone needs to admit, correct, correct, and improve them.

The young man has a simple heart and has always protected himself very well in a difficult life, which is extremely difficult.

Mistakenly thinking that being error-free is just the beginning, but not knowing that being error-free is the end. The gods in heaven, who are both high and wise, are limited by their own position and dare not say that they are truly infallible.

To protect children like Li Baoping and Li Huai, we must be willing to work hard without complaining, watch and think more along the way, and strive to make sure there are no mistakes in all aspects. If you want to see the girl you like, just go. I had to travel all over the world for my respected Mr. Qi, so I just looked around while walking.

Is this what Lu Chen calls a Daocun sighting?

Pei Min sighed, "He is free."

"Mr. Zou, do you think so?" After a moment of pause, Pei Min said, "I envy this kind of person."

Zou Zi said: "I'm fine, I can't say I'm envious."

Lu Tai almost blurted out when he heard this. He wanted to scold Mr. Pei for farting like your mother.

However, Lu Tai knew the tempers of the two preachers, and his messing around was meaningless. It would only make this reunion more meaningless and meaningless.

The real reason is that Pei Min's words, the word "freedom", can be said to know Chen Ping'an's true intentions best.

The expectations and visions given to him by others, whether big or small, are exactly what he has longed for since childhood. As long as a person can still feel that he is given hope by others, he will not be alone or completely desperate.

So he almost never complained to anyone.

Lu Tai on the side clenched his hiking stick in his hand.

but.

Chen Pingan's "self-awareness" is too thin. (Note 3)

This may be the biggest hurdle for him to pass the Ascension Realm and reach the Fourteenth Realm in the future.

How can a person who has loved self-denial since childhood truly be able to go his own way?

"Lu Tai, let's meet you here."

Zou Zi said slowly: "Then wait until he eats something and then come back to me here."

Meet on the road.

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Note 1: Chapter 709 "Baiyun Sends Liu Shiliu Back to Mountain"

Note 2: Chapter 189 "Two or three things about swords outside the Mengzi Tower"

Note 3: Comments from readers.