Chapter 76 Gao Zhen

Chapter 76 Gao Zhen

Chapter 76 "High Truth"

Toujian Mountain is an extremely high mountain with steep terrain. There are no tall trees on the mountain. What can be seen everywhere is a kind of grass called dragon tongue, also called sword grass.

The rhizomes of the sword grass can be used to make wine, and it is said that it can increase the strength of the wine. When Cheng Xinzhan was about to leave, he picked some and added them to the already strong white knife to try. If the effect is good, then he can also plant a patch in front of Wuyou Cave.

The wind on Toujian Mountain was dry and sharp, causing pain on people's faces. Cheng Xinzhan squinted his eyes and rode a cloud to the ferry.

He was very familiar with Toujian Mountain, having been there many times. There was no need for him to ask around like he did when he went to Cardinal Mountain. He went straight to the sword library.

The Sword Vault was a large cave, and the one guarding the cave door was an elder from Toujian Mountain, with white hair and beard, who was lying on a large recliner. He was a great cultivator of the third realm, and had a high status in Toujian Mountain. He was also one of the few elders who often interacted with lowly disciples.

"Elder Jingsi."

Cheng Xinzhan stepped forward and bowed.

Although they had only met a few times, he never expected that Elder Jingsi still remembered him. He smiled and said,
"It's clouds. Do you want to go in and take a look yourself this time?"

Elder Jingsi's impression of Yunqi came from two sources: one was that he was a registered disciple of Meiji Mountain, and the other was that he had come to the sword library several times but only looked without buying anything.

He also smiled and said, "Elder, I have now established a residence and am a true disciple of Meijishan. I am called Xinzhan. This time I am not just looking, I am going to buy."

As he spoke, he took out the pill bottle, held it in both hands and handed it to Jingsi, saying, "Elder, this is what Master asked me to give you. It's a small corpse-resolving pill. Please exchange it for a magic sword for me."

Just as he finished speaking, Cheng Xinzhan didn't see clearly, Elder Jingsi suddenly disappeared from the recliner and appeared in front of him, looking at the pill bottle.

"Small Corpse Resolving Pill?"

Elder Jingsi has always been amiable and unhurried, as if he could just laugh it off even if the sky fell. But this was the first time Cheng Xinzhan saw him lose his composure.

He passed the pill bottle forward again, "It's the Small Corpse Transmutation Pill."

Elder Jingsi stretched out his hand, still shaking a little, and slowly grasped the pill bottle.
"This time I owe Master Wen a big favor."

Elder Jingsi said as he held the pill bottle tightly.

"Toujian Mountain owes Master Wen a big favor."

A sword flashed, and suddenly there was a person beside Elder Jingsi, a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties.

He stood there with his hands behind his back, wearing a black robe. He had an ordinary look, nothing special about him. He was neither tall nor short, neither ugly nor handsome. He was the kind of person that you wouldn't pay any attention to if you met him on the streets in this secular world.

If there is one thing that is special about him, it is that his back is very straight, as straight as pine or bamboo.

"Mountain Master."

Elder Jingsi was not surprised by the man's appearance and nodded slightly in greeting.

His name is Ying Jingsong, and he is the master of Toujian Mountain.

When Cheng Xinzhan heard Elder Jingsi's words, he bowed to the man.
"Mingzhi Mountain Cheng Xinzhan, I have seen Yingshan Master, the master of the mountain has infinite life."

The man smiled kindly at Cheng Xinzhan, "Xinzhan Wuliangguan, since you love swords, you can come to my Toujian Mountain more often in the future. We are all from the same sect, so don't feel restrained."

Cheng Xinzhan agreed.

He looked at Cheng Xinzhan, as if he saw through everything at a glance, and said,

"Xinzhan is young, but he has already inherited the true teachings of the Meiji Mountain Dharma. He is indeed extraordinary. No wonder Master Wen is so fond of him. I hope we can have more sword fights and exchanges in the future."

"Master Yingshan, thank you for your praise."

Cheng Xinzhan could sense that this mountain master was not investigating on purpose, but was just taking a casual glance and accidentally seeing through his bamboo body. However, he didn't know why this mountain master suddenly appeared?
"Xinzhan, after you get the sword, please tell Master Wenshan when you return, and tell her that Toujianshan is grateful to her."

Cheng Xinzhan agreed.

The man smiled and nodded, then nodded to Elder Jingsi, and then turned into sword light and disappeared again.

Lord Yingshan showed up just to ask me to go back and bring a message?
Cheng Xinzhan was a little surprised and had a clearer understanding of the value of that small corpse-reincarnation pill.

Elder Jingsi put away the pill bottle and asked Cheng Xinzhan to follow him into the sword library.

The sword storehouse is very large, it is a huge cylindrical cavity. The side walls of the cavity are hollowed out with many small holes, some of which are half a person's height, and some are two people's height. From a distance, it looks so densely packed that it looks like a beehive or an ant nest.

Fluorite was placed in these caves to illuminate the caves. In some caves, swords were stuck straight in them, in some caves, the swords were covered with silk, in some caves, only a sword case could be seen, and in some caves, the sword light was brighter than the fluorite, and it was impossible to see what the swords inside looked like.

Rows of spiral plank roads are built on the side walls of the cave. These plank roads are made of wooden planks inserted directly into the stone walls.

Elder Jingsi took Cheng Xinzhan onto the plank road. The sword light from the sword cave beside him shone on him, turning his face into a colorful array.

"This little corpse-resolving pill will be of great use to me."

Taoist Master Jingsi walked in front and spoke leisurely.

"My golden elixir has been washed six times, but I still cannot give birth to a Dao fetus. This third realm has trapped me for nearly two hundred years. When I washed my golden elixir for the first time, I was full of confidence and determined to become a person who could wash it nine times. When I washed it for the third time, I was still full of confidence, but I thought that the sixth wash should be enough. When I washed it for the fifth time, I became a little impatient and almost failed to pass the elixir washing tribulation. When I washed it for the sixth time, I was full of anxiety and fear. When the thunder tribulation passed and I still could not give birth to a Dao fetus, I was almost heartbroken and cursed the heavens for letting me wash my elixir six times and still fail, while some people with weak foundations could give birth to infants after the fifth wash."

"My seventh alchemy cleansing should be forty years from now, but my body only has thirty years left."

Elder Jingsi walked steadily and spoke slowly.

"So I won't be able to wait until the seventh alchemy tribulation, and my golden elixir will not be able to further perfect itself, let alone give birth to a Taoist fetus. So when my life span of thirty years is over, I will definitely die."

Cheng Xinzhan was horrified. He didn't expect that this elder had already reached the level of the sixth cleansing, let alone that he would not be able to see his seventh pill tribulation due to his lifespan.

“But now I have this small corpse-releasing pill. I will take it before my life ends, and enter a state of suspended animation, locking in my vitality. This can not only prolong my life, but also isolate my breath and avoid the perception of thunder tribulation. After the effect of the pill has worn off after 30 years, the thunder tribulation will come again. But I have an extra 30 years of preparation time, and I can also successfully catch up with the seventh pill washing!
“If I am lucky enough to pass the seventh pill tribulation, and go one step further, if the golden elixir is perfected and a Dao fetus is conceived, then I will have entered the fourth realm, which is a new world. Even if I still cannot transform into an infant, once the thunder tribulation is over, I will be able to extend my lifespan by another half a century, and I will be able to continue to live. If I cannot pass the seventh pill tribulation, it will also be a relief for me. I will turn into ashes and return to the world.”

Having said this, Taoist Master Jingsi suddenly laughed, with an expression that seemed to be a longing for the four realms, or a helpless smile.

"Such a small corpse-releasing pill is useless to you young people, but for an old man like me who is struggling to survive, it is a life-saving medicine. "And as far as I know, since the death of the 21st generation of the master of your Mingzhi Mountain, no one has been able to refine the small corpse-releasing pill. This means that this pill will become less and less for you in Mingzhi Mountain."

Cheng Xinzhan was somewhat surprised when he heard this. So that's how it was. It was so precious. No wonder the Lord Yingshan came all the way to thank him. This kind of elixir, this kind of elixir that can prolong life and ward off disasters, would attract people no matter where it is placed. Even if you are in a state of suspended death after swallowing it, as long as you are alive, there is hope and a chance to change your fate.

He was even more grateful to his master in his heart. No one would have too much of this kind of elixir. Keeping it in hand could really save one's life. And the reason why his master took out this elixir at this moment was not for anything else but to exchange it for a magic sword for himself.

"Therefore, I and Toujian Mountain must accept the favor of your Meiji Mountain. Therefore, the sword you choose today should naturally be the best sword in this sword library. The fact that the mountain master came here also illustrates this point."

Elder Jingsi said as they unknowingly reached a high place.

"As for the magic sword, it would be best if you could choose a sword blank now, forge it with your own magic power, and then carve runes on it yourself. This way it will best suit you and you will be more comfortable casting spells."

When Cheng Xinzhan heard that there were still unformed sword embryos in the sword warehouse, he agreed with Elder Jingsi's opinion. His body sword and flying sword were already ready-made, so it would be best if he could forge this magic sword with his own hands.

Soon, the two arrived at the top floor, and the top floor of the cave was very close.

The swords here seemed to be alive, emitting all kinds of sounds and lights. If there were no restrictions in the sword cave, these swords would feel like they were about to fly away.

Inside his body, "Tao Du" was also very active, patrolling everywhere. If he hadn't suppressed it, "Tao Du" would have come out long ago to compete with the swords in front of him.

Finally, at the end of the plank road, Elder Jingsi stopped, and Cheng Xinzhan also stopped.

"Here are six sword embryos, which are also the six best sword embryos in this sword library. Three of them are not suitable for refining into physical swords, two are not suitable for refining into flying swords, and two are not suitable for refining into magic swords. You can choose by yourself. I will explain it to you first."

"Thank you, elder."

Cheng Xinzhan thanked him.

First, Elder Jingsi pointed to the first sword cave on his left hand, and Cheng Xinzhan looked over there.

There is no sword shape at all, just a ball of starlight hanging there.

Elder Jingsi released a beam of magic power to hit the starlight, and then a sword chant was heard. The starlight dissipated, and then the true appearance was revealed. The shape of the sword could be barely seen, which was more like an iron bar, all black with gold and blue spots.

"This is forged from a whole piece of iron from outer space. It is agile, tough, and close to the stars. It is integrated with the five elements and can reside in the acupoints. It can be refined into a physical sword, a magic sword, or a flying sword."

After saying that, he walked towards the next one. There was something even stranger in this sword cave. There was a small paulownia tree, half a person's height, with yellow branches and green leaves, which looked pleasing to the eye.

Elder Jingsi still used his magic power to make the sword reveal its original form. It was a sword blank with a yellow handle and a green blade. It looked like it was made of wood, but the yellow and green parts were a whole, and naturally divided into the handle and the blade.

"These visions are all reflected by the spirituality of the sword embryo's own material. Generally, top-level magic weapons will have visions."

Elder Jingsi explained.

As soon as the elder finished speaking, the "Taodu" sword in Cheng Xinzhan's acupoint immediately turned into a small peach tree in full bloom, with colorful peach blossoms. In the branches, a rooster with white feathers and a red crown could be vaguely seen.

Cheng Xinzhan was a little surprised and astonished, he never thought that "Taodu" could be so spiritual. He had an idea in his mind and praised it. After hearing it, the peach tree shook its branches, and countless spiritual lights shone.

"This is an old dead phoenix tung tree. After it died, it was buried underground and just happened to fall into the roots of the mountain. Under the compression of the roots and the tempering of the spirit, it became a piece of rare treasure that is neither wood nor ore. It was refined into a sword embryo. This sword embryo is close to wood and soil, suitable for cultivators of both earth and wood. It has abundant spiritual energy and can be light or heavy, but it lacks toughness. It can be used to make a magic sword, but not a physical sword or a flying sword."

The next sword's vision is a hibiscus flower, but its true form is a stone sword that shimmers with water.

"This is a lake stone from Poyang Lake. It is close to soil, gold, and water, but it is brittle. It is suitable for refining magic swords, but not for refining flying swords or physical swords."

The next sword appeared to be a dancing golden bead. The bead had a golden luster but also moved like a drop of water. Its true form was actually a tiny sword.

"This is a ball of golden mercury wind dew, extremely erratic, good at changing, and extremely sharp, only suitable for making a flying sword."

The next sword had the vision of a coiled yellow snake, but its true form was a very broad sword that looked suitable for being refined into a heavy sword.

"This is a sword embryo made from Wu Earth Sand Jade and Tai Yin Xin Metal. It is a blend of gold and jade, and a combination of yin and yang. It is close to earth and metal, and is extremely heavy. It is not suitable for being refined into a magic sword. It can be a flying sword or a physical sword."

The vision of the last sword is a purple light and a silver light chasing each other, like two dragons fighting for a pearl. The sword is generally purple, but there are black lines on it, like some kind of words, but if you look closely, they are not, just natural lines. However, the blade and the tip of the sword are bright silver, as if stained by frost.

"This sword embryo is forged from a piece of symbiotic iron ore at the junction of the Zishu Copper Mine and the Yuepo Silver Mine. It is friendly to lightning, fire, and gold. It is agile and tough. It is very suitable for refining flying swords, magic swords, and body swords."

After Elder Jingsi finished his introduction, he let Cheng Xinzhan choose on his own.

He replied, "Elder, I want to refine a thunder weapon. I have opened my Heart Palace first and intend to open my Gold Palace next. It seems that this symbiotic seed of Purple Book Copper and Moon Soul Silver is the most suitable."

Elder Jingsi nodded, "You want to refine a lightning weapon and magic sword, then this is indeed suitable. Purple Book Copper is also called Thunder Book Copper. According to legend, it was formed when the documents of the ancient thunder gods fell into the mortal world. Look at the patterns on it, don't they look a bit like thunder seals?"

Cheng Xinzhan took a look and found that they were indeed somewhat similar, but it might be because of his preconceived notions. Maybe if someone said he looked like Yun Li, he would also think so.

"Moon Soul is the money that circulates in the mountains, but it is also very sensitive to lightning. A long time ago, finding out which land was struck most by lightning was also a way to find Moon Soul mines."

Elder Jingsi took out the sword embryo and handed it to Cheng Xinzhan.

He took it with both hands. It felt a little cold, but also had a slight numb feeling like being struck by lightning. Although only a little bit of the sword shape could be seen from the sword embryo, Cheng Xinzhan was already very satisfied. He had already begun to imagine what the sword would look like after it was refined.

"Give it a name, and I'll record it here. This is my last job as the guard of the sword storehouse. Since I won't die for a while thanks to the blessing of the mountain master, I can't just lie down and wait for death. Now that this matter is done, I'll go and prepare for the calamity."

Elder Jingsi said this with a smile, obviously in a very good mood.

Cheng Xinzhan thought for a moment and said,

"The original intention of using this sword was to use it as a thunder weapon. Thunder originates from the sky and is the highest thing in the world, so we took the word 'high' from it. Thunder is the true essence of the world and its innate true form, so we took the word 'true' from it, so we'll call it 'Gaozhen'."

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