Chapter 94 Tiangang
Chapter 94 Tiangang
After the flying boat flew out of the sect's protective formation, it arrived at a height of several thousand feet. A transparent light shield slowly emerged at the edge, blocking the cold air and strong winds outside.
The old man turned around and said calmly:
"It will take at least two hours to reach the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain. You can enter the tower and choose a room on the first or second floor to rest."
After saying that, he and the young Taoist rode on a beam of light and flew to the third floor of the tower.
After the two figures disappeared, the disciples walked into the tower.
The tower occupies half of the flying boat, and there are more than 30 rooms on each floor. Chen Yuan and Mo Jingchun randomly selected a room and closed the doors and windows.
There were no tables or chairs in the room, only a few cushions. The two sat opposite each other, and Chen Yuan asked:
"Brother Mo, you said that there are two elders accompanying us this time, but there was only one elder in the past?"
Mo Jingchun frowned slightly and nodded:
"That's right. The last time we went to the secret realm, it was Elder Fang who escorted us there. But this time, Elder Xu and Elder Jin are going together. This is a bit unusual."
Chen Yuan was shocked when he heard this, and many speculations emerged in his mind.
The Lingyun Sect suddenly allowed its top disciples to enter the secret realm, offered generous rewards, recruited tenth-level disciples, and assigned two elders to escort them, all of which showed the importance they attached to this trip to the secret realm.
If the Lingyun sect is doing this, what actions will the other six major sects take?
Mo Jingchun obviously also realized this, and said solemnly:
"You must be extremely careful during this trip to the secret realm. After entering the secret realm, do not fight with others. Go to Starfall Cliff first. I will also go there as soon as possible. After we meet, we will look for spiritual herbs."
Chen Yuan nodded slightly:
"That's right, but the situation in the secret realm changes rapidly, so it's better to change than to make plans. No matter who gets to the Starfall Cliff first, my brother or I will only wait for one hour. If we still haven't arrived after one hour, we don't have to wait any longer."
Mo Jingchun praised:
"That makes sense. Searching for spiritual herbs is the most important thing. We should not put the cart before the horse."
Chen Yuan smiled, stroked his storage bag, took out two jade bottles, and handed them to Mo Jingchun:
"Please accept these two soul-restoring pills, Senior Brother."
Mo Jingchun looked surprised:
"Junior brother, what do you mean?"
Chen Yuan smiled and said:
"I have no shortage of elixirs. Brother, your flying sword is very powerful, but it consumes a lot of mana. These two soul-restoring pills can help you."
Mo Jingchun looked at Chen Yuan deeply and took the Rejuvenating Pill.
"Junior brother, it would be disrespectful for me to refuse this kind gesture."
When Chen Yuan saw him take the jade bottle, his expression relaxed slightly and he changed the subject:
"This is the first time I've seen these two elders. Can you introduce them to me, Senior Brother?"
Mo Jingchun looked around and said in a low voice:
"That old man is Elder Xu Chang'an, who has reached the early stage of Jindan and has a fiery temper. He is currently in charge of the sect. You must not contradict him. The other young Taoist is Elder Jin Luoheng..."
At this point, Mo Jingchun's eyes showed reverence, and his voice was slightly raised:
"Elder Jin, like you and me, was born as a casual cultivator. He entered the sect through the Ascension Conference. Although his aptitude was not good, he cultivated all the way to the middle stage of Jindan. He is the one with the highest cultivation among the casual cultivators in the sect. He has secretly taken care of the casual cultivators like us many times. If it weren't for him, my casual cultivator lineage would only decline further."
Chen Yuan showed respect:
"Elder Jin is a Jindan elder, but he is willing to help disciples like me who are independent cultivators. He is truly a man of high moral character."
Mo Jingchun smiled and said:
“Elder Jin is not only highly respected, but he has also accepted several independent disciples. His eldest disciple, Senior Brother Lin Haolin, has the potential to form a pill and is currently traveling. If he can succeed in forming a pill, the situation of our independent cultivator lineage will be much better…”
Afterwards, Mo Jingchun explained to Chen Yuan in detail the dispute between the independent cultivators and the orthodox cultivators.
Just as Chen Yuan expected, the dispute between the two sects was a dispute over interests, but it was only extremely serious among the low-level disciples.
The higher your cultivation level, the less you care about it.
As the two talked, time passed slowly.
Suddenly, the flying boat began to descend in altitude, passing through the thick clouds and falling to the ground.
Mo Jingchun stood up and walked to the window, overlooking the land below, then turned back and said to Chen Yuan:
"We have arrived at Dongxu Mountain. Junior brother, follow me."
Chen Yuan stood up and walked out of the tower with Mo Jingchun. The other Qi Refining disciples did the same.
Xu Changan and Jin Luoheng stood with their hands behind their backs, their backs to the crowd, looking forward.
The disciples did not dare to make a noise and stood behind the two men in silence.
Soon, the flying boat landed on the top of a barren mountain that was only a hundred feet high. The transparent light shield slowly dissipated, and Xu Changan said calmly:
"We have arrived at the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain. All disciples are getting off the boat and waiting."
Everyone immediately used the art of lightening their bodies, flew out of the flying boat, and arrived at the barren mountain.
The two elders finally left the flying boat. Xu Changan raised his hand and put away the flying boat. He stood in front of the crowd with his hands behind his back.
At this time, only the disciples of Lingyun Sect were present. There were bare and barren mountains under their feet. Looking up, there was endless Gobi Desert all around, the wind was howling, and yellow sand filled the sky.
The entrance to the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain is so desolate.
Chen Yuan was not surprised by this. According to historical records, this place was originally an unknown wasteland. Ten thousand years ago, the Yuanying leader of the Zi Yang Sect passed by here and happened to catch the decline of the restrictions of the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm. He accidentally discovered the entrance to the secret realm.
He wanted to enter, but he was unable to do so until the power of the restriction was restored.
He returned to Zi Yang Sect and summoned all the formation masters in the sect to seal off the place. After spending several decades and paying a huge price, he finally found a way to enter the secret realm.
The next time the secret realm was opened, Zi Yang Sect sent dozens of Qi-refining disciples into it and searched for a large number of rare spiritual herbs, especially the three main ingredients for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill.
After refining these spiritual herbs into elixirs, the number of foundation-building cultivators and core-forming cultivators in Zi Yang Sect increased greatly, and it jumped from an ordinary large sect to the largest sect in Qi State.
Qi State did not have a large spiritual vein, and the major sects could only wait for the three main ingredients of the foundation-building pill to grow on their own. Not to mention the Jindan cultivators, even the foundation-building cultivators were scarce in number, and their strength was low among the surrounding countries. The sudden rise of the Ziyang Sect attracted the attention of the major sects, and they soon discovered the existence of the Dongxu Mountain secret realm.
The Nascent Soul cultivators from various sects immediately came to the Zi Yang Sect and asked them to share the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain.
Although the Zi Yang Sect's strength had greatly increased at that time, it was still no match for the combined forces of the various sects of Qi State and had to compromise.
From then on, the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain was shared by all sects.
However, the Zi Yang Sect took the lead and was most familiar with the secret realm. In the following hundred years, its strength grew steadily. For thousands of years, it has remained the largest sect in Qi State and has remained unshakable.
The other five major sects were all established within 5,000 years, and their foundation is far less profound than that of the Zi Yang Sect.
In Qi State, only Zi Yang Sect has two Nascent Soul cultivators. The number of Jin Dan cultivators and Foundation Establishment cultivators is comparable to that of two large sects.
His disciples were rampant and tyrannical in the territory of Qi, and no one could control them.
……
The disciples of Lingyun Sect waited for two quarters of an hour, and suddenly a clear sword sound came from the sky, resounding throughout the heavens and earth.
Zheng!
The disciples looked up and saw a huge black sword thirty feet long shooting out from the sky and stopping in front of the barren mountain.
There were more than a dozen people standing on the sword. After the black giant sword came to a stop, they flew down and stood in front of the Lingyun Party.
The leader was a man wearing a white robe, over thirty years old, handsome and tall, with cold eyes and emitting a strong spiritual pressure. He was a Jindan cultivator.
He made a hand gesture and the huge black sword shrank to a length of one foot. He then raised his hand and took it into his body.
Xu Changan greeted him with a stern face and said:
"Friend Zhang, it's been a long time since we last met. Your swordplay has become more and more sophisticated."
Jin Luoheng bowed and said with a smile:
"Fellow Daoist Zhang."
The handsome monk was serious and returned the greeting to the two men:
"Fellow Daoist Xu, Fellow Daoist Jin."
After saying that, he stood aside in silence.
The dozen or so Qi-refining disciples behind him were all wearing white robes. Most of them were male cultivators, with only two or three female cultivators. They had stern expressions, said nothing, and exuded a sharp sword intent.
Chen Yuan looked at him and knew that this was a disciple of the Tiangang Sword Sect.
All disciples of the Tiangang Sword Sect are sword practitioners with powerful strength. They can travel freely with just a flying sword.
Among the six major sects of this school, it is the only one that does not hold an ascension conference.
For sword cultivators, aptitude is not important; what matters is whether the cultivator has an unparalleled and sharp sword heart that would rather break than bend.
Therefore, the Tiangang Sword Sect opens its gates every year to allow monks to participate in trials. After passing the trials, they can join the sect.
Countless independent cultivators want to join the Tiangang Sword Sect, but the entrance test is extremely difficult and requires a natural talent for swordsmanship, so only one in a hundred can pass it.
When Chen Yuan was in Huanyue Market, he also thought about joining the Tiangang Sword Sect.
However, sword practitioners need to communicate with the flying sword from the very beginning of their practice and cultivate a clear sword heart.
If a cultivator has only cultivated to the third level of Qi Refining, there are still remedial measures.
If one crosses a bottleneck, this sword heart will never be perfect again.
Therefore, the Tiangang Sword Sect did not accept cultivators above the fourth level of Qi Refining, so Chen Yuan had to give up.
The requirements to become a sword cultivator are so harsh, so the Tiangang Sword Sect has always had few disciples, with less than three hundred cultivators, only one-seventh of the number of the other five major sects.
But with just these two hundred sword cultivators, the Tiangang Sword Sect's strength ranks firmly among the top six major sects, second only to the Ziyang Sect with its profound heritage, and on par with the Lingyun Sect.
Every time they went to the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain, the Tiangang Sword Sect would send out all of their disciples who had reached the tenth level of Qi Refining to search for spiritual herbs. Among them were both geniuses with earth spiritual roots and disciples with four spiritual roots.
This is a trial for the disciples of the Tiangang Sword Sect. Regardless of their aptitude, only those disciples who have found enough spiritual herbs can exchange them for the Foundation Establishment Pill. Otherwise, they can only wait for the next trip to the secret realm.
……
Two quarters of an hour after the Tiangang Sword Sect disciples arrived at Huangshan, a loud roar was heard from afar.
"Ouch!"
Upon hearing this, the Qi-refining disciples of the two sects were horrified, their hands and feet trembled, and they almost fell to the ground.
The handsome monk raised his eyebrows, raised his hand to summon the black flying sword, and flicked his finger.
Zheng!
The sound of a sword reached the ears of the Tiangang Sword Sect disciples, and only then did they calm down.
Elder Xu frowned and said coldly:
"Don't let me get the chance. I will kill this beast and skin it alive sooner or later!"
He raised his hand and waved it, and a red spiritual light spread out in a ring shape, passing over the disciples.
Mo Jingchun steadied himself, beads of sweat formed on his temples, and his face was filled with shock. He looked up at the horizon and cursed in a low voice:
"It's that evil dragon from the Mountain of Ten Thousand Beasts again!"
Originally, Chen Yuan felt a little uncomfortable when he heard the roar, but when he heard Mo Jingchun's words, his expression changed and he quietly took two steps back.
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