Chapter 187 Give it a try and turn your bicycle into a motorcycle
Chapter 187 Give it a try and turn your bicycle into a motorcycle
“I didn’t achieve immortality, but the scenery is pretty beautiful.”
The main peak of Qingyun Sect is Tongtian Peak.
At this moment, Li Zhongren and Lin Jingyu were walking on the square under Qingyun Temple under the guidance of a Taoist priest. The ground was paved with white marble. Just like the description in the book, it could not be described as luxurious.
In the distance, there are clouds and mist, and there is a rainbow bridge that seems to pierce the sea of clouds.
You can tell at first glance that it's been carefully designed.
But this also indirectly shows that in this world, no one seems to care about cultivating for immortality anymore. After all, it is all illusory.
Yuqing Palace
There were dozens of people standing there, both Taoists and laymen, all disciples of the Qingyun Sect.
There were seven large sandalwood chairs in front of the crowd.
Master, fellow apprentices, the people have been brought here.
The Taoist bowed to the people sitting on the chairs, then stood aside.
"cough."
Sitting in the center was the leader of the Qingyun Sect, Taoist Master Daoxuan. He looked left and right, and seeing no one speaking, he could only cough twice and then speak.
"My two friends, I am Daoxuan, the head of Qingyun Sect. This time..."
"Oh!"
Suddenly, before Daoxuan could finish his words, Lin Jingyu knelt on the ground and kowtowed like pounding garlic, crying as he kowtowed.
"Master, you have great magical powers and can know the past and the future. Please make the decision for us!"
When he woke up early in the morning, Lin Jingyu already knew what had happened in the village. More than 200 people in Cao Miao Village were killed. Only he and a beggar who came to the village about three years ago survived. When asked, he didn't know what had happened.
"Get up first."
Daoxuan smiled slightly and raised his hand. Lin Jingyu felt as if he was held up by clouds. At the same time, his eyes were full of emotion as he looked at Lin Jingyu.
“What a rough diamond.”
This is what he was thinking, and it was also what the other Qingyun Sect leaders behind him were thinking. It was no wonder that he was able to remain rational even at such a young age and amidst great changes.
"You have lived at the foot of Qingyun Mountain for generations. If you encounter such a thing, our Qingyun Sect will naturally not ignore it. However, I have a few questions."
"Master, please speak. I will tell you everything I know."
Lin Jingyu wiped the tears from her face.
"You, and you, how did you two escape this disaster?"
"I don't know. When I woke up, I was in the dilapidated temple outside Caomiao Village with this young man."
"What about you?"
Daoxuan looked at Li Zhongren again. Compared with Lin Jingyu, he was just an ordinary child. He couldn't even say a word since he came in.
"I don't know."
Li Zhongren shrank his neck and looked timid.
"Reply to Immortal Huihui, I was sleeping in the thatched temple. When I woke up, I saw him. I felt a severe headache."
Hearing what Li Zhongren said, Daoxuan also sighed slightly. It was impossible for a teenager to lie in front of him. After all, the five senses of cultivators like them were much sharper than those of ordinary people. If a person lied, his voice, heartbeat, and even smell would change.
The two young men in front of me were telling the truth.
Of course, not only him, but even Taoist Cangsong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, he had plotted against Puzhi last night, but the old monk was so powerful and ruthless, worthy of being one of the four great monks of Tianyin Temple. He was seriously injured and almost died there. Afterwards, he also wanted to go back and kill people to silence them. After all, he was forced to use the magic sword to control thunder.
But when he quietly returned, he was horrified to find that the entire Cao Miao Village had been slaughtered.
Just when he wanted to investigate carefully, a group of Qingyun Sect members who were out on a mission discovered everything. He did not show up again. After all, he couldn't kill all of them at once. However, he was always worried.
It was not until I got to this point and heard the descriptions of the two survivors that I finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Especially the beggar, who said he had a severe headache, which made sense. After all, once the Divine Sword Controlling Thunder Technique was used, ordinary people would be shocked to death just by hearing the sound. He was lucky to be alive.
"Hey"
Hearing this, Taoist Master Daoxuan sighed softly, and waved his hand again. A red bead flew out and circled around the two of them, and they fell asleep.
"Okay, fellow apprentices, tell me, how should this matter be resolved?"
"Senior brother."
Taoist Cangsong bowed.
"This happened in the Qingyun Sect. We cannot ignore it, or we will become a laughing stock. I suggest that we accept these two people as our disciples."
"can."
Daoxuan nodded. Qingyun Sect was a big family with great wealth, so they didn't need these two people. Moreover, although Qingyun Sect's skills also required the consumption of resources, that was only after entering the third level of Yuqing. Before that, it all depended on one's own talent and could not rely on external things. Therefore, even if the little beggar had poor talent, Qingyun Sect would at most waste some food. In the future, when he was older, they could just find a job in Heyang City to get him sent away.
"So, who among you wants to be a disciple?"
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Li Zhongren opened his eyes and woke up again. The place had changed again, to an antique room with a window on one side open. Through the window, he could see bamboos, each of which had thick roots.
If nothing unexpected happens, it should be Mount Everest.
Previously, he deliberately acted timid in front of everyone, just following Zhang Xiaofan's path. After all, only here could he have the opportunity to obtain the soul-capturing power hidden deep in the back mountains of Mount Everest.
Yes, he repeated Zhang Xiaofan's path. Soul-stealing was both the end and the beginning.
The reason is also very simple.
Zhang Xiaofan, as his name suggests, is really an ordinary person.
It took him three years to cultivate to the first level of Jade Purity. Of course, that was because he followed Puzhi's last wish and cultivated Mahabrahma Prajna, but his own talent was also the root cause. The reason why he was able to break through the limitation of his talent was because of the magic weapon refined after the fusion of the Bloodthirsty Pearl and the Soul-Capture. In theory, it allowed him to break through the shackles of the third level of Jade Purity in advance, that is, to connect the inside and the outside, release his own soul outside the body, and control the magic weapon.
This is the core of Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao.
Using the soul to control the vitality of heaven and earth, and exerting various means, and releasing the soul is the first step, and also the most difficult step. As mentioned before, he was an ordinary orphan in his previous life, and scored a dozen points in mathematics in the college entrance examination. The golden finger in this life seems to be acting, and it doesn't seem to help him practice. Therefore, if he wants to go on this path, the fusion of the bloodthirsty bead and the soul-stealing is the only answer.
Of course, there are costs.
If he could achieve all the previous things through his talent of "acting", this last step would just depend on luck.
In the original novel, Zhang Xiaofan was only protected by the halo of the protagonist. If he died a little earlier or later, he would have been beaten to death.
However, this is the path he must take.
After all, if he didn't die now, in a few years, the Beast God would sweep across the continent, and he estimated that he would not be able to survive. It was impossible for him to die of old age, so why not take a gamble?
"You're awake."
At the side, a tall, rough-looking man nodded at Li Zhongren.
"Brother Song."
Li Zhongren said that when he rescued them to Qingyun Sect, Song Daren introduced himself.
"From now on, you have to call me Senior Brother. You have been accepted as a disciple by the master. From now on, we will be a family."
As he spoke, Song Daren recounted what happened after he fell unconscious. Of course, he did not mention the fight for Lin Jingyu. After all, the reason why Taoist Master Daoxuan knocked the two children unconscious was for this.
"I will never forget the great kindness of Qingyun Sect."
Li Zhongren let out a long sigh, his face showing melancholy, relief and fear. After all, he had no relatives in Cao Miao Village, so he would not have a sad expression.
"Just remember these in your heart. Let's go. Senior Brother will take you to dinner and meet Master and his wife."
Big Everest, the place lives up to its name.
There are bamboos everywhere, and they are thick and sturdy. They are not planted randomly. It is obvious that they are planted with care. Li Zhongren estimated that they are probably planted in conjunction with the Zhu Xian Sword Formation.
"Although our Dazhu Peak has a big character, there are not many people. Although it is a little deserted, it is quiet when practicing."
As they were talking, Song Daren led Li Zhongren to the Shoujing Hall, the main hall of Dazhu Peak.
Tian Buyi and his wife, Su Ru, were sitting there, drinking tea and talking about something. The moment he saw Li Zhongren, a trace of helplessness flashed across Tian Buyi's face. After all, he was a burden, but the leader had given the order and there was nothing he could do.
Besides, he, Dazhufeng, was already the last in the entire Qingyun Sect. If there was one more loser, it would be the same. He was also lying flat, so what could happen?
"Master, Master's Wife, I have brought my junior brother here. Junior brother, why don't you kneel down?"
"Oh."
Li Zhongren knelt on the ground.
"Disciple Xiaoer, I pay my respects to Master and Master's wife."
"Don't you have a name?"
Hearing the name Xiaoer, Tian Buyi frowned.
"Master, I am an orphan, without a father or a mother, so I don't have a name."
"poor child"
Tian Buyi didn't say anything about this. After all, after hundreds of years of cultivating immortals, his heart had long been as cold as iron. However, Su Ru, who was standing next to him, had a very sentimental look on her face.
"Then Master's Wife will give you a name, Su Ding'an, how about that? Settle down peacefully in this Everest, and this will be your home in the future."
"Disciple Su Dingan, thank you Master and Master's wife for giving me the name."
"Little Junior Brother, pour tea and kowtow to Master and his wife."
"Yes."
Su Dingan took the tea handed over by Song Daren and gave it to Tian Buyi and Su Ru. They each took a sip. He kowtowed three times, and the apprenticeship was completed.
"Daren."
Putting down the teacup, Tian Buyi seemed to be in a better mood. Although the child in front of him was less talented and trembling in the hall before, he became much more pleasing to the eye after returning here.
Yes, he is not a genius like Lin Jingyu. It would be strange if he was not nervous if he was in such a place for the first time. Now that he has relaxed, it seems that this kid has a good character. Even after encountering such a terrifying thing, he can still move forward and backward freely and behave in a measured manner.
"Master, what do you want me to do?"
"In a moment, you will explain the rules of my Great Mount Everest sect to Ding'an, and then teach him the first level of Tai Chi Xuanqing Dao."
"Yes, master."
Hearing this, Song Daren showed joy on his face.
The reason is very simple. His master is a lazy guy who hardly cares about anything on weekdays and leaves his disciples alone. This is the core reason why there are so few people in Mount Everest and why Qingyun Sect has always been at the bottom.
But his master's wife was a person who refused to admit defeat and would often scold them, or during actual combat exercises.
Of course, to put it bluntly, it means getting beaten.
He was teaching his junior fellow apprentice, so naturally he had nothing to do with today's actual combat exercise.
Sure enough, after he led Su Dingan away, the remaining five people, plus Tian Buyi's daughter, Tian Ling'er, all looked bitter.
"Junior brother, this is the rule of our Great Mount Everest. How many times have you seen it?"
In Su Dingan's own room, Song Daren said everything he needed to say, including the names of his fellow disciples.
"take note of it."
"Then, this is the first level of Tai Chi Xuanqing Dao of my Qingyun Sect."
"Brother, I...I can't read."
"Ha, that's fine. The true Daoist Dharma cannot be expressed in ordinary words."
As he spoke, Song Daren took out a booklet from his arms, slowly channeled his spiritual power into it, and then the words on the booklet seemed to glow. Su Dingan only took a glance at it, and the words seemed to be imprinted in his mind.
He seemed to understand the words, but when he thought about it carefully, it seemed that he couldn't understand them.
"This is the spiritual text, created by the ancient sages. It can record the great way of cultivation. The skills of various schools and sects are all written in this kind of text. You don't need to remember these words. Just take a look at them and they will automatically be imprinted in your mind."
"Of course, if you can't comprehend it thoroughly, you will slowly forget it as time goes by. At that time, just read it again. My fellow disciples, anyone can help you replenish your spiritual energy. Okay, have a good rest. Starting tomorrow, cut bamboo in the morning to exercise your body, and comprehend the Tai Chi Xuanqing Dao in the afternoon. If you don't understand something, you can ask me."
"Ding'an wakes up and respectfully sends his senior brother off."
(End of this chapter)